Hi Usama Ahmed,

welcome aboard.

On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 00:15:21 +0500
Usama Ahmed Siddiquie <usiddiquie.bscs18seecs@seecs.edu.pk> wrote:

> Hi there,
> With this year's Google Summer of Code upon us I wanted to introduce myself
> and share some ideas I have to make Inkscape even better. My Name is Usama
> Ahmed and I'm from Pakistan. Currently I'm doing my undergraduate degree in
> Computer Science from The National University of Science and Technology in
> Islamabad.
>
> My interest in programming developed about 8 years ago when I started
> working on apps and websites. At that time I also found out about Inkscape
> as a free tool to work with graphics and it blew my mind that I could
> achieve the same things with open source software that I would get from
> other paid software which I could not afford. I always had an interest in
> design and Inkscape helped me add another dimension to my work. I learned
> UI/UX design on it and later began using it to make posters which included
> artwork I made using code, fusing my interests in coding and design into
> one.
>
> Now I have an opportunity to give back to the Inkscape community as I
> believe I have developed the technical skills to start making contributions
> to the project. Below I discuss one features I think would make Inkscape
> better.
>
> Currently Inkscape doesn't have a Perspective Grid System which would let
> designers have guides on the screen to easily draw realistic 3-D Designs. I
> recently felt this difficulty when I wanted to design a logo which involved
> some perspective geometry.
>
> We can develop a way for designers to place a 1, 2 or 3 point perspective
> grid on the screen and be able to change different parameters associated
> with such grids such as the vanishing points and the granularity of the
> grid. I have attached a rough sketch of what this might look like.
> Furthermore, we can have a feature where a designer can have his designs
> "snap" to different perspectives. To achieve something like this right now
> we have to skew the drawing which can be difficult. Adobe Illustrator has a
> feature similar to this
> https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/perspective-grid.html. Another
> cool feature along these lines would be a system to extract perspective
> lines from raster images by doing edge detection and finding vanishing
> points. This would let designers use reference photos to create 3-D
> illustrations easily.
>
> I would love to work on Inkscape during Google Summer of Code. Let me know
> what you think of this feature and whether I should pursue it or look into
> other ideas.
>

This feature sounds like it will be useful to many users, and I personally
would welcome it. Note that I am only a relatively minor contributor so it's
not ultimately my decision, and that my graphics' design skills are limited.

> Thank you,
> Usama Ahmed



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