With all the recent additions - clipping, masking, and especially blur - Inkscape is finally able to produce some real photorealistic art. This is a call to arms for all Inkscape artists to start working on some stunning examples of what's now possible in Inkscape. We will need them - the more the better - for screenshots, examples, tutorials, etc. etc.
One thing I would like to request in particular: A car. It would be very nice to have a complex, detailed, photorealistic SVG image of a shiny impressive car. There are several reasons for why this is desirable. First, cars are sexy (for many people, anyway). Second, they are relatively easy to draw by tracing a photo - you don't need to be much of an artist for that, you just need patience, Inkscape skills, and a good photo to start from. Third, with their glass and brass and polish, well-lit cars are ideal for showcasing "photorealism". And finally, our main competitor at this time, Xara LX, has long used amazingly photorealistic images of cars (among other things) for its promotion, and it worked well. We need such an image if only to give people an idea of how we compare with Xara. Here's a Xara example for inspiration:
http://downloads.xara.com/opensource/images/screenshots/realistic/11.jpg
(John, I'm cc'ing you personally because I know you did some car traces in the past. Do you think you could make such a photorealistic example from one of your old images?)
bulia byak wrote:
With all the recent additions - clipping, masking, and especially blur
- Inkscape is finally able to produce some real photorealistic art.
This is a call to arms for all Inkscape artists to start working on some stunning examples of what's now possible in Inkscape. We will need them - the more the better - for screenshots, examples, tutorials, etc. etc.
I've recently started updating some of my old work abusing the clipping, masking, and blurring. :) I have a few pieces that haven't been used in screenshots before, so if it comes down to it, we do have some to fall back on.
Otherwise, I will begin some new stuff this weekend and will be able to show some things over the coming weeks. Anyone that's on deviantART... if you want to get an art piece for yourself (and obviously the project as well) from me, hit up my journal at http://scislac.deviantart.com/journal/10355866/ . Thanks again for passing on the excellent idea Kees.
Also, I will be resuming tutorial writing over the next couple weeks too... at the least, my tutorial for Clipping, Masking, and Patterns will be in 0.45. Hmmm... also, I think I will whip up a Filters tutorial as well since we will at least have blur (and if I'm lucky we can get blend modes in too). I will try to get these done ASAP for proofing and also for the translators.
Speaking of tutorials... oy... I still have the docbook XML files from the last release that I never committed (really horrible inaction on my part). I will commit those individually over the next couple days (as I'm sure there will be issues if I don't compare changes made since the last release).
-Josh
bulia byak wrote:
With all the recent additions - clipping, masking, and especially blur
- Inkscape is finally able to produce some real photorealistic art.
This is a call to arms for all Inkscape artists to start working on some stunning examples of what's now possible in Inkscape. We will need them - the more the better - for screenshots, examples, tutorials, etc. etc.
One thing I would like to request in particular: A car.
I have some photos of classic cars you can use
here is the license http://benjamin-newton.net/ministries/personal/blank/wallpapers
here are the cars http://benjamin-newton.net/ministries/personal/blank/wallpapers/classic-cars
Are you interrested by this one: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/41288680/ I can try to finish it.
Le 11 oct. 06, à 23:00, bulia byak a écrit :
With all the recent additions - clipping, masking, and especially blur
- Inkscape is finally able to produce some real photorealistic art.
This is a call to arms for all Inkscape artists to start working on some stunning examples of what's now possible in Inkscape. We will need them - the more the better - for screenshots, examples, tutorials, etc. etc.
One thing I would like to request in particular: A car. It would be very nice to have a complex, detailed, photorealistic SVG image of a shiny impressive car. There are several reasons for why this is desirable.
-- J-M Le Clec'h ASMD Aikido http://www.asmd-aikido.fr/
On 10/12/06, Jean-Maurice Le Clech <jmlecl@...66...> wrote:
Are you interrested by this one: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/41288680/ I can try to finish it.
Sure, it's a great start! I would love to see it finished. I just wanted to reiterate that it's very important for you to use blur for things like reflections, highlights and shadows - otherwise it will look unnaturally flat and "vectory" no matter how many details you add.
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Joshua A. Andler