Fill not filling complete image

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daiashi
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Fill not filling complete image

Postby daiashi » Thu May 31, 2012 1:12 pm

Hello All. I am creating several business cards with different color sections drawn on card.Inkscape fills with the proper color I choose however there always seems to be a part or area that it does not.
I have used grow/shrink,threshold and close gaps but it seems imperfect in its fill areas.Any help would be great,thanks.

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Re: Fill not filling complete image

Postby brynn » Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:24 pm

Welcome to InkscapeForum :D

It sounds like you must be using the Paint Bucket tool? It's true that there are situations where that tool can't fill certain areas properly. Depending what's in the image/how it's made, you might be able to use Fill rather than Bucket. (Object menu > Fill and Stroke dialog > Fill tab) The objects would have to be closed paths (or almost closed) or Inkscape drawn shapes. If it would require a lot of node editing to achieve that, it might be simpler to tweak the path created by the Bucket tool. With the Node tool, you can grab the nodes and'/or handles and drag them slightly, to fix any gaps.

If you could show us your SVG file, we could tell you how hard or easy it might be to use a regular fill. But if you're already using grow/shrink, close game and threshold, you probably have very few, and very small areas that aren't filled. It would probably be easier to just tweak a node/handle or 2 :D


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