SVG effects for Inkscape as a companion for Xara

[ivan louette]

The latest textures.

And finally an Eraser filter which works like a charm !

Just draw a white line on top of something, group the line and the "something", apply the Eraser filter and...voilà !

Of course not perfect because the white areas of your "something" will become transparent too, but it works better than Mehdi Eraser because you can edit objects afterwards and it's progressive.

In the picture below I applied Eraser before applying texture for individual letters and afterwards I grouped the letters, added a white line with a Watercolor filter on top of the group, grouped again and applied Eraser.

If you want make it better with light areas, open the Filters Editor, click on the second Color Matrix in the Eraser filter and change the two last entries on the last row below to 10 and -9.

Enjoy !

ivan