(Where is RobA when you need him.) Did someone say my name? That is a nice first map haidarvm! One of the inconsistencies is with the icons - I can see that they came from a variety of sources so have different line weights - you may want to try redrawing them yourself to have a more consistent ico...

Here is a way to make your patterns for use in Inkscape - this is an older version so not sure how much still applies:

http://www.silent9.com/blog/archives/14 ... scape.html

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You can do it by creating a hex pack of tiles clone circles, then scaling them to fit your hex, Creating the tiled clones (P1 SImple Translation, shift each row by 50%x and -14.6%y) The -14.6% is the best you can do in Inkscape to get the trig derived offset needed to pack the circles. 2015-09-02-1....

The approach I take is to draw a large square or rectangle with stroke but no fill, then group it (so you get a group of one object). Clone the group, flip it, then send the clone to the back. Now you can double click the stroke to enter the original group, and anything you draw will be immediately...

Nice one Lazur URH! Always interesting to see how different folks think. I approached this completely differently...(svg attached to follow along...) First I drew a thick stroked square using the rectangle tool with the corner radius dragged out all the way so it looked like a circle. Then I drew a ...

Late to the game, but here is a way to create a mirrored clone of a layer: 1) Open the XML Editor (shift-ctrl-x) 2) Select the top node in the XML editor (will be <svg:svg id="xxxxxxxx"> where xxxxxxx is probably svg and some numbers) and click New Element Node (leftmost icon) xml<>+ and g...

You can fake the network by clever use of the tiled clones tool:


but getting the wave is problematic, as the proportions of each hex change depending on the "angle".

-Rob A>

Hi-

If you are looking for additional tips, tricks or help with your mapping, have you checked out http://www.cartographersguild.com ? There are a number of folks there using Inkscape including myself.

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I entered this month's challenge at http:\\www.cartographersguild.com which was to map a "landship". If you are a Monty Python fan, you will be familiar with The Crimson Permanent Assurance short film, so I mapped the building... Thumbnail is a link to the full size version. http://www.car...

aiat_gamer wrote:Oh, ok I need to change then. One more question, is there and option to work in only black and white environment without any gray scale?

You can group everything and apply a simple filter to make a (kind-of) threshold:


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I'd agree with tylerdurden- looks like a Copperplate Gothic (bold most likely).

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~suv wrote:

Off topic:

RobA wrote:I didn't know you could apply a path effect to a group. What version of Inkscape are you using?

This feature was introduced in Inkscape 0.47 (Release notes > Path effects > Path Effects for groups)

Well-

That does make it a lot easier!

-Rob A>

hulf2012 wrote:The Bend effect!!

Just make a line of bricks, group them. Then apply the bend effect to the group. Next, modify the bend path!!
It was even more easy!

I didn't know you could apply a path effect to a group. What version of Inkscape are you using?

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If you want to change the path, it can be done quite handily using clones and dashed lines, editing the stroke-dashoffset parameter in the XML editor (as it is not exposed in the GUI). You can play with the attached SVG example. To edit the source path for the clones (which is not visible as the str...

Just uncheck "Stack Scans" in the dialog. That will limit each colour to the areas that have that colour.

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Huh? I got the pivot to show up now, I don't know what the difference was that fixed it, but it does show up. There seem to be a small new obstacle now again though. Is there any way to keep the pivot in the same spot even if I deselect and select it again? No. It's a litlle problem, because there ...

ragstian wrote:Hi

Have you tried "path-difference"?

RGDS
Ragnar

Or path->Combine, if you have multiple inner paths. You may have to reverse some of the path directions if they don;t all end up "empty".

-Rob A>

There is a CAD blueprint: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CAD and a GSOC project to implement some CAD features: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/BlueprintGeometricAndTechDrawing I believe some were available if you build Inkscape yourself, enabling the experimental stuff... EDIT: Her...

Nice!

Saw you working on it over at Gimp Chat. Glad you got it finished!

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There is a tutorial on using illustrator and fractal terrains here: http://www.cartographersguild.com/tutorials-how/1577-%5Baward-winner%5D-atlas-walkthrough-%5Bfractal-terrains-illustrator%5D.html I modified it a bit using wilbur (free) gimp, and inkscape to make this map entry: http://www.cartogra...

Copy the leaves object (ctrl-c) and make the shape "From Clipboard"? This sets up a LPE as single/stretched, but you can use the LPE editor to change that after.

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The gimp posterize is just nasty as it works in some funky colourspace, posterizing across R/G/B individually, not what is expected by users. What did you want to spot ? That posterize is not the good tool for color reduction ? It very much depends on the image, but I would personally never use the...

Select everything (your sprite) and apply the pixelize filter (Filters->Pixel Tools->Pixelize). This filter states it removes antialiasing around objects and should be exactly what you want.

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Yes, their outlines and colour profiles. I want to transform them into a two-colour (black and white) stencil. I really liked the results of running multiple colour scans in Inkscape - they seem to doing more than just reducing the image to 2,3,4 colours as Posterize does. Do you know how their alg...

Also look at the rope-3d.svg example included with inkscape to show how you can add in blurred objects and clipping masks to make more 3d like effects.

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