texts: How can I make this skeleton a little more realistic?

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So I've made this open type hourglass, which I am happy with in terms of graphical style and realism, but the key feature is the skeleton inside of it. I have failed to make the skeleton match (in any sense of the word) the rest of the hourglass.

Without Skeleton:

With Skeleton:

As you can see, the skeleton looks quite bad. What could I do to improve the overall look?

Thanks


texts: How do I retain the quality of text in a GIMP png uploaded to Facebook?

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I used Gimp to create a quote image and I uploaded it to Facebook. I made sure to only use web-safe colors, and the fonts I'm using are Impact Condensed and Arial. However, the uploaded image drastically loses quality and the fonts aren't sharp/surrounded by a fog/are blurry:

Before uploading:

After uploading:

If you open the images in a new tab, you can see the difference between the two clearly.

I tried enabling/disabling Interlacing (Adam7) and the other export settings, but I haven't been able to make a difference. All help appreciated.


texts: What are the limitations of the option "Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities" in Adobe Illustrator CS5?

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First some background...

We have a custom piece of software that requires PDF files to auto generate web pages.  These PDF files are pretty typical, the only special thing about these is that hey have proprietary programming codes added to the comments/annotations that instructs the 3rd party software on how to transform certain things.  To any tool capable of opening PDF files it just sees a bunch of plain text annotations/comments no different from any other PDF.

Because we need to create hundreds of these pages and manage them in a source control system we are considering working directly with the PDF file.  Previously we have had an .ai file that is exported to .pdf then the PDF is "marked up" (has the special codes added to the comments) finally the file is commited to source control.  This means we have two files to manage keeping in sync.

This is why we are investigating using he Illustrator option "Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities" so we can work directly in the PDF files and avoid the storage/management of a .ai file as well as .pdf file.

Our current graphic designer claims this option limits his ability to edit the file (despite the obvious message to the contrary in Illustrator) his predecesor claimed it worked fine.

As I am just a programmer who is having to manage this graphic design process I am wondering if in fact the option works and if anybody knows of any "gotchas" with it.


texts: I have traced and expanded a tire that I now want to cut straight in the middle so I can decrease the opacity of the left half. That group of paths the expansion created I can't cut now - even with a line where I want to cut an select cut objects below command. Any suggestions?


texts: Fireworks batch renaming doesn't work (remove '.fw')

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I'm handling a lot of company images (300+) at various resolutions (16, 48, 256) and the appended '.fw' is becoming a huge waste of time for me.

After creating the images at the 3 resolutions I use the extremely useful batch process built-in to Adobe Fireworks. However, while the exporting function works fine, the renaming one doesn't. I ask it to replace '.fw.png' with .png' but it doesn't work.

Any idea why? and if there's a fix?
I have a suspicion that it's because it part of the file extension.

The image below shows the fields available to specify the batch. The 'With' field doesn't allow any '.' (periods, full-stops).


texts: Way to create circles in specific location in Illustrator or Indesign?

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I have 167 coordinate points (origin is the left lower corner of a sheet) in which I need to place a circle, the center of it.

Is there any way to create those circles (15 mm diamater) automatically in Illustartor or Indesign to the specific loctions related to the origin?

Or do I need to input all those "coordinates" manually?


texts: How to prevent patterns from touching the edges of the selection?

texts: I created a pattern to fill into the selection as shown above, but I dont want the star patterns to touch the edges as I have to give it for laser cutting. Is there any way we could solve this issue?


texts: When all Illustrator layers are turned off, is the canvas outside the art board always white?

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I am not sure if this was always the case but it seems new to me, when I hide all layers in an Illustrator CC 2020 document, the canvas outside the art board is white ( kind of like outline )

I have toggled GPU Preview which solves it but as soon as I turn the layer on & off again , it reverts to white.

I have tried Overprint Preview, I have tried View > Hide / Show Art boards

There is a chance it has always been like this, but in the years hiding all layers , I have never noticed it. I feel that I may have hit a shortcut that did some obscure action which I cannot revert.

Attached is a screen shot of a new document with a single layer On & then Off

UI Interface is not the issue , nor is Outline.

Appreciate any help , thank you


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so I am looking to find the fonts thats being used on the cartier.co.uk website or as similar as possible?

here's the 2 fonts I am looking for -

thank you!
:)


texts: Can it be considered artistic freedom to caricurate (social) media logos for a print publication?

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I'm working on a graphic for academic publication. In that graphic I would like to refer to the concept of social media, ideally with the logos of (for example) facebook or twitter. According to their guidelines (Facebook, Twitter) it is perfectly fine to use their brand identity in form of a non-altered logo. However, this does not fit the graphic style I'm working with.

Can it be considered artistic freedom to modify these logos to relate to my style? Or - rather -, can I create objects that may be very different but clearly refer to these social media platforms? The reader of the graphic should not necessarily think, "Oh, this is facebook!", just get an idea that I refer to the concept of social media or different formats of media in general.

Here is a doodle of what I'm talking about.

Clearly, the bird in combination with a tv-set, a picture and a print publication (and possibly a caption stating "media") refers to Twitter. But on the other hand it is just a bird, sandwiched between a newspaper and a television.

The final publication may or may not be freely accessible (open access), and therefore may or may not be considered a commercial product (if that matters).


texts: How do I Transfer the animation from my smart object to my real file

texts: I am using photoshop cs4 currently, but I have photoshop cc at home. I want to know if there was a way to transfer the animation I've worked on the smart object to the original project.


texts: Tips for creating a packaging designer portfolio

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I am a graphic designer and I have never done packaging design before.

What is the process when it comes to branding packaging? Do you use templates depending on what you are branding. e.g. Beer bottle, box of chocolates? Is there a program that makes it easier to display your graphics on the specific object?

I want to create some examples for my portfolio.


texts: Email signature question. Scaling on iPhone

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I have created a email signature with a small logo embedded. Copied and pasted into signature box within Outlook for Mac.

The original is a PNG and larger than the size that is embedded (thinking this would allow the file to be scaled without loss of quality). When i receive the email sig on iPhone if i pinch to scale the email the signature logo pixelates (i.e: it does not scale up at all).

Assume this is because Outlook is embedding the file at the size i scale it to as opposed to the original PNG.

Is there a way to combat the potential of the logo being enlarged on iPhone and mobile devices, without loss of quality?


texts: Inkscape: (easy) way to create curly brace / bracket?

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How do you draw a transformable (rotation, resize, ...) curly brace or bracket (this: { }) in Inkscape?

I am aware of this thread and its solutions.
One can import such an item from Openoffice, or import an SVG drawing of brackets from for example this. Yet another option is to type it as text, transform it to path, and do some point editing.
With this later option, I can’t change the stroke size (unless I manually do some point editing), so I end up with a bracket with a thick line width, which is not a good option for me.

Is there any other, more convenient way?


texts: I have two open areas in a picture which aren't connected, but I want the same gradient to be present in both of their backgrounds. Is there any way to achieve this with the same gradient? If it helps, they're the same color without the gradient. Thanks for any help.


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It would be incredibly useful and handy if, once we rectangle-select something, we could hit a hotkey to make it a slice, without having to laboriously zoom in on each of the 4 edges of the object to slice to make sure the slice is cut sharp around the object.

Does it exist, and if not is there a plugin that does it?


texts: Indesign: First line doesn't start at the top

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For some reason, the first line of my design doesn't start at the top but leaves a small space between top margin and first word.
The paragraph style is:

Size: 95pt
Leading: 72pt
Align to baseline grid

And the Grid increment setting is 12pt


texts: Graphic design beginner: How do you get to the point where a design is in your head?

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I know this question might sound stupid but I'm a programmer and I want to learn graphic design. Well, from what I see you have to learn stuff like color theory, composition, spacing, etc. I get that but how do I get problem and just solve it. I say this because as a programmer when I get a problem I'm able to come up with a solution in my head, whereas in  graphic design I have to constantly try things to get something palatable.

Other than that I'm pretty decent at drawing so I haven't really faced any problem there.


texts: Loss of quality when cropping smart objects in Photoshop

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I'm using a crop tool (or marquee tool, then Image -> Crop) in Photoshop CS4. Immediately after cropping, the quality of anti-aliasing of Smart Object gets noticeably worse.

The blending mode of the smart object is Normal, and the opacity is 100%.
I can flatten the image before cropping to preserve the quality, but it's just an inconvenience each time.
Is there a way to avoid this loss of quality of Smart Objects when cropping?


texts: Image-trace in Illustrator - How to join objects together?

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I have traced a logo from a jpeg in illustrator. It is two colours - black and blue.
When it was made it ended up with an extra blue shape outlining the some of the black. Is there a way to add the blue shape to the black rather than just recolouring it all to the black?
I'm relatively new to Illustrator.


texts: (Inkscape) A shape made with path/difference produces a gap

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The picture I included illustrates the issue. The biggest problem is that the effect escalates: so if I had to add several shades, the gap would become bigger and bigger each time I applied path/difference, and become visible even without zooming.
Is there a way to avoid it?


texts: How to avoid making icons and logos too minimal?

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When making an icon or a logo it might be very tempting to push and reduce it to the limit to achieve the absolutely minimal symbol.

For example: tiny photo of a floppy disk -> cartoonish picture of a floppy disk -> stylised floppy disk icon -> flat/metro/modern floppy disk icon -> solid blue square.

Is there any non-subjective way of deciding where is the line between skeuomorphism and ultra-minimalism?

PS: I am asking this as a developer who has to design GUI and occasionally icons and who is interested in identity design.

PPS: shouldn't there be an "art-direction" tag?

Related links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimalism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Bass


texts: How to check if font or other product name has been used?

texts: I have used trademark searches before, such as http://www.uspto.gov/ but each country has their own, which means more searching than I have time for.  Besides many of those sites are incomplete, outdated, difficult to use, or all of the above.  Is there anything more reliable than a common web search plus the word "font" (or whatever your product will be)?


texts: Designer right to obtain digital copies of work done as an employee of company

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I've just lost my job and I did not manage to copy my design work from the company's computer.
I am aware that the employer is the rightful owner of work I have done during my time with the company, but what about:

concepts, research, ideas (in any form), I collected for unpublished work or for personal enrichment;
obtaining digital copies of my work so I can add to my portfolio.

What are my rights?

Many thanks,

Mary


texts: How to visually display css blocks for debugging

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After lots of confusion and wasted effort I once learned that css also had this lines concept that everything else followed regardless of it being text or not. And that each line can be varied, be of different heights, and is the main culprit behind vertical align being so hard since everything else follows its line. Just like how things work in Ms Word.

Is there a way to show those imaginary lines when trying to do something in css?


texts: Can I make a group of artboards in Photoshop?

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I have about 20 artboards in my Photoshop project with many different subjects (3 or 4 artboards for each subject) and I want to separate them (like turn them on and off per group).

So, can i make a group of artboards?


texts: I find it impossible to quote for a logo design as I never know how long it will take? Any tips I can accurately quote?

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I am able to quote for most design tasks (brochure, business cards, leaflets etc) relatively easily, as I have a rough idea of how long I think these will take. But when it comes to designing a logo, I never know how much to quote as every logo I design either I can create in 30minutes or it can take weeks. I think this for me is because with a logo design I am starting from scratch, a blank canvas. Wherewith other tasks, I always have a branding concept to guide me.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a pricing structure? How do you quote for logos designs?


texts: Illustrator - Cutting a shape inside a grouped object

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I have a grouped object in illustrator and I want to cut out a circle-shaped hole out of the grouped object. So I draw the circle over the grouped object and:

If I try to select the grouped object and the circle and go to Object > Clipping Mask > Make, I get only the small circle as a result (I want the reverse, the big object minus the area of the small circle).
If I go to Window > Pathfinder, none of the options has the desired effect -  Pathfinder deletes the components of the grouped object that intersect the small circle, instead of treating the grouped object as a single object

I've made a simple example - the black thing is the grouped object, the red thing is the shape I want to cut out of the grouped object.


texts: Problem with color picker (brush tool) in Photoshop 8

texts: I have created a rectangle and on that rectangle I masked it. Now I wanted to pick up color with brush tool pressing Alt+Click but it is not picking the exact color. It only picks up black or white color. It seems staying at masked layer it picks up only black and white color.


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I import VECTORS in illustrator that i want to lasercut but they are measured in pixels. I want to output that to DXF. However i am wondering if pixels are converted to mm using a standard formula in Illustrator.

From what i am guessing however Illustrator is set to default DPI at 72 so the formula is standard (pixels*25.4)/dpi. Is this correct? Also is this the standard that Illustrator uses?

If i take this and reverse it i can see that illustrator multiplies the pixels by 2.8347. If i always scale the pixels using 283.47% will i always get the same result in mm? Is there anyway this can go wrong or is it hardwired and non-changeable in Illustrator?

Thank you

Mario


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I created an svg logo for a website ( http://prionts.com.au/ ). Unfortunately the logo looks blurry on the screen. This is particularly obvious with the shutter 'O' and the 'Photography by Rio Jones' text. Image below shows what I mean.

Some information to help:

I built the logo at 2520px by 1110px. At this size it looks nice and
crispy. It is displayed on the web page at 210px wide or 1/12 size. Is this too much of a reduction in size?
Writing is text converted to outline.
Assets are not placed pixel perfect. I tried pushing all the points of the shutter to the perfect edge of a pixel, but it didn't seem to improve it.

Should I:

Build the logo at the resolution it will be displayed at? I thought at 210 I'd really start to lose the ability to finesse things - that's just 8px wide per letter for 'Photography by Rio Jones'
Make sure all points are pixel perfect?
Convert to png?
Use svg text rather than outline? I thought about this, but cross browser capability is an issue.
Or something else?

I'd appreciate any advice on making this logo nice and clear.


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I'm interested in creating a Java app that creates animations of various effects on images (e.g. sliding, shredding, change color in specific parts etc) and on several layers of images. The selected images and effects will depend on input from the user.

I'm familiar with Java's swing and awt packages. I'm looking for tools with easier learning curve for a graphic design newbie like me.
Any ideas?


texts: Creating texture from a sample in photoshop

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I am working in photoshop, and I am trying to create a texture to use as a background image.

Ideally, I could make the text on this page disappear and be left with a blank page.

My attempt so far (again be nice haha, I'm more into the code-side of things than design):

You can see that I've taken a small sample (from the text around house of lords scotch) and duplicated it 1000 times.  What's the best way to blend the image together?  Or if there is a better way in general, I'd appreciate hearing it!

Thanks.


texts: How to invert last selection change (add/subtract)?

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I edit product photos that quite often involve camouflage patterns and multiple colors. I use quick selection, then modify the edges where need be with lasso tools, to remove the background (well, to make a new layer with only the subject).

Problem is, often I hold CTRL when I intended to hold SHFT, and wind up adding to a selection instead of removing, or vice versa. Since these are often complex shapes, I hate to CTRL-Z and lose the alteration.

Is there a way to invert the last selection change? So that if I accidentally subtract a complex shape when I was trying to add it, I can hit one key combo which will take the last selection that was added and instead subtract, and vice versa?

Follow-up: What's the best way to do complex selections? Hitting Q is difficult as the color cast makes things harder to see, and curves seems like it's a lot more work than I'd like. I'm using Photoshop 10/CS3.


texts: Exporting SVG as PNG without antialiasing

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I have a similar issue to this one. I have this SVG in Inkscape:

It's 22 x 22, and I've made sure to follow the advice in the linked answer and use a grid to align the contents.

When exporting to PNG, I export the entire page with an image width and height of 22. However, my image always comes out anti-aliased:

What am I doing wrong?


texts: I would like to cut an image into several sections

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HI Graphic Design friends,
I'm in trouble...
My question for you are these:

Can I create a GIMP/Inkscape template that once opened and inserted a photo crop exactly the same point in the same size?

If I can't create similar templates, can I make macros? If yes, how can I do?

The problem Sample:
Imagine having many similar images and having to crop the red boxes for each one

How can I be accurate and fast?
Thanks for the helps.


texts: Why doesn't opacity changing animation work properly as a gif?

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I've created loading animation in Photoshop, while it works perfectly when i play it from animations tab, It messes up after saving it.

This is how it looks when animation is played from Photoshop

But, this is how it looks when animation is saved as a gif

I don't really understand the reason. What i found out though, was that when saving as a gif, preview on "optimized" is the same as preview of animation in gif, Although preview in "original" tab is exactly how it should be.

Thus i think that the problem may be in Photoshop setup? Maybe opacity is specifically optimized? Is there any solution to get rid of this problem? Thanks!


texts: How to cut multiple selections of same aspect ratio from large scan(s)

texts: I have several high-resolution scans and would like to crop details from them, always using the same aspect ratio (but not necessarily the same size). The intended use is for an article, where each detail is displayed below one of the chapter headings (so they are relatively more wide than tall). What is the best way to achieve this with GIMP?


texts: How can I replicate Photoshop's content-aware fill in Gimp for Windows?

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I want to remove an object from a photograph based on the surrounding patterns. In photoshop I could use the Content Aware Fill Tool, but there doesn't seem to be any built-in alternatives for Gimp on Windows.

Every guide I've found on this subject recommends the Resynthesizer plugin, but the description says it is only available for Linux. (The plugin also doesn't seem to have been updated for a few years)

Is there a tool similar to Photoshop's content aware fill tool I can use with GIMP for Windows?


texts: Illustrator: Select next object above and below in isolation mode

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In Illustrator, it's not currently possible to use Select > Next Object Above / Below when working in isolation mode, e.g. artwork inside a clipping mask.

I can still open the layers palette and see the stacking order in the isolation mode, and select artwork there that is otherwise tricky to select. This is a bit cumbersome though.

Does anyone have a quick way to select the next object above / below while in isolation mode?

I have made a feature request for this functionality.


texts: Is it ethical to make derivations (adaptations) of an external agency's work as an in-house designer?

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I work as a graphic designer in a big European (but not E.U.) public establishment with two fellow designers.

We have a corporate communications coordinator, which usually deals with all kinds of stuff including "managing" the design process, but it usually fails. S/he usually requests and pays for "designing a poster" to an external agency and then asks for its source files so that we can adapt that "design" to some other mediums such as creating a billboard, social media images, brochures or even "converting" it in our own language (when it's designed in English) and even some revisions of the original work.

I'm suspecting that rather than paying for these revisions or adaptations to the external agency, our management tries to take advantage of us, being a some-kind-of public official, who they think will be obey their "orders".

Is it legal or ethical to do something like that? I don't think it is legal, ethical and even can't be classified as a "designers job" to edit someone else's work. I will be refusing to work on such projects officially but I can't manage to find any similar experiences on web.

I'm planning to ask for an official consent of the external agency that they are aware of someone is using their work to create such derivations. I will also ask for the official agreement between our firm and the agency to see if there is any stated information about "modified work".

What other things can I present to our general managers (which are hierarchically on top of this coordinator and its supervisor) to reject this kind of project?


texts: To what extent is resizing an image (using Photoshop's bicubic sampling algorithm) acceptable for print?

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I'm wanting to print a 300 DPI brochure, but my first attempt at making it fell short of the proper resolution, so I am having to remake it.  I've already printed my business cards, which were 1125x675 at 300 DPI, and they have the same picture on it that I want in the brochure.

I was thinking about the different ways to get the brochure the correct resolution (remaking it completely or just resizing it,) but I noticed that the picture wasn't quite the same.  It's comprised of 12-15 layers that are difficult to replicate because I made a lot of level, saturation, etc. adjustments.

I decided then to simply remake it, importing the business card's picture as a layer to use as a reference for what my end result should look like.  I pasted in the flattened picture from my business card and then resized the layer... from 1125x675 to 2245x1347 (nearly twice the size)... and much to my surprise, it looks just fine, so I'm contemplating just going with that resized picture.

Is this generally considered acceptable practice, or is it at least acceptable in this case since it still looks good?

Here's what the resized image looks like (upper-left corner) : http://www.solarcoordinates.com/images/brochure1_interior_5_spacing.png


texts: Calculating correct line length in perspective drawing?

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I have no formal technical drawing background, and I was just wondering if there was a mathematical way of determining the correct length of lines in 3D perspective, e.g., if I want to draw a cube in relation to a vanishing point, how can I get the receding lines to be the correct length? Judging by eye gets me close but I need to learn this precisely.

I assume this is fairly straightforward (for architecture, etc) but have been unable to find the answer anywhere.


texts: Exporting Illustrator file to TIFF with specified size in pixels

texts: I made an Illustrator file with dimensions in centimeters. How do I export it to a lossless bitmap format (TIFF, ideally) with a specified size in pixels? The "Export as" option only lets me choose the resolution in pixels per inch, not per centimeter, and the other export options that do allow for specific raster size do not seem to support lossless formats.


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I created a cube using Hexels and imported it into Photoshop. The challenge I am having is how to create a running sprite with it.

I tried using Spriter Pro but noticed no pivot point that would help me make it rotate in the direction as seen in pic

Any help with tools that could generate the frames would be much appreciated.


texts: How to blacken line of a drawing without loosing quality?

texts: I have to make black pen-drawn lines of a scanned picture totally black without loosing line's smooth and quality (unfortunately, printing image original in grayscale leads to loose of quality of print). Is it possible, and if is, how to achieve that in optimal way? Actual image hosted on Yandex.


texts: How to find a texture for a background image for website?

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I am looking for a texture pattern for an image that is similar to the one Path.com uses:

 https://www.path.com/images/about/bg.gif

I want a similar image pattern so i can use it as a background for my website. It will be helpful if i can find a way to create it too.

Thanks


texts: Icons and text (daycare) for "pee pee" and "poo poo" without being gross?

texts: I have buttons where the daycare worker can select that a child went to the bathroom. They choose whether they "pee'd" or "pooped" (or however you say that in a politically correct way). I want to show icons for those while being respectful and not totally gross. I also want to show the words underneath and I cannot decide if writing "poo" and "pee" is professional. It is for daycare so that might be legit.


texts: Printer wants me to make sure the barcode is "100% black ink (K) on a white background"

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This is what he wrote:

  Please change barcode so it is 100% black ink (K) on a white background. (A barcode can look black in the proof, but can be built as 5% Cyan, 5% Magenta, 5% Yellow, 85% K for black. The barcode needs to be built as 100% K black)

Does this mean that I have to set the CMYK value in Photoshop to 0,0,0,100?


texts: Can you recommend web design books/tutorials that teach specific design techniques?

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Other questions that deal with book recommendations do not address my particular need. I'm looking for web design books that teach me how to design using specific techniques and elements. Such as background textures, tasteful buttons, 'web 2.0' design elements... etc...

I want a book that will show me the tricks I need to create such design elements. Something to show me how to design rather than teach design principles.

Can you recommend some titles? If not a book, can you recommend specific tutorials or websites that teach these tricks?

I would describe myself as a developer who is frustrated by his inability to leverage tools like Photoshop and others to create "pretty looking" designs, buttons, and web elements.

There are plenty of sources of inspiration out there, but they do me no good because I haven't the foggiest idea how to create a stylish button, or a nice textured background, etc...


texts: InDesign CC FindChangeByList How do you remove a style?

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This should be really simple and is probably some documentation I can't find.

I need to remove a Character style from a query.

I've tried the following that do not work:

{CharacterStyle.remove}
{appliedCharacterStyle:""}
{appliedCharacterStyle:"[None]"}

What should it be?

Thank you


texts: merging with transparent color in powerpoint

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My question is more general than the example. But suppose I have

The colors here are transparent.

Using the Merge Shapes-> Union option in Powerpoint for the two orthogonal sheets, I get

My goal is to get the following without using the line tool

keeping the colors as transparent as they are. Is there something I can use to hide the portion in the overlapping area on merging while keeping the colors transparent?


texts: How to create 3d text or photo based logo

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I am completely new to Photoshop and now I am able to create simple logo based on images available or creating simple 3D text. I am fascinated by these logo design & I am not able to find any tutorial or demonstration for these kind of logo.

Do I need any other tool than PhotoShop to create logo's like below? or I can transform my simple logo to look like above?
I have created below logo based on existing logo but still can't make it look good


texts: AI How to make such effect of inner depth

texts: How can create effect of inner depth like on the picture?


texts: How to recreate this image of an exploding 'sphere'

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I have been trying to recreate this image. It looks to be a sphere which is exploding from its core, made from only lines and small circles.  Can anybody help me recreate this sphere?
I have looked in many placed online for a tutorial, but I could not find anything. I have tried working with polar coordinates, but it just doesn't give me the same result.
How can I recreate this image?


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I am attempting to wrap an image around a tilted cylinder using the Curve Bend tool, however, due to perspective this is proving difficult. The main issue is that I cannot see the cylinder in the preview window as it is in a different layer. Is there any way to see all visible layers in the preview window?

best regards, Mathias


texts: How to copy layer from one Photoshop document to another but on specific position of other layer?

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I will try to be more specific.
I have opened document with 20 layers and another document with 1 layer. How to copy this one layer in document with 20 layers on the exactly same position of layer 10 for example? Is that possible?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Annoying Ilustrator feature since I started using it [AI CS6]

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I have already searched how to disable this... "feature". I have no idea whats the actual name of... this, so I just uploaded a gif so you guys can see what I'm talking about.

Every time when I'm using the pen and when the mouse gets closer to the workplace border it automatically moves. Most of the times this annoys the hell out of me.

Anyone knows if you can disable it or change its sensivity?


texts: Which Monospace fonts pair well with Seravek ExtraLight?

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My personal case

Seravek has restrained shapes and medium width.

However, most popular monospace fonts (Courier New, Menlo, etc) are too wide or/and too exaggerative. So I need a monospace font that is neither too wide nor too exaggerative; fitting the temperament of Seravek.

I was using Seravek Light in my blog; Inconsolata integrated fine with it. Now I’m considering to use Seravek ExtraLight instead, but confused by the monospace-font issue.

To be general

Although my personal case is to find one to work as inline pieces of code in articles, please make your answer general for other usages, e.g. headlines, outdoors, advertising, package design, etc.


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I'm new to this and im tasked to do a logo and branding guidelines for a small retail brand. I have a few questions for the experts here:

When presenting to clients (and eventually showing to my porfolio), can I just get photos online of what kind of photos I want to achieve? Since they still dont have any photos of their products too.
For typeface and colours, is the brand only limited to using the typeface and colours  i specified on the guideline?


texts: Illustrator: Pattern Brush that narrows down all the way?

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Has anyone knowledge on this Pattern Brush issue?

I want to make a line, which narrows down all the way from start to end. So I have made this form (see image) into a pattern brush. I have played with the pattern brush options as much as possible and have applied that pattern brush on a path I have made with the Pen tool, yet ending up invariably with a result something other than what was desired.

I'm using Illustrator CS5.


texts: Is there a way to add all colors used into the swatches panel?

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Sometimes, when inspiration hits me, I start designing a document using multiple colors. Or I use the Blend tool to create a smooth set of colors for me to work with.

But it always happens that eventually, I need to start matching my colors and keeping better track of them, which I usually do with the Swatches panel.

But I always end up clicking an object/path, dragging the color from the color picker into the swatches panel and then repeating for all the colors I want to keep.

Is there a way for me to just have the Swatches panel add all the current colors in the document or layer or from a selected group?


texts: What color format should be used to create a logo?

texts: What color format should be used to create a logo: CMYK or RGB? (It would be used for both printing and for screen)


texts: Adobe Illustrator - Linked Images Disappearing

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This happens to me often. I take screenshots of free images on the internet and insert them into Illustrator files. But if I save, close, and reopen the files, the screenshots have to be present on my desktop in order for this error message not to occur, even though the screenshots are there in the Illustrator files when I save them. What am I missing? It wouldn't be reasonable for Adobe to expect us to keep all of the images that we want to use in our Illustrator files stored on our desktop forever.

Is there a way to tell Illustrator to search for the linked files within a specific folder? That way I could save all of the screenshots that I use in my Illustrator files within that folder.

Is there a setting in Illustrator that will automatically save the screenshots within the Illustrator files, causing them to no longer be "linked"?

Thank you.

EDIT: As Cai mentioned, the solution was simply to embed the files after importing / placing them.


texts: What is the graphic design term for "cartoony?"

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I need to relate some information to some graphic designers and I want to tell them that I don't want imagery that is "cartoony," or "cartoonish."

How do I tell them this in their own lingo (and without sounding racist against cartoon-folk like Jessica Rabbit or Bob the Builder, et al)?

Thanks!


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Can someone help me find the Japanese font used in this Boku no Hero Academia screenshot?
I have tried looking for this font everywhere including font recognizing systems but I'd had no luck.


texts: Export svg without anti-aliasing in Inkscape 1.0 by command line

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Inkscape 1.0 has the choice to export svg to png without anti-aliasing by GUI:

I want to export svg to png from the command line without anti-aliasing, but I'm not able. I've read the Inkscape man page but it doesn't tell anything about Antialiasing mode as in the GUI. Is it possible to export svg without anti-aliasing by the command line?


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I'm a computer programmer, and I have no idea what I'm doing, nevertheless, when I founded my company, Rebus FM ("Rebus Fleet Management"), I went ahead and designed my own logo.

It's basically a lowercase "r" with inverted hints of "F" and "M" embedded. It's in a cloud.

Check it out:

Here are my thoughts:

The letters represent my company's name, i.e. "rFM" = "Rebus FM" = "Rebus Fleet Management".
I'm a low-ceremony, unpretentious, informal kind-of-guy, and I wanted the logo to be informal, too. Also, the product I build is trying to be low on ceremony. So I lower-cased the "r" – to be chill, you know.
I really like slightly esoteric logos, so I like the fact that the logo does not spell the name of the company directly.
I like how monochrome logos can be varied indefinitely.

It's in a cloud because it frames the "r" nicely. Also, I'm in the business of building (and helping people build) distributed software systems, which are often deployed to cloud-based environments, so I thought the cloud was fitting.

I am very curious to hear if anyone has any ideas on how I might improve this logo, or if anyone has feedback in relation to e.g. unintentional signals, plain bad graphic design, etc.


texts: I have a online store and have made white backgrounds before, but I am struggling right now with these intricate items like these. I have tried invert, levels, layers and selective colour, but the image doesn't turn out well. Being so intricate as some are the selection tool often grabs bits of the image too which makes it painful to sit and persist with. Any tips ? What am I doing wrong ?..


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I'm not a designer. I'm making a new logo for an online community I'm a part of. I always liked bright colors, but not saturated enough to hurt the eyes. I'm usually using the HUSL palette to verify that the color is indeed human-friendly.

#1 is #008bd1 [200, 100, 82] and #d14700 [20, 100, 82]
#2 is #0053a0 [209, 100, 63] and #e61a27 [356, 89, 90]

After some thinking and fiddling around, I came up with #1. The colors were taken from the game our community is related to, but that doesn't matter. I could might as well pick them in Paletton. What matters is that I think they look good.

Now, my companion believes strongly that we should use popular colors instead, something off a Coca-Cola/Pepsi label. So I made #2 (Pepsi blue and Cola red). And he honestly thinks that it's better than #1.

Clearly, luminosity is more balanced in #1 (between blue and red), and it's somewhat in the middle of the scale, so the logo stands out equally well on both white and black. Now, #2 looks somewhat focused on "1", even on white background. Which looks odd to me.

Another thing to consider is that since #1 is brighter on average, it'll stand out better in big groups of logos. It'll also grab more attention at the top of a website or a document.

My opinion is based on intuition, though, and I'd like to know if there is some objective way to back it. Or is this all about our tastes, and I'm just imagining things?

This question might seem too specific, but I believe it's not. I just have no examples, other than my current task.


texts: Embedded PNG on Illustrator, and save the file as PDF. But the PNG (barcode part) turns out GRAY COLOR!

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I'm working on a product packing design, so I need to have a barcode on the packaging. But when I attached the barcode PNG in Illustrator and exported the file to PDF format to print. The barcode turns out Gray color! I tried to "Unembed" the PNG and export it to PDF again; the barcode turns out normal. I don't understand why this is happening, and I'm not sure if it's ok that I do not embed the PNG and just send the file to the printer.
So, questions:
When I print the PDF file, will the "Unembed" PNG barcode still turns out normal?


texts: Photoshop print to postscript outputs incorrectly as 8.5X11

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Our normal workflow with CS5 was printing the .psd to .ps (postscript), and then processing the .ps with Distiller to .pdf.

Under CS6, I don't know if it's me or the version I am using, but all .psd files print to .ps as 8.5x11.   The Print Settings Position and Size attributes are as followed: Scale: 100%, Height: 12" Width 15".

From the Printer Setup section of the Print Settings dialog, I click Print Settings, to display the Print dialog, verify that Paper Size is set to Width 15 Height 12.  I select Save as Postscript, specify a filename and location,  then click Save to return to the Print Settings dialog, and verify that the preview is labeled 15" x 12" and correctly displays the whole image, then click Print to create the file.

The file is created, but opening in Preview (or processing it in Distiller) shows what appears to be an 8.5 X 11 crop of the original.

I've done this on several projects before, am I overlooking something?


texts: How to make Indesign connect Gujarati characters?

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I am using Indesign of CS6.

Recently when I try to type our local language "Gujarati" via Google Input tools ,Typed text not showing "Joint word" correctly.

like this

Same problem with photoshop but its solved


texts: What special considerations are there for printing on 'flag' signage?

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I have been asked to design some advertising to print on tear-drop street signage similar to this:

My question is; are there things to keep in mind when designing for this medium as opposed to other more fixed signage? My guess is many of the considerations will be similar for other flag-type signage.


texts: Adobe Indesign frame converted to text frame right aligns

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I have spent the last couple of days trying to get a colleague's build of Indesign cc 2014 to behave.

She is in the habit of creating a rectangle frame and then immediately converting it to a text frame, at which point the text in the converted frame will be right aligned and adobe Arabic.

I have gone through every preference I can find, a lot of which were indeed infected with the Arabic language, right aligned issue.  I did this without a document open, closed and opened Indesign many, many times.

...and it worked.  For everything EXCEPT when she creates a retangle frame and then converts it into a text frame.

I am ready to scream. Please help me solve this issue!


texts: What's the meaning of saying CSS sprites are "for graphics that are just single blocks"?

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I was reading this to understand sprites

http://css-tricks.com/css-sprites/

The author says "Sprites are for graphics that are just single blocks. " What does this mean? One thing I have read is to make a sprite for images which are continuous on a web page.

thanks


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If i have a font that has a hollow inside, how can I fill the inside with color? I've tried using an inside stroke but that only strokes inside the lines, not the character. I can't use masks because the text needs to be dynamic.

I'm using After Effects, but if someone knows how to do this in photoshop (other than the fill bucket), it might translate over..


texts: How to create perfectly curved shapes in vector art?

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One of my weak spots are the smooth and curved shapes. Normally, i use various tools to do that:

Pen
Oval with angulated corners, and processed with effect-warp or manually
3d revolve with some sphere or rectangle, and a custom symbol.

So, why can't I understand this kind of technique?

An example image of what I mean: (note: I don't want to reproduce this image, I just want pointers on how to achieve a similar style in vector curves.)

Is there someone that could help me? Thanks in advice.


texts: How to change the colour of the transparency grid in Photoshop?

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My default transparency grid in Photoshop is white.

Where can I change this to transparent or some other color, so that I can more easily differentiate what is really white and what is transparent in my picture?


texts: Maintain padding between shape on scale in illustrator

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I would like to scale multiple shapes, but locking the padding between them. Is this possible within Illustrator?

For example:


texts: lock text box so that a user can only input text, but not move / resize the box in indesign ?

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Ive got an .indd indesign file that ive created as a template for other users to copy and fill out with images and text.

The issue is that they keep moving and / or resizing the text boxes, not by much but enough to nudge things out of alignment, am i able to lock a text box so that it cant be moved and / or resized, but only typed into ?

We are running indesign CC - latest.


texts: Creating a text website logo using a tablet (for a beginner)

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My girlfriend is a very keen drawer, and would like to somehow transfer her ideas from paper onto the computer - she's drawn many different versions which she wanted to scan in, but I figured it'd be better for her to use Photoshop and a tablet so it's in a format that's easier to work with rather than a flat image/scan

The problem is, everything she's trying isn't working. I'm not a computer novice by any means, but even the simplest things seem incredibly complex - it took me ages to figure out how to get a simple black brush (seemingly changing the colour to black didn't work, it looked muddy and washed out) but the effect is really terrible.

So in a roundabout way, I guess my main question is what brush is good for a fancy text logo? If I can at least pick a good brush for her to play around with it'd be a massive step in the right direction. Thank you :)

(she's getting quite frustrated with the tablet/photoshop as I type this "Ahhhhh, I don't even want a logo now, this is ridiculous!" etc etc, sorry again for being somewhat vague, just really want to help point her in the right direction!)


texts: Why do my cross-references keep breaking?

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I have a document, let's call it A, that consists mainly of a single text thread.
Somewhere in this thread, there's a cross reference to another chapter in the same thread, and it works fine.

I have a second document, lets' call it B, which is a variant of A.
B has different master pages and different paragraph/character styles, so I used the content collector/placer to link the text thread in A to the one in B.
A wise use of variables and conditional text took care of some smaller differences between the two threads, and that works fine too, except...

...well except for cross references. Cross references in B break, and when I set them right (to the corresponding paragraphs in B), cross references in A break, and so on in a cycle.

Why is this happening? How do I solve this?


texts: Why grainy blur when layering blurred things?

texts: Why is it that when you layer a blurred dot over and over you begin to see the "grains" of grayscale? Is there a fix? Higher resolution? Gamma correction? Higher color bit depth (more colors)?


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Is there any option to "link" paragraph content and characteristics something similar to object style

posted an example where i have to copy some contents from left to the empty right side


texts: Blend Tool With Variable Stroke Width Not Giving Perfect Strokes

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I'm trying to use blend Tool with variable stroke widthw but getting weird problem like this:

Video I referenced is How to Make a Linocut Look with Adobe Illustrator

But I'm not getting same result as they got. I'm Using Adobe CC 2018 Version.


texts: Can I manage the fonts that appear on Illustrator's Type drop down

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On mac, I have many more fonts on my computer than I use daily. Is there a way to control which ones appear on Illustrator etc.'s menus?

I see that I can use Font Book to 'disable' the fonts. Is that the only way or is there a more Illustrator specific way to do it? I guess I don't know that I want to disable the fonts system wide but do something more fine grained.

Thoughts?


texts: Adjustment layers do not apply after merging layers. Why?

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After merging my layers, it seems that the adjustment layers do not apply. The same happens when I export on jpeg also. Is there a reason?

To make you understand the whole process:
I scanned some documents and came up with pdf files that contained the scanned information. I exported them to jpeg and later imported them in Photoshop to edit them. I selected all the white parts, using Color Range, then selected inverse and Cmd+J the selection (which was everything but the white pixels). I put a white background layer on the back and the drawing looks exactly like the original, only difference was that I now had one layer with the pencil and one layer with the background, which will suit my later use better. I applied adjustment layers and now they do not apply after exporting, merging or flattening.

Anyone has an answer for this?

Thank you for your time.

Here are some screenshots to see my .psd file also


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This site seemed like the best match for my question.

So I'm about to graduate college, and I made a nice resume in Word. I used a kind of fancy tabling system that took me forever (I had no idea what I was doing), and threw in a small touch of color on the headings, converted to a pdf, and promptly lost the original document when my computer crashed. I'm trying to avoid remaking it entirely.

So I have this pdf, and it was perfect except that it said I was looking for an internship, which was inaccurate. So I photoshoped it to say a full-time job, and now it looks perfect.

So I go to upload it to my school's recruiting server, and it says Max FileSize Exceeded. I check the pdf's filesize: 35mb. You should have seen my jaw drop.

I really don't ever use photoshop, or do any sort of editing work. Not my area of expertise.

Can anyone explain why it's so huge, and is there a way to get it back under 500kb? The pdf has no graphics...except a smattering of very softly shaded table cells.


texts: How to divide circle of colors into named segments?

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Is there some convention to divide circle of colors into named segments? I want to define segments as basic colors, like red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, magenta and pink. Problem is: where to draw the exact lines between the colors?
I asked similar question also on SO, but as it involves maybe even more graphic designer experience, I feel this site maybe even more appropriate.
EDIT To be a bit more specific: I am talking about HSL colorspace color circle.
EDIT 2
I made rough dividing like this:
  1-15 red
  16-50 orange
  51-72 yellow
  73-155 green
  156-185 cyan
  186-268 blue
  269-310 magenta
  311-344 pink
  345-359 red

It suits for my needs, more or less. I ask: is there someone already done something like that?


texts: Animated system diagram - time efficient way and software?

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I need to create a set of animated 2D diagrams to illustrate plumbing and how a heating system functions with water flows, heating elements, pumps, etc.

I have experience of Illustrator and Photoshop, but I imagine that animating a sequence will be very labour intensive by creating a frame at a time, especially as some systems have a lot happening.

The animations are to be used on the web and perhaps sent in emails, so I'm thinking the easiest export would be an animated GIF.

What software is out there (ideally free/ low cost at the start to get me going) that would be suitable for animating heating and water flow around a plumbing system?

If possible I'd like to:

set key points and have the software animate between them, such as warm water creeping along a pipe, so I don't have to do 30 different stages myself
have a file that can be edited in the future in case the diagram needs to show a change to the heating system
if temperatures could automatically climb or decrease by set amounts between certain animation frames (e.g. 30 degrees at frame 20 climbing to 50 degrees at frame 60)
export as a GIF
export as responsive HTML5 animation

Any ideas?


texts: I am new to AI. I have saved my file in DWG, but the person I am sending it to says it opens in raster and has a double line. I am creating patent drawings, so there should be only one line. I am sending the file to someone who uses old-school CAD, like 1999 CAD.


texts: Resize multiple layers around their respective anchor points

texts: I have 50 or so layers (imported images as smart objects) that I would like to scale down, while they stay in place. Is there a way of doing this? I know After Effects has, is there a similar Scale property in photoshop?


texts: Is there a way to import an SVG into Photoshop and have it be treated as a shape/path? or perhaps converted to a shape/path so that it can be edited (e.g. manipulate its control points, change its fill and stroke attributes etc, combined it with other shapes etc). I see there is a way for a shape/path to be exported as SVG from Photoshop. I’m basically interested in the reverse conversion.


texts: Editing PNG in GIMP: is it possible to remove lines (used as arrows) and extrapolate the now blank squares?

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I'm using GIMP to prepare this PNG file for vectorization in Inkscape. I've noticed that the vectorization process makes removing these lines far more tedious after the vectorization than before. Removing these lines by using the "Select by Color" tool leaves transparent pixels and I'd like to know how I can give these pixels the colour one could expect them to have based on the colours of neighbouring squares. Is there any way to systemically extrapolate these colours?

This is the PNG I'm editing.


texts: Indesign: Align frames on same position but different pages

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This might be an idiotic question and I'll take my chances. I'm an amateur Indesigner (but am a power user). I would like to align a frame on a different page on a different spread (could even be on the same spread, just on the flip-side page of it).

But my ruler shows 58p something for the left hand side of one frame, and 11p something on the other side (please see screenshot attached for reference). How can I position the leftmost frame in the same position relative to the page, as the rightmost frame of reference? (besides using a calculator, I want the simple option)


texts: How do I prevent my Illustrator graphics from distorting when I scale them?

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I'm using Adobe Illustrator CS5.1. When I scale my vector graphic in illustrator down to a smaller size, the graphic itself distorts. I have multiple rectangles that are evenly spaced horizontally, and eye-balled evenly vertically. All the rectangles are the same size. When I scale the graphic down, the rectangles all change to different dimensions and do not maintain the same placement as before. How do I fix this?

Please check out the .ai file to see whats going on.
Here's a link to the .ai file


texts: How to generate a two-circumference curve?

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I have these two circles.

And I would like to generate a curve like this, what is the most exact way to do it?


texts: How to fill shape with multiple recursive insets in Inkscape

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Basically I want this:

But done automatically in Inkscape. I imagine parameters like how much space between insets etc.

Or More complicated shapes like:


texts: Illustrator AI file opens incorrectly on one computer, not on others

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Our team has some legacy logo files that are all outlines and have worked fine for years. We keep them on a shared drive (we haven't had access to Cloud libraries due to security constraints).
Recently, I placed a version of the logo in an Illustrator project and it looked like it had been fiddled with. My teammates opened the file just fine and had no problems. Even stranger,  other versions of the logo saved in the same folder have some of the same problems, but show different problems in some, or no problems at all. My teammates don't see the same issues. Either there is some weird setting in my copy of AI that is throwing things off, or maybe the application is corrupt. Here is a good example of the issue with original for comparison:

I have versions of the files that work, so this problem isn't going to stop my projects, but I'd like to know what's causing the issue in case it is affecting other things as well. I haven't noticed an issue in other things, but over the course of a week I'm not going to be checking every curve and character for flaws. I'd like to be able to trust that everything is working like it should be! Any ideas what could cause this?


texts: How to recolor a vector pattern swatch in Illustrator?

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I am new to textures and overlaying a vector for texturing, and I found these halftone textures from Spoon graphics http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/freebies/10-distressed-vector-halftone-patterns-for-illustrator that give me these black swatches.

They are great as they explained for just placing over a vector, however I want to recolor them so they are not just black. I have done this with other textures but when I go to select color I get this:

How can I recolor this texture swatch? Is this possible?


texts: SVG Problem - how to minimize the number of segments in an SVG, such that it is easily tweenable in d3.js (Arcmap -> Illustrator -> d3.js)

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I am creating a tweening web map that switches between different configurations of borders within a map. I'm using d3.JS to do this - here's an example of where I'm going http://jsfiddle.net/cormundo/91pjd3z4/40/. I'm planning on adding some other static sections of svg as well as tweening segments.

I've created a few configuration of Line data (not polygons, as I'm thinking this might be easier to work with) within Arcmap, and I've exported those to SVG's. When I looked at the SVG's closely I realized that they consist of a lot of different segments, each of which is contained within a different path element in the svg. This of course makes working with these in d3.js quite messy, so I'm trying to combine as many of them into single segments as possible.

Example segment ->

<path xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" clip-path="url(#SVG_CP_1)" fill="none" stroke="#A16600" stroke-width="0.95997" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="     M236.87355,455.7626L238.79349,455.7626"/>

I've tried dissolving the attribute tables together in each layer in arcmap - the multitude of line segments are still there. I moved this over to illustrator, and within illustrator I'm trying to use the "join path" tool to combine the different segments into one larger line. I'm generally getting two types of errors there I'm not understanding -

[With just a few lines]: "To join, you must select two different endpoints of the same or two different paths"

or

[If I select a whole layer of lines] "The selected objects cannot be joined as they are invalid objects (compound paths, closed paths, text objects, graphs, live paint group). You can use join command to connect two or more paths, paths in groups; or to close an open path."

So, what I am asking is:

1) Is there an easy fix for this in illustrator or ArcMap?

or

2) Is there a better way of doing this?

Thanks!

Note - also posted in stack overflow


texts: How to create a warped checkered grid in Illustrator?

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I am creating templates for sports uniforms in Adobe Illustrator.

The client has asked to create a design that looks like this:

How would I go about creating a warped checkered pattern like this?

Any help is appreciated :)


texts: Selecting Transparent Areas Within A Selection In Photoshop?

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I am trying to make a quick selection of a line art drawing which is all in black and that is on a layer which has transparent areas within the drawing itself. Of course any of the quick selection methods will also deselect the transparent areas within the drawing. I am basically just trying to end up with an outline/selection/path running around the edge of the line art drawing that includes the transparent area within the selection as well so that I can fill all the transparent areas with black. If I make a selection of the object and then reverse the selection then the problem is it also selects the areas outside of the object as well. So that wont work. I assume there must be a faster way to do what I am trying to do than by using the pen tool to try to create a path by hand around the edges of the drawing?

Thank you kindly for any help you might be able to offer on this.


texts: Designing a document for A4 paper size printing issues

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I am designing a document in Fireworks using a canvas size of 1000 pixels by 1294 pixels, which is in perfect proportion of the standard A4 paper size.

I have finished all the designs, the way I want it to look when I print out on A4 paper, but when I print out, I notice that the "footer" has move up by quite a lot of pixels, thereby leaving a huge white space behind it.

This is nothing like what I have designed in fireworks.

I have tried to export the .psd to .pdf directly, it looks good and in proportion, but when I print out the same problem persists.

Are there settings I can adjust or a standard design approach I must ensure to solve this problem?

P.S. Please fell free to give solutions in Photoshop also.


texts: What are these kinds of typography called?

texts: While talking about typography, we are often presented with beautiful graphics made with types and all. Although I find them very creative, I personally don't have a knack for those. I rather prefer simple words, sentences, and paragraphs organized and aligned with hierarchy and space distribution, in digital or print media. It's amazing how sober and beautiful pure texts can be on a humble piece of invoice or newspaper. See the examples for a clearer idea. My question is: are these also part of typography or do they have some other name? I would like to know and read more about these but I can't begin before I know what I'm looking for.


texts: Adding watermark and pricing to images in a folder dynamically with Photoshop?

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I have a task where I need to treat multiple images in a folder, adding watermark to each image + adding a price within a price tag.

I can apply the watermark and price tag to the images using recorded actions along with Image processor, and get a new folder with all the images with proper watermark and price tag, independent of their size.

The problem here is how I will be adding the prices, I have learned to use variables and datasets with photoshop, but the problem is:

How to use them to act on multiple images in a folder to add the
price in the specified price tag location on the image based on CSV file where I can provide the name of the image and its price? Is this even possible with photoshop?
Can I use the variables when recording the action and automate the process with the Image Processor?

P.S: I am not a graphic designer, and I do not have much experience with photoshop. I am just trying to get this task done.


texts: Create equal space between anchor points in illustrator CC

texts: How can I make sure the space between my anchor points are equal? I need the two points to be the same distance from the point in the centre on each side.


texts: Is there an InDesign to XPS workflow other than printing to an XPS "printer"?

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The book I'm designing was requested originally in PDF format, and that's how it's set up in InDesign. So far, so good, and it's about 90% complete at this point. We've already jumped through a fair number of design hoops on the project, since the first two volumes of the series, done last year, were printed, and the design elements were all set up with print in mind.

The client just called, and his "guy" (who will be setting up the book, various videos and other materials for distribution on USB drives) has said he needs the book in XPS format.

Before I go all out to dissuade the client I just want to be sure that there isn't, in fact, a simple way to get from InDesign to XPS and retain all of the interactive components (bookmarks, internal hyperlinks/buttons, etc.) in the document. I'm almost entirely unfamiliar with XPS, other than to know it exists and to convert any XPS documents I receive to PDF.

Then burning question, then is: is there a way to get from where the project is now, a highly styled InDesign book, to XPS format without

losing the interactive capabilities?
spending an inordinate amount of time
and money to get there?


texts: What is the difference between a spot color and a global process color?

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I just learned about both global process color swatches and spot color swatches (which are inherently global) in Adobe Illustrator.

My question: What is the difference between the two?

When should I use a spot color and when should I use a global process color?


texts: Photoshop Color Picker Hexadecimal use capital letter

texts: Is there any configuration on Photoshop to make color picker use capital letter?


texts:
I'm fairly new to designing. As of now, I have this design:

Click image for full resolution

As you can see there is a small link in the upper right corner (Upload Prenda Link). When clicked, it toggles the an uploading div to look like this:

Click image for full resolution

and vice versa..

The link itself looks like the user will not be able to see it immediately or he/she may overlook it while using the web page.

How can I call attention to this link so it will not be overlooked?


texts: How to Batch-export layers of Inkscape-generated SVG-file to Bitmap for sprites?

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Batch -export means that I may need to add certain transformations such as anti-alias, contrast-fixes and resizing. SVG here means I am using Inkscape. One layer here is a sprite. I currently export each layer individually to bitmap, File > Export Bitmap -- but it is time-consuming.

Is there some way to programmatically batch-export layers from SVG-file?
Or does there exist some batch-export-button in Inkscape?
I specially need the same custom area for each sprite, the same as clicking many times the menus but it is stupid -- perhaps some macro for this?


texts: Whenever I put some kind of feather on selection. Or there is some angled selection; there is a noisy type of selection. How to get rid of it? Refer to the link for image please.


texts: Do plugins/scripts exist for roughening paths in Illustrator?

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I would like to know if any plugins or scripts that exist beyond using Illustrator's Effect > Distort > Roughen ? Illustrator only comes with a single roughening algorithm, and I'm trying to explore some variety.

Here is an affect I am trying to achieve,

I don't have a Wacom tablet (maybe I should get one) and I am not interested in applying texture to fills.

Any pointers would be appreciated, thanks!


texts:
Wondering if it's even useful to design a font using a tool such as font-forge if you are just going to use the font in a 3D environment such as with Three.js. It seems as though the font-file isn't necessary if you plan on doing that, and instead you just want to have a geometry file. But then there is the typing/entering text aspect, which I imagine you would have to implement on your own.

Wondering what the typical workflow is for a situation like this.


texts: Turn off antialiasing for artwork and ignore type?

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I'm trying to force Illustrator to be my goto web design "raster" editor.
Working in pixel preview is certainly the way to go but I've run into a problem.
In web design there is no AA for boxes and edges/strokes and I wanted to replicate this in illustrator and eventually through the images I export to show my clients.

With AA on the edges look incredibly blurry but font is perfect (using crisp) and not representative of the final product if one were to design this in HTML/CSS.

With AA off the box looks much better but of course this turns off AA for the font regardless of what sharpness/smoothing option I choose in the Character dialog box.

I'm crossing my fingers here for a best of both worlds solution so I can have artwork without AA but fonts with AA.

EDIT:
I did find a workaround - albeit not a very good one for dynamic content editing. I select the text and go to Object > Rastersize. I optimize for type and 72dpi and check transparent background to achieve this result below:

Still looking for a better solution.


texts: Color separation for offset printing in Photoshop

texts: It's easy to separate colors in Adobe Illustrator by converting the desired color into a spot color from the swatches panel in order to get it on a separate zinc plate.. But the problem I'm facing is that I want do the same in Adobe Photoshop, I have a flyer designed in Photoshop but I want the color of the background to be one special color in a separate color channel instead of being a mix of color channels, so that I can get the background on one zinc plate for printing


texts: What is the term for a contrasting typeface in a design?

texts: Many designs use one typeface for body text and another, contrasting typeface for headings. Is there an "official" term typographers use for the contrasting typeface in a design?


texts: How do I use a document more than once in a book in inDesign CS6?

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When setting the page ordering of a book in inDesign, I am having trouble figuring out how to have the same document show up twice. I am creating a business book that has the same forms appearing multiple times. How do i duplicate those documents?

When I attempt to add them again, I get the message "'filename.indd' can't be added to the book. The document is already part of the book."

What do I do?


texts: Can anyone identify the font in this image?

texts: could anyone identify the font in the image below? I've found a lot of fonts that are very similar, but none that are dead on matches.


texts: How can I digitize a hand made logo without Photoshop?

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I'm graduating from High School, and I am in charge of designing the representative logo of my classroom. I made this logo, and I want to digitize it, I want to play with the colors and make it more Perfectly-sized.

My computer software is really old, so downloading Photoshop is not an option. Do I have any alternatives?


texts:
Is it possible to combine an open path and a closed path in Illustrator?

I want to take these two paths:

And combine them to make a box like this, except I don't want the points of the diamond-shaped path to extend past the left and right side of the other path:


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Is it possible to write script in some language which would generate vectors for me automatically in the way I want? In Corel Draw of course.

I have 30 basic images and I want to make a spritesheet with them, but I have to go over 30 times doing the same thing which is boring thing to do.

Check the images below:

Let just say I have to create spritesheets like these in the images but from numbers 10 to 40. So you would have to do 30 time copy paste etc...

How would go about doing it in Corel Draw?

Is this a question for StackOverflow?


texts: Indesign CC - Another box inside my text box?

texts: I have a text box in a document (Indesign CC) that seems to have another box inside of it. It looks like a border-type frame, and it is not resizable like the actual text box. I have attached a screen shot. The red border is obviously the normal text box, but the orange border is the mystery box. Can anyone tell me what this is?


texts: How to convert a picture into black lines and a transparent background?

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I've looked at a couple of previous questions, but I haven't been able to apply it to my question.

I'm trying to extract the black from this picture (so I can turn it into a vector later in Illustrator):

One answer to this previous question suggested fiddling with the input levels, but mine don't look as nice as the ones they show and I can't find a setting where white is totally white and black is totally black.

When I add an adjustment layer converting it to black and white and I try to place it into Illustrator, I get this:

I've also tried following this answer's suggestion and do filter | stylize | find edges and I'm getting close, but I don't have optimal results yet:


texts: What characteristics define a technical typeface?

texts: I was reading this other question in GD.SE and suddenly realized that I don't know what exactly defines a technical typeface. It is very clear to me what defines a serif / sans-serif / cursive, but how can I describe a technical font like FF Din or Eurostile or the others depicted below? Or am I just digging too much and these are simply "geometrical" sans-serif fonts?


texts: Is there a way to change the cursor when using the brush tool in Illustrator?

texts: I can't stand how the cursor for the brush tool is an actual brush in Illustrator. It makes it really difficult to see where I am going with the brush. Is there a way to change it so that the cursor is a circle that shows you exactly where you're about to brush?


texts: overprint showing wrong in output preview on different profiles

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im having a problem concerning overprinting and the overprinting preview in acrobat pro 11.
i have a sample document. exported with indesign to "ISO coated v2 (ECI)" and having the profile embedded.

the cursor is on the 70% black text.
but when i switch to coated fogra27 as the simulation profile the overprint simulation gets messed up (the cursor is on the same position as it was before!) .

the overprint has gone. it appears as if the photo underneath the text is being knocked out.
it is the same problem when i export it to coated FOGRA27. when simulating another profile the overprinting becomes knocked out.
and the print-service didn't do overprinting neither when i gave him the "ISO coated v2 (ECI)" document.
does this always happen when not the right profile is used (my printer didn't have the "ISO coated v2 (ECI)" profile but the "fogra27" one)?
thanks for the help in advance!
clemens


texts: What is the term for 3D printing, the kind with red and blue glasses?

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I've been trying to find a a company that can print our invitations in 3D. When I Google it, it only shows me "pop-up" invitations which is not what I'm looking for.

Is there a better term to search for when trying to find someone that can print party invitations in 3D (the kind you need the red and blue glasses to read)? If you know of any companies that do it and ship to Canada that would be great too.

Thanks :)
Nadia


texts: How can I quickly turn all objects of a layer to independent layers in InDesign?

texts: How can I quickly turn all objects of a layer (text boxes, shapes, lines, etc.) to independent layers in InDesign ?


texts: Make font size bigger than max limit of 1296 pt in Adobe Illustrator (2015)?

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For some reason and for many years there's a limit for font size in Illustrator. It is 1296 points max, so you can't go bigger without converting type to outlines first. Converting to outlines means you will not be able to edit type parameters and text it-self. Don't know how about you, but this makes me sad in non-destructive editing era.

What's your workaround?


texts: How to vectorize an image while keeping it crisp

texts: I have been given the task to take graphs and vector them to make them be able to scale up and down. Every time I live trace it, it comes out blotchy and I cant get it to remain someone crisp. I cam easily make the number increments out side of the graph easily but the information inside is very complicated to just try and recreate using the pen tool or anything


texts: Using next style in InDesign table cells

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One of the coolest features that InDesign incorporated, Imho, is the next style (in paragraph styles). Nevertheless, I came across an issue where I'm not sure if my process is wrong, a glitch, or a feature that have not been incorporated yet.

For the record, I am using InDesign CC 2017.

I setup a table style that incorporates a header cell style and a body cell style. The body uses a paragraph style that was set with a 'next style' in order to change the style for the next paragraph within the same cell.

Now here is my problem, it doesn't work as intended. It only applies the initial paragraph style throughout the body cells.

I have already cleared all types of styles that was applied to the table, its cells and content; then I reapplied the table style, but to no avail.

Is there something that I might be missing? is there a workaround that I can incorporate? Any feedback is very much appreciated.


texts: How to choose the "right" font size for a given page

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I asked a similar question in TeX.SE and I am not 100% happy with the answers. I find it strange that there's no standard formula that yields the "right" font size given the page's size. Therefore, I'm going one level above --- leaving the practical TeX world --- and try to find a general answer. I know that it is desired to have 65 +/- 15 characters per line. Is the only way to achieve this is to iteratively improve the document?

I hope that my question makes sense...


texts: changing opacity of text and a background

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https://okbinteractive.studio/

Above is a website, where I'm trying to use the same text/background fill format.

As you can see, they've got a background with its opacity down low, but the text on top is filled with the background at its normal opacity.

I can't work out how to do this in Photoshop


texts: Illustrator CS6 document setup background color

texts: I have a problem with background color in Illustrator CS6. So i set up a desired color for background in document setup, but then i can`t see any white color within my document (i assume that white is transaprent). Any advice how can i fix this?


texts: Change InDesign's default paragraph style language

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I've changed Indd preferences from USA to UK, but text in both new and existing documents still accepts USA spelling.
I think I've found the culprit: Paragraph styles (basic or custom) default to an overriding language of USA.

My question: How do I change paragraph style's default settings?


texts: How much do i need to change a vector image to make it my own

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so this question was already asked before but it referred to vector work that was derived from a picture or artwork of some form.

My question is about simple 1bit silhouette vectors, and where the line between being inspired by and copied from lies.

This question is motivated by my need to use this particular vector (below) as a logo for my app, it looks exactly like i envisioned it but unfortunately although i wouldn't mind not owning exclusive rights to it, there is simply no way, other than to contact the artist himself, to buy a license that allows me to use it the way i want to.

So the only option I have is to make one myself, my question then is:

How much do I need to change the original work to make it my own?

And, where exactly does the inspired by/copied from line stands?

Thanks.


texts: How can I snap to line intersections in Inkscape?

texts: I have two Bezier curves and I want to snap to their intersection. Unfortunately, 'snap to path intersection' only works on actual paths; I can't use it on lines. I decided to test this out on straight lines as well but even that failed. How can I get this to work?


texts: Efficient use of Illustrator's export File Dialogue

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When I File > Export using Artboards from Illustrator the (OSX)file dialogue is always pointing at the directory where the Illustrator document is located. If I need to export to a different directory I have to navigate through the filesystem to find it.

The next time I export Illustrator has forgotten this directory and I have to do this all over again. When I am exporting, previewing a webpage that uses the artwork, tweaking and re-exporting repeatedly this is a massive speed bump. I'm sure the answer is painfully simple but what is it?


texts: How to add an inside shadow to a white object on a colored background?

texts: Well, how to make image-2 from image-1 (in Paint.NET)?


texts: Object > Expand on font seems to change the weight of the font

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I am creating a logo for a client, I have two simple lines of text in Ai.

I have duplicated the logo and moved the copy below the original so I can compare the 2.

It seems that when I do Object > Expand on the copy, it seems a bit bolder.
Why would this be happening?

I will be providing the client with an .eps.
Is there any reason to expand the text vs. regular text?

Thanks.


texts: Flash: Trigger animation of one symbol on hovering over another

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Trying to trigger an animation on mouse hover and reversing it from the current point when the mouse leaves a symbol, I have this code.  It works when hovering over symbol A to animate symbol A. How can I access a different symbol so that I can animate symbol B on hovering over symbol A?

Edit:
More concretely, how can I access a symbol different from the one the code is assigned to?

I am trying to create a pie chart with individual slices moving away from the center of the chart on mouse hover, if this was possible to animate with HTML, CSS, JS a hint would be very much appreciated so I could give it a try like that.

this.stop();
this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,mover);
this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT,mout);

function mover(e:MouseEvent):void {
    stopPlayReverse();
    this.play();
}

function mout(e:MouseEvent):void {
    this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, playReverse, false, 0, true);
}

function playReverse(e:Event):void {
    if (this.currentFrame == 1) {
        stopPlayReverse();
    } else {
        this.prevFrame();
    }
}

function stopPlayReverse():void {
    if (this.hasEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME)) {
        this.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, playReverse);
    }
}


texts: How to find the vertical midpoint of a Gimp image or canvas?

texts: How can I locate the vertical midpoint of a gimp image? I searched online and found this post, but it didn't give me the simple, step-by-step solution I was looking for.


texts: Using text styles that are not included in DLS

texts: We have 15 text styles in our Design Language System and sometimes I face some situations that I have to use some other text styles instead of the existing ones. Is it weird to use some typography styles that they were not in our DLS as a defined text style?


texts: How to make Acrobat show entire Spread instead of one side per spread

texts: I am creating a PDF from a file in Acrobat and the spreads are correct and everything but I want my entire spread to show in the page thumbnail box, but it only shows one side of a spread per page, is there a way to make the view go to full spread instead of half a page spread?


texts: Photoshop action - copy adjustment layer to other open documents

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I like a good time saving action - but I can't figure out how to build one which would really help me save some time.

I regularly work with product photography, usaully about 8 angles per product. I work on one product at a time, with all angles of the product open.

Once retouched and colour matched, I would love an action that would copy my selected adjustment layers (containing colour correction) to all the other open documents.

I've tried the duplicating method - this still requires you to select which layer to copy to, and also the select previous/next document, but nothing quite works as I'd like.

Thanks, FillW


texts: Advice for creating a fluid and responsive graphic

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So I'm creating an entirely responsive website, with the aim of using as few media queries and magic numbers as possible. I've found after a number of attempts, that using the content to create the layout is by far the best course of action.

My client requested an image slideshow/carousel to be prominently visible on the homepage, and possibly all main pages. I have created a layout that works and they're happy with it. You can view it here.

Now I have a new challenge, how do I create an eye-catching slideshow, that responds to it's medium, and looks good? Let me expand..

I have few constraints, which is more of a burden than a relief in this case.

The image must be 400px in height.
The width can be anything from 300px - 2000px.
I can create a few layers, depending on their detail, that can be moved by the webpage itself to respond to the screen size.
The images and design are likely to stay the same for a long time, whilst the text will change fairly often.

So what I'm currently thinking and attempting is:

Use a background image with a direct link to the subject and one or two interesting and relevant clip-art type pictures that can be floated around depending on the screen size.

Then allow the text to position itself, with the help of margins/padding and media queries.

At the time of this edit, I have taken the easy, safe and boring option by using wide, obvious photos.

I am looking for advice on the approach to take when tasked with creating graphics that respond to the medium they're displayed on.

Original questions (not so) relevant to this:

Would a one colour, simple gradient or very smooth background be better than a repeating pattern or one with detail?

How can I create a repeating pattern that works with and is relevant to the subject and design?

If I use a floatable foreground image, do you think it has to look realistic, as in not clip art?

Better topics of consideration:

From a design point-of-view (I know the technical side), what conditions can I use to decide how to scale the text up/down, and still look good? ie. should the text be no larger than a certain size depending on the width of its container?
What sort of images are best for a background with a highly varying width?
My guess is images that have a single anchor point of interest with some unimportant detail throughout the rest of the image
What are the most important things to consider regarding the unfixed/floating nature of foreground images and text? (white space, wrapping and anything else?)

Any blog posts, articles or reports relevant to this are welcome and greatly appreciated.


texts: Why does text of the same size appear different in Photoshop than in Word?

texts: Ok so here you can see text in MS Word. 11 pt Times New Roman looks way bigger than the text in Photoshop at the same size and in the same font. The resolution in Photoshop was and has always been 72 pixels/inch.


texts: I'm a decent PhotoShop artist, mostly using it for exhibition pieces of music artists I listen to and promotional flyers. I'm looking to take my craft to another level by learning InDesign so that I can also begin doing better logos. I've tried Ch-Ch-Check It Clan on YouTube, and some others, but I didn't quite grasp what they were doing. Does anyone have any tips on how a true beginner can get the basics quickly? I'm a visual learner, so I'd much rather not use a book.


texts: I need some advice on the process of designing window banners for a newsagents

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I'm designing a window graphic for a newsagents (what covers the actual window with and advertises what they sell, booze etc), now I've got the sizing,
180cm Height x 170cm width so at first I made .ai document, I started on the design and it was all fine till I imported a really high resolution stock image and illustrator just become really unresponsive, not much of a surprise really because your talking 5000x5000  but it made me think should I be doing this in Photoshop anyway because its not like I'll be needing the window graphic to be scaled since its the perfect size. The thing with Photoshop is as soon as you select 300dpi and CYMK the file size is 1.34 gig, I've recently had a idea that I should use photoshop to get the picture at the right size for the .ai document and it should work fine. I just need to make some space on my computer before I do this but my concern is it normal for print companies to deal with files of this size, I'm not sure how big my illustrator file would be with this picture file in but I'm assuming fairly big as well.

Thanks


texts: What benefits are there to workflows using Images at 32-bits per channel?

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To be clear, I'm referring to images that have a color depth of 32-bits per channel.

Has anyone ever used images this large in a workflow – other than as RAW files directly from a camera?

If so, why did you need that much depth?

What benefits are there to using 32bit color depth?


texts: I am reasonably experience developer on photoshop and it has spoiled me to no extent. I am searching for a graphic tool on fedora which is simple to generate images that I would like to use on my android apps. I have tried my hand with Gimp and it seems to have huge learning curve. Is there any photoshop like app in Fedora which can help ?


texts: The levels adjustment is not applied after hitting OK

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I have a gray-mode design with one layer, when I change the levels of it, it shows changes while in preview, but once I hit OK everything goes back like nothing was happened
- I've tried to convert it to RGB , it still goes back
- This happens with the curves too

Am I doing something wrong with it?


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I'm hearing alot of things about Affinity Publisher lately. First client today explicitly mentioning they would rather have their stuff done in AP instead of ID.

Asking from a long-term, well experienced InDesign user perspective, what does InDesign have that is (still) missing from Affinity Publisher?

Can it be considered a working replacement for print & digital work, can it handle large-volume jobs, eg. 100 page catalogues in 15 languages?


texts: How to get this overlap effect in illustrator?

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I don't know if similar question has been asked before, but can anyone help me to turn this:

...into something like this:

I was following a tutorial but it didn't show what effects and tools were being used. Here's the link, if it helps: Visit


texts: Extracting multiple images from a single image in CS6

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I'm trying to make a copy of a logo that I can add some Styles to.  The logo:

So, I click on the Quick Selection tool and grab the central image.  Everything looks great.  However, I can't seem to figure out how to grab the gray areas around it.  If I click the Quick Selection tool again, it simply unselects what I previously selected and starts selecting the new area.

How do I get the Quick Selection tool to select multiple areas of the same image?


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I am trying to draw the viewers' eyes to the 'join now' button in the image below. My idea was to represent this with a series of 'waves' coming into a 'hot spot' in the middle. This concept should make you feel like clicking the 'join now' button.

I need some fresh reviews on my idea and if it's correctly implemented. I'm a coder, not a designer, but love good design. Could I get some feedback on this image?

Note: the border on the right is faded, as to indicate the last image in a series of frontage slideshow.


texts: Printing a poster from pdf results in wrong colors

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I have A0 poster with 2 science images that were taken by a spacecraft. On top of it I have graphs and some text. When I print it as A4 pdf on my office small printer - the colors are fine. When I print it as A0 on my university poster printer the colors are bad in multiple ways - over saturated, faded and etc. However, the text and graphs that I added on top of the images are totally fine! I work in Adobe Illustrator CMYK format of course! Help!

P.s. I have had a few step (compression, cropping) in Adobe Photoshop if that matters at all. Poster printer is HP DesignJet Z2100 Photo Printer.


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What is he right type of file for printing on textile?. Depending on the design, i normally i save my artwork as PDS or AI file.

I came across someone that does it always as bitmap, which is new to me as a fact.

Is this a better option for textile printing? what about TIFF? would that be also good?

Thanks.


texts: How to have full bleed between two facing pages Indesign

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Aloha all,

I'm working in InDesign CS5.5 on a master plan document.

I want the final document to be 11x8.5 landscape with facing pages, spiral bound to allow document to lay flat with full bleed. I have set up the document with legal size paper 14x8.5 so I can have full bleed and the printer personnel can cut to size.

My question is related to the spine edge. How do I set up my indesign file to have two facing pages that have the bleed lines at perimeter but allows a single graphics in the document to bleed across spine? I know, confusing, I'm struggling to articulate it. The basic point is that I want an image to bleed across the spine of document, but how do I do that in indesign without having to copy the image twice, i.e. place it once on left facing page, pull the extent over the bleed just enough, then copy the image to the right facing page, and try to manually match up where the image stops on the left and begins again on the right.

I have attached two pictures for reference.

Any questions to my confusing question?!


texts: How to apply a layer to multiple open images in photoshop?

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I am using Photoshop CS6.  I have 40 images that have a transparent background open.  I would like to apply a layer (a fill with gradient) to each of the 40 images without having to manually select Duplicate Layer (because I can only select one document at at time as a destination).

Any advice?


texts: Image fuzzy in browser, sharp in Photoshop (with NO resizing), why?

texts:
I have a PNG file that looks fuzzy when I view it in any browser.  However, opening the very same file in Photoshop, making no changes, it looks perfectly sharp.

Why does this PNG look different when there is no difference in the file?  Is there a setting in my browser that could be making the file look fuzzy, or a setting in Photoshop that makes things look sharper than they really are?

I have checked to ensure that I am viewing the image in the browser at the full proper size (it is not being resized by the code).

Totally stumped.


texts: If I import a .psd file with one layer into Ai and then save as .ai file, is this a true vector file?

texts:
I've been asked by a friend to create a vector file from a .psd they have given me which only has one layer. I realize a .ai is a vector file by default, but I often see that an image needs traced, outlined, etc... to be a vector file a printer would be able to use.  If I simply open the .psd file and save as an .ai, will she have what she needs to send to a printer?

I'm just trying to help out a friend as I have the software! Thank you so much in advance for any help!


texts: I am trying to do a transparency inside image kind of effect

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This is what I have, I did the following effect by following the steps in this post:

How do I make this image in image effect?

Now what I am trying to do is instead of having the background in the back (in my case, the green city scape, I just want it to be transparent.) Is there a way to accomplish what I want? I tried erasing the bottom layer to make it transparent and make the top layer mode "lighten" but it doesn't do anything. I have some examples of what I am trying to accomplish if you scroll all the way to the bottom(they are the closest things I could find).

Here are some examples to sort of paint a better image of what I want. Don't be fooled by the Al Capone example (I don't want it to be cartoony, it's just an example).


texts: tips on designing high-quality semi photo-realistic icons that attempt to be modelled 3-D objects

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I'm an amateur graphic designer. When I'm free I do some simple graphic designing with Photoshop and Illustrator (mess around with the pen tool, add style to a layer, adjust hue of an image, etc).

I've been a great fan of Dribbble and I'm always fascinated by the amazing pieces of art there.

- Find by Alext Volkow

- Circus Tent by  Michael Tzscheppan

- Sandwich iOS icon by Ryan Ford

These semi photo-realistic icons are so well-designed. I would appreciate if someone can offer me some tips on designing icons like these.


texts: Bending a path without using the anchor points

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In a recent video I seen an artist was using Illustrator to bend a path into a curve. This looked different to manipulating the anchor points.

The video is here (8:20): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbbQl2sU-ag

I've tried to do this, but I'm not sure if my version of Illustrator has this feature. I'm on CS6.

Using the pen tool if I press "Alt + Option" it doesn't curve the line or look anything like it does in the video. Sorry for being vague but I don't know what this feature is called.

Can this be done in CS6 and what is this feature called so I can do a bit more Googling?


texts: I have a rather complex illustration I live traced and am wondering if it is possible to colour in quicker than colouring each individual petal, like a click and drag over the image without colouring in the outlines?


texts: Let's say I build a diagram with list of items (text), every text is linked with line to another to show relation. How can I snap line to text object, so when moving text, line will follow it's position? (another end of line will stick to other label)


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What is the richest black that Pantone have for Logo printing? I want something to appear really black and not tinted (Something similar to the registration black in CMYK which is a 100% of the 4 colors).

I heard though that printing on 100% from all colors will damage the paper (it will be over-soaked or so I guess). Moreover, I am not sure if I can use Pantone+CMYK in this case?