Inkscape/C2/Create-and-edit-multiple-objects/English
Title of script: Create and edit multiple objects
Author: Arthi. A
Keywords: Copying and pasting objects, Duplicating and cloning objects, Grouping and Ordering objects, Multiple selection and invert selection, Clipping and Masking
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Opening Slide | Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on “Create and edit multiple objects” using Inkscape. |
Learning Objectives (Slide) | In this tutorial, we will learn to
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System requirements
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To record this tutorial, I am using
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Go to Dash home and type “Inkscape”. | Go to Dash home and type Inkscape. |
Click on Inkscape logo | You can open Inkscape by clicking on the logo. |
Open the Assignment_1.svg | Let's open the Assignment_1.svg file that we created earlier.
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Select the pentagon | First we will learn how to copy and paste an object.
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Press Ctrl + C >>
Press Ctrl + V |
Now, press Ctrl + C on your keyboard to copy it.
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Slide | There are 3 other ways of creating copies of objects.
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The first method is called Paste Special.
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Press Ctrl + Alt + V | To paste the object in the exact location from where it was copied, press Ctrl + Alt + V keys. |
Select and move the object. | Move the copied object to see the original object right below it.
<<PAUSE>> |
Move the pentagons | Let us move these two objects and keep it aside. |
The second method is called Duplication. For duplication, we do not need to copy the object first. | |
Press Ctrl + D | Select the pentagon and press Ctrl + D keys on your keyboard. |
Point to duplicate pentagon | Now a duplicate pentagon is created exactly on the top of the original one. |
Move the duplicated ellipse to see both | Let us move the duplicated object to see the original one below it. |
Change the color of the ellipse to green >> reduce its size | The changes made on the duplicated object does not affect the original object.
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Press Alt + D on ellipse | The third method is called Cloning.
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Move the cloned ellipse | As before, the cloned object is created exactly above the original one.
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Point to the cloned ellipse and the original ellipse | Please note that the cloned object will always be linked to the original object.
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Change the original object's color to pink >> Rotate it >> Reduce the size | Let us check this by changing the original objects's color to pink, rotating it and reducing its size.
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Press Shift + Alt + D | To unlink the clone from the original object, first select the clone and then press Shift + Alt + D. |
Change the size of the original ellipse
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Now, select the original object again and change its size.
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Mouse-over on the relevant icons | The short-cut icons for these operations are present in the command bar, as shown. |
Select 2 ellipses using the Shift key | To select multiple objects hold the Shift key and click on the objects that you want to select.
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Notice that both the objects are now selected. | |
Press Ctrl + G | We can now group them by pressing Ctrl + G keys together.
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Move the grouped objects | You can move them around and you will notice that both the objects move together as one object. |
Resize the group | Try resizing the group and you will notice that both the objects get resized proportionately. |
Change the colour. | Change the colour to blue and observe that both the objects change to the same colour. |
What do we do if we want to change the properties of only one of the objects in a group? | |
Press Ctrl + Click
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To select an object within a group, press the Ctrl button and click on the object.
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Click anywhere on the blank space. | To exit the group, click anywhere on the blank space on the canvas. |
Press Ctrl + Shift + G or Ctrl + U. | To ungroup objects, first select the group and press either Ctrl + Shift + G keys or Ctrl + U keys.
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Mouse-over on the relevant icons | The short-cut icons for these operations are present in the command bar, as shown. |
Press Ctrl + A | To select all the objects on the canvas, press Ctrl + A keys. |
Click anywhere on the blank space | To unselect all the objects, click anywhere on the blank space on the canvas. |
If we want to select all objects except a particular one, we can use the Invert Selection option. | |
Click onArrow >>
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Let's say, we want to select all the objects except the arrow.
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Point to the objects | Notice that all the objects in the canvas are now selected except the arrow.
<<PAUSE>> |
Now let us learn how to order the objects. | |
Move the smaller pentagon on the top of larger pentagon | Let me move the smaller pentagon on top of the larger pentagon. |
Draw a star | Now let us draw a star and keep it on top of the smaller pentagon. |
Click on smaller pentagon >> Object menu >> Raise | Select the smaller pentagon. Go to Object menu and click on Raise.
Notice the smaller pentagon is now raised and is above the star. |
Click on star >> Object menu >> Lower | Now click on the star. Go to Object menu. Click on Lower.
Now the star is moved down or lowered and the larger pentagon now appears above it. |
Click on larger pentagon >> Object menu >> Raise to top | Now let me click on the larger pentagon. Go to Object menu and click on Raise to top. Now the larger pentagon appears on top. |
Go to Object menu >> Lower to bottom | Now again Go to Object menu. Click on Lower to bottom. Notice the larger pentagon is now moved to the bottom. |
Point to the ordering icons on the Tool controls bar | We can find these options in the Tool controls bar too.
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Slide | Next let us learn how to do Clipping.
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Open a new Inkscape file with an image. | I will use an image for this demonstration. I have an image here in a new Inkscape file. |
Draw an ellipse | On this image I will draw an ellipse shape. |
Press Ctrl+A | Now, select the image and the ellipse. |
Go to Object menu >> Click on Clip >> Click on Set. | Go to Object menu. Click on Clip and then on Set. |
Notice that the image is now clipped to the shape of the ellipse.
In Clipping, the shape of the object used as a clip, defines the area that is visible. | |
Go to Object menu >> Click on Clip >> Click on release | We can remove the clip by going back to Object menu. Click on Clip and then click on Release.
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Next let us learn to do Masking. | |
Slide | Masking is very similar to Clipping.
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Point to ellipse | To demonstrate Masking, I will first make the ellipse semi-transparent using the gradient tool. |
Click on the ellipse. | Now select the ellipse. |
Go to Object menu >> Fill and stroke. | Go to Object menu. Click on Fill and stroke. |
Click on Radial gradient >> Edit
Move RGB slider to extreme right |
Click on Radial gradient and then on Edit.
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Click on the other stop
Move RGB slider to extreme left >> Alpha to 255 |
Click on the Stop drop down arrow and select the other stop.
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Click on Add stop >> Move the diamond handle | Click on Add stop to add one more color in between.
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Select image and ellipse | Now, select the image and the ellipse. |
Go to Object menu >> Click on Mask >> Click on Set | Go to Object menu.
Click on Mask and then on Set. |
Point to the image | Observe that the mask is formed on the image. |
Point to the image | Notice that the image takes on the transparency properties of the masking object, which is the ellipse. |
Go back to Object menu >>
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To remove the mask, go back to Object menu.
The mask is now removed.
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Summary (Slide) | Let us summarize.
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Assignment (Slide) | Here are 2 assignments for you
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Completed assignment | Your completed assignment should look like this. |
About Slide | The video available at the following link summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project. Pls watch it. |
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About Slide | Spoken Tutorial Project is supported by the NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India.
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Acknowledgment | We have come to the end of this tutorial.
Thanks for joining. |