What I meant is: how do other programs draw sharp joins on thick paths? Ugly with a standard miter, or perhaps nicer?<br><br>-Johan<br><br>----- Reply message -----<br>Van: &quot;Valerie&quot; &lt;valerie_vk@...36...&gt;<br>Datum: ma, mei 21, 2012 10:56<br>Onderwerp: [Inkscape-devel] Powerstroke presentation at LGM 2012<br>Aan: &quot;inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net&quot; &lt;inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net&gt;<br><br>&gt; So... how do other programs draw thick stroked lines?<br><br>Well, Synfig also has thick line drawing:<br><a href="http://wiki.synfig.org/wiki/Outline_Layer">http://wiki.synfig.org/wiki/Outline_Layer</a><br><br>Illustrator 5 also has a line thickness feature:<br><a href="http://www.video2brain.com/en/lessons/variable-width-strokes">http://www.video2brain.com/en/lessons/variable-width-strokes</a><br><br>I&#39;m not sure about the algorithms they use though. <br><br>By the way, more feedback on Powerstrokes: <br>- Closed-paths powerstrokes will often render strangely until you fiddle a <br>bit with them.<br>- Is it possible to either:<br>a. Save the relative positions of the widths controls (to save the shape of <br>the powerstroke) or<br>b. Define the starting distance between the control point and the line<br>center &nbsp;at least (basically when drawing very thin powerstrokes, the starting<br>thickness can be a bit distracting)?<br><br>I&#39;m trying to come up with a mock-up for line style management, to easily<br>save and access all sorts of presets collections:<br>- Powerstrokes<br>- Pattern along Path (I&#39;m finishing a mock-up proposal for on-canvas Pattern<br>along Path editing)<br>- Graph lines (a few arrowed and dotted lines. They&#39;re such a pain to set<br>and unset right now)<br>- Calligraphy (save presets as now, but with visual previews!)<br>- [insert custom collections. Maybe presets from other tools]<br><br>They&#39;ll be accessed just like brush presets in MyPaint and Krita from a<br>dialogue, except with longer previews.<br><br>For Powerstrokes, presets would allow the user to access various settings<br>easily. But I&#39;m hoping that it would also be possible to save and access<br>preset Powerstrokes shapes, or at least of varying widths. <br><br>For example, suppose you&#39;re drawing eyelashes or hair highlights. You <br>don&#39;t need to control the exact width of every line, but they do all need<br>to be thin. See?<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Live Security Virtual Conference<br>Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today&#39;s security and <br>threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions <br>will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware <br>threats. <a href="http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263">http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263</a>/<br>_______________________________________________<br>Inkscape-devel mailing list<br>Inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net<br><a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel</a><br><br><br>