Design Made Easy with Inkscape. A practical guide to your journey from beginner to pro-level vector illustration Zabrze

With the power and versatility of the Inkscape software, making charts, diagrams, illustrations, and UI mockups with infinite resolution becomes enjoyable. If you’re looking to get up to speed with vector illustration in no time, this comprehensive guide has got your back! Design Made Easy with Inkscape is easy to follow and teaches you everything you need to know to create graphics that you can use and reuse forever, for free!You’ll benefit from the author’s industry experience as you go over the basics of vector illustration, discovering tips and tricks for getting professional graphics done fast by leveraging Inkscape's powerful toolset. This book teaches by example, using a great variety of use cases from icons and logos to illustration, web design, and product design. You’ll learn about hotkeys and take a best-practices approach developed over ten years of using Inkscape as a design tool in production. What’s more, this book also includes links to free graphics resources that you can use in all your projects.Whether you’re a new user or a professional, by the end of this book, you’ll have full understanding of how to use Inkscape and its myriad of excellent features to make stunning graphics for your projects. Spis treści: 1. The Inkscape Interface2. Moving and Styling Shapes3. Drawing Shapes with the Shape Tools4. Automatic Shape Alignment in Inkscape5. Node Editing – Modify Your Shapes with Nodes and Curves6. Fast Shape Editing with Booleans and Other Path Operations7. Using the Text in Inkscape8. Advanced Shading and Coloring9. Clips and Masks10. Automation with Clones and Linked Files11. Organization Using Layers12. Live Path Effects (LPEs)13. Filters and Extensions14. Vectorizing with Trace Bitmap15. Conclusion