Book description
Inkscape, An Open-Source Vector Drawing Program is THE GUIDE to the Inkscape program. The shorter, web-based, version is linked directly to under the program's Help menu. This book is both an introduction and reference for the Inkscape drawing program. With Inkscape, one can produce a wide variety of art, from photo-realistic drawings to organizational charts. Inkscape uses SVG, a powerful vector based drawing language and W3C web standard, as its native format. SVG drawings can be directly viewed by web browsers such as Firefox and Opera. A subset of SVG has been adopted by the mobile phone market. Inkscape is available free for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris operating systems. The first third of the book is devoted to eleven tutorials that progress in difficulty from very basic to very complex. The remainder of the book covers each facet of Inkscape in detail. Advance topics covered include the use of Inkscape's powerful tiling tool, built-in bitmap tracing, and SVG use on the web. The book includes plenty of tips (and warnings) about the use of Inkscape and SVG.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Overview of What is In This Short Cut
- 1. Introduction
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2. Quick Start
- The Anatomy of the Inkscape Window
- The Swedish Flag - A Short Example
- The European Flag - A More Elaborate Example
- A Hiking Club Logo - An Exercise in Paths
- The Northern Pacific Railway Logo - A Tracing Example
- A Box for Cards - An Isometric Projection
- A Can of Soup - A Three-Dimension Drawing with Gradients
- A Vine Design - A Tiling Example
- A Neon Sign - Animation
- A Bank Note - Security Features
- A Bottle - Photorealism
- 3. Files
- 4. Changing the View
- 5. Editing Basics
- 6. Positioning and Transforming
- 7. Geometric Shapes
- 8. Paths
- 9. Text
- 10. Attributes
- 11. Clipping and Masking
- 12. Filter Effects
- 13. XML Editor
- 14. Tiling
- 15. Tracing Bitmaps
- 16. Connectors
- 17. Effects
- 18. SVG and the Web
- 19. Customization
- 20. Using the Command Line
- 21. Challenges
- A. Inkview
- B. File Format
- C. Spheres
- D. Solutions for Challenges
- E. List of Dialogs
- F. Tips for Illustrator Converts
- Glossary
- Inside Back Cover
Product information
- Title: Inkscape: Guide to a Vector Drawing Program
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2007
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 9780131357945
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