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Janne
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3D text changing direction?

Postby Janne » Mon Feb 16, 2015 6:08 am

Hi all :)
I have made research on this but I am not able to find any answers to my question.
Is there a way to make this 3D effect without working on each separate letter?
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Espermaschine
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Espermaschine » Mon Feb 16, 2015 6:26 am

create your text and convert to a path
duplicate and change to darker color
offset and then downscale a bit while pressing down CTRL + Shift
interpolate to achieve 3D effect
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Lazur » Mon Feb 16, 2015 6:27 am

Hi.

Or try the motion extension.
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Janne » Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:36 am

Thank you, Espermaschine and Lazur. I get the idea but nothing happens when I try to apply either Interpolate or motion.
Text is converted to path, duplicated, darker color, placed behind, scaled with Ctrl + Shift, both selected, preview chosen and Nothing happens. I have used Interpolation before so I know how it works but somehow it doesn't work now in 0.91. I'll save it now and upload the svg. :)
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Janne » Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:38 am

The SVG file :)
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Lazur » Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:40 am

Convert text to path,
ungroup characters (Ctrl+Shift+G),
combine them (Ctrl+K).

Some manual editing will still be necessary, nor the motion or extrude extensions don't like rounded segments -hope it got improved in 0.91.

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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Janne » Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:48 am

Thank you - trying that immediately :)
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Espermaschine » Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:52 am

i had a slightly masochistic fit and tried to make it by hand

so combine the two textpaths
difference

then break apart
node editing
and seperate again every single segment

fill each segment with a gradient
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby tylerdurden » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:10 am

Admirable results!

That said, I declare this a task for Blender. :lol:
Blender.org
Have a nice day.

I'm using Inkscape 0.92.2 (5c3e80d, 2017-08-06), 64 bit win8.1

The Inkscape manual has lots of helpful info! http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Janne » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:20 am

Now this is fun!
Interpolate with method 1 inverts the colors - so here is method 2 used.
It works fine but there is no sharp shadow as the colors merge through the process.
I haven't yet figured out how Motion works as it seems as if everything gets distorted.
I think that the solution would be a duplicate of the lighter color on top of the interpolated object.

Lazur, I'd really like to understand the Motion feature better :)
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Janne » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:23 am

Espermaschine wrote:i had a slightly masochistic fit and tried to make it by hand

so combine the two textpaths
difference

then break apart
and seperate again every single segment

fill each segment with a gradient


:lol:

Oh yeah - why not? I should have had that idea myself :lol:

Nice work - thank you :)

Off topic:
The masochist to the sadist: "Hit me!"
The sadist to the masochist:" NO!"
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Janne » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:27 am

Espermaschine, which font did you use?
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Espermaschine » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:56 am

Janne wrote:Espermaschine, which font did you use?

Coolvetica

http://www.dafont.com/de/search.php?q=coolvetica
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Lazur » Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:02 am

tylerdurden wrote:That said, I declare this a task for Blender. :lol:
Blender.org



Exactly.

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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Janne » Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:11 am

Espermaschine wrote:
Janne wrote:Espermaschine, which font did you use?

Coolvetica

http://www.dafont.com/de/search.php?q=coolvetica


Which I do have because I installed it after watching a program about the font Helvetica and it's designer! I'm a font freak :)

But look what happens in the text dialogue box when you chose it...
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Janne » Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:12 am

Lazur URH wrote:
tylerdurden wrote:That said, I declare this a task for Blender. :lol:
Blender.org



Exactly.

suprt.png


Nooo Lazur - it doesn't even match :D
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Espermaschine » Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:22 am

Janne wrote:Which I do have because I installed it after watching a program about the font Helvetica and it's designer! I'm a font freak :)

But look what happens in the text dialogue box when you chose it...


good movie ! ;)
Odin from GC once recommend it to me

the text dialogue box does loads of strange things in the new IS version (fonts jump up and down in the preview when you change them)
but it came out, the way it should be, after i pressed apply

P.S: thanks for the compliment ! :)
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby tylerdurden » Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:38 am

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Have a nice day.

I'm using Inkscape 0.92.2 (5c3e80d, 2017-08-06), 64 bit win8.1

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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Lazur » Mon Feb 16, 2015 12:59 pm

Janne wrote:
Lazur URH wrote:
tylerdurden wrote:That said, I declare this a task for Blender. :lol:
Blender.org



Exactly.

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Nooo Lazur - it doesn't even match :D



That's sad. Now it all collapsed.
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Espermaschine » Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:46 pm

lol@ even the holes coming out of the collapsed text
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Janne » Tue Feb 17, 2015 12:27 am

:D :D :D
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby ragstian » Tue Feb 17, 2015 12:49 am

Hi

Blender - nope :(
POVRAY - yippie :)

A few lines of povray code produces this, no mouse involved in the design - all text input.

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povray code;

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object{
Bevelled_Text
 ("coolvetica rg.ttf", // Font
  "SUPPORT",// String
  10 ,      // Cuts
  35,       // BevelAngle
  0.045,    // BevelDepth
  0.1,      // Depth
  0.00,     // Offset
  0)        // 1 = "merge"
  texture{
   pigment{color rgb<0,0.30,1>}
   normal { bumps 0.5 scale 0.005}
   finish{ambient 0.1 diffuse 0.75 phong 1}
   } // end of texture
   rotate<0,0,0>
   scale<1.9,0.4,1>
   translate -4*x
 } // end of Bevelled_Text object


Have fun!
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Lazur » Tue Feb 17, 2015 12:55 am

ragstian wrote:Blender - nope :(



Falling to pieces.

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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Janne » Tue Feb 17, 2015 1:38 am

You guys rock :lol:
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Re: 3D text changing direction?

Postby Maestral » Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:22 am

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