The Inkscape Help Thread

[AlfredAmeoba]

Anyone know how to put a hole in an object? Can't work it out.

[Fostire]

Try this:
-Make an object with the shape of the hole.
-Put the 'hole' object on top of the object you want the hole to be in.
-Select both objects
-Go to Path->Difference
-???
-Profit

[AlfredAmeoba]

Awesome! thanks!

[MeTheGameGuy]

Assuming you mean Windows, then yes. I know it works in Windows XP and Windows Vista, I don't know if it works on Windows 7.

It seems to work fine on 7, too.

Hmmm, this isn't really what I mean. I mean, I have a slightly curved arm, and I want to bend it up for a pose. However, I want the length to stay constant so it doesn't look so messy. I find it looks really creepy if the arm length changes.

I know what you mean there. My characters' arms change length all the time.

I think what we're looking for is a "fixed length" tickbox or something.

[Emperor Ing]

Anyone know how to put a hole in an object? Can't work it out.

Easiest way
make an object in the shape of what you want your hole to look like
Place the "Hole" on top of the object
select both (Hold Shift to do so)
Press Ctrl+Shift+hyphen(-)
bam! Instant hole!

[MeTheGameGuy]

Something that's bugging me: the (new?) Filters system in 0.47 is really useful. But if I've applied a filter - say, Desaturate - to one of my characters, copying the character to my next panel also copies the filter! I end up with ten filters doing exactly the same thing!

It's not much fun cleaning up all the extra filters when the page is finished. Is there a setting I can change somewhere to avoid this?

[Blas_de_Lezo]

I really hope someone, someday, to create an avatar portal to "dress up" your own stick figure, similar to the South Park Studio, but with OotS. Would be awesome!!

[EmeraldPhoenix]

I downloaded the new inkscape, and I'm pretty fine with it, I've learned a lot of useful tricks, but there's just one thing; whenever I make a shape, or even a line, with pen, it's "stiff" (you can't make any curves) until you press the "turn into path" button that you use to turn shapes into lines.
Is there any way to make this stop happening? It's really annoying.

[Emperor Ing]

there's 4 options for the Pen tool.

Regular
(2nd one is wierd, dunno what it does )
Stiff lines
and Lines at 90 degree angles.

If I were to guess i'd say you clicked option 3, I found that just regular clicking and dragging to make curved lines works just as well.

[EmeraldPhoenix]

there's 4 options for the Pen tool.

Regular
(2nd one is wierd, dunno what it does )
Stiff lines
and Lines at 90 degree angles.

If I were to guess i'd say you clicked option 3, I found that just regular clicking and dragging to make curved lines works just as well.

Thanks! Now it's fixed.

[MeTheGameGuy]

I really hope someone, someday, to create an avatar portal to "dress up" your own stick figure, similar to the South Park Studio, but with OotS. Would be awesome!!

Sounds awesome. If I had any idea what it is, I'd have a go at it.

[John Cribati]

See my avatar? Made it myself. Any ways to improve it?

[Crimmy]

Smaller eyes, shorter body, bit larger head, less thick lines, make the hands more horseshoe-like, and get a wider palette of colours, 'cause it's way too dark.

[petersohn]

Smaller eyes, shorter body, bit larger head, less thick lines, make the hands more horseshoe-like, and get a wider palette of colours, 'cause it's way too dark.

Well, the smaller eyes and the colour I would agree with, but with "shorter body, bit larger head" it would look like a halfling. Longer legs would be nice3 though.

If you want your avatar to look OOTS-ish, then import some OOTS scripts into your file, and work on your avatar while continuously watching how it would look like in OOTS.

[AlfredAmeoba]

Or just cheat and draw the stuff you want over an OOTS image so you can scale it right. Thats what I do for my base stickman.

On an unrelated note, you might also have a base stickman file you use so all of you drawings have a pre-made figure and are the same size.

[John Cribati]

The colors looked different on my laptop, what with the new-fangled LCD screen technology.
[/crotchety old man]

But still, thanks for the pointers I'll keep them in mind.

[Psionic Dog]

Has anyone been able to make Inkscape work on Snow Leopard? (Mac OS 10.6)

Ever since I upgraded operating systems my X11 environment has gone crazy and won't run.

[Nevitan]

Has anyone been able to make Inkscape work on Snow Leopard? (Mac OS 10.6)

Ever since I upgraded operating systems my X11 environment has gone crazy and won't run.

Last time I upgraded a re-download of X11 fixed everything. Hope that helps.

[Psionic Dog]

Re-installing X11 fixed a lot of issues, but I ended up having to download the latest version of Inkscape as well before Inkscape would run again.

Anyway, all is working now.

[Elder Tsofu]

Re-installing X11 fixed a lot of issues, but I ended up having to download the latest version of Inkscape as well before Inkscape would run again.

It sounds like you consider it a bad thing.
Glad it works for ya.

[deuxhero]

Is there anyway to get "straight" (horizontal/vertical) lines beyond boxes?

Anyway to make a "ring" (circle with "fill" stoping at another circle)

[petersohn]

Is there anyway to get "straight" (horizontal/vertical) lines beyond boxes?

Hit CTRL when drawing the line with pen mode. With this you can draw lines in each 15 degrees.

Anyway to make a "ring" (circle with "fill" stopping at another circle)

1. Draw a circle and set it to no filling and solid stroke. Set the stroke width to whatever you want the ring to be. Then press CTRL+ALT+C (stroke to path).
2. Draw the outer circle. Set it to no stroke, or a thin one. Select it, then press CTRL+C (copy), then CTRL+ALT+V (paste in place). Resize the (now selected) circle holding SHIFT (to maintain proportions) and CTRL (to keep the centre in place). Select both circles, and press CTRL+- (difference).

[deuxhero]

Any advice for the finished avatar? (Persona 3/4's World Balance)

[Neko Toast]

This question isn't necessarily Inkscape related, because I don't think it's possible to do what I want to do with Inkscape. I've tried several things, but nothing works.

I'm trying to alter an avatar my friend made in MS Paint. All I want to do is get rid of the white background. Unfortunately, it hasn't been working with Inkscape, as it is an imported image. The eraser tool is a horribly glitchy tool, and the image itself is very small, so I'd rather save my sanity by not trying to use it.

I was wondering if there was some alternate program (though nothing like Photoshop or Illustrator. I'd rather not waste the money on those) where I could edit out this white background. Back when I used MS Paint for my avatars, I used Irfanview. Unfortunately, this method is very ineffective, as it leaves a pixelated outline around the drawing, no matter what you do.

[petersohn]

Try The GIMP. It is an open source Photoshop clone.

[Neko Toast]

Try The GIMP. It is an open source Photoshop clone.

That actually worked. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Crimmy]

That actually worked. Thanks for the suggestion.

Alternatively, you could have traced. Or used the slice tool. Or at least I think there's a slice tool.

[Neko Toast]

Alternatively, you could have traced. Or used the slice tool. Or at least I think there's a slice tool.

I can't even trace with a mouse, let alone a touch pad. And Inkscape doesn't have a slice tool.

[MethosH]

Yeah... InkScape isn't really a "image editor" program. It is more a "image creator"

[Crimmy]

I can't even trace with a mouse, let alone a touch pad. And Inkscape doesn't have a slice tool.

What do you mean, you can't trace with vectors?

All you do is use the pen tool, click, click, click, click along specific points, and then get curvy on the plaves it needs to be curved. And that's that.

And yeah, just realized I was thinking of CorelDraw when talking about the slice tool.