Maybe it's not quite nice to pose this question, but I just need some info to consider my plans.
From April 11th to 16th, the ESTIEM Spring Council Meeting will take
place in Lyon, France. As the design coordinator I will be leading a PR working group. While a lot of time will be needed to work on the ESTIEM webpage, esp. it's content, I am thinking about introducing the working group to Inkscape, since so far vectors have badly been neglected for ESTIEM design tasks.
Before having many people complain about some lacking functions, I'd like to know, where you think Inkscape will stand at that point of time. Any chance of my main issues being addressed by then?
- On canvas text editing, including flowtext - Working ai/ps/eps(/pdf <- that'd be just great!) output, including transparency and gradients - Ability to add a node anywhere on a line -- via right-click - Real clipping paths for images (and svg objects)
I'm not saying Inkscape was unusable without these functions. I think it's a wonderful piece of software, as you know, but it takes quite some personal effort to work with it, sometimes. So while I myself use Inkscape for basically everything graphical I'm doing, it will be hard to convince people without this special open source spirit.
David
On So, 2005-01-16 at 10:30 -0500, MenTaLguY wrote:
On Sun, 2005-01-16 at 09:53, David Christian Berg wrote:
- Real clipping paths for images (and svg objects)
Already implemented (I use it for my comic work), but it needs a UI.
Any suggestions for the best UI for this?
Cool! Me want, me want :) Hmm, not quite the best, maybe, since I haven't thought about it for long... I'd go for a second select tool like in Adobe InDesign (and nodetool?). You should also have a "Paste Into" function (like copy, select a shape, paste into). Besides import (mainly svg, ai and the such) you'll have a "Place" (Adobe-speak) or rather "Import into" option in the File menu, for which you have to have a shape selected first (or maybe you can drag a rect while placing as well). This "Import into" will be for images and svg, ai etc as well. The second select tool is for editing placed stuff within an object. Instead of the second select tool this could be handled as somthing "layer-like" select an object and mark it "want to edit places stuff inside" in an object tree or via keyboard shortcut and you'll see the all objects placed within it. Everything is a little whitish, while within the "outside object" it's totally visible... (actually I like that idea. that way you can't hide objects and forget about them.)
David
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:53:29 +0100, David Christian Berg <david@...407...> wrote:
- On canvas text editing, including flowtext
Hopefully I'll make it more or less usable by then. No guarantees though.
- Working ai/ps/eps(/pdf <- that'd be just great!) output, including
transparency and gradients
Don't expect transparency in PS/EPS, it's just not supported there. Only in PDF starting from 1.4. No one is working on PDF export as far as I know.
- Ability to add a node anywhere on a line -- via right-click
Aubannel Monnier was going to work on that but disappeared again...
- Real clipping paths for images (and svg objects)
Reportedly works but needs UI. Volunteers welcome.
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:27:11 -0400, bulia byak <buliabyak@...400...> wrote:
Don't expect transparency in PS/EPS, it's just not supported there.
Yup. Everybody got used to flattening. http://partners.adobe.com/public/asn/en/print_resource_center/Transparency-G...
Alexander
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:53:29 +0100, David Christian Berg <david@...407...> wrote:
personal effort to work with it, sometimes. So while I myself use Inkscape for basically everything graphical I'm doing, it will be hard to convince people without this special open source spirit.
Same with me, actually. My list of gripes is different, but I generally don't evangelize Inkscape either, yet. When I feel I can start doing it, I'll let you know :)
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