Wanted: Corel-DRAW-like envelope that does not deform the upper and lower borders
Hi all,
I am trying to reproduce this effect - http://www.shlomifish.org/art/bk2hp/ - that I originally did in Corel-DRAW using Inkscape. Now, for that I used an envelope effect that construed the text like so:
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And later on applied perspective. However, when I attempt to do it using Inkscape, I get some deformation/mutation at the top and bottom like so - http://imgur.com/SdUWXA6 and don't want that.
I've been considering to implement my own transformation on the points of the path using this equation - https://github.com/shlomif/Shlomi-Fish-Back-to-my-Homepage-Logo/blob/master/... ,
but I hope to avoid it. Can anyone give me any leads?
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
Shlomi Fish wrote the following on 5/28/2013 12:34 PM:
Hi all,
I am trying to reproduce this effect - http://www.shlomifish.org/art/bk2hp/ - that I originally did in Corel-DRAW using Inkscape. Now, for that I used an envelope effect that construed the text like so:
\ | \ | | | / | / |
And later on applied perspective. However, when I attempt to do it using Inkscape, I get some deformation/mutation at the top and bottom like so - http://imgur.com/SdUWXA6 and don't want that.
I've been considering to implement my own transformation on the points of the path using this equation - https://github.com/shlomif/Shlomi-Fish-Back-to-my-Homepage-Logo/blob/master/... ,
but I hope to avoid it. Can anyone give me any leads?
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
Inkscape doesn't have an envelope effect like that of Corel and Xara unfortunately. I make do with the Bezier Envelope 2010 extension. With it you'll be able to bend segments whereas you cannot do that with the envelope or perspective extensions (at least I don't think you can...memory). The text doesn't exactly flow nicely against those bent segments but it gets close. Afterward you can tweak letters (tweak tool) to suit your needs. There is an envelope live path effect that you might find useful as well.
heathenx
PS If you cannot find a copy of Bezier Envelope 2010 then I have a copy I can send you.
Hi Heathenx,
On Tue, 28 May 2013 14:52:18 -0400 heathenx <heathenx@...155...> wrote:
Shlomi Fish wrote the following on 5/28/2013 12:34 PM:
Hi all,
I am trying to reproduce this effect - http://www.shlomifish.org/art/bk2hp/
- that I originally did in Corel-DRAW using Inkscape. Now, for that I used
an envelope effect that construed the text like so:
\ | \ | | | / | / |
And later on applied perspective. However, when I attempt to do it using Inkscape, I get some deformation/mutation at the top and bottom like so - http://imgur.com/SdUWXA6 and don't want that.
I've been considering to implement my own transformation on the points of the path using this equation - https://github.com/shlomif/Shlomi-Fish-Back-to-my-Homepage-Logo/blob/master/... ,
but I hope to avoid it. Can anyone give me any leads?
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
Inkscape doesn't have an envelope effect like that of Corel and Xara unfortunately. I make do with the Bezier Envelope 2010 extension. With it you'll be able to bend segments whereas you cannot do that with the envelope or perspective extensions (at least I don't think you can...memory). The text doesn't exactly flow nicely against those bent segments but it gets close. Afterward you can tweak letters (tweak tool) to suit your needs. There is an envelope live path effect that you might find useful as well.
Thanks! That seems perfect for what I need.
heathenx
PS If you cannot find a copy of Bezier Envelope 2010 then I have a copy I can send you.
I cannot find it anywhere. Please send it to me and I will put it online.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
Hi all,
On Tue, 28 May 2013 22:14:46 +0300 Shlomi Fish <shlomif@...3008...> wrote:
Hi Heathenx,
On Tue, 28 May 2013 14:52:18 -0400 heathenx <heathenx@...155...> wrote:
Shlomi Fish wrote the following on 5/28/2013 12:34 PM:
Hi all,
I am trying to reproduce this effect - http://www.shlomifish.org/art/bk2hp/
- that I originally did in Corel-DRAW using Inkscape. Now, for that I used
an envelope effect that construed the text like so:
\ | \ | | | / | / |
And later on applied perspective. However, when I attempt to do it using Inkscape, I get some deformation/mutation at the top and bottom like so - http://imgur.com/SdUWXA6 and don't want that.
I've been considering to implement my own transformation on the points of the path using this equation - https://github.com/shlomif/Shlomi-Fish-Back-to-my-Homepage-Logo/blob/master/... ,
but I hope to avoid it. Can anyone give me any leads?
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
Inkscape doesn't have an envelope effect like that of Corel and Xara unfortunately. I make do with the Bezier Envelope 2010 extension. With it you'll be able to bend segments whereas you cannot do that with the envelope or perspective extensions (at least I don't think you can...memory). The text doesn't exactly flow nicely against those bent segments but it gets close. Afterward you can tweak letters (tweak tool) to suit your needs. There is an envelope live path effect that you might find useful as well.
Thanks! That seems perfect for what I need.
heathenx
PS If you cannot find a copy of Bezier Envelope 2010 then I have a copy I can send you.
I cannot find it anywhere. Please send it to me and I will put it online.
After Heathenx sent me their extension, I placed it on my GitHub account:
* https://github.com/shlomif/Bezier-Envelope-for-Inkscape
And I was able to use that + perspective to get my final result:
https://github.com/shlomif/Shlomi-Fish-Back-to-my-Homepage-Logo/blob/master/...
(short URL - http://is.gd/Ll4jvb ).
However, it doesn't look as good as http://www.shlomifish.org/art/bk2hp/ so I'll have to do some tweaking to the process, and I think I'll automate everything this time using a script.
Thanks!
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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