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12:12 AM
watched that video @Ryan was surprised he scanned with an epson, for all that trouble i would have outsourced it i think
 
 
6 hours later…
5:50 AM
hey
 
morning @joojaa
 
did you ever test the eps i gave you?
 
oh yes i saved it though ive been working on linux since so i havent tried that myself
the gif you showed me was impressive though
 
your linux have ghostscript?
 
im not sure tbh, been meaning to put together that script for cmyk i mentioned before though ive been so busy
i dualboot with windows for work, but prefer linux for personal stuff
though i use inkscape for logo design and other stuff sometimes
 
5:59 AM
you dont have a virtual machine?
 
i use a virtual machine for android lol
but i prefer to run things natively if possible
 
yes but its sometimes good for testing stuff
even on windows
 
i used to have a virtual machine for windows apps but as they're all graphics based i missed out on graphic acceleration
i might be interested in that gpu passthrough thing when i build a desktop
supposedly you can get near native hardware support in a virtual machine, if you have the right setup
but it sounds very tricky
 
yes i used to get that when i sitll had my quadro now in on backupharward till i can buy a new setup
 
oh you had a gpu passthrough setup?
how did you find it?
 
6:05 AM
vmware automatically set it up
 
ah right, i thought there was more too it than that
 
anyawy when previewing epses both ghostscript and illustrator are fine (ghostscript wont aa though) and speed is adequate even without gpu
 
 
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7:15 AM
How do I draw a tricolored arc in Inkscape?
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Q: How do I create a tri-colored arc in Inkscape?

WallyI need to cut an arc which has three colors say Red, Green and Blue one after the other. This is for a circular game paddle. I am using a differentiate on a square and a cricle, then rotating the entire thing and delete the longer arc-path and then change the color of the smaller-arc. Is there...

 
hey @Wally, I think the answers to the following question might be interesting for you:
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Q: How to make a circle with grid on the outside ring

Tom ShenI made something like this: I did this with the eclipse tool and the line tool. Now the circle is accurate, but the lines inside are very inaccurate. Is there another tool that does the same thing but a lot more accurate? Thanks

 
PieCharts looks interesting. I wonder if inkscape can do that.
 
I don't think it can out of the box, but there are some plugins you could use
 
8:19 AM
doing your own isnt that hard
 
 
2 hours later…
10:05 AM
@Wally could you just do one arc and duplicate it/rotate it
to make them even
just did a test....
create one circle....use guides to mark it's centre point
duplicate the circle and apply whatever stroke colour you need for the arc. holding shift you can click one of the nodes of this circle to reduce the stroke to the arc length you want. then you clone it, and rotate it around the centrepoint you marked earlier from the first circle, using duplicates of the arc layer xD
clear as mud?
nobody touch that question! >:( im writing an answer
m'kay? <3
 
11:08 AM
Where's @Wally ?
 
12:07 PM
hey @johnp
 
hey @Vincent how you doing
 
pretty fine, how about yourself?
seeing a huge stream of English immigrants yet? :P
 
im good, just lounging around
haha not yet! though I wouldnt mind some new friends coming over. The recession forced so many to emigrate it would be nice to see some people flocking here!
 
You may get your wish :/
Have you seen Farage's plan already?
 
Mmm Ireland is the last official english speaking country in the EU as far as i know
 
no i havent...tbh it's been all over the news that I just avoided it
 
huh? Isn't Malta in the EU?
do yourself a favour and click that link :)
 
i love that button
Malta yeah it is isn't it?
i know my college has links with the university there...
oh is english official there though?
Maltese just reminds me of the chocolate things :3
it's like the irish Onion...based in my old city xD
 
hehe
I discovered them recently as well
I tihnk English is official there, but I dont remember whether they're EU
yeah they are
 
it's terrible but I keep checking the exchange rate for shopping :(
though confidence in the Euro is affected also I'm sure
 
12:19 PM
yeah. I heard something about Europe losing their AAA status and all
oh well
at least it's entertaining
 
money is so abstracted these days it doesnt really mean anything. Nothing is really backed by gold anymore
Though this talk of putting up border checkpoints in Northern Ireland is ridiculous...if they do that again they'll only stir up violence
 
ayup
I'm a bit afraid that there's going to be lots of bad blood again :(
 
the surge in racism since the referendum result is crazy in the UK....much like the Trumpeteers across the pond
it's very messy the way things ended up, but I think it looks worse than it is. After trade negotiations settle it might be ok.
Though the implications of independence in scotland and northern ireland might be more of a problem
 
aye
I feel bad for all Britons. It's a huge mess
 
especially when you consider who voted for what. basically it was older people that voted out, while all the youth voted in. those who voted out wont have to live with the consequences
 
12:33 PM
the old screwing the young, yes
 
feels weird for me to discuss this :( i think im maturing slightly; it troubles me
 
I guess you are, grandpa :P
 
politics is yock
 
@johnp yes, but 85% of over 65s went to vote, versus only about 25% of under 35s, so youngsters brought it upon themselves by not caring
 
ah i knew it was low but that is pretty bad.... they didnt know what they were voting on either which is silly....iei. google's search for "what is the EU" trending
 
12:40 PM
cynic, but kind of true, @Pie
 
morning all
@johnp you get Affinity Designer installed?
 
hey @Ryan, morning. How are you?
 
hey @Ryan i havent installed it yet, been working on linux
 
@Ryan I did, but didn't really get a chance to take it for a test drive yet
 
@Vincent other than realizing the shirt I threw on has a big stain on it I'm good lol
@PieBie oh cool didn't know you were going to as well. I've used the Mac version but very briefly when it was in Beta. I don't use Illustrator as much at home though
 
12:47 PM
yeah, very interested to see what it has to offer. Looks promising
 
I own Affinity Photo but never really use it. Was only $50 so would buy it again anyways to promote healthy competition to Adobe
 
have either of you tried affinity designer?
i never hear much about it compared to sketch or other apps
 
"I've used the Mac version but very briefly when it was in Beta. I don't use Illustrator as much at home though"
 
lol
no, I've DL'ed the Beta Windows version, but have yet to take it for a serious testride
 
oh sorry, misread the mesg
 
12:59 PM
no worries :)
 
Once I get the new monitor I might start using Affinity Photo more. The interface is a bit challenging on my 13" and Wacom is just mediocre so far on it
I do like that adjustments can be applied to R, G, B or Alpha where in Photoshop there's no Alpha and that would have to be manually done using channels for masks
 
@Ryan ah well. shows you're confident :P
 
or asleep
 
confidently asleep
Is it me or is the VLQ queue rather full these days?
 
yes it is. I've gone through and brought it down to the 70s twice in the last week just to have it go right back up to 100
 
1:11 PM
@Vincent I'm seeing 0 low quality posts and 77 close votes. But hey, I'm just a lowly 2000 rep user lol
 
I do a lot of VLQ these days--I'm close to for it. but there seem to be more of them
 
Ive never been big on the Review and have far less review or votes than any of the other mods
 
you have other qualities, Ryan. Like your choice of clothing XD
 
hey Ive done my share of moderating I think :\
 
That was a joke, Ryan :)
 
1:22 PM
So many are just back and forth between Implementation or Tech Support
 
you did, absolutely!
 
well got the review queue down to 61. Don't say I never did anything for you animals
 
you're a hero in everyone's book @Ryan, really
 
never knew you were that easy to nudge :P
sorry, disregard me today. I'm mean, apparently :P
 
1:34 PM
I'm not fat.
just big boned
 
oh no, now I'm being the meanie! :p
 
@PieBie If the cap fits...
 
lol
 
 
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2:39 PM
whew. Went through all the close votes.
 
showoff
 
@Pie Please don't advice users to double-post Qs.
 
@Vincent woops, ok, I'll keep that in mind
 
no harm done :)
@Ryan :P
 
2:59 PM
@Luciano In your editing, please remove things like "Any advice much appreciated!" and "Thank you", as well as anything not pertaining to the question
Thanks for editing though :P
 
3:21 PM
@ZachSaucier alright, will do next time
 
@Cai thanks for the edit on that arc diagram question, i should have put in those keystrokes :)
 
Cai
@johnp No worries. It's not that important. The question was showing up in the hot network questions (I spotted it from WPSE) so thought I'd make it a bit prettier lol
 
oh my! i was wondering why it was getting so many votes
 
Cai
'tis a good answer :)
 
3:31 PM
thanks :3 though he's asking for a pie plugin now...not sure what he means...
 
Cai
I think they were talking about the pie-chart function in Illustrator in the comments and he wanted a plugin that does the same for inkscape
 
@johnp I think I might have brought that about: chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/30745571#30745571
 
Cai
I think anyway. Theres no comments about it now so either i imagined it or they got deleted
 
ah i see...
 
Cai
Ah yes! it wasnt comments it was in chat
@Ryan That is cool! I want one
 
3:39 PM
something about that absolutely terrifies me @Ryan
 
whoever did the autodesk logo didnt know how to use their vector application
 
@Cai aye. I wish I was better at math and could learn stuff like this. OpenFrameworks and Processing is the future
 
is openframeworks exclusively c++?
i thought there was a port or something for other languages or maybe im deluded
 
3:54 PM
not sure
I think Processing now has a Python port instead of using Java and of course Processing.js and P5.js both exist as well as all sorts of other JS based on it
 
yeah my next venture will be P5 once i work through codeacademy and eloquent javascript book
though im wondering if ill have the same amount of possibilities in p5 for image calculations and filters as with processing
 
its amazing to think that all of this basically came from Flash
 
flash is yock though
 
Cai
@joojaa Are you talking about all the clipped gradients?
 
I dont like processing
 
3:59 PM
though actionscript probably helps a whole lot when things get weird on it. i remember it was extremely buggy back when i played with it
 
@Cai yes
 
Flash is terrific, its people not using Flash for its originally intended purpose and then Adobe having to decide if it wants to try to compete with openframeworks or follow its user base which was using flash to make websites
 
Cai
@joojaa yeh I get a lot of vectors sent to me like that. It's a f*****n nightmare
 
This was one of my favorite sites back when I taught myself Flash some I don't know --- 15 years ago. I'm happy they still have it up even if they never create anything new: levitated.net
 
it must be some app that does it nobody would do that by hand. Possibly result of sing a 3d app or sketch perhaps
 
Cai
4:01 PM
Yeh i can't imagine anyone doing it intentionally
 
 
2 hours later…
6:23 PM
I'm considering giving a talk about designing for hackability (meaning repurposing things for new purposes). I have examples of this in terms of hardware and software, but do you guys have any thoughts as to what this could mean in terms of visual design?
And for the Europeans so they don't miss the question later on @joojaa @Vincent, but it's an open question to the group
 
6:48 PM
CC licensing
You can not hack things without a permission in the realm of graphics
So things like open fonts not only allow for hackable platforms they allow you to change a font without the need to do the entire design form scratch.
@ZachSaucier just some initial musings
 
Mmhm
 
See im making a font yet again
 
I am trying to think of how design systems could be more hackable
 
Ah yes for thet you would need the programs themseves be more open and extensible. Inkscape does not fit the bill very well as its very hard to hack and extend for example
 
but that gets into software
 
6:52 PM
well you can only hack the input or output
 
By design system I suppose I mean like ways of approaching design - like material design or something
 
A font is a design system
 
I like that they provided a base but allow for more freedom than some other systems
@joojaa agreed
 

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