March 2005 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

Inkscape in use
by Christopher B. Wright 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Trivial information, for the most part... but after playing around with Inkscape all last week I made the decision to use it as my primary webcomic drawing tool: http://ubersoft.net It's not on the same level as Illiad making the switch, but still... it seems to hold up fairly well in my "production environment." Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@...537...)

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Cannot import vector images?
by Peter Karlsson 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Hi! I just downloaded and installed Inkscape (for Windows, my Linux desktop is currently running a slightly outdated distribution, so I don't think I can install it there until I upgrade). However, I am quite amazed that I cannot seem to be able to import other vector graphics formats, just bitmap formats. Is it supposed to be able to import vector graphics, and there's just something wrong with my install (it did complain about not finding Perl, even though I do have Cygwin with Perl installed)? I have a couple of vector images in Micrografx Windows Draw format (.drw) that I'd like to convert to SVG. I exported it in Draw to all the vector graphics format I could find, but Inkscape didn't seem to understand any of them, the file selector just listed raster graphics formats. -- \\// Peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ I do not read or respond to mail with HTML attachments.

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NEW: HSV => HSL
by bulia byak 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

* In the color selector widget, the HSV tab (Hue, Saturation, Value) is replaced by HSL (Hue, Saturation, Lightness). The HSL color space is similar to HSV but is more convenient because it better reflects the intuitive understanding of what "saturation" and "lightness" are: o In HSL, the Saturation component always goes from fully saturated color to the equivalent gray (in HSV, with V=max, it goes from saturated color to white, which is counterintuitive). o The Lightness in HSL always spans the entire range from black through the chosen hue to white (in HSV, it only goes half that way, from black to the chosen hue). See for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSV_color_space http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HLS_color_space If anyone really needs HSV and only HSV (why?), let me know and I'll add it in parallel with HSL (though having two similar ones side by side may be confusing for the user).

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NEW: switch tools by doubleclick
by bulia byak 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

* In Selector, double clicking an object switches Inkscape to the corresponding tool (node tool for paths, the corresponding shape tools for shapes, text tool for text objects).

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Stroking imported bitmaps
by Lou Quillio 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

Can't quite sort this out. I'd like to import (or open) a bitmap -- say, a rectangular jpg photo -- add a stroke, round the corners, etc. It's pretty clear right away that the imported bitmap won't accept a stroke. I haven't found a way to make Inkscape think of it as an object. It seems to be permanently an "image". The next thought I had was to draw the "frame" I wanted (rounded rectangle) on another layer, convert to path, select the rectangle and bitmap together, and Join. No go. The bitmap is still not an 'object'. So far I wasn't surprised. While I'm not visualizing it completely, I know that vector-based tools are reluctant to embrace bitmaps. There's a negotiation layer full of assumptions, and most just stay away. Most recently I tried to fill my rectangle frame with an object-to-pattern made from the jpg. This came very close, but the fill made arbitrary tiling assumptions and refused to start at 0,0. I'm sure I'm over-thinking this. But it would be a boon to use the same, consistently stroked frame for stuff I compose in Inkscape *and* the occasional photo. Any ideas? What am I missing? LQ -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Lou Quillio Box 459, Cambridge, NY USA 12816-1143 http://quillio.com/ http://stc-techvalley.org/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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(Fwd) [Inkscape-user] Banned file: message.scr in mail from yo
by Robert C. Smith 19 Mar '05

19 Mar '05

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 03:05:56 -0500 (EST) From: MAILER DAEMON <> Subject: [Inkscape-user] Banned file: message.scr in mail from you To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net Send reply to: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net BANNED FILENAME ALERT Your message to: webmaster@...557... was blocked by our Spam Firewall. The email you sent with the following subject has NOT BEEN DELIVERED: Subject: Mail Delivery (failure webmaster@...557...) An attachment in that mail was of a file type that the Spam Firewall is set to block. ------- End of forwarded message ------- I am not certain, very much not certain, but I believe this to be a reply to my reply (which, however, didn't contain an attachment) to an inkscape-user's e-mail to an admininstrator professing undying love that somehow found its way into my e-mail box. I do not have time for this kind of nonsense. What gives with the email situation at inkscape- user(a)lists.sourceforge.net? ....i.e. how is that now for about the fifth time I have received mail sent from party A to party B --- I being party C knowing neither of the correspondents. This is not acceptable. If you can't fix it; please withdraw my e-mail address(es) from your list. RC

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Snap to objects?
by Lars Behrens 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

Hi Inkers, is there any way to make objects snap to each other in inkscape? E.g. when I move a square close to another one, the corners would get magnetic. Or when I want to draw a vertical between two parallel lines the start and the end of the vertical should snap to the parallels. I have found nothing in the settings and using guides can not always be an suitable substitute. And usualy I can't work with grids, for I'm working with scans of hand drawings which I "vectorize". TIA for info! Cheerz Lars

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[OT] sei italiano ?
by Fernando Figaroli 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

Ciao, stò cercando se ci sono altri italiani utilizzatori di inkscape per valutare l'apertura di una ns. mailing-list. grazie.ciao.ff

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select arrowheads?
by Fernan Aguero 17 Mar '05

17 Mar '05

Hi! I've done a very simple drawing: a straight line (a rect) and then I changed the stroke style to add an ending arrowhead. Now I can select the rect (it is an object) and I can do things with it: change its color, resize it, etc. But I'm not yet figuring how to select the arrowhead so that I can, for example, change its color to match the rest of the line. I drag, click, shift-click, etc. to no avail. Anyone can give me a hint? In Adobe Illustrator once you add an arrowhead to a line, it is added as another object, though initially grouped. How is this dealt with in inkscape? I'm using inkscape-0.41 on FreeBSD-4.11 (i386). Thanks in advance, Fernan

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Scaling problems when printing with 0.41_1
by António Rodrigues Tomé 17 Mar '05

17 Mar '05

Hi, I'm using linux operating system, suse9.2 distro, I started with inkscape with the version inkscape-0.40-1.static.i686.rpm and everthing worked fine but when I updated to inkscape-0.41-1.static.i686.rpm The printings, in bitmap postscript, of my previous, and new documents (A4, landscape) are no longer good. What seems to happen is that the drawing is scaled up and does not completely fits in the page. Thanks, António Tomé. P.s. In spite of this "minor problem" (my temporarily solution was to downgrade) this is a very nice piece of utility. Many thanks to its creators.

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