Redhat - course in open source graphic design

[Janet Hawtin]

Hi folks
For anyone who didn't see Andy in Dunedin he is really good at showing
how the open source graphic tools fit together. Course is in
Melbourne. Sounds great!
Janet

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Red Hat are going to run a 1.5 day course on open source graphic design with
InkScape. Is there any chance that this could go out on your announce
list? Here's the blurb:

Open source graphic design: Inkscape, Scribus & Gimp
Instructor: Andy Fitzsimon of Red Hat
1/2 day Introduction; August 8; $200 (or $50 for student /
not-for-profit)

This hands-on class will introduce participants to the fundamentals of graphic
design and illustration using Inkscape, which is a powerful Open Source vector
editing program comparable to Adobe Illustrator, freehand and Corel Draw.
Participants will create photo realistic vector renderings and learn about how
to best manage design considerations for icons and logos.

1 day Master class; August 9; $700 (or $200 for student / not-for-profit)

In this master class, participants will explore the depths of Open Source
graphic design. In particular they will learn:

* How to implement powerful graphic workflow solutions using XML and SVG.

* Deal with designing for translations and other dynamic data.

* Creating colour managed PDF's with spot and registration colours.

* Web optimisations including compression and advanced stylesheet techniques.

About the lecturer

Red Hat's Andrew Fitzsimon is an Inkscape developer, participant in Scribus
development and most notably a passionate open source graphics user.

Following A background in animation, Andrew is currently involved in technical
Illustration, desktop, web, and publishing design for print.

Speaking history:

Andrew has presented technical talks about free graphics software at Australia's
linux.conf.au for the past two years as well as the Libre Graphics Meeting held
in Montreal, Canada and Lyon, France the year before that.

Location. The courses will be run in Melbourne.

For more information or to register, please contact Paul Took <pt...@redhat.com>

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[Brent]

I"ll second that one ... I saw him present a tutorial/workshop on Inkscape in Dunedin and immediately started using Inkscape to complement my work in Gimp. It was the highlight of that conference for me.

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[Leigh Blackall]

ah, many thanks. I wish I was in Dunedin when that Linux conference was on... hard to find many Linux heads around here now.

I'm really enjoying Ubuntu's add/remove programmes! Didn't know about Inkscape, did a quick search in Ubuntu, there it is with a description, installed. Have found Kino the video editor, love Scribus the layout tool, like GIMP, Blender is there for some day,  I'm building quite a powerful system here! and the customisation of the Ubuntu interface is really fun :)

I really enjoy the feeling that this is all legal and build largely through social ideals.

Now I need to work out Janet's advice on getting my home Wireless to work, and Shaggy's advice on a screenrecorder... with both those fixed - I'm sorted and free!

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