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Flyer Tutor |
Create Amazing Flyers As You Learn Graphic Design |
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How To Insert an Image in Inkscape This will open up the Select File To Import Window.  Select your Image and click on the Open button in the bottom right corner.  An Embedded Image stands alone, but results in a larger SVG file. A Linked Image references a file outside the SVG document you are working on resulting in a smaller SVG file.  Resizing Arrows The Image will be surrounded by 8 Arrows. They allow you to Resize your Image. |
How To Free Rotate An ObjectResizing Handles 8 Resizing Arrows will be around it when it is selected.  Rotation Handles The Rotation Arrows are at the 4 corners of the object. Move the cursor over any one of them, hold the mouse button down, and turn the mouse in a Clockwise or Counterclockwise direction to Free Rotate. |
How To Rotate An Object to a Specified Degree This will open the Transform Window which has 5 Tabs, namely Move, Scale, Rotate, Skew, and Matrix.  Select the Rotate Tab.  Where you see Angle you will type in the amount of degrees you would like to rotate the object. Keep in mind that to Rotate the object Clockwise you will have to enter a Negative Number (-). Vice versa to Rotate the object Counterclockwise you will have to enter a Positive Number (+). Remember to hit the Apply button. |
How To Rotate An Object in 90° Increments This will move your object forward in a Clockwise direction 90° each time you use it.  Butterfly Image  Butterfly Rotated 90° Clockwise  Butterfly Rotated 180° Clockwise  Butterfly Rotated 270° Clockwise  To Rotate in a Counterclockwise direction go to Object > Rotate 90° CCW, which will move your object in a backward position. Butterfly Image Butterfly Rotated 270° Counterclockwise Rotated 180° Counterclockwise Butterfly Rotated 90° Counterclockwise |