The Inkscape Help Thread

[Keris]

"Inkscape is a lot like paint only with more unnecessary complications"

And vector capabilities. While Photoshop is paint only with a lot more unnecessary features.

EDIT: A quick question: How do you change the thickness of line?

You see in the bottom left corner? Where it has:
Fill: [Coloured box]
Stroke:[Coloured box] #
Where "#" is a number? Right clicking the number will give you some quick options, or you can double click any part of that section to bring up the Fill and Stroke menu, which can also be accessed by pressing Ctrl+Shift+F or right clicking a vector path and selecting "Fill and Stroke".

[Nameless]

You see in the bottom left corner? Where it has:
Fill: [Coloured box]
Stroke:[Coloured box] #
Where "#" is a number? Right clicking the number will give you some quick options, or you can double click any part of that section to bring up the Fill and Stroke menu, which can also be accessed by pressing Ctrl+Shift+F or right clicking a vector path and selecting "Fill and Stroke".

That doesn't actually effect the thickness of the line, the line stays the same when I do that.

EDIT: Got it, thanks.

It would appear that it makes the lines blurey though.

[MethosH]

Try Control + Shift + F

[Holammer]

Blurry? when you select a line and bring up 'fill and stroke', choose the 'stroke style' tab on the far right and change the 'width'.

Ahhh... Nameless taking his first baby steps in Inkscape. This will be day to remember!

[Nameless]

Blurry? when you select a line and bring up 'fill and stroke', choose the 'stroke style' tab on the far right and change the 'width'.

Ahhh... Nameless taking his first baby steps in Inkscape. This will be day to remember!

And now I'm peed off because I drew the hair with a pencil thing, and I can't figure out how to fill it in without there being huge gaps in the middle and it filling in around the outside too.
Why doesn't this thing have a bucket tool for Bloody hell's sake!

[Keris]

And now I'm peed off because I drew the hair with a pencil thing, and I can't figure out how to fill it in without there being huge gaps in the middle and it filling in around the outside too.
Why doesn't this thing have a bucket tool for Bloody hell's sake!

It does. But it's not a brilliant solution, and I advise you to avoid using it if you can.

Now, is your hair a single closed vector path?

[Nameless]

It does. But it's not a brilliant solution, and I advise you to avoid using it if you can.

Now, is your hair a single closed vector path?

No, They’re in separate parts which I the grouped together assuming it would allow me to the fill it in like most other programs.

[banjo1985]

No, They’re in separate parts which I the grouped together assuming it would allow me to the fill it in like most other programs.

Of course not, what are you thinking? That would be too easy

[Nameless]

Of course not, what are you thinking? That would be too easy

Why that would be logic!

Inkscape... LOGIC? WHAT?!

[Keris]

No, They’re in separate parts which I the grouped together assuming it would allow me to the fill it in like most other programs.

While in Fireworks the group tool will effectively merge layers, in Inkscape it is used to collect paths in groups to better manipulate the selection (e.g. changing the fill and stroke for the whole group or transforming the group). To combine separate paths into a single path, select all the paths and use the Union tool (Ctrl++, or Ctrl+Shift+=). You may find that some shapes have been closed, and that others will not have been joined properly, but all the nodes are part of the same object, so you can use the node tool (located just below the Save, Print, Import and Export buttons in the top left).

Personally, I use the "Pen" tool, which is just below the pencil tool. While the pencil tool allows you to draw lines, and places nodes automatically, the "pen" (I'm not sure as to its actual name) tool allows you to place nodes, and draws the lines automatically.

[Nameless]

Yay it crashed.

[Nameless]

Inkscape Attempt I:

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Hmm... I think I'll go back to Fireworks now...

[T-O-E]

That's actually pretty good for a first attempt, Nameless.

[The Dark Fiddler]

If it does I haven't seen it. I know I'm horrible with the eraser anyway. NODE EDITING IS THE WAY TO GO.

That's nice,but I wanted to get rid of that box in the middle of every new page.

[Nameless]

That's actually pretty good for a first attempt, Nameless.

Thanks, but I think I'll stick to Fireworks.

[Elder Tsofu]

Haha, the box in the middle just show the size of an A4. :)
It wont show up when you export.

to change it: ctrl+shift+d
and on boarder: uncheck the box for page-boarder

[The Dark Fiddler]

Haha, the box in the middle just show the size of an A4. :)
It wont show up when you export.

to change it: ctrl+shift+d
and on boarder: uncheck the box for page-boarder

Ah, thank you very much.

[Kyronea]

Interesting fun fact I just discovered: Inkscape apparently DOES have an undo history window. I thought it didn't because I could never find it in the menus, but an accidental set of button presses (Shift + CTRL + H) just uncovered it. So that's neat to know.

(Also if everyone else knew this I shall proceed to feel very silly.)

[MethosH]

Omg! That is freaking helpful.. Now all I need is an object list.

[T-O-E]

You know how when you copy (ctrl+alt+v) an object and it's not in the exact same position as the original? Is there any way to prevent this? Or do I have to manually adjust it?

It really annoys me.
Thanks in advance

[AmberVael]

You know how when you copy (ctrl+alt+v) an object and it's not in the exact same position as the original? Is there any way to prevent this? Or do I have to manually adjust it?

It really annoys me.
Thanks in advance

Well, ctrl+alt+v really should paste it in the same place, unless you accidentally use ctrl+v instead.

If you're really having too much trouble, just use Duplicate (ctrl+D) while the original is in the position you want the duplicate to be in.

[T-O-E]

Well, ctrl+alt+v really should paste it in the same place, unless you accidentally use ctrl+v instead.

If you're really having too much trouble, just use Duplicate (ctrl+D) while the original is in the position you want the duplicate to be in.

Wow, I feel stupid.

Thanks a lot.

[Crimmy]

^: You SHOULD!!

Anyway, here's one that's been popping out a lot lately in my PM box.

Hey, you know, I really wanna make an Anime style OotS figure.

However, while I'm trying to do the hair for a girl, I noticed that I cant, because it either goes all the way back, or it covers the face.

How can I fix it??

Okay, first things first, you create what you want to be the head, know more as a plain circle.

Noy, you graw the incomplete portion of the hair that's supposed to go in the back.

Next, you put that behind the head.
Now, you create the front/high part of the hair, making sure that it's incomplete, and that the finishing lines end up mathing the finishing lines of the "back" side of the hair.

Voilà, now you have a full hair that can be used in Anime based OotS.

[Raenir Salazar]

I'm trying to make glasses for my oots-styled characters but seting opacicy to 0 does it for the "stroke" as well. Any ideas?

[T-O-E]

Go to the object's fill and lower this:

[Raenir Salazar]

aha, another solution though much harder I figured out is using the pencil tool.

[Djinn_in_Tonic]

aha, another solution though much harder I figured out is using the pencil tool.

Another is to copy the outer rim, remove the fill, and align it over the transparent 'glass' part.

[ResplendentFire]

Ooh, good idea! I'll throw a 'fill speech bubbles with finely cut text' section in later today... Probably edit it onto this post...

Did you ever do this?

The text in speech bubbles is my bane.

[Keris]

Putting text in a speech bubble:


First, draw a rough oval and write out your speech. You don't need any line breaks.

Selecting both, choose the "Flow into Frame" option, or press Alt+W.

This is the result, and you can change the size of the oval to give you:

A basic speech oval. (The words re-will wrap automatically)

You can either use it like this, or a recommended tactic is to make the oval fully transparent or move it out of frame, and then draw a new bubble, complete with tail, as the text in this bubble is a bit close to the edge.

[ResplendentFire]

Thank you much. :)

Is there a way to set up text so it defaults to a smaller font, or do I need to resize it every time?