Offset Text in Inkscape the easy way
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- How to use the Paint Bucket Tool in Inkscape to quickly give your text an offset (also called shadow, mat, border or margin) of a given width. For more information and step by step instructions, please visit cleversomeday.c... Important: If you are a beginner to Inkscape please watch my Paint Bucket Intro video first for more details on the Paint Bucket Tool, including how to get your defaults to match mine • Inkscape Paint Bucket ...
This is an older video, but in an endless sea of crappy crafting tutorials, I actually learned about something useful here. No crappy jingles or unnecessary talking, just straight to the point. Liked and subscribed. Thank you.
ABSOLUTELY THE BEST VIDEO! I have been wanting to do this technique for the longest, but could not figure it out. You have saved my sanity. THANK YOU, 😀
Thank you so much for making this video. I'm really new to Inkscape and this is the best way I've seen to create an offset.
I have watched quite a few TH-cam’s on using Inkscape to make shadow layers and this is by far the best one to date. I have not yet tried Inkscape because it just looked to involved and difficult to learn. You’ve made it simple and I think given me the courage to give it a shot. You are a blessing! Thank you!
You did an excellent job of breaking offset down. I so appreciate you and keep up the good work. I followed it and do it. I been trying for the longest while to find someone that really can teach, where you can watch, follow and understand on your first try. God bless. Thank you so much.
I know this is old, but this helped me and is the least complex solution i found. Thank you.
I was going crazy trying to figure out a simple way to do an offset. I am new to Inkscape. This tutorial was SO EASY, clear and simple to follow. Thank you so much!!!
Wow! You never cease to amaze me. I have learned so much from you over the years and I can't thank you enough for sharing your knowledge. You're videos are so well done and easy to follow. I have yet to learn the Silhouette program since I tend to do everything in Inkscape. Thanks again!!!
Easy to follow instructions as well as telling you why you are doing it that way. THANK YOU!
I need to block out a large amount of time to go to Kay University! This method works on an object, too! Thanks, Kay.
Thank you!! This is SO MUCH easier that the other methods I've tried!!! Clear and so very helpful.
I knew there had to be an easier way to accomplish this and this is by far the easiest way I've seen. Thanks for sharing it.
Thank you so much! After watching your other video about the Paint Bucket Tool defaults and following your instructions, I was able to create offsets for the names of each month of the year for a calendar I am designing. Your videos was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks again!
Precisely what I need. Thanks!
This is buy far the best video for me to understand. Thank you!!!
Can this be done in Silhouette Cameo? I'm new at it and have not did anything but print rhinestones image. Do you have any more video with the Cameo.
A big thank you, thank you , thank you. So easy and worked great. I never would have thought of using the paint bucket. I was able to edit the shape afterward to make it just what I wanted.
I have played with this today and finally got it working. Thank you so much for your tutorials
Amazing video! Thank you for teaching this in such a simple way. I do embroidery and vinyl, and this has made my life so much easier. I won't have to spend all day editing designs. Thank you!
Holy! How quick and simple is that! Great video. You earned my subscription!
An excellently produced video tutorial that I happened across by accident. Very clearly explained. Many thanks. Subscribed. 😂
I'm so glad you have this vid up still. Super instructions and I did it... thanks
yes!! been trying to figure out how to do this in inkscape for a while, awesome
OMG!!! This is THE MOST easiest informative Inkscape video I have ever watched. I never comment on TH-cam EVER I’ve had Inkscape for 2 years never been able to do anything until ROGHT now! Send me your banking info I’m depositing my life savings to you 🤣🤣🤣 ok maybe not but that’s how I feel right now. Damnnnnn LOVE THIS!
THANK YOU!
It worked pretty good. It certainly isn't perfect for all fonts (without more work). but this is super easy! Thank you!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Finally, a true offset for DS! So tired of all the "bleed" videos.
Your welcome, but I guess I should confess that it was me who started the bleed videos. I did the first one, almost as a joke, never imagining we would still need that clunky workaround 4 years later.
That is so funny! I promise I won't tell anyone! Thank you again!
Very easy and straight forward to emulate. Thank you
thank you so much. This is the on;y video that solved my problem regarding offset in cricut.
thank you, there is just something to add cause i took really a few time to understand the issue, there is THE COLOR BACKGROUND AND THE COUNTOUR . THE BACKGROUND SHOULD BE NONE AND THE COUNTOUR JUST PLAY ON THE COLOR YOU WANT YOU CAN FIND THEM IN THE BOTTOM GL
You're a life saver!! I needed a cutline for a laser cutter that was offset from a logo image. Voila!! Liked and subbed. Thank you.
Thank you for this video it has made it so much easier to follow
Thank you!!!! That was exactly what I was searching for!
An easy way to convert between inches and points is to set it to your desired size (say 1 inch) then change the dropdown to "pt" and it will change the 1 into a 72.
I never knew about this tool, and I use inkscape a lot. wow. Thank you!
john a. gorman .for me it is getting filled instead of outline. may i know how you did?
@@Smithaa1 you want to turn off fill and set a stroke color and stroke thickness for an outline under objects>fill & stroke
john a. gorman Got it. Thank you so much.
I finally have Inkscape up and running following your video, but when I use the paint can it doesn’t offset - it just makes the letters larger in a different color on top of the first color.
Please see the video description above for an introductory video that shows how to set your defaults to match mine.
Thank you! This video was super easy to follow!
Thank you so much! Worked like a charm for me.
Man, that helps me alot. Amazing how you figured that one out. Am definitely subscribing.
I cannot get it to work on mine. I'm using the new version unless it is just me...
Thank you! I think that might be the reason. Thank you for responding. I will look for your other video.
Absolutely awesome!!! I'm an Inkscape newbie so this is so helpful!! Thank you so very much!!! Definitely clicking that subscribe button!! 😍❤👏👍😍❤👏👍
finally got it so easy with your video. thank uuuu
Thank you for this great tutorial!
Genius! Thank you for sharing your tips with us.
You're the best for making this video! thank you!
Thanks for the video. It was truly helpful.
What am I doing wrong? When I click on the letter it changes it and just makes it big it doesn’t do the white with the border?
You likely have different defaults than mine. Please see the beginner video listed in the description above to learn how to change your defaults.
Thank you for all the work you do to share what you have learned with the rest of us. I learn so much from every video you share. Question, is this software going to allow me to cut images in CCR and Silhouette Cameo?
+Carol Horton Thanks for your nice comments. You can not use your own images in Cricut Craft Room at all, so this is mainly for Cricut Design Space. You do not need this for the Silhouette because the Silhouette software has its own easy to use fully adjustable offset tool
Perfect, simple and easy! tanks for sharing!!!
Excellent, nice and easy. Thank you
You are a life saver thank you! excellent video. have you any idea whether you cadn add an insta logo at the start and add that offset to that too?
I'm not sure what setting is off, I've followed your steps and it just fills my font with a blob of color. I do notice that in the top right corner my fill/stroke settings are opposite of yours, my fill bar is full and stroke says none. How do I fix these settings or this issue? I clicked the paintbrush at the top by close gaps to reset my settings to default but it didn't do anything :/ thank you
That just means your defaults for fill and stroke are different from mine. Please see the video likned in the desicription to learn how to change your defaults or just work in outline mode where fill and stroke won't matter.
Thank you so much for this video! Took me a bit to get the hang of it because I'm just learning how to use inkscape for more than converting jpg's to svg's. I had to figure out text first. LOL
Hi there fist off a BIG thankyou for sharing your knowledge here on Inkscape I have a plotter and pc that has Flexi sign loaded this needs EPS files to cut the vinyl I have converted clipart and other images from the net and vectorized them in Inkscape but when I try to edit these files in flexi sign there is a box around the images so this will not allow me to apply outline along with general sizing the images as the software sizes tt ohe box so this get very wastefull on vinyl . So Im sure this will be a easy fix when you know what you are doing .
Sorry I am not familiar with Flexisign, Mark. Is there a way to ungroup or release the design inside FS to delete the box, maybe. Or you might try saving as SVG and then converting to EPS via another route such as cloudconvert.com etc.
Thanks for repling so quickley there is a group and ungroup option in FS so I will give that a try but software is not my strong point so I do strugle when It comes to this side of my projects
Imagine having a problem, search the internet and see some random guy SEVEN YEARS AGO had a tutorial on this... Yep, thats my case. Thanks buddy xD
Thank you very much! This is so much easier! However, I don't get the outline - I just get the new color. When I send it back - it does show up as outline. Also, I used a different font and the word paradise. The inside of the letters did not fill in completely (leaving a white space). What is the fix for this? Thank you! Again, so much easier and a lot less steps! Have a great day!
To get an outline you need to change the defaults. Please see the description for a link to an introductory video that explains that. To get rid of gaps, change your grow/shrink setting or edit out the hole with the point editing tool as I show in the video, if you aren't familiar with other basic Inkscape editing techniques.
So quick and easy. Wonder if this way would work with an images?
Yes of course, this works with images, too.
I do not get an outline, it turns into a big blob letter, what setting do I need to change. Thank you this video is exactly what I have needed
You need to either reset your defaults for fill and stroke to match mine, or simply work in Outline View. Please see the description for this video for the link to an intro video if you don't know how to change your defaults.
Any help/suggestions if I am working on a PC....I don't have the same icons you have.
@@jennySundberg The reset button is in the same location, just to the right of the last pulldown, but it may have a different icon or be missing the icon altogehter.
Thank you I was able to do this on my MAC, which I do not use very often.
Really hoping you see this since the video has be up a while. I am having trouble saving the file and uploading to design space only one layer is saving can you help?
Duh I figure it out great video slow catching on lol
How come when I save it as either in ink scape or a plane svg’s it will not import into DS it says it’s not compatible
so I've been trying to learn to do this, and found this video. Only the video is almost 5 years old now, and it doesn't work for me, following the step by step as you do it. I want to be able to just put the line around a word, like the first time you click the paint can and click oh the word, then you went back and clicked the T and did it too. For me, it changes the whole letter to the color, and 'swells' the whole letter.
so what am I doing wrong, or has this been changed and done away with in updates through the years?
as noted in the description above, please see the Paint Bucket intro video to set your fill and stroke defaults to match mine.
So watching your video the first time I click the paint bucket I get the fill option color and the stroke is unset. I cannot figure out how to change the fill to none and setting the stroke
please see the description of this video for the link to an intro video that shows how to set your defaults.
Maybe I missed something in this tutorial, but say I make a word with 5 different layers. How do I do this but make each outline its own layer? Currently it treats everything as one layer which displays sub layers as transparent or makes the original layer below the larger outlines.
yes, each new path is on top of the last one in stacking order, so if you want them small to large you will need to reorder them (Extensions>Arrange>Restack>Based on Z-order tab>Reverse Z-order) or manually put them on their own layers.
I was excited to try this but when I click on the letter it doesn't create a thin line around it like your video. It just turns the letter a color and makes it a little bigger. Not sure what I'm doing wrong as I have watched several times and went step by step with you. Is it because your video is from a few years ago and it no longer works this way?
That is because your defaults are different than mine. Please watch the beginner video linked in the description above to learn how to change them or simply use the outline mode.
Great video but you have the wording already in the program. How do you get it in there with a font I have in Design Space?
You can't do this with Cricut fonts. For other fonts you would simply type in Inkscape and set the font you want.
Love your voice...nice tutorial.
I watched this many times and the paint bucket tutorial video too. I put in all you recommended settings. When I put the paint bucket on the letter as suggested my entire text (name) becomes a bubble version of my text. I don't get the thin shadow line around the text. Please help.
Soooo helpful! Thank you so so much.
when i get to clicking on the text inside the letter with paint bucket it doesnt put the outline around the letter. I noticed that i don't have the yellow circle around the paint bucket
Yellow circle is a highlighter for the video. Please see the intro to paint bucket video linked in the video description above for tips.
This didn't work for me, at least not until hitting the red X on the Color Palette (View -> Show/Hide -> Color Palette if you don't see the color palette) and using Outline mode (View -> Display Mode -> Outline)
Thank you
Thank you!
This was amazing!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
How can I make that one flat image to print then cut? I don’t want it to cut all the layers. Just make a sticker with the darkest blue being the outline the Cricut cuts.
Use File>Export PNG image.
awesome!! MUCH easier! TY TY TY!!!
How do you make it to where the Cricut won't cut each color separately and instead it all as one?
If you mean print then cut, the answer is to flatten to a solid shape. If you mean cut, then weld, which will change it all to one color.
When I click on my letter with the paint can, it makes a cloud the same color as my paint around the entire letter, not an offset like your pink bubble. What am I doing wrong?
you need to set your fill and stroke such that you can see the offset properly. Please see the video description above.
This is great! Thank you!
I am new in this program, I am trying to make a offset, I am following your procedures, but when I click in the letters to create a layer, almost the whole word turn into a color, what am I doing wrong? TYIA
that is because your fill and stroke are not the same as mine. if you are a beginner, please start with the beginner video referenced in the description above or use outline mode so fill and stroke will not matter.
Good Morning! Help! I watched this video last year and it changed my designing. It worked beautifully and I use this feature almost daily. I had to get a new laptop and now it won't work. My settings match yours but when I click on the text, it creates a filled shadow and not nearly as clean as it used to be. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?
It is likely your fill and stroke settings, but the easy workaround is to just work in Outline View where fill and stroke don't get in the way.
@@cleversomeday Thank you so much!!
Can you flatten this? That way your Cricut only cuts around the text in one simple flow?? I don’t want it cutting my text in each individual letter. Or it cutting it in each path, if that makes sense.
Beginner here!!
If you want to do a print then cut, just export from Inkscape as PNG, rather than SVG. This video shows that process. th-cam.com/video/IEG5GgZWBnw/w-d-xo.html
@@cleversomeday Thank you! I'm sooo new to this! I just downloaded inkspace~ :)
Hey there so I’m doing 5 layers of a word the first three are completely filled but the last two have an opening in the middle instead of being completely filled. What am I doing wrong?
@cleversomeday
Not sure what you are doing wrong, if anything, but easy to fix by breaking the path and then welding to remove unwanted interior openings.
Please help...when I hit shift it is NOT welding together...it makes a whole another offset and I have to delete all the clicks again.
Click the first one, hold down the shift key and keep holding it down as you click subsequent ones. If that doesn't work, no worries, just select all of them and Path>Union when you are done.
Thank you so much this is perfect and worked a treat, now just one question...... I am a scrapbooker how do i get this to print the word & cut out round the border in cricut DS? if you can answer that my life will be nearly complete lol.
All you would need to do is select both layers in DS and flatten. If you don't want the outer layer to print, change it to white before you flatten.
Thank you for the reply - works a perfectly now :)
You have fill at none before you even start and stroke with a Color. . My fill shows the black for touchdown . When I go to no paint makes it clear and not a solid . I can’t seem to get it like yours
Please watch the intro video referenced in the description above to learn how to set your defaults like mine; or just work in Outline mode.
I can’t get the “node mode” to show up. The bubble keeps separating the beginning of the word from the end
Be sure you are holding down the shift key when making additional clicks with the bucket.
When I try this, it just makes random blobs of color. I was really hoping I'd come here and at least one other person said same thing but I guess it's just me? Meh.
It really is the same problem others are having, just manifesting differently. Your defaults and settings are not the same as mine and need to be adjusted. Be sure to watch my Paint Bucket Basics video to learn how to do that. Link is in the description of this video.
June I got random blobs too lol
Change the defaults you are using for the Paint Bucket Tool, or change the fill and stroke after you click, or just use the Outline View so you can ignore all that.
June Me too
if you get a blob of color, that is the fill color. X out the fill and you will be left with a stroke line
I’m having trouble exporting.. I believe I followed all the steps correctly but when I save and upload it to design space it only has one layer to cut instead of the 3
Hi Kristal. You probably need to convert the original layer to a path. The easiest way to do that is to select the text block then select Path>Union. This always has to be done with text for it to import properly into DS.
After changing to path and saving as a SVG i have a problems seeing image in DS. I see the layers but image doesnt show up on the grid. Which is strange. Even saving image on desktop its white. When uploading i see the words and colors of layers in the panel but not in the canvas
This is a new bug in DS. Use the width and heigh boxes to reduce the size, and set x and y to bring it into the field of view.
I have done everything you did on this video but I keep getting big blotches, my paint bucket doesn't even have the yellow ring around it like yours does.
please see the information in the video description. You need to change your fill and stroke to match mine.
I have all settings as you're, however I'm not getting the outline? Help
+patti zwahlen Your color defaults are likely different from mine so that it looks different, but is still OK. Please see the additional info I linked in this videos description above.
Also how come when I get paint bucket then set the 18 then click on a letter it automatically puts and entire (red) border around/over text and I have to send to back to see letters but I have no way of getting a second outline let alone a pink outline and any welding ...
.... I think it has something to do with Phil and stroke but I can’t seem to change it...
Your shape is filled instead of just a stroke like I have so the top shape obscures what is underneath. Please see the description above for an intro video that explains this.
@@cleversomeday I’m sorry but what description above?? The video above is what I was watching and I can’t figure out how to get a double outline of diff colors when every time I click with paint bucket I only get one overlapping large coloured image but never one bigger and bigger like you seem to be able to get... (2 layers once size)
@@rachelconfidential5468 Most TH-cam videos have additional information such as related links, etc in their description field. The video description is found directly below a video when viewing it on TH-cam and is the first place you should look when you have a question about a video. The other comments on a video are also a good place to look because frequently asked questions are often answered there. In this particular case, since you already guessed the issue you could google "How to Change Fill and Stroke in Inkscape "
How do you get the word "touchdown" to be flower print?
What font was used here? I don't have this particular script font on my machine.
Milkshake. Available free at font squirrel.
I tried this and all it did was fill my letter with a color. what am I doing wrong? Correction. When I click on the letter it fills in the letter with a color, not just an outline like yours, and its making the fill layer on top of the original text. So I have to move the text layer to the front and then the fill layer is behind the text but it isnt just an outline
+Stephanie Smith I have mine set to display as a outline so that it shows up better in the videos, then I change to fill later. You can set it however you want and the result is the same. If you are not getting the offset then recheck your tool settings to make sure they are set like mine. Those do matter.
Thanks
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Hi... I tried to use this method and had not luck. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
Most of the time people have trouble, it is because they are using different fill and stroke settings than I have in the video. Please see my Paint Bucket Basics video for more info.
Hello Thanks so much for your tutorial. I'm having a little trouble and wanted to if you could help me. I'm trying to make a shadow layer for one word that isn't welded togther. I hope that made sense lol. I have a picture to show what I'm trying to say Thanks
If the letters are separate, it the same as with the T in this example. Just hold down the shift key as you click to combine the outline. You will need to pick the width of your shadow to connect or not connect the letters as desired.
Question, how do you get the layer to connect when you have spaces between letters?
You can put a dummy shape or letter in the space then delete it. Or you can use a larger enough grow setting to get them to connect, then shrink it back in the opposite direction to tighten it up.
How can I resize the whole 3 layers as a whole vs having to resize each layer?
I have my settings exactly like you show, but instead of an outline I get shading. Like a shadow as an outline.
check your fill and stroke settings, including opacity, or just use outline view so that those settings don't matter and you can see the cutlines instead.