

If you have some time, and are interested in helping, the project could use a few more people with the following types of skills: The real beauty of this manual is that its license allows it to be managed by the community, so that when future updates are needed, they can be done by anyone willing to register on FLOSS Manuals, and do the work! It's being translated and edited using the FLOSS Manuals interface, but will eventually be published to the web and optionally downloadable as PDF. And we've discussed adding some extra chapters or features, such as a glossary and/or a troubleshooting section. Once translated, it will be ready for a few updates. Currently the focus is on translating it to English. Technically, it's derived from a manual which was originally published by a French team, led by Elisa de Castro Guerra. The focus is on "how" rather than "why", and is meant to gently guide new Inkscape users through all the most basic features. When using Inkscape, it's important to save your designs as a Plain SVG before uploading them to the Glowforge App.Home » News » 2017 » June » 6th » New Inkscape Beginners Manual New Inkscape Beginners ManualĪ small team of translators and other editors is excited to announce that work has started on an Inkscape guide, which is written specifically for beginners. You can learn how to use Inkscape through Inkscape’s tutorial pages, from our own users in the Glowforge Tips and Tricks page on the Glowforge forum, or from some of our guides to getting started in the Learn By Doing section of our support site. You can download and install the Mac OS X version of Inkscape here.You can download and install the Windows version of Inkscape here.Installing Inkscape involves a quick download from the Inkscape site. If you run into a snag with a file or an upload, we may suggest that you open it in Inkscape – it’s a way for us to make sure we’re looking at the same thing as we work together. Since it’s so accessible, we use it for examples and troubleshooting. It runs on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux operating systems. Inkscape is a professional quality vector graphics editor that’s available for free.
