[Solved] When move an embedded image, seems to move a window looking at it

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run_the_race
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[Solved] When move an embedded image, seems to move a window looking at it

Postby run_the_race » Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:16 am

Hi All,

I imported a flow diagram a friend made on a free online tool (it exports .svg), and opened it with inkscape to improve it a bit.

However the embedded raster images seem to be a viewport/window to the image, which seems to be wallpapered (repeated) in the container window. Moving the image only moves the viewport to "seeing" the repeated plastered image behind it.
Does that make sense? Here is an example file with one of the images in it, try move it around:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zm761d3ty0gidcw/window.svg

I tried to ungroup/release clip, but these options are grayed out. How does one get it to move normally?

Thanks
Last edited by run_the_race on Fri Sep 28, 2018 5:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Moini
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Re: When move an embedded image, seems to move a window looking at it

Postby Moini » Fri Sep 28, 2018 6:24 am

All the file contains is a rectangular path with a low resolution image as a pattern fill... Do Object > Pattern > Pattern to Objects.
The you can also unlink the clone (the image is also cloned...) with Edit > Clone > Unlink clone.

But honestly, if that is the image you want, it's much too small to be useful.
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run_the_race
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Re: When move an embedded image, seems to move a window looking at it

Postby run_the_race » Fri Sep 28, 2018 5:26 pm

Hi Moini, thank you! "Do Object > Pattern > Pattern to Objects" did the trick! Brilliant thanks!


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