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Inkscape Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   Inkscape Beginner's Guide Create attractive layout designs, logos, brochures, icons, and more using the Inkscape vector graphics editor.

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2012
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849517201
Length 298 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Bethany Hiitola Bethany Hiitola
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Vector Graphics FREE CHAPTER 2. Installing and Opening Inkscape 3. How to Manage Files 4. Creating your First Graphics 5. How to Work with Layers 6. Building Objects 7. Using Paths 8. How to Style Text 9. Using Filters 10. Extensions in Inkscape 11. Working with Images 12. Using the XML Editor A. Where to Find More Information B. Keyboard Shortcuts
C. Glossary of Terms
D. Pop quiz Answers Index

Chapter 3, How to Manage Files

Pop quiz — how do you change the dimensions of a predefined graphic

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c

Just adjust the document dimensions of the current document to fit your needs.

Remember, you’ll likely also need to move objects on your page to reflect the new dimensions.

However, for any of the objects that you have drawn, there will be no stretching or manipulation.

The page dimensions just change (the black borders).

Pop quiz — editable Inkscape file formats

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b

You can also save in the Inkscape compressed format of SVGZ if minimizing the file size is important.

Pop quiz — Export versus Save As

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c

Inkscape only supports exporting PNG files. However, the File | Save/Save As function will allow you to save files as PDFs.

Pop quiz — file format portability

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d

PDF files, when imported into Inkscape, allow for editability to remain with vector-based objects.

Pop quiz — linking versus embedding images

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d

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