texts: Is there anyway to get swatch name to a text box automatically?

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Please check the screenshot below.

I have a text box which I want to get the swatch name, I have used to that title box. Is there anyway to do this as automatically upgrade? So when I change title box color, my text box should be change according to the swatch name I have used. Your help is much appreciate.
Thanks
Pradi


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Our startup clothing company is getting ready to trademark and promote our line, but the issue is that with each release of the line, there is a new iteration of the logo featured. Each shirt features a primary and secondary design, and both are different with each line. Is trademarking required for each individual design to protect it? Or is there a way to trademark the base design that then covers future versions of the design?

Thank you


texts: What is the font used in Capital in the SunWise Capital logo?

texts: Does anybody know what that elongated sans-serif font is used for the word CAPITAL? I'm sure I've used it before I just can't remember what it was. Any help is appreciated! Thanks! :)


texts: Are there any free programs that will allow me to convert 3d files exported from Photoshop into Blender?

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The title says it all.  I've created a simple heart shaped extrusion in Photoshop that I'd like to import into Blender for editing.  So far none of the file formats I've exported to (from the ps side) are recognized by Blender.

Is there a free program that will allow me to convert any of the PS 3D file formats to something I can use in Blender?


texts: Links reverting back to old file path in InDesign

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I have a brochure set up in InDesign. The brochure was a copy of a previous version of this brochure, we are using different images and information but the same layout. The brochure has been given a different name. In the folder, I have a new links folder and have all of my new images inside. I have re-placed images with the new ones I'd like to use.

Twice now the links have reverted back to the old file path. Has anyone ever encountered this before or does anyone know why this could be happening?

We are working off of a server rather than locally so though perhaps that this could be the problem, however surely InDesign looks for the links folder, then the file name, and so knows what to display?

Any help would be much appreciated.


texts: Replicating Petronas logo, two shapes w/big strokes?

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I've got two paths with really big strokes. I'd like to combine them in a way that the strokes line up, and I can avoid having to outline the strokes and end up with a lot of paths to manage. Specifically the top left area the strokes don't line up. Any ideas?

EDIT/UPDATE: Thanks for answers everybody. Just for further clarification, I believe the following simplified figure demonstrates the problem. Wanting to "join" these two paths and have their strokes line up, without resorting to outline stroke, and having glitch free (when zoomed in) meeting of strokes.


texts: Illustrator file saved as .jpeg file color look completely wrong online. Why?

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So, I saved an Illustrator file as a .jpeg file and it looked completely wrong online. I went back and realized the color mode was CMYK, so I figured it should be in RGB for web. I tried to change the color mode to RGB, but then the image disappeared completely. What's going on? The file was created in CS5 originally but I opened it and saved it in CS6, not sure if that would affect anything.

Thanks,
Amelia


texts: Animation: Applying changes to colors in every frame of the sequence

texts: I have this animation of a Skeleton's Walkcycle and I would like to paint his insides purple, but I want this action to be reproduced in the various layers ofthe animation, so I don't have to paint each one individually - which would take me very long. The skeleton shape is very irregular so the purple colour would have to adapt to the shape of the character on specific frames. I tried blending options and other adjustments. What are your thoughts on this?


texts: Do discretionary ligatures hold any other purpose than visual?

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Discretionary ligatures are non-standard ligatures such as:

st and ct in Atlantica LF font

Are they purely visual or is there any other reasoning to back it up? Psychological? Letter-press related? (Did they even exist in times of letterpress printing?)

Related article on Upper & Lower Case Magazine say these are "… more decorative in nature than standard ligature[s] …" But is that all?

Personally, I find them a bit distracting, especially if they're used in long body types. Also it's hard to imagine they would have any practical value in handwriting — at least I draw the letters from top to bottom, and extra ties between letters would disrupt the flow.


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What's that font below "jak ja widzę swoje pismo"?

Edit: as two people already got confused - I know the font of header, it's quite obvious it's Comic Sans to everyone who used computer for more than calc. I'm asking about font of the text below comic sans, the one signed with by "W. A. Peterson".


texts: Strange excess near node when trimming or diving shapes

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I'm using Illustrator 25.2.2 and have stumbled on an odd issue when I either use trim or divide on certain shapes. It adds a kind of stroke at certain nodes, see below screen shot.
I'm not sure how or why this is produced, and keen to now if anyone else has had a similar issue.
Shape is one the left and zoomed in portion of issue is one the right.


texts: Adding a canvas texture on a drawing in photoshop

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Hi, It’s a part of Simon Stalenhag’s work. when you look into it closely, you can see the texture behind colors. I thought he’s using a canvas textured brush but I think it’s not. When we use textured brush we can see the pattern of the texture but in his work I couldn’t find any texture pattern repeats. I was going to ask him directly in Twitter, but it seems like he blocked strangers to messaging him

How can I add this kind of texture on my drawing in photoshop? Can anyone give me some clue?


texts: Group and simplify about 10 k sublayers?

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I have a map (exported from some GIS-program) to a PDF with several thousands sublayers. The problem is that the simplified map layers on top of the layers hierarchy are probably just a smaller proportion of the total number of layers.
So I am trying to simplify the document in order to delete the various layers that are not visible.
The problem is that the document is really slow (Using a fairly proper basic HP Z workstation with a Quadro card) so I'd like to get some clues how to fast select and delete perhaps 100-500 sublayers at once?


texts: Client requesting artwork file for print production

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I have recently completed a package design for a client.

He has now asked for the artwork file (AI) so the printers can set up the dye cut etc, he has specified the need for all artwork included.

My question is should I hand it over or is there an alternative as I don't want them to have the ability to alter my design without my consent as well as if changes are needed in the future I want them to be coming to me for it.


texts: Photoshop CC Marquee Tool switches to Move Tool when holding cmd

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I recently switched from CS6 to CC.
Back in CS6 when selecting the selection tool and holding cmd you could click anywhere on the currently selected Layer and you'd move everything on that layer. Now in CC it basically just switches to that stupid "Move Tool" that always selects the closest element to your cursor and I accidently select stuff that's below what I actually want all the time. It completly disrupts my workflow.

Is there any way of getting the CS6 behaviour back? (Except for switching to CS6)


texts: Delete corner of square in inkscape to turn it in to a triangle

texts: I have created a square using the square draw tool in inkscape and I want to delete one of its corners to make a triangle however when I select it with the edit path by nodes tool I am unable to remove any of the nodes like I would be able to with a bézier curve.


texts: Giving color line drawing a black background in Photoshop

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This is probably an easy question for most of you.

I drew this image with pens and scanned it; I want the background to be black, everything that's not the drawing, you know, like the people are lying on top of outer space or something and it's showing through their hair All the tutorials I have been able to find are just for black and white images.

I am pretty much a Photoshop beginner, using CC 2017, so if you choose to answer this question probably best to write like you're talking to a beginner. Thanks. Seriously, thanks <3


texts: batch square with white frames in Photoshop

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I want to batch resize around 1000 images of different sizes (below and above 740px) and resolutions(DPI/PPI). I want to keep the native DPI/PPI but I want to resize them to 740pxx740px with white crops. Here's an example of what I want the output to look like:

I've had a lot of trouble doing this with Photoshop CC 2018's Automate > Batch setting. Can anyone help me out with this?


texts: How to create repeated concentric paths in Photoshop?

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I'm basically trying to create an outline of a house made up of three electrical wires. After hours of searching and trying I'm looking for an easier way to get the outline position right, due to the shape I can't seem to take the path to where I want it on the next lines...

The initial design is below with some of the attempts I've made. If anybody can provide any advice it'd much appreciated. The last image is the type of effect I want the wires to have, I just can't seem to shape them the way I like.


texts: Why does InDesign reduce the quality of my screenshots when Word doesn't?

texts: If I take a screenshot and paste it into InDesign it completely destroys the quality. Yet when I print screen and paste it into Word, the image is resized to the page and the quality is kept. What is wrong?


texts: Using Artistic Effects on Shapes in PowerPoint

texts: When arranging elements on my PowerPoint slides, I have one slide where I would like to use the pencil grayscale effect found under artistic effects. While I can use this for pictures, I cannot use it for shapes that I created in PowerPoint. Is there any way to replicate artistic effects on shapes without exporting the shapes as images from other programs, then adding them back in?


texts: Resources and/or strategies for improving?

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I have been working as a graphic designer for roughly 2 years at my local newspaper, I trained under the previous designer who taught me everything I needed to know for the job at hand. Problem is I'm a bit stuck. I don't feel as though I'm improving or that this job gives me an outlet to improve further. I work primarily in Illustrator CC and feel confident with it and occasionally Photoshop and InDesign where my skills are clearly underdeveloped.

Is a formal education my best choice? What other options do I have?


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I'm using photoshop and I want to export some multitone-duotone file (.psb) to rgb jpeg. But I cannot convert it from Multitone to RGB without a radical change in my colors. (see the image below)
I tried to test different color profile (in Edition > Colors...), but it seems to change nothing.
Also here is the tone panel in both image.
I'm using this color mode because It is aim to screen printing. I want to convert it to share it before printing.
(ps: file seem really compressed)


texts: Building an interactive booklet for the iPad

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I've been tasked by a client to create an 80 page interactive booklet which they would like to work exclusively on the iPad.

The client is providing the complete design in InDesign. They would like to achieve the following:

Launch presentation when the iPad wakes up
Page transitions
Option to zoom via touch
Play music with the option to mute
Embedded video
Embedded links

My initial thoughts were to build the presentation as an interactive PDF within InDesign, but I'm very concerned about the compatibility and size of the PDF.

Would you advise building the presentation in HTML5 or an alternative platform?


texts: How to draw rows with consistent depths when dealing with unique shapes?

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We're trying to figure out how to draw a series of rows that have consistent depths with different types of shapes. Ie sometimes there are round parts, or shapes get wider at points, etc. The closest example of what we're trying to do is seat maps like this:

We're currently using Sketch to draw our shapes. Any suggestions on how to do this?


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I've been working with Photoshop for a long time, and every once in a while I work on a file, sometimes in a rush, sometimes just being lazy.. what happens is that I end up ruining it.

I save, go on with my day, and then I open it later only to realize/remember that a previous version was better, only if I would of saved it in multiple versions as I usually do.. but sometimes it happens and I DON'T.

Do you know of a plugin or an add-on or something that does this, is there some option somewhere in Photoshop that I don't know about ?
I saw some new features about Recovery Information Under Preferences > File Handling but I find no use for it.. I want something that prevents me from overwriting, or rather it doesn't even prevent me, it just saves a different file with an incremental number at the end.

(What I need is something that won't let me overwrite a file when saving, but rather create another file with the exact same name and a number at the end. Something like Save as but not Saves As and not me writing a different file name every time. I wan't it as part of my normal routine, to be safe and never sorry that I lost something I spen hours working on and ruined it in a few minutes, then saved the turd and wonder at it later.)

For example, when I use the default Ctrl + S (Save) multiple times, I want it to automatically do:

ThisPsdFile-1.psd
ThisPsdFile-2.psd
ThisPsdFile-3.psd

[Please restrain from comments like: "you are too lazy, blabla.." it just happens sometimes, and I want this error solved forever... something I install once and boom, that's about it.

Thank you for your time.


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I'm am fairly new to the photoshop automation tools, but I am a long time user of photoshop.

I am trying to find a way to export each of 8 layers inside of a group individually while maintaining the visibility of the other layers in the project. What I am trying to accomplish is a exporting 8 PNG images that just have a single element replaced.

My current method is to manually unhide each one of the 8 layers and manually export.

I am looking for some behavior that is similar "extract assets" where the exported files use the layer name.


texts: What is discontinuous width point when using width tool in illustrator

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I am currently reading the book Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book (2020 release)

In the lesson 4, Width tool section(page 463) author has mentioned following about discontinious width point :-

  You can drag one width point on top of another width point to create a
  discontinuous width point. If you double-click a discontinuous width
  point, the Width Point Edit dialog box allows you to edit both width
  points.

However I didn't understand this at all, I think the whole purpose of width tool is to increase the width of stroke at certain point.

(a) Why would somebody drop the one width point on the top of another ?
(b) What would be archived by doing so ?
(c) What is discontinuous width point ?


texts: Is it possible to adjust the white balance of an image using Paint Shop Pro?

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I use an old software called Paint Shop Pro 5.03. Can I use it to make white balance for photo or scanned images of artworks?

Are there any other freeware software which can accomplish this?


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So I'm updating my portfolio and feel like I have some nice work to show, but what kind of designer doesn't have their own brand, right? I sat down with pen and paper, drew some sketches. Then replicated on the computer. My thoughts... my name is Andi... I also hunt and compete in archery and I wanted to reflect that somehow without being too literal (the "D" makes a bow)... the arrow also shows forward direction, movement. I tried making a two color logo, but wasn't liking it. I love deep red, but could really adopt any color palette with this mark. I like it also white in a reverse. My concerns...

Does the point of the arrow look like I used clip art?

I created it with the same degree angles as the "N" as well as thickness.

Is it okay that the arrow makes it feel a little unbalanced?

Maybe the angle and point of the "A/N" help that?

I tried making the arrow come out the left side, but I felt it took away from the arrow and the "N" making the "A".


texts: How can I distinguish positive from negative values in a grayscale bubble grid?

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I'm giving my sister a hand with a bunch of graphics for her thesis. She's dealing with 20 survey responses from a bunch of companies, and one of the natural things to do is look for correlation between answers.

Given that the survey was not the best ever (you gotta work with what you have, and she didn't make the survey), most correlations are strongly positive, and what little negative correlations are there are measly (strongest is -0.13).

Refresher: correlation measures how two measures are tied together. A positive correlations means that the higher a measure is, the higher the other measure is; for example, "uses Comic Sans" and "makes me want to stick a fork in my eyes" are positively correlated. Conversely, if the correlation is negative, the bigger a measure is, the smaller the other is. Correlation between 0.2 and -0.2 is considered negligible.

My idea for putting this data in the thesis is to arrange the correlations in a grid and show bubbles in place of numbers: the bigger the stronger. The problem is that I'm having a hard time deciding how the negative correlations should appear.

My first thought is that I'd have solid black circles for positive correlations and black-bordered white circles for negative correlations. However, the negative dots are so small, the black border takes over the circle filling and the net result is all dots appear to be black.

Since this is going to be printed, using any color outside of grayscale is... not a good idea. My current solution for now is to show a grey "halo" around negative dots (see the two dots at the very center), perhaps giving them undue attention. It's far from perfect and it highlights how all dots aren't even perfectly circular:

Another possibility is to make the negative dots grey altogether, but I don't know how those shades of gray are going to translate in print — and making test runs is probably too expensive of a BSc thesis.

What do?


texts: Checkerboard background is transparent but doesn't have alpha channel?

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I've had a hard time to understand what is the relationship between transparent and alpha channel in Photoshop for a PNG image, I have this screen shot you can see I have a checkerboard background which doesn't have RGB value,my question is

1.When I save this as a PNG image, the checkerboard is transparent, but you can see I do not have alpha channel, why I can have transparent when there is no alpha channel?
2.Is this checkerboard area has the same effect being as a transparent area as having alpha channel?
3.Will this checkerboard area takes up the storage space on my hard drive if no RGB information is stored?
So can you explain to me what the checkerboard area is if there is no color information on this area, I really do not understand what this area really is.


texts: How do I brighten a part of a picture with Gimp?

texts: Say I wanted to bring out the colors in the shadowy bottom right hand part of the attached image, how would I go about it? I assume I need to restrict the processing to that part but I have no idea what technique I should use and how to limit the effect to part of the image.


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I have a desktop that I do all my work and stuff and I also have a Dell Venue 11 Pro tablet with a stylus that I use for on the software development. I was wondering if it's possible to have Photoshop on my desktop but use the tablet as a drawing pad? I'm in the process of repairing an old poster and doing it all through a mouse would be so much more tedious. I don't feel like purchasing a wacom tablet or similar for just a single project when I already have tablet with a surprisingly decent pen for being a Dell.

I did thing about development some software to accomplish this, but the time to do that would out weigh the time to complete the process with a mouse, so I figured I'd ask is anyone as found a way to do this.


texts: (InDesign CC 2019) Continuous page numbering was cancelled and each file in Book Panel has own page number?

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I have a Book file includes 161 .inDDs files inside it. Some files have one page and some of them have more than five pages and etc, Before I updated InDesign to the last version, the Book panel showed the correct continuous page numbering and started from 1 to 257. But When I updated to the last version of InDesign and open the Book file, the continuous page numbering was canceled and now each .indd file has an own page number and each one starts from number 1.

I checked out "Document Numbering Options" feature from Book Panel pop-up menu, and it's set to "Automatic Page Numbering". I confused totally and don't understand why the Book Panel doesn't show continuous page numbering and I can't find the origin this weird problem.


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I am working on the svg-edit application and I am receiving customer orders through the web.

I am converting those pixels to mm based on the formula 3.77 pixels = 1 mm.

Is there anyway that something might go wrong if my customer uses a different PPI than what I am using or maybe a different monitor or operating system or maybe a monitor?

If a user draws a shape on my online editor using a different PPI than I do is there any possibility that I will get a different pixel shape?

Is there any possibility that my formula might have to change if my customer is using a different PPI, monitor or operating system or even browser than I do?


texts: How can I extract all text content from Photoshop with all associated styles for backgrounds? (see example inside)

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I have provided a lot of PSDs with lots of content to a coder. There were 50+ PSD and it took a team of 4 people 2 months to build them. Furthermore, the content was in Spanish and the coder doesn't speak the language. So talking to him I asked for an ETA and he told me "it will be quite fast, I already have the content extracted" which was really weird since I gave him the PSDs a couple hours before that.

So he sent me a page, and found this inside pre tags at the end of the file (just a short snippet, the file is like 10x bigger):

somethingsomething es una aplicación que reúne a amigos para que participen y apuiesten  en desafíos, generando una divertida interacción y una experiencia inmersiva que son claves en cualquier aplicación exitosa.
El negocio de somethingsomething es el ego. Se puede apostar sobre trend topics, alardear de las victorias en las redes y tener herramientas de alarde frente a oponentes.

¡Asociate al éxito de somethingsomething!

¡Ser parte de esta startup es muy fácil! No hacen falta grandes inversiones, podés invertir cualquier cantidad con la que te sientas cómodo y tener un porcentaje de equities. ¡A mayor inversión, mayor porcentaje del negocio!

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bg (28,131,210)     #1c83d2

asdasdasdasdasdasdasdadsasdasdasd

¡Asociate a somethingsomething YA!
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bg (26,188,156)     #1abc9c | color overlay -> 60% black    |-> (10,75,62)      #0a4b3e
bg (26,188,156)     #1abc9c | color overlay -> 0% black     |-> (26,188,156)    #1abc9c
bg (26,188,156)     #1abc9c | color overlay -> 15% black    |-> (22,160,133)    #16a085
bg (26,188,156)     #1abc9c | color overlay -> 30% black    |-> (18,131,109)    #12836d
bg (26,188,156)     #1abc9c | color overlay -> 45% black    |-> (14,103,86)     #0e6756

¡Tu inversión hace que somethingsomething esté más cerca de hacerse realidad y generarte dividendos!

¡Asociate a somethingsomething YA!

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H -> (33,33,33)   #212121
p -> (51,51,51)   #333333
? -> (125,148,44) #7d942c

I'm aware of Bramus and Omgmog scripts, but never saw this kind of output. Unfortunately, almost immediately after this the programmer let us hanging and we no longer work together, so I can not ask him how he did it.

Any ideas on how to do this or what script did he use? I'm 90% certain he used Photoshop, but maybe he used something else


texts: How do I zoom in Illustrator CS5 using Bamboo touch ring

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I have a Wacom Bamboo tablet with Adobe Illustrator CS5 and I want to use the touch ring to zoom in and out.

I can't find the setting in Illustrator that needs to change to enable that feature. Any troubleshooting tips?

For what it's worth, I'm using Windows 7, on an Acer laptop. It also seems to work using other programs (such as the chrome web browser).

Any ideas?


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When I save my Illustrator file the file preview shows like this. How can I change it? At the moment it is showing many different layers in the document.

I want it to be the cover only - which is on one layer with sublayers.

Thanks


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I would like to reproduce a simplified version of this image, i.e. without the internal details of the wires: just the 5 external colored claddings. Any idea how to do that with Illustrator?

This is what I was able to do so far creating a circle and than extruding it with "extrude and bevel". I would like to add the curvature now.


texts: When invited to publish in a design showcase book, what considerations should a designer make?

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(This is a deliberately broad question. A correct answer would be a set of considerations with a strong experience-based rationale)

I've been invited to put some of my designs forward for publication in a showcase book ("for free!" they enthusiastically said, as if the publishers aren't benefiting by getting free content...).

I'm early in my career and so it seems like a win-win deal and some welcome positive exposure. But since I've not been in this position before, I'm wondering if there are questions I should be asking or criteria I should be insisting on that I haven't thought of.

At its most general, this question is: from your experience, what considerations and questions should a designer have when having their work showcased commercially by a third party?

Some of the specific questions I have are, how concerned about things like copyright should I be? (I did check to make sure I wasn't signing away rights but I'm no expert here) Is it something people include on CVs and resumes, or is it not that big a deal?  Is it common for designers to pay to be included in showcase books, as the publishers seemed keen to imply? And under what circumstances (if any) should a designer expect royalites from the publisher?

But chances are these questions themselves are misguided. Ultimately my question is: is showcasing by a third party really a win-win situation for a designer, as it seems to be to me, or are there serious considerations (and if so what are they)?

(or is it not really a big deal and I'm thinking too much?)


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I'm working on press project that needs to trace almost exact with the picture attached and will save it as Bitmap later.

From what I know, there are 3 layers: gradient background, metal texture, and curve. I have a question for the curve; after I make the curve shape on AI, transfer it to PS, how can I make the same shadow effect in Photoshop and can blend onto background texture?

Thank you! :]


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I need assistant to figure out how can I fill the empty holes within compound path with color using Adobe Illustrator.

Download .SVG file


texts: How to create a product mock-up template in GIMP (or another app)?

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I'm trying to create product mockups for snowmobile vinyl wraps, and need a template to start from. Unfortunately nowhere I've looked has had templates ready. YelloImages said they could make some, but it may take 8-10 months.

How difficult is it to create my own? How would you do it?

Is it possible to project a pattern/design onto a non-flat surface?

Finished template would hopefully look something close to this (but for a snowmobile): https://yellowimages.com/stock/kawasaki-kx-250f-mockup-right-side-view-11611/

Finished mockup hopefully something like this: https://www.arcticfxgraphics.com/v/Arctic_Cat/next-gen-ascender/style/absolute_zero/101377#&slider1=3


texts: Where can I find a package firm that does the same as Moo does, but for packaging?

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I have a package design made. I can change that design based on the specific package format that company may have. However, I can't find any company online that produces this kind of services, and ships internationally.

Can I have your advice on this please?
Where can I look at?

Update - This specific package need, is for creating a box, to be shipped everywhere (so material must be resistent), and it will contain, wine bootles, cheese, and some other grossery stuff.
So, we draw this very specific box, and we have no clue where can we make this draw, became an object.

Thanks in advance


texts: Helvetica: trailing leg in lowercase "a"

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Why sometimes I find Helvetica with the letter "a" with the right leg straight and other times I find it with the right leg turned to the right:

Letter "a" with right leg straight:

Letter "a" with right leg turned to the right:


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I tried searching on WhatTheFont Site and asked in the forum to identify the font.
Here is the Logo:

The font type of the "MSB" 3D text needs to be identified.


texts: How do I cut a hole in a vector object I've drawn with the pen tool in Paint Shop Pro 8?

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On a whim, I decided to try to recreate a high resolution Paint Shop Pro 8 logo icon.

The icon is a red painter's palette with a paint prush and the text "PSP 8".

I traced the outline of the palette, traced the paint brush handle, bristle clamp, and bristles, and typed the text all on different layers.

My difficulty comes in that the palette has a hole cut in the middle of it for the artist's thumb to grip.
I've traced a vector path for the hole, but I don't know how to make the center of the hole (which I've specified should have no fill) be empty space in the middle of the outer outline of the palette.

I'm sure that this will be better illustrated by images than by my words, so here you are:

Now, it would be the easiest thing in the world to convert the palette and the hole to raster layers, select the outline of the hole, highlight the palette layer and delete those pixels, but I want to get better at using vector drawing tools and being able to cut a hole out of the interior seems like a pretty basic skill to have.


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I have created a document in Illustrator that consists of a background object (the blue part) and many small green objects ("bushes"). Please see an image below:

What I want is to cut the lower part of the "bushes" to make it look like this:

How do I do this in Illustrator?


texts: Interesting documetaries on graphic design and any kind of design

texts: I'm looking to be introduced to interesting documentaries in the field of design, I saw Helvetica and it blew my mind and am looking for films similar to this one.


texts: Recommended workflow for previewing a PSD (Win) in an iPhone

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I'm looking for an app that would allow me to simply view my PSD on my iphone as I'm creating it. Something like this exists for Mac (LiveView and Skala Preview), but I can't find anything similar for Windows.

If nothing exists, what yould you recommend as a workflow to allow me to quickly view my psd's on my iphone as I'm creating them?

(P.S. Remember when people use to complain about the limited software options for mac?)


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So I'm trying to form a mock business to practice branding, and I stumbled across this useful answer to a post here.

If I'm going to have a folder on my pc with all the branding information for that company, what are all the files/information that I need for a full branding guideline, and not just a logo pack?

  Do I need to include an image with the exact colors in CMYK and RGB?

  Do I need to have different forms of the logo in different colors?

  What about logotype?


texts: Convert Path in to editable Shape Illustrator 22

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Illustrator newbie here - I downloaded an AI file with of a heart that is a single layer/single path as you can see here:

What I want to do is fill this with text - I know you can use envelope distort, but it's not having the intended effect. This technique works if I draw say a circle; as this has a "stroke" and a "fill". The heart shape is a single path and I can't interact with the "middle" which is what I think the issue is.
I think I need to convert this path into 2 shapes; effectively an "outside" heart. and the inside heart which is in white at the moment. I could then fill this with text while leaving the blue outline heart intact.
I don't even know what to google - I tried converting to a compound path and a shape but it just fails/doesn't do anything.
Any guidance appreciated.
thanks


texts: Stroke width changes disappear in Animate

texts: When I use Adobe Animate, I like to use different stroke widths (ie tapering at the end, tapering at both ends, etc). But I find that eventually it arbitrarily reverts the strokes to their normal, uniform states. Anybody else have this problem and now how to fix it?


texts: Canvas settings for larger designs in photoshop

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From the past few weeks, I have been learning basics about Photoshop because i have an assignment which i need to create in Photoshop.

I have to create a big banner of size 360 x 160 cm which will then be printed.
Based on few other questions here in stack exchange, I have gathered that the resolution for printing should be 300 PPI, But now i want to know about the font sizes according to the size of the design i have mentioned.

Any answers regarding this matter would be helpful, Thanks.


texts: How to add detail and grit to vector graphics?

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The National Poster Example http://www.dkngstudios.com/images/national.gif

Can anyone give me some tips or point me to a tutorial that can help me learn how to add details like grit and texture to vector graphics like in the above image by DKNG Studios? I assume it involves a lot of photoshop brushes and/or textures but I've been unsuccessful in finding any go-to methods.

Often with textures I find it hard to achieve the exact results I'm looking for and they can really increase my file size and make the artwork convoluted.

Brushes can be useful but I find them to work better in photoshop and it can become difficult to constantly switch between the programs, especially when trying to keep the layers straight.

I've found tutorials explaining vector halftones but still have a lot of trouble implementing them well.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Pierce


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I'm at my wit's end so I thought I'd throw my question out there!
I recently bought a new laser printer, a monochrome Samsung xpress M2835DW. Set it up all proper and everything.

I wanted to use it to print b&w images from Photoshop but I haven't managed to get one single print right so far. The lines all appear pixellated/jagged/horrible, as if I were trying to print some low resolution file that I enlarged too much.

Tried to take pictures:

The pics tend to make the effect more subdued but in real life it's horrid.

I'm trying to print images and texts that I drew at 400dpi. My printer is supposed to have two settings: normal resolution (600dpi) and high (1200). I haven't had any success with any of the settings.

Any clue where the problem comes from? You'd be life savers ! :(


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im new here so sorry if i do any mistakes in explaining. I've been doing graphic design works but explicitly for online and digital usage, never print. Now, im about to enter into the printing area of it all and i have a question;

Im supposed to print on a 3x2.3m surface (300x230 cm) just a logo on a specific height and width and i will attach a photo to clarify my question.

Now, am i on the right path or not?


texts: Get rid of transparency box outside of Artboards?

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I just started using artboards in Photoshop, and noticed that a transparency box generates around and between the artboards as I create and move them.

I want this background to disappear so I only see the black background behind the artboards. I scanned through preferences and various option Windows trying to find the answer, but couldn't.

So how can I make this background transparency box go away?


texts: How to stabilize series of jpgs for animated gif?

texts: There is this series of jpegs that I want to turn into an animated gif.  That's easy enough, but the subject jumps around as the people in the image shift.  How can I stabilize the subjects?  I know there is a thing called image stabilization for video, but can you do it for still images?  How can I chieve this?


texts:
How should I change color of icon to a specific color code?
E.g: In the picture I want to change the pink color of checkbox to green
R:109
G:159
B:24


texts: Photoshop pencil tool missing edge pixels

texts: In photoshop, if i click in 1 place to draw a dot, then hold shift and click anywhere else to draw a straight line, a line is drawn but with missing pixels along the edge. This is extremely annoying as i have to go back and manually fix it. Is there any way to fix this?


texts: Is there an automatic way to replace tab and images, instead of Find and Replace in Adobe Indesign?

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I am writing a textbook with Adobe InDesign that has optional sections. These sections have a tab then a flag at the right end of the tabs. I am wondering if in the TOC, how should I treat the TOC prior to refain myself to Find (the tab and image) and Replace (to styled text) at each updates of TOC?

This is the example after treatment.


texts: Icons (or term) to show breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack(each)?

texts: I have a page where the user selects breakfast, lunch, snack or dinner. I have the words below each button. I cannot seem to figure out what icon I can use to differentiate each. So that the user says "Oh there's breakfast."  I had a fork and knife icon for dinner. I used a leaf for a snack. Then I became absolutely stumped.


texts: In Inkscape, how can I rotate a 2D object on the Z axis so that it appears 3D?

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I have an image of a road that I have drawn as if I were a drone, looking down on it from above.

I would like to now add perspective to it, which would be easy if I were able to take the containing box, treat it like a plane, and slowly rotate it back into the Z axis...flattening the image such that the farther edge is smaller (receding) than the nearest one.

Is there an easy way to do this?  I envisioned something that would just stretch it at the bottom edge and pinch it at the top, so that the containing square became a quadrilateral with the top edge smaller...is that doable?

Thank you for any and all help.


texts: Is there an easy way to make many notes, line graphs, and directions, to PSD's in PhotoShop?

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I'm doing a mockup design of a webpage I'm building. Upon completion, it will serve as the front page of my hopefully successful website. I'm using Adobe Photoshop and I have the Creative Cloud secondary package. So maybe I'm not aware, but there might be a program by Adobe that serves as a development tool, rather than a visual design tool (As Photoshop is such).

When the front page is complete. It will come equipped with a login, and once logged in, most of the data will change. And some of the design. So instead of simply using Photoshop to design, and Microsoft Word to take notes on how it's going to function....

Is there a way to add notes, draw arrows, make diagrams, and edit as if it was a paused screen of a football game (Where the announcer draws circles and explains the play)? If there is, is it possible through Photoshop or will I need to open Adobe Edge or something? I'm not sure if it's another program altogether or not.


texts: How to curve rectangle outwards in illustrator?

texts: Is there a way to curve a rectangle outwards (give arc shape effect, see attached image)? Or do I have do it manually using the pen tool by adding anchors to the rectangle line? I have also tried to do it with arc Up and arc down horizontal (make with warp) tool. But its a complex process. Is there any simpler and better way to do it?


texts: How to navigate to given coordinates in paint.net?

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I'm using the Rectangle Select tool - I'm selecting an area of 300px x 300px, starting from 0,0 coordinates. I'd like to quickly jump to coordinates 300,0.

Is there any shortcut which I can use to achieve that? I had a look at the docs (without success).


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This is actually the very first logo I've designed (for my imaginary company).

I'd like to bring the optical illusion (look closely, it looks like a cube) up a bit, without any radical 3d bevels or shadows.

Google's Material Design guidelines are close to what I'm trying to accomplish.

What would you suggest?


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How to replace flag (U.S flag in the picture below) with other flag (for example, United Kingdom) on astronaut using Photoshop CS6?

Displacement mapping gave weird results, and blending did not work out nicely at all.

So, can anyone point at some direction, how to do that?

Thanks


texts: Inkscape : Exporting SVG to different icon sizes

texts: What if we start working an icon with 32x32 template and need more icon sizes from the base art. Like, I made a camera icon using 32x32 template and is in need of 48x48, 64x64 etc variants in SVG format. Can we do this resize from the base art window ? If yes, please tell me how.


texts: Krita mysterious lines not on any layers

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I was drawing in Krita and noticed a bunch of random lines near the top of the page, I tried to remove them however they don't seem to on any of the layers. As you can see on the image below all layers are invisible and yet the lines are still there.

How can I remove these lines?
Edit: The .kra file as requested, I removed the layers but the lines are still there.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gqcdd5q6sqbx6py/Krita%20Bugged.kra?dl=0
Edit 2: lines are still there on a copy I downloaded from dropbox.


texts: Can not perform the difference operation in the inkscape

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I can not perform the difference operation in the inkscape.
I created a few clouds using pencil tool with smoothness. Now I want to cut the cloud form outlines out from a rectangle. So, I draw a rect, change it to path, move it behind clouds, choose clouds and then choose the drawn rectangle and try to do Path->Difference. And I expect the outlines of the clouds to be cut out of the rect, but that does not happen. What am I doing wrong?

Here are some screenshots of the problem:


texts: How to create animated GIFs of prototype mockups, like the ones on Dribbble?

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I'm sure you've seen Dribbblers upload animated mockups of their designs.

Here's an example:

I can create mockups on Photoshop and even apply simple Tween Animations to them but I can never get my GIFs to look like the example here.

What are Dribbblers using to create these animations?

Notice that the animations also include touch points and perfect motion. I would like to convert my Photoshop mockups to do the same.

How can I create an animated example of my mockups, similar to the ones created by Dribbblers?


texts: Introduce Void Between Shapes / Dissolve Edges

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Given this image of a jigsaw with 4 pieces, is there a technique to alter the shapes so they shrink away from each other but retain their interlocking nature?

I would describe it as dissolving or receding the edges, or adding a tolerance between the pieces.

Bumping up the stroke width gives me the visual result of creating a void between the pieces, but I'm looking to actually alter the underlying shapes.  Ideally looking for a technique that will scale with more pieces.

EDIT: Just in case the SVG is not well visible in your browser, here's a screenshot of the image. The fill colors are selected randomly:


texts: 3DS Max Spline snapping to straight line

texts:
When modifying a curve being close to a straight line 3DS max 'snaps' the curve into a straight line:

The question is how to resolve this so the on screen output is as expected, i.e. a smooth spline.


texts: How to you make such a seamless patterns in adobe Illustrator?

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I came across some designs of a seamless patterns which look great, i wonder how to create such vector designs in illustrator? They are seamless and when i make something similar with a pattern tool in AI, the pattern i get is a single element which then applies as a swatch. After applying the pattern tool all the copies dissaper.

what i need is a similar design that fills the whole artboard, not only as a swatch. I mean, how to creat such a seamless artwork that will fit exactly the artboard, what will your technique be?


texts: I have been using the 3d features in Photoshop CS6 Extended and I love all of the materials that are included and that you can download from Adobe's website. However, I have been trying to find some additional materials and I'm wondering if anyone has created some, or if someone out there knows where I could find some. I have searched online for them but so far no cigar. Thanks


texts: Illustrator replace one path segment with another

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Here I have 2 paths (second one highlighted in blue for emphasis:

(that is, one path whose ends are in the same place as 2 points in the second path)

I want to get rid of the diagonal pink part below the blue part and replace it with the blue part so that the blue part is part of the whole pink path. I'm using Illustrator CC 2018.


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In InDesign, how would I get a word to move up to the line above as I have a large
space open in that line?

Thanks, Suzanne


texts: Different thresholds for different parts of an image in image trace

texts: I used image trace, parts of the image are much more intense than others, I was wondering if I could have different thresholds for different parts of the image?


texts: A 30 year old Engineer's plan on becoming a Graphic Designer

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I was never good nor interested in math and programming, and I have poor logic-mathematical skills. Ironically I graduated as an "Information Systems Engineer" mainly for the fame and money. I switched several jobs and even tried doing an advanced degree but found them all boring, dull, uninspiring, and I was not very good at it.

On the other hand, I do consider myself having strong spatial and visual skills, which made my thinking about becoming a Graphic Designer. Unfortunately, I can't leave my job and go to a design school for I need income to sustain myself (no family to support me) and that my portfolio is empty for I have almost no skills, yet.

I assume the best thing will be to start learning on my own and create a portfolio, maybe even to take a less demanding job to have more time, and if I see good progress, than to consider becoming a poor student once again and enroll into a design school.

Have I devised a good plan? Any improvements you can suggest which will make my progress better and save me time?


texts: Fill frame proportionally many frames at once

texts:
So I have a layout of circle images like this:

Now suppose by Data Merge, I am able to generate the template with different pictures. The problem is, the pictures appear as above, so I want to be able to Fill Frame Proportionally all these images, for as you see, the generated layout composes of 300+ pictures, thus doing it manually is a hassle.

Is there such a thing like in Illustrator where you select similar objects, then do one action for all of them? So I could select all the circle frames with placed photos, and apply. Fill Frame Proportionally


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In my WPF application often used small size text (12-13 px). As a result I see a bad display of it (imho, for me). ClearType used (but does not help).

Example (from above is a desired result):

How you thinks, what must be helpful for me?


texts: How would you create these types of abstract data visualization / mathematical forms graphics?

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See attached for images of the graphics I'm looking to emulate.
I have 3 questions:

What software would you need to make graphics in these styles? Could they be done in illustrator? Or would you need to use something like Blender / Cinema4D?

For the graphics in the grey background (image 2, 3), there's a very subtle grid-like pattern on the visualizations - how would you achieve that? How would you achieve the grid for the graphics with the black background (image 1)?

What would this style of illustration be called?


texts: Create cloud textured effect in Illustrator

texts: I want to create an effect/color like this image of the cloud in the Parse.com logo. It is not quite white, and seems to have a texture. I am new to illustrator, but have a white "cloud" made thanks to some other tutorials. How do I proceed?


texts: Rastering Vector Art: Photoshop vs Illustrator?

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I have been working in illustrator CS5 making vector art. My main focus has been different iPhone game graphics (I make them in illustrator instead of photoshop so I can scale them for all the different devices and tablets) and have been so focused on making the art and learning (at least trying to) lots of different techniques that I overlooked the saving and exporting aspects. So I was hoping if someone would be able to help explain the best practice for rasterizing vector art.

I'm aware of file > save for web and devices and because I'm doing mainly iPhone graphics, I will be saving in PNG24. Is that all there is to it, or are there any tricks or techniques to make the art better or clearer? Because I'm rasterizing vector art, is there anything I need to keep in mind or do when I am actually making the art?

For example, I'm not sure if it would be better to take the vector art into Photoshop as a smart object, and then save it from Photoshop as it is a pixel based programme, maybe it has more options. Is that the case?


texts: What font is this, it has a squarish kind of look and gentle curves to not make it look sci-fi yet suitable for corporate use. I know the 'X' character is customized but I am looking for the rest, the 'G' is a little customized as well. I tried to find with WhatTheFont and the font was Allumi Std which was quite far off, it doesn't have the curves at those right places.


texts: Are Macs preferable to PCs for handling graphics software?

texts: Excuse me for being totally uninformed, but it usually seems like creative types of people i.e. graphics designers prefer Macs over PCs for accomplishing their tasks. I was wondering, why is this? Is it because the software is designed specifically for Macs only?


texts: How do I make an image grid with logos? Photoshop, Illustrator or Indesign

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I'm looking for a way to make automated image grids to be filled with logos.
Like this one:

I work on a firm which every month makes an event and invites hundreds of companies to participate. There are also participants that receive an image (like the one on the top) with all the logos. Is there any way to make this process quicker instead of placing logos one by one?

Thanks in advance. Hope anybody can share a solution with me.


texts: How to use font variants within Inkscape

texts:
I'm trying to use Inkscape to design a logo, the issue is that I can't use any variants of one of my fonts, Quicksand Light:

I know I have the font and its variants installed because GIMP notices and can use them just fine:

How can I get Inkscape to notice and use the variants of fonts?


texts: Converting a Portrait Profile Image to Square

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I've been given the task recently to convert a portrait image of my boss with the size 489w x 835h to a good profile image to be used for his LinkedIn profile (200px x 200px).

I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to make a picture standout after the image size is modified?

The image that was originally provided did not have a white background but I have requested an image to be provided that was taken further to allow more room in the picture if needed.


texts: Efficient printing of custom trading card design?

texts:
My son and I are designing a custom card game and I've got dozens of 63mm x 88mm "trading card"-size designs. Eventually, I'll want to professionally print them but for now am just temporarily printing them on my laserjet.

Is there an efficient way for me to print several per page? Right now, I just have one artboard with different layers but I can change this if needed. One standard sheet of paper could fit six of these cards, I'd just like to be more efficient.


texts: Print resolution standards - has anything changed?

texts:
I have recently been asked a few times by printers to supply higher than standard quality files without a good explanation to why (aside from saying that the file size seems too small - but we all know file size is not always a good indicator of quality).

Here are the standards I go by:

Photography on photoprinter - 600ppi

Print for digital or offset printing - 300ppi

Large Format Print (close up viewing) - 100-150ppi

Large Format Print (6 feet+ viewing) - 80ppi

Billboard - 30ppi

Photography files I leave in RGB, all other print files for digital or offset printing I work in CMYK.

Are these still the standards? Has anything changed?

My understanding is that output dpi of the printer is the maximum quality possible, so a 600ppi file will not produce a better print than a 300ppi file if the output is 240dpi?


texts: Mysterious circle and a number appearing on my image automatically. How do I remove it?

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I have a circle and a number (which is "1" ) appearing on one of my images automatically. If I go "view" and uncheck "extras", they disappeared but I cannot see also guidelines which I want to show.

I think I hit some keys which I was retouching that image but I don't know what is it and how to remove it.


texts: InDesign / PDF Export for 2 colour print

texts:
I am working on a document and the client would like an exported PDF with the following settings “2/2 coloured black + plus 1 additional colour”. It is a CYMK document and currently exports as 4/4 colour euro scale. I am not 100% sure what the commercial printer will be looking for in the document settings but at the moment the ink management settings still show 4 colours in use. I have some RGB images in the document. Could this be an issue?
Things I’ve tried:

I’ve changed the ‘appearance of black’ to print blacks accurately.  However in Acrobat the blacks look grey. (I used the default black in InDesign (0,0,0,k 100))
There are only 2 swatches in use in the document (black and this 1 other colour).
When exporting to PDF I am selecting the output as ‘preserve numbers’
setting the additional colour as a spot colour.

Am I on the right lines? What am I missing? How can I check the document only has 2 colours in it once exported?
Help much appreciated.


texts: How does Inkscape make a node segment smaller symmetrically?

texts:
In this YouTube video at this point in time the designer makes the node segment smaller symmetrically so that it stays centered by using the keyboard, but it does not show the shortcuts.

How is this done?


texts: Fix or darken overly bright region on photo

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I have come across this issue a few times and I finally decided to ask my question here to see if the community could help me.
So, I am trying to make the contrast in this photo look right. I have played around with the levels tool and ended up already with some good results, but no matter what I do, that very bright spot (indicated by the red circle), doesn't fit the photo harmonically. What would be the most recommended technique to fix this? Is there a common work around for this type of situation? Thanks you in advance for reading and please let me know if I can provide any more information.


texts: I have seen a lot this type of fonts (the ones in the bar). It is a relief effect or the font is just like that?


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I have a friend who is a jewelry designer that works for a small jewelry shop and she mentioned to me that her boss is looking for someone to edit some images of the staff, not sure how many exactly, may be about 10?

Basically He want's their images edited to look "sketchy". I think he only wants the images edited and sent back as he will use them for a magazine.

Going on the basis that there are about 10 images to edit of the staff, how much should I charge for such a task?

I've been through University and now work as a full time graphic designer (just over one year) doing in house work so I've never really done freelance work and have no idea what to charge.

I don't want want to mention a price that's too high and I lose out on the work but at the same time I don't want to be under paid for my work.

I know there won't be a set in stone answer for this but a rough price range so I don't get ripped off.

(in pounds sterling)


texts: Pantone-like color matching for latex 6-color printing?

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For print design with 4-color process, I've used the coated version of the Pantone Color Bridge to select colors.

I'd like to select similar, perhaps wider-gamut equivalent colors to be printed on latex with a 6-color CcMmYK/CMYKLcLm process. Is a latex inkjet printer going to produce colors more like the spot or process colors in my Pantone guide? Is 6-color going to increase the gamut or just reduce the halftone pattern?

Is there a better workflow or guide offered by Pantone or another company for seeing swatches of output colors as produced by a latex printer?


texts: How do I export multiple SVGs from Illustrator?

texts: How do I export SVG images from multiple artboards in a batch process using Adobe Illustrator CC


texts: Getting GIMP to recognize content outside old borders

texts: I've been trying to create an image showing mitoxantrone (a chemo drug) intercalating DNA, as part of this I've had to combine two structures -- a DNA strand with the molecule found therein and the molecule up-close and in detail at the side of it. The DNA strand had to be rotated using Paint.NET (as GIMP had similar problems to what it does now, as it hides anything outside the original canvas when rotating) as the software I used to create it made it difficult to create the image portrait. Then I expanded the canvas so as to allow me to add this additional image (of the molecule up-close) into it by copy-pasting but for some reason any image outside the original canvas (of the DNA strand) is hidden. How do I overcome this problem? Here is a screenshot showing what I mean.


texts: Is raster or vector better to create photographic infographics?

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Between vector and raster editors, which should I learn to use to create infographics based on photos?

The photos all bear a black background, allowing me to lay information in the space without the animal.

Sample:

Context:

I'm a nature/macro photographer, often I feel sharing a good photo is just like bragging- "hey look at what I did." But I would like for my photos to be of some more use to viewers and the animals they picture.

I am interested in adding information about the pictured animal and forming posters instead of just images.

The info could be:

Conservation status
Morphology
Distribution
Biology etc.


texts: How to copy Vietnamese text from a PDF and paste it into an InDesign document, keeping the special characters?

texts:
I'm trying to copy text from a Vietnamese language PDF into inDesign and many characters are incorrectly copied.

For example, this is the correct text:

PHỞ ÐẶC BIỆT

This is what it's pasted as:

PHª ñ¥C BIOET

What's the most effective and reliable method for copying and placing this text into InDesign?

I realize that I may not be able to do this completely automatically. Anything that would speed up the process of copying large amounts of text with special characters would help.


texts: What paper should a design print shop have on hand?

texts: I am building a co-working space for the design industry. I want it to have excellent printing facilities. Right now I'm working on sourcing papers. What paper types and weights would be a good starting point and why?


texts:
I have an image which has a layer mask so that the image fades to transparent. However when I try to export the image (Save for Web) as a PNG the layer mask is lost. What am I doing wrong? Can this be done?

Cheers


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For some reason Sketch removed text resizing some time ago, but I'd say I need the feature quite often. Currently you can change text size only via size window/shortcuts which is kinda inconvenient for me.

Is there a hack to transform text layers size via dragging like in Photoshop?


texts: Ai 6 created DXF as splines, but I need arcs and lines

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My design is a loose irregular circle with an internal design made up of round holes - numbering hundreds. I exported the Ai file (1MB) as outlines to .dxf, ending up with a 3MB file.  The intention is to laser cut it from steel. However the fabricator says it has come out as a 140MB file consisting of polylines and splines but he needs lines and arcs.  I can only open the dxf in Illustrator so I can't see what's happened.  First time I've had this result.
Any suggestions from the experts out there?


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I see that Adobe's color wheel https://color.adobe.com/create doesn't match neither RGB neither RYB color models. Ex: If I choose RGB = 255,0,0 I get a shade of Green as a complementary color.  But I I choose RGB = 0,255,0 I get a Magenta instead of Red?

What is the contemporary color model taught in Art schools and the one that, say photographers use (thinking of Fashion photography for example)? RGB or RYB?

Is there an online tool that matches either of these models and is widely used?


texts: The right Photoshop tool to remove the remaining corner/edge of a mostly concealed object

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Apologies for not attaching the photo in question, don't wish it to be published in open.

Imagine a person in gray clothes sitting on a dark chair against a relatively light background. A piece of the chair is showing from above one shoulder. What would be the most efficient way to remove that piece from the photo using Photoshop?

In the past I used the Clone Stamp Tool to manually patch that odd part with the color of the surroundings. It worked fine but was manual labor. I wonder if there is an automatic intelligent algorithm in Photoshop to do just that? Those objects in the photo are more or less evenly colored, with sufficient contrast between them, that should hopefully make the job easier.

The idea of the photo layout is below in a sample drawing:


texts: What are some good tools to create 3D icons?

texts:
I really like icons like those created by SoftFacade.com:

I read the interview from one of their founders, where he mentions that they use "3d tools" without going into specifics.

Now I am looking for the 3D tools to do such icons. Has anyone an idea of the tools they might be using, or a recommendation to do this kind of job?


texts: What file format for browser-friendly animation, e.g., on Dropbox homepage?

texts:
I noticed that the left half of Dropbox's homepage includes an animation (a fairly slow-paced one), with:

gradually-revealed complex drawing, such as a "handwriting" animation
cross-compatibility across a bunch of browsers that I tested
fast loading time

When I right-click and try to open it in a new tab, it opens a PNG and not a GIF, and only shows the still portion of the "animation".

What is used to create this type of animation? Javascript? CSS3? Canvas-based?


texts: Exporting Slices from Sketch results in some slices exporting original size rather than export size

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I have a sketch file with many export sizes.

The original canvas is 1024x1024 and it's a slice.  For some reason, certain versions (like 152w) export correctly with 152x152 pixels.  But others export with original size.

What would cause Sketch to export this canvas incorrectly for certain sizes?


texts: How do you publish interactive adobe animate .swf, or mac/pc projector onto a website?

texts: I have a whole library of interactive (chemistry) learning animations with voice annotation that I had hoped to publish in a dedicated website before the flash player got End of Life and changed everything. No problem, I thought, I'll just export these as projectors (mac and pc) and that would work around the issue. But when I tried it, while the projectors will run (sometimes) if I open it with my mac (the .swf certainly plays well), external users see the projectors as folders, .exe files don't open, and macs can't even see the app. Sometimes uploading the files become zipped. Frustrating. What am I missing?


texts: What is the best way to add gradient to many complex shapes?

texts: I'm trying to replicate a color sales exhibit that we use for a specific client, the software that was previously used is no longer supported by AutoCAD, and we are trying to find a solution. I've been trying to use Illustrator/Photoshop to get the desired results, but I'm having trouble finding an efficient way to get the results that are desired by the client. The previous program was able to use a paint bucket style fill with a preset gradient that would automatically generate to the shape of the lots. Obviously, Illustrator and Photoshop's gradient tool does not work like this. I've been able to use the pen tool to get a similar result, but I've found that it isn't very efficient and can be quite sensitive when you are clicking along the lines/curves to trace the lots. This has led to me spending about a minute or two at least, to get the desired look of the lot. Now, when I have anywhere up to 500 some odd lots in a subdivision to color and get the look right, this time really adds up. So, I was wondering if there was a more timely solution or an alternative way of getting the correct look. Thanks!


texts: Is there a way to do a find/replace on artboard names?

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I've got a file with over 300 artboards.  Each artboard has a unique name e.g. "symbol.hot.surface".  I need to replace all the periods "." with an underline "_"

I'm pretty sure this can be done with a script, but that's beyond me.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.


texts: How do I create a transparent image that is the diff of two images in gimp?

texts: I have two images that are very similar, let's say image A is the base image and image B is the image that slightly differs. I need to extract all the parts of image B that differs from the base image A and turn them into a third image that has transparency in all the areas that were the same in both images. The differing pixels will come from image B. Basically, just cutting out image B to create an overlay that will later fit on top of image A. I am using GIMP.


texts: I sent someone an .ai file, but they can't edit it. What do I do?

texts: I sent someone an .ai file for them to edit. She said that when she scrolls over something with her mouse, each item is specifically highlighted, but when she clicks on it to edit it, everything is selected. The answer is probably very easy. Can anyone help me?


texts: Logo looks weird on mobile but not desktop

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I created this logo in Illustrator (I am not a graphic designer, so be nice =]) and have used the "Save for Web" feature.  I saved the file below as a PNG (24 for true color) and selected optimize for text (optimize for graphics made some of the image a little fuzzy and not as crisp).  It looks great and as expected when I open it on my computer and when you look at it in a browser on desktop, but on mobile it looks all kinds of weird..

As expected:

Not so good:

There is a faint red outline around the stars and some of the overlapping text (most notably the C and bottom of the S).  Also, the edges look a bit jagged.  Is there anything I am or could possibly be going wrong?  I would like to stay with PNG to maintain a transparent background.

EDIT

So.. I ended up choosing export (not save for web) and using 300dpi.. The jagged edges are gone and it looks like the red is gone as well.  I am not sure if 300dpi solved it or using export solved it..


texts: How to create slices for each selected area of a layer separated by transparency or solid color?

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In this example there are 4 shapes drawn on an empty layer, over a solid white background layer. Using the Magic Wand selection tool, I clicked on the empty space on the layer with shapes and then via right-click context menu inverted the selection. Now the selection entirely envelops all 4 shapes, anything unselected is transparent pixels:

From here, I'd like to create a user-defined slice around each separate selection "island", so that each shape is in its own slice, like so (example created manually with help of rulers):

Is there a menu option or a script to do this? Specifically, I want to avoid manually creating layers for each separate shape in cases where there may be tens or hundreds of separate shapes in an image. Basically, I'd like to automate slicing of what can fit under the definition of a "sprite sheet".


texts: Icon for reordering a horizontal nav on an iOS app?

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So, I know that the icon with the three lines is the most common method of letting the user know that a vertical list is able to be moved around. Example here:

I'm wondering how the same kind of concept can be applied to a horizontal list. I have a simple list that looks like this:

But I'm having a hard time figuring out how to let the user know that each item can be held down (until they wiggle) and reordered.

Has this been done before in an app and if so, what is an intuitive way to let the user know that the nav items can be rearranged?


texts: How can I efficiently recreate a similar triangle mosaic design in Photoshop?

texts: I've considered doing it triangle by triangle but that seems a tad inefficient. Would there be another way I could make this more efficient?


texts: What are the KPIs for a successful UI/UX design?

texts: How do you measure that your design improvements did in fact improve session duration/views?


texts: gimp changed my image color after using color to alpha

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I used color to alpha many times before with other images and it was perfect but when i try with this image it's give me a weird result that I don't know from where is the problem ?

the original image with blue back ground

and after i use color to alpha to change blue background to alpha it's become like that

the explosion color changed to yellow

and when i try to doing the same with green back ground i get the same problem

and after color to alpha


texts: CMYK JPEGs extracted from PDF appear inverted

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I am having to deal with CMYK JPEGs extracted from a PDF source. The PDFs were created with Photoshop.

The problem is that Photoshop stores JPEG CMYK data in PDF/EPS using "normal" values, whereas in standalone JPEGs it stores inverted values. So, when the DCTDecode streams are extracted bytewise and written to disk, the resulting JPEG files appear inverted.

(The actual extraction is done by an in-house utility, which simply extracts the bytes from the DCTDecode stream and writes them, unmodified, to a file ending in .jpg It's basically a binary copy-and-paste. The PDFs are available to re-process, should that be required.)

As the images must remain in their JFIF format, is there any way to place a marker into the extracted .jpg file to make Photoshop open it with the proper encoding? The process must be lossless (not involve further entropy encoding).

The JPEGs already contain the APP14 marker, and removing it has no effect.

Below is a quote from the libjpeg docs:

  "... it appears that Adobe Photoshop writes inverted data in CMYK JPEG files: 0 represents 100% ink coverage, rather than 0% ink as you'd expect. ... Photoshop 3.0 [and newer]... write uninverted YCCK in EPS/JPEG files... (But the data polarity used in bare JPEG files will not change...)"


texts: Formula for grid that supports 2:1 and 1:1 units?

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I'm trying to create a grid that supports 2:1 and 1:1 units. I cannot figure out if this can be done or is even mathematically possible without compromising the 1:1 or 2:1 unit.

The grid will be 1024px wide.
Using the 1:1 unit as a base for columns, ideally there are six columns.
The height should support at least two or three rows of units.
The gutters should be 4px, maximum of 6px, minimum of 2px.
Ideally no margins, but there can be very small margins the same width as the gutter at most.

I'd like this to be pixel perfect, by this I mean the solution does not involve half-pixels or breaking the 1:1 or 2:1 units.

This might not be possible, unfortunately my maths isn't strong enough to be sure!


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Good Afternoon!

My problem is a bit complex, so this I'm going to break it into some topics:

My project: The project consists in a static background overlayed by some imagery elements and a gif (the blue/purple circle is a gif).

The problem: However, I'm having problems editing the overlaying images (the girl's render, for example). Whenever I try to edit any element aside from the gif - adding a shadow to the render on f(x) for instance, which is my current issue - only one frame is modified, and the other frames remain the same.

What I've tried so far: The obvious solution I thought of was selecting all the frames at once, holding shift. However, that only solved my problem partially. (when I tried to paste new elements to the composition and move them around).

The other solution I came up with, based on my previous experience, was to copy the whole static elements and paste them into a new project, editing what I wanted to edit onto the new tab and pasting the whole thing into the gif project again.
Everything worked fine up until now. Then I decided to add some shadow to the render image. Things went downhill again.

With shift pressed, I selected all frames and clicked on the render to add a shadow. However, the only frame that was modified was the one that was visible. I then decided to add shaddow to the single image manually. Started from frame 2 to 15. When I clicked on frame 1, everything reseted. After I added the shadow to frame 1, I clicked on frame 2 anda the f(x) shadow was gone! Same thing to the remaining 13 frames!

I copied all the background and pasted on a new layer without the shadow thing and added the shadow there. Pasted back and, surprise: same issue. Only the the visible frame had the shadow (even though I had selected everything at once).

Combining all the gif layers into a smart object didn't work either...

The strange fact is that the render's white outline (check the screenshot), which is also a f(x) feature, worked just fine! (with the copy-and-paste-into-a new-project solution)

Am I missing something or is my photoshop bugging?

Thanks in advance


texts: Why is lowercase "L" usually higher than capital "I"?

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I've often wondered this, but I haven't really sought an answer to it until now. Obviously, fonts do need to distinguish small "L" and capital "I" in some way and it does make sense to use letter height as a way to do so, but is there a reason why a lowercase "L" is chosen to be higher/longer than an uppercase "I"?

It just seems more logical to me that the capital letter be slightly higher.

I don't know that this is the case for all or most sans-serif or even serif (I noticed Times New Roman does the same thing), but for Calibri it definitely is. Interestingly, Arial seems to use the same height for "I" and "l".


texts: Create a dedicated (small caps) TrueType font from and existing OpenType font

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As Powerpoint 2016 does not allow for using dedicated (prettier) OpenType small caps—but instead creates its own poorly spaced alternative—I'd like to create a dedicated (TrueType) small caps version of an existing OpenType font that already has small caps.

Is this possible, and what tooling would I need for doing so?


texts: What is this kind of pattern called and how is it created?

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I've seen quite alot of these the best way to make a pattern like this I found was to make a blurry image with a buch of colors (similarly to this image blurred @50px or so) get that into illustrator, have your pattern in a live paint group in illustrator and then just toggle between the eyedropper and the live paint bucket clicking on every cell with the image being in the background of the pattern that has transparent cells untill filled.

Are there any better ways to do this?


texts: How to improve image detail quality for mobile apps? (too blurry)

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What is the best file type to use in mobile apps?

I am developing an iphone app and I am using images with the same frame as the views with 72 dpis in a format file .png but when the detail is more complex (rounded corners or little dots in a circle) the images get very blurry.

Can anyone advise me?


texts: Image retain proportions as it scales down using XD responsive resize

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I'm having this recurring issue with XD where i want to resize a group of elements where one element is an image, without changing the proportions of the image which needs to remain 16:9. In this particular example i want an icon to stay in the lower right hand corner of the image, with 16px spacing against the edges of the image. The image itself sits inside a rectangular background element:

And ideally what i would like to happen is that when i resize it, the image retains its proportions and scales down, but the icon retains its size and it's spacing

But what happens is that the image does not keep its proportions as it resizes. I've tried 2 approaches both of which fail:
1. Use image inside a containing shape: i make a 16:9 rectangle, then i drag the image from my finder window into that rectangle. Essentially making it a background image to that rectangle.
What happens here is that although the icon retains its relative position and shape the image loses its proportions and gets cropped.

2. Use image itself: I just drag the image in to the artboard, and i group that image with the other elements. And what happens here is that the image does retain it's proportions, but the icons floats around as i change the shape according to the position of my cursor.

Is there an option i have missed here? I have tried a bunch of different manual responsive resize options, but all of the obvious options haven't worked. obviously I need set the icon to fix width and height and then fixed to right and bottom

But what kind of responsive resize settings do i use for the image that ensures the image retains its proportions whilst scaling down and also keeps the icon in the lower right hand corner? Is this even possible in XD? Have i missed something obvious?


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My question is extremely weird, so please don't down vote before read it all.

I'm a programmer enthusiastic and a graphic/web designer. 6 months ago, I came across an extremely annoying huge wall in my job: I make simple corrections to mistakes that seem to be a waste of my work experience (even if inDesign applies that curved red line - that silly red line that also shows if is there a word that is needed there):

I can simple make a book in 4hours with money formula: 3hours +/- to design it and 1 hour to read it all searching for language mistakes --> the problem is just 1 hour is not enough to read it all, I deeply fear that all of text that I've simple read has a tinny mistake, and let's do it again --> the time passes and I start to think in all of my other works that are delaying a lot.

Should I be expected as a graphic designer to proof read an entire book?

I dunno if this site can be used for a discussion purposes (truly sorry if not), but I need to know what is your experiences and what do you all do in this situation?


texts: Slice/Cut/Divide an artwork and paste them in different artboards (Illustrator)

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I have an vector Logo file. I need to increase its size to 10m x 10m. Printer can only take upto  1.3m x 2.5m , so he asked me to slice/cut/divide/tile(I dunno the exact word for it) the entire file into small boxes of 1m x 2m. Therefore total 50 files. He will print all those 50 files and paste it together to make the logo.
Can anyone please tell me how to slice/cut/divide/tile the entire artwork into small box and paste them in different,here 50, artboards?
Thank you


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I'm trying to use a single character from the font Killigrew as a symbol in .svg or .jpg format on my website.

However, the .ttf file is formatted incorrectly, so any image program I try to insert into as text the character is incorrectly cropped.

Is there a way for me to either fix the whole Killigrew .ttf or open it and convert the character I need directly into .svg, .pdf, or other vector format?


texts: Which software is used by scientific journals to generate plots?

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I know from high-rank journals such as Nature that they redesign figures they get from authors. These plots look highly professional, but too complicated to be done with Adobe Illustrator et al.

Which tools are used by publishers to generate high quality figures?


texts: How do I keep the same opacity level to a vector shape using pen tool

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I have been using the pen tool for more than 8 years already, but when I started using CS6, I have lots of difficulties using the pen tool.

I use the pen tool for vector portraits and I need to use opacity 10 for every vector. But when I add another shape on top of it, it gets back to 100% opacity, so I have to change it to opacity 10 again. This has caused me to spend a lot of time on something else than trying to make my work quick and fast. Any ideas?


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I have the following icon as a raster image, and I need to extract the "i" to do something with it. I'm not able to identify the font (it isn't Times), so how might I go about "removing" the i from this so that I can manipulate it further? I tried Quick Select but it gets messy....

Is tracing it with the pen tool going to be my best bet?


texts: Is it a bad idea to change a single - major - element in isolation?

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Our team just had a rather strong argument over an issue. The issue:

Some team members want to "update" one of our websites by changing the colors of the left navigation bar, and maybe also the colors of links. They feel this will indicate change and freshness.

In response some of us said no, let's not do this. We should not consider changing an element in isolation. The color of the menu and the links should work with the other site colors - it's possible to change something in isolation but it would be better to consider broader changes - I described this as taking a more holistic approach to site design.

Is the response fair? Can you select a single element of your site - like the navigation - and change its look and feel, or should you always consider the broader site design? Are we - I was on the side of the no-change - being pedantic/overly cautious?

Note: We DO NOT have a graphic designer on the team.


texts: How can I make this effect like that in Illustrator?

texts: i saw this effect and would like to know how to do it in illustrator


texts: Header container alignment with the body container

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I always have this dilemma of choosing whether to align the navigation/header container with the content/body container.

here are two example images that shows what I am talking about. I outlined the alignment with green borders just to emphasize it.
This first image shows a header that is aligned to the width of the content.

ALIGNED HEADER WITH CONTENT

This second image however shows the header is unaligned to the content.

UNALIGNED HEADER WITH CONTENT

Every single time I am developing a website, I always find myself stuck in a rut when it comes to deciding which of the two alignments should I choose.

Of course it all comes down to "Which one fits the user experience the best". But in the case of a current website that I am developing, both of them are great, and this might not be a big of a deal, but I want to know and hear about your opinions whether to align it or not.

Maybe there is a psychological explanation about each design but that is beyond me.

For the sake of argument, I will explain my point of view with both of these designs.

Aligned header
To my experience and "taste", this aligned header seems to subconsciously provide uniformity. No matter what the website is about, as a web designer/graphic designer, whenever I see a site that has aligned header and body content, it tells me that this website if "formal". If so, then I (or people like myself) who are keen on observing those details, would subconsiously expect that the contents of the website are "formal". More like a business type of site.

UNALIGNED DESIGN
On the other hand, when I see an unaligned type of header design, it somehow makes me think about the freedom of designing without any boundaries. Not abiding by a constrained border. It somehow makes me feel free, as if there are no boundaries and that the contents of the website are not too "Formal".

Both of these designs can be integrated with any kind of company and most of the time, it just comes down to what most people like. But to put an end to this, I want to ask for your opinions as to which design should fit my needs better.

To make it easier for you to help me, here are the categories of the website I am developing.

Music Blog
posting articles, reviews, videos, chords, and almost anything related to music.
Social networking
I am also incorporating a social networking style of approach here where users can post their own articles, reviews, videos, chords, etc.

I intend for the homepage to show articles posted in the site, more like a typical blog. But you can also create an account and start posting.

This is where my dilemma comes into place. Which of the two alignment designs do you think fits best for my needs?

I am aware that I am overthinking things sometimes, but the web had tons of people like me who rarely shares these kinds of things, and a lot of times, these are the things that improve web/graphic design. It is how we improved the design of the web. Nevertheless, I want to hear your advice.


texts: How can I make this path bend in FontLab

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Currently learning FontLab Studio and I've encountered a problem with below situation:

Essentially I would like the path between the two cyan nodes to be a curve, but I can't add control points to them for some reason.

When I try adding a new node with the red circled add node tool they too are without bezier control points.

When I try just move the path between the cyan points, instead of creating the bezier control points the whole shape just moves (as illustrated in green).

Both cyan nodes are "Sharp" connection types.

Anybody got a clue why I can't make that path curved? Or how can I make it curved?


texts: Is it possible to change / edit the height of a component?

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I created a table with 3 feet long legs but I wanted to adjust the height to 2 feet.

The legs are modeled as 1 inch by 1 inch aluminum prisms as seen below.

I tried right clicking on the the component and selected edit but did not see a way to adjust the height.


texts: When saving as JPG or PNG in Illustrator, do I need to convert text to outlines?

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In Illustrator, when I create an artwork that includes text, I'm never sure if I need to convert the text to outlines before exporting as PNG or JPG.

Is this text automatically converted to curves when a PNG or JPG file is created? Or are the original text & font retained? Basically, I want to know if the text in the final image will look the same for everyone, regardless of fonts used in the original artwork if I don't convert to outlines.


texts: Can you identify this Art Nouveau font in a metal plate?

texts: I have seen this before but I cannot find it via Google Images, nor via other font identifiers. I know I used it before, back when my workstation was Windows. I have already traced the other object and I'm just lacking this type.


texts: Is there any way to load html page to photoshop and make css for it in photoshop ? Or is there any other graphical program to make css not just by writing code ?


texts: In Photoshop, how do you make object shrink or grow by just dragging a layer over?

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Take a look at this guy's video, at the part where he slides the sides of the table out and in to make the table longer and shorter. How do I create that effect in Photoshop?

Here is his video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKHokjoEkzY&feature=youtu.be


texts: Fireworks slices creates streaks in browser

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this is what it looks like when ran in browser

behind the scene in Adobe Fireworks


texts: Is it possible to create these in Photoshop?

texts: I came across these artworks by Jacksachs and I've been wanting to create something similar for a while. Is it possible to create these effects using Photoshop, or do I need to play around with Blender?


texts: Merge Point Text Objects Into One Text Area In Illustrator

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After importing from PDF I have several single line point text objects which I want to convert to one multiline text area object.

Currently I have several lines of text represented as separate point text objects:

I want to have one text area for the whole paragraph:

Also I would like to automate this somehow, since I have about 40 of these paragraph of texts in my graphic, so I don't need select and  merge all of them manually:

PS: I'm aware about copy and paste solution (selecting multiple text objects), but it doesn't work for me, because it's a lot of manual work.


texts: Struggling with Illustrator, I keep dragging my panels out and it's super irritating. How do I lock them in place?


texts: Need a font size with fraction in Inkscape

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I bought the book on Inkscape and searched this site. I set preferences in Inkscape to points for text-unit-type.

For running a decorative calligraphy-text in a loop once around a page (along a path) and make the ends fit nicely I would need exactly 11.35 point font size. But Inkscape only lets me select 11pt or 12pt, not a fraction (like Scribus allows). I tried "." and "," for the fraction-delimiter but neither works.

I have tweaked the "spacing between letters" option, but that makes our text very ugly, so I would love to adjust the font-size instead.

Is this possible? And what is the hack please?

I am working on Inkscape 64bit 0.91 r13725 under Windows 10 64bit.


texts: What should I do to resell a branded design to national partners of an organisation, that I created for a single local partner?

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I tried searching for some answers before posting this but since my situation is so unique my questions were never completely cleared up.

So about a year ago I was approached by a member of a fraternity to design an original t shirt graphic that would include their letters, colors, and symbols (such as a specific bird and battle axe). I created a design that incorporated all these things but digitally drew them in a way that looks completely different from their traditional logo.

Keep in mind there was never an official contract or agreement, it was a very under-the-table kind of deal. He just wanted to surprise his brothers with a dope new t-shirt design for the semester.

I ended up spending way more time on the design than I thought I would, creating something I am very proud of. The original transaction with this specific chapter got postponed due to financial issues but I'm now starting to see the potential my design has to become noticed and sold on a much larger scale. Since the fraternity is a national organization with dozens of chapters and thousands of members and alumni, I would much rather target the larger market than just one New York chapter. I've already been contacted from another member in Georgia who came across the design on the internet and wants to use it for his chapter.

Here's where I'm lost. I have no idea how to approach this issue.
Am I even allowed to create an original design that uses a copyrighted name and sell it to frat members?
Do I contact the national headquarters and ask them purchase the file for them to print and distribute apparel?
Can I simply reach out to individual chapters by myself and see if they are interested in buying the design?
Is any of this even legal?

I want the design to get as much exposure as possible but I also want do it the right way.

One source I read said that all I need to use a copy written name or symbol is permission from the organization itself? If so, does that mean the fraternity's national headquarters? The president of a certain chapter? Some random brother who asked me to do it? You can see where it gets confusing.

I greatly appreciate your time and advice
For specific names and details you can contact me directly at alexnyeart@gmail.com


texts: Tint a layer (or a group of objects) in illustrator

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In Illustrator I want to give a whole layer of objects a common tint. But I do not want to also color any transparent background. Also, I want to be able to continue drawing on the tinted layer with all subsequent objects become tinted as well.

In Photoshop, I'd just place a single color layer above the artwork layer, set it's blending mode to darken or multiply and opacity to some fitting value. I just cannot figure out how to do something equally trivial in illustrator.

Anybody has an idea?


texts: Where can i download banner/slider/header landscape background images?

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I've looked all over google  , and i can't find any images that would fit right.
I'm looking for something like this http://wrapbootstrap.com/preview/WB02634G3
or http://unslider.com/.
I really hope you know what i want. Is there a website i can download free banner/slider images? I want those landscape , blurred , HD photos of nature or city or people.

Thanks


texts: Making an Illustrator scatter brush that changes the size depending on stroke width?

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I'm trying to create a custom scatter (or art?) brush which creates a dotted line, but the size of the dots vary depending on the width of the stroke. Is this possible?

Basically, I'm trying to create the effect below. The first line is a simple line with a dot scatter brush applied; the second line was created by expanding the first line, then using the blend tool to blend circles of different sizes.

This is fine for one line or two, but I'm trying to apply this effect to a whole set of lines, so that if I change the stroke width (ie, add a stroke profile), the sizes of the dots will change too:

I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to do this another way!

Note in response to @GerardFalla's solution:
The options next to "size" in the Stroke dialog box are greyed out for me. (Possibly important: I don't use a tablet.)


texts: Making InDesign break all words but not hyphenate them

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I'm looking for a way to make InDesign break words regardless of good design practices and not hyphenate them.

For instance:

The quick brown fo
x jumps over the l
azy dog.

I would have done it manually, but this is text that will go over many pages. Also I'm not sure that I would necessarily use a monospaced font for this (which would have made this easier...)


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I have a brochure which I'm trying to print it has a few shades of purple and grey.

At one printing center, Digital Printing, the colors came out completely wrong as blues instead of purples and very dark gray. I tried a different center and the purple came out kinda pinkish but the gray comes out as yellow.

Originally the file was CMYK but I changed it to RGB later and saved it as PDF which was later used for printing.

Edit: I don't really know the type of the printer but maybe I'll try saving it as CMYK and print it again and see how it turns out


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I'm new to Inkscape and I'm currently creating a large grid figure for a scientific publication that contains several graphs (each one labelled by a letter).
I would like to create several identical grid figures with different data, but the identical layout and labels. The grid figures would practically look the same, except that the datapoints in the individual components of the grid would be different.
An easy way to do this would be to import the grid components as links (not embedded), then to duplicate the Inkscape file and to edit the file path Inkscape uses to find the linked images.
How do I change the file paths, or is there another method?


texts: InDesign: preparing artwork for Varnish or UV coating

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I am working on a multipage document for a client. On the first page (the document cover) we need to overlay some basic shapes (squares) and prepare these to be varnished in production. My experience with this is limited, but i do know in theory all shapes to be varnished should be:

sitting on a separate layer
marked with a separate Spot color
set to Overprint in the Attributes panel
not sure about exporting: should I deliver the first page (the cover) separately with the Varnish layer only, or should I include this in a complete PDF export?

Any other things to consider?

Note: i did find the other similar questions related to this, but there is no mention of overprint there, so i posted this new question. Thanks


texts: Illustrator. What am I doing wrong when cutting a circle

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I am a newbie in Illustrator. I was trying to get a donut chart with rounded end hoping this was easy. My target is the following picture:

What I did was to create a circle in blue, and over it a circle in black color. Then, this second one I cut it according to a certain angle as I was looking for a certain percentage (no matter for the moment). Then, rounding the ends, it should work, but what I get is this:

As you can see, it seems as if the ends were somehow connected, so in the black circle, there is an annoying effect I wish I could remove. Why is this happening? What did I do wrong?


texts: Symbols "degrees" and "degrees centigrade": proper spacing

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For mathematical and physical units, usually there is a thin space between the number and the unit, in the LaTeX syntax for example $1008\,\mathrm{kPa}$.

However, I feel that angular degrees (e.g. $90°$), temperature degrees (e.g. $-2°\mathrm{C}$), and NESW degrees (e.g. $90°\mathrm{S}$) should be typeset without spaces.

What is the correct spacing of these?