texts: Emulating global 3D light on a functional web page

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I'm struggling with that problem for quite some time now so I decided to ask to have a definitive (and hopefully positive) answer.
Is there any way, using any web friendly language, to allow me to apply a spot light effect to a whole web page ?
Just like in this picture for instance:

This is an illustration made with some kind of software which has nothing to do with the web but that's the result I'm actually looking for: a unique and 3D-like illumination applied dynamically to each and every element of the page.
In terms of static design, gradients and shadows are easy to achieve using CSS but that wouldn't get me there as one thing that css fails to do is to fake a unique illumination that would light everything consistently, even if the web page is resized and the inner elements are dynamic.
Each element can emulate illumination and a shadow source on its own but they won't share a unique and consistent source of light together.
So, is there any trick of the trade or any other language (javascript or anything else) that would help me achieve what I'm looking for ?
This seems such an obvious feature to me and yet, I've never seen anything like this online so far.
Thanks for your input
EDIT: it seems unclear for a user, so here is an illustration to show the problem:

With CSS, each div can have its own light simulated (with gradient and shadow) but then each of them has its own personal pseudo light source "embedded" with it. Move any div and the pseudo-light and shadow associated with it will remain at the same place relative to the element, wherever it is on the page. Because the pseudo-light source relative to each div is static.
That is ok for one shot illustrations that will emulate global light but on a real time situation when divs can be moved around and screen resized, multiple static pseudo-lights will not make it look like a global illumination. The global lighting is inconsistent.
in this case, NO global illumination is emulated, just a series of local pseudo-illuminations. One by element.

With a 3D global light however, each div is illuminated by the same unique global light source. When moving elements on the surface, the illumination and shadow will be updated according to the new position of those elements relative to the global light.
That way, moving and resizing elements feel real. It looks like everything on the page (divs, text and even the background itself) is illuminated by the same unique light source.
This is what I mean by global illumination.
Which is what I want to achieve. Natively or as a workaround, with css or javascript or any other language that is web-friendly, as long as it allosw me to get there with more or less the same performances as any other web page.


texts: Adding text layer with white background to image by using gimp python-fu

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I want to add a variable text (file name) to a photo and fill the background with a color (white) so that the text is clearly visible.

How can I conveniently fill the already created text layer e.g. Danube-Iron-Gates(c) TEST with a colored e.g. white background?

I am using GIMP 2.10.2 (Windows10).

The following example code leads to the resulting image with text including a margin I attached here when using the python plug-in twice. The code has development level only.

#!/usr/bin/env python

# --------------------------------------------
# Add file name box
# --------------------------------------------
# Change Log
# ============================================
# Version 0.0.1 Initial release.

import math
import os
import os.path
import sys

from array import array
from gimpfu import *

#------------------------------
def format_pkz(sText):
    sConcatenatedText = sText + "(c) TEST"
    return sConcatenatedText

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
def add_filename_box(image, layer, use_filename, pkz1, placement):
    # set start of undo
    pdb.gimp_image_undo_group_start(image)

    # Save the current foreground color:
    pdb.gimp_context_push()

    # Set foreground and background color to default
    gimp.set_foreground(0,0,0)
    gimp.set_background(255, 255, 255)

    # use filename for pkz1
    if use_filename:
        filename = image.filename
        filename_w_ext = os.path.basename(filename)
        file_name, file_extension = os.path.splitext(filename_w_ext)
        pkz1 = format_pkz(file_name)

        if placement == 0:      # top right
            xOffset = image.width - 630
            yOffset = 50
        elif placement == 1:    # down right
            xOffset = image.width - 630
            yOffset = image.height - 150
        elif placement == 2:    # down left
            xOffset = 50
            yOffset = image.height - 150
        else:                   # top left
            xOffset = 50
            yOffset = 50
        # create layer with text and add it to the image: image, drawable, x, y, text, border, antialias, size, size_type, fontname
        pdb.gimp_text_fontname(image, None, xOffset, yOffset, pkz1 , 10, True, 64, PIXELS, "Verdana Bold")

    else:                       # don't use file name
        xOffset = 50
        yOffset = 200
        # create layer with text and add it to the image: image, drawable, x, y, text, border, antialias, size, size_type, fontname
        pdb.gimp_text_fontname(image, None, xOffset, yOffset, pkz1 , 10, True, 64, PIXELS, "Verdana Bold")

    # Restore the old foreground color:
    pdb.gimp_context_pop()
    # set end of undo
    pdb.gimp_image_undo_group_end(image)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# register the plug-in
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

register(
    "python_fu_add_filename_box",
    "My function test.",
    "My function test for developing cases.",
    "help-info.de",
    "help-info.de (c)",
    "2018-06-03",
    "<Image>/DEVELOP/Add filename box ...",
    "RGB*",
     [
            (PF_TOGGLE, "use_filename", "PKZ aus Dateinamen ableiten", 1),
            (PF_STRING, "pkz1", "User Input", "0000-0-00000"),
            (PF_OPTION, "placement", "Placement", 3, ("top right", "down right", "down left", "top left")),
     ],
     [],
     add_filename_box)

main()


texts: How can I shoot huge cliffs for photogrammetry?

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I'm not an expert of photogrammetry, but I'd like to know if there is a specific shooting method for large objects in order to use them into 3D apps.
I'm not talking about textures, but capturing pure 3D mesh.
As far as I know, I need to shoot the object moving around it at 360.
Let's suppose I want to shoot a huge cliff, the problem is that I cannot go 360 but just in front of the cliff, so from one side to the other one.
Since in this case I'm missing the 360 3D part, is it still valid?


texts: Creating clipping mask with an outlined stroke

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I've created this logo which uses clipping masks to contain the field inside the outline of the state. As you can see, the state outline is still a path. I need to convert this to an outlined stroke so that it can be resized without affecting the stroke weight.

However, when I use the direct selection tool (A) to select the state outline and convert it to outlines, this is what happens with the clipping mask:

I have also tried removing all clipping masks from the start, converting the path to outlines, and then applying the clipping mask but this is the result of those steps:

What am I doing wrong here? Is there a way to get the state outline stroke outlined and still have the field graphics contained within?

Thanks for any help and advice!


texts: In Word, what does "single" line spacing actually mean?

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If you look at the paragraph settings in Microsoft Word, there's an option for "Line spacing". This actually seems like a misnamed field, because it seems to control leading.

The default is single, but there are options for Multiple and Exactly. If you use exactly, you can approximate setting the leading value for lines (such as using exactly 15pt to get 12/15pt Arial).

What does the default value of "single" actually mean? Is it scaling somehow to the font? Using some value built into the font?


texts: For Latin-based fonts, I will download the font I want to use and run it through Fontsquirrel.com's webfont generator and subset the font accordingly. However, I'm building a Chinese site right now, and the fonts I'm using are too large to upload to Fontsquirrel. Does anyone have an approach for optimising Chinese fonts? Otherwise, I'll just have to fallback to system fonts instead.


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I am a GIS Specialist and I have a few images that I want to use them for my software, ESRI ArcGIS, however, each of them has pixels and when you convert them to vector and it does not smooth the pixel. I know this is not a easy way to do it but do you have any suggest for me to work on it ? I want them to save them as a symbol and use them to create it as an icon on the map.

and just several more I have...

Does that mean when I have to do manually myself with a program such as Inkscape, Photoshop, Illustrator ?


texts: How animations like this are done...3d/artistic/cartoonish

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the animation: http://vimeo.com/17535548

it's very much painted but it's 3dish...were all frames painted or some 3d software is capable of producing it...

Animation does look very fluid.

I am interested in learning to animate however not sure about which style to learn ...

A still from the video from the creators' site:


texts: How to fill in shape made with brush tool Illustrator CS6

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I would like to make a complex shape using the brush tool and then use stroke and fills to create color.

I started with one shape made from 8 brush strokes

I selected all of the strokes with the direct selection tool

I am left with a fill that looks like this:

I've tried grouping the brush strokes (right click-group) first with little difference. I've tried converting my shape into a vector (expand appearance) and then applying the fill but Illustrator maintains no fill to the object.

Note: this picture is just an example. The real problem is in a much larger piece that does not lend itself well to the pen tool.


texts: AI - Removing ghost lines from path tracing before merging to a compound path

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Here's the task: I import an image, trace it black and white, and then try to convert the result into a compound path in order to use it easily later on.

Here's the problem: When I combine to a compound path, nothing shows up - either it appears as completely white or completely black. All the vectors forming the object are still there, but the result is blank.

Here's why: When I trace the object, it creates duplicate lines. Each line that appears in the result is actually two lines on top each other - even when ignoring white. In the result, the first set of lines wrap the actual object fill areas. The second set of lines either wraps all the white sections (if not ignoring white), or wraps nothing, and acts as just lines. When converted to a compound path, fill-content is ignored. Since vector shapes in compound paths invert when intersecting, everything fills together, making everything appear one solid black rectangle (or nothing at all if there's another line-vector wrapping the border).

Here's the question: How can this be avoided when tracing? Or, perhaps, how can I remove all the empty lines before combining to a compound path?


texts: Drawn lines have big jaws when using One by Wacom

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As shown on image below, drawing in Gimp have big jaws in lines, only when using my graphic tablet, the One by Wacom.

I'm also sure it is problem of Gimp because when using Paint Tool Sai, lines looks fine. I'm also 100% sure it is problem with graphics tablet because it it does not happening when using mouse. I tried to mess with wacom tablet config and Gimp input setting but i was unable to solve it myself.

Do someone knows how to repair this unpleasant behaviour.
By the way. It was fine before, it start to happening several days ago.


texts: Illustrator - Turning brush strokes into pencil strokes

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I have a document with lots of drawing done with brush tool, however, when I tried to increase the stroke size it creates undesirable results with each stroke ending/corners rounded etc. I thought that I would be able to change the stroke settings to change the stroke caps and corners, but turns out you can't do that for brush tool?
Just now I've found the pencil tool and it creates exactly the result I want, and I can change the stroke settings as I wish which is perfect.
Is there any magic conversion method somewhere that would allow me to convert my brush stroke paths to pencil strokes?
Or do I have to redraw all of them? :/


texts: How to join end nodes of different paths in Inkscape?

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I've been working recently on 3D printing TSP maps. I've included a pretty simple sample right here:

The issue is that when I try to manipulate this figure, it recognizes it as 25 separate sections. I thought that there may have been some node limit per object, but as it turns out, some of the sections were not properly joined (I only discovered this around 25000% zoom)

The end node shown is in the EXACT same position as the end node of the adjacent object not highlighted, but they are definitely different. (I can move each independently) I don't know how to join them, and the research I've done hasn't yielded much...I don't mind fixing it, but I don't know how.


texts: InDesign: how to prepare document for packaging

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I'm using InDesign to design a packaging that has different large sides, flaps, bleed, etc. and artwork all over these.

Which is the smartest way to build this kind of document with InDesign?

Is it right to make a document as large as the whole packaging and create manually the single parts with a special color?
Or is it possible to create single sites with different measures?
Or something completely different?


texts: Trying To Merge An Object And Text In Illustrator CS5

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Another newbie question in Illustrator that I can't find on Google.

I have a object made up of a bunch of different elements. Then I overlaid text on top of it (the text hangs off the edges of the object). Now I want to put a drop shadow on the entire logo but when I do it obviously puts a drop shadow behind the object AND behind the text. I want it to all be treated as one big object so there is no drop shadow on the text that is on top of the object.

When I rasterize, it loses significan quality (as I presumed). When I try to unite, it doesn't actually unite them at all (it just gets rid of my Extrude & Bevel on the object). When I try to merge, the elements of the object go out of order and become one solid object, losing it's coloring.

I'm hoping this doesn't sound too confusing. Basically I'm just trying to merge an object and overlain text into one solid object. Thanks.

EDIT

Here are pertinent photos.

The "Object":

The Elements of the Object:

As you can see, there is a shadow behind the text (I just want it behind the object as a whole):

When I try to merge it flattens the object (gets rid of the effects):

When I try to unite it messes up the object:


texts: How to draw pressure lines in Illustrator with a Surface Pro

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I want to draw lines like the one located on the left side, but what I get when I try drawing are the lines located at the right side. As you can see, the ends arent sharp but round and it doesn't have the same effect as going from thin to thick.

I am working on a Microsoft Surface pro 4.


texts: Paint Shop Pro 7: where to find color:transparent?

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In a .png image, I want to color the three far-northwest corner pixels, now colored white, so they are transparent.

This is, I want the background color to show through those pixels. But I can't find in PSP7 where to pick up transparent color with the eyedropper.

Can you tell me how to color those pixels transparent?


texts: I tried to look for it but I end up with no matching results :( Anyone know what font is used in this logo?


texts: Most effortless way to design a spreadsheet?

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I am often given either spreadsheets or word documents with lists of things that I then have to style in a graphics program of my liking. I need to create a sort of infographic like informative graphic.

My main issue with this is that often the information or order changes later on and it takes a lot of time to re-enter the whole spreadsheet again.

Maybe this is farfetched, but is there a way to load a numbers spreadsheet into a graphics program such as photoshop, illustrator, sketch app and have it fill certain prefixes/dummy content?


texts: How do I convert a color transparent PNG to white (not B&W) transparent PNG?

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I'm trying to create two states for an image.  I have a color transparent png icon and I need a duplicate of it that is a 'white' transparent png.  This will be used in for a mouseover effect in CSS (fading from one to the other).  I've seen the end result of this before but am not sure how to go about actually producing this myself.

I do not need B&W or desat, but need pure 'white' transparent version that when a single color layer is put underneath it then detail of the white transparent icon is shown.

Can someone tell me how to achieve this in photoshop or similar?


texts: Use clipping mask to fill transparent shape in photoshop

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I have a rectangle in photoshop that is transparent with a black outline, and I'd like to make a frame-by-frame animation of the rectangle filling with red. I know there are a few ways to do this but right now I'm doing it by creating a clipping mask and slowly bringing the clipping mask upwards, saving every time, and then playing the images back quickly.
However, I have a bit of an issue that stems from the fact that the rectangle has a transparent background.
My setup looks something like this:

and the issue is that, even though the red rectangle has a solid red background, the only part of the black rectangle that I'm moving the clipping mask over that gets filled is the black border.
I'd like something like this instead:
https://imgur.com/a/ULHqcbX
but I can only achieve this effect when I actually fill in the background of the shape.
Any help here would be appreciated.
Thank you.


texts: How to change the spacing between shapes in a pattern brush in Illustrator

texts: I'm trying to create a hair braid pattern on a circle and somehow can't seem to change the spacing between the shapes in the brush. I want to close the gaps. I'm working in Ai CS6.


texts: Word: Creating a visual graph that can be highlighted by the reader

texts: My supervisor has tasked me with creating a visual concentric graph for our international employees to fill in as a wellness exercise. The basic concept is that they answer 8 sections of questions, tally their answers for each series, and it gives them a "score" for each section. Then they need to be able to go to a graph and, ideally, highlight the field that corresponds with their score. The goal is to give a visible representation of how they're doing, showing what areas are strong and which are weak. The problem is, I have no idea how to do this! If they could print it out, they could shade it in with a marker, but it needs to be all digital. Any help would be greatly appreciated!


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Throughout Graphic Design I'd say few realms have been as forward thinking as Album Cover Art. It's commercially viable but often without the constraints of the typical corporate design job allowing much more creative liberties to be taken in the name of art.

It's also where we can see some of the most inventive technological progressions within graphic design. Early uses of digital presses, collages being done before Photoshop exists, merging illustrations and physical, 3D, you name it and its been done.

In the modern era (2017 at the time of posting) most albums are digital entities. They exist in Spotify, Pandora, iTunes, Amazon, and the like. They're not CD's in sleeves anymore.

Yet aside from some fan creations of old albums I don't know of any that utilize animation in the way that some companies are now doing with their logos. This seems like a prime opportunity for things like Cinemagraphs to bring Album Cover Art back into conversation.

Why then are artists not doing this? Is it a technical limitation? Just a holdout from what's always been done? Or is it something else? ... Or has it been done and I'm just unaware?


texts: Why are my psd files shrinking when I open them in Illustrator?

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I'm trying to open my .psd files in Adobe Illustrator, but it's turning them into really small files.

It's probably something to do with the advance settings, but I cant seem to find it.


texts: Custom square brush defaults to circular?

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I recently learned to create custom brushes by selecting an area and using the "custom brush by selection" option.

What I'm trying to do is make a square brush with a slight tilt to it (I'm using transform to rotate a perfect square to a small degree). Every time I highlight the angled square and create the custom brush it gives me a circular brush that seems to be the exact same as the default Hard brush.

Has anyone experienced this issue or know how to work around it? Is creating a square brush impossible or do I need to build something more rectangular?


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How to join two endpoints of different paths in Illustrator?

It is said in manual, that points should be selected first, but I can't select them, since they are not on the same path.

I can select two paths in total, but once I start selecting nodes, only one path remains selected.


texts: How to change set of color by another CorelDraw

texts: I need to change set of colors by another one in CorelDraw. For example: I have red shapes and I need to change all red color by same green colors.


texts: After Effects: custom counter expression

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I'm working in After Affects for a college institutional video and I'm making a timeline that needs numbers counting.

That part I figured out. Using expression & slider control and voila my numbers are counting.

The thing is the numbers increment from left to right, and only show the amount of numbers that are currently representing.

Which means:

1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 11, 234, etc

And what i wanted to do is this:

0001, 0002, 0003, 0010, 1940, 2006, etc

Making them start with 4 numbers, and incrementing the zeros ahead.

Any solution?


texts: How to crop the rectangle effect in the appearance panel

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How can I crop a dynamic rectangle effect so that the outsides of the rectangle don't show outside a certain fill?

please have a look of the appearance panel

The desired effect:

The reason not to use a clipping mask is to save the result as a graphic style to have the ability to apply it dynamically or through an action so I don't have to re-draw masks every time I use this effect.


texts: Do not attach ICC profiles to placed images

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I just read a good book on DTP.

The autor stated, that one should not attach color ICC profiles to images placed in a publication (say when placing an image into InDesign document). The author doesn't explain this further unfortunately.

Can someone explain to me, why not attach ICC profiles to images placed in a publication, does it cause problems in production? And does this apply to PDF/X-1a only, or also to PDF/X-4 workflow? As far as I understand, PDF/X-1a is not color managed and PDF/X-4 is. I read somewhere, that the first doesn't allow ICC profiles, and the other does.

Still, from what I understand. An output ICC profile is allowed, but not per image ICC profile.

Can someone explain this to me? I'm confused enough.


texts: removing white background after tracing a logo in illustrator CC

texts: I have a o that I traced. I removed the white background by selecting expand and clearing it. however, the white background is still in the test part of the logo. thanks for any help you can give me.


texts: Transform every item in group without affecting the group

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In my Illustrator diagram I have a group with ~100 small objects in it (dots on a scatterplot chart). I want to scale each dot in place to be smaller.

If I select the group and scale, the placement of the objects changes. I don't want this:

If I use the Transform Each dialog, I (somewhat surprisingly) still get the same result. If I edit the group (double-click) and select all the items and use Transform Each, I still get the same result.

The only way I've found to avoid this problem is to select all the items (which automatically causes the owning group to be selected), deselect one item (which causes the group to be deselected), and use Transform Each.

And then select the one leftover item and Transform Again.

Is there a better way than this hack, to scale all items in a group without the group also scaling?


texts: Photoshop - Is there a way to re-link a file to the same size?

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I'm trying to add two images to my photoshop document. The images are different but I want them to be the same size in the document. The images have the same aspect ratio but one is slightly bigger than the other, which seems to be my problem.

What I've tried to do is this:

Place linked. Place one image. Size it the way I want.
Copy the image/layer and move this to the position I want. Size does not change.
I now have two identical images. So I right click one one and go to 'replace contents' or 'relink' and I select the other, slightly bigger image.
When I do this, the second image is imported at it's size rather than the fize I already fixed.

It's not a big deal thing, I can always fix this as I go along, but I feel like there has to be a way to do this quickly and simply. I know Illustrator has this feature where I can just replace contents and keep sizing constraints. Does PS have a way?

Thanks,


texts: Looking back at work you want to change but its gone to print?

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I have recently just started at a new company as an art worker. (My first ever artworker job) I get given small jobs which require quick turn arounds. The other day I had to add some copy to a poster which is 3x3meters. However me being the worrier I am I decided to log onto my work email and check it out again. I've notice some of the copy isn't aligned. (i.e. the copy next to the twitter logo wasn't aligned in the middle, its about by a cm or so) I am now worrying and kicking myself in the teeth for a stupid mistake. It has now been sent to print. How do other designers deal with this when they look back and realised something so small would of made a big difference?

I seem to have become more of a perfectionist than ever since starting in the design industry.

Thanks,
Char


texts: Cut a circumference into parts - Inkscape

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I'm trying to cut out sections of a circle / circumference.

The way that I've been doing it is by creating new nodes on the path and then cutting the path at that point. However, to make the cuts I then have to drag the circle freehand and it moves out of shape. How can I get around that?

Ideally, what I'm looking for is a circle with vertical cuts in it. Then I want to put shapes in the gaps, like so:


texts: Flash: Creating a single walking pattern for multiple characters

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I have a big project to do right now. And my final delay is... now. It's a ~35-second animation I have to do in Adobe Flash Professional CS6. Anyone having ever animated on this software knows that problems always arise, and I'm really scared that I won't be on time, following a lot of time loss.

So on top of cutting every single non-essential bit from my scenario, I'm looking for every single trick I can use to speed up and be on time.

So here. I have three characters who need to walk. They were all designed in Adobe Illustrator, and are all made roughly the same way, from the same model, with articulations and such. And they'll all walk in a very similar way. My teacher said it's impossible, but I don't consider my teacher very competent in Flash, since even though I suck at it, the last few times he told me something was impossible, I found how to do it after a bit of fiddling.

So I wanted to ask you guys. Is there a way to set up a walking animation with one character, then have the others move according to it, in the same way? A bit like setting up a "skeleton", and then pasting different characters on it to make them walk.

Because the only way to make a walking pattern that he taught us was to do image-per-image animation (and if you ask me, whenever you have to do image-per-image animation, there's probably something you're doing wrong, because the software is supposed to animate, not just display successive images), by taking the character, putting it over a video and making it mimic it. But that requires me to do the job twice for 3/4 angle walks, and twice for walks toward the camera. A lot of time there.

Since the characters are basically the same, almost like skins I could put on a stickman, I really hope there's a way to only do the walking pattern once per angle.


texts: How to extend/prolong and trim/cut a straight line or path in Inkscape

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I have some straight paths with only two nodes (start and end node). They are short and I want to prolong them in the same direction that the line is.

The paths are oblique-angled and not horizontal or vertical oriented. If so, I know that I could have used the Ctrl key to prolong in horizontal or vertical direction.

Question: Is it possible to prolong the paths in the paths direction?


texts: Git-style Managing for Graphics/Programming Assets on Filesystem level?

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This question addresses my problem about handling derivative works but I am trying to find some Git compatible solution. Extensis Portfolio may be a good candidate but for me it is essential that I am able to work smoothly between graphics assets repo and programming repo. SourceTree/Git combo works to with programming projects but graphics easily ruins things because the graphics repo can expand extremely fast.

Suppose a screenshot/work/etc with specific time-stamp/index/description, I don't want to lose this origin but I still need to use this work for things such as sprite-generation so I have change its description and location. In Git, I would use git mv to maintain the history -- now I want that the GUI will automatically handle this without me typing this command. Another scenario: I need to create many different versions of the same image so I clone many of them and change the name, I want the GUI to handle this in a way that I can later come back and see graphically how different art assets evolved. Extensis Portfolio apparently requires you to set up some groups but I would like the GUI to handle the group creation the time I create a new folder -- in a way I am trying to find a solution that is closely tied to the file system and Git: the software cannot add everyhing to Git unless the exponential size increasing easily.

Does there exist any software to manage the evolution graphics assets on file-system level?

  The file-system level means that I could just create folder/file and then it tracked the evolution of files automatically like each file is an object where a field stores its historical paths.


texts: Open points from separate paths won't join

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I'm trying to join these separate paths so that the black outline is seamless. For some reason the open endpoints between two points won't join with the Join command. I have tried the Divide tool on Pathfinder, as well as the Paint Bucket Tool, but cannot get the effect I am wanting.

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I'm trying to create an icon based on a 2 color png I downloaded from icon monster. It is placed in my document as a smart object. I want it to be crisp, but photoshop doesn't want it to be.. even though it directly taunts me by showing the perfect result when I'm trying to resize it and then throwing it away when I hit enter.

While I am resizing it is crisp, but when I apply the resize it is all mushy and smooth which I do not like.

Is there a way I can get it to remain as it is while dragging?

There is an 'anti-alias' checkbox when I'm resizing it, but it is unchecked and disabled.


texts: Using my pen tablet, how do I make it so when I draw, the line width varies more artistically? Very static right now

texts: Right now when I draw with my pen tablet, the width of each stroke is pretty much identical, unless I comically push hard or release slowly. But in videos such as this it seems effortless for the artist to have beautiful, varying widths. How is this accomplished?


texts: Small character or image to represent code?

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Now I want to put something in a logo which can represent that we do coding or at least signifies coding or something that's related to code

like

{ P = () * etc

What's the smallest character or symbol (max 3 characters) or anything else which can signify code? I don't have space for an image, I can hold only 1-3 characters

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texts: How to get standard results in colour management in Linux

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I have recently calibrated and profiled my screen, with a ColorHug device.

I'm using Gnome, and have the profile installed through gcm.

When opening an image in GIMP and DigiKam, the results are quite different.

Both apps have Color Management (CM) turned ON, working colour space sRGB with Perceptual rendering intent and the correct display profile (from system). Examples below showing with and without CM.

The source image is sRGB.

With CM: digiKam presents smooth shadow tones whereas GIMP has very harsh shadows. GIMP gives smooth shadows if set to relative colourmetric intent.
Without CM: digiKam renders the image darker (or possibly with more contrast) than GIMP. (why?)

As I understand, the CM application's job is to take the image, convert from the image's own profile (sRGB) to the display's profile, then pass it to the screen. Possibly there might be another transform ( image file → convert to working profile → convert to display profile → display ) but in this case, I believe the image comes with sRGB and the working spaces are also sRGB.

Let's say, the purpose of the exercise is to make an sRGB image for use online. Can anyone advise on a way to get standard results?

EDIT: it was suggested that the digiKam and GIMP no-cm images were the same except for the crop. I apologise for sloppy cropping, but this is not the case as can be seen here in this division of one version from another (it would be 100% white if they were the same...)


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I'm trying to mimic a grid background that has rows and columns of the same color. The rows are filled with R226, B242 and G249. When the rows cross the columns we get R214 B237 and G247.

I'm failing to understand which blending mode could produce this kind of results. It certainly not multiply or linear burn?!


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Is there a typesetting guide for English on the web somewhere, whether UK or American or both?

I’m thinking of something with rules for correct hyphenation, punctuation, dashes, commas, correct typesetting of abbreviations, numbers, time, and so on and so forth.


texts: Image for yearbook cover too big to upload

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I'm using a new yearbook design software this year which is all web-based.

I'm trying to upload a vector image for the cover but it's too big. I saved it as a jpg and tif with a transparent background and it's still too big (still over a gig).

Any tips on how to make it smaller?

I used CS back in college, but since I graduated almost 10 years ago, I'm having to reteach myself everything as I go.


texts: Which software is best to create banner/billboard?

texts: Which software is best to design a large banner/billboard? I know how to use Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign CS6, but have never done a project with large designs. Which one is better to use for this project?


texts: Make a gradient follow a specific path on a shape

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I'm a beginner AI user and what I'm trying to do is to make a gradient follow a path on a specific shape. This is the shape, I want to fade it from the line to the end of the loop:

The shade would simply be from white to transparent and it should start fading from the red line to the end of the loop.

If I simply apply the gradient to fill the shape it goes from left to right at whatever angle is given, but I want it to follow that specific path. I already found this question but I don't have an actual inner path, it's more of a shape filled with white and with no stroke.

Is there a way to do so?

Thank you for the help, have a good day.


texts: When holding shift + scaling a shape layer = doesn't constrain a perfect shape.

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I'm on AE CS6 and when I'm scaling a shape layer it doesn't scale perfectly.

For instance, I'm scaling an ellipse shape and I want a perfect circle, usually all I have to do is hold the shift key and drag the shape to create a perfect circle.

Instead it's being constrained to an oval! Does anyone have the answer?


texts: How to make a vivid orange pantone color for a book title, if I need it to be printed in process colors along with some photo?

texts: I need to print a title for a book cover and it needs to be bright/vivid orange, but it needs to be printed in Process colour along with a photograph.. (to print it at the same time) and i dont know how to do that in Indesign.


texts: Combining artwork into one pdf file with page numbers

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I have to submit my digital folio for UNI selection.  The requirements are all of my designs have to be in ONE PDF file with page numbers and a brief description of what each piece represents.
I have no idea how to firstly save in one PDF, how to get page numbers for this and how to write a brief description of each piece.


texts: How to have multiple panels/tabs of the same thing (e.g. multiple swatch tabs)

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Is there a way to have two or even three panels/tabs of the same thing such as 3 swatch tabs? I was looking for a way to be able to switch between default and custom swatches instead of having them all mixed together in one single panel/tab.

Also, sometimes I'd like to see both swatch panels at the same time so I'd like to be able to make one swatch panel a tab and the other one a button.
I'm using Photoshop CC


texts: Illustrator: preparing to deliver a logo

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I'm working on a logo that the client is going to print with transparent background for putting as a watermark on photos and other materials and i'm making another format for a stamp of 40x40mm.

I'm creating the logo in Illustrator and I have few questions:

1) Should i convert the text in shape using the option Create Outlines before preparing the file for printing? I would prefer to avoid giving the font to the client, so i guess this is the option to go for?

2) After i've finished the illustration should i use the option Expand the Appearance and Flatten Artwork to flat down all the design elements? Is it better for print purposes?

3) I used clipping masks to create the logo. Do i need to do anything before preparing the file for print?

I would appreciate your help, please keep your answer as simple as possible i'm not an expert about printing :)


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I read this question regarding Fireworks layers, where it said that master pages have to be applied underneath other layers.

Is this true for InDesign as well? If not, how does one put the Master Page content on top?

I was playing out a scenario that another user presented where you'd have one piece of text and different backgrounds.


texts: How can I change the color of images in GIMP?

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I'm creating a login form like the following.

Now I have the color versions of the images but I don't know how to make them black and white. Can you help me?


texts: What are some strategies for dealing with poorly written text?

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While many people thing they are good writers, few actually are.

I'm often given content in a word document—often consisting entirely of a bulleted list (and often with sub-lists nested within bullets)—and given a task such as "make this into a brochure" or "make this look pretty" or "put this on the website".

Content like this is often the result of writing-by-committee, where text has already gone through higher-ups (and may have been written by said powers that be), so making changes can be tricky. Often the change requested (especially for short content) is basically a re-write using the old content as an outline, but there might not be one person that was responsible for the content to spearhead revisions. There is also the risk of offending someone or having them dig-in on the current text.

In situations like this, what are some effective strategies for getting better text? What are some "good writing" guidelines that can be given to a client to produce better text without making them feel like I'm telling them they are a bad writer.


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So, I have an image (logo) that should be 130x40px. When I export it as .png from .svg file with 300ppi, it looks really good in 100% size.. if I resize it on smaller dimensions (130x40), it looks crispy.
Also, if I export it with smaller ppi, it looks crispy in original size (130x40) but when I zoom in, it looks good.

Any idea?


texts: What qualities should I look for in a font for an educational establishment?

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I am trying to create a website for schools targeting elementary to high school students, and was wondering what characteristics I should look for in a font to make sure its "safe" or ideal? Are there particular qualities I should avoid in this situation?

Any advice would be appreciated.


texts: Is it really impossible to have gradient without banding?

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I am struggling to create a gradient without banding. I have watched all the videos on YT and tried: Bluring all kinds, Noise, Dither,bit depth, Brush and doing the gradient in Illustrator.

Everything fails and I can always see the banding.

The background color I use behind the image: 050b3c


texts: Do I have to crop images in Photoshop before placing them into InDesign

texts: I have to place about 200 images into a Layout in Indesign, most images need to be cropped. Is there any disadvantage if I don't crop the images first in Photoshop? The Layout is for a book design which will be printed offset.


texts: How do I change the defined brush in a Photoshop brush preset?

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Most brush presets have a defined brush but I forget the command to release the defined brush and choose my own brush temporarily.

For instance, if I choose a brush preset that has a regular brush defined and I want to use the mixer brush instead, what commands release the defined regular brush?


texts: Hotkey to toggle show/hide layer boundaries

texts: It possible to assign hotkey to show/hide layer boundaries?


texts: Color mode problems in illustrator CC 2017

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I m creating a artwork in CMYK mode and i want a jpg in RGB form but colors art different in output.
This problems is started from updating illustrator CC 2017.


texts: How to draw MS Paint like (aliased), 1px circle in GIMP

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I was trying to draw some pixel are amd first thing is to try a circle via stroke path with miter set to 0, anti-alias off, 1 px line.
Here is what I get in Gimp. Part of the circle are ok, others are not (red arrow points to them). Any suggestions? Thanks.


texts: Sending layout to printshop - transparency?

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I will be sending an inDesign layout that I've been working on to a printshop sometime this week.

The main elements of the book I'm doing are the greyscale illustrations on each page – all of which I've imported as tif-files into inDesign. My contractor provided this information: "I want to have my black & white illustrations on a light-yellow/sepia background".

Each page is slightly yellow-toned i.e. the master is set to light-yellow for that "ye olde" look. Should the white background from the illustration be replaced with transparency or replaced with the same yellow-tone used for the pages? I've read that some printers don't understand transparency and that transparency has been dubbed "the forbidden fruit of layouting". Does this still ring true?

I can't really finalize the project until I know for sure. The printers in China don't seem to understand my question.

/Fryxell


texts: Why is it that Photoshop always shows a nice, clean picture when I transform it but when I exit out of transform mode it turns to crap?

texts: I try to edit a photo in Photoshop by just dragging it in, the image is too small so I transform it to make it large enough to fit the screen. It shows a nice picture but whenever I deselect, it looks awful and sharpening tools don't work. I need help.


texts: Why does this "pattern" occur when i use the sharpen tool?

texts: When oversharpening an image (w/o protecting detail) in Photoshop a distinct pattern emerges -is there a reason for this? does it maybe have to do with how the tool was coded?


texts: Photoshop: How do I keep 1x and 2x (for retina display) images in the same document?

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I just read on an article about designing for iPhone retina display that you can keep the 2x images in the same document and use a Photoshop Action to scale up the 1x to see how the larger version will look. Other than creating a separate canvas, I'm not sure how this could be done? Would the action be designed to scale up the entire canvas, including all contents, to the larger pixel dimension?

As a secondary question, I'm looking for retina-ready icons for a tab bar at the bottom of the app I'm designing. The only appropriate one I can find is bitmap, and looks blurry compared to the retina-ready vector image to the left of it. Would it be easier to design one like this from scratch or how could I otherwise go in and "clean up" the image to the left to make it ready for retina display?

Thanks so much in advance for any advice with these two (admittedly, beginner) questions.


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Can I copy paths from one document to another using Photoshop, If not suggest me the best approach to copy paths through multiple documents.
Thank in advance


texts: Can anyone suggest a free alternative to Corbel font for web use

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Corbel:

I've been searching for hours and hours, now days for a font that would fit my website as Corbel does. I know it might not look like the best font, but it fits my needs. I've found Ubuntu that is pretty similar, I tried "Open sans" of course, "Source sans", and even the good old verdana, which is not free...etc..

But none works.

Verdana is not free, and has a very ugly bold version.

Ubuntu is not looking good to me when you size it up, and not sharp enough when you size it down.

Open sans could have been the perfect match but the characters are a bit too squared compared to Corbel which has more rounded characters, and low profile lowercase characters.

I've tried Quicksand but the character's space is not good, even if I would want to use letter-spacing to fix this, it doesn't work.

Has anyone ever tried to find a good Corbel alternative?

EDIT: The closest I've found yet is "Quattrocento Sans" available on google font. It has the same spirit/feeling. Despite the fact that I don't like the G letter, I know i'm crazy.

Corbel:14px / Quattrocento Sans:13.5px

Google Font Collection that could match

EDIT 2: Actually not good enough


texts: How do you change the default font of GIMP in Windows?

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How do you change the default font used in GIMP 2.8 on Windows 7?
The default font seems to be Sans Bold (which is used in a lot of applications that originated from Linux). I am not referring to the Text tool, but the font used by the UI.
Any help?


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Using GIMP, given a black text on a white area having some grayish smudges, how do I remove everything except the text?

for example this image, has gray outline around the text at places, I tried using the color tool with various tolerance but it always grabbed bits of the text. What is the proccess to be left with a sharper text? ( Redoing it in GIMP from scratch is easy, if one knows the font and size).


texts: How do you erase only part of an imported "placed" image in Illustrator?

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I have drawn an image in Illustrator and am working on drawing a second and unrelated image. Part of the new project requires another clip-art image I drew previously.

I "placed" the older image into my current project, but it is showing up as one unified object and I would like to erase part of it.

Is there some way to "break apart" the imported image or just erase a section of it?


texts: Why do graphic designers / illustrators start with a large painted area?

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When I watch time lapses of Photoshop (and the like) artwork, I always ask myself why they paint a huge area over the picture over and over again (like layers).

As reference watch the first seconds in this video.

The artist paints a large chunk of black over the picture (the fine black drawing itself is always on top).

Is this to provide more contrast? Is this like a backup? Painting a big area implies that the layers beyond are finished?

Later the black is overpainted again.

Since I am not a painter/drawer/designer etc, I have no clue what this is supposed to do/help with. I used paint to make some signatures in discussion boards but those where only patterns and filter.


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I have an almost square picture which I want to upload as Twitter header photo without it being "zoomed in" or losing the background. Ideally i would like to keep the picture without losing anything. Is it possible to keep the original with maybe white sides as Twitter header is more of a landscape shape?

Thank you in advance.


texts: Is it obsolete to use a mouse pointer icon in a logo of a company?

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Taking into account mobile devices represent a significant part in today's web traffic: Is it obsolete to use a mouse pointer in a logo of a company?

Some examples:

UPDATE [ADDED REAL EXAMPLE]:

Real example:
Simplicar is an automotive e-commerce site for affinity groups just like TrueCar in its early days. It is somehow creative because the mouse pointer replaces the door of the car.


texts: Adobe Photoshop CS5 (12) - only partial coverage when clicking with brush or erase tools

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For some time now I have been unable to determine why my brush or eraser tools do not completely cover the area outlined by my tool. I have reset brush settings as well as reloaded the brushes themselves. Notice in my animated gif that there is an area just inside the tool outline that is not covered when I click - even though hardness, opacity and flow are set to maximum and spacing is set to 1%. The area of the uncovered space increases proportionately as I increase the brush/eraser size.

EDIT: Brush size is set to normal and jitter is set to 0%


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I am having a lot of frustrations with this pattern tool in illustrator! As opposed to repeat tiles in photoshop I find it a less intuitive process. The first issue I encountered was that my illustration I live traced and expanded was lagging everytime I dragged it. I guess because it was complex and a lot of paths, perhaps my computer doesn't help either.

Also I wanted to go back into the pattern tile and edit it. But when I double clicked on the swatch the pattern window appeared however it has done this...

So Im guessing instead of showing the original tile it has just made a new repeat pattern out of the whole pattern


texts: Is is possible to modify fonts in Stetch 3? If so, what are the best techniques for doing so?


texts: PPI in the Wild: implications of setting or providing a PPI flag in an image file

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Apropos the perennial retina vs PPI questions:

We have an answer to a recent question about setting up an image which, in my opinion, correctly states: "pixels are all that matter." But I have dealt, in a non-professional setting, with web pages where various devices (especially mobile) completely ignored specified units.
Are there any caveats that a designer should know about?

I know that the pixel dimensions are all that matters and that  PPI is merely a flag in the file header, rather than pixel data.

However in practice, are there times when the PPI flag is honored by iphone/retina/screen-density-aware software if it finds one?

If one provides a 100px square image, one with 10ppi flag set, and one set as 1200ppi, in the absence of implicit style sheets or specification (etc) will the software treat them differently solely due to the ppi flag?


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I finally had this issue come up again today, and I'd like to track down what's causing it...

Occasionally when saving/exporting a large PNG image (8000+px x 8000+px) with transparency (via photoshop CC) I'll discover some strange layering going on with the exported file...
(Left and right are both the same file)

Initially these files look fine. I only see the issue when Windows Photo Viewer "fails" to load the transparency and decides to just use a white background. (As shown above. Driver/Windows 7 issue? Usually only happens when opening multiple files.) However when uploading them to sites like imgur/facebook, I am presented with the grossly layered version.

So my first question is: What is causing this?
My second question is: How can I fix and avoid this?


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I'm editing an image using Inkscape like this:

Since I have painted image, how can I cut out all the extra strokes (actually whole image are path, including strokes) and creating a new path with only necessary part like this:


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I am using Inkscape and the internal LaTeX generator. Very frequently the formula I generate through it does not correspond with the formula I wrote in LaTeX, some additional weird spaces or additional characters are added.
I typically need to generate a lot of times several versions of the formula until at some point the expression is properly showing.
Is it a known bug and is there a fix for that?


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When using a steel pen, such as Speedball, on ordinary inexpensive paper, the ink bleeds and the result ranges from ugly to illegible. I have done a lot of genealogical research of 19th century handwritten records that have been reproduced on microfilm, and the results are good.
Does this mean that 19th century ledgers had better paper than the ledgers available today, or did they use a different ink? Is there an ink available today that will give good results with a steel pen and ordinary 21st century paper?


texts: After exporting a PDF from Illustrator, it opens as a different size in Photoshop

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I have an image that I created in Illustrator and need to work with in Photoshop.

The size of the artboard in Illustrator is 240cm width x 360cm height.

I export to PDF, however when I open it in Photoshop, the size of the document is 240cm width x 270.9 height.

Please see the attached pictures.

What could the reason for this be?


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I'm having some trouble with printing from Photoshop and colours not matching once printed.

I'm helping out my girlfriend who runs a small illustration business where she draws up art pieces, scans them and sells them as prints.

Usually, all pieces are 100% black made out of lines and dots drawn with black finer liner pens and sometimes thicker pens like a Sharpie; an example of one of these pieces being:

My printing process for these 100% black pieces is simple: Scan it, clean it up in Photoshop (remove smudges, tweak colour levels etc.) and then print it onto thick card paper. At first I had trouble with black not coming out black when printed (more of a washed out grey), but then I tried printing the piece in "Grayscale" mode and that works perfectly:

However, this method fails completely when the art piece contains colour, I'll use this piece as an example:

I can't select the "Grayscale" print mode because the image contains actual colour, when printed the colour part doesn't match which is okay, I can tweak the colours in Photoshop and eventually get it to match as best as it can. The problem is that the black parts don't come out black, they come out a washed out grey.

I've spent days researching this problem, a lot of places say I need to replace my ink cartridges/clean or recalibrate the printer/get a new printer but surely I don't? The printer is perfectly capable of printing out perfect black (I know this from printing out in "Grayscale" mode), it's perfectly capable of printing out colour; the problem is that I can't print colour pieces in "Grayscale" mode.

I'm totally new to print, I come from a UI/web design/developer background so I know my way around the tools (Photoshop, Illustrator etc.), I'm just clueless when it comes to printing and what settings to use.

I've also seen the many articles such as this which tell me to use the CMYK colour profile, because RGB documents are meant for screens, and CMYK documents are meant for printing. I've tried this and it doesn't seem to change anything.

I think where I'm going wrong is when I click File > Print, I'm presented with this dialog:

I just use the default settings and hope for the best which doesn't work, I fear I'm overriding some other settings set elsewhere (CMYK colour profile). I can also click the "Print Settings" button which gives me these settings:

...Again I just leave these and hope for the best, I've tried changing them to a bunch of different values to; nothing works. So many settings and I can't find any resources which even mention these settings, never mind what values to set them as; maybe I'm going about this wrong?

For context the printer I'm using is the Epson Expression Home XP-405.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Clipping in Inkscape keeps visible only the (parts of) selected objects which are under the clipping object. How can I change it (invert it) so that only the (parts of) selected objects that our not under the clipping object are kept visible?


texts: How Can I Make Share Buttons Look Better?

texts: You can see my site here. The share buttons on the left side obviously look quite untidy... Any ideas on how to make them look better?


texts: Is it better to use Adobe Acrobat or InDesign for interactive PDF layers?

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There is an interactive PDF product my workplace has done for years, built with Adobe Acrobat. The end result includes buttons to navigate between pages, go back to the title page, etc. However the biggest component of this product is 1 page that contains an "interactive" infographic. We use Acrobat to take a various vector layers stacked on top of one another and manage the layers in a specific order/position on the page. So when the end user opens the finished product and goes to the page with the infographic, they'd expand all layers in the PDF reader, and toggle whatever components of the infographic on/off to their liking.

I know Adobe InDesign has interactive PDF tools to build buttons that can navigate between pages, do hyperlinks etc, but I'm primarily wondering about the interactive infographic page. The end user wouldn't be clicking on the infographic to toggle layers, we'd want them to see all the possible layers and use the PDF reader siderbar to toggle layers on/off.

Does InDesign have a way to manage PDF layers stacked on top of one another the way Acrobat does? I'd like to move this product to InDesign instead of Acrobat but it's the only part of the product I'm not certain how to build in InDesign. What do you think?


texts: Trying to connect these objects but I can't snap to an element using Inkscape

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I'm using the freehand tool (F6) in Inkscape but when I enable snapping, it snaps to a grid point. Also, as "cables" will be crossing between them, how can I add some curve at this point to differentiate both paths?

Thanks!


texts: Distinguishing characteristics of the concept art industry?

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What distinguishing characteristics apply to the concept art industry that separate it from from other related fields of graphic art, design, and illustration?

What are the unique educational elements specifically well suited to this industry?


texts: How to set an 'ignore' on a pattern for contextual substitution in FontForge

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I'm working on coding a custom font in FontForge for some positional alternates of letters. I am not working with feature files for alternates, but using the FontForge interface for building lookups (I'm not totally opposed to a file solution, but based off what I've seen via an exported lookup to a .fea file from FontForge, the file syntax does not seem to quite match what that link talks about, so even via file, I'm not sure how to implement this).

In that link above, it notes that when working with that type of file, one can do an "ignore" for a pattern. Assuming here that one has a medial form of a letter and an initial form, the any medial form that is preceded by another letter does not get switched to the initial form:

ignore sub @AllLetters @Medial';
sub @Medial' by @Initial;

In otherwords, there is a way to set a pattern (or patterns) to ignore doing a lookup, before the actual lookup call, to limit when the lookup is done.

However, I cannot find any documentation stating how to code that same type of ignore statement when using the lookup dialog boxes for building lookup patterns. So in my lookup subtable for contextual chaining substitutions, I have this so far that is built (with dummy names here):

| className @<mySubstitutionLookup> |

But if I put any ignore in, then it states that "ignore is not a class name for the matching classes" (which I understand why it is saying that, since I have not defined an "ignore" class, but neither should I need to if it were a keyword).

So apparently, in the lookup dialog...

... ignore statements need to be coded differently, but again, I cannot find documentation of how (or even if, though I would think they could) those dialog boxes can code that.

So how does one get an ignore statement to code into a contextual chaining substitution using the program's dialog boxes? And if a FontForge .fea file can do it, how exactly is that done with the variation of syntax?


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I am trying to subtract a rectangle from a triangle. While the process does seem to complete successfully, the result is not exactly what I expected. I know other users have had similar issues but I couldn't find any that corresponds to my problem. From the image, I need to be able to select only the remaining trapezoid, but If I try to, The whole triangle gets selected.

To help you resolve my issue, I will write the exact steps I took:

Create a polygon using polygon tool [Properties set to 'Shape' and 'New layer']
Select rectangle tool [Properties set to 'Shape' and 'Subtract Front Shape']
Create the rectangle
Use Direct Selection Tool to select the remaining trapezoid

I am relatively new to Photoshop, so I apologize in advance for making any beginner mistakes or not understanding how specific tools work.


texts: Can I create a GIF that loops only a subset of frames?

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I am creating a banner using Photoshop CC 2015.
How can I make only two frames loop forever and the reset happens only once?

My frames from 1 to 30 brings content to the picture, it takes like 1 second, then I want to beep only one layer on and off.

please Help me with that if there is an alternative way explain it.
thanks.


texts: Big Image size low quality export or small image good quality export

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I have made a vector design in Adobe Illustrator. I need the very best export quality. I have two art boards which contain the same artwork. The difference is, the first art board is 8000px x 8000px , while the second one is only 1000px x 1000px. When I attempt to export my work in the first art board, I can only reach an export quality of 200ppi. While I export in the second art board, I can reach a quality of 1400ppi. I was wondering which export would be at better quality. Keep in mind I am exporting the file as a PNG.

Thank You.


texts: How to separate a dropdown from the page background when it's the same color?

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To get straight to the point, this is causing trouble:

The menu on top (work news about media) is a dropdown menu. The problem is that it has a white background, and the page is also white, and the text colors match too. This results in a weird, disconcerting and un-esthetic effect when the drop down rolls down over the page contents.

The design is minimalist, uses only two colors and not many elements. This dropdown looks real good on a non-white background, such as on this page.

So, we're pondering ways of separating it from the background.

A border is an obvious solution, another pondered solution is reducing the opacity of the whole page when the dropdown is activated.

Is there any other way?

Edit: Removed the original link because the design is being updated. Will keep you updated...


texts: Interpolate an entire layer's animation in Krita

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I'm wondering if it's possible to interpolate a layer's position in the Krita graphics editing and animation tool.

Let’s say I have a picture in position A at frame 1. I want this picture to move smoothly to position B over 10 frames.

I can't re-draw this picture in every single frame, so can I instead tell Krita that after 10 frames I want the picture to be in position B? So that Krita can work out where the picture needs to be in each of the frames 2-9 so that the movement looks smooth?

Thanks in advance!


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I photographed antenna a lot of diffrent perspective like this and i have to add company logo into all antena bowl.

I wonder that can i creat a smart object like antena bowl to add logo into the antena bowl to creat perfect perspective.

https://i.hizliresim.com/XP6W90.jpg
https://i.hizliresim.com/QV2Xvv.jpg


texts: CInema 4D Sudden Loss of All Textures in Render

texts: So i am having a strange problem.  I have a scene I am working on that is 1020 frames long.  For most of it, the camera is at a -3 degree angle as we swosh down was looks like a tron grid.  Near the end, it pans up as a logo comes out of the floor.  Up to and through frame 883 everything renders fine (hadn't added lighting just using default illumination).  Then on frame 884, no textures render without dropping a light of 1000% intensity and even then they just barely show.  The camera has panned up to an angle of 0.215 degrees on P.  And from there out as it pans up to a 15 degree angle it remains this way.  Now adding the light is fine but the problem is that the scene up to and through 883 now are all over-saturated with light and everything looks horrible.  So I am at a loss of what is wrong and how to fix it.


texts: Illustrator CS6-How do I make swatches stay Global after Global Adjust?

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[Adobe Illustrator CS6 / PC]

I hope someone can help me. I'm usually able to find an answer through Google, but not this time.

What I'm trying to do is create a series of color schemes. While doing one of them, I looked to see if I could change only one attribute (Brightness, Saturation, etc.) across all swatches in a group.

The group at the very bottom [image 1] is a shade scheme of the same hue and saturation. Please note that all three are set to Global and are being used with objects. I was wanting to change the saturation of the entire group rather than meticulously do one at a time.

From searching, I found out about Edit Colors [image 2]
, then Global Adjust
[image 3]. Even though it does enable me to perform the changes I need, it removes Global from all of them [image 4].

While trying to find a workaround, the closest I came was using Randomly Changes Saturation and Brightness [image 5]. However, it changes all except the first color in the group, but that one still stays Global [image 6].

Is there a way I can change individual attributes for a group of swatches at once and have them all remain Global?  Many thanks and I appreciate the help!

Updated Feb 9,2016: Listed answer in question's body of text.
Updated Jun 9,2016: Moved answer text to answer section.


texts: Combining elements from multiple PDFs -what options do I have, what tools can I use?

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Here is my problem: I am creating mindmaps with Mindjen MindManager (see an example here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mindmanager.png)

The problem is that this program has very poor printing capabilities. You have the option to print either an entire map or a subtree of this map with its children or branches to call them so.

If your map is big one you can chose to print it in a poster like manner (the map is scaled to cover let's say 2x2 letter pages) but the result is disappointing because you waste lots of paper.
If you chose to print all in one page then because of the down scaling the text can not be read.

The solution that I found it reasonable was to print subtrees of the map. I print that to PDF. The program will let you select and print just one subtree at a time :-(

So if I have two such small subtrees the result will be two PDF documents of one letter page each with just 50% of the space of each page used.
What I would like to do is to merge the content of the two PDFs in one letter page now used 100% because now I will have two subtrees on the same page.

Practically that means that I have to open the two documents and copy and paste the content of one into the other and rearrange the content
What tools can I use for that ?


texts: Sponsors business cards are being given to me instead of high res files

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I Need Avdice ASAP Please!
I'm designing a 2.5 x 6 ft banner for a benefit concert. The people hosting the concert who have asked me to make the banner, has given me business cards of the 20 sponsors instead of the high res files I requested. I was told the previous graphic designer had always just requested all of the business cards and was able to scan them in and add them. I find that questionable. If I scan the business cards in at 600 dpi, would that image look professional on a banner of that size, or is it like I think, and I would have to remake each logo?


texts: Without having an academic background in Graphic design, Can I still get on the top? Any resources/techniques and ways to succeed?

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I am currently studying computer sciences and I don't have any design school here to go to after I complete my degree and going abroad can take some time.

I am very interested in learning and adopting graphic design as a career.
I think many of other people face this issue too.

I have been in this field for 3 years and its has been a continuous process of learning & practicing graphic design while studying but I am still unsure whether I will be able to excel in this field without a proper academic background.

What do you suggest us to do in order to overcome our lack of academic education in this area?

Plus, Are there any successful and renowned graphic designers who didn't get in a design school?

I think some personal experiences will be helpful too.
Thankyou for your time and help,It means a lot!


texts: InDesign: import multiple questions from Word, one per page

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I'm not even sure what to search for as I googled for a while but couldn't find anything.
In a Word doc, I have a list of 300 questions.
I'm trying to create a writing journal where there is one question on each page.
In Indesign, I created a master page with a text box.

Is there an easy way to somehow "flow the text/questions" so that there is one on each page?
Should I be looking into some other software?


texts: Creating vector image using .png in photoshop

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I have a project that I am assigned and am unsure how to do it. I'm supposed to redesign a logo by doing a few easy edits to a logo that is already created. I have the old logo in an .ai and a .png file now.

I'm so much more comfortable using Photoshop and I can easily cover up an item that they don't want anymore or change the wording in Photoshop by creating a new layer over what is already there, but I need to be able to enlarge the logo if needed, and I know vectors are the way to go.

If I have the .ai file but it is a flattened layer, is it possible to use a select tool to select different areas of color, like you can in Photoshop? If I use the select tool, it seems to select the whole image which includes blank area around the logo forming a square.

Can I open the file in Photoshop somehow, maybe as a .pdf, and make the easy fixes I need and then re-import it to Illustrator and save it as an .eps file?

What is the best way to make a circle in photoshop with text on it that can be scalable up to a banner size with sharp edges?

Please help! Thanks


texts: Why are the image 'Transform' size values different in Photoshop?

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I have a background layer and am inserting a 512x512 image.

I want to set the inserted image to 512 x 512. I use ctrl + t and make it 512x512 and apply the free transform.

If I push ctrl + t again to check that it applied it shows it at 508.74 x 508.74. Why does it not like the size 512 x 512 when that is the imported images actual size?


texts: How to draw a 1px stroke in the middle of another stroke from a drawing automatically (Photoshop)

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I've got a comics drawing, only the black stroke, which is drawn by hand so the thickness is variating, and I need to draw a line with a thickness of 1 px in about the middle of this line. Is there a way to do it automatically?

The image I provided is an example of what I'd like to achieve on the whole picture, here I've drawn with the pen on a small section of the picture.

I tried with select/modify/contract and select/modify/border but there is no way to set an option which would leave at least 1 px in the middle. So when the two sides touch, they join and the middle of the stroke is no longer selected (using border) or simply disappears (using contract).

Can someone help?


texts: How do I get rid of the white edges on this exported .pngs? I have tried many different options (changing 8 bit to 16 bit, save for web, interlaced) and nothing seems to work. I also attached an image of what it looks like in Photoshop.


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I'm producing some vector artwork for laser cutting, and need to create some hatching using parallel lines.
This has been built using two initial line profiles, then using a shape blend between them set to the desired spacing.  This is then expanded to create the individual lines, then a clipping mask applied over the top to clip the hatching to the desired area (an offset compound path if that makes a difference.)
This appears exactly how I need it to, however when switching to outline view the hatching lines still extend outside the clipping mask, which is how the laser cutting software interprets the design and so would cut incorrectly.  I need to "apply" the clipping mask to trim each of the hatching lines to the clipping path area, however when trying to do this using pathfinder it just gives the error "The filter produced no results.  Please select two filled and overlapping paths."
I can get the desired effect by first expanding the hatching lines into shapes then using pathfinder, however this then converts each stroke into a filled box which will not be interpreted correctly.
Take this simplified case as an example:

This shows one of the strokes which make up the hatched area, that need to be clipped to the shape bounds, not just hidden by the clipping mask.
Is there a way of permanently clipping a group of line segments using a shape?
Edit:
Pathfinder in outline mode almost does what I want, but additionally adds the clipping path boundary to the final shape.  An alternate question would therefore be how to use outline mode and not have it add the clipping path boundary to the final shape?


texts: Is there a name for the decorative, often scrolled, capital letter of the first word of a book or chapter?  See the scrolled "T" icon by my user name for an example.


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A regular client of 3 years typically orders prints from us quarterly came in over a week ago with an order.  Sometimes this client comes in with the designs and sometimes we do the designs in house.  When we were finished with the designs we sent the proof and then heard word from the client that they actually had the designs already produced so we used the designed provided.  We had sent a bill to the client Monday in regards to the prints and design time we spent.  Now the client feels that they shouldn't have to pay for the design time. So what to do?

Let it slide and remove the design charge?
Proceed with the request to be paid?


texts: What is the font of the eyeglass prescription printed by TOPCON autorefractor?

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TOPCON (the Japan company, not the Texas one) uses this font in many of their autorefractors (or as they call it, auto refractometers).

This font looks simple, but I just can't find the exact same one.

What I have tried:

www.myfonts.com

www.qiuziti.com

www.whatfontis.com

www.fontspring.com

...

I have tried multiple images (about 5-6 images with resizing and cropping) on all these sites, But none of them found the font I am looking for.

Here are two examples:

Details I have noticed:

1) 9 is just the exact upside down version of 6 in this font.

2) There is no horizontal part at the bottom of 1.

3) The bold versions are generally more "squarish". In bold versions (for example, every single line above each "S.E."), 6 and 9 have a flatter top/bottom than their normal versions; the top of 1 also becomes flatter.

Any idea what this font is?

BTW. I have no interest in making fake measurement records. I am on a project to build an OCR system that can automatically recognize numbers on these prescription, so that doctors no more need to manually type them into computers. Currently we are using tesseract, but it sometimes mix up several characters, so we are trying to train the model with our own data. Although images like above can work, it would be better if we can get the font file, so that we can automatically generate training data.


texts: How can i draw shape with depth in illustrator?

texts: How can i draw the 3d shape like i attached in image. wanted to make banner with just tiled slop. i tried in adobe illustrator but cant get the depth between the blocks. Please let me know how can i archive the same effect in attached image.


texts: For some reason after working with a shape for a little while, the transform the points (corners, edges, whatever) get out of alignment. Notice below in the rectangle in the middle.


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Does the order of transform functions matter in SVG transform? For instance if i want to scale a shape but preserving the original coordinates specified in it's translate, would it help to first translate and then scale:

transform="translate(100 100) scale(0.5)"

will change the size but not the 100 100 placement, wheras

transform="scale(0.5) translate(100 100)"

does change both the size and the placement?


texts: How should I prepare my fonts to support a Chinese version of my website?

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Wondering... Should I first make sure the font I selected for English supports Chinese characters as well, or after selecting any font for English then search for other font for Chinese that matches somehow with the first one?

Would it be the same for mobile apps?


texts: So I am trying to take an inDesign file that takes one page of a document and splits it onto two pages of a 11x17 booklet. For example a landscape orientation image that has a bleed from one page to the other. Also, I have pages of the document that has two sides a split in the middle and I want the left side to be on one page and the right to be on the next page. It usually prints it as a sideways portrait (like a landscape on one page) not a land scape of the two pages. tl:dr Everything I have found for this has putting the same image onto multiple pages or putting multiple pages onto one page but nothing that converts one image half on one page and half on the other. Tried printing from PDF and indesign


texts: Should you convert or only assign a color profile when wanting to preserve color appearance?

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Context:
I am preparing a design to be sent off to a professional printer. I will print the exact same design on both coated and uncoated paper, requiring FOGRA39 and FOGRA47 respectively.

In InDesign, I have set up a document including this color: CMYK(0,0,0,10), a light grey.

My workspace profile for CMYK is FOGRA39. When manually checking the PDF-X, the color is correctly defined as CMYK(0,0,0,10). When assigning and converting the PDF-X (during my InDesign export) to FOGRA47, the color changes to CMYK(7,5,5,0).

Question:
When assigning and converting colors from one profile to another during export, is InDesign trying to achieve color appearance? Or should I only assign the color profile to achieve the same color appearance on both versions of the printed product?

EDIT
The goal is the achieve "the same" color appearance on both papers.

Thank you a lot!


texts: Where can I go to recieve feedback on web design projects?

texts: Are there are any web design forums where designers can submit their work to receive feedback and advice? I am looking for a place that I can seek advice on how to improve my designs.


texts: How to make rough edges smooth in Illustrator?

texts: I make some shape in illustrator, then divide all the shape with pathfinder tool. Then i fill all the pieces of shape with different. I found some rough area in the edges, how can I get rid of this problem?


texts: Is there a way to intelligently auto crop photos?

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I've got 12,000 photos from an event where, on every photo, there's about 10-15% of the photo that needs to be cropped off. It's not the same in every photo, so I can't just do a single batch crop.

What I'm hoping for is with all of Photoshop's new content aware stuff, there's a way for me to say "The person in this photo is the only important thing. Crop around them keeping rule of thirds into consideration."

Can this be done?


texts: How to have a running footer showing section name alongside a running header showing chapter name?

texts: I want to have a Running Header that will show the Chapter name on top of my page and a Running footer in bottom of the page that show the section name. but indesign choose just the chapter name in both top and bottom of pages.


texts: Refreshing SVG in Illustrator after editing in VS Code

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I have a SVG which I have opened in Visual Studio Code and in Adobe Illustrator at the same time.

I am using VS Code to edit the markup. I was wondering if there is a way for me to refresh the svg in Illustrator to see the effect of the edit that I made in the markup. Is there a refresh button in illustrator that lets me do it.

Thank you in advance.


texts: Importing SVG into Illustrator with proper viewBox size

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When I try to open an svg file with Illustrator, Illustrator defaults to whatever artboard size was last used when a file was open. As such, the svg, if not the same size as the previous artboard, is then placed and auto-resized into that artboard.

Is there a workaround for this that does not involve opening a fake document with the artboard size of the svg, then closing that doc and File > Open the actual svg?

Note: I do not want to save the svg from Illustrator with the "preserve Illustrator editing capabilities" in the save as svg dialog.

You can test this with any svg, but here's a super simple one that is 320 x 240:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 17.1.0, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0)  -->
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
     viewBox="0 0 320 240" enable-background="new 0 0 320 240" xml:space="preserve">
<rect width="320" height="240"/>
<text transform="matrix(1 0 0 1 98.6523 133)" fill="#FFFFFF" font-family="'ArialMT'" font-size="48">Why?</text>
</svg>


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See image on Wikimedia Commons. If you view the image on a higher resolution (2000px), the text becomes a mess. What can be done about it?
(Note that some of the text is grouped in root. Ungrouping the text doesn't have any effect.)

map of Estonia


texts: Is a colon needed after a (sub)heading when the latter has it's own formatting

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I tried checking style guides and online articles but couldn't find any reference to the following:

When the heading or subheading looks visually different from the body text (either font-size, -weight or -family) is it always better to leave out a colon after the heading? Usually in unformatted text I use a colon to show that what precedes is the heading to the following text.

So:

  Heading

  Body text, body text is always body text.

Or:

  Heading:

  Body text, body text is always body text.

To confirm, my question is whether there is ever a situation where the colon becomes mandatory after a (sub)heading that's already standing out through formatting.

Context: I am working on a children's book where the last page has the headings moral and keywords.


texts: What sans-serif typeface is used for this "lunch" logo?

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What font type is being used on the following page for "lunch", a logo for a Meatless theme?

http://themes.meatless.io/lunch/index.php

I've been trying to match it and haven't been able to find something similar.


texts: Disable each step from being show on screen when using user-defined actions

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I have created a few actions to add border and guide marks on images.

Depending on the border required, a different action button is used. Part of these actions are canvas size changes, image flips, etc.

Every time an action gets called, each of these steps (flips, canvas size changes) gets animated on screen. Is it possible to disable these animations and apply all the steps without visual progress from one step to the next?

I hope my description above doesn't sound convoluted


texts: How to remove exclusion shapes from main shape

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Following up this question solution, I have designed the elipses as intended. However I'm now stuck with a "masked" shape where I want to have only the elipses as the final shape:

How to draw an irregular line with photoshop

For instance the shape control box consider the whole thing also if the rectangle was intended to exclude from the other shape. Is it possible to fix this somehow?

Here is a capture of what my test looks like:


texts: Is there a hard and fast rule for choosing colours to make text appear inset

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I've always liked the look of inset text on web pages so I try to use it every now and again. (Sparingly and when appropriate).

I always find it a bit of a chore to find the right blend of colours between the background colour, the text colour and the text shadow colour.

I was wondering if anyone has come up with a hard and fast rule to make choosing the correct colours a little easier?

i.e. something along the lines of: the text colour should be 20% darker than the background colour and the text shadow should be 10% lighter than the background colour.


texts: I was working with shape layers in photoshop CC 2018. I selected the ellipse tool and held down shift and alt which should create a circle with a centre at the point from where I started dragging , but instead, the cursor changes to the eyedropper tool. Can someone explain why is this happening ?


texts: How to select a global fill color for shapes

texts: Working with Photoshop CS4, I have a file with 4 shapes and some portion of the same shapes to create overlay effects, I need to color a set of shapes with color A and the other set with color B, since the shapes are in the same group to create the overlay with partial shapes I need to define a global color A and global colo B is it actually possible?


texts: Multiple designers working on indesign file

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We have several (remote) designers working on the same inDesign file.  What kind of check-in/check-out file management options are available so that they don't overwrite each other and each has access to the newest version of the file?

Thank you.


texts: Where can I find a customizable arrow button?

texts: I'm implementing an up/down voting system, and I want to find a standard but sleek button with an arrow inside it that you can customize by color, arrow size etc.


texts: Inkscape How to create outer border after Clip 'Set'?

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Not sure I am asking this correctly. Here's my problem,

Originally, I perform 'Object' --> 'Clip' --> 'Set' on 2 images.

Here's the result:

Note that the pink color object is successfully contained inside the black object. But this is the case when the black object has no stroke/border.

Now, what i want to do, is to apply a border on the black object. If i do so, this happens:

Now, as observed, after applying a border/stroke, the pink object inside becomes mis-aligned. Why it isn't contained inside the black object anymore?


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I have been to sites with font identifiers and font matcherators, but in vain.
Can any of you help me about the name of this font? It is simple, I can draw that word, but I need more words for the project.
It says "OPTIKA", if that's needed.


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I want to toggle the visibility of the sublayers with a certain name. Now, I've seen it done for a layer:

#target illustrator
all_layers = app.activeDocument.layers.getByName("Layer 8")
all_layers.visible = ! all_layers.visible

Here is how I reference a sublayer, but I cannot connect the dots.

How to reference a sublayer by name in an Illustrator script?

Thanks!


texts: Unable to edit anything inside a smart object?

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Locked Layer Inside Smart Object

I inserted an image into my document as a smart object. However, when I want to go make an edit to it the smart object is locked.

I unlock the layer, make my changes, and save it.

If I click save and save it as a psd but the changes aren't reflected in the smart object.

Everytime I go to open and edit the smart object it shows that it's locked again.


texts: Auto arrange irregular shapes inside of artboard

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I have over 500 irregular shapes with different sizes on artboard, total area of them is less than artboar's area . align/arrange all of them and control overlaps manually is not possible , are there any script to re-arrange (put each shape on free space) all these shapes inside of artboard without overlaps ? (maybe with space filling algorithm)

Edit : this picture is good sample for my need. many shapes with different size.


texts: Is it possible to save Rulers ON and Grid ON as a part of Illustrator Workspace

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Creating a new file in Illustrator I should always press Command+R and Command+' to enable rulers and grid.

Is there any way to show them automatically on opening or to save them ON in a workspace/template (I've tried but with no success).

Illustrator version is CS6

Thanks.


texts: Fillable PDF with easily swap-able images

texts: I'm creating a fillable PDF template, and I was trying to figure out a way to make it easy to add an image to a defined area, almost like a smart object in Photoshop. I'm creating it for someone who only has an unpaid version of Acrobat Reader, so they wouldn't be able to do anything like "Edit Object" to place an image into the PDF. I'm thinking that this isn't really possible but I don't know if there is a solution out there to do this, because I couldn't find one.


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I'm trying to make a tileable background in Inkscape with some simple objects. Example:

But it's hard to see how the starts will look after the image is tiled, so I would like to see 9 copies of the image while being able to edit the image. Cloning works really well for rotating, scaling and recoloring the stars, but when I move the original star, the cloned star does not move:

Is there a way to make the position move as well? For example, if I move some original star 5 pixels to the left, all the cloned stars move 5 piles to the left as well, like they do with color, scale, etc?

Also, an easy to way to add a new opbejct to the tile would be appricieted as well, right now I eighter have to delete the clone tiles and recreate them or ame new cloned tiles just for the new object every time I want to add a new object to the image.


texts: Pixel Art: Can't create "hero walking" animation

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I'm creating a Fez-based HTML5 Canvas game and animating my hero image using sprite sheets. The problem is that I can't create the animation of the hero walking, don't matter how much I try, the output is a weird animation that looks like the hero is just shaking its legs. Can someone help me? You don't need to create the sprite sheet for me if you don't want, just show me what's the correct leg position. I'll post the game link in a comment because I can't post more than two links.

Note that the "hero's legs" are compound by 3 pixels each, that are 2x up scaled.

Here is the sprite sheet:

the walking animation is compound by the 6 first frames.

EDIT: If you fall in the demonstration, open the console, type localStorage.x = localStorage.y = 0; and then reload the page immediately to return to the starting point.


texts: How to z-rotate a rectangle in perspective using inskcape?

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I have managed to draw a limited perspective sketch in Inkscape. My aim is to add rectangles in perspective (like the black one already in the picture) but rotating on the z axis (xy plane) to illustrate that this figure moves along a pivot that runs along this axis.
The rotation should be from the intersection with the axis, so I’ve tried to move the rotation center and then rotate the object but it’s not producing the desired result.

Here is a PNG of my sketch:


texts: Paint goes beyond subtracted layer in Photoshop

texts: I was following along a tutorial for painting and for some reason, when I subtracted the selection from a layer, the paint goes beyond it. I have used the default shortcuts such as control clicking the layer that I wanted to subtract from and ctrl alt to subtract from that layer. Here's a gif explaining my problem.


texts: Critique: I need honest feedback on my logo that is supposed to resemble a map pin

texts: Please give feedback and criticism on shadow and highlights and whether it does a good job of resembling what it is meant to? Also, how can I add more depth?


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In this image, I would like to randomly fill each region with a different color, such that, no two regions have the same color. I've been searching for such a method and have come across script that will randomly fill in each regions with different colors, but in my case I need those colors to be unique.
Would this task be possible to accomplish in Illustrator?


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I'm very new to the whole graphics and web design thing, and upon trying to put together the first few pages for a site im working on, have realized that nothing looks as good as i imagined it would.

The major problem seems to be that everything looks like a kindergarten school project, with solid, blocky colours that are too bright.

I've realized that i need to make things more sleek- Subtle patterns instead of solid colours, shadows, multi-faceted borders...

Only thing is i have no clue where to start, so i was really hoping someone could give me like 5 of the top/most commonly used techniques that tend to be used to make a page look more elementary and less professional.

I guess 2 tips that i have so far seem to be that i should use softer (less vibrant) colours and that i should use subtle patterns instead of solid colours.

Thanks in advance!


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I'm experimenting with the text for a logo and love the retro/computer/digital style of OCR-A. The only problem is that it is a monospaced font, and so sometimes the gap between the letters looks too large.

I'm trying to look for a proportional version of the same/similar font (ideally, free). kind of words can I use to describe this font and similar ones when searching?


texts: Photoshop CS4 - is there a way to re-map keyboard shortcuts?

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I'm physically disabled and terribly slow at using Photoshop.  Part of it is due to my own unfamiliarity with the program.  Part of it is due to me being a back end programmer by trade.  But, part of it is due to me needing to point-and-click for everything.

In my quest to stop being horrible at front end work, I'd like to get better at design and faster at using Photoshop.  I figure that I could increase my speed if I could use accessible keyboard shortcuts.  I really want to stop having to go through the menu to add a new layer.

So, is there a way to re-map/customize the shortcuts?


texts: Applying multiple gradients on single object

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Curious how the effect in this logo was made. I'm trying to achieve the effect of multiple gradients on a single object put can't seem to mimic what was done in this logo.

My assumption is that I need to use the Gradient Mesh tool but the 'W' shaped object starts to select the object in a funny way when I try to add mesh points


texts: What are the Windows 10 top bar icon guidelines?

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Long story short, I'm building an app that doesn't have the official Windows 10 minimize, maximize and close buttons.

So I want to add them by hand. Now I searched a bit on the net but couldn't find what the standard distances/sizes are for these buttons.

I found this:

and this:

I'm curious what the official guidelines are. I found this from Microsoft but that's clearly outdated.

Thanks!

Edit: No my question is not the same as this one. I'm asking about guidelines, which is not answered in that question


texts: How to turn Fill Color of Mesh points to Fill "NONE" in Adobe Illustrator?

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I'm trying to create a irregular mesh shape in Illustrator, which has some mesh point filled with colors at center and all edge points with 0% opacity.

Considering the image attached. I want the cyan color to fade without the pink shade around it.

I tried turning the edge points to none in Appearance panel. But it's switching back to pink.

Please help me. Thanks in Advance.


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I'm making an identity book, and I'd like to show proportions used in the logo construction. The effect is easly achieved by using guidelines - can i convert guidelines to vector objects (I'd like to save this "construction" as vector).

Or even better - create stripped lines on top of grid guides?


texts: Splitting an image into many randoms pieces

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I have an image of a map of a certain region, and I want to show the map divided to about 1000 small pieces. This should be a metaphor of dividing the region to many small land-plots.

I need two types of division:

A vertical division - all division lines are vertical but with randomly varying intervals.
An arbitrary division - irregular division lines, that should give the impression of an anarchic (not planned) division of the land.

I looked for smashing effects in gimp, but found effects of broken glass, which does not fit in this context (it is not glass that is broken here, it is land).

I also found some tutorials that require me to draw the smashing lines myself, which is a lot of work since there are many pieces here. I am looking for an automatic way to create random, irregular division lines.

Thanks!