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Creating stars and polygons - Inkscape Tutorial
From the course: Inkscape Essential Training
Creating stars and polygons
- [Instructor] Let's check out Inkscape's tool for creating and modifying stars and polygons. To get the star tool, you can click it in the toolbox, or press the shortcut, Shift + 8, which is also the asterisk, which kind of looks like a star, so it's easy to remember. Then you need to decide whether you want to draw a star, or a polygon, and click the button for the one that you want up here in the tool controls. I'll start with a polygon. And to draw a star or a polygon that's straight, drag up, while holding the control key. At any time, you can change your mind and convert a polygon to a star, by clicking the star button, then click on the shape, so you see this second control appear, and now you can click the button in the tool controls to revert to default settings for a star. You can drag the outer control, which sets the tip radius, making the points of the star more pointy, or blunt, and the inner control, which…
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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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