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Re: [Inkscape-user] fill areas advice
by worms invasion 18 May '09

18 May '09

Ok then, here is my result : http://www.petaimg.com/u73/830africa_traced.svg I used : brightness... 0,450 (untouched) edge... 0,650 (untouched) color quantisation : 2 brightness steps : 8 (you can probably lower that) tick : colors unselect the three boxes at the bottom On the "options" tab, deselect "smooth corners" This gives you the group of 8 paths at the top of the file. You can then duplicate the group, ungroup, move the unwanted paths, place a circle below, transform it to a path. Select both the ex-circle and your shapes and do Path / difference (or something). N.B.: When you plan to trace a bitmap to make a svg out of it, do not open the PNG as such with Inkscape. Open a new document, import the png, trace, the file will have a svg extension - NO CRASH :p --- On Mon, 5/18/09, Norman Khine <norman@...2639...> wrote: > From: Norman Khine <norman@...2639...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] fill areas advice > To: "Inkscape User Community" <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 9:28 AM > Hi, > Thanks for the reply. Yes, when I saved it I did not remove > the .png > form the file name. > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 11:21 AM, worms invasion <wormsxulla@...12...> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > There must be something very special about your png > file, cos' it crashes my rev21271 Inkscape build every time > I try to import it (windows XP). I can import other pngs > just fine. > > > > Anyway, to answer your question: > > > > If you already have clean land shapes as you should > after following the tutorial: > > This is the problem here, I don't seem to be able to get > the clean > land shapes correctly. > > Here is the procedure, I am using: > > 1) New file > 2) Import (africa.png) > 3) Call up the Trace (SHIFT-ALT-B) > 4) Choose brightness cutoff (0.980) > 5) Select the 'Inverse' > 6) Update > 7) I then added a circle > 8) Exported bitmap > 9) Open Gimp > 10) Removed the outer layer > > Is there a quicker way to do this, and also at the same > time get a > better outline of the countries/ islands etc... > > I have attached the original png file together with the > updated .svg > file with all the layers. > > > > > - create a new layer (below the current where the > shapes are) > > > > - go back to the current layer > > > > - duplicate the shapes (which, I suppose, are paths or > "empty" countries > > > > - go back to the current layer > > > > - Edit / duplicate the shape you want (the duplicated > one is then selected) > > > > - Layer : move selection to layer below (the one you > just created) > > > > - Go in the Object / fill and stroke menu. Suppress > the stroke (the original shape), add a fill. > > > > - Done. > > > > Now if you make the new layer invisible, you have your > lands shapes as empty as before. > > > > N.B. : You could also use a sub-layer of the "current" > one instead of a new separate layer, but then if you make > the current invisible, the invisibility also applies to the > subs-, it's a bit more difficult to handle. > > > > Regards. > > > > --- On Sun, 5/17/09, Norman Khine <norman@...2639...> > wrote: > > > >> From: Norman Khine <norman@...2639...> > >> Subject: [Inkscape-user] fill areas advice > >> To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > >> Date: Sunday, May 17, 2009, 5:37 PM > >> Hello, > >> I tried to follow the tracing example at > >> http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/ATracingExample.html > >> but > >> have difficulties in manipulating my image to what > I want. > >> Basically I have three globes (file attached), I > have > >> traced the > >> areas, but now I would like to fill the land parts > with the > >> colors > >> red, green and blue one for each globe and for > this fill to > >> be in a > >> new layer. > >> Can someone please advise on how to achieve this. > >> Many thanks > >> Norman > >> > >> -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day > Trial > >> Check out the new simplified licensing option that > enables > >> > >> unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report > engine > >> for externally facing server and web deployment. > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > >> -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Inkscape-user mailing list > >> Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > >> > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial > > Check out the new simplified licensing option that > enables > > unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report > engine > > for externally facing server and web deployment. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-user mailing list > > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial > Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables > > unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine > for externally facing server and web deployment. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >

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Re: [Inkscape-user] fill areas advice
by worms invasion 18 May '09

18 May '09

Hi, There must be something very special about your png file, cos' it crashes my rev21271 Inkscape build every time I try to import it (windows XP). I can import other pngs just fine. Anyway, to answer your question: If you already have clean land shapes as you should after following the tutorial: - create a new layer (below the current where the shapes are) - go back to the current layer - duplicate the shapes (which, I suppose, are paths or "empty" countries - go back to the current layer - Edit / duplicate the shape you want (the duplicated one is then selected) - Layer : move selection to layer below (the one you just created) - Go in the Object / fill and stroke menu. Suppress the stroke (the original shape), add a fill. - Done. Now if you make the new layer invisible, you have your lands shapes as empty as before. N.B. : You could also use a sub-layer of the "current" one instead of a new separate layer, but then if you make the current invisible, the invisibility also applies to the subs-, it's a bit more difficult to handle. Regards. --- On Sun, 5/17/09, Norman Khine <norman@...2639...> wrote: > From: Norman Khine <norman@...2639...> > Subject: [Inkscape-user] fill areas advice > To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Sunday, May 17, 2009, 5:37 PM > Hello, > I tried to follow the tracing example at > http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/ATracingExample.html > but > have difficulties in manipulating my image to what I want. > Basically I have three globes (file attached), I have > traced the > areas, but now I would like to fill the land parts with the > colors > red, green and blue one for each globe and for this fill to > be in a > new layer. > Can someone please advise on how to achieve this. > Many thanks > Norman > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial > Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables > > unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine > for externally facing server and web deployment. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >

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Re: [Inkscape-user] fill areas advice
by worms invasion 18 May '09

18 May '09

Ahahah, thank you, that is funny :-) (I didn't even checked why it was crashing Inkscape...) To upload SVG, SVGZ, or other images formats, may I recommend http://petaimg.com (no bandwidth limit, files are there forever...). You can even hotlink to them. The only problem is that some (mostly australian for some reason) IP ranges are blacklisted, if you email the admin of petaimg, they'll be unblocked quickly. You can then post the link to your file here or anywhere (handy because, most of the time, I do not see attachments for mailing lists, as I read the messages with the Yahoo webmail interface which blocks them). Anyway! Thanks for finding the reason of the crash :-p --- On Mon, 5/18/09, Yann Papouin <yann.papouin@...155...> wrote: > From: Yann Papouin <yann.papouin@...155...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] fill areas advice > To: "Inkscape User Community" <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 5:26 AM > It's not a PNG, it's an SVG > with a PNG extension > > 2009/5/18 worms invasion <wormsxulla@...12...> > > > > Hi, > > > > There must be something very special about your png file, > cos' it crashes my rev21271 Inkscape build every time I > try to import it (windows XP). I can import other pngs just > fine. > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial > Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables > > unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine > for externally facing server and web deployment. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >

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Re: [Inkscape-user] fill areas advice
by worms invasion 18 May '09

18 May '09

Oops, I typed the same lines twice :-) So here is the right thing to do: > - create a new layer (below the current where the shapes > are) > > - go back to the current layer > > - Edit / duplicate the shape you want (the duplicated one > is then selected) > > - Layer : move selection to layer below (the one you just > created) > > - Go in the Object / fill and stroke menu. Suppress the > stroke (the original shape), add a fill. > > - Done. > > Now if you make the new layer invisible, you have your > lands shapes as empty as before. > > N.B. : You could also use a sub-layer of the "current" one > instead of a new separate layer, but then if you make the > current invisible, the invisibility also applies to the > subs-, it's a bit more difficult to handle. --- On Mon, 5/18/09, worms invasion <wormsxulla@...12...> wrote: > From: worms invasion <wormsxulla@...12...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] fill areas advice > To: "Inkscape User Community" <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 5:21 AM > > Hi, > > There must be something very special about your png file, > cos' it crashes my rev21271 Inkscape build every time I try > to import it (windows XP). I can import other pngs just > fine. > > Anyway, to answer your question: > > If you already have clean land shapes as you should after > following the tutorial: > > - create a new layer (below the current where the shapes > are) > > - go back to the current layer > > - duplicate the shapes (which, I suppose, are paths or > "empty" countries > > - go back to the current layer > > - Edit / duplicate the shape you want (the duplicated one > is then selected) > > - Layer : move selection to layer below (the one you just > created) > > - Go in the Object / fill and stroke menu. Suppress the > stroke (the original shape), add a fill. > > - Done. > > Now if you make the new layer invisible, you have your > lands shapes as empty as before. > > N.B. : You could also use a sub-layer of the "current" one > instead of a new separate layer, but then if you make the > current invisible, the invisibility also applies to the > subs-, it's a bit more difficult to handle. > > Regards. > > --- On Sun, 5/17/09, Norman Khine <norman@...2639...> > wrote: > > > From: Norman Khine <norman@...2639...> > > Subject: [Inkscape-user] fill areas advice > > To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > Date: Sunday, May 17, 2009, 5:37 PM > > Hello, > > I tried to follow the tracing example at > > http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/ATracingExample.html > > but > > have difficulties in manipulating my image to what I > want. > > Basically I have three globes (file attached), I have > > traced the > > areas, but now I would like to fill the land parts > with the > > colors > > red, green and blue one for each globe and for this > fill to > > be in a > > new layer. > > Can someone please advise on how to achieve this. > > Many thanks > > Norman > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial > > Check out the new simplified licensing option that > enables > > > > unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report > engine > > for externally facing server and web deployment. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-user mailing list > > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial > Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables > > unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine > for externally facing server and web deployment. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >

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fill areas advice
by Norman Khine 17 May '09

17 May '09

Hello, I tried to follow the tracing example at http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/ATracingExample.html but have difficulties in manipulating my image to what I want. Basically I have three globes (file attached), I have traced the areas, but now I would like to fill the land parts with the colors red, green and blue one for each globe and for this fill to be in a new layer. Can someone please advise on how to achieve this. Many thanks Norman

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[OS X] account name ($HOME) containing a space - Inkscape.app can't create $HOME/.inkscape-etc?
by ~suv 17 May '09

17 May '09

Can any Mac OS X user and shell guru have a look at Question #70444 "I have tried everything everyone said but still can't get Inkscape working on my iMac" <https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/70444>? log: > imac:~ John Doe$ /Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/openDoc ; exit; > mkdir: /Users/John: Permission denied > /Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin/inkscape: line 69: /Users/John Doe/.inkscape-etc/pangorc: No such file or directory my interpretation: > the issue: > > mkdir -p ${HOME}/.inkscape-etc > > expands to > > mkdir -p /Users/John Doe/.inkscape-etc > > which in turn is read as two seperate arguments: > > mkdir -p /Users/John > mkdir -p Doe/.inkscape/etc > > If this is true, there's definitely a small bug in the shell script > 'Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin/inkscape': ${HOME} needs to be > escaped with quotes (a guess - I'm not an expert in shell scripts either). I'm still not sure if this is a bug in Inkscape.app or the result of a specific user account/shell environment configuration? ~suv

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SVG Font Editor
by Alvin Penner 16 May '09

16 May '09

Does anyone know how to use the SVG Font editor in the Text menu? I haven't been able to get any sort of meaningful response from the dialog box that comes with it, and I haven't been able to find any documentation on it. (Windows XP) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/SVG-Font-Editor-tp23574059p23574059.html Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Dashed path in inkscape
by Bibi Morris 15 May '09

15 May '09

I am in need of a way to do a dashed path in inkscape. When I use the stroke to path it shows up on my SVG as a dashed path, but when it import that to my cutting machine it will cut as a regular path, not one that has holes in it. What I need is a single line with little pieces missing on the line. Does anyone know of an easy way to do this in inkscape? Bibi

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Inkscape 0.46 on Ubuntu 9.04 - Lost Raster Effects
by heathenx 15 May '09

15 May '09

I have an interesting problem. I just noticed that with Inkscape 0.46 (built on April 8th) installed on Ubuntu 9.04 from the default repos has no Raster effects listed from the effects menu. This is the first time that I noticed it was missing since installing Ubuntu 9.04 in late April. They are listed in my SVN version (r21302) that I have compiled but the entire effect listing is broken. Do others have this problem? heathenx

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Multiple duplicate, best practice?
by Lars Behrens 14 May '09

14 May '09

Hi there, what is the best way to copy an item multiple times (let's say 30), when you have a fixed start and end point? Up to now I set the first and last object and then press [ctr] + d 28 times, then distribute them all with "distribute and align". Not quite elegant... There's that "Multiple Clone" tool, but that seems to be a bit too complicated for me, as it never does what I want :-) Is there a howto for it? Maybe someone of you can give me tip? TIA, Lars

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