Inkscape is a cross platform, GPL, graphics editor. Its native
file format, Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) is a W3C open
standard. This tutorial guides participants through a series of
tasks designed to introduce Inkscape’s interface and tools, and
build foundation skills for creating and modifying vector
graphics. Assumed knowledge: Free & Open Source Software
licensing. Difference between raster and vector graphics. New
knowledge goals: Inkscape interface, creating shapes & lines,
working with colour. Inkscape techniques, path operations,
object manipulations. How to edit existing SVGs from wikimedia
commons or openclipart.org You don’t need to be a designer,
artistic or know how to draw. Just install Inkscape on your
laptop, bring a mouse, come along and learn how to get the best
out of this brilliant tool. 25th–29th July 2011