texts: Is there a resource that documents all mobile device screen resolutions in one location?

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I could not find a complete guide of this nor did I know who to contact about possibly making a wiki here for it (if it exists or not allowed please remove).  I cannot nor want to remember everything in regards to pixel dimensions when designing for mobile devices but I'd like to have a list of the pixel dimensions for:

Device                                  Width   Height

Apple iPad
Apple iPhone 3
Apple iPhone 4
Apple iPhone 5
Apple Mini
Google Nexus 7
Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700
Google Nexus 10
Asus Transformer Pad TF300
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1

If someone knows a complete guide for all major tablet and mobile devices that would be great.


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I have a screenshot where I want only a part of the pasted image, and I want to turn the white that's in it transparent.

First I need to crop the pasted image. I have selected the layer and a rectangle which I want. I can't seem to find the option that crops the current layer to the current selection. What's this called?


texts: If I edit a design from PDF in Acrobat Pro DC, is it print ready without further steps?

texts: The original PDF (which I want to edit) has previously been sent to a printing company with successful results. The PDF was sent in CMYK color mode so colors post print were as expected. If I edit this PDF in Acrobat Pro DC, do the color values remain the same as te original? Is tere any reason wy it would not be ready to print or print to te same quality post edit?


texts: Is there a way to extract the pantone colors from a scanned image?

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I have this scanned image from a magazine that I have scanned myself, from this image I want to obtain certain colors, and I want them to be from a Pantone pallet, is there a way to do this?
To be more clear I want to do something that this tool does:
http://www.pantone.com/pages/products/product.aspx?pid=1032

Is there any kind software for this purpose ?


texts: Use mask to hide stroke, without hiding the layer

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How can I mask a stroke effect itself? E.g., suppose I have this shape:

So I want to do something like this without modifying its pixels:


texts: What's the limit that defines a copy of a design?

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Recently Malika Fabre post on Twitter a clear and blatant (and coarse) plagiarism of one of her magnificent posters for the British Bafta Awards (Twitter link):

In a Design course, as a final work, the students had to make an infography of their professional life: a Life Map. Among so many students it was clear that some similar idea would appear. One of the most recurrent was the design around the personal fingerprint.

Knowing that everyone did the job at the same time and delivered the same day, the general question was: if it's a professional job, is that considered plagiarism?

The answer for the course was that personally, rather than plagiarism I would consider it a lack of conceptual or design search. Stay with the first idea that comes to mind without deepening, neither conceptually or morphologically. What is not wrong, but in a professional is expected a higher level of self-exigence.

This is the 2018 summer campaign of CocaCola drink Aquarius in Spain and one of the great works by Steve Bronstein for Absolut, Absolut L.A. Special attention to the location of the springboard and the pool ladders:

What's the limit: the idea, the design, everything. Can Absolut say the idea of the pool-bottle belongs to them or making an advertising campaign with a pool with a bottle shape is free to everybody?

Note: I don't know if Absolut belongs to Coca Cola.

Edit after the comments

It is obvious that talking about multinationals, the responsible for the advertising campaign is another multinational. These companies usually have countless of well-informed professionals and it's clear that more than one of them knows about the existence of the oldest campaign with the bottle shape pool since, in addition to being highly promoted at the time, it appears in a significant number of sites.

For this I suppose that there is no plagiarism, copy or inspiration, more than the permissiveness of, even knowing of the existence of that design, to accept it as an alternative for the new campaign.

Maybe the designers we are visually over-informed, in my case, when I saw the advertising immediately I said Absolut L.A.! Actually to put the image in the question I had to go back to the place where the new advertising is and read the name of the drink.

Therefore, what is the limit within that permissiveness, if it exists? Or is it all OK?


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I've noticed that some of my typefaces have weird character mapping. For example, I have a few types designed by Dieter Steffmann, whose work is beautiful, but whose mapping is somewhat unorthodox (eg. his ſ is often mapped to a +).

Is there any way to remap certain characters without typecasting software?


texts: I am creating artwork for a screen printing application that transfers the design to a pyramid shape using a silicone pad. How can I anticipate the distortion or better yet template the distortion so it will look correct on the piece even with new artwork designs? I print to a flat surface and pad print to the pyramid shape surface.


texts: GREP string to select 0 : wildcard words : hard return

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How do you set up a find and replace GREP string to find in your document any line of copy (separated by 2 hard returns) that consist of a 'zero, space, wildcard word(s), hard return?

In the attached image it needs to find the:

0 civil

0 civil & criminal

but leave the:

4 criminal

1 cease & desist

2 pre action

Essentially, I'm trying to automate the deletion of any line of copy that has a zero value. (I have close on a hundred of these docs to edit) Any ideas?

Thanks
JK


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I am using Imagemagick to create an automatic chroma key removal program. I have been successful in creating a mask for the image using the following commands:

magick convert woman.original1.jpg  -colorspace HSL -channel Hue,Saturation -separate +channel ( -clone 0 -background none -fuzz 7% -transparent #575757 )  ( -clone 1 -background none -fuzz 0% -transparent #4a4a4a ) -delete 0,1  -alpha extract  -compose multiply -composite  mask.png

Using this code, I have been able to create the following result:

Original:

Mask:

However, as you can possibly notice, the mask misses out part of the hair, which as can be observed in the original image, is slightly tinted green. When I extract the hue channel, the following image is generated:

As you can see, the hue channel also shows that the hair takes on a green hue.

How do I preserve the hair while removing the green chroma key?


texts: Photoshop vs Sketch 3 For app and Web design?

texts: So, I Have been looking into which photo editor to use for app designing and the web too. My only question if I make an app in Photoshop for the phone do I need to re scale it into the iPad size or is it vector like sketch 3? So basically while I have to make a tablet version and phone or just universal.


texts: I have a client who wants me to design a lettered graphic for the back side of his boat (18” x 72”)and he wants me to handle the printing-this includes finding the right printing material that can handle saltwater. So my question is, should I be the one handling the printing and finding the right material for it or should the client do this?


texts: Making a gradient from a set of solid-filled shapes

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I want to make mesh gradient from an abstract figure. The original figure made by adding an abstract solid figure as a Clipping Mask to a camouflage vector pattern. The resulted figure attached in raster.

My idea is to make a gradient transformation inside this figure, to transform sharp boundaries between each two different color regions into gradients.

Maybe, there are some tutorials available on the Internet, but I cannot find anything still.

My figure is:


texts: How to automatically round the square ends of every glyph in a Sans Font?

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How to take the square ends and corners of a font like the Google Noto Sans CJK font:

And make it rounded like this font:

There must be some effect or something in some program that you just apply to every character that can do this. Is that so? How can you accomplish this? Thank you so much!


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What is the best and simplest software to nicely 3D render medicine box out of the die art with different dimensions? (customizable dimension) . Something like this:
http://www.bayerandina.com/images/negocios/fotos_productos/CC/ecuador/foto_asa500ecu.jpg

Thank you!


texts: I purchased some vectors in Adobe Stock. They are multiple images on a page and download as an ai file. I open them in photoshop and cannot figure out how to separate out the individual images. The layers are not visible in the file. I have tried searching for this answer but all the answers seem to be for separating the file in illustrator. I would like to stick with PS if possible. Thank you.


texts: Illustrator: Quotation marks not working for Google Font Karla

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I'm using the Google Font Karla in Adobe Illustrator CC and whenever I try to type quotation marks it changes them to the default typeface (Myriad Pro). I tried toggling on and off "use smart quotes" but it changes nothing.

When I use Karla in Google docs it displays the quotes fine:


texts: Photoshop CC: How do I set distance between two objects (for Actions)

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I've got a ton of objects I'd like to set spacing between (vert & horizontal) in PS CC. I'd like to be able to select two objects and automatically set spacing between them relative to each other (think padding/margins in HTML). Is there a way to do this that lends itself to an Action?

Thanks!


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I've got a large number (about 300) of 4x6 photos that I want to reformat by making each into a 2x3 photo, and making one 4x6 composite image from 4 of these.

(I want to make them smaller because that's the output size I need to work with, and I want to make the composite image because 4x6 is a standard print size and I'll be 1/4 of the cost to print the batch, and then I can just cut each image into the four source images.)

Is there a tool or Photoshop script that I could just point at a directory full of photos to accomplish this?


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What is the best way to style a link on one's resume/CV? Let's assume this styling doesn't cross over to a printed page and focus solely on the PDF. Should links be underlined and colored blue (like most of the web)? I've experimented with a few different options, and I think color coding + underlining works as long as coloring(blue) and underlining aren't used for any other purpose elsewhere in the resume.

The most important thing I want people to get as soon as they see my resume is that they can click on links to my website, LinkedIn, GitHub, to send me an email, or go to websites for my projects (reduces the need for them to copy/paste). And of course, I also want it to look good. I'd be curious to hear what you have done?


texts: I need to design a banner that is 50' long, with the words "it's posible". how big does the font have to be so that it covers at least 80% of the banner?


texts: How to create fading shadow lines over gradient

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I want to recreate this effect:

The gradient part at the very top of the mock-up has two line at the downside right-hand corner, with shadow over the gradient and fading inwards.

I want to recreate it with Adobe Illustrator only.

I found this on YouTube, but was not really able to achieve my goal.

Can you suggest the easiest way to achieve the effect above?


texts: Do web frameworks such as Bootstrap or HTML5 boilerplate offer anything to a designer (not developer)?

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Note, this is about design much more than development.

I build sites from scratch with completely hand written CSS and HTML.

I've known about pre-build css templates such as Bootstrap or HTML5 Boilerplate for some time. I've looked at them a briefly in the past but never jumped into actually using them for anything. I don't have any issues resetting CSS, or including javascript when needed, or configuring for viewports.

This evening, I coded a basic HTML5/CSS page. Nothing really earth-shattering in terms of layout. Simply a jumping off point. Afterwards I decided to give Bootstrap a whirl with the same layout. It's a pretty standard 960px, 3 column with hero image page.

As I'm altering Bootstrap it occurred to me that 80% or more of my time was being spent learning what class or id was applied to something, then finding that in the CSS to adjust. It became clear that Bootstrap was not going to save me any time at all. In fact, Bootstrap would greatly increase production times due to the *overly templated CSS.

*(by "overly templated" I mean there's a great deal of CSS I probably wouldn't use for any given web site. Not that there is unnecessary CSS on the whole.)

I understand that if I were familiar with Bootstrap I would be familiar with class/id names and general location in the stylesheets. So, I'm willing to bend a bit on the time it was taking me, realizing that some of it was due to my own unfamiliarity.

However, I can't help but wonder if Bootstrap et. al. are merely crutches which are crippling designers by spoon feeding them their own brand of code. Thus locking in a consumer base which will rely entirely on a third party solution and it's functionality for everything, or at least the majority. It reminds me of those that can only design a web site if they can use Dreamweaver. And heaven forbid if they don't have access to Dreamweaver and a change is needed.

When I build a site I use my own set of standard class and ID names. I structure CSS how it's intuitive for me. I have my own set of pre-build templates for quick set up. Therefore any site I build I can edit fairly quickly. Using any of the pre-configured front-end packages simply means I need to learn their naming conventions and their structure rather than relying on my own.

Can anyone extoll upon me the great virtues of such templating systems as Bootstrap or HTML5 Boilerplate?
What makes them valuable to you?
Are you merely familiar with the system you use so you can navigate it easily or do you still have to hunt for items?
Could you build a site without them if you had to?


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I have found many tutorials about drawing isometric cube with illustrator. But I need to do some trimetric cube.
The left part of the image shows the step of drawing isometric cube,
the right part marked questions is exactly I want to know.
What is the scale number and each angle need to be rotated.In this case,the trimetric cube angle is 15 and 30 ,it will be great if there is a formula that can calculate any angle.
Is there anyone can tell me the number in the image?
I will not draw with Cadtools,because the process of using cadtools which as a third-party plug-in can not be recorded.
Thank advanced.


texts: What are the Pros/Cons of Pathfinder vs Compound path?

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Say I had a silhouette and a circle

(Gradient is just for to be able to understand better)

Now, I wanted the silhouette cut-out of the circle, to look like

After seeing this question, I realized that there were two possible ways to go about doing this.

You can either use Pathfinder or Make Compound Path.

I'm wondering what would be the benefits of using either tool - since the result is (seemingly) identical.

In this situation or any other practical/common situations.

Would there be any scenario where one would be preferred over the other?
If so, why?


texts: What is the problem with the line and the color of my objects?

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I am using Adobe Illustrator CS6 and I have a problem with the line and the color of the objects. For some reason, they do not fit together.

From the picture, you can see that the line is outside the color of the object. If I want to move the line I do not know where it will fit. It seems like the line is the broken one.

Thanks for the support and the help.


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I'm trying to make a bigger triangle by merging 2 smaller ones, but I get these strange overlapping corners on the top. What can I do differently to get perfect corners?
Attaching an image to illustrate this issue.


texts: What are the possibilities choosing colors using Phi (the Golden Ratio)?

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I recently sat down with a friend, and we hypothesized that Phi (the irrational number) and that it could be used to determine colors using an algorithm of a sort. So, I came back home, and googled it. Lo and behold, apparently there is some validity to that claim.

I was wondering the application of such thought, as I am pretty oblivious when it comes to graphic design, and was thinking this might make my job a whole lot easier. I was thinking this isn't just the difference in colors, but also the amount of each color black in a given canvas

Is there a way to "algorithmically" calculate things which will appear beautiful when it comes to web designing, and the amount of canvas page I'll need to take into account.

Thanks.


texts: How can I paint equirectangular (360 degree) images?

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I am creating a web-based virtual reality video game using A-frame. The a-sky element requires an equirectangular image to fit into the sky of the game. I want this sky to be outer space, which is difficult to get with just a cell phone. I'd rather just paint a space sky if I could, but I don't know how I could do this.

Does anyone know of a linux software (open source preferred) solution to painting an equirectangular sky background?

I found this explanation and solution which should work without any new software required (I can use Inkscape), but I was hoping for a simpler (lazier) application that's already prepared to just let me draw on a sky (360 image).


texts: I want to know the name of technique used to create the icon

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I have created app named i am poor for learning purpose
I was trying to create icon the background colour of icon i chosen same as whatsapp icon colour but now I'm seeing difference WhatsApp had applied lighting very properly my problem is that i can see difference but difficult to understand the difference what is that is it gradients or something else?
How we can achieve this effect?

EDIT :

Thanks for the answer @sabineR this how my icon look like now


texts: Using Adobe Illustrator without "hand" drawing skills

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I work on Photoshop for over 4 years for web design and user interface purposes but I'm thinking of starting learning Illustrator because most of design jobs now require illustrator skills beside Photoshop.

The problem is that I suck at drawing and I'm wondering what kind of stuff can I craft in illustrator in this situation, and what benefits I can get from using it?

otherwise, does it require any drawing skills? should I start learning or not?


texts: How to use a Web font with more than 65,535 glyphs

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SVG font seems to be the right choice here because it uses XML. However it has been deprecated everywhere.
So is there an alternative (or an alternative format) for representing a long text which use ~70,000 glyphs. (the current font I’m interested in is currently in the ps format and installed on my system).

Or is it possible to make a single font family for storing multiple range of glyphs?
Please note there are other limitations that answers to this question might solve.


texts: Create a bar chart within a table in InDesign?

texts: I want to represent numbers in a table I've created in InDesign as a scaled bar chart, similarly to the image below. Is there a way to do this in InDesign or Illustrator without manually adding and sizing rectangles for each cell? What about replacing the numbers with glyphs to represent scale?


texts: Recreating the album 'tiles' style found in Google Play Music using WPF

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I want to recreate the style of the music album tiles that can be found in Google Play Music. They look like this:

In the above image as you can see, there are 'tiles' which contain the album art, title and artists of the songs.

So far I have got to this:

Using this XAML style:

<Grid Cursor="Hand" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="218" Margin="10" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="170" Background="Transparent">
    <Grid.Effect>
         <DropShadowEffect Opacity="0.4" Direction="230" ShadowDepth="2" BlurRadius="2" RenderingBias="Quality"/>
    </Grid.Effect>
    <Image RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="Fant" Source="{Binding AlbumArt}" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
    <Grid Height="48" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Background="White">
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Title}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontFamily="Roboto" FontSize="15" Foreground="#FF2E2E2E" Margin="7,7,0,0" Width="140"/>
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Artists}" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" FontFamily="Roboto" Foreground="#FF6E6E6E" Margin="7,0,0,6"/>
        <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="0,8,7,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="&#xF142;" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontFamily="FontAwesome" FontSize="17" Foreground="#FF9C9C9C" Width="3" Height="14"/>
    </Grid>
</Grid>

Now that might look just OK but I want to make it closer in resemblance. I want to know these as well:

Have I used the correct font, i.e., are they using Roboto too? As far as I know Google uses Roboto in most of their apps and it looks quite good but in my app it looks a little thin. I guess I'm not using the correct font weight or it might be I'm using the wrong font.
The shadow is probably the main thing wrong with my attempt. Seeking advice on that.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Toggle visibility to outline view for current layer?

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im looking for some faster way to switch between outline mode and normal mode view of current layer, or specific layer. Instead of clicking ctrl+click on eye every time.
Because i need to see mesh wireframe to pick square with four anchors filled with white to actually click on object not on paths, then click to outline layer to see reference photo to pick colors from it.
If layer with wireframes is in outline mode im unable to click on object only on paths.
So looking for some faster way to switch visibility modes like keybind, script or action.
Thank you!


texts: When copying graph from Excel and pasting into Illustrator, text is corrupted

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Using Excel for Mac 16.40 & Illustrator 24.2.3, when I copy a graph from Excel to Illustrator, all the text corrupts:

The text font is Arial.
It would be so nice if Excel graph text copied and pasted into Illustrator without being corrupted.
Is it possible to copy/paste/import Excel graphs into Illustrator with the text being retained?
Help appreciated.


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Would greatly appreciate your help. I had a freelance graphic designer create the below logo for me. It is for a higher-end real estate photography and marketing company in the Los Angeles area, and I want the brand to emphasize the use of technology as well as a sophisticated approach (read: wide-tracked sans-serif type).

It was set in Novecento Wide Light and the type was stroked to compensate for its thin weight. I feel like the font is "almost" there but not quite. Any recommendations as to alternate font options that would create the look and feel I'm after? Thanks!


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I'd like to identify the font used in this:

I tried searching it in what the font, identifont and fonts by sight, to no luck. If anyone knows the name or any other services I could try, I'd appreciate it.


texts: What font is used in the images on the Temtem kickstarter page?

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I tried using Identifont but it gave me some wildly different results. Here's what the font looks like.

The Temtem kickstarter page has more images with this font.


texts: View / save pattern transformation (Illustrator)

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I have a pattern in Illustrator. I have transformed the pattern (scale, rotate, etc.) within an object.

The pattern is only transformed within that object. The parent pattern remains the same.

I want to

View the transformations I have made (e.g. 45° rotation, 95% scale)
Save transformed pattern as new pattern
Update parent pattern to match pattern within object

The ability to do any one of these would answer this question. The third would be similar to redefining a paragraph of character style based on current overrides in Illustrator or InDesign.


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Is there a way to handle views in Illustrator like "Layer Comps" in Photoshop?

For me it's important that I can export all those views e.g. as jpg/png/pdf (like Photoshop script "Layer Comps to Files").

I know Views and Artboards but I think it's not exactly what I'm looking for.


texts: How can I recreate a curlicue shape in Photoshop?

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I want to use this element in a larger resolution poster:

I tried using Photoshop's free transform, but I lost too much quality. How can I create this shape?


texts: Shape moves when changing stroke thickness in Illustrator?

texts: Why does this happen and how do I prevent it?


texts: Shrinking or expanding object with retaining it's original shape

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First of all, I am sorry, but I don't even know how to address this question properly. It's best illustrated by pictures below. So question is: Is there some way, in any graphic program (both vector, or raster), how to resize an object, so it keeps it's original position and retain it's original shape, meanwhile it can be fit inside or outside of itself's original? (I know it's hard to understand, but hopefully the picture will tell more)

Below are two images - one on the left was made by selection contraction, however, it doesn't solve the problem, cause some part of the object are lost, when shrinking too much. The one on the right was made by moving path points, which was done by moving all the points accordingly one by one... The goal is to achieve something like image on the right but of course by some automatic process.

Thank you


texts: GIMP - edit mask layer to adjust visible region

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What I want to do as following:

use remove.bg tool to remove image (bg.jpg) background, I got a png file (bg_remove.png) with background removed (not perfect).
use gimp to scale bg_remove.png to the same size as bg.jpg.
load bg.jpg to gimp and apply mask from bg_remove.png.
try to edit the mask layer to ajust the not perfect region.

The first 3 steps is good but when I do it in step 4, I can select a region, then file black color to make the region visible, but for some other part i want to hide, when I try to select the region then fill the white color, it does't take effect.

Is it correct to fill white color to erase something?


texts: How to achieve a repeating circular shape like the 'Sam Rockwell - Moon' poster in Illustrator?

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I need help for making this circular shape in Adobe Illustrator.

I assume it is basically just making circle shapes over and over again using the strokes and putting it inside each other over and over again?

Is there a better method to create this circular pattern?


texts: How to seamlessly merge junction of different shapes with gradients?

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In Inkscape I'm creating a 3D cube like shape with some curvature along the border edges. To simulate the curvature I'm using two adjacent paths with linear gradients facing opposite direction, like a bilinear gradient.

But how do I merge this junction point seamlessly along the corner curve?
Blurring the paths reduces the seam a bit, but also makes the paths bloom outside the boundary of the cube. Is it possible to create a gradient along a path?


texts: Exporting vector from C4D to Illustrator

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I'm trying to export rendered object from Cinema 4D into Adobe Illustrator.

This is what I see in my render view of Cinema 4D:

This is what I see when opening exported .ai file in AI:

As you see object arrangement on the right side is totally screwed up. I've tried to turn off Layers option during export.
This text is created using Extrude NURBS if that makes any difference.

How to fix it?


texts: Photoshop: Filter>Render>Flame is not availabe

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I am a beginner in Photoshop and trying to add flame in my image but I couldn't find that option at Filter>Render>Flame. I am using Photoshop CC 2015 version. Anybody please tell me how can I get that option?

Note: Photoshop has been updated to CC2017 and the filter is still missing.


texts: InDesign : Embed text-based company-logo instead of company name in text layer

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I'm using InDesign and I'd like to use a Text-based Logo instead of Text. Is it possible that I do this within the same Text layer? One of the benefits would be that the image would respond to the formatting (such as text alignment)

I'm having two questions:

How can I embed an Image like Text in InDesign?
Is this a wise thing to do?

The document I'm creating will be printed so it doesn't matter that the image might not be visible on some devices

Thanks


texts: How is it possible to use raster images on billboards at such large sizes?

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I am learning graphic design. I know Illustrator is for vectors and Photoshop is raster images. When it is enlarged in Photoshop you can see the individual pixels and raster results. So Illustrator is widely used in Billboards nowadays. But a question comes to my mind.

I always see some edited image or photo used in the billboard. I don't understand how they can make these large images since when I make it so big it looks pixelated and rasterized in photoshop.

How is this possible?


texts: Paint on Photoshop Layer and Alpha Channel with the Brush at the same time?

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I want to create a Image of a brush stroke with a perfect alpha channel, but using the tools in the Selection menu doesn't result in a too perfect result.

Since it's also possible to paint in the alpha channel, is it possible to paint onto a layer and onto the alpha channel at the same time, so it creates a perfect selection?

or am I just doing something wrong when trying to create an alpha channel of a little more complex brush strokes?

thanks


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I'm using Illustrator CC.

I select a layer, which is 16x44 pixels:

Than I right click, Export, and I save it on SVG. That't the result:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="5.64444mm" height="15.52222mm" viewBox="0 0 16 44">
  <title>Slider</title>
  <g id="Livello_2" data-name="Livello 2">
    <g id="Slider">
      <g id="Background">
        <rect x="0.5" y="0.5" width="15" height="43" fill="#a09f9f"/>
        <path d="M15,1V43H1V1H15m1-1H0V44H16V0Z" fill="#231f20"/>
      </g>
    </g>
  </g>
</svg>

Some weirdness:

what are <title>Slider</title> and <g id="Livello_2" data-name="Livello 2">? They aren't on layers. Can I remove it?
It places width="5.64444mm" height="15.52222mm" viewBox="0 0 16 44", which mess the dimensions. Can I remove that "scaling"? I don't want it.

Thanks


texts:
I was going through a few website designs and I really liked this pointed corner drop shadow:

How can I add similar shadow effect using The Gimp or simple CSS?


texts: How do I create a hidden image only visible when shaking your head?

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This image is peculiar.

At first look, it's just a simple image.

If you shake your head and see it, a face is visible.

How can an image such as this be created (provided I have a bitmap image of a face)?


texts: Cropping the exact same part of several pictures

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I have several pictures that are exactly the same except for some small variations. It was one picture that was photoshopped in several different ways. Now, I need to crop them all (13 in total) but I need to crop exactly the same part of it. It needs to be pixel perfect.

How do I do that with Pixelmator?


texts: How to resample an image with lanczos-3 filter using imagemagick?

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I'm not a pro in imagemagick. I have read documentation, but it has no use if you could not understand clearly how it works. I read in the wikipedia about lanczos filter and would like to try it for image resampling. So how could I use imagemagick to resample an image with lanczos filter in its purest form, without any pre- and post- processing?

From wikipedia reading and from sources that was published in the footnote links, I made an assumption that applying lanczos filter is just like any other kernel convolution and resampling in the middle is the only difference.


texts: How can I ensure that my logo will display exactly the same in RGB on the web and CMYK when pritned?

texts: I've always struggled with this and more and more often it causes me issues in the stage when I've received payment and then they client tries to print their design. Especially with my designs that are full of color the files I email them look great. And when they are printed they look like they have been bombed. And this seems to happen randomly for no reason. Even if I create two logos exactly the same way but perhaps with different color schemes: one will print exactly the same as it displayed on the computer and the other will be fried?! Please help me out guys...I feel like a complete idiot and am losing my mind!


texts: GIMP live-updating tilemaps with tile edits

texts: How do I get a GIMP image to live-update with tiles fetched from various different GIMP .xcf files so that when I save a tile it auto-updates inside the tilemap image? I am amking tiles/tilemaps for gamedev and this would be a useful feature to access. I believe it is achievable in other software but I do not know how.


texts: When we work on websites, sometimes the PSD files save in the HTML/Images folder of the project. We usually upload HTML folder to the server through Dreamweaver. Is there a way we can tell Dreamweaver to not upload PSD files?


texts: Exporting with slices in AI doesn't respect Rasterize Effect settings?

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I have a series of thousands of vector objects imported from a DXF file, and sized to an artboard of a specific pixel size (10,160 x 10,160). I need to cut the images up into a grid of 1,024 x 768 pixel chunks - I have setup the 140 slice objects required to do this.

I need the exported images to have no antialising/subsampling applied. I have used the Rasterize effect to rasterize these objects without antialising, and they look just the way I need them too in pixel preview.

When I export the whole image using the File > Export dialog (to BMP or JPG or PNG) the resultant file is correct. However, if I use the File > Save Selected Slices dialog AI applies antialiasing to the images, seemingly ignoring the Rasterize effect, and making them unusable for my intended purpose.

Is this a know limitation, or is there a work around somewhere here?

I can't use the Align to Pixel Grid feature because it doesn't help with curves, instead it just insures that straight lines don't land between pixels (as far as I can tell).

I don't want to use multiple artboards, because of the hard limit of 100 (I'm not eager to do this is in multiple steps, but it might be a work around - say by using two matching files, one with 100 boards and a 2nd with 40).

Thanks!


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I have the following rounded rectangle

Need to make border glossy like below image

In order to do that, I've expanded this shape and created a ellipse with no stroke above button, with transparency/screen. This is what I got:

Now I need to get rid of the rest of ellipse, so the button will be transparent on upper boundaries. Inner part of button should be white, but whatever I put between button and ellipse should receive glossy effect. How to do that?

Update:

This is what I got with object inside rectangle.

However, I feel that the way I did it not effective. I've pasted 'S' into black full rectangle and into masked rectangle. Should I need to modify it then it's double work.


texts: Convert complex artwork into single color

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I created this logo for a client, and I now need to convert it into one color versions (all black/all white).

Because there are so many overlays of text and graphics, I am having issues changing it into one color without it becoming one big blob of unreadable text and graphics.

I am working in Illustrator CC 2018 and have tried all I can think of with compound paths and pathfinder options. I'm sure there's a way to accomplish what I need to, I just haven't found a way to get there. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions on how to make this work!

Logo:

Example of issues I'm running into:
(The black lines are actually cut through to the background, they're not just black strokes.)

UPDATE

I have come along this far in the conversion. The last thing I'm stuck on is how to get the stroke around the text (what you see in black) to punch through to the background. I've been able to do this for the other graphics but am having trouble with the text itself. Any option I try in the pathfinder panel gives me unwanted results. What's the best way to achieve this?

UPDATE 1/8/18

I had left this project over the holidays, and when I came back to work on it today I finally figured out a way to "punch" the text through the various background items.

First, I selected the letter and added an offset path around it. I then copied and pasted [Cmd + F] that offset path a particular number of times (equal to however many background items that letter touched).

I selected one copy of that letter's offset path, added one background piece to the selection [by holding the Shift key and using the Direct Selection tool], then clicked the Minus Front option in the Pathfinder window. I repeated this process for each of that letter's offset paths and the items it touched, and then for all of the letters that needed to have the "punched through" stroke effect.

This achieved what I needed!


texts: Colorblindness: will digital displays (RGB) look equivalent to print (CYMK)

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I ask this as a non-colorblind scientist that tries to be conscious about accessibility when creating scientific figures for manuscripts, posters, etc. To do this, I make sure to use color palettes created to be colorblind friendly (at least to the most common types), and use tools like visual filters in image editors to try and get an idea of what it might look like for colorblind people. The problem is that these tools are all digital.

Given that my work can appear in both digital and print mediums, I'm curious if the differences in how they visually produce color can lead to visual differences for colorblind people. Specifically, I'm thinking of digital displays that use a RGB additive model vs printing that uses a CMYK subtractive model. Given that the cones of the eyes are only sensitive to certain wavelengths of light, and given that many colors we perceive can be recreated using different wavelengths of light (e.g, there's blue wavelengths, but yellow + green can also appear blue), are the wavelengths we receive from digital screens (RGB) and print (CMYK) going to compatible such that checking my images for colorblind friendliness on my computer will work for the print version? And how dependent (for print) will this be on different types of light sources that emit different spectrums?

I'm kind of surprised there isn't a colorblindness tag here


texts: Brush feathered on one side and sharp on other side

texts: Is it possible to create resizable-rotatable brush in photosphop and/or gimp, that is sharp on one side and feathered on other side (and brush can be rotated to when required)?


texts: How to add hidden notes to developers within designs mockups?

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At a high level, I will be managing a web design team that will be working with onsite developers on a large ASP.NET project developing website, mobile website, and mobile app versions (Android and Apple), and even a Windows version, of a software product. My question is as follows:

Notes need to be passed to the developers with each UI design, such as "validate first name field to max 12 characters" or "hide this element when...". I haven't seen a team have a really good way of adding these notes to designs. And, with making 10 variations of a design for mobile, web, different resolutions or platforms, etc. that just makes this problem more repetitive because every recipient needs those same notes so ideally one would want to centralize these notes. Putting them in Word seems old-fashioned but putting them directly on the page makes for a cluttered design and some developers even think the note is for the UI itself!

What's the best way or program for incorporating annotation?

Is there a design program that allows for this?


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I'm trying to create this eye icon with eye lashes in illustrator:

But I'm not sure how I can align the the lashes (which are little strokes) along the oval shape.  I've tried with the blend tool by replacing the spine but it comes out like this:

Any ideas how I can do this?


texts: Does ray tracing render time depend linearly on image resolution?

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(I'm not quite sure whether this question really belongs on this particular Stack Exchange, but I don't know where else to ask. If people think it's inappropriate for this SE, I'll be happy to move or delete it.)

I'm using a ray tracing program, POV-Ray, to render a 3d scene I've been working on. A low resolution test render already took a long time to complete (about 5 hours), and it'd be nice to have a preliminary estimate for the render time of the final high resolution image. So my question is: Does the amount of time it takes to render the scene depend linearly on the desired image resolution, all other things (such as field of view and aspect ratio) being equal? That is, if I increase the resolution from 1 MP to 10 MP, does the render time increase from 5 hours to 50 hours (or thereabouts)?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading!


texts: How do i make an image monochrome in Photoshop

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Let's say i have an icon in grey scale, and now I want to change it into a certain green tone instead. The icon is anti-aliased around the edges, so it doesn't look too rugged, and I want to keep this anti-aliasing, but now in a green scale.

Basically I want to define that what was black should now be a specific green, and every lighter shade of grey should be an equally lighter shade of green.

Like the scale shown here, I'd like to change the scale of an image from [black to white] to [green to white]

How is this possible i Photoshop? Am I right, that this could be called a monochrome image?

Solved

It seems that "Gradient Map" does exactly this. Image -> Adjustments -> Gradient Map.

Here I've applied a Gradient Map Adjustment Layer to the grey scale


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I have a client to whom I have designed a couple of brochures, she wants to be able to edit text and change the images of the file. I gave her the files as templates for easy edition but she doesn't have illustrator and even if she buy the software, she nor any of her employees know how to use illustrator.

I'm not sure if there's an app that can help us to achieve this.


texts: Automatically fill a polygon grid with gradient

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I would like to fill a polygon grid automatically with a gradient in Illustrator. How can I achieve this?

Each polygon shape has a total fill and no gradient within the separate shape.


texts: Color calibration using reference color card

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I want to measure (not qualitatively but quantitatively) how much "red" are different tomatoes (I can see one is more red than another but how much?).
So I thought I could shoot a photo of every tomato using a reference color chart inside my every photograph calibrate my photographs using the included color chart and after measure how much "red" they are.
Any ideas/suggestions on how to achieve this with GIMP? How do I calibrate each image using the color reference chart included in each photograph? What to use for "redness" measurement?
I just want to put data in Excel file and make statistical analysis to prove for example that tomatoes from farm A are more red than farm B.
Edit: In this scenario I do not need to calibrate my monitor or printer. I need 2 things:

consistent color in different photos as color data in the image files; I must compare selected areas in different photos "how red they are"

a way to calculate the redness of a selected area in a photo so that it (without disturbing other colors) correlates with how red it is as seen by a human observer. The calculation formula should become to the same conclusion as a human observer when the rednesses of 2 different images are compared. The formula has the data in the photos,  the imagined human observer would have side by side the the photographed objects.

I admit that tomatoes were a cover. Actually I'm interested in the redness of the gills of harvested fish. If someone knows how that red is formed it can help to present a good redness measure.


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Today I watched a Ted Talk, and loved the presentation. In particular the font used.

I did some research and found out this looked like Futura. So I did compare the two, but there are subtle differences. See the image below.

I went through the most similar Futura fonts on myfonts, but can't find the exact one. Anyone an idea what font/ Futura edition this might be?

Note:

how the O is square even though this is italic
the significance width difference of the D, C and W
the lower ending of the stem of the J is tapered off

(The Ted Talk: We can reprogram life. How to do it wisely | Juan Enriquez)


texts: is there an easy way to convert custom letters from a .png file to illustrator

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So I have made a custom title for my game. Because it exist out of two colors, I decided to make it in paint because I find it handy for pixel art. I would like to port this to Adobe Illustrator so I can make different sizes of it.

My problem is: Do I have to trace the whole text with the line segment/ pencil tool or is there an easier way to do it?

edit: If I use image trace it gets all kind of round shapes, i just need it traced like in this attached picture


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How can I make existing icons flat?  I tried to find any tutorial about this, but there is almost none. Is there anyone that knows about this stuff?

For example:

to this


texts: Resizing of multiple images through scripts

texts: Is there any option to badge multiple images in size 60x60 in png format I know it is done through file>scripts>image processor but it gives the output images in jpg not png how to format in png


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Is there any sensible reason to use layered .tifs as work files instead of .psd? I recieved a layered .tif file from other agency designer and was baffled as why would someone use it as a format for handing over to someone else. Is this a compatibility issue? Both author and I are working on Adobe CC package, latest versions.

Same goes for embedding files in Illustrator or InDesign. Is there any advantage to convert .psd file to .tif and then link it? In my opinion it impedes workflow - it adds unnecessary steps between editing .psd file and seeing it in other compatibile program.


texts: Can I claim ownership of derivative Illustrations in a book?

texts: I am illustrating a book and I have used some stock art mixed with design in Illustrator and Photoshop along with a few hand drawn pieces. Can I say Illustrated by "my name" if I do use some stock art?


texts: inkskape : cannot make division from two paths

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please look at the attached svg file :

i can make a hole in the big shape using the green one by selecting them both  and
menu -> path > difference

bu not with the winter symbol.

any idea on what's going on ?


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i am trying to develop a gauge object in Inkscape like that:

I created two arcs and when i try to connect them with bezier, and user path-> union (i apply stroke to path before), i can't fill de inside gauge, only color the edges:

I'm begginner in inkscape.
Any ideas?
Thanks a lot!


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There is a situation where I have to transfer colors in Hex Format (from an app) to Adobe Illustrator. But I need to extract the exact CMYK value (that was assigned in the previous app).
Long story short. Let's take an example:

There is a hex value: #ff7253

it's RGB = rgb(255,114,83)

and converted CMYK from RGB (using formulas) : cmyk(0,55,67,0) (conversion link: CMYK to RGB - RGB,CMYK,HEX color codes online converter free )

But If I insert the above RGB or Hex in adobe illustrator color picker:

input = rgb(255,114,83)

CMYK will be : cmyk(0,69,68,0)

and if I insert the CMYK value

input : cmyk(0,55,67,0)

output : rgb(246,141,94)

Kindly tell me how to resolve the issue. How can I get same value for CMYK conversion on Adobe Illustrator

( (RGB>CMYK with formulas) = (RGB>CMYK on illustrator) )?

Thanks in advance for your help.


texts: Can I stroke a line with a pattern in illustrator?

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I have a diagram with many colour-coded lines and a key to which colour means what: red line = electricity cable; blue line = gas pipe etc.

This is inaccessible for colour-blind people.

I would like to stroke the lines with different patterns of shapes. There are lots of options for this in Illustrator, see this page, but they are limited to dashes with either square or rounded ends. I have a lot of lines and there isn't going to be enough variation.

I'd like to be able to stroke with say, triangles, diamonds, pentagons etc. Excel can do this with lines on graphs. Is there a way to do this in Illustrator? (CS5)


texts: how to get rid of Illustrator selection tool bold outline on topmost object?

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Recently while I was working on illustrator, I noticed that instead of outlining every object I selected with the same box, the top most object within the selection would have a thicker, bold bounding box.
I may have bumped a button somewhere that turned this feature on.
Any ideas how to turn this feature off?


texts: How can I make patterns visible when I am using A4 size layers in gimp?

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I have this small problem that anytime I wanna make a good quality design in A4 the bucket fill of patterns is hardly visible. How can I make patterns adjust to the size of the layer?
For example......600*480 pixels layer works perfectly with the pattern in gimp. However, the moment I make it a big A4 size layer....the particles of the pattern become so small that it is hardly visible.

ADDITIONAL INFO: this might happen because of the X and Y resolution settings. I have set it to 300. Now it is back to 72 and it seems to work better, but I think it will screw up the resolution totally.


texts: How to reduce the file size of an image while keeping the same dimensions

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My goal is to create a Kindle Cover and upload it following Amazon recommendations.

The Cover Should Be:

MAXIMUM: Width:1563px;     Height:2500px;   JPEG up to 127KB

MINIMUM: Width:625px;      Height:1000px;   JPEG up to 127KB

I found a Powerpoint template that helps me to create Kindle covers.
However the size of it is: 541px x 864px and 107KB. So, I resized the template to Kindle standards, but now I have a picture
that is 1563px x 2500px and 731KB.

Using Photoshop and Save for Web I can turn the quality option to low.
The result of it is: 1563px x 2500px and 198KB.
It's still too heavy/large for Amazon standards.

How can I reduce the file size further without making the image dimensions smaller?

Many Thanks.


texts: What is the difference between After Effects and Flash/Animate for animation?

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I'm thinking of becoming an animator. I mainly want to make videos similar to
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell, who make videos like this. When I searched for AE and Animate / Flash comparisons for flat design purposes, all the examples that came up seemed to be made in AE. I know that AE is more powerful, but I want to know if Animate / Flash, being simpler, can accomplish the same goal, since most flat animation seems vector based, which Animate / Flash can already do quite well. Before downloading either After Effects or Animate, I need to be sure which is simpler/easier to use for this type of animation.

What are the differences between the two applications specifically for animations like the one I posted?

(Edit) Also, assuming the main application doesn't have these features, would you recommend any complementary software for creating assets and such?

Thanks in advance.


texts: When I edit an equation, it removes all animations from that slide. Is this an option or a bug? Is it possible to change this?

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It's pretty straightforward.
I've recently started teaching a large course (190 students), and this has forced me to teach using PowerPoint instead of a white board. The biggest issue I've faced with PowerPoint is that whenever I edit an equation on a slide, it simply removes all animations from the slide. (The text, etc. that were a part of those animations remain, but the animations themselves are gone.) This happens every time I edit an equation on a slide that also has animations.
I frequently touch up equations for formatting reasons, etc. while reviewing my slides before class, and this has led to me not having the proper animations in a class on multiple occasions.
Is this an error on PowerPoint's part, or is this an option that I've somehow turned on? If the former, does anyone have an idea of how I can fix it? If the latter, how can I change the option to stop this? Thanks for your help!
Details:

MS Windows 10 Pro (Version 10.0.16299 Build 16299)
On a work-issued Lenovo ThinkPad X380 Yoga Laptop, Model 20LH0018US, x64-based PC
Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 MSO (16.0.9126.2282) 64-bit (Account is issued via my employer)


texts: Is it possible to limit the spell checking feature in inDesign to only check the text on the pages?

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Is it possible to limit the spell checking feature in inDesign to only check the text on the pages ?

I often write notes off the side of the page for myself, that dont need to be spell checked as they are just internal design notes to myself, but at the moment inDesign goes through all of these notes also.


texts: I've searched and searched, but I'm looking to find a tutorial on how to make the outside border of the Settings app icon in iOS. Or the whole icon, I like the effect.


texts: Is there a way to get precise coordinates for Photoshop object anchor point

texts: When modifying the anchor point of an object, is there away to get the coordinates of the anchor point either relative to to the object coordinates or to the global coordinates ?


texts: How to emulate this augmented reality 3D banner text mock-up in perspective with Photoshop?

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This is from Zach Liebermann's Weird Type app screenshots on the iPhone. I want to create a mockup screenshot of an AR app that has this mechanism, on Photoshop and then import it to XD.

If I were to make a twirly banner from a primitive object, I, unfortunately, don't have much experience with 3D.

I tried using the Free Transform tool such as warping and distorting. I've tried using the Vanishing Point filter and it somewhat worked but the results were not similar enough.

Can someone point out how I can emulate this manually (with 2D tools) on Photoshop?


texts: Batch convert 5000 vectors to PNG with transparency

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I have 5000 vector images (mostly eps / svg) that i need to convert to PNG with transparent backgrounds. PNG images need to be maximum 4000x4000px

Any idea what would be the best way to do this ? Most batch image converters won't support transparency and resizing.

The first part of the task (vector to PNG) could be done using illustrator or photoshop actions, but i haven't found a way to set max size at 4000x4000 while keeping aspect ratio and maximum resolution matching the requirements

One option could be to split the task and run the PNG through something else to resize them to maximum 4000x4000px... Maybe Inkscape ? I saw some people were able to write python scripts to do similar tasks

the problem is that it's hard to set the 4000x4000px limit


texts: Dark Theme vs Light Theme in Web Applications

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I am designing a theme for our web application & I really like the new Adobe Photoshop layout (which is dark, though not black), so I took the cue & created my own dark layout. However, our designer shot it down by saying that we shouldnt use dark theme as it constricts the space & users will not like the layout & besides the layout in Adobe PS is only for the interface, when a user starts a project, they get a white box.

I would like to know the design community's opinion on this please, are there web applications which have successfully pulled off the dark theme?

Thanks,


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I am trying to use a ’watercolour‘ brush stroke behind my text in two different colours which I have done successfully. When I export my image to PNG, the brush strokes are appearing on the small preview image:

However, when I open the PNG, the strokes have disappeared:

Is there something I need to do to be able to view these in large when exported?


texts: Is overtime as a designer in a small agency really necessary?

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Overtime => I mean working extra hours for your employer apart from your official work hours.
Suppose, you're working in a startup marketing agency in India and your job is graphic design. You are not as good a designer when compared to designers in bigger companies/agencies. But, at your company you're considered good designer.
You start working at 10 am and end your day around 9-10 pm almost every day (assume official work hours are 10am to 6pm including lunch break 1/2 hour + ~1 hour extra work for home communication gap in current covid19 pandemic). At times, some weeks, you have to work till late midnight or early morning since there is urgent work/more work. And all overtime and extra hours are unpaid.
I heard someone from US say agency life is not for everyone. Further agencies create creative stuff and people say creativity needs time and work life balance. So if you can't work like that much hours, does it mean you're not really fit for an agency and either you should learn to work like that or quit and start looking job in other non agency fields as a designer?


texts: Illustrator "Maintain Height & Width proprotions" error while rescaling

texts: I have a simple circle. As you can see some weird error appears. Thank you for help!


texts: PSD to PNG - good software or website to download all the components?

texts: I don't have Photoshop. I have PSD file with a lot of components. The only site I found for convert it to components is Zamzar but it doesn't allow me to download all the components at once and the other sites/software only give me the full PNG. Is there a better website or software for this?


texts: Inkscape very slow after moving the screen

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After using the scrollbars to move, everything gets very slow. For example selecting an object in F2 Mode ( selecting pathnodes )
When zooming out and in its again fast enough.

Is this a bug or is there a trick to avoid this. Working more then a year with this tool , but did not found any trick.

any hints ?

regards


texts: What techniques or tools are used to create this kind of line art?

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I like this style of line art:

It looks fairly straightforward to make in Illustrator, but I notice that the lines have a subtle imperfection that makes it look more natural. They aren't uniform in width (especially visible in the trees), and there's some texture to them.
Is this a brush or is it some kind of effect applied afterwards?


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I'm working on a calendar app that lets you toggle your vacation days. There's a feature for choosing which of those days count only half.

Usage: The user toggles some days, those days turn orange. The user can then click a button "choose half days". When clicking, the whole page fades, except for the orange days. You are now in a mode where any click on the orange days adds stripes to indicate they only count half. Any other clicks returns to the previous mode.

If you want to try it, go to the app, toggle a few days, the click the button labelled "½ Tage wählen" beside the lower-right link to 2014.

I've been using jQuery Tools for the exposé effect.

For technical reasons, I cannot continue to use it. And thinking about it, it might not be the ideal solution for turning orange days into half days (the "mode" thing is bothering me).

So, my question is: Are there other/better ways to make clickable areas on a page stand out to indicate which areas should be clicked?


texts: How do I start designing a ribbon 3d with shadow Text in Photoshop?

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I just want to ask for some resources and as to how I could implement such in Photoshop:

I saw this image online in a website: https://www.zirtual.com/
and it's just simple as it looks but I was wondering on how I could implement a similar one in Photoshop?

Normal Drop Shadow doesn't work though.

[Newb here]


texts: I'm trying to know how to move 2 of the exact same images at the same time, and move them apart from each other. One moves to the left, while the other moves to the right, at the same time. I want them to be the same space away from each other.


texts: Centering Text in Photoshop without shifting the text

texts: I will sometimes encounter a font centered within an element, however upon checking the alignment, I will see that it is aligned left. Clicking the "center text" button in photoshop shifts the text layer left. Is there anyway to assign the "center text" property without having the text layer shift?


texts: How to control the appearance of alternate characters in a font

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I just bought this nice font, and as I was playing around with it I noticed that the last character of each word can be different according the the letter before.

Here's an example:

My Questions is

Can I somehow disable this? It was not on the preview when buying the font.


texts: How can I trace the edge of a svg file using inkscape without rasterizing the image and re-vectorizing it?

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I have an svg file composed of multiple shapes, and I would like to perform edge detection to create a path around the border of the image.

Basically, I want the equivalent of Path --> Trace Bitmap, but for an image that is already a vector image. I tried using that Trace Bitmap already and it does not do anything.


texts: In Sketch: Can you fill a closed shape created by an open vector?

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I have a series of vectors such as image A, connecting to form a knot, or maze-like design. I want to fill the closed portion as in B. But the fill feature sees the open vector and gives me C.

Image B here is a hack, there's a shape behind the vector paths. It works, but it's imprecise. And inevitably some other program or file format will separate them and show gaps on import/export.

I know in other programs you can select the nodes individually, and then create a fill zone. I can't see how to do that in Sketch.


texts: How to edit the "Edge 3d" filter output properly with InkScape?

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I am currently creating a bevel effect with Inkscape. I found that the easiest and coolest way to do it was using the "Edge 3d" filter. Not willing to redo the bevel effect now.

Anyway, the way I did it was by selecting the image/object and the applying the filter to the image/object. The output was perfect. However, I edited the image/object size and tried to edit the bevel effect aswell, getting the following output:

It seems to be some sort of "mask" that should be linked to the object and failed to. What I am trying to do is to edit this "mask" so the effect can be applied properly. Am I doing forgetting something here?.


texts: Why my illustrator brush acts differently than the tutorial one?

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I am having a problem in following a tutorial: it's like my all my brushes "fold" in the corners while in the video (and I also remeber I could do it in the past) the edges of the brushes are sharp. Pics:

-Tutorial-

-My shape-

I tried to fool around with the stroke panel and with the brush options but I had no luck. How do I do this?


texts: Photoshop color weirdness after calibrating LCD

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I've just purchased a calibrator (Eye One Display 2) to calibrate my two screens, because the difference of colours between them was huge. Now that I've calibrated them, the colours are almost identical.

However, now I have a problem with Photoshop that I didn't have before (or at least I didn't have realized). I usually design things for the web, not for printing, so I have it set to use sRGB color profile. Anytime I wanted to export, for instance, a button for a website, I used save for web, as PNG, and there was no difference between what I saw on the browser and what I saw on Photoshop.

Now, it's all different. If I open the image on Chrome and Firefox, the image looks the same on both browsers, but differently from what I see on Photoshop. However, if I activate the "proof colors" option in Photoshop, then the colors match the ones from Chrome and Firefox.

This is what I'm talking about:

Obviously a solution would be to always activate Proof Colors, but I'm sure there must be another option. How can I do it?


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I have just download minimal titles effect from free website and i want to adjust the effect in my custom page.

When i scale down or transform it the effect get disturb.

How can i scale down and get the effect which is default. Is there any group to scale down all.

Original effect

When i try to scale down

How to scale down and adjust all the layer with the effect and text. Any suggestion or help. Thanks

Sample File


texts: How to convert a normal 2d photo to a equirectanglar image of a spherical panorama?

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I been searching high and low from the web & youtube relating to this qus of mine for weeks and have yet to found one.
Basically, I want to create 360 world like this:
https://www.facebook.com/leehsienloong/posts/3273204799408870
https://veervr.tv/photos/ajisa-%E7%9A%84%E7%85%A7%E7%89%87-8374
And in order for me to convert to the above, I need equirectanglar image of a spherical panorama version of the image involved.
(I know 360 camera can easily create that) but right now Im not talking about that, I am talking about randomly finding the images I like off google and then convert them to equirectangle (e.g. like the 2 links below) before converting them to 360.
https://www.google.com/search?q=spherical+panorama&sxsrf=ALeKk02gw4vnA687JRA_pmUXHI7C-GtKOA:1592628731210&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiHo6GuzI_qAhWDb30KHc1_CykQ_AUoAXoECBAQAw&biw=2016&bih=1048#imgrc=GvD-amepCfiLyM
https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/014/761/238/large/raluca-stefan-46804810-2437685679607377-8213757029521555456-o.jpg?1545337156
You guys are the expect, would appreciate if someone can really guide me along, I am willing to pay for this if need be.
So my question is if its possible to randomly grab non spherical panorama photo from google image and convert them into 1? Looking forward to your responses... u can even email me at ivano7296@gmail.com. Thanks a zillion.


texts: How to show more information than filename in Photoshop's opened tabs

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The above image shows tabs of opened files in photoshop.

I'm making icons of android app for multiple resolution support.
Some of you may know that Android treats same filename in different folders named drawable-hdpi, drawable-mdpi, drawable-ldpi to support multiple resolution.

I'd like to put a kind of tag or title in order to indicate which file is belonged to each folder, for example [ldpi] ic_menu_template.psd.

Is there any way to do that?


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I wonder if it possible to add an object inside another.

My project is to add bottles inside a six pack bottle.

So I have an empty six pack and I have a bottle.  I want to put some bottles inside some empty gap.

Is it possible?

Thanks for your help.


texts: Photoshop CS3 Layer effects - Radial Gradient's center

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How do I pick the center point for a radial gradient that has been applied via layer effect to a shape? It's defaulting to the center of my shape but I want the gradient's center point to be near the top of my shape instead. Anyone?

Pics
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1220621/stackxchange1.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1220621/stackxchange2.jpg


texts: The network graph has clusters. How to make the edges between nodes less clutter?

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I have a graph of network of people, and I want to draw the clusters of some nodes. To make the edges between nodes less clutter, I've made the border of the clusters more weight. However I still feel that the edges are in the way of the graph, especially the ones connect the nodes inside the clusters to the outside. I've tried making the edge more opaque, but then I need to opaque all the edges for consistency, and by then the connections between the nodes seem weak.
Is there any way to make the connections less clutter?

SVG file. Characters from xkcd.


texts: Do I have the rights to claim all my work and files back?

texts: I worked for a tea shop as a tea barista and on the side have done projects that was not stated in my work contract (ie. packaging labels, menu, product photography). All was well until my access was suddenly revoked from our shared folder a day before I was handed a termination letter without warning. This meant that I have no access to my all my raw files, photos, etc. Do I have the right to ask for these files back and that they stop using any of my work in the store? I never signed any contract releasing rights to my work.


texts: What's the font used in the "Walk it out" show poster?

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Can you please help me identify this glamorous show font used in the 'Walk it out' text?

Is it normal or a custom font?


texts: Is there away to see object paths whilst editing objects in InDesign?

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Hey i've been really out of touch with indesign and this is hopefully an easy fix.

I would like to see the actual vector lines highlighted selecting objects.

Currently when I select an object I just see the blue bounding box, and smart guides help me see the vector lines but only when I hover the vector line itself?

Is the away to turn a view on so you can see the vector lines highlighted?

This is what i'm seeing...

But I would like to see this kind of thing below always (this is smart guides when hovering the vector line not object)

I know this view is possible in illustrator, but kinda annoying I cant see the paths in indesign.

Any help would be great thanks.


texts: Photoshop action to combine multiple photos

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I'm trying to recreate this:

I know it could be easily done manually, but I'm wondering if anyone has come across a tutorial or knows how to create this automatically with actions in Photoshop?

I want to be able to select a number of photos and be able to create something similar automatically. If anyone knows anyway to accomplish this efficiently with any software I'd really like to know.


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Having looked at some illustrations that are supposed to explain the
concept of an axis, I'm confused.  Is finding the axis of an O merely
a matter of drawing a line through its thinnest parts, or is there more
to it?


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The image on the right below is the colorized version of the one on the left (GIMP was used).  In my opinion, the colorized version looks fake because, for example, the borders of the three lollipops on the far left (yellow, red and green) look very sharp compared to the background.

Are there any sources for learning advanced colorization that overcome such problems, or can you suggest your own techniques here?


texts: Brightness Threshold to Scanned PDF File

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Some vector-based softwares are able take a vector picture out of an image, for instance the Brightness Threshold option in Inkscape. Suppose now that we want to apply this process to a full PDF file (100 pages, more or less). One possibility is to split the document, apply the process to each page separately and then merging all again. But I would like to know, is there any direct way to apply the process to the whole document, without splitting it? The point is to avoid the job manually; there is no problem if some trick is used that splits and merges the pages autometically.

Any suggestion will be welcome.


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I need to crop this poster to 12.25"w x 18.25"h (to get rid of the crop marks & also white space) in order to meet submission requirements for the printer.

How do I do this on Adobe Illustrator without changing the artwork design? Any advise would be great. Thanks!


texts: Hide a typo letter in an image in a pdf file

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I have a typo legend in an image in my pdf file. There is an extra "t" at the end of the legend. Unfortunately, I cannot reproduce the correct image.
How can I remove that "t" in my pdf?


texts: How are Serif and Sans-serif fonts different, and when should one use one over the other?

texts: What is the difference between these fonts, and what are some typical examples of why one might be used over another?


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I really like the Unitext font by Monotype, but I'm trying to avoid web fonts with page view restrictions and counters.

Can anyone suggest an alternative, paid or otherwise, that might fit the bill.


texts: Fixing font - some capital letters (e.g. 'Å', 'Ä', 'Ö') cut off from the top

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First of all apologies for any mistakes in this text (for example terms or wrong assunptions). I'm no typography expert. I just think changing a font should be possible. That's why I'm asking for information here.

So, I have the font Sofia Pro, which has problems. Both Regular and Medium.
I don't know what is exactly the problem, but I think the baseline is too high.

When using the font (for example in my iOS app), it doesn't seem vertically aligned in the middle, it's too high.
When using Å, Ä, Ö, etc., the top is cut off.
Opening the font in Apple Font Book, shows it like this (when selectinng text):

As you can see, ABCD seems too high, as well as 4567.
cdefg / yzåäö seem to be fine, but ZÅÄÖ isn't even completely in the selection.

I also downloaded Font Forge, which shows me this:

So basically the same problem as Font Book.

First of all, what is the problem here? Should the baseline be lower? Will then letters such as cdefg still be fine?
Or is the 'ascent' just not high enough?

Would fixing this be possible in Font Forge, or do you have other suggestions?

Thanks in advance.


texts: I'm hooked on this typography. Any idea if there's a font which comes close to this?


texts: CD / DVD disc surface artwork printing - Epson Discproducer vs Professional optical disc offset printer?

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As I stated in my last post I am a print design hobbyist and part time graphic designer.

I am interested in trying to produce some of my designs onto the surface of blank CD / DVD optical discs with the same level of quality that you would find on professionally printed optical disc media.

Initially I thought that the only way to produce such artwork was with an incredibly expensive optical disc offset printer but someone told me recently that it is possible to produce similar results with a disc production system such as one from the Epson Discproducer series.

I contacted that person back to ask for further information but they never got back to me.

So the question I wish to ask here is..

Can a disc producer system such as the six-color inkjet Epson Discproducer achieve near-identical quality to that of a highly expensive six-color offset printer?

(Previous Post)
What printers or methods are used to apply a matte lamination finish to the blank surface of an optical disc?


texts: Match the perceived luminance between green and red images

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i have a strange question. I have two images one with only the green RGB channel and the other with only the red channel. These two images are matched (before applying the filters) for luminance, contrast and spatial frequency (with a Matlab toolbox).
However i realized that green and red have different perceived luminance.
Is there any method to match, as much as possible, this aspect?


texts: How can I move multiple objects towards a central point in Illustrator?

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I want to move a set of objects towards a central point.
Think moving objects that are outlining a circle towards the middle.
I know you can do this through the bounding box, but that results in the objects being resized and I don't want them resized.

The effect that I have in mind is like the Symbol Scruncher tool except that I want to move the objects at a specific distance.

I also won't be able to use the Scruncher because I didn't spray my symbols randomly.


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I have to enumerate hundreds of cables for a project but every time I write something Stroke paint is activated

The problem is that Inkscape draws the text automatically with stroke and without a fill
For me it is impossible to have to remove stroke paint and insert a fill color every time, it is a waste of time.
Is there a method to change this default? Or to solve this problem?


texts: When creating a vector file, how should I determine my vector file canvas size given the png sizes I need to export to?

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For example, if I need to export a 32×32 PNG and a 64×64 PNG, what size should my control vector file be?
The main reason I ask this is that I recently did an iPhone app icon and I needed to export to 57×57, 114×114, 29×29, 58×58, 72×72, 50×50 and 512×512. I used a vector file that was 512×512.
All the exported PNGs came out looking good except 29×29. It was a circular icon and the circle border on the 29×29 came out fuzzy. Does this usually happen when you size a big vector file down to a small PNG? How would one handle that situation?
Originally I thought that it didn't matter because it's a vector file.


texts: In After Effects how do i link a value in a shape layer to a slider control keeping the values relative?

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I've created a shape layer with an elipse and used trim paths to just show an arc. The full arc has a trim paths end value of 87.5% and empty the end value is 62%. I want to link the trim paths end to a slider control so that the 87.5% and 62% on the trim paths equate to 100 and 0 respectively on the slider control.

I've also linked a text layer to the slider control value so that it displays that value. The text layer and shape layer would be effectively displaying the same value so it made sense to want to use one control to animate both.

I appreciate i would need to use some form of expression, however my knowledge of these is limited.
here's the problem


texts: How to convert C4D render into illustrator?

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I have an image file that is designed in Cinema 4D and rendered, and to be used for logo purpose.

I want to vectorize it. I tried the "image trace" method, but it decreases quality.

Do you have any suggestion?


texts: Is there way get separate part of a font in any graphic editing tool?

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In this image as example for Letter R. I want to cut it into three pieces. Yellow color are cutting line.
After rectangle is portion, I want it in separately like this
Part 1:  |
Part 2:  D
Part 3:  \
Is there way to separate this into pieces?
InkScape or any other tools should be used for this?


texts: Illustrator: I have lost a single bezier handle for a point, need it back without losing curve

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I have created a curved line with an end anchor point - the top left end of a horn, in this case, and lost one of the two bezier curve handles. I want to get that handle back without losing the curve created by the other side of the handle.
See image. The left corner has a top bezier handle, but I've lost the bottom handle. I want to get it back without losing the curve of the top of the horn. Hopefully I'm making sense?


texts: Easy way to make smooth connection in Adobe Illustrator CS6

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Take a look on the image. I have a line with two segments (on the left). How to make smooth connection between them keeping one segment untouched (right side)? I know two methods but they are not so easy. I need a method that takes one or two actions.

Update: It seems we need a plugin for this, as there is no good answer.


texts: Should design dimensions be in inches (or any other physical dimension unit) instead of pixels?

texts: The requirement is to scale a design from a 100ppi, 4inch display up to a 400ppi, 4 inch display. The design should scale such that a 40px X 40px button dimension has the same physical size across any pixel density display. Does this mean we should design using physical dimensions such as inch/cm rather than pixels?


texts: Font management tool across multiple machines

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I have mac pro, imac and mac air and all of which I use at various times in the work flow creating a range of media.

I have various fonts across all three and have been trying to manage with font book, which just isn't cutting it. It's time to move to something useful in my situation.

What should I look for in a package that will help manage fonts across my machines? Do I need a server solution or would something else work in this small office?


texts: I'm a graphic design student in the middle of creating book covers. I'm trying to find an action or at least a tutorial on how to do the effect done in the red. Does anyone know what this is called? I've tried "scroll", "scrollwork", and "engraving" but it did not turn up any results.


texts: How to mimic the glittery look of makeup in photoshop

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Sometimes I'll use a basic dodge and burn in photoshop over my subjects face to contour her features. I'm no makeup expert, but I learned the places where certain features should be accentuated through highlight, one of which is the cheekbone.

In real life I've noticed that the highlight girls use on their cheekbone can actually be very finely glittery (some more than others). What can I use in photoshop to mimic this look instead of a basic dodge which just lightens the area?

What I'm doing now does the job just fine and looks natural, I just thought it could be done even better and even more realistically. Here's an example of a photo I have subtly contoured.


texts: Problem in Artboard Arrange in Illustrator after duplicate

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I am doing a presentation in Illustrator using multiple artboards and after I finished my work the client needed some changes made.

I need to add one Artboard next in between of the presentation. But when I duplicate to rtboard next to that page the order is changing  , it is coming last page in artboard arrangement.

So I have to go to artboard then I put page is upward, So is there any solution to add new page next in between  that without changing Order


texts: InDesign - how to create an object style that is fixed the same position on each page object style is needed for

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I am a graphic designer who is new to the publishing industry.

Trying to create object styles - how do I get the object I draw to fit to the exact position on the page each time? I've got as far as creating the object style ready for an image to be placed within it but when I click the object style, it moves the frame up but I want it more or less central to the page. Anyone able to provide a step by step process please?


texts: adding or deleting pages in the middle of an AI artworks

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I need to add pages in the middle of the artworks, in different places, and would rather not have to move evrything.. Is that possible? and deleting too?
Thanks everyone.


texts: How to constrain a large image over multiple artboards

texts: I am trying to place a large image over multiple artboards in illustrator. The image stretches over 8 artboards. I would like each artboard to be able to separate constraining the image proportions to each artboard. When I save as .ai and check separated artboards it will save the artboards individually but each board contains the entire image instead of the portion of the image I want.


texts: How would I create a gradient background like this?

texts: I need to replace the vessel seen in the below image with another vessel. I have already cropped the vessel that needs to be placed there however I am unsure how to create the gradient background seen in the below picture with the bar in the middle. I see that there's a gradient and some lighter 'spots' but I am at a loss how to create this effect in Adobe Photoshop.


texts: Can individual CMYK inks be used in CMYK color mode?

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It's the first time I'm printing in CMYK.
I can't understand a basic thing.
For example if I want to print a shape filled only with cyan color, can I fill it with CMYK(100,0,0,0) (only one ink used) or I must use for example CMYK(100,10,10,10) (every ink is used)?


texts: Text on a Path - Have Font Going from Big to Small

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I'm trying to create some text on a path that gets smaller as it goes down the path. Similar to the text that says "Steam & Printer Job Label" in the picture below.

I've tried some of the effects and object -> envelope effect but I can't get it to work?

Is there a way to do this rather the creating an outline of the text and manually resizing each letter?

Thanks for the help.


texts: Why pixels do not weight the same? (in bytes)

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My experiment (see image collage below):

I created an white 640x400 image in GIMP and exported as png. It weights 1409 bytes.
Then I added a black coloured line and exported as png. It weights 1694 bytes.
Then, I coloured that line red and exported as png. It weights 1754 bytes.
Starting from the white image in 1., I added a red square and exported as png. It weights 1426 bytes.
From 4., I duplicated the red square and put it somewhere else in the image. I was expecting the png to weight 1426 + (1426-1409) = 1443. Instead, it weights 1729 bytes.
Finally, I moved that red square elsewhere, hoping the image to weight 1729 bytes, and instead, it weights 1741 bytes.

I am utterly puzzled. I was expecting pixels to weight the same. This is clearly not the case. Well, maybe colors have different byte structure (e.g. red uses more 1s and 0s than white), but at least a red pixel weights the same everywhere. Steps 4 and 5 confirm that is not the case either. And finally, step 6 indicates that position also matters! Insane!
Can you please shed light on what is going on?


texts: Adobe Photoshop : Display text-selection in correct format

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I am working on a photoshop design for a font-design which will be inserted in html. Right now, when the text is selected, it looks differently in Photoshop and differently in browser(FF).

As you can see in the image above, when the font when selected in browser looks like in the first row, and in PS as in the 2nd row.

The problem is I would like to see in PS, when selection is made to look like in first row.

I am personally not a PS expert, my designer colleague is, I am posting a question on her behalf for language reasons. Below is what she wants in her words, in-case I missed something out. Thanks a lot. :-)

  We have build a Layout in Photoshop. Now I wanted to give the Layout
  to the Programer to build it in html and I want to give him the space
  from the textbox to the bottom of an objekt above. My problem is in
  Photoshop the textbox ist not so high like the textbox in html in the
  browser. The font is Segoe UI. The Browser ist Firefox. Can anyone
  please help me how I can give him the exact space between the text and
  the object above? I tried it in different font-sizes and the spaces
  grows of course with the size but not in an reproduceable or linear
  way. Please check out the picture.

  Thank u for answers.

Have a good day. :-)

Edit

Picture updated.
When Photoshop is not the right program to handle text and the spaces to other objects in an exacly way how else can I give the exact space to an object above, so that it looks 100% the same in html and in photoshop?


texts: Keeping lines straight when closing a shape in Illustrator

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I've noticed while creating an exercice for my students that although Illustrator keeps lines straight when you hold down "Shift", the software overrides this when closing a shape. For example, if I trace a rectangle holding Shift but my last line is not properly aligned with the closing point, Illustrator will allow me to trace the path and close the shape even if I'm holding Shift, resulting in a bent path.

Here are some examples both created while holding Shift:

I see a lot of students struggling with this when starting with the pen tool. Is there a setting or tolerance somewhere that could give a warning or keep this from happening?

I know there can be a bunch of workarounds to align the path after the fact, but I'm looking to prevent the issue altogether.


texts: Align node relative to middle of object in Inkscape

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(This is my first question here so apologies in advance if I break any rule. I have seen a question on how to align an object relative to nodes here, but I haven't found how to align a node with respect to another object.)
I would like to know the best way to align a node of one object with the middle point of another object. For example, imagine I have a rectangle and a diagonal line (a straight Bezier curve with two nodes). The top node of the line is already aligned with the bottom side of the rectangle in the y axis, but it is at an arbitrary position with respect to the rectangle in the y axis (left). I would like to align the top node of the line with respect to the middle point of the rectangle in the x axis, leaving the bottom node of the line and also the rectangle unchanged (right).

What is the most efficient way to achieve this?


texts: Kerning Problems in Illustrator. Other Letter Pairs Affected

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I've been having some issues kerning in Illustrator.

When I position the text cursor between the pair of letters and kern that letter pair via option+  left arrow , other letters spacing further down the string are effected.

Here's another test tightening and then loosening the space between the "b" and "r". How come the "u" doesn't move?


texts: Inkscape stroke hardly visible when it's too thin

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I have the last version of inkscape but I have a problem. With my laser cutter I need strokes with a thickness of 0,01. But whenever I change the thickness of a shape or line to this value, the stroke is so thin that I can't see it unless I zoom in really close. With an old version of Inkscape I didn't have the problem. I'm sure there is something to do in the parameters but I don't know how to do this and I don't find anything on internet.
Does someone have a solution please?
Many thanks


texts: How can I round the corners of the artboard to follow the rounded rectangle that I have covering it? (the end goal is export it as a PDF)


texts: What is the name of Design style used in Monument valley opening? Other examples?

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I am designing a poster and saw recently a bunch of designs using very thin white font and some thin logo illustration-type ordeal on a dark background. A lot of these seem to be on a sort of "sky-like" background and many have used objects that look like mountains.

The only example I can think of is from Monument valley-

But I know there are a large number of people who have used this style in video games, websites, etc. Is there a name for this? What are some other really clean examples for inspiration?


texts: Where can I find unique templates for Presentation folders?

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I have to design a Presentation Folder Design and print it. I have never done one before, I googled a bit and found some templates with a great tutorial above them :

http://www.proactivepr.org/presentation-folder-printing.shtml

I am wondering if anyone knows of more unique PDF templates for presentation folders. I need the templates for the cut lines/curves (the lines the cutter follows to cut the folders shape, if you don't get what I mean watch the tutorial) part of the presentation folder, not the visual design.

Ah, and preferably free ones...

And if you have done one before(a presentation folder) please feel free to share any tips from the design process to the printing part...

Thank you!


texts: How does one price something like a corporate annual report?

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I was asked to provide a quote for an annual report (40 pages) and quoted a general hourly rate. However, as I hear, many graphic designers charge by page number, and include other costs like graphic development, cover design, etc.

Are there any resources to know about what to include when thinking about the cost of a report or other such small corporate publication?


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Hi everyone I'm trying to add a gradient to a design. I'm wanting to basically keep the inside gradient and get rid of the outside (image 1).

I've tried lots of different ways using a clipping mask. My process:

Grouped image
Made mask
Selected right window in Transparency
In Transparency unchecked 'Clip', checked 'Invert Mask'
Pasted in colour background over grouped design
Clicked grey space next to image

In my second image you can see something has applied but all I get is low opacity gradient of some sort (image 2).


texts: Exporting Illustrator objects to svg showing up as 3 separate icons in ICOMOON

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I have created a simple icon and have exported it for use in ICOMOON. The developer is stating that it is showing up as three separate icons.

They are grouped and I have even placed them in one layer. I usually use Sketch, but they have a bug right now during this kind of function, so I am using Illustrator. I have followed directions, about the export. Can anyone help?


texts: I can't export more than four artboards in Adobe Illustrator

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I am trying to export artboards as PNGs from an AI file. I have a bunch of artboards created, but when I try to export the file and use the artboards, the export dialog only recognizes four artboards.

I've googled and searched all around and I can't seem to find any record of anyone else having this same problem.

See these examples:

However, when I try to export I get a dialog allowing me the option to only export 4:

If I try to change the range to something like "1-8", it still only saves artboards 1-4.

This same thing is happening when I try to save as a pdf, or any other thing in AI that uses the artboards. It only returns 4.

I've tried restarting AI, restarting my computer, but it still does the same thing.

I have Illustrator CS6, not the Creative Cloud, I have the single license, one time fee version.

Anyone ever run into this issue? It's driving me crazy.

Thanks for your help!


texts: How do I sections of a text body in specific areas

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I am new to Inkscape and currently struggling with coloring text.  I have a main body of text, small size 4pt, and I wish to block color in certain areas of it.

For example imagine an A4 white sheet full of black text.  Then draw a solid red circle in the middle of that area.  I wish the text passing through that circle to become red-take on that color (leaving white background).

Any ideas how I can do this in Inkscape?


texts: I have a lot of ugly layer names in my layer panel. How can I change the name of all of them?


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Please can somebody tell me how do I get the forward slash line to show when I am using the pencil tool to signify it is joining onto the first anchor point of the first part of whatever I've drawn.

I'm new to Illustrator and it worked fine up until about a week ago. Since then the  forward slash will not appear and it just shows the star icon. I am going nuts trying to figure this out.


texts: In Photoshop CC: "edit/transform" instead of edit/transform path"

texts: In Photoshop CC (latest update), how do I change back to just "edit/transform" instead of "edit/transform path"? I have never had this happen before, and when I go to transform a layer, I get an error message "Could not transform the path because the selected portion of the path does not enclose any pixels." Help!


texts: Advice about expanding a wordmark into a full typeface - best practices for shoulders in letters

texts: Does anyone know of typefaces where the lowercase r has a shoulder, but the lowercase n does not? I've done a custom mark and it fits these requirements, but I'm confused as to how to expand the mark into an entire typeface. I used a shoulder on the lowercase m and now I'm thinking I might remove it. I haven't attached images as this it isn't publicly released yet but I'm curious as to best practices and advice on how to go forward.


texts: How to create an anvil / coat of arms shape?

texts: How can the above shape be created in Photoshop?  It is the shape of an anvil, a logo commonly used by universities.


texts: Can this licence be applied to non code (art)?

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This licence talks about software, can I apply it to a piece of art work (a logo)? I figure that some people on here would have used this licence for code/software so may have some experience

http://choosealicense.com/licenses/unlicense/

The above link shows a licence that makes a product free to use modify, distribute (software) under what looks like cc creative commons rather than c copywrite.

the licence reads:

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.

Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
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Is this the correct licence to use if I want to make something pulic domain, free to use, modify what ever(legally do what ever you want with it licence)?

Would it be seen as legal, if not what would be the official way to declare the work as legally free for anyone to use?


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This is the idea I came up with, but am not sure if it looks weird or not. Thoughts? Thanks.


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