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Creating rectangles - Inkscape Tutorial
From the course: Inkscape Essential Training
Creating rectangles
- One of the first things you need to know in any graphics program, is how to create basic shapes, like rectangles. And that's what we'll be looking at in this movie. Here in the toolbox, I have a tool for making rectangles and squares and if I select it or press the keyboard shortcut R and then drag on the canvas, I can make a rectangle. If I want the rectangle to be centered on the point where I started dragging, I can hold the shift key as I drag. And if I drag and hold the control key I can constrain the height and width in certain ways. If I drag diagonally while holding control, I'll make a perfect square. If I drag more off to the side, I get the golden ratio. Then I get a two to one ratio, a three to one ratio and so on. It helps to keep your eye on the status bar at the bottom of the screen, to know what ratio you currently have. Once the shape is drawn, I can use the handles to reshape it so I can drag…
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Drawing with the Pen tool8m 39s
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Using the Node tool4m 52s
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Understanding node types4m 13s
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Joining and splitting paths1m 44s
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Drawing with the Pencil tool3m 6s
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Understanding shapes and paths4m 36s
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Creating spirals2m 40s
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Creating rectangles4m 35s
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Creating ellipses2m 25s
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Creating stars and polygons2m 10s
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Drawing with the Calligraphy tool6m 5s
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Creating diagram connectors4m 34s
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Erasing paths2m 58s
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