Their wiki contains tutorials and other documentation, and there is some info in the Inkscape manual, as well. It creates a slideshow type of animation for presentations, to be viewed in web browsers, by means of embedding JavaScript in the SVG file. JessyInk is an Inkscape extension, which as of version 0.91, comes installed with Inkscape.

Programs which provide a graphical user interface include Inkscape extensions, which either come with Inkscape, or can be installed, as well as external or standalone programs.

manually writing scripts and markup, using a text editor or an IDE (integrated development environment).

using a graphical program providing a user interface, or.

The modes for animating images made with Inkscape fall into 2 general forms:

Here's the SVG section of the Can I Use? website, which keeps current info about browser support for all kinds of things. Just to inspire you about the possiblities of SVG animation, you may want to peruse A Bucketful of SVG Examples, by David Dailey.īecause browser support for various types of animation changes over time, before you start on any animation project destined for the internet, you may want to do some preliminary research about which type of animation to use.

(If you are interested in programming animation features into Inkscape, please start by joining the development team.) Meanwhile, there are several ways to animate images made with Inkscape (whether as SVG or exported to PNG), which are explored on this page. Inkscape does not support animation natively, although it might someday, if any individual programmer, or small team becomes interested in tackling the challenge.

Open source vector animation software