Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape for bitmap editing

Hi Jean-Marc, Jean-Marc Molina wrote: > The approach is more flexible in Inkscape as a spline remains a spline, a > vector object. In The GIMP or Photoshop you have to convert it to a path, > Isn't a path vectorized, as well? > But Inkscape supports masks ! You can define a vector object as a mask. For > example use a circle as a mask for a box so it has a hole, a bit like > include/exclude in CAD. I'm still using Inkscape 0.42, because I'm having difficulties to upgrade from Ubuntu "Breezy" to "Edgy" (where newer libraries are available), but I'm really waiting to try the latest Inkscape version (masks? wow!) with new features like the Gaussian Blur, etc. I basically stumbled onto this approach (bitmap editing) after using a demo version of discreet's paint*. Thanks, Claus