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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Disable snapping in Inkscape
Posted: 2017-02-11 Filed under: drawing, misc | Tags: %, inkscape, shift, snap 4 CommentsI really like Inkscape and use it a lot for designing publication quality figures, conference posters and even presentation components. However, a feature that sometimes can just get on my nerves is the object snapping.
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GenomeTools
Posted: 2014-09-17 Filed under: academic, drawing, slackbuilds | Tags: gene, genome, genometools, graphics, gt, inkscape, ugene, unipro Leave a commentI need to export gene coordinates and exon organisation as a figure. I have prepared the annotations in UniPro Ugene, which I have installed from SBo. A nice tool for graphical representation of such data is provided by the GenomeTools software. It can be easily installed from SBo, too. Read the rest of this entry »