Everything you need to know to get started with Inkscape for ANY laser. If you can't afford the expensive subscription to the Adobe Creative Cloud then Inkscape is a great alternative for vector editing outside of your laser software. In this video we take you step by step through the basics of creating laser friendly artwork with this FREE alternative. It's a powerful and feature packed piece of open source software and while it's a bit less user friendly than some others we've looked at you certainly can't beat the price!

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0:00 - Intro 1:14 - Document Setup 2:36 - SVG Export Settings 3:33 - Text Tool 6:00 - Path Effects - Prep 7:18 - Path Effects - Envelope Deformation 8:48 - Path Effects - Lattice Deformation 9:09 - Combine Text Elements 9:44 - Perspective/Envelope 10:50 - Finalizing Path Effects 12:15 - Basic Transformations 13:40 - Layer and Group Management 16:14 - Circle Text - Outer Text 18:43 - Circle Text - Hollow Circle 19:06 - Circle Text - Inner Text 22:09 - Circle Logo Customizations 23:38 - Basic Alignment 25:03 - Vector Inversion - Start 26:58 - Layer Cleanup and Boolean Prep 32:03 - Vector Inversion - Finish 35:03 - Naming Layers 35:36 - Boolean Operations Overview 37:28 - Boolean Demo 39:34 - Corner Adjustments 45:00 - Cut Aways 47:04 - Image Trace Simple - Overview 49:10 - Image Trace Advanced - Overview 49:47 - Image Trace Advanced - Upscaling 54:31 - Image Trace Advanced - Final Trace 56:54 - Document Cleanup 57:35 - Exporting for Lightburn 59:08 - Exporting for Ezcad 1:02:26 - Final Thoughts 1:03:26 - Outro - Supporting the Channel

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