Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape for bitmap editing

Joshua Boyd wrote: > I would have thought that the Gimp had spline masks by some means, but > maybe they don't. Or maybe they do but they aren't as editable, or > aren't savable or something. Using Inkscape to create masks strikes > me as really clunky, although it is great the someone was able to get > their work done using it. 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, because they only handle bitmap objects. And once it's drawn, you can't edit the spline anymore. You have to draw a new one, unless you saved it. > I wonder if there is a way to add a masking tool like I describe to > inkscape. I suspect that in the context of vector illustration there > would be plenty of other uses for it. 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.