Generate Palette Extension
Olibia
Inkscape extension to generate color palettes from selected objects' color properties. Usage Create objects with color properties set, can be fill and/or stroke color. Select them and from the Extensions menu choose Palette and Generate. Provide a name and select the color property to grab colors from. You can also include Inkscape's default black to white colors or replace an existing palette. New options Sort colors by xY or Yx position when objects are placed in a grid layout Sort colors by X or Y position Sort colors by selection order, HSL values or RGB values Notes Inkscape needs to be restarted for the extension to appear. Inkscape must be restarted for a new palette to appear. Generated palettes are located at ~/.config/inkscape/palettes or ~\AppData\Roaming\inkscape\palettes on Windows. Older Inkscape versions Latest version for Inkscape < 1.0: https://github.com/olibia/inkscape-generate-palette/releases/tag/v2.0 --- Reviewed by Martin Owens on May 12 2021 2:30 PM pytest coverage: 0% pylint score: -7.5/10 tested in Inkscape 1.1 Marked as UNSAFE, modified home directory files, should be changed to use new Inkscape variable which will tell it where to save the palette file it generates.
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Gradient Saver
Rania Amina
Gradient Saver: Inkscape Gradient Manager for Your Next Project! An extension that will help you to organize your gradient on Inkscape. By using Gradient Saver you have ability to save your favorite gradient and reuse it on your next project. Hope it will help much Inkscpae user out there. For dependencies & installation info, please refer to README or this page: https://artemtech.github.io/inkscape-gradient-saver/ We've update this extension for Inkscape Ver. 1.0, hope you enjoy it. Quick demo/overview: https://youtu.be/0GPiazWcRuo
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Rounded Corners
crowhoot
Rounded Corners Version 1.3 by Chris Hawley This effect is designed to round off the corners on shapes made with the pencil tool. It will round off corners made of straight edges, while ignoring bezier lines. Corners that are too short for the desired radius will also be ignored. It does not work on Inkscape objects like the rectangle or star - the user must convert objects to paths before using this extension. Installation and usage instructions are at https://github.com/hawley577/Inkscape-Rounded-Corners/wiki Download the latest version on github: https://github.com/hawley577/Inkscape-Rounded-Corners
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Inkscape Stroke Font Extensions
Khemadeva .
With this set of extensions, users can - create their own stroke fonts - edit these or other fonts stored in the stroke font format - Render text using the stroke fonts with various options like flow in Rectangle, justified text etc. The font file format is the same used in Inkscape 1.0 Hershey Text extension, so the files created with this extension are compatible with the 1.0 Hershey Text render engine. Also, the fonts that come with 1.0 Hershey Text Extension can be edited with these extensions. Download location: https://github.com/Shriinivas/inkscapestrokefont File Name: inkscapestrokefont.zip Video Tutorials: https://youtu.be/iCsnYlVjWA0 https://youtu.be/-7BjfxpUAfU https://youtu.be/3YBaZfPpNjc https://youtu.be/S6lxYLMTxyg
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Ngarai Sianok
Fauzan Syukri
This valley called Ngarai sianok. one of famous place in my province. I try to draw the beauty of the valley with Inkscape :) Font used Hamburgerheaven, Stencil, lilyUPC
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Another Perspective
macrico
AnotherPerspective is just a rewrite of the perspective Inkscape extension. With this another algorithme, the result should be more predictable and logic. This is the end of unexpected rotations ! Thanks to Aaron Spike for writing the original extension and Timo Kähkönen for writing the original JS algorithme. For more informations about the process read the post from which the idea of the extention come : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12919398/perspective-transform-of-svg-paths-four-corner-distort
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Logo Design Tutorial
logosbynick
Design a logo with a pencil icons in it. Want to learn more about how Inkscape works? Check out the Inkscape Master Class - a comprehensive series of over 50 videos where I go over every tool, feature and function in Inkscape and explain what it is, how it works, and why it's useful: https://logosbynick.com/inkscape Need a logo made? Request a design at: http://www.logosbynick.com Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles
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Output Pro
wout
With this extension you will be able to export your Inkscape documents into a variety of formats and colormodes. As it initial and main goal,Inkscape Output Pro export into the CMYK colormode, compatible with the press and graphic industry standards. It is possible to use specific ICC profiles, set other colormodes than RGB and CMYK, like Grayscale and Lab, set specific JPEG configurations, insert pre-press marks and even more.
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Svg2ico
Color Swap
jeko
Extension similar to "color replace" that swaps two user defined colors. The zip file contains versions for Inkscape 0.92, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 The underlying color extension has a regression in 1.0 and does not work on grouped objects. This has been fixed in later versions. Only tested on Windows but should work on all platforms.
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Download Palette Extension
Olibia
Inkscape extension to download color palettes from the web. Usage From the Extensions menu choose Palette and Download. Select one or more palettes to download from the predefined collection. Provide a name and a .gpl file URL to download a palette from the web. Notes Inkscape must be restarted for palettes to appear. Downloaded palettes are stored in ~/.config/inkscape/palettes. Tested only on Inkscape for Linux.
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Flat Style Phone Tutorial
logosbynick
A simple, vector flat style mobile device. This tutorial is for Inkscape version 0.48 and is intended to teach you how to use the software. Need a logo made? Request a design at: http://www.logosbynick.com Ready to make some money with your design skills? Check out my freelancing guide: http://logosbynick.com/freelanceguide.html Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/logosbynick Instagram: @itslogosbynick Twitter: @logosbynick Want to support my channel? I don't accept donations, but if you feel compelled to support my work here on Youtube in any way then a one-time purchase of my $17 online course outlining how to design a logo from start to finish would be greatly appreciated, and you may learn a thing or two about logo design as well. You can check it out here: http://blog.logosbynick.com/logo-design-course/ Want to make Inkscape appear dark? Here's how: http://blog.logosbynick.com/design/how-to-make-inkscape-go-dark/ Intro song: Syntact, Shallow; via NCS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma18w-tuj3U https://soundcloud.com/iamsyntact https://facebook.com/iamsyntact https://twitter.com/iamsyntact
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Conical box generator
thierry7100
This extension will generate a flex structure which could be used to build conical boxes, to be cut with a laser cutting machine.
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Multipage Export Extension
Olibia
Inkscape extension to export selected objects to various file formats. Usage Select the objects you want to export and from the Extensions menu choose Export and Multipage. Provide a name for the destination folder and select the export format. Available formats are PDF, PNG and SVG. Available exporters are rsvg, and inkscape. You can also name the exported files after the objects' IDs Combine PDFs requires pdftk installed in your system Notes Exported files are located at ~/Documents/Exports. Tested only on Inkscape for Linux. Older Inkscape versions Latest version for Inkscape < 1.0: https://github.com/olibia/inkscape-multipage-export/releases/tag/v2.0
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Mirror
jeko
Extension to mirror/flip objects along a line. The zip file contains 4 versions: for Inkscape 0.92, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2. Only tested on Windows but should work on all platforms. You need to select two objects simultaneously and then apply the extension. Select the object (shape, group, image, etc.) you want to mirror first, press "shift", and then select the mirror line (consisting of exactly 2 nodes) second. The extension can be found under "Extensions -> Modify Path -> Mirror"
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How To Draw A Line
brynn
"New Inkscape users are sometimes frustrated when they search the manual (or forums) for how to draw a line, and can't find instructions. That's because "line" is a bit of a nebulous term, at least in Inkscape....although in some ways it can be confusing in any vector graphics program. What we generally think of as a line, is called a path, in Inkscape. But it's not just a matter of terminology." Read on to learn the basics!
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Color Label
christophfink
adds text labels with the fill colour value of each selected feature
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Inkscape Features Mind Map
Dmitry Zhart
Mind map of the Inkscape features. Graphical representation of information from this page: https://inkscape.org/about/features/
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Heartbeat design Vector Tutorial
logosbynick
Today I'll be demonstrating how to create a vector heartbeat logo that can be compatible with any other sort of theme. I often see people selling t shirts on Facebook using this sort of concept - depicting dogs, cats, instruments, skylines, etc. - and advertising them against those audiences. The goal of this tutorial is to teach you how to create these designs yourself. Dog vectors: https://pixabay.com/en/animal-canine-clips-dog-pet-puppy-1299485/ This tutorial is for Inkscape version 0.48 and is intended to teach beginners how to use the software. Inkscape is a great free alternative to Illustrator and Corel Draw. Need a logo made? Request a design at: http://www.logosbynick.com Ready to make some money with your design skills? Check out my freelancing guide: http://logosbynick.com/freelanceguide.html Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/logosbynick Twitter: @logosbynick Want to support my channel? I don't accept donations, but if you feel compelled to support my work here on Youtube in any way then a one-time purchase of my $17 online course outlining how to design a logo from start to finish would be greatly appreciated, and you may learn a thing or two about logo design as well. You can check it out here: http://blog.logosbynick.com/logo-design-course/ Want to make Inkscape appear dark? Here's how: http://logosbynick.com/how-to-make-inkscape-go-dark/ Here's all of the software and hardware I use to make these videos: http://logosbynick.com/make-youtube-videos/ Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission
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Simple Letter Logos
logosbynick
Design simple letter logo designs using Inkscape. Want to learn more about how Inkscape works? Check out the Inkscape Master Class - a comprehensive series of over 50 videos where I go over every tool, feature and function in Inkscape and explain what it is, how it works, and why it's useful: https://logosbynick.com/inkscape Need a logo made? Request a design at: https://www.logosbynick.com Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission
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How to import EPS on Windows 10
rituku
Simple guide to make inkscape work on windows. Worked for me at least!
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Draw Ratchet
kie27
Ratchet maker. - creates a ratchet with variable number of teeth - variable inner and outer diameters and an inner hole if required notes: extension requires perl tested and working on linux should work on other platforms but not tested version 0.1
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Inkscape Lesson 1 - Interface and Basic Drawing
Martin Owens
Inkscape is professional, free, open source Vector Graphics software.
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AndroidVector
owenfromcanada
Stop exporting dozens of PNGs for your Android app -- this extension adds a new save as type for Android vector drawable resources. Once installed, select save as or save a copy, and you should see a type called Android VectorDrawable (*.xml) in the dropdown list. Check the README file (or see the external link) for usage and limitations. 2017-02-14: updated to remove scientific notation for older versions of Android.
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Chipscratches
Andrew Kurn
This extension creates visual noise of various kinds, using 3 ingredients, scratches, chips, and specks. Extensions -> Generate -> Noise -> ChipScratches The 3 ingredients go into 3 Inkscape groups. Where they are in the tree is controlled by the object selected at the time the extension is called. They become sisters of the selected object, under the same parent. If there is no selection, they go to the root level. In the text below, each * indicates a settable parameter in the pop-up box. The extension fills a rectangle, which defaults* to the page size, or is width* by height*. The overall size* and number* of marks is set. However, for each of the 3, a multiplier changes the size* and number*. To get the overall value, just set the multiplier to 1.0 Also, each of the 3 may be separately enabled* or disabled. For each ingredient, it is possible to set the size to grow* with y. For this case, it is possible to set the size to a negative multiplier, so that it, when growing, will pass through zero somewhere in the middle of the box. For scratches, it is possible to change their orientation from vertical to angular*, radiating from the center of the box. (If so, growth is measured from the center.) The initial angle* and the change with distance* are set. For chips and specks, there are similar controls, except the angular ones, which are omitted. Last, there is the option to use a density gradient*. In the simple case, the probability of making a mark is the same everywhere. With a gradient, it changes from 0 to 1 across the box from left to right. -- Some of the features above may be of little use, while some omitted ones might be important. This is a beta version, so I await user feedback. I notice that the extension might take 5 seconds to run. Is this important? A bit of clean-up might help this. Two features that might slow it down considerably are clusters and collisions. Collisions, if implemented, would keep any 2 marks from landing on top of each other. Slow, because each mark must search all the previous marks. Clusters is some method of putting new marks near old ones. I think this would be especially useful for specks, which could be clustered around the end of scratches. Right now, they're uniform, and so fade into the background. Again, feedback? Technical note: This file may also be used to generate the inx file. (The bundled inx file was generated this way.) Set the global /inxGen/ =1 and run the file stand-alone. - AK Sept 2018
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Group to Layer
Rania Amina
This extension is owned by stuart@pernsteiner.org and as written in python file, everyone allowed to modify as long as comply with the provisions that have been determined. So, we modify this extension in order to make Group to Layer Extension can running well on Inkscape 1.0.
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inkscapeMadeEasy
fsmMLK
This set of python modules aims to extend Aaron Spike's inkex.py module, adding functions to help the development of new extensions for inkscape. Here you will find methods and classes to deal with drawing elements, line and text styles, line markers, texts, cartesian and polar plots, etc. This project is not intended to provide an end-user inkscape extension by itself but to provide easier backstage functions and classes to facilitate the development of inkscape extensions. It is a work-in-progress project and new features will be added in the future.
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Inkscape Fillet and Chamfer
taoari
This extension implements the Fillet and Chamfer function for inkscape described as http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12692602/rcp.svg.
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Stroke Color As Fill
Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz
Basicaly get the color fill and add to the stroke. and inverse. Also has an optional alpha. For <= 0.91 you can uncomment line 19 to allow markers without strokes in inkscape <= inkscape0.92-prerelease3. The video play with diferent based features like create Delaunay from any draw in two easy steps(use the extension at the end to allow fix gap between triangles) and play with markers and custom markers. New version -0.2- highly based on the work of suv (made a similar and beter extension previously)
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Rounder 0.4
Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz
Menu "Objects->rounder" Round internal SVG data to a fixed decimal positions. Added options to also round stroke width X ,Y, Width and Height. Added options to round opacity. Fix some warnings. 0.4 Added option to round to 0.*5
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Inkscape 0.92 Showcase
Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz
Video created by CR for the Libre Graphics Meeting and post-edited for Inkscape 0.92 release. Music "Explorers" by Hinkik Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0 http://www.soundcloud.com/hinkik
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Clonesp
Andrew Kurn
This is an Inkscape extension that clones an object. It makes multiple clones that shrink toward a vanishing point, necessary for a perspective drawing.
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Blobs
Andrew Kurn
This extension creates a texture of blobs. Blobs are randomly scattered over a rectangle (user input). Individual blobs are randomly generated as described below. Inkscape v 0.92 on Debian Gnu-Linux. The pop-up has two tabs, Each and All. Each: Blobs are built starting with a number of (interior) points, in a Gaussian distribution. The (almost) convex hull is built and then (somewhat) smoothed with splines. In the above sentence, each parenthesis indicates an input parameter, called out in the pop-up "interior" "concavity" "bluntness". Also, "size of a blob" sets the /standard deviation/ of the distribution, so blobs are typically 3 times larger than the value. Bluntness = 0.3 makes pleasingly round, mostly convex blobs. 0.4 makes them more concave. 0.6 - 1.0 they're getting more and more pointy. 2.0 - 10. and they grow appendages like hot-air balloons. 0.1 makes the corners pretty sharp. 0.0 and it's down to the convex hulls that are the basis of the blobs, that is, polygons. Concavity goes from 0 to 1. 0 tries to be completely convex. Increasing the number allows more interior points to be used so the shape becomes more complex, as well as more branchy. All: The work area x,y values specify a rectangle in which to place the blobs. Their centers are restricted to this area, so blobs may spill outside it. Centers are placed randomly. Number of blobs. -- Blobs are on their own layer "Blob layer". There may be several.
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Place randomly
Philipp Doe
Randomly place an object once or several times along a path. --- Curated by Maren Hachmann on May 20 2018 9:29 PM Added tags
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VCard QR Code generator
Сергей Ведерников
QR Code generator for VCard (a format standard for electronic business cards. A common use case it to place the code on a business card so the details are easily added by phone QR Code scanner software. ou can also Extract and put files from archive to your Incscape extension folder (C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\extensions), restart (start) Inkscape and go to "Extensions->Render->Barcode->QR Code VCard..." Simply fill all needed fields, choose QR Card size (Auto, if you don't know), error correction level you need, select input codepage (your operational system codepage) and output codepage (usually, UTF-8) and press Apply button. You can check your QR Code by any QR Code scanner software by you smartphone. Enjoy!
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Ink Flow
Grigoriy Karpiak
Inspired by the name INKSCAPE. "Draw Freely" continues with flow/escape of ink of various vibrant colors. Tried to keep it very simple and clear. Fonts used: Sacramento, Roboto Light/Black
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Inner Shadow Effect
logosbynick
Create an inner shadow effect that gives the appearance as if the subject is carved into the surface. This tutorial is for Inkscape version 0.92 and is intended to teach beginners how to use the software. Inkscape is a great free alternative to Illustrator and Corel Draw. Need a logo made? Request a design at: https://www.logosbynick.com Ready to monetize your design skills? Check out my free guide on landing freelancing gigs: https://logosbynick.com/freelance/ If you feel compelled to support my work here on Youtube in any way, a one-time purchase of my $17 online course outlining how to design a logo from start to finish would be greatly appreciated, and you may learn a thing or two about logo design as well. You can check it out here: https://logosbynick.com/designcourse/ Want to make Inkscape appear dark? Here's how: https://logosbynick.com/how-to-make-inkscape-go-dark/ Dark theme & updated icon for GIMP: https://youtu.be/uMojKEHLP0A Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/logosbynick Twitter: @logosbynick Instagram: @itslogosbynick My design setup: https://logosbynick.com/look-new-design-setup/ Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission
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Inkscape2laserGRBL
erichVK5
A simple extension that exports paths as g-code compatible with cheap GRBL 0.8c based laser cutters. The laser control is simple on/off. Minor typo fixed 18/08/2020.
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Vector Abstract Background Tutorial
logosbynick
Similar to my low poly portrait tutorial, only using a quicker method more suitable for this sort of design. This will also be an introduction for the Mesh Gradient tool. This tutorial is for Inkscape version 0.92 and is intended to teach beginners how to use the software. Inkscape is a great free alternative to Illustrator and Corel Draw. Need a logo made? Request a design at: https://www.logosbynick.com Ready to monetize your design skills? Check out my free guide on landing freelancing gigs: https://logosbynick.com/freelance/ If you feel compelled to support my work here on Youtube in any way, a one-time purchase of my $17 online course outlining how to design a logo from start to finish would be greatly appreciated, and you may learn a thing or two about logo design as well. You can check it out here: https://logosbynick.com/designcourse/ Want to make Inkscape appear dark? Here's how: https://logosbynick.com/how-to-make-inkscape-go-dark/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/logosbynick Twitter: @logosbynick Instagram: @itslogosbynick My design setup: https://logosbynick.com/look-new-design-setup/ Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission
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Sundial Declining
How to Create Zentangles Using Inkscape
TutorViaComputer
Zentangles is a form of abstract art that uses patterns. This is day 6 of a 31 day video series, where I create a Zentangle a day in Inkscape for Inktober. I start with the easiest patterns, so this is a excellent way to learn Inkscape. You should watch Introduction to Inkscape and Zentangles https://youtu.be/TPm5hcku78U before watching this video.
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Barcode Extension 2019oct
jerrypenner
Adds the Codabar bar code to the bar-codes render extension. This should run on all platforms.
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Drone Icon Vector Tutorial
logosbynick
In today's tutorial I'll be demonstrating how to design a vector drone logo. This tutorial is for Inkscape version 0.92 and is intended to teach beginners how to use the software. Inkscape is a great free alternative to Illustrator and Corel Draw. Need a logo made? Request a design at: http://www.logosbynick.com Ready to make some money with your design skills? Check out my freelancing guide: http://logosbynick.com/freelanceguide.html Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/logosbynick Twitter: @logosbynick Want to support my channel? I don't accept donations, but if you feel compelled to support my work here on Youtube in any way then a one-time purchase of my $17 online course outlining how to design a logo from start to finish would be greatly appreciated, and you may learn a thing or two about logo design as well. You can check it out here: http://blog.logosbynick.com/logo-design-course/ Want to make Inkscape appear dark? Here's how: http://logosbynick.com/how-to-make-inkscape-go-dark/ Here's all of the software and hardware I use to make these videos: http://logosbynick.com/make-youtube-videos/ Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission
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Text Styling Tutorial
logosbynick
Sansita One font: https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/sansita This tutorial is for Inkscape version 0.48 and is intended to teach beginners how to use the software. Inkscape is a great free alternative to Illustrator and Corel Draw. Need a logo made? Request a design at: http://www.logosbynick.com Ready to make some money with your design skills? Check out my freelancing guide: http://logosbynick.com/freelanceguide.html Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/logosbynick Twitter: @logosbynick Want to support my channel? I don't accept donations, but if you feel compelled to support my work here on Youtube in any way then a one-time purchase of my $17 online course outlining how to design a logo from start to finish would be greatly appreciated, and you may learn a thing or two about logo design as well. You can check it out here: http://blog.logosbynick.com/logo-design-course/ Want to make Inkscape appear dark? Here's how: http://logosbynick.com/how-to-make-inkscape-go-dark/ Here's all of the software and hardware I use to make these videos: http://logosbynick.com/make-youtube-videos/ Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission
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Graph Knot
WriteTeX
longqi
An Inkscape extension: Latex/Tex editor for Inkscape, inspired by textext. This extension uses Inkscape build-in extension system, does not require TK or PyGtk as textext. Live preview feature is supported. You can obtain original TeX source from View Original TeX tab. Check http://writetex.tk for more detail. Latest version is in https://github.com/wanglongqi/WriteTeX
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inkscapeSlopeField
fsmMLK
Extension to create slope fields of first order ordinary differential equations (ODEs) The main features are - generate the slope field plot of a first order ODE - optional grid lines in X and Y directions - adjustable tick mark intervals and sizes - LaTeX support - adjustable density of segments
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Page Preview Layer
sonejostudios
Inkscape extension to add a page preview layer with a specific color. For Inkscape 1.x as well as for Inkscape 0.92. Newest version will be updated there: https://github.com/sonejostudios/InkscapePreviewLayer
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Origami-Ext
fdesar
Extension for drawing Origami diagrams. Helps drawing all Huzita-Hatori-Justin Axioms (1-7), find the Rabbit-Ear complementary crease and does angles and segments N-Sections. Fully internationalized : currently, English (native) and a French translation are available. Need Inkscape0.92 or later. Comes with easy install scripts for Linux (tested on Ubuntu and Mint, Fedora & Suse), Windows (tested on Windows 10 Family) and MacOS (tested on High Sierra with MacPorts Inkscape). Enjoy! New version released on 02/01/2020, version 0.70
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Snapping guide for 0.91 and higher
Maren Hachmann
Snapping since Inkscape 0.91 explained.
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Infinite Loop Icon
logosbynick
Design a vector infinite loop logo using Inkscape. This tutorial is for Inkscape version 0.92 and is intended to teach beginners how to use the software. Inkscape is a great free alternative to Illustrator and Corel Draw. Need a logo made? Request a design at: http://www.logosbynick.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/logosbynick Twitter: @logosbynick Instagram: @itslogosbynick If you feel compelled to support my work here on Youtube in any way, a one-time purchase of my $17 online course outlining how to design a logo from start to finish would be greatly appreciated, and you may learn a thing or two about logo design as well. You can check it out here: http://logosbynick.com/designcourse/ Want to make Inkscape appear dark? Here's how: http://logosbynick.com/how-to-make-inkscape-go-dark/ Dark theme & updated icon for GIMP: https://youtu.be/uMojKEHLP0A My design setup: http://logosbynick.com/look-new-design-setup/ Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission
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Design Seminar Video: Filament Spool Holder
haleyma
I enjoyed this youtube video where Kevin Arne, the makerspace manager at Decatur Makers (decaturmakers.org) walks us through a design process for making .svg files to use on the laser cutter. I like the clear style and, honestly, the use of different colors. It's a nice forum with a good Q&A. With the video you can follow along, start/stop/speed up as necessary. Just sharing. Live Design Seminar: Filament Spool Holder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqagkqcoBIw&feature=youtu.be&t=1
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0.92pre0 Source Tarball
Bryce Harrington
583 lines Inkscape 0.92 (definitely not released yet - AnnouncePlanning092) Release highlights Released on «YYYY-MM-DD». Manipulating Objects Objects Dialog New dialog for manipulating the object tree. • Drag and drop reordering of objects. • Find, lock, and hide individual items. • Shows individual objects as well as layers. • Ability to change highlight color of objects. • Ability to set blend mode per object. Imported from Ponyscape. Selection Sets Dialog New dialog that allows the creation of selection sets that are not affected by document structure. Text Font Features It is now possible to take advantage of OpenType tables to select alternative glyphs from a font. Note that browser support is still limited. Inkscape must also be linked with a recent version of the Pango library. Vertical Text Support for vertical text layout has been improved. • The default behavior for Latin bases glyphs has been changed. They are now rotated sideways as required by the SVG 1.1 standard. • Support for the CSS 3 'text-orientation' property has been added. (Note that this property is not yet fully supported by browsers.) • The CSS 3 values for the 'writing-mode' property are supported in rendering. Saving still uses the deprecated SVG 1.1 values. Accessibility Converting text to a path will save the text in the 'aria-label' attribute. This is useful for accessibility and could eventually be used by Inkscape to reconstruct the text. Live Path Effects Now some suitable LPE's are applied to clips and mask. Helper lines come again to live Added to pen/pencil shape combo box the option to add a bend path directly Spiro Live ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Extended video: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFakiI5f0-Y> Based in Spiro Live Path Effect, now show result while drawing. • Nodes cusp (SHIFT) and Spiro. • Handle append path on cusp and Spiro mode whith helper preview path. Spirolive.gif BSpline ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Extended video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwV0DHvA-OE> Pen & Node mode Use BSpline Live Effect while creating and editing paths. • Pen and Pencil use • Modes cusp(SHIFT) and BSpline while drawing. • Handle append parhs with preview helper path. • Handle weight of bspline (node tool) with handle movement. SHIFT key required. • Handle custom weight snaps with CTRL Bspline.gif Bspline2.gif Live Path Effect mode Bspline3.gif The options in the Live effect dialog give you control on bspline paths. • Set to Default weight (0.3333 time of his curve segment). • Make cusp nodes. • Numeric input for weight. • Steps with CONTROL snaps in node/handle editing. • Ignore cusp nodes, affect to all other widgets changes and, for example, retain cusp nodes when you change the power. • Change only selected nodes, affect to all other widgets changes. • Show a helper path whith the final shape and the generated new nodes. Roughen ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Roughen.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=130Dbt0juvY This filter is a semi-clone of two extensions, ("add nodes" and "jitter nodes") + handle units. The parameters are similar to both extensions + a global randomizer. • Apply to paths, shapes and groups. • Apply to clip and masks -if are vectors- Roughen.gif Simplify ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Simplify.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWujN_iTSk Send the simplify command to a non-destructive live path effect. • Use on paths, shapes and groups of them. • Apply to clip and masks -if are vectors- • User can change modify the threshold -preferences dialog- used by a numeric parameter. • Apply Simplify on stack. Simplify.gif Perspective/Envelope ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Perspective-envelope.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjKGatyxTZ8 Apply both deformations by 4 points. • Two modes, perspective and envelope. • Apply on paths, shapes and groups. • Apply on vector clips and mask Perspective-envelope.gif Lattice Deformation 2 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Latice2.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlK9L88_tWE Symmetry video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhuVjqFA6ig Add deformations by a mesh. Vertical,horizontal or both symmetry. • Apply to paths, shapes and groups. • Apply to vector clips and mask Latice2.gif Show Handles ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ShowHandles.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9ul_PR9XYo A LPE version of Show Handles extension. • Work on paths, shapes and groups. • Work on clones • Node and Handle shapes resizeables • If not a clone, is a destructive LPE, dont save styles, work on a copy! ShowHandles.gif Transform by two points TransformByTwoKnots.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLmYdWoXXIw Extended video (Elastic rubber): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOWTeZC_LjM Transform a element by two control points. You can position the control points by bounding box or by original path node index. Thanks Ivan Louette for the idea of the effect. • Work on paths, shapes and groups with less power. • Allow snapping of both control points • Allow fix angle or distance. • Elastic mode to simulate a flex path • From original width, set the control points based on bounding box TransformByTwoKnots.gif Rotate copies File:RotateCopies.png 170px Extended video (partial fuse path): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpI8gRbkTu4 Extended video (live editing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBQpvfgT4mE Extended video (kaleidoscope): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfMixSKy3Eo Transform a element by two control points. You can position the control points by bounding box or by original path node index. Thanks Ivan Louette for the idea of the effect. • Work on paths, shapes and groups. • Allow fuse the result to make kaleidoscope • Allow non 360 fuse. • Live editing Mirror Simmetry Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1sj4AeU3Yo Mirror a item • Work on paths, shapes and groups. • Allow fuse result • Different mirror line: Free, X, Y, Middle Document[X], Middle Document[Y] Spray tool Extended video 1 (No overlap): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uehj4ATOWos Extended video 2 (No overlap multiple items): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 1eTG2U3qlb4 Extended video 3 (Over visible, pick color): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= aTdKu7mAZE8 Extended video 4 (Pressure): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWdQnxd_z30 Extended video 5 (Trace -clones- dialog): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= Zn3vzf-yA_w todo: a video showing all features joined • New mode eraser • Add more pressure toggles • No overlap option with optional multiple elements • No overlap between colors • Configurable offset for overlaps • Color picker from center or average area • Apply color picked to fill • Apply color picked to stroke • Invert picked colors • Spray over transparent • Spray over non-transparent • Allow picker enabled sprays to use "Trace Clones" options Measure tool Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE0cVDGCzbM • Persistent measure • Reposition of origin/end • Convert to measure item • Convert to guides • Convert measure to quote • Reverse origin/end • Measure global • Measure only current layer • Add precision • Add scale Geometric Construction Tool • Helps to create: line segments, circles by specific points, parallels, perpendicular lines, angle bisectors, mirrored paths by applying a Live Path Effect. [Needs usage instructions!] Align and Distribute • NEW: drop-down chooser with options to align nodes relative to each other in node editing mode. File Format Support • The default PostScript level for exporting from the command line changes from 2 to 3 (consistent with the user interface PS exporter which defaults to level 3). Level 3 is required for gradient support. Extensions New • Render > Seamless Pattern (Screencast) • Images > Set Image Attributes (Bug #1357808) • Render > NiceCharts (github repo, not maintained Plotter Driver Multiple Pens The Plotter driver (Extensions -> Export -> Plot) can now handle multiple pens to create colorful drawings on Pen Plotters: • Create a layer for every pen to use and move the corresponding drawings into it • Name the layer with a title like "Pen 1" or "MyLayerName Pen 1", where the number corresponds to the pen number the plotter should use • The layer name always overrides the standard pen setting in the plot menu Serial Connection The connection settings now allow you to specify rarely used serial connection settings like byte size, stop bits and parity. Most plotters use the default settings, so only change these if you know what you are doing. HPGL Export The HPGL export (File -> Save as -> HP Grafics Language file) has now the same multiple pens feature as the #Plotter Driver. HPGL Import The HPGL import (File -> Open -> Select .hpgl file) can now import multiple pens into corresponding layers, see #Plotter Driver for more information. PDF Import The image 'interpolate' value is now used to determine how to display bitmaps (interpolated or blocky). Miscellaneous Improvements • Arrange > Restack has new options to reverse and shuffle the z-order of selected objects. • Render > Random Tree has new option to omit redundant segments. • Visualize Path > Measure Path has additional text layout options. Extension Development • It is now possible for an extension to retrieve a list of selected nodes (Bug #171287). Filters New • Color > Color Blindness filter allows to simulate different color blindness conditions. Other dialogs Document Properties: Licences All selectable licences have been updated to most current version. Filter Editor Filter list now displays how often a filter is used. Other user interface Node Snapping Snapping in the node tool has been improved: • When double clicking to insert new nodes, the position of these new nodes will snap to for example path intersections and to path-guide intersections • When grabbing a segment of a path and dragging it to deform it, the pointer will now snap Checkerboard Background It is now possible to use a checkerboard background when editing. This allows one to clearly see the transparency of objects. View Box One can now set the SVG 'viewBox' attribute from the GUI. This attribute sets the scale of the drawing by determining the real-world value of the SVG user unit (pixel size). Lock Guides Now guides can be locked and unlocked globally or individually. SVG and CSS • The 'marker-orientation' property now recognizes units ('deg', 'rad', 'grad' and 'turn'). • The new SVG 2 'context-fill' and 'context-stroke' properties are implemented which allows the auto-matching of arrowhead fill color to path stroke color. • The new SVG 2 marker orientation attribute value 'auto-start-reverse' is implemented. This allows one arrow marker to be used for both ends of a path. • The new CSS 3 'mix-blend-mode' and 'isolation' properties are implemented, allowing setting the blend mode between objects without using filters. • The new SVG 2 'paint-order' property is now supported. This allows setting the order in which the fill, stroke, and markers are drawn. • The new SVG 2 'mesh' paint server is supported, including bicubic auto-smoothing. A primitive GUI is available. • The SVG 1.1 'text-decoration' property is now rendered (underlines, strike through, etc.). CSS 3 'text-decoration' properties are also rendered. • The new SVG 2 'hatch' paint server is now supported. • The CSS 'white-space' property is now supported. Use of this property was added in SVG 2 to replace the now deprecated 'xml;space' attribute. • The SVG 1.1 'textLength" and 'textAdjust' attributes are implemented, however, there is no GUI for these attributes. • Rendering of the Component Transfer filter primitive has been corrected. • Units are now recognized in the text and tspan 'x', 'y', 'dx', and 'dy' attributes. • Percentage values are now interpreted correctly for shapes. New SVG 2 and CSS 3 features are generally not enabled in the GUI until widespread support in browsers. New dependencies The Paintbucket and Trace Bitmap tools now use an external copy of the Potrace library, which is available in many Linux distributions or can be obtained from http://potrace.sourceforge.net Translations New UI translations for Assamese, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri (Perso-Arabic and Devanagari), Kokani (Roman and Devanagari scripts), Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri (Meetei Mayek and Bengali scripts), Marathi, Odia, Santali (Devnagari and Ol-Chiki scripts), Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Urdu (Perso-Arabic and Devanagari scripts). For information on prior releases, please see: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape
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Ink Escape
Luis Mendez
My idea was to make this very simple, an ink escaping prison with its tools to draw freely.
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Inkscape Robot
Inkscapelight
Spaventapasseri
I started to use Inkscape few years ago after few years with Corel Draw. Inkscape was the light at the end of the tunnel.... The bulb was originary made by me for another competition with Inkscape but was never finished at the end. I was thinking now that was the right moment for the bulb to come out. :)
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Fire Design
Jakub Šebek
Simple flat design with fire colors. The big fire art is in "F" shape.
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Streaks
Andrew Kurn
Streaks is an extension to fill a rectangle with vertical lines to use as a texture. Quite a variety of textures is possible. Two examples: https://inkscape.org/en/~kurn/%E2%98%85streaksrm and https://inkscape.org/en/~kurn/%E2%98%85streaksbw
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Guillotine Plus
Bootta
Improved basic Inkscape guillotine extension. Added: - DPI input to export window for Guillotine extension. To install extension extract content of download into the directory listed at Edit > Preferences > System: User extensions
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Calligraphy Circle
Peter Mil
Circular path with a calligraphic effect. Black stroke, no fill. Nib width 25%, angle of 45°.
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Page Background Layer
sonejostudios
Inkscape extension to add a page background layer with a specific color. For Inkscape 1.x as well as for Inkscape 0.92. Newest version will be updated there: https://github.com/sonejostudios/InkscapeBackgroundLayer
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How to draw a cartoon house
Олег Машков
A tutorial for beginners, teaching how to use curves to create a house in the mountains
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Planta Baixa em Inkscape - Escala 1:100 - Video #1
Vinicius de Carvalho Venâncio
Primeiro video da planta feita em inkscape. Workshop room plan making on inkscape.
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Exponential X-Axis
Jürgen Weigert
This Inkscape extension transforms an object along the x-axis. The bounding box remains unchanged. Points near the center of the object move to create the illusion of a curved surface. Points move left, if you choose an exponent > 1, and right if the exponent is < 1. An exponent of 1.0 does exactly nothing. This can be used in combination with the bend path effect to create a cone projection that retains aspect ratio. Idea from Simon Budig while preparing for the lampshade workshop.
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Inkgpx2svg
mono mono
An Inkscape input extension to add support for gpx files to the File/Import... dialog based on gpx2svg (https://nasauber.de/opensource/gpx2svg)
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Inkscape Exportxy Master
John Cliff
Inkscape extension for exporting the xy co-ords of the selected curve Original version posted on inkscape forum here: http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=8826#p32088 was hacked together by me based on code provided by Jean Moreno on his blog. Was improved upon by Neon22 on the forum and later by Jens N. Lallensack. All contributors have agreed to release their contributions under the GPL.
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imppao@free.fr
soukaina el hassyouti
bonjour a vous . j'ai un probleme sur programme inkscape, quand j'ai importe Clip Arte, il me donne que c'est imposible de connexion. Je ne sais pas où est le problème !! aide moi s'il vous plait.
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Hoosiercardstock1
raebonz1
templates for miniature project found on youtube as a free downloadable
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Serie projeto caixa mdf laser em Inkscape - #1 Vetorização
Vinicius de Carvalho Venâncio
Serie projeto caixa mdf - Video 1(Vetorização) https://oficinacasaemoveis.home.blog/ @oficinacasaemoveis
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Low Poly Portrait
logosbynick
Design a vector low poly portrait of yourself (or anyone/thing) use Inkscape. Image: https://pixabay.com/en/portrait-model-studio-lighting-661997/ Want to learn more about how Inkscape works? Check out the Inkscape Master Class - a comprehensive series of over 50 videos where I go over every tool, feature and function in Inkscape and explain what it is, how it works, and why it's useful: https://logosbynick.com/inkscape Need a logo made? Request a design at: http://www.logosbynick.com/ Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission
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Retro Style Text Tutorial
logosbynick
In today's tutorial I'll be demonstrating how to design some vintage style letters and text in vector format using Inkscape. This tutorial emphasises the usefulness of the masking feature, which when used properly, adds a nice aged appearance to the design. Montserrat Ultra Bold font: https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/montserrat Masking image: https://pixabay.com/en/background-texture-grunge-distress-1874557/ This tutorial is for Inkscape version 0.48 and is intended to teach beginners how to use the software. Inkscape is a great free alternative to Illustrator and Corel Draw. Need a logo made? Request a design at: http://www.logosbynick.com Ready to make some money with your design skills? Check out my freelancing guide: http://logosbynick.com/freelanceguide.html Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/logosbynick Twitter: @logosbynick Want to support my channel? I don't accept donations, but if you feel compelled to support my work here on Youtube in any way then a one-time purchase of my $17 online course outlining how to design a logo from start to finish would be greatly appreciated, and you may learn a thing or two about logo design as well. You can check it out here: http://blog.logosbynick.com/logo-design-course/ Want to make Inkscape appear dark? Here's how: http://logosbynick.com/how-to-make-inkscape-go-dark/ Here's all of the software and hardware I use to make these videos: http://logosbynick.com/make-youtube-videos/ Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission
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Inkscape2pcb
erichVK5
A set of extensions that allows export of paths to PCB layout editors, namely: 1) the pcb-rnd layout editor as a subcircuit in native pcb-rnd lihata file format (.lht) ( http://repo.hu/projects/pcb-rnd/ ) 2) the gEDA PCB layout editor as a footprint in native gEDA PCB footprint format (.fp) ( http://pcb.geda-project.org/ ) 3) KiCad users, indirectly, who can import gEDA PCB footprints from within KiCad The export script for pcb-rnd will also export paths as polygons, along with the outlines, provided the paths depict simple, non self-intersecting polygons. The pcb-rnd layout editor has a more capable data model, allowing polygons within footprints, and also load and save in KiCad formats. The script has been updated and tested with Inkscape 1.1 and the download also includes a zip file with the previous 0.9x compatible version.
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Inkscape basics: fill and stroke
Jurgen Gaeremyn
Through a better understanding of all the features available in Inkscape, you'll create better artwork. In this tutorial we're covering fill and stroke in Inkscape 0.92
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Inkscape playing nice with bitmaps
Jurgen Gaeremyn
In this tutorial we're looking at the different ways Inkscape interacts with bitmaps. We're touching through different ways to import a bitmap, tracing bitmaps, bitmap effects, and clipping bitmaps.and exporting to bitmap. Future episode will go into these topics in more detail.
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Understanding paths and nodes
Jurgen Gaeremyn
This tutorial helps you understanding lines and nodes in Inkscape. I'm not the best of an artist myself, so I used an image of a crafts tutorial I liked. Here's the link if you want to learn how to draw this nice kitten by hand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqon8BQTcK0
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Bonsai Elm
Lee Austin
A simple bonsai elm tree in a clay pot. svg download. Tutorial at the link on the right.
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Make a heart in Inkscape
sener98
in this video tutorial, you can learn to draw a heart in inkscape.
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Quran ID
Nestero
Extenssions untuk generate ayat al quran dengan terjemahan indonesia
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sonik
lina ZHG
hall hall hall hall hall hall hall hall --- Curated by Maren Hachmann on February 16 2023 2:16 PM
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Prover iLock attributes
hugo_at_prover
This extension opens up a dialog that allows the user to set some Prover iLock specific attributes. The attributes decide how Prover iLock will display the svg file, in particular they are used to associate layers to "visualization features" that are used to dynamically change the drawn symbol based on the current state in the tool.
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Graphviz Extension
tflynn
This extension simplifies Inkscape workflows that use GraphViz, by providing a simple interface that lets the user run the DOT command and import the resulting graphs with the click of a button. The extension is appears as Graphviz in the menu Extensions -> Render. Currently, it is verified to work on Inkscape 0.92.
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Inkscape 0.92.0 Source Tarball
Bryce Harrington
Inkscape 0.92 -~= Released 2017-01-01 =~- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Release Highlights | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ • Mesh Gradients are now supported. See http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Mesh_Gradients • Many SVG2 and CSS3 properties are now supported (e.g. paint-order, mix-blend-mode). Not all are available from the GUI. • The new Object dialog allows to select, label, hide and lock any object in the drawing from a dialog that lists them all • Selection sets make it possible to 'group' objects together regardless of document structure • Guides can now be locked to avoid accidental movement • Several new path effects have been added, among them Envelope/Perspective, Lattice Deformation, Mirror and Rotate Copies • There are several new extensions (e.g. a seamless pattern extension) and a new filter (colorblindness simulation) included in the release, many old extensions have been updated or got new features • Spray tool and measure tool received a set of nifty new features • Interactive smoothing for lines created with the Pencil tool • BSplines (and more) are available for the Pen tool • Checkerboard background can be used to more easily see object transparencies +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Important Changes | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ • The default resolution was changed from 90dpi to 96dpi, to match the CSS standard. For more background information, please see the Wiki article about handling of units in Inkscape. Inkscape 0.92 will attempt to identify 'legacy' Inkscape files that need to be converted. If such a file is detected, the user will be offered three options: 1. Set 'viewBox'. Inkscape will add an appropriate 'viewBox' which will do a global scaling of the document. It will also adjust the document width and height if necessary. 2. Scale elements. Inkscape will scale each internal element. 3. Ignore. Do nothing. This is an appropriate choice for documents meant for screen display. For more details, please see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1389723 • For developers and packagers, the switch from autotools to CMake is a relevant change (users who do not compile their own version will not be affected). While the old system is still available for 0.92, it is now also possible to compile Inkscape using CMake. CMake builds faster, has a less esoteric scripting language, and has better support for building on Windows; for more detailed rationale please see http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CMake. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Manipulating Objects | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Objects Dialog ============== New dialog for manipulating the object tree (Imported from Ponyscape). • Drag and drop reordering of objects. • Lock, and hide one or more items. • Use Ctrl+F to search for an item. • Select one or more objects in the drawing. • Shows individual objects as well as layers. • Ability to change highlight color of objects. • Ability to set blend mode per object. Selection Sets Dialog: New dialog that allows the creation of selection sets that are not affected by document structure. Usage: • Open Dialog with 'Object > Selection sets' • To create a new selection set: 1. click on the '+' button at the bottom of the dialog (double-click on its label to edit) • To add objects to a selection set: 1. select object on the canvas 2. in the 'Selection sets' dialog click on the '+' icon before the selection set in the list • To select all objects of a selection set: 1. deselect any existing selection and click on the selection set in the list • To remove an object from a selection set 1. select the selection set in the dialog 2. click on 'Items' to show all objects in the set 3. select an object on the canvas or in the Items list in the dialog 4. click on the 'Delete' icon (trashbin) before the object in the list • To delete a selection set: 1. select it in the list and click on the '-' button at the bottom of the dialog +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Text | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Font Features ============= It is now possible to take advantage of OpenType tables to select alternative glyphs from a font. For this, a third tab ('Variants') has been added to the 'Text and Font' dialog. Note that browser support is still limited. Inkscape must also be linked with a recent version of the Pango library. Vertical Text ============= Support for vertical text layout has been improved. • The default behavior for Latin bases glyphs has been changed. They are now rotated sideways as required by the SVG 1.1 standard. • Support for the CSS 3 'text-orientation' property has been added. (Note that this property is not yet fully supported by browsers.) • The CSS 3 values for the 'writing-mode' property are supported in rendering. Saving still uses the deprecated SVG 1.1 values. Accessibility ============= Converting text to a path will save the text in the 'aria-label' attribute. This is useful for accessibility and could eventually be used by Inkscape to reconstruct the text. Line Spacing ============ Line spacing in Inkscape now follows the CSS standard for the 'line-height' property. Note the following points: • The minimum spacing between lines is determined by the 'strut' value. This is determined by the product of the 'font-size' and 'line-height' values on the outermost text element. These values are shown and can be set when the "Outer Style" button is enabled in the Text Tool's Tool Control bar. To set the 'strut' to zero, set the outer style 'line-height' to zero. • The unit for 'line-height' can now be chosen. Previous versions of Inkscape used a unitless value. When the value is unitless, the line spacing is recalculated for each change in font size. This is the most commonly expected behavior. When the value has a unit, the line spacing is calculated at the point where the CSS 'line-height' property is defined and that value is used regardless of following changes in font size. This however, will not always lead to evenly spaced lines due to the idiosyncrasies of how line spacing is calculated in CSS. (See Tav's write up CSS Text Line Spacing Exposed for the details.) • When the "Outer Style" button is not enabled, the "Font size" and "Line height" boxes show the values of either the selected text or at the cursor point (if no text is selected). Changes in font size and line spacing will be applied to the selected text or to the whole text object (if no text is selected). Unlike other styling properties (e.g. fill color), there is no visual indicator of which characters have a particular 'line-height' value. One can step through character by character with the cursor to determine a span of characters with the same 'line-height' value. • To create a set of evenly spaced lines regardless of font size, set the 'strut' value to the desired line spacing and then set the inner 'line-height' values to zero. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Live Path Effects | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ • Now some suitable LPEs can be applied to clips and masks. • Helper lines come again to life. • The option to add a bend path directly was added to the pen/pencil shape combo box. Spiro Live ========== Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFakiI5f0-Y Based upon Spiro Live Path Effect, now shows the result while drawing. • Cusp nodes can be created by holding down the Shift key. • When you append a path in cusp and Spiro mode, the helper preview path will be displayed. BSpline ======= Extended video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwV0DHvA-OE Pen & Node mode: Uses the BSpline Live Path Effect while creating and editing paths. • Works with Pen and Pencil tool directly. • Create cusp nodes by holding down the Shift key (Pen/Bézier tool only). • When a path is appended, a preview helper path will also be shown. • Hold down Shift key and drag on a handle to change the weight of a bspline in node tool. • Custom weight steps are applied by holding CTRL down and dragging on a handle with the node tool (no Shift key required). • Double-click on a handle resets weight to default Live Path Effect mode: The options in the Live Path Effect dialog give you full control over bspline paths. • Option to set to Default weight (0.3333 times curve segment) • Option to make nodes cusp • Numeric input for weight • Option to set number of Steps with CTRL to quickly snap the weight in node/ handle editing • Apply changes if weight ... applies changes in the widgets to all nodes with weight == 0 or weight > 0 or both, for example, retains cusp nodes when you change the weight and have unselected "Apply changes if weight == 0". • Change only selected nodes applies to all other widgets changes. • Shows a helper path with the final shape and the generated new nodes. Roughen ======= Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=130Dbt0juvY This path effect is a semi-clone of two extensions, ("add nodes" and "jitter nodes") and handles units. The parameters are similar to both extensions and adds a global randomizer. • Can be applied to paths, shapes and groups. • Can be applied to clips and masks, if they are vector objects. Simplify ======== Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWujN_iTSk Simplifies a vector element using a non-destructive live path effect. • Can be used on paths, shapes and groups of these. • Can be applied to clips and masks, if they are vector objects • The effect's threshold can be modified in the preferences dialog, by setting a numeric parameter. • Apply Simplify multiple times in the same LPE. This path effect can optionally be applied directly via the pencil/freehand drawing tool's tool bar when creating a new path. It then replaces the normal smoothing (which would be a destructive operation). Perspective/Envelope ==================== Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjKGatyxTZ8 Both deformations can be applied by specifying 4 points. • Two modes, perspective and envelope • Can be used on paths, shapes and groups. • Also works with vector clips and masks. Lattice Deformation 2 ===================== Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlK9L88_tWE Symmetry video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhuVjqFA6ig • Deforms an object by 25 handles arranged in a mesh • Optionally deforms symmetrically along vertical or horizontal axis or both. • Can be applied to paths, shapes and groups. • Also works on vector clips and masks. Show Handles ============ Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9ul_PR9XYo An LPE version of the Show Handles extension. • Works on paths, shapes and groups. • Works on clones. • Node and Handle shapes are resizeable • If not applied to a clone, this is a destructive LPE, it does not save styles, better work on a copy! Transform by two points ======================= Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLmYdWoXXIw Extended video (Elastic rubber): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOWTeZC_LjM Transforms an element by two control points (e.g. moving, skewing, resizing and rotation). You can position the control points on the bounding box edge midpoints or by the index of the nodes of the original path. Thanks to Ivan Louette for the idea for this effect! • Works on paths, shapes. With groups you have limited features constrained to bounding box. • Allows snapping of both control points. • Allows to fix angle or distance. • Elastic mode to simulate a rubber band path. • Two bounding box edge midpoints can be used as control points if 'From original width' is active. Rotate copies ============= Extended video (partial fuse path): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpI8gRbkTu4 Extended video (live editing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBQpvfgT4mE Extended video (kaleidoscope): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfMixSKy3Eo Arranges identical elements dynamically on an arc or circle. • Works on paths, shapes and groups of paths. • Allows to fuse the result to create kaleidoscope-like effects • Allows to arrange the copies on an arc when the 360° copies checkbox is not checked. • Live editing. Mirror Symmetry =============== Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1sj4AeU3Yo Mirrors an item dynamically. • Works on paths, shapes and groups. • Allows to fuse the result. • Different mirror lines: Free, bounding box center X, bounding box center Y, Document center X, Document center Y. Attach Path =========== Connect a path to another path (optionally at each end), by attaching it to a specified location on the other path (specified as in <node number>.<fraction of segment length>, or by dragging a handle). The connecting curve segment can be shaped with handles, or by entering a number. This LPE makes it possible for the first time to have 'crossings' between paths that move with the path when it is modified, which isn't possible within the SVG specification. Bounding Box ============ An arbitrary path can be used to serve as a bounding box rectangle for the path that is linked. It will follow all transformations of the linked path. This can, for example, be used to provide a background for exporting as png. Ellipse by 5 Points =================== An ellipse will be constructed, whose circumference will go through each of the nodes of a 5-node path. Fill between Many ================= Adds a fill to a collection of independent open paths, connecting their ends with straight lines. • The LPE is applied to one path (which will be converted into the fill, and serves as a 'container' for the effect). • The other paths, which are part of the drawing, can then be added to it by copy-pasting in the LPE dialog. • The order in which the paths are filled can be changed, and the direction can be reversed for each path independently. Now it is possible to apply the kind of path effects which only work on a path without subpaths (PowerStroke, Taper Stroke, ...) to the single paths (see image for an example). Fill between Strokes ==================== Similar to 'Fill between Many', but can only be used on two open paths, to fill them seamlessly. • Requires a 'container' path, which will turn into the fill after the first path has been added to the LPE. • Connects one couple of path ends with a stroke, if the path that functions as a container has a stroke set. • Can also be used to apply a duplicate stroke. Interpolate Points ================== This LPE redraws all path segments, using one of the following interpolation methods: • Centripetal Catmull-Rom • CubicBezierFit • CubicBezierJohan • Linear • SpiroInterpolator Join Type ========= The LPE allows you to set the type of connection to be used on cusp nodes and path end caps. • Available join types: □ Beveled □ Extrapolated Arc □ Extrapolated Arc Alt1 □ Extrapolated Arc Alt2 □ Extrapolated Arc Alt3 □ Miter □ Miter Clip □ Rounded • Available end cap types: □ Butt □ Peak □ Rounded □ Square • Set Miter limit • Set stroke width Taper Stroke ============ Draw tapered strokes with different settings for open paths without subpaths. • Change width of stroke ends with handles on both ends, or by entering offset numerically • Different amounts of rounding can be applied • Stroke width can be changed • Join type for cusp nodes can be selected: □ Beveled □ Extrapolated □ Miter □ Rounded Pen / Bézier tool ================= • New shortcut to automatically close a path when it is being drawn: Shift + Enter Spray tool ========== Extended video 1 (No overlap): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uehj4ATOWos Extended video 2 (No overlap multiple items): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eTG2U3qlb4 Extended video 3 (Over visible, pick color): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTdKu7mAZE8 Extended video 4 (Pressure): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWdQnxd_z30 Extended video 5 (Trace -clones- dialog): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn3vzf-yA_w • New eraser mode • More pressure toggles added • "No overlap" option with optional multiple elements • "No overlap" option between different background colors • Configurable offset for overlaps • Color picker from center or average area • Apply picked color to fill • Apply picked color to stroke • Invert picked colors • Spray over transparent background areas • Spray over non-transparent background areas • Makes use of "Trace the drawing" options from Tiled Clones dialog Measure tool ============ Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE0cVDGCzbM • Measure is kept until a new one is made (only visible when using measure tool) • Repositioning of origin/end • Convert to object • Convert to guides • Add just the distance measurement, consisting of editable text and a line indicating start and end • Display a 'phantom measurement' temporarily to be able to compare two measurements • Reverse origin/end • Measure global • Measure only current layer • Change precision Gradient tool ============= • To accomodate for keyboards that do not have an Insert key, the keyboard combination Shift+I can now also be used to insert a new stop into a gradient. Align and Distribute ==================== • NEW: drop-down chooser with options to align nodes relative to each other in node editing mode. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Import / Export | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Export PDF / EPS / PS ===================== • The default PostScript level for exporting from the command line changes from 2 to 3 (consistent with the user interface PS exporter which defaults to level 3). Level 3 is required for gradient support. Export Optimized SVG ==================== • Completely redesigned settings dialog • Starting with version 0.92, Inkscape uses the Scour version installed on the system (e.g. via "pip install scour") instead of a bundled version so you can always profit from the latest improvements • A lot of new features and fixes in the Scour module itself, check out the release notes (Scour 0.26 from 2011-05-09 was the version that has been bundled with Inkscape 0.91) Export to PNG ============= • PNG file extension is now enforced, to prevent exporting with invalid / misleading file extensions. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Extensions | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ New === • Render > Seamless Pattern (Screencast) • Images > Set Image Attributes (Bug #1357808, can be used to fix the scaling problem of raster images in SVGs created with previous Inkscape versions) • Render > NiceCharts (github repo, not maintained) • Arrange > Deep Ungroup (Bug #171117) Plotter Driver ============== Multiple Pens: The Plotter driver (Extensions -> Export -> Plot) can now handle multiple pens to create colorful drawings on Pen Plotters: • Create a layer for every pen to use and move the corresponding drawings into it • Name the layer with a title like "Pen 1" or "MyLayerName Pen 1", where the number corresponds to the pen number the plotter should use • The layer name always overrides the standard pen setting in the plot menu Serial Connection: The connection settings now allow you to specify rarely used serial connection settings like byte size, stop bits and parity. Most plotters use the default settings, so only change these if you know what you are doing. HPGL Export =========== The HPGL export (File -> Save as -> HP Grafics Language file) has now the same multiple pens feature as the #Plotter Driver. HPGL Import =========== The HPGL import (File -> Open -> Select .hpgl file) can now import multiple pens into corresponding layers, see #Plotter Driver for more information. PDF Import ========== The image 'interpolate' value is now used to determine how to display bitmaps (interpolated or blocky). Miscellaneous Improvements ========================== • Arrange > Restack has new options to reverse and shuffle the z-order of selected objects. • Render > Random Tree has new option to omit redundant segments. • Visualize Path > Measure Path has additional text layout options. • Render > Barcode was updated with new EAN2 code and extended EAN13 with automatic EAN2 and EAN5 additions • Color > Randomize now allows to set the range for randomization, and (with some limits) can now also randomize opacity • Modify Path > Jitter nodes was partially rewritten and now also supports Pareto and Log-Normal distributions. Extension Development ===================== • It is now possible for an extension to retrieve a list of selected nodes (See Bug #171287 for an example extension). +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Filters / Blend Modes | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ New Filters =========== • Color > Color Blindness filter allows to simulate different color blindness conditions. New Blend Modes =============== Blend Modes can now be applied to single objects as well as to layers. In addition to the previously available modes 'Multiply', 'Screen', 'Darken' and 'Lighten', the following modes are now available: • Overlay • Color Dodge • Color Burn • Hard Light • Soft Light • Difference • Exclusion • Hue • Saturation • Color • Luminosity +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Other dialogs | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Document Properties: Licences ============================= All selectable licences have been updated to most current version. Filter Editor ============= Filter list now displays how often a filter is used. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Menus | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ • 'Resize page to selection' added to Edit menu, shortcut: Shift+Ctrl+R • 'Pop selection out of group' available in context menu of objects which are part of a group, when the group has been entered, and via the 'Objects' menu. It will move the object up by one level in the grouping hierarchy. • 'Create Clip Group' from context menu groups the selected objects and clips that group with a clone of itself. This allows for quick creation of, for example, inset shadows. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Other user interface | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Node Snapping ============= Snapping in the node tool has been improved: • When double clicking to insert new nodes, the position of these new nodes will snap to for example path intersections and to path-guide intersections • When grabbing a segment of a path and dragging it to deform it, the pointer will now snap Checkerboard Background ======================= It is now possible to use a checkerboard background when editing. This allows one to clearly see the transparency of objects. View Box ======== One can now set the SVG 'viewBox' attribute from the GUI. This attribute sets the scale of the drawing by determining the real-world value of the SVG user unit (pixel size). Lock Guides =========== Now guides can be locked and unlocked globally or individually. Panning ======= Panning with space bar can now be deactivated in the Preferences (uncheck Behavior > Scrolling > Mouse Move pans when Space is pressed). +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SVG and CSS | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ • The 'marker-orientation' property now recognizes units ('deg', 'rad', 'grad' and 'turn'). • The new SVG 2 'context-fill' and 'context-stroke' properties are implemented which allows the auto-matching of arrowhead fill color to path stroke color. • The new SVG 2 marker orientation attribute value 'auto-start-reverse' is implemented. This allows one arrow marker to be used for both ends of a path. • The new CSS 3 'mix-blend-mode' and 'isolation' properties are implemented, allowing setting the blend mode between objects without using filters. • The new SVG 2 'paint-order' property is now supported. This allows setting the order in which the fill, stroke, and markers are drawn (buttons will be available in the Fill and Stroke dialog). • The new SVG 2 'mesh' paint server is supported, including bicubic auto-smoothing. A primitive GUI is available. • The SVG 1.1 'text-decoration' property is now rendered (underlines, strike through, etc.). CSS 3 'text-decoration' properties are also rendered. • The new SVG 2 'hatch' paint server is now supported. • The CSS 'white-space' property is now supported. Use of this property was added in SVG 2 to replace the now deprecated 'xml:space' attribute. • The SVG 1.1 'textLength" and 'textAdjust' attributes are implemented, however, there is no GUI for these attributes. • Rendering of the Component Transfer filter primitive has been corrected. • Units are now recognized in the text and tspan 'x', 'y', 'dx', and 'dy' attributes. • Percentage values are now interpreted correctly for shapes. New SVG 2 and CSS 3 features are generally not enabled in the GUI until widespread support in browsers. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | New dependencies | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ • The Paintbucket and Trace Bitmap tools now use an external copy of the Potrace library, which is available in many Linux distributions or can be obtained from http://potrace.sourceforge.net • Export to Optimized SVG now depends upon an external copy of the Scour python module, which can be obtained via pip (pip install scour), package management (version may be outdated) or from the scour project github site. For Windows versions, the module is included. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Translations | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ New UI translations for Assamese, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Icelandic, Kannada, Kashmiri (Perso-Arabic and Devanagari), Konkani (Latin and Devanagari scripts), Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri (Meetei Mayek and Bengali scripts), Marathi, Odia, Santali (Devanagari and Ol-Chiki scripts), Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Urdu (Perso-Arabic and Devanagari scripts). Many other translations have been updated and improved. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Notable Bugfixes | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ • Severe performance issues on MS Windows, 64bit Inkscape builds on systems with Intel graphic cards (hiding the rulers was a workaround for Inkscape 0.91) (bug #1351597) • On MS Windows, 64bit Inkscape builds, printing may result in mostly black pages when partial opacity is used in the document (bug #1418865) • Printing offsets page (Windows) (bug #918319) • "Tiled Clones" inside transformed groups/layers in resized documents are displaced (bug #168651) • Displaced clones, offsets (bug #844909, bug #653574, bug #1152657, bug # 1245339, bug #168013, bug #177751) • Crash on quit before saving has completed, resulting in incompletely saved files (bug #967416) • Guides: Colour not rendered opening saved document (bug #1374870) • Text tool: Fails to set new default font family (bug #1227232) • Extensions: Failure with documents lacking width/height attributes (bug # 1461346, bug #1463623) • UI: Missing icons with Gtk+'s built-in icon theme (Windows, OS X) (bug # 1269698) • Text rendering cuts off trailing character (bug #1283194, bug #1450675) • Paste style - markers are omitted (bug #1467674) • DXF export doesn't support <line> and <circle> elements (bug #1474347, bug #1489320) • Crash when importing raster images of different file types (bug #1467103) • Filter effects and blur quality options broken (bug #1512729) (To get the same render quality in 0.92 as you had in 0.91, you need to set filter effects quality to 'Better' and the blur quality to 'Average'.) • Shape: 'Triangle in' and 'Triangle out' are identical (bug #1525401) Many other crashes, memory leaks and lots of little things have also been fixed. For an exhaustive list of bugs that have been fixed, please see the milestones page for Inkscape 0.92 and the milestones page for the (not released) Inkscape version 0.91.1. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Known Issues | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ • Fonts that are loaded by font managing software on Windows are not available for selection in Inkscape (bug #1416674) • Dialogs that have been minimized do not open again until their icon in the dock is clicked on (bug #1270295, will be fixed in 0.93) • The opacity indicator isn't initialized correctly (0% opacity even when the object is fully opaque, bug #1463078, will be fixed in 0.93) • For some texts, the line height that is used for displaying the text in 0.91 doesn't correspond to the one that is used in 0.92, so line height is larger than it should be (as a workaround, there is an extension available that can fix those texts). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For information on prior releases, please see: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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967 lines Inkscape 0.92 (Definitely not released yet — AnnouncePlanning092) Release highlights Released on «YYYY-MM-DD». • Mesh Gradients are now supported. • Many SVG2 and CSS3 properties are now supported (e.g. paint-order, mix-blend-mode). Not all are available from the GUI. • The new Object dialog allows to select, label, hide and lock any object in the drawing from a dialog that lists them all • Selection sets make it possible to 'group' objects together regardless of document structure • Guides can now be locked to avoid accidental movement • Several new path effects have been added, among them Envelope/Perspective, Lattice Deformation, Mirror and Rotate Copies • There are several new extensions (e.g. a seamless pattern extension) and a new filter (colorblindness simulation) included in the release, many old extensions have been updated or got new features • Spray tool and measure tool received a set of nifty new features • Interactive smoothing for lines created with the Pencil tool • BSplines (and more) are available for the Pen tool • Checkerboard background can be used to more easily see object transparencies Important changes • The default resolution was changed from 90dpi to 96dpi, to match the CSS standard. For more background information, please see the Wiki article about handling of units in Inkscape. Inkscape 0.92 will attempt to identify 'legacy' Inkscape files that need to be converted. If such a file is detected, the user will be offered three options: 1. Set 'viewBox'. Inkscape will add an appropriate 'viewBox' which will do a global scaling of the document. It will also adjust the document width and height if necessary. 2. Scale elements. Inkscape will scale each internal element. 3. Ignore. Do nothing. This is an appropriate choice for documents meant for screen display. [See release blocker bug report for more details.] • For developers and packagers, the switch from autotools to CMake is a relevant change (users who do not compile their own version will not be affected). While the old system is still available for 0.92, it is now also possible to compile Inkscape using CMake (Background info about why this change was made and How to work with CMake). Manipulating Objects Objects Dialog New dialog for manipulating the object tree. • Drag and drop reordering of objects. • Lock, and hide one or more items. • Use Ctrl+F to search for an item. • Select one or more objects in the drawing. • Shows individual objects as well as layers. • Ability to change highlight color of objects. • Ability to set blend mode per object. Imported from Ponyscape. Selection Sets Dialog New dialog that allows the creation of selection sets that are not affected by document structure. Usage: • Open Dialog with 'Object > Selection sets' • To create a new selection set: 1. click on the '+' button at the bottom of the dialog (double-click on its label to edit) • To add objects to a selection set: 1. select object on the canvas 2. in the 'Selection sets' dialog click on the '+' icon before the selection set in the list • To select all objects of a selection set: 1. deselect any existing selection and click on the selection set in the list • To remove an object from a selection set 1. select the selection set in the dialog 2. click on 'Items' to show all objects in the set 3. select an object on the canvas or in the Items list in the dialog 4. click on the 'Delete' icon (trashbin) before the object in the list • To delete a selection set: 1. select it in the list and click on the '-' button at the bottom of the dialog Text Font Features It is now possible to take advantage of OpenType tables to select alternative glyphs from a font. For this, a third tab ('Variants') has been added to the 'Text and Font' dialog. Note that browser support is still limited. Inkscape must also be linked with a recent version of the Pango library. Vertical Text Support for vertical text layout has been improved. • The default behavior for Latin bases glyphs has been changed. They are now rotated sideways as required by the SVG 1.1 standard. • Support for the CSS 3 'text-orientation' property has been added. (Note that this property is not yet fully supported by browsers.) • The CSS 3 values for the 'writing-mode' property are supported in rendering. Saving still uses the deprecated SVG 1.1 values. Accessibility Converting text to a path will save the text in the 'aria-label' attribute. This is useful for accessibility and could eventually be used by Inkscape to reconstruct the text. Line Spacing Line spacing in Inkscape now follows the CSS standard for the 'line-height' property. Note the following points: • The minimum spacing between lines is determined by the 'strut' value. This is determined by the product of the 'font-size' and 'line-height' values on the outermost text element. These values are shown and can be set when the "Outer Style" button is enabled in the Text Tool's Tool Control bar. To set the 'strut' to zero, set the outer style 'line-height' to zero. • The unit for 'line-height' can now be chosen. Previous versions of Inkscape used a unitless value. When the value is unitless, the line spacing is recalculated for each change in font size. This is the most commonly expected behavior. When the value has a unit, the line spacing is calculated at the point where the CSS 'line-height' property is defined and that value is used regardless of following changes in font size. This however, will not always lead to evenly spaced lines due to the idiosyncrasies of how line spacing is calculated in CSS. (See Tav's write up CSS Text Line Spacing Exposed for the details.) • When the "Outer Style" button is not enabled, the "Font size" and "Line height" boxes show the values of either the selected text or at the cursor point (if no text is selected). Changes in font size and line spacing will be applied to the selected text or to the whole text object (if no text is selected). Unlike other styling properties (e.g. fill color), there is no visual indicator of which characters have a particular 'line-height' value. One can step through character by character with the cursor to determine a span of characters with the same 'line-height' value. • To create a set of evenly spaced lines regardless of font size, set the 'strut' value to the desired line spacing and then set the inner 'line-height' values to zero. Live Path Effects • Now some suitable LPEs can be applied to clips and masks. • Helper lines come again to life. • The option to add a bend path directly was added to the pen/pencil shape combo box. Spiro Live Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFakiI5f0-Y Based upon Spiro Live Path Effect, now shows the result while drawing. • Cusp nodes can be created by holding down the Shift key. • When you append a path in cusp and Spiro mode, the helper preview path will be displayed. Spirolive.gif BSpline Extended video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwV0DHvA-OE Pen & Node mode Uses the BSpline Live Path Effect while creating and editing paths. • Works with Pen and Pencil tool directly. • Create cusp nodes by holding down the Shift key (Pen/Bézier tool only). • When a path is appended, a preview helper path will also be shown. • Hold down Shift key and drag on a handle to change the weight of a bspline in node tool. • Custom weight steps are applied by holding CTRL down and dragging on a handle with the node tool (no Shift key required). • Double-click on a handle resets weight to default Bspline.gif Bspline2.gif Live Path Effect mode [170px-Bspline3] Bspline LPE The options in the Live Path Effect dialog give you full control over bspline paths. • Option to set to Default weight (0.3333 times curve segment) • Option to make nodes cusp • Numeric input for weight • Option to set number of Steps with CTRL to quickly snap the weight in node/ handle editing • Apply changes if weight ... applies changes in the widgets to all nodes with weight == 0 or weight > 0 or both, for example, retains cusp nodes when you change the weight and have unselected "Apply changes if weight == 0". • Change only selected nodes applies to all other widgets changes. • Shows a helper path with the final shape and the generated new nodes. Roughen [170px-Roughen] Roughen LPE Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=130Dbt0juvY This path effect is a semi-clone of two extensions, ("add nodes" and "jitter nodes") and handles units. The parameters are similar to both extensions and adds a global randomizer. • Can be applied to paths, shapes and groups. • Can be applied to clips and masks, if they are vector objects. Roughen.gif Simplify [170px-Simplify] Simplify LPE Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWujN_iTSk Simplifies a vector element using a non-destructive live path effect. • Can be used on paths, shapes and groups of these. • Can be applied to clips and masks, if they are vector objects • The effect's threshold can be modified in the preferences dialog, by setting a numeric parameter. • Apply Simplify multiple times in the same LPE. Simplify.gif This path effect can optionally be applied directly via the pencil/freehand drawing tool's tool bar when creating a new path. It then replaces the normal smoothing (which would be a destructive operation). Perspective/Envelope [170px-Perspective-envel] Perspective/Envelope LPE Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjKGatyxTZ8 Both deformations can be applied by specifying 4 points. • Two modes, perspective and envelope • Can be used on paths, shapes and groups. • Also works with vector clips and masks. Perspective-envelope.gif Lattice Deformation 2 [170px-Latice2] Lattice Deformation 2 LPE Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlK9L88_tWE Symmetry video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhuVjqFA6ig • Deforms an object by 25 handles arranged in a mesh • Optionally deforms symmetrically along vertical or horizontal axis or both. • Can be applied to paths, shapes and groups. • Also works on vector clips and masks. Latice2.gif Show Handles [170px-ShowHandles] Show Handles LPE Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9ul_PR9XYo An LPE version of the Show Handles extension. • Works on paths, shapes and groups. • Works on clones. • Node and Handle shapes are resizeable • If not applied to a clone, this is a destructive LPE, it does not save styles, better work on a copy! ShowHandles.gif Transform by two points [170px-TransformByTwoKno] Transform by 2 points LPE Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLmYdWoXXIw Extended video (Elastic rubber): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOWTeZC_LjM Transforms an element by two control points (e.g. moving, skewing, resizing and rotation). You can position the control points on the bounding box edge midpoints or by the index of the nodes of the original path. Thanks to Ivan Louette for the idea for this effect! • Works on paths, shapes. With groups you have limited features constrained to bounding box. • Allows snapping of both control points. • Allows to fix angle or distance. • Elastic mode to simulate a rubber band path. • Two bounding box edge midpoints can be used as control points if 'From original width' is active. TransformByTwoKnots.gif Rotate copies [170px-LPERotateCopies] Rotate copies LPE Extended video (partial fuse path): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpI8gRbkTu4 Extended video (live editing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBQpvfgT4mE Extended video (kaleidoscope): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfMixSKy3Eo Arranges identical elements dynamically on an arc or circle. • Works on paths, shapes and groups of paths. • Allows to fuse the result to create kaleidoscope-like effects • Allows to arrange the copies on an arc when the 360° copies checkbox is not checked. • Live editing. Mirror Symmetry [170px-LPEMirror] Mirror LPE Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1sj4AeU3Yo Mirrors an item dynamically. • Works on paths, shapes and groups. • Allows to fuse the result. • Different mirror lines: Free, bounding box center X, bounding box center Y, Document center X, Document center Y. Attach Path [80px-LPEAt] Attach Path LPE Connect a path to another path (optionally at each end), by attaching it to a specified location on the other path (specified as in <node number>.<fraction of segment length>, or by dragging a handle). The connecting curve segment can be shaped with handles, or by entering a number. This LPE makes it possible for the first time to have 'crossings' between paths that move with the path when it is modified, which isn't possible within the SVG specification. Bounding Box [80px-LPEBo] Bounding Box LPE An arbitrary path can be used to serve as a bounding box rectangle for the path that is linked. It will follow all transformations of the linked path. This can, for example, be used to provide a background for exporting as png. Ellipse by 5 Points [80px-LPEEl] Ellipse by 5 Points LPE An ellipse will be constructed, whose circumference will go through each of the nodes of a 5-node path. Fill between Many [80px-LPEFi] Fill Between Many LPE Adds a fill to a collection of independent open paths, connecting their ends with straight lines. • The LPE is applied to one path (which will be converted into the fill, and serves as a 'container' for the effect). • The other paths, which are part of the drawing, can then be added to it by copy-pasting in the LPE dialog. • The order in which the paths are filled can be changed, and the direction can be reversed for each path independently. Now it is possible to apply the kind of path effects which only work on a path without subpaths (PowerStroke, Taper Stroke, ...) to the single paths (see image for an example). Fill between Strokes [80px-LPEFi] Fill Between Strokes LPE Similar to 'Fill between Many', but can only be used on two open paths, to fill them seamlessly. • Requires a 'container' path, which will turn into the fill after the first path has been added to the LPE. • Connects one couple of path ends with a stroke, if the path that functions as a container has a stroke set. • Can also be used to apply a duplicate stroke. Interpolate Points [80px-LPEIn] Interpolate Points LPE variations This LPE redraws all path segments, using one of the following interpolation methods: • Centripetal Catmull-Rom • CubicBezierFit • CubicBezierJohan • Linear • SpiroInterpolator Join Type [80px-LPEJo] Join Type LPE variations The LPE allows you to set the type of connection to be used on cusp nodes and path end caps. • Available join types: □ Beveled □ Extrapolated Arc □ Extrapolated Arc Alt1 □ Extrapolated Arc Alt2 □ Extrapolated Arc Alt3 □ Miter □ Miter Clip □ Rounded • Available end cap types: □ Butt □ Peak □ Rounded □ Square • Set Miter limit • Set stroke width Taper Stroke [80px-LPETa] Taper Stroke LPE variations Draw tapered strokes with different settings for open paths without subpaths. • Change width of stroke ends with handles on both ends, or by entering offset numerically • Different amounts of rounding can be applied • Stroke width can be changed • Join type for cusp nodes can be selected: □ Beveled □ Extrapolated □ Miter □ Rounded Pen / Bézier tool • New shortcut to automatically close a path when it is being drawn: Shift + Enter Spray tool Extended video 1 (No overlap): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uehj4ATOWos Extended video 2 (No overlap multiple items): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 1eTG2U3qlb4 Extended video 3 (Over visible, pick color): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= aTdKu7mAZE8 Extended video 4 (Pressure): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWdQnxd_z30 Extended video 5 (Trace -clones- dialog): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= Zn3vzf-yA_w • New eraser mode • More pressure toggles added • "No overlap" option with optional multiple elements • "No overlap" option between different background colors • Configurable offset for overlaps • Color picker from center or average area • Apply picked color to fill • Apply picked color to stroke • Invert picked colors • Spray over transparent background areas • Spray over non-transparent background areas • Makes use of "Trace the drawing" options from Tiled Clones dialog Measure tool Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE0cVDGCzbM • Measure is kept until a new one is made (only visible when using measure tool) • Repositioning of origin/end • Convert to object • Convert to guides • Add just the distance measurement, consisting of editable text and a line indicating start and end • Display a 'phantom measurement' temporarily to be able to compare two measurements • Reverse origin/end • Measure global • Measure only current layer • Change precision Gradient tool • To accomodate for keyboards that do not have an Insert key, the keyboard combination Shift+I can now also be used to insert a new stop into a gradient. Align and Distribute • NEW: drop-down chooser with options to align nodes relative to each other in node editing mode. Import / Export Export PDF / EPS / PS • The default PostScript level for exporting from the command line changes from 2 to 3 (consistent with the user interface PS exporter which defaults to level 3). Level 3 is required for gradient support. Export Optimized SVG • Completely redesigned settings dialog • Starting with version 0.92, Inkscape uses the Scour version installed on the system (e.g. via "pip install scour") instead of a bundled version so you can always profit from the latest improvements • A lot of new features and fixes in the Scour module itself, check out the release notes (Scour 0.26 from 2011-05-09 was the version that has been bundled with Inkscape 0.91) Export to PNG • PNG file extension is now enforced, to prevent exporting with invalid / misleading file extensions. Extensions New • Render > Seamless Pattern (Screencast) • Images > Set Image Attributes (Bug #1357808, can be used to fix the scaling problem of raster images in SVGs created with previous Inkscape versions) • Render > NiceCharts (github repo, not maintained) • Arrange > Deep Ungroup (Bug #171117) Plotter Driver Multiple Pens The Plotter driver (Extensions -> Export -> Plot) can now handle multiple pens to create colorful drawings on Pen Plotters: • Create a layer for every pen to use and move the corresponding drawings into it • Name the layer with a title like "Pen 1" or "MyLayerName Pen 1", where the number corresponds to the pen number the plotter should use • The layer name always overrides the standard pen setting in the plot menu Serial Connection The connection settings now allow you to specify rarely used serial connection settings like byte size, stop bits and parity. Most plotters use the default settings, so only change these if you know what you are doing. HPGL Export The HPGL export (File -> Save as -> HP Grafics Language file) has now the same multiple pens feature as the #Plotter Driver. HPGL Import The HPGL import (File -> Open -> Select .hpgl file) can now import multiple pens into corresponding layers, see #Plotter Driver for more information. PDF Import The image 'interpolate' value is now used to determine how to display bitmaps (interpolated or blocky). Miscellaneous Improvements • Arrange > Restack has new options to reverse and shuffle the z-order of selected objects. • Render > Random Tree has new option to omit redundant segments. • Visualize Path > Measure Path has additional text layout options. • Render > Barcode was updated with new EAN2 code and extended EAN13 with automatic EAN2 and EAN5 additions • Color > Randomize now allows to set the range for randomization, and (with some limits) can now also randomize opacity • Modify Path > Jitter nodes was partially rewritten and now also supports Pareto and Log-Normal distributions. Extension Development • It is now possible for an extension to retrieve a list of selected nodes (See Bug #171287 for an example extension). Filters / Blend Modes New Filters • Color > Color Blindness filter allows to simulate different color blindness conditions. New Blend Modes Blend Modes can now be applied to single objects as well as to layers. In addition to the previously available modes 'Multiply', 'Screen', 'Darken' and 'Lighten', the following modes are now available: • Overlay • Color Dodge • Color Burn • Hard Light • Soft Light • Difference • Exclusion • Hue • Saturation • Color • Luminosity Other dialogs Document Properties: Licences All selectable licences have been updated to most current version. Filter Editor Filter list now displays how often a filter is used. Menus • 'Resize page to selection' added to Edit menu, shortcut: Shift+Ctrl+R • 'Pop selection out of group' available in context menu of objects which are part of a group, when the group has been entered, and via the 'Objects' menu. It will move the object up by one level in the grouping hierarchy. • 'Create Clip Group' from context menu groups the selected objects and clips that group with a clone of itself. This allows for quick creation of, for example, inset shadows. Other user interface Node Snapping Snapping in the node tool has been improved: • When double clicking to insert new nodes, the position of these new nodes will snap to for example path intersections and to path-guide intersections • When grabbing a segment of a path and dragging it to deform it, the pointer will now snap Checkerboard Background It is now possible to use a checkerboard background when editing. This allows one to clearly see the transparency of objects. View Box One can now set the SVG 'viewBox' attribute from the GUI. This attribute sets the scale of the drawing by determining the real-world value of the SVG user unit (pixel size). Lock Guides Now guides can be locked and unlocked globally or individually. Panning Panning with space bar can now be deactivated in the Preferences (uncheck Behavior > Scrolling > Mouse Move pans when Space is pressed). SVG and CSS • The 'marker-orientation' property now recognizes units ('deg', 'rad', 'grad' and 'turn'). • The new SVG 2 'context-fill' and 'context-stroke' properties are implemented which allows the auto-matching of arrowhead fill color to path stroke color. • The new SVG 2 marker orientation attribute value 'auto-start-reverse' is implemented. This allows one arrow marker to be used for both ends of a path. • The new CSS 3 'mix-blend-mode' and 'isolation' properties are implemented, allowing setting the blend mode between objects without using filters. • The new SVG 2 'paint-order' property is now supported. This allows setting the order in which the fill, stroke, and markers are drawn (buttons will be available in the Fill and Stroke dialog). • The new SVG 2 'mesh' paint server is supported, including bicubic auto-smoothing. A primitive GUI is available. • The SVG 1.1 'text-decoration' property is now rendered (underlines, strike through, etc.). CSS 3 'text-decoration' properties are also rendered. • The new SVG 2 'hatch' paint server is now supported. • The CSS 'white-space' property is now supported. Use of this property was added in SVG 2 to replace the now deprecated 'xml:space' attribute. • The SVG 1.1 'textLength" and 'textAdjust' attributes are implemented, however, there is no GUI for these attributes. • Rendering of the Component Transfer filter primitive has been corrected. • Units are now recognized in the text and tspan 'x', 'y', 'dx', and 'dy' attributes. • Percentage values are now interpreted correctly for shapes. New SVG 2 and CSS 3 features are generally not enabled in the GUI until widespread support in browsers. New dependencies • The Paintbucket and Trace Bitmap tools now use an external copy of the Potrace library, which is available in many Linux distributions or can be obtained from http://potrace.sourceforge.net • Export to Optimized SVG now depends upon an external copy of the Scour python module, which can be obtained via pip (pip install scour), package management (version may be outdated) or from the scour project github site. For Windows versions, the module is included. Translations New UI translations for Assamese, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Icelandic, Kannada, Kashmiri (Perso-Arabic and Devanagari), Konkani (Latin and Devanagari scripts), Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri (Meetei Mayek and Bengali scripts), Marathi, Odia, Santali (Devanagari and Ol-Chiki scripts), Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Urdu (Perso-Arabic and Devanagari scripts). Many other translations have been updated and improved. Notable Bugfixes • Severe performance issues on MS Windows, 64bit Inkscape builds on systems with Intel graphic cards (hiding the rulers was a workaround for Inkscape 0.91) (bug #1351597) • On MS Windows, 64bit Inkscape builds, printing may result in mostly black pages when partial opacity is used in the document (bug #1418865) • Printing offsets page (Windows) (bug #918319) • "Tiled Clones" inside transformed groups/layers in resized documents are displaced (bug #168651) • Displaced clones, offsets (bug #844909, bug #653574, bug #1152657, bug # 1245339, bug #168013, bug #177751) • Crash on quit before saving has completed, resulting in incompletely saved files (bug #967416) • Guides: Colour not rendered opening saved document (bug #1374870) • Text tool: Fails to set new default font family (bug #1227232) • Extensions: Failure with documents lacking width/height attributes (bug # 1461346, bug #1463623) • UI: Missing icons with Gtk+'s built-in icon theme (Windows, OS X) (bug # 1269698) • Text rendering cuts off trailing character (bug #1283194, bug #1450675) • Paste style - markers are omitted (bug #1467674) • DXF export doesn't support <line> and <circle> elements (bug #1474347, bug #1489320) • Crash when importing raster images of different file types (bug #1467103) • Filter effects and blur quality options broken (bug #1512729) (To get the same render quality in 0.92 as you had in 0.91, you need to set filter effects quality to 'Better' and the blur quality to 'Average'.) • Shape: 'Triangle in' and 'Triangle out' are identical (bug #1525401) Many other crashes, memory leaks and lots of little things have also been fixed. For an exhaustive list of bugs that have been fixed, please see the milestones page for Inkscape 0.92 and the milestones page for the (not released) Inkscape version 0.91.1. Known Issues • Fonts that are loaded by font managing software on Windows are not available for selection in Inkscape (bug #1416674) • Dialogs that have been minimized do not open again until their icon in the dock is clicked on (bug #1270295, will be fixed in 0.93) • The opacity indicator isn't initialized correctly (0% opacity even when the object is fully opaque, bug #1463078, will be fixed in 0.93) [Please fill in] For information on prior releases, please see: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape
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967 lines Inkscape 0.92 (Definitely not released yet — AnnouncePlanning092) Release highlights Released on «YYYY-MM-DD». • Mesh Gradients are now supported. • Many SVG2 and CSS3 properties are now supported (e.g. paint-order, mix-blend-mode). Not all are available from the GUI. • The new Object dialog allows to select, label, hide and lock any object in the drawing from a dialog that lists them all • Selection sets make it possible to 'group' objects together regardless of document structure • Guides can now be locked to avoid accidental movement • Several new path effects have been added, among them Envelope/Perspective, Lattice Deformation, Mirror and Rotate Copies • There are several new extensions (e.g. a seamless pattern extension) and a new filter (colorblindness simulation) included in the release, many old extensions have been updated or got new features • Spray tool and measure tool received a set of nifty new features • Interactive smoothing for lines created with the Pencil tool • BSplines (and more) are available for the Pen tool • Checkerboard background can be used to more easily see object transparencies Important changes • The default resolution was changed from 90dpi to 96dpi, to match the CSS standard. For more background information, please see the Wiki article about handling of units in Inkscape. Inkscape 0.92 will attempt to identify 'legacy' Inkscape files that need to be converted. If such a file is detected, the user will be offered three options: 1. Set 'viewBox'. Inkscape will add an appropriate 'viewBox' which will do a global scaling of the document. It will also adjust the document width and height if necessary. 2. Scale elements. Inkscape will scale each internal element. 3. Ignore. Do nothing. This is an appropriate choice for documents meant for screen display. [See release blocker bug report for more details.] • For developers and packagers, the switch from autotools to CMake is a relevant change (users who do not compile their own version will not be affected). While the old system is still available for 0.92, it is now also possible to compile Inkscape using CMake (Background info about why this change was made and How to work with CMake). Manipulating Objects Objects Dialog New dialog for manipulating the object tree. • Drag and drop reordering of objects. • Lock, and hide one or more items. • Use Ctrl+F to search for an item. • Select one or more objects in the drawing. • Shows individual objects as well as layers. • Ability to change highlight color of objects. • Ability to set blend mode per object. Imported from Ponyscape. Selection Sets Dialog New dialog that allows the creation of selection sets that are not affected by document structure. Usage: • Open Dialog with 'Object > Selection sets' • To create a new selection set: 1. click on the '+' button at the bottom of the dialog (double-click on its label to edit) • To add objects to a selection set: 1. select object on the canvas 2. in the 'Selection sets' dialog click on the '+' icon before the selection set in the list • To select all objects of a selection set: 1. deselect any existing selection and click on the selection set in the list • To remove an object from a selection set 1. select the selection set in the dialog 2. click on 'Items' to show all objects in the set 3. select an object on the canvas or in the Items list in the dialog 4. click on the 'Delete' icon (trashbin) before the object in the list • To delete a selection set: 1. select it in the list and click on the '-' button at the bottom of the dialog Text Font Features It is now possible to take advantage of OpenType tables to select alternative glyphs from a font. For this, a third tab ('Variants') has been added to the 'Text and Font' dialog. Note that browser support is still limited. Inkscape must also be linked with a recent version of the Pango library. Vertical Text Support for vertical text layout has been improved. • The default behavior for Latin bases glyphs has been changed. They are now rotated sideways as required by the SVG 1.1 standard. • Support for the CSS 3 'text-orientation' property has been added. (Note that this property is not yet fully supported by browsers.) • The CSS 3 values for the 'writing-mode' property are supported in rendering. Saving still uses the deprecated SVG 1.1 values. Accessibility Converting text to a path will save the text in the 'aria-label' attribute. This is useful for accessibility and could eventually be used by Inkscape to reconstruct the text. Line Spacing Line spacing in Inkscape now follows the CSS standard for the 'line-height' property. Note the following points: • The minimum spacing between lines is determined by the 'strut' value. This is determined by the product of the 'font-size' and 'line-height' values on the outermost text element. These values are shown and can be set when the "Outer Style" button is enabled in the Text Tool's Tool Control bar. To set the 'strut' to zero, set the outer style 'line-height' to zero. • The unit for 'line-height' can now be chosen. Previous versions of Inkscape used a unitless value. When the value is unitless, the line spacing is recalculated for each change in font size. This is the most commonly expected behavior. When the value has a unit, the line spacing is calculated at the point where the CSS 'line-height' property is defined and that value is used regardless of following changes in font size. This however, will not always lead to evenly spaced lines due to the idiosyncrasies of how line spacing is calculated in CSS. (See Tav's write up CSS Text Line Spacing Exposed for the details.) • When the "Outer Style" button is not enabled, the "Font size" and "Line height" boxes show the values of either the selected text or at the cursor point (if no text is selected). Changes in font size and line spacing will be applied to the selected text or to the whole text object (if no text is selected). Unlike other styling properties (e.g. fill color), there is no visual indicator of which characters have a particular 'line-height' value. One can step through character by character with the cursor to determine a span of characters with the same 'line-height' value. • To create a set of evenly spaced lines regardless of font size, set the 'strut' value to the desired line spacing and then set the inner 'line-height' values to zero. Live Path Effects • Now some suitable LPEs can be applied to clips and masks. • Helper lines come again to life. • The option to add a bend path directly was added to the pen/pencil shape combo box. Spiro Live Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFakiI5f0-Y Based upon Spiro Live Path Effect, now shows the result while drawing. • Cusp nodes can be created by holding down the Shift key. • When you append a path in cusp and Spiro mode, the helper preview path will be displayed. Spirolive.gif BSpline Extended video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwV0DHvA-OE Pen & Node mode Uses the BSpline Live Path Effect while creating and editing paths. • Works with Pen and Pencil tool directly. • Create cusp nodes by holding down the Shift key (Pen/Bézier tool only). • When a path is appended, a preview helper path will also be shown. • Hold down Shift key and drag on a handle to change the weight of a bspline in node tool. • Custom weight steps are applied by holding CTRL down and dragging on a handle with the node tool (no Shift key required). • Double-click on a handle resets weight to default Bspline.gif Bspline2.gif Live Path Effect mode [170px-Bspline3] Bspline LPE The options in the Live Path Effect dialog give you full control over bspline paths. • Option to set to Default weight (0.3333 times curve segment) • Option to make nodes cusp • Numeric input for weight • Option to set number of Steps with CTRL to quickly snap the weight in node/ handle editing • Apply changes if weight ... applies changes in the widgets to all nodes with weight == 0 or weight > 0 or both, for example, retains cusp nodes when you change the weight and have unselected "Apply changes if weight == 0". • Change only selected nodes applies to all other widgets changes. • Shows a helper path with the final shape and the generated new nodes. Roughen [170px-Roughen] Roughen LPE Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=130Dbt0juvY This path effect is a semi-clone of two extensions, ("add nodes" and "jitter nodes") and handles units. The parameters are similar to both extensions and adds a global randomizer. • Can be applied to paths, shapes and groups. • Can be applied to clips and masks, if they are vector objects. Roughen.gif Simplify [170px-Simplify] Simplify LPE Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWujN_iTSk Simplifies a vector element using a non-destructive live path effect. • Can be used on paths, shapes and groups of these. • Can be applied to clips and masks, if they are vector objects • The effect's threshold can be modified in the preferences dialog, by setting a numeric parameter. • Apply Simplify multiple times in the same LPE. Simplify.gif This path effect can optionally be applied directly via the pencil/freehand drawing tool's tool bar when creating a new path. It then replaces the normal smoothing (which would be a destructive operation). Perspective/Envelope [170px-Perspective-envel] Perspective/Envelope LPE Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjKGatyxTZ8 Both deformations can be applied by specifying 4 points. • Two modes, perspective and envelope • Can be used on paths, shapes and groups. • Also works with vector clips and masks. Perspective-envelope.gif Lattice Deformation 2 [170px-Latice2] Lattice Deformation 2 LPE Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlK9L88_tWE Symmetry video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhuVjqFA6ig • Deforms an object by 25 handles arranged in a mesh • Optionally deforms symmetrically along vertical or horizontal axis or both. • Can be applied to paths, shapes and groups. • Also works on vector clips and masks. Latice2.gif Show Handles [170px-ShowHandles] Show Handles LPE Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9ul_PR9XYo An LPE version of the Show Handles extension. • Works on paths, shapes and groups. • Works on clones. • Node and Handle shapes are resizeable • If not applied to a clone, this is a destructive LPE, it does not save styles, better work on a copy! ShowHandles.gif Transform by two points [170px-TransformByTwoKno] Transform by 2 points LPE Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLmYdWoXXIw Extended video (Elastic rubber): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOWTeZC_LjM Transforms an element by two control points (e.g. moving, skewing, resizing and rotation). You can position the control points on the bounding box edge midpoints or by the index of the nodes of the original path. Thanks to Ivan Louette for the idea for this effect! • Works on paths, shapes. With groups you have limited features constrained to bounding box. • Allows snapping of both control points. • Allows to fix angle or distance. • Elastic mode to simulate a rubber band path. • Two bounding box edge midpoints can be used as control points if 'From original width' is active. TransformByTwoKnots.gif Rotate copies [170px-LPERotateCopies] Rotate copies LPE Extended video (partial fuse path): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpI8gRbkTu4 Extended video (live editing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBQpvfgT4mE Extended video (kaleidoscope): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfMixSKy3Eo Arranges identical elements dynamically on an arc or circle. • Works on paths, shapes and groups of paths. • Allows to fuse the result to create kaleidoscope-like effects • Allows to arrange the copies on an arc when the 360° copies checkbox is not checked. • Live editing. Mirror Symmetry [170px-LPEMirror] Mirror LPE Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1sj4AeU3Yo Mirrors an item dynamically. • Works on paths, shapes and groups. • Allows to fuse the result. • Different mirror lines: Free, bounding box center X, bounding box center Y, Document center X, Document center Y. Attach Path [80px-LPEAt] Attach Path LPE Connect a path to another path (optionally at each end), by attaching it to a specified location on the other path (specified as in <node number>.<fraction of segment length>, or by dragging a handle). The connecting curve segment can be shaped with handles, or by entering a number. This LPE makes it possible for the first time to have 'crossings' between paths that move with the path when it is modified, which isn't possible within the SVG specification. Bounding Box [80px-LPEBo] Bounding Box LPE An arbitrary path can be used to serve as a bounding box rectangle for the path that is linked. It will follow all transformations of the linked path. This can, for example, be used to provide a background for exporting as png. Ellipse by 5 Points [80px-LPEEl] Ellipse by 5 Points LPE An ellipse will be constructed, whose circumference will go through each of the nodes of a 5-node path. Fill between Many [80px-LPEFi] Fill Between Many LPE Adds a fill to a collection of independent open paths, connecting their ends with straight lines. • The LPE is applied to one path (which will be converted into the fill, and serves as a 'container' for the effect). • The other paths, which are part of the drawing, can then be added to it by copy-pasting in the LPE dialog. • The order in which the paths are filled can be changed, and the direction can be reversed for each path independently. Now it is possible to apply the kind of path effects which only work on a path without subpaths (PowerStroke, Taper Stroke, ...) to the single paths (see image for an example). Fill between Strokes [80px-LPEFi] Fill Between Strokes LPE Similar to 'Fill between Many', but can only be used on two open paths, to fill them seamlessly. • Requires a 'container' path, which will turn into the fill after the first path has been added to the LPE. • Connects one couple of path ends with a stroke, if the path that functions as a container has a stroke set. • Can also be used to apply a duplicate stroke. Interpolate Points [80px-LPEIn] Interpolate Points LPE variations This LPE redraws all path segments, using one of the following interpolation methods: • Centripetal Catmull-Rom • CubicBezierFit • CubicBezierJohan • Linear • SpiroInterpolator Join Type [80px-LPEJo] Join Type LPE variations The LPE allows you to set the type of connection to be used on cusp nodes and path end caps. • Available join types: □ Beveled □ Extrapolated Arc □ Extrapolated Arc Alt1 □ Extrapolated Arc Alt2 □ Extrapolated Arc Alt3 □ Miter □ Miter Clip □ Rounded • Available end cap types: □ Butt □ Peak □ Rounded □ Square • Set Miter limit • Set stroke width Taper Stroke [80px-LPETa] Taper Stroke LPE variations Draw tapered strokes with different settings for open paths without subpaths. • Change width of stroke ends with handles on both ends, or by entering offset numerically • Different amounts of rounding can be applied • Stroke width can be changed • Join type for cusp nodes can be selected: □ Beveled □ Extrapolated □ Miter □ Rounded Pen / Bézier tool • New shortcut to automatically close a path when it is being drawn: Shift + Enter Spray tool Extended video 1 (No overlap): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uehj4ATOWos Extended video 2 (No overlap multiple items): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 1eTG2U3qlb4 Extended video 3 (Over visible, pick color): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= aTdKu7mAZE8 Extended video 4 (Pressure): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWdQnxd_z30 Extended video 5 (Trace -clones- dialog): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= Zn3vzf-yA_w • New eraser mode • More pressure toggles added • "No overlap" option with optional multiple elements • "No overlap" option between different background colors • Configurable offset for overlaps • Color picker from center or average area • Apply picked color to fill • Apply picked color to stroke • Invert picked colors • Spray over transparent background areas • Spray over non-transparent background areas • Makes use of "Trace the drawing" options from Tiled Clones dialog Measure tool Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE0cVDGCzbM • Measure is kept until a new one is made (only visible when using measure tool) • Repositioning of origin/end • Convert to object • Convert to guides • Add just the distance measurement, consisting of editable text and a line indicating start and end • Display a 'phantom measurement' temporarily to be able to compare two measurements • Reverse origin/end • Measure global • Measure only current layer • Change precision Gradient tool • To accomodate for keyboards that do not have an Insert key, the keyboard combination Shift+I can now also be used to insert a new stop into a gradient. Align and Distribute • NEW: drop-down chooser with options to align nodes relative to each other in node editing mode. Import / Export Export PDF / EPS / PS • The default PostScript level for exporting from the command line changes from 2 to 3 (consistent with the user interface PS exporter which defaults to level 3). Level 3 is required for gradient support. Export Optimized SVG • Completely redesigned settings dialog • Starting with version 0.92, Inkscape uses the Scour version installed on the system (e.g. via "pip install scour") instead of a bundled version so you can always profit from the latest improvements • A lot of new features and fixes in the Scour module itself, check out the release notes (Scour 0.26 from 2011-05-09 was the version that has been bundled with Inkscape 0.91) Export to PNG • PNG file extension is now enforced, to prevent exporting with invalid / misleading file extensions. Extensions New • Render > Seamless Pattern (Screencast) • Images > Set Image Attributes (Bug #1357808, can be used to fix the scaling problem of raster images in SVGs created with previous Inkscape versions) • Render > NiceCharts (github repo, not maintained) • Arrange > Deep Ungroup (Bug #171117) Plotter Driver Multiple Pens The Plotter driver (Extensions -> Export -> Plot) can now handle multiple pens to create colorful drawings on Pen Plotters: • Create a layer for every pen to use and move the corresponding drawings into it • Name the layer with a title like "Pen 1" or "MyLayerName Pen 1", where the number corresponds to the pen number the plotter should use • The layer name always overrides the standard pen setting in the plot menu Serial Connection The connection settings now allow you to specify rarely used serial connection settings like byte size, stop bits and parity. Most plotters use the default settings, so only change these if you know what you are doing. HPGL Export The HPGL export (File -> Save as -> HP Grafics Language file) has now the same multiple pens feature as the #Plotter Driver. HPGL Import The HPGL import (File -> Open -> Select .hpgl file) can now import multiple pens into corresponding layers, see #Plotter Driver for more information. PDF Import The image 'interpolate' value is now used to determine how to display bitmaps (interpolated or blocky). Miscellaneous Improvements • Arrange > Restack has new options to reverse and shuffle the z-order of selected objects. • Render > Random Tree has new option to omit redundant segments. • Visualize Path > Measure Path has additional text layout options. • Render > Barcode was updated with new EAN2 code and extended EAN13 with automatic EAN2 and EAN5 additions • Color > Randomize now allows to set the range for randomization, and (with some limits) can now also randomize opacity • Modify Path > Jitter nodes was partially rewritten and now also supports Pareto and Log-Normal distributions. Extension Development • It is now possible for an extension to retrieve a list of selected nodes (See Bug #171287 for an example extension). Filters / Blend Modes New Filters • Color > Color Blindness filter allows to simulate different color blindness conditions. New Blend Modes Blend Modes can now be applied to single objects as well as to layers. In addition to the previously available modes 'Multiply', 'Screen', 'Darken' and 'Lighten', the following modes are now available: • Overlay • Color Dodge • Color Burn • Hard Light • Soft Light • Difference • Exclusion • Hue • Saturation • Color • Luminosity Other dialogs Document Properties: Licences All selectable licences have been updated to most current version. Filter Editor Filter list now displays how often a filter is used. Menus • 'Resize page to selection' added to Edit menu, shortcut: Shift+Ctrl+R • 'Pop selection out of group' available in context menu of objects which are part of a group, when the group has been entered, and via the 'Objects' menu. It will move the object up by one level in the grouping hierarchy. • 'Create Clip Group' from context menu groups the selected objects and clips that group with a clone of itself. This allows for quick creation of, for example, inset shadows. Other user interface Node Snapping Snapping in the node tool has been improved: • When double clicking to insert new nodes, the position of these new nodes will snap to for example path intersections and to path-guide intersections • When grabbing a segment of a path and dragging it to deform it, the pointer will now snap Checkerboard Background It is now possible to use a checkerboard background when editing. This allows one to clearly see the transparency of objects. View Box One can now set the SVG 'viewBox' attribute from the GUI. This attribute sets the scale of the drawing by determining the real-world value of the SVG user unit (pixel size). Lock Guides Now guides can be locked and unlocked globally or individually. Panning Panning with space bar can now be deactivated in the Preferences (uncheck Behavior > Scrolling > Mouse Move pans when Space is pressed). SVG and CSS • The 'marker-orientation' property now recognizes units ('deg', 'rad', 'grad' and 'turn'). • The new SVG 2 'context-fill' and 'context-stroke' properties are implemented which allows the auto-matching of arrowhead fill color to path stroke color. • The new SVG 2 marker orientation attribute value 'auto-start-reverse' is implemented. This allows one arrow marker to be used for both ends of a path. • The new CSS 3 'mix-blend-mode' and 'isolation' properties are implemented, allowing setting the blend mode between objects without using filters. • The new SVG 2 'paint-order' property is now supported. This allows setting the order in which the fill, stroke, and markers are drawn (buttons will be available in the Fill and Stroke dialog). • The new SVG 2 'mesh' paint server is supported, including bicubic auto-smoothing. A primitive GUI is available. • The SVG 1.1 'text-decoration' property is now rendered (underlines, strike through, etc.). CSS 3 'text-decoration' properties are also rendered. • The new SVG 2 'hatch' paint server is now supported. • The CSS 'white-space' property is now supported. Use of this property was added in SVG 2 to replace the now deprecated 'xml:space' attribute. • The SVG 1.1 'textLength" and 'textAdjust' attributes are implemented, however, there is no GUI for these attributes. • Rendering of the Component Transfer filter primitive has been corrected. • Units are now recognized in the text and tspan 'x', 'y', 'dx', and 'dy' attributes. • Percentage values are now interpreted correctly for shapes. New SVG 2 and CSS 3 features are generally not enabled in the GUI until widespread support in browsers. New dependencies • The Paintbucket and Trace Bitmap tools now use an external copy of the Potrace library, which is available in many Linux distributions or can be obtained from http://potrace.sourceforge.net • Export to Optimized SVG now depends upon an external copy of the Scour python module, which can be obtained via pip (pip install scour), package management (version may be outdated) or from the scour project github site. For Windows versions, the module is included. Translations New UI translations for Assamese, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Icelandic, Kannada, Kashmiri (Perso-Arabic and Devanagari), Konkani (Latin and Devanagari scripts), Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri (Meetei Mayek and Bengali scripts), Marathi, Odia, Santali (Devanagari and Ol-Chiki scripts), Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Urdu (Perso-Arabic and Devanagari scripts). Many other translations have been updated and improved. Notable Bugfixes • Severe performance issues on MS Windows, 64bit Inkscape builds on systems with Intel graphic cards (hiding the rulers was a workaround for Inkscape 0.91) (bug #1351597) • On MS Windows, 64bit Inkscape builds, printing may result in mostly black pages when partial opacity is used in the document (bug #1418865) • Printing offsets page (Windows) (bug #918319) • "Tiled Clones" inside transformed groups/layers in resized documents are displaced (bug #168651) • Displaced clones, offsets (bug #844909, bug #653574, bug #1152657, bug # 1245339, bug #168013, bug #177751) • Crash on quit before saving has completed, resulting in incompletely saved files (bug #967416) • Guides: Colour not rendered opening saved document (bug #1374870) • Text tool: Fails to set new default font family (bug #1227232) • Extensions: Failure with documents lacking width/height attributes (bug # 1461346, bug #1463623) • UI: Missing icons with Gtk+'s built-in icon theme (Windows, OS X) (bug # 1269698) • Text rendering cuts off trailing character (bug #1283194, bug #1450675) • Paste style - markers are omitted (bug #1467674) • DXF export doesn't support <line> and <circle> elements (bug #1474347, bug #1489320) • Crash when importing raster images of different file types (bug #1467103) • Filter effects and blur quality options broken (bug #1512729) (To get the same render quality in 0.92 as you had in 0.91, you need to set filter effects quality to 'Better' and the blur quality to 'Average'.) • Shape: 'Triangle in' and 'Triangle out' are identical (bug #1525401) Many other crashes, memory leaks and lots of little things have also been fixed. For an exhaustive list of bugs that have been fixed, please see the milestones page for Inkscape 0.92 and the milestones page for the (not released) Inkscape version 0.91.1. Known Issues • Fonts that are loaded by font managing software on Windows are not available for selection in Inkscape (bug #1416674) • Dialogs that have been minimized do not open again until their icon in the dock is clicked on (bug #1270295, will be fixed in 0.93) • The opacity indicator isn't initialized correctly (0% opacity even when the object is fully opaque, bug #1463078, will be fixed in 0.93) For information on prior releases, please see: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape
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IMPORTANT: If you're using CMake to compile, please compile with the -DWITH_MESH=ON flag to enable meshes. 914 lines Inkscape 0.92 (definitely not released yet - AnnouncePlanning092) Release highlights Released on «YYYY-MM-DD». • The new Object dialog allows to select, label, hide and lock any object in the drawing from a dialog that lists them all • Selection sets make it possible to 'group' objects together regardless of document structure • Guides can now be locked to avoid accidental movement • Several new path effects have been added, among them Envelope/Perspective, Lattice Deformation, Mirror and Rotate Copies • There are several new extensions (e.g. a seamless pattern extension) and a new filter (colorblindness simulation) included in the release, many old extensions have been updated or got new features • Many SVG2 and CSS3 properties are now supported for rendering (e.g. paint-order, mix-blend-mode) • Spray tool and measure tool received a set of nifty new features • Interactive smoothing for lines created with the Pencil tool • BSplines (and more) are available for the Pen tool • Checkerboard background can be used to more easily see object transparencies Important changes • The default resolution was changed from 90dpi to 96dpi, to match the CSS standard. For more background information, please see the Wiki article about handling of units in Inkscape. [The best way to convert images that have been created with old Inkscape versions still needs to be decided and worked on, see release blocker bug report.] • For developers and packagers, the switch from autotools to CMake is a relevant change (users who do not compile their own version will not be affected). While the old system is still available for 0.92, it is now also possible to compile Inkscape using CMake (Background info about why this change was made and How to work with CMake). Manipulating Objects Objects Dialog New dialog for manipulating the object tree. • Drag and drop reordering of objects. • Lock, and hide one or more items. • Use Ctrl+F to search for an item. • Select one or more objects in the drawing. • Shows individual objects as well as layers. • Ability to change highlight color of objects. • Ability to set blend mode per object. Imported from Ponyscape. Selection Sets Dialog New dialog that allows the creation of selection sets that are not affected by document structure. Usage: • Open Dialog with 'Object > Selection sets' • To create a new selection set: 1. Click on the '+' button at the bottom of the dialog to create a new selection set (double-click on its label to edit) • To add objects to a selection set: 1. select object on the canvas 2. in the 'Selection sets' dialog click on the '+' icon before the selection set in the list • To select all objects of a selection set: 1. deselect any existing selection and click on the selection set in the list • To remove an object from a selection set 1. select the selection set in the dialog 2. click on 'Items' to show all objects in the set 3. select an object on the canvas or in the Items list in the dialog 4. click on the 'Delete' icon (trashbin) before the object in the list • To delete a selection set, select it in the list and click on the '-' button at the bottom of the dialog Text Font Features It is now possible to take advantage of OpenType tables to select alternative glyphs from a font. For this, a third tab ('Variants') has been added to the 'Text and Font' dialog. Note that browser support is still limited. Inkscape must also be linked with a recent version of the Pango library. Vertical Text Support for vertical text layout has been improved. • The default behavior for Latin bases glyphs has been changed. They are now rotated sideways as required by the SVG 1.1 standard. • Support for the CSS 3 'text-orientation' property has been added. (Note that this property is not yet fully supported by browsers.) • The CSS 3 values for the 'writing-mode' property are supported in rendering. Saving still uses the deprecated SVG 1.1 values. Accessibility Converting text to a path will save the text in the 'aria-label' attribute. This is useful for accessibility and could eventually be used by Inkscape to reconstruct the text. Other Line height setting now allows you to select a unit. Live Path Effects • Now some suitable LPEs can be applied to clips and masks. • Helper lines come again to life. • The option to add a bend path directly was added to the pen/pencil shape combo box. Spiro Live Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFakiI5f0-Y Based upon Spiro Live Path Effect, now shows the result while drawing. • Cusp nodes can be created by holding down the Shift key. • When you append a path in cusp and Spiro mode, the helper preview path will be displayed. Spirolive.gif BSpline Extended video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwV0DHvA-OE Pen & Node mode Uses the BSpline Live Path Effect while creating and editing paths. • Works with Pen and Pencil tool directly. • Create cusp nodes by holding down the Shift key (Pen/Bézier tool only). • When a path is appended, a preview helper path will also be shown. • Hold down Shift key and drag on a handle to change the weight of a bspline in node tool. • Custom weight steps are applied by holding CTRL down and dragging on a handle with the node tool (no Shift key required). • Double-click on a handle resets weight to default Bspline.gif Bspline2.gif Live Path Effect mode Bspline3.gif The options in the Live Path Effect dialog give you full control over bspline paths. • Option to set to Default weight (0.3333 times curve segment) • Option to make nodes cusp • Numeric input for weight • Option to set number of Steps with CTRL to quickly snap the weight in node/ handle editing • Apply changes if weight ... applies changes in the widgets to all nodes with weight == 0 or weight > 0 or both, for example, retains cusp nodes when you change the weight and have unselected "Apply changes if weight == 0". • Change only selected nodes applies to all other widgets changes. • Shows a helper path with the final shape and the generated new nodes. Roughen Roughen.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=130Dbt0juvY This path effect is a semi-clone of two extensions, ("add nodes" and "jitter nodes") and handles units. The parameters are similar to both extensions and adds a global randomizer. • Can be applied to paths, shapes and groups. • Can be applied to clips and masks, if they are vector objects. Roughen.gif Simplify Simplify.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWujN_iTSk Simplifies a vector element using a non-destructive live path effect. • Can be used on paths, shapes and groups of these. • Can be applied to clips and masks, if they are vector objects • The effect's threshold can be modified in the preferences dialog, by setting a numeric parameter. • Apply Simplify multiple times in the same LPE. Simplify.gif This path effect can optionally be applied directly via the pencil/freehand drawing tool's tool bar when creating a new path. It then replaces the normal smoothing (which would be a destructive operation). Perspective/Envelope Perspective-envelope.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjKGatyxTZ8 Both deformations can be applied by specifying 4 points. • Two modes, perspective and envelope • Can be used on paths, shapes and groups. • Also works with vector clips and masks. Perspective-envelope.gif Lattice Deformation 2 Latice2.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlK9L88_tWE Symmetry video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhuVjqFA6ig • Deforms an object by 25 handles arranged in a mesh • Optionally deforms symmetrically along vertical or horizontal axis or both. • Can be applied to paths, shapes and groups. • Also works on vector clips and masks. Latice2.gif Show Handles ShowHandles.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9ul_PR9XYo An LPE version of the Show Handles extension. • Works on paths, shapes and groups. • Works on clones. • Node and Handle shapes are resizeable • If not applied to a clone, this is a destructive LPE, it does not save styles, better work on a copy! ShowHandles.gif Transform by two points TransformByTwoKnots.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLmYdWoXXIw Extended video (Elastic rubber): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOWTeZC_LjM Transforms an element by two control points (e.g. moving, skewing, resizing and rotation). You can position the control points on the bounding box edge midpoints or by the index of the nodes of the original path. Thanks to Ivan Louette for the idea for this effect! • Works on paths, shapes. With groups you have limited features constrained to bounding box. • Allows snapping of both control points. • Allows to fix angle or distance. • Elastic mode to simulate a rubber band path. • Two bounding box edge midpoints can be used as control points if 'From original width' is active. TransformByTwoKnots.gif Rotate copies [170px-LPERotateCopies] Rotate Copies LPE Extended video (partial fuse path): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpI8gRbkTu4 Extended video (live editing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBQpvfgT4mE Extended video (kaleidoscope): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfMixSKy3Eo Arranges identical elements dynamically on an arc or circle. • Works on paths, shapes and groups of paths. • Allows to fuse the result to create kaleidoscope-like effects • Allows to arrange the copies on an arc when the 360° copies checkbox is not checked. • Live editing. Mirror Symmetry [170px-LPEMirror] Mirror LPE Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1sj4AeU3Yo Mirrors an item dynamically. • Works on paths, shapes and groups. • Allows to fuse the result. • Different mirror lines: Free, bounding box center X, bounding box center Y, Document center X, Document center Y. Attach Path [80px-LPEAt] Attach Path LPE Connect a path to another path (optionally at each end), by attaching it to a specified location on the other path (specified as in <node number>.<fraction of segment length>, or by dragging a handle). The connecting curve segment can be shaped with handles, or by entering a number. This LPE makes it possible for the first time to have 'crossings' between paths that move with the path when it is modified, which isn't possible within the SVG specification. Bounding Box [80px-LPEBo] Bounding Box LPE An arbitrary path can be used to serve as a bounding box rectangle for the path that is linked. It will follow all transformations of the linked path. This can, for example, be used to provide a background for exporting as png. Ellipse by 5 Points [80px-LPEEl] Ellipse by 5 Points LPE An ellipse will be constructed, whose circumference will go through each of the nodes of a 5-node path. Fill between Many [80px-LPEFi] Fill Between Many LPE Adds a fill to a collection of independent open paths, connecting their ends with straight lines. • The LPE is applied to one path (which will be converted into the fill, and serves as a 'container' for the effect). • The other paths, which are part of the drawing, can then be added to it by copy-pasting in the LPE dialog. • The order in which the paths are filled can be changed, and the direction can be reversed for each path independently. Now it is possible to apply the kind of path effects which only work on a path without subpaths (PowerStroke, Taper Stroke, ...) to the single paths (see image for an example). Fill between Strokes [80px-LPEFi] Fill Between Strokes LPE • Similar to 'Fill between Many', but can only be used on two open paths, to fill them seamlessly. • Requires a 'container' path, which will turn into the fill after the first path has been added to the LPE. • Connects one couple of path ends with a stroke, if the path that functions as a container has a stroke set. • Can also be used to apply a duplicate stroke. Interpolate Points [80px-LPEIn] Interpolate Points LPE variations This LPE redraws all path segments, using one of the following interpolation methods: • Centripetal Catmull-Rom • CubicBezierFit • CubicBezierJohan • Linear • SpiroInterpolator Join Type [80px-LPEJo] Join Type LPE variations The LPE allows you to set the type of connection to be used on cusp nodes and path end caps. • Available join types: □ Beveled □ Extrapolated Arc □ Extrapolated Arc Alt1 □ Extrapolated Arc Alt2 □ Extrapolated Arc Alt3 □ Miter □ Miter Clip □ Rounded • Available end cap types: □ Butt □ Peak □ Rounded □ Square • Set Miter limit • Set stroke width Taper Stroke [80px-LPETa] Taper Stroke LPE variations Draw tapered strokes with different settings for open paths without subpaths. • Change width of stroke ends with handles on both ends, or by entering offset numerically • Different amounts of rounding can be applied • Stroke width can be changed • Join type for cusp nodes can be selected: □ Beveled □ Extrapolated □ Miter □ Rounded Pen / Bézier tool • New shortcut to automatically close a path when it is being drawn: Shift + Enter Spray tool Extended video 1 (No overlap): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uehj4ATOWos Extended video 2 (No overlap multiple items): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 1eTG2U3qlb4 Extended video 3 (Over visible, pick color): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= aTdKu7mAZE8 Extended video 4 (Pressure): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWdQnxd_z30 Extended video 5 (Trace -clones- dialog): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= Zn3vzf-yA_w • New eraser mode • More pressure toggles added • "No overlap" option with optional multiple elements • "No overlap" option between different background colors • Configurable offset for overlaps • Color picker from center or average area • Apply picked color to fill • Apply picked color to stroke • Invert picked colors • Spray over transparent background areas • Spray over non-transparent background areas • Makes use of "Trace the drawing" options from Tiled Clones dialog Measure tool Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE0cVDGCzbM • Measure is kept until a new one is made (only visible when using measure tool) • Repositioning of origin/end • Convert to object • Convert to guides • Add just the distance measurement, consisting of editable text and a line indicating start and end • Display a 'phantom measurement' temporarily to be able to compare two measurements • Reverse origin/end • Measure global • Measure only current layer • Change precision Align and Distribute • NEW: drop-down chooser with options to align nodes relative to each other in node editing mode. Import / Export Export PDF / EPS / PS • The default PostScript level for exporting from the command line changes from 2 to 3 (consistent with the user interface PS exporter which defaults to level 3). Level 3 is required for gradient support. Export Optimized SVG • Completely redesigned settings dialog • Starting with version 0.92, Inkscape uses the Scour version installed on the system (e.g. via "pip install scour") instead of a bundled version so you can always profit from the latest improvements • A lot of new features and fixes in the Scour module itself, check out the release notes (Scour 0.26 from 2011-05-09 was the version that has been bundled with Inkscape 0.91) Export to PNG • PNG file extension is now enforced, to prevent exporting with invalid / misleading file extensions. Extensions New • Render > Seamless Pattern (Screencast) • Images > Set Image Attributes (Bug #1357808, can be used to fix the scaling problem of raster images in SVGs created with previous Inkscape versions) • Render > NiceCharts (github repo, not maintained) • Arrange > Deep Ungroup (Bug #171117) Plotter Driver Multiple Pens The Plotter driver (Extensions -> Export -> Plot) can now handle multiple pens to create colorful drawings on Pen Plotters: • Create a layer for every pen to use and move the corresponding drawings into it • Name the layer with a title like "Pen 1" or "MyLayerName Pen 1", where the number corresponds to the pen number the plotter should use • The layer name always overrides the standard pen setting in the plot menu Serial Connection The connection settings now allow you to specify rarely used serial connection settings like byte size, stop bits and parity. Most plotters use the default settings, so only change these if you know what you are doing. HPGL Export The HPGL export (File -> Save as -> HP Grafics Language file) has now the same multiple pens feature as the #Plotter Driver. HPGL Import The HPGL import (File -> Open -> Select .hpgl file) can now import multiple pens into corresponding layers, see #Plotter Driver for more information. PDF Import The image 'interpolate' value is now used to determine how to display bitmaps (interpolated or blocky). Miscellaneous Improvements • Arrange > Restack has new options to reverse and shuffle the z-order of selected objects. • Render > Random Tree has new option to omit redundant segments. • Visualize Path > Measure Path has additional text layout options. • Render > Barcode was updated with new EAN2 code and extended EAN13 with automatic EAN2 and EAN5 additions • Color > Randomize now allows to set the range for randomization, and (with some limits) can now also randomize opacity • Modify Path > Jitter nodes was partially rewritten and now also supports Pareto and Log-Normal distributions. Extension Development • It is now possible for an extension to retrieve a list of selected nodes (See Bug #171287 for an example extension). Filters / Blend Modes New Filters • Color > Color Blindness filter allows to simulate different color blindness conditions. New Blend Modes Blend Modes can now be applied to single objects as well as to layers. In addition to the previously available modes 'Multiply', 'Screen', 'Darken' and 'Lighten', the following modes are now available: • Overlay • Color Dodge • Color Burn • Hard Light • Soft Light • Difference • Exclusion • Hue • Saturation • Color • Luminosity Other dialogs Document Properties: Licences All selectable licences have been updated to most current version. Filter Editor Filter list now displays how often a filter is used. Menus • 'Resize page to selection' added to Edit menu, shortcut: Shift+Ctrl+R • 'Pop selection out of group' available in context menu of objects which are part of a group, when the group has been entered, and via the 'Objects' menu. It will move the object up by one level in the grouping hierarchy. • 'Create Clip Group' from context menu groups the selected objects and clips that group with a clone of itself. This allows for quick creation of, for example, inset shadows. Other user interface Node Snapping Snapping in the node tool has been improved: • When double clicking to insert new nodes, the position of these new nodes will snap to for example path intersections and to path-guide intersections • When grabbing a segment of a path and dragging it to deform it, the pointer will now snap Checkerboard Background It is now possible to use a checkerboard background when editing. This allows one to clearly see the transparency of objects. View Box One can now set the SVG 'viewBox' attribute from the GUI. This attribute sets the scale of the drawing by determining the real-world value of the SVG user unit (pixel size). Lock Guides Now guides can be locked and unlocked globally or individually. Panning Panning with space bar can now be deactivated in the Preferences (uncheck Behavior > Scrolling > Mouse Move pans when Space is pressed). SVG and CSS • The 'marker-orientation' property now recognizes units ('deg', 'rad', 'grad' and 'turn'). • The new SVG 2 'context-fill' and 'context-stroke' properties are implemented which allows the auto-matching of arrowhead fill color to path stroke color. • The new SVG 2 marker orientation attribute value 'auto-start-reverse' is implemented. This allows one arrow marker to be used for both ends of a path. • The new CSS 3 'mix-blend-mode' and 'isolation' properties are implemented, allowing setting the blend mode between objects without using filters. • The new SVG 2 'paint-order' property is now supported. This allows setting the order in which the fill, stroke, and markers are drawn (buttons will be available in the Fill and Stroke dialog). • The new SVG 2 'mesh' paint server is supported, including bicubic auto-smoothing. A primitive GUI is available. • The SVG 1.1 'text-decoration' property is now rendered (underlines, strike through, etc.). CSS 3 'text-decoration' properties are also rendered. • The new SVG 2 'hatch' paint server is now supported. • The CSS 'white-space' property is now supported. Use of this property was added in SVG 2 to replace the now deprecated 'xml;space' attribute. • The SVG 1.1 'textLength" and 'textAdjust' attributes are implemented, however, there is no GUI for these attributes. • Rendering of the Component Transfer filter primitive has been corrected. • Units are now recognized in the text and tspan 'x', 'y', 'dx', and 'dy' attributes. • Percentage values are now interpreted correctly for shapes. New SVG 2 and CSS 3 features are generally not enabled in the GUI until widespread support in browsers. New dependencies • The Paintbucket and Trace Bitmap tools now use an external copy of the Potrace library, which is available in many Linux distributions or can be obtained from http://potrace.sourceforge.net • Export to Optimized SVG now depends upon an external copy of the Scour python module, which can be obtained via pip (pip install scour), package management (version may be outdated) or from the scour project github site. For Windows versions, the module is included. Translations New UI translations for Assamese, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Icelandic, Kannada, Kashmiri (Perso-Arabic and Devanagari), Konkani (Latin and Devanagari scripts), Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri (Meetei Mayek and Bengali scripts), Marathi, Odia, Santali (Devanagari and Ol-Chiki scripts), Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Urdu (Perso-Arabic and Devanagari scripts). Many other translations have been updated and improved. Notable Bugfixes • Severe performance issues on MS Windows, 64bit Inkscape builds on systems with Intel graphic cards (hiding the rulers was a workaround for Inkscape 0.91). (bug #1351597) • On MS Windows, 64bit Inkscape builds, printing may result in mostly black pages when partial opacity is used in the document (bug #1418865) • Printing offsets page (Windows) (bug #918319) • "Tiled Clones" inside transformed groups/layers in resized documents are displaced (bug #168651) • Displaced clones, offsets (bug #844909, bug #653574, bug #1152657, bug # 1245339, bug #168013, bug #177751) • Crash on quit before saving has completed, resulting in incompletely saved files (bug #967416) • Guides: Colour not rendered opening saved document (bug #1374870) • Text tool: Fails to set new default font family (bug #1227232) • Extensions: Failure with documents lacking width/height attributes (bug # 1461346, bug #1463623) • UI: Missing icons with Gtk+'s built-in icon theme (Windows, OS X) (bug # 1269698) • Text rendering cuts off trailing character (bug #1283194, bug #1450675) • Paste style - markers are omitted (bug #1467674) • DXF export doesn't support <line> and <circle> elements (bug #1474347, bug #1489320 • Crash when importing raster images of different file types (bug #1467103) • Filter effects and blur quality options broken (bug #1512729) (This means if you had your filter effects set for Average in 0.91, you may need to reset to Better or Best in 0.92 to have the same quality of display.) • Shape: 'Triangle in' and 'Triangle out' are identical (bug #1525401) Many other crashes, memory leaks and lots of little things have also been fixed. For an exhaustive list of bugs that have been fixed, please see the milestones page for Inkscape 0.92 and the milestones page for the (not released) Inkscape version 0.91.1. Known Issues • Fonts that are loaded by font managing software on Windows are not available for selection in Inkscape (bug #1416674) • Dialogs that have been minimized do not open again until their icon in the dock is clicked on (bug #1270295, will be fixed in 0.93) • The opacity indicator isn't initialized correctly (0% opacity even when the object is fully opaque, bug #1463078, will be fixed in 0.93) [Please fill in - unit change, extension] For information on prior releases, please see: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape
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Inkscape 0.92pre2 Source Tarball
Bryce Harrington
663 lines Inkscape 0.92 (definitely not released yet - AnnouncePlanning092) Release highlights Released on «YYYY-MM-DD». • The new Object dialog allows to select, label, hide and lock any object in the drawing from a dialog that lists them all • Selection sets make it possible to 'group' objects together regardless of document structure • Guides can now be locked to avoid accidental movement • Several new path effects have been added, among them Envelope/Perspective, Lattice Deformation, Mirror and Rotate Copies • There are several new extensions (e.g. a seamless pattern extension) and a new filter (colorblindness simulation) included in the release, many old extensions have been updated or got new features • Many SVG2 and CSS3 properties are now supported for rendering (e.g. paint-order, mix-blend-mode) • Spray tool and measure tool received a set of nifty new features • Interactive smoothing for lines created with the Pencil tool • BSplines (and more) are available for the Pen tool • Checkerboard background can be used to more easily see object transparencies [Please, if someone knows that any of these will not be in the release, remove them from the list. Should we add the font features, too?] Manipulating Objects Objects Dialog New dialog for manipulating the object tree. • Drag and drop reordering of objects. • Find, lock, and hide individual items. • Shows individual objects as well as layers. • Ability to change highlight color of objects. • Ability to set blend mode per object. Imported from Ponyscape. Selection Sets Dialog New dialog that allows the creation of selection sets that are not affected by document structure. Usage: • Open Dialog with 'Object > Selection sets' • To create a new selection set: 1. Click on the '+' button at the bottom of the dialog to create a new selection set (double-click on its label to edit) • To add objects to a selection set: 1. select object on the canvas 2. in the 'Selection sets' dialog click on the '+' icon before the selection set in the list • To select all objects of a selection set: 1. deselect any existing selection and click on the selection set in the list • To remove an object from a selection set 1. select the selection set in the dialog 2. click on 'Items' to show all objects in the set 3. select an object on the canvas or in the Items list in the dialog 4. click on the 'Delete' icon (trashbin) before the object in the list • To delete a selection set, select it in the list and click on the '-' button at the bottom of the dialog Text Font Features It is now possible to take advantage of OpenType tables to select alternative glyphs from a font. Note that browser support is still limited. Inkscape must also be linked with a recent version of the Pango library. Vertical Text Support for vertical text layout has been improved. • The default behavior for Latin bases glyphs has been changed. They are now rotated sideways as required by the SVG 1.1 standard. • Support for the CSS 3 'text-orientation' property has been added. (Note that this property is not yet fully supported by browsers.) • The CSS 3 values for the 'writing-mode' property are supported in rendering. Saving still uses the deprecated SVG 1.1 values. Accessibility Converting text to a path will save the text in the 'aria-label' attribute. This is useful for accessibility and could eventually be used by Inkscape to reconstruct the text. Other Line height setting now allows you to select a unit. Live Path Effects • Now some suitable LPEs can be applied to clips and masks. • Helper lines come again to life. • The option to add a bend path directly was added to the pen/pencil shape combo box. Spiro Live ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Extended video: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFakiI5f0-Y> Based upon Spiro Live Path Effect, now shows the result while drawing. • Cusp nodes can be created by holding down the Shift key. • When you append a path in cusp and Spiro mode, the helper preview path will be displayed. Spirolive.gif BSpline ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Extended video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwV0DHvA-OE> Pen & Node mode Uses the BSpline Live Path Effect while creating and editing paths. • Works with Pen and Pencil tool directly. • Create cusp nodes by holding down the Shift key (Pen/Bézier tool only). • When a path is appended, a preview helper path will also be shown. • Hold down Shift key and drag on a handle to change the weight of a bspline in node tool. • Custom weight steps are applied by holding CTRL down and dragging on a handle with the node tool (no Shift key required). • Double-click on a handle resets weight to default Bspline.gif Bspline2.gif Live Path Effect mode Bspline3.gif The options in the Live Path Effect dialog give you full control over bspline paths. • Option to set to Default weight (0.3333 times curve segment) • Option to make nodes cusp • Numeric input for weight • Option to set number of Steps with CTRL to quickly snap the weight in node/ handle editing • Apply changes if weight ... applies changes in the widgets to all nodes with weight == 0 or weight > 0 or both, for example, retains cusp nodes when you change the weight and have unselected "Apply changes if weight == 0". • Change only selected nodes applies to all other widgets changes. • Shows a helper path with the final shape and the generated new nodes. Roughen ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Roughen.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=130Dbt0juvY This path effect is a semi-clone of two extensions, ("add nodes" and "jitter nodes") and handles units. The parameters are similar to both extensions and adds a global randomizer. • Can be applied to paths, shapes and groups. • Can be applied to clips and masks, if they are vector objects. Roughen.gif Simplify ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Simplify.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWujN_iTSk Simplifies a vector element using a non-destructive live path effect. • Can be used on paths, shapes and groups of these. • Can be applied to clips and masks, if they are vector objects • The effect's threshold can be modified in the preferences dialog, by setting a numeric parameter. • Apply Simplify multiple times in the same LPE. Simplify.gif This path effect can optionally be applied directly via the pencil/freehand drawing tool's tool bar when creating a new path. It then replaces the normal smoothing (which would be a destructive operation). Perspective/Envelope ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Perspective-envelope.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjKGatyxTZ8 Both deformations can be applied by specifying 4 points. • Two modes, perspective and envelope • Can be used on paths, shapes and groups. • Also works with vector clips and masks. Perspective-envelope.gif Lattice Deformation 2 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Latice2.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlK9L88_tWE Symmetry video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhuVjqFA6ig • Deforms an object by handles arranged in a mesh • Optionally deforms symmetrically along vertical or horizontal axis or both. • Can be applied to paths, shapes and groups. • Also works on vector clips and masks. Latice2.gif Show Handles ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ShowHandles.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9ul_PR9XYo An LPE version of the Show Handles extension. • Works on paths, shapes and groups. • Works on clones. • Node and Handle shapes are resizeable • If not applied to a clone, this is a destructive LPE, it does not save styles, better work on a copy! ShowHandles.gif Transform by two points TransformByTwoKnots.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLmYdWoXXIw Extended video (Elastic rubber): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOWTeZC_LjM Transforms an element by two control points (e.g. moving, skewing, resizing and rotation). You can position the control points on the bounding box edge midpoints or by the index of the nodes of the original path. Thanks to Ivan Louette for the idea for this effect! • Works on paths, shapes. With groups you have limited features constrained to bounding box. • Allows snapping of both control points. • Allows to fix angle or distance. • Elastic mode to simulate a rubber band path. • Two bounding box edge midpoints can be used as control points if 'From original width' is active. TransformByTwoKnots.gif Rotate copies File:RotateCopies.png 170px Extended video (partial fuse path): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpI8gRbkTu4 Extended video (live editing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBQpvfgT4mE Extended video (kaleidoscope): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfMixSKy3Eo Arranges identical elements dynamically on an arc or circle. • Works on paths, shapes and groups of paths. • Allows to fuse the result to create kaleidoscope-like effects • Allows to arrange the copies on an arc when the 360° copies checkbox is not checked. • Live editing. Mirror Symmetry Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1sj4AeU3Yo Mirrors an item dynamically. • Works on paths, shapes and groups. • Allows to fuse the result. • Different mirror lines: Free, bounding box center X, bounding box center Y, Document center X, Document center Y. Spray tool Extended video 1 (No overlap): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uehj4ATOWos Extended video 2 (No overlap multiple items): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 1eTG2U3qlb4 Extended video 3 (Over visible, pick color): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= aTdKu7mAZE8 Extended video 4 (Pressure): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWdQnxd_z30 Extended video 5 (Trace -clones- dialog): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= Zn3vzf-yA_w todo: a video showing all features joined • New eraser mode • More pressure toggles added • "No overlap" option with optional multiple elements • "No overlap" option between different background colors • Configurable offset for overlaps • Color picker from center or average area • Apply picked color to fill • Apply picked color to stroke • Invert picked colors • Spray over transparent background areas • Spray over non-transparent background areas • Makes use of "Trace the drawing" options from Tiled Clones dialog Measure tool Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE0cVDGCzbM • Persistent measure • Reposition of origin/end • Convert to measure item • Convert to guides • Convert measure to quote • Reverse origin/end • Measure global • Measure only current layer • Add precision • Add scale Align and Distribute • NEW: drop-down chooser with options to align nodes relative to each other in node editing mode. File Format Support • The default PostScript level for exporting from the command line changes from 2 to 3 (consistent with the user interface PS exporter which defaults to level 3). Level 3 is required for gradient support. Extensions New • Render > Seamless Pattern (Screencast) • Images > Set Image Attributes (Bug #1357808) • Render > NiceCharts (github repo, not maintained) • Arrange > Deep Ungroup (Bug #171117) Plotter Driver Multiple Pens The Plotter driver (Extensions -> Export -> Plot) can now handle multiple pens to create colorful drawings on Pen Plotters: • Create a layer for every pen to use and move the corresponding drawings into it • Name the layer with a title like "Pen 1" or "MyLayerName Pen 1", where the number corresponds to the pen number the plotter should use • The layer name always overrides the standard pen setting in the plot menu Serial Connection The connection settings now allow you to specify rarely used serial connection settings like byte size, stop bits and parity. Most plotters use the default settings, so only change these if you know what you are doing. HPGL Export The HPGL export (File -> Save as -> HP Grafics Language file) has now the same multiple pens feature as the #Plotter Driver. HPGL Import The HPGL import (File -> Open -> Select .hpgl file) can now import multiple pens into corresponding layers, see #Plotter Driver for more information. PDF Import The image 'interpolate' value is now used to determine how to display bitmaps (interpolated or blocky). Miscellaneous Improvements • Arrange > Restack has new options to reverse and shuffle the z-order of selected objects. • Render > Random Tree has new option to omit redundant segments. • Visualize Path > Measure Path has additional text layout options. • Render > Barcode was updated with new EAN2 code and extended EAN13 with automatic EAN2 and EAN5 additions • Color > Randomize now allows to set the range for randomization, and (with some limits) can now also randomize opacity Extension Development • It is now possible for an extension to retrieve a list of selected nodes (Bug #171287). Filters New • Color > Color Blindness filter allows to simulate different color blindness conditions. Other dialogs Document Properties: Licences All selectable licences have been updated to most current version. Filter Editor Filter list now displays how often a filter is used. Menus • 'Resize page to selection' added to Edit menu, shortcut: Shift+Ctrl+R Other user interface Node Snapping Snapping in the node tool has been improved: • When double clicking to insert new nodes, the position of these new nodes will snap to for example path intersections and to path-guide intersections • When grabbing a segment of a path and dragging it to deform it, the pointer will now snap Checkerboard Background It is now possible to use a checkerboard background when editing. This allows one to clearly see the transparency of objects. View Box One can now set the SVG 'viewBox' attribute from the GUI. This attribute sets the scale of the drawing by determining the real-world value of the SVG user unit (pixel size). Lock Guides Now guides can be locked and unlocked globally or individually. SVG and CSS • The 'marker-orientation' property now recognizes units ('deg', 'rad', 'grad' and 'turn'). • The new SVG 2 'context-fill' and 'context-stroke' properties are implemented which allows the auto-matching of arrowhead fill color to path stroke color. • The new SVG 2 marker orientation attribute value 'auto-start-reverse' is implemented. This allows one arrow marker to be used for both ends of a path. • The new CSS 3 'mix-blend-mode' and 'isolation' properties are implemented, allowing setting the blend mode between objects without using filters. • The new SVG 2 'paint-order' property is now supported. This allows setting the order in which the fill, stroke, and markers are drawn (buttons will be available in the Fill and Stroke dialog). • The new SVG 2 'mesh' paint server is supported, including bicubic auto-smoothing. A primitive GUI is available. • The SVG 1.1 'text-decoration' property is now rendered (underlines, strike through, etc.). CSS 3 'text-decoration' properties are also rendered. • The new SVG 2 'hatch' paint server is now supported. • The CSS 'white-space' property is now supported. Use of this property was added in SVG 2 to replace the now deprecated 'xml;space' attribute. • The SVG 1.1 'textLength" and 'textAdjust' attributes are implemented, however, there is no GUI for these attributes. • Rendering of the Component Transfer filter primitive has been corrected. • Units are now recognized in the text and tspan 'x', 'y', 'dx', and 'dy' attributes. • Percentage values are now interpreted correctly for shapes. New SVG 2 and CSS 3 features are generally not enabled in the GUI until widespread support in browsers. New dependencies The Paintbucket and Trace Bitmap tools now use an external copy of the Potrace library, which is available in many Linux distributions or can be obtained from http://potrace.sourceforge.net Translations New UI translations for Assamese, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri (Perso-Arabic and Devanagari), Kokani (Roman and Devanagari scripts), Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri (Meetei Mayek and Bengali scripts), Marathi, Odia, Santali (Devnagari and Ol-Chiki scripts), Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Urdu (Perso-Arabic and Devanagari scripts). Notable Bugfixes [Please fill in] Known Issues [ Please fill in - unit change, extension] For information on prior releases, please see: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape
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0.92pre1 Source Tarball
Bryce Harrington
583 lines Inkscape 0.92 (definitely not released yet - AnnouncePlanning092) Release highlights Released on «YYYY-MM-DD». Manipulating Objects Objects Dialog New dialog for manipulating the object tree. • Drag and drop reordering of objects. • Find, lock, and hide individual items. • Shows individual objects as well as layers. • Ability to change highlight color of objects. • Ability to set blend mode per object. Imported from Ponyscape. Selection Sets Dialog New dialog that allows the creation of selection sets that are not affected by document structure. Text Font Features It is now possible to take advantage of OpenType tables to select alternative glyphs from a font. Note that browser support is still limited. Inkscape must also be linked with a recent version of the Pango library. Vertical Text Support for vertical text layout has been improved. • The default behavior for Latin bases glyphs has been changed. They are now rotated sideways as required by the SVG 1.1 standard. • Support for the CSS 3 'text-orientation' property has been added. (Note that this property is not yet fully supported by browsers.) • The CSS 3 values for the 'writing-mode' property are supported in rendering. Saving still uses the deprecated SVG 1.1 values. Accessibility Converting text to a path will save the text in the 'aria-label' attribute. This is useful for accessibility and could eventually be used by Inkscape to reconstruct the text. Live Path Effects Now some suitable LPE's are applied to clips and mask. Helper lines come again to live Added to pen/pencil shape combo box the option to add a bend path directly Spiro Live ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Extended video: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFakiI5f0-Y> Based in Spiro Live Path Effect, now show result while drawing. • Nodes cusp (SHIFT) and Spiro. • Handle append path on cusp and Spiro mode whith helper preview path. Spirolive.gif BSpline ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Extended video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwV0DHvA-OE> Pen & Node mode Use BSpline Live Effect while creating and editing paths. • Pen and Pencil use • Modes cusp(SHIFT) and BSpline while drawing. • Handle append parhs with preview helper path. • Handle weight of bspline (node tool) with handle movement. SHIFT key required. • Handle custom weight snaps with CTRL Bspline.gif Bspline2.gif Live Path Effect mode Bspline3.gif The options in the Live effect dialog give you control on bspline paths. • Set to Default weight (0.3333 time of his curve segment). • Make cusp nodes. • Numeric input for weight. • Steps with CONTROL snaps in node/handle editing. • Ignore cusp nodes, affect to all other widgets changes and, for example, retain cusp nodes when you change the power. • Change only selected nodes, affect to all other widgets changes. • Show a helper path whith the final shape and the generated new nodes. Roughen ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Roughen.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=130Dbt0juvY This filter is a semi-clone of two extensions, ("add nodes" and "jitter nodes") + handle units. The parameters are similar to both extensions + a global randomizer. • Apply to paths, shapes and groups. • Apply to clip and masks -if are vectors- Roughen.gif Simplify ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Simplify.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWujN_iTSk Send the simplify command to a non-destructive live path effect. • Use on paths, shapes and groups of them. • Apply to clip and masks -if are vectors- • User can change modify the threshold -preferences dialog- used by a numeric parameter. • Apply Simplify on stack. Simplify.gif Perspective/Envelope ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Perspective-envelope.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjKGatyxTZ8 Apply both deformations by 4 points. • Two modes, perspective and envelope. • Apply on paths, shapes and groups. • Apply on vector clips and mask Perspective-envelope.gif Lattice Deformation 2 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Latice2.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlK9L88_tWE Symmetry video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhuVjqFA6ig Add deformations by a mesh. Vertical,horizontal or both symmetry. • Apply to paths, shapes and groups. • Apply to vector clips and mask Latice2.gif Show Handles ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ShowHandles.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9ul_PR9XYo A LPE version of Show Handles extension. • Work on paths, shapes and groups. • Work on clones • Node and Handle shapes resizeables • If not a clone, is a destructive LPE, dont save styles, work on a copy! ShowHandles.gif Transform by two points TransformByTwoKnots.png Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLmYdWoXXIw Extended video (Elastic rubber): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOWTeZC_LjM Transform a element by two control points. You can position the control points by bounding box or by original path node index. Thanks Ivan Louette for the idea of the effect. • Work on paths, shapes and groups with less power. • Allow snapping of both control points • Allow fix angle or distance. • Elastic mode to simulate a flex path • From original width, set the control points based on bounding box TransformByTwoKnots.gif Rotate copies File:RotateCopies.png 170px Extended video (partial fuse path): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpI8gRbkTu4 Extended video (live editing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBQpvfgT4mE Extended video (kaleidoscope): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfMixSKy3Eo Transform a element by two control points. You can position the control points by bounding box or by original path node index. Thanks Ivan Louette for the idea of the effect. • Work on paths, shapes and groups. • Allow fuse the result to make kaleidoscope • Allow non 360 fuse. • Live editing Mirror Simmetry Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1sj4AeU3Yo Mirror a item • Work on paths, shapes and groups. • Allow fuse result • Different mirror line: Free, X, Y, Middle Document[X], Middle Document[Y] Spray tool Extended video 1 (No overlap): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uehj4ATOWos Extended video 2 (No overlap multiple items): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 1eTG2U3qlb4 Extended video 3 (Over visible, pick color): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= aTdKu7mAZE8 Extended video 4 (Pressure): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWdQnxd_z30 Extended video 5 (Trace -clones- dialog): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= Zn3vzf-yA_w todo: a video showing all features joined • New mode eraser • Add more pressure toggles • No overlap option with optional multiple elements • No overlap between colors • Configurable offset for overlaps • Color picker from center or average area • Apply color picked to fill • Apply color picked to stroke • Invert picked colors • Spray over transparent • Spray over non-transparent • Allow picker enabled sprays to use "Trace Clones" options Measure tool Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE0cVDGCzbM • Persistent measure • Reposition of origin/end • Convert to measure item • Convert to guides • Convert measure to quote • Reverse origin/end • Measure global • Measure only current layer • Add precision • Add scale Geometric Construction Tool • Helps to create: line segments, circles by specific points, parallels, perpendicular lines, angle bisectors, mirrored paths by applying a Live Path Effect. [Needs usage instructions!] Align and Distribute • NEW: drop-down chooser with options to align nodes relative to each other in node editing mode. File Format Support • The default PostScript level for exporting from the command line changes from 2 to 3 (consistent with the user interface PS exporter which defaults to level 3). Level 3 is required for gradient support. Extensions New • Render > Seamless Pattern (Screencast) • Images > Set Image Attributes (Bug #1357808) • Render > NiceCharts (github repo, not maintained Plotter Driver Multiple Pens The Plotter driver (Extensions -> Export -> Plot) can now handle multiple pens to create colorful drawings on Pen Plotters: • Create a layer for every pen to use and move the corresponding drawings into it • Name the layer with a title like "Pen 1" or "MyLayerName Pen 1", where the number corresponds to the pen number the plotter should use • The layer name always overrides the standard pen setting in the plot menu Serial Connection The connection settings now allow you to specify rarely used serial connection settings like byte size, stop bits and parity. Most plotters use the default settings, so only change these if you know what you are doing. HPGL Export The HPGL export (File -> Save as -> HP Grafics Language file) has now the same multiple pens feature as the #Plotter Driver. HPGL Import The HPGL import (File -> Open -> Select .hpgl file) can now import multiple pens into corresponding layers, see #Plotter Driver for more information. PDF Import The image 'interpolate' value is now used to determine how to display bitmaps (interpolated or blocky). Miscellaneous Improvements • Arrange > Restack has new options to reverse and shuffle the z-order of selected objects. • Render > Random Tree has new option to omit redundant segments. • Visualize Path > Measure Path has additional text layout options. Extension Development • It is now possible for an extension to retrieve a list of selected nodes (Bug #171287). Filters New • Color > Color Blindness filter allows to simulate different color blindness conditions. Other dialogs Document Properties: Licences All selectable licences have been updated to most current version. Filter Editor Filter list now displays how often a filter is used. Other user interface Node Snapping Snapping in the node tool has been improved: • When double clicking to insert new nodes, the position of these new nodes will snap to for example path intersections and to path-guide intersections • When grabbing a segment of a path and dragging it to deform it, the pointer will now snap Checkerboard Background It is now possible to use a checkerboard background when editing. This allows one to clearly see the transparency of objects. View Box One can now set the SVG 'viewBox' attribute from the GUI. This attribute sets the scale of the drawing by determining the real-world value of the SVG user unit (pixel size). Lock Guides Now guides can be locked and unlocked globally or individually. SVG and CSS • The 'marker-orientation' property now recognizes units ('deg', 'rad', 'grad' and 'turn'). • The new SVG 2 'context-fill' and 'context-stroke' properties are implemented which allows the auto-matching of arrowhead fill color to path stroke color. • The new SVG 2 marker orientation attribute value 'auto-start-reverse' is implemented. This allows one arrow marker to be used for both ends of a path. • The new CSS 3 'mix-blend-mode' and 'isolation' properties are implemented, allowing setting the blend mode between objects without using filters. • The new SVG 2 'paint-order' property is now supported. This allows setting the order in which the fill, stroke, and markers are drawn. • The new SVG 2 'mesh' paint server is supported, including bicubic auto-smoothing. A primitive GUI is available. • The SVG 1.1 'text-decoration' property is now rendered (underlines, strike through, etc.). CSS 3 'text-decoration' properties are also rendered. • The new SVG 2 'hatch' paint server is now supported. • The CSS 'white-space' property is now supported. Use of this property was added in SVG 2 to replace the now deprecated 'xml;space' attribute. • The SVG 1.1 'textLength" and 'textAdjust' attributes are implemented, however, there is no GUI for these attributes. • Rendering of the Component Transfer filter primitive has been corrected. • Units are now recognized in the text and tspan 'x', 'y', 'dx', and 'dy' attributes. • Percentage values are now interpreted correctly for shapes. New SVG 2 and CSS 3 features are generally not enabled in the GUI until widespread support in browsers. New dependencies The Paintbucket and Trace Bitmap tools now use an external copy of the Potrace library, which is available in many Linux distributions or can be obtained from http://potrace.sourceforge.net Translations New UI translations for Assamese, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri (Perso-Arabic and Devanagari), Kokani (Roman and Devanagari scripts), Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri (Meetei Mayek and Bengali scripts), Marathi, Odia, Santali (Devnagari and Ol-Chiki scripts), Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Urdu (Perso-Arabic and Devanagari scripts). For information on prior releases, please see: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape
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