copy an object from inkscape to system clipboard doesn't keep transparency
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Inkscape |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
1-draw a vector shape
2-ctrl+c it
3-paste in another application
* I tested in mypaint (pure bitmap software, using git version) => paste object into current layer but with white filled frame (use : layers => paste from clipboard - ctrl+v)
* copy from gimp and paste to mypaint keep transparency, then I suppose this is a specific inkscape bug
I tested in gimp => no result (but this is another problem, gimp seem to be able to export to system clipboard but unable to import from system clipboard)
I tested also in openoffice draw, it paste svg source text (this is a openoffice draw missing feature)
other related problem, that could be a clue, copy a vector shape from openoffice draw paste a white filled bitmap with the shape into inkscape. from ood to mypaint same problem
This could be a system clipboard problem ?
I use Ubuntu Jaunty amd64 with gnome desktop.
tags: |
added: clipboard removed: copy-paste |
Here is what I found:
inkscape->gimp: pastes ok but as a path. I guess it's because gimp takes the EMF (vectorial) data instead of the bitmap data. You can see this with the clipboard viewer (screenshots attached). Inkscape stores clipboards copies in a wide range of formats, so gimp should be trained to take the bitmap instead of the vector. When trying to create a new bitmap from clipboard gimp says there is no raster data in it.
Question to the developers: why there are so many formats grayed-out in the drop-down menu of my attached screenshots?
gimp->inkscape: pastes ok both layers or selections (when there is one). Paths are also ok.
>* copy from gimp and paste to mypaint keep transparency, then I suppose this is a specific inkscape bug
I think it's in gimp. When pasting between raster applications the only available data is in bitmap. Is gimp the one confused when vector and bitmap are offered to it (as Inkscape does). Could you tip gimp devs about this?
Regards.