User:Another Poetic Spartan/How To Use Inkscape

All instructions go to Athena32. Thanks!

Instructions
okay basics.  the main thing you will use is the vertical panel on the left  the main tool is the pen, just below the pencil]  you got it open?  aps  okay, click the pen tool, its one below the yellow pencil  now, to draw shapes.  just click where you want a point to be.  then drag the cursor to where you want the next one to be.  and so on.  until you have the shape you want.  to finish the shape, click the cursor back on the first point, and you should get your shape.  good so far?  right.  to edit points, click the icon second down on the same panel.  it looks like a black triangle over some blue boxes  using this, you can click and drag points to move them. <Athena32> got that? <Athena32> okay. to create curves, grab and drag the lines of a shape. play around with this to see what different movements do to the curve. <Athena32> to bring up an overlaying grid over the page, press the hash (#) key on your keyboard. points that you make and move while in grid mode will stick only to the grid points, good for geometric shapes to colour a shape simply select it, and click a colour at the bottom <Athena32> see the yellow pencil icon on the far left? <Athena32> if you click that, you draw free lines. <Athena32> click, hold and drag to draw freehand. <Athena32> just click once and drag to create straight lines. <Athena32> this is good for detailing, and works quite like the shape creator. <Athena32> and thats the basics.