3D text with Inkscape using Blur
The final result will look like this:
Using the Text Tool, write the desired text for your logo using a nice serif font. This object will be used many times across this tutorial so we will need to keep a copy of it (here I used Copy and Paste in Place each time I needed it later).
Select the text, convert it to path and then break apart:
Here is the Break Apart result (zoomed in to get better accuracy in the next steps):
For the letters with holes in them select the interior and the exterior and apply Difference:
For the letters formed of multiple parts, select all pieces and apply Union:
The result look the same as the initial text but each letter is a different object:
Color the letters in vivid, rainbow color, just like the Google logo:
Bring a copy of the initial text and color it white:
Duplicate the text, move it a little down and to the right (I used a different color for the duplicate just to make the operation clearer):
Select the two copies and apply Difference:
Apply Blur to the result and reduce its opacity:
Here is the highlight area:
Bring again a copy of the initial text and make it black:
Duplicate the text, move it a little up and to the left:
Select the two copies and apply Difference:
Apply Blur and reduce the opacity:
And here is the dark area:
The text is a bit blurry, so a clip or mask operation is needed. Bring yet another copy of theinitial text and select all (the text, colored letters, lights and shadows):
Apply Cut:
And here is our 3D text:
Now zoom it back to the original size and enjoy the result:
For the last time bring a copy of the initial text, make it black:
Move it down and to the right and lower it under the rest of the logo:
Apply Blur and reduce the opacity:
And this is the final form:
If needed, add other elements of the logo:
Update: a
Romanian translation is also available.
Many thanks to my friends at OpenArt.ro, www.xdrive.ro and Inovatika for motivating me to write this.a disclaimer will appear here soon
