Questions tagged [inkscape]
Questions about using the Inkscape vector-graphics application. Questions about how to install the application should go on Super User. Questions about scripting should go on Stack Overflow.
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Automatically combine two scanned objects by point(s)
I've got a number of scanned shapes that I'm trying to "combine" into a whole, singular shape. These scanned shapes should "fit" into each other. Think something like puzzle pieces ...
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Inkscape, how to set a white stroke around the image and wrap text around a circle
Inkscape on Debian. I'm trying to set white stroke around an image (external border only) but didn't find the way to achieve that. Also I need wrap text around a circle, on the top and bottom: how to ...
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Inkscape: Collapsing everything onto a single layer
Background: I am currently transitioning my workflow from using Illustrator as my primary vector graphics application to using Inkscape. Hence, I have 1000s of images created in Illustrator (and saved ...
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How to select the page for "relative to page" alignment?
In Inkscape, I can align objects relative to "the" page.
My document has 2 pages, created with the pages tool.
Is there a way to select the page that I want to align to? Is there something ...
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jaged edges and text in inkscape design, print on demand
I am stuck into a problem several days, i can't figure out how to get clean edges, even if i used a high resolution 600 dpi (when exporting to png) but the edges seems jagged when i view the design in ...
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inkscape rectangle with opaque background
I would like to place a rectangle on top of an existing drawing such that the drawing is covered by the rectangle completely. For example, in the following screenshot, I would like the rectangle to be ...
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Is there a way in InkScape, to reduce in one shot, several shapes in the same way as the gimp's reduce selection?
I have an SVG file of a tiling, which I need to import in OpenSCAD (a 3D modeling software):
However, since all the tiles are joined, OpenSCAD will see them as a whole and loose the frontiers between ...
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Keeping white areas of transparent png in path tracing
I have a PNG logo on a transparent background which has areas of pure white (#ffffff) and also pure black in addition to a wide assortment of other colors (logo includes a topo map). Am trying to ...
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Best way to remove small nodes in Inkscape
What's the best way to automatically remove these small objects?
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How to focus the canvas pane in Inkscape? [duplicate]
I have an invisible object, which I can only select in the layers view. After selecting the object, I need to press Shift + S in order to toggle between handle types. This does not work when the ...
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How to maintain individual colors when duplicating or grouping in Inkscape?
How do I keep individual objects, each a different color, from changing to a single color when I duplicate or group?
It is an SVG file in Inkscape
This is a purchased file. When I group, duplicate, ...
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Guidelines or resources to create an application icon based on typefaces
I've been using an Open Source application for a while now and, given that its current icon looks somewhat basic, I thought it would be great if I could contribute back with a perhaps more ...
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How to get "comes to a point in the middle" beveled effect in Inkscape?
I'm trying to create a bevel effect on some text as if the sides slope to a sharp point.
I can get a simple, fixed-width bevel with a basic light+blur setup, sort of like the square on the right. How ...
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How to make a path that has two separate strokes with gaps inbetween?
I am trying to make a simple repeatable texture (snake body for a simple snake game). I set up guides so that the tiles match, but I am having trouble making sure that both ends of the body segment ...
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inkscape very slow: 5-15sec to insert or select a line with a marker
in inkscape (0.92 and 1.0) if a file has many objects:
1. "copy & insert" / select lines < 1sec
2. "copy & insert" / select lines with ...
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Automatically merge overlapping nodes in inkscape
My SVG has multiple line objects forming a closed shape. I must convert this into a single path, so that a laser cutting machine just follows the path to cut the shape from the material without jump.
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Unable to create new line in text in Inksape Vector
I am using Inkscape version 1.3.2
When I try to press enter after a line of text, it doesn't create a new paragraph and instead writes in the same line as the previous text.
The spacing between ...
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Is there a way to find the name of a missing font from the system used in an Inkscape project?
The font toolbar only says that a "sans-serif" font is missing.
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Not all objects appear in a row during export
I am adding designs to a png in Inkscape 1.3.1 and some designs remain outside the png, for example. I want to export only the part visible in png but it does not export the designs on it. I don't ...
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Keep pattern position
In a group, I have a pattern and another object.
When I move the group, the position of the pattern apparently stays relative to the background (and not the other object).
However, I want the position ...
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Can we make a text outline again into a text in Adobe Illustrator?
I am very new to Adobe Illustrator, I created a text outline by doing
1. Select the text
2. Goto Type -> Create Outlines (CTRL + SHIFT + O)
But what if I want to make those outlines again as a ...
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How to remove the shadow (outline) of text in inkscape?
After much trying tutorials and googling how to remove the black outlines of text in Inkscape (I think it's the "stroke"), I have no luck. I would just like to make a few designs for ...
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Create equal spacing inside font/object for my son's LED strip
Good Morning,
I am wanting to make a LED sign that uses a 6mm wide led strip with the text "Mi Frijolito", that looks like this, which is 1.5m long and 0.5m wide.
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So the main issue I am ...
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How to create a generated 3D effect for an object with InkScape?
I'd like to create a play card design and am taking Magic: The Gathering cards as a role model.
In this example you can see two 3D styled name plates (please not the red arrows):
I'd like to do ...
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How to draw a hollow line with arrows in Inkscape?
How do you draw an arrow like this in Inkscape? I tried:
draw a line
add an arrow to the end
make the whole thing wider
convert it to a path
and then played around with stroke and fill but nothing ...
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How would you convert an image into a SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) without losing too much details and where all the details are contoured?
I'm trying to find a suitable pipeline for projects, using pictures. I'd need to obtain, at the end, a SVG with a lot of details instead of a huge black and white mush.
Here is an exemple :
Credits : ...
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Inkscape: Variable width for pattern along path
I am trying to make a spiral along a path in Inkscape that varies in width. I know how to repeat a pattern along a path to make a spiralling path using Pattern Along Path, and how to vary the width of ...
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How to flatten a clip in inkscape
Sometimes I find myself dealing with some complex shapes (consiting of many Path groups) and the easiest way to ✌ crop ✌ a part of that is to use a clip. In such cases, using boolean operations (Union,...
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Pattern to objects for entire fill in Inkscape
I have a seamless pattern I'm using as a fill for a path (Inkscape 1.4). I've got the pattern scaling tuned just right to tile my path pleasingly. Now I'd like to turn the entire filled pattern to ...
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Export svg without anti-aliasing in Inkscape 1.0 by command line
Inkscape 1.0 has the choice to export svg to png without anti-aliasing by GUI:
I want to export svg to png from the command line without anti-aliasing, but I'm not able. I've read the Inkscape man ...
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Inkscape: stack or abut objects
I'd like to stack multiple objects (e.g., circles touching one another in a vertical tower, or rectangles and circles alternating in a tower) but can't work out how to do it. Conceptually, the problem ...
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select again last selected items
Is it possible to select again the last selected items? If I click unwillingly and lost the selected items, is it possible to select them again without having to manually click on each one of them (...
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Import PDF with text annotation and preserve them as an editable text
Is it possible to convert PDF to svg so that text, which is included in PDF comments (aka annotations in Adobe acrobat) isn't "vectorized" (characters replaced with shapes), so you can still ...
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Where is the "Add" blend mode in Inkscape?
How can I blend colors together with different blend modes in inkscape? I can't seem to find any options for controlling the method for blending colors.
For example, how could I make something like ...
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How do you align a page grid to text baselines in Inkscape?
When I set my text to 11 points between text baselines and also add an 11 point grid to the page they don't line up. When the text anchor and the first baseline is aligned to the grid further ...
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How to vertically center text within a box in Inkscape, obtaining the same result than CSS "align-items: center;"?
I have been trying to vertically center text within a box in Inkscape 1.2, using the tool circled in red:
The result isn't perfect: as you can see, the text is aligned using the height of the highest ...
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Multiple polygon areas
I have drawn multiple polygons (with Bezier curve tool) over an image using Inkscape, and I want to extract the area of each polygon in px^2 to a text file (txt, csv). On Inkscape I can only use the ...
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Set font for whole file without losing other formatting
I want to change the font family globally in all text
objects in the GUI using the font dialog.
But when I change the font family for an individual object through the font dialog subscript and size ...
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Why does "join selected nodes" into a single node not work?
(Inkscape 1.0/windows10)
While looking for a way to merge "overlapping" nodes of the flipped duplicated copy with the original object,(converting objects to path and selecting), and joining ...
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How to set default ruler measurements for new imports in Inkscape
I need to measure several PDFs, but in cm, not px. Whenever I import a PDF and pick the measurement tool, I have to change its units. Is there a way to set the default for all documents, not just ...
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How to change the default spacing for adding new pages to file [duplicate]
When i add a new page to my file, it appears to the right of the last one with a default offset.
I can move it manually to align with my snap-grid, but that sucks, when i have to add a lot of pages ...
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How do I remove parts of a SVG that aren't on the page?
I downloaded a file from Wikimedia Commons. There is a heap of the picture that doesn't fit on the document page; I'd like to know how I can cut off what doesn't fit on the page, so that it no longer ...
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Inkscape proportional resizing based on "part" of an image
Using Inkscape and wanting to proportionately resize a grouped object based on an included part of the object.
For example I have an image with an outline of something. Within that image is a simple ...
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Looking for svg editing software that supports the animate function
I am currently doing some simple svg files by hand. They contain simple graphics. Think of a circle representing a planet and a smaller circle passing in front of it representing a moon. I use the ...
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Inkscape: strokes show as gray or semi-transparent when should be black
Using Inkscape v1.0.2-2, I now experience a problem with strokes for any shape tool. I try to make a rectangle with a black stroke color, a .3 thickness, and no fill color. It was working and then ...
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DXF for laser cutting from off-angle photo with length scales
I have a photo that I am trying to use to template a DXF file for laser cutting. The photo has a square rule for use as a scale bar, however it is somewhat off angle such that the right angle is ...
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Help with gradient fill in Inkscape
sorry for asking this, but I'm new to Inkscape (or any vector program whatsoever). I'm trying to replicate the following image
however, I can't quite make that particular gradient fill in those two ...
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How do I combine paths in Inkscape while preserving overlap?
I'd like to CNC draw an image. The image is composed of many, many shapes that overlap with each other.
Say I'd like to draw this image:
Visually I can see the outline of the star, but part of the ...
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How to draw straight line with fixed width
I am using inkscape. I insert aruco svg files. Now I want to put reference lines so its easier to cut them up. How do I draw straight vertical and horizontal lines with fixed width?
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pdf font corruption in Inkscape and Illustrator
I'm trying to edit a PDF plot exported from Mathematica, using specific font Times using the plot option BaseStyle -> {FontFamily -> "Times", FontSize -> 10}, to match with the LaTeX ...
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