texts: How do I get the text to be flush with one side of the cube?

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My graphic designer left our organization, and my Photoshop abilities less advanced. I'm having trouble figuring out how to make the letters flush with the sides of the cube.

The .psd file I have does not have a 3D layer, just the sides. I'm sure it's something simple, but it eludes me.


texts: How do I remove the outline in Illustrator?

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I just designed a logo for my own freelance business. It's funny that I don't know how to remove the lines of my own logo. I don't know how to describe the problem in English. Please see the picture below:

Ignore the "No selection" part. I made a mistake when posting this image. Also, if you can't see the line, open it in new tab and zoom in.

Please note: I've tried using the Pathfinder but failed. I tried to ungroup all elements and do it again but it still failed. Help needed.


texts: Why is my EPS from Illustrator so large?

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I have a logo file in Illustrator CC that is very simple, only 2 colors, some outlined text and 2 arrow shapes. For some reason the file size is over 2MB. The colors used are white and cyan (C=100 M=0 Y =0 K=0). I feel like the file size is absurd. What am I doing wrong when saving?

Here is the dialog box with the options that were there by default.


texts: ~I've attempted several tries at every option to have my transparent png's to become an animated gif. It either combines main pieces that remain the same as the rest are black and combining other similar frames, or it is combining them all without replacing. I've checked and unchecked every option and combination, it does not seem to be happening. I've done this project with these images before. Also, it seems to be a recurring problem, off and on that is.


texts: Why some style guides ask to put figures on separate pages?

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Why some style guides ask to put figures at separate pages?

For example, APA:

  Place each figure on a separate page at the end of your manuscript,
  after any tables (or after the reference list, if there are no
  tables).

I imagine that it has something to do with the preparation of the manuscript for print, but I'm not sure how does it help.


texts: Create a simple table with some annotations (Inkscape?)

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I am completely new into this area. I want to draw some figures similar with this:

For the tasks I am using Inkscape but I am open to suggestions if there is any other tool more suitable/user friendly.
Now, while i was trying to replicate the above figure, i hit a deadin from the first step:
Creating a table with NxM rows/columns

I have been searching for quite some time, I have found that is possible through Extensions->Render->Grid to draw some figures but I was not able to find how to create the table.

Here he does something that could work, creates N*M boxes and rearranges them in order to create something similar to a table.

I was also trying to create the way it signifies the rows on the top left, i have managed to do it using calligraphic brush, but there is probably a more reliable/accurate way to do it right? (without depending on the user's ability to draw)

It can't be that hard, isn't it? Is Inkscape appropriate for my task and for amateurs?

Edit:
I have managed to create a table by first adding a rectangle with a stroke and then after selecting it->Path->Path Effects->Contruct Grid
This creates a grid but it doesn't allow a fine grained control over the lines, as for the example where the column separator is dashed. Either all lines are dashed or not.

Also for the selector, one can choose the bezier line, with some practice, you can achieve the line we see on the top left without much trouble.


texts: Illustrator: how to make “color theme” groups

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In Illustrator, I want to use a color that is a placeholder so that later I can change it in one place, and everything using that color will be changed.  Simply knowing what AI calls this feature might be enough to find it in the online help!  I’m pretty sure I saw this some time ago.

More generally, can I create a group of theme colors, and change them as a set?  What about colors based on theme colors as a starting point, but (e.g.) made lighter or otherwise transformed?


texts: Can I set the distance between lines of type in Fontlab Sutdio 5?

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I am using Fontlab Studio 5 on Windows.

I am working on a ttf font design in Fontlab Studio and I am aware I can use Metrics to set the space between the various characters but can I set the space or distance between lines of type?

I know that in most Word processors or, for example, Adobe Illustrator you would use the line spacing or paragraph features but can this be actually set within the font metrics?

Many thanks


texts: Place images into photoshop without confirmation prompt?

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I drag and drop like 50 images into some opened psd.

To complete this i have to confirm a transformation 50 times (press enter or click the checkmark).

Any way to skip this step and make it apply them as if you didn't make any changes to the transformation?

The "resize image during place" found in general does something else even though its name suggests it does what i want.


texts: Adjust font size to fit text to frame in InDesign

texts: I'm using InDesign data merge to generate lots of filled-in pages. I have a specific text block which holds a name, but always needs to be on one line. Is there any way I can have InDesign automatically reduce the font-size if the text wraps?


texts: How to Batch Export All Directory Contents to PNG-8, Overwriting Existing Files?

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Based on some preliminary manual testing, I've found that exporting as png-8 as one might expect provides significant file size reduction.  One of my test images went from 58.8 kb to 10.7 kb.

With a delivery size of around 1 GB, my graphics package needs some trimming to make it play nicer, both with remote secured asset deliveries and for better performance in a low-storage embedded environment.

I want to roll this approach out to exporting all my images in my delivery to png-8.  The problem is I have been unable to figure out how precisely to do that.

I tried record an action.  I created a new action set, created new action w/ my template file open, select Quick Export to png-8 in the File > Export menu, I click save, click "Yes, overwrite existing file", then Ctrl+W to close.  Stop recording.

When I try to run this action set on a directory of images, going to File > Automate > Batch, it opens them and closes them without saving.

If I select Save & Close in the circled box in the Batch dialogue, it seems to be saving them, but just as normal png files, not png-8:

It's interesting to note that my Export performed during the record period of the action does not seem to be noted in the Actions pane:

Expanding Close I see saving: no which is technically true... as I exported, not saved. But there's nothing there about the export.

My PS is PS CC cloud, version seen below (Windows 7, 64-bit):

How do I get the Batch process to:

Export to png-8.
Automatically confirm overwriting the existing png during this save process.  (I will be always overwriting the existing copy.)

Thanks!


texts: How can I achieve the gradient used in making the Xbox 360 interface background in photoshop?

texts: I just can't figure out how to make a gradient look like the one used on the Xbox 360 interface, that gradient give an effect of an overhead spotlight lighting the menu elements and I want to use that effect in my conceptions, any ideas?


texts: CS6 layer via copy is copying the opposite part

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I'm using the pen tool in Photoshop to select a part of my picture, but when I select the part and use magic wand tool to use layer via copy, it removes the selected part instead of copying it.

What should I do?


texts: Adding and editing a drop shadow with original element hidden

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I would like to create a drop shadow of a person, and keep only the shadow, without the original person. When I double click the layer and tweak the drop shadow setting, is there a way to hide the original layer ? I know that once I created the drop shadow, I can put it on an other layer and hide the orignal layer, but then, I am not able to tweak the drop shadow settings from the "layer style" pop up again...

Thanks a lot for any help !


texts: How can I automatically add the Trademark symbol to specific words in Indesign CC while typing?

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I want to add the Trademark symbol after three words in my document. These three words occur a lot in the work I am doing and sometimes I miss instances of these words.

Is there a way I can add a TM after a specific word while typing?


texts: Why is an ellipsis represented by one single character rather than a sequence of kerned dots?

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An Ellipsis (Unicode character U+2026 and HTML symbol &hellip;) is a

  series of dots – typically three – that usually indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence …

as Wikipedia states in its article and the following example demonstrates:

Furthermore, as you might know and according to practicaltypography.com, the ellipsis character should be used (first example sentence in the next image)

  instead of typing three periods in a row (second example sentence) – which puts the dots too close together – or three periods with spaces in between (third example sentence) – which puts the dots too far apart.

I wonder now why is there a special character to represent a mortised sequence of dots when the adjustment of the spacing between each of the periods could also be achieved by appropriate kerning instead?

Note: The sans-serif typeface Lato was used in the examples.


texts: Indesign won't relink files automatically

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I've been given a package where all links are broken in the indesign document, all links are in two seperate folders and indesign automatically relinks SOME files when i relink a file. But some of the links it will not relink even though they are in the same folder and have the exact same filename as the ones linked in the document.
I've noticed that most of the files have both a special character in the filename (mostly "ë"), and are in a .wmf format.

There are 200+ links and they are all technical drawings that look alike so manually changing them would be both tedious and a big chance of making mistakes.

Has anyone encountered that Indesign won't automatically relink files because of the filename?

Bonus info: when downloaded to a Mac, these files won't even show up in Finder. I suspect this is because the special character ë bugs the system out somehow.


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I have this illustration in .ai format that I try to export to SVG.

When it is exported the resulting file is so big.

Opening the SVG file I notice that it consists of lots om image tags/elements. And it is these that are causing the file to be so big.

Why are those image elements created and is there some way to export it without creating image elements and instead use paths etc.


texts: Replicate curves adjustment in Photoshop

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I edited an image with a curves adjustment on all the channels (RGB, red, green and blue). Now I want to know how those curves looked like, so I can use them again/edit them. But I made this edit a long time ago so I dont remember.

I have tried simply copying the original edit and managed to get it pretty similar. But not similar enough. The curves were very complex and that together with that I used all 4 channels, makes it very hard to get right.

I thought I had cracked it when I tried to split up the image in its red, green and blue channels. My idea was that it would be easier to copy if I focused on doing one channel at a time in black and white. Then I could save them as preset in Photoshop, and apply them combined to the original. But Ive just spent more than 2 hours getting not close enough on the red channel.

Im not very knowledgeable with curves. Do anyone have an idea on how to pull this off in practice? Could it be possible to "reverse engineer" it somehow?


texts: What are fonts found in Windows 10 by default that are the most similar to Avenir?

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I understand that very close alternatives aren't gonna be found considering the fonts that come with Windows 10 by default aren't that numerous, but I'm looking for fonts that convey a similar vibe with the shapes, spacing etc...
Thank you


texts: Why svg blur dosen't work in html or browser?

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I'm using Figma editor and I tried to blur element, in the editor everything looks fine, then I export it into SVG. I see that there are tags that should make my element blur <feGaussianBlur in="BackgroundImage" stdDeviation="16"/> But it doesn't work, look in the href.

JSFiddle
Dunno why it doesn't work. I also can not find information about it is there HTML reason or the browser.


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Using Photoshop CS6, I have a PNG with some transparencies with soft edges.

I need to clone a semi-transparent area, but when I do that I always end up overlapping the original image, losing the original transparency.

An analog procedure is to create a transparent square/rectangle starting with just a transparent triangle and without losing the original transparency info.


texts: How to design forms that encourage clear printing of numbers?

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On most of my documents, I have places where people can write their name and number. I found, many people do not print clearly, so I cannot read the numbers. For e.g., many write their 5's like 3's.

I know of one method used to provide student numbers on testing forms which involves a series of many bubbles, and people fill-in the ones corresponding to their numbers, however, this takes of a large amount of space on the page.

Is there any way to design the forms so that people print their numbers clearly?


texts: How do I breakdown a PSD Background To Tileable layered elements

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I'd like to create a scaleable multi-resolution web effect similar to iBooks and started by building on this tutorial.
The problem is with the background image:

As you can see it has two masks on it that give it that special effect:

What I want to do is create a background that will fit any resolution, for this I need a tileable version of the image background and a translucent PNG mask image which I can scale on top of that tileable image to give a similar effect.
I have no idea how to convert the mask layers above into a simple raster that I can save as a standalone PNG file. I tried replicating the look using a translucent radial gradient but didn't get anywhere.
Without the mask the image looks like this which is allot less compelling:

Any tips on how to easily make a texture tileable will also be appreciated but I can probably manage this myself. Thanks.


texts: Inkscape filters are not rendering correctly

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I'm running Inkscape 0.92.4 on Ubuntu Linux 19.10. My graphics driver is from NVidia. I'm given to believe that Inkscape's filters should work and render fairly similarly to how filters work in GIMP. My expectations are based on this image which shows various filter effects which ship with Inkscape:

However, when I apply filters to even very simple shapes, I get horrible pixelated garbage like this:

Can anyone help me understand what is wrong and how to correct it? Thanks!


texts: Illustrator: Gradient with thicker stop lines

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I just want to create a simple gradient from 1 color to another - the only difference is, is that I don't want a smooth gradient. I want a gradient with those fancy thicker than normal stop lines, where you can see that it's still a gradient but you see the 'not smooth' transition to the end color. I don't really know how to explain - so I've attached a link to a picture that goes from light gray to darker gray. Is it done with a setting or with double gradient overlaying each other?
What's the best practice for this? and how can I reproduce this effect in Illustrator, mind as well tell me how to do it in Photoshop please :)

image with gradient background


texts: Is there a way to 'unsymbol' an artboard in sketch?

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I'm working in versions and I just created a duplicate of my symbols page and renamed it 'Symbols v1'. I now have a page called 'Symbols' and 'Symbols v1'.

The problem I'm having is that I want to keep all the art work for the symbols in 'Symbols v1' but I don't want them to show up as symbols in the insert menu.

Is there a way to do this or a plugin that will let me manage symbols better?


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Is there a way to link text to a "master text frame"?

Basically, if I have a report, with a title on multiple parts of the page, is there a way to create one text box with the title, and then in subsequent text boxes have them link (use the same text) as the first text box? That way, if I change the title, it automatically changes it throughout the document.

One thought I had was to use data merge, but I was hoping there is an easier solution.


texts: Is there any way to change the original image size of smart object, without reflecting the size of smart object?

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Basically, for testing the design, I first use low resolution images. I convert theme to smart objects. Then I import the smart object to After effects for further work. But once design is done, I need HD images. I need to replace those low resolution images with HD images.

Let me help you understand by giving an example:

I have 1000x1000 px image. I've converted it to smart object and pasted in my main PSD document. And resized it to 500x500px.

Now, after all things are done, finally I need to replace the 1000x1000px image with 3000x3000px image.

There is a way for this: Resize the 1000px image to 3000px. Now the canvas is large. Paste the HD image there. But this has a problem.

Now the smart object which was of 500x500px, is bigger, which will break all things in After effects in main PSD.

Is there any way to do this without changing smart object size?


texts: What are color profiles (in Photoshop) and how do they actually affect the printing?


texts: GIMP: Indexed (Gif), change white to transparent

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I have a 1-bit black-and-white GIF, I need to change the white into transparent.

How do I do it in GIMP?


texts: Illustrator CS5 crashes when I open fonts menu

texts: Does anyone know of a way to fix this? Googling reveals only solutions for older versions.


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I am trying to align a few text objects that have stroke applied to them using align all to the left.
However, fist of all the font and font size used add an empty space in front of the text. And second of all, they don't align to the outer edge of the stroke. But to the outer edge of the font.

Is it possible to fix this?

I know of a potential fix. But I will have to turn everything into shapes. And I can't because I need to retain the ability to edit the text.

Thanks


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How to export an svg icon in adobe illustrator with gaussian blur?

I am working with Adobe illustratot CC. When I use "effekt - svg filter - AI Gauscherweichzeichner 4 or 7" doesen`t work. When I open the icon on the pc or in the browser it has no blur effekt.

With "effekt - Weichzeichnungsfilter - Gausian Weichzeichner" it work. But I am not sure it is the right way.


texts: Why isn't content displaying on a previously-downloaded PDF?

texts: Lately, my Adobe Acrobat DC on my Windows 10 PC has taken to not displaying significant chunks of text and/or (theme)images from various PDFs. I've only confirmed this to occur on PPT pdfs thus far. In the image below, the whole white area is supposed to be filled with text and non-white BG. The first time I saw this, I thought it was because I hadn't downloaded the fontface used, but now it seems to be occurring on a "standard" fontface and on a document I downloaded well before this started occurring. What's going on and how do I fix this? I've already tried redownloading, unblocking the files, and rebooting. Thanks!


texts: InDesign: how to automatically cycle through dates using text variables

texts: I am making a Diary in InDesign with a week to a page set up, I want to create a start date and have the variable text cycle through the rest automatically like page numbers? How would I do this?


texts: What canvas size should I use to draw pixel art for an 8bit game?

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I'm working on the sprites for a 8bit game. The game is made for iOS so I'm working on a 16:9 radius.

What I'm not sure is whether I should make the sprites on a 1920x1080 canvas or if I work with a smaller canvas like 192x80 (which would be a lot easier) will we be able to scale them without losing quality (on Photoshop or the developer on Unity)?


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This is a subjetive question, however I can imagine there are answers with reasoning so I think it fits the website.

I'm designing a visualization tool in a static medium (no animations) for 2D objects which undergo transformations over time. At the moment, I'm dealing with representing how an object scales (increases or decreases in size).
By researching, I came across the concept of Isochron maps (figure bellow):

The problem is two-fold:

1. How to represent the direction of scale?
The example shown above does so using color gradients with a legend. What are the approaches, using visual variables like color, transparency or texture, to perceive the direction of scale without a legend, if any?
For example, my first try using transparency had no success (figure bellow). I used the same opacity for each object state but if I scale down or up the result is the same, because of how transparency blends (I'm using Three.js).

2. How to deal with non-uniform scaling?
In the first example shown, you can see the object always growing. However, how would someone represent an object that sometimes shrinks and other times grows? Without giving it any though, the colors would overlap and it would be difficult to perceive each object state.


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Does anyone know to make a control look sunken into the back ground? Is it some sort of photoshop effect?

I.e., in first button in this interface,


texts: How can I reset the brush settings for all paths in Illustrator?

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So three days ago I opened Adobe Illustrator for the first time in my life to prepare some embroidery patterns for my Christmas gifts. I never did on-screen calligraphy before, only on paper, so it took me some time to adjust to the screen and the file size, and I rescaled some of the letters and strokes a few times before deciding on the current brush settings. Right now, everything seems okay.

However, I have decided to make the brush rounder so that all the thin details don't get lost during the embroidery process. I selected all the paths, created a new brush and applied it to all of them. After that, some letters end up being almost twice as thick as the rest for some reason.

Suprisingly enough, some of the problematic strokes were never even rescaled. I drew the D and the S from scratch long after deciding on the current brush, for example.
How can I reset the brush settings for all paths and apply the new brush to all of them for a consistent look?
Thanks.


texts: What methods to use to create a city map with buildings footprints and import into Sketchup?

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I would like to build a 3D miniature of a city, and I think the best way to do that is to import an image to Sketchup and then use the 3D tools provided by the software. It works like a charm if I import the maps from OpenStreetMap (as also recommended here), but there is a problem. The city I'm interested in has only some main buildings in the city center but lacks many of them in other important areas (see the picture below).

I've been trying to search for maps that would have all the buildings' footprints, but I fail to find one. I think the city is too unimportant to have such a complete map, so the only thing that comes to my mind is to find other artifices to do that. Google Maps sounds like an option, because it offers the satellite images of all the buildings but exporting the image as BMP would also include building shadows which would make it difficult to find the outline of the houses. But figuring out outlines would be very time-consuming and imprecise.

Can anyone help me to figure out what methods to use to extract such a complete map for getting all the buildings' footprints? I assume that I would have to do it with Google Maps Satellite View, but how can one remove the shadows and get the ground footprints/outlines?


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I'm making a molding for a wall. I have a completely vertical piece and a completely horizontal piece. At the top cap of the vertical piece I want to make a 45 deg miter to join with the horizontal piece.

I tried selecting all the vertices then doing 'Edge Constrain' with 'Selection Center', but it bugs out and rotates only half of the vertices. It rotates properly with 'None Constrain' but then it scales itself down in the horizontal direction. I also tried other 'Selection Modes' with different constraints and none work.


texts: Is it OK to use a smaller font size for credentials that come after someone's name on a business card?

texts: I am designing new business cards for employees and many of them have several credentials after their name. To make them all "fit" do I bring the entire name and credential line down a point or can I just make the credentials a point smaller? Is there a rule to this?


texts: OSX Tool for verifying that embedded images in a PDF/X-3 file have retained their original color space

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I'm using InDesign and I am exporting a photo book for an online printing service (Blurb) in PDF/X-3 (I use unaltered an Export profile that they provided). In the Output tab of the Export Adobe PDF Settings, Color Conversion is set to No Color Conversion and Output Intent Profile Name is set to their provided CMYK.

The embedded photos, are RGB (in particular some sRGB and others adobeRGB)

Is there some tool (free and preferably on OSX) that would display the elements of the PDF and their respective icc profile info? I'm trying to verify that the images indeed have retained their original color profile and were not converted to CMYK


texts: Krita3.0 - brush recognised on mouse but not on tablet

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So, I was using  Krita3.0 for animation, when I noticed that the brushes were perfectly recognized on using the mouse but the same brushes were just faintly recognized on my drawing tablet.

I use IntelHD2000 graphics card which supports Opengl3.1 and Direct3d10.1.
I have disabled the OpenGL display settings and followed all suggestions mentioned on krita's website but still, the problem persists.

Any suggestions would really help.


texts: Keyboard Shortcut for 'New Swatch' in Illustrator?

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Does a keyboard shortcut for creating a New Swatch in the Colour Palette window in Illustrator exist? I've been assembling over hundreds of new swatches today, and it has been especially tedious to click through the application...

Any tricks or tips that you guys use to accelerate this process?


texts: Illustrator: Brush strokes getting converted to "shapes" with fill when saving as SVG

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I'm using the brush tool in Illustrator and when saving the document as SVG, the brush strokes are saved as <paths> with the stroke itself having a stroke and fill.

Demo: https://codepen.io/carpenumidium/pen/yzXBdX?editors=1100

As you can see the lines I've drawn have their own fill, and a stroke around the lines.

Is it possible to save the brush strokes without them getting converted to "shapes"?


texts: There Must Be A Way: Trimming Groups Of Lines To Fit Complex Shape - Illustrator

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This doesn't seem complex, and I'm not a beginner but can't figure it out or find answer online.

I want to be able to trim a series of lines to fit in a complex shape (lay the shape over a group of stroked paths and trim them so only segments that are within the shape remain). I want actual truncated line segments left so that I can apply strokes, widths, profiles and brushes to what's left.

I understand clipping masks (but they don't leave new endpoints for width/brushes) and envelopes (which bend/distort lines to fit) and have tried all of the pathfinder options with no luck. I can of course just use scissors and cut-cut-cut at each intersecting point, but this isn't a one-off shape it's a process that I want to be able to repeat often across several works.

Essentially it should just be a clipping mask that cuts/deletes line segments outside it and leaves actual line segments (not shapes) behind...seems simple and an obvious function, but I'm stumped. (I'm in CS6)

Thanks for any help!


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I have a problem I cannot find the answer on the Internet. I want to achieve this figure in (a) in the attached image (of course I made this manually and has a lot of mistakes): Two misaligned circles, and inside them a bunch of circles that have the same distance from the outer circle to the inner circle. My first problem is that I don't know how to align objects between the two lines of the outer and inner circle (and I don't mean manually or measuring with the ruler). Perhaps moving the centers of the big circles (see (b) )to the edge? I suppose I have to create the black elements of (c) and then have a bend somehow to create the blue ones (?). But I am completely lost.

EDIT

If I can borrow joojaa's image it would look something like this:


texts: Why my Photoshop brush pixelated instead of smooth

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Sorry, I don't know how to describe this strange behavior.
I have no idea what happened on my brush...
Please help me.
Thanks a lot!!


texts: Happy birthday, Mac. How to achieve canvas logo animation like this one?

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How was this animation created? Can someone give an example how to create animation like this one? Is it possible to achieve animation like this one using canvas and logo in .svg format?
Is this some kind of masking effect on canvas or what...?

Preview logo animation visiting apple official website.


texts: Do RGB cubic-coordinate and HSL cylindrical-coordinate systems both support same colors?

texts: Do RGB cubic-coordinate and HSL cylindrical-coordinate systems both support the same colors? Does one system support more or fewer colors than the other, or does one system support a color that cannot be achieved with the other system?


texts: Text over image isn't clear when viewed on mobile

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I want to make an image which has text displayed over a an image. The size that I designed the image at is 360*600. When I use Photoshop and export as .JPG with 90% quality it tends to look blurry on mobile screen. However the other example image that I have shown looks crisp and clear when seen on a mobile phone. Can you please explain why this happens?

I am new to design and still learning, so I may not know all the terms and solutions that you suggest immediately.

What I ended up making:

The quality I want to make:


texts: Keep minium distance of 1px when resizing logo

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I am currently doing some work for one of my sites, for which among other things I am designing a logo. The logo partly consists of a few squares, which are aligned directly next to each other and should have a distance of 1px between them.

My question is, how can I keep the distance of 1px between the squares when resizing the logo, so that borders dont cross/overlapp/get anti aliased ect. as in the images I provided?

I would prever to find a solution for photoshop, but illustrator would be ok as well. I hope this is not too much of a dumb question, I dont design stuff that often :). Thanks in advance!


texts: Best way to make swirly lines into a repeating pattern?

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I've been working on this swrirly ocean current design:

and trying to make it into a seamless pattern. The only method i've found to do this is to reflect the lines across the X and Y axis, like in this video. However, using this method disrupts the 'swirl current' of my design. Is there another way of doing this that's more appropriate for my purposes?


texts: Transparency in pdfs exports from GIMP 2.10.8

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There is something I was able to do with Gimp 2.8 and not with the 2.10.8 version.
In order to use some stamps in pdfs, I have to create them from scanned documents, possibly where they appear on a white background.
What I do is crop the scanned document to the stamp, apply the commend "color to alpha", then export to pdf to obtain a stamp that can be used on various pdf software with the proper function.
The problem is that with the 2.10.8 version of Gimp, the exported pdf does not retain the transparent background. The same procedure works fine with the 2.8 version.
Any clue? Thanks!


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From the introduction of The Best American Infographics(2014/Mariner): "Did you know, for example, that cobalt blue is a bad choice for text, or thin lines, because of the way the eye brings these particular colours into focus?

What is the study/or citation for this?


texts: I am having a doubt regarding margins in this project I am realizing. Should i consider these triangular shapes when calculating margins, or should I imagine a blank page as I am doing now? Sometimes I have the feeling the shape in the upper right corner comes too close to the text, or the page number in the bottom left; so I thought I could ask you opinion about it. Thank you!


texts: How to render LaTeX formulae in inkscape under OSX / mac?

texts: I had trouble to find out how to render LaTeX formulae in inkscape under OSX / mac. I can imagine that many people are struggling with that, so lets collect the best solutions.


texts: Why does the comics font look like it looks like?

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I've seen the video Where the "comic book font" came from and it looks like the today's comic book fonts perfectly fit to the context of comics.

What are the key features that makes the comics font the comics font?


texts: Does my very ugly website violate any general tenets of graphic design?

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I'm learning how to use AngularJS (a Javascript framework used in web development), so I decided to throw together a website to test out some of its features.  The website is mostly comprised of static, expository content, with a few examples of the framework's features in-action.

My problem is that the website looks really ugly, and I want to develop a more comprehensive understanding of exactly why this is so ugly.  Here's a screenshot:

These are the steps I took to produce this somewhat hideous-looking website:

I looked through the Google Fonts database for a nice-looking, simple sans-serif font to incorporate into the project.
I wanted to find a balanced color scheme (I don't know anything about color theory) so I started with a simple olive green, and used variations of the initial color (based on its hue/saturation/lighting values) to style distinct sections of the website, navigation links, and headers.

I think the end-result looks pretty sloppy.

Are there any general tenets of graphic/web design that my website violates? Perhaps with respect to the text, color, and/or layout proper?

Note: The horizontal rule is especially ugly, but this was just a test to see if I could make a custom <hr> against a transparent background-image.


texts: What font is this? Whatfont , fontsquierrel, doesnt work*

texts: Sorry for the lame question, but I can't figure out what font is used in image below?


texts: Is there a way to convert from Illustrator to Photoshop and maintain things like text, lines, arrows as editable?

texts:
I am working with someone who likes to use Photoshop for their scientific figure layouts, but I prefer Illustrator.  When I finish with editing in Illustrator I want to give it to them such that it is ready to go for editing in Photoshop and will not cause them problems or confusion.  Can I convert my Illustrator file into a Photoshop document such that things like text, arrows, lines remain editable?  I do not want them converted into some abstract "shape" when imported/converted into Photoshop.

I understand that Illustrator and Photoshop are fundamentally different in that Illustrator is mostly vector based whereas Photoshop is mostly pixel based.  On the other hand, both programs share things such as scalable text (and I think the same goes for scalable arrows/lines as well)


texts: With Irfan View, how can I remove yellow tint?

texts:
I'm useless on computer. I paste this answer

  So basically the adjustment was just black point adjustment per channel and white point per channel (so spread colors across full range).

I got no idea what these words mean! What buttons do I click on?


texts:
I'm attempting to find motion graphics software to visually explain complex topics.

Here's an example of what I'm after: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEH_3BPu0As

I've looked at Houdini, After Effects, Boris, etc., but all of those products seem to be overkill for what I'm trying to do.

I'm just looking for a few standard shapes/images (and ability to import my own images) that I can move around and voice over.

(I'm using a PC)


texts: How I can make people collage in custom shape?

texts:
How can I make a similar-looking collage automatically with a vector output?
I am open to any software, web application or plug-in.


texts: How to remove the blur/leak in some edges and color discrepancies for this image?

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I have this image exported for the web from Photoshop CC 2015, but it has a couple of issues that I want to solve.

The problem is in the vertical strip in color fuchsia with a pattern of hearts in color pink.

First, when I open the image in Preview on the screen of a MacBook Air Mid 2012 the pattern with pink hearts won't show up. The strip is in a solid color, fuchsia, I guess.

If I drag the Preview window to an eternal monitor, HP w22, or place the window one half on the laptop display and the other half of the monitor, the pattern of hearts suddenly appears but only after I stop dragging the window. If I keep moving the window on the external monitor the pattern of herts won't show up either.

Second, if I open the image on my Android mobile device (Acer Iconia B1-770), there appear to be a blur or color leak between the same fuchsia strip and the curvy strip in color green to the left. It looks as if the pixels closer to the green strip were in color dark violet.

How can I remove those discrepancies so that the image look pretty much the same in all three displays?

These are the current settings I have for the color profile, and the image mode is RGB Color and 8 Bit/Channel.

Update

This is a screen-capture showing how the same image looks on Photoshop CC, Chrome, Firefox and Safari (from left to right respectively). Only Chrome seems to be rendering the image consistently on both displays (the external monitor is on the upper half).


texts: Missing fonts when exporting PDF from InDesign

texts:
I'm trying to export a PDF from InDesign and there are a few fonts
which are missing (they are replaced with another font). I don't have the fonts installed (in Windows/Fonts), is this the issue? Do I have to install them? Somebody told me that InDesign is using the fonts from Windows.


texts: How to convert between Android DP and CSS px?

texts:
I see this is probably a noob question, but it truly confuses me.

I'm reading documents from the Google Material Design, along with some of its implementations in css. The specification is written in Android's dp, while  css codes uses px as a length unit.

What confuses me is that the css implementations often uses the exact value from specification, for example, a toast should have:

  Single-line snackbar height: 48 dp tall

  Minimum width: 288 dp

  2 dp rounded corner

corresponding CSS:

min-height: 48px;
min-width: 288px;
...
border-radius: 2px;

In my current understanding, an Android DP is generally displayed at the size of one pixel on a 160dpi screen, while the CSS px is defined as a visual angle. So does a px happens to be the same as a dp when seeing in some distance? If so, is that a common pattern to use px as dp in css, or did I completely misunderstand the CSS code?

I know nothing about Android development before, and not a designer. Thanks for any help.


texts: How to reduce the size of a PDF with embed fonts (Calibri)

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I need to reduce a PDF form's size to at least 500 KB from 1,117 KB.

A client gave me this form already created and they just have to use Calibri as a company standard. I am aware that Calibri is not a standard PDF font and that Acrobat will embed the entire font file and all of its variables in the document. Also the Document Properties window says that the document was created using InDesign.

I already unembedded extra copies of the font under Abobe Optimizer window, and Audit Space Usage is still showing that the fonts are using 938,717 bytes or 82.14% of all the file size.

I am thinking about using Helvetica as a last resort as it seems to be the most similar font to Calibri of the 5 standard PDF fonts.

The thing is I, I don't have Helvetica installed in my computer. Will this cause Acrobat to embed the font anyway? I guess i'm just trying to figure out this whole font optimizing thing. Am I going to have to download InDesign trial and optimize it from there?


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Hi I am unsure what to call this technique that Live2D uses and I wanted get some more information about it.

Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW6Yrxnn5dM

You can see how they add the 2D textures then they can give it a pseudo 3d effect like turning the head and having the face and stuff move somewhat realistically.

What's this technique called?


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I have a big collection of film posters from the 40s-70s and I am working on a project where I want to print 100 posters into a book. I will credit the production company and mention all the info on the posters that I have plus all the info about actors in the film, director, etc.

Can I print this book in bulk and sell it or will there be a copyright issue?


texts: Keyboard Shortcut For 'Show Transform Controls' in Photoshop

texts: Does anyone know if you can set up a key command to toggle Show Transform Controls off and on? Transforming with CMD + T off and on is the best solution that I know of, but it would be nice to have a way to toggle Show Transform Controls since my solution only applies to the layer you are working on.


texts: Process or plugin to recreate the Pixelation/Raster effect shown in the image I have attached

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Is there a way or even better a PS Plugin that can randomly apply the exact type of pixelated pattern as shown in the lower half of the example in the image I have attached.

In the example the text in the top half is the original and is 55 pixels high but I have enlarged the example to show the details for this post.

If you look closely at the bottom half of the example you will see that it has a Rasterize effect which affects the edges of the text then there is also a Noise effect applied over all of the image so that it affects the Rasterized parts of the image as well as the body of the text.

I have tried to do this using Photoshop and I have run into some issues. Photoshop does not seem to have a specific Rasterize plugin as it treats Rasterize as the process of converting a vector layer to pixels but what I need is an art effect so to speak. Also the Photoshop Add Noise Filter adds noise to the white background as well as the text which I do not want.

I have been working on this, on and off, for a couple of weeks now and after much failed experimentation and reading too many unhelpful web tutorials I wonder if any of the expert users here might be able to throw me a life line?

Many thanks in advance.


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I'm trying to design a quiz game in which users have to answer 10 questions in each level. And when the quiz finished, user gets their Rating. The rule here is that up to 3 mistakes is allowed but more than 3 mistakes is the Failure.

So far, my design idea is to rate them with stars. Meaning if they have 1 mistake they get 2 full star and 1 empty, and like so every mistake discharges 1 star. Below I provided an example of what I've done so far:

No mistakes:
1 mistake:
2 mistakes:
3 mistakes:

And what I'm trying to get help about is what to do for Failed quiz (quiz with more than 3 mistake). Any help would be appreciated.

Here is the concept so far.

Thank you in advance!


texts: Error in stroke for characters and text in an Adobe export to PDF?

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I have been working on this technical issue for a while and can't seem to get around it. :^( I am stroking text in Indesign, and exporting the file to a pdf. The pdf seems to convert the stroke to a vector that does not match the original stroke. Specifically, the inside of small, circular letters are messed up; e.g., the letters like "a," "o," and "b."

Below are two images. The first is when I exported the file to a PNG format, and the second is a screenshot of a PDF export. Is there any method to export to pdf without distortion that doesn't itself distort the text (like double layering or converting to outline)? If not, what is the best way to fix this?

I've uploaded the file here: Download. The issue also occurs with Calibri Bold, if you need a common font to test. The issue is present in: Mac OS Preview, Foxit PDF Viewer, and Chrome. There is no issue with Adobe Acrobat, but cross-platform support would be appreciated.

Thank you so much for your help! :^)

-John

What the export is supposed to look like:

A distorted pdf. Please notice especially the "o"s in the title:


texts: Multiple strokes on live text in InDesign CC

texts: Is there any way to put multiple strokes on live text in InDesign CC that is similar to using the attributes panel in Illustrator?


texts: Changing the color of the following image

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What I'm trying to do is change the color of the following image to something around #21190E. I've tried using the Hue/Saturation, Color Replacer, etc. tools, but none worked well.

Do I change the current color to another so that I can get the results I want?
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texts: What is the equivalent to shift-drag/duplicate brush in MS Paint for Photoshop?

texts: Do you remember this effect on MS Paint? I really want to do this on Photoshop but not sure what the hotkey is. Can someone help? :)


texts: what to use instead of $$$ as cost level in design? Is there any alternative?

texts:
This question may be quite confusing so I've attached an image with it.

Below is a snap from Yelp site, there you can see $$$ which is for price level. So what I want to ask is, is there any alternative anyone has used?

Actually I'm designing a page for similar site so I'm thinking is there anything else we could use or has anyone used?


texts: Removing shadow across a face in Photoshop CS6

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I'm editing an outdoor group photo for a friend and one of the people in the photo has a shadow across their face that I'd like to remove or at least diminish.  The area of the face in the image is around 300 by 400 pixels.  The face is fairly bright and the shadow is from a child sitting on their lap, so the line between regions is quite crisp.  Complicating things a bit is that the source is a jpeg with a lot of compression artifacts.  I realize it would probably be helpful to see the photo in question, but I'd prefer not to post it since it isn't mine.  I can, however, provide additional information if needed.

I created a selection of the shadowed area and then tried some basic adjustments in the levels and curves panels.  With these I can get the brightness to almost match the rest of the face, but the color of the region looks quite off.  I also tried using the clone stamp with a low opacity and tried to paint over the shadowed area using the brighter part of the face, but I couldn't really get it to look very convincing.

What would be the best way to go about trying to remove or diminish the shadow?

Edit: I got permission to post the photo, but it was too large so I've cropped it down to the part I am trying to edit.


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I wonder how to achieve this look (website) -- the uneven shapes, edges, strokes and shadows -- or is it even possible in Photoshop?

I couldn't find any similar tutorials or PSDs to learn from probably because I don't know the right keywords search for what I'm looking.


texts: How do you tint/lighten a color in Sketch?

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I can't figure out how to simply add white to a color in Sketch. In Illustrator this is as simple as making it a spot color and dragging the slider in the Color panel, but Sketch only lets you adjust RGBA and HSBA values.

Do I need to find a plugin to do this?


texts: Photoshop with Wacom Intuos4: can't draw on low part of canvas

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After photoshop started and once it get focus, I can move stylus to low part of the screen. But if I switch to other app's windows, stylus can be moved to full screen.

I found a similar case on yotube, but with gimp, it can work although looks like wierd, and can be worked around by hide mouse cusor. The video is Issue with Gimp and Intuos4

With photoshop and painter, I have no luck. Do you know the solution? Any guide will be appreciated.


texts: Select, Color Range: error message - no pixels are more than 50% selected

texts:
I am trying to remove a green background from an image. To do so, I open an image on Photoshop CC 2015, go to Select and then Color Range. I then choose Greens and click Ok. I get the following error message:

Warning: No pixels are more than 50% selected. The selection edges will not be visible.

And nothing happens. What am I doing wrong? How can I fix this error?

Thanks for helping! :D


texts: Why are fonts from the 19th century not in the public domain?

texts:
(This is probably more a "copyright" question than anything, but I have not found an appropriate StackExchange site for this kind of question.)

Why are fonts like Akzidenz-Grotesk, that were made way back in 19th century (Akzidenz-Grotesk was made in 1896), still copyrighted and not in the public domain?


texts: Why is the 'ordinals' option unavailable in Photoshop's Character palette?

texts: It won't let me click this option and I cannot figure out why.


texts: If using InDesign on an Apple computer, is there a way to flow MS Word files in Indian languages such as Tamil, Hindi, Sinhala, and Kannada?

texts:
I am designing a book translated to a number of Indic languages. I have had trouble reading the translations, which are MS Word files, on my Apple laptop computer. Oddly, Kannada is legible (the Kannada translator told me that she "uses the Unicode option"), but Tamil and Sinhala are not. They simply appear as a jumble of Roman characters.
Have I arrived at an impasse? Is my only option switching to a Windows-based computer, since MS Word supports Indic fonts when running Windows?


texts: Smoothen the gradient after filling by content-aware

texts:
May I know how to make the gradient color looks more natural after filling by the content-awareness on the left?

I tried to use a Stamp tool, but it does not work as expected. :(


texts:
The situation -
I need to hand over designs to my devs. I have created some spacing tokens, that I am using in Sketch(the design software). These tokens are based on baseline alignment of the text layer and I'm using them to give vertical spacing between a heading and body. Now sketch renders a text box around the text layer, based on the line height. When I am viewing this design in Abstract(version control/dev handoff tool), it's giving a different text box rendering. The same problem is when I view the text box in zeplin(another dev handoff tool). These values are showing as random numbers(not following the 8pt grid, that I have based my tokens on).

The problem -
Android has no concept of baseline alignment. What spacing reference do I use in order to make sure that my designs are developed with the exact same spacing as in my design file. Also, is there a way to implement baseline alignment in Android?


texts:
I saw kind of "digital" geometrical shapes drawing on some websites.

I'm interested in creating some by myself (for wallpaper or logo purpose) and are looking for some inspiration.

Do you have any idea of what can i search in Google to find more of piece of art/digital drawing like this one?

How is this kind of digital drawing named? I though it could be fractal but it's not exactly the same... Abstract? It seems to be close of Origami... It's all about drawing something using only simple shapes.

It seems Guild Wars 2 artwork use kind of similar drawing method/style: we can see all picture is built only using some blurred and "raw" superposed shapes.


texts: How to trim circular shapes with perfect angles?

texts: The logo is constructed of trimmed circular paths. The spacing is not equal between the pieces on the same radius. How do I make sure the cuts are made at the right angles?


texts: Flatten transparency makes text with overlay blending mode solid white

texts:
I received a PDF file from a client that I need to print. I want to flatten the PDF using Acrobat Preflight Flattener Previewer but I am not getting the desired results I am expecting. The transparency issue is the shadow of the text which is in Overlay blending mode doesn't flatten correctly.

Original PDF

My Settings

After using Flattener Previewer

Any other options besides rasterizing the PDF?
Should I re-save it as a different PDF?


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I have created an image for a door consisting of vector based (AI) emoticon balls in InDesign on a Mac. The supplier doing the print and installation is having an issue where hidden lines are also appearing as cut lines in the document. Is there any way I can remove the non-visible lines and objects so that the supplier can import the file into Corel on a PC and only have the visible art lines for the cutting? When I export the PDF/EPS/PS I am still able to click into each object in it's entirety and edit it.

This is what it looks like - need to weed the white areas out:


texts: Adding Textures/Patterns to Text [Krita 4.15]

texts:
I wanted to add textures/pattern overlays to my Thumbnail text on vector layers(similar to paint brushes on rasterlayers ) in Krita 4.15.

There is an option provided under the Text_ToolOptions menu to add patterns but on activating it ,no changes can be seen in the text.

Under the patterns panel (under toolbar), a pattern can be selected but the selected pattern doesnot show up in the text .

Just to clear things up ,is there the option to add add textures/pattern overlays to my Thumbnail text on vector layers?


texts: Can I set DPI per image/page as opposed to document-wide in InDesign?

texts:
I am making a book with some of my photography. I have not been blessed with the best camera in the world so my images range between 1100px squared to 2000px squared. The print size per image will be approximately 7 inches (17cm). Now for my 1100px images, I will need a DPI of 150 max, however for my 2000px images I could push it to 285DPI but would probably just settle with 250DPI.

Is it possible to set the DPI per image or rather per page as each page will have one image on it? For example: page one 150DPI, page 2 200DPI etc.


texts: Why does the paint brush style revert back to the old setting the moment I start painting?

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In Adobe Illustrator I've changed the paint brush style to something else, (this happens with stroke size too) but the moment I start trying to paint the settings revert back to what they were before I started.

Why is it doing this? How are you supposed to change the stroke/style of the brush if it keeps reverting back?


texts: How can I automatically find the opposite saturation and/or lightness of a color

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I'd like to be able to automate the process of finding a color's opposite saturation or brightness level in Photoshop. (eg. opposite of 93% saturation is 7% saturation; opposite of 48% brightness is 52% brightness).

I'd like to avoid Actions or Smart Objects or anything that involves manual clicking. I'd like to be able to simply paint any color on some particular layer, and the layers above it would automatically convert it its oppositely-saturated or oppositely-brightened color.

I figured I'd be able to do this with Adjustment Layers, but haven't found a way. I also played around with Layer Styles (using Color Overlays of Difference, Exlusion, etc.) but also couldn't find a way (perhaps with clever use of "Blend if"?)

Any ideas on how I could do this? Thanks in advance.

UPDATE: I included a pic to better illustrate what I need


texts: Illustrator: how to apply graphic styles to multiple objects?

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Is it possible to apply graphic styles to multiple object or even for whole layer in Illustrator?

Adobe's website says the following about applying the graphic style:

  Select an object or group (or target a layer in the Layers panel).

But no matter how I try to use groups, applying is now working as said. And even so, it feels an extra step always group objects before applying styles to multiple objects.


texts: exporting graphics for ios app - support for both retinna and older devices?

texts:
I'm making a iOS app, it needs to target newer retina devices as well as the older 3GS and iPad 1.

Usually I'd just export them at 72 PPI, but for retina is it 150 PPI or 300 PPDI (or another)?

Am I right in thinking that I just make the graphics at retina spec and the older devices will just have to use them?


texts: Inkscape files move when opened in multiple programs

texts: When I open an SVG file in Chrome, Internet Explorer, GIMP etc, one object moves from where I put it in Inkscape. How can I prevent this?


texts: Is it possible to create GIF with images of difference size?

texts:
I would like to create a simple GIF, consisting of 2 images only:

One full white circle (100px x 100px)
One half-cirlce (100px x 50px)

The idea is, make it looks like the circle is folded into half from the original.

Now my question is, seems that the GIF software or service i use, only work IF both images are of 'equal size'.

I would like to position the second image (half-circle) at the bottom, as in the image below:

Is is possible?
Currently I am using ScreenToGif software but there is no luck.


texts:
I have right-aligned a series of text boxes that are stacked vertically. When I add new text into one of them, the text box expands, instead of staying right-aligned with the other text boxes. How do I lock the text boxes in place, and push the text left as I continue typing?
I don't want the text box to expand to the right side, because it's breaking the alignment.

Inkscape 1.0
Windows 10


texts: How to set default PS layer to be transparent

texts:
My work has been using CS3 for far to long so I finally got them to upgrade to the CC suite.

This has been great but I only have one problem. I can't remember how to change the default PS layer to be transparent! I made this change to my mac at home about 2 years ago and just can't remember where the setting is stored at.

This is how the default layer looks,

This is how I want the default layer to be,

Anyone know how to change this setting? Every time I Google it I get how to apply opacity which is far from what I was looking for.


texts: Why does the object I make 3D in PS CC 2015 not take on the same color as the front, for all the sides?

texts:
When I turn an object 3D in PS CC 2015 I want the whole object to be the same color but the front is in color and the other sides are gray. How do i make the whole 3D object the same color?

Full disclosure, this yellow layer/object was a stroke that i separated and made a separate layer. It's a raster object. I want the whole 3D object to be yellow with shading from the lighting.

Please help. thanks


texts: Wacom Pen leaves outline in Photoshop when I use paint bucket

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I'm trying to learn how to use my Wacom tablet in Photoshop.

I just drew a cloud with the pen then used paint bucket to fill it in. There's a very small transparent outline around the cloud outline I drew with the pen.

I'm sure there's a simple solution for this, but I can't seem to find an easy on Google. I'm hoping someone knows what I'm talking about?

Thanks in advance!


texts:
I'm trying to make a drawing of the interior of a Stanford Torus, similar to this:

Is there a way to draw the perspective of the torus accurately without using a 3D model?


texts: Change symbol colours and shapes on EPs exported from Matlab

texts: I have a graph exported in an EPS format from Matlab, and I wanted to change some of the symbol colours. Is there any way to do this without having to hold down the shift key when accessing the shape fill/line colour option? I guess the symbols are not vector files which is why I can’t change the colours more easily.


texts: What is a good sequence of projects to learn design?

texts:
I'm sure it rings a bell when I say that you learn more about design when you actually try to do it, and then getting quality feedback (critiques) of your work. I'm trying to figure out what would be a good sequence of simple projects that can be completed in a few hours per week. For example:

Design a basic logo
Design a business card
Design a letterhead
??
??
...
X. Design your own personal website

This is just an idea to get the ball rolling, I'd love to read your own ideas on final deliverables from the most simple to the most complex. Sort of the equivalent of "from hello world to object oriented programming".

The best answer will be one that gives people a good grasp of where to start and how to advance on graphic design.


texts: The effectiveness of the hamburger menu in 2016

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How effective would other professionals rate a hamburger menu on its own. Is it necessary to have a menu which is 100% visible and doesn't need a click to be shown. I intend on using the answers here to determine my future projects.

Please note I am talking about mobile / tablet sites. I believe menus shouldn't be hidden in desktop sites.

Here is an example of a mockup I made for my site which is in construction.


texts: Photoshop: create realistic text on paper?

texts:
How can I make a realistic text on paper just like this:

Or this:

I first remove that text, and place mine, but that text doesn't appear as the original, doesn't seem realistic:

The difficult part is how to make these soft gradient and the very small grains on the edge, and toning between the shadows and the text color. Any idea how to accomplish the look seen in my first picture?


texts: How do I flip brush in Gimp? There is a option to rotate. But I want to flip Brush horizontally/vertically. Also is there any way to set keyboard shortcut for rotating brush while using it with tool(Not in brush editor) in gimp-2.10


texts: How do I get my web images to display consistently from laptop to desktop and vise versa?

texts:
To be clear: I am not looking for "save for web" answers. I am having a quality issue from laptop to desktop and I fear its my resolution settings—it's driving me nuts.

I am creating vector images on my laptop with CC that contain text to be used in multiple ways (email, website, google slides, etc). I have exported at 1x, 2x via Illustrator and Photoshop (via smart graphic) as well as saving for web for both. I have a changed my settings and exported multiple times to test quality.

Results:
All of my images when previewed on laptop are blurry.
All of my images when previewed on desktop are crisp.
When I view a side by side of my logo preview on both, the laptop is blurry and the desktop is crisp.
ALL of my images, on laptop and desktop, inserted into the aforementioned context are blurry.
When I upload my images to photobucket for testing in aforementioned context, ALL images are crisp.
When I insert those photobucket links into my layouts, ALL images are blurry.
When I upload and send all images via Google products, ALL  images are blurry!

Here is a sample of what I am seeing. Do you see the difference in quality?
Same image, screenshot from laptop left vs screenshot from desktop right.

I'm going mad! What am I missing?
First time laptop user :: MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)


texts: Filling in multiple areas of a shape in Affinity Designer for iPad

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I'm just starting out in Affinity Designer for iPad, and I'm trying to perform a pretty simple fill operation on this eye that I've drawn. I come from an Illustrator background and it's incredibly simple to do in there.

Basically, I've drawn the outer shape of the eye, and added a line through it. I'd like to fill in below that dividing line with one color, and use white above it (as you'd expect for an eye).

The problem is, I can't seem to fill in the eye color without creating another complete shape that overlaps the outer shape along the bottom and left sides of the eye. I can work around it like that, but it's tedious and would definitely end up taking forever on more elaborate illustrations. Surely there's some way to fill in color without completely overlapping lines all the time, right?


texts: Putting Text on a textPath using Svg in Krita

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In Krita 4.2 ,the text tool doesn't provide the feature to put text on a path,but it does give the ability to curve  text using Svg scripting.

On using a Svg script to create  curved text (below) by using the  textPath element ,the text simply vanishes.The curve below is constrained to an area between (0,0)(100,100)

What should be the syntax to create curved text with Svg in Krita?

<text <textPath d="M10,90 Q90,90 90,45 Q90,10 50,10 Q10,10 10,40 Q10,70 45,70 Q70,70 75,50">style="fill:#ffff00; letter-spacing:0; word-spacing:0; kerning:0; font-family:Segoe Script; font-size:18pt; font-size-adjust:0.16; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-stretch:0">This text is on a Curved Path</textPath></text>


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I’ve been doing some side hustle marketing on a very small scale. An acquaintance of mine asked me to create a logo for their new company. I created a few different versions and presented them with options. They chose their favorite and we tweaked it to their liking. I gave them their bill and said I’d give them the files upon payment. I didn’t hear anything for two weeks and saw today on their Instagram page that they unveiled a new logo. Basically the same logo I created, except someone else did it. I confronted them and they offered to pay me half to essentially keep my mouth shut but they got a “better deal” elsewhere. Of course they did, someone just copied what I already created and put no work into it. My price was VERY affordable, for the record. Anyway, should I even bother pursuing a legal case? Is it even considered plagiarism? I don’t care about the money - it’s about the principle.

My logo is the one with the transparent background. Theirs is the IG screenshot which looks like it was made in MW.


texts: Is there a way to make tapered lines in Sketch? I attached the way I do it in Illustrator as an example below.


texts: How To Align Shape to center of Text Photoshop Cs6

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Hello I am having problems with aligning shape to center of text. I know how to align text to center of the shape.

Every time I pick shape + text It'll align text to the shape and not shape to the text.

What should i do? Thanks


texts: How do I make this color combination more readable?

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I am trying to improve an existing web site, and this is what I am starting with:

<body style='
        background-color: rgb(50,101,152);
        color: red;
        text-decoration-color: red;
        text-decoration-style: solid;
        font-size: 12px;
        font-weight: 700;
        font-family: "Bitstream Vera Sans", Verdana, Lucida, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
        //text-shadow: 0px 0px 15px white;
    '>
    This is hard to read!
</body>

I find that this color combination is hard to read. Others disagree, but we have agreed that it depends a lot on contrast, brightness, and other display properties (even the viewing angle):

I have already experimented quite a bit with -webkit-text-stroke, text-shadow (see code above), but as I improve things on one display, it gets worse on another.

What else can I try to make this more readable on a variety of displays, while maintaining the overall color scheme?


texts: Is there any way to move colors within the index color table? For example if pure black is index 0, and I want to move it to index 255, is there any way to do it, without re-assigning every color?  Right now I have to use the magic wand (with tolerance set to 0 - non contiguous) to select every pixel of a certain index color, then I use paint bucket to fill them all with the new index color.  It's a very tedious process.  It would be so much easier if I could just re-assign colors within the index color table itself.


texts: Export as PNG with coloured background in Illustrator

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I created a pattern in Illustrator and now I want to export as a PNG including the artboard which is grey. The problem is that the background won't save as grey in the PNG, it's either black, white or transparent. Does anyone know how to save the grey background as well in the PNG?
(pattern is just an example)


texts: How to do symmetric modeling on Houdini?

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I am trying to switch to Houdini from XSI.

In XSI I could do something called symmetric modeling. Cut an object by half, and mirror it. And edit just the source half, then I get exactly same result on both sides automatically mirrored without any concern.

I tried to do this with Modify - Mirror, but it seems the mirrored object is disconnected from source object, so editing on source object won't be applied on the mirrored object automatically.

How can I make it to be applied automatically?


texts: How to effectively replace color from a range?

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GIMP provides a very handy way of replace or rather Rotating color from one range to another but rotating the range of black is rather hard from this. The Gray option is a bit hard in a way that it only does gray colors.
 For example to make effective layer masks that has got a big range of colors on the subject as well as the background, it would be very useful if you could replace a certain range(that is the amount of intensity of blackness that a color has) with a black or white. A lot of youtube videos have tutorials on how to remove backgrounds on an image but a lot of them already have some clear background that on saturating give a perfection isolation between complex objects like hair and the background.
Therefore, if we could replace a certain range of gray/black of colors with the desired white/black color(to a 100% of intensity) it would be perfect to create a perfect layer mask. Is rotating colors the way to do this or are there any other ways?(although GIMP having the "color exchange", it is very hard to control.)
for example, there are 256 shades of gray in an 8 bit image, but we've got to replace the shades of say 1 to 50 to white and the rest to black then how can we achieve this?


texts: How to export each layer as GIF in photoshop?

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I have multiple video layers on photoshop (imported as png sequences). I need to export each layer as GIFs. I can do this one by one using ctrl+alt+shift+s and selecting GIF. But there are multiple files and it takes too long to export one by one. Is there a way to automate this ?
Please help!


texts: No color swatches available in Illustrator

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When opening a new image from a PNG file in Illustrator as the background for my artboard to trace over I am not able to select any color swatches the only available options are [none] and [registration].

I have black and white available for gradients but thats it. I have checked the color settings and they are set to RGB.

Has anyone come across this before, I'm hoping to either force colors or else find a way to add images from a file into the artboard as when I create a new document the standard colors are all present.

The weird thing is I have just traced round a photo and I cannot remember having this problem in the past!


texts: Extract individual layers from a PSD without much effort

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I have to daily work with PSDs of iPhone Apps. These PSDs contains App designs like buttons, texts, background images, etc.

I have to extract images of each elements from these PSDs and convert it to PNG images.

I would like to know if there is any efficient way to extract images from PSD files.


texts: Illustrators standard colour swatches has vanished in "rogue" pdf document

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Apologies for the term "rogue" document, by that I mean a pdf file that has been downloaded (not created by myself first), then opened in Illustrator.

The problem I'm getting is that when I try to open up the colour swatches from the top left, I get nothing but none or registration black as fill choices:

Is there a way to load my standard pallet back in this document or have certain setting disabled this?


texts: Striped gradient after saving vector in Adobe illustrator

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After saving an .ai to .jpg I've got striped lines on gradient background.

Anti aliases is enabled.

How can I get smooth transition in this case?


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How do I remove the text from this image please?
I have tried using clone tool but it is very messy. I have Gimp on a Mac.


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I could use some other designers insights. I'm a freelancer and often I make purchases for my clients - stock photos, website plug ins, domain names, etc.

50% of the time I simply make these purchases through my own account and put a line item on the client's next invoice for reimbursement. Usually I don't mark it up unless it's printing.

I'm rethinking the way I handle this because 1) At busy times the client expenses can be high and I'm "down" X amount of dollars because I pre-paid this expense for the client. 2) It's more work for me entering expense invoices.

I wonder if I should just request Credit Card details for each client for these kinds of purchases. I don't mind #2 so much above, but #1 can be a pain in the butt for large purchases.


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I have a GIF file that works perfectly fine, but when I open it in Photoshop, it stops animating and all layers change to 1 static image:

As you can see the Layers section, they all changed!

I didn't even save or export or anything, the moment I open the file in Photoshop, all layers changes! And the funny thing is, I have 116 other GIFs that don't have this problem, it's just this one file!

Here's the file:

Photoshop version: Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.0.0


texts: Illustrator: Aligning object to Selection, Key Object or Artboard

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When I have a selection of several objects in Illustrator, and I want to align or distribute them, then Align to Selection is often (but not always) selected as default. Clicking on one of the selected objects, automatically turns the mode to Align to Key Object which is extremely handy.

Additional features for aligning objects are pretty well documented here.

Question: Is there also an easy way to switch the mode do Align to Artboard without using the selector in the Align Panel? I noticed, that sometimes Illustrator does exactly this by default, by I never managed to find out when this happens.


texts: Blurry distortion after uploading images to Facebook

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Can anyone tell me what is causing the discoloration around the black areas in the red field in this image and how to correct it? It's not showing up in the source file JPG or PNG in the program but the distortion is happening when the image is uploaded to Facebook.

Does anyone know what the blurring is called?

Example of issue:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1526732314035887&set=a.116222858420180.7249.100000973998590&type=3&theater

It also only seems to be happening in color fields that are hot pink, dark pink, or berry.


texts: In what cases should I pay attention to my design's colour scheme when presenting it? When I do, what is a good way to do so?

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Although I have little problems creating a colour palette for my designs, I do find it very difficult to present them to my customers. When I do, I mostly get either blank stares or micromanagement questions (and well-meant, ill-supported suggestions) born from misunderstanding the hierarchy of the palette's colours.

The colour palette is a significant part of the design process, but its vlaue is often lost on the average layman—which most of my customers are. As such, I do feel the need to present it as it is a big part of the work I do. Both to justify for myself the time I put into it, and for my customer the amount of money I'm asking for the project.

So here's the first part of my question: In what cases is it a good idea to explicitly pay attention to the colour palette when presenting my design, and when should I just gloss over it?

Do note that I take 'design' as a rather broad term here. If your answer is different for, say, a logo design, a webdesign or a flyer design, please elaborate.

When I decide to elaborate on it, what is a good way of doing presenting the colour scheme? I have tried different ways, most of them being met with incomprehension or no reaction at all.

I tried just adding a bar of swatches next to the design, which confused my customers:

I also tried spending an entire slide to it with a somewhat proportional schematic. This mainly met with a tepid non-response, or with concerns about the starkly contrasting non-major colours (which I include for details, eg. hover states):


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I am preparing a PDF for use on black-and-white e-readers. Most of the pages will contain illustrations. I noticed that, on black-and-write e-readers, the graphics do not look very good, so perhaps I do not need to put high-quality graphics into the file prior to exporting the PDF.

Is there any method for optimally preparing the images so that they look good on an e-reader, but do not require any unnecessary file size or load time?


texts: How to change background colour of an image in GIMP after increasing canvas size

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I have expanded an image's canvas in GIMP and I'd like to change the background colour of the new area created by my increase of the canvas size.

I've tried selecting this area but no matter what I do I cannot seem to select this area, only stuff in the area of the original canvas.

I know exporting the image as PNG, closing it and then opening the image again in GIMP will allow me to colour this area, but is there a way I can without closing the image?


texts: Is it possible to snap to the edge of a stroke in Illustrator?

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If I have a line segment with a stroke on it in Illustrator, is there any way to snap to the edges of that stroke instead of the middle? I know I could convert the stroke to a path, but I don't want to do that because I may want to change the stroke width later on. I've included a screenshot below to demonstrate what I'm talking about.

Is this possible? And, if not, are there any good workarounds?


texts: How to transfer objects from different isolation modes in adobe illustrator?

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I have two figures (constructed by many objects) in a .ai file (adobe illustrator cc). I'd worked on them separately, in that I'd just used live paint bucket tool for each one then expand the results, separately. Now, seemingly, each one has its own isolation mode. Assume an object just like a line in fig. A. I want to copy that object and use in fig. B. Reasonably, I should enter the isolation mode of fig. A, then copy the target line and place that at the desired location in fig. B. But the problem is that as soon as I exit the isolation mode of fig. A, the copied line is no longer visible in fig. B.

How can I resolve this issue?


texts: Set an XML attribute and value for multiple selected elements

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Within Inkscape I'd like to

Select multiple elements, visually
Specify an attribute and a value (e.g. "style"="display:none" or "sodipodi:insensitive"="true")
End up with all selected elements having the attribute and the value

Perhaps there's an extension that does this? Or some other way?


texts: Add thick outline to existing artwork in Illustrator

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I have some vector images they I need to add a thick outline similar to the image below.

Is this possible to do quickly and easily in Illustrator?

Note : I have permission/licence to edit and publish the images.


texts: Sketch app 3.3 exporting png with transparent background

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I know this has been brought up before but it hasn't been resolved. I want to export a bunch of images which have a transparent background but maintain the dimensions of the transparent area. I've added a background and turned off the opacity but only the visible pixels are exportable.

Sketch has the most useless documentation about it http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch/support/documentation/11-exporting/2-slices.html

I've tried converting them to slices and symbols but that doesn't work either.


texts: Import Illustrator layers to After effects without artboard size selection

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when I import an AI file into AE, when I drag a layer into the composition the selection size is the same size as the AI file's artboard. When I am importing 30+ layers its very annoying.

How can I import layers from AI into AE with a normal sized selection?

Thanks


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I have a JPG which appears to of retained a clipping mask:

(http://gdh.guildmembers.co.uk/logos/LEVENE%20MAG.jpg)

When this file is opened in photoshop / fireworks and then the "Paths" tab is visited, you can see the saved clipping path on the jpg. However I tried to replicate this in photoshop and couldn't replicate with a new file. How was this done? I assume it is via some form of metadata?

It seems that the clipping path could be removed when uploaded via a web based image uploader, in this case a flash based uploader.


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I'm using Photoshop and Inkscape.

I have a circle shape.
Based on a grid, I want to generate say thousand other smaller shapes that fill that circle nicely (and perhaps without gaps).
I want those smaller shapes to be vector and separately selectable.

How do I do that? I can’t do it without automation because the number of smaller shapes can be large. For a small number of filler shapes I could use masks.


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I have several SVG files and want to create one SVG file. According to their file, they all should have a size of 22x22 Pixels. If I open one of those SVG files (or import it), there will be a rectangle with the size of 22x22 Pixels and the actual object (icon) will be smaller. So I suppose, Inkscape somehow deletes the white space surrounding the object.

How can I achieve that when I import a SVG file, its size is actually 22x22 pixel? For example with this icon. Currently the icon has something about 10x14 Pixels if I import it.


texts: document size settings, size and resolution are not working properly

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Using Photoshop, when I change the document size from to 72.25cm x 54.19cm at 72ppi to 12cm x 9cm the resolution jumps to 433.493ppi.

How can I stop Photoshop from doing this?


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I'm rather new to Inkscape (always worked with photoshop/gimp) so please excuse my ignorance here.

I'm trying to accomplish the following. I have an object that needs to have a certain part in the center of it removed. Like for example the inside circle in this image.

(Excuse the leopard print.) I know how to create objects in Inkscape but how would I "delete" a certain inner part of it?

This is probably the wrong way to say this but I can't think of any other way to explain it.

Thanks


texts: Is there a way to render freestyle edges in 3DS Max?

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I'm trying to make a render where the straight wire-frame is rendered together with the curved -

Is there a way to render freestyle lines in 3DS Max and combine them with a wire-frame material so that I get a result like that?


texts: Interpreting a* and b* in L*a*b* color space

texts: In L* a* b* color space, I know L* corresponds to "lightness" so that as L* increases I can say colors are lighter. Is there a similar term that corresponds to the color channels a* and b*? For example, as a* increases can I say that a color's red shades are more intense or saturated? I want to make sure I use these terms correctly.


texts: My Photoshop brush strokes look pixelated

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After a long time of not using PS, today I've noticed a weird behavior with my smooth brush. The strokes look very pixelated, especially when I zoom in on the canvas. I'm using the standard brush.

If you open this image in a new tab, or zoom in on it, you can see the weird lines on the edge of the stroke where it should be seamlessly smooth.

What could be the problem and how can I fix it?

These are my brush settings:


texts: Why does Affinity Designer stroke not match the object?

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If you look at the upper left of the N you can see the outline matches the object perfectly. But on the upper right side the outline is diagonal to the sharp corner, but I want it just like the left side.

I tried the other settings but they make it a lot worse, so is there a way to fix the stroke or is it easier to copy the elements and make them bigger?


texts: Is there a Non-Latin "Pseudo-Latin" Font?

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Latin fonts that imitate the appearance of other scripts have been around for a while. Here are a few examples:

(Link), imitates Devanagari

(Link), imitates Kufic Arabic

(Link), imitates Katakana

This, then, brings me directly to my question: Does the reverse exist, i.e. is there a non-Latin (e.g. Arabic) font that imitates the appearance of the Latin script?


texts: Colored rectangles not printing (in PDF nor paper printing)

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So I am trying to overlay colored shapes over a floor plan I've placed in InDesign.

They are just regular shapes (rectangle + triangles) and I filled them with Pantone swatch colors.

For some reason when I export as PDF, I just see the floor plan, and no colored shapes (overlayed). I even tried printing on paper and the color just doesn't appear.
Here is what it should look like;


texts: Is Design School a Requirement for Graphic Design?

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Is it required for people to go to design schools to become a Graphic Designer? I've heard many cases where they have started from scratch without previous education in design and are doing fine as freelancers/working in studios.

Would it be better to go to a design school to become a Graphic Designer? How much leverage would it give you if you went to one?


texts: What is the closest font to this font on a booklet about Theo Van Doesburg?

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This is a font I found that I would like to make a project with, however I cannot find one similar. It almost looks like helvetica, but the S, R and B are much different.

I tried using WhatTheFont and Identifont

WhatTheFont gave me Eurydome Condensed, which is very close, but the R,B and E of the sample are all crossed up higher.

Identifont gave me Bryant Compressed, which isn't very close

Any help is extremely appreciated, Thanks.

This one I used for WhatTheFont:


texts: Turning off slices in Photoshop's "Save for Web & Devices" without deleting them

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I have a document set up with slices in Photoshop. If I want to export the whole PSD as one large JPG and no other files, can I do it?  I don't see any option to select combine all the slices into one just while exporting.

If I hide the slices with the View menu, it doesn't seem to make a difference once I get into 'Save or Web & Devices'. I know I could do this with 'Save As', but I like the ability to resize the exported image right there.


texts: What font is used widely for mobile app ui mockups?

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I need to design a UI/UX interface for my Android application, and I have been surfing the web for inspiration, from mockups and other design concepts.

I have noticed that a vast majority of mobile app ui mockups/design concepts use a specific font.

Can you help me identify the font used?

Here are some links which contain the app examples with the font used:

https://dribbble.com/shots/2058811-Wave-Music-App/attachments/367979
https://dribbble.com/shots/2095295-Walkthrough-Screens

This font that I am looking for has also been used in Invision's DO UI kit...

Also, would you guys tell me if it is OK to use this font in an Android app, which might also use Material Design? I am trying to make a music app, and the Roboto font does not seem to go well.

Thanks in advance!
P.S. I am new to Graphic Design stack exchange, so if there is anything I did wrong, pls tell me!


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

texts: Want to know if its more photography than photoshop editing. Basically what I'm trying to say is if I can take a picture and replicate this design in photoshop.


texts: Designing my company’s logo – should I get professional help?

texts: I am getting frustrated trying to design a logo for my company. It is taking me longer to launch my website because of it. Should I have a professional handle the logo for me or should I just throw up something I am not satisfied with?


texts: What font is used on the cover of Boosey & Hawkes pocket scores?

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I have consulted WhatTheFont!, Identifont, and FindMyFont, with pretty abysmal results. I would like to identify the font in the image below:

This is the cover of a pocket-sized orchestral study score, printed probably sometime between 1967 (the date of the copyright) and 1984 (date of purchase of this particular score). Boosey & Hawkes is a London publisher of study scores and other music.


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I'm trying to resize a bunch of images (see below) for use in an educational resource (university outreach).

Because of the way the images are generated (unavoidably), they are always 1024 x 768 px (the size of the application window) which means that once cropped the structures within each image are vastly different sizes. What I am trying to achieve is to standardise the images such that each atom (circle) is consistently the same size between the various images.

My current workaround is to draw a square over the nearest grey atom (circle) in photoshop, take the dimensions of that square, and then scale the whole image so that the square is exactly 100 x 100 px.

What I'd ideally like is to be able to have this process 'automated' - not completely automated, as I'll clearly always need to choose the atom I want to resize. Basically, a way of just drawing one square around the atom (marquee select) and then being able to tell the software that I want that selection to be 100 x 100 px.

I have access to Adobe CC, and additionally Affinity Designer/Photo, but do have the budget to acquire other software if there's something that fits the bill and works on a Mac.


texts: high resolution images when placed on doc shows smaller image dimensions

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I have a 300dpi image and when I place the image onto the document, indesign does not place the original image dimensions. Instead, it places the an image with much smaller dimensions. For instance, if the original dimension of a 200dpi image was 7 inches by 5 then idesign will rescale it to say 4 inches by 2 inches.  This happens with any image with any dpi setting. How can I make it so that it places the original dimensions of the image?

thanks.


texts: Making PNG backgrounds black instead of transparent

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I'm working in Photoshop CS5.

I have 800+ layers in a PSD file with transparency in them, and I want to export them all individually to JPG (or PNG if possible) - I have this straightened out, but I want the background to be black, not white (black, not transparent for PNG).

Individually, I would create a background layer that is black and export the file as a JPG/PNG with a single layer + the background layer visible.

I can't do that for the amount of layers in this project.

Any ideas?


texts: Scaling A Simple Image Without Losing Any Quality

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I have this image:

It's only 19ppi.

I want to create a vector from it so that it can scale up up to 11 square inches and retain it's quality.

How can I make Illustrator do this? I was trying to use the Live Trace. But I don't think I'm setting the properties correctly.  It either overly smooths it or it leaves the edges as stepped and jagged.


texts: How do you get a simple logo to look crisp after compression for Twitter/Facebook profile pictures?

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Being a complete novice at this but having tried many methods, I cannot get my logo to look crisp in my Twitter or Facebook profile pictures. It looks fine in Instagram.
I have been dabbling in GIMP and Inkscape to generate a simple  logo for my social media accounts. In my ignorance I first made a raster logo by tracing a picture in GIMP (pictured).

This worked out fine for Instagram (maybe because the size of the canvas, 1080 px sqaure, was the same as Instagram preferences?). After resizing the image as per Twitter/Facebook recommendations and trying both PNG and JPG uploads, it looks terrible in both at thumbnail size, particularly in the phone versions.
I've tried a bunch of different things to solve this (thanks to this fab forum and a few youtube tutorials): changing pixel density, changing export quality, changing file type, using filters, e.g. Gaussian blur, making it transparent, making it white background, etc...
I redrew it (roughly) as a vector in Inkscape using the bezier pen tool (pictured below). This was an experiment to see if having a vector version would solve the problem. It didn't, it still looks awful after uploading it at the recommended pixel dimensions, trying both PNG and JPG. It looks extremely pixelated as the thumbnail on a phone.

I'd be happy to start again but I don't know where to start. What do I need to do to create a black and white logo which compresses well in Twitter and Facebook profile pictures?


texts: What is the puppet warp equivalent in Pencil2D or Sketch or Gimp?

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Photoshop Tutorial: Puppet Warp!

I want to do puppet warp in Pencil2D or Sketch or Gimp.
Does these three software have this facility?


texts: How to give a stroke a 45 degree pointed tip / arrow head flush with the stroke?

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Well, I thought this would be easier than it was...

I want an effect like this, but which I can apply to any stroke:

I tried using stroke arrowheads, but they all seem to start just behind the end of the stroke, so it didn't work:

I tried pattern brushes, but the results weren't clean, and in particular, the arrow tips get distorted if there's any curve at the tip:

How can I add this effect to a stroke in Illustrator CS6 and reliably get a square right-angle point flush with the end of the stroke?

Just saw Scott's answer to Custom stroke caps in Illustrator?. The Art brush trick sadly has the same problem with distorted tips as the Pattern brush option, but the custom arrowhead option looks promising - will add an answer if it works and is possible to snap 100% to the stroke width and tip of the stroke.


texts: Command+join anchor points from different groups? Illustrator

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I have two anchor points I want to join to form a rectangle but they are both part of two different groups (it is a reflected group flipped horizontally).
I get an error message when I try command +J.


texts: How to inspect PostScript fonts (.pfb files)?

texts: What application (possibly command-line oriented) can I use on a macOS Sierra to inspect PostScript fonts (.pfb files) in a similar manner to how Font Book can be used to inspect, say, OpenType fonts (.otf files). I'm interested in such details as the font's family (=typeface) name, and the glyph layout table (i.e. what glyph is associated with every code point (="slot" number)).


texts: I would like to know how can I fill and color area which is in circle border area and how to remove area which is outside of circle border area and keep perfect shape? In general I have a pixel art image in circle shape and I need it to be perfectly shaped circle. Can you help me how to achiev that?


texts: Make a 3D curved column graph in Illustrator like this

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I have only this image here of what I'm trying to achieve. Illustrator seems like the reasonable choice.

Not really sure where to start and how to go about making something like this.  The bars are 3D and follow the path of an 'invisible circle'.


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Hello fellow designers.

I have to make a banner promoting a mobile application. The banner size is 80x200 cm.

So, normal screenshots of the application screens will be too small. There are too many screenshots to trace all of them in illustrator, and the "Image trace" function won't work because there is a lot of text in the application.

The app is fully responsive, so there should be no problem scaling it in a browser or a emulator.


texts: How to get this blur texture effect in photoshop?

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I'm trying to get an image to look similar to this photo:

I'd guess they took a picture of the monitor with a regular camera. But I'm more interested to know what effects / filters they used to get the blur and texture. Any suggestions would be appreciated


texts: How to move object by a specific distance in Inkscape

texts: I draw a circle of 150px diameter in Inkscape，Now I want to move this circle, for example, upward exactly 45px. How to do it in Inkscape?


texts: Is there a symbol or way of writing "in between" or "up to" for a year on a timeline graph?

texts: I am making a timeline and every point is one specific year (1965, 1975, 1982, 1985, 1986) except for one point which is a range "1987-2014". Having one data point that's double the size of the others breaks the design and I'd like to show something like "...2014" or "< 2014" or "–2014" to use less space but I'm not sure what's correct or most readable.


texts: I'm making a multi-layer stencil. How can I keep the threshold of each layer live?

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I am trying to make a multi-layer stencil effect in PS CS6.

How I got here:
1. Made several copies of original image
2. Image> Adjustments> Threshold, for each one at different levels.
3. Select > Colour Range > Highlights + delete. Gets rid of the white, leaving just the blackness of the threshold effect.
4. Make adjustment layer for to change the Hue/Saturation. Giving me different grays.

However, Ideally I would like to be able to change threshold levels, as a live effect, so I can see how the layers stack. Cannot quite figure out whether this is possible or not.

Once I remove the white, there's no turning back.

Any ideas how I could use the threshold effect with on a transparent background?

I appreciate your time!

TL;DR: How could I use the threshold function as black/transparent not black/white.


texts: Searching for an odometer / mileage counter / rounded rectangle numbers font

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I am in need of a font with numbers that look like this:

Does anyone know of a font with numbers like these?