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I wish to apply a curves adjustment and a HSL adjustment to area of an image, and a different curves and HSL adjustment to a different area of the same image.

I could give both adjustments for each area the same mask.

Or I could have three copies of the image, giving the top two the appropriate masks and maskless adjustment layers.

Both seem wasteful.

Is there a way of sharing masks between adjustment layers?


texts: How to ensure color consistency between Illustrator, InDesign and 4 color printing?

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I am making a catalog that will be printed by using four color process printing.  The catalog is created in InDesign and the catalog is full of vector images created in Illustrator.  Can someone please help me with the following questions?

Should I use spot color or process color to color the vector images in AI to work best with four color printing?
What is the best way to place the AI vector images into InDesign?  The current method I am using is exporting the vectors as PDF files and then "Place" them in InDesign.  Is this ok?  Does exporting vector images as PDF alter the images' colors at all?


texts: Adobe Illustrator cursor is a pencil beside a circle with line through, how to remove that?

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Due to this sign on the screen, many drawing tools are not performing their functions. Even after restarting Illustrator this sign doesn't disappear.
What should I do to get rid of this sign?


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I have a style guide that says I shouldn't use specific color in keyline design, What does that mean?

EDIT: The style guide defines colors, which are okay to use with keyline design, and some colors that are not.


texts: Vector Infographic - Why does it render differently in the web browser?

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I made an infographic in Adobe Illustrator, and saved it as a .svg file. But then when I tried to open it in the Google Chrome browser, some of the fonts and some italicized fonts were not even italicized. Why is this happening and what is the solution?

It was 600*1100 pixels because I had read somewhere that it is a good size to start with.

It actually turned out to be pretty ugly!


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I have my own brand but everything I have done so far has been rgb.
I wanted to get started printing some business cards but the color that our brand uses isn't available in cmyk and turns into a very... non-usable color.

I'm not really big into printing, what are my options here?


texts: How do I make a square whose border is made of numbers? [Inkscape]

texts: I'd like to create squares, but instead of solid or dashed borders, I want them composed of numbers (like -1-). However, if I make a marker with numbers, and apply it to the squares, it doesn't work! Nothing happens. Help?


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On some blog posts I've seen images where they have a jagged/torn edge to them on one side which gives it a nice effect. I tried to post a crude Paint.Net imitation of what I am looking for:

The image itself is actually in the black area and the edges are cut off with a bit of a drop shadow. What I'm looking for is possibly a plugin for Paint.Net that would give me a similar effect, or an easy example of how to do this. Since I'm actually a programmer my graphic skills are limited to resizing images and not much else.


texts: How to recreate subpixel anti-aliasing like Windows Command Prompt

texts: I want to be able to create a anti-aliasing effect as shown in windows command prompt with any text or vector I'd like without having to screenshot it within the program. How could I go about doing this?


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I have an animation that is split up in ~20 individual images that I use for a mobile game. The game engine I use will take all the individual images and compile them into a sprite sheet for me.

My issue is that some of the frames in the animation have a lot of blank space (its an explosion so it gets bigger every frame) and I would like to crop them to save memory usage and eventually resize all of the images.

When I cropped all 20 by hand in photoshop and using the align vertical and horizontal features it really did not keep a center point for the explosion. This caused the animation to look horrible when the game engine ran through all the images. I am assuming it is because the images did not share that center point anymore since I pretty much cropped by hand.

How can I crop all of these individual images while keeping a main center point? Do I need to use a different program besides photoshop?


texts: Adobe Illustrator: How do you expand a vector to the extent of the stroke?

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I have some vector shapes with a white fill and a 0.3pt white stroke.

What I want to do is expand the shape to the extent of the outside edge of the stroke.

To put it in kind of visual terms, what I'd want to see in the image above is the blue selection line on the border between the white and the pink.

I hope I've explained it well enough. If not, please ask for clarification.


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How to transform one object with other objects by observing and changing the properties of the first object, and not the combined properties of all selected objects?
Or in the case of alignment, how to align objects with the first selected object, and not with the selection of all objects. A simple example: how to place a square in the center of the canvas while keeping the star attached to the square?


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How to change the color of a white object using gimp? Unfortunately, most tutorials are not dealing with white objects but those methods have problems with colorizing white objects.

more specific: I want to change the color of a white toilet seat (compared to the white background, it looks light gray) to orange and keep all the "light elements" which make it look 3D.

edit: Added picture


texts: Software recommendations for PDF layout review

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What I'm looking for is a tool (online/offline) to create reviews for layouts (in my case: mobile applications layouts) - i.e. make comments/annotations for graphic designer that would be assigned to a view (PDF's page).

The perfect solution would also allow me to make comments for certain areas of a PDF, f.e. comment for an image acting as a button.


texts: What causes PDF file size to increase when exporting from Illustrator?

texts: I have a simple ad that I built in Illustrator CC with one linked image. The file size of the AI file is 5.8MB, when I export to PDF (2001 with Printer Marks and Bleeds) the file size increases dramatically to 43.6MB! I have no idea why this is happening but it's been frustrating me ALL MORNING. I've never had this issue before when exporting to PDF. Can anyone please give me any tips!


texts: How can I reverse engineer drop shadow to reproduce the same effect on another image?

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I have the following image that is displayed in along similar images. Each image links to a tourism brochure. I've been tasked into adding a new brochure with its own image.

Each image features some drop shadow effect that I need to reproduce on the new image, but I do not know what drop shadow settings has been used to create the original drop shadow.

What steps are required to obtain the data needed to reproduce the drop shadow? I need to know the original color, radius and blur.

Is it possible or should I just try trial and error?


texts: When to use one-point versus two-point perspective drawing?

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Are there any general rules of thumb on whether to use one-point or two-point perspective?

EDIT: I should point out that I'm asking this question in the context of general art and painting.


texts: What is this (odd) art deco font with irregular letterforms?

texts: I made this text for a site like a year ago and I can't for the life of me remember what font this is.   I went through every font on Photoshop, checked my fonts, Identifont and What Font Is so now I appeal to the Stack community; what font is this?


texts: Is there any way to combine a hyperlink with a cross-reference?

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I am using InDesign 2021 (v16.0) to create a document for export to PDF. There are places where I'd like to insert a hyperlink to a specific section and also include the page number, for example:

For more information, see section "Components" on page 11.

In the above example, the bold text ('"Components" on page 11') would link to the relevant section on whatever page it's located on.
InDesign lets you reference a specific section using Cross-References; for example, I can create a Cross-Reference that will automatically generate the text '"Components" on page 11".
InDesign also lets you create Hyperlinks that can link to a specific page or text anchor in the document.
However, I can't find any way to combine these two features. If I have inserted a cross-reference, InDesign will not let me add a hyperlink to it. If I create a hyperlink, InDesign will not let me add a cross-reference to it.
Is there any way to do what I want using a combination of hyperlinks and cross-references? Please do not suggest "you can make a hyperlink and just type in the section name and page number manually", because this document is expected to grow over time and it's not feasible to hunt through and update manual page numbers each time the layout changes.


texts: How can I set the displayed increments of the ruler units in Photoshop?

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I was following a tutorial related to the construction of a web template using Photoshop. I have found this image that shows the use of the guides:

I have no problem placing a guide into my canvas, but I have trouble understanding what unit of measurement is used in this case. I think that this uses pixels, is that right?

My problem is that if I set the rulers to use pixels in Photoshop, I do not have these ruler increments: 0, 50, 100, 150, and so on... Instead, I have different increments: 0, 20, 40, 60 and so on...

So I have some doubts related to the active unit of measurement. Can I change the displayed increments to have something exactly like the previous image?


texts: Set loader height and width in Adobe Flash and ActionScript

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I have this source in Adobe Flash CS6 (AS3).

var loader:Loader =new Loader();
imageViewer_mc.addChild(loader);
loader.x=65;
loader.y=50;
loader.load(new URLRequest("image.jpg"));

image.jpg size is 200px X 400px and viewing nice in pages. But when I replace it with 600px X 1200px Image, It doesn't have previous size. I know that something is wrong with my code; But I don't know where is it.

My clear question: How can I load different images in a loader with same size?

( Can I fit images to their container, imageViewer_mc?)


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This is something that I stumble over occasionally. I have an image that was clearly created using some form of blending / alpha channel magic, usually for things like smooth edges.

For example:

There is a blend between the white arrow and the orange background, but alpha information is not included in the PNG for this. Now say I would like to transplant the arrow on top of a gradient.

It would seem that it should be possible to reverse-engineer the alpha values, given that I know both colors that presumably were the basis for the blend operation.

I think what I want to do is this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/746899/how-to-calculate-an-rgb-colour-by-specifying-an-alpha-blending-amount - but in Photoshop (or maybe Gimp).

Is it possible, or am I one the wrong track entirely?


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After meeting with a few designers and artists who do Embroidery design, and seeing scanned, embroidered designs by famous designers slowly take over design blogs as a means of expression in itself, I am thinking about getting into it and eventually offering it as a design service to my clients (to create branded collateral, along with other "easy" products like prints, stickers, etc) - or simply as a way to show ideas.

However, it seems that few machines and software are compatible with Mac OS. I understand that it is a difficult design process, requiring much effort and has a learning curve, and that no app will "do it for you".

However, before going any further into this project, since it will likely require paid for apps and expensive hardware, I would like to know of proper workflows that exist and are compatible with Mac OS.

What is a proper Mac-based workflow for Embroidered designs, from creating the PES files to exporting to the machine?

[Not asking for a tutorial, obviously - just to better understand what tools exist and can work in my workflow, and also to budget accordingly].


texts: How to re-link a linked image layer in Photoshop

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I'm used to using the Links window in Illustrator and InDesign. In Photoshop (CS6), I have some linked images, added using File > Place, which look like this on the Layers window:

So far, so good.

I want to swap them for different images, and/or force them to update - but I can't find a straightforward way to do this.

Just pasting the new image in is not ideal - they're part of a video animation updated in a different application, and creating new layers each time would create a lot of hassle. I'm looking to do the same sort of things you can do in Illustrator and InDesign with the Relink and Update... buttons.


texts: I have this color wheel I made that I want to use to pick colors from. The concentric circles inside are made with an increasingly transparent white. My issue is that if I use the eyedropper on it, it samples the transparent white instead of the overall color. I would prefer not to resort to rasterizing the image. Is there a way I can merge the white transparency with the color under to have a converted color?


texts: I am designing this logo for my website. It looks great in Illustrator CC but looks pixilated on the site. I want to smooth out the "A" and "W" diagonal vector lines.  I have tried exporting as a PNG Interlaced and using the "Align to the Pixel Grid" option. The image is partially vector lines and partially type. Any tips or suggestions? Thanks in advance.


texts: Which is the best software to change, remove and add objects in pictures of spaces

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I have taken a picture of a room for which I would like to change a few things: Wall texture and color and remove a large box as well as inserting a few objects. I would also like to make sure that the proportions are maintained as well as the shadows and original prospective.

I have never done something like this before, therefore I would like to ask if any of you knew a relatively easy-to-learn piece of software which could help me achieve this. Photoshop any good? Would you also know of a tutorial/guide which could help me in achieving my scope?

Thanks


texts: How to remove the black grid from pictures done with black-gridded papers?

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Suppose I draw with grid -paper, I want some automated way to remove the grid fast. I have earlier used the magic-wand tool in Gimp but it is not really robust and now looking some good solution for batch-editing. The hack of changing the paper will work but I am looking here to automate the grid removal with ready works done with black-grid -paper. How can I automate the removal?

I originally planned Imagemagick but the problem fits better SO, you need to adjust positioning not just cropping. It can be actually quite hard programming challenge requiring pre-positioning etc at the start (paper may be direct etc odd practical challenges). Perhaps the easiest way to solve this programmatically is to remove all lines of certain color, here though a bit challenging because scanning not perfect. Other tools may also work. I moved the programming aspect of this question here.

Solution -candidates so far

  1.0. Programmatically: see here for SO -thread.
  2.0. Paper: change paper
  2.1. color -grid
  2.2. whitelines -grid-paper
  3.0. tracing tool such as potrace or Vectormagic.com
  4.0. sketching board with high-intesity light with gridded background


texts: How can I resize canvas in a Photoshop CC animation?

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I've made my first animation using Photoshop CC (2018).
But my canvas is way to big. If I reduce the canvas some elements simply disappears.

Is there a way to reduce / crop the canvas without affecting my animations?


texts: Edit shape and fill inside certain paths

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I'm trying to edit a shape I didn't create. I'd like to fill a specific shape inside another more complex shape.

Problem is, when I do this, the entire shape switches color... How can I 'separate' the one shape I need to perform change only on it ?

EDIT : Ok, maybe I'm making some progress here.
I dragged and dropped the path outside of the shape to edit it. I could then apply everything I wanted to and it only applied to that specific path.

But now, if I want to replace the path inside the shape it messes everything (the entire shape takes the color I applied to the path).
What I did then is group the path I changed with the shape... I don't know if it's correct to do that (added another screenshot).

Even with that I don't really WHY it worked and if it's a good practice... I read the shape but I still don't understand why I had to do this...


texts: Does CorelDraw have a native read resolution for reading SVG's?

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Does CorelDraw has a default read resolution for SVG's? The only DPI settings that will show me the number of pixels exactly as they were created is 96. Is that Corel's native DPI resolution for reading svg files or am I missing something?

If I ramp up the resolution to 300 DPI I get wrong numbers, however 96 seems ok.


texts: Animated Image File in Windows Live Movie Maker?

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I have created an animated gif file in Imageready CS2 which I was trying to import in Windows Live Movie Maker but failed. In the net I found a way around by converting the gif into mp4. I used an online conversion utility which did the job. But the quality of the mp4 file and subsequently the movie file was horrible. Mind you the gif quality was pretty good.

What to do? Any other way around?


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When exporting a document from InDesign CS6 to PDF, is it possible to set the "initial view" of the PDF, so that the PDF opens up in "two up" (side-by-side) format by default?

I can do this in Acrobat.  Can it be done directly in InDesign?


texts: Photoshop warping a layer while keeping it's border?

texts: While using the warp transform tool, is there any way to warp inside a certain boundary? I would like to warp the inside of my layer without moving the boundaries of the layer too. Is this possible?


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i was wonderning how was this effect created on photoshop.
I tried usingthe fluidity filter and combining other things with it like: blur and pixelate but i did not get a good result.
I need it for a project. Help will be appreciated.


texts: Illustrator join anchor points separate paths

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I have three objects/paths with a fill and a border.

Why are the end points of the border not consistent with the angles despite the path in outline mode showing the anchors are 'snapped' together?

How can I get a regular box with borders as shown? I've tried inside/center/outside but nothing seems to work. It seems so basic but so difficult at the same time.

Thanks.


texts: Designing icons for devices with different PPI

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I'm having some problems on the icon PPI. For example, when I make an icon for an iPhone 6 application I know that the icon will be 326 PPI. But if I do a 256x256 px icon that can be used on iPhone, Android and on the Web at different screen resolutions, which one PPI I use? Is there a "formula" to calculate the PPI based on the size of the image?

I want to make one set of icons for sale, but I want to avoid creating multiple equal with different PPI so I can sell unopened packages. I am using Photoshop CC as not yet acquainted with Illustrator.


texts: Randomly scale and rotate a bunch of graphics to spread around as a background

texts: I would think that this is a common enough request that there is a program / method to achieve this. I'm looking for a way to take a graphic, like a vector of a carrot or something, and multiply it, then randomly scale and rotate each and spread around, as a background. I'm sure you've seen what I'm describing. It's so tedious to do it manually, just wondering if anyone here in the graphic design community has any experience with this.


texts: Inkscape: keyboard shortcut for Break Path At Selected Nodes

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I've been searching long time for keyboard shortcuts for these actions in Inkscape.

Join selected nodes
Break path at selected nodes
Join selected endnodes with a new segment
Delete segment between two non-endpoint nodes

Do they exist?


texts: Sketch: resize bitmap assets to their original size in pixel

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When I import bitmaps assets (or image files) in sketch, I usually scale them back and forth for the sake of the layout. At some later point I may be interested in get them back to their original size (in pixel), to check if I didn't stretch them to far or check that the inserted asset is the right one. For example.

My question is: is there a way for sketch to resize bitmaps to their original size in pixel? I tried to set the size to 100% but this makes it as wide as the dartboard.


texts: Illustrator envelope distort tool alternative

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Is there a similar tool to envelope distort on Illustrator available for an iPad or iPhone app, or even an online editor?

I have some great graphic design apps for my iPad and iPhone but nothing has the disort options like Illustrator on my desktop. I really need this and would appreciate the help.


texts: How to Saving multiple layer at once to png in photoshop?

texts: Can able to find the way to saving multiple layer in photoshop and with same Names to be saving in one folder.


texts: Effective way to cut out clouds in photoshop

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I've had to use clouds in projects on more than one occasion, and I'd like to find a way to extract (select only) the clouds.

There are a lot of good brushes for this type of thing but often times they're too small, If I could figure out the process used to make something like this I would be able to make my own from stock images.

The brushes below are a good example of what I'm trying to achieve. They're cut very nicely and will look clean on any background

http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=clouds+brush#/dkep1o

Any help is much appreciated.


texts: How to create directional lighting effect in photoshop?

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I'm trying to mimic the lighting effect applied to the object in the first photo in the 2nd photo in Photoshop.
I've tried using gradients and inner shadow with no success.
Notice the lighting effect is brighter on top and darker on bottom, I'm unsure how to create this type of lighting effect?
Effect I'm looking for

As far as i've gotten


texts: How to get uniform stroke in Illustrator using brush tool?

texts: I am using Adobe Illustrator and a Wacom tablet. When curved lines are drawn using brush tool, I am getting non uniform stroke widths as in the attached image. Is there any way to achieve uniform brush stroke using a caligraphic round brush in Illustrator ?


texts: How can I achieve similar lights for this 3D object?

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The left one is my turn on recreating the image seen on the right. I've found quite similar aluminum/metal material and played with the bevel to make it as similar as I could, but I can't replicate the light source.

As seen on the right, the top and bottom parts should be almost completely lit (white) and the sides should have more shadows.
I tried playing with the light sources but really couldn't do anything similar to it. The one that I'm using right now is a spot light (disabled the infinite light). Maybe the issue is in the bevel as well?

I'd be more than happy to assist the project file to someone who understands this and think could fix it for me, I'd be very grateful


texts: Adobe Illustrator generates SVG with rect instead of polygon

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I'd like to export the SVG code out of Illustrator so I can use it to generate a background and later animate it with JavaScript.

In the tutorial that I am following the dude generated the SVG Code, however he got the points. I didn't and I followed him to the point (no pun intended).

Are there some default settings that need to be changed for the points to display in the SVG Code?

Any hint in the right direction would help.

Bellow the code that Illustrator generated for me:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 22.1.0, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0)  -->
<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
     viewBox="0 0 284 157.5" style="enable-background:new 0 0 284 157.5;" xml:space="preserve">
<style type="text/css">
    .st0{fill:#8278DC;}
</style>
<rect class="st0" width="284" height="157.5"/>
</svg>

And here the points that actually should be there, at least according to the tutorial i was following:

<polygon class="polymorph" points="215,100 0,100 0,0 47.7,0 215,0" />


texts: How to get a duplicate page in InDesign to sit below its original?

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When duplicating a page in InDesign in the pages panel (either by right clicking and duplicate, or by dragging the page down to the new page icon) is it possible to get the new duplicate page to sit below its original rather than going to the bottom of the page stack?

I'm using InDesign CC subscription, but I guess it will be the same for most versions as it's a pretty core/fundamental feature.


texts: How long of a name do you budget for in a template?

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I'm designing a name overlay for a series of videos and I'm curious how long of a name I should budget for without knowing what ones might come my way.

As it's for a video it should be reasonably large, so I can't just make it tiny.  If there's something ridiculously long, I could go and scale it, but the lesser the better.  If only there was a 90th percentile for name length...


texts: Colour of colour swatch changes in InDesign Document

texts: I have a problem with InDesign (I am using the latest version of the program). I created an RGB Colour swatch in a light green colour tone (RGB 197 232 108) If I am using it in my InDesign Document, the colour looks different - less bright than in the colour swatch. What am I doing wrong? Can somebody help me? Thank you!


texts: How was this line with drop shadow created?

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I have tried recreating this line but to my dismay I have failed. It seems to just be a single line with a gradient from dark grey to white. that was the easy part. but the shading around the line seems to be a drop shadow but the shadow seems to gradient as well. How? any ideas or advice?

I am working in Illustrator and this is for the recreation of a client's logo which was to small from a previous designer.


texts: I want to automatically and randomly stitch / combine images as square tiles onto a DIN A4 canvas

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Suppose I have a folder of different images, all different in sizes and resolutions.

I want to randomly choose between 6 and 18 of these images, scale, crop, and combine them as square tiles onto a rectangular (DIN A4) canvas. The end result should be a cmyk tiff or pdf file with a resolution of 1200 dpi.

Is there a way to do this with imagemagick or another tool?

The end result should look something like this

but without the white margins between the tiles.


texts: What is the name of this heart-like decorative symbol?

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I occasionally come across a symbol that looks like this:

It looks to me like some sort of stylized heart, or maybe some kind of fruit on a branch.  It is often used to separate blocks of text, for example on book covers that are trying to appear elegant.  I most recently saw it in this New York Times Op-Art by Ben Schott (may require subscription).

Does this symbol have a name?


texts: how can I replace a color with another one in photoshop ?

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I need a tool to replace all pixels having a specific color with another color..

So basically a brush that works only with pixel having a specific color.

thanks


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I want my text to produce exact outcome of 'justify all lines'. i took text, dragged it, created a box (exactly the size i want my paragraph to be in) and then applied 'justify all lines' from paragraph option.

but it creates huge gap/space between words (look at disease and management). and it destroys all aesthetic vibe. if i delete the space my letter gets deleted too. and if i modify the box size it is still not removing all those unnecessary spaces.

what i need to do to get 'justify all lines' result?


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I am new to mobile apps/games and I'm a bit confused about some stuff

What websites are similar to shutterstock but cheaper for commercial use

*about freepik: is the free assets are free for commercial use?
Is the premium membership in freepik are worth paying for?

Is there any other suggested websites for vector/eps assets for mobile games use?

I am new to Graphic Design StackExchange and I'll be glad to learn from the experts.
Thank you all.


texts: What font is Google using across many apps (not Roboto)

texts: I noticed Google is using this font specially in small CardViews and it's doing a very good job together with the rounded corners of the cards. Any one have an idea what this font is?


texts: How can I achieve this type of texture with type?

texts: I know how tu use bevel and emboss but it seems to be more than that … Thanks for ur answers !!


texts: Is there an easy way to make n guide lines such that each one is x pixels from the previous one, other than manually entering a newly calculated x or y value for each line?


texts: i wanted to ask why gray photos differ between pc and offset printing. 86% gray seem whitish gray on pc but became black on offset printing , is there any solution to see how appear grayscale images on printing ?


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I just want to ask which software is best or which software is mostly used on these 2D animations.

Example 1, example 2, example 3

I know that Flash is commonly used, but I just don't like Flash much, so I am looking for alternatives.


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How would you create the hands wrapped around the wheels like in the image at:

Would you use the pen tool?


texts: How to create a solid color background for a brush drawing?

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Imagine I draw something with the brush tool in Photoshop CS5.

I want to save the drawing as .png, but I want it to have a solid color background (white, for example) like here:

But creating that background is difficult, mostly when I'm working with thin areas (such as the feet). Besides, I have to do it many times, because these are frames of an animation.

Do you know a faster and more accurate way to do it than painting it by hand with the brush tool? I tried to use the magic wand, but the result is never satisfying, probably because it's not vector, and I can't control that easy the amount of pixels the selection takes.

Thanks a lot.


texts: When I buy a font, is there any limitations, except I cannot give it away to anyone?

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Is it correct that, once bought a font, I'm not limited in time or number of projects I can use the font in?
Say, I own Helvetica. Does it mean that now I have a right to use it in any of my projects?


texts: What are the relative advantages of flat design, material design and skeuomorphism?

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I've been looking at Google's guidelines for this thing called "material design", and I've been following it some. However, I also see a lot of sites using flat design: Twitter, Codecademy, and Gitter — and that's just a few. Then there are the ones that make use of CSS3 gradients, shadows, etc. and detailed images to design a site that looks real (correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this what skeuomorphism is?), like the home page for Twitter Bootstrap 2.

From what I understand, flat design reduces the load on mobile traffic.

What advantages (in terms of speed/UX/etc., especially) do they each offer over each other?


texts: What happens when you pre-render a PNG sequence in After Effects?

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I have a main timeline with smaller compositions on it. I pre-rendered one of the smaller compositions into a PNG sequence and now the smaller composition is updated on the main timeline as... well, a PNG sequence it looks like.

Why did this happen? How can I get it to go back to being a composition? (Using "Revert" and "Undo" are not options...)
Thank you!


texts: I have a set of blended lines, how can i make it into a vector shape?

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I am trying to make a clipping mask of blended lines that would clip an object, i was able to create what I needed at a specific scale but on increasing the size of the clip the strokes thinned out changing the look of the clip.

I know what I need is a vector format for the blended lines, but I tried a combination of using outlines, create shape option, nothing seems to work, could you please guide me how to do this?

The blend of is 50 lines between 2 lines. the effect is as below

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texts: How to reflect objects on one artboard onto another in Sketch?

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I created a new file from iOS App Icon template in Sketch, and put some objects on the largest artboard there, which is 1024 x 1024 size named as iTunesArtwork@2x. However, you still have to put the same objects to the different size of artboards such as Icon-60@2x, when you like to check how it is displayed in the different size of icons.

What I would like to achieve is something like that pushing some commands reflects the design on the largest artboard to all the other artboards. Is it possible to do that? I even don't know why it creates so many different size of templates if you cannot reflect one artboard onto another.

I use the latest version of Sketch 3, which is 3.2.2 at this time.


texts: i would like to know the name of this classic font.The best part of this font is, it have diagonal shadow font.


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I just watched a video of someone drawing in Illustrator, in order for me to learn how to. It was in fast forward though, so it is hard to see exactly what is done, but I noticed something I want to learn how to do.

They uses the Pen Tool to create a normal stroke. As seen here:

Then they add a triangle on top of it, so it looks more like a normal stroke of a brush or something.

As you can see in the second picture - the mouse is pulling one of the anchor points to make the stroke more narrow. That is the effect I want to know how to do. And as you can see in the third image, the whole stroke makes a nicer transition as a stroke:

Can anyone explain to me how this is done? It is two strokes that he somehow can control using the white mouse in Illustrator (not sure what it is called right now), and when he pulls it closer to the other edge it aligns as you see in the final picture.

Here is the link for the video, these screenshots are taking after 2:40 into the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI-K2eNAXak&t=168s


texts: Using "vector-like" raster images in PDF documents

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I'm in the process of producing QR-codes for use on product packaging. The codes are generated in batch and the resulting files are typically 25x25 px PNG files. Of course, such a small image would normally be way too low res to use in print, i.e. a 1x1 inch image would need to be 300x300 px in order to print in 300 DPI.

When it comes to simple images such as QR-codes (I guess this would also apply to bar codes without the digits) I realized that the actual resolution of the image is not really relevant, as I can easily resize the image to any size I prefer using nearest-neighbor resizing option in Photoshop. In a way, the resulting 250x250 px image won't contain any more information in terms of "QR pixels" than the 25x25 px version, apart from the obvious fact that the file will be larger in size. Also, when resizing to a width not evenly divisible by 25 (e.g. 70x70) the resulting QR pixels will not all be the exact same width.

This has got me thinking I can simply place the 25x25 px PNG in my InDesign layout, which will in turn be exported to PDF and sent to print. This seems to work out fine when I print the file on my printer, but on screen the image sometimes looks blurred (as you would expect with it being magnified). I have found that the blurring effect stems from the anti-aliasing setting in my PDF viewer, so there is obviously no information about resizing/anti-aliasing embedded in the PDF file, while the printer will resize the image without anti-aliasing (i.e. using nearest neighbor).

Finally, the question: Is there any obvious downside to using this method? Is it safe to assume that the 25x25 px image in my PDF document will be upscaled without anti-aliasing when I send it to the printing office? Would I be better off just manually upscaling it or converting it to a true vector format?

Bonus question: is there a better term for what I am referring to as vector-like in the title/question, that is the concept of a bitmap/raster image being upscaled without loss of quality?


texts: Of what school of graphic design are 18th - 19th century illustrations?

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Particularly interested in the illustrations of Alesha Sivartha

http://www.wired.com/table_of_malcontents/2006/11/with_what_we_do/

For example, would you say they are Victorian, or Edwardian, or something else?  I'm trying to put together a design concept for a website and am finding it difficult to speak about.


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To show the client what the finished design will look like on the actual product (brochure, business card, envelope etc.)

How do you create branding/packaging images like the ones below.

Until recently I always thought these images were photographed but looking at it closer I've realized the designs and logo are all computerized.
how do I get it to look like this and where can I get the original packaging from? further more how would I get something with typography to look 3 dimensional on piece of paper?

Would it just be easier to spend money and get it photographed?


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I've seen symbols with accents which are often referred to as diacritical marks.

But what are they exactly? How many such accents even exist? And how do current typography tools (fonts, word processing software, etc) store and processes them?


texts: How to identify and understand the principles of a design?

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I am having a hard time identifying different principles of design in action. It is hard for me to identify the relationship between different elements on a page and to know what approach was used to create that particular relationship.

How can I identify and understand which principles were used in a design?


texts: From Inkscape in Linux to Windows, changing bitmap resolution

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I was creating a splashpage for an app I'm working on at work, using my personal laptop with Ubuntu (14.04) and Inkscape. We use a framework at work that requires precise dimensions, but I could not initially find those dimensions so I figured svg's would be ideal for me to keep my image in (as opposed to using GIMP.) I would export to a png with a specific size as I iteratively got closer to what I wanted.

I was using known working png's as a dimensional guide, and when viewed in MS Paint and Windows Photo Viewer, both the examples and my png looked exactly the same size and had the same properties, in both dimensions and DPI (as given by Paint).

However, when I opened my png with the app, my image would consistently pixelate and uglify, and be expanded some percentage (probably less than 10%) beyond the visible borders of the canvas.

After enough digging through the code, I found the specific dimensions (which one of my examples also had), defined in xaml, I think specifically denoted as

http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml

but I do not know much about xaml, except that it appears to be an xml.

I set my image to that specific size, but I still had the pixelation problem. Then I noticed that I was exporting at 90 DPI (dots per inch) but that Paint said I was at 96 DPI. I first tried adjusting my export DPI, but then my dimensions would grow larger. Sensing the problem was in the png metadata, I then tried to specify it on the command line with

inkscape image.svg -e image.png -d 96 -C -wXXX -hXXX

which should let me specify both width and height in pixels as well as the DPI. But that didn't work.

I finally managed a workaround by setting my SVG in a lower dimension that, when I expanded from 90 to 96 DPI on export, expanded the dimensions to that precisely required in the xaml.

My question is, was my workaround actually the right way to do this, is there some kind of bug in Inkscape that caused me to have to do this, is it that the metadata is somehow mispecified, or is it that the xaml is using (perhaps deprecated) metadata that the other applications in Windows ignored?


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I am trying to make my first illustration. I got text with the Myriad-pro font that I want to make italic. When I click on the button that says Regular next to Myriad-Pro it does not show any other options. I tried a couple of other fonts at random and they also did not have an italic option. From http://www.adobe.com/products/type/creative-suite-6-installed-fonts.html I assume that I should have italic as an option. I don't know if it is relevant but I just activated my license after the 30 day trial.

How can I get the italic font?


texts: White border around transparent PNG after Illustrator export?

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I created a logo in Illustrator CC and after I 'Save for Web' using PNG-24 with a transparent background and put it in my website html there is a thin white stroke around the logo. This is definitely not a html problem but an issue with exporting with illustrator.

I definitely have not got a white border on the image in illustrator. It does not show up when I preview the image in Windows but does in my HTML. Im not using any CSS either.


texts: Just learning After effect 2nd question. I have download the free lower third and edited. I have knowledge of Flash and to a certain time we can type command stop(); and we can stop the looping there. How can we stop looping action in After effect. Thanks


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I am not a graphic designer but a programmer. Recently i wrote a short story in answer of a technical question. Then I realized if i convert it into graphical comic book story then it would be more interesting and understanding.

I have many characters/pose in vector form. And am looking for some backgrounds which are generally be used in comic books like city,lab,planet,universe etc etc.

Can somebody suggest me a place/site where i can find them. I tried to bing/google them but they searched wallpaper with super heroes.


texts: Selectively apply feather in Select and Mask

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I’ve never been much of a Photoshop wizard (InDesign is my domain), but I do edit images to be used things I typeset. This frequently includes removing backgrounds from images to get sharper illustrations, for which I tend to use Select and Mask.
Generally, the sharper the edge the better – but sometimes, the artwork fades into the background, and a fading effect is then obviously desired instead. If the entire artwork fades out more or less evenly, this is usually not a problem: just give the selection an appropriate feather in Select and Mask, and your layer mask will have a nice, gradual fade-to-transparent effect which is enough for most cases.
This doesn’t work so well if the fadeout is only in a part of the image, though.
Say the image is a scanned drawing of a military medal on a ribbon. The objective is to use it in some document without having a sort of greyish overlay where the paper isn’t quite white in the scan. The edges of the medal itself and the sides of the ribbons are sharp, so they’re easy enough to mask, but the top of the drawing ends in the ribbons being drawn to fade out into paper colour, and the layer mask should reflect this, so that the top of the ribbons fade to transparent.
Is there a relatively straightforward way to achieve this, applying the desired feathering to specific parts of the selection while maintaining sharp edges for the rest of the selection, preferably within Select and Mask mode?


texts: photoshop selection dragging during creation of a shape

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Is there a way to drag a selection and move it around while you create it? I know there's a program that supports this but I don't remember which.
like some sort of a key combo.
for example holding shift while sizing you shape keeps the aspect ratio and holding alt duplicates your sizing in the opposite direction. I would think that holding ctrl would let me move the shape around.


texts: In InDesign how do I change the gap between spreads?

texts: I didn't see this Q&A here so I thought I would share.  So a colleague sent me an InDesign file with a huge gap between the spreads but how can I adjust this gap so it makes the file easier to work with?


texts: After the Smart Guides turned on, why does the anchor point on a line actively align the anchor point on a shape path, but the shape path cannot actively align the anchor point on the line?


texts: How to equalize any 2-point curve in illustrator

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I'm in the process of building a custom logotype, drawing each character using a combination of the shapes, the pathfinder and the pen tool and I am currently crafting the 'B' character.

I would like to know if there is a way to take any 2-point curve (a curve created from two handles) and quickly turn it into a perfect arc (i.e. where both handles are of equal length. Currently I am doing this optically: I look at each handle, try to measure its using grid view, then carefully drag out each until it looks good.

There are 2 problems with this:
1. my points do not always fall exactly on a grid intersection, so it is very hard measure properly
2. It is very, very time consuming

Using outline mode helps eliminate a lot of the screen clutter (fills, etc) so I can see better, but I do not have all the gridlines in outline mode and thus cannot make proper judgements.

Unless I am missing something, the arc tool won't help me here as I am trying to retroactively improve the evenness of my curves.

I have tried creating elipses/arcs and using them as guides but again the results are imprecise and it is time consuming.

Can anybody suggest a tool or a method by which I can more accurately and quickly equalize my curves/arcs.

Illustrator CC


texts: Can I use free resources to create banners?

texts: I was wondering if I can use free resources such as freepik.com content to create online banner ads for my clients?  Is it legal to do so?


texts: How to extract the shadows from this image and make the white transparent?

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I would like to make a template using this image and make multiple outputs with different textured images as a clipping mask. I tried recreating it using inner shadows but was not successful (I'm a beginner).

Is there a way to use clipping masks without losing these shadows?


texts: Trying to Create a Preset in AI That Gives Object Strokes a Hand Drawn, Blueprint Drafting Sketch Style

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I've been working on a few logo ideas for a friend's company in my spare time; for one of them I wanted to have the logo look like it was sketched out first and then given an outline - like it's a drafting sketch (see the attached photo).

I did it by splitting the logo up at it's corners, lengthening the line segments and applying one of several "sketched lines" brushes I made.  While this achieved the desired affect it wasn't the most elegant solution.  Now I'd like to try duplicating this effect on text but I'd prefer to do it by creating a graphic style (or another type of preset like a brush) so I can test it out on different fonts without spending hours working with each individual line myself.  The problem I kept running into is at the corners where the sketch lines continue past the connecting perpendicular line; I can't think of a way to create that effect without splitting up the object and extending the lines.  Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.


texts: I have created a logo similar to an existing one. Is it plagiarism?

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I have designed a logo for my friends company and just now have found a similar one existing in real. I feel very bad about that, what should I do? Redesign or not?

I have made all needed research in order to make violet logo according to companies values.


texts: How to convert Visio documents with flowed text to Inkscape-compatible SVG?

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I've tried to convert Visio documents (2010, 2013) to SVG for use with Inkscape 0.91 in two different ways, with unsatisfactory results. The trouble is always with the flowed text being incorrect in Inkscape.

Saving the Visio file as .SVG, and opening it in Inkscape. The flowed text appears wrapped, but only on one line, as in the following image (Visio 2013 is on the left, Inkscape on the right):
Opening the Visio (.vsdx) file with Inkscape Import. The text is not wrapped, and the rectangle is black (although the rectangle problem doesn't always happen in my diagrams).

The SVG output from Visio looks perfect inside a modern browser:

However, the SVG contains a simulated (manually wrapped) flow using, e.g., <tspan x="20.64" dy="1.2em" class="st3">:

    <g id="shape1-1" v:mID="1" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(18.375,-18.8899)">
        <title>Feuille.1</title>
        <desc>Here is some text that should wrap over several lines.</desc>
        <v:textBlock v:margins="rect(4,4,4,4)" v:tabSpace="42.5197"/>
        <v:textRect cx="45.3543" cy="65.6899" width="90.71" height="55.8207"/>
        <rect x="0" y="37.7795" width="90.7087" height="55.8207" class="st1"/>
        <text x="13.83" y="47.69" class="st2" v:langID="1033"><v:paragraph v:horizAlign="1"/><v:tabList/>Here is some <tspan
                    x="6.65" dy="1.2em" class="st3">text that should </tspan><tspan x="20.64" dy="1.2em" class="st3">wrap over </tspan><tspan
                    x="13.87" dy="1.2em" class="st3">several lines</tspan>.</text></g>

It almost looks like Inkscape is ignoring the dy portion of the tspan, but I don't know enough about that to say more.

On Inkscape's Q&A forum I was told that SVG 1.1 doesn't support flowed text. Since practically all text in my Visio diagrams is flowed inside rectangles, is converting them to Inkscape/SVG therefore impossible until SVG supports flowed text?

The main reason I want to use Inkscape/SVG is that it is also a free command-line tool to convert SVG files to other files formats (PDF, PNG, etc.). This is very useful in my LaTeX-based typesetting environment using LyX.

I've been using Visio -> WMF/EMF as a partial workaround, because there's a converter to EPS in LyX. But it's also not perfect. Punctuation (commas, periods, apostrophes, etc.) in flowed text of the WMF/EMF is always positioned strangely, as if it's treated (kerned?) separately from the rest of the text. SVG seems to be a more modern and open standard, too.


texts: Create vector icons and export them later as PNG without antialiasing

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I have created a vector file (svg) and now I wanted to export it as 66px x 66px, 44px x 44px and 22px x 22px PNG file. It should be used as a UIBarButtonItem in the navigation bar. Therefore I use Inkscape. Here is an example:

I updated to Inkscape 0.91 to disable the anti-aliasing option, but it didn't helped. I tried an online converter tool, tried to simply downscale, exported as EPS/PDF and imported in GIMP, but everytime I don't get sharp lines. There is always antialiasing involved. I read about using tools like ImageMagick, Ghostwriter and use the command line version, but here I have to question the process of how to create my icons. It should be simple and no programming job.

So what is the best way of creating vector images and exporting them as PNG images without antialiasing?


texts: free drawn lines with borders, is that possible?

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I try to construct my own boardgame and maps..

Therefor im looking for a good..no, great and 'easy to use' way to draw curved/ free drawn lines with borders. I would like to choose colors on both line/borders and vary thickness. Is this possible?
Haven't found anything so far, so all help is more than welcome!
Cheers!:D


texts: Inkscape - My fill tool has a stroke and I want it permanently removed

texts: I do not know what I did, but every time I use the fill tool in Inkscape, it sets it to a preset colour with a thick line around it. It does this every time and I want it removed for good. Does anyone know how I can do this?


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I want to learn how to create stylish Graphic User Interfaces for android applications beyond the common style of the google apps itself. if some one has some documents i can read to give applications that particular style.

for example i like a lot the style of the QuizUp app, i would like to learn more about how they got this look.


texts: How can I use the Auto Layout in Figma to align this icon on the text baseline?


texts: View size is not correct while working on Illustrator?

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I'm on CC 23.1.

Here's the "preview" when I'm working on Illustrator, Zoom 100%:

But once I export on SVG (and I open on other software, or browser Chrome), here's the result:

It's clearly scaled!!!

This means that I'm not working on how it will be rendered.
And sometimes (especially when working with font) mess up the result once exported.

Why this? And how can I fix it?

Here's the export option:


texts: What's the best way to make a pdf book cover for Create Space?

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I downloaded a paper back book cover template from Create Space and loaded it up into Inkscape (and used GIMP to crop the background images to fit the template).

What steps should I take, and what settings should I use, to guarantee the final pdf file of the book cover will test out at 300 dots per inch in Adobe Acrobat XI preflight?

Scenario One. Your background image jpegs have a resolution of 300 x 300 pixels.
Scenario Two. Your background image jpegs have a resolution of 72 x 72 pixels.


texts: Why are my handles and live corner options hidden for objects drawn with the pen tool?

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I was working on a project in Adobe Illustrator when I noticed that objects drawn with the pen tool didn't have the option to edit the handles or round corners (meaning when the anchor was direct selected I actually didn't see the circle to round corners or the handles). The entire time prior to this while working on this project I had no issues, and I tried creating a new a document to test if the issue continued and it didn't, it's only this one file. I'm fairly new to Adobe Illustrator so I think I might have accidentally turned off some setting or changed something without even realizing it.

Any kind of help would be great! Thank you.

EDIT: Show Corner Widget under the View menu is enabled already as well.


texts: Way to quickly select random objects with variations in foreground/background

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So, I'm Trying to find a way to select areas of images that have similar levels of contrast, but with variations of color.  Is there a way through scripting or otherwise in Photoshop to select something as wispy as clouds and extract most of them from the sky?  I've played with the lasso longer than any cowboy ever has and I don't believe in magic after I've failed so many times with the wand. I don't see a way to make PS perform as desired (consistent or fast).

Am I missing something or is this genuinely difficult?


texts: I'm trying to make a favicon with the first part of the logo (PSA) for a website I'm building but I'm stumped how? I'm still quite a fledgling when it comes to Photoshop cc and Illustrator cc so any help will be great.


texts: What is this textured look called, and how can I recreate it?

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I'm looking to recreate the below look on some vector based shapes in Inkscape, where the edges are broken and slightly see through, and fills are grainy.

Any help to either point me in the right direction, or if there is a name for this particular style that I can search for would be great

(Note: This is from foxadhd on Tumblr)


texts: How do i duplicate this marble background.

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I want to duplicate this marble background. heres how its supposed to look

Here's my attempt


texts: How to present a print project to a client?

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I'm a self-taught designer and now I'm working on a packaging project. I'm designing in Adobe Illustrator CC using CMYK color mode, but now, I want to present my client the work with a mockup and I really don't know what to do.. CMYK is pretty different from RGB when presenting the final product, so the colors I chose won't look the same if I use a mockup.

What do you guys do when you have to do print stuff and want to present it to your client (of course with complex packaging stuff, no business cards, flyers, etc)?


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Im a programmer and im finishing up my first app! So, i decided to have some fun and try to design my own logo(first time). The app is a app that maps events in the city of Skopje, Macedonia. Give me some critiques or advice ( except straightening the lines around the road and hill).

1.Is it too childish ?
I feel like its a bit too childish and i am planning on adding some stuff in the blue area, just not sure what, advice?  Keep in mind this is for an app. Its going to go on the logging screen.Thanks!


texts: Is there any way to identify clipping masks using JavaScript? PS CS5

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I'm writing a script that looks for layers with a certain name in a document, and I need it to then check if it has any clipping masks applied to it, and select them all, so that I can merge and export them. I have lots of these layers littered through a PSD, with multiple PSDs. So doing this will hopefully save a tonne of time.

The issue I'm having is with the identifying clipping masks. I've looked through the reference files and I can't find anything relevant to them. Is there any way of doing this? Am I missing something here?

Here is the beginning of my code:

var doc = app.activeDocument
var ratios = ["1/1", "4/3", "3/4", "3/2", "2/3", "16/9", "9/3", "7/2", "11/5"];

for (var i = 0, il = doc.layers.length; i < il; i++) {
    var curLayer = doc.layers[i];
    for (var j = 0, jl = ratios.length; j < jl; j++) {
        if (curLayer.name == ratios[j]) {
            alert(curLayer.name);
            // Check for clipping masks attached to this layer
        }
    }
}

Thanks for all your help!


texts: Is it possible to separate Photoshop's Lighting Effects into a different layer?

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I'm working on a 2D videogame where the world is an image designed in Photoshop and the player walks around it.

One of the nicest ways to improve said world is by using Lighting Effects as described here: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/add-lighting-effects1.html

It creates lights and shadows that suit the composition of the world.

However, all of this is rasterized into one single image, so the player is always on top of the lights and shadows.

Is it possible to somehow separate the lighting into a different image so that I can effectively draw the player between the world image and the lighting effects? If not, are there software alternatives to achieve this?


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Packaging design printing in small numbers?

I'm designing some small 4"x4"x4" packages for a class project and I only need a few boxes (probably 5 total). I've checked dozens of printing sites, but the minimum order size is around 100-1000 boxes and usually costs a ton. With that being said, I already have my overall design finished, it's just a matter of printing it onto some boxes.

Would it be better to just do the entire process myself by hand? And if so how would I go about that?


texts: Changing the color of of a PNG file converted to SVG in illustrator

texts: Just got done converting a png Photoshop file to a SVG in Illustrator but I"m not able to change the color to the the deired dcolor. Any ideas on how this can be done?


texts: Overlay shadow only on white - Photoshop

texts: I'm new here and think it's wonderful that there are people you can ask when you get stuck... I'm not completely new to Photoshop, but this I can't figure out: I have a layer of yellow and a white element on it. The white wasn't in the picture originally, so I need to fake like the shadow covers it too. I have many such white elements, so I need a solution that doesn't involve manipulating the white objects themselves, it has to be a separate layer with some overlay function, but I can't figure out how to do it without influencing the yellow. Does anyone have any ide how to fix this? Much obliged!


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I'm trying to create a diagram in illustrator, and what I'm looking for is the ability to use some kind of "quick connector" like in Visio.

Basically it's the ability to make a spline or straight line connector between two points/objects, which will automatically expand or stretch as one of the objects is moved.

Anyone know how to achieve "quick connectors" in illustrator?


texts: I'm SO frustrated! I mocked up this design the other day with no issues and today none of the functions are working. I dragged my image in, placed it behind the letter I want to use as a mask, selected both, then got this message???


texts: Having trouble getting this Google Chrome Extension icon right

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This is how my icon is looking now. I want to remove that "alpha" or something, that grey square.

I want it full like

Chrome suggested me to do this:

  Upload an icon image that represents this item, and ensure it complies
  with the following: 128x128 total pixels For square icons, use alpha
  to make 16 of the 128 pixels per side transparent (96x96 visual
  weight) For circular icons, the visual icon should be 112x112 (use
  alpha to make the remaining pixels transparent) For other icon shapes,
  use alpha to maintain the same 96x96 visual weight.

I tried but couldn't get this done? Any way out?

I want a full square icon with color #A4C639 (android green).

Can anyone help me out?
Thanks in advance!


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I'm working on a book design and I'm currently trying to format the blockquotes. I want them to be offset from the rest of the text to create a bit of visual interest, but I cannot seem to do it the way I want.

I want the margin towards the spine to be larger and the margin away from the spine to be smaller, but I still want the text to be aligned justified to the left. I know there's an "Align Away From Spine" option, but that's not what I'm looking for. I'm looking for a way to indent relative to the spine, keeping the alignment the same for all pages.

Is there a way to do this in InDesign?

Edit 1

This is what I would like to do:

The text on top and bottom is normal body text while the paragraphs in the middle are blockquotes. As you can see, all text have the same alignment.

Edit 2

This is a sample page from the design:

(Emphasis done on margins and page edge for clarity.)

As you can see, the text is indented the same amount on both sides, allowing me to outdent things like dropcaps for chapter headings. Right now, the quote is indented by two units on each side, but I'd like to outdent it by two units on the side away from the spine instead.


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A question for the Japanese-speaking part of the Graphic Design society - is there a book on web design (mostly - non-technical aspects like usability) in Japanese that you could recommend?

There is a number of posts on this topic, but none of them is language-specific. I myself have read through "Do not make me think" and a couple of other really good books. Recently I was asked by a Japanese friend to recommend something. Unfortunately, my Japanese is not good enough to do the googling properly by myself (although I have tried) and her English - not good enough (yet) to read through a whole book.

Any suggestions?


texts:
Suppose I have a rectangle, which has 4 anchor points in it's angles.

How to break it into set of 4 sides in the same places?

Below I show them shifted outside:


texts: making an action for join and smooth anchors in illustrator

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Very commonly I need to join separate anchor points and convert to smooth whit these buttons.

I wanted to speed up the process so I tried making an action for it so that I could just assign it to a Fn key, but neither of the actions show up when I record them. In fact it seems most other similar anchor interactions don't record in actions. Is there something I'm missing or is this just another oversight adobe will likely never get to fixing.

Alternatively, join at least has a keystroke (ctrl J) but converting anchor points to smooth doesn't have a keystroke that works in same fashion as when you click the convert smooth button. Is there a keystroke I'm missing or anyway to assign a keystroke to it?


texts: How to update an SVG icon colors in Sketch

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I have the following SVG icon in Sketch. I want to change the sign color, but I don't know how to do it. The sign is a path , every time I change color, only the background changes.

I want to be able to change the background and sign and I don't know what it's the correct way.
Does someone have an idea what to do to the layers so I can have control on all of them ?


texts: How do I enhance the text from the back side of a scanned page?

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I was reading the post and solutions over at:
How do I convert images of a page of text to pure Black & White and sharpen the text?
Which had some great tips for isolating the text that was on the front of the page which is desired. I applied these techniques to try to recover the text that was 'bleed through' from when the page was scanned and it didn't work so well.
Can ya'll give me some pointers? Here's the image. (This is part of a class I'm taking for digital forensics, and I wanted to see if I could glean some text from this document I recovered.)


texts: Difference between 8 bit and 16 bit in Photoshop

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I have been working on Photoshop for quite some time now, but there is one thing that has got me confused till now. Is it better to be working on a 16 bit color mode or an 8 bit one? I know that the 16 bit should be better for images etc, as there are more colors to display, but on a file with lots of smart objects , what would be the best mode to work on? Also, does switching from 8 bit to 16 bit change the file size considerably?

I'm not sure whether this is a stupid question! So please be gentle, in case it is!


texts: How to organise layers/groups in alphabetic oder in layers photoshop

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I've tried researching on the web but mostly people ask about adobe Premier and other softwares, theres is nothing I could find for photoshop.

My situation is this, I'm designing the Jersey shirts for the australian Super Rugby Teams. I've made all the folders for each team but forgot to put them in a alphabetical order.

My question is: Is there a way to sort the folders in a alphabetic order?

Thanks


texts: InDesign changes document dimensions when exporting to PDF

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I've been sent an inDesign document with many pages. Format: A4 landscape. Most of the pages are double (two landscape A4 pages one next to the other) but some are triple (three A4 pages one next to the other).

I don't quite understand why some pages are triple and other double, but my problem is this: when exporting to PDF, all of this disappears and is reduced to one A4 simple page, then another, then another till the end.

Why has the structure of the document been somewhat destroyed when exporting to PDF?


texts: Tips for designing governmental internal systems

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I have been asked to design a template for an internal use to register and document equipment for a government sector. The system will be used locally by employees only in the sector and will not be available to the public.

My question is, do I have to make it responsive even though I know they will use it only on PCs. What are the best tips for designing such a formal internal system and are there any samples. I have searched a lot but what i found is only for public use.


texts: How can I measure PX distance between two points on the fly?

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I am a programmer, not a designer. So I often need to know how many pixels a certain element is far from top or another element. But I am not sure how to measure this on the fly in the Photoshop CS6.

I changed the ruler to Pixel values. I then zoomed in and made two guides between two points I want to measure. It looks something like this

Is this a proper way to measure the distance? If yes, how do I measure it now? I am sure that Photoshop has a better option than that I have to count pixels from the rules by subtractions.

If this is the wrong way, what is the quickest way to measure the distance between two points on the screen?


texts: Turn on 'Paste Remember Layers' with script

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I want to paste object remembering layers on new artboard.

Here is my sample.

function test(){

var copyOpt = app.pasteRememberLayers;
copyOpt = true;

...
}

But it doesn't work.

Help me, plz. :(


texts: Which font is this? (from a Creative Review email)

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Seems to have a kind of 70s look to it. Or at least that's what it reminds me of.

I am talking about the bit in italics of course.

Thanks very much.


texts: How to convert a video file into an animated GIF in Photoshop?

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I was trying to convert an MP4 into an animated GIF for an answer on here.

I tried opening the file directly in Photoshop, and then clicking on the timeline menu and choosing both:

Convert Frames → Flatten Frames into Clips and
Convert Frames → Convert to Frame Animation

But neither of them worked. They appeared to just flatten it into a single image.

How can I create an animated GIF from a video file in Adobe Photoshop?


texts: How to reproduce the gradient settings in Adobe Illustrator?

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I need to recreate the gradient settings in letters in Adobe Illustrator (below you can find one example letter in .ai file). Is it possible?

letter G (cs6).ai

I do not know this program very well (normally I'm using only Photoshop). I can not find in AI any settings anywhere that contain gradient parameters.


texts: How to create equal border size around objects for after cutting out

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I'm creating a quick design for some vouchers in Inkscape to be printed on a sheet of paper and cut out. I want to leave some space around the voucher design, to give a nice white border after cutting.

Using the built-in alignment tools, I am able to create a nice grid, but this gives me a |1x1x1x1| spacing (where | is the page edge and x is a voucher object). After cutting, this means that some sides have double the white space on the side as others.

How do I set the spacing between these vouchers to follow a |1x2x2x1| pattern, so that I have an equal 1-width border around each voucher after printing and cutting?


texts: Photoshop selection feather and cut/paste behavior (pixel loss)

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When cutting(deleting) a selection with a feather it completely deletes all that is inside the selection and creates the feather with gradually increasing opacity outside the selection line.
On the other hand when the cut selection is pasted (e.g. to a different layer) it has the feather effect applied inside the selection. Thus if I cut a selection from one layer and paste it to a layer above it I have a part of the image along the selection edge lost.

Is there a way around this (still using the feather effect), so that when you cut from a layer and paste to a layer above you don't have anything lost?


texts: How to properly use the pathfinder tool in Illustrator?

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I am currently trying to learn a bit about illustrator, and one of the tutorial I am following mentions the use of the pathfinder tool to intersect 2 objects. The goal is to add a splatter on a text following these steps :

-Copy and paste your text in the same place (ctrl+c, ctrl+f)

-Add the splatter above it, select the splatter and the second text

-Go to pathfinder -> intersect

But when I do that, nothing happens. So, I made a video of my screen to show you what I am exactly doing, maybe I'm not using it right. For video purposes, I use 3 different colors on the different texts and on the splatter. Also, don't mind the font I should have used another one for the video.

Here's the video


texts: How to efficiently code a Web site wireframe?

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If you have in your mind, on paper, or on screen an image of your Web site, how should you go about implementing it? Use Adobe Creative Suite? A text/HTML editor?

My understanding is that people used to "slice" images in the past, but that seems passe now. I am not a graphic designer but I design sites casually (for myself) and I want to know what the current best practices are. I intend to use HTML5, CSS3, server-side (python) and client-side frameworks (Javascript).


texts: Assign all panels and dialog boxes to appear on second display

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I have a MacBook Pro with a second display attached. When I work, I usually have the following setup:

MacBook display: Messages and Chrome in split-screen mode (full-screen)
Second display: Indesign/Illustrator/Photoshop (full-screen)

In the Dock on the second display I've right-clicked on my Adobe apps and clicked Options > Assign to Desktop on Display 2, which means that the apps open up on the second screen.

My problem is, however, that when I'm using one of these apps on my second display and I do something that brings up a dialog box (Save, Export etc) or a panel that isn't already open on the second display, it opens it in the background on my MacBook screen. It seems that, because I'm using split-screen (full-screen) mode on my MacBook, it brings the dialog box or panel up on a non-full-screen Space in the background.

Is there a way to have these dialog boxes and panels pop up on the application display/Space by default?


texts: Website design - adjusting the size of picture

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I have a stock photo, it's original size is 5616 × 3744 px.
I would like to change its size to be used for my web design in photoshop - to size 1600 x 600. I do not want to crop the image because I would loose some picture content -  if I crop e.g. the top half.
I tried to use in Photoshop Image - Image size function, but I found that with its proportion locked(aspect ratio) it's height is way too big.
Could you please help me?


texts: Double space acceptable after period before abbreviated title?

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It seems accepted amongst typographers that the double space after a period is a dated artifact of monospace typewriters, but is it acceptable to use a double space in between sentences like:

  I trust Dr. Wang. Dr. Wang is very experienced.

Sure, you could rework the wording or even make this a single sentence with a conjunction, but what's the best way to typeset these two exact sentences in a proportional typeface?

Doesn't a double space help?

  I trust Dr. Wang.  Dr. Wang is very experienced.


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So this is driving me absolutely crazy.
I have created this svg of a gear that features a shadow only on the inside. Also it's important to note that this "inner-shadow" is it's own object, and consists of a fill and a stroke that are basically both the outline of the gear shape in black and grey, but somehow when I blur or unblur it t0 0.8% the effect only happens on the inside. I am trying to reproduce the same design, but I cannot remember exactly how I did it and now when I attempt to blur it, it doesn't look the same at all. Using the Filter "Cutout-Glow", I get nearly the same results, but it only works when there is a fill present. As mentioned before on the other examples the fill color is an entirely different object beneath the outline.
This imgage shows exactly what I'm trying to recreate:

Any help or insight is greatly appreciated!


texts: How does the pixel aspect ratio affect motion graphics?

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I'm creating an explainer video in After Effects but I haven't been able to figure out which pixel aspect ratio to use. I know what the PAR is, but I don't know what difference it makes in the final product.

I would like to know how to choose the best PAR for any situation but as a reference, here are some specific details about this particular video. It is an animated video using vector images. It will be in 4k resolution and uploaded to Vimeo.

I appreciate any help y'all can offer.


texts: Simplify an object in an svg file to reduce file size

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I have an svg image generated by another program (for visualisation of molecules) that is super complex, and I'd like to try and automatically simplify it. For example, a simple sphere with a gradient is drawn with 576 triangles. Is there a program (I have Inkscape and Illustrator, but I can download another free program if needed) capable to automatically convert these objects in simpler ones (e.g. a sphere with a gradient)? Just so you understand what I'm talking about, here's an example image: https://cloud.iacchi.casa/s/criQNyKNHaRpWMx
The idea is to get a 200 KB image instead of a 7 MB one, considering that I have to add more similar images together in a single final image, which shouldn't weigh 50 MB or so!


texts: Making parts of image transparent - am I doing it right?

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First, I want to make it very clear that I am a newbie in the graphic design field and I have no idea of how things are done. I am more a programmer than a designer.

I have been making a Google Chrome extension, but in it they say that the app icon provided should be:

  The actual icon size should be 96x96 (for square icons); an additional 16 pixels per side should be transparent padding, adding up to 128x128 total image size. For details, see Icon size.

What do I do now? What I actually did is:

Create a square icon (initial logo) of size 128x128.

Delete 16 pixels on each side, so that they become transparent.

Did I do it correctly? I mean, the second step. I don't have any idea of whether what I did was right or wrong. I really fear that I have done something wrong that may affect my app rating.

Maybe, did I have to use the Magic Wand tool?

I am using Paint.NET


texts: How to make a curved pattern line in Photoshop

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I'm not really sure what else to call it, but my goal basically is to create various locations on a map and have them connect with a curved progress bar-like line.

Like this:

I'm familiar with the pen tool and how to make curved lines, but I'm not really sure how to go from a curved line to the picture above.


texts: How to turn off displaying stroke when using a path operation in Inkscape

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I want to create a newspaper roll in Inkscape. My goal would be to only have the intersection of the yellow area and the the left circle. However, if I select those and then use path -> intersection, a remaining stroke around the original yellow object is still there.

Maybe I could create it with decreasing the area of the yellow part, but this is something that came up before as well, and I want control over it.

Thank you!


texts: How to select visible pixels for all layers in layer group in PS CC?

texts: I am wondering if there is an easy way of selecting the visible pixels from a layer group (with some sub-groups).  I know I can select them individually or turn them into a smart object, but I want it to be quick and retain the editability of separate layers.


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I would like to add an arrow to an Inkscape project. I read this question but it didn't tell how to actually make the arrow:

Set the colour of arrows in inkscape


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Being quite honest, I couldn't think of a better way to phrase a title for this, so I apologize for that.. Anyway, this is what I need.

I have this image

Basically, I need to make the black = white and the white(bell + glow)= black. So basically reverse the colors, so that I can use it in a sprite.

I know there has to be a quick way to do this.


texts: SVG logo text instead of an image used in froont.com?


texts: InDesign script to verify spelling and grammar

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I was curious to know if there is a way to or a script available within InDesign (any solution alternative is preferred) that I can batch check spelling and grammatical errors with either .indd or .pdf files.  Some areas I would like to check are:

Case errors:  aNd
Case structure: AND should be and
spelling: Bannana

If it could even be done I would like the script or process to correct the issue or document it to a file in .pdf format.  Is there a way to batch process a spelling and grammar check for .indd or .pdf files?


texts: Indesign small subheading graphic library option?

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Is there a way to design a subheading (fancy font, lines and small icons) that I could reuse again and again? Sort of like a clipart/small template library?

(I'm brand new to using InDesign. I figure there's gotta be a way people stick to a certain look.)


texts: Using an invert mask on one single layer

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I'm stuck with this little thing, which should be extremely easy but I simply cannot achieve it the way I want it.

Working with Photoshop CS5, I have a PSD with several layers, most of them being text layers with pattern style applied on them.
One of this text layer needs a black pattern but currently uses a white one and as I'm kinda lazy, I thought I could just use the "negative" adjustment on Photoshop instead of spending some time making the proper pattern.

So I went this way :

I duplicated the layer.
I made a new adjustment layer and chose "negative".
I ticked "Clipping mask" so that the "negative" isn't applied to all my layers.

And... it doesn't work at all.
Like nothing changes. I tried switching the mask color (alt-click on the clipped mask) but nothing either.
What am I missing here ?


texts: Questions about Envelope Design to Print using Home Printer?

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I have some C5 sized envelopes and I would like to create a design that I can print on it using my printer. Using the correct size that the internet gave me for a C5 envelope, I create a rough sample as a test.
What happened is that there is a about an inch of a gap on all four corners as if the design is smaller than the size I was given... When I printed again using the full size setting rather than "fit to frame" (as I did before), the top and bottom reached nearly the end (which was exactly where I wanted it to go) while both left and right sides had again this inch gap completely cutting of the design.
I saw by chance that choosing to print on a C5 document size from my PDF print settings leaves a gap for the important details like stamps and so on. Is there a way for me to overwrite the setting or simply print on the entire size of my envelope regardless of where the "important details" have to go?
I really do not know if I am using any technical term correctly so forgive me please. Hahaha if anyone has some guideline suggestions or what not, that would be great to!
Many thanks in advance!!


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Background:
I would like to create both of the following:

A graphic novel. I would like to be able to sketch, draw and preferably color all the panels myself.

A textbook in mathematics for children ages 6-16. I would like to be able to create nice illustrations of characters, or items like coins, bottles, footballs etc. to be displayed throughout the book. Preferably, I would also be able to design some nice geometric figures for the geometry chapters.

I am a complete novice, and I do not know where to start. I have no experience using any tools except I have played around with the TikZ Package in LaTeX and also the drawing app Leonardo. I do own a Windows Surface Pro. Any recommended tools should preferably have a one-time cost, although it is not a necessity. I need to be able to self learn how to use the tool, that is, I should be able to read a book or watch a video series to learn. In principle, I do not have a time limit, although it would be nice to be able to produce results within a 5-year scope, working on a hobby basis.
By "tool" I mean some kind of software or tablet. Keep in mind that I am a complete novice and I might not know what I actually want.
Question:
Which tools should I learn how to use when I have the combined goal of creating a graphic novel and a math textbook?


texts: How to add this shadow effect in photoshop

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Here is what I'm trying to do on the border of a photo.

How can I do this in photoshop?

Thanks,


texts: What's the best method and strategy to learn to draw from the imagination?

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I'm pretty good at drawing anything I see. Given enough time, I can do a photorealistic rendering. But I cannot draw anything from the mind.

So what is the best method and strategy to learn to draw from the imagination?

With "method" I mean:

Which construction principle to use? (These are the Bridgman / Hale / Hogarth / Loomis / Famous Artists etc. schools.)
Not use a construcion principle at all but rather just keep drawing from reality (or photos) and find my own abstractions? (This is the Kimon Nicolaïdes school of "The Natural Way to Draw" and gesture drawing (Glen Vilppu).)
Other methods?

With "strategy" I mean:

Where to begin?
How to proceed?
What to do each day?

My ultimate aim is to draw realistic comics, so figure drawing is at the core of what I need.


texts: How to fill a hole in a closed path with ai?

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See image for the hole between the beak and the eye that I want to fill.

I have tried object -> path -> join and object -> path -> simplify with no success.


texts: Why is Courier the preferred font in the legal industry?

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I watched a video online where a lawyer explained that Courier is the font preferred by both court stenographers (and writers submitting manuscripts), and that it was also the font seen in stenography software even though often it is not necessarily to replicate a font digitally as the medium for printing and viewing should be optimized for the reader.

Is there any evidence that the current use of the font is based on tradition or convention rather than for maximum readability (or if it is even the actual preferred font)?


texts: Does this part of a vintage font have a name?

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I am looking for vintage style fonts with this chevron element through it, I've noticed it on a few fonts, Does this element have a name in typography terms?
(This particular font is called "Nuevo vintage font")


texts: Illustrator CC export svg changes sparkle shape to circle

texts: i've got 3 "sparkle" shapes. When I export the svg the exported one converts the sparkles to cirlces. I've messed with the setting and cannot figure it out. thanks.


texts: Blend two objects with different colors and shapes in Inkscape

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I have two objects with some gradients on them. Now I need to do blend them together. I did 'Object to path' on both of them and tried to do 'Generate from path/Interpolate'.
What I wish to get is point 5. from here or what has been done here.
The Interpolate action that I tried does only shape transition from object 1 to object 2. But color stays the same for all the transition steps until the object 2 which has different gradient scheme.


texts: How to show multiple years of line data for comparison

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I am an analyst, and it seems that management is allergic to anything that's not a line graph, and have asked me to put the information into a line graph. Now I have all the information, but it appears incredibly clustered and lacks a coherent comparison.

Now, this information is for executive management, so I need to be able to provide them a quick "layman's" overview of the information. They'll have meetings and such to discuss the details later on, but for this management meeting, they need an easily readable chart that compares each year to the actuals without bogging down the chart with too many points.

Herein lies my problem: there are 4-5 years of data depending on the division, and at least 6 data points per month. Because of the industry, it's a requirement it must be broken down monthly, and all points must be represented on the sheet.

I've experimented with the visuals for this, and the first attempt, when brought to my boss (CFO), was that it's hard to read and distinguish data points. I replaced the real data with dummy data below.

They want the same data in a line graph, but after I did, my boss told me it looked like a toddler with a coloring book, so I can't use this representation.

How can I highlight each point when there are hundreds of individual data points without making it clogged with data?


texts: Name for type that has the same width and height

texts: I know monospaced type (font) means all characters have the same width. Is there a similar name for fonts where all character have the same width and height?


texts: How to extract handwriting from old manuscript in Photoshop

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I have this scan of a manuscript (c. 1780) which also includes an important signature I need to extract/isolate.

However a deeper look at the image shows that the grey background is actually a complex canvas-effect/pattern.
How would I extract the text, without losing any pixels of the handwriting so I can improve it later on.
What’s the best approach/technique.
Edit: For those asking, I cannot seem to obtain the original document. The manuscript was published in a book in the late 20 century, this seems the main cause for the background affect.


texts: By which software these product photos were created?

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I am beginner in designing field and want to learn how these product photos were designed? Which software is used to create these types of product images?
If I have white background photos like this one

Then how can I create images like these ones?

More similar product photos available here: https://www.invicta-interior.com/de/SITZMOeBEL/Sofa
Please suggest me best softwares for this type of designing work,
Many thanks!


texts: How can I fit multiple pages on to one A3 PDF page in Adobe InDesign?

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I want the document in the screenshot below to export as PDF on a single A3 paper format with crop marks.

So all 6 pages have to fit on a single page, A3 print size.

Right now I am only able to get it exported as 6 individual pages.

How can I place my pages so that all 6 pages fit on to one A3 page in a PDF?


texts: Turning a text "string" into a text "block" in Photoshop CS6?

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If I select the Type tool, click somewhere in my composition and type in some text, it appears that I cannot resize the area the text occupies without resizing the text itself.

However, if I click and drag, to create a text block instead, I can use the corner handles of this block afterwards to reposition and resize this block, and have the text inside reflow automatically.

Is there a way to go from the first to the second? ie. first click, type in some text, then resize it as though it was a block?


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I have a question. Does long-time rendering (3D animations) damage CPU? Or make it slow or reduce its life? I am not talking about network systems or big computers used in animation companies. I'm talking about my PC.
When I started rendering my 3D animation with Maya, the fan of my CPU noises and when I opened the Task-Manager window, the CPU usage was in 100 %. So I has been worry and came here to ask.


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I have a text box in my .indd project. Currently there is an embedded
line/stroke, which is not grouped but seems to be a hidden symbol or part of a paragraph setting. I do not know how to select it, or apply a different swatch to it, or delete it for that matter.

Any ideas?


texts: Why doesn't the Pantone Color Finder use same preview color for Coated and Uncoated?

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Coated and Uncoated versions of the same Pantone color, if printed on the right paper, should (approximately) obtain the same perceived color.

So, why does the official Color Finder on the Pantone website use 2 different colors for the 2 variants in the preview box?

Wouldn't it be a more correct approach to use the same preview color for both pages?


texts: Gimp: how to create a realistic tumbler mockup

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I'm buying a bunch of RTIC-Tumbler-30-oz to get engraved for my family.

However I was hoping to do a "full body" engraving and wanted to do mock ups of the engraving.  But with the middle having a very steep and sudden decline and the overall decline of a cup (from top to bottom), its not a simple calculation.

Does anyone know how I can calculate the layout so I can create mockups in GIMP?


texts: How to achieve this effect in Illustrator/Photoshop?

texts: So, I wanted to redesign the jersey of the teams in football. But then I found the design which I think is quite difficult to make but beautiful to see. Did anyone know, how to make the design below? I've tried with a brush, but I did not managed to. Perhaps there is an automatic way?


texts: How do I print black 100 text from Photoshop?

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I am trying to make a design for a book's double page.
The design is composed by vector art (made with Illustrator) and a photo.

The artwork PSD file is set as A3, 300 DPI, 8 bits CMYK.

One of the pages have a introduction small text, which colour I set to CMYK (0, 0, 0, 100). The text was typed using Photoshop's text tool. Once finished, I save as high quality printing PDF, with JPEG compression of 600 DPI for images above 600 DPI.

I sent the PDF for a professional printing service, but it looks like the black 100 was converted to black 400 CMYK (100, 100, 100, 100) because it is blurry and have what looks like a magenta shade...

What am I missing? Would it be the PDF export process?

I tried to be as many specific as possible... I'm sorry if I wasn't, but I don't even know how to ask Google about this problem.

Thank you!


texts: What special requirements need to be considered for outdoor banners?

texts: I am wondering where to even begin to find a place that could print something durable like a 13' x 30' banner to go on the side of a building. Is this even possible? Is a vinyl banner the best option? What medium should I choose to cover the side of a 2 story building?


texts: From a .ppt, produce many .pdf with slight variation

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I have an invitation in .ppt format. The first text area starts with Hello Name,. I would like to produce 500 .pdf documents, where each .pdf differ by the Name in hello Name. The first .pdf is for my friend John and it should be written Hello John,

I thought I could eventually use some bash script to modify either the .pdf or the .ppt (if I then manage to build all the .ppt automatically). I opened the .ppt and .pdf with a text editor but I fail to understand how I could modify the files.

How can I best achieve my goal?


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Can I edit Photoshop layers from a PSD file in Sketch?

If not, is there a way to import a PSD into Sketch?


texts: Select the union of two layers in photoshop

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I'm currently using Photoshop 21.x and I'm not very good in general with it. Could someone please help me with how to make a selection that comprises the union of two layers? And when I say union here, I mean the pixels that both layers have filled in, think of a venn diagram, I would like to make a selection that contains only the overlapping areas of two or more layers.

Thank you!
Kyle


texts: How can I select a font for a specific market? (e.g. beauty products in Brazil?)

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I am designing a brand for the Brazilian Market. It is focused mainly on beauty products for the mass. So the font I choose needs to be with some personality, not too fancy, not too simple.

How can I narrow down a group of fonts to choose from that will fit my needs?


texts: How to render a 3D model like a blue sci-fi hologram?

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In IronMan 3, Eve-Online, or Star Trek, 3D models render in a bluish fashion.

Examples:

Is there a simple way to achieve this result with my own models?
I typically use Blender, but if it is easier in another software package, I'm pretty agnostic...


texts: This is a fairly common print method and it probably has a name. How this is achieved is useful but it's name is more relevant.


texts: Compiling a new font from existing fonts and embedding it in a website

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I'm working on a project, which is a bilingual project. There are beautiful fonts for each language (I'm talking about free fonts). However, in any special case, only a subset of each font is suitable for me. For example, for titles and headers, one font is good, while for regular text, another font is more legible. For numbers in one language, one font is awesome, while when the language changes, glyphs of the other font make more sense and harmony.

What I have in mind, is to extract glyphs from each font (required glyphs) and create one unique font which is lighter than all of those fonts, and embed it into my website, so that user agents can download it.

I reckon the compiled font to be easier, because each font contains many characters that I actually don't want to use. For example, each font may have something around 400 glyphs. However, I only want something around 200 glyphs in total (36 glyphs from one font, 45 glyphs from another font, etc.)

However, I'm not sure this method work, and my question is, how should I do this?


texts: PNG shows strange artifacts when opened with Photoshop CS4

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When I open the file below with Photoshop CS4, I see strange artifacts in the image's borders. More specifically, some pixels turn brown.

https://github.com/vakata/jstree/blob/master/dist/themes/default/32px.png

Does anyone know what the cause of these might be, and what a possible solution might entail?


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Whenever I save my PSD file as a PDF (see below for links), the bottom 6 bullets on the 1st job title listed do not save on the PDF. Any ideas as to why this would happen and how to fix it?

PSD File: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5Bcc333kVTCTkhpNW8wbnVBdEk

PDF File: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5Bcc333kVTCODh5ZldYaXZDUzg


texts: Which techniques do you use to find the right brightness setting for a photo for web?

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I'm taking photographs of paintings on a white wall, and I am post-producing them for use on a website.

Very often I'm asking myself "Is this the right brightness? Too dark? Too light?".

I know that nothing replaces:

experience (know how your own monitor renders well known photos that are well balanced)
having a calibrated monitor (I already did this)
testing the photo on many devices (I do test on various PC laptops, iPad, Macbook, smartphones, etc.)

What other techniques (possibly as objective as possible) help you to determine if a  photo is too dark, too light?

(I sometimes give a look to the histogram, mostly to know if nothing is "burnt" in highlights, but I haven't found a reproducible method that works 100% to determine is a photo is too light or too dark)

NB: the main problem is that most devices (smartphones, laptops) have a variable screen brightness setting (I often change it accordingly to the room light, and, in the case of the phone, it can even change brightness automatically), so at the end you never know if the brightness condition of the device is good to evaluate the brightness of a photo.

Example here: how to determine which one of these 4 variations would be best adapted for most users?