"Magenta handle"?? I've been thinking of making a feature request, to have the ability to make those nodes to whatever color one wants it to be. Because for me, that node is a pale pink, and often hard to see at all. I would make it solid black or maybe a dark color, if I had a choice.
I still haven't looked at the video, but I was thinking probably it was made before 0.91 came out. Except Lazur mentioned it does show the PS. Anyway it was with 0.91 where Triangle In turned into the powerstroke. Certainly you can use it if you need to. I never was clear exactly what you're doing. But it looked like the powerstroke wasn't quite right (for that particular screenshot).
But now you know the difference, and you can use whichever one you happen to need. I think Triangle Out is the same thing (powerstroke). But the Ellipse shape is still like the Triangle shapes used to be - just plain Pattern Along Path. I'm not sure what the Clipboard option does anymore (I should look).
However, if you really do need the original Triangle shapes, without the powerstroke, there is a way to do it. Let us know if you need, and we can explain. For that, the width of the line isn't individually adjustable, like with powerstroke. It's the same width, every time you use if (unless you start with a different pattern each time).
0.91's cairo renderer has some known bugs, for example on win 64 it usually crashes with imported raster images.
I have not heard that before. And in fact, I've imported rasters into 64-bit on Windows without any problems.
I think there might be some things you can do, that might stop that display problem. I thought I had asked for the SVG file, and I was going to test. But if you don't want to share it, try this.
Select the imported JPG. Object menu > Object Properties > Image Rendering. There, I think it's "Optimize Blocky" that you need. But I'm not sure, so you can try the other one "Optimize Speed". With blocky, it will allow you to see the pixels, if you zoom in far enough. So if you don't like that, then don't use it. Although if it solves the problem, it might be worth it. I'm not sure what "Optimize Speed" does -- I guess I should try it. If it already is one of those, try switching to "Auto". Those options are available at the time you import the image too, if you know ahead of time what you need.
If none of those work, you could try installing the 32-bit version of Inkscape. But I think they're both the same, with that particular problem. However, this display issue really only gets to be a problem with a large file size. That's why I wonder if you have some extra things in the file that you might not really need. Do you have any other imported raster images in the file? Or maybe multiple copies of this 1 photo?
It's not the size of the JPG that matters for the display issues I'm thinking of. It's the SVG file size. And when you import a JPG (or any raster image) and embed it, it makes the SVG file size much bigger. If you choose link instead, it won't boost the SVG file size as much - but if you take the SVG to another computer, the JPG won't be there. So you have to choose which one you want
I have a fairly large SVG with an imported photo, and I have the black blotch issue all the time, when I zoom in. And I already switched it to blocky. That helped some, but if I zoom too far, the black blotches come back. The larger the file gets, as I continue to work on it, the worse the display problem is. So that's why I'm wondering how large your SVG file is. There may be ways to reduce the file size, and that will make the display problem less.
It seems we haven't pointed you to the manual yet. It's in Help menu > Inkscape manual, and that will open up the online manual automatically (if your connected to the internet. It's not hard to use. But I would strongly recommend Help menu > Tutorials. The first and 2nd one will give you all the basics for using Inkscape!
There are a couple of ways to rotate an object. Using the Selection tool
, click on the object you want to rotate. Then click on it a 2nd time. Notice how the arrows change when you click the 2nd time? Click again. See, they change back. So when you have the rotation arrows, you can grab the arrows and drag, and the object rotates. If it's not too big, you 'll be able to see it rotate. But if it's either a very big object, or the file is large, the rotation might not be very smooth.
If you need to rotate by any specific or precise amount, you can use Object menu > Transform > Rotate.
