Tuesday 13 January 2009

Video Tutorial - Setting Inkscape's Default Page Properties

When I was making last night's video, I thought to myself "maybe some people will wonder how Inkscape always starts up with a 12x12 page on my computer" and thought I might do a short video on how to set that up. Then today, someone asked about that very thing, so I knew it was a good idea! :)

UPDATE April 2015
I received a comment on this post today, saying that this technique no longer works on Inkscape v. 0.91 (the current latest version at time of writing). I have stuck with version 0.48 ever since I installed it so I thought I'd better install the new version and check it out for myself! I installed v. 0.91 and the process for setting up the default page size to 12", as shown in the video below, still works just fine as far as I can see, it's worked for me anyway.

33 comments :

Melissa said...

Thank you! I think Inkscape should be paying you

Tammy said...

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I don't use inkscape that often but that drove me crazy that I had to change it to what I wanted every time.

Switcher said...

Great video, Dan.

Anonymous said...

Wonderful information, Dan.
Truly appreciate it!
Thank you!

Emma said...

Excellent. Thanks for that.

Anonymous said...

Dan,
It is so good to see you back at your old self. I missed you through the holidays.
Thank you so much for all you do.
Tammy

Leon1234 said...

Hey, how are you doing? Hope all is well.

CraftyJAR said...

Great video, but do you have any idea how to do this with a MAC?

Anonymous said...

Thank you again for your tremendous knowledge of Inkscape and SCAL

Hels Sheridan said...

Ah Dan you are so clever hun, if I was clever enough then I would understand it all but I am not, so I don't but I feel that I know a little bit more now thanks to your tutorial! Hugs xx

Michelle said...

Thank you so much Dan! That was a very helpful video tutorial. I hope you will post more in the future. It was very clear and easy for even a blonde to understand!
Thanks again Dan! Keep up the good work...we all truely appreciate it as you can see!
Michelle

Sheri said...

Thank you Dan...I just completed my first inkscape tutorial...all because of your generosity!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the wonderful tutorial.

Anonymous said...

thanks for ALL your tutorials and freebies and files!!!!!! You are AWESOME!!!!
Shawn

Kay said...

Thx Dan, for this tip and all the other goodies!
For Mac users, the process is similar but to find the defalt.svg file, go to the Finder, Choose "Go to Folder" from the go menu and type
/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/templates
That'll put you in the right folder and you can follow Dan's instrux from there.

Dan said...

Thanks for the Mac tips Kay! :)

Laurieinaz said...

Thanks for showing us that. I followed along and it worked great...now to figure out how to make a rectangle. mine doesn't show up like yours did in your previous video on the card.

Melissa S said...

thnak you so much for this information. I never would have figured this out on my own.

Wendy Kidd said...

You make me feel so smart when I can actually do this stuff! I was able to follow right along with the video and make the changes. Thanks for helping to reduce Inkscape's intimidation factor. Hope your toothache is better soon!

Kris said...

Thank you Dan so much for sharing your knowledge of this program, you make something that looks so daunting at first glance, so much simpler to understand...Thankyou :)

Tina Johnston said...

thanks, Dan. This is the first thing I've done in Inkscape. LOL. I just got my Expression Jan. 6.
Tina

Jen said...

Thanks so much Dan. Very helpful!!

I hope you are back to your healthy, happy, helpful and creative self soon. Take care!

Kris said...

Thank you very much.

Her Tale In Time said...

ah thank you! that was so simple!! TY TY TY

chrissg said...

Thanks so much for this tutorial. It is very easy to follow and will make my life alot easier.

Jenny said...

What a great tutorial, thanks so much I am so glad I have found your site.

Anonymous said...

Thank you a million times, I have been changing the page constantly.
I agree with Melissa. Inkscape should pay you your Awesome
Pmama

ma11achy said...

Great! Was looking for something exactly like this. Concise and to the point. Thanks Dan!

Anonymous said...

thank you this is amazing!
you are a very talented individual with amazing communication skills and the ability to make things crystal clear and easy to follow :)

Sabra said...

Thank you Dan,
I am just trying to learn inkscape and this is the first video I've watched that actually makes sense. Thank you so much. Will be watching the rest of yours as soon as possible.

Bee's hive said...

thank you thank you!

Soraya said...

I don't remember whether I posted here to thank you before, but I'll do it now anyway. Thank you very much for this fantastic tutorial. I miss your tutorials, by the way.

Happy crafting!

Lorraine said...

April 4th 2015 version 0.91 this can not be done :(

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