Mastering Inkscape

Ctrl+Shift+A

First make sure object is selected then press Ctrl+Shift+R and save file as svg. Cool isn't it?

If you want to create a circular image with border then I use this method.

• Create a circle object with border and clone it
• Insert image
• Place circle object over the image
• Click image and then the circle object
• Go to Object | Clip | Set
• Your image will be clipped
• Now use this clipped image and align it in the centre with the cloned circle object
• Finally export as PNG and enjoy

You can save a document as a template with your preferred size and guide. When you save a template it will be saved in the ~/.config/inkscape/templates dierctory, which I commit to my dotfiles.

Export the entire page.

inkscape sprintrunner-highlight-banner1.svg --export-type=png --export-area-page --export-filename=sprintrunner-highlight-banner1.png

Export by specifying the width and height.

inkscape sprintrunner-highlight-banner1.svg --export-type=png --export-width=1840 --export-height=900 --export-area-page --export-filename=sprintrunner-highlight-banner1.png

You can also specify either height or width

Do it for all the files in a folder.

for f in *highlight*.svg;do inkscape "${f}" --export-type=png --export-area-page --export-filename="${f%.*}.png";done;

I sometimes prefer to work in distraction free mode and it is useful when presenting.

F11: Go full screen with toolbars Ctrl - F11: Got full screen and also hide the toolbars F12: Hide docked panels

Instead of using the panel to change the mode you can press keys as well.

• s: Selection
• t: Text
• c: Calligraphy

When in the Text mode you can press Esc and then s to change to the Selection mode.

View | Show/Hide | Snap Controls Bar Then click on Enanble snapping