Inkscape Tutorial – (3) How to Zoom & Pan for Beginners by VscorpianC 5:23 by VscorpianC. And then you will follow along with the tutorial doing in your workspace what the instructor does in the video (best way to get proficient, I think). Press the ` key to go back to the previous zoom, or Shift+` to go forward.Īs always you will open your copy of Inkscape and load in a good sized image into your work space.

Inkscape also keeps a history of the zoom levels you’ve used in this work session. We also have the Zoom tool (in the toolbar on left) which lets you to zoom into an area by dragging around it. Or, you can click in the zoom entry field (in the bottom right corner of the document window), type a precise zoom value in %, and press Enter. You can also use Ctrl+middle click or Ctrl+right click to zoom in, Shift+middle click or Shift+right click to zoom out, or rotate the mouse wheel with Ctrl.

The easiest way to zoom is by pressing - and + (or =) keys. The wheel on your mouse also works for scrolling vertically press Shift with the wheel to scroll horizontally. Or, you can use the scrollbars (press Ctrl+B to show or hide them). (Try this now to scroll this document down.) You can also drag the canvas by the middle mouse button. Try Ctrl+arrow keys to scroll by keyboard.

There are many ways to pan (scroll) the document canvas. Here is a summary of zooming and panning from Inkscape tutorial: Basic – Panning the canvas So we’ll use the tutorial below to get practice rapidly panning and zooming. by VscorpianC 25:09 by VscorpianC, Published on Apr 28, 2012). In order to remove a background from an image in Inkscape you need to be able to quickly zoom and pan around the image as you draw the image’s outline (See Inkscape Tutorial (6) Crop Image with Pen Tool Paste to New B.G.

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