Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Inkscape thoughts

Some interesting points about Inkscape have come to light whilst I've been testing today...

  • Pressure sensitive tablets can have unusual affects. Whilst redoing "Crash", I decided to try some thicker lines using the tablet, only to find that although I did get thicker lines, the ends of the lines were untidy, compared to normal (almost as if the caps were having extra nodes put in place). For inking purposes, this is annoying - I'd rather have a smooth smart line than a thickening line that had messy ends. For the majority of inking then, it's better to turn off the pressure sensitivity for the calligraphy tool, and rely on the "thinning" parameters, or tweak the paths later...
  • The above is especially noticeable inking circles!

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