texts: When working with printing services, how big are paper sizes before trimming to "standard" sizes?

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I'm working on a case-bound hardcover A5 book (portrait) and this is the first time I've ever had design files for content inside the book when bookbinding. The signatures will be sewn together and for bookbinding its best to have the paper grain run parallel to the spine. This means I have to get a printer who can print the spreads with paper grain running from top to bottom of each page.
Is this direction of paper grain typical of the paper that printing services work with? What are the sizes of paper they work with before trimming?
I'm not sure I can just ask a printer to use A4 paper to print 2-page spreads, since I also need to keep some bleed edge and trim everything later. A4 would be not enough bleed. Preferably the printer would print the untrimmed spreads so I can fold them in half into signatures by hand, have bleed on the outside edges of my text block so I can trim the whole block at once after sewing and gluing it together. Does anyone have experience adding creep to their pages?
Can anyone give me any advice or tips on how to setup my file? It's my first time working on a project like this.


texts: Safe size for printing image from browser

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I have an Illustrator document with A4 size and export it as PNG with 300 ppi for printing (you can see it here in case it helps). On Safari and Firefox, printing that image from the browser with A4 paper results in 2 pages (whereas downloading it and printing from the operating system scales it to fit one page). I can print it on one page by scaling it down to 93% on the browser; when I scale the design down to 93%, I get the same problem. I also decreased the artboard size by 3mm on each side and tried a much smaller version with the same ratio (1.44, square root of 2), both giving the same problem.
What is a safe artboard size when printing directly from modern browsers?


texts: Is it possible to animate a PNG image with canvas?

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I saw this page and wanted to know if anyone can point us in the direction of how this was created? this moving effect in the header.  https://www.jetbrains.com/

i tried something like but i dont know exactly how to make the image move and react on mouseevent.

function print_image_in_canvas(){
  var logo_canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
  var x = logo_canvas.getContext('2d');

logo_canvas.width = 800;
  logo_canvas.height = 500;

var img = new Image();
        img.src = 'Blob.png';
        img.addEventListener("load", function(){x.drawImage(img,320,50)});

}
window.addEventListener("load", print_image_in_canvas);


texts: Is it poor design to have a company logo prominently appear twice on the main page of a website?

texts: I'm building a website for a new product, but the name of the product is also the name of the company. So I would love to have a small version of the company logo at the top left of the webpage (for consistency among other pages in the site), but then also the headline needs to direct attention to it as well, ie: "This [product/company name] is the best!".


texts: The drawing area in illustrator turned white -- I do not mean the art board. How do I change it back to gray?


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Is there any reason for using GIF instead of PNG when the image requires only 1 bit transparency (either on or off) and of course no animation is required?

thanks


texts: How to get a full background from a photo?

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Usually one wants to get rid off the background in a photo. In my case I want to get rid of the 'objects' of the photo and remain with a 'full background'. By full background I mean that I'd like to fill the spots where the objects where with what the background would have had.
If the background is a solid color, then that's easy. I just draw a shape on top with the same solid color. But when the background is more complex, like the skyline, what do I do?

In my impression, it should be possible to 'extend' the background 'horizontally'. See this 49sec video for a demo. Any software/script/PS feature that does that?
Any alternative solution?
I'm trying to remove the skyscrapers from this image, and remain with skyline:


texts: What is a suitable icon for nonspecific spirituality?

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Christianity can be represented with the crucifix icon, Judaism with a Start of David, Bhuddism with a Dharma wheel, etc, etc.

What icon would be suitable to represent spirituality in general, not specifically any faith or religion?

I'm not looking for original art, just struggling to think of a good symbol.

Is there an official symbol or what could be suitable for this?


texts: Is there a free Helvetica Neue Extended alternative?

texts: Does anybody know a free web font which is a good alternative to the Helvetica Neue Extended? We need it for the headlines on a new website.


texts: How do you vertically center multi-line text in another element in the Sketch app?

texts: I wasn't able to snap a textbox with multiple lines to the center of a slice because it would only snap to the top line of text.


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how to hide Access to media files in a directory, if we have the full URL for a file.
How to,
I make an online store, so to download one of the files in my store, I have to log in first, then it can be downloaded, for example https://mystore.com/product/widia/ they must log in first,
but if we access it from the url of the file, for example https://mystore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/widia.ttf
then the file is downloaded immediately,
Please help


texts: How to design a large poster on a small screen?

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I'm currently working on a DIN A0 poster (841x1189 mm) and I'm having trouble picturing how the poster will look like once it's printed. I have two monitors (~23" & ~21") and because they are obviously much smaller than the dimensions of the poster, I constantly see everything much smaller than it will be once it's printed. This leads to me making everything much larger than it should be and I'm struggling to get all my content on the poster (I know, less is more sometimes, but I've already taken out everything that's not absolutely necessary).

I know there is the Actual Size option in the view menu, but if I use that I only see a small excerpt of my poster at a time, so I can't really check if the proportions, margins et c. of all the elements on the poster are reasonable and if everything ties together as intended (Also, is the Actual Size actually the actual size? How would Illustrator even know how large my PnP monitor is?).

So what is a good way to estimate how large everthing needs to be and get a better grasp of the actual dimensions I'm designing? (Printing my mockup and refining it based on that is not and option.) I'm open to both logical/conceptual approaches as well as software tricks I can do within Illustrator. Bonus points if you can tell me how I can determine which point size my text needs to have to be readable from a certain distance (e.g. for my current project, headlines should be clearly readable from 3 meters distance, the copy from about 1 meter).

Thanks!


texts: Colour difference between Ai file print and PDF file print

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I am launching an online stationery business whereby I design stationery for clients who can print the products in their home or at a printers (My remote locate means that I am unable to offer the printing part at an affordable price). I have most of the suites designed already and decided to run a test print from my own printer to see what the "at home" version looks like.

When I print direct from Illustrator the print job is perfect. If I print from the PDF version the colours are all wrong. Black = grey, jade green = faded blue and so on. Why is this? It can't be anything to do with my printer as the printer is capable of printing the correct colours as demonstrated by printing direct from Illustrator.

I have tried print to PDF instead of Save to PDF. I have tried changing from ckmy to rgb (the results were no better), I have saved the pdf with a colour profile and tried saving with PDF/X‑3 and PDF/x1a but no difference.

Something appears to be happening between the conversion from the Ai file to PDF but what? Does anyone know what could be causing this issue?


texts: Best way to outline a geology map in Inkscape

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I have a geology map where I have to outline lines of different styles (dotted, or solid), and eventually I have to fill arbitrary enclosure of these lines (so e.g., sometimes I need to fill a shape enclosed partly by solid and partly by dotted lines), what would be the best way to do this in inkscape?

I'm thinking of defining the paths for filling the colors and then later copying them and breaking them for the line displays (dotted, solid, etc.) but are there better ways?


texts: Make Inkscape UI completely dark except the document

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I went here and got myself the Inkscape Dark theme. I'm on 0.92, Windows x64.

However, I see that the vast area on the screen (not sure what it's called), where the document is placed, is still white. I'd like it to be dark like Illustrator—everything except the document should be dark.

Is it possible? I tried to look for the element in gtkrc, but couldn't find it—very new to Inkscape, as well as GTK.

This is what it currently looks like.


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The Inkscape FAQ states:

  In fact, if you use a path as the clipping object, you can actually edit the clip path without having to Release it. First select the clipped object, then choose the Node Editing Tool. Your clip path will be outlined Green, with the normal path editing nodes visible.

Well, I have clipped a bitmap with a path. Yet, when I select the clipped object with the tool "Edit paths by nodes (F2)", then I get no path editing nodes. There is just a dotted outline around the object.

I am using Inkscape 0.48.5 on Windows 7 x64.

Am I doing something wrong? Is my version of Inkscape not capable of doing that? Something else?


texts: Color values change between Illustrator and InDesign

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I've googled and searched here for an answer to my question but haven't been able to find anything.

I designed several pieces of collateral, all using the same single color. Some of the pieces I designed in Illustrator, and one in InDesign.

The problem is, when I copy and paste the yellow color value (whether it's RGB or CMYK - I've tried both ways), it CHANGES between Illustrator and InDesign. The color stays the same between Illustrator documents, but if I C+P from InDesign - or vice versa - the color value literally changes before my eyes. And I don't mean it just "looks" different, the actual number changes.

Here's a real example:

Drew a box in Illustrator and chose the color #f8f1e0 / 2% 3% 12% 0%. Drew a box in InDesign, C+P'd the color values into it, and it DID change to the correct color for an instant. Clicked okay. Clicked back into the color picker and the color is now #f8f1e1 / 2% 3% 11% 0%.

If it's relevant, it seems the color will change to a marginally darker one every time.

And yes, both documents STARTED OUT as CMYK documents, and stayed that way. I also have my colors synchronized via Bridge. I'm working on CC 2015 and all programs are up to date.

Any clue what could be happening? Thank you in advance.


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I am a beginner level graphic designer using primarily GIMP, but getting into PScc. For now, I'm creating primarily for print on demand products (you know the stuff), but I'm working at learning how to design logos as well.

Here's my question:

It seems as if for designing logos in PScc my best option is to choose points and save the layers as shapes so they are later scalable. Does this also mean I don't have to worry about creating at a higher level of dpi? For example in GIMP, I always set the ppi parameter to about 300 - just to make sure the print quality would be decent.

Thanks for you help in advance!


texts: Software Recommendation for Letterboxing GIFs

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I have GIFS that have a widescreen aspect ratio that I would like to fit into square dimensions, without cropping.
For photos, this is easy by using letterboxing functions.
Can someone recommend a software program that can letterbox GIF files?


texts: Where can i find icon fonts for currency symbols?

texts: I would like help to finding an icon font package like ionicon for most, if not all, the currency symbols in the world. I currently use ionicon for my kivy app just need the currency symbols now.


texts: What type of graphical projection is this?

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I have been creating 2D artwork with buildings drawn like the image above.

For inspiration I have looked at a lot of isometric illustrations but obviously this is much flatter and does not have the sides projected on angles. I think this type of projection could be considered oblique? But as the front and side are projected head on it could also be considered orthographic?

Example below of my houses used in one of my poster designs.

The closest I can find is probably top-down oblique (as used in many clasic games) but the obvious problem is that my house isn't top-down more side on...?

I would appreciate any help in classifying this type of projection/illustration style, mainly out of interest, but also because I cant find any other examples of it.


texts: Avoiding unwanted object boundaries when using pattern brush

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I'm wanting to add a selection of objects to create a pattern brush.

I can create the pattern brush fine but one or more of my objects get an unwanted square bounding box when I apply the pattern brush to my path (in this case, a rounded square).

I've checked 'add spacing' as opposed to stretching to fit.

Objects added to pattern brush:

Objects after pattern brush applied to rounded square path:

I'm guessing this has something to do with the spacing/different sizes/shapes being applied to the path.

Is there a way to prevent this from happening?


texts: Can any one tell me which gradient used in right side overlay

texts: I want to make a flyer, i don't understand which gradient is used in this image.


texts: I am looking for a slim Monospaced, serif font where the spaces in between words are smaller than the rest of the characters. Also with medium to smaller size line spacing. Anyone have any ideas?


texts: How can I achieve this print look for a Bookcover?

texts: i'm currently designing a book cover and try to find a possibility to produce a golden square like in the picture, with text on it. I think in the picture they used a sticker. How can I achieve this Print effect, with a hot foil stamping in gold and the text basic in black without finishing?


texts: How do you find right plane/perspective to place a product on a photo?

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Someone on GD.SE commented that I don't know how light and perspective works. Moreover, the product I placed here near plant is in wrong plane.

How do I know if it's right or wrong plane and perspective? Is there any way so we can know how should you take the picture that fits perfectly in terms of plane and perspective, here?

PS: I know the shadow angle is not right. I got to know about this in this question. Now the question is about finding right perspective and right angle, like:

a) If the box was actually a part of this photo, would the top face of box be more visible or less than present

b) Is the actual photo taken from a more distance than the distance used for taking photo for box. In other words, is the photo of box taken from too close or too far distance

c) Should the bottom/top of box have been narrower/wider than the other end

If you can't understand, please comment, I'll edit again.


texts: How do I Export from Adobe Illustrator to Photoshop and Preserve Layers?

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I am a web developer and I convert design elements from Photoshop to html. Sometimes I receive the designs in Illustrator. I like to export the Illustrator files to Photoshop so they are easier to work with.

However, when I export from Illustrator to Photoshop, even if I select the option to preserve layers and text edit-ability, I get a notice that some Containers have been flattened. This generally translates into the whole document being flattened and I have little options for working with the layers in Photoshop.

Is there a more effective way to preserve the layers and edit-ability in Photoshop? Thanks!


texts: Photoshop: making the outer glow colour dependent on edge colour

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Looking to make a lighting effect with a scatter brush that makes circles of different colours on the same layer (using scatter and colour dynamics). I'd like to add the outer glow effect on this layer, however I can only define a single colour for it, thereby making each scattered circle have the same colour glow that looks off.

Is there a way to make the outer glow effect take the colour of the edge it is projected off? Or another way to a diffuse glow, around each scattered circle, that takes the colour of the circle it emanates from?


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In this image you can see a blue selection on which I have put my pointer. My question is - how do you achieve that there is a rectangle which frames objects to be only visible inside of the rectangle although the objects are actually bigger than the rectangle and spreading outside of it? And also - how do I make it the opposite, how do I get to see the objects that are outside of the rectangle, meaning the selection that I have selected?

Thanks already!


texts: How do I find sans/serif pairs of fonts?

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A particular project I'm working on (a house style) will need a serif/sans pair of fonts. Currently, I'm at the "Identify some possibles" stage, but I'm not asking for suggestions.

Examples of the sort of pairs I mean are Calluna and Calluna Sans

and Stone Serif and Stone Sans

and Rotis Serif and Rotis Sans (and semi-serif and semi-sans)

I'm looking for pairs like this because it's highly likely that serif and sans will need to be mixed in the same way as the last line of the Calluna image, where an odd word might be in the other style. It's not simply a matter of headlines and body type.

Keeping the fonts used tightly paired, rather than simply mixing say Gill Sans and Perpetua or Joanna, allows the sizes to work exactly: x-height, cap-height and all proportions should be the same. It should also ensure that weight and blackness on the page are equal, and the letters are even going to be the same basic shape (unlike the two lower-case q's in Gill's fonts here).

So these illustrate the problem: How do I search for pairs of fonts like this? These are three fairly obvious paired serif/sans fonts I remember, but there is such inconsistency in naming as to make searching difficult — and in any case Serif and Sans aren't particularly discriminating in a search. Is there a particular keyword I might use in searching font foundry/resellers' websites?

I realise that there is no substitute for experience, but even experienced designers won't be able to remember every pair which might be suitable, and will have to have some aid to memory: what helps here?

Calluna from Exlijbris via MyFonts.com
Stone Serif and Stone Sans from ITC via MyFonts.com
Rotis Serif and Rotis Sans from Monotype via MyFonts.com
Gill Sans Light from Monotype via MyFonts.com
Perpetua from Monotype via MyFonts.com
Joanna from Monotype via MyFonts.com


texts: Gray box appears in right side of pdf file

texts: When I save a Word document to a pdf file, I am getting a gray box on the right side of the page that I DON'T want and can't delete.  Help!


texts: How to reduce a PDF with 80 TIFFs file size?

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I have an InDesign document of about 80 pages with roughly around 80 high resolution TIFFs (one for each page). The average size of each TIFF is around 15MB. When I export it, the PDF's file size is 200MB. The document is for print. When I bring it to a printers some printer can't even print and if they can it can take up to 20 minutes to print it when a normal print job there would take 5 minutes.

Whats the best way of going about reducing the file size? Should I individually resize each TIFF in photoshop or should I use the compression settings when exporting the PDF from InDesign? If the compression is the best method how should I go about this?

Thanks!


texts: Can I keep the text variable definition connected to the current chapter in InDesign?

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I'm typesetting a religious text in InDesign and am trying to get chapter and verse numbers in a running header using text variables. New chapters start in the middle of a page (i.e. they don't start on new spreads or pages; see the big "25" below)

I've assigned character styles to all numbers in the document (one style for verse numbers, one style for chapter numbers), and have created text variables linked to the first/last instances of each of those styles on the page.

The running header shows the chapter+verse of the first verse that shows up on the spread on the verso/left, and the chapter+verse of the last verse that shows up on the spread on the recto/right, like so:

| Ch.v for first verse on page        |       Ch.v for last verse on page |

This works great when no chapter starts on the verso—the running head uses the chapter number from the previous spread (or previous instance), like this:

|-------------|-------------|
|             |       22.13 |
|-------------|-------------|
|             |             |
|             | Ch. 22      |
|             |             |
|             |       v. 13 |
|-------------|-------------|

|-------------|-------------|
| 22.14       |        23.3 |
|-------------|-------------|
| v.14        |             |
|             | Ch. 23      |
|             |             |
|             |         v.3 |
|-------------|-------------|

"22.13" on the first spread is correct, and "22.14" and "22.3" are both correct on the second spread, since verse 14 is part of chapter 22.

However, if a chapter starts in the middle of the page on the verso/left, the running head will use that instead of the actual chapter number associated with the verse.

|-------------|-------------|
|             |       22.13 |
|-------------|-------------|
|             |             |
|             | Ch. 22      |
|             |             |
|             |       v. 13 |
|-------------|-------------|

|-------------|-------------|
| 23.14       |        23.3 |
|-------------|-------------|
| v.14        |             |
|             |             |
| Ch. 23      |             |
|             |         v.3 |
|-------------|-------------|

So instead of showing "22.14", it shows the incorrect "23.14", since it's picking up the 23 from the current page and not the 22 from the previous page.

The only solution I can think of is to add text to a non-printing layer that I can have the text variables point to, and which I can then edit by hand, but that then means that I have to essentially edit the running header by hand for each spread, which sounds awful.

Is there a way to have a text variable show the correct chapter number, somehow linked to the verse?


texts: Photoshop CC: overwrite/save image without the 'Save as..' dialog

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This happens whenever I work with non-PSD files:

I open a file (e.g. a .dds file) and then after some changes I click Save as, select directory, settings and save it as a .dds file
After some other changes I'd like to quickly overwrite that .dds file, and not go through the save as dialog (I reckon it only shows because I don't save it as a .psd file)

I know I can create an action to quickly save a file in a directory, but I just want to press Ctrl+S to save any kind of files. How do I do that?


texts: Is it possible to use a fully open source workflow for print design?

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Is it possible to use only open-source tools in order to produce professional level artwork? Has anyone actually done it? If not, where are the current gaps?

Assume I'm producing a small multi-page brochure including photos, line art and CMYK + a spot colour, and need to take it as far as a PDF I can hand off to the printers.

I've now added a bounty in order to encourage additional answers.


texts: How do I change orientation of text in a path?

texts: I have created type in a path in Illustrator, but the text is facing to the right - I would like to see it so it is readable at the top. Would appreciate any tips. Thank you!


texts: Entire "placed image" visible when exported when using "draw inside" tool

texts: Using Illustrator, I am trying to export my project to .png.  I have created a wrapped text with a placed image in it, using the Draw Inside tool.  Everything looks great on the screen (the first attached image), but when I go to export, the placed image is in front of everything else (the second attached image).  I'm assuming it has something to do with the wrap text because I've done it before with normal text.  Any ideas?


texts: What's the most efficient way to "blank" old comic word balloons while retaining paper texture?

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I'm taking very old (1940s and '50s) comics and trying to remove the text from some of their word balloons. I don't want to just erase their contents to pure white space, though, as the paper colour and texture isn't pure white; it's slightly yellowed, and grainy (paper quality back then wasn't great). What I'd like to end up with is something that looks like the original scan as though the comic was never lettered.

At the moment, I'm trying to find the largest blank space possible inside a given word balloon, copy the best square or circle I can fit inside it, and paste that square or circle repeatedly to cover the text. This is painstaking, and also results in an end effect that's kind of weird in and of itself, as I have the same bit of texture repeating over and over and over.

I've tried "smudging" results, but that gives me something that's again kind of weird-looking. What would you suggest?

Currently using Seashore on the Mac, but I could also use GIMP.

EDIT: Sample comic enclosed by request. Note that the paper in the word balloons and captions has a colour and texture that I'd like to preserve.


texts: how to create a different colored compound path in illustrator?

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I have created many shapes with different colors when i tried to convert it into a compound path all the path converted into a single color.

How can I do that with compound path or some other tool?


texts: How to fix my illustrator artboard problem?

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My Illustrator artboard in a new project is like this:

and i want it be like this(Without the white side out of artboard):


texts: How to add the white lines in the letters in Photoshop?

texts: Please see the attached image, how to add the white lines in the letters in Photoshop?


texts: How to apply grain texture effect in GIMP

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I am trying to follow https://medium.com/google-design/salt-pepper-the-art-of-illustrating-texture-c962dc67cc35 to add material design effect to my project in GIMP.

But the tutorial is specifically for Adobe Photoshop and so I got stuck on step 4, since GIMP does not have a grain texture effect.

How can I apply a grain texture effect in GIMP? Is there any plugin or method of doing it in GIMP?


texts: Path offset functionality in other programs than Illustrator

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When Affinity Designer came out, I took the plunge and never looked back at Illustrator. Although, there is only one feature still missing, which I need from time to time: path offset.

In AD it can be achieved by outlining a stroke and clipping it from the original object, but this results in very messy paths:

In the past, I took a one-month subscription to Illustrator when I really needed this tool. But it's a bit silly to pay a hefty price for just this single feature.

Are there any other vector apps out there that can do the same without messing up the path structure?


texts: Why is moving from a raster editor to vector editor so hard?

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Why do so many people struggle with the shift from a pixel editor to a vector editor? Or do they, is there some research done on the subject? Especially, it seems, in that direction. Seem like the opposite direction (vector to image editor) is not nearly as painful.

Are there any known, possibly researched, methods to facilitate the migration? How do you make the transition as painless as possible? Is there something one commonly needs to unlearn to be successful?


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I've done a catalogue in photoshop. I am looking for way to change it to flip book (pdf/www version). There are many such tools on the market but they are expensive. Maybe there is a free way? I have the creative cloud licence.
Thanks for help.


texts: Is it possible to generate seamless "mosaic" tiles algorithmically?

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I am pretty much a noob with respect to most power features of Gimp and graphics design in general.  I found the tutorial here on texture creation to be very interesting and helpful.  I had a couple of questions regarding it which I can't ask the author as there [apparently] is no comment mechanism.

(1) The basic pattern used by the tutorial looks like it may have been generated by the Distorts|Mosaic filter.  Inspection of the 512x512 pattern reveals that it's actually a tiled 256x256 pattern.  Is it possible to generate a "seamless mosaic" tile algorithmically?

(2) In the event that (1) must be undertaken manually, are there preferred methods for doing so?  I am familiar with the offset x/2,y/2 method and played around with it while looking at this tutorial.  Are there alternative/preferred approaches?


texts: What precautions can be taken to prevent a printer from holding on to and possibly printing copies of a piece?

texts: Other than purchasing equipment to do prints at home are there any precautions that can be taken to prevent a print lab from maintaining and possibly even giving out or printing additional copies of a piece? For example some print shops may print a piece to hang on their walls of stuff they've done - is there any real way to prevent this?


texts: Not able to replicate the path as shown in tutorials

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I am not able to replicate this image as shown in this tutorial.

  Keep focusing on your red path and pick the Direct Selection Tool (A). Select the eleven anchor points highlighted in the first image, simply hit the Delete button from your keyboard and you should end up with the seven red paths as shown in the second image.

This is the image from the tutorial:

This is my attempt:


texts: How do you build a webpage with a main text body and 2 columns underneath?

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I have a body of text that I am trying to layout in a visually pleasing way but I can not figure it out. The goal is to have this layout (see psuedocode):

<container>
    <main />
    <column1 /><column2 />
</container

Basically, there will be a large body of text and then below it 2 smaller bodies of text that are columns. The columns would be side by side, below the main body of text and their combined width + their padding would be the same width ad the main body + its padding.

Currently I'm trying a javascript + CSS method that automatically breaks the text into columns but it's going nowhere and I can't figure out a visually pleasing way to do this.


texts: InDesign constantly checks cross-references documents

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When I create cross-references to other documents, InDesign gets very slow accessing to disk all the time (I can see the Windows icon) unless I open all related documents.

Is there a way to deactivate this behavior within InDesign?

I am using Indesign CS4 on Windows 7.


texts: How do I create a speckled textured background?

texts: How do I get this sort of background texture? Short of time-consumingly adding them bit by bit with a brush I have no idea how to get this effect.


texts: Quick way to switch between dodge and burn?

texts: Is there a shortcut for switching between doge and burn in Photoshop? When working with photo manipulations you often work with both but I've never known of a way to switch quickly between the two.


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I'm currently working in personalised product design, I get a document with the customers name or date ect and I insert the information into the illustrator file and save it out as a pdf.

I've managed to find ways and create actions in all my other areas of work to speed everything up.

The thing that takes me the longest is getting a super long or really short name to personalise a product with.

I was wondering if you knew of a way where I could just paste in someones name, then the text resizes itself to fit. so like creating a fixed width/height for a design, then whatever name i paste in, it goes to that width?

thanks


texts: Scale svg content to fit page size (or vice versa) from terminal without inkscape

texts: I want to scale an SVG image to fit the page size (or vice versa: crop the page to fit is contents). This can be done using inkscape as described here. However, there seems to be no way of doings this without gui. Using actions and verbs via the command line will always require GUI. Is there an alternative way of archieving this?


texts: AI file looks fine in Illustrator, weird artifacts in Acrobat/InDesign

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I was given some terrible source files by a client, and after finally finishing the entire job, I'd like to stitch and proof the AI files properly in InDesign. For some reason, even though the AI file looks fine and opens properly in Illustrator, there are these weird dots all over the place when in other software. I suspected that they were from the dotted lines used under the text, but after removing those and bringing it into InDesign, the dots are still present.

Does anybody know what is causing this issue? If so, how can I remove these dots?


texts: Change viewbox attribute in svg exported by illustrator

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I have a SVG file with viewBox="-155.7 -99 510 510". I believe this offset the paths in Mac OS X preview by -155.7 -99. when I open the SVG in Illustrator, the paths are not offset at all. how do I export this svg such that:

viewBox="0 0 510 510"
and all the paths have added off set of -155.7 -99

I have tried changing the position of the artboard but the origin of viewbox is never 0,0.


texts: Can photoshop wrap 2D image around entire custom shaped 3D object?

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I've been playing around editing textures for some video game objects. I recently discovered that I could use "Merge Down" to put a 2D image over the 3D object and translate that to the texture. My problem is, this would only add the image to the part of the object I am looking at when merging down. I am looking for a way to wrap the 2D image around the entire 3D object.

Is this even possible on Photoshop? If it's not, but it is on 3Ds Max I'd like to know how to do it there then.

I know this would be easy on a simple shape like a cylinder since I can just place the 2D image as the texture,  but these objects I am working with have custom UV Maps (that I cannot reparameterize since that wouldn't work in-game), so I can't do that. And slicing the 2D image and placing it on the correct spot on the texture so it looks perfect on the 3D object is nearly impossible.

Here is the object I am trying to texture:

And here is the UV Map:


texts: When sub-contracting is it important to be transparent with the client?

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Bit of a spin off of this question...

Do you tell the client if you are sub-contracting their work? Morally is it an obligation, or do you pass it off as your own?

When choosing collaborators, do you work with people who have a similar design style as you, or someone who produces a completely different feel? How does this effect how you present that work to clients?

Do you position your business as an individual designer or a studio/agency ('I' vs 'We')? If 'We', do you use collaborated work in your portfolio? Where do you draw the line between an agency/studio reel and falsely taking credit for someone else's work?


texts: Is there another name for the "Walls, Ceilings, and Floors" pen tool technique?

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I want to teach my students a pen tool technique I was taught by a typographer in my last year of graphic design education. It really solved it for me when it came to using the pen tool. While I was looking for tutorials teaching it, I came across the name "Walls, Ceilings, and Floors" but it doesn't seem a very common name. Does this technique have another, more famous name?

It is portrayed in the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl9AAS9X99I

In essence, the shape that needs to be traced is "framed" into a square so that each curves' peak has a point placed on it. It allows to keep handles straight 99% of times, if not every time.

ETA: Found another article calling it HVBH (Horizontal and Vertical Bezier Handles)


texts: Prevent white border effect when converting an image to grayscale with ImageMagick

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For printing images on a Epson TM-T88v receipt printer, I had to convert a PNG file to a 4-bit grayscale PNG by using ImageMagick.

Using the following command I'm getting pretty good results except of a white border around certain parts of the converted image:

convert test.png -depth 4 -colorspace gray -define png:color-type=0 -define png:bit-depth=4 test-4bit-gray.png

Original input image:

Converted image:

If I use Epson's native JS library to convert PNG images to 4-bit grayscale I get following result which looks way smoother:

Which ImageMagick options could help me to avoid the white border around the heart eyes of the Emoji or make it to look smoother at all?


texts: How can I find a mentor to critique my work?

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I'm a self-learning graphic designer. I work with Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and I thought I was doing fine until I got this big shock at work. I've been working for a year at some web design company and just now they tell me I'm inexperienced and that I failed with the task that I've been assigned to me.

Now from my perspective, I want to know how to sharpen my talent. I know I have the talent, but I think I maybe missed some basic concepts and principles which I would have studied had I attended the a graphic design school. I want to spot my weaknesses and I desperately need a good mentor who is willing to help me find them and guide me in fixing them.


texts: Indesign – add symbol before first and after last paragraphs of the same style

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I have several paragraphs with the same style. I'd like to auto-add new line before the first paragraph and new line after last paragraph of the same style. How can I do this? Thanks in advance.

N.B. The necessary case – it should be the same style 'cause it will be processed via Markdown.


texts: Illustrator - resize position but keep shape

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I am looking for a simple way to resize the position of elements of a group of elements in one dimension, without resizing/distorting the individual elements.

I.e. I have a simple scatter graph (circles as points) and need to resize it in the y-domain. If i do the usual resizing, all circles will be resized in the y-domain as well.
I want to have a resized group, but "protect" some of the individual elements in the group from distortions. Is this possible?

Thank you for your kind help.


texts: Confused about the resolution for IOS 6+ devices

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I had designed one app for IPhone 5 and 6 and now I want to make the same app design for IPhone 6+ so what can be the resolution of its assets?

Currently I had done following things in Photoshop.

IPhone 5 or less: Icon Size= 55X55 (x)
IPhone 6: Icon Size= 110X110 (2x)
IPhone 6+: Icon Size= 165X165 (3x)

Still I am facing problem is slicing.
Is is correct resolution? or what is the correct way to slice for IOS 6+ Devices?

Thanks.


texts: Pixel Size Guidelines for Photoshop Designs for iOS Devices

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A designer asked me for guidelines on pixel sizes for their iPhone Photoshop screen designs.

I looked at the different sizes using Paint Code App's Ultimate Guide to iPhone Screen Resolutions. And I have suggested designing at 960x1704 [(320x568)*3], so that I can grab images at 3x resolution from the design and to make sure that width of everything will fit on iPhone that support iOS 8+.

Is this a good suggestion? Does someone have a better suggestion?


texts: How do you avoid bands of prominent color in gradients?

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So this is more scientific visualization than graphic design, but I think the theory is the same.  In colormaps used for visualizing data, there are often bands of color that stick out when they shouldn't.  I believe they're a form of Mach bands?

For instance, I used this bipolar colormap and it produces images like this:

It's almost like a ring of neon orange around 0.2, and a similar one for blue around -0.2.  Here's a plot of the RGB components, and a calculation of relative luminance in black:

I manually tweaked it to try to get rid of the bands, and somewhat succeeded, but I don't really understand the theory behind it:

It's better, but I still see bands in it.

For another example, for the hot colormap, I thought maybe I had to linearize the luminance plot to prevent banding, but it didn't really work:

The yellow and orange bands are still there, they're just moved and smeared out a little.  So discontinuities in the luminance plot are not the cause of the problem.

How do I smoothly transition through colors without banding?  Are there rules for making smooth curves through Lab color space or something?  (Edit: Ooh, I found an example for this:  "The color scale is computed using the Lab* color space. It follows a uniform ramp along the L* direction, and it follows a semicircular path in the a*-b* plane.")

Update: Here's a plot of this colormap in the RGB cube, showing the sharp angles user568458 is talking about:


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Is there a difference in functionality or performance of running a 64bit Photoshop CS6 on a 64bit system  (e.g. Windows 10 64bit), compared to its 32bit version?

Has anyone noticed any noticeable differences while working with each version?

I'm sorry if this is not right place to ask this. It is, nonetheless, a popular graphic design tool.

Thanks!


texts: Is there a way to create this particular "Pixel Smoothing" Effect in Paint.NET or any other program/site?

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So, a while back I was looking for ways to improve the textures of a particular game, and I came across a Pixel Smoothing algorithm for the game Terraria.

I particularly had an interest in using this with the minecraft textures, as they are each seperated into image files. This filter takes the pixels around an area and its color, and apparently the algorithm generates the image solely on that?

However, terarria has some sprites Merged with Frames and Gridlines, and it causes grahpical errors and stretched sprites. So its not completely compatible with it.

Heres the link to the particular post: https://forums.terraria.org/index.php?threads/enhanced-version-of-the-textures-of-terraria-1-3-0-8.39115/

As you can see, I want to create THIS effect with any pixel based photo, is something like this possible with a basic algorithm or extension for PDN, or maybe just a program or site online that can create this effect?

See the Sprites below that the XNB filter was applied to.

If anyones got any idea of what this effect may be Called, or if they have resources to show me where and how I could create this effect myself, please answer below.


texts: Retrace an outlined icon to get a thin icon

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I have this euro currency icon from Material Design:

Originally it was filled, I removed the fill but then noticed that of course it has outlines on each side. Now I want to have a euro symbol with the proportions like this one, but thinner. Basically my idea would be to retrace the inside like that:

How can I do that? Actually the only issue I have is the curve as I don't know how to retrace such a curve.

SVG for the outlined euro icon is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<svg width="20px" height="20px" viewBox="0 0 20 20" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
    <!-- Generator: Sketch 61.2 (89653) - https://sketch.com -->
    <title>icon/action/euro_symbol_24px</title>
    <desc>Created with Sketch.</desc>
    <defs>
        <path d="M12,15.5 C9.49,15.5 7.32,14.08 6.24,12 L12,12 L12,10 L5.58,10 C5.53,9.67 5.5,9.34 5.5,9 C5.5,8.66 5.53,8.33 5.58,8 L12,8 L12,6 L6.24,6 C7.32,3.92 9.5,2.5 12,2.5 C13.61,2.5 15.09,3.09 16.23,4.07 L18,2.3 C16.41,0.87 14.3,0 12,0 C8.08,0 4.76,2.51 3.52,6 L0,6 L0,8 L3.06,8 C3.02,8.33 3,8.66 3,9 C3,9.34 3.02,9.67 3.06,10 L0,10 L0,12 L3.52,12 C4.76,15.49 8.08,18 12,18 C14.31,18 16.41,17.13 18,15.7 L16.22,13.93 C15.09,14.91 13.62,15.5 12,15.5 Z" id="path-1"></path>
    </defs>
    <g id="Page-1" stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
        <g id="icon/action/euro_symbol_24px" transform="translate(1.000000, 1.000000)">
            <mask id="mask-2" fill="white">
                <use xlink:href="#path-1"></use>
            </mask>
            <use stroke="#000000" fill-rule="nonzero" xlink:href="#path-1"></use>
            <path d="M-6.29726705,1.05445607 C5.87708839,-5.22503215 -0.858812505,-3.59502269 14.1257734,-2.83951891" id="Path-3" stroke="#979797" fill="#D8D8D8" mask="url(#mask-2)"></path>
        </g>
    </g>
</svg>

What I mean by thin is an icon with only a 1px wide stroke like the blue draft here:

Left side shows the euro symbol with removed stroke but added fill, right side shows a mockup of a euro symbol with only 1 px stroke (1 px border in Sketch)


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I'm interested in creating graphics on a computer rather than drawing them out.

I draw out things by hand, copy them onto the computer, and then trace over them with tools in a program called Gimp.

The trouble is that the lines always end up looking dirty or pixelated.

I did some research and found that I vector graphics may help the images scale better. But even before I scale them, they look really pixelated no matter what shapes or brush sizes/types I use.

Am I using the wrong tool/technique? Would it be better to try and get one of those pads that you draw on that automatically renders your drawing to a computer screen?

I tried to narrow the question down, but I'm really new to computer graphics and I'm not sure how to pinpoint what the problem is.


texts: What font is used for Romaniuk Heating & Air Conditioning's logo?

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Please help me identify the font with the unique capital A.

Update:
This font is also believed to have been used for the Stranger Things title sequence


texts: How can I create that glitter tears effect and the sparkles?


texts: What are the icons used in the Study Room website?

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I want to understand how the icons used in Study room' whiteboard were inserted.

To see what I mean, navigate to the site, click Create button and then Join button on the animation.  If you observe closely the tip of the brush, pen etc changes based on the color selected:

From the google developer kit, I don't see any background picture at the place of icon but can see some junk character. Can anyone throw some light on what type of icons are used and how to design those?


texts: Is it possible to edit the contents of a smart object without opening it in a new window? I need to be able to edit it as if it were a regular layer in my project, instead of having to edit it separately and then return to what I was doing.


texts: I need to redraw the logo below but I don't know what the font is. Help is welcome.


texts: Inkscape - make contour go to the inside

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I drew a circle of diameter 100mm and set its contour to be 5mm. Now this means that actual size of that circle is 105mm because it's 100mm for the circle and the contour "overflows" 2.5mm on each side.

Is there an easy way to set it up so that no matter how large contour I set, it will all go to the inside of the circle instead of both sides?


texts: Any method to modify 'Page Information' slug in InDesign Output to PDF?

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I'd like to try to include the filename of any linked .csv file in the data that is output by checking "Page Information" section under Marks and Bleeds when exporting to PDF in InDesign CC 2018.

(The solution needs to be a relatively simple process that is easily adapted on other workstations by other users in my department)

I'm trying to determine if there's an option to keep everything that's already present in the PDF's page info but to also include the name of any linked files - particularly linked .csv's.

I'd like to avoid creating a custom slug from scratch if at all possible.


texts: I need to create text along an elliptical path that tapers down as it goes, kind of like the red part shown below. How could I go about doing this without changing the font size for each individual character?


texts: How do I sync photos across multiple devices?

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I'm looking at syncing photos across multiple devices for a client of mine. I'm working for a garden design company, with constant updates of projects from my end.

Is there a way to upload from my mac, so that everyone has access to the files and individual folders and also have the photos available offline in poor Wi-Fi spots. There are multiple iPads and iPhones that need access to this.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.


texts: How can I create this sudden image stretch effect in Photoshop?

texts: I would like to know how this "melting" or stretched poster effect is created.


texts: Is there a way in Krita to import an image without losing its layers

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I have two images and I want to combine them into one. With the option Layer > Import/Export > Import Layer I was able to import a Krita Image, but only as a single layer. But I'd like to preserve the layer structure of the imported image.

Is there a way to import one Krita image into another (or combine them in some other way) so that all layers of both images are preserved.

I'm using Krita 3.1.3.


texts: High quality GIF Compression from images

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I am having an issue with my GIFS. I have strung together two images as an animation in Photoshop, both high quality off the bat (2000 x 3000 px), I know when I compress into a moving GIF it's going to be slightly lower quality, which is fine as the intended output is 300 x 500 px. My issue is with the blockiness of the background. The images are shot on a grey studio backdrop, and whilst the subject is not blocky in any way, the background becomes heavily pixelated and colour is distorted. I know what I'm doing with settings, dithers and colours etc, so my question is:

Is there are better methodology to creating a high quality GIF without the above issue?


texts: False display about brush style from brush library - Borders_Novelty in Adobe Illustrator CC 2015

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I am reading Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book 2015 release.
In the section of A Quick Tour of Adobe Illustrator CC (2015 release), the author asked me to select the Line Segment tool to draw a line. Afterwards apply the brush style to the line by choosing Windows > Brush Libraries > Borders > Borders_Novelty and selecting Laurel brush. But the final visual effect what I got is different from the one in the book.
My artwork is like:

But the artwork in the book shows like:

Why do they look different? Where does the difference come from and how to fix it?


texts: Evenly space non-Path elements in Illustrator

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Apologies if this has been asked already specifically, I couldn't find it if it has.

My question, is in Illustrator is there a way/option/trick to for example select multiple blocks of Text and make them evenly spaced Horizontally within the area of the artboard?

I know with a Path you can split it into a Grid, but what about something like Text elements? Thanks for any insight.


texts: Adobe Illustrator: Creating a plastic/three-dimensional helix

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This question is based on a question I have posted here previously: Adobe Illustrator: Creating an helix

In Illustrator, I am able to create the following tube-like shape, by creating a blend out of two circular shapes by giving them a gradient stroke:

How can I turn a tube like this into a helix? In other words, I want the tube to follow the path of a helix.

EDIT:
As one of the commenters suggested, replacing the spine of the blend with the path of the helix actually works fine, here's the result:


texts: Preventing Illustrator CC vector objects distorting when scaled

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I'm having some trouble resizing a group of vector objects in an illustration. These objects used to be lines until I expanded them into vector shapes, and before I scale them they look fine:

But as soon as I scale them the width of these "lines" completely distort:

These are the possible solutions I've already tried, but hasn't had any effect:

Checking align to pixel grid
Scaling after grouping objects
checking scale strokes & effects

If anyone has any idea what might be causing this, any help would be appreciated!

EDIT:
Included a download link to my file if anyone's interested:

Get the .ai here


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I'd like to import a gradient in CSS (from this site http://gradientcreator.com) I tried through the "CSS Properties" panel but I can not edit. I edited SVG in notepad by putting CSS, but when I open the file in Illustrator the backgroud turns black. Thank you.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<svg version="1.1" id="Camada_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
 viewBox="0 0 1920 1080" style="enable-background:new 0 0 1920 1080;" xml:space="preserve">
<style type="text/css">
.colorful { background: -webkit-linear-gradient(45deg, hsl(273, 95%, 74%) 0%, transparent 70%),
                        -webkit-linear-gradient(135deg, hsl(34, 100%, 74%) 10%, transparent 80%),
                        -webkit-linear-gradient(225deg, hsl(63, 96%, 68%) 10%, transparent 80%),
                        -webkit-linear-gradient(315deg, hsl(29, 93%, 70%) 50%, transparent 100%);
            background: -ms-linear-gradient(45deg, hsl(273, 95%, 74%) 0%, transparent 70%),
                        -ms-linear-gradient(135deg, hsl(34, 100%, 74%) 10%, transparent 80%),
                        -ms-linear-gradient(225deg, hsl(63, 96%, 68%) 10%, transparent 80%),
                        -ms-linear-gradient(315deg, hsl(29, 93%, 70%) 50%, transparent 100%);
            background: linear-gradient(45deg, hsl(273, 95%, 74%) 0%, transparent 70%),
                        linear-gradient(135deg, hsl(34, 100%, 74%) 10%, transparent 80%),
                        linear-gradient(225deg, hsl(63, 96%, 68%) 10%, transparent 80%),
                        linear-gradient(315deg, hsl(29, 93%, 70%) 50%, transparent 100%); }

</style>
<g id="colorful">
<rect x="0.5" y="0.5" class="st0" width="1919" height="1079"/>
<path d="M1919,1v1078H1V1H1919 M1920,0H0v1080h1920V0L1920,0z"/>
</g>
</svg>


texts: Outline Dashed Line Stroke: How to order objects?

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I'm trying to use Outline Stroke on a dashed line but it creates a bunch of objects that cascade down to both sides, like so:

Is there a way to make Outline Stroke follow one direction through the whole path, closed or open so that I can add numbers in the style of "connect the dots"?


texts: Using inkscape to convert scanned color drawings to svg -- recommended or no?

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I'm an ebook publisher trying to include 10  color illustrations  inside an ebook. It's not a fixed layout ebook but a reflowable ebook (i.e., an epub).

Graphic example here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjnagle/sets/72157641718117054/ (Sort of low resolution -- but this should give you an idea about what they look like -- the text refers to the story title).

I'm working with a talented artist who is good at drawing but doesn't really know much or anything about graphic formats. She has limited experience using graphics software. Ironically although I have absolutely no artistic talent, I'm more comfortable than she is about using graphics software -- especially to do  a specific task. I'm pretty good at using gimp.

She has given me some images in high quality jpg formats. Possibly she could rescan the images -- although I already have 300 dpi of everything.  Ideally I'd like these interior images to scale on the fly and to separate the text information from the graphic itself. The software on the major tablets  are starting to support svg images, and one of the problems with these 10 images is that they incorporate text and images together (They are chapter headings). I need an image which will adjust well to low resolution and high resolution devices.

I see that inkscape has tools for turning raster images into vectors (using trace bitmap for example). My aim is to create faithful images (perhaps cropping out the text and overlaying text in Inkscape). My questions:

Can Inkscape do this adequately well?
How complex a task would this be for someone who is good at software but not necessarily an artist?
Do you have any general suggestions about doing this or have any URL's  to recommend. (My main goal is fidelity to the original image).

Some more characteristics of the original  artwork:

Lots of whitespace. The image rectangle will occupy about a third of the tablet  page.  About 2/3 of the drawing is curvy line drawings using a black pen. However, in the center there's a half-circle containing a color sketch with a filled color background that sometimes is fairly intricate and has impressionistic brush strokes. This color sketch  is trying to depict a scene
from the book.

I'm trying to figure out whether it's worth the effort to convert the image to vector, or whether I should just leave it as a jpg and remove the text from it (which is fairly easy to do because it's underneath the image itself and completely separate from it). Leaving them as JPGs is easier and the ebook software all supports that, but it doesn't future-proof or scale images well --you usually have to specify a specific image dimension.


texts: Why is it much harder to see non-italics in a block of italics than the opposite?

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Blockquotes are often shown in italics. If properly done (I guess), any italics in the actual quote is then "reversed", becoming upright. I generally have a much harder time discerning upright type in a block of italics than type in italics in a block of upright, often having to look twice to make sure the text I just read was actually upright (I assume I'm not alone). In short, upright inside italics always seems to interrupt my reading.
Why is that?
Example (may or may not be a good one depending on the font):

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin enim elit, porta et pulvinar a, molestie vel dui. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Fusce congue, augue non dapibus dignissim, justo diam luctus justo, vel eleifend urna dolor nec quam. Sed quis varius velit, ut lacinia risus. Curabitur efficitur ultrices tellus nec finibus.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin enim elit, porta et pulvinar a, molestie vel dui. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Fusce congue, augue non dapibus dignissim, justo diam luctus justo, vel eleifend urna dolor nec quam. Sed quis varius velit, ut lacinia risus. Curabitur efficitur ultrices tellus nec finibus.


texts: Gimp: making sunken relief lettering (gold) on textured surface

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I want to make gold lettering as sunken relief on a surface with texture. So my challenge is two-fold: make the text sunken relief and make sure the texture it's placed on is not lost. For the sunken relief I've tried:

The Lighting Effects filter: unfortunately, I have no idea how to work most of those parameters, and every time I try to use it, it shifts the right half of the (text) layer a few pixels higher than the left.
Emboss followed by colourization: embossing always made everything look raised, not sunken
Bump map: even if I inverted it, it didn't look sunken

I don't even know where to begin preserving the texture of the lower layer.

I'm running Gimp 2.8.16 in Ubuntu 16.04.


texts: Saving/Exporting All Artboards, Including Names, to Single File

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I need to save (or export) all Artboards into a single file - jpg or pdf, doesn't matter. That's easy enough but the catch is, I need to also include each individual artboard's name with the asset like a label. I feel like this has got to be pretty easy and I'm just over looking something, but I can't figure it out :/

(An example would be, let's say I'm designing banner ads or site comps - I would need to see each layout side by side, along with the corresponding name so I know what I'm looking out outside of Photoshop.)

Please help!


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Im not at all up with graphic design however i'm trying to get some samples of products manufactured in China and the company has asked for a vector file. I have no idea what it is or how to turn the image I have into a vector file. Any advice at all would be hugely appreciated.

cheers

Casey


texts: How to prevent Bevel and Emboss effect from creating border around tile in Photoshop?

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I am trying to create a vertically and horizontally repeatable stained glass image using Photoshop CS5 and I have applied Drop Shadow, Bevel and Emboss, and Pattern Overlay effects to the one layer that I am using.  After saving the image, I noticed that when I tile the image there is a single pixel border on the right and bottom of the image and through process of elimination I have observed that it is the Bevel and Emboss effect that is causing this border to appear.

I've tried adjusting the settings for Bevel and Emboss without much luck so I'm wondering if I have to resort to some kind of trick such as increasing the size of the image, applying the effect, and then cropping out the border.  I'm not very experienced with Photoshop though so my question is what is the easiest way to get rid of that border and retain the repeatability of the image?

Here are the settings I have chosen for Bevel and Emboss:

Style: Inner Bevel
Technique: Smooth
Depth: 71%
Direction: Up
Size: 1px
Soften: 0px
Angle: 120
Use Global Light: No
Altitude: 65
Gloss Contour: Default (45deg straight line from lower left to upper right with darkened lower right)
Anti-aliased: No
Highlight Mode: Screen (Color: #ffffff, Opacity: 75%)
Shadow Mode: Multiply (Color: #000000, Opacity: 75%)

Here's what the image currently looks like:


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I was looking to find certain type of icon styles and after a long search, i have got its name as "MBE Style" in dribbble. It is in such a huge trend. I am trying to learn its history. So can anyone help me answer these questions?

Why is it called MBE style?
Is there a particular standard to work on these icons?
Who found this trend?

Note: This is not a duplicate of this question
I am trying to understand its basics. Your answers are much appreciated. Thanks.


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The title makes it pretty clear but maybe I'm not the only one who's curious and wonders about things.

I'm currently designing a brochure in InDesign. I've made the background layout in Photoshop and saved it as .tiff, then imported it in to InDesign.

Text, shapes and photos were introduced via InDesign. (Should I create curves out of text?)

My InDesign layout has 5 mm bleed on each side.

How do I deliver the file to the print shop?

What should I have in mind when preparing files for print in InDesign?


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I'm tinkering with a small booklet that contains an ancient Buddhist sutta text and modern commentary, interweaved in a form of reading monologue: some sutta text, some commentary, more sutta text, and so forth.

For the sutta text I thought to use Caslon (link) but can't quite come up with a font for the modern commentary.  Something light and sans-serif, perhaps, even italic?

If not Caslon and a light sans-serif, then what other pairings would make sense?  Somehow I'm not drawn to using normal/bold combination of the same font though.

EDIT After I've accepted Andrew Leach's answer, I started poking around FontShop for a while.  I quite like the proposal of using the same family in serif/sans, and for example Milo (link) seems to make for a legible reading type.  The old sutta text set in Milo Serif Medium:

and descriptive commentary in the lighter and more modern looking Milo Light Italic:

In that case, should I use size variations of Milo Light Italic for headings?  There won't be any more than chapter headings.  What about table of content, and opening pages?


texts: How do I convert this image into a 3D model?

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Let's say I have some image that I'd like to somehow make into a 3D model. What I'd like to do is to convert each "blob" from the image into a solid object so that I can view the geometry from any angle I want, assign materials to the solids, and render for some nice visuals.

I've attached a small part of one of the images below that you can use to try

I tried following this type of a workflow:

Use threshold in Photoshop on the image to clean it up a bit, but I don't want to lose all the side "blobs". So don't set the threshold too low.
Import to Illustrator and "trace image" to get it to vector format. Play around with the advanced options to get a good number of edges while keeping relatively smooth lines.
Export from Illustrator as an AutoCAD drawing.
Extrude all the created objects in AutoCAD to a small thickness, so that each blob has some "body" to it.
Assign a material to the solids and render using desired settings.

The problem is after exporting as an AutoCAD drawing, there are many splines and hatches in AutoCAD. Some of them are not joined, some of them have overlapping sides, etc. It becomes extremely difficult to extrude efficiently. Since the actual image is much larger, I cannot individually fix every edge.

Are there any other more efficient methods or workflows for doing this? Or any suggestions for handling a large number overlapping hatches/splines in AutoCAD?


texts: Is it possible to control layer order in an Illustrator stroke?

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Let's say I've made a custom brush in Illustrator (this example is stripped down, but it's enough to get the point across):

The stroke starts at the bottom and loops around. There are two intersections, and if you're following the stroke, the layering is as you'd expect: Each intersection will have the newer part of the stroke go over the older part.

But what if I wanted to alter the order of the stroke? I created an example of what I want to do below by outlining the stroke and adding drop shadows for emphasis:

At the first intersection, the stroke goes over itself, but at the second intersection it goes underneath.

Is it possible to achieve this without outlining the stroke first? If not, does other software allow for something like this?

As an ancillary question, are there any known rules to how the layering works? Sometimes I've altered a curve and the order flips...very confusing.


texts: What are good sites for purchasing a bulk of typefaces?

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I'm a logo designer, and I'm working in a company. As a result of I'm an employee all typefaces are available for free to be used in my work and licensed to my company. Recently I'm working as a freelancer, and I need a lot of typefaces to create several logos.

I need a site that can allow me to purchase a bulk of typefaces (100 or more) for commercial purposes, for a good price.


texts: Adobe Illustrator artboard color disappears, why?

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Somehow, I managed to turn off the background color of my artboards in Illustrator, so I can't see any differences between the background of the whole file and the artboards themselves.

Does someone know how to fix this problem? I want my artboards to have a white background again.


texts: Erase something from only one channel using GIMP

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I am trying to make a RGB mask for game development purposes using GIMP. I am trying to add a gray scale mask to the red channel and then a different gray scale mask to the green channel. So that the game engine can read different values from different channels. This is useful because one can then use one texture for three different applications for example Ambient Occlusion data in the red channel, roughness values in the green channel and metallic values in the blue channel.

Unfortunately when I paste something into a selected channel it gets pasted into all the channels. When I try to erase something from only one selected channel then it erases it from all the channels.

Not sure what to do but, I will appreciate any help I can get, thank you.


texts: How To Find Out Exact Angle Measurements of Object in Photo

texts: Hi Folks: I am having a guitar body built and I am having no little trouble illustrating certain changes I'd like to see made. The builder is using a CNC and is loading in measurements that I've given him, but certain angles simply aren't looking right to me. I've attached a few photos which show-crudely-what I'm driving at. The top body is the guitar I am copying and the bottom a proto of the copy. It seems the point at which the downward slope begins should be lower on the proto-how do I express this precisely? Regards.


texts: Blender - how are points and paths imported from svg different from points and paths created in Blender?

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For example, I've imported a logo from Illustrator into Blender. I want to extrude the paths, but guess what? Blender refuses to do so. The "e" key only translates my shape, not extrudes it. My selection options aren't there either, so if I want to switch to line selection, or face selection, I'm out of luck.

Why does Blender treat imported points differently than native points? And is there a way to convert them?

Thanks!


texts: Illustrator: Make a compound path a single path

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I have the letter "a" expanded as two paths, one being the letter and the other being the circle inside of the "a"

I need to get the "a" to be a single, simple path. When I use pathfinder > minus front, I get the desired result but as a compound path.

Is there any way to get the compound path to be just a path?

Thanks!


texts: How to create irregular shapes with round corners

texts: I found a logo of a company named Ibbt. As you can see, there is a separation between elements (the shapes in the left). Can anybody tell how to create such effect in Illustration?


texts: Save selected portion of image in GIMP as PNG

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I have an image that was masked in photoshop that I have now imported into GIMP. I would like to export only the head as a PNG with background transparency.

I can successfully export the image as a PNG with transparency, but the shape of that image is the entire picture including the large surrounding box. I'm not sure how to explain this clearly. Looking at this image below, the PNG I get has an extra 1" on the right and 3" on the left, a bit at the top and probably 4" at the bottom.

I can see why this is happening - I have marching ants around both the head and the outer box. I feel very stupid, but I can't figure out how to select and then export just the head.


texts: Pen tool does not work in vectorizing a photo in illustrator

texts: I am an starter. I want to vectorize a photo in illustrator. I place it, activate the layer panel, choose pen tool. But nothing happens. Pen tool does not draw anything on the photo layer. When I use the pencil tool instead, there is no line on the new white layer.Can anybody help me find the way? Thanks.


texts: correlation between % white ink (only) and % opacity

texts: I'm trying to find a simple yet accurate way to figure out how a certain percentage of white ink (only white ink) printed to a clear substrate correlates to the percentage opacity that white ink layer has.


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I'm fairly new to Illustrator and I have a question. It's the second time when a customer sends me a file (in this case a design of a business card) and when I open it in Illustrator the text's background looks like this:

Why is this background there? It has something to do with editing options? I don't even know how to call this and that's why I can't google it either.

Thanks for your help.


texts: What kind of markers were used to make this?

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What brand or kind of markers should I buy if I want to create things like this?

Credit: http://dribbble.com/dvclmn


texts: How can I create an action in Photoshop?

texts: How can I create my own Action using Photoshop? Can anyone guide me with a simple example?


texts: I'm working on a file in photoshop and every time I drag a guide out I see multiple guides. How can I fix this so only one guide is present? I tried restarting photoshop but the problem persisted.


texts: How do you represent ideas and concepts visually?

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Are there any books (or articles, websites etc..) that talk about the subject of "translating" ideas and concepts into graphics? I would like to learn about this and get some new ideas to help me as a beginning graphic designer.

Thank you in advance for any useful resources you can provide me with.

Regards,


texts: How to export a individual layer with a fixed master layer in Photoshop?

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Let's say I have some layers and a single different one, or a group of layers I want to export merged together, in a way that every single exported layer is merged with a specific layer or group of layers.

In the example below I have some layers which need to be exported into JPG or PNG, merged with the very top layer called "Blurred". In my case, I want to export the layers (Jan 8 + Blurred) and (Layer 10 + Blurred) and so on. Acting as exporting layers merged with a master layer called "Blurred".

My question in a simple way: how to apply a Master layer(s)/Group(s) in Photoshop to be exported with every layer I have?


texts: How does a programmer showcase his work?

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I'll start of by saying that I'm a programmer who rarely ventures outside of Stack Overflow, so sorry if this post is off topic.

Right now I'm in the process of updating my portfolio site and I'm struggling to find a way to present my work and my previous programs.

Most websites try and showcase their work straight out to grab the users attention but I have no idea how to go about this; most of my work revolves around long text files that are meant to produce functional apps rather than good looking ones, so I'd appreciate any help in ways to do this without falling back to blocks of text like I have before.

Thanks.


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I have never made a font so bare with me if this is a beginner question. I am wondering what the dimensions are of a monospaced font. I understand that since it is monospaced every glyph has the same width, but that's all I understand.

I'm wondering about the other dimensions.

Specifically, #1, #2, #3, #5, #19, #20.

Basically, what the midpoint of the glyph is (where the lines cross on the x, or the line on the e), what the baseline is (how high from the bottom of the g), or alternatively how far below the baseline the long letters go like the g. Also, how far above the lowercase letters the tall letters go (like the l).

If it is different for every monospace font, then that's good to know. Maybe there is a standard range though, so it's not a super tall and narrow font. Wondering if it needs to be a perfect square (width == height), or if not, yeah then what the dimensions typically are.


texts: How to view webfont files (ttf, woff, woff2, eot) on a mac?

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Does anyone know how to view webfont file formats (ttf, woff, woff2, eot) on a Mac?

I've been sent some files and would like to view them so I can make sure all the formats are correct.


texts: When I export an image from Illustrator, why is it a slightly different color in the exported image?

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I have a web design layout in AI that I'm trying to slice up into HTML/CSS. I'm having trouble keeping the colors the same in the exported files as they are in Illustrator.

When I open it up in Illustrator CS4 and use the eyedropper tool to check the color of the logo, it's #AB336B. Ultimately, this is the color I want the logo to be after I export it.

But when I open it in the "Save for Web & Devices" dialog and sample the color from there, it says it's #CA006C, even though it still looks like #AB336B:

After some Googling, I have a feeling it's related to color profiles, but I'm still not sure what do do to fix my problem.


texts: Why do images look different in different software and in different formats

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Example:

It seems like the colors on the right are the "true" colors, but the PNG file contains some sort of "filter" that enhances the saturation but only gets recognised by certain software including Photoshop.

Point is, I'd like to work with Photoshop and see the actual final result, and I'd like to make it so that the result is consistent across different softwares as much as possible (of course different computers or devices are going to change the colors ever so slightly, but when it happens on the same PC, and even in two different views of the same software, there's something going on!).

The above images are screenshots.


texts: How to match scanner output using ICC profiles in Photoshop?

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I'm working with people over the internet to scan and document collectible cards. We each have different scanners, so a challenge we're facing is accurately syncing the colors between them. We have each purchased an R1 color target from http://www.targets.coloraid.de/. I generated ICC profiles using the target scans and LPROF. Then I applied the color profiles to scans of identical cards using Photoshop and converted the document profiles to sRGB ICE61966-2.1. I used Photoshop's default color settings and I've tried all 4 rendering intents for conversion. Yet the colors do not match! How can I use the color profiles to sync the images?

I've zipped up the color target scans, the ICC profiles that I created, and the card scans for your reference (All images reduced to make a reasonably sized download). Zip is 2.7 MB: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5x3vs968odwp73r/SO-Color-Profiles.zip

Update 1

It seems that the colors do match. But the histograms do not line up. So if I manually apply a curves adjustment to set the white and black points for each scanner, the documents look accurate. This confuses me, since the color targets have a white to black range on them. I'd expect a color profile would adjust the darkness and lightness of color in addition to the hue. Is there any way to resolve this?

Update 2

So according to joojaa, color profiles don't fix black and white values in the images. So my question then is, what can I do to correct the values using Photoshop?


texts: I've been asked to scan one of my paintings and then turn it into a .png.  I don't have photoshop.  How might  do this with the regular programs on my PC?


texts: How do I disable auto-replacement of missing fonts in Inkscape 0.91?

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I am making files on two different PCs. We have a large package of fonts that we use, not all of them are installed on both machines. When we make a file on PC1 with a font that is not present on PC2, and open that file on PC2, Inkscape replaces the font with its determination of 'closest font'. PC2 is used to produce a physical item using the font, and it is not always caught that the font was not present, even though Inkscape does try to let you know if you happen to have the Text/Font view open.

Is there a way to turn off the auto-selection of closest font? I would be happy with either 1) No font being used at all, resulting in an empty or odd looking graphic on the screen or 2) the ability to select a default font, that we could make something that would stand out.


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I've been trying to make pretty much exactly this crystal: http://wallpapersus.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/abstract-crystal-digital-art-3d.jpg

Now, the only thing I've used is Photoshop CS5, and it doesn't seem to be quite capable for that sort of work. I'm by no means a 3D artist either.

Still, I'm willing to pick up some 3D software to achieve this. What are the bare basics I require to render this sort of image? What software should I be using, if my main and only interest is on rendering something like that?

I've made simple models before, but never something with this sort of crystalline effect.


texts: Smoothing calligraphy / script lines in Illustrator

texts: After you finish your custom script and have scan it to your computer to illustrator, how do you smooth the lines when vectorizing your script as if you have done it by hand? And how do you control the width of the lines?


texts: Does anyone know how this kind of pixelated type is created?

texts: Does anyone know how this type is created? Not sure what it would be called, pixelated? Been noticing it in a lot of posters


texts: Best practice web design picture sizes and multiplier

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Web Design: there are a lot of screen sizes to consider. Especially high resolution devices use multiplier. I read this very helpful article about the theory:
https://sebastien-gabriel.com/designers-guide-to-dpi/
It links to this guide for iPhone-sizes:
https://www.paintcodeapp.com/news/ultimate-guide-to-iphone-resolutions
After all, it states that you have to use different screen sizes like 1920×1080, 1280×800 or 375×812 and then provide different multiplier for the high-res devices like @2 and @3.
I am currently building a small website with a large hero image. Do I need to provide like twenty different resolutions with their multiplier? Seems like a lot of Photoshop (and CSS Media Query) work for just a single hero image?
I know I could just deliver one image that fits all. But that might not be a good web design work and the phones also need to load the very large and mobile data consuming high-res images.
If I just consider three or four resolutions, like the ones mentioned above, are they enough? Or should I use different resolutions?


texts: I have 2 gifs that will keep repeating in my powerpoint slide. Gif A has 40 frames while the gif B has only 20. How do I get gif B to wait till A is finished before restarting its animation ?


texts: I've tried whatthefont.com and the usual suspects but am having a hard time identifying this serif typeface;


texts: Illustrator CS6 changes colours when saving as PNG or SVG

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I'm creating artwork for a variety of purposes:

Facebook Cover Photos (RGB)
Business Cards & Banner Prints (CYMK)
Document Headers (RGB)

The red I am using for the FB Cover Photos is #b72025, however, when I "Save for Web" as PNG for the cover photos, it gets converted to a primary red. See below (LHS is #b72025 in Illustrator (what I want) and RHS is what is converted):

When I view the PNG file in Chrome and Firefox, it appears like I want it to with #b72025 as the colour. But when I view it in Safari, Preview, or Microsoft Word (by importing it) it appears as a bright, primary red.

I've tried:

Creating a new file with the "Web" settings (RGB colour profile) and creating new elements from scratch and trying to save them. It did the same.
Disabling the RGB Colour Management policies
Turning on/off the "Convert to sRGB" option in the "Save for Web" screen.
Saving as "SVG", which causes the same issues.
Exporting as PNG instead of "Saving for Web".
Saving for Microsoft Office, but that causes the same issues.

How do I fix this problem so that I can get the same colours across browsers? I would also like this to work when I save them as SVG or use it for Microsoft Office...


texts: What sans-serif font is use for this text ("POWERED BY EMAIL")?

texts: What is the font type in this image? It was created by a co-worker that is no longer at my company.


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I've been working on a website where there will be two buttons: "Call us" and an "SMS us". The user might be on mobile or on a desktop browser, and I'd like to make it clear that the SMS icon means "send an SMS" not "whatsapp us".

There will be text on the buttons but I'm looking for an icon that better represents "send us an sms" specifically, not chatting. Most of the icons I've found are either a variation of the chat bubble (square, round) or it says "SMS" inside the bubble, like these examples https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery&q=sms&m=free

When I do a google search I get many other variations, some with the balloon inside / on top of a mobile icon, some with 2 balloons implying a chat, some with an envelope (which can be confused with "email") but I'm wondering: is there one  that is the "standard" for SMS icon?


texts: How to achieve this file size for a JPEG with these constraints?

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Is it possible to have a photo file meeting the following specifications (as required in India by NSDL for filing new PAN):

Accepted format: JPEG, 200 DPI, Color and Dimension should be 3.5X2.5cm, Max File size 20kb

When I set the document size to 3.5x2.5cm in Photoshop, resolution 200 pixels per inch, the image dimension becomes 276x197px and the file size 66.3Kb.


texts: Spacing objects evenly on a spiral spine

texts: I made a blend of circles that distribute from big to small and chose the replace with spine command. I have noticed the circles are not evenly spaced in the spine. I have changed adding anchor points but did not work. Is there a way to distribute evenly along a spiral path?


texts: Snapseed vs Lightroom Mobile for editing RAW images

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I have a wifi card in my DSLR camera that is able to transfer RAW images to my mobile directly.

I'm planning to edit pictures on my mobile if possible.

Wanted to know which app is better for the same. Lightroom mobile or Snapseed.

I started using Snapseed, it seems to be doing what I need comfortably.

My questions are:
 1. If I should try Lightroom mobile as well? Is it worth the time that I would spend learning the tricks for Lightroom.
 2. Are there any major differences between the two apps
 3. Do I've to pay for Lightroom mobile?
 4. Lastly do you think the workflow is bad? DSLR->Mobile->Share(?)


texts: How you connect a line to a rectangle in figma?

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In Power Point you can connect a line to a shape on any of its corners or edges. When you move the shape around, the line's end moves with it.

Can you do this in figma?


texts: Dealing with transparent objects in a PDF for Mozilla's built-in PDF reader

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Anyone have clever solutions for drop-shadows from InDesign that are being uploaded in .pdf to a website? I've just learned that the new Firefox built-in reader doesn't support it, known issue (Mozilla Support showing issue).

I tried PDF/X-1a which fixed the shadow issue but one of the more complex sections gets thin white boxes around objects. Same thing when I just opened the PDF and did a Print to PDF.

Only other thing I can think of is opening each page in photoshop, flattening, and combining which obviously isn't ideal for text quality or workflow. This is only an 8 page document so I could do it. Thought maybe one of you knows a solution.


texts: Illustrator wont make a compound path from the full shape

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I have the following shape I have drawn with the pen tool. The bird head and eye are a compound path but releasing them both from this makes little difference.

What I am trying to achieve is a rectangle with a transparent logo at the center (i.e all white). This works fine for the antena and the signal bars but as you can see the bird head does not cut out but remains filled in effectively leaving me with half a logo.

Been at this for hours now I'm new to Illustrator and would appreciate any advice anyone can offer on how to achieve my desired result or pointers on where I have gone wrong!


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I have a polygon and want to draw the centerline (i'm not sure if it is really the centerline, correct me if this is the wrong term...).
I approximated this for an example drawing. I have the black polygon and want as result the red line.
Is there any workflow in inkscape to do this easily?


texts: Strange Result of "Envelope Distort : Make with Top Object"

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I used pen tool to make the desired shape and would like to have my text adjusted in that shape (I tried this out on an older version of illustrator and it works fine but I am having problem with Illustrator CC (2017) Mac)

It distorts the letters and makes them really weird... to the point that it's not even recognisable as a word.

I am trying to add "Lorem Ipsum" in the upper lip area.
I've tried words of different length and and various shapes too but it's not working.
I've even tried keeping the word on the shape I want and different fonts and sizes.. still nothing.


texts: How can I keep a text wrap object working in front of a text symbol?

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I have an object set as text wrap in front of a text box which works fine. As soon as I drag the text into the Symbols panel to create a symbol, the text wrap function stops working.

Seems like a bug with Illustrator. Anyone know of a workaround or fix?


texts: How do I make objects and text stand out over a busy photo background?

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I frequently have to place objects and text on photo backgrounds and some backgrounds make it hard to see the objects.

To get good contrast I will try to pick a background image that has large flat areas to place text and objects.

If that is not available I may try to put colored shapes behind the objects, dark for light text and vice versa.

Additionally I may try drop shadows or glow to set them off, but this is not always an option either.

In this case I have multi colored logos on a green and blue plant background that is busy.

I would like to avoid putting a shape between the objects and the background as it will cover the background.

They are currently shown with a white drop shadow. Two on bottom have a black drop shadow.

Any advice is appreciated.

Here are objects and foreground:


texts: Some good fully-featured OpenType typeface for body text

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What are some good serif typefaces for body text which have at least Roman and Italic, and support small caps, old-style figures, ligatures, and super/subscripts? (And which, it goes without saying, have good—hand-tuned—kerning.)

Some obvious choices are the fonts which come with Adobe InDesign (Minion, Garamond, Caslon &c), but I'd like to know some other options.

And are there any open source (or at least freeware) fonts that fit this description?


texts: How can I print graphics on a roll of tape with a printer?

texts: I want to save money by printing my own repeated graphic on a long strip of reinforced water-activated paper tape (the stuff Amazon uses). I just don't know if I can create a file with the dimensions of the tape, say, 2" by 35', and then repeat the graphics all the way down, and then print with a custom size. Aren't there limits to the size of material? Do I need a special printer or can I hack mine? I have a Xerox Phaser.


texts: How exactly should I ask my employer for design use permission on paper?

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I'm an employed graphic designer. I did illustrations, branding and prototyping for my employer. I'm aware that without a specific contract, whatever work is done by a salaried designer, is the company's property.

Hence, I want to ask my employer to permit me to use and publish the works I did for them in my portfolio since it was not covered in the contract. My employer is willing too to give permission if I draft the permission letter because they don't have any special way of their own to do it.

But my question is how do I ask, "see these particular works were done by me and I'm going to use them as such and with such wording. Give me permission."
How do I mention those specific works in paper in the permission letter? And how do I say see I'm going to present them like this?

Email is a way, then I can attach the works. But any way to do this on paper?


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I need to have a banner printed for a back lit header on a shelving unit in a retail store with the following dimensions 2’-11" x 1’-0", how many DPI would you recommend printing at?
Thanks in advance for your assistance.


texts: Removing people from pictures seemlessly

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I'm currently trying to remove a person from a photo that tried to be cool and photobomb, but i'm at a loss as to how it can be done with no loss of photo quality.

My attempts have been to use the lasso tool to try and cut out as much of that person as possible, but to recreate the background behind is where I get stuck. Can anyone offer some advice on how this is done for folks that do this on a daily basis?

Thanks in advance.


texts: How do I get proportions of the sock in my logo right?

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I am working on a logo for a sock business.

My current result is:

As you may notice the proportions of the abstracted sock are quite awful. Do you have an idea what I could do to make this better?

PS: If there are other recommendations don't be shy :)


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I have built out a donate page for our website. The buttons are somewhat similar to the LiveStrong donate buttons. Something about the page looks cheap and unappealing. I have some ideas, but I am hoping for constructive feedback as to how I can improve the overall look and feel of the page, preferably without making huge changes.

This page would appear after the user has been through previous pages, so they know what and who they are donating to.

Here is the link to my test site: http://k12fundraising-beta.azurewebsites.net/d/1014-1130/binghamhigh/teststudentteststudent


texts: Computers and Mobile Devices for Showcasing Software

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I am looking for an appealing way to showcase some of my existing software online. I noticed that a current trend is to show the software running on multiple devices, like this:

Does everyone who uses this design pattern really photograph their own images, or is there somewhere I can find pictures such as this, and drop my own images in as the "screens"?


texts: Illustrator cc Not showing colors of object

texts: I am using illustrator for the first time. I have designed a logo but I think i used a short cut due to which the colors of the logo are hidden, But the colors are visible on the layers. I have checked the colors are not even gray scale. I don't know what to do now, How i Can Bring the colors back.


texts: does this drawing style have any particular name?

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can somebody please tell me whether this drawing style has any particular name?
where can i learn this drawing style?
This is certainly some hindu traditional drawing style, but i dont know whether i has a specific name. I would like to know if this drawing system has a specific name so that i can lear it.
i am referring to the pencil/pen like drawing, in this poster, which is mirrored on both sides at the top.
which drawing style is it?


texts: What software would be easy to use to make a product sheet template like this:

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Hi I dont really do design but have been assigned to make a product sheet for a lot of different products in the style of this:
Screenshot:

Original PDF here
Do any of you have any tips on what software to use to make this? I've tried Powerpoint but it didn't end up well.


texts: Advice about fallback font stacks for Proxima Nova and Adobe Garamond Pro

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Can anyone suggest a good stack of fallback fonts for Adobe Garamond Pro (serif) and Proxima Nova (sans-serif)?

The obvious choices are of course:

"Garamond Pro","Hoefler Text","Times New Roman",Times,serif

and

"Proxima Nova",Arial,sans-serif

Thank you,


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I have been asked to come up with a PowerPoint slide template for use by multiple speakers from a single group.

The key element that was requested is a footer. The footer should have some unifying text, plus (perhaps) a logo or four and slide number.

My own preference (and limit of my design knowledge) is to follow principles outlined by Ed Tufte - only include necessary information. So, the template will probably have a very slight off-white tint and a footer, then the content will be open.

However, I have two (or three) key questions:

what information makes a footer useful and elegant?
how much control can (or should) I exert on the design of individual slides?

how can I gently exert this control (either through creation of a template with limited options, or through written instruction)?


texts: Strange sidebearing problem with a couple of characters on font. (ubuntu titling)

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I have a LGPL licensed font, that I am currently using for my website. The font works well, except for a couple of characters (. and ,).

At times, depending on which characters are surrounding it, the sidebearings act as if they are negative. That is, the comma or period actually appear on top of the previous character, as on this lowercase H below:

I tried loading it into FontForge, but the previews seem to work just fine and the spacing seems correct. This is not a problem, with a specific browser, because it happens in all of them. The font file is located on my google drive

The strangest part of all of this is that the problem only happens with alpha characters and everything works fine with numbers.

I tried to copy character 201A to the comma (002c), but the problem still persists.

As a side note:
If you know of a similar font, please suggest it.


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I have searched high and low for a way to colorize parts of a map based on a csv or xml file. For instance to illustrate results of a election. Doing it by hand is both tedious

I imagine being able to attach a path to an variable and being able to change the background-image or the swatch based on a numeric value.

Has any one got a idea on how to approach this?


texts: InDesign is changing the color of my image when I export!

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I have been exporting JPEG in InDesign, my settings are good (I think), but when I export it and open it, the color is darker. What am I doing wrong? I also have the same problem when I export jpeg in photoshop. Left one is the original, right one is the one exported from InDesign.

My settings:


texts: How can I make my typing "stick" to box side?

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I'm using Photoshop CS6 and I'm trying to get the typing aligned with the box, kind of 3D like. I cannot seem to find the effect, I'm sure its simple.

Any help?


texts: Illustrator Make Slice from Object keeps leaving gaps

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Sorry if this has been answered before and I know it's probably something really simple, but illustrator is driving me crazy!

I have a simple filled triangle shape which I'm trying to create a slice from via the Object > Slice > Make menu option in Illustrator CC 2014. However whenever I do it (with the triangle selected) it leaves gaps between the object edge and the slice edge. I really want the slice to be as tight to the object as possible (i.e. no white space), so I don't end up with gaps when using the image on a website.

See this image for an example:

If anyone can help me with this I would be extremely grateful.

Thanks