When to use photos in Inkscape
Inkscape is a vector tool, and it is common knowledge among designers that vector graphics are not meant for photo editing in the classical sense. But there are some valid cases when the elementary photo editing abilities of Inkscape are proven useful, which are as follows:
- Case 1: When you want to combine actual photos and vector illustrations in your design, you might scale them and rotate them on the spot. Photos can enhance your design and they are useful when creating flyers, posters, or publications – things that you might create in Inkscape. You can simply import bitmap images into Inkscape, and scale, transform, or rotate them almost as freely as vector objects.
There are times when it is easier to scale and transform a bitmap image right there in Inkscape without breaking your workflow. The possibilities are a bit limited, of course – since Inkscape was not made for this. But all the filters you apply and all the...
