Just know that depending on when the Street View car was driving by, you might end up having people in the pictures you'll be using!
#How to make a new inkscape template mac
Google Street View: you can just make your own screen captures of an angle you like, a monument that has a special meaning for you using tools like the Snipping Tool if you're using Windows or the ? if you're using a Mac computer.These two search engines are a great place to find pictures under Creative Commons licenses. Wikimedia Commons and FlickR: No matter how un-scenic you might think someplace is, I would bet there are pictures of it on Wikimedia Commons.For an easy way to find pictures of Overland Park we can use, we can go back to your search for inspiration materials from earlier, as well as: Let's give you an example with beautiful Overland Park (where the Central Resource Library and the Black & Veatch MakerSpace are located). Now that we have a postcard template, and that we have a rough idea of what makers up in a vintage postcard, it's time to look for pictures and graphics to make up our custom design! Random - It's always nice to have a layer whereĬheck the gallery above for an example of what your layers setup should look like!.Landmark text - This is where your landmark text will go.Greetings from - This will be the layer for our "Greetings from" text.Landmark picture - This is where your landmark picture(s) will go.Card background - This is where we will keep the background of the postcard.Reference pictures - We will put all our reference pictures there.
You can add new layers by clicking on the + icon in the Layers tool. Open the Layers menu with Layer > Layers. Using layers doesn't always make sense for very small projects, but as soon as your projects become complicated they will make your life so much easier - so it's definitely worth using them early in on! Think of layers as several sheets of transparent paper on top of each other: if you want to experiment with a part of your design (change one set of words but not another), if you want to group elements that all belong to the same family (all your reference pictures together), you can do that with several layers. Next, let's use Layers to organize your document. Type in the width and height you chose (in our example, we'll be using the maximum measurements from the USPS).Change the units to inches using the drop down menu.In order to change your Inkscape file to the the right size: No more than 4-1/4 inches high, by 6 inches long and 0.016 inches thick.At least 3-1/2 inches high x 5 inches long x 0.007 inch thick.Next, let's tweak that document to match the right size for a postcard! According to the United States Postal Services website, a postcard should be: Start a new document, then go to File > Save to save it - ideally in the same folder where you saved all your reference! Now that we know what we are looking for in a good old postcard, it's time to create our template in Inkscape! Keep digging into your search results until you find something you like and make sure to save all the pictures that inspire you! We will import some of them in Inkscape later for reference, so you don't have to search for them again when you need them. The background of the postcard is often a solid color, a color gradient and sometimes a drawing - a city skyline, a state or city flower or emblem.The inside of the landmark's letters is often decorated with pictures, photochrom pictures or drawings of the area.The name of the landmark, city or state is usually in big bold letters.On a postcard, the words "Greetings from" are usually in the top left corner of the postcard in a smaller or cursive font.You can also see the results of our DuckDuckGo search with links to several collections here. When you start a project from scratch, it's always a good idea to look around for inspiration! A quick search on your favorite search engine's Images section with keywords like vintage postcards greetings from should bring up a lot of examples that match what we are trying to make: you can find the results page for our own Google search here and in the gallery above.Īnother place to look for inspiration is Pinterest - just add "Pinterest" to your keywords to bring up collections users have built to share, or search directly on the website.
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