texts: How to access pattern library (Photoshop CC)

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I have just defined a creation as a pattern but I cannot find where it has gone. I wish to use the pattern in Illustrator as a pattern swatch.

I appreciate this is a basic question but I have been trying to search for a while now and I am obviously missing something pretty simple. In Illustrator you get to it through the dropdown menu in the swatch tab but I cannot find the equivalent path. I have used sites such as adobe's help (https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/patterns-libraries-presets.html) and other online resources but none of them actually detail how to get the library up in the first place.


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Ok so the logo has a purplish-background-color (#a11a5c) and the the logo itself is white.

Is it possible, that these two colors don't get along at all?

The logo size shall be about 250px x 100px and even though it's using vectors it looks like the quality is garbage (kind of blurry and pixelated in some spots).

When scaled up to far over 500% it's crisp and smooth, just like we would assume vectors to be.

I've also noticed some strange behavior with normal text using these colors.
So my guess would be that they just don't agree with each other.

Have you guys had any experience with this problem and did you solve it?
Note: I'm not in the position to just change the colors. So some kind of advice would be awesome!


texts: Setting quote type for Indesign paragraph style

texts: In an Indesign document, I have two kinds of paragraphs: Normal (English) text, and source code snippets. In the normal text, Indesign is very clever, so I get nice typographers quotes, and all is well. But I also get typographers quotes in the source code paragraphs, where plain quotes should be used. How can I tell Indesign to leave the quotes alone in the source code paragraphs?


texts: Is there a way to copy guides from one Photoshop document to another?

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I'm using Photoshop CS5. I have a PSD file. We'll say it's 600x400. I have guides set up at, let's say, 100 pixels over and 27 pixels down, which I am using to position a layer correctly.

I have to do this in ten more PSDs. They are all the same 600x400. I want the guides at the same spot so when I drop in my new element, it's always at the same coordinates.

Is there a way to copy or export the guides from my original PSD to the other PSDs? I know that I can create a template with the guides and drag in my ten new images... I want to know if there's a quicker way.


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I have made two drawings and I copied both of them from someone on deviantART. These are my first drawings so I have very little knowledge about the subject. The first drawing (Stark/Iron Man), was done in roughly 6 hours. While the second one (Dr. Strange) took 9 months because I was very busy and was only drawing on it on very rare occasions.

I have searched around for the meaning of a sketch and it says that a sketch is supposed to be quick drawn. If these drawings are not considered as a sketch. What would they be considered as?

Credits to yinyuming from deviantART for the original Dr. Strange drawing. Wasn't able to find the one for the iron man drawing anymore.


texts: Should clients pay twice for the same fonts used in different projects?

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Suppose a client ordered a project and paid for the typography I used. Some time after, 2 months, 5 months, or a year later, for example, the same client wants a new project using the same typography.

Should I include the whole price I paid for that font in every project I design, even if the client is the same? Or do I not apply this cost for the same client?


texts: How to fix the problem for the color schemes differences for the mac and windows screens

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I am a product designer, I use MacBook Pro for my design work. Whenever I design an app/website/web pages after it went live the big problems comes up as color differences in the Apple screen and other windows/Linus etc screens. So how should I resolve this? Is there any method/codes libraries available for this to use or if there any method available to use while at the time of designing the screens.

Thanks in the advance.


texts: How can I recreate this posterization effect?

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So for the last couple of days I've been researching and trying to find out how to recreate this awesome looking effect, but haven't found any similar tutorials on the internet, and where better to ask for professional help than here.

On the left is the effect I'm going for, on the right the guy I'm trying to put the effect on.

I have an idea that the first steps is to make it black and white then apply posterize effect to 4 levels and some median filter and there is where my knowledge ends. How do I make the edges so clean and artistic, how do I colorize the picture?

Full resolution cutout: https://i.imgur.com/0FczLlE.png
Full picture of the effect: https://i.imgur.com/KCLDs31.jpg


texts: Inconsistent kernings shown in metrics view in FontForge

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I am working to modify an existing font (Sacramento, under SIL OFL license), and wish to adjust kernings after having made a few stylistic changes.

I thought I had found the proper way to do it (modifying the existing kerning by class lookup table), but there is some inconsistencies between what is shown in the kerning lookup definition dialog and what is shown in the metrics window when I try out the font.

Here is an example with a "S" glyph followed by a "t" (note that both these glyphs have been modified compared to the original font I have based my new font on):

Kerning data (sorry for french dialog):

Metrics view:

In the first case, the horizontal bar of the "t" clearly starts from under the loop of the "S", whereas in the metrics view, the "t" is located further aways from the "S".

When I generate the font and actually try it in a software, it seems the result is closer to what is shown in the kerning defintion dialog:

What could cause this inconsistency? Are there some parameters the Metrics view doesn't take into account? As shown below, when I go in the dropdown at the top of the Metrics view to select the kerning lookup table, the "kerning by class" lookup table is grayed out (there are two other existing kerning per glyph tables that are not grayed out). Why?


texts: An action to export a Photoshop document with file name intact

texts: Is there a way to export a document in Photoshop using an action that would preserve the file name? Example: I have a document called Home.psd. I'd like to run an action, and it would create a Home.png in some specified location, like the Desktop. I can do all of this pretty easily by recording the action, except to set the save destination and file type, I must enter a name.


texts: Can a graphic/vector/illustration available for free, commercialized later?

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Like, if some graphical illustrations are available for free under CC0 licence and are provided by a website.

Is it possible for the website to restrict free downloads of those graphics in future?
It is clear that people have downloaded them earlier under CC0 licence and are using them for commercial purposes, didn't it make all of them permanent free?


texts: Photoshop cc exporting for web gif exposure issue

texts: I am trying to export a video file into a gif by saving for web in Photoshop cc. However, the color exposure get blown out. Anybody know how to avoid this? or fix it? I know the video has a lot of images in it so there is a lot of different colors, but I need it to stay the same color.e color.


texts: How to adjust the thickness of a stroke in Sketch?

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I have an icon and I would like to make it thinner but it has a fill instead of a border. As far as I know, it's not possible to change the thickness of the fill, so I need to find a way to convert the fill to a border. I think scaling won't help much.

If I uncheck the fill and check the border checkbox, this is the result.

How to adjust the thickness of this icon in Sketch?


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First of all, let say to you I'm pretty new to Maya, and I just started to texturing.

My question is, everytime I move or resize an UV, every other adjacent UV in the plane get's distorted.

So I'm asking if there is a way to turn this "feature" off

As Johnatan asked here is the image
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/546/y1og.png

This happens with every transform, like rotation and moving as well...
Thank you for your time


texts: How do I create Hebrew page numbers in Scribus?

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I am trying to create a Hebrew publication, and would like to know how I can number the pages with Hebrew characters, which correspond with numbers.
Microsoft word already has this feature, and I have created a list of digit-letter substitutions, but I am not a developer and cannot contribute to the program itself.
How can I go about doing this, either by inspiring someone to add this feature to the program, or by fiddling around with my own copy of Scribus?


texts: How to find a font with the same width as my current font?

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Numerous times when creating a grid based layout for print, I would like to be able to change a font of some text content but know which other fonts are also the same text width (despite the same font size). This is so that when changing a font, the text does not fall outside of the layout bounds when it is larger in width compared to the original, and I then have to readjust everything. Eg. if I have specific text which needs to fit onto one page, if this text changes to  a font with a bigger width this will no longer fit, and in cases where the font size is already the minimum readable size the font size cannot be reduced to fix this.

Is there a resource (website or software) or a way to be able to determine fonts with a matching width to a currently used font? Or what is the best way to approach this? At the moment I have been just doing this by trial and error until I fond a font which appears to fit the same, but surely there is a better way.


texts: How to quickly turn hundreds of layers into animated sequel in Photoshop?

texts: I am under the impression that photoshop only supports manual adjustment on timeline, allowing one to edit one frame at a time. If I have hundreds of layers, it will take days to create a gif that is only a few seconds. I doubt that's how gifs are made. Is there a quicker way to turn layers into animated sequels?


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Using InDesign I created the interior of a 352-page book. It is supposed to be black only. But some of the diagrams in the book have hidden CMYK values.
I created a PDF from InDesign. The PDF retains the hidden CMYK values.
How can I convert my PDF into one that is black ink only, with no CMYK or color values? Is there a simple way to do this in Acrobat?


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Background: I'm using illustrator to add color to a floor plan imported from a CAD program. The issue I'm running into is that in our CAD, our doors are created by "blocks"and the lines of the walls are covered up by a "wipeout" object in autocad which is imported into Illustrator as a box with a white background and no stroke. It works fine for doing a black and white image but if I place color behind the linework, I have white boxes where all my doors are. I can manually cut the lines, etc which works for small plans but when doing potentially dozens of doors it becomes overly tedious.

I've tried searching, experimenting with the pathfinder, clipping masks, etc but I haven't found anything that works for me. Is there anything that will cut multiple shapes from multiple lines? I attached an image of an example showing the lines of the wall and the boxes of the "wipeout" that I'd like to subtract from walls so there is no white box in front of the color.


texts: Creating book cover art from stock photos

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Is it possible to start with a stock photo and wind up with an artistic rendering of that image?

An example will depict what I'm trying to do

See the image of the cornet player wearing the straw boater.  Suppose I had a photo image of that cornet player in some suitable format.  Is it possible to convert via some suitable workflow the photo image to an artwork image and wind up with that cover art Joanna Penn is discussing?  I'm an indie author with 2 novels and a short story I wish to design cover art for.  I want to do it myself, not pay someone else for covers, and I want them to be my covers, my ideas. I can learn anything technical but I don't know whether this is even possible?  Thanks for reading.


texts: Inkscape bash commant to automate image trace

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I need to process all images in folder from png to svg. My usual workflow is using Inkscape and doing it manually for each file. Since this is repetitive operation and I usually have image with 2 or 3 colors task is simple but time consuming nonetheless. When I found out that inkscape can be controlled from bash I went out to try and create batch script.

I have this script which opens image in Inkscape selects it and attempts to trace it to vector.

inkscape --verb "EditSelectAll; SelectionTrace" image.png

"image.png" is input image,
--verb argument passes command to select all and to trace selection

You can get list of verbs with:

inkscape --verb-list

And that is fine except that verb SelectionTrace simply opens up dialog box for that and I don't know way of controlling that window with bash or verbs.

Somewhere I've read that you need to create custom verb(extension I guess) which does what you need to do and then use that in verb argument. Issue with that is that there is no example of similar extension already done.


texts: Change pixels of a specific color to another color, across all layers?

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I am drawing an image that's going to be parsed by a program.  It expects very specific pixel colors, in this case black 0x000000FF (full alpha) to work properly.

... I made a whoops!  Randomly, some of the pixels that should be pure black are actually 0x000100FF (just green enough to cause a problem).  The data is spread across over 200 layers, so fixing this by hand would be heart breakingly tedious.

Is there a way to change pixels with the color 0x000100FF, to the color of 0x000000FF (black) across all layers?


texts: Why downsample to 300 ppi only for images above 450 ppi - why not for all images above 300 ppi?

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Here's something that's puzzelled me for a long time. Here's the default on InDesign's Export to PDF (and also Acrobat's PDF optimiser):

Obviously 300 ppi is the default it downsizes to because 300 ppi common resolution for print. But what's the benefit in only downsampling images that are above 450 ppi?

Why not "downsample to 300 pixels per inch for images above 300 pixels per inch"? I don't see what benefit there is to the two figures being different.

If we're assuming that any detail beyond 300 ppi won't make any difference to the print, why not downsample every raster image that is 301 ppi or over? If, however, it expects the difference between 440ppi and 300 ppi to be significant, why does it downsample higher quality images to 300 ppi instead of 450 ppi?

What's the benefit in leaving a 440 ppi image at 440 ppi, but downsampling a 460 ppi image to 300 ppi?

Why are the two figures different? Is there any reason not to always switch this default to "downsample to 300 ppi for images above 300 ppi"?

All I can think is that maybe downsampling small amounts might lead to mistakes - but I'm sure I've heard it said back in the olden days that downsampling in steps of 10% at a time is a good way to preserve image quality (I think that's no longer true because these days the software will do that anyway if there's any benefit).


texts: Transform my icon SVGs to 32px x 32px icons in Inkscape

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I'm a newbie to designing things in Inkscape.
I'm developing a website, in which the tabbed content will have icons.

Some of the icons I designed, I see, aren't uniformly 32px x 32px, when I set the X-axis width to 32px. I want all my icons to be 32px x 32px, because all the sites I've been studying, use 32px x 32px and the benefit I see in that is uniformity, and that it's a W3C standard or something.

Anyways, here's my icon:

How can I resize it to 32px x 32px without the malforming weirdness?
TBH, I tried setting the dimensions manually without preserving the original aspect ratio, but still the thing wouldn't be 32px x 32px exactly.


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Is it possible to change the color of all elements in a group?

Currently I have to select each layer in the group to change the color. I wonder if there is a faster way, to achive a color change of grouped layers.


texts: Interesting effect. From where to start?

texts: Greetings, I've recently came across this poster and would like to learn how the background effect was achieved, can you please suggest tips in order to start moving on.


texts: How can I remove a space between two words and still make it accessible?

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In headings, I am getting rid of spaces between two-word phrases and using color to differentiate between the words instead.

EXAMPLE:

I would like this...

Two Words

to render like this...

TWOWORDS

How can I achieve this style while maintaining accessibility? The issue is that I don't want to simply remove the space in the html. Will I have to use javascript to strip them out? Would there be accessibility issues with that too?


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I would like some feedback for my design. It is in german because we are situated in a german speaking part of the world.

Back story, it's a website which will guide a customer with smart home elements to a new build or existing house. The key element is the configurator.

The header element will be a video

Could you give me feedback on:
- Visual Hierarchy
- Composition
- Colour use
- any other UX or design optimisations.


texts: General feedback on first draft of site design

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I'm a developer having a bash at designing a church site for a relative and was hoping to get some feedback on what i've done so far. I tend to like clean, minimal sites so that's kinda where i'm going with this too. I've taken a basic wordpress theme and added most of my own styles to it. I'm not entirely sure about how I've used the banner image, as it's a good image but I've had to crop it and cut off one of the church spires. I'm also thinking that the widget tabs are pretty plain looking so some work is probably needed there too. The search input isn't quite aligned correctly just yet, so I'm aware of that.

I also designed the logo, so any feedback on any part of it would be great at this stage! It's a bit light on content at the moment, so the site probably looks more sparse than it would with live content.

EDIT, following the excellent advice below, I've updated the image and am curious about whether or not the banner is now too prominent to be a constant throughout the rest of the site. Any other feedback on the banner would be great. The rest of the page I still need to update.


texts: Script for InDesign that checks for halftone spot colors?

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Thanks to the help of various people here, I've just about nailed this script for InDesign that I'm working on.  There's only one other bit that, while not 100% necessary, I would love to be able to see if ExtendScript can do it.

The documents that the script will be running on have a frame which contains a linked EPS file.  This EPS file is a vector file (99% of the time) saved from Illustrator CS6. (The other 1% of the time, it's a bitmap that has been assigned a spot color.)  I need to be able to see if any of the colors in that artwork are spot colors that are NOT 100%—in other words, they are halftones.

This is probably going to be a tough one, since I don't know if InDesign can check the artwork directly.  It would likely need to open the original file in Illustrator, then check not only solid fills and solid strokes, but also if there are any gradient fills, gradient strokes, or mesh objects.  (I'm under the assumption that all gradients and meshes contain, by their very nature, halftones.)  In addition, it would need to identify (return) which spot colors are halftoned in the art.

Does anyone happen to have any ideas on how this can be accomplished?


texts: Photoshop: zoom in/out while using Marquee Tool

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Is there way to zoom in/out while creating a selection using the Marquee Tool?

Normally I can zoom by Alt + Mousewheel. This doesn't work while using marquee tool, nor does using Ctrl +/-

If there's not a way, does anyone know of any plug-ins available? I want to zoom while making a selection!! This would speed up so many things!


texts: Padding between border and text in textframe InDesign

texts: Is there a way in InDesign CS6 to add space between the text and its border? Or do I have to just make a shape behind the text instead?


texts: What is the name of the font used by Dymo machines?

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I've done some Googling and come up short. I'm looking for the name of the font used in Dymo labelling machines like this.
I'm after the original font (and preferably on OT version) used, or on which the letterforms used by Dymo machines are based. I'm NOT looking for this version that seems to be a traced version of some scanned labels. If the answer is that it's a proprietary font that isn't available in a digital form, then that's a valid answer.


texts: How can I easily apply an embossed texture to a surface in a 3D model?

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I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how to create an embossed texture. A picture worth thousands words, so please check this image:

You can see on the upper sole that the surface has a "multiple dots" texture. My question is: How can I make this in 3DS Max, or similar?

If you know any tutorial that uses this kind of technique, please let me know.
I've heard of multiscatter plugin but I feel like in this case it's using heavy machinery just to do this little job, but maybe I'm wrong.

What I want is not a flat texture, I really want it to look real so the dots have to have a height even if it's very small. Last thing, in the picture it's dots, but what if I want to use another shape?


texts: How to ensure color fidelity of the same file on two computers?

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What is the safest way to ensure that raster image exported from illustrator will be displayed correctly (in term of color fidelity) on another computer ?

I know that there will always be some inter-individual difference in term of color perception. However, I have experienced several difference between color perception of the same file on two computers. The differences were so important that some details were not visible..

Thank you in advance


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I wanted to make a rather simple double-CSS3 gradient background, which would look like the one in use on my website now. I can't, however, conjure up the code to get both gradients working at once. Can anyone help me?
The background image: http://theapplenewsreel.com/Photos/background-main.jpg
Once you see it, you'll understand why I want to get rid of the image. Banding on the gradients, plus the 715kb size, make for a cumbersome file.


texts: Printing issue with colors sampled using the eyedropper tool

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I'm a pre-press worker as well as a graphic designer. I often encounter this problem when I use the Eyedropper Tool to sample a color in order to create a bleed.

On the monitor, colors show exactly same. However, the colors turns very different after being printed. (e.g. original dark blue, sampled color: light blue)

Does anyone know whats actually happening?


texts: How to make this kind of color/texture effect in illustrator (for a logo)?

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I'm pretty new in Graphic Design and I would like to make something similar to the background of this logo :

link here : https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/003/430/840/large/benoit-leloup-logo-idsp-colowip-001.jpg?1473611695
I'm talking about the degraded color texture like a cut clay.
Thanks !


texts: Need to convert Photoshop layers to InDesign layers

texts: I'm using Photoshop CS6 to make a label and I need to convert all layers to InDesign CS4. I've never done this...is it possible?


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I would like to prepare brochure/magazine for printing, it should have 10 pages (exluding the front page and the one on the back), and I would like to have it in this layout: (check photos pls):

So the page is A4 size, and 2 pages should be next to each other (except the front and back page) and it is printed on A3 sized paper, which are subsequently folded/bent. There have to be bleeds, because the photo and yellow bar which should end at the edge.

How can this be done? I mean, I successfully prepared in Illustrator a 10 single-page A4 papers with bleeds, but... it would not be folded then, just associated with tailstock or something like that, no?

Thank you very much for your help and time! :-) Have a nice Saturday


texts: Text at the center of a rectangle in Inkscape

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I am using Inkscape to label a diagram. In the attached image I have shown how I would like to label:

In Inkscape is there a way to write a text inside a rectangle such that it is always at the center of the rectangle?


texts: Should I charge less for being a freelance entry level graphic designer?

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I've been told that this company has paid others $40/hr. This would be my first work at a professional level. They've already seen my portfolio, and love my work- and have had trouble finding someone they like.

Soooo... they like me, my work, etc. But I am very new at this, so I feel like I should offer $30/$35 to start. What do you all have to say about this?


texts: Text get all messed up in small dimensions in photoshop

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I am trying to learn the correct way to import bmp to a Nintendo Nes tile editors , all the settings seems identical with tile editors  :

width : 72 px
height : 8 px
Resolution : 8 px
Color Mode : RGB 8 bit
Background Contents : Black
Color Profile : Don't Color Manage This document
Pixel Aspect Ratio : Square Pixels

I work at zoom 1000% and gives this :

When I zoom out to original size 100% it gives this :

And this is the best result I had , I almost get more creepy text.

And I have to save it to exact resolution , cause all tile editors import images and don't resize them.

IS there any solution ? thank you


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Just wondering if anyone knew of a solution to the below:
Basically I have the middle shape with the appropriate drop shadow effect applied, but I only want the drop shadow to show on the shapes underneath it not on the outside.
Does anyone have any suggestions? The only joy I had was changing the drop shadow effect to overlay but this caused issues when exporting to an svg.
TIA.


texts: After Effects - Control orientation on shape layer line cap

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Is it possible to control the line cap orientation when using stroke on a shape layer path?

I have created a gif achieving what I want:

Notice how the second stroke is different from the first one. I achieved this by masking out the "cap" (end of the line). This is basically what I want, but I need to do it in a way so I can add round corners afterwards.


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I'm trying to make an effect that looks like a defrag image.
(like the linked image)
I know how to make the interlaced lines knocked out and I tried using the mosaic effect.
but It's just coming up as a pixilated image.
I'm looking for any tutorial but I'm not sure how should this effect should be referred to.
any guidelines or suggestions are appreciated


texts: Create a pencil effect style in illustrator

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I need to create a draw as you are drawing using a pencil and you fill it by using pencil. The effect should be like you are drawing using a pencil on fabriano paper or using ink, I need to fill the typefaces also in the same effect.

Like the images


texts: How to setup gimp to recognize input device changes inside of painting area?

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Gimp only recognizes a change in input device (from pen to mouse) when the cursor leaves the painting area.

If I paint with my pen, stop and then move my mouse it will move the cursor but the brush will still be the one from the pen (and the brush area will stay in place) and only if the cursor (now controlled by the mouse) leaves the paint area it will switch fully switch to mouse-mode (now the mouse controls the brush, and the brush is set to what ever was selected for the mouse.)

I would like gimp to switch instantly so I do not have to leave the paint area first.

Background: My tablet supports touch (in that if i use my fingers, it sends mouse (not pen) signals to gimp. - And in this touch(mouse)-mode zooming gestures work in gimp. But if I always have to move the cursor outside the painting area for gimp to recognize the change fully, that is very annoying.

Sidenote: Gimp instantly recognizes the change from pen to eraser (no need to leave the painting area) only the change to mouse is not instant.


texts: My Timeline window is missing lots of controls

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I'm using CS6.

Can someone tell me how to display all the controls of the timeline window ?

Here's what mine looks like:

All the demos / tutorials [show the timeline quite differently there:


texts: How to automatically document the image dimensions of a huge list of different sized images?

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I have over 1000 images to process and it would make life easier if I could obtain the dimensions of the each image in a spreadsheet or document.

I was hoping for a program or something where I could drag and drop the images to the program and it automatically created a CSV (Comma Separated Values list) of dimensions.

How can I automatically generate a list of image dimensions from a folder with over 1000 images in it?


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I'm trying to get a grasp on bleeds in Scribus. I've created an A4 document (W:210mm x H:297mm); all margins are 14mm, and the bleeds are set to 5mm.

The first thing I find confusing is that with this setup, the measurement tool says that the bleed-to-bleed length is 210mm, meaning that's the whole A4 width. If an image is supposed to extend past the bleeds, that means I would have to print my document on a larger paper size, and trim it down to A4, right?

But, let's say I scale down the document size from 210x297 to 200x287 (keeping the same margin and bleed settings). According to the measurement tool, the bleed-to-bleed length is now 200, which is, again, the specified width of the document.

However, let's draw a teal rectangle extending into the bleed area, and a blue rectangle extending up until the bleed area. If I export the document to PDF, and ask Scribus to put bleed and crop marks, I get this:

Now, the marks aligned with the blue rectangle are the crop marks. The dotted marks are the bleed marks. Again, since the whole document size is 210mm - this means from one end of the teal area to the other - there's again additional whitespace, extending beyond the A4 dimensions (the white area).

I'm really having trouble understanding how to properly set the bleeds, the document size, and how to know where I'm supposed to cut the document to get the desired effective document size.


texts: AI Color Picker Panel and Pantone Color Finder shows different color values (CMYK, HEX and RGB) for a Pantone Colour

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I am working on a brand identity and have finalised a stock colour Pantone 3415U (Solid Uncoated). I am having difficulty finding the matching colour values for the same in CMYK, RGB and HEX/HTML. I was using Adobe Illustrator and Pantone’s color finder (http://www.pantone.com/color-finder/3415-U) and both are throwing up different values.

Values for Pantone 3415U in Pantone Color Finder

RGB - 48, 129, 103
HEX/HTML - 308167
CMYK - 90, 5, 80, 14

Values for Pantone 3415U in AI Color Picker Panel

RGB - 45, 127, 103
HEX/HTML - 2D7F67
CMYK - 81, 29, 67, 12

What among these are are the correct (the closest) values and also, is there a more reliable way to find the matching CMYK, RGB and HEX values for a Pantone Colour?


texts: Remove black background of a shape with blurred edges

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I am trying to change the background colour of the image https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0728c/ from black to white with gimp.

To do this I'm following the suggestion from this answer: https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/a/11080/130689

The problem now is that all colours get lighter, see the second image below. I'd like the colours to stay the same, just the background should be white, as I tried to draw manually in the 3rd image below.

Any suggestions which technique I could try?


texts: How do I bulk-select consecutive target layers in the Layers panel in Illustrator?

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
In most UIs, selecting item 2 and shift+clicking on item 6 would select the following:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
but in Illustrator when you click on the target icon in the Layers panel to select a layer and shift+click another layer, it does not select any of the layers between them.
How can this be accomplished?


texts: is it allowed to clear the "designed by freepik.com" from the vectors?

texts: it is legal to modify freepik vectors, does this mean that it is legal to delete the text written "designed by freepik.com" on the vectors? Second question: is it legal to use freepik vectors in a youtube group (6 youtubers cooporating together in the same youtube channel)? Thanks.


texts: Recreate rough, handmade style strokes to vectorized lettering

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I am currently working on a logo. I draw it by hand with a brushpen and really liked the rough edges, ink density variation and the grain of the end of the strokes of this lettering, but the shapes were not perfect.
I scanned it, vectorized the different shapes by hand, fixed them to my taste and it's perfect right now.

Too perfect I would say. The lines are smooth and the fill is dead.

I want to get the best of both worlds:

the perfect shapes of the vectorized/retouched version
the grain, ink imperfections and edges of the handmade version.

I thought about some strategies to get that but it did not work.

print the logo only with outlines (opacity 10%) and draw over the print then rescan it...
create rough edges and fill the shapes with a texture of a scanned brushpen long stroke...

What I really need, is a method to force the wanted texture into the strokes of the fixed lettering paths. Let's say I draw some nice long brushpen strokes on a grainy paper. Then I scan them. How do I tranform them to strokes in my lettering?

This is what I have, custom handmade stroke with perfect style, and a smooth vectorized lettering:

This is what I want, perfect shape but with the grain and imperfections of a natural handwritten stroke:

Is there a method to recover the style of a imperfect handmade stroke for my vectorized smooth logo? Any method is welcome. Thanks!


texts: Illustrator exporting SVG, viewbox doesn't match artboard size?

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I'm attempting to output an SVG from Illustrator. My artboard is 256x256 pixels. The top left of the artboard is at 0,0.

When I export my svg, the viewbox attribute is 0.5 792.5 256 256. Why isn't it 0 0 256 256?

All layers/paths/etc are within the 256x256 box. Nothing is outside of it.

Also, I just created a fresh 256x256 document and copy/pasted all my layers from the old file to the new one and the viewbox was 0 0 256 256 as expected. So what was it about the original file that was throwing in that offset in the viewbox?

Update: I just deleted all the layers except for one, and exported. The viewbox is now: 0.5 536.5 256 256, which still doesn't make sense. Especially since the artboard is empty now.

Here is the AI file if you want to look:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q0u6r46b3j9sefa/sprites-old.ai?dl=0


texts: Equalize (reset) stroke width along a path in Inkscape

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Like a million people out in the real world, I do not understand how strokes work in Inkscape, and do not have the time or dedication allotment to really learn.

I have through sheer act of luck and chaos succeeded in creating a path with a stroke as seen below:

This is not what I wanted. I wanted a stroke with equal width throughout, just like the way that is default in many other vector graphics editing programs like Adobe Illustrator or CorelDRAW.

I have thankfully found out how to switch off this functionality in this question. But I sometimes forget to switch it off, and get these kind of unwanted results. How can I reset the width of stroke to an equal value along a path?


texts: How to make fixed aspect ratio, highlight and rule of thirds enabled by default?

texts: How can I enable Highlight, Rule of thirds and Fixed aspect ratio of 1080x1080 as default settings in GIMP for the selection tool?


texts: Photoshop Adjust Paragraph Box to Content

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I was wondering if there's a way to adjust a paragraph text box to it's content just like inDesign.

I hate how sometimes I have to create big paragraph boxes and end up selecting them later on because there's too much leftover space. I know I can resize them manually, but the snapping to the last line isn't as reliable as in inDesign and it would be just easier if there was a way to adjust it automatically.

Is there a setting to automatically resize a textbox to it's contents? Alternatively, can I make this into an Action?


texts: What "Graphic Design" is and must it include Animations?

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Let's consider the following activities, where
NO animation 3d nor 2d are involved.

Creation of visual material (online and printed posters, badges) to promote events, including the research for fonts and selection taking care of their license terms of use, the adaptation and editing of the text written by others, managing and adapting third-party logos, creating original images to go with the text. The tools used are Adobe Photoshop (professional advanced use) and Adobe Illustrator (basic use).
Creation of wedding invites, bottle labels and logos for small associations, including vectorial minimalist illustrations ad hoc, selection of fonts, layout. Same tools as before.
Use of Photoshop techniques for Photo editing on original pictures made by me, e.g. tilt-shift, toy camera effects, cinematic effects, cross processing, HDR effects... Tool: Photoshop.

Some of these activities have been carried out for months and have been paid, some others have been used online to promote social campaigns and blog posts or to realize non-profit material for small associations or private individuals.

Are these activities or some of them considered "Graphic Design", even if no Animation tools like Blender were involved?

If not, which is their professional category and how should they be included in the resume in few words?


texts: Locating the coordinates of an element within a layer in Gimp?

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I have a PSD which I've opened up in Gimp (because I currently don't have Photoshop) and I am having difficulty with locating any functionality on the Gimp UI that would help determine the positioning and dimensions of a given element in any layer. Is there anything that could provide me with a way of finding the position and dimensions of the individual elements?

Any advice that would help assist would be greatly appreciated... I am not graphic-design orientated, but have some understanding of Gimp...


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I have 1.1 GB PSD file which contains 25560x14400 image with a lot of pictures/vectors/layer effects etc... Now I'm aware of the absurdity of such project structure, but I wasn't a few years ago.

Too late did I realize that using PDF would be much more convenient (than PNG), however, when I tried to save it as PDF, 60 GB of space disappeared and Photoshop stated there's still not enough.

Therefore, approximately, which is the smallest size possible of such project saved as PDF? And what're the best settings for it? In the best case scenario not losing quality.


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I got a work from a customer to print a big size photo(12inx15in) from a passport size photo(3.5cmx4.5cm). When i enlarge it lines are seen on the photo.

i tried to use the S tool to remove the lines, but no use. Any other possobilities to remove the lines on the face?
Thanks


texts: In which DPI resolution should I design an app in Photoshop?

texts: I am currently doing an app design. Which DPI I should start work in? I have worked on a project in 72 dpi but I want to know if this is the best size to work in.


texts: What is the word to describe one of the many "styles" a character can have?

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What would be the correct word to describe one of the possible styles that can be applied to a character, including

bold
italic
underline
font size
text color
font family


texts: Vector Files, how does one create a file with the color white?

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Black T-Shirts. Most use white lettering. However white lettering seems to be an issue when making a vector file or PNG.
(Maybe its just me as I am not graphically inclined)

But, when I got to make my design the white lettering, it gets lost in the background, and you can't see it.

So I ask, Whats the best program to help with this, Adobe Illustrator? cause nothing online, seems to work very well. Or do you know of a video that specifically shows how to do this. Lets say I take a Valknut  png file, which is black and white. So I need to invert the colors. then add text, making both symbol and letter white.


texts: Inkscape: Is there a way to unstretch / undistort text?

texts: I'm working on an svg where all the text got condensed by someone scaling a bunch of items nonproportionally. All the text is still text and editable. Is there a way to select the text items and have them revert to the font's natural proportions?


texts: In Illustrator, how do I set my file at 10% scale?

texts: I have a large print job. The design is sized at 36" by 72" with 1" bleed. The printer is asking that I set the file at 10% scale. How do I do that???


texts: Converting video to gif: how to ensure playback is the same speed when using 60 fps videos?

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I would like to use videos captured at 60 FPS (or possibly 30) for my gifs. The software I'm using to convert videos to gifs is Adobe Photoshop.

Problem is that those frame rates don't work very well for gifs. The delay time for each frame in the gif would either be rounded up or down to the nearest hundredth. This causes the playback to either be slower or faster. I would like it to play at the same speed.

What are my solutions?

I am temporarily recording my videos at 50 FPS but I would prefer to record at 60 fps.

Perhaps there is software that can set a variable delay so that the overall duration isn't affected? Photoshop just sets the same delay for every frame.


texts: How to design and print 3d anamorphic images?

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Here's some photo of what I'm talking about

the majority I've seen are floor and wall but I need to create this 3d effect on wall and ceiling with an aerial London skyline and clouds. using the image below:

How do I do this? The desired effect is to feel like your in a glass aeroplane and can see the city around you and clouds overhead.

I have seen a post about changing the perspective on a single image Anamorphic Design Process

but how would you morph a landscape photo like the city one i have?


texts: How to design the letter ß (eszett or sharp S)

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When designing a typeface, how should I design the letter ß?
Looking at existing typefaces there seems to be a some variations of how the character is designed.

It seems that the letter (called an Eszett or Sharp S in English) originated as a ligature for ſs (a long s - not an f).
Some examples in different fonts with related characters:

There are at least 2 distinct ways of creating the character - One being based of a lower case f (or ſ) & lower case s, the other being based on a lower case f (or ſ) & 3. Some designs extend to the cap-height and some extend to the ascender height. Most do not have a descender but some do.
As someone who doesn't speak any languages that use the eszett/sharp s, I am unfamiliar with it's usage or form.  I therefor don't know if any of these variations in design are incorrect.

An article on Typography.Guru by a German typographer explains how to design the capital ẞ, but doesn't give any information on the lowercase ß I am interested in.

Capital Sharp S designs. The good, the bad and the ugly.

UPDATE: Since this question was posted, an article by the same author as the previous article has been published, detailing the design of the lowercase ß. The article can be found here:

The Multifaceted Design of the Lowercase Sharp S (ß)


texts: Align .svg images of heads so they will all mix and match with a set of bodies

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A wonderful woman made me a set of animal heads and animal bodies that will all interchange however when she saved them they are sort of all over the place.  I've asked her if she can save them so they all pop up on a center line but she is not sure what I mean.

I'm happy to do it myself... but could someone give me some clues how to do it?  I know I want the very center of every body to come up at the same spot of the very center of every head.

I appreciate your time!


texts: Expanding strokes leaves corners deformed in illustrator cc

texts: So here i expanded this corner which initially was round but then when i used expand or outline illustrator doesn't keep the original form. the stroke is 0.5px thick and the artboard is 52*52.


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I followed this walkthrough on how to select colors with anti-aliasing, and when I finished, everything that hadn't been deleted was not opaque. Yet the layer was at 100% Opacity. How do I fix this??

I want to get rid of the greenish white

I go into color>color to alpha. and select the greenish white color

When I click "ok" the greenish white is gone like i wanted, but the text is opaque, how do I fix this?


texts: Draw a horizontal line with just a click using Adobe Photoshop

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I am looking to find a way to draw a horizontal line of full page width on a PNG file with a single click. Thing is I am trying to draw a lot of lines and if I've to click and drag it becomes extremely inefficient.

I am working on a Windows platform.

How can I achieve this using Adobe Photoshop? (or with Inkscape/CorelDraw?) Any ideas?

Thanks

Here is a sample of page. Green lines are the ones drawn.


texts: Square brushes in Photoshop have one rounded corner

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I'm trying to create a favicon in Photoshop CS5 by painting individual pixels. I've tried using the square brushes but for some reason each square brush preset has one rounded corner in the bottom right. The hardness settings are 100% and also greyed out.

How can I get the square brushes to go back to being perfectly square and full hardness so it doesn't bleed into neighboring pixels?


texts: Illustrator: how to achieve a conical gradient effect

texts: Is there a way to get this effect on circles in Illustrator?


texts: Why will the fill color I have selected in Gimp not appear?

texts: I am attempting to add a semitransparent layer of color to a black and white image in Gimp 2.8.0. I have added a new layer, clicked the bucket fill tool, selected the foreground color i want to add and adjusted opacity level. But, when I click in the B&W image to fill it, instead of the foreground color I selected (red) I get gray. Am I missing a step or am not using the correct process?


texts: Arranging objects under master template objects in Adobe Indesign

texts: I have set up an Adobe Indesign template and it is working perfectly okay except that I can't arrange page objects under the objects that come from the master template. I tried send it to back from arrange option but this doesn't seem to be the solution. Is there any way to do this?


texts: I want to use Helvetica Neue in my Android application. Where do I buy the appropriate license?

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I'm having a heck of a time getting a straight answer for this. Hope somebody here can help!

If I'm a small commercial company that's creating an Android application for a paid service, what sort of license do I need to buy to legally use Helvetica Neue (and a couple other variations of Helvetica)?

Where do I buy it?

Edit: I got the following response when inquiring about purchasing:

  Thank you for the inquiry. We have a special license for mobile
  developers that enables them to distribute fonts in a title for two
  years of the title for a paid-up license fee. We can provide you with
  a license to distribute the Helvetica Neue regular, medium, light,
  bold and Italic fonts with unlimited units of a single application
  title only on the Android platform for $3,250. This is fee for two
  year distribution of the font in that title. There are no unit
  reporting requirements under this license. If you also want to include
  the iOS platform the license fee would be $3,750 instead of $3,250.

  The license fees include warranty and indemnification from Monotype
  Imaging. Please let me know if you have any questions or if you would
  like to proceed with a license. We look forward to working with you.


texts: how to get rid of unnecessary anchor points?

texts:
I have applied pathfinder-minus front and that produces plethora of anchor points.

Is there any way to get rid of these without using plugins?


texts: InDesign: interactive catalogue to order products from?

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Is it possible to build something like this in InDesign? A client is asking me, i already said its probably impossible and sounds like a website will work better, but wondering, how much of this is possible via PDF?

product catalogue imported via XLS with 5000+ products with photo, name, price, tax and similar columns (i know about this part)
then for each product have an editable field when the user can type in the quantity (sort of like an 'add to cart')
a total checkout for all quantities and prices is calculated on the last page and then an email is sent to the owner of the catalogue, like a checkout order

Note: yeah i know the email part is ridiculous, but what alternatives are there to pass a selection of products around? Can Google Docs somehow work with all the above?


texts: Giving measurements of an irregular shaped piece of paper

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How can I give my designer detailed information about the measurements of an irregular shaped piece of paper. I create the piece of paper with such an punch:

I can't measuring it with a normal ruler, because of the form.
I can't send the piece of paper to him.

I have an idea but I don't know if it's working. Would scanning be an option?
After the scan process the document will be saved as .pdf.

The size must be millimeter precision — if it's possible.


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I just installed Photoshop CS6 for the first time (after coming from CS5). I tried taking a screenshot of a website I like to sample the blue color in the screenshot, but as soon as I paste it in Photoshop the colors become extremely dull. I've included the website behind the screenshot in photoshop so you can see how terribly different the blues look.

My settings are completely stock, RGB 8 bit. I'm not used to having to mess with color profiles just to get a screenshot to look okay in PS. Does anybody have some insight for me?

Greatly appreciated!


texts: Anybody know how to achieve this spherical line effect in Illustrator?

texts: I found this icon very  interesting. I know Object > Envelope Distort > Make with Mesh, but I can't achieve perspective, angularity and roundness at the same time.


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I'm looking for a software that would allow me to test a big amount of fonts by producing one page (or at least, one paragraph) of text for each font in a folder.

I'm not looking for a simple sample phrase nor a full fontset, but for a whole paragraph at least, in order to look at kerning and greyness and be able to compare each font. I have tried Font View, but it cant produce a whole paragraph.
By the way, fonts are Type 1 and OTF;

Edit: …and I run a Windows 8.1 64 bits.


texts: Creating copies in inkscape using ctrl + left click + space bar?

texts: I'm going through this tutorial and nick is able to create copies by pressing the space bar while holding Ctrl + left click.  However, I cannot get this to work on Ubuntu 17.04 and Inkscape 0.92.  Thoughts?  Can I just use Ctrl+D instead or are copies and duplicates different?


texts: Have Pantone Number, Now How Do I Find In Illustrator?

texts: I have selected a Pantone color from a Pantone book, let's say 285 C, now I want to make my artwork to that Pantone color and ready for print. How do I go about it?


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Short version of the question

When using Data Merge to put pictures into an InDesign document, how do the file paths need to be written in the data source file? The official documentation appears to be incorrect.

The longer version of the question

i.e. stuff I've tried that "should have" worked but didn't:

I'm attempting to use the data merge feature of Adobe InDesign, but I'm finding that it's far more persnickety about the file paths for merged images than the documentation suggests.

According to the documentation, I should just be able to write the file paths of merged images as strings like:

Mac HD:Photos:BillTucker.jpg
Desktop:Family:dat.gif

However, after much experimentation, I've only succeeded in loading images with their paths written out this way when the .csv file of merged data was located in the "Documents" directory. If the csv file is in a subdirectory of "Documents", InDesign fails to find the image files.

Using relative paths always seems to work. e.g. All of the following work:

BillTucker.jpg

..:BillTucker.jpg

images:BillTucker.jpg

...if the .csv file is in the same directory as the image (for the first example), the directory below the .csv file (for the second example), or in the final example, if there is an "images" directory off the .csv file's directory with the image in it.

My goal is to be able to write the file path in such a way that no matter where the csv file is located, the image can be found. It seems like this format should work:
Documents:Games:VL:assets:icons:state.png

Using the full file path copied from the Links panel for the image also works:
/Users/sambrown/Documents/Games/VL/assets/icons/state.png

...but like I said above, that format only seems to work when the data source is in ~/Documents, not a subdirectory.

What am I getting tripped up on here?


texts: Cannot arrange objects in Illustrator CC

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I have a few objects in Illustrator, and I can't arrange them one behind the other.

They are both on the same layer. When I select one and press CTRL+SHIFT+[ the circle does not move back. When I right click I see that Arrange is grayed out. I tried grouping the objects together, as I saw in one solution here (though it didn't make much sense to me), and then arranging, but that didn't work either. I can arrange them in the layer panel, but it is very convoluted. Why is Arrange grayed out?


texts: Add an Existing Animated GIF into a Still Image Without Losing the Animation

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Using gimp, I'd like to insert an animate gif into another still image without losing the animation. Is there an easy way to accomplish this in GIMP?
I was able to drag the animated image's layer-group over into the still image, but after doing so (even though that newly added layer-group shows as the top layer within gimp's layering tool) I cannot see any changes to the destination image.


texts: Is there a way to reduce a file size svg with grain texture effect? I'm doing a website illustration in svg format and after the export, the file is around 50mb+. Without the grain effect is around 50kb. What I can do keep it small and maintaining the grain effect? Is it possible to do the same effect with lower size impact?


texts: I'm a cognitive neuroscience researcher designing a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment based on the Flashed Face Distortion Effect (https://vimeo.com/27138942). The goal of the experiment is to compare neural activation while the participant looks at "distorted" versus "undistorted" faces. For the "undistorted" control condition, I need to alter the above video so that the faces are blurred, or otherwise have a bare minimum amount of detail to be recognizable as faces (sort of like this: http://bit.ly/38EZ9x0). In other words, I need to alter the face images so that they don't produce the distortion effect, but are still recognizable as faces. Importantly, the luminance of the images must be the same as the faces in the test condition. What software and method would achieve this?


texts: Why does "Modify Border" bleed outside the selected edges?

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I have a problem with my Photoshop fill feature.

I created a selected area with a border of 2. Then I Edit → Fill... but it seems to bleed outside the lines with a faint colour. It's best I show the screen shot so see below:

This is my selected area:

This has a Select → Modify → Border... (1px)

Then i do Edit → Fill... and this is the result:

Notice the fill is bleeding outside the selected area - why is this? Is there some option I am missing?


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I'm having a slow brain day. If anyone can point me in the right direction that would be great thanks.

I need to create the below crest as a single color graphic so that it can be printed onto a pint glass glass. I need it either black or white, no greys.

I can't seem to figure it out. The crest below is also the highest res available.


texts: Name of this Font? Body text in the series of books by Time-Life

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I am trying to identify a font from a series of books by Time-Life that has gone out of print. A sample of the particular is given in the image below:

OCR, image processing and correlation with font databases failed to return anything meaningful. Human expertise appreciated.

Note: We can narrow the search space to all typefaces that were designed before July 1990 since that was the year of publication.

Edit: There are no PDF versions, or higher resolutions of this font from search results returned by Google, Bing or DuckDuckGo.

Update: Have ordered print versions of the book series. Once they arrive (hopefully soon) high resolution images will be uploaded.

Additional details:

Author: Time-Life Books Editors

Series: Voyage Through the Universe Series

Publication: 1990-07-01

Publisher: Time-Life, Incorporated


texts: How to resize vector masks without changing the size-ratio of round corners of it?

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Let's say that I have a vector mask of 200px-w 150px-h rectangle with 8 px curved corners.

If I want to resize this to 100px-w 100px-h without changing the size-ratio of round corners, how do I do it without moving the each and every point of the vector one by one with pentool and re-align it with hand?

BTW I know choosing multiple points with shift and moving them together but again this also means doing it for each corner so therefore, 4 times. Is there an easier method? Such as stating the size I want and having it reshaped accordingly with corners intact.

That's what I wonder. I'm using Photoshop.

How can I resize a rounded rectangle vector mask and keep the rounded corners at their correct relative measurements?


texts: Exporting hi-res png with small dimensions at exact size

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I want to export an illustrator file...

In PNG format
Exact dimensions (55x20mm)
High resolution

72 ppi does not save at high enough standard. 300 ppi makes the dimensions too large.

The end user should never use a file smaller than 55x20mm, so I want to give them the highest quality file possible at that size.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Illustrator - How to let one layer show through another

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This seems like it should be easy, but since I'm new to Illustrator it's hard to describe what I mean without an example.

Basically, I have two layers. The bottom layer has a picture of a pig. The top layer has a one-color icon (black). I want the fill of the icon to be replaced with the image underneath it. So that instead of an icon of a piggy bank in just black it is an icon of a piggy bank that looks like the pig picture.

What's the best way to do this?

Thank you in advance for your time.


texts: How to respond to Brand identity Objections from small business owners?

texts: When pitching a client on a brand identity service and they ask you,"how do I know this will work?" What would be the appropriate response?


texts: What is the color group name in the UI image?

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I am actually developer not a graphic designer.
I want to know these color groups name. They look like ocean colors but there has to be an official graphic design name. What is the color group name for that?
https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/565412928200221463/

And I don't know "color group name" is the true definition anyway.

Thank you.


texts: Name for types of fonts (sans-serif with bevelled stems)

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I want to find fonts like the one used here, which is SuperGroteskWebPro.  It is notable that in this font the f, T and t have cuts on edges at some angles. It is also a very clean font and gives a clean feel like Roboto:

I am looking for fonts like this one. How do I search for it? What is this style called? What fonts are similar to this?


texts: Remove transformations when exporting as SVG with Illustrator

texts: Is there a way to remove path/group transformations when exporting as SVG with Illustrator? My problem is similar to this one but the given solution is only for Inkscape.


texts: When zoomed-in in Photoshop how do you scroll to out of canvas?

texts: Lets say I am zoomed in, 500%, and I want to go beyond the edge, right edge, and when I try to drag it using the hand tool it doesn't work and the scrollbar doesn't work.


texts: Is there a way to tell character fonts vs non-character fonts?

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I am looking at a PDF which is using the `European Pi 3' font. As you can see here, this font doesn't render the characters like actualy characters, but like different icons. The 'P' is a big circle, 'S' is a telephone, 'V' is a pointing finger etc.

Wingdings is a similar example that comes to mind.

Is there a name for fonts like this, i.e. which do not render characters, but random symbols?

Also, is there a way to programatically/systematically know if a font belongs to this category?


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I've been searching for an image that contains all possible rbg colors, but I simply cannot find one. I'm starting to think that's it's impossible, since what I'm looking requires 3 dimensions.

I tried looking for things like "color wheel" or "hsv color" but I have been unable to find exactly what I'm looking for.

Is it even feasible to try to find a 2d image to represent a full rgb color scheme? And if yes, where can I find one?

To be explicit, I want a 2d image containing all (rgb) values (0-255, 0-255, 0-255)


texts: jaged edges and text in inkscape design, print on demand

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I am stuck into a problem several days, i can't figure out how to get clean edges, even if i used a high resolution 600 dpi (when exporting to png) but the edges seems jagged when i view the design in print on demand website.
i drew the line art in inkscape version 0.92.3 with bezier tool
this is the link : there are jaggies in the beard of marcus aurelius design
the image in the previewer of teespring
I tried to export as pdf but i can't remove the background from the pdf (and teespring don't accept pdf),
how can the others have good clean edges in their design ?
Edit: there is another design i tried with simple text that i drew with bezier but i have the same problem
and it's look like that in the previwer jagged text
and here is the link with new png with size 9000 * 10800px enter link description here


texts: How can I save a bmp (bitmap) image file at 16bpp on a Mac?

texts:
I need to save an image as Windows Bitmap BMP A1R5G5B5 16bpp.
Source files are 32bpp image files (PNG and/or Windows Bitmap).

Preview saves BMP images at 32bpp.

XnConvert saves BMP images at 24bpp.

Imagemagick, Acorn, GraphicConverter do not support saving at 16bpp.

Photoshop can do it, but I don't own it.

Any ideas? GUI or command line is fine for me.


texts: Inkscape 0.92 'Stroke to Path' not working on B-splines

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I have a design using B-splines, which I need to convert to a path, because it will need to be surrounded by a stroke in a separate colour.

However, when I use the 'stroke to path ' (Ctrl + Alt + C) tool, the curve changes shape. It stops being rounded and instead becomes a sharp-cornered line around the B-spline's control points.

How should I go about achieving my desired effect?


texts: Client requested artwork to print themselves

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A client has requested that I supply a PDF of artwork I have previously designed and printed, about a year ago, for them so they can send to another printer to have more printed.

I have always had a good relationship with this client and have not received any negitive feedback on past work. I have also been told that our prices are very similar.

Is this normal for a client request?
How can I stop this happening again in the future?

For one I am losing income but am also annoyed as I thought we had a very good working relationship.
Should I charge to supply the PDF?


texts: How do I get this uneven airbrush effect similar to old art deco posters?

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This is an section from a poster made back in the 1920s or 1930s, that was made using an airbrush:

What interests me most is that it has a rough, spattered quality. It's as if the airbrush didn't work very well and sprayed unevenly, resulting in varying dot sizes where the paint landed.

I've tried to get this kind of effect with the airbrush tool in Photoshop, by manipulating scattering levels and trying various brushes. However, I can't quite get it.

However, when I've searched for Photoshop tutorials, anything under the term "spatter" is way more exaggerated than I need, and anything with a "vintage" or "grunge" level is about the overall style, not specific brush settings. At least, not that I've found.

How can I set my airbrush to get a gradient quality like the example picture, or something similarly uneven in quality?

Additional

This is a section of a poster from the movie The Rocketeer, which has a similar effect:


texts: Looking for illustrator script to swap all objects with another

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I have a map with small circles for over 200 cities. I need to change all of the circles into map pins. Is there a way to do this? I think it's a script maybe.

I know how to select all objects of the same appearance and give them a new graphic style but that will only let me change the color, stroke, etc. not replace with a new shape.


texts: Photoshop Reducing File Size by Hiding Layers

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I've recently learned that hiding Photoshop layers will reduce the file size.

After searching around the Adobe forums I can't find anything stating this. There are only about half a dozen sites on Google that I found mentioning this trick as well.

I have a 300mb file with roughly 6 layers. When the layers are hidden it trims about 100mb off of the total file size.

I'm wondering what information is either compressed or lost by hiding layers?
Will the file still be safe for print?
Will the file still maintain it's compatibility options for other programs like Lightroom?

All of the articles I found talking about this trick don't explain exactly what's going on with this, and what information is being left out or compressed. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!


texts: How to achieve this grain texture - Photoshop or illustrator?

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Ok, new to textures here and I really cant figure out how this grain effect/texture was achieved -

It is very subtle and basic google searches thru PS geometric textures haven't yielded anything. The basic grain effects in Illustrator/PS are also not like this.

How was this done? Is this an overlay?


texts: How to type complex Mathematical equations/fractions in Corel Draw

texts: I am working on Maths exam papers for an educational institute, I mostly do all my print related work on Corel Draw, I was thinking if there is any way of writing complex Mathematical Equation in Corel Draw X6 easily.


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I have an object I want to rotate about a specific point.

How to rotate around shifter center precisely in Illustrator?
I've tried this answer but it doesn't work because when I open the Transform -> Rotate dialog box and attempt to alt + LMB nothing happens except the rotate dialog box flashes goes it is the focus and not the canvas.


texts: Should a Hex value match its RGB value in a Brand Guideline document?

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Our organisation is using a brand guidelines document (produced externally) where the hex values and the RGB values of corresponding colors do not match.
Both RGB values and hex values use the same color space (as opposed to pantone or CMYK values which have to be approximated in conversions), so I supposed they would match in our document.

For example (recreated for Stack purposes):

These above RGB values written on the color squares (and background color) do not correspond to their hex values.

I often end up with mismatched colors because of shared swatch libraries which are sometimes hex and sometimes RGB, for example when bringing an Illustrator document (whose colors I took from our brand library swatch) into After Effects (where I used the hex code to create a composition's background color).

What could possibly explain or justify creating a brand guidelines document where the RGB and hex do not match? Is it a common practice? Am I missing something here?


texts: Gimp grid strange behavior - feature or bug?

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When I create a grid in Gimp (a 32x32px grid with 0x0px offset), the distance between the top edge of the image, and the first grid line, is 31 pixels, almost like the grid starts one pixel above the canvas. The same goes for the left edge.

However, after enabling Snap to Grid, pasted images (with sizes that are multiples of 32x32px) snap to the "correct" grid positions, as if the grid started at the first pixel of the canvas. The drawn grid and the snapping grid do not align. Also, the snapping is dependent on the zoom factor (and maybe on the size of the image being snapped, I'm not sure).

Is this correct behavior? Is this changeable?

I'm using Gimp 2.6.11 on Windows (both 7 and XP).

Image how it looks:


texts: Photoshop cc - how do i resize a box and keep the radius the same?

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I know there are several questions that ask this - so far the answer has been "impossible", but in one of them there was an allusion (or... illusion?) to being able to do so in the cc edition.

I have the cc edition, if only on a trial basis.

I have a shape selected - it is a white "rectangle", with a drop box and so forth. Rectangle is in quotes, because to me it is a rectangle, but I do not know how the rectangle was created.

As seen here:

I want to resize this (which was harder than it needed to be - i had to go to edit - free transform.

But when i drag the image, the rounded corners go bonkers! I read in this answer - see the comments that it should be possible to edit the corners now.

But i do not know what to press...  in the pictures i found on youtube, it looked like when i opened "properties" i should be able to see the transform options.

How do i make this simple image bigger and with a rounded corner?


texts: How to create the illusion of raised ink or paint

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I have a two-dimensional, multicoloured image such as a corporate logo, and I wish to modify it to create the illusion that it is an image rendered in paint or raised ink. That is, I want the medium to appear to be three-dimensional.

I have played around with various techniques but have so far failed to produce a result of great quality. I achieved some semblance of the effect by applying the emboss effect, altering the contrast and brightness, changing white to alpha, then reapplying the original image underneath. However, the emboss effect extends out further than the edge of the image, and my technique also applies black shadowing rather than darkening and brightening of the original colours. I essentially need something similar to the application of a normal map.

Has anyone had any success with a similar project?


texts: What does a tagline in a website header communicate by being there?

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A client is asking to include a tagline in the header of their website, they are a premium agency. I lean away from this because what ever I do to try to include it, seems to take away from the premium feel of the site.

Do I just need to try harder or is this an established design pattern in websites that infers the type of site just be being there?

I would love to see any links to sites that have done it well in a professional and high-end way.


texts: How to have multiple instances of the same object in Illustrator CC 2015?

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I'm creating a tile image in Illustrator with multiple shapes randomly placed inside. Each time that I move some shapes I have to check that the tile doesn't look odd, i.e. that it's evenly distributed and there are no clusters of shapes on one side. Currently what I do is to copy the image three times to check that the tiles in a 2x2 arrangement look ok, but I want some way to have three instances of the same tile instead, so that if I chance something in the original, all three copies would update its contents.

Update

Currently my workflow and the tools I'm using are as follows:

I have a bunch of Photoshop files, that have an Illustrator vector graphic inside. Those files are tiles so that they will be placed side by side in arrangements of size NxM. The tiles are supposed to be seamless.

The embedded vector graphics opens in Illustrator so I can edit the shapes in the tile image. What I want is to have three more copies of the same group of objects right in there, in Illustrator, so I can preview the arrangement of the tiles, without having to save the smart object to update its contents in Photoshop, and then export the image so I can take a look at how the tile arrangement would look.


texts: How to adjust an Anchor Point in a Mesh Object?

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I'm working on my personal project. My basic element (a bar) needed to be responsive in shape changing. First thing I applied the bar in is something like this:

And the blue things (bar), the thing I wanted to do with is changing the shape to a rectangle. To reduce time and file size, on the process of making the bar, instead of blurring background by copy the picture and make a clipping mask, I created a gradient mesh. But when I start to change the shape of the whole bar, the problem came. I can't change the anchor point of the mesh object, to make a rectangle. When I click an anchor point, it always shows "mesh point" instead.

So... Could you tell me how to solve the problem?
Thanks and appreciate your answers!
PS: Sorry if there are some grammars errors! Hope you help me!


texts: Missing characters when exporting to pdf from indesign

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I'm getting a random error when exporting a indd file to pdf.

I'm on OS X 10.9.5 and running indesign and acrobat pro CS4.
The font in question is helvetica neue light (true type).

The indesign preview looks fine.

However the pdf looks like this:

I've tried several methods to try and resolve the problem

Checked font file in Font Book - all was fine.
Checked several pdf export profiles
Turned on/off ligatures - turning off ligatures made all characters appear missing
Checked several pdf preflight font profile checks

Any help would be greatly appreciated


texts: InDesign: should a baseline grid be used for 190-page magazine?

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I've always used a baseline grid until now for magazines up to 90 pages, but this magazine will be around 190 pages - it is more like a book - so do I need to make it with text aligned to baseline grid?

Which option is more professional and what method is used for creating some of the best magazines in the world? Or it is a matter of style how I would like to work? I have an idea about aligning to baseline grid only body text, would that be correct?


texts: Does changing a "regular" font with font-weight in CSS make it actually bold? (i.e. another font file)

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I am a web developer and I am working on a project which uses Quicksand Light/Regular/Bold as font. The web application's standard font is Quicksand regular but there is also text which is lighter and bolder.

As a web developer I'd normally apply a simple CSS style like so:

font-weight: bold; // or 400, 600, 800

Is this a valid trick to avoid setting the font to every single element which is not "regular"?
If not, are there fonts which work like this? (i.e. modify them via CSS to obtain a different font)


texts: What is this crosshair and left arrow sign for Adobe Illustrator do?

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I'm not sure what keys I hit, but my rectangle tool has a crosshair and a left arrow attached to a vertical bar. When I draw rectangles, they are drawn at a skew and not aligned to a default XY axis.

Anyone know how I got it turned on? What it's purpose is, and more importantly, how to turn it off without restarting?

Thanks!


texts: How do I make scratchboard/etching effects?

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I'm having a hard time grasping how to get the same brush stroke with the right proportion of space in between like in this image (Marilyn). I'm sure it wasn't free handedly drawn with a brush tool, it's well proportioned.

I'm trying to get the same effect so what I did was I'd trace the face with a pen tool and fill it with a line pattern (flat and angular) but the effects are not quite the same as you see in Marilyn (fine and pointed) with white specs breaking up the lines.

Please assist, I've tried to look up google for tutorials.
Thank you!


texts: Converting a lot of Illustrator files to PNG with transparent background

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I have about 280 Illustrator .ai files that I need to convert into .png files with a finished size of 500px x 500px. All of them aren't squared, so those that are, for example rectangular, need to be centered in the image and the background needs to be transparent.

Is there an easier way to do this because I wouldn't like to spend time converting them manually.


texts: How to make drawable of android app for all density

texts: Hello I am Android Developer, working on android application. I require to make all drawables for all density for my android app. Is there any standard ratio I should keep for that and any tool for that. Any idea ?


texts: Is there a way to export Base64 encoded SVG's from Sketch 3?

texts: I'm currently working on a site, and can't export SVG's from Sketch itself with no issue, but I am missing the Base64 code. Can I generate Base64 encoded SVG's from Sketch 3 when I export?


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I can't get my eraser tool to erase anymore. I must have changed some settings in the options and now it has no effect.
I'm working with just one layer (white background color), drawing some lines with the ink tool and a wacom tablet.
When I switch to the eraser and try to erase some pixels, nothing happens. My current settings for the eraser are:

Is anything wrong in those options? As I said, I have just one layer. What should I do to get the eraser erasing again?


texts: How to add clickable hyperlinks for email id, website, telephone in mail signature designed using Illustrator?

texts: One of my colleague had created a signature for the company using Adobe Illustrator. Now the head of our company wants clickable links to be present in the signature so that one should be able to click on the links and forwarded to the desired destination like email id, website, telephone, etc. The signature presently created is an pdf and jpeg format. How can we add clickable links to the signature?


texts: Affinity Photo | How to Display Primary and Secondary Colors in Toolbar?

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New to Affinity Photo, simple question, how can I show the primary and secondary colors in the toolbar like in this screenshot?

I tried the customize tools panel under view, checked the studio section, and even dragged the colors from the colors panel onto the toolbar, but still no luck. I'm trying to streamline my workflow, so having it visible on the toolbar would be helpful.


texts: How could text become inserted at the end of my InDesign file without my knowing it?

texts: I discovered today that the end of my long file has text that appears to be in Spanish or Italian. I did not add text to the end. Did this happen because of a virus or hack? Or did I push a button by accident?


texts: How to apply a texture to the background

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I was trying to follow this tutorial to build a website and on Step 2, it said that I should paint the jpeg texture to the background.

http://www.designzzz.com/how-to-make-web-template-photoshop/

I'm new to Photoshop so I'm not sure how this is done.  Is there some specific technique to which the author is referring?


texts: PNG file not showing checkerboard in Windows Photo Viewer

texts: I saved my PNG file in Photoshop with png-24 and transparency checked. But when I open this image in Windows Photo Viewer, the checkerboard is gone. Is there something wrong about Windows Photo Viewer or my saving technique?


texts: How do I remove these transparent pixels?

texts: I've converted this text to outlines, and then I have flattened the transparency, but zooming in on this, there is still transparent pixels. Where the outline is, I would like to export the shape, and make it all one color.


texts: Is there a visual web editor based on bootstrap?

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Bootstrap is a great framework, and I want know if there is a tool that gives you the possibility of dragging html components, re-sizing and moving them, changing colours, all while generating the bootstrap html code.

I don't want to use Dreamweaver because you need to go and add classes and IDs to the html, which could be a pain sometimes.


texts: Best workflow for editing massive posters/banners for print in Photoshop?

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I have a very large poster that is 98" by 90" and I would like to know some good tips for making edits to the file

I tried to make it a smart object and then decrease the image size, only to increase it later.  This method works of when handling most of the layers and functions (laggy but managable)

But when transforming the smart object layer itself, it is unbearable

Any ideas?


texts: Image project with multiple selections, export to separate files

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For a hobby gamedev project I'm looking for a way to automate the following workflow, can be in any photo/image editing tool.

load a high resolution image
make multiple selections
give each selection a name
export each selection to a separate PNG file (with the name)
export coordinates of selections to textfile (name = x,y,h,w)
save image with selections for later use or re-export

So in short, take a highres image, make multiple selections and then export each selection to a separate PNG file, while also exporting a list of the selections coordinates to a text file. See what I mean in the mock up image below:

I'm doing all these steps by hand now and most the images have 70-80 parts. Whenever there is a mistake, image updates, changes in resolution etc. I have to redo large parts or even the whole thing, even though the selections are roughly the same.

Some photo editor programs support plug-ins and scripting, and I can do scripting (lua, python, javascript) no problem. But I don't know of any photo editor that supports saving multiple selections. If you know a good solution to this in any photo editor, like Painshop, PhotoShop, Coral Draw or an OpenSource program like Gimp or Paint Dot Net etc. please let me know.


texts: How do you achieve that black/transparent look in photoshop?


texts: Should a typographical scale refer to line-height or to the font-size?

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First of all, I want to apologize to any serious typographers for using the names of css-attributes instead of proper names. With "font-size" I mean here the defined font-size as one would in css (12px, 2em, 1rem, etc.) and by line-height I refer to the line-height defined in css (1.4, 1.2em, etc.). Here is a good overview of what line-height precisely is in CSS-terminilogy: https://iamvdo.me/en/blog/css-font-metrics-line-height-and-vertical-align

I am reading Robert Bringhurst's "Elementy of typographic style", and I am not understanding what precisely the typographical scale he is writing about should be based on.

In the internet, I find most scales are taking a specific font-size as a base, but I am questioning this approach now because of the issue of vertical-rhythm. My thinking is that if we take scales as a means of putting different sizes of type into proportion, what do we still consider as part of the type?

So my question is: do you take line-height or font-size as a base for a typographic scale, and why?


texts: How to change ( invert ) color on a high quality photo of a product?

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There is a black leather with a yellow thread and my client wants me to change it to a medium gray leather with black thread ?
I ve tried many ways but the naturals shadows on the leather where is it close to the tread is impossible (at least for me) to make...

the first image is the closest i could get ( they still want "more" darker thread ) the second is original (black leather)


texts: different text sizes on different devices

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I am really struggling and was wondering whether anyone can help.
I am designing a mockup on photoshop of a website we are going to build.
We have to show our mockups of the site for all 3 devices (Tablet, Mobile and Desktop).

I have used 20px font size for the header.
Will it be the same font size on tablet and mobile.

I have already tried 20px font size on tablet and you cant read the text.

Can anyone help?


texts: What kind of machine is used to print designs on plastics

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What kind of machine or process is used to print designs on hard plastics?

For example: Mouse, Chargers, Speakers etc.


texts: What font to use add text to picture, when there is no white background?

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It's like making an internet meme, except it's not about meme.

I am learning English vocabulary, and I think that a meme-like image will help me a lot to memorize the word. It has a picture and a (short) description. However, I'm not sure how to add the text properly. The font using in memes is Impact, but it is used because of the widely distribution of it by Microsoft*, not because of any rationale.

Moreover, the popularity of the font using in meme makes me instantly feel that every picture with a line of text in that font will be a meme, before I even start looking at the picture and reading the text. It could be a little childish to use a meme-like picture in formal context like in a presentation.

Q: So what font should I use to add at the bottom of the picture?
And by the way, how should I choose the size of it?

*Vox, The reason every meme uses that one font


texts: Since GIMP allows to new layers to differ in size from the canvas size, does it matter? Whether a layer of different size from the canvas has uses or hinders.


texts: Illustrator - How to create waves gradient mesh

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I'm looking for a tutorial on how to create a gradient waves mesh like the attachment.

I don't know if I call this the correct way but I can't find anything that comes close to this.

Regards,


texts:
Is there any way to create a text variable that has a date in the future calculated from today's date?

What I need is:
Todays date + 1 month.

I know you can have text variables with the output or modification date but I haven't been able to find a way of doing "math" on a variable.


texts: Photoshop px to usable responsive unit (vw)

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I am writing a CSS for over a year now and i always have to manually use the simple function to convert PX to VW(Viewport width).
And i would like to add that unit in Photoshop as a default unit, so i don't have to manually read every measurement and calculate it to 'vw' from 'px'.


texts: How can I make my stroke stay inside the corner in Illustrator?

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My stroke seems to be getting out from the edge of my illustration.

I have looked in both the stroke panel and anchor points, but I can't seem to find a solution.

I just want the stroke to stay inside, and not go outside the line.
Any help appreciated.


texts: When to use photos or illustrations in design?

texts: When should I use design based on photos and when based on illustrations? Is it based on the emotional impact which we designers want to achieve?


texts: Copying and pasting directly from GIMP has black background

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Sometimes I edit an image in GIMP with transparency and copy the entire canvas and paste it directly into another application, such as a tweet on Twitter or a message on Discord. The image pastes with transparency pixels without any problems.

Lately, I noticed that copying images and pasting them anywhere outside of GIMP replaces the usual transparent pixels with a black background.

This really throws a wrench into my daily GIMP usage, and while I will eventually resort to saving the image and manually uploading it if I really have to, I have the feeling there's a setting somewhere that can change this back, since this is something that started happening without me updating the software.

What should I try first? Thanks in advance.


texts: Why Illustrator file is opened cropped and distorted in Photoshop?

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in order to be able to export in jpg some files made in illustrator i'm using Photoshop to finish this process.

The fact is that I've noticed that Photoshop open the file cropped and distorted.

The original file has 16.383px X 10.000px.

As you can see in the image the brutal crop and distortion I've tried to open and open as smart object in Photoshop but the result is the same.

What can I do?


texts: Recreating Ink in water effect in Illustrator

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Does anyone know how to create this in Illustrator? I contacted the person who made it but the gave me a very vague answer like a bunch of selections but they never gave me an idea of how to actually create something like this. I tried searching for tutorials but all I found was simplistic versions that didn't get the look I was going for.

Does anyone know how to create this?

Update by Ryan:

I don't have the exact one Lulu asked about but here's some screen grabs of the one I do have so people will stop saying its not vector:


texts: Is there a template to display a tri-fold or page-turn for a portfolio?

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I'm building my portfolio, and rather than handing out hundreds of various designs, I want to put several items on one page. But I also want to illustrate what they are, such as a tri-fold or magazine.

Is there a template to show the folded item, or magazine pages to actually look like a magazine, rather than a flat image?

I've tried skewing the folded item in photoshop, but I couldn't get the angle right; and I tried vanishing point, but without an actual item to compare to, the angle was even worse than the skew.

I'm OK with Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign.

Thanks for the advice!


texts: How to manuallly create glossy/metallic lightning effect on object?

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like the title says, is there a way to manually create a glossy/metallic lightning effect on certain part of the object ? I am using Adobe Photoshop CS6.

This is my image, i want the light on my figure look glossier and reflective

And this is the result that i wish to achieve:


texts: Smart Object Layer Visibility with Layer Comps

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I wanted to create a set of layer comps but ran into a problem when trying to toggle the visibility of layers within a smart object. Let's say I have a document with smart object. I want 1/5 layers visible for each of my 5 layer comps (each layer having its own comp).

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way I can get both the original document and smart object to work together in terms of displaying the desired smart object layers. One possible reason is that they work independently from each other (psd & psb). Its almost like they are two separate (yet connected) documents but with two different layer comp panels. Is there a workaround for this?


texts: What is the name of the technique when an element is repeated at different scales?

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For example, at the website of the Premier League, the zigzags of the lion's mane are used as backgrounds of the header and the footer; similar shapes are used as overlay masks on some photos.

More precisely, I refer not to allusions or resemblance of some elements, but their scaled reproduction that looks sike outlines, shadows, etc.

How is this re-use and repetition of certain elements or silhouettes called? What are other famous examples?


texts: How to explode image into multiple smaller images?

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Say I have this kind of image:

You can see the black areas are separated by transparent pixels. If I want to extract these into new images, I could select the area, copy, create new image from clipboard. That works, but is pretty slow when I have 50 areas on the image. Not to mention, error prone due to snappy selection.

Is there a way to do this easily in GIMP or any other editor? Is there a technical term for this image processing?


texts: Filling in lines on scanned line art GIMP

texts: Is there an easier way to fill in the lines in a scanned drawing. Easier than just tracing the whole thing with the brush tool. I scanned in my drawing and then used threshold to get rid of the paper background, but the lines are incomplete and pixelated with white. A little help would be greatly appreciated. I'm not a pro and am doing this for a safety eduactors group. Thank you.


texts: Is there a way to swap out one linked smart object in Photoshop CC 2014

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I have multiple images using the same linked smart object, but I need to make changes to some individual images and want to link it to a new linked smart object.
At the moment if I change one out, it changes out all linked smart objects that had the same name.
Is there a way to duplicate a linked smart object as a new smart object so I can swap it out without effect other linked smart objects with the same name?

Thanks in advance!


texts: What is the best format to deliever an illustrator logo design to a client?

texts: Which file format is best to export from illustrator for prints & enlargements and web?


texts: This line is just an expanded selection, but I need to turn it into the actual dotted line so I can print it. Any help?


texts: How do I use Color Dodge and where do I find it?

texts: I was going to do a filter but when I searched it I found that I needed Color Dodge. How do I get to it and what does it do exactly?


texts: Printing type with thin ornaments in light gray: tints of black or spot gray?

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I will be printing invitations with body text set in 14pt Snell Roundhand Bold which has "pen strokes" that end with very thin ornaments.
The text needs to be light gray and, if I understand correctly, this basically gives me only two options:

Use a low tint percentage of K100 or just a low K value, like K25. (Both options produce equivalent results.)
Use a light gray spot ink at 100%.

I am concerned that the first option will result in gaps in the thin strokes as the printer will space out the black dots to create the illusion of gray. Worst case scenario, the thin ornaments will not be reproduced at all. (I'm not sure what the correct technical term for this kind of dot spacing is. I saw in another post someone refer to it as "open raster.")
The second option will probably give me the best results, but I am not sure if the printing will be offset or digital. Do I understand correctly that digital printers do not use spot colors?
What would be my safest option?
Thanks!


texts: How to batch convert RAW NEF to JPEG in GIMP?

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I have dozens of pictures in RAW .NEF format from a Nikon camera that I want to convert to JPEG. I found this page with a Script-fu plugin that has a batch mode. I installed GIMP and UFRAW with:

brew cask install gimp
brew install ufraw

Running the script in batch caused a hang of GIMP with this dialog box, where clicking the button causes the text in the dialog to go gray and file-glob appears in white.

I tried converting only one file and got this error:

NEF to JPG Message

Error while executing NEFtoJPG:

Error: eval: unbound variable: file-ufraw-load

This is the line of Script-fu code that uses that variable:

(image (car ( file-ufraw-load RUN-NONINTERACTIVE infile infile) ))

So I assume that GIMP cannot connect to the UFRAW library. The page above has no solution about it.

How can I batch convert NEF files into JPEG, in GIMP or another program?


texts: How do I turn off anti-aliased brushes in Photoshop CS5?

texts: My brush keeps drawing gray-scales around my lines. I want to remove the gray pixels so I can use the bucket-tool without any problems.


texts: Are there any switcheable "states" possible in Illustrator?

texts: I would like to draw button in Illestrator and make it with several states (like normal, pressed, dimmed). Can I draw all this and them quickly switch between button states? Also I would like to export current active state to SVG etc.


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I messed up tried to connect some lines in control y.
When I came back I saw things totally messed up. there are a lot of thick and thin lines and some have circles on them.
Does someone know how to make them equal and remove the circles?


texts: Bleed and registration marks on an interactive PDF?

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I've created a few files for a client. They are standard forms that they will need to fill several times, each with different information. I made the forms in InDesign and exported them as interactive PDFs so that they can use them over and over and just export them as needed each time.

The issue is that they'll be getting these forms printed with a bleed and the printer has asked that they give him a file of combined PDFs with bleed and registration marks on each page.

My question is How do I create an interactive PDF that includes registration marks and bleed? It must be interactive and it must be able to be printed. They aren't completely untechnical, but I'd love to have a solution that allows them to just Save As when they've finished filling out a form, no need to change any export settings or anything.

Is there a plugin or am I just missing something?

Further Information

I've tried changing the settings in InDesign, bleeds and slugs are not an option in the export menu for the interactive PDFs
I do not see any option to add bleeds and slugs in Acrobat
I am fine with creating my own registration marks, but am afraid that I'll misalign something. If anyone could give me advice on ensuring it is done right, that would be a great help.


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I was trying to create a gradient effect using dots, but not using the halftone effect. Examples of what I'm trying to achieve can be seen here:

and here:

I was hoping to achieve this in Illustrator as a gradient fill so it would be easier to control the direction of the dots. Any way this is possible? Thanks for assistance in advance!