Inkscape Tutorial: Carved Wood Effect

[@LogosByNick]

If you want to learn more about how Inkscape works, I have a 50+ part video series where I explain all of the tools and features in Inkscape and demonstrate how they work. Here's the link if interested: logosbynick.com/inkscape/

[@dwebtech]

is it normal that all your steps are not working on version 0.92?

[@90snative66]

Hey nick even though i did this years ago I wanted to go back and I realized that the Wood image in your description is now gone. Just so you know man..Ive been commenting and emailing for years so i doubt you will see this but just a heads up man. Thanks for all you di

[@ethancompton7332]

I absolutely love your tutorials! I have learned so much in just a week of playing with Inkscape! I eve have people asking me to make logos for them! Thank you so much Nick!

[@myagi19322005]

I'm learning so much from all these tutorials. Keep up the good work.

[@LogosByNick]

+vinny reynolds Awesome. Glad I can help. Thanks for watching.

[@RogerSnowOnline]

Excellent tutorial. Great pace, clear and concise. No messing around or repeating everything multiple times. Great effect.

[@LogosByNick]

Thanks! I try not to repeat myself or get sidetracked with rambling

[@RogerSnowOnline]

I took a vector timber image, separated the multiple grain colours to different layers, and applied the carve effect to each layer. Came out looking great with a few minor adjustments. Exactly what I was looking for.

[@RogerSnowOnline]

I took a vector timber image, separated the multiple grain colours to different layers, and applied the carve effect to each layer. Came out looking great with a few minor adjustments. Exactly what I was looking for.

[@designsbyphilip510]

Very cool. This helps with my carvings to show what it might appear as when Im done.

[@dasalasa]

Nick - as others have said, your tutorials are excellent. On some of your tutorials I find myself watching and listening to what you are doing, but not understanding the reason why - thus I robotically copy what you are doing, but not understanding the logic behind the sequence of steps you take. If you could incorporate that a little more, us novices who enjoy this art as a hobby have a better chance of being able to apply it to other designs. But please take this as constructive - you produce brilliant tutorials and effects. Thanks for sharing. D

[@benfordguitars]

I was getting ready to type the exact same thing

[@michaeldavis2225]

I agree wholeheartedly the why is so important to understand how to incorporate the techniques into my own ideas as opposed to just copying. That way when a problem occurs I can solve it instead of looking for another tutorial

[@shaikhaaqib6884]

@Colt Seavers can't give everything for free... He has to earn to live... 😂😂

[@douglang2327]

Nick is a lifesaver,All i owe him is appreciation

[@smcq117]

Basic workaround for Inkscape crashing on the HSB adjust is to avoid it altogether. The HSB adjust is to reduce the brightness of the wood image. There are several ways to end up with the same result but my simple solution was to create a rectangle over the wood image which darkened it: (Note - full credit to Nick. I was a complete beginner before these videos, so if this is helpful to anyone, credit to him) - 'Create rectangles and squares': Draw a rectangle, any size - 'Selection Tool'. Right click on the wood image and select 'Copy' - 'Selection Tool'. Select only your new rectangle - Top Menu 'Edit/Paste Size/Paste Size' [This will make the rectangle the exact size of the wood image] - 'Align and Distribute Menu'. Select both the rectangle and the wood image. Alight vertical and centre - 'Selection Tool'. Select only the new rectangle made. Remove any stroke. Fill with a dark colour and make opacity 50% [Colour I used was picked from the wood image, RGB 3c2510ff] - Select the rectangle and the wood image. Top Menu 'Object/Group' [Or Ctrl+G] - Continue with the tutorial As I say, there is probably loads of different ways to end up with the same thing, but this is what I used, it was easy and it worked.

[@bennysanchez4672]

This helped a ton.

[@mohammedmusaraf8644]

For people who are here after 2021 : When you go to the HSB adjust, don't input 0, 0, -50 instead input 0, 100, 50. It will definitely work 👍

[@mmw2287]

Thanks 👍

[@mohammedmusaraf8644]

@@mmw2287 It's my duty to help fellow designers my friend ❤️

[@nonmivachemisiveda8822]

I add a thank you to this - it saved the tutorial for me

[@kensleylewis]

This was good. I was able to get it just right on my second try of the tutorial. Thanks

[@designertjp-utube]

Hi! Beautiful *Inkscape* Wood Carve Technique! I just spent almost 2 hours figuring how to "inset" carve some Letters into my Inkscape project. Wished I'd seen your tutorial first. But I jus' might "cheat" next time and use my legacy windows *Photoshop* 7 to "inside bevel" those very same letters in a fraction of even your time to possibly get the same effect. Then I could take the whole wood piece into Inkscape and Object Clip it into any shape I want from a circle plaque to a rectangle. But I'm gonna keep learning Inkscape, and really begin to enjoy a much smaller *File* *Size* than what Photoshop would have generated.

[@jaronmaxwell7809]

Awesome video, as I do web sites and some logo design and getting into mobile UI and UX design this is a good way to start learning how to work around digital imaging software, but I'm for sure going to subscribe because you know exactly what you are doing, great video keep them coming.

[@Ostrogotsky]

It's genius in its simplicity. Thank you Nick!

[@rblihovde]

Some more cool techniques to add to my Inkscape toolbox! Great video!

[@LogosByNick]

+Bob Blihovde Thanks

[@gruscoe]

New subscriber - as others have said - excellent tutorial and production. This is now my goto channel for learning Inkscape stuff. However II too am now having to look for a workaround due to the HSB step causing crash in Windows app (Win 7). Maybe I should try this on my under powered Linux machine and see how it works... kudos for the great work!

[@angelavestlee1]

If anyone wants to still do this and don't because you can't get the wood9 just take a screen shot of the wood and put it in a program like gimp and crop and use it in inkscape. I did and it worked well.

[@hamza-325]

Awesome effect and great tutorial as always !

[@LogosByNick]

+Hamza Abbad Thanks!

[@hamza-325]

@@LogosByNick After 3 years I come again to say thanks a lot. I have tried this tutorial on metal texture and worked.

[@Ruisu101]

Great tutorial. I'm sure for what I was doing there's a simpler way with fewer duplications, but it'll take some fiddling for me to get there. But the effect looked good - tried mine on a sort of granite-like texture using text and a vector icon. Came out looking believable (I think).

[@mobile-gamer1933]

Wow, this is really the best tutorial I have watched. Thank you so much.

[@brianivandertp]

Thanks for the great tutorial!

[@androth1502]

exactly the tutorial i was looking for. i wonder if it looks as good on other other backgrounds like granite or marble.

[@LogosByNick]

I tried it on a stone/concrete texture recently and it came out pretty good.

[@josedavidhortanino9596]

Great tutorial just a question your wood texture can be used in other logos?

[@cheesebuds8962]

Nick, you are awesome..love you, respect you and admire you.. thank you so much.. I thoroughly enjoyed it, I've done this kinda stuff before, but took me way longer & my processor(brain) was heavily used..lol !! Cheers!!

[@СветославБожанков]

Worked perfectly! Thank you for your masterful explanations, Nick! Deeply appreciate your talent to create and to teach :)

[@DaengSunnahMakassar]

Awesome, baarakallaah fiik

[@LogicInternet]

Exactly what I needed. Thanks Nick!

[@udaysimhaprakash]

Hey Nick! Awesome... you make my life soooo much easier and exciting. Thank you. Could you get a video to show how you get that overlay of your logo in the Left Bottom Corner? you have a few variations, looks nice. cheers!

[@soimprovschool1639]

Thank you for your work, Nick! You help me learning Inkscape A LOT! Could I ask you for a specific tutorial that I cannot find anywhere?

[@indiegamerno.1827]

@ 4:11 *Nick* : ...And we're gonna *play* with this a little bit. *wood09.png* : What are you going to do with me; I'm scared 😨 😉 BTW, Nice Video Man, Keep up the good work! 👍

[@lickow3820]

ty this is such a great tutorial

[@shahbazkhan4869]

Hello Nick. Nice to watch vedio. Really well explained just like profetional teacher. Not like upload vedio for earning. I have a question that after this vedio how can to generate an image in 3D object for engraving with GRBL CNC 3018. Do you have my required info or link share with me for better understanding. Thanks dear.

[@christofix]

Thank you for this instructionvideo. It was a great help to make the banner for my youtubechannel and the intro for my videos. Great job!

[@kathrynh2105]

i love this and well done for it you are talented!! im having a problem as im trying to follow your video and get so far and then i do the object-clip-set and my black box doesnt go do you know what im doing wrong??

[@abdelalimdebilou3238]

Great job as always , thank you .

[@LogosByNick]

+abdelalim Debilou Thanks!

[@dracobikes]

This is SUCH a good tutorial. And I know it has been a while, but can anyone tell me what I am missing. I feel like I followed the steps exactly. But at 3:47, for some reason when I click Object, Click, Set ... it doesn't do what the tutorial does. Is there a setting or something that I am missing? Other than my error (I'm sure), this is hands down THE BEST tutorial and I'm very grateful. Thanks for your help.

[@pezaroo1234]

awesome tutorial again! although the wood image you used, the link doesnt seem to be working anymore... nonetheless used a different wood image and it came out okay. not as good as the above but still happy

[@samuraifrogg8769]

Awesome tutorial, great explanation easy follow keep up the great tutorial vids. GIMP Tutorial videos also great BIG thanks

[@keyboard-bender]

Now that's what I need! Thanks nick!

[@LogosByNick]

+qodhi zaka You're welcome

[@AldoV]

Great tutorial !!!

[@LogosByNick]

+Aldo V Thanks

[@filipe6601]

Very nice, thanks Nick.

[@PraveenAV]

Magical. :D I am a beginner. Thanks a lot for these tutorials.

[@Tecboy08]

I know this tutorial is 5 year ago but in 2021 Version 1.02 isn't allowing to put -50 in the HSB Adjust step. Is there a reason for this? Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Love all the post!

[@MrFreespiritforever]

man its awesome,i dont know how you get so many ideas to do,but i do copy everything you create lol

[@robertdavis2247]

I know this is an older video but it's great. Now I have a question. How can I take this 3 part graphic and do Perspective on it? When I try it wants to separate it. If I group it, Perspective doesn't work. Help!!

[@diederikvisser3984]

Again a great Tutorial. Thank you so much I am learning alot from your channel.😆

[@SomeGuyInSandy]

Your videos are excellent!

[@dagus8304]

How do you come up with your image ideas? Great video btw :)

[@LogosByNick]

+Da guš (Daguš) Thanks. Not really sure to be honest.

[@advicebn5404]

I did it! Nick I did it!! ='D Thank you very much Nick. And I found out it can be save in PDF format without losing any feature from the original SVG format.

[@LogosByNick]

Awesome!

[@stephendemcher5872]

Nick... Could you make a video taking this technique one step further? Is it possible to apply a texture to the carved area? The area in the word carved is dark brown with enough opacity to see wood grain but I'm looking to also apply a texture to the word Carved. I laser engrave on wood and your technique in this video to simulate the engraving is very close to what I need to do... I need to add/apply a texture of thin uniform cut marks to the word Carved. Appreciate the help! Your content is awesome!Thanks,Steve

[@jherforth]

These videos are great nick! I just created my first logo under your virtual tutelage and it turned out great. One questions is that I noticed that you don't use layers (or at least in the videos I've seen). Why is that? I found myself going back and wishing I could make certain elements disappear with out deleting them and layers would have been perfect for that. Just curious.

[@LogosByNick]

+Serf Thank you. Layers are a great tool in many scenarios. I got into a habit of not using them though for the sake of time efficiency. For me it was always quicker to just make the subject(s) transparent and work with the move up/down function. I'll try to work that into a tutorial though.

[@jherforth]

Thanks +Logos By Nick :) No need to modify how you do things, I was just curious. I've been able to follow along and have learned quite a bit.

[@brownbear5426]

When I get to the exstensions>HG...and -50, inkscape crashes? why?

[@leksinvest]

Great effect! Thank you very much!

[@LogosByNick]

+Чураков Александр No problem. Thanks

[@phillipm2368]

Nick thanks very much.Very cool!!!

[@LogosByNick]

+drummer Greatest Glad to help!

[@michaelshakib7777]

Hello. Great tutorial. I can't seem to open the wood9 image.

[@MariaJulia-wj9gy]

Amazing!! You are the best!

[@jasonparsons4618]

Thank you so much Nick your tutorials are amazing. If I wanted to do this on a log face do I need to convert the image to an avg file first?

[@Mr_Cebula]

Love that "finish recording" click.

[@gustavgjesdahl132]

Is there a specific reason for the text being so dark? If you remove the darker text layer it comes much closer to an actual wood carving. Thanks for the tutorial though, loved the shadow trick!

[@LogosByNick]

+Gustav Gjesdahl I think at the very least the text should be slightly darker than the rest of the wood, as that's how it would appear naturally.

[@imjustsaying828]

It's even easier to do this if you use the Drop Shadow filter on the text and set the mode the Inner Cutout, it gives you an inset drop shadow and removes the text

[@reneedelacruz3619]

I really like the tutorial! But I had a problem when doing the Raster>HSB Adjust, I couldn't seem to do -50.0. It's only 0 or 50.

[@williamhoxhalli5906]

me too i just adjusted until it looked close to what he was doing

[@omododaniel9264]

Thank you very much sir, I have been learning a lot. The link for the wood texture doesn't work, I need help.

[@rian438]

Amazing!

[@LogosByNick]

+Guess Who Thank you

[@caddelabs4468]

Best guides ever! :)

[@lewisbyers800]

Logos by Nick, can you offer any guidance on how to do this in Affinity Designer please 🙏🏻

[@Thom.Zille.]

Hi Nick! I was wondering if we are able to make a "text in the sand" effect in Inkscape. I was looking for that kind of effect but I had no luck.

[@advicebn5404]

Very awesome tutorial Nick! =D I wonder if it can be save in PDF format? In some cases when I save something with shadows, it won't show in PDF format :(

[@mindrhapsodyofficial]

I just watched this tutorial and tried to follow along. My results weren't as nice as yours since the link to the wood did not work. I also tried to use my new design in my software for printing projects and it didn't load correctly. I use Cricut Design Space with a cutting machine to print then cut objects I have designed. This tutorial was wonderful however I still have questions. Thank you.

[@sincerelym11]

Great video. I can’t seem to get the hsb to adjust to -50😐. Any suggestions?

[@TechWrite]

Beautiful!

[@catherinewhite7088]

I am new to inskape and your tutorials are really helpful. Does anyone know how to do the opposite with the text, make it look like it stands out from the wooden background?

[@nishtajain7786]

Hello nick .I wanted to download the wood background .But when i open the link which you have given in the discription it shows 404 error.

[@1ArtistChic]

The download for th wood texture is a broken link. It takes you to logos by nick, however the wood 9 cannot be found.

[@masakbest3055]

Hi, your work are amazing, i just curious, does inkscape able to do flowers typograpy effects...

[@sargarajt1222]

Thank you so much

[@kikebaptista]

simply perfect thx bro

[@pianojuice123]

this is awesome. thank you!

[@Lodestone1968]

When I select the text and choose Path- Object to Path, then Ungroup, then Path- Union. I don't get the little white dots around the text like you see at time 2:25. This screws up the rest of my work. What setting do I have off? This is a very simple tutorial. I have created much more complex graphics following your instructions. Thanks

[@davidoconnor9457]

once you click Union click the path icon in the left menu and the nodes will appear

[@jeffjeffers7133]

When I click Path > Difference, (at or about the 3:00 mark) the text becomes transparent and the wood shows through. I duplicated the image, created a rectangle to cover it, clicked the selection tool, sent the rectangle down a layer, held shift while I selected the text, selected Path > Difference, and the blue text disappears completely. It's nowhere to be found. I'm guessing nobody else had this problem, but I can't figure out where things are going wrong.

[@eastpawz7986]

same happen to me, so i guess i will have to restart i may have missed something lol

[@mardanafin]

Love it

[@Alexus9001]

Nice Job, thanks

[@MarcosCardosoMEC]

Insane!

[@davidoconnor9457]

Excellent, love this effect, thanks. How have you got your left menu bar in Ubuntu to show circular icons instead of square ones?

[@mohamedaminhajri7632]

its called Numix Circle icons www.deviantart.com/art/Numix-Circle-Linux-Desktop-Icon-Theme-414741466

[@bennysanchez4672]

I cant go to negatives in the HSB adjust

[@dozzmkg4345]

Thank you Nick: )

[@realmsdos]

thank you for sharing

[@ROHITKINGC]

Is there any Filter to do it like "Filter->Shadows-and-Glows->In-and-Out" or "Filter->Shadows-and-Glows->Inset"

[@garyb1617]

I was just wondering if there is a way to do a burned wood look in inkscape? Thank you

[@LiamBranch]

Great tutorial and worked perfectly. I then tried it after increasing the stroke of the text and it wouldn't work the same, any way around this? Cheers

[@OlegTeplyakov]

Great video

[@LogosByNick]

+Oleg Teplyakov Thanks!

[@metal_mo]

Here in 2021 I had to set the HSB to 0,100,50. Something must have changed in the past 5.5 years :)

[@REALMUSICC12]

Hey Nick, So strange. Every time i duplicate the background and go to extension, raster, hsb adjust and set brightness to -50.0 my inkscape automatically shuts off. strange right? any idea why? It only has happened when i do this. Ive been following all of your videos step y step and do my own and this never happened any other time.

[@MyLuc97]

Same here did u fix it mate?

[@kellycarrigrafia]

A W E S O M E!!!!

[@kizzywitch]

Hi nick, the link for the wood9 png says page not found, how do I get it?

[@frederikstephano2926]

i'll buy your book if you create one. You're awesome! :)

[@vidrinecustomcreations]

Why would my image turn black when I try to adjust the HSB?

[@debbsstudio141]

YES!!!!!! Thanks!

[@TheLucasxand]

Nick Saporito é o cara.

[@WebWebZero]

Can this work on metal or whatever image I’m working with?

[@ЛианаСтепанян-т8р]

Hi,can you tell me please ,how i can do plasticine effect? it's possible with inscape?

[@robertduerden2605]

when i drag the black box down a little it is jumpy and not smooth like yours, I cant adjust down just a little like yours

[@jpbozo3461]

Hi Your link to the wood9.png file doesnt work at this moment 404 error