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how can I copy and then flip and image?

Asked by Michaele Ignon

I have 1/2 of an image and would like to copy and flip it to creat a duplicate side to have a whole image. Can I do this in Inkscape?

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Brynn (brynn4inks-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Yes, you can do that.

1 - Select the part you want (or Ctrl A which is Select All, if that's everything on your canvas).
2 - Object menu > Group (or button on command bar, or key shortcut Ctrl G)
3 - Edit menu > Duplicate (or button on the command bar, or the key shortcut Ctrl D)
4 - Click "Flip selected objects horizontally" button on the Selection tool control bar
5 - Hold the Shift key while you press the right-pointing arrow key a few times. Once the other half is far enough away from the first half, you can grab it with the Selection tool, and drag it the rest of the way.
6 - To get it properly aligned with the first half, I suggest using Snapping. You can learn about Snapping from the manual, here: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Snapping.html

Good luck!

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Michaele Ignon (michaele-ignon) said : 		#2

Thank you so much. It works, Yay.

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 4:31 PM, Brynn <<email address hidden>
> wrote:

> Your question #268594 on Inkscape changed:
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> Status: Open => Answered
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> Brynn proposed the following answer:
> Yes, you can do that.
>
> 1 - Select the part you want (or Ctrl A which is Select All, if that's
> everything on your canvas).
> 2 - Object menu > Group (or button on command bar, or key shortcut Ctrl G)
> 3 - Edit menu > Duplicate (or button on the command bar, or the key
> shortcut Ctrl D)
> 4 - Click "Flip selected objects horizontally" button on the Selection
> tool control bar
> 5 - Hold the Shift key while you press the right-pointing arrow key a few
> times. Once the other half is far enough away from the first half, you can
> grab it with the Selection tool, and drag it the rest of the way.
> 6 - To get it properly aligned with the first half, I suggest using
> Snapping. You can learn about Snapping from the manual, here:
> http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Snapping.html
>
> Good luck!
>
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