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Inkscape, An Open-Source Vector Drawing Program is THE GUIDE to the Inkscape program. The shorter, web-based, version is linked directly to under the program's Help menu. This book is both an introduction and reference for the Inkscape drawing program. With Inkscape, one can produce a wide variety of art, from photo-realistic drawings to organizational charts. Inkscape uses SVG, a powerful vector based drawing language and W3C web standard, as its native format. SVG drawings can be directly viewed by web browsers such as Firefox and Opera. A subset of SVG has been adopted by the mobile phone market. Inkscape is available free for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris operating systems. The first third of the book is devoted to eleven tutorials that progress in difficulty from very basic to very complex. The remainder of the book covers each facet of Inkscape in detail. Advance topics covered include the use of Inkscape's powerful tiling tool, built-in bitmap tracing, and SVG use on the web. The book includes plenty of tips (and warnings) about the use of Inkscape and SVG.
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Quick Start
Chapter 3: Files
Chapter 4: Changing the View
Chapter 5: Editing Basics
Chapter 6: Positioning and Transforming
Chapter 7: Geometric Shapes
Chapter 8: Paths
Chapter 9: Text
Chapter 10: Attributes
Chapter 11: Clipping and masking
Chapter 12: Filter Effects
Chapter 13: XML Editor
Chapter 14: Tiling
Chapter 15: Tracing Bitmaps
Chapter 16: Connectors
Chapter 17: Effects
Chapter 18: SVG and the Web
Chapter 19: Customization
Chapter 20: Using the Command Line
Chapter 21: Challenges
Appendix A: Inkview
Appendix B: File Format
Appendix C: Spheres
Appendix D: Solutions for Challenges
Appendix E: List of Dialogs
Appendix F: Tips for Illustrator Converts
Glossary
Index