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Avanzado
Técnicas de pegado
After you copy some object(s) by Ctrl + C or
cut by Ctrl + X , the regular PASTE command (
Ctrl + V ) pastes the copied object(s) right
under the mouse cursor or, if the cursor is
outside the window, to the center of the
document window. However, the object(s) in
the clipboard still remember the original place
from which they were copied, and you can
paste back there by PASTE IN PLACE ( Ctrl +
Alt + V ).
Editando trazos
Unlike shapes created by shape tools, the Pen
and Pencil tools create what is called paths. A
path is a sequence of straight line segments
and/or Bezier curves which, as any other
Inkscape object, may have arbitrary fill and
stroke properties. But unlike a shape, a path
can be edited by freely dragging any of its
nodes (not just predefined handles) or by
directly dragging a segment of the path. Select
this path and switch to the Node tool ( N ):
Subtrazos y combinación
Un objeto trazo puede contener más de un
subtrazo. Un subtrazo es una secuencia de
nodos concetados entre si. (Por lo tanto, si un
trazo tiene más de un subtrazo no todos los
nodos están conectados.) Abajo a la izquierda,
tres subtrazos pertenecen a un trazo simple
compuesto; los mismos tres subtrazos den la
derecha son objetos de trazo independientes:
Convirtiendo a trazo
Any shape or text object can be converted to
path ( Shift + Ctrl + C ). This operation
does not change the appearance of the object
but removes all capabilities specific to its type
(e.g. you can't round the corners of a rectangle
or edit the text anymore); instead, you can now
edit its nodes. Here are two stars - the left one
is kept a shape and the right one is converted
to path. Switch to node tool and compare their
editability when selected:
Operaciones booleanas
The commands in the PATH menu let you
combine two or more objects using boolean
operations:
Original shapes
Reducir y ampliar
Inkscape can expand and contract shapes not
only by scaling, but also by offsetting an
object's path, i.e. by displacing it perpendicular
to the path in each point. The corresponding
commands are called INSET ( Ctrl + ( ) and
OUTSET ( Ctrl + ) ). Shown below is the original
path (red) and a number of paths inset or
outset from that original:
Simplificación
The main use of the SIMPLIFY command ( Ctrl +
L ) is reducing the number of nodes on a path
while almost preserving its shape. This may be
useful for paths created by the Pencil tool,
since that tool sometimes creates more nodes
than necessary. Below, the left shape is as
created by the freehand tool, and the right one
is a copy that was simplified. The original path
has 28 nodes, while the simplified one has 17
(which means it is much easier to work with in
node tool) and is smoother.
Creando texto
Inkscape es capaz de crear textos largos y
complejos. Sin embargo, esto el algo muy
conveniente para la creación de textos
pequeños como cabeceras, banners, logos,
etiquetas de diagramas y captura, etc. Esta
sección es una introducción muy básica acerca
de las capacidades de texto de Inkscape.
Inspiration
Original
Inspiration
Letter spacing decreased
Inspiration
Letter spacing decreased, some letter pairs manually kerned
Inspiration
Of course you could just convert your text to
path ( Shift + Ctrl + C ) and move the
letters as regular path objects. However, it is
much more convenient to keep text as text - it
remains editable, you can try different fonts
without removing the kerns and spacing, and it
takes much less space in the saved file. The only
disadvantage to the “text as text” approach is
that you need to have the original font
installed on any system where you want to
open that SVG document.
Editor XML
The ultimate power tool of Inkscape is the XML
editor ( Shift + Ctrl + X ). It displays the
entire XML tree of the document, always
reflecting its current state. You can edit your
drawing and watch the corresponding changes
in the XML tree. Moreover, you can edit any
text, element, or attribute nodes in the XML
editor and see the result on your canvas. This is
the best tool imaginable for learning SVG
interactively, and it allows you to do tricks that
would be impossible with regular editing tools.
Conclusión
This tutorial shows only a small part of all
capabilities of Inkscape. We hope you enjoyed
it. Don't be afraid to experiment and share
what you create. Please visit inkscape.org for
more information, latest versions, and help
from user and developer communities.