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Im currently designing an app and exporting images for the developers. I am struggling to know that if i create an icon that on my retina screen shows at say 40px X 100px, when i export, should i create the graphic again but with 20 x 50px instead so they are "real" css pixels?

Same goes for fonts. I have one at 40pt on retina, but should i make them 20pt?

Thanks for the help!


texts: How to draw all diagonals in the n-gon from a particular vertex?

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What I'm trying to do is this

I can draw them one by one, but what if I have not a 15-gon but a 1002-gon, how do I "automate" that? What tool should I use?

I've tried to use "Interpolate" tool, but diagonals aligned with the straight line, rather than the сircumscribed circle

By the way, I'm using Inkscape 0.92.2


texts: Is a 8-Bit IPS display necessary for web designing?

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I'm doing web design (not print or photography) and I'm wondering if I should spend extra money on a display that provides more accurate colors.

I'm already set on buying IPS since they're easier on the eyes, but I don't know if i should just settle for 6-bit or be more concerned about color accuracy and go with 8-bit.


texts: Add a point after the last point in a path in Inkscape

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Is there a way in Inkscape to add a new point after the last of before the first point of an open path (i.e. a path where there's no connection between the first and last point)?

I only have found ways to add a new point on an existing line between two points, but in this case, this would mean adding a new point before the last point, moving the last point out of the way and adjusting the new point and it's Bézier guide until it somewhat matches the original point at that position. Is there a better way to extend a path with a new point?


texts: Can anybody help me identify this font I've searched everywhere

texts: I'm trying to find this font. I've looked all over the Internet with no luck. It would be much appreciated if anybody can help I havent a clue what font pack it come from I've used all the the font finders I can with no luck this font is used for jar label in the USA but I can only find simular fonts not the identical one


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I'm building an MS Word template for my reports. I am not sure what to use for fonts. I see lots of reports from clients and others using Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, Times New Roman, Calibri, Cambrai, and Trebuchet MS. I personally like Trebuchet for tables and charts but do not fancy it for wording in a report.

What are your suggestions for fonts to be used in technical engineering reports? Add to that, what would you suggest the proper font-spacing, size, paragraph and line spacings for that font should be?


texts: How can I make a stock image look more amateur in Photoshop?

texts: I'm working on a project where we need to include pictures of people, however, they need to look as if they were taken on a lower resolution cell phone, like an iPhone. How can I work with stock images in PS to accomplish this?


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I read some books about typography and design. They all recommended to avoid lines in tables, and instead to make use of spacing. I found that reasonable and adhered henceforth to those rules.

Recently I ran into discussions with spreadsheet users, who doubted these rules and argued that grid-lines are better since all programs have them turned on by default.

I also read an article that explained the problem with lines: the human eye first has to remove them before it can focus on the content of the table. If somebody would know this one or similar scientific findings about perception of data, I would be glad as well.

Is it in fact better to avoid lines? Why? Do you have any references you could provide to back this up with?


texts: I downloaded an icon pack, how do I get each icon separately?

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I just downloaded the icons from http://www.entypo.com

Say I want to just get the lightning bolt icon, how do I get that specifically from the PSD file, and since it's vectored, at the resolution I want?


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We are producing a document in print and digital versions. The author would like to use a cover graphic in full color in the digital version and the same graphic, in black and white, in the print version (due to expense of full color printing). Is this a poor design decision? If we need to use black and white in a print product, should we limit ourselves to the same in the digital version?
Thank you.


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I am trying to achieve the runny ink look below on a portrait of a girl I took yesterday. At first I thought this look was the result of an error in the development process, but seeing other versions of the original image leads me to believe it was done in photoshop.

I want it to look like the image below, if you could point me in the right direction, i would greatly appreciate it.

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texts: What font size should be used for a children's book?

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I’ve been looking around, and so far I haven’t found much. Most places I find also suggest using Comic Sans so I'm hesitant to take their advice.

The book will be for ages 0 — 5, so very young, most likely their parents will read it to them. The page size is 6in x 9in and there’s a good paragraph worth of text on pages that have text. Should the font be the standard size 12 as other books? Or should it be bumped up for kids? How big is to big in that case? Is there a standard for this, or is it mostly guess and check?

This is the first time I’ve illustrated a children’s book, so I have no idea. Any help is much appreciated!


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When I place images in Illustrator CS5, I face the following problems.

I have a AI-CS5.1 file which is 902 KB in size.
I have a image file    in JPG format which is 618 KB in size. The
File is 1600 X 1200 and at    180 dpi. Adobe Photoshop "Image Size"
shows it at 5.49M "Pixel    Dimensions".
When I place the file in Illustrator and resize to 460 X    330, the
size of my AI-CS5.1 file increases to 11,366 KB. I have to    do this
for many images and many AI files as I place around 5 to 8    images
in my AI files. This causes the size of my AI files to    increase
from 150,000 KB to 250,000 KB. This in return cause my files    to
take from 1 to 2 minutes to open. Also when the AI files are saved
as PDF, the Acrobat files also have huge file sizes from 120,000 KB
to 200,000 KB.
I tried to open the image file in Adobe Photoshop CS5    and
resize/resample to my required size of 460 X 330. Than I place    the
image file (Which now has a size of 193 KB and 460 X 330).    However
when I do this, the size of the image in ILLustrator turns    out to
be 184px X 132px.

All my Raster Settings are at 300 as this is for print. I have no idea why my image file when opened in Adobe Photoshop CS5 has different size from where when I import it in Adobe Illustrator CS5.1. I tried to do this for other files as well thinking that some thing must be wrong with the image file. But the problem remains the same with other image files as well.

I am guessing (the best I can do since I am not a designer) that this problem has to do with the resolution. Nor I am a user of Photoshop. I read Image Resolution, Pixel Dimensions and Document Size in Photoshop to better understand the problem. However I fail to understand the reasons for my problem.

Help would as always be appreciated.


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I have a cloth image and it is in the transparent, background, and the object both... I want to change its color but whenever I apply any color the color is also be lite like the background. How to change the color and remove the overall opacity of that image.

Like this:


texts: How to make chamfered shapes in Photoshop

texts: Like a triangle = an hexagon that has three sides with one size and another three with another one. NOT chamfered appearance. Thanks!


texts: Indesign: is there a way to create a document that contains both English and Arabic?

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I want to create a single book that contains English text (e.g. on pages 1-10) and an Arabic translation. Currently, the Arabic text starts on page 11 and ends on page 20, so the reading order is Western.

I want to use the Arabic reading order instead: the Arabic text should start on page 20 and the last Arabic text is placed on page 11.

Normally this is done by setting the 'binding side'. But that is a document-level setting.
So I'd have to create a book file, containing one file for English (binding side=left) and one for Arabic (binding side=right).
When I do that, what happens to the page numbering? Can I get a book with page numbers 1-20, or will it become 1-10 and then 20 19 18, making page 11 the first Arabic page?


texts: Design software that allows reuse of common elements, like the DRY principal of programming

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Often when I am designing for the web (be it mocks, or full spreads of websites) I have many repeating elements throughout my document. I am looking to follow the Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) philosophy.

One case: I am designing a mockup to illustrate the path of the user through a website. I do this by starting at a tabula rasa page which includes the default state of the website. Then, I copy this page and tweak it to fit the next step of the user's interaction.
Then, some small aspect of the page will change (the header color for example), and I'll be forced to make that change to every step in my mock.

So, is there software that allows me to make sections of my design once (header, footer, sidebar, a set of buttons, etc.), reuse them, and then make changes in only one place if needed?

This is something akin to partials from Rails or Microsoft MVC if you're familiar, but for design software.


texts: Whether to choose the hyphen or the en dash in cases like "Anglo-Saxon England" or "The Washington-Moscow hotline"?

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My question is very short.
Whether I should use the en dash (U+2013) or the hyphen in cases like

Anglo-Saxon England (Anglo–Saxon England) (a famous book by F. M. Stenton)

or

The Washington-Moscow hotline (The Washington–Moscow hotline)

?


texts: Gimp: Save tiff with a "Group 4 Fax" compression

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I'm using Gimp and I need to save a tiff file with a "Group 4 Fax" compression. I've followed the instructions to have that option enabled on the "Save as Tiff" dialog (see bottom of the linked page), but the option still appears grayed out...

Any idea what I may be doing wrong?


texts: How to align only a part of multiple objects to one point?

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I want some arrows point to one specific point.

Like this:

How can I make it so the arrows point in one direction?

I tried selecting every arrowhead with the direct selection tool, then via shift an anchor point to which I want to align (created as a temporary object) and then specified the distance in the align menu.

But it doesn't want to look as smooth and equal as on the picture. How I can align my selection more regularly?

UPDATE:

For a better clarification I uploaded an image which shows only the arrows like they should be. The rectangles are not part of my image. Therefore ignore the rectangles more or less and take this image as reference:


texts: Help with booklet design - images straddling pages

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I have a few questions regarding booklet design. The page orders are scrambling my brain!

Firstly I cant work out how an image that spreads across the front and back cover should be placed.

(Given that front cover is page 1 and is always on its own separate at the top and the back cover would be the last page at the bottom of the document it would seem impossible)

Should it just be two separate half images placed at the same coordinates?

The same problem for putting images across pages in the middle of the booklet.

Lets say that I need a picture that goes across pages 2 & 3. Presumably pages 2 and 3 wont be on the same sheet when printed so I cant just place it in the middle of 2 and 3 in Indesign. Then again in this case I don't understand how you could place halves because there is no visible bleed in the centre of facing pages on Indesign.

Is it better to just design facing pages in the (impositioned?) printing order? This seems even more confusing considering pages are double sided, and also given that printers don't seem to want pre impositioned documents

As you can see I'm clueless with this. At the moment the pages are just set up as normal with a front page, facing pages and then a back page.

If anyone could explain this in relatively simple terms I would be extremely grateful.

So in summary:-

What order should pages be? (sequential or otherwise)
How to make image spread across the width of front and back cover
How to place image across 2 sequential pages in indesign so they don't mess up when printed in a booklet.

Thanks


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Am I right in thinking that colours that are pure cyan, magenta or yellow would come out brighter in print than colours such as green or purple for example? Due to the fact that they haven't been mixed with anything else?
I once used a splash of pure magenta in a CMYK job and it came out looking really vibrant, I hadn't realised it was possible to get such a colour in print without using Pantones.
Would the same be true of cyan and yellow?


texts: How should I handle vector artwork and images for street pole-sized ads?

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I am a very junior graphic designer / art director. I try to go through as many Lynda.com courses to equip myself with knowledge but some things I'm not sure of so please go easy on me here, I'm not a veteran.

I've not handled large artwork sizes and am most intimidated by the chance that my artwork will pixelate or discolour badly.

I've tried to avoid this by creating mostly vector-based artwork in Adobe Illustrator. I've pulled the work across to Photoshop occasionally to add Gaussian blur effects etc. I've built my layouts in Indesign. I drag the Illustrator and Photoshop files onto the Indesign layout which creates EPS files. These seem to drop the quality of the vector art way down and causes pixellation.

Any 'way of working' advice would be appreciated.

Sorry that I can't technically express myself better.


texts: Photoshop drawing shape acts like option key is pressed

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I'm using Photoshop CC 2015, and for some reason now whenever I draw a shape, it acts like the option key is pressed. And it works normally when I press the option key.

Somehow the option key is toggled, if you will. What could be the reason?

Edit: This is only when I'm drawing a rectangle apparently, it works fine with other shapes.


texts: Incorrect usage of hyphens in the form “Artist - Song Name”

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I’ve read lots of guides about when to use hyphens (-) and when to use dashes (–). The usage is clear to me. And I want to stress a particular case where the hyphen is used incorrectly: “Artist - Song Name”.

I’m pretty sure the correct form is “Artist – Song Name”, yet I couldn’t find a YouTube music video which has the name written correctly. Can someone explain why is this? Like, should it even be a rule when literally no one obeys it?


texts: Method for batch layout of images into PDF sheets

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I have 100,000 identically-sized, but unique, PNG/JPG images which I want to automatically layout onto A4 sheets which can then be exported as print-ready PDFs.

So assuming I can fit 8 of these images per page in a 4x2 grid, I'm looking to input my 100,000 images and output 12,500 PDFs.

I'm a programmer so I could probably write a script to do this myself (e.g. PHP/Python), but I was wondering whether there are any tools/scripts/software that already exists that can do this automatically.


texts: Illustrator: Align bend of shape perfectly to another shape bend

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I want to have the yellow and red lines 'flowing' exactly alongside the blue line, eliminating the white space between the bends but without distorting them. If I drag the  anchor points, it ruins the bend.

All 3 of them are shapes which each shape being a 'line' of 2px wide. The width of the shaped line shouldn't change.

How do I achieve this?


texts: When is it worth it to vectorize an image for printing?

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I've never done prints before, but I've worked with AI for vectoring logos for laser cutting, so I'm familiar with the concept of raster images vs vector images. I know that for a simple image (like a logo) with clean edges and few colors is easy to vectorize and will turn out nicely for a large print. Obviously photographs are a different story, trying to vectorize a photo simply wouldn't work, you'd just end up losing detail, colors, and distorting the image.

I want to print this artwork, but at the given resolution and desired print size, there wouldn't be enough PPI. I did play around with vectorizing the image and it turned out surprisingly satisfactory. So even though I'm not recovering or adding any additional detail to the image, would printing a vector image versus a raster image let me be able to "cheat" some extra quality- i.e. print at a higher PPI without blurring the image or seeing big ugly individual pixels? I've attached the image below along with a comparison of the vector image vs the raster image.


texts: How to change color path inside the background with color in Illustrator?

texts: I wanna change this yellow circled area to the color it's on (the reddish color). How can I accomplish this?


texts: Problems importing Illustrator files into Flash

texts: Illustrator files don't always import correctly into Flash. What are the common reasons for failure and is there any way to improve the import quality?


texts: What should be taken into consideration when designing a logo for a construction news portal

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I'm new to designing.
I'm learning graphic designing and for practice I've taken up a project.
I've to design a logo for a construction news portal called 'constructmate'
they said they want at least two of following colours: yellow, orange, green, purple and with bold fonts. and it should have something that says that the company is still emerging or flourishing.

Till now what i've managed to do is this:

they like what i've done with abbreviation, but with full name it doesn't have the required imapct, that's what they said. Please guide me. I've to include the full name, what should i do?

Thanks for all help.


texts: How can I proportionally increase the spacing between objects without distorting the objects?

texts: I have a set number of elements on a coordinate plane. I want to proportionately increase the spacing between them in the X axis by say 20%, without warping their shape in the x dimension; the spacing isn't equal so I cannot use the distribute options in the Align panel. How do I do that?


texts: Extracting/expanding smart objects with filters in Photoshop?

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What I'm trying to do is, I have multiple layers (lineart and color) that I want to liquify at the same time visually.

So I converted my layers into a Smart Object. Then, I apply Liquify filters multiple times to it. But now I want my original separate layers back again, with those multiple liquify filters applied to each of those layers.

Is it even possible to do this? Any help will be truly appreciated!!


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I have found (and use) scripts for random opacity, random resize, random rotation etc. but I can't seem to find one which will do a "random displacement/move"

With the other above mentioned scripts, you simply select the paths, run the script and enter in a minimum value and a maximum value and the computer randomizes it for you. (Say min 20% opacity, max 80% opacity - they will all be between 20-80% opacity)

Is this script difficult to create?

Couldn't it just be enter in min -X and min -Y to max X and max Y movement? Then the computer would just choose a random value as it does in the other scripts.


texts: Colour defined area fraction of shape in inkscape

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I have a number of complex shapes (for example a sketch of a gecko, an ant and a frog) and want to colour a defined fraction of the area of each sketch from the bottom, e.g. 20% of the gecko in blue, 30% of the ant in red etc.

As an illustration, I uploaded two example shapes:

The rectangle on the left has 20% of its area filled from the bottom, which is easy enough to do. For more complex shapes, however, as the one on the right, it is less trivial. Is there any way to do this in inkscape?

Thanks!


texts: No defined boundaries of different artboards

texts: My artboards in illustrator have disappeared and now it is one large square. When I go into artboard mode it shows the individual artboards however when I switch back it goes back to the large white square.


texts: How to randomly replace color with second specified color in gimp?

texts: How do I replace pixels randomly in GIMP, replacing the randomly selected pixels with a specific color?


texts: Some items in SVG drawing are showing up as question marks in various Mac OS apps, and Inkscape

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I have an SVG drawing that has some little trees in one section of it.

Up until recently it was all fine, but the latest version of it that was emailed to me recently has a really weird problem.

Here's what I see in Chrome, Apple Quicklook and Inkscape respectively:

What makes it really weird is that I can actually see the trees in my Mac Mail client! See screen capture (small because that's all I can see in the Mail message):

This is the first time this has happened and I have asked the artist to send another export just in case (exported from an .fla file by the way).


texts: Quick way to subtract white outline from knotwork pattern in Illustrator?

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I am working with a pretty complex traced AI that I received, and I want to basically make it so that all the visually black stuff is shapes, and all the white outlines (invisible here) are removed. Most of the spaces when a line crosses over another is created by a white outline.

I know about expanding appearance and the pathfinder tool, but because there are so many lines that are crisscrossing, I haven't had an easy way of minusing the fronts away. I could expand appearance and sort every object carefully, but I feel like there may be a quicker way of doing this.

If I put it in Photoshop as a smart object in 'screen' mode, it looks right.. I could put that back in Illy and trace it, but I don't want to complicate the paths.


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I am trying to make some text follow a curved path in GIMP. I want it to look similar to the text on the "Galaxy Quest" posters.

I have altered the text, so I can no longer use the 'text to path' function, and I can't alter the text AFTER I make it follow the path due to how I intend it to be altered.

Any thoughts/ideas/advice?

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I'm having a trouble cropping at all sizes when using W x H x Resolution.  For example, I choose 500px as W and H, and then 300ppi for resolution- and then I have to wait. And I mean WAIT ALL DAY. The progess bar just stops at a certain point.

Do I have something set wrong?


texts: Split image into 16x16px or 32x32px sections then save them individually?

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I want to split up the terrain.png image from Minecraft to use in some projects.  Is there a quicker way to split the image than selecting each 16x16px section and copy-pasting the sections into new files?

Here is an example:


texts: How do I change the color of the background of a 3d object

texts: I don't know how to change the background from white.


texts: What can I do with AFM - Adobe font metrics file?

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I received zip containing font in .afm format. Is this some sort of source-code of a font that can be converted TTF/OTF or so?
How can I actually read and use this file?


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I'm starting to learn SVG graphics coding, but I'm looking for something with a WYSIWYG kind of thing. Does such a thing exist?

And what would you advise me to make the learning process faster?


texts: Saving a PSD file as EPS for better quality

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I design invitations primarily in Photoshop. I use layers with fonts/.png graphics throughout the design. I save it as a JPEG file and will upload my design to Vistaprint for printing.

A customer asked me if I could save my file as a vector. She said the quality is much better when she receives her product.

In my PSD file, how do I save it in order to achieve this level of quality? As an .eps or as a .tif? I saved my file as both to test it out and uploaded it without a problem to Vistaprint. I'm just unsure if the quality will be any different being that the core of the design was created in Photoshop.


texts: Why is it that people are so surprised that graphics design can be hard?

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Why is it that people are so surprised that graphics design requires skill and knowledge*? Sure superficially there is nothing special in graphics design at first glance. Still, there is quite much to know to do a good job. This is the 21st century; everything has already been convoluted to the extreme.

Some of the tech you need to understand are actually very hard things. Let's take color management as an example. Color management is a complex problem, even in some cases a hard problem. The solutions that exist out there are only adequate, by no means perfect. In many ways the color management problem has many of the features of security, the weakest link in your color chain can screw everything up. To be able to manage all this one needs to know quite many things that are much more technical than most artists would like to be bothered with.

On top of the technical knowledge one also needs to understand basics of human psychology business and so on. But most complex of all a graphic designer is expected to have taste, something that most your clients lack. So why do I meet so many people who assume graphic design is easy?

PS: Answers from people with no experience in graphics design more than welcome.

* Such as how to divide a circle into 5 equal pieces. I didn't say everything is hard :)


texts: Dashed line when changing artboard size in Adobe XD

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I'm using Adobe XD and every time I start a new project I select the dimensions of my Artboard in the small screen that appears every time I open Adobe XD.

If I want to change those dimensions later in the project a dashed line appears as you can see in the picture. Does anyone knows why that happens and how can I get rid of it?


texts: Illustrator Novice Question - How to change the color of a graphic easily?

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This graphic is created by many shapes and elements.
Two colors compose this graphic: red and white. The shapes are composed in two colors red and white in fill and stroke. Some shapes have a red stroke and a white fill. Others have a red fill and a white stroke.

I want to know how I can in one step, or in few steps can change the color of this image so that the red parts of it would become white and that the white parts of it would become transparent, so that I would be able to take this graphic, move it onto a background of any color and have it displayed in white.

I could individually select each object in the layers panel and individually change the colors of the fill and stroke but that takes an extremely long time and is an arduous job because there are so many elements (shapes) to this image! I can make an accident! Therefore I want to know how I can do this in the shortest amount of steps with the least possible room for error.

Also, while looking through the elements in the layers panel that compose this graphic, most elements usually are seen in the image itself. However, I noticed that there are some elements (named as Path) that are not seen in the image that exist in the layers panel! These elements have an awkward color scheme as well; in an image of red and white, they have a fill and stroke color scheme of black and gold and they are nowhere to be seen! When the element is selected in the layers panel usually a golden path is just shown on top of the image. What exactly are these elements? Since they do not have a visible presence in the image itself, do I have to change the fill and stroke of these elements as well, in order to perfectly change the color of the graphic to the colors I want?

Also another strange occurrence is that for a shape I found in layers, it is seen with a red and white stroke and fill; however in the layers panel the object is indicated to have a blue fill and transparent stroke! Why is this so?

The two  objects in the picture above have the blue and transparent color scheme when they are actually shown in red and white in the graphic.

Thank you all for your help.


texts: Force line break on mobile - currently it breaks word in half

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We’ve recently updated our website. Newer look better forms etc.
However with the new design there is one issues I can’t solve:

Headlines are not getting displayed properly on mobile. And by properly I mean the line break happens in the middle of a word like:

  Content Intelligen
  e

Or:

  Managemen
  t team

Or:

  Differentiate
  d technolog
  y

Here is a screenshot of how it looks on the site:

I’ve tried different methods to counteract this but none of them worked.
Here are the details:

Display: block into display: inline

@media (max-width: 560px) {
.rwd-line {display: block;}
}
@media (min-width: 560px) {
.rwd-line {display: inline;}
}

word-break method

-ms-word-break: break-all;
word-break: break-all;
word-break: break-word;

overflow method

word-wrap: break-word;
overflow-wrap: break-word;

This is all I had to try.

For an example you can check this page: http://www.idioplatform.com/about/
You will have several headlines here having this issue on mobile.

Can you please help me trying to solve this? It feels I’ve sank way more time in this than it deserved but now I am determined to get it corrected somehow.

Any help if much appreciated!


texts: Graphic Design - Video games -- events, seminars, workshops, etc

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My daughter loves drawing - using pencil.  She wants to be a Graphic Designer - mainly for video games area.  We got her a drawing tablet, but she is more comfortable using the pencil.  I have not idea if GD is the best thing for her, &/or how I can help her.  Are there any events, seminars, she could attend to?  She is in 10th grade now... I want to make sure this is really what she wants to do. I don't want her to realize later on, it is not really what she thought she was going into.

Thank you
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I’m inquiring about the overlay mode, in one of its applications: emboss sharpening.

Particularly, a layer above can be overlayed to the layer beneath when it is applied with a suitable emboss filter to create a sharpening effect. I got the formula from the gimp docs. But, I couldn’t make sense out of it intuitively as with other simple layer modes.

What is the theory behind the emboss filter technique that sharpens the image?


texts: How to Increase Size of Smart Object in Photoshop CC

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I purchased a dispenser bottle mockup, which uses a smart object as the label layer to make it easier to place the design. I am needing to increase the size of the label but am finding that when I can only scale the label down in size, not larger. It seems to have some sort of set maximum size. I need the label to cover more of the bottle, as my design is covers most of the bottle, so I need to increase the label size. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

This is my first time working with smart layers. I am going to try a workaround by simply creating a new smart layer with larger dimensions since it appears i can scale down but not up and deleting the original smart layer. I'll report back if that works.

Thanks!


texts: Opening multiple files as layers in a single image in Elements?

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In Elements (I'm using version 9 for Mac), is there a single operation that will let me open a bunch of files as one image, with each file as a layer in that image?

If I were using GIMP, for example, I'd choose "open as layers", and that would add multiple files as layers on the top of my current image.


texts: Strangers ID's in elements when save an .ai file as SVG in Illustrator

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I have a map of a floor with offices in it in Illustrator, and I need to add to each office drawn an ID to work with it in JavaScript. But the names of the offices have numbers and/or special characters, such "()" and "+" (i.e. "360 (IVO+IMR+IEC)"),and when I save it as a SVG file, the IDs looks like "id='_x33_60__x28_IVO_x2B_IMR_x2B_IEC_x29_'".
Any idea of why happen this? How can I fix it or avoid?


texts: Why are spot channels not exported to video in photoshop?

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This is one of those obscure questions, but I had built an animation in Photoshop and I'm using a spot channel. When I "export to video" it loses the color that I had specified:

Here's my example:


texts: How do you explain the value of native files to an uneducated client?

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If you design a piece for print. It gets reproduced several times over the course of a few years. Then the client doesn't return for any work for a few more years. And suddenly you are contacted asking for native files (Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop). As the client puts it, "We just want to be able to make minor changes, we aren't designers."

Now, there is absolutely value in the native files. They are my "secret recipe" as a designer and anyone asking for that recipe should provide compensation for the ease of reusing, repurposing, and altering the recipe.

How do you explain to this client that there is value in the native files?

How do you counter the "But we already paid for the design." argument?

Note: I know I own the files. I know my contract states I own the files. Heck even without a contract, US Copyright law states I own the files.

What I'm seeking is an elegant, less argumentative, method of explaining the file ownership to the uneducated client. Reciting legal statutes and contract clauses doesn't often make for friendly client relations. My goal is to find a method of explaining so it is fully understood by the client without the appearance of a contract clause which forces them to do something against their will. I want the client to respect and not resent these types of contract clauses.


texts: How do Pantone coated and uncoated colors relate?

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I need some help understanding the relationship between coated and uncoated Pantone colors.

From what I've read online, the coated formula (say 200 C) is for printing on coated (glossy) stock, and the uncoated variant (200 U) is for uncoated (non-glossy) stock.

This would lead me to believe that the colors are formulated to look as similar as possible when printed on their respective stocks.

However, they look quite different on my display, and when running them through the Pantone xref app targeting the TPX color book, it returns rather different results for each:

200 C => 19-1763 TPX
200 U => 17-1641 TPX

Is the difference between colors achievable on coated and uncoated stock severe enough to lead to this discrepancy? Or am I mistaken about the coated and uncoated colors being meant to produce the same results on their respective stocks?

When a color is referenced as simply Pantone 200, should this be construed to meant the coated or uncoated color?


texts: Is there a website to compare font prices?

texts: Most commercial fonts are available on different websites for different prices. Is there a webservice that compares those prices and displays the cheapest price for a specific font?


texts: How can I paste/move selection at specific exact coordinates?

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I'd like to paste (or move) rectangular selection at exact cordinates, lets say: top left corner at 100,50. I'm clicking and googling for a while but found nothing.
I was hoping for simple dialog box where I can put these values manually.
Is it possible?


texts: How to make elegant separation between technical proof and its meaning?

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I would like to have a visual separation between a normal text (above the line) and its explanation (under the line) so that the readers can easily notice the difference when skimming the article. So far I have used a simple line to separate like this:

I feel something uncomfortable to my eyes, but I can't name it. I would like to know what's wrong and how to improve it.
Because this is a scientific article, I don't want to overdecorate it, just be clean and neat. I don't think it is a good idea to use ornaments. The program in use is MS Word.


texts: How to write a photoshop script to resize the image until it covers the whole canvas? (not just fit the height[or shortest length])

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How to Batch Resize in Photoshop
This doesn't seem to work, so I think a script way might be what I need.
Adobe Photoshop Scripting
The resize method in its JavaScript reference guide doesn't seem to cover this (p.64).
(parts of the image can be hidden)


texts: Contemporary typeface(s) similar to Bodoni for short titles and headlines

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I have been playing with Vidaloka from Google Fonts, but also looking to try out a commercial alternative before I recommend an update to a client.

To add to my reasoning and avoid making the request too broad, I would be fine with using Bodoni, but I am trying to locate something similar with a more contemporary touch if anything like that exists.

Another reason is I'd rather avoid these super classic typefaces everyone else is praising (for good reasons) and be open to newer designs with a similar feel, at the same time supporting younger type designers if possible.

Another reason is the client doesn't mind spending on assets, so I'd rather not use free stuff if I can get quality stuff.


texts: How to run GMS macros in CorelDraw on Mac

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I have a macros used in CorelDraw on window but got a macbook hence i'm looking for a proper place where GMS macros should be placed?
I tried to follow the path such in the Windows
C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Corel\CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X\Draw\GMS,
but how to run it on Mac


texts: InDesign: Proper file set-up for foil stamping and embossing?

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I am creating business cards, letterheads, and envelopes that have gold foil as well as embossing. What is the standard InDesign set-up for how to properly export the files (a step-by-step / ultra-comprehensive guide would be awesome)?

*On a side note, there are certain business cards which have embossing on both sides (they are usually printed on thicker stock). Would it be wiser to break it down to two files instead of one?

Thank you!


texts: Simple way to export manually set rectangular area from inkscape?

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Sure enough, you can open the Export PNG Image dialog, select custom and type the coordinates manually. But that's crazy.

You can also use the Page export, but that means you'll need to re-adjust the page if you're exporting different images from the same .svg file. Also, again, adjusting page to include proper margin and alignment is extra work.

What I usually do is that I create transparent rectangle and I include it in the selection when exporting, then I select Export->Selection.

Those invisible rectangles are easy to lose. Is there another way of exporting set rectangular area (eg. 64x64) without using any helper rectangles or the page size?


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I am trying to recreate the effect on the bottom of this photograph, where it reads "Back from the Darkness". I have the text figured out as far as transforming it to match the perspective. But it's the black gradient that's giving  me trouble.

I've tried to use a transparent to black gradient, but I keep getting what appears to be white in the middle of the fading.  Is there a tutorial for a similar effect that you can direct me to, because I've been trying everything I can find without success. I'm using Photoshop CS5 64-bit.

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8UfcOt8jt5w/TbuGinIug7I/AAAAAAAABaU/yDhwwgtPPp8/s1600/Noel-albumcover2.jpg)

Edit
Here is what I'm trying to do.   The original picture has that bit of texture there. This one just appears like the gradient is too smooth, and it looks gray, rather than just black on the picture.


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I want to know how to deal with printing mistakes and how to make sure that my work after printing has the least amount of mistakes.

How to deal with print houses in regards to mistakes in printing? like bad colors, colors not centered, wrong page order etc.

How to make sure the work delivered is right? How to deal with any mistakes?


texts: How to clone objects in Inkscape so that ctrl-D will show the original object?

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I am editing a game board for a word game, based on a "CC BY SA"-licensed SVG file by Denelson83:

When I click at a colored square and then press ctrl+D I can see the original colored square - as you can see at the above screenshot.

Editing that original object will change all its copies at the game board, which is very comfortable.

However, when I copy the original object with ctrl+C and then paste it with ctrl+V, that connection is gone. I can't press ctrl+D anymore and jump to the original object.

My question is: How to clone that colored squares and keep the connection?


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I'm trying to make something like "data population" plugin, but without the plugin.
With Data population I can use a group of information, not just a random name and a random email.

I've tried this: https://medium.com/sketch-app-sources/using-the-new-data-feature-in-sketch-52-daee8403cabb
but I don't know how to group the information.

I want to know if there's anyway, using the new Data feature in Sketch, to do this: https://medium.com/sketch-app-sources/create-your-own-data-to-use-in-sketch-no-code-required-4aa79d0335cd

Thank you!


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I created an image that's kind of in three parts. The left piece, a plus sign, the right piece. The idea was that I'd create an animated GIF and start with the left piece, then fade in the plus sign, then fade in the right piece.

So I create an image with the background for the whole picture and the left piece in a layer. Then I generated 4 layers for the plus sign at opacities of 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%. When I turn the visibility off on these layers and turn it on in order it fades in nicely. (I intend to do this with the right piece too.)

So I then run Filters->Animation->Playback and the plus sign drops in immediately and waits for the length of time of all four layers and then the right piece drops in. So there's no fade.

Am I missing a piece.

I did the same thing yesterday and you can see the result at http://www.pizzainthecloud.com, but I'm using a different route this time and I don't understand why this isn't working.


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What is the license for Consolas font? Can it be used for commercial applications and/or embedded?

I tried to find it but couldn't find any. There's a "request quote" on the Microsoft website and that's all I could find, nowhere that says "you need to pay to use it"


texts: Image backgrounds in InDesign PDFs have weird coloring on Preview

texts: I'm working on a PDF document in InDesign where the A-Master would have an an image with a seamless pattern as a background. However, after exporting, whenever I look at the PDF on Preview (but not in Adobe Acrobat), the image in the A-Master would have a weird color difference, like it would appear more saturated, compared to the rest of the document.


texts: Is it not possible to skew things in illustrator as in photoshop

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When transforming in photoshop if you alt+shift then drag a corner you can skew both corners. The other corners being at side that is opposite in terms of horizontal and vertical depending on the direction that corner is being adjusted. And other corner moves inversely.
This helps in making perspective. I can't do this in Illustrator. Is it possible to do it?


texts: Beginner Question: Is it bad to mix raster photography into vector based print work? Alternative?

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I am tasked with creating a vector based print work. And I'm very new to print design.

Is it a good idea to include raster photography inside my vector image? It seems to destroy the whole point of "infinite scalability". How do I create something that can be scalable, so as to be used on large outdoor banners and such?

Thanks for your help! I'm quite lost. :(


texts: Script to insert character & apply character style in a threaded text frame

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I need a script that will apply a space and the "@" character with a character style at the point of insertion in a text frame (or even at the end of a selected text frame - either will do). I have about 95% of a solution using the code from this post:
var myTextFrame = app.selection[0].parentTextFrames[0];

var styleStartIndex = app.selection[0].index;
var styleEndIndex = styleStartIndex + myNewString.length - 1;

app.selection[0].contents = myNewString;
myTextFrame.characters.itemByRange(styleStartIndex, styleEndIndex).appliedCharacterStyle = "End of Story Dingbat";

However, this only works on initial text frames. If I try to insert it in a threaded frame, it throws an Error Number 45, Error String: Object Is Invalid, and cites the last line of code. (It will insert the "space+@" but error-out on trying to apply the character style.)
Maddening to be this close - help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.


texts: How can I figure out the dimensions for a shrink band from these measurements?

texts: Hi my graphic designer is working on custom logo and mockup for my ice cream lid. The company I am buying ice cream pints and lids from doesn't sell shrink bands with the items, so i have to go to a different site to get those. The shrink band site has A lot of different sizes so I'm not sure which one will fit my products. Any idea how I can figure out the proper dimensions for a shrink band from the photo? The measurements are in inches.! Photo of lid dimensions! . The site I'm trying to get the shrink bands from says to use this formula to find the dimensions but this is where I get confused ! Site description how to find measurements


texts: When trying to achieve the "ideal" letter count per line how do you balance container size and font size?

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“Anything from 45 to 75 characters is widely regarded as a satisfactory length of line for a single-column page set in a serifed text face in a text size. The 66-character line (counting both letters and spaces) is widely regarded as ideal. For multiple column work, a better average is 40 to 50 characters.”

Source: The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web

When designing a website, predominately for desktop, how do you balance a reasonable font size with container size? Particularly in parts of the website that are fairly dense with information.

With image this is easily achieved by using it as a stopping point:

But without image, it becomes very dense in appearance and harder to follow from one line to the next:

For these dense sections should I reduce the width of the content wrapper? Or enlarge the font size? In the actual document there are already some call-out boxes, lists, and images scattered throughout which helps. But for the portions where its just text how should it be dealt with? I've aerated the content a quite a bit so don't really want to adjust the entire site's width or font size just because of a few denser sections, but if everyone thinks that's the only acceptable way then I will.


texts: How to scale rectangle with rounded corners laterally but keep round corners intact?

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I want to make a rectangle wider but keep its vertical size and rounded corners. How can I do that without affecting the roundness of corners?

I am using Inkscape 0.92.


texts: Photoshop CS6 Pen tool suddenly refuses to 'Stroke' 'Fill' or 'Make Selection.'

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Believe I have a bug here:

After using Pen tool to make paths on a file, Pen tool will just give-up and ignore requests to 'Make Selection,' 'Stroke' the new path or 'Fill' the path. I've checked the circumstances where this problem goes away and they involve:

Saving the file as another iteration, Naming_convention_02.psd to Naming_convention_03.psd. Exiting from Photoshop and coming back into working on the project jiggles the right bits loose and it starts working as advertised.
Saving then exiting Photoshop and resetting the computer.

If I am toggling something in Photoshop, this shouldn't work to fix the tool. Pen tool seems to have an arbitrarily numbered amount of uses before it 'breaks' and I have to jump out and jump back into Photoshop to keep working. If there is a faster work around or something I toggle that 'breaks' the tool, please help me to quit doing that!


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I'm looking for specific ranges of colors here.

I want the range (in Hexa or RGB) for warm colors and cool colors, active and passive colors for exemple:

Warm color from #DD6421 to #FF0000 (random colors here), etc. I couldn't find this kind of information on my friend, Google. So, if someone knows this kind of information... it would be great.

Also, I don't know if I can ask this kind of question here but, how do I "calculate" color type: primary palet, secondary palet, etc. and calculate color relationship like: complementary, double complementary, etc...

I don't know this is a good site for that, but any help is appreciated. I'm trying to collect as much information as I can.

Thank you all


texts: Is Gotham 6pt legible in a printed magazine? What is considered to be the best font size for printed editions? Is it ok to use different font sizes on different spreads?


texts: Thousands of texture parts generated when importing .skp file in Cinema4D

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Im trying to import a bunch of sketchup files into Cinema4D (R20). Some of them generate thousands of JPG's when i drag them into Cinema.
This one for example generated over 15'000 .jpg files before i cancelled the import:
https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/cd29cdb2-ea99-49c0-a85c-2cf3234ac3b4/Flowers-hight-poly-maps-vray-ready-004
The best thing is, those are not even used in Cinema4D. Only one of them or an additional normal map texture.
This is what part of the folder looks like:

Has anyone ran into this issue? Is there a workaround?


texts: Numbers in SVG cut off, how do I restore them?

texts: I've been exporting skeletal structures in MarvinSketch to SVGs, sadly sometimes the sides of these files (usually number subscripts) are cut off. For example, see below a PNG export of one such SVG. Note how the NH2's 2 subscript is partially cut off. Here's the SVG file used to create this PNG. So my question is how do I make the entire subscript visible?


texts: Why can't the GIMP align tool select some layers?

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When I try to align various layers in GIMP 2.8, sometimes the align tool selects the entire image, not the layer I clicked on.

It doesn't matter how many times I try, and closing/reopening doesn't solve the problem. I've not yet discovered any regularities, it just seems to happen at random regardless of layer contents, size or position. It even happens with layers I'd previously aligned without issue.

Why does GIMP do this? Can it be fixed?


texts: white space while exporting illustration

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ok , so I have made an image , something like an icon , and I select the whole image using group selection tool to export it in Jpeg format .  But when I view  this file , there's always some white space around the icon , to make it look  like a rectangular selection.

Is their any way that I can export ONLY the image/icon , without the extra white background due to artboard ??

I am using adobe illustrator CS6

here is the image   :


texts: I am having an image whose bit depth is 32 bit. So it is possible to create bit depth higher than 24. But is it possible to have image with more than 32 bit depth like 40 or 48 bit depth. Following wiki link say image more than 24 bit depth possible pls tell me is it possible and how can i achieve it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_depth


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I made only 1 arrow visible at a time on the PSD but the 2 arrows stay faded but visible when I export as you can see:

Here is my PSD file.


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I've been a designer for 6 months, having previously had a 1st class honours degree in Graphic Communication. My issue is that I am a Very good designer, but I work too slow. It's beginning to drive a rift between myself and the creative director who desperately wants me to work quicker. I've always been a workaholic even in university, I put in 110% all the time, really work my ass off, but I'm still not fast enough to complete projects quickly, my work is good, but it's not efficient.

Do you guys have any tips to help me speed up?


texts: What type of art style is featured in this image from DomiNations?

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What is the name of this style of art below? Any additional information on techniques used to create similar artwork in the image below would be a bonus!

(source: adweek.com)
I feel it is definitely not pixel art or vectors. Perhaps it is painted? But I'm not entirely sure.
Thank you!


texts: Save one frame in After Effects as svg (vector) instead of psd?

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I have used the 'Composition - Save Frame as - Photoshop Layers....", but was wondering if there is some plugin or some 'thing' that could save the frame as a vector file instead (.svg, .eps, .ai)?

What I am trying to do is take a character made in illustrator, pose it in AfterEffects (Using DUIK), then export the pose back as a vector file (ideally .ai). Perhaps what I REALLY need is some sort of way to puppeteer right inside illustrator!

I have seen a tool called body-movin, but its focus seems to be exporting animations as some json file then having the browser 'render' it as svg on the screen.


texts: How to do knockout text effect in canva? I've tried to search for a tutorial in youtube but was unable to find anything.


texts: Fractions in InDesign : Typing (not ½ = Alt + 0189)

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I'm wondering of anyone knows how to easily type a fraction like this:

1
-
2

(but on one baseline). I appreciate the "proper" way is : ½ = Alt + 0189; but the client has specifically asked for the numerators stacked one upon the over.

The only logical thing I can think of is superscripting and tracking...


texts: How to conceptualise and generate visualisations with many points interconnected via Bézier curves?

texts: Can someone uncover the design process behind social network visualisations such as http://inmaps.linkedinlabs.com – and how those interconnecting Béziers are generated?


texts: Is there a name for this type of character design?

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I've worked on character design for a board-game (see reference here). Now I am working on a new project and would like to continue working with the same style of character design. For this I want to find more references so I may improve my work over time.

The problem is: I am unable to "name" this style correctly so as to find relevant results in searches. I'm not formally trained as a character designer, so I perhaps missed some 101 where I would have learned such nomenclature.

So in short: what is the name for this type of character design?


texts: Animate images in correct order using ImageMagick

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I'm using ImageMagick on Ubuntu Linux and I'm attempting to convert sequentially named files into a gif animation. Usually this is an easy operation and only requires that I run something like convert input-*.png output.gif. However, the filenames don't have leading zeros and so the animation order is something like input-0.png input-10.png input-11.png input-12.png etc. See image below:

I'm aware that I should have used the file padding operator (e.g. intput-03%d.jpg) when creating the files. I'm also aware of variety of methods for adding leading zeros to the files. However, at this time renaming the files would not be feasible.

Is there a way to convert those files using the command line on Linux into a gif with the files animated in the correct order?


texts: What is wireframe-esque design style called? Is it made solely with pen tool?

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Wondering what this wireframe like designing style is called. I've seen it for years but never really felt the urge to ask. I also wish to know if it is made solely with the pen tool in ps/ai or if it is a differing method ie.very precise stroke manipulation through multiple layers from an original image be it a 3d render or real life product shot. I honestly don't know how I don't know the specific term used for it seeing as how it is so popular within my community (although mainly mobile and desktop devices).

Thanks for any help you guys can give!


texts: How do I create a rectangle with rounded circle incision in Sketch?

texts: I am looking to create something similar to this, anyone have ideas?


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I sent prices to the client and did't receive a feedback.

What is the best way to ask, is my price ok for them?

How do you think a phrase like "How do you like our prices?" would work?


texts: Can I directly select colors on selected points in Illustrator's gradient slider?

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As you can see in this image, I want to select those colors and use them in gradient effects. Right now, I first select one color and copy the hex code, then paste it in the gradient.

Can I directly select colors on selected point in the gradient slider?


texts: Fill color (Hex) value as variable to be used in data set?

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I am trying to build out a bunch of icons with different 2 letter values as well as a different background fill color. I have the data set with a name, hex code color, and the 2 letters.

Is there anyway I can use the hex code value inside my data set as a variable to be iterated upon inside a batch action? I have looked around and not really seen anything relating to my problem. The closest thing I saw was to rename the hex code values as RGB's and make them custom swatch names.

If you can just point me in the right direction.


texts: How to achieve controls like InDesign in a Word document

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I want to create a template for a Microsoft Word document. I want the control of InDesign in terms of layout and Master Pages. How can I have both?

I have read online that I cannot save Indesign files as a word document. Is there any way that I can create a template in InDesign and export to Word? If not, is there any way I could create a Word file with the level of customization options like InDesign?

Thanks in advance.


texts: How to modify a filter that is already applied on Gimp?

texts: I am brand new to Gimp and I couldn't find the answer to this simple question after a quick google search. I have a text object and have applied a drop shadow filter on it. I am wondering if there is anyway to modify this filter instead of deleting it and creating a new filter with different values. Sorry if this seems like a dumb question I am very new. Thank you for any help!


texts: How to export the images that inside adobe illustrator file

texts: Right now I have a AI file, and there are some images used in it , the problem is , how to export all of them? Thanks a lot for helping.


texts: How to separate a shape from itself in photoshop

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I have a single shape in PhotoShop, and I need to detach the shape from itself without affecting the rest of the shape. No matter how many anchor points I add, I still can't get it to separate while remaining one shape.

What I have:

What I want:


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I'm using css to emboss text with this:

text-shadow: black 1px 1px 5px;

My site uses different font colors and background colors. I was wondering how I can choose the "best" embossing color based on the color of the font and background color of the text.


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Referring to this thread: The logic of kerning classes, I considered various lookups of some fonts (Adobe Premiere, Minion, EBGaramond...) to understand better the way of build them and the relative subtables. Now, a lot of font has at least two subtables:

'kern' horizontal Kerning Lookup 0 per glyph data...

'kern' horizontal Kerning Lookup 0 per kerning class...

But in certain cases the first one contains only a few symbols, in other cases a lot of fonts glyphs. So,
what is the exact role of the the subtable per glyph data? Is it better to have only a table per kerning class (for lettes glyphs), or is it reasonable to create a subtable for Uppercase-Uppercase, another one for Uppercase-lowercase and so on? Or is it the same?


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Is it possible to bulk-edit cases?

For example I have a dynamic panel with several states, several of them having the same on-click case "case1". Now I want to change some aspects of this case "case1" for all instances where it is in use. Right now I would have to go through every state and every object that uses this case and edit it. Is there a way to apply the changes to all these cases at once?


texts: Where can I learn how to lay things out beautifully?

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As part of my job, I create learning materials, e-learning courses and PPT decks.

I'd love to learn how to lay things out beautifully, pick the right images and colours to make learning materials more engaging.

I know the basics of design principles and I've taken some lessons from Coursera, Hack Design and Lynda.com. I've been intentional about applying what I've learned and I also take time to review popular sites like Dabbble and Behance to get ideas.

But I still feel my progress is very slow. Is there a website, a course (paid or non-paid) or a bootcamp class (in Toronto) that you would recommend that I check out?

I'd really appreciate your help. Thank you!


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I can't find anything about the Segoe WP licensing in Microsoft's website. So I was wondering if I could use it or no? Probably I can't and what I want to achieve is this:

I would appreciate it if you guys know about any similarities to this font!
And there are some big differences between Segoe UI and Segoe WP. The font I'm using on picture 2 is Segoe WP Semibold which I believe is also on picture 1.


texts: How can I accomplish gradient effects in Photoshop?

texts: I'd like the gradient to have more depth like the red  graphic has


texts: Setting column flow from R to L with Hebrew text

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I am setting up a document with one page english, the next translated in Hebrew. It's a 2 column layout, and I need to get the text on the hebrew page to first fill the R column and then the L column.
I know I could set up some workaround, but I'd love to learn how to do this the right way.
How can I do that? (I do not have the middle-eastern edition.)
Thanks!


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I was drawing in class and somehow created this and I want to make more of these tho I don't know how this is called?
Can someone please help???


texts: Critique: How can I improve my logo design?

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Can anyone give me some feedback on these logos -

I have been asked by a client to design a logo for a lingerie maker whose name in portuguese is "Virgem Lingerie", and means the same as virgin lingerie in English.

Please tell me which logos you think is best and worst and why.

How can I improve on the best and on the worst design?


texts: Creating Equal Colour Steps when Transitioning between Colours

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If i have 2 HSL colours and i'll like to find the colour values in equal steps between the 2 colours, how would I go about this?  Is there an equation or an online resource that would do this?

Example

If I have two colours:

hsl(195, 53%, 79%) and hsl(203, 36%, 14%)

I want to create 6 transition stages of equal linear measurement between the 2 colours. What I'll end up with is 8 colours in total — the 2 original colours and the 6 from the transitioning stages of the 1st colour to the 2nd.

Many thanks,


texts: Charge for the same design but different client?

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I designed a kids handbook for a prayer group a few years ago. I just got an email from the woman I worked with and she said another person from a different place asked if it is possible to somehow pay the designer for the right to use the work, which is already created, but change to the cover to have their logo on it. They want to know what I would charge.

Im curious if anyone else has dealt with a similar situation.

Would you charge the full price you charged the first client, or a discounted price since most of the work is done?


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I made an image in Illustrator with the pen tool and stuff and now it's kinda transparent. When I click the opacity however, it says that it's 100% on both the layer and the path. I have other layers that look perfectly fine, and if I multiply this layer then the opacity increases. I'm not sure what the problem is.

Transparency window and appearance windows say 100%. Also, I discovered that when I take a path from the layer and put it on a different layer, the opacity works fine.

Here's a capture:

You will see 2 objects and a lion cartoon, the lion cartoon was imported from google chrome, so the orange object on the right is on the lions layer, and the orange object on the left is on the layer where I created it. Hope the picture explains something XD


texts: How do I rotate the "angle" or "perspective" of an image to fit inside of an object? (Photoshop)

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I'm trying to fit a flat, straight-forward image into the slightly angled iPhone below. I don't know the difference between perspective, warp, skew, etc. and I'm not sure which tool I should use to achieve this effect. I've tried to use wrap and while it seems like I'm on track, it just doesn't look right.

Thanks!

Here is the image of the iPhone I'm trying to put the image inside of:


texts: Cannot change aspect ratio of embedded raster image after PDF import

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I imported a figure from PDF (generated from Latex) into Inkscape as SVG for final editing. After import the raster-image does not fit the axis anymore.

This would not be an issue, but for some reason I cannot adjust the size of the raster image with free aspect ratio to fit it to the axis.

The lock in the toolbar (next to size and position) is not locked so it should be possible.

Furthermore for some reason the image is completely blurred (you should be able to see large individual pixels). Probably some filter, but I tried to remove a filters, which did nothing.

This is the image after import (I removed all other elements as this is for an as of yet unpublished article):

This is when trying to resize to a much smaller square aspect ratio (for illustration). Note how the box is squared, but the image maintains its aspect ratio.


texts: How can I open a Corel Draw file in Adobe Creative Suite?

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I received some CorelDRAW files, and need to open them, preferably in Illustrator. But anything from the Adobe suit will do.
I do not have CorelDRAW and I have a Mac, is there a way to convert them?
There are a few websites that convert files, but I have close to 200 hundred files and the website doesn't handle that quantity.


texts: What program can be used to make book covers (digital and print)?

texts: I'm looking to start making book covers for myself and a few friends, and I am wondering what software to use. I have Photoshop and GIMP for the manipulation aspect, but what about the rest?


texts: What is the difference between figures illustration and images?

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It is mainly the term "figure" here that I question. Here is the source: http://condor.depaul.edu/dsimpson/pers/typography.html

The author of the page seems to distinguish these terms:

  Figures,  Tables, and Illustrations. Images--from simple drawings and
  stylized  icons to detailed diagrams and photographs--inevitably
  attract a  reader's attention and are certain to counteract the
  effects of a gray  page.

Would be great to have some hint about the difference between these elements.

the google dictionary affirms a figure is:
a number, especially one which forms part of official statistics or relates to the financial performance of a company.

a documentation about html affirms:
Use a  element to mark up a photo in a document

I doubt it is what the author of the linked page talks about.

How do these different terms fit together?

Any hint would be great,
thanks


texts: how do i align line segments that are supposed to branch off from another line?

texts: this is something i surely should know by now but i've somehow found a way to avoid it being a problem up to this point. is there an easy way to connect these lines so that they look as if they are branching off from the horizontal line? i've tried everything in the 'Align' toolbar but nothing is really giving me what i want. thank YOUUU


texts: How can I display text results/posts/sections in a user-friendly and intuitive way?

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I've been exploring design trends that use various ways to lay out text data (i.e. an Email app, Search Results, Blog Posts, etc.), and so I'm curious if anyone has any ideas for new ways to display such information?

Off the top of my head I can think of two key layouts:

Lists: The most common way of displaying sections/results/posts, usually including a title and a small to large section of content text below it, with all items stacked on top of each other. Examples of this would be your common blog, a mail app, or even the this site's home page. This design, of course, has seen a multitude of variation, like titles-only lists, color blocking, thumbnail inclusion, and so on.
Grids: This design pattern has become more prevalent in the past few years, and with rapidly advancing web browsers has been easier to pull off. The idea is to display your sections/results/posts in [fixed or dynamic height] box forms, with anywhere between 2 and ∞ boxes per row. The table layout has been around forever, but has since been typically unfavored amongst designers who opt for more control over spacing, height, and flexibility. More recently Masonry designs have been used to create somewhat of an interlocking brick style layout for these boxes. Examples of Grid and Masonry layouts would be the WordPress Fresh page, Pinterest, and Dribbble. Additionally, Microsoft has made use of Swiss grid layouts with their Windows 8 "tiles".

My question to you: given that we've overused lists and grids, can you think of any new way to display text results/posts/sections in a user-friendly and intuitive way?


texts: What resolution to use for large aluminum print?

texts: There seems to be a fair amount of controversy on this topic, however, I am planning on printing a 30x30" 3D design on aluminum, and I can't decide if 300 or 600dpi would work best. Or even higher. The only problem is that after rendering for most likely a week at 600dpi, I'm not sure if photoshop would be able to even handle making small edits to the design. Also, printing on aluminum is pricey enough where it makes me anxious to print at a quality that might just pass as "okay". This is for an art show/gallery, by the way, so people will be viewing it very closely I am sure.


texts: Is Inkscape unable to import asymptote vector graphics properly?

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Background:

Inkscape usually imports vectors properly, with no issues, both from EPS or PDF. What helps in this process is "Poppler".

Asymptote is a  software that given some data is able to render 3d graphics, also is able to export them to EPS or PDF.

Question:

The files obtained using Asymptote can't be opened as vectors with Inkscape (the are opened as bitmap images). Why?

Am I suppose to do something additional in order to open the files with Inkscape?

P.S.: Asymptote output example: test.eps, test.pdf.


texts: Is this shadow realistic (photo composite)

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I've added a man to this composite and added shadow. I made the light source more distinctive above tree, a bit left. Based on this I draw green lines to figure out the shadow direction. The shadows for the lamps look quite long, it seems the sun is quite low then? I tried to make the shadow more sharp and stronger more near the subject and more blurry, wide and transparent further away it goes.

For both of the lamps I did lines, but the lines don't seem to meet in a light source - sun. Would last picture (https://i.stack.imgur.com/AASTF.jpg) indicate a more accurate shadow direction?

Let me know your feedback.


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I was wondering if there is any design pattern for making overlapping text to show nicer in a scene.

How my scene looks like; I have orbs with various colours and small differences in size and each one has a label in the bottom of this orb. Is there any way to make more manageable, the case when some orbs are quite close to each other then the texts overlap quite heavily


texts: SVG xlink:href path to .jpg not working (inside my website project)

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Why, when I open my .svg file alone in the browser it does show the picture from xlink:href but inside my website project it does not show the picture from xlink:href?

This is the image from xlink:href --> https://s10.postimg.org/ky5y39vvd/Untitled-19.png

Inside my website project I use either img tag or background-image to link to my .svg file...

The point is I want .svg file to work inside my website project :)

This is my SVG file:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events" version="1.1" baseProfile="full">
    <title>Text Pattern Fill Example</title>
    <defs>
        <pattern id="img1" patternUnits="userSpaceOnUse" width="120" height="140">
            <image xlink:href="https://s10.postimg.org/e2h45vefd/alex-iby.jpg" x="0" y="0" width="120" height="300"
             transform="translate(135.780723, 50.780723) rotate(90.000000) translate(-55.780723, -60.780723)"
             /><!-- Image from http://silviahartmann.com/background-tile/6-grass-meadow-tile.php-->
        </pattern>
    </defs>

        <path d="M59.2078786,111.129597 C101.335439,132.142715 115.952158,85.5158857 115.952158,53.9197716 C115.952158,22.3236576 102.07475,5.17108475 70.7357496,5.17108475 C39.3967496,5.17108475 13.4042112,19.8971044 -0.939389391,40.9853457 C-15.28299,62.0735871 17.0803178,90.1164792 59.2078786,111.129597 Z"  transform="translate(55.780723, 60.780723) rotate(-90.000000) translate(-55.780723, -60.780723) " fill="url(#img1)"></path>
</svg>


texts: How yellow color is formed using RGB color model?

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It is said that red, blue and yellow are the 3 primary colors, which can't be formed by any other color.

Then how come we create yellow color in RGB color model?

Is there any theory or reason behind this?


texts: InDesign: blurry text from linked graphics

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When I place a graphic on a page, it messes the text up, makes it look bold and messy, I've never noticed this happening before and I've been using ID for a few years.
I have a document that is set up to look like a diary page, it has a background image layer, then a layer with tables, then a final layer with text. When I add a graphic, or even just a box the text seems to get bolder. Even if the graphic object is hidden it seems to happen!
In the screenshot, the one on the right is before the graphic is added. Any ideas?


texts: Is it possible in indesign to just write one single line without frame, similar to photoshop?

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I am new to indesign but is it possible to write a single line to text or a single word without getting a text frame around? As we do in photoshop?

I am trying to write one single letter which can shrink or expand without any boundaries.


texts: I am designing a mobile app for the Android OS. I am currently using Adobe XD. What is the base screen size that I can use to start designing so that 1px is equal to 1dp or 1sp. Also what is the difference between px dp and sp?


texts: What settings do I use to export a high-quality *.gif file?

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I created a loader animation icon using the shape tool (ellipse). But when I export my animation, the circle has jagged edges and the quality isn't good.

What are good settings to prevent these edges and have a high-quality .gif as a result?


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i have to state that i have no idea about font design but i always wondered why there was never a font that fully supports mathematical notation especially multi part mathematical notation such as numbers rasied to a power or an integral with boundaries. and pretty much all the advanced things that LaTeX supports.

for example in arabic i can write
ب and by adding another part to that char i can make it بُ  or  بَ and so on.

my question is why dont't we have a font that support advanced mathematical
notation?
is it because how conventional text editors work or because its as
painful as it gets to create such font?

some advanced examples:


texts: Don't ask why BUT after all this time, I realized this guy using a "Loupe" tool throughout his tutorial. Is there such a tool/plugin within Photoshop or is this most likely done in post?  I hate asking such question but it's like a bad itch.  ;)


texts: I have a problem with creating a simple lines patterns. I need few patterns (see picture) which I can use repeatedly. Something like brushes in Photoshop. How can I do this? Thanks


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I added arrow heads in Inkscape through Fill and Stroke editor. Now I can not delete them.

Tried to find the option in the drop-down list which I used for the arrows addition, with no result.

Here is me trying to do that:


texts: Bleed of a flyer designed in Illustrator

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I designed a 5.5" x 4 3/16" inch flyer in Illustrator. I set the bleed to 0.125 inch. I finished the flyer and saved it using the PDF/X-1a:2001 preset, left the rest as default. Then delivered it to the client. But he is asking me to create a one-eighth-inch bleed and crop marks. How come? Because I already set the bleed as I said before to 0.125 inch. I also printed a sample of the flyer to check that, and it is printed correctly.

I am really confused, should I save it as a press quality PDF and mark the printer's marks and bleeds or leave it the same?


texts: What colors to use in a music player application that is used inside a car while driving?

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I have 4 buttons (playback buttons) and 4 pre-selected music-track (song) buttons.

Actually the content is not important.

The screen will always be on like a GPS application.

There will be 2 different set of colors for day and night.

It is easier to find colors for usage while the user is stationary and nothing is moving. However while in car, it both must not attract the eye (so not distract the driver) and also must be visible and quickly separable enough.

I am not a graphic designer and I have no experience and tested-knowledge for best set of colors to use in this situation.

I do not ask directly which colors to use, but I ask what kind of colors to use or is there a site or application that has color-sets for this kind of usage? (somehow like "kuler")


texts: How to create metalic reflection effect in pixel art?

texts: Currently I just randomly drawing right leaning segments with lighter colour, and sometimes It looks better sometimes it doesn't. But I don't understand what kind of pattern should I follow.


texts: Automatically move its associated objects when move one object

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In Adobe Illustrator, if we create a graphic figure with multiple related objects, we may want them move dependently. Let me show you a case:

I created a figure with 3 circles and 2 segments, the 2 segments connected the 3 circles on their centers. When I moved one of the circles, saying the middle, what I wanted was the 2 segments still connected its center. However currently the result is they seem independent with each other.

How can I make it work?


texts:
This is a great drawing animation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG4xe9cNpP0

On which I don't know how to achieve the following:

1)Moving background creating the sensation of distance between the drawing and the background.

2)Soft moving of the camera from one section of the drawing to the another.

3)How the size of some images like the text bubbles changes from 0 to their final size, lovely effect.

Any hint of Sw and technique used?

Regards.


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Hello fellow creatives!

I know this sounds like a stupid question, but this has been driving me insane for ages!

How do I achieve the following in adobe illustrator:

How do I create a slanted text look with a bordering box whilst maintaining its aspect ratio? I know this sounds confusing, so here is an image of what I am trying to achieve.

Thanks in advance!
Stay creative!


texts: Is there an Illustrator version of updating linked objects/assets like you can with smart objects in Photoshop in multiple artboards?

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I'm attempting to create a shorter process/template for creating display banners that involve text/imagery without having to manually update each artboard. I use both Photoshop and Illustrator, but unlike Illustrator, Photoshop has smart objects that automatically update.

Does anyone know of a way to update any graphics, text, etc on multiple artboards in Illustrator that are linked? I've tried updating assets in the cc library but it only updates within the library itself, not placed objects. It'd be incredibly insightful if anyone has a better process for creating mass amounts of digital banners that can be updated more efficiently!


texts: Resize before convert or convert before resize?

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Is it better to resize an image before converting it from png to jpg, or to convert it before resizing it?

Same for cropping instead of resizing (but I guess that cropping before or after makes no diff)


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I´m new creating assets for iOS. I only did UI until now. I´m a bit confused creating assets ini photoshop. Anyone can let me know the image size in pixels for 1x, 2x and 3x? I´m wrong whit these? 1x= 320x480px 2x= 640x1136px (5&5s), 750x1334px (6) 3x= 1242x2208px (6+)

When I try to create assets, I start from a psd size 1242x2208 and try to create the 2x and 1x from that, but the size in pixels are weird...I started with the bigger size because I´m using pictures on my PSD, not only shapes and smart objects.

What I´m doing wrong? :(

Thanks!!


texts: What is the average pixel size for human writing?

texts: While creating a form in .pdf format it occurred to me that I did not know or see where to get stats on what the average human pt or px size is for writing.  Typically I would just design what appeared to look good for the design and I didn't find anything after my search.  Could the average pixel size be typically what Word uses as a default 11 pixels or is that program specific?  So my question is what do you consider as the average pixel or point size for human writing in form design?


texts: How to avoid InDesign adding pages automatically?

texts: I don't know why it's doing this but it keeps adding pages horizontally, when I delete those 2 on the right, it adds them again automatically.


texts: How to make this shadow in Photoshop for object which lifts high enough to allow light to pass through in one area?

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Ever since I found designs that has this warped shadow effect I couldn't stop trying it out and see if I could do it. I've already done my research and I can't seem to get it perfectly. I'm trying to achieve this:

I'm trying to achieve that shadow effect below the large image. It's on the green background. But so far this is what I came up with:

I don't think it's the same as the first image. Well, it's not really the same cause the shadow on the first picture is on a green background but I'm saying, it's really not perfect like the first one. Please tell me how to make this perfectly. I know there are a lot of ways to achieve this but I am really running out of ideas. I already tried every method I know of.

I already checked the said "duplicate". It's quite not the same as what I'm trying to achieve. I wanna achieve the first image's shadow PERFECTLY not similarly. I've already gotten it similarly now I wanna achieve it perfectly.

Here's more of what I came up with:

Okay, so this question is about modifying curved shadows to simulate a bulge that lifts high enough for some light scatter to soften the middle of the shadow. - user568458

^ that is exactly the problem. Thank you for pointing it out for me user568458

An update:

It's still not perfect but this is what I came up with trying what user568458's suggestion.


texts: How can I convert to a custom shape in Adobe illustrator

texts: In illustrator I can convert a selected shape to another shape by the Effect > Convert to Shape option. Now I need to convert to custom shapes, e.g. some shapes created myself. Is there any way to do that?


texts: (Illustrator) How to avoid including an item in an expanded Group or Layer when moving it in the Layers Panel?

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I just migrated from CS5 to CC and am being frustrated by an apparent removal of functionality of the Layers panel. I am habituated to the behavior in CS5 that allowed me to move an item to the bottom of an expanded group or layer and depending on where I dragged it to, the item could be included in the grouping or not. In Illustrator CC it seems that if the group or layer is expanded then dragging an item below it always includes it in the grouping.

Is there a way to reclaim the lost behavior or modify the new behavior to provide me with better control of where an item is placed?

This is especially frustrating when dealing with items in groups that I want to remove from the group but keep underneath the rest of the items in the group, because I cannot collapse the group while still accessing the item I want to remove from it.


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I have a CV Photoshop templated I bought from Graphicriver which, according to the author comes in A4 format. Carefully I've edited it to my needs, but maintaining its canvas size. After finishing it, and like I've done so many times, I open InDesign and configure my document as A4 and then place the .psd file into it... which must fit since both have the same A4 canvas size, am I right?

Well, it's not in this case. When I try to place the PSD archives in InDesign (initially configured as A4 too) it comes a little out of the A4 InDesign sheet, and if I try to manually transform it and match the width, then the hight will be affected since now the .psd document will get short regards InDesign canvas hight.

I've also tried to configure a new preset in InDesign so the document size can match the .psd, but it's useless. In Photoshop, when I check the canvas size, it shows me 8.517 inches x 11.943 inches, and if I configure a new document preset in InDesign with those exact numbers, then the document it's gonna be way too big than my .psd file.

Is this really complicated, or I'm just an insane noob?


texts: Grid-based design in Illustrator -- need help setting up a grid!

texts: I'm trying to explore grid-based layout design in Illustrator to help me create mockups for prototypes. I was wondering if anybody here could help me set up a grid based layout easily in Illustrator CS6?  I was hoping to find step-by-step directions but I can't seem to find anything when I look online!


texts: how do I create a gradient fill in InDesign where both ends have zero opacity to the fill but the middle is 100% opaque? For example a box over a black background has a fill that is transparent to start and then is 100% white in the center and then transparent on the other end.


texts: Do professional markers stain each other?

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When using professional markers (like Letraset Promarker or Copic markers), is there a risk of having ink from one colour stain or dirty another marker when drawing over it?

For example, if I draw a red area, and then draw over it with a light beige, could the beige pen pick up some of the red, and then draw a pinkish tone on consequent strokes?


texts: Adobe Illustrator graph tool falsely rounds numbers

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When I enter a number like 1839986 in a cell, Illustrator rounds it to 1839990. It is even worse for numbers with more digits.

I need to produce infographics on a constant basis. What's the remedy?


texts: Erase/Select all contiguous shapes smaller than a certain number of pixels in Photoshop

texts: I have a layer in Photoshop of star trails, but just the trails themselves. Every pixel in the layer, for now, is white. Around the pixels there are also stray pixels of white that are a result of noise from the image that was toned similar to the stars. Is there a way that I can select and erase these stray pixels? Perhaps by selecting all contiguous shapes smaller than 10 pixels?


texts: Automate Export to Layers without overwriting

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Here is the problem. I have a folder of PNGs. For each PNG, I want to create multiple PNGs with different styles applied to them.

My approach was to create an action which creates multiple layers for each PNG. Different styles were applied to different layers and the then each layer was exported to PNG using, 'Scripts > Export Layers as Files. Since Export Layers as Files requires you add a prefix to exported files' filenames, when I use 'Automate > Batch' to apply action to all PNGs in folder, the files generated are overwritten.

I have being trying to find a solution to this problem but haven't gotten anywhere so far. Automating Export Layers to Files is a similar problem but there isnt any valid answer.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks!
Loveleen


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I am a designer that wants to do some free design work for people, but the problem is, how do I find people to do free work for? Is there any place online?

The reason behind this is that I am good at this, but I don't have any clients, or any previous experience and I am a freelancer, so this would look good on my portfolio.

My skills are very vast and include : 3D, 2D animation, 3D modeling, motion design, stop motion animation,video editing, game design, level design, FluidSIM, illustration, unreal engine 4, graphics design, editorial design, web design and I also know HTML5, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery.

By free work, I mean that the clients don't have to pay a single penny for the work that I do.


texts: Creating PDF/A conform files with Adobe Illustrator

texts:
I need to create PDF/A conform files of technical drawings with Adobe Illustrator.

Are there any presets for saving PDF/A files? Or do I need Adobe Acrobat Pro for this?


texts: How does the Golden Ratio/Spiral Work? Is it useful with Logo Design?

texts:
I will be looking to create a Logo very shortly.  I am not formally educated in this principle, where I am self learning through a variety of online resources.

Through my learning, I have come across the term 'Golden Ratio' and the 'Golden Spiral'.  I have read and watched countless resources but my only taking is that the ratio is set at 1:1.618 and its purpose is to help inform the creation of something that is visually pleasing.

I understand how ratios and proportionality works.  Where I am at a loss, is on where and how these ratios and spirals are integrated into the design process.

Due to not actually getting anywhere with my understanding, I thought I would look at some images that claim to abide by these ratios and spirals.  Using Photoshop, I then placed the Spiral on top of the images as an overlay as follows ...

I understand the ratio of 1:1.618.  When it comes to the Grid approach, would I be right in saying that each Box is simply in proportion of its adjacent Boxes by a ratio of 1.618?  Does it matter where the Grids are and how many Boxes the image includes?  For example, I could place many more Boxes within the Grid approach, as long as they follow the 1.618 ratio?  Obviously, the more Boxes being added, the smaller they would have to be.

Assuming I have understood the Mathematics/Technicalities of the Golden Ratio Grid, I am still at a loss of its implementation.  What exactly should I look out for and what would I need to ensure was in each Box for example.

That still leaves the question ... How does the Spiral work?

Maybe its just the frustrations within but it often seems to be that many resources try and make the Spiral fit an image rather than the Spiral informing the ideation and creative process.

Any clarification, on this, would be greatly appreciated since I am at a loss at its usage.


texts: Creating a color scheme that looks good on screen and when photocopied in black and white

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I'm trying to create a color scheme for text headlines that will have distinctly different colors for each level of header, but will also print out mostly dark. I looked at http://colorbrewer2.org/ , but that generates colors that will look different when printed in black and white (e.g. you have two regions on a map that are right next to each other, and you want them to look different). What I don't want is colors that will be lighter than each other when photocopied: In other words, I want those with a color screen/printer to see the colors, but when photocopied in black and white, they will all be fairly dark headlines.

I saw the following question, but it's not quite what I'm trying to do:

How to find a color scheme that is also useful when printed in black and white

Yes, contrast is the issue, but I guess what my real question is "How do I know how dark a color will print in black and white?"

I'm working on curriculum materials with rather simple design (readings and worksheets) for high school physics classes. The main place where I hope to use color will be in headlines, so they will all be on white backgrounds. The materials are currently in black and white. I'd like to use different colors for headline levels (H1, H2, etc.), so they will jump out for students using electronic versions (on iPads and other devices), but also ensure that some of the headlines don't turn too gray/light. The materials will be distributed as Word and PDF files, and most teachers who are photocopying the documents will likely print the PDF versions on a B&W laser printer first, then photocopy from that document (so the nature of the filters on the photocopier isn't that important, I think).

I'm thinking that if I start with #000000 and start adding just a bit of each color (e.g. #000088 and #008800), these should print fairly dark, but I'm wondering if there is any tool out there that would help me pick colors that "go together" well (I'm a teacher and an amateur designer, so I often rely on online tools like colorbrewer2 to help me find "decent" color schemes).

Thanks again for your time and responses.


texts: What is the US agency to copyright designs made outside US?

texts: Is there any website of a United States copyright agency, to protect a design, lets say a cartoon, but for design made outside US?


texts: How Can You Remove Grain from Photographs?

texts: I've took some photographs at a photoshoot last week. The lighting conditions weren't right for the shoot (my fault entirely) and the camera we used was a compact. Unfortunately this means that the photograph is quite grainy. Anyone know a good Photoshop (or similar) technique to improve this?


texts: What is the relationship between hue, saturation and value?

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I see people adding color on top of a gray-scale drawing and their colors look great, but when I do myself, the colors look terrible (dirty, not the color I seem to pick from the color wheel). People tell me I need to learn about tone and value and the color wheel. I've gathered from this site and others that tone is really hue, which is really what we call color. But I'm not sure how saturation and value work into this.

What is the relationship between hue, saturation, and value and how does this factor in to coloring a gray-scale picture?

And even a good explanation of the color wheel would probably help. Thanks.


texts: I'm working on a design which is to be printed and displayed on a 8ft by 2.32ft. What dimension can I use when using photoshop because I can't find any fonts that can extend that large. Thanks.


texts: Affinity Designer: Using the flood fill tool on selected area

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I want to colour an element of my drawing. To save time, I selected the area I wanted to fill and expanded the selection before using the flood fill tool. However, the pixelated white line still shows up. In other words, the expansion of my selection was completely ignored.
I wouldn't like to manually fill in the colour with the brush tool.
How could I achieve a clean fill (without the pixelated line)?


texts: Layout term for bar or rectangle of solid color

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I'm trying to find the term for a rectangle or figure made of rectangles of solid color, as found sometimes near the title on the front page of publications and websites. I have looked at various glossaries of page layout terminology and so far have not found the term for this.

Example 1: the black rectangle above the title (“The Word”) in the following image.

Example 2: the neon cherry L-shaped thing around the title.


texts: Is it possible to maintain position when pasting into a layer mask?

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The question says it all I think.

When I paste into a layer mask, the pasted pixels re-orientate themselves into the centre of the image.

But I would like them to maintain the exact position they were in on the layer I copied them from.

Is this possible, and if so, how?


texts: I have both adobe Photoshop 6.0 and 7.0. How do i save multiple sets automatically, as say, JPG files?

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Thanks for looking but please do not answer with solutions to Photoshops that are newer than 7.0

I have both adobe Photoshop 6.0 and 7.0. How do I save multiple sets automatically, as say, JPG files? Even automatically saving individual layers would be better than nothing, as i could flatten each set.

I seem to be only able to find solutions for newer versions.

For example I have 30 layers. Each layer is its own image. I want to save each set has layers that represent a jpg file. name doesn't matter as long as there ends up with 30 jpg files.

I do not see Scripts in my versions of photoshop.


texts: Is it possible to draw a gradient with a brush or vector path?

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Let's say I have a circle in a vector art program like Inkscape. I'd like to animate this circle so that it's revealed from two opposite corners simultaneously (i.e. drawing a pair of semicircles from the top and bottom corners, which eventually meet up at the right and left corners). However, I need to record this as a gradient in order to animate it (in Unity, in this case).

I only know how to create gradients with predefined patterns, like a straight line or radial shape. Is there any way to "draw" a gradient as an arbitrary path? It can be a raster image if necessary; I just need a way to tell Unity how to reveal the image over time.


texts: Correct anti-aliasing color when moving to a new background?

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look at the bottom of the two lines

To make the line appear smooth, intermediate colors between the color of the background and the line have been added at its edge. In this case, black has been anti-aliased to white. What if I wanted to crop an anti-aliased shape (like the line on the bottom) but correct the anti-aliasing color to that of its new background? So if the background were blue, how could I change the black-white anti-aliasing to black-blue?

Essentially, I have a red shape that has edges that fade to a white background, and I want to move it onto a black background and correct its edges to fade to black. What tools can I use to do this?


texts: Is there a way to extrude an image in Photoshop?

texts: I want to create a new icon for my application according to the new Android Design Guidelines. Is there any way to get my 2D silhouette and automatically extrude it to create the 3D effect?