Inkscape/C3/Create-an-A4-Poster/English-timed

Time	Narration
00:01	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Create an A4 Poster using Inkscape.
00:07	In this tutorial, we will learn to:
00:10	Change the Document properties
00:12	Design an A4 poster and
00:14	Save the poster in pdf.
00:17	To record this tutorial, I am using:
00:19	Ubuntu Linux 12.04 OS
00:22	Inkscape version 0.48.4
00:26	Let us open Inkscape.
00:28	Go to File. Click on New.
00:32	These are the default canvas sizes that are available.
00:37	My canvas is, by default, in A4 size.
00:41	So, I will leave it as it is.
00:44	If it is not so, on your machine, then select A4 size.
00:49	Let us now change some settings.
00:51	Go to File. Click on Document properties.
00:54	A dialog box opens up where we can find various tabs and options.
00:59	Let us learn about them one by one.
01:03	In the first tab Page, click on the Default units drop-down list.
01:08	As I click one-by-one, observe that the unit of the ruler changes.
01:13	Let me keep the unit as pixels.
01:16	Background option helps to change the transparency and color of the background.
01:21	When we click on it, a new dialog box appears.
01:24	Move the RGB sliders to the left and right.
01:29	To make the background colour visible on the canvas, move the alpha slider towards the right.
01:35	Now the transparency changes to the selected 'RGB' values.
01:40	Observe that the color on the background option, in the Document properties window, changes as I move.
01:47	Bring the Alpha slider back to the extreme left and close the dialog box.
01:52	Under Page size, we find many options.
01:55	We can change the size of the canvas using these options too.
02:00	As I click, observe the change in the canvas size.
02:04	Let us keep the page size as A4.
02:08	Orientation can be changed to either Portrait or Landscape.
02:12	Click on both the options and observe the change on the canvas.
02:17	We can change the width and height of the canvas using the Width and Height parameters.
02:23	Click on the Units drop-down list. Here, we can change the units according to our requirement.
02:31	Let us now change the units to pixels.
02:34	Click on Resize page to content option.
02:37	The various available options open up.
02:41	We can set margins for all the sides here.
02:45	After setting the margins, one needs to click on the button Resize page to drawing or selection.
02:51	Next is the Border option. We can see 3 check-box options here.
02:57	To demonstrate these options, let me first draw an ellipse in this manner.
03:03	The first option makes the page border, that is, the border of the canvas visible.
03:08	Uncheck this option and observe that the borders disappear.
03:13	Then again, check the option and observe that the borders re-appear.
03:18	The second option sets the border on top of the drawing so that it is clearly visible.
03:25	Once again check and uncheck this option and observe what happens on the canvas.
03:31	The third option shows a shadow of the canvas on the right and bottom.
03:36	Notice here, the border to the right and bottom are thicker than the other two sides.
03:42	Uncheck the third option and observe that this shadow disappears.
03:47	We can use all these options according to our requirement and preference.
03:52	The Border color option allows us to decide the color of the border.
03:57	Let us leave the default border color as it is.
04:01	Next, click on Guides tab.
04:03	Guides help you align text and graphic objects on the canvas.
04:08	You can create ruler guides here.
04:12	Click on the vertical ruler and drag a guideline.
04:15	Now check and uncheck the first option Show Guides
04:19	and observe the guideline appears and disappears on the canvas.
04:25	Guide color is the color of the guideline.
04:28	Highlight color is the color of the guideline when it is being dragged to a certain position.
04:33	The default colours of the guide and the highlight are shown here.
04:37	You can change it as per your preference.
04:41	I will leave the default colors as they are.
04:44	Snap guides while dragging option helps to snap the objects or bounding box to the nearest guidelines while dragging.
04:52	Next, click on the Grids tab.
04:54	Using this option, we can set the grid that appears behind the artwork on the canvas.
05:00	Grids are helpful to position objects on the canvas but they do not get printed.
05:07	Click on the drop-down list.
05:09	Rectangular grid and Axonometric grid are the two types of grids available.
05:16	Select Rectangular grid and click on the New button.
05:20	Immediately, a grid is formed on the canvas background.
05:25	We can set the grid properties as per our requirement using the available options.
05:31	We can remove the grid by clicking on the Remove button at the bottom.
05:36	In a similar way, you can try the options for Axonometric grid too.
05:41	The options in the next 3 tabs will be covered in the advanced level tutorials in this series.
05:47	Now, let us start creating the poster.
05:50	So, first let me delete the ellipse and the guideline.
05:53	For our poster, we will first design a background.
05:58	Click on the Rectangle tool.
06:00	Draw a large rectangle that covers the whole canvas.
06:06	Color it with light blue gradient.
06:08	Next, draw a header area on the top
06:16	and a footer area at the bottom of the canvas using the Bezier tool.
06:23	We will color it blue.
06:25	Let us import the Spoken Tutorial logo now.
06:28	This logo has been provided to you in the Code Files link.
06:32	So, first of all, pause the tutorial. Click on Code Files and download the zip file.
06:39	Now unzip the folder and save it in your preferred location on your machine.
06:45	Now come back to our Inkscape document.
06:47	Go to File menu. Click on Import.
06:51	Go to folder where the logo is saved.
06:54	Select the Spoken Tutorial logo and click on Open.
06:59	A new dialog box opens up. Click on OK.
07:03	Now the logo is imported on our canvas.
07:06	Resize it to 100×100 pixels.
07:09	Place it on the top left corner of the header area.
07:14	Now, type the text Spoken Tutorial.
07:18	Make it Bold.
07:20	Change the text font size to 48.
07:24	Place it to the right of the logo.
07:27	After this, type the text “partner with us...help bridge the digital divide”.
07:35	Change the font size to 20.
07:39	Next, let us add some text.
07:42	I have already saved a sample text in a LibreOffice Writer document on my machine.
07:47	This sample text has been provided to you in the Code Files.
07:51	Please locate it in your saved folder.
07:54	Now, I will copy and paste this text in the empty space on my poster.
08:00	Change the font size to 28.
08:04	Set the line spacing.
08:06	Create bullets and place before each sentence.
08:10	We will add 2 images below that.
08:13	As before, import them one by one.
08:17	I have saved them in the images folder.
08:20	These images have been provided to you in the Code Files.
08:24	Please locate them in your saved folder.
08:27	Select the images and resize them.
08:30	Move them to the bottom area of the poster.
08:33	Let us write the contact details at the footer area.
08:37	Once again, copy and paste the text from LibreOffice Writer document.
08:42	Change the font size to 18.
08:45	Now, our poster is ready.
08:47	Next, let us learn how to save it in pdf format.
08:51	Go to File and click on Save As.
08:55	A dialog box appears.
08:58	Choose the folder in which you want to save.
09:00	I will choose Desktop.
09:02	Change the format to pdf by clicking on the drop-down list at the bottom right of the dialog box.
09:09	Here, in the Name field, type: Spoken-Tutorial-Poster.pdf.
09:16	Then click on Save button.
09:18	Our poster is saved in the Desktop.
09:21	Let us go to our Desktop and check our poster.
09:25	So, we have the poster in pdf format.
09:28	Let us summarize. In this tutorial we learnt to:
09:32	Change the Document properties
09:34	Design an A4 poster
09:36	Saving the poster in pdf.
09:38	Here is an assignment for you-
09:40	create an A4 poster for Spoken Tutorial Project.
09:44	Your completed assignment should look like this.
09:48	The video available at the following link summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project. Please watch it.
09:54	The Spoken Tutorial Project team conducts workshops and gives certificates for those who pass an online test.
10:01	For more details, please write to us.
10:04	Spoken Tutorial Project is supported by the NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India.
10:10	More information on this mission is available at this link.
10:14	We have come to the end of this tutorial.
10:16	This is Arthi and Saurabh from IIT Bombay, signing off. Thanks for joining.

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