Keep lines thickness in Inkscape
Posted: 2020-09-26 Filed under: drawing | Tags: border, inkscape, line, proportion, scale, stroke Leave a commentI am preparing some figures in Inkscape. Something that always gets on my nerves is fixing lines (border) width when scaling objects. The solution is quite simple and actually obvious.
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Color calculator
Posted: 2019-12-03 Filed under: drawing | Tags: color, colour, harmony Leave a commentI’ve been preparing some figures, where I needed a colour palette that is visually appealing and offers good contrast between at least two colours. I am not a designer and I have no experience with these things… So, I googled a bit and I found the Color Calculator, offered by Sessions College for Professional Design.
Rotate object around other object center in Inkscape
Posted: 2019-11-30 Filed under: drawing | Tags: center, inkscape, object, rotate Leave a commentI had do design a simple scheme of a cell with certain markers expressed on its surface. The idea is pretty straightforward: draw a circle for the cells and draw a rectangle for the protein. But what if I want to change its position, by rotating it around the circle center?
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Cropping an image in Inkscape
Posted: 2019-07-19 Filed under: drawing | Tags: clip, crop, inkscape Leave a commentLately, I’ve been processing a lot of imaging data in Inkscape. This included arranging imported pictures, setting their size, proportions and more. I needed an easy way to crop images that have been already imported in Inkscape. Usually, I would just make sure that everything is in the correct size before importing. Well, pedantic as this might be, it is time consuming.
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Break a line in Inkscape
Posted: 2018-03-31 Filed under: Academic, drawing, misc | Tags: break, Figtree, inkscape, line, SeaView 1 CommentI have a solid line in Inkscape and I want to insert a line break, say, in the middle. The reason is that I had a relatively complex figure generated as SVG, where I need to colour some lines in half.
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