I am recreating an image mostly using the bezier tool and the fill tool. To start I took an already existing photograph and used the bezier tool to create an outline. I then filled this selection and made it slightly opaque so that I could see through to the image behind it. Using the same technique, I have been outlining the different sections of the photo and filling it with the appropriate color. Up until very recently (please excuse my terminology I' am still learning the program) the nodes have been almost magnetic and snap together. This was helpful because it was causing for a seamless connection between sections of color. Now certain nodes will snap together and for others, I can hover the cursor over the node and it wont even recognize the node(s) around it. I wil add media examples of what I see once I can upload.
I can't tell, at least from that image, what the problem might be. The only situation I can think of where this might happen, is if you only have corner/cusp nodes set to snap, and you're dragging a smooth node (or vice versa) However, for the last couple of versions of Inkscape, the node types are confused, as far as snapping is concerned, so that you have to have both smooth and corner nodes options enabled, or nodes won't snap at all, any type of nodes. If you're using an older version of Inkscape, I guess this could happen. Or possibly you changed a snap option by accident? The snap control bar isn't visible in your screenshot, so I can't get a clue from it.
Which version of Inkscape are you using? If it's 1.0 alpha, possibly there's a new bug, but we would need very specific details to be able to test it.
Please tell us which options you're using on the snap control bar (or make a screenshot would be easier). And also provide an SVG file which shows the problem, and tell us specifically which node to test (for example, try to snap this particular node to that one). Or you could make a screenshot to show us which nodes to test.
Oh! Or possibly you have locked either an object or a layer. In either case, you might see the problem you described. If you aren't sure if something is locked, please share the SVG file, and tell us which part of the file doesn't work, so we can test.
Thank you both for support, once I was able to identify and navigate to the snap control bar, I learned that I can set the nodes to follow a path instead of just the cusp or corner nodes. At this point all the new nodes are snapping to the prexisting path and... problem solved!
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I am recreating an image mostly using the bezier tool and the fill tool. To start I took an already existing photograph and used the bezier tool to create an outline. I then filled this selection and made it slightly opaque so that I could see through to the image behind it. Using the same technique, I have been outlining the different sections of the photo and filling it with the appropriate color. Up until very recently (please excuse my terminology I' am still learning the program) the nodes have been almost magnetic and snap together. This was helpful because it was causing for a seamless connection between sections of color. Now certain nodes will snap together and for others, I can hover the cursor over the node and it wont even recognize the node(s) around it. I wil add media examples of what I see once I can upload.
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I can't tell, at least from that image, what the problem might be. The only situation I can think of where this might happen, is if you only have corner/cusp nodes set to snap, and you're dragging a smooth node (or vice versa) However, for the last couple of versions of Inkscape, the node types are confused, as far as snapping is concerned, so that you have to have both smooth and corner nodes options enabled, or nodes won't snap at all, any type of nodes. If you're using an older version of Inkscape, I guess this could happen. Or possibly you changed a snap option by accident? The snap control bar isn't visible in your screenshot, so I can't get a clue from it.
Which version of Inkscape are you using? If it's 1.0 alpha, possibly there's a new bug, but we would need very specific details to be able to test it.
Please tell us which options you're using on the snap control bar (or make a screenshot would be easier). And also provide an SVG file which shows the problem, and tell us specifically which node to test (for example, try to snap this particular node to that one). Or you could make a screenshot to show us which nodes to test.
Oh! Or possibly you have locked either an object or a layer. In either case, you might see the problem you described. If you aren't sure if something is locked, please share the SVG file, and tell us which part of the file doesn't work, so we can test.
For comparison: http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=35307
Thank you both for support, once I was able to identify and navigate to the snap control bar, I learned that I can set the nodes to follow a path instead of just the cusp or corner nodes. At this point all the new nodes are snapping to the prexisting path and... problem solved!