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Features of Inkscape

2011-07-30T02:47:35Z

Carmelo101:

Here is an overview of the features that are available in Inkscape.

See the [[roadmap]] for an outline of planned features, as well as [https://blueprints.launchpad.net/inkscape Launchpad] for detailed ideas for improving Inkscape.

== Current Features ==

=== Object creation ===

* Drawing: pencil tool (freehand drawing with simple paths), pen tool (creating Bezier curves and straight lines), calligraphy tool (freehand drawing using filled paths representing calligraphic strokes)
* Shape tools: rectangles (may have rounded corners), ellipses (includes circles, arcs, segments), stars/polygons (can be rounded and/or randomized), spirals
* Text tool (multiline text, full on-canvas editing)
* Embedded bitmaps (with a command to create and embed bitmaps of selected objects)
* Clones ("live" linked copies of objects), including [http://www.diamondlinks.net/ link building] a tool to create patterns and arrangements of clones

=== Object manipulation ===

* Affine transformations (moving, scaling, rotating, skewing), both interactively and by specifying exact numeric values
* Z-order operations
* Grouping objects, with a way to "select in group" without ungrouping, or "enter the group" making it a temporary layer
* Layers, with a way to lock and/or hide individual layers, rearrange them, etc; layers can form a hierarchical tree
* Copying and pasting objects
* Alignment and distribution commands

=== Fill and stroke ===

* Color selector (RGB, HSV, color wheel)
* Color picker tool
* Copy/paste style
* A gradient editor capable of multi-stop gradients
* Pattern fills (bitmap/vectors)
* Dashed strokes, with many predefined dash patterns
* Path markers (e.g. arrowheads)

=== Operations on paths ===

* Node editing: moving nodes and Bezier handles, node alignment and distribution, etc.
* Converting to path (for text objects or shapes), including converting stroke to path
* Boolean operations
* Path simplification, with variable threshold
* Path insetting and outsetting, including dynamic and linked offset objects
* Bitmap tracing (both color and b/w)

=== Text support ===

* Multi-line text
* Uses any installed outline fonts, including right-to-left scripts
* Kerning, letterspacing, linespacing adjustments
* Text on path (both text and path remain editable)
* Text in shape (fill shape following stroke)

=== Rendering ===

* Fully anti-aliased display
* Alpha transparency support for display and PNG export
* Complete "as you drag" rendering of objects during interactive transformations

=== Misc ===

* Live watching and editing the document tree in the XML editor
* PNG and PostScript export
* Command line options for export and conversions
* Perfectly compliant SVG format file generation and editing

:''The above lifted from the'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkscape Wikipedia].

[[Category: About Inkscape]]

Features of Inkscape

2011-07-22T06:35:27Z

Carmelo101: /* Object creation */

Here is an overview of the features that are available in Inkscape.

See the [[roadmap]] for an outline of planned features, as well as [https://blueprints.launchpad.net/inkscape Launchpad] for detailed ideas for improving Inkscape.

== Current Features ==

=== Object creation ===

* Drawing: pencil tool (freehand drawing with simple paths), pen tool (creating Bezier curves and straight lines), calligraphy tool (freehand drawing using filled paths representing calligraphic strokes)
* Shape tools: rectangles (may have rounded corners), ellipses [http://www.gumball-machine.com/vending-machines.html vending machines](includes circles, arcs, segments), stars/polygons (can be rounded and/or randomized), spirals
* Text tool (multiline text, full on-canvas editing)
* Embedded bitmaps (with a command to create and embed bitmaps of selected objects)
* Clones ("live" linked copies of objects), including a tool to create [http://www.diamondlinks.net/ link building] patterns and arrangements of clones

=== Object manipulation ===

* Affine transformations (moving, scaling, rotating, skewing), both interactively and by specifying exact numeric values
* Z-order operations
* Grouping objects, with a way to "select in group" without ungrouping, or "enter the group" making it a temporary layer
* Layers, with a way to lock and/or hide individual layers, rearrange them, etc; layers can form a hierarchical tree
* Copying and pasting objects
* Alignment and distribution commands

=== Fill and stroke ===

* Color selector (RGB, HSV, color wheel)
* Color picker tool
* Copy/paste style
* A gradient editor capable of multi-stop gradients
* Pattern fills (bitmap/vectors)
* Dashed strokes, with many predefined dash patterns
* Path markers (e.g. arrowheads)

=== Operations on paths ===

* Node editing: moving nodes and Bezier handles, node alignment and distribution, etc.
* Converting to path (for text objects or shapes), including converting stroke to path
* Boolean operations
* Path simplification, with variable threshold
* Path insetting and outsetting, including dynamic and linked offset objects
* Bitmap tracing (both color and b/w)

=== Text support ===

* Multi-line text
* Uses any installed outline fonts, including right-to-left scripts
* Kerning, letterspacing, linespacing adjustments
* Text on path (both text and path remain editable)
* Text in shape (fill shape following stroke)

=== Rendering ===

* Fully anti-aliased display
* Alpha transparency support for display and PNG export
* Complete "as you drag" rendering of objects during interactive transformations

=== Misc ===

* Live watching and editing the document tree in the XML editor
* PNG and PostScript export
* Command line options for export and conversions
* Perfectly compliant SVG format file generation and editing

:''The above lifted from the'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkscape Wikipedia].

[[Category: About Inkscape]]

Features of Inkscape

2011-07-22T06:34:58Z

Carmelo101: /* Object creation */

Here is an overview of the features that are available in Inkscape.

See the [[roadmap]] for an outline of planned features, as well as [https://blueprints.launchpad.net/inkscape Launchpad] for detailed ideas for improving Inkscape.

== Current Features ==

=== Object creation ===

* Drawing: pencil tool (freehand drawing with simple paths), pen tool (creating Bezier curves and straight lines), calligraphy tool (freehand drawing using filled paths representing calligraphic strokes)
* Shape tools: rectangles (may have rounded corners), ellipses [http://www.gumball-machine.com/vending-machines.html vending machines(includes circles, arcs, segments), stars/polygons (can be rounded and/or randomized), spirals
* Text tool (multiline text, full on-canvas editing)
* Embedded bitmaps (with a command to create and embed bitmaps of selected objects)
* Clones ("live" linked copies of objects), including a tool to create [http://www.diamondlinks.net/ link building] patterns and arrangements of clones

=== Object manipulation ===

* Affine transformations (moving, scaling, rotating, skewing), both interactively and by specifying exact numeric values
* Z-order operations
* Grouping objects, with a way to "select in group" without ungrouping, or "enter the group" making it a temporary layer
* Layers, with a way to lock and/or hide individual layers, rearrange them, etc; layers can form a hierarchical tree
* Copying and pasting objects
* Alignment and distribution commands

=== Fill and stroke ===

* Color selector (RGB, HSV, color wheel)
* Color picker tool
* Copy/paste style
* A gradient editor capable of multi-stop gradients
* Pattern fills (bitmap/vectors)
* Dashed strokes, with many predefined dash patterns
* Path markers (e.g. arrowheads)

=== Operations on paths ===

* Node editing: moving nodes and Bezier handles, node alignment and distribution, etc.
* Converting to path (for text objects or shapes), including converting stroke to path
* Boolean operations
* Path simplification, with variable threshold
* Path insetting and outsetting, including dynamic and linked offset objects
* Bitmap tracing (both color and b/w)

=== Text support ===

* Multi-line text
* Uses any installed outline fonts, including right-to-left scripts
* Kerning, letterspacing, linespacing adjustments
* Text on path (both text and path remain editable)
* Text in shape (fill shape following stroke)

=== Rendering ===

* Fully anti-aliased display
* Alpha transparency support for display and PNG export
* Complete "as you drag" rendering of objects during interactive transformations

=== Misc ===

* Live watching and editing the document tree in the XML editor
* PNG and PostScript export
* Command line options for export and conversions
* Perfectly compliant SVG format file generation and editing

:''The above lifted from the'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkscape Wikipedia].

[[Category: About Inkscape]]

Features of Inkscape

2011-07-22T06:33:35Z

Carmelo101: /* Object creation */

Here is an overview of the features that are available in Inkscape.

See the [[roadmap]] for an outline of planned features, as well as [https://blueprints.launchpad.net/inkscape Launchpad] for detailed ideas for improving Inkscape.

== Current Features ==

=== Object creation ===

* Drawing: pencil tool (freehand drawing with simple paths), pen tool (creating Bezier curves and straight lines), calligraphy tool (freehand drawing using filled paths representing calligraphic strokes)
* Shape tools: rectangles (may have rounded corners), ellipses [http://www.gumball-machine.com/vending-machines.html vending machines</span (includes circles, arcs, segments), stars/polygons (can be rounded and/or randomized), spirals
* Text tool (multiline text, full on-canvas editing)
* Embedded bitmaps (with a command to create and embed bitmaps of selected objects)
* Clones ("live" linked copies of objects), including a tool to create [http://www.diamondlinks.net/ link building] patterns and arrangements of clones

=== Object manipulation ===

* Affine transformations (moving, scaling, rotating, skewing), both interactively and by specifying exact numeric values
* Z-order operations
* Grouping objects, with a way to "select in group" without ungrouping, or "enter the group" making it a temporary layer
* Layers, with a way to lock and/or hide individual layers, rearrange them, etc; layers can form a hierarchical tree
* Copying and pasting objects
* Alignment and distribution commands

=== Fill and stroke ===

* Color selector (RGB, HSV, color wheel)
* Color picker tool
* Copy/paste style
* A gradient editor capable of multi-stop gradients
* Pattern fills (bitmap/vectors)
* Dashed strokes, with many predefined dash patterns
* Path markers (e.g. arrowheads)

=== Operations on paths ===

* Node editing: moving nodes and Bezier handles, node alignment and distribution, etc.
* Converting to path (for text objects or shapes), including converting stroke to path
* Boolean operations
* Path simplification, with variable threshold
* Path insetting and outsetting, including dynamic and linked offset objects
* Bitmap tracing (both color and b/w)

=== Text support ===

* Multi-line text
* Uses any installed outline fonts, including right-to-left scripts
* Kerning, letterspacing, linespacing adjustments
* Text on path (both text and path remain editable)
* Text in shape (fill shape following stroke)

=== Rendering ===

* Fully anti-aliased display
* Alpha transparency support for display and PNG export
* Complete "as you drag" rendering of objects during interactive transformations

=== Misc ===

* Live watching and editing the document tree in the XML editor
* PNG and PostScript export
* Command line options for export and conversions
* Perfectly compliant SVG format file generation and editing

:''The above lifted from the'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkscape Wikipedia].

[[Category: About Inkscape]]