Overview
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Create great illustrations for print and the web with Inkscape, the open-source vector graphics software.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Create great vector graphics for free with Inkscape
- What is Inkscape?
- Understanding the SVG file format
- Touring the Inkscape interface
- Exploring the Inkscape toolbox
- Creating new documents
- Importing documents from Adobe Illustrator
- Editing document properties
- Editing global Inkscape preferences
- Using Undo History
- Panning and zooming
- Working with Inkscape dialogs
- Using guides
- Using grids
- Working with snap controls
- Understanding display modes
- Selecting input devices
- Working with layers
- Drawing with the Pen tool
- Using the Node tool
- Understanding node types
- Joining and splitting paths
- Drawing with the Pencil tool
- Understanding shapes and paths
- Creating spirals
- Creating rectangles
- Creating ellipses
- Creating stars and polygons
- Drawing with the Calligraphy tool
- Creating diagram connectors
- Erasing paths
- Selecting objects
- Grouping objects
- Moving objects
- Controlling the stacking order
- Scaling objects
- Rotating objects
- Skewing objects
- Using the Tweak tool
- Hiding and showing objects
- Aligning and distributing objects
- Arranging objects in a grid
- Working with object clones
- Using clipping paths and masks
- Using the XML Editor
- Adding fills to your objects
- Understanding fill rules
- Adding strokes to your objects
- Working with linear gradients
- Working with radial gradients
- Working with mesh gradients
- Working with patterns
- Working with swatches
- Working with stroke styles
- Working with dashed and dotted strokes
- Using the Dropper tool to sample and apply colors
- Creating blurs
- Using the Filter Editor
- Creating bevels
- Adjusting color with filters
- Distorting objects
- Simulating materials
- Creating drop shadows
- Creating textures
- Adjusting color with extensions
- Embedding and extracting images
- Modifying paths
- Blending paths
- Creating effects with raster extensions
- Rendering objects
- Using path commands
- Using the 3D-Box tool
- Using the Spray tool
- Tracing bitmap images
- Applying path effects
- Adding text
- Editing text
- Inserting special characters
- Placing text on a path
- Converting text into paths
- Using clean up document feature
- Printing Inkscape documents
- Saving files for print
- Saving files for the web
- Next steps
