Posted in Inkscape & GIMP, teach you something on April 2, 2009

Level: Intermediate-Advanced This guide will show you the basics of creating various gemstones in Inkscape. In this tutorial, I’ll be doing emeralds, but you can choose your own shape and color – the principle is the same for any faceted stone.
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Everyone does a “how to make a glossy button” post, but I’m less interested in “how to make a glossy button” than the differences between the two common types of Web 2.0 buttons around these days, the first being Matte buttons, which are more often used on subdued and corporate sites, the second being gloss buttons, which add a bit of bling to most any page.
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