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* [http://www.glitchnyc.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/technology/opensource/furboa_tutoria.phblox Furboa-Tutorial] (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.deviantart.com/view/14703295/ Icon Creation], devianart.com-mini-Tutorial, without text
* [http://www.sitepoint.com/article/create-xp-style-icons article about how to create Icons] (en)
* [http://www.sitepoint.com/article/create-xp-style-icons Create XP-style Icons Using Illustrator or Freehand] (en)
* [http://jimmac.musichall.cz/demos/inkscape/key-status.avi Video about Inkscape], avi
* [http://jimmac.musichall.cz/demos/inkscape/key-status.avi Video about Inkscape] (.avi format)
* [http://popolon.org/inkscape/?sub=blogtutorial List of tutorials] (en)
* [http://popolon.org/inkscape/?sub=blogtutorial List of tutorials] (en)
* [http://members.gamedev.net/trapperzoid/ia/index.html Inkscape Adventures] by Trapper Zoid
* [http://members.gamedev.net/trapperzoid/ia/index.html Inkscape Adventures] by Trapper Zoid
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* [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:Tutorial-cartography_(basic).svg Tutorial-cartography_(basic).svg] — Learn basics of cartography with Inkscape. Download the file, and open in Inkscape.
* [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:Tutorial-cartography_(basic).svg Tutorial-cartography_(basic).svg] — Learn basics of cartography with Inkscape. Download the file, and open in Inkscape.
* [http://libregraphicsworld.org/articles.php?article_id=7 Draw Mac-like Clock in Inkscape] — How to draw Mac like clock in Inkscape.
* [http://libregraphicsworld.org/articles.php?article_id=7 Draw Mac-like Clock in Inkscape] — How to draw Mac like clock in Inkscape.
* [http://libregraphicsworld.org/articles.php?article_id=8 Acrylic Photo in Inkscape] — How to create an acrylic looking picture from a photo using GIMP and Inkscape.
* [http://libregraphicsworld.org/articles.php?article_id=8 Acrylic Photo in Inkscape] — How to create an acrylic-looking picture from a photo using GIMP and Inkscape.
* [http://libregraphicsworld.org/articles.php?article_id=12 Drawing Volumetric Objects in Inkscape] — How to draw 3D objects with all the right reflections and shadows
* [http://libregraphicsworld.org/articles.php?article_id=12 Drawing Volumetric Objects in Inkscape] — How to draw 3D objects with all the right reflections and shadows
* [http://verysimpledesigns.com/vectors/inkscape-tutorial-spiro-swirls.html Spiro Swirls] — Create flourishes and swirls in Inkscape using the new Spiro option, by Syllie of verysimpledesigns.com
* [http://verysimpledesigns.com/vectors/inkscape-tutorial-spiro-swirls.html Spiro Swirls] — Create flourishes and swirls in Inkscape using the new Spiro option, by Syllie of verysimpledesigns.com

Revision as of 06:50, 2 December 2011

Tutorial targets for future releases

Inkscape 0.46 development cycle

Unofficial tutorials

Quickguide.png
Name: Quick Guide to Inkscape
Overview: A concise quick guide for getting started with Inkscape.

Icons in Inkscape.png
Name: Icon Creation (Mini-Tutorial)
Overview: A short tutorial demonstrates the design process in creating an SVG icon in Inkscape. The finished product of this tutorial can be found in the Open Clip Art Library

Orb-tutorial-thumb.png
Name: Simple Bubble/Orb in Inkscape
Overview: Demonstrates the use of the blur filter and clipping to create a simple bubble or orb.

Inkscape overview tut thumb.png
Name: Inkscape interface tutorial
Overview: Describes the Inkscape user interface in detail and explains how they can be used for creating cartoonish art.

3d-beveltext-thumb.png
Name: 3D-like text effect in Inkscape
Overview: Demonstrates a technique to create text with a beveled edge effect.

Slime tutorial thumnail.png
Name: slime to start
Overview: Shows how to draw a simple cartoonish slime creature using Inkscape and provides great detail on the thought and development process that is used for basic character development.

Starfish tutorial thumb.png
Name: a starfish with Inkscape
Overview: Shows how to make a simple starfish in Inkscape; great for Inkscape novices

Starburst tut thumb.jpg
Name: Sun background with Inkscape
Overview: Demonstrates the technique of creating the "starburst" effect using Inkscape.

Eye tut thumbnail.png
Name: 11 Step Tutorial To Create Eyeball Vector Art
Overview: Shows the process to create an eyeball in Inkscape.

Ball tut thumbnail.png
Name: 10-step tutorial to create shiny-ball vector art
Overview: Shows how to create a shiny little ball using Inkscape.

Inkscape fonts.png
Name: Kiddy Font and Tigger Font Tutorial
Overview: How to create interesting font effects with the help of Inkscape.

Graph-tut-thumbnail.png
Name: Graphs in Inkscape
Overview: How to create accurate line graphs in Inkscape.

Spring.png
Name: It is spring time
Overview: How to make use of "tiled clone" with tracing.

Furboa head.png
Name: Furboa-Tutorial
Overview: Learn how to create a cartoonish animal in Inkscape. The test subject in this case is a cute little creature named Furboa.

Box.png
Name: 3D Box
Overview: How to make perspective 3D boxes.

Tc bar.png
Name: How far can a bar go?
Overview: A tile clone tutorial shows how to make use of Rotation, Shift, and Color.

Coloring B&W images.png
Name: Color B&W images
Overview: Learn how to color a black-and-white image using Inkscape's Trace Bitmap... feature.

Chrome.png
Name: Dynamic Chrome Effect
Overview: A 12-step tutorial on creating a dynamic chrome effect, with explanations.

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Outside Tutorials and Tips

Help & helpful articles

Creating New Tutorials

Easy way:

  1. Load up one of the existing tutorials
  2. Replace its text and images with your own
  3. Upload it to the Patch Tracker. Make SURE to click the "Upload and Attach a File" checkbox!

Official way:

  1. Create a DocBook XML file like the Basic Tutorial DocBook
  2. Follow directions in the tutorial directory README for formatting and handling of embedded non-SVG images
  3. Create a subdirectory in the doc-docbook module and place the new tutorial docbook file there
  4. Test tutorial generation using the `make-html`, `make-svg`, and `make-all` scripts
  5. Announce the availability of the new tutorial


Tutorial Ideas

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


Completed Tutorials

Tutorials in development

Planned Tutorials

  • Text and Typography
  • Clippath/Mask/Pattern
  • Effects
  • SVG Filters
  • XML Editor

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

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