clip_8 | Survival GuideClip_8 is under heavy development. You will need patience! And it will be fun!
The tutorial assumes you have some experience with vector graphics editors and have one ready to export Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files. Use Inkscape if you are unsure. It is free and the tutorials were tested with it.
Do not mix SVG editors. They each have their dialects. Files you have edited with Illustrator, say, may confuse Inkscape – resulting in even stranger dialects. Clip_8 might run into trouble understanding such mixed files.
Use the snap function! Elements need to be positioned precisely so that clip_8 will find them. Snap makes endpoints and centre points magnetic, which makes editing much easier.
If you try other SVG editors with clip_8 may I kindly ask you to share your experiences.
If you run into trouble running a program or if you encounter any unexpected behaviours please file an issue (you need to be signed in on GitHub to do so). In this early phase, also small error reports can help a lot! Thank you in advance! Ideally you…