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I've been developing a flash game which is a top-view table top game. I'm trying to have a go at the art myself and need the table to look kind of smooth and not photo-realistic.

So far I tried to import a wooden texture to photoshop (which I have very little knowledge of) and apply a few filters to the texture but it ended up looking photo-realistic while the objects on top were clearly vector graphics - sleek and shiny.

I'd like to create a table-top that looks like the background table found here.

Any ideas how to do it?


texts: What is the style of font called that is typically used in newspaper mastheads?

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Does anyone know of a font suitable for the title of a newspaper? It is also the type that's used for the first letter of a chapter of a book (and is so calligraphic, you can't tell if it has serifs or not).

I am looking for something like the one used by the "newspaper clipping generator" at fodey.com:

Generated at fodey.com


texts: What is Gmail's new login page effect called?

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When clicking on the input field placeholder becomes a part of the input element's border.

The following image is from the new Gmail login page.

What is this effect called?


texts: Does something like Illustrator's "Shape builder" exist in Inkscape

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Does a smarter boolean tool like Illustrator's Shape builder tool exist for Inkscape? Or a plugin maybe?

I know the same can be achieved with the Union/Difference/Intersection tools, but the Shape builder is a lot faster and less complex.


texts: So in the picture below, you can see on the left (object A) and on the right (object B). I'm wanting to vertically center object A on the left of object B. Since object A is a weird shape, Illustrator puts the center accordingly to the bounding rectangle around it instead of the objects shape itself. So when I go to vertically center A to B. It doesn't quite exactly center the correct way (or the way I want it). So how do I fix this problem? Picture 2 will show you of an example of when I try to use the alignment tools.


texts: When and when not should i use proportionally-to-screen sizes

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I'm designing my app (targeting only iOS/iPhone devices).

Currently, there couple components, which I'm designing to fit into iPhone 5 screen(smallest screen). On largers screens(iPhone 6, 6+), I'm centering the components and just give it more margin from the sides.

Note: In all of the images, the "red" area is at the same size(width and height), only the screen size changes

Should I or should I not increase the size proportionally? Is there are a known guidelines? Should I keep the font size and only increase the images?

Example:


texts: How to create multiple Lines/Paths in perspective?

texts: I once saw in a video how someone created a set of paths which were alligend in perspective like this. Does anyone know how this can be done in best / quickest way?


texts: Antialiasing on a transparent background, png exports as a fade to white instead of alpha

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As noted in the zoomed snippets below, I'm able to get the antialiasing looking good in gimp (just by using the AA setting in the ellipse select tool). However, when I export it (as png, of course) the AA is a fade to white.

I'm not well versed in Gimp so it may be something simple I'm missing, but I can't figure this one out.

What it looks like in gimp:

What it looks like in paint(and other photo viewers):

Edit: Here is a link with the files


texts: Should I link to or rasterize the large amount of artwork I'm using for my catalogue project in InDesign?

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I am trying to figure out what I should be doing for a 94+ page catalogue.

I have been researching and from what I've read understand that linking files is the best practice for putting complex vector art in an InDesign file...and that it will make a low-resolution raster of it for preview purposes.

Why I need help:

To show why I'm concerned, I selected 5 pieces of artwork and illustrator shows (screenshot) that they are made up of over 7700+ points. FYI, simplify breaks any pieces of art I have tried it on. Some of these vectors are almost 10 years old.
In a 94 page catalogue, half of each page is artwork.
I felt like following any guide i read online would not be the best route considering how much art i'm going to have to deal with. I read not to copy/paste that much art..could corrupt the indesign file. I read to link and let it make low-resolution EPS, but that still seemed iffy.
I calculate that linking would equate to anywhere from 600-750 linked files containing over 2,000 pieces of artwork.

Should I size all of the art to the size I need, and then rasterize everything and link them within InDesign?
Could I just rasterize it at the correct size, and save as a JPEG? (Background not an issue.)


texts: Change the Text for multiple Artboards using one smart object?

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OK so I have 12 artboards, each with a verse of text, each has a different font
Ideally I'd like to be able to replace the quote, one time but it changes ALL artboards
Basically this lets me see which font looks best for this project as an image will be next to the verse
Hope that makes sense! Just trying to simplify things, I'm sure there must be a quicker way than doing it one at a time!!
Thanks so much


texts: How to use several shapes together as a mask in Sketch?

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I'm quite a noob when it comes to Sketch still, but I often use it for quick edits of images etc.

Now I want to create a customized mask for use in social profiles for my music.
I want it to be a circle with triangles pointing to all 4 corners. But when I'm trying to mask, only one shape gets used. Even if I select all 5 of them. I tried exporting it as a png, but then I'm unable to use it as a mask.

Any suggestions on how to do this?


texts: Font used in 'Home Team: Global Domination' game board?

texts: The territory names are very small, no results with 'WhatTheFont!'.


texts: Adobe illustrator | Save for web | Small logo is not pixel-grid-aligned

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When I save a 4000x1000px large image into a fraction of it's size (100px in width), there are rectangles equal of size and color that does not look identical any more.

The logo is simply text with dots (vector rectangles) in between each character.

L . O . G . O

The dots are the same size and color, but when viewing the output result, the last dot has more contrast and looks crisper.

How would I go forth exporting large logos into small web-bitmaps, keeping the pixel-grid some what aligned to the bitmap elements?


texts: Transparency issue in Adobe illustrator when exporting JPEG

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I cant figure out why my path which is at 100% opacity and above the red edge of my card, is showing through. I cant even think of how to google this error.

I've expanded the "red card" it has a white background...please help!


texts: How can I have an (InDesign) paragraph style without a paragraph break (running paragraphs)?

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I'm creating a small brochure using a design based on Eric Gill's "An Essay on Typography." Specifically, I have (A) paragraphs for each main idea that are new paragraphs (aligned left) starting with a pilcrow with (B) "sub-paragraphs" that elaborate on that main idea start with a pilcrow, but with no paragraph break (see image). I do want the pilcrows visible as in the example.

I'm using paragraph numbering with the pilcrow character as the "number" to achieve the first level. What I can't figure out is how to achieve the second level using paragraph styles. I can simply insert the pilcrow manually and keep going, all in the main paragraph style, but I am now curious if there is a way to achieve this with a second paragraph style for the subparagraphs?


texts: How to align item to parent frame grid in Figma?

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I have two frames which are nested inside each other. Parent frame has 12 column grid and I want child frame to have row grid for section spacing.

But when I'm placing element in child frame I can't align it to parent frame grid. It looks like element doesn't see it.

How to align items in child frame to grid from parent frame?


texts: Is there a way to stroke a path with a solid color in photoshop?

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I manually outlined part of an image with the pen tool and now I'd like to draw a single solid color outline around it (white border). But it has to be all one exact color, no feathering anti aliasing, etc.  Just an outline of white (255,255,255) pixels. It's for a machine learning project.  Is this possible?
Thank you


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I have text that flows from page to page and all of the pages look good - except one! In the middle of the paragraph there is about a 2 inch gap before the next line of text shows. As far as I can see the paragraph style is the same as all the other paragraphs. I don't know what to do.

Could anyone help in fixing this?


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I am working in Photoshop. I have a black icon on a transparent background that I would like to "invert"--I would like to make the transparent areas white, and the black areas transparent. By following along with this tutorial I managed to mask my image and turn the black areas transparent and the previously transparent areas to white, preserving the semitransparent pixels.

I would like to now set the black pixels to white, but when I use "Invert" it inverts the fully black pixels to white, but the semitransparent gray pixels remain gray. How can I invert the semitransparent pixels as well? I want them to be white-transparent instead of black-transparent.


texts: What formats supporting animation are suitable for the web?

texts: What formats supporting animation are suitable for the web and what are the pros and cons of each.


texts: pdf font corruption in Inkscape and Illustrator

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I'm trying to edit a PDF plot exported from Mathematica, using specific font Times  using the plot option BaseStyle -> {FontFamily -> "Times", FontSize -> 10}, to match with the LaTeX document I'm working on. but when I open it in Inkscape or Illustrator the font for numbers is corrupt:

Inkscape:

Illustrator

I would appreciate if you could help me know what is wrong and how I can solve it?


texts: How do I achieve a "Water Ripple" effect on typography?

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Trying to achieve something like this text treatment, but not sure where to start.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/355573333059851007/


texts: Place embed place how to bring back in editable mode

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File > place embedded →
This is how we import the files.
see attachment →

But as soon as we right click and then click place:

Then how can we bring back in editable mode? where we can change size etc?


texts: What are the terms for the different types of image editors?

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I think I remember seeing terminology for the different 2 different types of photo editors out there, but for the life of me I can’t remember what they are. I think one was pixel editor, the other might be.... compositor?
I’m not talking about raster & and vector editors (photoshop vs illustrator). I’m talking about Photoshop or Affinity photo to Lightroom or the editor in Apple Photos. Talking about (on iOS) Pixelmator Photo as opposed to Pixelmator.
Is this distinction a false memory? Or am I just forgetting?


texts: Logo design: Use different logos for different media, or use the most simple one for all purposes?

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I'm currently designing a logo for one of my projects (web application). It mainly deals with navigation and is named "navio".

I now have several options to choose from and realized that some that I like do not work when they should be used on a smaller scale (e.g. business card, website favicon, ...)

Should I use similar, but different logos for different types of media. Or should I stick with a very simple solution that works across the board?

Here are some of my options:

Most simple solution. Even works as a small favicon

This was my initial idea. Is it confusing? Can you immediately differentiate the letters and understand that it spells the word "nav"?

I like this a lot since it allows me to combine the main logo, complete name and web address... However I am not sure how well this will work for anything other than large poster prints.

In general I like the idea that the logo includes the complete name, since it won't become a major brand which is commonly recognized and I am not sure if the puristic N will do... Any thoughts on that?


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Look at a Yahtzee printed scorecard.  I want to make a page with foreign language translations of the description column and notes/explanations, that lines up exactly with the official sheet and attaches with a paperclip.

In Illustrator, I can make a grid using a grid tool, as a starting point. I'll have to fiddle with the initial regular spacing and change the thickness of some of the lines.  I expect that will be normal enough as the grid seems to just be a macro for creating a group of lines, and then I can select individual lines to change.  Also note I said “align properly” not “center” or something more specific — I’ll also take advice on just what “properly” means. This will be Chinese text.

What I'm wondering about is how to then set text neatly in the many boxes formed by the gridlines.  I want it lined up properly but don’t relish fiddling with exact manual placement on every item.  How can I do this easily?

I have the Adobe Suite so I could use any of the tools. I've used Illustrator and InDesign before.  I would prefer a vector PDF result so I’m not thinking of using Photoshop.

Here is a scan of the printed sheet as found on Baidu※ which is where I'm getting the translated names for the rows and some explanation.

Imagine drawing the first two columns again, so they can be placed over or beside the original sheet.

You can see that due to thicker lines and breaks between categories, it’s not perfectly uniform in vertical spacing.  The paper is 7 inches tall.

※  I could not include the URL as I got a snarky error accusing me of posting spam, noting the first character in the page name.  However, you can find it in a comment in this post from user6065.

Finished

I posted the final project on my blog.  Thanks all.


texts: What principles of whitespace were used in this email?

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I received this beautiful email from Skillshare and thought that their white space was done well. Below is the bottom of that email which has the copy. The top has an image, part of which is encased in this grey box of which the screen shot shows.

How can this be mathematically calculated, or could it just be trial and error?


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Colors below seem to share some kind of "tone" together. For example, colors like this or this seem too bright to fit into this group.

What exactly makes this "tone"? I want some technical information, so that if I want to add purple to this group or create a different group of colors, I can find the exact HTML color codes I need.

Screenshot taken from here


texts: Break shape points into separate objects

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I have a path, for example, looking like this:

I want to break it into separate points, no need to keep bezier curves data, just simple points. Is there a way to do it in Illustrator?


texts: How to deal with "poor design" client feedback

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I was commissioned to design a website for a cruise ship/boat that has 7 restaurants on board. The client provided a reference for their competitor which is Pier88group.

I went ahead and designed an initial draft for the website and sent it to the client whose response was that the design is somewhat poor.

Where should I go with this design to make it less poor? given that no actual content was provided and that the brief consisted of suggested sections. I did some research and that's how the design ended up

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g7c4OJ1JP6IHrMQIoQ3AMrMIbCbuSG5g/view


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I need to display a large list of decimal numbers on the web (~300) all in the range of [-1, 1]. The intent of showing these numbers isn't to display their full precision, but to convey to the user that this is the output from a program. It is a requirement that the actual numbers must be show.

Perhaps not important, but the context of these numbers are coming from a document vector created from a word embedding.

What I've got so is functional, but ugly. CSS (and design in general) are not skills I have developed, so any help is appreciated.


texts: Why text size is different in these 2 files in Photoshop?

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I'm working on Adobe Photoshop(2019-2020).

In one file Arial Regular font size 12pt texts looks normal as in below image:

But in the another file the at size 11pt the text is very big as shown in the next image:

How to change the settings to get text size back to normal as in first image?


texts: Can I have CC Library colors automatically updated in library graphics?

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I have added colors from Illustrator to a new CC Library I created.

Next, I have added logos and many graphics which get re-used all the time.

If I updated a color in my library, can I get it to automatically update all the colors where they are used in the graphics in my library?

Or do I have to edit each library graphic and update it myself?


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I created a drawing whilst learning to use Inkscape and didn't pay any attention to the units I used. When it came to saving the drawing as an image, I decided I wanted the the image to be of the whole page and that the image should be 1920x1200 pixels. Here is my drawing and what I believe are the relevant settings:

Inkscape says the viewbox is 508 by 317.5 in "user units" but I don't recognise the numbers 508 and 317.5. I can see that 508 = 1920*xs where xs is the x scaling factor (0.24565) but I didn't knowingly choose "508" or "0.24565" - where did they come from?


texts: Continuous gradient over multiple shapes

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In adobe illustrator, I have multiple shapes that I want to share a single gradient with.
Right now, when I apply a gradient fill each shape handles it's own gradient.

Is there a way to make all the shapes share one?


texts: Synfig studio: how does one make generic animated skeletons

texts: I have cutout characters which their bodies are made of limbs in separate images. Say, I have a generic humanoid skeleton, and I have animations which make this skeleton move, and I want any new model I have to able able to be swapped in the place of the skeleton so every model can be animated from the same animations without having to animate every single model every time. Or if you could point me to the right documentation to achieve that, I don't know where to start.


texts: How do I ensure that my greys don't have a colour sheen when printed from Photoshop?

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I have designed a Photoshop flyer (CMYK, 16 bit) and have a grey background, some black & white pictures and some blue graphs and text.

Now the guy who prints it told me that it looks good on digital, but when printed the grey will appear a bit blue-ish.

He didn't explain how I could fix this, and now I am a bit lost.

Can you help? Do I need to set something somewhere?


texts: How to combine (partially scanned handwritten) comments from multiple sources into the original pdf?

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When asking colleagues for feedback on a PDF, some of them prefer adding hand-written comments on its printout instead of using the pdf comment functions of acrobat/reader, and send me the scan afterwards. That's ok to read, but troublesome if you want to merge multiple comment sources into a single document. I'm fine with having the handwriting, i.e. no OCR (or manually recreating it as PDF comments) is needed, but I'd like to have only the additions to the original pdf superimposed as layers (one per commenter) onto the original PDF, so its original features such as full text search will still work. If only one commenter exists, I can import the original PDF as background layer (which apparently can only be done page by page), but if

some feedback is PDF comments
other feedback is scanned handwriting
in total, there are at least 3 different documents, so some merging is required

how can I merge all that into a single useful document?


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this question is actually a bit special, so I didn't know exactly how to formulate it. What I actually want is to see an image on the screen at same size (or as much close as possible) to the size it will get once printed. In other words, a 1:1 scale preview. I will provide the numbers I'm working with.

The target paper size is a DIN A4.
The target DPI is 350.
The image resolution is 3840 x 2160 pixels.
The display has a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 (which is the actual resolution configured) and a diagonal size of 21.5 inches.
Based on the display numbers above, and according to this site, the pixel density of the screen is 102 DPI.

Now, when I open the image on GIMP and change the zoom level to 100%, since the image is so much bigger than the screen resolution it doesn't fit on the screen, and it looks actually much bigger than the actual size it will get on the paper. So, the question is which zoom level do I need to set in order to see the image as much big as it will be on the paper, or as much close as possible, in order to get a more accurate preview.

With the numbers provided there should be some calculations that could be done to figure it out, but I just don't see how to make sense of these numbers. Maybe I should ask this on a Math related StackExchange site instead? I considered that, but since you graphic designers are more familiar with DPI and printing maybe you can help me out here.

Sorry if this wasn't the right place to ask this.


texts: How these kind of illustrations are made?

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https://www.behance.net/gallery/62784931/Desire-to-lose-weight
https://www.behance.net/gallery/54576131/Editorial-illustrations-Jan-October-2017
https://www.behance.net/gallery/32957589/Sketch
https://www.behance.net/gallery/65089225/Stanley-Park-Brewing
https://www.behance.net/gallery/66061121/Identity

These kind of flat minimalist illustrations are seem to be in trend for recent years. Mostly Facebook and Google uses them often. Also I make such illustrations for my company. But I initially thought they are made in pure vector. So it takes me hell lot of time to make these in vector and to add the shadows and effects specially.
So my question is how these illustrations are normally made? Vector or Raster Painting or Vexel?

Also on a side note, although not mandatory, I will be very grateful if you share a few resources about these illustrations.


texts: Can I set a keyboard shortcut for Edit Symbol?

texts: I'd like to be able to set a hotkey that enters edit mode for the currently selected symbol. I checked in the shortcuts menu but couldn't see it there. Is it possible to create a shortcut for the Edit Symbol command?


texts: How do I use the pen tool to draw a shape?

texts: How does one create a shape in photoshop? The two ends of my shape are not closing. Can someone please tell me the principles of working with the pen tool?


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I've switched from C4D and Blender to Maya and bumped into few problems. One of this problems is why sometimes I can't delete vertices?

I've tried Delete, Backspace, Ctrl+Delete, Ctrl+Backspace, Shift+RMB -> Delete Vertex, Mesh -> Delete Vertex. Even deleted history of this mesh. And it's still not deleting.


texts: Photoshop: How to make image clearer when print out

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I have below image. This is a scan paper, and when print out, it's too blur.

I want to use Photoshop for editing this image, so printer print out will be clearer. I don't know this question is suitable on on this site or not. If not, I don't know which tutorial online help me do this work. Please tell me.

Thanks :)


texts: Working in CMYK mode but the colors turn out different when saving the file?

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I was working in CMYK mode in Illustrator, saved in CMYK mode, but why did the colors turn out different? I saved the image in a JPG file.

I don't know if this is bug or not, but I also dragged the vectors into a PDF using Illustrator that someone gave me and the colors were fine. For the PDF, I clicked the CMYK color mode as well. Also, I have no such issues with color in RBG mode.

Did I do something wrong with how I input the colors or something? I also have the same issue with Photoshop. I added the colors using CMYK, not using the color hex codes.


texts: How to delete hundreds of duplicate strokes on the same layer

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I converted a line-art jpeg to vector so I can cut out the pattern on a laser etcher. The image has thousands of paths. But AI seems to have duplicated these paths, placing them right on top of each other in the same layer, such that when I direct-select and delete one of these paths, it leaves the identical path below it.

This is what I want to do so the laser cutter doesn't retrace these same paths twice. But since there are thousands, it's too tedious to select and delete each one.  There's also no way of telling what has/hasn't been deleted already.

Minus back doesn't seem to work on strokes.

Suggestions?


texts: Blending colors in photoshop and illustrator

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I am working on a print for my wall and I am trying to create something like this:

Source

I have already created the letters in Illustrator and now I am adding the colors in Illustrator and then exporting everything to Photoshop and then using the liquify tool to blend the colors to create a similar effect. I also used the healing patch tool to blend in the hard edges.

Is that the right way of doing it? Or is there another way?


texts: How to have a section start on an odd page _and_ number the page with a prefix starting again at 1?

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I've set up a paragraph format section, which starts on the next odd page. Additionally, I would like the page number to be prefixed by the section number and starting again at 1, i.e. page numbers would be something like

1-1  # section 1
1-2
1-3
1-4  # might be an empty page automatically inserted
2-1  # section 2
2-2
3-1  # section 3

Unfortunately, when I set up the page number to start again at 1 (and set the prefix to the section number), the "start on next odd page" automatism basically breaks, since I "defined" the page to be odd, despite the physical page possibly being even, i.e. in the example above, the empty page 1-4 gets skipped and 2-1 directly follows after 1-3 unless I manually add an empty even page, which is tedious and I might actually forget to do so when appending to that section such that e.g. 1-5 is also added automatically.

How can this be fixed? Maybe there is an easer way to have (automatically?) prefixed page numbers while making sure sections start on physically odd pages?


texts: New button missing for radial filters in Photoshop camera raw

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I am using Photoshop 2021 and doing a tutorial. In the camera raw I am not seeing the "new" button in radial filter. I see it in lots of tutorials. How can I find this button?
TIA


texts: Clone/duplicate object around circular path in Animate cc

texts: In Adobe Animate cc, I have a circle with stroke and no fill. I want to place copy of symbol on the circumference of the circle at equal distance. Ctrl + D duplicate the symbol, but it paste in diagonal path. I want it to paste in circular path. I'm looking similar to rotate tool in Illustrator where we can rotate and follow Ctrl + D to paste in circular path.


texts: Maths + Graphic Design - Did somebody try that?

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Hello and wish you a nice day to all. I'm working on project of visualizating math formulas into such form that it would be easily comprehensible and readable, simply beautiful to look at. I've been wondering if there ever have been artists who worked on the same topic. I've been searching for long to find any resource connected to this topic, but I couldn't find even a slight indication of someone diving into this. If you allow me I would like to ask you all this question;

Are there any artists who have been working on projects related to typography, graphic design or visualization of mathematical notations/concepts? (I mostly mean from artistic side of view.)

Thank you!


texts: Is there a way to hide those parts of a textbox that are outside the page margins? In the screenshot below, I want the line to stop at the margins. Or is there another (better?) way to achieve the same aim?


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I've just came across a image with a peculiar effect. I'm not sure how they have hidden the original image in the lines(or layer perhaps?)
There has been no visible changes in color nor in the pattern of lines. So, how exactly did they embed the original image between the lines?
And Is there any way I could achieve the same effect using Photoshop?
Image:

The hidden image can be viewed by a steady up and down scrolling
P.S. I'm a beginner in Photoshop.


texts: What are best practices for determining responsive design breakpoints?

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I've done a lot of research trying to figure out where to put my breakpoints for designing a responsive site. There seem to be at least three, maybe four common plateaus: phone, tablet, and two desktop (normal and gigantic). What I'm not seeing is a consensus on what those points are. 320 or 480 for phones? 768 for tablets? What for desktops?

What method do I use to determine what good breakpoints will be for my site? (Assume it's a new site so I don't have analytics of previous visitors.)


texts: Turn off Maintain Aspect Ratio of Image in Photoshop

texts: I have a canvas size of 72 by 24 inches dimension. I have an image that I wanted to make the same size as the canvas, but whenever I drag it maintains the aspect ratio. Because of this I could not fit the image into the canvas size. What shall I do?


texts: How do I improve the bottom part of this horse walk cycle animation?

texts: So this is a horse walk cycle for a videogame that looks incredibly stiff and mechanical. I know the whole body should engage in the action, but I'd prefer to get the legs right first. Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.


texts: How to select and delete the border in an EPS file in Adobe Illustrator

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I have a graphic CS5 eps here that draws a honeycomb lattice. But I have a problem: When I selected it, I found that there is a border around it as shown in

But I only want the honeycomb lattice part. I tried lasso tool in adobe illustrator to select the honeycomb, but it turns out I can't get rid of the border being selected.

So How can I select the honeycomb without the border?


texts: Photoshop exports image but not layer mask (no transparency)

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I have a photo of a person.

I used quick selection to select person and then a layer mask (which is linked) to get transparent background.

Looks fine in export window (background is checkerboard), but export png file is original photo with photo background, not transparent background.


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I'm using Illustrator CS6 to substract text from a shape. I tried Create Outlines after typing my text, then using Minus from Pathfinder to substract it from the shape. But then I get this result:

Please tell me why it get distorted like that. Any help appreciated!


texts: How does everyone travel with their pantone formula guides?

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They're made of such thin substrate now that I end up carrying the two guides inside the box that the guides arrive in, and it's bulky af. I only ever use the Solid Coated guide. Anyone have any solutions to prevent their guides getting bashed up in travel?

What I really want is a slim hard case type thing that I just slide one of the guides into and off we go. Is there such a thing around?

Cheers


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I am using the Illustrator CC to create a simple piece that is mostly text.

I outlined the text and now I want to edit the text.  Specifically, I want to change the font but Illustrator will not let me do that.

I'm guessing that once you "create outlines" that you cannot go back and change the text later.  Is that correct?


texts: Does anyone know where I can find a bike template or mockup?

texts: I'm working on a school project about a fake campus bike rental company and I'm trying to create mockups of everything but I can't seem to find any customizable bicycle templates or mockup photoshop files of any bike racks. If anyone knows where I can find some, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.


texts: How to join paths from two concentric circles on Inkscape?

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I've been trying like mad to make an arc from two concentric circles connected by lines, by first joining the lines and the circles and then deleting the circles' arcs between them, as in the image:

But I can't seem to get it for the life of me, no matter what I do. I try to add extra nodes in the circle and then join selected nodes between the circle and the line, but it never comes through! Am I missing something?


texts: Commercially free to use font, where M and W are the same

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I want to do an animated logo with CSS. For this I need a commercially free to use font, where (for the purpose of the animation I'm imagining) the letters M an W are basically the same, just flipped upside down. An example font that would fit the M-W criteria would be Lithos Pro, but this is not a free to use font.

I'd be thankful for recommendations.


texts: How would I make this yellow more golden without affecting the white background?

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I want the white to be pure, but I think I'm turning the gold foil too much into yellow in the process of changing the brightness / saturation.

Here's the original:

and what I have currently:

As you can see, a lot of the gold foil turns into a yellowish color. The white part looks a lot cleaner though so I am satisfied with that. How would I adjust just the gold / yellow?

An example of the tone that I want is this:


texts: Why are these guidelines appearing on my image in Photoshop 2014?

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Since updating to Creative Cloud, Photoshop 2014, guidelines have started appearing. In trying to screenshot it I figured out it occurs when pressing the Ctrl key on an editable layer. However, I'm not sure all of the features (new I presume) and don't see it in the Keyboard Shortcut listings to change.

Does anyone know the correct name for the feature, and what it can do?


texts: How to scale down an image in psd or ai properly?

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I have googled and I have tried all sorts of method but I just cant do it properly myself. I am not graphic design trained. so my knowledge of photoshop and illustrator is very minimal.

I have a vector image of a logo. It is in .ai and I have uploaded it to the link over here in case you want to see it. And the link over here is the one that I have tried to rescale down. I have no idea why rescaling the image down actually makes it look so pixelated. I tried doing it on illustrator in various ways, also save for web. I also tried exporting to photoshop, and making sure I chose the option that is "best for rescaling down".

Is there something with the image itself, or am I missing out on somethings?


texts: How to draw a curved triangle with curved inner corners?

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I’m pretty new in graphic design (and Inkscape) and can’t figure out how to draw a unfilled rounded corners isosceles triangle.

What I’m trying to achieve is something like this:

Please notice the rounded corners in the inner side of the triangle and the outer corners.

This is what I got so far, but I can’t figure out how to curve the inner part of the corners:


texts: How do you create combining diacritics in FontLab?

texts: If I type a letter "a" and the acute accent mark, I want the result to be á. These are technically still separate characters: the "a" and the "combining acute accent above" characters. How do I get this to work in FontLab, any tutorials or anything? Basically I have custom diacritics in my custom language. I want to have the ability to place a "dot" above a character, and "accent mark" above a character, AND ALSO STACK an accent mark above a dot above a character. How can I do this in FontLab using unicode combining characters? Do I need to do anything with Kerning or anything? How does this work even?


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For whatever reason, my text layer expands beyond the canvas and the text contained within it is difficult to manage because of it.

I can't find a way to shrink the layer dimensions to wrap around just the text that I'm editing, and whether I'm going about that the right way.

Any suggestions?


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I read a lot about grids and how they make the websites look good (needless to say I agree)

though I have not been able to work with them. Have not been able to "feel" the advantage whilst using the grid system (I'm always talking about the photoshop stage).

So I was wondering if there were some resources on how to take advantage of the grid system. Preferably, I'm looking for tutorials (better still video tutorials) where the author says "this is how I use this everyday" NOT "this is what you can do". Basically, I know how to use the grid system. but I am looking for good practices, Something (for example) I would get by looking over the shoulder of an expert.

Hope you can help, thanks


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I'm trying to draw a circle in Adobe Illustrator, from the center of another to a point like this:

In this print-screen I've had to over extend the circle, I want it to lie on that intersection.

However when I do draw it to the point, it randomly turns into a flat line, I've no idea why!

(When I let go, it drew a line - the gif timer ran out).


texts: Any way to create an image from pixel settings?

texts: Meaning if I were to provide coordinates and a colour for each individual pixel e.g.(7,12, #767963), specify a pixel size for the entire canvas, can I make a picture from it? Which program has this function? Whether to extract these details or reverse-engineer your own custom picture made from pixels?


texts: Doing website for a client but logo is not good quality

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I'm doing a website for a client and they provided me the logos but,
the logos all have a white background which I've tried to remove but I cannot.

I use Canva to adjust the logos. The logos are just blurry and not good quality. How can re-adjust these logos to make them sharper and be able to expand them? Do I have to go into the program they originally created their logo on, or can I do this without those resources.


texts: Resizing canvas to fit random shape size

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I have a certain random image shape which I want to fit the canvas to. The shape is saved in one layer with the canvas. I want the resultant saved JPG image without any background (white) only the shape appearing. can anyone help?

Thank you


texts: Would print in CMYK with 30%C and 100%Y turns out green or yelow-ish color?

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I have created business card design in photoshop and used RGB for making a design, but i know that most of the printers and stores for printing use CMYK for printing. In few cases when it was digital printing instead of plotter printers the stores told me they can print RGB without changing color.

But anyway when i finished my design i converted it to cmyk to check the difference and see if something needs change before printing. So everything was fine and in my print design there is a main logo with font which something like green-yellow-ish color and its color combination was a bit gradient and in photoshop it shows like this:

From the top of the font

C: 25%
M: 0%
Y: 100%
K: 0%

To the bottom of the font like this:

C: 32%
M: 0%
Y: 100%
K: 0%

I know that this gradient wouldn't be so visible on the business card. But in every variations i tried this should be the yelow-ish color.

When i got a business cards from the printing company they turned out as a green not yelow but whatever i tried the green color i got from printing, that should be like

C: 60%
M: 0%
Y: 100%
K: 0%

So why would be the color combination i used with 30% cyan turns out as a green on printing except the person from printing company messed up something?

Is it possible that yellow-ish color prints out as a green for some reason?


texts: How to scale a web page for different resolutions?

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I have a web-page for devices(smartphones/tablets).
I have used media queries to make it responsive and have used rem units for all measurements.
I have set default html/body font-size:62.5% and then calculated all other rem units.
Also for each breakpoint i have a set of css.

But it seems that the font size and other element doesn't scale as the resolution increases.
What should i do to make it good? or What else i am missing here?


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I have an InDesign document with master pages defined. I created the document and the masters. I have overrides allowed on several items on the master page, and have been able to alter them on a document page based upon the master, but when I attempt to change one of the master page items from "not allowed" to "allowed," I am unable to then override it. The other overrideables are still overridable ( :O ).

IIRC, I toggled other items and the changes are reflected properly in the document.

I don't have it here with me, but the one thing I have not done (I realize as I type this) is blow away the page and start fresh. I moved on quickly because I am billing and it is a non-profit.

What am I missing?


texts: I would like to know how I can make the gradient tool aligned perpendicular to a line in photoshop, or how to set the exact angle of the gradient? I know that by pressing the Shift key, I can constrain the angle of the gradient tool to increments of 45 degrees, but let's say for example in the following photo, I want to create a layer mask to mask out the sky and the water, but I want the bottom part of the layer mask to be a gradient from the horizon to the water. How can I align the gradient exactly to the horizon line?


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I have a board with various logos. I want to make them equal. So I set the equal height, e.g. 10cm.

However, this is not quite right, as logos that are long (e.g. "nice-company"), they visually dominate over logos that are more square (e.g. "box").

Do you have any smart suggestion how to make them visually equals?


texts: Should design briefs and mood boards be used with every client or just larger ones?

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I am a self taught designer and so to be honest the technique  of design briefs and mood boards are new to me. I have found myself dealing with clients more and found that design briefs might actually answer and avoid problems and more work down the line. Should these steps be used for all clients small or large?

A small client meaning a keyboard player or drummer for example. More so a single person versus working with a sound company, where I would not only  create a brand identity but do business cards for all those within the business.

If a client is asking, "I just need something - do whatever" (which I feel like is a hidden trap where I will end up going crazy), do you try to back track and create a design brief or just take it with a grain of salt and just give them what you think would be good?


texts: Photoshop shows sort of Inner Shadow on Images by Default

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I'm having issues with Photoshop CC (CS6), when I create a any type of document Photoshop seems to have a little Inner Shadow on the left and right sections of the template/image.

I though it might of just been something there for the editing part but when I save the project as any type of image (jpg, png, exc.) it still displays the same black lines. Does anyone know what might be wrong with my Photoshop?

Still displaying the lines,


texts: Matching Pantone color chips to Munsell color chips

texts: I am rewriting an ASTM standard and am looking to identify a Pantone color chip that matches as closely as possible a specific Munsell color chip referenced in the current standard. Is there a way to match colors in the two systems?


texts: Venetion Typeface for Web similar to Adobe Jensen Pro?

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I am looking for a free web compatible (e.g. should be possible to use with CSS3) Venetian style typeface. Any idea if there exists one.

That would be ideally a typeface looking similar to Adobe Jensen Pro


texts: Can you make a variable image depending on page number using one master

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I've searched in vain for at method for changing a footer logo dependent on page number. I want a different image on every other even page but as I am already using a number of master pages to different chapters for the book, I want to be able to vary the footer without having to apply different master pages.

Could using XML in combination with text variables do the trick?


texts: Photoshop Marquee Tool - Lost square corners

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Our computer is used by several people and somehow the rectangle marquee tool lost its square corners and now only shows rounded corners.

How to change the marquee tool back to the square corners?

Anyone know that answer?

Thanks.


texts: why duplicate layer and blend normal display different image than original?

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As I assume, it should make no visual difference if duplicate a layer and then show both layer using normal?

forgot to mention, both layers have opacity setting 100%


texts: InDesign and transparency flatteners location

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I have InDesign CS5 on Mac OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard, and created a new transparency flattener style called test1 as a preset.

I'm interested to know, where is my custom preset stored on Mac OS X; could I copy it to InDesign CS6 if I decide to install it so I don't have to re-create it?

I understand how to create them, that's not the issue, it's about where they are that I'm wondering.

All advice is much appreciated; I'm new to this area of InDesign.


texts: Would this use of initials in a logo be considered plagiarism..?

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Would this be considered plagiarism?

I have made the LiveBulb logo 3 days ago, I made it all from scratch. Starting at sketches and completely refined it using grids in Illustrator.

Luka Balic immediately mailed me when he saw my logo on Dribbble, I was so polite to put it off of my account for the time being, but I would like to get some advice on whether I can use it or not, considering me and my colleagues really like the shape of the letters and angle we are using it on.

Thanks a lot for your advice!


texts: Convert automatically a specific color to another inside a set of png icons

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I have a set of .png images (which are controls like buttons, sliders, checkbox etc for a GUI) and I'd like to convert a specific color to another for each files using an automatic solution.
For example, let's say that my input are theses three files
button_small.png
button_medium.png
button_large.png

which are yellow buttons with a black stroke.
I'd like my output to be the same (name, paths, sizes) but with the yellow color (or hex value) replaced by orange color (or an other hex value).
Is there any solution, like a script or photoshop tool ?
Thanks.


texts: What is the easy way to render a 2D cadastral plan in 3D?

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Is there an easy way to render a plan like this :
Cadastral plan exemple

In simple 3D, just to show the shadows ? With Sketchup for example ?

Like an automatic image trace, where I define the elevation in a second time.
Or do I have to sketch everything...


texts: Illustrator: Can't record certain things for the action I'm creating

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I've applied the transform effect to a layer so I can have radial symmetry for anything which is drawn inside it. now I also need to create an action which applies an Expand appearance on the layer and copies the content of the layer into the clipboard. everything is working when I'm doing it manually. however, when I try to record it for my action, the Expand Appearance future doesn't want to get recorded no matter what I do.

Am I doing something wrong or can't "Expand Appearance" be recorded for actions?

I tried things like recording it when expanding a group or even single objects instead of expanding a layer, but nothing worked.


texts: Is there benefit to old-world, analog, customer appreciation?

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I got to thinking......

Years ago, when you became Adobe Certified, Adobe mailed you a package. In that package was a nice foil embossed certificate, a small Adobe-branded notebook (great quality) and few other little items. It was a really nice way to say "Thank you" or "Congratulations" from Adobe.

Nowadays, you receive a PDF of the certificate and that's all. I don't know about you, but a 1-off foil embossed print run is not in my budget :)

Years ago, when you purchased software you would receive additional items such as a nice case (or metal tin) for the disc, a manual, a shortcuts cheat sheet, along with occasional other items such as t-shirts, mugs, pens, etc. Some smaller companies still practice this. Most larger companies do not. In fact, over recent years the major software companies have whittled these extras down to, well, nothing. Legal owners aren't really getting anything that illegal users aren't getting.

A decade or so ago, it was common practice to send clients or vendors small gifts usually around the holidays as more of a way to say "Thank you for your business/support." It was also a chance to remind clients/vendors that you are still around.

Nowadays, I see e-cards or holiday emails and that's about it.

When I started in design, it was common practice to create a self-promo mailer which included your resume, some work samples, along with other items. It has also been common practice to create such self-promotional packages from time to time and send those out to gain new business. Larger agencies still do this business to business. But often the smaller the agency/studio/designer the less likely they are to take this route. At least that is my perception, I may be incorrect.

Some examples:

So... when a designer chooses to take on a self-promo campaign to either acquire new clients or retain existing clients.......

Is there still value in sending these analog packages? Or has everyone pretty much given up and taken the easy way out and only deals with these sort of things electronically?
Does it help in client acquisition/retention? Does research exist which would state whether or not the ROI is worth the effort?


texts: How can I change the size and rotation in an Illustrator script?

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How do I change the size and rotation of the numbers in this script ?

var document = app.activeDocument;           //Use the current open Ai File
var selected = document.selection;           //Use the current selection in Ai

for (var i = 0; i < selected.length; i++) {  //Iterate over every selected object
    var text = document.textFrames.add();    //Add a new text object
    text.contents = i + 1;                   //Set the corresponding number text
    text.top = selected[i].top - 10;         //Position the text object underneath
    text.left = selected[i].left;
}

This script adds a number to every selection (group or path) from this post. I'm looking for a way to change the size and other appearances of the number.


texts: Why CMYK values of (100, 100, 100, 0) isn't pure black?

texts: If I have an RGB value of (0, 0, 0) I get pure black. Now, since CMY are the opposite colors of RGB - shouldn't (100, 100, 100, 0) in CMYK mean pure black? Why is this equivalent to #363639, which is not even a pure gray?


texts: Why is there no option to insert a hyperlink in Illustrator?

texts: I know it is possible to do so with InDesign but why doesn't Illustrator allow this even though we can insert text?


texts: Clip out the part of an image in Inkscape

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How could I clip out the yellow part of the image below?

Here is what I tried.

Select the yellow part and the image itself.

Go to Object->Clip->Set. And here is what I am getting.

As you can see my approach does not work.

So, I tried to reorder the layers of the image and the yellow part (move one above the other). Also tried to change the order in which I select the image and yellow part before clipping. All this did not help.

What else may I try and what could I miss here?


texts: Straightening out jagged edges after live trace

texts: I'm trying to smooth out the edges of a low res jpeg download after I take it in to live trace and use the b&w preset. Is there a better way than using the anchor point tool?


texts: How to generate a path along objects in Adobe illustrator or Inkscape?

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I want to get the right part of the following images from the left part:（Note:the left images generated from Wolfram Mathematica 11.3)

Note that I do not want to create images like on the left.

The left paths are made from circles without center point likes this:

The file’s format is PDF or SVG. I can use the Adobe illustrator or Inkscape.


texts: Relative paths for image links in inDesign

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We've got a large indesign file that several people are dipping in and out of on several machines, to do this we've got the indd file and the /images folder that it references  in a shared Dropbox folder.

This all works fine, BUT all the image links are broken, when i look at the paths for the links they are using the absolute paths so they are something like this

User/sam/Dropbox/lorem/images/image.jpg

But on other peoples machines they A) have a different name so their path looks like this User/John.. or they dont have their Dropbox folder in their user root directory.

Seeing  as the indd file also resides in the /lorem folder is there a way to get indesign to use relative paths to the images so instead of that long absolute string it would be something like /images/image.jpg

We are using indesign CC - v.2015.1


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I want to use this 2d to indent my 3d mesh of a bottle to get a similar result to the example below

Thanks for the help been trying to work this one out for ages, if you have any other solutions that's fine, thanks :D


texts: Jagged edges on curves and diagonals in Illustrator 2018 - just unable to fix it

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Illustrator 2018
Windows 7 64 bit

This is a question that seems to have been asked many times before and I have tried all of the suggestions given to those questions but they do not seem to cure my issue.

As you can see from my example image curved and diagonals have jagged edges and I need them to be smooth? This is for a custom desktop wallpaper image that I am making and therefore need to be able to be scaled without loss of quality.

The text I used came from a font that I modified as it was close to what I needed but not perfect.

I typed my text and then converted each letter to a shape which I then manipulated to suit. This was mainly making some of the letters fatter and taller - nothing major and the shapes look perfectly smooth in illustrator. I then filled the shapes with white and placed them on a black background layer. I then flattened the layers prior to exporting.

To export I selected Export > Export as and selected *.png so that the image could be rescaled without loss of quality.
Under the export options I selected
Resolution 300dpi
Art Optimised (Supersampling)

The result is what you see in the image below.

I also tried exporting as a jpeg but that came out even worse destroying that black background (see image 2)
 Export > Export as > JPEG
Under the export options I selected
Colour Model CYMK
Quality 10 Maximum
Compression Method Baseline (Standard)
Resolution 150dpi (high) I tried at 300 but it gave an error "Unable to export at this resolution"
Anti-aliasing Art Optimised (Supersampling)

As a comparison I also saved the image as a PDF and most of the jagged edges were gone but if you zoom in really close you can still see some here and there although that's just a minor aside.
Major down side is a PDF is of no use for a desktop image and all of the images that come supplied with windows are jpegs and there is no jagged edges on any of them.

I know PNG & JPEG are not vectors but as far as I know windows will not use a vector as a desktop image?

I checked the properties of the bundled images with windows and they are W 1920 x H 1200 pixels and resolution is 96,000 Pixels/Inch.

Any suggestions gratefully received, many thanks.


texts: How can I convert a word file to Adobe illustrator or HPGL file?

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How can I save or convert a star image that I have taken from word shapes into Adobe Illustrator or an HPGL file?

I need to upload it to an engraving machine and these are the only two files types that it will allow me to upload.

I am not from a techie background, so please advise me in a simplistic language.


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I am using Sketch to create my design. I have created a view that is blurred. So if I put it on any other image, it will make it blurred.

Now I want to export this blur, but I seem to be unable to do so. When I try to export the blur, its just gives me a white image or the actually blurred image, but not something that blurs the image that is behind it.

How can I export this blur?


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I need to know the color-values of a certain pixel in a PNG including the alpha value. But if I use pixelmator's color picker, the alpha value is not available.

Where can I find that information?


texts: "Correctly" vertically center text in a box

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Is there a canonical rule how to vertically center text in a box? Or, in other words, how to align a box around text?
I could imagine three options based on typographic metrics (see my non-exact illustration):

Align on the middle of x-height
Align on middle of cap height ("mean line")
Align on middle of cap + descender height

I'm mostly a programmer, but I often have to do this, and would like to know if there is a common shared rule, or if you designers do just as you see fit. I would prefer links to graphic design books instead of personal opinions.


texts: Self taught graphic designer Is there a GPS for steps in learning?

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The funny thing is it seems I have more clients then skills to match it. When I say that, what I mean is, I do logos and flyers even help with placement on sites like wixs and word press for web.

Now my niche is that I work with musicians. I actually was asked to do a logo and business card for the keyboard player for Alicia Keys. I don't say that to tute my own horn I say that because, I might have the creative eye sight and brainstorm thought process, but I am sure (whether the client notices or not ) I lack detailed technique.

I use adobe suites (watching another beginner video on illustrator is so not helping). Is there a place or (mentor) that can point me to a starting path?

I seem to jump from this to that and have myself caught in learning 10 different things that I spend more time on a catch up then getting work done.

I would like to add that, even though this question resembles what beginner designers should do , but the fact is I am not a beginner I am in a limbo unsure of the direction


texts: Replicate InDesign duo-tone in Photoshop

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Hi First question here!

I've inherited a design from a previous designer which utilises a grayscale image which is placed in InDesign as grayscale then coloured as cyan and the container coloured as yellow (0,10,100,0). What it produces seemingly uses cyan as black and yellow as white. As you can see here:

The closest I've got is two layers of monotone with multiply effect. The colours are inverted. It's pretty close but not exactly the same.

I would do all the images in indesign if I could except the client has asked for photoshop droplets so that they can chose their images at a later date.

Thanks for having a look guys.


texts: Align a part of shape to an axis (Inkscape)

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I have none aligned shape and want to rotate it so a part of it aligns to X or Y axis so I could work easier with it. Here is a simplified version:

is there any quick and easy method to this? any snapping options?
I don't want to align it by eye because it's a big shape and I don't want it to be off even by an small amount so rotating by eye is out of question in here.


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I created a very long booklet in Indesign which I created in 4000 x 3000 pixels.

I am trying to reduce it by half in pixels so that the size of the file comes down dramatically as I am trying to get it into a size that looks fine and I can email it. At the moment it is 44mb.

If I change the JPG to lower it effects banding on graduated colour images so I'd prefer to reduce the pixel size instead so that I dont get the banding.

I have been trying to fiddle around with alternative layout but it seems to screw it all up.

Many thanks for any help :)


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Found quite an interesting (in my opinion) video style with «minimalistic dots».

Direct link: https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/498479/Themes/Alt36/alt_new_logo.mp4

What is this «minimalistic dots» video style called? Is there any guides or flexible template to make such video?


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Possible Duplicate:
  How can I resize this object without distorting it ?

I've created a rounded-corner triangle in Illustrator by creating a triangle and then doing Effect>Stylize>Round Corners.  Works great, except that the corners won't scale- No matter how small/big I make the triangle the corners always stay the same radius, whereas I want them to scale in proportion with the shape.

How do I take this shape and break it down into a normal, scalable path?

Thanks-


texts: Photoshop: Blend raster shapes uniformly into eachother

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I have a raster file (.tiff format) such as the sample below and I was wondering how I could do a blend between the round lightgreen shape and the darkgreen shape in Photoshop (without affecting the other features -> blueish shape and beige shape)?

The final result will be a landuse layer of a map and will be draped over terrain information like this

The border of the round lightgreen shape isn't clear and therefore should slowly blend into the darkgreen shape. How could I achieve this effect in Photoshop? I tried using the Smudge Tool, this partly works, but a uniform blend would be best.

EDIT

I tried to use ACEkin's answer and separated each shape to a different layer by using the Magic Wand Tool, selecting the shape and then right click "Layer by Copy".
Then in the layer panel, I clicked on the separated layer with the lightgreen round shape and selected the shape with the magic wand tool. I did a right click and feathered the shape by 5 pixels and then again right clicked and "Layer by Cut". I then turned of the created layer and have the ghost area as you described. My image now looks like this.

However I am not sure how to proceed next. I don't really understand the step with the clone tool.

In the end I am looking for a result to achieve a gradual blend between the lightgreen and the darkgreen shapes, the river etc. doesn't need to have a blend as its borders are clear.

Here you can find the .psd file for my project.


texts: How do you change the thickness of one side of an object in Illustrator?

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I want to create this type of effect on text in illustrator but where there are 2 objects next to one another they create a thicker line or distort like in the W.

I first wrote out the text and expanded it and then used crop on the pathfinder tool to get the coloured effect. But adding a stroke to the outside causes the added thickness at object joints. Is there a way to change the thickness of one stroke of an object rather than the stroke around the entire edge?


texts: Make PDF background transparent in Adobe Acrobat Pro XI

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I have a vector graphic in PDF with a white background: how can I make the background transparent? I have to import it into some Illustrator document whose background isn't white, so I need the PDF background to be transparent.

When using the "Edit Text & Images" tool:

I use Adobe Acrobat Pro XI with Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate.


texts: How do I set a Photoshop document/template for bleeds?

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This flyer is almost accepted on Themeforest, but I got one problem: I got message from reviewer: "Please do some research on setting up a document for bleeds. Look at info on printing to understand what needs to happen with artwork to ensure the design is sset up right for printing".

The actual file is 8.5 x 11 inches, should it have a 0.25 inch bleed, and actually measure 8.75 x 11.25 inches?

Here is my PSD file which I measured as print:

And here is my image preview.


texts: Which conversion process produces better results – RGB to CMYK or the other way around?

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I've thought about this question for so long but I couldn't think of a good way to phrase it to be searchable. So I decided to ask you guys, and I apologize if it's a repeated question.

If I'm working on a document in Photoshop and I'm planning on displaying this design digitally and in print.

What's better in this case, to create the document in RGB and convert the finished design to CMYK for print, or the other way around?

I'm primarily concerned with which process will cause less damage to the design colors or quality overall?


texts: Is there an easier way to create a shape between paths?

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I'm probably doing this the hard way, but is there an easy way to create a shape that lines up exactly with the path on the left and right side?

I used the pen tool to trace out the left side of the shirt and collar, and did the same with the right side, but I'm wondering if there's an easier way to create the middle part (the part with buttons) than using the pen tool to trace along the path.


texts: I am a new user of Ubuntu, and to be honest completly new to the whole linux scene. I'm looking to add more brushes to my GIMP program, but I don't know how.


texts: Want to make the background area of two people standing on beach semi-transparent

texts: Can I make just the background of a picture semi-transparent while leaving the two people opaque?  I have tried many things, but it keeps making the entire background completely transparent. Please help. Trying to make an anniversary gift for hubby.


texts: How to create a polyline in illustrator, with each edge a different color?

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I have a sequence of thick segments of different colors, which overlap at the end points. It looks like this:

I would like it to look more like a single path, like so (note the change in the corners):

Is there a simple way to do this with illustrator? I can manually convert each segment to a rectangle, and then move their vertices to get that effect, but perhaps there is a more direct way?


texts: How create this glass effect in Photoshop

texts: I came across the this image. I want to make a glass effect like the below image using CSS or Photoshop. Can someone say how it is done?


texts: Illustrator: making a compound path permanent?

texts: I have two shapes overlapping each other as a compound path so that the top shape is a cut out of the bottom shape. Is there a way to make this compound path relationship permanent so that it can't be undone?


texts: How do I create these wave-like form in Adobe Illustrator/photoshop? I tried to use blended objects and applied the text on it, but it doesn't work.


texts: The resolution of the iPhone 4/4s is 960x640 and the the iPhone 3gs is 480x320. How does one go about designing web pages for mobile devices with all sorts of different resolutions? Do the mobile browsers treat pixels differently?


texts: Inkscape: After combining paths, specify which one is inside and outside

texts: So, I am hand-tracing a logo in Inkscape, one of the letters is a B. My problem is, when I combine the 3 paths of the B and setting a fill color, Inkscape also fills the lower hole, which it shouldn't. What can I do to make inkscape treat my B like it should?


texts: How to export PNG for high quality Printing in Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator

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I want to export as PNG for printing. I have designed a document in Adobe Illustrator and I have used Pantone colours, but the results for printing are very poor.

I have to use PNG for printing because my client insists that I use PNG format only.

I will be very thankful to anyone who will give me suggestions.


texts: Pricing for Website Design (Graphics Only)

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I was wondering if someone could advise me on pricing for a website design.

I'm redesigning a blog/travel site for an individual.  The site is about 8 pages plus some modules, etc.  I'm also redesigning their logo.  I've already spent about a week doing it, maybe 3 hours per day and I'm still not halfway finished (kind of a perfectionist).  I plan to charge for the project itself, rather than hourly.  According to the advise I've already received, I should be charging anywhere between $1000 and $1500.  I'm just curious what other people thought.

My main concern is overcharging for a site that I will not be coding.  I am doing ONLY the graphics and basically the product I'm delivering with be a wireframe layout and all the custom graphic files (vectors, etc.) and the person I'm designing it for will do all the CMS stuff himself.  Again, I'm doing NO CODING whatsoever.

So, that said, what should I be charging?  I'm also including unlimited design revisions up to two months after initial completion.  Any ideas?  Another thing to mention is that I'm a student and it's my first paid job (but he doesn't know that).  Anyway, thanks in advance for any suggestions you may have!


texts: How to get a color scale representing reflected light

texts: I got this wonderful image below from the Wikipedia page on Dodecahedrons. It shows a Tetroid rotating slowly. If you look carefully, it is clear that the assumption is that there is a light source somewhere outside the screen. If a face reflects  more light back to the observer, it appears brighter and if it reflects less light back, it appears darker. I have an idea about how I might get a metric for the amount of light a face is reflecting back at a certain rotation. I can also scale the metric to a value between 0 and 255 (which most color scales assume). However, how do I get the actual rgb values that look like a bright, reflective blue when the metric is high and the darkish blue when the metric is low?


texts: How do I remove all interior paths in an Adobe Illustrator vector image?

texts: I often want to simplify an illustration like the one on the left here to a solid shape with just the outer paths remaining. Is there a way to remove all interior paths within an Illustrator image? (I have provided a greatly simplified demonstration of what I mean.)


texts: I'm trying to open a Canva print-ready pdf in Adobe Illustrator and/or Photoshop. Illustrator doesn't even see the pdf, much less let me open it

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I needed to do a simple, quick illustration for a customer so I used Canva (if you're a purist, I apologize, but in this case it was the way to go).  I then downloaded the finished file as a print ready pdf to my local machine (Windows).  I need to open this file in Illustrator to tweak some things (CMYK, positioning, drop shadows, etc.).  I want to use Illustrator because I've always edited pdf's in that program. I have Illustrator CC (the latest version, 24.1.1).  Unfortunately, Illustrator doesn't even see the pdf's, much less allow me to open them and/or edit them.  Photoshop does see them, but it opens the file as a single merged layer (so I can't tweak anything).  I feel like I'm missing something obvious but I've been looking at this issue for so long I'm starting to go blind.  Any suggestions?
FYI; Illustrator does see the png's I downloaded at the same time, so it's "seeing" the default files.  Also, I can open, select and "edit" the objects in Acrobat Pro DC. Finally, I did look at an import pdf option for InDesign. It seems to work and I will go that route if I have to, but it just bugs me that I can't do what I want to do in Illustrator or Photoshop.
Again, suggestions?  I'm open to try anything at this point.


texts: In Pathfinder window, what is the difference between a shape mode and a pathfinder?

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I'm learning Illustrator CC and right now I'm trying out the various tools in the Pathfinder window, and how they allow me to create shapes. Something that confuses me, is that they seem to be somehow similar, if not redundant. Examples:

Minus Front vs Minus Back
Intersect vs Crop
Unite vs Merge

I feel like if I understood the difference between those tools, I'm a good deal closer to understanding Illustrator in general. Could someone explain to me:

What is the difference between Intersect and Crop?
Why is Minus Front in Shape Modes while Minus Back is in Pathfinders, if they are essentially the same tool? (Except that the who-cuts-who is reversed)


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I'm not sure this is the optimal forum for my question, but I made my best guess. Please advise me if a different forum would be more suitable.
As you probably already deduced, I want to know how I can get crisper screen shots for pasting into documents (Libre Office, to be specific, but with the web as the ultimate location, specifically my Substack newsletter).
I utilize screen shots quite a bit; sometimes they look fine, sometimes they are fuzzier than Fuzzy Wuzzy (the erstwhile bear).
For example, here's one fuzzy one:

Actually, it looks okay here, but in Libre Office it's 9 times uglier than a bag of butts.
To generate screen shots, I simply press the PrtSc button on my keyboard and paste it into Paint.
Is there a better way? Or something I can do after the fact to sharpen up the image?


texts: How to recreate Lightroom clarity in Photoshop?

texts: Adobe Lightroom have a awesome clarity slider which is missing from Photoshop. How one can recreate the same effect in PS?


texts: Can somebody perhaps identify the exact fonts in use by The New Yorker's iOS app, esp. those shown the sample below? I find the whole app very well designed (both in terms of graphic design, functionality, and indeed beauty and content :)


texts:
I'm an engineer who recently became a member of a county Grand Jury in California.  For those who don't know what that means, it's a body of 19 people who - for a year - have the responsibility to investigate various aspects of the county and the cities and special districts, etc., in the county.  The object of an investigation is to create a report containing research, findings, recommendations and such which is then provided to the entity or entities mentioned in the report who then must respond.  The set of all reports during the year is then included in the full report of the Grand Jury.
OK, that's the background.  In reading past reports (which are online) I have found pretty much all of them to be profoundly uninteresting as far as layout and design are concerned.  What I expect has occurred in the past is some juror starts using Microsoft Word pretty much straight out of the box with no eye towards the niceties of layout and design - probably due to not having any background (or, in my case, talent) for layout and design.
I do, however, understand the need of separating layout and design from content - something Microsoft Word doesn't do well.  I admit I have no particular skill at graphic design but would still like to produce a product at the end of our service which not only has properly formatted citations, an index, good typography and excellent content, but which also looks good.  Can anyone offer advice as to where I might find help along these lines?  That is, is there (for example) a Graphic Design class that might wish to give us a design (and get it published by the County) that I can use?  I don't know that I have any actual budget for this but someone might want to do it for the publicity.
Is there a significant possibility that I might succeed in getting some help?


texts: Image loses quality when I reduce its size - Photoshop CC2019

texts: It may sound like a silly question, but the thing is I'm making product labels. What I do is I do the label design and then I move it to a legal size document, but when I reduce its size it looks pixelated. I've tried making the original one in a bigger scale so it has a good quality but the same thing happens. I've also tried making it the exact size I want it to be since the very beginning but it loses quality when I move it to the other document as well. It's not the first time I do this and in the past I've never had any trouble till now. Idk what else to try


texts: Why don't Photoshop shapes align to the pixel grid?

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I have Photoshop CS3 on a Windows 7 32bit machine with onboard / integrated Q45/Q43 chipset graphics.

I have a problem where it seems any Photoshop element; shapes, text and the like do not align themselves properly to my 1px grid.

This is a screenshot. I am fully zoomed in on a square shape.

As you can see, it doesn't align properly.
If I try to use the transform controls to force it to align to the grid, this happens...

These are my grid settings...

These are my snap settings...

How can I get Photoshop to behave properly?


texts: How can I turn a polygon into a separate object?

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I'm trying to turn those wings/canards/engines into different objects, so they won't be affected by the smoothing I'll do later on.
PS: don't mind that little glitch on the wing, that only happened due to the view "pos".
PS 2: Any comments on my fighter jet? (any obs or suggestions)


texts:
Can Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop record selection history for undo?

Selecting multiple things with "shift" key sometimes lost all selection when "shift" key failed by mistake. So I need to work from start again.


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Can anyone suggest me a Photoshop extension: That can replace multiple smart layers at every export and can auto-fit the new image to the original dimension of the replaced smart layer so there is no need to resize the source images.

I'm having a script that only:

get files
replace contents

But cannot "save" it, I require a script for saving the file to  separate folder. The old extension:

// Replace SmartObject’s Content and Save as PSD
// 2017, use it at your own risk
#target photoshop
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
    var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
    var theName = myDocument.name.match(/(.*)\.[^\.]+$/)[1];
    var thePath = myDocument.path;
    var theLayer = myDocument.activeLayer;
    // PSD Options;
    psdOpts = new PhotoshopSaveOptions();
    psdOpts.embedColorProfile = true;
    psdOpts.alphaChannels = true;
    psdOpts.layers = true;
    psdOpts.spotColors = true;
    // Check if layer is SmartObject;
    if (theLayer.kind != "LayerKind.SMARTOBJECT") {
        alert("selected layer is not a smart object")
    } else {
        // Select Files;
        if ($.os.search(/windows/i) != -1) {
            var theFiles = File.openDialog("please select files", "*.psd;*.tif;*.jpg", true)
        } else {
            var theFiles = File.openDialog("please select files", getFiles, true)
        };
        if (theFiles) {
            for (var m = 0; m < theFiles.length; m++) {
                // Replace SmartObject
                theLayer = replaceContents(theFiles[m], theLayer);
                var theNewName = theFiles[m].name.match(/(.*)\.[^\.]+$/)[1];
                // Save JPG
                myDocument.saveAs((new File(thePath + "/" + theName + "_" + theNewName + ".psd")), psdOpts, true);
            }
        }
    }
};
// Get PSDs, TIFs and JPGs from files
function getFiles(theFile) {
    if (theFile.name.match(/\.(psd|tif|jpg)$/i) != null || theFile.constructor.name == "Folder") {
        return true
    };
};
// Replace SmartObject Contents
function replaceContents(newFile, theSO) {
    app.activeDocument.activeLayer = theSO;
    // =======================================================
    var idplacedLayerReplaceContents = stringIDToTypeID("placedLayerReplaceContents");
    var desc3 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idnull = charIDToTypeID("null");
    desc3.putPath(idnull, new File(newFile));
    var idPgNm = charIDToTypeID("PgNm");
    desc3.putInteger(idPgNm, 1);
    executeAction(idplacedLayerReplaceContents, desc3, DialogModes.NO);
    return app.activeDocument.activeLayer
};


texts: Logo Degrading Old IE and Safari Windows - Advice Needed

texts:
cambrianvacation.co.uk/safeside

The Safeside logo is saved as PNG-24 in Photoshop CS6, but there is some degradation in old versions of IE and Safari / Windows.

The size of the image in Photoshop is close to the actual size on the site, th quality I've saved it at is high, it needs to be a PNG as I need the transparency.

Does anyone know why it degrades in these browsers, everywhere lese it looks great.

Ant:-)


texts: Illustrator: Create a clipping mask for a long-shadow that was made using the blend tool

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So I'm trying to make an icon with a long shadow, I used Illustrators blend tool to make the shadow in between my two pigs like so.

What I would like to do now is create a clipping mask for the long shadow to keep it inside the light blue box that the pig is inside of. I've tried multiple ways to get the clipping mask made, but the truth is, I'm a newbie with Illustrator. Could someone help me out?


texts: Transparent path/stroke fill in Illustrator

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This is an odd request and something I've never had to worry about in Illustrator until now. I'm building out a logo that will be printed on a shirt. Instead of having a solid black border around the vector hand, the client wants the black border to be "transparent" so when it is placed on top of a pattern, you see the pattern background. I have an example below of what I'm trying to accomplish.

The second photo I mocked up in Photoshop to show what I'm trying to do. It's very easy to select the border path in Photoshop and simply wipe it out. Does Illustrator have a "transparent" fill option in the Path area? Selecting a color and dropping the transparent percentage didn't do the trick.


texts: How to align elements to Bootstrap grid?

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Sorry for the beginner question, but I'm having a hard time trying to figure this out. I'm using a grid for a Bootstrap design but my problem is how do I align elements to the grid? See my image for better explanation:

Should I consider the alignment of element 1 or 2 as the outer limit?

Another issue I face is I can align text and images to the grid, but what if text is inside a (visible) box? Should I align content to the grid or the outer box? If I align content, I face the issue seen in 4 but if I align the outer box, then I lose the grid for the content (although I think this is the correct way).  How should I do this?


texts: Is it an usual practice to request portfolio rights?

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I'm an amateur graphic designer. I've been doing work for local companies and initiatives for just over a year now. I recently got a job designing for a pretty big client (by my standards).

They wanted me to sign over ALL of my rights. I asked for portfolio rights (only the right to display it in my portfolio as a work that I contributed to). The representative said that I could put it in my portfolio, but I asked that they put it in the contract. It's been two weeks and I haven't even received a reply denying my request.

Was my request unfair? Should I just send in a signed version of their contract, apologize for an unreasonable request and cut my losses?


texts: Photoshop: Strange defaults for layer styles

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Photoshop layer styles now have strange defaults on my system, seems like all values are scaled up. I don't know when or how it has happened.

Eg:

  Bevel size: 84px
  Stroke size: 52px
  Inner shadow distance, size: 84px
  Inner glow size: 84px
  Drop shadow distance, size: 84px ...

reset to default also brings these values. I don't yet have a chance to re-install.

I can always use Make Default and rewrite each value but I don't prefer this because:

I don't exactly know each value on a new installation, and I want to have factory defaults for each value to have a smooth experience across different installations
There may be other anomalies due to a potential resolution / scale value hidden somewhere, which also may be the source of the problem

Does anybody know where Photoshop keeps these defaults, in registry or an xml file?

Photoshop CS6 Windows 7 x64


texts: Color Swatches: loading multiple ASE files in illustrator CS5.5

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Is there a way to import multiple ASE files from the Swatches palette in Illustrator CS5.5 ?
Currently I can only import one ASE file at a time by doing:

Swatches->Open Swatch Library->Other Library...

This gets tiresome when you have many ASE files to load.


texts: How to export from Illustrator to Photoshop ensuring quality as much as possible?

texts:
So i have this picture

, and I want to export it to Photoshop such that it is as close as possible to the original vector in illustrator. However, I get this when exporting to psd with write layers, with the picture being not smooth enough for further development? So how do I get this done?


texts: how can i export 3d object from illustrator to photoshop to paint it

texts: i have 3d object i want to take it to photoshop to paint but keep it 3d. What can i do.  I have done dragging it. But it dosent help. Exporting from illustrator still causes it to be either vector or jpg/png.


texts: How to work on two copies of the same image side by side without one effecting the other in Photoshop

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I managed to open the same image twice side by side with the help of this question Open two copies of the same file side-by-side in Photoshop
 but the problem is that whatever work I do on one copy of my image it gets reflected to the other. Which I don't want. I just want to see how each copy of my image looks when on different effect. So how can I achieve that?

Please note that I am new to Photoshop so I don't know much about it.


texts: My son wants to move his brushes from Ai to Photoshop.  We just got through reading on this site how to move his color using the exchange but I am not seeing a similar way to do it with brushes.


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How can I delete the first page (right-hand page) in a layout? Used to be you could start a section on page 2 (first left-hand page) then you could delete the first page, but I can't see how to do that anymore.
Thanks for any insights.


texts: Remove background of a single contiguous color

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I have a PNG image which has two figures, bounded by black lines, against a purely white background.
My figures have also some white "pixels" (dots, points) inside, not contiguous with background "pixels". Use of the word pixel is not meant to be technically strict.
I mean to get an image with transparent instead of white background, same as if it were generated from the get-go, by removing all contiguous white pixels. This seems something attainable.
Preferably with Inkscape.

I tried this, but the result was not good.

Later I found

Remove Background in Inkscape


texts: Is there a way, in InDesign, to indent every second and third line in a poem to look like this?!


texts: How to access the system color scheme from CSS?

texts: I would like for the content of a Web page to follow the color scheme of the user's system. For example, if they are using a GTK- or QT-based Web browser, the background of the Web site would match the color of the background color in GTK or QT applications. Is there a way to set the color scheme of the Web page to match the user's system color scheme?


texts: Remove back button pressed functionality in Adobe XD

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I'm trying to design an apps layout in Adobe Xd.

In the start I have a splash screen which transitions to a loading screen which finally transitions to the homepage. But when I press the back button on my device, it goes back to the loading screen showing every artboard that's passed before and then the splash screen. How can I prevent that?

I want the splash screen and loading artboards to load up only when the app starts and I don't want them to show if I press the back button.

This is all i have as far as linking the artboards is concerned.


texts: How to convert an Illustrator file to a 3D model?

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I have been trying to convert an illustrator file to a 3D model for a few hours now, but I keep coming across the same errors.

I am using Maya, but I wouldn't mind using 3DS Max if it would fix my problem.

This is my path in Maya:

I have selected the main part of Australia and gone to Edit Curves -> Open/Close Curves to make sure all my curves are definitely closed. I then go to Surfaces -> Bevel Plus to turn it into a 3D object. Although, this is what happens:

Does anyone happen to know why it is not producing a perfect bevel of the path?

EDIT

Managed to extrude the path, although I am unable to close the faces now.


texts: Untenable rendering times (12+hrs) on simple 3D objects

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I just upgraded to CC, and I haven't really done any 3D modeling before so any advice would be greatly appreciated. I made three fairly small objects: a table, a glass, and a beer bottle, as well as an image used as a postcard object background. None of these shapes seem particularly complex, so I'm wondering why it has to render for 12+ hours (!!). What I'm thinking may be the problem is that the materials and opacity layers that I'm using for the bottle are equivalent to A6 at 300 dpi. I wanted to avoid any pixelation on the label I created for the bottle, but did I give it too much to think about? I'm using a brand new MacBook Pro, so RAM and processing power shouldn't be the issue.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Companion colormap for text highlight color

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Edit:
I am looking for resources (articles, books, posts) which study the choice of a single color to highlight text and a sequential color for two and three dimensional plots such that both are harmonic.

Here is an example where I used pgfplots hot colormap for the surface plot and a simple red to highlight text.

\documentclass{tufte-book}
\usepackage{lipsum,pgfplots}

\begin{document}
\chapter{Data Visualization}
\lipsum[66]
\begin{center}
\textsf{remperature \color{red} 37.1}
\end{center}
\lipsum[66]
\begin{center}
\begin{tikzpicture}
  \begin{axis}[view={55}{45},width=.7\linewidth,height=6cm,axis lines=none]
    \addplot3[surf, samples=41, domain=0:360] {sin(x)*sin(y)};
  \end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{center}

\lipsum[66]

\end{document}

I am looking for studies that say something like "... the highlight color should be 80% of the maximum color in the sequential colormap."


texts: Enable or Disable Keyboard Short-cut Keys in photoshop

texts: Is there a function in photoshop to "Enable or Disable" The Keyboard Shortcut Keys. Because sometimes my Keyboard Stops working and when I Close and re-open the application it works Perfectly. I have felt this problem many times not in a particular Machine but several time in Different machines so I am pretty sure its not my Keyboard's defect.


texts: I used Photoshop but have started to recreate same logo in Illustrator because that's what I'm use to but for some reason I ended up using PS and against my better judgement it's now finished in PS. It's being saved "for the web", GIF file. I've increased the pixel size double of the original and it's only made it slight bigger. What am I doing wrong? The website is not mine but I made the logo for the company. It's my first logo being used in a website and they are the one placing and editing the website so I don't know if it's something I'm doing or they're doing wrong. Need some advice!


texts: How do I make text boxes conform to those on the master pages?

texts:
This is what the master pages currently look like:

As you can maybe see, I set the margins to 25 mm on the outside and 15 mm on the inside. These used to be 30 mm and 20 mm respectively. After changing these margins on the master pages, I adjusted all the elements on the pages to fit these new margins (by widening the text boxes and extending the line at the top of the page).

The problem is, on the pages that follow these master pages, the main text boxes haven't changed. Only the text box at the top (which contains the italic text variable that you see in the picture) and the line under it change correctly on all the pages. Here is a picture of two random pages that follow the master:

Here you can see that the main text boxes haven't extended to the new margins, they won't change no matter what I do to them on the master pages. The top text box and line adjusted perfectly. It appears that there is a locked text box under the 'real', unlocked text boxes (containing text). This locked text box is the one that conforms to the master page but how can I make the unlocked text boxes conform while removing the locked ones?


texts: How can I reopen my psd file and view the layers?

texts: I saved my work as a jpg from photoshop but now i need to make edits to the file.  How can I view th layers again in photoshop? I need to add a complete da


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In my Indesign Style (CS6 on Windows 7) I want to apply the style underline to all initials that come after a tab.

NASCAR    National Association for Stock Car Racing

So the initials all get underlined in the expansion to indicate the letters for the acronym.  I am making a list of acronyms, so I want to grep this.

Here is what I have:

(?:(?<=\t))(\<.)*
(?<=\t)(\<.)

These will only underline the first letter after the tab.

So I thought of just underlining capital letters in the expansion, because in acronyms it's not always just the first letters of words:

(?<=\t)((?i)[A-Z])

But that does the same thing.

How can I do this?


texts: Update Text Content on Multiple Artboards at Once in Sketch

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I need to generate a number of banner ads each week and currently use Sketch for doing so.  In order to save time, I'm trying to automate (or at least improve the process flow) for this as much as possible.  One of the things that needs to be done is to update both the special offer details and the offer code that needs to be used in ever banner size.

So what I'm looking for is a way to update the text in these 10 different text fields (one for each banner size) without having to manually select each one and type in the new text.  Bonus points if the same (or similar) method will allow me to swap images on each of the 10 artboards too!

I've already looked through the Sketch Plugin Directory but haven't found anything I think will really do it.


texts:
Hello I am having problem separating paths and coloring each path with different color in Photoshop. Is it even possible to do that I picked Pen TOOL - path...

Thank you for help.


texts: SVG file luminance masks not shown in Inkscape

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I am generating SVG files with Python scripts (for mathematical diagrams) that use luminance masks on path elements.  They appear perfectly in Chrome but the masks disappear when opened in Inkscape, and seem to be reversed in Batik Squiggle.  Is this masking not supported in Inkscape?

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="800" height="800" viewBox="0 0 8660 8660" >

<defs>
    <polygon id="hextile" stroke="black" stroke-width="30" points="500,0 1500,0 2000,866 1500,1732 500,1732 0,866" />

    <mask id="mTripleArc0" maskUnits="userSpaceOnUse" x="0" y="0" height="1732" width="2000" mask-type="luminance" >
        <rect height="1732" width="2000" fill="#ffffff" fill-opacity="1.0" />
        <path d="M1000 0 Q250 866, 1000 1732" stroke="#000000" stroke-opacity="1.0" fill="none" stroke-width="300" />
        </mask>

    <mask id="mTripleArc2" maskUnits="userSpaceOnUse" x="0" y="0" height="1732" width="2000" mask-type="luminance" >
        <rect height="1732" width="2000" fill="#ffffff" fill-opacity="1.0" />
        <path d="M1750 1299 Q1250 433, 250 433" stroke="#000000" stroke-opacity="1.0" fill="none" stroke-width="300" />
        </mask>

    <mask id="mTripleArc4" maskUnits="userSpaceOnUse" x="0" y="0" height="1732" width="2000" mask-type="luminance" >
        <rect height="1732" width="2000" fill="#ffffff" fill-opacity="1.0" />
        <path d="M250 1299 Q1250 1299, 1750 433" stroke="#000000" stroke-opacity="1.0" fill="none" stroke-width="300" />
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texts: Printing a set of service manual images on A3 - source is 120DPI JPG's

texts:
I wish to print some images that I have somewhat manually gone through to remove whitespace, and they aren't looking as good as I think they could be. What steps should I take to get them looking as good as possible for printing?

Do I sharpen or soften to get rid of some of the noise and blockyness around some of the text?

If this is in the wrong place, please inform me.

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texts: Video Size Ratio Wide, Image Size Ratio Square?

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Humans naturally see more width than they do height. Video content is almost wide screen rather than square (Vine is a big exception), but it seems images are most often square now (it didn't always used to be this way). I'm wondering if there's a biological reason for this. For example, maybe square is actually more efficiently and pleasantly processed, so it works for images. However, since there's movement in videos, wider can allow more content which can be useful, but this might also take more effort for people due to scanning their eyes side to side to see what's going on.

I know the growth in square images came along with the growth of mobile (and Instagram), but I don't find that a compelling case to say that square is better for mobile. Instagram could display pics on my fine at 320 x 240 instead of 320 x 320. I suppose that extra height could be precious if making comics, for example, in which you might have a lot of text to fit in a small space, but even then I think people could just learn to be more concise.

So to recap, are there any biologically compelling reason to stick to primarily posting square images (aside from being required to by places like Instagram) or is there a case for posting wide screen images?