March 2010
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Duplicate
One of the features I like in Inkscape is duplication: to create an exact copy of the selected object. And by exact copy I mean exact copy: same shape, same colour on the same place. How to duplicate? Select an object, then right click, and choose duplicate. Or select the object and push Ctrl+D. Appearantly nothing happens, because the copy is exactly above the original. You will only see it if...
February 2010
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How to erase in Inkscape?
While you draw in Inkscape, you create individual vector objects. This means for example, if you draw 2 squares overlapping each other, they still can be selected and moved around separately (unless you merge them to one object, but I will cover this later). If you don’t need an object anymore, just select it and hit the Del key. that is all! Note that in the latest version (0.47) developers...
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Inkscape tutorials on Facebook
I will put my Inkscape tutorials here, so you can follow them, and post questions if you need so!
-expect 3 updates/ week, and very small bites of Inkscape knowledge!
January 2010
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Select, transform, move and rotate - with the same...
If you drew an object, gave it a nice color, you still need to move it to it’s place, scale or rotate it. This is what the “Transform tool” is used to. So select the transform tool from the toolbar, and … …to select : Click on the object (select multiple objects by holding down Shift - more about this in a later post) …to move: Select the object by clicking...
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Get some color!
In Inkscape you don’t use brushes to paint colorful images. Here is what you do instead:
Draw an object or select a previously drawn object by clicking on it.
Click on a color on the palette at the bottom of the screen. The object is changing to that color.
On the lower left of the screen you see a small box with the same color now. That is the fill color of the object. If you click on...
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First steps
Inscape is a vector graphic editor in which You draw simple shapes, color and modify them.
Let’s try out the 2 most useful basic shapes: rectangles and circles.
Click on the Rectangle tool in the Toolbar on the left. (F4)
Click and drag anywhere on the drawing area to create a rectangle.
Pick a color to your rectangle from the palette on the bottom.
To draw perfect squares hold down...
December 2009
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Inkscape love
I decided finally to share my love with you… I gonna post veeery short tutorials about my loved program Inkscape. Inkscape is an opensource vector editing program. It is totally free to use, translated to 70+ languages, and can be used for fun or in professional design - like I do.
So for start: download inkscape, and install it on your machine.
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