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Synfig Demo Reel


Synfig is a vector based 2D animation tool which is included in Animux to help with such type of a project.  (more…)

Retro Comic Book in GIMP


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Extract objects from pictures using the scissors tool in GIMP


Inking a process most artists go through after the doodble take a shape. The advantage of inking digitally gives one the options of trying variations until they like and the world loves their finished project. In this tutorial, one learns learns how to use the scissor tool in GIMP to cut out the object of interest from the scanned image.
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Blog theme tutorial in GIMP


At some point in your career as an animator you will have to put your work on the web.  Blogs in probably the easiest way to do this and creating a theme that matches your work becames key in creating your brand. (more…)

Video Tutorial on the Inskcape Interface


Take a look at some of the elements that make up the Inkscape interface. Inkscape is equivalent to the Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator hence can be used to create logos or in some cases has been used to create mattes for animation.   (more…)

Inkscape, Guide to a Vector Drawing Program


THE COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE to the Inkscape program. (more…)

Converting Bitmaps to Vector Images in Animux


This article explains how to convert bitmap images to vector images using tools included in Animux. (more…)

Inkscape keyboard and mouse reference


In Inkscape many of the operations are available through the keyboard shortcuts. (more…)

Inkscape’s Very Basic Tutorial


This tutorial demonstrates the basics of using Inkscape. It coverscovers canvas navigation, managing documents, shape tool basics, selection techniques, transforming objects with selector, grouping, setting fill and stroke, alignment, and z-order.

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Create a light bulb icon using Inkscape on Animux


Animux includes a vector graphics editor, Inkscape, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. This is a tutorial in inkscape to create icons. (more…)

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