Yeah, I'm still not seeing the problem in Inkscape. I was able to import the .AI file and output the following:
PNG: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Scatter.png SVG: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Scatter.svg The SVG preview is incorrect. Rob On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Hillar Liiv <liivhil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > I don't get the svg problem. > Is this as it must be?: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Same.png > This is how the inkscape shows it to me. > > SVG: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Same.svg Firefox have some > problem showing it correctly, IE shows it right. > Maybe there is problem with Illustrator which don't handle SVG correctly? > > Hillar > > 2011/3/23 Nik <n...@tdf.nikashsingh.com> > > > Hi Crew! > > > > I've just spent several hours trying to solve this problem and delved > > deeper into transparency settings in vectors files than I knew existed (it > > gets VERY deep) and created more than 10 files which produce varying degrees > > of failed transparency. I'll keep at this tomorrow, but I've updated the > > problem section with the problematic SVG as well as a link to a pristine > > Illustrator file; > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Motif#Alpha_problem > > > > And in answer to Christopher, I wouldn't usually burden this list with > > proprietary formats like PSD and AI but this is a special circumstance. > > Besides, the /tool/ isn't important, it's the contribution that counts, not > > the vendor. I'm pretty sure the developers wouldn't turn down a script > > written using Aptana rather than Eclipse =) > > > > > > On 3/23/2011 11:23 AM, Rob Cummings wrote: > > > >> There's a spray can tool in Inkscape that allows you to paint a pattern > >> composed of a vector shape. You can change the parameters to randomize > >> placement, scale, rotation, etc. Using one shiny new green-gadient > >> triangle > >> as the original pattern, it's actually quite simple to reproduce the > >> scatter > >> pattern. The only thing it doesn't do is randomize the alpha, though the > >> original pattern shape can use a gradient with transparency values. Using > >> shapes with different overall alpha values could get us what we want. > >> > > Hi Rob, > > I used similar tools in Illustrator to begin with, but to achieve a > > harmonic result, it requires a lot of manual shifting and adjusting, it > > actually took a lot of time to achieve a composition that sat well > > (balanced+organic). In any case, the randomizing of Alpha is the important > > part and the only problematic part so far. The vectors and placement are > > intact, as are the shapes/colours/scale/rotation. Hopefully it won't come to > > having to re-create the composition. I'll keep at it, if all else fails, I > > can provide the vectors alone without alpha and we can layer them (in a way > > that would be less effective than the current screening alpha, but is better > > than nothing). Thanks for helping with this! =) > > > >> I can try a couple things, but it won't be until tomorrow morning (eastern > >> US time). > >> > >> Rob > >> > > -Nik > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@libreoffice.org > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/ > > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@libreoffice.org > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
