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Design Made Easy with Inkscape
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Extensions are actions that are not included in Inkscape’s core code but were written as extras by the Inkscape community. They do all manner of things, which we’ll explore in this part of the chapter. As in the previous section, we will not be going over all of them but, rather, give you an overview of what’s there at your disposal.
Unlike filters, extensions are single-use actions that either change or add objects to your canvas. These are destructive rather than the previous non-destructive changes – once you run an extension, the only way to get your original shape back the way it was is to use the Edit > Undo option. For this reason, I also recommend saving your work before using an extension.
Since there are so many different kinds of extensions, they are grouped functionally into categories, which you will see if you expand the Extensions menu in the menu bar at the top of Inkscape’s interface, as shown in Figure 13...