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February 10, 2019, 02:50:32 AM
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Naima

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Hello I am making a snake design and I have created a pattern to repeat along a spline to make the scales , work fine, but I would like those to taper at the end , is it possible ?
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February 10, 2019, 05:19:26 AM
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Ooh, that's a tough one.  I can think of a way that might work, but it depends on how the image is made, and the state it is in at the moment.

You could try using Path menu > Path Effects > Lattice Deformation, or maybe Envelope Deformation.  For both of those, it's best to make very small movements of the control  handles.  If you move them very far, it will be too distorted.  But making small or even tiny movements, you might be able to get there.

You might have to convert the current image, if it's still identified as a Path Effect, back to a regular path, before you try to apply another path effect.  I'm not sure, without seeing the file.

If that doesn't work, if you could share the SVG file with us, we could experiment as well.  We would have a better chance of coming up with a solution, if we have the file to work on.

Possibly Extensions menu > Generate from path > Interpolate could be used, and might work.  It's very hard to say without seeing the file.
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February 11, 2019, 05:01:36 AM
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The Interpolate subpaths LPE has an option to use a path as a trajectory for the chained subpaths. That could work, too.