Open Source Software Resources
Program Websites
• • • • • • • Gimp (Raster Graphics) ‐ http://www.gimp.org/ Nvu (Web Editor) ‐ http://www.nvu.com/ OpenOffice (Office Suite) ‐ http://www.openoffice.org/ Scribus (Desktop Publishing) ‐ http://www.scribus.net/ Blender (3D Graphics) ‐ http://www.blender.org/ Inkscape (Vector Graphics) ‐ http://www.inkscape.org/ Dia (Diagramming) ‐ http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/
GIMP Online Learning Resources
• • • • • Official Gimp Documentation – http://www.gimp.org/docs Official Gimp Tutorials – http://www.gimp.org/tutorials Gimp User Group ‐ http://gug.sunsite.dk/?page=tutorials Free Downloadable Book ‐ http://gimp‐savvy.com/BOOK/index.html Tutorial Site ‐ http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/
Nvu Online Learning Resources
• • • • • Nvu Video Tutorials ‐http://www.designyourownweb.com/nuv‐tutorial.htm Nvu Beginner Tutorials ‐ http://nvu.wikispaces.com/FAQ+beginner+tutorials Tutorial Site ‐ http://www.thesitewizard.com/gettingstarted/nvu1.shtml HTML Tutorials from W3C ‐ http://www.w3schools.com/html/ Excellent HTML Tutorial ‐ http://www.htmldog.com/
OpenOffice Online Learning Resources
• February 4, 2008 • • • • OpenOffice Documentation and Tutorials ‐ http://documentation.openoffice.org/tutorials/index.html OpenOffice Tutorials Wiki ‐ http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Tutorials OpenOffice Tutorials #1 ‐ http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/ OpenOffice Tutorials #2 ‐ http://www.learnopenoffice.org/ OpenOffice Tutorials #3 ‐ http://www.openoffice‐support.net/
This page can be downloaded as a .pdf file this week at http://www.ryanbattles.com/blog
Scribus Online Learning Resources
• • • • • Official Scribus Tutorial/Walkthrough ‐ http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=tutorials/freedomyug/scribustutorial Scribus Video Tutorials ‐ http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Scribus_Video_Tutorials Scribus Beginner’s Tutorial ‐ http://www.kde‐files.org/content/show.php?content=26881 Scribus In‐depth Tutorial ‐ http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000225 Scribus Newspaper Tutorial ‐ http://dot.kde.org/1121157347/
Blender Online Learning Resources
• • • • • Blender “Noob to Pro” Tutorial – http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro Blender Official Tutorials – http://www.blender.org/education‐help/tutorials/ BlenderNation Tutorials – http://www.blendernation.com/tutorials/ PDF Tutorials ‐ http://ocw.tufts.edu/Course/28/Supplementarymaterial Blender Video Tutorials ‐ http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/
Inkscape Online Learning Resources
• • • Inkscape Basic Tutorial – http://www.inkscape.org/doc/basic/tutorial‐basic.html Inkscape Wiki Tutorials – http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/TutorialsAndHelp Inkscape Trees Tutorial ‐ http://penguinpetes.com/b2evo/index.php?title=inkscape_tutorial_trees&more=1&c=1&tb=1& pb=1 Inkscape Advanced Tutorials – http://www.out‐of‐order.ca/inkscape/inkscape‐tutorial/ Inkscape Tutorials Blog ‐ http://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com/
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Dia Online Learning Resources
• • • Dia Tutorial – http://www.seanet.com/~hgg9140/comp/diatut/all/all.html Dia Documentation – http://togaware.com/linuxbook/dia.pdf Dia Tutorial #2 ‐ http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/umltut/index.html
February 4, 2008
Suggested Projects
• • • • • • • Create a corporate logo with Inkscape Develop a magazine cover with Scribus Create a 3D gingerbread man with Blender Draw a mind map with Dia Write a report with OpenOffice Create a business website with Nvu Create a personal collage with Gimp
This page can be downloaded as a .pdf file this week at http://www.ryanbattles.com/blog