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No idea how I managed to do this, but the zoom level from my properties panel suddenly changed. Everything is now unusably tiny.

How do I restore this?


texts: What should be the right approach to master Adobe Illustrator for beginners?

texts: I mean after learning all the functions of different tools how should I proceed to master designing? What sources should I go through to have a clear cut idea of logo designing or how I can explore different things that I can do through Adobe Illustrator?


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I need to include EPS pictures (logos and barcode) in a Scribus project.

These pictures appear as CMYK(0,0,0,100) when opened with Inkscape, yet the printing company complains that it's not.

I believe the issue comes from Scribus : the properties window show a select box for the source profile, and for EPS pictures I have only 4 choices : Compatible with Adobe RGB (1998), Lstar-RGB.icc, ProPhoto-RGB and sRGB.

I tried with and without black point compensation, but it seems to make no difference.

How do I force Scribus to render this pictures as 100 % black in the PDF output ?

Note that the output has to be CMYK and the document also contains color pictures.


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I need to create an ad, and these are the specs I was given:

1/8 Page FC w/eLink, Horizontal, 3.333" x 2.166", 20.0000 PW x 13.0000 PD - Full Color

I was told the 20.0000 PW x 13.0000 PD were pixel measurements, but I'm not finding any details about these units anywhere. What do these units measure?


texts: What's more important, baseline font-size or baseline line-height when creating grids based on a modular scale?

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I'm trying to understand grids based on modular scales and how to use them in web design. From what I understand, there's two ways to decide a baseline value for your scale...using your baseline font-size (1rem) or using your baseline line-height (1rem * 1.6).

CSS Frameworks like Foundation seem to prefer baseline font-size and will use that value in the grid like so:

.myDiv {
    padding: 1rem;
    margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
}

Other CSS frameworks like Bootstrap seem to prefer baseline line-height and will use that calculated value in their grid like:

// $baselineFontsize is a pixel value like 14px
// $baselineLineHeight is a unitless number like 1.4 or 1.6

$baseline = $baselineFontsize * $baselineLineHeight;

.myDiv {
    padding: $baseline;
    margin-bottom: $baseline * 0.5;
}

// or, based on em:

.myDiv {
    padding: 1em * $baselineLineHeight;
    margin-bottom: 1em * $baselineLineHeight * 0.5;
}

What are the main differences between using font-size vs. line-height as your baseline? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? Will they lead to a distinct looks?


texts: Importing transparent background PNG in CMYK

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So I have Illustrator document in CMYK mode intended for print. I need to import PNG image (because I need to place object extracted from the background). And here I step on the unknown area because I actually don't know will Illustrator automatically convert PNG image colors (which is RGB only format) to CMYK.

In Illustrator's Color settings, working CMYK profile is set to "U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2". In Color Management policies my settings are:
-RGB: Preserve Embedded Profiles
-CMYK: Preserve Numbers (Ignore Linked profiles)

When saving new Illustrator document, Embed ICC profiles is checked.
When send to print, I export PDF with "High Quality Print" settings which, as far as I know, is set to embed color profiles.

Because I usually have no direct connection to the printer, my ultimate goal is to find and use default workflow, which will work in most situations. I spent numerous hours exploring colors topic, but still I am not so sure about each specific situation.

Thanks


texts: I try to edit a text but it's going invisible. Only when i render it, its visible. How can i change this behavior?


texts: How to achieve this Blue shape effect in Photoshop?

texts: Can someone help me understand how to achieve this Blue curve in this picture with the help of Adobe Photoshop? I tried layer masks but it's not exactly giving me this effect. Also, how was the highlight added to it?


texts: I want to combine two individual paths in Photoshop. Though I do add the paths and do Ctrl + Enter, it shows marching ants on the combine path, but the paths don't combine. Why is that?


texts: How to cut pattern on overlapping A4 for print on 100% scale?

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I am a beginner to Adobe Illustrator, and I am trying to make a pattern for my leather making.
I have made the pattern on a big artboard and then created multiple A4 artboards and I am trying to fit the pattern by overlapping them on different artboards.

This is all fine when I export the Artboards to PDF all the patters are neatly cut exactly how I want it, however, if I try to print it in my printer, and select the scale to 100% so that I want the values of my dimension exactly as I wanted it, it is expanding my pattern and in this process, the edges are getting cut and I can't paste it exactly side by side.

What is the method of fixing this? I was thinking of maybe somehow cutting the pattern on exactly half and then putting 1 side in 1 artboard and the other one in another artboard, but I am not sure how to do that.
Can anyone suggest me the most optimal way of doing it?


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I need to do the following:

Take a folder of images
Open images into Photoshop
Adjust to 1000 x 1000 pixels in size
Export and save as a high quality .jpg image into another folder (to
keep it neat)

Images are all different sizes but I want to make sure that at least one side is 1000 pixels as it is for an eBay image. I would think that the largest side should be 1000 pixels and then the other side would be proportional.

I have created an action but that action will make all images to square images but I have mentioned that many different size images so I need proportional one side.


texts: Changing pixel glitter to a fill of vector art in Illustrator?

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Imagine this situation: You have received a screenshot of an animated glitter text as a raster image, and been asked to change the text, enlarge the image to prepare for print and apply the same fill effect (let me refer to it as pixel glitter).

You have converted it to vector to create the new, bigger text and you are ready to get the fill. But then you notice that your glitter has turned into thousands of paths with 3k colours (each one for each pixel)! Is there a way to grab this effect from the original raster image, and apply it as a fill to the vector objects in the bigger one?

Any tips, links, tutorials and ideas are welcome! Please share your suggestions, especially if this question looks really super simple to you (I'm a self-taught graphic designer and new here, so I ask you for your understanding). Thank you!

EDIT: Here are the parts of the files, with description of what I mean (thank you Rafael for your suggestion!)


texts: how can i make alphabet like this from any image in GIMP?

texts: as i cannot enter the base image as i don't have enough reputation to enter 2 images simultaneously. but the base image is from pioneer mixer image.


texts: Jagged Edges of Brush in Adobe Photoshop

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I have done a lot of work to resolve the issue, and have even searched for the solution, but no result.

Suddenly I struck with this problem, probably due to some unknown short key combination. Brush in Adobe Photoshop, has become rough edged. Especially when its Hardness is 0, it looks like made up of particles only.


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Can Illustrator convert jpg (rgb) image to cmyk when saving PDF file?

Indesign can. Just wondering if this works also for Illustrator.


texts: AI - how to replace two anchor points with one?

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I have a problem that I might best explain by describing these four screenshots.

In the first picture there is a compound path originated from the expanded font (I typed one letter with the type tool and expanded it to be editable) and the line weight is 0.25 pt.

In the second picture I increased the line weight to 1 pt. As you can see, there still is a gap connecting the inner circles.

In the third picture there is my reconstruction of the same compound path with the line weight of 0.25 pt. I made the gaps by drawing the rectangles and using Pathfinder > Unite on circles + rectangles. The result is similar to what can be seen in the picture #01, however this time there are two anchor points forming the gap-corners and not just one point as in the first picture.

In the fourth picture I increased the line weight to 1 pt but now there isn't a gap between the circles anymore (as it is in the picture #02). I am assuming this is due to there are two points instead of just one at the gap-corners but don't know what could be done to achieve the same behavior as in the picture #02 (line weight = 1 pt and there still is a gap between the inner circles).

In other words, the problem is I don't know what I can do to prevent the line to close the gap between inner circles when the line weight increases.

I am aware the gap would eventually be closed even in the first case (expanded font) but I would like to make the compound path which behaves just the same as the original template I was drawing upon.


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I'm trying to design a pie chart, so I create circles (each one in a separate layer) then I change them to something like that:

Now I want it to look like that:

Of course I can create a small blank circle and put it in the middle, but I want it to be transparent (logically impossible) . I tried to use the path division operation between the two switched circles and it works, but I don't want to combine them (also they will have the same style).

I'm open to any other suggestions or alternatives.


texts: Photoshop - Trim image so it fills canvas then resize to a set dimension?

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I have been photographing and editing shoes on a regular basis for a local company. The images have been clipped so all the backgrounds are the same colours. I've been trying to speed up my workflow as I shoot about about 500 images a week.

I discovered the trim tool in photoshop cc which is awesome for cropping really close to the image, but then I have to re-crop manually to get the canvas square - 2000px by 2000px. Is there a quicker way of cropping an image to the edge of the shoe then adding more canvas so it's all 2000px?

Any ideas would be appreciated.
Lewis


texts: What is the font used in the new Spotify interface? Looking for an alternative for web

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Spotify recently rolled out their some design changes with darker design and new font for their desktop application (version 0.9.8).

Can someone tell me what font are they using, and if there is a similar alternative on google?


texts: How to show grid over elements and center elements to the grid?

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I'm using Adobe Illustrator CS6.

I've create some elements, such as a simply gray rectangles with black border.

I've enabled the Grid on the settings (Gridline Every 10px, Subdivisons 10).

Here's the result:

I'd like to have it to "snap" with the pixel, not in the middle of them.

Also, I'd like to see the grid "over" my elements (such happens in Photoshop); somethings like this (Photoshop counterpart):

Is it possible? Thanks


texts: What should the dimensions be for a banner optimized for mobile phones?

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I have created a web banner for a website. Now I have to create an optimized version of the same for its mobile phone version (when the website is viewed through a mobile browser).

What are the usual dimensions for this?

I will be glad to get some help here! Thanks in advance!


texts: Auto slice an image file based on transparency

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I have multiple small icons in a single file. They are separated with transparency. So I can manually select them and save individually. But this takes long time with many parts.
Is it possible to automatically save each non-transparent piece to separate file?


texts: What home printer would allow for exact alignment of front and back?

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Note: I'm not a graphic designer, but this seemed like the most relevant place to post. Feel free to send me off somewhere else if I'm not in the right place.

I would like to make some notebooks with double-sided grid paper that I've already designed, but my printer seems like it doesn't allow for absolutely exact alignment. Even if one side prints nice and straight, the other side will be slightly skewed left to right by one to two millimeters, which I read from an earlier post is a pretty reasonable variance for a home printer. So I suspect it's not possible to get both sides completely aligned on this printer – but if I'm wrong, please let me know how.

What kind of printer would allow for absolutely exact alignment? Is there any difference between inkjet and laser in this regard, or a more expensive printer versus a cheaper one?


texts: Measuring minimum resolution in Photoshop/GIMP

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I am following Apple's iTunes connect guide (as of today 13th November 2013) for designing an image. At page 239 of their guide I am confused on the following:

  Background artwork must be at least 3200 pixels in width and 600
  pixels in height with a minimum resolution of 72 dpi, in the RGB color
  space, and in the PSD format.

How can I make sure (measure?) that all the layers of the PSD file have a minimum resolution of 72 dpi?

In other terms, how can I verify that the file does not contain layers that had been created by scaling lower resolution images and then setting the overall file resolution to 72 dpi ?


texts: What is the font used on Instagram story?

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Just looking to see if anyone knows what the font is that Instagram stories is using for their "modern" typeface?

Here's an example that says "how artsy" in the modern font on Instagram's stories.


texts: Photoshop perspective transform grayed out for embedded illustrator file

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I keep coming across this problem randomly in my documents.

I’d like to Free Transform → Perspective Transform, but the option is grayed out.

If I hit Ctrl/Command+T and then drag one of the handles while holding Alt/Option, I’m not able to move each handle independently (Perspective Transform). It reverts to the Skew transform which is not what I want (see image).

I can do this in certain documents but not others. I should mention that I’m trying to transform a linked AI file in PS. However, I’ve done the same thing with a linked PSD.


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I have created a path as a vector mask in a layer. I'd Like to create a stroke path of this same path but whatever I do the 'Stroke Path...' option in the drop-down menu of Paths is greyed out.

Please, please can someone tell me how to a stroke of a path, as a path.
Using stroke as a Layer Style is not what I am after.


texts: swiping from pts to pixels in Photoshop CS6 for website design

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I am working on my psd in CS6/72dpi.

I went into preferences - rulers/units to change my rulers/type from rulers:inches, type:points to rulers pixels, type pixels. I am finding that when I make the shift the ruler changes from inches to pixels. Yet when I look at the character box, the font measurement goes from points to pixels, but the number stays the same (36 points now says 36 pixels.) If I am going to give my programmer measurements to follow and she prefers them in EM, when I look at a pt/px/em chart converter there is a big difference in size between 36 pixels and 36 points. What to do to give the programmer the right measurement?


texts: Making all the image black except of some white objects

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I'm using Adobe Photoshop CC, where I have coloured some objects with white, and want to set all the remaining part of the image to black.

I have used the Paint Bucket Tool, but since the objects that I coloured are ellipses, when I use that tool, I find that the ellipses start to have irregular shapes as I'm colouring with black using the tool.

What would be a better way to that?

Thanks.


texts: Hiding or removing a path during export but not the text in illustrator

texts: I've made a circular logo design in illustrator using the 'type on a path' feature.  To type in the bottom of the circle I used a oval path.  Now, when I go to export it as an .eps or .jpeg it includes the space for the transparent path even though it is outside of the artboard.  Is there a way to no include this path in an export/saved file?


texts: Why am I getting a filled shape using pen tool?

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I have gone through many of tutorial and none explains this effect I am getting here:

I select Pen tool > Change to "Path" and draw two anchor points and a get a shape like above.

How can I draw a curve without it filling it in?


texts: Which way is better for creating logo in illustrator?

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Anyone can advise on the following?

I’m not a professional designer, but I’m helping my friend to develop a logo. She would like a gold gradient for the logo instead of a solid color. I have two methods of going about doing it and I feel that each has its problem, so I’m not sure which way is better for logo that will cause lesser complications in the future. What kind of complications exactly for each? And also what is the industry practice?

1. Using clipping mask
I have the vector logo and a gradient image which I then used a clipping mask to create the gradient effect on the logo. I’m not sure if this is a good way for logo. Can someone tell me the complications for this?
The current problem I know is that the eps file is too big when I embed the gradient image, which makes it difficult to transfer through email for corporate uses? I feel that usually the file size for logo is quite small.

2. Using in build gradient tool
For this method, I realized that it will not be a smooth gradient, meaning that there will be banding for the gradient. It is even more obvious when zooming in. I have tested it by printing on regular printing paper, the banding is not obvious, but I’m not sure if this will be a problem if the logo is printed in larger sizes. Is there any way in which I can solve this? Anyway, the eps file size is much smaller for this method.

Thank you!


texts: Imagemagick: how to compare two images and obtain a third image with the differences?

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Anyone knows how to make imagemagick output an image with the differences between two other images? Similar to a diff, but not exactly the same. Any other Windows/Linux commandline tool that can be scripted would be good too (because I need to do this with hundreds of images).

Quick and dirty example:
Let's say I have these two images:

And I need to obtain only the curtain (and any other differences if there were), with everything else transparent.


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I want to have the same appearance (specifically a set opacity for the strokes and fills) for a number of objects.

What I expect to do:

Create one object and set the appearance as I want it
Use the eyedropper tool to store this appearance
When creating another object it will have the same appearance

However, while colour and other attributes are retained, the appearance is not. Thus, what I have to do is the following:

Create one object and set the appearance as I want it
Create new object
Use eyedropper tool (with "copy appearance" checked) to copy the appearance of the first object

This quickly becomes tedious as I have to switch to the eyedropper tool every time I create a new object.

Is there a way of also storing the appearance with the eyedropper tool? Or alternatively, a simpler way of dealing with transparency when creating multiple objects?


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Merry Christmas, everyone; my expertise lies not in web design, though I have had a little experience in the past.

I really enjoy the design of the Winter Bash 2014 page. It is soothing to look at, not complicated to the eye and the colors blend really well.

I also noticed that the snow flakes would interact with your mouse over. This is totally rad.

So my question is, would one need jQuery to accomplish that or CSS would simply suffice to achieve the effect?

Would one at least need Photoshop to create graphics initially and then animate them? Or it is possible to accomplish all that just by using HTML, CSS, jQuery etc (I am just making a guess here)?

Happy holidays.


texts: I am making logos in Inkscape for sale. I don't own Illustrator and I just purchased Photoshop, no skills with that one. I have a customer who wants to know if she can edit the logo in photoshop? I can save my Inkscape logo as eps file. How to edit it with Photoshop? I tried to open it, but that's all I can do...


texts: What fonts does iPad have? Or Omnigraffle on iPad?

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I'm interested in getting an iPad to use Omnigraffle.  I'm a 5-year+ Omnigraffle fan on Mac, and so far it looks like reviews say that Omnigraffle on iPad has all the same features, except for Applescript.

But what about fonts?

Can iPad, or the Omnigraffle app specifically, support using any font file that I can get ahold of, like the Mac?


texts: How important is the visual flow of an interface?

texts: I recently had a conversation with a friend about the design of an installer application. I pointed out that its visual flow was confusing. It led my eyes from the left to the right and then up to the top and then back down to the bottom left and finally across to the right. He responded that he doesn't think visual flow is especially important to graphic design. Does having a clear direction and flow between elements matter in graphic design or is unimportant compared to other aspects?


texts: Gimp: Pick color on screen without taking screenshot

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Sometimes I want to quickly use a color that I see on a picture, website or program.

I usually take a screenshot then open it in Gimp and use the "Color Picker" tool.

Is there another way to do this in Gimp, without the screenshot step?

Or is it a bad idea to begin with?

I am on Linux, but I would appreciate a method that works on all platforms where GIMP is available.


texts: Unable to ungroup objects in Adobe Illustrator

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I have adoped an Adobe Illustrator document that I need to work with. The changes I need to make were just some very basic text changes (or so I thought). It turns out that every letter/intricate shape is it's own object.

This in itself isn't a problem, I would usually just select the shapes for the letters that I want to replace, then delete them and type in the space as normal.

The problem I'm getting is that every time I try to select an object everything gets selected because the objects are grouped, but all attempts to ungroup them have failed. I have tried selecting the group layer itself, and also instead selecting all of the child layers (some of which are groups themselves), but the "ungroup" option under the object menu is greyed out.

I have tried to expand appearance and also to compound path>release but none of this has worked. Would really appreciate some help.

Thanks.

EDIT. As requested, here is a screenshot of the layers panel:


texts: InDesign: Transparent Paragraph Shading?

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I'm familiar with two methods for creating "highlighted" text in InDesign - Paragraph Shading and Paragraph Rules.  Is there a way to add transparency to either?

In the image below, I have some text with a blue background.  I'd like for the blue to have about 90% opacity, so you can see some of the underlaying image.

EDIT I tried enabling Overprint and reducing the Tint, before I even asked, but the effect is not the same as in Ryan's answer below.

And this is WITH Overprint Preview enabled...

Hmmm...I was tinkering and noticed that if I use a different color for my shading, it works.  I don't want this color though

I suppose I will keep messing with this until I figure out what my issue is.


texts: affinity designer: how to join separate curves at non-endpoints?

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If I have a curve of nodes a,b,c. And another curve of nodes  1,2,3....
I can select both curves and hit join nodes and it will connect them at the endpoints c,3.

But how the heck do I connect them via ANY OTHer combination!?!! reversing doesn't seem to work sometimes, and sometimes it does....very screwy.
But more specifically lets say I want to join them at node b, the middle of the first curve how do I do that...? selecting the two nodes to be connected seems to have 0 effect on how the join nodes function works.


texts: AI/EPS file opens different on another computer?

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I designed a logo in AI and when I open it on my computer, everything is in order. The proportion, the text, no errors what so ever.

However when I open the file on another computer it looks like this:

edit: Sorry I didn't mention earlier that what is different from my original version is that the text: DIEKLI is suppose to say DIEKLIMA. Upon opening it on another computer, the text seems to be cut off as if it is a different size. But I already have it as an outline (or a shape... however it is called) so it is not a matter of changing the text size?

Can somebody please explain to me why there is suddenly a difference when the file has not been changed?


texts: Can you save an image with a white background as a transparent image out of Photoshop?

texts: I'm having issues with artwork I would like to use for my website. Unfortunately, the artwork I have came included with a white background behind it. I realize I can manually remove the white background using tools like the Magic Wand in Photoshop, but I've found that the edges of the artwork lose their sharpness. Is there anyway in Photoshop to just save an image out where the white background is picked up as the part of the artwork that is suppose to be transparent?


texts: How to export PNG to be compatible with all browsers

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I recently found our that some PNG files render a slightly different shade of color in Safari. (I think this is because Safari can't render PNG Gamma channel properly or what).

How do I export the PNG images so that they work perfectly fine throughout all the browsers.
(preferable using Adobe Photoshop)


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The file format Open-SPX is a 3d image format developed by interzart around 2000, and released open source with the GPL. I've got some images in that format, which I want to import into a more modern editing program, but I can't find anything that can open/covert them. I've tried searching online, but it looks like interzart is gone, and I couldn't find any evidence of SPX files.

I'm looking for either a way to convert them to a modern format, or source code or documentation showing how I can write something that can read them.


texts: How to reduce white in an image using Photoshop

texts: I want to reduce the white in this image. So that the structure is somehow faded into the blue background. How can I do that in Photoshop? Any ideas?


texts: How to get complement of path in Inkscape?

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I would like to get complement of this path in Inkscape.
So, black would become white and what is white would become black .
Also, circular shape should be preserved.
How to do this ?


texts: Inkscape + Android Studio: Which one is the right format to export for compatibility?

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So I was usually creating svg data with inkscape for my Android Projects but recently the import and conversion doesn't work anymore.
I compared my old assets with the new ones and seen that the old ones only use the moveTo tag in the path data. The newer ones use Arc and others ones which seems to be the reason.
Can I force Inkscape to only use moveTo in the path when saving?


texts: Having trouble applying distress bitmap w/ clipping mask vs. opacity mask

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I am trying to figure out how to apply a distressed effect using a clipping mask. I am having difficulty recreating what I have next to me on the left, when I try to apply the clipping mask I'm told I'm unable to. I can get the distressed look using an opacity mask, but I'd like to learn how to use a clipping mask like the original artwork was done. Here's what I'm working with

Here's my file https://filebin.net/b168rps94rnxv940


texts: Gimp export project as an image to PDF, I want my texts to stay as text

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I designed CV in GIMP.
Today I had a call with my future employer.
And she said that my CV is great but not useful because she can't select any text from my CV to copy it.

Maybe is there some way to export Gimp project as a PDF where I can normally select text ?

Ofc I have text as a text in gimp :

Best regards.


texts: Rotating layer around center 64 times by 5,625 degrees

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so i would like to have a script that rotates a layer 64 time by 5.625 degrees but every time before it rotates, it resets the layer to its original state(as rotating from the previus loses quality) so have it rotate by x+5.625.
I would like to save each image separately.


texts: Indesign cs5 place all the pages of a word document automatically

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I have a long word document that I need to import inside InDesign cs5..I really dont want to place every single page by hand and I was wondering if I could somehow automate this process!

thanks

Luca


texts: How to create the texture of a rope and a knot on inkscape?

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I'm having a confusion on how to represent properly the strands of a rope when trying to make a knot tied to one corner of a square.
I was able to reproduce a shape similar to a knot tied to a small hole in the square but I don't know how to make a texture or something akin to the strands you see in a rope. Does it exist a model or a way to do it without much fuss?. Can someone help me with this?.
The figure from below is what I could made but as it is shown the background which I could obtain is entirely a flat color and not the sort of texture which you can have with the threads.

In my research to find a model as a guide I could obtain these:

This is a sample of the cotton rope

However the model which I intend to reproduce isn't exactly a hemp rope but a cotton rope, so the yarns don't stick out from the overall surface in a random manner. I'm aiming at something more smooth.
So does it exist a way to add this effect or how should I draw it?. Can someone help me with a step by step indications so its easy to follow?. I'm stuck with this.


texts: Apply script only to the 2nd layer of every PSD file

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How can I apply this code only to the 2nd layer of every PSD file? I also want to avoid color selection instead give the hex color code of black to remove.

var doc = app.activeDocument;
for(var i = 0; i < doc.layers.length; i++){
    doc.activeLayer = doc.layers[i];
    app.doAction("YOUR_ACTION_NAME_HERE", "YOUR_ACTION_SET_NAME_HERE");
    doc.activeLayer.visible = false;
}

The code appears here: How do I delete all white pixels from several layers?


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Disclaimer: I don't know anything about graphic desiging.
Hi all,
I was going through some web designs on dribbble.com. Most of them had a peculiar type of images in their hero area :
https://dribbble.com/shots/14359951-Fitness-Landing-Page#
https://dribbble.com/shots/14974441-Way-Design-Landing-Page
https://dribbble.com/shots/14267126-Travel-Landing-Page-UX-UI-Design
https://dribbble.com/shots/14643735-Insta-Bank-Landing-Page-UI-Design
What are these types of images called ?
How can I make them ?


texts: Pasting objects from illustrator to photoshop not matching

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I have been dealing with this issue for a while. I have found some work arounds to get around the problem but It is very inconvenient.
If I create the same size document (pixels) in illustrator and Photoshop then copy an object from illustrator and paste it in photoshop, photoshop resizes the object to fit the canvas. I have attached some photos of the document setup in case I'm overlooking something. If I do the same thing but set up the documents in inches I do not have the problem or if I set it up in inches and then change the dropdown to pixels it works fine too. any guesses on what the issue here is?
Update: I just realized when I type in the pixel dimensions in each application and then before creating the document I switch it to inches the sizes are way off. Photoshop is 6.4x3.6 (1920x1080) and Illustrator is 26.6x15 (1920x1080).


texts: How can I check if a logo already exists?

texts: I have a logo design idea that I've put together, how can I check if the logo or idea has already been used elsewhere?


texts: The pros and cons of using the appearance panel to create complex shapes and strokes in AI

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Recently, I've been going over some Lynda tutorials for Adobe Illustrator and there are several sections where the presenter uses the appearance panel to modify the shape and stroke (and add additional shapes and strokes) and create various effects on the objects (or type) by utilizing the distort & transform effects. The results were either a sort of a 3D effect, creating copies of strokes to create a complex network of strokes or simply offsetting the original shape.

These results could easily be recreated by copy/pasting and using the pathfinder/shape builder options, so what I was wondering was: is there a difference between these two methods and should I prefer one over the other? As far as I can see, the only difference is economy of layer space (the layer's panel doesn't get too crowded, which, of course, you could easily avoid by properly grouping the objects).

Aside from this, I would appreciate if someone could elaborate what are the other reasons, if any, for using the appearance panel.

I did a short search here for this question but couldn't find anything relevant. Please excuse me if this has already been answered.


texts: GIMP, match images based on shared point

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I am not a graphics design person and I think I may be looking for the correct language to ask the question more than anything. I have two maps that I cannot get to match up (scales are incorrect or they were scanned incorrectly.

On the maps there are common points shared by both e.g. a building or an intersection.

I would like to match them up in GIMP and export one large map. I am a GIS person, this is easy in gis but it struggles to bring the images together.

Is there a tool in GIMP that I can use to say here on this image is equal to here on this other image. If so I would greatly appreciate some help!

on the image below you can see a city hall polygon common between the two, i want to match that up with say an intersection on the other side.


texts: How to create a batch job, creating .psd files by image name (each line has a unique name in CSV file) with photoshop ?

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I am new to Photoshop. I have a Photoshop template with 3 text layers.

How to create a batch job for:

creating .psd files by image name (each line has a unique name in CSV file) with Photoshop ?
Then I want to replace three text layers with my text in CSV
Finally I want to import jpeg images (that is in a folder) in each newly created .psd file. Each .psd file and image names in JPEG should matches.

Below is the example of my CSV file:

psdfile1, Image1, textlayer1, text layer2, text layerA
psdfile2, Image2, textlayer1, text layer2, text layerB
psdfile3, Image3, textlayer1, text layer2, text layerC
psdfile4, Image4, textlayer1, text layer2, text layerD
psdfile5, Image5, textlayer1, text layer2, text layerE

How can I create such a batch job, creating .psd files by image name (each line has a unique name in CSV file) usung Photoshop?


texts: I wonder if anyone knows if it is possible to change pivot point in Magicavoxel, and if so how it's done?


texts: How should I add a realistic shadow to this?

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I'm working on a mockup of a jQuery slider which can be found here.

Now, I'm not the best graphic designer by any stretch of the imagination, and I can't seem to be able to get a realistic looking shadow. What I want is for the phone to appear as if it's standing on its side, but all of my attempts in Photoshop usually result in the phone looking like it's floating at a weird angle.

What I've tried so far (and failed at):

Added an elipse near the bottom of the phone and blurred it. This sorta worked but just doesn't look right.
Added a rectangle and did the same as the previous bullet, but this looked worse.
Tried using a drop shadow layer effect. This looked horrible.

Can anyone give me some suggestions?


texts: Blending sunset tones onto an overexposed (white) base layer

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I have two photos of a sunset. One is exposed for the reddish colors at the horizon, which fades into blues and blacks. The other is overexposed and the bright part near the horizon is a boring white. I am trying to blend some of the interesting reds and blues near the horizon onto the overexposed horizon.

The light oranges and reds of the sunset are bright, so they should appear most vividly on the result. The blues above that are darker, so they should appear less vividly. The blacks tones above that should not show up. For this effect, I would usually pick the Screen blending mode. But because the base layer is nearly white, the result of the blend remains white.

None of the layer blending modes in Photoshop seem to work in this situation. How can I achieve something like Screen which places color even on top of a white base layer?


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I am trying to manipulate an image so that it looks like it is being poured out of a jug as a stream. Unfortunately I don't have access to Photoshop, but I do have paint.net. I got fairly far with the Twist distortion along with stretching it along the X axis, but still not quite right.

Can somebody make a recommendation on how to make such an image?


texts: How to format a print booklet with fold out tabs on certain pages

texts: I am creating a sort of portfolio book for an interior design company. They requested the sections have fold out tabs on the pages. I've never had to make something like this before so I am trying to figure out the best way to set up the document. Is there a way for me to set this up in my InDesign file, or do I need to set it up as a separate file for the printer to insert on printing?


texts: Photoshop Feathering is far too pixelated

texts: I've had a big problem with a recent picture that I want to cut certain parts out of in Photoshop to edit, but annoyingly the feathering from the polygonal lasso tool is extremely pixelated and I have no idea why. The picture is 5742x3648 and this hasn't happened to me on smaller pictures. What is wrong and how can I fix it?


texts: Create high-quality lightweight screencapture

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We're building the features page for our web product (online investment management service). We'd like to showcase some of the features by displaying short clips of user interactions with that feature (eg. here or here)

What we've found is that most of these interactions are basically screen recordings in mp4 or gif format. So, as bitmap formats, they have a particular resolution, usually relatively low, and they inevitably occupy between 250kb and 2-3 mb, which can add up if you want to have 10 of these on a page. So you have large file size and low quality.

Given that we have the PSDs and the HTML/CSS/JS, is there some way to easily create a vector based animation of some sort instead to replicate the user interaction? Maybe HTML or canvas animation or something? If this animation was described as a vector, we could probably achieve each animation in 20-30kb, creating huge load time savings (we're in India, where people are still on pretty slow connections) AND much better quality (because vector). Unlike real life videos, user interactions with a software product are by default great candidates for vector-based representation no?

Any ideas or solutions? Thanks!


texts: How to get a layer's dimensions (including transparent border)?

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I need to know the dimensions of a masked layer with transparent area to resize it to the same dimensions of another layer.
If use the bounds data I get the dimensions of the pixels, but not the dimensions of the full layer (when not masked).

With this script I would like to resize the "mask" layer and the "frame" layer to the same size of the picture layer, like I would with the Transform command (⌘+T).

How to do it?

var doc = app.activeDocument
var thisLayer = doc.activeLayer;

// got the group of layers
var thisGroup = thisLayer.parent;

//main layer (photo)
var thisPict = thisGroup.layers[2];
var ThisPictBounds = thisPict.bounds;
var thisPictW = ThisPictBounds[2].as('px')-ThisPictBounds[0].as('px');
var thisPictH = ThisPictBounds[3].as('px')-ThisPictBounds[1].as('px');

//mask layer
var thisMask = thisGroup.layers[1];
var ThisMaskBounds = thisMask.bounds;
var thisMaskW = ThisMaskBounds[2].as('px')-ThisMaskBounds[0].as('px');
var thisMaskH = ThisMaskBounds[3].as('px')-ThisMaskBounds[1].as('px');

// frame layer
var thisFrame = thisGroup.layers[0];
var ThisFrameBounds = thisFrame.bounds;
var thisFrameW = ThisFrameBounds[2].as('px')-ThisFrameBounds[0].as('px');
var thisFrameH = ThisFrameBounds[3].as('px')-ThisFrameBounds[1].as('px');

// rename all layers
thisPict.name = thisGroup.name + '>' + 'Pict';
thisMask.visible = false;
thisMask.name = thisGroup.name + '>' + 'Mask';
thisFrame.name = thisGroup.name + '>' + 'Frame';

// resize mask and frame layers
thisMask.resize ((thisPictW/thisMaskW)*100,(thisPictH/thisMaskH)*100, AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER);
thisFrame.resize ((thisPictW/thisFrameW)*100,(thisPictH/thisFrameH)*100, AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER);

// ### example ###
// thisMaskW = 489 (974 - 485 ) >> Real width layer dimension usig CTRL+ T command
// thisMaskH = 316 (519 - 203) >> Real height layer dimension usig CTRL+ T command

// thisMaskW = 258 (769 - 511 ) >> Pixel width dimension got by bouds data
// thisMaskH = 259 (492 - 233) >> Pixel height dimension got by bouds data


texts: Make Arabic text show properly in Adobe Illustrator

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Arabic text doesn't show properly in Adobe Illustrator. Even with a font that supports Arabic text (e.g. Arial), the text is back to front (left to right, not right to left) and the letters don't join up properly. To an Arabic speaker, it's gibberish.

I know that there is an Illustrator version for the Middle East but... really, no chance am I buying that just to get a few words into a vector graphic.

I've also seen refs for Scribdoor (Winsoft) however it's 100 Euros and I work on CS6 now which isn't supported anyway.

I can't believe that after 16 major versions of Adobe Illustrator there is no way to copy & paste a bit of Arabic into it somehow?

Can anyone think of an alternative? Free one if poss, it's a tiny job with 9 words in total.

Thanks very much


texts: Is there a script to export illustrator image as multiple file types, colours, sizes?

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I have 6 different logos to each be individually saved as

Black >> CMYK / RGB >> JPG / TIFF / EPS
Colour >> CMYK / RGB >> JPG / TIFF / EPS
White >> CMYK / RGB >> JPG / TIFF / EPS

Is there a script that can do this or do I have to do it manually?


texts: What font is this and where I can find more akin to this style and what's the style name?

texts: What is the name of this font and where can I find more fonts of this style? I also don't know what kind of font-style this is (e.g. of others, Grotesque, Neue, Slab, etc).


texts: Who owns copyright to photos of public places? (Editorial Use Only license)

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I am baffled by "Editorial Use Only" licenses offered by stock photo sites. It seems that even if photographer wants to sell his photo under "Standard" license, stock photo company can force it into "Editorial Use Only" license. For example, iStockPhoto says following in their information for photographers:

  The Editorial Use Only license means that the image can only be used this way, and cannot be used for commercial advertising purposes.

From that, it seems that photographer do not have any say as to what license will be given to designer who use that stock photo website to buy license. I am not sure why that is the case in many situations. I understand that famous person who did not agree for her image to be used for commercial purpose might object such use. I also understand that company that owns a brand can object to use photograph of their product for commercial purposes third party.

However, there are often images of public places, bridges and buildings that are licensed under "Editorial Use Only".

Who can have objections to the commercial use of such public like places, bridges or buildings? In other words, who can sue desginer for the use of such "Editorial Use Only" photograph if photographer does not have any objections?
Is there such thing as "Editorial Use Only" for images in Public Domain? For example, if I find image of Big Ben, London Bridge, White House or Statue of Liberty that is in Public Domain, can I use it for commercial work? Or is it "Editorial Use Only" kind of image even though it is in Public Domain? If so, who could sue desginer for using such Public Domain image?

I want to emphasize that I have no intention of infigining on anyone's copyright. I am asking those questions to better understand who, if anyone, owns copyright to "Editorial Use Only" images.


texts: Using a clients font to print their files

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Scenario:

I work for a printing company. Clients design something they need printed. We receive their files along with the fonts needed for printing.

As a printer, what is our responsibility for using their fonts?

we don't do any design work, just printing.


texts: Placement of additional elements in a complex image

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I'm creating a map/graph/diagram and I would like to add a graph to indicate the relative strength of different industries (three sector model). The same picture already contains the economic development, start and end values, name and map in the background, so I am running out of space to place a circle diagram for the industries. Any suggestions as where it would be nice and readable?

The side borders of the image are pretty fixed, so putting it next to the name of the province is not really feasible.


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I found this beautiful Bon Appetit magazine (it's an iPad magazine). But I couldn't quite identify the font used :

I've tried Fontspring Matcherator, WhatTheFont! & What Font is.. The closest typefaces are Thorowgood and Poster Display Monster , but it's not quite the right answer. The contrast between the thicks and the thins is not as pronounced.


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I made one simple example of print ready billboard design (4m x 3m) and I have some questions about it.

1.) In this example I used .jpg picture 7644x5000 and 96 dpi. I learned that for billboard in real size, raster image need to have at least 30 dpi. So if i resize this picture to 323cm x 211cm (and put it in the middle of billboard), it will have 60 ppi, which is enough for print. Am I right?

2.) Can I combine raster image and vector text in same design using Illustrator. I suppose yes.

3.) For large text I can use rich black and for small text k 100% black?

4.) When I design billboard I don't need bleed?

5.) I saw that many people suggest using of inDesign when combining vector and raster, but why i can't do it in Illustrator as well?

6.) When i convert text to outlines, I don't need to send font with pdf file?

7.) What preset should I use when saving pdf file?

I opened new document with 40cm x 30cm, 300 dpi, CMYK. Put the picture inside and some text with rich black. If I save it as .pdf and send it to print, what quality is it going to be? This is just an example and I'm not going to print this. :) Thank you.


texts: How to Select Individual Glyphs From a Font and Re-export

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Wondering if (a) you are allowed to take some TrueType font with this license (actually I am pretty sure now that it is allowed, modification even for commercial purposes):

  SIL Open Font License 1.1

  The Open Font License (OFL) is maintained by SIL International. It attempts to be a compromise between the values of the free software and typeface design communities. It is used for almost all open source font projects, including those by Adobe, Google and Mozilla.

and (b) can somehow select out a subset of the glyphs using some font tool, and then (c) re-exporting the font to TrueType or some other format like OpenType.

That is, I would like to take this font and select only a few glyphs for use on the web (out of the hundreds or thousands available), so that it can minimize the size of the font download on the web. An example would be emoji fonts, I would maybe use 5 or 10 of the emojis for a particular use case, out of the thousands that are out there. So I would want a font with just the 5 or 10 emojis in it.

Wondering if this is possible, and what is a good tool one might use to accomplish this. I am on a Mac.


texts: Am I allowed to embed Typekit fonts directly into a website and host them myself?

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With Adobe CC I've gained access to Typekit. I've started playing around with it and noticed they put a cap on page views per month on loading the fonts. (Currently I'm capped at 500,000 but would need 5,000,000+).
I assume this is due to bandwidth use, or perhaps it's due to foundry licensing. I understand I could upgrade my plan to increase the number of page views, but I'm wondering if I could host the font myself.

Would I be allowed to download a Typekit font (such as the one I have on my desktop) and upload that font to my web server and then embed it myself, rather than going through the Typekit service? Or is this breaching any agreement?


texts: Use Matlab 2014b figures (via Inkscape) in pdfTeX

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I know there are many threads related to this topic, but I still could not find a satisfying solution.

Summary
Matlab 2014b figures -> export as .eps or .svg -> load into Inkscape (problem is in here: text is not recognized) -> use Inkscpe to save as .pdf_tex -> use in scrreprt  document (pdfTeX)

The goal:
I want to use different Matlab 2014b plots in a scientific paper. Within those plot I want to use the same LaTeX font as it is used in my scrreprt document.

The problem:
When I export or print the Matlab figures as .eps or .svg (possible in 2014b) it is not possible to use the document font (type and size) or access the text (labels, axisticks) Inkscape.

What I've done so far:
I used matlab2tikz. This lets me access the plot with the "correct" font. But it does not create the results I want to have. This thread mentions a related problem.

I greated some figures in Inkscape (.svg) and used the export method which provides .pdf_tex files. Then I used \input to include them into the to the document. This works very well ("correct font and nice quality"), so I want to use this method, but in the first place I need to print/export the figures in a way that lets Inkscape read the text as text and notas pixels in a picture.

What is definitely not desired
Setting the Matlab figure 'Interpreter' to 'Latex' looks nice in the figure, but is useless when including it into a latex document

I appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.

p.s.: I redirected this Question from http://tex.stackexchange.com


texts: What kind of software used to make spatially accurate renderings over satellite imagery?

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I'm looking to make some mock top-view renderings of road reconstructions like this:

I've been trying to use Photoshop and Google Earth to do this since I know how to work them both, but it's a very clunky method. I usually trace out some guidelines in Google Earth since I can measure distance accurately with it, then take a bunch of screenshots and stitch it together in Photoshop, where I use paths to actually render everything. This method is very inefficient (not to mention that both Google and Photoshop deal with paths pretty terribly I think) but I don't know of any other way to do it.

I figure there has to be some kind of software that is aware of the concept of 'distance' (need to draw 11' lanes, 6' sidewalks etc to scale over satellite imagery) that is useful for making these kinds of renderings, but I wouldn't know where to begin looking.


texts: Is it possible to keep formatting when pasting rich text from a browser into inkscape?

texts: When I paste text into inkscape from Firefox and Chromium, the formatting (bold, italics, etc) is removed. Is there any setting in inkcape that would allow to keep the formatting intact when pasting rich text?


texts: How to set the same space in between frames in a whole Indesign document?

texts: Is there a way to create the same space between image frames throughout a whole Indesign CC document. At the moment I have around 200 pages so it is quite tedious to do it page by page.


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I assume that the difference between an intricate shape and a tessellation is as follows:

  A tessellation is always repetitive in group-units while an
  intricate shape is repetitive sub-group-units, thus could be defined as a tessellation (or as including tessellation) by itself as well as can be used to make tessellations.
  repetitive == two or more;

What is the difference between an intricate shape (common in ornate art) and tessellation?


texts: Legal copyright for making text based logos?

texts: I've just started off being a freelance graphic designer (wooo adventure), but I've a question about using texts when making logos. From what I understand, Typefaces don't have copyright; so I want to know if I can just use any ol' font on my PC; make an outline of it, then edit it to make a typeface for a logo. Will that do? Or do I really need to start from scratch?


texts: How to copy layers from one Photoshop document to another?

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Is there a way to copy layers from one Photoshop document to another?

I was working on a project earlier on that required this but I didn't know how this could have been done.

(Procedure not as simple as Illustrator, where a simple Ctrl | Cmd + C and Ctrl | Cmd + V would work.)


texts: Problem with Illustrator pathfinder cutout

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I have a problem with pathfinder cutout in Illustrator and I would be really grateful if you can help me with it.
Every time that I want to cut out the letter shape from background the letter becomes thinner. This effect can be seen on monitor and on print sheet as well, but mathematically it's still the same width.

Thank you for your help in advance!!

Upper letters are only outlined, the bottom ones are outlined and cutout from background

This is a bigger picture, where the problem is not so clearly visible. But the problem is really pronounced when you have a bit smaller text.


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My Layer dialog looks like this:

Here it shows a row of buttons including + to add a layer.
How do I get this row to display?

Ubuntu 18.04.4. LTS
Inkscape 1.0


texts: How to export html photoshop to public image host?

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I'm looking to export my photoshop designs with both html and images that were sliced up. I'd like to automate the process to host the images in a public domain. I currently use Dropbox but I have to manually add the image files to the public folder.

Does anyone know a plugin or something that will automatically export and add the public links to the html files? Or just export and give me the list of the public domains?


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I need to apply stroking to a selection, when I use "Edit - Stroke selection" standard option - there are empty spaces between selection and stroking. If I increase the stroking line - it gets inside the selection, it looks ugly even with blur effect. Please help me with the task!

I need this image:

To look like these examples:


texts: Split layer based on contiguous area? (PS:CS4)

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Is there a way to split a layer based on contiguous area?

So that, for instance, a layer with 20 'islands' of solid colour, separated by a sea of full transparency, would produce 20 new layers for each island?


texts: Mirroring an arbitrary vector for symmetry in Sketch

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I'm trying to convert a raster logo to vector using Sketch. I've traced out part of the logo with an open vector, but only one-half of it. Now I want to mirror (flip horizontally) a copy of that open path, and join the two points. Here's the left half:

I copy and paste that, then flip the copy horizontally (I wish there was a mirror-across-axis feature). Then I drag it horizontally (with shift held down) until the left edge of the copy snaps to the right edge of the original. When this is done, the copy is 1/3 of a pixel lower than the original.

I can't figure out another way to accomplish this. Any suggestions? Thanks!


texts: Intersecting Paths in Illustrator leave a residue

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In figure 1, the black shape represents the result of intersecting the yellow circle and the gray shape. If I zoom it to 64k%, as shown in figure 2, I see a sliver of yellow between the gray and black shapes which means that the intersect tool is leaving a 'residue' which it ideally should not and therefore the result is not accurate. I've tried this on both Mac and Windows systems running 2017.0.2  release of Illustrator CC but the result is the same.

I have no stroke and the outline view of the result shows that the resultant path is not aligned with the circle.


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I am a Java programmer who likes to create own programs/web pages/games which look nice. I am not a front-end guy even though I am willing to dedicated effort to produce good looking apps with original design.

My focus is in  areas of smaller web & mobile apps and games with custom graphics.

Here I am mostly addressing drawing of images.
I use GIMP to modify the free images I get from internet. However I would like to produce/draw my own images based on my ideas.

My question is, what tools are suited for this? (I assume that as very least I need some sort of graphic tablet as I cannot imagine drawing by mouse.)


texts: SVG saved from Illustrator loses the transparency around the image?

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Ive used Image Trace to convert a PNG to vectors in Illustrator. By changing the colour of my artboard I can see the transparency around the image is there.

When I save the image as an SVG it looses this transparency. The area around the image is solid white. How can I preserve this transparency?


texts: How do I cut out a key line (stroke) around text?


texts: How to make a video of a counter e.g.100-1,000,000?

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I'm developing a website and want a counter upon start up to go from
1,000-1,000,000
So we decided the best way to do it would be to put a video on the cover that would play on start up.
Now how do I create a counter like that? in photoshop/online/gimp/anywhere?

Please feel free to ask any questions for further clarifications, etc.

thanks.


texts: Does anybody know to make this layer style.?

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Can anyone tell me how can I get the attached text style? What setting I have to do? I want same text style. Same text style but different background and color

It would be awesome if someone can tell me what to say this type of text style? What they are called?

This what I have done. What I am missing there?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Photoshop CS6 - How to duplicate pen tool path then transform it

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I was wondering if it was possible to make a copy of a pen tool line, duplicate it then rotate that duplicate pen tool line 180 degrees, then again 60 degrees. After which I join both pen tool lines together make a selection then fill it in with a colour.

This is so I can make a segment the same as the Google chrome logo.

Here is an image below of what I currently have so you have an idea. You can see I've marked out the angles via the thicker line segments so it's just a case of drawing in the pen line paths, then I can fill it with colour.


texts: Having difficult time finding the font used in this logo

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I am trying to find the font used in "lasting definition" title of the following image. My guesses so far are Cookie, Great Vibes, and Ruthie but none of them is an exact match.

Cookie:

Great Vibes:

Ruthie:


texts: How to Make 3-Dimensional Curved to Flat Sheet

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I wish to create a 3-Dimensional figure in either Adobe Illustrator of Photoshop that has a 2 curves in the foreground that transitions into a flat sheet along the z-axis.  The 3-dimensional sheet that I've created (below, from Illustrator) has the two curves (and the downwarp) extruded across the entire sheet, but I was wondering if there is a relatively straight-forward way to gradually flatten towards the back of the sheet.

What I've done thus far:  Made 2-D curved line, extruded the shape.  I also tried the Warp function in Photoshop, but I couldn't get just the back of the 3D structure to be flat.

Thanks for your input.


texts: Line lengths on paper for a resume layout

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I want to layout a resume.

The requirements slightly conflict, but are:

On standard paper size (i.e. A4 as it happens)
A lot of text
Easy to read
Few pages

I especially want to ask about line length fitted onto A4 paper.

If I Google I find suggestions like this ...

  The optimal line length for your body text is considered to be 50-60 characters per line, including spaces (“Typographie”, E. Ruder). Other sources suggest that up to 75 characters is acceptable.

... though that's not specific to A4.

My current layout looks like this (too small to read, 30% regular size, to not be spammy):

(version 1)

That's two pages, where:

The size of almost all the text is Arial at 14px -- with headings ditto font-weight bold.

Text in the aside on the left hand margin of the first page is ditto except 16px.

The line height is 18px (i.e 128% of the font size).
Lines of text in the main column of the first page contain about 80 characters per line.

The main (i.e. right-hand) column of the first page is more than half the page width. The paragraph text in each section is left-indented slightly to belong within its section heading.
Lines on the second page contain about 60 characters per line in two equal columns.

I think it looks good and is readable -- because it has different kinds of information in different places, and when you are reading text then it's clear what section that text belongs to.

My immediate problem is that I'd like to get more text onto the page -- especially two or three more items into the "chronological resume" on the first page, possibly instead of (i.e. replacing some of the space that's occupied by) the "functional resume" on the second page.

A simple way to get extra usable space is to use two/both columns on the first page, like this:

(version 2)

That meets the requirements, i.e. there is now empty room for extra text.
Sadly that might look ugly because it's imbalanced -- text on the left is lower than on the right.

A more subtle problem is that with the first layout, the eye had a choice of whether to dwell on the left (summary) or on the right (details), which is missing in this layout.
It isn't that bad though -- the full-sized page is readable (the 30% version illustrated isn't).
But I don't like the hyperlinks-to-elsewhere embedded in the start of the text, they're distracting

To fix the above I spread the header information across the top of the page:

(version 3)

For reference the one-column version looks like this -- so there's no room there to add extra text; you can see why it's inefficient (wasted whitespace); and that's 110 characters per line:

Questions

Line length -- if "50 to 70 characters per line is optimal" is a recommendation, how is that supposed to work with A4 paper? How do you make it work, or don't you?
Font choice -- is "14px Arial everywhere" adequate for a software developers' resume?
Dense resume -- can you recommend other designs for packing a lot of text into a resume?
Two columns -- The two-column layout is expedient because it's space-saving. But I'm worried that it's bad for some reason (though I don't know what) -- what might be better?
Appearance -- The first version of the first page looked stylish IMO, two columns but pleasant to look at.
Although the third version does have room on it to add another couple of sections, it looks to me utilitarian at best -- and non-standard or home-made, which isn't good.

The first version had a greater variety of design elements, each in their own place though -- i.e. they didn't seem out of place, and they served the purpose (form following function).

Conversely the third version is very nothing-but-text.

So what change might fix that? Some other variation of version 2, perhaps?


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I am using Apple Pages to write a user guide and would like to insert screenshots of my app.
Inserting the screenshots is no problem.

How can I annotate the screen shots like Apple did it in the iPhone user guide on page 8, which is basically drawing a line to specific regions of the screenshot and putting some text at the end of the line?

Is this even possible directly in Apple Pages or would I need to add the lines and annotation text using another program?


texts: How can I use GREP in InDesign to swap numbers then nest, then repeat

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Long time lurker, first time poster!
Your tips are really valuable and have taught me what I know till now about GREP, thank you!

I have a tricky text to style and I am having some issues, and need your help.

Example text:
2012 Some product name name, State $50
This is a very impressive young pinot, with tremendous freshness and vitality. Red cherry and spice aromas, fragrant and lifted with hints of coconut and cherry-liqueur. Elegant, medium-weight, fruit-driven and bright, with pinpoint ripeness. Succulent and utterly delicious. It should be long-lived. >1-10 (rating)

96

The text above repeats 50 times with different text, so essentially it's a list of 50 wines.

The resultant text should look like this:

96 # Some product name name, State $50
This is a very impressive young pinot, with tremendous freshness and vitality. Red cherry and spice aromas, fragrant and lifted with hints of coconut and cherry-liqueur.

Elegant, medium-weight, fruit-driven and bright, with pinpoint ripeness. Succulent and utterly delicious. It should be long-lived. >1-10

2012

Explanation:
2012 needs to move from the start to the end and the number 96 should go to the start. I think this is possible with GREP search but not with GREP style.
I can style the two paragraphs with NESTED styles based on the period.
Using NEXT styles I can repeat it 50 times for each listing.

However, I am having trouble switching the year and the listing number. I want to make it easier for a designer, so that she can use it with minimal number of clicks.

Could you please suggest something easier than using (\d{4})(.*)(\r|\n)(\d\d\r\Z) and replacing with $3$2$1 etc


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I'm working on an animation background which involves a high angle shot of a forest. I searched on internet to hunt some references for the trees and other foliage from such an angle. I could only find real photos or fully rendered paintings and what I drew from those didn't seem right. So I went to my faculty for support, he asked me to keep hunting for references. Now after growing tired of looking through the same images I've come here to seek help. I'm looking for a link to a webpage that will have a tutorial for it or even a reference image of a drawing.

Thank you!


texts: How can I suggest ease of use in a logo?

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How would you go about making a logo that indicates the action/feeling of ease?

How could you make it convey that feeling for a products or app that company makes which is easy to use?

I've been thinking that I could use lines that are thin or making rounded edges or by using colors to convey this feeling by including a water concept.

These ideas don't always work with some logos or some fields so I'm looking for some insight to designing this.

Here is some examples to go with what I'm trying to explain.

to more explaining :
now i making a logo for ERP program and the client wants to send this feeling ( the app is easy to use and simple ) to customers when they are see the logo


texts: Using Play Store badges and F logos, etc. on printed material

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There are established guidelines about the use of the Play Store logo, Facebook F logo, etc. in websites, etc.
There is a related question on this topic here. Google play store has its guidelines here. Guidelines for Facebook, etc. can be easily found on their sites.
I would like to understand if I can use these logos on printed material as well. Nowhere on these "guidelines" webpages could I find any information about using these logos in print. Should I assume what is written for webpages to apply equally to printed matter?
For example, if I have a new gourmet chocolate shop (and a matching app and FB page), and on my business card (and other printed promo material) I want to include the corresponding logos to remind people that my app/page can also be found on Play store, App Store, as a website (with the Google Chrome logo) and on Facebook, etc. etc.
Is this allowed?
PS: I am new on this specific SE, but I believe graphic design applies generally to all graphic design (online or offline media).


texts: Moodboards: how to use them in a workflow?

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I'm new to design and have started working with moodboards. It seems like a really essential part of a design workflow.

How best do you use them?
What is a good process for compiling one?
What is in a typical design moodboard?

Extra point for an examples I can look at.


texts: Would Using the Star Wars typeface for a Website be considered copyright infringement?

texts: My client wants a logo that uses the Star Wars font called Star Jedi, however I'm sure using a Star Wars font would be copyrighted. Please let me know guys. Is the Star Jedi font only for personal use?


texts: What role do yearly published logo "trends" play into the process of creating a logo?

texts:
Multiple blogs publish logos trends (1, 2, 3...) on a yearly basis, highlighting the various styles that have left their trace in logos branded this year.

Considering that logos usually aim at being intemporal, or at least, are required to stand for multiple years to effectively build loyalty and avoid costly transitions. Considering that logos should be designed with a target audience in mind, one that may or may not be influenced by these trends.

What role do these trends play, or should play, into the process of creating a logo?


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I'm trying to animate in Photoshop CC 2018 and I can't get a frame to show up. The menu bar at the bottom won't show up and I keep trying to add frames, but with not option available.

My timeline will show, but nothing seems to allow me to add my layers to the frames.


texts: Inkscape 9.2 not drawing circles or ovals with Ubuntu 18.04

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I am using Inkscape 0.92 on Ubuntu 18.04.  When I try to draw a circle or an oval the object draws as shown below.
This is not a color, transparancy, or draw order issue.  Do I need to reinstall Inkscape to an earlier version?


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In Inkscape, I'm trying to design a calendar. I have a grid of numbers (days of the month). I want to change the typeface of all the numbers I'm working with.  Is there a way to do this in a single step?

Currently, I've to select each number with the text tool and change the font for it. This is slow and painful.

Note: I forgot to add that the texts are grouped.


texts: Illustrator artwork present but not showing on layer?

texts:
I'm editing an existing AI file - a hexagon shape that shows with some scratches over it. However, I've removed every single object on the current layer except the hexagon shape.

I can't figure out where the scratch effect is coming from. There are no styles applied to the layer or object, there are no masks.

Layer:
->Shape:

When I move the shape around, the scratch marks do not move, and if moved to a new layer added below this one, the scratches don't appear. They're somehow tied to that layer...

I need to be able to move this effect with the shape.


texts: What pixel art shading technique to add deepness when a static light source is not an option?

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To make things clear: This question is about drawing pixel by pixel of what will be the skin of a game character.

I want to create a skin for the player character of a game (Starmade) but it already features shadowing. The problem then is that I can't draw shadows as I usually would. I need to add "deepness" to the drawing without relying too much on shadows (maybe pillow shading?) or even without shadows, I just need deepness, how can I achieve that?

Here is a picture of the default skin for reference:

Note: Shadows sometimes fill only a part of the affected side.

What are my options?


texts: What file format should I export in to allow my .ai files to be opened in CorelDraw?

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My client's printer guy works in CorelDraw. I work in Illustrator. He needs to open the file in CorelDraw for printing.

In what format should I export the files so he can open those in Corel with no blurring issues?

All my files are vector only. No images used. Also, all of them are flat. No gradients or effects.


texts: How to batch fix background artifacts using actions?

texts: I have almost 700 small images of glyphs which are anti-aliased black on white backgrounds.  All the files have excess whitespace and I wanted to use the trim function in Photoshop to batch resize all the images using an action.  However, it turns out there are some non-perfectly white pixels throughout all the files causing very inconsistent trimming.  By using the paintbucket tool with a tolerance of 1 I am able to manually fix the backgrounds but I don't want to do that 700 times.  Is there a way to clean up these backgrounds using an action in batch processing?


texts: Huge Illustrator file after using 3D effect to generate a sphere

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I have made a crystal structure for my thesis in illustrator. I used a half circle to generate nice spheres using Illustrator's 3D effect:

Now the problem is that the filesize is huge: 40MB when saved as PDF (the format i am importing in to Latex), 25MB as .ai and a little less for an svg.
How can I get a decent file size? Is there a way to 'rasterize' the 3D effect or compress it somehow?


texts: All other things being equal, does printing an image from Illustrator instead of Photoshop produce better quality?

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Say you have a vector image you open up in both Photoshop and Illustrator in DINA3 and 300ppi, wanting to print it in 300dpi.

So when it comes to their pixel resolution, they're the same and all the general print settings are the same, too.

Does the sole factor of initiating the printing process using Illustrator have any effect on the quality of the print?
My intuition tells me that it's going to be better since Illustrator uses lossless vectors, but since they use the same resolution and all, I'm kinda unsure whether this is true.

Any ideas?


texts: How to make rounded corners from shapes drawn with lines?

texts:
I am trying to make a shape like this:

And so far in Illustrator, I've drawn this:

Now, I know how to make a rectangle/square rounded. Select object, go to Effect -> Stylize -> Rounded corners...

But, when I select them all (except the rectangle) and do this process, it does nothing. Possibly because I've drawn the lines individually.

Can anyone explain and/or advise a way to get them rounded?


texts: How to create a speckled/pixelated background?

texts:
How would I replicate this speckled/pixelated background effect?

You might need to zoom in to see the effect fully.


texts: Editing the size of rectangular grid tool in Adobe Illustrator CS6

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I've been painting a pixel character in a of 32x32, but after the work is almost done I noticed I needed a little more dots, Is there any way to edit the grid to something like 64x64?

If not, is there any way to copy the painted dots inside a bigger grid and paste in another rectangular grid?

Thank you.


texts: Identify indivudual colors on a scan. Is it possible?

texts:
A quick question for any gurus out there :-)

Suppose I have a simple picture with a red circle, a blue square and a green triangle. The background is yellow. Those are the only 4 colors involved.

Is there are a program out there that can read in the picture and split it into 4 layers, based on color?

If I were to hide the "red" layer then the circle would disappear, etc.

Forget about hues and shading. Just a simple picture with only 4 colors.

Many thanks,

Pete


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When I create a 2D text, its really unsharp.
Doyou guys might know what to do?
p.s I mean the 'ripples' around the text.

High res image: http://gyazo.com/1a80c0ed88b1d54098279af4985ec060

Lower res preview:


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I am having a hard time coming up with the right pictograms.

I am making a video game that features simulated industries, like mines, smelters, sawmills, bakeries, and so on.

And I need to annotate the map of the world with these industries in such a way that I can show the state of the supply chain.

A concrete example: if you consider the smelter, which takes as input coal plus iron-ore, and produces steel.

I need to convey three different situations:

The factory is low on ingredients (coal/ore) and is throttled.
The factory's product inventory (steel) is full and is throttled.
The factory is running satisfactory: there is neither a supply shortage, nor a build up of superfluous inventory.

So: SUPPLY INVENTORY LOW, PRODUCT INVENTORY FULL or FULLY OPERATIONAL.

But I want to use pictograms, not words to show the state of all the factories on the map.

Any ideas on how to depict these states? Or is there an online resource like a pictogram database that lets you search for concepts and their associated pictograms?


texts: Should graphs and charts be reversed for RTL-reading audiences?

texts: I don't recall ever seeing any examples of right-to-left-reading charts and graphs, so I'm guessing the answer is no; however, I wanted to ask here to see if anyone has information to the contrary: for readers of right-to-left languages, are charts and graphs reversed, reading from right to left also?


texts: How to get rid of magenta "spillage" when printing only black?

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I sent a PDF with a few objects in C: 0%, M: 0%, Y: 0%, K: 100%, for digital printing on a glossy paper, to a local print shop. The print looks good and everything, but there seems to be a weak nuance of magenta next to the black print.

I've asked the people working in the shop about this, but I get the feeling that they don't understand the "spillage" either. Any ideas what might cause this?

Thanks!


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for later usage in a converter I'd like to exactly control the transparency of colors.

Let's say I have a simple layer (B), filled with #FF0000 and 50% layertransperency.
Now I duplicate that layer (C) (again with 50%).
In addition to that I have a layer for the background (A) which is filled with #FFFFFF.

I would have expected that the resulting pixel is a perfect #FF0000, but it is a #ff3f3f (still red, but much lighter).

I also tried to play with layer-styles and hoped that Linear Dodge (add) would help me out, but it doesn't.

Is there any simple trick, so that I am able to exactly control the transparency of every pixel (layer)?


texts: Adjust hue / saturation such that colour X becomes colour Y

texts:
I need to convert some stock icon imagery to a pre-existing colour scheme. The method for conversion is to simply adjust the image hue to the right level.

However all I have to go on is existing imagery that has already undergone the process. As such, I know that the muddy green of 99b963 should become the dull mauve of 7763b9.

My current method is trial and error: I zoom in to an area of green, overlay a layer featuring an adjacent pixel of the target mauve, select the original layer, then adjust saturation until it looks right. At that point I step out of the adjustment dialogue, get the color picker out, and compare. Repeat until just right.

Does Photoshop / Gimp / Paint.NET have a simpler, procedural method for achieving this, in 1 step if possible? If not, is there a less trial-and-error method to achieve the right hue given a target colour difference?


texts: What print settings should I choose to print a booklet on indesign with 8.5x11 page size and 17X11 paper size?

texts:
Also, at home I do not have a printer that is able to print on 17X11. Is there a way to shrink the page size so my booklet prints on 8.5x11 paper, so I can have an idea of what it will look like? When I tried this, the pages printed on individual pieces of 8.5X11 paper portrait.

To clarify my primary question, I want my booklet to print exactly as it does in print preview, with two 8.5X11 pages side by side on one 17X11 paper.

Thank you!


texts: Tutorial on how to create a flowing thread

texts:
I'm looking for a tutorial to create wavy flowing threads. Like this:

I'm open to tutorials in Photoshop, GIMP, or any freeware image manipulation program. We have a copy of PS. I'm not sure if another graphic app is in the budget.


texts: Sketch: How to best sync design elements between iOS and Android Wireframe?

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I'm looking for some input on your best practices/workflows for creating app wireframes for both iOS and Android.

I'm working on a project now that needs quite high fidelity wireframes for an app we are creating, both for Android and iOS. The problem is how do I best share styles between the two files? If I create symbols of for instance a table, the width of the table won't match, since iOS and Android differs. So I have to detatch the element from the symbol. The problem is now if I want to change a color for instance, I will have to rememeber to update it in both versions. Font/typography settings will also differ between these two.

How can I structure my workflow when developing for both platforms, to reduce duplication of work?

Since I'm using Google Drive sync for Invision, the Android/iOS wireframes will have to be in seperate files as well. :/


texts: What do you wish you would have known with your first freelance contract?

texts:
My partner and I have begun discussions with the owner of a small business for a full-blown rebranding and marketing strategy (logo design, branding collateral, social media strategy creation, SEO of website, and 2 blog posts a month). My partner specializes in blog writing/SEO and I in graphic design.

My partner and I have discussed pricing and a schedule, but I'm worried we're going to miss something in the contract.

What advice do you have for drawing up a contract for our first freelance job? Do you foresee any pitfalls/red flags with this project?


texts: What is the font used in the Thunderbirds 2004 movie?

texts: I've wanted to know this for quite a long time and I've finally decided to ask - does anyone know the name of the font (or a very similar font) that is used in the Thunderbirds movie (2004).  I've included an image below.  Thanks


texts: Is there a way to override a symbol's color in Sketch?

texts:
I've already tried to to make symbols in sketch, like buttons, but I'm unable to change this symbol's colors, then I have to create more symbols only to change the color.

Do you guys know a way to change the color using only one symbol?


texts: Gnome icons: how to get 24x24 size (not avail in distro)

texts:
Gnome icons have 48x48 / 64x64 sizes. I need sizes 24x24 or 22x22. I tried Irfanview: resize PNGs 48x to 24x. Result is bad: because of transparency I got bad pixels in output (edge is OK but corner of picture not). I played with IView settings. Cannot get OK result

Maybe available such size?


texts: How to separate shapes drawn with pen tool into individual paths

texts:
I am trying to make a geometric logo.  I want to make a shape and then fill it with triangles and fill them.

I’ve made my outter shape and then filled it with some geometric shapes like below.  It’s not perfect but it’s a work in progress.

How can I  make the triangles fillable?  This shape connects many points I need each triangle to be individual so I can fill them.

I used the live shape builder as per the answer below (which worked awesome).  And now I have a further problem that one of the shapes seems joined.  See below.


texts: Casa do Design identity sans serif font identification

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Can anyone help me identify this type from the Casa do Design Matosinhos identity?

Font websites give approximations that are not even similar. I ran it many times but always fail; It looks standard but I still fail to identify it.

This is the original source https://www.behance.net/gallery/52195599/Casa-do-Design-Identity


texts: Recommended workflow to expand paths without creating unnecessary anchors points

texts:
I'd like to know if what I do is the correct process for what I want to achieve.
I created some paths to draw the strokes of an illustration (a helmet).

As these strokes are paths, and they can't be merged together, so I decided to use the expand function of illustrator. This way, I could merge all the paths and have something clean.

The only 'issue' is the fact when I use this function, it generates a lot of useless anchors points.

I want to also mention that I used the 'width tool' on these paths, to give some thickness at some places before expanding. I mention this because I noticed it doesn't create as many extra anchors points when I expand without using the widthtool.

I tryed to use as well the simplify tool but that doesn't give nice result.

So finally, is there a good workflow to expand paths? Should I have managed this differently?

Here is a picture to show you what I mean:

The color of the helmet is given by a simple shape placed behind the stroke. Once again, as a 'noob' with illustrator I'm not sure I did it well.


texts: Removing several anchor points in a path quickly -using a box for example- (Illustrator CC)?

texts: If I have an anchor points path of a deformed box, and I want to remove all the points except the base (the bottom line), is it possible to remove them quickly? maybe using a box selection, is it possible the box selection causes the path to move


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How to a re-link a layer mask to its layer?

I have unlinked a mask from its layer so I can feely move the image affected separate from the mask. Now, I would like to re-link them so I may move both in tandem. I do not want to Control+Z or "ADD to layer" because this removes the ability to edit the mask layer.

I thought it would be as simple as a right-click or layer option, but all of these are non-selectable (grayed out - see attached).

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texts: How to remove unnecessary pen tool created path in an illustrator?

texts: As I have created the path which hinders me to change color of my arrow. How to remove such path which might allow to change the color of the created path.


texts: Adobe Photoshop 6.0 - Can you see the EXACT pixel position?

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Got a little question.  I'm using an older Photoshop and I apologize for that but I have to make due with what I have.

In Paint Shop Pro, you can click into an image and the exact pixel coordinate appears at the bottom, making it easy to know where, say, the center of the image is by the coordinates:

For instance, #1 is my cursor and #2 is the exact pixel coordinates of my cursor inside the image I'm editing.

Does anything like that exist for Photoshop 6.0?  Note: this is not CS6, it's just 6.0 (released in 2000, I believe).


texts: What font is found here in the following image?


texts: What's a replacement for Univers Condensed?

texts: I'm failing to find a replacement for Univers Condensed to use on the Web. I'm using Typekit (portfolio), and right now using LFT Etica Web which is much wider than Univers. I tried Googleing but no luck, so I decided to sign up and ask the pros.


texts: How do I convert a created a path to a selection?

texts:
I drew a path around an element that I plan to create a new layer from. I started by outlining the element with a path, I want to convert that path to a selection. How do I do this?

Thanks in advance for any guidance you may provide.


texts: How can I have text wrap around an image in Illustrator?

texts: I'm designing a flyer in Illustrator that explains the flavor profile of a product. I want the text to be to the right of a circular image and curve with the bottle cap. How can I alter the left side of the text box to wrap around the image?


texts: Oriya font with full support for traditional ligatures

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I'm looking for an Oriya font with full support for the traditional consonant-vowel ligatures and consonant conjuncts.

For example, if we go to the Wikipedia page on the Oriya/Odia alphabet, we find:

  Vowel diacritics may be more or less fused with the consonants, though in modern printing such ligatures have become less common.

And beneath this a table showing all of the consonant-vowel combinations in Oriya, including many irregular ones such as ki:

And tu:

You can also see from the Omniglot article (and the Wikipedia one, too, if your font supports them) that Oriya has a very wide range of possible consonant ligatures, such as kka:

And kta:

I am looking for an Oriya font which is capable of rendering all of the consonant-vowel ligatures in the Wikipedia article, all of the consonant-consonant ligatures in the Omniglot article, and every base character in the Oriya Unicode block (U+0B00-U+0B7F).

I have tried a number of fonts, including Utkal, FreeSerif and Nirmala UI. All three fonts are attractive options - Nirmala UI especially so. Nirmala UI is also the font used in the Omniglot article and obviously has support for all of the conjunct consonants in that article, but where they all fall down is that none of them support the ligatures of consonant and vowel diacritics shown on the Wikipedia article, e.g. from Nirmala UI:

Although Nirmala UI does at least have a ligature for tu but it is not in the traditional style.

The font used in the images on the Wikipedia article, I happen to know, is e-Oriya OT. I was once the proud user of this very font, but it is no longer to be found online (it used to be available from the University of Hamburg) and I lost my copy when my old laptop went kaput.

Does anyone have any suggestions? For reference, I will be using this font in a short article about the script itself, so the only real requirement is full support for the variant and rare glyphs I wish to show. It should also be clean, neat and ideally sans-serif, but this is not essential. I have no strong aesthetic requirements, but I'm thinking more something that would look good in a novel or even a newspaper, rather than something that would go on a poster or a front cover. Creative, or faux-handwriting fonts would be unsuitable.

Edited to add:

For my documents, I usually use XeLaTeX, which has the ability to make use of OpenType features. This is quite niche, though, so for people willing to offer help, I also use LibreOffice Writer (version 5) and Inkscape (version 0.91). This is on Ubuntu version 16.04. I also have access to a Mac with a slightly old version of Pages and I could certainly borrow a Windows machine with a modern version of Word for printing purposes.

Regarding the problem characters, I know that Nirmala UI can support consonant-consonant ligatures, but here's a variety of samples in Unicode

କ୍କ kka, କ୍ଟ kṭa, କ୍ତ kta, କ୍ର kra, କ୍ଳ kla, କ୍ଷ kṣa, କ୍ଷ୍ଣ kṣṇa (wrong glyph used in the otherwise excellent Omniglot article)

The consonant-vowel ligatures which I really can't get (although a font with both would be ideal, but I could use two different fonts) include:

କି ki, ଚି ci, ଛି chi, ଜି ji, ଡି ḍi, ଡ଼ି ṛi, ତି ti, ଦି di, ନି ni, ବି bi, ଵି vi, ଭି bhi, ରି ri, ଳି li, ଲି ḷi, ହି hi

କୁ ku, କୃ kr̥, ତୁ tu, ତୃ tr̥, ବୁ bu, ବୃ br̥, ଵୁ vu, ଵୃ vr̥, ଭୁ bhu, ଭୃ bhr̥

You can see how they should look by consulting Wikipedia, or to make things more convenient:

But hopefully having the Unicode will make it easier to experiment.


texts: How to greek a piece of text in a .pdf that I make in InDesign?

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Is there a quick way to greek a piece of text in InDesign? As in, replace paragraphs of text with horizontal grey bars?
At the moment, I'm using the Underline options to give the text I want to greek a strikethrough thicker than the text, adjusting it so it covers the text. When that underline is in the text colour, I achieve what I want visually.
However, if I export this as a .pdf, and copy-paste the greeked text, I end up with the original text. That's not what I want, I need this text inaccessible both to the eye and to Acrobat, but I don't want to lose the text data in my InDesign file.


texts: How to make a Portrait image fit inside a Landscape

texts:
I need the image size to be 960x X 960x but the photo I have is portrait instead of landscape. I have attached the pic, as you can see, the sides are transparent currently but I need it to be covered as the background.

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texts: How to cut out noisy and complicated object in Photoshop?

texts:
is here anyone who could recommend me some good step by step technique on how to cut out complex objects?
For example this medusa.
Thank you!


texts:
How do i place a 16bit bit image into Adobe Illustrator without it converting it to 8bit?

i have "Googled" all over the web, but i cant find anything on changing color depth of a AI file to 16bit

BTW the file i'm working on is for web so it's RGB.


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I'm in the process of designing a program invite and thought I could experiment something similar to the London Olympics ticket.

I am more interested in knowing how I can go about designing the blue shapes (polygons and triangles) part. Is it just different blue shapes  with gradients stacked against each other?
Are there any other effects to be added to get similar desired results?

(larger version linked)


texts: 2 column layout and full page width subtitles

texts: I have a two column layout for a document I am working in. The client wants subtitles to be full page width (not only one column as normal, see attachment). Is it good practice to let the subtitles go full page width? I am not confortable. How can I theoretically explain it to customer?


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I have been using Combi Numerals for a while to produce infographics and map overlays. The font is great, but now i'm starting to dislike the shapes used for their actual numbers, so looking for an alternative to this, hopefully using a cleaner base font for the numbers inside the bullets. Willing to buy a good one, so it doesn't have to be free.

Also found another one called Bullet Numbers that seems to use multiple fonts for the numbers, but i still don't think its what i need. Their choice of fonts is (subjectively) poor. Adding irrelevant detail for the purpose.

Or maybe some semi-automated way to produce these via Anchored objects/Character styles in InDesign?


texts: Should I convert sRGB images to CMYK before storage in a DAM?

texts:
Where I work we have images of products that we manufacture stored in CMYK GraCol 2006 format.

We are starting to sell products manufactured by outside companies now and those companies are sending me pictures of their products.

The product images they are sending are carrying color profiles. The images will be used both for the web and in print.

There has been debate as to whether I should convert everything to CMYK GraCol 2006 so that it is standard with the photos of our products that we had taken and had color corrected and converted to CMYK by a professional or whether I should upload the file as it was sent to me by the manufacturer to our Digital Asset Management system.

It may or may not be important but you should also know that I do not physically have the products in my hand to compare the colors to nor do I plan on making any color adjustments (other than changing the color profile in Photoshop and resaving the file).

Can some of you who have an understanding on this weigh in?


texts: How to make bibliography tailored for non-academic readers?

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Perhaps all bibliography styles in research papers are in plain text. The authors are cited first, then the actual titles of the work in citing, then other information. This is because for the researchers the authors might be more important than the works being cited.

  Mason, P. and R. Kreger. Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life
  Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality
  Disorder. New Harbinger Publications, 2010.

  Arnold, Douglas and Jonathan Rogness. Möbius transform revealed.

But what bibliography style would serve non-academic readers better? The titles might be more important than everything else, so it should be highlighted, and the rest are put in contrast with it. Google Scholar does this style, and I copy it:

Do you have any suggestions/improvements? I think the titles are a little over-emboldened, but they are quite plain if aren't.

FYI: How to make a bibliography with Google Scholar style? in TeX


texts: What font or typeface is used in this text that says "Johnson"?

texts: I am trying to identify what looks like a regular typeface for client.  This is from their logo, which they only have as an image.  I also included the full image, but I am not sure if the "J" is from the font or custom.


texts: how to position cities correctly on a world map??? geolocation markers for Illustrator CC?

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I recently discovered this awesome third party After Effects plugin called "Locations" It allows you to add geolocated markers to maps in After Effects.

Does anyone know if such a cartography plugin exists for Illustrator CC? I already googled and haven't found anything yet.

But it would be far better to be able to accurately position cities on a vector map in Illustrator prior to importing into After Effects.

Thanks in advance for any help.


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I'm trying to create a Clipping Mask a la Photoshop in InDesign, but I seem to hit a wall. I was trying to use a bw-png (actual file-gamut is rgb) with some transparency data as clipping mask using the punchout option under "effects".

Turning transparency down to 0% grouping it with the part I want to clip, and turning on Punch out. It Punches out the whole container giving no regards to its contents.

Is there a way to use the b-w image's data to punch out a mask ?


texts: Colours in InDesign different in Illustrator

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I've created a logo in Illustrator CC for print in CMYK color mode. I've saved it as a PNG to import into my flyer I'm creating in InDesign.

However, the colors appear different. The logo in Illustrator has a green that is a lot duller than the same green (in CMYK values) in InDesign. Will they print the same even if they don't appear that way?