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

Bethany Hiitola

€8.99 ~~€25.99~~

4 (45 Ratings)

eBook May 2012 298 pages 1st Edition

Bethany Hiitola

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eBook May 2012 298 pages 1st Edition

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Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of Inkscape required for graphic design
Real world examples show you how to create everything from paths, complex shapes, to stylized text
Become an expert at using filters and working with images in Inkscape

Description

Learning to use Inkscape, an exciting open-source vector graphics program, broadens your software toolkit as a graphic designer. Using practical, real-world examples, you'll learn everything about the software and its capabilities so you'll be able to design anything from logos to websites.Inkscape Beginner's Guide is a practical step-by-step guide for learning this exciting vector graphics software. Not only will it take you through each menu item and toolbar, but you will also learn about creating complex shapes, text styling, filters, working with images, extensions, and the XML editoróall using real world examples.The book starts with an overview of vector graphics and how best to use them when designing for digital and print mediums. Then we install Inkscape and start learning all the ins and outs of the software. You'll build your first vector graphic while learning best practices for using layers, and build simple and complex objects with shapes and paths that will ultimately become exciting graphics to be used in your designs. Beyond designing sample logos and brochures while learning the software, you'll also learn how to use filters, install and use extensions, and the ins-and-outs of SVG and the XML Editor in Inkscape.

Who is this book for?

This book is intended for beginning graphic and web designers who want to expand their graphic software expertise. General familiarity with a graphics program is recommended, but not required.

What you will learn

Explore Inkscape by taking a tour of the software: menu by menu, toolbar by toolbar
A primer for what vector graphics are and how best they are used in design
Manage project files and discover what file types work best in Inkscape
Build your first vector graphic in Inkscapeóand then make that simple shape more complex by combining it with others, and changing fill or stroke colors
Transform objects to paths, use stroke to paths, and even track bitmaps using the Path Effect editor
Make 2D graphics come to life by using filters
Import, render, and trace images. Raster images to vector, and learn how to export these images for best use in print or digital design
Explore what templates and extensions to add to Inkscape and install other Open Source plugins, scripts, extensions, and templates.

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Penguin Pete Oct 06, 2012

Hi there, I'm known around the Inkscape community as "Penguin Pete", and you may have stumbled upon one or two of my Inkscape tutorials online. I decided to check this guide out to (a) see what I'd missed in teaching myself Inkscape, and (b) see if I could recommend it for new users.> "Inkscape Beginner's Guide is very good at providing clear, step-by-step instructions and pacing everything so that even the rawest new user can follow along." ... "The guide also keeps the technobabble to a minimum in a fresh, clear writing style that only explains what's absolutely necessary. It also provides a few nice examples for laying out a postcard, web page, brochure, and other practical applications for office-level work. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it for the new user."Read the full review here: [...]

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Nancy Graner Jun 04, 2015

Helped me learn this PS equal but a bit more sofistacated

Tealady2000 Jun 26, 2013

I started using Inkscape recently to create diagrams for scientific publications. I had never used an SVG drawing program before and although there is some helpful information available on the web, I was struggling to get going. I decided to buy this book and I'm really glad I did because it is perfect for complete beginners. I quickly completed a couple of projects and I was very impressed by the versatility and sophistication of Inkscape itself. If you already know the basics, it's probably not for you.

C. Moeller Oct 01, 2012

Inkscape is a vector drawing program, much like Illustrator, but free AND open sourced. This book is very detailed, assuming you know knowing of vector drawing, and possibly of any kind of digital drawing. It starts out very slow, describing what vector graphics actually are, how to install Inkscape, ect. Then it actually allows you to explore the interface by small little projects, such as basic drawing tools, starting to modify objects, using layers, and stylizing text. Towards the end, it starts touching on topics most well experienced vector artists use on a daily basis, or haven't even discovered yet, such as using filters to stylize your objects, different options for stylizing text, and making custom looking text, as well as manipulating nopn-vector images inside of inkscape, and even using the XML editor to directly modify the SVG, which gives you an intro into how shapes are actually stored, which can of course be used by different programs (such as HTML5's `canvas' tag), due to it being an open format for vector graphics.If you're new to creating art working with a computer, new to vector drawing, or even want to transition from Illustrator to Inkscape, this book will get you from clueless to experienced in no time.

liili smith Oct 01, 2012

This book is great for the complete beginner. I wish I had read this book about 6 years ago, when I was first playing around with Inkscape and other graphic design tools. The website promises "Real world examples show you how to create everything from paths, complex shapes, to stylized text." It's true: Hands-on tutorials and real examples, complete with screenshots and images, are the meat of the book. As a bonus, you get a general introduction to some graphic design concepts is woven into the book. It covers things you really need to know when using Inkscape; vector vs. raster graphics, how SVG and other file formats work, and how to organize a graphic design project.For a more details about this book, check out my review here: [...]

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

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