I'm using Mirror Symmetry to create symmetrical paths that meet in a defined center point. I'd like these paths to merge so that the paths can be one unbroken path once I get them to touch. This matters since I'll be using a pen plotter to plot them out, and the more merged lines = the less time the pen has to go up and down = smoother appearance.

Fuse Paths in mirror symmetry doesn't seem to do this. Is there a way I can accomplish what I'm trying to do?

There's this little line (as seen in between tan objects) that is shown between two objects when making them flush with each other. Is there any way to get rid of this? It even shows up when they're overlapping. It wouldn't be an issue if it disappeared when exporting a .png or .pdf, but it still shows up then too. The only thing I can think of is that they're different gradients- but they should still be the same color at the location where they're joined.

Hey! I'm using Linux Lite and i'm missing an option that used to have in Inkscape for Windows to set the margins on a the Page tool.

Isn't there the same option in the Inkscape for Linux?

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I am interested in creating line edges and texture like illustrations found in Irasutoya using Inkscape. Like ink/marker on construction paper. I thought the texture part would be as simple as using construction paper as a mask, but the result didn't come out well.

I am using inkstitch extension. Some of the stuff I am working lately are large files with lots of objects. Certain proccesses take more than few minutes sometimes or I eventually just crash it by closing it and reopening the last autosave(which I do have set up at 2 mins, so it's not the end of the world).

All of that being said, sometimes I accidentally hit the wrong shortcut key or simply want to abort something for one reason or the next. Is there an option to abort whatever it is stalling/working on?

I can elaborate further is more details are needed, just ask in the comments.

I have been using inkscape for a while...

These are my drawings of my OCs Azar and Olivia? How did I do and how can I make poses in inkscape?

Also the reason why they look like a certain Incredibox mod is because did originally came from that mod but due to drama involving me, I left and now they are independent human OCs but I can't find a good art style for now

This is my first time creating a character or fan art in Inkscape

I don’t know..maybe because im a beginner, but I’m finding it very difficult to do simple tasks on here. Certain shortcuts don’t work even when I look them up. For example, they tell me to press control and the mouse to move the canvas, it doesn’t work. Instead it’s the space bar and hovering the mouse over the canvas.

Another example is the bezier pen. Certain curves don’t fit my liking, so I’m trying to undo them, but instead of undoing the nodes it undos the change of opacity I made on the image I’m working on, as if the likes I created don’t exist. And when I connect the nodes back to the original, for some reason fills it in with color when I just want to lines itself.

All of this is making me frustrated and causing me to take more time on a project that could be completed in 2 hours. If you guys can help me out and list some shortcuts or how to edit them, I’d greatly appreciate it.

Sempre achei muito trabalhoso fazer máscara no Inkscape, então eu fiz esse plugin para ajudar.

Hey all, new to Inkscape. I am trying to remove the bottom of the trees, below the circular shape. I've tried using cut path, intersection, difference and exclusion (just trying everything haha, not sure what all those even do). The trees were just strokes that I filled in, and when I do cut path, the trees revert to the stroke, and then some corners randomly get rounded.

Any advice? Thanks in advance!

I like making my own video games as a hobby. So far, I've only used RPG Maker and market assets because I've convinced myself I have no artistic talent. But then I got frustrated by not being able to create custom assets to fit my needs exactly. I was originally planning on teaching myself pixel art with this stick figure dancing game idea but then I discovered vector art.

I made a concept face for my dancing stick man in about 30 mins and I don't hate it... I think I'm going to like inkscape.

Last night around 23:30 inkscape installed on my PC by it self, no one used the computer in this time, the icon was on desktop, but no one use Inkscape or installed it... any idea whats cause this?

Inkscape 1.5 Catch Up Spectacular!

Martin Owens provides a comprehensive update on Inkscape development, including hiring efforts for the 1.5 release and progress on a new rendering engine. The discussion also covers recent feature additions, including path editing improvements, translucent group management, and various technical fixes to ensure the software remains robust for all users.

In this update, Inkscape developer Martin Owens provides a comprehensive overview of the current status of the Inkscape 1.5 development and other project activities. Here is a summary of the key highlights:

Inkscape 1.5 Development & Personnel:

• Human Resources: Martin has taken on a management role, hiring a bug administrator and two part-time programmers to help stabilize the 1.5 release.
• Project Management: Roland Taylor is highlighted for his instrumental work in organizing developers and resolving technical issues.
• Rendering Engine: A long-term project to refactor the rendering engine to support color spaces like CMYK is nearing completion, with testing ongoing and an alpha/beta release targeted for around October.

New Features & Improvements:

• Path Editing: Users can now hold the Alt key to drag a node along its existing curve or straight line.
• Merged Features: Long-standing features like text on path/in shape and transparent groups have finally been merged.
• UX & Cleanup: Improvements were made to the translucency system, object dialogue, and PDF export (font handling).
• Extension System: Deboss updates now allow extension authors to call extensions with pre-set preferences.

Project Updates & Policies:

• AI Policy: The project has officially banned AI-generated contributions, emphasizing the need for code to be written by human contributors.
• Security: Martin discusses challenges with website attacks and mentions recent defenses against malicious activity.

I love curves and I love burgers.

I hope you like them.
Please add your own sauce.

referred to a tutorial on making infographics, made it a pentagon instead of a hexagon.

I can link to the videos I talked about, but that's not the main point. My question is, how to make better designs?

I've been working with Inkscape for quite some time now, I started in 2018, but recently I started to notice a behaviour I haven't seen before.

I don't do that highly complex files, it's mostly just simple logo design and rasterizing bitmaps, but after some time some files get corrupted somehow and I can't open them again. Editing wasn't a problem, save went smoothly, I closed Inkscape normally, not crash, but when I later want to open a file again, it does this (see picture) and closes.

The SVG itself doesn't seem corrupted, Chrome and Inkview can still open an display them as usual but Inkscape can't open them anymore. Some of these files I can still open via "import SVG" in a new Inkscape session but even then, it sometimes fails instantly or the file I save later also can't be opened with Inkscape again.

I don't know if this has append to others, deleting the "recently-used.xbel" didn't do anything. It's on a per file or better per design basis as it seems.

I'm currently using v1.3.2 but I also tried v1.4.3 and it didn't change.

Dear Inkscapers, I have a lineart graphic and text, just like in this example image, how do I part the lines under the text so the line ends before it meets the text? I tried several things but I couldnt get it done. Haha

Hi, lately I've been exploring terrain visualization, inspired in the first place by the Joy Division's Unknown Pleasure album cover.

I manage to build the kind of visualization i want and export it to .svg. However, my end goal now is to trace these visuals using my homemade plotter, so I need to somehow convert my visual to gCode. Here is what I can end up with for example :

I already worked with the Gcodetools extension and this is what I usually use for my plotter. However, here I am facing a few issues and I am unsure how to solve these, as I am quite a beginner on Inkscape.

The "raw data" I am working with here are each line as an indivdual path. In other word, by default, it is a "wireframe" view, where a line can be seen even if it is behind another one. The trick I used to solve this is to "extrude" each line down by a few cm, creating a closed shape and then fill it with white. This way, each layer hides what is behind it. After, I can clip the visual in order to hide the vertical sides of each shape.

This works great for visuals, but it is hard for me to modify my path so Gcodetools knows what to work with. Indeed, I am facing these two issues which are somehow related :

1. Gcodetools does not have any clue of the path's order, and which is "hiding" which. It converts each path to gCode, resulting back in the wireframe view I initially had.
2. Even worse, it now wants to trace the whole "slice" as it is part of the path.

Shortly, my question is : how can I somehow go from my visuals to a set of path which are clearly understood by Gcodetools ? I suspect the answer is to use boolean operation between my different slices and path in order to "split" any hidden path into 2 different subpath, completely removing the hidden sections but it is not clear for me how to proceed here, especially if I want to somehow automatize the process (I am OK with scripting, I already used a script to "extrude" each path into a wall.

My best guess right now would be to :

1. instead of extruding existing path into a single close path, keep the original paths and instead create another object with only the closed shape used for hiding what's behind a path
2. Going through all my slices and sequentially use a slice's shape to cut the path of any slice behind it, keeping only what is not hidden (boolean ?)
3. Remove the filled solid shape for each slice and use Gcodetools on the previously cut paths

Am I heading towards the right directions ? To you have anything else in mind to do this ?