Episode 067 – Intro to Spiro

by heathenx

In this episode I take a look at a semi-current development release of Inkscape to show off some of the new Spiro capabilities. Spiro is NOT included in the latest v0.46 stable release. I used Inkscape SVN Revision 19338.

Please review Andy Fitzsimon’s recent blog post on Spiro as well.

Update (10-13-09): If anyone is looking for Spiro then grab a pre-release of Inkscape 0.47 until 0.47 is officially released. The Spiro feature has changed a little but not so much that you cannot figure it out.

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Episode 066 – Intro to Live Path Effects (LPE)

by heathenx

In this screencast I will demonstrate Live Path Effects or LPE in Inkscape v0.46.

Please review Tav’s guide on LPE. You’ll walk away with a thorough understanding as usual.

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Episode 065 – LCD Digits

by Richard Querin

This screencast demonstrates a fairly easy way of creating LCD digits from scratch. It also demonstrates the use of grids and grid snapping to make drawing objects of a defined size easier.

I recorded the intro to this one about a week ago. During the week I got involved in a couple of forum discussions involving grids and snapping (which I had never used before btw). So you’ll notice that while the main screencast uses grids and grid snapping to create the digit, the intro at the beginning does not.

See, you can teach an old dog new tricks. Woof Woof!

ps. Astute viewers might also notice that this might be the first time I’ve done two of these episodes in a row. Does that mean I can now wait 2 months before doing my next one??

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