LibrePlanet: Conference/2010/Schedule/Friday/Inkscape with Mairin Duffy

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= Basic Talk Details =
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| '''Title'''
| Digital Art Using Gimp & Inkscape
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| '''Presenter'''
| [http://mairin.wordpress.com Máirín Duffy]
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| '''Location'''
| [[LibrePlanet2010/Lecture_Room_D | Lecture Room D]]
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| '''Date & Time'''
| Friday, 19 Mar 2009, 2:00-3:30 PM
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| '''Slides'''
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* [http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/presentations/libreplanet%202010/19Mar2010-LibrePlanet-InkscapeGimp.odp OpenOffice.org Impress File] 13 MB
* [http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/presentations/libreplanet%202010/19Mar2010-LibrePlanet-InkscapeGimp.pdf PDF File] 23 MB
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| '''License'''
|  CC-BY-SA 3.0
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= Who says free software is only for code hackers? =

Free software is '''not''' only for code hackers! Free software has lots to offer artists! Maybe you've heard of [http://inkscape.org Inkscape] or [http://gimp.org GIMP], maybe you know you can create cool graphics with them.... but you're not sure how! 

In this 1.5 hour talk, [http://mairin.wordpress.com Máirín Duffy] will help demystify these free software creative applications and coach you on becoming a free software-toting artist! She'll cover:

* Gimp vs. Inkscape: Which one should I use for what types of things?
* Where to find openly-licensed source materials for your creations.
* Gimp Fundamentals:
** Masks - extracting objects from photographs.
** Layer-Blending Modes - quick, easy, impressive effects.
** Using Masks + Layer-Blending Modes together - unbelievable effects, and easy photo corrections.
* Inkscape Fundamentals (projects tentative):
** Shapes & Nodes - tweaking shapes using nodes to create a logomark.
** Bitmap importing & the text tool - creating a slick-looking LOLCAT.
** Blur & Path functions - bling-ifying a logo design.
* Where to learn more about these programs.

'''Bring your laptop along to this presentation with Gimp and Inkscape installed and ready-to-go! '''
* [http://inkscape.org/download/?lang=en Get Inkscape!]
* [http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ Get Gimp!]

== Some Stuff mentioned during/after the talk ==
* If you're after CMYK support, neither Inkscape or Gimp do this yet. What I do to get CMYK support for artwork I produce in Inkscape is import it into [http://scribus.net Scribus]. 
* [http://cinepaint.org CinePaint] is another option for CMYK support, it's a Gimp fork that supports 16-bit graphics and CMYK. 
* [http://projects.gnome.org/gnome-color-manager/ GNOME Color manager] is a free software GUI that enables you to calibrate your monitor for proper color display
* If you'd like to create patterns for cross-stitch or knitting, Inkscape has a function that will generate a grid you can superimpose over artwork. It's available in Inkscape 0.47. In the Inkscape menus, go to Extensions > Render > Cartesian Grid.
* Juca showed us [http://bighead.poli.usp.br/~juca/code/svg/minigame/minigame.svg an interactive SVG+js game] he used Inkscape and Javascript to build. SVG+js is a nice replacement for Flash.
* Juca also mentioned you can create you own font with Inkscape, he worked on a UI that is available in the Text > SVG Font Editor menu item. (It's still a little rough though, as he mentioned.)

== Talk Photos ==
Thanks to Luis Villa for taking these photos! If anyone else took photos please post links here!

*http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2764/4445824057_2bf3cf997a_m.jpg
*http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2770/4445823573_2fddf98150_m.jpg
*http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2706/4445824511_0bac5d77b9_m.jpg
*http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4446599140_2d904c270e_m.jpg
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/mairin/4446599140/ | More images]

== About the Presenter ==

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|[http://mairin.wordpress.com Máirín Duffy] is the team lead of the [http://fedoraproject.org Fedora] design team, the community-based team that creates the artwork for Fedora as well as icon and UI designs. She is also a senior interaction designer with [http://redhat.com Red Hat] and designs user experiences for free & open source software. As a design professional, she uses a 100% free software workflow in creating all of her work, including the usage of [http://fedoraproject.org Fedora], [http://inkscape.org Inkscape] and [http://gimp.org GIMP] (more on that workflow [http://mairin.duffy.usesthis.com/ here].)

You can see some of Máirín's designs using these free software tools along with discussions about designing with and for free & open source software  [http://mairin.wordpress.com at her blog].
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