You can get Inkscape from and spend lots of time exploring it, but this book will open your eyes to how the tool can be most effectively used. Tutorial 3 - Drawing a 3D-Correct Cartoon.Tutorial 1 - Desinging a Business Card.Clones - creating and transforming clones (linked copies of objects that change with the original).Path Effects and Extensions - Special effects and paths.Editing Paths - everything you need to know about working with paths.Shapes - using the various shape tools.Gradients and Patterns - The gradient tool, handles, creating patterns.Stroke and Markers - stroker width, joins, markers etc.

Styling - styles, colors, sampling etc.Snapping and Arranging - guidelines, grids and alignment.Transforming - moving, scaling, flipping, etc.Selecting - looking at many selection tools.Objects - objects, object properties, cutting and pasting, layers.Setting Up and Moving Around - preferences, views, zooming, etc.An Inkscape Primer - installing and basic operations.Inkscape and the World - an introduction to vector graphics and Inkscape.In 18 chapters and 6 tutorials - all well illustrated with hundreds of examples - plus 4 appendices, this book will help you master the skills needed to create impressive graphics with relative ease. Working with vector graphics can be both difficult, frustrating and time consuming if you don't have the right mind set and you don't fully understand the tool that you are using. You will see how your graphics can be exported in various formats. You will become adept at managing layers effectively. You will work with gradients, patterns, filters and paths. You will learn how to navigate your canvas, customize your workspace and create and transform objects. He takes you through all of the key components of creating graphics. It was written by one of Inkscape's core developers. The Book of Inkscape isn't a text written by some recent convert to free illustration.

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