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Make a shape to use for shading

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Now I have another question in conjunction with "How to draw an adorable elephant in Inkscape". Under the headline "Doing some Shading", step 2-3. I still use Windows 7. I have made the 2 shapes and selected both, then headed up to Path > Difference. The lock in the top menu (between With and Hight) is closed. When I press on Difference nothing is happening. How di I get the crescent moon-shape?

Regards
SR

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Hachmann (marenhachmann) said : 		#1

Hi Siv,

are the two shapes lying directly on top of one another? Is one of them bigger than the other? Is the bigger one at the bottom?

What does it say in the status bar at the bottom of the window, directly below the canvas when you try 'Path -> Difference'?

And when you select them one by one, and look into the text in the status bar (at the bottom), are they both 'Paths'?

You might also want to look into one of our tutorials. They are even (partially) translated to Norwegian, and they can be very helpful to understand the concepts behind vector pictures. Look into Hjelp -> Innföringar -> Det Grunnleggjande, and also into Avansert (for the Path operations, like Difference).

Kind regards,
 Maren

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SR (siv10blom) said : 		#2

The two shapes lying directly on top of one another. One is bigger than the other one. The smaller one is at the bottom.
In the statusbar it stood Group of 1 object on both object, so I had to ungroup the object and then could make the moon-shape. Thank you for help.

     Den Fredag, 17. april 2015 23.01 skrev Hachmann <email address hidden>:

 Your question #265400 on Inkscape changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/265400

Hachmann posted a new comment:
Hi Siv,

are the two shapes lying directly on top of one another? Is one of them
bigger than the other? Is the bigger one at the bottom?

What does it say in the status bar at the bottom of the window, directly
below the canvas when you try 'Path -> Difference'?

And when you select them one by one, and look into the text in the
status bar (at the bottom), are they both 'Paths'?

You might also want to look into one of our tutorials. They are even
(partially) translated to Norwegian, and they can be very helpful to
understand the concepts behind vector pictures. Look into Hjelp ->
Innföringar -> Det Grunnleggjande, and also into Avansert (for the Path
operations, like Difference).

Kind regards,
 Maren

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