tricky transparency

**remi** · 15 June 2007, 03:48 PM

Hi,

please take a look at the following image:
http://uploads.inkscape-forum.de/2007/05/making-of.jpg
It's a guitar from a german Inkscape user.

It seems not so easy to reproduce the last shape with the black outline and the tricky transparency in Xara Xtreme. How would you do it?

Remi

**minimiro** · 15 June 2007, 04:02 PM

I cant see dificulty here....

If you mean this shape of course

**GerryI** · 15 June 2007, 04:14 PM

Well you can use a contoured transparent stroke something like this...

Gerry

**minimiro** · 15 June 2007, 04:18 PM

**remi** · 15 June 2007, 04:39 PM

Thanks a lot Miro and Gerry!

Gerry, your solution with the contour width is surprising and easy to manage.

Miro, your solution is a little bit more complex, but the result becomes still finer.

I will test both ways.

Much obliged,
Remi

**stratocast** · 15 June 2007, 04:41 PM

Here's my attempt, using a process similar to minimiro's. Not as good as your example pic, though.

**Xhris** · 15 June 2007, 04:48 PM

There are multiple methods.

**Ron Duke** · 15 June 2007, 08:56 PM

Saw this thread and started messing around. I have no idea why I drew what I did... weird!
ron

**amoore** · 15 June 2007, 09:02 PM

Yup, it is weird.

Wouldn't worry about it though. Happens to all of us sometimes. Besides, some of those weirdies turn out to be useful later.

**remi** · 15 June 2007, 11:39 PM

Thank you for your tips, Bob and Xhris.

I've used the feather/clipview technique for a short study. By changing the feather profile it's possible to do some fine-tuning.

Regards also to Ron and Allison
Remi