Inkscape

INTRODUCTION

INKSCAPE is an Open Source Vector graphics editor similar to Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw or Xara X, which uses the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.

Inkscape can create and edit complex vector graphics and save them in a variety of formats. These illustrations and drawings may be used for Desktop Publishing, in your presentations and documents. Thus it may benefit everyone who requires graphics for presentations or any type of document. In particular it will be very useful for the graphic designer, web designer and the desktop publisher. There are no pre-requisites for learning Inkscape.

The current stable version of Inkscape is 0.48.1. Inkscape may be used under all flavours of Linux, Windows and Mac Operating Systems.

Please see the associated text box of individual spoken tutorials on the website to decide the versions of software and OS to which it is applicable.

Basic Level

1. The Inkscape Interface    
   • Inkscape and its features.
   • Draw and edit various pre-defined shapes
   • Use the Color Wheel
   • Use the Bezier Tool
   • Use and manipulate Text as per requirement
   • create a tile pattern using a combination of shapes
2. Fill, Stroke and Colour    
   • Fill color in objects
   • Give objects an outline
   • Various types of gradients
   • Stroke paint and style

1. Touch Selection    

Contributors and Content Editors

Arthi, Gaurav, Minal, Nancyvarkey, PoojaMoolya, Pratik kamble