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Open Source Fun With Inkscape and SVG

Submitted by stro on Wed, 2005-05-18 16:01. Inkscape
Inkscape

Okay, this is just going to be a quickie picture-tutorial, because I've got a very long text-based one coming out "any day now." Meanwhile, I just want to share the joy that is working with Inkscape.

For those that don't know, Inkscape is a free and open source vector image editor, much like Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator. Vector editors differ from photo editors in that your drawings always remain a bunch of parts that get rendered, rather than being saved as pixels. For example, if you draw a circle, the file will contain information about the position and radius of the circle, as well as its color and outline rather than thousands of little dots representing the image.

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Inkscape is wonderful by Anonymous George
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Hi "George," this is the auth by Anonymous George

Inkscape rocks. Really.

Submitted by Anonymous George on Thu, 2005-05-19 06:55.

I usually don't hype free software products, because I see it sometimes as childish fanboyism, but for Inkscape I have really a place in my heart - it simply works, period. And it really does vector - and in good way. I created lot of web graphics in it and have been surprised.

Keep rockin guys!

i hate to be picky by Anonymous George

I don't have Illustrator or P

Submitted by FooBarWidget on Thu, 2005-05-19 11:52.

I don't have Illustrator or Photoshop, but this is partially created in Inkscape. It's a good program (as is Gimp), they rock!

exageration ? I don't think so

Submitted by Anonymous George on Thu, 2005-05-19 05:52.

Mhhh...
I used inkscape to make the Foresight Desktop Linux logo and for a lot of artwork I do as a job... For me it is really better than Illustrator, with a lot of things that really help design work.

I think comparing inkscape to illustrator or corel draw is not an exageration at all :)

BTW I'm not the 1st george bu by Anonymous George