Hi Steffen, Thanks very much - I'll give InkScape a try for this and let you know how I get on. Would it be possible at all to add the colour gradients to user defined shapes using InkScape or by editing the XML in the .shape file manually then use these shapes (complete with gradients) in diagrams?
>If you're on Linux, you may be able to embed SVGs with colour gradients. Unfortunately, the editing of the diagrams will mostly be done on a Windows or Mac machine and the finished diagrams will go on a web based system which will have to work on multiple browsers on Linux, Windows and Mac. Thanks again, Will Original Message: ----------------- From: Steffen Macke [email protected] Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:03:00 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Colour Gradients Hi Will, > This approach works but I think it has the drawback that it can't be > applied to existing shapes (for example we might want to use shapes from > the ChemEngineering sheet or custom shapes which do not have a background > specified in their shape file and set their background to a colour gradient > suitable for a particular diagram). I could be wrong in this though. Agreed. But plain shapes on a colour gradient background also look good. Another possibilty comes to my mind: Do you basic drawing in Dia, export as SVG and add the gradients in Inkscape (I'm not sure if this is feasible for you). > Bitmap colour gradients don't scale so well but hopefully that's not a big > drawback for most applications. I was also keen to try to stick to vector > graphics and try to minimise use of bitmaps if possible to keep the vector > graphic files as 'clean' as possible. As long as you generate the initial gradients in a size that is sufficient for the largest final output, this shouldn't be too difficult. If in doubt, give it some pixels more. If you're on Linux, you may be able to embed SVGs with colour gradients. Regards, Steffen -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail _______________________________________________ dia-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
