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Objects loose layer information after group-ungroup
by sm4vlm＠...2533... 24 May '08

24 May '08

Hi I work as a technical writer and use Inkscape to modify PDF-files. I been working on a picture and have separeted the layers as : -text, -line objects, -dotted line objects -filled objects This made it simpy to change the color/linewidth for each layer. Just lock all the other layers and select the things on the remaining layer, change color for the objects, unlock the layers, and then carry on working .... When I group together objects from different layers and later ungroup them, all of the objects ends up att the same layer insted of the layer they where before grouping. I would like that the ungrouped object remain on the same layer as it had before grouping similar to the handling of blocks/layers in Autocad. Or is there a other way to work that I might have missed? // Gunnar Lestander

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Problem with paper size...
by David Gittins 24 May '08

24 May '08

Hi, Having some trouble with printing from Inkscape. My document is A1, and it's set to A1 paper size in Inkscape. My guy with the A1 printer wants a pdf file. I can print to pdf using CutePDF. However, although the document is A1 according to Inkscape, and every printer setting I can find is set to A1 as well, the resulting pdf is an A4 page showing only the upper-left corner of the A1 document. Using CutePDF I printed from powerpoint to A0 with no trouble, and generated an A0 pdf. This leads me to think it's something to do with inkscape... so I don't understand why this is happening. Can anyone help? Dave

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for inkscape .. in my dreams
by Albert Cardona 24 May '08

24 May '08

Would be great: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M_oyUEOHK8 "As rigid as possible shape manipulation", even with multiple input devices to make cute and dead-simple animations. Yeah yeah day-dreaming. Something to look forward to. Albert -- Albert Cardona http://www.mcdb.ucla.edu/Research/Hartenstein/acardona

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Change the start marker of a line
by Máté Salát 23 May '08

23 May '08

Hi, If I make a start marker to a segment in the Option > Fill and Stroke > Stroke style panel, I get an 'arrow' object. How can I modify the size of the start marker independently of the width of the segment? Thanks, Máté

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Using SVG and Javascript for in-browser animation and graphic controls
by Richard Querin 23 May '08

23 May '08

Perhaps not of specific interest to the majority of inkscape users, but I was listening to a recent podcast (Floss Weekly - http://www.twit.tv/floss29) and the interviewee described some experimental work ongoing with javascript and SVG support in the browser to do some neat things. The page is at: http://livelykernel.sunlabs.com/ if anyone's interested in checking it out. Note that it will only work in the newer betas of FF3 and in Safari3 I think due to better native SVG support in those browsers.

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Hybrid Inkscape/Blender/Gimp creation
by Elwin Estle 23 May '08

23 May '08

Someone on the IndyMogul video production forum was after this particular effect for some video titles. Just for the heck of it, I wanted to see if I could create the effect using only open source software. I made the text in Inkscape, then dropped a rectangle in behind the text. Converted the text to a path and used the path to cut the text shape out of the rectangle. Saved the .svg. The .svg was then imported into Blender and extruded very slightly, the material was set to dead black. A haloed spotlight was then animated behind the text and aimed toward the camera. The resulting frames of animation were then imported into Gimp and made into an animated .gif file with GAP (Gimp Animation Package) Below is the result. 1 meg .gif file. http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/4851/halotextvx4.gif

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Poster printed from inkscape
by Terry Brown 21 May '08

21 May '08

http://www.greygreen.org/tmp/dsc_8069.jpg is a not very good photograph of a poster I worked on recently that was printed by a commercial printer. It's 85x200 cm (33.5 x 78.7 inches). It was printed from a 50MB pdf sent to a commercial printer. The printing of the vector elements (text etc.) is sharp - that's not obvious in this snapshot. I used Inkscape 0.46 and a reasonably recent cairo. I had to manually convert blurs to bitmaps, and clipping didn't seem to work in cairo pdf output, so I had to actually crop the images or use PNG transparency (all Gimp work). These were relatively minor irritations, I assume cairo will get these things sorted eventually. The printer didn't report any issues with the PDF, the printout is exactly how it appeared in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Hardware wise it's a plastic material that rolls up into the silver base like a roller-blind. The pole that supports it from behind folds in three like a tent-pole and also stores in the base. I'd assume it's moisture resistant, but not good in windy areas. Working with the shadows made me think an extension which creates a layer of shadows for all the objects in the current layer would be nice. Cheers -Terry

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Re: [Inkscape-user] translate Attribute stored in SVG Graphic
by Diederik van Lierop 21 May '08

21 May '08

Op Do, 3 april, 2008 08:46, schreef Rottgardt, Jens (K-SIB-2/3): Hi Jens, That would indeed be possible, but we haven't implemented it like that (yet) for circles. Storing a separate transformation, like we do now, is needed for example when stretching or skewing the circle. How does your application store such a transformation? Storing a separate transformation, like Inkscape does, allows for any affine transformation (see wikipedia) to be applied to an object. Modifying the center position and radius, like your application does, only allows for translations and symmetrical scaling. That's why we prefer the former, although we could also have both methods (if only someone would take the time to write the code for that). Just out of curiosity: what application are you using? Diederik > Hi, > > I don't know if I understood your answer to my 2nd question right. But > when moving an object in Inkscape this move is nothing I want to store > into the objects properties at least I want to place the circle to a > special position. The problem is if I use the SVG graphic in my > application I want to move the circle from left to right from the position > where I have placed the circle in Inkscape. But what happens is that the > circle first is moved to the very first position where I have placed the > circle in Inkscape and then moved from that position. > > In Inkscape > > 1) place the circle to position 50,50 > > 2) move the circle to position 100, 100 (this move is stored in the > transform translate (why???) ) > > 3) save > > In my application > > 1) The circle is placed to position 100,100 > > 2) my appliction is moving the circle from left to right and the following > steps happens > a) the circle is placed back to position 50,50 > b) the circle is moved from left to right > > To avoid this I have manually to remove the transform translate attribute > in Inkscape and set the cx, cy attributes to the position I want to place > the circle. > > To keep it short and simple. I want to have the same behaivor for placing > a circle like for rectangles ! > > > __________________ > Jens Rottgardt > Buildmanagement > ITP Fahrzeugherstellung, K-SIB 2 > > Postadresse: > Volkswagen AG > Brieffach 1839 > 38436 Wolfsburg > > Besucheradresse: > Volkswagen AG > Hermann-Münch-Straße 1 (MobileLife Campus) > 38442 Wolfsburg > >>Telefon +49 -5361-896-3276 > Telefax +49 (0) 5361-896-3296 > mailto:jens.rottgardt@...2472... > <http://www.volkswagen.de> > >>VOLKSWAGEN AG >>Sitz/Domicile: Wolfsburg >>Registergericht/Court of Registry: Amtsgericht Braunschweig >>HRB Nr./. Commercial Register No.: 100484 >>Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats/Chairman of the Supervisory Board: >> Ferdinand Piëch >>Vorstand/Board of Management: Martin Winterkorn (Vorsitzender/Chairman), >> Francisco J. Garcia Sanz, Jochem Heizmann, Horst Neumann, Hans Dieter >> Pötsch >> >>Wichtiger Hinweis: Die vorgenannten Angaben werden jeder E-Mail >> automatisch hinzugefügt und lassen keine Rückschlüsse auf den >> Rechtscharakter der E-Mail zu. >>Important Notice: The above information is automatically added to this >> e-mail. This addition does not constitute a representation that the >> content of this e-mail is legally relevant and/or is intended to be >> legally binding upon VOLKSWAGEN AG. >> > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: inkscape-user-bounces(a)lists.sourceforge.net > [mailto:inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] Im Auftrag von bulia > byak > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 2. April 2008 20:33 > An: Inkscape User Community > Betreff: Re: [Inkscape-user] translate Attribute stored in SVG Graphic > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 7:39 AM, Rottgardt, Jens (K-SIB-2/3) > <jens.rottgardt@...2472...> wrote: >> 1. Why does Inkscape uses the path tag for circles instead of the >> existing >> circle tag? > > Because otherwise you wouldn't be able to put markers on it, or use > text on path with it, or use live path effects. > >> 2. When painting a circle in Inkscape and moving it the move is stored >> in >> the transform translate tag. Can anyone tell me why ? > > Because you cannot, in general, embed an arbitrary transform into the > circle's parameters (center and radii). Actually a move only could be > embedded into cx/cy, but since other transforms cannot, we didn't > special-case translation (although this is possible, and is done e.g. > for rectangles - so if you desperately need that, you can submit a > patch). > > -- > bulia byak > Inkscape. Draw Freely. > http://www.inkscape.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > >

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inter-file cloning?
by Adam Megacz 19 May '08

19 May '08

Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to do something similar to the clone feature, but between files. I have several Inkscape files that all share a common "symbol" -- it's a pretty complex symbol, and I'd like changes I make to it to show up in all of the files. This is very similar to the problem that Edit->Clone solves, except that in my case it "spans" multiple files. Is there any way to accomplish this? Thanks! - a

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Problem with running program
by Faxitnow 19 May '08

19 May '08

Hello, I recently installed Inkscape 0.46 and in trying to run the program for the 1st time, am getting this error message: -------- the libcairo-2.dll file is linked to missing export gdi32.dll:GetFontUnicodeRanges -------- Can anyone help? My PC is run under a Windows Millenium platform. Thank you.

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Changing the font of LaTeX rendered formulas
by Paul Smith 18 May '08

18 May '08

Dear All, Is it possible to change the font of LaTeX rendered formulas (Effect --> Render --> LaTeX formula)? Thanks in advance, Paul

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Multicoloured radial gradient -- how to?
by Hedley Finger 16 May '08

16 May '08

I want to create a representation of the HSV cone similar to that at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:HSV_cone.png> to show how it is derived from the CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:CIExy1931.svg>. I want all the labels, arrows, and the wedge cut-out in this graphic -- which is unfortunately a PNG and not a vector graphic -- to be removed. If have tried using the clone tool to obliterate the unwanted arrows and letters, but cannot get a clean blend, not even with a blurred brush tool. One approach would be to treat a vector circle as the top of an apple pie, and create a series of wedges like slices. Then, in each wedge (slice), create a gradient from the edge to the tip. But I can't figure out how to blend adjacent wedges. Is there another approach to get a continuous rainbow of colours around the perimeter of the circle, and then do a radial blend from white in the centre to the perimeter? I use The Gimp for pixmaps and Inkscape for vector graphics, and also Scribus. If you don't have experience with these programs, can you describe what to do in general terms, not in specific PhotoShop, Illustrator, or InDesign terms. It shouldn't be too hard to translate a general description into the necessary actions. Regards, Hedley -- Hedley Finger 28 Regent Street Camberwell VIC 3124 Australia Tel. +61 3 9809 1229 Fax. (call phone first) Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558 Email. "Hedley Finger" <hfinger@...2483...>

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Best Linux for version 46
by John Culleton 15 May '08

15 May '08

Inkscape version 46 requires many updated libraries. I have a main Slackware partition that lacks many libraries altogether. I installed Debian on a spare partition but some libraries were obsolete. Plus I had to go through build-install just to get the needed compiler. And there is an elusive XML Perl module that most distros don't have. So here is my question: is there a Linux distro that has the requirements for compiling Inkscape 46 without requiring me to chase all over the internet looking for the bits and pieces? I don't care if it is stable or unstable. -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm

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Custom hotkey
by Александр Горбань 15 May '08

15 May '08

Is there way to customize hotkeys in inkscape? I'd like to have hot key for a Effects submenu, espesially for the textext extension

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Create the same size square box every time
by Glenn, Skeeter 14 May '08

14 May '08

Right now to creating a box with the F4 key or "Create Rectangles or squares" pick and sizing the box to the size I need, to create a box at the size I need already. We only use Inkscape to create a 1/8 square box....That is it, nothing more. But we need this box to come in at the same size every single time. If I could have a presized box already made and just pick "Create box" and know it would always come in the right size that would be great. Any ideas?

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How to print PNG image of 20x20 inches size?
by Pankaj Mittal 14 May '08

14 May '08

Hi >From inkscape, I exported a PNG image of 20x20 inches size. Now, what is the best way to print it to the same scale? Please advise. Thanks Pankaj -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

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Avoiding artefacts in Inkscape SVG --> FrameMaker, PDF
by Hedley Finger 13 May '08

13 May '08

I have been using FrameMaker with DITA-FMx to develop a book. In FrameMaker you can create composite graphics consisting of imported pixmaps plus text frames, text lines (graphics text), rules, shapes, etc. These do not export to DITA XML so I have been creating composite graphics in Inkscape. Unfortunately, when imported into FrameMaker you often get strange artefacts: rules that were never drawn in the first place, random rectangles overlaying the objects, etc. I tried exporting to PDF via the Cairo engine but then my clipped pixmaps didn't (although, oddly, they always imported perfectly into FM!). The answer is to save as standard SVG in the Inkscape Save As dialogue, ignoring all the dire warnings about losing Inkscape-specific aspects. Be careful: this Save As turns into an "export from" because, when you try to close the "saved" file, Inkscape informs you that it is not saved and do you want to save it with Inkscape features. This will overwrite the file you just "exported" unknowingly. Anyway, this seems to solve all the problems with artefacts. I mention it to the DITA and FrameMaker community in case this affects other editors or tools. Regards, Hedley -- Hedley Finger 28 Regent Street Camberwell VIC 3124 Australia Tel. +61 3 9809 1229 Fax. (call phone first) Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558 Email. "Hedley Finger" <hfinger@...2483...>

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svg font problem
by Patrick Gundlach 12 May '08

12 May '08

Hi, I have an exported illustrator 11 svg (Generator: Adobe Illustrator 11.0, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.0.0 Build 78) and inkscape 0.46 (downloaded today) on Mac OS 10.4.11 (intel) This svg contains lines such as: <text id="XMLID_11_" transform="matrix(1 0 0 1 78.3657 15.3501)"><tspan x="0" y="0" style="font-family:'MFCom-Cn'; font-size: 8;">XHIV</tspan> But inkscape does not recognize the font-family style information, the font gets rendered in bitstream vera, 12pt. When I edit and save the file, the style gets written as <svg:text transform="matrix(1 0 0 1 78.3657 15.3501)" style="-inkscape-font-specification:MF Com Cn;font-family:MF Com Cn;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-stretch:normal;font- variant:normal;font-size:8.00000017px;text-anchor:start;text- align:start;writing-mode:lr;line-height:125%" sodipodi:linespacing="125%"><svg:tspan style="font-family:MF Com Cn;font-size:8.00000017px;-inkscape- font-specification:MF Com Cn;font-weight:normal;font- style:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal;text- anchor:start;text-align:start;writing-mode:lr;line-height:125%" id="tspan2328">XHIV</svg:tspan> (the output looks ok) So there is a different font-family name. But when I understand fc- match correctly, I have set up an alias for that: $ fc-match 'MFCom-Cn' mfcomcn_.pfb: "MF Com Cn" "Regular" What can I do to get the correct font? The main application is the automatic transformation to pdf (--export-pdf ..., -z) with inkscape. Thanks, Patrick

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Low PDF export quality
by Máté Salát 11 May '08

11 May '08

Hello, If I save the attached SVG file in PDF format I get a bed-quality result as you can see on this picture: http://screencast.com/t/NdZg030ee. How Can I improve the quality of the PDF export? It would be nice to store the same data in the PDF file what is in the SVG. Thanks, Máté

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape won't start on OS X Leopard 10.5.2
by Jinzhi Lei 10 May '08

10 May '08

Thank you. Michael. I download a Inkscape 4.5.1 and it works. I seems that the newer version 4.6 doesn't work. Jinzhi. ----- Original Message ---- From: Michael Wybrow <michael.wybrow@...131...> To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net>; Jinzhi Lei <jin_zhi_lei@...12...> Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2008 11:47:59 PM Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape won't start on OS X Leopard 10.5.2 On 09/05/2008, at 2:42 AM, Jinzhi Lei wrote: I try run Inkscape at my Leopard 10.5.2, I just get a message showing that (the attached file) " while inkscape is open, its windows can be displayed or hidden by displaying or hiding the X11 application. The first time this version of Inkscape is run it may take several minutes before the main window is displayed while font caches are built." This message told me that I need to wait several minutes. But I have waited for several hours, and not thing happen. Can any one tell me what should I do? I have update the X11 to Xquartz 2.2.1. Yes, it seems that a new version of Xquartz has changed fontconfg and caused this problem in Inkscape. I'm currently overseas without a good internet connection so I haven't yet worked on an official fix. In the meantime, you should be able to fix the problem by opening Terminal.app and typing "mkdir ~/.fontconfig". Then rerun Inkscape.app and it should start okay. Cheers, Michael ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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Can not launch inkscape in Mac Leopard 10.5.2
by Jinzhi Lei 10 May '08

10 May '08

Hi, all, I try run Inkscape at my Leopard 10.5.2, I just get a message showing that (the attached file) " while inkscape is open, its windows can be displayed or hidden by displaying or hiding the X11 application. The first time this version of Inkscape is run it may take several minutes before the main window is displayed while font caches are built." This message told me that I need to wait several minutes. But I have waited for several hours, and not thing happen. Can any one tell me what should I do? I have update the X11 to Xquartz 2.2.1. Best regards, Jinzhi. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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(no subject)
by Jinzhi Lei 09 May '08

09 May '08

Hi, all, I try run Inkscape at my Leopard 10.5.2, I just get a message showing that (the attached file) " while inkscape is open, its windows can be displayed or hidden by displaying or hiding the X11 application. The first time this version of Inkscape is run it may take several minutes before the main window is displayed while font caches are built." This message told me that I need to wait several minutes. But I have waited for several hours, and not thing happen. Can any one tell me what should I do? I have update the X11 to Xquartz 2.2.1. Best regards, Jinzhi. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Can I do this in inkscape?
by Tony Vigil 09 May '08

09 May '08

Bibi, You can do rounded, squared or mitered mats using thick strokes on duplicates of your shapes, placed behind the original filled shape. After you create the desired look, you can then use the bucket fill tool to create vector objects of the stroked outlines. - Tony On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Bibi Morris <bibimorris@...777...> wrote: > I have personal die cutting machines, that I use for scrapbooking, In > another software, when I make a mat for a title, I can have it three > ways, one is rounded, then next is squared, and the third is mitered. > When I make a mat in Inkscape, I do my title, welding them if I want, > then I duplicate that word, and use outset to make a mat, thus creating > a rounded mat. Is there a way in inkscape to do squared or mitered > cornered mats? > > Thanks > Bibi > > -- > Inkscapes and More by Bibi Morris > All cutter files designed exclusively in Inkscape and/or KNK > > I now sell KNK and the original Craft Robo, machines in Texas! > > Find my Cutting designs at > http:\\inkscapesandmore.cuttersmarket.com > www.Cuttersmarket.com > > Private Inkscape, WB/CR/Silhouette and KNK classes available > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/java… > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >

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please remove me from the list
by Patti Briggs 09 May '08

09 May '08

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New user and want to resume painting
by Fahad Fateh 08 May '08

08 May '08

Hi! My name is Fahad Fateh and I am from Pakistan. By profession I am a researcher and I love colors. I used to paint but few years back I left painting. And now I want to resume. Right now I am using Adobe Flash because I knew that software but I want to move to Inkscape for three reasons. Its open source, its for graphics and because pen support is native. And before I started, I wanted to discuss what is an appropriate way to start. Start painting using Inkscape. Should I copy others, should I draw small things first or should I sketch first using pencil and paper and move to Inkscape later? My earlier experience includes art work back in school and two oil paintings. Any books for recomendation? Thanks, Fahad

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