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Introducing Vector Graphics and Inkscape

Issue 159

From Issue #159
July 2007

Jul 01, 2007  By Marco Fioretti
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Inkscape's vector graphics open a whole new world for creating art.
What's Next?

The screenshots and the text of this article refer to Inkscape 0.45 on SUSE 10.1. The official Inkscape road map tells us that the most interesting things in the near future should be PDF import/export and Visio support in version 0.47, followed by the authoring of simple animations in Inkscape 0.48. Version 0.50 should include SVG Mobile support. The plan also includes switching parts of the display engine to Cairo, up to the point where Inkscape can use the hardware-accelerated back end of that library. As you can see, there are a lot of reasons to try Inkscape today and keep an eye on it in the coming months.

Resources

Creating High-End 2-D Graphics Using XML: luxor-xul.sourceforge.net/talk/jug-nov-2002/slides.html

Cairo: cairographics.org

Librsvg: librsvg.sourceforge.net

Figurine: figurine.sourceforge.net

Dia: www.gnome.org/projects/dia

Karbon: www.koffice.org/karbon

Inkscape: www.inkscape.org

Inkscape Source Code Architecture: inkscape.org/doc/architecture.png

Inkscape Wiki: wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape

Inkscape User Documentation: inkscape.org/doc/index.php

Inkscape User Manual: www.angelfire.com/mi/kevincharles/inkscape/index.html

A Guide to Inkscape: tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.php

Inkscape Roadmap: wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Roadmap

How to Use Inkscape's New Blur Filter: www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/02/27/the-open-palettehow-to-use-inkscapes-new-blur-filter

Creating International Graphics: andy.brisgeek.com/archives/45

Outlining Fonts: ruphus.com/blog/2006/05/19/five-steps-of-inscape-outlining-fonts

Inkscape Text Tricks: www.ffnn.nl/pages/articles/media/inkscape-text-tricks.php

Vector Clip-Art Collection: www.clipartlab.com

Marco Fioretti is a hardware systems engineer interested in free software both as an EDA platform and, as the current leader of the RULE Project, as an efficient desktop. Marco lives with his family in Rome, Italy.

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