Hi there, It's also handy to make just one page.. Save it as SVG and then drag that page into a document, Inkscape will ask what to do. You can select add as new page. So you are not stuck to just 4 pages, need a new one add one 🙂
Loved the video. It took me an hour to do what you did in minutes. Namely, it took me a while to find the Add Page button (had to click Create and Edit Documents, which I likely missed) and I didn't realize -.25 meant to subtract -.25 from my page trim level. What would clear things up for me is if the other values like y should be zero because mine weren't. Also, my box is black and yours is blue (something forums couldn't solve for me). I will be subscribing. I was expected to do Bleed, so it was a surprise to me that this is the setting for no bleed.
Sorry for the late reply, in the guides dialog box there is a tick box for relative changes, this should be ticked, so the values are relative to the current position. The colour of the box is the colour you set for the path, a simple way to change the colour is to click on one of the colour swatches at the bottom of the screen (while the path is selected) you can change the stroke colour(outline) by holding down shift and clicking on a swatch.
To get it to work correctly, you need to do everything I do. So make the rectangle the same size as the page + the gap, then snap it to the mid points so it sits half across the gap between the pages. Uncheck the 'Use saved size and position of tiles' then create your clones. Then check the 'Use saved size and position of tiles' box - so Inkscape remembers the positions of the clones. You can then press remove, then follow the rest of the instructions and when you create you clones again they should be in the same positions as before so the spacing is correct.
Thanks. This is the video that taught me to create my book in Inkscape. The rectangle and snapping was so useful. The only thing is that when the pages become many the file size is so huge it becomes slow so then I had to start another file.
I'm glad to hear my video helped. Inkscape does tend to slow down as your file size and complexity increases. As you've done, its probably better to produce large projects in section, then stitch them together at the end. So where can people buy your books?
Thanks for sharing this Tutorial, it's really helpful, I hope you make more videos about amazon kdp interior content, for example design planners, calendars and especially about the CMYK color, we know that inkscape doesn't support this color profile, thanks for your time 🔥❤️
I'm confused my inkscape version has the CMYK feature in addition to others like RGB...does this mean that It doesn't work or they added it lately coz I installed it like a month or two
I'm just using the dark version of the HighContrast theme with the multicolour icons, I've set the layout of my tool bars by going to View and unchecking the Wide Screen box at the bottom and I've enlarged the icons by going to Edit - Preference - Interface (click on the triangle infront to get the drop down menu) then Toolbars, you can tweak the settings there.
Hi there,
It's also handy to make just one page.. Save it as SVG and then drag that page into a document, Inkscape will ask what to do. You can select add as new page. So you are not stuck to just 4 pages, need a new one add one 🙂
Thanks for the tip, I've pinned your comment as I expect others will find that helpful. 👍
Thank you so much for your help! I followed your tutorial and made a booklet!
Glad it was helpful
Another great tutorial - thank you !
You're welcome
Loved the video. It took me an hour to do what you did in minutes. Namely, it took me a while to find the Add Page button (had to click Create and Edit Documents, which I likely missed) and I didn't realize -.25 meant to subtract -.25 from my page trim level. What would clear things up for me is if the other values like y should be zero because mine weren't. Also, my box is black and yours is blue (something forums couldn't solve for me). I will be subscribing. I was expected to do Bleed, so it was a surprise to me that this is the setting for no bleed.
Sorry for the late reply, in the guides dialog box there is a tick box for relative changes, this should be ticked, so the values are relative to the current position. The colour of the box is the colour you set for the path, a simple way to change the colour is to click on one of the colour swatches at the bottom of the screen (while the path is selected) you can change the stroke colour(outline) by holding down shift and clicking on a swatch.
great tutorial sir, one question that it seems the guides on other pages are not equally distanced like the original one!?
To get it to work correctly, you need to do everything I do.
So make the rectangle the same size as the page + the gap, then snap it to the mid points so it sits half across the gap between the pages.
Uncheck the 'Use saved size and position of tiles' then create your clones.
Then check the 'Use saved size and position of tiles' box - so Inkscape remembers the positions of the clones.
You can then press remove, then follow the rest of the instructions and when you create you clones again they should be in the same positions as before so the spacing is correct.
thanks for tutorials bro
My pleasure
Thanks. This is the video that taught me to create my book in Inkscape. The rectangle and snapping was so useful. The only thing is that when the pages become many the file size is so huge it becomes slow so then I had to start another file.
I'm glad to hear my video helped. Inkscape does tend to slow down as your file size and complexity increases. As you've done, its probably better to produce large projects in section, then stitch them together at the end.
So where can people buy your books?
Nice and Simple. Thanks!
You're welcome!
Thanks for sharing this Tutorial, it's really helpful, I hope you make more videos about amazon kdp interior content, for example design planners, calendars and especially about the CMYK color, we know that inkscape doesn't support this color profile, thanks for your time 🔥❤️
Yes I do plan to make more videos on kdp interiors. Thanks for the comments. I'll look into the colour options.
@@CreateForFree and about book cover too, and tutorials about designing tshirts and other POD products like posters, wall arts..
I'm confused my inkscape version has the CMYK feature in addition to others like RGB...does this mean that It doesn't work or they added it lately coz I installed it like a month or two
Thanks for the video, Very helpful 💯
You're welcome.
Very nice tutorial! Thanks a lot!
helpful! How to create brand guidelines pages and size means for each page like logo variants, fonts , color codes ,mockup etc.?
can we make portfolio in inscape
what is the inkscape theme you are using?
I'm just using the dark version of the HighContrast theme with the multicolour icons, I've set the layout of my tool bars by going to View and unchecking the Wide Screen box at the bottom and I've enlarged the icons by going to Edit - Preference - Interface (click on the triangle infront to get the drop down menu) then Toolbars, you can tweak the settings there.
why 9 x 12 i thought it was 8.5 x 11
That's just the page size I decided to create for this example, you can make your 8.5 X 11 if that's the size you want to use.
@@CreateForFree thanks for the tutorial. Can you please do a tutorial about creating book cover in inkscape for kdp?
yeah I would have done it the same way
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awesome! A little too fast
Sorry, hope you found it helpful though.
Very nice tutorial! Thanks a lot!
You're welcome, hope it was useful