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Talk:File types

2022-08-04T22:18:30Z

Magnoliasouth: /* Speaking of Corel... How about Corel's PaintShop Pro? */ m

==Freehand and CorelDRAW?==

Illustrator is the most popular vector graphics package in the continental United States, yes. But in Indonesia, at least, CorelDRAW (most of Java and Sumatra) and Freehand (in Jakarta and other major cities) rule. I don't know about the rest of Asia, but I suspect similar. At the very least one cannot doubt that these two apps are popular.

Supporting them would be good, methinks.

CorelDRAW in particular. Especially since CorelDRAW's basic interface was inspired by the original Acorn Archimedes version of Xara X, which some say also inspired Inkscape. It would suggest that the learning curve moving from CorelDRAW to Inkscape would be slightly flatter.

--[[User:Lemi4|Lemi4]] 07:40, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
===Speaking of Corel... How about Corel's PaintShop Pro?===
There are a lot of users who use Corel's PaintShop Pro (PSP), including myself. It creates vectors too but only as a *.pspimage. It would be AMAZING if I could import those pspimages into Inkscape. I've been using it since it was owned by Jasc (I think it was version 3, so very ancient), long before Corel bought it... and ruined it! I have just upgraded to the PSP 2023 version and it still does not support export to svg. They evidently want to pin us down, forcing us to keep it so we cannot use any other (especially, open source) software. So 2023 can save images as: BMP, CAL, CALS, CLP, CUT, DCX, DIB, EMF, EPS, AI, PS, GIF, GIF, HDP, WDP, IFF, IMG, JP2, J2K, JPC, JPG, JIF, JPE, JPEG, MAC, MSP, PBM, PCX, PGM, PIC, PPM, PNG, PSD, PSP (PSPIMAGE FILES), RAS, RAW, RIF, RIFF, RLE, SCT, CT, JPS, PNS, TGA, TGA, TIF, TIFF, WBMP, WBM, WEBP, WMF. Notice that PDF isn't even supported. To make it worse, I can stupidly '''import''' an .svg, but I cannot '''save''' it as an svg. If I try to save my vector in any other format, besides the pspimage, it will auto-convert the image into a raster. It is SO annoying!

I've asked Corel for a vector export feature for the past 10 years only to be ignored, so I am sick to death of asking. PLEASE! Help us PSP users that are locked in place for vectoring. Inkscape's tools are much more flexible than what PSP offers. I just have so many files in pspimages that I cannot convert. So I'm stuck with it, for now. Again, please help us break out of this. [[User:Magnoliasouth|MagnoliaSouth]] ([[User_talk:Magnoliasouth|talk]]) 22:07, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

==Latex via pstricks==
I find that the "save as latex" leaves something to be desired. I was wondering what other people thing about this. Listed are my top items concerning this:

1. Since Inkscape cannot read a .tex file, saving as .tex qualifies as an "export" and not a "save as". Notice that after saving as .tex the active filename changes, and subsequent saves will be to the .tex file. You will thus lose the changes since you will not be able to work on the file. To avoid this one must save as .tex then as .svg to avoid losing the changes.

2. The actual export isn't 100% compatible with the original document. some things cannot be avoided: PS doesn't support transparency thus the alpha is ignored. However the user should be warned when the document has items with non-zero transparency. But other things are amiss: draw a white square with a white frame and export to latex and you will see that the result has a black border. Is this a bug? (I submitted a patch for this bug --[[User:Yfarjoun|Yfarjoun]] 17:18, 11 May 2007 (UTC))

3. Much of the point in exporting to latex is the ability of including formulas or at least labels. The best would be to be able to write text and have it _not_ rendered in Inkscape but rather passed straight through to latex with a \put command (or using psfrag). This will help users place formulae without having to lay it out carefully in Inkscape. Currently text is exported explicitly (strokes etc) to pstricks.

I'm willing to help with this, but I'd like to hear what people think about it first. --[[User:Yfarjoun|Yfarjoun]] 13:53, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Talk:File types

2022-08-04T22:09:11Z

Magnoliasouth: /* Speaking of Corel... */ m

==Freehand and CorelDRAW?==

Illustrator is the most popular vector graphics package in the continental United States, yes. But in Indonesia, at least, CorelDRAW (most of Java and Sumatra) and Freehand (in Jakarta and other major cities) rule. I don't know about the rest of Asia, but I suspect similar. At the very least one cannot doubt that these two apps are popular.

Supporting them would be good, methinks.

CorelDRAW in particular. Especially since CorelDRAW's basic interface was inspired by the original Acorn Archimedes version of Xara X, which some say also inspired Inkscape. It would suggest that the learning curve moving from CorelDRAW to Inkscape would be slightly flatter.

--[[User:Lemi4|Lemi4]] 07:40, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
===Speaking of Corel... How about Corel's PaintShop Pro?===
There are a lot of users who use Corel's PaintShop Pro (PSP), including myself. It creates vectors but only as a *.pspimage. It would be AMAZING if I could import those pspimages into Inkscape. I've been using it since it was owned by Jasc (I think it was like version 3, so very ancient), long before Corel bought it (and ruined it). I have just upgraded to the 2023 version and it still does not support export to svg. They evidently want to pin us down, forcing us to keep it so we cannot use any other (especially, open source) software. So 2023 can save images as: BMP, CAL, CALS, CLP, CUT, DCX, DIB, EMF, EPS, AI, PS, GIF, GIF, HDP, WDP, IFF, IMG, JP2, J2K, JPC, JPG, JIF, JPE, JPEG, MAC, MSP, PBM, PCX, PGM, PIC, PPM, PNG, PSD, PSP (PSPIMAGE FILES), RAS, RAW, RIF, RIFF, RLE, SCT, CT, JPS, PNS, TGA, TGA, TIF, TIFF, WBMP, WBM, WEBP, WMF. Notice that PDF isn't even supported. To make it worse, I can stupidly '''import''' an .svg, but I cannot '''save''' it as an svg, nor export it. If I try to save my vector in any other format besides the pspimage, it will auto-convert the image to a raster. It is SO annoying! Since I've asked Corel for this feature until the latest upgrade, I am sick to death of asking. I'll use PSP to work quickly (because I'm so experienced) until I work just as fast in Inkscape. PLEASE! Help us PSP users that are locked in place for vectoring. Inkscapes tool are so much better than what PSP offers. [[User:Magnoliasouth|MagnoliaSouth]] ([[User_talk:Magnoliasouth|talk]]) 22:07, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

==Latex via pstricks==
I find that the "save as latex" leaves something to be desired. I was wondering what other people thing about this. Listed are my top items concerning this:

1. Since Inkscape cannot read a .tex file, saving as .tex qualifies as an "export" and not a "save as". Notice that after saving as .tex the active filename changes, and subsequent saves will be to the .tex file. You will thus lose the changes since you will not be able to work on the file. To avoid this one must save as .tex then as .svg to avoid losing the changes.

2. The actual export isn't 100% compatible with the original document. some things cannot be avoided: PS doesn't support transparency thus the alpha is ignored. However the user should be warned when the document has items with non-zero transparency. But other things are amiss: draw a white square with a white frame and export to latex and you will see that the result has a black border. Is this a bug? (I submitted a patch for this bug --[[User:Yfarjoun|Yfarjoun]] 17:18, 11 May 2007 (UTC))

3. Much of the point in exporting to latex is the ability of including formulas or at least labels. The best would be to be able to write text and have it _not_ rendered in Inkscape but rather passed straight through to latex with a \put command (or using psfrag). This will help users place formulae without having to lay it out carefully in Inkscape. Currently text is exported explicitly (strokes etc) to pstricks.

I'm willing to help with this, but I'd like to hear what people think about it first. --[[User:Yfarjoun|Yfarjoun]] 13:53, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Talk:File types

2022-08-04T22:07:34Z

Magnoliasouth: /* Freehand and CorelDRAW? */ Speaking of Corel, req pspimage compatibility

==Freehand and CorelDRAW?==

Illustrator is the most popular vector graphics package in the continental United States, yes. But in Indonesia, at least, CorelDRAW (most of Java and Sumatra) and Freehand (in Jakarta and other major cities) rule. I don't know about the rest of Asia, but I suspect similar. At the very least one cannot doubt that these two apps are popular.

Supporting them would be good, methinks.

CorelDRAW in particular. Especially since CorelDRAW's basic interface was inspired by the original Acorn Archimedes version of Xara X, which some say also inspired Inkscape. It would suggest that the learning curve moving from CorelDRAW to Inkscape would be slightly flatter.

--[[User:Lemi4|Lemi4]] 07:40, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
===Speaking of Corel...===
There are a lot of users who use Corel's Paint Shop Pro. It creates vectors but only as a *.pspimage. It would be AMAZING if I could import those pspimages into Inkscape. I've been using it since it was owned by Jasc (I think it was like version 3, so very ancient), long before Corel bought it (and ruined it). I have just upgraded to the 2023 version and it still does not support export to svg. They evidently want to pin us down, forcing us to keep it so we cannot use any other (especially, open source) software. So 2023 can save images as: BMP, CAL, CALS, CLP, CUT, DCX, DIB, EMF, EPS, AI, PS, GIF, GIF, HDP, WDP, IFF, IMG, JP2, J2K, JPC, JPG, JIF, JPE, JPEG, MAC, MSP, PBM, PCX, PGM, PIC, PPM, PNG, PSD, PSP (PSPIMAGE FILES), RAS, RAW, RIF, RIFF, RLE, SCT, CT, JPS, PNS, TGA, TGA, TIF, TIFF, WBMP, WBM, WEBP, WMF. Notice that PDF isn't even supported. To make it worse, I can stupidly '''import''' an .svg, but I cannot '''save''' it as an svg, nor export it. If I try to save my vector in any other format besides the pspimage, it will auto-convert the image to a raster. It is SO annoying! Since I've asked Corel for this feature until the latest upgrade, I am sick to death of asking. I'll use PSP to work quickly (because I'm so experienced) until I work just as fast in Inkscape. PLEASE! Help us PSP users that are locked in place for vectoring. Inkscapes tool are so much better than what PSP offers. [[User:Magnoliasouth|MagnoliaSouth]] ([[User_talk:Magnoliasouth|talk]]) 22:07, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

==Latex via pstricks==
I find that the "save as latex" leaves something to be desired. I was wondering what other people thing about this. Listed are my top items concerning this:

1. Since Inkscape cannot read a .tex file, saving as .tex qualifies as an "export" and not a "save as". Notice that after saving as .tex the active filename changes, and subsequent saves will be to the .tex file. You will thus lose the changes since you will not be able to work on the file. To avoid this one must save as .tex then as .svg to avoid losing the changes.

2. The actual export isn't 100% compatible with the original document. some things cannot be avoided: PS doesn't support transparency thus the alpha is ignored. However the user should be warned when the document has items with non-zero transparency. But other things are amiss: draw a white square with a white frame and export to latex and you will see that the result has a black border. Is this a bug? (I submitted a patch for this bug --[[User:Yfarjoun|Yfarjoun]] 17:18, 11 May 2007 (UTC))

3. Much of the point in exporting to latex is the ability of including formulas or at least labels. The best would be to be able to write text and have it _not_ rendered in Inkscape but rather passed straight through to latex with a \put command (or using psfrag). This will help users place formulae without having to lay it out carefully in Inkscape. Currently text is exported explicitly (strokes etc) to pstricks.

I'm willing to help with this, but I'd like to hear what people think about it first. --[[User:Yfarjoun|Yfarjoun]] 13:53, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Talk:User manual information

2022-08-04T21:17:42Z

Magnoliasouth: Agreed.

== Official User Manual ==

In this article someone wrote « Why not write the manual here? ». I agree because as a beginner I find it hard to get help. The Wiki could be used as a help center to document the whole software. I found it hard to believe that there wasn't even a Help document in the software, only tutorials. Tavmjong Bah is working on [http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.php A Guide to Inkscape], Kevin Wixson on [http://www.angelfire.com/mi/kevincharles/inkscape/index.html Inkscape User Manual : Un-official manual]... What about working together and make that Official User Manual happen ? [[User:Goa103|goa103]] 16:36, 8 June 2006 (PDT)
== The link for the Floss Free Manual is broken. ==
The Tavmjong is so OLD (it only covers 0.92-0.93 versions), it makes me cry. I have to agree. I think it's time to write it here. It's a shame that this was requested back in 2006! If anyone wishes to work on this, please send me a notice on my talk page. [[User:Magnoliasouth|MagnoliaSouth]] ([[User_talk:Magnoliasouth|talk]]) 21:17, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Talk:Help wanted

2022-08-04T21:08:12Z

Magnoliasouth: How to join the Manual team.

==How do you join the Manual Team? ==
I think that needs to be explained. I wish to join, but there is nothing which explains how. [[User:Magnoliasouth|MagnoliaSouth]] ([[User_talk:Magnoliasouth|talk]]) 21:08, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

User talk:Magnoliasouth

2022-08-04T20:53:41Z

Magnoliasouth: /* Welcome */ added comments and manual and sign up

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User:Magnoliasouth

2010-03-25T23:49:16Z

Magnoliasouth: Created page with '==FUQ (Frequently unasked questions)== Q: Are you a man, or a woman? A: Woman Q: How old are you? A: Old enough to live. Q: Why are you called magnoliasouth? A: Because t...'

==FUQ (Frequently unasked questions)==

Q: Are you a man, or a woman?

A: Woman

Q: How old are you?

A: Old enough to live.

Q: Why are you called magnoliasouth?

A: Because thecoolestandmostintelligentpersonintheworld is too long.

Q: Is that your net name everywhere?

A: Just about.

Q: What happens if I Google ''magnoliasouth''?

A: You'll find me all over the place.

Q: Why do you like Inkscape?

A: Why not?

Q: What projects are you involved in, or want to be involved in?

A: A publicly editable manual.

Have any more questions? Feel free to ask me anything. No. Really.

[[User:Magnoliasouth|MagnoliaSouth]] ([[User_talk:Magnoliasouth|talk]]) 23:49, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

User talk:Magnoliasouth

2010-03-25T23:42:57Z

Magnoliasouth: Created page with '==Welcome== Welcome to my talk page. Let me know what I can do to help, leave a comment or whatever you wish.'

==Welcome==
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