Over the past few years I've presented different versions of this talk.
- Linux Users of Victoria - http://www.luv.asn.au/
- Ballarat Linux Users Group - http://www.blug.asn.au/
- Melbourne Novell Users Group - http://www.mnug.org.au/
- at linux.conf.au as a workshop
- at VITTA, QSITE, CEGSA & ECAWA conferences for teachers
- at the Melbourne University "techtalk" forum.
It's gradually improved with each rendition.
Download the ODP [3.8 mb] or PDF [2.16 mb] of the slides.
Here are the references at the end of the slides for easy access:
Basic Info (+ download and examples)
http://inkscape.org/ - Official website
Wikipedia on Inkscape
Art and Examples from wikimedia commons
Inkscape Favourites from Deviant Art
Download Inkscape
- For Windows, MacOS Leopard, & Tiger, and the latest dev ubuntu .deb and there are packages for various fedora and suse versions, and you should be able to just apt-get, yum or yast as required.
Techniques, Tips, Tricks & Tutorials
Text Tricks
Range of Tutorials at Wordpress
Path Operations
Illustration Tutorial from Red Hat High
Screencasts from Heathen X
10 Good Inkscape Vector Tutorials
Tiled Clones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=015nsSE9Y-s
Bezier curves
Raikar Designs blog on Bezier Curves
Wikipedia Entry on Bezier Curve
Network Diagrams
http://openclipart.org/people/skadge/skadge_SVG_widgets_for_diagrams.svg
Pretty network diagrams and flow charts with Open Source software
10 tips for creating good looking diagrams using inkscape
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InkscapingForFunAndProfit.pdf | 2.16 MB |
InkscapingForFunAndProfit.odp | 3.8 MB |