December 2009 - Inkscape Users

Color Management on OSX
by Chris Tregenza 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

Inkscape 0.47 r22583 Built Nov 24 2009 OSX 10.5.8 None of the color management options work. The Inkscape Preferences -> Colour Management tab has a drop-down list for Display Profile. This only lists <None> as an option. The mouse-over says that it checks four different directories. I have confirm that all four directories exist and at least one of them contains valid ICC profiles (e.g. they work correctly in Scribus). The Device Profile drop-down on the same tab, has no options, appears to be greyed out and has no mouse-over information. Is this a bug or am I missing something? Any help or suggestions appreciated. I'm trying to create a CMYK compatible PNG file for import into a PDF that is going to a professional printers. Many thanks Chris

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Command line
by Alessandro Antonello 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

Hi, all. Apparently the command line interface of Inkscape is not working properly. I usually export PNG files from command line because is much more quickly than open every single SVG to export in the GUI interface. After the upgrade to the 0.47 version I cannot export the PNG this way anymore. There is no error message. It simply output nothing. I use Inkscape on a Windows XP Service Pack 3. The command line that I usually use to export the files is: inkscape -f file.svg -e file.png -h 64 -w 64 I review the options in the WEB about the command line and appears to me that nothing was changed from the older version. Someone has a clue? Best regards, Alessandro Antonello

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Drawing spirals
by Joanne Rancourt 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

I have only begun to work on inkscape and was using version .46 I did a few drawings making spirals and was really pleased with result, even for a beginner like me it was quite easy. Then I saw there was a new version and thought it mus be better and installed it yesterday. Now I cannot seem to draw spirals any more. When I click on the pencil and then on spiro path and smoothing at 100pct I can only get straight lines whatever I do. Is it a setting I need to change ? I do hope someone can help me or I will need to uninstall the new version and go back to the old one. cheers, Jo

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Inkscape 0.47 is released!
by Joshua A. Andler 03 Dec '09

03 Dec '09

Greeting to the community, After over a year of intensive development and refactoring, Inkscape 0.47 is out. This version of the SVG-based vector graphics editor brings improved performance and tons of new features, some of which are as follows: Timed autosave, Spiro splines, Auto-smooth nodes, Eraser tool, New modes in Tweak tool, Snapping toolbar & greater snapping abilities, New Live Path Effects (including Envelope), A huge collection of preset filters, New cairo-based PS and EPS export, Spell checker, Many new extensions, Optimized SVG code options, and much more. Additionally, it would be wrong to not mention the hundreds of bug fixes as well. Check out the full release notes for more information about what has changed, enjoy the screenshots, or just jump right to downloading your package for Windows, Linux or Mac OS X. Release Notes: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ReleaseNotes047 Downloads: http://inkscape.org/download/ Cheers, Josh P.S. Let the PR blitz begin!

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