Import Illustrator artwork (logo) into Blender

[@rubix6689]

THANK YOU. Before watching this,, I imported, changed to mesh, had so many faces and edges, etc. Very frustrating. This tutorial was PERFECT. So happy there was a better way of doing this.

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks man. Great to hear this helped you out.

[@z3dmedia241]

Exactly what I was looking for! I've used Adobe for years but just now doing the doughnut for Blender. Thanks man.

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks mate. Welcome to the world of Blender. You'll have a steep learning curve for a while but it's totally worth it. Best of luck creating those donuts ;)

[@vasu9760]

Doughnuts of blender guru :)

[@MichaelBullo]

@@vasu9760 So are you a doughnut creating guru now? ;)

[@ShutterlabCreative]

I'm moving from Adobe now. How's it going?

[@kelmeu]

I love how this tutorial was done! Thank you for putting this together! I am glad to know that an .svg file from llustrator can work in Blender as well!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you. Very kind of you to say. In case you didn't know, it's also possible to preserve colour when bringing Illustrator files into Blender. If this could help, check out my reply to the comment from "Tamim Bin Azim". Awesome username by the way :)

[@meagain9987]

I love the pace of this tutorial. Also you have a very pleasant voice. Thank you for the tutorial.

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you. I appreciate the comment. Hope the video comes in handy.

[@scottpowell1867]

Hello Michael, I have been using illustrator for years, and I have always wanted to learn Blender. I have been searching for videos to learn, your video is the best for sure. thanks

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks Scott. That's most appreciated. Blender is awesome. I hope you jump into it.

[@raosam]

Very well and very simply explained without going through all the steps super fast like many of the youtuber experts like to show off as... Great tute, Michael!

[@MichaelBullo]

Hey thank you Sam. I appreciate the feedback regarding the pacing and level of the video.

[@aftaab-e-hidayat8605]

AMAZING tutorial! One of the most comprehensive tutorials I've seen for anytNice tutorialng. Thanks so much!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you. Have a great day.

[@kamaji666]

This is the most straight forward and simple blender tut i've ever followed. thanks a bunch

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you. Best of luck with your Blender creations.

[@BlackBullPistol]

You saved my project from failing, you are a hero! :-D

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you. Happy to hear this helped you out.

[@davidlambert7758]

Yessss ! No more use of the weird bezier tool in Blender :) Thanks a lot !

[@MichaelBullo]

Cheers David. Yes I was very happy when I discovered this capability :)

[@RyanKingArt]

Thanks! Great video!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks mate

[@alkerdiali9749]

You deserved a million subs for this !

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks mate. I genuinely appreciate that.

[@titipokotube]

What is this, guys? This is fantastic! What fantastic? Fantastically fantastic 😂👍🏻

[@MichaelBullo]

Now that's a fantastic comment :) Thanks mate.

[@mistahtobi]

your voice is soothing man , thanks for the tutorial

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks mate. My voice is many things but I never thought of it as soothing ;)

[@Bartislartfast]

Excellent tutorial - very well described, simple steps and helpful additional info - well done and thank you!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you David. That's a very generous comment. Best of luck in Blender.

[@az_erp5415]

Hey, just to told you that you are a legend among mens. Thank you.

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you. I hope you are doing some fun stuff with Blender.

[@romsarelis]

Doubt anyone could have explained it better! Cheers bud, have a good one!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks mate. That's very kind of you to say.

[@AkhterRasool]

I like how you made this with simple steps and now i am trying to enter 3D world and i start with blender

[@MichaelBullo]

Hi Akhter. Welcome to the world of 3D. Happy this helped you out.

[@giavinh6650]

It still work, thank you man. love it

[@MichaelBullo]

Excellent. Hope you are building some cool stuff :)

[@Xanatis]

This is EXACTLY what I needed, thank you so much!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks mate. Great to hear this helped.

[@primitivecg]

Thanks Man! good and comprehensive flow on how to do it, from a beginner's perspective.

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you mate. Best of luck with Blender.

[@funkybec]

great tutorial, super clear and simple. thanks for posting :)

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks for the kind words. Best of luck with your Blender projects.

[@LongPeter]

Thanks, extruding first makes much nicer meshes than the other way.

[@MichaelBullo]

Excellent. Happy designing :)

[@BrettWarniers]

this tutorial is so good I watched it twice (I forgot how to do it after the first time)

[@MichaelBullo]

Only twice? You've got a better memory than me ;) Happy to hear this helped you out. Thanks.

[@tymektv390]

OK dzięki wreszcie udało mi się przy Tobie zrobić poprawnie

[@MichaelBullo]

That's great to hear. Thank you.

[@nakdickson]

wow wow wow😎😎 I was wondering how I'm going to convert my vector logo into 3d in blender. Never knew there's a cool feature built into blender like this. Thanks man. rewarding you with a subscription ❤️

[@MichaelBullo]

Cheers Nak and thanks for the sub. You aren't a Ryan George fan by any chance are you?

[@nakdickson]

@@MichaelBullo I do watch his pitch meeting videos 😁 he's the one right?

[@MichaelBullo]

@@nakdickson That's the guy. I'm a fan myself. Super easy. Barely an inconvenience ;)

[@nakdickson]

@@MichaelBullo watching his thumbnail alone makes me laugh loud 😁

[@MichaelBullo]

@@nakdickson For a second there I was trying to work out what is so funny about my thumbnail. Then I realised you meant HIS :)

[@chrisstocker]

I must say that was really good and easy to follow.

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you. I appreciate the positive feedback.

[@dccnightowl]

Great tutorial! Exactly what I wanted to learn.

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks Dom. Hope you create some cool stuff :)

[@mig-bee]

Thank you sir! Great tutorial! 🙏

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks mate. Hope it proves useful.

[@DamianSoler]

awesome video, straight to the point and even some very useful tips at the end. thank you very much

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you. I appreciate the feedback. Hope it proves useful.

[@alexbromfield4162]

Thanks! I have an svg with 400 curves, and I'm trying to "cmd-j" and it's not allowing me. I can't edit until I achieve this. When I select one line of the 400, it turns bright yellow and allows me to edit that, but not the other as the same time. There "has" to be a simpler way to combine all and do it once, instead of going through each 400 curves edit, solidify... Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

[@mateuszkusz5593]

Indeed, that is fantastic. Great video! Thanks for sharing sir.

[@MichaelBullo]

Hey thank you. Hope it helps.

[@Mattimus1984]

Thank you so much for this quick and easy tutorial.

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks mate. I appreciate that.

[@geraldestradamogollon8073]

Thanks ,is perfect for me in this moment

[@MichaelBullo]

Awesome. Thank you.

[@nellnellom5577]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@MichaelBullo]

I'm happy to hear that. Thank you.

[@norby2040]

Thank You! Just I´ve searched for this great explanation, THX!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks mate. Hope it helps.

[@aaronjones7458]

YOU ROCK!!!! Thank you for this tutorial!!!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks mate. Much appreciated.

[@runkaicao7114]

that's way more better than converted to Mesh!!

[@MichaelBullo]

Agreed. Thanks mate.

[@BD-hy8bl]

Nice one Mate. Thanks for this. Great Work.

[@MichaelBullo]

Cheers mate. Appreciate that. Hope you're having fun with Blender.

[@ChaseMcCain5]

Yes! Awesome. Thanks for the help

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you Nigel. Appreciate that.

[@MicroKhan]

Very nice easy to understand tutorial. Thank you.

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks mate. Best of luck with Blender.

[@MicroKhan]

@@MichaelBullo Thank you

[@MichaelBullo]

@@MicroKhan 👍

[@tamimbinazim6395]

Hey, can you tell me how can I import the image with colour in blender? I saved the AI image as svg. But when I import the image in blender, the colour is missing.

[@MichaelBullo]

When exporting the SVG, activate the "More Options" button within the "SVG Options" dialog box. Change the "CSS Properties" option to "Presentation Attributes". The exported SVG should now display colour when imported into Blender. This short video on Blender Secrets demonstrates this well… kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3vImqN_hJWqmdk&feature=emb_logo

[@GratitudeAndAction]

simple and clear, thank you so much

[@MichaelBullo]

Hey thank you. Hope you design some cool stuff :)

[@GratitudeAndAction]

@@MichaelBullo yeah, it's for my new logo animation package, thank you again and keep going ;)

[@MichaelBullo]

@@GratitudeAndAction Cheers. Your project sounds awesome. Best of luck with it.

[@TheNSproject]

Magnifique ! I could listen and watch your tuto again and again! Let me see you other videos !

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you Nsaka. If it helps I have a bunch of Playlists.

[@TheNSproject]

@@MichaelBullo I've watched some of them! You're so good on explaining things! Thank you!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks again. I genuinely appreciate that. Hope you build some cool stuff :)

[@TheNSproject]

@@MichaelBullo I'm trying... still learning. I'm a fashion designer so I need to combine Clo3d/MD with Blender, Daz3d and also Substance painter. I know how use the Adobe suite Ps Ai Pr Ae. So now it's time for 3d!

[@MichaelBullo]

@@TheNSproject Wow. That's quite the skill set. Best of luck learning all the 3D stuff.

[@anitadelossantosmelikhova9114]

The best lesson! It's better than work with curves in blender for me)

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you Anita. Great to hear.

[@philemonakanvuusiba8770]

Exactly what I was looking for!! Thanks man 👌

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks mate. Great to hear.

[@vanillarifle]

Simple and straight forward! Perfect!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you. Hope it helps.

[@osks]

Very nicely done!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you. Hope it proves useful.

[@KevCraven]

What if you wanted to use different colours on the different shapes of this SVG after you've done the extruding?

[@MichaelBullo]

The object that I created in the video is fundamentally still just a few curves. To achieve what you are describing I would first convert the object to a mesh. Then I would be selecting individual faces and assigning different materials to them.

[@KevCraven]

@@MichaelBullo thank you! 🙏

[@MichaelBullo]

@@KevCraven Thanks Kev. Let us know how it goes.

[@fehlbrandschwele]

thank you so much, exactly what I needed!

[@MichaelBullo]

Great to hear. Thank you.

[@screenbro246]

Great job!! Thank you very much i learn a lot of thinks on this video!!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks mate. I really appreciate that. Have fun building some cool stuff in Blender.

[@mambaman2007]

Thank you very much, this was very helpful

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you Sanusi. Happy to hear it helped.

[@jamesamoros6396]

THANK THE GODS FOR THIS. SHORT AND CONCISE. BLESS YOU

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you James. Happy it helped you out.

[@leonciocastillo6433]

It helps a lot. Thank you.

[@MichaelBullo]

Hey that's great to hear. Thank you.

[@valeriacenturion3838]

This was incredibly helpful, thank you!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you Valeria. I'm happy to hear that. Happy designing :)

[@johnotron604]

Huge help, thank you so much.

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks mate. Great to hear.

[@soc1a]

MASSIVE help! Thank you

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks mate. Great to hear.

[@roryurquiola]

thank you Michael, very helpful!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you Rory. Great to hear.

[@combeechan]

What to do if you import the .svg and there are no curves? I am trying to export typed font. Is there some sort of conversion step needed inside Illustrator? In the same Illustrator file, I created a basic square and was able to export-svg & import into blender successfully with a curve.

[@MichaelBullo]

Try converting the text into a shape. I have a video that shows how to do just that... How to Convert Text to a Shape in Illustrator and Change kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnOZmXSHja6fj80

[@combeechan]

@@MichaelBullo Woah, thank you for responding so quickly! This worked. Thank you very much!

[@MichaelBullo]

@@combeechan Thank you. Happy to hear this helped you out. Happy designing :)

[@lninjal2477]

Stellar tutorial

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you. Best of luck with your designs.

[@alexbobyr8076]

Great tutorial. Thank you.

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you Alexander. Appreciate it.

[@leoeditor]

EXcelent tutorial!! Tks in advance!!!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you. Hope it helps.

[@frankrobyn-fuhrmeister7774]

That helped so much. Thank you!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks Frank. Great to hear.

[@AtundraOFFICIAL]

My hero thanks Michael that was perfect

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you. Hope it helps.

[@TheDinoFeed]

Nice one! Thanks for this

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you. Glad you like it.

[@dinosaurseatskittles]

Great video, thank you.

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you. Hope you're creating some cool stuff :)

[@432HzUSA]

Thank you very much 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you. Hope it helps.

[@virtualbranding128]

Great job bro helped me alot thanks!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks mate. Appreciate the feedback.

[@byronsaenz8657]

It's just awesome

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you. Have fun :)

[@Zltra1]

So easy, perfect!!!

[@MichaelBullo]

Hey that's awesome. Thank you.

[@mujaheedsanadi]

*_Thank you very much for this_*

[@MichaelBullo]

Cheers mate. Hope it helps.

[@chadibaytamouni3503]

that s one great video!! thx

[@MichaelBullo]

Cheers Chadi

[@barbararibeiro6426]

When I open the SVG file on Blender it comes up as empty T.T (I checked, no "curves" on the righthand box) Any idea what the problem might be?

[@MichaelBullo]

Are you creating this SVG yourself like I demonstrate in the video or is this some random SVG?

[@Skycers]

Dude this was very isefull!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks mate. Great to hear.

[@rowliv]

thank you so much. I wish I had watched this earlier...

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you. Happy to help :)

[@muhammadade4058]

As-salāmu‘alaikum wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuh. I thank you for the information.

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you Muhammad.

[@gamedevstanislove]

Cool tutorial! Thanks a lot!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you. Hope it helps.

[@1089-w4g]

Really helped in 19 thx

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you

[@ashielgoodoon906]

Really helpful bro exactly what i was looking for. Maybe next try doing an animation tut

[@MichaelBullo]

Hey thank you. I appreciate the comment. Thanks for the suggestion about creating an animation based tutorial. In case it helps, I do have a video on creating a basic collision in Blender... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpXXl5mCeMSEe9U

[@jiji5242]

Great and to the point, thanks

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you mate. Hope it helps you out.

[@chriswenning]

Thank you!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you Chris

[@musicforsouls1733]

After I've made the logo into a mesh, is there a reason why I can't join it to an object? I select the object and the logo and join is an option, but it isn't joining. I'm trying to put the extruded logo onto a surface

[@MichaelBullo]

Is the object also definitely a mesh?

[@jdzwx2522]

There is a scale difference with Illustrator and Blender. Depending on the units you're using in blender, the magic scale number is either 1.25 or 1250.

[@MichaelBullo]

Great comment. Completely agree. For anyone else reading this who is interested, I took a bit of a deeper dive into this topic in a conversation with Ivan Li further down in the comments on this page.

[@ryanbrown3575]

youre amazing thank you

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you Ryan. Hope you create some cool stuff :)

[@nixednamode3607]

what if i want to export the final file as a .obj file? do i need to convert it to a mesh or just the extrude and bevel options are fine? also, how to convert to a mesh ? thanks!!

[@MichaelBullo]

I might duck your question on best practice for creating an OBJ file and suggest you ask some Blender experts. As for how to convert to a mesh. Select your object and from the menu within the 3D Viewport choose... Object > Convert > Mesh

[@GermanFragEditing]

I did a pathfinder minus front and it got ignored in blender. Any fix for this?

[@MichaelBullo]

This sounds like an issue that might need to be seen. Perhaps post it along with screen shots on a Blender forum. Good luck.

[@smoothparishioner]

Thanks for a very well explained tutorial. Do you know how it would be possible to make the extruded edge a different colour?

[@MichaelBullo]

Sorry for the late reply. I recommend you post this question on a Blender forum where experts can give you the best method to achieve this. Best of luck.

[@Spicyanvil]

thanks heaps!!! so helpful

[@MichaelBullo]

Happy it helped. Cheers.

[@Spicyanvil]

Is there any chance you know how to sculpt this shape once it is extruded? It seems like the shape can't be sculpted when i turn to sculpt mode? Any help would be great :)

[@MichaelBullo]

@@Spicyanvil The trick with sculpting is that you need to have a lot of polygons. If this is your issue, you just need to divide your mesh. I don't have any videos on this topic myself. Grant Abbitt is a fantastic Blender trainer on KZbin. You might want to check out this video of his... Sculpting in Blender 2.8 | Beginners Detailed Guide | Every Brush kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmS7pXR8iryBq80

[@Spicyanvil]

@@MichaelBullo oh, I figured it out! For anyone wondering you go OBJECT>CONVERT TO> MESH FROM CURVE :)

[@MichaelBullo]

👍

[@Coco-xi9hq]

awesome tutorial thanks! question - say you didnt join everything how you did in the start (for some reason it wouldnt let me) Any who...is there a way to copy the info from one curve to the others? I cant seem to figure out how. thanks!

[@MichaelBullo]

Sorry but I'm not sure the best way to do this. If you haven't already, I'd recommend posting this question in a Blender forum.

[@andrewgrabham4666]

nice work!

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks Andrew

[@brandonkapel9997]

Michael Bullo u

[@veronicajoyce2112]

When I save as SVG, my more complicated design starts to shift it's positions. To be more specific, the outline vector of my object is slightly askew from the colored objects. Any fix?

[@MichaelBullo]

I haven't personally experienced this problem. Here are a few random suggestions that you could explore… When you choose Save As, activate the "Use Artboards" option in the first of the two dialog boxes that will appear. In the SVG Options dialog box, try changing the "SVG Profiles" to a different option. Increase the size of your artboard and artwork within Illustrator before exporting. I'm wondering if the relative distances between your artwork may be treated with more fidelity if they are on a larger scale. Try exporting out different elements as different SVG files and then importing those multiple files into Blender. It's not pretty, but... I hope something here helps. Please let me know how you get on.

[@veronicajoyce2112]

@@MichaelBullo I was able to work it out with exporting as an SVG instead of Save As and had the decimal all the way to 5.

[@MichaelBullo]

@@veronicajoyce2112 Ah yes. The one thing that I didn't mention :) Nicely done. You reminded me that when doing a Save As for an SVG there is a More Options button at the bottom of the dialog box. This reveals a Decimal Places option for controlling vector precision. If you hover your mouse over that field you will see a detailed description show up at the bottom of the dialog box.

[@user-so2bj9mi6p]

very thaaaaanks

[@MichaelBullo]

Thank you

[@kamikaze9814]

Thank you

[@MichaelBullo]

Cheers

[@CryptoNightshade]

GOOD STUFF

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks mate

[@catbunny8713]

hello, when i try and do this my svg file shows as HTML in my file explorer and when i open it in blender, nothing appears (not bc its too small either, theres nothing in the collection)

[@MichaelBullo]

How are you creating and saving your SVG?

[@catbunny8713]

@@MichaelBullo made it on illustrator, simple vector of a brand logo, have tried both saving as and exporting as SVG. file name says .svg on the end but the file type itself says it’s html

[@MichaelBullo]

@@catbunny8713 Are you exporting out the SVG exactly as I do in the video? You might want to look into changing the file associations on your computer if it's thinking an SVG is an HTML file.

[@catbunny8713]

@@MichaelBullo yes, exactly the same as you in the video, it’s just 3 steps really so i have no clue what’s going wrong

[@MichaelBullo]

@@catbunny8713 Not sure I can offer much help here in this text only comments section. I suggest you post your problem along with any relevant screen shots on a Blender forum. Best of luck and please let me know when you find a solution.

[@Deqrypted]

when i import my svg, nothing shows up at all. it shows under my collections but not like yours, with curves or anything, and i cant select it no matter how big an area i drag with my mouse

[@MichaelBullo]

Try creating a simple shape in Illustrator and export out an SVG exactly as I do in the video. Are you able to successfully import that file?

[@Deqrypted]

@@MichaelBullo i had a photoshop file that i imported into inkscape, and then exported as svg. its a logo from a buddy, will i have to recreate it in illustrator?

[@MichaelBullo]

@@Deqrypted Hopefully you won't have to recreate the file. The thinking behind my suggestion was to try and isolate where the problem lies. Right now you don't know if you have a problem with the SVG file or Blender. If you create a clean, simple SVG using Illustrator and are able to import that into Blender, then you know the problem lies with your buddy's SVG file.

[@AudzRL]

@@Deqrypted i just had this problem, found out that i could fix it by exporting the image in ps as a svg file, then put that file in adobe illustrator, the lines will be there but it will be completely white/transparent, save it as svg, (it will say converted) and import to blender

[@pepi-art3055]

ty ♥

[@MichaelBullo]

Cheers

[@EGOKILLS]

For some reason when I imported the svg. file it would not allow me to scale it....not sure if anyone knows of this issue? Thankyou

[@MichaelBullo]

Try creating a very simple SVG file. Perhaps just a single shape. Can you scale that after brining it into Blender?

[@johnnyc.5979]

How do you change the units to millimeters for the object?

[@MichaelBullo]

Open up the Scene tab of the Properties panel and change the units

[@johnnyc.5979]

@@MichaelBullo Wow, quickest response I've ever gotten in my life. Thanks.

[@MichaelBullo]

@@johnnyc.5979 No worries mate. Best of luck with Blender.

[@sebastianvangen]

I'm gotta pin this in my bookmarks of Websites that is important.

[@MichaelBullo]

Thanks mate. Hope the other videos help you out.

[@sebastianvangen]

When i scale up my object, it doesn't staying in the same place as yours do. Mine is moving away while is scaling up. Does it make any sense why its doing so for me?

[@MichaelBullo]

@@sebastianvangen This video might help... How to move the origin of an object in Blender kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6LTdHaXqLmXd8U