Back from work, I decided to go about doing another of heathenx's screencasts. I must admit, they are really good. This screencast shows you how to create a jewel case using Inkscape.
I made a little bit of modifications. Here's mine.
There were a few things that I learnt as I worked on my own version
- By pressing Shift and selecting a color from the color palette, you can change the color of the stroke. By default, when you don't press shift, the fill is the default target of the color selection.
- Adding radial gradients to the stroke can create a very decent depth effect. Its something I just hadn't realized earlier.
- I also learnt that there is something called as the 'Dynamic Offset' and 'Linked Offset' in inkscape. The documentation is available here. Such a cool feature that I didnt know about. The Linked offset seems even cooler. Although I still need to figure out where it can be used. Any ideas?
- I came to know of a new menu option : Object - Rows and Columns. I the tutorial, it is used to layout multiple lines in parallel to each other as the sidebar of the jewel case. I tried to do the same using the Create Tiled Clones that I learnt about a couple of days ago, but I could not make it work. I wonder why. That certainly needs some investigation.
I have a feeling of glee when I look at this image!
Ryan
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