Am 03.09.2018 um 19:13 schrieb Dwain Alford:
hi steve, here's a review on "the book of inkscape, the definitive guide to the free graphics editor" by dmitry kirsanov. he is a core inkscape developer, author and graphic designer, specializing in website and logo design. https://wordpress.com/post/wdalford.wordpress.com/5
Dwain, thanks for suggesting possible ways to learn about Inkscape!
There aren't many recent books about Inkscape, unfortunately, and this one (from 2009) is no exception in this.
I think, though, a lot probably still works the same, even if the book is 9 years old by now...
If you need current info that is directed at Inkscape beginners, try the free online in-progress book http://write.flossmanuals.net/start-with-inkscape/_draft/_v/2.9/why-use-inks... .
Or the tutorials that come with Inkscape (Help > Tutorials) are a good start too, as well as Brynn's collection of tutorials here: https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php
Maren
cheers, dwain
On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 11:03 PM, Steve Litt <slitt@...2357... mailto:slitt@...2357...> wrote:
Hi all, Inkscape is one of the best pieces of software I use. It's sometimes hard to use, but the concept of drawing is very complex, so there's only so simple Inkscape can be made. The one Inkscape thing that gets me is switching between having the stroke grow or shrink with the object, when the object is grown or shrunk, as opposed to having the stroke width stay constant. I've given up and just scale rectangles in rectangle mode, or if I need to grow something big (perhaps because it's in a group), I just have to manually change the stroke width EDT (Every Darn Time). I know there's a toggle for this somewhere, but I can't find it in the docs or in experimentation. Wherever this toggle is, it should be shouted from the rooftops in the Inkscape documentation, and also made very obvious and prominent in the menu system, which is the best route toward discovery. By the way, help->Inkscape_Manual fails to bring up a web page on my system. It would be great if you had a copy-and-pasteable (and perhaps clickable) URL of the manual on the Help->About window. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt September 2018 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz <http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:Inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user>
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