Book description
Inkscape is a powerful, free, cross-platform, vector-based drawing tool similar to Adobe Illustrator and CorelDRAW. The Book of Inkscape, written by Inkscape developer and graphic designer Dmitry Kirsanov, is an in-depth guide to Inkscape, offering comprehensive coverage and creative advice on Inkscape's many capabilities.
Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- Detailed Table of Contents (1/3)
- Detailed Table of Contents (2/3)
- Detailed Table of Contents (3/3)
- Introduction
- 1: Inkscape and the World
- 2: An Inkscape Primer
- 3: Setting Up and Moving Around
- 4: Objects
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5: Selecting
- The Selection Cue
- Selection and the Status Bar
- Subselection
- Selecting by Clicking: The Selector
- Selecting by Clicking: Other Tools
- Adding to a Selection
- Selecting with the Rubber Band
- Touch Selection
- Selecting Objects from Underneath
- Selecting in Groups
- Selecting with Keyboard Shortcuts
- Finding Objects
- Following Links
- Deselecting
- Selection Miscellany
- 6: Transforming
- 7: Snapping and Arranging
- 8: Styling
- 9: Stroke and Markers
- 10: Gradients and Patterns
- 11: Shapes
- 12: Editing Paths
- 13: Path Effects and Extensions
- 14: Drawing
- 15: Text
- 16: Clones
- 17: Filters
- 18: Bitmaps
- 19: Tutorial: Designing a Business Card
- 20: Tutorial: Creating an Animation
- 21: Tutorial: Drawing a 3D-Correct Cartoon
- 22: Tutorial: Artistic Drawing
- 23: Tutorial: Technical Drawing
- 24: Tutorial: The Rose
- Appendix A: An SVG Primer
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Appendix B: Import and Export
- Save vs. Export
- SVG Variants
- PDF (Import, Export)
- PostScript and EPS (Import, Export)
- Printing
- AI (Import)
- CorelDRAW (Import)
- EMF (Import/Export), WMF and CGM (Import)
- XAML (Import/Export)
- WPG (Import)
- DXF and HPGL (Export)
- JavaFX (Export)
- ODG (Export)
- POV (Export)
- LATEX (Export)
- Bitmap Formats (Import/Export)
- What’s Missing?
- Appendix C: The Command Line
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Appendix D: Keyboard Shortcuts
- Tools
- Dialogs
- The Controls Bar
- The Canvas (2.2)
- The Palette (8.3)
- Files
- The Document Window (3.6)
- Layers (4.6)
- Objects (Chapter 4)
- Paths (Chapter 12)
- The Selector Tool (5.4)
- The Node Tool (12.5)
- The Tweak Tool (6.9, 8.7, 12.6)
- The Rectangle Tool (11.2)
- The 3D Box Tool (11.3)
- The Ellipse Tool (11.4)
- The Star Tool (11.5)
- The Spiral Tool (11.6)
- The Zoom Tool (3.9)
- The Pencil Tool (14.2)
- The Pen (Bézier) Tool (14.1)
- The Calligraphic Pen Tool (14.3)
- The Paint Bucket Tool (14.4)
- The Gradient Tool (10.1)
- The Dropper Tool (8.6)
- The Text Tool (Chapter 15)
- Index (1/6)
- Index (2/6)
- Index (3/6)
- Index (4/6)
- Index (5/6)
- Index (6/6)
Product information
- Title: The Book of Inkscape
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2009
- Publisher(s): No Starch Press
- ISBN: 9781593271817
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