If you want to trace any bitmap with color also then you can go with the Colors option of Multiple scans option of this box. You can see its trace in the preview section of this image so increase and decrease the value of this option for seeing its effect.

Next is Color quantization option which traces bitmap on the basis of colors. This is the result of tracing image by Edge detection method. If you give the minimum value of it then it will trace nicely. Here set the value of the threshold of this option and hit on the Ok button of this dialog box. It will very useful for tracing any object in the image which has edges. The second option through which you can trace bitmap is Edge detection and it will trace the image on the basis edges of that image. Just select it then click on your desired color in the color panel and it may be part of your illustration work. You can change the color of your traced image like this. You can compare both of the results and can analyze the difference. If you give the maximum value of the Threshold of this option then it will trace more accurately. I will move it on the document area and you can see it if pretty cool tracing.

You will have traced image on the top of the original image. Now click on the Ok button of this dialog box.Īnd our tracing is completed in a fraction of seconds according to the complexity of the bitmap image. You can see this will trace an image like this. I will check the tick mark On on the Live preview option (which is at the bottom right corner end of this dialog box) so that i can see a preview of the tracing of the image. You can change the value of the Threshold of this option for getting variation in traced image result. So click on radio button of this option for choosing it if any other option is being selected. Here in this box the first option is Brightness Cutoff which will trace our image on the basis of highlighted pixels of this bitmap. This is the Trace Bitmap dialog box and it has some parameters with which we will play for having our desired result. You can remember its short cut which is Shift + Alt + B or click on this option. Here we have the Trace Bitmap option in the drop-down list. Now let us trace this image and for tracing it select this image then go to the Path menu of the menu bar which is at the top of the user screen of Inkscape and click on it.

Inkscape trace bitmap outline