texts: What to do with these errors when I open a PSD file in my Photoshop CS3 (Windows 7) while PSD is made by Photoshop (Mac OSX)

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I'm a Web Designer and when I open some PSD files in my Photoshop CS3 (Windows 7) I get these messages pop-up before to open PSD. My fellow designer use Photoshop on Mac OSX.

Error 1

  Some text layers contain fonts that are missing. These layers will
  need to have the missing fonts replaced before they can be used for
  vector based output.

Error 2

  Some groups were found corrupted and repaired.

Error 3

  This document contains unknown data which will be discarded to keep
  layers editable. To preserve the origional appearance instead, choose
  Flatten to load composite data as a flattened image.


texts: How Would I achive this line effect in Photoshop

texts: I'm trying to recreate the circled line effect in the image below.  I have tried bevel and emboss and also had a go with an ellipse and drop shadow but just can't recreating it convincingly.


texts: Is there any way to draw an arc shape with rounded ends like this in sketch app?


texts: Gimp : How to make a selection with the current background color considered transparent?

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Just like in Paint, how can I do a "transparent selection"? For example, if red is the background color and I select a part of an image with red in it, I want my selection to consider the the red to be transparent.

Or equivalently : How can I change a specific color inside a selection to transparent?


texts: How do I turn a RGB picture in a B/W portrait in Photoshop CC?

texts: I used to be a big fan of a band called Maximum The Hormone and i decided to check out one of their songs, which soon led me to revisit their site. On there I roamed and visited their band page. I noticed they had an awesome picture of themselves in a black and white tent, which can be seen here. I was wondering if anyone knew how to perform this task in Photoshop? or if you knew a site which showed a tutorial for this. I currently run CC edition and I am pretty familiar with some of the basic layer adjustments. I just want to make cool photos for Facebook and stuff like that. I would be grateful.


texts: How do I join the anchor point from one path, to an anchor point on another path?

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I have the following:

I'm trying to create that overlaped look by taking a bit of the path off. I have done so, but the result is two separate paths and I want to have them joined.

As you can see, they are separate paths, and I want to make them into one, but the Click Selected Endpoints button is greyed out for me. I'm not sure how I can join the two.


texts: Is it possible to set the width in Adobe illustrator to 45m?

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It's for printing in a scaffold sheeting roll and client wants me to format it in three different sizes:

3m x 45m – 2m Height Print
3m x 45m – 1.8m Height Print
2m x 45m – 1m Height Print

I'm not really sure how to go around with this. Can anyone help me or explain what they meant? They also asked me to download a different software just so I can set the width to 45m for printing.


texts: News Feed? Activity?: What are some ways to represent this term as an icon?

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I'm working with a team on an app that deals with events(conventions, meetups, weddings, etc) and travel. The closest competitor would be Epilogger.

One section in this app is called Activity(ies). The content in here is fairly identical with Facebook's News Feed, or any other social media's content feed. Its basically a list of items(photos and comments) posted by users during an event.

I am having a hard time conceptualizing an icon for this. I'm not sure what I want but I know what I don't want: newspaper, pulse, or any specific activity. I'd love some guidance or any input on the matter.

So my question is "What are some ways to represent this term as an icon?" And any shared resources, tips, and/or guidance would be very much appreciated.

Edit:
I use these sites quite a bit for referencing in times like this. I'm sure somebody will also find it useful. Pttrns, Android-App-Patterns, Mobile-Patterns.


texts: (AI) Making curves & angles more uniform?

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I'm trying to recreate a motif based on some reference photos, like:

And this is what I have so far:

I'm going for a more precise and "sharp" look than the reference photo, where the motif appears hand-painted, with some edges more rounded than others.

What are some tips I can use for making these "leaves" line up better and look more uniform?

My current approach, as evidenced by the right side of the example, was as follows:

Create the green guide lines for the inner and outer boundaries
Using Path Divide (CADtools plugin), add 6 equal cuts to the inner guide line, and 5 cuts to the outer
"freehand" the top and bottom leaves
Starting from the bottom, duplicate the shape and give it a thick outside-aligned stroke, roughly overlapping the next marks on the guide lines.
Expand Appearance, and use the top curve of the expanded stroke as the base of the next leaf. (i.e. the red curve determines the shape of the blue curve above it)
Simplify the curve until it has only two anchors (~90%) and snap the ends of the curve to the marks on the appropriate guide lines.
Freehand the red curve
Repeat for each leaf. (I copied the last red curve each time and rotated, stretched, and tweaked it to fit)

Obviously, there was plenty of guesswork and it really didn't turn out perfect. The leaves don't appear to "fan out" properly because the angles, curves, thicknesses, and spaces aren't all measured and uniform.

Could anyone please provide some ideas on how to make better use of my friends Math and Geometry?

(I'm using Illustrator CC 2019. Project file available if needed)


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I'm trying to squeeze a text into a shape so that after removing the shape the text gives the impression of the shape. In the above example MYTEXT should go into the elipse.

How can i do this with inkscape ?


texts: Indesign question about layers on objects or texts

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So i haven't used InDesign in years. I'm a little embarrassed to ask this but I'd rather just find out on this site instead of taking an hour to figure it out.

I would like to add layers to a shape and/or text for effects and colors. I use the appearance panel in Illustrator ALL the time. Is there something like that for InDesign?


texts: How do continue a pattern or style if it is in bitmap form?

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I have downloaded some psd templates that I must edit. In this case, I am attempting to continue the red bar across the black area that currently divides it. It is in bitmap form, however (no layer effects I can look at), so I'm wondering what the best way would be to make the red bar look like it seamlessly continues across this black gap?

Thank you in advance.


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I have a triangle and a line and i want the tip of the triangle to connect with the line. However, every single time illustrator wants to intersect with other shapes (there is quite a lot of stuff around it) and totally forgets to snap to the anchor at the end of the line. PLEASE help me before i throw my goddamned laptop out of the window.
How do i make illustrator prioritize snapping to anchors instead of snapping to stuff that is totally far away?

I have snap to pixel grid turned off btw


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So, my gif is completly fine in photoshop and is showing it is perfect and good to go. But when I see it on the web, this is what happens. I am trying to make it transparent.

http://i.imgur.com/n0SzRYV.gif

I cannot fix this and I am really in need of some help. Any ideas? Or can someone fix this for me?


texts: Does creating a vector graphic on a specific screen resolution affect the output quality on higher resolution screens?

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I'm creating my first game using the Unity game engine.

I plan to target 1920x1080px; but my laptop resolution is 1366x768px.

If I create the vector image on my 1366x786px screen, will the output be different or of less quality when it's displayed on a 1920x1080px screen?


texts: In Illustrator, how do I cut off a protruding end of a line going through a circle (letter)?

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In Adobe Illustrator CS5, I have a circle (the letter "O") and a line going through it, like so:

Now, I want to remove the protruding south-east part of the line, for an end result similar to

but where the south-east end of the blue line extends all the way out to the edge of the black circle, making that end of the blue line follow the curve.

Rephrased, I only want to show the south-east of the blue line where it overlaps with the black shape. But the top-left and middle of the blue line should remain as is, even where they pass over the inside of the "O" or protrude into the north-west.

Could someone tell me a way to do this?


texts: Exporting only outline in SVG from Illustrator for 3D model

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For some reason, when I'm exporting my shape which is just a shape, with a specific outline size, and transparent fill, when I import it into my program I'm getting a solid shape. Anybody know why? I'm fairly new to Illustrator, been using Photoshop for years and years and years.

Copy/pasting the path, and using offset path to my exact dimensions, and then deleting the rest would be nice. That's how I would almost do it in Photoshop, just delete the section I don't need out of the layer.

I tried to export it as a PNG and it's just the stroke how I wanted. I ran it through a 2D to 3D image website, and it worked just fine. It must be something with the one program importing the SVG and thinking it's a solid shape. Maybe I need to draw the shape, and the offset the shape to my size and delete the middle, as to just leave a outline? Not sure exactly how to do that though.

I can't add a 3rd image, but I zoomed in on the outline and the path is in the middle of the stroke, not surrounding the outline with it's own path. I assume that's my problem, and why the SVG is reading as a full solid star...


texts: What resolution should I use for my photos in Inkscape?

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question from a non-graphic designer here who doesn't fully get the whole 'resolution' thing.

From what I understand, Inkscape saves all embedded images as 90dpi. However for printing, 300 dpi is typically recommended.

If I add a 300dpi image to an Inkscape document, it will appear much bigger than its correct size as it scales down to 90dpi. Does this mean that I am OK to save at 90dpi, because I am shrinking the size of the image?

What about if I have a low resolution photo, say 72dpi, but the photo is large and I am happy to shrink it? Should I first change the image to 90dpi in Photoshop before embedding it in Inkscape, or can I just add it to Inkscape and resize it?


texts: imagemagick convert: changing color profile

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I use the imagemagick convert command to create thumbnails for the web from large images.

convert y2.psd[0] -resize '80x40' y2.png

Some images uploaded by a customer are CMYK Photoshop files with very large custom icc profiles. A 3Mbyte photoshop file turned into a 1.2Mbyte png file, even though the output png size was 80x40. The rest of the png file seems to have been profile information. When I run

convert y2.png -strip y2stripped.png

the file size goes down from 1.2Mbytes to 2kbytes.

I'm not too worried about including any profile information with the thumbnail, but I would like to know that the png has been properly produced and does reasonably represent the original image. I can't find any information on telling convert what color profile to use for the output image. Is color profile handling in convert well defined, please? How do I ask it to produce output with a specific color profile?


texts: Converting Images with High DPI and Low Pixels to Low DPI and High Pixels

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I'm currently in the process of making an interactive map. From previous knowledge I learned that it was all about pixel count so that the map could cover a large area. This map needs to cover an area twice the size of the Earth.

My original map is at 35000 x 20000 pixels @ 300 dpi. Which gives me great zoomability for the interactive map.

However, I was just contacted by an artist that offered to make the map. And they suggested a size of 9000 x 6000 pixels but at 1200 dpi. Saying that this can be resized up to my original needs without the loss of quality.

My issue here is that I don't understand how that could work. And so, I don't want to start the job and paying for it. Until I'm sure that the end result will be as by my needs.


texts: Can I use a 'Free For Personal Use' font in my cover designing portfolio?

texts: Of course, the portfolio will be put up for sales as pre-mades. Is this allowed? I would be buying the font once someone requests a particular design, but until then, am I using these free fonts for Commercial Purposes? Is this a violation?


texts: Show legend AND percentages in Illustrator pie chart

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I have a pie chart that looks like this:

I want to make it look like this (ignore the purple lines), so that it has both the colored legend AND the percentages. (The color and shape doesn't matter).

Is there a way to do that without manually adding text boxes? I looked at this question and it talks about how to make the percentages appear, but it does not also include the legend with the corresponding colors, which is what I want.

I have fifteen pie charts to update. I have a way to auto-graph my data but there's no point in automating it if I have to type seventy-five little text boxes with percentages afterwards.


texts: Is there a way to preserve EXIF data when converting file from JPG to PNG?

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I have following requirements:

Convert JPG image to transparent PNG
Preserve the tags given in JPG image and have it in PNG image as well.

When I convert JPG image to transparent PNG, the EXIF data (tags data) is lost.

Is there a way to prevent this?

Thanks!


texts: How to cut a large photo into a grid of smaller photos automatically in Photoshop?

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Is there a way, maybe a script, that would help me cut an image into say 50 images?

I have a massive panorama I would like to print on normal stock photo paper and I am using Photoshop.

The output of this operation needs to be images, not PDFs, not printer. There is still work to be done with each of these cut-outs later.

How can I slice a large image into many smaller images with an automated, or relatively fast method?


texts: If one hires a designer who plagiarizes, who is held liable?

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I plan to hire a graphic designer to design the cover and a few internal graphics for a book I wrote. Suppose the designer then finds some other artist's work, copy and pastes the graphics, and sells it to me, without my awareness. Would I be held liable?

If geography is important, assume for the US.


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I am trying to export my vector graphics as SVG. Inside Adobe Illustrator everything is just right, measured in mm. But when I use the "save as" option it always converts it to px (scale factor around 1.25) which leads to heavy rounding errors and I want to use it for a CNC where accuracy matters.

So is there a option I am missing to stop it from scaling or a adjustable export scaling factor?

Or should I use another software (working on Mac OS X)?


texts: Why is the Illustrator shortcut for "Font Size Step Up" not working?

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I am trying to Increase font size using the short cut for Font Size Step Up/Down
Alt+Shift+Ctrl+.
Alt+Shift+Ctrl+,

But neither are working, I have tried on both Area Type, Point Type, text selected, and unselected.
Am I missing something or doing something wrong?


texts: What do the keylines on product icon design guidelines mean exactly?

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What do the rectangles, squares and circles exactly represent on icon guidelines like this one?

(I numbered them for practicality)

source : https://developer.android.com/google-play/resources/icon-design-specifications


texts: How can I produce this irregular gradient using css?

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I am looking for a way to reproduce this gradient using css:

Is it possible? I don't know how the png gradient has been done.


texts: Why would home printers work better with an RGB image

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In @Scott's answer to this question Best format to save Photoshop artwork for printing?, he states that most home printers will more accurately reproduce the colors from an RGB image than a CMYK image.

However, all of the inkjet and laser printers that I have ever used at home use CMYK inks/toners.  So, I would think that using CMYK colors would result in more accurate color reproduction.

Assuming Scott is correct (and based on his reputation and profile, I completely believe he is), why would printers with CMYK colors be more accurate when converting from an RGB color profile?

After reading the response mentioned in Scott’s comment, I want to clarify what I am asking slightly.

Why in the heck doesn’t a printer that uses CMYK simply use the percentages of each ink as specified in the file that it is printing?  Assuming I could configure my design software and monitor to match a (hypothetical) color profile provided by the printer manufacturer, it would seem more efficient for the printer to simply use the specified percentages for each ink color.  So why doesn’t printing on a desktop printer work that way?


texts: Saving a layer to png in Adobe Illustrator

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I am new to Adobe Illustrator. I want to save the header layer to a png for a web background. I get close, but always have a white border around the graphic. I am thinking there should be an easier way to do this than what I am currently doing.

Thanks in advance


texts: Thickness and positioning of text underline

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I previously asked a technical question on StackOverflow about getting the thickness of the underline from a font in Java/Android. Since it is starting to appear that there may not be a solution, my new problem becomes: how do I design a good underline thickness and position for any particular font size?

The following image is an example:

The red lines show the top, baseline, and bottom of the font. The black line is a standard underline. If that black line didn't exist and I had to design it myself, how would I know how thick to make it? And how far should it be placed below the baseline?

Just by analyzing the image it looks like the thickness is about 1/16th of the font height and about one line thickness below the baseline. Is this a good guideline? I'm sure there must be design standards or at least recommendations out there, but I wasn't able to find them.


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Is it possible to pin an object to an edge (of an object, path, or document) such that when the document is resized, the object will change its x,y coordinates such that it maintains the same distance to the edge. I generally use Illustrator for vector graphics, but a solution in Inkscape or a similar environment is good too.

All answers appreciated and I always accept one.


texts: What to do when a client cancels the deal but uses your concept?

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Hello fellow designers,

Some time ago, a client requested me a logo design for his new company.
After I showed him some rough concepts, we came to an agreement on what the final logo should look like. However, he refused to pay (saying he expected to pay 200€ at max for 3 logos and a style guide) and the deal was cancelled.

I visited his website and noticed the final logo:

he uses commercially bears a resemblance to the concept I had sent him:

Is there anything I can do about it?


texts: What does the size of the font translate to exactly?

texts: I have a 40 pixel font that I'm trying to translate into custom images. I'm trying to match the size of the image exactly, but I'm having some problems getting exactly the right size. Basically, what it comes down to is this. When a font says it is X pixels, what does this physically mean?


texts: Why are raster images still used when vector images have so many advantages?

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I have read some posts and see many advantages of using vector images when compared to raster images:

They can be zoomed or scaled at any ratio.
File-size efficiency. Because vector image only identified by mathematical descriptions rather than for each pixel.
It can be used for designing logos or magazines, because you can export to any size.

I also searched and see that you can convert raster images to vector images with some tools. So my question is: With all the above advantages of vector images, why some photo manipulation softwares such as Photoshop still use raster images?

Why don't we convert to vector image before doing something. And just convert back to raster image when we need export to some format such as bmp, jpeg ... when necessary.


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I'm using several objects with vector effects in Adobe Illustrator CC 2015. When I select such an object either by clicking it in the layers panel or using the select-tool, copy and paste it again, then the effects are applied to the object and don't seem editable anymore. This means, that

The object is transformed into a group which contains the object without effects and the effects as a bitmap
The effects disappear in the appearance panel when the objects are selected.

But I need that effects to remain editable after copying. How can I change this behaviour? On my Windows computer the effects still exists after copying, and sometimes grouping the objects and then copying the group fixes it.


texts: All PDF's appear to be 72 dpi, no matter what

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I'm having some trouble creating a PDF with Photoshop.

The client wants the final file to be "a PDF at 300 dpi".

I have an image (3300 x 2550 pixels @ 300 dpi) in Photoshop.  (11" x 8.5" canvas)

It seems that no matter which method or setting, my PDF is always saved at 72 dpi because the PDF ends up at 792 x 612 pixels every single time.

I'm using Photoshop CS2 on a Mac.  I've tried a "save as PDF" from the file menu and I've also tried a "save as PDF" from the print dialog box.

I even saved it as a TIFF (3300 x 2550 @ 300 dpi) and opened in GraphicConvertor, then saved as a PDF.  Same problem... the PDF is only 72 dpi (792 x 612 pixels).

So how can I get the final PDF size to be 3300 x 2550 pixels @ 300 dpi?


texts: How to export an image from Photoshop with the multiply effect?

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I have a design in Photoshop with two images with the multiply effect. This effect is not possible in all browsers with Javascript/CSS3, so I decided to export the images with the effect from Photoshop.

I copied the layer of the image with the multiply effect. Then I exported this. But when I put it in browser, the multiply effect is gone.

What is the correct way to export images with multiply?


texts: How do I specify the dimensions of a vector line in Photoshop CS6?

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I am new to shape layers in CS6, and am running up against this issue:

How do I create a stroked line path (with no fill) with precise dimensions?

All I'd like to do is create several horizontal rules exactly 306 pixels wide.


texts: In iDraw 2.5 how do you tag layers or objects

texts: There is nothing in the user guide about tagging things, and I'm trying to export some graphics to Xcode.


texts: Importing a photoshop file into illustrator without a white background

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I'm trying to import a .psd file into illustrator without showing the background. I have one layer in photoshop, showing only the transparent image. I've saved it as .psd, and .png files.

But whenever I open the .psd in Illustrator, it opens with a white background. Is there something I'm missing?


texts: Do you provide prints to home users with crop marks or cutting lines for cutting with scissors?

texts: I wonder which alternative is more useful to the home user and what the standard thickness of these are.


texts: In gimp, anyone know how to remove the background of text logo with image inside it? create a watermark

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I've created a simple text logo in gimp with an image inside of it. I don't know how to delete the black background I have and only have the text with the word left in it.

When I go to delete the black background the full image I used for the text stay completely intact, covering my text logo.

I just want the text with the image inside so i can use it as a watermark on flyers. thanks


texts: How do I in some way save a texture (with borders, effects and all) in Illustrator?

texts: I have multiple objects that will have the same color, border color, brush and texture (with texturizer). How can I either save this as some default style, or copy everything from one object to another? The eye dropper will only copy the colors and not the texture and brush...


texts: Create an overlapping pattern brush that lines up evenly where the brush intersects

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I am very new to Illustrator (know Photoshop well) and have  watched many tutorials but still don't know what I'm doing wrong.

I have a square with two lines that intersect between it, making a grid.  I couldn't figure out how to get two lines to be on the same layer, so I have two separate paths.  (This might be the problem?)  (How do I make them one layer?)

I created a square and cut path at selected corners to make this shape:

I then dragged this brush to the brush panel, checked that I wanted a pattern, and also made a Start block without the left border, so it doesn't overlap.

However, when applying this brush to my paths, it looks like this.

How do I get my intended goal? The middle square should look correct!

Other problems I ran into - I thought maybe that the squares were slightly taller than wide, since I removed a side, so I tried to drag the brush (as I read) onto the artboard so I could adjust the order.  When I dragged the layers back to the brush, the spacing got completely messed up for the brush.  Even if I made no changes, it seemed to add spacing by default.

Also, I have no idea why there is the grey line through the vertical pattern.  I can't get rid of it!

Thanks for the help!


texts: Unable to access python manager in Krita

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I am new to Krita, and would like to start writing scripts for it. I am using Krita 4.4.3 with Ubuntu 18.04 and can't seem to even access the python manager in Krita to begin with.
In 'tools->scripts->...' there is nothing. I go to 'settings-> configure krita' and there is no "python manager" in the side bar.
I have reinstalled Krita, installed python-qt, and updated my operating system.
Nobody else on the internet seems to have this problem.
Ultimately what I'm trying to do is make a deck of cards for a board game. I would like to write a script that generates cards from a file containing the information on those cards, placing that information onto a template I make in Krita. The reason I want to use Krita is because that's where I'm doing the art for the cards, and I'd like it to be easy to make minor adjustments to both individual cards and the whole deck at once.
If someone a has solution to my problem with Krita that'd be awesome. Otherwise, suggestions for better ways to generate cards are also welcome.
Thanks for any help!


texts: Creating 3D book cover mockups from scratch

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You very often see 3D mockups of books that look realistic enough to pass for a photo of the book at a glance. They’re a great way to make a flat front page come to life, and it’s no wonder they’re frequently used in marketing. Something along the lines of this is what I’m referring to (taken from CoverVault):

Working for a publisher, I would like to somehow incorporate this type of mockup into our marketing strategies, since they are in many ways superior to actual photographs (no glare, and the distortion can be reduced just enough that the book looks like it’s seen from an angle without being all bent out of shape like it gets in a photo).

Googling for tutorials on how to create these things turns out to be surprisingly difficult: a lot of people apparently want them, so there are a million and one websites with free and paid ready-to-use Photoshop templates and plugins. Great. Except they’re all completely and utterly inflexible. You cannot customise the size of the book or the angle the book is seen from or anything else, which makes them essentially useless to me. There are a bunch of actual tutorials I can find as well, but step 1 in all of them seems to be “download a Photoshop book cover mockup from the Internet”, which doesn’t really help me much either, since making the mockup itself is what I’m trying to find a tutorial for.

I’d much rather learn to actually create a flexible shape that I can wrap or distort my artwork around to create a 3D mockup, but being a relative Photoshop rookie (I generally work more with text than graphics), I don’t even know where to begin in doing this.

Does anyone know of any resources for figuring out how to go from having just a flat book cover image to 3D-ifying it into something that looks realistic?

(I don’t have access to, nor much of an inclination to [re-]learn full-blown 3D modelling programs like 3D Studio Max or Blender. That’s too much effort for this one thing.)


texts: How to create this kind of effect? Thank you, guys


texts: How do you paint between selection in adobe illustrator

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I'm fairly new to adobe illustrator so this is probably a stupid question but i'm struggling with this.
I'm trying to trace and color an image using the pen tool like below

I wanted to color between the white lines but how do I go about this?Simply pressing K will paint the entire thing which is not what i want.


texts: Photoshop gets stuck in one tool and wont accept keyboard shortcut while painting

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So I'm painting with the brush tool, and I mess up and hit E on my keyboard for the eraser but the tool doesn't change. I hit cmd++/- and nothing happens, I hit M for marqee nothing happens.
But.
When I click my mouse in the gray area thats part of the window plane like layers/tools etc, I am able to use my keyboard shortcuts again.
Its as though photoshop didn't recognize that I had stopped using the brush tool and kept me locked in until I clicked on something that is not part of the canvas to "wake it up".
I have no idea why this is happening.


texts: An analogous gradient on a triangle in Inkscape

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I have a rectangle, shown below, which has a gradient so that the top and bottom edges fade to black.  I wish to reshape this this rectangle into a triangle (like the one pictured) so that top and bottom edges of the triangle still fade to black.
To produce the triangle below I converted the rectangle into a path, removed one of the nodes on the left, and then centered the remaining node on the left.

The gradient I am trying to implement, however, should look more like the one below (which I created in Microsoft Word).  Notice how the directions of the gradient are in line with the sides of the triangle.

Are there any ways to create a triangle that has the gradient pattern shown above?  Thanks all.


texts: How to convert all raw-embedded images to placed files?

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A slightly related question deals with exporting all placed files into a single folder. My problem is unfortunately deeper:

The original author directly pasted screenshots into the InDesign document, so they don't even show up in the links panel. I can manually select each image and use File -> Export to export it as jpg or png. But what I want are the following things:

no transcoding, i.e. the raw image data shall be exported in whatever format was pasted (bmp I guess)
the pasted image shall be replaced by a regular placed object
I don't want to do this manually for all the hundreds of images

So unless InDesign does provide means to achieve this via the UI (which I failed to find) I will probably need a script to do the dirty work for me. Has anyone already done something like this?


texts: When prototyping in Figma, is there any way to set up interaction exact on the shape and not the it's bounding box?


texts: How can I insert a list variable value into my running heads?

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I use InDesign CC 16.1.
I have a ~200-page InDesign book with about ninety short chapters. I have divided the book into parts. Each such part begins with a one-page document that has a single line of text in it, styled as a "Part Title". The "Part Title" paragraph style uses the following numbering options:

A part title page looks like this (which is how I want it):

I set Document Chapter Numbering to "Same as Previous Document in the Book", so that the part title page won't increment my chapter counter.

What I do not know how to do is insert the most recent Part Title text from the book into the running header of the chapters in my book. I know how to define a text variable:

But the problem is, the variable's value is empty whenever I try to refer to it, either in the body of my chapter text, or in a running header. I presume this is because no chapter actually has a Part Title in it (my Part Title paragraphs are only on non-chapter part title pages).
My question is: How can I insert the Part Title name into my running headers?
Bonus question: How can I also insert the Part Title number into my running headers?


texts: GIMP 2.8.16 - How to create an EXACT path using the 'Selection-to-Path Advanced Settings' dialog?

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How can I create an EXACT path from a selection with as FEW anchor points as possible using the 'Selection-to-Path Advanced Settings' dialog (https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-selection-dialog.html)?

I've been playing around with the options of this dialog for a while now, but all I can seem to produce is a path that follows my selection closely BUT has anchor points at every little corner of the selection. All these anchor points make it difficult to use the path in the next steps of my work.

How can I get a path that matches my selection precisely WITHOUT all these excessive anchor points? What are the specific settings that I have to use?

Many thanks for your help!


texts: Scribus export to PDF results in a large file size (compared to the included JPEG)

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I am trying to add a JPEG image to a Scribus document, and then to export it as PDF; the file size of the resulting PDF should not be much higher.
I just added a frame for an image, loaded the JPEG file into it, and adjusted the image size to the frame's size.
Then I exported it as PDF, and the file size of the PDF was much higher than the JPEG file.
The JPEG file has a size of 165 KB, and the PDF's size is 1 MB.
I tried to do the same using gimp, and there the resulting file is 1 MB as well, so same problem.
Then I tried imagemagick's convert; there the resulting file is 177 KB, using:
convert 1.jpg 1.pdf

As for Scribus, I tried to change some settings in the PDF export (compression method, max. resolution etc.). This did reduce the file size, but image quality got worse.
How can I include a JPEG image in Scribus, and then export it "as-as" to PDF, without any real transformation, except for scaling (which could be stored just as a factor)?
Update

I am using Scribus 1.4.6 on Linux
I cannot upload my JPEG file, but I could reproduce it using this file: The JPEG file size is 220 KB, the resulting PDF is 1 MB.

Update 2
This issue has been crossposted to the Scribus issue tracker


texts: Do I need a commercial font license for small clients and derivative works?

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I am a bit confused on what a commercial font license is for.

Do I need commercial license under these circumstances?

Designing a banner for a client.
Using a font and then altering its shapes into a logo for client.

Also, after I purchase the license does that mean I may need to purchase it for my client as well? (even just a small job like designing a banner.)


texts: How to select a small portion of an image in illustrator cs6?

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Suppose, two lines intersects each other as '+' like symbol.

Now i want to delete the extended portion of '+' and want to make it as 'T' shape.

But when i select the extended portion of a line, whole line is selected.

So i want to know that, is there any way to select a portion intentionally having any size that may be so much small or big in adobe illustrator?


texts: How do I change white background in Paint.NET to transparent when the edges are blurry

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If you take an existing image that has a shape on a white background and you want to make the background transparent it's relatively simple to use the magic wand tool to select the background, delete it and then save the image as .gif or .png.
But that only works if the edges are solid and there's no zone where white is mixed with the color of the shape.
However, if you have an image like this: https://imgur.com/tfjQnOF
where the color changes gradually from solid color of the shape to white background you need to fix all pixels that have a combination of white and the shape color.
What's a good way to do that?


texts: Whats the best and most impressive way to present your work to a client?

texts: I'm going to be visiting some clients soon and want to try get some jobs. One of them is a photography job the other is a logo. I am experienced in both and in the past I've just taken an iPad and scrolled through some of my work. I want to step my game up so was wondering what would be the best option from the style to the File and device used.


texts: Subtract paths, automated (using a script)

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I have 100+ SVG files, each containing a few closed paths (with Bezier curves), like this:

I'd like to do the following:

select the first (bottom) path
duplicate it
move the duplicate by an (x, y) amount

subtract the duplicate from the original path.

And save the SVG.

Is there any way I can do this automatically?

Technologies I looked at:

Inkscape - as far as I can see, you can only write scripts in Python that manipulate the SVG node hierarchy directly, can't call the built-in path subtract function.
Illustrator - I tried to record the steps in an Action, but can't seem to be able to select the bottom path automatically, you can only select objects in an Action by name.
Affinity Designer - not scriptable.
CorelDRAW - messed up the width / height of the SVG straight away, didn't look further.
Scribus - superb scriptability with Python, but can't seem to find the Python function for the subtract path operation (all the other steps work).
Clipper library (C++, C# and Delphi) - doesn't support curves, only straight lines + you would need to write the SVG parsing yourself.

I'm looking for a solution using any scriptable vector editing tool, plugin, or programming language + library combo.


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I have photos of a product and I would like to create a white background behind it. See it here:

I have tried playing with levels and the brightness but that also messes up the product itself. How do i do this?


texts: How would you describe/label the ability to do good layout (in the old Desktop Publishing sense)

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When I am searching for designers, I find that an important skill is "layout"  in the old DTP sense.

The ability to position things on a page in a logical, attractive fashion.

Do the kids these days still call that "layout"?


texts: Merging objects in illustrator changes the size by .083mm... why?

texts: I have pixel grid turned off. I have all snapping turned off. But yet, when I try to combine two objects with an even size using pathfinder it adds .083mm to it. Any idea how to stop this? See images before and after:


texts: Modifying the iOS 7 "App Icon Template" (PSD) to apply rounded corners to images of any size

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I am trying to use the "App Icon Template" with a smaller sized image than 1024x1024px in order to generate a rounded 120x120px iOS 7 icon image from my original squared 120x120px image.

When I place my squared 120px image as a smart object and scale it up to 1024x1024px, the exported 120px version has a low quality. So I tried to change the image size of the whole smart object to 120x120px but that leads to the icon not taking up the full size in the PSD as it still interprets it as 120x120px object within a 1024x1024px object so that it covers a tiny portion of the exported icon.

How can I change the largest size throughout the PSD from 1024x1024px to 120x120px so that the exported 120px image is of high quality?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Adobe InDesign - colors are diferent after printing

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when I create a blank page with only a small rectangle filled with deep yellow color, the result (when I print it) is more like orange than yellow.

I wouldnt care if the shades were really close but in this case they are completely different.

It actually happens only in InDesign... Illustrator is okay!


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Anyone know the best practice to export a Indesign file into Powerpoint? I have tried multiple plug in converters and am still finding the best way is to export to PDF, then PDF to Powerpoint.

However, sometimes files transfer smoothly and other times the formatting is extremely warped. Is there any tricks to help here? I know Powerpoint doesn't work well with transparencies, any ways to flatten the file or work around this?

For context, the end goal is to create a template that can be used in Powerpoint by a non-designer. I know the best way to do it would be creating directly in Powerpoint, but unfortunately that is not an option.

Any help is appreciated.


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What would be the best way to edit this photo so that I can use the polaroid on a white background?
Right now, background looks almost white, but it's grey.
I've tried using eraser tool to delete the grey pixels, but the final result doesn't look very natural. I'm looking to put the final product onto a white background, and am hoping to make things look very natural.
Original image:

Current final result doesn't look very natural:


texts: Illustrator PDF save as: File size differs from yesterday to today in 1MB.?

texts: I am saving a file (rich in text and photos, 15 artboards) as a PDF. I finished it yesterday and exported it. Got a 4.9 MB file. Fine. This morning I noticed a Typo. Corrected it (Changed no photo, nothing, only corrected the typo) and saved as to PDF again (Using the exact same settings. They are a preset I have been using for years, so no possibility of error, plus I have doubled check). The file I get is 5.9MB. That is 1 MB more (20%+more!). Why could this be happening? Any thoughts?


texts: Photoshop Javascript - Resize not working correctly

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I have written a script in Javascript for photoshop which gets user input (number of boxes on the desktop) then converts it into pixel sizes. The problem is on resizing, the layer doesn't change to that amount, it changes by that amount. Eg. microsoftbox starts at 800*800 then should change to 500*500 but adds that on to equal 1300*1300.

app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
//Get all input
var microsoftboxes = prompt("How many boxes for microsoft?");
var gamesboxesx = prompt("How many across boxes for games?");
var gamesboxesy = prompt("How many down boxes for games?");
var adobeboxes = prompt("How many boxes for adobe?");
var filesboxes = prompt("How many boxes for files?");
var toolsboxes = prompt("How many boxes for tools?");
var recycleboxes = 1;
//Add percentage on and convert to pixel num
var mb = microsoftboxes * 75;
mb = mb + (mb * 0.04);
var gbx = gamesboxesx * 75;
gbx = gbx + (gbx * 0.04);
var gby = gamesboxesy * 75;
gby = gby + (gby * 0.04);
var ab = adobeboxes * 75;
ab = ab + (ab * 0.04);
var fb = filesboxes * 75;
fb = fb + (fb * 0.04);
var tb = toolsboxes * 75;
tb = tb + (tb * 0.04);
var rb = recycleboxes * 75;
rb = rb + (rb * 0.04);
//vars for change size
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var m = doc.layers.getByName('microsoft');
var g = doc.layers.getByName('games');
var a = doc.layers.getByName('adobe');
var t = doc.layers.getByName('tools');
var f = doc.layers.getByName('files');
var r = doc.layers.getByName('recycle');
m.resize(mb, 73, AnchorPosition.MIDDLELEFT);
g.resize(gbx, gby, AnchorPosition.TOPCENTER);
a.resize(ab, 73, AnchorPosition.MIDDLELEFT);
f.resize(fb, 73, AnchorPosition.MIDDLELEFT);
t.resize(tb, 73, AnchorPosition.MIDDLELEFT);
r.resize(rb, 73, AnchorPosition.MIDDLELEFT);

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texts: Adobe Illustrator Variable Data - XML & CSV data drops apostrophes and quotation marks in data

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I am generating a custom report with custom graph data for each record. Since I need to generate the graph data I am stuck with Illustrator as the program to develop the unique designs for each record.

I am running into an issue that illustrator drops apostrophes and quotation marks in the intro paragraph on the design. It just removes them and no error is generated. This happens for both xml and csv variable library files. Here is an example of my xml code:

<Inro>

John, you've successfully completed All sessions of the Academy. You often try to build consensus around a common set of values for the organization and often ask, "What can we learn?" when things don't go as expected.  You always treat people with dignity and respect, as well as make it a point to let people know about your confidence in their abilities. You always seek challenging opportunities that stretch your own abilities and skills. Thank you for attending the Academy as part of that "stretch".  We know how busy work/life is, and we appreciate you taking the time to be apart of this initial cohort.

    </Inro>

Even when imported with the apostrophes and quotation marks in the xml file it drops them in my illustrator document:

Can this issue be solved? There are very limited resources on Variable data sets for Illustrator. Am I better off just generating the graphs in Illustrator and then importing them in another data merge program such as Indesign?


texts: Ungrouping and moving groups in InkScape seems to cause anomalies

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I'm presently having a Spider-man experience with InkScape 1.0 (4035a4fb49, 2020-05-01).
The initial files are straightforward SVG files, with none of the settings or superfluous stuff that Inkscape insists on using, as a simple example:
<svg
   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
   viewBox="0 0 4200 260"
   height="75"
   width="1211.538">
   <path
      d="m 190,0
         c -660,0 -1290,0 -1990,0 0,87 0,170 0,260 600,0 1220,0 1837,0
         C 100,180 160,96 190,0
         Z"
      style="fill:#f77;fill-opacity:0.32;" />
    <path
      d="m 230,260
         c 720,0 1470,0 2170,0 0,-90 0,-173 0,-260
         C 1600,0 800,0.01 0,0.01 63,97 140,180 230,260
         Z"
      style="display:inline;fill:#f7f;fill-opacity:0.32;" />
</svg>

What I'm trying to do is to move the images into the viewport fully, without having to translate the position (as is usually done with InkScape).
The problems I'm experiencing are:

When I ungroup a grouped object, or attempt to move multiple objects, it tries to apply its own styles, colours, and even its own curves to a paths
When I Resize page to drawing or selection, the objects are 'transformed (translate)' onto the page, rather than their co-ordinates adjusted

As an example, here's a simple pair of shapes that I'm trying to move...

In the image above, you can clearly see that the page boundary lies over the top of the shapes.
Notice the curves and colours on the cross-over in the middle...

Now, if I apply the Resize to the page...

The objects change shape in the middle. As this is part of a corporate identity design, I can't have this happen; I suspect that InkScape is recalculating (badly/bugly) the bezier curves used in the two paths.
I did check to see if this was a bug, but couldn't find anything directly.
Are there options (I've looked, searched with Google, and even tried swearing harshly at my PC, but I can't find anything) to turn these incredibly annoying features off, or a simple way to achieve my goal without having to manually recalculate all of the values?


texts: Disable 'hold' circle from wacom tablet in Photoshop CC 2020 without losing pen pressure functionality

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I have a Wacom Bamboo Fun tablet.      In Photoshop CC 2020 if I hold the pen down in one place for too long a circle forms and the pen cursor doesn't move until the circle is complete.  It is quite annoying and gets in the way of using the pen properly.

I have found that if I disable 'Use Windows Ink' in the Wacom tablet properties this problem goes away, but so also does pen pressure functionality.

I have also tried another suggestion found via google which is to disable 'Show visual effects' in the Windows Ink settings but this makes no difference.  I have tried the other settings there enabled and disabled one by one but nothing makes a difference.

Is there a way to remove this annoying circle behavior without losing pen pressure functionality in Photoshop CC 2020


texts: advise on "copying" text effect from existing logo

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I'm trying to copy the text effect on an existing logo to no avail.
I have been using Illustrator to work on the logo but cannot seem to get it workout the way I want.

It's not that I want to copy the logo! I have another font where I want that black border, the grey border inside with gradient to use in one of my own logos.

I'm not an Illustrator guru so the exact terminology of the used techniques you must forgive me.  I tried all kinds of tutorials and found that the outline is doable but the inside fonts connecting is a bit problem I can't seem to figure out.

Black border is just outline wich is easy
But how could I make the inner letters connect like in the ugo logo and have a sharp edge like between the U and the G and the O on the bottom where the letters connect?

Any advice on how I could accomplish this?

UPDATE

Okay I messed around a bit! Nice nice its actually quite fun doing Illustrator if you know how to tame it ;)

Here is an example of what I have now, its ugly but the FX is correct:

Now the most simple part I seem to be unable to get together: the ellipse and make the type a mask for the ellipse.

UPDATE 2

After another 20 minutes searching fiddling around I figured it out ;)


texts: Where do I find the effect window in illustrator?

texts: I can't find the windows in the picture below in adobe illustrator 2015. How do I find it ?


texts: Hiding part of a layer in timeline animation

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I wanted to create a snow animation inside a round shape using the Photoshop CC timeline. To do that, I created a bigger layer of snow moving downwards through the smaller sphere.
I don't want to display the snow outside the sphere but I can't erase any part of it because I need every bit of the snow layer to create the animation.

Is there a way to achieve that?


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I'm trying to show that the red part of this shape is much further above the blue part I tried adding a drop shadow, but it still looks like both blue and red are on the same plane. How do I make this look visually correct?

Here is the reference image:

I would just trace the shadow in the image but it's too difficult because it's obscured in a few places.


texts: I am doing some design work which will be going to print ( I normally design for screen ) .... my printer is a Cannon MP280. I have been researching colour profile, managed color workflow, screen calibration etc. It seems it's impossible to get an ICC profile for a general purpose printer like mine. My question is this. Is my printer completely unsuitable for developing proofs ( ie a complete waste of time ) ... or will I just have some inaccuracies. The work in question is logo ( not photographic ) so probably only using one or 2 colours.


texts: This is my bell curve, made up of two bezier curves (I copied and pasted one). Is there a way to make this structure so that I can put a pattern in it? Like diagonal lines?


texts: How can I fix Illustrator fill going outside of lines of shape?

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Trying to fill in the white parts of the shape. Instead the orange fills the imaginary shape. The curved lines connecting the circles have been made with the pen tool. I'm assuming I haven't closed the path. I know absolutely nothing about Illustrator. Please help, thank you.


texts: Need help troubleshooting live paint, shape builder tool

texts: I have packaging that is created with lines (paths). I need to color some of the parts of the packaging. I am having difficulty using various tools to create a shape from my paths (shape builder, pathfinder and live paint bucket). I managed to come close (I think) using live paint bucket, but when I go to apply a color, the only option I have is "k". There is no "c", "m" or "y".


texts: Concept Design and Card Art freelancing prices

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I'm a beginning freelancer and I have a client that wants character concepts (napkin sketches) then finished card art.
He also wants a 3D figure of the character to create playable tokens. So he will need an STL file for 3D printing.

My concern is with pricing. I am new at this and pricing is where I have no experience at all.
I thought of charging $100 for the entire process of concept and finished card art including the revisions during the sketching part.

Then for the 3D character, I thought of giving an estimate based on the complexity of the character. I thought of $12 an hour for this.

Here are some samples of my artistic level so you can judge if the pricing is right or too high.

The client has a project he wants to launch on Kickstarter.com

I live in California and graduated two years ago with a bachelors in Game Art and Design.

If my estimates are wrong, can anyone give me a better idea of what I should be charging?


texts: I am writing a tech blog, with regular prose paragraphs interspersed with short code fragments. I have the feeling the default font for the prose paragraphs is something old and boring like Times New Roman. It makes the paragraphs look like a textbook from the 1950s. Can you suggest one or more fonts that would liven up, and lighten up, my paragraphs?


texts: Inkscape: how to apply filter to a sphere, not the square

texts: I would like to apply a filter just to the sphere (see picture), however when I click the filter, it seems to apply to the square surrounding the circle as well. I have no idea why. Is there a way to apply the filter just to the sphere? Thanks!


texts: Accidentally saved my AI file as PDF and now I can't access content outside the Artboard areas

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I saved my .ai as .pdf in order to send a proof to client. I then made another days worth of changes and hit "Save" and then "close". Now I've realised that because I most recently saved as PDF, that was the file I then saved over.
My major issue now is that all the important content is sitting off the artboard, but because I've saved as PDF - I cannot access it.
I can see the data displaying within the PDF in the preview thumbnail of the document (In Illustrator's recent file list) but when I open it, it asks me to specify an artboard and only opens the artboard content.
Is there anyway that I can get to the "off-artboard" content?


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What are the best tools for testing how a website will look on different platforms and what are their pros and cons?

This includes knowing how my layout/fonts display and functionality in various browsers and OS, not merely how the layout adapts to different device sizes.


texts: Why is there a rounded gray gradient border around my photoshop canvas?

texts: This border just showed up around all my canvases... is there are toggle for this view?


texts: Which graphics program will let designers give "ready to use" MOBILE designs to developers?

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

In mobile design, developers I've observed basically have to recreate the entire model designed by the designer.  Unlike with HTML, the developers cannot just copy/paste it in.  And designers typically don't work with XAML layout.  Not only is this recreation a waste of time but developers may not have the attention to detail of the designer. How can one use a GRAPHICS software program (and which one) to make designs which developers can literally take and begin using?  Is there a design program that can equally output HTML and XAML and AXML etc. so that developers can just copy/paste it into Visual Studio and go?  It seems crazy for developers to waste time recreating what they see in static mockups.


texts: How to prove an image has been released under Creative Commons?

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Assume you use some images with a Creative Commons license. The creative commons license states that the license cannot be revoked if you acquired the images while published as Creative Commons.
However, the owner may republish the images using a completely different license. While this does not affect your existing use, it might be necessary to prove under which license you had the images acquired.
I am aware of ImageStamper, which offers a service for Flickr images. I'd look for a more general solution, ideally without the risk of some provider going out of business.
Update:
Some notes to clarify my question:

I look for a tool to prove that I have obtained an image under a certain license (and from whom). This is important to prove if the owner claims later it had never been under this license. The tool doesn't need to prove where I got them from.

This can also help to protect me from someone "licensing" a work that is not his own (with some risk left, but as the work was never his, he's usually liable).

It does not matter if the image is under multiple licenses. I only need (and care) for the one I obtained it.

Thanks for your help :-)


texts: How can I change the background color that backgrounds only some text, in a PDF?

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With vision difficulties, my grandpa can't read text whenever backgrounded  by dark color in the PDF in the screenshot beneath. Click here to download it, or see some of its pages at Google Books.  It's too unproductive to remove each use of the dark background color one-by-one. Thus how can I, in one brisk stroke?

I've Adobe Acrobat DC Pro, Foxit PhantomPDF, and Nitro Pro. Acrobat states  no background to be removed.
They and SensusAccess converted the PDF to a Word file's that's too deformed.


texts: How to add rounded edges at the intersection of multiple lines?

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I am looking for a way to add rounded edges at the intersection of multiple lines, like this :

But on a complex illustration with two or more lines intersecting at different angles, like this one :

I could always add these edges manually, but I would like to know if there is a workaround (or potentially an add-on) to keep the path as it is and be able to adjust the edge roundness etc.

Thanks in advance


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If you have an Indesign document you can place for example PNG's, PSD's, Ai artboards, etc in element place holders in the document. I wonder however if there's any way to also place Photoshop layer comps? It would be very useful since I have one Photoshop document depicting visuals with different states. However exporting these different states to PNG seems to be the only way of getting these in to Indesign, and then you have to make a new export for every update of the visuals... If the link could be done with layer comps instead it would make my life a whole lot easier!

Does anyone know if it's possible and then how?


texts: How much time to design a standard homepage layout? especially within an agency workflow

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Well it depends you say-and I agree with you-It varies depending on the page, how complex it is, the style, how much content, graphics used, effects etc. So let me eliminate some of the variability, and ask, how long would you say it takes to design this specific page http://www.ehow.com/.

The reason I ask this is because I've been doing some freelance design for a few years, but am thinking of looking for work at an agency and wondering what an average workflow might look like. For me personally, I'd say that design might take 8-12 hours (and that would be going full throttle); maybe someone could give me a bit of a sense of what a common expectation might be for an agency. Thanks.

edit- branding,discovery or code not included; so just for design phase that stretches from wireframes to finished psd.


texts: How do I combine bold, italic and regular versions of a typeface so they are grouped together in application font selection menus?

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In Fontographer 5, I have made more versions of the same typeface (regular, italic and bold), but they are separate files.
How can I make them be one unified file and that when writing in a program (Pages, Word, ...) the user can choose bold or italic then?


texts: After Effects expressions to sum numbers and control charts

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I would like to build a project in which I will change two numbers and all of the following take place automatically! I'll Explain...

Part 1:

I have two layers, "Number 1" and "Number 2". Suppose I give "Number 1" the value 15 and "Number 2" the value 5. Automatically I want a new layer to sum these numbers (20).

Part 2:

Next, I would like to built a chart below to update automatically according to the numbers that I gave.

From the above sum, I want the layer with the value 20 to automatically correspond to 100% in the chart. So the chart shapes change automatically and understand that "Number 1" with the value 15 is 75% (15*100/20) and "Number 2" with the value 5 is 25% (5*100/20).

Probably I need for the value of the numbers a Solid with a Numbers effect and not a text? And if someone knows the expressions...


texts: Which serif font is suitable for a manual and best matches Arial for length of text?

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I have a manual here, designed in Arial font. Arial has to be changed to a serif font. At this moment I've chosen Garamond. But now the number of pages increases. Of course it isn't possible to stop that. But I like to minimize that.

So my question is: Which serif font do you tip me? I've heard the hint for the Times (... but also with Times the number of pages increase).
I'm curious if there are other, nicer fonts.


texts: GIMP/Inkscape Text Art from Image: Is there an easy way?

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Hello All,

is there an easy way to grab an image (or a shape I cut out with GIMP Free Select tool) and then just write text over it and let it fill the shape? I have tried searching for it but no tutorial really seems to resemble my idea. What is my best option?

Thank you.


texts: How to undistort this panorama image in Adobe Photoshop Elements?

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I need to fix some panoramic images. The phone and its camera are good quality, so the panoramas are stitched nicely for what I need; the fix required is basically pinching, warping, or distorting using a curved effect, because the resulting image often has straight lines shown as curves.

I'm using Adobe Photoshop Elements 10, which has a nice range of tools. I suppose I could download a different program if I needed to, but would prefer not as I'm under a lot of time pressure. (If Elements 10 takes plugins and there is a good plugin for this, better than built-in tools, that would be fine)

I don't need to fix these photos to professional standards, just enough that they look casually okay, so the person I send them to can get a better sense of the actual layout without having to work out what's straight and what isn't - basically reduce the gross distortion to a minor distortion.

Tools tried (I'm not very experienced so maybe they work and I just don't know it):

The "Free Transform" tools don't seem to let me select midpoints of the edge of an image and move them in or out.
Adobe Help says to use pinch or warp, using filters rather than transformations.The Pinch tool seems to have a maximum effect of only 600px and doesn't let me control the effect appropriately for the problem (it calculates the effect across the diameter of tool, instead of letting me specify a curve which indicates how much the effect is and smooth it into the image as I would like).The Warp tool doesn't seem to allow the edges to be distorted to match the curves created by panorama imaging; it warps the interior near a given point only.
The "Correct Camera Distortion" tool is closer to what I need, but I can't find a way (if one exists) to define a line I consider "straight". It also insists on distorting all 4 sides equally which isn't helpful either (as you can see in the sample image below).

How can I do it?

This is a thumbnail of a typical image I'm trying to fix. The original is about 6000 px wide:

This is the kind of effect I need (the line in the middle is roughly correct):

The diagram below tries to show the transform or filter in abstract terms.  It lets me specify an area to be distorted, and I drag some points on the edge to where they should be mapped to, and the area is smoothly distorted as I've tried to show. (There is no need to fill in the space created between the original edge and new curve, it can be ignored). I'm not saying it has to be this kind of effect - the photos above show what's actually needed - but this might give an idea how I think it could be done:


texts: Photoshop "could not complete your request because the destination document cannot accept the layer"

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When trying to duplicate a group of coloring files and use them to color a gif/animation, I receive the error message "Could not complete your request because an adjustment or fill layer cannot be converted to the destination document mode".

Can anyone explain why I can't do that or am I missing anything?

I have tried to right click on the group and click Duplicate Group and in the Document list of Destination document, there are only two options which are the same document and New.

When I tried to drag and drop the group I am getting the following error message. I have tried to do all those with just a single color lookup layer and it failed for the same reason as well.

"Could not complete your request because an adjustment or fill layer cannot be converted to the destination document mode".

Any possible causes, or solutions?

Thanks!


texts: Changing PowerPoint Layout for one page only?

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How is it possible to implement multiple layouts within one PowerPoint file?
I tried following Microsoft Help article: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-multiple-themes-in-one-presentation-a5648a47-1a8b-49a7-a031-23eba396ca81
Though wasn't able to set up another slide master and hence every time I changed, e.g. the layout for slide 3, every slide changed!


texts: what does 24bit mean exactly when referring to .PNG image file

texts: What does it mean exactly if someones asks me for a .PNG file which is 24bit?


texts: Sketch: Hide grid for multiple artboards

texts: After activating the grid for all artboards by accident, I'd like to deactivate it for all of them without selecting each artboard separately and unchecking "Show grid" for each. How can I do that?


texts: I have an SVG image, which I have cut, and pasted into PS. When I export the image to use on my web site, it becomes hazy no matter how I export. I know there are posts that have dealt with this, and I have tried everything from changing the quality from Bilinear to Bicubic and every variation in between. I have tried PNG 8 - 128 Dithered, PNG 24, and so on. I have tried exporting vs. saving for web (legacy), and nothing seems to keep the icon looking like the image it is when it's in illustrator. I have even tried exporting from Illustrator, and I get the same result. Here is what I am talking about:


texts: Should I put all font weights and widths on my brand guidelines?

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I'm creating a brand guideline, in which my logo uses one typeface for the logo, and one typeface for the slogan.

The logo typeface only has one weight which is bold
The slogan typeface has multiple weights and witdhs; I use a regular
weight, and a light weight.

Should I put only this two variants on my guidelines or should I put 'em all?


texts: Photoshop script to select/average/deselect automatically

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I am currently working on an image (wallpaper for personal use) based on lowpoly graphics. When creating the lowpoly part, I have created several triangular shapes, covering the part I wish to 'transform'. Since the image is not that big, I only made around 350 shapes, yet this is still a lot of selecting, averaging, and deselecting.

Recently I became aware of scripts in PS, and figured maybe using this function could be the solution - as in "Do it once, apply script, job done!".

Is this possible, or do I just have to work through it? I will probably be doing more of this sort of work, is there an "easy"/smart solution?


texts: Is there a name for digits/figures which fit in the x-height?

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Is there a name for a set of figures which fit into the x-height (or thereabouts) in a typeface?

Lining figures explicitly do not:

While old-style figures have ascenders and descenders:

In the old-style figures, the 1, 2, 3, and 0 fit in the x-height. Is there a name for a set of figures which also contains the rest of the digits inside of the x-height?

If so, which typefaces include such figures?

If not, what is the best method for getting a reasonable representation of such figures?


texts: How do I 'save as' with a placed file's name in Illustrator?

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Say I have a file DSC_0377.jpg. I can open a this with Illustrator, make
changes, then choose File Save As Save as type
Adobe PDF

and it will be saved as DSC_0377.pdf, as desired. However if I

open an Illustrator Template
File Place the same JPG
File Save As Save as type
Adobe PDF

it will be saved as Untitled-1.pdf. Does Illustrator have an easy way to save
using the name of the placed file? I have many JPGs I need to do this with, so I
would prefer to not have to do something like copy and paste the file names.


texts: Insert a variable on many pages in Adobe InDesign to fill in when printing PDF

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I have a "Name" field on many worksheet pages which I want automatically filled in with a particular student's name when printing.  I know in InDesign I can just create a master page that those worksheet pages use and fill in the name of the student there.

I'd like to have a PDF of the worksheet pages where I just enter the name in the PDF viewer instead of having to do this through InDesign.  Is this possible?


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From Robert Bringhurst's The Elements of Typographic Style:

  Names like T.V.R. Murti and T.R.V Murti, for example, pose microscopic typographic problems that no binomial kerning table can solve. Fonts with polynomial kerning tables — able to kern a given pair of letters in different ways according to context — have existed for a decade and my someday be the norm. For now, they are a rarity.

What exactly is a polynomial kerning table? How is it different from a binomial kerning table or a standard kerning table? What about it or it's implementation makes it polynomial?


texts: Dark transitions between contrasting colors, what is it and how to avoid it?

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I've got this issue where I have a teal background and a fuchsia foreground, and when exporting, the anti-aliasing between the two leaves a dark transition. I've found a few workarounds, one of which is exporting upscaled without anti-aliasing and downscaling it in Photoshop with a ProPhoto RGB color profile, the other of which is using ProPhoto RGB color profile in Illustrator, and using "Save for Web" to export it, which seems to yield better results.
Is there a name for this phenomenon? Is there a good solution other than multi-step exports or using a legacy export option?

Images of desirable and undesirable blending respectively:


texts: Convert low resolution Image into High resolution Image in Adobe Photoshop?

texts: How to Convert a low quality Image into High quality Image in Adobe Photoshop?? Anyone Helps!!!!!


texts: How to convert line to object with stroke and without fill in Inkscape

texts: I want to convert a line element to an object in Inkscape and add a stroke to this object without fill. How can I do that?


texts: How to create a true type font (.ttf) font from CAD-designed letters?

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I need to create a true type (.ttf) font, in order to use in different programs without the need to convert the font every time.

So I designed an alphabet using AutoCAD and now I want to create the font. I tried several programs such as FontForge, but none of them allowed me to load a "pre-designed" letter.

How do I go about creating a font file from single letters designed in CAD?


texts: Where is the shapes layer option in Photoshop CS6?

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I'm following this guide because I want to learn some icon design in PS, and I have the CS6 beta.

I believe the author is using Photoshop CS5, while I'm on CS6 beta right now.

At this part in a guide I'm following:

I don't see these options in CS6. How do I replicate them? This is my toolbar for the shape tool:


texts: How can I cut an image along Paths in illustrator

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Hi I would like to "cut" an image into multiple parts using Illustrator Paths.
Like a clipping mask, but with a lot of different parts and in one step. Or in one process, but not 100 clipping mask. One after the other. If this is not possible with Illustrator, any other software would be great.


texts: Trimming and filling paths in Illustrator

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Illustrator Version 18.1.1 (64 bit) on Windows 10

I am trying to just do a simple trim and recombine of a few paths, and then fill that resulting shape. I can't seem to figure out despite all my Googling and tutorials how to make this work. Can someone please help? Thank you!

See Examples below. Text in foreground. Two ellipse paths in background. Just trying to cut the two ellipses before and after the text and rejoin them, then fill the shape.


texts: What is the most efficient (size-wise) lossless format to store 2 bit color depth indexed image, preferably in Gimp?

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Using Gimp, I reduced an image to 4-colors indexed mode.
I actually need only 3 colors: black, blue and white/background, but due to the 2^n constraint I went for black, white and 2 shades of blue.
I did that in order to reduce file size as much as possible.
Now the question is what is the best lossless format to save this file in, that results in minimal file size?
Again - I'm using Gimp.
Edit:
Especially, I'd be glad to find a file format that takes advantage of this reduced color depth. I assume that PNG and GIF, being general formats, do not take advantage of it. Am I wrong?


texts: Can we set Photoshop toolbar to 3 or more columns?

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Is there any way we can set the Photoshop toolbar to more than 2 columns?
My desired outcome would be having it at 4 columns to be honest. Currently, by default - and as far as I know - we can only switch between 1 or 2 columns. I'm wondering if there is a plugin of any kind which gives us more customization options for panels or the toolbar.
I've browsed Google and Youtube for any plugins but their search algorithms mainly return me the same stuff.
Any light?


texts: Picking distinctive colors for close wireframe drawings?

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I am working on a video game level editor, here you have a wireframe rendering that shows various properties, each having a unique color but it's hardly clear to be honest:

Now if I zoom in, things are more clear, base is gray, floors are semi-white, walls are semi-black:

Somehow I managed to get a bit of clarity, I render features with different sizes:

But as a pile things up, things start to look really terrible:

(okay, this is one is fully zoomed out so I'm not expecting the clearest render but still)

Obviously I can turn things off at will, but it's more about finding a pleasant color scheme:

Picking good colors for clarity is something I found more difficult than it sounds !

Question:

What's a good approach to pick colors for thin lines that'll be rendered very close to each other?


texts: Is (an on screen) PDF a good indicator as to how it will look when printed?

texts: I have to design something for an exhibition / trade show. As it's such a large print (230in x 100in) I made my file at half the size 115in x 50in. So when I save the pdf and zoom in to 200% because the pdf will have to be scaled x2, it look fairly good on screen but I am worried about how it will print as the images provided to me by my client are quite low dpi. So I was wondering is the PDF I'm looking at on my computer a good indicator as to how it will look when printed??


texts: Illustrator Colour Wheel Settings: How to change the color wheel settings to show a full spectrum?

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The Colour Wheel in the Edit Colors Dialogue Box (see image) is patches of colours instead of a smooth spectrum.

I'm looking to change the settings so that I get the smooth spectrum.

How can I do this?

What am I missing here? Why is the colour wheel showing colour patches instead of a spectrum (i.e. is this based on computer system, the application, the swatches I've chosen, settings in Illustrator?)

I'm using Illustrator CS5.x on a PC.

Thanks in advance for help and guidance as I am very new to Illustrator (but loving it!)


texts: How to make image more iridescent in photoshop?

texts: If I have a fully blue image. (Applied solid blue layer on "colour" layer mode) and I want to make the image more iridescent by randomly making some shades different hues of blue how could I do this? For example adding a "brightness and contrast" layer above it makes it change to different hues of blue but not as pronounced or diverse as I want. Thanks and here is an example of iridescent


texts: There are 12 layers all GIF, same dimensions, with declared delay times. It runs as an animation inside GIMP using the filter animation tool. On exporting as an animated GIF, all I get is a GIF file with white.


texts: How can I make a complex tartan pattern in Illustrator?

texts: Could anyone tell me how to create the tartan design shown in the attached file? Im using Illustrator CS6


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I'm trying to make a sort of rounded rectangle card with a slight 3D effect.

Below is a basically what I have now. I make 3 rounded rectangles, and skew the "shadow" layers towards the bottom right.

It looks okay, but I just designed by eye and have no idea how the angles on any of the skews should be. Does anyone have reference or technique how to get this pixel perfect?

Thanks


texts: Fully Importing A Saved Colour Palette In Illustrator?

texts: Is there any way to fully import a saved colour palette into Illustrator? I once saved a colour palette from one project and wanted to import the colours for use in another project, but I found that the imported colour palette was separate from the second project.


texts: Illustrator - Move anchor points while preserving angle

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I want to move an anchor point along its current path - I mean moving anchor points keeping their current angle. Look at this picture:

According to above picture, let's say we want to move anchor point 1, but as you can see there is no option (or I cant find the option) to do this while preserving the angle - with the shift key, the anchor point snaps to 45° angles...


texts: How to repeat an animation for the entire length of the composition in after effects?

texts: The title says it all... How do I repeat a set of keyframes for the entirety of the composition?


texts: Question about grid - 12 columns gutter widths

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I'm a bit confused on the best way to set up a magazine grid, 8.5"x11" page spreads. I found a great template with 12 columns from http://www.thegridsystem.org/ and the gutters are all 1p0. However, this article from Typophile, http://typophile.com/node/47265 suggests using 5mm gutters between columns of text, which is about 1.1811 picas.

Not sure what to do - having a 12-column grid is very flexible in that you can easily use it to align 2, 3 or 4 columns of text on a page, but the 1p0 gutter seems a bit narrow for columns of text. What's the best practice for using 12-column grids and setting up gutter values? Thanks.


texts: Problem aligning overlapping corner points in Illustrator

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I am drawing some overlapping paths in Illustrator. However, some anchor points of different paths do not align correctly, they create some rugged corners. I tried to manually adjust the points with the direct selection tool but it is difficult to handle the corners.

Can anyone help me to fix the corners in the red circles?


texts: What are the dimensions for a standard mug design?

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I am wanting to create a nice design in Photoshop and print it on a mug. The printing will be done by a printing company, but I am gonna need to provide the design.

The question is: What are the standard dimensions in pixels for a mug design? If I'm totally misinterpreting the requirements, then what would be the best way to create a mug design in Photoshop?


texts: Font similar to Helvetica (but corners a bit rounded)

texts: Can somebody please help me in identifying the font used in the image. I had no luck with WhatTheFont. Notice that corners are a bit rounded. The letters serve on a large poster. Eventually I'd like to use that font on OS X so a good match with one of its available fonts would be best for my purposes.


texts: how to drop shadow on illustrator stroke only

texts: How do I just drop shadow on stroke like the rectangle in the picture?


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For the following svg

On inkscape it is correctly rendered as

On illustrator it is rendered as

Why is illustrator not applying the clip path property when importing the svg image in?

<clipPath id="SvgjsClipPath1009"><polygon id="SvgjsPolygon1008" points="124,58 220,24 352,24 462,67 565,222 485,272 450,273 456,628 131,625 133,267 101,267 19,218 111,68"></polygon></clipPath>


texts: How to stop objects moving to front when i group them? (illustrator)

texts: whenever i group object the group all moves to the front, which i do not want and it’s annoying to move them back every time. i’ve looked around a bit and i’ve tried looking it up, and i’m still not sure how to stop it. i’m new to illustrator.


texts: Derive color palette from given set of colors

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I have a set of colors on a webpage where one color is the main one:

#864062 <-- main color
#853f61
#925071
#541c38
#64304A
#eac9d7

Now I would like to derive similar color scheme for any arbitrary main color.

My idea was to:

Convert all colors to decimal notation (r, g, b)
Calculate ratio of individual components for each other color and main color
Use these rates as a conversion matrix for any other main color.

For my example, rgb of individual colors is:

134  64  98
133  63  97
146  80 113
84   28  56
100  48  74
234 201 215

Ratio of each component (other color / main color):

0.99 0.98 0.99
1.09 1.25 1.15
0.63 0.44 0.57
0.75 0.75 0.76
1.75 3.14 2.19

Now for any new main color I can calculate all the other colors:

100 100 100 <-- new main color
 99  98  99
109 125 115
 63  44  57
 75  75  76
175 255 219 (max is 255, cannot have 314)

My question is if this way of calculation makes any sense as I have never done any math with colors before.


texts: How to add a stroke property or animate the fill path of an svg?

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I've been using a combination of Illustrator, Sketch, Inkscape, and Peter Collingridge's svg-editor to create and manipulate SVG's, but I've been running into a few issues.  I am trying to create a basic logo using text, and when the logo appears on the page I would like to animate the outside border (with a drawing effect), and then fill the centers with a solid color.

In Illustrator and Sketch, I started with a basic text box and converted the layer to outlines, but my exported SVG's only contain a single path without the stroke and stroke-width fields. It just looks something  like this: <path fill="#FFF" d="…"/>, with alot of markup in the d='' field.

I read up and learned Inkscape exports some of the cleanest SVG's, so imported a PNG of my initials, "traced a bitmap image" and the "ungrouped the layers" per this demo: youtube.com/watch?v=1cZk08x_rAI.  This exported a multi-path svg, but each still lacked the stroke and stroke-width params.  This is the closest I've come so far to animating it: codepen.io/pcooney10/pen/PPvGrx, and it also contains the actual SVG code.

I have a few questions, hopefully some people over here can help:

How can I create/export SVG's that contain stroke, stroke-width, stroke-dasharray, and stroke-dashoffset fields? These params seem to unlock a lot of animation functionality.
How can I create a flattened SVG that still animate the outer borders? It seems that paths need to be closed shapes, so that's helping me make some sense out of why my svg is 7 layers.  All the extra colors seem unnecessary, but if I hide a layer it looks funny.
Generally, what's the best tool for creating SVG's? It seems Inkscape exports the cleanest SVG code, but it's not as easy to maneuver as Sketch and Illustrator.  Peter Collingridge's svg-editor seems to be the best for slimming down the code, but it doesn't remove all of the styling that Sketch and Illustrator embed in the file.


texts: Is there any tools like "Blend" in Inkscape?

texts: I have created a shape with "Blend" option in Illustrator (below).Now I am trying hard to replicate that in Inkscape. Is there any way/option to do that in Inkscape? I have searched a lot with "Blend tool in Inkscape", but what I have found did not help me to solve the issue.


texts: Why did I fail in my attempt to remove a blue background with Acrobat Pro DC's Preflight's Fixups?

texts: What did I flub when following these 6 steps? Please see the combined screenshot beneath.


texts: Is there a quick way to make multiple Illustrator swatches global?

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Global swatches are my friends. Being able to open a swatch in Illustrator, change its colour values and have my art change along is invaluable.

I know I can change a swatch to global by opening the swatch and checking the 'Global' box:

How do I do this for multiple swatches at once?


texts: Cropping every background photo in a PowerPoint presentation with a script?

texts: I have a presentation in which I've used a different large photograph as a background photo on each slide. Each photo overlaps the slide bounds in a different configuration in order to align it as desired when viewed in slideshow. How can I efficiently crop each of these photos to the slide using a script (or other technique)?


texts: What do you call these infographic icons?

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What do you call these simple, basic types of graphic elements that are used in infographic commercials, and the like?  They are vector based, look like pixel art, but have smooth edges, and are icon-like but not icons.  The example below is only a pallet of assets used in the short animated film Japan: The Strange Country.  Anyone know what one might call these?

Here's an example:


texts: Looking for a good, video game retro (pixel-like) web safe font

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Does anyone know of a good pixel-like, retro video game font that is web-safe? I am having trouble finding one.

Thanks


texts: Merge text with stroke into a shape on Photoshop

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I'm creating an SVG logo in Photoshop.
I have 2 layers:

Text layer
Shape layer

The text has a stroke. I need to subtract the text with the stroke from the shape.
Converting the text layer to a shape leaves the stroke out. It turns it into a shape with a stroke.
How can I merge the text with the stroke and turn it into a shape?


texts: Is DreamWeaver more efficient rather than coding manually

texts: I have a client who want's me to use Dreamweaver for a project. I've always used Photoshop and Illustrator for mockups and coded the CSS manually (Actually I use SASS/SCSS). Does using a program like Dreamweaver speed up the process or do I try to convince them that my normal flow works just fine.


texts: My Illustrator CC graphics appear pixelated and paths are jagged.

texts: I'm using Illustrator CC and my paths appear pixelated. I have no idea what may have caused the pixelation since it just started happening out of the blue. The image I've attached shows the saved jpg version of the image vs. the image displayed in Illustrator. Please help!


texts: How can I make bezier curves in Inkscape default to smooth nodes instead of corner nodes?

texts: When I draw a bezier curve the nodes default to corner nodes, how can I make it default to smooth nodes?


texts: Settings to create transparent PNG's with minimal file size for mobile devices

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I want to create a theme for android phones. I guess the best way to go is to create a file that is as light as possible.

Now I want to create the files in photoshop, they have to be transparent PNG's. Now I see that there are a lot of different settings I can use, for example the image mode: lab, rbg, etc. There are also different bits, 8 bit, 16 bit etc.

Now what settings can I use to create good sharp png's but with a minimal size.

Maybe someone could share some tips on exporting. I now export for web & devices, but maybe there is another option.

Maybe there is also better software than photoshop to do this.


texts: Why does Consolas scale so well on Windows?

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I was trying to make a font from scratch. I always admired Consolas and I wanted a clean style similar to it.

The problem is that my font doesn't scale as well as Consolas. This is an example of my font on Programmer's Notepad at a high scale. I only did the # glyph

the two characters are only scaled by 1pt in the application but they render completely different. As you can clearly see the upper horizontal line is shrinked when the size lowers while the bottom one is enlarged.

Consolas doesn't have this problem, here it is Consolas at the same two sizes

Where am I getting wrong?


texts: 3D software with easy human character personalization

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I was thinking in a 3D software with some human model with these features:

Change joints positions (to create any posture easily)
Change gender
Change skeleton (to make it taller, bigger hands, etc)
Change muscles and fat (to define how fit is)
Change face (bigger nose, mouth, ears, etc)
Change facial expressions
Change hair (with different types and predesigned hairstyles)

Is there anything like on the market?

I've found "MakeHuman" and "ManuelBastioniLab for Blender" are a bit similar, but from what I've seen it does not work on the same way, it has many presents to change the body and face, but I think is better something with anatomic level to have more control.
PowerPose for Daz3D Genesis 8 seems to be a good option for facial expressions, but is lacking all the others.


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I am trying to reproduce these buttons:

Here is my attempt, but I don't know how to inverse the round corner to match the reference images:

Any idea is welcome.


texts: How to take an arbitrary screenshot/image and tilt it and apply bokeh/blurring to it

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I would like to take a screenshot like the linked image (https://imgur.com/a/uXVZBct) and tilt it to the right or left a little and make it look like I did a bokeh-style blur photograph of the screen rather than taking a screenshot.

Wondering how to do that using some free program or if it's not possible to do online for free like with some vector/raster editor, then how to do it with photoshop or sketch or illustrator type thing.

Basically I would just like to make it look like I have a bokeh effect photograph of the screen, without having to actually whip out the DSLR. If it's not possible to do nicely that would be good to know too.


texts: Exporting a custom made Symbol from Illustrator as a PNG for marketing

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this is my first post as a young marketeer working with Illustrator with little experience.

I am employed by a company that has never had marketing staff before. All there logos and print work are not vector based files and all need attention.

I have designed their logo in Illustrator and I want to export this as a PNG file.

I get the error message; Unable to save empty document.

The project is not empty - it contains one symbol made of 4 layers.

Any help would be amazing - thanks in advance


texts: I am working with Photoshop and I was wondering if you can hide the guides temporally just like in Pixelmator?


texts: Colours in Illustrator CC are not the same as in other software

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I've got a problem with Adobe Illustrator CC. The fact is that I create a design just with black and red colour (#EC0000). But then, when I save this document in PDF or when I export it to JPEG, and open them with Adobe Reader and "Photos" software from Microsoft respectively, that red colour changes into a darker one. First I thought it was cause of the options I select when I save the document. But taking into account that when I open the PDF or the JPEG file with Illustrator CC, the red colour changes again to he brighter one, that made no sense for me... What could be the reason then?

Thank you.


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How would one make an elongated shape in Adobe Illustrator? Much like the  icon I listed below. I've circle which parts of the icon I'm thinking of. Larger rounded shape at the top and smaller rounded shape at the bottom. Both of those two shapes connected to make one shape.

Image courtesy of Sandor


texts: How can I create a new doc in Illustrator without an artboard?

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I do not always want to use artboards in Illustrator.

I have either changed a setting or preference somewhere recently or the default of "1 artboard" is new to the latest release of CC2015.

When I place a illustration (from Illustrator) into InDesign it wants to place the entire artboard.


texts: Watermarking in photoshop. Position watermark 20px from bottom and bottom left automatically

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I am automating the application of watermarks in photoshop using a batch process. Is there anyway I can position the watermark always 20px from bottom and bottom left regardless of the size of the image the watermark is being placed on?

Currently the watermark is appearing relative to the center (after moving it manually) but because the images are different sizes it never appears bottom right


texts: Extracting Text from a AI file and saving in a CSV

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I have many AI files which contains text. How do i extract the text collate it and save it in a CSV in the below format"
File Name | Text |
Also, does each textFrame also have a unique id?

I have figured how to extract text from a ai file but I am not able to save it in a CSV. (New to this)


texts: What are the web application design standards for for mobile phones?

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When designing a UI for a mobile web application (non native) that is expected to run on iPhone, Android and possibly more platforms, what should be the baseline?

Would you design it based on iPhone standards? Android Standards? Or just select your own look and feel ?

How for example would you display a system message popup?


texts: Blend lines along font letters illustrator

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Hi i'd like to achieve this final result with those letters made out of thin lines..How do I achieve that? I want to use the Myriad font. I know about the replace spine method but does it work for my purpose?

thanks


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(Note: I asked this question on another SE site but I figured this site is more appropriate so I moved it here)
I'm looking for a material on which I could print digital media, and a suitable printing technique for it.

Summary
My intention is to print custom-made designs onto flexible products on-the-spot.

My Expectations
Requirements

Different individual prints - The printing process should be suitable for single-use design and not require stencils, masks etc.
Water resistance and color durability - the printed dye should not be washed off of the material in warm water. It also should not fade easily due to friction or exposure to the sun. Ultimately it should last years in direct sunlight.
(Physical) flexibility - the material should be bendable to the degree of forming a 5cm ring at least.
Resolution and color - I don't mind a low printing resolution and a limited palette. I expect at least several dozen producible colors and the resolution doesn't really matter (even 10PPI will do).

Preferences

Affordable - the material, printing process, printer and dye would preferably be cheap (i.e. around the cost of regular photo printing). If the printing is possible through regular inkjet printers it would be awesome.
Quick Process - I prefer the completed process (including preparing the substrate, printing and drying) to be done within seconds or minutes.
Eco-friendly - if the material can be made from recycled products and the dye is not too bad on the environment it would be nice.

What I've Found So Far
For now, I think my options are:

Inkjet printable vinyl - very cheap, but I'm not sure about its durability. This one, for example, claims 1 year outdoor durability.
Fabric printing - durable and as flexible as it gets but VERY EXPENSIVE.
Plastic/Nylon printing - there are a few methods and substrates for this one.

I would love to get any advice or suggestions. I'm especially interested in inkjet printable vinyl. Is it as good as it sounds? Can I make it last longer?


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