inkscape-aez-notes
Inkscape notes
Quickstart
- File > Document Properties to set up the size and orientation of the page.
- (Optionally) put a white rectangle as the background.
- Scroll up and down with the mouse and hold shift to scroll left and right. To zoom, hold control.
- File > Import to import SVG and PNG images.
- Never align anything by eye, there is a simple alignment tool which you should use.
There are some really helpful notes from the Babraham Bioinformatics course here.
Converting between formats
SVG to PDF/PNG
To convert from a SVG to a PDF or a PNG using the convert function on the
command line is fussy, instead you can open inkscape and export it in either of
these formats. Just be careful to set up your page properties properly so that
it starts on a familiar scale.
Extracting figures from papers (in PDF)
Suppose there is a figure in a paper that you want to extract. There is a very easy and nice way to do this using inkscape.
- Open the PDF using inkscape. Make sure to import this via Poppler so it preserves the vector data.
- Use Object > Ungroup to split the elements of the page and delete those that you don't want.
- Re-group the remaining material and save it in the desired size and format.