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I have a line art bitmap image from Affinity Photo exported as a svg file. It opens and imports into Inkscape and appears fine in Normal Display Mode but I can’t trace it to convert to a vector format. Once I switch the Display Mode to Outline the image is only a box with an “X” in it. Inkscape responds with “select an image to trace.” Is the screen image of the file the only part that is being exported?
If it’s a bitmap image (as opposed to line art), try importing into Inkscape as a bitmap, rather than as an SVG.
Hard to judge exactly what is going on, without seeing the file and asking quite a few more questions.
However, I’d recommend bringing it over as a PNG, using File > Import. I’d suggest using the “embed” rather than “link” import option. Make sure that you have the image selected, and make sure that it says (in the lower status bar — where it will display the “select an image” text) “image” for object type, rather than something else like “group.” If it says “group”, ungroup it before tracing.
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