Although I love the idea of Illustrator (*ducks*), and used to use it a lot myself, I started realizing that I have a problem paying $750 for a piece of software that doesn't feed me individually washed grapes while I'm working on it...or vibrate...or give me an individually shrink wrapped shot of whiskey inside the jewel case.<br>
<br>I still fall on my Illustrator crutch every once and awhile, but I'm now doing my darndest to learn Inkscape, and it really is pretty decent for many non-pro artists just looking to do some basic vector work. Its free, and unlike 1 bum I encountered outside of Techshop this evening, it will not smack you upside the head with a bag full of shoes if you haven't donated to its cause yet.<br>
<br>Felipe, do you know if any good demos that teach Inkscape to an Illustrator user to make things a little easier? I've been looking for one of these...<br><br>Sean<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 8:33 PM, meredith scheff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:satiredun@gmail.com">satiredun@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">I'd love it to use Illustrator. It's design standard and imports may other types of files well. I could install it on whatever computer.<div>
M<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Corey McGuire <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:coreyfro@coreyfro.com" target="_blank">coreyfro@coreyfro.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Inkscape will work. Vector (cutting) operations on some machines are represented by 0.01" lines, everything else will be treated as raster operations. This, is common and it would stand to reason that this machine will opperate the same way, but I don't know.<br>
<br>The reason Corel Draw is recommended is because it has a "hair line" (or some such) description of 0.01" lines (vector/cutting) which makes the operation a bit more intuitive. In Inkscape, if one scales an object after assigning a value to the line width, it may scale the line width as well.<div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:03 PM, rachel lyra hospodar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rachelyra@gmail.com" target="_blank">rachelyra@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<p>Super awesome! Any thoughts on software? My understanding is that corel draw is something of a standard, weird I know but I guess its printer handling dovetails well with the lasers. I'd throw down another $5 for purchasing a license if there aren't better options. Also I have fans we can use for exhaust! Someone bug me mercilessly till I find them & bring them in.</p>
<p><a href="http://mediumreality.com" target="_blank">mediumreality.com</a></p><div><div></div><div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 22, 2011 5:44 PM, "Shannon Lee" <<a href="mailto:shannon@scatter.com" target="_blank">shannon@scatter.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> That'd be awesome.<br>> <br>
> --S<br>
> <br>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Dr. Jesus <<a href="mailto:j@hug.gs" target="_blank">j@hug.gs</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>>> Do you already have a machine to run it, or should I bring one of the<br>
>> low power machines from the noisecloud pile?<br>
>><br>>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Shannon Lee <<a href="mailto:shannon@scatter.com" target="_blank">shannon@scatter.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> > Looks like we found a ride; I'll see you all at Noisebridge this evening.<br>
>> > Somebody who knows how these damn things work would be most welcome as<br>>> we<br>>> > set it up ;)<br>>> > --S<br>>> ><br>>> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Shannon Lee <<a href="mailto:shannon@scatter.com" target="_blank">shannon@scatter.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>>> >><br>>> >> Hi All,<br>>> >> The Laser Cutter has arrived! It's currently sitting in my office at<br>>> 2nd<br>>> >> and Howard, in downtown SF. I am working on getting it from here to<br>
>> >> Noisebridge this evening; if you can help out with such, please let me<br>>> know!<br>>> >> --S<br>>> >><br>>> >> --<br>>> >> Shannon Lee<br>>> >> <a href="tel:%28503%29%20539-3700" target="_blank">(503) 539-3700</a><br>
>> >><br>>> >> "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."<br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > --<br>>> > Shannon Lee<br>
>> > <a href="tel:%28503%29%20539-3700" target="_blank">(503) 539-3700</a><br>>> ><br>>> > "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."<br>>> ><br>>> > _______________________________________________<br>
>> > Noisebridge-discuss mailing list<br>>> > <a href="mailto:Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net" target="_blank">Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</a><br>>> > <a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss" target="_blank">https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss</a><br>
>> ><br>>> ><br>>><br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> Shannon Lee<br>> <a href="tel:%28503%29%20539-3700" target="_blank">(503) 539-3700</a><br>> <br>> "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."<br>
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