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The Book of Inkscape, 2nd Edition: The Definitive Guide to the Graphics Editor
A comprehensive user’s guide to Inkscape, a vector illustration application.
Dmitry Kirsanov, a former core Inkscape developer, shares his
knowledge of Inkscape's inner workings as he shows how to use
Inkscape to draw with various tools, work with objects, apply realistic
and artistic effects, and more. Step-by-step task-based tutorials show
you how to create business cards, animations, technical and artistic
drawings, and graphic assets for games.
This second edition covers the new tools, improved text features,
advanced new path effects and filters, as well as many new UI
conveniences in Inkscape 1.0. A new chapter describes Inkscape's
extensions for both users and developers.
Learn how
Dmitry Kirsanov, a former core Inkscape developer, shares his
knowledge of Inkscape's inner workings as he shows how to use
Inkscape to draw with various tools, work with objects, apply realistic
and artistic effects, and more. Step-by-step task-based tutorials show
you how to create business cards, animations, technical and artistic
drawings, and graphic assets for games.
This second edition covers the new tools, improved text features,
advanced new path effects and filters, as well as many new UI
conveniences in Inkscape 1.0. A new chapter describes Inkscape's
extensions for both users and developers.
Learn how
576 pages, Paperback
First published August 15, 2008
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January 4, 2016
This is a nice "user manual" for the Inkscape program, which may still be held relevant today, since there were few disruptive changes in the Inkscape program itself.
At times, the descriptions might seem dry, but the author tries to make each functionality relevant, and the color inserts, and more interestingly tutorial chapters at the end of the book, showcase steps to achieve various goals in vector editing program.
Contents are:
Introduction
1. Inkscape and the World
2. An Inkscape Primer
3. Setting Up and Moving Around
4. Objects
5. Selecting
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: Rose
A - An SVG Primer
B - Import and Export
C - The Command Line
D - Keyboard Shortcuts
Index
Color Illustrations
Though the development of the program may seem to have slowed down, recently Google pushed new winds in their direction (probably because SVG is becoming integral part for Android developers). Designers and animators for web, might still find Inkscape useful for quick sketching of the scene. Yet many SVG editors and optimizers have cropped up in the meantime which are working inside browsers. Time will tell if this little gem has lost its shine...
At times, the descriptions might seem dry, but the author tries to make each functionality relevant, and the color inserts, and more interestingly tutorial chapters at the end of the book, showcase steps to achieve various goals in vector editing program.
Contents are:
Introduction
1. Inkscape and the World
2. An Inkscape Primer
3. Setting Up and Moving Around
4. Objects
5. Selecting
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: Rose
A - An SVG Primer
B - Import and Export
C - The Command Line
D - Keyboard Shortcuts
Index
Color Illustrations
Though the development of the program may seem to have slowed down, recently Google pushed new winds in their direction (probably because SVG is becoming integral part for Android developers). Designers and animators for web, might still find Inkscape useful for quick sketching of the scene. Yet many SVG editors and optimizers have cropped up in the meantime which are working inside browsers. Time will tell if this little gem has lost its shine...
January 28, 2016
Good coverage, easy to read. Use as a reference when learning Inkscape in depth.
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