December 2013 - Inkscape Users

Get Previews from the Open Clip Art Library
by E. G. A. 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Just an absolute newbie running Inkscape 0.48.2 in a well working, really beautiful, vintage declared but loved computer (2.1 GHz PowerPC G5 & Mac OS X.5.8). To get Previews from the Open Clip Art Library*, it is needed to be registered at the openclipart.org site and fill up the user account data in the Inkscape Preferences**? * File > Import from Open Clip... ** Import/Export > Open Clip Art Library Username & Password. Thank you. -- Eneko Gotzon Ares

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What features would you like to see in Inkscape?
by Anna Morris 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Hey, my name is Anna, I am a Free Software advocate from the UK. I am working for Open Initiative http://funding.openinitiative.com/ at the moment on their new feature-by-feature Free Software crowd funding platform. I am also an Inkscape user (here is something I made http://fsfe.org/graphics/xbox-infographic.png). So, some a question - which features would you just LOVE to see in Inkscape? What is missing? I will compile a list, using emails, forum posts, Facebook messages and the current list on the forums. I will also be talking to developers of course! I know crowd funding campaigns often don't get past the ideas stage because all the words and pictures are hard work to put together and people are busy etc - but I am here to help prepare the campaigns, which I am delighted to do, for at least the next month. My time is your time ;) Let me know Anna Morris

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Single SVG file to multi-page PDF
by donn 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Anyone know how I could layout/hack a single Inkscape SVG file so that I can get a multi-page PDF out the other end? Inkscape -> layout tricks (maybe layers?) -> some process (maybe command line) -> PDF file with pages. At the moment I am laying-out logos and designs on a single 'page' which can be as tall as 9000 pixels. Is there a way to 'chop' a single PDF page like that into smaller chunks? \d

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Re: [Inkscape-user] What features would you like to see in Inkscape?
by Jesús Abelardo Saldívar Aguilar 29 Dec '13

29 Dec '13

I'm using Inkscape to make web flash-style animations. I use the XML Editor to create and edit the SMIL animation tags, so I would like to see in Inkscape: 1.- Improved XML Editor 1.1- This bug fixed: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/663779 1.2- Improved User Interface, more intuitive way to add attributes, change it's values, add and rearrange tags. 2.- SMIL Animation support 2.1- A timeline to see how the graphics change on the animations. This timeline could be absolute-time based, but also event-base (e.g.: somegraphic.click) 2.2.- User Interface for adjusting animation's attributes, spline editor, etc...

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Re: [Inkscape-user] opacity issue going to print
by Inti Alonso 27 Dec '13

27 Dec '13

I work with printing press, in my experience opacity use to be a issue. I suggest to edit the image in GIMP, KRITA or PHOTOSHOP to the color level that you need and then import the edited image into your design. Also, for press output you should be better served by Scribus than Inkscape. ------------------------------ On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 10:14 PM EST John Battle wrote: >I'm fairly new to graphics and Inkscape, so please be patient with my ignorance. I created a brochure with text on one layer >over a .pdf of a photo at 300 dpi on another layer. I set the opacity of the photo at 15% and exported the file to .pdf and sent >it to my print shop. On screen both on my Mac in Inkscape or Preview and on their Windows machines with Photoshop the >photo in the background was clearly visible. When they print it with a color inkjet printer it looks good too. Any darker made >the text too hard to read. When they printed it on their high volume printer you could not see the photo at all, however. They >looked at it closer and told me the darkest area of the photo was 8%. > >Can anyone explain this and more importantly can anyone tell me how to adjust the opacity to make it come out 15-20% in >the final file. This is a fairly large run, so trial and error doesn't work. I don't know whether to guess that the opacity is 7% low >and make it 22%, or is it only half of what it should be and make it 30%. > >The problem is that Inscape and .svg are not formats they typically work with, so not providing the file from AI or PS pretty >much puts me in the position of having to prove it's not my fault and/or figure out how to fix it.

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opacity issue going to print
by John Battle 27 Dec '13

27 Dec '13

I'm fairly new to graphics and Inkscape, so please be patient with my ignorance. I created a brochure with text on one layer over a .pdf of a photo at 300 dpi on another layer. I set the opacity of the photo at 15% and exported the file to .pdf and sent it to my print shop. On screen both on my Mac in Inkscape or Preview and on their Windows machines with Photoshop the photo in the background was clearly visible. When they print it with a color inkjet printer it looks good too. Any darker made the text too hard to read. When they printed it on their high volume printer you could not see the photo at all, however. They looked at it closer and told me the darkest area of the photo was 8%. Can anyone explain this and more importantly can anyone tell me how to adjust the opacity to make it come out 15-20% in the final file. This is a fairly large run, so trial and error doesn't work. I don't know whether to guess that the opacity is 7% low and make it 22%, or is it only half of what it should be and make it 30%. The problem is that Inscape and .svg are not formats they typically work with, so not providing the file from AI or PS pretty much puts me in the position of having to prove it's not my fault and/or figure out how to fix it.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Faces of Inkscape Users
by Martin Owens 23 Dec '13

23 Dec '13

Your friendly inkscape board (not published in navigation bar): http://inkscape.org/en/about/team/ I filled in where required, any objections to the images and they can be removed in the edit profile link. All we need now is an email address like board@...3058... to add. Best Regards, Martin Owens On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 18:27 +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > Why do we need this section, if I may ask?

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Article (German) comparing spreadsheets for diagrams in JessyInk or Sozi presentations
by Martin Manns 19 Dec '13

19 Dec '13

Hello you might be interested in an article (sorry, German only) that compares four different FLOSS spreadsheets for their abilities to create SVG diagrams, which may be used in Inkscape e. g. for JessyInk or Sozi presentations. It has been published in Freies Magazin: http://www.freiesmagazin.de/mobil/freiesMagazin-2013-12-bilder.html#fm_13_1… Regards Martin

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Freezing guides.
by john Culleton 12 Dec '13

12 Dec '13

The Perfect Cover function creates guides. I like to add a guide down the exact center of each of the three panels, back, spine and front. This helps in centering objects or moving text on the spine so that he x height of the text was along the centerline. To do that I need to know where the existing guides are. The rulers along the top and left side are not fine-grained enough. I can double click on a guide and get its location via the Guide line dialog. But it is all too easy to move the guide or even snap it to a nearby guide instead. Two features would help me out. If I could freeze guides in place temporarily that would help me access the guide location without moving it. Alternatively if there were a window where all the guides are listed by location, similar to what Scribus uses, then I could calculate and add the center line guides there instead. Currently my only safe path is to snap a vertical line to the guides in a temporary layer so that if the guide moves I can snap it back to the vertical line. Or I can undo the unwanted move if I catch it in time. Any other suggestions? -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Faces of Inkscape Users
by Martin Owens 12 Dec '13

12 Dec '13

On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 18:27 +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > Why do we need this section, if I may ask? There is no need. Martin,

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