Thank you for doing these videos! Love how you pick a feature and focus just on it! Much more useful than doing a project from start to finish and makes it easier to go back and look up specific features you are working on. Great work!!
Thanks a lot TJ. I have learned a lot from your videos, a lot more than watching somebody design some project that leaves you not understanding the tools they are using and why they choose those tools. Your method inspires more creativity. Again thanks a ton.
Thank you for all of these very well done tutorials. Last night I watched Lessons 1-11. later I added 15. Excellent progression of teaching each tool. Lesson 10 is what I needed for my "end game". I am a Quilter that needs templates cut precisely by my Sihouette Cameo. Easy to do with well designed templates. But when they are hand drawn, forget it! Your tutorials have taught me how to take hand drawn designs and turn them into well done SVG files. Game changer for me!!!! Thank you so much!!!!
Okay I installed inkscape today and this the video number ten that I watch from your channel your videos were very helpful I will share your channel with anyone who asks me where did I learn. Thank you so much and God bless you.
I was completely lost...i didn't know how to use inkscape and then i came across your tutorials.... amazing the way u teach... will definitely share, if someone asks
These videos are great. I have a little experience with Design space. These videos take you by the hand and walk you through step by step. I am very grateful for them. You are a great teacher!
I got really stuck on this one for a long time. I kept trying to change the color of the duplicate object that I had created but every time I tried, it changed both objects as if they were one, or linked in some way. I had to select the clone and then object to path. Finally I figured out that on a Mac, I should have used command+D to create the duplicate and not option+D. Just posting this in case anyone else makes the same mistake. Thanks for the videos TJ! I am learning a lot!
I've seen that you made the videos 2 yrs back, but for your knowledge, I've been through all of them these days, step by step and learned a great amount. You are doing every bit so detailed and careful and things that I've picked up in 4th of 3rd are coming up in real time during work. Putting the pieces together and doing my new company's logo now - by myself!!! Thank you sooo much, amazing work!!! Keep it up!
I'm learning a crazy amount from your videos - this is just what I needed to take my brand to the next level. Thanks for these videos, keep up the great work!
this is definitely the best video so far in this series ... combining what we've learned to create this cool project is indeed inspiring as you mentioned .. THANK YOU
lock object aspect ratio with toolbar button 1:59 left click on first point to complete outline path 4:26 toggle between stroke and fill controls with the shift key 4:51 duplicate source object with ctrl d 6:47 smooth path with simplify under path menu 7:09 create shadow or blur with duplicate objects 7:30
Thank you! I designed a tabletop using a bunch of different points on a french curve. I've been racking my brain trying to figure out a way to get a cleaned up version that I can print out for a paper template, and I believe this might just do the trick. You're awesome, thank you! Lol
love, love, love the very thorough videos! the haircut of the dude in the pic you traced, on the other hand... lol : p watching them in order, i'm hoping later you cover how to merge shapes into one...
I just practiced over a hummingbird picture following your steps and it looks pretty cool. Thank you so much for the tutorials. It's turning out to be really helpful. 👍👍
Thanks for doing these individual feature lessons, they are a great help. I am trying to use this one, and No. 11, in making stencils, for airbrush work, from my own photos.I knew of the features before but your lessons are essential I find to understanding them fully.
Thanks for these videos, I appreciate you. They helped me address designing issues I was encountering but with inkscape and these videos I am off to the races :)
Brilliant videos, I'm learning so much!! Slight problem downloading this one though, I get on called "DPI_-File-Size_-_-Exporting-Options" instead... Stay safe and healthy.
i love your videos. very helpful and easy to follow. I have downloaded inkscape because i want to creat my own gym brand so i have started designing some stuff. I am going to get a graphics tablet for my birthday as i think that will be a lot easier to use than a track pad.
Quick question, how would I do a hairline for a vinyl cutter? Most of the other programs I used allowed a "hairline" option in the stroke width, but there seems to be no such option. Maybe setting the width to 1px?
Hi, When I got to the 4:39 mark you mentioned that the fill is transparent and the fill is black but you can go down to here and make the fill Black. When I try that nothing happens. I try it with the opacity at 100% and at 0%. Does not work. I am using a Mac. Any help would be appreciated.
I used the shift hotkey to change the stroke to none, by clicking on the 'white with red x square' in the bottom left while holding down the shift key. The hotkey may be differant for Mac. You can also go into fill and stroke settings and go to the stroke section, and select none. Hope that helps.
Thank you for taking incredible time to help us learn. Would like to bring a coloring book, page by page of course, into InkScape and color. Can I color? Thanks, in advance.
Good question. Yes, to do this you can use the 'Trace Bitmap' feature, and then color with the bucket fill tool. If you want to color with a drawing tablet, using brushes, there is another free software, Krita, that would work better for that.
@@TJFREE Thanks. I'm working through "Trace Bitmap Tool". Been jumping from one graphics tool to another since one week past. First pinnacle video, then GIMP, then Krita. Spend most time learning from you. You have GIMP on playlist, but not Krita? Again, thanks so much.
I know this is an older video, but I am just working on learning inkscape. Is it possible once you create the initial trace to offset it outward and then delete the original trace? For example, trace the outline of a raster image, then trace the outside with the bezier tool, and offset it to create a cut path for a laser?
but what if i break the link and can't complete the shape in one go, how can I connect the two or more Bezier lines together, please help, I'm just stuck here.
I was drawing and I saw a crossbar guide when I drag along the screen and the guide moves along the object. I did it by mistakenly. How do I bring it back?
Firstly, thank you Mr TJ for superbly narrated tutorials. You made Inkscape way less intimidating for me. However, I have used the Bezier tool to trace a piece of my own imported artwork/logo & am encountering a problem? The image appears perfect until I 'fill' & the cut-outs are filled in? Have you encountered this before, & if so, can you suggest a remedy? Thanking you in anticipation. Be healthy!
So when I use regular bezier tool and using left click try to make curves, i find it difficult to make my next curve as it forces me to curve in the opposite direction. So say I make a curve towards the left hand side by drawing a line and then using left click, to make the next curve on the same side there is simply no option as it doesn't curve on the left hand side no matter what i do, moreover it suggests to curve towards the right hand side. It is super frustrating and making is impossible it to trace anything.
Thank you, TJ! I want to cut out a photo on my laser cutter. I traced the photo with the Bezier pen, and then reprinted it (with the stroke behind the photo). When I send the SVG file to the laser, it shows me the outline to be cut, but the laser cuts just inside the trace rather that exactly on it. Can you suggest what I might be doing wrong? Thank you in advance.
Hi I am doing as you say and tracing an img but when I do a curve using the tool then it continues to be a curve while selecting the next node instead of going back to being a straight line. Is the only way to make it straight to press enter or is there another way? Thanks for the tutorials!
Probably a stupid question but how do you move down the page when tracing the image? If I try to use the roller on my mouse it goes crazy and once I start tracing the arrow keys no longer seem to work. I zoom in to trace but cannot then seem to move the image to allow me to see further down
I'm yet to go hands-on with inkspace. Was wondering if it is possible to make different instances of this vector image and come up with an animation of the rolling guy???? Is it possible in inkspace?
if i have an image that has very thin lines in parts of the image and i want to thicken these lines (beause i want to laser cut the image in metal ) how will i do that... will it be with the bezir tool or is there some other way
Does anyone know why is it the object created by bevel in triangle mode cant be duplicated. I tried duplicating it but it overlaps with one another and on moving the duplicate, the orginal object also moves. This happens only in triangle mode
Hi TJ, this was super helpful! Now that I have my outline, what steps do I need to take to merge the outline inside of a circle? I've tried several things and I am obviously missing something
I’m going through your series and this is almost exactly what I was looking for. I’d like to go a step further and cut out holes in the object that was created from tracing. I will continue watching your series, hoping you cover that. If not, what do you suggest doing?
Thank you for doing these videos! Love how you pick a feature and focus just on it! Much more useful than doing a project from start to finish and makes it easier to go back and look up specific features you are working on. Great work!!
Thanks for the kind words. I appreciate the feedback!
Thanks a lot TJ. I have learned a lot from your videos, a lot more than watching somebody design some project that leaves you not understanding the tools they are using and why they choose those tools. Your method inspires more creativity. Again thanks a ton.
Thank you for all of these very well done tutorials. Last night I watched Lessons 1-11. later I added 15. Excellent progression of teaching each tool. Lesson 10 is what I needed for my "end game". I am a Quilter that needs templates cut precisely by my Sihouette Cameo. Easy to do with well designed templates. But when they are hand drawn, forget it! Your tutorials have taught me how to take hand drawn designs and turn them into well done SVG files. Game changer for me!!!! Thank you so much!!!!
I love it! Thanks for sharing your experience, and I wish you the best of luck!
Okay I installed inkscape today and this the video number ten that I watch from your channel your videos were very helpful I will share your channel with anyone who asks me where did I learn. Thank you so much and God bless you.
Thanks for much Eli. Best of luck with your projects!
@@TJFREE Same
I was completely lost...i didn't know how to use inkscape and then i came across your tutorials.... amazing the way u teach... will definitely share, if someone asks
Thank you! I really appreciate the feedback.
Hi
Madhavi How do we cut through the inner area of the image?
These videos are great. I have a little experience with Design space. These videos take you by the hand and walk you through step by step. I am very grateful for them. You are a great teacher!
Thank you!
I have learned so much from your series, thank you, thank you!
I got really stuck on this one for a long time. I kept trying to change the color of the duplicate object that I had created but every time I tried, it changed both objects as if they were one, or linked in some way. I had to select the clone and then object to path. Finally I figured out that on a Mac, I should have used command+D to create the duplicate and not option+D. Just posting this in case anyone else makes the same mistake.
Thanks for the videos TJ! I am learning a lot!
I've seen that you made the videos 2 yrs back, but for your knowledge, I've been through all of them these days, step by step and learned a great amount. You are doing every bit so detailed and careful and things that I've picked up in 4th of 3rd are coming up in real time during work. Putting the pieces together and doing my new company's logo now - by myself!!! Thank you sooo much, amazing work!!! Keep it up!
I'm learning a crazy amount from your videos - this is just what I needed to take my brand to the next level. Thanks for these videos, keep up the great work!
This is really cool! I am a scientist and I have no artistic sense but your videos enable me to produce really nice pictures for my publication!
this is definitely the best video so far in this series ... combining what we've learned to create this cool project is indeed inspiring as you mentioned .. THANK YOU
lock object aspect ratio with toolbar button 1:59
left click on first point to complete outline path 4:26
toggle between stroke and fill controls with the shift key 4:51
duplicate source object with ctrl d 6:47
smooth path with simplify under path menu 7:09
create shadow or blur with duplicate objects 7:30
This one video single-handedly taught me everything I needed to know. Thank you.
Thank you! I designed a tabletop using a bunch of different points on a french curve. I've been racking my brain trying to figure out a way to get a cleaned up version that I can print out for a paper template, and I believe this might just do the trick. You're awesome, thank you! Lol
Thanks so much, TJ, for supporting Inkscape with these AWESOME instructional vids!!
I've just made my daughter's silhouette..so cute... i loved it.. thank you..i am loving your series
love, love, love the very thorough videos! the haircut of the dude in the pic you traced, on the other hand... lol : p
watching them in order, i'm hoping later you cover how to merge shapes into one...
WOW! This is going to be SO useful. You're an excellent teacher.
Thanks!
Thank you! I've struggling with trying to trace my hand drawn images, this makes it so much simpler.
I really like that blurred white background at the end. That's a cool effect.
I just practiced over a hummingbird picture following your steps and it looks pretty cool. Thank you so much for the tutorials. It's turning out to be really helpful. 👍👍
Thanks for doing these individual feature lessons, they are a great help. I am trying to use this one, and No. 11, in making stencils, for airbrush work, from my own photos.I knew of the features before but your lessons are essential I find to understanding them fully.
watching these in 2021, absolutely loving it!!!! thank you so much.
Amazing tutorials, thank you for work done.
Your lessons are amazing, I'm learning so much, thank you.
I've watched all the videos in this series up to this point and so far this one is my fav! Thanks for the tuts!
Thank you so much for these videos! They are going to help me so much! You have no idea how helpful these are. Thank you again!
Thank-you for All of your Inkscape Videos. They are very easy to understand.
Very nice series of tutorials! They are a BIG Help to me...Thanks!!!
Thanks Jess. You're welcome!
I love your whole playlist TJ FREE ❣..You inspired me alot and thnks for everything you provided me at free of cost and people who love inkscape.
Excellent tutorial!
I've learned so much from your videos.
Glad to hear it! Thanks for the feedback.
Excellent video, I'm working on it, as I watch your videos. Best Inkscape tutorial, thank you very much!
Thank you so much for your crystal clear tutorials. Amazing teaching skills.
You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!
Thanks for these videos, I appreciate you. They helped me address designing issues I was encountering but with inkscape and these videos I am off to the races :)
U are, great man, absolutely. I loved it, God bless and reward you for the work, if not here then in the afterlife ❤️✌️
Really enjoyed this tutorial - went over it several times to get it right - thank you.
You are not a teacher ur a God of art for us..😇
BLEW MY HEAD OF WITH THIS USE OF THE BEZIER TOOL! (also solve an issue i had with an old logo in Low Definition jpg !!!!) THANKS SO MUCH!!!
Exactly what I needed to learn, very clear and concise. Thank you!
This series of yours is life saver ✌🏻💜
That is really a neat feature! Thanks for sharing it.
You give all the details I need, unbelievable, thank you so much !
You're a great teacher. Thanks from your newest sub.
Thanks John!
thanks you helped me on my graphic designing assignment
Awesome videos. Didn't know inkscape is so powerful
Thank you for all your informative videos! Very helpful!
Brilliant videos, I'm learning so much!! Slight problem downloading this one though, I get on called "DPI_-File-Size_-_-Exporting-Options" instead... Stay safe and healthy.
Nice tutorials. I find myself coming back to them when I forget something. Like how to blur things 😂
Thankyou so much sir!! God bless you 🙏 Greetings from Indonesia.
You are amazing! I am learning SO much.
This is exactly what I was looking for thanking!!!
Thank you, without this video I would have skewed this up 😊
i love your videos. very helpful and easy to follow. I have downloaded inkscape because i want to creat my own gym brand so i have started designing some stuff. I am going to get a graphics tablet for my birthday as i think that will be a lot easier to use than a track pad.
Awesome. Best of luck with your project!
Wow, Mind blown! THANK YOU!
what if you do not want a black fill, you want the actual image fill....(i am tracing heads only from bodies)
so cool, I got it to work :) starting to feel like I can do something with this. thanks.
Thanks for this. I always found the Bezier Tool rather scary. I think I get it now! 😀
Thanks for your *GREAT Tutorials* .
I was confused with ctrl +z keyboard. you said like ctrl + g. But anyway, the best tutorial on TH-cam.
Super helpful, thank you so much for this tutorial!!
Excellent learning videos!
Wow ! now it's getting real fun ! ...cheers.
Thanks for this awesome tutorial!
I love the way you teach
Quick question, how would I do a hairline for a vinyl cutter? Most of the other programs I used allowed a "hairline" option in the stroke width, but there seems to be no such option. Maybe setting the width to 1px?
TJ love the videos I learned alot. Was wondering if instead of making object blue if you could of left image alone? Again tks keep up great viedos
So great thanks. I am skipping to the tshirt tutorial now though. I feel a little guilty going out of order lol. Thank you SO much.
You're welcome! Best of luck with your projects!
Hi, When I got to the 4:39 mark you mentioned that the fill is transparent and the fill is black but you can go down to here and make the fill Black. When I try that nothing happens. I try it with the opacity at 100% and at 0%. Does not work. I am using a Mac. Any help would be appreciated.
I used the shift hotkey to change the stroke to none, by clicking on the 'white with red x square' in the bottom left while holding down the shift key. The hotkey may be differant for Mac. You can also go into fill and stroke settings and go to the stroke section, and select none. Hope that helps.
I like this but what about if I wanted to do lines of my drawing I've just scanned? Same idea but not with a fill?
Very good tutorial ! Thanks !
Thank you for all your work ! really helpfol !!
Thank you for taking incredible time to help us learn. Would like to bring a coloring book, page by page of course, into InkScape and color. Can I color? Thanks, in advance.
Good question. Yes, to do this you can use the 'Trace Bitmap' feature, and then color with the bucket fill tool. If you want to color with a drawing tablet, using brushes, there is another free software, Krita, that would work better for that.
@@TJFREE Thanks. I'm working through "Trace Bitmap Tool".
Been jumping from one graphics tool to another since one week past. First pinnacle video, then GIMP, then Krita. Spend most time learning from you.
You have GIMP on playlist, but not Krita?
Again, thanks so much.
Loved this!! Thanks
I know this is an older video, but I am just working on learning inkscape. Is it possible once you create the initial trace to offset it outward and then delete the original trace? For example, trace the outline of a raster image, then trace the outside with the bezier tool, and offset it to create a cut path for a laser?
If you're tracing a face, I find turning the opacity down helps.
I was wanting to see if you can show me how to make the toolbar icons larger? Mine are very small compared to yours.
how to delete images that are outside and inside the main image object, for example removing the background letter o
This helped soooo much for my homework
but what if i break the link and can't complete the shape in one go, how can I connect the two or more Bezier lines together, please help, I'm just stuck here.
I had this problem also...
Super cool. Thanks!
I was drawing and I saw a crossbar guide when I drag along the screen and the guide moves along the object. I did it by mistakenly. How do I bring it back?
Firstly, thank you Mr TJ for superbly narrated tutorials. You made Inkscape way less intimidating for me. However, I have used the Bezier tool to trace a piece of my own imported artwork/logo & am encountering a problem? The image appears perfect until I 'fill' & the cut-outs are filled in? Have you encountered this before, & if so, can you suggest a remedy? Thanking you in anticipation. Be healthy!
So when I use regular bezier tool and using left click try to make curves, i find it difficult to make my next curve as it forces me to curve in the opposite direction. So say I make a curve towards the left hand side by drawing a line and then using left click, to make the next curve on the same side there is simply no option as it doesn't curve on the left hand side no matter what i do, moreover it suggests to curve towards the right hand side. It is super frustrating and making is impossible it to trace anything.
Thank you, TJ! I want to cut out a photo on my laser cutter. I traced the photo with the Bezier pen, and then reprinted it (with the stroke behind the photo). When I send the SVG file to the laser, it shows me the outline to be cut, but the laser cuts just inside the trace rather that exactly on it. Can you suggest what I might be doing wrong?
Thank you in advance.
How can I make one and fix the nodes without color fill? I’m trying to trace over my sketch drawings and I’m having problems with that.
You are amazing man!
Really Awesome, dude!
Thank you. The video is very helpful
Really could use your help doing a jersey swap. Taking a jersey from one picture and adding it to a different picture. Please!!!
Hi I am doing as you say and tracing an img but when I do a curve using the tool then it continues to be a curve while selecting the next node instead of going back to being a straight line. Is the only way to make it straight to press enter or is there another way? Thanks for the tutorials!
Probably a stupid question but how do you move down the page when tracing the image? If I try to use the roller on my mouse it goes crazy and once I start tracing the arrow keys no longer seem to work. I zoom in to trace but cannot then seem to move the image to allow me to see further down
I'm yet to go hands-on with inkspace.
Was wondering if it is possible to make different instances of this vector image and come up with an animation of the rolling guy???? Is it possible in inkspace?
if i have an image that has very thin lines in parts of the image and i want to thicken these lines (beause i want to laser cut the image in metal ) how will i do that... will it be with the bezir tool or is there some other way
Hi there! Which video do I look at to find out how to use the dot lines with a mouse to trace a previous sketch done on paper with a different layer?
Does anyone know why is it the object created by bevel in triangle mode cant be duplicated. I tried duplicating it but it overlaps with one another and on moving the duplicate, the orginal object also moves. This happens only in triangle mode
Hi TJ, this was super helpful! Now that I have my outline, what steps do I need to take to merge the outline inside of a circle? I've tried several things and I am obviously missing something
What was the music you played during the timelapse? It was pretty cool!
This is sooo cool!!
I’m going through your series and this is almost exactly what I was looking for. I’d like to go a step further and cut out holes in the object that was created from tracing. I will continue watching your series, hoping you cover that. If not, what do you suggest doing?