You can use any handle and manipulate it. You don’t have to select a Mesh Node to use any of the Node Handles. Whenever a Mesh Node is selected, the Mesh Handles turn to triangles. The further away from the Mesh Node’s original position, the harder an edge that will be created in the direction that you move it. Plus you can move them where ever you please.

Why? Because Mesh Nodes are the points within your gradient mesh that control the color. Double-click on a vector object and it’ll create a new set of vectors with nodes and strange-looking handles.

Basic FunctionsĬ&EM functions much like the Mesh Tool in Illustrator. It has an odd-looking icon, like it represents a warp tool.

The C&EM tool is located within the Main Toolspanel on the left-hand side of the screen, right below the Create and Edit Gradients tool. I’ll start with a brief rundown on this new tool.

It pretty much behaves like the Mesh Tool in Adobe Illustrator, with the exception of having a convoluted name. It allows Inkscape users to create and edit gradient meshes. The latest release of Inkscape (version 0.92.3) brought aboard the much anticipated Create And Edit Meshes Tool (C&EM).

Inkscape gradient bevels