texts: GIMP (GTK): Jump to corner / Move viewport to corner

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I manually edit lot of images in GIMP: scrolling to corners, sometimes making small changes, but always "circling" more than few times. (Top-left, top-right, bottom-right, bottom-left... top-left, top-right, bottom-right, bottom-left... and again... and again, etc.)
Because I'm spending more time navigating than making changes, I'd like to be able to quick-jump to corner. ("Jump to top-left", "Jump to top-right", "Jump to bottom-right" and "Jump to bottom-left".)
More precisely, to move the corner of the "viewport" to the corner of the document:

1 - I did try Navigation dock (and "Navigate the image display" button and preview window), but for me a) it isn't very "quick" and precise jump, and b) if I navigate to the corner, then it puts the corner of the document in center:

I think that is "canvas padding", but I don't know how to disable it:

2 - I tried to find/create "jump to corner" scm script, but (if my understanding is correct) GIMP script can't control GIMP user interface.
3 - I also made few tests with xdotool and xbindkeys (Debian bullseye/sid, BTW.), but nothing happens in GIMP:
# this scrolls up/down in xterm when I press control+shift+alt+ h/l

# wheel up
"xdotool click 4"
  control+shift+alt + h

# wheel down
"xdotool click 5"
  control+shift+alt + l

Thanks for any suggestion you may have.


texts: How does unobviously uneven spaces between words in justified text affect reading?

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From Typographic alignment - Wikipedia, it seems that there are two main disadvantages of justified text: large spaces between words in narrow columns, and higher likelihood to have river of white spaces spanning across lines. Assuming river doesn't occur and wide column is in used, then these disadvantages disappear. We are thus left with texts whose word-spacing and letter-spacing are uneven. This is noticeable if the readers pay attention to it, but it isn't really obvious.
In my opinion, I don't see how this should be a problem at all. However, given that word-processing programs still set flush left as default, I wonder if there is still any advantages of it that I'm not aware? How does unobviously uneven spacing affect reading*? How is the advantage of flush left compared to the advantage of having the text aligned beautifully at both the left and right ends?

*I guess the correct term here is legibility, though I'm not sure


texts: How could i do that? Illustrator? Photoshop?... or both?

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The other day I found these illustrations of one of my favorite artists (Yone Kazuki) and I noticed the circles that were behind. As a kind of Sun and I would love to know how to do that kind of pattern (If it is a pattern...)
In what program would i do it? Photoshop or illustrator? And in case it could be done using some technique, what would be the process?

I imagine that they also have some texture ... the lines seem degraded, as if they were on a canvas. Could someone help me with this doubt?

Thank you very much in advance! ><


texts: How to get the coordinates of different points in Illustrator?

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While writing a script, I have to go through a lot of trial and error to simply get a text frame to appear where I want it to be.

The main hurdle is that I can't tell in advance where a [200, 200] coordinate will be on the artboard.

Is it possible to, say, hover my mouse on the artboard and get the coordinates of where my mouse is at? Similarly, can I get the distance between two points in the same interactive way? Once I get these values I can use them in my script.


texts: Adobe Fireworks - Rotating vector shape causes worse quality

texts: I am trying to create an arrow with the vector shape tool in Adobe Fireworks. I used the rectangle tool to create a thin rounded line and when i copied and pasted another version to rotate it, I noticed that the quality is now worse than the original. [zooming in confirms this] Does anyone know how I can fix that issue? I need to rotate the line to create an arrow.


texts: In which software i can create type of gifs ?


texts: Assign text frame to a paragraph's first line

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I'm working on a book with complicated layout.

Each spread has three text features:

A — main text paragraph
B — side text paragraph
C — paragraph number

Each A-paragraph must have a number. I figured out how to assign it automatically. Also each A-paragraph must have a B-paragraph aligned with it. I have no idea how to accomplish it.

Right now I do it manually by adding a text frame and aligning it with the first line of the A-paragraph. How can I automate it?


texts: How can I avoid boxes in web page layouts

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Have you any good examples where content on a web page doesn't look boxed in everywhere?

edit examples of what I want to avoid:


texts: Is there a quick way to place a frame on multiple photos?

texts: I was wondering if there is a quick way or a tip to place a banner template on multiple photos without having to make it invidually as I'm working in a company supplying me with pictures and i need to place a fixed frame design on them.


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I'm having a hard time figuring out what this design trend/style is called.

I have a logo given to me by a client. I've seen this style of logo many times on the web. However, I do not know the design style name. I'd like to search up more logos and web design examples that match this style.


texts: Draw 3D twist and bends in ribbons in Inkscape

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I am back with a new challenge. I am hoping to draw a helical ribbon and arros with 3d bends and twists. I am in inkscape, and I do not beleive there is a ready made tool for this sort of thing. I am tempted to try and do this in blender but I will wait for the gurus on this site to help. An example image is attached. What I hope to avoid is having to use shading and gradients to get that effect as I lack the artistic talent to execute something that technical.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Design a 'pressed' version of a button image?

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I have designed an image which will be used as a button in an android app. Since it is a button, the state of the image has to be changed when the user clicks on the image to give it a "pressed" effect.

How do you impart such an effect? Which tools should would be easy for this?


texts: copyright of pictures / digital signature

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I am hoping to get an answer to a scenario. I have downloaded few images using Google, then clicked on the "properties" option, here, i see some of it showing details when was taken etc, and copyright by (© name of person or © getty images) however lots of images are comes up with no details at all.
Does it mean if you cannot find info who is it belongs to (i call it digital fingerprint) i can use it? how can i contact with owner to get permission to use it if i cannot find who is belongs to??

Thanks
Kristina


texts: What's the Illustrator equivalent of Photoshop's clipping masks?

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I'm struggling to find a way in Illustrator to do something which is very simple in Photoshop.

Here's an example:

I draw a plane. Now I want to draw stripes on it and a cockpit.

In Ps, I clip these two layers to the plane, and continue to edit the shape of the plane afterwards. The stripes and cockpit stay overlapping whatever the plane shape becomes.

In Ai, I've tried all the Pathfinder options, and although I can achieve the opposite effects to what I want, I can't simply 'clip' the details to the plane.

Here is a picture of what I mean:

What's the easiest way to do this in Ai? Do I need to find a different drawing flow to the way I do it in Ps?


texts: How do I easily convert a fuzzy pixel art image back into pixels?

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I want to convert a fuzzy pixel art image into a crisp actually-pixel-art pixel art image.

An example of this is taking a still from say a youtube clip of a pixel-art animation, and recreating the image, given there are no known raw images available of the original artwork.

Disregarding any copyright issues (this is for personal use only), what's the easiest way to convert this fuzzy pixel art back into something that could resemble the source image?

I've attempted a manual conversion, but I'm having issues with trying to workout what scale I'm working in, and the original colour of each pixel.

e.g., given this:

how can I programatically convert it back to this:


texts: What is this two color photo effect called and how to make it?

texts: I like the effect on the images used on this Spotify page, and out of curiosity I'm trying to replicate it in Illustrator. It's not a simple multiply mask, and seems a more involved than the kind of duotone I can do in inDesign.


texts: How do I get the live paint bucket not to modify my brush line?

texts: I drew a splinter with multiple lines and joined them.  Now I'm trying to add white as the background color with the paint bucket but it changes my brush line effect. Help ...


texts: How to resize all .svg images within a folder at once in Linux?

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I have some images that I made in inkscape with .svg extension. These images are various size (256*265, 512*512, etc) in pixels.

How can I change the size of all these images at once in Linux?


texts: Import adjustment layer from Photoshop to After Effects

texts: can I import - and use - adjustment layers from Photoshop to After Effects? I don't want to generate all my gradiation curves once again. Is there a chance?


texts: Draw a circle in illustrator using a line as radius

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I have the line drawn at a random angle like this

How do I draw a circle with a center at the one end of line and with a radius of the line length.


texts: I am using Adobe illustrator Cs5.1 on Mac. I am having trouble making with font size. In short, I will select two blocks of text and set them as the same font and the same size. However, they appear completely different sizes. Horizontal scale and vertical scale are both set at 100%. Problem exists with multiple fonts.


texts: What's the difference between fonts Meta OT Bold and Meta Pro Bold?

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OT Bold vs Pro Bold

More generally, when two fonts differ only by the last bit of their name, what does it mean? Is it "the same font", but by different foundries?


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I like to draw, and I've drawn this yesterday:

Large image.

I want to make this a T-Shirt, so I need to make this drawing a vector. I want to make it different, not the regular vector-drawn shape.

Do you know where I can find some inspiration and tutorials on how to actually make this an awesome T-shirt?


texts: What's This Design called and how to pull that off?

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I was Browsing through Behance and saw this amazing work by Pawel Nolbert

Can someone tell me what's that Color Paint design called and how to make it? i am quit sure that it's postally 3d Render or else it's made in Illustrator with Blend Tool, Any Suggestion on that please.

More Examples


texts: Why are my Brush options in Illustrator disabled?

texts: I'm trying to make a new calligraphic brush in Illustrator when I noticed alot of the options are disabled can anyone tell me why this is disabled and if it's possible for me to enable them?


texts: What programs do designers use to illustrate reports' graphs and maps?

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I am designing monthly and biweekly reports which have many maps and charts.

For the maps, I am using ArcGIS but for the graphs, I am using Excel which I don't think it's suitable and doesn't fit my needs. I can use Illustrator to design my charts but updating and maintaining them is time-consuming

I've looked at several other reports and I am amazed by the consistency of their graphs.

below is two of the examples. Are these using a software to produce these charts or it's completely AI and ID?

Example 1: http://visionofhumanity.org/app/uploads/2017/11/Global-Terrorism-Index-2017.pdf)

Example 2: https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/system/files/documents/files/wos_response_september_2017_171127_0.pdf


texts: How to change the stroke colour in Inkscape?

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Sorry for this extremely basic question. I am wondering if my version of Inkscape is buggy or something...

I draw a line and want to change its colour. How?

This is what I have tried:

Open Fill and Stroke -> stroke tab -> selecting the solid colour square -> clicking a colour

Occasionally (that is why I wonder if it is a buggy release), but I don't see any pattern, the colour of my line has changed but typically it only change the fill of the line.

Edit: sorry, I was unclear. What happens when I change colour (as described above) is that, in the lower left corner, where you have a colour "legend" with two entries - stroke and fill - the fill entry changes colour, in spite of me working in the stroke tab in the Fill and Stroke panel. Unsurprisingly, the colour of the line doesn't change when this happens.

Here is a screen recording of what is going on

https://imgur.com/a/x4bO3R9


texts: Choosing between Analogous, Complimentary, and Triad Colour Schemes

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Background information: I'm working on an Android game for which I need to pick colours. But, I want the answer to this to be general to ANY kind of graphic design.

How do I choose between using a monochromatic, complementary, or triad colour scheme?

I'm going to assume this is not for print, so that cost is not a factor (1 vs. 2 vs. 3 vs. 4 colours). I know complementary schemes are easy to allow you to highlight information, but what about a triad? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each type of colour scheme?


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If possible I want to make it in paint.net/gimp because I don't have access to PS.
I have tried a few programs for massive watemarking but none of them had the option for the text to look like that.


texts: iOS, Android, etc., tablet devices in a design workflow?

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I'm going to have to spring for one or more tablets (iPad, Tab, whatever) for testing ePubs, digital magazine ads, site rendering, etc. Because I don't have the consumer nature and also because I'd like to get the best return on investment, I'm interested if any of these devices is also productively usable in a design workflow.

One could throw a portfolio onto a tablet for client presentations, of course, and Adobe has published an app that allows touch control of Photoshop, which might have potential.

It may be a year or two early to ask this question, but does anyone here have personal experience incorporating a tablet device into their web or general graphic work, whether in the studio or on the road? If so, did it prove useful?


texts: Inkscape - Controlling BSPline for Path Effects

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If I design a square in Inkscape and apply Path effects on it and use BSpline to curve the top two corners of my square, what is the "correct" process to get the roundness applied and controlled on my top two corners (while keeping the bottom corners and sides perfectly straight)?
The settings seems to give either a very dramatic rounded effect, or a very insignificant amount.  Plus when you press CTRL and click to drag the little node items, they stop as a certain point.  Very frustrating.   What is the proper way to control round corners in this case for my top two corners of a square.
I want to do something easily like this with Path Effects in Inkscape....


texts: Add gradients to an object in Pixelmator?

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I'm a new to graphic design and I'm whipping up a quick icon for an app kinda thing. I created a rounded rectangle shape.  Next I need to add a slight gradient to it to make it look neat.  I have to do the same with my text layer. How do you add a gradient to an object?

The method I tried was:

Layer options
Convert to pixels
Click to add gradient.

This method adds a gradient to the whole image. What should I really be doing?


texts: Is there a shortcut for switching between preview modes in Fireworks CS6?

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I switch between the original, 2-up and 4-up modes frequently, yet can't find a keyboard shortcut for it anywhere.

What is the keyboard shortcut for changing the preview mode?

If there isn't one, is there any way for me to create the keyboard shortcut myself?


texts: Need help straightening edges for photoshop drawing

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I got this design here and after I made the selection, the edges were all jagged, I tried masking it with contrast and adjusting curves but this is the best I could get it.
Anyone know how I could straighten up all the edges so I can save it as a file and resize them without the edges becoming jagged.
https://filebin.net/cc1wjjmcmf5w027f


texts: What is this victorian looking font with curls?

texts: Couldn't find this font using the usual tools...


texts: Can I just save files as a PDF from Illustrator?

texts: I use illustrator a lot and I'm always exporting PDFs. Since the PDF is a "save as" rather than an export, I end up editing the PDF and saving out. This causes version conflicts. Could I just work in PDF? What would be lost if I never used the ai format?


texts: Convert ball-stick model to STL from the command line

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I regularly have 3D models that consist of a Boolean union of balls and cylinders (molecule models, star maps, mathematical designs), that I then want to convert to a STL model for printing at Shapeways.  But I don't know how to easily do that!  I already have the model as a series of floating point numbers (four for each ball, and seven for each cylinder), so I don't want to have to go into a graphical interface to click/drag points.  Instead I want to convert my lists of floating point numbers to STL from the command line.

I thought this would be a trivial thing, but I cannot find what is the best tool for this.  All I need, I think, is a pointer to what tools are most appropriate (although more detailed help will be appreciated :-))  I thought that "gmsh" might be good for this, but it is not immediately clear to me how to use it for that.

I would like the software for this to be "free", in the sense that it does not cost money.  Also, I am not a Windows user, so I would like to be able to run this under Linux or macOS.


texts: InDesign: Using GREP to style URLs, email addresses, phone numbers, social handles, and hashtags

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I'm brand new to GREP and its uses in InDesign, and while I'd like to understand it in a more robust way someday, at the moment I'm struggling to find some resources that can explain just the basics to me in a comprehensible way.

So, Question #1: If you happen to know of such resources, it would be awesome if you could point me toward some. Keep in mind I am a designer not a coder, so if the resource is riddled with coding jargon like "shell" and "escapes" and "environment variables in the regex" I am not going to have any idea what those words mean. I can generally grasp coding principles pretty well but I don't know the vocab.

Question #2: Can someone tell me how to write a GREP expression that will target any grouping of characters containing a period with letters and/or numbers on either side of it, but no space? I am looking to target URLs, email addresses, and phone numbers, and our house style writes those as the following:

url.com

emailaddress@email.com

000.000.0000

What I want to do is make it so that line breaks never happen in the middle of these "words." I know it involves creating a character style with the No Break setting and then using a paragraph style to apply the character style using GREP, but I don't know how to write these parameters in GREP. Targeting anything between spaces that has a period should work but I don't know how to write that.

Question #3: Can we write a second expression targeting social handles and hashtags? So that would be any word starting with a @ or # that may or may not have numbers and/or an underscore in it. If it is followed by any punctuation before the next space aside from an underscore, I would like the punctuation to not be included in the expression. (So , . ! ? — - should not be included in the expression but _ should.) This should probably distinguish social handles from email addresses by specifying that a social handle will always have a space before the @ (whereas an email address would not), but I would prefer the preceding space to not be part of the selection.

Bonus!: I would love, love, love it if these answers could come with explanations for why they work and what they're doing. I'll still love answers that solve my problem and teach me nothing in the process but that's only 1/3 of my available love. Teach a man to fish and all that. :)


texts: What makes gradients in graphic design look attractive and what's the best way to use them?

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There seems to be two schools of thought when it comes to the use of gradients in graphic design.

One argument seems to be that it is not a very clean or appealing design, not to mention that it is more trouble than it is worth, because it needs to work on both dark and light backgrounds or a greater range of colours, and that it is also less flexible because of the constraints imposed on a gradient background when you add other text or graphic elements on top of it. Then there is another group of people that believe in the aesthetic appeal of using gradients rather than having sharp contrasts in colours.

I am just wondering what the visual or psychological reason that gives colour gradients the perceived 'prettiness'. Personally I find it difficult to deal with and even distracting in charts and graphs, so when and where should it actually be used for the optimal design benefit?

I would like to know if there is an actual visual design principle or psychological basis for the use of gradients in graphical design, or if it is one of those things that people have made assumptions about its use without the proper application of good design principles.


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I am trying to avoid using a background image (or any image-based solution) to effectively create this:

Note: the red arrow is just pointing at the border in question.  The arrow should not be included in your answer.

How can I create this irregularly-shaped border with pure CSS (no images)?  If images are unavoidable, the most concise and readable answer will get upvoted and accepted.


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Hi all am having set of icons as sprites for and in retina displays the icons are looks like very blur i read some documents for retina display use image as 200%(using photoshop) now the question is how do i change the whole sprite as retina supported image by saving whole sprite as 200% ah or by selecting separate layer and change it as 200% then save it as sprite ah guide me.

this is how i use sprite for retina and normal

for normal screen

.logo {
background:url('../images/big-icons.png');
  background-position: -241px -289px;
  width: 217px;
  height: 69px;
}

.footer-logo {
background:url('../images/big-icons.png');
  background-position: -239px -359px;
  width: 217px;
  height: 69px;
}

for retina

@media (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),
    (min-resolution: 192dpi) {
    .logo{
    background:url('../images/big-icons@2x.png');
    background-size: 200px 100px;
    background-position: -375px 0; width: 434px; height: 138px;
}

.footer-logo{
    background:url('../images/big-icons@2x.png');
    background-position: -375px -158px; width: 434px; height: 138px;
}

}

the images are repeated in retina display..how i write sprite style for retina display..


texts: Cheap Cintiq alternatives - tablet PCs with digitizers?

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Most of us would love to work with a cintiq-like tablet, but very few could afford one, especially if they are not professionals.

There have been questions about this, ideas to try to use an android tablet for such purposes, but everyone used the phrase "just buy a wacom bamboo tablet" like a mantra.

I didnt give up on my pursuit and found solutions that fit in a 150-200$ price range. Those would be PC laptops with integrated digitizers. Ill be buying a second hand Fujitsu LifeBook T4220 for around 190$. There are others, like the IBM X61, some toshibas, HPs etc...

So my question is: how come nobody advised buying such PCs? Are they little known about, or do they have some big disadvantages I dont know about?

I mean - its wacom technology. Sure, in the soon-to-be-mine Fujitsu model there are 255 pressure levels, not 2k like in intuos devices, but I am not a pro and I probably couldnt feel any difference between the two. These computers have reasonable specs, nice processors and should do fine. One might say that they have integrated graphics card, but is that such a big deal? Photoshop should run fine, at least for typical digital painting tools, and there is always GIMP (pretty lightweight compared to PS) or using the entire laptop as a remote desktop display for a stationary PC with decent hardware. All this in a price range below one fifth of the smallest cintiq!

Why wouldnt an amateur use such laptops for drawing, designing, digital painting etc? Is there something i need to know before making the purchase?

edit a bit more info about what im looking for:
Im mostly interested in sketching, drawing and digital painting with the tablet. I dont like the pen-picture detachment when using regular graphic tablets, also i dont like it how i cant turn them to get comfortable drawing angles, and thats why im seeking a cintiq-like solution. I tried using some android tablets, but the lack of ANY pressure sensitivity makes painting very cumbersome - maiking a smooth colour transition is a lot of work, while with pressure sensitivity it would only take a few swipes. I dont really do any photo work. Also, Im just an amateur and do drawing/painting as a hobby, not a job.

So, any reasons why a PC tablet like the one I mentioned wouldnt satisfy my needs?


texts: Adobe Illustrator Vector colors appearance, hex code, RGB and CMYK completely different when opened on another computer

texts: When I send my AI to my colleague, the colour appears to be different in her computer. And is not juz the appearance issue, the entire Hex code, RGB value and CMYK value were totally off. We both are using the same Adobe Illustrator CC.


texts: What is the font in the Billund Airport Logo?

texts: I'm trying to figure out what font was used in this logo. This is the logo for the aiport in Billund, Denmark. I've searched many websites and couldn't find it.


texts: Which fonts have the same width for every character?

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I would like to have a font with all characters the same width.

For example, a W is wider than an i in most fonts ...Is there any font that has all characters equally wide?


texts: Changing the position of outlines in Skech & Toon on Cinema 4d

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I'm trying to add a thick, comic-book style outline to text using the sketch and toon rendering effect in C4D.

When the outline is set to a high thickness it becomes apparent that it is drawn based on the centre of the edge.

Is there any way to set the outline to 'outside' or even better, mask it behind the letters so that their form is not obstructed?


texts: Reverse engineering a semi-transparent image

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I want to match the appearance of an image that is partly transparent.  The problem is that I cannot obtain the original image.  I can only obtain screenshots of it against different backgrounds.

Using images of it against black and white backgrounds, is there a way to derive the original image?  Ideally, I'd like to derive the non-transparent version of it, along with its transparency level.  I want to edit it, then re-apply the transparency.

I'm working with GIMP 2.6 on Linux, but I could obtain other software as needed.


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I did my artwork on the uncoated PMS colours as I originally planned to print it on uncoated stock. We ended up changing the stock and there was the forgetfulness of one person to not change the PMS colours.

The colours (well mostly the gray) are very light. So my question is, if I change to the coated colours, will the colours be even lighter or will they be darker?

The reason I ask is because it's packaging, and I am using two different companies and the other uncoated stock needs a big adjustment as it's printed on quite dark white paper and since I am using gray it makes a lot of difference.

I also didn't want the gray to be so light as it should be closer to the Pantone book.


texts: I am working on building a Strategy Game (it will be in 2.5D), and for graphic design part we are using Illustrator and Photoshop for designing (including designing characters). Now we want to start building 3D modeling for characters to simplify the animation process. It seems photoshop does not support 3D modeling, so what tool would you recommend in this case?


texts: Indesign: what are the blue outlines around objects and how can they be hidden / toggled on or off?

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How do you hide the "blue outlines" around objects in InDesign?

Every new object I create on an InDesign board is surrounded by a thin blue outline. I don't know what these are called as I'm a newbie so I am unable to locate instructions on how to toggle their display. I am sure there must be a way to toggle this outline off and on.

I am aware of the following keyboard shortcuts:

Ctrl+' to display/hide the document grid
Ctrl+; to display/hide guides

But I can't figure out how to remove the blue outlines around objects and I can't see an option under View → Grids & Guides that seems applicable.


texts: What does "LS4" or "LS16" mean when searching for Adobe software like Fireworks or CS Master Collection?

texts: I often find the name of the Adobe software and "LS4" or "LS16" next to it. What does it mean?


texts: Automatically "Export with Artboards" on Save?

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In Photoshop, there is the Generate > Image Assets option which will automatically export all of the properly named layers when I save the main PSD file.
Is there a similar option or script that can do the same for Illustrator, but save the artboards instead (and skip the dialog warning about overriding)?
I have my file all setup with the multiple artboards and can manually export them just fine. It just seems like there are more clicks than really needed and I'd love it to be automatic like Photoshop.
I did some searching but couldn't find anything definitive. I also tried recording an action, but that doesn't prevent the override dialog from showing and also doesn't happen automatically on save.


texts: Affinity designer - reveal layer in layers on element click

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I got two probably primitive questions

1) when you cmd + click on layer in your canvas, it gets selected. But how do you achieve the same effect as in Photoshop to simultaneously get the layer revealed in layers panel so you can directly operate with it?

2) is there faster way to expand/collapse a group rather than clicking small arrow in the layers panel?


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I used to work with Fontlab Studio to design and compile my fonts. Years have passed and my former Fontlab install vanished into the voids of a crashing harddisk.

Now that I'm gaining interest in font-design again, I used and abused the usual search engines, but I have not managed to find any free or open-source software out there with alike functionality which Fontlab offers.

Therefore I would love to know: "Is there any open-source alternative to Fontlab out there?"

(Preferably, it should be able to run on a Microsoft Windows operating system.)


texts: Shadow/highlight on a gradient/ in Illustrator?

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I want to add some shadows and highlights to my illustration of Saturn. I have created a gradient for the planet but how can I apply a highlight/shadow on the planet and the ring?
And how/where should I place them ?

Thank you in advance :)


texts: Open source software capable of open Sketch files

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I have received several .sketch files from a graphic designer. I assume these files were created by SketchApp, which is a propietary software.

Since I don't need to edit the files, but merely review them, I would rather not buy the editor.

Is there an open-source software capable of viewing .sketch files, or convert them to PDFs?

Addendum
Exporting a PDF is a valid solution, but I would like to take a look at the .sketch files at our shared folder during the workday without asking for a PDF export every few hours (the designer works from home, so I can't just drop by to his desk).


texts: What is the standard way for conveying vegan and vegetarian as separate icons?

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Working on a project, I need 2 icons for Vegan and Vegetarian to display at a glance nutritional information. The problem that I'm running into is that there doesn't seem to be a good way to have each icon stand alone and the user knowing exactly what it stands for, example below.

Vt vs Vg

Vt is fairly easy to understand as vegetarian. But Vg runs the problem of not knowing that its Vegan without seeing the other icon. Is there a standard way for conveying vegan and vegetarian?

Additional Specs:
The icons will be used in a variety of sizes from 150x150px to 24x24px. Here's an example of the current icon set: http://imgur.com/2NkXIcN


texts: How to design set of flash cards in InDesign?

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I wonder what's the best way to create set of flashcards in InDesign, as I've never done it before.

Situation 1. The client is ok with a template they will fill on their own. So, I presume I can do the interactive pdf for them with back and front side design (each, separate page in Indesign, both in one pdf file). Correct me if I'm wrong please. Then the client create let's say 60 two-sided cards = 60 pdfs which they can merge, or just send to the printer and they will do the imposition there?

Situation 2. I get all the data I need to put on the flashcards. But then I'm not really sure how to put the texts into the correct frames on my design. I would probably experiment with autoflow, but I only did that for long chunks of text, not the flash cards contents. Do you have any idea of how to transfer data for flash cards into InDesign layout, so I don't have to deal with each one of them separately?

Thanks!


texts: Adobe Illustrator: I've created a silhouette and need to fill one of the two paths with text, how do I do that?

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I drew a silhouette (a moving dog), turned them into paths, and did compound path > expand to be able to fill the inside with the text I want.
Because part of the legs cross over, it is actually two paths - the outline, and the second part of the outline that cuts out the space where the legs cross over. I need the text to all stay readable and not get cut off.
How can I make this happen? I've tried excluding and minus front, but it makes it so I can't fill the path with text.
(Example picture You can see the two middle toes touching, this is how my art is. So the area here is cut out, and I do not want text to go there)
Thank you!


texts: Illustrator: Change spacing between objects in Grid

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Is there a way of re-spacing multiple objects arranged in a grid?
From:

To:

I already tried to ungroup all elements, enlarge the artboard and use "distribute horizontally" and "distribute vertically", but it turned out:
[really weird (no image, not enough reputation on graphicdesign for 3 links)]
Any help it greatly appreciated!
Sorry, if this is a duplicate, I did my best, searching for an answer...


texts: Change Website Screenshot to 3D Perspective

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Using Photoshop I want to mimic what moz.com does with their product tour. I have a screen shot of my website and I want change the perspective to look like this:

http://moz.com/products/tour

What's the best method for this to maintain a legible version of my screenshot?

Thanks.


texts: Extracting vertex data of a 3D Model using 3D Modelling software

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I know the title might sound a bit confusing but there is method in my madness. Firstly, the type of data i'm trying to extract is every position and angle of every vertex used to form the 3D Model that you see inside the software (in a sense). Blender is a good example of being able to picture this as it has the wireframe render, whereby you can create a 3D wireframe, around the entire model. What i'd therefore be looking to do is get the position and angles of every wire in the wireframe, as blender must have a way of mapping the wireframe, based on vertices of the 3D model?

It may sound like a long-winded and confusing question, but I'm not sure how to put it into simpler terms, and seems like something that nobody has talked about or tried to find before?

Here's an example to help you understand what i'm trying to find:

This is a 3D Wireframe, made based on a 3D Model, in blender. Somehow, the software must know or calculate all the vertices it uses to make this wireframe. I imagine the data for each vertex is held in terms of xyz position vector local to the models origin, alongside an angle local to the models origin, otherwise how can the software form this wireframe? P.s. If I could extract the data on the position of the edges in the wireframe post rendering that could be even more helpful.

So after laying all the foundations, my end question to you is: Is there any way of extracting the data I've talked about from a piece of 3D Modelling software?

The reason behind my question: I'm trying to extract this data on the vertices so I can create some code that will use this data to recreate the model in a sandbox game such as garry's mod, with every square you see in the wireframe being an entity. This would be an amazing experiment and I can't wait to see if and how it's possible!


texts: How to copy all glyphs or characters of a font in illustrator

texts: I want to display all characters or glyphs included on a font with all variables in illustrator and copy it to a editable table of characters to make a type specimen, the only way i know is select one by one in the glyphs panel, there must be a faster way.


texts: Resources on producing responsive design wireframes and artwork, for graphics designers

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We're developers who partner up with a graphic design studio for our project artworks. Some times they even bring in the clients themselves and we both cooperate to get a development project done.

They develop the website artwork, develop the sketch ups for the
client to decide etc.
We develop the website(code it and the rest of the technical stuff).

They have recently asked me to recommend them some good resources to read on the subject as they no longer want to design only for desktops. I have told them there are plenty floating around on the Internet, some paid and some not.

  Can you recommend some good resources(paid or free) for non-coders
  (such as graphics designers), to learn about responsive design, how to
  design assets for responsive design, how to develop sketch
  ups/wireframes for the customers, how grid works etc?

They basically want to be able to provide sketch-ups to customers for each device, how the grid will break on different devices, how to design their assets/artwork etc. It's a matter of cutting us out of the loop and design on their own the whole project, then deliver the wireframes to us and the artwork and we could easily take it from there.

Online courses are ideal.
Short books ?
Maybe interactive courses like what Codecademy does for programming?
Anything else you think will help non-coders to get the basics


texts: I recently started designing and I saw these smooth corners people make. My problem ist that I can't find a way to enable this tool and these corner widgets don't appear on my works.enter image description here


texts: I try to cut some vectored drawings with laser Trumpf – it operates with .geo files I have no original program but it cuts well other shapes made with illustrator. I think that problem with vector grafic is doubled line. How can I rid of it? And second question – Is some elegant way to check vector lines before cutting? Thanks for your help Mick


texts: Illustrator: Type in circular vector & background colour disappearing

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I'm having problems adding text using the type path tool in illustrator within a round vector.

Every time I go to type on a path though the background colour disappears. Here's an example:

If anyone can help and it's the blue area I want to get circular text within.

I also tried saving it as an image and creating new paths, but get the anchors lined up without the background turning white...any small suggestion on how I could do this would be great.


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When designing an application for iOS, am I tied to the San Francisco typography guidelines offered by Apple?

To better put this, do I have to follow them strictly?

I am new to this and I would like to better understand the iOS environment.


texts: How to create a path that is the inside of individual overlapping paths in Inkscape?

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how do I create a path that is the inside of individual overlapping paths (see the pictures) in Inkscape?

I tried using the Paths->Intersection tool, but everything that happens is that all paths disappear. I guess it doesn't know where the inside is, as the paths are open.
Thanks in advance everyone.


texts: I usually have to export my InDesign file into an eps, then convert it to PNG in illustrator.  Does anyone know an easier way?


texts: How to intersect existing shapes in Photoshop

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I'm trying to intersect 2 existing shapes in Photoshop (CS6). I've found tutorials that allow me to intersect at the time of putting the second shape down, but nothing that allows me to do so with shapes already in the document.

The reason I would like this is that I would like to "tweak" the position of the second shape, by nudging it, adjusting its size etc. The only way I can do this at the moment is by undoing to remove the second shape, and starting again.

Is there a way to intersect 2 shapes that are already in the page?

(In Photoshop, not Illustrator. I don't have access to Illustrator at the moment)


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I am having a hard time learning web design. I read several books and I know a bit of how to do things. I also like to study with firebug how the "big guys" made their web sites. But when I try to realize of how a complex ecommerce site is done I usually catch myself of do not know what to do next. Lets say I can easily write content in html, but when I want to attach css rules it is really hard for me to think of what should go next and what it will change. It is really hard to explain my problem, but is there a method of how to implement things, like a correct order or smth? Maybe web designers think in blocks or they imagine everything in their heads the whole process or I just have to put a lot more time into this?

I just looking forward to these days when I will be writing html/css code whitout looking for help online or at the other sites :)


texts: I routinely work files in InDesign(a lot of the artwork is linked), which to my knowledge does not have the ability to preflight 4-color black. I've not had any luck in Acrobat pro either. I save my files as PDFs. I have a PDF that I KNOW has 4 color black but when I run "List rich black objects"...I'm not getting any errors. Ideally, I'd like to be able to run a check in InDesign.


texts: How do I paste into a layer's mask in Photoshop?

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When I paste Cmd+V a new layer is created instead of pasting into the layer's mask that I created.

What I'm trying to do is take a black and white layer and make it the mask of a all white layer. This way I have a white cut-out of the shape in the black and white layer.

I'm coming from a background of working with GIMP, which to me is so much more simpler than Photoshop (really, Adobe?), however, GIMP is very slow on OSX so I'm trying to get used to PS.


texts: Mobile First and RWD workflow and how to interact with client

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Our agency's workflow for creating a website normally consists of:

discuss content-design with client
we create wireframes (with optional, depending on client, approval)
we create one or more pixel perfect "layouts" in illustrator / photoshop
client approves with corrections
return to step 3
begin coding.

Now, since we are slowly approaching the year 2010, and we're pondering about RWD ("Responsive Web Design") and "mobile first", it's clear that our workflow wouldn't work without adding a ton of costs for the client (considering the technical CSS overhead isn't THAT large).

What is the best workflow which works with RWD and mobile first? Also, are there any specific tools that may help?


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It's been a few months since I've done any modeling in 3DS Max 2010. When I went to create an object, I noticed something funky about the definition for Length/Width/Height parameters on the right...

I am honestly confused by this. If I remember correctly:

Length should coordinate with the X-axis.
Width should coordinate with the Y-axis.
Height should coordinate with the Z-axis.

Am I thinking wrong or is there something going on here?


texts: Open Source alternatives to FF Tisa fonts

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Recently, I have stumbled upon the FF Tisa fonts quite often and I happen to like them. Unfortunately, I have not found a matching open source alternative yet.

FF Tisa Pro:

FF Tisa Sans Pro:

Pictures from the myfonts.net entries of the fonts

The following fonts seem quite close to FF Tisa Pro:

Neuton (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Neuton)
Gentium Book Basic (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Gentium+Book+Basic)
Vollkorn (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Vollkorn)

And other ones close to FF Tisa Sans Pro:

Alegreya Sans (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Alegreya+Sans)
PT Sans (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/PT+Sans)

Unfortunately, it is very hard to find a good pairing to replace the Tisa combination, because either the weights differ too much or the character widths feel wrong. Do you have any recommendation for a good pairing?


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I'm struggling to draw a set of a certain number of curved lines springing off a point.

The picture below shows more or less what I'm trying to do (except the outer circle):

Is there an obvious way to obtain this in Inkscape?


texts: Marking overlapping paths with off-color borders

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Say I have an image of a rose which I want to trace:

I construct a few curvature shapes with it's stroke weight set to 5 like so:

Say I'd now like to see which stroke is placed over another, is there any way for me to do so?

Say my bottom layered stroke crosses a top layered stroke, it then might draw two little lines across the stroke like so:

Is there any way to set up such functionality? Or mimic it? It would help work like this a ton.

The program could get the order of overlap right by looking at the layer orders, which you would of course have to manually order yourself. But having a feature that enables me to see which shape is on top of which when they're overlapping would be great.


texts: InDesign: how to move part of child text frame on the next page?

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I have a master page with only one text frame with 'Smart Text Reflow' option enabled to add new pages automatically. At the first page i added child text frame into right upper corner of the parent frame and turned on 'Auto-Size' option to 'Height' only.

How to move part of the child frame to the next page automatically?


texts: Should I oblige when a client asks to use a design as a logo when it wasn't made to be the logo in the first place?

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A client asked me to design a signage for his shop. He didn't have a logo. He said all he wanted was the name of his shop designed nice enough to hang outside. Now he is asking for a smaller file to use as a logo.

The signage design didn't take long to make and he was pretty cool about everything. However, I feel that, if he was going to use it as a logo in the first place, then it should have been charged as a logo and branding project, which it wasn't.

I have always been confused on how charging in the design world works. I've always been pretty casual and informal. Sometimes though things like these come up and I dont know what to do.


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I am wondering if it's somehow possible to create a more or less opposite gradient (maybe with less saturation) for all these Vectors on this background (I'm not ever sure if it's going to look good...).

Thats how it looks like now:

The problem is, that the all the objects should have a consistent gradient


texts: How can I automatically set “Keep with Next” to a different value for the final paragraph in a sequence of same-style paragraphs?

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The new Adobe InDesign CC 2019 “Indents and Spacing” › “Space Between Paragraphs Using Same Style” option is excellent. It has allowed me to replace four styles for formatting a code listing (Listing, Listing:First Line, Listing:Final Line, Listing:Single Line) with just one Listing style (see https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/a/101784/20096 for details).

However, now I have a new problem. I want all my Listing-style lines to have “Keep with Next” set to 1, except for the final line in the listing, for which I wish to use “Keep with Next” set to 0. The only way I know to accomplish this is to hand-select each final line of a same-style paragraph sequence, and hand-edit the “Keep with Next” value. (I know, with some study, I could write a script to do it.)

Is there a way I can configure InDesign to automatically set “Keep with Next” to a different value for the final paragraph in a sequence of same-style paragraphs?


texts: Cut shape in Inkscape so it has transparent background?

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I was wondering if Inkscape has the ability to select the outline of a shape, and then be cropped or copied and pasted over another shape?

I remember being able to do this in Illustrator but you can't seem to do it in Inkscape.

Setting a clip for an object keeps coming up (in searches) but that doesn't seem to do anything. If you paste it just pastes the object with a rectangle still around it.
All I want is to select a shape and then paste it with a transparent background.
Can Inkscape do this?

Any help much appreciated

Rowan


texts: Make complex form appear "disappeared" using dashes

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I'm currently new into Adobe Illustrator and I'm having quite a bit a stroke when it comes to icon design.

I'm mostly using icons from flaticon, in this case, I'm using an icon of a can, a package and a fruit (Source).

Now I'm trying to make it look disappeared / gone. I'm trying to achieve something similar like this (found via Google here):

Now what I achieved is to make a border appear dashed just like I wanted. But this did not fit my needs, as I do not have a border on this, but this is rather a complex form which is filled with color, instead of having a border:

How would I achieve the same result (converting this into a line and make it dashed) as in the picture above, without having to make every dash by myself by applying a cut mask?

Thank you in advance for helping a beginner out! :-)


texts: How do I export a vector .EPS in Inkscape?

texts: I am saving my Inkscape .svg as an encapsulated postscript file, however the exported image is not vector. If I save as a .pdf, for example, then it is vector. The export settings are attached. Checking/unchecking the 'rasterize filter effects' box does not help, neither does the PostScrip level.


texts: Is it possible to retain effects when saving Illustrator files for older versions?

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I am working in Illustrator CC, but my printer needs the files saved back to ai version 6. Doing this embeds the effects, such as drop shadows.

Is there a way to work around this other than keep 2 files?


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I have a grouped shape (rectangular + some texts). I used the Perspective tool to make it align with the single-point perspective. But now I want to revert it back to a normal rectangle shape without perspective. But I could not do this by right click →  transform → reset bounding box.

What is the right way?


texts: GIMP: Remove half-transparency from an image and add leave full transparency-part untouched

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I have the following image of a yellow marker.
Everything around the marker is fully transparent.
But the yellow and the white part inside the marker is half-transparent.
I do not want any transparency inside the marker, but i want the outside-transparency to stay.
How do i do this in GIMP?


texts: Solution for making flash animation without grainy look?

texts: I copy pasted a design made from Illustrator to Flash CS6 and when I export as an animated gif, I get a grainy image. Any solutions to making a flash animation convert to animated gif without loss in quality?


texts: Clipping path in Tiff. How to make use of it?

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I got a TIFF with an embedded clipping path according to the photographer.

I do not know how to use this clipping path. When opening the TIFF with gimp I don't see any hints or elements concerning the clipping path let alone any clue how to use it for clipping the image.

Any hints, how I can make the path usable?


texts: How can I affect the starting point of "paste in place"-coordinates?

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I want to copy an object element from one page to another page with a different page height. The elements should have the same coordinates on x and y axis. The "Paste in Place" functions doesn't behave like I want it to.
I think the following picture will explain this far better than I can with this text.
Do you know how to resolve this issue?


texts: Sponge (reticulation, pores) texture in Inkscape

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I'm trying to vectorize this Gray's anatomy diagram from the Wikimedia commons:

(Yeah, I know. Kind of an awkward image, but I'm a medical student studying Urology and we need good medical diagrams too.)

I'm trying to find a way to replicate the spongy texture in the image in the least painful way possible. I've looked into using texture images and masking, but the textures I've found are either the wrong color or just too jarringly different from the cartoon-y diagrammatic style of the rest of the image.

I'm trying to avoid having to hand-draw tons of little shadows/pores here, but if that's what it takes, any suggestions on how to do that efficiently would also be appreciated.


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I've been trying to edit a SVG diagram (here in my Google Drive you can find it if having the original SVG helps you in assisting me), below is a PNG bitmap of the original labelling what I want changed.

If you zoom where I've labelled (1), or any other places where the pink arc intersects with the dashed line, you will see that while I've lowered the pink arc so that whenever it intersects with the brown line (i.e., the dashed one) it is hidden under the brown line. The problem is that since it is dashed the pink arc is still being displayed whenever they intersect a gap. So what I would like to know is how I can overcome this problem. I'd also like to know how I can convert the gaps in the dashed brown line into a new set of dashes, but of a different colour to the colour of the original dashes (i.e., brown) so that there is no white space here any more.


texts: How do I hyperlink .oam-Animations Muse?

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I have an .oam Animation made in Adobe Edge embedded in Adobe Muse.

It animates on mouseenter and mouseleave using JavaScript.

How can I hyperlink it using Adobe Muse. I want to use HTML so the link keeps working when JS is disabled.

The animation stops working when I place a hyperlinked box over it

Is there any way I can get this working?


texts: How to open same document as duplicate window in Photoshop

texts: All I want is to have two different windows of the same document but at different zoom percentage that updates change in real-time, like one in 500% zoom for detailing work and other at 100% for the final result.


texts: Is there a name for the style clash of moving objects from the background in cartoons?

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You know how you could always tell which elements in a scene of Road Runner was part of the Coyote's trap?

Or how characters have a much simpler art style from the rest of the background?

I understand it is a product of not having the budget to dedicate as much detail to the moving parts, which have to be redrawn every frame, but is there a specific name for that practice, or its resulting clash of visual style?


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I've mainly used Photoshop before and only just picked up Illustrator a few days ago. Anyway, I used Illustrator to create lots of images (with transparent backgrounds) of different letters, each one filled with circles. More to the point, upon exporting as a .PNG, I noticed a resolution option. Me being the little derp that I am, I figured a larger resolution is always better, so I set this to high (300 ppi).

Upon importing the images into my project however, I realized that the images had become a lot larger than they should be. Upon tweaking the export resolution setting, I noticed that if I set this to low (72 ppi), the images come out as the expected size. I was just wondering how I should expect this to effect my drawings. If I were to keep the high resolution images I exported at 300 ppi, am I always going to be forced to reduce their size afterwards by a certain amount? Otherwise, should I always stick to  72 ppi in order to keep the size of the image the same and to avoid needing to re-size things later?

Image quality is not so important in this case, so there probably isn't much reason for me to use anything higher than 72 ppi anyway. Just for the sake of learning however, I thought this would be a good question to ask.


texts: How do I preserve transparency over a 'paste' operation in photoshop?

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Basic situation:

I have an image with a complex alpha channel (ie. feathered, complex non-linear edges).

I have an image I want to overlay on top of the first image using a blend option like multiply or maybe screen.

...but I must preserve the EXACT alpha channel of first image.

Can I do this in photoshop?

If I paste the second image it creates a new layer, and the multiply, screen etc options overwrite the alpha values on the first image (layer 1).

Seems like there should be an easy way to do this?

I saw this question:
How do I change RGB value without changing the Alpha channel?

...but messing around with the lock-alpha options didn't seem to do anything.

NB. The reason I mention the complex edges in the image is that the feature tool doesn't select the alpha channel correctly; simply select-using-magic on layer 1, goto layer 2, delete doesn't even remotely work.


texts: Photoshop glitched, but I liked it, and now want to script it

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I was trying to File → Place Embedded this Youtube video screen shot into a Photoshop file and it kept glitching, each time differently.

Here are two examples of what it looked like. This is a whole new level of entropy, randomness and abstraction which I won't be able to accomplish manually even if I tried.

I'm wondering if there's any way to take this under control?

This could probably be done using scripts cutting out and repeating random portions of an image and applying colour overlay effects to it? I've been working with Javascript a lot, but I'm new to Photoshop scripting and unsure what is it capable of. Just to clarify: this is not so much about applying a glitch effect (which I'm sure there are many). I'm specifically interested in randomly rearranging the composition to where you can't recognise the original anymore. You should be able to see some parts of it though, and the scripting portion of this question was supposed to address how many meaningful areas are copied by using variables for example.

Do you think this is doable? If so, how?

I still have the file, so if something needs clarifying, please let me know.


texts: Use GIMP to replace very faded colors in scan with bolder colors

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I'm definitely not an advanced user! On our wall is a beloved old crayon Valentines poster. After years, the red and orange colors have really faded so half the image is unreadable.
So, I made a color, high resolution scan of the poster's parts and reconstructed them in a quite large GIMP document.
You can see in my screenshot, the red and orange parts of the drawing are very, very faded and not readable.
Can you give me just basic guidance on which GIMP features would allow me to "sniff out" those very light crayon marks, and have the app replace those pixels with bolder color?

Perhaps it is some "color replacement" feature, but then I wonder... If I grabbed one of the faded colors, how would I do that, and how could I get it to recognize the adjacent colors, since those faded color bits naturally have a slight shading of closely related colors in them...

OR perhaps it's some kind of magic wand method that sniffs that there is some marked zone there and it captures all of the marked areas, and then I would change all the captured pixels to be a bright red.  (sure would be nice if the colors I replaced with could have some variation though instead of one uniform color.

If you could point me on my way, I would be truly grateful!  Thanks... here is the screenshot:


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I have been trying to create an animation using 300 eps files.
When I try to open all the 300 files as layers (File -> open As Layers),
a dialog box appears for each file with the heading "Import from Postscript" .

I have to click on "import" button for every image, in order import the images.

Is there a way to avoid the appearance of this dialog box for each image, because clicking "import" for 300 times is not at all a manageable task.

Thank you.


texts: calulating PPI with 10.1 inch (diagonal)

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Frequently devices are described in diagonal screen measurements.

How do I calculate the PPi (pixels per inch) for a device that is 10.1 inch (diagonal) and 1920x1200 pixels.


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I haven't been in the design business for many years, so forgive my ignorance on this one, however back in the day when you needed high resolution output, say for creating camera-ready art from Aldus Pagemaker, Quark Xpress or Illustrator files, you would send your file out to a shop and they'd output your files at ~2300 dpi to a Linotronic imagesetter which output images to photo-sensitive paper.

Are there shops that still provide this service?

I'm wanting to output line-art from an Illustrator file and hand color with them with dyes, so need to have them output on photographic paper to prevent excessive bleeding of color into the paper.

Thanks..


texts: What is this shape, and how can I use it?

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I am working from a clipart file I did not make, in Illustrator.
I would like to "simplify" this shape - that is, remove the anchor points inside of it to only preserve the outline:

I have found that only the Direct Selection Tool followed by pressing the Delete Key can remove the middle anchor and curves associated to it (the Delete Anchor Point Tool won't do anything).
However, after removing the central anchor and getting what seems to be a clean, simple shape, it still doesn't "play nice" with other shapes: for example, it doesn't allow me to make a Pathfinder Unite action. I put the file here and two "ears" on each side for you to try Pathfinder Unite if you want (if there's a better file hosting site, please let me know in comments and I will change its location).
What is wrong with this shape and how can I make it behave normally?


texts: Does a beard highlight or obscure the mouth area?

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I'm illustrating a portrait for someone (male), and they have asked that I draw attention away from their mouth for their own personal reasons.

Having spent some time thinking about it, the only way I can think of to do this without altering their facial features, is to draw in a beard.

Now, I know it depends on the type of beard, so for arguments sake I'd like to just create two broad categories such as 'Bushy & Unkept' vs. 'Pruned & Stylised'.

In loving memory of Robin Williams, I shall set the baseline with his face:

Does a beard help to create noise to draw attention away from a persons mouth, or does it highlight it?
What type of beard will help to draw attention away from the mouth area, and what type of beard will highlight it?
Does it depend on the colour of the facial hair?
Does it depend on the contrast with the skin colour?
What should I focus on, and what should I avoid when drawing a beard into a portrait for this purpose?


texts: Found this in Malmö, Sweden. It means Malmö Power Plant and is from late 50s och early 60s. I have big trouble identifiering the font, particular the R and the E with the lowered centers bar.


texts: Are there any desktop fonts that look like integrated circuits?

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I´m looking for any fonts with integrated circuit aspect, similar to this image:

Or if that's not possible, could you tell me if there is a font that looks like old computers? Like in this image:

---------------------------  edited after Yisela´s answer

I like the first of Yisela, but I prefer any similar to this:

--- I always refer to FREE font. It´s for personal use.I don´t want to pay for it.


texts: how to combine two objects using path finder in illustrator?

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i want it to be like this

but when i click the minus front, both objects got cut out like this;

so how? how do you combine it like in the first picture?

here the 2 original objects before i click minus front;


texts: How wide should the word space after nobiliary particles be? (von, de la, …)

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Is it preferable to write a thin space after nobiliary particles (von, de la, …)?

Does for example Miguel de\,Cervantes y\,Saavedra look better than the standard width spaced equivalent?


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I'm trying to create 1 pixel wide borders for some web buttons.
I've tried to use the GIMP path tool to do this but I can't figure out how to get it looking right. See attached image.

1 - copied from a button I found on a web-page. This is what I want - single pixel horizontal and vertical lines with feathering on the curved bits.

2 - path that I used to generate the images on the right.

3 - with no antialiasing. No good as too jaggy and corners not smooth.

4 - with anti-aliasing. Straight lines are too fuzzy as they are 2 pixel wide rather than 1.

Is there a way to do this with the path tool or any other way with the GIMP, or should I try some alternative to the GIMP?


texts: New brush strokes keep changing the opacity/color of previous strokes

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In the image below, I showcase the problem:

Brush strokes change color when covering each other/interacting,  when I go over the same area in more than one stroke, things  get "whitened" and I'm using the simple hard round brush. What can I do to stop that, is there a way to solve this problem so that I get a smooth, consistent look with multiple strokes? Thank for your help!


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I want to create a nested style, which I could apply to all of the first uppercase letters within the paragraph. For example: "Joe goes to school. Lara works at home. George sleeps a lot". I want those first uppercase letters "J", "L", "G" to be different, want to add some rule which will not apply to other letters in that first word of the sentence.

How can I set that style? I've already created the character style which I want, but I can't figure out the rule of the nested style.


texts: How to decrease size of smart object in Photoshop

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I downloaded a website showcase mockup, which uses smart objects for the screen layers of a monitor and a smartphone to make it easier to place designs. I need to decrease the size of the smartphone screen layer but am finding that when I do this and then paste a website design, a blank border around the image is added in the final mockup instead of the image being stretched to cover the whole layer.

I don't have much experience in using smart objects, so any help would be appreciated.


texts: Is there a way to swap objects in Photoshop?

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In Photoshop CS6 I have a lot of (smart) objects perfectly spaced out but in the wrong order.
All the objects are the same size.

Is there a way to swap the location of a object with another one?
Would save me loads of time.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Replaced selection with channel, can't edit selected area

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I am familiarizing myself with GIMP using an online tutorial. The tutorial showed me how to use the selection editor to save my selection to a channel (using the button I circled in red). Then, after deselecting all, I was able to replace my current selection with the previously created channel (button circled in green).

Once I restore the selection in this way, I'm unable to do some of the same operations I could do when I made the selection initially. For instance, I'm unable to hit Ctrl+X to cut out the red portion of the image. Clicking back inside the image does not put things back to normal, and neither does hitting the escape key. Is there something I need to do so that I can edit my selection as usual?

Additional info:

If I deselect all and manually create a new selection after following the steps listed above, I still can't perform the usual edits.


texts: Best practices for exporting images from vector / eps artwork

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I'm taking my first steps into the waters of vector design, designing a simple logo (in 'Sketch' for mac - an illustrator alternative).

This went well until it came time to export the artwork for a web site. I took an eps to Fireworks, then created a PNG for the web site.

It wound up looking more 'jaggy' than I expected, and this is when I started to wonder whether I was doing things right.

What size/resolution do you import an eps logo into Fireworks (or Photoshop) at? The same size you want to end-graphic to be, or do you import as a larger size and shrink it down in Photoshop so it looks better?


texts: Indesign: how to style a paragraph so that it will occupy no vertical space in the document flow (similar to "float" in css)

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I am laying out a book that has line numbers on every fifth line. I want it to look like this:

line #    text line text line text line text line text
          text line text line text line text line text
          text line text line text line text line text
          text line text line text line text line text
          text line text line text line text line text
line #    text line text line text line text line text
          text line text line text line text line text
          ...

In my opinion the line number does not belong to the same line with the poem. So it is a paragraph. Then what I have is this:

line #
text line text line text line text line text
text line text line text line text line text
text line text line text line text line text
text line text line text line text line text
text line text line text line text line text
line #
text line text line text line text line text
text line text line text line text line text
...

What I did is:

I gave some left indent to all the text
I gave some space before to the paragraph style of text lines
I gave no space before, no left indent and a negative baseline shift to the line numbers

so i ended up with this:

line #    text line text line text line text line text
          text line text line text line text line text
          text line text line text line text line text
          text line text line text line text line text
          text line text line text line text line text

line #    text line text line text line text line text
          text line text line text line text line text
          ...

Although this seems to work, there remains a space between every fifth line. and I feel there should be a better / more elegant way to do this.

Any ideas?


texts: How can I edit an image so it doesn't come up on google images search

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I am building an online game that works with images. The user has to guess who's in the altered image that the website displays. So far so good just that if the user does a google search for the image he can find the answer within seconds.

How should I alter the image in order to get it off the google images search?

EDIT: The images I use are already available on google. eg: Barrack Obama. We use images of well known people in our game. That's why I wanted to edit them and avoid the google search


texts: How to create a document with alternating (left and right) master pages without working in spreads?

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I am creating a large pricelist with multiple (15) master pages (for example, pages 1–10 have Master A and 10–20 have master B and so on). The end result will bee a saddle-stitched booklet that the printer would like as a single page PDF, but my problem is that I can not use the benefit of left and right master pages unless I use spreads in my document.

So my problem:

If I want the odd and even pages to have alternating master layouts (i.e., so the page number is always in the outside corner of the booklet), I need to set up the document in spreads (or facing pages) then I do not have get bleed down the centre of the spread from page to page which I need when sending through to the printer.

Is the only way to do this by creating master pages for the left and then for the right and then applying them manually to the document?

I hope this made some sense, as it confused me even trying to explain.

EDITED QUESTION:

So if I were to change the document to have facing pages (which it does not currently because I wanted to have bleed on all sides). Remembering when it comes to printing (as the document is going to be saddle-stitched) the pages on the working document will not be on the same sheet in the booklet.

If I am to have the 3mm inner bleed the example below shows what happens, as expected it picks up the opposite page on the spread (which for printing purposes would not be on the same sheet):

If I take off the inner bleed and have no bleed at all (see image below), yes this does work but then the document has no bleed on one side (the right in this example):

Maybe I am getting too caught up with bleeds, but for the sake of having bleed on all sides? Anything that I am missing here?


texts: Which tools are used to create illustrations for the web?

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I have seen quite a few great illustrations placed as headers or footers, for example, see this or this. I was wondering which tools are used to make such illustrations. Can I create this kind of images in Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator? Are they made by using the pen tool?. I'm asking this because I have read some comments complaining about the difficulty to create a nice drawing in Photoshop.

I've also seen discussions related to vector drawings as opposed (I guess) to bitmaps drawings. What is the difference between each other in relation to web design?

Thanks in advance.


texts: How to I turn an image into an anulus/ring?

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I want to turn an image (png) into an anulus/ring, so that it wraps around. See the picture.
I'm not sure how to describe what I want more precisely, so I have not been able to find anything by searching, etc.
Any help would be great!
I have Inkscape, but I'm not committed to using it if there's an easier method.


texts: How to prevent Illustrator CS6 to save internal PDF in AI files

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Illustrator AI files have the ability to save a copy of the artwork as PDF internally in the same AI file. That option (saving internal copy of PDF) make the AI file bigger but it have some advantage like native opening PDF/AI in both illustrator/Acrobat. my question is how to stop saving PDF copy internally in all my AI files in Illustrator CS6?

ps. I know its presented in the Save AS dialog box as [create compatible PDF file] my question is how to make this option off by default.


texts: Batch find and replace text in multiple PDFs

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Ive got a folder with 100's of 1 page PDFs.

The PDFs all have a footer in them, in which there is a typo.

I want to essentially run a batch find and replace across all the PDFs to fix the typo.

I do not have the original source files the PDFs where generated from, but i do have Adobe Acrobat Pro DC (latest version) as part of creative cloud.

Is there any way i can do this, using Acrobat or other software ?

Ive found this video on a work around, but for 100s of PDFs this would involve too much manual work.


texts: I want to start designing iOS app UI in Photoshop but I can't find up-to-date tutorials and informations about document resolution, ppi of document, getting retina ready and complete guide for it. Does anybody know any good tutorials?


texts: What would be the workflow for performing the same steps for multiple images in photoshop?

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I am expecting a job where I have to perform the same steps for many similar images, i.e. removing the background form the subject (sushi items), crop the image to the size of the subject, then resize it. I want to place the images later in the flyer that I prepared in illustrator already.

There are more than 60 items in the flyer, and I think it is not very smart to reapeat all the steps manually for every image, so I hope there is maybe a smarter way to finish this task.

I was thinking about loading every image in photoshop in a different layer, mask the background for every layer, resize all layers and than crop the image the final size. After that export all layers to png. Would this be a good way to do it?


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I have no idea if this should be created here but I have a simple question, anyone knows how to generate a skill strength meter similar to the one shown below

All the help is really appreciated, thanks.


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Please can anyone help me. I have been searching for hours using all sorts of font finder applications and cannot figure out what this font is! Could anyone please help?

PS Additional logo example


texts: If I directly add a Column/Frame Break after Paragraph break. it would be create a new line to place the break. I can't style 2 breaks in one line. The Keep Options do not like that but I should set them in the Paragraph styles. Anyone have better ideas?


texts: Is there a way to remove pixelation in an image from the web?

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I have an image that I got from the web for personal use. It got saved as a .png file. I am trying to enlarge it in Illustrator without the individual pixels getting larger or it getting pixelated, but I can't figure out how.

Example:

I thought there might be a way to convert the image to a vector, or paths, but I can't find any thing. I have tried the Image Trace tool to vectorize it, but it still has pixelation.

Keep in mind that I am using Illustrator CS5.


texts: How to preserve image quality with reduced size in Adobe Photoshop PDF output

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i'm a newbie in photoshop and i want to create a PDF output from my PSD file , the problem is when i set best settings in save as PDF i get a very good quality but the file is a little big about 8MB for the pdf ==> i don't know if the printer can print this file because it's take a time to get loaded in a pdf reader (adobe & foxit)

the second solution i have done is by choosing to save as pdf in minimal size i get less than 1 mb for the pdf but the image quality is terrible

update : the document that i'm working in is a CV/RESUME so i need to post it on the web for jobs interviews that way i need less size for the outputted PDF.
Any hints ?  thanks .


texts: Convert Photoshop Shape into Path, so I can delete certain points of the shape?

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I made a custom shape using the 'custom shape' tool in photoshop. I want to convert this to a path so that I can delete certain points from the shape and make a new shape.

How do I do that?


texts: Placing a PSD file in AI CS3 renders unsatisfactory effect results

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I'm laying out a composition in AI CS3, using a placed PSD file, and I'm getting not satisfactory results per the effects overlay quality. I hope you'll be able to help me out.

Image 1: This is the PSD file: 2 layers: (1) a blue background and (2) a piece of plastic with multiplied drop shadow.

Image 2: Now, I remove the background layer and save the PSD file that contains only the plastic frame with the Drop Shadow effect

Image 3: Then I place it into AI CS3 composition, which has its own background object (a rectangle filled with identical blue). The shadow result is mediocre, even though the entire chain seems to be CMYK all the way through.

What can I do to get the same results in AI?


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I'm doing a data merge for a letter. In the data file there is a column for "title" (Mr., Mrs., Dr. etc.) So I set up my InDesign document with:<<title>> <<first>> <<middle>> <<last>> with spaces in between each. However, some of the names in the mailing list do not have a "title" so when the merge is completed, it leaves the space that would be between "title" and "first" like this:
 John Doe
1234 Anystreet
Anytown, USA
I need to remove the space at the beginning of the name line so it will line up with the address. I felt like this would be a good use of GREP, but I don't have a lot of experience with writing expressions. It doesn't seem like it would be that difficult. Can someone help me?


texts: Exporting work from AI and placing into PSD for photo mockup - proper method/settings?

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I am trying to improve my photo quality for products by reexamining my method of placing Illustrator-made designs into Photoshop.

For example, if I'm mocking up the look of a notepad, I photograph a blank one, edit the image in Photoshop, and then export the artwork from Illustrator.

Currently I export is as a PNG using "export as" and save it at 600ppi with the anti-aliasing set as art optimized, background transparent, using artboards to keep the size if the work doesn't go to the edge. I place it into Photoshop as a smart object and use the transform tools to line everything up with the notepad in the image.

Sometimes I'll apply smart filters, change the blending, etc. to make it look more printed rather than placed over the photo.

I really like this method because I only have to do this once and can then use replace contents for new designs.

I'm trying to improve this method for two reasons:

At 100% the placed artwork looks fine, but when zoomed in you can
quickly see the jagged/stepped lines on everything. The color breaks
down as well, which actually isn't such a problem at the moment as it
gives it a more printed look, but the edge quality is a big problem.
The new site I'm using these images for shows a very zoomed in
option so it's important to have them clear.
I'd be happy just to fix the line quality issue but while I'm here, I'd also love to have the placed artwork pick up the texture as well as subtle shadow of the paper behind. I've tried every blending mode and so far Multiply has been great for letting the shadows show but that's it. For items that have a solid background with no transparency, I'd love to have the texture show through so that they look more realistic. Again, this is a secondary problem but I'd really like to improve my system.

I'm using CC 2018 for both programs and final images are exported using PS save for web, usually JPEG set to high/quality:60, 1500x1300px.

I've included a screenshot of the edge quality below.

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texts: Pantone Zone - Can I get away without the bridge?

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thanks for reading. I looked through the other questions/answers but couldn't figure out my answer.
I have designs for three labels in Illustrator for printing on bottle labels and packaging for those bottles. Can I get away with just using the regular formula guide by setting the color to be "perfect" on my monitor and flipping through the formula guide swatches to match that color visually - holding the colors swatches literally up to the screen to compare? Or is it a better idea to just deal with it, and get the bridge?
Thank you!


texts: How to print on paper without any kind of margins

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I have been designing my own calendar and other things like this. They are minimalistic and don't contain any images.

I want to print them without any margins, so that my design fills the entire A4 page. But the program I'm using doesn't allow this (don't judge me, I use excel).

What program should I be using for this?


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I am a beginner with FontForge and I would like to know:

Whit is the best logic to create classes.
I mean: I have to kern, say, VA but Va too. Obviously, I have to kern a lot of other glyphs with a. But the first class I created is composed by all glyphs to kern together with V, and the second one by other glyphs, including a, to kern with other glyphs and with different    features. Which is the more efficient logic to create these classes?

I create a (left) class with F and P, and a pairing (right) class with some other glyphs as a, o and r with a certain kerning. After, I create another (left) class with T, and a paring (right) class with some other glyphs as u, y and again r with different kerning. But FontForge tells me that r is already in use and I must delete it from one of the two classes. So, do I have to delete r from both previous classes and create a new, third class only with r to pair it with both left classes in different ways?
Same for some glyphs followed by comma? It's evident that n. generally is okay without kerning, while r., w. or y. need different spacing. The same for a hyphen between o-o and n-n: If the spacing is the same, it looks okay between the two o, but not between the two n. Which is the most economical way to handle these situations?
For apostrophe in my font has generally a too large space on the right, which is the way to apply the kerning to all glyphs that follow the  apostroph itself? Is there a wildcard like * in Bash?


texts: Is vectorizing an image copyright infringement if the image is not CC/Public domain?

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Is it okay to vectorize this image to make a poster out of it even though the image is not Creative Commons or anything like that? I'm not using any part of the image directly and only going to use it as a guide to make my own SVG version.

This is the image:

Here is original Image.

It says that it is CC licensed but the original NatGeo one isn't, I don't think.

I don't plan to make money off it or anything, I just want a nice poster and the quality of the original isn't that good.


texts: How do I limit the number of colors in Adobe Illustrator?

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I am trying the limit the number of colors used in my Adobe Illustrator file. I’ve created 10 swatches with specific colors that I’d like to use. I want all the colors in my illustration to change to be one of these 10 colors. One of my 10 colors should be automatically assigned based on the color value of the original color to match the original color as close as possible. (Similar to how “adaptive” color setting works when saving a GIF file)
Thanks for your help!


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I'm looking for an application/tool to easily create a mock GUI. This GUI will be used by users to control home devices remotely. They can login to a website or use an application to view/control devices. The GUI should look good, but nothing very fancy. It should have checkboxes, lists, radio buttons etc.

The important thing is that since this is just a mock, it should be quick to prepare. While I am a programmer and know C, Python, I would prefer something where I can just drag and drop elements and make a website GUI rather than code.

The software/tool must be free or very cheap. I thought of Dreamweaver, but it's expensive and I guess I'd need a small learning curve (CSS, HTML..)

What should I choose?


texts: How can I improve the design of the 'Show Phone Contacts' dialog in my app?

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In the add contact dialog, I am suppose to add a button/link that will take the user to a view that shows the saved phone contacts.

I know that the Show Phone Contacts >> view pretty much sucks here for my required purpose but I have no idea what else to do with it.


texts: How to match up map shapes of different map projections, in Illustrator?

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In Illustrator, I've got vector map data that I want to match up to a map of Australia that I've pulled from Open Street Map (OSM).

Problem is, the map my data is on is a different map projection. OSM is Web Mercator, my data is on a different map projection.

I think my best bet for lining up the two maps and my map data is to use something like Photoshop's Warp tool.

I don't want the data to be rasterised though, so I figure I need to edit it in Illustrator.

Does Illustrator have a similar tool for editing shapes? I tried the Illustrator Warp tool, but it just seemed to move selected anchor points, rather than a 'mesh' of the selected art.

Any other suggestions for matching up the maps would be helpful, too!

If it's possible to do in Inkscape, I'm happy to use that, too.


texts: Images get blurry when i resize for web/email

texts: I'm trying to reduce this image for an email design. But when i reduce the size for web, it get's blurry (I attached a screenshot of how blurry it is on my phone). This is the first time ever running into this problem. What am I doing wrong???


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I have to process a lot of pictures for a website. The smaller the better but the quality has to stay good. Now I know that image file sizes differ depending on the dimension, colors, meta data... But is there a way to process pictures for web and have them all at about the same size?

I use "Save for web" JPG and PNG/GIF depending on the image. Then I might run it through TinyJPG/PNG (since the quality will sometimes drop dramatically). But my results vary greatly from 100KB to 650KB (same dimensions, the image is also kinda similar in terms of color).

Is it all in the meta data? Can I somehow strip it off (should I strip it off)? I'm at a loss, since I also can't explain why some pictures get such small file sizes but others don't.

Should I change something in my process?

Any help will be appreciated!


texts: Repeating image in a path with smaller to bigger effects in Illustrator

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I recently started studying Illustrator and I just would like to ask how can I do a pattern similar to the image below

I am looking at the STAR, and I just would like to ask how to create that effects from small to big.  And it seems that it is on a path.

I only rely on using the net for teaching myself so I do not have any formal training.

This is my first post so please be gentle if my question is very novice. :)

Hope the community would accept newbie wannabe designer's like me.
Thanks


texts: Text in Sketch App: Character spacing to code

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I'm using Sketch app 46.2 and am creating a UI mockup where I'm changing the character spacing of some text to 0.2 (the default is 0) but I don't know how to communicate this to developers.

How do I translate this into an HTML/CSS specification that they'll understand? Thanks.


texts: Special unicode characters in Illustrator CS6?

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I'm trying to copy the Unicode character ♭ (U+266D) into Adobe Illustrator CS6, but it's not showing up correctly. It shows up as a tall rectangle with an X inside.

Mac Keynote and other apps have no problem displaying the character. How can I get it to show up correctly in Illustrator?


texts: Inconsistent Leading WIth Auto and Non-Auto Settings

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I just want there to be even leading between lines in my text box, but the leading between the first two lines is always greater even when I change the leading from Auto to a fixed number. I have also revealed hidden characters and there are Paragraphs between all my lines, so it isn't like a soft return issue. Not sure what is going on. Thanks!

Sorry the text changed but I have the same problem here. I have attached images of me selecting all of the text including special characters in case you think I am fibbing you.


texts: Standard Event Poster Size (North America)

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I'm designing my first poster for a promoter for a local bar and.. well.. I don't know what size to make the poster!  What is the standard size for an event poster (such as one for a band) in North America?

Is it 11" x 17" ?


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I've been using the demo for Cinema 4D R19 Studio without registering it and had no problems. Today, I registered it, so that I could save the file but now I can't select my model.

Left clicking does not select anything in the view port, but when I click and drag the perspective camera rotates around the point I'm clicking.

The model is an exported model from a different 3D program, but I have changed nothing on the model between using the demo unregistered and registered.

Even if I create a cube in a different file, I cannot move or select it within the viewport. If I click the movement handles and drag up, the camera just zooms in. Something must have changed during the registration. I've even tried deleting the preferences to reset them.

Did some feature get activated now that I need to turn off? I've been searching the internet for a while now and can't find anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT:
Updating my Graphics Card did the trick.


texts: Illustrator: Disabling random layer colors?

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Creating new layers automatically assigns random layer colors in the Layers Panel.

Is there any workaround for having new layers assigned the same color (e.g. Red)?


texts: Is there a way to change the viewing size of artboards in pdf?

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I am creating a stationery set in illustrator, consisting of a letterhead, an envelope and a business card. When I save it as a pdf, the artboards do not align to the same margins. What I want to accomplish is, all my artboards having the same width in pdf format. However, I don't want to change the actual width my artboards need to have. They have to be the size necessary for printing. I want the effect to be purely for viewing, as shown in these images.

What I want:

What I have:

Is this at all possible? I have tried looking for an answer on the internet but all I get is changing the actual size of my artboards. Thanks.


texts: How to edit text in Scribus 1.4.7 document created from template?

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I spent 4 hours creating a document layout for a resume using Scribus. I'm new to Scribus, but I picked it up pretty easily through tutorials. I created two master pages (one for a first page, and one for all others) and when I was satisfied with the design, I saved it as a template. But, when I do "New From Template" it creates a document, but I am unable to edit the new document text. In fact, text frames are somewhat selectable, but not editable.

I can bring up the story editor and I can edit text in the attached master pages. But, I cannot edit text in the actual page itself!

This doesn't seem to be an issue with Story Editor like others have had. The main symptom is that -- even after I've closed the "Edit Master Pages" dialog, and then clicked on a regular page in the outline, "Edit Text" is grayed out in the Edit menu, and there is no way to access that option at all from right-clicking a text frame in my document.

I hope that helps clarify what I am experiencing. I've heard Scribus had some problems, but I've been impressed so far with what it can do. It's just this bug or whatever that is preventing me from going any further and I don't want to recreate everything from scratch. Isn't that what master pages and templates were supposed to help one avoid?

What am I doing wrong?

I'm not sure what information is needed to troubleshoot this further, but I can tell you my system:

My System

Windows 10 64-bit Home
Scribus 1.4.7

Original question in case somebody edits it:

  How to edit text in Scribus 1.4.7 after in new document created from template?


texts: How to change the animation speed per 'state' in Adobe Fireworks

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I want to know how to alter the animation speed of some text appearing across a banner.  The default is too fast.

I'm trying to set the duration of time that each state shows for.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Editorial Design: General recommendations for leading?

texts: In the context of editorial design, by which I mean the type setting of running text; Is there a set of general recommendations for the amount of leading that should be applied in relation type size? (similar to Friedrich Forssman's recommendations for tracking in relation to type size)


texts: Automating the masking of a moving object on a static background image? (image to alpha?)

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Say I have a still background image. And I have a number of images where a hand comes into the foreground infront of that background image and moves around.

If I wanted to mask that hand out of the image and turn the background to alpha is there an easier way to do this than traditional masking using bezier curves/magic wands?

In other words can I set a background image to alpha like I can a static colour (i.e. white background with image moving around).

I don't have access to Photoshop, I use Gimp and other freeware programs. Preferably a method that use one of these, but if there is a method using a pay-per-use program please let me know the name and other keywords so I can use it when searching for an alternative.


texts: How to change a flat 2D png image into an image with more depth, similar to the animated Disney images?

texts: I created a puppy out of lines and shapes in Illustrator CC. It is rather flat and I am trying to make it somewhat more 3-dimensional, similar to the images created by Disney. Is there a way to do this manually, or is there a program (preferably free) that I could use?)


texts: Why should I make reponsive templates in Photoshop?

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I am a designer and currently working on responsive web templates in Photoshop.
I started to learn responsive designs just now after seeing its market need.
As I am a designer so I started to try in Photoshop, but a developer told me that it's a developing thing and it can easily be managed using software like Bootstrap (etc).

Now I am a little bit confused.

Do I need to learn this or should I keep designing only Adaptive templates?
Is the market REALLY in need of responsive PSDs?


texts: Is there any low cost way to Calibrate my display?

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I'm using Apple cinema display model number A1316 27 inches. I think it is from 2010.

I'm making User Interface for mobile app and we also plan to make some marketing collateral (some printed brochurse and packaging etc.)

Should I calibrate my cinema display (it has never been calibrate before)? if I should, should I use X-Rite ColorMunki Display (http://www.xrite.com/colormunki-display) or I should go for X-Rite i1 (https://www.xrite.com/i1solutions-color-management). I do not have much money will X-rite ColorMunki Display be sufficient enough for my work?

Or is there other brand or product that is better and cheaper than these product?

is the spectracal brand also suitable for my work which model? The Datacolor S5X100 Spyder5EXPRESS also interesting. Which one to choose?


texts: I am working on a page someone else created as a master page, and want to add a text box to the page. I created the box and placed my text in it, but the text is not visible. If I drag the text box off the page and then drag it back on, the text is visible for less than a second then disappears again. Any thoughts?