One way to create a path is to draw it by hand. For this reason, vector artwork can be scaled without a loss of quality while maintaining a very small file size, quite a winning combination! Vector artwork and shapes are all based on paths which are mathematically defined points, lines and curves used to build anything you can imagine: UI elements, illustrations and more. If you ever need to unlock it, click the padlock icon in the Layer List (or you can right-click the shape and choose Unlock Layer from the contextual menu). This prevents you from accidentally moving or selecting the image.

Locate the Arrange menu at the top of your screen and then choose Lock Layer.Fading this image creates virtual “tracing paper” which will allow you to easily layer your vector shapes on top. Click inside the Opacity field and press Shift + the down arrow until you reach 50%.This trick of using the up or down arrows works within *any* field in Sketch. (You could have also scaled the image manually by clicking any corner and dragging to the center.) Get some practice with this and bring the Width of the image down to 600 pixels. If you want to speed up the process, press and hold the Shift key and now it will scale downwards 10 pixels at a time. This scales the logo down one pixel at a time. In the Inspector, click within the Width field and then press the down arrow on your keyboard.

Sketch for mac proportional scale text