Inkscape

Step by step from installation and the right settings to professional publications. Designing graphics: inserting gradients, aligning text to paths, and cloning objects. With many practical examples and small projects to replicate. Inkscape is a popular and free open-source editor for working with vector graphics. The program is the best choice if you want to create business cards, logos, or posters in an easy way. You can create professional graphics as comfortably as with commercial programs. This manual systematically introduces you to working with Inkscape and explains all the important features. Through practical examples, the author shows you the extensive possibilities and numerous tools. You will first learn the principle behind the program using simple shapes. Then, the author gradually guides you to designing with paths, graphic, and text objects. After covering the basics, Winfried Seimert demonstrates how to adjust the drawn objects using attributes and how to design them with colors, fill patterns, or transparencies. You will learn how to transform, clone, or group objects, and understand which settings are important for subsequent printing. Thus, you will gain practical knowledge, also with the help of the concluding workshops, where you will create a business card, a logo, and a poster, enabling you to implement your own ideas with Inkscape. Content includes: Basic knowledge of Inkscape, working with graphic files, designing graphic objects, creating and editing paths, creatively adjusting objects, creating and formatting text objects, changes through filters and extensions, creating publications like business cards, logos, and posters.