Inkscape Star Map Tutorial: How to Make Custom Night Sky Art with Free Stellarium Charts
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- ***Right click download feature in Stellarium has been disabled. Screen grab the desired area instead please. *** Inkscape step-by-step beginner-intermediate tutorial on how to create a custom Star Chart - Night Sky Star Map wall art as seen on Etsy. Follow along in this Inkscape screen capture showing how to:
1. Use Stellarium for star chart map data. *Right click download feature has been disabled. Screen grab desired area instead.
2. Create specific dimensions to your map and poster/ wall art border.
3. Make a vector file from the Stellarium data inside of Inkscape.
4. Clean up the star map using Trace Bitmap and the Bezier Pen tool in Inkscape
5. Add an azimuth spherical grid over your star map with the Polar Grid tool.
6. Clip and Crop your stars to fit the night sky background.
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WOW! Really nice vid Rick...TY very much! As a side note you met your wife exactly 2 months to the day that the love of my life passed away. We had 40 years together. I hope you and yours have many happy years together also.
Thanks for the kind words. 40 years together is a true love story. Sorry to hear of your loss.
Nice video, and sweet story!
Thank you! I should make another one of these.
hi , i can't download or save with right click
I forgot to press like so came back.😉👍
Thank you! I really appreciate it!
Nice tutorial, keep going man.. new sub here.
Thanks so much! I'll do my best.
It's showtime!
Haha. I love it.
4:46 Beetle Juice. LMAOO. Very cool. Thanks for making this
Aww - 'the date I met my wife' - Romantic ❤ (with a capital R). PS -thanks for the tutorial.👍
Haha. Thanks! Special day!
Thanks for the tut. love it! I can't get the lattice deformation to work properly. When the move from the center the "circles" don't move from their position the rest of it does. I suspect may be because I do not have the perimeter option.
nevermind I updated my Inkscape and it works now.
Thanks! Glad to hear the update solved it. Good thinking. I love Inkscape quirks and all.
@@IronEchoDesign I had no idea how powerful this software is until I started watching your videos and the way you explain things is amazing and to the point, I have binged all your videos in the last few days!
Oh man, thank you so much!
great tutorial, it will be great if you do tutorial about making interstellar objects like a nebula, galaxy etc :D
Thanks! Like a nebula and other interstellar objects as vector art? Great idea. I'll see what I can do.
@@IronEchoDesign yeah vector art :)
Okay, cool. I'll play around with some ideas. Thanks for the suggestion.
@@IronEchoDesign Yes please!!
Thank you for the amazing tutorial. Btw, you should beware - you said "betelguese" 3 times! 😂😂
Well, when I click right click there is no option for saving images. Do you know what's the problem? I've justed all data (place, date, time), get the sky but there is no option for saving the image.
Thanks for the update. I just logged in and tested it out, and you're right. It looks like Stellarium disabled the ability to right-click to save the image. A regular screen capture will still work for the project, but now it's an extra step. Also, I tried creating a Stellarium account to see if that would enable the right-click feature, but it's still not working. They do mention on the login page that sharing and downloading are coming soon. Thanks very much for the heads-up on this. If you need help on how to screen capture for now, let me know. Happy to help.
would it be possible to make a tutorial on how your have your inkscape workspace set up, what each tool is and what they do? i just downloaded it and i am having a hard time following along with your videos :(
Yes. I uploaded the Inkscape Quickstart Guide last month. I go through setup and all the main tools. Let me know if it helps!
Hey brother ! Awsome video. But please tell us the font details of the Date time and venue you chose
Thanks! I double checked and the font used in this video is Arial. Arial Heavy for the bold text and Arial Normal for the rest. I try to use fonts that everyone already has or has access to for free. Hope this helps!
I've designed the whole thing, now how do I get it printed ? I tried saving it but it just shows a blank page
Nice work! Here's some steps that may help... 1. Group your whole design. 2. Make sure you see the black arrows and hash marks showing its all grouped and selected. 3. Choose File - Export PNG Image. 4. Export Menu will show up. Choose Export Area SELECTION. 5. Click Export As. 6. Type in a file name on the export pop up, and click SAVE. 7. Most important- Back in the Inkscape Export Menu, you'll see the EXPORT button. You have to click this button to actually make the export happen. 8. Your project is now saved as a PNG file that you can open and print. Hope this helps. Let me know how it goes! Edit: I also have a tutorial on my channel that shows the steps visually if you want to check it out.
What font is that?
just wanted to see if it is possible for you to do another night sky tutorial with a different background or style
Absolutely. I'll do another one for the next video. Thanks for the suggestion.
@@IronEchoDesign Thanks for the quick response, this one looks amazing but also are you please able to show us how to make the print more densely packed with stars? Look forward to it :)
Sure. I'm recording the tutorial tonight, and I'll include a couple ways to add more density of stars.
@@IronEchoDesign Thank you!!!
Shame the right click has been disabled, I tried a screenshot, and taking into Illustrator, but Illustrator can't seem to pick up the detail!
I know. You could try adjusting the brightness cutoff almost to the extreme in Trace Bitmap. Still not perfect though.
Hello, I did not use right-click, what I suppose to do? 😕
Right click seems to be disabled. You can screenshot the star area that you want to use and the rest of the steps are the same. Hope this helps!
I cant seem to download from the Stellarium web
Stellarium took the feature away. If you can screen grab the part of the sky you want, the process still works when you put it into Inkscape. Let me know if you want help with screen grab options!
@@IronEchoDesign Thank you for ya quicl reply. Much appreciated
Anytime!
Hi, I am not able to download the image via right click. Is it same for you?
Yes. Unfortunately, they took away the feature. Best option is to screenshot the area of night sky that you want. Then bring into Inkscape just like the video. Hope this helps!
@@IronEchoDesignYes. I did the same. It worked. Thank you!! :)
Nice!
I'm guessing that since they disabled right-click, they really don't want us taking screenshots, either. Brings up an ethical issue for me. It's my mother's fault. : (
I'm not sure why the right click is gone. The site says the star data is free to use. They are actually pulling the info themselves from free data sources. I'd still credit them if I used the star chart in a commercial project. Great work on your star map you shared by the way!
bro i cant save image from stellarium web
They tool away the feature. Best solution is to take a screenshot. Then bring the screenshot image into Inkscape. Hope this helps!
Is inkscape for free?🥺
Yes! Free. Inkscape.org is the website. It's a great open-source program!