Couldn't you just use the gradient tool and choose radial? I now see you did both with Inkscape. If you want to fill it with a bitmap, you could just use pattern fill.

Choose object | fill and stroke from the menu, then click on the round gradient under the fill tab to get the circular gradient.

If you want a bitmap to fill it up with, choose object | fill and stroke from the menu, click on the group of circles under the fill tab for pattern fill. It will then tell you how to get a pattern set up.

Hago Ziegler wrote:

Hi,

I am trying to make something like this: http://hagoschaos.de/test/ with Inkscape. I am looking for a relatively simple method to achieve this. I thought about the calligrafic tool, working with a pattern instead of a simple color. Is this possible? I don't know much about how to use patterns...

Any idea?

Regards, Hago

---

This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&da... _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

One way to get a pretty life-like "rope" is this:

- read inkscape/doc/inkscape-shadow.README and set up the bitmap blurring filter using Imagemagick

- draw a calligraphy line with zero fixation

- alt+b to make a shadow for it

- put the shadow underneath the calligraphy stroke and displace a bit

- select both image and the stroke and do Object > Clip > Set (or in an old version, convert the image to pattern and intersect with the stroke).

The result is attached (the image is downsampled to conserve bandwidth).

-- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org