Inkscape · Guide to a Vector Drawing Program (Digital Short Cut) by Bah, Tavmjong -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Acknowledgments About the Author Overview of What Is in This Book Introduction

How to Use This Book Vector Graphics SVG The Inkscape Program Help

1. Quick Start

The Anatomy of the Inkscape Window

Dockable Dialogs

The Swedish Flag—A Short Example The European Flag—A More Elaborate Example A Hiking Club Logo—An Exercise in Paths The Northern Pacific Railway Logo—A Tracing Example A Box for Cards—An Isometric Projection A Can of Soup—A Three-Dimensional Drawing with Gradients A Vine Design—A Tiling Example A Neon Sign—Animation A Bank Note—Security Features A Bottle—Photorealism

2. Files

Opening and Saving Files Importing Files

Open Clip Art Library

Exporting Files

Exporting PNG (Portable Network Graphic) Files Exporting Other File Types

Printing Files Vacuuming Files

3. Changing the View

Panning the Canvas Zooming the Canvas Miscellaneous View Commands

Hide/Show Hide/Show Dialogs Outline Full Screen Mode Switch Windows Duplicate Window Icon Preview

4. Editing Basics

Undo and Redo Selecting Objects

Selecting with the Mouse Selecting with the Keyboard Selecting with the Find Dialog

Copying, Pasting, and Deleting Objects Clones Ordering Objects (Z-order) Groups Layers

Layers Dialog Layers Menu Status Bar

5. Positioning and Transforming

Inkscape Coordinates Transformations

Transforms with the Mouse Transforms with the Keyboard Transforms with the Tool Controls Bar Transforms with the Transform Dialog Transforms with Paste Size Commands Transforms with the XML Editor

Snapping

Snapping Objects Guides Grid

Alignment and Distribution of Objects

Align Distribute: Uniform Distribute: Non-Uniform Distribute: Remove Overlaps Rows and Columns

6. Geometric Shapes

Rectangles and Squares 3D Boxes

Perspectives Attributes

Ellipses, Circles, and Arcs Regular Polygons and Stars Spirals

7. Paths

Bezier Curves Creating Paths

The Pencil Tool The Bezier (Pen) Tool The Calligraphy Tool Paths from Other Objects

Editing Paths

Using the Node Tool Path Offset Commands Miscellaneous Path Commands

Path Operations

8. Live Path Effects (LPEs)

Bend Construct Grid Envelope Deformation Gears Hatches (Rough) Interpolate Sub-Paths Knot Pattern Along Path Ruler Sketch Spiro Spline Stitch Sub-Paths VonKoch

9. Text

Creating Text

Entering Regular Text Entering Flowed Text

Selecting Text Editing Text

Spell Checking

Formatting Text

Formatting with the Tool Controls Formatting with the Keyboard Formatting with the Text and Font Dialog

Kerning, Shifting, and Rotating Characters

Kerning and Shifting Rotating

Text on a Path Text in a Shape

10. Attributes

Fill and Stroke Paint

Flat (Solid) Colors Gradients Patterns Fill Rule

Stroke Style

Stroke Width Join Style Cap Style Dashes Markers Complex Strokes

11. Tweak Tool

Tweaking Objects Tweaking Paths Tweaking Colors

12. Eraser Tool

Eraser Touch Mode Eraser Cut-Out Mode

13. Paint Bucket Tool

Simple Use Filling Fidelity Filling Multiple Regions Closing Gaps Adding to a Fill

14. Clipping and Masking

Clipping Masking

15. Filter Effects—Preset

Use of Preset Filters ABCs Bevels Blurs Bumps Color Distort Image Effects Image Effects, Transparent Materials Morphology Non Realistic 3D Shaders Overlays Protrusions Ridges Scatter Shadows and Glows Textures Transparency Utilities

16. Filter Effects—Custom

Basic Use Filter Effects Dialog

Adding a Filter Defining a Filter Applying a Filter

Mini Tutorial—A Drop Shadow Color Filter Primitives

Color Matrix Component Transfer

Compositing Filter Primitives

Blend Composite Merge

Fill Filter Primitives

Flood Image Tile Turbulence

Lighting Filters Primitives

Distant Light Source Point Light Source Spot Light Source

Pixel Manipulation Filter Primitives

Convolve Matrix Displacement Map Gaussian Blur Morphology Offset

Complex Examples

Emboss Neon Stereoscopic Pictures Solar Flare

17. XML Editor

Basic Usage Editing XML Nodes Examples

Adding Color to a Marker Arrow Underlined Text

18. Tiling

Symmetry Tab Shift Tab Scale Tab Rotation Tab Blur and Opacity Tab

Blur Opacity

Color Tab Trace Tricks

19. Tracing Bitmaps

Single Scans

Brightness Cutoff Edge Detection Color Quantization

Multiple Scans

Brightness Steps Colors Grays Options

Common Options SIOX

20. Connectors

Creating Connectors Modifying Connectors Routing Connectors

21. Extensions

Arrange

Restack

Color

Brighter Custom Darker Desaturate Grayscale Less Hue Less Light Less Saturation More Hue More Light More Saturation Negative Randomize Remove Blue Remove Red Remove Green Replace RGB Barrel

Generate from Path

Dimensions Extrude Inside/Outside Halo Interpolate Motion Pattern Along Path Scatter

Images

Extract One Image Embed All Images

Modify Path

Add Nodes Color Markers to Match Stroke Convert to Dashes Edge 3D Envelope Flatten Bezier Fractalize Interpolate Attribute in a Group Jitter Nodes Perspective Rubber Stretch Straighten Segments Whirl

Raster Render

3D Polyhedrons Alphabet Soup Barcode Calendar Cartesian Grid Draw From Triangle Foldable Box Function Plotter Gear Grid Guides Creator LaTeX Formula L-System (Fractal-Lindenmayer) Parametric Curves Perfect-Bound Cover Polar Grid Printing Marks Random Tree Spirograph Triangle

Text

Convert to Braille Lorem Ipsum Replace Text Change Case

Visualize Path

Measure Path Draw Handles Number Nodes

Web

Set Attributes Transmit Attributes

22. SVG and the Web

Simple SVG Display

Using Object Tags Using Name Spaces

Adding Links Using Style Sheets Using JavaScript Simple Animation

23. Customization

Inkscape Preferences Dialog Inkscape Configuration Files

Preferences Custom Templates Custom Swatches or Palettes Custom Markers Custom Keyboard Shortcuts

24. Using the Command Line

General Options Export Options

Format Options Export Region Options Export Property Options

Query Options

25. Challenges

Red Spiral Knot Squares Pine Cone Spiral Gyral

A. Inkview B. File Format

Default Template File SVG Groups with Objects Groups of Objects Paths Defs

C. Spheres

Sphere with Gradient Shading and Shadow Sphere with Hatched Shading and Shadow Sphere with Dot Shading and Shadow Sphere with Text Shading and Shadow

D. Solutions for Challenges

Red Spiral Knot Squares Pine Cone Spiral Gyral

E. List of Dialogs F. Tips for Illustrator Converts

Key Mappings Terminology

Glossary Index

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