Book description
Inkscape is a powerful, free, cross-platform, vector-based drawing tool similar to Adobe Illustrator and CorelDRAW. The Book of Inkscape, written by Inkscape developer and graphic designer Dmitry Kirsanov, is an in-depth guide to Inkscape, offering comprehensive coverage and creative advice on Inkscape's many capabilities.
Table of contents
- The Book of™ Inkscape: The Definitive Guide to the Free Graphics Editor
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Inkscape and the World
- 2. An Inkscape Primer
- 3. Setting Up and Moving Around
- 4. Objects
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5. Selecting
- 5.1 The Selection Cue
- 5.2 Selection and the Status Bar
- 5.3 Subselection
- 5.4 Selecting by Clicking: The Selector
- 5.5 Selecting by Clicking: Other Tools
- 5.6 Adding to a Selection
- 5.7 Selecting with the Rubber Band
- 5.8 Touch Selection
- 5.9 Selecting Objects from Underneath
- 5.10 Selecting in Groups
- 5.11 Selecting with Keyboard Shortcuts
- 5.12 Finding Objects
- 5.13 Following Links
- 5.14 Deselecting
- 5.15 Selection Miscellany
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6. Transforming
- 6.1 The Selector: Moving
- 6.2 The Selector: Scaling
- 6.3 The Selector: Rotating and Skewing
- 6.4 Center of Rotation
- 6.5 Transforming with Keyboard Shortcuts
- 6.6 Transforming with Numbers: X, Y, W, and H
- 6.7 The Transform Dialog
- 6.8 Pasting Sizes
- 6.9 Transforming with the Tweak Tool
- 6.10 What Transformations Affect
- 7. Snapping and Arranging
- 8. Styling
- 9. Stroke and Markers
- 10. Gradients and Patterns
- 11. Shapes
- 12. Editing Paths
- 13. Path Effects and Extensions
- 14. Drawing
- 15. Text
- 16. Clones
- 17. Filters
- 18. Bitmaps
- 19. Tutorial: Designing a Business Card
- 20. Tutorial: Creating an Animation
- 21. Tutorial: Drawing a 3D - Correct Cartoon
- 22. Tutorial: Artistic Drawing
- 23. Tutorial: Technical Drawing
- 24. Tutorial: The Rose
- A. An SVG Primer
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B. Import and Export
- B.1 Save vs. Export
- B.2 SVG Variants
- B.3 PDF (Import, Export)
- B.4 PostScript and EPS (Import, Export)
- B.5 Printing
- B.6 AI (Import)
- B.7 CorelDRAW (Import)
- B.8 EMF (Import/Export), WMF and CGM (Import)
- B.9 XAML (Import/Export)
- B.10 WPG (Import)
- B.11 DXF and HPGL (Export)
- B.12 JavaFX (Export)
- B.13 ODG (Export)
- B.14 POV (Export)
- B.15 LATEX (Export)
- B.16 Bitmap Formats (Import/Export)
- B.17 What’s Missing?
- C. The Command Line
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D. Keyboard Shortcuts
- D.1 Tools
- D.2 Dialogs
- D.3 The Controls Bar
- D.4 The Canvas (2.2)
- D.5 The Palette (8.3)
- D.6 Files
- D.7 The Document Window (3.6 The Document Window)
- D.8 Layers (4.6 Layers)
- D.9 Objects (Chapter 4)
- D.10 Paths (Chapter 12)
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D.11 The Selector Tool (5.4)
- D.11.1 Select (Mouse, 5.4)
- D.11.2 Rubber Band (5.7), Touch Selection (5.8)
- D.11.3 Select (Keyboard, 5.11)
- D.11.4 Select Within Group (5.10), Select Under (5.9)
- D.11.5 Move (Mouse, 6.1)
- D.11.6 Move (Keyboard, 6.1)
- D.11.7 Transform (Mouse, 6.2, 6.3)
- D.11.8 Scale with Handles (6.2)
- D.11.9 Scale (Keyboard, 6.5.2)
- D.11.10 Rotate/Skew with Handles (6.3)
- D.11.11 Rotate (Keyboard, 6.5.3)
- D.11.12 Flip (6.5.3)
- D.11.13 The Rotation Center (6.4)
- D.11.14 Cancel
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D.12 The Node Tool (12.5)
- D.12.1 Select Objects (Mouse)
- D.12.2 Select Nodes (Mouse)
- D.12.3 Rubber Band Selection (12.5.2)
- D.12.4 Select Nodes (Keyboard, 12.5.2)
- D.12.5 Grow/Shrink Node Selection (12.5.2)
- D.12.6 Move Nodes (Mouse, 12.5.7)
- D.12.7 Move Nodes (Keyboard, 12.5.7)
- D.12.8 Move Node Handle (Mouse, 12.5.7)
- D.12.9 Scale Handle (One Node Selected, 12.5.6)
- D.12.10 Rotate Handle (One Node Selected, 12.5.6)
- D.12.11 Scale Nodes (Two or More Nodes Selected, 12.5.7.3)
- D.12.12 Rotate Nodes (Two or More Nodes Selected, 12.5.7.3)
- D.12.13 Flip Nodes (Two or More Nodes Selected, 12.5.7.3)
- D.12.14 Change Segments (12.5.6)
- D.12.15 Change Node Type (12.5.5)
- D.12.16 Join/Break (12.5.4)
- D.12.17 Delete, Create, and Duplicate (12.5.3)
- D.12.18 Reverse (12.1.1)
- D.12.19 Edit Shapes
- D.12.20 Edit Fills and Path Effects
- D.12.21 Cancel
- D.13 The Tweak Tool (6.9, 8.7, 12.6)
- D.14 The Rectangle Tool (11.2)
- D.15 The 3D Box Tool (11.3)
- D.16 The Ellipse Tool (11.4)
- D.17 The Star Tool (11.5)
- D.18 The Spiral Tool (11.6)
- D.19 The Zoom Tool (3.9)
- D.20 The Pencil Tool (14.2)
- D.21 The Pen (Bézier) Tool (14.1)
- D.22 The Calligraphic Pen Tool (14.3)
- D.23 The Paint Bucket Tool (14.4)
- D.24 The Gradient Tool (10.1)
- D.25 The Dropper Tool (8.6)
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D.26 The Text Tool (Chapter 15)
- D.26.1 Select/Create
- D.26.2 Navigate in Text
- D.26.3 Flowed Text (Internal Frame, 15.2.2)
- D.26.4 Flowed Text (External Frame, 15.2.2.2)
- D.26.5 Text on a Path (15.2.3)
- D.26.6 Edit Text
- D.26.7 Select Text (15.1.1)
- D.26.8 Style Selection (15.4.2)
- D.26.9 Letter Spacing (15.3.4)
- D.26.10 Line Spacing (15.3.4)
- D.26.11 Kerning and Shifting (15.3.3)
- D.26.12 Rotate (15.3.3)
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: The Book of Inkscape
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2009
- Publisher(s): No Starch Press
- ISBN: 9781593271817
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