texts: Is it possible to automate generating a @2x asset by nearest-neighbour scaling when editing a graphical asset @1x?

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Say I have a PNG image file called image.png that I edit pixel by pixel that is 16 pixels wide by 16 pixels tall (16x16).

For my usage purposes, I need it to eventually be 3 times in size (i.e. 48 x 48) scaled using the nearest-neighbour scaling algorithm (all hard edges; no blurriness).

Currently, I do this manually and export two versions of the same asset, image.png (original) and image@3x.png (48 x 48), every time I make changes, which is somewhat of a hassle. Is there a way to automate my system to generate image@3x.png every time I save changes to image.png? (I am on a Mac).

I am using Gimp.


texts: easiest way to create a GIMP PATH with handles out

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I am a firm believer of GIMP, but sometimes find it hard to do things that seem to be simple. To create a path around a figure, I'd like to sprinkle some points and then move each point to the exact location, get the handles out, and adjust the curves. My problem is that it takes a LOT of time and effort to get all those handles out.

My work around is to use Edit mode to create points with handles already out. However, creating points in Edit mode only works between two points created earlier. So I start with creating a closed path with three points in Design Mode, without handles out, then add more points with the handles out on the initial path in Edit mode by holding down the Control key.

Is this a perverted way to create a path in GIMP? Is there a better way to create points with handles out?


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The pdf can be viewed in illustrator, but can't read as a pdf. The pdf is empty. Very weried.

I have upload the file here, you can see that the file is 155k, not empty, but when open using pdf reader, it is empty. please help.

The steps are easy, first I creat that pdf using mathematica.then i using Ai to creat an empty canvas, then I drag that pdf onto the canvas.


texts: Help with best programme for re-designing catalogue

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I'm not a design professional but I've been using PS Elements to layout our work product catalogue. However, even though it's easy to move elements around, it's very clunky and has no style sheets.
I'd like to transfer the whole 120-page catalogue to InDesign to make life easier, however I'm not sure if this is possible.
Any recommendations? I'd rather not start from scratch as 120 pages took me a long time last year!!


texts: How would I create this same effect in adobe illustrator using the pathfinder tool?

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I am trying to recreate patterns with a similar style. I have found a way by creating strokes with various widths> blend tool > creating shape (triangle) > dividing > pathfinder > then manually deleting and moving segments...This seems inaccurate and quite tedious

If there is an easier way please let me know....


texts: How to create images with a low file size in Photoshop?

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I need to create an image screen with a low file size. I'm using Photoshop with a 72 dpi, and 300dpi for designing.

My problem is that the entire size of the image increased when I went to save my design. Is it possible to decrease it with these details (72dpi / 300dpi)?


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I am a front end web developer. I tend to mostly deal with code but do, from time to time, have the opportunity to create graphics. I notice the designers I work with are able to talk in great detail about the images/designs they create. They can give meaning to why a button looks a certain way or the feeling behind their design decisions.  What I am wondering is, as I have done some searching with no luck, are there any books on how to talk/describe this way? I am finding it hard to describe my question but I am looking for info on how to better 'sell' a design or justify a design decision.

Backing up layout decisions from studies/stats is fine, justifying those things can be backed up with numbers. But, it is more the whys and whats of color decisions and the purely visual side of things.

Update: Any links to good books would be a great help - typography, color theory, etc.


texts: Can I sell rejected logos to other clients?

texts: Can a designer save rejected logos and sell these to other clients in the future?


texts: Is it possible to create a book (pages to be printed/viewed on web) in Ai rather than Id?

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As a novice, I've been made to create a brand book, coolio.
I've researched all the parts of what I want and should include in my brand book, the logo and colours have been approved, and I've written down my layout and how I want things to go. The only issue is, I've never personally made something like this before.
Is it possible to create this in illustrator? Even if it's for print? My thought process would be similar to creating carousels for Instagram.
i.e Having two artboards aligned against each other, that way the design looks seamless when printed or viewed on the web. I would, of course, have to play around with the cover page and back page artboard when it comes to print/web view.
But can it be done like this?
I know some people may just say "Use Indesign", however, I'm working to meet certain deadlines and I can't exactly afford to learn a new software by the time I'm required to make this. (Unless it's like an hour or two).
Thanks for any help <3


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I'm trying to follow this tutorial:
http://www.psdvault.com/photo-effect/create-dramatic-meteor-and-burning-city-effect-in-photoshop/

In the first part where it says to:
"Add the following image adjustment layers as clipping mask to this sky layer"

I added 4 new image adjustment layers, and made them all clipping masks, like this:

The values of all the layers are correct, but my image doesn't look like the one in the tutorial at this point.
To my surprise re-arranging the order of the image adjustment layers, even though they're clipping masks, makes a difference to how the image looks.

How am I supposed to know, following that tutorial, how I should arrange my image adjustment layers?


texts: How to answer the ever-present 'make the logo bigger'?

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Just like most of us, I regularly face the client desire to 'make the logo bigger'. Especially in web designs, clients want to inflate their logos to ridiculous sizes.

How do I effectively counter this suggestion? I know it's almost never a good idea. I usually point out that most succesful websites have their logos displayed at a very modest size, but I'd like to have a better story to tell.


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I know this is all subjective, but I'm hoping there are general principles here that will mean this is a valid question.

Take a look at the layout below. In the past (before I tried to learn about this stuff properly) I would have made the text line up with the left hand side of box 1. However, I think it looks more balanced where the text is now. Is this the correct way to balance these elements? (or a correct way rather).

(A follow up to my question: How can a design be balanced and yet have a focal point?)


texts: How to do a plane with hole using a simple 3d software

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I need a simple 3d software (or a solution inside Unity 3d) to makes hole on a plane.
I don't need nothing complicated, because i have no knowledge  of 3d software.

Can you suggest me a Unity asset or the simplest 3d software to do this ?

Thanks


texts: Inkscape: scale line without scaling arrowhead (marker)

texts: In Inkscape, when I stretch a line having an end marker (e.g., an arrowhead), the marker scales. I'm not sure why anyone would want this. Is there a way to keep the same marker, and only stretch the line? I think we could assume that's what the user always wants, since for example, having different sized arrowheads in a diagram is unconventional, not to mention that it looks like kindergarten art.


texts: Sketch: button with text and icon, how to remove icon and center text with overrides

texts: I have a button with an icon and text. Together the icon and text are aligned to the center of the button. How can I use the override function so that if I remove the icon and decide to keep only the text, the text will be center aligned?


texts: How to change the colour of a shaped clipping mask in GIMP

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I made a file in Adobe Photoshop. Using a black coloured brush, I made a simple watercolour 'stamp', then clipped a solid colour layer mask to it, so that I can change the colour of the watercolour stamp to anything, at any time, non destructively.
This is what it looks like:

By showing the colour mask (and changing the colour) I can colour that watercolour stamp:

Is there a way to do this in GIMP? I was able to open the PSD file in GIMP with all the layers, but cannot get the layer mask to work in GIMP so it changes the colour of the BW watercolour stamp.
The idea is to replicate the ability to create any shape and clip an image or colour to it, in GIMP, the way you can do it in Photoshop.
Thanks in advance.


texts: How can I merge a heap of text into an image using Photoshop 2017 CC?

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I have a templated PSD image that I want to use to build a heap of "memes" (for want of a better word).

I have a heap of tips in text format. Most of them are 1-2 sentences at the most.

I want to know if there is a way of using 1 tip at time, merge it into my template image and export it as a PNG. Then move onto the next tip, do the same and export it as a PNG.

I have about 300 tips and want to end up with 300 images when I finish, each with a unique text tip included on each image. I don't want to spend a couple of days doing this manually, so was hoping there would be a way of automating the process?

For bonus points, if it is possible, can I also specify a selection of fonts to use and have PS randomly choose which font to use for each image? That way, these meme images all look a bit different.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Update: Here's a few examples of what I am trying to achieve. As you can see, the background is the same. It's just the text (tip) that is different. I want to automate the production of about 300 of these.


texts: How can I make the color white look as white as possible?

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In designing websites and applications, I have noticed that when mixing colors with white, certain colors make white look more "greenish" or "purple-ish". This happens to a much greater degree when using tints of white.

As a designer, how can we understand how white is influenced by the colours it is contrasted with?


texts: illustrator cs6: cut through multiple layers with top layer

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I have a vector with multiple layers, through all of which I want to cut through using the top-most layer's shape so that there is a transparent void through the entire design.

So far I have been copying and pasting the top shape and using the "Minus from front" option in the Pathfinder to achieve the desired result. However, for a design with 20+ layers to cut through, this process gets tediously mundane.

I have tried to "Minus from front" through entire groups of layers, but way more than just the outline of the top layer's shape seems to get removed. So I am wondering if there is a way to cut through groups of layers in one foul swoop, and if so how can it be done?

I am basically creating picture frames, so that I can open them in GIMP/photoshop and simply put layers of photos underneath the rasterized vectors.


texts: Converting shape to smart object darkens drop shadow - Photoshop

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I have a shape in Photoshop with some layer effects. When I go to convert that shape to a smart object, the drop shadow darkens. Prior to converting, the shape has a normal blend mode with opacity and fill set to 100%. Is there some way to convert the shape and keep the same drop shadow?

Here is an image of what is happening. This also happens when I save the image as a png.


texts: Creating high quality animated backgrounds from Illustrator files

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I have some artwork in illustrator that I would like to animate and get a gif.

Say I have a background pattern and I want to randomly move the elements inside to get a natural look of particles moving for a website background (should I use a gif for an animated background on a website ?)

The simple way is just to create many backgrounds with different locations of the elements, which takes long time and never look natural.

How would you do that on a mac ?
Do I need After Effects ? or other software to make it quickly ?


texts: (Illustrator) Why do the colors change when I "Save for Web" by using an action?

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If I Save for Web in Illustrator, there is a very slight color change, which is to be expected. However, when I create a "Save for Web" action and apply it instead of directly using Save for Web, the color is much more vibrant.

I used the exact same settings as when I recorded the action- the only difference is that I'm using an action shortcut so that I don't have to jam my fingers with alt-cmd-shift-s every time. Why is it behaving this way?


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I have a psd that has rounded rectangle. I need to create a new rounded rectangle with the same radius. How do I determine the radius used on that said rounded rectangle?

I feel like this is such an awful question but thanks in advance for answering.


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Someone edited my svg file and now, if I import it into Scribus 1.5.1, It is only black, all colors are gone.

This is the commit at github, where the format of the svg changed.

before, It was all in color. The new version is in color, if you open it in Inkscape or even in Browser:  (save this and open in Firefox)

Only Scribus seems to loose the colors.

I did a workaround and exported it to png before importing it in my scribus project, but still, I would like to understand the problem.


texts: How to draw an irregular, vertical line with photoshop

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Similarly to this question I now need to do the same thing with a vertical line, to obtain a shape similar to a capital "I" with the same feature; wider extremities.

I have been trying to do it following the other question answer, I then did a vertical rectangual shape and tried to subtract elipsess but the result is not precise, maybe there is some other method?

more details: to be really precise the line I need should be 15mm high with extremities 1mm wide and the narrow part (middle) 0,5mm wide so to replicate what I did with the other curved line.


texts: How to shadow part of a list in Powerpoint?

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I am making a PowerPoint presentation where I cover several topics. I have some slides where I recall the outline of my presentation with a list.
I would like to partially shadow the topics of my presentation that I am not going to talk about next, similarly to what is shown in here:

The image shown above is done with LaTeX, and as you can see it also shadows the list dot.

Can something similar be done in PowerPoint?


texts: How do you rectangulate a quadilateral selection in photoshop?

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What this is for is that, i have a lot of scanned documents with passport size photos in each of them. The photos are aligned randomly. I need to separate them out.
What i currently do is make selection using polygonal marquee tool, then use Free Transform to straighten it out and later crop, resize and save the pp photo.
I want to define an action that would automatically turn my selection into a properly aligned rectangle and crop the selection.
Is there a way to achieve this in a way better than my current way?


texts: How to set 300 dpi resolution in embedded image in svg vector image

texts: I have SVG vector image with embedded raster image i need to set resolution for embedded raster image as 300 dpi resolution using command line.


texts: How to keep text in svg when save it in illustrator?

texts: I am trying to save ai file as SVG that has a lot of text items but illustrator converts the text to paths, I want to keep it as a text as is.


texts: Joining / Connecting Lines from the Pen Tool (Illustrator)

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So I made this shape using guides, shapes, and connecting all the lines with the Penn tool. This is what it looks like

Now because I used the pen tool not all the lines are connected, ex:

Because of this some of the corners are messed up, here is what they should look like

But some of them look like this because the lines are not one shape

I can't seem to get the "join" function to work when I select two of the points. Is there a good way to join the points together to make them one pen path or shape??


texts: Inkscape: how to create a polygon from several polylines?

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Drawn by hand in Inkscape, I have several polylines and polygons, more ore less in contact.

I want to build a polygon from them (in zone A) and fill it with a given colour. The desired polygon will have as border the small polyline on the right and a portion of the longer polyline on the left (that belongs to polygon B).

It is a cartography issue.

I tried several techniques but I am lost in the Inkscape menus.
Thanks for helping me


texts: Make image partially transparent in gimp

texts: I want my image to have 60% transparency. How can I do this in gimp?


texts: Illustrator - pattern not saved when reopen AI and PDF file

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I make several patterns by open jpeg file on illustrator

and drag the photo into the swatches box and 'save swatches' out of it

and then I saved all of them as 'Save Swatch Library as AI'

now I open my working file where there are line drawings and I open my previous pattern library

I apply that pattern as a fill color for my line drawings

I saved my file in 2 version as AI and also PDF(preserve illustrator editing capabilities and create acrobat layers from top-level layers) and I closed the file

but when I reopen both my AI file and PDF file, all the pattern I made in the line drawing disappeared. So my drawing is filled with nothing.

*I tried unchecking the 'preserve illustrator editing capabilities' and 'create acrobat layers from top-level layers' and it works when I reopen. But I still need file that I can come back to edit it

Can you please help me what step am I missing here? I don't want to redo it again every time I open the file.


texts: How do I reduce the use of horizontal scrollbars with tables?

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I'm creating a website whose sole purpose is to show users large datasets in tables. Many of the tables have upwards of 20 columns, and I absolutely hate having horizontal scrollbars.

What are the best practices regarding the reduction of horizontal scrollbar use with large tables?

I've already implemented a toggle button that will switch between "essential" columns and all the columns when clicked. Even then, there's a lot of horizontal scrolling.


texts: Adobe XD: Updating triggers of component's states

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I have a quick question about components and states. I'd like to change the interaction between states of a symbol across all my artboards. It has 50 instances. Basically, it has to update from a button with the text "Add to cart" to a checkmark ✅. Easy right?

Well, I managed to get various states on my symbol and added an interaction but didn't manage to get the same interaction across all the instances.

Do you have any idea on how to get the same interaction across all components?


texts: I want to be a graphic designer. How should I approach learning Photoshop?

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While reading a lot of design blogs and notable designers, I keep seeing the joke/statement come up over and over again that using Photoshop does not entitle one to the name Designer (or one who can do Graphic Design). As an experienced designer or one who has gone through the process:

How would you approach using Photoshop in such a way that sooner or later one can go try the road of the designer?


texts: I have a building I made in InDesign and I need to put text on it. I need the text to look like it is on the wall and I'm having issues trying to figure this out. The white space is where the text is suppose to go.


texts: Does the 2014 13inch vs 15inch Macbook Pro Make A Difference?

texts: I'm currently a Design Comms student and I'm thinking of changing my 2012 macbook pro to the new 2014 retina macbook pro. I'm torn between the choice of the 13inch high end model of it's kind or the 15inch low end model (The one without the graphics card.). Which one should I get? And will it make a big difference?


texts: How can I create a background pattern with small, cartoon-like, hand-drawn stencil images?

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For example, in this picture (ignore the logo):

I love how the background is cute and made up of small, simple images. Where can I find resources like this background, or how can I recreate it?


texts: When I try to add a gradient to my text it will only do so in black and white!

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I have created a colour gradient I wish to use, but when I go to Blending Options > Gradient Overlay it applies the gradient but only in black and white (suddenly my colours are only grey/black/white.

I've checked the settings by going to Image > Mode > RGB and that is fine. I've also checked the colour settings under Edit > Colour settings > SRGB so I am at a loss as to why it keeps doing this.

Does anyone know what I need to do?


texts: How would I divide up this vector map in Adobe Illustrator?

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So I just traced out a map of Westeros using Illustrator's pen tool, what I want to do is divide the map into the different "provinces" or kingdoms. In other words, how do I draw the borders on the map and then be able to have an independent area on the map that I can color differently.. does this make sense?

I tried to use delete anchor point tool to draw the borders from the gap to then close the gap again, it works but there's gotta be a better way? if you can tell me what that better way is, I'd be so grateful!!


texts: Retain original colour in a defined brush preset (alternatively, add colour to a grayscale image based on tone)

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In Photoshop (or any other program), is there a way to define a brush from an image and retain the colour of the image in the brush, without it being converted to grayscale (and then becoming monotone of the colour you select while painting)?

Alternatively, is there a way to change the hue of a grayscale image, e.g. make the darker tones more red, the middle tones more purple and the lightest tones more blue?


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When I scale up my design it seems to bend weirdly. I've only just started using Illustrator as I started a course in graphic design a week or so ago. Here's what it is doing.[

To be fair, The shape I used to create the curved tick over the I in the word is not the best, But I'm not sure why that's happening. (Yes I'm using shift when scailing).


texts: How to convert an array of HTML colours into into a picture?

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I have an array of colors, for example:

    A=[['#ff00ff', '#00ff00', '#ffff00', '#00ff00', '#0000ff', '#00ffff', '#00ffff'],
       ['#0000ff', '#0000ff', '#00ffff', '#00ff00', '#ffff00', '#00ff00', '#00ff00'],
       ['#ffff00', '#0000ff', '#0000ff', '#ffff00', '#ffff00', '#ffff00', '#ffff00'],
       ['#ffff00', '#ffff00', '#ffff00', '#ffff00', '#00ff00', '#00ff00', '#00ff00'],
       ['#00ff00', '#ffff00', '#ffff00', '#00ff00', '#00ff00', '#00ff00', '#00ff00'],
       ['#00ff00', '#00ff00', '#00ff00', '#00ff00', '#00ff00', '#0000ff', '#0000ff'],
       ['#0000ff', '#00ff00', '#00ff00', '#00ff00', '#0000ff', '#0000ff', '#0000ff']]

I want to convert this into a picture such that the pixel of coordinate (i,j) has the color A[i][j].

Question: How do I do that in Gimp (or directly in HTML, or anything more relevant)?

Remark: The real array I want to convert is 5000 by 5000 (i.e. 25000000 pixels) so I can’t do this by hand and I need an automatic procedure.

The following picture is a compression of the result:

About what does this mean, see here.


texts: Round only three corners of a rectangle in Illustrator CS6

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I am trying to round only three corners of the following rectangle below. I know this is easy to do in Illustrator CC, but I don't have it.

In Illustrator CS6 you can only round the corners of a shape using Effect > Stylize > Round Corners. However, this results in all of the corners being rounded.

Is there any way to make only three corners of the rectangle rounded using Illustrator CS6? Any help is appreciated.


texts: Software to make maps like on BBC website?

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I'm looking for a piece of software that can (semi)-automatically generate maps like BBC use to associate stories from around the world:

Example: http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/79577000/png/_79577534_chinakashgar1114.cxp.png

Does anyone know how the BBC does it or have any suggestions?

Software price is not really an issue, but something user friendly would be preferable.

Any help would be much appreciated!


texts: Clip raster image with bezier curve shape in Inkscape

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I have a raster image that I'm trying to 'cut out' a part of (then follow it with feathering + blending etc), I draw an "outline" with the bezier curve tool, afterwards making sure to close the newly drawn path.

However, after doing this I want to 'set clip', leaving the selected area of the raster image behind. Unfortunately all this does is take the stroke of the bezier curve and clips that from the image, and not the enclosed shape.

What is the correct order of operations in order to get the "cut out" shape from my raster?


texts: Slice an image into pieces and generate images that contain all the prior parts

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Say I have an image of width 1000. I need to slice the image into 100 slices ,which will generate 100 images. Each one of the 100 images must be of length 10 * (slice number), so that it will contain all the previous parts as well.

So slice 1 will contain the first 1/100 of the initial image, slice 2 the 2/100 etc.

Is there a way to do this on Photoshop,using an online tool or any other program/library?


texts: How to get an RGB hex code in or out of an InDesign RGB colour swatch?

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I've been using InDesign (CS6) for designing responsive web layouts and, while it makes some things easier to convert to CSS (such as paragraph styles and character styles), colours are surprisingly awkward.

I've got my final swatches just right, and I want to transfer them to CSS, but I can't find an easy way to get the RGB hex value of a particular swatch out of InDesign.

Double-clicking the swatch just gives me the RGB sliders, and double-clicking the selected fill/stroke colour just gives this dumbed-down colour picker which lack hex codes:

Is there any easy way to work with hex codes in InDesign (CS6) when using RGB?


texts: Why PSD design ppi matters on iOS, but not on Android?

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A designer told me that he makes a design for iOS using 326dpi resolution. If he uses less, they will not look nice on iPhone and iPad screens (image blurry).

On Android, dpi value on the largest resolution is 518. In the past, I have tested exporting images from 72dpi and from 300dpi PSD files, and there was no difference on the screen. I never noticed blurry images. They were all perfect if I had exported them from the exact size of the device screen.

A few years ago, I searched on StackExchange sites an answer to this question, and I found a good article describing that dpi matters ONLY if we will print the design on the paper. For devices, it does not matter.

I lived by that rule for the last few years, but now I am completely confused that dpi started to matter.

Can anyone update me on the dpi issue? Can we create 72dpi designs for Android screens? Do we have to create 326dpi designs for iOS screens?


texts: Is it acceptable to include portfolio items from adult-themed projects?

texts: If you worked in the adult entertainment industry as a graphic designer would you put those pieces in your portfolio? Or would you make a "G" portfolio and include a statement that a full portfolio including nudity is available? Or do you basically treat it in your mind as 'confidential' and just would put the job on your resume but leave it out of portfolio entirely?


texts: Is there a way to place an object of higher layer behind an object in a lower layer?

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I have many elements like a phone, a pencil, a clock etc. in their own individual layers. Then I have a layer that has elements like eyes, mouth, hands and legs.
Now, I always want the eyes and the mouth to stay on top of the elements while the arms and legs in the bottom. Can I do that without taking the human elements out of a single layer
EXAMPLE
This is how my layers are stacked up currently :-

layer human elements
layer phone
layer pencil

In this scenario my image looks like this :-

notice the arms are on top of the edge of the phone
But I want it to look like this :-


texts: Door sign for Halloween in the corona crisis

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I am not a professional designer. I used a tool called canva to create a door sign for this Halloween. I just want a good looking door sign because people in my household sadly are part of the risk group, so we can't do trick and treat this year.
I wanted to make it black and white because of my printer. This is what I have produced:

I think it is ugly. Any recommendations on how to improve it? I don't want figures, images or colour into it. Just black and white. But I think the fonts are poorly chosen and the text is misplaced.
Fonts used:

Poiret (font sizes: 200, 120, 200)
Gagalin (font size: 300)


texts: How to convert shades of one colour (red) into seemingly equal shades of another colour (blue)?

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A site template I'm using has the following colour palette.

I would like to use similar shades, but with navy blue. I will be using #003A70 as a substitute for #A13736, so ideally the rest of the colours would be normalized around that.

The solution does not need to be exact, but I am looking for a method to get something similar / an approximation.

How can I find seemingly equal shades of these colours in blue instead?


texts: How do I indicate a cut for a dotted line in a dieline?

texts: I made a packaging design for a rectangular box and I'm trying to figure out how to indicate when a line is not simply FOLDED (as indicated with a dotted line) but CUT as a dotted line.


texts: Technical name for the removal of an image background

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Can someone remind me what the technical name is for the removal of a background from a still image?

Our photographer told me years ago, but I've since forgotten and it gets embarrassing!


texts: How do you decide the ratio between font-size & line-height?

texts: I don't know if there's a canonical answer, but maybe some theories that you can point me to that I can read about.  Do most designers just play it by ear? Or go from the gut?


texts: Why are the measurements different in the Properties > Transform palettes in Illustrator CC?

texts: I don’t even really understand the difference between the two panels. The second one puts the Y coord at .75" (correct), and the first one says it’s at 0. I also occasionally notice that the widths and heights are different—not just rounded—and the second panel will be labeled “Rectangle.” Can someone please explain what’s going on here?


texts: Export .ai logo for InDesign? Type rendering pixelated

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I have a logo in Illustrator that I inherited, I'm just trying to put it into an InDesign file but for some foresaken reason the text always comes out pixelated. (See attached screenshot)

I've tried "create outlines" for the text, saving and importing in .pdf, .tiff, .svg, .eps, .ai - you name it but cannot for the life of me get the text to render smoothly.

The artboard is about 1000px x 1000px and it only needs to be about 2 inches big in the InDesign document.

Raster effect settings are 300dpi.

Any suggestions appreciated!


texts: Is there any way to record and play mouse click in Photoshop?

texts: I'm trying to record a jsx using Photoshop scriptlistener plugin. Is there any way by which I can record the mouse click and play it again using scripting? I'm using the latest version of Photoshop.


texts: What causes align to object to fail so incredibly?

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(Ai 2014 CC)

Edit: Specifically this is when copying and pasting from one file to another file.

I'm using align to "Key Object" not align to "Artboard"

What I find odd is that it moves more every time I press allign.

Has anyone else experienced this and have an explinanation as to why this happens?

An obvious solution is to manually move the object but I'd rather have an explanation, not a solution.

Although, a solution would be appreciated if offered.

NOTE: I've censored the actual art but you can still see it's bounding box and a rough idea of the elements inside. Both of these objects are independently grouped, so I'm not selecting the wrong key object.

ALSO NOTE: In the gif I never deselect anything.


texts: I cannot seem to be able to move certain texts on illustrator when coloring a map with street names, I have to select a big area around the text to find an invisible box in order to move the font. Does anyone know how to fix this?


texts: What is the name of vertical, side by side responsive website layout design?

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The side-by-side content and page title, style of web layout. An example of this is Melanie Daveid's website. It is beautifully designed, and I am impressed. And I'm really interested in the design, so it would be great if someone could tell me what it's called.

P.S.: Yes I did search on Google, but I suppose I couldn't find the right keywords to find proper results.


texts: Converting a PDF that has multiple pages per page into all single pages

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I recently started a project converting a magazine's PDFs into a digital reader app.

Up until now, the PDFs that were given to me were all set up so that each page of the magazine was a separate page of the PDF.

Recently I have been getting them formatted differently however. Now they are set up so the front and back pages are single pages, but very inside page is set up as a landscape shaped PDF page that contains two different magazine pages per PDF page (I hope that makes sense).

The problem I have is the digital reader app cannot support this and I am at a loss trying to figure out how to split each page.

Any advice?


texts: Is there a way to convert colors from multiple paths into relative transparency?

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I have this vector of a brush stroke, of which I can change the colorspace. However, I would like it to have an overlay effect, which it currently doesn't have. I want to use it in Web front-end, so this effect should be sustained within the image itself. Is there  an easy way to do this in Illustrator / Photoshop or any other program?

As you can see in this picture, the red background is not noticable through the vector of the brush stroke.

EDIT1:

I am trying to achieve the following on my webpage:
- Brush is overlayed on the corner of an image and I want that image to be viewable through the brush stroke, especially on the corners where the brush vector has a lighter color.

Zoomed-in version of how what it currently looks like on the webpage.

EDIT2 (FIXED):

I fixed it by doing the following:

Select the vector, Transparency -> Make mask
Copy the vector to Photoshop, Image -> Adjustments -> Black & White
Copy the black/white mask image in Illustrator to the Transparency mask in Illustrator.
Rasterize and save file.

Fixed version on the webpage!


texts: How to make gradient tool annotators snap to grid

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I'd like to have precise control over a gradient fill. From Expression Studio I'm used to the gradient tool annotator to automatically snap to a grid. By default, the Adobe Illustrator gradient annotator happily ignore the "Snap to Grid" setting in the View menu. Do I need to toggle a special option to make the gradient annotator respect the grid?

Any help is very much appreciated.

edit

A screenshot as requested:


texts: Export multiple artboards from Illustrator as separate PDFs with specific preset

texts: I searched for this over the internet but I did not find a working solution. I understand that it can't be done in Illustrator, but there is a need for a script. Can someone help me on this? There is pretty much artboards to export and there is a need to make separate files, that would be very helpful not to do it manually.


texts: How to create a transparent difference (additive?) layer from 2 solid layers

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I'm very new to graphic design in general, so I'm not sure if I'm using the correct terms, sorry about that. I have two solid images (A & B) and I want to extract the difference between the two to a seperate image (C). See this example:

How can I create the last image using the first two in Photoshop? (CS6) Can I somehow subtract image A from image B to create image C?

I tried using blend modes but I never was able to end up with a transparent image. I also tried using layer masks but then the color wouldn't work out as nicely as in the example.


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I am here with what I think to be a basic question but I really can't find where is the option. I am recreating a diagram but I am not getting how to recreate this fold effect on the arrow:

If is unclear, here is a quick example of how my arrows appear:

Thank you guys!

Final result using strokes:

Billy Kerr's answer was the most complete so I'll mark that as helpful, but you all guys would deserve that. Thank you Joel and user!


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That might sound like a minor issue, but I'm wondering, what's the point of this paper?

The bigger squares are 1.2cm, and the smallers 4x4 are 3mm wide. It's originally a Spanish notebook.

I'm aware of multiple layouts for graph paper for different purposes: Chinese (stacked squares), Chinese training (stacked blocks, subdivided in 4 field), logarithmic paper, 10x per centimeter for design, 5 square/inch in the US, 4 squares/inch, French ruled paper, slanted grid for calligraphy, and so on.

But this seems like a unique design. Any idea, what's the intended audience?


texts: While printing a CMYK file to Adobe Pdf, the CMYK values change

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I have created an application that produces CMYK documents. They print well in "Microsoft Xps document writer" and are still in CMYK and carry the exact color values I've designed in my application.
When I repeat the printing into Adobe Pdf, the CMYK values change. This is unwanted behavior, I want my exact color values retained. I've tried setting the "color management policies" to "leave color unchanged" with no success.

Any help will be appreciated


texts: Sketch 3 - Is there a way to export all artboards in a .sketch file from multiple Pages?

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I am using Sketch 3, and I suspect this feature is somewhere in the program, but I'm stuck.

My issue is, I'm unable to export all artboards across all the Pages in my .sketch document.

I have 2 Pages in my .sketch file:
"Branding Elements" Page
"Sign Up Screen" Page

Each page has multiple artboards that I want to export as .pngs, but for some reason I am only able to export the artboards that appear in the "Branding Elements" Page, and not the "Sign Up Screen" Page. The Sign Up artboards don't even show up in the little preview popup window.

Is this a bug, or user error (I am new to Sketch), or a feature that doesn't exist?


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I am considering buying Servus Slab from MyFonts for use in a newspaper with a "Desktop License", but since we have a website, we would like to upload the finished PDFs online for viewing. However, in skimming the EULA, it seems like neither the Web license nor the Desktop license allow us to do this.

Desktop:

  You may use the licensed fonts to create EPS files or other scalable
  drawings provided that such files are only used by the household or
  company licensing the font.

Web:

  The Licensed Web Fonts may be used in a Website where visitors produce
  Styled Content by directly or indirectly selecting a Licensed Web Font
  and entering or editing content using that Licensed Web Font, if and
  only if the Website does not enable or facilitate the Styled Content
  being used outside the Website. Examples of using Styled Content
  outside of a Website include but are not limited to producing
  merchandise, PDF documents, image files, or personalized physical
  objects using the Styled Content.

It seems awfully restrictive that neither permit this, so I'm wondering if I'm misconstruing the information in any way?


texts: Exporting a 3d extruded shape to SVG from Illustrator produces horrible plane joins

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Here is a simple cylinder, created from an oval using the 3d extrude tool in Illustrator, and exported as a PNG:

Now here is the same cylinder "saved as" SVG in Illustrator (I have displayed it in the Chrome browser and screen captured it as this site will not allow SVG uploads - it's the same in FireFox and Safari, and indeed, in Illustrator if I open the SVG file - ie, it looks rubbish).

Is this a problem with the SVG standard that it doesn't blend the component planes well? How do I get it to look as good as in Illustrator itself, or as the PNG, or is this impossible?
Oh by the way this is CS6 16.10, and I've tried various toggles on the SVG output with no luck.


texts: Photoshop: how to save PDF at a particular file size?

texts: I want to save multiple files into a PDF presentation in Photoshop. When I save it at the high pdf setting the file is much too big. when I save it at the low quality option its too small and the quality falls significantly. Can I set a Photoshop PDF presentation to set too a particular file size in between eg. 10MB


texts: How can I draw a water wave in Photoshop?

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This picture is taken from the game Cut the Rope:

I'm trying to recreate the wave.

This is what I have so far, I used Distort > Wave:


texts: Make InDesign Add Pages Automatically As You Type

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How is it possible to make InDesign add new pages automatically when the text exceeds the current frame?
Yes, I know that the most simple way is to enable the Primary Text Frame checkbox when defining a new document, but it seems there is another way as described by David Blatner:

Here’s the thing: by default, it only works when you are working on a text frame that is on a master page. That is, you:

put a text frame on the master page [then, David desribes the second option that I have mentioned above]
override that frame on a document page by either placing text into it or command-shift-clicking it (or ctrl-shift-click on windows)
type in it or edit the text so that the frame oversets
pause one or two seconds so that InDesign notices that the frame is overset

Source: https://creativepro.com/make-indesign-add-pages-automatically-as-you-type/
Could anybody explain what exactly I need to do?


texts: How can I change the color of a scanned png and edit part of it out in illustrator cs6?

texts: The image is in color with a white background. I want to make the image white with a colored background. I want to switch the colors (make image white and background the color of the current image. I also want to cut out (delete) the bottom part of the image. Is it plausible to do in Illustrator cs6 or should I just use photoshop? I want this to look like professional graphic. The image is a png.


texts: How can I automatically determine multiple fonts used in a single image?

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I am looking for a tool that I can give it an image filled with different fonts and it will give me their font type.

I know of this tool:

http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

Thing with this application is that it demands each font to be uploaded separately. This for my sorrow is not feasible for me.


texts: Canvas and Save for web colors mismatch in Photoshop

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The colors of my Photoshop canvas are not the same as my Save-to-Web output.

For example, #0000FF:

I know there is something set wrong in the color profiles, but I can't figure out what is is.

The document is:
sRGB IEC61966-2.1

My settings are:
RGB: sRGB IEC61966-2.1


texts: Why is my inverted black layer coming out grey instead of white, when using CMYK colourspace?

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I have an RGB vector file with lots of layers, one of which is a bitmap containing a mixture of pure black pixels and 100% transparent pixels. This layer has a live invert filter, which changes the black pixels to white.

When I convert the colourspace of the document to CMYK, the white pixels are grey.

Why is this and how do I make them white again?


texts: Misaligned Images when printing on same piece of paper

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I have a question regarding printing images side by side on the same piece of paper at different times.

I will first print an image on the paper at an exact location using photoshop, i will then take the same piece of paper align it correctly in the printer and then print the second image right beside it but when the printing is done there is a very small "offset" between the two images. Sometimes the second image has been shifted to the right by 1 mm or up by 1mm ect. If I were to print images of just colour there would sometimes be visible white lines between them or the ink would overlap and create darker lines. This problem doesn't always arise, sometimes it DOES align perfectly to the eye.

I am wondering what this problem is called, is it fixable(with my current printer) and what type of printer is best for reducing this effect(I have seen HP DesignJets but I'm not sure that they don't have this problem)?

Many thanks!


texts: How do I change the colors of Shadows and Highlights like Instagram in Photoshop?

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Ok let s pretend we re about to upload a photo to instagram and we click the tool button that is on top to the very right. Then we click the "color" option and we have a choice to change the color of the shadows or highlights to any of the colors listed (yellow, orange, red, etc.).

Now my question is, how would I do that in photoshop???? I only want the shadows in the photo to change to a specific color but I don t want anything else in the photo to be affected by that color. So how do I do that?

Another way to think of this effect that I sort of want to achieve is the album cover of: Havana Brown We Run the Night. Basically just changing only the shadows in a picture to a color.

Help would be appreciated! Thanks!

Pictures:

Ok so this is basically what I tried to do through illustrator, but I want to know how to achieve the instagram effect through Photoshop. The instagram pictures is what I want to achieve. (Black shoe is original photo, red shoe is the shadows changing color)


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I am currently designing a record cover and I am having some issues with the kerning of the album name and artist due to the loose tracking. I am struggling to ensure the space between the letters are balanced as there is just so much of it. Do any further adjustments need to be made to the kerning to ensure the typography is balanced? Do you have any tips for kerning typography with loose tracking?
The type is set at 10pt in Avenir Next Demi Bold and the tracking is set to 400.


texts: InDesign: gap between text and baseline grid

texts: I have applied a baseline grid to some text, but there is a gap between the two lines of text. I want the text to sit on the baseline underneath the top baseline. It has a character style applied to it and the point size is 12pt.


texts: How can I change the background color, if it's the same as the color of headings, if they differ in a PDF?

texts: This question featured a PDF where the heading and background colors had different CMYK values, but what if they had the same CMYK values? Then how can I change only the background color, withotu affecting the headings' and subheadings' colors?


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How do I accomplish light painting like  in Photoshop?  Is there a font I can use?  I couldn't find any great tutorials on it.  Also, note that  I don't own a wacom.

Any help to accomplish this effect in Photoshop is much appreciated!


texts: Distorted shape after using pathfinder (illustrator cc)

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I have this shape (no strokes):

when I use the pathfinder unite tool the image is distorted to the following:

I have unchecked align to pixel grid, scale rectangle corners and scale stroke from the transformer control panel.

I've looked online for an explanation but can't seem to find one. Anyone has an idea for this?


texts: Purple text on dark background too blurry when uploading to facebook (saved as png)

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I'm going nuts here. I'll try to be straight to the point.

I'm using Photoshop CC and have this dark background image for a poster with some text info. Sentences in white, three infos in purple, which I already chose from the web color palete.
The thing is, I need to use this poster for the web, I've saved it, tried and checked and rechecked it all, and everytime the purple text is all blurry and pixelated when uploading on Facebook. The white text is ok. I didn't want to put all text in white and have it solved by that, it seems to me it will look too boring for this design. So, I'm looking forward to any tips or possible solutions I might not have tried to get this text unblurred and unpixelated! Here it goes:

the file mode is set s-rgb, 72dpi, all like it should be
I'm saving it as png-8 through the save for web option, have tried png-24, gif, with and without transparency, 256 colors, 128 colors, checked and unchecked include color profile, selective, perceptive...
As Facebook compresses in jpg, I've saved the file as png and then as jpg to see if there was some sort of magic to happen, it just got worse of course.
I've tried all anti-aliasing options and none
I've tried small (120k), medium(700k) and large(2m) file sizes, they all have the blurry pixelated outcome on the purple text when uploaded to Facebook. Resized the images through the save for web dialog and the resize from the image menu
When I try a lighter hue of purple, the blurry gets better, still don't find it good enough and didn't want light colors for this. I've tried many purpleish and magentaish for the record
I've tried different font types, no change
I've even put white rectangles to background the purple text to see if it would work better, and the answer is no, it doesn't
Tracking, fractional widths on, off, all tried out

Some examples of the text on fb:

So, what am I missing? What else can I try? Is it just an irreparable FB issue? I'm not an Illustrator or any other graphic/image editing software user, but if there is any that could help me with that... I'm becoming a fan.


texts: Invert Colors of an and get a specific color scheme

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If you invert the colors of a photo you make them the colours of their exact opposite and it usually creates this really nice effect. For example, in this tutorial, an image with browns and greens results in magentas and cyans. An original image of different colors would not produce the same magentas and cyans.

My question is: How can I give an image that same inverted colors effect, and at the same time result in a specific color pallette, say the same magenta and cyan, with an original image of any colors?

For example, I'd use an image with reds and yellows to give me the "inverted" effect with any colors I wish.


texts: Is Microsoft's Windows XP icon design free to use commercially?

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https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997636.aspx

On this page, Microsoft says how to make Windows XP icons. I love Windows XP! The style, the texture, the shading,... It's so alive unlike this depressive Windows 10 flat design. What I was thinking if I could use these instructions to create my own icons for my own apps, games, website and an operating system that runs on an Arduino Zero.

The question is is it legal. I don't think Microsoft is giving this away for free, but I haven't seen any restrictions or heard of any lawsuits regarding the Windows XP design so it could be free. There are many programs and toolbars that look like Windows XP which are probably commercial. Has anyone heard Microsoft say anything against this?


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I found ascii document with 3d data. It was said:

  ascii text file of point cloud with RGB / I values

Here you can see part of document:

0.805, 10.301, -1.860, 165, 66, 65, 66
0.806, 10.311, -1.859, 157, 66, 65, 74
0.820, 10.298, -1.859, 209, 66, 65, 74

I did not found help on this format and cannot understand what is I values. Is there such a term "RGB / I values" in color theory?


texts: Tried making a gif transparent, unoptomized I got a trail, optomized I got a grainy effect

texts: The first image is the gif unoptimized, the second image is the gif optimized when exported. Both images had the "replace layer" option selected. Any idea what I could do to get a middle ground with no trail and no grainy effect?


texts: How to tint or alter the colour of a pattern in Inkscape?

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I am able to import and apply patterns to objects, but I don't know how to adjust the colour of the patterns.

How does one tint a pattern in Inkscape?


texts: How do I properly create a derivative work with a font licensed as SIL Open Font?

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Got a font that I want to do a custom subset for on the Web - picking contextual alternates and discarding unneeded characters to help keep the file size down. FontSquirrel has a great generator, but a lot of the fonts come with this notification:

  The license for this font is the SIL OFL license. This license does not allow us to redistribute derivative versions of the font without wholesale name changes inside and out of the font. Until we figure out a reasonable method of delivering these to you and complying with the license, you will have to use the Webfont Generator yourself on these, renaming the fonts appropriately.

What constitutes as 'wholesale name changes inside and out of the font'? I want to comply with what seems to be an excellent license correctly.

Suppose it's also worth asking what constitutes a derivative work as well. The font I'm interested in is available on Google Fonts, and it seems like a custom subset was made to distribute on their CDN. Is subsetting not something that triggers this stuff at all?

I've been trying to wrap my head around the SIL site but am not doing a very good job.


texts: Simple automatic callibration between print and scan

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It ought to be fairly simple to make a program that prints a test page on your printer, compares the file to a scan of the printed page, and makes a calibration profile from that.

This would calibrate your scanner to your printer (using this type of paper and this type of ink), but would of course neither calibrate your monitor to the print nor calibrate them to a public calibration standard.

Does such a beast exist?


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I've heard informally that a font license only applies to the file of a font, that if you use a particular font to produce designs, and distribute those designs without the font file included, you don't have to abide to the font license. Is this true?

More formally: Is it true that if you have a license to a font, you can produce and distribute images and logos with that font commercially, regardless of font license, if you don't bundle the font file?


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I'm looking to identify some kind pattern used on a background, I'm not sure what it is. Reminds me of some kind of stone-like pattern, or perhaps even "stains".

You can find this in the navigation as well as in the boxes for "login", mostly at the top of it.

Is the author of this using some kind of pattern method/effect or is it simply just done by hand, manually?


texts: Unlock page item InDesign without breaking thread

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I have tried to override page items in InDesign page. In master page the text frames are threaded while I try to override master page items in the first page of the InDesign document the frame thread is broken. I want only override threaded frame in the master page. Could you anyone help me to fix this issue.

Here u


texts: Illustrator convert thick line into shape

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I have a design with a number of paths that have thick strokes and they overlap and intersect.  I want to take each one and convert it into a shape - but Outline Stroke doesn't do what I want. Then I can merge them and play with them and other things

Imagine you draw a line and give it a stroke of 40pt. It looks like a rectangle but is actually a thick line. How can I convert this thick line to a filled rectangle?


texts: How can I set the exact position (0-100% position like in photoshop) of color stops on gradients in Sketch?

texts: In photoshop I can set the exact position using % of a color stop and it's opacity.  I need to do this in Sketch to make it a viable tool for our UX.  Is there a way to achieve this with the default gradient fill in Sketch, or with a plugin?


texts: How can I create a splatmask in Photoshop?

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I'd like to create a randomized splatmask like this one to represent the distribution of vegetation.
For example, black means no vegetation, green means small rocks, red means some foliage and blue means other kind of foliage.
Is there a way to do it in Photoshop controlling also the randomization?
Thanks.


texts: Convert Illustrator Live Paint Objects to Standard Objects

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I can hobble my way around Illustrator, but I'm far from a pro, so please bear with me here.

For most of my work in Illustrator, I use basic shapes.  I draw a rectangle; move around the anchors; subtract a circle from the middle; etc.  When I'm done, I've got a drawing made up of lots of individual shapes (objects) that compose a picture.

I've recently been given an illustration that the artist did with Live Paint.  I've never used that feature myself, but it reminds me of virtual stained glass.  The outline of all the shapes is one big piece, then the colors were filled in one by one.  The problem is that I can't seem to manipulate parts of the illustration like I can with individual objects.

Is there a way I can break up that Live Paint mess in to a group of standard objects?


texts: Scribus - Masterpage layout on top of content

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I have noticed that whenever I apply a masterpage to a regular page, it always goes to the background, leaving the the content of the regular page on top of it. I'd like to know if it is possible to do the opposite thing.

I have set up a layout where my masterpage is a frame, and it should go on top of the other page content, but I'm unable to find an option to do so.

Is it possible at all?


texts: Is there any way to replace "words" in Adobe Illustrator?

texts: I made a book in Illustrator, and I would like to replace a word with another word (e.g "Bread" into "Rice"). If I was using MS Word, I could simply Ctrl+H and do a word replace. How about in Adobe Illustrator?


texts: How can I simplify this object with excessive clipping mask

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Someone delivered a vector file from me that was from an older version of illustrator. There is an excessive amount of clipping mask, and I'm wondering if there is a way to .... make it into one file? if that makes sense.

It's still vector and all, but I use CTRL + Y a lot.

Here are some shots to illustrate what I'm talking about.

The last picture is what happened when I tried to merge it into one shape.


texts: If these colors all have the same lightness, then why does my brain tell me some are lighter than others?

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My human brain has a certain sensation of how "bright" a color is. More formally there is Lightness:

  Human vision has a nonlinear perceptual response to brightness: a source having a luminance only 18% of a reference luminance appears about half as bright. The perceptual response to luminance is called Lightness. It is denoted L* and is defined by the CIE as a modified cube root of luminance:

Lab is one color model where colors with the same Lightness should appear to have the same "bright-ish-ness". Except when i look at a color picker showing colors with the same L, they don't appear equally "bright" to me:

Maybe it's limited to my brain, and other's don't see it, but when i look at that color swatch some i see lines separating darker areas from lighter ones:

What accounts for this variation in Lightness?

is it just me?
is it because my monitor is not color calibrated with Photoshop's sRGB?
is it a limitation of a trisimululus color representation (i.e. red+green+blue) used by LCD monitors?
is it a limitation of the Lab color model?
is it a limitation of the XYZ color model?

Why is it that colors that should have the same Lightness have different apparent brightness?


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I have to do a circle like this:

But i've a problem.. in photoshop there is this effect:

BUT IT'S DIFFERENT! I need an effect to combine colors, not separated colors.

Is this possible? Thanks


texts: How you can rework logo to fit favicon of browser - 16x16px?

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Let's say, I have a logo of website, with size 120x50px.

Favicon should be 16x16px to be supported by major browsers.

How it is possible to rework some image, making it smaller nearly in 10 times, and save the basic look?


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One thing that i'm noticing is the temporal aspect of identities (and other design sub-fields as well: from digital design, installations to all types of motion based graphics) are becoming more prominent. Which is understandable since we are living in a "digital mindset" age. Which is something i'm sure most of us designers have noticed.

One thing i would like to ask is, have someone done some research on this topic?

There's this book: http://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Identities-Create-Living-Brand/dp/9063692854 which i had the chance to look inside, and it nicely outlines some methods of understanding and creating dynamic identities.

First of all i'm interested in what other people's opinions are(?).
Did you find/have some resources for learning more?
What are the differences between a static/fixed and dynamic identity? ...besides the obvious of course... For example and for me at least, dynamic ones usually have a very informal and youthful character and i could never imagine for example Apple having a dynamic logo that would stick (other than for some company event, announcement)

The other thing these dynamic graphics "flow into" is another field which is algorithmic graphic design (that is, art from code). Basically the idea is that the real art piece is the algorithm, not the final product.
For example: https://www.google.com/search?q=Sol+Lewitt&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=LxEoVYyLDcrZU6fHgeAE&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=947#q=Sol+Lewitt&tbm=isch&pws=0

Can or will these these systems change the role of designers into a more designer-engineer type role?
Again, do you have a more theory-based resource to learn more about this?

Thanks :)


texts: How to create a rectangle with one side stroke only in Inkscape?

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How to create a rectangle with stroke only on one side of the rectangle ?

By default the stroke is applied to all sides of the rectangle.


texts: InDesign script targeting specific text frames

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I have an InDesign document with ~550 pages. On an every page, there are 4 frames. All the pages look the same (see image below). I'm using CS6. I'm new to scripting and a little lost here.

I need some scripts that do some rather basic functions, if possible:

Script 1

Target text frame (1) (maybe using "pageItem"?)
Delete the text frame
Do so on all pages

Script 2

Target text frame (2)
Applying a given paragraph style
Delete all overrides
Do so on all pages

Script 3

Target image frame (4)
Fit Frame Proportionally
Do so on all pages

I tried the following (see below). Somehow, ID tells me "myParagraph.applyParagraphStyle" is "not a function". Why is that?

Script 2

var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
myParagraph = myDocument.pages.item(1);
myParagraphStyle  = myDocument.paragraphStyles.item('datum');
myParagraph.applyParagraphStyle(myParagraphStyle,true);

Script 3

var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
var myGraphic = myDocument.pages.item(3);
var myFrame = myGraphic.parent;
myFrame.fit(FitOptions.proportionally);


texts: Restore Photoshop Text Layer Name Auto-Updating?

texts: Text layers in Photoshop will auto-update the layer name with the text content of the layer unless you manually edit the layer name in the layers panel. Then it retains the manually entered layer name. How would one go about restoring this auto-updating of the layer name to a layer whose name has been manually edited?


texts: How can I achieve a better 3D lifting effect of a logo for a website?

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This is my current approach, only the shadow moves. http://tinkerbin.com/uekpe227

This is a second approach, both the shadow and the letters move. http://tinkerbin.com/LjiGDKa7

And in the last approach the shadow does not move. http://tinkerbin.com/ZDvUj6Pi

(Tip: hover over them to see the effect, you need a modern browser)


texts: updating links based on pageItem name, not based on index of 'links.items'

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I have a indesign document with several images. I want to update these images with Adobe Indesign Scripting. The following code works.

var file =  new File ('/MyDisk/image01.png');
app.activeDocument.links.item(1).relink (file);
var file =  new File ('/MyDisk/image02.png');
app.activeDocument.links.item(2).relink (file);

But you have to know the index of the link you want to change. If you're adding/deleting images on the page, this numbering can change. So I rather use the name of the pageItem itself. But I don't know how to do this.

With textItems, it is easy to refer to a object's name, but to change an image link by referring his name seems not possible.
example:

app.activeDocument.textFrames.item('text frame').contents= 'changed content';


texts: Automatically resize text box in Illustrator

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I want to know if there's a keyboard shortcut that will resize the text box to show all of my text in Illustrator similar to the way that Option+CMD+C works in InDesign?

So if my text can't fit as in the image below, I'd just enter a keyboard shortcut that will reveal all of the text.


texts: Is it possible to move /copy artboard to other file?

texts: Is it possible to move /copy artboard to other file in illustrator?


texts: How to Cut One Shape at the Stroke of Another in Illustrator CS5

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This would be quite simple but I can't see to do it.

I have a shape/object (shape 1) and another shape object (shape 2).

Shape one has fill and a stroke (1px black). Shape 2 has a fill but no stroke.

Shape 1 is bigger than shape 2 and shape 2 sits on top of shape 1 in such as way that some part of shape 2 is on shape 1 and the rest part of shape 2 is outside shape 1.

How would I go about "cutting" the shape 2 and delete that part of the shape 2 that is outside shape 1 and leave me only the part of shape 2 that is inside the shape 1 in such a way that the stoke of shape 1 is visible.


texts: Snapping Gridlines to midpoint of binding box?

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In this tutorial at this specific moment the presenter snaps guide lines to the midpoints of the bounding box.  When I click snap bounding boxes and snap midpoints of bounding box edges and try to position my guides the same way they don't snap.  Thoughts?

Incidentally the reverse does work.  So if pull out a gridline and drag the circle towards it, the bounding box midpoint will snap to it.


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As a beginner, I'm not sure how to create rectangles that form a cube so I can get something like shown below:

I created angled rectangles in another application and tried to create an idea to show, but I'd really like to use the elements that After Effects provides.

I would also like to know how to control the quality of the corners of the elements created within After Effects.

Anyone willing to help?


texts: Where to find interface designers on the internet?

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Just to say, I'm not about to make a pitch on this site for work. I assume that is probably against the rules of the site and respect that.

I just wondered if anyone has good ideas though on where to go on the internet to find good graphic designers that specialise in interface design.

I will shortly be building a web based interactive tool I will develop and need to find a developer to help assist me and the team in visualising our ideas.

I know many graphic designers that are great and making text look nice but very very few that are good with the more logical and technical thinking required for planning and executing detailed interactive software interfaces.

I've tried looking on freelancer.com and elance.com but found hardly anybody with the skills and kind of portfolio I was expecting.  I must say this shocked me a little as I didn't realise it was going to be so difficult to find someone.

Anyone with suggestions would be much appreciated.


texts: What factors led to flat design catching on in web and app design? I know that Microsoft and Apple led the way in abandoning skeuomorphism in favour of more austere designs, but what motivated this evolution?


texts: How to create a board game path in Illustrator

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I was wondering, how i could create a board game path in Adobe Illustrator.
The path should contain evenly sized fields, that bend according to the bend of the path. I also want to know how to split pathes, like shown in the image below.

Image Source


texts: Is Biovia Draw in any way a substitute for CorelDraw?

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My employer just "upgraded" my computer, and in place of CorelDraw has installed Biovia Draw. As far as I can tell this is a program designed for creating chemistry graphics.

I use Corel for things like internal map-making, info-posters, etc. I like it better than Illustrator for these kinds of applications that have many "moving parts" and lots of text (but not so much that InDesign makes sense). I also have many, many (now legacy) files in CDR format.

Has anyone heard of Biovia being used for these kinds of projects? If not, what kind of language can I use to explain the difference in programs to IT? (I'm not a graphic designer by trade, but this kind of internal signage is a regular part of my job.)


texts: How to have numerous text items on one layer in Gimp?

texts:
I'm making a map in Gimp. I want to have the following layers:

background
cities
rivers
mountains

So I want, say, 30 cities on one layer so that I can turn it off and on. However, every time I create a new text item, it creates a new layer.

How can I put numerous text items on one layer?


texts: Fill Path is automatically lowered in opacity in Photoshop CS5

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I am having problems filling paths in photoshop (which i was just doing fine yesterday), usually they just fill with a solid color. Now they are being filled with a lowered opacity color and i can see the layers below each one, or they overlap to make darker colors.

I have made sure to check my opacity and transparency settings as well as.

Is there any way to fix this? Surely I pressed a button accidentally to cause this, but I haven't the slightest clue.


texts: Create a Horizontally Segmented Circle in Illustrator

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Looking on how to create an image like the colored circle in the background of this image.  How to I keep everything equal?

Not worried about the distressed effect (that's easy for me).


texts: How to draw a solid line, that fades out to one side in GIMP?

texts: How would you draw something like that blue border above, where there's a solid line that fades out to total transparency on one side, in GIMP?


texts:
This is a capture of an image I did several years ago.

I need to find the font used.

What I am totally sure of :

It is a free font

What I am almost sure of :

I got it on Dafont

What I am not so sure of :

I edited the W or the S.

I have been trying to retrieve this font for more than a year without success. Trying involves using all the font identification sites out there* (as you can see the image is optimized for them), entierly browsing several relevant categories on Dafont (hundreds and hundreds of fonts) and downloading FindMyFont software.

Sadly the small amount of letters makes it really difficult to identify, and I obviously don't have any other images with other letters.

Now I think the only option left is to ask people. I would be very thankful to the person who would find this font.

*WhatTheFont, Identifont (basic quizz, similar font with Skippy Sharp, unusual features), WhatFontIs, MatchCreator, FontEdge, Photoshop font match.


texts:
I've created an InDesign layout which contains spreads, 2 letter-size sheets side by side on each PDF "page."

I'm trying to figure out how to print the PDF so that each letter sized sheet prints onto its own letter sized page of paper. Can't figure out what Acrobat print settings to use. Or perhaps something I have to tweak in the InDesign file?

Here's the example PDF I'm trying to print:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1263007/example-spreads.pdf

Any help is much appreciated!


texts: I have a document with several artboards (7), which I resized, but now my grid (cmd–") is not centered or zeroed correctly (please see photo). I need to adjust the elements on the artboards, and I need the grid to zeroed correctly, otherwise there's no point in using it. Any and all help is greatly appreciated!


texts: How to fix transparency issue in pdf output from Inkscape?

texts:
I'm creating some histograms for use in a scientific article, The final figure is supposed to be a few graphs, each with two sets of data plotted showing how similar they are. In my example, I used Julia to generate two sets of data, and used Gadfly to draw the overlay to an SVG file. This was achieved by layering the histograms with some transparency in the bars. I opened the SVG file in Inkscape and added text descriptions and then saved it as a pdf for use in my tex file. However, the pdf do not display the transparency and just put one layer on top of the other with no interaction between the two. Oddly enough, the thumbnail preview panel in Evince does show the picture properly, which led me to think that it was simply a deficiency of Evince. I tried viewing the pdf in Okular, but there both the thumbnail preview and the pdf itself do not show the transparency. I'm somewhat confused as to where the problem actually is.

I dropboxed the SVG in question here and the PDF output here. The thumbnail in Evince looks like , which is what I'm shooting for (except not for ants).

I'd really appreciate any advice on the matter. Thanks for the read!


texts: How can I make skybox drawing easier in Photoshop?

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I am using Photoshop CC to draw a skybox -that is, an image composed of six sub-images that seamlessly assemble into a cube, like this:

As soon as I started drawing, I noticed that it is very difficult to make the image seamlessly loop across the different faces of the skybox.

I would like to know if there is a way to simplify the process of drawing such an image.

What I'm currently doing is to put guides in a grid the size of my skybox, paint, and then manually rotate the different faces to various configurations, and fix the seams. It is a very complicated work, and I would like to believe there is a better way to do this.

For example, I would like to be able to take a face of my image, copy it, rotate it and place the copy in a different part of the image, and make it so drawing on one of the copies automatically updates the other copy. I don't know how to do this, or if it is even doable in Photoshop.

Are there any ways to streamline the creation of such drawings in Photoshop?


texts: Rectangle and circle shapes alignment/sizing

texts: I am having a hard to figure out what are the right proportions between a rectangular and a circular shapes and how to horizontally align them. These two shapes are two icons but they always look wrong to me. I wonder if there is a clear rule to avoid perception influence and align and size them right.


texts: Photoshop Temp Files Become Too Big on Scratch Disk To Save File

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I keep on running into a problem where Photoshop temporary files become so large that I don't have enough space on my hard drive to even save the file. The temp files aren't able to be deleted with Photoshop open so until I solve the problem, my only solution is to close the file without saving, losing changes to my work.

Is there a way to limit how much space temp files are allowed to take up on a scratch disk? Do they need to expand to 150GB+ for PS to function?

Until then, another solution is to split smart objects into linked objects so I don't load as much at once - just wondering if this is the only solution. Thanks!


texts: Problem exporting video as gif in Photoshop

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I made a video file which loops 3 images in a scrolling animation. I have converted this videofile into a gif file using photoshop but during the process it keeps cutting about 4/5th of the gif so it never shows the final image properly.

Here is a link of said gif : https://media.giphy.com/media/3o6ZtfQ6Y8Kzbb6h7G/source.gif

All images are same width X height
The video has a 60 fps rate

-- When exporting as gif I choose the ' Save for web (old) ' option. On this image you can see the settings used during the converting process ( setting info is in Dutch):


texts: Adding transparency to a gradient on a stroke in After Effects

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I'm in the process of creating a loader animation using After Effects.

Is there a way I can add a level of transparency to the tail? All the gradient effects I've tried using don't seem to allow you to change the transparency.

I'm currently using the four colour gradient effect and the stroke effect for the loader.


texts: Change destination for multiple hyperlinks

texts:
I have a document with a lot of hyperlinks and some of them point to the same place. A very simple example, just to show what I mean:

Plese visit the website of our company. You can find a lot of useful things on our website.

Here, both "the website of our company" and "our website" lead to https://site.xyz. I need a way to change "https://site.xyz" to "https://site.abc" in one place so that all links will be automatically updated.
It seems there is some way for it:

https://creativepro.com/topic/hyperlinks-using-the-same-url-multiple-times/ (The linked video is long and is not free)
https://creativepro.com/fixing-multiple-hyperlinks-at-once/ (I simply don't understand what Mike mean. This is probably because I use InDesign CS6 while his article is written for a newer version).

... but how?
An image as requested by Janus Bahs Jacquet:


texts: Vectorised font not filling shape fully [Illustrator]

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RESOLVED: I had problems with the rendering, switching to CPU rendering fixed the display.

I can't figure out what's wrong here.

I turned a font into outlines so I can adjust the shape a little more. My problem is that the color-fill of the shape is not filling the shape fully (the fill even extends a little over the edge at some places). This is happening throughout the whole shape. I have this problem even if I draw something new with the pen tool (in the same file).

You can only notice it if you zoom in.

Any ideas on what's happening?

I added a picture of how it looks like:


texts: animated media files in indesign interactive pdf

texts:
I've been trying to add an animated file into a pdf through indesign. So far every technique and file format I've tried results in a problem with the color of the image. Basically I'm trying to match the background color of an .swf animation to the background color of the indesign document, the rgb values are the same in both files, but as soon as I export to interactive pdf the background color of the animation ends up darker.

This is what it looks like:

The square with the "A" is the .swf media within the pdf. The darker orange is meant to match the background in order to make it appear transparent. When viewing .swf file outside of the pdf the colours appear fine, it even looks fine in the .swf preview within indesign, but as soon as I export suddenly the color changes. This has been happening with every file format I tried... flv, mp4, avi etc.


texts: What illustration agencies or service sites provide the greatest benefits to the artists?

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[NOTE: THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR APPLICANTS.]

I'm a graphic designer in the fortunate position of having enough work that I'm looking to hire an illustrator for some overflow work. Finding a service (like Fiverr or Upwork) in Google is easy enough, but I'm interested in providing the most benefit to the actual artist. Which aggregation services out there provide the highest return to their artists? While this isn't specifically a graphic design question, I suspect it can really only be answered by graphic artists who have experience with these kinds of services.

To be clear, I'm not talking about stock sites. I mean hiring for specific contract illustration work for instruction manuals.

[Follow-up] My hope with this question was to find out which illustration agencies and/or services are most beneficial to the artists. I am not asking for help finding agencies and services in general. I appreciate the responses, but none of the answers so far (Monday, April 22, 2019) address the question as asked.

[Example:] Illsutrationweb.us is the online presence of Illustration Ltd which has been around since the 1920's. They use agents around the world to represent their artists and help negotiate fees until an agreement is met, after which the client and the artist are put in direct contact to work out specifics.
On the other hand, upwork.com creates a competitive price war atmosphere, where each artist's hourly rate seems to be the main focus, rather than their skill.


texts:
Now I have and use the font Isonormal Monospaced from Robert Kirchner created in 1993. This font is great for code editing and I love it, but it does not contain all the characters for my language. So I'm looking for the professional version of this font FF Isonorm Monospaced Pro, but without success. All URL references to this font are not working (for example https://fontspy.com/fonts/ff-isonorm-monospaced-pro.font).
Where could I find it?


texts: Why does this PNG image on twitter look different when clicked?

texts:
This morning on twitter there was a tweet with the text "click on this picture".
When picture is clicked, it's opened in wider viewer, but looks completely different.

I tried to analyze this picture in ACDSee, and I also tried uploading on Facebook, but it's happening only when embedded on twitter.
I don't have much knowledge about graphics so please explain this to me.
Why does this PNG image change only when clicked on Twitter?

Screenshots (left = before clicking; right = after clicking):

Here's the original picture.


texts: Can Illustrator CS6 open a Photoshop CS6 File and export the image as a vector Graphic? If so, what is the image type?

texts:
I am unfamiliar with Illustrator and have created graphics in Photoshop I need to export/save as vector graphics. Can I open a PS file in Illustrator and save or export the image as a vector graphic? If so, what is the file type? This would be for creating images for heat press printing on shirts and a vector graphic is required.

Looking to hear back as soon as possible!

Thanks!
Dan


texts: How to remove this panel from Adobe Illustrator CC?

texts: I am beginner in Illustrator, whenever I try to select a shape or anything on my artboard this panel keeps popping up. Can anyone help to turn this thing off and also explain what is its function?


texts: How to correct darkening damage to and old photograph?

texts:
This is a precious family photo, but it was stuck to the glass, resulting in this weird scan, which is all I have to work with. I can't figure out how to "reveal" the grandmother - I'm sure there's enough pixel data under the damage to work with, but everything I tried added color or altered the color, obscuring her more.

Is there a way to "erase" the blot while leaving the underlying color and details intact?


texts: Can we transform pattern in shape by using handle?

texts:
I create a pattern in perspective view , but when I fill my shape by my pattern , I need Move my pattern in my shape .
As I see I can do it by entering position of pixels , the question is Can I move the pattern by using handle ?

this is my pattern

this is my shape when I fill by my pattern

I know I should use this panel to move my pattern in my shape

but I think it is easier to use handle to move it.


texts: Problem with pixelation when copying an illustrator logo to photoshop as a smart object and exporting for web as a png

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I'm having issues since I upgraded my CS Suite with copying vector files to photoshop as a smart object and then saving for web as a png 24. The files look quite pixelated even though they are sharp in illustrator. The file is 152x152 pixels at 72dpi.

I've tried:

Ticking anti-alias
Changing my settings in illustrator for file handling
Copying the file as a much larger size to the clipboard in photoshop


texts: I've seen people draw in Adobe Photoshop, however unlike my sketchy lines, theirs come out a lot smoother and I mean a lot. I was just wondering how to do this and if its a system thing rather then a skills thing. If anyone can help my understanding that would be great.


texts: Illustrator: how to intersect shapes properly

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I have a triangle (purple) and a rectangle (white). Is there a way to delete all the white part of the rectangle lying outside of the purple triangle's border?
I've tried experimenting with the Pathfinder (eg. Unite, Intersect, etc), but none of them seem to result in what I want.


texts: Is there a way to auto set alt tags on images in PDFs with Acrobat Pro?

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We're creating pdfs of images in acrobat pro using create pdf ->combine files.

The files we are using are all large file images that have been fully marked up in adobe bridge. We need these PDFs to be fully accessible. Is there a way that we can set the alt tag to automatically be set to a give meta tag attached to one of the images?


texts: Saving an 8-bit grayscale image as a 2-bit image

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Assuming there's an 8-bit grayscale image; what's the simplest method to save it as a "2-bit per pixel" image? Is it a binary image or something else (like a colormap image)? In the case of binary, what would happen to the second bit which will be useless, I guess.

Or it would be simply a 2-bit grayscale image? Does such a format even exist or is it only possible to use either binary format or 8-bit format for non-colored images?


texts: How to create a batch job, numbering images (writing text on them) from 1 to 100 in Photoshop?

texts:
Looking to create a 100 images that would have their appropriate numbers written on them.

Since I`ll be most likely making changes to the template in the future I figured it would be better to automate it somehow.

Is there a simple solution to this problem?


texts: How can I decide between the medium sized intuos tablet or the small one?

texts:
I am a high school student with an interest for drawing tablets for some hobby. I went to check on a store that sell Intuos, a sales representative (or something) of Wacom told me that most students buy the medium sized tablets. Even the staff said that since it is always bought the supplies of the medium size are a lot more than the small size.

I am on a tight budget (which is why I am buying the Intuos), and the small size seems small to me (when my hands are open, my thumb and my pinky would reach the sides). But then, why would Wacom sell the Manga variant in small? Is the staff just saying that so I would buy the more expensive one?

I have enough savings from my small allowance to buy the small size right now, should I wait for another month so that I can buy the medium size?


texts: How to extract an object from its background (no layers, paths, etc.)

texts: Apologies all for the intrusion by a complete novice. I have a simple .jpg image, see below. All I want is the instrument itself, without the black background. Essentially, the instrument, as an independent object, on a transparent background. I've no knowledge of layers, paths, or anything much. All I've managed to do is "trace" it and then "expand" (which i can select/copy/paste in a new document) but that gives me a very low-res version of the instrument - not an exact copy without the black. Any thoughts?


texts: Why does painting with 1% opacity not always do something?

texts:
I tried this with Adobe Photoshop Elements 9. When I have a black background, and a white brush with an opacity of 1%, the color should get brighter if I click onto the same spot over and over again. It does that, but only until the color is #d5d5d5. No matter how often I click onto an area with that color (or a brighter one), it won't get any brighter. Is this just a rounding error or is it intended?

Limits:

Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 or Photoshop CS2: #d5d5d5
javascript with processing.js (rounded to ~ 1.17%): #d4d4d4
GIMP 2.6.11: #c0c0c0


texts: Why is my .pdf so much larger in file size than the InDesign file I created it from?

texts:
I have a 17MB InDesign file. Not a huge file size for a 40 page booklet. When I convert it to a pdf it blows out to 70MB! Usually the file size is reduced when saved to a pdf. I can't figure this one out. I'm saving pdfs as I usually do and have never had trouble before. For proofing purposes I'm able to lower the file size in Acrobat, but I can't do this for the final print file as I need high res images. Any ideas as to why the file size is so large when I convert it?

Cheers.


texts: Why does using "Save As" and "Print to PDF" in Ai give different color output?

texts:
My colleague A used the "Save As" method to save an AI file (CS6) to PDF file.

My colleague B opened the same AI file (CC) and used "Print" to generate a PDF file.

When both PDFs were send to print digital proofs, the output colors are different, why did this happen?


texts: How can I slant text like this in photoshop?

texts:
I don't have the money to buy Illustrator but I have Photoshop. How can align my text on a diagonal like this?

If I can't do it in Photoshop how can I do this for free?


texts: Is there a way to create a clipping mask of a layer that is not immediately below it

texts: I want to make the 'hair shadow layer' a clipping mask of the 'hair layer'(without unclipping the hair layer). Is it possible to do it? If so, how?


texts: What does it mean when printers have told me my colour is not a Pantone colour, but in my file it is?

texts:
I've recently designed a cosmetic label for a client and I've given them the final file to have it printed at their designated printer companies.

But a few have them have come back and said that they can't print it because the colour isn't a Pantone when in fact, on my Illustrator file I clearly picked a Pantone colour because on my colour swatch, it says "Pantone 649U".

Does anyone know why they might be saying that? Is it just me or have I done my file wrongly?

I'm so positive that I've used a Pantone colour because the usual printer company I go to have managed to print it true to colour when I tested it but every time my client gets back to me about one of her printers, it's either the colour comes out so neon or it's a completely different colour or they just say they can't print it because it's "not a Pantone" colour.

If anyone could shed some light as to what I'm doing wrong, that would be great!


texts:
I'm working on designing a personal website for myself (a CS student for reference), and I'd like to include a "book" on the home page.

Fahrenheit 451 is a book that really impacted me, and I also really like the cover as seen here.

As such I was thinking of drawing the "matchbook book" that you see on the cover, and including it in my webpage.
My question is two part:
1) The purpose of the book is to contain an "about me" section (I'm planning to have the book open up when navigating to the section), and I'm unsure if it would be better to just have a generic book would be better. My doubt comes from though the book has a lot to do with me, the image may be too specific and leave the user confused. Is there some middle ground?
2) Would the copying of the image and subsequent use of it violate any copyright laws or anything of that sort?

Thanks!


texts: How to separate colors from greyscale in InDesign?

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I've seen this question asked many places, but there hasn't been a satisfying answer.

I need to print the CMY (on inkjet) and the K (on laser) separately, on two separate printers, but on the same paper.

I have a very large document that only has a few color figures. The speed and cost of the black toner makes printing the bulk of the document with laser non-negotiable. Then I need to print out the color figures, of which there are only about ten.

Ideally, I would just feed the papers back through after they have the text (and other black values) to get the CMY.

I am really open to using any software, or techniques, if Indesign doesn't work.


texts: How were scientific illustrations made before the spread of digital computers?

texts:
Before the advent of digital computers, a lot of scientific publications had high quality illustrations. How did they do this without computers?

EDIT

Examples of illustrations to which I am referring:

(from Timoshenko, S. (1940). Strength of materials. Part I & II.)

EDIT 2

I am asking how illustrations was drawn in first place (by an artist), not how them was transferred to book paper (by a printer).


texts: What type of printing technique is this called?


texts: I have a png that I need to resize to different sizes. Would it work for me to paste it in illustrator, use its auto vectorizing tool to vectorize it, and then resize it?


texts: Select multiple color pointers at gradient tool

texts:
I need to keep a gradient in equal distances in between colors. an example:

So I want move all purple pointers together, instead one by one.

This is a simple example, sometimes it gets more intensive than this.


texts: Why does using additive blending with a linear colour dropoff result in dark fringes?

texts:
I'm developing a tool which allows for placing of lights in a black space, but when 2 lights are close to one another the areas near to where they overlap appear to darken:

I was able to reproduce this using Krita by using a brush which drops off linearly with distance (a modified default "Airbrush Soft"):

The brush size is 25px and the two colours being used in this example are #d78a1f and #bb962b.
When using a non-linear softness the effect isn't present however the orange (on the right) appears to "bleed" through and be more visible than the yellow (on the left hand side of where the two colours meet):

Is there a name for this apparent darkening, what is the cause and how can I mitigate it?
EDIT I have got 2 answers based on my Krita example which have helped me resolve the issue, but don't explain the exact cause. The Krita example is only a way to create something which resembles my problem shown in my 1st image. In my application there's no transparency.
The RGB values of the image pixels are calculated in my program pixel by pixel based on distance from lamps. The resulting colour of a pixel is found by multiplying the red, green and blue components of the lamp colour by distance dependent brightness (rgb(lamp.red * brightness, lamp.green * brightness, lamp.blue * brightness)). The brightness falls from 1 to 0 as the distance from the lamp grows from 0 to the light spot radius of the lamp.
This is done for each image pixel for each lamp and then all of the values are added together in my program.
See this image (created again using Krita for demonstration purposes):
Layer 1 and layer 2 are both opaque. Their color is solid black, each with a circle drawn on them. When the RGB values of the layers are added pixel by pixel we still see those dark edges.


texts: Trying to Export From Photoshop to Illustrator

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I am currently trying to export a few layers from Photoshop to Illustrator. However whenever I try and export, I get a blank ai document. I've also tried creating paths from my text (this is just text), and then exporting that to Illustrator. This works, however the paths that are generated in Photoshop aren't quite exact - that is, they don't quite match the text, clipping edges, and not using smooth lines.

I was able to export earlier in the week. To the best of my recollection, I just opened my document in Photoshop, and went to File ⇒ Export Paths to Illustrator, clicked OK a few times, and had my document in Illustrator. This doesn't seem to be working now.

What exactly could I be doing wrong? Is there anyway to make the paths created in Photoshop be more precise?


texts: How to find/browse fonts that include certain rare characters? (unicode/international)

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This question is similar to How to know which of my fonts do or don't support certain glyphs?, but for fonts in font shops, not just fonts I already have.

I need to make a design which includes two relatively rare international characters - ɔ and ɛ:

The vast majority of fonts don't support these characters. Arial does, and Arial Bold, but that's all I've found so far.

What I'd like to do, is find some font store or similar that lets me input the characters I need, and filters out fonts that don't include those characters, leaving me able to browse, choose between and hopefully buy from the few that do.

Does any such service or tool exist?

The above linked question has an answer suggesting going to https://www.myfonts.com/languages/ and choosing the appropriate language. Unfortunately, their languages list is, as they put it, a...

  Work in progress

  We realize this page is very sparse at the moment. We’re working on it!

...and the 15 options don't match my needs (those two characters are from Sierra Leoneon Krio, it'll be a while before that's added to their list!). So I really do need to search by character, not language.

That said, browsing their "IPA/Phonetic" fonts did turn up an amazing 13 fonts matching my characters, out of 43 (I guess if a font covers IPA, it might well cover everything). It's better than anything else I've tried, but it's not the filter I'm looking for.

It also suggests putting in the text as sample text then scrolling down until something can handle it. This helped with something like the IPA filter but for any other results set, I was literally scrolling past hundreds and hundreds before finding a single match.


texts: Branding identity - different font for email

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We are developing new identity for our company. For print material we decided to go with Helvetica font.

However we get into serious discussion about font for email. To achieve some consistency, we are pretty much limited to system fonts like Arial, Verdana, etc.

Is it normal practise to use two different fonts for print material and email?

For web content we invested in typekit and it is working ok, we are just struggling with email.


texts: Back in the 1970s we used to have a projector-type device to make scale drawings of archaeological artefacts. It was a big beast with a glass drawing platform under a hood and handles on the front to adjust scale and focus. What was this 1970s scale drawing device called?