texts: Simplest Program to create alternating page layouts

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I'm looking for an easy to learn layout program that allows me to create alternating page layouts. MS Word does NOT seem to have this feature (argh!).

By simplest I mean lowest learning curve. This is subjective, I know, but anything easier than QuarkXpress or InDesign would be wonderful. Of course, if no such beast exists and I need to use Quark or InDesign that knowledge would be nice to know too.

The design I need to work with is this: A book with the main text on the left hand pages in two columns and a two column layout on the right with supporting text in one column and lines in the other for taking notes.

All columns are full page height. Left page columns are equal width and right page columns have the left side column slightly smaller, maybe a 40% / 60% split.

Something like this:

This is the left | text that flows  || this is right    |___________
hand page with   | in two columns   || hand page with   |___________
                                    || text in one      |___________
                                    || column and lines |___________
                                    || in the other.    |___________

I don't want to put too much time into learning new software and won't need many features beyond this layout. I'm currently download the InDesign trial to give that a try but from what I read online, I could be in for a bit of a steep learning curve.

I guess what the hard part is, is that I expect to paste in a whole bunch of existing text into the first left hand page and the text should never appear on any right hand page. Supporting text will be added later on the right hand page.

Help locating such software (or that nothing "easy" exists) very appreciated! Please let me know if comments if I need more detail on any of this.


texts: What are the mechanics inside the "Apply Image" panel?

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What are the mechanics inside the Apply Image panel?

This is the panel I am referring to, but I have it in Spanish.

Inside we can configure some stuff, something that resembles the blending modes, etc.

This specific configuration is used in Frequency separation for Portrait retouching for example.

I want to implement this in different applications that does not have the exact same tool, let's say Gimp or PhotoPaint... but I am wondering...

What that tool really does? It is not only a blending mode, obviously, somehow the current layer gets combined, explored, cooked and baked with the other layer, some hocus pocus happening there, and POOF!, you have a new layer...

What are the mechanics inside that cauldron?


texts: Issue with strokes switching orientation in Illustrator CC

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I designed a logo in Illustrator CC. Everything looks fine until I zoom out. When I reach 33.33% the areas with the fine strokes change orientation, they reverse (these were created from clipping masks that I expanded then cropped). Here is what it looks at 100% and 33.33%:

I found out that there was reports of similar issues with High Sierra, which is the operating system that I had:
https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-bugs/suggestions/20384572-high-sierra-macos-10-13-gpu-rendering-issues-wit
So I unchecked the GPU performance setting and tried switching my file to cmyk but it didn't change anything. I even upgraded to Mojave and updated all of my Creative Cloud softwares (I now have Illustrator CC 23.0.1)), still have the same issue.

Anybody has experienced this before and know how to fix it? This logo needs to be delivered ASAP and it is seriously starting to stress me out. This issue (with that same logo, this is the only vector I encountered this problem with) also happens in photoshop when I export it as a smart object. If the file is high res and big there is no problem but as soon as try reducing the size the strokes reversed. I tried in InDesign, with saving out as jpg, png, pdf,... same thing happens.

Could it be a pixel related problem and/or the way I designed it? When I go under View and check Pixel Preview it automatically reverse the strokes. I did try to Align to pixel grid but then it distort the logo like this:

Any help I can receive will be greatly appreciated.


texts: Transparency to unpremultiplied RGB + Alpha

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I have a transparent layer in Photoshop CS5 (so internally, it's most probably stored as unpremultiplied RGB component plus an alpha component per pixel).

Now I want to transform this to an opaque layer (just unpremultiplied RGB) + a alpha mask. the result should look the same as the original.

I can't just underlie the transparent layer with black, take the selection from it as a mask and merge the layers, because this would result in the alpha being premultiplied in the RGB values.

I hope you understand the problem and can give me a solution to it.

As an alternative explanation:
I want the REVERSE process of this:

create a new layer and paste in any image
create a mask with a white-to-black gradient
apply the layer mask

Explanation images:

State A:

State B:

IMPORTANT: the layer is just for this example fully constant red - but you could think of any arbitrary image instead of the constant red. so - to go from state A to State B, one simply has to apply the layer mask.

I want to know how to go from State B to State A.


texts: Are there ways to make a font more legible at smaller sizes?

texts: What techniques can be used to make a given font more legible at smaller sizes (in the 6-9pt range, for example)? Will legibility be entirely dependent on the font used, or are there other design elements that can be tweaked to help?


texts: If select a color from Eyedropper tool and try to put it in stroke of any object, then it doesn't fills up in it's stroke instead it fills the whole object not the stroke. Eg say its a circle which is not filled but have only stroke on it. So, when I try to pick a colour from Eyedropper tool then it doesn't fill up on stroke of circle instead it fills the whole circle. So I have to note down the colour code value and write manually each value. Is there any time saving process in this???


texts: InDesign: How to move a paragraph up or down without baseline shift?

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I would like to know how I can change the vertical position of a paragraph in the text without using the baseline shift.

I basically would like to do exactly what "space before" and "space after" from the paragraph style settings do, just with a negative value. My goal basically is to have two consecutive paragraphs overlap.

I would like to a achieve an effect similar to this example:

As you can see, the date kind of looks like it's hanging down from the heading, and the text is next to it. Now my idea was to create a paragraph style for the text and a paragraph style for the consecutive text. Then I wanted to either let the date have a negative "space after" or let the text have a negative "space before". However, that's not possible. I can only set positive values. Another possible way I've found is applying a baseline shift to the text, but that doesn't seem like a clean solution to me.


texts: Advice on font for a "Portfolio" website

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I am working on my portfolio website now, and I am trying to pick a font but I have no idea which one to use. All I know is that I am looking for a Sans-Serif font that leaves kind of a "raw" feeling, and by "raw", I mean something that inspire honesty, dynamism and simplicity ... Any suggestion is welcome.

The overall design is minimalistic ...


texts: Need a neat way to show availabity (e.g. working hours)

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I need to show service availability for a service catalogue I am putting together. I want to do this as economically (in terms of real estate) as possible.

For example, a service may be available:

5am-9am - Emergency Support
9am - 5pm - Core hours
5pm - 9pm - Emergency Support

Was thinking of something like a timeline, but the graphic should fit into a rough square or fat rectangle - i.e. a timeline may be too skinny.


texts: I have some text that came with a file, and I increased the size of text thereby hiding some of the text. I have used the direct selection tool on some text, and chosen the little white box, which I believe is the anchor, and stretched it making the whole word visible. However, this does not work on some text which is curved (see example, mising 'egal'). There is no white box anchor. Adding anchors does not help. Am I doing some thing wrong? I also cannot rotate those same words using the rotate tool, but I can with the Free transform tool (if that helps?). Any suggestions greatly appreciated.


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These two fonts are a pain to identify because of the formatting (one is partially masked) and the other is on a background that makes it hard to identify. There are two different images for the 2nd logo (cobaty)

Any idea what these fonts are?


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I have a rectangular image which I'd like to distort so that it fits into a shape. I can almost do it using "Distort", but I need to move more than just the corners, which is all I can seem to do using distort. The midpoints just scale along that direction.

This is approximatly what I want to achieve:

There'd probably be more distortion, but I painted this by hand... I can use either Photoshop or Illustrator, if either one is more suited.


texts: How to have a custom Default Swatch Library in Illustrator

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Is there a way to have my custom Swatch Library open up in the top left corner, rather than the default library?

I have colors and spot colors I use in almost all my files. I would like to have them, and a true 100% CMYK in my default swatch library.


texts: When advertising a URL, should the leading https:// be included?

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I realize this question belongs more on the Digital Marketing Stack Exchange, but since that experimental SE was deleted, I'm dropping it here. Please forgive me.
I'm working on a flyer that has a URL, and I'm wondering whether or not to include the https:// in the beginning. Does it add any sense of reassurance for a typical customer to know it's a "secure" URL? Or does it just get in the way visually and make the URL less memorable?
To be clear, it is an https:// URL - I just want to know if it should be printed that way. Also, it is not simply the site name or brand, like "Twitter" or something you might type into a search engine and find. There is a specific /path that follows.
Please let me know what the trend is these days. I would have omitted http:// back before the s was standard, but now that there is an aspect of security and trustworthiness to be weighed, I'd like to know how other designers are approaching this. I haven't been given any specific direction regarding how to present the URL. Thanks.


texts: How do I create perfect stroke-dash spacing for a rounded rectangle?

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So I'm trying to recreate this rectangle from Ikea:

I found this article on how to calculate dashes: https://www.designernews.co/stories/47034-how-can-we-calculate-a-perfect-dashed-border-in-sketch

But I still can't get it quite right:

My rect is 242 X 162 with a 16px radius. Is this possible or do I just need to create it myself through custom vectors?


texts: what is the difference between Group and union (pathfinder)

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i want to know  when i should use 'group' (ctrl+G)  and union from pathfinder. i think They are producing same thing .Is there any particular reason for creating two process/command which produce same result?

I want to create a sun burst figure(1) so which command i should apply?
Grouping it or union from pathfinder?


texts: How do I scale a screenshot up and down and keep the quality?

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For an assignment I would like to show the steps that I took on my pc (with print screens) in PowerPoint. I will show these timeline print screens scaled down but when I upscale them back they become vague and unclear.

Is there a way when I enlarge them back at a larger size that they are of good quality again?


texts: How to keep stroke size unchanged when changing brush in Affinity Designer?

texts: Every time I switch brush type in Affinity Designer, the stroke size changes as well. How do I prevent this behaviour, keeping the same brush size when changing the brush type?.


texts: Is there an easy way to remove internal nodes from a path in inkscape?

texts: Specifically if I write text and convert it to a path, and then outset the path to make one outline, I then want to remove the "holes" from characters like O without manually going through each one individually, to produce just an outline around the text. Is there a quick and easy way to do this?


texts: Can I make each group in this SVG file its own SVG file?

texts: I have a huge SVG file that I filled with all the characters for a font. There are a lottt of characters and it'd take forever to manually copy each of them into its own file. Each character has all of its paths combined into a group, so if something could automatically put each group into its own SVG file, that would solve my problem. Any ideas? Thanks!


texts: Website to extract fonts and colors from other sites

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I'm looking for a website where you can type in a URL of a site and then the website extracts all the used font-styles and colors used in this particular URL.

The result looks like a kind of Patternlab.

Somebody sent me this link once but now I can't find it anymore. Hope anybody can help!


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I have a poster that I want to print in A0 size. For technical reasons, the output
PDF file unfortunately is currently not in A0 size. How can I print this poster in A0?

Should I first convert it to A0 somehow before sending it to the printer  (which I don't know how) or I can just send the file to the printer and there just simply select the A0 option in the printing menu and the printer would take care of it?

I have used LaTeX to make the poster.

Thanks


texts: How to change color of an image in Illustrator

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When I open an image in Photoshop, I can easily change the color by double clicking on the layer and adding color overlay.

How can I do the same in Illustrator? It doesn't need to be with Color overlay (since I now that there isn't color overlay in Illustrator)
Just how do I change the color?


texts: Can I export an InDesign / Illustrator file to pdf with a different print version?

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I'm creating a single page invitation with a dark background and white text. The invitation will be sent via e-mail. However, when people print the invitation, I would like the print to have a white background with dark text (to save ink).

Does anybody know whether this is possible, and how? I use either InDesign or Illustrator to design the invitation.

Many thanks in advance!


texts: Photoshop CC: Make selection inside grid cell

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I'm using Photoshop's built in grid feature and I'd like to know if there's a quick way to create a selection that will expand to be the dimensions of any given grid cell.

In Aseprite there's a feature where while you have the Marquee tool selected you can double click inside a grid cell to create a selection inside of it.

Is there a similar feature like this in Photoshop?

Thanks!

Edit:

This is for making tile based art for game dev purposes.


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When saving an .AI file to SVG I am losing some elements.
I have tried Save As and Export with the same result:

I have grouped it all and ungrouped it all, they are all on the Artboard - there is only one Artboard.

All text is outlined, there are no hidden layers. I have copied and pasted to a new document. When I CMD+Y I can see the outline of everything. Sometimes it will only be one letter of a word missing.

I somehow think I am maybe messing it up when working in isolation mode? (nothing is in isolation mode when "saving as...")


texts: how to improve the highlights and shadows for project

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I'm not yet confortable to use highlights and shadows to give texture, so I wanted to ask how can I improve the texture of the character ?, does the effects make sense ? are at the right place ? knowing that the light comes from top corner left.
thank you :)


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I am doing my resume right now, and I have a lot of acronyms. I'm using an OpenType font, so I've always put those acronyms in small caps. I've never quite been sure what to do, though, when a heading line or a list item begins with an acronym. When it begins with any other word, I would capitalize that first word. But with an acronym that's set in small caps, do I bump the first letter up to regular caps? Looks weird, to my eye.

Small caps alone

Small caps with full caps


texts: What's the best way to resize an animated GIF to a specific ratio?

texts: I'm looking to resize an animated GIF (of a prototype), to 800x600 to work on Dribbble. Can anyone explain the best way or point me in the direction of good instructions?


texts: Is Scribus a viable alternative to Quark or InDesign?

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For someone who has worked in the professional publishing industry, I rely on InDesign and Photoshop for creating professional documents, even if they're as simple as a business card. Sometimes I don't have the luxury of working with these expensive programs, however, so I look for alternatives that can get the job done. I'm familiar with GIMP and Photoshop, and in a pinch I can use GIMP, but I prefer Photoshop because of a decade of experience with it.

I've used Quark and InDesign (and PageMaker before that), and consider InDesign the tool of choice for page layout.

I recently ran across an open source product called Scribus and wondered if anyone with Quark or InDesign experience has tested this, and can put forth a list of what it does and does not do by contrast.

Is Scribus a worthy alternative to InDesign/Quark?


texts: How come my text looks like it is not dead centered?

texts: I can't figure out why the text is not in dead center of my black screen. Looks a bit up.  It have been entered with the align tool, but for a reason or another, to me it looks a little bit up.


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Are there any tutorials for making phone clay designs and on how to give a perspective view like the image below.

Or any one can point me in the right direction. I know there are mock ups that I can use but want to learn the process of doing so.


texts: Gimp, script that iterates through several images and exports each one with different options

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I'm quite new to gimp. Assuming I have N images I was wondering if it is possible do the following:

For i = 1...N
  For each export options j = 1 .. N
      Export(img[i],option[j]);

Basically what I'm doing manually is to load an image and export it using the following dialog:

where (for example) I set different compressions level at each export, or changing 8bpc RGBA to (for example) 16bpc RGB etc.

Also I'd like to repeat the same iteration but maybe for jpeg for example, with other options etc.

Is there a way to script the whole process over a set of say 100 images?


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I'm looking to enhance my workflow for design websites with Sketch.
I know Sketch has a built in ability to export CSS but it only exports the actual CSS atttubutes .

Is there a way to export the CSS namespaces to the name of the element it forms part of.

So if i design a button and call the group ".call-to-action-button" then the CSS would export like so.

.call-to-action-button{
  background-color: green;
}

This approach would then rely on me diligently naming each part of the design to conform to my export approach.
Am I thinking about this the wrong way? Is there a better Sketch to CSS workflow I should be selling out.


texts: Why image sharp with white background, but blocky with transparent one?

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I'm trying to do something for work that should be very simple, but it's turning out to be far more complicated than I had hoped. I have a jpeg of a Japanese kanji on a white background. I need to have the black kanji without the white background.

I've checked and tried everything I can think of for removing the background. I have used Krita, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks... One of two things happens:

a) The program CANNOT differentiate between the white and black areas of the original jpeg using magic wand, convert colour space, etc.

b) The program CAN differentiate between them, but even with feathering selection and refine edges in PS, the resulting image is blocky, pixellated and has grey squares around it. The kanji in the original image with a white background has sharp, smooth edges and there is no grey.

Here are the two kanji compared in Illustrator. With the right image, I used PS, quick selection tool and refined the edges to attempt to remove the blockiness. (Following this older post: Photoshop: How to make background transparent without affecting image quality?) I need it to have a transparent background, but have edges as smooth and as crisp as they are in the original. I just have no idea what else to try...

Please try to keep your suggestions limited to the programs I have mentioned unless you really think it is impossible to do without acquiring something else.


texts: Do I need full 300dpi resolution photos for designing a poster?

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I'm working on a poster for a local event.  It has a photograph in the background. The poster itself is designed to be 11x17, which at 300dpi is about 3300x5100.

Now the photo in the background does not have to be completely crisp, since it is behind the text and can be a little blurry.

I'm just looking at istockphoto and wondering what size image to buy. I don't think I need the full size, but I have no idea which I can get away with.


texts: Where does Adobe InDesign CC 2015 for Mac store user customised keyboard shortcut sets, and how to import them to InDesign on another computer?

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In the InDesign Presets/InDesign Shortcut Sets folder under my applications, there are only PageMaker, QuarkXPress and Default shortcut sets. The set I defined and saved in InDesign is no where to be found. Is it possible that InDesign hid it for some reason?

There's also not an Adobe InDesign folder under User/Library/Preferences/ on my Mac OS Sierra system disk, as suggested in another similar question.
How do I import my custom InDesign workspace to a new computer?


texts: Change colour of text from black to white in photoshop

texts: Easy one, I get it but how do you change colour of text from black to white photoshop.  I've found the colour selector but I cant see white as an option(?)


texts: How do you manage samples of physical design projects?

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As a designer creates work, more and more "samples" start to stack up.

With digital projects maintaining a library of past projects is fairly easy. All it takes is a dedicated hard drive and a backup.

However, with physical projects the collection of samples can get rather large.  I have begun contemplating burning a few piles of samples.

Do you keep physical samples? If so, how many samples of each project do you keep?
How long do you keep them? Do you keep all project samples or merely the ones you feel are "best"?
How do you store physical samples? Are you concerned about degradation over time? If so, how do you combat that?
I had considered a good photo shoot then maintaining the photos rather than the pieces. Is it imperative to have the actual physical piece so it can be held and felt?


texts: Photoshop - slice and save image - can't get save dialog. Has something changed?

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I have a huge 8 bit B&W image (PNG, 200k x 100k px) which is a high resolution generated map of a large area, so I can't generate it in small chunks. The map is fine, Photoshop CC 19 (Windows 10)  handles it great, but I now need to slice it into 8192 x 8192 px tiles, and I'm having no luck. Nothing in the "save as" dialog, nor anything apparently relevant in the "export as" dialog, and "save for web" is greyed out and I can't figure why.

Clean install, from Adobe installer, no messing round or extensions. I've got as far as an image with slices/tiles shown correctly in blue (and unwanted slices/tiles deleted), but can't seem to get it to do anything with them.

I've even tried as Adobe says, selecting a tile and edit->copy (to paste into another tab or even MS Paint), but it copies the entire image, not just the content of that tile.

I tried using ImageMagick instead, but it failed with a "can't access magic.xml" error for reasons I don't understand, so I'm back trying to slice it in Photoshop.

Any ideas, workarounds, or similar, whatsoever? Speed is key - all I need to do is slice, but I've got to upload them for a presentation tomorrow morning! :)


texts: Preparing photographs for black and white photocopiers

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I am preparing a textbook for use at my school. Eventually, I might hand-draw all of the illustrations, but in the meantime, I will use photographs. Some of these photographs will fill 1/3 of the page. To save as much money as possible, I will use the campus print center to make copies of the book. They have black and white photocopy machines. Unfortunately, the print center claims that it is very difficult to photocopy photographs. They demonstrated this with a page and showed that the photos were almost entirely illegible, and the process used too much ink.

How can I prepare all of my photographs, such that they will still have a consistent and legible appearance when photocopied?
I have found that lithographs, such as this illustration of Wimel Poort will photocopy just fine and they still retain a lot of detail. Is there some way to prepare the photograph to have a similar texture?


texts: Ensure a document is ready for 4 color printing

texts: If my document only uses pantone colors does this mean it is ready for 4 color printing?


texts: Info Palette went missing. How can I get it back?

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My Info Palette disappeared in Illustrator. Is there a keyboard command to get it back? I have looked in the help files, I have looked in the Windows and Views menus but cannot find anything. It is the ribbon of info at the top (gives details on any element selected in the illustrator design), just under the menu items.

Thanks for any help!
Wendy


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Wondering if there is an easy way to achieve a layered line effect as seen here:

Or does this have to be manually drawn using the pen tool?  Essentially I'm wondering if there is a tool in illustrator that allows you to repeat the pattern.
Thanks!


texts: How to bend a rounded rectangle correctly on Illustrator?

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I have a rounded rectangle with corner radius that completely covered the sides. See below:

I want to bend this so it is wrapping a circle. I can't seem to do it without messing with the caps.

I tried making this a brush and apply it to a stroke, here is the result:

Notice the caps are deformed.

Any idea?


texts: I want to display a text over a video. However, the video may include any color from white to black. What is the best text effect (color/stroke/shadow/glow ... etc) that can be applied on the text so that it will be very clear on any background color.


texts:
I saw this really cool cube graphic:

I know you can create isometric cubes in illustrator & photoshop, but how do you create this cube (not isometric angles), with directly editable side colors?


texts: How do I trace outlines keeping the original colours in Inkscape?

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I am looking to create an SVG path outline of a logo so I can do some basic logo animations for a website. The logo is pretty much just text in a specific font with a few artistic add ons. Its in two colours, dark blue and light blue.

I want to trace the outline of the text and additional shapes so they become SVG paths that I can animate the fill for a website.

I have followed the recommended tutorial on using tracing, but it traces the outline in black, not the original colours.

Is there any way to get the system to trace the outlines of the letters/shapes in the original colours?


texts: How to punch through all the layers in Adobe Illustrator?

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So I have this image as vector and a grunge image as vector:

I can easily mask the grunge part from the image in Photoshop:

But when I try to do this on Illustrator with pathfinder always get funky results:

I can use the Pathfinder tool on simple one object at a time, subtract from front etc..

But how can I make this with these all layers and groups?

Vector file


texts: Logo distribution - without color profiles?

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The company I work for recently started a partnership program. Part of the program includes us sending out our logo to our partners which they will include in their websites, signs and printed materials.  We had some issue with photoshop color profiles and chose to remove them in the files we sent to our partners.

Is this the correct way to do this?

Are there any other ways to insure that the colors in our logo will appear correctly when added to other company's designs?


texts: Is this Dutch IJ ligature suitable and readable to native speakers?

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I'm designing a display typeface and have designed, for the Dutch capital IJ digraph, a ligature that combines the "I" and "J" to form what looks like a broken "U".

Here is a comparison of my "IJ" ligature against the distinct "I" and "J" glyphs:

To give more context; the typeface I am designing is primarily a display face, with both upper and lower case in a number of weights:

The inconsistent spacing between weights is by design so that they can be layered or stacked as you can see in this example:

From what I understand, the 'broken U' form is acceptable, but I'm not sure if this is an acceptable, and easily readable, form for regular use. Most real-world examples I have seen in this form have been in signage or logos which is causing my doubt on it's suitability; but my exposure to Dutch is basically non existent.

Would a native Dutch speaker be surprised to see this form of ligature in a normal passage of text? Or is it more of a stylistic alternative? I'm also interested in whether this would be more suitable for a display typeface (as this is), or would it be equally suitable in a text face?

Here are some examples of the "IJ" in use:

Note, Implementing the Dutch IJ digraph as a ligature is asking about the technical implementation (through OpenType features); here I'm specifically asking about the suitability of the ligature design itself.


texts: How do I create this text style with multiple offset fill colours in Illustrator please?


texts: Emailers- When slicing how to avoid shift in slices on emailer

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When we slice an image in Photoshop for an emailer and save out as slices with links how do you avoid a shift in the slices on the emailer once it has sent.

For example; I want to create links to youtube video's on a design with a coloured background. When I do this all the elements shift and create horrible white spaces as well as cut up the text.

How do I stop this from happening?


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I want to know how can I move my project in Adobe Illustrator draw from my iPad to my Computer's Adobe Illustrator with all vectors intact.

I've tried but all I get is a jpeg file without the vectors.


texts: How to blend an imported image with my custom Incscape file?

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Is there anyway to import an image to Incscape. Suppose I have downloaded an Image from internet. Then Imported it to Incscape like this---

Now I want to change its texture like fill & stroke and blend with my custom svg. Is there any way to do it?


texts: Blending Mode that imitates pigment secondaries

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I'm using GIMP2 and found Blue and Yellow are making gray. Red and Green are making gray too. I'm using layers (one per color) and first assumed opacity would get me Green or Yellow in the examples above. Grain Merge gives the right secondaries, but if the mask layer is over white, the color is desaturated at about half-strength; red becomes salmon-y or pink.
My question is: What do I do to ensure a Blue layer results in Green when over a Yellow layer without surprise color distortions? Am I missing something obvious?


texts: Photoshop image fading and background effect

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I believe it's easy to do, but I am missing some details. Somehow, my results are not what I'd wanted them to look like.

How to draw illustrational lines? (Think of the lines from Windows Vista login screen, for example.)
… and how to crossfade the created image with another image?

This is what I'm trying to achieve:

Other example of lines I'd like to draw (and later fade over some image):


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I'm trying to make puzzle piece, so I want to cut out circle from rectangle, but somehow I can't make their left sides to coincide :/
Does anyone had same problem?

As you see when I click 'Horizontal Align Left' icon, it's what I get on pic.


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Has anybody started using the new library feature in Creative Cloud 2015?  It looks really good in terms of managing assets, styles and colour palettes between files.  I use photoshop for UI design and the art board feature has been a god send.  It does start seriously chugging when you have complex designs.  Ideally, I'd like to have one library of all assets/styles/colours used and split the designs into separate files.

From what I've seen of the new libraries feature so far is that you can't update styles globally like you can with the paragraph styles palette.  So once you attach a style from the library palette, it only takes it once but isn't linked so if I want to change the base style in the future, this won't be possible.  Anybody have any work arounds/thoughts on this?

Thanks


texts: Drawing an unrotated perfect star in Inkscape

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I want to draw a very simple, but unrotated star, exactly like this.

But I can't get it rotated exactly like the image. Even using Ctrl while drawing (with the default angle of 15°) doesn't help. I have been using Inkscape for more than a year, and I do a lot of work using it, but I can't find a simple solution to this simple problem!


texts: How to remake the "brush" efftect used on this LOTR-Poster?

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I am trying to remake a poster for a friends (nickname Frodo) wedding. I am close to finish, but I don't know how to give the resulat (it was more a less a simple face swap) the same brush-touch as the original.

I tried to use photoshop-filters and paper/canvas overlays, but couldn't get a good result.
Thx, for your help!


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I want to know if there is a possibility to "cut" the mesh into single objects (triangles, other polygons) I create using Pen Tool? I followed examples in these two tutorials: Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Create a low-poly portrait  and Low Poly Art in Photoshop by RedundantPotato...

However the first one seems like too much effort (as I am still struggling with mastering the Illustrator tools and have a deadline on me) and second one isn't accurate enough.

I came up with the idea to just draw the mesh above the picture I'm working on and add colours individually to the polygons.

However the paths I'm creating aren't split into individual polygons but remain a singular path. Is there a possibility to cut a complex path into smaller objects (polygons)?

For example this one

split into individual polys?

EDIT:

I finally conquered the problem thanks to @joojaa here's my first attempt finished (still needs a lot of polishing and patience):


texts: GIMP Scaling image down but maintain readability

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Ive got an image that is quite large.  It's a black and white 4878x1497 image.  I've finished modifying it but need to scale it down proportionally from 1497 to 72.  What's the best way to go about doing that in GIMP?

Link to Image


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In Inkscape, is it possible to distort a gradient so it follows a shape, instead of starting and ending outside of the shape? I would like to avoid raster effects if at all possible.

This image is an example of what I want, the rectangle on the left is the shape before, and the shape on the right is what I want after moving two of the control points.


texts: What is the roundabout file size of a 1m x 2m pdf?

texts: Just finished exporting a pdf that will be used to print off a 1m x 2m poster. The current file size of the pdf is a rather manic 142.3MB. Is this too big? Shall I compress it further?


texts: How to prepare a design for CMYK printing?

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This was asked in another thread.  When I searched to see if this question has been asked before it was not.  Per Meta we are encouraged to create threads that show quality solutions or to future assist others.

What do you do to prepare your files for CMYK printing in InDesign,
Photoshop or Illustrator?
What is a good way to test print the output before creating plates?
How should you prepare a file for 6 color printing?
How should you prepare a file for 8 color printing?

In regards to preparing for black this is an excellent thread.


texts: How to stair step text in Photoshop CS3?

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I don't know how else to word this question. This is literally it.
HOW do I stair step?

I have never heard of such an option, until now, and need a visual guide with screenshots, otherwise I'm lost.

I have diagonal text sitting on a path, but I just don't know how to stair step it.

There is a related question:
Typesetting on a diagonal path. But the solution there is not available in Photoshop.


texts: Rough Smart objects problem in Photoshop

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I am using Adobe CC(2015) latest version and the behaviour of the smart objects isn't normal. When I paste a vector from Illustrator to Photoshop, the vector looks low quality or rough.

ORIGINAL

IN PHOTOSHOP

However, if I click over the smart object layer(in Photoshop)and this is opened in Illustrator, the vectors looks as the original one.

VECTOR OPENED IN ILLUSTRATOR FROM PHOTOSHOP SMART OBJECT

How can I solve this?


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I am trying to find the typeface used in this edition of La Maison Tellier by Guy de Maupassant published in Paris in 1929 by Louis Conard:

(I tried an automated tool, but it didn't work.)


texts: Encoding symbols from LaTeX in Adobe Illustrator

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I would like to solve a problem but I am not able to do it. Precisely I am creating figures and I should insert mathematical formulas. The first thing I do is to create a .pdf file from a .tex source and then edit it in Adobe Illustrator. I can change the symbols, but, for example, the square root is not perfectly viewable and in its place I see a rectangle with a cross. There is some strategy to solve this problem?

I have attached the related images created first with the LaTeX, and then edited with Adobe Illustrator.


texts: Visibility of elements over different shades of blue

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I'm debating which colors to use for my website. We've been trying to find the right colors for the logo and graphics of the site, and struggling with trying to pick between the light and dark blue.

What would be the advantages to one or the other?


texts: How can I change the shape of a stroke? (after effects)

texts: I have created a happy face with the mouth being made out of a single line of stroke. How can I change the shape of it to change into a sad face?


texts: what is this Liquid layer on top of archival ink?

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I had an archival quality black ink for illustration. The label says it's "waterproof drawing ink". I didn't use it for years. And today as I opened the bottle, I found the total paint particles have dried up at bottom leaving a watery almost transparent liquid on top. That liquid smells strong and works wonders as a glazing liquid. Anybody has any idea what it might be?

p.s. Let me know if this is the wrong forum for this btw. In that case, please forward the question to Arts and Craft section. This is related to design and illustration. Hence posted here.


texts: Should I discard rough sketches as I develop my final version?

texts: I have a series of paper sketches done as part of my design process. As I take the design to the next stage I am creating a better representation of my design that builds on my sketches and will eventually lead to my final design. Do you discard rough product sketches? Some of my sketches are very rough and I feel as if it might help me to discard those I didn't take forward in order to hone my final design. At the same time I would like to keep at least an example of my thought process in a coherent / well presented way.


texts: Adobe Experience Design replace images in repeating grid as symbol

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I have a repeating grid that I use as a symbol.
If I change the images on one of my symbol-repeating-grid, the images are changed on my other symbol too.

But in the docs, it's stated that

  To override text or bitmaps in symbol instances, simply select the text and type in your new text. Or, replace a bitmap in a symbol instance with another bitmap.

What am I doing wrong?


texts: Tools or methods for optimizing favicon appearance?

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I often must create a favicon for a fairly complex image, that when it gets down to 16x16, looks weird or blurry.

I have been trying with one image, reduced with bicubic-sharp in Photoshop and adding varying widths of stroke, making it slightly larger or smaller, to try and make it so the borders line up more with the pixel borders when reduced (it's a logo with 3 curved parallel lines that looks odd when two are mostly crisp and one is a bit blurry).

I wonder if there are any methods or online tools for optimizing this size reduction, sizing and positioning the base image best to maximize the detail that's preserved?


texts: How to get arced drop shadows with center glow effect in Photoshop?

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I was just browsing the plugins.joshlobe.com and the thing that caught my eye was interesting use of drop shadows. I am talking about the drop shadow in the linked image with a center glow kind of thing.

Could anybody tell me how to achieve the effect? Is it purely an image effect or can it be produced with a combination of CSS and some image? Any tutorials where I can learn to get this kind of effect would also help.

Your help is appreciated.

dk.


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I'm using Photoshop CC.  I've been struggling to figure out the best method to re-create this look to make a shiny fingernail paint like the attached image.  If anyone can teach me or point me to the right tutorial, I'd really appreciate it :)

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I want to create something like this:

In this German tutorial, they explain how to do so in GIMP.

My problem is, that I need exactly this but so that it is repeating itself. So that I have an image of, for example 15px × 15px, and I can use it to fill a bigger background by repeating it.

Can someone help me out here?


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I am in the process of cleaning up a relatively complex logo, and am unsure as to what the best way to manage the joins between different colors. Should I leave the vector shapes in such a way as they overlap, to prevent potential gaps when printing? Or should I leave them so that only the visible part is the vector outline to simplify and prevent potential printing problems?

Are there any advantages or disadvantages of doing it either way?

To explain my point a bit better I've made a graphic. In Option A the blue background overlaps behind the dark stroke, in option B the edges of both shapes barely touch. In non-outline mode they look identical.


texts: Illustrator file saved as PDF darkens picture color

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I have a CMYK document with a photo. I want to print it from a service bureau and saved it as PDF. The save dialog has no options for color management. The result in PDF has one photo with much darker colors compared to the original and to a PNG export:

The magenta background is also a bit darker, and the remaining colors seem OK.

The second time I saved as PDF, the background became black:

When I screenshoot the PDF file, the color in the picture becomes lighter inside the print screen selection.

I am running Illustrator CS5 and macOS Mojave 10.14.6.

Why does this happen?


texts: What font qualities should be used in sales/specials promotions?

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I'm struggling to research and find some literature regarding guidelines when it comes to using fonts that would be used inside sales pamphlets or on a website/email.

Whenever I search I get fonts that are on sale or on promotion. Are there particular font qualities that are used in sales advertising (pamphlets, newletters etc)? If you have any specific font suggestions those are certainly welcome as well.


texts: Maintaining correct line thickness and small dots seem mutually exclusive in Illustrator's Image Trace

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I am attempting to use Image Trace to vectorise an illustration drawn with technical pens. The drawing has variable line thicknesses, which I want to preserve as accurately as possible, but also small dots that are used to emphasise the three dimensional nature of the subject (a skeleton destined for inclusion in a scientific publication).

I cannot seem to adjust the settings of Image Trace in such a way that I can preserve the dots at drawn weighting—they are either rendered very small or they disappear entirely—while maintaining the correct weighting of the lines. I've tried playing with every setting I can find. The Threshold setting brings out the small dots but over-emphasises the thicker lines.

I've tried the setting the noise reduction to a minimum but it's not enough.

(Nb: The drawing has been scanned at very high resolution and converted to black and white in Photoshop using the Threshold function (it looks really good at this stage). Even though the dots are small in relation to the size of the image, at the scanned resolution they each represent a fair number of pixels.)


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When I use the move tool (when I move some object in the layer) I don't have the borders (dotted rectangle) around the moving object like here in this picture:

How can I turn borders on so every time I start to move the object they appear?

This is in my Photoshop no dotted lines around the object when I move it.


texts: Is there a name for a style with 'gapped' lineart?

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Is there a name for a style of illustration with a 'gapped' lineart? The lineart gets broken at either random places, or places that seem to indicate a shadow. It has a fun look and can make your illustration seem more playful.

Nice addition from welz: it's specifically where the gaps are rounded and the whole design overall has a very roundish look/feeling to it.

It is used in both icons and detailed illustration. When I browse dribbble/behance now not a whole lot of similar images come up.

I'd like to know name/style/keywords so I can search for similar images or tutorials. But 'gapped' does not seem to get many hits.


texts: What's the meaning of Std and WGL on Typefaces?

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Taking for example the Rockwell OTF typeface. There are three "classes" inside of it:

Rockwell
Rockwell Std
Rockwell WGL

Are those particular to this typeface, or they mean something in general when we are talking about typefaces? Checking the glyphs I didn't spot any difference between Rockwell and Rockwell WGL Regular, the only difference is between Rockwell Std and the others, as the first one has less glyphs.


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I want to create a reflection of my my pie chart, so I duplicate it and then flip it vertically, but I don't know why I obtain this strange result : the object is not exactly the same.
Am I doing something wrong here ?


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What is the best way to add a double stroke to a set of grouped objects so that the stroke is on the inside?

When I attempt to do so, the inside stroke is greyed out.

When I try adding strokes to an unfilled rectangle and placing this on top of my grouped objects, I am struggling to get this to lined up properly, even using the x and y coordinates.

This is a seamless pattern that measures 43"x43". It needs to have a double stroke that sits inside so that the image doesn't exceed 43"x43". I'm not sure I'm explaining it correctly.

Thanks!


texts: Group paths into fillable objects/Join open paths in Illustrator?

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I'm trying to follow this tutorial but they skipped a few steps...
The two side dots below are each individual arches made using the pen tool, they are not connected to the mushroom cap.

All I want to do is fill each area(dots, eyes, etc) with color, I've tried dozens of combinations of unite/merge/outline stroke/join and every other tool I thought I understood the functionality of but nothing has worked. I do not want to use live paint(though I tried that and couldn't get it to work either).

Note eventually I will have to remove the stroke, so I don't think offset path will work.


texts: How to straighten waved (not curvy) image with Photoshop or similar program

texts: I want to make this text image straight. Can I make path lines parallel so i can straight the text? Puppet warp doesn't help much because I have to move points manually


texts: Determining font used in image or close alternative

texts: Can anyone help me identify the font used in this logo?


texts: Where could i start to try and make something like this video?

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i was browsing the web for some animated backgrounds for ppt when i came accross this:
http://www.faithclipart.com/video/he-is-the-vine-video-splash-screen-loop.html

Does anyone know what techniques, programs or whatever, is used to create something like this?

Cheers,
Randomman159


texts: How do i make the first of two strokes on text transparent so it shows through the bottom stroke layer?

texts: I was wondering if it's possible to put a double stroke on text so that the inner stroke makes it transparent and you can see the background. Basically it will be a solid text, then an outline which you can see what's behind it, then another solid outline. And keeping it all editable as text.


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What kinds of problems are faced when designing documents that the use of color is often a solution to?
What kinds of problems are faced when actually using color in documents?

I'm trying to provide guidance for the next major version of a mature piece of document design and typesetting software.  We have a good idea of where much of the project needs to be in this next version, but color support needs to be re-worked to solve real-world problems in the industry.

Since the color portion of the software is something of a wireframe at this point (more like a rectangle drawn with a worn crayon), I would like to learn more about how color is used in this domain.  I've thought about it and have done some internet research for most of the night, but I haven't come up with more than three uses:

To draw special attention to various parts of the page
To allow for quick navigation either on the page or across pages
To implement anti-photocopy measures

These are all a little contrived from my personal, very limited experiences, and some don't prompt answers to the core question I'm trying to ask myself:

  What kinds of problems are faced when designing documents that the use of color is often a solution to?
  What kinds of problems are faced when actually using color in documents?

I likely don't even know what I don't know in this domain, so external references to textbooks/essays/articles are also welcome.


texts: How to find out fonts' native word space?

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I need to set up average word space of M/4 in InDesign where M = 10pt. That is equal to 2.5pt. InDesign lets me adjust word spacing in terms of percentage of fonts' native word spacing.

However, I have no idea how to get fonts' native word spacing figure, therefore I can't figure out what % of that I need to get 2.5 points. How/where can I read fonts' default word spacing from?


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I am creating a logo for which I need circles to create the illusion of depth. The attached image shows the sort of effect I am trying to replicate.

What would be the best way to do this in Photoshop (or Illustrator)?

I have tried to create the effect manually. However, it would be time consuming to draw all the circles, apply transform to it and and still maintain the natural depth of the apple.

I am wondering if there are other ways to do this, and I would like to learn how the author probably created this depth.


texts: How to make a 'D' shape out of circles (that follow the curved path)?

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I am creating a logo for an NGO and it must contain the letter 'D'. They've required it to be similar to this one:

Source

How do I go about making the circles follow the 'D'-shaped path? I know how to make it such that the circles are cut off, but my client doesn't want that. Any help is appreciated.


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I'm trying to export my custom brush library in Illustrator from one device on CC to another in a remote location.   This seems to depend on having your brush library appear in the libraries panel, but mine doesn't.

Has anyone done this successfully?  I appreciate any advice.


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I can draw lines in Inkscape (with Bezier tool or freehand line tool), but they appear as path objects and when I save it, in the svg file they are also appear as path.
My question is: How can I draw and save lines as line and not as path with Inkscape?


texts: Batch save AI/PSD/INDD with PDF aswell in each application respectively, how?

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This is probably asked already, but I couldn't find a sufficient answer, so hopefully you guys can!

When creating things such as corporate identities, I always save both the workfile (PSD/AI/INDD) and a PDF version aswell, for others to view.

However, having to click to save to both extensions for each file and each revision is quite time consuming and I was hoping there was a plugin or a short way to save both a workfile and a PDF version simultaneously.

Who can satisfy me with a glorious answer to fullfill this action? :)

Thank you!

edit: A solution with by just clicking 'save' which saves to preconfigured settings (file name excluded) would be the best, however, two prompted messages (the settings window for saving AI/PSD/INDD and the PDF settings window afterwards) directly after each other is acceptable too.


texts: Image quality in custom QuickBooks invoice template

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QuickBooks custom invoices can ONLY be created in MS Word. Most of it is fine and I have managed to make something I'm really happy with (considering it's limited capabilities in the design sense) except that when I export as a PDF the images become blurry, especially those with smaller text.

As QuickBooks is only capable of reading five (boring, ugly) fonts, to create the text headers and other standout features within the invoice, I have made them in Adobe Illustrator and exported them as PNGs as they need to have transparent backgrounds. So to clarify, all the 'images' I'm referring to show blocks of text.

Things to note:

They are all in RGB mode
I have looked on all forums and within AI I have since tried > rasterising text/type optimised/artboard lined up with whole pixels. None of this is making a difference. In fact, rasterising from the Effects tab makes it immediately blurry within AI.....
Within MS Word I have also tried within compression settings > unticking the 'automatically perform basic compression on save'/220ppi selected

Am I missing something? Is it just simply impossible to use PNGs within MS Word whilst maintaining image quality? If so, how else do people customise documents like this, with such limitations with fonts etc?

PS. They look perfectly clear and crisp once they are in the Word doc, and only appear blurry once exported to PDF.

I have spent three days on this now - any help/insight is appreciated. Thank you.


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I am developing web - mobile apps and basing the navigation around jQuery mobile lists, e.g. this demo.

I use this tool to obtain and change the gradient colour for each project. I mainly use a base colour and go from top(light) to bottom (darker) and this resembles the 'standard' way the default themes use in the jQuery widget.

I now need to follow through and use this as a backdrop for containers but if I use the same gradient in a container it looks different because of the colour spread:

Are there any rules regarding this? Should I go top (dark) middle (light) bottom (dark) on the larger areas.

Any links on this dark magic appreciatted.


texts: What wireframing tool can I use that is focused on Android and iOS design?

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I've been trying to wireframe my designs for apps, but keep getting frustrated with the limited ability and poor usability of the software I've used (Balsamiq, Pencil, Prototyper).

Do you have any suggestions for free software that is up to date with buttons/elements for Android and iOS?


texts: Material Design - Green Floating Acción Button with a tick?

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I have an image processing app. The user first selects the photos he wants to process, and then selects the FAB (which has a green background and a white tick as icon). When the user selects the FAB, a speed dial opens, and the FAB's icon changes from the tick to a cross to close the speed dial.

I know that in some countries the tick means what in english the cross means.

So, should I change my FAB Design for those countries?
If so, what do you suggest me?

Thank you


texts: Why is the design of haulage companies so “special”?

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Background

Passing one of Germany’s largest cargo stations on a daily basis, I noticed that the design of lorries is quite different from most regular design.
To be frank, it usually strikes me as rather bad.
Recurring features contributing to this impression include:

low readability, either due to the chosen typeface or backgrounds;
shadow effects;
clunky, indistinctive typefaces;
excessive use of all caps or small caps;
overly tight or wide letter-spacing;
a general retro feel (1990s, if I am not mistaken).

There are occasional exceptions from this, but the general trend is striking.

Question

What are the reasons behind these peculiarities of the design of haulage companies? For example:

Are there any practical reasons for these choices?
Are these designs aimed at a particular kind of customer (of the cargo companies)?
Is it a case of intentional cheap design? If yes, why?
If it is just (unintentional) cheap design, why is this an economic choice? I would expect that if this is a relevant means of acquiring customers, the design would be better. On the other hand, if it is not, I would expect the design being completely home-made¹ or the space being used for advertisement.

If it makes any difference, I am asking about Central Europe here.

¹ which could explain some cases, but seems unlikely for some of them

Examples

Note that most of the following examples were obtained via a trapezoid transform and may not have an exact aspect ratio.

Images adapted from the following sources:
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4,
5,
6,
7.


texts: I'm confused on how to use the header tags properly so, I need help for this. Since, it is a very important part of web development.


texts: The most important things that a novice designer should focus on while learning Photoshop

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I am new in the field of design and I have started learning Photoshop.

Whenever I work on images or try to design something new, I get confused with where and how to start. I do not know which tools to use and how.

As I am teaching myself from YouTube or wherever I get tutorials, I am able to copy the tutorial work but when try to work on my own I get stuck. I forget what buttons do what and how to predict the results.

What ideas or knowledge do you think a designer or beginner should learn to improve their ability to understand that? Whats are the most important things to take care of and focus on?


texts: Sharing illustrator files with other users

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Currently we’ve got a network folder where 10 graphic designers save their work. We use this drive to open the files, work on them and save them one by one. More often than not, our files become corrupt and can no longer open in Illustrator. We have a feeling it’s the network drive at fault, and perhaps two or more people trying to access the same file at times, with network latencies and race conditions in creation of lock files etc. How best can we go about sharing our work with others without having to run into this issue? Is there a Git style tool for designers? Will creative cloud / collaboration help in our case? Any other suggestions?

Edit: My question is largely around avoidance of file-corruption, that seems to occur more often than not, due to perhaps the lock file not being saved or read by one machine in time, before it overwrites an existing lock. I have read Adobe's recommendation on this and they advise against using network-drives, yet this seems to be common practice at several organizations. I'm looking for more of a solution for not just being able to share work across machines, but more specifically, ensuring that the work does not end up corrupt and is following perhaps some unspoken common practice amongst other designers.


texts: I need .png file with transparency but when I export file as .png I get black background?

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I need .png file with transparency for web but when I export file as .png I get black background?
I am working in Photoshop and Illustrator.


texts: What font can be used as an alternative to Avenir Next Demi?

texts: Which google font is most similar to Avenir Next Demi bold?


texts: Know any books on copyright, trademarks, starting a freelance business for graphic designers?

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I want to have a firm grasp of these topics and I don't know where to start. I want to know how to copyright my work, the differences between copyrights and trademarks as well as how to legally establish myself as a freelance designer/small business.

Thanks in advance!


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Using Gnuplot, I tried to fill the surface between a discrete gaussian and the x-axis: the problem comes when the gaussian is cut from the bounds parallel to the y-axis.
This is the result:

The code (splitted in two files):

set terminal pngcairo
set xrange [0:1]
set yrange [0:1.2]

########
set border linewidth 1.5
# Axes
set style line 11 lc rgb '#808080' lt 1
set border 3 back ls 11
set tics nomirror out scale 0.75
# Grid
set style line 12 lc rgb'#808080' lt 0 lw 1
set grid back ls 12
########

#set style fill transparent solid 0.5 noborder
set style function filledcurves below x1=0
set clip two

plot '../results/free' u 1:t w filledcurves below lc rgb "forest-green"  notitle

Any suggestion to avoid that?


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I have two monitors. When I click away on the monitor that doesn't have Photoshop, the canvas goes blank like this. If I click again everything appears back normally. Is there a way to disable to disappearing action though?
This also happens when I'm working on a layer, it hides the other layers. It'd be great if there was a way to disable that hiding part.


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I am making a GUI application that has a themes folder inside the package. Users can write their own theme files following the format specified in the documentation - it is somewhat similar to GTK theme files.

Now, inside the theme file, the data is mainly about widget colours, fonts, sizes, position and so on - everything is specific to each widget. These data can refer to each other to avoid repetition.

The trouble is: writing data for each and every single widget or element on the screen is cumbersome. Some widgets share the same look, but some have different properties. Example : Close button and Play button. They both are buttons, but look very different.

How is this, from a designers point of view, handled? Should I keep this code-for-each-element pattern, or do something else? I thought about the following:

Add a "default" theme for each widget type (eg: all buttons)
If the theme doesn't have a specific widget data (eg: close button), fallback to the aforementioned default.

Is this a viable solution? Is it easy to maintain and establish? I have no experience in this area at all, apart from the designing/drawing part. Also, this software is part of an academic project. My professor and I (and some other faculty) will be doing most of the maintenance.


texts: What font is used in this minecraft logo?

texts: I was on reddit and saw a picture with a font that I liked on it. If anyone can help me identify it, I would appreciate it greatly.


texts: Is there a way to 'arrange' anchor points within a single shape?

texts: In the image below, my problem is shown; I want to tangle two shapes. I had hoped that arranging individual anchor points would be the solution, but that is not the case. Is is possible to make it 'tangly' without creating extra shapes for the purpose of overlapping?


texts: Illustrator effects appearing incorrect when opening in CorelDraw?

texts: Can anyone tell me why effects to text done in Illustrator are not opening properly on CorelDraw C6?


texts: Adjusting leading on headers vs. working with a set baseline grid

texts: I've been trying to lay out my type on a baseline grid. The head of my department always wants me to add more leading between my headings and body copy. I've attached two images to illustrate what I mean. I create the left column but am told to adjust it to look like the right column. Is proper to give more leading to the header in this way? His experience is in web design so I believe his knowledge of typography is lacking.


texts: Illustrator: how to determine whether all text in AI file is outlined or not

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I was working on a printable design for a client, before sending Ai file to the client I outlined all the fonts.

But the client told me that printing people having an issue with the missing font, I searched in the whole doc and an un-outlined font was not found.

Is there any universal way to find if there are any fonts used or not in the Ai document?


texts: What is the best workspace color profile to use while designing for billboard Ads in both Illustrator and Photoshop?


texts: Graphical differences between Photoshop and Paint Tool Sai

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Me and my friend were discussing about Paint Tool Sai and Photoshop.
About the lining systems.

He claims that when you make a line using a drawing tablet, Paint Tool Sai calculates the path and draws it smoother by filling in the bumps.

The bumps are what I get when I draw a straight line in Photoshop. In photoshop for some reason, I get bumpy lines.

What are the differences? Why is Photoshop giving me bumpy lines if I draw as fast and the same as in Sai?

My drawing tablet is UGEE and his is Huion if that's any difference too.
Thank you.


texts: GIMP - Gradient directed by curve drawn by path tool?

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Is there a way to apply gradient effect to the path drawn by curve tool ?

I am trying to make silky cloth shown as below. For that I need to draw gradient on path. How can I draw this in gimp ? Or other way to achieve this effect?


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I'm trying to print my very first book. It's a simple thing, printed on my desktop printer, double sided on 1 * A4 sheet of paper.

I will fold it down and bind it myself (using saddle stitch) as a simple little A6 book.

I've never done desktop publishing before, so I don't even know the terminology to use here, but can anyone point me in the direction of a tutorial or something that can show me how to set up Scribus (or maybe recommend other software I should use?) to do this kind of layout?

The A4 page will be folded and cut horizontally, then folded again vertically to form the A6 book, and all the parts of the page need to align in the final book (what's this kind of layout even called?).


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I have been using photoshop to cut out small parts of screenshots. I then use python OpenCV to test whether those suqares that I cut out can be found somewhere in the original screenshot.

With photoshop they can be found with a 100% match, which is expected, but when I save the png with GIMP he cannot find them. Does GIMP somehow alter the png files on opening? I have no color management or anything else activated. What could be the reason why gimp seems to alter my files when they are opened?

UPDATE: Here are the the files. I cropped part of the original file in photoshop and in gimp and it becomes evident very quickly that the gimp file is much smaller.

original:

photoshop crop png file (no compression)

gimp crop png file of similar position (original settings but compression to 0)

I have to admit that I'm unable to reproduce the problem I had before. Both crops can now be matched back to the original. In my original problem the images were much smaller, so any changes would have a much larger effect. So I'm still interested if anybody can see if there's a fundamental difference in these two crops.


texts: InDesign grep rule that applies to everything then stops if it reaches a certain character?

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InDesign GREP rules can get a bit mind-bending. Suppose you want a paragraph style with a GREP style rule that applies a character style to everything except text after a certain character. Something that doesn't apply to characters after a certain character, but applies to everything else?

For example, imagine a long list of article titles. Some are short titles, some are two parts with a short title then a colon then an elaboration. You want the whole of the short title ones to be emphasised, and everything up to and including the colon to be emphasised in the  long ones:

  Adders of Angola
  Brilliant Badgers: the brawniest beasts of Britain
  Caravanning Crazes of Coastal Canadian carp
  Danger: the dastardly ducks of Denmark

I've tried a bunch of rules but none seem to work for this. I thought it might be possible using a 'negative lookbehind', like (?<!:.*). or something, but nothing like that seems to work: it looks as if 'lookbehinds' and 'lookaheads' can only apply to the character immediately before the character you're looking for.

Any GREP experts got any ideas?

Here's one thing I figured out after a lot of browsing and trial and error, which I think logically should work, but doesn't work, for reasons I can't figure out:

\<[^:]*|\<[^:]*:

In theory, that should mean "Grab everything from the paragraph start until the end of the first run of characters that aren't ':', or, if there's a run of characters that aren't ':' from paragraph start until a ':', grab that including the ':'".

In practice, it just applies to everything. Can't figure out why.


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I'm trying to learn and practice Photoshop in my free time. Been trying to recreate the text effect used on Gizmodo Brazil's logo but can't quite get it right. Can somebody guide me through?

Here's the logo:


texts: Illustrator/Inkscape : doing perfect connected waves in one path

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I'm a newbie with these tools but i need to do a kind of drawing that should be scalable.
I would like to reproduce the same kind of waves of the wifi signal but connected each other like below. The orange color is what i would like to have and that i can't achieve in one perfect path.

So i tried to start with half circles or polar grid but don't know how to make a clean connection. Adding circles seems to be the best idea i had but difficult to place and connect them exactly

Thank you


texts: How to promote three different products to three different audiences in one banner?

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My client requests something like the title described. I do not agree the initial idea though. As they insist on doing in this way, I had to come here to ask for some help.

Let's put the question like this: how would you approach designing an outdoor banner that advertises (for example) suits, work uniforms, and children's clothes?

Normally design starts with the question: "what is the purpose to show to audience?" - but here, there are three very different audiences. How can I go about coming up with ideas that do three very different things?


texts: How to set Inkscape to save as eps and svg format at the same time?

texts: I am using Inkscape to draw. I want to save the picture as an eps picture for use in the paper, but I often find that some details need to be modified, so I also want to keep the svg format. So after every modification, I have to save it in svg and eps format. Is there a quick way to save it directly in these two formats by default and prevent me from doing so many operations every time?


texts: How to show/hide specific objects based on variables in InDesign?

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I'm creating a 80-page product catalog for a clothing company. Each page contains one clothing item.
On each page, there is a table that contains four pieces of information about that clothing item:

Washing recommendations (Indicated by placed .ai files for handwash, No tumble dry etc)
Available sizes, 3 scenarios: Onesize, S M L, or S/M and M/L (.psd files)
Material: Cotton, wool or bamboo. (.ai files)
Available colors (indicated by colored rectangles)

Of course, it's a lot of work and there are huge risks for inconsistencies etc to do all this manually for 80 pages.

Can we use InDesign like a webshop where you'd tick boxes for each of these properties for a product/page, and InDesign would show or hide the relevant graphics in their right places based on that info, with the correct dimensions, placing, etc?

Or, are there any other ways to do this in a smart, consistent way?


texts: Risograph Printing: Separation for Duotone Print

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I am preparing my first print project to be realised with a Risograph. In the process, I have come across multiple recommendations to consider a duotone print as an effective way to print images/photos. There is an example to be found here: Duotone Risograph Print

The website suggests a separation of the image into two layers and the subsequent printing of each layer with a different color. I am not sure how this separation of colors is done and would like to know. I know of the Duotone Mode in Photoshop but this is yielding a different result for me.

Do I have to select the areas which are supposed to be printed in a certain color by hand? That does not seem to be the case to me, as the images in the example look more like individual channels (like when separating an image into the separate Red, Green or Blue channel of RGB), each having been converted to a separate greyscale-image.
Can someone help me out and explain this separation process to me?

Here are the images which go along this explanation:

Printed Duotone Image:

Orange Layer:

Green Layer:

Here's one of the images I would like to print in duotone with the Risograph (all other images are somewhat similar) :


texts: I designed my business card in illustrator (3.5" x 2"), my colors are CMYK process colors, someone told me I should separate the colors before sending it to the printer, is that right? or that is the print house problem not mine, so all in all does offset printing for a business card needs color separation ?


texts: I'm a bit of a newbie here but if anyone knows the method to combine two RGB colors and get a precise result (additive).


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A site I'm creating is a directory which sorts and displays information for about 300 businesses which are part of a specific business partnership/network.

The site is meant to provide information to consumers, so i want it to seem professional, but I'm foreseeing a lack of pictures to work with and wondering how one could cover up a lack of pictures with other design elements so the page doesnt look bare.

Also, if someone could link me any examples of well styled pages that dont rely on images it would be greatly appreciated!

On a side note, i was thinking of maybe trying to spruce it up with the least arbitrary seeming free stock photos i could find, but I'm not sure if that's a good idea.


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I am a graphic designer and illustrator from the Czech Republic and time to time I struggle with the very essentials of the licensing of my art.

It is because my country is still pretty young democracy and people here are not used to fight for their own rights. Just like freelancers who sell their art. It is not much common yet to let the customer pay not for the work and hours spent only, but also for the type of license they want to apply for the art. At least when you are a freelancer.

But I like to stand for my rights, so I have to search what is the custom elsewhere. The law in our country may differ a bit, but the principles are similar. I got a GAG Handbook, it is very useful, but sometimes the numbers and the prices are not transportable to my own conditions of smaller middle European country.

That much for introduction, for I consider it important due to my origin. Anyway, here is my question.

I have learned a lot about pricing for the design that sells as the main feature of article. Such as mug, card or t-shirt design. For here the art sells. And found some examples of % royalties for such art licensing.

But how about common package design? When it is also about the quality of goods itself?

To be specific, I have a design of a package for cat goods. You can find it on my Instagram

Now lets say:

the work itself takes $ 1.000 (to count easily)
that means $ 1.000 = hours spent * hourly rate
It is original design ordered by this client for the purpose of package

Now. I got feeling that there is a slight difference, whether the client uses the design once for Facebook or prints it uncounted times and sell it on the surface of his goods.

I am not able to find whether should I add / charge something extra, flat fee or % royalties to the price when it is used on the package.

For example the Handbook uses price examples for different types of packaging and the regional size of retailer, but does not offer any key to read what is the work part and what is the licence part of the price - if there is any.

And I would like to find the key to understand how can I transfer it to our local prices.

Thanks to everyone who would add a piece of advice.

Karel


texts: Mathematical operations such as "Reflection in Line" with FOSS Linux tools such as Inkscape, Gimp or Blender?

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In Gimp, I could do this by "Layer/Transform/180 rotation" and then "Layer/Transform/Flip vertically" -- and then with some mouse, putting things together but it is slow. I am now looking for simpler solution, particularly interested in Inkscape but also interested in other FOSS tools such as Gimp and Blender.

My goal is to save time by this "reflection in line" i.e. by reusing. I want to do just half of the work and then get the other half easily. Similarly, suppose I do a four-times symmetric shape, I want to reuse the one piece to get the 360 degrees' shape.

How to do mathematical operations such as reflection in line?


texts: Why is the result completly different when I rotate the half circle instead of mirroring it?

texts: I watched  this tutorial and I wasnt able to reproduce the effect until I mirrored the half-circle. Why is that? It doesnt make sense for me.


texts: Affinity Photo/ Gimp - Photoshop Liquify filter alternative

texts: What's the alternative for Photoshop "Liquify" (Shift+Ctrl+X) filter in Affinity Photo, or Gimp?


texts: How to access shortcut in illustrator for showing the grid?

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I'm a new user on graphic design stack exchange, I will try to earn some point, here is my first answer :

I've got some difficulty to show/hide the grid with shortcut. Everything that I need to access via F button like here F7+apple doesn't work. Don't you have any idea on :
- How to make my own short cut ?
- How to access F buttons without loosing sound volume control and light screen. I know, that I can change through this buttons via preference system...
- Where to find a good list for shortcut in illustrator ?

Wt's the easiest solution ?
Thanks Nicolas from Paris, France.


texts: should i use a mouse or a drawing tablet to start animating?

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THE PROBLEM: I need to figure out what I should use to start animating. I already have purchased a Bamboo Drawing Tablet, but I have not used it yet. I have also started on using a mouse, too. It kind of works, except that it is a little hard to control.

Many people have said that I should use the tablet, but to be honest, it feels awkward when I draw with it. It is also hard to control as well. And that is where my dilemma begins.

Maybe I just need to practice, some of you might say, but the truth is, I really don't have the time. I am waiting for a reply back from Animation Academy(which is kinda causing me to go crazy), and I hold a part time babysitting job, AS WELL AS balancing school.

I need to decide before I get a reply from my dream academy. If I don't get accepted into it, anyway, then I will be an animator who works at home. :P

Help me decide!(?)


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I've now spent hours on the internet trying to find this font. I've done a font finder search by uploading the image to various websites to determine the font. Even after all these attempts, I still can't find the font.

Here is an image:

Can a graphic designer please help me out on this one or at least point me in the right direction.


texts: How do I hide these visible paths on my artwork on illustrator?

texts: If you look closely, you can see the paths of my art even after saving the artwork to my computer! How do I fix this?


texts: Specify artboard PDF page order in Affinity Designer export?

texts: I'm exporting a PDF of four artboards in AD but they are coming out backwards, and I have to split and merge the PDF to get what I'm looking for. Is there a method to specify the page order upon export? I can't see it anywhere, and the help files don't help in this regard.


texts: How to fix perspective distort of objects in Photoshop?

texts: When doing product photography, how can I fix the perspective distortion caused by my lens in Photoshop? For example, when photographing books. The first drawing is the result I get with my lens, and the second is what I would like to make.


texts: What is a good site to explore all of the different print materials?

texts: I am new to design and looking to get more familiar with different materials available to print on, different paper weights, learn about vinyls, etc. Does anyone know of some good sources to learn more about this?


texts: How to display custom font on Adobe XD mobile cloud document?

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I have a prototype which uses a few third party fonts and 1 custom icon font.
When previewing the prototype on my PC, everything is displayed correctly, but when I try to test it with my Android smartphone, there are fonts missing.

Is there any way to deal with this issue?
I understand that I can convert all texts into paths, but I can't do it all at once, I have to convert them manually.

Also, I could not make the live preview to work on my smartphone, connected via a USB cable to my Windows 10 machine.


texts: How to package an illustrator file with extendscript javascript?

texts: I have a lot of Illustrator files that I have to assemble (package) individually. I would like to know if it’s possible to do this with extendscript? I have found a function 'packageForPrin' in API InDesign that works very well but i don’t think it exists for Illustrator.


texts: I am looking for ways to warp text so that it looks like it inside of a tube. Here is a piece by Felix Pfaeffli that is similar to what I want to accomplish.


texts: What free software do you recommend for simple furniture visualization?

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I'd like to make 3D visualization of a single piece of furniture with a white background, much like in the examples below:

What software, preferably free, would you recommend?


texts: In the editing mode they didn't overlap, but when i try to download them or try the preview mode this happens.


texts: How to use ionicons in photoshop like font awesome?

texts: Can we use ionicons like we use font awesome? or is there any workaround. Currently, they have the option to download SVG's but they are not opening in photoshop for me (I am using cs6).


texts: Distorted text when exporting as png from Illustrator CC

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I'm trying to export text as a png from Illustrator CC, but the text is getting slightly distorted. The lowercase e's look like they have a serif or something:

I'm required to make art that includes 10pt Helvetica on transparent backgrounds at 96 dpi. The art will be seen on a computer and will be clicked and dragged into another spot onscreen. I have tried expanding the text, and then exporting, but it makes the type look bold. What is the best way to export art with text as a png in this situation?


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I found several good brushes in Krita default pack, so how can i copy them, because I want to use them on other computer and dont find them every time, and just use from flash-card or something similar? And how can I copy all Krita brushes?
When I trying to ind brushes in file manager with their name, there are no brushes.


texts: Erase parts of a raster layer in Illustrator

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I have a composition in Illustrator where I want to erase some parts of a Raster (non-vector) layer.

Basically there are drops of coloured ink floating towards the PoV, and the background image has flat (vector) circles. And I want some of the colored drops to be hidden behind circles of the background and sometimes be hidden behind the background:

Sometimes I want the yellow ink drops to be hidden by the blue circles, sometimes I want them to be visible in the blue circle and hidden behind the purple background (it's abstract).

I think the easiest would be to "erase" in circle shapes the Pixels layer like I would do in Photoshop. But to make this simple I don't want to bring Photoshop into it.

EDIT: The raster layer is a transparent PNG. The raster layer cannot be recreated in vector (it's a photo of actual liquid drops), which is why it was brought as pixels in Illustrator. The vector shapes are easy to edit (simple circles)

How can I achieve this effect?


texts: What typefaces, if any, use a double-storey "a" in the "@" sign?

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In some typefaces the "a" at the core of the glyph for "@" is similar to the italic glyph for "a". Examples include Bodoni, Bookman, New Century Schoolbook, Palatino, and Times, which are all serifed faces using a double-storey "a" in roman and a single-storey "a" in italics.
This is not so for many typefaces which have a double-storey "a" both in italics and roman, such as the sans serif faces Arial, Verdana, Gill Sans, and Univers. Despite the double-storey look of their italic "a", they still use a single-storey "a" inside the "@" sign.
In fact all the faces I've looked at use a single-storey "a" in the "@" sign. What faces, if any, use a double-storey "a" in that position?


texts: Why Adobe Illustrator can't make template layer for vector objects?

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I know what's the template layer in Adobe Illustrator and how it works. It's a great and perfect way to redraw a raster image in vector paths. But today I found out the template feature just works for raster images and objects, not vector ones!  Today I received a vector file that objects were created in AutoCAD software, but some paths were not smooth as they created in AI and had a few minor issues that they needed to redraw in AI. So I imported the ai. document that objects (were created in AutoCAD) into AI's Layers Palette and then create a template layer for it and set the dim to 50%, but nothing happened to it and no opacity view for AutoCAD objects in the document appeared!

Why? Without making a template and create a dim and faint color for the AutoCAD objects, redraw the new AI paths are difficult. So I ignored the template feature and change the opacity of AutoCAD objects to 50 ~ 65 and lock the layer and finally create the anoter layer for the new path that I have to create AI paths and it worked and I finished the job.
But I wonder why Adobe Illustrator doesn't make a template and dim view for vector paths that generated in AutoCAD or even Adobe Illustrator itself and just only work for raster images.


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i'm cuuting around a photo. now i need extend that area in accordance with the previous cut area.

as you see the selecting area in before is small and then i need the select area bigger.
is there any way to extend cutting area using a key or something?


texts: Trouble using blending options tool in Photoshop CS6

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I have a Surface Pro 4 and I got Photoshop CS6 64 bit.

I am having some trouble using it though since the words dont show up with the option in the blending pop up window. If I click on it, the action still takes place but I have no idea which is which and would like to know how to solve the problem.


texts: Setting a pattern for a cell-background in Indesign using cell styles

texts: I would like to set a patterned background (ex: hashed, spotted- effects that are easily done in Word) to some cells in a table in InDesign CS6. Even a gradient would do the trick, but I see the gradient is set to scale the whole table, not the cell alone. I need a solution that can be set into cell styles, not done manually. Also, the width and height of each cell may vary so using a background image is not a good solution. What can you suggest?


texts: Create file with certain specifications from vector graphic/PDF

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I've been asked to create a PDF or TIF file with 300 dpi, featuring a logo in grayscale, measuring 1 inch (25.4 mm) width max and 0.5 inch (12.7 mm) in height max.

I'm by no means an expert, but I've done a couple of basic things in editing software like GIMP and Inkscape.

The logo that is supposed to be in the file is available as a PDF file (colored) and as an SVG graphic, I once extracted from the PDF with Inkscape.

I know how to create the PDF/TIF and make a grayscale of the logo, but other requirements are a bit of a mystery to me.

How do I make sure the logo is of a certain size in inch/mm and how do I define the DPI of the document?


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Hello all the awesome designers out there,

I would like to create a texture design like this carpet in the photo (see arrow)

Any suggestions on how I could achieve creating that texture+color in the photoshop?

Maybe doing it section by section?
So far I have something like this...

It doesn't look quite right.

Any idea would help. Thank you very much!


texts: Are there any alternatives to "Adjustment Curves" in Inkscape?

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Adjustment curves is a very commonly used feature in graphic design.
Inkscape doesn't seem to have this feature.Even if Inkscape is a vector graphics software , this feature comes in really handy in blending vector objects with images.
Are there any workarounds to achieve this effect in Inkscape ?


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I am wondering about ways of cataloging the work I do in Illustrator. I was thinking to use Adobe Lightroom by exporting my final AI files as JPEGs(for instance) and then create a catalog in Lightroom only for that purpose, although it would be perfect to link those JPEG files to the folders where the AI files are stored.

Do you use or know any better way to do it? Is there any program that does for vectors what programs as Adobe Lightroom or Picasa do with images? (for organization, I mean)


texts: Import and change colours of a "dissolved" Photoshop image in Illustrator

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I have an object with dissolved edges in Photoshop that I want to put into Illustrator as a shape or path.

Can I make an embedded dissolved object change colour like a normal shape in Illustrator?

If I live-trace the image, the shape doesn't come out like what I want or becomes too solid. Could you guys help to solve this?


texts: can someone tell me how to get the corners and lines from one image changed so that they look as comic like as in picture 2?


texts: I've got this woodgrain texture that I'd like to trim down to just what's in the box. I've tried all different combinations of the options in the pathfinder panel, but nothing is working for me. So, basically I'm looking for a way to split all of the paths, right where they intersect with the square's edge and delete the fragments outside. I need a solution that doesn't end up with extra lines around the edges and a clipping mask is not an option here either as I'm shooting for a SVG file that's as slim as possible.


texts: Stroke doesn't scale proportionately when entering new size via keyboard

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I'm using Illustrator CC and I have a logo which has a stroke around part of it. I want to resize the logo while scaling the stroke proportionately. Yes, I know that question has been asked and answered a bazillion times (answer: turn on "Scale strokes and effects").

However, although that does work fine when I'm resizing the logo manually (by clicking on one of the corner boxes of the logo and dragging in or out to resize) - it does not work fine if I manually enter a new size value into the width or height field of the Transform panel.

In other words, if the entire logo (which is all grouped together) happens to be 300 px wide, and I click in the width field of the Transform panel and type in "1000 px" and hit Enter, it resizes the entire logo - but the stroke is not resized proportionately. Rather, the stroke becomes much large than it should be in proportion to the rest of the logo.

Whereas if I were to drag one of the corner boxes out with my mouse, it would resize the stroke proportionately. I find this really weird and I can't figure out why it behaves differently just because I enter the new size in manually via the keyboard.

Any ideas?

I've searched and so far can't find this specific question asked anywhere else.


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I am drawing some color-filled polygons in Adobe Illustrator using the pen tool. When I export it in a PNG file, the image looks just like I made it. But when I save it as an SVG image and open it in a browser, I see thin outlines around those polygons. Here is an example:

The first one is the PNG image, the second one is the SVG.
I tried with different browsers and it looks the same in all of them. Is this normal behaviour of SVG image? If not, then how can I remove those outlines and make it look like the PNG image?


texts: Are there any rules of thumb / guidelines to optimize / balance this design?

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Considering the following panel, are there any rules of thumb, tricks or guidelines to optimize / balance the look?

This is the panel with vertical measurements:

The panel is part of a website, in which I'm considering using an 8px spatial system.
I can imagine there are general rules / guidelines.
Besides that, I'm specifically wondering about the following:

the whitespace on top and bottom of the list (above 'Car' and below 'Soup')
the space between the text-baselines
relationship of the font-size (13px) or cap-height (10px) to the rest of the spacing
any other useful rules / guidelines or articles that can help me further.

Note that the font-size cannot be changed due to business-reasons.


texts: Sketch - Export layers and keep the layer size?

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So, I have my layers and when I go to File > Add Slices For Selection to slice the images and then export.

They are coming out with the wrong size, if you take the star, it has a width of 40px on the sheet but when I export it the total width of the image is 60px or so.

Is there a away to make the images export and stay the size I set on the canvas?


texts: Why the inkscape circle drawing automaticlly draw a quarter circle instead of whole circle?

texts: Why the Inkscape circle drawing automatically draw a quarter circle instead of the whole circle?


texts: I have a (png) logo with lettering and artwork above (and not touching) the lettering. How can I mask or isolate the lettering portion, in order to apply a layer style to only the artwork portion of the image in Photoshop.


texts: Is it possible to batch the same photo multiple times over?

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I'd like to move a layer in my photo continuously, and save it in incrementing file names.

For example:

1.png
2.png
3.png
...

I heard about the batch tool, but that edits multiple photos rather than the same. I already have the action saved to do what I want it to do.

Any ideas?


texts: How to practice a graphic design software?

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This question is a follow-up of should I look into different graphic design softwares

I am starting to use Inkscape now, like many have suggested in that post.

How do I practice it?

I mean in GIMP I just started designing right away and learned along the way, But still I feel like I don't use ALL the features of GIMP properly, I was hoping to avoid the same situation in Inkscape. Is there anyway to practice properly like first practice drawing all the geometrical shapes, then shading... like that? Thanks.


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I'm new to graphic design.

Does anyone know how to create a the matte shape like this from the picture below!


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Is it safe to use any font (like Futura/Circular/Univers) on a catalogue that is going to be used only in a digital format (like an ebook) and also that is going to be sent in an EDM?
I am doing it in indesign and it's going to be exported as an interactive pdf.


texts: What type of printer do you recommend for printing greeting cards?

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I a working on a number of projects that I will design and frame along with a bunch of greeting cards. What is the best printer to buy for printing greeting cards?

I was looking at the Epson Stylus Photo 1400 Inkjet Printer. Is an inkjet or laser printer better? I've read a lot of pros and cons on each. I'm looking for a printer with full bleed and preferably large prints as well.

I need to print a lot and a laser printer is great for printing large quantities, but are also more likely to curl the paper due to more heat than the inkjet. But the inkjet I've read is better for true color.

Not sure which is better or which brand and style to go with.


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In Inkscape, is it possible to connect 3 or more line segments in their end points, so that the connection will keep holding if I move the connection point?
I want to create a diagram of vertices and edges between them, and when I move a vertex, I want the edges connected to it to move accordingly.


texts: Photoshop CMYK Workspace vs Saved Image question

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I'm a screen graphics guy trying to transition into print media for some projects, and I've done a ton of research on CMYK Black versus "rich" or "dense" black, and it all makes sense to me. I have a CMYK project, using the U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 color profile, and I'm designing everything and it looks good. I went with 75, 67, 67, 89 for my Rich Black for this project and everything looks exactly how I want it. Until I save the file.

Whether I save to PDF or JPG, embed the color profile or not, the black goes to being just a regular 100K Black and I have no idea why. When I simply re-import the saved file into Photoshop it looks great, but any image viewer I use (that isn't made by Adobe) to look at the image it comes through as gray.

So what color is my image really? Acrobat shows active color as well. So is there any way I can be 100% certain what colors are represented in my saved image so that when printed they will be similar to what I see? Any help would be appreciated! I'll attach a couple of screenshots to show what I'm talking about. Oddly enough, screenshots always render accurately. Who knows, I'm probably missing something small.


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