Palettes and swatches questions
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I don't see a color palette on my window. Is it still there? (I'm studying tavmong's online manual-I love it).
How do I make a customized color swatch?
I use Kubuntu/Ubunut. I've looked on the web and in manuals and can't find what I'm looking for.
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Judy Wilson Belize
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Judy Wilson wrote:
I don't see a color palette on my window. Is it still there? (I'm studying tavmong's online manual-I love it).
Are you using Inkscape 0.44 or newer? Older versions does not have the palette on the bottom, you have to use Object->Swatches. For Inkscape 0.44 use View->Show/Hide->Palette
How do I make a customized color swatch?
See /usr/share/inkscape/palettes/ to learn about the file format (is plain text). Create a new palette as a text file and save it in your home directory ~/.inkscape/palettes/
I use Kubuntu/Ubunut. I've looked on the web and in manuals and can't find what I'm looking for.
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On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 08:29:00AM -0600, Judy Wilson wrote:
I don't see a color palette on my window. Is it still there? (I'm studying tavmong's online manual-I love it).
Try the View menu, under "show/hide".
How do I make a customized color swatch?
Inkscape uses the GIMP palette format. The plain ASCII file is pretty simple, just the RGB value of the colour and a name. Look for existing *.gpl files (the ones that come with Inkscape are stored under /usr/share/inkscape/) and write your own in the same format.
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