Gradient meshes don't work on Windows
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Inkscape |
Fix Released
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Inkscape Devlibs |
Fix Released
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Bug Description
When I want to use the new gradient mesh feature in one of the Inkscape snapshots on Windows, the fill color always turns fully transparent.
I could reproduce this behaviour both on Windows 8.1 64-bit and Windows XP 32-bit with the following snapshots:
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However, when I test the Inkscape version "1:0.48+
It seems that others experience this bug as well, for example in the thread http://
Postby Tonttu » Thu Jun 05, 2014 9:08 pm
I'm using Inkscape 0.48+devel r13400 on Win7 and trying out the gradient mesh, but when I activate it on a shape, color disappears. Opacity in the stops remains full, but I can't see any color. ...
tags: | added: packaging |
tags: | removed: packaging |
Changed in inkscape-devlibs: | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in inkscape: | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
milestone: | none → 0.92 |
The current Cairo version in 32-bit devlibs is too old to support gradient meshes.
In the 64-bit package we distribute for Windows, the Cairo version is new enough to support meshes, but they are not enabled by default.