Inkscape/C2/Create-and-edit-shapes/English-timed

Time	Narration
00:00	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Create and edit shapes using Inkscape.
00:06	In this tutorial, we will familiarize ourselves with Inkscape.
00:10	We will learn about Inkscape interface and how to: Create basic shapes
00:16	Fill color and Modify shapes using handles.
00:20	For this tutorial, I am using: Ubuntu Linux 12.04 OS
00:25	Inkscape version 0.48.4
00:29	Go to Dash home and type: Inkscape.
00:34	You can open Inkscape by double-clicking on the logo.
00:38	On the top of the interface, you will find the menu bar and Tool controls bar.
00:44	This is followed by the rulers at the top and at the side.
00:48	On the right side of the interface, you will find the Command bar and Snap controls bar.
00:54	The Tool box is located on the left side of the interface.
00:58	In the centre, is the canvas. This is where you will draw your graphics.
01:03	At the bottom of the interface, we can see the color palette and the status bar.
01:09	Now, let us learn to create and edit some basic shapes in Inkscape.
01:14	First of all, we will learn about Select and Transform tool. It is commonly called as Selector tool.
01:22	It's a very important tool. You will find it on the left hand side of the Tool box.
01:28	With this tool, you can select objects, transform and move them around on the canvas.
01:34	To open a new Inkscape document, click on File and then choose New and click on Default.
01:41	To open an existing Inkscape document, click on File and then choose Open.
01:47	Let's open the drawing_1.svg file that we created earlier.
01:53	I had saved it in Documents folder. Click on Open button at the bottom right.
02:01	We created a rectangle earlier.
02:04	Now, click on the rectangle.
02:06	By default, the color of the rectangle is green.
02:09	To change the color to red, we will use the color palette at the bottom.
02:14	So, I will move the cursor to the bottom and click on red color.
02:18	Observe the color change in the rectangle.
02:22	Let us now move the rectangle.To do so, you should click anywhere on the rectangle.
02:27	Now, without releasing the mouse button, drag it wherever you want on the canvas.
02:33	Then release the mouse-button.
02:37	Let us zoom in for a better view. To do so, press Ctrl key and use the scroll button on the mouse.
02:46	Notice arrows around the rectangle. These are called handles which we can use for scaling and rotating.
02:57	When the cursor is kept on any of the handles, the color of the handle changes.
03:02	This indicates that particular handle is selected and ready for resizing.
03:08	To scale or resize the rectangle, click and drag on any one of the corner handles.
03:17	If you want to keep the aspect ratio same, hold the Ctrl key while resizing.
03:24	To change the length or the width of the rectangle, use one of the handles on the sides of the rectangle.
03:32	Click and drag the handle, either to the left or to the right.
03:39	Observe the change in the width of the rectangle.
03:43	Now, let's change the height of the rectangle.
03:46	So, we will click and drag on either the top or the bottom handle.
03:51	Observe the change in the height of the rectangle.
03:54	We can also change the width and height of the rectangle manually by changing the Width and Height parameters on the Tool controls bar.
04:03	I will change the Width to 400 and Height to 200.
04:07	Notice the change in the size of the rectangle.
04:10	In a similar way, you can also move the object by changing the X and Y axes positions.
04:19	Now, let's learn how to rotate the rectangle.
04:24	To do so, click on the rectangle once again.
04:27	Notice that now the shape of the corner handles has changed to indicate that it is ready for rotation.
04:34	I will click on the top right corner handle and rotate the rectangle.
04:44	You can also skew the rectangle by clicking and dragging any of the side handles.
04:50	I am clicking the left middle handle and dragging it up and down to skew the rectangle.
04:56	Observe the changes as I do so.
04:59	We will learn some more details on using these handles in another tutorial.
05:04	Let us unselect this shape now.
05:06	To do so, click anywhere in the canvas area or outside the canvas boundary.
05:11	Let me move the mouse back to the Tool box and over the same rectangle tool.
05:17	The tool tip says that we can draw rectangles and squares using this tool.
05:22	So, first let me click on this tool.
05:25	To draw a square, simply hold the Ctrl key and drag on the Canvas.
05:30	Let me change its color to pink.
05:32	An assignment for you.
05:34	Select the Create circles and ellipses tool from the Tool box.
05:38	Use the Ctrl key, draw a circle on the canvas.
05:42	Color it blue.
05:44	This is my circle.
05:46	Now let us learn how to modify this circle.
05:49	You can change the Start and the End parameters to alter the shape of the circle to an arc or a segment.
05:56	There are 3 options here on the Tool controls bar which help to switch between the shapes.
06:03	Let me change the Start parameter to 100 and End parameter to -50.
06:09	We see that the circle shape has now changed to a segment shape.
06:14	Now I will click on Arc icon and we see the change in the shape.
06:19	We can change back to circle shape again by clicking on the Circle icon.
06:25	Now, let's take a closer look at the circle shape on our canvas.
06:30	Notice 2 resize handles and 2 circular handles called arc handles, on the shape.
06:37	The 2 resize handles can be used to alter the shape of the circle to an ellipse shape.
06:44	Just drag these handles in the up-down or left-right directions.
06:53	Observe the changes in the shape.
06:56	The 2 arc handles overlap each other. Click on the arc handle and move it anti-clockwise.
07:04	We can now see both the arc handles.
07:08	We can modify the circle shape into arc or segment shape using these arc handles.
07:14	Just by moving them in clockwise or anti-clockwise directions and observe the change in the shape.
07:24	Now, we will click on the rectangle tool in the Tool box and then click on the square.
07:30	Notice 2 resize handles and 2 arc handles on the top right corner of the shape.
07:40	As before, the 2 arc handles overlap each other.
07:43	Click on one of the arc handle and move it clockwise.
07:48	Now, we can see both the arc handles.
07:51	We can give rounded edges to the square using these handles.
07:56	Move them in clockwise or anti-clockwise directions and observe the change in the shape.
08:02	Now, let us create a polygon by clicking on the Stars and polygons tool from the Tool box.
08:08	This is right below the circle tool. So, click on it.
08:13	We will draw a polygon in a similar way and change the color to green.
08:20	By default, a 5-sided polygon i.e. a pentagon is drawn.
08:24	Look at the Tool controls bar. Here, it says the number of corners of the polygon is 5.
08:32	You can create a square by decreasing the number to 4 and a triangle by decreasing it to 3.
08:39	By increasing it, we can create a pentagon, hexagon and so on.
08:44	Notice a resize handle on the polygon.
08:47	We can use it to resize or rotate the polygon.
08:52	Convert this shape into a star shape by clicking on the star icon next to the polygon icon, in the Tool controls bar.
09:00	Notice 2 handles on the star shape – one at the tip and one at the joint.
09:06	Click and drag the handle at the tip of the star to resize or rotate it.
09:12	We can resize and skew the shape of the star using the other handle.
09:17	Click on it and move in clockwise or anti-clockwise directions and observe the change in the shape and size.
09:25	We have come to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarize.
09:30	In this tutorial, we learnt about Inkscape interface.
09:34	We also learnt to- Create basic shapes like rectangle, square, circle, ellipse, polygon and star.
09:42	Fill color into the shapes and modify the shapes using handles.
09:46	Here is an assignment for you.
09:49	Create a rectangle shape filled with blue color,
09:52	a circle shape with red color,
09:54	a star with 7 sides in green color.
09:58	Your completed assignment should look like this.
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10:47	We have come to the end of this tutorial.
10:50	This is Arthi and Saurabh from IIT Bombay, signing off. Thanks for joining.

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