Wow, that looks very cool! And even with a screen capture, that's just perfect for me to learn it - thanks a lot!

It seems the filter editor is a very powerful tool, which I will certainly look into more.

So thanks again, that was a very helpful reply indeed.

Hi there, I am just learning how to use filters (and possibly the filter editor) in inkscape. I have 0.92, but my questions are not tied to this particular version. Following up on a different thread, I want to achieve an effect like in the attached screenshot, but using filters. In the screenshot, ...

Moini wrote:Glad to hear it works for you - I couldn't get any snap to start.

Sorry to hear that - here all I needed to do was "sudo apt remove inkscape" followed by "sudo snap install inkscape".

Moini wrote:Oh, and if you're on Ubuntu 16.04 (or higher), the snap is supposed to be available via their app store (or whatever they call it).

It is indeed! And works nicely. Now I have to check out the new stuff

Thanks for the good hint, Lazur - grouping first indeed reduces the file significantly, that should hopefully solve the problem also for my big file.

It's also good to hear that 0.92 will bring further options ... hope it'll be in an ubuntu repository soon.

Hi all, I have a problem with the clip object tool, resulting in very large file sizes that are hard to edit. To explain the problem, take a picture with two layers. The background layer contains a pattern, and the foreground layer contains the same pattern, but clipped to some object and in differe...