Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape InstallFest, Sydney, late July.

23 Jun 2017

      A few quick thoughts:
Considering your target audience (web devs/designers), you probably
need to do these things to make sure they are happy with their
Inkscape experience:
1. Make sure they know the benefits of SVG
- A presentation showing why vector graphics are better to use for
logos, illustrations, etc. in today's ever-incresingly high-res world
(show the difference on high-res devices with pinch-zoom - most people
can do this on thier phones, just direct them to a web page you have
set up with a raster and vector logo side by side). Show them how svgs
can be scripted for advanced users (some animated demonstration is
probably enough, and a mention that SVG is an XML based file format)
2. Make sure they know the limitations of the current browser
implementations of SVG
- What works, what doesn't, and the workarounds.
3. Make sure they know the benefits of Inkscape vs Illustrator
regarding the above
- If most of your folks are coming from illustrator, any new software
package may be a hard sell due to the different interface, and time to
learn - make sure you have some walk-throughs that show how fast and
easy Inkscape is vs Illustrator.
4. Be ready to answer any questions that your presentation brings up -
get some of the group in in advance to ask questions, and have answers
prepared for the main group.
5. Obviously make sure that you've successfully installed Inkscape on
MacOS and Windows 7, 8 and 10. If you spend most of the time
struggling with install issues, it will convince people that it's not
worth the effort, and they will go back to Illustrator.
If you have questions, feel free to message me. I can probably help
with guidance, and some graphics for your presentations.
Maybe call it SVGFest or something. Looking around Installfests are
usually for things that take a lot of setup. Inkscape is already set
up (except for XQuarts on Mac, can be a little tricky).
My 2p.
-C
On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 2:57 AM, brynn <brynn@...3089...> wrote:
...
Ok, thanks :-)
-----Original Message----- From: MarkT Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 7:17 PM
To: Inkscape User Community Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape
InstallFest, Sydney, late July.
Hi,
The SVG meetup group has around one hundred members.
SVG has had a slow burn-in to the web developers palette.
It is often used for icons and authoring logo's.
More significant graphics have been in the domain of Illustrator.
From what I can gather many of the group's members are
development-technically oriented, plenty busy.
SVG is a occasionally encountered by them.
Though as it's availability and use rises, a path of learning is useful.
It's easy to assume they will have Inkscape installed, being so useful
and easy to install.
Though SVG is a big learn.
So to festivalize the install hopefully humanizes the experience.
As the install is so easy I expect there to be time enough to do some
ice-breaker sessions on functions of Inkscape.
The aim is to significantly raise the percentage of installs and use in
the group.
MarkT
On 23/06/17 04:17, brynn wrote:
...
I'm curious what is an "installfest"?
Thanks,
brynn
-----Original Message----- From: C R
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 10:22 AM
To: Inkscape User Community
Cc: paradisaeidae@...155...
Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape InstallFest, Sydney, late July.
Pardon my ignorance of this, but is it a compile-fest? Does just
installing Inkscape need a "fest"? :)
Just curious. Wondering if people find it hard enough to install
inkscape as to need any sort of help... or is it teaching new users
how to use Inkscape as well?
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