
Inkscape Basic Course for Beginners
Lesson Pack Details
Lessons should generally be booked chronologically, meaning that the second lesson should be booked after the first, and so on.
Descrizioni
What is Inkscape?
Inkscape is a free, open source and multiplatform vector graphics programme, available for several operating systems such as Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, etc.
Inkscape allows to create scalable images for logos, illustrations, web and software interfaces, covers and thumbnails, etc.
Inkscape private lessons in Trieste or online. Inkscape for beginners - first steps with this open source vector graphics programme.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Beginners with little to no experience in vector graphics software.
OBJECTIVES:
To provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of Inkscape's core functionalities and enable them to create and edit vector graphics for various purposes.
DURATION AND METHODOLOGY:
10 hours - Individual student-centred lessons full of examples and practical exercises, flexibility and customisation.
CONTENTS:
Introduction to Inkscape and vector graphics
- Vector graphics vs. raster graphics
- Introduction to Inkscape: Interface overview (Canvas, Toolbars, Menus, Dockers)
- Setting up your document (Page size, orientation, units)
- Inkscape's global settings
- Basic navigation: Zooming, Panning, Scrolling
Working with objects
- Shapes and paths
- Nodes and paths
Creating basic shapes
- Rectangle Tool: Creating squares and rectangles, rounded corners.
- Ellipse Tool: Creating circles and ellipses.
- Star and Polygon Tool: Creating stars, polygons, and customizing their properties (corners, spoke ratio, roundedness).
- Spiral Tool: Creating spirals and customizing their properties (divergence, inner radius).
Selection and transformation
- Selection Tool: Selecting single and multiple objects.
- Transformations: Moving, Scaling, Rotating, Skewing objects.
- Grouping and Ungrouping objects.
- Align and Distribute Docker: Arranging objects precisely.
Colours and gradients - Colour Palettes, Fill & Stroke, Gradients
- Understanding Fill and Stroke basics: applying colours, gradients and patterns to objects.
- Basic understanding of color palettes and swatches.
- Stroke style: Width, dashes, markers, join types, cap types.
- Creating and using gradients.
- Using the Dropper Tool to pick colours.
Object Operations
- Duplicating, cloning objects.
- Boolean Operations (Pathfinder equivalents): Union, Difference, Intersection, Exclusion, Division.
- Clipping and masking.
Introduction to Paths & Node Tool
- What are Paths? Bézier curves explained.
- Pen Tool (Bézier Tool): Creating straight lines, curved lines, corner nodes, smooth nodes, symmetric nodes.
- Node Tool: Selecting and manipulating nodes, converting segment types (line to curve and vice versa), adding/deleting nodes, breaking paths, joining paths.
- Converting Shapes to Paths.
- Using the Calligraphy Tool for freehand drawing with variable width.
Text - Working with text
- Text Tool: Creating and editing artistic text and text frames.
- Font selection, size, style.
- Kerning, Spacing (Tracking), Line Spacing.
- Putting Text on a path.
Layers, Filters, and Extensions
- Layers Docker: Organizing your artwork with layers (creating, naming, locking, hiding, reordering).
- Introduction to Filters: Blurs, Shadows, Textures (use sparingly, can be resource-intensive).
- Brief overview of Extensions (e.g., generating grids, QR codes).
Preparing and exporting
- Short overview of file formats.
- Saving in SVG format.
- Exporting PNG and JPEG images: Exporting the page, selection, or custom area. Understanding resolution (DPI).
Modalità di cancellazione di Cafetalk
Cancellation of pack lessons
(2) A lesson pack with at least one confirmed request. (By confirming the date and time for the first lesson in the pack the tutor confirms the pack as a whole and coupons are automatically issued)
Cancelling individual requests in a pack
Prima che la richiesta sia confermata (fissata)
- La cancellazione è possibile in qualsiasi momento.
Dopo che la richiesta sia stata confermata (fissata)
- Più di 24 ore prima dell'inizio della lezione.→ La cancellazione è possibile in qualsiasi momento.
- Meno di 24 ore prima dell'inizio della lezione→ Il tutor potrebbe richiedere una penale per la cancellazione.
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No-Show→ Il tutor potrebbe richiedere una penale per la cancellazione. Si prega di controllare i dettagli del tutor.
(Si prega di controllare i dettagli del tutor.)
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