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
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