Req. - Add Clip path and/or Mask path feature (for ex. importable from Inkscape)

[vivalabadila3]

Hi all

The idea is to sub-path animate a logo made in Inkscape with a single line, on which an evolved outline has been applied.
I tried using the original line, made thick and without the evolved outline, enclosed in a clip that represents my true logo shape.
But when I import it into Friction, it removes the clip and only recognizes the thick line that has to be sub-path animated.
I also tried using a mask instead of a clip path, but it went the same way.

So, my request or suggestion would be to see if it's possible to import from Inkscape, or add directly within the program, the capability to have a clip path or a mask applied to another object.

Thank you very much for paying attention, best regards!
Pol

[pgilfernandez]

Hi Pol,
It's possible to create alpha masks in Friction but you are right you can't just import them from Inkscape, you need you set them up within Friction, here is the Documentation section where you can read about how to create an alpha mask.

Cheers

[rodlie]

As said its possible to make masks in Friction, but you can't import any from SVG.

This is something we can look into. We need to parse the SVG for masks and convert it into something we can use (inverse of what we do on export). We have a lot of open TODO's so no ETA on when this will be worked on.

[vivalabadila3]

Thank you very much folks, thanks to you I did it.
I masked a lot of grouped "inkscape interpolated sub paths" to fill the written, and then sub-path animated the max lenght of that group.
See ya!