Inkscape Video Tutorial - Going through the Basics of the Shape Builder

[@imdxpertm]

Thank you Chris for the comprehensive tutorial on the Shape builder tool. You really explained it well. Awaiting more such videos.😊

[@2dgameartguru]

You are welcome! I will continue to do my best ;)

[@jdrsant0s]

I love Inkscape more and more. The "shape builder" is another big news. Thanks for this tutorial, simple, clear and interesting as usual. Good day.🤗

[@2dgameartguru]

You are welcome. I totally agree. There is a lot to like about Inkscape!

[@vernaliza5675]

Excellent demonstration, Please keep at it.

[@2dgameartguru]

Thanks! That's the plan! As long as my energy permits it, I will keep on making more videos ;)

[@DebHeadworth]

This is a very helpful beginner tutorial! Thank you!!

[@2dgameartguru]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ruud9767]

This is a good tutorial. I subscribed, rang the bell, left a like and will be back for more. Thank you.

[@2dgameartguru]

Awesome, thank you! I am glad you like it!

[@sajeebbhm2487]

Thanks! helped me to brush up my inkscape!

[@2dgameartguru]

You are welcome! I am happy that the video was helpful.

[@Badgerr99]

Hi, thanks for another great video and taking the time to produce and share the templates :)

[@2dgameartguru]

You are welcome!

[@TechieSewing]

That's a good one! Really thorough demonstration :)

[@2dgameartguru]

Thank you! I try to put the thinking-cap on at times when I record ;)

[@TimConceivable]

nice overview. i'm having trouble seeing the advantage of this tool though. what's the benefit of building a shape rather than just grouping and duplicating the shapes you already have?

[@2dgameartguru]

I was 100% with you but have been playing with the shapebuilder for a bit since. It has its merits. I just created a bunch of interwoven/ entangled designs with a above/ below and it was a breeze to do with the shapebuilder. Another recent example, I took a font with a double outline, threw it into shapebuilder and selected the open areas for a new fill shape [quicker and easier than a break apart and reassemble]. A logo design made up of multiple shapes can be easily duplicated, rearranged, combined, using cutout and combined parts, to make one shape and add strokes or FX to [while keep the base elements for another variation]. All these task could have been achieved without the shapebuilder tool but might just take more time.

[@khindall8044]

I love the detailed tutorial! Such a rarity these days. I could do without the background music, however. I found it very difficult to concentrate with it going.

[@2dgameartguru]

Noted!

[@SolidCapo]

Awesome tips! Thanks my friend! Keep the good work :)

[@2dgameartguru]

You are welcome.... I am trying my best :) The next video is all ready for the recording ;)

[@AdamBelis]

btw you don need to clcik cofrim you can swich tools or press eneter. also zou don't need to switch substrac /add mode zou can just hol alt to substract

[@healthfitness1383]

which one is better Inkscape or Illustrator or affinity designer?

[@2dgameartguru]

It's not a matter of better or worse. It depends more on you budget, your use, and the way you collaborate with others. Inkscape is a great tool. It's free and open source and an ideal start into the world of graphic design. It has issues with the stability [a lot better since v1.2 though] and is highly underrated by most professionals. The fact that it still doesn't support CMYK doesn't help that case. Which makes it that much harder to get the same respect for your work as you would using other tools seeing 'it's just a free tool'. Affinity Designer is the new kid on the block. It was a slick, streamlined UI, works well for a lot of tasks and has a next to none integration of the other two tools [Photo and Publisher]. It's still missing a lot of tools that make Illustrator stand out and even some long established in Inkscape - but makes up for it with an easy workflow and the ability to handle massive files [90.000+ of objects]. Pay once [a rather small price] and own the software as well as mac, pc, and iOS versions are a big plus. CorelDraw is [like Illustrator] a veteran in the digital graphic design world. It's like the small brother of Illustrator, unrated, underappreciated, and not expected to do as well as the bigger brother. It has carved out its clientbase and is fine with most professional printers and vinyl cutters. Great, stable, [some would say] boring tool with a lot more under the hood than meets the eye. Jumped on the subscription bandwagon along with Adobe. Illustrator is the industry standard and Adobe does what it can to keep it that way. It's been around long enough to be a bloated behemoth of a tool - the depth of the options and UI tell the story. It's a unique workflow not everyone likes but when it comes to collaboration AI is the way to go for smooth and flawless file sharing. Illustrator and Photoshop files might work in other tools but never quite the same and Adobe doesn't care about importing other formats 100% either. The subscription fee, the generative AI, mess with Pantone and the data leaks to AI datasets didn't help Adobe's standing in the industry. They don't care - they just rule the roost. If you are on a 0$ budget or just try the waters - Inkscape With a little money to spend and as an island solution [all you share is finished files as PDF or flattened bitmaps] - Affinity will blow you away. Once you work in a team, for a studio, or a printer - Illustrator is your tool of choice to avoid conversion issues. Time is money and even though the subscription fee stings, losing work is worse.

[@healthfitness1383]

@@2dgameartguru Thank you i will start using Inkscape because it's free

[@geoffphil]

Inkscape is fantastic. I highly recommend it! Very powerful now.

[@AdamBelis]

5:43 - go to preferences / tools /gradient tool / unchek prevent gradeint sharing . this will alow editing multiple gradients at once 10:18 - heh bug reported. hopfulty this will get fixed before relese