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Revision as of 19:17, 13 February 2010

Tutorial targets for future releases

0.46 dev cycle

Unofficial tutorials









Screen casts

Japanese 日本語


Outside Tutorials and Tips

Help & helpful articles

Creating New Tutorials

Easy way:

  1. Load up one of the existing tutorials
  2. Replace its text and images with your own

Official way:

  1. Create a DocBook XML file like the Basic Tutorial DocBook
  5. Announce the availability of the new tutorial

Tutorial Ideas


Completed Tutorials

Tutorials in development

Planned Tutorials

  • Text and Typography
  • Clippath/Mask/Pattern
  • Effects
  • SVG Filters
  • XML Editor

Tutorial Scratchpad

  • How to create an icon
  • How to build a presentation using Inkview.
  • How to build complex shapes using boolean operations.
  • etc

A tutorial in progress of writing by John Griessen


Attached is a png of the printed business card:




Other SVG Tutorials

Name: Quick Guide to Inkscape
Overview: This is a great concise quick guide for getting started with Inkscape.

Icons in Inkscape.png
Name: Icon Creation (Mini-Tutorial)
Overview: A quick little tutorial demonstrating the design process in creating an SVG icon in Inkscape. The finished product of this tutorial is actually in the Open Clip Art Library

Name: Simple Bubble/Orb in inkscape
Overview: A tutorial that demonstrates the use of the blur filter and clipping to create a simple bubble or orb.

Inkscape overview tut thumb.png
Name: inkscape interface tutorial
Overview: A detailed tutorial that describes the Inkscape user interface in detail and explains how they can be used for creating cartoony art.

Name: 3d like text effect in Inkscape
Overview: A tutorial that demonstrates a technique to create text with a beveled edge effect.

Slime tutorial thumnail.png
Name: slime to start
Overview: A detailed tutorial that shows the reader how to draw a simple cartoony slime creature using Inkscape. This tutorial also provides great detail on the thought and development process that is used for basic character development.

Starfish tutorial thumb.png
Name: a starfish with inkscape
Overview: a simple tutorial that shows how to make a simple starfish in Inkscape. great for Inkscape "newbies"

Starburst tut thumb.jpg
Name: Sun background with inkscape
Overview: A tutorial that demonstrates the technique of creating the "starburst" effect using Inkscape.

Eye tut thumbnail.png
Name: 11 Step Tutorial To Create Eyeball Vector Art
Overview: A tutorial that shows the process to create an eyeball in Inkscape.

Ball tut thumbnail.png
Name: 10 step tutorial to create shinyball vector art
Overview: a tutorial that shows you how to create a shiny little ball using Inkscape.

Inkscape fonts.png
Name: Kiddy Font and Tigger Font Tutorial
Overview: a tutorial on how to create interesting font effects with the help of Inkscape.

Name: Graphs in Inkscape
Overview: a tutorial on how to create accurate line graphs in Inkscape.

Name: It is spring time
Overview: a simple tutorial that shows how to make use of "tiled clone" with tracing.

Furboa head.png
Name: Furboa-Tutorial
Overview: Learn how to create a cute little cartoony animal in Inkscape. The test subject in this case is a cute little guy named Furboa.

Name: 3D Box
Overview: How to make perspective 3D boxes.

Tc bar.png
Name: How far can a bar go?
Overview: a tile clone tutorial that shows how to make use of Rotation, Shift, and Color.

Coloring B&W images.png
Name: Color B&W images
Overview: Learn how to color a black and white image using Inkscape trace Bitmap feature.

Name: Dynamic Chrome Effect
Overview: A twelve step tutorial on creating a dynamic chrome effect with explanations.