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The only limitation to using Inkscape, apart from your creativity and imagination, is that it only does a single page graphic in each inkscape window, but each graphic can be saved as individual images and made into a document using Scribus or OpenOffice / LibreOffice as Inkscape can save your designs using standard image formats (png, jpeg, svg, etc.) While the focus on the book is Inkscape for web design, all the techniques are useful if you want to create advertising posters, desktop wallpapers, company logos, single page comics, etc. Inkscape is open source software and is licensed under GNU General Public License (GPL) and there are many examples of works create with Inkscape under the creative commons licences - eg With no prior design knowledge, I was able to use Inkscape to do some basic posters, using the book has helped me do more involved designs and uses the more advanced features of Inkscape. No technical skills are really required except the basics of using desktop software with a modern graphical user interface.

Also, if you are a developer who works with graphic designers, you will find interest in understanding how graphic designs are created. 048).ĭon't be concerned by the seemingly low version number, this is a fully working application that has been used for production work for a number of years.įor those wanting to get into graphic design or start creating their own works, the book is quite a useful starting point to learn about a few important design concerns. I should say up front that If you are a web designer by trade you will know all the design aspects covered in the book, although the book will help you apply that knowledge in the latest version of Inkscape (version. Most if not all the techniques covered are relevant to creating other graphic works too, so its useful as a general Inkscape tutorial. The Inkscape 0.48 Essentails for Web designers is specifically focused on helping you to create your first web site designs and does a great job of getting you started. Here is a book review for a new book about Inkscape. Inkscape is easy to use, although learning the tricks that make designing a web site look great are more involved.

Inkscape is similar to Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw and gives you a vector based graphics tool that uses the W3C Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format. Inkscape is an open source 2D drawing tool that helps you create graphic designs, from simple buttons and logos to full blown posters and web page designs. Title: Inkscape Essentials for Web Designers