May 2008 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

Script to slice inkscape (for web heads)
by m h 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Hey all- I've written a script to slice from inkscape. Details/script can be found at my blog [0]. Comments/suggestions welcome. -matt 0 - http://panela.blog-city.com/slicing_web_pages_with_inkscape_and_python.htm

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Red Spiral Challenge
by Aaron Elmquist 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

Does anyone know how to creat the red spiral with the continuous gradient in Tavmjong Bah's "A Guide to Inkscape" I took a couple cracks at it last night without much sucess. ~Aaron

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Call for help: Screenshots needed for 0.46
by bulia byak 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

As we're nearing the release, we need more screenshots to show off the new features in 0.46, to be published at http://inkscape.org/screenshots/index.php?lang=en. Here's a page describing how to create good screenshots: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/MakingScreenshots. Use the information on that page and the best of the existing screenshots in our gallery as inspiration. At the very least, we need to illustrate: - 3D box tool - SVG filters - more live path effects (we only have one screenshot for path along path) - gradient tool's on-canvas mid stops - a (meaningful) illustration of the color management at work - new extensions - new grid and guide features - perhaps something with custom markers, along the lines of http://needcoffee.deviantart.com/art/Gradients-To-Path-78650259 - any complex, stunning, impressive Inkscape art even if it does not use the new features :) See the release notes for a list of all new features: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ReleaseNotes046 You can send your submissions to me for publishing on the site. Thanks in advance! -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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looking for book cover design (about free and open source)
by Jeremy C. Reed 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

I am looking for a book cover illustrator. I read this article http://www.linux.com/articles/114172 about using inkscape to design book cover. If this mailing list is not appropriate for my request, please kindly suggest another forum. The idea of the book cover is to include the FSF gnu, McKusick's daemon, and Ewing's penguin. (We will get permission as required.) Or some other artwork covering this theme: "a history of free and open source" and "how free and open software is changing the world". Jeremy C. Reed p.s. The book is written and we are just doing final edits.

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Export EPS with transparent background
by Jeff Kowalczyk 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Using Inkscape trunk: I have a logo I maintain in a master SVG file with document properties backgrount white #FFFFFFFF. For a transparent copy, I manually save with the document-properties background transparent #FFFFFF00. For the transparent version, PNG export works fine, but Encapsulated Poststscript EPS always renders a white background when pasted into OpenOffice-2.3. OpenOffice-2.3 does not seem to support SVG 'insert Picture'. How do I create an OpenOffice-compatible vector format with transparency? Thanks.

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newbie question
by Stéphane ANCELOT 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Hi, I am able to make some nice drawing.Great! I have 2 grouped objects I want to superpose, but without the transparence. I want to overlap it (like a normal ms paint program would) . However I tried using paths ... with these grouped objects and do not manage to do it. What is the way to accomplish this ? Best Regards Steph

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arrow head pointing wrong way
by Rich E 28 May '08

28 May '08

Hi, I am trying to draw a simple line, from left to right, with an arrow on the end, like this: -----------------> I make the line, go to Fill and Stroke properties, seld an end marker and I get something like this --------------------^ (the arrow head is pointing upwards to the end of the line). what is going on... you would think it would point away from the end of the line, but it is point at the end of line, perpendicular to it. regards, Rich

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Perspective to multi colored composed objects
by Ocetalo 26 May '08

26 May '08

In the attached SVG/screenshot you'll find three objects. The first is composed by multiple objects of the same color, combinated into a single one in order to apply perspective - which was succesful as seen below it. Now, the other two are composed by different colored objects and I want to apply perspective just as they are. However, that can't be done on multiple objects, and when combinating or blending all composing parts merge and turn the same color. Any solution? Please help. God bless you. -- Favor no cambiar el ASUNTO Please don't change SUBJECT

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How to upgrade to Inkscape 0.46
by Ocetalo 26 May '08

26 May '08

Greetings Sorry, I seem to be always late to everything. Had no idea ver. 0.46 was already released. Is it fully stable? Could you please explain me how to upgrade to 0.46? Do I have to uninstall 0.45 and install 0.46? I'm a Windows (Vista) user. Thanks in advance. -- Favor no cambiar el ASUNTO Please don't change SUBJECT

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Objects loose layer information after group-ungroup
by sm4vlm＠...2533... 24 May '08

24 May '08

Hi I work as a technical writer and use Inkscape to modify PDF-files. I been working on a picture and have separeted the layers as : -text, -line objects, -dotted line objects -filled objects This made it simpy to change the color/linewidth for each layer. Just lock all the other layers and select the things on the remaining layer, change color for the objects, unlock the layers, and then carry on working .... When I group together objects from different layers and later ungroup them, all of the objects ends up att the same layer insted of the layer they where before grouping. I would like that the ungrouped object remain on the same layer as it had before grouping similar to the handling of blocks/layers in Autocad. Or is there a other way to work that I might have missed? // Gunnar Lestander

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