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Eraser Tool Equivalency in Inkscape
In the gimp you have brushes so that you can erase parts of a an image. What is closest equivalent to 1. Brush Tool and 2. Eraser Tool?
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1. Calligraphy Tool
2. Calligraphy Tool with thinning/thickening option - coming in 0.46
You can try thinning/thickening in the current SVN. I found the effect far to strong and slow when I tried it.
Note that an eraser tool isn't something that's traditionally a part of vector applications. Illustrator CS3 has only just introduced such a tool. So you may not get exactly what you're looking for.
2. Calligraphy Tool with thinning/thickening option - coming in 0.46
You can try thinning/thickening in the current SVN. I found the effect far to strong and slow when I tried it.
Note that an eraser tool isn't something that's traditionally a part of vector applications. Illustrator CS3 has only just introduced such a tool. So you may not get exactly what you're looking for.
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microUgly wrote: Illustrator CS3 has only just introduced such a tool.
how does that tool work? does it just do a difference of the "eraser" shape of all the paths below, and i assume it does it "on the fly" as well?
capnhud wrote: What is closest equivalent to 1. Brush Tool
im not sure how you use the brush tool in the GIMP, but nicu has a tutorial on inkscape tips that make the work flow a bit similar: check out "stamping" and spacebar will become your best friend
Nicu's Tutorial:
http://howto.nicubunu.ro/inkscape_brushes/
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ryanlerch wrote:microUgly wrote: Illustrator CS3 has only just introduced such a tool.
how does that tool work? does it just do a difference of the "eraser" shape of all the paths below, and i assume it does it "on the fly" as well?
I think you are correct in that you are simply drawing shape that used as a difference. After drawing the shape the effect is applied. It only effects selected paths. You can see a video of it in action here http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/ado ... -cs3.ars/4 - it's a little over halfway down the page.
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At first I did not understand how the caligraphy tool would be use as a brush but after some experimenting I now see how it can be use to act like a brush. Combined with boolean operations it would equal a raster brush almost. If only you could attach a shape to it that would make it perfect you know something like circle fuzzy.
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Note that an eraser tool isn't something that's traditionally a part of vector applications. Illustrator CS3 has only just introduced such a tool.
Corel Draw introduced an eraser tool in 1995 (in version 6). It is a brush tool that just does the opposite of what a brush tool will do. Instead of drawing, it erases parts of a selected object. the options of this too are limited:
- you can select the thickness of the brush
- you can select the shape of the brush (round or square)
So the eraser tool is not something new on the vector drawing scene and it could be easily introduced in Inkscape as a "sub-functionality" of the already existing brush tool (a switcher between draw and erase):
- select an object who's portions will be erased
- draw a shape
- on mouse button release just apply Difference (CTRL + -) to delete the portion of the selected object laying under the drawn object).
Actually that can be achieved manually (step 3 will be manual). But an automated functionality would be better.
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Molumen wrote:Actually that can be achieved manually (step 3 will be manual). But an automated functionality would be better.
You're right. When you break it down it's pretty simple.
capnhud wrote:If only you could attach a shape to it that would make it perfect you know something like circle fuzzy.
If you set the fixation to 0 and caps to 1 you'll get a round shape to your pen. Then all you need to do is set the amount of blur for the object.
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@molumen
this works exactly like I want.
@microUgly
This perfect. I told from the beginning I would ask questions that may seem very noobish. But thanks for showing how to make a circle brush.
- select an object who's portions will be erased
- draw a shape
- on mouse button release just apply Difference (CTRL + -) to delete the portion of the selected object laying under the drawn object).
this works exactly like I want.
@microUgly
If you set the fixation to 0 and caps to 1 you'll get a round shape to your pen. Then all you need to do is set the amount of blur for the object.
This perfect. I told from the beginning I would ask questions that may seem very noobish. But thanks for showing how to make a circle brush.
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capnhud wrote:In the gimp you have brushes so that you can erase parts of a an image. What is closest equivalent to 1. Brush Tool and 2. Eraser Tool?
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Maybe this complements the instructions above:
While following them I drove myself nuts in trying to simplify or make a union on the very complex shape (subpaths) the calligraphy tool produced when I overlapped the path. Then the Ctrl+- step (difference) did not remove the whole shape but just the non-overlapped portions of the path. That didn't depend at all on whatever settings I gave to the Fill and Stroke Palette.
The trick is keeping Shift pressed while using
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(I'm newbie to Inkscape and the forum, sorry if this is obvious or not helpful)
While following them I drove myself nuts in trying to simplify or make a union on the very complex shape (subpaths) the calligraphy tool produced when I overlapped the path. Then the Ctrl+- step (difference) did not remove the whole shape but just the non-overlapped portions of the path. That didn't depend at all on whatever settings I gave to the Fill and Stroke Palette.
The trick is keeping Shift pressed while using
.(I'm newbie to Inkscape and the forum, sorry if this is obvious or not helpful)
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Marcelo,
Thx for the tip. I am also a newbie and can't get the difference thing to work at all, I'll give it a shot using your tip.
thx
dee
Thx for the tip. I am also a newbie and can't get the difference thing to work at all, I'll give it a shot using your tip.
thx
dee