texts: How to change illustrator to not select objects based on centroid

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Many times I make a box around a collection of elements and want to select all the elements within that containing box, but not the box itself.

If my selection includes the center of the containing box, it will select the box.

I never had this frustration with CS6 so I think they may have changed it for CC. I think previously it would only select the containing box if it had a fill.

Changing the preferences to only select by path only does not fix this behavior.

Is there any way to change this behavior?


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Our office printer is not color calibrated and probably never will be.

The colors do no match the colors we get from professionally printed material based on the same file.

I want to use our office printer to get as close to our 6 corporate colors as possible. I.e. make two versions of the files: One for professionally printing and one for our office printer.

Is there a elegant way I can figure out which color values I should use in LibreOffice that will get me close to these 6 colors?

I am thinking some sort of document, where I give a single color and this will then generate colors that are close in value to this color with the RGB values for these generated colors. Then I can print that document, compare the squares to the target colors based on professionally printed material, select the closest RGB value, and try again until I find no closer color.


texts: How can I design a domain-specific "actions" icon?

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We are writing an application for road construction management.  Think of the guys that plan the lane expansion or road resurfacing that ruins your day. :)

All throughout the application, we have the concept of general actions that can be performed on the current data, like running reports, adding new data, editing data, etc.  These actions are all contained within a dropdown menu that used to be represented by the word "Actions".

Now, however, we need to reduce it to an icon to save space and anxiety over seeing the word "Actions" repeated for each different piece of data on a particular page.

Therein lies the question, how does one design an "Actions" icon that needs to be domain-specific?  By that I mean it cannot be a movie clapperboard or something else that might evoke the word "action."

We have currently settled on making an icon that doesn't mean anything, for instance a circle with three dots in it or something equally meaningless in this context.  But that just guarantees that the customer will need to be trained on actions.


texts: How can a junior developer switch career path to design while still earning?

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Don't know whether asking this here is right or wrong. But i desperately need an expert's advice.

I always have a very passionate interest in career in Visual effects. I am from a below poor level family. After completing my graduation i was determined to have a career in visual effects graphics and design. But because of my financial condition i could not pursue the study in that field.

So with a small amount of money I joined in a institute to learn web design and development. There i was taught more in development other than design.

Right now i am doing a job in a small company as a junior software developer. But i am really bad in development. Programming skill is very low in me. I am going through a very hard time with almost sleepless nights. I am frustrated but still i am unable to leave the job as i am the only earner of my family.

What should i do? How i can achieve my desired field to go further in future?


texts: How to pull specific image out with color?

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Noob to Photoshop, but I've been trying to superimpose a pattern onto a specific type of design. I haven't gotten very far but this is what I have so far:

What I would like is the Swoosh itself without any of the background, with the design of the background superimposed onto the swoosh design.
I'm having a lot of trouble... I can manage to pull the swoosh out with the background design, but no color.
Any tips?
source image: http://imgur.com/gH5VS0N


texts: Calculating the price of a transfer of copyrights for artwork

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I have been asked to design a set of 20 different posters for a big packaging company. This client requires an estimate price for the design service. After giving them an estimate, they are now asking me to calculate and add the costs of a full transfer of ownership and copyrights of the artwork. Basically they need all the editable files in order to be able to make modifications and derivates, republishing the work in any kind of media and territory and for an unlimited scope of time.

Is there a standard was to calculate the price of a full copyright transfer? How is this normally calculated?


texts: What browser width should I use to design a website?

texts: I am working on graphics part of the website and been asked to design a website in Photoshop. I wonder what are an average dimensions and browser widths for a website so i can create my mockup with those dimensions.


texts: How do I make an object fill transparent without showing objects below in Illustrator?

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I am trying to copy and paste this icon I designed into an infographic in Illustrator.

The black shadow is a copy of the original icon set behind, so if I set the white of the front element to transparent that black shows.

Is there an easy way to simply select only the white elements and make them transparent?

If I make the white of the icon transparent then this happens.


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Does anyone know what these charts are called?

edit: I think it's 'radial timeline'


texts: Auto indent when wrapping a long line to the second line

texts: I am trying to automate a simple indent on the second or wrapped line of names that won't fit my columns, in a very long list of individual and business names. Can't find where InDesign does that.


texts: How can I stop or disable anti-aliasing / feathering in Photoshop?

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I've never really found a solution to an issue that's been plaguing me since I first experienced it in Photoshop CS, and now, five versions later, it's still bugging me!

What is it?
Well, seemingly randomly, Photoshop decides that when I use the solid fill bucket, or the pencil tool to "paint" something within a marquee selection, it will either "feather" whatever I'm doing to the pixels outside of the marquee, or "anti-alias" the inside border pixels of the marquee.

Sometimes, I actually want this to occur, but it doesn't regardless of what I do (and I end up using the eraser tool with a low opacity to recreate it)
and then sometimes, when I really don't want it to occur, it does.

Here's an example screenshot of what I'm talking about:

See how it's randomly added pixels outside of the select?
(The selection was drawn with the poly marquee tool, with feather set to "0" - the green colour was added with the pencil tool, with normal mode and opacity set to 100, and size set to 70px).

This MUST be a setting somewhere that I've totally missed, and it's driving me barmey!

Please could you advise me on how to disable anti-aliasing in Photoshop?


texts: GIMP: How to center a layer between two others

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I want to center some text between two images.

The way I've been doing it is:

Take the left edge location of the right image.
Subtract the Right edge location of the left image.
Subtract half the length of the text. (Or any layer you wanted to center. You can find the size with the scale tool).
Left-Distribute the text with the Align tool and the number of pixels you calculated.

It seems like I should be able to do this much easier with the Distribute/Align tool, without needing a pencil and paper and basic math.

One of the related questions: "GIMP: find midpoint / arbitrary division between two points" seems to say this is the only solution.


texts: Using Adobe XD Protoype mode, how can I prevent the "go back" mode when using transitions

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On MacOS, using Adobe XD Protoype mode, I created a transition between two artboards A and B. The transition on Artboard A has the following parameters :

 * Trigger : tap
 * Action : Transition
 * Destination : Artboard B
 * Animation : none

Artboard A is set as the home. When launching the prototype, I'm able to get from Artboard A to Artboard B, but then, every part of the Artboard B become clickable, and redirect to Artboart B.

I don't want the Artboard B to redirect to the previous Artboard. Is that possible ?


texts: Illustrator: what is this black dotted box? How can it be disabled?

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It's not part of the artwork and doesn't seem to be hurting anything, but I get this on a lot of client logos and I'm wondering how to get rid of it.

I think it's part of the artboard, but can't find anything to select/change/remove it.


texts: Need logo to to be large enough so that it won't be pixelated when blown up for video on large screen

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I have created a logo in Illustrator and need to use it in our video. Our clients will be playing on a large  screen and want to make sure the file is large enough so when blown up it will not be pixelated. I saved logo to png for transparent background.

We looked at our clients logo and their dimensions are 7500x2785

The logo I created and saved as png is only 563x272

Both my logo and clients logo are simple text logos and aren't that different

Do I need to adjust something so my logo will not be pixelated when video is played on a large screen?


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I thought of adding text indent to my website (-having the first line of paragraphs indented), but first searched a bit, and discovered that many sites do not have any text indent. Why is that? I thought it makes it clearer where paragraphs start, so why isn't it used more often?

Is there a serious downside, or is it just a matter of fashion/trend?


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I have what I thought was a simple idea to implement in Photoshop, but I can't figure out how to do it.

What I'd like to do is take an image, and extend it left and right to fill a larger space by simply extending the last column of pixels on the left and right sides to the edges of the canvas (I might later try to fade the extensions).

I've tried doing this with Content Aware Scaling, but it simply stretches the image. I tried creating a protection region which is basically just all but the last few columns of pixels on each side, but I can't get figure out how to get the protection channel to "freeze" the bulk of the image -- it just continues to stretch it, which isn't what I want.

I tried creating a brush out of the last few columns of pixels, but when I use it, it simply paints the color in the upper left hand corner of the brush throughout the region being painted (i.e., the pattern is not being painted). I also failed trying to use the pattern stamping tool, too.

Is what I'm trying to do possible and, if so, how do I do it?


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Is it possible to add some (controllable amount of) noise to a path with Inkscape? When creating a fictional map, I would like to add rivers with the bezier tool, drawing the general shape, and then add some noise to make it look more realistic.

I have had a look at the different filters and effects, and no one seems appropriate (but I might have overlooked the right one).


texts: Large png file size gets even larger with Ps save for web after cropping?

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I have this png header image with transparency that is quite large 2500x1236, but only 343KB.  I don't need or want it that big, so I throw it in PS and crop it down to 1666x444 and save for web, png24 tranparency,  and the new, much smaller image, comes out of Ps at 585KB. WTH?  How could the file size nearly double when it should be cut nearly in half?

Is this a Ps quirk?  Should I just always use a png optimizer like pngOut?


texts: Black and white linen with espresso furniture

texts: What would be a good accent color for espresso furniture with black and white damask design on linen?


texts: Illustrator CS6: select only objects fully contained in selection rectangle

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Illustrator CS6's "direct selection" tool allows you to draw a rectangle which selects select objects that overlap or are contained in the selection rectangle.

But what if I want to only select objects which are fully contained in the rectangle, without including other objects that are not fully contained in that rectangle?

For example, if I have 10 small red circles on top of a large background gradient, how can I select only the circles without the background gradient?


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A perfect curve looks something like this image:

When I try to draw a similar curve shape in Illustrator, I couldn't get the above effect. It's just about 85% perfect. As you see closely, there are 'SHARP EDGES' along the object:

I'm sure there are AI experts here. How can I achieve the perfect curve using the pen tool? It would be great if you guys can share links of lessons to do it as well.


texts: For web content, is it better to use an entity or the actual character?

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I'm confused about the correct way to insert special typographic characters (like quotation marks and em dashes) when producing content that will be displayed on a web page. Is it better or preferred to type the actual unicode characters like this:

“Hello, World”

or to use entities for special characters:

&#8220;Hello, World&#8221;

Are there any risks associated with using either (specifically the risk of the user seeing some crazy character substitution), or are they truly equivalent?


texts: I am very much interested to know how images with text of different sizes and fonts are created. Can any one please suggest any tutorial to ease the process?


texts: Hotkey to change Brush Hardness in Photoshop

texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut to switch between soft and hard brushes in Photoshop CC?


texts: How to create a realistic wooden photoframe from images of blocks of the frame?

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I want to create wooden rectangular photo frames of custom size for using it in an e-commerce project where we will be selling photos with wooden and plastic frames. But I don't have images of the full frame instead just the image of the pattern of those frames. For example see this PDF below:

Patterns and Styles of the frames

I hope you won't mind viewing this as this would be of great help to me. And I hope this can be done with Photoshop. I hope I am making this clear enough. Please suggest and help.

Image:

What would be the best tool to do such tasks??


texts: How to split path of characters into partial elements?

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I am trying to decompose the following character into its composite strokes:

Using this method, I have been able to separate the left- and topmost stroke. However, repeating it where strokes cross simply “shortens” them. So right now I only have three elements, while my goal is to have seven separate elements.

How can I split this into several strokes stacked one on top of another? Can I select nodes of a stroke and make a new object based on those selected nodes?

Disclaimer: I am a newbie.


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I'm working on the large sign 24" X 60" in Illustrator CC 2014. My problem is the size of the .eps file. I'm still new to Illustrator and learning new things with every project. I'm trying to achieve the water bubbles effect on the background of my sign - image attached. I created one bubble and added gaussian blur effect and a drop shadow. I then copied and pasted this bubble multiple times all over the artboard. Now, after I saw the saved file size I started reading, I know now, that I shouldn't use drop shadow, especially when working with huge signs/banners. The question is, how can I easily replace these effects with something less heavy?
Thanks!


texts: Export of Indesign page thumbnails to PDF xmp metadata

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This is a technical question about InDesign/PDF XMP metadata.

I'm trying to build a simple document indexer in PHP, making use of XMP information in the files indexed; i.e. PDF:s exported from InDesign.

When exporting from InDesign to PDF, information entered in the File → File Info dialog box shows up nicely in the exported PDF as XMP metadata; e.g. the title, author and description. In the old CS3, a thumbnail was included as well in rdf:Description/xap:Thumbnails/rdf:Alt/rdf:li/xapGImg:image. However, this feature seems completely gone in CS6 (possibly in earlier versions above CS3 as well).

The InDesign file itself for sure contains page thumbnails in rdf:Description/xmp:PageInfo/rdf:Seq/rdf:li/xmpGImg:image, but this information is nowhere to be found in the exported PDF. I've tried changing numerous settings in InDesign to get those thumbnails exported to PDF, without luck.

My question is: does anyone of you know a way to get thumbnail(s) exported to the PDF XMP metadata?


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I have a .svg file with many different paths. I know I can select all black parts by using Ctrl + F and searching in the style attribute.

I combined all black paths to one. But I want to remove all black parts from the image. Making them transparent doesn't work, because e.g. the a of waten is filled with red behind the black dot.

Is there a way to achieve this without selecting each single path and use the Path > Difference (Ctrl + -) function?

Screenhot:


texts: How to make spray paint /over spray effect?

texts: I wanted to know if anyone knows how to make a similar spray paint effect at includes the overspray effect. In the photo, if you look closely you can see around the surrounding letters & numbers that there's an overspray kinda glow added.


texts: Combine a text field with a shape in Sketch - Auto re-size shape

texts: Is it possible to combine a text field with a shape in Sketch whereby the shape will auto expand to accommodate the text length?


texts: When making a Gradient Ramp can the Start/Stop be relative to the object?

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When making a Gradient Ramp in After Effects is there a convenient way for it to be tied to the object its applied to. I'm sure with Expressions I could somehow Pickwhip it together and adjust the code, but is there any check box or something more efficient?

It's a bit tedious when I make a Gradient Ramp and then have to move the object the Gradient Ramp gets left behind. Thinking there must be a better way.

Here's a screencap to try and illustrate. I decided to switch the order so it will be Blue on top then Red. I changed the position of the bottom two bars but the Gradient got left behind. That's why they look flat.


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I've been Googling articles on the relevance of hinting, but most of the ones I've read are dated back to 2011 at best and the nineties at worst, which could mean they're outdated.

Is hinting still relevant in 2017 and onward? When would be the point where it becomes obsolete?

Now we have very high-resolution displays, and fonts are generally set to a certain couple of fixed point sized anyway, be it for screen display or for print. Hinting seems to target only very small sizes and very low-res displays, which is baffling to me, because I'm struggling to see why one would want to set their font sizes too low for most reading purposes (even for minor text like headers and footers), and I'm also making the assumption that I probably won't have to care about old-timey low-res displays when choosing a font for a "hip" website.

Edit: Is inherit used on this site set to 9 hinted? (all webfonts are supposed to be hinted right?) I'm not sure if it's readable because of hinting or because of my screen. If the former is the reason then maybe I'm just asking a stupid question.


texts: Inspiration from existing works - where is the limit?

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I am trying to create icons for the UI of my website to represent key concepts of my trade such as "translation services", "languages", "translation tools"... and I am having a hard time to come up with good ideas.

So, I went and looked at some existing pictures on Google Images and Stock photo to find inspiration.

My designs are done from scratch, they are clearly different from the originals, but they were inspired by it. For instance, seeing a set of regular dices show up in a "translation" search inspired me to do this:

I am pretty sure that's Ok. On the other end, my new years wishes card:

is somewhat based on this wish card design. I am  in two minds on that one. Is it different enough? I haven't sent it yet, and will most likely buy the rights just to be sure before I use mine, but it definitely raises the question of finding the right limit between inspiration and copyright infringement.

Is it at all acceptable to look at other people's creations on the subject before doing your own take on it? If not, where do you find the inspiration for your designs?

If you consider it OK to look at existing works on the Web for inspiration, how do you draw the line between "finding inspiration" and "illegal copy"?


texts: I'm designing a cookbook in InDesign using templates from blurb.com similar to the one below. If I want a photo or a piece of text to be aligned to the centre of the page when the book prints, is it better to align it central to the live work area or to the actual page trim size? My gut says align relative work area but I'm not 100% sure...


texts: how to add one smart object in multiple files in photoshop?

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I know I can do multiple iterations of the same Smart Object within the SAME document and have it change all instances, but what about Smart Objects placed across DIFFERENT documents? That would be awesome.

I ask because I’m designing an iPhone app and it uses the same modules over and over across different screens. There are dozens of screens and each time I needs to change a button or text field in a module, I need to fix it one at a time in each file. Sucks!


texts: How can I fix printed colour problems with images designed in Photoshop?

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I design artwork in Photoshop to be sold as downloadable files for printing.

However, I'm having ongoing issues with printed colour problems and seem to be going round in circles with this problem. I design the files in Adobe RGB and make sure no areas are out of gamut, as I'm assuming most people will print on their home printers or take the files to copy shops.

However, when I do a soft proof in Photoshop for my Canon Printer the colours change pretty dramatically - significantly darker, duller and more washed out. When printed they look just as bad, so the soft proof is pretty accurate.

Adjusting the colours of the artwork so that they look better on my printer isn't an option because I'm selling these as downloads, so the files will be printed on a wide range of printers.

I know that it is impossible to control how colours are managed once the file has left my hands, but I really want to be sure that it's not a problem with the colour profile I'm designing in, or something I'm doing wrong. I got hold of some PDI test images to do a comparison, and while they did print out a bit darker there didn't seem to be a noticeable difference between what was on screen and what printed on paper in terms of colour.

I certainly didn't look at them and think "YUCK!" like I do when I print out my own designs. This makes me think it's something I'm doing wrong. Having said that, when I took my designs to a copy shop they printed out very decently on their laser printer. I'm at a loss as to what I should do. Any insights would be VERY much appreciated! Thanks.


texts: Blackletter fonts supporting long s and r rotunda?

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I'm doing up a document in the style of the earliest printed documents.  For this, I need to find a blackletter font that supports long s « ſ » and r rotunda « ꝛ ».

Are there any such fonts out there?


texts: You can duplicate an object in tools like Inkscape to conserve memory and do edits on a single object to change multiple parts of an image. I'm working on an image which mostly uses the same 64x64 objects from a set of about 100. Each layer takes up about 150MB when filled with objects. I'm wondering if there's a way to duplicate an object in GIMP with the same goal of saving memory? Or did I choose the wrong tool to do my raster graphics in and move back to a GIMP→Inkscape workflow? I did a quick search of the documentation but didn't find anything related.


texts: Is it possible to rotate a gradient fill with its shape?

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I find it very annoying to have to change the angle of a gradient fill after having rotated/flipped a shape.

Is there a way to rotate the shape AND the gradient fill at the same time ?

In other forums, some users suggested to transform the layer into a smart
object.  But that's not what I want since you loose all the benefits of a vector shape: if you scale up your vector, it will pixelate; and you will need to edit the smart object itself.

Also, this brings other problems (what if there is several occurence of that smart object in your file, or if you use a linked smart object that is embedded elsewhere?)

So that specific idea (convert to a small object) seems quite clunky - except if Photoshop had the same feature than After Effects (constantly rasterize); which allows to resize comps without loss of quality.


texts: Logo file gets chopped when uploaded to the web

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I have made up a logo in Adobe XD that looks like this:

(Don't mind the line at the top of the screenshot)
But when I try to upload it to google drive, it looks like this:

I never had this problem before with .svg files. I don't undertand how just uploading a file to the web changes it.
Here's a link to the google drive .svg file.


texts: Which font is used for the Mykerinos logo?

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Identify this sans-serif font anyone?
Thank you.


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I have a text frame, which has 3 anchored objects attached to it. In the below image, the second anchored object is selected (the first gray box with the big A on the top left corner), and you can see it's setup there:

My problem is the following: When I expand the text in that anchored object, sometimes it overflows on the second grey box with the A in the left corner, sometimes it pushes the second box down. My intended result would be, to push down the second grey box, depending on the height of the first one, and keeping the distance between the two boxes.

What I also noticed, is, if when the two boxes overlap, if I enter in the Anchored Object Options, and modify the Space Before option by adding 1 to it's value, then removing the 1 afterwards, it fixes my problem, the boxes won't overlap anymore.

Why is it that sometimes InDesign fails to do this calculation at this own, and is there an easier way to force InDesign to recalculate this?

This is how it looks like if I put in a single line break in the given box

This is how it looks like with 3 line breaks in the box


texts: How to print multiple artboards on one page each with individual trim marks in Illustrator?

texts: I've tried putting everything in one large artboard and printing that large artboard, but it would not show the trim marks for the smaller artboards.


texts: Mixing the classic type size scale, grid systems and modular scales

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I'm coming from a programmers background and just trying to understand how sizes should relate.

I read in the book "designing for the web" that these are the classic type sizes and text set in these size should look better if typeset correctly.

6pt: nonpareil
7pt: minion
8pt: brevier or small text
9pt: bourgeois or galliard
10pt: long primer or garamond
11pt: small pica or philosophy
12pt: pica
14pt: english or augustin
18pt: great primer
21pt: double small pica or double pica
24pt: double pica or two—line pica
36pt: double great primer or 2—line great primer
48pt
60pt
72pt

I also learnt about modular scales here and I've of course work with grid systems.

My question is if I work from this classic type scale should the sizes affect the size of other elements on the page? Is there relationships here that I can use to help with the sizing of other elements like my gutters and column widths?

Also can I create a whole new type scale based on a modular scale and expect as good results?


texts: How do you create this flat cartoon style in photoshop or illustrator

texts: I saw this image and have been trying to figure out a way to create the same. The shading particularly has me confused.


texts: Copy the result of an effect on one layer to a new layer

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I have a rectangular shape that has a colour overlay and drop shadow in a layer. Now, I want to create a new layer containing only a rasterized version of the effect from the current layer.

To put it simply:

Layer 1: Shape + shape-drop-shadow;
(Create new Layer 2)
Layer 2: shape-drop-shadow;

Meaning, I'm not looking for how to copy effects between layers, but rather the actual result of the effect of one layer to a new layer.


texts: Make a very "white" black and white picture?

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I just saw the music video of BTS Mic Drop. I really like the style of this scene.

Does anyone know how to create this effect on any picture without masking the particular spots? And of course without being in a complete white photo studio.

I appreciate every help!

here is the video to the scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTlv5_Bs8aw&t=220s


texts: How can I set my document in Illustrator to 700dpi?

texts: I am using Illustrator CC and I need to create a large image document 85cm X 200cm, but the printing guy is asking me this document to be in 700dpi. How can I set, emulate or create this within Illustrator? Illustrator only allows me to create 72dpi, 150dpi, or  300dpi.


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I'm trying to get this extra bright color scheme I found in a comic book scan.

I have tried with the RGB colors but usually, they don't have the white light neon-like quality to the colors.

Can this be done through a gradient or do I have to use other tools to get this color palette?


texts: How can I generate a random color palette within certain parameters?

texts: Is there a good configurable applications to generate random palettes? Found a color scheme generator that can generate random palettes, but its random part isn't configurable. I need to set minimum and maximum saturation of colors, brightness, to fix a pair of colors etc, is there any good tools for that?


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I've spent ages so far fiddling with adjustments and filters in the hope that I can recreate the effect shown in this picture.

I've tried posterising other similar effects, but I want to keep the level of detail in the face as it is kept in this photo.

Thanks in advance :)


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I'm trying to figure how to draw a simple polygon wirh a solid color with white contours, inside and outside (pretty much like a donut :p), in a transparent background, but I had no success so far.

My little knowledge made me think that with the Stroke effect I could accomplish my goal, but all I could do with it was the outside border.

I tried then to duplicate the colored shape and then resize the copy, exchanging the fill and border colors, but as expected the interior kept the solid color of the layer below, instead of the transparent color I needed.

This may sound silly for most of you but I'm terrible with design and I would like at least some directions.

[EDIT]

As requested, a visual cue:

The shape itself is the black circle with the white borders inside and outside it. The red color is just to demonstrate the transparent areas.


texts: Are there any ways of hiding object in Figma?

texts: I am facing problem when I need to change the icons, are there any options in figma to hide the icons or object?


texts: Is there any way to set fallback font-families in Illustrator SVG?

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I'm trying to set up an action that creates versatile text-containing SVG files which can be used in various places including Wikimedia Commons. The only problem is, Wikimedia Commons only supports a narrow set of copyright-free fonts: of which the most widespread are fonts like DejaVu and Liberation which people are very unlikely to have (unless they're on Linux).

The recommendation is, like the old days of the web, use fallback font families in your SVG. For example, for something with bog standard sans-serif text, you might use font-family: Liberation Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif -  Wikimedia can't use Arial or Helvetica, while Liberation Sans is a font they do support with near-identical letter sizing, spacing and styling to these two, so your layout won't break either way.

This would be perfect, but the SVG files are coming out of Illustrator, which doesn't have any obvious facility for this: it seems to be strictly one font only.

Is there any way to force Illustrator to output SVG with font families like font-family="Liberation Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" instead of  like font-family="'Helvetica'"

For my particular case there are hundreds of these and it's a process I'm setting up as actions for a client to then manage themselves, by staff with limited access to non-standard software, so I'm trying to avoid non-illustrator steps like editing the SVG source code if possible.

Answers based on other programs like Inkscape or (better) online SVG editors  would be very welcome, especially if they can be used with something that works like Illustrator's action batches on a batch of files at once (but this isn't essential).


texts: Need help setting up an InDesign document trim, bleed, and live size

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PRINT Specifications
Trim Size:      7.5”w X 10”h
Bleed Size:     7.75”w x 10.25”h
Live Area:      6.5” w x 9.25” H add a .25 pt black rule frame
Digital SPECIFICATIONS
SIZE:              468 X 60 pixels


texts: I edited some pictures to make emojis out of them, removed their background and saved with the original background hidden in the layers. I've done this in the past with no issues, but this time I'm running into a very strange behavior. I've uploaded these pictures on Discord, and in chat it appears transparent, but when downloading the PNG files, the background appears white instead of transparent. What's even more weird is that I brushed it off as Discord bug, and uploaded the pictures on mega.nz, but in mega it shows the preview with the background I removed! Is it somehow able to access the hidden layer after I saved it in PNG?? How can I fix this bug and clean up the files, knowing I didn't keep PSD files?


texts: PS CS6: 'Rasterize image' fills selection with color

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I am using a pen tool to select an area in the image, which creates a new layer:

After shape selection with a pen tool, make selection (pen tool -> right click -> make selection) is used (feather 0 px, anti-aliased un-ticked). Bucket tool is then used on the selected area where I receive a question if I would like to rasterize the image:

After pressing 'okay', image becomes rasterized (I assume), but my selected area is filled with a color (I get different colors, still haven't figured out how does PS link this color):

The problem with this fill is that its color bleeds to other pixels:

Finally, I still try and add the desired color (anti-alias un-ticked, contiguous ticked). The color is applied, but I am still left with the bleeding problems from the previous color (black in this case):

Here is another example after 'ok' was pressed to the image rasterization:

I would like to color just the selection and using just the color I choose. This sequence was working some time before, but I cannot do this anymore. I would be grateful if someone could point me to the right direction.

EDIT AND SOLUTION:
Everything works if the pen tool is chosen for 'path', rather than 'shape':


texts: seeking workaround for animated gif frame limit

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I was attempting to render a 514 frame png sequence as an animated .gif from Photoshop. It imported fine, but I discovered that within the Save for web... dialog, there is a 500 frame limit.

There's an unanswered question on the Adobe Forum about this from years ago. Other tidbits online state there is no limit to frames for the animated gif format.

Is there an Adobe-centric workaround? Perhaps either Photoshop or Media Encoder.  Thanks!


texts: How to turn curves into a series of straight lines in Illustrator

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I'm trying to optimize a vector graphic for laser cutting at the fastest possible speed. Since the laser takes much longer to do curved paths, I wanna try converting all my curves into a series of straight paths and see if that will help. My files are large and complex, but here's a simple example:

The original path is on the left. The end result is on the right.

Is there any way to automate this, either using Illustrator, Inkscape or other vector graphic software?


texts: Indesign: background image should not break text, other images should

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I have a page in Indesign CC which is fully covered by a background image on the lowest layer.
There are other images on that page, too.
Theres two textboxes on that page.
Both other images and the textboxes are on a seperate layer from the background image.

If I turn off textflow for the text, the two images which should affect the textflow do not affect the textflow (obviously), yet the text is visible.

If I turn on textflow for the text, the textbox appears empty because the background image is fully beneath the textboxes and the text tries to flow around the background image.

Is there a way to tell Indesign to disregard a given image for text wrapping adjustments?


texts: Critique: How can I make the imagery used for these Dessert e-book covers more appetizing?

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I've published a dessert book on Kindle. I only had a small budget so I used a free stock image, but I've been getting feedback that it's not very appetizing and I agree that it isn't - it's too dark and not very tasty in my opinion.

I've designed the following alternative covers with paid-for images. The ultimate goal is to make the cover appealing enough for people to buy the book.

At Amazon Thumbnail Size

At this size, the finer details don't need to be clear, but the cover should tempt the user to click to learn more.

At Product Size

I know the subtitle is a bit dumb, but it has to be there so the text appears on the Amazon search results. The final images wont have the Adobe watermark and will be higher resolution.

1. Can I make them stand out more when viewed at thumbnail size?

2. Can I make them more appealing to someone who is in the market for buying a dessert book?

3. Do I need to add anything to make the benefits of the book clearer, or will doing this distract from the appeal of the images?

I've named them to make them easier to refer to:

Cover 1: Cookies

Cover 2: Waffles (Full)

Cover 3: Lemon Pie

Cover 4: Waffles (Text at bottom)

Updated Designs

Here are some new covers that take on the excellent feedback provided. I would like feedback on:

Many of the stock images I have found (that are in my budget) use pumpkins.

1. Do pumpkins carry an intrinsic association with Halloween, or is there a way to avoid the Halloween theme while using them?

In these new covers, I have stripped back the design to allow the photo to have more impact.

2. Are the images shining through the design more now?

I have gone for images that have rich textures to trigger an emotional response.

3. Do these images work for conveying low-carb recipes, or are they lacking in another area?

Thumbnail Size

Full size versions viewable here.

Summary

Essentially my question is "What's the best way to make a food ebook cover that sells"
The answer is given by Yisela. The product on sale isn't the recipes. It's the life style of healthy living, natural food and to a lesser degree cooking mastery (as if you can master the skill of cooking, you can then be disciplined about your eating choices and habits, which makes it easier to be slim).

The first batch of covers I posted were in the wrong direction. I was trying to convey the fun, feel-good nature of desserts. But the audience isn't buying fun. In fact, it's probably the fun side of desserts that lead them to becoming overweight in the first place. That's why the covers looked good but felt off. They were sending mixed messages. In addition, cultural differences means that things like waffles might not be read as desserts.

The second batch of covers work, because they are selling what the audience wants (i.e. a healthy lifestyle). The pumpkin ones probably work the best because they show the raw ingredients, but they also risk limiting the book to being an autumn product. The chocolate one works better as it is universal. It still shows the raw ingredients (healthy fruits). It's obviously home made which ties back into the lifestyle angle. Finally, although it's home made, it's not a mess - it's smartly put together which indirectly conveys the message of mastery.

The reason I struggled was because I wasn't clear on what I was selling.


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I have a black object in a layer all by itself that I'm trying trying to use as a mask, to cut out a white object the same size.

I tried drawing an white rectangle on a new layer, placed it on top of the black item layer, selected "Create Clipping Mask", and nothing happened.

What's the best way to do achieve this goal? I tried selecting the image by color, and using the brush tool to paint it white, but the results are unprofessional.


texts: How to remove clipping mask in Illustrator?

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I accidentally added a clipping mask on my business card design. I must have pressed a button and I can't seem to undo it.

I went to Object->Clipping Mask->Release but they are grayed out.

What happened that made the clipping mask appear in my layout and how can I remove it?

I have tried highlighting and going back to Object->Clipping Mask->Release but they're still all grayed out.


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If I clip object by rectangle, it looks like this:

Selection box is bigger than rectangle, it's like full object without clip

But earlier (in 0.91), selection box coped size of clip:

How can I setup this functionality?


texts: Filter, Script or Effect for smudge design

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Is there a filter, script or effect to create a smudge design like this:

Would this be possible to create this effect programmatically or is this not in the scope of Illustrator/Photoshop?

How would you start with an effect like this?


texts: I've experienced both PSD designs and wireframes in the past to work from, though never have I experienced using both. What's the main difference between a wireframe and a PSD mockup?


texts: Can I change the transparency of a selection keeping the relative transparency each part already has proportional?

texts: I want to give the middle full opacity but let the border effect that is already existing.


texts: How to re-render path coordinates to reposition svg without a transform:translate

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I used InkScape to draw an SVG shaped like a bunny rabbit.  However, I just noticed that the bunny rabbit was sitting out of the page border slightly, so that when I export the SVG, part of the bunny rabbit is clipped.

My initial attempt to fix the problem was to simply drag the bunny rabbit into the center of the InkScape canvas.  But when I did this, I noticed that transform="translate(26.886705,-44.285911)" was applied to the <g> tag that wraps my <path> tag.   This is NOT what I want.  I want InkScape to recalculate my d="path coordindates" such that the svg image stays centered in the canvas.

I also tried to use File>Document Properties>Resize Page to Drawing Selection. But this also added a transform="translate(26.886705,-44.285911)" .

How do I get InkScape to center my bunny image by recalculating the d="path coordinates"?


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Stretching an image in GIMP
How can I stretch an image like above?


texts: How to find the centre of the area between two objects in Illustrator

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I'm wondering if there's any tool or method that I can use to determine where the midpoint is between any two objects in Illustrator.

To give a simple example, say I have a simple rectangle at the top of my artboard, and another at the bottom.

How can I find the exact centre of the area between those two objects?

Additionally, how can I find relative central points, such the centre of the area between the central points of each object?

Despite the simple example, I would also like to be able to apply this method to finding the centre point between any two objects, of any shape and placed anywhere on the artboard.


texts: In Inkscape, what's to quickest way to combine an object's stroke and fill to an unstroked object?

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I'm using fat, rounded strokes to create objects with rounded corners. I've been combining, using Union, an unstroked version of my object with the results of 'Stroke to Path' but it seems like there must be a quicker way. What's the most direct way to go from A to B?

EDIT: Sorry, forgot to mention this question applies to Inkscape.


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I have several paths that appear to be connected even though there is no connection between them:

I would like to split the letter e apart from the path. I found an answer suggesting the use of Break apart option. But that causes the letter inner parts to be all black:

So how do I remove existing path fragment, that is not connected to the rest, so that it doesn't break and looks just like before? How do I turn selected part of line to standalone line?


texts: Is there a way to auto-baseline-shift a line to the top of the largest inline object?

texts: Indesign aligns inline objects to the bottom. Is there a way to make it so inserting an object inline will make everything go to the top instead? I can manually accomplish this with baseline shift, but I'm looking for something I can attribute to a paragraph style that will responsively change based on the size of inline objects.


texts: Round corners (fillet) in Illustrator CS6

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I have the following figure in which I need to make a fillet to each its corners:

Is there some tool to avoid doing this manually? I tried the Effect > Stylize > Round Corners tool but it apply the roundness also to the circles. I'm using the CS6 version of Adobe Illustrator.


texts: Turn on bounding box individual for every selected object?

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Is there way to see bounding box for every selected object individually?

Example: Right now i can only see individual bounding box for text only, but i want to be able select multiple objects and see their bounding box.


texts: Using simple shapes, how do I recreate Twitter's in-feed reply icon?

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Trying to recreate Twitter's reply icon:

But how do I get that handle bar right using clean geometry?

Right now I'm using two circles:

But in the end it doesn't quite feel right:

Anybody have any ideas?


texts: What is this type of (speech bubble text) style called?

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Where the text fills every part of the bubble.

I know this is most likely a (custom) font stretched and warped to fit in the box. I also know that there's most likely no one easy way to do it.

What I would like to know:

What the style is called?
How you would handle doing something like this (in the fastest/most efficient way possible - which program to use, AI or PS).

I'm not necessarily talking about the flame, just in general where the text is stretched to fill the whole bubble.

Maybe this has to be hand drawn?


texts: Is there a math formula to make font the same actual size on a 55" and 65" monitor hung next to eacother?

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So I have a 65" screen and a bunch of 55" screens (1080x1920) in these big panels. They are turned portrait and flush at the top. So I'm trying to figure out if there is math to easily make the font, margins and line breaks look the same across the different size monitors.

I can't just guess and check because the screens are kept off-site.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: I am an illustrator and I have a MAX file that I would like to view since I need it as a reference. Is there any software or anything that I could use to open it? I don't want to buy 3ds max just for this.


texts: Ensuring that MS Word margin settings meet provided requirements

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I've the following set of requirements with respect to the document margins:

  4cm binding margin
  2cm head margin
  2.5cm fore-edge
  margin 4cm tail margin

How to ensure that MS Word settings reflect the requirements above. My current settings are:


texts: I'm currently teaching myself design and have been asked to create a molecular cloud similar to that in the attached image.  I'm seeking advice on how one might obtain a similar result/effect in Photoshop.  Thanks in advance.


texts: I want to type Arabic text in Photoshop cs3, but the text appears disjointed and the letters do not connect at all. For example محمد appears as م ح م د.


texts: How to convert grayscale bitmap to one CMYK color in Photoshop?

texts: How do you convert a grayscale bitmap a to one CMYK color in Photoshop for printing, eg. C61, M41, Y58, K16 green?


texts: Text silhouette; change color in middle of a letter illustrator

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Does anyone know how to change colors in letters to appropriately represent silhouette? A perfect example is the opening for the movie Superbad:

The 'U' is perfectly a U while having the right change of color to form the silhouette. I am trying to do a similar effect in Illustrator CS6, but no luck. I can create outlines of the text I have into fonts and play with the paths, but these seems tedious, is therein  easier way?


texts: How "wrong" is it for me to use both "double line breaks" and also indentation for each paragraph?

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If I don't have "double linebreaks" between paragraphs, the A4 document automatically looks like a compact, uninviting wall of text. Even if I indent each paragraph, it still looks way too compact to my eyes.

Yes, I realize that the book I'm reading right now, and the previous one, and probably just about any book uses the "spaceless paragraph" style, and probably for good reasons as the book would be much thicker if they had a space between each.

I guess that's why indentation was created in the first place.

However, as I just established, it looks too compact and uninviting for a text I have written and which I want other, normal people to read. So, naturally, I use "double" linebreaks between paragraphs:

paragraph1

    paragraph2

    paragraph3

Instead of:

paragraph1
    paragraph2
    paragraph3

Even when I have the "air" between paragraphs, I still use indentation. Is this considered silly/ugly? Even though I justify the text, it looks a bit too "blocky" without the indentation.

Frankly, I wish I had never started caring about this, because now it's become an obsession and I simply don't know how to format my documents/texts anymore. I fear that the answers will all push their own "agenda", and that there is virtually zero agreement among scholars/designers/typographers.

I basically want to know how stupid I will look for using both indentation and "air" between paragraphs.


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I need some help with regards to submitting print ready files:

please help me find solution to list of queries given below:

Software >> Adobe illustrator

Logo Design >>

1) I select colors using HSB slider and create new swatch. Is it correct method to choose colors ?

2) Can I use spot colors (Pantone-solid coated) in the design by adding new swatch. Will it display correctly in PDF, EPS, JPEG and PNG files ?

3) Can I use Gradient or dropshadow in the design. If yes, do we have to flatten it when saving the file as pdf or Vector EPS.

4) I embed ICC Profiles for PDF (i.e,U.S. Web Coated(SWOP) v2 ) and  JPEG (i.e, sRGB IEC61966-2.1) , so that colors display correctly in every other PC.
 Do we have an option to embed profile for  PNG and Vector EPS. Because there is a color shift in vector EPS.

5) Can I set resolution for JPEG and PNG files to 110 DPI INSTEAD OF 72 DPI

Business Card >>

1) I convert Image to CMYK. If the resolution of the image is more than 300dpi do we have to reduce it.

2) Texts are not outlined for Name, Address etc.. do we have to embed font? If not, how is it going to work.

Label or packaging design >>

1) Do we have to use only Pantone colors? If yes will it display correctly in PDF or EPS file?


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Possible Duplicate:
  Picking colors that don't clash.

What are some good resources for getting colour schemes/palettes for your designs? I usually mix/make them myself but sometimes I need quite a lot of colours to select from, and in that case, it extends the project time by quite a lot.


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[History]

How does one challenge oneself in design? Any ideas for creating problems in order to solve them, as described here and in other random places around this site?
[Edit] This user needs both technical as well as artistic experience.

This question is being asked by a new designer (maybe) with no experience, trying to create experience in sign design (see linked question above), but is probably equally applicable to anybody on any experience level, in any specific design field.


texts: Copying a background for different variations in Flash

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I am used to Gimp and have the ability to make custom brushes and this way greatly reduce the time of animating one animation, but I would like to use Flash and get more serious.

I would like to achieve in Flash what I do in Gimp by simply creating a background layer (face without the mouth), copying it 300 times and than applying different mouth brushes on each one. This way I don't have to draw a single thing more than once. Can something like that be done in Flash?

If so, which would be a better / possible option within Flash speed wise - if any:

1) Creating the face frame without the mouth and copying it on 1 layer hundreds of times (F6 ?) and than dropping the different mouth symbols on each frame from the library? ...OR...

2) Having the face on 1 layer and dropping the different mouth symbols on frames that are on a second layer? --- (Would that be even possible to export without having the background frame also copied hundreds of times?)


texts: How to create a lighter/darker shade of a color for the hover state of a button

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I've been designing buttons for a while now but when it comes to selecting the color(s) for the hover state of either a gradient or solid its been mostly been a matter eyeballing a darker tone.

Is there a structured color theory out there that would help better judge what would be a more appropriate tone to use?

How dark should I go from the original?

How can I define lighter or darker shades of the "same" colour?


texts: How do I create animation for google adwords?

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I have created an ad campaign for Google Adwords in Photoshop and am now saving the files as .gif but I cant get my file sizes to under 150kb while keeping the image quality.

What are my options here?

I have looked into other ways to shrink .gif file size while keeping the quality, saving my photoshop files to .html, or recreating the ads in Google Web Designer.


texts: I have a logo in white+blue. And I have a background of same blue color. If I simply put a logo over the background - logo's blue part merges with the background. How should I solve such a dilemma? P. S. I am not a designer


texts: Where do Adobe Stock images goto once purchased?

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I am wondering where the file goes once purchased. It's already been at least a week, so the order should have went through and been confirmed.

I purchased an image on Adobe Stock a while back. Where will I find it? It's not showing up everywhere I look and can't find a useful outlet to voice this concern to them.

I don't want to have to call them. But if I'm simply missing a page where I goto collect the image, I'd love to know where that page is.


texts: remove curves from a shape with all curves drawn with pen tool; quick technique

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Is there a simple method in removing all curves from an irregular shape drawn by the pen tool? I want to make it all angular with sharp corners. Basically blocky.

I want to make sure the basic "shape" stays the same but again all angular and no curves.

Thanks you guys!


texts: File size increases with resolution when exporting to PNG

texts: Whenever I am trying to increase the resolution of the logo I am exporting from Illustrator the file size gets increased automatically, I would like to know if I could increase the resolution while the file size remains the same.


texts: Export to PDF with transparent background Illustrator 2020 version 24.0.1

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I would like to export my image to a pdf with a transparent background but it exports with a white background.

My vector contents are clearly on top of the checkerboard pattern indicating transparency.

In document setup I have checked discard white overprint in output.  This did not seem to make any difference.

This content exported correctly before but I have updated to Illustrator 2020 version 24.0.1 and now it seems to have stopped working.

Where is the correct setting to get a transparent background in the exported PDF?

Thanks.


texts: What is this effect called? Is it film-grain? It kind of looks like but the grains are bigger. Thanks a lot in advance.


texts: Get an overview of the fonts used in a .psd (including weight and italics) so I can optimize my webfont import and exclude unused variations?

texts: When converting a psd to web, it can be tedious to figure out which variations of the font that I'll need to include as a webfont. Currently I just take note of the font as I come across it, but it'd be ideal if there was a script of some sort that would just list the variations required.


texts: Script for exporting 200 layers to PNG stacked on top of one another?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Is there a faster way to save all layers in PSD to PNG?

This is my first attempt at Photoshop. I have been taking photos of my daughter for 6 months and I want to create a timelapse of my photos. Here is what I have done so far:

I inserted 200 photos as different layers into my photoshop document
then I lined up the eyes in each photo.
Then I took each layer one by one and exported it as a PNG with all the layers behind it showing like they are stacked. This took hours to save them all one by one.
Then I pulled them into Final Cut and made a 6 month timelapse in 30 seconds.
Here is the current rough cut, this should give you a good idea of what I trying to do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=petLbaHFwlg

PROBLEM: There are a few photos I need to adjust or delete, but that essentially means reexporting everything by hand after I adjust. I don't want to do it all over again.

QUESTION: Is there an action script I can run to get ALL 200 photos at once with the previous layers showing behind them? Example: That means that the photo on layer 100 needs to export with the size of the frame fo the video and show layers 1-99 behind it. I want to figure out how to do the same thing that took me hours to do but automatically.

Thanks


texts: Website Screenshot in Photoshop Perspective

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I'm web-developer and i decided to create my portfolio. So I need to create all my websites as images in perspective like on the following example.

I have knowledge of Photoshop, but I cant create what I need with good quality so please help.
If it is done in other software and not in Photoshop, please give me the name of that software.

I need not only the perspective angles, but i also want good quality of images.


texts: Is it possible to trim away surrounding transparent space when saving to web?

texts: I know how to trim a document to get rid of surrounding transparent space, but is there a way to do this only for saving off to web & devices, without impacting the actual document?


texts: Make transparent rain layer to use as overlay

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I have followed this tutorial to make a rain
le link
and it works ok with a picture in it, using that blend mode Screen, but I want to make that rain layer to not have black background, and have the rain, so I can use it as an overlay in programming. Any idea how can I do it?


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I know this topic is not solid coding topic related but I still want to pull this out.

What do designers have to know about Twitter Bootstrap 4? http://v4-alpha.getbootstrap.com/

Are there any information you can share what each designer must know or research on this new release of Bootstrap?

Thanks for the ideas!


texts: How to add Reflection + Shadow to a 3D Box in Photoshop?

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I used a 3D Box Generator for Photoshop, and was able to create some boxes with it. These boxes were shaped in the form of Software Boxes, while I require Customized Dimensions Boxes, which currently I'm trying to create with Protomissume Software.

This software creates a box with no Reflection, and I disabled shadows in it, cause it doesn't allow transparency while saving to png. It allows custom dimensions, rotation, etc settings, but doesn't save transparency or reflections.

Here's the difference in output from both the above mentioned apps.. I'm trying to get the reflection + shadow in the 3D box Generator to the Protomissume generated image.

My question: How can I create similar Reflection & Shadow in Photoshop?

Images:
3D Box Generator

Protomissume Box Shot

Thanks for any help.

Here are the Box Shot images (Photoshop, Protomissume) :
[ ::: LINK ::: ]


texts: Creating graphics for Android/iOS/Mobile Devices

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I've created icons many times now with tons of great information I've learned here at GraphicDesign StackkExchange. Now, I'm finally putting together my first real application that will go public on the iOS and Google Play marketplaces. I've just got a couple of things I want to make sure of when I'm creating these icons. First, I have to create them in Illustrator (so I can use them later on if I need to resize them flawlessly). Second, I need to send them to PhotoShop so I can resize them into their respective sizes.

So, when I first go into Illustrator I'm presented with this settup screen. What would be the optimal settings?

I would think RGB instead of CMYK, but I really don't know. Also, when I'm creating stuff, I want to make sure everything is even, so align to pixel grid would be smart. I do NOT understand why you wouldn't want to use the pixel grid. Just putting it out there.

Then, I have my icon. Do I go to File -> Export, to get it to photoshop... or can I just select it and copy it and paste it.

When I paste it, I get a couple of options:

Again... which would be optimal to pick? I need to make sure it aligns to the pixel grid as well (I think).

I know this is a lot of questions, and it's not just one definitive question. IT IS however to get a definitive answer on a process.

UPDATE FOR BOUNTY:

There have been some updates to illustrator now, and I'm still wondering if my "Advanced Settings" below are "correct" for making icons for Android and iOS.

Also, I would like to cut photoshop out of my process, and simply save for web from Illustrator. I'm trying to save for web now, and there are a lot of options.

I have a single color icon. Can anyone tell me what is the best way to save my image? I want full quality. I don't know how to choose original. I don't want any compression.


texts: I have a question to owners of Pantone Guides. How your guides change after years? I mean the colors, not technical condition. Pantone recommends replacing the guides after one year of use, but is it necessary? Do you have the opportunity to compare old with new guides?


texts: How to get Illustrator export into shortcut?

texts: I am an avid InDesign user and a big fan of shortcuts.  In InDesign you can use the shortcut cmd+E to export items within InDesign but this feature is not a default in Illustrator.  How can I add the export shortcut to Illustrator?


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I created a brush following the advice of How to make the brush with the side of an even size (GIMP)? and from that tutorial https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Custom_Brushes/.

I got what I wanted (in part).

When I make lines (click + shift + click) an error occurs.

Apparently the center of the brush is not set correctly, and the worst is that it varies depending on the entire image. Short lines do not change, the problem is evident when I make longer lines.


texts: Why can't I edit these SVGs with Inkscape?

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In Inkscape it is impossible to edit the SVG images downloadable from here: https://archive.org/details/IauConstellationsSvg

Basically, there is a single, large group and I can't ungroup it.

Those pictures are under a CC-BY license so I don't think the author is trying to prevent anybody from editing them.


texts: Where to find anti-alias in Photoshop settings?

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I am new to Stack Exchange, I am also pretty new to Photoshop. I am still learning a lot. One problem I am having is, I can't find the setting to affect anti-aliasing.

I have issues understanding things sometimes so when I looked for answers on Google I don't understand the info I found. I am hoping I can get better and straightforward answers here. I know how to use the setting in Photoshop but I can't find anti-alias in my Photoshop settings. I have used GIMP and other photo manipulation programs before also I researched how to use Photoshop so I understand how Photoshop works somewhat. I still have a lot to learn though. Any help would be great.

Thank you. Please be patient with me I am a little slow due to disabilities.


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Is there a way in Adobe Illustrator to pick CMYK color value from any part of a multi-color object in a round figure like this:
C- 95%
M- 10%
Y- 25%
K- 5%

not like this:
C- 95.23%
M- 10.15%
Y- 25%
K- 4.56%

Please let me know if there is a way in illustrator so that I don't have to round the CMYK values manually after picking the color.

Edit for some of the commenters:

@Scott, perhaps you are not clear about what I tried to say. I don't want to alter any color value. Please look at the attached image. Here you can see CMYK values for both Fill box and Color panel. Both CMYK values from same point of color picked from an image. But although CMYK values are showing in decimal values (51.76, 65.88, 81.18, 63.14) but the same point is showing CMYK values in rounding values (52,66,81,63). I like they would be same (ie, 52,66,81,63) for both Fill box and Color panel.


texts: What should be considered when choosing an SVG icon pack?

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There are many packages designed using "PATH" or "STROKE".
For example: Bootstrap and Feathericons (My favorites) But both of them have obtained packages using different techniques.

Bootstrap: 16x16 based PATH icons (Outline & Filled mixed)
Feathericons: 24x24 based STROKE icons (Outline only)

At this point, Bootstrap has a very bad pixel loss (blurring) compared to Feather when you do not use 16/32/64px and its multiples. But Feather icons start to blur when you need an icon of 20px and below.
Actually, my question is this:

If I want to obtain a package that is planned to be used in the range of 16 - 32px, which is the most efficient technique? (PATH / STROKE)
Also, for example, if we make the combination "24x24px + STROKE" as "96x96px", would it give sharper lines on 24x24px?


texts: After effects: New shape or text layer masks everything below it

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Why is this happening?
When I'm trying to create a second layer, whether it is a shape or a text layer, it masks the layer below it.

I guess there must be an easy way around this but for some reason I can't figure it out by myself...


texts: Why can I only unlock some elements in my master template in Adobe InDesign?

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So I am using templates, and can override the locked master items (e.g. text boxes and headers) yet cannot seem to unlock an image (which I am using as a placeholder to replace with the correct image every time I use the template.)

On most items on the page, I unlock by pressing cmd + shift and clicking on the the dotted outline of whatever it is; but for some reason I cannot get to the image.

Why can't I unlock / alter the image element on my master page, and what can I do to make it possible?


texts: Web template PSD for Mobile View and Desktop view

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I am designing a website layout in Photoshop.

I created a home page and saved it in png so now it's a full page website design showing a home page for a desktop view.

But I also want to make a mobile view of it (for example to show the responsive view of my home page). So is there ant plugin or what that will make my psd in mobile view or do I have to design a separate psd for the mobile view?


texts: How to have a TOC with a specific character style?

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With TOC user can call a series of texts in order of document with a specific paragraph style to create a table of content.

Is it possible to do the same calling character styles?

Any tricks like doing with TOC?


texts: Illustrator: where is the non-breaking space?

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I'm using the last version of Illustrator (2021: 25.0.1) on a mac (Catalina).
Usually, to insert a non-breaking space, I would go to "Type" and then "Space" or "Special characters" and find the non-breaking space.
But in this new version, it's impossible to find it again.
I'm trying to add a non-breaking space between the word and the French quotes.


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What is the default size of  printable PDF of photography magazine in In Design?
I like to make photography magazine for online as well as print.
I want to know is there any standard size photography magazine in In Design.


texts: I am dealing with an SVG font. Can I extract font glyphs from these font definitions as normal SVG images and/or shapes, and use those shapes in my application? The specific SVG font I am using is this one. So basically is it possible to use svg glyphs/fonts inside another svg file by referencing them?


texts: Color checker for comparing print to screen output

texts: I want to print a color checker to have a set of colors to compare the output from the printer with what I see on the screen. Does anybody have a standard color checker? I can also google one, but apart from something that looks like a nice set of colors I don't really know what's important here...


texts: In Illustrator, is it possible to preview both outlines and bitmaps at the same time

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This is my use-case: I am generating about 20 postcards that are simply artwork on a white backround. The scans of the artwork all have a white border, but sometimes the border is not even on all four sides. It would be great if I could see the outlines of the postcards (which are just rectangles with no strokes) AS WELL as the bitmap images on the artworks, so I can tell if the artwork is centred in the postcard. However View -> Outline just shows the outlines and View -> GPU Preview just shows the artwork as it will be printed.
I have found another method that works: Having a duplicate layer of the postcard rectangles with a black stroke instead. I make this layer visible to center the images in the postcards, then turn if off again. But ideally there would be a simpler way to do this. I am loathe to have a layer that always shows the outlines on the screen but then doesn't print them (which I could set in Layer Options), as this may confuse other people who have to work with the files.


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I'm trying to work with guides because I definitely see the advantage. But I'm having some issues with them snapping (and sticking) to content that I don't want them to align to.

Here's a screen cap of what I talking about.

I need these two columns to match in size, but the one on the right keeps snapping to the end of the word "upgrades".

I checked on Adobe's site, but their only advice for moving guides is to click and drag (or I guess you could type in the exact location you want when placing the guide in the first place).

Is there a method I can use that will allow me to be really precise with guides in Photoshop?

To clarify a bit more, I'm not trying to simply place guides an equal distance away from one another (although that will solve this particular issue) what I'm asking is for a way to nudge my guides pixel by pixel. Does this feature exist in photoshop or is my only option to click and drag?


texts: Inkscape prevent line from overlapping another shape

texts: In Inkscape I have two objects, a line and a shape. How to I achieve the effect on the right? If it is not possible with a line how do I do it with two shapes?


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I'm bit new for designing. I'm trying to draw a pie chart for a dashboard design. I tried editing gradients but could located the positions correctly.If I am to use 3 colours for the pie chart how can I locate the colours. I am using photoshop cc 2015.

I want the pie chart to look like this


texts: Image Opens as Layer 0 rather than Background

texts: In Adobe Photoshop CC 2015, I am opening an image (File > Open > Image), and when it opens, it isn't as a locked Background layer. It opens as Layer 0. How can I make my image open as the Background layer?


texts: Client not satisfied with the design. Doesn't want to pay

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I have a new client which approved my proposal saying that we will split the project into milestones - first payment after the first milestone (30%). The problems appeared right from the start because she didn't have a brief or a lot of details about the project like design examples or some sort of wireframes or sketches. Basically, I was working in the dark somewhat.

PROBLEM: Anyway, she approved the first few wireframes, but after I finished the design, she was NOT PLEASED at all and doesn't want to pay before I make the necessary design revisions.

I don't have a problem with that, but I already did a lot of work and will like to get paid before investing even more hours into this.
After long discussions where I tried to explain that I can definitely change the design, it's not an issue, but I have to get paid, she refuses, saying:

  Paying is not an issue [lol] but what if she pays and still doesn't like the design I come up with.

The discussions seem to go nowhere and I'm honestly getting tired of this. What can I do in this situation?


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I am trying to draw freehand ovals and circles. I'm not having too much difficulty with circles, but ovals are are more challenging.

As you can see in the photo below the ovals are irregular, and not real ovals. The circles I can "flesh out" correcting irregularities, but not the ovals.

What can I do to improve my ability to draw them? I know I could use tools, but my goal is to do this freehand. Right now I am simply drawing them over and over, but I word prefer some direction.


texts: Can anyone explain the reasons that make the modernity of the 1950s and 1960s seem outdated in graphic design now?


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I am trying to swap color values - R to G and G to R in my illustration (well, a selection on it). In the end, a (200,100,0) would be (100,200,0).
I found various pages that does color swapping and inversion but couldn't figure out a way to do this.

Could anyone help me with that or lead me to an answer if it already exists?

Thanks!


texts: How to select all objects in the entire document?

texts: I need to select all elements in the document so that I can perform actions on all of them (don't ask me which actions, please). CTRL+A selects only elements on the spread but I need all pages.


texts: Is there a 3D modeller that Auto-generates models from blueprints?

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Could there be a 3D modeller that can generate a 3D model from a blueprint or reference image where the blueprint shows at least two different perspectives of the object, so the modeller uses some technique like starting with a rough shaped mesh and projecting the blueprint background co-ordinated to 3d co-ordinates and shaping the mesh to the blueprint shape like a dough ? Or starting with a flat shape and extruding while shaping it to the blueprint's shape?
 I could have created a Blender script for this if I had time.


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Recently I've started reading up on colour theory, perspective and such fundamentals.
There are several things I find puzzling, and this question is motivated by the issue 'How trustworthy are 3D simulations in regards to perspective?'.

From what I understand, how light and our eyes interact basically decide what we perceive as perspective. As in, perspective is an effect/interpretation of what we see, and not real in the way light and objects are.
Therefore, even though I can approximate and express perspective using things like vanishing points and such, I've been wondering how a certain point of view's perspective would be calculated. And from that I came to ask myself how any 3d program that displays models knows how to calculate that?
For example, how does a program know how small and at which position on the screen to display part of an object relative to other parts.

My specific question is: Does a 3d program calculate perspective, and if yes what information does it take, or is perspective merely a side-effect (in the viewers mind) of what is actually calculated/displayed, and if so, what is actually calculated?

I can't express my question very well I feel, so again the example:
If I have a simple wooden planket model (rectangle) and look at it from different points of view in a program, I could take screenshots and draw the vanishing lines and points for each of these. The side 'further away' would look smaller even though in reality the sides are the same. This is what I mean with perspective in this question. In nature that would be an effect of how my eyes work, since the sides are the same size. How about in the simulation? Is it my eyes/mind that cause me to see this perspective or does the program actually calculate it, and if so, how?

I don't know whether this is the most appropriate se site for my question, I also had the computergraphics se in mind, but I'm not aware of any other art related ones.


texts: Is there a way to create/modify colors in InDesign with an HSL or HSB picker?

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CMYK, LAB, and RGB are all perfectly fine ways to pick colors, but for many purposes I find HSL (or HSB) to work better.

Is there a way to add/display an HSL/HSB picker in InDesign? Right now I copy the RGB color, switch to another app and paste the color, modify the HSL, copy the RGB, and then back to InDesign to paste it back in.

(There is a version of this question, but it's quite old and doesn't directly address what I'm looking for.)


texts: Is there a way to delete built in Dynamics in GIMP?

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As states the title, I could delete only user crafted dynamics, not the built in. Am I missing anything or should I go looking for some files to delete?

I menaged to tag the one I'd like to keep and filter them, looks like quite a workaround the problem.


texts: Does this New York Times magazine cover have any cultural significance?

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I was browsing the Cover Junkie site when I stumbled upon this cover of The New York Times Magazine.

I don't get it.

How am I supposed to get what the cover tries to tell me?

Are there any cultural, linguistic or other references that the cover (or its designer) tries to link to?


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I've run into a little snag. I'm trying to distribute a two lines along the body of a square in Illustrator.

This is what I want the lines to look like, this done by hand though it's not distributed perfectly.

Say I select the two vertical lines and the square and then I make the square the key object. I then click on horizontal distribute space. What I get is this.

The two lines just align themselves to the right hand side of the square.

Am I doing something wrong? Thanks in advance!!


texts: Actual cropping dimensions are "wrong" in PS

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I use Photoshop CC.

I'm interested in cropping a specific area inside an image.

To to so, I set the requested cropping dimensions in pixels, set the same PPI as the original image image, and crop.

The problem: the actual cropping area has the correct width-height ratio, but the SIZE of it is "wrong".

Please take a look at the screenshots attached.

I can't understand what exactly I'm missing here.

I would greatly appreciate your help with this matter.

Thanks a lot :-)


texts: How to package an InDesign file without fonts?

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A very common requirement is:

To package an InDesign file so that it and all dependent files such as linked images are bundled in one file that can be sent to a third party to work on it further...
...but to exclude fonts from this bundle because they are licenced only to the computer the file was created on, and the third party need to get their own.

InDesign's "Package" feature File > Package does this, but while it lists all fonts, it doesn't seem to offer any way to exclude them from the package.

What am I missing? How can I bundle everything except the fonts?

I've tried researching this and all I get is pages and pages of beginners' tutorials on packaging InDesign files, none of which mention how to exclude fonts.

InDesign's Package feature even includes a popup message warning against packaging fonts ("Restrictions apply to copying font software..."), but seemingly no obvious way to remove the fonts from the bundle?


texts: photoshop - how to make a layer on top of all layers effect all layers except one down

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I using a transparent grunge texture on a street building layers I maked using shape tool so I want that transparent texture to effect on the whole building layers except the window glasses so how to do that i can't move the glass layers top on the grunge texture that's will destroy the whole design
are there any other way to do that ?


texts: How do you create a product design documentation?

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I'm working as junior UX/UI designer in a company. I'm in charge of (re)designing the application, and setup some design in the company process.

I want to create some sort of "design documentation" for the developers, but I don't know if there is some tools already created for that out there.

My goal would be to centralize the designs with explanations about how and when to use them, alon to a snippet of code to show how to create the component (css classe, HTML structure).

Is there a tool for that ?

Thanks!


texts: How to prevent image cropping when using Generate->Image Assets?

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I have few layers in Photoshop, which I export using generator.
They have similar output options

28 x 28 green-led@1x.png, 56 x 56 green-led@2x.png

only difference is file name. However, one of the layers have transparent areas around and being cropped. This is not what I want. I want it to be exported with transparent areas.

Is there any way to achieve it with generator?

Exported fine

Cropped

Expected


texts: Why is pure blue darker than pure green?

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If I convert 100% green and blue to grayscale, the blue one becomes about twice as dark.

I can see that green looks brighter, but I also want to understand reason behind it.

Looking at colors in rgb model:

pure blue = 0 red 0 green 255 blue
pure green = 0 red 255 green 0 blue

So why is pure green brighter than pure blue?


texts: How can I better incorporate the "i" into this logo?

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At school there is a room for people to create using things like 3D Printers, vinyl cutters, plotters, etc.

I have 2 problems with this. One, when the icon is by itself, it looks like it's missing a part on the right. I also don't know whether to keep the "i" or not.


texts: Adobe Illustrator CS6: Checking "Align To Pixel Grid" Will Not Turn Off Alignment

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I was wondering if there was another function that causes things like the pen tool to align to the grid.
Whenever I start a new document, nothing is aligning, which is what I'm trying to achieve. But after so many strokes are laid out over a sketch I have on a separate layer, the pen tool will then cling to the grid. When I uncheck "Align to pixel grid" under the transformation box, nothing changes. Is there something I can do to fix this?


texts: In Gimp, how can I add a link to a body of text.

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I have a text field (created using the Text tool), and I'm trying to add a link to the body of the text. This document will primarily be exported as a pdf. I'm looking for a way to add a hyperlink so when I export it to a pdf the viewer of the pdf will be able to click on the text.

I'm open to using any plugins, or even editing the pdf with a different program afterwards.

Thanks.


texts: Export as JPG at 85% quality Gimp file 2x smaller than Photoshop

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I took a stock JPG photo and cropped it to 3840x960px. Then I loaded it into two apps: Gimp and Photoshop.
I used Gimp 2.10.6 File > Export As... dialog, changed the quality to 85% and clicked Export. The resulting file is 407KB

I used Photoshop 2020 File > Export As... dialog, changed the quality to the same 85% and clicked Export. The resulting file is 1.2MB wich is roughly 2x larger. Didn't expect that :)

Why is the JPG file exported by Photoshop roughly 2x bigger? What am I missing here?


texts: How to change inflexible leading in indesign?

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I've been trying to change the space between the lines of the paragraph in this text. I've tried using the leading, space before, and space after buttons. All had the same result.

As you can see the change between 13pt and 12 pt is significant. I had absolutely nothing happening when I went up from 1 to 12. Only between 12 and 13 there is this large jump. The same happens between 13 and 24. No change until I hit 25 where there is again a large jump. I also have the large jump between 0 and 1.

For this particular text both choices are not that bad. However, I want the same spacing for the entire page. And in this image the distance really makes a difference to the look I'm going for.

The 13 is way too far apart and the 12 is way too close together.
What I want is to have the linespace somewhere between the 12 and 13. Not too close together but not too far apart.

Am I doing something wrong? Or is there something wrong with my Indesign?
How can I achieve what I want?


texts: I'm working on a Android app project where i use Malayalam fonts (ML-TT-Revathi, ML-TT-Karthika, ML-TT-Ayilyam) and i need to know whether i need a license to use those fonts. All the fonts i use were found free on the web but each one is customized and have glyphs missing or represented by different unicode symbols. I need to get to the author of these fonts for the authentic version of it.


texts: Is it okay to increase stroke width of a logo for different background?

texts: Usually any line that looks okay on a dark background, looks much thinner on a lighter background. In that case, is it allowed in design principles to increase the stroke width of a logo on a lighter background, to match the visual intensity all around?


texts: How to bend and curve shadow in illustrator?

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How to make the effect in this image with illustrator?
I want to make this effect where the shadow just appears half-way the rectangle and then bend and grow gradually till the end. It gives a realistic feel to the shape. Also, what is the conventional name of this effect?


texts: Does this style of design have a name? Fun meme stuff with cats, dogs and bling-bling

texts: Ie. fun meme stuff with cats and dogs. Stuff you'd typically do in Photoshop in 5 minutes, with rainbow colors, Comic Sans MS etc., often combined with bling-bling and other elements from hiphop culture.


texts:
I want to create a dymaxion projection onto a icosaeder in cinema4d.
But it's hard. The end result would be an object like this:

But how the heck would the texture look for this thing?
When doing this icosaeder with classic paper and glue the texture looks like this:

But for a 3d Object that is totally wrong.

How would I have to arrange the texture?
What Mapping projection would be the correct one?

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻


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I tried doing some pixel art, used the Rectangular Grid Tool, used Live Paint to create the art and then I expanded it from Object>Live Paint>Expand. I'm using 2 colors, black and red. My problem is that when I'm trying to resize this expanded art work as a group it ads one line of gray-white-red pixels.

Click image for full resolution

Any ideas?


texts: Graphic/web design approach to deal between UI design and front-end development

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I have to search for a UI designer/front end developer to build my website out of a set of wireframes.

I noticed this process is very fragmented due to complexity. What would be the best approach?

1) a "GREAT" UI designer to provide only the layout .psd, then I have a front-end developer to work on it; or

2) a "GOOD" UI designer capable to do a "GOOD" front-end development.


texts: How to remove missing fonts from font list in illustrator?

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I'm having a bit of an annoying issue. at my work I often have to edit files where I don't have the font on my computer and that's fine, I usually find the font, install it, and it's fine. However, there are some fonts that, even after I change them, the "missing font" with the diamond next to the name remains in my list of fonts, so even if I open up a new file, those fonts are listed with the diamond next to them, and appear as the pink highlighted text. Is there a way to remove those fonts from the dropdown list of fonts? it's really annoying when I'm going through them and I have a bunch that are not useable. I've attached a screenshot of what I mean with red lines next to the fonts in question. In the file in the screenshot, it's a new file I'm working on where I'm NOT using any of those fonts, so why are they listed? It's so annoying and I just want them to be removed. I understand showing them when I have a file open that contains missing fonts, but not when I'm working on a file that doesn't contain them.

Edit: I'm on a mac, should have mentioned that to start, sorry!


texts: Are you allowed to use a warning sign as a logo or is this copyrighted?

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I came across a website that uses the laser warning sign:

Is it even allowed to use such signs as a logo, or are these copyrighted somewhere?


texts: How to automate letters icon creation with free tools

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I must say im not designer im programmer im building simple game for my kids
in this game i need to create many sets of english letters icons like this   ones im attaching.
now im doing it using Inkscape . and its very hard work to create 26 letters
each time .
is there any tool or way to design the first letter icon and then just create all the rest of the letters by this design ?
this what i have for example :

and so on ..


texts: What resource to learn about the psychological effects of typography?

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The recent questions I've asked all about how to achieve a special psychological effect in typography, and I think I need to have a better insights on the psychology of typography to effectively convey the readers the effects I want. I know after all typography is about that, but despite reading many articles about italic and bold, only today that I can finally satisfactorily differentiate when to use these emphasis:

Bold: introducing definitions or making comparisons, when the emphasis effects shouldn't be fleeting.
Italic: nuances emphasis, when the word in emphasis naturally embeds in the reading flow.
Underline: sentence breakdown, when in one case nearby words form one group, while in another case nearby words form different groups
Quote: wording choice, which can be a new term just being coined, or a sarcasm

But there are more options to make a contrast: color, x-height, typeface, kerning, spacing, all caps, etc:

Source: Colour and typography - A Practical Guide to Web App Success

I'm paralyzed. Is there a resource to learn about the psychology of typography? One of my focus is to document linguistic features, but I want to learn about the topic in general. I'm looking for something like How do designers choose shapes in a design?, or mỏe descriptive like "on average a person stops at an italic word for x second, and a bold word for y seconds".

*Recent questions I've asked:
- How to "italicize" a word in an italic context?
- How to know which second typeface should be used, given a contextual typeface?
- How to make the difference in x-height not affect the readability?
- How to set the tone of large passages of text without italics?


texts: Critique background color / gradient to use

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I'm in the process of putting a site together. I have very limited knowledge regarding Photoshop (but I am trying!!).

The site is being built to display some images of mine. I'm a photographer by day, programmer by night. The portrait images do not take up the entire width of the screen. I therefore need a nice background gradient for them.

As you can see here, the background color is currently a blank -> grey gradient. I'm asking you now, quite simply, what color would look best on this site?

If you have any other suggestions, such as, "you should change the sidebar color", I'm completely open to that as well. However, my main questions is regarding the background color to be used.


texts: How to put a design in best light before showing it on Behance or Dribbble

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Often designers who are on Behance or Dribbble (or other design social platforms) do not upload there design as is, they pre-process them a bit in Photoshop to make them look better of give them some depth.

In web design, Ipad and monitor screenshots are trending. For print design, people often just adjust the light and take a picture.

When taking pictures of my print design is not possible, how can I virtually create them in Photoshop to achieve something like the followin example?


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I know that you can save image as JPEG and make it with quality from 0 to 12.

Well, is it possible to make it with exact layer/selected region. I mean add "JPEG" low-quality effect?

Maybe any plug-ins?


texts: Automatically add a link to multiple PDFs in Adobe Acrobat Pro (Batch process?)

texts: I would like to add a link to an external website to a set of PDF files - Ultimately each file would have this link in the upper left hand corner. Is there a way to automate this, much like the automation Photoshop offers? I looked through the batch processing and I didn't have any luck finding what I am trying to do. Has anyone ever tried doing this?


texts: Why are my converted CMYK blacks coming out grey?

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I'm having a rather annoying problem!
I have RGB images made in Photoshop that I need to convert to CMYK.

When I save the file my black background is converted to a light grey!
I tried deleting my background and adding a pure black background in my PSD file but even that comes out grey! There is no way to save black? The colors all look fine in Photoshop, it's just when I save them as TIFF/JPEG.

How can I prevent this?


texts: Create Vector Object by Color Illustrator

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I have created a black and white design in Illustrator. I would like everything white on my artboard to become its own object and black being transparent/negative space. Is there a simple programmatic way to do this?
I have been trying different functions in Pathfinder with no luck.


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I'm using a layer mask to remove sections of the "sushi" image to leave the tablet and phone images, but I can only do this with the brush tool, right?

I'm wondering how to do this most efficiently because the border between the "sushi" image and the tablet and phone is definitely not a straight line.

What's the best way to do this?


texts: I'm trying to learn how to create a scattered pixel effect in Photoshop. I know how to create pixelated graphics. But i'd like to know how to create an effect where the pixels are scattered. Similar to this photo.


texts: How do you handle client's browser zoom ?

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I have a lot of images on a page, a gallery. I want the images to stay sharp, so I don't do any browser scaling, I use the original dimensions of the image.

However, this works only when the browser zoom level is 100% . When I increase or decrease the zoom level, the quality of the images decrease.

Some clients actually have different zoom levels by default. I was wondering, how can you handle it and do we handle it at all ?

Cheers


texts: Streaming Development/Design Layout: Short, Vertical Chat vs. Long, Horizontal chat

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I'm currently working on an overlay for my Twitch stream for development and design.
I want to have chat messages visible on my stream but am unsure about the layout.
I'd appreciate help in pros/cons, ideas and thoughts. I want to have multiple messages visible at a time.
The options I'm considering are either a vertical, longer chat RTL chat or a small horizontal chat:
Short, vertical chat:

OR
Long, horizontal chat:


texts: Really 'noob' question maybe, but how come I have an InDesign document with exactly 85x200cm but when I export it the pdf gets a size of slightly less?


texts: What are the origins of the commercial minus sign (⁒)?

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While reading the Wikipedia article about the Plus and minus signs I found the so called commercial minus sign (Unicode character U+2052 and HTML symbol &#x2052;). It looks similar to an Obelus (÷) or Percent sign (%) as you can see:

After some more research and googling for the German term "kaufmännisches Minuszeichen" I found that the commercial minus sign was and is widely used in bookkeeping to indicate a minus sign such as the following example shows. (It was also common to write ./. on typewriters instead.)

100€ "deducting" 20% equals 80€

The problem is that I can’t find any good information about this symbol and its history. As @El Otmani Ali pointed out in his post one theory is that this symbol is a "quicker / cursive based variant of the division sign in some old German books" (see his answer and this mailing list on unicode.org). On the other hand why should we use a different symbol, when we want to set a character italic?

So, do you know the origins of this rarely used and not really documented sign?

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


texts: Difference between brand/design style guide and a UI Pattern Library and how to avoid conflicts?

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What is normally covered in a brand style guide that is not included in a standard design style guide in the context of traditional and digital production? Does the brand style guide only cover the use of company/brand logos and colours/fonts? It seems like often an agency will be tasked with creating the brand style guide for a company, but doesn't necessarily take into account of the existing design style guides for their products and services.

How do people normally make a link between the brand and design style guide when it comes to conflict with colours, fonts and other visual design elements?