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I want to buy a Wacom graphics tablet. I live in Switzerland, where we have multiple national languages (French, German, Italian, ...). I was looking at the prices of the tablet on different websites and noted that they specify the language of the tablet. The one I want to buy is a German-Italian version but I speak only french. So I was wondering:

Does the graphics tablet's language matter ?


texts: My dad one day decided to write a children's book, and my wife illustrated it. However, we've had some difficulties in putting the illustrations into a book format. What kinds of things should one consider when designing the layout for a children's book?


texts: How to re edit master pages, apply them to all pages, but keep the specific items on each page intact?

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I have a master page with a footer and a text box to write specifics on each page.

I needed to re edit the footer and I had already written on the text boxes on each page.

When I re edit the master page some pages do not take the re edit. So I apply the master page to these pages again. But the text box gets reset aswell. How can I avoid that?

Thanks


texts:
So I'm trying to create two brick variants from this reference: one light one (Spot A on the ref) which I already have and another version with darker bricks (Spot B on the ref):

Here's my light variant:

However I'm struggling to make a dark version from it, the results are just really bad or not working at all. Here are the things I've tried so far:

Playing with levels and curves;
Different color fill/duplicate texture overlays with different blend modes
Using a leveled black and white version of the texture as a mask on a color fill;
Combination of the above.

Any pointers or ideas how I could make a dark variant from that texture?


texts: How to make a triangular selection in illustrator?

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I want to select the circles in the image that are in the bottom left corner. Imagine I have 100 circles, so doing it manually is impractical. Is there a way to select objects using something else than a square marquee?

I tried using the lasso tool, but I can't always grab the four points that make up each circle (the longest diagonal is partially selected). Is there a way to expand a partial selection of a path to select the entire object?


texts: How can I keep my file size small without losing quality?

texts: I am designing a sign measuring 0.9m x 1.50 m. This sign will be seen from up close and needs to be top quality, high res. However, I need to keep file size manageable. Any suggestions?


texts: Search among artboards and symbols in sketch-app

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I am using sketch ver. 51.1.

Is it a way to search among artboards and components in order to access them quickly? I want to search in whole project, not just in current page.

If it is possible with plugin, please introduce it.


texts: Convert to BW by replacing colors with "shapes" (for printing)

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I know nothing about image editing & conversion so please don't come down too hard on me.
What I'd like to do is, to convert some color pictures (these ones here) into black & white so I can print them, yet still be able to tell apart biomes.
My issue is, "normal" bw conversion doesn't help: The end result will either "hide" areas for maps having several biomes, or get invisible when printed (average 'home quality' inkjet printing).

So my thinking was to use a very old technique I've seen on old terrain maps eons ago: replace colors with "bars" / "shapes", so it literally is enough to use black color only (no shades or anything). The end result should look something like indicated on this image:

As you can see, on the picture above I changed "East Farside Crater" from color blue to "vertical bars".

At the end of the day, the whole map should look something like this:

In other words, the colors on the map(s) should be replaced with the shapes shown above.

Questions: Is there an online conversion tool for that?
If not, is there a technique built-in to image editors to do stuff like this? (prefferably in GIMP)
Does this technique has a name? (Could come handy for better googling it)

Thanks for reading this and for the help in advance!

ps.: I also tried "image to ASCII" with some online tools, but those didn't work out very well (were also hiding away important details).
But I might not found the proper tool, so this kind of conversion can also be a solution.
Anything that works for the very basic goal: print the linked maps on home quality inkjet without hiding any details according to biome information.


texts: How do I go about choosing image height on a background-cover div?

texts: I have a slider on my page with the property background cover applied so it fits the whole thing. The slider also has a 50vh fixed height. The background always ends up cutting things from the image that I don't want. How should I go about choosing the right width x height knowing that the website will be seen in very different devices ?


texts: Does any body know how to dynamically change outline in illustrator?

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I know the setting Edit > Preferences > General > Check "Scale stroke & effects".

But this setting is changing outline setting for all objects in illustrator. Does anybody know setting for only selected objects? I am CorelDraw user previously and this is very easy to do in CorelDraw.

Thanks in advance.


texts: How do I make non-printable template instructions in InDesign?

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I'm trying to create a business card template for my work and I wanted to add text to the file giving instructions on how to use the template.

How do I create text that won't print once the file is ready?


texts: Photoshop: converting to a one-colour image w/ transparent background

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I have the following image with a transparent background:

I would like to convert it to just a single colour, but for it to fade to transparent rather than to different tints of the same colour. A bit like the below — I understand this is an illustration and not a photo, but it should give you the idea:

I've tried a duotone / monotone image with blue, but that gives me blue and white... not blue and transparent:

I've also tried setting the image as a bitmap with diffusion dither. This gives me just one colour (as I'd like it) but it looks really noisey and poor quality:

Is there a better way of doing this?


texts: How do I make Sketch's vector tool only draw on pixel boundaries, not centering them?

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Very annoyingly, I can't seem to get Sketch to draw on pixel boundaries. If I use the vector tool (pressing V) and click two points in a straight line, it centers the 1px line on the pixel boundary, causing 0.5px on each side, and when zoomed in to be a grossly blurred line.

However, if I were to just use the rectangle tool (pressing R) and draw a 1px high box line, that wouldn't be blurred at all and would reside against (not centered on) the pixel boundary as expected.

How do I make Sketch not draw the lines blurry?


texts: Why doesn't the Shape Builder Tool let me select this specific shape?

texts: I'm just starting to use Illustrator and I was watching some tutorials, but they don't have this problem. Why is this happening?


texts:
How to align objects in a constrain angle mode?
a picture is worth a thousand words

maybe a plugin do the job?


texts:
What is the best way to save a JPEG file in Photoshop?

Currently, I click save as, change format to JPEG, then the JPEG options screen pops up, I set it a large file with quality at "12" and "maximum" and "progressive". Now the size of my file is currently 530KB. My boss wants the file to be closer to 1MB. Is there a way to increase the file size?

How can I actually know if a picture I am saving in Photoshop is actually considered a great image quality file? My understanding is that the bigger the file size, the better in quality. Is this true?


texts: I have to get a large number of photos approved for my project. Is there an online tool or platform that can help me with this?

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We've had a photographer do a three day shoot to provide imagery for the project I'm working on. From the thousands of shots she took we want to get down to an initial set of 75 images that have been approved by the client for use on the site we've designed.

At the moment I'm primarily using a Bridge to make my choices, then InDesign to put these into documents to share with the client as PDFs. They then comment on the PDF and send it back. I then manually make changes to the documents to reflect the feedback.

It all feels very cumbersome and inefficient.

Is there a tool that you have used that would help in this instance? Something that will show a large number of images and keep track of their status (i.e. new, approved, rejected, not sure). Ideally it would also allow me to attribute bits of meta data to images (e.g. The name of the article that this image may be used for, or tags describing the section of the site it would appear on).

Thanks!


texts:
Is it possible to "optimize" a bitmap image I've imported into an Inkscape document, resizing it so it's stored at the document's resolution?

For example, if I import a 900px square image then resize it down to 1in, can I ask Inkscape to to re-render that image at 300 DPI so the image saved in the file is only 300px wide?

My goal is to reduce the size of the SVG file while still embedding the bitmaps.


texts: Using Copyrighted Characters in Portfolio?

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I've seen numerous design portfolios online that involve characters from movies, TV, games, you name it.

I'm building a portfolio and for one project I was thinking of creating a few mobile UI screens of a Star Wars "character database" app that would show an image of a few characters and possibly a brief description of each. I never intend to build the app, just a simple design.

As of late Dribbble has been full of fan art, UIs, animations, etc. involving Star Wars. I'd imagine it would be okay as long as there's no profit from the work/design, but just wanted to check in and see what most people would say.


texts: What color swatch preset to use for preparing graphics for print?

texts: I would like to know what color swatch preset should be used to print a design you made on illustrator, so there's no confusion on colors from you to the printing company.


texts: Should we use slice to export assets in photoshop cc?

texts: Now that Photoshop CC has an option of extracting assets, should we abandon using slices to export assets to be used by UI developers?


texts: Script to change a color in all layers of a PSD file to another color?

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Is it possible to loop through all layers (there are too many layers) and replace one color with another. Need automated approach, script or simple action.

Loop through all layers{
    Change Fill color A to X
    Change Text color A to X
}


texts: I'm learning lighting now and was curious how this pictures was made, maybe someone have idea what kind of light scheme used here


texts: How to remove part of an image in the shape of a font without affecting the background?

texts: I am entirely new to graphic design. I have a background image and a "foreground" image. I want to modify the foreground image by omitting parts of it (so that the background takes its place); in particular I want the omitted parts to be in the form of a font. I don't have Adobe Photoshop, and I am looking for a free way to do this. I would appreciate your suggestions on how to do this.


texts: Erasing stroke on two separate segments of shape

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I want to have a shape with a fill and in some segments the stroke should be removed. Can this be resolved somehow using e.g. the path finder?

This image shows (a very simplified version of) what I want:

I can easily do this using two separate shapes (one for stroke, one for fill) but I would like to do it using one shape.

The following question solves the problem for only one cut, but
I want two or more: Erasing part of a shape with a stroke in Illustrator

As suggested, here is the actual shape in question. I would like the horizontal line at the top to have no stroke as shown here.


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I would like to know what's the standard resolution for line-art if you'll include it in a for-press production?

I intend on this process:

scan image (as RGB or Grayscale)
convert to grayscale if scanned as RGB
adjust histogram curve (with very sharp contrast line or even direct step from 0 to 255) to make lines with sharp contrast changes or convert to BW bitmap with a particular threshold
Save as TIFF

The main question

Would 1200dpi be enough or would I have to scan to 1600dpi to not come out jagged? Or even more? What resolution do you recommend for this kind of images?

Lines are thin.


texts: Export layers to files sized according to content of layer

texts: Sorry for the confusing title. What I did was scan 3-4 photos at a time and then crop those photos into new layers per scan and then I combined them all into one .psd file. So what I have now are several differently sized images on a larger canvas. This leaves extra white space when I run the Layers -> Files script. So now how can I resize all of the layers and save them as .jpeg files?


texts: Can InDesign use XML data to generate QR Codes?

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I'm building a business directory in InDesign, and my data source is a MySQL database. I can query this database anyway I wish, and output it either as xml or as a csv file.

I prefer the XML option, as it gives me the ability to use a more complex hierarchy of subdirectories, and is easier to work with, compared to Data Merge of a csv file.

The one thing missing, though, is the ability to generate QR Codes from the XML data, as can be done with data merge (using hashtag as prefix for the field name).

I've spent quite a lot of time Googling it, but couldn't find anything that has to do with XML data and generating QR Codes in InDesign. Does that mean it can't be done?


texts: Issues with inaccurate snapping and line weights

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This question is in two parts. First, I'm having trouble with line weights below 1 pt. I scaled a drawing with multiple lines and shapes, most of the strokes scaled to .1pt but the stroke on two shapes will not go below 1, maybe this is because they are shapes (made using the rounded rectangle tool) and not strokes? how do I make the shape stroke go below 1pt?

Second I've been having issues with inaccurate snapping. I've been working around the problem but the reason I put these two issues together is because answers for both types of questions on these forums point me to the transform panel with the align to pixel grid check box. Other people's snap and stroke problems seem to be fixed by unchecking this box but it doesnt work for me. I didn't have these issues before switching to CC, cant tell if its a bug or some box I need to check. Any help is greatly appreciated!

I'm using Illustrator CC (2015.3.0 Release)


texts: How can I cut out a section of a circle using Inkscape?

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In Inkscape I first typed text, created a circle, then made two lines from the center.
It looks like this now:

Now, I want it to look like this with the piece cut off, which I made before:

I can't make it work. Every path boolean operation is not working.
How do I cut circle like a pie?


texts: How to Match Skin Color Between Pictures Of The Same Person In GIMP

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I have two pictures of the same person. Pictures were taken at same place but slightly different light were used in each one. I would like to adjust the skin color in one picture to match the other so both have the same skin (background is not so important, it can be cropped in the final image containing just the entire head)

I attach the following image as an example:

*Update: This is what I've tried so far (with poor results)

Select the skin to change in a duplicate layer
Pick the color of the desired skin
Bucket fill the selection of the target image with the source skin color
Mode "Overlay" between the duplicated layer and the other one.
Changed lightness and saturation
Final "akward" result:

Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Emmy_Rossum_2011.jpg licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license


texts: How do you use the pen tool in the most efficient way?

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I am just learning how to use the pen tool and want to make sure I am using it in the most efficient way possible. After watching countless tutorials, I still feel like I don't fully understand how many anchor points I should be using and where precisely to place those anchor points when drawing different curves or shapes.
I've heard the tips "use as few points as possible" and "place the anchor points at the extrema of the curve", but I am still confused because I see people drawing the same type of curves and shapes differently and the end result looks basically identical.
Any pen tool masters out there that can help me out?
To understand what I mean I have provided two simple examples below. In these examples is option "A" or "B" the most efficient way to use the pen tool? Why? (pros/cons)
Example 1:

Example 2:


texts: Single incorrect glyph when exported to SVG at smaller font size (Illustrator CC)

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I'm trying to export an SVG for web use from Illustrator and for some reason the o in this font family (Bilo) refuses to play nicely.
This is what it looks like inside of AI. The larger text is 22px, the smaller text is 17px. Nothing else has been changed.
This is what it looks like on the Adobe Font site when you preview it at 17px.
And this is what it looks like when I export an SVG from AI.
The SVG font setting in the image above is set to Convert to Outlines. I've tried

Every combination of SVG export settings (Saving with Font set to SVG works, but not in Safari, so that's no good.)
I've also tried creating outlines before saving
Using Object > Expand with both Object and Fill checked.

This wonky o just keeps coming back to haunt me. It happens with all of the Bilo font weights.
It's activated via the built-in Adobe Fonts connector in AI - is there maybe an issue with the font itself?


texts: Best way to re-create or draw swirl / spiral shapes

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I am trying to recreate a shape similar to the one in the attachment below, but I can't seem to get it right.  I have run into this type of shape once or twice before, and last time I retraced it by hand which was not perfect and time consuming.

I have tried the spiral tool, but the shape is off. So far the best method I have it to cut a circle and drag the bottom out, but I still end up having to make corrections and some of the curves are noticeably off. Does anyone know of a better way to recreate something like this?


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Is it even possible to make a seamless tri-polygon in photoshop? I've tried (please see the following) but it didn't turn out well. The color of the picture can simply be a base color, no gradient is fine too.
- The grey one (First picture) is seamless but as you can see the shapes is very messy and uneven
- The brown one (Second picture) is the original version (non seamless)

Any help is appreciated.
Thank you.


texts: How to remove layers from PDF file in acrobat?

texts: I have large techical drawing PDF with a lot of layers. But i need only three of these to open in Illustrator. How to delete layers from layer panel in Acrobat Pro XI?


texts: Add stroke to internal lines in mesh objects

texts: I am trying to create a fishing net in adobe illustrator. I have created an ellipse object and created the mesh but adding a stroke via the appearance panel only does it to the border of the mesh object not the internal lines (see the picture below). How can I add a stroke to the internal lines to create a net appearance? If this is not possible with the mesh tool how would you create a net in illustrator?


texts: AE Expression - Occur on keyframes, but max every x seconds

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I'm attempting to create an 80s-style basketball scoreboard in After Effects, that appears briefly after scores but is otherwise not displayed. I've got a control layer that is simply text, and outputs either '0' or '100' depending on whether I want the scoreboard on the screen, this value is then fed into the opacity of everything.

It all worked perfectly, until I was watching a game from that era and realised the scoreboard doesn't display on every score. So I went back to work, trying to add a timer to it. The idea is this: the scoreboard displays on a keyframe changing the score, and a variable is set to the time at which this occurs. When the next score-changing keyframe occurs, the time is checked against the previous time and a slider. If the difference between the previous time and the current time is greater than the slider, it displays the score and sets the variable to the new time, otherwise it does nothing.

Problem is, I can't get it to work. I've tried including the variable in the if statement that actually sets the text to '100', but it loses that value as soon as the text is set back to '0'. I've tried what I've got below, but it's obviously updating the thing every single time. Or never, possibly. I can't remember, it's been a couple of days and I've attacked it from a mind-numbing number of angles.

Is there a way to achieve this? I feel like it'd be really easy if all the score keyframes were in one layer, but I have separate layers for each team.

I've also got it set to always display the score in the final two minutes, and not display the score while the clock is stopped (so as to prevent it updating in the middle of sets of free-throws).

I think that's all the info I need to provide, but I'm not 100% sure.

//a home, b away, c clock
a = thisComp.layer("HomeScore").text.sourceText;
b = thisComp.layer("AwayScore").text.sourceText;
c = thisComp.layer("Stopwatch").effect("ClockRunning")("Checkbox")
delayTime = comp("Control").layer("Null 4").effect("HideScoreIfLast")("Slider");
secLeft = parseInt(thisComp.layer("SecLeft").text.sourceText);

lasteval = 0;
displayscore = false;

//set keyframe indexes
aindex = a.nearestKey(time).index;
bindex = b.nearestKey(time).index;
cindex = c.nearestKey(time).index;

//set keyframe times
atime = a.key(aindex).time;
btime = b.key(bindex).time;
ctime = c.key(cindex).time

//adjust index if necessary
if (atime > time) aindex--;
if (btime > time) bindex--;
if (ctime > time) cindex--;

//if clock stopped, use next clock keyframe
if (c.numKeys > cindex && c.valueAtTime(c.key(cindex).time) == 0){
     cindex++;}

//time of last keyframe
aeval = a.key(aindex).time;
beval = b.key(bindex).time;

//check which score changed last, set eval to time of change, evalindex to index of change - if clock stopped at score, use clockstart keyframe instead
if (aeval > beval) {
    if (c.valueAtTime(aeval) == 0) {
    eval = (c.key(cindex).time);
    evalindex = aindex;
} else {
eval = aeval
evalindex = aindex;}
     }
else {
    if (c.valueAtTime(beval) == 0) {
    eval = (c.key(cindex).time);
    evalindex = bindex;
} else {
eval = beval
evalindex = bindex; }}

//if score not displayed recently, or if last two minutes, display score and update last display
lastmath = (eval - lasteval) - delayTime;
if (lastmath >= 0 /*|| secLeft < 120*/) {
    displayscore = true;
    lasteval = eval;
    }
    else {
        displayscore = false;
        lasteval = eval - (lastmath + delayTime);
    }

//display where time appropriate
if (eval <= (time - 1) && eval >= (time - 5) && displayscore == true)
{
    text.sourceText = 100; }
else {
text.sourceText = displayscore;
}


texts: What font face is Apple.com using for the title in their Mac Pro subsite/page?

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If you visit apple's little subpage for the upcoming Mac Pro (http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/), they are using a wonderfully thin yet crisp and legible font for all the title (all rendered as image files).

Any idea what the font family is?  Ive run it through whatthefont, but the results and close but no cigar..

Thank you!


texts: Tracing a raster image to simple paths with stroke but no fill

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I have googled extensively on this, and am running around in circles.

I have a program that outputs isobars - lines of equal pressure. I can output these as .ps, .png, .jpg, and .kmz files.

What I need (ideally!) is to get them into omnigraffle, as vectors. This can be achieved if I can get them into pdf format - omnigraffle will happily read that.

I have spent some money on various apps, and have Inkscape, but I am struggling.
- If I use a 'convert to paths' tool, it invariable creates shapes rather than lines, to account for what it perceives as different thicknesses. I just want lines.
- If I try and 'trace' using the freehand tool on the omnigraffle app, it produces raster lines - not what I want
- If I try and 'trace' using the bezier tool on the omnigraffle app or program, it produces something nothing like the image I'm tracing, and is impossible to tweak (I have multiple images)

I've attached an example of the image I'm trying to recreate. I have Inkscape, Omnigraffle, and various apps. Not averse to spending a few pounds on different software, but ideally do not want to shell out for a full copy of illustrator!

Any pointers gratefully received.


texts: Illustrator Move two corners by the same distance?

texts: I'm starting off with a square, and I want to drag the two bottom corners closer together so that the image will resemble a cup.  Right now, I am dragging each corner separately, and taking a note of how much I am moving the corner so I can apply the same distance to the other corner.  Is there an easier way to do this where I can select both and move them both at the same time?  Thanks!


texts: Is it preposterous to have 2 different light sources in a design project?

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I am working on a branding skyline for a company, and I'm using a top-left light source for the geometric buildings, but then my ground landscape and trees are using a top-right light source.

My question is it this is acceptable in terms of design. I mean, my initial thoughts were to create a left-to-right sense of movement, but the opposing light source may be helped to create balance in the design. Does this idea make sense, or am I totally wrong? I know consistency plays a big role, but it's not looking that crazy.

Here's the image (not all buildings are right yet, only the far left one if correct).


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I have searched for an answer to this and found tidbits here: workflow for print publishing childrens book but it didn't answer my question fully.

My question is how do you usually divide the work when creating an image in Illustrator that will be finalized in Photoshop?

do you finish as much as possible in Illustrator and just add details in Photoshop? Or
do you paste each vector from Illustrator to Photoshop so that you can add individual effects to those layers in Photoshop? And in doing so, "puzzling" together the final image in PS?

Input appreciated!


texts: Inkscape: How do I make two nodes equidistant from two different nodes?

texts:
Here's a practical example:

I want to make the two highlighted sections equal in length. I tried playing with "Align and Distribute", but nothing seems to do the job. I was thinking a function that "takes the distance" of one node from the other and applies it to another pair of nodes. Is there anything in inkscape that works like that?

I know a few contrived ways to do it (like inputting coordinates manually or using another object as reference), but I was hoping for an elegant solution.

P.S. I am aware that there are better ways to make an arrow. I am just trying to learn.


texts: I'm not talking about applying a transformation or anything; I want to select multiple layers and physically change their order in the layer list (or whatever it's called). There doesn't seem to be a way to select multiple layers in this manner.


texts: Which brush to use for creating art like in the videogame "Braid"?

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I'm really impressed with the artwork in Braid so I'd like to learn how to do similar stuff in Photoshop.

I have tried around with the brushes but haven't quite figured out how to get the same strokes.

Which brushes are suitable and where can I find them?

Here are some examples of the artwork:

Braid Title Screen

Braid Title Screen 2

Tim's House

World


texts: How to quickly find an installed font for use in graphics programs and documents?

texts:
I don't use Photoshop or Word all that much but, when I do, I end up sifting through the zillion fonts on my system (installed via various programs) to find the right font for the text I want to put into an image or document.  As I sift through the list and I find the fonts I like for the current context, I write down the font name in Notepad or on a piece of paper.  Then I go back over the fonts I liked and evaluate the best of the lot.  This process takes about 30 minutes to an hour every time I do it, so finding fonts for just a few lines of text can take several hours to complete.  I feel like this isn't a particularly good use of my time.

What would be ideal would be a program that I could start up, make fullscreen, type in the text I plan on using and desired font size into a couple of fields at the top.  Below those fields is a split window with resizable panes on the left and right sides of the application.  Then all the installed fonts appear in left pane and the entered text is used with each font and resizes to fill the space as accurately to the specified perceived font size as possible (30px should always be 30px to the user, not 15px or 75px).  As I find the fonts I like, I would double-click or drag-and-drop them into the right pane.  Once all the fonts have been processed in this manner, then I would have a reduced set of font names to look at in the target application.  Both panes could support "copy to clipboard" and then I could paste it into the target application, saving three steps of locating the font in the application's font list, punching in the text again, and setting the font size.  A fullscreen application like this would save me a ton of time (e.g. it would have saved me about three hours last night) by rejecting fonts at a glance instead of having to step through each font one-by-one in Photoshop or Word and have the relative size of the text bounce all over the place as the font changes and making constant adjustments to the font size.

Is there a program that does all of that on Windows?

More simply, is there a better process I can use in the future that I'm not aware of that will help me find the right font more quickly?


texts: Remove transparent pixels from an imported image in Flash Professional

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I'm using Adobe Flash Professional and using a sprite my friend drew for me. It has a transparent background and when I import it into flash and break it up, it recognizes the background. This is problematic as I want to try to attach bones to it for easier animating.

Is there a way to delete these transparent pixels? The lasso tool is too hard to accurately use to delete the pixels


texts: What's the difference between the Add and Linear Dodge blend modes in After Effects? Aren't they the same thing? The user guide page isn't of much help because it doesn't specify the differences in the math used for these two modes, but from what I understand, Linear Dodge is Add in Photoshop for example (hence the label "Linear Dodge (Add)"), and from what I see they behave exactly alike in After Effects.


texts: Vector objects pasted into Photoshop as 'Smart objects' do not seem to be fully 'smart'

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From what I've been reading (e.g. this) I should be able to animate the scaling of a layer in Photoshop CC 2018's Timeline, provided the layer is a smart object. Once an object is a smart object the 'Position' option for that layer in the timeline should change to 'Transform'. Okay, that makes sense.

However, when I copy and pasted some artwork from Illustrator into Photoshop, I chose for it be pasted as a smart object. It has a 'Smart' icon in the layers panel. But examining that object in the timeline shows that it only has the 'Position' option, not 'Transform'. To make Transform available I have to select the layer in the Layer panel and choose 'Convert to Smart Object', sort of double-smartening it.

Why does vector artwork pasted as a smart object not gain full 'smart object' privileges without this doubling-up process?


texts: Illustrator: Transforming group of paths/compound paths results in different larger version

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I have a logo which I want to scale to a larger size.

I started by setting up my artboard to the size I wanted it, then I grouped all the logo paths/objects which are in one layer and opened the transform window to input the desired size with constrain proportions on.

Unfortunately this hasn't worked as expected, and there are gaps in the artwork, I think where things were overlapping and now aren't, or the rules for the compound paths in the artwork have rendered the logo differently at this bigger size.

I didn't create the artwork, so I am wondering how this might work? Or if I am going about this incorrectly?


texts: a hotkey for entering text-editing mode with Type tool in illustrator

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Is there any hotkey assigned for entering into text-editing mode with Type tool in illustrator? Without using too much mouse clicking, this would be definitely helpful for my design work productivity.
I wonder if there is any for this?

Any advice would be very much appreciate?


texts: What is this brush calligraphy font (“free spirit wild heart”)?

texts: Anyone have any idea what font this is? I've looked all over but can't find it anywhere!


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In applications like inDesign and Photoshop, you get to chose which color model you want to use, RGB or CMYK for instance. But why does this matter?

Both RGB and CMYK can be used to describe several millions of colors, so there's no shortage in the possibilities of either of them. And I do know that the origins of e.g. the CMYK color model lies within the color composition technique used in printing; and of course black is described either by 100% Key in CMYK or 000000 in RGB, but this doesn't seem to matter anymore. Even if I use RGB Colors in inDesign and print the document, I will still get the right colors on the printout (due to internal color handling in either inDesign or the printer, I assume).

So given all of that, why does it still matter whether I use RGB, CMYK or something entirely different in inDesign, Photoshop and the likes?


texts: Can anyone identify the typeface used in this logo created in the 70's

texts: Please help us to identify the typeface used to make "Marmot". Is it possible that it was hand-drawn very, very well? Not Stymie nor Rockwell


texts: Removing fill from text embedded in image

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I have a PNG file with text scattered over the image. I want to remove the dark fill in the letters leaving just an outline for use in a laser printer.

What's the best way to go about achieving this (preferably using Paint.NET)? Example image shown below -


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Suppose I want to copy the red channel of an image (thus creating a new channel). How do I do that with Python-Fu?

EDIT: basically, I need to create luminosity masks. So far, I tryed the following code:

# get active layer
layer = pdb.gimp_image_get_active_layer(image)
# copy the selected layer
layer_copy = pdb.gimp_layer_new_from_drawable(layer, image)
# insert the layer_copy on top of the layers stack
pdb.gimp_image_insert_layer(image, layer_copy, None, 0)
# desaturate the layer
pdb.gimp_drawable_desaturate(layer_copy, DESATURATE_LIGHTNESS)
# select the red channel
ch = pdb.gimp_channel_new_from_component(image, 0, "testchannel")
pdb.gimp_image_insert_channel(image, ch, 0, 1)

Unfortunately I got the error TypeError: wrong parameter type on the last command pdb.gimp_image_insert_channel(image, ch, 0, 1)


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I'm trying to use a clipping mask to fill a design I've been working on.  So far, when I clip them I get the message that the top object is very complex. When I press yes to go ahead, the outline, and detail of the image are clipped instead of keeping the lines (details) and filling in between the lines.

The design comes from an image trace, with some added detail, ultimately made into a compound path. (if any of that info is needed)

What I want it to look like, with the mask clipping the outline of the flower.

What is currently happening post clipping mask.

I'm learning illustrator, and after hours of scouring the internet/trying different options, I figured I'd reach out to some experts!


texts: Losing outlined text from inDesign to JPG

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Ok ... I designed a book cover in Adobe InDesign. The book is an anthology, Hellfire Lounge #4 ... The subtile "Refelections of Evil" is typed in InDesign, turned into layers. Yellow fill, no outline. I copy it, paste in place, fill it with black, add a thick black outline, send it behind the all yellow outlined text.

When I create a high-res PDF, there are no problems. When I create a PDF and bring it into Photoshop (to create a jpg), the yellow type vanishes. I'm left with big thick outlines, shadowing nothing. Upon closer inspection, I can't tell if the yellow letters have been deleted, or changed to black.

This has happened before. Sometimes the "shadow" layer comes forward and obscure the colored type which should be in the foreground. What gives?

For some reason, when I save the PDF as the "smallest file size" in Acrobat, I have no problems opening it. But then it's too low res to create a poster for promotional purposes.


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I want to generate a color palette from an image. It's a long, drawn out, tedious process because I have to copy each of the 16-32 colors per image and paste them, making sure I don't forget them which I probably will and have to go back to the image looking for it to put it in my palette image.

I looked online to see if there were any image palette generators, there were, but they don't generate a palette from an image, they try and give you a "similar palette" or something weird like that. I want to generate an image with every single color from the image in a row, like so:

(This is my manually generated palette):

Something like that, but preferably at 1px height. So-called "palette generators" keep giving me stuff like this for some reason:

What tool(s) can I use to generate an image out of every single color of another image, in a row, like the first picture?


texts: Colour path segments from scanned illustration

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I have scanned some drawings for a study project and need to colour the people, dog and other items.

I have image traced but the grouping of paths is inconsistent and not all form complete editable paths.

I want the fastest way to colour the individual path segments.

What techniques are available to retain clean path segments for colouring?

How can I cut/divide paths so all are editable like the pink section in the image?


texts: Help needed of having issue with jagged edges

texts: I am currently using Photoshop to change a white product to black. Even though I have selected the parameters and used feather tool for selection I am facing issue with having jagged edges as seen in the image. Is there something I am doing it wrong?


texts: SVG font file appears blank in Illustrator

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I have an Illustrator file which you can download from here.

However Illustrator CS6 seems to open the file as being totally empty. Is there something wrong with the file? Perhaps something I can edit before opening. Or is this just another bug with dealing with SVG in Illustrator?


texts: Extracting hand writing from a dark background

texts: Okay I am a complete novice when it comes to this but here goes. My partner who passed away recently wrote this wish on a paper boat for our son. It is difficult to see and I really wanted to extract the handwriting onto a white background. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


texts: how do i use the pen shape to cut out a piece of a video in photoshop?

texts: I want to cut a piece from a video like a box in the middle of the screen and have the layer under it to be seen through this box. I tried using the pen tool and the magic eraser but that also raterizes the video making it into an image. How can i make this kind of a cut out in a video??


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I'm converting hand-drawn and scanned letters into vector paths via live trace. So far, so good.

The next step I need to do is break up the live-traced letters into individual objects, so I can move them around, independently of each other. But after live-tracing, the object seems to have the dimensions of the original .psd file it was copied over from, and I don't see a way to ungroup or otherwise extract the different letters from the trace are.

Is there a way to break there letters out of the traced object so I can manipulate them individually?


texts: Grayscale image to horizontal lines of varying density

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I need to break down grayscale images into 4 shades of gray, but each shade should consist of horizontal black lines. So black would have a certain density of lines, shade 1 would have 25% less, shade 2 would have 50% less and white would have no lines at all. I would love if this could be done in vector.
An example on the attached picture below.

The reason I need this is because I use laser and CNC and I can't find a way to engrave pictures with constant depth. All the solutions I've found map the shades to different depths so the cuts are deeper or shallower according to the shades.
Is there a way to do this?
Thanks!


texts: Is there an Imagemagick replacement for Photoshop’s “same color” feature?

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Photoshop offers a feature called same color. It adjusts the colors of an image based on another.

Here is an example, these 2 pictures share different colors (one of them has an orange shade over it).

Image 1

Image 2

After using Photoshop‘s same color function the first image’s colors are adjusted like this:

I wonder how you can achieve a similar effect using imagemagick/code or how this effect works in general. Photoshop is able to tell exactly which colors should be changed.


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I was wondering if there's a way to number pages in Powerpoint using this style : "01, 02, 03..." instead of "1, 2, 3..."

Thanks a lot

Mey


texts: Gimp: fill cut out photo with photos (2 layer photos)

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I want to cut some part of my image and, in the exact place of the cut out portion, place another photo. The image has some text inside, but instead of text place a part of another image.

I tried different things for 2 hours with no success. I don't know what it's called and wasn't able to find it with google. How do i do it?


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Does anyone know if it's possible to reduce an interactive pdf from MB to KB?

Let me explain. I was asked to design an interactive piece in InDesign to be sent out on email and usable via mobile that when you press on it, it will either open up a video or send you to a social media link. It has several social media links, and a couple of video links. Since it has all of this media- is it even possible to reduce the size?

Sorry- may seem like a dumb  questions but this is my first time doing this.


texts: Extra space around shape when extracting a png

texts: I have a photos, which I want to have in round shapes like the example presented below. Anyways, when making the clipping mask in Illustrator CS6, the extra space of the image around the circle stays. So, when I extract a png file, this is what I have-the circle with transparent background, but extra space around it. I tried to just crop the file, but I have lots of them, so this would take a lot of time. I wonder if there is a way to get rid of the space inside Illustrator.


texts: Cutting a square out of the center of an image

texts: There may already be answers for what I need to know, however, I cannot seem to make work what answers I do find.  So, I will ask anyways.  I have an image that is floral in design.  I have it saved as both a png and as a jpeg.  What I am wanting to do with it is make it into a picture frame by cutting out the center of it, leaving about an inch or so all around the edge.  I want the hole I cut out to be transparent so that I can either slide another pic underneath it or put it over the top of another pic.  When I am done, I will save it as a png.  I can use Adobe Illustrator, or Photoshop.  I really need some help please.


texts: How can I alter a square image into a circular one in Sketch?

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I want to take a rectangular image in Sketch and give it a circle/radius style.

For example:


texts: Illustrator: align objects by anchor point

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I'd like to align objects such that a single anchor point in each object are aligned, dragging the rest of each object with them. For example, going from this:

To this:

I've eyeballed it here to illustrate, but is there a way to accomplish this accurately?


texts: Illustrator: Convert shapes to path and change color fill?

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I've been using Fireworks for a long time as a recreational user but now I'm moving to Illustrator, so please bear with me.
I have this simple image with several shapes. I want to "convert" each of these shapes into a path and then change the color fill and the size of each path. The end-result would be 6 separate paths that I can play with.
I found this How to convert an object into individual paths in Illustrator?), but I don't know what tracing is.
With Fireworks I only had to use the Magic Wand , right-click, and "Convert to Path".
Is Illustrator the appropriate tool for this?


texts: Do the same in illustrator and photoshop

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So i made this logo in Photoshop:

https://p1.picsto.re/1nrtg.jpg

Is there any chance to do it in Illustrator?
What i need is the "shiny glass" effect
i made the rest already:

https://p1.picsto.re/kerdes1.jpg

the white shine part is almost okay (i can deal with it if i can't do the same)
but the black shadow part is always looking really bad


texts: How to enlarge and then, split an image?

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I would greatly appreciate if you could let me know how to enlarge the following image and then split it into 2 parts in order to be printable on a A4 paper.

Sorry, I uploaded it here because it is a little bigger than 2 MiB.

Also, I added it's pdf file

It should be noted that A4 paper margins are: Top: 3cm, Bottom: 3cm, Left: 3, and Right: 4.

Please accept my apology if it is a simple question.

Thanks in advance.


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Can someone explain this behaviour?

I was expecting to get the same visual result from both, Minus front and Compound shape. Instead, it seems that compound shape will:

Unite the two fills of the object in the white fill. The fills are not really united, but it feels like it.
Leave the grey fill but removing the transform
Finally, perform the compound shape operation

How could I get the same result as Minus front but keeping the non-destructive ability of compound shapes?

Just to clarify (the Appearance belongs to the shape after compound, and the transform of the second fill is gone):


texts: How to Establish Transparency That Subtracts From Lower Layers - Illustrator

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For reference, I am using the livepaint tool to make a design, and I want to subtract an area from that livepaint using another livepaint. This is all fine and dandy, I just merge the livepaints or layer one atop the other. However, the lower livepaint system has thickness to the lines which shows through if I try to make the color value null in the desired area. How would I establish one livepaint as dominant in all values to anything below it?
Or should I convert everything to a shape and then do a subtract? I don't really want to resort to this option because it would rasterize what I want to be a vector image.


texts: Photoshop: losing quality when exporting to PDF

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I have created a 1-page flyer in Photoshop at 72dpi as we are not printing this.
I finished the artwork and im needing to save it to PDF, but whenever i do so the pdf version is never as good a quality as the png version or jpg version that i have saved.
The attached front image is the PNG (jpg looks the same) but when i save to PDF, it results in the image blowing up in size.


texts: Applying an opaque background to 205 frames?

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Okay so sorry about the title I had no idea how to word it.
Heres what I'm doing. I'm taking a video, and sketching over it frame by frame. In this instance its a little rat running across the screen.
So I'm using photoshop to do the animation, I import the video to frames, convert to video timeline, and draw over using a pencil brush for say, 200 odd frames. I've then got a lovely little animation of the rat running across the screen, which is lovely.
The problem comes when the rat runs in front of something else I've drawn, as it isnt opaque. I dont know how to solve this problem. After I've finished the animation in Photoshop - I then import the PSD into photoshop and add the final touches in there.
See the two images I created here.
So far the only solutions I've come up with are:
In after effects, using a solid layer and animating a mask shape behind the rat. However if I make the slightest change to the PSD and have to import it again into AE, the timing gets completely thrown out, which means all that hard word I put into the mask is useless. And even then, It's not a perfect representation of the overall shape of the rat, as I'm trying to get it done quick so its just a moving white blob behind it.
In Photoshop, before importing to AE, I duplicated the rat animation group and put a stroke on it. This isn't ideal as it is expanded outside the rat, giving it a stroke effect - but it does cover the body of the rat and therefore block out everything behind it. I could live with the stroke effect, it actually looks kind of okay, but I dont know how to apply the group style to its containing layers - and when I import this into AE, AE doesnt recognise the style on the group.
I really dont know what to do - I need some way of being able to sketch over an animal in a video, or an object, and having it have a white opaque background frame by frame.
In photoshop you can ctrl+click a layer, and i does the marching ants around the layer contents. If I could do that for all 205 layers, and fill with white, that'd solve my problem.
Anyway, any advice please, I'm so new to animating in photoshop and I dont know how to solve this problem.
Thanks!


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Is there a direct method of using the Photoshop pen tool (or any other tool) to trace the equation of a line in 2D space and create a path from it in a given domain and/or range, provided I define a Cartesian coordinate system with an origin and two axes?

It would be cool if it could do this!


texts: Using a font or an image that I redrew and incorporated into my own work in a portfolio?

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I am applying for a job at my college's craft center, which, if I get an interview, requires a portfolio. I have several pieces that I want to use but I'm not sure if it's okay to use them because I'm not completely sure if they count as my own work.

In one of the pieces, I hand-copied a drawing I found online to make into a silk painting. In another piece, I hand-copied a font that I found online to spell out a few words. The font is listed as "free for personal use."

To be clear, I never directly copied/pasted anything; I hand-drew them for my own purposes and added my own small touches to them. If I were to submit these pieces in a portfolio, would it be plagiarizing?


texts: How can I snap on a line, but not a corner?

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Sometimes I want to snap on a line in inkscape, but I do not want to snap on a corner. This happens when I want to draw a line from a rectilinear shape and the line begins on the shape near a corner, but not on the corner.

If I have snapping on, then it snaps to the corner, but if I have snapping off, then it is hard to connect the new line to the shape.

How can I solve this problem?


texts: How do I make an image look dark in Photoshop?

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Can anyone give me an idea of the filter used on this image:

What I have tried

1) Add a black layer above my image and set the opacity to 60% - this darkens the image.

2) On the image itself: adjustments > Gradient Map > Foreground to background (reversed) for colours #ffffff to #a3261a.

I have Photoshop CS3 and i'm looking to copy this effect but don't know how.  I'm a developer, not a designer, so not realy sure what tutorial to google for :)

Thanks,


texts: how to find the diameter of an object in adobe illustrator?

texts: How do you find the the diameter of a selected object in illustrator ? as in how many pixel are in the selected object ?


texts: Inkscape: How to position arrowhead exactly at the end of path?

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When I add markers to a path in Inkscape (e.g. arrowheads), they do not exactly end at the end of the path.
How can I position the arrowhead so that it exactly ends at the end of the path?


texts: How can I create a 'double shadow' effect?

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I'm a newbie. I want to ask how to create a double shadow like this:

I don't know how it's called!


texts: How to apply gradient to mask in Photoshop?

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I've been using Photoshop CS3 for several years. All of a sudden today, I could not apply a gradient to a layer mask. Nothing happens. I was, however, able to use a brush on the mask.

Click layer mask button.
Choose gradient tool.
Click and drag on the layer.

Screen capture: http://youtu.be/iUefbJr5cxU?sc

Screenshot:


texts: How to get the x/y position of multiple points on an artboard

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I've got a bunch of objects on an artboard and I'd like to know the X/Y positions of them all. It would be fine to either have pixel values, or a % from the sides of the artboard.

Importantly, I don't want to just click each one and then copy down the values stored in their position fields. Ideally I could generate a list of:

object_name : x_position, y_position

values. Anyone have an idea how I could accomplish something like this in Illustrator or Inkscape?


texts: How to make Word 2010 Justified like adobe InDesign?

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I compared the screenshot of result betwen InDesign vs MsWord, and I think InDesign has better "Justify" than Microsoft Word. I think MsWord's justify is too much space between words. Is it possible to configure Word's justify behavior?

Adobe InDesign is not Word Processor so it's hard to work with it.
Screenshot provided:


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I found these wireframe vector graphics of a few landmarks and was wondering how they were created. I doubt it was done by hand, so what kind of techniques are there to create this kind of graphic?

I found both files with an online search on a Chinese site. Here they are in their source format (ai).


texts: What is the best way to make several different colorations of the same line drawing in Illustrator?

texts: I am a quilter & new user of AI.  I want to see what the same design will look like in different color schemes. My image is a line drawing with closed shapes.  So far I have used Live Paint & have almost completed one coloration.  Should I use layers, different art boards, or what?  I am looking for an overview answer or direction to explore rather than specifics.  Thanks!


texts: Two page master applied to a single page only in InDesign

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I have a 2 page master [A]. The only difference between the two pages is the pagination. On the left page, the pagination is aligned to the left bottom of the page, and on the right one it is aligned to the right bottom.

I have another 2 page master [B], with the same difference between the two pages, that differs in the layout from the [A] page.

Is it possible to:

Assign the [A] master, to only the left page of a page pair, and the [B] master to the right one? When I assign the A master to the left side, it automatically get's assigned to the right side also.
Set up indesign, so that if I push a new page in the middle of my spread, the pages that come after it, use the correct side pagination depending on if they are left, or right pages?


texts: Illustrator make paste maintain sub grouped layers

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I want to copy subgrouped items and paste them relative to the original object. Starting point:

However, illustrator pastes the new objects on top of the top-most item:

The desired functionality is, however, this (pasted objects are on top of their respective copied object):

Is this possible in illustrator?


texts: Specific Section and Page Numbering InDesign

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I am new to InDesign and I am trying to get my head around how to do something with the page numbering.

I want to do this:

Have at the top of the page Sec 01.1 (the .1 signifies the page number of inside the current section) as well as a page number 01 at the bottom of the page but its the absolute page number of the entire document. Is it possible to do this?

I also need (or rather want) the section to be the format '01.1' and the page number to be 01. But seems I can only have one or the other, unless I add the 0 manually for the first 9 pages.


texts: What unicode character should I use to represent the fill bucket?

texts: I'm designing a mockup paint editor for the web and I'm using unicode characters to represent all of the different tools. I ran into a problem when I got to the fill bucket - I can't find anything that would fit nicely. Is there a character that nicely represents the "fill" feature?


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I like to make a moving blur on a picture using GIMP (on Ubuntu). What kind of effects should I use? I already use blur but it doesn't give the moving blur.

Note: I'm beginner in graphic design


texts: I had this debate with a colleague and we didn't see anything solid or something from a search that would answer this with certainty so I thought I would open it here.  You are designing a website or app in Photoshop what is the preferred method for printing a proof for a client appointment in regards to getting the best color accuracy?


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I took a picture where the sun was just to the left of the subject with my mobile camera. Due to the sun I couldn't see my screen after I'd taken the photo and didn't realise there was a slight green streak running diagonally across the screen.

I imagine I'd have to mask the streak and apply curves adjustments, however are there other ways to remove this streak?

The original image is a lot larger, this one has been sized down and compressed a little.


texts: How to make an adjustment layer to affect only one layer or one group of layers in Photoshop?

texts: In Photoshop I am trying to apply a hue/saturation to just one or a group of layers instead of the entire lot of layers using the "Create new fill or adjustment Layer" button. Is this possible, and if so how?


texts: Does anyone know what style of illustration this is called?

texts: I've seen this style a lot and want to learn it myself. Do you create such illustrations with a tablet or free-hand at your computer?


texts: Why is my preview pixelated when not at 100% zoom?

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I have this weird thing in Photoshop (CS5): When I'm zoomed in at 100% my lines are really smooth, but as soon I'm under 100% or over 100% they look weird, like this:

This is how they look at 100%:


texts: What are the best widely-distibuted typefaces when I don't have access to commercial alternatives?

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I frequently find myself producing printed material without the luxury of using commercial typefaces.

What typefaces typically installed with operating systems or software applications are good enough in a pinch? If you can, provide the typeface name, the software that it's bundled with and suggested uses (headlines, body, etc).


texts: Should I turn the text on my poster to outlines before I print?

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What would be the best practice for printing text based work from Illustrator, such as a poster? This is aimed at the final print quality of my workk.

I am creating an advertisement which will be about A4 size to go into a newspaper. Would it be best to Create Outline all the text in the advert before I send the files off to be printed or will it not make much of a difference in terms of quality?


texts: A "codeanywhere" sans serif font identification

texts: I want to purchase it to use in a commercial logo.


texts: I would like to complete an artwork sized 22.5 feet x 15 feet in Illustrator but can't because Illustrator has  limitations on artboard size. How can I circumvent these limitations?


texts: Sketch masked image overriding the size of entire group

texts: I have an image inside this widget I'm designing. The image (outlined in blue) is increasing the height of the whole widget even though it is masked. What do?!


texts: How can I use system anti-aliasing in Fireworks CS5?

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Fireworks used to have System Anti-Alias in the options, why is it not there anymore?
Does anyone have a solution for it?

I found these interesting links but no solution

The Ails Of Typographic Anti-Aliasing
How Adobe ruined Fireworks CS4/CS5

And the only one with a partial solution (but not working fine for me)

Simulate ClearType Text in Adobe Fireworks


texts: How can I make name places with individual names

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We have designed a name place. But there are 350 people. Is there a way to get InDesign to populate 350 versions of this file?

Is there some way to dynamically populate a placeholder with CSV information or similar?


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I'm starting a project and want to have customized coffee mugs for people who support the project. I've never designed anything for a coffee mug before and am unsure of the typical standards. I know that print design is typically 300dpi, etc (I haven't done print design in forever, so it could have changed.)

But are there any standard dimensions, dpi, and colors for coffee mug printing? I don't really know how they print onto a coffee mug, so I'm very unsure of how to create it.  I need large portions of transparent parts for my ideal design. I'd like to just set up a wide graphic in photoshop, much like I would create a texture for a cup in 3DS Max.

So, summary of the question:

What dimensions, color mode(CMYK?), and other graphical considerations do I need to design for? Is there any kind of PSD template for a cup wrap? And for a bonus, do "cup printers(?)" print inside of cups as well? How would I create a template for that?


texts: Text SVG losing formatting and glyphs when export from illustrator

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I am exporting SVG from illustrator and the text with special characters is falling apart with special characters. Is there a way to do this correctly?

This is what it should look like

This is what the SVG looks like

Any Tips?


texts: distort curved shape to fit on curved shape

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I've read a lot of other answers and tried for hours but I can't get this circle shape to look right on this flag shape

i think it's because the circle is a curve and so is the flag. If anyone has any experience with this your help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Re-creating gradient effect in Illustrator

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Tried searching for any tutorials online but I couldn't seem to find one.

How do I re-create this image color in Illustrator?

I tried using gradients but I could not seem to manipulate it to come from the middle. I also tried using mesh points, but the colors aren't as equally spaced as this.


texts: How can I create the illusion of movement with GIMP?

texts: I am using GIMP to edit my images.  I have a regular playing card from a top down, 2D view.  I want it to appear as though it were being tossed very quickly.  I wanted to remove the top down view and add some speed blur.  I have checked many of GIMP's features, but cannot find what I am looking for.  Any help or similar suggestions?


texts: How do you present contracts to clients?

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Do you just put your Terms & Conditions on your website and make sure the link to them is very clear for clients to see and click on? Do you email them a link to make sure they see the Terms before progressing?

Or do you put them in an email as an attachment? I read that clients can get freaked out by contracts and I want to do this in a non-intimidating but still legally binding way.


texts: Is there an auto-trace tool/feature in a vector application other than Illustrator

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I'm looking for an alternative to Illustrator that I can use for the occasional auto-tracing task. My application is vectorizing hand lettering.

I want an alternative to Illustrator with this feature because I don't use it enough to pay for it monthly. ..but I'm happy to pay for it on a one-time basis.


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This is an image of the Swire logo font. I have been asked about this font for use and am trying to find it.  I thought I had the font but have since changed machines and can no longer locate it.

A vector version with additional glyphs is available in this PDF.

What The Font didn't help, curious if anyone knows the font.


texts: Can I use a shortcut key to select the hex code box?

texts: I'm trying to set up a macro key to Color Panel for use hex codes easily. F6 key opens the Color Panel but how can I activate the hex code box with a shortcut key? I know, it's a weird question. All I want is to use 4 macro functions: [F6], [???], [Ctrl+V], [Enter]. I need to remove the mouse click part. How can select this box with a shortcut key? Is that possible?


texts: What font has no descent? or How remove the descender of individual characters?

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I need a font for a project that has no descenders below the baseline.
Here is a link that explains font terminology:

The descent is the part of a letter that dips below the baseline. For example, the only the lower case of letters g,j,p,q and y seem to have descenders. I would like the bottom of the descent to rest on the baseline for these characters.

If this is not possible, is it possible to force individual characters to stand above the baseline? I am not working in html for this work, but using Adobe Illustrator (or acrobat). I see how to ungroup letters in illustrator, but I have such a large volume that this option is a last straw only.

This webpage is the best source I've font to preview fonts. I've tested the ocr-x and helvetica lineups so far. They seem to be the best fit for what I need.


texts: Icon to Signify "search products" or "products"

texts: I'm trying to design a search box for products searching and I can't seem to think of how to represent search for products. My client wants his website to look like this http://www.hipmunk.com/. I'm just following his orders and now I'm trying to think of an icon to represent products. I'd be glad to hear any suggestions from you all! Thanks!


texts: Selection from layer panel in Illustrator

texts: Lets say I have selected a bunch of objects in the layer panel (as shown in the following capture), is there a way to select the corresponding path without having to click on each circle individually holding the command key?


texts: How to convert blurry edges to be one of the colors it is blurred between?

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I have an image with a number of different colored polygons. Each polygon is intended to be a solid color, but the edges of each are softened and blurred between the colors (e.g., the pixels between a blue and red polygons are purplish). I was wondering if there is a way to convert these edge pixels in Photoshop to one of the colors they are intending to transition between. Here's a snap shot of the image

In this sample, I only want to have 4 distinct colors for all the pixels: green, dark tan, light tan, and blue; converting every color that is between those colors to maybe its closest color?
ADD:

The lines of the pixel grid in my sample are not real, Photoshop has generated them just for this high zoom screenshot

I'm not searching smoothed vector curves with solid fills. This image is not scanned nor rasterized, it's drawn in Photoshop with a soft brush. I want to get it like it was drawn by using the pencil tool and 4 discrete colors. Every mixed color pixel should be converted to the nearest of those 4 colors.


texts: How to create type area the size of the selection for Photoshop action

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Problem: I can make text area sized by the selection size by converting the selection to work path and making text area out of it.
However, when recording action, it will just record the specific size of that exact selection, not the action generally. So if try use the action on some selection, the text area won't be the size of that, but will be the size of the selection I recorded the action with.
Is there any way to make simple action: "create text area that is the size of the selection"?


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I am looking for a way to convert Wiki to a DTP format - what is the most efficient (fast but preserving all of the document elements) way to do that? The "DTP format" can be any format used in the industry but it should allow me to edit the document after processing the Wiki.

My publication may include many elements of wiki syntax, i.e. tables, images, links, code blocks, maybe even math equations.

I use wikidot.com but Wiki format is not an issue here, it can be easily converted to any other wiki syntax.

If this is not the right place to ask such questions, point me to the right forum please.


texts: Critique: How to make a better visual distinction between content and options in a post?

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I have a design that currently looks something like this:

I feel that there should be some sort of visual split between the main content of the post and the options below it (the up and down arrows, etc.).

Note that the design isn't a block-styled design (like Facebook) where each post gets its own block. In this case, the next and previous post is immediately under the bottom border.

How can I make a visual distinction between the post options and the post content?


texts:
I'd like to calculate what area size share do the brown spots take within the area marked with pink lines. See the image here:

In case you wonder what that is - it's an E.coli bacteria colony (don't worry, nothing dangerous) :)

Anyway, I'd like to measure the area that brown spots take, I guess Photoshop will do (not very experienced with it though).

My line of thinking for doing this is:

Crop the image to areas that are outlined with pink color (would get two images in this case). This is fairly easy and I would know how to do it (selection + crop image to selection).
Make the image black&white, so the background is white and the spots are black (it should be easier then to calculate the size of the spots).
Calculate/measure the size of the black spots. If I get this number, I can easily divide it by the size of the image and get the percentage of the area that these spots cover :)

What would be the steps to do that in Photoshop (if it's possible at all)? Or would you recommend some other program?


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I want to take a circle that has a blue border and a picture inside, and clip the picture so it fits inside the circle nicely. I'd prefer to use very small files, perhaps cut down in sprites.

Once I have the clipping mask (sort of like Photoshop), I want to add a hover css animation to it.


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CS5:

I created a standalone path by mistake, instead of creating a new shape layer.

What's the correct method of turning this into a new shape layer?

I tried converting to a selection, but I then seemed unable to fill the selection as I normally would, and I'm not sure how/if this would create a new layer from the path.

Thank you.


texts: I want to create skin retouching action in photoshop. I searched a lot but I couldn't find out anywhere. please let me teach for the same.


texts: Efficient way to replicate "confetti" effect for repeated use

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I have several "confetti" images that I want to take the design and create a method so I can replicate it as a fill I can apply to shapes/outlines.

Here's an example of the source image.

I'm not set on Illustrator or Photoshop, pretty much whatever I can use to do this efficiently.

I'm trying to avoid manually cutting out each circle.

Issues/Ideas

The issue is setting-up the initial pattern so it has layering and the color-variation.

I've looked into some Illustrator scripts to randomize fill color and randomize ordering but this means that I'd have to extract each color circle and save it as a symbol for it to be of use.

I was considering using Jongware's CircleFill script to generate circles and then apply styles but then there is the issue of ordering and layering plus color randomness to account for.

I have access to Astute plugins now but I'm VERY new to learning them so I'm not sure if any of them can help me.

UPDATES

I've started tinkering with "seed pods" of circles that I apply a random transform each command to. My issue now is that I have to create a lot of variations. Is there a more efficient way to create these and then splice them all together?


texts: Is there a color scheme designer like Kuler that can hold many colors (+30) at a time?

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I'm designing a color scheme for a web application with a data dashboard. I want the graphs and data visualizations to have a default color palette with distinct colors that maximize the ease of seeing relationships in the data. The app will display a very wide variety of data sets, many of which will require a large number of colors.

I'd like to pick at least 50 default colors. Is there any application like Kuler where you can see color swatches next to each other and you can also pick a lot of different colors? Kuler limits you to 5.


texts: Is it possible to cut out a full width horizontal section of on image so that the rest of the image moves up?

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I have many web pages that are saved as image files.  I need to remove certain horizontal sections entirely and move the rest of the content up.

I have been doing this by selecting, dragging, cutting and moving but it is a bit fiddly to get everything to line up and also because the images are very long it can take a long time.

Is there an easier way to remove a horizontal section (the whole width) of an image?


texts: What are the placeholder or filler images that are constantly used longside Lorem Ipsum text? I have seen these images in the Google Docs templates and would like to know where I can find these images for my website layouts.


texts: Is there a way to save the "Export As" Scale All Sizes in Photoshop CC?

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Photoshop now has a nice feature you can right-click on an Artboard and choose "Export As.."

Once you do this on the left side of the screen you have the ability to add multiple sizes for scaling with the appropriate ratios and suffixes.

This is a game changer (and something that Sketch does really well). However, it is very annoying these export sizes cannot be saved and reused over again. They persist for the duration that the document is opened but if you close and reopen your PSD they are not saved.

Any ideas on how to make these export preferences persist? We are constantly creating copies of Artboards, changing a few things and re-exporting so this would save us a lot of time.


texts: How to find a color within area in CIE 1931 color space

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Color should fall within an area defined with coordinates in CIE 1931 color space as stated in CIE 39.2 - "Recommendations for Surface Colours for Visual Signalling".
The area is described with its corners - 4 pairs in the form of (x,y).
So the question - how to find RGB or Pantone color matching this requirement?


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I had to add bleeds and enlarge an eight-page complex PDF. Traditional methods of working directly in Adobe or within InDesign were not feasible. I had to bring the PDF into Illustrator.

They involve what I think are very high-resolution JPEG images; there were many layers, various clipping masks etc. The original PDFs were huge: 1,250,000 kb!

I successfully worked in Illustrator to create the correct size, I then placed them in InDesign to ensure the correct size and the bleeds and get an eight-page PDF. Exporting to PDF took way too long and crashed InDesign. It may be even too big to work on our digital press.

Using the pre-flight option in Adobe crashed the Adobe PDF reader. Saving as a PDF to reduce file size in Adobe did not significantly reduce the file size.

What are my options? Is there some way to unilaterally flatten all the layers in Illustrator before I save it as a PDF to place or even just save it as a PDF that I can then combine to send to the digital press??


texts: how to reduce contrast and saturation to make text over a photo more visible

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I used a photo for a book cover and have to place text on the photo.

To improve visibility of the text, I want to reduce contrast and saturation in the area around the text (but not for other parts) of the photograph.

What is the best approach with GIMP?

I plan to add a layer with regions slightly bigger than the text areas and then make it less transparent and put this layer below the text but above the photo.

Would this work?


texts: Strange Inkscape path behaviour - is this normal or a bug?

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I'm trying to figure out if this is a bug I should report, or whether it's normal behaviour. (I don't think it is normal, but would appreciate others' thoughts)

I've created a simple triangle path on Inkscape, but when I drag handles to adjust a line's curves, nothing at all happens to the stroke of the shape - that's the black line in the image below. The red line shows the path's outline when I enable the 'Show path outline (without path effects)' setting, which does reflect what I've been doing with the handles.

So, my question is.... is there any scenario in which this should happen in Inkscape? Or is it just being crackers?


texts: Is there a program/resource that allows you to track graphics files—for instance an Illustrator or Photoshop file—and will list all InDesign or Illustrator files where that asset is used? Bridge doesn't seem to do that.


texts: How can I draw shapes with a pen tool and colour them in without white artifacts?

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In this (zoomed) picture you can see white artifacts at the edges of the coloured sides.

This is caused by me selecting the white area of each face, and using that selection to limit the colouring-in.
The problem is that the "magic wand" selection tool gives a selection with hard edges.
Feathering the selection almost solves the problem, but the fill gets noticeably lighter near the edges.
I am happy to use Gimp or Krita (or anything else available for Linux which supports Wacom Intuos tablets).
I think that what I want is a  magic-wand tool which creates a selection with opacity equivalent to the difference between the white background and the current pixel.
Is there a way that I can draw lines and colour-in within those lines?


texts: How to make Sketch show paths which have no fill or border?

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I am learning Sketch v49.

As a simple example, I have one layer with one path, the path is without a fill or a border.

When I mouse over the path in the layer list, Sketch highlights the path blue.

When I select the path in the layer list, Sketch displays the bounding box around the path, but no longer highlights it blue, so I cannot see it.

When nothing is selected, I cannot see the path at all, and the page appears invisible.

How can I set Sketch to show me the path without changing the properties or style of the path itself?  Basically, I want (something like) the blue outline shown all the time.

Of course, my actual project is many paths, some are complex combined shapes. All have no fill or border, so everything is "invisible".  To see  all the paths at the same time, I must edit every path and add a border.

This seems like I must be missing something obvious.


texts: Inkscape scripting: how to show / hide a layer and export?

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I have a cartoon with multiple layers; among those layers I have a German and an English layer. They have the text in their respective languages. The idea is to hide the German layer and show the English layer and export as an English cartoon or to hide the English layer and show the German layer for a German version of the cartoon. I'd like to script that export.

Here is a part of my SVG file:

  <g
     inkscape:groupmode="layer"
     id="layer3"
     inkscape:label="English"
     style="display:inline">
     <text
         xml:space="preserve"
         <!-- .... -->
         id="text3255">
         <tspan id="tspan3257">I don't think</tspan>
         <!-- ... -->

and

 <g
     inkscape:groupmode="layer"
     id="layer4"
     inkscape:label="German"
     style="display:none">
     <text
           xml:space="preserve"
           <!-- ... -->
           id="text3284">
           <tspan id="tspan3286">Ich glaube nicht,</tspan>
           <!-- ... -->

I've seen https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9652573/inkscape-command-line-programming and tried this command (and plenty of variations to it):

inkscape -z --file=cartoon.svg --select=English --verb=LayerHideAll --select=German --verb=LayerShowAll --export-png=cartoon-de.png --export-area-drawing

But I keep getting the English text, probably because when I saved the file, the English layer was visible and the German layer wasn't.

I've also tried selecting the layers by their IDs (in the code above layer3 and layer4, respectively), and selecting the actual <text> elements; I've tried various combinations of Inkscape verbs. But no luck either.

How can I script this export, hiding or showing the language layer as needed?
Can I do this with Inkscape verbs or should I work with the XML and try setting the style attribute to display:inline or display:none?


texts: What does my printer mean when he says '$1.50 for a 30" running edge'?

texts: We are printing some photos to be mounted for the office and I am assuming it has something to do with the photos being printed on rolls instead of sheets? This was his reply when we asked for his pricing.


texts: Illustrator CC Radar graph tool - cannot override calculated values

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I am using Adobe Illustrator CC on a Mac Pro and trying to modify a radar graph.

I have created a radar graph with two sets of values plotted (two columns of data in the data table, and one column with category labels)

The graph has plotted correctly, but low values are clustered at the centre.

I have tried to improve the readability of the graph by overriding the calculated values for the value axis - starting the axis at -30 to push the low values further out towards the circumference of the radar plot (see image below).

When I do this, it has no impact on the graph.  In fact, nothing I do in this dialogue box has any impact on the graph (eg. adding "%" as a label suffix).

I have managed to work around this by changing the graph to a line chart, overriding the values for the line chart and changing it back to a radar chart. When I do this, the manual value axis settings I have entered for the line chart are retained in the radar chart.

Is this a bug in Illustrator?  Has anyone else encountered this issue?


texts: How do I create curved edges in Illustrator using the Pen tool?

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When creating illustrations, I have seen recently there is this new rounded edges trend going on in the design world like in this image here

and I was wondering if anyone knew how to do this with the pen tool in illustrator, because I can easily make shapes like rectangles have curved edges in illustrator but I don't know how to make the end of the pen tools line rounded. As well does anyone know what this trend is called?


texts: Table of content with page number and quadrant

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I want to create the table of contents automatically and depending on where the linked word appears on the two columned pages there should also be mentioned the quadrant after the page number in the TOC.

For example if the linked word stands in the top right quadrant on page 123 the corresponding entry in the TOC should list it as "123 C" or similar. Top left is A, bottom left is B, top right is C and bottom right is D.

Any suggestions how to do it? Do I have to script this?


texts: I am not a professional designer however I need to make a few shapes like the ones shown above for my college presentation. I would like to ask how I can create shapes like these ?


texts: Removing line breaks in text copied from Acrobat in Illustrator

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I routinely copy and paste text from Acrobat to any number of other Adobe CC applications (Illustrator, PS, InDesign). When I do this, it creates line breaks where they were visually represented on the pdf, meaning when pasted into a new doc there is no flow to the text.

Is there a way in any of the programs to clear this and "concatenate" the words back together into a flowing block?


texts: How to "close all but this" in Photoshop?

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I've got about 100 tabs open in Photoshop (I've bulk opened them to stack an image). Now I'm getting memory/disk full errors and I need to close all the tabs but one. It's extremely impractical to close all one by one, I need to close all but one. I need to save the one but I can't save due to my scratch disk being almost full, and closing all the 20MP RAWs may help.

How do I close all tabs but one? I am on Photoshop CC 2015.


texts: Illustrator - Make stroke disappear at paths intersection (paths on different layers)

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I have been stuck with Illustrator for a few days. I am lacking a solution for this issue.

Question: How do I get rid of the black stroke at the intersection?

What I have: (White line is above the orange one in the Layers panel)

What I would love getting (done with Paint): the difference is the black stroke of the main (white) path that disappears at the intersection.

Note: Paths are on different layers and have different styles.
Black strokes are applied via the 'Appearance panel': one orange/white stroke and a bigger black one below it.
(If I reverse the layers order, orange line would overcross the stroke and stop at the middle of the white one)

Is there a way to do this? Ideally, it would be a styling applied to all paths in these layers; but if there is no such thing, I am OK with a more 'manual' intersection-by-intersection approach.

I hope I was clear exposing my problem.

Thank you all for your precious help!


texts: Illustrator CC bug: "save as PDF" with single artboard actually contains entire file when re-opened

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just realized (what I think is) a pretty bad bug in Illustrator CC and I wanted to know what your opinion was on it. In short, saving as seperate artboards works in regular PDF viewers but if you re-open the PDF with Illustrator, you have access to the entire file.

Steps to reproduce:

Take an illustrator file with more than one artboard.
Save as a copy and select the PDF format. Check the "use artboards"
function and select one of the artboards you want saved.
Save the pdf with whatever settings, but make sure "Preserve editing
capabilities" is checked on the first screen.

If you open the PDF in adobe reader or Preview, you should see that the PDF only saved your selected artboard. This is what is expected.

However, if you re-open the PDF in Illustrator, the entire file is available, including the other artboards and anything in the file outside the artboards.

This is really not something I expected, and now I'm thinking of all the PDFS I might have sent to clients with funny/unprofessional reminders to myself outside of artboards. (Which they could see if they open the PDF with Illustrator)

I would consider this a bug. Why would the entire file be available for editing if you selected a specific artboard on the previous screen?

What do you guys think?


texts: What are the best dimensions for creating a cover imge for an Amazon Kindle?

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According the Amazon's guidelines, a the ideal size for an Amazon Kindle cover image is as follows:

  For best quality, your image would be 2820 pixels on the shortest side
  and 4500 pixels on the longest side

This is a makes the hight 1.6 times the width, which is way more long and narrow than I've ever seen any book. It also seems kind of huge. I don't know any device displaying images on that scale.

What is the logic behind this specification, and is it really the best way?

Note that I am speaking of the cover image that is embedded in the .MOBI file, not the cover for the print-on-demand version, nor the promotional image for the web site. So much of what I've read about cover designs mixes the three that it gets confusing. I only want to know what the best dimensions and size are for the cover that is inside the .MOBI file that will be distributed as a Kindle book.


texts: Fitting text into a Letter using inkscape?

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Can someone please help me figure out how to add text into the shape of a LETTER using inkscape? I keep trying and nothing happens. I type out the letter using the text tool, click object to path. Type out my text using the text tool. Select both and then click Flow Into Frame... nothing.

What am I doing wrong?


texts: Pixelated effect doesn't translate well on export on Gimp

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I've installed Gimp to do a very simple pixelated effect on images. Now, it IS satisfying in the Gimp interface, but whenever I export it to PNG, I get an ugly faux-pixel result. Any idea where this could be coming from? (It should be noted that I am a total neophyte in graphic design.)

The pixel effect was done by selecting the layer and then going into Filters > Blur > Pixelation. I have taken the original image from a random website and just copy-pasted the logo in a separate file, then applied the filter.

Here is a OneDrive link to the xcf file: xcf file

Here is an example in Gimp with the Fallout 76 logo:

And here is the same image exported in PNG:


texts: Is there any way to remove a digital watermark from my image?

texts: Should I be concerned about someone removing a watermark I add to my image?  Are there steps I can take to ensure that it's not possible?


texts: Exporting a clipping mask object - Illustrator keeps the clipped object as transparent space

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I've looked all over the stack and internet but haven't been able to find the exact answer. I've tried doing the legacy "File > Export > Export As" and ticking "use artboard" but it hasn't solved my issue. I've also tried opening the SVG file and reducing the artboard to fit the content but as soon as I use it somewhere else, it just adds the transparent area back immediately.
I've attached my SVG and a snippet of the file. I have a lot of different objects on the illustrator file and don't want to break out to a new file everytime i want to export something. If anyone has any idea how to remove the transparent area from the clipping mask I'd really appreciate it.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pgtpr03xmjzg7uv/AAAUmFLfdOeJ2mp1N4O-bMYma?dl=0


texts: How to create blur on an empty layer in Photoshop?

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I'm trying to create a sort sort of semitransparent blur filter image that I can use over some backgrounds on a website. But Photoshop doesn't let me to do so on an empty layer.
Is there a work around?
Or maybe I could achieve a similar effect in a deferent way?


texts: How to map a 2D image on a "3D" image in Affinity Designer?

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I am wondering how I can edit a 2D-image, and map it to a 3D-image using Affinity Designer. As an example, I want to use the same technique as they do when editing the box in this video: https://vimeo.com/macaffinity/designer from 1:09.

I have tried to create a separate file for the 2D-image, and another file to create a box, and then embed the 2D-image file onto the 3D-image (using the place image tool), adjusting rotation, skew and size of the embedded image to fit one of the sides of the box. This works for one of the sides, but I do not know how to do the other sides of the box as well. I tried to embed the same image three times, but then live editing the original file did not work for all three sides, only one.


texts: Help to print book with 8/5x11 pages on 11x17 booklet in reader spread?

texts:
I have an Adobe book. The book has five files with each page being 8.5 X 11. I want to print the entire book, on 11X17 in reader sequence. How do I do that?

Art


texts:
Wikipedia says this about font weight:

  The weight of a particular font is the thickness of the character outlines relative to their height.

Seeing this from the point of a mathematician, the outline is by definition a zero-width closed path. It also does not specify whose character's outline(s) is/are meant. If one looks at the stem of the ‘H’ in the example graphic, its ratio is ~0.30 (for weight 9), and ~0.04 for weight 2. Considering the entire glyph, its ratio is ~0.91 and ~0.77, respectively.

Given any glyph in such an image, how does one determine the thickness values 2…9? (or 100…900 in TrueType dimensions)


texts:
I love that Sketch 3 uses CSS for lots of things, such as copying styles.

Is there any way to create a list of items, sorta "linked" vertically so that if you change the padding/margin on them, they'll remain properly stacked?

In HTML & CSS this would be a list of <li> tags that you can style, where if you adjust the padding or margin height on each, they'll all remain properly stacked/spaced.

I never liked "distribute evenly" features, I'd much rather set my own padding & margins to be consistent with the rest of my design.


texts: Would foil print get damaged if it stretches over the folds (edges) of the packaging?

texts: If you have a gold foil print crossing from one to another side of the box (a simple skincare packaging cardboard box -like in the example), is there any danger of the foil getting damaged when the cardboard is folded and bended on those edges?


texts: How to determine the color and opacity using the color picker tool?

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I have received a PSD that has a semi transparent image in it. I know the image is semitransparent because I see the Photoshop checkered background behind it. When I look at the layers I see one layer and the fill and opacity of that layer is 100%.

When I use the color picker / eye dropper tool the color it finds does not show alpha information. It also shows the "incorrect" color. For example, if I click on a pixel that is nearly completely transparent, it looks like light gray, it shows full red #FF0000 in the color picker window.

If PS is showing me the correct color value but with no transparency how do I get the transparency value?

Backstory: I'm trying to match a color and not able to do it.


texts: Acrobat - placeholder text for form field?

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I have created a form in Acrobat and would like to have placeholder text within each field instead of actual labels for each field.

The first approach was a script I inserted into "custom" under the "format" tab in properties. It would show for example, "first name" in a light gray. This worked great BUT when a user starts to enter information within that field the color of the font remained light gray.

The second option was to create insert scripts into the "onfocus" and "onblur" widgets and for some reason, I can't get onfocus (text color when someone starts filling in the field), and onblur (text that appears in the field when it's empty.) to show up at all. Below is the code to see what I'm using. Not sure if this is the correct forum but thought I'd give it a try here.

Script 1:

// Custom Format script for text field
if (!event.value) {
  event.value = "Instructional text goes here";
  event.target.textColor = color.ltGray;
  event.target.textSize = 10;
  event.target.display = display.noPrint;
}

else {
  event.target.display = display.visible;
}

Script 2

// On Focus script:
if (event.target.value==event.target.defaultValue) {
  event.target.value = "";
  event.target.textColor = color.black;
}

// On Blur script:
if (event.target.value=="First name") {
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Currently I am working on a brand identity. I have to decide which color to use but I can't understand how the systems work. I read previous posts here and also searched the internet but still I have questions.

So I have an RGB color that I like and a CMYK that is vary dull and not similar at all. Should I:

Find a Pantone color and set this as my color, and believe that RGB and CMYK will appear the same.
Keep the RGB I like and find a CMYK and a Pantone I like and set these to colors (it doesn't matter that they are not listed as analogous if the eyes see them as analogous).
Choose a Pantone, then an RGB and CMYK depending how the eye sees it and not depending on the numbers.
Keep the RGB and change it into CMYK no matter how it looks.

In short: what are the steps for choosing a color (company uses both printed and digital material)?


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texts: Is it possible to make a gradient follow a path in Illustrator?

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If you take this image:

Is it possible to make a gradient in Illustrator that follows that path?
I made something similar (just not with a single path, but with the pen tool) and I want to have the gradient follow the shape, but instead it just goes either linear (top to bottom) or radial (from the inside out). I want to have the start of the spiral lighter and than the tip in the center to be darker.


texts: Reset Photoshop CS6 layer style non-default defaults

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Anyone have an idea how can the defaults of the "Reset to Default" button be reset, after being set with the "Make Default" button without reverting all the other photoshop settings. I would be very happy with a single-effect reset solution only, but one for all styles would do as well.

P.S. I am looking for a way not to delete the "Adobe Photoshop CS6 Prefs.psp" file. If there is no such, a guide for editing it would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks very much in advance!