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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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Website redesign discussion (purely the aesthetic talk)
by Josh Andler 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Hey All, I had seen a well done comparison of the Blender website with the alternative commercial tools websites by Andrew Price. I was putting together a similar comparison for vector apps but the websites vary a bit more and reading what he had done is sufficient enough for people to get the point. I think that his analysis is just as valid for Inkscape's website too. Visit http://www.blenderguru.com/the-big-issues/ and do a quick search for "marketing" and scroll down just a little to see what his observations were. At this point I have to say that we should really follow a similar approach for our redesign too. Following are the links to a few commercial alternatives in the vector editor category, to compare their sites to ours. http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/ http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1281109933608 http://www.xara.com/us/products/designer/ http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/design_overview.aspx My main observation? 3D software is marketed much more nicely and I actually think we should approach the redesign in a similar way. Realistically I think we can be a bit more playful with the design, but we should have something that communicates what inkscape is and what it's capable of in a better way for non-existing users. What are other people's thoughts? If most people think the "similar to 3d apps websites" approach is good, I will post something to deviantart requesting designs there too. Cheers, Josh

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Fill areas with color
by Rob Antonishen 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

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

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [slightly OFFTOPIC] Fill areas with color
by Andreas Neustifter 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

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? >> >

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Fill areas with color
by Mikael Ståldal 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

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?

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Updated Inkscape Guide (Draft)
by Tavmjong Bah 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Hi, A draft of my guide updated for Inkscape version 0.48 is now available at: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL_v16/html/ Tav -- Tavmjong Bah Inkscape, Guide to Vector Drawing Program http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/

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Keeping a target color after adjusting opacity or alpha
by Jeff Kowalczyk 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

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.

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Drawing blury with the Calligraphic Pen Tool
by Mikael Ståldal 28 Nov '10

28 Nov '10

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?

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makerbot competition
by john cliff 27 Nov '10

27 Nov '10

Hey all, Saw this on the makerbot blog and thought it may be of interest to some of our community: http://blog.makerbot.com/2010/11/26/four-ways-to-win-a-makerbot-unicorn-pen… Cheers Simarilius

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Inkscape needs your help!
by Ian Caldwell 27 Nov '10

27 Nov '10

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

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xml - path attribute (d)
by unknown＠example.com 26 Nov '10

26 Nov '10

Hello everyone, I'm trying to use Inkscape to digitalize a diagram of experimental data. This is how I went about it: 1) Get the page in the .pdf document that holds the diagram. 2) Print out this page to another .pdf document. 3) Import the .pdf of the diagram page into Inkscape (with the "fine" import precision). 4) Ungroup everything. 5) Cleanup the text so that it doesn't bother the page size - coordinatization. 6) Resize the page size to the diagram axis span. 7) Set the document units to 'mm'. 8) Draw a path along the line in the diagram. 9) Export the path node coordinates into a .txt, xml, or whatever file. Coordinate system is defined by the document metrics and the page (lower left corner is 0, as the border rules state). This is the .svg document in question: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RZPI1084 Currently, I am stuck on the step 9 of the process. I have found the xml editor within Inkscape, but I haven't been able to find the option to export path data. The "d" attribute now holds values that are far to great to be in milimeters, although the document units are set in milimeters. There are letters like "M" (I believe it stands for "MOVE", I've played around with it) within the "d" attribute of the path. Is there a way to export just the paths I have drawn (I can give them sepparate id-s and names to distinguish them later on)? What is the best place to look for the description of the "d" attribute of a path? How do I sync the document units to the values of the d attribute? I have seen that there is a "transform" option in the xml property window of my path... what is that? Any advice would be greatly appreciated, Tomislav

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Create 3D Boxes tool > Make a perfect cube
by Shane McGovern 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Hi Basic question, I may have asked before but, when drawing a 3D box using the Create 3D Boxes tool how do I create a cube i.e. a box which will be constrained so no matter the perspective it will remain proportional?

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Constrain a cube
by Shane McGovern 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

I'm sure this is a basic question but how do I constrain a cube when I use the 'Create 3D boxes' tool. Wanting to draw a couple of perspective correct dice I am struggling with making sure the sides are square (outside of the perspective skewing them). Help!

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tool for paging pdf files
by xm 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Hi list, Im wondering if anybody knows a tool or extension for inkscape that can make a pdf document with several pages. (also wellcome hacky-shell tools) I have tried to export till now and AFAIK it makes a single pdf page with the whole content in the formatted-page-layout. Any ideas? salut xà! -- dAAX! >> http://noconventions.mobi/x! tAZ >> http://noconventions.mobi/nvisible.taz/ HTDj! >> http://hackthedj.wordpress.com/ GDT >> http://noconventions.mobi/graficantsDtrisseny/ :::..::.......:.. : .. .. .:: . ..:.. .. . .. . .:.. ....... rm -rf / i ens ho carreguem tot....

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PDF export error
by Matthew Beckler 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Hello, Not sure how to describe this PDF export error, so I thought I'd check the list first. When I make a simple four node path in the attached SVG, the PDF export closes the path (test.pdf). Not sure if I'm doing something wrong here, so any input would be helpful. I get identical output whether I manually "Save As" PDF or convert it from the command line. Thanks in advance. I'm using a freshly installed copy of Ubuntu 10.10, with Inkscape 0.48.0 r9654. I can file a bug report if it's warranted. Thanks, Matthew

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EPS Error
by Adin Ramirez Rivera 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Hi, I got an error when I try to open a eps file that I create using Inkscape, I'm on windows XP. Actually I know the file is OK, because I converted to PDF and it looks nice. However, I cannot open it using GSview. Is it related to some problem on how GSview read the files? GSview 4.9 2007-11-18 GPL Ghostscript 8.70 (2009-07-31) Copyright (C) 2009 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved. This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details. Unrecoverable error: rangecheck in setpagedevice Operand stack: false --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 0.0624961 0 --nostringval-- Failed to open device or install ViewerPreProcess hook: returns -15

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Export to PDF with filter effects, rasterizing
by Jeff Kowalczyk 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

I am trying to export (save copy as) to PDF, and the filter effects on a particular piece of SVG from openclipart render poorly. http://www.openclipart.org/detail/35389 The rings circling the globe and the four flare-effect points with circular gradients are greatly enlarged on PDF export, washing out most of the globe effect behind a white gradient. Is this an inherent limitation of the current state of PDF export? The graphic is proportionally scaled larger than its original size, e.g. 3" diameter on printed output. It looks exactly right as SVG, but are the gradients getting scaled incorrectly on PDF output? I did try the option to rasterize filter effects, but that did not change the rendered output much. It may well have rasterized, but the gradients were still the same over-size. I am using Inkscape bzr trunk on Gentoo Linux ~amd64. Thanks.

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Heavy operations with Inkscape
by ricardo lafuente 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

Hi list, I'm part of the team that's building up Libre Graphics Magazine (http://libregraphicsmag.com). We're using Inkscape to create the cover, as well as some illustrations inside. There's an issue that has been bothering me for a while. For some purposes, we need to operate on a huge number of paths -- e.g., combining >2000 paths or applying path operations (union, intersect, etc) to a very large number of paths. Inkscape, of course, takes quite some time to execute these, and there's no way that I've found to see the progress of the operation. Now, I can understand that it would be a big feature request to have progress feedback on heavy operations like these. However, something that I would *love* to have is some kind of feedback when the operation is completed, so that i can work on other programs while Inkscape does its thing. Right now, I'm keeping a terminal window with 'top' running, so I can keep tabs on Inkscape's CPU usage -- when it drops, the operation's probably done. However, I can imagine there would be an easier and more straightforward way to know when Inkscape's done with crunching paths. Do any of you fellow Inkscape users have any tips or hacks that can help with this issue? Also, should i pester inkscape-devel or file a feature request to have notifications (bell sound or notify popup) when a long operation is finished? Cheers!

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