texts: Cant weld object edges on polygonal design (Illustrator)

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I created a polygonal logo using many shapes, which I'm exporting for web in SVG format.

My problem is that, although the edges of each polygonal face/shape is at the same position on illustrator (snapped), when I export for web, a small space appears in between the edges.

In Illustrator, at max zoom:

On the web browser:

It seems that each face is disconnected, and that there is a gap between them. On the second image, you can see a bit of white beneath it because the white part extends underneath the shape. You can see it live at http://heropanel.com

How can I solve this? I am using Illustrator CS6.
Can I attribute facets to the same shape and color them individually?


texts: What are some common, useful methods to use when interviewing a graphic/ux designer for work on a development project?

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I'm looking to hire one (or more) designers to create materials that we can use for several software development projects. What's a good way for me to think about this work, and some good strategies I can use when interviewing the potential designers?

We're specifically looking to hire designers which sit in a good place as far as creativity and technical skills - the two primary priorities for us are:

ability to consistently quickly come up with good, original, creative
ideas
ability to quickly turn said ideas into assets we can use
(bonus) ability to outsource/manage outsourced work to other, lower
cost people, as appropriate (ie, know when and how to hire someone,
at relatively low cost, on, say elance to do the technical/easily
outsourced parts of the design work)

That said, I'm open to suggestions that are more general than just for our specific goals


texts: How can I change the Blending Modes in Adobe Illustrator?

texts: I can't seem to find it, even though it's probably looking me dead in the face. I'm new to Illustrator so I'm still trying to figure out the ins and outs of it. I'm using CS5. Any and all help is appreciated!


texts: How to duplicate an image into a new PSD and keep the original title (name) of the image?

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Hey I'm trying to duplicate an image that has been titled (a specific name) into a PSD and keep the image title (a specific name).

I have a few titled images that need to be a certain size and effects. So I created a PSD with all the effects and the size I need. I want to duplicate the titled images into the PSD and then save as a new image but with the original title of each image.

I know I can do this the long way and copy and paste each title for each image but is there faster way to make the title of the image duplicate with the image it self into the new psd?

To be specific I use CS4 and I know how to duplicate images or drag them into a PSD. But when I do so the image (layer) renames its self background or layer and a number.

When I open the image in CS4 it has the title it was given in the topbar but the image layer is called layer0. When I right click duplicate on it I can name the image (layer) and choose the destination.

How can I make the title of that image appear in the layer name section automatically. So when it is duplicated to the new PSD that layer has the name that it was given when it was a single image.

Appreciate the help.
Best Regards


texts: Adding anchor points to group of strokes using another stroke

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I'm trying to use a (complex-ish) shape to add anchor points to another group of paths where the paths cross over- however i'd like to do it without effecting the stroke weights etc as then the blend will lose its gradient effect.

For example, i'd like to add points to the black strokes where the pink stroke crosses over them without the black strokes losing their relative weights.

I've tried Pathfinder and different ways of stacking the two items but it either isn't doable or it instantly removes the stroke.

Any suggestions?


texts: Geometrically correct line drawnings: curves, angles, cusps and other edges

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I am a PhD student in Psychology - Vision Science. I've just started to learn Adobe Illustrator in order to prepare the visual stimuli for an upcoming experiment. I'm not well experienced and since I am having a hard time getting the work done I would like to understand whether this is at all the right software for my purpose and, if so, how to get the best out of it.

What I want are simple drawings of lines with high amount of control. In particular I am interested in producing many different variations of a line that differ from each other in the kind of edges they have (smooth curves, angles, cusps, and possibly many other). I will display these edges within lines whose segments are of different length and orientation (i.e. initially drawn by connecting a random/arbitrary set of points). I have drawn these initial simple jagged lines with the Pen Tool. Now I would like to find a systematic way of modifying their edges to produce other variants.

So far, I've had satisfactory results only by converting these initial jagged contours into curves (Convert Anchor Point Tool). AI just does it right. But I can't figure out a way of making any other edges, like cusps, and especially making them geometrically correct rather than merely "looking good". I have been able, for example, to make a transition from a jagged line to a curve or to a line that has cusps in place of the angles (all starting from the same initial jagged line) but only manually.

Can you think of a good way of generating cusp-like edges?

I have been manipulating the handles manually, but (i) I cannot really control them: it looks like handles move jerkily and (ii) I still can't think of a geometrically correct way of drawing them (e.g. so that the 2 lines making the cusp-like edge are tangent to the bisector of the angle). If not cusps any other smooth/pointy edge that I could get systematically starting from a simple jagged line (as I get nice Bèzier curves given a jagged line)?

Do you have any advice other than adjust the edges manually?

Using construction guides? Scripting? Changing software?

If so, what software would be appropriate to have better geometric control over lines/curves or to generate different variations of edges given the initial drawing of a simple jagged line (more than the simple round VS angular distinction)?


texts: InDesign: Offsetting 4-digit year values to the left of main body text

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I want to create a list style where there is custom text in the front and then a text with some offset so it looks like:

The example here is made by hand (With tab on every line). Which is very stupid because I lose all the - at the end of the unfinished words.

How would I have to create a text style wich makes this possible. I assume this is some sort of list style with a prefix? Or is this not possible automatically?

Thank you


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I'm running Photoshop CC 2015.5.1 (OSX) and when I paste graphics from Illustrator into Photoshop and choose Smart Object from the dialog, the smart object disappears from the layer stack and appears in the library panel. However, the object is still behind other layers but seems un-selectable in the layers.

What's the deal?! Is there a setting I can use to change this un-good behavior?

Thanks!


texts: Why can't I save edits to my vector SmartObject?

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I'm having a weird problem in CS5. I've pasted a lot of eps files into a Photoshop document as smart objects. (The paste was done via drag and drop from Adobe Bridge.) When I edit the smart object, it opens in Illustrator, but when I try to save the changes, I can't get them to update in Photoshop.

If I save the changes and overwrite the original *.eps file, it doesn't work.

If I open the original *.eps file in Illustrator, make changes, and save them, the changes save to that *.eps file, but the smart object must be pointing to a copy, because it doesn't update.

If I save to a new *.ai file, it also doesn't work.

So what do I need to do to edit these vector smart objects and have the changes propagate back to Photoshop?


texts: One selection with two different layers w.r.t another selection

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Is it possible to have one object at the same time on and bellow an other object?
My current output is in the following figure:


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I want to keep the quality of my image low! I'm asking here because all my searches have answered the opposite of my question. To simplify: I've drawn a 60-something x 60-something pixel circle in Photoshop using the polygon tool and applied an outer glow effect. I'd like to upscale this by a large amount (800% - 1000%) but KEEP that pixilation. When I upscale the rest of my pixel art, it comes out perfect (I researched the proper way to upscale pixel art!), but the circle drawn by photoshop smooths out.
Is there any way to make my image larger without forcing it to smooth out? To my understanding, if the circle drawn has been rasterized, shouldn't it maintain all its rough edges? I have the Image Interpolation setting set to Nearest Neighbor.
The first image is what I'd like to see at a higher resolution.
The second image is unfortunately what I'm getting.
EDIT: I answered my own question! Simply flattening the image did exactly what I wanted.


texts: Extrude multi-layer with different depths

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Is there any way to extrude multiple layers with different depths?

I was trying to extrude a 2D to 3D using .dxf file and encounter the following problems:

The extrusion is only possible for one single depth when I group
it
After the extrusion of multiple layers, it shifts and misaligned.

Hence, I created a reference square outside the clipboard and repeated in all layers. This made me possible to extrude different layers at different depths. The misalignment issue still persists.

How to fix the misalignment issue after separate the extrusion?

I have attached the AI file.

Adobe illustrator file


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Hi we have a logo I designed, it is UK trademarked registered, we recently asked a company in the USA to help market us, and the said that we would have to change our name etc, as it was too similar to theirs. We had no idea they existed until we were given their details by a third party. Names etc we can change no real issue. They are insinuating we copied their name, logo etc. and are threatening a cease & desist order. Question is how similar are they, are they distinguishable enough?

I am biased, so what do you guys and girls think?

Adidas is three stripes, Tesla model 3 is three stripes.

Our thumbnail logo:

Their company thumbnail:

Their main logo also gives their company name to the right, our does not, it’s just the image.

Many thanks in advance for taking the time to read this question and give your opinion.


texts: Just got a second monitor, and I'm not sure how to adjust them

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So I got a second monitor and it's color greatly differs from my current one.
The new one is a Samsung PLS monitor, the older one an ASUS model (no idea which); both have a Full HD resolution, the first one is connected over HDMI, the latter over DVI. Both are in a ~200 € price range, so no professional design monitors with fully adjustable displays.

At first sight, my old monitor looked better in comparison (much more vibrant, generally a bit brighter; also, this might have just been the force of habit). However, this one has several display modes, of which the 'scenery mode' was selected. In the 'standard mode', the overall look is much closer to the new monitor. So I'm assuming this scenery mode just adds some vibrance and similar adjustments to make the picture look better for consumers - which might not be what I want for design work.

By adjusting both monitors manually, I got both to look somewhat similar, which means less vibrance and saturation than I'm used to. However, I'm kind of confused now, I'm actually not sure if these settings are actually better for design work than the 'scenery mode' which subjectively looks better to me.

Not sure how to put it into words, but here are my questions:

Is it beneficial to adjust my two monitors so that both look roughly the same? Or should I adjust both individually so that they 'look best'? (This way, I would actually see how my design looks on different monitors, wouldn't this be beneficial at least for screen design? I don't do print design anyway ...)
How do I know which settings are 'best'? I can of course adjust my old monitor to fit my new monitors appearance, but how can I know what are the correct settings - if such a thing even exists - without some kind of reference? How far can I trust my subjective perception? (I ran the 'calibrate display colour' helper provided by Windows 10 on both monitors, but that didn't help that much. I've cranked up the brightness of my new monitor, but the background of this page, for example, still looks kinda grey-ish even though it's close to white ... or that might just be my perception, because I'm used to the vibrant and brightened scenery mode of my old monitor ... I'm so confused.)
I have an nVidia GTX 970. In the Control Panel's colour options, I can choose between 'Other applications control colour settings' and 'Use nVidia settings'. If I choose the latter, I can adjust Brightness, Contrast and Gamma on OS-level (as opposed to the monitor settings itself). Is that a good idea or should I always leave the other applications in control, as to not interfere with Creative Cloud Software?

Sorry I know those questions are kind of convoluted, I'm just confused because I never had a second monitor to work with and now I'm not even sure I can trust my own perception, so I have no idea how to find optimal settings ...

Thanks!


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I'm working under the following constraints:

I have Photoshop CS3 only
I don't have a budget to buy anything

I need to get a Photoshop shape converted into an SVG path.

How can I export or save from Photoshop CS3, and convert the shapes within to SVG paths, for use like this:

<path d="M10 10 H 90 V 90 H 10 L 10 10" />


texts: Standards for continuation sheets (letterhead templates)

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I've only ever designed a couple of letterhead templates throughout my design career so far, and neither of them required continuation sheets.

The front page of the one that I'm designing, has the company logo + contact details in the header, and then the company registration number + address in the footer.

I'm wondering what the standard approach is for the footer for the continuation sheet... should this contain the address like the front page? Or should I leave it blank?

As for the header of the continuation sheet, this uses a graphic device taken from the logo (without the contact details that are on the front).


texts: Is there a way in Indesign to link parts of a frame between documents?

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Say, I have a CV. There're multiple versions of it - from the longest and the most complete down to the shorter ones, adapted for different industries or positions. The all text in any version of CV should be contained inside one single frame so it could reflow automatically from one page to another.

Is it possible to link different parts of this frame (that's divided into logical sections under different headings, for example, Qualifications, Education and etc.) to corresponding parts of a frame in another document? So if I edit the 'full' version of CV, the text of shorter ones could be updated via Links palette, for example, or in some other way?

I tried to do this with nested (anchored) frames, but it 1) makes Indesign crash upon pasting a link via Conveyor tool and 2) requires some non-obvious formatting for the anchored frame (Space Before/After etc.)


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I printed a booklet to see how it was coming in the physical world, and show it to somone else.  8 pages in indesign, two covers and 3 spreads, automatically printed with the right pages on the same physical sheet when I used "print booklet...saddle stitched".

Well, I didn't see any option boxes for specifying just the odd sides, etc. so how to manage that? I learned that it prints the sheets in a front-back order so I have to feed one sheet only, wait for that, refeed it upside down and dismiss the error, for every page.

What would make sense is to print one side, pause for me to flip the whole out tray back into the input and hit  once.

Meanwhile, I wanted to re-print just one sheet. The page-selection box refers to booklet pages not sheets, and giving a rage makes them lay out into a new sub-booklet, which is utterly useless.

Is there any guide or deep wisdom for printing booklets on a home printer?


texts: Sketch: export image at a resolution that does not add pixels

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We're designing a website for CrummyPhotosCorp, who sends us a 150-pixel-tall image to put in an area that's 200 pixels high. We bring this photo into our Sketch comp and size it to fit the space. It doesn't look great, but what can we do?

Within Sketch, we make other adjustments to the photo, such as cropping the sides so you can't see a competitor's logo. Unfortunately, when we export the photo from Sketch, the saved file is 200 pixels tall—50 pixels more than the input photo.

The one advantage of low res imagery is that it saves bandwidth, and we don't want to lose this by adding fake pixels to the output file. Is there a way to force Sketch to never output at a higher resolution than the input photo?


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Sometimes, in Photoshop, my rulers are off centre:

In this case I have the Move Tool selected, I've just placed the image of the pin. It always seems to go away after a while, but I haven't worked out what causes the rulers to snap back to where they should be ([0,0] at top left corner). Changing layers/tools doesn't, nor does opening the rulers preferences panel.

Why does this happen?

How can I revert the rulers back when it does?


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The slide into which I'm zooming contains several animated objects. How can I hide these objects in the Slide Zoom preview?

The slide contains a lot of objects and text in its final state and looks cluttered if shown all at once. It's especially nonsensical if it's 10 times smaller.


texts: I have a large document in which I am converting texts to outlines using Adobe Acrobat Pro. But when I do so, the file size increases significantly. It is because it turns every character into a unique object. But if it converted every same character e.g., all e's of the same font to a symbol, then the file size would have been much smaller. Is there any program that is capable of doing so?


texts: Hello. I am beginner in Adobe illustrator. Can anyone guide that how can I make this shape in standard way without using pen tool.


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What typewriter font is used in this document?:

If yes: Can I download a freely (as in freedom) usable font file for use in text editors ?

If no: Can I (or anyone) legally create a font for computer use, released freely (as in freedom), by shamelessly copying it from this document ?

Or something similar:

typewriter / monospace
modern (not those roundish, "some characters fall below the line" style)
like: most letters started out as "rounded edge rectangles"


texts: Embedding a .pdf into Illustrator results in blank images

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I've received a .pdf from someone else that I need to modify slightly in Illustrator. Typically when I want to edit a pdf, I can just drag or place it into Illustrator, click embed, and then edit away. With this particular pdf, something strange happens: when I drag the file (without embedding) onto an art board, I can see everything in the pdf and it looks fine

Then, if I embed it, I lose data (I know the fonts might be hard to recover, but my main concern is losing the images...):

Any help would be appreciated, running CS6 on Mac OSX.


texts: After rendering 3D text in PS it looks like a text layer is above it

texts: Sorry for confusing title.  After I rendered my text 3D it looks like there is another text layer above the render that is red, even though there isn't.  How can I fix this?


texts: resize of image width but not height and quality will be remain

texts: how can i resize line image width but height will be same and quality will be remain as it seen through Photoshop is it possible


texts: Google Font with closest match to Adobe-Clean

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I have had a design sent with Adobe-Clean as the font. I assume this is part of the paid Typekit font.

Does anyone know the closest font to Adobe-Clean?

This seems to be the font Adobe use across their sites
http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/experience-design.html


texts: Does the swis721 font family cost money now?

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I was hired on 4 months ago to a company that had, in the past, been using the swis721 font family for a lot of their marketing materials.

From old emails, I can see that there was talk of switching over to Myriad instead and remaking the logo with Arial font. It seems like that switch was never fully made. I was told that I should be able to download and install the swis721 font family no problem. "It's a free font," they say.

One of my external graphics guys keeps sending me the files (since they're in use in one of our InDesign docs), but I receive them as file type "file" with size 0kb.

Should I assume that the files keep getting corrupted? Or does this font family cost money now and that's why I'm having issues?

I'm happy to buy the font, I just don't know what's going on.


texts: Using 'Batch Rename' and 'Photoshop Actions' to put a prefix on 'Save as' files

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I'll try to make this as clear as possible. I'll add mock filenames to try and make it easier to follow. The images I'm working with are for design prints that I sell locally.

I am currently exporting a file from Coreldraw as a 4-Layered PSD. In this instance we'll call it: Baker.PSD

I then open Baker.PSD in Photoshop CS6

I then run an action which opens a template file Template.PSD

This contains four Smart Objects. The script duplicates each of the layers from Baker.PSD into its own Smart Object in the template file.

The script then saves the file as xx-FINAL.PSD
Then it goes on to save the file as

xx-GREY.JPG
and
xx-GREY.TIF

It then changes the grey background colour to blue and saves as

xx-BLUE.JPG
and
xx-BLUE.TIF

.. it continues to do this for another five colours.

I end up with a directory with the following files:

xx-FINAL.PSD
xx-GREY.JPG
xx-GREY.TIF
xx-BLUE.JPG
xx-BLUE.TIF
xx-BROWN.JPG
xx-BROWN.TIF
etc.

I then have to go to the directory in Explorer and either use a 3rd party tool, or manually rename all the files until I have the following:

Baker-FINAL.PSD
Baker-GREY.JPG
Baker-GREY.TIF
Baker-BLUE.JPG
Baker-BLUE.TIF
Baker-BROWN.JPG
Baker-BROWN.TIF
etc.

I've been trying to understand if this is possible to do within Photoshop, and have seen similar posts that use Batch Rename whilst ticking the 'Overide Save As' option to achieve similar tasks, but none so far where multiple Save As are used from one action.

Thanks in advance, and any help is appreciated!


texts: Adobe Fresco - Opening Creative Cloud Files on IPad

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I have recently installed Adobe Fresco on the IPad and am impressed with the drawing and paint features over Adobe Draw and Adobe Sketch, particularly for the Oil and Watercolor brushes.

One issue that I have not been able to work out is the syncing of files between the IPad and Windows 10 Adobe Creative Cloud (with Photoshop/Bridge). I have it all set up under a single CC account and when I go to https://assets.adobe.com/files I can see folders for "Synced Files" and "Cloud Documents".

The problem is that I can only see my files in "Synced Files" on the IPad and I can only see my files in "Cloud Documents" in Photoshop/Bridge on Windows.

I can get around this to work to some degree by Exporting and Importing files to the  "Cloud Documents" folder from Fresco and these files then become available in Photoshop/Bridge on Windows and vice versa.

What I would really like is to have a single folder that is available in both systems that automatically syncs in both directions.

If this possible, how do I set that up?

NOTE Please create a new [Adobe-Fresco] tag for this question, if you have the right


texts: How to remove SVG background when the background colour is a mask

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This is hard to explain, but I'll do it as best as I can. I have this vector graphic:

It has a white background that I am seeking to remove. However it seems there is actually no white background. The background is black with a white mask over it, producing the shape below. How can I invert(?) the mask so that it is a shape instead of a mask, and that I can have a transparent background with a black shape? Any help greatly appreciated. The file is here if it is of any help. Thanks in advance!
Berrely


texts: How to convert text to single stroke in illustrator

texts: The question really says it all. I want to apply brush effect on the stroke once it looks like text. All my tries have resulted in stroke being outline of the text.


texts: Can't find Square pencil/brush on Photoshop

texts: All brushes/pencils are rounded shape. Where did the square shapes go?


texts: Can I use script to move items to a named layer in illustrator?

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I have a programmable keyboard that I am using to assign shortcuts and nmacros to for various programs. One of the things I want to do is move selected objects to a named layer.
I always have four layers consistent throughout most of my documents
Background
Artwork
Notes
Guides

I have scripts that select one of these layers when I want to work on them and I've applied a shortcut to it through an action.
var aDoc = app.activeDocument;
aDoc.activeLayer = aDoc.layers.getByName("Artwork");

Sometimes while working I forget to change layers and on big projects, this can be problematic and I need a quick way to move the selected objects to a named layer by pressing one key.
I'm sure this can be done with a script but I do not know anything about Javascript, I have read the documentation, but I cannot understand it.
Any help on this would be appreciated


texts: How do I reverse criss cross pattern without having to redraw the whole path?

texts: I'm building a vector logo with one long continuous path and I realized there is an area where the vector path is crossed leaving a very tiny gap in the design. The only way I know how to fix this is to redraw the entire area and flip vertices by vertices.


texts: Photo print of 8 x 3,65 meter for a wall

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I have to make a photo artwork of 8 meters by 3,56 meters.
I am looking for pictures on shutter stock to work with, but I can only find images of about 50/80 cm high / 300 dpi. (I will work them into a kind of 'collage', so I'm not looking for just one picture).

I read somewhere that you can scale these kind of pictures as much as you want, for a billboard for example, but this will be for a wall which will NOT be seen from distance, but from up close.

So my question is, how much can I scale up the pictures without losing (noticeable) quality?

Thank you very much in advance!!

Elisabeth


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I'm currently working on a poster project for my graphic design class. Since I can't use Adobe products outside of school, I'm using GIMP and Inkscape. For the background, I'm trying to convert part of a pixelated image into a path so that it will scale nicely once I import it into GIMP. The image I'm trying to convert is a 16-pixel square texture (shown below, scaled up to 256x256) from Minecraft, while the image I'm trying to import the path to is 5400x7200 pixels.

I know that in Illustrator, there is an "Object Mosaic" function that can convert each pixel of an image into 1x1 squares, effectively creating a colored square for each individual pixel. In Inkscape, I've tried both Trace Pixel Art and Trace Bitmap, but both of them produce undesirable results. Is there another way to convert the image's pixels to paths or am I going to have to do it manually?


texts: How do I save a file in AI so that I can enlarge it in Photoshop without pixelation?

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I'm very inexperienced with Illustrator as I have always primarily used Photoshop. I have a eps file which I bought and have made changes to (ie deleting the bits I don't want). At this point I usually export it as a png file, open it in Photoshop and add the text or images I want. Frankly it's easier than figuring out how to do it in Illustrator.

Ordinarily at this point I can increase the file in Photoshop and use it as either a poster or flyer.  But the file I'm working on atm is very small and although there is no pixelation in AI, it's horrendous in Photoshop. I don't know how to save it in AI in a larger size so I don't have this problem in Photoshop.

Any advice/help appreciated. thanks.


texts: Photoshop - How to Create Overlapping Stroke on Font?

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I want create a type in which the letters overlap each other (let's say -200 VA setting), and then make a stroke that will be overlapping. Letters themselves shouldn't be filled with any color, but rather stroked.

When I make the text condensed, since letters are overlapping, When I try to stroke it, it only strokes the outline of the whole word, rather than outline of each individual letter.

How can I do this?


texts: 1px Line When Placing/Pasting Illustrator Shape in to Photoshop

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We recently created a new logo and every time we paste/place the logo in Photoshop, we get a strange 1px line between two shapes in the logo, going vertically through the middle.

So here's the 612px x 612px Illustrator Export

And here's the exact same shape copied, and pasted into a 612px x 612px Photoshop document.

Notice the 1px line down the middle?

Here's some info that might be relevant:

Each segment is white with a % transparency.
Each segment is aligned exactly point-to-point with 'Align to Pixel grid' turned off in the
illustrator document.

Anyone know how to solve this?


texts: Pattern Brush Doesn't Keep Original Shape in Illustrator

texts: I created a circle (using the shape tool and while holding down shift), and turned it into a pattern brush. Then I applied that pattern brush to another circle with the intent of getting a circle of circles, but it doesn't work like that. I tried adjusting the stroke, pattern scale, and pattern spacing, but to no avail. What am I missing?


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I just started working at a company that has predetermined colors for the brand, but I am running into inconsistencies with the colors given.  The colors have been around for a long time so no one really knows who picked them or what the process was. Looking at the logo files, the color chosen was Pantone Process Blue CV (and Pantone Process Blue CVU - depending on which file I open).  However, on the brand guideline sheet I have, instead of a pantone color it gives me a hex code of #0098d7.  I am not sure which color I should be using as they are printing very differently on our office printer.

is it possible that those are just the two closest versions of each color to be used depending on how the file is being printed?


texts: Animating a rotating pie slice in Photoshop

texts: I'm trying to create a rotating radar type effect in Photoshop CC 2018. So I created a circle and a pie slice from that circle and linked them up. When I rotate the big circle the pie slice animates like an independent object rather than part of a circular rotation.


texts: Why does photoshop import every third frame of a gif?

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I have a 90 frame gif and if I file-import-videoframes-to-layers it will make 30 layers and the .gif will end up flashing too much.

Any ideas?


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Okay this may be a bit OCD.

How do you make a perfect isometric cylinder like this?

Connecting the two circles has always been eyeballing for me. How do you make it perfect?


texts: How to reset layer style properties in layer styles window in Photoshop?

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Every time I go back to edit some layer effects for a new layer, there are weird presets, e.g. Screen or Overlay blend modes for some of the layer settings, and then the lighter gradient tone is always light yellow, not white.

I'm pretty sure this isn't to do with inheriting the layer effects from a previous layer (could be wrong), but regardless, how do I get these to restore to their defaults each time I'm editing layer effects?

Also, I'm quite sure yellow was never the default on the gradient bar, rather than white. How do I change this back?

Thanks very much in advance.


texts: How does Krita compare to Corel Painter?

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I am new to painting and in the process of learning. I would like to know what advantages and disadvantages Krita and Corel Painter have. If you have used both of these Software and finished a painting using them, what are your positive and negative views on each Software?
I am only a beginner, so I cannot compare the two apart from preferring the Krita's user interface.


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I've got Adobe Acrobat Pro and I have a colorful file, and now i want that file to be converted  in black and white.

How can I do it with pro options?


texts: Does anyone know of any font families that 6, 9, 8, 0 look the same upside down as right side up?

texts: Does anyone know of any font families that 6, 9, 8, 0 look exactly the same upside down as right side up? The 6 upside down would look like 9 and vice-verse. Thanks!


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most of the collab tools for drawing that I've seen so far cost too much, and lack features.
GIMP does everything that I want, but unfortunately I don't know of a way to draw with 2 or more people over the internet. is there a plugin that will accomplish this?


texts: How to create a grain / noise effect in Adobe Illustrator

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I want to create a noise effect using Adobe Illustrator.

Inside the hexagonal shape there is some kind of texture effect, I don't know what the name of this effect is:

How can I create such an effect in Adobe Illustrator? or is it created using Photoshop?


texts: How can I make Symbols in Illustrator like I would in Flash?

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I have a quite complex draw in Illustrator (let's say, lots of vectors and that), and I have to make a mosaic for printing a hole page of them.

It's complex enough to be memory-heavy, so when I try to fill the page by copypasting them Illustrator runs out of memory.

Besides, there's no need to create copies of the objects - I just want replicas of them which I won't modify.

So I remembered Flash symbols, and that's exactly what I want.

How can I get those in Illustrator? Can I convert my draw to a symbol? Rasterizing's not an option.

Is there any better way to make a mosaic?

Thanks

PS: I've seen in Does the usage of symbols improve illustrator performance? that they talk about symbols, but couldn't find anything else about them.


texts: my team in Asia always asks for AI format but my customer only wants to give PDF files

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Help.....    I am a graphic novice and have a potentially basic question.

I manufacture in Asia and my team there always asks for AI format files to do the printing of packaging.     My client fights me constantly saying I only require PDF format file.

My team wont budge until they get the AI format file, and so far my client has capitulated, but it is causing a significant friction.

Can anybody explain the reasoning on both sides in a basically 3rd grade level?

Thanks in advance for your help and explanation.   I am not trying to win the argument, but rather solve the issue for both sides and I don't have enough knowledge on this topic to know how to help.

Best regards,

Wesley


texts: Why is my Sketch-app slice 1 size unit bigger than its contents?

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I've made an icon which is 47 units wide. It has a border that is 3 units wide so I assume that the total is 50 units wide. Is my assumption wrong?

However, when I create a slice, the slice becomes 51 units wide.
Why is that, and how can I make sure my slice is as big as its contents?


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I have the following shape and text which I'm trying to lay on the shape.

I certainly tried to put text on ground plane (not illustrated in screenshot), but I'm not able to get exactly the perspective matching to my shape's plane. Is perspective a right tool for this if yes, how to lay down my text?


texts: Why are .svg files not standard for use across web and email clients in 2016?

texts: A similar question was asked 2 years ago, but the best answer was that devices couldn't render vectors fast enough. Most can in 2016, yet there are so few spaces in which I can use those nice .svg files exported from Adobe. Creating resposive sites and emails, it would really help. What is the hold up?


texts: letter stretch too far after justification in illustrator cc

texts: I'm learning illustrator today and when I start to justify a text. some words (F a c i l i si) start to stretch too far away. is there any option so I can fix this?


texts: How to create horizontal stripped lines in a circle and respect borders?

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I need to create a circle with horizontal lines and taking care of circle border.

Currently I've created this :

Looks ugly. I've created a simple ellipse, and added a new layer above of lines. But I need to have this :

Played with filter/fusion types and other things without success... Thanks for your help


texts: The point of climax/resolution in an advert

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I was wondering if anyone on here knows the technical name for the point in a TV advert where the narrative is resolved and the audience can understand what the message is and what is being sold?

For example, the point in this advert at about 1:18 in which the main character returns to the screen holding the product.


texts: Magnetic lasso straight on the edge of the canvas

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Is there any way to get the magnetic lasso tool to snap up to the edges of the canvas instead of wiggling its way along beside the edge? One would think that positioning the lasso pointer outside the edge would do it, but that leads to the following result:

And what I'd like it to do:


texts: Footnote/Endnote references before or after punctuation? (comma, full stop/period, semi-colon...)

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Simple question: what's the convention (or, if there's disagreement, guiding principles) for where to place reference, footnote and endnote numbers that apply to a clause leading up to a punctuation mark such as a comma or full stop/period?

E.g. in this example, should it be like [1] and [2], or like [a] and [b]?

  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet[1], consectetur adipisicing elit,[a] sed do
  eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua[2]. Ut enim ad
  minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut
  aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.[b]

Before the punctuation looks seriously ugly, but after can make there seem to be a disconnect between the reference and what it refers to.


texts: How to trace an image in illustrator and reduce it to only outlines of the edges between colors?

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so bear with me here.
When I trace an image in Illustrator, there is the option of viewing just the outlines. I want to be able to output an image that is made up of solely these outlines themselves so I can work with them.
For example, I traced this photograph in black and white:
But I'd like to export an image of these outlines in blue here(although I don't necessarily want them in this color):

I'd like to be able to do this with any photo: trace an image, and produce line art of the edges between colors. However, the outlines are only available as a 'view' option, and when I export the image, the outlines are omitted.

The only way I've been able to accomplish what I'm trying to do is by taking a screenshot of the outline and reuploading the screenshot into illustrator, then tracing it in Black and White mode. But I lose detail in the process and I feel like there must be an easier way.

I've been looking for this option for a while, and I'm surprised I can't find it online, as I can see it being useful for a coloring book effect, or a way of making an image cartoony by layering an outline over the original photograph.

I would appreciate any help! Thank you


texts: How can I create this icon using pathfinder tool in Adobe Illustrator?

texts: I am facing difficulties creating this icon (for learning purposes). I tried to create this with the pathfinder tool but I am not getting the desired result. How can I create this?


texts: How to clone a rectangle along a line in Inkscape without any deformation?

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I'm trying to copy a rectangle along a line at regular spacing. From reading, I understood that I can leverage Extensions/Generate from Path/Pattern along path (or scatter) to do this. I tried both---pattern along path as well as scatter---without any success. How can I do this? Thanks.
This is what I want to achieve:

My failed attempts:


texts: DejaVu Sans Condensed not showing up in Inkscape, despite installed

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My system came with DejaVu Sans and DejaVu Sans Condensed installed by default.

PROBLEM: Inkscape only shows DejaVu Sans.

Do I have to configure something special in Inkscape?
Or is DejaVu Sans Condensed supposed to be obtained by selecting DejaVu Sans and pressing Toggle bold or normal weight?
Or am I misundertanding something about fonts?


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I've been a programmer my whole life, and now I've found that I really need to start designing my own stuff. I know how to use Photoshop in and out, but I just can't create anything nice. I often visit Dribbble and try to get some inspiration, but I get overwhelmed by their creativity. How do they come up with this stuff?

Besides learning the fundamentals to design such as color theory etc, what are the best ways to coming up with some original and nice looking designs? Should I draw on pencil and paper my designs before designing in Photoshop? I'm referring to interface designs mostly. Lately I've just been finding random Dribbble interface designs, and trying to replicate them from scratch. I'm often successful, but I know I couldn't have come up with that on my own.

Another question is how do the creatives do it?

Do they imagine a design in their mind first, then draw it out on paper, then Photoshop?

Or do they just go on Photoshop and just play around until something nice comes out? Or what?


texts: How should a designer communicate price is negotiable to a client?

texts: While in the stages of a bid, quote, or proposal I was curious how should a designer communicate "price is negotiable" in a professional manner instead of stating the simple fact.  I know it's sometimes good to be blunt but I feel it is unprofessional and a possible sign of "oh he will take low pay" or "he needs work".


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Is anyone aware of a way to create a fisheye effect with elements in InkScape? Freehand used to have an xtra tool that did just that.

The specific effect I'm trying to achieve is applying horizontal lines on a spherical object...akin to the latitude marks on globe. If you're staring at the equator, the latitude lines above bend upwards towards the pole and the reverse for those below the equator.

I could do this a number of ways and have some alternatives in mind, but Freehand's Fisheye tool seemed the easiest if there was something similar to that in Inkscape.


texts: How do I use Indesign Find/Change correctly?

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My text in Indesign contains numerous instances of words followed by a comma and no space after the comma (like: "Hello,Joe"). I'd like to insert a space after the commas (corrected: "Hello, Joe"). I thought to use the Find/Change feature.

Using Find/Change I entered this in the Find dialog: "^$,^$". It finds the words with no space after a comma, as I had hoped. I thought entering "^$, ^$" in the Change field would preserve my text and add the space, but alls it does is change my text to "Hell^$, ^$oe."

How do I get this to work?


texts: How can I easily deselect a path after creating it in Illustrator?

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I want to use the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator to make hair strands for a vexel portrait.  I have to make hundreds of strands. The problem is that I would like to use the pen tool to make two anchor points (to make a strand of hair) without having to select the selection tool after each strand to make a new one.

Here's a video of what I am talking about: Vector/Vexel Hair Tutorial (Part 1)


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I'm about to make a new font and I'm not sure which encoding to use.
I will only have latin characters + some custom ligatures + alternate versions + small capitals.

Should I use ISO-8859-1 with additional characters or Unicode ?

If using Unicode, all the codes seem to be dedicated to some usage. The codes exist for the small capitals. But where to place the alternate characters versions and the extra ligatures ? Are there some rules for that ?


texts: What are the best icons to represent “now” and “in the future”

texts: What would be the best icons to represent something done in the current time frame or now and something that will be done in the future?


texts: How Do I save Illustration as a Jpeg as it's normal size?

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Hi there, I'm really struggling here

I am going to print these off in a little while as an A1

I set this up as a JPEG for me to print.

The left picture shows the way I want it to print out. The right picture shows the results I got from changing it to JPEG. The pictures are tiny and its just all white around it.

I went on to file, Export then changed it to JPEG. Then it turned out like that.

How do I get this to be the same size as before? On photoshop it seems really simple. But I'm just really stuck.

Please help. thanks


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I have a vector version of the Maryland flag (lots of shapes grouped into one rectangle). I want to cut a rectangle out of the centre, to use the flag as a border. I draw a rectangle inside the flag and with both selected, choose minus front from pathfinder but that takes everything away except the bottom right corner. Don't understand why. Do I need to do something else with the grouped objects that make up the flag. Tried to make a compound path but that turned everything yellow (one of the colours in the flag.)

Having difficulty all around with this flag, including making clipping masks to put flag inside shapes. Is there some trick to using a grouped image to make clipping masks or other paths?


texts: save .png to correct size in Photoshop for print

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I'm trying to save clip art in .png format so I can preserve the transparent background (I realize .png is usually used for web graphics.)

My problem is that my images are absolutely huge.  When I save a 4 inch graphic (canvas trimmed) as a png-24 and then attempt to place the file it is suddenly 18" tall.  The quality of the image in fantastic, I just want to save it to a smaller size.

I've looked all over the web and tried different settings in Photoshop, but can't seem to solve this problem.  What am I doing wrong?


texts: How to prevent the blurring of resized images (png/jpeg) in Illustrator?

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I am new to Adobe illustrator, and I read that in Illustrator works on some vector technique means you can change the size of image without getting blurry.

I made my first logo and saved it as PNG format, but when I am increasing the size of image, its getting blurry.

So, how can I save my image so when I increase its size, it doesn't get blurry?


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I was working on a logo when I ran across a problem that I've never experienced before. Here's pretty much how the logo breaks down.

There are two shield shapes. One is the outer shield (the brown shield), and on top of it is the inner shield (the blue shield with the white stroke). I needed to cover up everything underneath the bear, so I used "Draw Inside" with the inner shield selected, and drew a box to cover up what needed to be covered.

Does anyone know why there is a gap in between the box and the shield? I really have been scratching my head over this issue.

Image 1:

Image 2:


texts: Hard light is greyed out, how can i access this?

texts: In adobe illustrator im trying to add hard light in gradient options but its greyed out and i cannot for the life of me find out why, could someone help?


texts: Basics of macro implementation - missing components

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I am going through GIMP manual and stuck for my shame at the beginning. How do I call that autoCommander? Is it example for the final result?

And assume I wrote that pseudo code into ~/.gimp-2.8/myXml/commander/NormalGridCanvas.def:

commander>Normal Grid and Canvas
   macro>
      comment>Shrink the Canvas back to fit the layer
      >>>theImage.resize_to_layers()
      comment>Set grid to origin and size = image
      >>>pdb.gimp_image_grid_set_offset(theImage, 0, 0)
      >>>pdb.gimp_image_grid_set_spacing(theImage, theImage.width, theImage.height)

To convert this to an XML I am supposed to use the GenCommanderXml() from XmlGenerator() class from autoBase.py. According to the next picture it can be called from the GUI:

But I don't have a menu item called "Automation". I also tried to call GenCommanderXml in a GIMP's Python Console but that failed as well. What do I missing?


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Is there an easy way to transform a standard box or rectangle to look like this?

I am referring to the sharp sloped orange box in the picture. As far as I know, one can only install round edges. With "easy way", I mean a method without subtracting shapes or carefully aligning the nodes. Maybe some filter?


texts: Which Wacom tablet would suit my needs, Intuos vs. Bamboo?

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I am not a graphic design student but digital painiting intrigues me quite a lot. I have been watching online lessons of it and have finally decided to buy a pen tablet. I want to pursue digital painiting as a hobby.

Budget is not a constraint for me (owing to the hige price difference between Bamboo and Intuous) but I want to use the money effectively.

Which tablet would you suggest me to buy?


texts: What type of printer do I need to print small round gold stickers with perfect accuracy?

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I am looking for a company to print a gold seal/sticker for my product. The problem is, all the companies I have tried can not print with the perfect accuracy I need.

It needs to be water resistant, durable and more importantly, the alignment of the print needs to be extremely accurate so I can print words and lines extremely close to the edge of the sticker.

I understand how printers work and that you have to allow room for error but isn't there any type of printer that can print, laminate, and then cut? All with good precision on gold foil?
What type of printing/printer can accurately pull this off?

I will attach photos of similar stickers that I have seen other companies use.

Samples:
http://imgur.com/a/3b18l#0


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So I need to make some panels for one of those 4-panel stand-up convention displays and the template specs they gave me are clear about the bleed/trim and basic stuff, but it says "Resolution must be 100-120ppi" which has me confused.

My question is, where can I set it to 120ppi in Illustrator since the only raster effects options I see available are for 300, 150, and 72ppi? Also personally I've never done anything below 150, I thought that at sizes of like 76"x12.7"+ at below 150 you're not really getting as much bang for your buck resolution wise.

So hoping someone can set me straight. Thanks!


texts: Illustrator equivalent to Photoshop's skew tool

texts: In Photoshop the skew tool allows you to move each corner of the object being skewed independently. Is there an equivalent in Illustrator? Envelope distort seems overkill and harder to achieve the same result.


texts: Is there a way to lock a paragraph style onto a text box?

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I have an .indd file that has text boxes linked to Excel cells. When I update the Excel file, the text box updates but it also loses the paragraph style. Hoping to find a way to "lock" the paragraph style to that specific text box. Any ideas?

Thanks!


texts: What are great fonts for information-heavy data tables?

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I'm designing a web application which has lots of data tables with business information both as numbers (sales, hours etc) and text (product names, region names etc).

What fonts are great for dense information displays? I've played with usual suspects like Helvetica, Helvetica Neue and Tahoma, but are there others that would add a splash of unique feeling, but still would be an excellent choice for displaying tabular data?


texts: Creating shape from the opposite direction

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Is it possible to create with custom shape tool, but from the opposite direction While dragging?
photoshop CS5
Thank you
Yod


texts: Illustrator: how to scale strokes proportionally when resizing?

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I am working on a logo design project and stuck at a place.
I have used some strokes in logo so problem is, strokes size isn't changing when I am resizing an object.

  Stroke size is 3pt and when I am decreasing size of object with stroke then stroke's size is still 3pt so it is looking bold when decreasing size and thick when increasing size.

What I want is when I resize an object's size, stroke's size must be changed with object.
 How can I do this?

Thanks in advance


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I've this image:

I'd like to softly "blend" the borders of the "grey" one, let it fade to white, so not a heavy separation between the two colors. Not sure how its call in Graphic Design; blend right?

How can I do in Photoshop? (I'm using the CS6).


texts: What are the different stroke widths (e.g. in a W) in serif fonts called, and why do they have a particular orientation?

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Certain serif fonts have distinctly different stroke widths for parts of certain letters (see WMVAU below) and there is a "correct" and an "incorrect" orientation. An example with Google Fonts Prata:

What is this called and why does the top one look "correct" and the bottom one "incorrect"?


texts: How do I straighten a curved line in Illustrator and maintain its length?

texts: How would I take this line and straighten it in illustrator without losing any of its length (Like if you held pulled a thread tight by both ends.)


texts: How to create the border shown in the picture?

texts: How would I go about creating this type of border? Large image.


texts: How to create a map in Photoshop with hills?

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I am an aspiring author, and am creating a map of my fantasy world in Photoshop. The map is very detailed, containing information on wind patterns, temperature changes, and tectonic plate movement, amongst other things. I've been able to successfully convey all of this. What I'm having trouble with are the mountains/hills.

I've been able to represent a mountain/hill with a symbol from a custom brush, but I'd also like some way of having the ground 'bulge' outwards so that it looks like there is actually a hill there.

How can I do this?

Examples:

A fairly generic example of what I want to achieve:

A slightly more accurate example of what I'm looking for. Note how the hill in the lower left corner just seems to 'rise up' from the city:

What I do not want:

Further details, and what I've tried:

I've been able to get around this problem for mountains, by actually drawing the snow and glaciers. This doesn't make the ground bulge, but you can at least see where the mountain extends. This won't work for smaller mountains or hills though, where there is no snow.

I experimented with the Emboss function, which does make a nice plateau/lava flow effect. It does not look like a hill though.

I tried the Pinch function, going into negative numbers so that it would bulge instead of pinch. Unfortunately, the function is so large (effecting the entire image), that I can't localize it enough. Also, I cannot seem to target it on any one area of the image.

The best idea I've had is to make a 3D hill somehow, rasterize it to a flat image, and then somehow turn that into a brush. I could then use the brush to tint the ground so that it looked like a hill. The problems with this are that my 3D creation abilities are questionable, and the brush has to be only black/transparent black to work. Grays, which would be included in the flattened image of the 3D hill, would not convert into a custom brush.

The best result I've had: drawing in black, embossing, and setting the layer to 'Overlay'. It looks halfway decent, though still rather amoeba-like.


texts: How to align hand-held 5 shot bracketing with Photoshop and overwrite each file so that metadata stays correct?

texts: Idea is to align with Photoshop and combine to HDR with Photomatix.


texts: open layout | file size: 530x230 bleed included scale 1:1 / 1:10* - What is meant by that?

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I've received a description for a logo I have to export and don't understand what they mean. I tried to google it, but without success.

The description is written as follows:
"Demands are as follows (delivery of data ready for production will not be prooved): Resolution 70 dpi | open layout | document CMYK | indesign (pdf) | photoshop (tiff) | file size: 530x230 bleed included scale 1:1 / 1:10 *"

I don't understand what is meant by open layout. Also does he mean by scale the color scale? And what are those numbers at the end?

Cheers!
Daniel


texts: I'm still confused about commercial font licenses. Do I need to buy a commercial font license for each site I go to to buy fonts or is the license good for all sites and all fonts?  Is the license renewable?


texts: Acrobat - Optimised PDF - Unembed fonts not working

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I'm using Acrobat DC (version 2019.010.20098 - auto updated by Creative Cloud).

I need to unembed the fonts from a PDF file that I exported from InDesign. I do this via File > Save As Other > Optimised PDF...

This has worked for me many times in the past years. But it doesn't seem to be working at all now. I'm doing it correctly (move fonts from left pane to right pane to unembed them), but it literally seems to be doing nothing. Opening the optimised file shows that the fonts (subsets) are still embedded within.

It does work, however, with other random PDFs I've tested. It's as if exporting from InDesign produces a PDF from which the fonts cannot be unembedded.

Can anyone shed any light?


texts: Do I need a license to embed Helvetica or Coolvetica into an app?

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What are the terms of embedding Helvetica into a mobile application? Is it different than web-based embedding?

How about another one? Coolvetica? The 1990s spin-off? Pretty sure they aren't owned by the same corporations...

Anyways, what penalties will one face if either are found in use in your mobile application? Do you need a specific license? If so, where can one find it?


texts: Inkscape loses text coordinates when exporting for LaTeX

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I'm trying to export a chart as pdf with tex code. I've made it with LibreOffice Calc, copied to Draw and exported it as svg. I've uploaded it to ge.tt.

Now, after opening the svg with Inkscape and working on it a bit, it looks like this:

When I export it to pdf+LaTeX, though, every text label is put in the same coordinate (-0.00106898,0.6176822):

\put(-0.00106898,0.6176822){\makebox(0,0)[lb]{\smash{<the label>}}}

except for the trend line equation, which I added in Inkscape (it wasn't part of the exported svg), and the vertical label, which I have rotated with Inkscape (it is misplaced, anyway).

The result of typesetting with LaTeX is this:

Observations:
1) The typesetting is correct (AFAIK), the problem lies in the instructions created during the export.
2) The only object that outputs correctly is the only object completely created within Inkscape.

Edit: these are the settings I use for exporting from Inkscape:

Thanks.


texts: What's the most efficient way to export all layers of a Paint.NET .pdn file to separate images?

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I have a .pdn file with 82 layers. I want to export all of these to separate files (with the end goal being to make a video file slide show). What is the most efficient way to do this?

I started down the path of using the "ZIP Archive" file type plugin, but Chrome bounced that download - it looks like it matches the signature of some trojans (https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/31996-zip-archive-filetype-plugin-zip/). Given this, I am not interested in this specific plugin.


texts: Cap height and x-height metrics are inaccurate

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I've got a font that says its cap height is 195 and x-height 320.

These are its metrics:

But when rendered in the browser at 100px font size, you can clearly see that the metrics don't apply. There is no way this font's cap height is just 195.

What is going on here? Why does the cap height and x-height not match the one shown in browser? I've also played with this font in Adobe tools and also found out that its cap and x-height are far off the ones specified.


texts: How do you describe the color characteristics of this gif palette and how do you change it?

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Substrate by Jared Tarbell is a procedural art work in the Processing language that I'm discovering again. Here is a screenshot of the program's execution on my computer:

The program uses a .gif resource file for the colors(scaled up jpeg here):

I would like to know what this palette "is made of" in terms of color - a description? I would like to make my own palette and change the existing one to use with the program and would like to understand the original choice that was made here in that respect.


texts: Graphic Design resource for game project?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Tips and sources for beginning designers

I'm creating my first game and want to improve upon the graphic design aspects of my game.

By graphic design I mean layout, font, spacing, etc..

Is there a good resource for learning graphic design for a programmer?

I've taken human-computer interaction classes, but that has more to do with task and making task as easy as possible for the user. Not necessarily about layout/spacing.

I mention layout/spacing twice because that's the biggest problem I'm having. I can clearly tell that things need to be spaced properly to be more visually pleasing.

Thanks to all that reply

I've looked on amazon for a book or 2. Would one of these be a good start?

http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Workshop-Challenges-Sharpen-Design/dp/1600617972/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342558997&sr=8-1&keywords=graphic+design

http://www.amazon.com/Layout-Workbook-Real-World-Building-Graphic/dp/1592533523/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1342558997&sr=8-4&keywords=graphic+design


texts: How to apply border on the right and bottom only?

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I use 'Round Rectangle Tool' to create a rounded rectangle shape.

I want to apply dark gray border on the right and bottom of a rectangle shape (layer).

What is the solution to do this? I have tried to play around with Stroke (Position: Inside) from Blending option but no luck.


texts: Software Other Than Photoshop That Will Let Me Choose a Printer ICC Profile

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I print on various media using an Epson printer with aftermarket ink. I have ICC profiles for for my printer for various ink+medium combinations. Photoshop lets me pick an ICC profile to use on a per-print basis.

I am setting up a (Windows) computer dedicated to printing. I'd rather not license Photoshop just for printing if I can help it. Most prints are done from PDF files.

Is there any free/cheap software I can use to print PDFs that will let me choose the correct ICC profile on a per-print basis like I can do with Photoshop?


texts: Im trying to trace a logo with a slight rounded corner.I have on the other corners been using the shapebuilder tool using the eclipse shape to form the corner but this one is so slight I am wondering if there is an easier way? I tried to use the pen tool but it was quite clunky and didn't seem to give me a smooth curve.


texts: Typography/Typesetting: Footnotes of footnotes?

texts: Is it possible (by which I mean »allowed«) to create footnotes within footnotes? I am working on the design of a very intricate scientific publication and this question came up during a discussion of the typesetting of the footnotes. Are there any examples of a footnote containing a footnote in itself?


texts: How to prevent text converting into image when exporting as HTML in firework

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I am an architect and I want to design my basic website with minimum graphics. I'm using coreldraw, but it's more related to print (hardcopies) and it's not as "smart" compared to the adobe software.

So, for web design, I started to learn Fireworks and after some practice, I was able to design web graphics. But the main problem is that, when that page is exported into html format, all text is converted into image.


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Let's say I have a parent Rectangle layer, and 3 children Circle layers.

What properties do I need to set in order to have the circles be forced within the boundaries of the parent so that when I want to position them inside the Rectangle, they don't leak outside the parent?

In case it matters, I'm using Photoshop CS6 :)


texts: zigzag folded brochure template for 11"x17" sheets

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I am trying to make a quick start guide similar to those that come in product packaging.

They are usually made of one large sheet folded many times to make pages/panels of about 4"x5" or so and when you unfold them they're not easy to fold back to original setup.

What is this 12-16 page folding setup called, and are there templates for them?


texts: I'm trying to export my InDesign file to jpg, but the Helvetica Neue Bold font is not rendering properly. Even tried creating pdf first and then exporting from Acrobat to jpg. Tried different resolutions (96, 100, 150). Any advice? Mac OS El Capitan.


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I'm trying to find what font is the one showed in the picture. I've already search in various sites but I don't find the exact same or at least one very similar.

This font is from a logo that was created for the company I work in. We're trying to develop a new logo of a new product, but of course we want it to look similar to the other products.


texts: Can I set Inkscape to use 300 dpi as its document properties?

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I have a document that has a background I'm making in Photoshop, and a foreground I'm making in Inkscape. The document size is A1, 300dpi, which in pixels is 7016X9933.

I want to be able to move back and forth between the two applications, which means I want to keep the document sizes consistent.

Exporting a PNG from Inkscape and importing it to Photoshop is no problem. In the export dialogue you can set the pixel size and dpi, and everything is fine.

But, if I import a 7016X9933 document into Inkscape, even though my Inkscape document properties are set to be A1 size, the imported PNG comes out way over the page size. Apparently this is because Inkscape defaults to rendering everything in the interface at a print resolution of 90dpi.

This is a massive headache, because it means resizing the imported PNG at every time, and increases the odds of human error.

Is there any way I can make it so that Inkscape displays an imported 300dpi image within a 300dpi context?


texts: How would I make text like this in illustrator

texts: I am designing a poster for fun, and I was wondering how to go about creating this text effect. I am really new at graphic design so any answer with as much detail would be really appreciated


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How can I assign a tag to a textblock if that textblock only if the textblock had a specific value inside (at the very beginning of the block actually.

95% of my used textblocks within my indesign document are product descriptions and if so they start with the string "Productnumber"
So I'd go search for "Productnumber" and replace the object format. But I don't want the tag to be set to the string "Productnumber" but to its mother container.

Is that possible - how?


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Help needed! :)

We've found this amazing font but we can't figure out what font family it belongs to! Are there any font experts out there that might be able to pin point the font family? We've already tried looking for the font on "What The Font" and similar sites with no luck.


texts: How do I grep from the match closest to the end?

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I have a sequence of titles and description in my text following a pattern similar to

Data A: foo; Data B: bar; Data C: baz; Data D: qux

I want to bold just the titles, so I wrote the following GREP styles: ^[^:]*: (from the beginning to :, a string with no :) and (?<=;\s)[^:]*: (from the ;  excluded to :, a string with no :)
It works pretty fine:

Data A: foo; Data B: bar; Data C: baz; Data D: qux

If one of the descriptions includes a ; , though, that GREP produces an unwanted result:

Data A: foo; bar; Data C: baz; Data D: qux

I tried removing ;  from the accepted pattern: (?<=;\s)[^(;\s):]*: but it just skips the whole block, as if it checked the first ;  to the following :, found that whatever was inside didn't match and started regexing again from after the colon:

Data A: foo; bar; Data C: baz; Data D: qux

How do I tell inDesign to start the GREP from the ;  closest to the next colon?
This, by the way, is the intended result:

Data A: foo; bar; Data C: baz; Data D: qux


texts: Popular 3D model file format which can be edited (and offline batch-rendered) by free tools?

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I'm architecting a software project which involves 3D graphics and will soon need to select a 3D modeler to build some models for us. I'm trying to figure out what file format I should require the modeler to deliver to us.

We would ideally like something which can be opened and edited with free tools, but we don't want to force the professional modeler to use non-industry-standard tools which he/she may not be familiar with.
We will need to write a script to batch-render the models with a variety of texture maps. We need to be able to re-run this script on demand, and without using a GUI. So either the format  must be accepted by a standalone rendering engine which we can run from the command line, or it must be simple enough that we can write our own scripts to convert it to what the rendering engine accepts.

Can you recommend a suitable 3D model file format?


texts: Why do some paths show their center and some not?

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How come that some paths in AI always have a center (shown when the path is selected in any view that also shows anchor points) and some not?  If I draw a rectangle, there is a center, if I delete nodes and attach some custom path to it, the center gets retained.  But when I draw any free form with the pen tool, closed or open, there is no center.

How come this strange division between 'centered objects' and 'center-less objects' and is it possible convert between these two?


texts: Layer effects with pattern fill layers in Photoshop

texts: Is it possible to apply a layer effect like a stroke to a pattern in PS? Let's say I have a pattern created with a single black ellipse, but sometimes I want that black ellipse to have a red outline around it. Do I have to create another pattern or is it possible to use the stroke layer effect? In other words, is it possible to correct pattern fill layers with layer effects - sometimes it would be useful to adjust a particular pattern this way or another on certain layers, it seems overkill having to create separate patterns for every scenario like that.


texts: What is the default dimension for a user's Twitter's Background image?

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What are the default dimensions for a Twitter User's Background image?

If I want to upload my own image for my Twitter account's Background image, what should its default dimensions be, as per Twitter's official guidelines?


texts: How can I draw electrical circuits and export them in SVG?

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This would be an example of the kind and quality of elements that I want to use, which I can't get if I were to draw it with Matlab:

These circuits are supposed to be in my thesis which I'm writing in LaTeX.

What software could I use to draw these and export to SVG?


texts: Align a photoshop layer top with another layers bottom

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I thought this would be an easy google but I can't find it anywhere.

Lets say I have 2 layers, A and B.  They are both rectangles.  I want them stacked on top of each other with 0 pixels in between so:

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=  A  =
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=  B  =
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Is there a simple way to align the TOP of a layer (layer B) with the BOTTOM of another layer (layer A).

I would love to just drag objects in, horizontally center them, and then have them bump right up to another layer above or below it.

Thanks!


texts: Photoshop - retrieve graphic from off screen / outside canvas

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I've got some text somewhere outside of the canvas border but I can't find it.  Usually using move tool I can squiggle around until it peeks onto the canvas, but this time it must be WAY outside.

I've hacked my way around the problem with copy and paste, but is there a "correct" way to pull it back onto the canvas?


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I have two doubts about the following drawing of the floor-side views of an object:

1) In the side view, does it need the horizontal line (a) in the union of the cylinder part with the prism? Or can it be omitted, because both sides are tangent?

2) In the floor view, is it necessary for the horizontal line (b), as if it was a hole?


texts: Critique: How can I make this flat design more exciting?

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I'm designing an planner (agenda) book for my school. I'm doing flat design, but it seems a bit boring to me. What can I do to spice it up?

Updated Image: Removed the drop shadows.


texts: Photoshop: 300dpi document exports to PDF at 72dpi

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I created a file in Photoshop with a resolution of 300dpi. However, my PDF keeps producing a file that consists of what is much smaller and more like a 72dpi image.

I triple checked my resolution before saving, ensured there is no additional compression within the saving of the pdf and I am still getting the same result.

Any help is appreciated!


texts: easiest way to fill in holes on distressed font?

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Using a font with some distressing.  I need to remove the distress holes in the font.  When i try to get rid of the little holes, it's also getting rid of the large holes that make the letters o and f.  Is there an easy way to do this that I'm totally overlooking?
Thank you!


texts: Illustrator CS6: Difference between layer and sublayer

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I was wondering if there was any difference between having objects in layers or in sublayers. Why I am asking -- I always thought it was just a matter of organization and I could manipulate with both in the same way, but now when I applied the same operation to all elements in layer and then sublayer, it behaved differently:

I wanted to apply Transform each operation (only scale] on all objects of a layer. I selected them by clicking the "target" button on the right of layer name. It worked as expected -- elements were scaled, but didn't change their position.

However, then I needed to create a very similar layer so I decided to have these two layers as sublayers of a new LAYER. But suddenly when I selected all the objects of one sublayer and applied the same Transform each operation, it behaved as if it was grouped, therefore it not only scaled, but also changed position.

So could you please help me understand the difference? Are there other differences I haven't come across yet? Or can I change this behaviour in any way?

Thanks for any explanations, tips or helpful resources. :)


texts: What is the difference between using transformation vs path tools for selection?

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What is the best way to enlarge or shrink a shape drawn using the shape tool;

By pressing CTRL T and resizing

OR
By using the direct path selection tool and dragging selected anchor points?

Is there a noteworthy difference? If so, what?


texts: Raster effects causing issues with selection in Illustrator

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I have several assets I'm creating in Illustrator; I've used a drop shadow on a bunch of the shapes in each one to add depth to the drawing (clapboard, window frames, etc.). Unfortunately, once I've added the drop shadow it becomes part of the selection area; since a lot of these shapes are very close to each other it makes it difficult to select individual pieces since Illustrator will often select the drop shadow area of one item instead of the item below it.

Is there any way to turn this off so selection areas are based on just the actual shape within Illustrator without the gradient? Workflow-wise I'd rather not have to wait until I'm done to apply all of my raster effects.


texts: How relevant is retina.js to my web projects?

texts: I am currently not using a Mac for my work, but I came across retina.js while surfing the web. I would like to know if it is necessary to include this library into my web projects? If I don't, would my projects look good on all Mac devices?  I currently do not have any issues with work on other devices. I have not previewed it on any apple device yet, as it is still a work in progress.


texts: how to open mutliple pdf pages in photoshop

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I am actually trying to save all pages in the pdf as a png image but here i can't open all pages in one time.
i have read here for how to open pdf pages
I have to open one by one and then i am saving it as png image. this is taking long time to finish.

  Is there any shortcut to open mutliple pdf pages in photoshop and save
  as a image


texts: How should you design/set colors/export a document with 'equal' colors both on screen and print?

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What's the best approach to create a document that is both suited for digital viewing (Monitor, iPhone, etc.) and for print?

I'm creating some personal branding, which includes an invoice that will be sent digital, but of course might be printed. I'm using a CMYK InDesign preset and I'm using Turquoise (71,0,31,0) as a base color. When I export it, any setting, it shows great on my Macbook, but my iPhone shows a rather very light green color, instead of turquoise. I haven't printed it, yet.

My problem is I want both print and 'web' have great colors, but there should be compromises as CMYK and RGB aren't the same. I wouldn't mind if it showed up a bit different on print, but every digital device great, but that's not happening right now, sadly.

What should be my best approach?


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my knowledge of Illustrator is very limited so bear with me.

I've got a vector logo that will be applied to soda bottles of all different widths, and would like to make this vector bend and or curve upon pulling an anchor so that it can be easily wrapped around any bottle. For instance, pulling the anchor on the right wraps the right end of the logo to the back so that it is no longer visible and vice versa with the left anchor.

It will be used on photographs of people who are holding the soda bottles at all different angles, therefore, the entire logo is not always visible depending on the angle of the shot. I hope I explained this well! Very much appreciate your help.


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I am working on a logo and want to use a text effect like this one.  I add the appearance effects to get the offset outlines but when I warp the text, all of the outlines still go the same way.  While with this text, the outlines around "FEEDLOT" seem to rotate around the text in a 3D looking manner.
Can anyone help with the technique on this? Thanks!


texts: How can some designers produce dozens of web templates a day?

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There is a highly ranked designer in DesignCrowd that posts dozens of web designs each day, with so much variations on each one.

What I want to know is:

Would this require using templates, and then customizing them? (Would that even we allowed on websites like this?)
Could he be starting them from scratch? (Doubt it)
Could he be using WordPress or some other CMS and just customizing themes? (I don't know how that would work, really).

Is there a way to design websites this fast?

I can code a website for 4 hours and not lose my mind. But spend 20 minutes designing a website in Photoshop? No way. And I'm very good at Photoshop.


texts: What's the best way to import to InDesign from Illustrator & Photoshop

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I'm illustrating a book. I'm using Photoshop to add effects, my text is in Illustrator and all of the illustrated pages live and will print from InDesign. My book size is 10.25 x 10.25 inches, and all images are set to 600dpi and CMYK color. I intend to produce an e-book and a print book.

My process is:

From photoshop I Save As into a Photoshop EPS file.
When I open this in Illustrator I notice some size distortion in the file. I fix it and, once I'm done, I do Save As to PDF.
I open Indesign and "place" my PDF into the page.

Is this the right way of doing this, or is there a better way?


texts: How To Re-create a Cut Section of an image properly?

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Below is an example image, where the top of the girl's head is cut, and pixels are missing.
Is there an easy way re-create the pixels in that section properly ?
Thanks.


texts: How do I reposition an artboard which is covered by an image?

texts: If I have an artboard with an image covering the whole background, how can I move it around? There is nowhere to grab the board and cmd click to move it as usual. If I try to move it, I just end up dragging the image off the artboard.


texts: How to effectively create material elevation in mainly Inkscape or Illustrator?

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How to create the material design elevation shadow in Inkscape mainly? Or alternatively in Illustrator?
I have imitated the elevation shadow in Inkscape with the following settings:

There are also two or three wild links on the internet which basically is the same article says to mimic the elevation with a specific edited filter. (See links).
https://princetonits.com/blog/android/material-shadows-with-inkscape/
http://fav.me/d83zd2q

Those results in this way:

But I don't understand well how that filter editing works. Not to mention the filter editor's UI is horrible. Is there any method to create consistent elevation shadow everytime and whose process is easier to understand than inkscape's filter editor?


texts: In Illustrator CC, in order to connect two separately filled shapes, first select the shapes, and then drag across from one to the other with which tool?


texts: My first time designing for printing, but printers won't give me any advice or specs

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Edit: I am an amateur and it is my first time designing for printing! The printers are very unhelpful unfortunately and won't help me, but I have already paid the money, so I need to make sure I've not made a mistake. I would be very grateful if someone could have a quick glance over my workflow and offer any help/advice.

I am making a DVD sleeve and a booklet:

Background images and shapes are prepared in photoshop, CMYK (Profile is U.S.
Web Coated (SWOP) V2, 300ppi)
Logo is prepared in Illustrator, (Profile is Coated FOGRA39)
PSD and AI files (background & logo) are placed in InDesign and main body text is added.
Barcode PDF is placed in Indesign.
Exported as PDF using 'Press Quality' preset plus 3mm bleed and crop marks with 3mm offset.
Acrobat lists the fonts as being embedded.
The booklet is exported in consecutive order with single pages. Page 1 being the front cover, and the last page being the back cover.

Is there anything I should have done differently or any checks I can do to ensure everything is ready for printing? I have attached the sleeve below. Many thanks!

(These are the queries which I have already addressed.)


texts: How to make a path that has two separate strokes with gaps inbetween?

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I am trying to make a simple repeatable texture (snake body for a simple snake game). I set up guides so that the tiles match, but I am having trouble making sure that both ends of the body segment lack stroke and match neatly.
This is my body with the first path segment removed on the left side:

Now if I use this button  to do the same on the right side, this happens:

How can I fix that?


texts: How should I go about redesigning this graphic?

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Update: Scroll to the bottom for a before-and-after.

I'm designing something for my school in Photoshop, and our mascot is a knight. This is the current design:

Yeah, I know. It's in desperate need of a redesign. I want to do flat design, but I'm just starting out with it so I'm still trying to learn the tricks. So, how should I go about turning that into a flat and minimal graphic? (If you don't know what flat graphic design is, here's an article on it.

To make a long story short, I'm trying to turn a complex flat design with complicated shapes and lines into a simple, minimal "Bootstrap Style" graphic with simpler shapes and lines.

Before         |           After (Version Two)


texts: Type foundries which allow free test version downloads

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We've all seen the usual routine where normally a type foundry or shop will preview live text and allow a ridiculous PNG or GIF download. However, a few smaller foundries do offer actual font files as free-trial-limited-character-map version downloads, like Grilli Type and Pangram Pangram. Anyone can add to this list?

ps. not looking for free typefaces


texts: How to use hatching and crosshatching for shading using graphite?

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Up till now, my main shading technique with traditional media was to use graphite and charcoal pencils and smudge it a lot.

It works fine on charcoal-heavy drawings, but charcoal has its own pros and cons - it's messy, it needs a "preservative" sprayed over it, I cant really carry it around for quick sketches, while a pencil is always handy.

Graphite pencils alone don't look too good when I smudge them though – the drawing loses all texture and sharpness, the tones get unified – bright parts get a bit darker and dark parts get a bit lighter.

That's why I wanted to learn hatching shading techniques. I saw some amazing works done that way, but mine didn't even come close to looking good. I saw some people recommending different, often contradictory techniques, but I can't seem to get the desired effects.

My question is what are the rules I should follow when hatching and crosshatching using pencils? How to shade big format pictures (say A3 portrait)? While hatching small drawings, it's easy to cover the whole shaded area of a single shadow in a single stroke, but not quite so on big formats...


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I've been searching all over the web about the Rebranding Announcement strategy and was not able to get to a solid conclusion about whether or not to make the Rebranding announcement before the rebranding itself.

My question is, is it beneficial or not at all recommended to make a rebranding announcement before it is effective. I have a rebranding within a month and not sure if to announce it as a "will happen" or announce it only "when it happens".

Thanks in advance for any insights in this matter.


texts: What is the best way to create light-weight PNG images?

texts: I want to create light weight PNG images with good quality. Can anyone suggest the best way...Note: Need to use these PNG images in android app designing.


texts: Cut and place part of an illustrator file with exact size

texts: I want to add a new part of a nameplate which has multiple names. But every part with a name has an exact size so it can be printed out and cut. How can I select a part of the nameplate and copy it underneath it with the exact same size as the selected area of the nameplate?


texts: InDesign extract each page as a separate file

texts: In a document where I have, say, 20 business cards front and back, and I have to export them as individual PDFs. That's 40 exports! I know that in acrobat I can extract the pages afterward, but I was wondering if there is a script or something that can do that straight out of InDesign?


texts: Conventions regarding saving separate versions of a logo in Adobe Illustrator

texts: When designing logos in Adobe Illustrator, what is the best way to save all the separate versions of the logo? In separate project (.ai) files or in separate artboards?


texts: Is there a new (non-legacy) way to export an animated GIF?

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I've always known that you can use File > Export > Safe for Web to export an animated GIF in Photoshop. However, in my current version, it says Legacy next to that option, which seems to imply that there's a new and improved, non-legacy way to export animated GIFs.

Is there one? What is it?


texts: Saving image files with maximum compatibility for different displays?

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There's a website I'm working on where students can read their textbooks online, page by page using an implemented PDF viewer.

But I've noticed that this doesn't look particularly great on different devices and so far I made the mistake of using standard, relatively low resolutions.

So my question (and I'm sorry if this is a little vague or subjective): what's the best file format to use in this scenario?

Big resolutions, sharp text on any device including retina displays
I still have access to the "source pages" that use vectors, so .svg is
an option along with .jpg, .pdf and .png
Preferrably, I don't want to use different files depending on the user's resolution or display
Relatively fast loading times are a must, so if a little bit of compression is unavoidable then it's not necessarily a dealbreaker

Does anyone have any experience with optimizing their files for online embedded viewing?


texts: If you download a picture and rename the picture to a different extension, does the file change?

texts: Let's say you downloaded a picture off the net as a GIF image (Image.gif), and renamed it to Image.jpg. Although it would change the file name, would the file be encoded as a jpg (i.e.:  some of the image being thrown out due to it being a lossy format), or would the file remain the same as it was on the net (.png), with only the name being changed?


texts: How to Automatically Generate Many Graphics with Illustrator Using External Data

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I have an Adobe Illustrator file (.ai) I made with Illustrator CC (2014 edition). I want to use it to automatically generate many graphics using information from a database. The following are (fictional) examples to illustrate my question.

The Template Graphic

The graphic is very simple. It contains a dark blue rectangle and three entries of text. Each of the text entries uses a different font, size, and color. The styling of the word "CHICAGO" also uses Illustrator's envelope feature to create an arc effect (the effect is important to this project). Here's how the graphic looks:

The Database

I have a database of cities. (It doesn't matter what form the database of city names is in, I can provide any form needed.) The database is very large (in other words, too big to type each city in by hand and probably large enough to create issues when copy-and-pasting in all the entries). A sample of the database entries is below:

Chicago|Illinois
New York|New York
Los Angeles|California
San Jose|California
Ottawa|Ontario
Maidenhead|England

The Required Task

I want to automatically generate a graphic for each entry in the database. If I were to do this by hand, the steps (omitting the obvious) would be:

Change the text of the city and the state.
Re-center everything.
Save for web changing the width to 500 pixels and the format to PNG.

The Desired Result

I would like to be left with a folder of images such as these:

How can this be done using Adobe Illustrator?

Approaches that require programming are welcome.

Approaches adding additional tools to Illustrator are welcome.


texts: Photoshop: Remove all duplicated pixels from two layers

texts: I have 2 layers in Photoshop, I want to substract one layer from the other so that every pixel that is the same in both layers gets deleted and every pixel that is different stays. I tried to do it with blending but I think its not the right tool for this quest.


texts: Illustrator CC: how to join lines without closing?

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I'm a map-maker working with line information for roads, railways and other network data. I make my maps pretty with Illustrator, but I am running into a problem, a combination of two aspects:

The data I am using consists of many line fragments. This is common in GIS-data. I want to mark the information with a dashed line, which means I need to join the line for aesthetic presentation.
For most designers the goal seems to be to close shapes, but I precisely want to keep my lines "open", or I run the risk of drawing streets and rivers that don't exist just to close the shape.

Does anyone have a suggestion for how to join lines that overlap or are near one another without closing any line?

I've tried a couple of options now including the toolbox with scripts by Hiroyuki Sato (I think: the one including metaball), but they all close lines I want to keep open.


texts: How to create decorative borders for ebook / website use with fantasy theme?

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How would I create a border with a pattern, be it some celtic knots or gem-like pieces, that could be used as a border in websites or ebooks?

I'd like to simulate materials like gems, gold/silver, dark metal, stone, marble, parchment... Needs to fit into a fantasy theme.

To clarify what I mean, two pictures.

1) The contents of the first are take from the Blizzard World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King Fansite kit.

WoW-Fankit Borders:

2) while the second one is take from a german roleplaying site (called Nandurion, with CC BY NC 3.0).

RPG Fankit Borders:

My goal is to design a fantasy themed website and accompanying ebook, with faked antiquity / old-world quality.

I mainly use Adobe CS2, GIMP and Inkscape. Any hints?


texts: What does the interlaced option in Photoshop do?

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There is this options box shown when saving a PNG image from Adobe Photoshop. I always choose  'None'.

What does the 'Interlaced' option do?


texts: Possible to restore multiple windows (of the same document) between sessions in Photoshop?

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Is it possible to restore multiple windows of the same document between sessions?

In other words:

Open a document.
Select Window > Arrange > New Window for …document's name ( ^ ⌥ ⌘ N on Mac )
Close the document.
Re-open the document.
(… multiple windows state gone.)


texts: Graphic design draw invisible path of svg using pencil inkscape

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I trying to make a educational video and for that purpose am using videoscribe .

and i dont have illustrator .

I want to trace the text in the image so it would appear as handwriting animation in the videoscribe .How to do this in inkscape.
The illustrator example is shown here

https://youtu.be/JfEr6rKJp74?t=1

EDIT:-


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I have an illustrator file (it's a packaging design going to be printed) which I didn't design it myself.

I see so many Pantone colors in the swatches panel; the person who designed it used many Pantone colors and had no idea about printing.

The printer asked me to have only one Pantone color and the rest of the colors in the artwork should be CMYK.

How can I identify the Pantone colors and change them into CMYK?


texts: InDesign: Prevent table headers from repeating

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I have a long table that breaks across multiple pages. It has a header which I only want to appear once at the beginning of the table. But InDesign is adding the header at the top of every page when the table breaks onto the next page. How can I prevent the header from appearing on every page?

I checked out Table Options but, as show below, there is no option to say, "Never repeat the header".


texts: What is the difference between the pencil tool, the pen tool, and the brush tool in Adobe Illustrator?

texts: Is there any difference between the three besides that the brush and pencil are much more flexible than the pen?


texts: Should a Graphic Designer know Acrobat extensively?

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Just had to take 4 tests for a potential job offering. 1 on Illustrator, 1 on Photoshop, 1 on InDesign and 1 on Adobe Acrobat 7 Standard

I've never once used Adobe Acrobat 7 Standard but expected the questions to be about touchup, making an interactive pdf maybe, or file optimization stuff.

Nope. 44 questions almost entirely about:

Chapters/Bookmarks/Destinations/etc.
Security and Encryption Options
Different types of reviews

So now I'm just trying to figure out if this is standard stuff for a graphic designer in any large corporation?

Here is an exact question from the skills assessment. It had 4 multiple choice answers but I didn't write them down:

  The Human Resources Department is asking for all managers to submit salary listings by position, taking note that some departments have similar positions. What is the best security method for saving the PDF documents for the managers?


texts: Where/how can I inlay my app screenshots to make an iPhone animation for a website?

texts: I would like to do something like this: http://www.fixed.com/ It's quite common, but I have not been able to find a site or psd download that allows users to embed screenshots in phones. Does anyone know where a newbie can do this? Thanks for any tips.


texts: How can I convert Point Text to Paragraph and Vice Versa in photoshop

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Possible Duplicate:
  Turning a text “string” into a text “block” in Photoshop CS6?

Here we know that there are two texting modes in PSE - "single-line" and "paragraph".

The problem is how to convert point text to paragraph in photoshop?


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it looks fine arent they?

it has more than one dot within a place, which bothers me too much. (i separated that very dot in this picture)
this was done by pathfinder merge and such however. any way to trim it all?


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Is there a way to round the corner like this using Sketch? I am very new.
Can anyone teach me or it's actually not good to use Sketch practice icon design?:)  Thank you.

This is what I want to achieve.

However, I tried few times on Sketch but I got this sharpe edge inside like this:


texts: How can I check if a JPEG image has layers?

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So I have received a logo in JPEG format with a white background to be used on a website. That does not look good as the color does not fit well with the header color.

The person who provided me with the logo says that it is possible to separate the logo itself from the background simply by dragging the logo from the background and all the designer shared was this JPEG.

I installed Gimp and tried to do just that by loading it in there, but it does not work as the white background moves with the rest of the logo when I try to move one from the other.

I know of ways in Gimp I can use to separated the background from the logo myself by editing the image but, since the logo has been provided by a graphic designer I would expect that this should have been shared already with a transparent background, in whatever file format which supports layering, as I am not sure JPEG does.

Am I completely off on my assumption? And if so, how can I check if there are layers on the JPEG?


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I noticed that icon repositories like Fontawesome have a lot of different icons for showing sort orders. The more variations I came across, the more confused I got.

_______1____________________2___________________3____________________4

I wanted to know what these icons represent.

I know what the arrows mean. Without the alphabet next to the arrow, a down arrow represents descending order while the up arrow represents ascending order. But the numbers and alphabets next to them made things confusing.