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Part 1: Finding Your Way Around
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Free ChapterChapter 1: The Inkscape Interface
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Chapter 2: Moving and Styling Shapes
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Chapter 3: Drawing Shapes with the Shape Tools
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Chapter 4: Automatic Shape Alignment in Inkscape
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Chapter 5: Node Editing – Modifying Your Shapes with Nodes and Curves
- Chapter 5: Node Editing – Modifying Your Shapes with Nodes and Curves
- Editing shapes with the Node tool
- Curve handles and node types
- Breaking and joining lines
- Drawing lines and shapes from scratch
- Line styles
- Advanced curves and line options
- Making brush strokes with Stroke Shape
- Try it yourself
- Summary
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Part 2: Advanced Shape Editing
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Chapter 6: Fast Shape Editing with Path Operations and the Shape Builder Tool
- Chapter 6: Fast Shape Editing with Path Operations and the Shape Builder Tool
- Technical requirements
- What are Booleans?
- Exploring the Combine, Break Apart, Split Path, Fracture, and Flatten operations
- Exploring the Inset, Outset, and Dynamic Offset Path operations
- Fast Path operations with the Shape Builder tool
- Try it yourself
- Summary
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Chapter 7: Using Text in Inkscape
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Chapter 8: Advanced Shading and Coloring
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Chapter 9: Clips and Masks
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Chapter 10: Automation with Clones and Linked Files
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Part 3: Inkscape’s Power Tools
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Chapter 11: Organization Using Layers
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Chapter 12: Live Path Effects
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Chapter 13: Filters and Extensions
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Chapter 14: Vectorizing with Trace Bitmap
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Chapter 15: Document Properties, Pages, Exporting, and Printing
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Index
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About this book
With the power and versatility of the Inkscape software, making charts, diagrams, illustrations, and UI mockups with infinite resolution becomes enjoyable. If you’re looking to get up to speed with vector illustration in no time, this comprehensive guide has got your back! Design Made Easy with Inkscape is easy to follow and teaches you everything you need to know to create graphics that you can use and reuse forever, for free!
You’ll benefit from the author’s industry experience as you go over the basics of vector illustration, discovering tips and tricks for getting professional graphics done fast by leveraging Inkscape's powerful toolset. This book teaches by example, using a great variety of use cases from icons and logos to illustration, web design, and product design. You’ll learn about hotkeys and take a best-practices approach developed over ten years of using Inkscape as a design tool in production. What’s more, this book also includes links to free graphics resources that you can use in all your projects.
Whether you’re a new user or a professional, by the end of this book, you’ll have full understanding of how to use Inkscape and its myriad of excellent features to make stunning graphics for your projects.
- Publication date:
- April 2023
- Publisher
- Packt
- Pages
- 360
- ISBN
- 9781801078771