texts: Is it possible to create a high quality watercolor effect in illustrator?

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I am looking to create a high quality watercolor effect in illustrator. My question essentially is: Is this created by scans and then tracing it? If so, what kind of tracing options would you use for that?

Something like this:

I'd like to note that this is not my image, I did not create this.

When I downloaded the illustrator file and opened it, I wasn't expecting the background to be vector, because it looks so real. Inspecting it closer I found that it had a lot of points and was very detailed.

Is this created by using brushes? If so, what kind of brushes should I look for?
All the ones I tried so far looked really fake and didn't have the speckling effect this one has, and I did not achieve a look as detailed as the one mentioned. I also tried making a real watercolor and scanning + tracing it but that leaves me with blotches of color, not the detailed points and specks in the given example.


texts: How can we download Google Material Design Color Palettes?

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I've seen many users in YouTube tutorials that use Google's color palettes (see link below) for design in Illustrator. I searched similar things in Google search but found old links that don't have any download link now. Can it be that Google removed those links? Is there any other resource to download the color palette for Photoshop and Illustrator?

https://www.materialui.co/colors


texts: What do I need to reset to get clone and heal to not be prohibited?

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I just downloaded Gimp, opened a few photos, and clone, heal, and perspective clone are prohibited (the little "no" circle). All other tools work. I read that I need to make sure two things are unlocked, but I can't find how to find out where they are, and the supposed answer I found had opened layers and brushes, but my layers tab doesn't have brushes.

Could someone please tell me what tab, option, etc to click to reset it appropriately?


texts: Does the position of a product according to this type of composition affect something?

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Many times, when I design, the end result is such that top part of design is bright and bottom is dark or the opposite. And usually (sometimes not possible) I end up placing copy in 1 part and the product in other part (not deliberately, but it just happens or sometimes it is required). Here's a rough layout for the same:

Does keeping the dark area in the bottom makes any special or significant difference? Or does it signify something special? Some emotion/feeling/characteristic/behavior of a design?
Bonus query: I know that placing product in bottom right corner is often advised. But still I want to know if placing the product at top and copy at bottom OR product at bottom and copy at top (irrespective of above mentioned dark/bright concept) makes some difference?


texts: What colour system to use for print AND web publications?

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Everyone loves a color best practise conversation so here goes:

When I lay up publications in inDesign that will go both onto web and print I do so in CMYK (cos I love print). Then let inDesign colour correct to RGB for web versions.

Now I have a client that are super protective of colours. Is this still the best way, as the RGB colours may vary slightly from style guide? I don't particularly want to have to create multiple document variations.

I have created a .ase swatch library for both web and print (and pantone) with correct values, but this starts to get super confusing.

I am also unsure what colour is best to display in style guide. The CMYK if it's going to be printed?

Lots of questions, just some advice on best practise as I come from a print background not web. Thanks!

Jack


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I know this question might seem a bit too silly but I've been trying to do this for an hour.

As you can see in the image, I attempted to cut the area shown in red lines (which are diagonal) and fill it with white so only the bottom part with the green lines are seen. I:

  1: Tried the crop tool and making a preset (but the area was rectangular and there was no option for diagonal or straight areas.

  2: Tried shaping the eraser to a diagonal line which resulted in imperfect cuts.

  3:Tried to paint the whole place but failed.

So is there a way for me to perfectly crop the image so that the only visible part is the bottom?


texts: Where do I get a website logo if I can not describe it to a designer?

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I need a logo for my website, and every designer wants me to participate and tell them what I want.

While I know basic concepts like sans and serif fonts, I can not visualize how it has to look like - if it was possible, I could draw it myself with some quality, but there are too many options.

Can you recommend anything?


texts: Does anyone know which font is this? It's used in lumber jack style in wordswag.


texts: How to Add Top Adjustment Layer to All Images in Photoshop?

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I've got a dozen layers or so in my .psd and I am trying to Export Layers to Files..., However, when exported, I want the top adjustment layer to take effect on every image.

My layers look a little like this:

- adjustment_layer
- layer_3
- layer_2
- layer_1

Is there any way to do this? Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.


texts: What search terms can help me find "progressive reveal" campaigns?

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not sure what this is called. Tried a bit of googling but didn't find what I was looking for.
I'm designing a website on which we will be revealing a list item every week. The website is launching with "Item 1" already up, but I want to make it clear that there are other items coming/planned.

I want to look for some inspiration or design tips but I have no idea what to call that sort of layout and how to find info on it.
Is there a specific name for this sort of layout?

Thanks!


texts: How do I recognize rotogravure and on what kind of products would I be more likely to find it used?

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I'm collecting various printing process examples for my students but I am missing rotogravure. I believe I saw it once on a beer bottle but it got thrown away and I haven't found another example so far.

How would I recognize this process and on what type of products would I be more likely to find this used?

Ideally, something that is fairly easily accessible. Postal stamps?


texts: Is there a way to join an open path to a closed one?

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I'm trying to connect the anchor of an oppen path to a closed path, is this doable?
I would assume paths had the ability to fork.


texts: When should I use the Unicode punctuation space character in French written texts?

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I couldn't find any authoritative references about this which are available on public internet.

the code is 0x2008.


texts: color shift when duplicating layers in photoshop

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Duplicating layers within a single image shows a subtle colour shift.
Duplicates are  subtly warmer (Our image high key greyscale, both as Grey and RGB, same problem)
Makes no difference if smart objects or simple dup layers.
No difference if Rgb or  Gs.
Histogram shows Numbers are identical across all layers (except for very small .01 difference in standard deviation)
This visual difference is visible in print
Best solution at this stage - duplicate 2x and discard original
Both CC and CS6 same issue
No blending or transparency
Any other solutions to try? Or similar experience?


texts: Logo feedback and advice on learning Adobe Illustrator...

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I've only made a handful of logos in my life, so I'm interested in feedback.  Here are the ones that I've come up with so far: http://www.solarcoordinates.com/SHomeTour/logo.html

As for the final design, I'm assuming that you're pretty much all going to say to ditch Photoshop and go with Illustrator.  If so, how hard is Illustrator to use for someone that only knows Photoshop?  Would the glow on the Sun on the bottom logos be a problem for Illustrator, or is it still superior even for a logo like that?


texts: What are the differences between Helvetica and Arial?

texts: I've heard there are a number of slight differences between these two similar fonts, is one better than the other for different contexts?


texts: What are the best practices and techniques to fix rags?

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What would be the best practices to fix the rags on a left aligned text for print.
Besides breaking lines and hyphenations, should you use tracking, and if so how much.

Also, how would you judged a well ragged text?

I think that rag fixing, much like kerning, is one of those things that are really subjective that you get better with a lot of practice but also good critique but there must be some general guidelines to help you start.


texts: How do I create a bevel effect on a complex object in Inkscape?

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I would like to create a bevel effect in Inkscape. I am going for a very subtle bevel, that looks something like this one which was created in Photoshop:

First I tried the bevel filter in Inkscape, but there is very little control and most of the bevel types are unsophisticated. The closest one I could find to what I'm after was the "combined lighting" bevel filter. However, like all the bevel filters, it has no options to control the depth or width of the bevel, or to control the direction of the light source. The default light source comes from the top left, but I need it to be from almost directly above. This is what it looks like:

I can build a crude bevel manually by adding 4 shapes around the square I want to bevel, which, in a simple example looks something like this:

But this method is crude, as there is no subtle gradients at the corners, and in any case, it would be maddening to apply this method to a complex shape like this one:

So, how can I get a nice subtle bevel effect like the first image in Inkscape that I can save as an SVG?


texts: Preserve text layers when exporting to PSD in GIMP?

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I have a bunch of old xcf files on my computer I'd really like to export to PSD after moving my workstation over to all Adobe products.

However, I'm noticing that when I export my xcf files to PSD, the text layers get rasterized and become uneditable.

Is there a way to resolve this by changing settings or using a plugin, or am I just out of luck?


texts: Image trace tool in Adobe Illustrator is not working as it is intended to

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When I apply the image trace tool on the image it becomes complete white instead of becoming vector. Below are the before and after image result.

Before:

After


texts: How to wrap a label to scale around a cylinder using photoshop 3D tools

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I am trying to super impose a label design onto a jar label. But I'm tired of using the warp tool, and I need to make use of photoshops 3D tools.

The photo already has an existing white label in the picture, and my label design has a white background.

Once I have my design wrapped around a 3D cylinder to scale, I want to disable all texture effects, shadows, light effects, only leaving my 3D rendered label. I then want to be able to layer style Multiply the 3D rendered layer so the label black artwork appears perfectly over jar.

I use SketchUp a lot so I understand 3D a little, and know how to control the 3D plane, position, and objects.

What I can't seem to understand is how control the cylinder to scaling and disabling effects in Photoshop 3D mode.

So here is my jar with label.

So I then measured the label height and jar diameter and worked out the circumference.

Label Height: 35mm
Jar Diameter: 66mm (207mm Circumference)

I created this label artwork (66mm x 207mm) in a separate psd document and placed the artwork in my jar file as a smart object.

So I then go to...

Which then creates this clever wrap...

But I don't understand where the dimensions of the cylinder come from, my understanding was that it would use the layer dimensions to create a cylinder based of this.

The problem is if I scale the cylinder manually by pulling the object toggles, it just squishes my artwork...

So the questons I have...

How do I control the cylinder height and diameters using integers so my 3D object scale is exactly as my jar.
How to control the scale of cylinder when creating the mesh from layer.
How do I disable all my 3D effects (shadows, lighting, etc).

Thanks in advance for any tips.


texts: I have already tried many font-finding tools, but they do not seem to work. This font is not Menlo, nor is it Ubuntu 11(I tried looking that up).


texts: In script, get paragraph preceding current selection

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I've made a script that goes trough all tracked changes:

var allChanges =app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().changes.everyItem().getElements();
var nChanges = allChanges.length;

for (var i = nChanges-1; i >= 0; i--) {
    if (allChanges[i].changeType == ChangeTypes.INSERTED_TEXT) {
        /*Do stuff to inserted text*/
    } else if(allChanges[i].changeType == ChangeTypes.DELETED_TEXT) {
        /*Do stuff to deleted text*/
    }
    /*What I need help with would go here*/
}

Now I want to make a table of content of the articles wich contains modifications. For that I will need to change the paragraph style of the first preceding title (marked by paragraph style "Title") to "Title with changes".

I'm a complete new-be in the scripting world for indesign, but I have good javascript basics.

I think that the way to do this woudl be to go on a while loop selecting current paragraph (containing the modification) and check if it has "Title" style applied and if so, applie "Title with changes" style instead and end the loop. Else, if the current paragraph has "Title with changes" style applied, end the while loop. Else move one paragraph back and check the same condition untill.

I just dont know how to write the script itself or if it even is possible.

Thank you for your help!


texts: How do you manually input the rotation point in Inkscape?

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In Inkscape 1.0beta1 (32d4812, 2019-09-19) for macOS, the center of rotation can only (afaik) be set by dragging the crosshair.

I'd like to know how to manually input a specific location (coordinates) for the center of rotation to ensure that rotated objects end up in their intended location.


texts: Why do fonts appear blurry in Photoshop?

texts: I'm just getting used to Photoshop and I can't figure out why all my fonts look blurry.


texts: What file sizes and formats are most appropriate for enlarging and projecting an image onto a large wallspace for painting?

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I think my title question says it all. I have hand drawn some designs (A3) that will be projected onto a 9m X 7m brick wall. This design will be painted as a mural.

I'm concerned about the appropriate file size and format to use as I need to retain a clear image to work with.


texts: Removing a black background to create a transparent image

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There is a way of removing the background in Inkscape using Bezier curves. For my project, this will be a lengthy task.

I have a white logo on a black background, I wish to have a white image of the logo on a transparent background. Is there a way to trace the white image using colour. There are only solutions for this with a white background, not a black one.

If this is possible, could you describe the process using Inkscape?


texts: InDesign: How to prepare Print ready book file to reflowable ePub file?

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I have a print-ready InDesign book file with 200+ pages, with about 12 Paragraph Styles and it was not made keeping in mind that it will need to be used also as eBook (reflowable ePub). The cover file and all inside pages are on two separate InDesign files. It has lots of text and pictures almost on every page. I want to understand what should I do to be sure it will export ePub file properly?

The one thing I know is that all Paragraph Styles should be adjusted in Export Tagging section under Paragraph Style Options. I know that the Class name should be lowercase and with dashes if more that one word, but can I leave Tag section as Automatic? When should I split the document? Please see screenshot below.

In body text there are also parts with italic text, but they was applied manually and not with special Paragraph Style for it, does that mean I should make also a Paragraph Style only for these italic texts and go through all book to apply them?
Should cover file be included with inside pages document to export ePub correctly or I can provide cover only as image file to upload it on eBook stores?
Do I need to make any adjustments for every image inside the layout to look good?
I want to remain the style of TOC pages as it is made visually different than standard TOC list, do I need to remake it with generating new TOC or I can add only links to other pages to make it work?
Will it export as single pages or spreads?
What else I should keep in mind to prepare my book file for reflowable ePub export?

I will appreciate every answer! Thank you!


texts: Can't access layers in a Linked File (.eps) in Illustrator

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I downloaded an .eps from here.

I've tried File -> Place
Then I tried clicking Embeded

I have no idea how to access the layers. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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I have an SVG with gradients. Postprocessing it with GIMP 2.8 produced banding due to its rasterization which is only 8bit/channel. I downloaded Gimp 2.10, then set channel precision 16bit, imported directly from Inkscape as SVG, yet the banding was there as before. Then I installed Inkscape 1.0.1, exported as 16bit PNG, imported to Gimp 2.10. Gimp shows 16bit/channel, but the banding is still there.
Is there any accessible conversion tool which will create a true 16bit/channel raster image from SVG, including gradients? Preferably for Ubuntu.
EDIT: I attach an example. Instead of Color Curves, I use now another color filter, because it is easier to tell how it was parameterized. The effect is similar, though.
Firstly, I use Inkscape 1.0.1 to export https://svgshare.com/s/TQe as an RGB16 PNG to Gimp 2.10. Then I use the filter Brightness/contrast, where I change the contrast to 0.4. The effect:

Some of the subsequent values of the red component, tested with the color picker: 33.9, 38.9, 41.3, scale 0 ... 100. As seen, the accuracy is not even 8 bit.


texts: How to make text that round a picture like a circle?

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I want to make a logo. The content of the logo is a picture and a sentence which round a picture like a circle. I am using Inkscape (on Ubuntu). Which tools should I use?

If I can't do this on Inkscape, what software should I use?


texts: How to make a artboard / design space for a billboard c. 20m x 3m in Illustrator / Indesign

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I need to design graphics for a billboard in illustrator or indesign.

The billboard is also not square / rectangular, but rather custom polygon shape. The overall dimensions are around 20m x 3m.

I have a survey of the custom polygon shape in Vectorworks (CAD software) as a vector object that i can copy and paste to into Adobe Illustrator / InDesign.

But it always imports the shape at the wrong size.

I also tried to setup a custom document size in InDesign and re-draw the shape, but this did not work either as the largest document size InDesign seemed to allow was around 5m wide.

Any idea how i can get this large custom shape into Adobe Illustrator / InDesign ?

Ive thought of a work around where i just work in Illustrator / InDesign at 1:10th scale, but this seems like an un-nessacery work around, as lots of other people must have designed billboards before and I wondered how they do it ?

The billboard graphics itself are just going to be text and vector shapes, no images / gradients. I would like to work at 1:1 scale just so i can get an idea of the text / graphics size as im developing them.


texts: does viewing photos on monitors with different resolutions affect their print quality?

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Let's say I have a photo that is 1000 x 1000 pixels and I use two different monitors to visualize this photo, one with 1920 x 1080 pixels and the second with 640 x 480 pixels.
I assume that all pixels will be shown on the first monitor. But what happens to the photo in the second monitor? I read somewhere that the image is simply down-sampled. If I decide to print this photo (say 300ppi), does the quality of the print depend on which monitor I am currently viewing the photo?


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I am drawing rather complicated diagram in GIMP. There is number of curved lines. Is it possible to somehow get equation of stroked path? I am using that image in little program, where I need to check if point with with given X and Y coordinate is below, or above this curved line.

Image (stroked path is indicated with black arrows):

Is it possible to get equation of stroked path in GIMP?


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Can I get some feedback on my Portfolio site? I'm getting a little disheartened with my job search and I'm wondering if my portfolio site isn't communicating clearly. I have other, more professional work I did at my old job but they threatened to sue me for having rejected wireframes on my old portfolio (And no, I never signed an NDA) so my content is limited to work I've done for more friendly professional relationships (Two non-profits and a start-up), unfortunately.

How long have other UX Designers taken to get jobs? When should I start to worry? I'm at about 2.5 months and have been in the running at 2 companies.

www.aerayelleellekelsheimer.com


texts: Edge line between partially transparent shapes in Illustrator

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I need to create a series of shapes that have a gradient applied to only part of the shape (many of these shapes wrap around, so I can’t just put the gradient on part of it). To do this, I’ve cut the shapes, and put a gradient on the part that I want. This is fine, until some of the shapes need to have the opacity set to less than 100%. For whatever reason, a line shows up at the edge between the gradient part and the non-gradient part.

I’ve checked to see if there’s any overlap between the parts (since they have opacity set to 50% here, I thought maybe they were slightly overlapping,) but dividing the shapes further does nothing, so it seems there’s no overlap. Is this a glitch in Illustrator, or am I missing something?

The line is still there when I save the image as a jpg, png, etc.

I tried cutting the shapes by math a path on top of the shape and using "divide", and I also tried by using the scissor tool. Same edge either way.

Picture is below, the edge line is very faint but visible.


texts: What is the cleanest way to get rid of distractions in the a corner of my image?

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Take a look at my original:

My goal here is to get rid of the curb at the bottom right corner.
I tried doing a doing a transform -> warp but the results aren't great. Even though the image itself is not very clear, the transformed area looks very distorted.

What else can I do to get rid of the curb at the bottom right?


texts: How can i design 6x4 meter area in Adobe Illustrator?

texts: I have a 6x4 meter area. Adobe Illustrator doesn't support 6m Artboards. How can i design a 6x4 meter area in Adobe Illustrator?


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Is it possible to paint only inside a stroke on illustrator? what i actually want to do is paint the same stroke with different colors in diferent segments of it but i can't do it...

Also... I've seen some tutorials that include editing a gradient but that would be very complicated and so would be to make a new stroke over this one, I just hope theres an easyer way XD

Edit per comment:

thats cool but not really what im looking for, what i want is lets say my stroke has the shape of a burger i want part of i to be bread color and part of it to be meat color... not one stroke over the other... i want something like this, imagine the jelly worm is my stroke:


texts: How to delete a specific shape from an image without rasterizing the shape?

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I have the following image:

I want to cut the volume slider and acheive the following result:

Actually I made this a month ago. But now when I tried using the same method it is not working. I made two circles with shape tool then combined them and deleted the intersecting smaller circle. Now I have a ring. With this ring I combined a rectangle and then deleted the semicircle opaqued by the rectangle. Now I have semicircular ring shape which I used as a clipping mask over my music player image. Now when I use magic wand to select that semicircular ring -- so I could delete the selected pixels -- I get the following error:

  Could not use the magic wand because the target is a fill layer.

The workaround is to rasterize the semicircular ring, but then its curves don't remain smooth.

**Edit: ** As suggested in the answer I tried to invert the mask but remained unsuccessful. Pressing ctrl + i on the masked layer did nothing. Although there is an invert icon in the adjustment panel. After pressing this all the white colors in the photoshop window turned white. The layers snapshot after this is as:


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For a design assignment, I'm looking for a color that goes nicely with #a31366. The problem is that it's a kind of purple/pink that I've never worked with, so I am bummed out at finding what the best color is.

I know of Adobe Kuler, but the suggestions it comes up with based on #a31366 are not really what I'm looking for; they seem too childish.

What are the tools you use to create a nice color palette? Do you just look at the color swatch in (for example) Photoshop and choose a few that probably fit together? Do you use any tools (like Adobe Kuler)?


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As you can see I have rotated one of the symbols to face it upwards.

I want to apply the same effect to each symbol individually

Unfortunately, if I rotate it as a group, the symbols will look like this
(It changed their position)

So how do I rotate the symbols to face upwards without doing it individually and without changing their position? It's such a waste of time.


texts: Where to download Sketch’s version of the SF font?

texts: I’ve been using Sketch’s default iOS UI library, which uses Apple’s SF font. I already have a version of the SF font, but it doesn’t seem to be the same one Sketch defaults to. I’m sick of getting the missing-font notification. Does anyone know where to download the right version?


texts: InDesign GREP, Single Character Underlining

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I'm new to the concept of using GREP. I work on documents which contain Australian Indigenous terms which contain special characters, for example, Ayers Rock's Indigenous name is Uluru, whereby the r should always have an underline/underscore.

As there is no glyph for this for easily Find and Replace, is there a way to search just for the r and change it's Character style to one that has underlines defined?

As I'm currently struggling with GREP my first guess and Google around came up something like this:

(?<=^Ulu)\x{72}(?= (u)


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I am not 100% sure how to word this question being new (very novice getting to grips with the terms) to Adobe Illustrator so going to give it a shot - it might be a duplicate - as I don't know exactly what I am searching for.  Please be gentle.
I have traced an object (hard hat) and I have ended up with 2 paths.

This consists of the outer shell of the hat, and the inner top part of the hat.

The additional curve sticking out was to join some paths.  This needs to go.
Question(s)
How can I join the two paths and remove that outer curve to tidy this up?
Zooming in closely to the outer curve, you can see the anchor points from the 2 paths are close.

Can you join these anchor points from two different paths manually?
What I have tried
I have tried countless options from Path finder - but I just want to tidy the lines. My google efforts:
adobe illustrator merge anchor points different path
adobe illustrator merge anchor points
adobe illustrator combine shapes


texts: I'm trying to prepare a design in illustrator for print and I'm also going to cut it after printing so I'm adding a cut path around the design and in between the letters, but for some reason it's acting like the gradients on the design are also cut paths. I don't know if anyone knows what I'm talking about or has had this problem.


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I have Roland ColorCAMM PC-60.

I'd like to use this thing to cut vinyl. I've spent whole day searching for any free plotting software but the best I've come across was EasySIGN which has way more features I don't need (I use Illustrator to prepare data) for way higher price (I cannot afford).

Is there really nothing free I can use to just import EPS or SVG and hit Cut?

Thanks


texts: How do I stop strokes from increasing the measurements of an object?

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When I draw a box that's 4x2. The transform panel usually confirms this measurement by showing W:4 (width) and H:2 (height).
The new version adds the stroke measurement to this which makes it confusing. So if I have a 7pt thick stroke on a 4x2 box, it shows it as 4.0972x2.0972. All previous versions never added the stroke to the object size.
Can anyone tell me how to disable this feature? Or am I going to have to live with this?


texts: Photoshop - With Layer 'A' clicked in the Layers window, how do I make a selection for Layer 'B' from the canvas?

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Normally I would do these steps to achieve the image above:

Click 'A' from the Layers window.

Find 'B' from the Layers window, but not click it.

Cmd+Click 'B' from the Layers window to make a selection of ‘B’.

But once you accumulate 100+ layers, 2) & 3) becomes inconvenient because you have to relocate 'A' and click in the Layers window.
Is there a way to perform 3) straight from the Canvas with 'A' clicked in the Layers window?


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I'm working on a tile-based game, and I'd like to have diagonal lines for (32x32) tiles. The problem is, whenever you tile them, they look like this:

How do I make it seamlessly tile?


texts: How do I set a new SVG Path starting point?

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I'm animating an SVG using CSS and I need to edit the SVG to have a new starting point for the animation.

The path is relative.

How can I go about doing this in Inkscape?

Same issue but Illustrator

Same issue but never returned with solution


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I am a noob to photoshop, however I have been able to make this, I have a liking for minimalism :

More about the company:
Aims to help people by raising money
How can I improve this, make this perfect?
Thanks!


texts: How to export Animated SVG file from Adobe After Effects?

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I am working on a text animation in Adobe After Effects and I want to export my animation as an Animated SVG so that I can use it on my website and Mobile Apps.

Does anyone know how to do that?


texts: I have had this issue for quite a while, and have found no info to help me. Also, the issue doesn't always show up. What is happening is when I select something with the marquee tool, the selection doesn't start at the position I click. It's usually a few pixels off. It also does this with the ruler tool. I'll click at a point to start measuring and the ruler starts at a completely different spot. Really annoying! Anyone else have this problem and/or know a way to fix it. I'm using Photoshop CS4 btw. Thanks!


texts: How do I set up column grid/guides for a landscape document in InDesign?

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I'm relatively new to designing on a grid and was wondering if some more senior designers could share how they go about creating column guides to keep a visual consistency in their InDesign docs.

Specifically, I'm working on a landscape-oriented letter sized page with 0.5 in margins. If the gutter size matches the margins, there isn't room on the page for a 12 column system, but the design needs to accommodate both three column layouts and 4 column layouts. Does anyone have some insight into the best system to use?


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How to achieve this light effect/mask in Photoshop:

I tried different shading and masking but I'm not able to achieve the look and feel of this visual.


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I am developing the backend for a website. I always had the trouble of making an attractive design for my websites and have never hired any graphic designer yet. I have no logo nor web template.

What are the steps to hire a graphic designer? What information should I read about before hiring one in order to make most out of our time? Where should I find him? What questions should I ask him? How much do they charge and what qualifications should I look out for? Should I disclose my business ideas to the designer or could that be risky?


texts: can i reduce image file size in photoshop to under a specific size?

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I have to put up a 1mb image.

The image is currently at 1.01 Mb.

How can i tell photoshop to drop quality enough to put it under the 1Mb mark? Using save for web drastically reduces the image quality.

Is there someway to tell photoshop "just make it small enough"?


texts: How can I make these overlapped images more realistic?

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I have this image in Photoshop where the background is one layer and the phone and hand is the 2nd layer. So there are two layers:

Right now the hand and phone look kinda of like separate from the background, I want it to be more smooth around the edges, I tried using feather but this didn't work. Any tips or a way to make it look more smooth would be great.


texts: How to make an overlapping shadow effect on one side in illustrator

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I'm trying to recreate an effect like the iOS activity app icon where a circle overlaps itself and leaves a shadow. However I'm struggle to recreate it.

I've tried cutting a segment of one of the circles and overlaying it on top of the other one. Using a drop shadow doesn't work though as it appears all over the cut out segment rather than just the end. I tried using a gradient on the "behind" layer as well, but I couldn't position this correctly either to achieve this type of effect. I've also tried adding another full circle in between the two layers with a gradient applied to it, but it doesn't look like a shadow being created from the "top" layer.
If it helps my circles are a solid color rather than a gradient as below, but I just can't work out how to create it.


texts: How should I mix small caps with digits or symbols?

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In a paper I'm writing I have set acronyms (e.g. IBM, GNU, API, NDIS) and Roman numerals in small caps.  In some cases there is text set in small caps that is intermixed with other digits or symbols, e.g. PDP-7, 4.2BSD, I/O, mkdir(II), AT&T. (The "mkdir" term is set in italics, as a the name of a computer command.)  The II in brackets was used at the time as the Roman number of the manual page section that documented it.)

In the proof I received there's a large difference between the size of small caps and the digits or symbols, and therefore the result appears ugly.  You can see some examples below.

How should I address this issue? Here are two possibilities I see.

Set these in regular capitals
Use a smaller font for the joined digits and symbols


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Could someone please suggest which software is used to create these 3D animations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSWm_nprfqE
Thanks


texts: Reproduce WordArt in Inkscape (trapezoid shape)

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I try to convert an old logo to a vector format using Inkscape. The logo was originally made using WordArt. The text is transformed to a trapezoid shape.

I tried to use "Modify Path -> Perspective" but it doesn't end up correctly because the transformation is perspective (i.e. the character widths are not equal).

An example (black = goal, gray = to compare the character widths, orange = current version):

As you can see the left-most character is as wide as the one in the middle.

Is it possible to do this translation in Inkscape or do I have to use a different tool?


texts: How to Copy Only selected Properties from Object A to Object B in illustrator

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Since Eye drop tool coping all the properties from one object to another and I Don't want this in some cases.

Does any one knows how to copy only selected property form one object to another in illustrator.

For example:

Object A has a fill color + outline. And I want to to copy Fill color (only) and not the outline to Object B. Then what is the solution? Please help.
Thanks in advance


texts: What is the effect of "Output Intent Profile Name", when exporting PDF from InDesign?

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I wonder what Output intent profile name means, when exporting a PDF from InDesign. Does it have any effect at all on the result, or is it just a piece of information, a text string, that is stored in the document for the printing company to see?

Comparing two files exported from a document, with "output intent" changed I get No differences in the Compare function of Acrobat DC, but comparing the files binary with "Beyond compare", there are lots of differences. There is the text string with the profile name selected for the Output intent, but also a lot of binary differences, presumably in the photo I included in the document.

The only information I've found about Output Intent is: "Specifies a profile name (usually the Destination profile)."

Nowadays many printing companies suggest that you send them PDF:s with mixed colour spaces – that you should let sRGB profiles remain in colour photos and let CMYK content keep original profiles. Then Colour Conversion is to be set to "No colour Conversion", when exporting the PDF.

Unless you work very closely with the printing company and knows what piece of printing equipment is to be used, and what kind of paper (and from that can decide what colour profile the printing company should use), I can't see that output intent is meaningful.

But on the other hand... the binary differences in my test suggests that there's more to it. So please, enlighten me, what's its purpose?

Thanks,
Andreas Jansson


texts: Illustrator changes stroke direction (bug?)

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I'm making something in Adobe Illustrator CS6 that has a stroke with 'charcoal - feather' as brush definition. This gives the shape a asymmetrical, sketchy/smudgy look. To improve the look of the shape, I made a copy of the original, pasted it next to the first, and altered the second one to see which result I like better.

Now an unexpected problem arises: though the two shapes are nearly the same, the same stroke effect is reflected in the second shape. See the image below:

The only difference is that the teeth on the second skull are a bit rounder. Otherwise they are exactly the same. But for some reason, Illustrator decided that it's better to give the second one a stroke with its effect in the opposite direction.

I can't figure out how to fix this. I'm not sure if it's a bug or whether there's something I have overlooked?
Anyway, except for the teeth, the shape is the same (drawn with the pen tool). They both have a 3-point stroke with the same brush definition.

Things I have tried to fix this are:

going to the stroke options and ticking 'flip along' and 'flip across', but neither reflect the stroke vertically.
going to the brush options of the applied brush definition, and changing the direction of the brush stroke. If I do this and click OK, Illustrator gives me two options, Apply to stroke and Leave strokes. The first choice changes the direction of all shapes that use the same brush definition, the second doesn't do anything.
In the 'graphic styles' tab, I created a new style while having the original skull shape selected. Applying it then to the second gives me the exact same result.
on two web sites I found a workaround (see third post here) as a solution that involves clicking anchor points with the pen tool. Like with my first fix attempt though, I can only get it to reflect the stroke horizontally by doing this.

So am I missing an important option? What am I to do with this?


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So, my app has this 'hidden' menu which opens through a button in the toolbar, the idea of the menu is that it's 'behind' the main part of the app.

Also as the data is presented to the user as horizontal cards I thought a good way of representing the user would be as vertical cards.

The menu has a fixed size, so in larger devices, the menu looks a little bit small maybe? That's what is troubling me the most :/


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I'm a beginner to photoshop but have grasped some basics from a ton of youtube videos, plus trial and error over countless hours!

I created a logo from a circle using the subract front tool.

Now when i try and use the command again it will not work for me.

I'm sure its something simple that's preventing it from working. I've tried faffing with paths, shapes and pixels but still have no luck.

On the screenshot, all i'm trying to acheive it cutting the ends of the blue lines into an angle to match the angle of the pink rectangles right hand edge. Once done, i'll remove the pink rectangle.

There is probally another way to do this but subract front shape i.e. the pink rectangle, is all i can think of.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
Will


texts: I am completely new to illustrator. Somehow a textbook became a part of an object in a project I am working on. How can I get rid of the textbook and then fill the object with the same brown color as the other bits? Sorry for the rudimentary question, but I can't figure it out :(


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I'm looking to invest into a vinyl machine that would allow me to print stickers for my brand.

I have a few questions on how it works, and overall pricing:

If I want to print onto a clear vinyl with black ink, would I just buy a clear vinyl roll that fits a machine?
I'm still relatively small scale, would one of the $300 bundles from Amazon work for what I need? I planned to cut each sticker separately with an x-acto afterwords, so if I can't do di-cuts, that's fine.
Does quality of a printer affect quality of my image? I'd be printing an eps/vector file, but could the printer itself make my image fuzzy?

If this isn't the best value for what I'm trying to do, is there a better solution? Or should I just stick with outsourcing this to a site like sticker robot?


texts: Creating a circular symbol with an arrowhead and a partly dashed line

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I've just started to use Illustrator. Maybe someone can help me and explain how to make this symbol.

I had trouble when trying to remove the segments of the object. I tried the knife and scissors tools, but they didn't work


texts: Which sans-serif pairs are good using typeface Foco for headlines?

texts: I am kind of struggling with pairing right sans-serif typeface for body text. I need to use Foco for headlines for certain reasons. So far I didn't like anything I tried and I feel stuck. I would be glad for some advice.


texts: Inkscape Rubber Stamp Tutorial: Is this for real?

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I was trying to work myself through a few tutorials today, but I have noticed something odd:

Here's a nice rubber stamp effect tutorial with two circles and text.

The tutorial's text instructs you to cover the "stamp" with the calligraphic tool like the images shows and then apply Intersection to the paths. The result should look like indicated, only chips and chunks should be removed from the original stamp. But wait a minute, if you would apply intersection to the stamp which is almost covered with the calligraphic tool's ink, wouldn't that remove almost everything if you apply Intersection? Am I missing something or tutorials just don't seem to be legit these days?

UPDATE:

I kind of figured out something, applying Intersection is right, but I have some problems when the tutorial says convert the circles and the text to path. After that no path operations seem to work. If I just leave the circles and the text without converting them to paths, the effects do apply.

UPDATE 2:

OK, there was actually nothing particularly wrong with the tutorial I linked to in the description, you just need to know about Ungrouping [Ctrl] + [U] which comes in handy when you want to create a Union. :)


texts: How can I make "screens of black for grey" in Illustrator?

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I need to prepare our company logo for printing on some envelopes.  These are the instructions I was given:

  Everything as two spot colors - Reflex Blue and 100% Black with screens of black for the greys

I've already taken care of making sure my blue is the Reflex blue pantone in Illustrator, but what does it mean to use "100% black with screens of black for greys?"


texts: How can I get more efficient at designing tables for web in Photoshop?

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It takes me too much time (IMO) to design tables in Photoshop. I need to move rows, columns and stuff easily. I'd like to be able to get through this faster.
I've tried InDesign and Illustrator and vector exports but it ends up all merged into Photoshop.. It's for web. Front-End developers are going to integrate those in HTML and CSS.


texts: Symmetrical perspective with Free Transform in Illustrator CS5?

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In Adobe Illustrator CS5:

I want a "depth effect" to an object with the straight-from-the-front perspective. But with the Free Transform-tool it seems to only be possible to drag one corner each time to the middle which makes it very hard to get it symmetrical.

Is there any way to get it symmetrical?

Edit:

I've tired to place a centred rectangle to have something to snap to. But it turns out that when I drag the other corner, the first corner then change position:


texts: Is there a software that converts free-hand objects into shapes?

texts: I was wondering if there is a tool/software (tablet or laptop with touch screen) which lets me draw a chart/diverse shapes or just a line that converts/brings the imperfect hand-drawing automatically into a perfect shape. For example, I draw a line with my stylus and then it's converted to an exact straight line. what I'm trying to achieve in principle is whether it's possible to speed up chart creation (e.g. instead of using powerpoint)


texts: Why do GIF images automatically lock the base layer in Adobe Photoshop?

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When I open a .gif image in Photoshop - non animated - it always locks automatically and you cannot unlock it. Aside from that when try try to add text it will make a red block and convert the text to bitmap.

You annoyingly have to copy and paste the document into a new document. Then layer from there.


texts: Remove Hyphen (-) From Text in Photoshop

texts: How do I remove the hyphen (-) from paragraphs of text in Photoshop. It happens when a word is split between two lines.


texts: A selection of colors that spans the range of the RGB color spectrum?

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Below is a screenshot of a small application I am building. I would like to cover the most significant colors from whole color spectrum, but I am missing lots of colors. I don't get the intended result; I don't see some colors like yellow or orange.

I have 40 tiles arranged 8x5. I divided the RGB color spectrum of about 16 million colors by 40 and converted that value to a hex value so that it will be applied on the tiles.

Fading/blending from cyan to red clearly isn't an approach that reaches all parts of the RGB spectrum. What did I miss, or how can I do that?


texts: "Apply" luminosity colors in Illustrator

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I have some colourful objects:

And plain colour background. When I applying Luminosity and transparency I have something like this:

So my goal is "apply" these colours (and optionally transparency) to save it to SVG. When I trying to save one of these object as SVG it saves with original colours.

Thank you in advance!


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Good day everyone.

I am trying hard to create a high resolution computer made image of an old German "Plaste und Elaste" neon advertisement (see below).

After thinking a lot, the way to go I have chosen (although I am open to new ones) is creating a three color, six line trail (like a rainbow but with less colors) and molding it to the letters.
When it has to be done to an L, it is a piece of cake, but with curves the job gets hard... so, my question is, does anybody know how to do it with this method, or with a better one?

Thanks in advance fellas!

Brief update: so far this is how it is looking

Final update: thanks to Cai, this is the result:


texts: How to quickly insert sequential numbers?

texts: Working in Gimp, I frequently need to label different parts of a diagram with sequential numbers (say, 1 to 30 or so). Is there any tool in Gimp which can make this more efficient (ideally 1-click on each spot with a number)? Alternatively, is there any other software that can streamline this?


texts: ImageMagick: distort perspective according to a vector path

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I want to use ImageMagick to transform a rectangular image (first page of a PDF, created using convert in.pdf[0] cover.png) to the following white shape. I have the vector file and know about distorting in ImageMagick but have now clue which numbers to pass to the distort command. Can I somehow convert my path to the perspective parameters?

ImageMagick should be used to be able to automate the process easily.


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I have many .psd files that each contain 2+ layers that I need to export as layers. For a single psd fileD I can use:

 File > Scripts > Export Layers To Files ...

However if I use this script (in a droplet) I have to hard-code the destination folder and File Name Prefix. This is no good as many of the .psd files contain layers with the same names, so they would overwrite each other and I need each file to be prefixed by the .psd name. So a layer called text_1 from a .psd file called doc_1 would be called doc_1_text_1, and a layer called text_1 from a .psd file called doc_2 would be called doc_2_text_1 or something similar.

Is there any way I can do this? I'm happy to hard-code the destination folder, but I need the script to use whatever the name of the .psd file is for the prefix.


texts: How do you make a selection based off a lower layer in Photoshop?

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I want to colour a line-drawing, but have the line art on one layer, and the colour on another. To block colour shapes, I want to use the magic wand tool to select them, then paint inside the selection - but that leaves the colour needing to be on the same layer as the line art.

I could use the already active selection to cut the coloured area and paste onto a new layer, but I wondered if there's a better way.


texts: Can I reformat an old logo with a higher resolution?

texts: I have 2 logos saved in a PDF file. I sent them to my printer to have a banner printed using those logos. THe printer is saying they are not high enough resolution. How can I reformat them so they are usable for my banner? Thanks in advance.


texts: I'm developing a number of maps within arcMap which are then exported to Corel for final annotation. In the past i have exported as a .png, to insert into my word doc. The maps i'm currently working on however export in poor quality, from corel. Unlike others they have text in from arcmap, but they look perfect in corel. I've tried "export for word" and also tried .bmp and .jpeg options. Any other work arounds?


texts: Live Paint Bucket Tool does not recognize all sections of image

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I created a rectangle and added two lines inside (it is meant to be a table that will hold text).  I want to target selected sections within the overall rectangle, but the Live Paint Bucket Tool only sees the larger rectangle, as below:

What am I doing wrong, and how can I have the internal lines of the rectangle turn red?

EDIT:

Based on joojaa's comment, I closely checked the figure, and each point is similar to what's shown below, and has a point of intersection:


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How to select the outline from a schematic picture that has black background showing through? Too small of detail to use magic wand.
Can either the white outline or the black background be selected out of the schematic and drag/dropped to a new picture?


texts: Create clock pattern with 12 "blocks" in Inkscape

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I have already a vector path in Inkscape but it contains 15 "blocks" or "segments", like so:

I did not create this image and I don't know how to modify it to give it sense as the background of a clock. What I want is to have the segments reduced to 12 and align them to the clock hands. This way, it will be easier to tell the time based on which segment the hand is pointing to.

Any ideas on how to modify this or to easily create a new one?


texts: Can I use the google map icon on my website, if I link to google maps?


texts: How to replicate this spiral exactly as a vector in Adobe Illustrator?

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I'm looking to replicate this spiral pretty much exactly, but with perfect curves etc. using Illustrator. I've tried a few different methods including twist and also just the spiral tool but can't seem to get this exact shape. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!


texts: What icon would best convey "Make a new post"? Can't think of any, considering just spelling out "Make a new post" instead.


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My logo is composed only of vector lines. Its dimensions are 1051 x 194.

When I Layer > Transform > Scale the logo to a smaller size (eg 170 x 32), some of the lines disappear; in particular the vertical lines.

Why is this happening and how can I prevent it? Seems like such a basic thing that Sketch should be able to handle!


texts: GIF - How to create a colour-filling translation effect inside a logo

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I would like to create a loading icon that show the app is loading the page. I would like to use our logo and animate inside the logo a vertical translting fill like here:

https://m.vente-privee.com/w2/assets/images/vp/GIF_WP_120@3x.gif

I'm more a front end html/css/js developper and don't even know how to create GIFs. What are the tools and steps to create such an effect on our logo ?
I would also like to optimize the weidht of this gif so that like on the above website, the gif < 15kb.


texts: Limit object view bounds, or better blur technique in Sketch

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Using Sketch, I'm trying to duplicate the blur approach used in this image (source):

But I can't figure out how to blur properly in Sketch. The closest approach I could find was using background blur.
Instead of a constant blur, I end up with blurred white sides like this, when my result should look like this accidental result that I cannot replicate.
Right now the 2 fixes I see for this are:

Find a better way to blur in Sketch
Figure out a way to limit the view bounds of a single object, similar to crop, but it's more of a "view boundary mask"

I am definitely open to other approaches.


texts: Can't delete selection from mask in Photoshop

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Please look at the picture below -

I selected an area from a mask, when I hit delete key, it just paints that area as white. If I select whole canvas and hit delete, the whole area gets white. All I want to do is delete the selected area from the mask. I remember I could do that previously. So my best guess is I turned some options on/off that is preventing me from doing that. Please help me out.


texts: How do I blend a black-background fire image in Photoshop?

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This fire image:

As you can see, it has a black background, which I can't delete (because it would probably destroy the smooth-looking fire effect). I want to place some fire in a photo.

However, I remember it was possible to take such images and do something in photoshop so that when you place them over a photo, the black is gone and the fire is perfectly blended there. But I can't remember what feature or option was it. Any ideas?

Photoshop CS5.


texts: Objective reasons to center or left-align tables and images within text columns?

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First, let me emphasize that while I am asking a question about preference, I am looking for objective reasons to prefer one answer over another.  I am not interested in your personal, subjective opinion on which is better.  I have no formal design training, so I don't know if there might any practical reason to prefer one style over another.  That's why I'm here - to consult the experts, not incite wars of opinion.

Setup

I am part of a team working on a new design for our company's website, and the team and I have a disagreement over whether tables should be centered or left-aligned.  If it boils down to a simple matter of subjective taste, I will defer to the team's preference.  However, if there are objective reasons to choose one style over another, I'd like to be able to argue those points.

Here is an example of the alternatives:

Questions

Is there a generally accepted design rule when it comes to laying out tables and block images on websites?
Are there any objective reasons to prefer one layout over the other?

Update

DA01 pointed out it can depend on context.  My team also had this objection when I showed them this question.  Here is an example that is more true to the actual site layout.


texts: Exporting drawing for icon images to be used in Android for various screen sizes in a not too labourious manner?

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I want to make a set of icons for android phones. The guide has a set of recommendations for the denstiy and sizes link to recommendations. What is an efficient manner to go about producing these exports from Adobe Illustrator?

Considerations are that I would have to save-export to png and then change the preferences each time. Is it possible to open of artboards with different configurations? Or have tabbed template images where I can copy images from one tab to the other in a direction of less detail?


texts: Alternative way shape builder tool in Affinity Designer

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So I am trying on my iPad Affinity Designer in this week. I feel so happy about affinity designer tool from Adobe Illustrator, but I miss so much about shape builder.
How can I use such a tool in Affinity Designer ?


texts: Why does PNG perform so poorely on mirror image redundancy?

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PNG, and the deflate compression it uses, is usually pretty good at exploting redundancy. For example, this 18.1kB image only grows to 19.1kB when duplicated and concatenated:

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By Contrast, it almost doubles in size to 35.7kB when the copy is mirrored before concatenation

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I can't see why this is the case. From my understanding, the first stage of PNG compression, the filtering, shouldn't be able to make use of that redundancy in either of those cases. The second stage on the other hand, the deflate compression, shouldn't have a problem since most if not all of the duplicated parts should fit within it's 32 KiB sliding window size.
(for reference the encoder I used was Google's zopflipng)

Why then can't PNG take advantage of the redundancy of that mirrored part?


texts: Scale illustrator icon to take up the maximum available space

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I am creating icons, and all of them should take up as much space as possible in an 256x256 image.

It happens quite often that I do not perfectly meet this requirement when I design the icon.

For example, my icon is only 250 pixels high instead of 256 pixels.
Then I need to manually scale the object up in order to use as much space as possible so that there are no unused pixels.

I would like to ask if there is a way to automatically do this.
My current workflow is really time-taking.


texts: How to input and output levels work in gimp? for example when we try to fix the color, brightness etc, using curves the vertical axis represents the output level and the horizontal axis represents the input levels. What do these levels mean? How do we predict what curves bring out what result? How do these affect the whole image?


texts: How do I find whether or not spot colors have been used in a PDF?


texts: Cutting machine can't read vectors with strokes

texts: I made some jersey prints for a friend's team, and I was contacted by a guy from the t-shirt printing place saying that they can't proceed with the shirts because the machine that cuts the vinyl that is being applied on the shirts can't recognize the cutlines on the numbers or something.  I'm not sure what to do. The guy couldn't explain what he needed that well, he said something about having two paths instead of three (I have the main fill and two strokes) but how to achieve this look by having only two paths? The white stroke doesn't have to be white because the shirt is going to be white, so is there a way to make the white stroke part transparent or a "shaped hole" inside the number? In fact, that would be the most desired option. Sorry for the poor explanation but I'm a complete amateur.


texts: How do I add a semi-transparent color over an image in gimp?

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Example of what I'm trying to do is the radar maps in MechWarrior 3: you have a "satellite view" of a landscape and the whole image has a semi-transparent green hue and you can see all the details of the landscape. It's as if it were done in black and white, but it's different shades of green.

What I am trying to do: the radar maps from Pirate's Moon, MechWarrior 3's expansion pack, are not colorized this way, and I wish to duplicate the idea above on those maps, and I am using Gimp...
any ideas how I can do this?


texts: How can I mimic a used magazine cover (crease, earmark, cracks) with Gimp?

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I have made a fan magazine cover with Gimp (Sunken novels):

I would like to imitate creases, cracks, earmarks, tears (maybe even coffee mug marks) to give it a used, worn-out look. Something like:

I marked the places of wanna be creases, earmark, tears and cracks with black marker. Any pre-made existing filters, script-fus, or maybe another software, web app, or simply a transparent PNG with the creases and tears which I can merge / blend onto the magazine coover?


texts: Critique: How to refine the appearance of flashcards in my web app

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I am creating a web app and I have got several questions about its appearance, first here's a "screenshot" (just a test with Pixelmator):

The element in the center is a flashcard, the arrows on the right and on the left let the user browse the cards.

Do you think that the flashcard looks like a card? How can I improve the "card feeling" while keeping the appearance as simple as possible?
Do you think that it's a good idea to keep the arrows white? Or should I use the same black than the other elements on the top? (I have chosen a white color because I think that these arrows are more linked to the card than the other elements, is it right to do that ?)
What do you think about the fact that I am not using the same font for the card and for the UI? I am doing that because I think that a serif font is more appropriate and that It helps to distinguish the text of the content. And also because I think that it might help the user to remember of the word more easily.

UPDATE (here is a new version, I followed the advice of Jenna and now the cards are displayed as a stack, and also added a letterpress effect to the words on the cards):


texts: Indesign resize multiple anchor object at once in

texts: I have a document with 350 anchored objects. I want to increase the scale of each by 20%. How do I do this?


texts: How to edit a freshly opened image in GIMP?

texts: I'm using Ubuntu 18.04, I took a screenshot which I saved as a PNG in my Pictures folder. Next, I right clicked the image and selected "Open with other application" to open it with GIMP. When I select the Paint Brush tool and try to draw on it, nothing happens at all. What am I doing wrong?


texts: Is there a way to select the eyedropper tool while typing?

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Is there a way to use the eyedropper tool while typing?

I cant' type "I" to select it, because that just inserts the letter i.


texts: how to make logos like these? any tutorial online?

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I am a student of graphics, and was looking for some inspirational logos and came across these, they look beautiful and I tried to make one myself but failed. How can anyone make such perfect logos? with exact same width and height exact distance.
What are these logos called? Is there any tutorial online? Can someone please help me in learning how to make these types of logos? Do i need some kind of illustrator script or action for this?


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I am developing a video editing helper app. I went with a dark design (for some reason everything even remotely like this has a dark UI), as flat and simple as possible.

I've worked on this for a very long time (it has at least 15-20 versions) and I'm finally ready for the final draft. Except, I'm not.

There's something off about this design. The jog wheel seems a little too plain. Also, the icons, there's something I'm missing...

Should I try to give the icons a little depth, or fill them with a subtle gradient?

Everything shown in the picture is rendered on the spot (except the grainy background). The icons are svg's, the buttons and the jog wheel are done by painting on panels. So there are some limitations to what I can achieve.

I should also point out the fact that the colors used for the buttons, text and icons are subject to user customization.

Anyway, if any single one of you can give me any kind of advice, however small, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you for your time.


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I have created four guides by dragging out from the rulers, however I cannot see them in my layers panel. The layer they are on does show cues of a selection being made, however. I want to move my guides onto another layer, so I can quickly (un)hide them.

Is there any setting I missed that makes them show up? Or am I having the wrong idea here?


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Please advise me how to use Gimp to create a tile for a word game like below:

I can see 2 rectangles with rounded corners - the outer one and then the one on the top.

Is the smaller rectangle filled with a linear gradient, where alpha changes from 1.0 on the top to the smaller value on the bottom?

How to create the "inner shadow" in the larger rectangle?


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Not sure if this question is ok to ask here, but i did notice that you could tag illustrator so i give it a try.

Im following a tutorial where the tutor creates a ellipse on a layer and then creates a smaller ellipse on another layer. He then cuts the smaller layer from the larger in such a way so that the larger gets a big whole in it.

Somehow i can't do this. In ive been trying to find out why. I've found out that when the tutor creates the ellipses the layer says it is of kind "shape". When i do it my ellipses becomes of type "path".

What is the difference and how do i create a ellipse of type "shape" instead?


texts: Exporting a Pattern to Image in Photoshop

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I am designing a website and in the background I am using a pattern that is done by somebody else.

Now while slicing, is there anyway to find and select the exact dimensions of the pattern that the other designer has used to create that pattern instead of guessing it?


texts: Extracting background texture from PSD file

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I'm new to Photoshop. I have just started to learn from seeing and using free web templates available on the net.

I have this good looking web template in a PSD file. The background has a nice texture, which I want to extract as a jpg file and use it in the background property in my CSS file. Obviously I want to extract just the right patch so that I can repeat it throughout the page.

How can I mark the exact area and create the smallest png file? You can download the file from here. https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=C0126A573B9DAD5D!271

Also in the same template, you can see a pattern (the very first element) that repeats horizontally. How can I mark the exact area to extract the minimum area and use it to repeat horizontally on my webpage.

Thanks


texts: image as a background doesn't fill all the page

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I changed my html code with for the multi image background to work with Internet Explorer.

Since this change, I have a white border all around the page.

Did someone know why it doesn't fill all the page like my previous version, and how I can fix it.

Old version : (works with all browsers except IE): http://brio.speedrunwiki.com/LA-MAYOCHE/LA%20MAYOCHE%20page%20accueil%20V001.htm

New version (Works with all browsers but doesn't fill all the page): http://brio.speedrunwiki.com/LA-MAYOCHE/LA%20MAYOCHE%20page%20accueil%20V002.htm

Thanks a lot!


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I use Inkscape to create icons. And I see that Font Awesome talks about their icons being pixel perfect. I like the idea and always tried to do the same with the default canvas which is A4. But when I have to use it on a 48px or 64px ( etc ) icon templates ( built-in in Inkscape ) I see that pixel perfect is no longer valid with the icon. ie, when I try to fit the icon in the 64x64 px template it loses the pixel perfection it had while I drew it in an A4 sized canvas.
What is your method of avoiding this ? I find it hard to generate ideas on a 48x48 or 64x64 px canvas. It is easier to try different things until we reach the final product when we have space on the canvas.


texts: What resolution images could I use for posters on the wall?

texts: If I wanted to print an image found online and get a typical 27" x 40" sized poster what resolution image do I need? 4000 x 6000 or double that? I am confused over DPI and PPI.


texts: Gimp: how to remove background noise/artifacts and enhance handwritten text

texts: I have a lots of scanned handwritten lecture notes (PDFormat) and I want to improve their readability (I have uploaded an example). In particular I'd like to remove the "squares" on the back. I would appreciate any advice you may have. Thanks in advance.


texts: how to deselect all vector lines in order to edit singular paths?

texts: I imported a raster image into Illustrator. Using Image Trace in 3 Color I created vector lines to laser cut the image on plexi glass. I need to edit the individual lines and I can only select ALL of the vector lines from the image. How can I simply deselect the entire image to allow each path to be selected individually?


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I had a heck of a time getting transparencies from Photoshop to Illustrator. A member here, "poor", had my solution. But the problem wasn't over it seems.

The image I had been trying to bring into Illustrator appeared with all of the transparent areas filled with white. The reason I wanted to get it into Illustrator in the first place, to trace and create a vector. Well, I did a trace and all of the previously transparent areas...filled with white. Right back where I started.

I cannot simply select the white and delete, as that process selects all white indiscriminately, and I have white in the actual image that needs to stay. Is there really no way to work with transparencies and tracing in Illustrator? I'm sure there must be, but I'm at a loss. How does one do the trace process and create a vector, without having previously transparent areas filled in with white? Thanks again for any help.

About the image; It's 10 solid colors w/transparency (no variance or gradations in any of it), png 24 ("saved for web"), oh, and I'm using CS6. thx


texts: Should files made in Illustrator CS5 be updated to CS6?

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My department recently upgraded from CS5 to CS6. We are preparing an InDesign print publication for this year and are repurposing last year's Illustrator and InDesign files which we produced with CS5. When we save each Illustrator file, Illustrator displays the warning message "Saving to a legacy format may cause some changes to your text layout and disable some editing features when the document is read back in. Do you want to continue?" So far, we have been choosing "OK" to continue.

My question is: What is the best practice here? Our illustrations are all statistical graphs using the exact same colors, typefaces, line weights, etc. as last year. All of the people working with these files have CS6. If we continue to save to the legacy format are we likely to have problems? From your experience, would it be better to "save as" Version Illustrator CS6 now?


texts: Changing color of overlay on preexisting image

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I am fairly new to graphic design and image editing, but I have a question. I have the following image that came with a website theme that I am playing around with.

I like the image a lot, but I am wondering if there would be any way to change the overlay color to a different color of my choosing? I am fairly new to image manipulation, but have been learning, so any advise is greatly appreciated.

I am using GIMP 2


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I am building mandalas on Illustrator using this method.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQUVn5Bv1M0

Simply put, he uses the polar grid tool to create a slice of whatever number of "spokes" you want, splits and joins the points to create a single path.  Then creates a symbol inside a symbol that contains a clipping mask so that when you draw outisde the lines of the slice you won't see it on the finished mandala.

I have followed this tutorial fairly preciesely and continue to experience this issue.

Here is what is happening.

I create my slice and duplicate with the rotate copy tool everything goes fine.  I have no gaps (see image 1) and I have my closed path with the clipping mask above my 2nd path to show me my bounding edges.

When I draw a line outside my clipping mask it throws my mask off and shows it "moved" even though i didn't move anything and have my layers locked.

I will include photos to show you what I mean.

Image 1 - The mandala as it looks blank showing no skewing
Image 2 -
The Isolation mode instance of the slice showing my layers
Image 3 -
The test - when I draw outside the box in the slice Isolation mode
Image 4 - What
the mandala looks like if I do nothing showing the mask has shifted.
Image 5 - If I trim the line this issue doesn't happen as much (what
it SHOULD look like - notice the white gap missing...)
Image 6 - one more example to show extremes

If I undo these lines that go outside the "mask" the shape returns to Image 1.

I must have a setting somewhere that I am unaware is on.  Please help.  There's no point to me having a clipping mask even on if I have to trim the damn lines everytime I make one.  Thank you in advance.


texts: Using pattern image as font color in Sketch

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In Sketch, I'm trying to set the fill of a piece of text as a pattern image, rather than a solid color.

Don't see the option for it in Sketch 3.3.3, is there another method or a Sketch plug in I can use to do this?

(I'm a novice Sketch user, so appreciate everyone's help in advance.)


texts: Software to create perspective line with curves

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What software and tools can I use to quickly create lines over single or multiple photographs that have the effect of disappearing into the distance? Sometimes the line would need to have curves. I would also like the line to reduce opacity as it disappears in the distance.

Take the following base image for example:

The very crude hand drawn example below shows how I would like the line to curve in line with the road. However, I would like the line to be wider in the foreground and become narrower as it disappears in the distance.

The following screenshot shows a one point perspective grid in Adobe Illustrator with a rectangle drawn. I am unsure how to add curves and reduce the opacity over the length of the line. I have tried using the line tool in Ilustrator and increasing the width but this does not work. Rather than drawing a rectangle am I able to draw a line with curves but still obtain the desired effects?

What software packages would enable me to quickly and efficiently perform these tasks over single and multiple photographs?

I have access to a variety of software packages including Autocad, Adobe Illustrator and Inkscape but would consider purchasing other packages.


texts: What dimensions should my Illustrator artboard be when designing for a wallpaper for the walls of my office?

texts: I am planning to design some patterned wall paper for the walls of my office and I was wondering if there are recommended dimensions for the artboard when designing it via illustrator.


texts: Options for printing white or near white? (Examples included)

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So, I'm trying to find a solution for printing white ink or nearly white ink on top of scrapbook paper.

My wife really enjoys a shop on ETSY, but wants to do some DIY projects and with her birthday coming up I was trying to find a solution for this.  We have a 13" printer that is a Canon Ix6820 and initially I thought, no problem, we can print the 12"x 12" scrapbook paper in there, until I got to the obvious problem of white...

Here's a link of a product that is sold and she's looking to do something similar where it, to me, appears they're printing white ink on a background like scrapbook paper.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/527415881/father-of-the-bride-gift-mother-of-the?ref=hp_rv

I'd love some help if anyone has suggestions, comments etc.


texts: How can I make 8-bit style graphics in Fireworks?

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I use Fireworks and want to create 8-bit style graphics, kind of like the games on the NES. What are the best methods for this?

Can I reduce the colour palette? What about the number of pixels, is there a difference here?

Or, should I just take my full quality graphics and save as an 8-bit PNG?

Any advice and/or further reading would be most appreciated.


texts: How to punch text out of an object in Illustrator?

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My enterprise logo has the text Job overlapping a bag icon. What I really want to achieve is a white bag logo with the text punched out. That way, on any background the text has the color of that background. Compare the facebook icon with the dark-blue border.

The error it gave me

The bag issue.


texts: The AI File is not redering correctly in CorelDraw

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I usually do my graphical work on Adobe Illustrator.
The printers in my area work on CorelDraw, so I have to convert my Ai file to CDR for final Delivery.

Here's the logo I created in Adobe Illustrator.

Now this logo has "InnerGlow" in the "V" with Pattern.
Water droplets in the middle part with "Luminosity" transparency effect.

I save the file in "CS6" format, but when I open the file in CorelDraw, the droplet's "Luminocity" does not render and the "gredients" as well.
This is how it looks in "CorelDraw".

If you guys have a solution for this, please share.
Thank you.


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What is the difference between spec work and pro-bono?

I have always considered pro-bono work to be a form of spec-work, but I notice that the AIGA position states:

  Yet not all unpaid design work is considered “spec work.” In fact, unpaid work may take a number of forms:

  ...

  Pro bono work: volunteer work done “for the public good”

Is this a generally accepted position?  If so, what differentiates work "for the public good" vs work "for the portfolio" (or any other typical justification for spec-work)?


texts: Adobe Illustrator: Can I temporarily hide highlighting of selected paths?

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Sometimes when working on a piece, you want to browse through various options, styles, effects, etc. and experiment until you find the right one.

The problem is this thin blue line (and sometimes the handles) that shows the path of the selected objects. Sometimes it's useful, but sometimes it just gets in the way.

It's not a huge issue, but it keeps cramping my workflow. Is there a way to hide it temporarily?


texts: How do I import my custom InDesign workspace to a new computer?

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I have Adobe Creative Cloud and am switching to a newer Mac. CC says it's saving my preferences (workspace and shortcuts included) but when I sync my settings nothing happens!

I've read that the workspace is saved as an .xml file and should be accessible in my preferences folder (User/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign), but my folders don't have this path as a option.

Is there any way for me to import my workspace and shortcuts, or do I have to go through and recreate them?


texts: Can shapes be made to continue across grid planes in Illustrator's perspective tool?

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I made a logo sketch that I decided to make inside the Illustrator perspective tool.  This logo has shapes that wrap around a 3d rectangular shape.  I looked around on the web and found some information and tutorials on revolving shapes and mapping symbols to them but nothing covering what am trying to accomplish.

Below: Is there a way to make the red rectangle continue from the edge of the right grid plane onto the left blue grid plane instead of matching two shapes together like the two green rectangles.

In this example everything is square or rectangular but with the introduction of a curved shape matching the perspective pretty hard. If there is a solution could you also apply it to curved shapes in the same fashion?

Thank you!

Mac OSX 10.10 and
Adobe Illustrator CS6


texts: How to apply horizontal kerning to all letters in the word at once without adjusting the spacing for each letter?

texts: I am trying to increase the spacing between letters in a word in Inkscape (version 0.48) by using horizontal kerning. I am not able to select the entire word and apply the kerning value at once. I need to do it for each word in the letter. Is there a way to adjust the spacing for all the letters in the word at once?


texts: Why does browser add bluish and brownish colors to a solid font color?

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I'm wondering why my browser (Firefox) add blue tints on the right and brown tints on the left of a solid grey (#333333) font color as shown in the image below.

Could somebody explain to me why this happens?


texts: Creating a pattern of irregular shapes in Illustrator like the default WhatsApp background

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I'd like to take a collection of shapes and distribute them into another shape in Illustrator to get the effect similar to the WhatsApp background.

I could swear I saw a video or article from Adobe about a new feature that allows this but this would have been years ago. I quite vividly remember them taking the letter 'A' and filling it with vectors of animals, and in the options for this effect you could let Illustrator slightly warp them to fit together better.


texts: Changing icons or graphics based on user geographic location/language?

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Inspired by this question on international police icon, I started to wonder

If there is a reasonably simple way to replace an icon depending on
browser language?
...and if anyone has come across real uses of this?

I know it seems like an awful lot of work for a webdev, but it would be interesting. Lots of icons are culture-specific, so it would be interesting to try.


texts: After Effects Layer Properties Interaction

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Just new here :)
I want to be able to do 2(-ish) things on my layers on After Effects.
(Layer 1 = l1; Layer 2 = L2; Blur amount = BA)

Increase L2’s BA whenever I increase L1’s BA. (Or the opposite, decrease BAs)
Change L2’s opacity to 0% if L2’s BA is 0 and it’s opacity to 100% if L2’s BA is >1 or <1.

Essentially I’m trying to make these individual properties interact with each other without using too much slider controls.


texts: Sharing InDesign Links between Mac & Windows

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In our marketing department we have a mix of Windows & Mac computers all running Adobe CS5.5.

The problem we're having is that the Windows users will create an InDesign document with links to files such as M:\image1.jpg.  Of course when a Mac use opens this up, the links don't work because Macs have no such thing as drive letters.  We're also having the problem the other way around.

Does anyone know of a solution to this problem other than making our entire department Windows or Mac?

Thanks!


texts: How to create this photo effect with photoshop

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I have seen an effect on some photos that I would like to reproduce. I don't know how to call it but I would describe it as low contrast and neutral (if that makes any sense) and I would like to create something similar in photoshop.
Here are some sample photos:

Images from http://georginaskinner.com/

And also this other effect, which looks more like an analog picture:

Images from rollingnorth.tumblr.com


texts: Designing A Website from Scratch – Illustrator or Photoshop?

texts: If I'm designing a website from scratch and I intend to slice it and code it up in Adobe Dreamweaver later, should I create the design of the website in Illustrator or Photoshop? Why?


texts: How to create a smoothing photo effect in GIMP

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How can I create a smoothing effect like this?:

It's clearer in his hairs and face.


texts: How to Achieve Very Realistic Grunge Textures

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I was wondering how to achieve the type of super realistic grunge effect as in the canvas in the photo. Would it be a mixture of finding intricate patterns online and "compositing" them using blending modes? Or it it perhaps an action/preset pack they have downloaded and adapted?

Thank you for your time.


texts: Converting pixels to points in Photoshop

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I need to put a 1 point empty box around an image in Photoshop for a file that is 600 dpi.

No matter what I try, I can get the line to look right.

How many pixels should I use?


texts: How to open JPEG2000 files in Photoshop 2021

texts: I used to have a plugin in photoshop that reads jp2 / JPEG2000 files. Since the latest update it seems to be broken. Photoshop can not read them anymore. It says the file format module can not interpret the file. What could be the solution?


texts: Where can I find my current installed brushes for Corel Painter?

texts: When importing brushes, or creating variants, it's sometimes handy to be able to access the actual files that define the brush. The Program Files entry for Corel Painter (C:\Program Files\Corel\Painter 2019\Brushes by default) has the brushes initially installed, but not variants created within the program or within a given Workspace? Where can I find them?


texts: Moving multiple folders' masks at the same time

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I've done a Google search and I can't seem to find whether this is possible or not.

Is it possible to move multiple folders' masks at the same time?

Say in the image below, all the folders' masks are exactly the same. Instead of de-linking each mask and then moving it a set amount in a particular direction 8 times, is it possible to do it once at the same time.

I know I can put them all in one folder with a single mask and do it that way, but I want to know if it's possible without doing it this way. What if they were different masks? I can't possibly put them all in one folder with a single mask.

Thanks in advance!!


texts: I am pretty new to Sketch. I am currently trying to merge two shapes into a single one. However whenever I hit "union" it does "merge" them, though basically they are still separate paths, that are just grouped together:


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I have made a flat 2D design in Illustrator that I want to change the viewer's perspective on. So where it is currently being viewed head-on or top-down, I'd like to skew the projected viewing angle to something less than 90 degrees (and off to a side while I'm at it).

Is this possible in Illustrator or do I need to use a 3D tool (and presumably, convert the logo to a 3D model)?


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I have an object which started as a rectangle and then I skewed it.
The bounding box of the object have been retained from the original shape.
I want the bounding box to the what I indicate with the red rectangle.
How do I do this?


texts: What font is used on the "Passengers" movie poster?

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This is the poster in question:

And here is a close-up of the font I'd like to know:

I would like to know what font is used here. Most font recognition engines can't see the "E" without the "Vertical Line" so it's hard for them to identify the font. I've also searched around for similar futuristic fonts but most of them have "curved edges", for example:

Click for full version


texts: how to copy a layer in photoshop to export image for web

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I'm trying to export some images of a photoshop design and this is how I usually do it:

select the layer you want.
command + left click the thumbnail to create a marquee around the layer
copy it (command + c)
Create a new file (command + n). this will create a file with the exact dimensions as the layer
paste in the copied layer. (command + v)
save for web

For certain layers I get stuck on number 4 where photoshop doesn't know that I copied something onto the clipboard so the right dimensions aren't displayed. plus pasting doesn't work because for some reason it was never copied. I don't know if certain layers cannot be copied simply by pressing command + c?


texts: InDesign: How break a story from a text frame in two part? Any Scripts?

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Is there a way to break a story by selecting a text frame and split it in two?
There is two scripts which they called and do as:

BreakFrame (shipped by application and is in the sample):
This scripts job is to break and dismember a selected text frame from a series of threaded frames (which they have one story).

SplitStory (shipped by application and is in the sample):
This scripts job is to split apart a series of threaded text frames into individual frames.

Also there is a very useful plugin called TextStitch which is free, but it needs to be run under another plugin that called APID ToolAssistant and its not free!

Is there any free script, or anybody can write a new one (with options of break before or after could be even greater) to do like this image?


texts: How to create a smooth 3D effect on text?

texts: In Inkscape, I used to be able to apply the combined lighting filter over text for a great smooth, 3d lighting effect on text but am not able to with updated version. How do I create this effect on text?? Please refer to attached image.


texts: Indesign: how to export multiple PDFs using different presets at once

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I've got a series of documents that I need to export to 4 different PDFs. (High-res print ready, high-res no bleed, low-res online, and one last high-res with a different name).

Is there a script out there to run multiple exports with various PDF presets?


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I've been trying to find out how this effect has been made because I cant seem to get it done myself.

I tried creating liquid and glitching it, but that doesn't look like anything close to this haha Does anyone have an idea of how it might be done? It looks easy enough, but I just dont know where to start


texts: Shape looks cut off / cropped - different problem?

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https://sky-walker.net/temp/test/liquid.svg

The problem is similar to this:

Shape looks cut off / cropped

I have tried:

saving the file and reopening - unfortunately it does not help.
menu Object / Mask / Release
menu Object / Clip / Release
ungroup (multiple times, if necessary) to show your entire shape again.


texts: Create a PDF in illustrator with links to pages

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Is it possible to create a multi-page PDF using Adobe Illustrator with various elements on a page linked to other pages in same PDF?

The purpose is, we want to output semi-interactive prototypes with Illustrator.

EDIT on receiving a possible duplicate:
My question is about creating links that point to different pages in the same file, not an Internet address. (something like #page3)


texts: Can I change the color of grouped shapes with the eyedropper or appearance window in Adobe Illustrator?

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I thought I used to be able to do this, maybe I am losing my mind.

Here are the steps to what I'm trying to accomplish:
(Adobe Illustrator CS6)

Create a couple of shapes.(Shapes A)
Fill the shapes with a color, and then group them.
Create another shape and fill it with a different color.(Shape B)
Select group of Shapes A, use the eyedropper to select the color of Shape B.
The color of Shapes A won't change.

This also doesn't work if you use the Appearance or Swatches window to change the color.

I know about global swatches, isolation mode, recolor artwork, and some other methods. But, I thought I used to be able to change the color of group objects just by using the eyedropper tool - and that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. Did I possibly hit some sort of option that changed this? Am I going crazy?


texts: Help on Resizing a Photoshop document w/layers for print!

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I hope someone can help me.

I am creating packaging for a client, and I decided to create the file bigger than the die line. So the dieline lets say is 11x9.5 inches and I just scaled the vector dieline bigger in my photoshop file to be able to work on a bigger canvas. I did this because i was editing alot of illustration drawings and wanted to be able to copy and paste them into different projects in the future without losing quality. I figured once I would be done with the project I could always change the size of the document and image to the correct size for the client.

So now it's done, but I have alot of problems!

When I change the image size, alot of the effects, strokes and gradients are changing from the original design!
I tried to create the whole layer into a smart object but the gradient mask I created also changed from the original design.

The client wants the file in the 11.5x9 cm plus a 1/8 inch bleed format, and currently my design looks like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zxvf2fyak77mu7s/Screenshot%202013-11-29%2018.28.31.png

Can someone please help on how to get this document scaled down? I would really appreciate it!


texts: Editing an Illustrator file placed in an Illustrator file

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I am collating several logos into an Illustrator Artboard.

Obviously, to be efficient and productive, I placed them the fastest way I know - by dragging the files from my OS to the Illustrator document window.

When I do so, the placed logos (in .ai format) appear in a box, and the edges of the shapes cannot seem to be edited/selected.

After placing Illustrator files in an Illustrator file, how do I enable editing of the placed files in the final document?


texts: How can I 'flatten' thousands of paths quickly in a vector image?

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I have a .ai file (also opened fine in Inkscape) with thousands of paths which sometimes overlap.  I would like to have no overlap and just each object.  I will need to simplify it further as I am planning to laser cut/engrave with it but manually cutting and joining is going to take a long time.

It seems I could export as a very high resolution raster image and then trace that but that seems less than proper.


texts: EB Garamond is available in a few places, but includes different things in each. Which way is best to go?

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I have been trying EB Garamond for the time being, but I'm confused as to why there are a couple different sets:

Google Fonts and Adobe: Contains Regular, Medium, SemiBold, ExtraBold with their corresponding italics.
On 1001Fonts and FontSquirrel: Contains only Regular 12 or 08, with their corresponding italics, as well as the small caps families.

Why are these two versions different, and why are they not all packaged together? I'm sort of unsure what's happening here.

On another note: I have noticed while using the all small caps font in Word, and employing some letter spacing, the kerning is very, very bad. (In contrast, the kerning for Vollkorn SC is much nicer.) What could be the source of this?


texts: How to export interactive prototype Principle?

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For my graduation project, I made an interactive prototype using Principle. It looks very cool, nice interaction, and animation and I'm very excited about what Principle can do. Unfortunately I ran into a problem, and tried Googling but did not find a solution.

How can I export the interactive prototype and share the link with my teachers? A video or GIF of the project is not enough, I need to deliver a clickable prototype. What if they don't have the principle app installed on their laptops, can they still see my project?

Panicking a little bit because I don't want to use invision as a prototypen tool because I love the animations of my principle prototype.


texts: How to predict new overlapping color in Adobe Illustrator?

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The following image has three circles of RGB Red, Blue and Green on a White Background. Each one has 50% opacity. The stacking order is green, blue and red.

The overlapping areas have tints of dark green, purple and brown.

How can one predict these overlapping tints? Is there a theory to predict this?

Essentially, I would like to know how to produce region of a third color using two existing overlapping colors in Illustrator.


texts: How to place UI gif in iPhone perspective mock for use on sites like Dribbble

texts: I've seen many tutorials about how to convert a .mov file to a gif in Photoshop (Convert Video Frames to Layers, etc.), but none about how to place that gif in an iPhone perspective mock to be shown on sites like Dribbble. Can't be that hard, but I can't figure it out.


texts: How do I approach reusing and charging for previous work?

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I have a web design project that for various reasons was never completed (i.e the client never received any final files, the contract was cancelled and is very unlikely to be restarted). The project was however quite extensive and a significant way to being completed. (To the point that the site had been built in WordPress with a number of custom post types and other custom functionality, and integrated with 2 external APIs.)

I now have a client who wants an almost identical project. With regards to design, the branding is obviously different but with a very  similar style and the site structure would be almost identical so a very large proportion of the previous project could be reused and design and development time would be drastically cut.

Assuming I want to reuse the old project for this new client - How should I approach this with the client and how should I charge for the work?

The way I see it, I have a few options:

I am completely honest with the client and explain the situation. I charge based only on the amount of new work done (or at least close to this). This would be the best option from the clients perspective, but not very beneficial for me.
I am completely honest with the client but charge for the full project, as if starting from scratch. The risk with this is the client may not like the idea of getting second hand work without any cost benifits, I could lose the contract, not get any use out of the previous work and possibly make a bad impression on the client.
I use the previous work without telling the client and charge as if starting from scratch. This would be the most beneficial for me. My only problem is it feels a bit dishonest and unfair on the client.

I don't think using the previous work without telling the client and charging a reduced rate is an option. I would either have to come up with a fake reason for discounting the price, which feels just as dishonest, or I set an expectation for lower prices in the future.

So how do I proceed?


texts: How to use the info panel in illustrator?

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I would like to use the "info" panel in illustrator to have infos such as :

the distance of the top of an object to the top of the artboard it belongs to;
the distance of the left border of an object to the left border of the artboard it belongs to.

How can I easily achieve that?

This pictures shows what I want: