User Decals - A Tutorial On How To Make .SVG (Request in separate thread)

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So I want to make a decal. Simple logo, a stylized helmet and some text, just one color. My source is a PNG with transparent background, good quality, 2118*2118 pixels.

I use Inkscape. I open the PNG. I do the automatic path tracing with default settings except scans set to 2 because there's just 1 color.

I ungroup multiple times and then do object to path.

I save as optimized SVG with all the options for a small filesize....
....and I still end up with a 2.8MB(!) SVG.

What am I doing wrong?


-edit- Nvm, figured it out. You have to delete several backgrounds before saving. Down to 19kb now, what a difference😄
 
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