texts: Convert/Replace multiple shapes (Ellipse into Polygon)

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I am familiar with the Convert to Shape effect which lets me replace Ellipses by Retangles.

However I would like to convert ellipses into triangles (3 sides polygons). Is there a way to do that?

Ps: I have multiple ellipses I want to convert at once without changing the size and position.


texts: What is the name of the font used in this logo?

texts: i am looking for this type of typeface for my new logo, i try to upload this image on whatfont(image to font chacker by myfont) but i can't get specific result(https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/marksimonson/changeling-neo/) to the perfect industry type curve fonts. so please help me out.


texts: Why shouldn't I use PDF 1.7 when exporting from Creative Cloud?

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Indesign CC (2017) has several presets for exporting a PDF. The presets for High Quality Print and Press Quality both use an older version of PDF. PDF 1.4 is compatible back to Acrobat 5 which was released in 2001.

What are the reasons to keep using such an old format?

What would be the risks of changing the preset to use the most recent option, PDF 1.7?

Thanks!


texts: Copy & Pasting from Photoshop to Illustrator loses transparency

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I often run into this issue. I'm creating a file in Photoshop with masked layers etc. I want to make the final output available for some mock-ups in Illustrator, so I rasterize the layers and marquee select the entire area, copy and move to Illustrator.

Pasting the area in Illustrator flattens all transparencies, which is quite annoying. I'm left with my object and a flat white background.

Is there a reason for this?


texts: How to remove stroke outline when using brush tool?

texts: How can I get rid of the black stroke outline when using my brush tool in Photoshop? I am using the current version. Is this a bug or I accidentally pressed something? This is the first time this happened to me.


texts: Is it legal to display third-party logos as part of "As featured in" on sites/printed ads without their consent?

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Have seen more companies include logos of media outlets on their site/printed marketing material as part of the "As featured in" section.

Is it legal to do this without the companies' consent (especially on printed material)?


texts: In Photoshop, what is the quickest way to find a specific layer when there are many?

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I'm working on cutting up a web design template and this has bugged me for years. On my psd file I have a bunch of layers and I want to crop out the arrow icon without anything in the background making it transparent when used on a site.

I usually just guess and hide layers until I find the correct one. It would be great if there was some type of shortcut to just isolate that specific layer. Even with a right click using the MOVE tool, its just get filled with layers in the popup box.

What are some quick and easy ways to extract the arrow icon with all the other layers hidden?


texts: Scalable Text in Photoshop In a Droplet?

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I'm trying to create a droplet for batch image processing that will put a border of 2 px all around, add 30 px to the top, then within that top space place some text that will automatically scale to the size of the pic, and center it. I've got all except the text added to an action, but fighting with the text issue: it doesn't place the text in the center and it doesn't scale it properly when I run various sized images through the droplet.

Is there a way I can do this?


texts: How do I edit the metrics for a specific character in a font?

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Specifically, I want to modify two fonts so that the metrics for the space character (ASCII 32) in one font match the metrics of the other font.

Linux or Mac open source solutions preferred.


texts: Grid Layout "Linked Margins" change to "Different Margins" automatically

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I'm fighting with this the whole day and I can't seem to get it to have the same value for left-right margins.

Every time I change the value in "Linked margins" it switches to "Different margins" with different left and right values.

And what's even more interesting is that I can set the Linked margins to 100px but can't do the same for 101px or 101.5px (what I need).

I think it might happen because "Gutter width" option is never changing according to the margins I'm trying to setup (unlike Column width).

Screenshot of what happens when I setup 101px on Linked margins (XD switches to different margins by itself):


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I need to design a box packaging and need help with color management of the work - formats and combinations.

My company printer doesn't print correctly.

Should I just look at the print out and see if I like it then go back for similar Pantone color and convert to CMYK for print?

Whar are the common guidelines and rules?


texts: Get blank image when placing an .ai file into InDesign CC

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I have a simple line-art logo I created in Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 from outlining text with a solid color and a cropped in the artboard to the logo's size. (1x1inch)

When I place it into a new InDesign CC 2015 document, it is just a transparent image in a box.

I already tried importing with options and changing the trim settings, which changed it from being a miniature box to a box the right size.

I've run into this with earlier version of Illustrator, where you had to have the Illustrator version to match Indesign or it wouldn't import right, but now I have both versions matching.

Any ideas?


texts: Brand Guideline Colors Don't Match Pantone

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I'm in the process of starting a new company, and am trying to create the brand guideline document, so I'm having to learn all about RGB, CMYK, and Pantone from scratch, so apologies if this is a stupid question.

I'm using a document from an existing company as guidance for creating my own document, and my main issue is that the colors given for RGB/CMYK/Hex don't match what Pantone suggest.

Unfortunately I don't have a color bridge book, and am instead using the site;  http://rgb.to/pantone/coated as reference.

According to the document I have, the main color is defined using the following figures;

Pantone 303
Hex 003145
RGB 0/49/69
CMYK 100/15/0/80
RAL 5011

Now according to the above link, the figures should be:

Hex 002a3a
RGB 0/42/58
CMYK 100/47/22/82

Is there any particular reason why these figures would not match?

Why would a Pantone color be specified if the conversion provided by Pantone is not being used?


texts: Some brushes not working (Photoshop CC 2018)

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I'm starting to learn drawing in Photoshop with my Surface Pro and for some reason some brushes will just not draw. Basic brushes work, but in other categories like in dry brushes (sorry my brush names are in french for some reason so my translations may not be accurates) the Kyle ultimate brush does nothing while the Kyle ultimate carcoal works.

I can't see any reason why it would not work, i'm not a total newbie at photoshop, i've just never used it to draw. I have a color selected, i have no selection that would limit where i can draw on the screen, my layer is not locked... I'm totally lost.


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I have a poster which I have made, it is basically lots of java code and looks like a wall of text.

I want to add syntax highlighting to this so that the code is more readable. I know that I can create styles and then apply them by selecting the text and adding the desired style, however there is so much code in the poster that I want t automate/batch this process.

Is there either a plugin I can use that will add the syntax highlighting or is there a way to add styles globally so that it adds the style to every instance of a certain character?

If anyone can think of a different way to achieve this using a different piece of software then please share :)


texts: InDesign: how to type a hedera/fleuron symbol?

texts: How do you type a hedera/fleuron symbol in InDesign using less effort?


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I am stuck on what script font to use for my fictional constitution. I thought first of Edwardian Script since that looks a lot like fancy handwriting but the built in double space between the letter right before the apostrophe and the apostrophe discouraged me from using it.

I would prefer to use a handwriting type font that is built into the office 365 on windows 10 that isn't Edwardian Script.

I am using OpenOffice to write this document so I might have to install the font onto my computer since I don't have Microsoft Office(it costs $80 or so to buy Microsoft Office and I am not paying that price just for doing what I already can do with OpenOffice for free) but since my Momma would be looking at it, it would be nice if I could just email her the document and not have to give her a link to a free font download in that email.

I don't have to worry about compatibility because OpenOffice can open .doc(Microsoft Word format) files and Microsoft Word can open .odt(OpenOffice Writer format) files.

But is there any fancy handwriting type font that is built into Office 365 on Windows 10 that does not have increased space before the apostrophe(that increased space to me just looks wrong)? I specifically want a script font so that it looks like cursive handwriting.


texts: Unique opportunities for Electrical Engineers turned into Graphic Designers

texts: If an Electrical Engineering Graduate with no job experience learns and starts doing image Graphic Designing on Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign etc, what unique opportunities in Graphic Design domain could he capture for having a background in Electrical Engineering? In other words, how can he make the best of the both world?


texts: How do you "Set Transparent Color" in Adobe Illustrator?

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I have a graphic logo which is a series of overlapping shapes, where all are filled white. See below:

I want to set the white color transparent everywhere it appears in the graphic without revealing what is behind each shape. If I try with the general method of setting transparency to 0%, I see all the outlines behind each shape (which is not what I want). See below:

I want it to look like this:

I have tried Knockout groups but cannot seem to get them to work. I ideally do not want to go and individually group each overlapping shape and apply knockout groups to each as there are so many in this logo. Any idea please?


texts: Critique request: Logo design for a tech company

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I am creating a logo for a tech company, Reitech. The company creates software, tools, and plugins. The company is also doing programming consulting.
I am not a designer, but I like working with design and improve my skills, so I would love some feedback on the first draft I made. I created a wordmark/logotype design, and an abstract logo (at least that is what I think the terms are called).
Background
I tried to incorporate the symbols, <,> as the underlying theme. I got inspired to combine these symbols creating the, ᚱ, from the Futhark runic alphabet as the capital letter. (I thought about using </> as a theme as well, but weren't able to incorporate the /).

I have a few questions:

Is the logo readable? Does it read "Reitech"? Maybe the "e"s in the logo are difficult to recognize?
Does the spacing (kerning) between the letters need some adjustment?
Did I go overboard on trying to force the theme? Maybe a subtle change is better, like only using < in the "c"?
Is the logo (inside the capsule) too similar to the Bluetooth logo?

Any other type of feedback is welcome.


texts: How to visually differentiate between manual and automatic edit capabilities

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I'm having some difficulty find an icon or solution to differentiate operation in the same table, but with different origin.

In my table I have operation imported from a central system and others created manually by the user. The ones imported are partial editable, the manually created are fully editable.

I need to add some visual information and a tooltip to help the user differentiate each one.

I've tried this icon

But Isn't ok, this seems that only that row is editable, but the others are also editable, but only partial.


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Can someone help identify what font is used for the content in the FIFA app?
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fifa-official-app/id756904853?mt=8

Thank you so much in advance!!

Edit
Thank you JohnB and Vicent for all your comments.

By "content", I mean the content, eg., the team name, time, scores, etc (sorry, I don't have a better word for it than "content"), not the app title (ie, "FIFA World Cup"), and it seems to me there's only one font.

I should've also mentioned that before posting the question, I spent a great deal of effort: I searched Google and Quora for the answer with no luck,; I also tried WhatFontIs and Identifont, both yield inaccurate results. Any other tool to recommend?


texts: Why Can't I merge two curved paths in InDesign CS5?

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I'm using InDesign CS5 at work and I'm trying to create a "U", "Horseshoe", or "shield" curved path for text to follow.

I already know how to copy+paste text on a path. That is not the issue. The issue is this:

In order to make a perfect horseshoe-like shape I want to make on half of my shape first then duplicate, flip horizontally and merge. But, every time I try to merge the two hockey-stick like shapes, InDesign tries to force the shape closed. I'm not trying to make a closed shape. I want a "U" (an no, using an actual letter U won't work for this example).

Once I have successfully joined the paths I will then put my text on the resulting path.

This is a fairly straightforward task, but I have included this helpful illustration for clarification:

InDesign CS5 doesn't join curved paths correctly (Graphic by Eric Hepperle, 2020):

Of course I did my research. This 4-year old post was the closest I found to anyone mentioning this problem, and though it is for ILLUSTRATOR not INDESIGN I held out hope. But, alas none of the solutions nor comments got me any closer to a fix:

Why can't I merge two points?

Why is this basic process so hard and how can I get it done?


texts: In the New Document screen it keeps bringing up my recent Items. How do I remove the recent items from this screen?


texts: How to snap a path to a node in Inkscape?

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By enabling snapping to path and snapping to nodes in Inkscape I can, for example, snap a corner of a rectangle to a line by moving the rectangle towards the line.

But it doesn't work the other way around. If I move the line towards the rectangle, it won't snap to a corner. In this case I could first move the rectangle until it snaps and then move both objects to the rectangle's original place to achieve the desired result.

I could proceed similarly when needing to rotate the line until it snaps and instead rotating the rectangle first and then rotate both objects back by the same angle. But if I need to scale a potentially complex object until it snaps to a corner of a rectangle or any other node, there is no easy workaround.

Is there a solution to also make paths snap to nodes, instead of just the other way around?

Is there an efficient workaround in cases where an object has to be scaled?

Update:

There is a workaround for scaling in case of proportional scaling. As with rotation, the scaling center of the target object has to be set to the position of the scaling center of the object to be scaled. The target object, for example a rectangle, is then evenly scaled until it touches the path of the other object. Both object are then evenly rescaled until the rectangle is at its original position with its original size. So, if the path object has to be scaled up, one would scale the rectangle down instead and then scale both objects up again.

In case of uneven scaling, one could use guidelines to scale along them. This workaround doesn't help with freehand scaling, though.


texts: Why aren't handles showing up when I draw a rectangle, even though I've selected Show Bounding Box & Show Edges in Illustrator CC 2014?

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I recently reinstalled Illustrator CC 2014 (have been working with it since it's initial release) and suddenly, my rectangle shapes have no handles - I can't select and resize with my selection tool. If I draw a circle, I have handles; an octagon, I have handles...it seems to only happen with the rectangles and rounded corner rectangles.

Yes, I have selected Show Edges & Show Bounding Box. I have also figured out that if I turn the rectangle into a path, I see my handles again...

Have restarted several times and uninstalled/reinstalled now twice.

Help? How can I get the handles to show when I create a rectangle in Illustrator?


texts: InDesign: Fill/Border table based on base color

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I've many tables in InDesign. The table cells are shaded alternating. There is a border in darker color.
Is it possible to set a base color for a whole table once and color the cells and borders based on this color automatically? Or do I have to create a cell style / table style for each used color individually?


texts: Can I export an Inkscape SVG to a TTF file?

texts: I have tried my hand at designing a font, and have made the individual SVG files for each character on Inkscape. Looking at other things about this topic, the answer always seems to be something along the lines of "You should make the font in an actual font application". I know this, but is there any way of converting an/many Inkscape files into a .ttf format? I could put each character in the one file if need be.


texts: Make an own adjustment layer in Photoshop

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How can I program my own adjustment layer (i.e. non-destructive editing step) in Photoshop?
For example in order to run dithering by ImageMagick as a non-destructive editing step within the stack of layers.


texts: Workflow question: How to Write Memo's in Page Panel in Adobe InDesign?

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When using Adobe InDesign, you Pages panel shows you all the pages of your document. But sometimes those pages look similar from the thumbnails (see printscreen below) and you can't really tell which page holds which content.

I would like to write a 1 word memo near each page, making clear whats what.

Example of words next to the page numbers, like: Cover , Prologue and  Concept  .
Is there a way to write such memos next to the page numbers?
(without altering the page numbers, sections etc)


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My friend send me PDF file. It contains a vectored text image (text is not editable). If I want to open that PDF file in Photoshop, it shows the table and I can pick the size of the image.

Now he wants to make the text in white. So I open the PDF file and use Color Overlay. Then I save it.

The problem is that if I want to open the new PDF file with white text, the table where I can choose the size is not showing. Why? How can I save image in vectors in PDF to let the people choose the size they want?


texts: Recommended format for a large stop motion animation on website?

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I have a stop motion animation of about 35 seconds in duration (~150 frames).  The resolution is quite large at around 900px x 450px.

What is the best format to play this looping on my website?  I think my options are either .gif, standard .swf, or convert it into a movie .swf.

What is the recommended approach to this?  I want the images to have a high fidelity and I was hoping to not use flash due to Apple incompatibility.


texts: Illustrator Creative Cloud Pantone conversion

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I am using latest Illustrator, colour settings Generic CMYK. Artworks will be printed in CMYK.
I have been supplied with Pantone colours that will need to change to CMYK for print process.

When I convert in illustrator the CMYK breakdowns do not match the Colour bridge coated Pantone to CMYK swatch book.
How can I fix this?


texts: How to fit frame to content for text boxes in Photoshop similar to InDesign?

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Is there a way to fit frame to content for text boxes in photoshop like they have that feature in indesign? because sometimes when the text frame is larger than the text with empty space, and we try to align objects, it's not accurate.

would like to know if there is a way to do this in photoshop without manually dragging the text box because there may be room for error as opposed to the feature indesign has which just automatically fits frame to content for the text box.


texts: How to create 2 curved lines in illustrator that are an equal distance from each other?

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I'm trying to create two even lines that follow this roughly drawn curve (in red) here:

Here is a rough example of how I want the lines to look, only spanning the entire length of the curvy line above. I made these lines by using envelope distort on 2 lines, and then copy pasting a flipped one below.

This method is obviously kind of obtuse though. I'm totally stumped as to how to accomplish this in an easy way. Any tips?


texts: Exporting PDF from InDesign makes text look thicker

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First time i come across this issue:

I export a pdf. from InDesign (both in web & print res)
In both cases the font (Avenir) looks 'thicker' when viewed in Acrobat or Preview (regular -> looks thicker / bold -> looks bolder etc)
The fonts are not outlined (and the PDF is not generated via Distiller)
HOWEVER the pdf looks OK when viewed on PC

I found this very strange since the InDesign file and PDF where both created on Mac. Your input will be greatly appreciated.


texts: How to change paragraph composer using script?

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Is there a script command that can reassign the adobe paragraph composer to 'World paragraph composer'?

The InDesign ExtendScript API(12.0) does not seem to have a command.

I basically want to change the type of composer in multiple documents (basically in multiple books. Each book containing approximately 50 documents).


texts: Complex Wireframe to solid for use in Autodesk 2018

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I'm working on a project for a piece of coursework with which I really need a hand. I can't figure this out and have tried looking at multiple google searches and community posts which all seem to be out of date...

This help request is explained in detail in parts 2, 3 & 4. If you do not want to view the images, files or additional information, please skip all other sections.

1. Quick background about the project

For uni, I have to create a stage design for a festival. The idea behind the design is a Mountain troll leaning on some buildings with LED veins which change colour, lava falling from the mouth and down the sides of the buildings it is leaning on.

2. My problem

I attempted to design the main feature, the head, in Autodesk originally, however I could not get it to look how I wanted it. I decided to move to a more modelling based program, Zbrush 4R7, which makes a great model (head.obj in the files section). It looked exactly how I wanted it.

I attempted to export this file to use within Autodesk inventor, and I could not get anything to convert it into a solid shape. The closest I got was a wire mesh shape which claimed to be converted, however, it wasn't possible to interact with and modify.

3. What I have tried

I have attempted the following

Autodesk AutoCAD 2018

imported obj file & other file types to get error.

Autodesk Inventor 2018

Attempted to import using inbuilt systems without success
Attempted to use Autodesk Mesh Enabler and convert the mesh after importing.
Attempted to import using multiple formats

MeshMixer

Attempted to convert shape, unsuccessfully. (Not completely sure I understand how to use this properly, happy to try this method again if you can give me a guide)

4. What I need it to do

I need the file to be converted into a solid so that I can manipulate it within Autodesk software to use within my design.

I have a huge range of software installed on my pc which I can abuse, if you know a way using any of the following, I would appreciate knowing it. However, I do not have the budget to purchase any products to complete this task.

Autodesk Inventor 2018
Autodesk AutoCAD 2018
Autodesk mudbox 2018
Autodesk Fusion 360
Sketchup
Zbrush 4R7
Meshmixer
SOLIDWORKS Professional

5. Related Files

Director with files: http://jonathanstevens.org/3dCAD/

To save both you and me time, I have uploaded all files to my web host, so that you can view and attempt things. Hopefully this will speed up the process, or at least you will be able to yell at me angrily for doing something stupid in the file...

Direct Links:

Head.OBJ - http://jonathanstevens.org/3dCAD/head.OBJ
Head.ZPR - http://jonathanstevens.org/3dCAD/head.ZPR
Head.mix - http://jonathanstevens.org/3dCAD/head.mix
Head.stl - http://jonathanstevens.org/3dCAD/head.stl
Head v2.OBJ - http://jonathanstevens.org/3dCAD/head%20v2.obj

6. Additional help - Converting to threejs?

If you are awesome enough to know the answer to the problem above, a little tip on how to then convert to threejs would be SOOO appreciated! A link to the best guide or something as simple as that would be a perfect Christmas present xD

Thanks for spending time reading this.

Edited by Rafael.
Here is a quick render:


texts: Any command line tool to convert "black-and-white" images to "bit mapped"("two-tone") images

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On Windows, IrfanView can create a bi-level version of Gray Level Images conveniently.

Is there any command line tool available on Linux?


texts: Object dimensions change after filling with the Shape Builder Tool/Paint Bucket Tool

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I already wrote in Adobe forum about this issue (https://forums.adobe.com/message/8339546#8339546) and tried all suggestions to solve this problem, but still nothing… I will try to explain my problem as clearly as possible here.

I’m using Mac and newest Illustrator CC version (19.2.0).

So the problem is that when I fill an object with a Shape Builder Tool/Paint Bucket Tool that object dimensions always changes. You can see an example in a picture (it's just an example, I don't use shape builder for simple objects like this circle, but for more complicated objects it's very useful). I created 35x35mm circle and used Shape Builder Tool 3 times in a row and each time I got diffrent results.

Does anyone knows how to solve this problem? This is very important to me, because I just can't work like this.

It would be very helpful to get an answer. Thanks.


texts: Transform panel displays "No Shape Properties" in illustrator cc 2014

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I am using Illustrator CC - 2014.  When I create a rectangle after selecting "Rectangle Tool (A)" from left side tool bar, rectangle is created and the transform panel displays "Rectangle Properties" as under;

However, when I create any other shape whether, triangle, polygon or circle in the same way, the transform panel displays "No Shape Properties" as under:

Is it a version problem?  Or am I missing something to work.  Please guide me.
Thanks.


texts: Is there a way to set default settings of the arrow marker in Inkspace with a given color and style? Currently I copy/paste the line shown below into documents to retain the style.


texts: Changing color image in Adobe Illustrator

texts: I wanna change the color of an image in Illustrator. I've downloaded one flat icon from google in png format I just wanna change the color of that particular icon. Kindly help me with the same.


texts: What software(s) is used to produce such neat block diagrams?

texts: Can anyone tell me if there is any special software used to produce such block-diagrams? I have used Visio and Simulink but none was satisfying like this one.


texts: Alternative symbols to represent Valentine's Day?

texts: Anyone have ideas other than heart shapes?


texts: Illustrator: Opacity Mask is not moving/resizing along with object it masks, if the masked object is a Mesh object

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I need to move/resize the artwork which includes an opacity masked object, in which both the mask and the object being masked are different Gradient Mesh objects.

In the Transparency panel, no matter if the mask and the object have the link icon between them turned on or off, moving them simultaneously simply does not work, it only moves one of the two, not both. Of course I make sure to Select All prior to moving.

In my Preferences I tried both checking and unchecking 'Object Selection by Path Only'.
The only way to circumvent this is to turn every such opacity masked mesh object into a Symbol. Not very elegant solution though.

Edit:
Confirming it is a local issue on CS6 and it occurs exclusively if the object that is being masked is a mesh object. The issue can be circumvented by simply turning the mesh object into a group prior to masking it. Edited the question title.


texts: Does Photoshop 2018 allow recordings of "Save for Web" action for batch processing?

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I have made several attempts at recording the Export > Save for Web (Legacy) script where I select the File Size Optimization to reduce the file size of several .jpg images.

However, when I run the script the file size is unaffected.

Thank you!


texts: 1976 TRW Defense and Space Systems Group font

texts: Is there a freely available rendering of the font used in this Paper? Is it some "standard" typewriter font used in 70s by any chance?


texts: Offsetting stroke shows as flat instead of pointy

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I want to cut a border exactly like the stroke.
So i applied offset. But the offset's end is not as pointy as the stroke.it ends up as  flat/smooth.

How can i make both the offset and the stroke to have same shape and end point?


texts: How to change the roundness and size of a brush in Adobe Illustrator?

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When I try to use a calligraphy brush the roundness and the size doesn't change to another option.

I go to Brushes Library Menu → New Brush and select the Calligraphy Brushes
The Calligraphy brush menu pops up with three main options: Angle, Roundness and Size.

It's not allowing me to change these options, what am I doing wrong?

Why can't I change the brush options in Adobe Illustrator?


texts: In the process of answering a question on Reddit, I got curious about why the Dodge and Burn tools are named as they are. I understand now the terms relate to photography, and "Burn" makes sense to me, since it's about over-exposing parts of the photograph to make them lighter, but where does "Dodge" come from? Is it because the photograph is "dodging" the light by being covered up during exposure?


texts: I found this awesome work designed by Kreativa Studio and I'm really curious about the effect of the woman picture. How to make an person image to blend into the background like this with photoshop.


texts: Is it possible to tell from a printed sample what software/layout algorithm was used?

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Is there a way to determine, or at least hazard a guess at, which page layout engine was used in the preparation of a given print publication?

I've spend awhile looking at some quirks in the Times Literary Supplement's page layout.


texts: Scanning 8.5 x 11 paper in PS results in huge image

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I have a paper form that I ultimately want to us as a background template in SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio for a report.  When I scan the form, it results in a 5088 x 6600 image - which is way too big.  When I try to re-size the image in PS 6 (I know, but it's all we have at my office) the text becomes unreadable.

So basically I want to scan a paper form that is 8.5x11 and have it appear the same aspect ratio on my screen and also have it print out in the same size.


texts: Creating typefaces and what widths to use?

texts: I was wondering when you create a typeface do you stick to specific widths and proportions for certain letters. If so how do you got about this other than all b/d/p/q etc widths being the same how would you go about this.


texts: Illustrator: How to add a pattern to existing color library?

texts: I just made a pattern that I want to add to an existing custom color library and I wanted to know what is the best/quickest way to do this. Thanks


texts: How can I describe the 3D effect that is caused by rotating lines inside a circle?

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I noticed an optical illusion of a 3D globe caused by rotating lines around a circle.
As demonstrated by this codepen. Especially at Multiplayer time 22, 24, 27 when the number of points are increased to maximum.
Here is a screenshot of it:

The effect is much more pronounced when the lines are in motion.
What is this effect called?
Is there a way I can invoke this effect intentionally?
I'm curious if this effect has ever been used strategically for visualizations or graphic design?


texts: White lines appearing in 3D extruded text

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I just began learning illustrator so please excuse my ignorance.

I created this design in illustrator:

My question pertains to the cause and fix of the white lines appearing on the text:

I exported the image for screens in the formats PDF, SVG, and PDF.
The white lines appear only in the SVG and PDF versions when opened in browsers (chrome, firefox, edge) and in Adobe Acrobat. They appear only slightly when pasted into a Photoshop document.

The PNG version does not contain these errors.

I've tried messing with the format settings in the export menu for the SVG and PDF versions but the lines persist no matter what.

My understanding is that this is only an issue with the way these images are rendered on screen as the lines are not present when I tried printing the image.

Is there any way I can get rid of the lines so I can use the SVG version for a responsive website? I want to avoid having to use a PNG as much as possible.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: When does design need a concept / idea... and when doesn't it?

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There are a lot of brands out there that just have a simple wordmark — no icon and no customised type.

It can be a good route to go down when designing something that needs a premium / luxury kind of look to it... such as a brand for an architect or fashion designer for example

But how do designers justify it? Shouldn't all brands have some kind of idea or concept behind their brand identity? Or is it acceptable for the rationale to be along the lines of the following:

  We kept the logo very clean and minimal to reflect the high quality of work that our client carries out.

I think the above certainly works, but I sometimes struggle to think of how to justify this kind of design decision and to make clients realise why this might be the outcome of the money they have spent.


texts: Can my cousin copyright his world population cartogram?

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My cousin made a cartogram depicting world population in microsoft paint.

It became quite popular and he was contacted by the author of an earlier world population cartogram.

The author of the earlier cartogram insisted that my cousin's work violated his copyright. My cousin acquiesced and listed the earlier author as the copyright holder of the newer map.

It seems wrong to me.  My cousin's work seems original.  But the lawyer at his university said that it is not.  Who is right?

Edit: I'm looking for general thoughts and information based on personal experience. Obviously the question is ultimately a legal one and requires a lawyers input.


texts: Having extra white space at the left and right side of my SVG after exporting from Illustrator

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I made a 1920x1080 sized SVG using Illustrator. After exporting to SVG, there are spaces at the left and right side of the SVG. I had tried a few times and make sure than i fit the artwork to the artboard and export with use artboard checked.
This is the view from Illustrator:

This is the view from a browser:

The question is how do i remove the white space and make it fit to my browser's view?


texts: Why can't I resize my text box in Illustrator CS6?

texts: The resize tool just don't appear. When I try to resize, it only turn out that I only move my text box. Is there something wrong with my software?


texts: Pasting a raster image into Illustrator, control default PPI

texts: I'm using Illustrator to create a presentation and I use images of part of my screen. I basically take a screenshot (actually I use Snagit to only copy a part of my screen, but I don't think that is relevant) and paste it into illustrator. I was expecting the raster image to be paste at the native resolution of the picture, but for some reason, illustrator always scale it to make it 96 PPI. I could just redial the correct numbers in and it would be fine, but I have a large amount of pictures to paste and this is inefficient. Is there a way to change the default pasted image PPI to 72, which is no scaling?


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Everytime I use the Ellipse tool in photoshop it creates a border with a black fading to grey outline.

I want to make an ellipse with a solid black outline with zero gray colors instead.


texts: Is it possible to add new characters to a font?

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I've got a font called Lato, and I need to add the characters İ, Ğ, ğ, Ş and ş. How can I do this?

1st photo is the original. 2nd photo is the same font that I upgraded:


texts: Recreate this Dry Acrylic brush from Corel Painter in Photoshop

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https://youtu.be/zC3OxonJcXQ?t=57
In this video, he uses the Acrylic - Dry Brush from Corel Painter. Is there a way to recreate these properties in photoshop?
He mentions using the paint brush at about the 1 minute mark, demonstrates its properties at abotu 1:15 - 2 minutes, and uses it for the rest of the video.


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I'm presently working on an iOS application and I am attempting to reverse engineer their standard alert dialog window.  I have managed to figure out what the alpha value on the background it uses is through some color sampling against a solid black view, and a solid white view.

Given this information, using GIMP is it possible to just "erase" the background color, so that I am only left with the original, unblended alert background?

I only have the alert view in image form as a screenshot from a running app.


texts: How to save a file as a bitmap in Photoshop?

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I'm using (or trying to use) Photoshop CC (14.2.1 x64) to produce small bitmaps for a .Net Micro Framework device. Memory is at a premium so I need to produce the screen assets in 16 bit  RGB 565 format.

I have my document set up in RGB (I've tried RGB 32 and RGB 16) but when I come to "save as" bitmap / bmp is not one of the available options. Most help articles I've found online suggest that this is solved be using RGB not CYMK, but as you can see from the screenshots below, it has not fixed it for me.

Where is BMP in the 'Save As' list?

How can I save a file as .BMP in Photoshop CC?


texts: (I have created a grid of 357 squares in Photoshop Elements - 21 x 17.  I need to fill it with about 28 different patterns which I have in rectangular image files.  Each pattern will be repeated multiple times to create a patchwork carpet design. Is there a way I can do this quickly rather than filling the squares one by one?


texts: Macro To Scroll Through Tools in Adobe Illustrator CS5.1

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I'm just beginning to use Illustrator and am pretty well versed in Photoshop. In Photoshop, you can hit Shift + (the macro for the tool) and it'll scroll through the subtools. For example, you can hold Shift and hit E a couple times and it will scroll through the Eraser tools.

This doesn't work the same in Illustrator and I can't seem to find the macro on Google. Anybody know how to do this? Thanks.


texts: Edit layer property when another layer is activated

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I successfully created my first fitness sleeveless t-shirt mockup using Photoshop CC.

This is the result so far:

It's my first mockup ever and I'm pretty satisfied with this result.

There is an issue when I change the shirt colour to black; as you can see, there are too many lights and the resulting mockup seems fake:

These are my layers:

The issue with the black colour is that the lights layer is too opaque, so I need to decrease its opacity to 5% to make it work and not seem super-fake.

Is there a way to tell Photoshop to change lights' layer opacity when layer Black Opal is activated and revert it back when it's deactivated?


texts: States/Layer comps/Frames of a symbol in Illustrator?

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I have complex symbol, which can (imaginary) exist in different states.

For example, in treeview control node can be either expanded or collapsed, which means different indication.

I want to have one symbol/prototype, but multiple instances of it in different states.

Is it possible in Illustrator?

UPDATE

Rephrasing the question: are all instances of the symbol obliged to be identical to it's prototype in Illustrator?

This is not true in programming: a class instance can differ from prototype by field values. For example, different instances of a vector can have different coordinates.

So, for example, can I have a symbol for tree view indicator, which can be in two states, expanded and collapsed, like here


texts: Latency distance in Inkscape when using calligraphy tool with pen tablet

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Inkscape's calligraphy tool has a seemingly random latency distance when I use it with my tablet pen. It doesn't start drawing immediately when the pen contacts the tablet. No other tools produce this latency with the pen.

This image compares the results of starting at the black line for pencil tool + pen (green), calligraphy tool + mouse (blue), and calligraphy tool + pen (red). (I placed a ruler on the tablet for each pen trial to reduce human error)

It doesn't seem to be linked to either time or speed and the distance isn't particularly consistent (I've seen it vary by a factor of two between strokes), so it's proving to be impossible to compensate for it. There is some latency with the mouse, but it's much smaller.

My tablet (ten years old, purchased new) does not have pen tilt, variable pressure, or other features. I have completely disabled Press & Hold system-wide. My system is running up-to-date Windows 10. The problem is persistent between all instances of Inkscape despite software restarts and system reboots.

Error could not be replicated on Linux (Solus).

Is there a way to fix this?


texts: Can an artist display their past work in a portfolio if they were paid to produce it?

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I'm creating a website an artist who draws with pencil+paper.  The artist has scans and/or prints of all the illustrations completed over several years for various clients.  Many of these were for pay.

I'm wondering if it is legal for the artist to display these scanned copies on their website portfolio or if they would have to get permission from the people who commissioned each piece of work.

Is there a general principle that states artists have a right to show examples of previous work, or will this depend on the compensation agreement for each work?  The artist says most of these were done for pay on verbal agreement, but that there was very rarely any contract specifying copyright details.


texts: Interior fill not working on manually traced image in Inkscape

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I'm working on making a few different vector drawings by manually tracing over bitmap files. I had hoped that I would be lucky to have them fill as I had hoped, but it looks like the fill is behaving differently than expected.
When I initially traced this image I used many open paths, and then combined them, and I suspect that is my main problem. Now I'm not quite sure how to rectify this issue other than starting over from scratch.
Are they any quick methods that I can apply to close the paths and have the interior space of the paths filled?


texts: How can I make this more readable? I need to change the space around the words, but do not know how big to make it

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I've got a big strategic road map that I created in Visio. I know that Visio is not the ideal choice for all elements of this project, but it checked most of the boxes without having much downside. However, one downside is that subtle changes are time-consuming because everything needs to be manually adjusted.
So I have created this thing and I have feedback that it's hard to read. Feedback is also that opening up the space around the text fixes it. So I want to add space, but not too much, because economy of spacing is important.

Are there guidelines for spacing things like this? Ratios or something?
Rather than just guess, I prefer some sort of guide if one exists. A rule of thumb or something?
Should I maybe also increase the vertical spacing between elements?


texts: Why does a GIF increase in size when I add a logo although number of colors stays the same?

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I have an animated GIF that's about 2 MB large. When I open it in Photoshop CS 5, add a layer with a logo, then save it for web, its suddenly 4 MB large.

Why? There aren't more colors or anything, so why does the size increase?

The image in question is NSFW and I cannot post it here.


texts: I’m creating a stencil as a vector illustration (in Vectornator), and I’ve been struggling to create parallel curves for the outline. Is there a common the technique for this, other than just obsessively tweaking the control points so that the curves seem as parallel as possible? I’m attaching an image with what I’ve got so far. Thanks!


texts: How to know how much to charge for an animation?

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I'm a robotics engineer who just joined the world of video animations, I just finished my first project and I have no idea if I charged the fair amount for it. I would like to know how to put prices on this kind of work, is it per hour worked on it? is it per type of animations made? or how?

This is the video I just made.

https://vimeo.com/93598964


texts: Media teacher... but really a student... choosing computers

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I am a new media teacher with dreams coming true - we are upgrading the school and I am getting a new lab. I have been asked to make a wish list.
However, I am very novice, so it is a big task to take on.
We have the Adobe CS6 suite and the division has some sort of (tragic) contract with ACER for computers.

What specs should I be requesting for the computers that the students will use in the classroom?
They will be working in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesgin as well as basic stop animation in movie maker or another comparable (or recommended) program
They will be taking photos and editing, designing and drawing characters, logos and basic imagery, and will be working on layout and design for print

I am requesting a (Wacom) graphics tablet, basic photography backdrop, lighting and camera, and a large format printer for the classroom.

Our current lab has touch screens - is this worth maintaining in a media lab? (To me, it has seemed gimmicky rather than functional)


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Our UX designer uses Adobe XD to mock up and communicate look, layout and behavior to the dev team.

UX dev has everything in a single art board, which (AFAIK) is encapsulated in a single binary format .xd file on disk.

PROBLEMS:

Coders are assigned to specific screens/pages, and would like a more granular means of watching for changes to UI elements that they're responsible for. With a single file, they all have to watch for any changes, then read commit comments to determine whether their components were affected. This is tedious and error-prone.
Source code control systems lose a lot of their value when dealing with binary files; e.g. diffs, deltas, merging, etc.
What happens when multiple UX designers want to collaborate on a single art board?
By default, corporate IT policy often doesn't allow intellectual property (like new product designs) to be stored on the cloud.
Third-party solutions (e.g. Zeplin) also imply that our code/assets are no longer in a single place.

I saw at least one cloud-based collaboration tool used with XD (don't recall whether it was part of Adobe CC ecosystem or from a 3rd-party), but it didn't seem like it integrated with any source code control systems that a software organization might use.

EDIT #1:

Turns out that Adobe XD (.xd) files are just zip files (a zipped up copy of the project directory, I think), which is just what I'd expect to have checked into source control.

A quick-and-dirty short-term solution might be to have some automation on the source control server that triggers when the .xd file changes, unzips it to a staging dir, and then commits those files (keeping the commit comment) to what is essentially a read-only copy in source control.

QUESTION:

Does anyone use XD in conjunction with a source code control system like Git, SVN, TFS, GitLab, Mercurial, etc?


texts: I'm curious about this pattern, Name and how can I do it with photoshop?

texts: I see this pattern around for a while now and I don't know what Its name and if there any tips how I can do it using a filter or something?


texts: Is inconsistent leading generally viewed unfavorably?

texts: See, for example, this partial image of a document.


texts: I would like to know if there's a way to disable tool dialogs in GIMP like the one in the picture. I would rather use tools without it since it blocks the project I'm working on and there isn't a lot of room for me to move it.


texts: Can InDesign paragraph styles be exported out as XML or CSS for review?

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I've been spending more time in InDesign's paragraph styles I've found where a document can be created with set styles and used as a template but Im trying to figure out how I can review that InDesign document's styles when I get them from a colleague.

I've found lately only after manual review of the style that when I receive the .indd file back and build a book from a group of .indd files that InDesign will produce multiple stylesheets on the export and Im trying to figure out why that is happening.  It would be apparent that its because small adjustments to the individual stylesheets are being made in their Paragraph Style Options panel but I would like to find a better way to confirm that or to see if an option exists that Im unsure of.

In CC-2014 is there a way to export ALL styles from the document so it can be stored and possibly imported to prevent this issue?  I do not see it in the options panel but all I see is Load Paragraph Styles:

The documentation is limited on using Paragraph Styles from multiple documents so if my understanding is incorrect please educate me.

I've reviewed Edit All Export Tags and they are set to automatic but I don't think that would be an issue.  I am thinking I might have to find or write a script to do this but my questions are:

Can Paragraph Styles be exported out as XML or CSS for review?
Can multiple .indd file's paragraph styles be consolidated or minified on export to prevent multiple sheet generation?
When exporting an InDesign book is there a way in the panel to consolidate all files or replace all file's styles without having to go to each one and manually doing it?

I do have a script after export that consolidates and sorts all styles but only after the book is generated.  I could possibly script it to delete multiple duplicates but my goal in the question is to figure out why InDesign is doing this.


texts: generate certificate in corel draw with dirrent names

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I have created certificate designs for my friends institute. but the problem is he require different names on each certificate. so i need to manually create copies of same design multiple time and same boring copy paste work.
I n design there is portion which need to replace each time.

is there any way to automate this process ?


texts: Large size banner design issue..help needed immediately?

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Possible Duplicate:
  What DPI should a large format artwork for print be done at?

I want to design a large banner for computer shop and banner will be viewed from a far distance. I will be using photoshop CS4.Sizes to be designed are  11 ft by 5 ft  (132inch by 60 inch). My pc have Intel Core2duo processor with 2GB Ram.

What could be the ppi to use for this design without crashing down my pc. Will 72 ppi be okay?

Thanks in advance.


texts: How to achieve this cartoon effect in GIMP?

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Cartoon filter doesn't make it.

Desired effect examples:

[source]

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Can you describe the process to achieve this cartoon effect entirely in GIMP?


texts: How to remove backgrond using a photo with only the background? (GIMP/others)

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I'm trying to remove the background from a photo with a subject, but I would prefer not need to use this kind of techniques to select the background. Some magic-fu would select the shape since it's easy enough to identify the subject from two identical pictures, one with and another without the subject.

(Just as an additional point, in the link above the background is very simple so it is easy to use the magic-wand; a more complex background would not be so easy to deal with. However, if the technique I'm looking for exists, I would expect the same level of difficulty for both backgrouns)

In pictures:

I have both, "just background"

and "background with subject"

Which were, in the real case, obviously obtained through photographing and not digital editing.

I thought it would be possible to do this automatically if I had a picture of the background without the subject. Sort of, programmatically, remove every repeated pixel and only keep the different ones.

Although this makes sense to me I can't find instructions on how to do this. Maybe because I don't even know how to search.

Background to greenscreen doesn't seem to be it.

I'm using GIMP, but if you know how to do it using other application, I can try to "convert" the instructions.


texts: Difference between None, Linear, Cubic and Sinc(Lanczos3) interpolation in image scaling?

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While scaling images in GIMP in the Quality section I was prompted to choose one of the following interpolations:

None
Linear
Cubic
Sinc(Lanczos3)

What is the difference between these and which one is the best in terms of quality/loselessness?


texts: We have a 3D model in ZBrush and we extract the UV map from it. Exporting it in SubstancePainter and trying to set the textures however , leaves white spots in some places. I have seen that depending on the size of the UV Map the white spots appear in different areas. What could the reason for this behaviour be? Computer Graphic Perspective , what is the reason for this problem and what would be a good idea to overtake , in order to fix it ?


texts: PNG file lifted from website for business card

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I am doing a business card for my dad, and he has a website with the logo I'm going to use. Can i copy this image straight off the website as a .png file, or will this not translate nicely when it is printed? i.e. raster, etc?

If that will not be suitable, what should I actually be doing when I make the card in adobe InDesign? i.e. to get the best print production of the card in terms of this logo?


texts: How to delete the path between two nodes, but not the nodes themselves in Inkscape?

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I have a contour object, and I would like to delete a part of it (a line).

So I converted the object to a path, selected the Edit paths by nodes tool and deleted the unwanted nodes, now I have the contour but I'm still left with a bezier connecting the next two nodes.

I tried to delete that connection, but when I select it and delete it, Inkscape does not delete the line, but the nodes at both ends, which I didn't want.

How do I delete the line but keep the open contour? (So far it is a closed contour).

Background: this object is a county, it is a map in general. I would like to keep all data inside the object except the lines which shows the borders of the county.


texts: Copy from Photoshop into a grid in Illustrator

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I'm a biologist. What we often do we copy "spots" of yeast plates into Illustrator. The problem is, whenever I copy a "spot" from Photoshop it goes in some pretty random place in Illustrator. What would be great to be able to tell Illustrator to copy a spot into some grid, next to other spots, etc.

I use smart grids so it's relatively easy to place new spots, however, it would be amazing to be able automatically to tell Illustrator where spots should go.

Is there any way to do it?

The solution implemented as Action in Photoshop and in Illustrator actually can make it very easy and I can use only one key F2, and in total two mouse clicks and two f2 clicks. (In Photoshop I made "Copy" as an Action triggered by f2). See screencast at YouTube. Thank you!


texts: How to convert Sketch files to a layered Photoshop file?

texts: I was wondering if there was an easy way to convert Sketch files to a layered Photoshop file? Sketch exports TIFFs, PNG and JPEG but they are all flattened. Anyone else have to do this? Any suggestions other than having to rebuild everything in Photoshop?


texts: Photoshop Monalisa Face Swap: Blending Skin Tone, reduce yellow

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Hello
GOAL: TO MAKE SKINTONE MATCH IN FACE AND NECK
Newbie. Just started learning Photoshop.
I have a practice exercise to modify the Mona Lisa in whatever way I want (just to practice.)
I decided to give her a celebrity's face.
I am using this awesome Photoshop Training Channel Tutorial.
I am adding Ashwarya Rai's face to the Mona Lisa painting.
First, I

Increased the vibrance and saturation of the original image which looked too dull (perhaps a mistake)
Then I copied in Ash's face after a lasso selection.
Resize, move
Ctrl T to transform and warp, using right eye as my reference
Auto blend (Seamless fill and Content Aware checkboxes and Panorama selected)
Layer mask to clean up edges

I notice  (channels) the Mona Lisa was mainly reds with yellow, almost
no blue  Ash's face has more blue

I've tried fiddling with the image adjustments and layer adjustments.
I want her face to blend in.
*What should I do better?

I can do over fixing the original image first
Edit the face source and target Mona Lisa before swapping
What should I do to make the faces match?
What adjustments should I make this time round?*
Thanks!


texts: How to export an animated .PDF from InDesign?

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I am trying to export a .PDF from Adobe InDesign which contains some animated layers in it.

But when I export it as interactive .PDF, the animations are not playing in the .PDF File. It only shows a flat design of the animated .PDF without playing any animations.

When I export it as a .SWF file, the animations play. I need the animations to play when I export it as a .PDF from InDesign.

Is there any other way to create a animated .PDF...? Or please help me out to export a, animated .PDF from an InDesign file.

Here am attaching the dropbox link for the sample files.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/utjbtbgrcjc463e/AADIgUJAgm_NU8szuhromVpIa?dl=0

Thanks in advance.


texts: Pasting a URL in Adobe Illustrator is deforming it

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I have this URL: https://doi.org/10.1145/3239235.3267429 to paste in a text box in Adobe Illustrator CC 2018.

Although paragraph alignment is set to left alignment, the URL is appearing deformed as in the image (10.xxx and 3239235.xxx are misplaced)


texts: How do I expand objects from my live traced drawing?

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At the moment I am using CS5 Illustrator.
When I make a drawing I draw by hand, ink it and then scan it. I just place in Illustrator then Live Trace and Expand.
My drawings always have many small parts that I have to separate from each other after using Expand.

What I have been doing is copying the drawing as many time because I have different objects and just Direct selection tool to remove everything on each copying files except one of each item on the drawing. I get the result I want but it takes a lot of time.

So the question is:
Is it a way to separate all the objects from each other in a faster way?

Thank you!
Have a nice day!


texts: How to change everything white in a design to a texture image

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I have a design I'm updating and it seems the previous designer was able to replace everything set to white in the Illustrator file to show up with a kraft background instead:

If you triple-click on any "kraft" element in the document you can see that it is white (and you can't click to "release clipping mask" because it isn't one:

It literally seems like anything in the document that is technically set to have a white background if you click on it, automatically gets a kraft background per the texture they use. I am wondering how they did this without clipping masks and how I can recreate - any demos on this? I wouldn't even know what to call it, hah!

Also checked layers and couldn't find this texture in it:

Any suggestions? Thanks so much for reading.


texts: How do you color vectorized art on Illustrator?

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I am trying to color this dog that I drew on illustrator, but when I try to use live paint bucket, it colors the whole dog one color when I am trying to color each element separately. I tried to ungroup the image, but I am facing the same problem. Maybe it wasn't vectorized properly? I used an app on the ipad (Skribl) to create this drawing. I notice that for some reason I cannot use live trace on this image.

Also, I can only color when I have selected: "Edit contents" selected on the tool bar (see attached image).


texts: What is the best way to export animation from Adobe Animate for WEB?

texts: I'm not familiar with Adobe Animate. But I want to ask 2D artist to export animations from Adobe Animate to append to my HTML page. As for me the best way to append animations is SVG animations with CSS and avoid GIF because of its large size and raster-based. Are there possibilities to do that in Adobe Animate or could you recommend any external tool?


texts: I am planning on animating a Dual action out the front style switchblade mechanism. This is for a assassin's creed style hidden blade remake. I was wondering, is there an animation software that reacts to physics? If I push a certain part, can it push other parts? Or would I have to do that all manually?


texts: This font can be seen in the image below:


texts: Good "low level" graphics & image manipulating concepts tutorial for beginner

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I have programming background with some experience with image manipulation via GIMP and Fireworks. As working with image manipulators is part of my work sometimes I decided to improve my knowledge in this area.

However, when I try looking for something like

  GIMP tutorial

what I am able to find are only some tutorials with how to do this logo and that image, how to apply filter and so on.

What I would need is some decent tutorial explaining the basic graphics concepts like layers, channels and so on so I can see what is happening behind the tools used in GIMP.

What should I be looking for? What are possible resources to learn these thigns?


texts: Flip group of paths over the left group edge

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Maybe there is a better way to achieve this result but...

I've design the following picture by adding paths and overlying them. Now I want to flip it to get the full picture but I'm not able to do it.

Getting this result:

I tried by union the path group but I'm getting the following results (maybe because there are open paths?)

Flatten tool appears disabled. How can I merge both sides into one full picture?


texts: how to find eye level in complex pictures?

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I know we can continue the lines and when all converge together that place is a vanishing point and along that horizontal line is eye level.
But what about complex pictures and paintings in which even you can't see the line between sky and ground or when there are no guidelines like a house or a piece of wood or anything to help you continue that line and then find the converge point?
I don't know if I send what I mean or no -  mean in some pictures it's so difficult, please tell me the way for those.

I can't find a good image about what I mean but for example mostly I can't find eye level and vp in vintage paintings mostly when there is no guidelines like a house like a piece of wood or anything or you cant see the line between sky and ground.

I am so mad and sad and hopeless now :( I just start drawing I know if I find this eye-level easy then I can draw the picture more easily, but I can't find it! I've searched a lot but all I found was about simple pictures with many lines in it that can help you to find it easy - but I am looking for difficult pictures and how to find the eye lever of them.


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I'm using a serif font 16px for a name in a business card. The 1st letter is 'L' and the last is 'O', its quite long as is standard South American convention double 1st name and double surname this equates to a 10mm space on either side. I am using illustrator.

The problem is when I auto-align the name it looks too far to the right as it appears the serifs on the 'L' are included in the alignment. When I center the name using the upright of the 'L' it does look better, but still not quite right: For my eyes it needs a nudge to the right.

What is the correct method to solution this problem? My current options are as follows:-

Use the auto-align
'Manually' align on the upright of the 'L'
'Manually' align to eye
Change font / size / colour

I could not find anything on a internet search, whilst writing this question it suggested to me that this is a kerning problem and addressed the same way? ie manually adjust until looks correct to eye?


texts: Color doesn't have enough contrast with either white (#FFFFFF) & black (#000000)

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In android studio (official application for android programming) I have created a color I want as my primary color. However the application (Android Studio) complains that my color doesn't have enough contrast with the color black #000000 (which is used as a text color). I switched to dark theme, thinking that switching the text color (which the primary color has to complement to) to white #FFFFFF would surpass the error. However the error is still there.

Here is my color: #35885C

Ignoring whatever this application says. I am in real doubt if my color complements best with black or white. Is there some sort of mathematical formula to calculate complaince with black/white, maybe other colors.
Would black or white be best suited for this color? Imagine the provided green color with either white or black text on it, are both colors non-complaint with my color?


texts: program to create simple animations for visualization?

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I'm looking for a small and light program that allows me to create simple animations for the purpose of visualization. I want to be able to create animations similair to this.

Usually, I do animations like these in PowerPoint, however it's way too bloated/slow for the simple animations I want to do. I'm looking for a faster alternative that is more focused on creating simple animations.


texts: How to create a PNG that looks different depending on if the background is black or white

texts: So, I know that this question has already been answered before, however, the steps to actually create the image (the black cat/white cat image) were pretty unclear and it might also be somewhat outdated by now. Apparently you need to adjust the color levels of whatever two images you want to use to "satisfy the relative lightness condition a ≤ b" but it doesn't actually say how to do that. So if anyone could explain step-by-step how to create a PNG that looks like either the first or the second image I've provided down below depending on whether the background color is black or white using either GIMP or Photoshop, I'd be very happy. (Keep in mind that I'm pretty much a beginner at both GIMP and Photoshop, so please explain in detail what to do, what buttons to click, etc.)


texts: Which of these font communicates "luxury products" better?

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We are about to create a new luxury fashion brand. We researched many trademark logos, and saw they use different font types. We cannot decide between the two different fonts below. We target people who using luxury leather goods (handbags, belts, wallets), similar to Michael Kors, Furla, Balenciaga or Prada.

Which one looks cool, good and suitable for a fashion brand? Would appreciate the input from you knowledgeable graphic artist.


texts: how to create a custom graphic border from a path?

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I would like to create some custom graphical border painted along paths, but I don't knew how or where to start. I Knew how to use gimp and other graphical softwares but mostly I only do photo Manipulations.
Here is the look what I would like to re-create, more or less.

can anyone give me a hint, how to achive this?


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I've been creating a fictional, Arabic-inspired font in FontForge using a Latin keyboard. I've only been able to get initial contextual substitutions to work by starting each line with a space.

This has led to many errors when I am bumped down a line. I have tried creating and include the NewLine characters in my font's contextual substitutions, but it hasn't had any effect.


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I'm working for a client that requires me to create website style guides from detailed photoshop mockups of the already designed website. These style guides are then passed on to the actual developers so that they can code and create the CSS based on the provided style guides.

Previously I've done all of this myself, so I never really bothered creating style guides. I was wondering if anyone has a software of preference that they use when creating style guides. I currently have been using Photoshop and just overlaying lines on top of the website layout to detail dimensions and so forth. Really I wanted to know if there's an 'industry standard' for how these should be created.


texts: How does an artist who is used to physical drawing configure and use Adobe Illustrator?

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I used the trace tool to, according to the tutorial, turn something into an editable vector. But it didn't work as it did in the tutorial, it put a blue box around the asset and made a loud error noise whenever I tried to edit it. It does visually look like a vector file, but I can't do anything to cut, erase, draw on or even over (new layer) the file.

After giving up on the trace tool, I tried to draw freehand with my Wacom, I was putting up with the extremely exaggerated over-smoothing of my lines, but once I encountered one tiny area I wanted to erase, using the eraser completely altered the entire image – fattening all of the lines and totally altering the drawing in a way I really hate.

I honestly feel like I'm being pranked. The program doesn't behave the way it seems to in any of the tutorials I see illustrators using it for. Is there some "mode," or series of setup steps I need to do?

I'm trying to do work with a friend who really wants me to give him AI vector files, not my usual JPEG raster files. But so far this program handles so badly it seems like we won't be able to move forward at all.

I've always been pen and ink, it's really strange and upsetting to try and lay a line down and have a computer program arbitrarily alter your line, or blast an error sound, or lock the document for editing with no message as to why.


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For my purposes, I think that a good scanner plus a vector graphics program is just as good as a drawing tablet, if not a better deal for the money, because I can use a tracing algorithm in Illustrator or Inkscape (like potrace) to convert a pen drawing into vectors, and thence back into rasters. To that end, I'm sort of basing this on this question.

But I also want to define what I mean by 'good.' Good in this case means something like the iPod Nano 1g. I don't buy Apple products in general, but this one works well with Linux (hence any other OS), has really high quality parts (has survived sub-zero temperatures, being dropped multiple times, being left on all the time, etc.), and still does what it's supposed to do after having logged thousands of miles of travels around the world.

A scanner with those qualities would either be a good thing to buy used or a good investment if bought new, but I wouldn't be able to spend more than £100 or €100.


texts: Is it possible to make auto page numbering for Adobe Illustrator artboards?

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I am using 'Adobe Illustrator' for designing inner pages for books. In Indesign I was able to make the page numbers auto-generated. Is there any similar or any way to the same task on Illustrator?

(I am using Adobe Illustrator CS6)


texts: Cropping a PDF and scaling part of a PDF

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I have an 8.5×11 PDF which has some stuff on it and an image I want to crop turn it into a 4×6 format. I used GIMP to crop the image, made a new template, pasted it (it just sits in the center, but I want it to fill the entire 4×6 background), rotated it counterclockwise 90 degrees. I don’t know what to do from there.

I try to resize it to 400×600 pixels but it rotates the image back to the way it was before and it’s obviously too big. I’m thinking the image isn’t sized right and neither is the template.


texts: Filling areas using transparent color without affecting the border, in Illustrator CS6

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In Illustrator, if you want to fill in areas surrounded by multiple line segments, you can first select all the line segments and use Live Paint Bucket (K) to fill the color. However, if you want to change the opacity of the area, you may find the borders also become transparent, like this:

My question is, is there any way to avoid the border changing its transparency when we change the transparency of its internal area?

Note: there are 3 line segments, with endpoints connected. An extended question, what if one of the line is dashed? This question originally comes from the fact that I want to fill the triangles as the bottom figure shows.


texts: Mapping Excel data with id’s into InDesign

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Is there a way when mapping from Excel into InDesign to assign id’s to the data that is being mapped? For instance, see the image below and record id 15. If we have a column header labelled “id”, can I assign that specific set of data to id=15. This way, if data is inserted before it, the mapping based on row number is not disrupted.

If this is possible, how is it mapped into InDesign? The best way I can compare what I am thinking to is similar to an html div.

Data

I want to create sectioned data that would not be disrupted by others sections, too.


texts: How can I fix jagged iOS buttons created in Photoshop

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I'm creating buttons for my app specifically for the iPhone 4S and the iPhone5. For some reason, any objects that are circular in nature appear jagged on the phones. For example, a location marker which I created in Photoshop doesn't look jagged from within Photoshop.
However, when exported as a .png and used as a button in iOS, the edges around the curve of the location marker are jagged. Is this a problem with the resolution?


texts: In a flowing layout design in InDesign how I might full fill the spaces left at the end of the pages?

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As you can see at the left, there is a lot of white space at the bottom of the page 1. My boss doesn't like it and forces designers to put "enters" (new lines) between the paragraphs in order to full fill the page more evenly (as in the right). Doing this will broke the automatic system of InDesign because if something is added later and there will be no white space, then it will create white where it should not be (because of the white space).

You have to notice that this is done with flow, it means that content flows thought the pages, sometimes up to 16 pages, so it's very probable to change something and white spaces will changes again. Then some design should look around the whole document to remove the new lines created.

Is there any way to automatically fill a page in InDesign?
thanks


texts: What files should i put in a logo pack to give to clients? Should I put small, medium and large version of my logo as well as the vector file.


texts: Problem converting RGB to CMYK for print

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Below you find the design for our business cards. The triangles are yellow, as you can see outside of the canvas. However, inside the canvas, only when I set the Color Mode to CMYK, they appear pink. When I switch the Color Mode back to RGB, they appear yellow as expected. However, when I print them, in both cases they turn out pink...

I would just like to know what is going on here and how I can change them back to the right colors?

CMYK Colors:


texts: InDesign / Delete entire line if field is empty

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I'm working on automating donations and was wondering if, when using Data Merge, it is possible on export to auto remove a line, if those fields don't have any data in them.

Per example,

After Data Merge,

Goal is to remove the bottom two lines if there isn't a second donation turning it into this,

Thank you in advance for your help.


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I'm trying to create a two-columns table on InDesign.

Unfortunally, when row content doesn't fit the remaining page space, the entire row is pushed on new page leaving a lot of space on previous page.

Is there a way to make rows continue on next page without splitting it?

I've tried to search on google and to set a lot of Cell Options like "Keep with next row", but it doesn't work.


texts: Is it right to use the ideas of non-winning designers in a design contest?

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I am a mobile developer. I want to create my own mobile app, so I ran a contest for the mobile design.

Many good designers participated in the contest. I get lots of good ideas from almost all of them. Ultimately I choose one of the designers because of the good looking design.

But many other designers have used brilliant ideas which I never thought of. So I note down all ideas and ask the winning designer to integrate it into his work. The final result is completely different than what I have imagined.

Is it ethically, legally  and morally right to use the design ideas of other non-winning designers in the design contest? Who owns the right of designs submitted in contests?


texts: How to achieve this patternish gradient texture / halftone effect in Illustrator / Photoshop

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How can I achieve this sort of pattern?

I presume from these sample images I found from a poster made by Laurient Durieux, it is made using illustrator. Or am I wrong? Is there a proper way to do it?

This is the texture I'm trying to achieve:


texts: Illustrator searches for linked files in pdf

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Adobe Reader shows pdf's with "linked files" correctly, but Illustrator CS5 asks to "replace missing links", which I do not have (and even if I did, I wouldn't enjoy dealing with each one).

It is obvious, that a .pdf contains the "links" (since I can print them perfectly), but Illustrator for some reason doesn`t use them.

How do I edit pdf`s like this in Illustrator?


texts: Adobe Illustrator Zoom around selected, not to screen centre?

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Command (Cntrl) and = gives zoom in, in Adobe Illustrator.

Is there a way to set it so that it zooms to the selected object rather than the centre of the screen?


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I am applying a simple glossy effect over some text using Fireworks.

I am doing this by partially placing an ellipse over the text (see image)

How can I adjust this so that the ellipse is cropped apart from where it covers the text?


texts: Text revolving around planet effect photoshop

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I want an effect where in I have a globe and I want to put a text ring around the globe.

Similar to the rings in a planet but in place of the ring, there would be text that gives effect of a ring. Can I do this in photoshop or illustrator. I tried to google for tutorials that do this, but wasnt able to find any. Can anybody help me out with this as I am new to both. I want kind of a 3D effect, so that it seems the text is going behind and coming out of the globe..


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I'm trying out my luck here with this question since it's kinda design related [will request migration to stackoverflow it needed but I still believe these kind of questions could have their place here].

I have created shape, saved it as an SVG and imported it in Android Studio as Vector Asset. I wanted to create a clip over it and use that as a progressDrawable for my progressBar but it kinda failed.

This is what it should look like:

My drawable:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:id="@android:id/background">
        <vector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
            android:width="256dp"
            android:height="630dp"
            android:viewportHeight="630.062"
            android:viewportWidth="256.997">
            <path
                android:fillColor="#000000"
                android:pathData="M128.9,57.09m-57.09,0a57.09,57.09 0,1 1,114.18 0a57.09,57.09 0,1 1,-114.18 0" />
            <path
                android:fillColor="#000000"
                android:pathData="M27,148.58C12.09,148.58 0,160.67 0,175.58v149.99c0,14.91 12.09,27 27,27s27,-12.09 27,-27V175.58C54,160.67 41.91,148.58 27,148.58z" />
            <path
                android:fillColor="#000000"
                android:pathData="M230,148.58c-14.91,0 -27,12.09 -27,27v149.99c0,14.91 12.09,27 27,27c14.91,0 27,-12.09 27,-27V175.58C257,160.67 244.91,148.58 230,148.58z" />
            <path
                android:fillColor="#000000"
                android:pathData="M127.99,133.58c-34.79,0 -63,-1.79 -63,33v226.49v6.5v203.49c0,14.91 12.09,27 27,27c14.91,0 27,-12.09 27,-27V425.42v-1.77c0,-4.97 4.03,-9 9,-9s9,4.03 9,9v1.77v177.64c0,14.91 12.09,27 27,27c14.91,0 27,-12.09 27,-27V399.57v-6.5V166.58C190.99,131.79 162.79,133.58 127.99,133.58z" />
        </vector>
    </item>
    <item android:id="@android:id/progress">
        <clip>
            <shape android:shape="rectangle">
                <solid android:color="@color/colorAccent" />
            </shape>
        </clip>
    </item>
</layer-list>

Used in the layout:

<ProgressBar
     style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal"
     android:layout_width="90dp"
     android:layout_height="200dp"
     android:max="100"
     android:progress="70"
     android:progressDrawable="@drawable/vector_progressbar" />


texts: I'm looking for a monospace font to display passwords to the user. A common problem with many fonts is that certain symbols look too similar. For example, l and 1 may be confused and the user may read off a wrong password. What are good monospace fonts with distinct symbols?


texts: Uploaded PDF text looks blurry on my blog

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I've created a PDF pricelist for my photography clients, and it looks great as a PDF. However, I wanted to upload it to my blogsite as an image for visual impact.

The steps I took are:

Imported PDF into CS5. Options I chose are Anti-aliased, Resolution 300, Mode RGB, Bit Depth 16.
I changed the image size to 920 pixels for my blog.
I saved for web as a png with highest quality possible.
I uploaded and inserted to a blog post.

Strangely, in my preview screen the PNG image looks great! But when I view it in a web page, the text is quite blurry and looks terrible. Also, there is a direct link at the bottom of the post to the PDF and it looks great.

I would love any advice you have on uploading images with text to the web. I really don't want to re-create the info on my PDF into an actual image, but maybe that's what I need to do... Thanks in advance for your help.


texts: How to duplicate noise similar to this black and white-picture

texts: I want to do something similiar like this picture in Gimp (or Photoshop if required). Any ideas on how to proceed? Anything useful will be appreciated.


texts: What is the point of making a background layer go transparent and renaming it in Photoshop?

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I've seen this convention a lot but I don't really understand the use for it - or for a solid background layer at all, to be honest. I'd be very grateful if someone could explain why each new project starts out with a solid background layer, which most people then convert to transparency?

Thank you very much in advance.


texts: How to set Balance Ragged Lines as a paragraph style?

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I was experimenting with Balance Ragged Lines after discovering that Adobe are trying to make it work on web text (seeing if it can handle dynamic text from data merge - turns out it can).

I couldn't find it in the Paragraph Styles options, and Adobe's help docs and everything else on it I could find just tell you to set it one paragraph at a time from the Paragraph window flyout menu, no mention of paragraph styles.

Is there a way I'm just not seeing?


texts: InDesign: Link back from cross-reference

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for my recent project I have to make a PDF with endnotes at the end of every chapter. As we all know there's no easy way to do that in InDesign, only this more or less official workaround and some Skripts (e.g. from Peter Kahrel).

Anyway, I'm using the workaround from the Adobe-site and I'm looking for a way to link back to the place where the endnote has been set by clicking on the endnote.

Thanks in advance for trying to help me with this.

EDIT: I'm working with InDesign CS6.

Solution: Yes, I finally managed to come up with a solution and it's so simple that I'm embarrassed I didn't come up with it in the first place – Text Anchors and Hyperlinks. Needless to say that this solution is also very impractical so I hope Adobe will work on that and include endnotes.

Here's how I did it:

create hyperlink destination
Highlight your destination text » Hyperlinks panel menu » New Hyperlink Destination… » Type: Text Anchor; Name: [to find it later you can leave the suggested highlighted text; I chose names like "02_03" – chapter 2; endnote 3]If you're sure that your text won't change you can also set a page-anchor instead of a text anchor.
create hyperlink
Highlight the part you want as a hyperlink » Hyperlinks panel menu » New Hyperlink… » Link to: Text Anchor; Document: obviously the document with your destination; Text Anchor: the name of the Text Anchor you just created; apply Character Style to make the link visible

Don't forget to export as an interactive PDF instead of a print PDF!


texts: Buying a logo from a graphic designer: who owns the copyright?

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I am working with a graphic designer for a new logo.  They are offering the logo, but have said there will be parameters put in place to prevent me from editing the logo myself.

Is this commonplace in this industry?  I would prefer to be able to personally edit the font if I choose to, or change font color/placement.  Also, I'd like to change colors (as we have not yet chosen our colors).

I am pretty proficient in illustrator, and would prefer not to deal with the graphic designer again in the future if I don't need to.


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I am trying to use Pathfinder shape modes to cut out parts of shape and overlay them on each other (as shown in following figure)

However, I am getting shape overlapping with border of background shape (see arrow in figure). For now, I am manually resizing overlay so that background borders are visible. However, this process is highly inefficient once shape become more complex. Is there way to properly achieve this so that I can use shape mode from Pathfinder and still able to see background border properly?


texts: How to save multiple files 300ppi in photoshop?

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I am using Photoshop and I want to save multiple files at once like in
export layers to files, my files are 326ppi and when I export'em all at once I get them with 72ppi (I know it's the screen resolution) I just don't know how it can be changed so I won't do this saving action for hours.
and if there's any script you can help me use
I'd be glad for your help
thanks everyone


texts: How to make a non-spacing and non-marking glyph?

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Inspired by:

The new Kellum method
Adobe Blank
GitHub: jpkempf / zero-width-web-font

... I'd like to add non-spacing and non-marking glyphs to a font I've created in FontLab Studio 5.

The only problem is, I'm not sure how to do it.

Question: How do I create non-spacing and non-marking glyphs (in FontLab)?

I'm using FontLab Studio. Though, I would be open to hearing how I'd go about making non-spacing and non-marking glyphs in general (or, in other apps). I'm hoping that even if I don't get FontLab Studio-specific guidance, maybe hearing how to do it in other apps will point me in the right direction for when it comes to using FLS.

Note: This is for a "logo" web font. I'd like to type "Business Name", where the "B" is the logo, and the other letters are non-spacing and non-marking glyphs.


texts: Illustrator: Locking an object from exporting?

texts: I would like to somehow lock an object so that when I "Save for Web", that particular item on artboard is not included in export but everything else is?


texts: How to make a picture look properly on a black background when original was taken on white?

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I have a set of images taken on a "white" background and have spent time removing the background as well as possible. These products will be displayed on a black background, and because the images where taken on a white background, it does not look natural.

How can I efficiently and correctly improve the colors of the products to look properly on a black background?

ORIGINAL

NO BACKGROUND

BLACK BACKGROUND


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Can someone tell me if there is a way to stop my pattern brush to stop bunching up if I make a cut in my line? Or is it just something it does, and there is no way to fix it?

Preferably, I would like to be able to draw a line with my brush, cut it, and not have to outline it, just to keep the shape of the pattern


texts: How to join separate scans of same object

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Am scanning game maps using an A4 scanner, so typically they are more than one file.

Is there a semi-automatic or automatic way to join them properly?

For example, take two images that might overlap a bit on one side, and are possibly not exactly aligned, so need a slight rotation, and produce one image?

Ideally, I would be using GIMP, but if some other tool does it better then that is fine too.

Edit: this question is similar, and I have actually done this in the past, with camera sw. I thought maybe there would be a simpler solution nowadays, and one not requiring MS windows.


texts: How can I paint over a picture or a 3D model in Photoshop?

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I was reading a few tutorials and they mentioned Over Painting (Or Paint Over), something like painting on top of the reference picture (like tracing but with colors instead of lines).

As described in this video tutorial (start at 9:44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHfJCvAPqlw ), he basically uses Matte Painting and then paints on top of it.

There are also these anime background tutorials, using a similar technique:
http://www.mclelun.com/2015/11/anime-background-paint-over-photo.html
And here: http://www.mclelun.com/2015/10/anime-background-tutorial.html

The problem is that neither author specifies how to do that.

I tried to create a new layer on top, use the color picker tool to pick the colors from the lower (reference) layer and apply the colors with various brushes with different settings (opacity, flow, wetness), but it's always confusing, since the top layer end up covering the lower layer (reference), and I can't tell which is which.

I tried to reduce the opacity, but it makes it even more confusing and also messes the colors since they become different with lower opacity.

Does anyone know how to do that in an easier way?

Thank you very much :)


texts: Essential Steps for Long Document Project in InDesign

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first time posting here so bear with me.

I'm a fairly new user to InDesign and have a project to do which involves typsetting numerous volumes of pure text, it could end up coming to about 30 odd volumes of about 400 pages each, pure text, no images whatsoever which should make it easier.

I'll have to start this project in about two months time, my question to you experts on here is could you please tell me a list of absolute fundamentals in good long document organsiation that I need to follow ands which I can then go away and research as to how to do. Obviously I'm not expecinting explanations of how to do everything, just a list of things that would make organising this project easier would be great.

For example, should I organise each chapter as a seperate section or just leave the whole volume as one single section?

Once each volume is finished I would also want to get it ready as an eBook, what steps should I take before starting out to ensure that that process would be smooth?

I'm hoping this is not too vague or wide a question.

Thank you.


texts: How to change the color of an uneven surface to white in Photoshop?

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I want to change the color of the surface of a sofa like this

to white without losing the uneven surface and wrinkles. How should I do that using Photoshop?


texts: What kind of table / definition list should I use for a CSS concert program listing?

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I'm looking for some advice on how to render a classical concert program listing on a web site.  I can define the composer & title using either
 or
 tags:

Benjamin Britten
  Rejoice in the Lamb

J.S. Bach
  Der Geist Hilft Unsrer Schwachheit Auf

 ...

(vs.)

Thomas Tallis

Te Lucis Ante Terminum

Arvo P&auml;rt

Littlemore Tractus

 ...

Conceptually, this feels more like a
 to me, but one problem is that some long titles end up flowing onto the next line, like the Bach here:  https://www.singersinaccord.org/radiant-dawn , and I'm not sure how to deal with that.

I'm also not sure whether I want the title or composer on the left, and it would be great if I could just define the data and use CSS to flip things around.

There are plenty of examples out there that show what things could look like:  https://www.google.com/search?q=concert+program&tbm=isch


texts: Why is the hex color in my PNG different from the same hex code in browser?

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Here is an issue which I can't seem to solve: I have a PNG image with a small blue triangle. It's an asset used for a website that I'm creating with a developer. The appearance of its blue is a bit off, just very slightly different from the same hex color that is put on items through CSS.

When inspecting the PNG in photoshop, sampling the blue gives me the exact same hex code as what is used in CSS, yet they look different while both viewing them in a browser. How come?

I should note I have a calibrated monitor and manage colors, but a hex code is a hex code, no matter what profile you're on. Switching profiles should not influence the hex code.


texts: How to apply a Butterworth/Gaussian filter in GIMP after converting to Frequency Domain?

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I'm trying to use a Butterworth or Gaussian filter to combine two images in GIMP after using a Fourier plugin to convert the image to the Frequency Domain.

Frequency domain filtering: http://fourier.eng.hmc.edu/e101/lectures/Image_Processing/node8.html

The problem is, I have no clue how to implement/apply that filter in GIMP. There is a Gaussian filter but it's for Gaussian blur, not for placing a Gaussian-shaped gradient in image space. I want something like this: http://retina.anatomy.upenn.edu/~rob/lance/gaus2d.jpg
But I need to be able to precisely control the radius. And for Butterworth I would need to control multiple parameters of the shape.

If there were some tool to draw that shape, I could draw it in a layer mask and then merge the layer with another image's FFT, then use reverse FFT to get the combined image.

It's also a huge plus if I can call a function to do this from a Script-Fu script.

Anyone know of a way to achieve this?


texts: Export multiple pngs from one Illustrator artboard?

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Another designer left me this AI file while everything is in one layer and in one art board.

I have only exported assets on Photoshop with plugin before and I have no idea how to export individual png from this AI file.

Someone told me to create art board for every single assets then export them but I think that's too time consuming.

Can anyone help?


texts: How to Export High Res PNGS more Efficiently

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I sell a bunch of my hand drawn art as individual elements and I'm trying to find a way to export my work more efficiently in Photoshop.

To start I take my Hand Drawn Elements from illustrator and copy & paste them to Photoshop as individual shapes.

When I create the document resolution is high res 300 ppi. When I create the PS document they're also 300 ppi. However when I try to right click and quick export them, or run the default script they come out 72 ppi.

I can manually create individual documents and paste them but with trimming transparency etc that's just way too time consuming. I'm sure I'm missing something. There just has to be a better way...


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Say I want to use Photoshop's puppet warp to animate a (2D) character. I have a psd-file with a layer for each component that can be moved individually - e.g. a layer for the body, one for each arm, one for each leg, etc.

Now if I puppet warp the body, for example, all the other layers are misaligned and would need to be adjusted manually. Can I somehow rig across the layers or should I just export the layers as individual files, then re-assemble and animate the character in a different program, more focused on animation?


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Hey, guys, i got this problem and it's really bothering me, when I make a shape, like a single rectangle and i want to rotate/duplicate it all 360º around a circle shape, the ones that are at the central parts (0º, 90º, 180º and 270º) always move a bit.

But it isn't all, when I MOVE (or expand something, for example) my groups ALL together, no exclusions, sometimes (almost every time) those same shapes move different than the other objects :/

WHY!? (Although it isn't such a big deal at simple sight, but it is when you try other stuff) Please help me if you know any tip or at least answer: why does this happen? :/
I would like to thank you in advance.

So, this are my "View" settings.

Then, i'll show you how i duplicate this shapes:

I draw my circle and put a pair of guides to intersect at center. (And just look! I don't know why I can't align precisely sometimes, it makes me go mad.)

Then i make my shape guiding from the center of the circle, like this. (And it won't go aligned from the center of the shape to the center of the circle).

Next step, I press (R) to bring out Rotate tool, then press alt/option key and click in the center of my circle to pop up this window, I edit the options for example as this, check preview option and hit Copy instead of OK.

This is what I have. Then...

...I just press Cmd+D and duplicate al the shapes till i get the complete circle.
From here you already are able to see my problem, first and last shapes are not aligned.

This is how they look selected and I made a group of this.

For example, I make that group a 'compound path', then copy/move (alt>click+move) it to the right and it makes more evident the issue if you look well.

Another example is that this last object moved to the right, I color it gray for you to distinguish the "original" from these other copies scaled from center (alt key)... AND THIS IS WHAT I GOT JUST FOR SCALING IT!! ARGH!
Look at this, the bigger one has those shapes I mentioned before Thin, the original has them out of alignment and finally the smaller has those same shapes thicker.

WTH!?