Hi, I was trying to get a realistic look for my drawing. And I was using a lighter shade + blur to achieve that. While it works great on white background, in dark background the blur shoots out of the " gradient " area and is clearly visible. Is there any method to trim the blur so that it is contained within the mother element ?
Typically clipping is used for that. Here are the steps:
Duplicate the object which is receiving the realistic look. This will be the clipping path.
From what I can tell (looking at the PNG) that might be the curved arm which has the microphone on the end. Since I can't see the SVG file, I'm not sure, but there might be some other parts where either you already have a blur, or you might be planning to add one. If you have several areas of bleeding blur, rather than performing clipping several times, it's possible to use the outline of the whole drawing, and clip them all at once. You just have to decide what's best for your drawing. For example, it might be a lot of work creating the whole outline to be the clipping path. So maybe clipping individually would be better. On the other hand, it could become confusing to have so many different clips, and it's less confusing to clip them all at once.
It might be helpful to fill the clipping path with some neon pink color or something like that. In a realistic drawing, it can become confusing with so many different identical paths. So if you have to release the clipping path for editing, the bright off-color object won't accidentally get lost or used for something else.
No need to release a clip for editing its contents. Simply group the blur object before clipping it. Enter the clipped group for editing or adding more objects. The clipped group can even be turned into a Inkscape-layer (in Objects.. panel). Sample file attached.
There could be other reasons for needing to release a clip. The off color fill just helps prevent confusion in a realistic drawing which could have many, many clips, or many identical object stacked on each other.
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Hi, I was trying to get a realistic look for my drawing. And I was using a lighter shade + blur to achieve that. While it works great on white background, in dark background the blur shoots out of the " gradient " area and is clearly visible. Is there any method to trim the blur so that it is contained within the mother element ?
In the image you can see how the blur overshoots the mic support bar when it is intended to blend with it. Help me fix it, thanks.
Typically clipping is used for that. Here are the steps:
From what I can tell (looking at the PNG) that might be the curved arm which has the microphone on the end. Since I can't see the SVG file, I'm not sure, but there might be some other parts where either you already have a blur, or you might be planning to add one. If you have several areas of bleeding blur, rather than performing clipping several times, it's possible to use the outline of the whole drawing, and clip them all at once. You just have to decide what's best for your drawing. For example, it might be a lot of work creating the whole outline to be the clipping path. So maybe clipping individually would be better. On the other hand, it could become confusing to have so many different clips, and it's less confusing to clip them all at once.
It might be helpful to fill the clipping path with some neon pink color or something like that. In a realistic drawing, it can become confusing with so many different identical paths. So if you have to release the clipping path for editing, the bright off-color object won't accidentally get lost or used for something else.
No need to release a clip for editing its contents. Simply group the blur object before clipping it. Enter the clipped group for editing or adding more objects.
The clipped group can even be turned into a Inkscape-layer (in Objects.. panel). Sample file attached.
Thanks @brynn
@Aero I will try :)
There could be other reasons for needing to release a clip. The off color fill just helps prevent confusion in a realistic drawing which could have many, many clips, or many identical object stacked on each other.