I dreamed of it for a long time : a non destructive eraser tool ! Take a look at its possibilities in the attached file.
Simply draw a white line on top of any shape or object (better with deep color for the first try). Then group the two objects and apply the filter ; the white line becomes completely transparent. If applied on a group which includes images or light colors, you can adjust the opacity with the second color matrix : for example enter 10 and -9 as the two last numbers in the last row below.
Then if you select the white object with Ctrl+Click, you can modify it, move its nodes, or press Shift and draw new lines, or apply a distortion or any other filter... The possibilities are infinite.
Of course not absolutely perfect but already very usable. It's not made to replace the Object/Mask feature but it can complete it.
Enjoy !
ivan
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Ivan Louette <ivan_louette@...48...> wrote:
Simply draw a white line on top of any shape or object (better with deep color for the first try). Then group the two objects and apply the filter ; the white line becomes completely transparent.
I think it's a great idea. But shouldn't we rename it to something more informative: Erase white, or Knock out white instead of just Eraser?
By the way, it would make sense to add to the Eraser tool (if we're determined to keep it) two new modes for non-destructive erasing by masking and by this filter.
On Apr 13, 2009, at 1:53 PM, bulia byak wrote:
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Ivan Louette <ivan_louette@...48...> wrote:
Simply draw a white line on top of any shape or object (better with deep color for the first try). Then group the two objects and apply the filter ; the white line becomes completely transparent.
I think it's a great idea. But shouldn't we rename it to something more informative: Erase white, or Knock out white instead of just Eraser?
By the way, it would make sense to add to the Eraser tool (if we're determined to keep it) two new modes for non-destructive erasing by masking and by this filter.
Perhaps something like "White-out"?
I think that's an ingenious name !!
JF
Jon A. Cruz wrote:
On Apr 13, 2009, at 1:53 PM, bulia byak wrote:
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Ivan Louette <ivan_louette@...48...> wrote:
Simply draw a white line on top of any shape or object (better with deep color for the first try). Then group the two objects and apply the filter ; the white line becomes completely transparent.
I think it's a great idea. But shouldn't we rename it to something more informative: Erase white, or Knock out white instead of just Eraser?
By the way, it would make sense to add to the Eraser tool (if we're determined to keep it) two new modes for non-destructive erasing by masking and by this filter.
Perhaps something like "White-out"?
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On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Jon A. Cruz <jon@...18...> wrote:
Perhaps something like "White-out"?
Sounds confusing - I would think it erases something by painting white, not that it erases white by making it transparent.
I'm worried about the current "calligraphic" shape of the eraser tool. Will you change it to a circular shape (or a multi-shape) before the .47 release? As a designer, I think this is important to make it a perfect tool.
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On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine@...400...> wrote:
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Ivan Louette wrote:
I dreamed of it for a long time : a non destructive eraser tool ! Take a look at its possibilities in the attached file.
IIRC we have a request to use boolops LPE in Eraser :)
Alexandre
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On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Karlisson wrote:
I'm worried about the current "calligraphic" shape of the eraser tool. Will you change it to a circular shape (or a multi-shape) before the .47 release? As a designer, I think this is important to make it a perfect tool.
Yup, https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/276956
@Jon Cruz: there are 22 more bug reports and 2 more feature requests on Eraser.
Alexandre
On Apr 14, 2009, at 7:35 AM, Karlisson wrote:
I'm worried about the current "calligraphic" shape of the eraser tool. Will you change it to a circular shape (or a multi-shape) before the .47 release? As a designer, I think this is important to make it a perfect tool.
Yes, it was changed a while back to be circular by default. I think that there is not a "reset" button on there counts as a bug and should be fixed shortly.
Thanks! :-)
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Jon A. Cruz <jon@...18...> wrote:
On Apr 14, 2009, at 7:35 AM, Karlisson wrote:
I'm worried about the current "calligraphic" shape of the eraser tool. Will you change it to a circular shape (or a multi-shape) before the .47 release? As a designer, I think this is important to make it a perfect tool.
Yes, it was changed a while back to be circular by default. I think that there is not a "reset" button on there counts as a bug and should be fixed shortly.
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