Yay, my first tutorial! Requested by DannyKing.

It's a very convincing star field. Did you try creating the starfield in one step using the tile clone using the setting to scale the stars as well as position them? I imagine such a method may not produce convincing results.

Thanks for your comment, and no, I didn't try that function. I don't even know what "tile clone" is. Is it available in v.0.46 pre2?

bwansy wrote:Thanks for your comment, and no, I didn't try that function. I don't even know what "tile clone" is. Is it available in v.0.46 pre2?

I think it was introduced in 0.41. You can read about it here - Chapter 14. Tiling

You may find you can create your starfield in 2 steps. I used it for the starfield on this image - http://microugly.deviantart.com/art/Pri ... a-42806436

Thanks for telling me. However in 0.46 pre2, it seems to be buggy. For instance, randomizing size and blur have no effect.

You might like to check if that has been reported to the developers, and if not post a new bug report.

Thanks for this tutorial! You are clearly a very talented artist.

it seems to be buggy. For instance, randomizing size and blur have no effect.

I had the same problem actually, although I assumed it was because I wasn't doing something right.

Hi -- I'd like to see the tut, but don't see a link to it. Where can I find it? Thanks.

brynn wrote:Hi -- I'd like to see the tut, but don't see a link to it. Where can I find it? Thanks.

I think it might be DA server error, I also can't load the page when I click the image in the first post.
Try this http://bwansy.deviantart.com/art/Starry ... l-78599037

"...I also can't load the page when I click the image in the first post."

Image? What image? I don't even see an image in the 1st post. The description "Starry Night" caught my attention, and wanted to see it.

Why don't I see the image? Is it a setting on my end? I just checked my board display settings, and it IS set to display images. Moreover, I can see images in other posts. Although I do recall some time ago, posting a similar message, where I didn't see any links to a tutorial that I wanted to look at. As I recall, there was no reply. So if there was an image I couldn't see, that would explain why I didn't see the link (AND why there was no reply).

its actually flash (the image is embedded in flash)

Aaah!
Problem solved, I see it now

Yes, nice image, nice tut!

Thanks prkos and microUgly!

Inspired by bwansy's tutorial, I've made an Inkscape extension to generate star fields. I've been meaning to try my hand at writing an extension for some time, and this seemed like a fairly easy one to start with.

You can get the extension here: Inkscape star field extension.

You should provide some examples of what it produces.

Oh, and feel free to promote your extension in it's own forum topic.

microUgly wrote:You should provide some examples of what it produces.

Right, I'll add an image or two when I update it.

Oh, and feel free to promote your extension in it's own forum topic.

OK. (But which forum do you suggest for this? Inkscape Resources?)

I've discovered that my extension doesn't work in recent development versions of Inkscape, because inkex.py has switched from using PyXML to lxml. So it will be a while before I'm ready to announce anything, as I need to adapt it to work with lxml (which I know nothing about).

sas wrote:OK. (But which forum do you suggest for this? Inkscape Resources?)

Ummm... that's a good question I think "Inkscape Resources" probably is the best place.