Hi,
I'm interested in applying to GSoC for Inkscape this year. While I don't have much experience with graphics on the implementor's side so far, I'm interested in learning about this; thus Inkscape is an interesting project. Mostly the lib2geom-task sounds nice; do you have some more specific information, what would you expect from a student to take it on?
Does programming experience suffice (well, I probably also have some basic understanding of linear algebra and/or other mathematical concepts which might be used there) to get one started, or should I already know something about Inkscape (more than as user) or computer graphics / 2d vector graphics?
Thanks for your help and greetings from Austria, Daniel
Hi Daniel,
Actually, I was hoping to do the lib2geom integration, since I've already worked a lot with it. Which is why I kept the idea blueprint very brief. You can still apply for it of course, just hoping I can steer you towards another project :-) The conversion to lib2geom will touch a lot of places in inkscape's codebase, probably also some more profound things like the internal representation of path data. In short, I do think one would need a fair bit of knowledge of Inkscape's code.
I don't think you need any particular graphics knowledge to join Inkscape (it depends on what you want to do). Also, getting to know a project's codebase is part of GSoC, so in general you don't need that knowledge either.
Maybe there is another project that inspires you?
Regards, Johan
-----Original Message----- From: inkscape-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:inkscape-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Daniel Kraft Sent: dinsdag 18 maart 2008 21:58 To: inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-devel] GSoC requirements / expectations
Hi,
I'm interested in applying to GSoC for Inkscape this year. While I don't have much experience with graphics on the implementor's side so far, I'm interested in learning about this; thus Inkscape is an interesting project. Mostly the lib2geom-task sounds nice; do you have some more specific information, what would you expect from a student to take it on?
Does programming experience suffice (well, I probably also have some basic understanding of linear algebra and/or other mathematical concepts which might be used there) to get one started, or should I already know something about Inkscape (more than as user) or computer graphics / 2d vector graphics?
Thanks for your help and greetings from Austria, Daniel
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J.B.C.Engelen@...1578... wrote:
I don't think you need any particular graphics knowledge to join Inkscape (it depends on what you want to do). Also, getting to know a project's codebase is part of GSoC, so in general you don't need that knowledge either.
But do get your hands into the codebase before GSoC if you can. This will greatly help you during the selection process. And you will be better able to make an informed Inkscape related project choice.
Maybe there is another project that inspires you?
Inkscape related project. :-)
Aaron Spike
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