Category Archives: inkscape

Jun 17 2013
inkscape

Updated Inkscape trunk builds for Fedora

I just updated the repo for the inkscape trunk builds for fedora. See my previous post here for details on initially setting this repo up. If you have already set the repo up, this updated package provides inkscape trunk revision 12379, with the following changes since the previous build (rev 12353)

[12379] Fix layer selection so defs don't change layers, updated 
          symbol text.
[12378] Fix for 1184408 : Additional zoom levels in zoom context menu
[12377] Revert Fix for 600285 : Zoom slider
[12376] Improve icons for symbols dialog
[12375] Fix crash for external symbol documents, should never select 
        these items.
[12374] Big change in symbols ui and selection chemistry.
[12373] Allow svg elements to be ungrouped
[12372]  Do not allow markers for children of markers (prevent loop)
[12371] Use fixed inkscape icon for 'no-marker' instead of gtk theme icon
[12370] Fix Apache2 license conflict with GPL with re-license from 
        SOIX upstream
[12369] Use 'remove' instead of 'gtk-remove' for theme.
[12368] Restore the old behavior of autogen.sh (do not automatically 
        run configure).
[12367] Change back to using NULL and fix windows theme error by checking
[12366] Fix bug where symbols weren't identified as such
[12365] extensions. hpgl input. new import routine by TimeWaster
[12364] Fix new bug with No-Marker having no icon, use Stock GTK::Remove icon 
        for No-Marker.
[12363] Change marker layout in stroke-widget so they are all on one line.
[12362] use visual bbox in calculation of filter area (Bug 1188336)
[12361] Remove use of separate array for scale values.
[12360] Replace multiple copies of GTK2/GTK3 #ifdef code with single helper 
        function.
[12359] Refactor --export-pdf-version detection. If the user try to export the 
        pdf and ps versions at one run, the sp_export_pdf detection would fail. 
        A better approach (this commit) is to check the mime argument.
[12358] C++ conversion of parallel arrays to vector of class instances.
[12357] Check for value in range before dereferencing.
[12356] Glibmm 2.32+ fix extended to optional components. Fixes bug #1179338.
[12355] Adding inclusion of config.h where needed for threads.h check
[12354] Warning cleanup.
Mar 15 2011
fedora, inkscape, openclipartlibrary, openclipartlibrarynews, opencontent, opencontentlibrary

Libre Graphics Meeting 2011

The call just opened for for all artists and developers in the open source graphics to submit presentation ideas for this year’s Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM)  in Montreal from May 10th  to 13th. To submit a talk proposal, add you idea to the page on the create wiki, or if presenting isn’t your thing, help the conference to remain free for participants by donating to the conference. Interested about what goes on at an LGM? check out all the videos from LGM 2010.

About LGM:

The Libre Graphics Meeting exists to unite and accelerate the efforts behind Free, Libre and Open Source creative software. Since 2006, this annual meeting is the premiere conference for developers, users and supporters of projects such as GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, Krita, Scribus, Hugin, the Open Clipart Library, and the Open Font Library who are gathered to work on interoperability, shared standards, and new ideas. Work at prior LGMs has pushed the state of the art in important areas such as color management, cross-application sharing of assets, and common interchange formats.

Feb 22 2011
clipart, howto, inkscape, openclipartlibrary, openclipartlibrarynews, opencontent, opencontentlibrary, technology

how to crop an image with inkscape

The inkscape tutorials weblog has a great little tutorial on cropping / clipping images with inkscape. It uses a great little clipart from the open clipart library too!

http://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/inkscape-faq-how-do-i-crop-in-inkscape/

Feb 19 2009
help, howto, inkscape, openclipartlibrary, openclipartlibrarynews, opencontentlibrary, technology

Create a Lightbulb Icon that follows the tango! guidelines.

Note: I originally wrote this post for the inkcsape tutorials blog, but i liked this tutorial enough to do a shameless crosspost here on my personal blog.

Here is another great inkscape tutorial from vectortuts, demonstrating how to create a vector lightbulb icon within the tango! icon guidelines.

This tutorial is a great overview on using inkscape for drawing icons.  For an overview on managing your workflow in inkscape while designing icons, see the previously posted tutorial, “creating icons with inkscape – a basic workflow.”

Also, be sure to check out the vectortuts website. Even though there are only a handful of inkscape tutorials posted there, if you have intermediate to advanced inkscape skills, you may be able to apply some of the techniques from the other tutorials hosted there.

Note: This tutorial only demonstrates the process to create the light bulb icon above. The image below is a random subset of images that are in the tango! icon library. To get the tango! icons, including icons in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format, visit the download page on the tango! website.

screenshot

Aug 26 2008
art, howto, inkscape, openclipartlibrary, openclipartlibrarynews, technology, tutorial

New tutorials on inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com

I just posted 2 fresh tutorials on the inkscape tutorials blog! be sure to check them out and give them a go!

Playing with Spiros and Path Effects by Andy Fitz

Creating a Coffee Cup using inkscape by Peter Anglea

Jul 02 2008
art, howto, inkscape, technology, tutorial

fresh inkscape tutorials at the inkscape tutorials blog

after a month or so of laziness, i have finally updated the inkscape tutorials blog with 3 fresh tutorials for all to try!

does anyone actually read / use the tutorials that i post over there? or should i not bother posting fresh inkscape tutorials at all?

Jun 06 2008
inkscape, technology, tutorial

NewPost on inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com: Creating Icons with an on the table perspective.

Jun 05 2008
art, cc, ccsalon, creative commons, events, inkscape, openclipartlibrary, openclipartlibrarynews, opencontentlibrary, Projects, technology

creative commons salon 2

The creative commons australia is hosting the next ccSalon au at the state library of queensland.the followinf is an excerpt from the ccau invite:

creative commons australia (CCau) invites you to the second ccSalon, a showcase of the creative commons in australia.

the ccSalon is a public exhibition/performance/expo of how artists are using creative commons licences and material worldwide. the ccau event features creative commons licensed material by a range of australian artists, including a CC Film and Video showcase and an photo exhibition drawn from Powerhouse Museum, Sydney’s Photo of the Day series. Then get into the groove with music by Sydney performer, Yunyu and Andrew Garton’s Terminal Quartet.

ccSalon is a public event.

for more information and the program of events for the eveing,  check out the ccau website.

the photos used in this flyer are from .

May 02 2008
fedora, GIMP, inkscape

Fedora 9 animated banner – take 2

Okies, here is the v.2 of the fedora 9 banner that i originally posted yesterday…

And here is v.1 from yesterday for comparison:

Despite what I said yesterday, i am pretty happy with both designs, so i will post the sources up on the fedora wiki

Tagged banner, , fedora 9, gif, ,
May 01 2008
fedora, GIMP, inkscape

Fedora 9 animated banner

Here is a quick banner that i threw together in Inkscape + the GIMP for the upcoming Fedora 9 release. I dont think this is the one that ill submit officially to fedora-art, but i wanted to throw it up so people can see it.

I’m not fully happy with the positioning of the text that appears at the end, but ill fix that up later…
Shoot me a message if you are on the fedora-art team and want the source files (.xcf, .svg and all the frames in .png)

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