June 2008 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

SVG and the web Part II, subheading SVG vs Flash
by Patrick 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Hey Everyone There was a great thread about SVG and the web a few months ago. I re-read it but I am still a little confused about something. I have a long term project that will involve charting and mathematical processing of peaks that are plotted out. An SVG based chart might be just the thing. The scientists that would use this could be prompted to download Firefox as this online tool that I am hoping to create could save them a lot of money over the desktop versions out there, so IE is not an issue. So to get to the point I was just wondering about the state of SVG support now and guesses on the state a year from now. I would also love to make this site SVG only, any guesses as to when someone could make a fully functional SVG only site? Google does not index SVG only sites but Google can basically only see text. Do you think I would get blacklisted if I created a text only site and found a way to re-route Google through browser identification? Any thoughts on other work arounds? I am also trying to learn about open source flash. With proprietary flash distributed so far, does (open or closed) flash present a serious danger?If not is there another? I know SVG is great but I heard that Beta was also better then VHS, the best technology does not always win, what is standing in our way? My plotting application would be an enormous investment of time, is it possible that SVG will end up another Beta? Please delete the "subheading SVG vs Flash" if you have other SVG web thoughts, I loved the last thread and I would love to read any discussions pertaining to SVG and the web. ThX-Patrick

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Transparent text or text mask.
by loscotec＠libero.it 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

It is! (When I apply the mask I don't actually see the bitmap) I even tryed selecting all the stuff in a different order.. no way! :( Lucio ...Yes, I did try it. And it worked fine. . .Do you have the z-order correct? The bitmap must be below the grouped .text/rectangle. . .-Rob A> . . . .On 6/23/08, loscotec@...844... <loscotec@...844...> wrote: .> Thanks Rob, but.. did you try it? Is it working for you? It doesn't for me. .> Neither in home computer, nor in the one I have got where I work.. .> .> As far as i use some text, grouped or not with some background, the bitmap .> just disappears completely when masking it. I tryied many combinations, .> white text black background, black text white background, with gradients et .> cetera.. nothing working .. :( .> .> Lucio .> .> .> .Draw a black rectangle the same size as the bitmap. .> .Put your text on top of this, in white. .> . .> .Group the black rectangle and the white text. .> . .> .Select the image and the group, then Object->Mask->Set .> . .> .This will give you the bitmap with the text "cut out" from it. .> . .> .(You will have to release the mask to be able to edit the text in the .> .group). .> . .> .-Rob A> .> . .> .On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 9:05 AM, loscotec@...2544...: .> . .> .> Hello everybody! .> .> .> .> Does anybody know how to use text as object-mask? .> .> .> .> I need to cut a text in a picture so that the text would actually be .> .> transparent! .> .> .> .> The goal is easily achieved converting text in path, and grouping it with .> a .> .> background, and then using it as a mask for the picture. But in this way .> I'm .> .> loosing the chance to change what is written in a second moment. .> .> .> .> Reading some references, I saw that text objects should work as any other .> .> objects about masking, but they they don't. .> .> .> .> What am I missing? .> .> .> .> Lucio .> . .> .> .. Caminante no hay .> camino, solo se hace .> camino al andar .. .> .> .> --- o .> meglio --- .> .> .. Caminante el .> destino no es al .> final de el viaje, .> pero en todo el .> andar .. .> .> .> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- .> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. .> It's the best place to buy or sell services for .> just about anything Open Source. .> http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php .> _______________________________________________ .> Inkscape-user mailing list .> Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net .> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user .> . .------------------------------------------------------------------------- .Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. .It's the best place to buy or sell services for .just about anything Open Source. .http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ._______________________________________________ .Inkscape-user mailing list .Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net .https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user . .. Caminante no hay camino, solo se hace camino al andar .. --- o meglio --- .. Caminante el destino no es al final de el viaje, pero en todo el andar ..

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Transparent text or text mask.
by loscotec＠libero.it 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Thanks Rob, but.. did you try it? Is it working for you? It doesn't for me. Neither in home computer, nor in the one I have got where I work.. As far as i use some text, grouped or not with some background, the bitmap just disappears completely when masking it. I tryied many combinations, white text black background, black text white background, with gradients et cetera.. nothing working .. :( Lucio .Draw a black rectangle the same size as the bitmap. .Put your text on top of this, in white. . .Group the black rectangle and the white text. . .Select the image and the group, then Object->Mask->Set . .This will give you the bitmap with the text "cut out" from it. . .(You will have to release the mask to be able to edit the text in the .group). . .-Rob A> . .On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 9:05 AM, loscotec@...2544...: . .> Hello everybody! .> .> Does anybody know how to use text as object-mask? .> .> I need to cut a text in a picture so that the text would actually be .> transparent! .> .> The goal is easily achieved converting text in path, and grouping it with a .> background, and then using it as a mask for the picture. But in this way I'm .> loosing the chance to change what is written in a second moment. .> .> Reading some references, I saw that text objects should work as any other .> objects about masking, but they they don't. .> .> What am I missing? .> .> Lucio . .. Caminante no hay camino, solo se hace camino al andar .. --- o meglio --- .. Caminante el destino no es al final de el viaje, pero en todo el andar ..

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Move guides and object to the page
by heathenx 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

I have drawn something off to the side of my page and I have guides on top of it. I would like to move my object along with the guides to the center of my page. Is it possible to move to guides and the object together? heathenx

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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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Exporting Inkscape SVG to Corel and other apps
by Ocetalo 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

Greetings I made a logo for a client who lives in other city. I'm sending him the source vectors for him to print and work the logo there, so I need to be sure about Inkscape SVG support in other apps. The logo is all paths and includes a shadow (blur effect). Will my file be successfully opened in Corel, and also Illustrator? Will it keep the blur? Please help on this. -- Favor no cambiar el ASUNTO Please don't change SUBJECT

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Setting ICC profiles in Preferences
by Hedley Finger 19 Jun '08

19 Jun '08

I have Inkscape 0.46 (with liblcms_1.dll in C:\Program Files\Inkscape\ installtion folder) on Windows XP SP2 (and all patches until present). In the **Color Settings** control panel , I have set the device profiles as follows: @ 'Displays' -- BenQ E2200W (Digital) on Radeon 9200 Series @ 'Printers' -- Epson IJ Printer 06 on Epson Stylus CX6900f (multifunction) @ 'Scanners' -- Epson Stylus CX6900f/CX7000f/DX7000f scanner - reflective The **Color Management** page in the **Inkscape Preferences** dialogue neither displays correctly nor allows profiles to be specified. In case the embedded pixmap is stripped by the listserv: @ **Display profile** display <none> and a profile cannot be set. (Fallback is to mark 'Retrieve profile from display' but I do not know if this is actually happening. There is a manufacturer supplied profile for my LCD monitor. @ **Device profile** drop-down is distorted and does not allow selection of the inkjet printer or an industry CMYK profile such as SWOP ( US Web Coated). I would like to use colour management in Inkscape if I can, particularly to preview graphics intended for a particular press and paper stock. But first some answers to a few questions: @ What is Inkscape's working colour profile, if any? Adobe RGB 1998? @ Where do you store ICC *.icc or *.icm profile files on the Windows version of Inkscape? Or does it use the Windows system profiles in C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\color ? Any advice about getting the colour-management functionality in Inkscape to work will be gratefully received. Regards, Hedley -- Hedley Finger 28 Regent Street Camberwell VIC 3124 Australia Tel. +61 3 9809 1229 Fax. (call phone first) Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558 Email. "Hedley Finger" <hfinger@...2483...>

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Openfontlibrary] FontForge Icons
by Dave Crossland 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

2008/6/18 Liam R E Quin <liam@...2543...>: > On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 11:33 +0100, Dave Crossland wrote: >> George Williams <gww@...2542...> > [...] >> FontForge doesn't handle alpha channels, >> so all icons should be indexed images with a transparent color. > > Or someone could write a patch to fix this limitation.... > (just pointing out alternatives here...) If anyone is interested in paid work on improving FontForge's custom toolkit, I have some funds available for that - although I'd like to see Inkscape's capabilities as an SVG Font Editor improved as I think that would have a better price:performance ratio. -- Regards, Dave

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FontForge Icons
by Dave Crossland 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

Hi, Thought I'd forward this on :-) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: George Williams <gww@...2542...> Date: 2008/6/16 Subject: [Fontforge-devel] Icons for menus To: fontforge-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net Some of you may have noticed that the cvs tree contains little icons in the menus. I'm not the greatest icon designer. If anyone would like to redo them so they are nicer that would be great. There is one unexpected caveat: FontForge doesn't handle alpha channels, so all icons should be indexed images with a transparent color. (This corresponds to an alpha channel which is either all on or all off inside gimp).

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Vinyl cutters, Direct control, Suggested models
by Patrick 15 Jun '08

15 Jun '08

Hey Everyone There is a discussion taking place on the developers list right now pertaining to adding control of Vinyl Cutters to Inkscape. It is in the very early stages, the developers are not sure whether to add direct support to Inkscape or to an upstream printing application such as CUPS. Although I am on the developers list I have contributed precisely nothing to Inkscape, so I can hardly call myself a developer. I don't know what is the best way to approach these issues but I feel confident that I can decipher the command set used to control a cutter. I would like to do so and then turn this over to our talented developers. I would like to buy a cutter for this purpose. What would be the most ideal model to start with? I am hoping to spend under $500 U.S for this. Once we determine a good model to start with, I will likely search for a used one. If anyone has a popular model that they no longer need perhaps I could purchase it from you, could you please post the model number in this thread? I am short of money this month but I should be ready sometime in July or August. Thanks in advance-Patrick

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