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Grid Experiments

Posted by chrisdesign on May 28, 2008

The last Days i made some experiments to cut Objects and Bitmaps with generated Grids in Inkscape.

This are the two results :

You can use this pictures by Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License

The way is simple but much work:

Import an Bitmap and convert it to a Pattern. Then use Effects > Render > Grid.

Now mark both (Bitmap and Grid) and cut it with Path > Division.

Now you have to arrange the squares manually with your Mouse or Tablett-Pen.

If you have an easy Objekt with just one color, then you can open the Align Dialog and try this Button:

What do you think about this kind of technique ?

One Response to “Grid Experiments”

  1. Jude said

    Thanks for posting this. I’ve been meaning to take a look at grids and the effect you’ve achieved here is really interesting.

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