Inkscape Lesson 3 - Fill and Stroke Settings

[@LifeinBonnieland]

I just finished the third lesson in this video series and it has helped me to go from totally clueless to feeling like I can actually figure this software out. Thanks a million!

[@maureend6515]

I agree

[@scaredyghosts]

me too, I love playing with it now

[@ercimoisa4235]

What is really neat about your tutorials, is that you include the problems to avoid and how to overcome them. Thanks.

[@TJFREE]

You're welcome, and I appreciate the feedback!

[@ninetythree9077]

@@TJFREE "QUICK QUESTION IS IT POSSIBLE WE CAN CHANGE THE COLOR OF WAVY THE PATTERNS THAT WERE CREATED INSIDE THE "FILL" ?" HELP.

[@achyuthansanal]

@Khalil Alecwtf man gtfo

[@vzburns1]

@@achyuthansanal ??? what did he do? I thought it was a reasonable question.

[@epicgamess1141]

@@ninetythree9077 Yes it's possible. If you look closely there is a color changing option under the pattern (on mac)

[@carsteneickhardt3378]

Cool, Calm and Collected, good talking speed - not too slow, not too fast. And maybe the most important - you say what you do while you are doing it - great for learning, understanding and remembering. I will be watching all and I will most certainly be coming back for refreshers. Well done !

[@TJFREE]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@berniepragle948]

Thank you so much for the videos. I'm a retired engineer who built a laser engraver. I have been struggling to learn Inkscape and Photoshop to create images for my laser. They seemed so counter-intuitive to me after many years of using CAD softwares. The only thing more frustrating than trying to use the software was trying to follow KZbin videos with someone talking 300 mph and making no sense. You are extremely clear, concise, and logical. Perfect videos. Again, THANK YOU!

[@developerpranav]

Man I have no idea how my journey of Inkscape would be without your tutorials! Thanks a Ton! Subscribed!

[@736Jar]

In terms of the white background thing i think it's much easier to head to page/document propeties> background colour>turn on checkerboard background

[@weakspirit_]

yeah, this is what you want to use when you're dealing with the background

[@adamcforsythe]

Is there a way to set this as the default page properties?

[@anushamalik09]

Where can i find the page properties

[@jeid_ir]

@@anushamalik09 ctrl +shift +d or first file and three from end

[@blackdotkiller]

At last someone who actually makes sense when explaining things and even when thing don't go right thank you for your great tutorials : ) 👍

[@TheRealNickG]

Thanks for this. Most people just talk and talk bragging about how much they know. Nothing fancy, you keep that to a minimum and really tell us what we need to know to get started. Well done.

[@pamelamooney1734]

This series of tutorials is one of the best I have ever watched. That's saying a lot because I'm 51 years old and I have watched a lot of them! You have a talent for teaching. Thank you!

[@bullswoodworks8398]

I started watching the ads, just to make sure TJ gets a little back for all of the work he did.....it is well worth it.

[@chrisvanvoorst2125]

You are a natural instructor - great job!

[@navjotsingh7360]

there are youtubers charging fee for this simple in depth tutorials. u r a great service to community bro. i pray for your well-being and happy life

[@acarvey]

I'm coming from Illustrator and I find Inkscape so much more intuitive. I can't believe this software is free! Thank you so much for the tutorials, I can't wait to continue through them. (:

[@sherkhan_5050]

~2:40 to ~2:47 Most convenient way is to show white objects even outside page area, then this is the best solution, goto menu->File->Document properties. Under the page tab, on the bottom you can see Background, under that enable CheckerBoard background, now the whole screen turn into checker board background even outside page area. With this you can create white filled objects without losing their position.

[@johnkelley9877]

I am making a plan for a tank and I am using a lot of objects to create it. After duplicating a series of rectangles I noticed that some of the strokes were quite thin. Using this tutorial I was able to select the various objects and thicken or thin the stroke as needed. I used the box to type in the size of the stroke, hit enter and it was the size I wanted. I have also used the guides from the Guides tutorial to correct all of the angles on the drawing I thought were correct. Thanks for sharing all of these tutorials.

[@TJFREE]

Good to hear! I also use Inkscape for plan/design work, landscaping and architectural. I'm getting more familiar with programs like FreeCAD and LibreCAD, and I'm pretty sure there are ways to import designs to/from inkscape.

[@johnkelley9877]

@@TJFREE If you find a way could you do a tutorial on it? Thanks.

[@TJFREE]

@@johnkelley9877 Sure!

[@ellensilberlicht770]

I"ve been looking around at the videos and I find TJ to be the best instructions, easy to understand and a very good pace. I am enjoying all the tutorials he has offered. Thank you TJ!

[@DaVidJimenez-to6xj]

I started using a CNC machine 2 years ago, I didn't have a clue as to what I was getting into, but I am a quick learner. Everyone thinks that they can post a youtube video but some actually leave you more lost in the sauce than when you first started. You my friend explain it like it should be explain, and even if you already know some of this--- the detail info you give make it that much simpler. Thank you for your in depth video and you my friend a natural born Instructor.

[@skylermeany]

Thank you so much for these great lesson! I am a first time user, and I made EXACTLY what I wanted to make, just using what you taught in these first three videos. I look forward to watching the rest of them and exploring this great program more. I'm already considering donating to the program, as it seems AWESOME! I am a fiction writer, and this program is perfect for designing vehicles, creatures and more from my stories! Epic stuff, keep up the great work! You and Inkscape rock! P.S. you are so right about how versatile the shapes are, there is almost no need for any freehand stuff. I made great little stick figure people out of pinched faded grey-filled beige-lined circles! I was actually really impressed with what I was able to do on my first try!

[@TJFREE]

That's great to hear! Thanks for sharing and I appreciate the feedback.

[@Webisyen]

I am so grateful I came across your Inkscape tutorials. I loved your professional approach in the videos. Thank you so much for your effort.

[@heidib8338]

These videos are great and the first two videos have shown me things I never knew before. The basics I knew but I wanted to start from lesson 1, glad I did. Thank you.

[@philt8322]

Hi As a newcomer to Inkscape I find your tutorials very easy to follow and extremely useful. Many thanks

[@ezeprojects5425]

I cannot believe the work you've done on this series. Thx a lot. Is very, very good.

[@TJFREE]

Thank you very much. Happy to help!

[@louisekerr1033]

these are very informative - I got the software to do a one task in regards to an embroidery pattern to a cut file for applique.. but decided after lesson one on how interesting it is, and thought my best plan was to work my way through all the lessons - am finding it a little difficult to learn so much when getting older.. but it's so very clever

[@nicu_danciu]

Born to be a teacher. Congrats!

[@AntonMadness]

I was painting a cloud around a picture, to make it look dreamy. I wanted to have some white fading inward and couldn't get the the gradient to work. So much frustration, but then finished the vid and BAM BLUR TO THE RESCUE hahahaha thank brother!

[@NoiseDay]

This series has "explain like I'm 5" energy and I'm living for it. I was trying to use Krita for vector art and I'm not familiar with either the program or the style, and I kept getting frustrated with the huge number of tools and settings that I don't need or know how to use. The fact that you can just go to the top in Inkscape and change the size by millimeters leads me to believe this program and I are going to get along.

[@NoiseDay]

The fact that you can type in the hex code for colors- I might actually cry. If anybody deals with color a lot and wants a universal eyedrop tool you can use across multiple software, Instant Eyedropper is a free program I've been using for years where you click the icon and then click onto whatever color you want with pixel-perfect precision and it copies the hex code. So before even finishing this comment, I'll use it to grab the "reply" button color: #065FD4 Just two clicks and a ctrl+v and it's there. In Paint, I'd have to paste the code into google and copy the RGB values from there into the color editing tool to get the colors I wanted. With Inkscape, I can just paste the code directly in the RGB color editor.

[@judkiewiczj]

RGB (red, green, blue) are colors to print on black paper or monitor screen. Full saturation of those will create white screen. CMYK (cyan magenta yellow black) are colors used to print on white paper. Cyan magenta and yellow in full saturation will give black color on white paper, but this is a lot of ink waste, so to avoid it black color is use instead.

[@darrellpidgeon6440]

I just downloaded this software. I can tell it is going to keep me busy for a while as I learn it all. One more tool in the arsenal, so to speak. Not only will it be useful as companion software to Krita for comix layouts, I could also use it to design templates for printing. These days, I think we all need things to fill our lives with happy stuff.

[@boomerangfish3558]

This might come out harsh but you help me with my imposter syndrome by showing your errors, it's what makes your tutorial better than the rest for me

[@steadmanuhlich6734]

Very good tutorial. Thanks for producing this series. Good narration, nice tempo, and many good tips.

[@Paul07791]

This is a lifesaver. I have applied for a job claiming that I am pretty much an expert.

[@dagwould]

Good way to get fired!

[@yrhewett72]

Lol

[@joseluissoto6064]

Wwhen you blurred that star for a second I thought I had lost my glasses... then it sank in hahaha. Great video series BTW!

[@workingTchr]

Note: actual fill and stroke info starts at 4:41

[@thepotatoking7339]

As a previous comment stated, you have your colours wrong at 5:20. White means that all your RGB colours are at 100%. The top bar is your Reds. If you decrease the reds you will have a mixture of Green and Blue. When you decrease the value of the second bar which is Green, you will have more Blue, giving the dark blue. But in general your tutorial is solid and explains things well. Keep up the good work! :D

[@TJFREE]

Thank you!

[@mrgamy196]

3:10 - Why not change the background to a checkerboard pattern? you can do that under file -> document properties Thank you for your tutorials!

[@arshadulhak9684]

Your videos are highly useful and the way you explain the things is highly appreciable. Thank a lot..

[@boblombardi9397]

Thank you.....You explain it in such a way that it is understandable and at the correct pace.....

[@vilmabanky53]

I really appreciate your lessons and mostly your style of teaching...Thanks!

[@markw4831]

Is there a way to reset the fill and stroke options, so when you create a new shape, it doesn't inherit the last shape's options?

[@fattyz1]

Lesson 3 made it. Looking forward to text since I'm doing t shirts. Good so far thanks!

[@adalgissarodriguez7026]

POD?

[@rbettsx]

If someone clicks on a video saying it's about fill and stroke settings, they, quite fairly, expect it to be about fill and stroke settings. The section covering something else entirely stops at 3:47

[@vzburns1]

Thank you so much for these videos. they are actually BASIC and not basic if you have a whole bunch of experience on other design software just not on Inkscape lol. We went over how it will bring back whatever settings you used last but is there a quick way to return it to the default setting? If I want to draw a green pacman without a line and then a red square with a large line and deformed in all directions and a purple star that has a pattern in it I don't want to have to undo all of those settings to just draw a simple circle, rectangle and star. You may have showed this but if you did I'm sorry I missed it.

[@HikmaHistory]

I'd love to see a tutorial video on map-making on Inkscape!

[@TJFREE]

That's a great suggestion. I'll see what I can do.

[@HikmaHistory]

@@TJFREE thanks! Can't wait!

[@ObviouslyCrap]

Nice tutorial, TJ, but the explanation on the colors starting @5:25 isn't correct. The fill color is white and you say we have 0 each of red, green and blue, but the values in Inkscape are set at 255, i.e. 100% red, green and blue. The RGM color model is an additive color model: when all the colors are mixed this results in white (white areas on a computer screen are produced when red, blue and green pixels are all blazing; black areas when the pixels are "off"). This is opposed to the CMYK model, in which mixing the colors cyan, magenta and yellow produces black, as with color printers and crayons. You'll notice in Inkscape (or anywhere else for that matter) that when RGB is at 255, 255, 255 (all primary colors at max, 255 being the maximum bit value of the pixel), CMYK is at 0, 0, 0, 0 (all secondary colors are at 0%). The result is white. In your video, you achieved the blue color by droping the R(ed) down to 0, in essence shutting of the red pixels. (If you check CMYK at this stage you will find C at 100%!) Inkscape provides some non-intuitive assistance on the RGB panel because when we humans work with color on paper or computer displays, we mix the secondary colors. Next to Red there is a bar spectrum of blue (actually, Cyan); next to G(reen) we have a Magenta bar and next to Blue there is, of course, Yellow! You'll notice that adjusting any one of these colors will have dramatic results in the other two. Dropping B down to 0 to achieve Yellow, for example, makes R turn green and G turn red. (Yikes!)

[@TJFREE]

Good catch. Just re-watched that part, you're absolutely right. Thanks for the clear explanations.

[@realprisec]

@@TJFREE How can you mess that up?

[@TJFREE]

@@realprisec 'what can I say, except, You're Welcome!' :)

[@realprisec]

TJ FREE wait why would you say you’re welcome to “how did you mess that up”, I mean, it’s not something to be thankful for or anything, in your case not to be rude but you should be ashamed that you said all the colours are at 0 where the colour was white

[@TJFREE]

@@realprisec :), absolutely not ashamed, and not the worst or last mistake made on this channel, but I do my best. Have a nice day, friend.

[@Winterydee]

FYI - starting at 5:09 your talking about the RGB values. These values range from 0 to 255. 0 being none of that Color Value, 255 being the maximum of that Color Value. The last of those bars is the Opacity Value bar, sometimes called the Alpha Value. Again, if it is to 0 then the Opacity Value of the color your setting is fully transparent. If it is 255 then the Opacity Value is at the maximum and is fully Opaque. I say the above because in the Video you start with adjusting in the "R" bar, which is the Red Value and it is at 255, but you say "We have Zero Red, Zero Green and Zero Blue" when the truth is "We have Full Red, Full Green and Full Blue". This is a common with a lot of people who graphic design software and are coming from a more traditional art and color theory background. The problem is most of these programs are designed by people who have a more computer science background. At all Zero Value then the RGB on the monitor are displaying nothing and you see BLACK. At all full Value then the RGB on the monitor is displaying all the spectrums of light and you see WHITE. This is because monitors are light sources and using lighting spectrums is the opposite of color spectrum usage in classical art mediums(painting, drawing etc.) in some ways(like adding all the colors of a spectrum in lighting gives you White, but in classical art mediums gives you Black). So when your adjusting the on the "R" bar your adjusting the amount of Red which is being displayed... Not the amount of Blue(Even those it displays a blue bar in the "R" bar area. That is a design error on their part not yours.) Same for when your adjusting the "G" bar your adjusting the amount of Green which is being displayed. As far as printing out final products on paper... well it is most likely just going to be hexadecimal format in a mapped area matrix that is being printed(Note: you can see the Hex value code during these time areas of the video in the area labeled RGBA then a field filled with letters A thru F or Numbers 0 thru 9. in Hex 00 equals a value of 1 or 0 and FF equals a value of 256 or 255 depending on how the code base interprets, but in binary it would be the lower of those values.)

[@TJFREE]

Great info, thanks for sharing!

[@rvalle13]

Notes on Lesson 3 To change the thickness of a stroke, click on Object in the menu bar and select fill a stroke to bring the fill and stroke options. You can also right-click the object and select the option there. The Fill and Stroke Options have three tabs: The Fill Tab allows us to change the color of the object body using the RGB, HSL, CMYK, Wheel, or CMS options. In the Fill tab, next to the X there are also available options to apply linear, radial, and mesh gradient, as well as pattern and swatch. When the Pattern option is selected you can choose from many Pattern fills, or apply Blur, and Opacity effects The Stroke Paint Tab allows us to change the color of the Stroke with the same Flat color options (RGB, Wheel..). Use the Stroke Style to change the Width and other characteristics of the stroke.

[@TJFREE]

You're the best!

[@rvalle13]

@@TJFREE Thanks TJ FREE. I am just trying to contribute a little bit to the great job you are doing with these tutorials.

[@TJFREE]

@@rvalle13 Much appreciated. It helps a lot.

[@rebekahfunches6876]

Thanks! This was definitely a refresher!

[@aboutthereality179]

Thank You For This Well Explained Tutorial. May The Peace, The Mercy And The Blessings Of God Be Upon You.

[@TJFREE]

Thank you for the kind word!

[@jungsomewhat]

Bit OTT that comment lol but I guess your pleased .... Good stuff ha ha

[@1critter100]

Great series, I seemed to have forgotten which video has the info. on how to export image only, I'm trying to get rid of the white page. Thank you. Richard.

[@FraternalHouse]

Thanks. I could not figure out the stroke for Inkscape. Totally different than Photoshop, Illustrator and Affinity Designer. Thanks Again

[@cristobaljvp]

Really appreciate the concise of this tutorials! Good content man

[@TJFREE]

Thank you, that's good to hear!

[@TheFloridaDiver]

Strong stroking!! LOL.. I loved the video, and will continue your tutorials. Excellent job!!

[@notesfromleisa-land]

Brilliant tutorials to decrease the altitude of the learning curve. $$$ to you for thanks.

[@7Westwood]

A wonderful tutorial. I learned so much. Thank You!

[@ifell3]

Wow, this is a whole new way of thinking!!!!

[@TJFREE]

Its true. Working in vector is incredibility powerful, well worth the investment of time.

[@cryptocomplete]

How do you set an object back to its default everything? For example, after playing with all the options you talked about here, now every new object I create has all those new properties. I want to reset an object back to its default value without "undoing" all the properties one by one. Is this possible?

[@snarkfinder2621]

5:24 you have a white fill and refer to having zero red, zero green and zero blue. RGB(0,0,0) gives no light and produces black. You have a maximum saturation of red, green and blue. That is; 255 red, 255 green and 255 blue RGB(255,255,255) to create white.

[@ruthalatte]

I love your tutorials! I tried to make a logo with Inkscape without this, it was terrible. I am going to make my KZbin pic with this.

[@tlhc4818]

Good software. Nice video. Please make more videos. thanks.

[@mra7eb_735]

THANKS ALOT FOR THE SERIES , IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL

[@ahnafhassan1612]

You mentioned the shapes remember their properties from last time. How do you go back to the default shape properties?

[@yrhewett72]

Yeah how do u? Good question 🤔

[@TheBjmose]

Yes, terrific question. I've been looking for that answer all morning.

[@chasityrainey8604]

This is so cool. Great tutorials for a starter. I have Photoshop and could not learn anything besides photo editing. I also tried Illustrator and not near as easy as this. Thanks, keep up the good work,

[@maryamshabbir6895]

Amazing This is really helpful to me You have done such a great work Bundles of thanks

[@lemongreen-nm2nd]

0:57 Hi, I just begin to learn Inkscape. If it will remember tha last shape we draw, how to reset the tool to default shape? thank you

[@luckydog-287]

Wow, you are good. Great lessons! Awesome! Thank you, so much!

[@thongle3612]

Ctrl + Shift + D to change to checkerboard background at the bottom of the tab "Page" for standard

[@tainguyen5410]

You're a great instructor.

[@TJFREE]

I appreciate that!

[@himangshusarma6384]

Thanks a lot sir/brother... You are really a great teacher 🔥🎉

[@tayyubahmed1646]

Hi! Is there a way not to allow Inkscape to remember the last setting of the shape we drew? Thanks!

[@Resolve4u]

Started learning your lesson.

[@amydeleon3387]

Can you change the default settings for drawing objects? Or do you have to do color adjustments to fill & stroke after the fact?

[@randipaulson6753]

These tutorials are great. Thank you

[@swagatbaruah522]

HEY MAN --> "HOW CAN WE CHANGE THE COLOR THE PATTERNS THAT WERE CREATED INSIDE THE THE "FILL" ?" HELP. ANYWAYS THANKS FOR UR EFFORTS.

[@varflock9777]

If you don't like how tool settings persist, you can doubleclick the tool icon on the left and change it in the window that appears.

[@yingchen3768]

Thank you for such great instructions

[@HansVeidenkorb]

you are the big man bcs of this videos. Thank you so much for that

[@petermoeller5901]

Thanks for making these videos, I'm just getting into Inkscape and your videos are fantastic. About the grey background you create manually. Can you not use the Checkerboard Background under Document Properties to make white elements visible?

[@mdik-12]

Thank you for the tutorials.

[@rogerfroud300]

Thanks for taking the time to do this. I'm trying to draw a Pressure Gauge dial with fine lines and text in a round border. However, when I create the initial circle for the border, I can set the radius and the stroke thickness, but when I set the fill to White or None, I get a line from the centre to the RH side. The line is at the Stroke radius. I don't want that, how can I get rid of it?

[@ijustdoit2000]

GOD BLESS YOU MAN! THANKS FOR YOUR LESSONS!

[@DrIli2008]

This is great and so easy to understand. Thanks!!!!

[@etalo834]

Thanks for your vid! it helps me to understand how to use inkscape alot.

[@TJFREE]

You're very welcome!

[@Oneself-rrr]

wow man you are really great. I'm beginner but your tutorials are helping me alot. thanks for this wonderful tutorials

[@johnjoshuagabrielbalume4290]

Im sure youre a bit confused on saying about your tutorials but,it is such great

[@maureenrossi7958]

@rvalle13 & TJ FREE thank you so much. I have been using Inkscape since 0.92 and each upgrade kicked my butt. Like @rvalle13, I learn from taking notes. I have really only used "the basics" in inkscape trying to help making svg files and teaching inkscape basics that I learned from the group leader. You both have finally made 1.3.2 a fun experience!

[@davivify]

Wondering if there's a way to locate missing entities. If you're working on a complex diagram with lots of objects/shapes/paths, it seems inevitable that you may misplace some from time to time. As you pointed out, you could have an object with a white fill (or no fill) and no stroke, which is, basically, invisible. But it could also could: B) have zero opacity, C) be hidden behind something else, D) be really tiny and hard to see, E) be on an invisible layer or F) be far off the page and not visible on the screen. So it'd be great if there was a listing of all objects and you could locate/select one by clicking on it in the list. Like, for instance, Xara does.

[@evvie01]

Thank you I could not figure out how to change the color. It seemed like the gradient would eat the fill color. I got too used to corel. I remember in the old days we had to click in the points to change the colors. The tools are not very intuitive but once you find them they are powerful.

[@aadika45]

This tutorial is very helpful!

[@marisacaruana9809]

Excellent tutorial, thanks👏👏

[@lizbradbury2486]

This is the best and most clear tutorial. I hope you have done a lot of others. I notice that it's often hard to select objects, to move them to make the retangles smaller, and almost impossible to skew the square, or to select colors. Selecting the strokes just can't be done after doing it a time or two. It takes many many frustrating tries to do simple movements like trying to manually make a square smaller by moving the corner. Is that just the way it is, always hard to grab or change a shape, or is there some trick to it? Is it that it I'm just new at it, or is it generally not precise and requires a whole lot of patience?

[@ameliacecilia6878]

Do you have a video that talks about how to edit multi-colored gradients? I'm having trouble figuring out how to make a two color radial gradient.

[@theallosauruz2840]

I still have a problem: when I fill something, and my stroke and fill are both the same colour, there is still some white left between the outline and the fill. WhAt CaN i Do?

[@Mesu1111]

You teach so well!

[@aimandmiss7576]

ive been enjoying this tutorial so far but i have one question how do i make it the perfect shape again aka default cause it stays a certain way/angle and i try to regulate the shapes again with the corners and spoke ratio but its not compared to a perfect shaped is there a reset option ?

[@aimandmiss7576]

the nodes also idk how they appeared all over your shape with so many when i only have the 1 node or 2

[@erichjagomagis1741]

Great tutorial You could amend the video to show how to actually change document settings where you can modify background color. Weirdly enough, that was the first thing I learned about inkscape ;)

[@davidpoore9186]

Go to document properties and turn on the checkerboard background

[@michelona1701]

Bingeing! ~sets popcorn aside~ Question: You mentioned that each new item might take on the properties of the last setting. Is there any way to start in default when doing a new project or is it already in default? I mean... I can understand a "new" project but... when I save a project, then return to do a new section, can I clear everything I did during the last part of the project. Just in case I am heading in a different direction with that section?

[@markotropoja1055]

I just saw your comment, how are u doing so far? Did u manage to find the solution to your problem? I was thinking the same too...cant figure it out how to make it default

[@barrychuckle5565]

I can see it remembering your last shape and colour settings as being useful, but also annoying at times too. How do you tell it to reset back to the default please?

[@davidhunt4291]

How about drawing lines and circles, can it do these things in vector style? Sort of really really basic but helpful.

[@borastudy]

Thank you for your sharing, it's really a good tutorial.