1. Freedom in Creativity

3. Freelance Artist

4. Studied Multimedia Graphics at Staffordshire University

5. Studying Digital Arts in Performance at Birmingham City University

7. Free culture

8. Open source

10. Introduction to software

11. Showcase of success stories

12. Freedom

14. The freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make it do what you wish. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.

15. The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbour.

16. The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others. By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.

17. Do these freedoms translate to art?

19. Applications

21. Started in 1995

22. Alternative to Adobe Photoshop

23. Finally getting single-window mode!

25. Started as Sodipodi in 1999, forked to Inkscape in 2003

26. Aims to be SVG compliant

27. Alternative to Adobe Illustrator

29. Started in 2003

30. Alternative to Adobe InDesign and Quark

32. Useful for batch processing

34. More learning involved

35. Some command line, some with a GUI

36. Free to experiment with programs

37. Free to use programs

38. File Formats

40. Tiff

41. Pdf

42. Gif

43. Png

44. And more...

47. Indd

48. Dxf

49. cdr

51. Svg

52. Open Raster

54. Not even recommended for use by its developers

56. Interchangeable between many proprietary and open source applications

58. Can only be read by Scribus

59. Incompatible with earlier versions

61. Unsure if files will print

62. No interoperability between programs

63. Denied work opportunities

64. Copyright and licensing

66. Everyone has to gain your permission before they can use your work or even access it

67. Ultimate power

68. Lasts between 50-70 years, but can be extended

70. Similar to patent law?

72. Creative Commons

73. Public Domain

75. Attribution

76. Non-Commercial

77. Share-Alike

78. No Derivatives

79. Mix and Match

81. Available in SVG or png format

83. Save time and possibly money

84. Remix or Reuse?

87. Can you sell CC licensed artwork?

89. Did CC help?

91. People have only enquired about commercial uses

92. Useful for creating bigger artworks out of smaller components

93. Sharing Work

95. Reveal techniques

96. Release source files

97. A different set of restrictions

98. Freedom in choice

99. Questions?