texts: Pixel Grid issues and aligning anchors in Adobe Illustrator

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I cannot get my anchors to align properly, whether it's a new document or an existing one.

Exact same issue as this, only now with CC, there doesn't seem to be a way to "uncheck align to pixel grid" and Adobe has no fix for this issue in their "Help" and I couldn't find anything (current) on their forums.
Is there a different label for it, or has this feature been removed completely?


texts: Clipping filling the intersection instead of cutting

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I'm fairly new to Inkscape, so I was trying to clip the upper part of this letter "e" with a rounded rectangle, but when I do that instead of getting the usual result of having the area outside the rectangle removed I instead got the intersection of both objects filled up with black, as you can see in this GIF:

By the way, if I try to create a normal rectangle and clip the bottom object it clips exactly as intended.


texts: How can I automatically number the survey questions in my InDesign document?

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I'm relatively new to InDesign and I just know that I'm going about this project in a less than ideal fashion. I've done a lot of Google searching about numbering, but I seem to know little enough about InDesign that I can't quite phrase my search right.

Part of the reason I'm having trouble finding an answer is due to the way I want my document to be laid out. The simplest way to demonstrate this is with a picture:

You can see here that I have a 3p0 offset for most of the body text of the survey from the edge of the text frame. A blue margin separator (currently obscured by a guide; sorry) is put in at 1p6 inside the text frame. The text frame itself is 1p6 offset from the document margin which is 1p6 offset from the page edge.

I want my question numbers to appear just as they do here - between the document margin and the text frame - but I want the numbering to be automatic, and I want the numbers to follow along with the question text. Currently I am positioning and numbering manually.

I generally understand auto numbering (that's what I'm using for the page numbers) and paragraph/table styles, but I'm still unable to figure this out. How can I achieve this effect in a more manageable way?


texts: How do you set the text colour in Indesign to change depending on page background?

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I have an InDesign spread where some pages have a white background and some have a red background.

I want to flow text across both types of pages, and change the text colour depending on what the background is.

I could change it manually, but obviously then when I change the text / resize text boxes there is a good chance I'll end up with the wrong colour text on the page. Is there a way I can set this?

Have seen people do something using blending modes, but that's not really going to work here. I want white text on the red background pages and grey text on the white background pages.


texts: Work with multiple selections simultaneously in Photoshop

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I am using Photoshop CS5 to work with an image that will be composed of about forty separate pieces that I want to be able to move and rotate independently, something like a jigsaw puzzle.

I don't believe I can have more than one selection per layer, so I am expecting to have one layer per piece.

Is there a way that the move tool can operate on whichever selection is under the mouse pointer instead of having to switch between layers or control-clicking the selection? I really want it to behave as if all the selections are on a single layer, but with their own z-order


texts: Wavy Lines going thick to thin around circle

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been trying to work this out from Google links but getting no where.

I haven't used Adobe illustrator for a while to custom draw anything, but have a client needing a pattern like this one:

Essentially lines fanning out, going thin to thick with the same spacing. I had them all the same distance and thickness arcing around. They drew up this sketch tho of lines that get wider as they go along.

Can anyone give me a tutorial on how to do this please....?

Update:
Tried using the Blend tool. Sort of worked, but the lines are not stepping with equal distance. Is there a way to adjust this?


texts: Changing Color of Path Guides in Illustrator

texts: Not sure if "path" is the right term here... I'm trying to change the color of the outline in Illustrator when using the pen tool. My border is set to black and the background of the artboard is white however the guide or outline is yellow. How can I change this yellow color?


texts: Reset/avoid distorted Illustrator graph text labels after scaling?

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Adobe Illustrator's graph tool is... special. A veteran of many software updates (successfully surviving all of them unscathed...) one of its many quirks is that you cannot resize a graph object that hasn't been ungrouped, other than by using the Scale tool (S).

So, if you have a graph like this:

...and you need to adapt it to fit in a smaller vertical (or horizontal) space, you end up with something like this:

Note the ugly squashed distorted text labels on the Y axis.

You can select just the text labels, using the Group Selection tool (white arrow with plus sign, no keyboard shortcut) and clicking twice on a label. Is there any way to tell each of these to reset their scaling? (Transform Each is greyed out because it's a graph and won't settle for any of that new-fangled nonsense).

Or, any other way of scaling a chart that keeps the text labels in the right place, at the right dimensions?

Some options I'm aware of, all of which are a bit rubbish:

Replace them. Setting the fill for the labels to none, and just putting your own labels in, aligning and spacing them with the tools in the Align palette. This is a pain when you have lots of charts or need to update the charts frequently
Bodge the Y-axis scale. Changing the Y axis scale of the chart, instead of scaling it. So in my example, I might under Graph type > Value Axis > Override calculated values set 'max' to 4,000, halving the height of the chart, and doubling the amount of divisions. Then with the direct selection tool, I'd drag the vertical axis line down to the 2000 mark, and set the fill of everything above 2000 to none. This works (and is my current favoured option), but it's a serious hack and scatters my files with invisible chart debris (and the direct selection tool work needs re-doing each time the data is updated).
Abusing Illustrator's type tools to compensate. For example, if you scaled the text vertically to 50%, setting the 'Vertical Scale' option in the Character window to 200%, hoping the two distorting scalings will cancel each other out. Sounds like a recipe for horribly unclean type.
Start again. Deleting the chart and creating a new one at the appropriate size. This is sometimes the easiest way, and results in no debris, but it's obviously not an ideal solution.

Any other / better ways?


texts: Can I get Illustrator to save an SVG and retain a transparent stroke?

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Below is an icon comprised of two images. The top image has a 1px transparent stroke "knocking out" the layer below. This is fine as an .ai file.

However when I save as .svg the stroke has disappeared.

Is there any way of saving an .svg file and keeping the transparent stroke masking the layer below?

Thanks.


texts: Substract shape with gradient with letter

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My problem is that when I try to substract the K from the shape by using the Shape builder tool, it messes up the gradient on the shape. How can I manage to keep the gradient as it is but also avoid this very little line.

This is the expected result, but the K is actually white (not transparent) and also, there is a very thin circle line when the K intersect with the circle borders.

You can see here the very thin line.

This is the K which is used to substract with shape builder tool. To do so, I make sure that both K and shape are not grouped, and then I click on the tool and click on the K

This is the result of the substraction. As you can see, the gradient is completely messed up compared to how it was before.

The requirement is also that we need that to stay a vector.


texts: Help me to find name of this script font

texts: I'm trying to find the font used in the image below. I tried in the myfont and whatfontis websites but did not find it. Can anybody can help me to find the name of the font?


texts: Can I create rotated (skewed) guides/grid in scribus?

texts: I would like to use skewed guides in scribus, reproducing a layout of tiles where "verticals" are about 80 degrees to the horizontal line. I don't see this option in scribus, am I overlooking something? Inkscape offers that possibility. Thanks!


texts: Batch Resizing images in Photoshop through an external data sheet

texts: Is it possible to resize an image automatically, by letting Photoshop take the variable sizes from an external data (such as an Excel spreadsheet, Width and Height columns) and execute them and save them in a folder?


texts: Illustrator CC: Mapping Art to 3D Object in Illustrator but the "Surfaces" aren't fully selected

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I'm lost here. 2 hours down the drain trying to figure this out.

This is what's happening:

I'm trying to map text to a flag shape for a client's logo. I've followed the steps outlined here for an idea of what to do. Pretty much every other post I've looked at says essentially the same thing as that tutorial.

My problem is that when I go to map my artwork to the flag shape (an extruded 1pt stroke), in the "Map Art" dialogue box, none of the surfaces encompass the entire shape. I get the edges, top, bottom, and the main middle part (the part I want the text to appear) is broken up into smaller groups.

For example, I'll have 7 surfaces. One will be the bottom line, another the top line, two edges, the back (or part of) and then the middle bit is a group of different sections - none of which is big enough to hold the text.

I have no idea why it's doing this. I would love any help!


texts: what's the name for this kind of a representation? the one with the upper arc


texts: Photoshop/Illustrator difference in blend modes

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I have used photoshop for some time and am now trying to learn Illustrator (Both version CS5)
I would like to know if there is a difference in the way the blend modes work between these two apps, specifically "Hard Light", I have included an example of the results of using the hard light blend mode on a white to black gradient square on a block of solid colour.  The left image is what I would expect from Photoshop and on the right is what Illustrator displayed, is there anything I'm missing here?

Comparison of Photoshop and Illustrator Hard Light blend mode:


texts: Why Is Placed Image In Photoshop So Blurry?

texts: The image looks perfectly fine when placed in Illustrator, why so blurry in Photoshop? I need to use Photoshop because I'm planning on doing a color replacement. See screenshots for comparison - both feature the same image. Thanks!


texts: Auto crop to the maximum area that has pixels

texts: Case: I have a circle 200x200, then I add a drop shadow to it, so the shadow is outside of the visible part. If I click crop and click in one of the areas to adjust it shows me the area that have pixels on it. So my question is: Is there a command to crop to that area? Because going manually isn't a good option. I am using Photoshop 21.


texts: How to preserve and reproduce lighting effects on print

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I'm doing an LP cover with some lighting effects that looks great on screen. I really want to be sure to get this printed as nice as possible, so I'd like some advice on appropriate print specs for this (paper, color & laquer types etc.).

I haven't got any theoretical know-how on stuff like this, the few graphic designs I've done has been totally learning by doing, so please bear with me:)

Here's a slice of the LP cover so you can the effects I'm talking about.

Thanks in advance,

cheers


texts: CSS equivalent to Adobe XD's “Background Blur” feature?

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Developing a page based on an Adobe XD comp.

Since Adobe XD doesn't let you export CSS, I've been hand-coding each element's CSS attributes.

I'm trying to figure out what would be the CSS equivalents for the following screenshots.

Blurred rectangle with un-blurred text on top:

Blurred rectangle XD setings:

Based on the "Fill" and "81%", it's easy enough to grab the HEX value, convert it to RGB, then write background-color: rgba(54,93,62,0.81), but I have no idea what the equivalent CSS would be for the "Background Blur" settings.

I tried filter: blur(16px) brightness(1.3) opacity(.34) but that does not give the desired effect -- also, while it does blur the <div> element of the box, the part of the background image that comes through does not get blurred, if that makes sense.


texts: Logo colors look very different on different devices, how to resolve?

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I designed a logo with a CMYK of C:60, M:0 ,Y:50, K:0. On my PC (Windows 8) it appears teal, which is the color that the client wanted. When I sent it to her, it appeared like a very bright lime green, and the same happened  at the printer. I don't know if this problem is from my Adobe suit or my PC colors. I checked the color on Illustrator CS5, Photoshop CS5, PDF, and when I open it as a .jpeg file as well, it's teal everywhere. And I made sure that the document is set to CMYK as well as the colors.  When I checked the values online, they appeared like the bright lime green my clients mentioned.

How can I resolve this because I'm having the same problem now with a different design. I have a bright maroon for a background of a poster, but on other devices it seems closer to black.
Please help!


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I have a small project where the background needs gradient. I was using Phosothop CS5.1 but decided to upgrade to CS6 because it had the dither feature
After upgrading and I opended the file I saw that now there also were some bandings on the shadows!? What the ....
The bandings wasn't there in CS5.1? How to get rid of it!?
The file is 16 bit

And I have also tried to check the dither feature on the background with gradient?! The bandings is also still on the background

I consider downgrading to CS5 because the result got even worse
download file
http://wikisend.com/download/415326/slides.psd


texts: Is it possible to use a real life photo of a building in Sketchup and add 3D objects?

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I have taken some photos of public spaces and I want to add items to these spaces such as people and market stalls in right scale. Is this possible with Sketchup if I somehow define the 3D space and items in the photo?
(as long as the finished picture is from the same angle).


texts: How to retain color in a client's logo when changing from rgb to cmyk

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I am working on a project for a client and got a logo from them in pdf & png format, but they are both rgb.

The logo is a bright blue and when I try to change it to cmyk for print the color changes.

I have tried in lots of different ways to maintain their color as much as possible, but with no luck. I need to send a CMYK pdf to the printer and the color of the logo is not the blue they want.

I have to keep the color because it is the brand and it is a big company.
They have already said this is all they have and always use these so it should work.


texts: What font did Nintendo use for the freeze-frame titles in their newcomer trailers for the 2014 Super Smash Bros. games?

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In building up to the release of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, Nintendo has been teasing the release of new playable characters by slowly releasing CGI trailers that feature Badass Freeze-Frame Shots (warning: TVTropes link) of the new fighters being, well, badass. Here's an example from the E3 2013 trailer that introduced Mega Man as a playable character:

Ever since the first teaser dropped, there has been an influx of allegedly hilarious faked screenshots made to play on hopeful fans' emotions. Some are artistically impressive, but nobody seems to be able to get the font quite right.

What font do the official teasers use?


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I can't find what font is on the following picture:

Can you help?


texts: Shifting the hue value of multiple objects in Inkscape

texts: Is it possible to shift the Hue value of multiple selected objects by a certain amount in Inkscape 0.92?


texts: How to use the 3-D scale/rotate tool to create depth in Illustrator?

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I've a very simple rectangular shape that has been filled with a hexagon texture. I'm looking to create a sense of depth by keeping the lowermost row of the hexagons largest while transforming the top row to be smaller so they are appear to be in the distance.

This would be similar to creating a chessboard like 3-D feel. Any recommendations or proper ways to use the tool without relocating the actual placement of the rectangle – just be inner dimensions?


texts: Style name for 2D outline of human 3D mannequin poses (user manuals)?

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I have seen these types of illustrations in manuals; but now I try to find a representative example, I can't - best I can find is this, from a service that (probably manually) generates vector images for user manuals from photos ( https://vector-conversions.com/vector-drawings-for-manuals-and-technical-diagrams.html ):

So, I was wondering, is there a name for this kind of "dry" 2D (out)line-art of 3D human poses (like the hand above), primarily intended for use in user manuals?
(I'd almost be tempted to call it ligne claire - but, while similar, that already refers to something distinctly different)
Also, are there softwares that offer a few predefined poses (sitting at desk, standing) of human mannequins in 3D, and allow for adjustments of the poses - and can generate and export this kind of 2D line art (e.g. where the mannequins head is just sort of an ellipse)?


texts: Trying to save a file in illustrator but it will only save the text and graphic and none of the white space

texts: I'm trying to save a square image from illustrator. The background is totally white, with just black text and a black graphic in the centre. When I export it, it is only exporting the area which has the text and graphic. How do I save the WHOLE image?


texts: How to edit an EPS with GIMP or Inkscape

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Newbie here. I wanted to design a wallpaper, (I was starting with a 1280x1024 size), so I downloaded this graphic from freepik [ see link below ] but I cannot figure out how to edit it.

First I loaded it into GIMP using ghostscript but the EPS file came out tiny

And then I tried to load it through Inkscape, but it either came out tiny like above or lost quality (pixelated)

(gimp on the left; zoomed in inkscape on the right)

I've tried a bunch of different things, but I don't exactly know what I'm doing...

I want to be able to edit the background/background colors (which seems like it should be transparent) and edit and/or remove the text. The lines of the bubbles have a bit of transparency to them so I want to be able to see the background through it if possible.

I've tried "ungrouping" the layers, but I am unsure if that even did anything.

Please explain what program I should be using, where I may be going wrong, and a step by step to fix this.

EDIT:
When I attempted to specify the resolution/size (tested at 1000) in gimp, it was bigger - but pixelated...


texts: Hands-on design: What material was used for this piece?

texts: I was curious as to how this design was crafted, I'm assuming in a hands on sense. My approach would be to print the original text and pour this liquid material overtop of it to cause the distortion, then take a photo of it, but what material would be suggested to achieve this effect?


texts: I am trying to view a Wiring diagram with True scale in a 65-inch display. With the help of view11 add-on file for AutoCAD, I am able to set the drawing to 1:1 scale relative to the display size. But it maintains the scale only in the AutoCAD application. I want to save the drawing as a view-only file while maintaining its true scale. Taking the screenshot will maintain the scale but it will also include all the toolbars and taskbars which I do not want. Is there any alternative method to do this?


texts: Do's and Don'ts of backgrounds (Print Design)

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I guess I'm naturally inclined to throw a background onto the average print job straight away rather than designing using white space...I have a bad habit of just throwing some sort of coloured background on to most things and I'm not afraid of using Illustrator patterns as well (20% Opacity diamond pattern on top or something), and very subtle gradients. I'm never entirely happy with this so I'm looking for some tips.

Now basically if you were just going to use a coloured background, should you just put the colour on and that's it? Is minimalism the way to go? Do backgrounds require subtle gradients or a pattern? I guess I have a tendency to want to overdesign.

Anyway what sorts of things do you do with your backgrounds?


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I think ink traps often look pretty good and I wonder if

they are really designed to serve an optimal purpose, which can be modelled as given a shape S, finding S' such that d(S,I(S')) is minimized, where I is the ink spreading function, which models how ink spreading alters the shape in the transfer to paper, and d is some appropriate distance functions, like integral of the symmetric distance, and
if the answer to this is yes, what computational methods can be used to solve this optimization problem numerically?

My first intuition was that ink spreading could be modeled by looking for a shape whose area is a times the area of S, for some a>=1, which contains all the points in S and whose boundary length is minimized (clearly a=1 reduces to the identity).  But I guess the algorithm for ink traps described above would then only insert holes, because closing holes is a very efficient way of reducing boundary length.

Other (simpler) ideas for ink spreading include morphological closing (which I think produces no interesting results) or taking the union of all lines L whose endpoints lie in S and whose length is smaller or equal to some constant a (here a=0 reduces to the identity).


texts: is there a fast way to trace a QR CODE without having to lasso it.

texts: I tried smart edge detection, but that is not working. Is there an automated way to outline this so i don't have to do it manually? I have Photoshop CS5.


texts: InDesign: Blank pages on 1,4 when creating a booklet?

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I'm trying to supply the printer with a 2-page saddle up print job - which I'm assuming is a 2 page spread stapled in the middle and folded.

The document is a 22 page booklet, The 1st page is the cover and the 22nd page is the back of the booklet.

My problem is there is blank pages on page 1 and 4 - I do not understand why this is happening?


texts: Getting better printed color matches on a budget

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I make and self-publish computer games for sale at comic fairs in Japan. This is not a professional activity, and as such my budget is very limited.

When I make covers, CDs, posters, or other printed material, I make my own designs, test them on my mid-high end home printer, and then send them to printing companies to produce the actual printed material.

This doesn't come as a surprise, but the colors I get with the printing companies are very different from the colors I get on my own printer. In fact, I find it a bit strange that my own printer prints with much (perceived) better quality than whatever the printing company uses. I get much vivid colors, more accurate detail and generally I perceive them to be "better".

I would like to be able to get reasonably more accurate colors from printing. I believe that around an 80% improvement can be done with 20% of the budget required to get perfect color matching, and I am okay with that. Perfect matching is not a hard requirement, and I would like to know what can I do to improve the color matching in my projects.

The specifics vary from project to project, but my situation is quite dire:

I use different companies for different types of material: company A may be the fastest when printing posters, but company B may be cheaper. I've also worked with company C when printing CDs and disc covers, and they have reasonable prices.
Different projects use different processes: in particular, I use inkjet printing for posters, and when making less than 300 CDs, and offset when making 300 or more CDs.
The printing companies will not tell me the exact model of printers they use, and they won't tell me the exact type of paper (and discs) they use. I asked for ICM profiles for their equipment, but they won't provide them to me (is this expected?)
The printing companies offer trial runs for proofing, but they cost close to the price of making an entire run. Specially making a trial run for an offset print is extremely expensive for me.

I suppose I could try test runs, each with slightly different settings until I get it right, breaking the bank in the process.

So instead of trying for them to match my colors, I've changed my approach to trying to match my colors to theirs.

Thankfully, my printer has several knobs I can adjust. I purchased several types of paper, and after 80 prints, I found some settings that got me as close as I could to something they had printed for me on a previous project. Still, not all colors are similar (especially light colors look much more washed-out in their printer than in mine).

I then tried printing the newest project data with these settings. I fiddled around with the CMYK levels in Photoshop and tried sample runs in my printer until I got some colors that I was relatively satisfied with. This is the data I sent them for the real run.

However, this is all a lot of guesswork, and I can't stop believing there has to be a Better Way to do all this. Unfortunately, even though I (think) I know some of the theory behind color matching, I have very limited experience with working with printing companies, and I keep on wondering:

Is there a better way to do this without the unlimited budget that professional designers seem to have?


texts: Adobe Illustrator CS5.5 - repair borders after image trace

texts: I'm creating a pattern design in illustrator. I used the trace feature but I'm not happy with the outcome. The tracing smoothed out the borders too much and I lost the square "rocky edge" look I'm going for. I tried using a custom border to overcome that, but that didn't work or better said, what I tried with using borders was not working. Any suggestions?


texts: Adding two GIFs in a single Photoshop Document

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I'm trying to make a document that has a two GIFs on it. I've figured out how to make a template, but when I try to move a GIF from its document into the template, it just becomes a still image.

I've tried making it a group and moving the whole group over and making it a smart object. I'm just never able to save it and have the two GIFs move.

Is it possible to do that?


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I have seen users of other software (Clip Studio Paint) use a tool that can automatically delete line overlaps.
If these were the 2 lines, the tool can remove the red section.

Does Procreate have the same feature available?


texts: How can I change the thickness of a doughnut shape without changing the radius?

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I have objects groped together to make a doughnut shape but I want to make the shape thinner. I am using it as a border but my border looks too thick and makes the centre image look small. Is there a way to decrease the thickness of the border objects without affecting the radius?

Here is the group of objects I want to modify.

I essentially want to do this with it:

Thanks in advance for any help.


texts: How to automatically crop a image in scribus with an arbitrary shape?

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I want to create a set of designs to print on some CDs. The CDs should have similar design in the sense, that there should be a title, some lines of text and an image. I wanted to create a template version that I would copy for each CD I need to create.

My problem is the cropping of the whole document in non-regular shape (and the hub in the middle). Let me explan a bit. I have a set of images one per CD design. These images are rectangular and or various aspect ratios etc. So I need to adopt to the needs for each CD individually.

I could of course shift the image to the desired location and then adopt the shape of the image frame. However this is quite intensive from the perspective of workload.

I just clicked together a minimal example of the issue with a small image from pixabay:
The outlines are on a separate layer and I enabled it to descibe my problem a bit more clearly. In the lower right corner the image overruns the borders (as well as at the hub). I want to make this white in order to avoid wasting ink on these areas while printing (and making a mess in my printer by the way).

So I want everything to be white except for the area beteween the two circles.

Ideally this should be done in scribus as I can see the final result in the preview then. One alternative is loading the exported file into GIMP and put a mask on it. This will work but I thought it might be better done in scribus. Also this should be done automatically as already states as the text and the image(s) must be exchanged to generate a set of different layouts for different CDs.

Can you give me a hint, how I can achive this desired effect? Thank you.


texts: What are the causes behind the distortion that happens when you place a cube outside the Cone of Vision?

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I am studying linear perspective and I have a decent understanding of the fundamentals, I know how to set up a proper grid with a cone of vision, station point and vanishing points that are at a 90 degree angle from the station point ( talking about 2 point perspective here)

As you move outside the Cone of vision things become distorted since its outside our field of view, but what happens exactly to an object that is distorted?

Lets use a Cube for an example.

I mean what causes it to look distorted ?    Is it that the corners no longer are 90 degrees once you move outside the field of view?


texts: Illustrator Offset multiple paths and discard original

texts: I have a file with a large amount of small objects.  I want to inset their outlines to make them smaller and discard the original paths.  I do not want to use outline stroke or have any extra paths that are visible or not.  Is there a way of doing this without having to go and manually select the original paths to delete them.  Kind of like inset path in InkScape.  Thanks


texts: Inkscape: Is it possible to always save as both SVG and PDF

texts: Using Inkscape, I would like to automatically and always save my files in both PDF and SVG format. The reason is that I embed the PDF file into another document, while I want want to keep the SVG file for further editing. However, I am getting annoyed by always saving twice and hitting OK around five times (for approving export options and agreeing to overwrite existing files).


texts: Turning one layer with many separate items into multiple layers (batch)

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I have this image https://github.com/djaiss/mapsicon/blob/master/_assets/africa.png?raw=true
and I want to turn all of the individual black countries into their own layers so that I can manipulate them individually? Any way to do this instead of the manual one by one way?


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I have a layer in Illustrator with rectangular shaped picture. Basically, it is a rectangular filled with some more vectors that form the drawing.

I would like to split (or cut or divide) this rectangular and everything inside it into a mesh of smaller rectangular or squares, that I can group and separate.

In other words, I would like to take a rectangular group and divide it in pieces.

EDIT

Cai's answer works, but in some cases it mess up my artwork. Here is an example BEFORE (the cross is the grid):

and AFTER:


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Someone made me a logo years ago that I want to edit myself. They were send as PNG files. Parts of the logo and monogram are very very thin and delicate, I want to edit this slightly. When I image trace (rasterize?) it completely changes the nuanced look of the design. How can I do this properly?
Additional notes: I presume it was saved at 72dpi as when sent it off to get printed on business cards, it looked more pixelated when slightly enlarged. Wondering if this can be fixed as well.


texts: How to separate and reposition select parts of image

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Problem

I have a image with five separate icons i wish to separate and reposition. How would i achieve this? Would i use layers? and if so how do i put each icon into a layer.

(REPHRASED QUESTION)

i'm not really sure layers is the approach i need. But i wish to separate this png into 6 blocks each containing the different logos shown. I then would like to be able to move them around at will until i'm happy with their position and export

Image


texts: Where does one source fonts to create logos?

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I'm a photographer trying to create his own logo. Naturally since it would be my own I imagine that means commercial use.

I see many directories listed as open source, and google fonts as well. However it seems google fonts doesn't currently allow print usage, only personal and commercial.

I occasionally print my photos as calendars so I imagine I need a font that allows printing.

My question is a bit broad, I apologize, I'm new to graphic design.


texts: Keeping track of outlined fonts in Illustrator

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I'm interested in best practices for keeping track of typefaces in an Illustrator project once the text is converted to outlines. Is information hidden somewhere I don't know about? I sometimes keep the original text on a hidden layer, but that bulks up the file a bit.

Your thoughts?

Thank you!


texts: problem after selecting image using pen tool

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Am using Photoshop to make this following effect

and i have tutorial in PDF of above effect

And followed as given in step 2

After selecting after selecting specific part in image i need to go to select>modify>feather

but this is how i get when i selected my object

as you see in image the select option is inactive can someone help how to select ?? am new to Photoshop


texts: How to make clear the intent of résumé status bars?

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On my résumé, in order to emphasize the technologies that I am skilled with I am placing a 'status bar' along with each technology indicating a level of 1 to 5. This is the rough draft:

Is it clear that the lines are status bars? How might I make it clear that they indicate my competence levels with the various technologies?

I had originally labelled each level:

1. Hello, world!
2. I can make problems
3. I can solve problems
4. People ask me to solve problems
5. People ask me to make problems

However, with the current layout I feel that the labels just add clutter. Is there any way to integrate the labels to clarify the skill levels?

Additionally, I have in fact made sure that the status bar colour graduations gracefully degrade to greyscale for printing. Is there anything else that I should check for printing, specifically in the context of the status bars?

Edit for clarity: The levels are not arbitrary, but I'm not sure where to put the labels or how to integrate them. This was my original plan, which does illustrate the levels but does not fit into the sidebar:

Therefore, an alternative interpretation of this question could be: How might I wedge this graph into the sidebar of the resume?


texts: Affinity designer: How to clip an object using multiple other objects collectively

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I am new to Affinity Designer. I am trying to clip an object, say, a text 'IMPOSSIBLE' using two intersecting circles so that only 'IMP_empty space_ BLE' is visible (letters within the boundaries of either of the circle be visible).

Even when I group these two circles layers, and then try to clip, only one of the circles is clipping the text. I don't want to 'combine' the two circles into one.

I am not able to find a solution for it anywhere. Need help.

Thanks


texts: Import form design from Illustrator to Word

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I  created a form document design for a company in Adobe Illustrator.

How can I export it to Word?
How can I make it possible to type in date, right where I drew lines for it?
How can I make background image non-selectable so the user can type over it?


texts: Best practice for alignment of numbers in ordered list

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Code complexity aside, which of the follow two options is preferred for displaying html ordered lists?

The first aligns the item numbers to the right (with decimals all in line).
The second aligns the item numbers to the left (with the first digit of the number all in line)


texts: What is this shape called (and made in Illustrator)?

texts: I really want to know how this shape is called and made in Illustrator. I know how to round corners of a rectangle but I'm not able to create such an element.


texts: How do i make a white object non transparent in adobe illustrator

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I'am working on a game, and in that game I have a white paper plane.
My problem is, is that my white paper plane is not white but transparent, is there a way to make this white/non transparent. I did  some research but I could only find non transparent > transparent.
edit: The two white planes are not white but transparent, I can't fill them with live paint bucket because it doesn't recognize the white planes (because i already filled the grey spots with it)


texts: How can I print multiple Illustrator artboards on one page?

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I'm working on a design that's to be printed. The size of the item is 1/3 of a standard letter page. I would like to be able to work on it in Illustrator only once without the copy and paste at the end. It's very tedious to make any kind of change.

Moreover, the printed result has to be multisided so ideally I would like to use two artboards (one front, one back).

Is this something that is possible to do in Illustrator: print one artboard several times on a page and multisided?


texts: Geometric circles gridding/guidelines workflow illustrator

texts: does anyone here have any advice or know of any good resources/video tutorials, that would demonstrate how to work with circles & grids in a nice easy workflow. I saw something about using plugins from astute graphics though I am totally new to those tools. I've attached an image to help demonstrate what I mean.


texts: Gimp 2.6.12: modify alpha channel while preserving color

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This is for a video game in which a specularity mask is in the alpha channel of the normalmap. I need to create an image where the alpha value for some pixels are 0 (to indicate no specularity,) but where the color values for those pixels are preserved (keeping the normal data.)

I found a way to do this manually using imagemagick, placing my desired alpha channel in a separate image and then merging them. Here's how:

convert ground_0045_nm.tga alpha.tga -alpha off -compose copy_opacity -composite result.tga

This results in an image with the color channels from ground_0045_nm.tga and the the alpha channel from alpha.tga. (wasn't able to embed examples, sorry.)

What I'm looking for is a way to do this in GIMP.

The obvious approach would be to paste the desired alpha channel into a layer mask and then apply it. Unfortunately GIMP seems to throw away color data for transparent pixels if I do this. Meaning that if I disable the alpha channel I see a mostly blank white texture.

I can also open my correct image, produced with imagemagick, and GIMP seems to throw away the color data at load time.

However, I can verify that my image is correct by loading it into the game engine and hacking the GLSL shaders to display the normalmap directly.

Is there any way around this behavior of GIMP? I suspect this may be a GIMP bug.


texts: perspective pattern on object in illustrator

texts: Currently I am working om a project were I need to make a pattern in perspective on an object. For this I used Envelope distort -> make with top object. For each side I made a seperate envelope distortion. But I want to make a better transition between leftside en rightside. So that you can't see the difference. Now the right side the pattern seem somewhat streched. I just want just the whole pattern in the right perspective on the whole object. Anyone some good suggetions? thnx!


texts: Large format printing DPI for billboards

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Hi can anyone help my confusion?

I'm preparing artwork for some billboards - 96 sheets (overall size 12192mm x 3048mm). The specs say to produce artwork at a 10th of the size = 1219.2mm x 304.8mm.

HOWEVER the only DPI mentioned on the specs is 400 DPI which to me seems rather large for billboards - http://www.hi-rezz.co.uk/resources/UK/roadside%2096sheet.pdf

I'm trying to source some imagery for use (RF) and the maximum pixel size of these are around 5000px - whereas the pixel space I'm working with is 19,200 x 4,800px.

I've emailed the production company for confirmation but they've yet to get back to me.

In the meantime I'm wondering whether I'm being really silly?

I've never produced artwork as this scale before so it's possible I'm creating a muddle out of nothing.


texts: How do I change the template on Gimp after I start editing?

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When creating a new image with Gimp (File → New…) we can choose a template : A3, A4, A5, US-Letter, CD Cover etc. I'm pretty sure templates are just the image dimensions but can we change it mid-editing?

For example I start with a A4 portrait template, I add some layers, change some stuff but I realize I need a A3 landscape template instead. Without changing the image size manually, can I change the template mid-editing?


texts: Why does my document change size between Illustrator and Inkscape?

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If I create a 150mm x 150mm document in Illustrator, as such:

and then create a 80mm x 80mm square in the middle of the document, as such:

then save to .svg format, when I open the document in Inkscape, the document size is this:

and the square size is this:

Why does this happen, and how can I fix this issue to have a precise workflow?


texts: Change CMYK color profile from one to another without changing color in file

texts: I have a blue CMYK color in my file and the file from the start was created with U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 profile. Now when I know where I will print this work, of course I need to print it out with exact the same blue, but using profile ISO Coated v2 300% (ECI). When I switched in InDesign to this new profile, in swatches for this color the % numbers remained the same and the tone didn't changed on the screen. I haven't printed out a test yet but I wanted to ask, is it ok to do it in this way or when printing it out the tone for the color could change? It will be printed as proof and then glued on foam cardboard.


texts: Is it possible to make a 1 pixel diagonal line unbroken in GIMP?

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Basically I need to draw a 1 pixel line but I want it so that the line is unbroken. Currently what happens is if I draw diagonally the pixels will touch corner to corner and I want it so they will only be side to side. Basically I want it so that when I draw a 1 pixel line diagonally the fuzzy select will be able to get the whole line.

What it is doing
x--
-x-
--x

What I want it to do

x--
xxx
--x

Is there a setting or script somewhere I can set so that I can get what I want?


texts: Did I obtain a Lang Stereotest with photoshop or just bad eyes?

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While working on my assignment (Solving problems with a given illustration, how do I proceed?) and experimenting I came to this image which ideally recalled Lang Stereotest images:

I'm not sure if everyone can see the effect or it is just me being visually impaired in some way, but to me it looks like the text is detached from the background. While I got to this casually experiementing with colors and blends. Is there a methodic way of achieving a Lang Stereotest image form any image, not necessarily using black & white only?


texts: How to replicate this text effect on Photoshop?

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I'm learning how to use Photoshop and I'm trying to achieve this text effect below.

First of all I don't know if I need a specific font or if it's possible to start with a "simple" one line font ... I cannot find how to apply a double gradient as well ( maybe with a pattern ?)


texts: How do I refer to a color in a text? What naming system do I use?

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Are there any guidelines or standards when referring to colors?

I am not asking about objective systems like RAL, Pantone, HTML or simply referring to a colors wavelength, but rather terms like blue, red or even terms like violet and petrol.

Lets say I am writing an article (a scientific one in my case, but I guess that should also apply to a news article or an advertisement) where I have to refer to a figure in a text.

Lets say I chose the popular seaborn color scheme to produce a few simple bar plots, like the following, from their examples:

You could think of various reasons to refer to the different bars: "Our product I ist much better than all our competitors!", "At point E there was a clear shift in attitudes", "Sample B exhibits a clear increase over sample A"…

But sometimes, it makes more sense to refer to a color, instead of an identifier, even though that can cause issues for people with color blindness and with the reproduction of said color.

But what kind of terms can I expect to be known by a general audience? What terms should I use for certain audiences? In a fashion context, there probably is a perfectly fitting name for each color in the sequential row (probably stuff like Ocean, Petrol, Jade and Obsidian), but for me, those are all green_ish_, which probably also brings in the guy vs girl issue. So sequential colors are probably a bad idea in a context where I have to refer to a single one, which probably also applies to diverging.

Qualitative seems like a much easier pick, especially when using colors that are agreed on, like red, blue, yellow or black, but after a certain amount of colors, I am running out of easy ones. And how do I address, lets say C then?

Purple? Violet? Greyish-pink? Amethyst? Eggplant? Purple-blue?

What guidelines or rules are there, for picking and addressing colors in such a situation?


texts: What ICC profiles does Adobe Illustrator use to convert between RGB and CMYK in its color picker?

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I'm trying to understand Adobe Illustrator's color conversion method between RGB/HSB and CMYK. I'm pretty sure they use ICC profiles to do the conversion, and they make a bunch of ICC profiles available for download (http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3680).

I can't match the conversion using a combination of those profiles to Illustrator's color picker.

What RGB and CMYK ICC profiles does Illustrator use in its color picker?


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BRIEF

"We’ve reinvented electricity supply for the digital World making it possible for any generator to sell directly to a consumer".

"By buying electricity directly from generators, you get a better deal by going direct and you know where your electricity comes from."

DEBRIEF

Create a connection between two simple, similar/different shapes.

HELP

I have asked a friend of mine for his opinion about this logotype (actually a complete brand identity). He pointed me to these graphics:

I have not used Gerstner as direct inspiration, but studied Swiss Graphic Design quite intensely at the University. My opinion is that Gerstner's work is deep in my mind / subconscious. I have used an effortless square grid to design it, exactly like Gerstner did - it is the easier and natural way to do it for everyone I suppose.

FACT

The client already signed off before I recognised the similarity and he loves it.

PROBLEM

Should I honestly tell the client what's happening? Is it plagiarism? Or, is just connecting a square and a circle too general to be copyrighted?

Thanks for considering


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Is there a built in function in Illustrator to evenly distribute text objects? I edited text in an existing PDF file, but now the text is not aligned properly.

Example:

I don't know if it is matter, but If I select text object there is a space around object:


texts: My client gave me a business card to create an advertisement. I scanned it,  now I want to add clipart and edit text.  How do I activate the document and make changes? I am using GIMP and Inkscape.


texts: Standard placeholder text for a business card

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I would like to know if there is any standard placeholder text for each & every content in a business card?
The content may include

Name
Job/position
Email
Phone


texts: How can I round the edges of a shape made with the polygon lasso in Photoshop?

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I'm making a really odd-shaped sticker in photoshop and I would like the edges of the shape to be rounded but it's a weird shape. I made it with the polygon lasso and then just filled the selection with a color.

Is there a better way?


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In the following image, I placed the box manually. Created the shadow and reflection.

Now, what seems a little odd is the colors of the shadows of the box and plant pot are different. Plant pot's shadow has a saturation in it, that is it is colorful, but the box's shadow color is grey. Maybe that's why it doesn't look very realistic.

Whether it looks realistic or not, the question is: Should the shadow have also some color in it in this example? If yes, why would a shadow have a color in it, they are mean't to be black/grey?


texts: Resize a collection of different sized png images to the same dimensions

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I have a collection of a few hundred png images, each are different dimensions.

I want to be able to resize them all to the same dimensions, preferably keeping the aspect ratio intact.

Is it possible to write a script to automate this?  Any pointers in the right direction or advice would be more than welcome as I am not sure where to start.

I have Photoshop and Illustrator.

Thanks.


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I looked for a physical map of Jordan and found this, which is exactly what I need except for the red lines. How can I remove the red lines?

I tried in GIMP Select->By Color, selected all the red lines and clicked "delete", but then the red lines were replaced by white lines.

Is there a way to replace the red lines with colors similar to their surroundings, such that the image looks smooth?


texts: What to do when a client is not managing the project and costing you time / money

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I've been a freelance designer for about 7 years, but more recently have been functioning more as an agency with private project and a few staff....I wanted to get some advice on some issues that keep creeping up for me around clients not adhering to scheduling.....

At the moment, I'm being contracted by a company on a per project basis, let’s call them “The Agency” to do design work for their clients (The Agency does the wire framing) …

The Agency deals with the client and relays design feedback to me (the agency pays me for the work).

The Agency and I agreed to a schedule for both design and client feedback (2-3 days turnaround from client) to try to meet their already very tight deadline.

I’ve met all the design deadlines, however their client is taking over a week to feedback, which they haven't really managed very well and as a result, will inevitably affect the deadline (it’s gone well over the contingency now).

The problem is : the delay is now bleeding into days that I have booked on other projects. PLUS, I have booked a developer who’s schedule is also being affected.

Ultimately, their lack of adhering to the agreed schedule is affecting two other people’s schedules.

The Agency is now asking me what I can do to meet the deadline.

The only way we could do this is by working into the evenings and weekends, which essentially means they get my free time or hiring another resource to work in tandem with us - obvious this will be an additional cost which I feel they should have to pay for since it was their lack of client management.

Thoughts on how you all handle situations like this?

This has happened a couple of times and I’ve obliged but it’s now affecting my other work and costs which are ultimately down to their lack of management.

Obviously I don’t want to come across as frustrated but I feel like boundaries need to be set.

I have not drawn up a contract or terms with them (which clearly I will have to for future) - so would be happy to be pointed to any resources that show what other agencies term are....

Any other suggestions / experiences you’ve had would be great to hear…..

Thanks!


texts: Illustrator: Mouse hover with selection tool (V) does not highlight group objects

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I seem to have hit a hotkey combo by accident or changed some preferences in Illustrator and I can't figure out what.

When using the selection tool (V) and hovering over an object (Object selection by path only is disabled), the blue outline would normally show all objects which are grouped with the object I was hovering over.  This "preview" is very useful for me to be able to see groups.

Now, when I hover over an object with the selection tool, all that I can see is the outline for that one object.  To see if it is grouped with other objects and what those objects are, I have to now actually click to select the object and then the entire grouped set is selected as expected.  This behaviour was not the norm as of yesterday.  This seems trivial but when I have literally hundreds of groups in a file, it is extremely tedious to go through and click on each one to see the current group rather than quickly hover.  Does anyone know how to fix this?


texts: When a font misses one letter with a diacritic sign (č) but has another one (š), can I make it display the missing sign?

texts: I would like to use the Gochi Hand font but it misses character "č" that my language uses. However, it displays š, for example, just fine. These letters are formed by combining normal letters ("c" or "s" with a hacek/caron: "ˇ"). The font displays standalone hacek "ˇ" just fine. It does not seem to implement the combining caron unicode character. Can I somehow make the font to display č as it is supposed to?


texts: Can I have a "Live" Navigator in Photoshop CC?

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I record my work by capturing the navigator on a second monitor at 1920x1080. This is much easier on the eye at 16x speed because the screen isn't shooting all over from zooms and panning. However, the navigator only updates when an action has finished. This means that long brush strokes add pauses to the recording.
I need a way to either modify my navigator to update during an action. Or to somehow duplicate my canvas at a different zoom level and be truly "live".
Id love to hear anyone's ideas or plugin information that might help, thanks!


texts: How to split a dashed line into separate elements in Inkscape

texts: I have a dashed line in Inkscape. I want to change this so each dash is a separate object. How do I do that? The operation is similar to this one in Adobe Illustrator. I'm trying to do the same thing with Inkscape.


texts: How Can I create a irregular shape in CSS without an image?

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I would like to create a irregular shape in CSS like one below . I want to avoid putting image as background completely . Please help me in this regard..Thanks

Bijeesh


texts: Trying to use a Photoshop script to move active layer and export as PNG

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I am trying to create a basic animation in which a white text object is a clipping mask for a blood drip graphic that slowly moves down to fill in the text. My plan is to create multiple frames and piece them together in FinalCut as the beginning of a video. I found a script that does what I am looking to do:

Script to move layer in photoshop

I am unable to get the script to work, and am given the following error:

"Error 2: docReg is undefined

Line: 20
->      docRef.exportDocument (pngFile, ExportType.SAVEFORWEB, opts);"

Here is the js that I am using:

// Save selected layer to variable:

app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;

for (var dy = 1; dy < 50 ; dy++) {

activeDocument.activeLayer.translate(0,2);

        var opts;
        opts = new ExportOptionsSaveForWeb();
        opts.format = SaveDocumentType.PNG;
        opts.PNG8 = false;
        opts.quality = 100;
        var suffix = zeroPad(dy,5)
    var pngFile = new File("/Desktop/filename"+suffix+".png");

    //Folder path for new images

    docRef.exportDocument (pngFile, ExportType.SAVEFORWEB, opts);

}

    function zeroPad(n, s) {
    n = n.toString();
    while (n.length < s)  n = '0' + n;
    return n;

};

Thank you for your help!


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I want to print 4 din-a6 postcards on a din-a4 paper. How would you do this with inkscape?

The postcard should be duplex. I could calculate it myself, but I guess there is a tool, since this is a common task

Thank you.


texts: Can someone please show me how to bend text and rectangle behind it as one unit?


texts: iPhone prototype app which overlays mocks with developed screens?

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Anyone know the name of an app where you can overlay the design mocks on the developed testing screens?

I downloaded an iphone app like this before, but forgot what it was.
It’s hard to for the developer to match the code to the image exactly, so it’d be greatly helpful for find it again.


texts: Can anyone identify this font? I've tried on identifont and on WhatTheFont but I can't find anything. It's the slanted 'e' and the ampersand that really stump me.


texts: Can I take images from Google image search as a base for my creations?

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This is a legal question and I want to know if I can continue the way I work in a commercial environment. This is not about if I can blatantly take images from the web and use them as they are.

What I do is mostly icons and iconographic imagery where in the end no one can tell if I used an image that doesn't belong to me as a starting point.

Here is an example.

See, technically I stole.

I'd like to know if this is perfectly okay and counts as a new work or if it's sort-of okay because I might not get into legal trouble. Or maybe I should be really careful.

I actually don't know.


texts: Is there a way to convert a .JPG image in to vector format?  I'm using Illustrator and I've tried that "Image Trace" but the result doesn't look any where close to my original.  Plus, I cannot select individual letters of a word like I can in an .AI or .EPS file.


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I'm working on a project where I want to make a font, but it's more like a pattern generator.

Here are 2 pictures to show what my concept is:

With some scripts is it possible that I want to do?

I found a typeface, called Duffy Script, where the designer wanted to achieve the same result as me with Contextual Alternates, but it's just pseudo-random. If I open the preview panel and hit (for example) the a a few times then delete it, and do it again, i get the same order again and again. So it's not different every time when I hit the a key.

If any more info needed to answer my question, let me know!


texts: List or identify layers in Photoshop that are svgs with vector data to export

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I'll try to articulate this question, but feel free to call out vagueness or false assumptions.

Is there a way in Photoshop to list which layers in a psd file have complex svg information in them? That is, not layers that will export to svg markup wrapping of a raster ( with an <image> tag in it linking to a raster file). But instead, ones that export to be svgs composed of <path /> or shape markup (<circle>, ...),.

My hunch is that only layers that the document creator already embedded as svgs will correctly export to full information ones. My goal is to better identify and so extract such items in the psd, typically logos or other icon assets for example. These are the assets that stay crisp/sharp at any zoom level. Is there a tell in the layer menu for layers that have such information? Or a handy plugin that lists those layers in the document?


texts: Is the difference between GRACOL and SWOP really drastic?

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I recently made a boo-boo. I sent a printer that usually receives documents prepared using SWOP a poster prepared using GRACOL.

The print part was managed by my client, not by me, so I could not see a proof. When I saw the final result I was devastated. Everything was very dark. The ink was cranked up to the point that mid values turned almost black. The print included photographs so they became very ugly. It was a CMYK print on coated stock but it almost looked like a B/W print on newsprint with a crazy 40% dot gain.

Now, I know I should have set the document as SWOP and not as GRACOL and that was my fault. I was wondering, though, if the difference should be so dramatic.

Is this a common result? If you print a GRACOL thinking it was SWOP, does everything look darker? Or was the print job just badly done with inks cranked up to absurd limits by the printer.


texts: What is the graphic design term using for this?

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What is the graphic design term using for this (mean this color splashes)?

And in a nutshell, is there a way to draw scenes like this in PS or AI?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Add a background-color to a paragraph-style in inDesign

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I am currently creating a book layout with inline code and code-blocks.
For those code parts, i would like to add a background-color. It should handle code similar to the way it is displayed on StackExchange.

Codeblocks

As there is no option in paragraph-styles, that would add a background, I tried to use paragraph rules, underline rules, strikethrough rules and some other experimental approaches.

Strikethrough rules
The striketrough rules are displayed above the text, making it completely useless for this purpose.

Underline rules
Underline rules are displayed under the text, which makes it possible to use it as a background. The problem is, that it depends on the character-length. That makes it possible to use it over lines that have an automatic line-break.
The problem is, that you can’t add margins to it and that you can’t insert a background with a fixed width.

Paragraph rules
Paragraph rules are pretty close to a solution. You can determine, if you want the line above, or below your text, you can add margins and the line fills the whole width of the block. The problem here is, that it is a paragraph line, meaning that it adds a rule for the whole paragraph instead of each line. That is no problem if every paragraph is only one line high, but if a paragraph that includes multiple lines, you end up with a gap in the background. I could add a forced line-break here, but I would like to avoid that.

A solution would be, if I could add a forced line-break on the end of each line through a GREP-style, but I haven’t seen any way to add a character this way.

Inline Code

I am using character styles for inline Code. Underline rules seems to be the most appropriate way to go here. The problem is, that I am massing margins here. If I add a space on the beginning and the end of the inline code, I end up with a nice result, but that means I have to add characters to the text, which I would like to avoid and it would not work on the beginning and the end of a line-break, because inDesign deletes the character if it is not needed.

I am searching a way to add some space before and at the end of the inline code.

So, that would be it. I am searching solutions to this problem for a long time now, so any ideas would be appreciated.

Oh and sorry for the crappy image quality. The missing retina display support of inDesign made it possible.


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I'm trying to make something very similar to this example:

http://www.cotswoldoutdoor-static.com/dataimages/static/studio/static/goretex/3-layer-con.jpg

I basically am trying to create various versions of fabric in Illustrator to show the layering process of fabrics in clothing. Any idea on how to achieve this? I'm looking into 3D Extrude and Bevel but I can't quite seem to get the natural curve.


texts: copy layers from one Photoshop document to another with changable size

texts: Is there a way to copy layers from one Photoshop document to another so that we  can change the size of image in new Photoshop document.


texts: Script to relink to file with certain name

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I have a photoshop document called "thisfilename.psd" and in that file there is a linked smart object which I want to relink to a  file with the same name but a different extension (for example "thisfilename.jpg") in the same folder.

How can I achieve this? It can help me save a lot of work/time

Thanks in advance, feel free to ask any questions!


texts: Auto-updating linked smart objects in files that were closed at the moment of the update

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Photoshop CC 2014 introduces Linked Smart Object. While this is a very useful feature by itself, I would love to know if there's a way to set it so that whenever I open a file that contains a linked smart object but wasn't open when the linked document changed, the smart object layer will also automatically update.

Photoshop currently only updates linked smart objects in files that are open when you make the change, and all other files require manual updating. Is there a way to set it to update automatically in this case as well?


texts: Are there any fonts which research shows result in more accurate reading of phone numbers?

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I've found that for a phone number that begins 508-886-60xx, it is a common occurrence to misread it as 508-888-60xx, therefore, I'm wondering if there are any fonts we could use in written material to make the likelihood of misreading this be reduced?  In particular, I was thinking that perhaps a font that takes the numeral 6 and lowers it, like a descender, might be a good one to help distinguish it from 8.  For example, the Quercus font has some numerals raised and others lowered:

But since the 8 and 6 are both raised, that would not help in the case of the phone number I'm working with.

Has there been any research done in reading accuracy of phone numbers, or even just numbers, with various fonts, or styles of fonts, and if so, what fonts, or characteristics were found to be read more accurately?


texts: How do I create a 3d wireframe object/low poly outline illustration?

texts: I'm trying to create something similar to the images below. I have Cinema 4D but need some guidance. Thanks :)


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I have the following css:

@font-face {
font-family: 'font name';
src: url('../font/fontname.ttc');
}

In Chrome it is working but in the firefox the font style doesn't apply, font get too bold not cleared. Am i doing something wrong? or I have to convert this file into .ttf.


texts: The current iPhone (non-plus models) have a screen resolution of 1334x750px. If I were to use one of these in a design, what physical printed size could I scale the screenshot to where the resolution would still make an acceptable print?


texts: Is there more than one method of creating a curve with the pen tool?

texts: I've noticed in some tutorials that when using the pen tool to create curves it is - click and drag and then clicking to another point and the curve is made. I find myself clicking on one point first and then clicking and dragging on the second point to make the curve. I am wondering whether there is a difference in the methods in affecting the curve?


texts: Critique: Does this logo portray a web-based control for a media player?

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I've been working on an application that works as a remote control for a media player, over the web.
The remote itself is an application that runs in your web browser, on your phone or on your tablet that allows you to control the playlist, playback and library management of a media player.
My logo idea for it was to merge the Wi-Fi icon with a compact disc, and below is the render:

I've been spending far too long staring at this now, and I think that it works quite well as a concept. However I feel that the colours could be chosen better, but I did receive comments that it looked a little like Spotify's icon when green.

Any critiques?

After reviewing suggestions, I have come up with this:

Any additional critique?


texts: What font is this website using? (graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/ask)

texts: I was wondering if you could tell me what font you are using on this site? I am currently looking for a new font for my company's brochures and I love this one - it's nice and clean, professional and yet has personality. Thank you for your help!


texts: Is there a way to save channels in PS separately with transparent whites like in this picture – resp. Does anyone know how this is done if not with separated channels?


texts: Why is the minus sign not on the same height as the plus sign?

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I noticed that the horizontal lines of - and + signs are not on the same height for non-monospaced fonts. That looks ugly to me.

What is the design principle or reason behind that?


texts: InDesign: I need a repeating image on every page, and paragraph styles with a variable aren't working

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I have a lot of sub-chapters and each sub-chapter needs to have on each page an image. I was thinking of putting the image on the first page of the sub-chapter and set to paragraph style A. Then create a running header variable for that p-style and put the variable in the master.

Everything without creating a master page for each sub-chapter...


texts: How to manually type in handles for anchor in Adobe Illustrator?

texts: In Illustrator CS 5.1, I would like to manually type in the points for handles on an anchor point, as I need to be more exact than moving them with my mouse. How can I do this?


texts: How to change space between text paragraphs in InDesign?

texts: I have a document in which the spaces between paragraphs are something like 150%. How could I change that for an entire selection to be 100%?


texts: How was the effect of this Gotham ad achieved?

texts: How did they achieve the look of this ad? it looks like they overlay'd a light layer grunge-styled texture, masked the main image over the clouds, and added some kind of gritty noise overall, while touching up the original portrait images? Would the color level adjustments be tuned to a more neutral tone, while the contrast got pumped up? Would like to learn how they achieved this look and perhaps apply some of its principles to my work.


texts: Making transparent but still hiding any objects below in Illustrator

texts: Hello I am new to Illustrator (I was working with photoshop a few years). How can I fix this problem?


texts: GIMP Animation: How to merge a layer on top of all other layers?

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I am creating gif banner animations with GIMP and I have a product animation ready. How could I apply a layer on top of all layers of the animation? The layer would have some image and some text, if it matters.

Best regards!


texts: Trying to edit very old discolouration from old picture with Gimp

texts: I have been restoring some old pictures using GIMP, and watching heaps of youtube videos. I purchased Topax DeNoise Al, which I found really great for removing noise. However, as you can see from the attached image, there is alot of discoloration in the sky.  I have spent hours trying different things with Wavelet Decompose, tried selecting the area by colour, tried heal tool, clone tool, rubber tool, but I'm not having too much luck.  I'm fairly new to this, and hope this question isn't too beginner for the forum.  Thanks in advance, Lee.


texts: Illustrator skew only one corner of the object

texts: I just want to know how to skew only one corner of the object specially a none square object using Selection Tool (V) or Direct Selection Tool (A). I just want the letter A look like its fell. Please help. thanks


texts: In-house designer yearly goals - How to be descriptive

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Our organization has to complete yearly goals and I don't know how to elaborate and this is my problem for years. I have the goals but can't fully explain in detail. I am surrounded by editors that have a full page of detail and I can't even get half of page. My current goals are; Customize infographics, create a media kit for our publications, develop a project tracking system and attend professional development classes.

Can anyone help?


texts: The Select Tool doesn't seem to be shrinking or expanding an object on Illustrator

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Hi guys,
I'm a bit stuck here.
The Select Tool doesn't seem to shrink or enlarge objects. I'm using Illustrator CS6.
It only seems to just move it around.
Please help, thanks x


texts: Illustrator - Saving high quality jpg/png at artboard size

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Illustrator artboard at 1024 x 1024 - if I save the image as a jpg at 300 dpi, the image is sharp quality but saves at 4267 x 4267

If I save the same 1024 x 1024 artboard image at 72 dpi, the image saves at 1024 x 1024 but is very noticeably much blurrier.

Why? How can I save at the maximum quality that should be the default for a vector program like Illustrator at the artboard size?

Thanks so much for any help!


texts: Where to find stock images (portraits) with transparent background

texts: I'm looking for a place to find stock images, specifically portraits, that come with a pre-masked background, so I can easily replace it. Does anyone know a source, or a way to filter for that type of image?


texts: What's this monoline geometric slab serif font?

texts:
It looks like an avant garde, but with small differencies on the edges.

Do you have any clue if there is a font specific or it is a variation done by human hand?


texts: If I reference a medical textbook or website for hand drawing bones is that considered copyright infringement?

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I can't quite figure this one out. I am not copying a custom piece of work, I am copying something that is available in nature, bones. I am also not tracing it, I am drawing by hand using them as a reference for accuracy. So, is that considered copyright infringement? Does it depend on how similar my drawings are to the ones I visually copied?

So if I look at a medical website or book and see a knee bone, then I draw one on paper or in a graphics editing tool by looking, with my eyes, at the referenced image, is that going to get me in trouble somehow?

I mean, surely I don't have to go find my own skeleton to draw from... right??


texts: How To Insert a Common Point Between 2 Pen Lines

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I need to insert a common point in between 2 pen lines so I can draw a shape by overlapping lines and deleting lines after the point.

thanks in advance.


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Below I have posted a poster created by Malwin Béla Hürkey in which a grainy/noisy gradient was used to create 3dimensional shapes. Can someone point me towards a method to create such gradients?

Poster by Malwin Béla Hürkey:

What I have done so far is simply using the Effect -> Texture -> Grain option inside Illustrator, which yields some interesting first results going into the right direction. See the .jpeg below, a snapshot of the result I am getting with this method:

However, the issue with this method is the fact that the grain effect applied in Illustrator appears to be very pixilated, i.e. pixel-based. This is an issue since I intend to create a screen print from this file. Pixilated/non-vector shapes will be difficult to reproduce via screen print, since I need edges as sharp as possible for the exposure process.

Here's another result I was able to work out (now the resolution remains as the only thing worrying me as I am unsure whether this will be printable via screen print):

I am looking for a method allowing me to create the same type of grainy gradient but in a fashion that is not pixel-based or sharp enough for screen print.

I came across a related problem while working on this issue, I outlined it here: Unable to apply Grain-Effect to Gradient

Here are some more examples of images similar to the effect I'd like to achieve:

(No stealing of intellectual property intended, all credit goes of course to the original designer, I'm merely interested in broadening my horizon in regards to visual techniques)


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I have created a Photoshop PDF in Photoshop.

The PDF can be sent to my desk printer but the printer only outputs a blank page.

My printer is a humble monochrome HP LaserJet P1102w.

I am saving the PDF with the following settings:

Layers checkbox is ticked (unticking it does not help)
Color checkboxes are unticked
Adobe PDF Preset is [Smallest File Size] (Modified)
Standard is None
Compatibility is Acrobat 8 (PDF 1.7)

General:

Preserve Photoshop Editing Capabilities is unticked
Embed Page Thumbnails is unticked
Optimize for Fast View Preview is ticked
View PDF After Saving is unticked

Compression:

Bicubic Downsampling To 100ppi from images above 150ppi
Compression is JPEG
Image Quality is Medium
Convert 16 Bit/Channel Image to 8 Bits/Channel is ticked

Output:

Color Conversion is Convert to Destination
Destination is sRGB IEC61966-2.1
No Profile Inclusion Policy

Passwords are not required


texts: How to easily determine shadows and highlights of objects?

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If there is one thing I'm extremely bad at, it's that I am bad at determining and visualizing where shadows and highlights would go on an object I made in Illustrator that I want to make 3D or create some depth to it rather than having it flat.

For example, for this poster I am making, I want the light source directly on it, but I can't figure out if the shadows of the lego studs on the background are correct. Same with the lego blocks I made. For the lego blocks I just made it slightly darker around the edge of the left side, right side, and bottom of the block.

How do you determine where shadows, highlights, and darker and lighter spots on an object should go? Is what I have look fine?

Here's the poster:


texts: Layer mask not taking in gradient outlay

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I have created a layer where I have drawn a straight line of thickness 2px, I need to apply a gradient overlay of a certain pattern but when i do it, the layer mask is not taking it and I see no changes in the line.

I am relatively new to PS, I was wondering if anyone knew why this is happening?


texts: Paragraph direction missing in Adobe illustrator CC 2018

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I can't find paragraph direction tool under paragraph panel. I also can't find language options under type menu. Any ideas?

For clarification:

Paragraph panel for me:

which should be:

and type menu:

which should be:


texts: How to have a slight gradient to edge of shape

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I have a few shapes in Illustrator which I have grouped and made into a compound path. I  filled it with a gradient. (client wants a the chakra colours).

I would love to put another layer on top like a feather on the edge of the shape which softens the edge, like a stroke but not it on the inside of the shape.

Dose anyone know what i mean? or how to achieve this?


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I have a illustrator file with base shapes for a icon i'm creating and I want to go to photoshop now.

The task is simple: Start a new photoshop document with all the Illustrator's shapes as vector masks in photoshop.

How can I do that? Is there a simple way? There's a lot of shapes, and i don't want to drag and drop each of them in Photoshop because they don't go in place. This means, if I copy and paste each one, i'll need to move them to the right position too, and it will take too much work.


texts: Bootstrap psd design does not fit the grid

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I am a developer and I have a doubt about grid-based PSD files given by a designer.
Those files are supposed to fit the standard bootstrap 3 grid.
However, I sometime receive this kind of file :

The widget on the left side is not aligned with the grid. However, the design is really great and I must do with it. I must use bootstrap too.

How should I manage it ?
Is the best solution to modify the bootstrap grid to fit the designer's layout ? Or to use some patch-ups without modifying the standard grid ?

Thanks in advance.


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I need to make a program for a client.  The program gets data from the web, template the data in an image and save the image.  The text in the produced image needs to be editable in photoshop.  What is the best file format for me to save into?

My first thought was svg but surprisingly photoshop does not support it.  What are my other alternative(html, eps, ...)?  What format would you prefer to have?

Many thanks

Didier


texts: Illustrator Logo File Changes Colors When Imported Into Adobe Products

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Sorry non-graphic designer here (EE / firmware coder!).  I've got the weirdest thing, I don't know what's going on.

I have an illustrator logo file that has the correct color (sample here):

I can get Illustrator to export all kinds of the correct color files from Illustrator.

But when I import one of those files, I always get a result like the below (both in Photoshop and InDesign:

What is going with the colors in the file?  I can take a 2mb JPEG of the logo, but when I import it the color shifts.

What am I missing here?  Thanks!


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I'm wondering if there's an solid way (not a hack) to remove transparency from a photoshop layer? I know the usual, hacky way is to duplicate and merge a layer around 8 times or more to reach a fully opaque result (with the exception of areas with 100% transparency). But this just doesn't sound right, maybe there's an option to do this without such a convulted method that I don't know about.

Here's an example:


texts: Should I assign copyright of business card design?

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I'm a professional graphic designer, new to freelancing, and I am preparing a proposal for an identity project. The project includes a logo, a business card design, and an electronic letterhead template.

I am going to transfer the copyright of the logo to the client but I'm wondering whether or not I should assign copyright of the business card design and letterhead template as well or instead provide an exclusive license?

I don't plan to copy or reuse the design of the business cards and letterhead template for another client, but business cards and letterhead often look pretty similar and I wouldn't want to be accused of infringement for creating a similar layout for another project.

Does anyone know what the standard practice is in this situation?

Thanks.


texts: GIMP - Pythonfu PDB Code For Colors>Desaturate>Color To Gray

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I'm using GIMP 2.10.2 and there is an option here for Colors>Desaturate>Color To Gray which works nicely by removing unnecessary gray shades from the photo.

However, I have about 200 photos which need to be processed this way, so I tried to use Python-Fu scripts to batch process multiple files. However, I can't seem to find this particular script to call this function.

There is GIMP-drawable-desaturate which doesn't really work too well. Does anyone know of a PDB script for the "Colors>Desaturate>Color To Gray"

Thanks,


texts: How to make right color compression for internet images?

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How to make right color/image compression for internet images?
I adjust images in the Adobe Lightroom, then I export them to the Adobe Photoshop (there are already some changes - pictures looks more grainy then in the Lightroom). And after that, when I upload them to the internet, colors looks completely different. I tried to save it in JPG, PNG, PNG for web, but everything looks wih the same problem in the end


texts: How to edit pictures that have turned out to be too dark on print?

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After a print review, all my pictures turned out to be too dark and dull. How should such a picture be edited, say on a picture editing software like Lightroom?

These are images that have been already edited to look almost right atleast on screen. I'm not sure but do I need to further increase the blacks, shadows and vibrance so that the pictures look better on print (this is what I think)?


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Is there any options for antialiasing? I don't like how InDesign draw fonts. It's especially bad when you use zoom (in example, to fit spread in window). Pages (equivalent for MS Word on MacOS) do it much-much better, but Pages not even close to InDesign as working tool.

Clickable comparison:


texts: Where can I find rodeo-inspired fonts like the one in the sample?


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I have been searching for this font for ages. I remember seeing it years ago, but I can't for the life of me find out what it is called. All I know is that it is a free font. I have tried all the online tools (including What The Font and What Font Is, and still can't seem to find it. It's from a client's previous artwork that we'd like to replicate.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Does anybody know a tutorial for designing the Mountain Lion background pattern?

texts: Does anybody know a tutorial for designing the OS X Mountain Lion background pattern? I am referring to this commonly used background pattern:


texts: How to Apply lighting effect for the shape in photoshop

texts: i want to apply lighting effects for that shape.but before applying it. It is asking to rasterize the layer....can't we apply the effects directly to shape?


texts: Printing photographs when job is a 2 spot color job

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my client is printing a newsletter and they are using only two spot colors and neither is black. The newsletter contains photos so what are my options? Can I make the photos gray-scale and then use one of the spot colors as a screen?

I'm using InDesign to create the template and can also use Photoshop and Illustrator.

Any thoughts? Thanks so much!


texts: What is the purpose of embedding a color profile when saving an image?

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I am using RawTherapee to process images. This program (and I suspect many others) has an option called "Working Profile", which you can use to adjust how the image is displayed; and an other called "Output Profile", which is the profile embedded into the image (this functionality is better explained here).

I believe I understand how color management works, and I am thus very curious why on earth you would need to save a picture with a profile. Aren't profiles supposed to make sure the output is consistent across monitors/printers? If yes, then why would you need a separate complexity level at the point where you save the picture? Aren't the colors simply saved as RGB hexadecimal values, which are then rendered in accordance to your monitors profile?

Similarly, if I look at the properties of my profile (in the GNOME3 settings manager) I get two very confusing tabs. One of them showing an example image looks like "if opened with the profile", and an other one showing what the image looks like "if saved with the profile".

I believe both these examples illustrate this point I do not yet grasp. Again, why would anybody "save" an image with a color profile?


texts: I'm a beginner: my client won't answer simple questions I've asked to aid design, what to do?

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It's my first time designing for any one

Email sent:.

  Hi [Client]! If you wouldn't mind answering a few questions I need to know so I can communicate your brand better and have a better sight as to how you want the design :)

  What does [Company Name] reflect (what's the brands identity, why you chose [image company name evokes] etc.)
  Who's your ideal client for shop and e-liquid (target audience/who you ant to reach)
  Who do you see as your e-liquids direct competitors

  Please will you throw together a mood board of labels and images you like to give me a better feel for whats in your head

  when you have the time

  Cheers! Designer hat on Chloe

Email received:

  you know what i want crisp, simple, perfect & clean, easy

  Also i have decided i will let you put your name on as the designer credit!

  Thanks

  [Client]

I don't think he understands the design process, and it's unpaid — but I don't want to design the whole e-liquid graphic range for nothing — it's a lot of work.

How do I bring this up? how do I price? I'm a beginner/novice!
Any help appreciated.


texts: Software for cartoon creation, to make a web comic without drawing by hand?

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Here is my dilemma. For a while now I have had some ideas kicking around in the back of my mind for a web cartoon.  I would like to try to put the idea into reality, but I run into one tiny little problem.  I can't draw.  At all.  I've tried, I took classes - at the end I managed a decent stick figure.  It's pathetic.

Surely in the age of technology there must be a program out there that can help.

I know there are websites that will give you access to their image libraries and such to create cartoons with but they also put wording in their terms of service that make anything you create using their service, theirs.  Not what I want.  The program doesn't have to be point and click simple, I can learn a complex program - just don't make me draw by hand!


texts: Easily save .png from Photoshop without any dialog?

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I'm currently working on a graphic, where as soon as I update the image (save the file), the window updates itself. However, every time I want to save, I have to switch the file from a PSD to a PNG, set the compression, etc. I'm hoping there's an option to just Ctrl + S, and have the .png's file update automatically.

I have tried "Quick Export as PNG" but that doesn't actually save a file anywhere. Anyone have any advice?


texts: Photoshop action to export png using filename pattern (@2x)

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How do you create a Photoshop action to do the following:

Save for Web, at full size, using the (PSD) filename with "@2x" appended (and .png)
Save for Web, at 50% size, using the (PSD) filename (and .png)

So, if you are editing myImage.psd; you should end up with

myImage.png (50% size)
myImage@2x.png (100% size)

Apologies if this question is amazingly simple or has been answered elsewhere, but I have yet to find a straightforward answer explains how to export to png using the iOS naming convention.

Thanks.


texts: What resolution do I need for images placed in InDesign?

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I am creating a A4 Print PDF file from InDesign. From the InDesign file I am doing the following:

File > Adobe PDF presets > High Quality Print

Following this process exports a PDF file from InDesign which is pretty good for printing. However, the problem is that I have images in my InDesign file which are only 72 DPI, and with the High Quality Print PDF preset all the images are converted to 300 PPI. This makes them look pixelated.

First Question: What is the diffrence between PPI and DPI?

Second Question: If I save/export as a custom PDF profile with the image settings set to 72 PPI is there any chance I'll get a high quality A4 print?

Third Question: How can I get a high quality A4 print with only 72 DPI images?


texts: How to get the location of a bezier curve's handle in Adobe Illustrator

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How can I get the exact coordinates of the handle point?

For reference its the coordinates of the blue points at the end of the handles I am interested in.


texts: Matching the gold on the Twining's Tea tin

texts: I'm attempting to have a tin made that has a gold detail. The client likes the gold on the tiwinings tin. I don't know too much about printing on tin and so far the printer has been stumped attempting to create a color/effect similar to the Twining's Tea tin gold. Obviously a digital photo is incapable of totally depicting what I'm looking for but I think this one at least shows the sparkle of the thing. And it's a pretty common product so maybe someone out there even has one in their possession. Any thoughts on how to get a similar look would be appreciated.


texts: Ticketing/Project Management/Collaborative Software for Graphic Design

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I manage our company's in-house graphic design.  We have a lot of requests that are very simple (ie, ad-resizing, simple web banners, logo-adjustments, etc) and a number of requests that are complex and require a lot of back and forth (ie, brochures and magazines ranging from 3 to 200 pages, concept design for new ad campaigns, etc...)

Currently, we employ a very simple issue tracking system (which is technically for software development) for all requests. For the most part it does the job.  Users can write a description of the materials they need, upload attachments, leave comments, but because our company is growing in size and the amount of requests are steadily growing, I was looking for a more robust solution.

After doing a lot of research, I've found a number of new systems I could potentially upgrade to, however, everything I have found explains how their system is best suited for an IT/software development team.

So before upgrading to a newer, more robust project management system that is specifically geared toward software development/IT desktop support, I was wondering if anyone of knew of any ticketing/collaborative systems specifically geared toward graphic design?

Thanks


texts: Trying to find this font, any help would be appreciated!


texts: Free and paid architecture drawing software

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What software is useful for designing buildings with accurate measurements?

I originally trained with AutoCAD a long time ago but haven't needed to use any modelling softwares since, I'm wondering if there is anything more suitable nowadays.

I'm looking for open source and paid softwares if possible, to research them a little more before I make my choice.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Export svg with animations using Adobe Animate

texts: I have created a simply Sun animation and for now, I want to export my whole 2s animation into SVG file that could be later imported into the React project as an SVG file that contains my all animations inside SVG code. I am creating a canvas file and when I want to export or publish this I can only export SVG IMAGE that does not contain any animations. How to properly use Adobe Animate to later export SVG with animations that could be later imported into the React project?


texts: I have been unable to look for the powerpoint format shown below. I am using powerpoint 2016 and was hoping someone could let me know


texts: Title for a company owner/freelancer doing design, web dev, writing and photography

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I'm about to branch off into the freelance world. I'm starting an LLC and I'd like some input on what I should title myself as the owner. For example "creative specialist" or "creative technician" or something like that.

My services would be:

Website design / development
Graphic design: icon design, templates, web graphics, business cards / brochures / letterheads / etc.
Writing: content writing/copywriting, technical writing, editing / proofreading / copyediting
Photography, photo editing

Does anybody have any ideas on some general terms that would apply to this type of business?


texts: Flip part of an image at 180 in Photoshop

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I'd like to take half portion of an image, from top to half the height, then copy this part into the remaining bottom part and flip this by 180 in order to match the upper side.
What is the an easy procedure to do that?
Thanks!


texts: I am going to buy Pantone Color Bridge guide, but I know that it has SWOP and EURO version. I am working for clients around the world. Should I buy two versions? Is SWOP version different than EURO version?


texts: Is there a program that handles text background well?

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Paint is the best I've found until now. I need the ability to add a background to text and also control padding. Paint would be perfect if it didn't squeeze text to the left and made equal padding from top and bottom.

I know I could add some spaces in front and to edit height of the container, but I'm planning to do editing for hundreds of pages and it's impractical to tweak the box size for every piece of text


texts: Photoshop CS6 - How to stop Round Shape merging colors with background

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This seems like a simple issue and I found dozens of answers around this site and the web, but none of those has fixed my issue.

I'm trying to add a shape with rounded corners. I want the colors to be solid but they are blending with the background. I'm going to be making 100s of images, so I didn't want to have to copy & paste to a new layer and try and crop the off-color parts (like some of the solutions call for).

Any simple solution will be very much appreciated. If I have to use Illustrator I could, but I would prefer not to.


texts: Problem exporting .svg to .pdf using inkscape

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I have a problem when exporting (or "saving as") some .svg files into .pdf using Inkscape. For some reason, some random "small" parts of the pictures are not rendered. Is there a way to "force" inkscape to export everything, is there a solution another software I could use instead ?

Here is an example file:
svg file here and pdf file here. The round bits of the notes are not rendered in the pdf.

(I use the latest version of Inkscape (0.91))


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Is it possible to select again the last selected items? If I click unwillingly and lost the selected items, is it possible to select them again without having to manually click on each one of them (which sometimes takes a little while)?
Thanks a lot for your help


texts: Does giving manual radius to a shape makes it look bad?

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Basically, I'm confused between geometric/mathematics and aesthetic point of view. I need a shape as shown in image for my logo. Now, in the 2nd half of image, you see two objects. One has inner radius and other has none.

I made the first by the process illustrated in first half of following image:

a) Drew a circle with side length 120 px

b) Increased the stroke width to 60 px and made it contain inside of path

c) Gave border radius of 60 px

c) Distorted the one end of shape to see the stroke properly and finally expanded it and removed unwanted part

Now, it seems right to me according to Illustrator's own handling but it doesn't look cool to me at least. So I was thinking to give it inner radius manually.

One way to achieve both inner and outer radius was to give stroke width less than 60 px, but that I don't want. I need exactly half.

Is the little manual radius (inside curvature) here in the 2nd shape makes it more weird or makes it better? In other words, which of the 2 will most designers prefer over other?


texts: How would I overlay a graphic (a logo in this case) on a t-shirt and make it look like it's really there, not just superimposed (wrinkles, lines, etc?) I don't have photoshop or any adobe software, unfortunately, so a GIMP solution would be best.


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I am formatting a research paper in InDesign, and I'm working on making it interactive. I'm trying to add a hyperlink to this PDF:

  http://in.gov/isda/files/Promoting_the_Good_Works_of_Indiana_Agriculture_Release.pdf

Every time I try to create a hyperlink to its url, the hyperlinks panel lists its status as "URL is Unavailable."

So, is it possible to create a hyperlink in InDesign to a PDF? If so, is there a different method that I need to use? Thanks

Update: Here's a picture showing the hyperlinks panel and the edit hyperlink panels pulled up.