Sorting .bmp into layers by color

Asked by David Riseberg

If I cut and paste a .bmp into the document window, then right click path > left click Trace Bitmap, I have 8 different colors in my picture. I need to be able to differentiate the 8 colors, and create a layer for each color. By tracing the bitmap, I am simply creating a single layer, for the entire bitmap. How do I sort the colors, individually?
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Dave

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jazzynico (jazzynico) said :
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Hello Dave,

Did you try to trace the BMP in multiple scan mode? If you select "color" and set the scans value to 8, it should give you 8 different scans, one for each color (details at http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Trace-Multi.html).

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