OCLUG presents "Beginning and Intermediate Inkscape"
Beginning and Intermediate Inkscape
Presenter: Steve Litt
Wednesday 2/19/2022 at 10:00 AM Pacific (California) time, 1 PM Eastern (New York) time.
Presentation begins promptly at 10AM Pacific time and ends promptly at 1PM Pacific time, so please arrive early to test your sound and camera.
Location is https://meet.jit.si/OrangeCountyLinuxUserGroup
Firefox might yield a no-sound condition. Best bet from Linux is to use the Chromium browser, or with the Jitsi Desktop app available at https://desktop.jitsi.org/Main/Download.html#stableline, smart phone Jitsi apps and probably MS Edge.
For most people in most situations, by far the best tools for creating graphics are vector graphics editors. In the world of Linux, the most widely used full-featured vector graphics editor is Inkscape. Inkscape has the additional benefit of creating files in the standardized and widely used SVG (Scaleable Vector Graphics) format, so your graphics can be used directly in websites and/or eBooks, or converted to other formats.
In this presentation Steve will explain Inkscape fundamentals and then walk through the creation of the following book cover graphic, which you can click to see full sized:
Steve will also briefly demonstrate creation of block diagrams.
Among the topics to be emphasized and quickly demonstrated will be: