Inkscape for absolute beginners

Donna Benjamin
lca2018.linux.o...
Inkscape is fun, powerful, free and open source software for creating scalable vector graphics. Its native file format, Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) is a W3C open standard.
This in depth tutorial will give you the foundation skills you need to create simple graphics with Inkscape, and introduce the key concepts and terminology required to take your learning further.
Participants will undertake a series of tasks designed to introduce Inkscape's interface and tools for creating and modifying vector graphics.
Assumed knowledge: None.
New knowledge goals: Inkscape interface, creating shapes & lines, working with colour. Inkscape techniques, path operations, object manipulations. How to edit existing SVGs from wikimedia commons or openclipart.org
You don't need to be a designer, artistic or know how to draw. Just install Inkscape on your laptop, bring a mouse, come along and learn how to get the best out of this brilliant tool.
This talk was given at Linux.conf.au 2018 (LCA2018) which was held on 22-26 January 2018 in Sydney Australia.
linux.conf.au is a conference about the Linux operating system, and all aspects of the thriving ecosystem of Free and Open Source Software that has grown up around it. Run since 1999, in a different Australian or New Zealand city each year, by a team of local volunteers, LCA invites more than 500 people to learn from the people who shape the future of Open Source. For more information on the conference see linux.conf.au/
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[@fgfg633]

Starts at 9:08

[@autumnstar3467]

I’ve been drawing with inkscape for about 6 years now and i really enjoy more than illustrator. I have examples

[@hish5125]

I just watched on speed 1.5 and practiced along the way. Thanks!

[@pyotrleflegin7255]

You are a great teacher but your intro was too long. It was in danger of outstaying its welcome and almost made me find something else. Perhaps something to keep in mind?

[@detectoraid5985]

Fun Inkscape intro!

[@leepogue8666]

you lose me by playing with so many things and going off. I really want to learn inkscape but i am distracted and uninterested in watching this any longer because it doesn't seem to be what i want which is to learn inkscape as a beginner

[@acidpunk7423]

Thanks

[@rogertleach]

I had to switch of, even after going to 9.08 and starting from there.

[@arethafranklin8450]

Don't!!

[@barbaraminx7896]

9:19 minutes haven't into to video and haven't learned anything yet, other than to watch the video at all

[@MrPropanePete]

It took 16 minutes into a 38 minute video before anything actually happened, and that was simply selecting a square

[@jhowell3949]

Lol call me crazy but I actually liked her going off on tangents about her favorite functions plus answering and demonstrating those answers for the multiple students class. Reminds me of alot of lectures I've been to lol.