Tutorials and help

2006-08-22T11:30:57Z

Skarg: /* Creating New Tutorials */ converted cvs links to subversion

== Unofficial tutorials ==

* [http://70.24.158.31:8080/inktut.php Making Icons] (en)
* http://programmer-art.org/inkscape currently down video-tutorials planned. (en)
* [http://www.glitchnyc.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/technology/opensource/furboa_tutoria.phblox Furboa-Tutorial] (en)
* [http://www.deviantart.com/view/14703295/ Icon Creation], devianart.com-mini-Tutorial, without text
* [http://www.artcamilla.dk/vaultage/articles/the6502s/articles-gimp/cartoon-effects-1/article.html Cartoon Effekt]] Inkscape and Gimp (en)
* [http://linuxcult.com/?m=show&id=272 Glossy Triangle (sodipodi)]
* [http://www.sitepoint.com/article/create-xp-style-icons article about how to create Icons] (en)
* [http://www.closing-gaps.org/tutorial-ink1.htm Tutorial for product illustration using Inkscape.] (en)
* [http://inkscape-forum.de/comments.php?DiscussionID=3&page=1#Item_0 Silhouette-tutorial] inkscape-forum.de, (de)
* [http://inkscape-forum.de/comments.php?DiscussionID=6&page=1#Item_0 Glassbutton-tutorial] inkscape-forum.de, (de)
* [http://jimmac.musichall.cz/demos/inkscape/key-status.avi Video about ikscape], avi
* [http://popolon.org/gblog2/enhow-to-do-an-illustration-with-inkscape-from-a-to-z How-to do an illustration with Inkscape from A to Z.] (en)
* [http://popolon.org/gblog2/comment-faire-une-illustration-de-a-a-z-avec-inkscape Comment faire une illustration de A à Z avec inkscape.] (fr), same as above
*[http://le-radar.com/?articles/drawinginkscapeEn Beginner tutorial] (en)
*[http://le-radar.com/?articles/drawinginkscape Pour grands débutants] (fr)

== Help & helpful articles ==
* Inkscape [[TutorialIdeas]]
* [http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/56/Inkscape_Vector_Graphics.pdf Inkscape Vector Graphics] pdf, by Peter Kreussel (en)
* [http://www.linux-user.de/ausgabe/2005/05/053-inkscape/ Inkscape Vector Graphics], by Peter Kreußel (de), same as above
* [http://jimmac.musichall.cz/weblog.php/Inkscape?flav=php art-weblog with inkscape-category] (en)
* [http://blog.die-scheiss-kiste.de/wordpress/index.php?cat=4 Andy's weblog with inkscape-category] (de)
* [http://popolon.org/gblog2/categorie/didacticiel/didacticiel-graphique/inkscape-tutorial/ Popolongraphical Blog] (fr, en)
* [http://www.archive.org/download/Inkscape_Path_Tutorial/inkscapePaths.swf Flashvideo about drawing with the pen-tool and Bezier curves] (en)
* [http://www.archive.org/download/Inkscape_Gradient_Tutorial/gradient.swf Flashvideo about creating gradients] (en)
* [http://www.coofercat.com/wiki/InkScape some annotations about "Flowing Text, Portable SVG Files & Producing A4-pdf-files] (en)
* [http://www.rau-tu.unicamp.br/nou-rau/softwarelivre/document/?down=158 Portugese Inscape Manual] zipped svg (0.40)] (pt)
* [http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/5757/5/ Inkscape: Vector Graphics For Linux] Rob, Reilly (en)
* [http://www.sketchpad.net/drawing2.htm Bezier Curves And The Different Kinds Of Anchor Points] (en)
* [http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/09/08/1835253.shtml?tid=131&tid=130&tid=132| article about inkscape], Bruce Byfield (en)
* [http://www.redhat.com/magazine/010aug05/features/inkscape/ Creating vector graphics with Inkscape] by Rosanna Yuen, redhat.com (en)

== Creating New Tutorials ==
Easy way:
# Load up one of the existing tutorials
# Replace its text and images with your own
# Upload it to the [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=93438&atid=604308 Patch Tracker]. Make SURE to click the "Upload and Attach a File" checkbox!

Official way:
# Create a DocBook XML file like the [http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/inkscape/doc-docbook/trunk/basic/tutorial-basic.xml?view=markup Basic Tutorial DocBook]
# Follow directions in the tutorial directory [http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/inkscape/doc-docbook/trunk/README?view=markup README] for formatting and handling of embedded non-SVG images
# Create a subdirectory in the [http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/inkscape/doc-docbook/trunk/ doc-docbook] module and place the new tutorial docbook file there
# Test tutorial generation using the `make-html`, `make-svg`, and `make-all` scripts
# Announce the availability of the new tutorial

TutorialIdeas

2006-04-14T18:38:17Z

Skarg: /* Completed Tutorials */

This page will consist of brainstorming and basic development of new tutorials that will be useful for new/old users.

Also see [[TutorialsAndHelp]]

=== Completed Tutorials ===

* [[DefaultTutorial]]
* [http://home.programmer-art.org/?page=inkscape Daniel Taylor's Web-Based Inkscape Tutorials] - Hopefully he will make SVG tutorials that we can inlude with Inkscape, like our current [[DefaultTutorial]].
* making shiny marbles... http://inkscape.org/wiki_uploads/marbles_tut.svg
* also see [http://inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OtherProjects#outsidetut Outside Tutorials and Tips]
* [[ElementsPrinciplesOfDesign]] (rejon)
* [http://kargs.net/docs/easter_egg_tutorial.svg Easter Egg Tutorial]

=== Planned Tutorials ===

* [[UsingTheCloneTiler]]

=== Tutorial Scratchpad ===

* How to create an icon
* How to build a presentation using Inkview.
* How to build complex shapes using boolean operations.
* How to use Inkscape to create graphics for [[LaTeX]] / [[ConTeXt]] documents.
* etc

A tutorial in progress of writing by John Griessen

This writing is a journal of how a project to recreate a business card originally
made with Illutrator 7, after losing the original file, so the comparison to Illustrator is
much from memory and not to be taken as the last word, but a guide as to how the programs compare.

Attached is a png of the printed business card:

It originally was a collection of paths filled with colors and text objects with grouping to
make replicating some objects easy.

The shell command '$inkscape --version' tells us this is Inkscape 0.39cvs (Jul 2 2004) .

The logo main element is a pseudo sine wave, and I made it before with grid snap and stretching and replicating, so now I set my units to mm and grid spacing and snap to 1 and remember how it would be nice to have major and minor grids instead of just one, so I want to create some vertical guides evenly spaced and cannot remember and start looking in docs. In Illustrator 7, clicking on the ruler bar created a guide if I recall... Once created, it could be moved with grid snap like any object, so getting it on grid or off was easy. As I read around, I find the usage of guides in "Keys and Mouse" "drag off a ruler" is the way... and a guide is on the page, and I can't snap it to easily make the accurate secondary grid I had wanted....Is there a way to? I try duplicate on the guide, but alas, it is not a regular object... it cannot be selected as they are...so I cannot replicate guides to make other grids after all... note for the beginner, to get bezier curves out of the line/bezier tool, you must click-drag. A click-only will give you only connected straight line segments. I'll have to use lines as guides,
http://home.austin.rr.com/jgriessen/ill2ink-tut1.png

=== Other SVG Tutorials ===

* http://www.codeproject.com/books/learnsvgchapter07.asp

Inkscape Wiki - User contributions [en]

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