Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Inkspace - Free Open Source Vector Graphics Programme

Inkspace is an excellent open-source programme, freely available from www.inkscape.org/.

It's an alternative to some of the big name graphic software out there. I'm not too sure of how it compares to the likes of Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro, but it seems very capable!

I'm no graphic artist, but I've been messing around with Paint Shop Pro for a few years, without ever really getting into it. But the time has come to start developping my own graphics for web-sites, posters, and such and it looks as though Inkscape is going to be my way forward.

Not that I've got anything against Paint Shop Pro (I have version 7 on my computer) but tutorials seem so hard to find! Plus which, it has since been updated and I really can't afford to invest in the more recent versions.

Inkscape, as I mentioned above, is available as a free download, it's opehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifn-source, works on Windows, Mac, or Linux and there are a whole host of tutorials available for the beginnger and intermediate user. The doll figure to the right is my first attempt at using Inkspace, and is the result of a tutorial at verysimpledesigns.com.

But after making a quick search I've come across a few others which look very promising too:
www.microugly.com/inkscape-quickguide/
screencasters.heathenx.org/

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