October 2010 - Inkscape Users

inkscape 0.48 not responding (windows)
by Dr. Johannes Zellner 24 Jan '11

24 Jan '11

Hi, inkscape 0.48 is not responding for about a minute - after startup - when saving to a new file name (Save As ...) After the minute, everything works as espected. any ideas? -- Johannes

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Re: [Inkscape-user] OT: Where to post Inkscape contest announcements
by Guillermo Espertino 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

John: Probably Inkscapeforum.com is a good place to start. Anyway, I'd suggest you to think twice before proposing such contest. You're offering a very small amount of money as a price (far below the street price of a logo, even for my country where our currency is 1/4 of a dollar) and these kind of contests are perceived generally as a cheap strategy to get several logos offering almost nothing. It may damage your reputation among the designers and you'll only get design proposals from hobbists with a poor or non-existing knowledge about design. Contests are generally considered as spec-work, and serious designers really hate that. If you don't have money, maybe the best thing is to announce that you need a logo, that you have that money and no more and let the people interested decide if they want to design something for that amount. You could ask for a portfolio of the interested people and choose one, and from that point continue working as a regular contract work.

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OT: Where to post Inkscape contest announcements
by John A. Sullivan III 29 Oct '10

29 Oct '10

Hello, all. Our company is sponsoring a small logo contest (two logos - USD 150 each) and I'd like to advertise it to the Inkscape user community. I did not see a commercial announcements list and did not want to abuse the user list. What would be the appropriate way to distribute the details of the contest to Inkscape users? Thanks - John

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CMYK palette.
by John Culleton 26 Oct '10

26 Oct '10

Is there a standard or available Inkscape color palette limited to colors that can be expressed in CMYK? The colors of course will be handled as RGB internally within Inkscape but limiting the gamut in this way will lessen problem later on in my workflow. -- John Culleton, Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" $5.95 at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html Free eps format barcode: http://www.tux.org/~milgram/bookland/

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CMYK and Inkscape output.
by John Culleton 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

There is an output option for Inkscape 48 called PDF em CMYK. It is not covered in any of the books. When I select it I get a popup window written in Portugese. If I save it anyhow I get warning messages. Is there an English language explanation of this feature? Do I need to load additional software? -- John Culleton, Wexford Press

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inkscape feature : fullscreen + scripted button
by audrey samson 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX apologies for Xposting XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX hello all, i am working on a performative installation in which inkscape is used. the idea is that people can draw on the screen (in inkscape) and a constantly refreshing screengrab is streamed to a server (in pure data) which displays it on a webpage. this page also displays a performer in australia. both 'screens' (australia + touchscreen in amsterdam) are communicating together through drawing/touch. what i am missing in inkscape for all this to run smoothly is: 1) full screen option (not even showing the menu bar 'File', 'Edit', etc., *only* the canvas). 2) a graphical button (i.e. filled green circle) which, when 'pressed', will 'save as' (to record the current vector drawing to a folder with a numerically incrementing filename), 'select all', 'erase', 'return pointer to paintbrush tool option'. the situation is that i have very little time to figure this out and i can imagine that for some people on this list this is rather easy to implement. therefore i hope that someone out there has a bit of time and perhaps an inclination to work on this. there is of course budget for this and proper credits to the programmer/developper and promotion of inkscape project will be included in the project documentation. the project runs on nov. 6th. (thus very quick deadline). you can contact me @ this email address or on irc.indymedia.org #etc. i tried to join #inkscape but i cannot post. much appreciated! audrey samson ideacritik.com

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split different layers into different .svg files
by Cheng-Yang Tang 15 Oct '10

15 Oct '10

Hi, Is it possible to split a multi-layered inkscape svg file into several svg files, each with one layer only? Louis

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split different layers into different .svg files
by Cheng-Yang Tang 15 Oct '10

15 Oct '10

Hi, Is it possible to split a multi-layered inkscape svg file into several svg files, each with one layer only? Louis

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Fill problems in inkscape > 0.46
by Alexander Bonivento 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Hello again, I noticed a strange bug that happens on newer inkscape version. In the attached archive you can see the svg file i'm trying to convert into PDF. The file b.pdf was created with Inkscape 0.46 (Apr 5 2008), and it looks fine. File a.pdf was created with Inkscape 0.47 r22583 (Jan 20 2010), and does not preserve the fill transparency of the simple shape. Both files were created via commandline on linux servers, with the sintax: inkscape -z clip.svg --export-pdf=a.pdf --export-text-to-path To check, i've also tried the very last version, 0.48, installed in windows. I've opened the svg file, then i simply saved it as PDF: result is identical to the wrong file a.pdf Any idea? Thanks in advance, Alex

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Missing fonts in Inkscape
by Christopher B. Wright 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

I've had the same problem with Inkscape in windows. Some truetype fonts aren't detected. The explanation I was given at the time was that Inkscape is very picky about fonts and low quality fonts that don't completely conform to the font specification get ignored. That didn't explain why I could use the same fonts in Linux, though. Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@...537...) Ubersoft.net: Technology Is Not Your Friend ----- Reply message ----- From: "Tőkés Ábel" <preobazsenszkij@...1341...> Date: Fri, Oct 8, 2010 7:39 am Subject: [Inkscape-user] Missing fonts in Inkscape To: <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> 10/8/2010 11:27 AM keltezéssel, Tavmjong Bah írta: > I guess you'll have to wait until a Windows expert replies (I use > Linux). You could take a look at this site: > > http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=356 > > Tav > Thanks for the advice, though it didn't help much. The FAQ writes about a similar issue, but it is supposed to be solved in 0.48. Izirajder writes about installing fonts in Windoze, but it doesn't help me, because these fonts have already been installed. These fonts are true type, so they should be fully supported. Anyone knows something more? Abel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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font problem - SVG to EPS or PDF working only as root user
by Alexander Bonivento 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

Hello Inkscape users, I'm having a strange issue i help you'll be able to help me fix. I'm currently using both inkscape 0.46 and 0.47 r22583, on two distinct linux servers. I'm using it as a commandline tool, to convert vector files for an online application i'm developing. The problem is simple. I have command lines like these: /usr/bin/inkscape -z file.svg --export-eps=file.eps --export-text-to-path /usr/bin/inkscape -z file.svg --export-pdf=file.pdf --export-text-to-path If these commands are executed in shell as root, all is fine. But if executed via PHP "exec()" function, so as user Apache as i need it, the generated EPS or PDF files are created but without the correct font. Please note that i execute in cron every day the command "fc-cache -f /usr/share/fonts/ttf", and /usr/share/fonts/ttf contains all of the fonts i need. It behaves just like the Apache user cannot access the system fonts library... so strange. Moreover, with a previous version of inkscape all was fine. So i'm just afraid there's something i need to set up at system level to grant Apache user access to system fonts by using inkscape. Any idea about what could cause this? Just to provide some more info, here is an example of the SVG file i'm trying to convert, which basically is just a stroked text. <svg width="24in" height="24in" viewBox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xml:space="preserve" shape-rendering="geometricPrecision" text-rendering="geometricPrecision" image-rendering="optimizeQuality" fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <rect x="0" y="0" width="24" height="24" style="fill: none;" /> <g transform="translate(12,12)"> <text id="text_3_1_check_s" transform="translate(0,0)" style=" text-anchor:start; font-size: 1; font-family: 'Unicorn'; fill: #E3478C; fill-opacity: 1; stroke: #000000; stroke-linecap: round; stroke-linejoin: round; stroke-opacity: 1; stroke-width: 0.027777777777778;">918-542-5348</text> <text id="text_3_1_check" transform="translate(0,0)" style=" text-anchor:start; font-size: 1; font-family: 'Unicorn'; fill: #E3478C; fill-opacity: 1;">918-542-5348</text> </g> </svg> Thanks in advance, Alex

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import several images
by Haldun ALTAN 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

Hello, I don't know the exact name to call it but I need to import a group of images (sometimes more then 100) to make some animation with inkscape. Each image has to be on a différent layer. At the end I export them in .png format to load in cinelerra. I made some rechearh on the net, the only thing i found is http://mutins.net/spip.php?article285 ( in french) But the script wasn't done exactly for what i want to do. I need to copy images to the layers to work on them individually. They all stuck in the same page and loose the link when i copy paste on layers. ( Well that's what for the script is written for !... So normal) Has any one some idea to help me out ? Thanks Haldun.

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Missing fonts in Inkscape
by Tőkés Ábel 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

Hi all, My problem is that although I have several (10) members of Neo Tech font family, and most of the applications can use them, Inkscape sees only two of them. Actually, these two were modified. Do anyone know about a possible reason? I have Windows XP SP3, I have just installed Inkscape 0.48 (I had 0.44 previously with the same failure). Background: Although Inkscape has been on my computer for years, I didn't use it, because I have Corel too and it seemed more convenient. I work for a producing company (Semilab), and we used to give the labeling of our equipments to screen-printing companies. The designs that are screen-printed are given to these companies in .cdr files. We are thinking about changing from Corel to Inkscape for this purpose, as the number of copies of Corel we have is limited, there are incompatibility problems between versions, and Corel is expensive. But we can do this only if Inkscape is equal to Corel in performance in the limited way we use it. This doesn't seem to me a very strict criterion, as we do very basic things (typing, drawing basic shapes, our logo), but includes using all Neo Tech fonts we have. Thank you Abel

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Re: [Inkscape-user] CMYK output.
by Guillermo Espertino 05 Oct '10

05 Oct '10

You have to attach a CMYK icc profile first (I'm not sure if it's a requirement, but if I remember correctly you have to save and reload in order to apply it). Then, going to CMS tab in the fill/stroke dialog you can set the CMYK values. The resulting SVG file can be opened (mostly) in Scribus 1.5.0trunk, and the CMYK values will be preserved (you can check in the colors dialog, that the imported colors are in CMYK mode instead of RGB as a regular SVG). Scribus doesn't fully support Inkscape SVGs yet, but as far as I know that's already on the works (you can tell by trying Scribus nightlies, SVG support has been improved a lot).

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CMYK output.
by John Culleton 05 Oct '10

05 Oct '10

I know that it is possible to describe spot colors in Inkscape using CMYK notation. But is it possible to produce any form of output file with the colors specified in the file itself using CMYK notation? Candidate output formats would be pdf, eps, or tiff. -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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exporting
by Jannetta Steyn 02 Oct '10

02 Oct '10

Hi All I have done a few Google searches but didn't come up with quite what I want, so I'm hoping there is someone out there that can point me in the right direction. I am making some animations, probably in a long winded way, but for now that is all I know and I have limited time in which to do it. I have drawn every frame on a different layer, with the first layer being the background. Initially I exported to gif by switching on the first (background) layer and the layer of the frame that I want exported and then doing the export. Then I discovered the inkscape command line and with a script I can now export several layers one after another. However, I have not figured out how to export two layers to one gif so I have had to copy the background to each layer. For the export I use the following command line instruction in my script: inkscape --export-png=${1}-${i}.png --export-id=${i} --export-id-only --export-dpi=400 --export-area-page --export-background-opacity=1 ${1}.svg However, this off course will only export the layer with an object id of ${i}. (I number my layers in starting at 001 and incrementing by 1 so that I can loop in a script). Is there a way of more than one layer so that I can export layer 000 (the background) and another layer so that I don't have to copy the background onto each layer. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kind Regards Jannetta =================================== Web site: http://www.jannetta.com Email: jannetta@...2761... ===================================

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Shapado instance for Inkscape? Fwd: Re: user support - Shapado instance for Debian
by Valessio S Brito 02 Oct '10

02 Oct '10

Hi All, Anyone know of a network of collaborative responses and questions about inkscape? I thought of a network similar to the Shapado[1]. But would like to know opinion of you. [1] http://debian.shapado.com/ -- ://ValessioBrito.info > Comunicação e Tecnologia mobile: +55 71 VALESSIO

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