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Could somebody tell me if this text is written in Comic sans MS?
It looks like that.
It is a quote from a famous Québec premier (René Lévesque) which is engraved on a monument in Québec city, Canada.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/capitalenationale/3797412919/


texts: How much wiggle room should I give when creating a package design?

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I'm designing box art for a card game but I've never really designed packages before. The layout, I think, is really simple to create, but I don't know how much room to give to let the cards slide in ant out relatively easily and to have the game instructions not too tight.

the dimensions of the cards are business card size (3.5" x 2") and stacked two piles high to make the box a little thinner. So I have the front measuring 3.5"x4". I measured out the height of the two stacks to be about .78".

Is there some standard or suggested measurements when making this type of packaging and how much room to give?


texts: Photoshop how to blend image with solid colors

texts: I was watching a video and in the background, the guy was demonstrating his photoshop skills in a timelapse. I am trying to figure out how he achieved this particular blending effect. I went frame by frame through the video but it is just too fast. I included a photo of the image before and after. I spotted that he was using "blend layer" and "color overlay". Could someone explain to me or point me in the right direction as to how to achieve this particular effect. Note the original image is on the right.


texts: How can I automate this repetitive Design?

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I need to put a pre-written dialoge into graphical chat boxes using Adobe InDesign CC 2015.

I've finished the Chatbox and everything I'm doing now is Copy and Paste, Align correctly to other chatboxes, Replace Text, Copy and paste again and so on.

This task really is repetitive and I fear that I might make mistakes due to this.

Is there anything I could do to make this more or less automatic? I can change the Chatbox Design if needed.

One possible approach would be to fill out a XML file and insert it in the Chat Windows I already did. That would be incredible cool.

<message>
    <content>
        Hi guys. I'm chatting with you!
    </content>
    <color>b9b8b7</color>
    <user>Em23</user>
</message>

You can download an example of the chat Design here:
ChatExample.indd (2,05 MB)

I hope someone of you guys might know how to do it. I know that this question isn't about basic design rules but rather about usage of a specific tool.

I hope someone is able to help me.
Thank you :)


texts: How to distinguish between links and headings without colour variation?

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Yes, I know that I shouldn't make links and text the same colour. But I am restricted by corporate guidelines. On the whole site, I am only allowed to use the company's shade of blue with a few variations in lightness, and shades of pure grey. I am also allowed the use of a very saturated orange as an "accent colour".

The schema restriction can still be worked with. But there is another restriction I am struggling hard with. I am allowed only one font: Verdana. Which looks funny at midsizes already, and becomes terrible at large sizes. So I kept body text at Verdana 16 pt and labels/headings at Verdana 16pt in blue.

Now I came upon some links, which also need styling. I gave the unvisited ones the pure deep blue of the company, and bent the rules to give the visited ones a bit less saturation. Still, they are coloured a bit similar to the headings.

"In other databases" and "Citations" are headings, "MGI Human-Mouse disease Connection" is unvisited, and the link below it is visited.

An alternative I tried was the accent orange for unvisited and grey for visited, both underlined.

But the orange being so bright, this is really the first thing which pulls attention on the blue-grey page, and we really don't want this. These links are neither the most valuable things to the user, nor something we want to emphasize from an SEO perspective, they are, as you see, "further information" links pointing to other sites, not ours.

I also don't want to switch to a grey links scheme, because this is a data-heavy site, and wherever there are missing data, I output the word "unknown" in grey so that the actual information stands out from the clutter of fillwords.

So, any ideas how to make sure the users won't mistake the headings for links, while satisfying the corporate design constraints? Or do you think my current blue solution is distinct enough with its underlining and slight colour variations?


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I am using Gimp and I've created a 16x16 px image of a star. I am trying to use it as decoration for a Space Invader image I'm working on. I want it to keep it's wonderful blocky-ness and look like it's from an old video game. Instead, what's happening is it's becoming fuzzy and it looks terrible. An image of the star is below. That's what I want it to look like when it is inserted into the image, but it has to be bigger, since the image is 2560x1440.

And here is what is looks like when I try to scale it up.

Any help is greatly appreciated, I have been using GIMP for a long time, but for whatever reason, this is not working for me.


texts: What are the mechanics of "bounce" light? How does it work?

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I'm a learning 2D artist, trying to learn more about light and I am having trouble with diffuse "bounce" light. I would think that reflected/bounce light would illuminate certain areas evenly. In the picture below, if the cylinder is being lit by a sun, then why do points A and B have different values? Does this have anything to do with light falloff? And why is the bounce light most intense on the bottom of the side instead of the front?

Most of the stuff I have read about bounce light doesn't talk about the mechanics of it, other than a sort of general explanation. When actually rendering, I want my decisions to be informed when I make them. On real life examples of objects, the reflected light forms certain shapes and patterns, and I just don't understand how they are made. So if anyone can help, and could give an in depth look into how bounce light works, it would be greatly appreciated. :)

(The questions inside the image)

A. Shouldn't a and b on the right be the same value since they are being hit at the same angle? yet, both in Blender and in real life they are not the same value.

B. What am I missing here?

C. Is the angle at which the light hits the object the only thing that determines its value?

D. Does this mean there are more rays hitting B and there are A?

E. How do I determine how many rays are hitting an area?

F. And how does the cast shadow get lit back up, where are those bounces corning from?


texts: How can I add rounded corners to a bitmap in Fireworks

texts: I have a bitmap which I want to crop (using a vector) with rounded corners I can't because I need 2 or more paths? How can I do this?


texts: Inkscape: Automatically updating linked images to the newest one in a folder

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I've been using inkscape to compare a picture against a drawing in another editor. I do this by taking a screenshot of the editor and overlay that over the original image in inkscape. Going back and forth iterating the design. Taking a new screenshot at each step.

I found the best way to do this is to change the linked file path in inkscape. This got me wondering if it's possible to automate this, so that the path gets changed to the latest file in the folder?

EDIT#1 I dont have a way to just overwrite the old screenshot. I'm using dropboxs build in tool and there is no option to do that. I dont really want to install anything else just to do this, so alternative screengrabers are out. And doing it by hand renders the point moot.


texts: how to cut out stroke of a circle and color the segments like this?

texts: I am very new to illustrator. I want to cutout a stroke of a circle (fill color is turned off) using another object and then color the segments like the below steps:


texts: Illustrator- Should I use images if I do not want it to pixelate?

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I want to make a logo. I want to make use of some existing images that I have to make this logo. I have done the logo in photoshop but it seems to pixelate when I re-size it quite badly. I understand illustrator is good at solving this issue but I am not too sure whether it will be the same if I use images in illustrator.

If I place an image on my illustrator workspace and package it as an ai object, will the image still pixelate when I re-size it?


texts: Typical page size for jpeg converted to pdf in Acrobat

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I'm trying to use Adobe Acrobat to convert several images taken with my phone to a pdf document for ease of sharing.

I have selected the "Smaller File Size" option from Acrobat's Combine Files tool.

But after converting the pages come out to be outrageously large, way too large to display usefully on the web interface where I'm trying to share this information. I tried printing to a pdf to force a letter paper size, but then the file size spiked from 3 KB to 2 MB. This seems like such an obvious problem, I can't believe that Adobe wouldn't have a solution here. Can someone help me out?


texts: What symbol indicates a reference to another page?

texts: Historically, or in current common usage, are there any typography symbols which have the meaning "see page" or "refer to page", which can be placed near the page number?


texts: How to step and repeat in Inkscape (or Scribus) with live preview?

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I am trying to make a simple, nicely spaced table of horizontal lines.

Coming from an InDesign background, I could accomplish this easily in Indesign by making a single line and then choosing "step and repeat," choosing the number of rows and columns, and adjusting the vertical and horizontal differences with preview mode on, and clicking "okay" when the appearance was what I wanted.

For example, to design a simple form (black and white) that has lines that are going to be filled out, I might want a section with two columns of blank lines (e.g. for names or items to be written in).

In Inkscape, the closest I have found is edit -> clone -> create tiles clones, but this has two problems:

There is no "preview" for what the results will be, so I can't adjust it until it visually looks like what I want; and
The "shift" for vertical and horizontal is only possible in terms of percentages, not in terms of distance.  (And since the line doesn't have any height really, I can't seem to get the vertical translation to work at all.)

In Scribus, there is a "Multiple Duplicate" option which allows for shifts in terms of distances, but there is still no preview mode.

I am trying to transition my workflows to use only freely available open source software, especially for simple work.  It seems like a live preview for the "step and repeat" result is a simple, obvious feature, so I feel I must be missing something that would allow me to do this in Scribus or Inkscape.

How can I get a live preview for the "step and repeat" result, either in Inkscape or Scribus?

The workaround that I used, not an answer to my question but the closest I could easily figure out for my desired workflow, was (in Inkscape):

Make the single line.
Ctrl-drag it down (to keep the dragging strictly vertical).
Press the space bar while dragging, in my case 14 times since I wanted 15 rows.  Don't worry that the copies will all be very roughly spaced.
Ctrl-drag the top and bottom lines exactly where I want them (but maintaining vertical only movement so all lines are aligned).
Use the "align and distribute" panel to evenly space the lines.
Group the 15 lines.
Ctrl-drag the group horizontally and use space bar to drop a copy (or multiple copies).
Repeat the "align and distribute" panel action but space the groups horizontally to get them into evenly spaced columns.

This is far from ideal but it did at least let me handle the spacing visually rather than by calculation.


texts: Illustrator: How to make a repetitive change to a path?

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I'm one day into learning how to use Illustrator (though I've got some experience with paths in Photoshop, from 5 years back).  I want to take a simple, rectangular path and put tabs on the sides so that each rectangle fits together kind of like puzzle pieces.

There must be a nice, easy way to do this but I can't figure it out.


texts: How to Set JPG Type as The default save type in Photoshop CS6

texts: Is there any option to save a file only in .jpg file format in Photoshop CS6? Actually I don't want to take any scrolling to indicate JPG mode when I'm going to save or save as an image.


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have a look at www.uglyapp.com for my latest creation(under construction).

Home page (large version link)

Round logo

Rectangular logo (large version link)

I am happy with the overall 'look and feel' colour scheme and have done a lot of work on getting the site to work on all platforms.
I wanted the logo to be 'not scary' but 'humorous' and the colours to follow through the site.

The eyes were available on the web so I used them as the starting point of the logo. I replicated the gradient onto the teeth and picked a green for the 'app.com'.

The reason for the 2 logos is I wanted to produce one (rectangular ) for the main one then an alternative (circular) I could then use as an icon within a mobile environment. But I think the site needs some 'green' on the right hand side.

So to the question.

Does the logo work from an aesthetic point of view.

I welcome any criticisms - hints - ideas that might improve the site / logos
.

Hope this edit complies with the terms for critique.


texts: Is there a way to have sub-objects within an object?

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Say I have a rectangle and want to split it to 4 shapes:

I want to have the middle point be not fixed, and hence the shape of the sub-objects be flexible. If I move the middle point, then the sub-objects should be changed. For now the colors are just bucket filled, which are just 4 new objects.


texts: How to design something like this in Photoshop?

texts: How to design a golden spiral flower like this one?


texts: InDesign or Illustrator for package design?

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I was debating with my students this week about which software to submit their files in for my package design class. A few advantages of InDesign I see are as follow:

The capability of creating mixed swatches with Pantones.
The ability to customize the links panels so I can see right away which files and in what color mode and resolution, etc.
Better type management, and in many languages.
Getting a warning if I have overset text.
Possibility of lowering the display performance if the file is heavy

After checking opinions on a few forums, it seems Illustrator is the preferred choice for package design. I've also freelanced in an agency specialized in package design and all their stuff was in Illustrator but after discussing, this seems to have been due to habit and the investment it would have required to switch everything to InDesign...

Am I missing something that makes the industry prefer Illustrator over InDesign? What would be the pros and cons of using Illustrator vs. InDesign for package design?


texts: InkScape: Convert all white colors to transparent

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I have a set of svg icons. Each icon is composed of two colors black and white. I want to convert these svgs to a ttf font file. So I want the fonts to be monochrome. For that I first need to convert all the white colors in the svg files to transparent. Is there an easy way to do this using Inkscape?
Please note I don't need to convert white background to transparent background. The background is already transparent. I just want to convert the white colors to transparent.


texts: Why don't low-opacity colours blend the way I expect?

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As an experiment, I made three fill layers in Photoshop: one red (#ff0000), one green (#00ff00) and one blue (#0000ff). I set each layer to 33% opacity.

I thought they would blend together to make white (or something close), but they made a murky blue colour.

Can someone help me understand why?


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In InDesign you can insert a glyph by double clicking on it in the glyph palette window. What I would like to do is insert multiple glyphs or all the glyphs of a font at once without having to always double click on each glyph.
Is it possible? Thank you for the help.


texts: Problem copying over an object that was created by live sketch in illustrator

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I had a sketch that I created. Then scanned it and did a live trace in Illustrator CS5. I don't really need all of the drawing but there is a hamburger that I wanted to make its own project. So I selected the background, deleted that. Now I selected the burger

And did command + C to copy. Then pasted into a new document. But the paths appear to me messed up and the color is not copied over either.


texts: What do you call this type of top down grid, sort of trapezoidal?

texts: I have checked and this may be called Top-Down (Oblique) from the wikipedia page of Axonometric projection BUT the image I am looking for kinda have that trapezoidal nature. As you can see the grids aren't necessarily straight. Any clues?


texts: What's the fastest way to play Photoshop Actions?

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If I want to play a Photoshop action, I currently select the action with the mouse and click the play button.

I'm aware of a couple of different ways to do this faster:

Assigning a keyboard shortcut to an action
Assign a keyboard shortcut to the play button

I don't like either of these methods because #1 doesn't scale to many actions, #2 requires two steps: clicking then hitting the keyboard shortcut.

I'd like hear if there are any other ways of triggering Photoshop actions?

Ideal for me would be would be one of the following:

Holding a modifier key while clicking an action just plays it automatically.
Use a "Command Palette", e.g., like in Visual Studio Code

If anyone knows how I can setup either of those options, or just knows of other ways of triggering Photoshop Actions quickly that I've missed, then I'd love to hear about it!


texts: Photoshop blurring peaks (it's hard to describe in text)

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I want to know how to blur something in peaks, here's a picture to help describe it:

Segment C is blurred the most then B then A to create an effect like the one on the right but with blur.

I was wondering if there was a way to do this but on a finer scale with more segments that did not involve me selecting 1 pixel tall rows then applying motion blur..


texts: There's the possibility to create a selection clicking on Group/folder in Photoshop?

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I would like to know if there's the possibility to create a selection of child layers inside the group/folder in Photoshop.

I have a master folder called DX and I need to create a selection of all the masks inside it. I would like to preserve all the layers and I don't want to merge them.

With a single layer or mask, I can use the Cmd+Leftclick on the thumbnail and the selection is created, but this shortcut doesn't work with folder/group.

I can duplicate the entire folder and then "Merge Group" and then create the selection, but I have many folders and if exist, I prefer a more fast solution

Have you any tricks for speed up the selection?

Thanks!
Marco


texts: Rotation that forms a non-circular shape

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I was looking at this interesting album art

How do I get to this concentric effect on a shape that is non-circular? I tried to draw the triangle and his center point, and then adjust the anchor points to the external shape and to the center point. I am kind of getting there, but the process is tedious and the result doesn't look so appealing:

Is there some feature, like transform and distort, that would help me achieve a better result?

Thanks!


texts: Which is Better APNG or GIF? for animated sticker in which format can i export?

texts: I'm Creating Animated stickers using Illustrator and Aftereffects, I need to export them since it going to work on Mobile devices like iPhone and Android. So in which format can, I export the Animated Stickers.


texts: How do you make top down tileable mountain ranges like fire emblem?

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TL;DR: my goal is to gain the knowledge necessary to make these kinds of mountains from scratch.

I've been searching hard all over for tutorials and dissecting tilemaps but I just can't figure out how to actually go about making an original tileable mountain range.

Some examples of what I'm trying to figure out;

First, a fire emblem map, this is ideal for the kind of maps I want to make for a project, but it just doesn't make sense to me how it looks so damn great and is tileable.

Second is the same map tiles, dissected to 16x16 tiles;

Doing this helped me find that the maps are not the normal 16x16 I thought they where, only increasing my confusion as to how the original arts started making them...

And third; the same 16x16 tileset, now dissected to 8x8 tiles... Now its basically too small for me to make heads or tails of it, spent a few hours trying to put them together like a puzzle, but I can only make small mountains when the tiles are... So indistinguishable to me. I'm just still having a hard time understanding how they tile to extend into large mountain ranges.

If anyone has experience or input or even tutorials, just anything, I'd really appreciate it


texts: Is it possible to use media queries for responsive emails?

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Today and yesterday I had nightmares... One thing is that I personally have a Windows phone.  That didn't help surely.  But I was reading up on iPhone settings and Android settings and there was no clear answers.

Well, Litmus had this answer which was precise for iPhone 5S, but the question becomes "what about other phones?"

How do you combine media queries for both iphone then galaxy and then other smaller resolution screens?

One of the main problem is there is no good documentation stating which phones are the most popular and what are the resolutions of those phone settings - so media querying can become more streamlined.

Here is some code I put in for my settings  but I don't know if that was good enough or not.  For the most part everyone told me they could see the email fine.

@media only screen and (max-width: 620px) and (min-width: 511px), only screen and (max-device-width: 620px) and (min-device-width: 511px) {

         /* @-ms-viewport { width: device-width; }*/

        table.container { width: 480px !important }

@media only screen and (max-width: 510px), only screen and (max-device-width: 510px) {

        table.container { width: 320px !important }

As you see by the first code block, Microsoft does their own thing and that was another total nightmare.

Although Windows Phone is not too popular right now Windows 8 surely is and the RT IE uses the same viewport format.

Same Litmus cost so much to use.


texts: How to hide ONLY column guides in indesign?

texts: Is there a way to hide ONLY the column guides in inDesign, leaving the ruler guides and margins visible?


texts: I want to emphasize a word in a sentence. I've seen it somewhere but couldn't find the picture. Its like the selected word is normal but all other things are blurry. And maybe the word is closer than the rest. Any tutorial or tips on doing this?


texts: Visually similar alternatives to Helvetica?

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I'd like to use something similar-but-different for my poster project.

I've already ruled out:

Arial
Avant Garde/Futura - too geometric
Frutiger - too humanist
/'friendly'

I guess I'm looking for something that will be a close match in most of its shapes but will have enough points of difference to make people (OK, other designers) wonder what I've used. e.g. a single story 'a' or distinctly different 'g'.

Please include a visual example if possible, and include some reasons why each font would be a good choice; I'm after a smallish number of well-thought-out suggestions, and definitely not a bare list.

For Bounty

I (Ryan, whom is editing this) asked what is meant by dated. This was the response, Michael Lai gave me:

  There have been questions about free alternatives to Helvetica and also similar fonts to Helvetica Neue, but the answers were based on available fonts from at least a couple years ago and I would like to know if there have been changes or new fonts since. Also, it is best to get a visual comparison between fonts if possible (e.g. by overlaying them over one another).


texts: Blending modes inside and outside of smart object

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I have a repeating art on a single background. To ease modification process I've converted it to smart object - that way I only need to modify it once, and it updates with all copies simultaneously. But inside smart object there is no background - and I have objects with blending mode multiply.

I can understand why after saving my smart object multiply blending does not apply to the singular background - the background is not the part of it. Instead I get something like this:

And this is how it should look like:

Now, to my question; is there a way to make the selected layers inside smart object blend with layers outside of smart objects? I know there is a blending option called direct transition (not sure on the name tho, using diffrent language) for object groups, but there isn't one for smart objects.

Or maybe my workflow idea is flawed, and I should approach repeatable graphics issue differently?


texts: Generating a series of colors between two colors

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Given a start color and an end color, is it possible to algorithmically generate a range of colors between them? For example, given the light and dark shades of blue/gray at the start and end of the image below, how might I generate the intermediate shades?

One possible solution I am considering is to create a gradient from the two colors and then sample the color at equidistant points along that gradient. Is that likely to be the best approach?


texts: How can I create this shape in Photoshop?

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I want to create a scalable version of the shape above in Photoshop. I tried creating a path and filling the stroke but that wasn't very smooth. Is there a way of creating this as a vector or something? Thanks in advance!

P.s. I'm using CS4


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So I've got a still image (.PNG) that I want to downsample from a higher resolution to 1080p so it will look crisper.

Does anyone know of any programs that are capable of doing this? I couldn't find any.


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When I use the "direct selection tool" (not the regular selection tool) to select the image, this box randomly shows up around it... It is making the script I wrote freak out. Basically, what I need to do is resize the image to a specific dimension by inches (constrained as well), but this random box around it is not helping....

For some images, I can ungroup and group again, then run my script and it will work, but overall I need something that will work for every file. I need to be able to write this in a script, so please let me know how to do this manually... without creating a whole new file. I left the "layers" box open, so you can see how the image is (terribly) organized. The problem is EVERY image is going to be different...so I need to figure out a way to just nuke that box. I've tried deleting certain objects, I just don't understand what it is.


texts: How to avoid text box movement on Font size change in Sketch?

texts: If I have a textbox with property 'Fixed', I have it set to a specific width, height and position. If I change the font size of the text in that box it will change Y position. I want the text box to remain in the same X,Y position no matter which font size I set. How can I do this?


texts: Designing Large banners in illustrator cs4

texts: I am designibg a banner 6' by 4' at what resolution should an image 2' by 3.5' I would like to use be?


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I have an animated globe that is spinning from the right to left. Since this is supposed to simulate Earth's rotation, it should be from the left to the right.

How can I reverse the already created animation on the timeline?

Note:
For this particular case, we are talking about a simple animation where two layers get moved from point A to point B and loop takes care of the rest.

If relevant I am using Adobe Flash Professional CS6.


texts: photoshop - cut and move part of a shape layer

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In photoshop, i have a "speech bubble" of sorts.

I need to be able to move the little triangle bit of the bubble left, right, and to the side.

Then "rejoin" it with the rectangle, and apply all the gradent/bevel effects of the original.

photoshop has a selector tool, but i cannot seem to cut, coppy, delete with it - actually, i do not understand why the rectangle selector exists (unless maybe there is a market for people who like pretty transient rectangles?)

So, for pictures -

this is the intial image i want to move around:

this is the image with all the  stuff removed, i just want to move that triangle around!!

And then of course reapply the effects that i disabled. I imagine this is a super simple job - how do i do this?


texts: Fireworks: Can I set a transparent fill color but solid stroke?

texts:
When I set transparency to a shape, it applies both to the fill color and the stroke color.
What if I need a semi-transparent fill color, but keep the stroke opaque?


texts: Designed Logo in 1995 for County Little League

texts:
Good afternoon,
I designed/ won a contest back in 1995 for creating the county that I lived in little league logo. Since then it has been used on their facebook page, etc.

A couple years ago I redesigned it on my own time without letting anyone know, just for fun, to give it a more modern feel. I recently noticed that the new logo is on their facebook page.

I'm not out to bring down the local little league, I just want to know if I should contact them about the new logo or if I let them know that I am selling the newly redesigned logo at so and so site?


texts: Picture loses quality upon saving in Photoshop CS5

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I am using adobe Photoshop CS5, I am transforming my picture into black and white via "Calculations" and then i apply "Shadows and Highlights" filter.

It actually looks very good in Photoshop but it loses its original quality upon saving, slightly but noticeable.

Why?

I am using high mode while saving in JPEG.


texts: What Software was probably used to make these?


texts: What is a good illustration (or example) of the Helmholtz–Kohlrausch effect?

texts:
While reading on the Lab color space, I stumbled onto the Wikipedia page for the Helmholtz–Kohlrausch effect. I can honestly say that, while all the words in that page make sense individually, I cannot form an image in my mind of what this effect is :(

So, would anyone here have an example or simple illustration of the Helmholtz–Kohlrausch effect?


texts: What is the name for a grey shaded effect on a photo and how do I achieve it in GIMP?

texts: I'm completely new to graphic work! I am looking to achieve the same grey shade effect on these images using GIMP.


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when I'm using brush tool and I set up Shape dynamics, Control: fade, there's input on the right for fade length.

Is there a way to automatically start fade the path from 50% of length (stroke path)? I don't want to sit and try +10, -10 and so in the input.

Thanks for your time and sorry for my english


texts: How to creat this background patterns which gives a 3 effect - either in Photoshop or PAINT.net

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You can see this is very faint image (below), only one pixel tall. The demo can be 100 px tall.

How can I achieve this affect in Photoshop or Paint.net? I would like the main inner area to be 800px wide. Here is the Actual website where it is used in the background.

Edit: Alan, this is what I get after you advice. This is close but not really the same what I am looking for. I guess it needs some more CSS tricks.


texts: Rename text anchor and update cross-reference text

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I have quite a few text anchors in a document and now the naming of the text anchors has to be changed.

Does someone know how to rename text anchors (have not found a rename option yet)
Is it then sufficient to just select refresh in the cross-references panel to get the texts updated?

EDIT:

Found something similar!? One has to know that Text anchors are grouped as Hyperlinks. You can rename them in the Hyperlink panel or Cross-References panel under Hyperlink Destination Option.

The catch is - after a rename and refresh, they point to the beginning of the document. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?


texts: Can I combine a few sub master pages to one main master page?

texts: In my document I want to have three different headers and five different backgrounds and one footer. Do I need to create a separate master page for each combination of header-background-footer? Or maybe there is a way to apply a few master pages to one regular page? Thanks.


texts: Adobe Indesign: Finding the last bullet in a bullet list

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My current style sheet is:

[Body] After paragraph : 4mm
[Body, Start of List] After paragraph : 1mm
[Bullets] After paragraph : 1mm
[Bullets, Last] After paragraph : 4mm

Part 1

Is there a way to Find the last bullet in a bullet list and then apply my  [Bullets, Last] style. (in Find and replace - styles)

Part 2

Is there a way to Find the Paragraph before the Bullet list ?
So i can add in [Body, Start of List] to this paragraph.

Would this be a grep thing?


texts: Photoshop: how to change from RGB to CMYK without any color loss

texts: I have an RGB PSD document with 300 dpi resolution. Basically I designed it to print as my business card. When converting this from RGB to CMYK, my original colors are changing. Is there any way to keep the colors intact so CMYK looks exactly the same as RGB?


texts: What are some classic decorative typography techniques?

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I'm working on a website, and I'm using a drop cap/initial letter for the text body.  I find this technique to be very eye-catching and beautiful to look at.  Does anyone know any similar simple, preferably traditional (before we had computers to do graphic design), typographical techniques that I can use either for this project or for the future?

Here are examples of images that use these:

It does NOT have to be these drop caps and fleurons specifically, and aesthetic and classy techniques are fine.

Thanks!

Side note: If anyone knows how to style these in HTML and CSS, that would be useful, but not necessary.

EDIT:  Another example is a Fleuron, so elements such as these and drop caps are what I'm looking for.


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I am the Design Manager at a startup company which sells custom printed items, such as phone/tablet cases and clocks.

I have created a clock graduation with numbers, hour markers and minute markers to be used in the customiser on our website.

Everything appears fine in illustrator.

I then uploaded the SVG file to the customiser on the website and again it appears fine.

However, when the design in which the graduation has been used, is downloaded from our website, the minute markers have rotated so that instead of being aligned from the center of the clock to the edge, they have all realigned to point vertically.

The fact that they are only doing this after being downloaded from our website makes me think that the issue is being caused by our customiser.

If this problem is being caused by our customiser I will have to get our web developer to fix it, which will cost a lot.

I am unable to use any other format (such as png) as it means the customer cannot change the colour of the graduation within the customiser.

Does anyone know what is causing this problem?

Or maybe there is a work around I haven't though of?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: How to do I keep the quality of an image while reducing its size and also the file size?

texts: I have a high resolution image (TIFF) that I need to fit in a 320 x 440 px asset for the web (preferably JPEG). The high resolution image is usually a photograph and can sometimes have a logo burned in as well. This asset must also be under 300 kb. How do I keep the file size small enough while also maintaining the highest quality possible (for retina)?


texts: How do you avoid excel line graph lines being outlined on export

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I used to be able to cut and paste excel line charts into illustrator and to apply stroke formatting to the lines there. These days - on line charts with lots of data points this results in an outlined stroke (i.e. a fill with no stroke). This also appears when exporting as a pdf and opening in illustrator. This applies to charts with no effects applied.
Sometimes I can get around this by opening in open office and exporting as a pdf, or saving as an xls file and opening on an older version of excel - but this regularly fails (either it won't open or won't draw the chart).
Does anyone have a clue how to get back to single lines rather than outlines?
Many thanks


texts: InDesign: how to find all numbers followed by a period

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I have a list which consists of (goes up to 9):

 1.
 2.
 3.

And i want to make them:

1.
2.
3.

But, they all have a space before the number, I haven't found a regex to find all these occurrences, but not sure what to replace with:

 / [0-9]+\./gm


texts: Does anyone know any tutorials on how to achieve these poster designs. My professors want us to design our project like this but never gave us any links on how to achieve this. My first mind is to use Photoshop Clipping Mask but I can be wrong. Your thoughts and suggestions will be greatly appreicated!


texts: Colors in design manual, doesn't fits to real color displayed on monitor

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I have an interesting problem. I opened design manual for one logo in Preview in mac. There was showed the colour of a logo with the numeric representation of that colour.

But when I picked the colour with Color picker, I have got a different colour number. See picture. Am I missing something or it is normal?

Thanks for a help.


texts: Adobe Illustrator: How can I change the profile of a dashed stroke?

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How can I change the profile of a dashed stroke?

Here's a little swatch to show what I mean:

On top is a copy of #2, with the Dashed Line option selected.
In the middle is a simple horizontal line (stroke); just a straight, open path consisting of two aligned nodes and a tapered Profile.
Below is a resized version of #2 with Weight reduced, repeated 13 times. It's supposed to be similar to #1, but with a tapered profile applied to each dash/segment of the stroke.

What I want to do is #3. It's easy enough to do it manually for a single straight line, but it gets difficult real fast when you start dealing with more complex objects, even relatively simple, well defined shapes like letters for instance:


texts: What is the correct term of this part on a typeface

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a quick question.
What is the correct term of this (see picture) on a font?


texts: What is the difference between Working RGB and Document RGB when exporting a PDF from InDesign CS5

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I'm using InDesign CS5, sometimes my export setting gets stuck on CMYK mode as I was working on a different document previously and when exporting the PDF setting is saved.

No problem, I just go to Output and change it to RGB.  Usually I choose either Working RGB or Document RGB, but I don't really know the difference.  Can anyone help me to understand?


texts: My first real graphic design job after graduating from College was at a local print shop. Before then I would work at home as a freelance graphic designer and I felt at ease completing all of my design work for clients without hassles. Anyway, so the first week working at the print shop my boss commented that I was working too slow. That week I had to get to know the printers and get use to working at the required speed level. I wasn't the greatest, but boy did I try and he also questioned if I chose the right career path. After months working there they let me go and said I was a hard-worker but slow. This discouraged me from working in a professional studio because I am worried if I am capable of producing quality designs quickly. Any advice from people who work in professional design studio?


texts: How do I connect point A to point Z? Currently, when I select Anchor point A, it tries to connect point A & B (as you can see in image 2).


texts: Help with placing Photoshop file into Indesign

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Hello all the smart designers out there,

I have question regarding about importing photoshop file into Indesign layout.

I have received this product photoshop file from a photographer. When I place it into Indesign, it show anchor points around the product.

I have never seem stuff like this because the original photoshop has no mask. Just a layer with transparent background.

Do you know the reason why this is happening?

Thanks for the help! Happy Holiday!


texts: I'm looking to replicate reports that similar-looking to these. Any ideas how it can be done?

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Reports like these:

http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalRisks_Report_2014.pdf

https://www.bmwgroup.com/content/dam/bmw-group-websites/bmwgroup_com/ir/downloads/en/2016/BMW_GB16_en_Finanzbericht.pdf

With an index, organized, nice tables and figures, captivating fonts and colors, etc.

Anybody know how can it be done? (which software?, etc. )


texts: Selecting Bottom of Modifier Stack in 3DS Max on Object Selection

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I'd like to be able to select an object and have the bottom modifier (e.g. Editable Poly) selected. The top of the stack gets selected, usually. In the image below, 'Turbosmooth' gets selected when I click on an object in the viewport.

When there's multiple objects in the scene, it's annoying having to go through the modifier window to manually select it each time, and I'm hoping there's a quicker way even if it was a script/macro available somewhere.


texts: How to tell my boss his webdesign attempts are bad/hopeless?

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I'm a web dev. My boss is an outdated physical media designer. We're working together on a relatively huge food delivery web system.

He just keep coming with these poor and ugly layout ideas. Clearly web-outsider stuff. See image below and tell me if I am wrong:

I just can't let it happen and "just work and get paid in the end of the month," because I have a share of the company's profits, and well, I want it to be good. I don't want to just waste my time. Also, I'm just a programmer, not a designer, as he always reminds me.

So, guys, I'm desperate. Getting unmotivated. What to do?


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I need to be able to grab the birth year in a summary of a number of people. I know how to grab exactly 4 digits and I know how escape any digit. But I cannot seem to be able to combine the two.

Here is my code for finding everything but digits [^[\d{4}]. Unfortunately it omits all digits - not exclusively the ones with 4 digits.

Has any anyone got an idea?


texts: Add a background colour to one (or all) layers in a Photoshop document

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I have a document with many layers and each layer contains some transparent pixels. I'm trying to replace the transparent pixels in each layer with the colour black, essentially adding a background to them.
I'm struggling. This doesn't seem like something that should be so tricky.
The only way I can do it is by converting to Smart Object, edit, new layer, fill black, save, then Rasterize. But I need to do this hundreds of times, so I'd like to find a way to do it that I can save as an Action.
Thank you.

noob


texts: Easier or smarter method to apply a texture over multiple layered parts of an image

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Because I don't have the artistic talent needed, I often Google random images with the overall shape I need/want and modify it by recolouring or by applying "textures" — quotes because I'm using this term very loosely.

I usually simply make the selection and Clip the texture or apply a Mask (Picture #2), easy, peasy. However, this time, the image I've picked has a noticeable difference (you'll see below) and the way I've been doing so far would reduce the significance of the whole picture.

This is the original image:

And when I tried to change the Parchment texture using the first method I've learned I've got this:

The left/right rolls don't exist anymore.

Then, thinking I could recreate the Inner and the Outer Shadows, I spliced all four parts of the image (left and right rolls, the main parchment and the four... handles?) but the only way I managed to apply the texture -AND- have the Layers Effects was this:

If you notice the Group Layers names, I'm still not quite satisfied with the results of this texture in particular (and I have like 8 more Layer Groups hidden from these screenshots) and having to duplicate the texture and the Layers Effects 3 times for every new texture I find, although easy, is not very practical.

And so I'm here, hoping to find if there's an easier or at least a smarter way of accomplishing this.


texts: Put a border on an image in Illustrator or Photoshop or Fireworks

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I picked up this "like" icon from iconfinder.com.  Originally it was in black.  I adjusted it to orange.  To help the user, I'd like to have it be "hollow" (i.e. just a border - transparent in the middle) before they click it (i.e. before they "like" something) and solid like this after they click it.  I can do the coding to swap image, but I need to create the "hollow" version of this.

I've got photoshop and illustrator and fireworks, but I'm a web developer, so I have no idea how to really use them.  I tried a dozen different things I found online, but nothing is working.  Any ideas what I could try?


texts: Focus view on selected layer in Photoshop

texts: While working on a huge workspace I need Photoshop to focus the current view on the object / layer I selected, how can I do this?


texts: How to determine the latest export options chosen?

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Is there any way to determine which file type and export options where last chosen via Menu → Export? E.g. if the user exported as a PDF (print), I would like to obtain the chosen filename, ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, or ExportFormat.INTERACTIVE_PDF etc.

As a simple example I'd like to write a script the repeats the last export without showing any dialogs, i.e. preform app.activeDocument.exportFile by obtaining the required parameters first. Note this is only an example, a shortcut for this without obtaining the export type and export preference is not actually useful to me...


texts: In Inkscape, how do I move individual parts of a clipped region?

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I have a layer of shapes and a layer of paths that I am using as the source for laser cutting some objects.  My goal is to clip the paths to the outline of the shapes, then move the resulting paths and shapes close together to prevent material waste when cutting.  So far, I have done the clipping portion as follows:

Separate shapes and paths into two layers
Duplicate shapes layer and rename "Shapes - clipping" and hide original shapes layer
Group all shapes together
Move shapes layer to be above paths
select all shapes from the clipping layer and all paths
Objects->clip->set
Unhide original shapes layer

Which causes the image to be clipped as I expect:

What I can't figure out now is how to independently move each of these shapes.  If I try to alt click and drag across the paths, and adding a single circle to the selection, it ends up selecting all the paths and moving them as one.  How do I instead move just the paths clipped by a single circle?  Is it possible to separate the paths based on the shape so that they are no longer connected "underneath" the clipped layer?  My goal (pardon the MSPaint mockup) is to change the move behavior after clipping to behave as follows:

Thanks!


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I'm using Photoshop CS6 for the first time. I see that the shapes have been changed and have heard about how it's all true vector behavior now so it's great. However, there's one thing I used to be able to do quickly that I can't seem to do now and was wondering if you could give me a tip.

In older Photoshop versions, I could hold down alt while I had the shapes tool selected and select a new fill color from anywhere in my image regardless of which layer it was on. Now, it seems like I can only color sample from a layer if I have the layer that it's on selected and then when I go back to draw on the layer with the shapes again, the color changes back to whatever the first shape fill color was.

Does this mean that every time I want to change the fill color before drawing a shape, I have to select the fill color on the top bar and then pick one if I actually want it to stick or what? Not sure if this makes sense but I just want to be able to quickly draw shapes of different colors on the same layer without a hassle like I used to.

Is there a way to turn off the vector behavior? Is there another way to do this quickly? Thanks!

Update: I see now that I have to hit enter to "deselect" the last shape I made before I can draw another one and toggle the eyedropper again so that helps but it still doesn't sample from all layers even though I have that option checked on the actual eyedropper tool itself. Is it not able to do that when it's just the eyedropper you're toggling off another tool?


texts: How to make a "storyboard" for motion graphics / abstract videos?

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I'm wondering if there is any common "storyboarding" approach for motion graphics videos, that are rather "design-based" instead of being a story.

For example - I'd like to create animation for a techno tune, that will contain a lot of abstract / graphic design effects and not really tell any story. Is it common approach to create a storyboard for something like that? How to correctly "plan" such content?


texts: Why do elements sometimes come out messy?

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I just drew a 1px line with a 1px drop shadow in Photoshop, yet parts of it are really off. Please see the image below....

Is Photoshop just not able to hand things well at the 1 pixel level? I was hoping it could produce shapes more exactly than this. Thank you.


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I searched for copy editing related posts here, and my question is slightly different from what I've read so far. Here's what's happeing:

My client is consistently giving me copy with a critical mistake - each copy piece has a "serial number." Example: aa_bb_cc_00_11_22. This number, so far, has been wrong and when I upload the final layout, export a Word Doc, then they tell me it's wrong and I need to do it all over again. I've asked them several times to ensure that the serial number is correct. So far I'm being ignored.
The file name should reflect the serial number in these documents. However, depending on when the document gets approved, the serial number will change to reflect the date. The client is trying to make getting the serial number right my responsibility.

How do you handle this? I do value this client, as they provide most of my work. However, if the "aa_bb_cc" part is wrong, I have no way of knowing how to make it right. The date part I could do, but I am concerned about getting this wrong and also having to constantly change it - the client approves but then makes copy changes, or adds stuff, etc. so I don't know when it's really final.
Advice for how to approach the subject? Any experiences of something like this?


texts: What is the name of the texture in the Wunderlist Sidebar?

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I was using Wunderlist, and I was wonderling what the texture is that is used in the sidebar, as shown in this image:

Image courtesy of ifrick.ch. Click image for full size

It looks like some sort of fabric, but I'm not quite sure.


texts: Cross platform (PC and MAC) font rendering issue and font conversion to SVG

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I just purchased the DIN font, it includes all the following file formats (.otf, .eot, .woff and .ttf)

Now these fonts don't look the same on cross platforms like MAC and PC, it looks great on PC but doesn't look the same on MAC (especially the light version of the font, it looks the same as regular). I did some research and noticed that the best way to resolve this issue is to use a SVG version of the font (Google does the same with it's Google fonts).

Any of you know how I could convert my fonts to an SVG file format? or any other solution how to resolve this cross platform issue?

Thanks


texts: What is this style of graphic art called?

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Please advise, what is this style of graphic art called? It's when the artist intentionally "colors" outside the lines.

And is it a difficult art form that requires a premium/experienced (and hence more expensive) artist?

Also, what are its pros/cons? Can it be vectorized effectively?


texts: How to draw a trapezoid with rounded corners in Adobe XD?

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I want to draw a trapezoid with rounded corners in Adobe XD. I want to give it a blur and design a soft UI (neumorphism) with it.

How can I draw a trapezoid with rounded corners in Adobe XD?


texts: How can I achieve this continuous gradient effect?

texts: Any tips on how to achieve this continuous gradient throughout a shape? I've had luck creating this shape by using the Blend Tool between two circles in Illustrator, and then duplicating them, but I can't figure out how to move across one gradient to another, then another, then another. Any help is appreciated.


texts: Does this Chinese font fit in with our brand?

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We are about to make the Chinese version of our charity website live but I'm not certain about the font we are using. Our Chinese office say they are happy with the system default but they don't have any design expertise. Could anyone help advise?

We use Frutiger for all of our Latin alphabet sites.

The Chinese site can currently be found here: http://live.ciwf.cn/

The font that I am considering is HeiS ASC Simplified Chinese (http://www.fonts.com/font/ascender/heis-asc-simplified-chinese?QueryFontType=Web#product_878738). I'd like to know whether this is a truer sans-serif style when viewed by a Chinese user, or whether this is in fact a consideration in the Chinese alphabet.

This is a mockup of the proposed font.

Happy to consider any other alternatives if they are closer to our existing brand.


texts: How do I flatten this logo with overlay blending mode in Sketch?

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I made this logo, but I want to flatten it so that it's always the same no matter what the background color is. How do I do this? It consists of three ovals with the "overlay" blending mode. It's made in Sketch.
Thanks!


texts: What's the name of this background design pattern?

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What's the name of the texture / design pattern found in the background of this site? http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch/

What should I search on Google to find out similar textures?


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I have a large PDF file (5 MB+) which is generated from a large dataset. The amount of details in the plot are very fine, which makes it nearly impossible to handle in Illustrator.

I want to effectively compress the file, but I can't find a good solution. I have tried a lot of different options, but nothing seems to work well (I can reduce the file by a factor 2 approximately).

Is there a way to reduce the amount of details in the figure (by combining anchor points or similar), so the size of the file is reduced by a factor 10+?


texts: In InDesign, how to leave a fixed space from start of previous paragraph?

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I want to apply a style to a title and have the next text start in the same vertical position everywhere i do this (a space before, but from the start, and not the end, of the previous paragraph).

Example:

      one page          another page
 __________________   _________________
|                  | |                 |
|  Chapter title   | | Very very big   |
|                  | |     title       |
|                  | |                 |
| Text start.      | | Text start.     |
|__________________| |_________________|

Can i do this without insert returns?

Edit:

I would prefer a solution that doesn't depend on text frame options, to allow adding new pages and not destroy the formatting of following pages.


texts: How to export with a clipping mask in illustrator

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I am trying to export an object as a svg that has a clipping mask in it in illustrator. When I look at the svg, everything inside the clipping mask disappears. Can anyone tell me why this is happening and how I can fix it in the future? I am attaching a simplified example.

Thanks!


texts: How can I get a mentor currently, as a student?

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I'm currently a student at an art school, however I know I lack a large amount of experience to even be considered a graphic designer. I don't think I have the portfolio/experience yet to do internships. I do personal projects of my own, research, and read as much as I can about the industry.

But I want to learn as much as I can and gain as much knowledge/advice from experienced graphic designers. But I want to be as respectful and professional as I can about this, so I don't waste the person's time. So I was wondering where I could begin to look and how I could even go about this. I wouldn't mind simple email correspondence with the individual, but I wasn't sure if that was deemed professional. Thank you!


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I've finished creating some button designs for a client, is there anything I need to be mindful of when exporting the final files?

Such as;

Scale
Size
File format

Or could I just release an Illustrator file with the button designs as he will need to edit the copy.

Thanks.


texts: How to reduce the brightness of selected vector objects?

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This is a group of elements in Illustrator. I need to make the whole object less bright. One option is to go through each element in the group and alter the color. Another way is to make a rectangle above it with a certain transparency, but then I lose the objects alpha, which is not desirable.

I wonder if there is an easier way to change brightness without losing the transparency.


texts: Resizing images for InDesign to 100% for printers

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I've seen in the specs for POD printers that they want images to be scaled at 100%. If I take an image, and resize it down to 80% in InDesign, couldn't I just change the PPI to a higher value rather than actually resizing and affecting the pixels?

Let's assume that the image meets the 300PPI requirement in the first place.


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After reading why the first paragraph after a headline is typically not indented [1][2], I started to wonder if a paragraph indent after a list or enumeration is appropriate.

I can see two possible argumentations:

After a headline, there is always a new paragraph starting. Because this is implicit, you don't have to additionally indent the first paragraph.
However, a list does not necessarily denote the start of a new paragraph. Thus, if (and only if) a new paragraph starts right after the list, it has to be indented.
After a headline, there is some vertical space. This means the first paragraph is already separated  from the previous text. It is an error to use an additional indent.
Therefore, if a list is separated from its surrounding text with a vertical space, the next paragraph must not be indented.

Are there typographic rules for this special case? Is this a matter of personal taste?

LaTeX does put a paragraph indent after lists, but not after headlines. But it looks odd to me, and I typically suppress it manually.


texts: How to change the colors of these lines from Adobe Illustrator?

texts: I would like to change these colors of the lines in the red frame, from Adobe Illustrator. Is it possible?


texts: I want to REMOVE the background, not just make it transparent

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I want to remove the background of an irregularly shaped image altogether, not just make it transparent. The image's box is overlapping with other stuff and getting in the way. There's got to be a way to remove the extra space.

I cropped my image as closely as I could in photoshop and made the remaining background transparent. My image is wide at the top than the bottom (picture a vertical candy cane) so that leaves a lot of empty space that overlaps with other objects on the page.


texts: Changing some instances of a color to another

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I have this:

and would like to create this:

 My thinking is that it can be done through the following methods;
    1. Find a way to replace some of the white to gray at random.
    2.  Manage to select only some of the tiles at random.

However, I've not found a way to actually do either of my methods.

Do any of you to do it or have any other ideas of methods.

Thanks on beforehand.


texts: Logo Critique: Logo for a freelance web developer

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I'm working on a logo for a web developer friend of mine who plans to start his freelance career.

Here are the specific questions I need help with:

Which layout works best, horizontal (mark on left) or vertical (mark on top)?


texts: How to keep all tones in my image between #f5f5f5 and #a0a0a0 automatically?

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I have some images that I need to put in Black and White, but the tones need to be between #f5f5f5 and #a0a0a0 colors.

And I need to do this in a lot of images, so I need to do this automaticaly, without more edits. How could I do this?


texts: Duplicate the flowers/leaves to the bottom part of the image

texts: How do I copy or duplicate the flowers and leaves at the top of the image to the bottom part of the image that blends seamlessly with the textured background in Photoshop?


texts: My client needs a seamless pattern of 150 meter with each objects are at a size of 25 cm. I mean 25 cm flower in a 150 meter pattern. So approximately 600*600=360000 flowers.Illustrator is just running on fumes when I tried at 1:30 scale. Has anyone faced this kind of project before?


texts: How do I get rid of the options in Photoshop's save dialog window

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Any idea how to get rid of those extra options in the window.

I remember doing this a while back, but now I've forgotten how I did it.

I've checked photoshop preferences and can't find any settings.


texts: Getting rid of open paths in Illustrator CS5 without overlapping stroked lines?

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I have been looking into selling some vector art either by making my own site (almost doubles up as a portfolio) or sell it through existing stock vector sites. I am currently looking into requirements and condition they have before they will put the art on their website and most of my art meets all the conditions, except some websites won't allow art that has 'open paths'.

The reason this is a problem for me is because of they way or method I use for creating vector art.

First I draw out on paper my design and then scan it in to use as a template.
Then I stroke it all no fill just a black stroke. Then I proceed to colour the art (colour in the lines).
Then add whatever effect or final touches that particular piece may need.

The only open paths I have found in my work is when I stroke the scanned in sketch. I have tried to close them but the black stroke overlaps existing black strokes and then the line seems thicker in places? I need to find a way to close all my paths while not overlapping stroked lines again and again. The colour is all fine and closed just the black stroked lines.

Is there a way around this or is it just doing the previous method but executed more carefully, or by using pathfinder and compound paths or layering my files differently??

Just to clarify I am working in Illustrator CS5. I don't know if there is a certain workflow people use when making vector art with the hope of selling it or a checklist they have?? I am new at this so any help would be appreciated. my intention is to make easily editable vector art to anyone who buys it thats why I do the stroke and colour separately it adds a greater degree of control (at least thats how I feel).

Any help would be greatly appreciated because this is one of the last requirements I need to get vector art to a selling standard. Thanks.


texts: When CMYK art contains white objects on a colored background, do I need to knock-out white?

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I have to design a printed poster (cmyk) for a trade show. It will be in Adobe Illustrator. The copy is all white and the logos in it are too (well, one logo is all white with some 'less opaque' 50% white transparent elements). The logos and all copy will be laid over a blue background, and in some places, over a photograph.

As this is white over a darker background, do I need to knockout the logos/copy? Or does the printer typically do that automatically? Is there something I need to do differently with the 50% transparent white areas of the logo? I'm not too familiar with how to knock stuff out on my own, and to be honest, I'm not sure if I need to! Do I?? I don't have access to the printer for questions as this is outsourced.

Please advise. Thank you so much.


texts: How to approach cleaning up an emergent moire pattern in a low resolution image?

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This sample image is a screenshot taken from the TV series Matlock  (Season 1 episode 10) and exhibits a very strong moire effect. There is also additional composite artifacts which add a rainbow to the pattern.

The composite artifacts can be easily removed by normalizing the hue with a mask and matching it to the rest of the suit:

But what can be done about the moire pattern across the suit?

There is a lot of discussion about this in various parts of the internet but I wanted to discuss solutions here and to get feedback on this particular case.

While looking at artifacts in a picture, our brain can easily filter out the extraneous noise and see that this is still a brown striped suit. But the moire pattern destroys the original underlying pattern, replacing it with a new the emergent pattern.

I think the only way to approach this is to extract the shadows and repaint the light and darks by hand and then use that to recreate a surface.

Is this the right approach? After after removing all of the patterns from the surface, where do I go from there? I could try to recreate a matching texture of the pattern, how would I get it to contour the suit jacket?


texts: How to properly brighten a very dark image

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I work at a cabinet shop and I'm a software developer.

My manager and I (Team of 2 Devs) created a program for our sales team to be able to layout and design kitchens, select color and species and have it display the actual color and species. We've had samples made up and I'm taking pictures of them and having them display based on selection in our program. Here is the example of a few lighter stains below.

These are great representations of the colors that they actually are. Now, I take the darker stains in the exact same way I take these and this is the result. Its hard to see, it is definitely not that dark in person. What is the best way to lighten my image before I load it into our program for viewing? I've attempted just about everything I could read on the internet and this is my last hope.

I've been using Affinity Photo to try and make it appear a bit brighter so you can see the grain a bit better.

If it just screwed up because its dark and there is no way to fix it without making it look artificial let me know as well.

I've very novice when it comes to graphic design, images, photos, etc.

Here is one of my dark images.


texts: I am using GIMP on my Ubuntu, and need to open a file some one else made with Photoshop. What file format preserves the layers, colors and preferably the text/fonts when exporting from Photoshop and importing to GIMP?


texts: How to blend a picture's white with a slightly different white

texts: Want to make a banner combining these two images. Clearly the image on the left has a different background (in a square) to the one on the right which I am trying to get rid of and make it look natural. To make it seem like it is one image with the same background. I do not know the quickest/most efficient way in doing this. Any help would be fantastic.


texts: Is there any place that does gold print on black paper?

texts: I'm trying to print an insert for an LP.  Is there any place that does gold print on black paper, or do I need to look to silk-screening for this?


texts: Inkscape: how to draw good looking wires / cables (creating shaded / patterned paths?)

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I'm trying to create a "3d shaded look" for drawing cables and wires with a plastic coating on them. I think this can be achieved by drawing a path and shading the edges of the path to be darker than the centre.

This is shown (for drawing pipes) nicely in an Illustrator here, although I'm having difficulty recreating this effect in Inkscape.

So far, I've been following the discussion at: http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=10242, where it is shown that a pattern can be applied to a path. However, when I try to do this with a pattern that only varies radially (not longitudinally), it doesn't attach properly to the path (using the Extensions -> Generate from Path -> Pattern along Path option).

My example concept is attached: (http://svgshare.com/i/13K.svg). The alternating red and yellow squares are taken from the aforementioned link and attach nicely to any path. When I draw a new pattern (the red path containing a thinner yellow path), I cannot attach this to the path properly.

Could anyone help please? Either to get the method above working, or by suggestion other tutorials for nice-looking cables and wires?

Thank you.


texts: Things to consider when designing for flexible materials?

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What are common issues and technical matters to be aware of when designing for flexible materials?

For example, a plastic poultry wrap package like this example....

Are there any best practices to ensure the warping of the packaging conveys the desired design?

Are there methods for calculating any distortion which may occur?


texts: Exporting each frame from After Effects as a separate Photoshop file

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The Adobe After Effects CC feature Composition -> Save Frame As -> Photoshop Layers does exactly what I want. However, it is very time consuming to do this for each  frame (I am animating a game character in Adobe After Effects, and then using the .psd files to create a sprite sheet).

Is there any way (perhaps a script) that can repeat this action for each frame, automatically numbering them, so it's one-click to export the entire sequence?


texts: Fitting an object to an artboard in Adobe Illustrator

texts: I can see how to fit an artboard to the art therein (Object -> Artboards -> Fit to selected art), but how do I do the opposite, i.e. how do I automatically resize a selected object to the artboard bounds?


texts: How can I resize, rotate part of the path in Illustrator

texts: As a Photoshop user I don't know exactly how to rotate or resize only the part of the selected path in Illustrator. When I do this in Photoshop I simply select part of the path by using direct selection tool (with key A). Then I press Ctrl+T (or Cmd+T in Mac) and make a rotation only for selected points. This step by step guide does not work in Illustrator. Every time I select points and try to rotate them, all path rotates together with those points. But I want to rotate only selected points. How can I achieve this task in Adobe Illustrator. It sounds very stupid question, but by using keywords "rotate part, section of the path" in google it's impossible to find right answers, because those keywords has double meanings. Thank you for your help.


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I have an old Wacom Intuos 3 tablet (with pen and mouse) that I occasionally use with my Mac (OS 10.12.6 - Sierra).

I noticed my Wacom Intuos 3 mouse was acting strange (clicks not always being registered). I tried to re-install the Wacom Drivers for the tablet to troubleshoot whether this was a hardware (mouse itself) or software (drivers) problem.

When I reinstalled the latest drivers that work with Intuos 3 tablets for Mac (Driver 6.3.15-3), the Wacom Preferences Pane kept saying there was something wrong with the driver and the computer needed to be restarted, and if the issue persisted to re-install the driver. I restarted my computer a few times and still had the issue, then I un-installed and I re-installed the driver and still had the issue.

I realized it was probably because the supported Mac OS versions were 10.8 - 10.11 according to the Wacom Driver site and searching "Intuos 3". I was running Mac OS 10.12.6.

I then tried installing the most recent drivers (Driver 6.3.37-3  for macOS 10.11 - 10.15) because I thought that might work with my newer Mac OS, and after installation the Wacom Preferences Pane kept saying there were no devices attached, even when my tablet was plugged in.

How do I get drivers for Intuos 3 that work with Mac OS 10.12? It used to work just fine, but now with no working drivers, my tablet is not mapped to my screen properly and using my mouse/pen is terrible.


texts: I need some software that has a continuous page to draw on

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I have a project which has many steps and I'd like to create a visual representation of the steps in a flowchart form, but the chart will be very long. I need something that I can "draw" on that will continue without "paging". I simply need an extremely long canvas.

Does anyone know of software that will do this?

Thanks.


texts: Free tool to change a coloured logo to white/transparent?

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I'm doing some website design for a client and they want the companies that sell their product to be listed on a page. The problem is they don't want the exact company logo on the page, they want it to blend with their website colour scheme. I need a way to change a logo to transparent background and make it all white.

Example of what they want

Logo they want changed

Essentially, the yellow needs to be white, the red in the logo needs to be transparent, the "hh" logo stays white and the writing is white and everything else it transparent. Is there a free tool I could use to do this?

Thanks


texts: Adobe Illustrator CS5: How can I make sure the distances between all points on two paths are the same?

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I have just started to play around with Adobe Illustrator.

How can I make sure distance between path are the same in  all of the points.

Please see this image for example: http://awesomescreenshot.com/03bjt5iec

Any suggestion much appreciated.


texts: How to expand a paper texture from a photo across a wider resolution than the original photo?

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I have a photo that I'd like to turn into a wallpaper:

I'm pretty new to Photoshop, so I wasn't able to stack up the paper texture in a clean way. Is there a way to make this paper texture repeat in a non-obvious way to fill a 1920x1080 area?

What I tried

I have tried using some cleanup brushes but they didn't work the way I wanted them to.


texts: Portable file format to export Photoshop layers

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I'm working on web-apps and frequently have to slice designer-made PSD files as HTML.

However, I'm a GNU/Linux user, and in Gimp, PSD files look different than in Photoshop,
so I'm forced to use a computer that has Photoshop installed to check design consistency.

I would like to export layered PSD files in some compatible format which Gimp, Inkscape, or any other free software package can open. I've tried Layered TIFF, and basically every single file format that Photoshop can export, but to no avail - the best Gimp can import is still PSD files.

Perhaps there's some open format that can handle layers, or some combination of format/application that supports Photoshop layers. Then I'll tell all the designers to
send all design files in TIFF, or whatever the format, files.

In the answer I provided an update about Gimp's PSD support, but the compatible file format question remains - though the trend to use Photoshop isn't likely to vanish for the next couple of years, it's absolutely necessary to have a standard, interoperable file format to exchange editable images.

P.S. I found a similar question here, but the answer is barely suitable.


texts: How do you turn a Photoshop vector image into a Microsoft editable clip art/image?

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So here's my problem:

I made some vector images (e.g. figures of people, houses, apples, etc.—ones that you use for infographics). I made them for practicum but since my practicum is ending, I need to leave these stuff to my placement, where no one is well-versed with any kind of photoediting software.

My best bet for them if they want to recolor these images is PowerPoint. However, I don't know how to turn them into a Microsoft clip art that may be subjected to functions like "Fill Color". Whenever I use fill color, it just fills up the background, not the intended area. Fill Color only works the intended way when you create the image out of autoshapes in PowerPoint.

So my question is, does anyone know how to turn an image (i.e., vector image) to an element that is editable by Microsoft office applications?

Thanks!


texts: Closing paths drawn with the Illustrator pencil tool?

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Prompted by John's question about leaving paths unclosed.

Drawing with the pencil tool (or the paintbrush tool) in Illustrator leaves the paths it makes open. Unlike the pen tool, there isn't an obvious or intuitive way to close paths when you've finished drawing them.

What's the easiest way to close paths drawn with the pencil tool?


texts: When saving as a JPEG, illustrator keeps cutting parts of my artboard off

texts: I created a graphic in Illustrator, and there is a lot of white space around the graphic itself, but it is all within the artboard. When I got to export my piece as a JPEG, Illustrator does whatever it wants with the white space; cuts it off, adds more??


texts: I would like to recreate this specific paragraph style in this picture but I am not sure how

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I am trying to recreate this style with the shading, curved end, etc. I want to find a efficient way to create these titles in a repeating fashion.

In fact every one of my titles need to be like this. So I figured I would do a paragraph style, but it doesn't seem to be advanced enough to create this kind of style...

Am I not understanding something?


texts: Automatically merge individual .indd files

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First some background info:

I work for a medium sized publisher, which works with licenses from external companies. We receive english InDesign files, and translate them into our native language.

We work with some of the biggest publishers in the world, but also smaller ones. That means we get a lot of different files based on the workflow and procedures of that company.

Here's the problem. Some of the files we receive are sent to us spread by spread. Basically that means we get 82 seperate files, which we manually have to merge together to one document. We have well over 300 publishes per year, so it is a lot of work for us.

Then to the real question:

Is there a way to automatically merge a series of documents, in order, to one InDesign file? Using a script or any other way. We have no issues with paying for someone to make such a script, so if you or someone you know has the experience – let me know.

I appreciate all help I can get!

Thanks.


texts: How to convince agency clients I know what I'm doing?

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I'm the solo designer at a 7-person web agency. The other employees are programmers and the owner (whose background is in IT). Our clients are mostly small to mid-sized businesses.

While I do have the chops to "make things pretty," my background is UX. I spent a lot of time studying the psychology of usability and designing interfaces backed by user research. I LOVE that stuff.

My problem is that, since working for this agency 3 years ago, I'd only put less than half of the projects I've worked on in my portfolio. I do my best to sell my design decisions to clients (like what I did to benefit the user), but as too many clients do, they end up turning me into a Photoshop puppet. This is because my boss's philosophy is to make clients happy. I've asked for his advice, but I've been told several times, "It's the client's website. We need to give them what they want."

At a recent "potential business" meeting, the potential client showed me and my boss sites he liked and hated. Awkwardly enough, one of the sites he hated was one I designed. (We just didn't have it up on our company portfolio yet.) My boss admitted that we designed it and said, "Well, we gave the client what they wanted." ...Naturally, that added insult to injury for me.

What I'd like is advice on how to better convince clients that I do know what I'm doing, and designing for their users (i.e., their customers) will ultimately benefit their business.

Also, what are the best interview/briefing questions you ask new clients?


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Someone wants me to produce "clipping courses" in photos. I've never heard the term before.

What does it mean?
What does this process involve?

I have the ability to do plenty of things that I usually do not know the name of. Also if I don't understand how to do something, I learn to do it well and also do it rapidly.

I simply want somebody to provide me a nudge in the right direction. Any type of internet sites or details referring to this subject would certainly be valued.


texts: Vinyl cutters often reduce photos to pure black and pure white for rendering in one color of vinyl against another color background. Popular tools for this are apps like Adobe Capture, the threshold command in Photoshop, etc. This is often referred to as "stencil" style, but that seems inadequate because these images are not usually valid stencils because of trapped white space. "Vectorized" also seems inadequate because that can also refer to multi-color images. I am wondering what the technical term for this type of processed image would be.


texts: Determing the best X colors to provide the most coverage in a pallete?

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When creating a palette of colors, for use in things such as a painting app, or a box of crayons, or product variants, where you want to make as many different colors available as possible within the constraints of how many options you can provide, how do you figure out which colors to choose?

For example, if I could only use three colors to best cover "all colors" in a palette I would choose "red, blue, yellow" (or possibly RBG) to give the most diverse selection. If I chose "pink, red, burnt orange" it wouldn't be a very good selection as they're all very similar. If I were allowed 10 options, I would choose "red, blue, green, orange, yellow, pink, purple, white, black, brown" as again this pretty well covers the spectrum of available colors.

What I'm wondering is if I were to pick 50 colors, or 100 colors, is there a good objective way to get widest encompassing most diverse possible selection so that I don't end up with 20 reds all 1 shade apart and only 2 blues, etc. Is there a way to just get like half stops between colors to the Nth degree?


texts: How manual is this rough paint brushed edge effect?

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I've been trying to figure out if there is a way to replicate this style of illustration where the edges have this rough, paint brushed edge.

I'm wondering how manual this effect is to create. I thought maybe a solid shape with a custom grunge brush stroke, but that adds additional weight to the shape.


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What does this symbol in Photoshop CS3 mean? It doesn't look like a standard layer symbol, but yet it has gradient styles on it without any layer effects applied.

Thanks.


texts: Basically, I love how people use textures in web design. But as most website designs are "fluid", how do you make them work for all monitors and make them seamless?  For Example, on the website http://amazorize.com/ they have the "triangle" effect at the bottom of the main section, how would you go about making something like this seamless?


texts: How to make aerodynamically aligned items in Illustrator?

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Is there any technique within Illustrator to reproduce such an effect (see attached) to align items around a shape, kind of like an aerodynamic flow?

I'm lacking vocabulary to describe this effect properly.

Thanks!


texts: How can I improve colors in my smartphone 2D game?

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I just finished developing a game for Windows Phone 8, and now I'm searching for some optimization. In particular, since I don't understand much about graphics design, I payed a guy to make me animations of a guy, but I've done the rest by myself. I'm not satisfied about colors in my game.

The game colors, essentially are based upon a background tint (a static image) and skyscrapers colors.

Background:

Skyscrapers:

There are 3 types (from the color point of view): foregound (where you walk), middle and background. I made them in that order from dark to light. Every one of these three types also have different window colors. Each shape is generated randomly from a list:

Foreground layer => Building color: Black, windows color: Yellow
Middle layer => Building color: Rgb(100,100,100), windows color:
Rgb(113,209,249)
Background layer =>  Building color: Rgb(128,128,128), windows color:
Rgb(173,216,230)

A screenshot of the player while farting.

A screenshot of top the game, where there are stars:

I am really not satisfied about the final result. I feel the colors innatural and too much "strong". I made the foreground layer of skyscraper black because I was thinking about sunset/night, and I make the other lighter to give a feel of depth. But it seems that colors aren't matching very good, and I don't have enought "eye" to understand what can I do to enhance game's feeling.


texts: GIMP: How does one use the smaller image in the layer above, to cut out the image in the layer below

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I'm using GIMP, and I have a smaller image in the second, above layer.  I don't see a way / "Mode" that allows me to use this image to "cut a hole" in the image in the lower layer (matching the shape of the image above).

How do I do this?   Thanks.


texts: Margins between varied size elements (heading, input, and button)

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I have to design a page with two button choices separated by horizontal rule. The first group has a heading, text input and a button all on new lines.

The group after the horizontal rule has a heading and a button.

I am wondering how to go about determining the margins between the elements in each group as the elements are of different heights, but need to be in proximity of each other.

Are there any best practices useful to solving this problem? I seem to experiment, but every time I come back to the design I want to change it as it doesn't seem right.

I was thinking about baseline grids but I've never used them before.


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Does Adobe Illustrator have a feature to warp a group of shapes similar to Photoshop's Edit>transform>warp?

So far I've tried the reshape tool seems to only work on individual shapes?


texts: Inkscape: Caps on lines are always black

texts: If I use a cap on a line, usually so I can make an arrow, it is always black despite the stroke color. Is this a bug or am I not understanding something?


texts: Eraser Tool Malfunction on Adobe Illustrator

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The result of the eraser tool on my Adobe Illustrator CC keeps popping back up even though I have already erased it.

I'm a beginner on Illustrator, so I do not know how to work it well, though it is quite similar to Photoshop, I don't know how to use several things in this application.


texts: Can't use any colors other than black in GIMP image

texts: I opened a .png file I had in GIMP and started editing it. The image was only black and some transparency. I selected the paint bucket tool, chose white as my color but when I fill in anything it is black.


texts: Figure drawing - transitioning between "draw from reference" and "draw from imagination"?

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When I draw human figures from reference, my drawing looks wrong but I can see what went wrong and (hopefully) correct it by looking at the reference.

However, when I draw human figures from imagination, my drawing just looks wrong, and I have no idea why.

What are some tips for successfully transitioning between "drawing human figures from reference" and "drawing human figures from imagination"?


texts: Infinity twirl animation in AfterEffects?

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I'm trying to understand how to do this animation in AfterEffects and can't figure it out - https://dribbble.com/shots/14201928-Li-Auto-voice-assistant-in-the-car
There is a 3d twirl effect where the shape looks like an infinity symbol for a moment. This isn't a 3d ellipse, because one end twirls before the other.
How can I do this?


texts: InDesign: Data Merging from spread sheet for timetables

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Ok So my job is creating timetables for bus routes having them in DL leaflet form and A4 pdf from for online.

Currently I build them both individually (Which is obviously very time consuming) so I need to find a way of automating it. I've used data merge before to quicken mass date entry but I cant seem to get it to work for my timetables.

Anybody have any idea what would be the quickest way of entering this type of data via datamerge. My ideal situation would be to build a excel spread sheet, link it to both pdf and leaflet formats and it create 90% of the work for me, with me tweaking it to finish.

If I can get this working, Im going to have a much easier time.

This is how my timetables are set out:

If anybody can help me out with any tips or tricks that would be great!


texts: Why CMYK prefered for printing purpose and not rgb color format

texts: As much as I know about Photoshop, we can change color mode (image->color mode-> cmyk). And cmyk is good for printing.So can I use .PSD file format for good quality printing purpose. Another question is that why CMYK is prefered for printing and rgb


texts: How to create Illustrations and Art from Sketches in Adobe Illustrator

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I have been using Adobe Illustrator to sketch and draw with my Wacom Tablet, I've gotten pretty good with it. But I'm having trouble figuring out how do I turn those sketches into a real Illustrating.

This Illustration is what I wish I can do.

From Sketch, to Line-Art, then to a colorful, detailed Illustration.

Calvin Huang linked to me a very good Video Tutorial, I am wondering if there are anymore tutorials, or Guides [Video or Not] that is like that, or if any Artists on here that can give out a tip or two to help me out.

I look at the designs on Dribbble and I get so inspired by them, but I have no idea where to start.


texts: Illustrator : how can I select all the vertexes of the current path?

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When I have a vertex on a path selected, is there a shortcut to extend the selection to all the vertexes of the path ?

Thanks !


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Can someone help me with this problem in CorelDRAW?
I have a table with 16 rows (2 pages, left and right because of the binding), and I need to insert  on the first column on each row a number starting from 2874 on first page (e.g. 2874, 2875 ...2889-last row on first page) and counting until page 100.
The only solution I know is to make the numbers in Excel (this way I don't have to type all 1600 number for each row) and copy them back to CorelDRAW, but it's still a hassle to arrange them on every page.


texts: PNG is fuzzy when exporting in Ai Illistrator

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I've got a question regarding exporting PNG files from Ai Illustrator as I'm having troubles getting sharp looking results.
I'm preparing files for Society6 print-on-demand website and aiming to supply them as PNGs so that I can have transparency in my designs.
I'm looking as an example at a file for mugs 4600 x 2000 px PNG at 300 dpi. The artboard is 1104 x 480 px (to factor in that design is exported at 300 dpi).
Here are the steps I'm taking:

Artboard 1104 x 480 px File -> Export -> Export As.
PNG / High 300 ppi / Art Optimised (Supersampling) / Transparent

Check the file size and resolution 4601 x 2001 px (I'm ignoring the fact that file size is 1px more), 300 dpi

Open the file in the "Preview" app on Mac. Choose to display it at Actual Size.
Getting closer to the screen I still can see the pixelation :( It's especially visible around the question marks.

When I designed the pattern everything was outlined.

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here, I'd expect the PNG to be quite sharp given it's exported from Ai Illustrator and all objects have been outlined.
Have you come across this before? Do you know what might be going wrong here?
I would highly appreciate any help with this. Thank you so much for your time.
Dasha


texts: Is there way to colorize by RGB in GIMP?

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There is a colorize tool in GIMP but it only provides HSV. Most of time I want to colorize with RGB so I'm using RapidTables' RGB to HSV color conversion.
Is there way to colorize with RGB only?


texts: How can I reapply a texture to the new modified mesh after using the bevel modifier in 3DS Max?

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See the screenshot attached.

The rainbow texture was applied to a very thin half-circle as you can see.
After bevelling, I was able to make the semi-circle wider as intended but the texture "has not followed" : it is not covering the whole surface.

How can I make it cover the whole surface ? I thought about somehow merging faces so the texture would apply to the whole surface but I have no idea how that would work or if it would have the intended effect.

What are your suggestions ?


texts: Trying to identify a font or typeface with a letter "A" shaped like a triangle

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I have been trying to find out what font or typeface has a specific shaped letter A, and it has been bugging the hell out of me, maybe you can help.

I've only seen this in 2 places.  One, on a really old book my uncle has on Israel, and the other in the logo for Vernon, New Jersey's Action Park... erm... accident park... :P .

Here's a sample, taken from the Action Park logo:

The fact this specific letter style / shape / shadows / etc. has appeared in more than one place at least has me a little assured that it is not necessarily something created specifically for a company, but I could be very wrong.


texts: How to edit elements simultaneously on all artboards in Photoshop?

texts: I have several artboards in Photoshop on every artboard placed text, how change color of this text only in one place that the changes are applied to all texts on artboards?


texts: Problem with text write on inkscape and put on Microsoft-Word

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Here's the explainations of the problem...
Not many words are needed because it is quite visible.

Image
Location

I wrote a small text attached to the image in INKSCAPE.

As you can see, however, the result in WORD is this ...

I've tried text>convert to text but doesn't work.
The file I'm trying to put in word is in SVG format.
With PDf type

How can i solve?

 ✨ I'm a newbie please be gentle ✨


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I've been trying to obtain an animation like this one from PHDComics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kCtiOS_F_M

Does anybody have a good idea of how to achieve it? or at least on which program is this artist (Jorge Cham) doing the illustration? (Paint, Ai, Ps...?)

What I've done so far is doing the illustration on Ai, record the screen and then make the film play faster by about 2000-2500%. But I think Ai is not what I need, coloring becomes complicated.

I tried to contact him without success and I also google it a lot of times, look at interviews etc. He only says he uses a graphic tablet.

Any help is appreciated.

Regards.


texts: How can I create this type of line-work?

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I came across this beautiful piece on pinterest (unsure who the artist is, please link me if you know).

I wanted to ask how to create lines like these. In particular - how did the artist create gaps within a singular line path?

Example of the gaps ->  ______ _ _ _______ _ _______


texts: Convert image into mp4 that zooms in to precise point in image

texts: I have an image. From this image, I need to create an mp4 that zooms in to a precise square within the image (about 1/64th the original size). How would I go about creating this file? The most obvious way seems to be to create a series of pictures which progressively zoom, and to then convert those images to video. However, I can't figure out how to create the individual images such that they eventually end on the desired square within the image. Alternatively, I tried Windows Movie Maker but could not specify the final space on which I need the video to stop, nor the rate at which the video should progress.


texts: How to achieve a triangle scissor cut effect?

texts: Want this for an invoice. Is it a brush or custom shape?


texts: Is selective blur (this GIMP's one) available in Photoshop?

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Here's how it looks like: http://docs.gimp.org/en/plug-in-sel-gauss.html

It automatically blurs blurred parts of image, but preserving crisp edges and contrast. Is it available in Photoshop?


texts: Specific font stopped working in Photoshop/Illustrator CC

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The problem:

I downloaded a free font called Voyager from a Behance user and installed it to my computer. I used the font in Photoshop to create a .psd file and everything worked as expected.

The next day, problems arose when I tried to edit the .psd. The font shows up and PS does not give me any missing font errors. I can resize, italicize, "fake bold", adjust kerning/tracking, etc. etc. without any font substitution. When I use the type tool to actually try to change the characters, PS changes the font to Myriad Pro and won't use the Voyager font. If I try to use the dropdown to change to Voyager manually, the dropdown either switches back to Myriad Pro or just shows up blank.

Here's the Behance
page
Here's the download page

Things I've tried:

Disabled PS font preview
Cleared PS font cache
Uninstalled/reinstalled the font multiple times

If I hadn't been able to use it at all, I wouldn't be so stumped. But the fact that it allowed me to use it normally and just stopped working is very confusing.


texts: Drafting Designs - Do you start from paper first, or straight on the computer?

texts: When you are initially drafting the design for something, do you usually start from the paper first and draw thumbnails of the design, or straight on the computer first?


texts: How do I create a rectangle with a trapezoid bottom in gimp?

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Using gimp 2.6.11 on Windows.  How do I create a rectangle with a trapezoid bottom?  I understand to make shapes I should make a selection and then stroke it, but how do I make a selection of this shape?  This is what I'm after:

I want the length and angles of the corresponding sides to match so I don't want to just draw it by hand.


texts: How do I accurately slice images in Illustrator CS3?

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I have just finished building a new web page in HTML 5 and using a jQuery slider effect to horizontally scroll across the web pages.

Now I need to design a background at 8000x1000px so it all "flows and connects" perfectly between each seperate background image.  To do this, I need to divide this large 8000px image into 4 separate 2000px background files.

How can I create 4 images from 1 source file using Illustrator (currently using CS3) that will stitch seamlessly?