December 2010 - Inkscape Users

Crash when moving nodes
by Stan Field 26 Dec '10

26 Dec '10

Greetings, All! [*cheery wave*] I hope this is the proper place to ask. If not, please direct me to the correct list. I've been using Inkscape on Kubuntu for several years. Most of my previous applications have been minor things such as business cards, posters and photo collections. Recently, I've started working on some cardstock scale modeling projects. These involve lots of pattern files from photographs. Just the last few days, I've had to restart Inkscape dozens of times. It crashes when I have an irregular shape with a pattern fill and try to move nodes. The second or third node I move causes the program to report an error and then crash. I've found a few work arounds so I can complete my project, but it has been a pain. Here's my current setup. - AMD processor, Asus MB, 4Gb RAM, 1.5Tb HD, NVIDIA (onboard MB), 24" LCD monitor. - Kubuntu 10.04 with all current patches. - Inkscape vs 0.47 Thanks in advance for any assistance. *Happy Holidays!* -- E.C. "*Stan*" Field *Reality is the Illusion!* http://PostOrbitalDesign.net/

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Resize Content to Page
by Shawn H Corey 24 Dec '10

24 Dec '10

Is there any way to resize the content to the page except by eyeballing it? And no thank you, I don't mean "Resize Page to Content". -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Confusion is the first step of understanding. Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. The secret to great software: Fail early & often. Eliminate software piracy: use only FLOSS.

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inkscape.org update needs [django and video]
by Ian Caldwell 24 Dec '10

24 Dec '10

hello all! just wanted to update you all on the website we're making some good progress and things are starting to come together for the website, We're currently in the process of having the pages mocked up and then translating those to html/css and django. we do however need a couple things.. 1. We need someone to develop a good quality video for our about page it'll be a brief overview of inkscape and will hopefully be less than 2-3 minutes. - It would be great to include a couple brief interviews of prominent companies that us inkscape for their everyday work. If you're able to submit interviews in video format to add to the video it would be great too! It will essentially be a promo video - Here's an example of where the video would go ( http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41698/mockup-about_1.1.png) 2. if you're skilled in Django and willing to take on various features of the site such as i18n (localization). so if you're willing to help either email me here or join us at irc.freenode.net and join #inkscape-web Thanks and happy holidays! Ian "Inc" Caldwell

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Question about --verb
by Kent Tenney 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Howdy, I'm trying to figure out --verb capability and usage, starting with creating a file. my naive attempt $ inkscape --without-gui --verb FileNew=/tmp/test.svg --verb FileSave fails, as does all variations I've tried on above. - Can this be done? - Where should I look for --verb documentation? (I've only found fairly cursory material) Thanks, Kent

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How to select Path Effects from the menu
by Shawn H Corey 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

Is there a way to open Path Effects (Shift+Ctrl+7) from the menu? Is there way way to list all the Dialogs? -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Confusion is the first step of understanding. Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. The secret to great software: Fail early & often. Eliminate software piracy: use only FLOSS.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Fwd: Hello
by Tommy Hjalmarsson 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

2010-12-09 08:37, Emeka skrev: > I am finding a bit hard learning InkScape, do you have tutorials I can > use? > > Regards, > Emeka > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Tommy Hjalmarsson* <tommy.h@...2781... > <mailto:tommy.h@...2781...>> > Date: Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 1:27 AM > Subject: [Inkscape-user] Hello > To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > > > My name is Tommy Hjalmarsson from Sweden. I'm new to this list, and I > work as a freelance illustrator. I have used InkScape for many years > now, and love it. > > > Here is my vector gallery on deviantart: > http://zombiwoof.deviantart.com/gallery/12392182 > > All images are made in Inkscape. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: > > WikiLeaks The End of the Free Internet > http://p.sf.net/sfu/therealnews-com > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > > > > > -- > /Satajanus Nig. Ltd > > / Not my one but....... A Quick Guide to Inkscape http://www.microugly.com/inkscape-quickguide/ Inkscape tutorial on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=inkscape+tutorial&aq=1 <http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=inkscape+tutorial&aq=1> the inkscape tutorials weblog http://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com/ <http://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com/> <http://www.inkscapeforum.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2>

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] website
by Néstor Díaz Valencia 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

Hi, I bet you can do better! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N4LU7xFw08 http://n3storm.deviantart.com/art/Inkscape-Website-Mockup-188199114 don't think in any cms you ever worked, just go crazy :) Cheers, n3storm

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] website
by unknown＠example.com 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

> I came up with these three main groups. > -new users > -users (artists/designers etc) > -developers > These three groups have different needs and expectations > from the site. This is my view on their needs and > expectations, feel free to shoot holes into them/enhance > them. > OK won't quote the rest of Steve's email and while I am not part of the site redesign group, I totally endorse his opinion of starting the design from the 3 user groups he mentions and meet the users strategic needs first and foremost. BTW as far as I am concerned the current design is ok - but its weaknesses lie precisely in handling the needs of the three user groups. Maybe a suitable solution would be 4 front pages, with a cookie based choice popup : 1 for new users, 1 for existing users, one for developers, and a difficult one : a one-size-fits all front page with a menu clearly pointing to resources per category of users - not to what the resources are, but to whom the resources are useful - a user centric interface. Cedric

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Hello
by Tommy Hjalmarsson 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

My name is Tommy Hjalmarsson from Sweden. I'm new to this list, and I work as a freelance illustrator. I have used InkScape for many years now, and love it. Here is my vector gallery on deviantart: http://zombiwoof.deviantart.com/gallery/12392182 All images are made in Inkscape.

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Creating a mask
by Jogchum Reitsma 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

Hi, I have created a stylized Christmas tree from a series or arcs, and tree straight lines forming the stem. With Paths -> combine I've combined these paths to a single path. All this forms a layer, and on a layer underneath is a picture. What I want is to create a mask from the Christmas tree, so that only that part from the picture that is within the Christmas tree is visible. From Tamjongs course I learned that it is clipping that I need, but I cannot find that in my Dutch translated Inkscape (.47 and .48), and also masking (that should do the inverse if I'm correct, that is, only that nót within the Christmas tree becomes visible) doesn't seem to do anything. Can someone help me out? Thanks! regard, Jogchum

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