Course Outline

Introduction

  • What is Inkscape?
  • Uses of Inkscape
  • Installing Inkscape

Interface Overview

  • Menu Bar
  • Command Bar
  • Snap Controls
  • Toolbox
  • Dialogs
  • Basic Preferences

Diagrams

  • Rectangle
  • Selecting and Transforming
  • Selection Options
  • Transform Dialog
  • Navigating
  • Duplicating
  • Saving
  • Color Swatches
  • Fill and Stroke Dialog
  • Paint Bucket Tool
  • The Dropper
  • Cloning
  • Connectors
  • Aligning and Distributing
  • Stroke Options
  • Node Tool
  • Text Tool Basics
  • Importing Raster
  • Graphics Outputting
  • Project Wrap-up

Creating an Icon

  • Ellipse Tool and Options
  • Star Tool and Options
  • Offsets
  • Spirals
  • Gradients
  • Combining Paths
  • Previewing an Icon
  • Saving an .ico file and Review

Logos

  • Basic Tweak Tool
  • Shatter Effect
  • Logo Text
  • Layers
  • Live Path Effects
  • Texturing Logo Text
  • Masking: Reflections
  • Grouping / Saving / Review

Advertisement/Flyer

  • Pencil Tool
  • Graphic Brushes
  • Pen Tool Basics
  • Pen Tool Options
  • Calligraphy Tool
  • Background with Interpolate
  • Clipping Path
  • Fun with Extensions
  • Text-based Logo
  • Setting up Text Frames
  • Filters
  • Text-on-a-Path

Bits and Pieces

  14 Hours
 

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