Digital Illustration Fundamentals

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9. The Algorithms of Digital Illustration: SVG Filters

Wallace Jackson¹ 

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Lompoc, California, USA

 

Now that you have a solid understanding of how to apply the Inkscape Bitmap Trace Algorithm and have some experience with exporting Plain SVG XML data for further analysis, programming, or content publishing workflow, let’s take a closer look at SVG Filters in the Inkscape Filters menu, as these can be a ton of fun to explore; and they can take your artwork to a new level!

We’ll look at the Inkscape Filters menu, which will take the input vector illustration that you create in Inkscape, just like you did in Chapters 1 through 5, and “rasterize” it, using ...