Trouble bending vector onto path

[kdoiron]

I would like to bend a vector onto a path. I'm new to all the terms so I apologize if I am using the wrong words.

Details: I was following along with a tutorial on youtube and carried it out successfully once. I had a great result and wanted to apply this to things I had generated myself, not what the tutorial generated. And I was unable to, so I went back and followed the tutorial exactly again but now I just get the image pasted to the end of a path, not bent or curved along the path like I want.

Tutorial: It is a tutorial for abstract wings, by Logos by Nick -

Trouble shooting: I have tried to trouble shoot this by installing the latest inkscape and that didn't help. I closed out of everything and opened it all fresh again (just the program not the computer). I'm on Mac 10.14.3 using both 0.92.2 and 0.92.4 (preferring 0.92.2 atm). I'm not sure it matters but I do have both X11 and XQuartz installed, but both programs force X11 open even with XQuartz open.

Anyone have any suggestions or things I can try? I did search through the forums for anything similar and didn't find it, but I may have missed something, for which I apologize for duplicating.

thanks

[flamingolady]

hi. I just followed the tut to ensure I could duplicate it, and I can, so we just need to figure out where you got stuck.  Can you attach the file so we can see where it went off course?
If this helps any, you might have been successful but just need to move the handle to adjust the design.  After you draw the arc, you need to go into the node tool to be able to do that.  You might just need to grab the handle from the circle to make the design larger (I needed to make mine bigger). Other possibilities off the top of my head could be that your nodes need to be auto sooth, or you may need to highlight all the nodes, click the + and add more nodes.  Working with Spiro can go wonky very fast, I find that adding more nodes usually helps.  Also ensure that your 'smooth' number is around 42 (what the author used), but I went a bit lower. 

[kdoiron]

Thank you for helping, I still haven't gotten it to work.

I think what is strange is that it was working at first, then stopped working. And anything I add to clipboard pastes very pixelated. I did try modifying the path. I attached the file I was working on, I'm scratching my head on this.

What I can't remember is if I got it to work before I upgraded to mojave or after. Maybe I borked something in updating. I am tempted to uninstall everything and do a fresh install.

Thanks

[Moini]

Adjust your clipboard settings: https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-0.92.2/mac-os-x/107/dmg (scroll down for instructions)

[kdoiron]

I knew it was going to be something stupid. Thank you so much!! Not sure how the setting changed but everything works again.

[flamingolady]

oh, so glad it's now working.  boy that guy talked fast in that tut, lol.

[brynn]

Yes, that's a common problem with Nick's tutorials.  Personally I think it would be helpful for him to go much slower, even if it means he doesn't produce as many tutorials.  But at least we have them, and users can keep their finger on the stop/rewind button.