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Based on a work by ~strych9, samurai. I wanted to use it as a wallpaper, and so I did this.

This is my first (and quite primitive, as you can see ^^; ) attempt to mix vectors and bitmaps. The bitmap is obviously the samurai female, and vectors everything else. The kanji on the top is the japanese kanji for "samurai" (thanks to japanese.about.com :-) ).

I don't know how other people do when mixing vectors and bitmaps. In this, I did everything vectorial with sodipodi and then mixed it with the bitmap in the Gimp. But maybe other vectorial programs (as that Illustrator that everyone seems to be using) allow to do everything at once :hmm:.

Well, at least it's not so bad as to keep me for trying again in the future :-)
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You will be interested in Inkscape: [link]

It's a spin-off from Sodipodi that has grown at a frightening speed in the last couple of years. It has taken most of the coders from Sodipodi with it.

The interface is way better than SPs one, and it has some very powerful tools. Also, it nativelly traces bitmaps into vectors, and has many more great options (and a very good documentation, which is infrequent in Free Software).

That said, in Inkscape (and in Sodipodi I think, too), you can drag-and-drop an image (or perhaps import it via a menu, depends on the version) into the canvas, and work with it as if ti were another element of the picture. Just be careful when you choose the output resolution in the end.

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Sí, ya lo conozco, pero aunque parezca mentira me gusta más sodipodi :-) Inkscape tiene algunos bugs molestos, como un zoom menos suave que sodipodi (o eso me parece, al menos :-?).

De todas formas, apenas lo he usado. Lo tengo instalado y lo uso de vez en cuando, pero el hábito todavía me ata a sodipodi :-)

PS: viste lo de GaliciART (~GaliciArt)? A lo mejor te gustaría estar ahí con el resto de deviants gallegos :-)

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Ah, boeno.

Aconsélloche que o probes un pouco mais. Eu ó principio aínda estaba tamén moi atado ó Sodipodi, pero á larga as melloras (tremendas) do Inkscape gañáronme. A interface é moito mais accesible e sinxela de utilizar, e as ferramentas están moito mais depuradas.

O que dis do Zoom é certo -- é un problema que xa leva aí algún tempo, e non sei por qué non o arranxan. De feito, penso que vou protestar por él agora mesmo.

(Iso é outra das características do Inkscape: case calquera suxerencia razonablemente sinxela de implementar, métena ós poucos días de que se faga. A retroalimentación funciona de maravilla).

Pero boeno, aconsélloche que collas a última versión do Inkscape e a utilices uns cantos días. Has nota-la diferencia.

Um -- sí, un detalle: en "Arquivo > Preferencias do Inkscape > Ferramentas > Selector", onde pon "Marca de selección por obxecto" (ou algo así -- o segundo conxunto de opcións), escolle "caixa". Fai moitísimo mais sinxelo traballar.

Ala. E xa calo.

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*Virtu-Imagery May 17, 2004  Professional Photographer
cool art piece.

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~strych9 May 17, 2004  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
hey thanks for at leas mentioning me here.
The Girl in fact is vetor too, it's just that i postet a jpg here on DA.

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