{"id":48413,"date":"2025-10-29T23:35:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T03:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/?p=48413"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:38:10","slug":"getting-started-with-inkscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2025\/10\/29\/getting-started-with-inkscape\/","title":{"rendered":"Design for the Non-Designer: Getting Started with Inkscape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi, friends! I&#8217;m going to make a video each week to explore open-source creative tools like GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, Blender &amp; others. This is the first of those videos. 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I&#8217;m going to make a video each week to explore open-source creative tools like GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, Blender &amp; others. This is the first of those videos. 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