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The book of Inkscape : the definitive guide to the graphics editor  Cover Image Book Book

The book of Inkscape : the definitive guide to the graphics editor / by Dmitry Kirsanov.

Kirsanov, Dmitry, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781718501751 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: xxiii, 539 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: Second edition.
  • Publisher: San Francisco : No Starch Press, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Inkscape and the world -- An Inkscape primer -- Setting up and moving around -- Objects -- Selecting -- Transforming -- Snapping and arranging -- Style: Color and opacity -- Style: Stroke and markers -- Gradients, meshes, and patterns -- Shapes -- Editing paths -- Path effects -- Drawing -- Text -- Clones and symbols -- Filters -- Bitmaps -- Extensions -- Tutorial: Designing a business card -- Tutorial: Creating an animation -- Tutorial: Drawing a 3D-correct cartoon -- Tutorial: Artistic drawing -- Tutorial: Technical drawing -- Tutorial: The rose -- Tutorial: Artwork for a game -- Appendix A: An SVG primer -- Appendix B: Import and export -- Appendix C: The command line.
Subject: Inkscape (Electronic resource)
Computer graphics.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch 006.686 Inksc-K 2022 31681010305084 NONFICPBK Available -

  • Baker & Taylor
    "Dmitry Kirsanov, a former core Inkscape developer, shares his knowledge of Inkscape's inner workings as he shows how to use Inkscape to draw with various tools, work with objects, apply realistic and artistic effects, and more. Step-by-step task-based tutorials show you how to create business cards, animations, technical and artistic drawings, and graphic assets for games. This second edition covers the new tools, improved text features, advanced new path effects and filters, as well as many new UI conveniences in Inkscape 1.0. A new chapter describes Inkscape's extensions for both users and developers." --
  • Random House, Inc.
    A comprehensive user’s guide to Inkscape, a vector illustration application.

    Dmitry Kirsanov, a former core Inkscape developer, shares his
    knowledge of Inkscape's inner workings as he shows how to use
    Inkscape to draw with various tools, work with objects, apply realistic
    and artistic effects, and more. Step-by-step task-based tutorials show
    you how to create business cards, animations, technical and artistic
    drawings, and graphic assets for games.

    This second edition covers the new tools, improved text features,
    advanced new path effects and filters, as well as many new UI
    conveniences in Inkscape 1.0. A new chapter describes Inkscape's
    extensions for both users and developers.

    Learn how to:
  • Navigate the canvas and customize your workspace and views
  • Create new objects and transform, style, clone, and combine them
  • Use gradients, patterns, filters, and path effects to liven up your work
  • Work with layers, groups, object order, and locks to control your artwork
  • View and manipulate your document’s structure with the XML Editor and the new Objects dialog
  • Export your work to various formats

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