Thanks for the tips and links! I decided to install the dev version based on what I saw, and the mirror effect is there: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/inkscape-bzr also a friend on twitter sent me a short video tutorial on how to do it with the clone tool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2x15E...

I was looking for this feature demonstrated in this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMfMdBir9H4 but it wasn't in my path effects list: http://i.imgur.com/EGCbtmi.png Is there a path effects pack I need to install or something? Thanks! (I am using Inkscape 0.91 r13725 on Arch Linux btw)