Using Inkscape for web animation

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Introduction

This short tutorial will provide some tips on editing SVG pictures in Inkscape in order to add some SVG-SMIL animation and interactivity. Inkscape is

For the moment, this page only includes some examples (tested on Jan 2014 with Firefox and Chrome)

Prerequisites:

• Using SVG with HTML5 tutorial
• Static SVG tutorial
• SVG-SMIL animation tutorial
• Interactive SVG-SMIL animation tutorial

See also:

• SVG (Short overview)
• SVG links (links to various SVG resources)

Identifying and naming SVG elements

In order to write animation code, it is probably best to give special ID's to the objects that you would like to manipulate.

Procedure:

(1) Open the XML Editor

Menu: Edit -> XML Editor or (Shift-CTRL-X)

(2) Use the selection tool to identify objects in the drawing

Hit F1 (or the top button in the toolbar to the left)

Select the element, either in the drawing pane or by clicking on elements in the XML Editor

Selecting an SVG element (either in the drawing tool or the XML editor)

(3) Click on id in the XML editor

In the bottom panel, change its name, then click Set

Changing a property value

Links

Official

Tutorials

• Tutorial advanced shows tips and tricks to edit and to simplify drawings