![]() Inkscape, as a project, is dedicated not only to open source but open standards as well: The project team collaborates with the upstream W3C Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Standards Committee. The Inkscape team has a long-term goal to fully implement the SVG 1.1 specification in Inkscape and will advance the version number to 1.0 to demarcate that accomplishment. The current stable version is 0.92.2, released on August 7, 2017. Inkscape 0.92 was released in January last year with a couple of subsequent updates. Open source creatives were rewarded in 2017 with the first major new release of Inkscape since 2015. Now we need to fine tune it for our needs. So, select your square and click on Filters->Bevels->Bloom. It may not be perfect, but it will give us a good start on it. Now that we have a green square, we need to give it a nice bevel.I've decided to make the main part of my box dark green by clicking on it in the palette row. Now we want to set the fill of the square to the proper color.On the palette the white box with the "X" is an "Unset" color By default, selecting a color sets the Fill, but holding Shift when selecting a color, either from the palette or the eye-dropper tool (we'll cover that later), sets the Stroke instead. ![]() What we just did is "Unset" the Stroke.So, hold Shift and click on the left-most box of the palette (the white box with an "X" through it on the row of colors at the bottom). Strokes are good in Keen graphics for adding borders around things, but in our case, we do not want one. If your square has a line around the edges of it, that means that it has a Stroke set.It doesn't always get it right, but that's no big deal. Inkscape tries to remember the last color settings you used for a tool. Now, the color settings are probably not right.You'll notice how the corners snap to the grid. Starting from any corner, hold the left mouse button down, and move the mouse to the opposite corner.Next create a simple square that covers the whole image.These are useful for quickly getting to the view you need. The 5-key will zoom it to the extent of the page. A couple of things to keep in mind: The 4 key will automatically zoom the window to the extents of your drawing.Go ahead and set up your file as described above.This will help you familiarize yourself with some of Inkscape's controls and how to convert a truecolor image to one suitable for EGA using GIMP. Now you have a nice clean SVG file to create awesome new Keen graphics in.įor the first tutorial, I will create a simple beveled tile with a little bit of texture. ![]()
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