Power Strokes Are A Game Changer For Inkscape Users

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Жыл бұрын

In this tutorial we'll be going over how to use the Power Stroke path effect in Inkscape version 1.2.1. This effect allows you to apply a variable width to any stroke. It makes for a great tool when designing abstract logos and tracing line drawings from images.
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00:00 Intro
00:24 Introduction to Power Strokes
04:11 Example logo design made with Power Strokes
07:02 Learn more

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@CTRL_SMarcos Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. One more thing to call it Game changer is the possibility to add control points of the effect by pressing CTRL+click on a point and thus create complex shapes very fast. Credit for this information goes to a video by Sweater Cat Designs.

@WayneMorrison1069 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mr. Nick. You have been my Go-To for most of my creative tools and software. Just wanted to say Thank you!

@azerqerty2277 Жыл бұрын

Same here 🎈

@ace-catel Жыл бұрын

I was waiting and looking for a tool like this! I'm so happy Inkscape finally found a way to make it happen and added it!

@deesnuts5960 Жыл бұрын

After watching some tutorials for other programmes I had to get back here and give you a compliment. The way you exxplain things is exceptional, you never miss a step and even a person that has never done anything like this can easily follow the instruction. Thank you for that I've learned so many things from you and hopefully many to come as well. Keep up the good work man!

@evionlast Жыл бұрын

Nick you have been so consistent on all your tutorials over the years, amazing!

@franknord4826 Жыл бұрын

Neat. I haven't seen your tutorials in ages and recently stumbled onto your channel again. Also nice to know that I don't have to shift+f6 anymore but can just use b for the bezier tool. One thing tho: You don't have to press enter to end a bezier path - you can just right-click!

@bim41337 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this update on Inkscape's ... updates :D I really like how you're not just showing the tool and that's it, but instead you give a practical example. Very nice and illustrative!

@karynhermans2358 Жыл бұрын

Hello Nick, I am basically a newbie to this Graphics world - coming from digitizing machine embroidery - with no graphics experience as mentioned. I followied other tutorials which were very helpful, but I just stumbled across your Tutorial. Wow, you are brilliant. This is what I was wanting to learn how to achieve this effect. Thank you. You have me hooked and I will be following you from now on. Many many thanks.

@bennieboi6720 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been learning from Nick since years ago, there is one tutorial I’m still remember, the one that teach you to clip the scenery with a hot balloon, he did a really great job at teaching, the smooth tone explain every bit of function is what you need on your learning path. If you’re new to flat design, give his master class a go, you’ll have more insight about how and what happen in every corners, which most designers will not have such patient to explain 😂

@abdouhalkoum3229 Жыл бұрын

to be so honest, you r the best one that teaches design in youtube, thank you so much ! ...

@StephenBoyd21 Жыл бұрын

As always, very informative and a well put together tutorial. I definitely need to check out that masterclass.

@Evergreen64 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I've been looking for an effect that can mimic hand drawn layout lines in pencil for years! And this does it perfectly.

@greysky1252 Жыл бұрын

This is pretty much the one thing ive been trying get inkscape to do!

@toyodeth Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was looking for yesterday.. thank you!

@rosegoldflower4821 11 ай бұрын

Finally. I'm so grateful they added this option. This was the only reason why I preferred illustrator over Inkscape. Now I'm ready to go back to inkscape ❤❤❤

@NickGomezNYC 7 ай бұрын

I love how easy you make it look. Great tutorial.

@soundpassion-africa2874 Жыл бұрын

This is great. I am new to Inkscape- and I'm loving it.

@ShahidAli-kn4te Жыл бұрын

Excellent addition of tool, It really going to help a lot. Thanks for update & sharing.

@martinbraun599 Жыл бұрын

My favorite KZfaq channel! Warm greetings from Germany. 🤩🙏

@jonathanvelca Жыл бұрын

Gracias por los tips y los subtitulos. Sin dudas usaré power strokes mas adelante.

@AlexeyMolotov-rb7oy 26 күн бұрын

This is I call tutorial, every moment are clear and nice ❤❤❤

@iianponce Жыл бұрын

A big time saver, I love it! Thank you for sharing

@Orcmondo Жыл бұрын

Crazy, love this tool!

@louiselamirandeart Жыл бұрын

Another great video tutorial. Thanks!

@ChuckCoy Жыл бұрын

Noice! Best Ink Scape how to creater I found on KZfaq thus far.

@DOCTORJONAS Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks a lot Nick!

@777megasuperluckylife Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir, i'm a beginner and this is my first time using Inkscape. I'm an aspiring artist and I'm eager to learn

@saerdtuner 9 ай бұрын

you have the best tutorials, thank you for the content you make

@godsunika Жыл бұрын

The comnt section is very positive and downright encouraging! Love it!

@AloneEnder Жыл бұрын

basics it's encouraging to learn a little bit more! Well done!

@melirn7280 Жыл бұрын

And it's an EXCELLENT class! I highly recommend.

@ongamex Жыл бұрын

I've wanted this since forever!

@srobson8875 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I always learn so much from you! ❤

@frankkante7850 Жыл бұрын

i love inkscape too. thanks for your ideas

@bgrainger3477 Жыл бұрын

I always learn something awesome from your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. 👏👍

@mtm7031 Жыл бұрын

Wow thank you so much very amazing tutorial

@videos-rg8ph Жыл бұрын

BROTHER, YOU ARE THE BEST!!! You oooh really helped me!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

@alphamx13 3 ай бұрын

Excellent video as always, thank U !!

@jefffinity0323 Жыл бұрын

I just wanna learn even more now- it looks so cool o.O

@TechieSewing Жыл бұрын

Great as always :)

@prisantos9773 Жыл бұрын

Thank you from Brazil Nick! 🥰

@konsul2006 11 ай бұрын

Just love inkscape! I'm using to to save wmf files that I can import into preset shapes in corel paintshop pro. Works wonders.

@LifeAccordingToJohn Жыл бұрын

You make the best videos.

@babalolaelijah4493 Жыл бұрын

Wow! it's Amazing I did it well ! Perfect work !

@righttoexplain Жыл бұрын

Wonderful!!!

@alexanderayusocambranis3561 Жыл бұрын

Really amazing. Thanks

@yundameisyazz Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your reply!

@deejay7249 Жыл бұрын

good work king, love you

@syiffadear1183 Жыл бұрын

thanks for the help it help my every thing i need to install

@yt_bharat Жыл бұрын

Best instructor

@squidskunk Жыл бұрын

now im excited..!!!

@laurofernandes9350 Жыл бұрын

thank you man,you are a legend

@dksanime9343 Жыл бұрын

You are/were not alone! I pray you found what has worked for you!

@pureling.053 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much ❤

@bazz1376 Жыл бұрын

Winner, winner, chicken dinner!! That's great, thanks Nick

@squidwardfromua 6 ай бұрын

Great! I was using "Pattern Along Path" which didn't allow to change the width in separate locations of path, so I had some hard time showing perspective/rotation of objects in 3D space. I've already tried, this is the cure.

@racedan6923 Жыл бұрын

Worked, thx

@saidouaziz24 Жыл бұрын

U still save my life

@hnadymohsen5017 Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot 🙏

@dgeezy9 Жыл бұрын

Nice work

@nickreinfeld7769 Жыл бұрын

thank you

@guilhermeguggug Жыл бұрын

Wow... thanks. 💜❤🧡💛💚💙

@TheRobsterUK 10 ай бұрын

Haven't this this before but looks very useful :)

@mostafaelsheikh2283 Жыл бұрын

informative video good sir, Gracias

@TheDiveO Жыл бұрын

really love and laugh how you gradually slipped into Bob Ross mode on purpose, highly appreciated!

@gouravbhakat8509 Жыл бұрын

thx and subscribed

@arcanjodosenhordosexercito7331 Жыл бұрын

I'm so confident, yeah, I'm unstoppable today

@llwynogkitsune Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial! Is there a way to have the thickness of the stroke vary according to an underlying picture? Somehow a mix with what you did with the vector halftone pattern. That would look very cool!

@Princely_Arts Жыл бұрын

thanks

@HugoLeonardoAguiar Жыл бұрын

Please do a tutorial on how to expand the toolbox, tool controls, palette and scrollbars on screen. 🙏🙏🙏

@expressocean9874 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the helpful tutorial. Yours are some of the best I have seen . I am using Inkscape 1.3 now and wondering what key combination to use to add additional points to the power stroke, so I can widen it some more at other points?

@seppohoijarvi9781 Жыл бұрын

de momento no soy estudiante, pero lo hice todo porque necesito usar este programa. Me siento un poco sucio pero es por necesidad ya que ando desarrollando un videojuego con unos amigos, gracias por el video.

@noel_curray Жыл бұрын

i'm not doing any projects about design but this will be handy.

@moreorlesslikeso Жыл бұрын

Each time I'm watching your tutorials I'm positively amazed by what you can actually do in Inkscape. And each time I feel more disappointed (or even infuriated) about Inkscape’s notoriously bad performance on Mac. If this powerful app would only run as smoothly as its rival vector editors on my Mac (or as itself on PC...) I might possibly use it for most of my vector work. Up to now, however, it just keeps me getting unnerved after a while because of its sluggishness... Too bad, really!

@agarddrxppy684 Жыл бұрын

wait to learn more!

@meinesolid1180 Жыл бұрын

very usefull

@pillsber Жыл бұрын

Nick, I'm a paid student of your academy and am very happy with the content. I'm primarily an Inkscape user but purchased the whole package. My question is, is Inkscape 1.2.1 worth switching to? I'm already familiar with 1.1.2 and not sure if it's worth moving over to 1.2.1. I don't need multiple page documents and I don't prefer the way the layers menu is in 1.2.1. However, no one has addressed this question anywhere and I trust your opinion. I would be delighted if you'd provide even a short answer. Thanks so much.

@thurlravenscroft2572 Жыл бұрын

I thought we were going to draw a Diesel Ford Pickup. In any case, I love this tutorial.

@pauljs75 Жыл бұрын

That's just scratching the surface. That thing is so handy with digital inking where you want to control line weight with precision, and also great for creating glyphs in a custom font for the same reason.

@dwilliams21 Жыл бұрын

Nick, I tried upgrading to 1.2.1, but since the newly-conceived Layers/Objects combo menu no longer lets me adjust opacity and blur on the screen, I ditched it for 1.1.2 (or whatever the latest). I use it all the time in my workflow! Do you have a tutorial that can help me adjust? I don't want to fall behind! Thank you. :)

@aesquadra35 Жыл бұрын

Top!

@d.lawrencemiller5755 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for explaining this. At 2:10 when you zoom in it actually makes it harder to see the pink point because the apparent thickness of the curve increases but not the thickness of the pink point. Also you keep saying path at times when I think you might have meant point. Unless I misunderstood due to the difficulty in seeing whatever you're saying is pink. I couldn't actually see anything pink but my screen is pretty small.

@DETAILINGONCAR 8 ай бұрын

nice

@yamelvargas6075 8 ай бұрын

Hi Nick your tutorials are great, i have a question, how to make the handles appear after clicking the nodes? In mine when i click the nodes nothing happens 😢

@karimahmed9316 Жыл бұрын

Could you please advice how to get the full version and the evms!

@mswijewardane Жыл бұрын

YT recommended me this vid!

@princesswilmatanaka5126 Жыл бұрын

Toimii ! :) Kiitoksia, Tarvittin tätä

@susankniola5958 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Is there a way to save powerstroke settings and apply them to another path? I didn't catch if the values reset with each application.

@jktolford8272 Жыл бұрын

You can set default Power Stroke settings in the Live Path effects dialog. Also, it's useful to set stroke width in the Fill Stroke dialog.

@inx6491 Жыл бұрын

Where did you get the intro music? It's awesome

@bonniek.7664 Жыл бұрын

Using pink nodes, is it possible to adjust the width so that the the beginning, middle and the end of the stroke will all have the same width?

@dndydevelopers7649 Жыл бұрын

Super Like

@aliencreation8744 8 ай бұрын

cool

@martingimenez339 Жыл бұрын

I'm always about to upgrade to Inkscape 1.2 but I'm so used to the previous version I'm afraid it changes a lot and I chicken out.

@paulohanded28 Жыл бұрын

@4:00 how can i make both tips round?

@orphydiancg7759 6 ай бұрын

Can you make asymmetrical profiles?

@suprawututu 10 ай бұрын

When I try to adjust a line in Inkscape using the "Node Tool," I can't see the curvature changes as I drag the node control handles. Instead, I see a schematic blue line that appears to represent the desired shape of the curve, but doesn't actually affect the actual line.pls help me

@jansonsynder Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Question. Is there a way to easily make a perfectly symmetrical swoosh? so you don't have to eyeball it?

@jktolford8272 Жыл бұрын

Do a horizontal line by clicking the start & end points. Define stroke paint & width, say a few points. Go into point edit mode, select both end points, then click on add point, which will appear at exact mid point. Select mid point, make sure it is a curve point w/ symmetrical handles. Grab a handle, move it away from the horizontal adjusting to taste. Then add the power stroke. Edit mid pink control point & mid path point to taste. Endpoints are eye balled but if you zoom in & place pink stroke control points on top of the original path end points that should be arbitrarily precise.

@user-fp5lv2xw9c 3 ай бұрын

can you please help me , when i clip 2 images jpeg or png, it shows nothing ( like its blank) there is still an outline of a object which i can move but i cant see anything . i have check my opacity and transperancy and they are 100%, 0% please tell me the solution