Inkscape Lesson 7 - Drawing Lines and Paths vs Objects

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[@michaelvoshell6911]

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[@TJFREE]

Thanks for the kind words! I do monetise on this channel, and am also working on a Patreon page, but mostly just want to see more people using and sharing free software!

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[@stevepease9371]

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[@corematerial6576]

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[@Cre-Art]

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[@TJFREE]

Thanks Naomi. Good luck with your t-shirts.

[@Cre-Art]

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[@SabrinaB412]

I must say I love your teaching style! I am feeling more at ease now with Inkscape. Thank you!

[@mohanbarman5982]

I remember when i was creating a logo on figma and i've traced the whole logo with path tool this object to path feature just could've saved my life

[@darrellpidgeon6440]

Wow, this is such a versatile program! With each lesson it just gets more interesting. This feeds my crazy imagination in ways you wouldn't believe! Thanks, again!

[@WaltBankes]

Inkscape and GIMP have always been frustrating for me because I use them infrequently. So, every time I return to use them I have forgotten some small frustrating detail. Your numbered tutorials broken down into small segments that are focused on a small set of details and labeled by content allow me to quickly find that elusive detail and get back on track. Thank you so much.

[@TJFREE]

Glad to hear it, and I appreciate the feedback.

[@tbinyt]

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@@maglan8 unfortunately I didn't ahead with it. I found old adobe I bought looooooong time ago and now I am just good with using that. There is always a learning curve for any application you use. The questions is how well you utilize it and how good your ideas are and how well you execute it. Don't focus you earning when you are beginning, just enjoy learning and exploring. Your will find your style and what works.

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[@vanessanicholas1498]

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[@TJFREE]

Great to hear!

[@SethEden]

This was what I was trying to figure out about how to use this program the whole time. Watched all these tutorials up to this point, just to learn how to work with paths! Thank you for making these videos!! 😀

[@spaizemunkie4397]

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[@TJFREE]

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[@Ladyxf28]

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[@TJFREE]

Don't worry, I want to share this info for free forever. I am currently working on a zip download solution as well, it will also be free :)

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@@TJFREE Hopefully you're making money on it via KZbin. Don't do a zip as long as the views keep piling up. :)

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@@Book-Gnome Yes, I do make enough from KZbin ads. Its bitter/sweet. I can stand ads, but it does make the channel possible.

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[@TheAswin13]

Just went throw 7 lessons....Great way of teaching... Thanks a lot brother

[@johnkelley9877]

I subscribed after watching your first tutorial and I have quite a lot. I didn't know you could change an object until I learned about the Object To Path mode. I am hoping to learn Inkscape to make drawings and decals. Thanks for sharing this tutorial.

[@CaptainChris69]

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[@TJFREE]

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[@boblombardi9397]

Wow!..................You really cleared this up for me..........Explained very well....Thank You

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Brief, understandable, to the point. Thanks.

[@lashley370z]

That was a lot to digest, but soooo important. Thank you for the excellent tutorial!

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[@faceurgiant]

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[@TheTonyMartinExperience]

I am loving these tutorials. About to start an Etsy shop. Struggling to find a design software but this could be the one

[@benzflynn]

Love the text object-to-path - perfect for both corny logos and original logotypes.

[@SugarArtistry]

Great tutorial. Easy to follow instructions. Learning lots, from each of the ones I have watched. Thank you.

[@arsalankahnw8668]

I think this video is the definition of the inkscape this is why inkscape is different than other paint or e.t.c things the text one is impressive

[@vmdude1]

This is SO COOL and you have explained it so very well and clearly!!!

[@jorje0068]

I used to use this program alot. Time away wiped me. Thanks

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[@ramkumaran397]

Thank you so much for videos sir. It's really interesting to learn, from this video I am really into learning Inkscape.

[@canadiangirl7334]

Thank you so much for these tutorials they are amazing!

[@TJFREE]

You're welcome, and thanks for the feedback!

[@GlennGasner]

Hey, they changed it so this doesn't work in 1.2. Those clicks create a path with no line on it. You'll be the first to show how a line can be drawn if you update this for the current program. Everyone's tutorials have this, which doesn't work anymore.

[@Tina_Amen]

Mehn! This is sooo cool. I'm excited to learn more. Thank you so much!

[@SirMillz]

Too cool, you make it seem soo simple! Thank you.

[@REDBULLHEADiphone]

Great video, thanks. I'm looking specifically how to take a shape (object) and remove part of the path. I guess this will be done by adding some nodes (don't know how to do that) and deleting the path between them.

[@cismifikriyat3940]

thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@TrentTube]

I haven't noticed any snapping or alignment automation for stuff in the document. In Illustrator, it is common to see dotted lines and snapping to help align things. Does that option exist in Inkscape?

[@aliencreation8744]

more ppl should have liked this series by now

[@sewingqueen5409]

Awesome teaching. Thank you so much!

[@eitantal726]

9:27 the black outline of the star became trimmed at the top. Is this a bug, or normal behavior?

[@RachedNoureddine]

sometimes i forget am not a noob and start on hating educational videos for treating the learner as dumb rock person, but then i remember there are noobs who indeed have no clue or background knowledge and needs this extremely, and find it helpful... i skim over everything, leave such comment and a like and leave :)

[@attadudepc]

Absolutely awesome video. Thank you

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This is a concise tutorial, Thanks! (I tipped you some BAT.)

[@TJFREE]

Wow, thanks Jody!

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[@addiadnan4175]

this steps looks maybe boring but it's very important thanks a lot for helping us

[@billphilip9168]

Thank you for the wonderful tutorial videos! I've a question. We can make Text Object to Path. But then, how can we apply an effect of "Round Cap" to any Sans Serif Font which has straight corners like "Arial"?

[@TJFREE]

Thanks Bill, good question. After the text is converted to a path, it will have a Fill but no Stroke. Go to the Fill & Stoke settings, click on 'Stroke', and enable it. This will make the outline around the text letters a little thicker, but will still have hard edges. Then click on 'Stroke Style' and change the Join setting to make the edges round. Hope that helps!

[@MsTommyknocker]

How do you change the colour and thickness of lines? How do lock one corner of a line so you can pivot, so not just horizontal or vertical? I was thinking on the lines (no pun intended) of making a very narry square, and then pivoting one corner of it.

[@pf5828]

Yes thank you, its so intimidating but you break it down in bitesize chunks, It's like giving a chimp the space shuttle when I first downloaded it lol. But thanks to you I have a bit of control at the deck

[@workingwithaudioandvideo6239]

Can you extrude, grab, and stretch paths like on blender when doing this?

[@cryptocomplete]

Very very useful. Great job!!! Thank you!

[@ABC-mu2xg]

Realy very nice tut.. THANKS SO MUCH

[@TJFREE]

You're welcome!

[@Book-Gnome]

I'm only on lesson 7 so maybe this will be addressed in a later video. I'm wondering if you could do a lesson on setting up an svg for a CNC router and/or a vinyl cutter. I own both which is why I'm here but in the meantime my mind is blown over how easy creating web banners, graphics etc is after years of thinking it well beyond my ability.

[@TJFREE]

Yes Brian, I think I can make something like this soon'ish.

[@helloHanan]

this is really helpful, thank you! But why we cant connect the first and the last point in freehand drawing tool? or, how to connect both? thank you

[@S0phisticatedZ0mbie]

Very nice. Very nice. I wish I could share my classwork with ya teach!

[@arjanvaneeden]

I still have got problems using the difference tool on a drawing that I made with the bezeier tool. How can I make an object of a drawing that I made with the bezier tool? Somethimes it works and sometime it doesn't Sometimes I made a drawing with the bezier and try to use the difference tool, but nothing happens. Wjat can I do?

[@schellywagoner8264]

I'm making my way through your tutorials and the first thing I want to do is to say thank you! This is great! I'm setting up Inkscape for the first time, and it seems as though when I select something (doesn't seem to matter if it's an object or path) the "handles" that you're supposed to be able to use to grab and transform are colored white. This doesn't work well on a white background. I've changed my page's background to gray and that's a good workaround. But I'm curious if there is a way to customize the selector handles' color? Thanks in advance for all you do!

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Subscribed! Keep going dude!

[@jondyason336]

thanks a lot for the tutorial series.

[@jawedneshat5147]

Hi. I wanted to know how to create dashes in a shape that is equal in size and that the space between them are equal too. I will be using this as a stitching guide. Thanks

[@atiqure2000]

Great Going, I feel like professional :D

[@BMWHP2]

Thanks for all these tutorials, i learn a lot. Question: I am looking how to make a 1mm format of lines (like 1mm drawing paper with all the 1mm lines) I need to make a figure of little 1mm dots to create a small bear silhouette. How do I get a field of 1mm lines to work on?

[@jerem18h]

shift plus what allows you to select one letter in the text? Edit: found it, shift plus right or left arrow

[@ravroopkour3740]

Such a good tutorial!!

[@Jamesalec63]

Are there any secrets settings in Inkscape or ways to make new tools and fine tun it? I think it is a good program for those who use photoshop or any editing tool just wonder if there's a bigger version with a few more tools and customizations and will there be a version for Android tablets in the future?

[@TJFREE]

I think developers have been able to get Inkscape to work on Android, but its been designed for desktops specifically. There are lots of extra addons/extensions for Inkscape, some can be found here: inkscape.org/gallery/=extension/

[@denisebernidino2561]

great video thank you very much you explain thing very well thanks be safe

[@chidinmauo]

This is very helpful. Thank a lot!

[@mariaculver5291]

All the tutorials so far are amazing, very easy to understand, Thank you!, My question at this point is can you arrange the letters like you can do with text and if so, how do you do it?

[@jungsomewhat]

Anyone else see a spike finger stuck up a dinosaurs nose ?? Great video's wow I'm learning so much thanks ..

[@noweare1]

Ok, this is what I did not understand. Now I do, thanks.

[@cryptocomplete]

How do you change the default thickness of the Bezier tool? When I draw the thickness of the line is so tiny that I can't see it and I thought I was doing something wrong. But when I found how to change the thickness then it came into view. Is there any way to change the default thickness? Thank you.

[@lindaschneider4904]

I am trying to learn from these videos. Thank you. I tried changing an imported image from object to path, but it wouldn't change. Any suggestions?

[@TJFREE]

Hi Linda. I think the image you imported is a Raster/Bitmap image. This means its a collection of pixels, and not vector art. To convert it to an Object or Path, you first need to convert it into vector. This can be done using the Trace Bitmap tool in Inkscape.

[@lindaschneider4904]

@@TJFREE Thanks to you I have been able to use Inkscape and my new craft laser. Touch and go there initially.

[@aykutyldz1538]

thanks a lot for this awesome tutorial

[@aureliojmnz2959]

Nice intro TJ...I liked the Font Object to Node Path idea. Is it possible to convert back to Object after having as Node??

[@tom1600x1050]

Thanks -- great tutorial!

[@hasyagyan]

how to retore all settings back to begining. i made some mistake while learning this. please help

[@jayralddraw9516]

thanks so much for these tutorials

[@pickitupdope]

Hi tj is there a way we can get multitude nodes on a shape which we object to path,like we got on free hand figure? and i love you videos.

[@jamesreed5872]

Very very useful, thank you very much for this video.

[@TJFREE]

You're welcome, James.

[@uhstube74]

I have existing file and which has straight line which I want to convert to rectangle . is it possible or I have delete line and draw rectangle? - new to inkscape

[@timoschmitz8897]

Hi, thanks so much for your videos. I understand you can transform an object to path but how do you reverse that option - path to object? :)

[@heugvlinder]

This should be lesson 1. First thing I tried in Inkscape was draw a line and I did not get what I want (brain full of Autocad 1998). The difference between Path and Object is very helpfull.

[@janessagrant]

Mac users stuck like me. I couldn’t just draw a line and press Enter to finish the line (it kept wanting to draw more). Two options I found. Do your two nodes for your line and either 1. Go click on the curser arrow button that we use all the time for selecting things, 2. Fn and F2 (function and F2) at the same time (which is really doing step 1 but the ‘shortcut version’. I am surprised there aren’t more Mac users in the comments. I search through them every video looking for somebody to have already given the secret MAC tip since all these windows commands don’t work. I really thought there were more MAC users in this world.

[@shamilawright295]

I have the same question to ask,

[@tjohnson6828]

Hello. I have been studying and practicing engraving using Inkscape. My challenge is, when I open my file in my cnc usb machine, almost everything is perfect EXCEPT the path the bit takes to begin engraving. The file picture of my work is way off the screen. When I tell the program to begin, the bit moves along the line to start position, but it is way off my machine. I must stop the bit because it can’t reach the beginning without going off my worktable. What am I overlooking? how do I shorten the travel length of the bit to begin engraving?

[@babyspa4711]

hello .. i have a problem in the program .. the icons and its windows are very large and take a big size from the work space .. how can i change it to smaller like your space wark

[@yurimorroni]

Thank you! It's helping me a lot!

[@TJFREE]

Glad to hear it. You're welcome!