Here's a quick and dirty demonstration of creating mirrored text using Inkscape. The sound should be better since I'm using the Logitech headset I just bought.
How to make a series of snapshots from a single image using Inkscape. Apologies for the fact that approx. 1min was cut off the end (youtube's 10min limit). You can see the full thing at http://screencasters .heathenx.org