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Outline markers (arrow heads) and colour
by Donn 21 May '07

21 May '07

Hiya, Check the FAQ (hope I didn't miss it). Is there any way to colour the 'markers' on lines? They are always black - from what I can see. I want a red line and a red arrow-head on the end. /d

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] In praise of Inkscape
by Albert Cardona 21 May '07

21 May '07

Some more praise: We use Inkscape to make posters for scientific meetings. The ease with which we can create beautiful, unintrusive text boxes and flow charts is unparalleled. And of course cartoons of all sorts. I can't hardly believe we used to bring in PowerPoint for the task! those nightmarish days are over. Plus, Inkscape intergrates very well with the host OS, i.e. dragging and dropping images and text just works. In this regard, I must mention that exporting to PDF is a big deal. Figuring out the exact dimensions of the poster relative to the final print is some sort of obscure magic for us, simple mortal users. With PDFs, printers (or their drivers) have zero problems to scale on the fly and thus generate perfect maximized print outs of our gigantic posters. What surpises me, though, is that exporting to PDF seems to leave images uncompressed, resulting in 300+ Mb posters. In short: congratulations! And keep at it! We take time to tell our visitors (at the poster, during the conference) how the poster was made, since they usually comment on how beautiful it looks (no kidding). Inkscape, Blender and ImageJ are always mentioned. Albert -- Albert Cardona Molecular Cell Developmental Biology University of California Los Angeles Tel +1 310 2067376 Programming: http://www.ini.uzh.ch/~acardona/trakem2.html <http://www.pensament.net/java/> Research: http://www.mcdb.ucla.edu/Research/Hartenstein/

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Can't adjust stroke width in Inkscape 0.45.1
by Misterimpatient 21 May '07

21 May '07

Hi folks, I just upgraded to 0.45.1 from 0.43.2 (I think) and I can no longer adjust stroke widths. The dialog is present and I can adjust color and other features but not width (or dash either). Any suggestions? Is returning to the earlier version my only choice? Thanks, Steve -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Can%27t-adjust-stroke-width-in-Inkscape-0.45.1-tf3785… Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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raster to vector conversion via InkScape
by Jerry Dunn 20 May '07

20 May '07

I can use the File->Open command and open a file in over 20 formats - raster or otherwise...I can also import just about any type of file but when I try to save to a .dxf format I get an empty file - unless I've added some lines from within InkScape - then only my additions are saved. The raster image I opened or imported is lost. I'd like to use InkScape as a file converter - where I can open rasters and save to vectors. Is this possible? Why allow raster files to be opened or imported if they cant be retained? The answer might be obvious, but I'm new to this...just built a CNC Wood Routing machine and was looking for a way to convert rasters (usually jpeg or gif) to .dxf so I can then convert them to the 'g-code' necessary to operate the router. I've found and tried some apps dedicated to raster/vector conversion and they do work, but they don't allow any editing. InkScape would be perfect since I could open, modify and then (hopefully) save to .dxf Possible? Thanks - --------------------------------- Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games.

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Help Making a Shape
by Gregory Piñero 20 May '07

20 May '07

I like what I have so far in the attached file, but how can I fill in the blades of the windmill with a solid color? Please advise. Thanks in advance for the help. -Greg BTW, if the attachment doesn't make it through, I also posted the file here: http://pastebin.parentnode.org/13667

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scanner input; save to PDF
by anon trol 18 May '07

18 May '07

Does anyone know if there's an easy way to grab an image with a scanner and use inkscape to "save to PDF"? ...I'm moving to linux-vile and I'm jonesing for an Acrobat Professional/Distiller "make pdf from scanner" replacement. I don't even care if I have to convert raster data to vector data to do it... just give me my fix!

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[OT] Debian Jr. contest logo in www.DebianART.org
by ValessioBrito 18 May '07

18 May '07

Debian Jr. Logo Contest The Debian Jr. needs a logo and all designers are welcome! Debian Jr. is a Custom Debian Distribution (CDD) project. Their goal is to make Debian an OS that children of all ages will want to use. Their initial focus will be on producing something for children up to age 8. Once they have accomplished this, their next target age range is 7 to 12. Read more... www.DebianART.org http://www.debianart.org/cchost/?ccm=/debianjrlogocontest PS: Sorry, off-topic. -- .ValessioBrito - http://valessiobrito.info

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Re: [Inkscape-user] scanner input; save to PDF
by Tony Vigil 18 May '07

18 May '07

There is no means of scanning images directly into Inkscape. I've asked for this feature at SourceForge... http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1692006&group_id=9… If all you want is a PDF version of a scanned image, then you could simply scan the image into GIMP and print to PDF (via cups-pdf or other PDF printer of your choice). - Tony ----- Original Message ---- From: "anon trol" <anontrol@...155...> Does anyone know if there's an easy way to grab an image with a scanner and use inkscape to "save to PDF"? ...I'm moving to linux-vile and I'm jonesing for an Acrobat Professional/Distiller "make pdf from scanner" replacement. I don't even care if I have to convert raster data to vector data to do it... just give me my fix!

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Re: [Inkscape-user] question about clipart
by Jon Phillips 18 May '07

18 May '07

On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 16:08 -0500, ritalouise2@...2242... wrote: > I created a clipart on inkscape and saved it as a png, and it saved > the selector box at the same time. I exported it. How do I get rid of > the selector box? (Sorry if this is a stupid question, as I am sure > that it is...) > Thanks. > Rita L. That is weird. I'm cc'ing the inkscape-user list to help out. That is a good list to be on for help on this type of thing: http://inkscape.org Jon -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA USA PH 510.499.0894 jon@...87... http://www.rejon.org MSN, AIM, Yahoo Chat: kidproto Jabber Chat: rejon@...895... IRC: rejon@...896...

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Illustrate screenshots (bitmap) with vector objects...
by Tony Vigil 16 May '07

16 May '07

After you import your bitmap, go into the "Document Properties..." dialog and select "Fit Page to Selection". After you annotate your image, you can export to PNG and it will be the same size as your original image. - Tony ----- Original Message ---- From: "Jean-Marc Molina" <jmmolina@...206...> I would like to use Inkscape as a screenshot illustrator (image editor). I have a bitmap, a software interface capture for example, and would like to draw some vector objects over it. However I can't find the proper zoom level to display the bitmap properly (at 100% or 200% it randomly works, it depends of the screenshot size) and more important, export it so the result is not "jagged". The zoom level, even at 100% (1:1) is never correct as Inkscape doesn't consider the canvas as a bitmap, as The GIMP does for example, but as vector. The only solution I found is to set the exported bitmap dimensions to 90 ppp but I'm not sure it works in all cases. I don't even know why 90 works, I suppose it balances the bitmap/vector ratio. I guess I'm looking for some sort of hybrid mode between bitmap and vector image editing.

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