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Friday, April 11th, 2008

Episode 058 - Filter Effects
by heathenx
In this screencast I take an initial look at the new filter effects in the recently released Inkscape 0.46. I demonstrate three effects: Drop shadows, Embossing, and Turbulence. There are many things that you can achieve with filters so play around with them and see what you come up with.
Please reference these two web sites for further reader on the effects that I used.
Tavmjong Bah’s Guide to Inkscape - Draft Filters Chapter for Inkscape 0.46
And
chrisdesign blog - Creating Real Fire Tutorial

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Tags: effects, filters
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Episode 057 - Page Curl
by Richard Querin
In this screencast, I demonstrate a fairly quick way of creating a corner page curl. I then show one way of putting a photo onto this page. This screencast was done with Inkscape 0.46, although I didn’t use any of the new features in 0.46 for this one. I’m still trying to catch up! 
Tags: bitmap, page curl
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Friday, March 21st, 2008

Episode 056 - Web Badges
by heathenx
In this screencast I will demonstrate how to make small web badges for your web page to promote of your favorite project. I’ll be using Inkscape v0.45

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Tags: web badge
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Monday, March 10th, 2008

Episode 055 - RSS Icon
by heathenx
In this tutorial I will demonstrate how to illustrate a very simple RSS icon in Inkscape v0.45.

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Tags: icon, rss
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Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Episode 054 - Scrapbooking Effect
by Richard Querin
In this screencast, I demonstrate a slotted corner scrapbooking effect. I also demonstrate a simple embossed text technique as well as a general image clipping technique. All this fun was done using Inkscape 0.45.

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Tags: clip, photo, scrapbook
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Episode 053 - Abstract Wallpaper
by heathenx
In this screencast I will demonstrate how to make a simple abstract wallpaper emphasizing gradients in Inkscape v0.45.

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Tags: gradients, wallpaper
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008

Episode 052 - A Simple Keypad
by Richard Querin
In this screencast I demonstrate a pretty quick and simple way of creating a keypad for use in illustrating a piece of equipment. I used Inkscape 0.45 for this tutorial.

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Tags: arrays, button, gradients
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Episode 051 - Old School Monitor
by heathenx
In this screencast I will illustrate a rather “old school” looking monitor in Inkscape v0.45.

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Tags: bezel, monitor, old
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Episode 050 - Sparkle Effect
by heathenx
In this screencast I will demonstrate how to add a little pizazz to your project with a sparkle effect. I will be using Inkscape v0.45.

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Tags: button, sparkle
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Episode 049 - Sunbursts
by heathenx
In this screencast I will demonstrate how to make a sunburst and apply it to a logo in Inkscape 0.45.

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Tags: gradients, logo, sunburst
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