Jim Sabatke wrote: I have some PNG files that I want to convert into gradients for gimp. I've read that you can export SVG files from inkscape and gimp will read them. The gradients are way too complicated to use gimp's gradient editor and are color from end to end.

When I try to create a gradient from a PNG file in inkscape and export to SVG, gimp picks up two black fading to transparent gradients. I think I've read all the documentation and have googled this to death over the past couple days.

Can this be done, and if so, can someone please point me toward instructions on how to do it.

TIA, Jim

The way I create gradients so that the gimp can use them involves these steps (not really all that necessary though you could just put the svg file in the gimp user gradient directory):

1. Open or create inkscape document with the object that has the gradient you want or made. 1a. If you open document with object that has gradient you want then follow step 2 if you just created the object with gradient then just delete object and save as plain svg.

2. Copy object with gradient into a new document and delete the object save as plain svg. 3. Open svg document with text editor and delete everything betwen </def></svg> tags 4. Save as whateveryounamedit.svg 5. Place in personal gimp gradient folder 6. Open gimp and you will see in the gradients a gradient with an id from the document, duplicate and rename the gradient and it will be a .ggr which you can just drop into any document or just resuse in the gimp.

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