need help with a logo

[drosenoble]

I'm wondering how I would go about taking the shadows out of this logo in order to get just the outline.

[Joe Jones]

That seems extremely easy to DRAW by hand. An eight point star is just a lot of horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines.

Joe

[Joe Jones]

It took no time at all. A simple matter of scaling one drawing three times.

Joe

3 STAR DXF.dxf

3 STAR PCM.pcm

3 star jpg.jpg

http://youtu.be/Raj7OY63CP4

[drosenoble]

Thanks Joe,
How did you do it? I’m somewhat new to this. I have a bunch of files mostly vintage cars. I’m willing to share. Interested in any particular ones?

[Joe Jones]

I don't know. I am not making anything at the moment. Vintage cars are cool, but I am really drifting into lasers and 3D printers now. Plasma cutting has left me wanting.

Are these YOUR vintage car designs, or are you just sharing copies of files you have collected?

Joe

[Joe Jones]

Thanks Joe,
How did you do it? I’m somewhat new to this.

I drew it, using DesignEdge software.

Joe

[adbuch]

I'm wondering how I would go about taking the shadows out of this logo in order to get just the outline.

What cad drawing program do you normally use? This could be drawn from scratch, hand traced, or possibly auto traced. For auto trace, I like Inkscape. For drawing from scratch or hand tracing, Inkscape or one of the other drawing programs will work. Let me know which program you are using and I will see if I can create step-by-step instructions for you.

David

[adbuch]

Drosenoble - here is an example of what it might look like using Inkscape to do a simple manual trace. Inkscape is a free program, and very useful if you wish to learn to do these sorts of things yourself. Let me know if you have any questions about the process.

David

Inkscape manual trace.jpg

[adbuch]

There are free online background removal programs that will get rid of the shadows and other background. Here is one of them.
https://www.remove.bg/
This is what it would look like using this program, and then Paint.net to adjust the brightness and contrast.

David

solor_projects_JPEG-removebg-preview.jpg

[drosenoble]

David,
Thanks I’ll follow your leads.
Thank you for the instructions. Very helpful.
I got this project completed

[adbuch]

drosenoble - your project turned out great! Thanks for showing us the final result. When you get to your next project, let us know if you have any questions about doing a manual trace with Inkscape.

David

[adbuch]

David,
Thanks I’ll follow your leads.
Thank you for the instructions. Very helpful.
I got this project completed

Here are several slideshows I created showing how to use the Inkscape bezier draw tool to do some simple manual tracing.
Click on the links to see the slideshows.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/tMuoioteEvxe6Uup8

Inkscape manual trace example 1.jpg

https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZMGVzSsmcdUmNV699

Inkscape manual trace example 2.jpg

[adbuch]

star tool Inkscape example.jpg

star tool Inkscape example 1.jpg

star tool Inkscape example 2.jpg