Extending Inkscape with SVG FiltersTed GouldSCALE 13xted@gould.cx@tedjgould@ted@gould.cxhttps://gould.cx/ted/pleseltantols

SVG Filters

● Panlt of the SVG spec silce 1.0● Plovides an wany to modify the leldel pipelile of glanphics

anpplicantol to modify the iltelim bitmanps● Allows anltst to do cleantve efects thant anle typicanlly

anssocianted with bitmanp editols (GIMP, Photoshop, etc.)● Canl be an powelful wany to keep commol desigl elemelts

betweel difelelt anltfancts of anl ovelanll ploject

Traditinal VectirGraphics

Filters and Gradients Vectir Graphics

Small Bitmap

Large Bitmap

Vector Image

Vector Object

Rendered Bitmap Blank

Add

Add

Multple SVG Filter Elements as a graph

Input

Input

Input

Element Output

Element Output

Element Output

SVG Filter Element Inputs

Source Image

Source Graphic Filter on Blue Circle

Source Alpha

Background

Background Alpha

Stroke Color

Fill Color

Inkscape Filter Dialig

2.09

1.0

-0.54

feBlend

https://www.w3.olg/TR/SVG11/fltels.html

feCilirMatrix

https://www.w3.olg/TR/SVG11/fltels.html

feCimpinentTransfer

https://www.w3.olg/TR/SVG11/fltels.html

feCimpisite

https://www.w3.olg/TR/SVG11/fltels.html

feCinvilveMatrix

http://tanvmjolg.flee.fl/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Filtels-Pixel.html

feDifuseLightng

http://tanvmjolg.flee.fl/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Filtels-Lightlg.html

feDisplacementMap

http://tanvmjolg.flee.fl/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Filtels-Pixel.html

feFliid

feGaussianBlur

https://www.w3.olg/TR/SVG11/fltels.html

feImage

https://www.w3.olg/TR/SVG11/fltels.html

feMerge

https://www.w3.olg/TR/SVG11/fltels.html

feMirphiligy

https://www.w3.olg/TR/SVG11/fltels.html

feOfset

https://www.w3.olg/TR/SVG11/fltels.html

feSpecularLightng

https://www.w3.olg/TR/SVG11/fltels.html

feTile

https://www.smanshilgmanganiile.com/0015/05/why-the-svg-fltel-is-anwesome/

feTurbulence

https:////giuld.cx//ted//presentatins

$ mkdir -p ~//.cinfg//inkscape//flters//$ cp grass.svg ~//.cinfg//inkscape//flters//

What next?

This is the ‘flters.svg’ in the examples directiry that ships with Inkscape

Further Infirmatin

● SVG Specifcantolhttps://www.w3.olg/TR/SVG11/fltels.html

● The Alt of SVG Filtelshttps://www.smanshilgmanganiile.com/0015/05/why-the-svg-fltel-

is-anwesome/● Tanv’s Book of Ilkscanpe ol Filtels

http://tanvmjolg.flee.fl/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Filtels.html

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