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Speech Bubbles are cosmetic items in Honkai: Star Rail that allow you customize the appearance of your texts in the Chat Box. See how to unlock all Speech Bubbles and how to change them in this guide!

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All chat box themes and how to unlock, how to set speech bubbles, change via messages.

In the Phone Menu, open Messages, where you can see all your texts from various characters. Select the Speech Bubble icon underneath the contacts list to change your Speech Bubble!

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You can also change your Speech Bubble from the Friend Chat! Open a conversation and the Speech Bubble icon will be at the bottom left, next to the Initiate Chat button.

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Here we will explain how to create “Speech balloons” - a unique form of expression in comics - and well will introduce the balloon tools along with some other useful tips.

[1] Speech balloons in CLIP STUDIO PAINT

Speech balloon consists of a vector outline and an inner fill part (painted white in the figure below). The color and the opacity of the inner fill can be adjusted freely, and you can also hide or tone it. Furthermore, there are other ways to create balloons by freely drawing curves and going about it free hand all-together. In the example shown below, the outline is selected with the [Object] tool.

There are roughly 3 different ways to create speech balloon in CLIP STUDIO PAINT: [■1. Balloon (Creating with a tool)], [■2. Balloon (Material)], and [■3. Flash].

■1. How to make a speech balloon using the balloon tools.

The following will explain how to make a speech balloon using the [Ellipse balloon] sub tool.

① Entering characters (texts)

Enter text using the [Text] tool.

② Creating a balloon

Create the balloon’s body using the [Ellipse balloon] tool. The created balloon will be drawn on a [Balloon] layer.

• The [Ellipse balloon] sub tool is stored under [Balloon] in the [Balloon] tool palette in the initial settings.

③ Creating a balloon tail

Create the “tail” part sticking out of the balloon with the [Balloon tail] tool.

• The [Balloon tail] sub tool is stored under [Balloon] in the [Balloon] tool palette in the initial settings.

The order of creating balloons or text does not matter.

It does not matter, which is created first. A layer for the balloon or the text will be created regardless. By adding text or a balloon on the same layer, both can be managed collectively on the same layer.

④ Adjusting the balloon

After creating the balloon, clicking on it with the [Object] tool will display the handles. You can change the size and aspect ratio by adjusting the individual handles.

The settings can be adjusted in the [Tool Property] and [Sub Tool Detail] palettes before using the [Balloon] tool, or when selecting a balloon with the [Object] tool.

For details on the settings of the balloon tools, please refer to [2] “How to use balloon tools.”

■2. Speech balloons from balloon materials

Apart from using tools, speech balloons can also be created with default balloon materials, which can be selected from the [Material] palette under [Manga material] → [Balloon], and pasted onto the canvas.

The operations after pasting the balloons onto the canvas are the same as for the balloons created with the balloon tool.

■3. Balloon flash

Flash speech balloons consist of vector effect lines and an inner fill (painted white in the figure below). Like balloons, the color and opacity of the inner fill can be set freely, and be hidden or toned.

Flashes are stored under [Balloon] in the [Tool] palette, but they are also very similar to the [Saturated line] tool functionally.

• The [Flash] sub tool is contained in the [Flash] group under the [Balloon] tool in the initial settings.

The first two procedures when creating flashes are identical to normal speech balloons. However, as newly created flashes are drawn on a “saturated line” layer, operations differ from speech balloons created with balloon tools.

① Creating a flash

Use [Flash] from the [Sub Tool] palette to create a flash.

② Entering text

Enter text (characters) using the [Text] tool. Unlike the [Balloon] tool, the [Flash] tool does not combine as a text layer, but is operated separately.

③ Adjusting the flash

After creating the flash, click and select it with the [Object] tool to display the control handles. Change the size or aspect ratio by adjusting the individual handles.

Settings, such as the length of effect lines or the density of lines can be adjusted in the [Tool Property] and [Sub Tool Detail] palettes when using the [Flash] tool before creating the flash, or selecting the created flash with the [Object] tool. These can be used in the same way as the [Saturated line] tool.

[2] How to use balloon tools

The following will introduce how to create speech balloons using the [Balloon] sub tools.

■1. Ellipse balloon

Drag to select the start and end point of the ellipse, and determine the aspect ratio and size of it. Pressing the [Shift] key while dragging the balloon will draw a perfect circle.

This is the [Tool Property] of the [Ellipse balloon] sub tool.

① [Line color] and [Fill color]

Change the color of the line art and the balloon fill. Be aware that when making a new balloon, the colors may be limited to gray or monochrome depending on the canvas settings. Confirm or change this using the [Edit] menu → [Canvas properties] or [Page Management] → [Change basic page settings].

② [How to add]

If a text layer is already selected, selecting [Add to selected layer] will add a balloon to the same layer.

Turn [Layer effect] → [Toning] ON when applying a tone based on the color set by [① Fill color] to the created balloon. Set ⑥ Anti-aliasing to [None] when toning.

Select a balloon shape. Even if the figure changes, it can be created with the same steps.

⑤ [Brush Size]

Adjust the line width with this.

⑥ [Anti-aliasing]

Set whether or not to add anti-aliasing.

⑦ Brush shape

Select the shape of the brush tip.

The following are examples of [Pen], [Dotted line] and [Waved line] brush shapes.

■2. Curve balloon

Create a free shaped balloon by making curves. The method to create it changes with the selected ① [Curve].

Select a method to create a line.

・[Straight line]

Each time a point is clicked, a straight line between points will be drawn. Double click the final point to confirm.

A curve is drawn by clicking different points. Double click the final point (or press the Enter key) to confirm.

・[Quadratic Bezier] and [Cubic Bezier]

Create a balloon using a quadratic bezier or a cubic bezier.

Making ② pointed

If there are any corners on the line, they may become round when scaling up, due to the shape of the brush being used. Choose whether to sharpen these lines at the corners or not.

Items other than ① and ② in the [Tool Property] are the same as those in the [Ellipse balloon] tool.

■3. Balloon Pen

Create a balloon as if you are drawing with the [Pen] tool. This also supports pen pressure, therefore, speech bubbles with uneven strokes can be created.

In the settings, the thickness of the line can be adjusted so that the pen pressure works just like the [Pen] tool.

① Brush size

In the same way as the [Pen] tool, the line width can be changed by adjusting the brush size.

② Control brush size

Click on the icon to adjust the elements that affect the brush size. To apply pen pressure similarly to the [Pen] tool, check the [Pen pressure] and set it to ON. To prevent the pen pressure from being applied, turn all check marks OFF.

③ Post correction

This feature corrects lines to make them smoother.

■4. Settings when creating balloons: Other

In the [Sub Tool Detail] palette of the [Balloon] tool, there are items that are not displayed in the [Tool Property] palette. These special settings are as follows.

① [Line/Fill]

Select whether to display the balloon’s lines and fills. Increasing the transparency of the inside of the balloon, and adding edges when characters and images are superimposed will make it easier to read.

・ Create new layer

・ Add to selected layer

When creating a balloon near an existing balloon or text, select whether to create the balloon on a new layer or on the same one.

③ Combine with the text in the drawing area

Creating a balloon above inputted text will group the elements on the same text layer. Multiple text/balloon layers can also be combined into one layer afterwards.

[3] How to create balloon tails

Here we will show how to create a tail for a speech balloon. From [How to bend], choose a drawing type out of [Straight line], [Polyline] or [Spline].

[How to bend]

Choose between [Straight line], [Polyline] or [Spline].

A [Straight line] Creates a straight tail. Dragging between the start point 1 and the end point 2 creates a straight tail.

B [Polyline] Creates a tail with corners. Click to create corner parts starting from point 1, and keep clicking further to create more points. Confirm by double clicking at the last point.

C [Spline] Creates a curved tail. Start clicking the point 1to start, click in further to add more points, and confirm by double clicking at the last point.

[4] How to use the flash tool

Depending on the registered sub tool settings, the drawn content will change drastically.

To create a flash, set the size by dragging from the start point to the end point in the same way as the [Ellipse balloon].

■1. Creating a flash

Use the sub tool [Sea urchin flash] to create a flash.

■2. Adjusting the flash

We will adjust the created flash. In this example, the situation is that the lines are “too long”, “too thick” and “not blank inside” as compared to what is intended.

Selecting the [Object] tool will display the path of the flash sheech balloon.

■3. Adjusting the line width and density

Adjust the flash with the [Tool Property] palette.

・Make the lines thinner by adjusting the [Brush Size].

・Adjust the line density using [Gap of line (distance)].

This process is executed as thinner lines create wider gaps between lines.

■4. Adjusting the line length

・Shorten the [Length].

■Adjusting the “Rough edges”

Click the [+] mark on the left side of [Make the reference position jags] to access further settings. Lowering the value of [Height] and shortening the rough edges makes it more like a sea urchin flash.

■6. Adjusting the flash size

Using the handle displayed on the path of the flash, adjust the size of the flash so that it matches the text.

[5] Advanced use of Balloon/Flash

■1. Combining multiple balloons (* only speech balloons)

The overlapping parts will combine when multiple balloons are gathered on one layer. Keep the balloons on separate layers to display them separately, and create them on one layer to combine them.

To gather multiple existing balloon layers, select the layers to gather and use [Layer] menu → [Merge with layer below] or [Combine selected layer].

■2. Fitting a balloon in a frame border - advanced use of layer masks

Each balloon and flash created will be managed on its own layer. Drawing tools such as [Pen] and [Eraser] are unavailable on these layers. When erasing a section, use a mask. Furthermore, by rasterizing the layer with the [Layer] menu → [Rasterize], you can directly draw and erase the balloon. However, you will not be able to make any further edits to the contents.

When using balloons and flash tools, it may overlap with frame borders. A [Mask] can be useful in that case.

• For more functional details on layer masks, please refer to “How to master the layer mask 1”.

① Specify the display area

Mask so that the speech bubble does not overlap with the frame border or the characters. Select the area using tools such as the [Auto select] tool.

Using the [Selection Area] menu → [Quick Mask] is beneficial as the area can be selected using the [Fill] tools or other drawing tools, etc.

② Creating a layer mask

After creating the selection area, select [Layer] menu → [Layer Mask] → [Mask Outside Selection] to create a layer mask. To hide the selected area, choose [Mask Selection]. The created mask can be checked via the thumbnail displayed in the [Layer] palette.

Display the mask from the [Layer] menu → [Layer Mask] → [Show Mask Area].

The mask can be toggled ON/OFF with the following operations.

・Color of the masked sections: [Alt] + thumbnail mask click

・Toggling ON/OFF of the mask itself: Click [Shift] + thumbnail mask

③ The completed masked flash

The flash is completed if the created flash is partially masked and hidden. Further adjustments are possible as long as the layer of the flash is not rasterized (by combining images etc.).

・Masking multiple flashes

For balloons created with the [Balloon] tool, multiple balloons can be registered on a single special layer, but for flashes created using the [Flash] tool, one flash occupies one layer.

To use the same mask on multiple flashes, make a folder containing multiple flash layers and apply a mask to the folder.

It is useful to use [Divide frame folder] when creating frame borders, as a mask is created on each frame. By creating a balloon or flash inside the frame border folder, the mask will hide the part sticking out of the frame border.

• In the initial settings, the [Divide frame folder] sub tool is stored under [Cut frame border] of the [Frame border] tool.

This concludes the lesson on how to use the balloon tool. When creating a balloons, please also have a look as “How to use text tools”.

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Manga Tutorial for Beginners 08 Let’s draw frames and speech bubbles.

Hello, this is ГФ. Since I explained the rules regarding the outline and canvas, it’s time for the real work of drawing Manga. Starting off with “Frames” and “Speech Bubbles”.

Click Here for Previous Tutorials. Manga Tutorial for Beginners 01 Process of Manga Making Manga Tutorial for Beginners 02 Let’s Make Outline (Part 1) Manga Tutorial for Beginners 03 Let’s Make Outline (Part 2) Manga Tutorial for Beginners 04 Get Ready to Draw Manga with MediBang Paint! Manga Tutorial for Beginners 05 Let’s Make Name(outline) Manga Tutorial for Beginners 06 Let’s think about frame layout and screen. Manga Tutorial for Beginners 07 Considerations when setting up the canvas. Manga Tutorial for Beginners 08 Let’s draw frames and speech bubbles.

When you want to begin with lining the frames, the “Panel Division” tool comes in handy.

First, create a layer for dividing the panels. Choose “Add / 1 Bit” from the Layer tab and by clicking the gear icon on the right, change the layer name to “Panel” etc.

If you click “Add Panel Material” from the Layer tab while selecting the panel layer you just created, the following window appears.

Here, you can set the line width first. For reference, the numbers below (0.73mm on default) represent the thickness when you write on the analog canvas. There is no rule behind the line width but generally it is set thicker than the drawing lines. Most of the Manga uses 0.5mm to 1.0mm. I will be selecting 19 (0.8mm), as that’s what I usually draw with.

By clicking “OK”, a frame will be drawn as shown below. Additionally, the “Divide Tool” on the left tool bar is selected.

While selecting the “Divide Tool” you can divide the panel by clicking on the frame and dragging to the other side. Repeat this process to make multiple divisions of the panel. If you want to adjust the angle for when you divide diagonally, you can press the the shift key as you drag.

Since the panel is read right to left from the top row and move downwards as you reach the left division, it is easier to read if the spaces on the side are narrow and the spaces above / below are wider. You can change the settings for spacing at the top of the screen. The image uses pixels but you can also set in millimeters.

If you want to make a panel that breaks out beyond the margin (tachikiri), you can change to the “Operation Tool” from the tool bar and select the panel you want to edit. Then when you bring the cursor to the frame, while selecting the panel, it will change to a moving arrow. By dragging the frame on the arrow cursor mode, you can change the shape of frame line. You can make the break-out panel by expanding the frame beyond the page.

If you want to delete a panel, click the ” × ” icon while you select the panel using the “Operation Tool”.

Frames (panels) drawn using the “Division Tool” cannot be erased with the “Eraser Tool”. If you want to erase a portion of the panel with the eraser, select “Rasterize Material” from the Layer tab.

However, you can also do the same without rasterizing; by using the “Mask Layer”.

While selecting your panel layer, click on the fourth icon from the left inside the Layer window. From the three “Add Layer” options, select “Add Layer (Mask)”.

Then a layer called “Mask” gets created, if you draw on this layer using black, you will not be able to see the drawings on the layer below. You can apply this method to hide a portion of the panel frame.

The mask layer allows to hide a part of the drawing without erasing it. It will be useful when you apply this process to other cases.

When the panel division is finished, speech bubbles come next.

2. Speech Bubbles

There are various styles of speech bubbles as shown below.

Before drawing the bubbles, create a layer for speech bubbles. Select “Add / 1 Bit” from the Layer tab and change the name to “Speech Bubbles” etc.

After creating the layer, begin drawing the speech bubbles. Let’s start off with the standard oval bubble.

・Oval Bubble

Draw the bubble to enclose the speech lines with some space around them. You can either draw freehand or using the oval tool.

The thickness of speech bubble lines are usually the same as the main drawing or a little thicker. I mostly use 15px for the drawing and 20px for the speech bubbles; use this as the reference if you are confused.

If you want to use the oval tool select “Shape Brush Tool”, the 3rd icon in the toolbar, and choose “Ellipse” from the brush shape options.

It may turn out thicker than the freehand bubble since the strength of the brush does not apply to the “Shape Brush Tool”. If that’s the case, reduce the line thickness before drawing.

The “tail” of the speech bubble may not appear in some styles or scenes, but it clarifies which person is talking so it should be added for scenes with many characters.

If one person is talking for a long time, you can use a double bubble. Instead of diving into two different bubbles, it shows a clear time sequence.

There is also no rule for the position of speech bubbles but you can create more space for the drawing if you place it next to the corner. This is because drawing a large, readable bubble takes up a lot of space. Simplifying the speeches does not only make it easy to read but also to create more space for the drawing.

Let’s try drawing different shapes of speech bubbles.

・Needle / Blast / Explosion Bubble

It is mostly used for when the character speaks loudly. It can easily be drawn freehand but if you want to straighten them out, use the “Polygon” in the Shape Brush Tool.

・Cloud Bubble

This is used for cheerful lines or comical speeches. It will be easy if you draw this like a flower in freehand.

・Wavy Bubble

It can be used when the character is injured or when they are talking in fear. You can draw this easily by relaxing your grip on freehand.

・Thoughts Bubble

It is an oval bubble with circular tails and represents what the character is thinking about. You can either use the Shape Brush Tool or draw freehand.

・Rectangular Bubble

It is used for narrations and inner voice spoken in light-hearted tones. Use “Rectangle” in Shape Brush Tool to draw easily.

・Electronic Sound Bubble

They express lines spoken through a speaker, by a machine and sounds from electronic devices. You can use the “Polygon” of Shape Brush Tool to draw these.

・Flash Bubble

This is used for occasions where the inner voice implies a shocking line or when a superior existence is vocalized directly to the character’s mind.

The flash bubble can be drawn easily using the “Radial Brush” from Cloud Brushes.

・Inverted Flash Bubble

It is mostly used for when the character’s inner voice is speaking about something even more shocking. The explanation for Inverted Flash bubble is a little complicated so I will describe it in the later tutorial when I will be talking about spot fills.

The general types of speech bubbles are as described above, but you can get more variations by changing the line styles or adding some decorations. Look into changing the bubble styles appropriate for the scene you are drawing.

If you are not confident with drawing the bubbles yourself, you can also use the materials on cloud.

You can also leave out the speech bubble in some panels.

If you want to draw the bubble beyond the panel frame, you can erase a part of the frame, hide the frame line using the “Mask Layer” or cover it with white as I described earlier.

How was the tutorial ? Just adding the frame lines and speech bubbles will make it look much closer to a proper Manga. The next tutorial will be on “Drawing humans, animals and nature”.

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A speech bubble or balloon is a graphic convention used in cartoons, comics, and other visual mediums. It is commonly used to represent the thoughts or speech of characters. It consists of a rounded or oval shape with a tail or pointer pointing toward the speaking character.

The speech bubble is popular because it offers a clear and concise way to convey dialogue and thoughts in a visual medium. Readers are drawn to combining text and visuals, improving the overall reading experience. Moreover, it effectively bridges the gap between text and visual elements, allowing creators to convey dialogue, emotions, and narrative.

Vid.Fun adds a dynamic layer of communication to your videos. It is an innovative application designed to enhance your visual storytelling experience, equipped with an exciting speech bubble feature. Whether a creator or animator, this application empowers you to incorporate speech bubbles into your videos or animations seamlessly. With the ability to customize text, style, and positioning, you can convey dialogues, thoughts, and emotions visually engaging and captivatingly. Use the user-friendly application to elevate your content with the power of speech bubble storytelling.

Below are the steps to add text bubbles to a video using Vid.Fun:

Step 1. Install Vid.Fun using your mobile device. Once installed, proceed to open the application to get started.

Step 2. Press the + Start Editing button from the main interface, automatically opening your phone gallery. Please select a video in which you plan to add speech bubbles. Afterward, your video will be imported to the main editing section.

Step 3. You will see various editing features under the preview screen. Please select the Text button from the options presented. Once clicked, you will see two options to add text; please choose Default Text .

Step 4. In the Input , incorporate the text you want to add. Move to Font , and pick your desired design. You can apply Stroke , Shadow , and Background from the Style to your incorporated text. Besides that, you can change the Opacity and select your desired Alignment and Bold Italics . Go to Effects and choose the desired one suitable for your text.

Most importantly, head to Bubble and pick the one you like the most from the options. There are numerous speech bubble designs you can select from. If you want to add animation, move to Animation , where your texts will appear moving, and pick one you like. Once done, press the OK button to apply the changes.

Step 5. You can use the other editing features to enhance your video. When settled, hit the Export button to save your video with a speech bubble added.

Unlock a new dimension of visual storytelling with Adobe Premiere Pro's impressive speech bubble feature. This program allows you to infuse your videos with character dialogues and thoughts, creating a richer narrative experience. With its intuitive controls for customization, such as font, size, and positioning, your characters' words will resonate with authenticity. Elevate your story stelling and captivate your audience with Adobe Premiere Pro's speech bubble feature - where words indeed come to life.

Below are the steps on how to add speech bubbles to a video using Adobe Premiere Pro:

Step 1. Open Adobe Premiere Pro and create a new project.

Step 2. Import video clip to the program and create a new Transparent Video layer in the Project panel. You can design transparent speech bubble graphics using Photoshop or another editor.

Step 3. Import and position speech bubble graphics on the Timeline. Then, create a title for text in the Project panel for dialogue. You can customize the title's text style and content based on your liking.

Step 4. Drag the title onto the Timeline above the speech bubble graphics. Then, resize and position the text in the Program Monitor. Optionally, you can modify the speech bubble opacity for blending.

Step 5. When done, export the video to File , Export , and then Media . Afterward, set export settings and click Export .

If you want a powerful tool that transforms your videos into dynamic narratives, you can count on Vidmore Video Converter . This program lets you overlay text onto your videos, enhancing communication and storytelling. Whether adding captions, subtitles, or creative text elements, Vidmore Video Converter empowers you to convey messages in an engaging visual format. With user-friendly customization options, such as font, size, type, duration, and color, your videos will speak volumes. Elevate your video content with Vidmore Video Converter's text feature and let your creativity shine on screen.

Step 1. Download and Install Vidmore Video Converter from the official website. Once installed, proceed to launch the program.

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Step 2. Go to the MV tab and click the Add Files button on the lower-left corner of the interface to import your video.

Step 3. Head to Theme and pick your desired design you want to apply on your video. Move to Settings ; here, you can add Start and End Title , which will appear on your video's beginning and ending parts. Press the Text option; here, you can use the Text's Font , Size , Type , Duration , and Color according to your liking. Put a checkmark beside the Background Music if you want to incorporate audio into your video. Moreover, you can modify the Volume and Delay according to your requirement.

Step 4. To enhance your video's appearance, hit the Edit button to display various editing features. You can use the Rotate & Crop , Effects and Filters , Watermark , and Audio . When satisfied, press the OK button to save changes.

Step 5. Head to Export , modify the Video Settings and click Start Export to save your video on your local file.

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Can you add speech bubbles in imovie?

Unfortunately, iMovie has no built-in feature specifically designed for adding speech bubbles directly onto video clips. iMovie focuses on basic video editing tasks, such as cutting, trimming, adding transitions, and adding text overlays.

How do I add movable text to a video?

To add movable text to a video, you must use a program that offers text overlay features, like Adobe Premiere Pro. The text should be separate from the video so you can freely move it around the screen.

How do I add text to speech to a video for free?

Use VEED.IO, import the video, press audio from the left menu, and pick Text to Speech. Once done, click Export, and download it.

How do I ensure the speech bubble does not obstruct the video content?

Position the speech bubble near the character's mouth or at the top of the screen to avoid covering crucial visual elements.

Do I need graphic design skills to create speech bubbles?

Many video editing tools offer premade speech bubble graphics you can use. Besides that, you can create or customize speech bubbles using a graphic design program.

You can seamlessly integrate speech bubbles with the right video editing software, bringing dialogues and thoughts to life. You have learned how to add speech bubbles to a video by following the steps provided. Indeed, it will make your video more fun and helps people to understand the story better.

If you want to use a program that allows you to add text and offers customization tools, rely on Vidmore Video Converter. It will help you enhance your videos with engaging captions and captivating narratives.

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The following table shows common bubble chat customization properties. For a full list of customization properties, see BubbleChatConfiguration .

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To add these objects as children of BubbleChatConfiguration , you can either add a script or use the Studio user interface directly:

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The following tables include all available properties for customization:

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You can individually style and modify chat bubble behaviors based on specific conditions that overrides your general settings. For example, you can use chat bubbles to differentiate NPCs and users, highlight critical health status, and apply special effects to messages with pre-defined keywords.

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I hope you were able to spend time getting familiar with the techniques we used to create tooltips in Part 1 of this quick two-parter. Together, we were able to create a flexible tooltip pattern that supports different directions, positioning, and coloration without adding any complexity whatsoever to the HTML.

We leveraged the CSS border-image property based on another article I wrote while applying clever clip-path tricks to control the tooltip’s tail. If you haven’t checked out that article or the first part of this series, please do because we’re jumping straight into things today, and the context will be helpful.

So far, we’ve looked at tooltip shapes with triangular tails with the option to have rounded corners and gradient coloration. Sure, we were able to do lots of things but there are many other — and more interesting — shapes we can accomplish. That’s what we’re doing in this article. We will handle cases where a tooltip may have a border and different tail shapes, still with the least amount of markup and most amount of flexibility.

Before we start, I want to remind you that I’ve created a big collection of 100 tooltip shapes . I said in Part 1 that we would accomplish all of them in these two articles. We covered about half of them in Part 1, so let’s wrap things up here in Part 2.

Same as before!

That’s the beauty of what we’re making: We can create many, many different tooltips out of the same single HTML element without changing a thing.

Tooltips With Borders

Adding a border to the tooltips we made in Part 1 is tricky. We need the border to wrap around both the main element and the tail in a continuous fashion so that the combined shape is seamless. Let’s start with the first simple shape we created in Part 1 using only two CSS properties:

Here’s the demo. You can use the range slider to see how flexible it is to change the tail position by updating the --p variable.

See the Pen [Fixing the overflow issue](https://codepen.io/smashingmag/pen/mdoLRVr) by Temani Afif .

The border property is not an option here as far as adding borders to our tooltip. It won’t work. Instead, we need to use a pseudo-element that effectively traces the shape of the main element, then makes it smaller.

Let’s start with the following code:

The pseudo-element uses the same border-image and clip-path property values as the main element. The inset property decreases its size from there.

See the Pen [Adding border to the tooltip](https://codepen.io/smashingmag/pen/yLwjqQw) by Temani Afif .

I’d say this looks great at first glance. But things get funky once we start adjusting the tail position. This is because the two clip-path shapes are not aligned since the pseudo-element is covering a smaller area than the main element. We need to keep the left and right values equal to 0 in order to fix this:

And let’s adjust the border-image to decrease the size of the colored area from the sides:

Yes, it’s the border-image trickery from before! So, If you haven’t already, please read my article about border-image to see how we arrived here.

Now things are looking very good:

See the Pen [Fixing the clip-path alignment](https://codepen.io/smashingmag/pen/mdoLGEx) by Temani Afif .

The two clip-path shapes are nicely aligned. The tooltip is almost perfect. I say “almost” because there is a small issue with the border’s thickness. The thickness around the tail shape is a little smaller than the one around the element. If you play with the tail dimensions, you’ll see the inconsistency.

This probably is not that a big deal in most cases. A few pixels aren’t a glaring visual issue, but you can decide whether or not it meets your needs. Me? I’m a perfectionist, so let’s try to fix this minor detail even if the code will get a little more complex.

We need to do some math that requires trigonometric functions. Specifically, we need to change some of the variables because we cannot get what we want with the current setup. Instead of using the base variable for the tail’s dimensions, I will consider an angle . The second variable that controls the height will remain unchanged.

The relationship between the base ( --b ) and the angle ( --a ) is equal to B = 2*H*tan(A/2) . We can use this to update our existing code:

Nothing drastic has changed. We introduced a new variable to control the border thickness ( --t ) and updated the clip-path property with the new variables that define the tail’s dimensions.

Now, all the work will be done on the pseudo-element’s clip-path property. It will no longer inherit the main element’s value, but it does need a new value to get the correct border thickness around the tail. I want to avoid getting deep into the complex math behind all of this, so here is the implementation:

It looks complex because it is! You don’t really need to understand the formulas since all you have to do is adjust a few variables to control everything.

Now, finally, our tooltip is perfect. Here is an interactive demo where you can adjust the position and the thickness. Don’t forget to also play with the dimension of the tail as well.

See the Pen [Tooltip with border and solid color](https://codepen.io/smashingmag/pen/zYbjeop) by Temani Afif .

Gradients And Rounded Corners

We learned in Part 1 that working with gradients using this approach is pretty great because we’re already supplying a gradient on the border-image property. All we need to do is fill the main element and tail with a real gradient instead of a solid color.

Let’s move on to the rounded corners. We can simply use the code we created in the previous article. We duplicate the shape using a pseudo-element and make a few adjustments for perfect alignment and a correct border thickness.

The reason I’m not going into details for this one is to make the point that you don’t have to remember all the various use cases and code snippets by heart. The goal is to understand the actual concepts we are using to build the tooltips, like working with border-image , clip-path() , gradients, and math functions.

I can’t even remember most of the code I write after it’s done, but it’s no issue since all I have to do is copy and paste then adjust a few variables to get the shape I want. That’s the benefit of leveraging modern CSS features — they handle a lot of the work for us.

Border-Only Tooltips

I’d like to do one more exercise with you, this time making a tooltip with no fill but still with a full border around the entire shape. So far, we’ve been able to reuse a lot of the code we put together in Part 1, but we’re going to need new tricks to pull this one off.

The goal is to establish a transparent background while maintaining the border. We’ll start without rounded corners for the moment.

See how we’re going to be working with gradients again? I could have used a single color to produce a solid, single-color border, but I put a hard stop in there to demonstrate the idea. We’ll be able to create even more variations, thanks to this little detail, like using multiple colors, different color stops, and even different types of gradients.

You’ll see that the code looks fairly straightforward:

We’re using pseudo element again, this time with a clip-path to establish the shape. From there, we set a linear-gradient() on the background .

I said the code “looks” very straightforward. Structurally, yes. But I purposely put a placeholder clip-path value because that’s the complicated part. We needed to use a 16-point polygon and math formulas, which honestly gave me big headaches.

That’s why I turn to my online generator in most cases. After all, what’s the point of everyone spending hours trying to suss out which formulas to use if math isn’t your thing? May as well use the tools that are available to you! But note how much better it feels to use those tools when you understand the concepts that are working under the hood.

OK, let’s tackle rounded corners:

For this one, we are going to rely on not one, but two pseudo-elements, :before and :after . One will create the rounded shape, and the other will serve as the tail.

The above figure illustrates the process for creating the rounded part with the :before pseudo-element. We first start with a simple rectangular shape that’s filled with a conic gradient containing three colors. Then, we mask the shape so that the inner area is transparent. After that, we use a clip-path to cut out a small part of the bottom edge to reserve space for the tail we’ll make with the :after pseudo-element.

Once again, the structure is not all that complex and the clip-path value is the tough part. As I said earlier, there’s really no need to get deep into an explanation on it when we can use the points from an online generator to get the exact shape we want.

The new piece that is introduced in this code is the mask property. It uses the same technique we covered in yet another Smashing article I wrote. Please read that for the full context of how mask and mask-composite work together to trim the transparent area. That’s the first part of your homework after finishing this article.

Fun Tail Shapes

We’ve covered pretty much every single one of the tooltips available in my collection . The only ones we have not specifically touched use a variety of different shapes for the tooltip’s tail.

All of the tooltips we created in this series used a simple triangle-shaped tail, which is a standard tooltip pattern. Sure, we learned how to change its dimensions and position, but what if we want a different sort of tooltip? Maybe we want something fancier or something that looks more like a speech or thought bubble.

If the rounded corners in the last section are the first part of your homework, then the next part is to try making these tail variations yourself using what we have learned together in these two articles. You can always find the code over at my collection for reference and hints. And, leave a comment here if you have any additional questions — I’m happy to help!

I hope you enjoyed this little series because I sure had a blast writing it. I mean, look at all of the things we accomplished in a relatively short amount of space: simple rectangular tooltips, rounded corners, different tail positions, solid and gradient backgrounds, a bunch of border options, and finally, custom shapes for the tail.

I probably went too far with how many types of tooltips we could make — there are 100 in total when you count them up! But it goes to show just how many possibilities there are, even when we’re always using the same single element in the HTML.

And, it’s great practice to consider all of the different use cases and situations you may run into when you need a tooltip component. Keep these in your back pocket for when you need them, and use my collection as a reference, for inspiration, or as a starting point for your own work!

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You can add text to a storyboard in many different ways! Just navigate to the Speech Bubbles tab to find lots of text boxes and speech bubbles, including free form text without a background.

Choose one and drag it to your storyboard!

All of the Speech Bubbles work like objects, so you can resize and rotate them, and you can add color to most of them. Add words to your storyboard in style!

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Square Speech Bubbles?!

Does anyone know how to get the speech bubbles square shaped, like in the screenshots below?!

Somehow the author of this story managed to get it so that there’s no more than 5-6 words per line… but in my stories (and seemingly everyone elses) they’re always more rectangle shaped and fit around 8-9 words per line.

(I don’t have screenshots from when the characters were talking, but usually whenever our characters talk… even if it’s only two words, there’s always a huge rectangle speechbubble, with a huge blank space after the words. But with this story in question, her speechbubble pretty much cut off as soon as the words ended, so there was no blank space after her two-three worded quotes.)

These are narration bubbles… Use NARR instead of name…

If we write only one small line they will appear short… Also u can scale bubbles to whatever size u need…

If u want small sentences to appear you can use it like this NARR Its all right. You can do whatever u want.

NARR Its all right.

NARR You can do whatever u want.

Write [nL] to start a new line of text. Could be [nl] or [NL] too, I haven’t used that in a while.

I do this all the time, but it makes no difference. Same with the scaling, scaling only makes the speechbubble box and the text smaller… it doesn’t alter the shape of the box, nor take away the huge blank space that occurs after the text.

But it doesn’t close the box tightly around the text, like in the screenshots above.

Something like that.

Also if you want the characters name as a square text box, use the same thing but like this.

As well as the blank space, the speechbubble is very rectangular. Whereas in that other girls stories on the screenshots on the first post, the speechbubble surrounding it is square. And when her characters are talking the speechbubble is also rather squared and tends to ends right after the last word. It doesn’t leave a huge blank space like it does in the screenshot from my story.

That’s why I put another example

This worked in my script the speach bubble was square I said the other example just as an option.

It’s likely the speech bubble then, you can change it to test then change it back later.

No, no. I mean square as in a box. Like box shaped around the speech itself (not just the narrator text) Not squared at the corners, with sharp edges.

Okay no worries good luck.

I got confused on what you meant.

I think that may be an overlay.

She was talking about the blank space left after the text… In usual cases when we put text, no matter how much short it is the speechbubble takes its own space, leaving rest of it blank… Means it covers the full screen even if the text is just a work like she has showed it in the picture but at the top of the thread the screenshot she shared didn’t have the same problem… It was tightly aligned with text, leaving no blank space…

It can’t be an overlay…how can we make too many overlays of a speechbubble

Its possible. Timetaking, but possible.

Ik its possible but probably no author will waste so much time creating overlay for every speech… There might be something else that we don’t know

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The Vanderpump Rules  mom shared how her little one has "taken over" a large portion of their new abode. 

Scheana Shay ,  Brock Davies , and their daughter, Summer Moon , just packed up their things and moved to the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California, after living in a Marina del Rey condo (as you can revisit in the video above). "Today is the day we're saying 'goodbye' to the West Side," the  Vanderpump Rules   cast member shared in a March 14 Instagram Story video, later sharing a peek inside their new home in the Valley. 

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Following their move, Scheana shared more details about the home, speaking exclusively to BravoTV.com about how her daughter, Summer, reacted to the new digs. 

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"Summer Moon is  thriving ," Scheana gushed while speaking with BravoTV.com backstage at the Vanderpump Rules  Season 11 reunion , which recently  filmed in Los Angeles . 

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In an Instagram Story video of what appeared to be the living room, Scheana and Summer danced to mom's classic hit, "Good as Gold," in front of a dark gray sectional couch. 

"The dance party continues in the new house!" Scheana wrote over the clip of herself and the tot enjoying their new abode. "[Summer] requested the song." 

Additionally, as the family settled into their new abode, Scheana revealed how she slept with her little one in her new "big girl bed," which Scheana discussed  in a March 11 Instagram Story . 

"First night in the new house," Scheana wrote over an adorable snapshot of herself and Summer cuddling in the new bed, which featured crib-like detail but an open space toward the bottom of the structure. 

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