inkscape 1.2 exclusion humming bird

To create this simple humming bird logo I’ve used a very simple technique. With both the text and bird design selected, I use the Exclusion boolean operator to combine them into a single path and cut away the over lapping sections. I’ve added a linear gradient to my design using the Fill and Stroke dialog box and adjusted the gradient bar using the gradient tool. This method is great for creating single colour logos.
The humming bird design that I use in this video can be downloaded from:
pixabay.com/vectors/animal-bi...
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[@skyeblue6834]

Perfect for us newbies thank you for sharing

[@CreateForFree]

Your welcome

[@ts-fr8hb]

Thank you, your tutorials are so helpful for me.

[@CreateForFree]

I'm glad to hear they are helping

[@kimburgy9687]

Thank you for another great tutorial

[@CreateForFree]

You're welcome

[@priyanthisilva1934]

Thank you.

[@geoffphil]

I would have wasted time with duplication, intersections and fills. Your idea to use exclusion is excellent. Thanks and keep up the great work!

[@CreateForFree]

It's great that the coding has been rewritten to allow Boolean operators to be used straight on text. Even just converting a section of text to a single path is now so simple, we can just use Union straight on the text. Thanks for your comments

[@priyanthisilva1934]

Thank you. You explained very clearly. Very easy to follow. May God Bless you.

[@CreateForFree]

You're welcome, I hope it was helpful.

[@priyanthisilva1934]

@@CreateForFree Yes it was a very clear explanation. I was able to to the tutorial perfectly as shown.

[@daliborklusacek2095]

what version of inkscape are you using? even on the tenth attempt I did not manage to create the same image, even though I followed the same procedure

[@CreateForFree]

It needs to be 1.2 for this method to work. Some of the coding was changed allowing Boolean operators to work on text. If you have an earlier version you will need to convert the text to a path: with the text selected go to Path - object to Path. Then ungroup the text and finally go to Path - Union to combine all the letters into a single path. It should then work.

[@NuMwhan-bg4fq]

The text changes its color automatically to the color of the hummingbird. Is there a way to keep the text with its original blue color?

[@CreateForFree]

You are creating a single path from the two, that is why they become a single colour.
You could duplicate the text first (select the text and press Crl + D) then hold down shift and select the bird - Path - Exclusion. Without deselecting anything press Crl +D again to duplicate the bird/text design, then hold down shift and select the text and go to Path - Intersection. So now you should have the bird/text design but with a duplicate of the text the original colour sat on top. so you can colour them separately. Hope that helps.

[@skins3738]

You left out a very important step making this video misleading. You must convert the text to a path before exclusion will work. Then you must join the letters to make it one object. Errors like this are not preferable.

[@CreateForFree]

In Inkscape 1.2 it isn't neccessary, you can use Exclusion straight off with text. But that's a good call if you encounter problems. Although you can now just use union straight on the text, which will convert it to a compound path.

[@skins3738]

@@CreateForFree Thank you. I was unaware. It didn't work when I tried it. I didn't know about using union on text straight off. That is helpful to know. Thanks. I will attempt the operation again leaving it as text.