Inkscape Tutorial: Spiral Text Effect

Inkscape 1.3 step-by-step beginner, intermediate tutorial hosted by Rick Johanson, showing you an easy technique in this free course how to make a spiral text effect using a color gradient and the Live Path Effects Tiling feature. Follow along and learn the basics of Inkscape in this hands-on project.

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[caeliachapin]

@IronEchoDesign : Hey Rick, first of all, thank you so much for sharing your Inkscape knowledge. I've been using Inkscape for a few years, but mostly at a pretty basic level. I recently discovered your channel, and have been learning a ton of useful techniques!

But I've noticed something that strikes me as a bit odd: it seems that you typically work way outside the page boundaries, and I'm curious as to why you do that. Of course, if your end goal is to export a bitmap image, the page doesn't really matter. But there are a lot of cases where it does, especially if you are doing print work. It seems to me (as an occasional freelance graphic designer) that in general it makes more sense to work within the constraints of the final output from the very beginning. Can you explain why you do it the way you do? If you've already done a video that addresses this question, feel free to just drop a link. Anyway, thanks again for everything!

[michaelsalais]

Very well done. Such an interesting effect. Thanks, Rick. The best of holidays to you and yours.

[ramziddinmuslim]

O'zbekistondan salomalar
Sifatli va chiroyli darsliklar uchun raxmat

[robp]

Cheers Rick, thanks again for sharing Bud. Best wishes from the UK 👍👏

[gchesters]

Catching up on videos I missed recently. Thank you so much as always!!! Your tutorials are fab! Always tiny snippets of “oh that’s clever, why didn’t I think of that!” . Like reducing the circle size! Inkscape is so great but I always struggle at thinking how to apply the stuff. You’re brilliant at enlightening us. Thanks!

[venkateshtn]

Hey Rick, that’s pretty cool! Can you touch upon isometrics to design chocolate boxes with folding lines and graphic? That would be great ahead of new year, for gifting

[crafteranother]

You always pick great content. Thank you!

Is there a way to make a rhinestone template in inkscape? It's a complicated process it seems.

[brendaalbright]

Hey Rick how do I obtain your book? Happy and safe Holidays. 👍🏿

[happysillyface]

your videos are my go to point for inkscape knowledge. can you teach how to make glitter effect?

[SFN-YT]

Another great video, as always!! Funny, I actually found something similar recently, but the video was older and used basic interpolation to achieve a similar effect. Awesome to see how far Inkscape has come and how the same effect is much simpler now - and has way more options. I'm going to have to have a play with some of those tiling buttons! :)

[tomvetterani]

Rick - I need some advice. I have watched a number of your videos and recently tried to import my small business logo into Lightburn for laser engraving. The image outside of LIghtburn is fine, but when imported, it shows a number of boundary boxes that weren't there. I've tried a number of things but still can't seem to figure it out. Wondering if you would be willing to take a quick look at it and give me some advice? Thanks in advance.

[Hachgatsu]

Hello. My name is Hachigatsu. I live in Russia . Komi Republic, Syktyvkar city. I recently started watching your channel, lessons on INKSCAPE. I really like your presentation of the material and how easily and most importantly intuitively you explain everything for a simple user who is just starting to learn INKSCAPE. I have a question. Which version of INKSCAPE do you think is the best and which version of INKSCAPE do you use?
I am sorry for my English. Translated the text into Google Translator. Creative success to you! From Russia with love!
Hachigatsu.

[darrellsnodgrass]

how do you magnify those menus in your video?

[onionjam]

When I try to adjust the color schem it only changes the original and not the res of the swirl, what I did wrong?

[gee_rex]

great video
i need a little help, am on windows 11, suddenly i can't type two words on my Inkscape canvas because when i hit the space bar the cursor moves backwards. ???