Episode – 064 Bitmap Masking
June 30th, 2008 by rfquerin
Episode 064 is now up. This screencast demonstrates the use of Inkscape’s Object->Clip->Set function for some creative bitmap masking. This idea came from David Hernandez who emailed us about the idea. Thanks David!
The intro to this one is kinda mellow. The leaf image I use in the intro comes (I think) from a wallpaper set released with one of the first KDE4 betas. After post-processing of the videos I’m also not sure whether those leaves are maple leaves or not. My bad, with it being Canada Day tomorrow.. and me being Canadian. I should know these things. If there are any arborists out there that can set the record straight, feel free.
Also, in keeping with heathenx’s mini.. er.. micro fumble towards the end of his last screencast, I had a hell of a time moving the rotation point at about the 11 minute mark. Tried 5 or 6 times, and finally it took. Any screencaster worth his salt would have scrapped it, but hey, here at Screencasters we fly by the seat of our pants. – like you couldn’t tell. 
July 1st, 2008 at 6:26 am
lol! Regarding the center point mishap…I feel your pain. Been there a few times myself. Especially when I’m trying to wrap up recording before that pot of spaghetti boils over on the stove. You know what I mean?
July 1st, 2008 at 8:15 am
I’m not sure if it was a snapping thing. But I guess I had to drag the crosshair slightly outside of the object boundary for it to work. It’s amazing when you watch it because you can’t hear the steam coming out of my ears when it wouldn’t work the first 5 tries.