You can close the dialogue after this.ģ) Rename the layer to "Background" (click on the name) and lock it by clicking the lock.Ĥ) Select the "Draw Bezier curves and straight lines" tool and draw a rough shape. For this you need to select the square first, then open the File -> Document properties dialogue and select "Fit page to selection". There is no need for a stroke, so just disable it in the "Stroke paint" settings.Ģ) Set the document size to the size of the background. Choose a saturated, dark blue as the fill color (the fill settings can be displayed with Shift+Ctrl+F). This is is best done with the "Create rectangles and squares" tool while holding down Ctrl. If you are not sure which of the objects are selected, just make all the other layers temporarily invisible.ġ) In Inkscape, create a filled square. To see which objects are on a layer, you can make the other layers invisible by clicking the eye symbol beside the layer name. However, if some layers have been unlocked unintentionally, strange results may occur. I will always state on which layer you should work, but you will have to make sure it is unlocked! You can select all objects on all unlocked layers by pressing Ctrl+A. The layer can be unlocked by clicking on the small lock symbol beside the layer name. One important notice before we start: Objects cannot be manipulated unless the layer on which they reside is unlocked. Therefore the layer settings should always be visible. In this tutorial, you will work with layers a lot. I did not translate the screenshots, but it I hope it will be possible to follow the tutorial anyway. (This is a translation of my german language tutorial here. In the tutorial this will be done for part of a map, but the effect is very useful for lots of other kinds of graphics as well.
#Inkscape tutorial effects how to
This tutorial demonstrates how to apply an inner and outer glow as well as a texture to a shape in Inkscape.