everything is original, no ai use at all
everything made in inkscape

what do you think?

I'm trying to redraw this logo background (https://imgur.com/a/l4RP8Xf) using arcs, since the paths aren't quite true arcs. I'm trying to match the start, middle, and end points of the original paths, requiring me to change 5 of the arc's properties (Rx, Ry, ArcStart, ArcEnd, X) for every adjustment.

Is there an easier way to go about this?

I'm brand new to Inkscape and I've tried searching the internet, but I'm struggling to find useful terms. Decades ago, I used CAD in school, so my instinct is to "lock" or "pin" the end points of the arc, then adjust the remaining dimensions, but constraints don't seem to be a "thing" in Inkscape.

For those wondering why I'm trying to rebuild this, it is part of my organization's logo and I point out that it was a bit lopsided with the wrong text (not pictured), and was tasked with fixing it. Now, I'm trying to do better than "good enough", since I'm competing for promotion. The original was a CorelDraw file that was only paths, even the text.

Have you seen any artwork with wrinkled line art? It looks like crayon drawing...

I'd like to know if there's a way to give that wrinkled effect to the strokes.

I can select by same fill color, but when I try Select same -> Stroke style, it doesn't select anything. I have the settings as below. What am I missing?

everything is original, no ai use at all
logo made by inkscape
banner made with imported logo by krita

what do you think?

I used an old, low-quality AI-generated image as an initial reference for the logo, then refined it until I achieved a suitable result. Afterward, I manually created a vector version of it using Inkscape, while the wing and the typography are original.

what do you think?

Voici mes deux premiers designs fais avec InkScape !!

Especially this effect of yellow and orange

I want to simulate the way text looks when it's ultra compressed. Similar to the way a JPG would look if it was made super low quality. But, there are other elements to the graphic that I want to be very crisp, so I cannot simply compress when exporting.

Similar to this tutorial, but with extra noise. Oddly I would know how to do this on PS, but not InkScape or another vector edited.

I'm having an issue with creating a very wide width stroke on my shape, its doing this weird clipping patchy thing, does anyone know why?

Hi. I don't know if you can help me in this group but I hope so. I purchased a PS5 controller skin file on Etsy and used Inkscape to insert my own images, creating a custom skin. I was able to do this in Inkscape because I couldn't manage it in Silhouette Studio (I have a Cameo 5). Now, I need to move the file into Silhouette Studio to print and cut it. However, when I export it as a PNG (which I believe is the only option for Studio), the quality drops. How can I fix this? I ran a test, but: 1) the images lose quality during this process; 2) the dimensions of the pieces aren't correct, and I don't know where or how to adjust them; Can anyone help me? This is a project that means a lot to me. Thank you! ❤️

Design réalisé avec InkScape !

Donne moi ton avis, tu porterais ce t-shirt ? 😉

i don't understand this program at all, i just want to draw a line with the pencil tool. like one would probably do should he use the pencil tool. not a weird shape filling in what i've drawn. just a normal damn line to use for a border on a map

Is there any fast way how to do that? I want to not just narrow the text, but also curve it slightly at the sides. As you can see, I tried using the Envelop Deformation, but no matter how hard I try, I can't get the result I want.

Due to the fact that I cannot get the, yes I'm I dinosaur, green double zebra paper that was used in the, well a long time ago, mainframe world to print listings, I've recreated my own, using 2400 dpi scans of the original, and for those of you who want or need it, the svg is dead simple,

 <!-- Zebra lines -->
 <!-- =========== -->

 <g id="r1"> <!-- Thin Zebra gradient -->
  <rect style="fill:#dcfde5" width="3236" height="1" x="0" y="0" />
 </g>

 <g id="d1"> <!-- Top/bottom Zebra line -->
  <use  xlink:href="#r1" x="0" y="0" />
  <rect style="fill:#c6fdd5" width="3236" height="7" x="0" y="1" />
  <use  xlink:href="#r1" x="0" y="8" />
 </g>

 <g id="d2"> <!-- Intermediate Zebra line -->
  <use  xlink:href="#r1" x="0" y="0" />
  <rect style="fill:#c6fdd5" width="3236" height="3" x="0" y="1" />
  <use  xlink:href="#r1" x="0" y="4" />
 </g>

 <g id="d3"> <!-- Full Zebra -->
  <use xlink:href="#d1" x="0" y="0"  />
  <use xlink:href="#d2" x="0" y="20" />
  <use xlink:href="#d2" x="0" y="39" />
  <use xlink:href="#d2" x="0" y="58" />
  <use xlink:href="#d1" x="0" y="74" />
 </g>

I use(d) it to make summary papers of my r/hitchhiking notes, and now, with a bit of help of Google's (rather sycophantic, sheesh...) AI mode I've actually created some REXX code that puts the summaries on it, and that works flawlessly. The forms are created at a resolution of 600 dpi (over the top) and are to be converted to PDF for A4 sized paper, (297x210 mm, or 7015x4960px), and that's were I'm completely stuck, whatever I try in the various Save As and export dialogs results in a PDF of 1m85x1m31(ish), and the only very roundabout way of getting them is to export the file to a PNG, open that in a browser, and print the result to a PDF (which was also suggested by Google...)

Can anyone here tell me the correct/better way to do this?

I've uploaded a sample of what I'm creating on my website as 333.svg and for those interested in how I generate them, here's the generating REXX exec, on request I can supply an input file for it, DM me.

And yes, I delete all id's (and other "nonsense") that Inkscape generates, and if anyone knows how to prevent Inkscape from adding this stuff in the first place, I'd love to hear how.

I can't find anything that would seem to solve this, but the color is constantly grayed out no matter the color, as if I had the opacity at like 50%. I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling, and it did nothing. Thing is, it looks fine when I change the display mode to outline. What the hell do I do?

i often export documents with a lot of high-res images (photos, renders, storyboard panels) to PDF and Inkscape writes huge files, 126 MB for a single page with 12 images in my test... Cairo embeds the rasters with little or no lossy compression, and there's no option in the PDF export to set a target image resolution.

so i made a small extension: Export Lightweight PDF. Go to Extensions > Export > Export Lightweight PDF, pick a resolution preset (SD, Screen, Draft, HD, Print, or a custom scale/DPI) and the JPEG quality, and it exports the PDF and recompresses the images to that resolution. Vector paths, text, fonts and layout stay untouched.

• exports current page, all pages, the whole drawing or only the selection
• optional text to paths
• transparent images are split into a JPEG + alpha mask so transparency stays clean
• reports size before and after (my 126 MiB test file went down to 108 KiB at the SD preset, but it depends a lot on the images)

Free and open source (GPL-2.0-or-later), needs Inkscape 1.2+ and Ghostscript. Tested on 1.4 on Linux.

GitHub: https://github.com/davidbrum25/inkscape-export-lightweight-pdf

Full write-up with screenshots: https://x.com/bdvd_25/article/2110771389531566584

AI disclosure (rule 8): This is made with AGY CLI following my instructions.

feedback welcome, it's my third inkscape extension 🙂

J’ai passé 4h à faire ce design de l’Alpine A110R sur Inkscape, dis moi ce que t’en penses !!

Trying to access it, can't.

Tried isitdown.com said it's been down for more than a week.