Re: The one Inkscape frustration affecting me

Hi Maren,

I'm not sure how I could select a different dialog.

https://s22.postimg.cc/o8600fqqp/trace_pixel_art.jpg

I'm on macOS High Sierra, maybe that's the problem.

Thanks,

Paul


On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 6:59 PM Maren Hachmann <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> the Trace bitmap dialog options haven't changed since I made that
> screenshot (here:
>
> http://write.flossmanuals.net/start-with-inkscape/_draft/_v/2.9/tracing-an-image/
> ),
> which is from Inkscape 0.92.2. Edge detection is also still available.
>
> Can you check if you've accidentally selected the newer 'Trace Pixelart'
> dialog?
>
> Or can you make a screenshot of what you mean with the changes?
>
> Maren
>
> Am 03.09.2018 um 23:57 schrieb PipingDesignCentral:
> > /"If you need current info that is directed at Inkscape beginners, try
> the/
> > /free online in-progress book
> >
> http://write.flossmanuals.net/start-with-inkscape/_draft/_v/2.9/why-use-inkscape/
> "/
> > /
> > /
> > That site still refers to the old Trace Bitmap dialog box.
> >
> > Whatever happened to the Edge Detection option, anyway?
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 1:43 PM Maren Hachmann <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >     Am 03.09.2018 um 19:13 schrieb Dwain Alford:
> >     > hi steve,
> >     > here's a review on "the book of inkscape, the definitive guide to
> the
> >     > free graphics editor" by dmitry kirsanov. he is a core inkscape
> >     > developer, author and graphic designer, specializing in website
> >     and logo
> >     > design.  https://wordpress.com/post/wdalford.wordpress.com/5
> >
> >     Dwain, thanks for suggesting possible ways to learn about Inkscape!
> >
> >     There aren't many recent books about Inkscape, unfortunately, and
> this
> >     one (from 2009) is no exception in this.
> >
> >     I think, though, a lot probably still works the same, even if the
> book
> >     is 9 years old by now...
> >
> >     If you need current info that is directed at Inkscape beginners, try
> the
> >     free online in-progress book
> >
> http://write.flossmanuals.net/start-with-inkscape/_draft/_v/2.9/why-use-inkscape/
> >     .
> >
> >     Or the tutorials that come with Inkscape (Help > Tutorials) are a
> good
> >     start too, as well as Brynn's collection of tutorials here:
> >     https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php
> >
> >     Maren
> >
> >     > cheers,
> >     > dwain
> >     >
> >     > On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 11:03 PM, Steve Litt
> >     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> >     > <mailto:[email protected]
> >     <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     Hi all,
> >     >
> >     >     Inkscape is one of the best pieces of software I use. It's
> >     sometimes
> >     >     hard to use, but the concept of drawing is very complex, so
> >     there's
> >     >     only so simple Inkscape can be made.
> >     >
> >     >     The one Inkscape thing that gets me is switching between
> >     having the
> >     >     stroke grow or shrink with the object, when the object is
> grown or
> >     >     shrunk, as opposed to having the stroke width stay constant.
> >     >
> >     >     I've given up and just scale rectangles in rectangle mode, or
> >     if I need
> >     >     to grow something big (perhaps because it's in a group), I
> >     just have to
> >     >     manually change the stroke width EDT (Every Darn Time).
> >     >
> >     >     I know there's a toggle for this somewhere, but I can't find
> >     it in the
> >     >     docs or in experimentation. Wherever this toggle is, it should
> be
> >     >     shouted from the rooftops in the Inkscape documentation, and
> >     also made
> >     >     very obvious and prominent in the menu system, which is the
> >     best route
> >     >     toward discovery.
> >     >
> >     >     By the way, help->Inkscape_Manual fails to bring up a web page
> >     on my
> >     >     system. It would be great if you had a copy-and-pasteable (and
> >     perhaps
> >     >     clickable) URL of the manual on the Help->About window.
> >     >
> >     >     Thanks,
> >     >
> >     >     SteveT
> >     >
> >     >     Steve Litt
> >     >     September 2018 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own
> >     Business
> >     >     http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz
> >     >     <http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz>
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> >     >
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