I’ve tried to Creat the advance knock out design and it all works great until I get to the inset part. From there I do not see an outline on my unicorn. I’ve tried it several times and it isn’t working. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong.
I don’t know if this would have anything to do with it but when I realized I needed to insert the unicorn I ended up having to open a new Inkscape window and start over again. I’m assuming I have to have my image already in there before I start the text.
Hi there! Yes, you’ll need to have your unicorn image open in your project and make sure it is a traced SVG image in order to be able to use it in the design. You can determine this by selecting it with the “Edit Paths by Nodes” tool and making sure there are nodes around it.
I’m still having the same problem. When I get to path/inset there is no outline of the unicorn like what it shows in your video. I tried to continue to see what would happen, when I got to path/intersection it does not show the two different colors.
So did you duplicate your unicorn and change the copy a different color before you did the inset? Feel free to reach out to me via email ([email protected]) so we can troubleshoot better. It would also be super helpful and much quicker to troubleshoot if you can do a screen recording of what you are doing. You can get a free account with UseLoom.com or use any other free screen recording software for this.
I imported an SVG of a mermaid tail to use as the knockout image. I ensured it was an SVG by checking for nodes which there were nodes. I tried doing the inset, but it did not work. I tried to import the image and also used the drag and drop method to insert it in Inkscape, but neither way worked. I imported a PNG, traced it, and then the inset worked. Am I missing a step with the SVG? Is this a common issue or am I doing something wrong? Thank you!
Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. I think ensuring it was fully ungrouped may have been an issue. I just tried it again and the inset/outset worked. Thank you SO much!
I’ve tried to Creat the advance knock out design and it all works great until I get to the inset part. From there I do not see an outline on my unicorn. I’ve tried it several times and it isn’t working. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong.
I don’t know if this would have anything to do with it but when I realized I needed to insert the unicorn I ended up having to open a new Inkscape window and start over again. I’m assuming I have to have my image already in there before I start the text.
Hi there! Yes, you’ll need to have your unicorn image open in your project and make sure it is a traced SVG image in order to be able to use it in the design. You can determine this by selecting it with the “Edit Paths by Nodes” tool and making sure there are nodes around it.
I’m still having the same problem. When I get to path/inset there is no outline of the unicorn like what it shows in your video. I tried to continue to see what would happen, when I got to path/intersection it does not show the two different colors.
So did you duplicate your unicorn and change the copy a different color before you did the inset? Feel free to reach out to me via email ([email protected]) so we can troubleshoot better. It would also be super helpful and much quicker to troubleshoot if you can do a screen recording of what you are doing. You can get a free account with UseLoom.com or use any other free screen recording software for this.
Thank you Erica. I will try to do that this week. I have crazy work hours so will try to fit it in. I really appreciate all your help!
No problem!
I imported an SVG of a mermaid tail to use as the knockout image. I ensured it was an SVG by checking for nodes which there were nodes. I tried doing the inset, but it did not work. I tried to import the image and also used the drag and drop method to insert it in Inkscape, but neither way worked. I imported a PNG, traced it, and then the inset worked. Am I missing a step with the SVG? Is this a common issue or am I doing something wrong? Thank you!
Was it perhaps grouped? Make sure it is fully ungrouped before you try the inset. That is my best guess as to why it wasn’t working the first time.
Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. I think ensuring it was fully ungrouped may have been an issue. I just tried it again and the inset/outset worked. Thank you SO much!
Not a problem – glad it worked out!
Is there anywhere the steps are in text form so that I may follow as I do them ?
I don’t have a PDF for this one yet but I can add it to my to do list 🙂
I am finally at the end but when I try to do “difference” it will not work.
Make sure everything is ungrouped and you are only selecting two items when you do the difference. Feel free to email me if still having trouble.