inkscape 0.48 not responding (windows)
by Dr. Johannes Zellner
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?
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Johannes
12 years, 4 months
Re: [Inkscape-user] Fill areas with color
by Rob Antonishen
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Mikael Ståldal wrote:
> On 11/29/2010 10:00 PM, Rob Antonishen wrote:
>>
>> The easiest way is to turn on snap to intersection and nodes and then
>> just draw out the shapes, tracing over your original shapes.
>
> That's what I did, but it seems very inconvenient and I though that there
> was a better way.
>
The problem is your lines in the middle don't hit the nodes of the
outer shape accurately, so you can't cut with them.
Here is a workaround:
Select the 4 straight line paths and Path->Combine (ctrl - k)
With that path selected enlarge this new path from the center and
uniformly by holding ctrl and shift and pulling out on a corner so the
lines extend beyond the compass outline.
Now select the two paths you have, and do a Path->Division (ctrl - /)
and the base shape will be cut up into pieces. Ther would be 8 if the
shape was symmetrical and the lines were all straight, but they
aren't, so you get 11 shapes and will have to delete the 3 odd tiny
shapes in the center.
-Rob A>
P.S. If you are interested in map making, check out www.cartographersguild.com
12 years, 6 months
Re: [Inkscape-user] [slightly OFFTOPIC] Fill areas with color
by Andreas Neustifter
Hi all!
I posted an answer to Mikaels question 3 days ago but from the wrong
email account. Since the error messages for this mailing list are
disabled I was not aware of that and never bothered to check if the
message made it onto the list.
This is a really frustrating experience (this happened to me once or
twice now) and it would be great if posting errors could be reenabled.
Thanks, Andi
On 27 November 2010 22:58, Andreas Neustifter
<andreas.neustifter@...155...> wrote:
> Hi Mikael!
>
> You need to create a closed path for each triangle (e.g. see
> http://www.microugly.com/inkscape-quickguide/#finish-path) and then
> set the fill of this object.
>
> You can draw the triangles exactly overlapping by using some helping
> lines and the snapping function
> (http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Snapping.html).
>
> I really recommend http://inkscape.org/doc/basic/tutorial-basic.html
> for starters.
>
> Andi
>
> On Saturday, November 27, 2010, Mikael Ståldal <mikael@...2778...> wrote:
>> I have a drawing like the attached compass.svg. I want to color it so that it looks like the attached compass.png. How do I do that in Inkscape?
>>
>> Using the Paint Bucket Tool doesn't work well since it doesn't handle the sharp corners correctly, I get something like the attached SharpCorner.png (after removing the stroke of the created paths), when zooming in as much as possible.
>>
>> I think that the problem is that the Paint Bucket Tool is bitmap based. I would rather need a vector based fill tool. Is there any such possibility in Inkscape?
>>
>
12 years, 6 months
Fill areas with color
by Mikael Ståldal
I have a drawing like the attached compass.svg. I want to color it so
that it looks like the attached compass.png. How do I do that in Inkscape?
Using the Paint Bucket Tool doesn't work well since it doesn't handle
the sharp corners correctly, I get something like the attached
SharpCorner.png (after removing the stroke of the created paths), when
zooming in as much as possible.
I think that the problem is that the Paint Bucket Tool is bitmap based.
I would rather need a vector based fill tool. Is there any such
possibility in Inkscape?
12 years, 6 months
Keeping a target color after adjusting opacity or alpha
by Jeff Kowalczyk
Color newbie: How do I keep a perceived color from changing when I add opacity?
Is there a formula to use in RGBA space, or do one of the other color coordinate
systems have this as one of their dimensions?
I have a specific logo color #00538FFF that I'm using in other graphics. For
these other graphics, I have a front layer with a rectangle fill of this color,
opacity set the 80%. The desired effect is that photos in lower layers become
visible but clearly tinted in the main color.
The 80% opacity is clearly not a color match for the original RGBA #00538FFF,
nor did I expect it would be.
My question is: how do I calculate the matching color at a certain opacity?
Thanks,
Jeff
P.S. I am using Inkscape bzr trunk.
P.P.S. Apologies for not attaching an example, I have not been successful in
attempts to subscribe to inkscape-users.
12 years, 6 months
Drawing blury with the Calligraphic Pen Tool
by Mikael Ståldal
The Book Of Inkscape talks about drawing blury strokes with the
Caligraphic Pen Tool. But how do you do that in a convenient way?
I can't get it to remember the blur when drawing several strokes, so I
end up having to set each stroke's blur manually. Is there a better way?
12 years, 6 months
Inkscape needs your help!
by Ian Caldwell
hello,
It's been a good long while since I've emailed the mailing list I am a part
of the server management involving inkscape and have been for approximately
4+ years. I am writing you today for 2 reasons.
1. Our current site is terrible, I'm sorry but there is no chance of just
brushing over it. I know there have been a fair number of people in the past
2 years who have submitted website mockup ideas and we've had contests but
no one has ever followed through. Which I'll take partial blame for it.
Things are just scattered every which way
2. I wanted to update you on the status of the Test suite, Osuosl is
currently in the process of setting up the ability to run test suites so
that we can test the SVG building more efficiently. So stay tuned for more
info on this in the near future.
Anyway back to problem 1. Here's how I think we can best solve this problem.
We're going to break the website into different categories and duties.
1. UI (mockups) (*ARTIST*/PROGRAMMERS*)
- Ability to make mockups of how you think the website should look.
- After we pick yours we will request to see the top couple in
HTML/CSS
2. Artwork for the website (*ARTIST*)
- Ability to develop / sharpen logos as well as various buttons etc as
needed
3. Drupal Modules (*PROGRAMMERS*)
- Skills required
- Knowledge of Mysql/PHP/JS and HTML
- Knowledge or ability to learn how drupal works
4. Documentation (*WRITERS*)
- Skills
- Moderate knowledge and ability to update and port existing
content over to the new site.
5. Translation
- We need people who specialize in various languages to port content once
completed into the various languages.
So what's wrong with the current design? a lot, it's way too cluttered and
disorganized not to mention you click wiki you go to a whole different
navigation and sub site. That is just a pain to deal with as a user. So if
you have skills in 1 of the above 5 categories, please contact me or the
list directly and we'll assemble the a team and get this going! let me know
what you think....
Thanks,
Ian "Inc" C.
P.S we've also started on a site map located here
http://www.mindmeister.com/70256281/inkscape-web-site-frontpage
Pw is: vectorfun
12 years, 6 months
