On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 20:43:16 -0500, Lou Quillio <public@...534...> wrote:
It's pretty clear right away that the imported bitmap won't accept a stroke. I haven't found a way to make Inkscape think of it as an object. It seems to be permanently an "image".
Indees images cannot have stroke in SVG.
One way is to select the image and press Alt+I. Now it's a rectangle with bitmap pattern fill. Looks the same but behaves more like a normal object. You can even set the preference to always import bitmaps as rects with pattern fill.
The next thought I had was to draw the "frame" I wanted (rounded rectangle) on another layer, convert to path, select the rectangle and bitmap together, and Join. No go. The bitmap is still not an 'object'.
Why join? Just remove the fill from the rect and overlay it so that bitmaps is visible inside.
Most recently I tried to fill my rectangle frame with an object-to-pattern made from the jpg. This came very close, but the fill made arbitrary tiling assumptions and refused to start at 0,0.
What are the "arbitrary assumptions"? Please be more specific. You can move a pattern fill wherever you need it using the pattern handles.