texts: Photoshop: "Save for Web -> Done -> Save" results in different file size than "Save for Web -> Save..."

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I have a large number of PNG images that are organized in some specific directories and subdirectories, like this:

0

0

0.png

1

0

0.png
1.png

1

0.png
1.png

, etc.

The problem is, their filesize is too big. In order to reduce it, I've tried to create an Action for optimizing and saving the whole batch via Save for Web option.

First, I open the image which initial filesize is 256KB. Then I adjust the Save for Web window parameters, and the filesize it is indicating is 27.55KB.

From here, I've tried two different approaches:

1) Clicking Save... from the "Save for Web" window.

The final filesize here is 27.55KB, as promised, but the problem here is that saves the image to the directory I manually choose, there is no way to just overwrite the image. So when creating a batch action it outputs the images to the same directory and thus wrecks the whole folder organization.

2) Clicking Done in the "Save for Web" window, so it closes with the settings supposedly applied to the image.

Then I save the image the normal way (Ctrl +S), so it just overwrites the original image, and thus the file organization is kept the same, which is good.

The problem here is that the final filesize is 173KB instead of the "promised" 27.55KB. So I suppose that it's not the same clicking "Done" and then saving than directly saving from the "Save for Web" window.

How could I solve this?
I am using Photoshop CS6


texts: How to modify image to blend with different background color

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We are attempting to re-skin a third-party application.  One modification is to change the background color of a toolbar.  However, there are images on the tool bar that have anti-aliased edges to blend into the existing background color.  How can I modify those images to blend with a different background color?  I only have access to the current image files.  I do not have the presumed multi-layer file that was created to do the blending.

Here is the original image. It blends into a light blue background.  We want to blend it with a dark blue background.


texts: inDesign Script to "when textbox created paste clipboard content in it"

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I have no experience with scripting, but I can maybe explain what the intented script should do:

Select text, cut it. Ctrl + X after mouseUp.
Make textbox (manually). Drag with mouse, if possible "toggle" the hold Alt function to draw same x,y valued box.
Check if box is created then paste text inside it. Ctrl + V

Rough idea of what I could find on the forums so far:
app.selection[0].endHorizontalOffset - app.selection[0].horizontalOffset
var textBox = app.selection[0].textFrames.add();
textBox.geometricBounds[];
app.select(ip, SelectionOptions.REPLACE_WITH);
textBox.contents = app.paste();

My job requires to do this a tedious number of times, possibly leading to repetitive strain injury.


texts: Is there way to automatically generate a revision/version number for illustrator files?

texts: I'd like to keep track of the number of revisions made to an illustrator file, is there a way to do this similar to InDesign's text variables?


texts: Image has background when i print but not on the screen

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I have put a psd images in my illustrator document, when I made them in Photoshop I made the background transparent and the images look like they have no background on the screen but when I print it out you can see it has a slight shadow around the image which dulls the colour behind were I have put the image.
Any advise appreciated.


texts: Where does the SVG map coordinate start in Adobe illustrator

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I know that when I export to SVG, the SVG will have it's own coordinate system.

In illustrator where does (0,0) start?


texts: How to add transparency and radial gradient to a vector?

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In a way to meet the Shutterstock guidelines I need to convert my Illustraton ai vector files to EPS 10 format. This conversion can create rasterised elements in an EPS10 files. Shutterstock does not accept vector files which contain raster elements, so the question is -
How can I successfully add transparency or radial gradient to a vector without causing it to rasterize the effect, what is the best way to add these effects? I've been looking for answer for this problem forever, I watch everyday tutorials of artists creating vectors using multiply masks and overlay, screen, transparency and raise a big question mark in my mind.
ADD: I know this link https://www.shutterstock.com/contributorsupport/articles/en_US/kbat02/Best-Practice-Recommendations-for-Saving-EPS-Files?l=en_US&c=ContributorKB%3AGuidelines_by_content_type&fs=Search&pn=1 and doing as it says doesn't work.


texts: In CorelDRAW, how do I select "relative corner scaling" for all rectangles in a completed illustration?

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In CorelDRAW (Home & Student X8), I have made an illustration which contains many rectangles with rounded corners.  I now wish to resize the illustration while preserving the "relative corner scaling" of these rounded corners.  However, many of the rectangles do not have the "Relative corner scaling" option selected, and selecting this option for each of these rectangles, one by one, is infeasible.

I can select all relevant rectangles with Edit > Find and Replace > Find Objects....  However, the "Relative corner scaling" option disappears from my toolbar when I do so.  How do I get around this?  Specifically, how do I select "Relative corner scaling" for all relevant rectangles or otherwise resize the illustration while preserving relative corner scaling?


texts: What is the font used in The Futur's prints?

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You can find The Futur's prints here — I think it's the same font they use in their videos.

At first, I thought they were using Futura, but the a's don't match.

Then, after going through some identifiers, the closest I could get was Adobe Fonts' Neue Haas Grotesk. But Brandon Grotesque — which seems to be a rebranding of Akzidenz Grotesk1  — also seems to be a good fit. Neue Haas Grotesk isn't mentioned in their Typography Manual Video so I suspect it isn't the correct font.

I'm pretty new to design, so if you can mention the tools and techniques I'm lacking in order to identify this font, I would really appreciate it.

1 Which some people told me was also rebranded as Helvetica.


texts: Vertical aligment for numbers in table with also (long) text colums

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I have a table with the first column containing a (sometimes multi-row) description and the second a number.

Which is the best vertical alignment for the number?

Top:

centered:

or bottom:

?


texts: Anyone know what this graphic style is called or how to recreate it?

texts: The graphic style of the type kind of reminds me of the old HBO title sequence.


texts: Photoshop CC Color Replacement Substitution issue

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When I use the 'Replace Color...' to  change #F5F5F5 to #EDE8D5, Photoshop is automatically changing my desired value to #E2E2E2 after I click OK. Any ideas as to why? The color mode is set to 8-bit RGB.

Edited to add that I did use threshhold to and a filter to create a stencil type of image, but shouldn't I be able to add color back in after those adjustment have been made?


texts: Similar tool to Pixel Window, pixel measurement tool

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I need a small application to measure pixels on screen.
So far I've been using Pixel Window and I like it a lot, its small, its very simple to use and overall its a very handy app.

But I'm looking for something simmilar that has a grid on it, something that I can customize, like an 5x5px grid or 10x10px etc, or with the option to add a 960 over it, something like what GridFox does in Firefox but in the same app as the pixel measurement tool.

What do you use to measure pixels on screen(on websites for example, or in different UI of apps etc)


texts: Resizing/shrinking .JPG files without losing quality?

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Im using Gimp to resize images. When using a high res image normally 4500 x 2994 i usually need to shrink this image to 325 x 130 pixels.

As you can imagine i loose the shiny, glossy and high res quality oof the image. Ive tried to save the image as .bmp and then resize it, this has made a slight difference but not a considerable change.

What else can i do to ensure i retain the hi-res quality of the image?

Thanks to anyone who helps.


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I'm writing my thesis using LaTeX and I have the following question. Since my figure is too wide to fit the layout, I rotate it using sidewaysfigure environment from rotating package. I'd like to clear out some typographical issues with respect to international and/or Czech typographical norms or conventions.

Should the caption of the figure also be rotated (as sidewaysfigure does)? I assume it should.
What about page number? Should it be put sideways or not or should it disappear completely since this is a special page?

This is a “manual mirror” of the following question on TeX.SE: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/188512/typography-of-sideways-figure


texts: InDesign Create Table of Contents based on character style?

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I'm creating a small dictionary to accompany a new project and in it I have things formatted where the paragraph style is just my generic Body Copy style but the defined term itself is its own character style.

For instance:
"Term - Definition of term goes here."

So in that example, the entire line is my Body Copy paragraph style and the word Term is its own character style.

Is there a way to create a table of contents where only the word Term shows up? In the TOC menu I seem to be only able to grab whole paragraph styles, but I can't apply a paragraph style to only one part of a line, which is why I went with the character style.

I hope I'm making sense. Can anyone help?


texts: how to make the backgound transparent if image is half opaque?

texts: hi this is the image in question. some parts of it are fading off soft of. and im really new to photoshop. i have no idea how i can effectively remove the background of this logo. please help. thanks!


texts: What is the font used by in these images below?


texts: Photoshop CS5: How can I change the default reference point location?

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When adjusting a selection in photoshop, the reference point is always set to the center:

Regardless what I change it to, the next selection will always reset it to the center. Is there any way to set it to the top most left corner by default, so that every new selection starts with the reference point set there?

Edit: I don't think this makes any difference, but just in case, I use CS5.


texts: Photoshop bulk "image processor" saved images default to 8bit/channel. Is it a bug or am I doing something wrong?

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I have an action that, among other things, converts to 16bits/channel. The action works well on an open image.
If I apply the same action through the Image Processor bulk editing, the saved images are all 8bits/channel. The other steps of the action are applied but this one is not.
Or better: even if I apply it to an image that already has 16bits/channel, it goes back to 8. Is there some magic option that interferes?


texts: Convert color to another color with exactly the same values?

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I have a website with several tones of green, and I want to convert it to a red website. Is there a simple way to convert all the green colors to the corresponding colors in red? I don't want to do it manually (by eye) but it would be good to have a mathematical way to do it. So eventually I can program a script to convert them...

Additional info: The colors are in RGBA format.


texts: How can i store pure vector assets, not linked assets, in Adobe Library?

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I've been using Adobe Library in illustrator to store shapes I use often. but i've come across a problem.

I first make a shape I want to store:

I then drag it into Adobe Library:

But when it comes to use this asset again, i drag it out of the library and onto my artboard. However, it's a linked file and not a vector graphic. You can see the difference straight away. original shape on the left, Library shape on the right:

Confirmed by checking the links panel:

I know it's possible, technically, to add pure vectors to Adobe Library.As i've used the Adobe Capture app to grab stuff when i'm out and about. For example this shape:

Is totally a vector when i drag it onto my artboard:

Am i missing some basic function here or is this simply a case of Adobe giving a different (and more limited) functionality for the desktop application?


texts: I have a client who needs a few editable word documents / powerpoint documents. Currently, I don't have office on my pc so I'm looking at getting it. I know I won't use it much, so I'd be fine with 2010 or 2007 version. Are these versions too old at this point? How compatible will documents made in these old versions of Word be with newer versions of Word? Thanks


texts: Name of style often used in sport-related logos

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Here are some examples of what I am looking a name for:

source

source

source

source

Is there a distinct name for this style?


texts: Adobe illustrator: select all strokes below a certain thickness

texts: Is it possible to select all lines in an illustrator document of which the weight is below a certain point size? I'm working on an architecture publication and have to rescale all the plans. And resizing means that some line ticknesses become unprintable.


texts: How to set page size for Postscript output file in Adobe InDesign CS5?

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I want to export a document to a postscript file in InDesign CS5. How can I set the page size for the document? Sadly, the option is disabled in my preferences window.

Here is a screenshot of a Russian copy of a program:

Any help would be appreciated.


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While working on an InDesign script that checks the links used in a file I decided to check what color profile has been used on images so I can output it to a log for the user however when I write my conditional to check if a link is a GIF I was unsure if a GIF could actually have a CMYK profile.  When I research wikipedia:

  The format supports up to 8 bits per pixel for each image, allowing a
  single image to reference its own palette of up to 256 different
  colors chosen from the 24-bit RGB color space. It also supports
  animations and allows a separate palette of up to 256 colors for each
  frame. These palette limitations make the GIF format less suitable for
  reproducing color photographs and other images with continuous color,
  but it is well-suited for simpler images such as graphics or logos
  with solid areas of color.

It mentions RGB only but it doesn't mention if a CMYK profile can be supported.  So, can a GIF support a CMYK profile?


texts: How to undo cropping "artboard" in Photoshop CC

texts: After I've used the Cropping Tool (without Delete Cropped Pixels selected), how do I get back to the original image with absolutely no cropping ratios selected.  I click on and off to see the original and the previously cropped area, but there's no way to just see the original anymore. It always pops a dialog, "do you want to crop the image?", and it doesn't matter if I click yes or no it goes to the previously cropped area.


texts: Conflict between reflection matrix and rotation matrix

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Consider the following matrix used for reflection.

|  0  -1 |
| -1   0 |

This matrix produces the reflection across y=-x according to
[B] = [T]×[A] where T is the above Transformation Matrix. Things are clear till now. Then I was introduced to rotation and taught that every reflection is some sort of rotation according to the following transformation matrix.

| cos(@) -sin(@) |
| sin(@)  cos(@) |

Where @ is angle of rotation. My question is that for firstly stated transformation matrix that is

|  0   -1 |
| -1    0 |

for reflection. Then how this satisfy the transformation matrix for rotation if every reflection (with reflection plane passes through the origin) is some sort of rotation?


texts: Resize multiple smart object to specific size using actions in Photoshop

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I want to resize multiple smart objects in a project to a specific size, let's say 200x200px. They are all different sizes. The problem is, when I record the resizing using the Free Transform tool, it only records the percentage the layer got bigger/smaller, instead of the new size in pixels.
Is it possible to automate this using an action or script? The layers should stay smart objects, so they can not be rasterized. Thanks in advance!


texts: What is the recommended way to export a logo from Sketch to Illustrator?

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I've always been intimidated by Illustrator and it's pen tool to the point that I void using it. I usually do everything on Photoshop and then import to Illustrator to use the live trace feature whenever I need to create my own vectors.

Today I bought Sketch, gave it a try and I am very amazed on how easy the vector tool is. I was able to create my first logo within a few hours. I know that Illustrator is the industry standard but I really want to keep using Sketch from now on.

I'm trying to figure out what is the best way to export my work to Illustrator. I exported as an eps but Illustrator merged the mop/center part of the logo (highlighted layer) as you can see here:

I wanted to show my Sketch file with all it's layers but I don't have enough reputation to add more images. But the mop is basically a composition of a bunch of layers in it's own layer group.

I tried again exporting as pdf and that seemed to separate all the layers correctly but I did get the "The document contains PDF objects that have been reinterpreted: An unknown shading type was encountered, An unknown shading type was encountered. To preserve appearance, some text has been outlined." message when opening.

I also noticed the main gradient on the mop disappeared (even though it did gave me gradients on other elements), and the Gaussian blur I used for shadows looks weird:

Both exporting options left some text to be editable and turned other characters into shapes, and all borders became independent layers, they are no longer part of their original shapes.

I'm doing something wrong? Is there a specific procedure to exporting to Illustrator that you can share? Am I supposed to export every individual layer and recreate the whole thing again in Illustrator?

Thanks!


texts: Pasted symbols duplicate the master in Sketch

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For some reason, sometimes when I copy/paste a symbol or a group of symbols, it creates a new symbol in the symbol page which creates a huge mess and I end up having the same symbol many times. I disabled the renaming feature so they all have the same name. How can I avoid this?

Update — This was a bug and is now fixed in 43.2:

  Fixes a bug where copying and pasting Symbol instances could duplicate their master


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I am making web templates and am looking for a quick way to change color schemes efficiently. I need to map different items to a certain color/swatch and change all of those items linked to that color to a new color.

ex. Nav bar background, footer background, and text link color are all #333333 and for the new color scheme, they all need to change to #444444.

Similar to character or paragraph styles in InDesign


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My dock looks like this (It contains the dialogs on the right of Inkscape):

Is there a keyboard shortcut that will show and hide it.  We have the dialog shortcuts here:

https://inkscape.org/sk/doc/keys.html

Also if we are only looking at a specific toolset dialog, like Align and Distribute.  How do we hide that dialog using the keys?


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I'm hoping that designers that can lend their expertise on anamorphic designs. It is not a new concept but not a lot of info on how it can be done easily.

What are the steps involved to create anamorphic 3D pop-out effects?

Is there a software out there that simplifies the process or do I need to use Photoshop or Illustrator?

I like to replicate the 3D floor graphics this company does below.

http://www.shapeshiftermedia.com/gallery/floor-graphics/nicole-neubauer-kellerkind-3d-advertising-floor-train-station/

http://www.shapeshiftermedia.com/downloads/


texts: Illustrator CS6 Rotating a path after Arcing (Warping)

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After I Arc a Path using the Warp tool to the desired Arc size radius etc. I then want to rotate the arc so that it is inverted.
However when I flip or rotate it 180 degrees, the Arc returns to the original shape even thought the Original Rectangle path has rotated.

Is there a way to do this so that the Arc stays locked to the original rectangle it was based on?
Thanks in advance,
Nick


texts: Transforming some, but not all, objects in a group using Illustrator?

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I don't know how to ask this question in  general form so I will begin with an example. I would like to scale (and/or resize) the orange rectangle, but keep the two blue squares (1) the same size, and (2) anchored to the corners of the orange rectangle.

So, starting from here

resizing the group gives

(note how the blue rectangles got distorted)

when what I really want is

Is there a good way to accomplish this? Of course, if I only wanted to do this once, I can align manually. But I will need to do it often and in more complex cases. So I would like to know if there is a principled way of doing this!


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This is more of a handwritten or drawing style question. Lets say I draw letters. How do I make letters and numbers distinct? For example the number 0 has a line through it as well as 7. If I looked at letters l, capital I and 1 may look alike.

How do I draw/write numbers and letters distinctly?


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I am trying to find an icon suitable to represent kids between the the age of 7 ~ 15.

So far I have come across this:

1)

2)

I was wondering if there is a better option out there?


texts: Why does Illustrator add zeeros in all units?

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I have an annoying problem with my Illustrator CC 2015. When specifying some size like font size, two zeros is always added to the size. This causes the font to resize to something huge when the size field is klicked next time. Why does this happen?

Example:

Specifying "12 pt" will make the font 12 pt but the size field instantly change to "12 00 pt" so that it will go crazy next time I want to change the size.


texts: How to align the object on every page to the bottom for multiple pages in InDesign?

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What would be the best approach to perform a simple action that needs to be repeated in 800+ pages. Here is what each of my page looks like. All I need to do in each page is align the object to the bottom of the page.

I tried Transform again but it didn't help. Also, I couldn't find an action tab or a script that would do this in InDesign. Even if I do this manually, there is a chance with my job that I'll get this kind of work often, so it would be great if anyone could suggest a smarter method of doing this.

How can I quickly align the object on each page of a document to the bottom?


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I'm doing an animation with Moho 12 Pro and i started animating two characters made of shapes from the software itself (without any import).

But when I render them, on the arms clearly there are some weird 'borders' (the arms itself are only lines with strokes) and even if I render the arms of the characters separately, the borders still persist.

If I uncheck 'antialiasing' those dissapear, but the output looks really jaggy and pixelated.

How can I fix this?

Edit: the first photo is with Antialiasing On, if i uncheck it, it looks worse.


texts: Setting the Viewbox so that the inline SVG will "Snap" to the size of the containing element?

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I created this simple inline SVG by saving as "Optimized SVG" in inkscape.  Prior to saving I set the size to 200X200px.

    <div style="width: 200px; background-color: red;">
      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
     <g>
      <path class="fs-logo-fill" d="m71.679 40.782v52.917h52.917v-52.917zm26.458 7.2166a19.242 19.242 0 0 1 19.242 19.242 19.242 19.242 0 0 1-19.242 19.242 19.242 19.242 0 0 1-19.242-19.242 19.242 19.242 0 0 1 19.242-19.242z"/>
     </g>
    </svg>

I then put it inside a the div element seen that has a width of 200px.

This is the codepen:

https://codepen.io/oleersoy/pen/dLxvEJ

As can be seen the red div is a lot larger than the inline svg rendering.  How do we set the viewbox parameters so that the inline SVG will always fit the size of the containing element?

Also asked this question on SO and we are getting closer.  Anyone know if we can set the viewbox parameters we want while saving?


texts: Illustrator text find-and-replace oddity

texts: I'm working in Illustrator 2020 with a map file that I brought in from FreeHand. Many of the text objects end with an odd-looking character that, in the FreeHand version, was simply an empty space. I've tried Find and Replace in Illustrator, but it doesn't seem to recognize the empty space after (for example) "Dr ". See screenshot. Suggestions? Thanks


texts: In Illustrator, file is completely different than in Acrobat

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Today, I was making a map of an interchange point for a local transit company, and I had been basically finished, but for some reason the file started completely freaking out.

I exported a finished .pdf, but for some reason, that same file opens as an unfinished, two hours old version of that file.

When I try to export this unfinished .pdf that I opened in Illustrator to a new .pdf, the exported file is the finished version.

The cycle can go on and on and there's nothing I can do - the .pdf opened in Illustrator is the finished one, the .pdf opened in Illustrator is always the unfinished one. This means that while I do have the product, I cannot edit it further, which is a problem.


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I'm digitizing an ancient math book for the web. Thus I'm looking for a monospace or serif font that supports unicode characters.

Everson Mono was perfect but it is not allowed to be embedded in websites.

Here are in particular the characters that are often problematic:

  ⸵▬℩ɟ

U+2E35
U+25AC
U+2129
U+025F

Bold and italic versions would be appreciated.


texts: InDesign-like "Background Tasks" panel in Photoshop

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Is there a plugin or something that supplies a InDesign-like "Background Tasks" panel to e.g. monitor the saving process of files? I'd like to be able to monitor this process when in fullscreen mode, this is helpful when saving large files as my Mac tends to slow down exponentially..

I'm using Photoshop CC 2015.


texts: Is there a trick for removing the background from behind a cage in Photoshop?

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I need to remove the background from this image. Is there a trick to removing the background from between/behind the cage part without having to go into each section? The floor, wall and cord will be removed, all else needs to stay. Using the latest version of Photoshop.

Thanks.


texts: How do you do a highlighter marker effect in Photoshop?

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I am very new to Photoshop and I am having trouble figuring something out.

I would like to have an effect that looks exactly like a real highlighter. But I want it to really act like a highlighter too, i.e. I would like to brush over my pencil tool marks with this highlighter so that I can still see the pencil underneath it.

So far I have tried lowering the Opacity on the brush tool but that doesn't create that bright highlighter effect I'm looking for.

If anybody knows how to do this that would be awesome!

Thanks!!


texts: How to draw uniform zig-zag or wave in illustrator?

texts: Build-in feature looks insufficient. It allows to set number of waves per segment, which makes wave of different frequencies if curve consists of different lengths segments.


texts: Quickest Way to Outline Image In Illustrator or Photoshop

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Basically I'm wondering if there are any shortcuts when it comes to outlining an image in either Photoshop or Illustrator, with a lined result.
I'd like to avoid taking the Pen tool all the way around this image:

To get this type of result:

In Illustrator I know of Object --> Image Trace, and depending on the Preset, I could generate something that looks like this via Silhouette:

Or like this via 6 colors:

And then I could expand and remove the background piece by piece to get something like this:

And there are of course many other variations - 3 colors, 16 colors, line art, etc. But trying to remove the background piece by piece starts to become tedious - and by the end of it, just using the pen tool would have been quicker.
What about Photoshop? You can of course you quick selection + select and mask:

But is there a quick way to create an outline around this image? Maybe copy and paste the image into Illustrator and then do an Object --> Image Trace + Expand:

But again, this seems like a lengthy process and the trace doesn't look as accurate as it should be. It would just be better to use the pen tool:

So I'm just wondering - any other suggestions for accomplishing a quick outline around an image in either Photoshop, Illustrator, or both?


texts: Illustrator Advanced Clipping Mask with Text

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I'm trying to create a clipping mask where my text takes on the colors of the picture underneath it. This is the desired effect:

I have been able to create a regular clipping mask as seen here, but the text around the image disappears and gets cut off (also inside, in the white areas). Instead, I would like it these areas to be grey and not disappear.


texts: Invisible Vector Causing Issues with Copy Paste Between Illustrator and Photoshop?

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I got this vector from an EPS online:

File:  Weird Badge Vector

It came as a set of two, black and white.  I couldn't separate them so I just deleted all the points of the white one.  When I copy paste between Illustrator and Photoshop this is happens:

What's going wrong here?  Is there some secret stuff I didn't delete.  How do I fix this?  It makes using the vector really difficult because scaling is all off.

Thanks :)


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I've seen lots of websites with these types of effects/design in the background. What is it called?

Source: https://www.simpla.io/


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When preflighting a magazine advert, I am getting a warning about ink coverage being over 320%. The problem is that the colours causing this are in an image with a green filter. Unfortunately I cant change the green as it is a brand colour/style. Im working in the Coating FOGRA29 colour profile if that makes a difference, with standard PDF/X-4 2010

This is the warning:

This is the colour:

and this is the output preview of all the ink coverage over 320% marked in the blue.


texts: How do I spec a character with no keyboard shortcut?

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I am working on a corporate standards book for a client. Client works with two design agencies, my office and Other Agency. Both agencies play nicely together.

In one particular file, Other Agency created a chart with some arrows (up and down). These arrows are two particular characters in Wingdings 3. These arrows don't exist in any other font I can find.

I'm on a Mac, so I'm looking under Keyboard Palette, in Font Book, and Linotype Font Explorer. All those sources show the arrows. Linotype shows me a key combination, but it's wrong — typing that key combo doesn't give me the arrow I want.

I can also find the arrows in InDesign under Type→Glyphs, as numbers 169 and 170. (This works on PC and Mac, so far as I can tell.)

So the only way to get the arrows into the InDesign file from scratch is to copy from one of those sources and paste. For a square bullet, I can say "type an n in Zapf Dingbats," but there's no key combination which makes these arrow characters.

While I am writing the standards now for our agency and Other Agency, I have to write them so that anyone from the outside could come in and create a Client document and have it look the same as any document done by one of the existing two agencies. So I can't just say "pick up the arrow from the previous job."

Can I just say "Arrow up (Glyph 169) and Arrow down (Glyph 170) in Wingdings 3"? Would another designer reading that understand it?


texts: Draw a rectangle with semi-transparent border

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I have a fairly simple image:

I'd like to change it to be wider at the ends like below, while still keeping the nice rounded shape:

The shape has solid gray colour, but its border is kindof transparent giving it a nice smooth finish, which I need to keep (as exact as it possible):

I think modifying this shape would distort the border, so I might have to redraw it, which seem an easy task with rounded rectangle. I just don't have an idea about the border, please give me some hints on that.
Reacting to comments (thank you!):
This is the original one's anti-aliasing:

I draw a rounded rectangle the way I want and anti-aliasing seems existing only on the rounded parts, and not on top and bottom straight lines:

Thanks!


texts: How do I depict a ramp from a top down 2D perspective?

texts: I'm writing an android app and can't figure out how to display a ramp (could be a bump, like a speed bump, but preferably a ramp) from a top down 2d vie


texts: Sizing images to the size of an object within an image - Indesign

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I want to know if there is a way to size an image with a specific part of the image being a specific size. Like let's say there is a line on my image that I want to place, I want the line within the image to be 2cm... hope you know what I am asking! Help would be much appreciated, as I have a huge number of images (all different sizes, and resolutions, but always need a specific part of each image to be the same size) So it would basically be perfect to tell InDesign by measuring said area to size it to (f.e.) 2cm.

At the moment I am just making an object in the required size and scale my images accordingly, but it's a bit of an inexact way of doing it...


texts: Illustrator: trying to move path but instead it moves entire shape

texts: Im trying to edit text in illustrator, I've created the outlines and. I'm using the direct select tool but whenever I try to move just a path or anchor point it moves the entire letter. Is there something I'm doing wrong to a way I can fix this problem?


texts: How can I delete a text outside of another layer in Illustrator CC?

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I am new to Illustrator and trying my best to understand how it works! I am used to working with Photoshop and there are some things I was able to do on Photoshop and I am now trying to find a way to make it look the way I want...So here goes :)

I am looking to have this effect on Illustrator:

I have managed to write my text in Illustrator and to change the effect of the text to "Color Burn" so that it looks the same on the continents. However, I am unable to remove the text where it leaves the other layers. The text remains black where the background is transparent.

So I am wondering if there is a way to delete the text outside of the continents, and still keeping the background transparent. The same effect you would achieve on Photoshop by selecting inverse and deleting the (pixelized) text.

Thank you so much for your help!!


texts: Which modern software is a decent successor / replacement for Fireworks?

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Just to give a little context, I have a background as a design-savvy developer (not a developer-savvy designer). I worked at an agency many years ago. I've been out of the design game for about 3 years and starting to get back in. Back then my tool of choice was Fireworks, but I just learned yesterday that Adobe is letting it slowly die.

So what are the mainstream next-generation tools for someone who's doing exclusively web graphics and interaction?

Or, since that question may be considered somewhat subjective or "what's your favorite tool", is there an authoritative source that can give a good view of the web graphics tooling landscape?


texts: How to make a multiplied layer become "what you see is what you get"?

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I have black lineart for a drawing multiplied over the drawing itself.  Because I have little foresight, I had simply painted white wherever I wanted to "erase" the lineart -- since it was just going to be multiplied in the end anyway.

I'd like to color the lineart now.  Unfortunately, the white on that layer is extremely uncooperative.  I've tried:

1) isolating the black with the background eraser.

2) isolating the black by loading the channel as a selection, then filling in the lineart on a new layer.

Neither one was effective enough to be the answer I need.  Are there any other good methods I can try to make the multiply effect WYSIWYG so I can clipping-mask color down onto the lineart itself?

Alternately, is there any good way to color the lines as they are without ruining the transparency of the white in the multiplied layer?

I use Adobe CS5 extended.


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Can Photoshop pattern files be used so that the colours in the pattern are changed?

If so, can you tell me how I do this with this pattern file in Photoshop Elements and/or Adobe Fireworks? (I don't have Adobe Photoshop).

I'd like to change the colour to hot pink pattern on a black background, for instance.


texts: Techniques for cutting out hair accurately

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I use the Pen Tool for 90% of the situations where I need to cut someone or something from a photo but sometimes it gets tricky, especially when it comes to hair.

Let's take the following image for example:

Pen Tool - don't even think about it, it would take years to do an accurate cut so you usually do a more bulky cut.
Magic Wand & Quick Selection Tool - in some cases these can work, especially if you know your way around with Tolerance and Refine Edge
Blending modes are very useful in some situations also

When confronted with such an image I usually do use one of the tools from above + get something like 10 color samples from the hair, create a new brush that I adjust from photoshop's brush engine and start drawing hair.

From everything I've tried, redrawing hairs gave me the best results so far.

  Q: Is there a better way to get an accurate selection when cutting hair? Or, how can I improve what I've got so far?

PS: Just wanted to add that a situation where the background behind the subject is in a single color like in the sample I offered is rare, therefore an answer based entirely on same color selection won't help that much.


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When I use a clipping mask in Illustrator on a PNG, there was a warning message that the colours may be not as expected in transparency along with a button to Continue. Another time there wasn't any message. My question is:

Is there any problem in using clipping masks in Illustrator in designing t shirts or anything will be printed?


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So I've created many sparkles in Illustrator, but now I'm trying to make a shine or highlight.

I'm trying to replicate the highlighted circles in the second half of this animation:

It appears to just be a series of circles in varying opacities:

When I try to make it, it doesn't look blended.

Any thoughts on what would achieve this look? I'm stumped.


texts: GIMP. Achieving the effect of a scripting command without using a script

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The GIMP scripting command gimp-image-resize is described in the Procedure Browser as follows: "gimp-image-resize resizes the image so that it's new width and height are equal to the supplied parameters. Offsets are also provided which describe the position of the previous image's content."

How can I achieve the same effect without using a script command? More specifically, how can I expand the paintable area and place the existing image in that expanded paintable area without expanding the existing image. As a novice user, I thought that the command Image -> Scale Image might be the same as "gimp-image-resize" ... but I have discovered that they have very different effects. I have also tried various combinations of expanding the canvas, or changing the layer but all without success.

I hope that my question belongs here (as being about not scripting) rather than on StackOverflow.


texts: How do I save 9patch image in photoshop?

texts: I am using a image, and I would like to draw 9 patch for that image. I am not sure in which format i have to save this. Any advice would be much appreciated.


texts: How to apply stroke when drawing with shape tool (vector)?

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With marquee tool selection, I can go to Edit -> Stroke to render outline style.
If I wanna do the same with vector shape tool, Stroke option is disabled and by default it fills the whole selection. Is there a way I can use Stroke with vector shape tool?


texts: Is there way to convert a PSD or Illustrator file to PowerPoint?

texts: I got a bunch of PSD and Illustrator files and my boss wants that ability to edit the information in the files without having to ask me to do it.  This would be more like editing just the text, there would be no need to edit the graphical elements. Is that a way to convert these file to PowerPoint?


texts: Apply a text background color in Adobe Illustrator CS6

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I'd like to highlight titles in my text like this:

I'm doing that by adding a blue rectangle behind the text, but every time I change the text which is 16 pages long I have to go and move the placement of all these title boxes. Can I add it so that its attached to that line of text?


texts: automate assembling multiple tiles back into the original big picture

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I have multiple, 1024 jpeg tile images that are effectively tiles of a one big image which was split into a matrix of 32×32 smaller ones (each 256×256px).

I wonder how could I efficiently put them back together as a single (psd?) file, ideally avoiding recompressing/reformatting (preserving originals as layers or even better, storing only links to the original tiles?)

Would that be possible?

The tiles are named using a convention:

img_01_01.jpg img_02_01.jpg … img_32_01.jpg
img_02_01.jpg img_02_02.jpg … img_32_02.jpg
      ⋮             ⋮               ⋮
img_01_32.jpg img_02_32.jpg … img_32_32.jpg

I'm able to create an html that shows all the tiles together but now I would like to be to have all the PS flexibility to work on with the stitched image.


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I have a peculiar design for a web page that I have to implement from an already made design, and some of the text wrappings are filled bottom-up (in my case it's for bottom-left aligned thin text inside colored square tiles, looks better than it sounds). That is, in a block of text that wraps across multiple lines, the bottom line is filled first (horizontally), so that any remaining horizontal space after wrapping is left for the first line.

Is this a known kind of text wrapping and how could I implement it in a web page without manually adding line-breaks in the source text? Or could you at least name that "feature" so that I could google it?

Edit: For example, in the text "Here be the link" if there is not enough room on one line then the line should be rendered as "Here \n be the link" instead of the standard "Here be the \n link", where "\n" is a line break.


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I would like to use DIN Engschrift as a headline font on my website, however it is not a web-safe font and does not appear as desired on different browser and operating system combinations.

How safe is it to use a font like Would DIN Condensed by ParaType?


texts: Aseprite - How do I create a glow effect?

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NOTE: I copied this from the default Stack Exchange website. Additionally the picture attached is not my own.

This question is based on the software known as Aseprite, a sprite and pixel art creation software. This question isn't actually about how to operate this software but more-so a way of executing a desired effect.

So, I am creating a sprite and I wish to create a glow effect on a flame. I tried using the blur tool but I feel it does not give off the look of a glowing flame. What method(s) should I use to create a glow effect?


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In Illustrator CC 2018, I can't find a way to apply a gradient to individual letters of a text. I know that I can apply the gradient to the whole text by adding a new fill to the text object. But selecting individual letters with the text tool and selecting the gradient swatch for the fill, or using the gradient panel, doesn't change anything.

In fact, when removing the fill of the text object beforehand, and then selecting a gradient swatch for an individual letter, that letter gets colored in black again, regardless of the gradient swatch used. Why is that?

It must be possible to add a gradient fill to individual letters without converting the text to shapes. Other sources mention to apply Effect>Path>Outline Object to the text object, and then selecting individual letters for the gradient, this doesn't work for me either. Any ideas?


texts: Can you resize all text in a Photoshop file at once?

texts: I have created a design in Photoshop on 1170px grid. When I tried to convert to HTML I released that everything looks very big. Is there any short method to resize all fonts and images with some % in Photoshop without effecting resolution.


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When I put a form into a main content area, I often find it looks awkward. In a typical content area of between 600-700px (like on this site), how wide should your form fields be? Contact forms or forms like this site do well with 100% width because they are expecting a fair amount of content, but for forms like login or registration, 100% width seems far too wide. Who is going to have a password that requires an input 700px wide? However, when I make narrower inputs, the remaining 200-300px gap to the right just feels awkward, especially when there is full-width content either above or below it.

Imagine that the following form is part of StackExchange with the current layout and width:

This gap feels awkward----------------------------------------------------------^

Does anyone else encounter this? How do you solve it elegantly?


texts: Why does "join selected nodes" into a single node not work?

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(Inkscape 1.0/windows10)
While looking for a way to merge "overlapping" nodes of the flipped duplicated copy with the original object,(converting objects to path and selecting), and  joining these overlapping nodes with the "Join selected nodes" option,the nodes just don't merge into a single node and break apart when pulled.
It does work in the first attempt , but in latter attempts it doesn't.
Why does "join selected nodes" into a single node not work and what over alternatives are there for this operation?


texts: How do I overcome this PNG rendering problem of a SVG?

texts: I uploaded a human body diagram showing the signs and symptoms of Hodgkin's lymphoma (http://health-and-medicine.wikia.com/wiki/File:Symptoms_of_Hodgkin_lymphoma.svg) to my Wiki but for some reason in the PNG versions of this SVG there are black spots that aren't there in the original SVG, does anyone have any ideas of how I could overcome this problem? When I convert my SVG to PNG in Inkscape no such problem occurs.


texts: Photoshop: Setting default background colour of each new layer

texts: Is there a way to set the default background colour of each new layer to white? Currently each layer I create has a transparent background.


texts: How do I handle large paragraphs of centered text?

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I've been working on a very simple portfolio website for myself and the template I'm using is center justified for all the text. I have a bit of a blurb about myself and I don't know if this is the best way of dealing with so much center justified text. It feels a bit awkward on my eyes to read. Am I just imagining things or is there a better way to do this?

EDIT 1:
My website is based on this free template, which also has some larger sections of center aligned text. I would like to left justify the text, but I don't know if it would fit in well with the way the rest of the website looks.

EDIT 2:

So I've flipped the colours so it's black text on white. This is what it looks like now, with a sens-serif font too. I've also included what the link looks like on that white background - I may need to darken it a bit:

EDIT 3:

Okay so left justified, with my attempt at bullet points. I'm going to sort out that soon. I need to set the font size correctly, but you get the idea.


texts: Batch export OBJ files from Photoshop keeping the PSD filename

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I have an action that takes a psd with a 3d layer
that:

Resets the rotation of the Object
Moves it to the Ground Plane
Unifies it
Exports to an obj file (here lies the problem)
Closes the document

When it exports during the batch it writes it as whatever the original file was named overwriting the original.  I want to simply export the obj with whatever name the current psd has.  I have a render action that renders the 3d image and saves it as a jpg that runs just fine so it's probably some problem with ps's export 3d layer command and actions.

I also tried writing a folder action on the mac that will copy and rename the files to a different folder via a bash script pulling names from a txt file and deleting them as it moves them and it sometimes manages to get 2 of the 3 into the destination other times it moves the mtl file as well which was nowhere in it's commands.

NAME=$(head -1 /Users/username/Desktop/test.txt)
mv /Users/username/Desktop/3D/OBJ/Run/CH098.obj /Users/username/Desktop/3D/OBJ/Processed/$NAME.obj
tail -n +2 /Users/username/Desktop/test.txt > /Users/username/Desktop/test.bak.txt
mv /Users/username/Desktop/test.bak.txt /Users/username/Desktop/test.txt

I then decided it was running too soon and added a 5 second pause before it moved the file to hopefully make sure photoshop had finished writing to the file. (it didn't work)


texts: How should I make my retainer contract fair for me and the client? How do retainer agreements usually work?

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Theyre kind of a big corporation with multiple brands. They had a full time offer for me but I said I can't do it since their office is too far so I opted for their part-time option. Now they have never done this so they are confused so I offered that I would be the one to do the contract and terms (which I think should be the right way since I wont be an employee for them).
For a full-time job, I ask for a monthly salary of $600-$700. I'm at peace with that range. But this is a "part-time" gig so I woudnt have their benefits, they wont pay for my tax, I wont have an office, etc. So how would I price this? For the full time, you expect they would give you unlimited work. For part-time, should i price it per output? Or just say "you can give me all the work you need but pay me $700 per month fixed" just like what a full-time job is set up.
But is that beneficial to me? Its not as great as a fulltime job where i have benefits and job security. So in this sense, should I be charging MORE? But also, a partime job means i wont need to clock-in 9-5oclock and go to the office every day. So in this argument, should i charge LESS?
Really need your help guys. Have no idea how business works obviously and this is new to me.


texts: I was wondering if there was a way to autosize a drawn out textbox to fit the height of the text in PS. Something similar to inDesign where if you double-click the bottom-center draggable point of the textbox it adjusts accordingly.


texts: How much alteration to a font constitutes a new variation?

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I have been looking at many of the questions asked about similar fonts or alternate fonts that can be used in place of a more expensive or popular one. One of the interesting things to look at is when you overlay one set of font over another and seeing where the differences are.

I was wondering if there is some guidelines or standards (even consensus) among people working in the area of typography of just how much change is needed for a new font to be recognized as such. I realize this might be a very ambiguous question, but what I was thinking of are in terms of:

Numbers, letter and symbols being different
Uppercase and lowercase being different
Actual degree of change/difference in the font characteristics (e.g. position, slant, width)
No perfect match of individual characters or numbers with the font that it is derived from

I think it is difficult to establish some of these criteria for fonts that are a hybrid of a number of different fonts, but the criteria can still be applied for each of the fonts that it borrows from to ensure that it is not just a simple mix and match of different existing fonts to create a new font.


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I am currently looking for a method to automatically copy text from one position onto another. Let me try to explain this a little bit better:

I have created a quick survey form in InDesign where I have an area for "Customer Name" - what I would like to achieve now is that the customer name that I enter will also automatically be used in the footer, e.g. Proposal made for 'Customer Name'

Is there any simple trick to get this done?

Some expert advise would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much.


texts: How to get rid of this part of the path?

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I want to delete the little tail hanging on the main white part of the shape. How do I do this?

I've tried overlaying a rectangle, selecting both shapes, and using "Subtract" but that just retains the rectangle by itself (seems odd). I understand I can individually delete the points, but I'm looking for quick and dirty ways to delete this undesirable part of the shape.


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Is there a way to specify the center of rotation in Sketch?
Normally it simply rotates the object around its center.
If there is no native way maybe it's possible to write a plugin!?


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In the document of Sketch3, I found that there is a function called "swap symbols", literally I think it can swap symbols of similar styles on canvas, but I can't find where the operation is located in Sketch3, can anyone please tell me?

The document: http://www.bohemiancoding.com/sketch/support/documentation/07-symbols/


texts: Removing Vector Shapes From Underneath Text in Illustrator?

texts: I am trying to prepare a graphic for UV printing but it cant have any overlapping colors. The image I am trying to place the text on top of has a gradient in it which has caused multiple vector shapes to be generated. Is there a way to cut out the area immediately underneath the text? I've tried a number of things, minus front, minus back, merging etc. Nothing seems to work for multiple vector shapes at once. The text covers 15 or so vector shapes.


texts: Can someone please help me do a visual analysis of this advertisement

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** Not a homework question

I recently stumbled upon a very interesting advertisement by an organization called "World for all" . I was thinking of writing an analytical paper on analyzing the graphical techniques used to convey the figurative and literal message of this advert. What are some points of visual/graphical analysis, that can be considered?

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.


texts: How do I copy and paste guides on Adobe xD in Windows?

texts: I'm using Adobe XD on Windows 10. I want to copy my guides from one artboard to another. I think I can copy fine. However, when I go to paste, the Paste option is grayed out. What am I doing wrong here?


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I want to achieve an effect, of a country map (Greece in black background) with thin parallel white lines running through the map (for visualization, you can think it will be similar to IBM Logo -but with much thiner lines).

No matter the compound path I apply, the map is always broken in many different objects and can't make a unified object so I apply clipping mask to achieve the effect I want. I ve also tried to use a negative square where I would imprint the lines but in no avail.

Is there any limitation with complex objects I m not aware with? Is there any other way I can achieve this effect?

I m running 21.1 64bit version


texts: Photoshop: continuous selection to different layer automatically

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Let's say I have a picture: black lines on a white background. I can select all the white parts with color selection. What I need is to have every continous selection moved to a separate layer. Can I do this automatically is Photoshop?
In this example above, I want to have 7 different layers with the seven "tile" without having to select all of them one by one and create a new layer from it.


texts: Graphic/Web Designers - Offering a monthly retainer?

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After a web design project has been built. Is it standard practice to offer a monthly retainer to support the software you have built?

Such as £100 per month that gives the client a maximum of 3 hours per month work and then anything over that would be say £40 an hour?

Does this happen in the industry?


texts: Creating a swirling line effect on a letter or object in illustrator

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I'm back with a question, does anyone has an idea on how te create this swirl effect on a letter, or an stroke in illustrator?

Looks so difficult to create, just curious if there is any easy way for this, and if probably anyone knows this.

Image link/creator: Pragmatika Design Studio


texts: Looking for recommendations for good gcode generators for laser plotters

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I just got a plotter with a 7W TTL PMW laser. As the original software sucks to say the least (EleksCam), I have started looking for alternatives, and found LaserGRBL, which works great.

However, I'm having difficulties generating a decent gcode from my project. It's true, the file is complex, but it should be possible to generate a simple code out of it - after all, it's all vectors. Here's a sample. Now, I'm aware of the gcodetools plugin, but I cant get it to generate laser relevant gcode (in fact I'm only getting .ngc files, which are not supported by LaserGRBL). I have also tried Repetier laser tool and J Tech Photonics Laser Tool, where the latter produces fine results for simple outlines, and former is simply no good.

LaserGRBL has been presented as being able to generate very nice results from simply tracing a bitmap, but after many tries I haven't achieved a satisfactory result (after exporting my svg to either png or pdf, and then tracing it).

Can anyone recommend a functional solution, please?

I managed to combine the paths in a sensible way in sample.svg, but am now having problems with consistent deviations from a path generated by J Tech Photonics.


texts: What does it mean to present a logo and promo materials in "1:1"?

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I'm currently working on some promo materials for a company I'm currently doing a logo design for. They asked me to do a memorandum, business card, folder, envelope, and a seal. They stated:

  to be presented in 1:1.

1:1? Do I need to set some size for my logo or what? I know to get some promo pictures from the net and place the logo where and how I think It should be. I'm just not sure how this should be done in 1:1?

Now it is my first time I'm doing branding for a company, but that's the way it is, I would really appreciate help from someone.


texts: Working with a Pantone Guide in correlation with a well calibrated screen

texts: I have Dell XPS 15 9560 white led display, which is calibrated with an x-rite i1 Display Pro. I mainly do my work in Illustrator and I really want to get the best color accuracy for my designs. I have a Pantone Color Bridge Coated Guide and I am trying to understand how I should be using it in correlation with well calibrated screen. Let’s say I am working on a print document, where the color mode is set to CMYK (with the default North America General Purpose 2 color settings), and it seems to me that whatever Pantone Color I apply in .ai the colors look different on screen than the ones in the guide. Either more saturated, or darker, or the nuance a bit different. Is this normal? Am I making the right comparison? (or should I compare the Pantone value from the guide with the RGB value on the screen to see the same color). I am aware of the differences in color reproduction on screen vs on paper but I equipped myself with all these “color tools” in the hope that it will get me to a close as possible color resemblance on screen vs on paper and I want to know if my expectations are unrealistic or if I am doing something wrong.


texts: How to choose font and text colors for Full-Page backgrounds?

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I am an amateur web developer, and I am teaching myself React. Currently, I have been building a personal website hosted on github pages.

I want to complete the mobile design first, see some pages below (click for larger size):

Q) As you can see the text is not really appealing or "eye-catching". What kind of design choices do more experienced people like yourselves go through in choosing the right font/style, and text colors to make the page vibrant and aesthetic against a colorful background?

Please do not hesitate to criticize and highlight the site's shortcomings.


texts: InDesign: Applying Stroke to Similar Types of Text Across a Document

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I am using InDesign CC 2014 but this may apply to other versions.

I have text throughout a document that of a particular paragraph style.  I am trying to bold this text.  There are over 350 of these text object so selecting them all one by one, if this was even possible, is not something I am interested in doing.

As the font I am using does not have a bold variant, I am trying to apply a stroke.  I am able to do this for individual text I have selected using Stroke in the toolbar but I want to do this across the entire document either by:

Selecting all of this type of text using its paragraph style if possible.
Selecting all of this type of text using the layer if possible.
By making a change in the Paragraph Style Options.  I do not see an option for this.
Something I have not thought of.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks


texts: Checking details of levels adjustment after adjusting

texts: I adjusted levels manually on a picture and would like to know the values to apply the same adjustment on other similar images. Does GIMP let me view those settings after the fact?


texts: PS 2020 - perform same keyframed transformation on multiple objects?

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I want to animate a logo in Photoshop where I have like 50 triangles. I want these triangles to grow to their full size from 0 in a second, but each should start growing at a different time (in a delayed manner).
I found I can transform the layers to smart objects and keyframe them, which is ok for 1 triangle but I have 50. Is there a way to copy the keyframes? I found copy-pasting, however that also copies the position of the object.
Basically I'd like to know if there's an easy way to have 50 triangles perform the same keyframed transformation (growing from 0 to their full size in 50 different places) without me having to keyframe it by hand 50 times?


texts: Add a Sun lens flare from a photograph to a space scene

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I am trying to make some sort of space scene in Photoshop. I want a light source in it; since the standard lens flare filter is a bit cliché, I decided to put in a photograph of the Sun I just made. I have seen someone doing this in a video, but I can't find it again.

How can I blend this picture of the Sun in a space scene containing a black background with starfields?


texts: Small Ellipse coming out pixelleted on mobile

texts: I am trying to save an ellipse, it's really small. 5px by 5px. I save it as PNG-24 but on mobile the ellipse is showing pixeleted. I've tried SVG but the file size is too large. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!


texts: How do I remove the blur from a an object in Inkscape?

texts: I inserted a circle and blurred it.  Now I can't remove the blur, and subsequent shapes I insert are also blurred, including the square and star shapes. The blur is off in the "Fill and Stroke" section and I've gone through every option in the drop down menus.


texts: Online solution to combine/compound paths of SVG

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I have the Google G logo below in SVG format and need to merge the paths to a single path.

Is there any solution out there to solve this (preferably online) that doesn't require installation of new software on my computer?

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 48 48">
   <defs>
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texts: How can I make a hanging indent where a title is outside of a text frame?

texts:
I have a layout with two columns, and I would like the header to go outside of the text frame like this:

However this would mean the Header text hanging outside of the text frame. I could achieve this using a separate text box for the headers, like this:

However, this has a couple of major drawbacks. Firstly the headers would not flow with the text, and secondly the columns would not be split correctly below the header.

What I want is to have the header set up as a paragraph style, so that it spans columns, but hangs left of the frame:

I could "fudge it" by setting the body text to be indented, and make the columns wider to accomodate this, but that wouldn't work either as the text in the right hand column would also be indented, so the gutter would be too wide:

How can I make this work?


texts: Does the isIsolated property have something to do with the isolation mode in Illustrator?

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As a follow up to this answer, I was able to select the innermost group via a script on Illustrator, but I'd like to enable the isolation mode for that group too. So that I don't have to double-ckick on all the hierarchy of parent groups to get to the one I want to "isolate".

In the the Adobe Illustrator CC 2017 Reference (JavaScript) they mention the property isIsolated but I can't enable the isolation mode by setting the property to true.

What is the isIsolated property supposed to do?

Can it be used to enable the isolation mode for some particular group?

This is the script to make the parent group isolated.

if ( app.documents.length > 0 ) {
    var doc = app.activeDocument;

    if ( typeof doc.selection[0] !== 'undefined') {
        var parent = doc.selection[0].parent;

        if ( parent !== doc.selection[0] && typeof parent.layer !== 'undefined') {
            parent.isIsolated = true;
            alert(parent.isIsolated)
            //doc.selection = parent;
        }
    }
}


texts: Edit multiple layers at once in animated gif

texts:
Okay so I downloaded an animated gif from the interwebs.

I want to edit this gif and open it in Photoshop. Like I expected there are 481 layers.

I want to change the background color :-)))

Can I do this in a quick way? or do I have to edit every layer?

M.


texts: Help me please, how I can move an artboard without moving guides?


texts: How to create a colored transparent layer without using opacity

texts: I would like to create a transparent layer in pure color in PSD or AI. Using the opacity just washes the color out. I have done it before just can't remember how. It can be reproduced in HTML5 but I want to use in the adobe system.


texts: How to align a single letter within a text object to the edge of the bounding box in Adobe Illustrator?

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I want to align a textfield to the top left of a box, as per how the Grid Systems cover looks:

The round letters in the headlines should overhang slightly. I am able to get quite close by using:

Preferences > General > Use Preview Bounds

and:

Effect > [Illustrator Effects] Path > Outline Object

The results of this are:

However, it's not where I want it, I want to align the top-left anchor of the "I" to the red box, rather than the bounding box of all the characters (due to the round letters).

How do I align a single letter within a live text path / object, so that the top left of the letter is anchored to the top left of the bounding box?


texts:
I'm not a designer in any way, but I'm having to design an app/web site for a customer and I'd like to know if the text here seems 'boring' next to the logo: it seems out of place and left there without thoughts (same about the smaller leaves).

I've already tried wrapping the text around the lower part of the leaf but it just wasn't natural (plus I didn't found a font that looked good that way). I like the outcome but there's something weird about it and I just can't figure out how to make it look less sketchy.


texts: How to crop a round image with transparent background?

texts: I am currently working on a site. I want to create custom radio buttons. The background of the website is an image. So I want the radio button to seamlessly integrate with this background image. I have created the radio button and every time I crop it on paint.net, it comes out with a square black background. The image is saved as a GIF. How can I remove the black background?


texts: How to create multiple closed paths from segments in inkscape

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Is there any comfortable (and accurate) way to convert multiple shapes represented by segments (but rather precisely closed) into shapes?
I want to use files from a CAD system as Basis for a Design. This will include many shapes, so I want to avoid processing every single one by hand.

A workaround I know is Path>Combine -> Path>Object to Path (Path>Stroke to Path does exactly the same for me) -> Path>Break Apart, but this results in double paths and - more severe - there will be no path at the exact centerline of the original one.


texts:
I am using adobe Illustrator CC 2018.
I have a circle and I want to create a rectangle inside the circle without getting outside of the circle borders.

(Delete selected parts)

Thank you in advance.


texts: How to isolate a cat's whiskers from background in Photoshop 2020?

texts:
This is our cat:

I am attempting to isolate her whiskers from the background:

The Object Selection Tool does an excellent job of identifying the cat and selecting it but it struggles with the whiskers.

What would be the most effective method to include the whiskers in the mask selection?

Any advice on the best way to approach this would be much appreciated!


texts: How similar can a recreated logo be to the original without copyright infringement?

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I have a client that has a logo created by another company and only wants it tweaked a little for his own company. He just wants the type changed but wants to keep the exact same imagery and colors.

Can I run into a copyright issue by doing this?

One of the stipulations of the other graphic design company's logos are that they are all required to say "InterNACHI Certified" and he doesn't want this on the new logo. So it'd basically be recreating their logo, changing the font, and taking off the original creator's signature. This sounds kind of fishy to me and to be honest but I wanted a second opinion before I tell him I can't do it.


texts: When providing logo files to a client, I always include AI, PDF and social media PNG. I'm not sure what to do with JPG though. What size (document size) JPG is standard to send to a client? Are specific sizes for specific uses required?


texts: Is there similar tool in Illustrator that can perform this action?

texts:
Ok, so I have a project that I'm working on that needs these articles skewed in direction, hanging off the edge of an outline that is in red. I need to be able to cut the hanging part of the image off from the red border. In Photoshop, this can and has been done easily with the magnetic lasso tool.The only thing is that I need to keep the .ai format for this project and can't seem to find a tool that can replicate this. Any help is appreciated.

See images below for reference.

What is present:

What the outcome needs to be while still in Illustrator:


texts: How to distort a part of a raster image like you do with a shape?

texts:
As an example I have a raster image as shown:

I want to crop a specific part of that image :

And distort it by its corner points like this :

Can someone please explain to me how to do that using AI and/or PS?
Thank you beforehand.

Note : You might not see the images embedded if you're viewing this on the app.

Image Source: https://www.behance.net/gallery/12229929/Digitaland


texts: How can I set more spacing around a list than between each list element in MS Word?

texts:
So I'm trying to mimic this in my MS Word (Office 365) .docx file but failing:

Specifically, I need the spacing around the entire list to be greater than between each list element.

Perhaps I could achieve this result if I were to edit each line manually, but my goal is to use stylesheets, as I do with all the text in this file (a manuscript), so that I can simply select a list that's already present in the manuscript and apply the desired formatting to it.

I've gone through all paragraph stylesheet and list formatting style options, yet I can't seem to find a way to get this result, as Word treats both lines as separate paragraphs, despite the fact that I'm using Word's automatic list formatting.

Has anyone else, perhaps, run into this challenge before and would be willing to share some wisdom?


texts: Static web design = Photoshop, animated web design =?

texts:
I'm a project manager and I want to hire people to design a new website.

For typical websites without animation, I hire Photoshop specialists and receive deliverables as .psd.

But this time I'm looking for a design that would have custom animated elements, like animated characters.

What kind of specialist should I hire for this, and what apps/formats are industry standard for animated web design?


texts: Printer won't accept file with transparency but I need to print a Pantone gradient

texts:
The printer for an event is requesting that all submitted files not include transparency but the only way I know of printing a good gradient of 2 Pantone colors is to use the overprint method. The method uses a solid Pantone underneath and a Pantone gradient of another color from 0 opacity to full opacity on top.

Is my understanding of transparency off? Will the printer be able to accept this? Or do I need to find another method? If you just drop in 2 Pantone colors into the gradient panel, you get an ugly gray band every time.

Thanks!


texts: How to create a realistic bevel effect on text in Photoshop?

texts:
I found this image on google and was fascinated by the realism of the bevel effect and wanted to learn how to do it myself.

I tried some stuffs but they were not close enough. I want to replicate the exact same effect.

Here's what I tried:

Bevel & Emboss: structure: inner bevel/smooth/225%/up/4px/0px shading: 120rad/no global light/65rad/custom/screen white 75%/multiply black 75%

Contour: default 50%

Inner Shadow: structure: normal white/75%/-65rad/no global light/6px/0%/2px

Satin: structure: multiply black/20%/19rad/14px/21px

Gradient Overlay: gradient: normal/100%/#c4c4c4-#ffffff/linear/align with layer/132rad

Drop Shadow: structure: multiply black/85%/120rad/no global light/6px/0%/2px

How can I create a sharp and realistic bevel on text in Photoshop?


texts:
I took 1,500 pictures of a scene but unfortunately the tripod was not stable.
When I rendered the video, it did not look good.
I tried to aligning with the help of Photoshop, but wasn't successful.
I tried stack function, it took too long and in the end it crashed.
Then I opened all images in layers and tried auto align function, but no luck there either.
Is there some easy way to align all images?
Maybe someway to align all images to one image and then crop, or some other way.


texts:
I scanned a couple pages and edited them a little so the look neat.
But as I wanted to reprint them I noticed that I cropped the border from these images so that the printer won't print the whole content.

I'm on Linux and have a Brother printer which has Linux drivers but somehow the scaling option does not work.
So I thought to scale the PDF (in which I have converted these scans) but the printer driver scales them back to fit the page. (If I disable the scale-to-fit option it becomes garbage)

So I thought that I could do some script-fu to resize these images with a couple of lines and add some padding for the printer. But I have no clue how to do this.

Here's my first attempt:

(define (resize-image filename-in filename-out )
  (let* ((image    (car (gimp-file-load RUN-NONINTERACTIVE filename-in "")))
         (drawable (car (gimp-image-active-drawable image)))
        )
     (gimp-image-resize image 2728 3819 124 173)
     (gimp-file-save   RUN-NONINTERACTIVE image drawable filename-out "")
  )
)

This does not work. The image simply remains unchanged.

My page is A4 with 2480x3472, so I thought to add 10% to the width so it becomes 2728x3819 and set the offset to 5% so the content is centered (with offset values 124 and 173).

How do I do this properly? Is GIMP a good method? Are there Linux tools that could do this better?


texts: What is this image border effect called?

texts: Trying to recreate the effect on this image, where the border is broken up and partially transparent with the page visible underneath. Curious what this would be called and how to replicate it in GIMP.


texts: When should I set the final output camera in maya ?

texts:
I have a question , Please help me . When to set the final output view camera ? Should I set that before modeling or after finishing the model . I have big confusion on it .

If I set the camera first and start modeling ,If I look through the final camera , Model looks OK in Final Camera , but if I look at Perspective view , It looks horrible :(  . If I model first and then set the camera , model looks fine in the perspective but I don't get the good result through final camera . I can't set the final camera as the reference image .

So how to Solve this . This problem is irritating me . I am getting one view in Perspective and one in Final Camera . I am looking forward for your help .

Thanks :)


texts: Dealing with poorly converted CAD files in illustrator

texts:
Has anyone else experienced an issue dealing with converted CAD files in Illustrator?

Sometimes I get CAD files converted to PDF that have really overcomplicated simple shapes.

Everything is converted to points even text. It's a really poor conversion like one letter being made of hundreds of points and shapes. (Path Finder isn't much help here)

This makes Illustrator extremely laggy on some computers.

My client and I have no idea what CAD program is used to create these files.

Here's an example of it. I've zoomed in on a sample of really small text.

Zooming in or out of this letter creates about 4 seconds of lag.

Path simplify does this:

Is there a solution to this problem?


texts:
I just ran into a weird problem.

If I select all in a layer, copy and paste, nothing happens.
If I try to rotate something in any layer it doesn't work. I can see the actual tool rotating, but whatever's been selected doesn't move.

If I copy and paste into a new file, I just get a white rectangle instead of whatever was copied. However, all this works fine if I open some other file.
I've never seen it do that before.

What's happening?


texts:
Hi im using adobe Flash CC 2014 and i want to have a audio controller. Im making and android App and when i import video i get the controller for video like this

And I need same controller (play, stop, pause, volume slider (increase / decrease) for audio. When i import audio file there is nothing to that.

How can i have a audio controller.

This type of audio controllers. Is there any ready made or action or plugin or addon to install and use. Like the video file its ready made just ask for the path to add and the controller are ready.

Is there any way to add. Any suggestion or help. Thanks


texts: Regex to convert custom tags InDesign GREP

texts:
Consider the following text:

  This is a test text with b custom tags /b to apply a b bold /b character style.

In the above text, I have used b and /b as custom tags to designate a section I need to be in bold. I am trying to write a GREP expression into the paragraph style that will change the above text into the below, on the fly:

  This is a test text with custom tags to apply a bold character style.

The regex I am using is:

  ( b .+? /b )

This works only partially. What it renders looks like this:

  This is a test text with b custom tags /b to apply a b bold /b character style.

Can someone please help me correct the expression? How can I make the tags (b and /b) disappear?


texts:
I have an SVG file that I'm converting to DXF to feed to a laser cutter via the LaserCut 5.3 software.

I have my SVG file all complete, scaled to the full size (1:1). As per the LaserCut page regarding Inkscape support, I have the document properties unit set to mm, all my paths are sized in mm. The grid lines are all in mm. I've verified all the paths are the correct size.

In the document properties, I have the scaling set to 1:1, 1 user unit to 1 mm. I've also tried changing around the scaling factor, and that made no difference.

I've tried to save the SVG to DXF both using Save As... and Save a Copy....
When saving to DXF, it prompts me for the base unit, and I chose mm.

When I import the file into LaserCut, the paths are all the right shape, ... but they are never the right size.

Does anyone have any idea how to get the DXF to properly represent the size of my drawing? I've never worked with DXFs before.

If I manually scale all the objects up by about 375%, then it seems to import into LaserCut the right size. It doesn't make any sense why I should need to do that, as my drawings are produced to a 1:1 scale. I'm confused.


texts: Using Bleed or Tile in Adobe Illustrator CC?

texts: I am creating a wall mural for a large wall. My mural will be printed on 24" wide panels. I am perplexed on how to get an inch overlap printed for each. I've researched bleed and tiling, but don't see anything that works the way I'm expecting. I need the left and right edges of artboards to overlap so that the image, when overlapping is cut off, lines up precisely. Anyone have any suggestions?


texts: What is the name of this art déco sans font?

texts:
Can someone please tell me what font this this?

I have been looking for it on the internet and could not find the exact name of the font, it would be very good if someone could point out what the name of it is.

Thank you,
Gantig


texts: What Wacom do you suggest for doing fashion illustrations?

texts:
I want to buy my wife a Wacom in order to help her with her illustrations. I have been readin over the internet about various models. Among those Intuos4 and Bamboo looks good. However, I have seen people reporting that the nibs wear out real quick which will be a problem for me as I dont live in US, hence cant get replacement nibs every often. So, my major concern is sustainability of the pen and nibs. So, which Wacom model will be the perfect match for my needs?

The budget is within 400$
Size should be no smaller than 6" X 9"
Requires minimal refill accessories.
Would be better if its wireless Wired/Wireless doesn't matter.
Should be compatible with Photoshop at least.


texts: What techniques are out there that allow you to create a gradient like the ones pictured above? Is this a product of a specific brush set? Or is there some type of Noise Manipulation / Gradient Pattern going on in this image?


texts: How to create a circular badge with lines as spokes?

texts: I need to replicate this look. How would I go about doing so in either Photoshop or Illustrator?


texts: Free font containing all ISO 4217 currency symbols

texts: Can you please suggest a font(free for commercial use) that supports all the ISO 4217 symbols?


texts: How to export points coordinates in illustrator?

texts: I drew a map of a floor with illustrator. I plan to export this map as .svg and use it in a website, no issue with that. However I would like to place points inside the map that do not represent anything but act as markers that can be used easily while manipulating the svg afterward (for example something that can add a special attribute to the svg path element). Do you have any idea to do it?


texts: Area around text & objects looks pixelated after saving

texts:
I am using Photoshop CS6 to create a banner of size "500X420" and used resolution 300 PPI. But when i save the image. It looks pixelated around text and object on the image. Please see attached image below.

Kindly help me for this.


texts: What is California license plate header font?

texts:
This is my first question here. I hope my question wasn't out of context.
I want to know what font is used in California license plate header. The word "California" I mean. It would be great if you can recognize main font too.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Is it possible to add a background image to all 'layers' of an animated gif?

texts:
I have an animated gif with transparent background, and I want to add a background image to all layers:

How can I achieve it without adding it to every layer individually?


texts: What is this name of this serif font used in late-70s / 80s advertising?

texts: This is a typeface I recognize from late-70s / 80s advertising and would love to get my hands on it.


texts:
I have started to work with font making via illustrator and have a question about serif typefaces.

Below is a serif I have started (the 'A' looking thing):

I tried playing around with the stroke width modifier tool. I also know from watching documentaries on typefaces that for the most part there are done with the pen tool around the edge of the object (in this case a letter). I was just wondering if it can be done with strokes.

Is it possible I can make the feet of my 'A' look like the one in the 'ABC' (font there is Times)? I have always wondered how to do this.


texts: How to calculate the area of an irregular shape in Adobe Illustrator?

texts:
I've drawn an irregular shape in illustrator
and I want to know what its area is
then I want to compare it between another shape

How could I calculate its area in Illustrator (CS6 or CC)?


texts: In Photoshop, how do I take a grayscale image and transform it into shades of whatever color I want?

texts: In Photoshop, how do I take an image in shades of gray, and transform it into shades of whatever color I want? I don't know the term for it, if there's one, neither the property of the image I would be changing with this effect, but I think it's easy to understand.


texts:
I know that a similar questions were asked, but I did not see any answer that solves the issue -

Can we reset the rulers to show us ticks values every 10 point and not those that can be divided by 6?

I failed to adjust rulers to grid no matter what I performed (double click in the left upper corner or zeroing via dragging to any desired point.

Sometimes I need the rulers and grid to match...

The main part of question - Can we match grid lines and rulers perfectly as grids are just continues of rulers ticks?

Illustrator CS6.
Any new solution? What I miss?

UPDATE after the answer by Scott - now it is near to be perfect


texts: Is it possible to make a color sequence pattern using a loop statement

texts:
I recently played Stack from Ketchapp Studios on my android phone. I really liked the concept. And then, I came up with a question. How would these guys make the transition in color of the cubes using some automated method, looping through color values?

Assume that they uses hex or rgb() values, how would they make that nice transition? What values would they update and with what steps? I have studied color theory in the past, but I'm not sure how to answer the above question.

Some images that shows this color change:

Update

After some discussion in the comments I would like to point out some few things. @Cai suggests it is possible to use predefined values for my colors. I'm a developer not a designer (not so much at least). I always want to use only as much space as I need in my variables. An array of predefined colors will use more resources than using a loop statement to change values.


texts: How do I subtract line path's from a background in Illustrator?

texts: I've been working on an invitation and I want to use a gold shimmer paper to print on. My printer suggested I subtract everything I want to show as gold on the background. 1st picture shown is my design.  I need to get everything that is gold looking to be subtracted from the black background.  My problem is, every time I try and use Pathfinder - Minus front, I'm left with what would be the "fill" of my outer paths subtracted.  See second image.  How do i go about getting all of my line paths to be subtracted without this happening?


texts: Tips for creating a mosaic of one photo from a set of photos

texts:
I want to create a mosaic from a set of photos I already have that will give me another photo. So a set of architecture photos that will give me a big photo of it's creator (the architect). The result for me would be a big print, at least one meter (40") across. Ideally, each tile would be discernible, so you could say: that's a bridge.

I thought it would be easy (or easier), but it's not. I'm using MacOSaiX (a program for doing this), but I'm not limited to a Mac, so Windows software is okay too.

The problems that I'm having
the larger picture is not as obvious as I'd like it to be,
the set of photos has to be quite large,
the portrait of the architect has few different colors (skin, hair, shirt and background) and these are usually not present in photos (you don't see green architecture that often :)).

I have thought of going with black and white, or maybe coloring a subset of photos to match individual colors, but this would take lots of time.

Any tips? Is there better program? Any tips to automate some of the subtasks? Other tips?


texts:
I'm trying to draw a roof with no success.

These areas should be filled that I can add roof texture there. I tried with sandbox and "from contour" but it's not what I want (can't use a tile texture on it).


texts: What are some recommended online training courses (video) for Adobe illustrator?

texts:
I've just finished trialing TutsPlus and decided not to renew as the majority of their content is coding tutorials.

However I did watch a course on Adobe illustrator which was really good and want to find other sites that have videos done by talented designs that tell you their tips and workflows for using Adobe illustrator. (i.e. not the basic Lynda type videos)

Anyone know of a decent resource? Happy to pay for them if they are high quality and by classy designers.


texts: If Lab Color space covers colors that are not supported by monitors how come photoshop are showing Lab color space in their colorpalette? What is the purpose of it? If I give Lab values as L-(85), a-(29), b-(-99). I am getting a color. But if I use the corresponding RGB values, I am not getting that actual color. Why is that?


texts: What font is used here on David Guetta's T-shirts?

texts:
What is this font on David Guetta's T-shirts?

"Its the way you love me - I wanna go crazy". The same streaky-paint style font is used on the David Guetta album, "One more love".


texts:
There is a function in Inkscape that refresh font list? Anytime I install a new font I have to restart Inkscape to use it.

Something like "Rescan font list" in GIMP.


texts: Can I change the text in each instance of a linked object

texts:
I am reusing a design element many times in a single file. Rather than duplicating all the layers each time I reuse the element, I set it up as a linked asset which I include multiple times.

This is great but there's one limitation which I was hoping to find a workaround for. Each time I place the linked element I'd like to be able to change one piece of text inside the linked file. I was hoping it would be as simple as going to the Properties panel and entering the variable value for each instance.

I know that Photoshop supports variables in some capacity so I looked into that. However that feature seems to be designed for a different purpose. Is there any way of passing through a custom variable for each placement of a linked file?


texts: Responsive website sketch and design tools in 2017

texts:
About 4 years ago, someone asked the community here to suggest tools they use for mocking up responsive websites.   Of course, since then, times have changed and so I'm raising the issue again here in 2017.  Many new tools have come on the market and I'd like to hear suggestions again for tools by each of the following types:

1) BEST OVERALL RESPONSIVE SITE DESIGN TOOL: What tool do you like the best these days for making responsive websites?

2) FASTEST PROGRAM TO CREATE A NEW RESPONSIVE SITE: Excluding weebly-type online stuff, what desktop program do you like the most for being FAST to create an entirely new responsive website with multiple views?  Presumably, it would have templates.  Of course, an online tool is acceptable, too, if it allows independent HTML output to a regular hosting company.

3) ONE TOOL FOR SKETCH TO FINAL DESIGN: Can you suggest a tool that goes from wireframe to final design in the same program?  I'd like a tool that can let a designer build a wireframe based upon some templates, and then move within that same tool to the final web design (html etc.) output?  It seems like such a waste to sketch in one program and then draw the final design from scratch in another program.  Ideally, one tool should be able to say, "alright, you want a form with 4 textboxes, a DDL, and a submit button so I'll start you with that in final design mode."

4) TOOL FOR TEAMS WITH DEVELOPERS:  What responsive website design tool would you suggest that helps tracks pages in progress, finalized pages, add comments for developers, and then let's developers take only completed pages to then integrate into database-driven websites?  Without this being in a tool, people have to make various network folders for categories, drop TXT files for developer notes, etc. and that is not good enough these days.

5) TOOL WITH SUBSCRIBER / BACK-END TEMPLATES:  Most tools with templates / prebuilt views are designed to just make front-end websites.  But in reality, designers need to create "log in" pages, and have menus for members, customers, subcribers, whatever.  What program would you suggest that has prebuilt views for this type of "complete" website and not just a basic 3 page public website?

Thanks!


texts: White ink on black paper - how should I knockout a stroke around some text?

texts:
I am preparing artwork to be sent to a printer for the production of custom umbrellas. We want to print a logo on black fabric with 2-inks: white-spot and orange-spot (PMS 021) colours. The path in the picture is the stroke for the type. That's the one I want to be black, the fabric. Shown below is only one character coloured in orange.

How do I get a stroke on an object to knockout underlying white ink and to not print on the stroke at all so that it ends up looking like the second image below? With 0% C 0% M 0% Y 0% K process swatch?

And how can I preview it? We don't have black paper nor white ink.


texts: Add an outline around type in Illustrator and then delete it from the letterform?

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I have a font that I want to be marginally thinner. I've typed out the word and then added a white outline around it.

What I want to do is delete the outline, whilst maintaining the thinner font. How can I do this?


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We're creating a set of user manuals with different versions.
In some versions, not all the pages should be included.

For instance, in version A, everything should be included.
In version B, pages 6 to 8, 11 to 15 would not be included.
In version C, pages 4 to 5, 16 to 20 would not be included.
And so on.

One way is to create completely separate INDD files, but updates would be problematic if there are pages that are common across the versions because it would mean duplicated effort.

On the other hand, creating only one document would mean that we need to type the page numbers manually for each version whenever we export the PDFs. It is error prone and also time consuming.

Is there a feature that could help streamline this process?


texts: Create prototype with iPhone X round corner

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Hey guys (and to dribble experts),

I'm trying to create a prototype using iPhone X mockups. I'm following this simple tutorial to do this (basically my flow : 1) create screens in Figma 2) export to principle to add animations 3) export animations in video foramt to photoshop 4) add the video to iphone X mockup 5) save as a gif

This works all fine but since screen on Iphone X has round corner + front camera area, the end result is not as expected

I didn't have to worry about this in Figma when designing screens since I dont't have to do this 'manually'

Thanks !


texts: How to make the canvas fit the shape of my image?

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I have the following image:

I would like the canvas fit the exact shape of the room shown on this image. The goal is to include this image on my website and create a little effect whenever someone clicks on this image. The issue so far is that whenever someone clicks on the invisible area around the room, the effect starts as well because the invisible area with grey squares also belongs to the image being exported.


texts: Segmenting a ring into three pieces in Inkscape

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I‘m trying to re-create these shapes in Inkscape, namely the white lines:

I could trace this image, but I'd like to know if there's a clever, and more accurate, way for re-creating the shapes.

For context, it’s for a capacitive touch wheel design (page 40).


texts: How to bucket fill area with a gradient in Gimp?

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I have a very simple problem. In the following image I want the pinnacles and other parts of my (admittedly very awesome) castle filled with some color and other shapes or outlines filled with other gradients.

For some very odd reason I cannot seem to tell the bucket fill tool to use a gradient? Or am I stupid? :)


texts: PNGs made in GIMP not coming out transparent

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I’ve had this happen with more than one image lately.

I open an image in GIMP with the purpose of making the background transparent. The first thing I do is Add Alpha Channel. I proceed to remove the background. Once I’m done with that, I export as PNG. But the background isn’t transparent. I can’t figure out for the life of me why that is. I’ve never had this problem before. The image is in RGB mode. I’m using GIMP 2.8.10. Is there some obvious step I’m missing?