An Introduction to Inkscape（介绍之）.pdf

An Introduction to Inkscape 1 A uthor: Gavin Corley, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Bioelectronics Research Cluster, National University of Ireland, Galway. Galway, Ireland. E-mail: g.corley 1@nuigalway.ie 2 Introduction Inkscape is an open-source vector drawing program and is equivalent to commercial packages such as Adobe Illustrator or Deneba Canvas. The current version is 0.48 and it is constantly being developed and upgraded. The project website includes tutorials, guides and forums and can be found here: . Vector graphics are images are made up of a set of objects, usually a set of joined lines or curves which are defined by a series of points (nodes) or a path. This is in contrast to conventional bitmap images which are defined by a set of pixels. Vector drawing facilitates the creation of extremely high quality images, with little pixelation and very small file sizes. It also allows you to easily manipulate and adjust all aspects of an illustration quickly i.e. It s a fast, flexible and very high quality drawing environment. As most word processing software isnt yet setup to accept vector images, we usually export them as a bitmap at a high resolution so that we can use them in other programs. How to get the most out of inkscape: • If you are not an artist you need to know what you want to draw, have a sketch, a photo or an existing illustration on paper beside you as a rough reference. • Learn and use the inkscape shortcuts from the start (the Ctrl key is your friend!), it will speed the drawing process up hugely, there a few key shortcuts which we will cover. Practising using them. • Like any piece of software, the more you use it the more useful it will become, so