I want to convert SVG images to PNG files with transparent background and anti-aliased edges (using semi-transparent pixels). Unfortunately I can’t get ImageMagick to do the anti-aliasing, the edges always look terrible. Here’s what I tried: convert +antialias -background transparent in.svg -resize 25×25 out.png Any ideas or a different command line tool I could use? … Read more
How can I set the appearance of the background area in Inkscape so that I can tell the difference between an image with a white background and an image with a transparent background? Many other image view/editing programs have a checkered background for exactly this reason, but I couldn’t find anything like that for Inkscape. … Read more
Setting a stroke-width: 1 on a <rect> element in SVG places a stroke on every side of the rectangle. How does one place a stroke width on only three sides of an SVG rectangle? Answer If you need stroke or no-stroke then you can also use stroke-dasharray to do this, by making the dashes and … Read more
I have been struggling with this for a while, and can’t seem to find an answer (that works) anywhere. I have an SVG file which looks like this: <svg xmlns:dc=”http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/” … width=”72.9375″ height=”58.21875″ …> … <g … transform=”translate(10.75,-308.96875)” style=”…”> <path inkscape:connector-curvature=”0″ d=”m -10.254587,345.43597 c 0,-1.41732 0.17692,-2.85384 0.5312502,-3.5625 0.70866,-1.41733 2.14518,-2.82259 3.5625,-3.53125 1.41733,-0.70866 2.11392,-0.70867 3.53125,0 1.41732,0.70866 … … Read more
I have three squares arranged in an inverted L shape, but the one in the middle is slightly larger than the other two squares. (Please look at the picture given below) The black square has some portions outside the boundary. How can I crop it? Answer Further to comments clarifying your problems, here’s a demonstration. … Read more
I have this shape. I want the stroke (outline) to be around only the inner circle cutout, not the whole thing. If I go to the Fill and Stroke tab(Shift+Ctrl+F) and try to apply the stroke paint, it will do it for the whole shape, not the part that I need. I’ve tried selecting the … Read more
I have made this 3d rectangular shape in Inkscape. I want to make the top (lightest) surface “wavy”, with some hills and valleys, similar to this image. I have tried free hand drawing one side and using semi-circles to make the wave, but neither works very well. Is there a filter or tool in Inkscape … Read more
For a map outline which has large number of nodes concentrated in a small area , is it possible to undo only the last drawn node in case of an error? Currently undo clears the entire path. Ofcourse these nodes can be adjusted later , but if this option is available then it would be … Read more
I’m having confusion on how to properly represent the motion of the human body. The action which I intend to draw is a man pulling a wire from the ceiling of a room. I attempted to look for sketches or examples of how this motion or figure would look like, but I don’t know how … Read more
I inserted a circle and blurred it. Now I can’t remove the blur, and subsequent shapes I insert are also blurred, including the square and star shapes. The blur is off in the “Fill and Stroke” section and I’ve gone through every option in the drop down menus. Answer It sounds like you’ve added a … Read more
