On 7/31/05, Elwin Estle <chrysalis_reborn@...12...> wrote:
Next would be perhaps some kind of sine wave function, with options for wavelength, amplitude, and various types of distortion, i.e. sawtooth (if you want to reverse it, just flip the object in the opposite direction), square wave, and "clipping" of the wave. It might also be possible to use a second wave to "cut" sections of the first wave or amplify them...not really sure what could be done with such a thing, but it might be useful. It also might be interesting to make the gradient tool work in conjunction with this "wave" tool, you could specify whether the gradient would start at the center of the wave's amplitude and fade in/out toward the center/edges. Maybe all of the above is possible with existing functions somehow or other...I am pretty new to Inkscape and have just begun to explore it's possibilites.
You can find a "Wavy line" extension in Effects menu that does some of functions you mentioned.
Alexandre