Hi Friends, For a long time I've been trying to learn how to create new Inkscape filters. I mean starting from scratch, not just building on existing filters. I've been able to do some very simple things, but my efforts usually devolve into one at a time, trying every option available. By sheer chance, I sometimes end up with something that might be useful. It would be so very helpful if someone could write a guide, which explains the basic concepts. I think I've finally managed to work out how the Filters Editor works. But I'm missing the basic concepts which would help me make decisions about 'what to do next'. I have contacted people who I know have created filters, who know how to do it, but without success in finding the info needed. And I thought about adding this to the Community To-Do List page. It's a lot like the need for a guide to writing extensions, I guess. But for some reason, it seems to me like more of a request for a tutorial, and that's not exactly what that page is for (I don't think). Although if it seems to the website team like it's appropriate, I can see to adding it there. But otherwise, I thought I'd just make a request to the user community. Can anyone either volunteer to write such a tutorial? Or otherwise point me (and everyone) to some resources for learning how?
Thank you very much :-) brynn
On Mon, 2015-08-03 at 17:11 -0600, Brynn wrote:
Hi Friends, For a long time I've been trying to learn how to create new Inkscape filters. I mean starting from scratch, not just building on existing filters. I've been able to do some very simple things, but my efforts usually devolve into one at a time, trying every option available. By sheer chance, I sometimes end up with something that might be useful. It would be so very helpful if someone could write a guide, which explains the basic concepts. I think I've finally managed to work out how the Filters Editor works. But I'm missing the basic concepts which would help me make decisions about 'what to do next'. I have contacted people who I know have created filters, who know how to do it, but without success in finding the info needed. And I thought about adding this to the Community To-Do List page. It's a lot like the need for a guide to writing extensions, I guess. But for some reason, it seems to me like more of a request for a tutorial, and that's not exactly what that page is for (I don't think). Although if it seems to the website team like it's appropriate, I can see to adding it there. But otherwise, I thought I'd just make a request to the user community. Can anyone either volunteer to write such a tutorial? Or otherwise point me (and everyone) to some resources for learning how?
Thank you very much :-)
Some time ago I started a blog post on how designing a "fabric" filter effect but never finished it. If you can remind me in a couple of weeks I can try to get it finished (I'm on vacation at the moment).
Tav
Other than that, the official SVG Filters specification can help perhaps... http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/filters.html
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 9:58 PM, Tavmjong Bah <tavmjong@...206...> wrote:
On Mon, 2015-08-03 at 17:11 -0600, Brynn wrote:
Hi Friends, For a long time I've been trying to learn how to create new
Inkscape
filters. I mean starting from scratch, not just building on existing filters. I've been able to do some very simple things, but my efforts usually devolve into one at a time, trying every option available. By
sheer
chance, I sometimes end up with something that might be useful. It would be so very helpful if someone could write a guide, which explains the basic concepts. I think I've finally managed to work out
how
the Filters Editor works. But I'm missing the basic concepts which would help me make decisions about 'what to do next'. I have contacted people who I know have created filters, who know how to do it, but without success in finding the info needed. And I
thought
about adding this to the Community To-Do List page. It's a lot like the need for a guide to writing extensions, I guess. But for some reason, it seems to me like more of a request for a tutorial, and that's not exactly what that page is for (I don't think). Although if it seems to the
website
team like it's appropriate, I can see to adding it there. But otherwise, I thought I'd just make a request to the user community. Can anyone either volunteer to write such a tutorial? Or otherwise point me (and everyone) to some resources for learning how?
Thank you very much :-)
Some time ago I started a blog post on how designing a "fabric" filter effect but never finished it. If you can remind me in a couple of weeks I can try to get it finished (I'm on vacation at the moment).
Tav
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Ok -- Have a nice time off :-D
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Tavmjong Bah" <tavmjong@...206...> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 6:58 PM To: "Inkscape User Community" inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] how to create new filters
On Mon, 2015-08-03 at 17:11 -0600, Brynn wrote:
Hi Friends, For a long time I've been trying to learn how to create new Inkscape filters. I mean starting from scratch, not just building on existing filters. I've been able to do some very simple things, but my efforts usually devolve into one at a time, trying every option available. By sheer chance, I sometimes end up with something that might be useful. It would be so very helpful if someone could write a guide, which explains the basic concepts. I think I've finally managed to work out how the Filters Editor works. But I'm missing the basic concepts which would help me make decisions about 'what to do next'. I have contacted people who I know have created filters, who know how to do it, but without success in finding the info needed. And I thought about adding this to the Community To-Do List page. It's a lot like the need for a guide to writing extensions, I guess. But for some reason, it seems to me like more of a request for a tutorial, and that's not exactly what that page is for (I don't think). Although if it seems to the website team like it's appropriate, I can see to adding it there. But otherwise, I thought I'd just make a request to the user community. Can anyone either volunteer to write such a tutorial? Or otherwise point me (and everyone) to some resources for learning how?
Thank you very much :-)
Some time ago I started a blog post on how designing a "fabric" filter effect but never finished it. If you can remind me in a couple of weeks I can try to get it finished (I'm on vacation at the moment).
Tav
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Wow, that does look helpful! Usually the specs are too technical for me. But I think that might help, in this case.
Thank you very much!
From: Felipe Sanches Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 7:50 PM To: Inkscape User Community Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] how to create new filters
Other than that, the official SVG Filters specification can help perhaps... http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/filters.html
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 9:58 PM, Tavmjong Bah <tavmjong@...206...> wrote:
On Mon, 2015-08-03 at 17:11 -0600, Brynn wrote: > Hi Friends, > For a long time I've been trying to learn how to create new Inkscape > filters. I mean starting from scratch, not just building on existing > filters. I've been able to do some very simple things, but my efforts > usually devolve into one at a time, trying every option available. By sheer > chance, I sometimes end up with something that might be useful. > It would be so very helpful if someone could write a guide, which > explains the basic concepts. I think I've finally managed to work out how > the Filters Editor works. But I'm missing the basic concepts which would > help me make decisions about 'what to do next'. > I have contacted people who I know have created filters, who know > how to do it, but without success in finding the info needed. And I thought > about adding this to the Community To-Do List page. It's a lot like the > need for a guide to writing extensions, I guess. But for some reason, it > seems to me like more of a request for a tutorial, and that's not exactly > what that page is for (I don't think). Although if it seems to the website > team like it's appropriate, I can see to adding it there. > But otherwise, I thought I'd just make a request to the user > community. Can anyone either volunteer to write such a tutorial? Or > otherwise point me (and everyone) to some resources for learning how? > > Thank you very much :-)
Some time ago I started a blog post on how designing a "fabric" filter effect but never finished it. If you can remind me in a couple of weeks I can try to get it finished (I'm on vacation at the moment).
Tav
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I'm also planning to cover basic filter creation at some point in my series for Full Circle Magazine - though it's not likely to be for a few months yet as I've got too many other things to write about first.
Mark (Xav on inkscapeforum.com)
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