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Understanding the SVG file format - Inkscape Tutorial
From the course: Inkscape Essential Training
Understanding the SVG file format
- [Instructor] When you're working in Inkscape, you're using a file format called SVG, or scalable vector graphics. So to better understand what you can do with Inkscape, let's take a minute to go over what SVG is, and how it works. First, SVG is an open file format for creating 2D graphics, developed by the World Wide Web Consortium, or W3C, the organization that sets web standards. No one company controls SVG, and all the details about how it works are free and available to the public. This is why it was chosen as the format for Inkscape images, having an open file format helps Inkscape itself remain free and open. For this same reason, SVG is also used by other open source software, like Scribus, LibreOffice, Blender, and GIMP, so you can be sure that the artwork you make with Inkscape will work with those applications too. And Inkscape is supported in many commercial graphic programs as well. For example, Adobe…
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What is Inkscape?2m 19s
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Understanding the SVG file format2m 36s
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Touring the Inkscape interface5m 50s
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Exploring the Inkscape toolbox2m 17s
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Creating new documents2m 25s
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Importing documents from Adobe Illustrator4m 56s
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Editing document properties3m 5s
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Editing global Inkscape preferences5m 7s
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Using Undo History3m 36s
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