Inkscape Beginner Tutorial: Inner Shadow Effect
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ค. 2024
- Create an inner shadow effect that gives the appearance as if the subject is carved into the surface.
This tutorial is for Inkscape version 0.92 and is intended to teach beginners how to use the software. Inkscape is a great free alternative to Illustrator and Corel Draw.
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I think of myself as a beginner/intermediate Inkscape user and for me this was one of those videos, which you start watching thinking "Pfff, that's sooooo simple.. I can do that with a blink of an eye, why is he even recording this?"
But after few minutes it's "wait, why is he...
..what?
Can you do that?!
How did he came up with this?!"
and I'm back to being just a humble padawan.
lol sometimes things aren't as simple as they appear. I encounter that all the time.
Some people don't know this yet and appreciate this being recorded.
@@SKSith You should click "*Read more*".
Same here. Inkscape has so may ways of doing the same thing, and then Nick always uses the one that I didn't think of... and it's 10 times better.
@@eldelacajita yup
IF YOU WANT TO USE THIS METHOD ON A WORD, select the word => ungroup => select all the letters => object to path => select them all again => union (in the path section) => continue with the tutorial like you would with the letter
Richard, please help me with applying the inner shadow technique to a whole word. The written instructions below were derived directly from Nick's video for a single letter. I have no problem applying an inner shadow to a single letter (steps 7-21 below); however, when I incorporate your method for a whole word at the beginning (steps 1-6), I am unable to get it to work. I'm sure it is something about your method that I just don't understand, so I'm asking you to please re-write the instructions below with specific steps for a whole word.
1. Select the word
2. Ungroup*
3. Select all the letters**
4. Object to Path***
5. Select them all again
6. Union****
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7. Select the letter
8. Object to Path
9. Ungroup
10. Draw a black rectangle over letter with 50% opacity
11. Select and drag over rectangle and letter [all object selected]
12. Align & Distribute
13. Shift-click on rectangle to deselect [letter remains selected]
14. Cntrl-D to duplicate letter
15. Shift-click rectangle [all objects selected]
16. Difference
17. Click letter > Cntrl-D and fill with red with 50% opacity]
18. Click rectangle and position for shading
19. Shift-click letter
20. Object > Clip > Set
21. Opacity 100%, Blur 20%
* STATUS BAR DISPLAYS: "No groups to ungroup in the selection"
** Inkscape will not allow me to select letters individually, only the whole word
*** STATUS BAR DISPLAYS: "Group of 3 objects in layer"
**** STATUS BAR DISPLAYS: "One of the objects is not a path..."
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I happened to come across your channel a few days ago. It was my first time encountered a tool called Inkscape. I was totally amazed. I had just downloaded the latest version 1.2.2. There are a lot new features, that I could not find some of the features you mentioned, however, I can mentioned this very first project. I had learned how to figure out how to follow along your video, by stopping, rewinding and repeating your every single step. Thank you so much, even I do not think you will read the comments any more. I leave comments to show appreciation and others can be encouraged too. I will learn from every one of your tutorials to improve my skill and speed. Thanks again.
Your tutorials are great and your skills in inkscape are amazing! Thank you.
Needless to say... thank you so much for these tutorials :) been watching so much and was able to get a good grasp of inkscape now. :)
My number one priority after receiving your notification is to watch your video as soon as possible. Great tutorial as always and keep up the good work.
That's some incredible support, thank you!
Wow, I've discovered your channel a few weeks ago and now im really looking forward every new video. Great videos and thanks for all your thought work!
I just made 6 logos to use for my avatar and to embed in gameplay videos that I will start uploading soon all because of watching your tutorials on GIMP and Inkspace. Keep up the good work and we will continue to watch your great tutorials.
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I loved following this tutorial! Thanks Nick :D
first step in the design world you are the person who let me do my first step nick
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I’m so glad I found your channel. Thank you! Liking, subscribing, and sharing!
Brilliant! Your tutorials are top notch!
Love your teaching man, great work. I'm sure you already know, but man it's a great help. Thanks
You are an absolutely amazing teacher! Keep that shit up! Thank you so much! Videos are super easy to follow. I’ve learned everything i know about gimp and inkscape through you! You’re my hero :)
I had learnt to use inkscape by using your tutorials many years ago and then I forgot. Then I have come back now I am learning from you again. The only thing I remember is certainly Nick Saporito.
Gracias amigo eres el unico que he visto con un curso tan completo del programa inkscape, saludos desde Ecuador!!
Just discovered this channel and it is awesome keep up the great work/tutorials
Thank you, welcome aboard!
This is great- I really appreciate you giving task examples that I can work on along with you, because all of the in-depth tutorials that just say "here's this button, & it's useful for examples 1, 2, & 3. Now this next button is called..." leave me zoning out & unable to retain any of it. I am actually learning from you, though. Keep up the great work!
Thank you, I've been trying to figure it out by myself, and it's not as easy as I thought.
Good video as ever. A tip for clipping: Always group the object(s) you want to put inside the other -- even if it’s only one object. Doing so you can select the clipped object with ctrl+click and alter or move it inside the clipped area without having to release the clip first.
Easy & Usual , thank you Nick !
I am starting to watch your tutorial from today. Hope it will be so helpful
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Thankyou, this was very instructive
Nice tutorial. Thanks
Thank you very much, as always! nice tips and tricks. :) thumbs up!
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Thank you for your tutorial
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Thanks a lot for the tutorial.
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thank you you are very neat to make tutorial like this. there are 55 tutorial for inkscape until now. sory for my bad english.
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I really like you tutorials and it helped me a lot
Great video!
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Holy criminy. I've used Inkscape on and off and I know I'm no designer, but I assumed some of the jankiness of my results was because of Inkscape. Even a nearly two-year-old video--meaning using an earlier version of Inkscape--demonstrates that it's skill, not the tool, that's lacking.
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I like your videos . From where you got these awesome ideas
thanks for tutorial
to anyone that have problem with the text and rectangle cut out, after you convert the text in to path, you must ungroup it with ctrl + u then you can continue the step.
Thank You
thank you !!
Hello. Thank you so much for video.
I have a question. when i use object clip, the action appeared the other way around with yours.
That is, the white part was left...
i tried to change the order of the selection.
But the result was same..
Nice! Keep it up!
U are great!!!!! thanks
Thanks for another great video. It takes a little rewinding for me, but its clicking into place. What resources did you use to learn so much about this program?
thanks for video
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Thanks!
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Hello Mr. Nick. Can you elaborate more what does the object clip do? Does it work like path intersction or is it similar to a mask? Thanks.
Just want to add for anyone like myself who wanted to do multiple letters, before you do the duplicate & path -> difference, be sure to select all the letters (not the background though) and group them with ctrl + g.
It's good to also group those objects and then when you enter the group, you can still move the shadow without moving the clip mask with it ;)
I want to learn graphic designing but i can't afford those expensive softwares so i installed Inkscape but its lil difficult to work on Inkscape as i found watching tutorials. i found your Master Class course but i dont have money to pay for the course. Maybe i'll buy it in future.
What if we want to use several objects, may be two? When I hit difference the rectangle just disappears...
Hi Nick I am a great fan of you.I really like your tutorials.I am studying on Kerala,India on 10 th std.I have a lesson to make saucer and tea cup .Your tutorials gavee me some use.Thank you .pls reply
I have been thinking that a cutout or embossed look might be best for my logo. Even if I can use this tutorial with .91 to create something more visually pleasing, my logo will probably still be lacking a few things. Hopefully I can hire help soon.
6:20 - TIME, I am not able to get that thin border as you explained in this tutorial, please guide me on how to get a thinner outline
4:27 when want to trying drag like you im drag everything how come?
I just downloaded Inkscape today. It said it was the latest version. I followed everything you did from the very beginning but, my version does look different from yours. I never got nodes on my letter when you did. I tried several times by rewinding and rewatching. I will keep watching your videos but I feel like it goes too fast for someone who has never even seen Inkscape before. I appreciate you putting out the training videos. Maybe you can recommend another you have that might be suitable for the absolute beginner. Thank you.
Can I do this with any design or does it have to be a solid ungrouped object? I tried to create the shadow effect with the B logo in your first Inkscape beginner tutorial, but it didn’t work.
Do the colors you use in these kind of tutorials matter in terms of final result?
The question is: at the end of tutorial HOW TO MERGE the two layers, i.e.: A shape and inner shadow???
My Brain the entire video: "Where is the layers window? Is there even a layers window?"
How did you minimize the Fill and Stroke panel? , and also my clip -> set deletes the object after how can I prevent it? TIA
Logos By Nick, by chance do you know how to add extensions like the Belzer envelope for the Windows 10 64 bit?!? Thanks/
that was easy
hi Nick, thank you for this tutorial and I'm wondering what the version of Inkscape that you are using? give me the download link if it possible thanks
He's using 0.92, which is from 2017. 2020 has an 2 updates. Here's the link for 0.92.5 inkscape.org/release/inkscape-0.92.5/
is it possible to snap objects to other objects like it is done in Illustrator?
When I do it it looks more like a normal object with a shadow rather than an "ingrained" object. Any tips for that?
EDIT: It took me 2 seconds after posting the question to connect the dots, for some reason I had moved the box above the red A. If you do that you get "normal" shadow. If the letter A is above the square as you set the clip, it forms an "inward" shadow. Hope this saves another soul x
which version of inkscape are you using
Now I'd like to see how to recreate "Bevel and Emboss" effects known from Photoshop - those seem to be much more complicated… :q
I do what you do on the tutorial but why I can't do difference on my ink scape?
Nick Saporito your videos are amazing and I try to watch everyone but I have I idea for a video I would love to see... how do you do your opening youtube intro
you can do it on Adobe Aftereffects . & also there are plenty of couple ways too ..
What if I have an EPS image that was originally saved with shadowing AND a white background. When I go to remove the white background... I can remove the white background in other free software but it fails to remove the white behind the shadowing of course & leaves a white/grey blob at the bottom of the image. I'm sure there is any easy way to fix this but I'm stuck. I'm learning but right now I bring the image back to Inkscape & remove each path 1 by 1 because I had a hard time grouping them together, to many objects in the total design.
After clip/set I increase blur, but the blurring on mine is projecting to the outside of the a. Yours is preserving a hard edge around the a and the blur is projected to the inside of the letter. How can I fix this?
CAN WE CHANGE A PNG IMAGE OR TIF IMAGE TO VECTOR WITH A DIFFERENT H/W RATIO
CAN WE CHANGE ANY IMAGE TO VECTOR FORM USING INKSCAPE
I think I need something a little more basic to start with ! any suggestions...cheers.
Some of you may make mistake by not ungroup the text as I made. If you don't ungroup the text then path- difference will not work.
The music reminds me of Captain America! 👌
How do you apply this shadow if you use a long word not just “a” ?
You should use the same method, but make sure you have the whole text as 1 path.
How did you add a stroke only to the inner part of the rectangle?? There's no stroke on the outer perimeter.
Can you explain what the clip tool does and also from next time just explain all the tools pls. Great vid nonetheless
Do you have drop shadow videos? I want use drop shadow please
4:40 I'm not sure why this happens, but every time I am trying to achieve this shadow effect, the path difference added to previous two objects - square and A gets removed. Anyone can help me with that?
Hey Nick, quick question. When I try to slightly move the red A, I get this indicator and an "X" that says "cusp node to cusp node". This will not let me put the red A slightly offset. Have any advice? Thanks.
After watching more of your videos I think that I just needed to un-click on the "snap cusp nodes" button at the top
How can I make my windows as small and compact?
How to change a Font, it does not work when I go to Text>Text&Fonts and choose another
Which version are using?
Hi Nick! I'm just getting started with Inkscape but I've noticed that the way it's set up on my computer, I don't see all the icons you do near the top of the window. This makes it harder for me to locate the same tools you use in your videos. Any idea how I can change this?
Those icons might be on the right of your screen. Try going to View -> Custom
Why does the line thickness change when by itself while I draw with a free hand in Inkscape? Can I stop that from happening? how?