: Interpolate SVG Inkscape So I've been trying to create a long shadow effect in Inkscape using an SVG image. As you can see, I've been able to do this with a shape. But haven't found a

@Chiappetta793

After seeing your file, I can answer.

At first, duplicate the Tardis with Ctrl-D, then select just the duplicate, hit repeatedly Shift-Ctrl-G to ungroup all the nested groups until appears the message "No groups to ungroup in the selection".

The groups contain text and other objects, so you have to use Path...Object to path, and again Shift-Ctrl-G until done.



Hit Ctrl-+ to make an union of the path: you have the outline of the Tardis:



The union contains some undesired nodes, you have to edit it and remove them:



Now, you can proceed to interpolate, by placing a copy of your outline:



And using "Extensions...Generate from path...Interpolate":



I've used 100 steps but I don't like the result (but I don't use often the interpolate tool and perhaps it can be tweaked a bit), so I've made a test with "Extensions...Generate from path...Motion" with a Magnitute of 1000,0 (seems to be the maximum), and (after some ungroup and an union of the result) I prefer this way better:



The motion uses less nodes, and I suggest you to give a look to this function.

For a longer shadow you can duplicate the result of the motion and place it conveniently:

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