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 Inkscape Tutorial

v2024

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05

Simon 

Andrews

simon.andrews@babraham.ac.uk



What is Inkscape?

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Vector Graphics Editor

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Free, Cross Platform

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Good 

for:

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Editing

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Drawing

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Compositin

g

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Not for:

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Bitmap editing

www.inkscape.org



Setting up a canvas

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File > Document Properties

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Shows page in view

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Doesn’t restrict drawing

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Useful as a guide



Moving around

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Panning

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Scroll bars on bottom / right

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Scroll up/down, 

Shift+scroll

for left/

right

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Zooming in / out

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Click to zoom in, 

shift+click

to zoom out

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Control + Scroll Up/Down to zoom in/out to 

cursor

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Shortcuts

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Fit 

page

, drawing, selection in 

window



The main toolbar

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Selection tool

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Edit nodes tool

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Make rectangles

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Make ellipses / arcs

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Make polygons / stars

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Make 3D boxes

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Make spirals

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Draw straight lines / curves

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Draw freehand lines

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Calligraphy tool

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Add text



Creating basic shapes

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Select tool from toolbar

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Click and drag on canvas

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Box selects the bounds of the new shape

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Colours are remembered from the last shape

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Basic options appear in top toolbar

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Number of spokes on stars

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Rounded corners on rectangles

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Circle vs segment vs arc



Creating basic shapes



Creating basic shapes

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Modifiers 

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press keys whilst drawing

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Control = Constrain height/width ratio

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Easiest way to make circles / squares

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Shift = grow from centre not edge

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Help appears at the bottom of the screen



General Transformations

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Select the Selection tool

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Moving 

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Click and drag an object

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Duplicating 

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Select object and press 

Ctrl+D

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Resizing / Rotating

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Click on object

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Click again to change control arrow type

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Click and drag arrows to resize / rotate

Resize

Rotate



Transform Shortcuts



Selecting and Grouping

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Selecting multiple objects

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Drag a box to cover multiple objects

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Shift+click

to add an object to a selection

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Shift+click

on a selected object to remove it from the selection

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Grouping (Control + G or Object > Group)

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Combine multiple objects into a single object

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Reversible (Control + shift + G or Object > Ungroup)



Fill and 

Stroke (Object > Fill and Stroke)

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Fill = Colour/Gradient/Pattern within a shape

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Stroke 

= The line around a shape

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Edit

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Colours

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Opacity



Aligning and Distributing

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Object > Align and Distribute

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Align = Give objects the same centre/edge position

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Distribute = Space objects 

evenly

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Align relative to

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First/Last selected object in group

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Largest/Smallest object in group

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Page

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Drawing



Aligning and Distributing

Align top edges

Align centres (horizontal)

Align centres (vertical)

Even spaces between objects



Z axis 

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Ordering

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New objects sit over the top of old objects

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Objects obscure those underneath them (except for 

transparency)



Z

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axis Ordering

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Send object to bottom of z

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stack

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Lower object one level

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Raise object one level

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Bring object to top



Working with 

imported pictures

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File > Import

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PNG, JPEG, SVG, PDF etc

.

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(Bitmaps) Choose Embed

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Copies image into Inkscape

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Create

single

portable file



Working with imported pictures

Pictures are usually grouped

Text may not actually be text



Adding Text

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Use the text tool to add 

text

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Click and type to generate text

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Text 

can be scaled or rotated as any other object

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Always hold Ctrl when scaling otherwise the aspect ratio will be 

messed up



Text options

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Text toolbar

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Text 

and font settings

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Font (always Arial for scientific figures)

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Size

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Alignment



Saving & Exporting

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Saving

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File > Save (As)

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Default is Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG

)

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Exporting as a Vector

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Can export as a PDF

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File > Save (As), select PDF