Episode 066
Episode 066 – Intro to Live Path Effects (LPE)
by heathenx
In this screencast I will demonstrate Live Path Effects or LPE in Inkscape v0.46.
Please review Tav’s guide on LPE. You’ll walk away with a thorough understanding as usual. 
Tags: LPE
July 15th, 2008 at 6:07 am
[...] Episode 066 is there for the taking. Do your thing. [...]
July 15th, 2008 at 11:41 am
Wow! This was definitely one of the “livelier” tutorials!
July 15th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
@SureWhyNot
Are you calling me boring? Sonuva…
July 15th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
That’s pretty interesting.. I’ve never touched those effects before..
Now I’m having fun practicing doing some shapes to learn them well..
Thank you heathenx.. I’m really looking forward to watch your illustration on the new effects that are in the development verstions..
July 16th, 2008 at 2:16 am
Looks, cool.
When I wanted to try it, it didn’t work for me. Tried to figure out why, but I’m sure I followed your example, and checked tav’s notes to make sure. When I try the rectangle, for example, apply the bend path, select the object with the node tool, I don’t get the “green” path. I do get a red path that surrounds the object.
Tried it several times. Anyway, I’ll watch the the rest of it to see the other effects, and try to figure out what’s wrong later.
July 16th, 2008 at 2:25 am
K, got it. Newbie mistake. I was clicking on the node icon on the toolbar on the left of the screen, not in the bend path dialog box. Doh!
July 16th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Would be awesome if you could do a small cast about the hair and how you did the preview pic. Nonetheless love this site both of you are awesome! Keep them coming we do appreciate it!
July 17th, 2008 at 8:48 am
@Darth_Gimp
Here’s a quick-n-dirty.
July 17th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Put it to music, add some intro text, post it, and you guys will have your very first mini-tutorial.
July 17th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
It is interesting to hear your excitement about 0.47 while users are still recovering from the impact of 0.46
And as you said, what will 1.0 be like?
July 18th, 2008 at 4:42 am
HeathenX thanks bro! I have another request for you for a possible screencast but I want to do some homework on it first.
July 18th, 2008 at 4:44 am
Serge…
I truly hope Inkscape can offer some brush capabilities soon. the open source Linux version of Xara has them.. I just wish Inkscape did.
July 18th, 2008 at 6:53 am
@Darth_Gimp
Funny that you mention Xara. I used to be a Xara user (still use it on occasion). I know Inkscape gets compared to Adobe Illustrator much of the time. That’s fine I guess but I don’t want to see Inkscape go after Adobe. I want Inkscape to go after Xara (in a friendly way, of course)…because I think Xara is better than Adobe Illustrator. If Inkscape could someday be on par with Xara then look out!
I have respect for Xara because they don’t chew up their customers with ridiculously priced software and seem to have a pretty good community around it. I felt good about buying it (actually, my company bought it for me) because it’s great software…and Linux users get a free stripped down copy to play with as well.
March 8th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
I’m a bit late coming to this tutorial but I found a really neat effect, using the Stitch Sub-paths feature – if you have enough lines in your shape (like 100+), then add a 0.5-0.75pc blur to each of the lines it creates a texture that makes the shape look like it’s made out of smooth fabric, with a natural flow to it. It looks really nice!