Inkscape Tutorial: Create a Curved Ribbon with Text
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In this tutorial I will show you how to create a curved ribbon with text using Inkscape. I apologize for the poor audio quality. I can't seem to get the volume up, and I even tried speaking louder throughout this tutorial, which didn't help. I've ordered a much better microphone and it should be here next week. Hopefully that will improve the quality of my content. Many more are on the way! Enjoy!
This tutorial is for Inkscape version 0.48 and is intended to teach beginners how to use the software. Inkscape is a great free alternative to Illustrator.
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Wow! This is amazing! What an eloquent and clear tutorial video. You guys are literally my super heroes right now, you make easy happen. I'm gonna keep coming back for more. Thanks a lot. Subscribed already!
Watching 2-3 logo designs by Nick through InkScape, this is just awesome, I am just starting to use the Inkscape and you make this fun, quick, and easy way to do Nick. Thanks a bunch!
That's great to hear. Thanks for your feedback and enjoy Inkscape!
Excellent. Took me a few tries to remember everything, but now I know and it makes doing other designs possible. Thanks.
This was a great video. A bit fast...but glad I have a pause button. You really explain things well. Thank you for taking the time to put this together.
Thank you for your tutorials. I enjoy following them, and also learning some of your "best practices". You are quick at what you do, and I hope to unlearn some old bad habits. Please keep the tutorials coming
Thanks. For me those habits usually go quickly. Just in the past year I've developed a habit of using keyboard shortcuts for everything. I don't use them in the tutorials though.
Thanks for posting this video!! Awesome, easy to follow tutorial!! I did the final step different, though. Instead of lining up the text by drawing the boxes around each character, then using the envelope function, I simply wrote out my text, sized and shaped it to how I wanted it, then I used Path > Path Effects > Bend to bend the text to fit perfectly into my ribbon. Final result is looking awesome, and I couldn't have done it without you!! Thanks again!!
I'M SO GLAD I FOUND YOUR CHANNEL!! I've always been wondering how to make that arched text effect in inkscape. thank you so much!! a much deserved like and subscribe to you!
+breakinankles92 Glad I could help. Thanks for your support!
You do really great tutorials Logos By Nick You have a great, descriptive style, what I usually do is watch through the tutorial once, then I just listen to you as I follow along myself in Inkscape, there are very few people who do tutorials that I can do it that way!
Chris Wells Glad they're working for you. I have a tendency to obsessively spell out every little detail, but based on the feedback I'm getting it really seems to help. I'll keep that style up. Thanks for your support!
+Forcemaster2000 That's a great idea! I've been been watching, pausing, and flipping back and forth. Your idea sounds much smoother.
Ahh, we figured it out... I selected the box doing counter clockwise selection. That *IS* critical to work the frame for envelope in a clock wise direction. This is great! LOVING THIS APP EVEN MORE! Thanks Nick!!
+Robert Wagner Ah glad you got it. I just answered your previous question haha.
Thanks for the tutorials, I really appreciate all of them. I was wondering can you do a video on how each of the PATH minipulations work like Difference intersection Etc. It would be greatly appreciated
Thanks for the Tutorials please keep them coming...
thank you for the tutorial It took one whole day to figure it out but i made it and learned A LOT !
Fantastic skill Nick, thank you so much for a great video :)
Wow you open new horizons to me. Thank you
THANK SO MUCH NICK!!YOU'RE AMAZING!!!!!
These tutorials are great. Thanks so much for giving to the community and I love seeing you use open source software in your videos! I'm a graphic arts hobbyist looking to better my skills in this area. This is probably a dumb question, but do you draw much? Do you ever digitize any of our sketches? Lastly, if you do, would you ever consider doing a video on that? Thanks for the great content Nick!
This video just saved my design, thank you!!
I have learned so much from you. Thanks!!!
Une grande maîtrise d'INKSCAPE, Je vous dis BRAVO.
Thanks for all these tutorials. I own a small sign shop, and I've recently decided to switch from Coreldraw X7 to Inkscape, as I'm tired of the new subscription based bullshit, and I just switched to Mac as well so Coreldraw won't even work on my imac or Macbook pro. It's a a big change for me not using Corel since I've been using it for about 7 years, but your videos are really a big help and I feel it's worth it in the end to not be enslaved to a giant software corporation. Thanks again.
Oh wow CorelDraw is doing the cloud subscription thing now too?
Thanks for the tutorials, I really appreciate all of them. I was wondering can you do a video on how each of the PATH manipulations work like Difference intersection Etc. It would be greatly appreciated
+J Hamelin Yes I may do that soon. You're one of many people who have requested it. Thanks for the feedback.
Thanks Nick v clear for a newbie 😄
+Michelle Woodhouse That's always the aim! Thanks!
You got one more subscriber (from France :P)
On the new version of Inkscape, where's the "Snap to custom nodes" option for the Bezier pen ?
Awesome!! Congratulations!!
Liégele Cabral Thanks!
Thanks for this Nick. Great Tutorial. Any chance of an updated method with the new features added over the years?
thank you
Thanks for the great tute. Was trying to do exactly this today & failing miserably!
Darrell Mayson Glad to help
Hey ! i think it's a bit advanced for me but i'll go the way around, here's a tip for audio, just add a normalize or compression filter to your audio in your video editor and that should automatically fix almost any volume issues.
+seragx99 Thanks for the tip. I've been experimenting with audio for a while, and I've gotten a much better USB microphone since that video was posted, so the problem is fixed for now. I appreciate your advice, though! Thanks again.
At about 7:25 in the video Nick says click on the red side piece and then shift + click on the black border then hit path + difference. After following all these step about 10 times I still do not get the same result. When I hit path + difference the sides disappear entirely. Anyone else have this issue? I was thinking there is an issue with my settings or something. Thx
Just started using inkscape. your tuts have been very useful, but how do i set my toolbars like the set up you have going on there? thanks
Hi Nik, thanks for the tutorial! I was wondering if this technique would be possible using a cursive font which all letters are joined together? I am trying to create a banner which reads "DayDreamer" in cursive font. I also would like the bottom of the letter "y" to over hang part of the banner. Any thoughts? Cheers!
very good tutorial,but if i want to write much more i have to make the text smaller first?
I'm joining a group of people to say that after you add the stroke to the duplicated and moved-to-bottom ribbon, the subsequent Stroke to Path does not perform the same on the newest versions of Inkscape. Where yours seems to change color when you click Stroke to Path, implying something happened, in this version there is no difference. Thus the subsequent Break Apart and Union do nothing, either. As such, selecting the red side pieces and the black border, selecting Path -> Difference produces no results. Really unfortunate, because this was starting to look good for my logo!
Thanks so much for the tutorial. I am having trouble when it comes to the part where you set the very bottom ribbon stroke to .15, after that you said to click on stroke to path, then to click break apart, but every time I click break apart, it says that there are no paths to break apart in the selection. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Can you help?
What if you have longer word. No other way than doing letters one by one? Thank you for another great video. Best regards.
I know this is many years later, but I have having the issue with the fill, around 4:37 or so, the blue triangle. Check to make sure your shape on the bezier tool is NONE. I found that mine was still set on triangle from a previous project. Once I changed it to NONE, I had my blue fill. I hope this helps!
Thanks for the great tutorial. I think I would have simply skewed each individual letter by eye, instead of using that extension though.
Yeah I've tried that too in the past. It never seems to work out as expected though.
Nice, I'd love a more detailed explanation of all the tools you've used and what they do, but that would make a very very long video.
Help! 4:37
When i klick it to make it blue the lines i just created went blue... but they infill is still empty.
ty for reply in advance
Can anyone help me? Whenever i do Extensions - Modify Path - Envelope
the letter i chose dissapears..
i did the box top left clockwise
Please help !
would it make sense to put the text on the path to get it to curve with the ribbon and get the same effect?
Nice one! Could you please explain what exactly does the "Stroke to path - Break Apart - Union" do?
Da guš "Stroke to path" turns the outline into an editable object, then I used "Break apart" so I could unify them into 1 solid object using the "union" function. Sorry if that doesn't make much sense. It's difficult to explain. Once you've been using Inkscape and playing around with it long enough, you'll start to realize how things work. That's pretty much how I learned - following tutorials and having no idea what they meant. Eventually it all clicked.
Logos By Nick Thanks :-)
Thanks for the tut :) A question: I made a ribbon and want to lay it over a background image, so that the whole thing looks like a badge, but for some reason, the ribbon is transparent in the white places and the background image shines through, which I don't want. I tried to turn the transparent parts into white, or do a white background for the ribbon, but none of my tries convinced me. Is there an easy way to do this? The thing is, if I try to fill it the usual way, it won't fill the whole ribbon but just changes the color of the lines.
+Miriam Peters Duplicate the ribbon, then do Path > Break Apart, then Path > Union. Color that in whichever color you'd like the fill of the ribbon to be, then lower it beneath the ribbon.
Feb 9, 2017Can I place the text "LOVE" inside the shape of a
heart and the letters will fill the shape and take the form of the heart?Thanks,
Chris
Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks
How do I put a fish tail type of end on the ribbon?
Nick, Two quick questions: 1- In this video are you using .48 or .91?...... 2- What theme are you using?
Thanks for the great vids.. keep-em coming!
+Noah Pinehurst he uses .48
and some theme on linux i forgot
Whew, if you screw this one up it's really hard to reselect the appropriate things to follow the steps, especially when it comes time to do the border stuff.
When I print out my image it's blurry. Can you tell what I may be doing wrong. My canvas is set at 3 x 4 inches.
Awesome tutorial but I almost got hung up at 6:54, I'm on Inkscape 1.0 and for some reason when I do stroke to path, break apart my version refuses to ungroup the objects and do the union. Is there a setting I have wrong? I have tried some other of your tutorials and have found this a common issue. I've been following them command for command so I think it's an interface setup change I'm missing that changed in 1.0. Please let me know what you think it could be? I was able to finish once I realized this. I love learning the process you teach and am grateful to learn it but for this type of path I am wondering if there is a shortcut command or a simpler way?
Instead of making a stroke and doing the "break apart" + "union" step, you should be using the offset LPE, found through the "Path > Path Effects" menu, then do "Path > Object to path".
If you still want to do it with the stroke method for whatever reason, the solution to your problem is in plain sight, you even said the right word in your comment, you need to _ungroup_ the objects after you do "stroke to path". There's a button in the UI and menu item for that, the keyboard shortcut is Ctrl + Shift + G.
You can also skip the "break apart" step, since the newest version of Inkscape doesn't remove the original object when you convert stroke to path, like the older ones did. That is the change in behavior that is causing the issue. It is definitely a change for the better, but does cause people to occasionally have to take different steps when following tutorials.
I had the exact same problem. The solution I came up with - and has been working fine with the past tutorials for now - is: before I hit stroke to path, I remove the fill, leaving just the stroke, only then I hit stroke to path and then break apart.
@@TheSugarSystem Read my comment above, I offered two different solutions, both of which take less time than what you're suggesting. Your solution takes an extra step, mine take either one less than or the same number of steps as the tutorial, depending on which one you pick.
The first one is the more proper way of doing it with the new features (and I can pretty much guarantee is how Nick will be doing it in newer tutorials), but the second one allows you to follow these old tutorials more closely, as everything is done the same way, with only the "break apart" step being replaced by "ungroup".
@@QuotePilgrim So I can just skip the break apart step and go on with the following steps? That's surely way easier, I haven't tried it this way... Thanks!!
@@TheSugarSystem Yes, if you follow his exact steps, except when he says "path > break apart", you do "object > ungroup" instead, then continue with the steps from the tutorial, you'll get the expected results.
Edit: I just checked his latest tutorial, and in it, he uses the offset LPE to accomplish the same effect, just as I predicted he would. You can still do it the "stroke to path" way if you want, but it's probably better to follow the new method moving forward.
Hi Nick. I am experiencing something weird when using the extension. The letters do not fit sharply. They tend to twist (on one time i decided to undo everything and start all over again, the letters were completely ilegible; on another attempt the letters were far better but still twisted on the upper side of each).
It is important to say that I've done this exercise before with no problem It was until now, when i want to use it more frequently that I'm having these problems.
Is there any particular reason for that? What should I check before starting? How important are the nodes, rectangles and lines adjusters?
Thank you in advance. Your videos are great! Thank you.
Sounds like maybe you're not drawing the bounding boxes properly? You need to start at the top left corner and work clockwise like I did in the video
Hi Thanks for the video. I used the envelope as well, but the text didn't fit into the box. It twisted a little and even changed its angle. Do you know the reason why?
Hi! Same exact problem here... Besides that, I am experiencing a partial malformation on the letters. For example, a letter "o" is twisted on the upperside.
I must say that I made the execercise before without any problem. But now I just tried to replicate it but changing the text unsuccesfully... And I cannot find the right reason. Any idea? Thank you in advance...
I could not find the Modify Path Envelope extension and was unable to select 2 objects when trying to use Path Effects. Is there another way to envelope text in Inkscape 1.0?
Hi Nick, God bless you.
6:57 When i try go to: path> stroke to path> path> break a part> path > union.
I can't see the change in my work. Don't know what happens here.
I have ver. 1.0
I'm attempting the envelope extension and each letter after being processed is rotated 90 degrees counter clockwise inside the wire box. What am I missing? I am trying to envelope four letters and each is doing the same. Inserted in wire box but rotated 90 degrees counter clockwise.
+Robert Wagner The box that you create for the envelope function - it has to start at the top left corner, then be drawn clockwise in order for it to work.
and the writing can't it be small letters,because the boxes where the letters go are even so the small letter wil be the same as a capital letter
Why is my inkscape different than that of yours?? I do not have that upper section from where you choose aling option at 0:57
And what if want to change th colors of the text and the ribbon at the end?
+Lucas Fernandes Instead of unifying them together you could keep them separate and color them in however you'd like
I’m doing every step in order as the video states and for some reason after the “stroke style, stroke to path, break apart” it isn’t working. Any ideas?
I can only follow this until 7 mins noting seems to happen when I click union and the break apart any ideas?
muhammad siddiqui I found another video which explained why he does this sequence and it basically to scale up the object so you can cut out the original leaving a boarder. This video I old so I assume the new Inkscape version has different functionality. I think there is a much simpler way to do this now. after you do path union and lower to the bottom try path & outset then path difference
when I click on intersection I lose the previous layer
Is there an update to this, by any chance due to software changes/updates? I can only follow so far (up to adding the border through adding the stroke line) then none of the steps work after that. I've tried several times to no avail.
Inkscape released an update last year that changes the way stroke to path works. I put together an update video here: th-cam.com/video/Sy0nUkUt9CA/w-d-xo.html
can i have some constructed criticism on my logo? like how good is it, im sorta a beginner of graphic design :D
+Totaly Original its Backbone Gaming
+Totaly Original I would try making the spine element more noticeable somehow. I couldn't really tell that it was a spine when scaled down to avatar size. Other than that, it's simple and doesn't rely on its colors, which is a great start.
Nick Saporito thanks :D
When I get to 7:29 when you select path difference, I follow the tutorial step by step but i don't get the same result. Im using inkscape 0.92
After you add the stroke to the united-duplicate, remember that you have to do "Path"|"Stroke to Path" *before* doing "Path"|"Subtract". I probably had the same issue as you before figuring this out. I'm using 0.91.
@@polettix Same issue... I have the newest version and after stroke to path and path difference...it doesn't do anything.
@@robertreitermanjr2973 same with me, and every time he do something like that, I don’t get same results
This font does not work on my pc!
What do you mean by not using the concept commercially?
+Mercyritz13 What I mean is don't resell it or try to copyright it as your own. I don't mind if you want to use it as a part of your own logo or on your own website or print collateral.
+Mercyritz13 I should probably clarify that
Thanks!
mine wont let me set the snap
What is that dark theme you have i want it!
+Panohiro You can get it here: blog.logosbynick.com/design/how-to-make-inkscape-go-dark/
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My snap to nodes isn't working. Can you help me out?
+Lisa jenrette Are you using version 48 or 91?
+Logos By Nick I believe it's 9.0
why not use text to path
+fafaratze Do you mean put text on path? If so, it wouldn't come out right. Each individual letter would be rotated slightly in accordance to the shape of the ribbon.
ah yes. it will have an angle. by the way great tuts you have here. was waiting for this kind of tutorial.
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+Remco Geelen ?
That was me expressing both:
I have been using Inkscape as an absolute amateur and I am very impressed by what it can do and create.
And. Wow! So good, so swift, so clearly explained. Wow. Wow. Wow. I wish I could reward it with approximately 20 +1's. Sheer appreciation and dropped jaw.
Sorry about the language :$
Nah I'm not offended by the language. Just didn't know what you meant by it. Anyway, thanks the compliment! Glad you liked it.
Loved it. Smiled. And gave up.
;)