April 2009 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

Tr : Re : rendering quality for filter etc.
by Ivan Louette 29 Apr '09

29 Apr '09

I tried the three filters versions on Batik and they render and export correctly. ivan ----- Message transféré ---- De : Ivan Louette <ivan_louette@...48...> À : the Adib <theadib@...1439...>; inkscape-devel <inkscape-devel@...838...ourceforge.net> Envoyé le : Mercredi, 29 Avril 2009, 19h14mn 56s Objet : [Inkscape-devel] Re : rendering quality for filter etc. Perhaps linked to the problem I have with my latest filter which is intended to draw dark or black edges on pictures. It renders well in Inkscape, Opera and Firefox, but export to png is bad and never gives correctly the dark lines. I join you a file with three filters samples to apply to the embedded pictures. ivan ________________________________ De : the Adib <theadib@...1439...> À : inkscape-devel <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Envoyé le : Mercredi, 29 Avril 2009, 1h53mn 25s Objet : [Inkscape-devel] rendering quality for filter etc. There is this issue 322116 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322116 "PDF export does not use the highest quality for rasterized filters" The reason for this issue is that each nr_arena_item checks the preferences for the filter quality even for off screen rendering. This is wrong behaviour. During png export there is a sequence like this save, set ... rendering ... restore. This changes for a short moment the preferences. This is also not good style. (remember a background task renderin to png - in future) I developed a patch that is attached to the issue in launchpad. Attached patch puts render quality properties to nr_arena. You can do now "nr_arena_set_renderoffscreen(arena)" for an offscreen arena in order to get highest accuracy. please review! Adib. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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rendering quality for filter etc.
by the Adib 29 Apr '09

29 Apr '09

There is this issue 322116 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322116 "PDF export does not use the highest quality for rasterized filters" The reason for this issue is that each nr_arena_item checks the preferences for the filter quality even for off screen rendering. This is wrong behaviour. During png export there is a sequence like this save, set ... rendering ... restore. This changes for a short moment the preferences. This is also not good style. (remember a background task renderin to png - in future) I developed a patch that is attached to the issue in launchpad. Attached patch puts render quality properties to nr_arena. You can do now "nr_arena_set_renderoffscreen(arena)" for an offscreen arena in order to get highest accuracy. please review! Adib.

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] geometry constructions tool/lpe (plus three questions)
by Maximilian Albert 29 Apr '09

29 Apr '09

Hi all, > Do we have a decision whether we ship 0.47 with GC tools enabled? I'd vote for leaving them out. Although it may look like the geometriy tool is just a step from being finished and perhaps it's already of use for some people, some important things still need to be added before it is truly usable. These involve coding on a fundamental level as well as some careful design decisions, and it is likely that this will entail (considerable?) changes in some of the GC LPEs, too. IMHO it would be advisable to not make these in a rush while releasing 0.47. In this context, I'd once again like to sincerely apologize that my work is still unfinished. Unfortunately, due to sad personal circumstances related to my family it is likely that I won't be able to participate in Inkscape development anytime soon (I can't predict yet how long that may be, I'm afraid), and this post is just a rare occasion since by coincidence I caught a glimpse of Alexandre's question. I will join you again as soon as I can manage, promise! Perhaps I'll be able to do an occasional bug fix during the release process (although frankly speaking I doubt it). While I'm at it, here is one question and two random comments that occurred to me recently: 1) I seem to recall that there is an online tutorial on scientific poster creation with Inkscape. Does someone happen to have a link at hand? 2) The default value of the "Smoothing factor" in the pencil tool is 4, but this often produces paths with a huge number of nodes. Wouldn't something like 25 or 30 make more sense? BTW, does the number of nodes depend on how quickly the line is drawn? 3) After a fresh installation all lines drawn with the pen/pencil tools have no stroke but are filled, which is very unnatural for freehand lines. On the other hand, the defaults in preferences-skeleton.h are set the other way round. Are these settings discarded, and why? Best regards and good luck for the release of an awesome 0.47! Max

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spray tool in next release ?
by Cédric Gémy 28 Apr '09

28 Apr '09

lo i'm guessing if it would be possible to plan an integration of the spray tool, soon. It usable now, and last fixes will be done in the next 2 weeks, which is inkscape planning too. If you want to try and give your opinion : http://svn.eclair.ec-lyon.fr/svn/pi2010_inkscape pygmee

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Spray tool almost complete
by Pierre-Antoine MARC 28 Apr '09

28 Apr '09

Hi there, Spray tool is almost complete and you can download it on svn.eclair.ec-lyon.fr/svn/pi2010_inkscape. We had some difficulties to merge it with the official trunk recently, so it is not up to date (it's a version from 2 weeks ago). If someone knows how to fix this... The single path mode may only work if you convert the object to a path... Otherwise, everything works fine. Give it a try and tell us what you think! Pierre-Antoine

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geometry constructions tool/lpe
by Alexandre Prokoudine 28 Apr '09

28 Apr '09

Hi, Do we have a decision whether we ship 0.47 with GC tools enabled? On related matter, do we know which LPEs will be shipped in 0.47? Alexandre

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Tablet stopped work in Dev builds
by microUgly 28 Apr '09

28 Apr '09

I just downloaded the Oct 24 Windows build and found that my tablet isn't working properly with it. I can move the cursor with tablet pen, but when I press on the tablet nothing draws. I tried toggling the "Use pressure" button. My tablet still works fine in 0.46 and was working in an earlier build I was using last night (I don't think it was more than a week or two old). Let me know if you require a bug logged for this. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Tablet-stopped-work-in-Dev-builds-tp20171213p20171213… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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NEW extension to import external
by Cédric GEMY 28 Apr '09

28 Apr '09

I've posted today a new extension that allows to import SVG file as svg:image and not as incorporated objects. http://www.creationlibre.org/wp-content/downloads/LinkFile.tar.gz Description is available on main webpage : http://www.creationlibre.org cheers pygmee

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Blur and opacity slow
by Gero Mudersbach 28 Apr '09

28 Apr '09

Jasper van de Gronde wrote: > I just drew a rectangle and a circle, applied two different blurs and > did some zooming. Only when zooming in considerably did Inkscape become > somewhat slow for my tastes. So obviously at least one of the following > is the case: > - I use a faster machine (Core 2 Duo at 1.33Ghz) > - My standards for judging Inkscape's speed are different > - I use Inkscape for considerably less complex drawings (obviously the > example above was overly simple, but I have also done some more complex > things with blur without having much of a problem with Inkscape's speed) Ok, I will prepare a testcase and attach it to a bugreport. It's true that the machines I am using are not very fast (for portability and environmental reasons :) ). The machine I used while this issue hit me last was an Intel Pentium M processor, 1.70GHz with 1 GB of ram (so, only one core). I also noticed Inkscape becomes slow when using some type 1 fonts, but that's another issue for which I'll prepare a testcase, too. Best Gero

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Fwd: [CREATE] LGM 2009 — Budget and Accommodation — URGENT REQUEST
by Jon Phillips 28 Apr '09

28 Apr '09

Sorry for forward. I need updated numbers from all three projects, namely: 1.) NAME OF PERSON ATTENDING 2.) ESTIMATED COST FOR TRAVEL Then, at the event we will sort out more details about reimbursement. If you want reimbursement, please get me this in the next 24 hours. Inkscapers, is there someone handling this? Dave/OFLB, you put this together before right? Jon ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Louis Desjardins <louis.desjardins@...400...> Date: Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 8:25 PM Subject: [CREATE] LGM 2009 — Budget and Accommodation — URGENT REQUEST To: Create ML <create@...626...> To all LGM teams, including LGM people who maybe not member of a team "officially" but who do contribute to LGM's projects, putting oil in the bearings and who qualify for a reimbursement of their travel expanses by the LGM org. Action 1) Please forward asap (now) the estimated cost for travelling to Montreal for each member of your team who is going to attend. This can be done through a google.doc one contact person from each team can then share with me. Hurry up, please. :-) Action 2) Please try to evaluate with a reasonable degree of accuracy how many rooms you're going to need at the student residence. This is also urgent. Reasons for asking: 1) We need to establish the budget with more accuracy than a wild guess. The efforts of quite a few people will then be needed to pump the money in... So we better know the real needs quick. 2) This year, the authorities at the uni residence are ready to give us the same price as 2 years ago, for the same services, which is great, I think. But they ask for a security deposit based on the number of rooms we're going to actually take. I can cope with the deposit but I cannot cope with a loss. So, the closer we are to the reality, the better. For the record, in 2007 I reserved 50 rooms and we ended up renting 47, which was great. If we can be as close to the estimates this year as we were in 2007, we won't lose the deposit. But if we reserve 50 and we rent 30 rooms in the end, we're in for a few hundred bucks of loss which I don't want to spend so stupidly. They are not asking for the moon but their rules have been tightened and it's a reality we have to accept. So please, act now! Cheers! Louis -- Louis Desjardins Organisateur principal / Main organiser Libre Graphics Meeting 2009 - Montréal www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2009 +1 514 934 1353 HAE / EDT GMT -5 _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list CREATE@...626... http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create -- Jon Phillips http://rejon.org/ +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) +86 132-6817-8381 (china) Sent from Beijing, 11, China

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