Inkscape for Beginners: Abbreviation Logo Tutorial

[@mariepatsy]

Hi Nick! I appreciate your videos so much! I want you to know that every time you do CTRL + 0 (to change the size of a shape), in case of that you can use the dynamic offset(under path). That allows you to take a shape and "reshape" in smaller or bigger (you do it with the small white point, it works like when you are rounding the corners of a square). You firstly duplicate and then you clic "dynamic offset", reshaped it as you want it to be, and you're done! You will save time doing that! :)

[@benhlimaouidad1488]

Hi, is there another method for ctrl +9?

[@andreiapereira4258]

I really love your tutorials and your English hahaha. I mean, it's easy to understand you. I tried to watch other tutorials, but I had difficult to understand them, because sometimes Americans speak too much fast :D Tks a lot!!!

[@Greenearthbazaar]

Love this tutorial! Simple and so elegant. You're tutorials are awesome Nick! Thanks so much for sharing them with us. :)

[@LogosByNick]

+Green Earth Bazaar Thanks!

[@toquocat6806]

Thank you nick for the simple but really useful lessons for me

[@surinfarmwest6645]

Nick, as you say it looks very simple but it is effective and catches the eye. Thank you for the idea. West

[@DVSPress]

Excellent explanation. Looking forward to using some of these techniques to enhance my letter work on my book covers!

[@Stump_Line]

I created the same logo with different color, thanks for your steps😊

[@NickWoelk]

Your videos are improving! A lot more explanation of why you're using the tools you are. Great job! Long time Blender user, first time Inkscape.

[@LogosByNick]

+Nicholas Woelk Thanks, glad to hear. I try to explain things when I can while keeping the entire video relatively short. I could explain everything, but the tutorial would end up being an hour and a half lol. I try to keep these as brief as possible. I know whenever I watch tutorial videos I always hate when they're too long because the person spent too much time talking. I'll try to work some explanations in here and there though, since they obviously help.

[@NickWoelk]

The guys at cgcookie.com have some really great tutorials. If you're looking to improve your tutorial skills I would watch any of their Blender videos. Also anything by blendeeguru.com. They aren't about making tutorials, or even about inkscape, but their tutorial skills are great!

[@ramp695]

it may be simple. Idea of thinking is really great. And your explanation on each feature on INKSCAPE tool AwAww. Thanks again. Any tips please on thinking of logos by name or word.

[@nageshthogarighatta2247]

hi, i am getting one of the object is not path so it is not taking difference tool so please help me

[@bentyreman5769]

love these tutorials, thanks for sharing

[@jorgeeduardoreynoso6790]

What a legend, I'm here 5 years later and u just wrote perfection right there, thanks for supporting Nick man, without person like u probably I wouldn't be intersted in graphic design, goodnight :D

[@davegb446]

Hello can you help me at 3:20 when i do the intersection it doesn't go,only a piece of the E removes

[@tribunimangber2983]

thanks a lot nick..im doing better with your tutorials...so helpful for my projects..

[@AdjhaVideo]

Simple and elegant

[@wilczk]

Guys, I am doing everything as on the tutorial but when i go to 7:39 when Nick makes "path - difference" nothing happens.. :( what am I doing wroong? pls help

[@LogosByNick]

+Piotr Wilk Did you have both the red shape and the letters selected at the same time? And if so, did you make sure to convert the letters to a path, ungroup, then union? (path > object to path > edit > ungroup > path > union)

[@wilczk]

Nick, I did It once again (or 4 ;) ) and I finally made It. And also two more from your tutorials, I am getting addicted. You are doing great job!

[@adityashrivastava9613]

that holding ctrl+0 for increasing that leaf shape is not working what should i do...

[@SlappaDaBass]

Hi Nick! Love your Videos but struggling on this one due to at 3.18 you say go to PATH/DIFFERENCE & it does not delete like yours i have attempted it lots of times but it is still the same? it somehow deletes a very small line next to the part i'm trying to delete?

[@NoahFranke01]

Can someone help me? When I click Ctrl+0 or Ctrl+9, it is super extreme and by pressing Ctrl+9 once its already too small to use. What do I do or what am I doing wrong? Please help.

[@kingdavid4659]

hi Nick, Thanks for this wonderful tutorial. there's no ''spacing between letters' button on my version (mac) of inkscape. how do i space the letters? thank you.

[@ShaoconNetwork]

How can I get the grey interface? Grey makes it easy to see the tools.

[@LogosByNick]

+HighBridRed I have the grey interface because I'm using a dark theme with Ubuntu that makes all windows dark. If you're using Windows, search KZbin for "dark theme for inkscape" and there's a video showing how you can get the dark theme for Windows as well. I use it on my Windows partition. I agree, the dark theme is much nicer.

[@vjbcasa]

Great Tutorial as always.

[@LogosByNick]

+Jb Vergara Thanks

[@julesthatruth1993]

Man, this is really good. An I'm a huge fan of simplicity. Please, is inkscape better than illustrator?

[@LogosByNick]

+Julian Glasgow Illustrator has more bells and whistles, and I give it a slight edge over Inkscape, but I personally prefer Inkscape because to me it's just easier to work with. Inkscape can do just about anything Illustrator can, though.

[@julesthatruth1993]

+Nick Saporito (LogosByNick) oh, well thanks for that advice, because it reminds me of illustrator and I see not much difference in it. by the way, would you know how to get that black background that you used there? I would genuinely appreciate your advice on that.

[@zaidtaweel2542]

check his website

[@heyykristee]

i absolutely loved this! thank you so much!

[@TheNinjazzTV]

how do you put the download font in inskape ?

[@sahilsingh1]

what is control+0 for? on my inkscape the shortcut isn't there. is it for inset/outset?

[@sahilsingh1]

okay, I figured it out. It is actually the number 0 on top of the alphabet keys on keyboard, and not on the numpad.

[@dmitrykurenkov3268]

Thank you very much!

[@tebogomoeng]

Great work!

[@PedroHenriqueTSI]

Ty, very nice

[@evangelopolot6670]

Thank you!

[@meldonovan2332]

My bezier pen is crap, every time I attempt to connect the dots to complete the step you demonstrate, it ends up doing something wonky and nothing like what is demonstrated -_-

[@LogosByNick]

When you have the Bezier tool selected, at the top toolbar, make sure "Shape" is set to "None" and you have the "Create regular Bezier path" box selected at the far left. That might do the trick.

[@meldonovan2332]

Yeah I realized I was doing crap 😃😃 thanks for the feedback though 😊😊

[@benhlimaouidad1488]

ctrl +0 doesn't do anything for me, any help, please.

[@MuhammadUsamaQamar]

ctrl+9 for me

[@Dano0otah]

I wanna learn about PROGRAM more than , THANX so so much, AND KEEP GOING

[@noormahmood7512]

Your amazing

[@jillmaiden8336]

good job!

[@LogosByNick]

+Jill Maiden Thanks :)

[@hackerabi3712]

Why do you click path,stroke the path, path,break apart then path union? And please write simple sentences because my English not good :D

[@Forcemaster2000]

+Muhammed Ömer Entellektüel That turns the "text" into an "object" which allows you to do more things to it than you otherwise could, hope this helps!

[@brunel23]

Control 9 doesn't work

[@LogosByNick]

Try going to Path > Inset instead

[@brunel23]

@@LogosByNick It disappears when I do that!

[@dorotaideas4706]

@@brunel23 Path > Outset :)

[@josefelixos]

Amazing, thank you so much Nick!