texts: Adobe Illustrator: problem with the brush

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Sorry for my English, I'm French, I'm going to put the translation.I use the Wacom tablet, with a sensitivity of 2000. When I draw at a percentage of 100-250%, my lines are perfect. But when I increase the size to 1000-2500% for small details, my features are a kind of break between each curve ... Yet my options of clarification are maximum. So, the trait would not be supposed to change. help me please.

(Francais) J'utilise la tablette Wacom, avec une sensibilité de 2000. Lorsque je dessine à un pourcentage de 100-250%, mes traits de lignes sont parfaite. Mais quand j'augmente la taille a 1000-2500% pour des petits détails, mes traits font une sorte de cassure entre chaques courbes... Pourtant, mes options de précisions sont aux maximum. Donc, le trait ne serait pas supposer changer. Aidez moi svp


texts: How to make rough background with Paint.NET?

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How to draw an icon with rough background like that:

Is it possible to do this with some fill tool?


texts: Cutkontur 4 contour cutting in data is applied as a surface?

texts: I have to send for printing letters which will be processed by cutter.The company send me yesterday an email saying I had open paths, I tripled checked my file in illustrator indeed was 2 paths open now all paths are closed. But I got this email saying "- Unfortunately, the Cutkontur for contour cutting in your data is applied as a surface. Please create a single continuous closed factorized contour path. " is all vectors in in my file what do they mean ? I would call them but they don't speak English and i don't speak german!


texts: After Effects can't create proportional shapes

texts: I wanted to create a square shape so I hold shift and left mouse button to draw it, and it seems like I have a very strange bug. The shape on the screenshot is the result of shift+lmb - clearly not a square. So I tried to set the size manualy but, as it shows on the screenshot, apparently AE thinks this shape is 272x272 pixels. I tried to create new compositions, re-open program and create comps with locked aspect ratio to 1:1 but nothing worked.


texts: Using which software can I produce network maps of this kind?

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I found this image few years ago. I don't remember where I found it but it really helped me in teaching all the networking concepts to my students. I mean, picturing network like this has somehow made things very clear than those 2-D Network diagrams.

The only problem with this image is that it doesn't actually contain the icons of actual network elements. I want to replace the icons shown in picture with real (not symbolic) icons of hardware and produce similar 3-D map.

Can any one suggest me a good software for doing this job?

Note: Actually this is a cross post. I posted this initially on serverfault and it is likely to get closed on that site. So, asking it here.


texts: What are "up-to-date" or "modern" icons?

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My icons have been (lightly) criticized as "too 1998-ish":

http://www.sellmycalls.com/pics/98ish-icons.png
From left to right: refresh; auto/manual refresh toggle; filters; favorites; alerts.

To what was the critique aimed at? What the critic meant with "too 1998-ish"? Can someone show me examples of icons that are considered fashionable these days?

Thanks so much!


texts: Remove small white spaces between objects

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Take this image: https://cloud.iacchi.casa/s/ZbM5NzYLNiA2nMN most of which is made from concentric rings or adjacent lines. If you open it in inkscape you can already see white spaces between the different objects. In Illustrator you don't really see it, but in both cases when you save it as pdf (which is what I'll need to do ultimately) you get this (again, the size of the white gap changes between pdf viewers):

In my mind, to remove this problem an easy way is to add a thin outline to each object, and assign it the same colour of the filling. However, doing this for each object is going to take forever (I also have several similar images to manipulate). So I ask: is there a way in Inkscape, Illustrator, or other free vector graphic programs to select all objects, and tell the program to add an outline (is it called stroke in technical terms maybe?) to each object and assign to it the colour of the object's filling (different for each object)? And if this is not the best way to proceed, which is?


texts: What is the reason for these weird white shadows on a printed shirt?

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There are some textures applied to the design, to make it look distressed. The effects are transparent and should "blend" into the shirt.
Any idea, what the problem is? And if anyone knows how these white shadows are called.

Edit: the shirt was printed with DTG technology, if this helps.


texts: Layers dont show up when exporting file from illustrator to photoshop

texts: I made a graphic in Illustrator and wanted to add finishing touches in Photoshop. But when I export the file as a PSD from Illustrator, only one layer shows up in Photoshop. I use RGB color mode and check the Write Layers option. Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Publication in InDesign for print - what's the difference between"assign profile" and "convert to profile"?

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I've been asked to make sure my publication in InDesign is in CMYK and I really don't want to mess up the colour profile settings.

What I did was that I imported images already in CMYK, and then for text and graphic elements I used only CMYK colors (checked all in swatches panel, if I used accidentally RGB i changed it to CMYK via swatches panel).

But I'm completely lost in this "assign profile" and "convert to profile" settings"? Can somebody clearly explain why to use which, and what's the difference? And how my settings should look like, so I produce a "CMYK" PDF ready to print.

I googled those, but I didn't find a clear explanation. And most of the discussion is about how to use it for images in Photoshop, not for long, complex publications in InDesign.

For now my settings look like this:


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I'm given this slogan to work with: "Fast Forward, Rewind, Pause, & Unwind".  And I need to visually represent what this slogan conveys.

This logo is for a library association.
Since I'm working on a very short notice, I don't have a lot of time thinking about this logo, which is why I'm in need of help from a graphic design community.

Please let me know how I can visually convey "Fast Forward, Rewind, Pause, & Unwind"

Thanks ahead of time


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Our branding has recently changed to use the Hind font.

How can the fixed width numbers be used in applications like Excel?


texts: Going from one text box to another by keyboard shortcuts

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I wanna change the content of many text boxes. Currently I use Type tool, edit one, click move tool, Type tool and edit the next.

I know there is an easier way, but I forgot it. Like holding cmd in Type tool or similarly.

Anyone able to help?

Thank you


texts: How do I print in multicolor from Adobe Pagemaker 7?

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I'm working on a 4-page newsletter for my college, and the only publishing software I'm good with is Adobe Pagemaker.

I've completed 2 pages already, and they look real good. But the problem I knew nothing about is that the printing press here does not ("cannot", as they told me) print anything in multicolor if it isn't made on Photoshop. They told me it isn't possible to print in multicolor from Pagemaker.

My college professors have specifically instructed me to print the newsletter in multicolor.

The only thing I could think about was to convert the Pagemaker file to PDF format and then import it to Photoshop and print it that way. But I'm afraid that will end up compromising the resolution and the overall quality of the print.

I would be very grateful if anyone could show me a way out of this.


texts: Is there a graph paper like drawing software?

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I want to draw some vectors in a software that creates grids and i simply click on dots and create lines and shapes (exactly like drawing on graph paper but on computer). Something like this image:

I already tested Illustrator (too complicated) and Inkscape (too weird!)

Edit: for example In following image, I want to simply delete those lines, for this in both software i should manually create points and delete part of line between to point (correct me if i'm wrong).
I just want to click on lines and it delete inner part.


texts: How to easily replace an image in every slide across a PowerPoint presentation (Symbols)?

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I'd like to be able to reuse a resource across multiple slides (multiple instances) and be able to edit the "master instance" and apply changes to all instances. In Illustrator / Sketch this reusability comes by the name of "Symbols". Is there a templating mechanism in PowerPoint that would allow me to achieve this? I know I can go into the Slide Master and modify the used colors and fonts but it seems like that's about it....

Why do I need this functionality? I like to take advantage of the Morph transition since it allows me to easily produce complex animations and at the same time keep the presentation well structured.  The major issue with this approach is that once I'm done with the slide sequence that morphs a set of elements I end up copy-pasting stuff for every little change I want to make.

Here's a simple example.

This is my original presentation: https://1drv.ms/p/s!AqErqjP9BQgCw1ex_rzI2npQiQ08

This is a modified version where I swapped out the first image: https://1drv.ms/p/s!AqErqjP9BQgCw1g3nJR0_EkoZkZT

For the second version of the presentation I had to go through every slide and copy-paste the new image on top of the old one. I know I can try to achieve the same effect within a single slide but that's not really an option for me.


texts: Illustrator script to add colors from selected object onto artboard as swatches?

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I'm looking for a way to add color chips, along with their color name onto the artboard based on a selected object.

I work in textile and print design, need to create a mill-sheet listing out every color chip used for each print to communicate with the factories overseas as to how it would be printed. Currently we make a swatches file, by drawing a box, filling it in with desired global swatch, and labeling it with the text tool - for every single color used. And to make mill sheets, it involves copying and pasting the color boxes we need. This is very time consuming.

In a perfect world, I'd like a script that would allow me to select an object on the artboard, run the script, and have color chips with names below them appear on the artboard.

Does this kind of thing seem possible to do with Illustrator scripting?

Thank you in advance.


texts: Illustator - Scale bezier anchor point handle on every anchor point for an object

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So I have the letter 0 hand written. Now I want it a bit fatter. But I don't know how to scale every anchor point handle and keeping it's symmetry. The only solution I could find is to do each handle one by one but I am afraid that it loses it's symmetry.
So scale the anchor point handle in each direction of the red arrows.

Bonus question: What is the correct name of the "handle" for an anchor point.


texts: How to present multiple social media graphics?

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Hi great people of Stack Exchange. I have a question about presenting multiple design concepts for a social media campaign.

So I've been designing social media graphics for a client that wants me to present 6 ad designs. To make this project happen, I offered to create a different design concept for each ad. However, the problem I have is presenting each ad with multiple design concepts.

So far, we've had 2 meetings like this where I presented design directions for her ads. The first meeting, I focused the conversation on possible color choices we could go with, and she loved a good number of them. The second meeting, I kind of did the same thing I did in the first meeting. But this time I created 3 possible color choices for each ad and tried to get a final decision for which design concept she'll use for each ad. But this is where things got confusing for me.

I think I gave her too many color options (when I looked at my notes, we had 6 color combinations that she liked). When I put together 3 design concepts for each ad and presented them to her, she asked me to present more design concepts for each ad and to make the ads more creative. I get the creative part, but I'm not really sure if I should present more design concepts per ad, and I'm also not sure how to go through this collaboration process with my client.

I usually work on logos and one-piece design projects like a simple brochure or a flyer. And this is my first time presenting multiple design pieces like this. I mean, I honestly don't know what I'm doing, this is new territory for me, and I'm kind of making this all up as I go. I would really appreciate some advice on how to present multiple design pieces in a single presentation or if I should change up my collaboration process.

Please help. I don't know what to expect from this "more concepts" approach, and this is my first time presenting multiple concepts per marketing piece.

Hope you understand.

Thanks

~Jarod B


texts: Background disappears in PDF when distilling the Illustrator EPS

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Requesting suggestion to find solution for the below issue:

Input (Illustrator EPS): Strokes are visible with Illustrator EPS.

Output (EPS -> PDF generated through Distiller): After using Distiller, strokes found missing where the blue color layer occurs.


texts: Question about Inkscape (icons with solid white background with an alpha image)

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EDIT:
Hello, yes, I am trying to get transparent icons on a solid white background.
Also, the second link is not broken. It needs html code to display it correctly.
Here is a screen shot of what it does when I change background color using html.
I can get it using Pixlr, but the image quality suffers.

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I have looked high and low but everything online deals with a transparent background. I have managed to do that using Inkscape, but what I need is a solid white background with an alpha image.

PNG with a transparent alpha background

I have also managed to make the image itself transparent with a solid background using Pixlr. But, the quality is just horrible. Can I achieve the below using Inkscape or similar without compromising on image sharpness?

PNG with transparent background

PNG with transparent icon

The second will show up as blank image unless it is embedded with background color in html.


texts: How to fix this typing along path...illustrator

texts: How do I fix the arch to match the circle shape in the background?  LIke is there a way to type along a path but have it be right through the center of the path instead of above or below it?


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I realize there is a much easier way to make an octagon in Adobe Illustrator but this is a simplified example to explain the issue I run into and I'm sure there's a simple fix.

If I make a square and copy/paste it - turn the 2nd square 45° and then use the shaper tool to cut all the corners away to make an octagon, each intersection has a little white space. How can I fix this?

Here is an screenshot of the example:

Thanks for any help.


texts: Is pixelmator a viable alternative for photoshop?

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I've always been a photoshop user, i know the ins and outs and know my way around all the tools i need for my webdesign work. But now i'm faced with a dilemma, for my new job i haven't got the budget for a full photoshop license so i'm wondering, is pixelmator a good alternative?

I use Photoshop mainly to slice a design into separate images so enable/disable layers is a must, PSD compatibility too, ...

Anyone has experience with Pixelmator?


texts: How one finds out the alphabet length or individual character width of a typeface?

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I would like a quick way to determine the column width necessary to create the optimal 65 characters per line rule. Glyph width differs between typefaces, so this article suggested:

  The alphabet length is determined by the width of the lowercase a through z, historically measured in points. This measurement varies depending upon the typestyle and point size being used. Therefore, varying the font and/or point size will affect the optimum column width.

I have googled "alphabet length of ___ font" and got nothing.


texts: Photoshop: How to edit a shape when select again in its layer

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Maybe this question seems easily but I don't know why it doesn't obvious in my current Photoshop settings.

I select shape tool and draw somethings (such as circle, rectangle ...). I see at this step, I see properties panel for change shape attributes:

I select another layers (for doing some work, so I lost focus current shape). And then I choose again new created shape layer. After that I choose Move Tool to select shape. I cannot see shape toolbar again for editing. I just see this toolbar:

And here is my screen after I select Shape tool

My question is: How can I select again shape and show shape toolbar for editing purpose ?

Thanks :)


texts: How to output multiple image sizes from one design?

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I am designing an app for Android and as you may know that Android uses 6 different density buckets from LDPI to XXXHDPI.

Is there a way to save multiple outputs of different sizes from one design using either Photoshop, Illustrator, or another software?

If not will I have to resize it 6 times or is there an easy way?


texts: What is an easy way to create a bulk of rounded rectangles in Illustrator?

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Image is taken from this site.

Is there a way in Illustrator to draw a group of rectangles like this without having to draw them one by one? The idea is to divide the area into as many rectangles of size 100x50 which have a 10 gap between them. Is there something automatic to make this happen?


texts: Any tips or resources for designing e-mail newsletters?

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After spending hours in Photoshop I haven't found a great template I like. I love the design style of many newsletters I subscribe to.. including Smashing Magazine and Hongkiat.. but I wonder what some of the best standards for designing newsletters are?

If anybody has resources or ideas I'd love to hear them. Newsletters are still a huge part of Internet marketing today. They almost cannot be overlooked. And when you create a custom template matching your design it's the best way to tie in your readers right to your website.

For a resource I've been digging through campaign monitor's template list which includes tons and tons of free examples.


texts: Multiply two adjustment layers in Photoshop

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I have a curves adjustment layer, and I want to limit it so it only effects a certain color range. My initial thought was to create a Black and White adjustment layer, turn up the channels corresponding to the target color range, set it to multiply blend mode, and tie it to the curves adjustment layer. Unfortunately, this applies the B&W adjustment to the output of the curves layer, instead of modifying the curves adjustment itself.

I am essentially trying to replicate DaVinci Resolve's qualifiers, which allow you to select HSL color ranges that an adjustment applies to.

The Select -> Color Range tool is also similar, except that it selects specific pixels, and requires you to update the selection any time the base image changes. It also does not let you edit the selection--you have to recreate it from scratch if you want to change it.

You could think of the desired effect as a "smart mask" that would allow me to base the opacity of the Curve Adjustment layer on the underlying color, even as that underlying color changes.

Any idea on how to achieve this?


texts: How do I get my artboard to appear behind the grid?

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I'm new to Illustrator. I've just started a new project and my artboard is appearing in front of the grid, per below.

How do I force my artboard to appear behind the grid, so I can use it for my work? Also, I tried adjusting the grid dimension, but it appears it is pre-set to points. Can I just change the dimension to px and it will conform to pixels?


texts: Do I own the rights to show my designs in my portfolio?

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I was hired as a freelancer to do some work for a company. I made a design that I love which included some of the company's data within it. I asked to put it on my portfolio and they got very defensive and angry about their data right off the bat and we no longer work together. I updated the design to not include ANY of their data or anything referring to them as I love the design and I want to showcase it on my portfolio site that I am working on.

I would really like for them not to use my design for any future items, but I'm not sure if I am legally allowed to.

This is the text in my contract:

  a. Inventions Assignment.  Company owns all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyright rights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventions (whether or not patentable), technologies, works of authorship, software, mask works, designs, know-how, ideas, data and other information and work products that are made, conceived, reduced to practice or obtained, in whole or in part, by Consultant, and that arise out of the Services or that are based on or otherwise reflect any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, Inventions). Consultant will promptly provide and fully disclose all Inventions to Company. All Inventions are works made for hire to the extent allowed by law and, in addition, Consultant agrees to make and does hereby make all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall assist Company, at Company's expense, to further evidence, confirm, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company and its officers as its agents and attorneys-in- fact (coupled with an interest), with full power of substitution, to act for and in Consultant's behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant.

Thoughts?


texts: Windows machines with an 'Arial (W1)' font installed

texts: Has anyone ever come across this font? The standard Arial variants bundled with Windows are also present. I can't find any trace of a free or paid version of 'Arial (W1)' though.


texts: InDesign script that generates percentages as page numbers

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Does anybody know of a script that could calculate percentages within an InDesign document? To clarify - I want to use this essentially as a page number: page 5 of 10 would be 50%, for example.

If no script exists, which I'm thinking might happen as this is a pretty niche request, does anyone have any suggestions as to how to do this that's not completely manual? This document is going to be pretty large, so I'm not sure if doing them by hand will be an option. Thanks in advance!


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I'm working with an architectural drawing in illustrator (I know, I know).   I selected a wall system (a bunch of objects) and then went to Object->Transform->Move.

I then put in the distances I wanted it to move and hit "copy".  (I wanted a duplicate of this wall exactly a certain distance away... copy-and-paste forces me to eyeball it)

Either way, after hitting copy, the entire artwork looks like the top image here.   I did find that after going to "Outline view" it looks like the below image... so I know, indeed, the drawing is there.   I should note that I cannot select anything other than the stuff that shows up 'normally' .. either when it's invisible (in "GPU preview") or when it's in outline mode. (that's right, I can see it in outline mode, but cannot select it).  Oddly, I do get various smart guides related to the 'hidden' paths/etc.

My layer is not locked and I don't believe I'm in isolation mode.

How can I get the normal view to come back?

(ps - due to reasons beyond my control, it got 'saved' in this funky state.)


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I downloaded a 3d poster mockup from this website

The zip file contains 001.psd which allows you to put your poster in it and then creates a sort of wrinkled, 3d-ish texture to your artwork.

I previously kind-of achieved this by changing blend modes and using filter > distort > displace. However, what I can accomplish with 001.psd is more beautiful.

My question is, how can I create the same type of effect with for example this image:

I am interested most in giving it the same kind of 3d texture, kind of like emboss.

I searched youtube and other platforms but really couldn't find the answer. Any help would be appreciated.


texts: How do I draw a box around an object in Inkscape?

texts: There is a really handy way to size the page: "Resize page to drawing or selection". Is there a similar option for drawing boxes around a selection? I have a group of objects that I would like to draw a tight rectangle around.


texts: Is there a way to use the eyedropper in the color picker in Illustrator?

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I have a global swatch I'd like to change with another color using the eyedropper, without having to select all the elements and apply the new color manually.

Is there a way to achieve that?


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Possible Duplicate:
  Tips and sources for programmers who must or want to learn graphic design.

I would like to learn the basics of graphic design. I am a programmer, but I often end up giving my opinion on design aesthetics to others in my (small) company. I'd like to be able to give more concise and helpful feedback, and enhance the appearance of my own projects.

I'm looking for books that can teach me the basics of graphic design and give me some room to grow. Please keep answers specifically to books.


texts: Re-creating A vector logo - missing fonts

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I have to re-create a vector version of this low-res logo but would so appreciate if anyone can help track down what fonts it includes?

I've tried all the match-my-font etc. sites with little luck.

Seems to be three fonts total being used.

(top Historic + Burger Bar are the same)


texts: Photoshop CS5 Polygon Tool smooth corners "too smooth"

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I'm trying to create an 8-sided shape with the polygon tool. This is not a problem, but if I want smooth corners for my shape and I check the option "smooth corners" its too smooth - its basical a circle.

Is there an "smoothness" option which I have to adjust?


texts: Keep Illustrator CS5 tool options window open?

texts: In Illustrator, CS5 is there any way to keep the tool options window open or viewable when using the blob brush/eraser tools?  It's a pain in the butt when you havg to change the direction or shape of the brush tip with every stroke!


texts: Guide for shortcut keys and term similarities between Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw

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I am desperate for a guide that will tell me how terms translate between CorelDraw and Illustrator.  I've used Corel for nearly 20 years and know the terms and shortcut keys like I speak "Corel". With a new job I HAVE to use Illustrator and I don't speak Illustrator!

Features in Illustrator and Corel are clearly similar -- but the terminology is different!

For example:

CorelDraw has nodes while Illustrator uses a clipping path?

Can anyone tell me what the common terms are and how they translate?

AND the shortcut keys?

for example:

Corel: Group/Ungroup = Ctrl+G

Illustrator: Group = Command/Ctrl+G


texts: How can I make complex gradient images like these in Photoshop or Illustrator?

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How can I create these types of gradient images in Photoshop or Illustrator?

I don't understand how they made these swooshes.

Lower picture is what I came up with... but it's not the same.

Your help is much appreciated.

Greetings,
Pim


texts: How to generate assets for a mobile UI from Illustrator?

texts: Currently, I'm using Photoshop to design a mobile UI and I use PNG Express to generate assets for various size and devices. I want to know if there is any such supporting tool for Illustrator to generate assets if we design in it.


texts: Total ink coverage on CMYK digital printing

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Is there a simple way to calculate ink coverage when printing from *.pdf ?

I work at a digital printing studio and just got a new machine.
With the machine came some cost tables which provides info about prices with 20,40,60 ... % coverage of paper.

When using CMYK palette, there is the possibility that ink coverage goes up to 400% (100% of C,M,Y,K) so I am looking for some fast and reliable way of getting to know how much ink is used before printing so I can modify prices. It should work with selected area or whole document.


texts: Illustrator: I have paragraph styles with baseline shifts, can I make a character style to add to that shift?

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This is kind of a confusing question, so let me try and elaborate. I made paragraph styles with different baseline shifts depending where they start around objects. For example directly to the left is -6, but 45° diagonally to the left and below is -13 and directly above is 8 and so on.
Now I have a character style to grab a bracket and change it to a font that has a glyph. This wasn't a problem until the client wanted the glyph to be smaller. The glyph was built so the interior symbol matches the x height of regular fonts and then has a background that matches the descender and goes symmetrically above the cap height.
Now for the question: The client wants the glyph smaller so the background matches the x height, but only on this project so adjusting the font wouldn't make sense. So can I make a character style that would essentially take (paragraph style baseline shift + 1) so that no matter what paragraph styles baseline shift it gets paired with it stays appropriately shifted?
Or am I going to have to make as many character styles for this glyph as there are paragraph styles?


texts: Advice on drawing 3/4 view perspective of a vehicle

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(Reposted here under the advice of @Philipp)

What is a good method to make a 3/4 view car, truck or other vehicle going around a corner?" As stated above I have a firm grasp on how to do N/S E/W just not in between. I find it easier to learn via example and tutorial.

I am currently in the process of creating a first in media that I am aware of a sprite comic series based off of the Transformers Mythos. Some of you may have seen info about this before and it's taking time but I am fully ready to grow my skills in the pixel art field as I go along with putting my own spin on the classic war for Cybertron.

Having said that I can finally bring up a trouble area I need advice from the top tier spriters so I can actually make the next step. So I want to ask some advice on methodology for sprite making. The primary style I plan to use being a 3/4 view comparable to Chrono Trigger or the more recent Stardew Valley and the indie game Bot Vice.

I am having great difficulty understanding the best way to take the sprites smoothly around a corner. Let's say you were playing a racing game with said perspective for me all would be fine in spriting until a curve came up which would require the sprite to lean into a in between set of frames between North/South and East/West the four cardinal directions. (Studying Retro City Rampage's set up I've found a full smooth turn can be made in three frames) I can do fine but Diagonals (all variations between too) are something I need advice possibly even tutoring on as my comic will definitely have to have that angle whether it be Optimus spining out, Bumblebee taking a curve too sharp or just a scenic view where the into curve looks best.

Now I'm not limiting myself to just 3/4 view but for the most part unless it's a larger scene or is better shown in another angle it is what I'm using.


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I want to build a personal portfolio so my questions related are as follows:

What should I include in the portfolio apart from Home, About, Work, Contact?
I have never worked on any real life examples so what to display in the work/portfolio page?
What kind of design samples do I need to include? Ex: Website, Logo, Banner etc

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!


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I know that it is possible to perform the same illustrator like image trace for rasters to svg using Adobe Bridge in batch.
Is it also possible to batch expand those traced images by any chance?
Thank you in advance.


texts: How could I adjust a design color scheme to account for paper color?

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As a made up example, say I have a client who really wants a pastel blue paper but a color print on top of the paper.

She knows there's going to be discoloration, but still wants me to go ahead and design something for her.

What methods can I use either in the software I use (photoshop, indesign or illustrator), or when  initially planning out the design can I implement where as I can get an accurate representation of how the final piece will look once printed?

Another example: If the paper the customer chooses for printing is off white (or almost ivory) how could I adjust the current color scheme of a design to print more accurately than if I was printing on brilliant white paper?


texts: Rounding numbers automatically in indesign

texts: In indesign is it possible to automatically round numbers to x decimal places within a table?


texts: What is this style, a grid of varying dots, called?

texts: What is this style called? I want to recreate this effect on a photo myself. Also, does anyone have tips on how to accomplish this?


texts: How to prepare Photoshop to design a Website

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I'm having some trouble finding out how to prepare Photoshop to design a Website.
When i try to program what i draw, the measurements are never correct. Always bigger.

Is there a way for me to design the website in "real" values?

Like, 10px in Photoshop being 10px in the browser.


texts: Cleaning up DPI/PPI for scanned graphics to put on the web?

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I am trying to figure out the most efficient method for editing raw scanned documents so they look best at 72PPI when published on a website. I have an example here which is from a 600DPI source scan. I have already applied a Gaussian Blur onto both images.

This 1st graphic is resized using Image -> Image Size... where I merely updated the DPI from 600 down to 200. This auto-resized the image dimensions from 800x560 down to 269x187... and you can't really see the dots anymore, but the graphic is much smaller than the original.

Now here is a sample of the raw image which I basically copied from a 600DPI doc into a new doc(same dimensions) at 72PPI. It looks exactly the same, and the dots are still very noticeable. Here is a shot from the 600PPI copied into a 72PPI document:

I am wondering why the difference between 600 and 72 isn't noticeable when copied over into a new doc, but when rescaled it does appear much smaller and smoother?

And to finish my question, is the "native" size for this image always going to be way smaller than the original scan? Meaning no matter if I scanned at 300DPI, 600DPI, or 1200DPI it's always going to look the same when rescaled down at 72PPI? The bigger graphic above simply has way too many dots and I don't see any possible way to clean it up and still keep the dimensions 800x560.

If I can clarify anything else please let me know. I've been struggling with this for a while so any help would be more than appreciated!


texts: Identify a typeface that went to the moon and back

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Raytheon used a peculiar typeface for their labels on the Apollo Guidance Computer components and chassis. It looks like what I'd call, in laymans language, an engineer's stencil lettering style (and that's what it probably was, assuming that it is engraved or anodized or etched based on some photographic masking process).

This design would most likely have been specified, standardized and certified in great detail - yet I could not find any information.
What is the proper term for this kind of typeface, and this font in particular? Has it been recreated as opentype or truetype since?


texts: Inkscape: Add nodes to circle drawn with circle tool

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I have read the section on snapping nodes and looked at this question

Creating snap node from intersections in Inkscape

I am trying to make something that looks like a Venn diagram, but where I can duplicate the different intersections of (e.g. 3 or more circles). If these circles were somehow created using the Bezier pen, then I think I would know how to grab these partial segments and duplicate them, but as far as I can tell there doesn't seem to be an easy way to:

add nodes to a shape created with something other than the bezier pen tool.
trace over existing curve shapes with the bezier tool exactly.

http://www.gghh.name/dibtp/images/compact_and_exploded.png  This is the type of image I am trying to recreate.


texts: Preparing this type of icon in illustrator

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I recently came to know that photoshop doesn't give much clarity on resizing as it saves on rectangle pixels and even my work was wasted due to that even, because whatever images I prepared, they look ugly on mobile devices. So, I started working with illustrator and thought to practice some icons. Have tried to prepare this icon, but failed because I am unable to achieve that bevel look instead of flat look and even I am getting outlines on shapes as shown below . Can someone please tell me how to achieve this kind of accentuating look and bubble type even? I don't need the twisting end, but trying to achieve the triangle end as in my pic.

Trying to achieve this:

I know this would have copyright issues. But I am not using it. Just want to practice.

My result:


texts: I converted a 256px ico file to a 256px png so I could edit it in Photoshop. The problem I'm having is once I'm done in Photoshop, I save the png image, go to IcoFX and convert the 256px png to a ico file, but it shrinks the ico image down to 32px. Why is this?


texts: Copyright issues if using vector art from Shutterstock?

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My company bought a vector from Shutterstock and wants to trademark it by adding some words with different colors.

Do you know anything about if this is legal since we purchase the vector art?


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I am struggling to find a way to export a Scribus double-page documet (2x A4) into PDF including bleed.
My page setup consists of 2 pages A4 (297x210 mm), thus forming a double-page sheet each. I cannot opt for single-page sheets, since a quick glance of the final arrangement is necessary and I need the inner/outer-margin settings rather than a fixed "left/right" margin per page.
The bleed is set to 4mm in the document options; but if I export my document, it simply adds the cut marks (selected them as an option) around the page content in a way, that the bleed area gets not exported.
So any image extending into the bleed area gets chopped at the page size (A4), even if it extends into the surrounding 4mm area.
Is there a way to fix this behaviour and not exclude the page's bleed from export?


texts: How to distribute objects around spiral in Adobe Illustartor

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I'm trying to distribute the leaf objects (perpendicularly) around spiral, so the leaf on the outside is the bigest and the smallest is on the inside. I'm replacing old logo with new one. It should look a bit like letter C at the end.

Please see image attached (old one on the left)


texts: What file type will an animated illustration come in?

texts: I am an iOS mobile app developer, and I am looking to hire someone to create an animated illustration similar to this image hosted on Dribble. My question is, what file type(s) will the graphic designer supply me with? I'm trying to plan out how I will actually embed the animation into my app. Will it be some sort of video file type like a .gif? Does it depend on the animation software they use?


texts: Illustrator Blob Brush & Draw Inside Function - Best way to trim excess brush strokes?

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I’ve been having a lot of fun with the blob brush and utilizing the Draw Inside function to fill in my vector shape.
However, I need a clean path of just the perimeter of my vector shape (for cutting purposes) and I need to remove all of the excess brush strokes that still appear as paths. What is the quickest and most efficient way to trim away the excess brush strokes after using the draw inside function? Thank you in advance!


texts: Google sketchup round corners of straight lines (stroke) as in Illustrator

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On illustrator, when drawing a series of straight lines, you can choose under "stroke" how the corners of those lines will be: round, bevel and miter.

I'm looking for the same function on sketchup. I've found that under styles - extension, you can extend the end of the line, but not round it. How can I achieve that?


texts: Exporting individual layers in Photoshop, keeping their sizes

texts: I‘m trying to export individual layers in Photoshop as PNGs, keeping their size. So if I have a layer that is 200×200 in a composition that is 1000×1000, I want to export just that layer as a PNG at 200×200. Is it possible?


texts: Why large companies never use flat design?

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I am so curious about it and can’t find an answer.
Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.

Can you imagine flat design from Apple? Probably never.
By flat I mean using ANY of the features of this approach (not merely copying the whole thing).
For instance, ALL those companies use very small elements (buttons, fonts, icons) , with much higher density.

So why basically they all choose not to adopt it? Is it because it doesn’t speak to the mass? Seems there is a single reason shared among designers.


texts: Creating see-through graphics for window decals in Photoshop

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I would like to create transparent graphics for window decals using Photoshop CS6.

The graphics should remain transparent after being printed on foil. By transparent I mean see-through, e.g. a set of light grey lines that you could actually see through.

I am not asking how to create graphics with no white background, I would like the actual grey line to be semi see-through. Is this as simple as changing the opacity settings and is it something that is even design related or it is something that is done during the printing process itself?


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Is it possible to export a PSD photoshop file to PDF keeping the layers like in here?

I tried saving as PDF and checked 'layers', but it doesn't work.


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Is there a way to mix colors in Photoshop. For instance, here is what I want to do.

But here is what I get when using Multiply blending mode as suggested elsewhere on the internet.
I've also tried the opacity method, but I'm trying to emulate smoke so the opacity is already lower and so doesn't really work.


texts: SVG: Easiest way for shadows without filters

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I'm developing an app which uses SVGs as graphical resources (for better scaling and crisp graphics). The programming part is just fine but the SVGs must not contain filters due to some programming reasons. The only filters I need are shadows like the one below.

The Question:
What's the easiest way to create a similar looking shadow without using filters using Inkscape or Illustrator?


texts: Photoshop “shadow / object” that replicates “subtraction / differentiation” in all the layers except the background

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I would like to know if there is some kind of "shadow / object" that replicates "subtraction / differentiation" in all the layers except the background in photoshop. Adobe illustrator does something similar, but not to the level I'm looking for.
I present an example written with layers:

Layer Letters
Layer Drawings ("subtraction / differentiation") for all layers except background color
Layer shapes
....

I put a visual example.


texts: Adobe Illustrator CS6: Selecting an individual segment of an illustration

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I am making an illustration of a hot air balloon in Adobe Illustrator CS6. I am following this online tutorial.

I have the following:

To get to this stage I have followed these steps in the tutorial:

In the above steps I have selected the entire hot air balloon, and then applied the Divide tool from the Pathfinder panel to the entire selection. I have then ungrouped the selection so that the individual segments can be coloured in.

However, I am trying to also colour in the individual segments at the bottom of the balloon. When I select the bottom portion I get the following:

In the video tutorial, each individual segment can be selected:

These stages of the tutorial occur between 2:30-2:49 min in the video. I am sure that no other steps were taken after using the Divide Tool and ungrouping the selection in the video. However, I am not sure how to select each individual segment at the bottom of the balloon like in the video.

Any insights are appreciated.


texts: Why is color appearing different between pieces designed for print?

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I have recently designed an A5 leaflet in Photoshop and a Standard Business Card in Illustrator for print (Working CMYK).

I have saved both documents as PDFs and have tried using several of Adobe's Presets, after a bit of research. I used the [High Quality Print] preset.

I have inserted two links below to show both pieces, the color's are appearing different. The leaflet shows the colors as being faded with almost some sort of white tint, as for the business card colors, they appear very dark.

I don't quite understand why they are not appearing the same:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/71aviu5hp32jhme/a5-flyer%282%29.pdf?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hrspo0astg7v870/bc-front-back.pdf?dl=0

I have not done much design for print as of yet, so any advice would be much appreciated.


texts: Printing a 18" x 24" poster from a design made in Sketch

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I have a design in Sketch that is 2000 x 2664 in what I'm assuming are pixels. This design is composed of 20 500x500 bitmaps (PNGs) backed by a vector rectangle. I want to print a 18" x 24" board at Kinkos (a copy shop), but the website is saying that my image is low resolution. I'm not sure how to fix this. How do I generate a file with the right specifications? For reference, the picture I'm printing is a binary image (pixels are either all black, or all white), so I don't quite care for color.

Here it is, for your reference.

I unfortunately don't own Adobe Illustrator or any other image editing tools. My background is not in print or graphic design so I am very ignorant of the subject - but I also don't want to waste money printing a poor quality image.

Thank you for any assistance.


texts: if I am using Material Design which top header bar component should I use?

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I am a new designer and I am designing an application for iPhone devices. if I am using Material Design which top header bar component should I use, that one belongs to Material Design or iOS UI?

According to the answers, I tried to redesign it with iOS methods, let me know if it has any problem.


texts: Export PNG (or other) in multiple versions from PSD with varying background layers

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Ive got a website ive mocked up in PS ive got a range of background options which are individual layers in a folder called Backgrounds.

I want to export copies of the website but each time change the background so i have

website with background 1.png
website with background 2.png
website with background 3.png
.. etc

Is there an automated way to do this ? As ive got around 20 background options and its tedious to keep doing this by hand (im usually exporting versions when a major change is made (update to header etc))


texts: Expand appearance and outline stroke adds extra shapes

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I created a brush and used the brush tool to create an image made from strokes. When I go to expand appearance, it adds bits to the edges. This isn't happening when I use a regular straight stroke brush.
Same thing happens when I do outline stroke.


texts: Move item to a different layer using script in Adobe Illustrator

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This may be a something I skipped over in my search, but can anyone show me how to add an item to a layer using a JavaScript Adobe Illustrator script?

Also, are there any good resources for learning how to write scripts?

Thanks.


texts: Photoshop: Stretch Image at a custom angle

texts: How do I broaden the face without reorienting the picture and therefore losing image quality?


texts: Colors not displayed properly on screen when saved as CMYK

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I've had this issue for a while on all my files that I created and then exported from Illustrator.

[here's the scenario]

I create an image in Illustrator using CMYK.

(I prefer to work in CMYK mode since I understand the way those colors interact with each-other much better than RGB or HEX)

I go to File > Export > JPEG > Color Mode = CMYK

I then open the file (I've tried in many different Photo Viewers, including other devices and phones) but the color is just completely way off from the way I had created it in Illustrator.

I've figured out a solution to the problem - I can either use the Save For Web option or use RGB Color Mode and I would get the correct colors displayed.

However, I'm wondering Why does it happen?


texts: Adobe Illustrator: make a gradient ellipse over shape and cut everything outside

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How can I make an Ellipse with gradient on separated layer, and remove everything, which is not in shape, located on another layer?

I will describe it on a schema, like I do this in Photoshop (example):

1) I create an object, for example a text. Then I create an ellipse selection, that i want to fill later with gradient:

2) Then I make a gradient, inside this ellipse

3) As a result I get:

4) Then on a text layer a make a selection & revert it, so I can later remove everything, that is outside my text:

5) Then I click delete on a gradient layer - and gradient, that is outside my shape (text) - is removed. As result I have a nice text, with a good gradient, that will not cause any issues, if I change my background.

And that's the problem with AI. How can i do the same in Adobe Illustrator?
For example I have such two objects on two layers, and want to add a gradient on both of them (ellipse), and later cut everything in this gradient, that is outside my layer. Is it possible to do? And how?


texts: Is it unprofessional to provide svg files instead of eps?

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I do most of my work for the web and often use svg files, when I need vector graphics. I designed a logo as part of a project for a client, and the client now asks for an eps file with transparent background. I'm using Inkscape (on  Linux), which cannot export eps with transparent background or gradients (without rasterizing it).
Would it be unprofessional to provide the svg files instead? I assume Illustrator/Photoshop can open svg files, and isn't eps a little dated anyways?
I know svg is great for the web, but I'm not sure what the client would miss out on in regard of print.


texts: how to color 2 circles intersection in different color in draw.io

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I am using draw.io
I have 2 circle that I would like to color
the first one is green
the 2nd is blue
thats ok,

but i want to color the instersection area with red
how to do that?


texts: How to determine pixel size of a text box in InDesign?

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This may be a basic question... but in InDesign, how does one determine the pixel size of a text box?

Specifically, we need to write text to specifications of 600 pixel width, and have no idea

a) how to scale a text box to specific pixel width,

b) how to determine what word count we can fit in, and

c) how to do it in a table?


texts: Is it possible to use "Cover" as page number in PDF using Acrobat?

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I know that we can create a "Cover" as page number in PDF for example using TeX.

But for an existing PDF file, is it possible to change a page number to the text "Cover"? I have Acrobat installed.

Thanks.


texts: Is it possible to animate the guide layer itself in Adobe Animate?

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I am looking to have a series of objects animate around the perimeter of a blob-like shape. To further illustrate what I'm hoping to achieve, I'd like to have the hairs of a paramecium like object travel around the perimeter of the organism similar to the treads on a tank.

I've managed to have the objects trace the perimeter of this shape, but my hope was to have this shape pulse while keeping the objects snapped to the perimeter. When I try to animate the guide layer itself I'm required to convert it to a symbol which seems to remove its guide properties.

Is there any way to animate the guide while keeping any child layers locked to its path?

For reference, here's the tutorial I was able to successfully follow for the initial animation along the guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZRmJGKPVro


texts: Limitation of smart guide makes difficult to know distance between two lines in Adobe Illustrator

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Smart guide helps to put new objects or shapes in Adobe Illustrator, but unfortunately I am unable to know specific distance between two objects or shapes. In my case, to keep the same distance between two lines of flowchart, there is no solution. Is there any tool which measures the distance between two lines?

The red marked distance in below image could help to understand my issue.

Blessed to be part of this professional community of graphic design.

Thanking you in advance.


texts: inDesign: Place textframes relative to other textframes, with automatic repositioning on resize

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I use javascript to create an inDesign file containing multiple textframes. During script runtime, the textframes are easily positioned at the right place.

The problem arises, when I change the text in a textframe afterwards, e.g., by deleting one line of text in a frame that has a second frame below it. Instead of having all text frames with absolute coordinates on the screen, I want to have them relative to each other, with automatic updates.

Simply said, I want to have an analogous concept to linking text frames (such that the text flows to the previous frame), but for moving frames.

How can this be achieved? I tried nesting and anchoring, but this wasn't helpful. Putting all frames in "automatically resize in height" + anchoring every frame to its predecessor would work, but I cannot anchor them to the previous textframe.

Example:

var doc = app.documents.item(0);
var page = doc.pages.item(0);
var x1 = 50, y1 = 50, x2 = 100, y2 = 100;
var firstFrame = page.textFrames.add({geometricBounds: [y1, x1, y2 x2]});

// Wrong, no absolute coordinates!
var secondFrame = page.textFrames.add({geometricBounds: [y2, x2, y2+50, x2+50]});

// "right":
var x3 = reference to firstFrame.geometricBounds[1], that is linked
var y3 = reference to firstFrame.geometricBounds[1], that is linked
var secondFrame = page.textFrames.add({geometricBounds: [y3, x3, y3+50, x3+50]});


texts: How should ascenders and descenders that share the same space be handled?

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This is the initial registration page for my client's communication app. ( I covered over the logo - note the white box - for his privacy)

I do not like that the "y" descends and the "h" ascends into the same space.  makes the two lines a bit too cramped.  Any suggestions?

(the app's font is roboto. Here - I'm using Roboto Bold.)

Any other design comments we'll be appreciated -
as long as you behave yourselves :)


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How would you make a cartoon promotional video like google or Wufoo?

It could be done in a photoshop-like program but there are many transitions and effects required to make a video interesting. It would be laborious to make all of the images in photoshop but in Adobe Flash you would not make such nice graphics.

Which programs would you use for creating the cartoon part of a video before video cutting? (Extra points for open source software)


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What is the Cyrillic font used in Andrey Zvyagintsev's movies? Examples: Leviathan, 2014; Elena, 2011.

(I've tried searching on WhatTheFont, but there were no matches.)


texts: What effect does using border radius have?

texts: I am interested in knowing why rounding corners of a shape is visually appealing in some contexts. What's the reason behind it and in what types of context does it help to use it?


texts: How can I delete part of an object in Inkscape?

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I have to delete an unwanted part of a circle object (I marked it with a blue arrow). In Ai I could have done it with the shape builder tool but in Inkscape I have no idea how to do it.
The photo shows a bitmap image, on top of are basic circle shapes made with inkscape. The hen logo is based on this sketch. The bitmap won't be needed after the body of the hen is finished.
(I started to follow a logo making tutorial which is originally for Adobe Illustrator, but my trial has ended so I thought I'll use Inkscape until I can purchase Ai.)
Thank you for helping me.


texts: Can I use DXF files for prepress artwork?

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My client is providing Autocad DXF files (which open in Illustrator) and suggests that I should be placing our packaging artwork into this to supply for prepress.

These templates have no standard printing information, like bleeds, safe areas, etc. They look like manufacturing templates for the packaging itself.

Can these DXF templates be used in a prepress environment?


texts: How do we cut multiple objects with multiple colors at the edge of a shape? Without clipping!

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I got a similar problem as this post:
This Post ;-)
And the difference is i've got multiple objects (actually paths) with different colors. Also, i want to know if i can do this without clipping, 'cause clipping creates an object that cannot be converted to a path, which adds a lot of limitations. Please look at [this post] for further info: So, once again, how can i cut the objects that is out of the model shape （which is colored in purple in the image below）, or we say, cut them at the edge.
So here are those objects with different colors:

And the purple box is the model object,

and i want those circles to disappear at the edge of the purple square, so i can get a square filled with colorful circles!

And i create an example with gimp (which creates bitmaps) and show you what is the thing i exactly i want:


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I have a simple 32x32 pixel art image that I am working on in gimp. When I export this image as a png file, I view it using an image viewer and it seems blurry.

I have searched through the Internet but to my surprise, no solution was found. Although I did find one person with my same issue on this forum post. No one had a solution on that forum post, however.

I thought this would be a simple fix by a Google search like most things with gimp but to my surprise I could find no solution. So I decided ask you all here on this stack exchange site. Any ideas for a solution?

Edit: Here is a screenshot to show what I mean:

The image looks sharp in Gimp but when I export, I see the above. I am zoomed in on this image but that is not what is causing the blur since it remains blurred at any zoom level and even when I import into a project I am working on.


texts: Switching between different layouts for same content (InDesign)

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For each page of a magazine, the content is the same: 1-2 photos, article content, title, subtitle, and author name. There are also four different layouts: three column full, three column with header, two column, and section header.

Now lets say I have an article (with all of the content information mentioned) and I realize that it won't fit into the "three column full" layout. How can I, in the fewest clicks possible, switch to a two column layout.

In my dream world I would be able to: label different text boxes with different names (say "author" and "article content") and then be able to switch layouts so that all of the content is transferred to the correct text box in the new layout.

What's the best way to do this? If it's completely impossible, what are some alternatives?


texts: Converting RGB bitmap to CMYK, colour profiles

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My question is related to this one:
What's the point of converting RGB images to CMYK TIF/TIFF before placing them in InDesign?

I am preparing some artwork in Illustrator, which contains some bitmaps created in Photoshop.

The printer has asked for PDF format, 300dpi CMYK with 'no embedded colour profile'.

I am unsure of the best workflow. I had assumed I should convert my bitmaps from RGB -> CMYK in Photoshop and save as TIFF, then place that in Illustrator. But when changing colour mode Photoshop asks which colour profile to use and I believe that profile is then embedded in the TIFF.

Reading the answers to question linked above it sounds like I would be best to instead leave my bitmap artwork as RGB, place it in Illustrator and just export the PDF... then at point of printing (i.e not by me) the conversion from RGB->CMYK using most appropriate profile would be done.

From what I have read there is also the possibility to place RGB artwork in Illustrator but export the PDF as CMYK, but presumably this means using a particular colour profile... which would then be embedded in the PDF?

It is hard to reconcile with what the printer has asked for, possibly I am misunderstanding.

Either way I should obviously attempt to preview my RGB bitmaps as CMYK beforehand of course.


texts: How do you fill a hexagon with triangles in Photoshop

texts: I'm currently working on a logo. I wanna fill the hexagon with triangles like in the picture below. How do  I do that?


texts: How to retain smooth curves in Medibang Paint Pro?

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Medibang is the program that I use for drawing the most. So there is a problem that got me worried.
When I draw curves, Medibang somehow coverts it into straight lines, with no tools on.
I tried messing around with tools and stuff, but nothing worked.

In this picture, I tried drawing a quick circle, this is what came out.


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I have data in six series: A2, A1, B1, B2, B3, B4.

Two of these belong in one group, and four in another group.

Within these, there is a progression in the series: A2 > A1, B4 > B3 > B2 > B1.

In addition, A1 and B1 are somewhat similar (they are both "zero points").

I need a color scheme for a graph of data that will display data from all these series. As some of the resulting lines will be close together, using line markers is out of the question. Line styles are already used to express another aspect of the data.

The color scheme needs to be printer-safe as some users like to print and annotate this diagram.

How would I go about creating such a color scheme?
My main problem is that there are different amounts of elemenets on the "left" and "right" side of this scheme.


texts: Page layout tools for the command line, to help automation

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I'm working on translating a very old TSR (D&D) adventure (In Search of Adventure) and I'd like to have a similar (if not nearly identical) layout as the original, in order to print a PDF. I have been testing both Scribus and VivaDesigner as alternatives to the more costly InDesign and others, but I'm not happy. Not because they are not powerful, but because I don’t think that I need a full-fledged page maker.  I would also like to trigger a full PDF build every time someone commits a change in the git repo, and I realized that there could be something out there that may work.
I don't work professionally in the publishing industry, and I have a programming-oriented background.  I don't think anything like Markdown alone could work, but are you aware of any system, even when I needed to customize it with a stylesheet, would do what I need?  LaTEX is not an option, as I don't need most of the whistles that brings (and it looks to me incredibly complex).  My inspiration came from looking at The HomeBrewery this morning, which displays enriched Markdown like a 5th Ed. D&D manual.
If that helps, the bulk of the work is in three-column text in Garamond with boxes around some chunks for the players' text, with headers and footers in the page as usual, with images that are most of the times full-page ones.  I don't need a WYSIWYG interface necessarily, or very esoteric use of fonts and other effects.
Edit: tweaked the language around my expectations.


texts: Illustrator CS6 Perpendicular Lines following a path

texts: I have a closed path from which I would like to create a parallel inner path. If I drew a series of lines, all the same length, with one end at points along the path (all extending inward), the second path I want would be defined by all the other ends of the lines, except where the lines cross, in which case, the inner curve would be defined as shown in the example image. Does anyone know how I can efficiently create this path? I looked at blending, but couldn't get the lines to orient correctly. I don't mind doing some hand work. I just don't want to have to draw a huge number lines calculating the angle for each. (Drawing a path that follows the inner line ends would be easy if I could get the perpendicular lines.)


texts: My printer is asking me for a huge jpeg that makes AI run out of memory. How do I fix that?

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I require a 10ft x 10ft banner. My printer asked HI-resolution .jpeg file in actual size (1:1), but when I make the .jpeg file, pop up show I get an error of insufficient memory.

How much memory is required to make a hi-resolution (300 dpi) .jpeg file of 120 x 120 illustration

I read the answer, but not satisfied.

I make the design in 10in x 10in & and apply gaussian blur and a lot of other effects and send file to vendor. When he increased the file in actual size (10ft x 10 ) the original design has changed. So he asked for the .jpeg in 300dpi (10ft x 10ft) actual size. The design is for branding a store (digital print + pasting on sun board).

My system is I5 with 4gb ram.


texts: Method or algorithm for choosing a color that "goes well" with other colors

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This may be more of a computer science question than a UX question, but it's a question of what pleases the human eye. Take Bootstrap buttons, for example. The version 3 button colors "go well together". The version 4 buttons also "go well" together, but are starker than the version 3 buttons.

If I were to want to find a new color that "goes well" with a group of existing colors, is there some way of mathematically interpolating or algorithmically determining a color that "goes with" the reference group of colors?

To use the Bootstrap example, I want a way to find which shade of, say, pink, will "go with" the version 3 button colors, without eyeballing it until I find something that looks pleasing. For the version 4 buttons, the same method should produce a (starker) pink that nicely matches the (starker) version 4 colors.

Is this possible, or must we eyeball it?

EDIT: I've marked this question as a duplicate, although it's not exactly the same.


texts: How can I turn my old tablet PC into a Cintiq-like pen tablet?

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I've been searching on internet but with no success... I have a old Fujitsu ST5020D Wacom Penabled tablet pc. As you know, a 1ghz Celeron + 256MB RAM wouldn't fill my needs as working on Adobe Master Suite tools.

Is there a way to work on my ST5020 as a external Pen Tablet, working as a input/output device for my computer running Illustrator & Photoshop?

As summary, is there a way to turn my ST5020 into a Cintiq like tablet?


texts: Which color scheme is better for a logo monochrome or complementary?

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I decided to redesign the logo for my VAT calculator. It's a progressive web app so it has the ability to display on the home screen of a mobile or PC. So the goal is to make the logo more prominent against other apps.

On the left is a new version of the logo with a complimentary color scheme. On the right is the old logo with a monochrome color scheme.
Which logo stands out better? Is the new logo appropriate for the current app design?


texts: Changing position of text in objects from common library & copying layer structure to another file

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this is a double question (to avoid wasting space :P)

1: How can I precisely move the text of an element from the common library? I'm currently using a mac text field and after resizing it the text is offset. Double clicking on it takes me to its editing page, but moving the text there by just one pixel moves it too much when I return to the wider version, so I'm not able to change it precisely:

This is how it looks inside the page:

And here's how it looks when I double click on it to edit its elements:

After I nudge it to the left and return to the page, it's displayed like this:

This means the control is not precise enough. How can I move the text more precisely?

2: I need to restructure a design by joining two different files (which represent two different states of the same page) together. I tried doing this by dragging all the content of one file, selected with Ctrl-A, to the other file but layer structure (groups, etc.) is not preserved.
I'd like to know a way to make it preserve the layer structure entirely and make it copy hidden layers too. Is that possible?


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I'm very new to Illustrator CC. I did something to make layer 2 invisible and I don't know how to undo it.

A picture is worth a thousand words..


texts: I'm a real newbie to Illustrator and finding it all a bit overwhelming! I would really appreciate some help on how to add text to a arched banner. No matter how much I try, it always looks off. Please help! I've searched and searched for tutorials but can't find anything specific!


texts: How can I separate/duplicate Smart Object Layers displayed twice to be able to edit individually in Photoshop?

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I have a mock-up of two boxes that I'm editing but unfortunately there is only one smart layer per box - meaning the design of both boxes ends up being the same. As I want to have two different boxes, I need to be able to edit the smart object layers of each box individually. Does someone know how I could do this?

Here a screenshot of the mock up, as you see on the right there are only 3 smart layers (left, front, top) which end up editing the design of the boxes to be exactly the same.

Thanks!


texts: Is there a symbol that means "purchase" across cultures?

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I am creating a graphical game which will be deployed on both mobile and desktop platforms, and across many cultures/languages.  When the user sees a screen where there's an opportunity for in app purchase, I want to darken the whole screen and overlay with a "Purchase" button.  I won't show the price here, hitting the button will navigate to a different screen where they can make the purchase.  So I want to just display the word "Purchase" or "Buy" and a graphical symbol, since I suspect that text by itself will be boring.

The ideas I've toyed with are:

Idea 1: "$", "$$", etc. -- This is more work to localize, and there may be some cultures where a currency sign or abbreviation by itself could just cause confusion.

Idea 2: Symbolic picture of bills and coins.  These would be cartooney enough that you couldn't actually make out what country they were from, but I think they could still be recognizable.  I'm thinking silver and/or gold coins and green bills if color is used.  Psychologically speaking, I'm not sure that I want to emphasize the user parting with "pile of money", though. :)

Idea 3: Shopping cart silhouette -- This seems to be widely used and is my default answer so far, but I think there has to be something better.

Is there a standard answer here or one better than mine?


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I know that when making your own gifs in Photoshop you have the ability to have the gif loop forever, but I was wondering if there is any possible way to have only part of the gif loop forever, if that makes sense.

I essentially want it so that way once Part A ends, Part B continuously loops on forever. Is this possible?


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I have struggled with this for years
I want to know how to put an image for example a picture of my self on a black/dark background Such as the one in the attachment

Please any ideas, tutorials  or videos i can watch to achieve this level of excellence

Thanks In Advance.


texts: What is the name of the japanese font used in Acchi Kocchi logo?

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I mean the font of the biggest purple letters.

It says あっちこっち幼稚園

I've searched in google and Whatthefont with no results.

Point to look at:

The hiraganas あ and こ have arrows added.


texts: Can Adobe Illustrator export hidden sublayers as svg group with attribute display="none"?

texts: Inkscape can do that, but I've been told Illustrator is not able to export nested layers (sublayers) with attribute display="none". Is this true? If so, how can I have all my hidden sublayers be exported as svg  elements with display="none"?


texts: Word to InDesign: Import leaves blank text boxes with overset text mark

texts: After I import my Word Document into InDesign it only places the first few pages. Afterwords I get empty pages, eventhough the word documents is shown in the story editor. How can I force InDesign to import all of the text?


texts: Combining Multiple PDF Files with different numbers of pages

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We have a folder with around 4000 PDF files in it.

We are merging these and arranging them 2 up to print on SRA3.

The issue we have hit is that some of the PDF files only contain 3 pages, some contain 4. This throws our setup out when we are trying to arrange them 2 up. We need to combine them, and somehow tell the software to add a 4th blank page into the 3 page documents....

We need to run this in batch...

Any ideas anyone?

Regards,

Neal


texts: How to batch change all instances of pure CMYK white to a shade darker for printing

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We are a printing company that transfers RGB to CMYK. However when printing CMYK White comes out as transparent (which makes a lot of our art look...not great). We are handling thousands of designs so we need a way to batch process pdfs in photoshop, changing CMYK (0 0 0 0), to (0 0 0 1%) to prevent unwanted elements suddenly becoming transparent.

What is the best way to achieve this?


texts: Futura leading: perceived line distance for numbers is off

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Here's a part of a potential business card, the problem lies in the distance of the middle line to the other two. It seems closer to the top which really bugs me.

What would a professional typographer do? Center it visually or does the consistency of the leading take priority and I shouldn't worry?


texts: How to Connect Bezier Curves in Inkscape?

texts: You can see there two bezier curves that I want to connect together. How can I do that? My current area with the peak consists of many small bezier curves which is totally intolerable because it makes the processing of the picture much harder later.


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I don't know if this a right place to ask, but... basically, I want to make my photos look like photos scanned from old newspaper with flat colors and scratches. Here is few examples what I mean:

Thank you.


texts: How to bring Illustrator CS6 file to Illustrator CC and still use CSS Extraction

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If I've begun a project in Illustrator CS6 (a high fidelity mockup), can I later copy and paste this content into Illustrator CC and still expect to be able to use CC's CSS Extraction functionality on this content?

Everything I've found on the net so far has been about bringing CC files down into CS6 - I'm trying to do the reverse to reap the full benefits of the great tools in CC.


texts: How to automate setting position and dimensions to round values?

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I'm trying to set the position and size of selected objects in Illustrator to whole numbers quickly.

Is there an Action or Script that does that already?

If so, where can I find that?

Otherwise, what would be the fastest workflow?

(So far I'm tabbing through the Transform Panel and manually rounding and iterating through elements, which is slow)


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I was told that full bleed laser printers do not exist because the toner is too messy. Today, I stumbled upon this video (it's in Dutch, sorry) that claims to do full bleed high volume printing. I couldn't tell if it was a laser printer or not but usually these printers are (or am I wrong?)

This model is a little too large for what we are doing (approximately 4000 color / 5000 black per month). On the smaller models I don't see this "full bleed" feature.

Have I been fooled into believing the salesman about full bleed and laser printers? Or are they using oversize paper and cutting it in the finisher (or something else)?

Also, this business printer market is quite opaque for an outsider like me, is there any transparent comparison source (website or mag) for this niche?


texts: How to delete timing in powerpoint on Mac

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I recorded a presentation using powerpoint. But when I present again using the same slides, my speech and timing have been recorded. I am able to delete the speeches but the slides always automatically flip to the next page following the timing of my recorded presentation. I tried using Slide Show tab -> uncheck Use Timings. But the timing information is still there.
Is there anyway to remove the recorded timing?


texts: Evenly spaced circle grid in Illustrator

texts: On an 8" x 8" artboard, how do I evenly place 8 1" circles to make a circular grid? They should be overlapping by 1 pt.


texts: How can I export a font file from Adobe Illustrator?

texts: If a person or a designer wants to export a font file from Adobe Illustrator, how can he or she so do to make it a TTF or OTF file?


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Just for some background knowledge. I am absolutely terrible with graphics, but I attempt anyway. I am trying to create a dead simple graphic for my Android APplication while trying to follow the guidlines set by Google. (http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/icon_design_action_bar.html)

They state: Action Bar icons should be 32-bit PNGs with an alpha channel for transparency

I tried to set that type of project up in photoshop, but now it won't let me save as a PNG.

Just as an addition to this, they state that ActionBar icons should be 32x32dp. How can I make an icon using those guidelines?


texts: Is there a way to make the rulers in Illustrator CC a different color? As I move the tools around the artboard, I can barely see their location on the ruler.


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I am trying to create a SpriteSheet using Photoshop's Scripts>Export layers to files. Thinking about using each layer as a frame. This is what i am doing...

I have a layer with a rectangle in it. I want to duplicate the layer multiple times and in each duplicate, I want to increase the size of the rectangle by 2px.

I create an action with the following steps

Copy the layer with a rectangle
Transform the rectangle in the new layer
Increment the height by 2 px

When I save the action, it stores the height in % rather than pixels which I would need.

If I repeat this action a multiple times, I do not get a smooth transition.  Is it possible to increase the height in pixels? Is there a better way to implement this?

Thanks,
Amrish


texts: How to align vertical text of differing lengths?

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I’m creating cover art for a game that I’m making. I have a narrow vertical space for my title text, so I want the two-word title to be vertical.

The words are different lengths (“Sherlock Indomitable”).

There are three options:

Put them all on the same line. This makes it too small to read.
Make the second word stick out more than the first.
Make he second word a smaller font.

I’ve searched over several days for design principles for vertical text, but it all came up empty. How should vertical text of different lengths be handled?


texts: How to pick a specific Pantone color in Photoshop? What about finding a Pantone that is close to a specific CMYK color?

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How would I select a specific Pantone color in Photoshop, e.g. PMS 5625?

Also, how do you pick a Pantone colour that is similar to a specific CMYK color, e.g. C61, M41, Y58, K16 green?

In this case Pantone 5615C looks closest to the CMYK color.


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I have always wondered how illustrations like above are drawn. What is the usual and efficient way? Do designers do sketches first and then trace over them or there is a technique?

It looks specially crafted to look hand drawn, but still is clear in its function. This style is most used in videos describing some new website etc.

I would like to produce this either using Photoshop or Illustrator and I can use a graphic tablet.


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i am going to design laptop sticker for inner side, so i am came up with how to calculate corner radius i hv marked below with picture that attached?
can any one give me solution
thank you
i am not good in English sry for mistakes
thank you


texts: What kind of job title would this be as a graphic designer?

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I am currently a graphic design major at Academy of Art University finishing up my associates degree and I would like to go into the typography field of work. I am leaning toward being a layout artist but I'm having trouble even finding the correct job title for a position such as that.

To clarify, I would like to find myself in a career that has me editing layouts (magazines, books, websites, etc.) by employing grids and having creative control over where to place type, images and other assorted content by creating typographic hierarchy.

If it helps, I've recently finished a project creating a book featuring Karl Blossfedlt's work wherein I had to use images of his work and predetermined body copy and I had the complete control over how and where to place everything to create the most aesthetically pleasing product I could.

This is what is ultimately like to do, but again, I need some help determining what type of job would have me in that position, and also, any tips or advice on how to get started on that type of career.

Thanks


texts: How to save a logo for a printer/embroiderer in Illustrator CC 2017?

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so basically I've done some poking around about this question, and while I plan on doing more and learning more about the program in general, it seemed like the most expeditious way to figure this out might be to just try asking.

So basically I need to be able to merge groups of objects in Illustrator that are parts of a logo I make, including text and stroked objects, into one object so that it is easily manipulatable by a printer so that it can be put on shirts, hats, etc.

My problem is using pathfinder > unite generally merges all objects in one color, while I need to maintain separate colors to maintain the logo as intended and to not just have say, a large gold circle instead of a badge. Trying to do other things like object > path > join throws an error about the objects included such as text elements, even if they've been converted to outlines.

I'm not even necessarily asking for a clear cut solution, I just know people must be able to do this in illustrator and I'd really appreciate anyone pointing me in the right direction like saying, "Oh that's all clipping masks go read about those and narrow your learning research to that for a bit".

Thanks sorry for maybe being a bit wordy, just trying to be thorough.


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Can you please help me with this problem, it is driving me crazy.

When I create file in Illustrator  and then export it in Photoshop it ends pixelated. How to make it crisp and sharp?
Tried importing as .pdf and as .ai. Effect is the same

Thanks for answers


texts: What are my options to creating "carved stone" styled text?

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I'm trying to create a carved stone style of text similar to Backtrack's band logo:

I'm trying to achieve the 'cracked' and 'cut away' erosion. From my understanding, I will have to make the text 3D and in the a worm's eye perspective. Is the rest as simple as just drawing the lines in? Is there a guide I could go about to make it realistic and not too "over done"?

Also another concern is the bottom of the letters, does it look like it's just drawn in, or is there an option I can use to achieve the same style of effect?

How would you guys go about doing this?


texts: How to quickly get inside of this magic wand tool border selection - complex image

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Original image : http://orig10.deviantart.net/cf51/f/2013/234/c/1/_8__uscail_by_el_dark_core-d6jbjv0.png

I need to get inside of this white border selection how to do it?

Here the selection

http://orig10.deviantart.net/ef62/f/2015/174/6/4/inside_of_here_by_monstermmorpg-d8yhv3e.png


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Cant think of any ideas for this.

Currently im using a pencil icon to add a new post to my cms, but i need an icon that will show how many posts a blog has.

The pencil icon doesnt scale down well enough for what im doing.

Any other suggestions?

Craig.

e.g.

The icon currently being used:


texts: Choosing a color scheme for 3 layers of material UI cards

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I'm working on the Android UI at work, and I'm happy with the current color conventions we've used; white cards on a grey background, and a black FAB adding just the right contrast to separate the two divisions.

However, I am struggling with the following:

In the first screenshot, white cards inside a primary white card do not fit. I tried a darker grey as the primary background color, a lighter grey as the right-card and white cards for the list of cards inside. This doesn't look great though. Any advice on a color scheme for this would be really helpful!
In the second screenshot, the white button inside the white background doesn't fit either. A similar situation here; a white elevated button inside a white card is not recommended, but any other color here doesn't look great.

Has anyone else worked on such a 3 layer color scheme?


texts: Rotating the contents on my canvas in Photoshop

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Can I rotate everything on my canvas and keep the quality of my image without resizing all of my contents?

I have tried using the image rotation tool but I need to actually rotate my objects. I also tried to resize the objects after I rotated the image but when I do that it distorts my objects leaving them in an ugly state.


texts: In Illustrator, how can I use a blending layer (soft light) but limit it's opacity based on objects beneath (like a clipping mask)

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I'm really more of a Photoshop person--so I know exactly how to do this technique in Photoshop but can't for the life of me figure it out in Illustrator!

Here's what I'm trying to do.

I have multiple paths that form a compass design. I have now drawn a rectangular shape over the compass and would like to use a "soft light" blending mode on it so that it can give the appearance of highlights on the compass below.

This is my problem: the soft light layer needs to act like a clipping mask; It should only be applying "soft light" to the compass. I can't figure out how to do that.

Let me know if any additional clarification would help. Thanks!


texts: Is there a name for the design style of Bloomberg.com and Cards Against Humanity?

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I am a big fan of bloomberg.com's design style (big black thick text for titles, pure white space, boxes and horizontal lines), which is somewhat similar to the one of Cards Against Humanity (the game). I was wondering if there is a name for this style, or what are the main characteristics behind it in the eye of a graphics designer (I am not one).

PS: also, what is the family of fonts they use?


texts: Hi all, this is a piece by Yute Sato (if I am not mistaken). I am curious how this very specific gradient was made, it seems like it was a Ctrl-D duplication on some gradient (mesh?) on Illustrator. Though as you can see, on the bottom half some of these looked dragged and painted over, with the gradient duplicated and static. I think this is an interesting result and was wondering about how to approach it!


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Is there any way to change underline presets at Sketch?
I'm working with symbols, and I need a text with an underline, but only text, without objects.
Thank you!


texts: Does anyone know this font? ASF Weekly Ad

texts:
I was reading American Signature Furniture's ad when I came across this neat looking 1.

Does anyone know the name of this font?

or this

The closest I came was Shortwave Gothic Bold.


texts: Can't see all the font styles installed in Windows 7

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I've installed a font that has different styles (bold, italics, thin, medium, ultra and so on...), but I can't use them all because I can't see them in Photoshop. The fonts are installed, but seem in some way "overlapped" by windows.

If I open the Windows fonts dir I can see only one style. If I delete it, then a different style appear and so on.

Anyone has a solution for this problem?

Thanks.


texts: Is it possible to online search for PDF vector images?

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I'm trying to find an easy way to search the internet for PDF vector images.

Update: using "free to use, share or modify, even commercially" filter

Google Image Search:

filetype:pdf spaceship

only brings up pdf document files

Google Image Search:

filetype:svg spaceship

does bring up vector images but not in the PDF format that I need.

If there isn't a way to search for PDF vectors is there a converter that will convert from SVG to vector PDF without losing quality on the Mac?

Update Thanks @WillAdams, he brought up good points about copyright, added license filter to post.


texts: How to make the middle selection point appear sooner?

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Here I cannot extend my shape vertically because I miss the middle selection point:

However if I zoom one step further it appears:

How to make it appear always or sooner in the zoom level?


texts: Illustrator: How to merge to circles and rectangle in illustrator from this sketch to make a blob?

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How to merge to circles and rectangle in illustrator from this sketch to make a blob?

Now I'm trying to get this logo (using these shapes). Should I use the Metaball tool to create the one shape or another way?

Trying to get this shape happening (see left)


texts: Is there an automatic way to resize images to a specific dimension. (blur background and not crop image)

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Lets say that I choose a bunch of differents images with diferentes dimensions and sizes (for example)

And then I want all files with 1600 X 900px, and magically it transform all images in something like that:

(it blurs the same image in the background witch is occupying 100% of the size that i choose before, and position the image on the center without crop the original image)

So basically I want an automatic way to do it. It can be anything, a specific program, a website, a configuration on illustrator... seriously, anything.


texts: Illustrator Design Not Printing Correctly

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I mostly work with digital design. Recently I decided to get a few of my poster designs printed for my own collection. I used a professional printing company to order the prints and send them the JPEGs as requested.

The prints however are radically different from what I'm seeing on screen. I have set the document in Illustrator to be European General Purpose 3 as I'm in the UK and I'm using CMYK colours and exporting using the Export For Web... option as this is the only way I knew to get JPEGs.

The first prints I received were much lighter than designed but when I contacted the company that said they were aware of a batch of prints that had colour correction wrongly applied to them and they would send me out replacements. I received the replacements and they are now a bit darker than designed.

I actually prefer the printed (darker) version of the print than the on screen version but it bothers me that they are so radically different and worries me that if I design something else I may not like the printed result.

Below are the three versions. I scanned the prints so obviously that will have changed things slightly but you can still see that stark differences.

The PRINTED (NO CORRECTION) is the one I prefer but it's still fairly different from the ORIGINAL DIGITAL.


texts: how to fill in gaps between polygons in Adobe Illustrator CS 6 and fill in the enclosed space

texts: Hi everybody, I have a vectorised image of line drawings resulting in the lines being converted to polygons. I need to complete the lines-turned-polygons by filling in the gaps. When they finally are, I need to fill in the empty space in the middle with black. I am working with Adobe Illurstrator CS6. I  hope anyone can help me since I a struggling with it for a long time. Thanks, David


texts: How to correctly use two objects for rasterization

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I have two objects (pink A and white B) in Inkscape, see the screenshot below:

When drawing is rasterized there are artifacts in the form of pink pixels from underlying object A:

I have tried clipping object B to match shape of object A as shown below, but that didn't help.

What is the proper way to have two objects and produce clean image without seeing underlying object?


texts: When designing HIFI mockups for web apps, how do you determine the width of your file?

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I've designed a handful of web apps now and I seem to be just as confused about document widths as I was before I ever started.  I've made the mistake of mocking it up at 1920 wide and jamming it full of content.

For over a decade I designed countless centered websites at a fixed width that was very easy to determine.  720 then 960, etc.  But now I find myself designing A LOT of responsive full width web apps.  Which forces me to design the "desktop" version at some obscure min width.  Fortunately I've had good data provided by some clients which allowed me to design for the largest segment of their users.  But what is a safe/good min width to use in HIFI photoshop mockups?  It seems that a lot of dribbble shots are 1280px which is what I've been using as of late.


texts: What Graphic Design degree has more value for advancing the field?

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There seems to be emerging two schools of "Graphic Design" which I use very loosely in the world today.

The traditional school of Graphic Design is about "Art". Creating, exhibiting, and the history of graphic design, symbology, typography and all of that stuff.

The second school of Graphic Design is about "Application". As in designing solutions to real-world problems, business problems, social problems and the like.

To just ask which of the two has more value could be too vague. So instead I'll ask which of the two has more value specifically towards advancing the field of Graphic Design?

My go to example is the University of Minnesota which has an MFA in Interactive Media in their school of art, but also an MFA in Graphic Design in their school of design. Both could potentially use the same tools and accept the same students but the outcome is very different in how each approaches design. So the question is - which one does more to advance the field?


texts: Inkscape - split group of paths into two separate groups. Use edge of a shape for split, without object->clip

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How can I split group of paths into two groups, based on a shape?
I have a large group of paths (representing roads in the entire city) and they are grouped together.
Object -> clip would usually work, but I am unable to use it, as it is sadly unsupported by further processing tool (LightBurn, though I just discovered that it has own functionality that sort of worsks).
Using "Object to path" on path group and then "Cut path" is not helping as paths stay grouped together - just split into parts.
Example file: https://gist.github.com/matkoniecz/4a34d869a6413a2c6240d32296d4aae5


texts: Photoshop "Export > Export As" or "Export > Save For Web" in size 600px + auto suffix in filename

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When working with an image in Photoshop, I'd like to have a simple keyboard shortcut, like in Photoshop shortcut for File, Save As, Format: PNG or JPG, Save, OK, that automatically does:

Export > Export As or Export > Save For Web
Resize to biggest dimension = 600px (either width or height)
Add suffix _600.jpg to filename

How to do that?

I'm not sure how to edit a recorded macro to do that (add the suffix and choose 600px for the biggest dimension).

Example: you open myphoto.png, you press F6 and then you automatically get myphoto_600.jpg.


texts: Handling whitespace at points where shapes interconnect/overlap

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I'm helping a friend out with a bird logo and I'm new to Illustrator.

I need to increase the whitespace around the points where the wings intersect with the body ellipse, without changing the wing shape/size. The logo will need to be printed small, so I want the shapes to be visible clearly at the much-reduced size.

I was using a white Stroke but when I pump the weight/thickness up, it gets messy around the body/wing intersect points. Plus the wings get smaller with the increased whitespace all the way around the wing shapes.

What's the proper way to handle this, so I only increase the whitespace where the wings meet the body (and not all the way round the wings).

Sorry, my terminology is off here - I'm pretty sure the effect I'm looking for is easily achieved. I just don't know how to properly describe the issue in order to get the right guidance back in my search results...


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What is the font in Bristol West Insurance Logo?

Thanks in advance!


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I have a text document/csv with 100 unique codes that should be used for a gift card.

For the gift card, I need to provide 100 PDF's each with the unique code.

Is it possible to do this using Illustrator or InDesign? I'm thinking of making a textbox that can contain the code, but I don't know how to make 100 PDF's with the codes.

Thanks!


texts: How to represent a general movie in a cover picture for illustration purpose?

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I'm making a SaaS landing page, and in the upper section there's an interactive illustration of the product (a web interface) in a browser, showing what you can do with the product.

This interface has a banner that the customers can change (black box in the screenshot) and I want to show with an example that the product can be used in the movie industry. But I'm struggling to create something that transmit this message without actually creating a banner about a real or fake movie.

For sports, I took a photo of supporters. For music, I took a photo of a musician.

But for movies ?


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I write large techincal documents and I am in search of a font for them. These documents sometimes need to be written in Russian, so the font should contain cyrillic letters.

I have discoverd JAF Bernini Sans and it is really gorgeous, but unfortunatelly doesn't support cyrillic.

Could anyone suggest something similar to Bernini Sans, but with cyrillic characters?


texts: Export with blending options not accurate to what is on screen in Photoshop

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My layer has a black background. I remove it with Blending Options on my Layer Style. On the left is my export, which still shows dark colors, but in Photoshop zoomed in, the dark colors are gone, which is the way I want it.

Why does the export appear incorrect?
Is there an alternative I can use to remove all black pixels from my layer?