texts: How can I achieve consistent colours in my app on different mobile displays?

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We are working on a mobile game that will run on iOS and Android devices. The graphic theme has been designed during the first steps of the development by a single person. Now he's no more an active part of our team (he was enrolled exclusively for this purpose, for a shorter amount of time, and now he's focusing on other external projects).
Such theme is very colorful, mainly composed by green, light brown and orange elements.

The problem for the mobile dev team is that those shades have been selected by the designer using his Apple iMac and Photoshop, and we discovered that only the iPhone displays are capable of rendering them to look as the designer originally intended.

Instead, all the different Android phones use different color palettes that makes them much too bright, or much too saturated; depending on the display quality.

I'm sure that this is not an isolated issue when developing mobile app graphics.

How can we manage to render the same colours when the app runs on different displays?

All I know is that the original PSDs have been designed using the sRGB color space, should they have been done in a different way?


texts: Invision's Craft doesn't place high definition images in Sketch

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I'm using Sketch and Invision's "Craft" plugin. If I want to place an image as a fill inside a rectangle I use Craft (which takes the images from Unsplash).

My issue is that these images are being downscaled. For example, Unsplash has a vast collection of very high resolution images. If I want to fill (with an image) a 200x200 pixel rectangle, the image will get downscaled so it can fit the rectangle.

The only solution is to manually download the high resolution photo, make my rectangle a mask and resize the image so it can fit inside.

Is there a way to make the images being placed inside any rectangle high resolution?


texts: How can I create realistic business card mockups?

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I'm trying to produce the effect in the below image:

I'd preferably like to do this with Photoshop or Illustrator. How can this be accomplished?


texts: How can I improve the typography of this Star Wars Day poster?

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I designed the following poster for social media stories:

I like the concept; it is not the problem. The O is the part of our logo.

I feel that something is wrong with the font size, weight, or spacing, but I am not sure and I cannot identify it. What is it?


texts: After Effects - create a square mask and have an image slide through it

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I have a rectangular image, let's pretend it's a wide picture of New York city's skyline.

I want to create a rectangle in the center of my canvas. Then I want to horizontally slide the picture of New York through the rectangle, so only part of it is showing at a time.

How can I do this?

What I've tried:

Right click the image layer, then "Mask" > "New Mask". Resize the mask square to be the size I want. Problem: When I translate the image horizontally, the mask moves with it.
If I create a mask as a seperate layer, it doesn't hide the image.


texts: Can I use an images (with people) for a club poster?

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I work as a designer for a department at a college. My main task is designing posters/flyers for student clubs to advertise their club meetings and events. I always try to use public domain photos from sites like Unsplash or Pixabay, but if the pictures have people in them do I need to obtain permission from the models, or does the use of images fall under non-profit/personal use?

I'm not too sure what my situation falls under because it's for school, but it's not necessarily educational (since these are student clubs). I also some times make flyers and brochures for the department itself.


texts: Data Recovery option not available in Illustrator CC

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I'm using Illustrator CC v. 17.0.0 on Windows 8.1

For whatever reason my version of Illustrator doesn't even display the data recovery section. Of course this a feature I really want. If I google image search "illustrator cc data recovery" you can see that this feature is missing in my application.

Any ideas?


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Could anyone please help me with this?
I really couldn't find it anywhere even with automated font searches.

By the way, AFAIR all of these letters are capital ones, just lowered down by resizing.


texts: Lift corners of paper a little bit up [Adobe Illustrator]

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I've some small papers/photos that I want to stand up a little bit from the background. I want to let it look like the corners of the paper/photo are lifted a little bit up ... not folded around, I don't want to the back face ... but a little bit more up in the air then the rest of the paper (rectangle).

Is this somehow possible in Illustrator? I saw some tutorials, that managed it in Photoshop by manually drawing the shadows and thus creating the illusion of my wanted effect ... but I'm looking for something 'vetorlike' in Illustrator.


texts: Is there a 'Remember Selection' tool or option in Inkscape?

texts: As I'm working with developing a "gear" concept with the Extension > Render > Gear > Gear tool (in Inkscape) I'm finding that I am constantly selecting a large group of 'specific' nodes in my shape. Each time I try something new with those nodes and then have to undo, I have to meticulously re-select each node again. It's tedious and I wondered if there was some kind of 'remember selection' option for working with large numbers of arbitrary nodes within a drawing?


texts: Who is responsible for shrinking an image within a PDF, or to shrink or not to shrink

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I create PDFs width wkhtmltopdf tool (renders HTML to PDF)

This PDFs are intended to be used for (semi) professional printing.

So lets say the printing quality should be 300dpi, and a user places a 3 inch by 3 inch Picture on this page. The uploaded picture is lets say 3000x3000 (10MB)

If my logic is correct picture size of 900x900 would be best (is this correct?)

So I see two possibilities

put the full image into PDF and getting a size of at least 10MB, hoping that the printing company makes the best out of it

and

resize (shrink) it to the 900x900 local on my server  (imagemagick)  with best quality I can get - getting a PDF size around 1MB

If my logic is correct then the second one is the correct answer.

Is it correct? If not why?


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I am a total amateur at using image editing programs. I have been scanning pages from a book to my Mac (High Sierra) using Image Capture and saving it in png format. I have then used Gimp to edit pages to ensure that paragraphs stay together. For example I will resize an image so as to create space at the top of the page, then copy and paste a partial paragraph from the previous page into that space as a new layer. The image of the page is then saved by either exporting it as a png file under a new name, or saving it over the existing file.

I then paste the resulting image into a web page and upload it. What is strange is that, viewing the web page on line, the image that appears when viewed on a Mac is the EDITED image, whereas in Windows 7 the OLD UNEDITED image appears. That is, the Mac sees the new page resulting from the cut and paste operation, while the Windows machine sees the original image. I find this behaviour bizarre. What am I doing wrong?

This is the image: http://www.cjvlang.com/mlessons/images/shugden38.png


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Hi guys I am learning sketch and in the tutorial Im watching the guy place the text box over the video image in the background, but when I'm following his instructions my text box is going behind the image.

Can anyone please help?

Cheers


texts: Typesetting in Dutch: Dijkstra vs. Dĳkstra

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What is the official way to typeset the surname of EWD in Dutch?

Dijkstra (i and j are two separate letters)

Dĳkstra (ĳ is one letter)

(I'm not asking about English. I'm also not asking what about what is done in various HTML articles on EWD or about what various typesetting programs currently do in English or in Dutch: their authors are sometimes terribly off, and the programs sometimes do exhibit unintended behavior. I'm asking what should be the case in Dutch.)


texts: I am trying to use Inkscape to draw a path consisting of line segments, where the corners are rounded, like the bold black arrows in this image. I tried the Bezier tool, but couldn't achieve the desired effect. Any advice?


texts: Is iMac Retina 5K suitable for webdesign?

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It is time to retire my old MacBook Pro which served me well for over 5 years, since I dont require portability I am leaning towards buying an iMac 27 with 5K display. I work as a web designer and my question is:

How will a Retina display affect a website design workflow?

I found this interesting article but I am interested in your personal experience and opinions.


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I’m looking for a way to inject custom data inside IDML files via scripting, but I’m not sure that it’s possible.

The IDML specification states “IDML supports the inclusion of new scripting objects and properties added by InDesign plug-ins.”, but there is no mention about scripting.

I already tried adding a custom variable to the TextFrame object but with no luck (apparently the object structure is immutable).

Is there any way to do this without having to write a plugin?

It should be possible to add custom data to XMP (https://indisnip.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/storing-custom-data-into-indesign-file-xmp/) but that would require a lot more work because I would have to reference every object in some way and their custom values. Plus, I have to check XMP specs because I’m not sure if there are limitations in size for custom data (that could be a problem).


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I've got a little site I built for myself and a friend that let's us run our tiny little March Madness pool.  Functionally, it works great.  But for the display of the brackets, it's, well, just plain ugly.

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Quick NCAA Bracket Explanation in case anyone doesn't know.  There need to be 64 total teams on the outside, divided into 4 quadrants.  Inside each quadrant there are 4 more levels of games (16 teams down to 8, to 4, to 2, to 1).  After that the winners of the 4 brackets each play 1 other, then those winners play each other

Each team is "clickable", and for me, each little colored square has to be in its own selectable elements based on id.  Currently it's a table design (boo!), and, as you can see, so ugly.

Any ideas for making this look a little nicer?  The rest of the site is ultra plain (I call it clean) with gray/black/white, but I could change this easily.


texts: How to flatten a very complex object in Illustrator?

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I have this design I'm working on, I reached this point where the main object is like I want but it got really really complex.

Now, I want to keep only visible parts of it (what I see only), and discard everything else. (by flattening shapes layers, and keeping them in one layer of adjacent shapes)

I tried all I know to achieve this but I can't seem to do it without ruining transparencies, colors and clipping masks.

What I see (what I want to keep):

What it looks like without the white circle in the middle:

How complex it is in outline mode:

Is there a way to achieve this??

EDIT:
As requested, here is the Ai file: https://goo.gl/Us3Vil

Thanks to everyone for the help!

EDIT 2

Thanks your everyone for your help, all of your solutions are helpful in different aspects.

I chose wch1zpink's answer because my work is Illustrator based and it really enhanced the performance in a noticeable way.

-I hope someone would find a more accurate solution to this problem, and post it, which would help us all in the future if we wanted to achieve the same thing.


texts: How can I export image in Adobe Illustrator to a specific resolution?

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I need 120x120 pixel image, but Illustrator is asking for ppi.

Strange I can not set less than 72 pixel / inch, or if I set the rendered image will have 72.


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One of my clients is looking to re-design his website. As a project manager, I was assigned to this task. I found two designers that made a really good impression, and I consider hiring them both for doing the wireframing and the design.

What is the best way to do this without having them step on each other toes? I obviously wish to maximize the results I'm getting from them and make the collaboration bear fruits.


texts: Resizing grouped objects without type deformation?

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I wonder if there's any way to have a group of objects, and resizing that group but letting the type be unaffected, where the resize simply adjusts the type bounding box but not the type style? What I'd expect is a setting allowing me to resize the group where the text simply wraps in the new bounding box.

Here are images showing what I mean:


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Maybe it's offtop, sorry if it is. I search for PNG/SVG icons files used in Inkscape UI, ie, "open file", "save file", "options" etc-- which are nice and I want to use them maybe.

What are these icos?


texts: Issue brush stroke with texture has different colour in Adobe Illustrator CC

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Yesterday I had some issue with Adobe Illustrator CC that didn't want to open, then I reinstalled it today.

But when I was going to make use of it, I noticed that brushes with custom textures (pencil texture) didn't appear to be as the same color that I chose, going slightly brighter as I wanted.

Is it a misconfiguration of the software?

Can I fix it to the right color?

(Top colors are the ones that I want. Bottom are the misconfigured?)

If anyone could help me with that, I'll be really happy.


texts: I currently got the intuos art wacom tablet so still learning how to use it. I'm currently in illustrator trying to draw out a map and the brush tool is doing something weird and I cannot figure out why. You can see in my image that where there are curves the black slightly spills over and is filling in half the curve with black. Brush setting is set up as a new calligraphic brush and the size is set to pressure, 3pt-3pt.


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I want to animate the drawing of the lines in this graph from left to right so that they are all at the same x-position at the same time. This is a graph I made in MATLAB, exported as an SVG, opened in Illustrator to separate layers, then imported it into AE where I "created shapes from vector layers".

Using a rectangular mask to "draw in" the lines makes the tips not square (I want them to be square).
Using "trim paths" with End set to 0% at the first frame and 100% at the last with linear interpolation results in the line tips having different x-values at a given time in the animation since each path is a different length.

Any suggestions?

I have the raw data for these, is there a way to explicitly set keyframes using expressions? Then I could just calculate myself what percent drawn each line should be at each of my x-values, and let AE interpolate those.

I feel like there should be a more elegant way, though, that doesn't involve the raw data.


texts: What icons can be used to represent variable data types?

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I am looking for icons to represent data types in a tree (e.g: string, number, date, array, object etc.). Are there any open source/commercial icon sets for this purpose?

All my Google search keys return generic results.


texts: Can a logo using licensed fonts be trademarked?

texts: I made a logo using fonts with a free license for commercial use, my clients wants to trademark the logo. Can he do it? My concern is that even with the license, the creator of the font still own the copyright, and I am not sure if you can trademark a graphic that includes a copyrighted item. He asked me to sign a document call "assignment" where it states that is all my original artwork (which is BUT the fonts) and I want to make sure everything is clear and legal.


texts: How do I change the color of this pictures backround, keeping the effects like the purple shining?

texts: This pic is for a shirt print gift and I'm trying to figutre out how I could make the backroung white in Adobe Photoshop CC. The effect looks fairly complex so I've no idea how to go around it, only way I think this is possible is by reproducing the effect, which I also don't know how to do.


texts: Is it possible to have a the magic eraser apply to ALL layers at once?

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I have a gif of characters dancing on a white background, and I want to use the magic eraser (or an equivalent selection tool) to select and clear the white background to make it transparent.

However, the gif is ~150 frames long so doing each layer individually would be tedious, and I'd like to know how to sample all layers any way. Is there a way to do this?


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I want to twist cards like as these cards game in below. I need them in Adobe XD so we can make it with Photoshop or Illustrator. I've tried with Adobe Illustrator
 in this way ( Object > Envelope Distort > Make With Warp ) but it reshapes each card.


texts: Color differences between Mac and Windows, How to set color profile scheme on Windows to get same colors of Mac?

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I'm developer; I use Windows but my designer uses Mac. Whenever he sends a graphic file to me (.psd and .ai files) the colors show differently on Mac and Windows, even if I take the color code from color picket [sic].

Is there any solution to this? I want to set my Windows 7 color scheme in that way so I can get the same color as a Mac.


texts: How to represent silver, platinum and diamond?

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Most websites uses a scheme of bronze, silver, gold, platinum, and maybe even diamond to rank service plans they may provide. In my website design, I want to the users to have a dot next to the username (like badges on stackoverflow) that specify what plan the user is on (so gold for gold members). How can I represent silver, platinum and diamond, all which look 'grayish', in a small area that measures 6px by 6px (as it is on SO, but maybe a little bigger is OK too)?

Bonus: Is there a better alternative to the metal + diamond scheme of ranking?


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I want to be able to select objects under other objects in Inkscape.

After watching a few tutorials I noticed that designers achieve this by clicking at the place where the object is under another object while using a selector tool and pressing Alt. I tried it and it did not work out. What may I have missed while doing the procedure?

At the last screenshot I am pressing Alt, using the selector tool and click at the place where the ellipse is under the rectangle. But I end up with a rectangle being chosen.

I noticed that clicking twice, while pressing Alt does the job. Is it supposed to be so? Should I always click twice?


texts: I have inherited more than 100.PNG files of products that I need to stitch together for a project. As they are from different photo shoots with various focal lengths they aren't scaled properly. I have been able to colour match everything, so it looks uniform but is there any trick to scale everything to its proper size - by eye or other technique before I start to compose the project files? I am composing the project files in Gimp.


texts: What is a good icon / graphical way to represent 'closed', 'terminated', 'ended', 'expired'... etc?

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I've seen some questions here bump into similar 'time' related icon problems (since 'termination' is sort of a time related concept, similar to 'the past')

It doesn't have to be an icon either, since I've been thinking about 'strikethrough'. (but that also interferes a bit with legibility / accessibility in our case, similar to 'fading'... so Ideally if there was an icon I'm just not seeing would be ideal!)

Searching around I found some icons like 'clocks' and 'x' icons, but those don't really match perfectly either... any ideas?.

The exact case here is for a type of 'document', so I think something like 'terminate contract' (via thenounproject) is the closest i'll get!


texts: How does color affect kerning and leading in CSS?

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I received permission to make some changes to the company's website. All I've done so far is change Font Color and Background Color. Doing so though made drastic changes in leading (line-height) and kerning (letter-spacing).

I'm really not the greatest at web design, and have never gone from a dark background to a light one. Do all browsers automatically make this change? Has CSS always done this?

To be clear I'm not using line-height or letter-spacing. They're not in my .CSS file at all. But visually they changed.

Here's a side-by-side:

I switched the left side to Multiply and positioned it directly on top to compare:

Is there a published standard somewhere that browsers use to determine a contrast to leading/kerning ratio or something? I've never experienced this before.


texts: How to center an object between two guidelines in Ai

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I'm using the smart guidelines in Ai artboard and I'm using the align tools.

My question is that "is there any way to move the object between the smart guidelines with the align tool?"


texts: How would you create an 'experience' with an invoice keeping ink cartridges in mind?

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I wanted to make receiving an invoice a little bit better by creating a bit more colorful, nice invoice instead of the regular ol' black and white monochrome typewriter font-like invoices from the past.

My business color is turquoise and so I used that color throughout my business card and my invoice. However, I've gotten the complaint a few times my invoice is ink-heavy and therefor people don't prefer to print it, although they have to.

Below is a screenshot of a 3-page default invoice of mine. A frontpage with with the primary product and the client, a second page with the products and their description & individual prices and a end page with my business information. It starts with turquoise and ends with turquoise.

I know it's ink-heavy, but how would I decrease the cost of printing my invoice, but trying to keep/create the happier experience.

Really wondering.

In my opinion, simply adjusting the turquoise to black isn't sufficient..


texts: How to work with this peculiar kind of JPEG? (Invalid JPEG marker type)

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Today I was reading an article online and while looking at the photo accompanying it I noticed some chromatic aberration that I found interesting (wanted to figure out  if it was a camera artifact or added as a post effect), so I decided to take a closer look in Photoshop.

However, when I tried to open it, I got this error:

Could not open “Security_zoom_1137878047.jpg” because an unknown or invalid JPEG marker type is found.

Here is the original photo.

In this particular case I don't need to edit the photo, and if I did I could always just take a screen shot (as I did of the 'H' above). But it got me thinking maybe I should learn how to work with these kinds of images, and maybe even learn how to make them.

When opened in TextEdit the file begins with this:

So, finding it odd that web browsers can display this file but an image editor can't, I did some searching and found a page that offered some clues. The page is titled Viewing a WEBPVP8 image in a RIFF file (it is not https:// so I'm not linking to it, but you can find it with a search engine). Although the gist of it is: It's a WEBPVP8 image (is that the same as WebP?) and it can be opened in a browser, but not Photoshop.

Also, as a test I converted this image to a regular JPEG using https://ezgif.com/webp-to-jpg

The resulting file can be opened by Photoshop.

Now knowing I can convert and open such files, my remaining questions are:

What kind of file is this really, JPEG or WebP with a .jpg extension?
Under what circumstances would someone save a file in this format?
How would one save a file in this format?


texts: Inkscape, 300dpi image for printing, 2"x2" - export settings

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It was requested of me to provide a 300dpi image for printing at a resolution of 2"x2". I have been scouring the forums and am more confused than ever. My image is easily scalable in Inkscape and will look good at whatever size I make it to be, but I have no idea how large to make my .png export (the request said that png was fine).

I understand that 300dpi is not the default in Inkscape and also that the dpi used in Inkscape doesn't necessarily correspond to the dpi in printing at any case.

I just need to know - given the requirements above, can someone advise me on how to set the settings in Inkscape to get the export I need?

I believe and fear on reading some of these forums that it may not be that simple, but given I know the size I need and the printing resolution, and (I am pretty sure in the case of this particular image) that it doesn't matter what size/dpi the image was created at, I was hoping for a straightforward answer if at all possible.

I can resize the actual image if I need to before doing the export, no problem. So between resizing the image and the proper settings, I am hoping that this is not too difficult.


texts: How to Remove Stroke while Resizing Object to Appear the Same - Illustrator

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I have an object in Illustrator that has both a Stroke and a Fill of the same colour. I would like to remove the Stroke and resize (or otherwise alter) the object so the Fill matches what the object looked like before.

I thought it would be possible to do so by hand, using a duplicate of the object as reference. This, however, seems to alter the curves of the shape somewhat.

My Google-fu has failed me in finding an answer to this question, though it's possible I was searching for the wrong terms. "Resize object by size of stroke", "Convert Stroke to Shape", "Convert Shape to Outline", and "How to remove stroke and resize object to the same size" all failed me.


texts: How to connect a shape and a path in Illustrator?

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I'm trying to connect these two but I can't figure it out. I want the left shape to continue it's line and have it's curvature and naturally connect to the right side.

This is a rough example of the output I'm looking for:

How many ways are there for me to do this?

EDIT: It's ok if they can't be technically connect but look like they are.


texts: Is there a short authoritative reference of basic design rules and principles?

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As a web developer, I often find myself working with different non-professional self-called designers. In such situations, I often have to explain them the most basic rules and principles about the design in general and web design in particular. It is boring and unpleasant, especially if the self-called designer replies by "I never heard about those rules; prove that you're right".

Is there an authoritative reference (and not a blog of some unknown guy) which lists the basic rules and principles that every designer must learn at the very first year in college?

Remark: I thought about finding a good manual, but the designers I work with are usually unwilling to read books, so it's not a solution. I would rather imagine a website with a list of rules with a short description for every rule and the detailed links for people who want to go further or understand the reasons behind a precise rule. This being said, I'm also interested in books if they are accessible and easy to quote later in mail to illustrate what I've said during the discussion.

Example of rules I'm talking about:

In typography, the text cannot be underlined, unless it's an hypertext link on a web page. See 25 Rules of Setting Type (pdf), pt. 9; also Basic tips for more fashionable typography.
In design, dark gray text on black background may be difficult to read.
In web design, you can't predict the size of the text, pixel by pixel, in browser, since it depends on the installed fonts and browser accessibility settings.


texts: Should a logo always work in black and white?

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It's often agreed that logos should always work in black and white... am I right in thinking that doesn't mean greyscale, and literally just means black and white i.e. positive and negative space?

It would certainly make a logo more versatile, but then obviously doesn't give the designer as much room to be creative. I also see a lot of logos these days that wouldn't work in just black and white... such as those with gradients and those making use of blend modes:

Of course logos can have an alternate single colour version that can be used when necessary... but that just seems a little inconsistent to me.


texts: What are some good resource for programmers to design icons?

texts: I'm a programmer and find myself needing to draw icons frequently. Does anyone have any good resources for both the tools and how to design icons?


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I am following a tutorial that uses InDesign CC. I am currently practicing on InDesign CS6. The tutorial is talking about CC libraries. I added a new library to my CS6 document and created new swatches which I would like to add to my library but it will not allow me.
I am wondering if this is a feature not included in CS6? And how I would add swatches to a library I have created in the CS6 version.


texts: White line down the center of my image when using reflect

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I'm using Adobe Illustrator CS6. I can get you pictures if you need but here goes.

I had a logo that I cut in half by removing anchor points, leaving me with just the left side.

Then I selected all the anchor points along what will be the new center line using the Direct Selection tool. Then I tried to align the anchor points in a perfect vertical line using the Horizontal Align Right option in the Align tab.

Then, I selected the entire path. Went to the Appearance tab, clicked Layer and then applied a Distort & Transform > Transform using the X Reflect.

Everything worked beautifully except I have this very fine white line down the center of the image now. How do I get rid of it?


texts: How can I recreate this typographical style? What effects/processes should I use?

texts: I have been scrolling through various places on the internet and I've come across this typographic style multiple times, and I can't work out how to do it. Can anyone help??


texts: Size in mm of website mock up using InDesign

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I want to create my website mock up using InDesign. Based on a  finished website resolution of 1024 x 768 what size should I create my pages in InDesign (in mm).

Thanks


texts: Finding the "base" color of a gradient . . .?

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Somehow, I inherited this project that comes with a logo, the CEO already has business cards printed with that logo on it, and as far as I'm concerned, the colors and design are non-negotiable anymore.

So far, so good.

The tricky part is that I'll be working around that logo: web site, t-shirts, marketing collateral, etc. The logo consists of three letters in a space age font, and it's simply attractive, because the previous designer (?) used a blue gradient:

dark blue
not so dark blue
even not that dark blue
lighter blue
light blue
glaring blue
light blue
lighter blue
even not that dark blue
not so dark blue
dark blue

And although I could sort of eye-ball the middle of the road blue that was used to produce the logo, I was wondering whether there is a better method for finding the base value of the blue gradient.

Any ideas?


texts: Hidden layer in image preview, can't see in Photoshop

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I am a Photoshop novice and so I expect this might be simple to solve but it's a fairly unique problem (I think) and I cannot find a similar issue/solution searching online.

I had a PSD of my logo, when I use Image -> Trim to reduce my canvas size around the image I noticed it left some space above the logo, which I thought was weird but couldn't work out why.

I exported the psd to a .png format and stuck it on a web page, looks fine so I didn't think too much of it. However, when I open the .png in the Windows 10 photo viewer I noticed the hidden shapes in the top left corner. That explains why Photoshop wouldn't trim all the way down to the edge of the visible logo, which means Photoshop can "see" the shapes but I cannot see it.

It's definitely not a layer, hiding/showing everything makes no difference as the shapes never become visible.

The shapes in question are from a very old version of the logo that I thought I deleted properly (as they weren't visible to me on screen) but my PS knowledge not even at a pedestrian level I figure I've somehow left the shape there.

What I've tried:

Changing the PSD background from transparent too black/orage to try and make the shapes visible.
Using quick selection and magic wand on the area in question. It doesn't pick anything up.

I have a feeling I've broken the "master" PSD at some point and removed a layer that's going to make it impossible to fix.

Screenshots:

^ You can see the canvas won't go down to the top of the blue shape

^ The Windows 10 photo viewer of the exported PNG that reveals the shapes in the top left corner, - although not visible on a web page or anywhere else that I can see.

I am using Photoshop CC 2015

EDIT I colored the foreground blue on all layers and it revealed the squares although I can't remove them, as it looks like they're just transparent boxes? When I fill them there's like a 0.1px feint line that I can just make out but I can't work out how to completely remove it...


texts: How can I make more consistent icons by controlling the ratio of icon using grid?

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I have experience using Sketch for UI design. I also know Illustrator, vector tools and different shape tools (like align, subtract, union ..etc). Recently I want to top my skills more by starting to design icons. I have downloaded several sets of flat icons. I tried to re-create the icon using my current knowledge but it just seem off.

Here is the icon as my practice target:

I don't need to be exactly the same with the target icon, but I do want to achieve a nicely balanced that's pleasing to look at.

There are a few thinking process I have when designing this icon.
1. Two levels of line thickness. (i choose it to be 2px / 4px)
2. Use vectors with rounded ends and corners to craft the outline.
3. Apply a 8-15px rounded corner to the end of the trolley basket.
4. create equal division of top and bottom of basket using grid lines.

With the four logics, I started building the icon:

  The handle bar's length is just random. I don't know how long it should be.

  Applied equal divisions to top and bottom, it didn't look pleasant, so I shifted to make another line closer to the end of the basket.

  Added colour and shadow at the bottom of the basket, again, the shadow height is just based on subjective feelings.

Final Touches:

  I think the 2px / 4px combination is too weird, so I changed to a 2.6px / 5.2px combination. I also made the wheel smaller.

Final Comparison:

As I mentioned, I was not planning to create a pixel perfect duplicate of the original. However, I do find my version a little weird. My hypothesis is that there are several parts of the icon which obeys the Golden Ratio, or at least when the design process happens, there have been some mathematical consideration on the spacing. I wonder what I can do better to improve my thinking process of designing an icon. Please use this icon as an example and give me some guidance!

Thanks!


texts: With what software I can create 3d expo booth designs?

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I have to make some 3d expo booth designs. I worked with 3D Max before but I am not sure if that's the right tool for this kind of thing. Also I was not very good at it.

Some examples:

Is there a good and easy software for this kind of 3D design? Where can I find library resources for this kind of things?

Bonus points if the software is open source or freeware!


texts: i want to paste same background in all of my illustrator layers

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I have 200 layers in one of my Illustrator CS6 project. i want to add same background group in all layers and then run batch ai to jpg.

how exactly can i paste the same background in every layer with single click.


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My old trusty HP Pavilion tx2690eo convertible died just recently, and having found myself in the market for a new digital art device I thought I'd entertain an odd notion I had.

The problem with convertibles, of course, is that you lose access to the keyboard  and all the convenience it brings when in tablet mode.  No Ctrl+Z+X+C+V, no holding down the shift key, and typing layer names or googling reference images is that much more inconvenient.  I made do with an external keyboard for years, but less gadgets is always better and now I'm wondering if there exist laptops equipped with active digitizers that can open flat on their backs.  A slate tablet would do too, but since I still need laptop-like functionality whichever keyboard case I get for it would also have to open 180° (or be bluetooth.)

I need a Windows machine for my purposes, but Android and OSX answers also interest me and might interest others.


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Im building a website related to a Zoo http://funjack.azurewebsites.net/
All the elements that are on the page needs to be there, but something just doesn't "feel" right. I am trying to achieve something like http://www.philadelphiazoo.org/

any advice would be much appreciated.


texts: How can I replicate the Bourbon Neat grid in Sketch?

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I am trying to set up a grid based on Bourbon Neat in Sketch. I tried Bootstrap grid but the grid size for Bootstrap is different compared to Neat grid.

What Layout settings could be used to reproduce Bourbon Neat grid in Sketch?


texts: Illustrator: export embedded picture to its original size

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The title says it all. I have a document with embedded pictures at various resolutions (300dpi, 220dpi, ...) and I'd like to export them to their original size (in pixels).

A simple copy-and-paste into photoshop doesn't work... what to do?


texts: How to design sites with dark colours (red and black palette)

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The graphic designer for my club created a red and black logo (major color is black highlighted with red).  Everyone thinks it looks great, and I agree.  The issue lies with designing the site.  We've been trying to design a red and black site around the logo, but everything we've come up with looks dark, heavy, and saturated.

Is there a trick to designing dark-colored sites?  I've looked at other sites that use red and black (for instance, these), but they all seem to be graphical, rich-content sites, as opposed to a simple text-heavy site like we are trying to design.


texts: Punching holes in a shape that is already altered with pucker & bloat

texts: I have a flower created with pucker and bloat applied to a pentagon. I am trying to punch out circles and ellipses from it to make areas of transparency for the stamens of the flower. However, when I try to use minus front shape mode with pathfinder, it punches out puckered/bloated shapes instead of the simple circles and ellipses I'm trying to use. Please help!


texts: How to edit the "lists" defined in Bullets & Numbering in paragraph styles?

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The "Bullets & numbering" section of InDesign paragraph styles lets you create "Lists" and give them a name and properties around how and when they restart numbering.

Once a "list" is created, how do I see its properties, or edit it, or delete it? How do I manage this list of lists? All I can find is an option to create lists and choose them, nothing to edit them or delete them. (CS6)

By "Properties" I mean the three properties defined when you create the list in this dialogue above:

List Name
Is "Continue...stories" ticked yes/no
Is "Continue...book" ticked yes/no


texts: Annotations in Isometric View AutoCAD 2014

texts: I want to set Annotations for my drawing but in isometric view it gives me the distance following the orange line when I need the length of the yellow one. Does anyone know what settings I should change to obtain desired result.


texts: InDesign: Keyboard shortcut for "Remove Selected Local Overrides"?

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I use Remove Selected Local Overrides a lot, but each use requires fine mouse movements and at least four clicks.

I've tried speeding this up by using Quick Apply and custom keyboard shortcuts, but this action doesn't appear in either menu. It's not where it should be in Edit > Menus…, and its entire submenu appears to be missing from Quick Apply.

I suspect the problem may have something to do with Remove Selected Local Overrides transforming into Remove All Local Overrides when there's not an applicable object selected.

How can I Remove Selected Local Overrides with fewer clicks—and ideally the keyboard only?


texts: Type Research: »Die Rettung des Abendlandes« by Ernst Otto Montanus

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Recently, I came across this book cover in an old antiquarian shop and I was immediately struck by the typeface used. All attempts at researching the typeface's name or origin or maybe the designer have lead nowhere so far. Variations in the individual letter shapes hint at it actually being a custom lettering created specifically for the cover (for example in the the »n«).

Anyone who can help me with my investigation?


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How can you export the (x,y) coordinates of a layer with the rest of CSS properties?
I can't export position values even placing them at 0,0


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I am hoping someone may be able to assist with this problem. I am trying to fill the text frames with copy. However, as can be seen in the image, some lines are not cooperating with me. There is no formatting on the text whatsoever as it is a straight copy and paste from Notepad with no line breaks.

The text flows fine down the three rows of containers, but I cannot figure out why it is skipping lines in the last container of each row when there is clearly space for the words to fit. All the copy is present, it is just not filling the containers fully.

I have tried in both single line and paragraph composer, single and multiple columns, GREP find and replace, and pretty much everything else I could find, but nothing seems to be working. If I flow the text from frame to frame, then all the frames fill correctly with no gaps, however, I need the text to flow from row to row otherwise it does not read right. It must read like a book across the rows and down. Would anyone here have any clue as to what the problem could be?


texts: Where can I get regular webdesign exercise tasks?

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Over the past year, my portfolio has become pretty leaned towards photography. I'm fresh out of university, so I don't have much client work to show. The thing is, while I can always find subjects to photograph or think of some interesting photography project, I have a hard time coming up with design/web design projects 'just for the sake of it'. However, I really need some exercise in that area as well as some finished projects to show in my portfolio. So I'm looking for some kind of community, blog or whatever where I can find regular design/web design tasks. Ideally something where I get to work with InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, HTML/CSS et c. alternately and/or in conjuntion. Something where I get to train my intuition and skills for design as a whole.

For example, for programmers there's the dailyprogrammer subreddit. I'm looking for something like that, but with a focus on screen/web design projects. Any suggestions?


texts: Dotted shape saves to svg with empty background

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I want to create an svg image of a map that has no stoke and the background is filled with a dotted pattern with transparent background, so the whole image is transparent apart from the dots that fill the map. When I save my file as svg the dots are not showing up. If I save it as png, it works just fine. I have no other layers or shapes in the file.
Any idea why is this happening?


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I have this image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Sphere_wireframe.svg.

When I download and open it in my browser (firefox and chromium) or image viewer (eog in my case), the graphic looks like this:

When I open the image in Inkscape I get the following:

Longitude and latitude lines of the sphere appear to be interrupted and some are distorted or not reaching to the horizon of the sphere. The svg file doesn't seem to be too complex.

Do I need to transform the file in any way to be able to open it with Inkscape? I'm using Inkscape 0.91 r13725 on Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS


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I am trying to replicate a figure shown at the top in Inkspace. So far I have managed to do what appears at the bottom. Is there a way that an extrude effect  Extensions -> Generate from Path -> Extrude, that was applied to make the base in the figure, following a tutorial extruding paths with edges, be used for the rounded rectangles?

The SVG file can be found here.


texts: Is it possible to automatically export many subsequent frames in inkscape?

texts: I am using inkscape to make a small series of scenes and then am stitching them together using R. I was wondering if there is a way to track movement and automatically export many frames from inkscape? Or if there is an easier way to do this? I am quite new to this, so any suggestions would be very welcome. :)


texts: Whatever happened to opensourceampersand.com

texts: It's gone, which is a real shame, I should've made more use of it. Where's the best place to go to get free ampersands that I can then embed using @font-face in CSS?


texts: How to create a magnifying glass effect in Sketch

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I would like to create a few annotations on a screenshot and I'm looking for an effect like this :

This example comes directly from the Sketch Press kit.


texts: Images blurring after placing in a Photoshop template

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I created a new file in Photoshop. This file will serve as a template for my Facebook posts.
I then opened an image in Photoshop (size - 377KB; 1024x683). This image is quite sharp & clear as it is. But once I drag & dropped this image in to the Photoshop template, it lost all its clarity & now appears really blurred.

I feel this has something to do with my Photoshop settings but am really not sure. I am using Adobe Photoshop CC 2014.

I've also tried with multiple images and this blurring issue always crops up.

These are my template image settings:

This is the original image:

This is my image after attempting to edit it in Photoshop:


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I was wondering if there is a rule for how to design a company name inside a logo when it consists of 2 words without space.
For example if someone named his company as:
RightAway or rightaway or RIGHTAWAY
another example like:
HandsOn or handson or HANDSON
and if there is a difference if the words doesnt make any sense when they are combined like:
PhoneLamp or phonelamp or PHONELAMP.
Thank you


texts: How to convert .png stripes to one .gif file?

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How to convert .png stripes to one .gif file in photoshop or any other application.
Thanks in advance.


texts: What's the name of the font used in alphanet?

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What is the name of this font? I have checked in many sites but could not get a proper answer.
Might be this the same font used in oracle logo.


texts: How can I import a vector drawing into Google Slides?

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Google Slides adds an annoying amount of compression on my imported images. I want to avoid compression so I want to upload my schematics in a vector format. I can basically export to any vector format possible.

How do I do this in Google Slides?


texts: Why are my designs coming out pixelated with random color smudges around text/graphics?

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I'm using illustrator CC 2017. I wanted to make an email signature. I made the dimensions 330x148px. (I would have used 600x220px but when I added it to my saved signatures it wouldn't let me resize it so I neeed it to be rather small).

What I'm seeing is pixelation and random smudged colors that seem like a haze on top of everything. It looks terrible. It is really evident in the space between text which should be completely white. Below is the JPG file I exported.

I found a vector file of a hex grid pattern and added it as a background.

I tried aligning the pixels to the pixel grid and didn't really see any change. When I view in pixel preview it looks bad as expected.

I exported it out as JPG, 72ppi, Baseline Compression, Anti-aliasing "Type Optimized", and quality 3.

After spending hours of research and countless thoughts of giving up I've decided to ask for help. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Alton


texts: Determine N Contrasting and Aesthetically pleasing colors

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How does one algorithmically calculate a set of N colors that are both contrasting and aesthetically pleasing?  For example, we want to plot an unknown number of lines on a graph that still looks good.

I'm not certain on how to quantify aesthetically pleasing, but not clashing with a given palette might be a starting point (e.g the graph borders and an associated logo are Colors A, B, and C).


texts: How to fade an image inward from the edges without loss

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Using GIMP, I wish to fade an image inward from the edges, blending it with the neutral (white) background.

I have tried numerous things including feather edges, blur and Gaussian blur, but none of them produces a good result. Specifically, they all appear to blend the image outward or in both directions. I wish to fade the image inward from the edges, and without loss.

A tedious manual technique that I believe might work would be to:

select the background
grow the selection by 1 pixel
adjust the brightness, then
repeat 2. and 3. as many times as necessary

However, it strikes me that there is probably a tool that performs the same function.


texts: Rotating dashed line in photoshop breaks dashes

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I have a dashed line in photoshop, i then duplicate the shape and rotate 90 degrees but the dashed line is different and i don't know why.

This is how i setup my line:

And this is the visual issue i am getting when i duplicate and rotate:

How do i stop the dashed line from changing when i rotate it ?


texts: Would these be considered "commercial use"?

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From the Creative Commons website:

  A commercial use is one primarily intended for commercial advantage or
  monetary compensation.

Would it be considered commercial use if an image was used in a blog post that provides valuable info to readers and isn't trying to sell something (e.g. a guide, how-to, etc.)? The blog would be part of a website that does offer services though, but there's nothing you can purchase on the website.


texts: Rendering 3D model with animation as pixel art

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I have been making games for a while now and have a substantial understanding of the 2D animations and processes. However my understanding with 3D modeling is limited even though I have made some low poly models during my time.

There is a certain method that I would like to grasp and there has been very little material and information on the matter. The workflow considered here can be achieved in 2D environment which gives more control for the sprites or in 3D environment where the result is sometimes quite vague but can be corrected later on. Nonetheless both methods utilizes scaling bigger elements into a smaller counterparts which makes high resolution material convert into pixel art, which can then be altered on a single frames afterwards.

I have done a tremendous amount of work researching this matter while trying to learn pixel art and even though I have gained experience, drawing the frames one by one takes too much time for this game I'm currently designing. Therefore I would like to try this workflow described in this article.

Motion Twin has done remarkable job with this workflow (the game Dead Cells itself) and I actually found out about it, the game and the workflow, after deciding to go with the same approach for my own game.

For two years I have now struggled with this workflow which I want to learn to finally continue with my game. For the 2D side of this workflow, we use high res source images and skeleton based animation and there is a nice introduction for it here. I intend to do some of my animations through this method, but would like to handle character animations through the first method (3D).

So my question is: What software would you recommend for doing this 3D to PixelArt conversion? (Low resolution rendering with cel shading) I know the best solution would be to write a tool of your own for the task like the Twin Motion did, but I don't have the required skills.. nor the time to do that as it can be done with most of the 3D rendering tools out there. Also what are your thoughts of this workflow? I think it's genius and efficient.

Few years ago in some forums some would have said "Forget it", just make it simple and draw the sprites one by one. That's not an answer, we are better than that and I know that you know it.

I'm not expecting to get a full perfect answer. I'm looking for perspectives and ways of approach with healthy discussion about different possibilities.


texts: Indesign: add line break after first two words in batch

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I am looking to insert a line break after two words for a large document on multiple paragraphs. I am using find/change to search for ^w which inserts a line break after one space, what would be the syntax to search for 2 spaces.

So I need the first two words of a paragraph with a forced line break inserted after those 2 words.

For example:
Dan Brown (line break)
Author, Fortress, Da Vinci Code etc.

Thanks in advance

Kev


texts: Usage fees / royalties for re-purposing an existing illustration

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a client paid me a fair fee to be allowed to use an existing illustration I had done as a background image on their website.

Now they have contacted me to ask whether they could print the high-resolution version of that same illustration in a large-format reproduction to hang on their office wall.

Aside from any production / framing costs, how should I go about calculating a fair fee for the usage?

What are some considerations? Are there any pricing resources out there that could help determine a reasonable price?

(cross-posted to DeviantArt)


texts: iOS iPhone App Hamburger Menu Button Size

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I've decided to add a Hamburger Menu on my new iOS iPhone Application.
So in order to successfully implement that I need to prepare few images specially for the Hamburger button.

But I couldn't find specific sizes which are suitable for this. Can anybody guide me? Currently I have designed images in following sizes:

44px - @1x.png

44px - @2x.png

66px - @3x.png


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I removed the Background of this image :

and colored the black and red areas with brush tool, the result I got has sharp edges :

how can I make the edges smoother like the original image?


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I am working for my client creating his stationary printing, he wish to have the same font used in this image. I was tired searching the font, so I seek your expertise to find the font in the attached image.

thanks a lot in advance.


texts: How can I open multi-page Fireworks files?

texts: I no longer have Fireworks, but I still have a number of old fireworks files with multiple pages. It appears that I can only access the first page in Photoshop. Does anyone know how I can access additional pages in these files for editing in Photoshop?


texts: Graphical element for range between two elements

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I have two long sentences. One describes a product in very simple configuration and one the same product in extremely complex configuration. I would like to place them on a website next to each other and put some graphical element between or around them that will imply that the uses of the product can fit anywhere between these two boundaries.
Does anyone have any ida what that element could be?


texts: Why are Serif endings still needed at all?

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Serif endings are a curious thing of the past that, to me, they don´t seem to have any real purpose today, except remind the forms of the past.
We have to admit that Serif fonts are more legible, but not necessarily because of the serif ending (right?) but because of the difference in thickness of different parts of the letter.
Can you give reasons why serif endings still make sense or are practical and useful?
Do you know any fonts that don´t have serif endings but have different thickness traits?


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i've been having a hard time with Photoshop. i'm a student in a games and web design course and i can't do any work for them on my Photoshop for what it is doing. I use Photoshop elements 6.0

here's what it's doing, i'm using a pale colour (like #ffdcff) when i use it it turns into a hot pink colour (#ff05fc) it's not only pink it's any pale colour i use get turned into a loud colour.

how do i fix it?


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Are there a selection of freely available licenses which can be used to license artwork?

Essentially the license would need to cover the following:

Allow me to sell artwork to consumer on a non-exclusive (but royalty-free) basis.
Allow consumer to use artwork in a single commercial or non-commercial project.
Disallow consumer from redistributing the artwork beyond the scope of their project.
Demand that copyright information is left intact.

I am new to this and am not aware of any further requirements of such a license. Any advice on the subject would be appreciated.


texts: Reduce lots of sloppy paths from a trace to just a few lines?

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I keep seeing lots of examples of how to do a traces online with simple images, but when trying a real photo, how do I reduce all the extraneous paths?

I feel like the resulting trace is very close, but really just want like, one line that goes around the outside of the image.  How do I reduce all the extra paths and say just take the path around the outside of the drawing? I've been trying for hours now, have gone through numerous things that don't seem to work quickly.


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I'd like to erase some single pixels of this image (the black ones):

But once I use the erase tool, I end up with somethings like this..

..which is not a pixel and its not "square", but a circle (even if I use a custom settings, in the top bar).

How can I achieve this using Adobe Illustrator CS6?


texts: Adobe Photoshop - How to turn text into a "hole" in a layer, so I will see the background through it.

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Okay, this should be super easy to do but I just can't find the way.

I have a background image with a solid colour layer on top of it, and I would like to add text on top of everything in such a way that the filling of the text is the image in the background. I have tried selecting the text shape and deleting that selection shape in the solid colour layer, but it just looks wrong.

Can anyone help me with this? Many thanks in advance.


texts: How To Estimate Brightness-Contrast Value of Gray Figure?

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Situation: I have gray figures, figure A and figure B, where figure B is wider than figure A; Figure B is very light although from the same situation but with little more perspective/view/data in it; I cannot estimate what is the point of figure B in the brightness-contrast plane
Characteristic: my pictures become very light when I take wide pictures; I do not understand what can cause it

I have Gimp/ImageMagick/... in my system. I would like to have both figures with the same value in the brightness-contrast plane.

System: Debian 8.5 64 bit, Ubuntu 16.04 64 bit
Linux kernel: 4.6 of backports


texts: Restore opacity to portions of a layer in Photoshop CS4

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A layer has Opacity 100%.  However, using a soft erase brush to feather the edges of an item, I've accidentally made too much of the layer partially transparent.

My recollection is that there'd be a layer mask that is less than full value, but "Add Layer Mask" is showing a new, fully-white mask.

When I right click on the thumbnail on the Layers palette, the "Add/Subtract/Intersect Transparency Mask" options are grayed out.


texts: Is there a shortcut or automated way to create a rectangle the same size of a picture on Adobe Illustrator?

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I have many imported images on Illustrator and would like to create a rectangle with the same size of each, and on the same layout, without clicking on every picture and then "Transform", noting down the dimensions, etc.

Is there a way to create a rectangle the same way you can create an Artboard by clicking on an image or a group?


texts: Change colors of linked Illustrator image from InDesign

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I'm trying to link Illustrator line drawings, that are made of shapes with black strokes and white fills (hiding parts of other shapes behind them), to an InDesign document. The images will sit on a background color, and I want the white fills to be transparent, and the strokes to be white.

Is there any way I can do this without:

copying and pasting into InDesign [harder to manage and update]
or adding the background color to the Illustrator file [want the flexibility to change the color or use different colors]
or using pathfinder and changing the fill to none and strokes to
white in Illustrator? [maybe the best option, but will be time-consuming]

Using multiply blending mode in InDesign, I can get black lines with the background showing through fine, but I need the lines white. I don't mind changing the colors of the Illustrator line drawings.


texts: How to transfer a logo from InDesign to Illustrator?

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I need to save a logo as an SVG file and asked the designer who made the logo for the vector graphics so I can save it myself, since he didn't know what a SVG is.

I was expecting a Illustrator file, since it isn't a "just text" logo instead I got a indd file. I can copy the text, but can't copy the symbols (colored with gradients) to Illustrator.

I'm at a loss how to transfer the logo with all it's elements into Illustrator without losing the vectors..

Is it common to creat entire logos inkluding symbols in InDesign?

Thanks for your help and input :)


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everybody.

I need tips on a new logo I'm making for a social martial arts project.

I'm not a designer, so could you give me tips on how I can make it look better? I'm going for a flat design. I'm not sure the kicking kid fits well, as this is a social project for kids on slums. Thanks in advance!

edit: Thank you, guys, for all the feedback. :) My main concern here is that maybe the colors will not always work good depending on the background the logo will be on, so maybe I should have a background on it? I wanted to make it white, but then it'd disappear on a white background. Also, shouldn't I try to put more colors on it? On a side note, I think the logo is too big to the side, but that can't be helped, I guess.


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I have a group of paths and a rectangle like so:

I am trying to cut a hole in the rectangle using the group of paths, I have managed to do this in Photoshop just fine but I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to illustrator. Something like this:

Any help would be appreciated, step by step instructions would be even better!


texts: Simplest way to create a product box image

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Would like to present our products as pictures of 3D product boxes like this:

I think Adobe Illustrator with the persepctive tool could to it, but I wondered if there is maybe something even simpler. Am a programmer with amateurish graphic skills.


texts: Changing the color of Certification Logos to match the theme colors of my website

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I have a graphic designer building me a website and I want 3 certification logos included in my credentials.

She wants to change the color of logos to a light green (to match color scheme of my logo), but I'm not sure this is allowed.

Isn't the color of a business logo trademarked or copyrighted as well?


texts: How to work out font-size setting by counting pixels?

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I have an image of a proposed website.

How do I work out what px font-size value to set text to by counting pixels?

E.g. I have font-size: 14px, (in Arial) but counting from the top of an "L" and down the tail of a "p" I count 10 pixels on the "L", with an extra 3 on the tail of the "p". Which obviously doesn't give me 14.

Is there a way to workout the font-size value by counting pixels reliably?


texts: I am trying to transform a rectangular shape to a trapezium as shown in the image below. In the Inkscape transform menu, there is an option to use a 2x3 matrix. However, that does not allow "3d" transformations. I think I read somewhere that the SVG specification supports larger matrices, but I cannot find much information about it. So my question is: how do you do this in Inkscape?


texts: Generating the "drawing commands" from ASSdraw3 using other vector programs

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m -36 -35 b -31 -23 -32 -13 -17 -11 b -15 -1 1 -6 -4 -15 b 9 -11 7 -7 4 4 b 11 -12 12 -9 21 1 b 24 -9 11 -20 28 -22 b 28 -17 32 -15 44 -17 b 35 -7 35 -1 40 5 b 29 8 24 12 19 24 b 9 16 1 18 -8 19 b -8 19 -8 19 -10 27 b -15 18 -21 17 -46 25 b -32 13 -36 9 -56 18 b -42 1 -45 -3 -60 -2 b -47 -12 -48 -16 -54 -20 b -47 -23 -47 -26 -43 -30 b -39 -25 -31 -21 -28 -3 b -24 -21 -23 -26 -4 -41 b -10 -29 7 -27 10 -39 b 16 -28 26 -23 15 -16

The program assdraw, allows you to create vector graphics for the purpose of adding them to aegisub to include as pseudo 'image overlays' in the creation of your subfile.
The program is fairly limiting though.

I was wondering if there were other programs that can generate the strings of information like the above, or that could be converted to do so. Reading the manual there doesn't seem to be a way to import outside images to use as anything other than tracing references.

I couldn't find information on whether the relationship between aegisub and assdraw was open or one way. In other words is assdraw the only program allowed to generate vector overlays for aegisub, for use in aegisub's {\p1}{\p0} tags?

I feel like I"m missing something here as I have only been able to output singular colour simple objects from assdraw...which become treated like text when they get into aegisub so you have limited options on adding shadows/borders/fades/transforms and 4 things that can be coloured etc.


texts: Aligning an object freely along a guide in Illustrator

texts: I have a quick question regarding aligning objects to paths/other objects. Essentially, I have a rounded rectangle with max rounding so that a circle could perfectly fit at either ends. Consequently, that's exactly what I'm trying to do. After trying several methods to no avail, it came to my attention that maybe I could create a path or guide, and lock an object, like a circle, and slide it along that path. So my question is, does this feature exist, and if not, are there other options that could help me achieve a similar effect?


texts: Best techniques for digitizing artwork using a tablet

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I need help or rather to be pointed in the right direction please.
Take a look at the artwork:

On the left you see my "on paper" art. On the right is my attempt to do the same thing on the digital tablet. No matter what I can't seem to find the right technique to do it.

If I try Vector lines - it comes out to comic book-like. Drawing it with my hand on the tablet ends up being child-like drawing. I layer-over tracing and drawing from scratch and results are unacceptable.
Can you see the difference ?

My question is do you think it's simply because I"m new to using a digital tablet and my hand isn't used to it or am I missing some technique in Photoshop or Illustrator that would let me possibly perfectly re-trace or re-draw my graphics? Any technical tips on how I can make my Tablet created graphics looks like the stuff I create on paper would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Is there an affordable alternative Uncoated CMYK guide to Pantone's colour formula books?

texts: Looking for a reliable CMYK uncoated colour guide book. Pantone is a little expensive (especially for design graduates), in my opinion. Is there an alternative with ICC profile and stock details specified?


texts: How to differentiate 24 Bit PNG and 32 Bit PNG file?

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When image is encoded in PNG format, it can be encoded either in 24 bit format (rgb) or in 32 bit format (argb). Both the files appear as .png files. Then how it is possible to differentiate these two types of png files?

To make it more clear, If I am downloading PNG image files from internet how can check in which format it is encoded.

OS: Windows 8


texts: What elements should be on an iPhone app's splash screen?

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I am currently developping an official iPhone app for a football club.

Well, the development is nearly finished and I now have to worry about details, like the splashscreen.

One solution would be to have a splashscreen showing the empty interface of the home page (waiting for data loading). Convenient but not very sexy isn't it ?

One other solution would be to create a full screen picture with the official background color of the club, with a big logo, etc...
And this "etc..." is precisely my problem.

What else to add on this screen while keeping a balance between sobriety and vacuum ?

Thanks for any advice ;)


texts: Should I scale an image first, or index it?

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I have an image, it's the Backtrack_5_PitchBlack.jpg found at http://www.backtrack-linux.org/screenshots/, and I'd like to get it down to 640*480 for a Grub4DOS splash screen.
Unfortunately, this also means I need to index it to 14 colors (or less) and save it as an XPM image.

I get that I can crop the whitespace around the edges (so as to avoid needing to scale the image unevenly,) but will I get better results doing the indexing before, or after the scaling?

To summarize:
I need to -

Crop the image from 16:10 to 4:3
Scale the image so that it's 480px high
index the image to 14 colors

I'm using GIMP, what's the best order of operations here? I'm most likely going to use the Floyd-Steinburg (normal) dithering, but I also need to know what the best Scaling algorithm for this is. I'd prefer to have it look as if it were vectored straight into that size - edges as smooth as possible.


texts: What does "Uniform Type" mean in Adobe Illustrator (cmd-shift-X)?

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Today I was updating my Adobe Illustrator keyboard shortcuts under Edit › Keyboard Shortcuts.
Under Menu Commands › Other Text, there is a shortcut for Uniform Type (shift + command + X).
Does anyone know what this is?
In most cases, Adobe seems to consider a command to be relatively important if there is a shortcut assigned to it.
I have searched extensively online and cannot find out what Uniform Type means.


texts: In gimp : how to save the different layers of a design in separate files/images?

texts: I wonder if there's a way in gimp to make the different layers of a design into separate image files without having to save the image each time. I hope this is clear. I use layers also as variations on the theme and for my latest projects i d like to put all those variations  individually in a new context.


texts: How instanciate a smart object in multiple other smarts objects?

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I'me a beginner in Photoshop CC and I just discovered the powerful smart objects.

I try to organize my document with smart objects with this architecture :

C is my main document, and A and B are smart objects.

But I can't place a A instance in B like the A instance in C. When I try to do this, Photoshop duplicates the A like this :

Why does Photoshop act like that ? How can I avoid this side effect ?

Thank you for your help !


texts: How to make different letters same height in Photoshop CC

texts: Looking to find a way to make rounded letters and straight letters same height in Photoshop CC without manually doing so letter by letter. I'm looking for a quickest solution in PS.


texts: What is the name of this type of photos where all the characters are shown?


texts: Effectively creating this effect in Illustrator?

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Been lurking awhile but this is my first post.

I've always wondered what this effect is called and I'm almost certain there's an easier way to doing it than how I do it. I'm talking about the "empty" stroke around overlapping parts of icons.

In this case I would put a stroke that's the color of the background around the first character. I know this is bad practice for many reasons, but I haven't found a way to use the pathfinder to do this.

I'm looking for a way to do it that would effectively cut away the shapes smoothly in a X amount of pixels around a certain shape instead of covering it up so I can save the icon and use it over whatever colored background I want to.

I'm guessing I'm not the first person to ask this but I have no earthly clue how this effect is called so my research has returned nothing relevant.


texts: How can I hide the ring under certain diacritic characters in an Arabic fonts?

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I'm looking for this ring in font forge to remove it or modify it but can't find it. Here is an example of these rings.

They are supposed to read like this:

However, I merged the two fonts above to yield the following result:

I'd like to pick specific diacritics to replace, but I do not know how.


texts: How to prepare vector halftones for print

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I have layout with images processed and saved with vector ink halftones, but have no idea of angles used for color plates:

Does anyone have idea how to process these images so I could print them in offset without moire? Already tried stochastic method, but it didn't help, it's still easy to see moire.


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I have an app that connects to a server (a computer) over bluetooth. Once the connection is made, there are chances that the connection drops (because the user can physically switch of bluetooth) so I have a mechanism to "ping" and check if the server is up and running.I want users to manually be able to ping a server.
Because "ping" is somewhat a technical term, how do I represent it graphically ?
One approach that I found with quick googling was to show a doorbell with a hand, something like this :

(image via iconfinder.com)
This is an Android app and the icon will appear as an action button.


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Some time ago I had drawn attention to the font MS Mincho, namely
its Latin set. Same (or very close) Latin set is used also in SimSun font and some others with asian titles.

I have to say, I'm really astonished by the quality of letters and overall stroke balance. Especially I want to emphasize that I notice outstanding legibility of this font.
There is a monospaced version - Mincho, and a normal (proportional) version  - PMincho.

Here are examples:

I personally find particular letters of Mincho (first line in the image)
are better crafted than in PMincho, such as e.g. bowls in "p", more prominent "r" and "i".
So in PMincho some of them became worse, namely "i" is
too narrow, and in general -- a bit too dense by default.
So, yes I am criticising PMincho for having some drawbacks.
(Please note that I am not talking about monospaced vs proportional,
but rather features of some letters. In the image, I have adjusted spacing of Mincho manually to make the comparison)

I became really curious, because this typeface seems to provide better
readability than any others I have seen before, particularly some features
of Mincho's letters, like I said.

It would be really interesting to know:

who is the designer of MS Mincho (Latin set)? Any sources, historical notes?
is this letter design (Mincho Latin) very original or derived from some very close brother?
if there are other types very close to Mincho, please make examples.
Namely exactly as Mincho, only with few letters adjusted (Mm, Ww).

Probably there is even a separate term for this typeface group?
I know that it is classic/roman group, but try googling "classic roman"!
One fairly similar font on my computer is Times New Roman, but with other stroke style and width.


texts: Illustrator: save all open files as SVG with identical filenames

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Is there a way to save all open files as SVG with some SVG options set with the same name as the Ai file?

Ex: I have fileA.ai, fileB.ai and fileC.ai open. I want to save all of these as SVG with CSS properties set to Presentation Attributes and they should have the same name as the Ai file. fileA.svg, fileB.svg and fileC.svg


texts: How to make sharp corners on a line in Adobe Illustrator?

texts:
I am making a logo with Illustrator.

I made an outline with the default stroke - no fill black stroke. But, the corners have a square end cap.

How do I make the end caps sharp so they are a point?


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I am preparing to print a book and need to select dimensions for the paper and the the top and side margins.

I have seen this article about page construction, which describes various antique methods, but I am not sure if any of the ratios would suite a novel.

What variables should I consider when selecting these measurements? Are there any industry standard measurements or any common ratios to use as a guideline?


texts: I'm supposed to have a result like the picture on the left when I click minus front but all I'm getting is like the picture on the right. Help is very much appreciated.


texts: Importing word document with column breaks into indesign with page breaks

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I am trying to make subtitles using indesign for use in premiere pro. I have written out all the subtitles I want in word with column breaks separating the lines and I want to import this into indesign so each text set appears on a new page - as seen in this video: https://vimeo.com/80445034

At the moment I am getting one page with the first subtitle in view and the rest of the subtitles are in the text box but can only be seen by deleting the column breaks.

How do you get indesign to recognise column breaks as page breaks and make multiple pages?


texts: Remove the window curtains from a photo, but save the glasses - how to do it in GIMP

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I have a PNG image:

I want to remove only the window curtains from the above image using only GIMP. I tried to remove the curtains, but along with curtains I also lost the glasses.

How to keep the glasses when removing the curtains? My software is GIMP for Win. Is there any plugins to do this?


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What's a good way to represent "My" or ownership in a logo? Specifically own ideas.
[Edit:] The logo is for a web app called Mypothesis, it's for people to put their own personal theories out there, it's meant to be scientific in context.
[Edit 2:] The reason why I want to represent "My" is because it's what separates Mypothesis from hypothesis.


texts: Can I center a paragraph having the narrow-width text at the top rather than the bottom?

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Traditional centering looks like this:

Lorem ipsum dolor
    sit amet

I'd like subheadings to be "upside down" or narrow at the top:

 Lorem ipsum
dolor sit amet

I'd like to avoid placing a forced line break to make this happen.  Is there a way in InDesign CS5 to put the "remainder" text at the top of the paragraph rather than at the bottom?

Edit: I could have jury-rigged around this problem if CS5 would indent the first line on both the left and the right... but it doesn't.


texts: How do I make Illustrator export for screens at <0.5x?

texts: Does anyone have a method by which I can export in Illustrator at <0.5x? It seems -- unlike Photoshop -- if I attempt to export @0.33x, say, Illustrator automatically and infuriatingly brings the export target to @0.5x.


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I've come to find a love for UI design, and I really do enjoy it more than most other aspects of the Graphic Design field. But an issue I have encountered is designing for responsiveness.

I know the old standard used to be to use the 960 grid system, but I feel as if this is not nearly as applicable today due to the requirements that go into responsive design.

Is there a standard when it comes to responsive and adaptive design, or do you simply design for separate sizes individually, without any standard adaptation?


texts: GIMP: Why does "Channel to Selection" give such bright values?

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As shown below, an extracted channel (here blue) gives a brighter result when using the "Channel to Selection" from the context menu in the Channels panel and creating a mask from that selection compared to using Colors>Components>Decompose or Color>Components>Extract Component (which both give the correct result):
Original:

Colors > Components > Extract Component > RGB Blue:

Versus:
Channel to Selection:

Is this intended and what is the reason?


texts: Why can't I use smoothing with the pencil tool?

texts:
I can't use smoothing with the pencil tool. When I try to use it, it returns an error message stroke smoothness. Adobe flash CC.

Here is a screenshot of the problem.


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I'm really new using illustrator (to be honnest, it's only been two days).
When I try to open eps files, there is a big blank border appearing around the image I've opened. I really don't know if it's normal but is there a way to open them without that blank page behind my image ?

I thought it would be fine when saving (in .svg format) but no, the svg file contains these borders.

My final aim is to create a script to convert eps files into svg because I've a lot of them to convert.

Thanks in advance !


texts: I'm writing a little javascript application in which users need to be able to choose an image from an "image library" and then choose the color of said image.  There will be a massive number of images and a massive number of colors, and I would really love if I did not have to make each color of each image.  Instead, I was hoping to be able to take a png and swap the transparent and visible elements, so that I can just put a solid block of color behind it to change the color.  Does anybody know of a good way to quickly do this (I have adobe design premium 5.5)?  Thanks in advance!


texts: Importing Illustrator file to Photoshop: cut lines between shapes are visible

texts:
So I've created a vector logo in Illustrator

Now, if I drag this image into Photoshop, automatically, the edges of the design (where I've used the Patherfinder tool, Divide) can be seen;

How do I fix this or avoid this, when using the Divide tool in Illustrator?


texts: How to add points to an approximated spline in xfig?

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I want to add points to an approximated spline in Xfig (Anyone familiar with Xfig?). However, no matter where I click, I don't seem to be able to do that. I'm able to add points using the "add points" function, to other objects.

Is this possible?


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This seems like something that should be easy to do... but I'm stuck, today, needing to use Illustrator. And desperately want to turn off ALL hyphenation.

How do I do this? There's no switch, seemingly, to do it.

And I don't fancy entering the entire dictionary into the exceptions panel in preferences.


texts:
When i send an image on linked through message, it gets distorted
I have attached a screenshot. I have tried changing the size of it but it still distorts


texts:
I'm a multimedia designer and my personal brand is turning 20 years.

I wanted to make a facelift to my current logo by dropping the word 'multimedia' and changing the brand color. I switched the font from Century Gothic to Avenir Book. I believe this font brings more harmony to the composition. Since I'm from Argentina, the brand color is now tied to the colors of our flag.

I would be glad to read your thoughts and feedback:

Are proportions and kerning correctly applied?
Do you think the brand color change is a smart move?

Other comments will also be welcome.


texts: Is it legally ok to show concepts for existing companies?

texts: I sometimes do rebranding exercises for companies that already exist (eg. a new design for their website, a new logo, etc) but they're uncommissioned and done without asking for permission. Is it okay for me to show these rebranding concepts online or would there be copyright issues? I make no money from it.


texts: Exporting groups of layers from a PSD to a single PNG file using Photoshop

texts: What is the fastest way by which I can save a group of layers as a single .png file with empty spaces around the group of layers trimmed. I know I can run a script to export every single layer to a .png file, but can I set it to extract only selected layers and save them in one .png file?


texts: mimic scanner noise with a painting tool

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I have a high-res scanned image that I want to edit and then reprint. The scans have a certain level of noise that I'd like to mimic in my edits so that the editing is not obvious. I'm using GIMP.
As an example, I'd like to paint over the white and yellow component on the left with a blue that matches the color and noise of the blue on the right:

Ideally I could do this with some kind of painting or brush tool (i.e. click and drag) so that these kinds of changes, of which I have to make many, could be done quickly. However, I couldn't find a setting or dynamic for the pencil or paintbrush or airbrush that reproduced this noise.
Another strategy I've tried is to apply a sample average blue uniformly within a selection of the part I want to paint over, and then try to apply the noise as a second step. And possibly mend the boundaries afterward as well. This is as close as I've gotten with an RGB noise followed by a gaussian blur (edited selection is on left side):

This strategy is less appealing since I have to work with selections and two filters rather than a more flexible, quicker brush-style approach. Is there a way I can use a brush approach for this? Or another, better way than what I'm doing here?


texts: Almost Avant Garde Bold - but not quite (Boards of Canada: Tomorrow's Harvest cover)

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I'm listening to the new song by Boards of Canada, and looking at the fine artwork.
–Avant Garde, that's a nice one, I think to myself.

But when I try it out on the poster I'm working on I notice a slight difference from the cover artwork

The M and W has got an even thickness as opposed to the traditional Avant Garde.
Anyone know if this is an alteration done by the graphic designer or if there is a font like this?

Thanks!


texts: Sketch (45) > 2 symbols with different height, in artboard not adjusting height

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Currently I'm working on a large project with many symbols. When I switch between symbols in the artboard they won't adjust the height of the selected symbol.

Example:

I have 2 symbols:

Symbol A) is 100 x 40 pixels
Symbol B) is 100 x 100 pixels

I added symbol A to the artboard, so it's a symbol of 100 x 40 pixels.
I change symbol A into symbol B via the dropdown option (right panel). Symbol B is being displayed but is still 100 x 40 pixels (instead of 100 x 100).

How can I auto adjust symbols to their native height or width when switching between them?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Should font choices for body text and headlines relate to the font used in the logotype?

texts: Should designers base their font choices for body text and headlines on the typeface used in the logotype (if used) to achieve brand consistency?


texts: Are Illustrator 3D effects not calculating accurate values to construct with

texts:
I'm having an interesting issue I recently encountered when dealing with Illustrator 3D effects. I'm trying to explain this issue with a more simple example than it actually was.

I have two isometric left 3D cubes which I already have expanded to their appearance. Let's say these two cubes are two table legs of a desk. They are perfectly isometric left aligned to each other, but I don't know their distance.

Now I want to add the missing tabletop. I don't know how long the length of the tabletop should be so I thought I need to get the distance of those two anchor-points:

So I checked transform, got x, y coordinates of both anchors and calculated the distance with an online calculator.

Let's assume the distance between these two points is 240pt. I created a line to doublecheck this and it fitted perfectly from one anchor to the other.

So I created a 2D shape with the exact width of 240pt, applied the same 3D effect as on the cubes, but it turned out: The tabletop was too short. I thought it must have to do with me mixing up some numbers, but I did it again and it did not work.

I wanted to make sure that the way I do the calculation is correct, so I did the exact same thing in Cinema 4D, and it worked.
Is Illustrator not actually calculating with proper values? Is it behaving differently when it comes to coordinates and 3D?


texts: How do I update a custom gradient preset that I've made?

texts:
I have a PSD that uses the same gradient about 20 times.

Can I update that one gradient so that all 20 instance are updated as well?


texts: What are general practices in handing over usage rights to the client?

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When a graphic designer creates work for a client, in many jurisdictions, the designer keeps some rights to the work by default. This means that when e.g. designing a logo, the designer can sometimes claim license and usage fees - often more if the work is used in large circulations - long after the project has ended.

This default case can often be overridden by written agreements.

What are some real-world practices to deal with this? I realize this will differ strongly between countries, but I would like to know nevertheless how this is dealt with, and learning how it's done elsewhere doesn't hurt. I myself am in the "give up everything" camp: When a project is finished, if asked, I will sign a document waiving all usage rights without any further payment. Out of the belief that further claims aren't legitimate if you've been paid well for your work, just as a carpenter can't make claims to something they've built for a client.

But there are other practices, and scenarios in which keeping usage rights, and long-term licensing agreements may be perfectly justified. What are some general ways this is dealt with?

(Again, a disclaimer: I am asking out of curiosity; and because I think this is in some way relevant to many graphic designers. Whether this is in the site's scope or not, the community will have to decide!)


texts: Need advice on reducing icon size without loss in detail

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Possible Duplicate:
  How to resize icon sets in Photoshop?

I'm redesigning the icon for my Android application.

I designed it at 512x512 and then rescaled it to 96x96 and 32x32. However, it looks extremely ugly at that size. I'm using a vector of an airplane as a part of my icon and it gets all blurred on shrinking. Finer details like gradients and shadows are nearly lost.

I noticed many other icons on the Android market which have lots of detail at 32x32. What should I do to make my icon look good at low resolutions?

Thanks

Note: I made the vector of the airplane by tracing a plane with the pen tool in Photoshop, then using software called VectorMagic to make it a vector in pdf format. I then opened the vector in PS and used it in my icon. Am I using vectors incorrectly?


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I would like to buy a second-hand version of Photoshop as I am not ready for the $700 investment yet.

Is it possible? If it is, what is the process and were would be a safe place to buy a used version of Photoshop? I am looking for CS3 or CS4.


texts: Problem with InDesign paragraph numbering

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I realize this post may not be perfect for this SE forum, but seeing that it's a graphics editor I'm having problems with I'm thinking that maybe the right eyes will get to see it.

I'm having big problems with paragraph numbering in my InDesign document. I got handed the document by a colleague and found that all paragraph numbering was static text, which as you may know will make working with the document while keeping numbering updated very tedious..

So I started creating appropriate paragraph numbering styles and began converting. However, to my despair I see that on some pages the paragraph numbering isn't affected by the chapter numbering. So that the first paragraph in chapter 5 is numbered as paragraph 4.2.8, continuing the numbering from chapter 4....

Here's an illustration of the problem:

Does anyone please have any tips of what I could check to try and remove this error?


texts:
How can I do a better job next time I draw this gummy bear? I am going for photo realism.

Tools: photoshop (the latest version), Wacom Cintiq 22HD

My process was:

beginning with a box to understand the orientation of the bear
using cones and spheres and other basic shapes to make the form more specific
beginning with a base red
adding shadows by playing with saturation
coloring over everything a few times with a 30% opacity very saturated red
using the eraser tool to create the translucent areas of the gummy
adding highlights


texts: Reducing size of TIFF file without losing quality

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I have four TIFF images each ~20Mb (around 75000px by 45000 px). I want to import all four in Illustrator, color them in CMYK (weird that Illustrator shows they are around 800px by 500px) then press on transparency, Multiply.

However, the file size given by Illustrator is 1.7GB and I cannot print them because Illustrator keeps crashing.

Any idea how I can reduce the TIFF files so I can do things in Illustrator and print without crashing? Maybe there is another technique?


texts: How to export layers as files in InDesign

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I have a one-page document with approximately 150 different layers, each containing an individual set of user credentials. I'm now looking to print 150 copies of this document, one with each set of user credentials on it to send out to 150 different users.

Is there an easy way of automating this process or should I just get started doing 150 manual export operations toggling a new layer each time? The layers are named with the name of the users so there is no numbering or such available for scripting a loop based on layer name. It doesn't matter if I end up with 150 different files or one with 150 pages.


texts: Copy Paste multiple Illustrator layers into Photoshop for individual editing?

texts: I have a world map in Illustrator with a layer for each individual country. I want to copy and paste all layers into photoshop so that I can edit the colour blend for each individual country. I do not want to copy and paste 200 times to get 200 shape layers. Can I copy then another way so i can edit each country individually?


texts: How do i enable lines that snap and align my objects in photoshop

texts: Hey how do i enable lines that snap and align my objects in photoshop? I had this before but now its gone, it really helped me with aligning as the object would snap to the right place when i moved it.


texts: Quickly correct mismatched tone or color between stitched and merged layers in PS?

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Imagine you have a panorama photo, stitched together from multiple pics, and it's already been merged into one JPEG. Each pic had a slightly different brightness/color/tone. So you can see obvious lines between the stitched images where the colors don't match.

Is there a way to correct this semi-automatically, in any version of photoshop? Other programs welcome too.

This pic might illustrate it better. The quarter itself is ok, but the white area to the right, the black area near the bottom, and the wood platform at the bottom right all feature these rectangular mismatched color areas.

Am I stuck selecting each rectangular area manually and then lightening/darkening it by eye?


texts: Shape wont change colour in After Effect

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I'm having this weird problem.

When selecting a colour it doesn't change , goes back to yellow.

All layers are unlocked, is there something I'm missing out ?

Here is an example :


texts: How do I create glitched line effect in phohotshop?

texts:
I've come across an artist by the name of Staines on Instagram and I was hoping you guys could shed some light on how to achieve this effect. I've link an example of the effect here.
Thank you!


texts: Is it possible to use only Open Source Software for industry level graphic design?

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I know there are some questions similar to this, like this from 2012 and this from 2011, but I think maybe something has changed in this 4 years, since software develop so quick now.

Is it possible to use only open-source tools to produce professional level graphic artwork (digital and printed) Has anyone actually done it? If not, where are the current gaps for each one of these?


texts: Convert high resolution images into PDFs for print

texts: How does one create a single pdf file of several high resolution images to send to printer (For free)? I have been using Canva's very simple process just for this but it sometimes overlaps images during the downloading process.


texts: In Photoshop, can you transform a folder in order to transform all layers in it?

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I have a "template" Photoshop file where I need to import many pictures into it and transform (specifically need to skew them) a certain way. Is it possible to somehow transform a layer folder so that whatever images I put into the folder will automatically be skewed? I tried this and when selecting the folder to transform the result is that it instead transformed the image inside the folder.

Is Actions the only way to accomplish this?


texts: How to add padding to Illustrator document

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I have an 11x17 poster that

Will have 3/16 white border (because the printer can't print to the edge)
needs 3/16 padding from edge for all objects

I don't want to print it on 12x18 and cut it so right now I have it set up as a 10.625x16.625 with all-around 0.1875 bleed and I also want to have a line showing 0.1875 padding (or at least in the web world we call it padding).

What's the name designer's use for the space between the printed edge and the objects inside (css calls it padding)?
Should I just add that with four guides? Or is there something part of document setup (like bleed and slug) that will give me a preset border / guide?

I don't yet think like a designer so I'm probably thinking about the problem in a weird way, but I've got all of about 10 hours of illustrator use under my belt so be kind.


texts: What exactly are Google's '500' color swatches?

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I've been reading up on Google's Material Design, and as I'm reading up on Style, they keep mentioning primary 500 colors (as well as any other number ranging from 50, which is almost white, to 900), but what does this mean?

I'd love to try my hand at creating my own "Material inspired" color swatches, but as the naming of their colors confuse me, I'm not quite sure where to start. I tried googling for an answer (which somehow feels a bit ironic), but so far I havent found much conclusive answers. If I had to guess, it seems like it has something to do with the color's wavelength?

There's also mention of A100 to A700 colors...


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What is a good (preferably free) source(s) for learning photoshop? I would prefer a source you actually used to learn Photoshop basics from ground zero.

I want to use Photoshop mainly for web design, logo design, and other software design purposes.


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I'm trying to rescale a map based on a log scale (so the first inch is about a mile, the second inch is two miles, the third is four miles, etc.). To complicate things, I would like this to be radial, starting from a point in the center. (Basically, I'm trying to show detail close to the center while covering a larger area in less detail with a smooth transition between them.)

I should note that I plan on starting with a very large image and scaling down.