UserStories047

2009-04-25T16:49:41Z

Klepas: /* User Stories Index */ Added klepas to the User Stories index.

We are collecting User Stories to help promote the release of Inkscape, and as a useful ongoing resource to inspire others to try Inkscape, and participate in it's ongoing improvement and development.

Want to help? Please just answer these questions:

Jump to the [[UserStories047#Template| Template]] at the end of the page and just copy and paste it on to a new page and add in your answers.

Create a new page by adding [[UserStories047/MyName]] to the [[UserStories047#User_Stories_Index| User Stories Index]].

==== What is your Name? ====
This can be your full name, or an IRC nick, etc

====Can you give us a Photo?====
Just a headshot or avatar to identify you, and add colour and interest to the profile.

====What do you think about Inkscape?====
What do you like about it? How did you discover it? What do you use it for? What would make it even better? (up to 200 words)

====Can you give us a Hot Tip for using Inkscape?====
Tell us something you think is cool, nifty, handy or useful that you would like to share with others about using Inkscape.

====Can you share some of your Artwork?====
Upload an example piece of artwork, or diagram or graphic that show cases how you use Inkscape.

====How did you do it?====
Write a short description of the main tools and techniques you used to create that artwork. If you like you can add step by step instructions so others can try it out too.

====Do you give us permission to use this to promote Inkscape?====
We need your permission to use all of the above on the website (and other relevant publications) to promote the upcoming Release of Version 0.47
Preferred License: Creative Commons - Share Alike.

=== User Stories Index ===
* [[UserStories047/MyName]]
* [[UserStories047/KatteKrab]]
* [[UserStories047/klepas]]
* [[UserStories047/YourName]]
* [[UserStories047/xxxxxx]]

===Template===

===What is your Name?===
===Can you give us a Photo?===
<nowiki>[[Special:Upload]]</nowiki>
===What do you think about Inkscape?===
===Can you give us a Hot Tip for using Inkscape?===
===Can you share some of your Artwork?===
<nowiki>[[Special:Upload]]</nowiki>
===How did you do it?===
===Do you give us permission to use this to promote Inkscape?===

To create a new page add <nowiki>[[UserStories047/YourNameOrNicHere]]</nowiki> to the User Stories Index, save it and then click on the link you created, paste in this template and edit it!

UserStories047/klepas

2009-04-25T16:48:01Z

Klepas: Added page. (:

===What is your Name?===
Simon Pascal Klein, also known as klepas on IRC and a few other places, but generally ‘Pascal’ in most places.

===Can you give us a Photo?===

I guess. I haven’t figured out how to upload photos to this instance of Wikimedia, so I’ll just link it:
http://klepas.org/Photo_63.jpg

===What do you think about Inkscape?===

A total rocker and sits at core in the work-flow of any of my design work. I think I’d have to echo [http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/UserStories047/KatteKrab Donna]: it’s possibly also my favourite open source app.

Apart from Inkscape being open source—a quality that most industry designers sadly won’t treasure as much as fellow FOSS community members—I particularly love the type of users and developers Inkscape attracts. I think there are some of the most talented software engineers actively participating in the project, not to mention a great number of brilliant designers. Most striking though is the number of newcomers to design—meant generally; design of any form—who have created their first works through Inkscape. Inkscape lowers the barrier of entry for anyone wanting to create and edit vectors, whether illustrations, diagrams, icons—the list goes on.

===Can you give us a Hot Tip for using Inkscape?===

Stick it to the grid! Although Inkscape is a vector editor chances are you’ll have to make fixed, static exports of your work, such as raster PNG files. When exporting these, and probably most notable in any precision work like iconography, you’ll want to make sure that your lines render sharply and crisply rather than blurring. By pressing Shift + 3 (#) you’ll trigger the grid, which you can redefine and edit in the preferences. Further, if you’re keen to keep your objects aligned to the grid you can enable various forms of snapping that automatically snap your objects when moving them or editing them.

===Can you share some of your Artwork?===

Yea, sure:

http://openclipart.org/media/files/klepas/6426

===How did you do it?===

Also on OpenClipArt: http://openclipart.org/media/howididit/6426

Essentially the piece is a composition of relatively simple shapes with applied colours and gradients of which some make good use of the blur effect. :)

===Do you give us permission to use this to promote Inkscape?===

Absolutely. The work noted above is already released into the public domain; open it up and pull it apart to see how it was constructed.

Another tip: it might help to use the view outline mode because Inkscape renders all the shapes, gradients and even the blurs in real time, which can add up to be a bit much for the processor and cause interface laggging.

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