Inkscape-Screencast8 - Perspective

[OSX86Geek101]

At around 1:28 how did you make the lines smooth and also "bulge" in some areas?

[David8Parkour]

Thanks man! Helped alot!! sub'd

[krechlich]

You should have made that beginning way more faster, like 5x :D

[jaisharma82]

Good work man. You rock. Very nice and to the point.

[gamerworld14]

Nice tutorial, this will be very helpful in my logo design creations. I really appreciate the tut!

[papasueful]

THANK YOU, just what I needed to know. I have 0.47 and yes there is perspective.

[MilloRCZ]

I think, grouping paths (ctrl+g) is usually better than combining them. (If you want to transform more objects with different styles.)

[necksland]

I have Inkscape 0.47 for windows. The order is 1. Select the shape you want to transform and then select the perspective shape

[emolaus]

@necksland, Thanks for the comment, I didn't have the imagination to try that one :)

[joe72205]

Gee you sure worked on your sound and logo at the beginning ... what a waste of time. In those two minutes I could have been out of here.

[rfquerin]

Hey.. I had fun doing it. If you want to create your own screencast of the same thing without the intro, no one's stopping you.

[deebrieske]

This is a very good tutorial, thanks, please do more. I still can't figure out how you rounded the corners of the rectangle.

[rfquerin]

You should check out the tutorials built right into Inkscape. Go to Help->Tutorials->Shapes to run through the tutorials on how to use a shapes handles to do different modifications (like rounded corners). Those tutorials (which are just SVG files themselves) are brilliant at teaching all the basics. That's how I learned at first.

[funwithapencil]

inkscape isnt bad in a pinch but IMHO illustrator is still way better

[FFElliottFamily]

AWESOME! I've been struggling with this forever. The order of making the path has been KILLING ME!!! IT is so great to know that you start with the bottom left corder and go clockwise. THANKS so much!!!!!!

[7677890]

thanks.

Can anyone tell me why I still pay for adobe illustrator?

[jose158888]

You don't

[GhoulZP]

Ive tried this effect on Linux and inkscape told that I need extra libraries, Ive installed them and now it works fine.

Cheers :D

[SRobacker]

This is frustrating as I am trying to do it to an imported image. I tried bitmap tracing on the image to create an object from the image and then do this. Also I tried to use the image as a pattern in a rectangle but after applying the perspective effect, the pattern does not transform with the path. I will try other things, but right now I have to go do something...

[SRobacker]

I saw the other video. I guess I will have to use gimp.

[aachnieszka]

i do not understand this program at all lol

[divineofchernobyl]

what was the effect, where you modified a border around web url in the beginning of the lesson? nice effect...

[benjaminschneiderGL]

Did you use a tablet??

[rfquerin]

For the intro, yes, I did use a tablet. I've got a Wacom 4x6 tablet I bought several years back that I use sometimes. Thanks for watching.

[sistoviejo]

I was trying this on Ubuntu and got an error message saying that I had to install something. I didn't install it because I was doing it just for kicks. But I bet it would work after installing what it asked me to. It even told me what I had to run to get that installed. Anyway, thanks for the how to.

[closeenoughnow]

great! thanks!

[dragoir]

Oh yeah. This video really helps me. I just can't figure out how to make perspectives from watching other videos on youtube. But when I watched this video I was able to do it. Thanks a lot.

[dragoir]

How do you make create a perspective of a JPEG image?

[Rolcol]

Hm... Perspective worked after installing the required dependencies. I had to click the item first before the perspective path. Did you compile it yourself or did you get it from the repositories?

[mageraldes]

Great video but using inkscape 0.46 in windows it only works when you select the perspective shape in last place.

In linux I din't try yet.

[rfquerin]

You're right. They switched things around in 0.46 (both in Linux and Windows) where you now have to select the perspective shape last. Confusing change. Not sure why they did it that way.

[doetje123]

how u film it?

[rfquerin]

I recorded this using a program called recordmydesktop which runs on Linux. There are similar programs for Windows and Mac. Just do a search for screencasting software. Thanks for watching.

[biglolbird]

Hi rfquerin, thanks for the tutorials. I'm interested in using Inkscape to make ppt templates. Can you recommend me 1 or 2 good Inkscape tutorials?

*I got Perspective working after getting the python-numpy package.

[rfquerin]

I'm assuming ppt templates are for powerpoint? If so, I'm not sure you can do much except create the layout in Inkscape, export it as a png and plunk that into PP. I'm not sure how useful that would be since nothing would be editable. You could do nice backgrounds and that would only involve creating a background with the proper proportions and exporting the png from Inkscape to use as a PP background. I'm not entirely clear on what you're doing. Send me a message to clarify if you want.

[karaddd48]

I wish you would slow it down a little. I can't see the different buttons you're pressing.

[skaflonee]

Hello like these ..... apologize for the terrible English that I have ... Jejeje My question is this I design with Corel Draw and Inkscape now but once finished my design as they put on my desk (Pc) Thank you so you can use

[eha1990]

Very nice tutorial, definitely 5 stars, shows the power of Linux. What version of Linux are you running by the way?

[rfquerin]

Glad you liked it. I'm running Ubuntu Gutsy.

[jesseakc]

Your tutorials have made me realize that I have been taking Inkscape for granted. I had no idea some of these awesome effects were so easy to do. Thank you for taking the time to make these tutorials.

[Blindsushi]

How can you make your windows swerve like that?

[RSKueffner]

He's using some distribution of windows and a desktop environment that supports pretty windows.

[RSKueffner]

Ooops, meant distribution of Linux, by the time I saw what I wrote tis was to late.

[rfquerin]

I was running Linux along with a composite manager called Compiz. If you do a search on YouTube for Compiz or Compiz-Fusion you'll see lots of demos about what it can do. Some of it is just bling, but some of it is useful too.

[scarfhogg]

Thanks for this how-to! Helped me to figure this feature out quickly. :)

[CamiloSanchez1979]

I have the version 0.45.1 running on a windows vista (microcrap. When I go to the perspective feature it pops up a window with some python exe stuff. How do i get it to work? any help will be appreciated!

[Erleo87]

What happens if you select the object being transformed to perspective FIRST then the perspective object and convert it?

[leonatnight]

Linux users!

If the perspective script returns an error (something with numpy), install the numpy package.

In gentoo it's simply: emerge numpy.

Thanks for a great screencast!

[sonicseaweed]

How did you do that line thickening effect on the text in the intro?

[rfquerin]

If you have any object selected, open up the fill and stroke dialog. You can change line thickness on the stroke style tab in that dialog box. You can't see it because it was outside of the captured area of my screencast.

[sonicseaweed]

Pardon my newbieness, but it didn't look like your line got a constant thickness, but rather like got a random thickness effect (@1:28). I cannot find any style option that would create that sort of effect... =(

[rfquerin]

Oh. That was created by drawing the 4 lines with my tablet (slightly wiggly lines) and then combining them into a single path. This seems to create some 'fill' areas which are filled black. It was unintentional but neat, so I left it. It was not something I controlled or did on purpose really.

[Codegrinder]

Very helpful, thanks. I'm enjoying your videos. Also, how does that Wacom tablet work?

[rfquerin]

Glad you liked it. I originally bought the tablet for photo editing work. It took a bit of trying to get it configured and functioning properly in the GIMP, but the later versions of Ubuntu have really nailed down Wacom support as of late. To be honest, this was really the first time I had used it with Inkscape. It takes a little getting used to but after a while it becomes quite natural to use. An added bonus is that it takes no batteries and can replace your mouse if you really want it to.