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Inkscape Video Tutorial 2
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In this part of my Inkscape Video Tutorial I continue to teach how to use the tools Inkscape provides.
This time I cover how to: Create Keyboard Shortcuts, Document Properties, Tricks for Selecting Objects, Guides, Rulers, Align, Transform, Rows & Columns and more.
I'm going a bit slower then normal in this tutorial to make sure everything is easy to understand and remember.
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easy manipulation, using layers for organization and editing, and provides a quick fix for mac users experiencing option key issues.', 'chapters': [{'end': 1002.568, 'start': 837.405, 'title': 'Grouping objects and using layers', 'summary': 'Covers grouping objects to easily move and edit them together, as well as the use of layers to organize objects and facilitate editing, with a quick fix for mac users experiencing issues with the option key.', 'duration': 165.163, 'highlights': ['Grouping objects allows for easy movement and editing together, using Control-Group to group and Control-U to ungroup. 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A quick fix for Mac users experiencing issues with the option key is provided, enabling it to function similarly to Windows and Linux systems.']}], 'duration': 165.163, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ySoTkwoXSd4/pics/ySoTkwoXSd4837405.jpg', 'highlights': ['Grouping objects using Control-Group for easy movement and editing, and Control-U to ungroup.', 'Using layers to organize objects and facilitate editing, with a quick fix for Mac users experiencing option key issues.', 'Providing a quick fix for Mac users to resolve option key issues and ensure similar functionality to Windows and Linux systems.']}, {'end': 1247.387, 'segs': [{'end': 1059.101, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 1019.937, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1026, 'text': "Well, that's not exactly something that's going to be all that easy to do because there's all these other rectangles in the way.", 'start': 1019.937, 'duration': 6.063}, {'end': 1028.641, 'text': "So how can I get them? It's actually quite easy.", 'start': 1026.2, 'duration': 2.441}, {'end': 1032.763, 'text': "All you're going to need to do is hold down your Option key, And go like this.", 'start': 1028.922, 'duration': 3.841}, {'end': 1034.165, 'text': 'And this is with the selection tool.', 'start': 1032.944, 'duration': 1.221}, {'end': 1035.766, 'text': 'And draw this red line.', 'start': 1034.805, 'duration': 0.961}, {'end': 1040.128, 'text': "And with that I'm going to be able to select just the objects that I want.", 'start': 1036.006, 'duration': 4.122}, {'end': 1044.05, 'text': "So there's a neat little trick for also going in and selecting objects.", 'start': 1040.348, 'duration': 3.702}, {'end': 1046.693, 'text': 'It might not be so easy to select without that tool.', 'start': 1044.09, 'duration': 2.603}, {'end': 1050.135, 'text': 'Another thing is if I have all of these objects selected.', 'start': 1046.853, 'duration': 3.282}, {'end': 1052.477, 'text': 'And if they are in a group.', 'start': 1050.696, 'duration': 1.781}, {'end': 1055.239, 'text': 'Which of course we hold down control G to create a group.', 'start': 1052.577, 'duration': 2.662}, {'end': 1059.101, 'text': 'And I decide I want to come in and just change this one square.', 'start': 1055.558, 'duration': 3.543}], 'summary': 'Using the option key and selection tool makes object selection easy.', 'duration': 39.164, 'max_score': 1019.937, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ySoTkwoXSd4/pics/ySoTkwoXSd41019937.jpg'}, {'end': 1180.947, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1155.174, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 1159.521, 'text': 'If we would want to come in here and constrain the direction that we can drag this.', 'start': 1155.174, 'duration': 4.347}, {'end': 1164.368, 'text': "so let's say we only want to be able to drag it upwards without going to the left or the right.", 'start': 1159.521, 'duration': 4.847}, {'end': 1166.432, 'text': "guess what you're probably going to use? The control key.", 'start': 1164.368, 'duration': 2.064}, {'end': 1170.518, 'text': "Now you're not going to be able to go to the left and the right if you have that control key.", 'start': 1166.692, 'duration': 3.826}, {'end': 1176.783, 'text': "and you can also hold it down and go only to the right and don't have to worry about maybe bouncing upwards okay.", 'start': 1170.778, 'duration': 6.005}, {'end': 1180.947, 'text': 'so control key almost always constrains and allows you to do neat things.', 'start': 1176.783, 'duration': 4.164}], 'summary': 'Using the control key can constrain dragging to specific directions, enabling neat functionality.', 'duration': 25.773, 'max_score': 1155.174, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ySoTkwoXSd4/pics/ySoTkwoXSd41155174.jpg'}, {'end': 1216.433, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1190.675, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1195.319, 'text': "one thing i don't think i did talk about, though, is that you can use diagonals, so there's a guide.", 'start': 1190.675, 'duration': 4.644}, {'end': 1197.201, 'text': 'i just drug that out right off the side.', 'start': 1195.319, 'duration': 1.882}, {'end': 1198.322, 'text': "There's another guide.", 'start': 1197.441, 'duration': 0.881}, {'end': 1200.183, 'text': "Now let's say I want a diagonal one.", 'start': 1198.342, 'duration': 1.841}, {'end': 1201.043, 'text': 'Not a problem.', 'start': 1200.443, 'duration': 0.6}, {'end': 1202.164, 'text': 'Sometimes a little funky.', 'start': 1201.203, 'duration': 0.961}, {'end': 1202.764, 'text': 'There you go.', 'start': 1202.304, 'duration': 0.46}, {'end': 1204.866, 'text': 'And I can drag out a diagonal one.', 'start': 1202.985, 'duration': 1.881}, {'end': 1208.448, 'text': 'Another thing you can do with this guide is this is at a 45 degree.', 'start': 1205.026, 'duration': 3.422}, {'end': 1211.05, 'text': "Let's say you don't want the guide at 45 degrees.", 'start': 1208.628, 'duration': 2.422}, {'end': 1212.29, 'text': 'Just double click on it.', 'start': 1211.37, 'duration': 0.92}, {'end': 1213.291, 'text': 'Come down here.', 'start': 1212.771, 'duration': 0.52}, {'end': 1216.433, 'text': 'Change the angle from 45 which is what it is by default.', 'start': 1213.571, 'duration': 2.862}], 'summary': 'The transcript discusses using diagonals as guides at 45 degrees and changing the angle by double-clicking on it.', 'duration': 25.758, 'max_score': 1190.675, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ySoTkwoXSd4/pics/ySoTkwoXSd41190675.jpg'}], 'start': 1002.828, 'title': 'Selecting and manipulating objects', 'summary': 'Covers techniques for selecting specific objects using key combinations and guides, providing a simple way to achieve the desired selection in inkscape.', 'chapters': [{'end': 1040.128, 'start': 1002.828, 'title': 'Selecting objects with the selection tool', 'summary': 'Explains how to select specific objects among a group of rectangles using the selection key and the option key, demonstrating a simple way to achieve the desired selection.', 'duration': 37.3, 'highlights': ['By holding down the Option key and using the selection tool, it is possible to draw a red line to select specific objects among a group of rectangles.', 'The chapter demonstrates the challenge of selecting specific rectangles among many and introduces a simple method using the Option key and the selection tool.']}, {'end': 1247.387, 'start': 1040.348, 'title': 'Selecting and manipulating objects in inkscape', 'summary': 'Discusses various techniques for selecting and manipulating objects in inkscape, including selecting objects in a group, using key combinations to manipulate objects, and utilizing guides and grids for precise alignment and manipulation.', 'duration': 207.039, 'highlights': ['Using key combinations to select and manipulate objects The chapter explains how key combinations such as holding down control and selecting allow users to select individual objects within a group, enabling precise manipulation and changes to specific objects.', 'Utilizing guides and grids for precise alignment and manipulation The tutorial demonstrates the use of guides and grids to aid in precise alignment and manipulation of objects, including the ability to create diagonal guides and modify guide angles for specific alignment needs.', 'Constraining object movement using the control key The chapter highlights the use of the control key to constrain the direction of object movement, enabling users to restrict drag directions and maintain alignment without unnecessary movement.']}], 'duration': 244.559, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ySoTkwoXSd4/pics/ySoTkwoXSd41002828.jpg', 'highlights': ['The tutorial demonstrates the use of guides and grids to aid in precise alignment and manipulation of objects, including the ability to create diagonal guides and modify guide angles for specific alignment needs.', 'Using key combinations to select and manipulate objects The chapter explains how key combinations such as holding down control and selecting allow users to select individual objects within a group, enabling precise manipulation and changes to specific objects.', 'By holding down the Option key and using the selection tool, it is possible to draw a red line to select specific objects among a group of rectangles.', 'The chapter demonstrates the challenge of selecting specific rectangles among many and introduces a simple method using the Option key and the selection tool.', 'Constraining object movement using the control key The chapter highlights the use of the control key to constrain the direction of object movement, enabling users to restrict drag directions and maintain alignment without unnecessary movement.']}, {'end': 1546.759, 'segs': [{'end': 1289.967, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 1252.69, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 1256.471, 'text': "Now that everything's cleared up, let's go and draw ourselves a rectangle.", 'start': 1252.69, 'duration': 3.781}, {'end': 1258.512, 'text': "Let's go and duplicate it.", 'start': 1256.791, 'duration': 1.721}, {'end': 1259.753, 'text': 'Control D.', 'start': 1258.632, 'duration': 1.121}, {'end': 1262.154, 'text': "And now let's go Shift G.", 'start': 1259.753, 'duration': 2.401}, {'end': 1266.516, 'text': 'And there you can see we created guides based off of the object that was selected on the screen.', 'start': 1262.154, 'duration': 4.362}, {'end': 1267.658, 'text': 'So something else neat.', 'start': 1266.716, 'duration': 0.942}, {'end': 1272.447, 'text': "Now let's take a second to take a look at the align tool and exactly what it does.", 'start': 1267.818, 'duration': 4.629}, {'end': 1276.134, 'text': "So let's say I have a whole bunch of rectangles here on our screen.", 'start': 1272.768, 'duration': 3.366}, {'end': 1277.437, 'text': "Let's draw them in there.", 'start': 1276.154, 'duration': 1.283}, {'end': 1280.225, 'text': "Then we'll go over to Align and Distribute.", 'start': 1277.844, 'duration': 2.381}, {'end': 1281.805, 'text': 'This is actually pretty useful.', 'start': 1280.485, 'duration': 1.32}, {'end': 1289.967, 'text': "Now what you're going to want to do here is your alignment and your distribution is going to be based off of or be relative to something.", 'start': 1282.165, 'duration': 7.802}], 'summary': 'Demonstrating creating, duplicating, aligning rectangles in design software.', 'duration': 42.36, 'max_score': 1252.69, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ySoTkwoXSd4/pics/ySoTkwoXSd41252690.jpg'}, {'end': 1471.489, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 1387.094, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1391.535, 'text': "So, if we want to, for the most part, if you're distributing objects an equal distance apart from each other,", 'start': 1387.094, 'duration': 4.441}, {'end': 1396.296, 'text': "you're going to be using this one to make them be an equal distance apart on a horizontal plane.", 'start': 1391.535, 'duration': 4.761}, {'end': 1400.698, 'text': "And you're going to use this one to make them an equal distance apart on a vertical plane.", 'start': 1396.596, 'duration': 4.102}, {'end': 1403.198, 'text': "And then this is randomized, which I don't think I've ever used.", 'start': 1400.878, 'duration': 2.32}, {'end': 1408.42, 'text': 'And then this is also allowing you to distribute text, which is another thing that I almost never use.', 'start': 1403.478, 'duration': 4.942}, {'end': 1413.401, 'text': "But that's just a brief explanation of how you would align and distribute different objects inside of Inkscape.", 'start': 1408.66, 'duration': 4.741}, {'end': 1418.147, 'text': "Another thing that's kind of neat which is often ignored is rows and columns.", 'start': 1413.865, 'duration': 4.282}, {'end': 1420.188, 'text': "That's this guy over here.", 'start': 1418.487, 'duration': 1.701}, {'end': 1425.631, 'text': "Now it is a nice way to align different boxes and there's a whole bunch of other neat things you can do with it.", 'start': 1420.488, 'duration': 5.143}, {'end': 1429.613, 'text': "Basically what it's going to do is it's going to arrange your objects in a 2D table.", 'start': 1425.831, 'duration': 3.782}, {'end': 1432.336, 'text': 'So best way to explain that is to show you how it works.', 'start': 1429.893, 'duration': 2.443}, {'end': 1435.979, 'text': "So let's say you want to do like a box setup.", 'start': 1432.596, 'duration': 3.383}, {'end': 1438.842, 'text': "Okay, so let's just do rectangle, change to selection.", 'start': 1436.079, 'duration': 2.763}, {'end': 1441.084, 'text': "I'm going to make my fill color be white.", 'start': 1439.022, 'duration': 2.062}, {'end': 1443.206, 'text': "So in this situation, I'm just going to go like this.", 'start': 1441.325, 'duration': 1.881}, {'end': 1447.711, 'text': "And then I'm going to have my stroke style be five for my stroke.", 'start': 1443.427, 'duration': 4.284}, {'end': 1448.512, 'text': 'So there you go.', 'start': 1447.911, 'duration': 0.601}, {'end': 1449.693, 'text': 'There is rectangle.', 'start': 1448.852, 'duration': 0.841}, {'end': 1452.277, 'text': "And I'm going to shrink it down in size.", 'start': 1450.033, 'duration': 2.244}, {'end': 1453.58, 'text': "So there's that rectangle.", 'start': 1452.578, 'duration': 1.002}, {'end': 1457.246, 'text': "And then now that I have this highlighted, I'm going to create a ton of duplicates.", 'start': 1453.72, 'duration': 3.526}, {'end': 1458.207, 'text': "I'm going to go Control-D.", 'start': 1457.266, 'duration': 0.941}, {'end': 1459.95, 'text': 'OK, so I have basically 10 of them.', 'start': 1458.227, 'duration': 1.723}, {'end': 1463.617, 'text': "Now let's jump back into rows and columns, which is what we were talking about before.", 'start': 1460.211, 'duration': 3.406}, {'end': 1468.469, 'text': 'And what this is going to allow me to do is take all of these squares.', 'start': 1464.208, 'duration': 4.261}, {'end': 1469.469, 'text': "So I'm going to highlight them.", 'start': 1468.689, 'duration': 0.78}, {'end': 1471.489, 'text': 'So this changed to 4 by 4.', 'start': 1469.629, 'duration': 1.86}], 'summary': 'In inkscape, objects can be aligned and distributed equally on a horizontal and vertical plane. rows and columns feature allows arranging objects in a 2d table, simplifying alignment.', 'duration': 51.748, 'max_score': 1387.094, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ySoTkwoXSd4/pics/ySoTkwoXSd41387094.jpg'}], 'start': 1247.607, 'title': 'Design software alignment tools', 'summary': 'Covers guides, drawing, and aligning in design software, including inkscape, demonstrating the functionality and usage of the align tool with practical examples, and explains how to use the alignment and distribution tools in inkscape to evenly distribute objects, align them in rows and columns, and create a 2d table arrangement.', 'chapters': [{'end': 1348.807, 'start': 1247.607, 'title': 'Guides, drawing, and aligning in design software', 'summary': 'Explains how to convert objects into guides, draw and duplicate shapes, and use the align tool to align and distribute objects based on different criteria, demonstrating the functionality and usage of the align tool with practical examples.', 'duration': 101.2, 'highlights': ['The chapter explains how to convert objects into guides, draw and duplicate shapes, and use the align tool to align and distribute objects based on different criteria. The tutorial covers converting objects into guides, drawing and duplicating shapes, and utilizing the align tool for aligning and distributing objects based on various criteria.', 'Demonstrating the functionality and usage of the align tool with practical examples. Practical examples are used to demonstrate the functionality and usage of the align tool, providing a hands-on understanding of its capabilities.']}, {'end': 1546.759, 'start': 1348.807, 'title': 'Inkscape object alignment and distribution', 'summary': 'Explains how to use the alignment and distribution tools in inkscape to evenly distribute objects, align them in rows and columns, and create a 2d table arrangement, with a demonstration of using the tools and their impact.', 'duration': 197.952, 'highlights': ['The distribution tool in Inkscape allows users to evenly distribute selected objects in a uniform or randomized manner, and it can be used to create equal distance apart on a horizontal or vertical plane.', 'The rows and columns tool in Inkscape enables users to easily align objects in a 2D table format, adjust the number of rows and columns, and arrange objects systematically, providing a convenient way to create and organize multiple objects.', 'Demonstration of using the distribution tool to evenly distribute objects in a horizontal manner and the rows and columns tool to arrange objects in a 2D table format, showcasing practical application and usage of the tools.']}], 'duration': 299.152, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ySoTkwoXSd4/pics/ySoTkwoXSd41247607.jpg', 'highlights': ['The rows and columns tool in Inkscape enables users to easily align objects in a 2D table format, adjust the number of rows and columns, and arrange objects systematically, providing a convenient way to create and organize multiple objects.', 'The distribution tool in Inkscape allows users to evenly distribute selected objects in a uniform or randomized manner, and it can be used to create equal distance apart on a horizontal or vertical plane.', 'Demonstrating the functionality and usage of the align tool with practical examples. Practical examples are used to demonstrate the functionality and usage of the align tool, providing a hands-on understanding of its capabilities.', 'The chapter explains how to convert objects into guides, draw and duplicate shapes, and use the align tool to align and distribute objects based on different criteria. The tutorial covers converting objects into guides, drawing and duplicating shapes, and utilizing the align tool for aligning and distributing objects based on various criteria.', 'Demonstration of using the distribution tool to evenly distribute objects in a horizontal manner and the rows and columns tool to arrange objects in a 2D table format, showcasing practical application and usage of the tools.']}], 'highlights': ['The tutorial emphasizes the importance of exporting artwork as scalable vector graphics or PDF when working with Inkscape, and mentions PNG format for exporting regular images or raster images.', "The process of creating new keyboard shortcuts in Inkscape is demonstrated using the example of changing 'Page Up' and 'Page Down' to 'F6' and 'F5' respectively, providing a clear step-by-step guide for the viewers.", 'The ability to define page sizes for portrait or landscape and toggle page borders on or off is explained.', 'The process of managing grid systems, including creating and removing different grid types such as axonometric grids for 3D design, is explained.', 'Using key combinations to select and manipulate objects The chapter explains how key combinations such as holding down control and selecting allow users to select individual objects within a group, enabling precise manipulation and changes to specific objects.', 'The rows and columns tool in Inkscape enables users to easily align objects in a 2D table format, adjust the number of rows and columns, and arrange objects systematically, providing a convenient way to create and organize multiple objects.']}