texts:
I'm trying to output a .gif from Photoshop (CS6) and have run into some difficulty with the quality it is producing.  Ideally, each image should resemble these stills - 1, 2 and 3 which are crisp and clear, but as a .gif file (especially on the second image), the depth and colours are removed, resulting in a splotchy image animation...

The image and the Save for Web settings seem to be fine, so I was wondering how would I be able to output the .gif keeping it the same as or as close to the stills as possible?

Thanks.


texts:
I'm not sure if this is the right forum but there doesn't seem to be a dedicated typography forum.

I'm looking for high-resolution scans from pages of Arrighi's La Operina, which is a classic manual for calligraphy and for the 'chancery italic' approach to pre-printing-press typography. I'm aware of an on line resource of "the" work, but the resolution is too low.

The work doesn't have to be authentic and I'll consider examples of modern  interpretations. I have a copy of Three Classics of Italian Calligraphy but it doesn't show enough detail.

Any help appreciated.


texts: How to keep artboards in Adobe Illustrator after closing your project?

texts: I am using Adobe Illustrator CS6. My goal is to make 40 A4 artboards for print all in a single project, but when I exit the program and open it again, they get replaced with guides. Is there are way to let Illustrator keep your artboards? If I had to make small adjustments before printing, I would need to waste extra time redrawing each artboard again.


texts: Join/Snap Objects. Remove border line Inkscape

texts:
Absolute newbie.

Trying to snap two objects which are mirror images of each other. The problem is I am seeing a thin vertical line ? Want to get rid of that. I don't want to do union because I want to change the color of each object. i verified the alignment and ensured that there is no extra-space because of alignment issue.


texts: InDesign spreads export to PDF viewable as spreads but printable only as single pages

texts:
I have a 12 page brochure set up in InDesign as spreads.
I want to export the design as a PDF viewable as spreads but printable only as single pages.
Can anyone help?


texts: How to put arrows along a path in Inkscape?

texts:
I am trying to put simple arrows along a path.

What I have done so far: using the Bezier tool, I created a straight line and made the endmarker into an arrowhead. Next, I used the Path effect editor to put the arrow along the path and using the "repeated" option, I obtained multiple arrows along the path.

It works wonderfully except for the fact that only the arrowheads appear along the path. For some reason the line attached to the arrowhead disappears. How can I fix this?


texts:
I am currently studying graphic design. I am using the Against the Clock portfolio builder for Adobe Illustrator CS6 to learn the program. I have had no problems until recently.

The book is asking me to set my CYMK color value to C15-M25-Y45-K0. The resulting color, as shown in the book, is a golden yellow sort of color. However, when I put the exact same color value in my Illustrator program, I instead get a very faded brown. To get a color similar to the one shown in the book I have to set the value to C5-M50-Y100-0, which is drastically different from the value given to me.

I have provided a link so you can see what the two values look like. On the left is the color with the value provided in the book, on the right is close to what the color should look like.

Click image for full resolution

(Never mind the second open file. I opened it after I saw the color not coming right, since I new it had object with a similar color to what I needed.)

I have followed the book to a t, and I have gone over all the color setting to make sure that they are correct and, as far as I can tell, it is correct. I have also printed out the images, to see if it was perhaps simply my screen messing up the colors, but the color is the same when printed.


texts: How to replace color in Photoshop to specific Lab color?

texts:
I know how to replace a color in Photoshop (by going to image -> adjustments -> replace color and selecting the color etc.) however I need to match specific Lab colors provided by my client in order to show the same product photo in a variety of different colors. Even though I put the specific Lab numbers after clicking the replacement swatch, it doesn't even come close to matching on my actual photo. The original base color of the photo makes a big difference in the end result.

Any suggestions or alternative methods on how to approach this would be much appreciated.

Thanks!


texts: Indesign replace multiples links by other folder images

texts:
I don't find a script or tricks to do that, i would like to replace ALL images by other folder (with different images).
exemple: i made a template with 4 box who contain the same image : toto.jpg, toto.jpg, etc..
And i would like to replace by multiple different image of a folder.
If i do this by Import, i need to click manually on each images to replace... this is bad


texts:
I've been trying to create a rectangle where the corners have been removed in a "sharp" way, for lack of a better word.
We're already able to do something similar to what I want by using the "Radius" sliders, or simply creating a round rectangle.

The key difference here is that the corners are simply rounded off while I'm looking for a "hard cut" so to say.


texts: How do I Delete something in shape of a picture - Inkscape

texts:
As seen in the image below I have a black circle but I want to delete the middle to be the shape of a square. How would I do this?  I know I can change the color to white, but I want to delete it so it has no background for printing.
This is just an example I would like to do this with a cat silhouette I made.
Thanks in advanced!


texts: Why does Adobe Illustrator have a limit on the maximum zoom?

texts:
Considering that it is an application that uses vectors which can scale to any size because they're mathematically calculated, why can I only zoom to a certain level and what is the deciding factor?

Is it based on my hardware?

Is it based on limitations of the software?

What can I do, if anything, to be able to zoom in further?


texts: Corel Draw X8 text in table wrong direction?

texts:
I'm using Corel Draw X8 and I want to create a table with 3 columns and a bunch of rows. But as soon as I click inside the table, as well as when I type something in any of the table cells, the text is written automatically in the downward direction, with the bottom of the text facing left (in other words, as if normal text got rotated 90 degrees clockwise).

When I change the text orientation, the text becomes upside down. How do I make all cells have normal horizontal text?


texts: What is the name of hobby grade equipment to create photos where the background can be easily removed?

texts:
I know that in movies they use green screens or similar to be able to edit out the background from shots. But what is the name of a piece of equipment or setup I need in order to take a picture of say an apple and be able to crop out everything else except for the apple?

In other words, I want to create transparent background photos of regular objects.

Image source


texts:
Is there a convenient way to take two shapes in Inkscape and cut the border of one to follow the border of the other?

Basically, if I have two overlapping shapes, I'd like to have Inkscape delete the overlapping portion of one shape while leaving the other untouched. Path > Exclusion doesn't do this, as it deletes the overlapping portion of both (and merges the shapes into one); Path > Division and Path > Cut Path don't do this as they delete one of the shapes entirely.

I'm able to copy the shape I'd like unchanged, line it up perfectly with the original, and use that to do Path > Division (and then delete the leftover bit), but it's a clunky solution. Is there an easier way to do it?


texts: How do i export text from illustrator to photoshop with editable text and layer style?

texts:
(At first sorry for my english)
I was working on text using illustrator cc which have one fill with gradient and a stroke.

For more editing i export it in cs6 for firework which can help me with more editing option for photoshop, then i saved it as psd mode but when i open it in as photoshop psd file it became raster with no editable independent.

My actual question is it possible to save text with all layer style from illustrator and then edit in photoshop as text with all style ? i also tried direct exporting from illustrator to photoshop! But it's not working.


texts: Different behaviour of sharp corners in illustrator strokes

texts:
I have an Illustrator design which has a part that looks as follows:

However, I have applied same settings to the three independent paths:

That is the stroke menu. You can see that the vertex settings are the same (I did it both selecting each path separately and selecting them together). I would like the three endings to be equal, so I could choose which ending shape I like the most. Also, when the stroke is set to be filled strictly inside the path, and not over it, the stroke of the side lines converge at a higher point than that of their upper correspondent object (the whole design is a diamond):

That might be because the angle is sharper, though. I think that something has to be wrong with the lower triangle shapes on the sides, but I can't really find out what. The object is a compound path, I don't know if that might help.


texts: Which design programs can be used to import and edit data tables?

texts:
I am currently struggling to find programs that allow me to design data tables.
I started with Adobe XD but none of the plugins for importing data tables worked. I tried other programs like Framer. InDesign was the only program I could find that would import a data table but even then, the data table was finnicky and didn't have the same structure as the original Excel file.
I am looking to design data tables for both web design and print design so any program that allows them to be imported and designed would be a huge help.


texts:
I'm trying to print a graphic design in photoshop to match an existing print. I have the existing print's LAB values that I am using in photoshop but every time I print my image, the colors are way off. I was under the impression that using LAB values will result in more consistent print matching (maybe I am wrong here).
What I have tried so far in photoshop:

changed image mode to LAB
plugged in the LAB values for my colors
changed my printer profile to match my paper (downloaded profiles from Epson for the SC-P400)
color handling is done by photoshop

There must be more to it than what I have tried so far. Any help in getting photoshop to print more accurately using LAB values would be appreciated.
Thank you.


texts: I am hiring three designers. Each will have the same obligations and produce the same work. should I hire one of them as Art Director to have some sort of hierarchy, or the three can be Art Directors because they will work in separate projects?


texts:
On my previous computer, I remember changing a setting in Inkscape so that an object's coordinates are independent of the width of its stroke, and remain the same when it is changed (i.e. the coordinates of, say, a rectangle refer to its control points, not to its physical bounding box).
I am now on a new computer with a fresh install of Inkscape, and do not remember how I changed this at the time. I've been through the entirety of the Document Properties and Preferences dialogs, but can't seem to find it there. Google has unfortunately been no help either.


texts: I have an A5 2 fold template. Mathematically it should mesasure 444mm wide (3 x 148 by 210mm height or 3 x A5 paper) but I have set it to be 441mm as one of the sides (of A5) will be folded into the middle and 3mm allows it to do so without bulging, hope you're with me. The whole doc has 3 columns - 2 which are 148 (A5) but one is 145 (this is the one that will be folded in). My question is how did I set that odd column width! I can't remember how I did it. If I go to layout > margins and columns, in the columns, number field it just says 'custom'. Thanks for your help


texts: How to bend text to create a typography portrait in illustrator?

texts: Trying to create a self portrait, I've already tried Envelope Distort---> Make with Mesh as I saw in the article link below, but the text gets distorted when I just want it to bend alone. Can you tell me in a few steps please, I need the help!  http://www.macprovideo.com/hub/photoshop/design-a-cool-typography-portrait-in-adobe-illustrator


texts: Making a frame of an asymmetrical shape with an even width in Photoshop

texts: I am trying to create a frame of a star. I have tried duplicating and shrinking a whole star, and placing it over the original and deleting it to leave the edge. However, it doesn't result in an even width. How would I go about creating this?


texts: Illustrator now refuses to draw lines with stroke weight below 1 pt

texts:
Starting yesterday, Illustrator has been refusing to let me set a line weight under 1pt. If I set a lower one, the line snaps back to 1pt weight.

This is crippling to my work: The art is being output to a laser cutter. 0.01pt lines are how you signal "cuts" for the printer driver. Heavier weight lines are treated as "etch" commands.  Without fine lines, I can't cut things out.

I first noticed the problem yesterday, and it's persisted through reboots and such. Prior to it cropping up, I'd been doing a lot of work with making custom brushes in Illustrator.

Has anyone run into this before or have an idea what might cause it?


texts: How to edit .ai or .eps file without illustrator with photoshop?

texts: How to edit .ai or .eps file without illustrator. I have photoshop only on my system. Kindly help me. Thanks in advance:)


texts: How to draw a color wheel in illustrator? I am thinking of creating many small arcs with gradient and all hue colors. Any ideas?


texts: Combining multiple data merge documents in InDesign

texts:
I have a report made in InDesign that needs to go to several different types of recipients (e.g. study participants, advisory board, and other powers-than be). The report everyone gets is the same, except page 1, which is a cover letter. Each cover letter using data merge to create a letter for each recipient. There are 3 different cover letters, one for each type of recipient:

Letter1.indd (20 different letters using data merge)
Letter2.indd (10 different letters using data merge)
Letter3.indd (10 different letters using data merge)
Report.indd (The actually report that needs to be combined with each cover letter)

So basically, I need to do a data merge on each letter, and each of those letters need to be combined with the report itself. The result would be 40 PDF files, each with a unique letter. If all the letters were the same basic text, that would be easy--but there are 3 different letters.

The options I've found so far are:

Merge the letters into separate PDF files, create a PDF of the report, and combine all of them one-at-a-time using Acroat
Place Report.indd into each cover letter. The problem is that the report is 80+ pages and InDesign requires you to place every single page by hand. The report also gets updated every 6 months.
Use a Book. I haven't figured out how to get the data merge part to work with a book though.

So far, the only viable solution is #1. I'll waste an hour or two combining documents, but it'll work. I'd like to find a cleaner way (and faster) way to accomplish this task though.


texts: Search for a specific value of an object in InDesign

texts:
I need to look up all images within several pages of my InDesign CC2018 document which containers have a negative (-100%) value of the y-scale AND a specific negative value (-40%) of the image itself.

I looked up InDesigns Search object dialogue, but I don't see these options. Is there any chance I can do a change like

find all images(container -100% AND object-40%) changeto (container 100% AND object 40% )

as a bulk-action - how?

The containers do have a object style but that one doesn't set these values as they are set manually.


texts: How to convert Procreate brushes to Photoshop?

texts: I have a brush file with the extension .BRUSHSET. I realized it belonged to Procreate software. Is there a way to convert it to a brush for Photoshop?


texts:
I'm trying to wrap the lines within the shape in Illustrator. The lines are in a layer under the shape. When I use Envelope Distort to do put the wrap the lines with the shape it returns this:

This is not what I'm trying to achieve.
What am I doing wrong?


texts: I’m working on a small project for a friend. I’m slicing letters but when I separate them I notice they look unaligned. Is it the font I’m using (I’ve already tried different fonts) or am I doing something wrong? Is it an optical illusion?


texts: How can I analyse this SVG image downloaded from the web?

texts:
While I was looking at some designs of some websites, I came across a beautiful SVG background:

https://www.algolia.com/lp/img/hero/hero-magento.svg

I wanted to inspect it so I downloaded it.
By no means I want to use it my own works. I would only like to look on how it is done technically so maybe I can use the same technique.

However, as soon as I opened it in Inkscape, I do not see the original image, but just the blue background:

Why does does the blue background appear when I open it with Inkscape? How can I view it as I see it in the browser? Is there some kind of protection of which I am not aware of? If so, how does it work? (maybe I can use it too for my own SVG files...)

I repeat, I don't want to steal anything; I just want to take a look and see how it is done to learn something new.


texts: Illustrator: Why do layers and sublayers sometimes have different colors?

texts: Not sure if it matters, but before I make some mistake that will cause a lot of work to correct afterwards: Why are some sublayers not colored like the partent-layer (see screenshot)? Are they somehow linked to other layers?


texts: I am working on an image on the adobe photoshop. The opacity and fill value of it on the photoshop are 100%(opacity) and 57%(fill). I am wondering how can we convert these values in CSS ?


texts: How to do this grungy effect in adobe illustrator

texts:
i wanted to ask if anyone knows how to do the daily minimal effect in adobe illustrator. I already played around with pathfinder to do the grungy effect but im still missing something. It kinda looks like it is sketched on paper.

This is a picture for reference:

And this is what i get from playing around:

It would be awesome if anyone knows the answer. Thank you very much.


texts:
Does anyone recognize the font used on this book cover for Archiprix 20? It's like Helvetica or Alte Haas but with corners cut consistently.
Thanks!


texts: Solutions for automation in constrained space

texts:
I've been asked to help automate a product overview catalog that looks something like this:

Each gray line is one product, consisting of an item number, name and some information about packaging and 2-4 certificate images in the end. Each time there's some fluff it's a new category, like Tires (regular), Tires (wooden), Tires (concrete), etc. There can be any number of products in each category.

I'm looking for a good way to automate this task, hopefully while keeping it easy for my client to modify the basic template. I have everything ready, including the feed for the item information in any format I need. The primary challenge I'm faced with is trying to make sure it all fits nicely on a page, automatically, rather than just flowing everywhere. I'm constrained because it should fill as little as possible, as the end product should be a small A4 flyer with all products printed on both sides.

I have tried automating it with InDesign but I haven't been able to make something that grows automatically, in a relative fashion. I also tried making it as a webpage which worked decently, but didn't give me the print quality I needed. My current approach is to find a tool that is more suited for tasks like this, but I'm also open to any suggestions on how to solve it with the tools I've tried so far.


texts: Which tool/workflow to design personalized maps?

texts:
I would like to design maps that include a mix of current cities, historical cities, natural landmarks, roads (current and old). These maps need to be accurate, but I would like to be able to customize them in what I include in them, the labels, orientation etc.. The possibility to change the type of projection (Mercator, Winkel-Tripel..) would be a plus.

I have no experience in graphic design and like to do this to inspire me for my travels. Also, I'd like if possible to use free tools, and don't mind spending time to learn how to use them.

Thank you.


texts: Extract clipping path from EPS (without Adobe Suite)

texts:
I've been supplied a bunch of product shots in EPS format. Having seen the shots used in various publications I had a hunch that they had already been isolated.

Simply opening the files in GIMP reveals no path info but nice high-res images.

Placing the file as an image in a Scribus file provides the "Extended image properties" option and I can see a named path to define as a clipping path. I'd be able to use the files as-is in my publications except that the raster info is distinctly low res (this is probably the tiff preview part of the EPS)
Choosing the path shows that the raster image size is much smaller than the path anyway.

As GIMP saves path info as svg I've tried opening the files in Inkscape they import like opening a pdf and I get no path info. Simply renaming an EPS file with a .svg extension doesn't work.

Converting an EPS to pdf using various command line tools either gives me a purely raster pdf or one that crashes Scribus on import.  I've tried "pstill", "epstopdf" and "imagemagick" with a whole buch of options and switches.
Acrobat pro running in a VM doesn't like the resultant pdfs either.

To be clear, I need to use high-res images in eventual pdf output.  Usually I'd create the clipping path in GIMP, export a version as TIFF and produce my pdf in Scribus. My OS is Xubuntu and I don't have access to Adobe software (except Acrobat pro for proofing, running in a VM)

In this case it looks like I'll be repeating the job of creating the clipping paths - which sucks!


texts: Looking for a simple tool to annotate screenshots

texts:
It seems that the author used a tool - other than SnagIt - to annotate this screen shot:

[http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-29-92/4617.snippetizerinfo.png]

Does anybody know if there is a simple tool to create this type of annotations?

I know Illustrator or Gimp can do this, but I am looking for a simple tool to do this is seconds without ninja skills.

Thank you


texts: How to change vector into different colors (Adobe Illustrator)

texts:
I don't know how to change the outline of my illustrations into different colors.
I draw by hand and then I scan the image and place it on Adobe Illustrator. I do the whole process of 'image trace,' 'expand,' 'live paint,' etc., and then I'm able to color it in. But I have been trying to change colors on the outline of my illustrations. For instance, if I'm drawing a person, I want to be able to have a different color outline for hair, skin color, clothing, etc.
Some people have suggested using scissors or knife tool. I just haven't been able to do it, though.
I'm no graphic designer, I just like to illustrate.


texts: Create a rainbow radial glow background on photoshop

texts:
wasn't sure how to phrase this so I thought I'd post an example of the kind of effect I'm looking for.

I understand that this could simply be made with the gradient tool but not sure how to get the 'spread'

any help would be massively appreciated.


texts: Is there an "inverse eraser" tool on Photoshop?

texts:
I have a PNG with some transparency.

In PhotoPaint I have a tool "transparency brush" where I simply choose 100% opacity and the transparency is removed.

In Photoshop the eraser tool only gives me more transparency on this already transparent zone.

I know I can duplicate the layer a dozen times to remove the transparency, but I am wondering if such a tool exists on Photoshop.

Edited some time later. My own answer provides a workaround using the original transparency as a mask.


texts: Best Practice for colours that are different between applications

texts:
I am trying to create a colour swatch for a brand based on the branding guideline supplied by the original designer from around 2014.

In their branding guideline they have supplied the following colours (written out as supplied by them):

PMS Proc Blue - c100m10y0k0

PMS 369 - c60m0y100k0

black (no CMYK supplied)

white (no CMYK supplied)

File exported as .png directly from Illustrator:

So I loaded these values into Adobe Illustrator and this is what I got:

c100m10y0k0 - #00a1e4 - r0g161b228 (PMS Proc Blue based on CMYK values supplied)

c77m29y0k0 - #0094d8 - r0g148b216 (PMS Proc Blue from the filled shape in the file sent by designer - opened in Illustrator)

c60m0y100k0 - #72bf44 - r114g191b68 (PMS 369 based on CMYK values supplied)

c58m7y100k0 - #7ab51d - r122g181b29 (PMS 369 from the filled shape in the file sent by designer - opened in Illustrator)

c73m70y62k78 - #1a171b - r26g23b27 (black from the file sent by designer - opened in Illustrator)

c0m0y0k100 - #231f20 - r35g31b32 (black based on default "print" swatch library CMYK values in Illustrator)

c0m0y0k0 - #ffffff - r255g255b255 (white based on default "print" swatch library CMYK values in Illustrator and the filled shape in the file sent by designer - opened in Illustrator)

Then I loaded them into color.adobe.com and this is what I got:

c100m10y0k0 - #00E5FF - r0g229b255 (PMS Proc Blue based on CMYK values supplied)

c60m0y100k0 - #66FF00 - r102g255b0 (PMS 369 based on CMYK values supplied)

c0m0y0k100 - #000000 - r35g31b32 (black based on default "print" swatch library CMYK values in Illustrator)

c0m0y0k0 - #ffffff - r255g255b255 (white based on default "print" swatch library CMYK values in Illustrator)

So I decided to check the Pantone website (using Find a Pantone Color | Quick Online Color Tool and searching by the CMYK values provided), and this is what I got:

c100m12y0k2 - #008DCE - r0g141b206 (PANTONE 2394 CP) (Blue)

c100m13y1k2 - #008BCC - r0g139b204 (Alternative 1 - PANTONE Process Blue CP. So at least I found one close to the name supplied with the CMYK, but still not bang on)

c59m0y100k0 - #6DAC4F - r109g172b79 (PANTONE 3501 UP) (Green)

c0m0y0k100 - #544F4B - r84g79b75 (PANTONE P 179-16 U) (Black)

c0m2y0k0 - #FCF6F5 - r252g246b245 (PANTONE P 75-1 U) (White)

Now I'm really confused as to what the actual colour values are!

I'd be happy to use the values provided from the Pantone site (however I'm not sure about what values I should use for the black and white. I found this question on blacks which I'm thinking is what I need.), but when I put those values in Illustrator and color.adobe.com, they still don't match each other. All 3 sources output different values.

Can anyone advise me on what would be best practice here? I've never come across this issue before. I'm a web designer by trade so I've always worked off the hex values, but I want them to be correct to the design... I'm going to be designing for web and print design.


texts: How should I set up dielines so that they are not printed?

texts: I want to add that white lines on the project, but don't want that line to be visible on the printed element. How can I do that? Working in CMYK in Adobe CS6.


texts: The name of this old burlesque-like, wanted-poster, carnival style of graphic design?

texts:
I am wondering if there is a name attributed to this type of old poster / burlesque / carnival style (lots of ink lines).

Here is an example: http://ink-n-iron.com/

Their header has a lot of close together ink lines, while the typography is very carnival / old style / wanted-poster like.

I am wanting to find more material like it, but I'm not having much luck with these terms in google search.

Thanks for any assistance!


texts: When should I use Unclump button on the Align and Distribute tab?

texts: I don't know what the Unclump button on the Align and Distribute tab does. After experimenting, it seems to just move objects around. Can someone can explain to me what it does?


texts: How can I check if some OpenType font supports ligatures?

texts:
I am using two fonts, STSong and STHeiti. I want to know if these fonts support ligatures, such as f + i becoming one character, or at least having two characters nearby.

I made a ConTeXt document, but some words, such as "off" and "fish" are appearing like "of f" and "f ish". It is possible that my code is in error though.
I also tried viewing the fonts in OpenOffice.org, but this seems an unreliable way to check, because OpenOffice.org seems to use font-substitution whenever I type a Unicode character with a font that does not contain that character.

Is there a way to determine if these fonts contain ligatures?


texts:
I am making a reverse logo but am running some issues. Can anyone help me figure out how to make this zero in this logo white, just like the draft picture.

Thank you.


texts: Corel: color profiles and print specs for print

texts:
I use CorelDraw X3 to make designs of flexes of different sizes like 6'x3', 20'x10', 28'x10.2', 12'x6' and 15'x3' and whenever I send my files to printing press to print it get print very dull colors. When I talked in printing press that why so these prints I sent you in good colors they said because of version change. Actually they use tiff format to print. After that I started also to make tiff and then transfer to them to print.

So I have question that if my original tiff file is 30,000X11,114 in pixeles, of size 953MB with 300 resolution & I have converted it to  48,00X17,55 in pixels of size 24.1MB with same resolution(300).
So will there any difference to print between my converted file and original file?
Should I go further to print my converted file or with original file?


texts: Replace multiple nested symbols all at once?

texts:
I'm making a deck of cards.  I have a "shape" symbol for a suit (hearts) and a "configuration" symbol (ten of hearts) which contains many (12) instances of the "heart" symbol.

I want to use the same configuration with different shapes (symbols, suits), but retain the link to the "configuration" symbol so I can tweak the suit positioning and it will apply to all instances.

I found out that I can do this by using the "direct selection tool": after placing an instance of the "ten of hearts" symbol, I can directly select each instance of the "heart" symbol within the placed instance, and choose "replace symbol" and choose another suit symbol (e.g. "spade").

However, if I try to select multiple instances of the heart symbol within the placed instance of the "ten of hearts" symbol (even with the direct selection tool), the "replace" menu shows that I will be replacing the "ten of hearts" symbol with the "spade" symbol, which is not what I want.

Is there a way to do multiple replacements at once or must I choose between:

Directly select each and every heart instance separately to replace with spades (takes a long time but does produce the intended result), or
Break link with the ten of hearts symbol, select all the hearts on the artboard, and replace them all at once with spades (and then not be able to update the ten of spades configuration via editing the ten of hearts symbol)?


texts: Photoshop remove inner border from selection

texts:
I was wondering how could I achieve to have a unique selection from a "border"..
Better: How could I switch from a "ring" shaped selection to a "circle" one??


texts: What's the standard practice to listing clients you've worked with through an agency

texts:
What's the standard practice, within a portfolio site or resume, to list clients you've worked with through an agency?

Since the agency is technically your client, is listing the agency's clients under "Clients I've worked with..." an accepted practice? I believe it may be more appropriate to word it as "Brands I've worked with..." because it addresses the work, not the relationship.


texts: Inkscape Circles change dimensions when exporting to PDF

texts:
I have a 20 concentric circles in Inkscape, not filled, with a white semi-transparent border. Like this:

When I export it to PDF, the circles are resized and they become ellipses, revealing the background behind them:

Any idea why and how to avoid this? Here are the svg and pdf files:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/91njrcoxjs5akg8/test.pdf
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0t4z9hkwqb82vjz/test.svg


texts: Illustrator/Sketch: Make border subtract through background

texts:
I would like the white icon with the stroke, to be red (or whatever is behind the green app shape). How do I achieve this using Illustrator or Sketch? I would only like the stroke to subtract, and the middle to still be filled green.

I tried following these instructions, but it didn't subtract from the green shape: Transparent path/stroke fill in Illustrator


texts:
I'm doing a research for conceptual Logodesigns which should fit into a ecosystem.

I'm not sure if logosystems, ecosystems or logofamilies are the right terms.

I'm thinking about logosets like the Adobe Creative suite or the logofamily of the wikipedia foundation.
Do you know any other Logofamilies like these two examples?

Thank you.


texts:
I have created this image in Photoshop:

Layers:

I would like to save this arrow to a .jpg file without the white background rectangle. How can I achieve that? I was trying to hide the background layer before saving, but this doesn't help.


texts: Create objects for each plot in cadastral map

texts:
I have this village cadastral map consisting of all plots in the village. The plots are numbered by their division and a sub-division. The numbers appear within the enclosed area of the plot.

I want to identify each plot's outline as an object (like a closed polygon).

My end purpose: I have this map georeferenced and overlaid on Google Custom Maps. I also have a spreadsheet with a few fields of information for each plot. I would like to reference the object as another field. Then upload this sheet in Google Custom Maps. Select any number of plots based on some criterion using the information about the plots.

The original cadastral map was in a dwg (autocad) format. I converted it into dxf format and then imported it into Inkscape.


texts: How to create an excellent and complete shell of a sphere

texts:
This morning I have tried to create a shell of a sphere (see the figure).

However, I would to have the entire shell where I can see to complete revolution on the other side of the sphere. What should I do?


texts: How does this image interleave from grayscale to color?

texts:
I came across this image (re-uploaded below) that seems to load with interleaving on.

There is also another pass between the blue/yellow pass that is a lower resolution full-color version of the final product.

However, instead of it starting out blurry and then becoming sharp, it appears to load in black and white, then a layer of green, then colored, and then a sharper version of the colored result.

For context, this image is of the recent Katmandu earthquake and I'm assuming this interleaving was chosen to convey the image's content quicker on slower connections (i.e. in more remote or less developed areas of the world).

Why does it do this? Are there multiple ways a JPEG image can be interleaved?


texts: Any way to use an Android tablet as a cheap touch-screen (display + pointer-input-device) for Photoshop?

texts:
Is there a way (a hack; a commercial app; etc...) which enables me to use any of the available <300$ tablets as a pen-input device to my PC? And specifically in Photoshop?

Wacom's offerings are out of my reach and the school wouldn't get me something they couldn't get back in a perfect state which means only software licenses. So I'm asking for a software that enables a tablet's touch screen to be used as an display/pen-input for Photoshop/other-design-programs as they run on my PC's resources; not using the tablet for anything but displaying what the GPU outputs, and inputting from the pen.

If you can also recommend specific tablets within this range, please do.

It should be Android. But Windows 8 also looks promising and I'll be using Windows (8 too) on my PC so maybe higher compatibility?
Pressure sensitivity is a must.
Precision should be high.

Of course that all depends on your knowing a particular tablet model that works, or a workaround that works for a model or a series.


texts: How to align & distribute anchor points in a path in Flash CS6?

texts: I have drawn a path and would like to perfect its symmetry by aligning some of the anchor points vertically. The align panel seems to work well for objects, but I can't figure it out for individual path anchor points.  Is this possible and if so, how?


texts: What DPI/PPI should a 4 by 6 meter outdoor billboard be designed at?

texts:
I'm creating a 4 x 6 meter (~13 x 20 feet) outdoor billboard advertisement that includes an image and vector logo (rasterized) in Photoshop. I was working using a smaller size for design purposes, but now the client has approved a final design and wants to go to print. I need to know what DPI/PPI I should export it as.

Additionally, I was given advice by a friend to make it at 30 DPI and work in centimeters (so 400 x 600 cm) then let the print house blow it up to 4 x 6 meters, is this true?


texts: Illustrator - Removing the blank space below a letter

texts:
Objective
I am trying to create a logo in png format with the size of 512x512. The shape is round, so i need the edges of the background to be transparent.
Problem
The letter has some weird space underneath that exceeds the container and that is preventing me from getting an even square shape around the circle.

Question
What steps need to be taken to remove that blank space around the text or how can i constrain the text not to exceed the circle?
Keep in mind that I am not a designer so may not understand some of the vocabulary related to typography or Illustrator.


texts: How to change border color of this image in Photoshop?

texts:
I have a button image in a PSD file. The image is in single layer.

I want to change the color of the border to a bright green color.

How do I do that in Photoshop?

Thanks!


texts:
I am curious if there are particular reasons why historically, most anatomy illustrations are always done in etching?

The similar style (drawn with many tiny lines) is always found in illustrations/sketches done by scientists, explorers, and book of emblems, Dante's book of Inferno, etc. is there a name for illustrations done in this style? Can this be seen as the same style of woodcut works?

Historically, do illustrators first drew on paper , before it is etched on metal plates for mass production, or do they directly cut on metal plates?


texts:
I saw this on Dribbble and I thought I'd have a go at reproducing it - https://dribbble.com/shots/2200956-Controlled-Content

But i'm struggling to do so. I've had a play around with shear and rotating but I can't seem to get it to look quite right.

Here's my attempt. I feel like I lose all the readability in the text. The angle matches the top of the paper, but the angle of the text doesn't match the sides. Is there a set way to get this angle/effect or is it just done by eye?


texts: InDesign: Is there a way to set table cells at different angles to each other?

texts: I'm trying to create a triangular table, and set my header cells at a 45 degree angle to the rest of the table. Like below (only less sloppy, of course). Is there an easy way to do this, or do I have to take the long route?


texts: I'm trying to use a brush, employing the same color as the square to the left, but it's displaying multiple colors even though theres no fill. I tried to expand the appearance but it just selected all the colors on the layer. How do I fix this?


texts: Align objects by stacking (align top to bottom, left to right, etc)

texts:
This comes up a lot, so I'm wondering if there's a proper way to do this. Sometimes I want to create an object by placing two objects next to each other, for example, when drawing an arrow (or a snowman, or a stack of boxes or a shelf of books, etc):

As you can see, it's somewhat difficult to make these perfect, which I suppose isn't the worst thing in the world, but I'd much prefer to get it perfectly right. At the moment, the best way I can find to do it perfectly is to create a third object to use as a key object for the first two:

This is obviously way more involved than I really want it to be, so I'm wondering if I'm missing some easy/obvious way to do a top-to-bottom alignment.

Edit: Sorry, Illustrator 6.0, Windows (7 or 8, though that probably doesn't matter).


texts: Envelope-Distort a vector shape in fireworks

texts:
Is there a way to envelope-distort a vector shape in Adobe Fireworks? Meaning - distort it by by manipulating the object's surrounding rectangle.
I want to reach effects like wave or fish-eye.

Photoshop has a similar tool, but for bitmaps...


texts:
How to create a shadow like this one?

Can anybody help me creating a shadow like shown under menu of the image? I'm using Photoshop and is aware of tools but don't know the technique to make it? Thanks


texts: Can't move the bottom layer of a clipping mask

texts:
I wanted to apply a gaussian blur filter to just a recatngle area across a picture, so I duplicated the background layer, converted it for smart filters, used Filter ->  Blur -> Gaussian Blur, then with the background checked I created a new rectangle shape layer and clipped the top blurred layer to the rectangle.

Everything worked as I expected up to this point but now I can't move the rectangle to see and compare how the effect looks in different areas of the image. Whenever I check it and try to use the Move tool the selection moves automatically to the top layer, the Rectangle stays in place and I just move the blurred layer. If I uncheck the visibility of the top layer I can move the Rectangle as usual, but with the top layer visible using the Move tool on the Rectangle automatically selects the top layer. What should I do to keep the Rectangle selected in order to move just the rectangle (i.e. the bottom layer of the clipping mask)?


texts: What are some styles for laying out lots of images in a confined space?

texts:
I'm working on a project that's 11"x17" tall, has the bottom 1/5th reserved for the logo/calendar elements and the top 4/5ths for some sort of collage-esque image.

Basically, I have six photos I need to somehow stylistically position in the top 4/5ths. Most of the photos are vertically-oriented and all are essentially photos of models with mixed-colour backgrounds (I.e., a pain in the butt to mask out).

The initial idea was to erase part of each images background so that it's kind of a collage -- but the further I get into this, the worse it's looking.

Does anybody have any suggestions for either:
a. Fitting a lot of vertical images into a a space coherently
b. Making photo collages look at all professional

Thank you!


texts:
I need to find more references to similar art-style as shown below but I can't find a good term for this look.
"Monochrome, Noir, Grunge" only yields so many results. Much appreciated!

As seen here: https://vimeo.com/55327164

Another example, though somewhat different:


texts: I'm trying to figure out how to do this thext effect in photoshop but I have no idea. Do you guys know how can it be done and how this effect is called? or it can be done only in Illustrator?


texts: Is there any way to convert a closed path into a polygon in Inkscape?

texts:
Basically, I am working on a strategy game, and provinces on the map are basically comprised of a list of border points (which are used to create a Polygon).

I thought that loading the points from a SVG file "polygon" tag would be a great idea. However, Inkscape doesn't appear to have any way to convert my closed paths into polygons, and loading from a "path" would be relatively difficult because I would have to write code to "follow" the path during curves and add points at regular intervals.


texts: I need to change over 60 web optimized images to fit their new containers. The current dimensions are 760 x 1024  or 1024x760.  is there an easy or simple solution to manipulating all of these images to a smaller size without changing the height/width ratio?


texts: Center icon in a transparent square for SVG export

texts:
I have a file with many art boards within, each has an icon. I've exported all the icons in to there own .ai file and now I want them all to be exported as SVG's centered in a square so they are all uniform when I add them to a web project. I've tried changing the art board on each to 500px by 500px but this doesn't work.. I've tried adding a invisible sqaure and exporting the SVG but this doesn't work..

How do you export a SVG from illustrator which is simply 500px by 500px with an icon in the center?

Sorry I'm quite new to Illustrator.


texts: Illustrator align anchor points to edges in Illustrator on same line

texts:
How can I align anchor points that are on the same line to be the same distance from their respective corners?

So if I had a horizontal line that was 20pt long and I had and anchor point 2pts in from the left, then I had another anchor point that was 5pts in from the right hand side. How could I align the right hand side anchor point so that it was exactly 2pts from the right - the same distance that the anchor point on the left is from the left hand side?

I know this could be done by knowing the measurements, but if I didn't know the measurements is there any way to automatically align these?

I've aligned anchor points on separate lines before to match up but can't figure out how to do this on the same path.


texts: How to properly save file in Illustrator to later cut out the shape using laser?

texts:
Saving file in Illustrator using 'Export' and 'save as AutoCad file .dxf', doesn't finally give the right output in programms which use laser to cut the shape in e.g. steal.

How to export it from Illustrator/Photoshop in a proper way?


texts: Joining 2 shapes together in Illustrator. and removing a section while having rounded corners. Illustraor newbie

texts: How do I join these 2 shapes together, and then remove the line in the roof? keeping the 2 shapes nicely joined so I can easily round corners. Seems very tricky!


texts:
When editing text in inDesign i have a file with hyphenations for the words. But sometimes when the column is narrow there are too many line breaks in a row. E.g. three or four.
Is it possible to reduce the amount of the line breaks by changing the space between words?
Or maybe it is possible to make some text area without line breaks?


texts: Delete selection without gradient effect

texts:
I am trying to delete a selection but I get this gradient effect when I hit delete.

This is the selection I want to delete:

After I hit delete I get this:

How to delete the selection without getting that gradient effect?

I am using the rectangle marquee tool. I also apply a feather of 25 pixels to get rounded corners then I select inverse.


texts: Replace individual colors in multiple layers

texts:
The goal

Replace individual colors in a multi-layer Photoshop document in a way that is flexible and efficient enough to be done a multiple times in the production process—like when I need to update the colors or edit layer content. I have a palette of 5-10 colors used in many different layers (all layers are multi-color raster images), and I want to be able to arbitrarily replace them, without having to do a lot of manual work each time.

Is it possible to do this with adjustment layers (or anything else)?

How I tried and failed to do this with Adjustment Layers

  Idea #1: For each color you want to replace, add a Replace color adjustment layer, configured to replace the old color with the new color.

Problem: There is no Replace color adjustment layer (as of CS6).

  Idea #2: For each color you want to replace, add a color-changing Adjustment Layer (such as Hue/Saturation) with a Color range mask selecting the old color (let's assume it's yellow).

Problem: As soon as you add/move/recolor anything yellow in the layers below, the mask will no longer be accurate. The mask does not dynamically select yellow—it just stays the same as it was when you set it up. (I don't know if it's even possible to make a dynamically updating mask that's tied to the content of lower layers, but I would love to hear how if it is.) So, if you want the mask to be updated, you have to manually update it. This tediousness is what I'm trying to avoid.

Is there a way to do this sort of color replacement, using adjustment layers, masks, or any other technique, like actions or scripts?


texts: How can I make blue and yellow blend into green in Inkscape?

texts:
When I mix blue and yellow in Inkscape, I get gray.

How can I instead get green, like you would see when mixing crayons or paint?


texts: Tools for Drawing Isometric Software Architectures

texts: What tools are available for (easily) managing drawings similar to the software architectures published by Amazon, such as this one. I'm looking for something like OmniGraffle or Visio, but suitable for Isometric.


texts: Is there a shortcut for "Auto Shrink" on GIMP?

texts:
In order to Auto Shrink a selection, I find the toolbar window (TabTab) and push the "Auto Shrink" button.

I do this quite often and would like to know if there's a shortcut built in to GIMP.  If not, is there a way to make one specifically for this feature?


texts: Adjust rounded rectangle radii without creating a new one in Photoshop C6

texts: When I create new rounded rectangles, I see the radii and other information in the properties, but after I work on something else and go back to that layer, the information does not show. How do I adjust the radii of the rounded rectangles without deleting and creating a new one?


texts: photoshop cs6 - how do i show actual palette colors

texts:
Am fairly new to Photoshop. I want to see the actual palette I am using, I am doing some design work in which I am using a small number of colors eg under 20 for the entire image. Am currently playing with Posterize and/or Indexed colors to reduce images to the lower number of colors I need.

So I have a reduced palette, now how can I see it on screen? I would have assumed there would be an option to see it perhaps in one of the side windows such as colors.

Help!


texts:
Trying to edit a text layer which was rotated pops up the following message:

  The layer you selected is a text layer but it has been modified using
  other tools. Editing the layer with the text tool will discard these
  modifications.

Is there a different method/tool to edit a rotated text layer and keep the original rotation.


texts: How do I grab the end of a letter and strech it along a curved path to join it to another letter?

texts: I would like to stretch the end of a letter and join it to another letter. I would like to have a consistent arch between one letter and another. Lets say a "W" and a "L" for example.


texts:
So I recently started working for a company (I am a software engineer) and due to emergency situations, I had to cookup a company logo from a jpeg file the company had. What I made and the company had are pretty similar and presented below:

Please realise that I am no professional graphic designer, yet even to me, this logo feels, well odd. Is there any ratio, design tips, ideas etc. to make this logo more pleasing to the eye? What Have I (and the previous designer) got wrong?


texts: Low Poly Problem in Illustrator - White Lines Around Shapes

texts:
I made this Low poly image (zoomed in version of just the eye).  I followed all of the steps and I couldn't have done anything wrong:

If you look closely, you can see these white lines between every shape

When you zoom out, the whole image looks like that; full of white lines and very unprofessional.

What I can do is change the stroke of every single object to its fill color, but that'd take me hours (I have about a couple thousand shapes in this image alone).

Is there a way to select all of the objects on a layer in and choose "Make Stroke color same as Fill color" or something of the sort?

This is what I want the finished product to look like (note: there are no more white lines):

I achieved this look by leaving the tracing image in the background so that it sort of fills in the white lines


texts: Make shapes or objects follow a path symmetrical in illustrator with no overlapping?

texts:
I'm on Illustrator 2021, and try to follow the same results as in How to make Objects follow a path (illustrator) (like on the las vegas sign)
but can't make it work.
My case is that I want to make townhouses follow a path symmetrical. On straight lines should it be no spacing, but still keep the proportions as in turns and uneven paths. It should not overlap either, but rather add more space when the shapes collied. I followed the tutorial above, and try to replicate a similar result.


texts:
Many modern websites feature very thin fonts whereas – I think – on posters it is not as commonly used. I was just wondering why thin webfonts are so popular. Does it have a reason? And since thin fonts are not as striking and bold as bold fonts, what purpose does it serve in spite of "it looks good"?

Thanks for your answers.


texts: Best Way to (truly) Reduce Gradient Banding in Photoshop across ALL Monitors

texts:
This problem keeps coming up again and again. I have tried to use the Dither checkbox in a Layer Effect in Photoshop CS6+ but that doesnt always work so well.

And applying a grain effect or noise effect just looks horrible sometimes.

It might be that I am not doing this correctly so would love feedback or leads to online tutorials that really solve this issue.

NOTE: I am preparing graphics strictly for web — so need to make gradients smooth in all displays including Apple Thunderbolt Displays, iPhone, iPad and even crappy monitors with low color gamuts.

Thanks


texts: Designing a Photo Call Background, & Scaling Up (File size concerns)

texts:
I am designing a personalized crest and a 'photo call' background (like for movie premieres) for a wedding (mine, actually).

I've done two mock-ups/versions of the wedding crest (white and navy blue backgrounds), and I will need to incorporate these wedding crests into a checkerboard pattern design for the photocall background.

Here's a mock-up of the photo call - each square is about 10x10 inches.  9 squares tall, 15 squares across.  So that's 90 inches (7 1/2 feet) tall, and 150 inches (12.5 feet) wide.

My questions  are thus:

The stock elements/images I'm planning on using to make the wedding crest are pretty large files in and of themselves (the floral crest, the rose, etc.).  If I use those wedding crests in a repeating checkerboard pattern, wouldn't it stand to reason that the file size would get un-manageably massive?  For example, each 'square' (crest, rose bud, silhouette) will be roughly 5000 px x 5000 px or 16.7″ x 16.7″.  If you multiply that by 9 (# of squares tall) and by 15 (# squares across), the pixel count is immense.
I am a novice graphic designer (not in the professional sense). I'm not very comfortable with Adobe Illustrator and vector images, and would prefer to use Adobe Photoshop and JPEG images instead.  The JPEGs available for download are 300 DPI and large, so I'm fairly sure the quality would be high enough to print on a photocall background.  Is this OK?

These are the 4 stock design elements (from Shutterstock) that I intend to download to make the personalized wedding crest:

(A) Floral Crest (navy blue) (Large  |  5000 px x 5000 px  |  16.7″ x 16.7″ @ 300 dpi)

(B) Floral Crest (white) (Large  |  5000 px x 5000 px  |  16.7″ x 16.7″ @ 300 dpi)

(C) Red Rose Bud (Large  |  5000 px x 5000 px  |  16.7″ x 16.7″ @ 300 dpi)

(D) 'Marie Antoinette' profile silhouette (Small  |  763 px x 800 px  |  2.5″ x 2.7″ @ 300 dpi (Vector image available as well))

(NOTE: Each of these files have a JPEG or Vector download option.)


texts: How to mask a layer from a channel in GIMP with Python?

texts:
I've been 3 days searching for documentation about python-fu for GIMP 2.8, and the one I find is great, but deprecated.

So I'm now stuck at this place: I've created 3 color channels, and want to add each one of them as a mask to each of 3 layers.

What I've done till now: (manually load the image, and create 3 color channels for lights, middle tones and shadows);

Get it's ID, with:

ima = gimp.image_list()[0]

Get the layer ID and duplicate the layer 3 times:

layn = pdb.gimp_layer_new_from_visible(ima, ima, 'dup')
pdb.gimp_image_insert_layer(ima, layn, None, -1)

Now I have an image with three layers and want to add a layer mask to each of the 3 layers but from the 3 different color channels... but I don't know how.


texts: Is there a way to convert pixel art into vector?

texts:
I've made some high resolution pixel art in PS by drawing it down at the pixel level and then increasing the image size with the nearest neighbor setting to keep it crisp. In the web browser, however, I need to display these images as icons with a dynamic size, so I can't just size the images correctly to begin with, and the broswer seems to blur the images when rendering them smaller, while vector images seem to stay more crisp as they shrink.

So I'm wondering if there's a way to convert the pixel art neatly into vector. I'm aware of the trace function in illustrator, but it seems to do a rough job iirc.


texts: How to make this 3D photo wall effect in Photoshop?

texts:
How can I create a photo wall effect similar to this with Photoshop CS6?

I tried with Warp, but it looks so bad and it's nowhere near comparsion. I also tried with Edit->Transform->Perspective, but then it looked more like this and not what I wanted.

I'm also trying it on a smaller image (800x415) and I have lots of thumbnails similar to the ones in the original hulu image, but I merged them into one big image with the idea that it'll be easier.


texts:
I've had at least two art teachers tell me that black does not naturally occur in nature, so using pure black makes your designs look synthetic. I do not understand this. Aren't the following black things natural?

Asian hair
The darkness
Panther's fur


texts: Is there any learning service like Pluralsight but for design?

texts:
Meet Pluralsight. We are a group of serious developers. We are
  also committed to creating the best training available. This mix of
  training for developers, by developers is what rings true to our
  customers.

  We call it hardcore developer training. You'll know it as superior
  training that is relevant and pushes all the latest technologies.

Is there any service like this but for design?


texts:
I have an image which I would like to label certain areas with some sort of a text label. I'm trying to figure out what the best way is to make the text clear. The image is color, and objects may have multiple colors to them.

A typical example might be the picture below. I would like to label the sky, the peak, perhaps the tree types, etc. I'm looking for what such labels might look like, so that they are easily readable, and as much as possible, do not distract from the image.


texts: Photoshop. Can i make "linked" the default method for dragging new artwork into documents?

texts: So far photoshop threat artwork that you into your document as new smart objects. I would like to get mor used to using "linked" as opposed to embedded.


texts:
I am not sure whether this is the right place to ask, but I'm currently working on an automatic color scheme creating tool and the only sources I have found on this topic are very loosely tied with computational color science (I understand that there is a lot of subjectivity in the notion of color schemes in general).

My question is: are there any sources that cover the topic of color schemes or color generation in a more in-depth/mathematical way that I could use as a reference?


texts:
Just wondering if it is possible to change the colour of a liquid in GIMP?

I have followed this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn7rrMZ6TCA

While it teaches us how to set a transparent layer, when I add a colour over the liquid, the colour doesn't change exactly to the one I want (since it is layered over the original colour of the liquid and shows the blended of the two).

Thanks.


texts: How to filter a photo to pencil and paper sketch with stains?

texts:
I have tried a variety of different manipulations to achieve a old-style architectural render. Here is what I've tried, perhaps the workflow and quality can be improved.

Desaturated image
Adjusted levels and contrast for clear designation of lines
Filtered using artistic pencil sketch
Added sepia tone

my result was less than stellar.

Here is a photo that I would like to change into an old-style rendering.

here is the result that I'm looking for.


texts: How do you unmerge images in sketch when using Union Subtract Intersect or Difference?

texts: Once you combine two shapes using Union, Subtract, Intersect, Difference, how do you unmerge them or ungroup them?


texts: How to shrink vector object without distoring it in Illustrator?

texts:
I always bump into this problem of distorting a logo when I shrink it in illustrator.  I have expanded the object and converted all outlines.

I tried 'simplify' and 'clean up' the anchor points, and I was holding down shift key when I resize the object.

I've looked at a few online forums and no one seem to ask this question so I'm not sure if I'm just doing anything wrong.

Thanks.


texts: I've got a .psd that needs to be cut up for a site. There are multiple times where the artist uses solid-colored square blocks with an inner glow applied to it, and instead of cutting out each one as an image I'd rather just overlay the glow over solid colors. Is it possible to get a glow that goes from transparent to white instead of from a certain color to white?


texts: Insert a new column or row in Adobe Illustrator's graph data editor

texts:
Is it possible to insert a new column or row in Adobe Illustrator's graph data editor? (without having to move the existing data through  Ctrl +  X, Ctrl +  V)

I use Adobe Illustrator CC 17.0.0 64-bit on Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate.


texts:
I am trying to 3D print some names for a wedding and I'm trying to make them all the same font. The issue I am having is that the cursive font that I have chosen (Milkshake) looks cursive but does not join up all the letters for all names. Here is an example:

I am trying to find a similar-ish cursive font that does join up all the letters all the time. Can you please help me find this.


texts: Looking for some simple sans serif book ornaments

texts:
We are making the first-ever full size book for a minority language in West Africa. I want this not just OK, but a really nice and well done "real" book. I even found a budget for quality binding. So we have page numbers, an index, an introduction, drop caps, the main story of course with many illustrations and captions, we are presenting the author and the illustrator and we are having a glossary.

The book is typeset in the visually simple and tidy Andika font, as this language is just emerging into written form, so by definition all our readers are beginners. http://software.sil.org/andika/

quick readers, here is the request

Now to help the readers to orient in the book, I want to insert something like those centered book ornaments, to say visually: "This part of the book ends here." I am looking for book ornaments which will go naturally with a clear sans serif font (although I guess there are not many out there). Timewise and for practical reasons, I would prefer to use font-based ornaments, but independent vectors are possible in our DTP tool.

end of main request, more context below

I tried googling for what I need, but this is one "where words fail me". I found a single sans font which is tagged for "flourishes" but those flourishes are all on letters (characters), and there are no free ornaments, like there are in famous Windings.

These ones do not fit a sans font in my mind, but they are the basis for my searching:

Please do not write that what I want is wrong. I want to find five different but belonging-together ornaments and try them in a draft print-out. Of course I am also using generous white space, to separate each part of the book. I just want to introduce some of the classical elements of printed books and see how it will be received. If you do not have an answer appart from "I do not like it", then please do not answer. If you have other ideas how to visually divide a book - then I would be interested. Our illustrations were commercially obtained, so I cannot custom-order more for this purpose; since the artist is no longer alive.

Update: I just went ahead and purchased the LiebeOrnament, because its non-changing line-weight and simple style harmonizes very nicely with our Andika font. 20 dollars was a fair price - I consider it a penalty and "learning fee" for not having started this research earlier. Even through this posting and two answers/comments I have been inspired to make our own ornaments/flourishes/swashes for the next book project or whenever I have to structure text in a "non-academic" friendly way. Thanks to you all. Solved.


texts:
I`m trying to create a banded gradient with Photoshop, similar to the one pictured on this packaging:

Can I achieve this with a normal gradient in Photoshop or do I have to create this rectangle by rectangle?


texts: Photoshop 24 bit image showing black pixels in 8 bit mode

texts:
I came across this problem after printscreening a website with a gradient background. Initially, I was shocked to find that the background was showing those black pixels, and thought something might be wrong with my GPU so I decided to investigate a little and found out that the image's bit depth was 24 and photoshop was opening it in 8bit mode (maybe because photoshop doesn't have a 24bit mode?).

I was wondering: How come when I save the image in 8bit mode it doesn't show those black pixels, in programs like windows photo viewer and paint? Why are they showing only in photoshop? Shouldn't photoshop find comparable colors to fill in instead of black?

When I change the mode to 32bit those black pixels disappear. Also, when sampling those black spots with the eyedrop I am getting the correct color.

This is the image I was speaking about:

And here's what I am seeing:


texts: I hope I'm asking this correctly. I'm using adobe illustrator, I'm trying to figure out is there an easier way to put a line in the center of the font. Lately I've been using the pen tool and doing it click by click. For example in the picture I used the pen and went down the center. I'm really new to this have been searching.


texts:
According to the company's book of standards, the color we use is Pantone 534 U. When I select it in my PS6, it appears absolutely different, lighter, more gray. Since I am using the color for online posts, I am not so much worried about printing it, but how to achieve the right color on my posts.
Thank you in advance for help.

BTW, I am absolutely new to editing in PS, so please write your response for dummies. Thanks  :)


texts: Is there a way to remove a snapchat effect from a picture?

texts: I took a great picture of the sky the other day but it was on snapchat and i covered a tree by painting yellow streaks over it on the snap, that's the only pic I saved to my phone but I wanted to know if there was a way to remove the yellow streaking? can it be done with an online program? thanks


texts: How to create a translucent, glowing image of code at a perspective using Adobe Fireworks CS6?

texts:
I like very much this kind of images, with code or with handwriting...

Could you guide me how to do this kind of images?

In two parts:

How can I create the text with a warped perspective?
How can I create the multi-layered, glassy effect of the background?

Thank You.


texts: What type of information should a logo display, or what makes a great logo?

texts:
For example, for a tech company, should one be able to look at a logo and immediately see 'tech company', or whatever niche that company may provide\service? Also, is the color scheme important as well? There may not be a way to say 'high tech' by the color scheme but should that be taken into consideration? Should the entire name of the company be included into the logo, or does initials with an image suffice?

To be practical, when I see the linux penguin now, after having worked with linux, I think of linux and open source in general, but if I've worked with linux I wouldn't know that from the freaky guy in Apple's July 1976 ad.

It's no secret that logos could tie directly into branding, but do they have to? Of course Apple's logo does, but Microsoft's doesn't (how many people really look at it and see a window?), Android's is somewhere inbetween when you look at the name separate from the robot,

Of course all startups won't grow to be as big as those but I think those are good case studies to consider.

Another is a description I pulled describing the MGM Grand Logo:

This elegant, poised lion on the prowl symbolizes MGM Grand, the “City of Entertainment”, while the name written underneath in bold and all-caps indicates the dominance of the company. Their first logo was borrowed from a 1968 stylized version of MGM’s Studios logo of a lion head, which then gradually evolved into this muscular full-body lion.

note: I originally asked this question on OnStartups, but after the inactivity and seeing this site, I feel it's probably better for this site.


texts:
I designed a robot sprite and I have to make an idle animation, it's easy but the problem is that I need to reuse that idle animation with some other sprite, I've asked to my animation teacher and told me that this is only possible with 3d animation, is that true? And if there is some possibilty I can reuse a 2d animation behaviour, what program is the best to do it?

Pd: I use toon boom harmony and I'm trying brash monkey spriter too.


texts:
I'm having problems figuring out why my layer does not resize to match the dimensions of the source layer. I set signatureLayer equal to the layer named "signature" and pass it and the layer I want changed into the function changeSizeto. It looks like it's taking the dimensions of the background layer instead. I can't see where I messed up. This is just a small bit of the script I'm working on but essentially I will be reading in an image location from a txt file, resizing it according to the source layer "signature" dimensions, saving the psd out as an image, then read in another image location and repeat.

#target photoshop

// must have source psd open to start with.

//pref pixels
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;

// call the source document
var srcDoc = app.activeDocument;
var signatureLayer = srcDoc.layers.getByName("signature");

//var sourceFile= new File("E:/Signatures/sig1.tif");
var sourceFile= new File("C:/Users/harry/OneDrive/Desktop/Replace/test.jpg");
var idPlc = charIDToTypeID( "Plc " );
var desc3 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
desc3.putPath( idnull, sourceFile);
var idFTcs = charIDToTypeID( "FTcs" );
var idQCSt = charIDToTypeID( "QCSt" );
var idQcsa = charIDToTypeID( "Qcsa" );
desc3.putEnumerated( idFTcs, idQCSt, idQcsa );
executeAction( idPlc, desc3, DialogModes.NO );

var replacementImage = srcDoc.layers[0]

changeSizeto(signatureLayer,replacementImage)

function changeSizeto(source,chngLayer){
    startRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
    //pref pixels
    app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS

    // Calculate length and width based on the rectangular bounds of the selected layer
    var sourceHeight = source.bounds[2].value-source.bounds[0].value; //Grab the length
    var sourceWidth = source.bounds[3].value-source.bounds[1].value; //Grab the width

    var newWidth=sourceWidth;
    var newHeight=sourceHeight;

    chngLayer.resize(newWidth,newHeight,AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER);

}

Edit:


texts:
I know this is a ridiculously basic question, but I cannot seem to do it for the life of me, even though I did it just 5 minutes ago...

I'm trying to copy the path on the right over to the left side of the heart. Even though only the right "lung" section is selected with the move tool (and Auto-select "Layer"), both this and the heart move when I attempt to move anything. If I turn Auto-select layer off, then the heart shape moves, even though this shape is selected! Why does this happen if they're on separate layers?

More pressingly, whenever I copy this path (on to a new layer or not) and either move or transform it, the first version of it moves/transforms at the same time. Very frustrating indeed! I cannot seem to separate the copy in order to make separate adjustments...


texts: Difference between Android, iPhone and BlackBerry

texts: From the point of view of a graphical designer, which are the differences in developing for iPhone, Android and Blackberry. Is it possible to design for one platform and to use that work on the others? What are the constraints when implementing the same graphical interface to all of the above mentioned platforms?


texts: Make edges of anti-aliased selection semi-transparent in Photoshop

texts:
So I have a path from which I create an anti-aliased selection of that arc-shaped object and paint it a solid color, red in this example. If I then want to change this color (to light gray in example) I get leftovers from red on the edge of selection and to get rid of it I have to paint with the background color over the edge with selection inverted.
I should note that both dark-gray and red are on the same layer.
I assume Photoshop paints beyond the selection to create an anti-aliased effect. Is there a way to avoid this efficiently while maintaining anti-aliasing?


texts: Inkscape: Is there a way to center text in this type of grid?

texts: I created a grid in Inkscape like this and then added text to it. I manually centered this one but I am wondering if there is a way to have it snap to the center through some of the alignment features? Basically I enabled gridlines, drew a square spanning 4 grids, and added the dashed lines across the middle. What I want is for the text to be at the intersection of the dashed lines. Is this possible other than manual work? I made this in Inkscape but solutions in other software also welcome!


texts: What font is used on this Google Design serif example?

texts:
On a Google Design blog article, I found a comparison of a Roboto typeface sheet with a serif one. The article doesn't tell the name of this font.

I did a bit of research and I suspect it is a variation of Baskerville, though different from the ones I find online. Can anyone tell what font it is?

Thanks in advance ;)


texts: Tool that shows same word in many fonts at the same time?

texts: Is there a (preferably online) tool that lets you type in a word or words and it presents them on screen in many different fonts (preferably 10's or even 100's), all the same time? The purpose being to see what text looks like in different fonts side by side (e.g. to select between them)


texts: How to save layers individually that can still interact with each other outside of Photoshop?

texts:
What I am trying to do is to move a PNG of semi-transparent gradient above another PNG of a box in it within a video editor. So imagine the first gradient slowly moving to the left on top of the box, but the problem that I have run into is that once these layers are outside of Photoshop they don't seem to interact anymore.

I even tried layer the images in a browser and they don't have an effect on each other.

Do layers with blending modes overlay and soft light not interact once they are saved and outside of Photoshop? It also seems like my transparency from the gradient goes away completely, even though I saved it for web & devices and PNG-24.

I don't know if this is even possible, but I cant find any answers so I have to ask. Is there a  different file format that saves these properties?


texts: How to export multiple different sizes from photoshop at once

texts:
I can export an image and assets in multiple pixel level defined sizes in Illustrator (2020).

In Photoshop which is presumably the raster image editor, the export options are based on loosely defined multiples and dividers.  To produce a 120px from 1024px image, you'd need 0.11718x which PS automatically rounds up to: 0.12x which results in 123px image.

How does one go about producing the right sizes in Photoshop?
Note: My end-goal is to produce icon and images sizes for iOS so if there is a better/easier way to do this, I'm happy to leave PS be.


texts: I have woodworking project with multiple components which I would like to show in LayOut with details/dimensions(top, left, front, iso) for the engineer, who is going to actually make components from the wood. How can I place individual components into LayOut, without creating separate .skp for each of them?


texts: alt row colouring on nested, collapsible tables

texts:
(This is not a CSS question; this is a visual design / user interaction question.)

I have an app that renders multiple rows of data, with several levels of collapsible nesting:

I plan to tint the alt rows to make them distinguishable:

The problem comes when expanding/collapsing nested rows. As they expand and collapse, like-tinted rows will be adjacent
(eg. 1.1 and 1.2 are adjacent and both blue; potentially - 1. and 2. can be adjacent and will both be grey):

But if I adhere to a fixed even/odd row colour, like this:

that means that a given row does not maintain a fixed colour (1.2 was blue, now grey; 2. was grey, now blue):

So, as the table is expanded and contracted, many rows are changing tint. Is this visually confusing for the user? Is there a better/best answer for this setup?


texts: Inkscape: bitmap pattern filling - 1px line around every tile

texts:
I want to fill an object with a bitmap pattern.
Instead of perfectly connecting, there is this 1 pixel transparent line around each "tile" of the filled object.

The same problem was described here: Filling object with pattern in inkscape

In reference to this post, the bug was fixed in 0.48.3, but I'm using 0.48.4 r9939 and the problem still exists.

See:

The used pattern: http://subtlepatterns.com/bo-play/

Any idea?


texts: Delete path of two anchor points, but not the anchors themselves

texts:
I am trying to change the path of a two anchors. I have tried grouping the two anchors I do not want connecting together and goto Object>Path>Divide Objects Below, but nothing happens. I  get the message, "The  filter cannot complete because more than one object is selected." I only have the two anchors from the object selected, so I am lost.

I do not want to remove the anchors, just have the path of two between removed, and reconnect to a different anchor.  This image shows what I want to do in  illustrator CS6.

Thank You


texts: Finding out object filter specification for Inkscape objects

texts:
As in my other questions I am running Inkscape 0.91. I have become quite fond of using Inkscape to build my wireframes, so I have a question.

Let's say I applied a drop shadow filter to an object in Inkscape. So when I translate it to a website I want to use the CSS box-shadow to make it look like that object. Now is there anyway to get the specifications of the filter I applied to the object in the wireframe? I noticed in the Filter Editor dialog box you can see the blur color but other than that I'm drawing a blank.

I would be most appreciative if anyone could let me know if this is a possibility in Inkscape. In the mean time, I'll just take good notes!

Thank you everyone!


texts: Should I include experiences as a freelancer on a resume? If so, how?

texts:
I have experience interning and working at several companies before graduating University. After that, for about one and a half years, I worked like a freelancer (means work alone, not in the office).
Then I recognized that I work better at organizations. I feel I am suitable for working with groups, so recently I am looking for a permanent job doing just that.

In this case should my newer resume include freelance work in my Employment History line?

If so, how should I write it?
For example:

Freelance Graphic Designer　　　　　　　　NOV 2013 - March 2015

● Designed mobile .....(omit)

● Researched and presented about smartphone application...(omit)

● Composed illustrations for web fiction written by... (omit)

Is that alright? If there are better ways, please let me know.

Thank you in advance.


texts:
So I've got this image and I'd like to be able to remove the text so that it's just a picture of the banner.

I don't know of any 'advanced techniques' so to speak, so what I have tried so far is eyedropping each section around each letter, and brushing over the text.

This is a messy (and long) process so I'm looking for a more efficient (and hopefully cleaner) way of doing this.

The image in question:

Thanks!


texts: Drawing hair, joining up all of the segments correctly

texts:
In illustrator:

I have the following drawing, drawn with the pen tool.

The problem is that i drew each hair segment separately to be able to fill them separately, but redrew over lines in order to do that. Is there a way to merge these lines together and still maintain the ability to fill the strands in separately


texts: Using work in your portfolio that you're not too pleased with?

texts:
This is going based on the fact that apart from my University work, I don't have a great deal of freelance work to fill a portfolio so I can't really choose to leave stuff out.

I've heard people say before that you shouldn't finalise a design for a client based on what pleases you aesthetically but what the client wants but I've often done this myself in the past were I thought a logo looked more interesting a certain way to only have the client come back to me and say something like "oh, it's nice, but it just looks too fancy and I'd like it this way..." and they will want me to use very basic, tacky imagery and too many colours that make it look like it was made by a high school student (at best) as the client knows nothing about design and there's only so much I can do to make there idea somewhat acceptable. Sometimes I finalise a design with them that they are over the moon about but I think it looks average at best and sometimes bad.

I can understand this, as obviously it's the client that's using your work so if they don't like it then you have failed your task and they won't want to use it but I don't want to use it in my portfolio as I don't want future employers/clients thinking that this is all i'm capable of.
'
Where do you stand on creating work for a client that doesn't please you aesthetically? do you ever turn work down as you don't want it to ruin your image as a designer or do you just smile, make the design and take the money?


texts: Underlined Text: Indent on left and right side

texts:
I need to modify the options for underlined text to have offset on the left and right side, like this:

For the example above i used the paragrahlines options and add linebreaks.

Does anyone have an idea how to do this with a character-style or something similar?

Thanks!


texts: Saving a document in photoshop CMYK turns SOME black into gray

texts:
I am creating a rather big photoshop document 3000x3000 which i want to print. I thought i took all the precautions:
CMYK color mode
300ppi
save as pdf and so on

Still when i save the picture as pdf or jpg, SOME, not all, of the blacks turns out to be dark gray instead. I really don't know what to do since I need the picture printed tomorrow.

Please help me out, if it helps I have the full .psd

EDIT

The different blacks originates from a "linear burn" blend mode on top of a black layer! which has no different black output in photoshop

FIXED - Solution:

I fixed the screen output by putting a black layer with the hex value #000000 on top of the other layers and setting it's blending mode to lighter color - which only doesn't allow the gray'ish black to shine through, but preserves the rest of the colors!

Again - thanks a lot for the quick response, even though your comprehensive answer did not fix my problem, I am sure that it will help a lot of other people...


texts: Photoshop colour changes CMYK value when picking

texts:
I can make an RGB document, choose a black of say C, M & Y all at 20% K at 100% fill this colour in. Now when running picker on it, Photoshop reverts it to its generic black! I never had this problem with past versions. What is happening now? Any help would be great as I prefer to make backgrounds in RGB mode as colour seems to be better when printing. I used to be able to control the black, but now I'm stumped...

Of course it’s an RGB file just like printing a photograph which is RGB to CMYK, it has to convert. There is no point having the CMYK picker if you can't mimic that colour. In the past you could choose your black paint, and even though in reality it was RGB (because it’s in an RGB file), it would still return to you the correct CMYK value that you chose and mimicked in the first place. PS no longer seems to do that. You choose your false CMYK colour to paint into the document and then when you check it, the values are, well, different. Totally pointless having any colour picker as now you can’t control it. That’s what I'm referring to. The colour you mimic should still return the same values that it mimicked in the first place.


texts: How to polar stretch/scale a set of object in Illustrator

texts:
Suppose I drawn a set of objects that will fill an angular wedge of approximately 58° of a circumscribed circle.

Now I want to stretch these object so that they fill a wedge of exactly 60°; more formally I want to scale the polar angle of polar coordinates of the control points. [Later I want to replicate these object 6 times to fill an entire circle.]

Is this possible?


texts:
I am doing a wood working project and want to use a local large format printer to print a template for cuts for the project. How do I correctly scale the template design to have size accuracy. Thanks.

I don't know how big it is now. It was drawn to scale but i never set something to be a meter wide or anything. How do I check the dimensions?


texts: How to convert an object with border as object to an object with border as border?

texts:
This file seems to be just an object with large border:

However the border is actually an object with its own border:

How can I convert it to a regular path? I've tried Object to Path but it doesn't work.

Here is the file: https://www.svgrepo.com/show/220721/thinking.svg
My purpose is to fill the bubble with other objects (images, not texts).


texts: How can I draw line drawings with the pen tool but with rounded edges?

texts:
I understand how to draw shapes with sharp corners using the pen tool, but what I cannot figure out is how to draw shapes in line drawings with rounded edges.

For example here is my drawing in solid, sharp edges lines:

I would like to achieve something more like this:


texts: Inkscape: How to create this 3D/fold effect?

texts:
is there a built-in filter or extension in Inkscape to create a similar fold/3D effect? I mean the appearance simulating a foldout leaflet/brochure.

Thanks for any hints!


texts: Can I export an animated GIF as a PNG Sequence in Photoshop?

texts:
Hey we're getting an animation made for a startup loading for a new device and the company need it as a PNG sequence... is it possible to save this out in Photoshop as a PNG sequence?

Thanks!


texts: Trying to make a shirt design with 4000 max anchor points, but "Simplify" option is disabled

texts:
I'm new here, so excuse me for the noob questions.

I'm trying to make a shirt design like this shirt:

It has to be SVG, using 2 different layers for each color (white and pink), and the max amount of anchor points per layer/color is 2000.

So I have my SVG file in Adobe Illustrator, with 2 layers, but the option Object > Path > Simplify is disabled... I have no experience with AI whatsoever, and I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Document Info is also not showing me the amount of anchor points that I have right now, so I can't check if I have more than what's allowed for the print shop that I want to have print the shirt.

Could you please help me out to make my design suitable for plot printing (on a website such as Spreadshirt)? Thanks!

Here's my PSD and SVG:

PSD File
SVG File


texts:
I've been trying to get Photoshop to save files in particular folders but it's always saving in the wrong location.

This is occurring no matter how I try to save when using export to web; normal Save As seems fine.

I'm running the latest Mac OS and the latest Photoshop.

I've just tried to save a .psd in /Volumes/Backup/Websites/Card Hoarder Cards but it actually saved in /Users/ceriturner on the first attempt and the second attempt it saved in /Users/ceriturner/Downloads.


texts:
I have an InDesign document with a data source (csv). Part of the template looks like this:

<<first-title>><<first-text>><<second-title>><<second-text>><<third-title>><<third-text>>

The reason it is all on one line is because a variable can be empty and I don't want it to create empty lines.

The texts (<<first-text>>, <<second-text>> and <<third-text>>) should contain newlines, but that is not possible with csv data merge. I did find a solution with a character style and a paragraph style to mimic a newline (https://indesignsecrets.com/controlling-line-breaks-with-data-merge.php) but that just introduces some whitespace for me, no newlines.

So I thought, I'll just make a script to replace some string (I chose _LB_) with a linebreak (\n). That works when I put that string (_LB_) in the text and then run the script, it is replaced with a newline. But that does'nt work with data merge, since you cannot (or I can't find how) run a script automatically for each data entry?

Is there another, better solution for this you may know of?


texts: How can i make shoe patterns in alphabets in Adobe like following image?

texts: I want to design this poster but couldn't figure out how can I make shoe designs inside alphabets and change color texture in alphabets?


texts: How do I reduce the luminance of this sky without it looking weird?

texts:
This is a picture I took yesterday:

The sky is a bit too washed out for me so I'd like to crank down the luminance of the blue. Camera Raw makes a valiant effort but the crane trusses and other incidentally blue things end up looking...off:

I opened it as a smart object in PS CS6 to try and mask out the sky but the magic wand tool feels like a club instead of a scalpel when it comes to masking out the bits of sky poking through the crane. Also, I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to do from there because all the typical level controls are disabled.

How would I go about getting the desired sky in photoshop without the weird fuzziness/coloring on the cranes and buildings?


texts: help me Identify this font used in older LEGO Technic sets

texts:
Already tried Font Squirel, Fontspring Matcherator and WhatTheFont! Didn't get a good match.

context:

Its the red font used to indicate 'length.' It's probably really old since these boxes were printed 25+ years ago


texts: Trying to change a part of a sweater using hue/saturation

texts: So I already did part of the guy's sweater using color balance and a layer mask, but I forgot how I did it exactly. I see I left a small part of his sweater not done yet, between his hands. So it was green and now I'm trying to change all of it so it stand out more from the background of the trees. I should be able to just use the pen tool to pick out what part I want to change and then do a layer mask, but I must be doing something wrong. Do I need marching ants or something before doing a layer mask?


texts: Is manual, faster than automatic, duplex printing?

texts: I'm guessing yes? Automatic duplex flips while it prints every page, but manual duplex can keep printing pages and requires only one manual turnover of pages.


texts: What is best way to draw curly brackets with different length but keeping same size?

texts: I found it very difficult. I'm using GIMP but can switch to any Linux/chrome/online graphics software.


texts: Why is Photoshop constantly asking about modifying color profiles when I open a file?

texts:
I'm still rather new with understand the colour settings in any Adobe program. And I have noticed recently that my Photoshop KEEPS asking me again and again about the colour setting when I open a file.

I get this message everytime:

This is my current colour settings:

I don't recall ever changing it recently or ever... So I really don't know what to do to get rid of the constant pop up. I mean... is there is a certain colour setting for people who design in Europe!? Haha help. So lost.


texts:
I'm designing a logo inspired by the MDN logo.

My logo (inside the green zone) has nothing to do with the "dinosaur" logo of Mozilla. So the question is about the frame and the arrangement of the letters (IJK in my case).

Is it plagiarism if my logo looks similar to an existing one?


texts: Gimp - Brush Editor grayed out and not working

texts:
No matter what I do my Brush Editor options remain grayed out. I'm trying to edit a custom brush as I know the default ones are read-only.
I have no idea what's causing this, the way that I make new brushes is by copying something and using the Paste as new brush option.


texts: Does a graphic designer run the risk of losing clients if he/she publishes instructional books and tutorials for non-designers?

texts: I've been thinking of publishing graphic design instructional books and tutorials for non-designers. But I'm concerned that this could negatively impact my business. However, I really like paying it forward and enabling people do be self-sufficient. At the same time, I have to make a living.


texts: Path Fill Not filling up Selected Space Photoshop CS6

texts: I'm new to photoshop. This is my first time using the pen tool to draw the path below, but when I use paint bucket it's not filling up the spaces inside the path I have drawn. It fills up some space outside the path. Please help. I'm desperate. I want to make this right.


texts: Are there typefaces designed to fit inside one another?

texts:
Original Question

If so what are the names of these typefaces?
What terms should I use to search for them?

My title was changed to use a term provided in a candidate answer below.
Layered Typeface.

For the reader. As always you have the choice to read any portion, including near 0%, of the question and then quickly jump to the 2 answers. Some comments gave some other impression.

If none of the typefaces are suitable what are efficient means of creating bodies of text to emulate them? Note the caveat below.  I want the paths of both larger and smaller.  Ultimately this approach provides a better option for me on this project.

The final goal is to deliver the curves/paths in SVG export.  I need the paths to control location in another program.

Ideal Situation

T1 and T2 are imagined typefaces. If I typed the same text with pair T1 and T2 with transparent background then I could see the background text lined up with the foreground text with no additional effort. Similar to an Inkscape Text Stroke. Illustrated in diagrams.  A matching pair.

My initial preference is that the larger of the pair is the original. The smaller of the pair is the newly created.  I am willing to delete path and curves. I do not want to create labor intensive artwork for a typeface.

Actual Situation

Above image from Inkscape.

01 Appearance of Layered Fitted typefaces or just curves. Inkscape text with stroke
02 Emphasis of stroke as a feature of one curve
03 Inkscape inset feature with less than stellar results. The results fail my goal for today.  Many straight lines were destroyed.  However I may be able to use Inkscape inset for some purposes.
04 Regular Black H
05 Inset Placed on Black H showing 50% successful situation.

Does Inkscape have another function similar that does what I want?

So the final visual bounding box is not determined by the curve alone, it requires the stroke.  This does not support my goal.  Another program in the pipeline does not have the stroke feature.

The accepted answer and some of what appears below may be slightly different alternatives. I still need to test.  Eventually the accepted answer and my shallow description here converged ... to a large degree.  I still need to ponder the answer below.

Some of my conversation with the Accepted Answer.

Inkscape Stroke to Path appears useful.  It allows the thickness adjustments by replacing one sub path with two sub paths [1 -> 2 subpaths]... inner and outter.  In another part of my pipeline it will be easier to discard the concept of stroke since another program does not have the same feature.

Figure 1-6.

01 Successful Red Smaller letter [H] on Original [H].
02 Regular Black H
03 Black [O]  with Red Stroke just for discussion purposes.
04 Isolated thick Red Paths converted from Stroke feature.  Used Inkscape features.  Object to Path.  Stroke to Path.  See menu.
05 Kept the curves I need and deleted what I did not need
06 Place smaller red [O] on larger Black [O]. Curve edited to show independence.
07 The menu bar shows the choices

Object to Path
Stroke to Path

Thanks.


texts: How to resize Images with ImageMagick? Explain this odd behaviour

texts:
I am puzzled by this combo, I use convert -command to change the size to 55x55 but I get 54x55, why? I think the problem here is that the command use geometry not pixels while I presupposed that the command uses pixels.

Trial 0: -resize not right flag

$ convert -resize 55x55 sky_0_1.png sky_0_11.png
$ identify sky_0_1*
sky_0_11.png PNG 54x55 54x55+0+0 8-bit DirectClass 3.54KB 0.000u 0:00.000
sky_0_1.png[1] PNG 59x60 59x60+0+0 8-bit DirectClass 4.12KB 0.000u 0:00.000

Trial 1: adaptive-resize not right flag

$ convert -adaptive-resize 55x55 sky_0_1.png sky_0_111.png
$ identify sky_0_111.png
sky_0_111.png PNG 54x55 54x55+0+0 8-bit DirectClass 3.6KB 0.000u 0:00.000