PrimitivismĪs a kind of compensation for the lack of settings, Filters | Filter Editor Filter dialogs often don't let you control the overall strength of the effect. A major limitation of Inkscape's effects lies in their missing settings. The market leadership is not easy to take away from the commercial maker and its expensive program. Many, however, are especially conceived for bitmaps, and they all have a striking impact on vector elements with their many details and colors.ĭespite their number and variety, the Inkscape filters don't come close visually to the Live Effects In principle, all filter effects can be applied to the bitmaps embedded in each image as well as to the usual drawing elements. The images shown are based on a photo, whereas other filters apply to vector objects.įigure 4: Bumps handle surface grain Shadows and Glows provide glow and lighting effects Scatter creates tiny fragments the three groups on the right (Image Effects, Transparent Color and Transparency Utilities) are for bitmaps. Figures 2 through Figure 4 show three typical examples from each of the categories, showing more clearly what's hidden behind each filter name. Inkscape 0.48 has about 220 such filters that divide the program into 18 fairly intuitively named categories (from the Filter Effects The effects can be undone independently of the usual undo list, making experimentation a pleasure.
As in photography, many filters can be layered. These filters act like true camera filters that are attached to lenses that distort and colorize the object. Menu) have added more depth and a little pizzazz. From Inkscape 0.45 (February 2007), however, so-called filters (from the Filters But, because the program makes use of simple color fills and gradients, its graphics have tended to look like cartoons. Lens Adaptersįrom the outset, Inkscape was capable of drawing complex shapes. Since my previous Inkscape article appeared in our sister publication Linux Magazine in 2005, nothing much has changed from Inkscape's solid base. Their smooth transitions and intuitive handling make them the digital equivalent of the French curve tool used by draftsmen.
This article will deal primarily with basic shapes and Bézier curves, which use control points to form basic shapes.
Figure 1: The Inkscape drawing looks like a bitmap, but it's based exclusively on resolution-independent and Inkscape curve-tool editable vector curves.
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