Dear Inkscape developers,
My name is Christopher Brown, and I have just submitted my application to the Google Summer of Code for Inkscape.
My abstract follows in this message, and my full project description can be found at this location: http://audiere.googlepages.com/gsoc-description.pdf
"Inkscape was built purely as a vector editor – a GUI, you might say, for SVG. But the need has arisen for raster capabilities within the Inkscape application. Previous to this capability, the user would have to perform such raster post-production in a different application, such as the GIMP or Photoshop. Often this may not be anything more complicated than a punch/explosion effect or a windswept filter. This can be accomplished by integrating these effects, especially those provided by ImageMagick, directly into the Inkscape interface. The results will not be SVG, unfortunately, but they will be bitmaps, as the user desires."
I hope soon to be working with you guys,
-Chris