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towards a less confusing/congested Objects dialog (auto-expanding layers/groups, hide HL column)
by Brynn 27 Oct '16

27 Oct '16

Hi Friends, I'm just having my first look at the new Objects dialog in 0.92pre2(beta) on Windows 7, 64-bit, sp1 (exe installer). I was about to submit a wishlist item on Launchpad, but I think it might be more useful to have more of a discussion, because there's a good chance I don't understand all the issues. First, thanks developers for this awesome feature. For the most part, I LOVE it!! I notice that whenever I select an object, (when the Objects dialog is open), the layer where the object resides is expanded, whether I want to edit the object or not. If the selected object is a group, the group is expanded as well. So just looking around the canvas at a couple of objects, the dialog is already scrolling. I find it quite confusing with everything expanded. And this is still a relatively small file, with 4 layers and 25 to 30 objects. Of course I realize the purpose of this new dialog is to help make things less confusing. But I just mean the visual appearance is confusing. I can understand how this automatic expanding of layers can be helpful. But how can Inkscape know why I've selected an object? For example, when I'm helping someone in the forum, I'm not planning to edit the file at all - just look at it. I wonder if it would work to make the automatic expanding optional (in Inkscape Prefs)? Or, I wonder if there would be any way to make it so that whenever you select an object in a different layer from the last selected object, the layer of the last selected object is collapsed, and the layer of the new selected object is expanded. Could that work? Different from expanding layers, I see the HL column, with all those tiny red color chips represent the highlight color for the path outline. If the user has disabled the path outline, could this column be hidden? Thanks for comments :-) brynn

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suggest Pen tool set to reg bez curve mode for 0.92 stable
by Brynn 25 Oct '16

25 Oct '16

Hi Friends, I've just downloaded 0.92pre2(beta) 64-bit for Windows (exe installer) so I could dabble around to potentially submit something for the About Screen Contest. When I enabled the Pen/Bezier tool for the first time, it was automatically in BSplinePath mode. I suggest, for both the sanity of new users and the sanity of people who regularly help new users, that in the stable version it should instead be automatically set to Regular Bezier mode (or whatever the user had been using previously....although I don't think the tool mode is part of preferences.xml). I know that you probably want to promote interesting new features, but I'm afraid this would be seen as more of an annoyance, than promoting the new feature. This is one of the reasons that so many people are hestitant to upgrade their computer programs. Because the new versions *always* work differently, and people have to waste time trying to restore their program's previous behavior (or make their program look like it used to) (or sometimes they have to actually learn new things to be able to keep using it). Please don't make Inkscape upgrades more annoying than fun, and find a better way to promote new features. Maybe something like a What's New page on the website -- that's not the same thing as Release Notes, and only covers new features. I'd be glad to help write such a page. Or maybe *do* use the Release Notes page, and make a link from inside Inkscape to it....like maybe in the File menu or Help menu, have a What's New item. I'm sure there could be several options to promote new features without risking annoying users. And by the way developers, thanks for all the cool new features! Just don't force them on me ;-) Thanks for listening, brynn

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New video of rotate workspace
by Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz 24 Oct '16

24 Oct '16

Hi all! Because the feeddback for the previous video, I update it a bit. To enter in rotate mode you need SpaceBar+RightClick. or use the new widget in the bottom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orpb-Be4Z4A Thanks to all viewers, and people involved. Cheers, Jabier.

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Inkscape 0.92 About Screen Contest
by Josh Andler 24 Oct '16

24 Oct '16

Hey all! The Inkscape team and community is winding down development and preparing to release Inkscape 0.92. With the upcoming release, we need to have a new About Screen done. This brings us to the Inkscape 0.92 About Screen Contest! This time we are hosting the contest on our website. For contest rules, more info, and to submit your entry please visit http://inkscape.org/community/about-screen-contests/ Deadline: November 13, 2016

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HSL tab in 0.92pre2(beta)
by Brynn 23 Oct '16

23 Oct '16

Hi Friends, There seems to be some drastic changes in the HSL tab of the Fill and Stroke dialog. I've looked through the Release Notes page, but I don't see any info. Did I just not see it? These are my questions: The top bar used have colors from red on the left to red on the right, and every other color in between. And if you wanted precision, you could use the numbers from 0 to 255 to set the color. But now, the top bar is something else entirely. It goes from white on the left, to some 2nd color in the middle (red) to some 3rd color on the right (aqua). But *none* of those 3 colors are the color of the object (which I initially set from the palette along the bottom). If I slide the bar, it doesn't change the color I set to white, the 2nd color or the 3rd color. It sets some other odd colors. How can I adjust the color now - especially if I don't want to use the palette to start with? There's now a new 5th bar at the bottom, under the Alpha bar. It goes from white on the left, to the middle color, which is not the color of the object, back to white on the right. Adjusting that bar seems to have no effect on the color of the object at all. Changing the number value doesn't do anything either. What is it for? The bars on the HSL tab used to be labeled, like the bars are still labeled on the RGB and CMYK tabs. If they were labeled, it might at least give me a clue. Thanks for your help :-) brynn

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Test About Screen Contest
by Martin Owens 21 Oct '16

21 Oct '16

Dear Users, I've just updated the website software to host our About Screen Contest. I'll be running the real contest very shortly, but before then I need your help. There is a new gallery which should contain all entries to the contest here: https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/=about-screen-contest/about-test-contes t/ This software update to the website is new, so expect a bug here or there, but please do try and submit an entry. You can submit an old entry or a new entry, it's up to you. It will: Stop you uploading anything other than svg files, uploading to the wrong category, uploading using the wrong license, uploading the wrong image size (fixed size in the contest rules of 750x625). If you find any faults with these or other errors, please respond to me here on the mailing list, privately by email or by submitting a bug report to inkscape-web on launchpad. Thanks a lot! Best Regards, Martin Owens Webmaster

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Gradients along a path?
by /#!/JoePea 21 Oct '16

21 Oct '16

Is there a way to do this in inkscape? For example, is there a way in Inkscape to do something similar to http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/4163057, but using the Inkscape UI, not writing code? - Joe */#!/*JoePea

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Answers section: Brazilian Portuguese question
by Maren Hachmann 18 Oct '16

18 Oct '16

Hi everyone, on launchpad, we now have a question in Brazilian. Would someone be able to help, by explaining a bit about photo vectorization / background removal? https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/403098 If you can help, please also subscribe to the question, in case the user wants to thank you or needs more help. Kind Regards, Maren

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Answers section: Spanish question about changing font size
by Maren Hachmann 16 Oct '16

16 Oct '16

Hi everyone, would someone help a Spanish-speaking user by explaining how to set defaults for the text tool? While I do understand the question, I don't think I'd be able to answer in Spanish in a way that the user will understand... Plus, I'd like to get more different people to answer questions there, until we can direct users somewhere else ;-) The question in question is here: https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/403034 Thank you! Regards, Maren

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Free SVG ebook from Oreilly
by Victor Westmann 13 Oct '16

13 Oct '16

Hi everyone, It talks about Modern SVG, it's free and Inkscape is in page 29, 30, 31 and in page 32 there's a screenshot of Inksape. Just wanted to share this. Sorry if it is off topic. http://www.oreilly.com/web-platform/free/modern-svg.csp?download=yes&order=… Kind Regards, --Victor Westmann

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