Adding an outline?

[Paladin]

Calling out to all you all you design whizzes:

I am hoping to find an easy way to add an outline to a pdf pattern that is just grey against white (things like you create with Steve Good's keychain maker or patterns you get from the Holz Brothers site).  I find it a lot easier to follow a thin black outline than trying to follow the grey pattern against the white paper.  In my head I feel like there might be a way if I was to open the pattern file in inkscape, but I really don't know that program very well.  Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Steve

[don in brooklin on]

The neat thing about Steve's pattern is that you can open in Inkscape and get pattern page.

Usually it is just a matter of selecting the Image, right click on the red colour at bottom, set stroke.

You have to then make sure stroke size is okay.  I usually set to 3 or 4 pts. 

Below image is todays pattern.  the stoke ended up at inches for it looks okay.

I will do a key chain and post separately.

 

[don in brooklin on]

Using Steve's Key Chain maker is not quite the same.

I am using the desk top version and was able to print to the "Microsoft to Pdf"

Saved to my desk top.

Opened in Inkscape and they selected the name.

You then have to ungroup (OBJECT>Ungroup)

Select the name only a drag away.  (There is a blank object on top)

Do same process as previous. You get some horizontal lines to ignore)

[don in brooklin on]

Just tried using the online Stencil Maker and it saves the pattern as an image so you have to all sorts of changes to make work