Interesting question. It seems so natural that I wondered if I hadn't missed a flag in the definition of the clip-path attribute that might not do exactly that, but if it is there I don't see it.
But your reason for not using a mask isn't clear. Last I checked, this example works just fine in Chrome and Safari: <mask id="Ma"> <rect x="0" y="0" height="100%" width="100%" fill="white"/> <ellipse cx="55%" cy="190" rx="15%" ry="60" fill="black"/> </mask> <image xlink:href='http://srufaculty.sru.edu/david.dailey/svg/thesoul2.jpg' y="110" x="35%" width="35%" height="160" mask="url(#Ma)"/> The image is clipped to the opposite of the ellipse. Hope this helps. David ----- Original Message ----- From: iliribur To: svg-developers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 7:05 AM Subject: [svg-developers] HOWTO: opposite clip Hi. I want to do opposite clipping. Everything outside clipping path should be visible. Masking is excluded here, as it is not supported yet by the WebKit. I can add shape covering whole drawing area to the clipping path, but reversing coordinates. Problem is: duplicated paths, transformation calculating twice same coordinates + reversed coordinates for clipping path. Is it possible to use same path for drawing and clipping, but clipping will do opposite? I'm developing game where upper layer should mask lower layer to achieve better performance. For example, parallax effect drawing front to back, where upper layer will mask lower layer. Thanks in advance. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ----Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: svg-developers-dig...@yahoogroups.com svg-developers-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
