I've got a path (or two combined path or something, things aren't clear in my mind yet) that represents a drop with a reflection. The reflection should always be white, the drop will change color.
My path has a "hole" in the middle, so the reflection is transparent instead of white.
My solution was to copy the nodes of the cutout, paste them somewhere else, snap that new path to my hole and group them. I could also do Path -> break apart and chose white for the cutout (but I'm losing the "reference position" in that case).
I have to ungroup to apply a new color every time I want to change it. Is there a better workflow for this?
Path->Break apart is correct: you will have 2 shapes as a result in place - most likely the large shape covers the small one - so you just have to reorder the stacking - and you may want to group them after changing the fill colors. But it´s never a path-with-2-colors; just 1 style per object.
I'll keep my solution, then since it allows me to place the white object precisely on the drop if I move them one relative to the other for some reason.
I tried the Fill tool to since it seemed simpler but the new object didn't fill the hole properly. Any setting I could change to improve this?
Seems you didn't understand my reply above; you will get 2 objects with Path->Break apart in place. Just put the large object in the background/behind the reflection shape. And there's no need to ungroup; hold down ctrl to select parts of a group.
Sorry I wasn't more clear. I thought of three solutions:
The one I developed in #1 with a copy&paste of the nodes: I like it because my second shape can easily be referenced into the drop because the drop still has a hole (so snapping puts it where it should go)
Path -> Break apart: I like it less because if I move the second object relative to the first one, I can't nest it back exactly where it belongs
"Fill bounded areas": if I click the empty area of my drop, it will create a new object that is pretty much the shape of that empty spot...but not exactly. My question was then if I could do something to make it fit perfectly. That method is appealing because it's fast.
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I've got a path (or two combined path or something, things aren't clear in my mind yet) that represents a drop with a reflection. The reflection should always be white, the drop will change color.
My path has a "hole" in the middle, so the reflection is transparent instead of white.
My solution was to copy the nodes of the cutout, paste them somewhere else, snap that new path to my hole and group them. I could also do Path -> break apart and chose white for the cutout (but I'm losing the "reference position" in that case).
I have to ungroup to apply a new color every time I want to change it. Is there a better workflow for this?
Path->Break apart is correct: you will have 2 shapes as a result in place - most likely the large shape covers the small one - so you just have to reorder the stacking - and you may want to group them after changing the fill colors. But it´s never a path-with-2-colors; just 1 style per object.
I'll keep my solution, then since it allows me to place the white object precisely on the drop if I move them one relative to the other for some reason.
I tried the Fill tool to since it seemed simpler but the new object didn't fill the hole properly. Any setting I could change to improve this?
Seems you didn't understand my reply above; you will get 2 objects with Path->Break apart in place. Just put the large object in the background/behind the reflection shape. And there's no need to ungroup; hold down ctrl to select parts of a group.
Sorry I wasn't more clear. I thought of three solutions:
If you prefer the hole variant, you will probably get introduced to the old aunt Anti Alias pretty quickly.
I wasn't too concerned because I wasn't seen the background behind but you're right, it is noticeable.
Many many thanks for your patience!
You´re welcome.