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I'm trying to learn Adobe Illustrator. I'm making an outline of a medieval shield, looking something similar to the following. (We're not going for perfection, just learning the tool, so ignore all the rivets and gradient, as well as the inset on the front.)

I started with a rectangle, added two circles to cut out the top, then added a triangle as a guide, made arcs at the bottom, chopped the rest of the rectangle and triangle with Shape Builder, and now I'm stuck. The entire shape you see is one linked path.

I can't figure out how to get the little wings off the side of mine, as shown below in yellow.

Can you help me with the vocabulary so I can Google the appropriate tool to learn about?

Bonus Question: I keep thinking it would be very nice to just be able to move the vertexes of the shape so I could make the top points more pointy, and draw the bottom portion out a bit to be a bit more pointy, but I haven't yet found how to do that either in Illustrator. Is there a way to move the vertexes of shapes in Illustrator?

I am very new to this, so please use simple words or pictures.

Update:
Thanks to your help, I've got something going. While not professional, at least it's something:

Also, note, as mentioned below, there are multiple selection tools. The Direct Selection tool (white arrow) allows you to grab and move vertexes.

Lastly, for whatever reason I don't yet understand, after saving my file and re-opening it, the little yellow-marked "wings" were no longer attached to the main shield. In any case, I threw away the old one and made one as shown below, and it was much easier.


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I am trying to reproduce this image as SVG:

It was made in Photoshop simply by creating a rounded rectangle and setting an inner bevel layer style, downward.  (It's a bit hard to see on this site, as it is meant to typically be shown on a darker background, but the beveled border is there.)

Is it possible to reproduce this effect with SVG?  I have experimented with setting a stroke with gradient, but it doesn't seem to look correct.  I am using Inkscape, but I can also get access to Illustrator or edit the SVG file directly.  Any help with getting the border style correct (or close to it) would be most appreciated.  Thanks!


texts: Is there a way to center text/images without multiple clicks on items?

texts: I was wondering if there is a way to center images/text without needing to click multiple items? Usually i will need to click multiple items in order to be able to align things. I am in a situation where i just want text in the center and i have nothing else to align it with. Is there any way with grids or something?


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Photoshop changes the place during typing. When I try to type ”17. March 2014”, it write "March 2014 .17"

I can't explain well, so I made a video. http://monosaal.com/wtf.mov

Does somebody know how I get Photoshop back to normal? I uninstalled and installed it back, but it still doesn't work.

SOLVED THE ISSUE

I talked to the tech support and I set my Photoshop back to default settings.

Find the Photoshop Settings folder in ~/library/Preferences and then rename it. Open Photoshop and everything is set to default.


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I traced a bitmap and after some tweaks I have what you can see in the image below (it's a detail of the whole canvas). As you can see some small gaps exist in the middle of the PCB traces. All the image is a single path.

Is there a way I can fill/delete all these small gaps automatically, while not affecting the middle of those big circles?

A sample in SVG format can be found here.


texts: What is the story behind the old popular picture of a cook with OK sign?

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I saw this illustration many times in my childhood (post USSR Russia) on VEGETA package and some other food products not related to VEGETA.

Now I found this (or close to this) image as a logo for Starburns Industries.

So what is the story behind this image?


texts: I've got some svg/ai files that I'd like to turn into an emoji font. Is there a way to do this? Every time I try to import into FontLab, it only imports as a black and white glyph.


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I am a recently graduated graphic designer. I would like to know if there are any worthwhile websites that I could present my portfolio and receive or look for job offers.

I have came across the following freelancewebsites by searching the web that seem to meet my criteria:

DesignCrowd
Design Week: Freelance jobs
oDesk: Freelance Graphic design Jobs Online
Craigslist (the most famous website for people seeking for employers and employees)

I've also found two articles providing reviews on these types of sites:

50 Freelance Job Sites For Designers & Programmers – Best Of
17 Great Websites to Find Freelance Jobs

I am new to the online freelance market. As a result, I don't have any clue which websites are mainstream for graphic designers and illustrators (which are my specialties). It's not immediately discernible to me which sites are the ones that are not a scam and are also good place for establishing myself.

I'm mainly looking for the resources that experienced designers are familiar with. I'm looking to narrow it down to the ones that have been used by those established in the industry. As a result I decided to consult the matter here and ask for input.


texts: InDesign - Can't see purple alignment lines in CS6

texts: In InDesign CS5 I could draw a text box, drag it on page, and see purple lines that helped me align. Where did they go in CS6? I don't see them as I drag text boxes. Ideas?


texts: Why is there a single line of blank pixels between my touching shapes?

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I'm working on a specification sheet for a tech company and they have a graphic that's used in a lot of their branding that I'm trying to incorporate.

It's two trapezoids that meet and form angular patters near the edges of pages.

In this design, I'm having them meet at exactly the center of the pages to form the footer.

this example is from the cover page, so it's extra large

I checked and double checked and my shapes are exactly edge to edge. No space in between.

However, I noticed that when people at the company were printing test pages, a blank line (equally probably 1 pixel or less) appeared between the shapes in exactly the center of the page.

In InDesign, I can see this line, but only if I zoom in a ridiculous amount (1600% or more).

I'm wondering if this is happening because the shapes meet in the exact center of the page.

The spec sheets are a single page design so there's not exactly a gutter.

I tried adding a stroke to the shapes, but that rounds out the point, which wouldn't match the branding element well enough.

Any ideas on why this is happening or how I can fix it?


texts: How can I easily separate components of a Kanji character in Illustrator?

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Background

I would like to highlight individual components of Kanji characters with different colours.

So far, I have been able to successfully re-colour several characters by using the 'Expand Object' feature to transform the characters into vector shapes and manually change the fill using the 'Live Paint Bucket'.

Problem

For most characters, the component (in this case 貝
) is isolated from the rest of the character so it is very easy to adjust.

In the illustration below you can see the parts highlighted in green are separate and those highlighted in red and joined with the rest of the character.

I have tried using the knife and scissor tools but they don't give a clean result.

It is particularly hard to separate the parts as they are compound shapes (there are two white rectangles in 貝 for example).

Below I have shown roughly where I would like to divide the character as an example.

I have tried many different typefaces but they all have this problem.


texts: GIMP How to make existing gif background transparent

texts: I have the following gif, how to make the grey background transparent if not white?


texts: How to come up with color palette for a game

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I am trying to come up with a color palette for my game. The game is similar to Hearthstone (trading card game). I have broken down the requirement to 3 palettes ...
1. Palette for background elements.
2. Palette for main elements (that will be used in game interactions like cards, effects).
3. Palette for UI elements (menus/info for the player).

Googling different palettes gives me individual pallets for each element but how to come up with 3 palettes that are harmonious to each other?

Are there other factors that I should consider as well?

Thanks!


texts: In Photoshop, how can I manipulate flat text in a 3D environment while keeping text editable?

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As shown in this image, I have a stock photo of a calendar (viewed from an angle).

I then created a layer of text using a handwriting font.

I've been trying to use the 3D mode within Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 to adjust the perspective of the handwriting layer so that it almost looks like it's written directly onto the calendar.

However, I'm unable to edit the text after this 3D manipulation.

Here is what I did: I created the text layer, selected it, then Window > 3D > Create New 3D Object > Source is Selected Layer > Type is "3D Postcard".

But now the layer has a cube icon (it's now a 3D layer?) and doesn't seem to be editable text anymore.

Is there a way to edit text after manipulating it within 3D space? If yes, how?


texts: How to mask in Illustrator then use in After Affects aswell

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I am trying to do this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z58VpFg30k.
Basically it has a circle and uses a mask to create holes in it and animate it.
I was wondering if I could import circles from illustrator with masks over it and animate it as well. If so could someone tell me how I can make the mask in Illustrator as well which I can animate in AE. Thank you


texts: What is the widest character in the "Helvetica Neue" font?

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Possible Duplicate:
  what is the largest glyph width in Arial?

Doing some web design and I need to give a div a specific size. However, I do know how many characters are in the text box, so what's the widest character that could possibly go in there. If there's none, are all the characters in Helvetica Neue equal width?


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When I draw a rectangle, the bounding box covers also the stroke, unlike Illustrator that keeps it on the vector path.

How to deal with this problem? See attachment for a better understanding.


texts: Photoshop CC 2015.5: Replace one image in a series of copied linked files

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I'm working on a screen layout that has a bunch of linked images. They are all copies of an original that I was using FPO until I had final images. Now that I have the right image, if I choose "Relink to File…" for one of the images, it replaces all of the images.

It seems like the only solution is to import a new image, resize it, and clip it to match the image already in place. Is there no way to break the link between the placed image copies so that I can relink them one at a time?


texts: How to fade two images together in Sketch

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Is it possible in Sketch3 to do a mask w/ a gradient to make these two images seemless? Basically this technique (for photoshop) http://www.wikihow.com/Fade-One-Image-Onto-Another-in-Photoshop

...how do I do this in Sketch 3?


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Photoshop has the feauture "Generate Image Assets" that can automatically save PNG files upon every action (brush stroke etc.).
Can Krita save the image as PNG automatically after each change?
Krita Batch Exporter comes close to this, but seems to require pressing a button every time.


texts: How to work with Apple's Design Resources in Photoshop

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what I am trying to do is to create a custom document icon for my app. Apple provides design resources that can be downloaded here: https://developer.apple.com/design/resources/#macos-apps
If you download "macOS 11 (Beta) Download for Photoshop" you will find this document:

However I am not able to export the icon(s) from Photoshop because they always come with this grey background and a transparent body, even if I use the image assets generator:

What do I have to do in Photoshop to get everything ready and export the icons with a transparent background, white body and my custom icon?
Cheers
Daniel


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I am doing a project in my woodwork class and I need to split a design (in Illustrator) into multiple parts so that it can fit into the laser cutter.

This is the design i used:

Next I simply put it into Illustrator and deleted the pieces on it (after a live trace) and ended up with this:

Now I have finalized that, I need to split it into 6 equal parts (you can see based on the lines where one would split it into 6 equilateral parts) but i have no clue where to start...


texts: Making a PDF form accessible in Acrobat... what a nightmare!

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I have a basic 2 page form, converted from a word document.

I gather that I must use the TouchUp Reading Order panel to draw boxes around the content and specify its type (Text, Form Field etc) and order.

My main issue is that it keeps merging my boxes together e.g. sequential radio buttons get merged into one Form Field even though I have only drawn the box around one. It is incredibly frustrating.

I'm also unclear as to exactly what I should be selecting. Take this for example:

14 is a radio button which I assume is to be Form Field, but what about 11 and 13, are these text or Form Field? And 12, which is a textbox, this is to be Form Field too right?

Appreciate any help


texts: Improving readability of evolutionary algorithm results

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One of my colleagues has results from an evolutionary algorithm that he wants to plot. The plot will be included in a paper he's writing and asked for advice. This is what he had in matlab:

I gave him the following advice:

The stroke length of the asterisks is about the same as that of the line dashes. Especially in the lower left and upper right corner of the graph this looks really chaotic, so I told him to remove the asterisks and use solid, thin lines instead.
intermediate yellow-ish plots are barely visible, so the yellow must go
Both low and high fitness values (plot color) have very similar gray values and couldn't be reproduced by print in grayscale. My advice was to use a different coloring, preferably gray or one that gracefully reduces to a meaningful outcome when printed.

The result:

How can we further improve this? The overall appearance is much less chaotic, but the message could be clearer: The darker plots depict better results, but they don't really stick out. Also regions where many plots are close to each other appear darker than the individual plots.

Of course, the color bar needs some annotation to clarify the meaning of dark and bright values (low, dark values mean a better result).

I'm not sure if the grid is helpful in this situation or not. It doesn't seems to obfuscate information.


texts: What should one ask when gathering graphic design requirements for a website

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I'm a software/web developer and recently we've been working with a graphic designer that lives in another state, so the contact with the client falls into my responsibility in all aspects, and one of those is gathering requirements that have to do with the website's design.

We've done some projects, but the distance is a little problematic for some clients and I've detected that this has to do with the initial requirement gathering (we can take care of minor graphic details, such as backgrounds, textures, photos, etc.), but for one project the designer actually had to redo the whole design from scratch.

The designer is very good, and I personally don't have problems when working with him remotely; in addition I haven't had any luck with local designers, so I want to make the most of this situation.

Given the context, my question is: when going with the client for the first time, what should I ask to grasp a complete sense of what the client wants? Some stuff I already ask is:

Are there any other websites you want us to take as a reference of what you want yours to look like?
Do you have any pamphlets or corporate image related material you want us to base our design on?
What is your target audience?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Adobe photoshop: Low DPI in color images but good in black and white

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I have problem with printing from Adobe photoshop. When I try to print some colour or grayscale image, the DPI on the paper is very bad, but when I convert the same image into black & white mode, DPI is correct on the paper.

It is even more weird because printed images have high resolution - about 4000x3000. (And I print to A4 paper)

My printer is Canon LBP 6670dn if it can help.

Is there any way, how to solve this problem?

Thanks in advance!


texts: how to add different colors to multiple segments in a circle

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I have created a circle and divided it into 4 sections via the pen tool.

My problem is that I am unable to completely fill the 4 sections in 2 different colors. Section 1 & 3 need to be completely in green while section 2 & 4 completely in blue. Right now what I am getting is clear in the attached image. What is the best possible solution to add color as required? Adding screenshot of the layers I am using as well.

I started using illustrator 2 days ago and one of the first things I have learnt is the pen tool and how to create such a circle in it hence quite new to this tool and domain :)

As per the first solution provided by WELZ I was able to get the desired color in segment 2 but 1,3 & 4 get colored by the same color when I want to add color to them individually as instructed in WELZ's solution.


texts: Why does it seem like difference and addition modes aren't complimentary?

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I followed most of the instructions on this question about getting the difference between two similar images, using an image with text, where I removed the text and recreated the object it was written on as though it never had the text, then I took the difference - it seems to have worked beautifully, but when I finish step 7, I'm left with a very ghostly equivalent of the words...

When I instead take the result of the "Copy Visible" step, which should be the difference between the original (B) and the version with the text removed (A), which appears to be just the text, and paste it into a third layer on top (I'll call it D, because it's different than the C in the other question), but with the mode in "Addition" instead of "Normal", overlayed on top of A (the background only), it shows the text as expected, but it's decidedly dimmer than I'd prefer.

I had expected to add the difference between the images back to the background, making what appears to be the complete original image, but it's not quite right...

I'm having trouble figuring out where the data I think should be there seems to be lost. I can get close to what I want by increasing the brightness and the contrast, and a small adjustment to colors, but why is it a problem to being with? is there a different mode I should use on one or both steps?


texts: Export separate layers as png from Photoshop

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I have 20 layers on Photoshop. Is there a simple way to get 5 different images without exporting them manually? I need them as separate files to feed into a script, and as of now I could only find a method to save the flattened image.
I'd also be fine with a gif that goes through the separate layers.


texts: Adobe Illustrator CS6: Finding a specific tool

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I am making an illustration of a hot air balloon in Adobe Illustrator CS6 through following this online tutorial. I am at the following stage in the tutorial:

This stage of the tutorial uses the Free Transform Tool. However there is a second menu, and there is another tool selected (see red circle in above image). I currently have the following:

I am not sure what the tool circled in red is and how to get it. Any insights are appreciated.


texts: How to get a non pixelated illustration upload to social media (mostly FB)?

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Intro: I'm not a GD, but bear with me.
I've been doing digital illustrations for a while and never had an issue with posting them anywhere, until this year.
I keep getting all my illustrations sort of blurred/pixelated every time I upload them to most social medias.
I use Illustrator CC. Most of the time I create my work on a CMYK file (just in case if I ever want it to print it), 300 ppi, align to pixel grid and then export it on RGB. Mostly on square format (20x20cms, I changed it to 1200px x 1200px as someone suggested those measurments me for fb)
This is driving me nuts. Believe me I've tried everything (save for web, save for microsoft office, jpg, png, different sizes and resolutions according to fb, tw, pinterest...) The only place they look great are tumblr or behance, since they don't compress anything, so far.
I'm ready to try everything one more time, for the sake of my images looking sharp.

Here's an example of what I'm suffering. Left one is the fb uploaded version. Right one the original, how it should look.

Help a girl out!
Thanks

Cecily


texts: Photoshop: Layers disappearing when select lower layer

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I am using Photoshop CS5 and am encountering an odd issue:

I have simply layer A sitting on top of layer B.

When I select layer B, layer A becomes invisible. The visable/non-visable icon (the eye) on the layers tab is not toggled, nor are the positions of the layers switching (they arnt covering each other anyway). There are no filters set for either layer. Simply, when layer A is not selected, it goes invisible. This is reversible if I click on the area where layer A should be - it then returns.

Tried restarting PS but it still occurs.

Does anyone know if there is a setting to stop this?

Thanks


texts: Photoshop plugin for cleaning line drawings?

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I'm a drawing newbie, trying to get past stick figures using Photoshop and a Wacom tablet, and I'm even more horrendous than with pen and paper.

I found PS's brush smoothing capability, which helps reduce jaggies.  Is there anything out there that can help join lines cleanly?  I'm spending forever trying to avoid/fix the small overruns and underruns that dog those of us unencumbered with conspicuous talent.


texts: How to fill inside of a text with an image-pattern?

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I want to fill the inside (white area) with a pattern
how do i get the pattern inside the text without it affecting the outline of the font?


texts: How do I define or deselect areas where the "Color to Alpha" effect should not be applied?

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I have an image where the background is white and there are various important components that are also white. I want to just change the background to alpha, but "Colors to Alpha" - by default - changes all the white to alpha.

Please help and thank you!


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Is there are way to change the amount a single increment on the mouse wheel zooms in the image when using Ctrl+Mouse_wheel_scroll to zoom.

I find that Gimp zooms too much per mouse wheel increment and I would like to reduce it.

I have found this to be a problem on both, Windows 10 and Ubuntu.


texts: How can I create a stretchable / scalable button texture with uneven edges?

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I'm trying to create a cloud image which can be resized without stretching, for an iPhone application.

There's a method in iOS called resizableImageWithCapInsets which allows me to specify a number of pixels from each edge I don't want stretched, but the issue there is that the 'bubbles' around the edge of the cloud would be stretched. I can't quite get my head around the best way to draw or create it, or how I'll stretch it when I get it into my application. I'm talking about something like this:

The bubbles on the sides of the cloud shouldn't stretch, but new ones will be created for however long / short the button needed to be. For example, if the button needed to be half the size of this image, only 2 of the bubbles would be shown, but if it needed to be taller, more than the 5 here could be, it'd add and remove them as necessary. I'd set minimum sizes so that at least one bubble would always be there, preventing issues if it got too small. The bubbles themselves can be tiled if need be.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can achieve such an effect, either from the perspective of software development or graphic design?


texts: I'm typesetting a long document with a lot of text, and sometimes paragraphs are breaking across pages seemingly randomly like in the screenshot. I tried to see if it had something to do with my paragraph styles & keep options, but apparently it doesn't. So I'm really confused why its doing this.


texts: Illustrator: copying an artboard to a new document

texts: I have a document with dozens of artboards. I would like to copy a single artboard into a new document, preserving its content and dimensions. What's the easiest way to do this?


texts: Why does Illustrator's font selector tool behave like this?

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Consider these 2 screenshots:

As you can see the Character is sometime expanded, but sometimes it is collapsed, which waste's 1-2 seconds (because you have to click the label and then the font window opens). Really irritating.

Why does it behave like this and is there any way to expand it?


texts: Has this constant wavy fill been hand drawn?

texts: This cover art features a curved wavy line that's used as a sort of fill.  It seems to precise to be handdrawn, but I've been unable to reproduce using patterns.  How might one go about creating something similar?


texts: Can I change an object from the master slide only for this slide?

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I have a presentation, and a set of masterslides. On the master slides I have some lines for a certain representation. The vertical location of these lines should be changed depending on the amount of text (and sometimes I also need less lines so I want to delete some). You can think of it as some kind of itemize-list using lines.

I am used to Indesign, where you can grab an object from the master with some key-combi (I think it was ctrl+shift). This way, you'll have the same objects, but you can move them.

Is there anything like this for powerpoint?


texts: How to create a pixelated gradient outline?

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Is there a way to add a pixelated gradient outline around a layer in Photoshop CC 2017?

I have tried using a stroke but each gradient layer is about 4 to 5 pixels in width. I need the each outline layer to be 1 pixel in width kind of like the top right image, which would be a pain in the *** doing the whole thing manually.


texts: In Illustrator, how do I paste in place one object on multiple artboards?

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My file has multiple artboards and I need to copy an object on one artboard and paste it in the same place on all the other artboards.

My co-worker showed me it once and I didn't write it down!


texts: Shrink down a curved path by a specific length

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Is there a way to shrink a curved path (with two open ends) down by a specific length in Adobe Illustrator?

I searched for hours now and still can't find a solution. Do you know any way to do it?


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I have some data I want to represent on a choropleth. It's a divergent data vector, but the data has an additional dimension that is a 2-value factor. Some states are "yes", some are "no". I'd like to simultaneously use two diverging color schemes for the data vector, one scheme for "yes" states and one for "no". The trick is to have all four extremes (yes/min, yes/max, no/min, no/max) be immediately distinct, particularly a four-way contrast that would be visible to the color blind. What choices would be optimal for my four "extreme" colors?

I think I need to explain what "diverging" means. A diverging color scheme is one with a "center". Values can be lower or higher than the center, but what is meaningful is specifically the relationship to the center. Thus, "low to high" is the wrong sort of color scheme to use.

Note: accessibility for color-blindness is preferred.


texts: How to make the Paintbrush tool and Pencil tool paths accurate to the image I am drawing

texts: When using the Paintbrush tool or pencil tool in Illustrator, the lines I draw aren't copying the image i've traced over. The paths look correct while i'm doing it initially, but as soon as I release the mouse it makes it's own organic shape from the shapes i've drawn. How do I stop this from happening?


texts: Exporting Sketch Artboards to InVision via Craft

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I marked an Artboard to be exported (as PNG, also tried PDF) to be exported to InVision and then syncing the Sketch file via the Craft plugin. I was expecting the Artboard to show up in the assets of the InVision prototype. But they are not. Any help on this? Or are full Artboards only exportable manually?

Is there anything else I might have forgotten?


texts: Are there any graphical tools to create and edit animated SVG images? Inkscape is great, but it does everything except animation. I created an image in Inkscape, then manually edited the XML to add animation properties; and this gave me what I wanted, but for slightly more complicated designs it can be very tedious.


texts: Large Format Design - Client needs 4x12 3up at 300dpi but under 300mb

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I’ve been working with an indie sign company the past two weeks, and currently we are working on a wood texture sign for a restaurant meant to be viewed from a driving distance/on the road. The sign is 4x12 feet, I have to use a photo texture as the background. The image I used was an 11x17 size scaled up and tiled side by side to try to reduce blur.
Client originally said 150dpi would be alright to print at, after I told him my program would not export it without crashing. Calls me today saying he opened it on his computer at 100% complaining that it’s blurry when I told him it would print fine. I told him again that I cannot export a 300dpi file at a total of 4x36 and stay within his 300mb file limit, but he’s asking me to try anyway and just send him a single image rather than a 3up.
My understanding is that with large format, it WILL look blurry at 100% or up close but look fine from the far distance he is intending it to be viewed at. Anything I can tell him? Or use to fix it? He said I can use ‘step and repeat’ to fix it but this will cause a visible tile effect at the small size the original is.


texts: I just started playing with GIMP and so far so good!! However when I use the colorize feature the image will not change color at all.  Here is a picture of my dilemma.


texts: Standard for testing Aesthetic conditions in software

texts: What standards do we need to follow while testing aesthetic conditions of a program? Is there any particular set of rules/standards to follow? That is, if we are writing test cases for a program, what do we need to keep in mind for testing? This is difficult because everyone has their own aesthetic sense.


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I've got this image. To take it I had to up expose the photo to make the house clearer and the sky which is already very pale has disapeared. Normally I would just magic wand the white sky and replace it with an image of some blue sky. The problem I'm having is all the gaps in the trees at the top left and right.

Is there a better approach to take when cutting around treelines? I suppose the same thing would go for hair etc ..


texts: How can I mockup a custom stripe fabric on a t shirt

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I am starting a clothing brand and I want to create mockups of stripe designs that I do in illustrator so I can have a realistic look at them. I tried many psd mockup templates but none of them enabled me to do the all over stripe pattern.

Thanks!


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Any of you who have at least little experience with graphic design software, photography or professional printing, must have -almost undoubtedly- have gone through this: 'the struggle' of RGB and CMYK colour spaces.

Now, there are many questions regarding matters of 'which should I choose', 'what is what' and converting problems, but that's not really what I'm after here.

As a graphic designer with only a couple of years of experience, I still have this struggle from time, and find the whole CMYK/RGB choosing/converting/saving situation quite confusing, to say the least. I do know that RGB is meant for digital end purposes, and CMYK is suitable for printing.

I have always been wondering about the neccesity of this whole thing. So, my question is: why are there these two colour profiles, instead of just having one?

Wouldn't it be a lot easier if printers or software could convert any RGB file to a CMYK printing document instead? I'm pretty sure it does already exist, by the way, because printing an RGB file sometimes simply prints the right colours for me. Alas, not always (doesn't seem to be related to the printer of software I print from).

I have gone trough some RGB vs. CMYK-related questions and found this, a.o., (on this page), an answer of user DKuntz2 (thanks DKuntz2):

  RGB is a light-based theory. All colors begin with black "darkness",
  to which different color "lights" are added to produce visible colors.
  RGB "maxes" at white, which is the equivalent of having all "lights"
  on at full brightness (red, green, blue).

  CMYK is a color-based theory. All colors start with white "paper", to
  which different color "inks" are added to produce output colors. CMYK
  "maxes" at black, at which point all "inks" are applied at 100% (cyan,
  magenta, yellow, black).

Not sure if this is entirely right, though, because some people disagreed with DKuntz2:

  I disagree. With RGB you start with black - the absence of light; with
  CMYK you start with white paper.

– e100

Although this does clarify the differences fairly well, I still don't see the point of the two colour profiles(/spaces)

Side question: What happens when you work in an RGB document in photoshop, then press ctrl+y? Photoshop says the document is RGB/8/CMYK, but it can't be both. Right?

EDIT:

Big thanks for the answers, the (current) three below are very informative and interesting. I understand the whole thing a bit better, although it's all very complicated and in-depth to me. Especially when I read about terms like colour models, colour profiles, colour spaces, colour spectra and gamut all one after another.

As much as I would like to accept an answer as the desired one, I feel that my question in the core isn't fully answered yet. What I would really like to emphasize is what I asked about earlier: Wouldn't it be a lot easier if printers or software could convert any RGB file to a CMYK printing document instead?. As Alan Gilbertson explained, the reason is - if I understand correctly - basically a 'lost-in-translation' thing that makes the conversion not 100% accurate, and the colours to possibly be a bit distorted.

However, I still don't see how the solution cannot be an automated conversion done by a printer. Should be possible with modern technology; if you can convert RGB to CMYK in Photoshop, why can't a printer do the exact same for you?
As was also said in the answers, the slightest differences in colours and colour spaces, can not be seen by the human eye. And that's what it all comes down to: what we want to see. Be it on a screen or on a sheet of paper.

The fact that this question has three very long answers, or even moreso the fact that there are so many questions about these two colour models (I now know the right term, yay) kind of proves that this is way more complicated than it should be.


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I'm using Fireworks for UI design. However, any saved png file from Fireworks shows different colors when opened in normal image viewers. Fireworks doesn't seem to have any color management options.

How can I make sure that the colors I'm looking at while designing will appear the same when the images are opened normally?


texts: Auto clean up of Text Styles in Sketch / Minimizing amount of styles

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I am working within a sketch file that has 147 different varieties of text styles. Ranging from H1 all the way down to sub categories body text. Now some of them are very similar in style where a variation may be only size text, leading off by a pixel, things like that. My question is: Is there a plugin that allows me to clean it up and if they are similar enough just adjust accordingly thus eliminating the amount of different styles from 147 to lets say 50?
Any help would be appreciated


texts: Help me identifying this round sans serif font

texts: I've used it a long time ago and now I can't find it. I've used all font recognizers and those don't seem to work.


texts: If an image has text in it, how can I change the background color of the image?

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For example, I have this image

I am trying to change the background color of this photo from yellow to white however this is not text that i've added via photoshop, it is text that is already embedded in the image. Can I somehow change the background to white?


texts: How to ensure a photo changed on an Indesign master page carries to all child pages?

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I'm setting up a template for a document's Cover, Tabs, and Divider Pages.  There are photos that need to be on all pages, so I've started with a "Master Master" that has the images and other objects that are needed on each page.

The goal is just to insert the images on the Master Master only.  When I do that, the Cover and Divider pages display the new images fine, but the frames are in the same location, and didn't need to be overridden.  The pictures on the Tab pages need to shift slightly, so I did override those.

The override of the frames causes the pictures inside to become unlinked from the master (even though the fill color and other frame attributes are still linked).

Is there a way to override image frames on child-masters and still have the photo contained be linked to the master?? Or do I just have to live with placing the images twice (once on a master for Covers/Dividers, and again on a master for Tabs)?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Distorted shapes/lines when rescaling - tried previous answers

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I am curious as to why when I scale things the general shape changes. The flag in the middle is what I originally started with, and either side is the distorted result of rescaling it.

I have read previous answers and tried: unchecking align to pixel grid upon start-up of new document and then with the flag shape selected; checking 'scale strokes and effects'.

Any ideas? Here is another example of where this has happened, both lines and rectangle shapes have changed (harder to see):

And here is what is checked/unchecked:

I am completely lost... been searching for an answer but nothing. Thank you!


texts: I saw this sign on the Web and wanted to create a similar one using Photoshop. What would be the best way to take some regular, live text and add the speed/motion blur as seen on this image?


texts: What are the relevant ratios for converting to square ratio

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I'm building an application that collects images and convert them to a square ratio images for usage as avatars in social networks.

I want to understand what is the range of image ratios that I can work with and be assured that the image will look OK when I convert its ratio.

For example if I'll take a very wide image and not high enough, if I'll convert it to a square ratio, I'll have to shorten the width and then I'll have too much space above and under the image.

So is there a rule of thumb regarding what is the max ratio I can use before it'll look bad when converting to square?


texts: How can I create floating objects animation

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How can I make these kind of animation?
Like in this project by Pentagram studio. https://www.pentagram.com/work/unesco-futures-literacy-summit
Or this https://bangbangeducation.ru/
Is it AE, Cinema 4D, or somth else?
Thanks!


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I would like to create an image, which will be a letter and will consist of words I choose. It will be similar to this:

Is there any tool that makes this automatically? How can I do that?

Thanks.


texts: Export text data from Adobe Illustrator to MS Excel file

texts: I have finished a food brochure for a restaurant and now my client needs to have all food names and their prices in MS Excel file to modify names and prices in the future; whenever he needs. Copy text and paste into an Excel sheet is a time-wasting task and don't like to do it finally. Is there a free plugin or script to export text data from Adobe Illustrator to any MS Excel formats? (.xlsx format; would be better).


texts: I have a single page document (with lots of separate text boxes and objects) that I have to update then print and distribute to our team, sometimes many times a day, they want version numbers on it and I've found it hard to remember to manually adjust them every time, leading to conflicts.  I've been told that a date/time stamp isn't good enough. Is there anything I can do to make this happen? I'm not an advanced user but happy to follow through complex instructions if it will fix my dilemma! I'm not worried if it accidentally updates to a later version number before I print it, it's more important that I can't print it out with a non-changed version number e.g. it's okay if the last time I printed it was V10 then the next one that prints ends up being V14. Thanks in advance for any help!


texts: How do you reverse a gradient from any one color to any other color

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If I have a gradient, know color a (primary) and b (secondary), how would I go about reversing said gradient so color a instead transitions into an equivalent alpha that when layered over a pure background of color b would producing the starting gradient.

To further elaborate, say I have this gradient:

And I want to split to so that I have this instead:

Where if I overlay it with this:

I get back to this:

I have been only able to get it work with the primaries at best. My math doesn't seem to work on anywhere else but the calculator (will post if requested), any ideas?

EDIT: I should explain that the software in question is irrelevant, as this is a concept that I want to put into a plugin. The colors are in ARGB scale from 0-255 each (Ox12345678)


texts: Is it possible to recreate this sort of blurred gradient in an SVG?


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Hello there,

I have been working on a game lately and have little experience with photoshop. As I am doing animation of the frame in photoshop which has been fine I have all of a sudden come across a massive problem. All of a sudden when I rotate things while animating. (In this case an arm) the pixels get all messed up. In the picture you can see 4 frames. The first three I did a few weeks ago and 4th I did just now to show the effect that is happening with the pixels getting all messed up.

I have tried to change the Image interpolation but to no avail. People only post saying that isnt possible to have good pixel rotations but this is obviously not true as the first 3 frames should illustrate. I am quite certain that I have disabled something by mistake that has caused this but have too little experience to know what I have done.

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Why add extrema points when designing fonts?

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It's apparently import to add anchor points at the horizontal and vertical extrema of your paths when designing the glyphs of a font. Most font editors have functions to add these for you and will give you an error if you omit them.

But it's sometimes easier and more natural to draw paths like this:

Notice the varied angles and lack of points on most extrema.

The following is a better path, but if you're starting with something like the first image then getting to this means an extra step in the process (sometimes having to retrace the original):

So why do we even need to add extrema points and what practical issues will I face if I don't?


texts: What is the relation/difference between CMYK, C and CP in Pantone colors?

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I'm new to Pantone colors. I read this question before coming here. The answers didn't have anything I was doubtful about.

In one of the answers I got previously, I read this:

  Essentially the C is the actual Pantone coated. The CP version is a
  CMYK approximation of the Pantone coated.

I simply don't understand this.

This statement itself makes me doubt.

Does it mean Pantone C is not a CMYK? CMYK is created from Pantone C by some methods (I would like to know how), so that one can print it.

Also, are the Pantone colors (C) are for reference only? The actual printing the printer does is based on CMYK created from Pantone C?

To support my doubts, here's another query: Even Google has created their material design CMYK colors. Just like that, Pantone created their own colors by taking buckets of spot color paints and experimenting on real paper/canvas, and defined CMYK for them?


texts: Gimp Drop Shadow unbound variable: WHITE-MASK

texts:
Running Drop Shadow with:

Error: eval: unbound variable: WHITE-MASK

Any ideas?


texts: How reliable are the colour blindness previews in Illustrator and Photoshop?

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Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator have options to preview what artwork will look like to people with red/green colour blindness (protanopia and duteranopia). How reliable are these previews?

For example, I produced the images below using Photoshop's colour blindness simulation. The red and green tiles are still somewhat distinguishable. Can I rely on people with protanopia or duteranopia being able to distinguish those colours?

I'd also like to know how much these conditions vary by person. Are these conditions that have a range of severities, where some people with protanopia are better able to distinguish red and green than others? Or are they more constant, where two people with protanopia would perceive colours the same way?

Full colour

Duteranopia

Protanopia


texts: How to cut shape on top of another one in illustrator?

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I'm working on Adobe Illustrator CS6 and I've a question about how to cut an area from a shape using another shape. To clarify the point, I've the first image below.

What I want to do, is to 'cut' the circle shape from the rectangle, so that the rectangle will have a centre transparent hole; image (2)

And of course, if I change the background, it'll look like image (3)

Thanks in advance


texts: Efficient ways to save individual layers or assets in Photoshop CC

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When I am designing a mockup in Photoshop CC (a website for example), I typically have each element of the website on an individual layer. This is both for production of creating the assets for development and ease of use within photoshop (editing the actual mockup).

When it comes time to create the assets for production, I would copy them, create a new file, paste and save them as needed. However, is this actually efficient and it begs the question of what are other ways of accomplishing this task.

What are efficient workflows for exporting assets from a design mockup in Photoshop CC that are different from previous versions of photoshop. Are there plugins that can assist and are there downsides? Sometimes plugins are not as controllable as manually control for example.

Here are some I can think of with consideration of transparencies etc:

As mentioned above, Copy the layer, open a new file, paste and save
Ctrl Click the layer tile, crop, save, Undo the crop (not generally
"safe")
Convert the layer into a smart object, open it, save

Others?


texts: Is it possible to count the number of layers selected in Photoshop?

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I have a very large PS document with over 1100 layers.  I have to arrange them in neat rows, but to accomplish that, I need to do some math to decide the best arrangement.

It would make the process much smoother, if it were readily possible to count the number of layers currently selected, making it easier to figure which layers to move, and where to move them, as they have to remain in their current order.  I know how to see the number of total layers, but I can't seem to find a way to automatically count the number in a given selection.

I
I've looked all over the software, so I'm afraid this just isn't possible, but I appreciate any feedback anyone can give me!


texts: How to make a good gradient with lots of colors

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Any tips on making some killer gradients like this?

I am in love with this gradient:

(Image by Ivan Bobrov via Dribble:
https://dribbble.com/shots/1763092-K-mark )

How can I achieve something like the example?


texts: PNG files blurry when exported form Illustrator and opened in Photoshop

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I have designed app screens on Illustrator and trying to mock up in Photoshop. When I export from png and place in PS the fonts/imagery looks very low quality etc.

I need to make a print leaflet which I plan to do in InDesign for it and am worried the image will print out low res.

How can i ensure the imagery is crisp? Is the issue because i am used 3 apps?


texts: how to tell if color is process or spot in adobe illustrator?

texts: How can I tell if a color is a process or spot color in adobe illustrator? How can I tell if a color is a process or spot color in adobe illustrator?


texts: Does printing an image at a high PPI consume more ink?

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I have an inkjet printer with a maximum resolution of 2880 x 1440 DPI and I was wondering two things:

Does printing an image with a high PPI resolution makes the printer use more ink?

For example, I have printed an image (on photographic paper) at 300 PPI, then I increased the PPI on the image to 600 and the improvements were barely noticeable, so I wondered if that minimal quality increment on the print used a lot more ink.

Also, if I print an image with out changing its PPI but increasing the printer's quality settings to the maximum, will use more ink than if I print the same image using a lower quality setting?


texts: How to prototype a fixed header that changes color on scroll using Figma?

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I am replicating a website in Figma and I'm stuck at a point.
I want to create a header which will fix at the top. But here is one more condition, the header will change its color after scrolling the page. I don't know how to accomplish it with Figma.

I fixed my header at the top by clicking the checkbox button but how I supposed to change the header color?
The original website is here.


texts: Unwanted lines when using the "KNIFE" tool

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While using the "Knife" tool in overlapping letters, it shows unwanted lines on the cut path after I'm finished cutting the object and sending it to the back or front.

I'm facing this issue only when I send the cut object to front or back after I'm done cutting the object. If I don't send it to the back or front then these lines are not shown, which is what I want.


texts: Export Artboards to separate PDFs (Illustrator)

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I was wondering if there's a way in Illustrator CC to export artworks containing multiple artboards, to multiple single-paged .pdf files, as Illustrator already does for images like .jpg files.

EDIT:

The plugin @Gramps mentioned is a valuable solution for those who don't need a precise control over PDF settings.

From what I can see from the plugin source code, the author set just this options for the exporter:

   [...] } else if ( this.format == 'PDF' ) {
          options = new PDFSaveOptions();
          options.compatibility = PDFCompatibility.ACROBAT5;
          options.generateThumbnails = true;
          options.preserveEditability = false;

     }

So my question moves just a little bit further, as I need precise control over PDF settings, to pursue high quality and printable vector .pdf filess.

Thanks.


texts: Photoshop: Exporting the image creates darker edges than it should

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This is making me crazy...
Look at the edge between the lighter and the darker blue:
The export creates a different color in between the two shapes and I have no idea how to remove this effect...
This happens between every shape/color.
The shapes are precisely aligned next to each other exactly on Photoshops pixel borders and then combined to one layer before exporting.
Any tips?


texts: Adjust levels in a set of scanned images in GIMP

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I have 4 images that I scanned and saved as TIFF using my 4 in 1 desktop scanner/printer thing.

I drew all the images myself by hand using the same pen, so the originals are quite consistent.

When I open the files in GIMP, the levels are not consistent from one image to the next. If I put them side by side, they don't look like they belong together. Some "black" lines are darker than others, and some white backgrounds have more noise. I tried adjusting the levels manually on each image and that improved the individual image quality, but there is still variation amongst the set.How can I use GIMP to (hopefully) batch adjust the levels so they are consistent with each other again?

I realise that the problem probably comes from the scanner itself, but I've looked at the settings and can't see how to fix it there, so I'm hoping to be able to fix it after the fact.

Any suggestions?


texts: Illustrator document to Photoshop - Preserve Layers?

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Is it possible to import a Illustrator document into Photoshop and keep the layers - we need to supply a multi layered document to a client in this way asap...

We have tried exporting the doc as a PSD from Illustrator - but the 'write layers' option is disabled for some reason!

Any advice?

Thanks


texts: Create a Complex 3D Shape in Adobe Photoshop

texts: I am trying to create a complex 3D shape in Adobe Photoshop, like the shape pictured below. Is this possible? Are there any tutorials available? I was unable to find any. Thanks.


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I have this picture, where I would like to fill out the green in the top with the background from the picture, so fix that the picture have not been cropped in 4:3.

Can a background like this be cloned?


texts: Why doesn't size/resolution in InDesign match the PDF?

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I am working in InDesign and I need to create a PDF file. The problem is that if I have a 200x200px box in InDesign and when I save it as PDF the box appears larger.

I am a bit confused about InDesign because it has no resolution settings, I am saving the PDF with 96ppi and my Adobe Reader has the same view settings (96ppi).

What am I doing wrong?


texts: Inkscape: I need help with arrangement of seven circles, their arrows and text

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This is my result.
I created the diagram for Wikipedia.
But I don't think the circles are symmetric and I don't know how to make them symmetric in Inkscape.
Same goes for the text.
I think that the arrows are fine on the circles, but I would like them to point exactly to the middle of the image.


texts: Illustrator - How can I improve this image?

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I'm creating a promotional flyer in Illustrator for a new product but after inserting the product photo it looks like garbage. I took the photo in raw, edited in Lightroom, removed the background in Photoshop, saved it as a PNG and then drag and dropped into Illustrator. The image file is 12x12" at 300 resolution. I shrank it down to 2x2" on flyer. If you zoom on the image you can see a few spots I missed when removing the background which I will clean up while I wait for a response here (I might ask another question for tips on that process).

So the question is, what can I do to make the bottle look better on the black background? To me, the transparency of the glass is where the issue lies but dropping the opacity ruins the label. I'm not sure if I can accomplish better blending in Illustrator or if I'm going to have to go back into Photoshop to prepare it better. Thank you in advance!


texts: What font is used for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain's subtitles?

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Is anyone able to identify the font used for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain's subtitles? 'WhatTheFont' wasn't able to narrow the search down.

Here's an example:


texts: What software is appropriate for professional game or animation 3d models?

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I'm learning how to make 3D animation (I know that one person can't do much in this topic but I want to give a try).

I have been keen on it for 1-2 years, but I have been started doing it seriously a few months ago.

Is it possible for me (one-person team) using programs like Blender etc. to make something like this:

or this:

I'm quite talented in art and this stuff but I'm having doubts if it's reachable level for me. That's why I'm asking. Maybe Maya can do the trick.


texts: How to generate vector objects from multiple selection on an image

texts: I have an image in photoshop that contains multiple objects. I made a multiple selection of those objects (they all have the same color) Is it possible to transform the selection into multiple vector objects so i can resize all of them easily and get better result for small size. Thanks!


texts: Setting default values (graphic style) in Ilustrator that apply for every document

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I am new here and this is my first question. Hopefully it's okay to ask for more details to a question which has been solved eight years ago: Illustrator: How do you change default Fill/Stroke Colors for the 'D' key?
The solution is very useful, but it seems like it only applies to the current .ai-document.
Any chance of setting a default color scheme for every document? (In my case: No fill and 0/0/0/100-CMYK for contours. I create technical illustrations for printed manuals.)
Currently I am setting my color manually by clicking with the mouse. However, I am really into working with my keyboard as my weapon of choice, so it'd be helpful if I could use Strg+A and D instead of hovering with the mouse.
Thanks in advance!


texts: Icon to text alignment. Align to caps letter, x height or baseline?

texts: I'm designing UI for the desktop app. I have a sidebar with menu (icon + label, both clickable). I centered icons to the first caps letters. Should I use other alignment? Are there any guidelines on text to icon alignment?


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In a InDesign document, I have various Headings and would like to generate a TOC. This worked in the beginning but after some restructuring of the document, it no longer works. It only writes the header but all other content is missing.

One of the things I did change is the frame, the TOC should get generated in.

Does anyone know how to analyze, what the problem is or how to solve this?


texts: How to achieve graphite texture in photoshop?

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I have a rather specific question. I drew a little design of a radio tower on paper with a graphite pencil. I have become obsessed with replicating the exact texture that my pencil produced. The image below is a zoomed-in look at the design.

Is there a way to achieve that texture/look?

Thank you in advance! :)


texts: Is there a way to insert multiple images at once in a InDesign table column (each image being assigned its own cell) , just like you would "autoflow" text in a text box? This also implies that new pages with the same table layout would automatically add themselves should the capacity of a table's column be exceeded.


texts: Create three-color gradient like Illustrator color picker

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Problem:

I am having difficulties figuring out how to create a three-color gradient (white, black and blue) like the one used in Illustrator's color picker (left color box).

Example #1 (how it should be):

Example #2 (how it is now):

Desired output:

To get the gradient in three colors with white on the top-left corner, black below, and blue in the top-right corner.


texts: Project going on longer than expected - how to bring it up to client?

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So I read this but I have different circumstances:

I was contacted to do some freelance design for an ad agency. The project was supposed to be a rush job and finish within the week. It's three weeks later now and the client has basically asked for a totally new design after a million nitpicks from their client (their client is requesting the new design, not the agency).

I've already spent my limit of hours that I estimated for completion of this project (that was not discussed or written down). I foresee another 15+ hours at minimum considering how it's been going so far. Should I request more money? I signed their contract as a "vendor" so there wasn't any room for me to put in details regarding these things as I would have if it was my own contract. We agreed on a flat fee. Now I'll be working for less than minimum wage if this keeps up.

Plus, besides the money aspect, the time aspect is something I want to address. Three weeks (and counting!) for something that they told me was definitely due in one week. I don't want this to go on for months. What's the best way to bring this up? Do I have any way to ask for more money for the additional work?


texts: What is the most accurate way to transport a physical sketch via email?

texts: I have a sketch on paper that I would like to send to someone via email. What can I do to send it to them without changing the size of it and will still allow for them to print it back onto paper?  Would this all be easier if I just sent it through the local post?


texts: Design considerations for creating packaging for foreign markets

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I live in Iran and I had an order to design a brand logo and package for an Iranian product. It will be exported and sold in the USA.
I've done many sketches but I'm not sure about my final design. I am doubting my design, specifically if it will be good enough to capture people's attention on a retail shelf.
My Question is:
What are some things I can do to better understand the design space in a foreign country to feel more confident my designs will be equal or better than ones created by native designers?


texts: Adobe Illustrator simple question. How to recreate simple ellipse?

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As a beginner in Illustrator, I have a simple question. I have an object as in the picture below (I also include .ai file). It is a fragment of a more complicated design. I want to fill the hole in the ellipse border.

Illustrator file: hole in the ellipse . ai

I have two questions.

1) is my method of filling the hole correct?

Using Ellipse Tool I draw a larger ellipse (orange). Then I transform this ellipse (rotate, move, scale etc.) to match the original orange ellipse
I draw a smaller ellipse (white) and transform it so that it fits to the center of the orange ellipse.
Then I create a Compound Path.

2) how to make ordinary Path from Compound Path?

Is this the right approach to my problem? (making new ellipses perfectly match the original ones is not so easy).


texts: When saving Ai file as Jpeg it gets blurry

texts: When I save my .ai file as Jpeg by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S and it gets blurry. No matter how high or low I set in presets. Why? Help!!


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I wonder if there is a specific tool for creating one pager cv's like the one bellow, besides photoshop or other high professional skill tools.

http://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/a09NWOZ_700b_v1.jpg


texts: How to replace a blend's spine with a text outline in Illustrator?

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I'm having a weird problem in Illustrator CC. I created a blend of objects. Usually, I can then manually create any path and can easily replace the blend's spine with that path.

But when I create a text object, convert it to outline, and attempt to use that as the blend's spine, the option Replace Spine is grey.

Why is this and how can I work around it?


texts: Inkscape: export xml for Android drawable resource directory

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I am a Newbie in Inkscape. I tried to find a solution on the internet but I didn't find anything about exporting XML for Android drawable resource directory.

I would like to be sure if this program is really unable to convert or export SVG to that XML format. If so, can I export selected icons in this specific XML format?


texts: How to single out colors when adjusting the curves?

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I am trying to edit the colors in this picture so that

1) the yellow letters in "Thomas Jr" pop out more. Currently they are too bright and disappear into the white background.

2) The white looks more pure. Currently it's kinda yellowish.

Currently I only know how to update the color of the whole image all at once, and don't know how to do single out specific colors. When I try doing it through Image > Adjustments > Curves, the colors get overexposed when I try to make the background more of a pure white (currently it looks a bit stained with yellow. Ideally the white would look like this:

P.S. I have Photoshop and Sketch


texts: Web safe font for Chinese similar to Trebuchet?

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I have created a Flash banner to be used on a site that is localised across Asia-Pacific region, and according to provided brand guidelines I need to use Trebuchet as the base font and theres 3 different fonts specified for Traditional and Simplified Chinese.

Given Trebuchet is web safe I dont feel there is a need to embed it within Flash so I can keep the file size down, however what to do with Chinese? Is there an equivalent web safe font that anyone knows of? I had a quick look at Yahoo China and they're using "SimSun" is this the best option?

Your thoughts appreciated!


texts: GIMP - Flat image to round ball surface (sphere)

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Using GIMP 2.8. Trying to map an image to a sphere. The idea is to make custom Christmas balls. In addition to map to sphere, I have tried perspective and cage transform, but with limited success.

For images that are centered on the ball, I have made progress by doing a perspective shift on one half of the image using the grid for measuring, then an identical shift on the other half.

For images on the sides of the balls, I have used perspective and cage transform, then cropped to the radius, but it all looks rather janky. I am getting somewhere with map to sphere, but controlling the radius and warpage is a huge problem.

Here is the final product I am aiming to create:

Help appreciated soon, Need better image by December 2016, Thanx,
Steve


texts: how to maintain the image quality in browser

texts: I have designed an arrow shape image(100px*25px) in Photoshop. I am using that image in HTML label background. I have written CSS to change image width dynamically.but its sharpness changing when label width reduces.so how I can maintain the original quality as per width changes.


texts: What is the fastest way to copy a colour in Photoshop as HEX?

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A lot of designers use Photoshop as a design and mockup tool. And in doing so, one of the last steps can be to get a lot of the colour information out so things like gradients and dynamic text can be rebuilt using HTML, CSS, Cocoa or some other language.

Sampling a colour, then opening the picker and tabbing or double clicking the HEX field, then pressing ⌘C (Mac) or Control-C (Windows) requires a few steps.

If you have a final design document and you'd like to copy lots of colours to the clipboard, what's the fastest way to do this?


texts: How to convert object fill in to fine lines?

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I am trying to find a way to convert a solid object fill in to millions (more or less) lines?
for example:

I am okay to use any tools but ideally I want output in SVG format (not necessary tho)

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texts: Is kerning also applied when there is a space between characters?

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The Wikipedia article stats that kerning is

  the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font, usually to achieve a visually pleasing result.

For intance when we look at the word Typography

a metric kerning of InDesign or
no kerning

could be used as the following example demonstrates:

I wonder now what happens when two characters are separated by a space as the next example shows:

The first "T ypogrphy" uses metric kerning , the latter no kerning (0).

Now, is it common to use kerning in this case too like there wouldn’t be a separator in-between the T and y?

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


texts: Inkscape 9-patch image export or plugin?

texts: I have some artwork made in Inkscape, which I would like to export as a 9-patch image (info here). Does anyone know how I would go about doing this? If this functionality isn't supported out of the box, is there any plugin that might achieve this?


texts: Animated gif in Photoshop only saves as html file

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I created an animated banner ad in Photoshop CC and need to save it as gif.

I used Timeline/Motion. When I "Save for Web" the second box from the top is set to "GIF".

I click "Save" and the only option is to save as html. I'm saving to format "HTML and Images." If I save to "Images" only, I get individual screen shots, not animation.

And yes, I have loop set to "Forever."

Is there a way to save this as Gif? Or do I have to redo it all in Adobe Flash? (which is grainy)


texts: Software to screenshot same screen in multiple documents

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I have just started documenting a purchasing, warehousing, billing, sales, and accounting application - a real monster!

It is being deployed to multiple sites and is modified for each site.
This means the UI changes for each deployment, so new screen grabs have to be re-taken.

As the same screen is referenced in multiple documents, I am currently looking at HelpNDoc, as it links one image to multiple documents.
This is great - retake one screen grab and it updates in multiple documents.

However, any formatting on the image (arrows etc) is lost.
Also, HelpNDoc doesn't allow a huge amount of formatting in the Word and PDF outputs.
This means that any HelpNDoc generated file would have to be Word-ed after generation.

Is there a tool which

Allows links to an image or an image library
Also enables publication-ready formatting

Maybe Framemaker?


texts: How do you design and format a logo for a baseball cap?

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The logo will be embroidered. How many colors should you use in your design?

Does the cost go up significantly for more colors?

What exactly is stitch count?

What format should the file be saved in so it is "embroider" ready?


texts: I'm working in a file that has a template/guide thing that I can't figure out how to toggle. Does anybody have experience with these?


texts: how to separate components in an svg file in sketch

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I'm given an svg file with a logo that has both text and an illustration.. it appears as a single entity in my sketch application.. is there a way to separate it (ie i want to remove the robot from this logo).. I remember I used to be able to do stuff like this in Illustrator

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texts: Does DreamWeaver force directory structure on a project, or is it configurable?

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I have an existing web app that has a very specific project directory structure.

I need to do some extensive frontend redesign and am considering using Adobe DW. I need DW to be able to load/open my existing project (root) folder and not force a specific directory structure on me.

Is this possible, or does DW force directory structure on you?


texts: What font does Safe Host use for their logo?

texts: I want to identify this font in the safehost.net logo. Can anyone assist please?


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Are the any different if I export my artwork in CMYK or RGB for colour proof printing? Which one is better? in CMYK or RGB? are there any different? I save it in JPEG format.
I print it with digital printing on art card.


texts: Low Poly - Add detail from objects polys or by another object?

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When creating a low poly object and am about to add detail to it ie. a wooden shield which should receive some kind of extruded symbols on it - should I created those from the polys of the objects mesh or should I simply add another objects and place it withing the object I want to have the detail in?

What are the pro and contras of each of those actions?
Adding a new object and attach it would be way easier in my opinion.


texts: 'New Mesh from Layer' not working in PS 2019

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I pasted an image on a blank background, concerted it into a smart object. Went to 3D>New Mesh From Layer> Mesh preset> Sphere.
Got a sphere in the 3D space but the image wasnt wrapped on it, it was a simple plain sphere and the image didnt get converted into a sphere.
Extrusion is working i tried it to test the 3D compatibility.
Any changes to be made to settings or preferences?


texts: Illustrator opens images with a black square

texts: Hi whenever I open a picture in Illustrator it opens with a black square in the middle. Any Ideas as to why it's doing this?


texts: Font shows a box with an X through it, instead of correct symbol

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I copy/pasted "ˈakSH(ə)n" into a text layer, when I'm scrolling through fonts, the text shows up properly.

But when I hit enter to select a font, the symbols turn to boxes with an X through them.

Seems to happen with all fonts.

How can I fix this?


texts: How to a make a cloud from an outline and blend it into a photo of a skyline

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I'm trying to take an outline and blend it in as a cloud in a photo I took. I've tried rendering clouds within the black outline and then mushing it around with the Liquify filter (not pictured), but it still doesn't really blend in well.

How do I get it to look more like a natural cloud pattern?

EDIT: Thanks for the help. I used the answer/comment below, plus a strong blur. Here is the result!


texts: How can I apply color adjustments for vector CYMK output?

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I sometimes rasterize vector designs (at a very very high DPI, so no effect is had on the clarity, but file size suffers) in order to take them into Photoshop and apply a myriad of composite color adjustments such as color balance, curve, levels, hue, etc.

I was told (in a comment on this site) that this can be done without rasterizing my design, but I haven't seen any way to apply such alterations in InDesign, which is where I do most of my vector design. I have InDesign and Illustrator available - How does one apply color alterations to vector with one of these tools?


texts: Image adjustment level is not working in photoshop cc 2015

texts: I am beginner in photoshop and I am trying to add sunrays in my image but Image<Adjustment<Levels option is not activated and not working... I couldn't fix this issue, can anybody guide me what's the problem behind of it? I have CC 2015 Version of Photoshop.


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I am wondering, whether there is a template vendor who sells templates with unique fonts, not only those overused and notoriously known like Helvetica, Open Sans, or any other of the free Google fonts etc.

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I am asking because – If you are looking for a new identity, you might consider for a higher standard template, which includes special font. You need to distinguish your brand but have not chance to build a new web, business cards, resume, portfolio whatever.

On the other side, there are plenty independent type foundries producing high-quality and unique fonts. (ie.: Grilli, Rosetta, Urtd, etc) Therefore I got this idea, that there can be already some template producers, who want to push template standards higher and sell templates with the special font licence included.


texts: How to work with subheads and baseline grid in InDesign?

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I'm trying to figure out how to deal with subheads and baseline grid in InDesign. I want them to have different space before and space after values. But I also want my body text to have consistent baseline grid. It's pretty easy when you have only one subhead per page, but what to do if I have multi-level subheads?

I prepared something that pictures my problem.

In this example baseline grid is set to 15 pt increment. Space before value for both of subheadings is set to 15 pt and space after is set to 7,5 pt. This works fine, but body text is not aligned with the baseline grid. It's easy to loose control over the grid.

And this is the second example. Body text sticks to the baseline grid, but this causes that the space before and space after values are not true (they're in fact equal because the text jumps to the next baseline.

Do you have any solution for this problem? Preferably one that doesn't require turning off the baseline grid for the body text? The only thing I came up with is to create margins that can be divided by baseline grid value (in this case: 15 pt). Then I could make the upper margin (space before) lets say 20 pt and the lower margin 10 pt. But sometimes it's too much, so I'm looking for a method that would give me more control over the whitespace.


texts: Illustrator replace stroke color of different objects

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I have Illustrator CS6.

Imagine a certain number of objects (here 4) with different fill and stroke colors.

How can I replace simultaneously the stroke color of all objects that have a violet stroke (there can be many and I don't want to mark them one by one) to green, without changing the fill color (if it is violet)?

So I wish that only the left two rectangles get a green stroke and that the two ellipses (especially the one with the violet filling color) remain unchanged.


texts: Script for automatically changing path directions

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I need a script for Illustrator that does the following:

First path follows clockwise direction
Second path inside the 1. Path follows a countclockwise direction
Third path inside the 2. path follows clockwise direction
.... and this cycle repeats...

To Illustrate what I mean see the picture:

and this follows, depending on the amount of paths inside each other.
Does anyone knows how to solve this?
Thank you in advance!


texts: Save a PDF with a transparent background?

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I have an Illustrator file that I have saved in various formats, including a .PNG. Only my client on a PC, needs it to be a .PDF with a transparent background. This is for print purposes.
Any suggestions? I've asked google in 100 ways, and still no satisfactory answer!

Thanks!


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I'm having problems with my color picker in photoshop CS5

Image 1: I select the black [ish] bar. Color picker returns gray.

Image 2: I select the white [ish] background below the black bar, color picker returns lighter gray.

Now I thought the color picker was using grayscale, so to test, I did the same with blue.

Image 3: I select the blue, color picker returns wrong blue.

Image 4: I select the blue color one pixel higher than in image 3, color picker returns an even lighter blue. It's still the wrong blue, and the blue in image 3 and 4 is a solid color.

Note: there are no layer styles present!


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I would like to print a Polaroid like image that is 336x407 mm big.
What size is that in pixel and what PPI should I use?


texts: Should a separate hierarchy for text be created for mobile vs desktop?

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I'm working on a website in Sketch (but that doesn't matter). I want to be consistent in my text styles, but obviously a mobile H1 should be a different size than a desktop H1 for legibility purposes.

So H1 is 48pt, and it's mobile equivalent is 24pt. Should I just create an H3 that's 24pt or a H1-mobile instead?


texts: How to give a solid motion trail to an object

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Sorry about the title, I don't know how to describe this, therefore I am not sure what to search for to see if this can be done.

I'm working in Adobe Illustrator.

I have the blue shape; I want the purple shape.   If it was a raster I would just copy the shape over and over like the green one to get the purple shape, but it seems like there might be something smarter I could do as I'm working with vectors and don't want unnecessary points in the shape.

I describe it as 'motion' because it conceptually seems like I could create the starting shape and the final shape, and something akin to a keyframe animation would fill in the rest.

The actual shapes I'm dealing with are letters, the rectangle is for illustrating the concept only.   The letters are plain solid colours just like the rectangle.  The angle of 'motion' is a simple 45 degrees.


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I'm trying to 'inset' a path a fixed amount, so that if I were to then increase the stroke width, I would end up with exactly the same shape. I understand that in some cases this just isn't possible, but I'm having trouble making it work even in really simple cases.

When I use the inset tool on a simple triangle (right) this works perfectly and does what I'd expect until the shape itself gets smaller (the image is created by repeated duplicate & inset).

However when I use it on slightly more complicated shapes like the two on the left, curves are very quickly introduced into shapes that never had them, in seemingly random places:

In each case I've drawn the shape with the straight line tool, but this happens even if you draw a rectangle (and in a non-symmetrical way):

Perhaps I'm using the wrong tool for the job - but if so, is there another tool or extension that'd do what I want?

Note: This looks like a similar question to Outset small rectangle path in Inkscape without round distortion? but dealing with insets. Changing the inset/outset amount as suggested there hasn't really improved matters for me.

... I could use blend to get an image like in the examples, but this is just to demonstrate the issue. In reality I just want to take an object, convert it to a path, and then shrink that path so that when the path is (for instance) 1mm wide, the object has about the same outline as before.


texts: What font types are good for a technical document?

texts: What are some good fonts to use for a highly technical document? Is there any specific type that should be used/avoided?


texts: How can you remove a stucco texture from an image?

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I have a photo of a mural painted on a stucco wall that needs to be digitized. Is there an easy way to remove all of the stucco texture in Photoshop?

Here are some samples:

At 33.3%:

At 100%:


texts: Missing the ability to link different artboards in an external document in Illustrator CC 2017

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Before I update my current Illustrator Version to CC 2017, I used to get a pop-up before placing external .ai files in my current document offering me multiple options as well as the ability to choose between all artboards from the external document.

Now when I try to place (CMD + Shift + P) an external .ai file in my document, it automatically places the first artboard. Also looked for some options in my "links" panel, but it seems the like the feature is gone.

I already searched the web for an answer but wasn't successful. So does anyone know if this feature was removed? Do I have to rely on my CC libraries instead? Or is there any other workaround ?


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I'm trying to identify the font used to write "Pinocchio" in the 70th Anniversary Wallpaper without success. Even though I believe the 'P' is an artwork, I couldn't find a (close) match on MyFonts, FontSquirrel or Identifont.

Could you help me? I would like to recreate a translated version of it 'cause the only one I could find was assassinated when cropped >.<


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How to lock the position and size of a text-frame in InDesign CS6?

I would like to lock those properties in each page in Indesign. Sometimes the designers get wrong and drag and drop the text frame without noticing.

Then we have to remove the page and create again. If this is not done when I update the master will not update the size and position of the text frame


texts: Pasting a .jpg into Illustrator CS6 renders it bigger than in CS4?

texts: I am pasting a jpeg from photoshop into Illustrator CS6, say 5 inches wide. When I used Illustraor CS4, it would come in at exactly the physical size you copied from PSD. Now it gets pasted in .ai CS6 huge. Then I have to reduce to fit my page. What's different?


texts: Can't find font for the newspaper "Le Temps"

texts: I need to identify the logo font for "Le Temps", a swiss newspaper. It is similar to a times-like font, but not exactly sure. Whatthefont doesn't help me...gives me over 60 matches.


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When ever I write something in Arabic or Persian in Adobe Illustrator CS5.1 the word do not appear on the screen?
But I can see the word which I have written in layer names.


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Whatever I do, if I create an artboard in illustrator that is 540 x 540 pixels the artwork ends up being 2254x2254 when directly exported to png from Illustrator.
I even just created a new AI file again at 540x540 pixels, then created a 540x540 filled box and aligned it perfectly on the artboard. Exported to PNG, bang its 2254c2254 again. Why is such a simple task so hard to achieve!?


texts: How do you handle a client who doesn't like a stock photo

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I am creating a flyer for a gym. The client has given me very little details in what they expect. I provided the design, they like it but they want to use a different photo. I would prefer to handle this situation and future ones where we aren't constantly going back and forth about images.

Question

How do you handle a client who doesn't like the photo you used in the design?

My thoughts

You do not have to answer the below thoughts specifically.

Is it unprofessional to send a client a link to a stock website and let them choose?
Do you use a watermark image in the initial proof?
Do you save multiple images in a folder and send that along with the proof?


texts: Ive seen many examples of people using icon fonts but I am wondering what is the best way to execute this process.  An example of icon fonts: Raphaël Icon-Set via @font-face.  A tutorial I have read.  Any ideas on how to go about creating these?


texts: Scribus export to PDF resulting in missing image

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I have to realize my first poster and decided to use (and learn) Scribus as well as Inkscape and GIMP). I am making progress with these softwares and was beginning to be happy with my poster template when I wanted to print it to check colors. I therefore saved my file as PDF and realised that my main picture was not exported at all. I have no errors (only a warning about transparency: ) and the picture shows in Scribus and is properly linked in the Image manager.

I tried to export to play with the option of PDF export (i.e. image compression, maximum resolution, pdf compatibility etc..). I also tried to open my file with different viewers and even Inkscape but image is definitely missing. I search in the forums but could not find any solution.

Image was created in GIMP .

I am new to asking question on this graphic design forum so let me know if you need more infos.


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I’m developing a reference web site, to help English speakers learn the Hebrew alphabet. I’ve used character escapes for all the Hebrew letters, but they render in the block sans-serif style.

I wish the Hebrew letters to render in block serif style, and am asking if there is a free font I can use to achieve this?


texts: What applications support automatic freehand smoothing?

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Some tools including newer versions of Photoshop and the Snipping Tool built into Windows (go to Start and search for snip) support automatic smoothing of hand-drawn lines.

Can anyone tell me what other applications support that feature?

To be clear, I'm not talking about soft brush appearance. I'm talking about the feature where you draw a line by hand and after you finish the line, the application automatically smooths out corners/angles/kinks, shakiness, and overly-tight turns -- effectively making the line look more like a stroked vector path and less like that of a shaky freehand shape.

NOTICE TO FLAGGER OF POSSIBLE DUPLICATE:
This questions is NOT a duplicate of the other question referenced here:
Illustrator pen auto-correction on Photoshop

The other question specifically asks about how to do smoothing in Photoshop.  My question is a general question about what various applications are known to support the described feature.


texts: How to replicate this spiral/radial stripes effect?

texts: How would one replicate this effect? I've tried transforming a stripe by rotating and scaling it, but it just doesn't have the clean edges of this spiral.


texts: Why are black lines faded in the output?

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Here is the screenshot of my artboard in Illustrator:

And here is its export:

As you can see, the dash lines is faded even when I don't use gradient. Do you know why is that?


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So when I use Gimp, I do the same thing when I turn images transparent:

Select it by color, then hit clear.

But now instead of turning it transparent, it turns into my secondary color. Can anybody help me?


texts: How to make objects from intersecting lines in illustrator

texts: I have two curved lines and lines inbetween connecting them, but pathfinder divide randomly makes objects containing 4,1, or 2 boxes. How do I make each box a single object?


texts: Should I use different colours for talks in two languages?

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Should I use different colours for different languages? Do viewers find it easier to read if the two languages are in different colours, or do they find it an insult to their intelligence?

Background: I'm giving a talk at RubyKaigi, and I've got English and Japanese text on the same slide. Today, I came across someone using different colours for different languages for a past RubyKaigi talk.


texts: How to use color palette for Ux and UI design?

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I am totally newbie in graphic design which from Mobile development.I recently take a look at UX design for mobile.

I see the material design guideline in Google Material Design Guideline.But I have totally no idea how to use it in the design of my app.

For example I have this Color palette.If I use all this color in my app,it look like the whole app will be red.So which part of the app should use which color?Like button should use 200,the text should use 300(code in the image below),text and so on.Or can you all give me some guideline to organize the color in a specific palette to be use in UX or UI element?Something like best practice?cause it seem like a lot of color pallete out there,which should I choose?


texts: Are Smart Objects less resource-consuming than separate layers?

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I am designing a very large concept layout for a Single Page Application.

I only have CS5, so I don't have access to the concept of linked smart objects, which is unfortunate as this would save my life.

I am keeping a lot of the design in one large .psd file, as many components are re-usable and if I want to change something, I don't want to open 400 files and change each one.

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This file is starting to get very big and so very slow. I am learning about smart objects to see if this will help solve my problem:

Does saving a large layer group as a smart object speed up the general render and handling time? In other words, does Photoshop start unloading some of the payload when my page modules are represented as smart objects?

Supposing I had 10 layer groups with 80 layers in each, would making each of those 10 layer groups a smart object speed anything up, or is there no point?


texts: Video clip only playing audio in Adobe InDesign interactive PDF

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When I export my Adobe InDesign project as an interactive PDF, and attempt to play the imbedded video clips, all I get is the audio. And in the videos place is a one of those sound wave squiggles.

How can I resolve this problem?
Cheers, R


texts: Correct settings when it's for both print and screen?

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Let's say I'm designing a logo or some other artwork that it's both for printing and screen. How should I set my ai file? CMYK or RGB? Align to grid or not? For instance, when I "save for the web" and my artwork is not align to grid and CMKY, will that affect the result?
Do you create separate files for print and screen?
Thanks in advance


texts: CS5 export layers as files with NO number sequence

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I am using cs5 layers to modify and then exporting layers as files. While saving CS5 automatically adds some number sequence at the end thereby modifying my original filename.

It automatically embeds a number sequence prefix to the exported layers, thus rendering my own file naming convention useless. Is there a fix for this? Is there an option somewhere called 'dont auto-renumber my files' or 'use layer names as file names"?

I DO NOT want this numbering. How to prevent this ?


texts: Getting text to copy to multiple text boxes on separate artboards in Illustrator

texts: I have a file that I use that has multiple artboards. I type info on page one and it copies the same information on the additional artboards. I need to know how to set this feature up in a new file. So far the "linking" just causes the text to carry over. I want the same info on every page.


texts: Is it possible to print only the outline preview (View > Preview) of an artboard? Taking a screenshot and printing is not an option for me.


texts: i clip an image in 8.5 "x11" standard paper size. and want to write on it. do i have to place any other rectangle behind it? so that the printing guy wont have ny problem to print it? or writing on the clipping masked image will be enough! i just need to know....


texts: What is this old font like Pacman or Modern Plate from real estate agency?

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i'm not really sure if i can ask it, but i'm looking for this font for days now.
It is very similar to Modern Plate or font of Pacman title, but with stripes.
I'm sure I've seen it in a famous logo and anyone I showed it gave the same impression.
It's something really old.

I've already tried search it with:
WhatTheFont,What Font Is and Identifont without success.

The attached image represent "Agenzia", it's from resources of an old SWF.

This is the complete title "Agenzia Immobiliare":

Can someone help me to find this font or recognize it?

Thank you in advance!


texts: Creating a clean bevelled edge around an image

texts: I want to be able to create this clean bevelled edge on the border of a picture in GIMP, Photoshop or Inkscape. This is an example of what I want to recreate:


texts: How to make food images not so dried out

texts: The skewer looks a lot worse than it actually tasted (juicy and tender).  In photoshop, what are some methods to make this look more appetizing?


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This is a question on principles, best practice, advice and opinion.

Working with a large team of mix-matched professions, i have discovered many color profiles, some resulting in visually very different look and feel than the intended colors/brightness/contrast.

My question, is there a standard for such values as color profile, gamma, contrast, brightness?

Is there a way to set these value's?

Do you guys take into account these variables when setting up your projects or just go with your gut?

For Windows 10 i have found color calibration to vary heavily under the monitorbrands, for Mac with external monitors the colors are mostly ok, but that could be just my point of view.


texts: Photoshop CC: convert to frame timeline releases only one frame

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I have a 20 second animation brought in from After Effects as a jpeg sequence. When I import it, it makes a video timeline, but I need to delete individual repeat frames so I can add a delay to reduce the size of the finished animated GIF. But when I convert from video timeline to frame timeline only one frame results.

How can I get an old-school frame layout for my imported animation?

Thanks


texts: Copying part of an object in Illustrator

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Is there a way to copy a part of an object in illustrator?

I do not know the technical name of the effect I need to do, so I have to describe it. I need to do the effect where you have an image and then you have a square on the image and a couple lines connecting to a zoomed in shot of that square (if there is a name for this effect, that would be helpful too, since I can;t serach for it otherwise).

I have the larger image, but I cannot figure out any way to select a region, copy just that part, and be able to edit it (add features, adjust scale, etc.) to make the detailed view. I cannot find any way to cut up an image at all, in fact. Obviously artboards are not the way to go, since I am trying to make a compound image, not merely restrict the output when I go to JPEG format at the end. How do you do this?


texts: Designing an Android app and supporting multiple devices/screens

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I have created a UI concept and high-fidelity wireframes for an Android app. The next phase is to transform the wireframes into graphic assets and deliver them to the app developer. Now, since Android runs on a variety of devices that offer different screen sizes and densities, I am terribly confused by this subject... I've read the Android design guidelines, as well as other websites discussing how to design for multiple screen support, but still, I can't completely wrap my head around it and perhaps I am making it more complex than it really is! Therefore I am looking for a simple, straightforward answer:

What's the best workflow to go about designing for Android using Photoshop/Illustrator? I have read about the different screen pixel densities (mdpi, hdpi, xhdpi, etc) and think I understand the idea of delivering each graphic asset in multiple sizes to support different densities. So according to the 2:3:4:6:8 scaling ratio between the five primary densities, if a certain graphic element's size is 48x48px @ mdpi, it should be 72×72px for hdpi, 96×96px for xhdpi, etc.

But then in practice, I don't know where to start. Say I want to open up a Photoshop or Illustrator file and start designing my app's screens for the base standard (MDPI) and later scale up from there, what should then be the dimensions of the Artboard or canvas? Or, what if I wanted to go the other way around and design my screen at the highest dpi first - XXHDPI and then crop out and scale down my assets to other screen densities (XHDPI, HDPI, MDPI) - what should be the initial dimensions of my PSD file then?


texts: Recommendations for designing tiled maps

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I am trying to design the graphics used in a tiled map. For example, by using a tiled map editor, you can load the tileset you designed to make maps.

What kind of tools do you recommend for making them? Are there any techniques I can use in order to design really nice graphics for maps?

I am kind of new to this area, really appreciate your advise and experience sharing.


texts: Indesign is messing up my text on pdf export. Any ideas on how to rectify?

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When I export my document the text on the exported PDF is changed. It's as if there has been a 'stroke' of the same colour placed around it, so the text looks thick and fuzzy. It's really changing the look of my document and not in a good way, so I need it fixed.
I've tried various export settings, no compression etc. but still the same issues.
Any insight or ideas would be much appreciated.
Thank you.


texts: A tool to create a color scheme for printing

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I'd like to have a color scheme for printing plots, that would look 'nice'. So, I need as set of, say, 10 easily distinguishable colors that would stay different when printed.

If I use only four CMYK colors they are easily distinguished. If I print ten, like blue, light blue, green, lime..., they may turn out very similar.

What tool (something like Adobe Kuler) can I use?