Red Spiral Challenge
by Aaron Elmquist
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
14 years, 2 months
Problem with fonts in 0.46
by Ocetalo
Saludos
I've got this issue: in the pull down font menu, I can't pick any fonts. The
fonts are highlighted, but they're not applied and the pull down menu is not
closed, jus as if I've not clicked. Please help.
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Please don't change SUBJECT
14 years, 11 months
CorelDraw importation with uniconvertor
by Frederik Himpe
I try to get CorelDraw cdr files importation working with uniconvertor on
Mandriva Linux.
uniconvertor is installed and working fine (the binary is called
uniconvertor).
I have /usr/share/inkscape/extensions/cdr2svg.sh with these contents:
#! /bin/sh
rc=0
TMPDIR="${TMPDIR-/tmp}"
TEMPFILENAME=`mktemp 2>/dev/null || echo "$TMPDIR/$$"`
TEMPFILENAME=${TEMPFILENAME}.svg
unviconvertor "$1" "${TEMPFILENAME}" > /dev/null 2>&1 || rc=1
cat < "${TEMPFILENAME}" || rc=1
rm -f "${TEMPFILENAME}"
exit $rc
and there is also /usr/share/inkscape/extensions/cdr_input.inx:
<inkscape-extension>
<_name>Corel DRAW Input</_name>
<id>org.inkscape.input.cdr</id>
<dependency type="executable" location="path">unviconvertor</
dependency>
<dependency type="executable" location="extensions">cdr2svg.sh</
dependency>
<input>
<extension>.cdr</extension>
<mimetype>application/vnd.corel-draw</mimetype>
<_filetypename>Corel DRAW 7-X4 files (*.cdr)</_filetypename>
<_filetypetooltip>Open files saved in Corel DRAW 7-X4</
_filetypetooltip>
<output_extension>org.inkscape.output.cdr</output_extension>
</input>
<script>
<command reldir="extensions">cdr2svg.sh</command>
</script>
</inkscape-extension>
However when trying to open a cdr file with File - Open or File - Import
in inkscape, I get the message:
Failed to load the requested file
And at the command line there is:
parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found
RIFFJ
which gives the impression that it interprets it as an svg file.
How do I get this working correctly?
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Frederik Himpe
14 years, 12 months
Exclude drawing area
by Johannes Bauer
Hello list,
I'm fairly sure that what I'm trying to accomplish is quite common, but
I don't know how to do it in inkscape: Say I have a complex group of
paths (of different widths and so) and I want a certain area of that
path to not be drawn. Currently what I do is I create a second layer on
top and move a white, filled rectangle above the places which I do not
want to have drawn.
This has one problem, however: When the svg is exported as png, the "not
drawn" area is (of course!) white instead of transparent. If I make it
transparent, however, it will (also of course!) not cover the background.
I've played around with the AND and XOR functions of the Path menu, but
I don't quite get how they work. Sometimes everything disappears,
sometimes nothing happens. How do you do this the *right* way?
Thanks in advance,
Johannes
14 years, 12 months
Exclude drawing area?
by Johannes Bauer
Hello list,
I'm fairly sure that what I'm trying to accomplish is quite common, but
I don't know how to do it in inkscape: Say I have a complex group of
paths (of different widths and so) and I want a certain area of that
path to not be drawn. Currently what I do is I create a second layer on
top and move a white, filled rectangle above the places which I do not
want to have drawn.
This has one problem, however: When the svg is exported as png, the "not
drawn" area is (of course!) white instead of transparent. If I make it
transparent, however, it will (also of course!) not cover the background.
I've played around with the AND and XOR functions of the Path menu, but
I don't quite get how they work. Sometimes everything disappears,
sometimes nothing happens. How do you do this the *right* way?
Thanks in advance,
Johannes
PS: This is my second try for posting on the inkscape-user list, might
it be that SF.net has some problem with lists? I cannot find my original
posting (identical content, from yesterday) within the archives anywhere.
15 years
Batch resize of .svg files.
by Gian Paolo Mureddu
Hi list.
I was wondering if I could perform a batch resize of many small .svg
files using Inkscape's command-line arguments? The --help doesn't state
much about this, and the only options having to do with size seem to be
width and height, or should I use something else like ImageMagik?
I'm on Linux, by the way.
15 years
2nd Edition of: Inkscape: Guide to a Vector Drawing Program.
by Tavmjong Bah
Hi,
I am pleased to announce that the 2nd edition of my book "Inkscape:
Guide to a Vector Drawing Program" is available at:
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.html
A PDF version can be obtained at:
http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=9780137004720
(The book has actually been available for the past month but it came out
just as I was leaving for vacation.)
The 2nd edition covers all the new features of Inkscape version 0.46
including SVG filters, "Live Path Effects", the 3D Box Tool, and the
Tweak Tool.
Loïc Guégant of Cévennes Libres has done an amazing job of translating
the entire book into French. It is available at:
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html_fr/index.html
A partial Spanish translation by Ocetalo is also available and an
Italian translation has been started but is not yet available.
I would like to thank all the people who have sent me comments and
corrections to the previous versions of the book, and to thank Jon Cruz
and and Loïc for corrections to the current version. Thanks also to Loïc
and Ocetalo for their translation work and to everyone who has
contributed to making Inkscape such a great program!
Tav
15 years
Tavmjong's Book - guide to a vector drawing program
by Donna Benjamin
Hey Tavmjong,
I bought your book!
http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0131357948
and now I really want a printed copy too.
I tried uploading it to lulu.com as a private project to purchase a
print copy, but it can't be printed there because the fonts are not
embedded.
Just wondering if you (or your publisher) has plans to make it available
as print on demand? I know a school that also wants to buy a couple of
copies for the school library.
I've posted this to inkscape-users, because I imagine there are others
who might like a printed copy, and support your excellent efforts in
writing it!
cheers
Donna
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