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Inkscape for Beginners Bootcamp

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The document is a tutorial by Máirín Duffy on using Inkscape, focusing on beginner-friendly techniques such as importing artwork, grouping objects, and modifying shapes and text. It emphasizes keyboard shortcuts and practical exercises to enhance design skills, including creating shapes, working with paths, and exporting work. The tutorial aims to empower users to effectively use mockups as a design tool, encouraging experimentation and creativity.

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presented by Máirín Duffy Principal Interaction Designer, Red Hat, Inc. Beginners
FAST. FURIOUS. FUN. Can I really do all of this? I don't know... Of course you can. YOU CAN DO IT!
#1 Let's snag some artwork! #2 Hack the evil computer! #3 Some more basics. TODAY'S TOPICS: #4 Working with shapes #5 Shapes vs. paths #6 Working with text #7 Fill and stroke #8 Save and export
Ctrl & Shift are magic! BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #1: WHEN IN DOUBT, TRY THEM OUT! SCALING, ANGLES, ROTATION, MOVING, UNDO, STROKE v. FILL ...
Don't get lost! BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #2: STUCK IN LALA LAND? HITTING '5' WILL BRING YOU BACK TO CENTER.
#1 Let's snag some artwork! It's public domain artwork too, so we can use it freely!
File > Import Clip Art
Import the Evil Computer! MUAH HA HA HA HA!! WAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA! You don't scare me, dude.
#2 Hack the evil computer! Yeah!
Grouping makes many into one. Click on the evil computer, and drag him around in Inkscape. He seems like a single solid object right? But, wait: Select the little beastie, then hit Ctrl+Shift+G (or go to Object > Ungroup.) What happens?
Selecting Objects Notice the dotted boxes with around various parts of Beastie. The boxes show all of the different objects that are selected. Click the blank area outside of Beastie. The boxes disappear. All of the various Beastie parts are no longer selected. Click on Beastie's mouth. Notice the dotted box that appears around it. This box shows that Beastie's mouth alone is selected. Click, hold down the button, and drag a box around Beastie, then let go. This is another way to select an object. You can hold down shift and click different objects to select multiple objects at once.
More Ungrouping Try to select just one of Beastie's eyes. Can't do it, right? Ungroup its eyes – Ctrl+Shift+U. Now you can select them separately. Groups may be grouped inside of groups and then all grouped! Sometimes artwork you import will have many layers deep of grouping.
Positioning Objects There's two main ways to position selected objects: THE MOUSE Click and drag the object where you want. Quick, easy, imprecise. THE KEYBOARD Use the keyboard arrow keys to move the object; hold down shift or alt to modify speed. Slow, but precise. #1 #2
Put Beastie Back Together What if you want to move all of Beastie around now? You'll have to regroup it. Hit Ctrl+G to make it whole again! UNGROUPED GROUPED
Inside the Group You can go inside a group without ungrouping it! INSIDE THE GROUP OUTSIDE THE GROUP Double-click on the grouped object. It will act as if it is ungrouped. Double-click outside of the object to go back outside of the group.
Things acting wacky? You may be in a group! BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #3: DOUBLE-CLICK THE BLANK SPACE OUTSIDE OF THE OBJECT YOU'RE WORKING WITH TO EXIT THE GROUP!
#3 Some more basics. LET'S DO IT!
Zoom zoom! 100% zoom Center canvas, fill screen 1 5 + - Zoom In Zoom Out Helpful keyboard shortcuts: There's also a zoom level indicator / changer in the bottom right: Zoom around a bit now! Practice!
Scale the evilness up (or down) SCALE FROM THE LOWER LEFT (CLICK & DRAG) SCALE FROM THE CENTER (SHIFT + CLICK & DRAG) Try it on your own! Size it up, size it down! Double-click to go inside the group and scale Beastie's eyes, then exit the group.
Beastie's Makeover Let's practice selecting and positioning objects. Rearrange Beastie's face however you like: BEFORE AFTER • Try selecting by clicking, and selecting by dragging. • Try positioning with the mouse, and positioning with the keyboard. • Change the size of the parts of his face.
Don't forget this lock. BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #4: IF YOUR DRAWINGS AND TEXT ARE GETTING STRETCHED, TRY CLICKING IT!
Now, spin it! Click on an object twice until you see curved arrows at the corners. Drag on the curved arrows to rotate it! Hold down Ctrl while you spin to rotate at regular angles! Spin the computer on your own now! Now double-click to go inside the group and rotate Beastie's mouth into a frown.
Don't fear mistakes. BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #5: MAKE A MISTAKE? OR 3? PRESS CTRL+Z UNDO. (CTRL+Y WILL REDO) Keep pressing me until you get back to where you were! ZCtrl
Flip out! Flip Horizontally H V Select an object, then press one of these: It's that simple – try these now! Flip Vertically
The Magic of Ctrl+D (Duplicate) SELECT OBJECT & HIT CTRL+D HOLD DOWN SHIFT AND KEEP PRESSING ARROW DOWN A PERFECTLY- ALIGNED COPY.
On Top of the World Move to the Top Select the left Beastie and press the 'Home' key. Or, press PgUp a lot. There's a stacking order to everything on the Inkscape document area. Things can be moved on top of or below each other. Move to the Bottom Select the left Beastie and press the 'End' key. Or, press PgDn a lot.
#4 Working with shapes I'll use shapes to make a hat for Beastie.
RECTANGLE ELLIPSE These are the basic Shape tools. STAR/POLYGON SPIRAL
Creating Shapes Select the shape tool you want from the toolbar. Click and drag, or hold down Ctrl while you click and drag to make the shape evenly-sized. This circle is a little squished. It was dragged out without using Ctrl. This circle is perfectly round; it was creating by holding down Ctrl while dragging. Ctrl
Modifying Shapes Select the shape tool you want from the toolbar. Look at the long toolbar just above the main document / canvas. There are special controls there that will let you modify the shape. Mode: Corners: Pentagon Polygon 5 Mode: Corners: Triangle Polygon 3 Mode: Corners: Spoke Ratio: Star Star 5 0.5 Mode: Corners: Spoke Ratio: Starburst Star 20 0.3 All of the shapes have their own options bar.
Try it Out Make a party hat for Beastie using a triangle (polygon / 3 corners) and a starburst (star, 15 corners, 0.3 spoke ratio.)
#5 Shapes vs. paths Time to make Some bunny ears!
Star Shape vs. Star Path You can control shapes in different, special ways, while paths are pretty much just points with lines between them. STAR SHAPE STAR PATH
Star Shape vs. Star Path The little gray diamond-shaped boxes are called “nodes.” Select nodes by clicking on them with the node tool; select multiple by holding down shift (or drag-selecting.)
Shapes vs. Paths Are Beastie's eyes paths or shapes? How about Beastie's mouth? Try clicking on his parts using the node selector tool (second tool from the top in the toolbox.)
Combining Paths + Shapes Let's make some bunny ears for Beastie. Draw a circle, and color it pink. Duplicate the circle (Ctrl+D), then move it a little down and make it black. Select both the pink and black circles, and select “Difference” from the Path menu. This is the base. With “Difference,” the shape on top acts like a hole punch.
Combining Paths + Shapes Let's make some bunny ears for Beastie. Draw a skinny circle (an ear.) Duplicate it so that you have two. Place the two ears on the base. Rotate one of the ears if you like. Select all and select “Union” from the Path menu. Using the node selector, grab the nodes at the tip of the ears and drag to further refine their shape. With “Union,” all shapes and paths are converted to paths and added together into one single path.
A Gift for Beastie Hope you like them, Beastie!
Drawing a Path Now that you understand paths a little better, you can draw paths using the pen and calligraphy tools as well. Note that the pen tool is the best way to draw straight lines. • Hold down Ctrl to keep the line straight! • Double-click to end the line! • Click on the open starting square to close the path (if you're making a polygon instead of a line!)
#6 Working with text Text helps you Share your ideas.
Creating & Modifying Text The text tool has its own options bar, just like the shape tools. Select the text tool, click on the canvas, and start typing. Make modifications in the options bar, including font and font size. Hover over the options in the options bar to learn More about them!
Text is a shape, too. You can do all the things to text we did to Beastie – you can scale it up and down, you can flip it, you can rotate it... you can even combine it with other shapes and paths.
#7 Fill and stroke Let's play with Some Style!
Fill vs. Stroke STROKE (GREEN) FILL (YELLOW) Fill is the center of a shape or path; the stroke is an outline around it. They can be different colors. Either can also be transparent.
Fill & Stroke Dialog Open it up via Ctrl+Shift+F or the Object > Fill & Stroke menu item. You can also set the fill by clicking on a color along the bottom of the screen (fill,) or shift+clicking a color (stroke.)
Another Beastie Makeover Using all the skills you've learned so far, make Beastie over as much as you'd like! Use shapes, paths, colors, flip, rotate, scale, group and have fun! BEFORE AFTER
#8 Save and export Share your work by exporting it.
Saving Your Work Inkscape's file format is SVG. Make sure you save your work in SVG format if you want to be able to modify it later. File > Save As... in the menu will save your file. You can then press Ctrl+S or File > Save periodically to save your work so you don't lose anything.
Inkscape for Beginners Bootcamp
Exporting Your Work Select the “Page” tab in the Export dialog to export everything in the document area. Select the “Drawing” tab in the Export dialog to export everything in the file, even things outside of the document area. Select the “Selection” tab in the Export dialog to export only the objects / drawings you have selected. Files are saved out in PNG format, which you can upload anywhere online.
Questions? Thanks to my Fedora Design Team pal María 'Tatica' Leando for designing the cute characters throughout these slides. :)
presented by Máirín Duffy Principal Interaction Designer, Red Hat, Inc. Beginners
FAST. FURIOUS. FUN. Can I really do all of this? I don't know... Of course you can. YOU CAN DO IT! Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
#1 Let's snag some artwork! #2 Hack the evil computer! #3 Some more basics. TODAY'S TOPICS: #4 Working with shapes #5 Shapes vs. paths #6 Working with text #7 Fill and stroke #8 Save and export Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
Ctrl & Shift are magic! BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #1: WHEN IN DOUBT, TRY THEM OUT! SCALING, ANGLES, ROTATION, MOVING, UNDO, STROKE v. FILL ...
Don't get lost! BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #2: STUCK IN LALA LAND? HITTING '5' WILL BRING YOU BACK TO CENTER.
#1 Let's snag some artwork! It's public domain artwork too, so we can use it freely! Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
File > Import Clip Art
Import the Evil Computer! MUAH HA HA HA HA!! WAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA! You don't scare me, dude.
#2 Hack the evil computer! Yeah! Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
Grouping makes many into one. Click on the evil computer, and drag him around in Inkscape. He seems like a single solid object right? But, wait: Select the little beastie, then hit Ctrl+Shift+G (or go to Object > Ungroup.) What happens?
Selecting Objects Notice the dotted boxes with around various parts of Beastie. The boxes show all of the different objects that are selected. Click the blank area outside of Beastie. The boxes disappear. All of the various Beastie parts are no longer selected. Click on Beastie's mouth. Notice the dotted box that appears around it. This box shows that Beastie's mouth alone is selected. Click, hold down the button, and drag a box around Beastie, then let go. This is another way to select an object. You can hold down shift and click different objects to select multiple objects at once.
More Ungrouping Try to select just one of Beastie's eyes. Can't do it, right? Ungroup its eyes – Ctrl+Shift+U. Now you can select them separately. Groups may be grouped inside of groups and then all grouped! Sometimes artwork you import will have many layers deep of grouping.
Positioning Objects There's two main ways to position selected objects: THE MOUSE Click and drag the object where you want. Quick, easy, imprecise. THE KEYBOARD Use the keyboard arrow keys to move the object; hold down shift or alt to modify speed. Slow, but precise. #1 #2
Put Beastie Back Together What if you want to move all of Beastie around now? You'll have to regroup it. Hit Ctrl+G to make it whole again! UNGROUPED GROUPED
Inside the Group You can go inside a group without ungrouping it! INSIDE THE GROUP OUTSIDE THE GROUP Double-click on the grouped object. It will act as if it is ungrouped. Double-click outside of the object to go back outside of the group.
Things acting wacky? You may be in a group! BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #3: DOUBLE-CLICK THE BLANK SPACE OUTSIDE OF THE OBJECT YOU'RE WORKING WITH TO EXIT THE GROUP!
#3 Some more basics. LET'S DO IT! Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
Zoom zoom! 100% zoom Center canvas, fill screen 1 5 + - Zoom In Zoom Out Helpful keyboard shortcuts: There's also a zoom level indicator / changer in the bottom right: Zoom around a bit now! Practice!
Scale the evilness up (or down) SCALE FROM THE LOWER LEFT (CLICK & DRAG) SCALE FROM THE CENTER (SHIFT + CLICK & DRAG) Try it on your own! Size it up, size it down! Double-click to go inside the group and scale Beastie's eyes, then exit the group.
Beastie's Makeover Let's practice selecting and positioning objects. Rearrange Beastie's face however you like: BEFORE AFTER • Try selecting by clicking, and selecting by dragging. • Try positioning with the mouse, and positioning with the keyboard. • Change the size of the parts of his face.
Don't forget this lock. BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #4: IF YOUR DRAWINGS AND TEXT ARE GETTING STRETCHED, TRY CLICKING IT!
Now, spin it! Click on an object twice until you see curved arrows at the corners. Drag on the curved arrows to rotate it! Hold down Ctrl while you spin to rotate at regular angles! Spin the computer on your own now! Now double-click to go inside the group and rotate Beastie's mouth into a frown.
Don't fear mistakes. BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #5: MAKE A MISTAKE? OR 3? PRESS CTRL+Z UNDO. (CTRL+Y WILL REDO) Keep pressing me until you get back to where you were! ZCtrl
Flip out! Flip Horizontally H V Select an object, then press one of these: It's that simple – try these now! Flip Vertically
The Magic of Ctrl+D (Duplicate) SELECT OBJECT & HIT CTRL+D HOLD DOWN SHIFT AND KEEP PRESSING ARROW DOWN A PERFECTLY- ALIGNED COPY.
On Top of the World Move to the Top Select the left Beastie and press the 'Home' key. Or, press PgUp a lot. There's a stacking order to everything on the Inkscape document area. Things can be moved on top of or below each other. Move to the Bottom Select the left Beastie and press the 'End' key. Or, press PgDn a lot.
#4 Working with shapes I'll use shapes to make a hat for Beastie. Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
RECTANGLE ELLIPSE These are the basic Shape tools. STAR/POLYGON SPIRAL
Creating Shapes Select the shape tool you want from the toolbar. Click and drag, or hold down Ctrl while you click and drag to make the shape evenly-sized. This circle is a little squished. It was dragged out without using Ctrl. This circle is perfectly round; it was creating by holding down Ctrl while dragging. Ctrl
Modifying Shapes Select the shape tool you want from the toolbar. Look at the long toolbar just above the main document / canvas. There are special controls there that will let you modify the shape. Mode: Corners: Pentagon Polygon 5 Mode: Corners: Triangle Polygon 3 Mode: Corners: Spoke Ratio: Star Star 5 0.5 Mode: Corners: Spoke Ratio: Starburst Star 20 0.3 All of the shapes have their own options bar.
Try it Out Make a party hat for Beastie using a triangle (polygon / 3 corners) and a starburst (star, 15 corners, 0.3 spoke ratio.)
#5 Shapes vs. paths Time to make Some bunny ears! Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
Star Shape vs. Star Path You can control shapes in different, special ways, while paths are pretty much just points with lines between them. STAR SHAPE STAR PATH
Star Shape vs. Star Path The little gray diamond-shaped boxes are called “nodes.” Select nodes by clicking on them with the node tool; select multiple by holding down shift (or drag-selecting.)
Shapes vs. Paths Are Beastie's eyes paths or shapes? How about Beastie's mouth? Try clicking on his parts using the node selector tool (second tool from the top in the toolbox.)
Combining Paths + Shapes Let's make some bunny ears for Beastie. Draw a circle, and color it pink. Duplicate the circle (Ctrl+D), then move it a little down and make it black. Select both the pink and black circles, and select “Difference” from the Path menu. This is the base. With “Difference,” the shape on top acts like a hole punch.
Combining Paths + Shapes Let's make some bunny ears for Beastie. Draw a skinny circle (an ear.) Duplicate it so that you have two. Place the two ears on the base. Rotate one of the ears if you like. Select all and select “Union” from the Path menu. Using the node selector, grab the nodes at the tip of the ears and drag to further refine their shape. With “Union,” all shapes and paths are converted to paths and added together into one single path.
A Gift for Beastie Hope you like them, Beastie!
Drawing a Path Now that you understand paths a little better, you can draw paths using the pen and calligraphy tools as well. Note that the pen tool is the best way to draw straight lines. • Hold down Ctrl to keep the line straight! • Double-click to end the line! • Click on the open starting square to close the path (if you're making a polygon instead of a line!)
#6 Working with text Text helps you Share your ideas. Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
Creating & Modifying Text The text tool has its own options bar, just like the shape tools. Select the text tool, click on the canvas, and start typing. Make modifications in the options bar, including font and font size. Hover over the options in the options bar to learn More about them!
Text is a shape, too. You can do all the things to text we did to Beastie – you can scale it up and down, you can flip it, you can rotate it... you can even combine it with other shapes and paths.
#7 Fill and stroke Let's play with Some Style! Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
Fill vs. Stroke STROKE (GREEN) FILL (YELLOW) Fill is the center of a shape or path; the stroke is an outline around it. They can be different colors. Either can also be transparent.
Fill & Stroke Dialog Open it up via Ctrl+Shift+F or the Object > Fill & Stroke menu item. You can also set the fill by clicking on a color along the bottom of the screen (fill,) or shift+clicking a color (stroke.)
Another Beastie Makeover Using all the skills you've learned so far, make Beastie over as much as you'd like! Use shapes, paths, colors, flip, rotate, scale, group and have fun! BEFORE AFTER
#8 Save and export Share your work by exporting it. Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
Saving Your Work Inkscape's file format is SVG. Make sure you save your work in SVG format if you want to be able to modify it later. File > Save As... in the menu will save your file. You can then press Ctrl+S or File > Save periodically to save your work so you don't lose anything.
Inkscape for Beginners Bootcamp
Exporting Your Work Select the “Page” tab in the Export dialog to export everything in the document area. Select the “Drawing” tab in the Export dialog to export everything in the file, even things outside of the document area. Select the “Selection” tab in the Export dialog to export only the objects / drawings you have selected. Files are saved out in PNG format, which you can upload anywhere online.
Questions? Thanks to my Fedora Design Team pal María 'Tatica' Leando for designing the cute characters throughout these slides. :)

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Inkscape for Beginners Bootcamp

  • 1. presented by Máirín Duffy Principal Interaction Designer, Red Hat, Inc. Beginners
  • 2. FAST. FURIOUS. FUN. Can I really do all of this? I don't know... Of course you can. YOU CAN DO IT!
  • 3. #1 Let's snag some artwork! #2 Hack the evil computer! #3 Some more basics. TODAY'S TOPICS: #4 Working with shapes #5 Shapes vs. paths #6 Working with text #7 Fill and stroke #8 Save and export
  • 4. Ctrl & Shift are magic! BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #1: WHEN IN DOUBT, TRY THEM OUT! SCALING, ANGLES, ROTATION, MOVING, UNDO, STROKE v. FILL ...
  • 5. Don't get lost! BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #2: STUCK IN LALA LAND? HITTING '5' WILL BRING YOU BACK TO CENTER.
  • 6. #1 Let's snag some artwork! It's public domain artwork too, so we can use it freely!
  • 7. File > Import Clip Art
  • 8. Import the Evil Computer! MUAH HA HA HA HA!! WAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA! You don't scare me, dude.
  • 9. #2 Hack the evil computer! Yeah!
  • 10. Grouping makes many into one. Click on the evil computer, and drag him around in Inkscape. He seems like a single solid object right? But, wait: Select the little beastie, then hit Ctrl+Shift+G (or go to Object > Ungroup.) What happens?
  • 11. Selecting Objects Notice the dotted boxes with around various parts of Beastie. The boxes show all of the different objects that are selected. Click the blank area outside of Beastie. The boxes disappear. All of the various Beastie parts are no longer selected. Click on Beastie's mouth. Notice the dotted box that appears around it. This box shows that Beastie's mouth alone is selected. Click, hold down the button, and drag a box around Beastie, then let go. This is another way to select an object. You can hold down shift and click different objects to select multiple objects at once.
  • 12. More Ungrouping Try to select just one of Beastie's eyes. Can't do it, right? Ungroup its eyes – Ctrl+Shift+U. Now you can select them separately. Groups may be grouped inside of groups and then all grouped! Sometimes artwork you import will have many layers deep of grouping.
  • 13. Positioning Objects There's two main ways to position selected objects: THE MOUSE Click and drag the object where you want. Quick, easy, imprecise. THE KEYBOARD Use the keyboard arrow keys to move the object; hold down shift or alt to modify speed. Slow, but precise. #1 #2
  • 14. Put Beastie Back Together What if you want to move all of Beastie around now? You'll have to regroup it. Hit Ctrl+G to make it whole again! UNGROUPED GROUPED
  • 15. Inside the Group You can go inside a group without ungrouping it! INSIDE THE GROUP OUTSIDE THE GROUP Double-click on the grouped object. It will act as if it is ungrouped. Double-click outside of the object to go back outside of the group.
  • 16. Things acting wacky? You may be in a group! BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #3: DOUBLE-CLICK THE BLANK SPACE OUTSIDE OF THE OBJECT YOU'RE WORKING WITH TO EXIT THE GROUP!
  • 18. Zoom zoom! 100% zoom Center canvas, fill screen 1 5 + - Zoom In Zoom Out Helpful keyboard shortcuts: There's also a zoom level indicator / changer in the bottom right: Zoom around a bit now! Practice!
  • 19. Scale the evilness up (or down) SCALE FROM THE LOWER LEFT (CLICK & DRAG) SCALE FROM THE CENTER (SHIFT + CLICK & DRAG) Try it on your own! Size it up, size it down! Double-click to go inside the group and scale Beastie's eyes, then exit the group.
  • 20. Beastie's Makeover Let's practice selecting and positioning objects. Rearrange Beastie's face however you like: BEFORE AFTER • Try selecting by clicking, and selecting by dragging. • Try positioning with the mouse, and positioning with the keyboard. • Change the size of the parts of his face.
  • 21. Don't forget this lock. BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #4: IF YOUR DRAWINGS AND TEXT ARE GETTING STRETCHED, TRY CLICKING IT!
  • 22. Now, spin it! Click on an object twice until you see curved arrows at the corners. Drag on the curved arrows to rotate it! Hold down Ctrl while you spin to rotate at regular angles! Spin the computer on your own now! Now double-click to go inside the group and rotate Beastie's mouth into a frown.
  • 23. Don't fear mistakes. BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #5: MAKE A MISTAKE? OR 3? PRESS CTRL+Z UNDO. (CTRL+Y WILL REDO) Keep pressing me until you get back to where you were! ZCtrl
  • 24. Flip out! Flip Horizontally H V Select an object, then press one of these: It's that simple – try these now! Flip Vertically
  • 25. The Magic of Ctrl+D (Duplicate) SELECT OBJECT & HIT CTRL+D HOLD DOWN SHIFT AND KEEP PRESSING ARROW DOWN A PERFECTLY- ALIGNED COPY.
  • 26. On Top of the World Move to the Top Select the left Beastie and press the 'Home' key. Or, press PgUp a lot. There's a stacking order to everything on the Inkscape document area. Things can be moved on top of or below each other. Move to the Bottom Select the left Beastie and press the 'End' key. Or, press PgDn a lot.
  • 27. #4 Working with shapes I'll use shapes to make a hat for Beastie.
  • 28. RECTANGLE ELLIPSE These are the basic Shape tools. STAR/POLYGON SPIRAL
  • 29. Creating Shapes Select the shape tool you want from the toolbar. Click and drag, or hold down Ctrl while you click and drag to make the shape evenly-sized. This circle is a little squished. It was dragged out without using Ctrl. This circle is perfectly round; it was creating by holding down Ctrl while dragging. Ctrl
  • 30. Modifying Shapes Select the shape tool you want from the toolbar. Look at the long toolbar just above the main document / canvas. There are special controls there that will let you modify the shape. Mode: Corners: Pentagon Polygon 5 Mode: Corners: Triangle Polygon 3 Mode: Corners: Spoke Ratio: Star Star 5 0.5 Mode: Corners: Spoke Ratio: Starburst Star 20 0.3 All of the shapes have their own options bar.
  • 31. Try it Out Make a party hat for Beastie using a triangle (polygon / 3 corners) and a starburst (star, 15 corners, 0.3 spoke ratio.)
  • 32. #5 Shapes vs. paths Time to make Some bunny ears!
  • 33. Star Shape vs. Star Path You can control shapes in different, special ways, while paths are pretty much just points with lines between them. STAR SHAPE STAR PATH
  • 34. Star Shape vs. Star Path The little gray diamond-shaped boxes are called “nodes.” Select nodes by clicking on them with the node tool; select multiple by holding down shift (or drag-selecting.)
  • 35. Shapes vs. Paths Are Beastie's eyes paths or shapes? How about Beastie's mouth? Try clicking on his parts using the node selector tool (second tool from the top in the toolbox.)
  • 36. Combining Paths + Shapes Let's make some bunny ears for Beastie. Draw a circle, and color it pink. Duplicate the circle (Ctrl+D), then move it a little down and make it black. Select both the pink and black circles, and select “Difference” from the Path menu. This is the base. With “Difference,” the shape on top acts like a hole punch.
  • 37. Combining Paths + Shapes Let's make some bunny ears for Beastie. Draw a skinny circle (an ear.) Duplicate it so that you have two. Place the two ears on the base. Rotate one of the ears if you like. Select all and select “Union” from the Path menu. Using the node selector, grab the nodes at the tip of the ears and drag to further refine their shape. With “Union,” all shapes and paths are converted to paths and added together into one single path.
  • 38. A Gift for Beastie Hope you like them, Beastie!
  • 39. Drawing a Path Now that you understand paths a little better, you can draw paths using the pen and calligraphy tools as well. Note that the pen tool is the best way to draw straight lines. • Hold down Ctrl to keep the line straight! • Double-click to end the line! • Click on the open starting square to close the path (if you're making a polygon instead of a line!)
  • 40. #6 Working with text Text helps you Share your ideas.
  • 41. Creating & Modifying Text The text tool has its own options bar, just like the shape tools. Select the text tool, click on the canvas, and start typing. Make modifications in the options bar, including font and font size. Hover over the options in the options bar to learn More about them!
  • 42. Text is a shape, too. You can do all the things to text we did to Beastie – you can scale it up and down, you can flip it, you can rotate it... you can even combine it with other shapes and paths.
  • 43. #7 Fill and stroke Let's play with Some Style!
  • 44. Fill vs. Stroke STROKE (GREEN) FILL (YELLOW) Fill is the center of a shape or path; the stroke is an outline around it. They can be different colors. Either can also be transparent.
  • 45. Fill & Stroke Dialog Open it up via Ctrl+Shift+F or the Object > Fill & Stroke menu item. You can also set the fill by clicking on a color along the bottom of the screen (fill,) or shift+clicking a color (stroke.)
  • 46. Another Beastie Makeover Using all the skills you've learned so far, make Beastie over as much as you'd like! Use shapes, paths, colors, flip, rotate, scale, group and have fun! BEFORE AFTER
  • 47. #8 Save and export Share your work by exporting it.
  • 48. Saving Your Work Inkscape's file format is SVG. Make sure you save your work in SVG format if you want to be able to modify it later. File > Save As... in the menu will save your file. You can then press Ctrl+S or File > Save periodically to save your work so you don't lose anything.
  • 50. Exporting Your Work Select the “Page” tab in the Export dialog to export everything in the document area. Select the “Drawing” tab in the Export dialog to export everything in the file, even things outside of the document area. Select the “Selection” tab in the Export dialog to export only the objects / drawings you have selected. Files are saved out in PNG format, which you can upload anywhere online.
  • 51. Questions? Thanks to my Fedora Design Team pal María 'Tatica' Leando for designing the cute characters throughout these slides. :)
  • 52. presented by Máirín Duffy Principal Interaction Designer, Red Hat, Inc. Beginners
  • 53. FAST. FURIOUS. FUN. Can I really do all of this? I don't know... Of course you can. YOU CAN DO IT! Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
  • 54. #1 Let's snag some artwork! #2 Hack the evil computer! #3 Some more basics. TODAY'S TOPICS: #4 Working with shapes #5 Shapes vs. paths #6 Working with text #7 Fill and stroke #8 Save and export Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
  • 55. Ctrl & Shift are magic! BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #1: WHEN IN DOUBT, TRY THEM OUT! SCALING, ANGLES, ROTATION, MOVING, UNDO, STROKE v. FILL ...
  • 56. Don't get lost! BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #2: STUCK IN LALA LAND? HITTING '5' WILL BRING YOU BACK TO CENTER.
  • 57. #1 Let's snag some artwork! It's public domain artwork too, so we can use it freely! Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
  • 58. File > Import Clip Art
  • 59. Import the Evil Computer! MUAH HA HA HA HA!! WAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA! You don't scare me, dude.
  • 60. #2 Hack the evil computer! Yeah! Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
  • 61. Grouping makes many into one. Click on the evil computer, and drag him around in Inkscape. He seems like a single solid object right? But, wait: Select the little beastie, then hit Ctrl+Shift+G (or go to Object > Ungroup.) What happens?
  • 62. Selecting Objects Notice the dotted boxes with around various parts of Beastie. The boxes show all of the different objects that are selected. Click the blank area outside of Beastie. The boxes disappear. All of the various Beastie parts are no longer selected. Click on Beastie's mouth. Notice the dotted box that appears around it. This box shows that Beastie's mouth alone is selected. Click, hold down the button, and drag a box around Beastie, then let go. This is another way to select an object. You can hold down shift and click different objects to select multiple objects at once.
  • 63. More Ungrouping Try to select just one of Beastie's eyes. Can't do it, right? Ungroup its eyes – Ctrl+Shift+U. Now you can select them separately. Groups may be grouped inside of groups and then all grouped! Sometimes artwork you import will have many layers deep of grouping.
  • 64. Positioning Objects There's two main ways to position selected objects: THE MOUSE Click and drag the object where you want. Quick, easy, imprecise. THE KEYBOARD Use the keyboard arrow keys to move the object; hold down shift or alt to modify speed. Slow, but precise. #1 #2
  • 65. Put Beastie Back Together What if you want to move all of Beastie around now? You'll have to regroup it. Hit Ctrl+G to make it whole again! UNGROUPED GROUPED
  • 66. Inside the Group You can go inside a group without ungrouping it! INSIDE THE GROUP OUTSIDE THE GROUP Double-click on the grouped object. It will act as if it is ungrouped. Double-click outside of the object to go back outside of the group.
  • 67. Things acting wacky? You may be in a group! BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #3: DOUBLE-CLICK THE BLANK SPACE OUTSIDE OF THE OBJECT YOU'RE WORKING WITH TO EXIT THE GROUP!
  • 68. #3 Some more basics. LET'S DO IT! Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
  • 69. Zoom zoom! 100% zoom Center canvas, fill screen 1 5 + - Zoom In Zoom Out Helpful keyboard shortcuts: There's also a zoom level indicator / changer in the bottom right: Zoom around a bit now! Practice!
  • 70. Scale the evilness up (or down) SCALE FROM THE LOWER LEFT (CLICK & DRAG) SCALE FROM THE CENTER (SHIFT + CLICK & DRAG) Try it on your own! Size it up, size it down! Double-click to go inside the group and scale Beastie's eyes, then exit the group.
  • 71. Beastie's Makeover Let's practice selecting and positioning objects. Rearrange Beastie's face however you like: BEFORE AFTER • Try selecting by clicking, and selecting by dragging. • Try positioning with the mouse, and positioning with the keyboard. • Change the size of the parts of his face.
  • 72. Don't forget this lock. BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #4: IF YOUR DRAWINGS AND TEXT ARE GETTING STRETCHED, TRY CLICKING IT!
  • 73. Now, spin it! Click on an object twice until you see curved arrows at the corners. Drag on the curved arrows to rotate it! Hold down Ctrl while you spin to rotate at regular angles! Spin the computer on your own now! Now double-click to go inside the group and rotate Beastie's mouth into a frown.
  • 74. Don't fear mistakes. BRIEF INKSCAPE UI PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE #5: MAKE A MISTAKE? OR 3? PRESS CTRL+Z UNDO. (CTRL+Y WILL REDO) Keep pressing me until you get back to where you were! ZCtrl
  • 75. Flip out! Flip Horizontally H V Select an object, then press one of these: It's that simple – try these now! Flip Vertically
  • 76. The Magic of Ctrl+D (Duplicate) SELECT OBJECT & HIT CTRL+D HOLD DOWN SHIFT AND KEEP PRESSING ARROW DOWN A PERFECTLY- ALIGNED COPY.
  • 77. On Top of the World Move to the Top Select the left Beastie and press the 'Home' key. Or, press PgUp a lot. There's a stacking order to everything on the Inkscape document area. Things can be moved on top of or below each other. Move to the Bottom Select the left Beastie and press the 'End' key. Or, press PgDn a lot.
  • 78. #4 Working with shapes I'll use shapes to make a hat for Beastie. Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
  • 79. RECTANGLE ELLIPSE These are the basic Shape tools. STAR/POLYGON SPIRAL
  • 80. Creating Shapes Select the shape tool you want from the toolbar. Click and drag, or hold down Ctrl while you click and drag to make the shape evenly-sized. This circle is a little squished. It was dragged out without using Ctrl. This circle is perfectly round; it was creating by holding down Ctrl while dragging. Ctrl
  • 81. Modifying Shapes Select the shape tool you want from the toolbar. Look at the long toolbar just above the main document / canvas. There are special controls there that will let you modify the shape. Mode: Corners: Pentagon Polygon 5 Mode: Corners: Triangle Polygon 3 Mode: Corners: Spoke Ratio: Star Star 5 0.5 Mode: Corners: Spoke Ratio: Starburst Star 20 0.3 All of the shapes have their own options bar.
  • 82. Try it Out Make a party hat for Beastie using a triangle (polygon / 3 corners) and a starburst (star, 15 corners, 0.3 spoke ratio.)
  • 83. #5 Shapes vs. paths Time to make Some bunny ears! Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
  • 84. Star Shape vs. Star Path You can control shapes in different, special ways, while paths are pretty much just points with lines between them. STAR SHAPE STAR PATH
  • 85. Star Shape vs. Star Path The little gray diamond-shaped boxes are called “nodes.” Select nodes by clicking on them with the node tool; select multiple by holding down shift (or drag-selecting.)
  • 86. Shapes vs. Paths Are Beastie's eyes paths or shapes? How about Beastie's mouth? Try clicking on his parts using the node selector tool (second tool from the top in the toolbox.)
  • 87. Combining Paths + Shapes Let's make some bunny ears for Beastie. Draw a circle, and color it pink. Duplicate the circle (Ctrl+D), then move it a little down and make it black. Select both the pink and black circles, and select “Difference” from the Path menu. This is the base. With “Difference,” the shape on top acts like a hole punch.
  • 88. Combining Paths + Shapes Let's make some bunny ears for Beastie. Draw a skinny circle (an ear.) Duplicate it so that you have two. Place the two ears on the base. Rotate one of the ears if you like. Select all and select “Union” from the Path menu. Using the node selector, grab the nodes at the tip of the ears and drag to further refine their shape. With “Union,” all shapes and paths are converted to paths and added together into one single path.
  • 89. A Gift for Beastie Hope you like them, Beastie!
  • 90. Drawing a Path Now that you understand paths a little better, you can draw paths using the pen and calligraphy tools as well. Note that the pen tool is the best way to draw straight lines. • Hold down Ctrl to keep the line straight! • Double-click to end the line! • Click on the open starting square to close the path (if you're making a polygon instead of a line!)
  • 91. #6 Working with text Text helps you Share your ideas. Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
  • 92. Creating & Modifying Text The text tool has its own options bar, just like the shape tools. Select the text tool, click on the canvas, and start typing. Make modifications in the options bar, including font and font size. Hover over the options in the options bar to learn More about them!
  • 93. Text is a shape, too. You can do all the things to text we did to Beastie – you can scale it up and down, you can flip it, you can rotate it... you can even combine it with other shapes and paths.
  • 94. #7 Fill and stroke Let's play with Some Style! Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
  • 95. Fill vs. Stroke STROKE (GREEN) FILL (YELLOW) Fill is the center of a shape or path; the stroke is an outline around it. They can be different colors. Either can also be transparent.
  • 96. Fill & Stroke Dialog Open it up via Ctrl+Shift+F or the Object > Fill & Stroke menu item. You can also set the fill by clicking on a color along the bottom of the screen (fill,) or shift+clicking a color (stroke.)
  • 97. Another Beastie Makeover Using all the skills you've learned so far, make Beastie over as much as you'd like! Use shapes, paths, colors, flip, rotate, scale, group and have fun! BEFORE AFTER
  • 98. #8 Save and export Share your work by exporting it. Fedora has everything you need to produce awesome mockups. Fedora needs your help to get better. We need to cultivate a culture in which mockups are used as a design tool much more than we are today.
  • 99. Saving Your Work Inkscape's file format is SVG. Make sure you save your work in SVG format if you want to be able to modify it later. File > Save As... in the menu will save your file. You can then press Ctrl+S or File > Save periodically to save your work so you don't lose anything.
  • 101. Exporting Your Work Select the “Page” tab in the Export dialog to export everything in the document area. Select the “Drawing” tab in the Export dialog to export everything in the file, even things outside of the document area. Select the “Selection” tab in the Export dialog to export only the objects / drawings you have selected. Files are saved out in PNG format, which you can upload anywhere online.
  • 102. Questions? Thanks to my Fedora Design Team pal María 'Tatica' Leando for designing the cute characters throughout these slides. :)