Love that you’re sharing the nitty gritty of making your own products. I’ve just ordered a glow forge and used your code, a little appreciation for what you’re sharing
when you have done the trace and are figuring out what is a image or a path (trace) look at the info bar (the one under the colour swatches at the bottom) it will tell you what you have selected - path is the tracing and image is the image. once you have welded the triangle to the rectangle and deleted those extra nodes (29:41), select those three nodes and then use the icon 8th one in from the left on the contextual menu bar (the one that changes when you select different tools above the work area), that will make them an 'sharpe' angle and will give straight lines inkscape normally has several ways to do the same thing. another way to make the stick is after you draw out the rectangle, go path>object to path (or select just the rectangle and go path>union). this will make it a path, then select the bottom two nodes and click the + button on the right to add a node between them, then drag this node down to form the point. then do the union (weld). Again you can also do the add node bit after you weld the rectangle to the gnome background as well as after you weld the background and rectangle it will all be a path
This tutorial was soooo helpful. I am learning inkscape to use with my wazer waterjet to cut glass for fusing. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
This is the best tutorial I have seen so far And you can call me dumb, but do you know of a written step by step PDF file that I can print out and go by . This would help more people than you know. Especially some of old folks. Thanks again
I appreciate the information I have learned in this video. You’ve explained everything so well. Unfortunately though, it wasn’t quite what I was looking for this week and was wondering if you might be able to make a video or even explain this dilemma for me. I want the pieces of my svg file to connect flush with one another after cutting on my laser. I don’t want a gap between all the pieces with a black offset. This is how I’ve been making the characters on the signs I make up until now. But now I want to give them a more realistic look like how the pieces look when something is cut with a scroll saw. I know how to take into consideration the .006” kerf that my laser will leave on my pieces, but other than sitting there and connecting each individual node of my piece’s strokes to match the strokes of the pieces surrounding each and every piece of the svg, I have no idea how else to do this. Does this make sense? I want the edges of each piece to sit flush with the pieces that they’re connecting to with no gap in the middles. Any chance you can make a video on how to do this? I have been SEARCHING RUclips for this information for a week now and I’ve found NOTHING to help me with obtaining these results. It’s all SVGs with a black offset to give the upper layer pieces outlines once assembled.
Oh my I was about to pull my hair out until I found you! Your voice is very pleasing , you explain things well (& do it the easy way) and your sound is perfect! I totally enjoyed this video. You are a great teacher! I don't have a laser cutter. I do Cricut projects & Ink Sublimation. For sublimation, how do you finish it up? I had to hit the SUBSCRIBE button. Don't want to miss anything! lol See you next time. God Bless.
awe! Thank you!! I've been told by so many I have a soothing voice, unless it's my kids. They seem to think otherwise! HAHA! I have a few sublimation projects coming up! I'm excited about.
right, because you're opening up a new file. If you want to merge 2 files together. Copy the just opened design and paste it into the previous file you were working on. easy fix.
I'm using Inkscape in Linux, but it should be the same. I'm seeing reverse colors, Meaning my outline of the gnome that you see black and a border that's white, I see the opposite. After 17:28 in your video. Left image is the only one different. Any idea what I'm doing wrong or is it a setting? I tried 'extensions-color-negative' but that makes the whole thing white. I tried grouping the image and the same thing happened. Thank you for the help. I'm awaiting my xTool F1 and S1 which is what I plan on using for this tutorial.
Thank you! I downloaded it and it's pretty cool. I was hoping I could save a png or jpg as an svg but it won't open in DS. I'm having a print and cut issue. It's seems the only way to cut this map image on glossy paper is running it 3 times! Eeeek! I love the trial and error learning in this Cricut adventure :) Thank you for relieving some of the errors for us! hehehehe
This was awesome thank you! Im still struggling because I have colored PDF files I purchased from Etsy and I’m doing something wrong still. I can’t get my live preferences to open to preview it. It will open if it’s a png for me so I’m missing a step somewhere. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge I definitely learned things ❤
Sounds to me like you didn't do the trace bitmap correctly, or that you didn't delete the correct layer. If you aren't able to break apart anything tells me that you don't have the correct layer. If you can't break apart, then you won't be able to thicken the lines.
Are you only doing keyboard short cuts? Maybe try going up to Path then Hit Break Apart. If you're not doing keyboard short cuts try doing: command, shift, K. If the first way works, make sure your caps lock isn't on. I've noticed that sometimes keyboard shortcuts don't work when your caps lock is on. If that doesn't work, I suggest closing out of the program all together and then restarting it. Sometimes Inkscape gets a little wonky and needs a good restart to help it's out.
I feel like the version of Inkscape that I downloaded for Mac, is not up to date. Things do not work like they are supposed to and it keeps freezing on me and I have to force quit the application. Frustrating when I am trying to learn this, in order to make and sell my own SVG files.
Hi Jenifer! The downfall of using a free program, there are glitches. Also, if could be me or you that have an outdated version. I have 2 design laptops and Inkscape is different on both, which is odd, but going back to the free program comment. It is what it is.
It really depends On Your computer. I have 3 computers, the one I do all my design work on it’s super fast. The one I do my YT videos on is so freaking slow 👎🏽
You said you can make it thicker in two ways and then only showed one way. I too, am on a Mac, but the way you showed, did NOT thicken the lines for me.
You talk way too much about absolutely nothing and then repeat it 200 times. I stopped watching 6 minutes in and you still haven't even started the project. I'll go find someone else's tutorial.
Thank you for a wonderful easy to follow tutorial I have been looking for something just like this 😊Great job and thank you .
yay!! Glad you enjoyed it!
I have watched so many Inkscape tutorials, this is by far the best one. Thank you!!
yay! Glad I can help!! Let me know if there's anything else you'd like to learn about Inkscape! I wanna try to make it easy for everyone
Love that you’re sharing the nitty gritty of making your own products. I’ve just ordered a glow forge and used your code, a little appreciation for what you’re sharing
When you get your GF if you ever need any help with it, please don't hesitate to ask.
Hi I’m her son
You’re my little guy!
Hi
I just reinstalled it
when you have done the trace and are figuring out what is a image or a path (trace) look at the info bar (the one under the colour swatches at the bottom) it will tell you what you have selected - path is the tracing and image is the image.
once you have welded the triangle to the rectangle and deleted those extra nodes (29:41), select those three nodes and then use the icon 8th one in from the left on the contextual menu bar (the one that changes when you select different tools above the work area), that will make them an 'sharpe' angle and will give straight lines
inkscape normally has several ways to do the same thing. another way to make the stick is after you draw out the rectangle, go path>object to path (or select just the rectangle and go path>union). this will make it a path, then select the bottom two nodes and click the + button on the right to add a node between them, then drag this node down to form the point. then do the union (weld). Again you can also do the add node bit after you weld the rectangle to the gnome background as well as after you weld the background and rectangle it will all be a path
Thank you for all your additional help!
Hi mom
I love you!! Hi big boy!
This tutorial was soooo helpful. I am learning inkscape to use with my wazer waterjet to cut glass for fusing. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
yay! Glad I was helpful
This is the best tutorial I have seen so far And you can call me dumb, but do you know of a written step by step PDF file that I can print out and go by . This would help more people than you know. Especially some of old folks. Thanks again
that's a great idea to create a PDF file!!
Sounds like a course list type of thing
Thanks for helping out those of us who don't want to spend an arm and a leg for adobe!
of course! Let me know what else I can help with.
Thanks for sharing your expertise!!!! Learned a lot of new things. Since they updated inkscape a while ago some ways of doing things have changed.
I wonder if I missed the update, so I just have never downloaded it. Because I have never seen a change in mine lol
Great video that gave me the easiest way to get done what I needed. Thank you
yay! Glad I was helpful for you.
Thanks Ashlee, really appreciate these types of videos. And thanks for the intro to Inkscape.
yay! Glad you loved it! Hoping to get more added in for Inkscape! I know there is so much to learn with this program
Aloha thank you for sharing your knowledge 😊
of course! I will always be around to help other crafters out
I appreciate the information I have learned in this video. You’ve explained everything so well. Unfortunately though, it wasn’t quite what I was looking for this week and was wondering if you might be able to make a video or even explain this dilemma for me. I want the pieces of my svg file to connect flush with one another after cutting on my laser. I don’t want a gap between all the pieces with a black offset. This is how I’ve been making the characters on the signs I make up until now. But now I want to give them a more realistic look like how the pieces look when something is cut with a scroll saw. I know how to take into consideration the .006” kerf that my laser will leave on my pieces, but other than sitting there and connecting each individual node of my piece’s strokes to match the strokes of the pieces surrounding each and every piece of the svg, I have no idea how else to do this. Does this make sense? I want the edges of each piece to sit flush with the pieces that they’re connecting to with no gap in the middles. Any chance you can make a video on how to do this? I have been SEARCHING RUclips for this information for a week now and I’ve found NOTHING to help me with obtaining these results. It’s all SVGs with a black offset to give the upper layer pieces outlines once assembled.
Oh my I was about to pull my hair out until I found you! Your voice is very pleasing , you explain things well (& do it the easy way) and your sound is perfect! I totally enjoyed this video. You are a great teacher! I don't have a laser cutter. I do Cricut projects & Ink Sublimation. For sublimation, how do you finish it up? I had to hit the SUBSCRIBE button. Don't want to miss anything! lol See you next time. God Bless.
awe! Thank you!! I've been told by so many I have a soothing voice, unless it's my kids. They seem to think otherwise! HAHA!
I have a few sublimation projects coming up! I'm excited about.
Thank you so much, Godbless you
You are so welcome!
Every time I open a file I want to include in my design in Inkscape, it opens up in a new window, and not on the canvas Im working on.
right, because you're opening up a new file. If you want to merge 2 files together. Copy the just opened design and paste it into the previous file you were working on. easy fix.
Good info
thank you!
Brilliant video, thank you
of course!
I'm using Inkscape in Linux, but it should be the same. I'm seeing reverse colors, Meaning my outline of the gnome that you see black and a border that's white, I see the opposite. After 17:28 in your video. Left image is the only one different. Any idea what I'm doing wrong or is it a setting? I tried 'extensions-color-negative' but that makes the whole thing white. I tried grouping the image and the same thing happened. Thank you for the help. I'm awaiting my xTool F1 and S1 which is what I plan on using for this tutorial.
Thank you! I downloaded it and it's pretty cool. I was hoping I could save a png or jpg as an svg but it won't open in DS. I'm having a print and cut issue. It's seems the only way to cut this map image on glossy paper is running it 3 times! Eeeek! I love the trial and error learning in this Cricut adventure :) Thank you for relieving some of the errors for us! hehehehe
are you having issues cutting through your material on your Cricut?
Yes, with glossy photo paper.
Thank you! This is so helpful. When you change the line size with Outset is it possible to choose your line width?
Hi!!
I've never been able to figure out if you can just choose a number for the outset width. I wish I knew!
-Ashlee
@@ashleefalco Thanks for getting back to me. If I ever do figure it out, I'll let you know! :)
This was awesome thank you! Im still struggling because I have colored PDF files I purchased from Etsy and I’m doing something wrong still. I can’t get my live preferences to open to preview it. It will open if it’s a png for me so I’m missing a step somewhere. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge I definitely learned things ❤
I posted a Inkscape SVG video today that was a full color image. Hopefully that helps ruclips.net/video/rr-gnChOVZQ/видео.html
And it is on most or all Linux distros too.
❤️
When I get to the step to thicken the lines it doesn’t do anything! Also when I hit break apart, nothing happens?? Please help 😔
Sounds to me like you didn't do the trace bitmap correctly, or that you didn't delete the correct layer. If you aren't able to break apart anything tells me that you don't have the correct layer. If you can't break apart, then you won't be able to thicken the lines.
Is there anyway to private message you?
Thank you for the video. I am using version 1.2.2 and I can not get the "break apart" to work. Any suggestions?
Are you only doing keyboard short cuts? Maybe try going up to Path then Hit Break Apart. If you're not doing keyboard short cuts try doing: command, shift, K.
If the first way works, make sure your caps lock isn't on. I've noticed that sometimes keyboard shortcuts don't work when your caps lock is on.
If that doesn't work, I suggest closing out of the program all together and then restarting it. Sometimes Inkscape gets a little wonky and needs a good restart to help it's out.
@@ashleefalco Thank you for your comments!
When I open it, it was crashing on me. When I go to open a design svg, it keeps opening them in a new inkscape window
Right because you’re opening up a new design - copy & paste as previously suggested
Would you know why, I installed Inkscape on my Win11 laptop and it did not get any fonts from my font library.
Sadly no. That’s never happened to me before 👎🏽
I feel like the version of Inkscape that I downloaded for Mac, is not up to date. Things do not work like they are supposed to and it keeps freezing on me and I have to force quit the application. Frustrating when I am trying to learn this, in order to make and sell my own SVG files.
Hi Jenifer! The downfall of using a free program, there are glitches. Also, if could be me or you that have an outdated version. I have 2 design laptops and Inkscape is different on both, which is odd, but going back to the free program comment. It is what it is.
Today it has also crashed on me 3 times working on a design. Im uninstalling inkscape right now.
That’s exactly what I’d suggest
I would like to go from SVG to PNG in Inkscape but I just can't figure Inkscape out. Please help me. Thanks in advance/
Hello! I just checked the save settings, and there isn't one to save for PNG ... what is it you're trying to accomplish when saving to PNG?
How would we do this with the colored version
I'd personally probably do it the same way. I do have another tutorial on how to make svg files using a colored image.
Does the program always work/move so slow?
It really depends On Your computer. I have 3 computers, the one I do all my design work on it’s super fast. The one I do my YT videos on is so freaking slow 👎🏽
You said you can make it thicker in two ways and then only showed one way. I too, am on a Mac, but the way you showed, did NOT thicken the lines for me.
Sorry you're having using with Inkscape. I will be updating this tutorial at a later time. Hopefully then I can assist you further. -Ashlee
You talk way too much about absolutely nothing and then repeat it 200 times. I stopped watching 6 minutes in and you still haven't even started the project. I'll go find someone else's tutorial.
You are so sweet! Have a wonderful evening!
I hope you feel better about yourself leaving such a wonderful comment.