November 2016 - Inkscape Users

Re: [Inkscape-user] Perspective Path Effect on groups
by Jabier Arraiza 08 Nov '16

08 Nov '16

Hi is a problem because when you group a "circle" change from svg:path to svg:ellipse and this dont handle well LPE inside grups. Workarround: convert circles to paths pre-lpe it if inside a group. Cheers, Jabier.

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nodes jump back (0.92pre2)
by Brynn 08 Nov '16

08 Nov '16

Hi Friends, Still playing with 0.92pre2 and came across some unexpected behavior of nodes. I made a very short video, but I can provide more docs if needed. (Btw, you can also see that weird HSL display in the window, which has been reported separately.) http://inkscapecommunity.com/jd/vids/node-jump.mp4 So you can see that I've enabled the rotation handles on some selected nodes, and rotated them slightly. Then I want to move them just by simple drag. But as soon as I drag them, they un-rotate themselves, so that the drag has taken effect, but the rotation was undone. Windows 7, 64-bit, sp1, Inkscape 0.92pre2 exe installer, 32-bit. I don't have a clue where to start looking for what's causing this. Since I guess this is a kind of tranformation, I looked at Inkscape Preferences > Behavior > Transform. It's set for Optimized, but I don't know (a) what that means or (b) whether it should even matter in this situation. Is there a way to prevent the rotation from being undone? It does work to do the drag first and rotation last. So I guess it's a workaround. Thank you very much, brynn

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Perspective Path Effect on groups
by Donn Ingle 08 Nov '16

08 Nov '16

I'm on the PPA of a (very) shaky Inkscape 0.92 devel build. (Ubuntu 16.04) Can anyone describe how to get perspective on a group? I watched the youtube (linked from the release notes) but it does not match what I see on my end. Steps: 1. Draw a few circles. Group them. Select the group. 2. Open Path Effects window. Add "Perspective/Envelope". 3. Switch to the node tool (manually). 4. Drag the corners around. It: 1. Only affects one thing in the group. 2. or crashes Inkscape. 3. or does nothing. The group remains the same. Mystified, /d

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use gradient mesh in About contest?
by Brynn 08 Nov '16

08 Nov '16

Hi Friends, Since I recently learned how to enable the Gradient Mesh tool in 0.92pre2 (and 0.91 too) I wonder if it could be used in the About Screen Contest? Or would it not be fair, since most people probably don't know about it. Thanks, brynn

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Rotate Copies LPE - possible bug?
by Brynn 05 Nov '16

05 Nov '16

Hi Jabier and All, I found an odd behavior in Rotate Copies LPE. Whenever I choose an odd number of copies, it makes double that number. Even numbers, it makes that number. So if I choose 6 copies, it makes 6 copies. If I choose 7 copies, it makes 14! If I set to 8, it makes 8. I set 9, it makes 18. Etc. I made a video. http://inkscapecommunity.com/jd/vids/rot-cop-lpe.mp4 Do you need the SVG file? Windows 7, 64-bit, sp1, Inkscape 0.92pre2 (exe installer, 32-bit) Thanks, brynn

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Inkscape About Screen Contest User List
by Jabier Arraiza 03 Nov '16

03 Nov '16

To all want to use here are the AUTHORS file of inkscape 0.92 http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/0.92.x/view/head:/AUTHORS Cheers, Jabier.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Perspective/Envelope LPE is clone-like
by Jabier Arraiza 03 Nov '16

03 Nov '16

Hi Brynn. How you do a duplicate? this dont happend to me. Cheers, Jabier On Wed, 2016-11-02 at 20:56 +0000, brynn > Hi Friends, > I'm usinig the Perspective/Envelope LPE (in 0.92pre2 for > about > screen contest). I duplicated an object which I applied it to, and > set it > aside, because I wanted to test a certain edit, but not lose the > original. > However, when I edit the duplicate, the original is edited too, as if > it > were a clone. > Should that be happening? Or am I doing something wrong? > > Thanks, > brynn

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Perspective/Envelope LPE is clone-like
by Brynn 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

Hi Friends, I'm usinig the Perspective/Envelope LPE (in 0.92pre2 for about screen contest). I duplicated an object which I applied it to, and set it aside, because I wanted to test a certain edit, but not lose the original. However, when I edit the duplicate, the original is edited too, as if it were a clone. Should that be happening? Or am I doing something wrong? Thanks, brynn

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canvas display vs other viewers (0.92pre2 ?)
by Brynn 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

Hi Friends, Sorry for all the messages today. Even if I'm not much of an artist, just using this dev version for the contest, allows me to have a personal experience with all the various toys and issues. So I can be ready to help to answer questions from other users. I was having a little bit of a problem using a filter, and never did figure out why it looks differently on a larger object than on a smaller one. Eventually I just tweaked the filter on the larger one. But then I made a PNG export, and the filter looks much better through the Windows Photo Viewer (Windows 7). Compare http://inkscapecommunity.com/jd/ss/f1.png with http://inkscapecommunity.com/jd/ss/f2.png The first one is what I see in Inkscape. First, notice in the smaller object where the filter looks a little better than on the larger one. (I mean the lavendar colored strokes with Raised Border filter). But mainly I'm curious about the difference between the Inkscape canvas and the Windows Viewer. See in the 2nd one, the filters are displayed in a much nicer way, at least imo. So I know that different viewers have different abilities and support different features. But it seems to me like Inkscape should be having the most ideal display. What can the reason for this be? I have not noticed this much of a difference in previous versions. Ooohh -- I just learned from a previous question about the dpi being different in 0.92. Could that explain this different display? Is there some other place besides Export PNG, where I need to change the dpi? Something in Inkscape Prefs maybe? Thanks for your help :-) brynn

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contest deadline
by Brynn 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

Hi Friends, Nov 13th is the date being circulated as the deadline for the About Screen Contest. For some reason, I thought it was the 8th. I'm thinking it would be good to have the deadline date mentioned on the instructions page. And I would do it myself, except I'm not 100% positive that it's the 13th. If we can confirm the date, I'll add it to the page :-) Thanks, brynn

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