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Screenshot and Screen Recording
by Luthfi Ahmad Robbaniy 28 Nov '21

28 Nov '21

Hello Inkscape, Can users take a screenshot and/or screen recording on Inkscape and use it for commercial purposes? (for example: for online courses, social media contents, etc.) If yes, are there any conditions that must be met for this? Thanks, Luthfi

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Top 20 tips for using Inkscape to make diagrams?
by Steve Litt 27 Nov '21

27 Nov '21

Hi all, My next book (almost complete) is about constructing Mental Models. I recommend Inkscape for those using Linux. The book has an appendix on using Inkscape. I'm looking to just cover things most important and often used in drawing diagrams with boxes, text and lines. In the cheatsheet portion, I have: Esc: Unselect s: Enter Select Mode t: Text Ctrl+D: Duplicate Object Shift+Ctrl+F: Edit Object's Visible Properties: Shift+Ctrl+A: Align And Distribute Objects: In the Tips section, I have: * How to make all the toolbars visible * Turn off all snapping (Shift+5) * Turning off changing an object's stroke width with changes of object size * F12 to toggle visibility of dialog boxes * Use 12 to 14 point fonts for labels * Don't use Inkscape connectors for interaction lines - They don't work right - Use lines or Bezier curves instead * Don't use multiline text: Use 1 text object per line instead - Multiline text isn't part of SVG - Multiline text often and unpredictably screws up in Inkscape I also have a short section on how to create and manipulate Beziers (paths). This appendix isn't meant to teach Inkscape or be an Inkscape reference. It's merely a guide to most useful Inkscape tactics for diagram drawing, and warnings to stay away from landmines. Can anybody think of very important tactics to use for creating box-and-line diagrams for Inkscape? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

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Thank You Message for Bryce Harrington
by Ryan Gorley 06 Nov '21

06 Nov '21

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Problems using images to fill closed shapes
by Henry Merryweather 04 Sep '21

04 Sep '21

I have a design made up of a series of closed shapes.I want use Inkscape to ‘fill’ the background of the closed shapes with images of different types of wood. I have managed to partially succeed but there are problems getting a totally satisfactory result.The link https://home.mycloud.com/action/share/247eaacc-4b9f-4cc9-9aae-bf827cea8f2e <https://home.mycloud.com/action/share/247eaacc-4b9f-4cc9-9aae-bf827cea8f2e> is to a pdf file which gives details of how far I have got and the questions I still have.The link also has 3 svg files which are used in the description given in the pdf file. It would be good to know if anyone can suggest how I can overcome the current issues. Best regards Henry Merryweather -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

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Inkscape Not Useable
by DJ Paul 04 Sep '21

04 Sep '21

Hello, I am having many issues with the current version of Inkscape for Mac OS. Version number is; Inkscape 1.1 (c4e8f9e, 2021-05-24) and it was downloaded from Inkscape's website. *Before I add a bug report, can someone tell me how to completely remove Inkscape from my system? I am using Mac OS Mojave, 10.14.6 on a 2012 Mac Pro computer and Mac OS Catalina, 10.15.7 on an 2012 iMac computer. Both systems are having the similar issues with Inkscape and only Inkscape.* Biggest issues are crashes. Crashes opening various files, crashes closing various files, while crashes while working in Inkscape. I have looked thru the bug lists and see some of the issues there. My previous version, 1.0.2 (e86c8708, 2021-01-15), also had some crashing issues, however, in the latest version, the app is very unreliable and hard to use for even the simplest of drawings. Here is an example. The attached drawing will crash Inkscape. Notice the lines with arrows on the end. Remove the lines with the arrows on the end. Re-create the first line starting at the circle and ending across the 2 horizontal lines. Select the line you just drew and try to add an arrow to the end. Inkscape should crash, at least it did today when I tried this again after the first crash. This was a new drawing in Inkscape. This is just one scenario. I've had crashes adjusting gradients, fills, outlines, object sizes, points in bezier lines, adding and/or adjusting text , , , etc. Many drawings from www.openclipart.org will crash Inkscape when opened or if you try to do any editing in the downloaded svg file. Thank you for your time, David Paul

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Printing Issues
by don＠mapleriverfarms.com 30 Aug '21

30 Aug '21

Hi there, When I print off the item I made on inkscape the words are coming out blurry when I have them on the color background I want, but once i take the background away they come out just fine. I am printing them right off of inkscape. Do you have any solutions for this? Anything would be appreciated. Thanks, Don Maple River Farms 1150 E. Hibbard Rd. / PO Box 427 Owosso, MI 48867 989-743-4344

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Re: Fill Query
by Maren Hachmann 27 Aug '21

27 Aug '21

Hi Henry, you can learn more about filters here: https://inkscape-manuals.readthedocs.io/en/latest/filters.html Copy-pasting a filter from one object to another is done with Ctrl+C and then Ctrl+Shift+V on the other object. Regards Maren Am 27.08.21 um 12:39 schrieb Henry Merryweather: > Thank you for that suggestion. The images do look very similar to those > I get when I scan my veneers. > > However the problem I have is that I do not know how to use such images > in Inkscape. I would imagine there may well be some > instructions/tutorials about this but my attempts to find these have > failed miserably! > > Best wishes > > Henry > > On 26/08/2021 22:10, Maren Hachmann wrote: >> You could try using a filter, e.g. one of these: >> >> https://openclipart.org/search/?query=wood+filter+lazur >> >> Regards >> Maren >> >> Am 26.08.21 um 22:46 schrieb Henry Merryweather: >>> /Resent since original had a large image which needed the moderator. >>> / >>> >>> //I am trying to simulate what would be the effect of using wood veneers >>> in a design created using Inkscape. >>> >>> I know I can create a design with a number of closed areas so that all I >>> have to do is to select a particular area and then choose a colour to >>> fill that area. >>> >>> The picture below shows a selection of typical veneers I want to show. >>> As can be seen the veneers are not a flat colour. Is there any way I >>> can used a scanned image of the veneer so that I can see the variation >>> of colour when I use this to fill a selected area of my design? >>> >>> Best regards >>> >>> Henry Merryweather >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> >>> >>> Virus-free. www.avg.com >>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> >>> >>> >>> >>> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Inkscape Users mailing list -- inkscape-user(a)lists.inkscape.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to inkscape-user-leave(a)lists.inkscape.org >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Inkscape Users mailing list -- inkscape-user(a)lists.inkscape.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to inkscape-user-leave(a)lists.inkscape.org >

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Fill Query
by Henry Merryweather 26 Aug '21

26 Aug '21

/Resent since original had a large image which needed the moderator. / //I am trying to simulate what would be the effect of using wood veneers in a design created using Inkscape. I know I can create a design with a number of closed areas so that all I have to do is to select a particular area and then choose a colour to fill that area. The picture below shows a selection of typical veneers I want to show. As can be seen the veneers are not a flat colour. Is there any way I can used a scanned image of the veneer so that I can see the variation of colour when I use this to fill a selected area of my design? Best regards Henry Merryweather -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

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Inkscape Office Hours: Summary
by Maren Hachmann 29 Jul '21

29 Jul '21

Hi everyone in the Inkscape Contributor Community, thank you very much to those who had joined us for the first 'Inkscape Office Hours' meeting on July 16th! We had a great time getting to know each other and tossing some ideas around. You all can find the meeting log at https://inkscape.org/paste/28194/ During the meeting, we've all been working on a document together, where we've been collecting ideas for two of the major questions of the Inkscape Board to the community: https://pad.chaotikum.org/p/Inkscape_Office_Hours_1 For those who were not able to attend the live meeting, I will keep the pad open for another week, so you also have a chance to add your ideas there. Please mark your own ideas with the name you go by in the community, and also add a short suggestion about how you could help with making them reality! When the week has passed, I'll package the results up for handing them over to the Inkscape Board, so they can have a look at the feasibility, and we can continue from there. There's no established process for this yet, so we'll just have to try and see where we can get. There's no date set for the next Inkscape Office Hours meeting yet. Do you think this should become a monthly event? Or do you think it should be more frequent or less frequent? Thanks again everyone for your support of Inkscape, Maren

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Invitation: INKSCAPE OFFICE HOURS TODAY!
by Maren Hachmann 16 Jul '21

16 Jul '21

Lazur just let me know that I forgot to insert the location (duh!) We're going to have the meeting at https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/inkscape_board and might move it to audio/video chat, if that seems useful. A link to that will, in that case, be announced in the chat channel. Maren > Hello Inkscape contributors! > > The Inkscape project has grown so much in the last couple years, and we > have teams spread all over the internet, working on improving Inkscape > and helping the project and its users. Also, we have lots of exciting > new things to decide upon together as the Contributors' Team! > > For this reason, we've thought of trying out something new to allow > every contributor to also contribute their ideas for the future of the > project as a whole: > > The "Inkscape Office Hours"! > ============================ > > The first meeting of this kind will take place on > > Friday, 16th July (today!) > at 5 p.m. UTC (in your timezone: https://inkscape.org/cals/ ) > > If it is well received and productive, we'll make this a regular thing. > > We will have members from the Inkscape Board there, and also some of the > other people who are most involved with Inkscape matters on a day-to-day > basis. And YOU (hopefully)! > > ------------------ > > Don't know whether you 'count' as a contributor? Doubts? > > Well, that's one of the things we'd like to figure out together! We > really need to, it's required for voting rights. There's a Board vote > pending, because we haven't yet come up with a good definition. > We are planning to update our project charter to include more than only > developers, as is currently the case. > > So please come and join us, even if you're unsure whether you 'qualify'! > > Another important topic is collecting and finding help with ideas for > how to spend our donations. The pandemic left us with a lack of > opportunities to spend them. They need to be spent in a manner that > respects the charitable (non-profit) status of the project (if you > didn't know, we're a member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy > (SFC)! [1]), and also needs to obey to high standards of honesty and > conflict of interest policies. All our ideas will need to be approved of > not only the Inkscape Board, but then also by the SFC. > > You can also bring other topics, as long as they have to do with the > Inkscape community as a whole. During the meeting you can get help with > implementing those ideas and making them a reality, from people who > already understand how the project works. > > NOTE: this is NOT about any software features / bugs! > For those, please use the bug tracker [2]. > > See you in a few hours (and sorry for the late notice, we hope you can > still make it)! > > Ted, Michèle and Maren > > [1] https://sfconservancy.org/ > [2] https://inkscape.org/report

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