texts: Why is my PDF size from my InDesign Export still large?

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I'm doing class project that is a four-page, seven-image document with very little text. The project must be submitted as a PDF under 300 KB. However, when I export the document under the smallest file size preset and with the compression rates down to 72 dpi, I get a PDF that is 612 KB.

All my classmates are able to get it under 300 KB, so I'm confused as to why mine is so large. I'm using 5 JPGs and 2 GIFs, and each take up a 5in by 5in square in the document. They are relatively really small pictures (avg. 250 KBS) and I've even re-saved all to be under 100 KB, but the PDF size only drops to around 500 KB I transferred between InDesign CC on Mac and InDesign CS5 on Windows and wonder if that is a concern.


texts: Is there a way to retrieve the file in illustrator that just been accidentally replaced? is there some sort of history? The application was closed after it was replaced so there's no way i can undo it.


texts: What can Illustrator do that Photoshop can't?

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I'm fairly expert in Photoshop but a total novice in Illustrator. I need to do an infographic and I have a suspicion that Illustrator is what a real designer would use, but I don't really know why I think that, since Photoshop does vectors pretty well and I'm not sure what Illustrator adds to this. (I'm not saying it doesn't add a lot, I just don't really know what it is.)

Every time I open Illustrator it seems just baffling (as did Photoshop before I learned it), and I'm wondering if it's something I should really commit to learning, or if Photoshop can do everything Illustrator can.


texts: One design in five sizes and multiple colors

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So I'm working on a set of documents that will be printed in 5 sizes and 20 color combinations (design consists of just two colors).

What's the best way to setup a document in Adobe Illustrator CS6, so I can have the best results. Best result for me would be that once I save the document, I have it in 5 sizes, 20 color combinations each, 100 files total. Is it too much? I'm thinking it could be done with artboards, at least the 20 color combinations, but with the sizes it would be perfect.

Any help welcome. Thanks.


texts: GIMP: How to create tints, shades, shadows of a colour

texts: Once I have chosen a hue, how can I create a range of tints, shades and shadows?


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What is the best way to find an independent designer for a particular field? For example, one that has a portfolio and designs book-covers/print/packaging, ...? It is a requirement for me to draw inspiration from in my project. (I'm a student)

It's slightly difficult nowadays. (For example, a designer for book-covers would be Peter Mendelsund.)


texts: Hiding incomplete pages in an InDesign document

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I often work on InDesign documents that have sections that are complete and that I want to export to PDF to share with a client but have other sections or pages that are work-in-progress that I would prefer to hide.

My question is, is there a way to mark pages within InDesign as something like "skip-for-export" so that I don't have to manually delete those pages (and have the page numbers be out of order) after I complete my export?

Thanks in advance,
Michael


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I'm trying to use, (say) the "Elipse Tool" to create a few circles using the same centre axis.

After upgrading to 21.0.02, It will NOT let me use the tool again without DESELECTING the current shape.

Create shape.
Shape tool is still selected. NOT DIRECT SELECT.
When I mouse over to create shape 2, the cursor changes (to some transform icon) and left-click now moves "shape 1" instead of allowing me to build another shape on this centre point.

Illustrator is treating me as if direct select is active tool, even though it is not.

The only work-around is to create a shape and deselect it first.


texts: Material design / Elevation in photoshop

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Im new in material design and I want to start new design in this style. My problem is I don't know how to reproduce Elevation (z-axis). In image below i see 12 levels of Elevation, but how to create this levels in Photoshop?

  Btw: I know that I have to use  Drop Shadow in Photoshop, but
  what values do I set for each level of Elevation.

(Link to website)


texts: What are some good resources for tablet drawing? Doesn't matter what media ... books, articles, video tutorials, anything else.


texts: Changing colour mode of black in InDesign

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I was under the impression that, to convert the colour mode of an InDesign document, you just had to modify Edit > Transparency Blend Space and change the colour mode of all swatches.

But I've recently realised that the default Black swatch will stay as it was when the document was created... and of course, you can't modify it in the way that you can with other swatches.

I suppose you could create a new 'black' swatch and set all blacks to that. But it would be a little tricky to select all of the default blacks to change them (maybe you would miss some).

Is there a more feasible solution to this without having to create a new document?


texts: Opening pdfs in AI without converting type to outlines

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I've got a lot of pdfs that I need to open and edit in AI. All the pdfs were created on the same computer, so all fonts are available. However, while some pdfs open ok, others open with the text staying live but not in their original font (this is only a minor irritant, not a major problem) and some open with some or all type converted to outlines.

Is there a way to force AI to open pdfs and never convert type to outlines?
I'm quite happy to manually specify the font as required.


texts: What icons can I use to represent "Essential" or "Desirable"?

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I'm putting together a brochure for a job spec, and want to put a table with "Desirable" or "Essential" attributes on it.

Not sure what to go with for the icons for Essential / Desirable though. It's for a teaching post so needs to be relatively sober/sensible, but want to go with something more interesting than just Es and Ds.


texts: Created Icons looks thicker without background - how can I keep it as slick as before?

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I have the following icon which sits on top of a couple of layers which one of them is a background for it.

I want to extract the icon just the way it looks here for dynamic usage in some design templates.
So to isolate the icon I make only it visible, without any background etc.

As you can see now it became way thicker and exporting it now makes it look not as expected when resused.

For me it is somewhat confusing. The layer of the icon is in "Normal" mode and so is its shadow and all the background layers below it. I can't see the reason why the result looks so weird when removing all background assets.
I'd love to extract it just the way I see it in the first screenshot but with transparency obviously.


texts: With modern digital publishing process is there any reason to use InDesign for a final advertisement?

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One of the most cited things I've found online is to create final advertisements in InDesign to send publishing companies because it will result in better text quality.

Is this just for high end publications or when is this relevant? No publication I've ever worked for or submitted to needs the high end despite many asking. The "Media Kit" will say to submit with text files and whatnot but if I contact the actual graphic designer, the first thing they're going to do is flatten it to put into the publication.

Is this just archaic language and thought? When is it actually important to create a final advertisement in InDesign?

It seems very silly to me to create an ad in Photoshop / Illustrator and then rebuild it from the elements in InDesign for the final .PDF when I've yet to come across any print shop or publishing house that isn't going to flatten it anyways.


texts: Get RGB/Web color values for Avery vinyl colors

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I'm doing some basic web-design work pro-bono for a local charity, and I'm trying to match some colors that they use on the side of their vehicles.  They use Avery vinyl in two colors and a 3m reflective tape: Medium blue SC 900-655-O, Light Blue SC-900-640, and 3M 680-64.

Now, I know the 3M tape is reflective, so I'll probably never exactly match that color, but what about the two Avery colors?  I haven't found anything on the web that gives me RGB values, or even CMYK values.  I've thought about pulling the values from Avery's color selector PDF, but I don't have very much confidence in those colors.

Anybody got any tricks to help me with this one?


texts: How can I match the foreground face to the surrounding faces? I tried a couple of  color matching techniques, both Photoshop built-in and manual, but I suspect there is more than just the color to be matched (I also played with exposure and levels).


texts: Inkscape: A proper way to align arrows heads with a given curve

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I have an arrow and a given curve as shown below:

I want to duplicate the arrow and align it as follows:

Unfortunately, I've done that manually. It 's not perfect and is very tedious if I have many curves.

I wonder if there is a proper way in Inkscape to achieve that.

I appreciate any help

EDIT:
I have tried using Align but it didn't work, here is the result:


texts: In Premiere Pro CC 2017 I get a lot of red frames and errors playing back a .MXF file. So converting to h264 seems to be a good way avoiding these errors. Now the internet is full of 'free' programs that do this for you, but they all seem a bit sketchy. Do any of you know a good program that can convert these files, if possible in bulk?


texts: Which version of the Mac computer is most appropriate for students studying graphic design?

texts: My daughter is going to be a Freshman at Liberty University this fall. We are interested in knowing which mac version would be recommended as she will be studying Graphic Design. Also we need to know if there is any software that we need to purchase along with the mac itself. Thank you!


texts: Using a gradient mesh to color lines in illustrator

texts: So I have this line design in AI, and I made this super colorful gradient mesh with the color design I want to apply to the lines. (They are in separate layers if that is relevant) How do I use the color design of the gradient mesh to color the lines?


texts: Illustrator is dulling the colours of old files

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I wanted to open some old files in Illustrator but when I opened them I found it had changed the colours and dulled them all down.
I haven't changed any settings myself, though I believe it's been updated since I created the files. The image below shows an exported PNG of the file on the right with the correct colour and the image is on the left with the dulled colours. I have also included my colour settings in the screenshot for your convenience. I've used the eyedropper tool on both the PNG and the colours within Illustrator and they're just straight up different colour codes.
Please if anyone knows what I can do to fix this I would be quite grateful!
Thank you in advance!


texts: The role of the designer in content – should he have one and how big should it be?

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I'm a designer, not a marketer, and not a writer (at least not professionally). A lot of the work I do involves working with material in a field that can be above my head. Because of that, I'm content to take the text that's given to me and do what I can to make it look great on the page – tighten the kerning to get an orphan on the previous line, adjust size and leading to get it all on the page, play with gutter widths, and so on.

But sometimes, it's tough to avoid the rivers or repetitive words or even orphans sometimes without altering the copy itself. When it's my work I have no trouble doing this, but when it's someone else's work (particularly when they know more than I do and might care less about such issues as I do), it's harder to make a case to change wording simply because it doesn't look ideal when on the page.

Is it a designer's place to try to alter wording on the mere basis that it doesn't look quite right on the page? With apologies to David Carson fans, I believe that form follows function, not the other way around, so the answer would seem to be no. But tweaking just a few things can often make a big difference!

As sort of a side question, would altering text thus be a last resort? I do not like to hyphenate anything, but would it be better to do so than alter copy?


texts: How can I make my google fonts render properly in chrome (windows xp)

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This is the SITE and it looks great in firefox on both windows XP and mac OS10.6. But with chrome on my XP it looks wierd. All the texts are jagged and pixlated sort of. I have tried with and without clear type turned on and of, without any difference I have also tried a css tweak: -webkit-text-stroke
but without luck. Does anyone have any idea?
Thank you

The font is Cuprum, and here's a screenshot of the problem.


texts: What format is best for placing an image into Illustrator

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I have an Illustrator document that I need to place an image from Photoshop into.

The original images are in .psd and .eps formats.

What are the best formats to save the original image in to import to Illustrator? I want to use the best format so when I export from Illustrator to the final image I don't lose quality.

For instance, a .jpg if I need a version for the web and a .tiff if I need a version to print.

I used to take the original image in Photoshop and export it to a .tiff and then import that into Illustrator.

Is that the best option to preserve the maximum quality?


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I would like to do some simple pattern or polygon fills in Gimp, e.g. to represent different regions in a map without resorting to colors or grayscale tones.

Some nice examples of what I seek are represented in this figure: http://mapserver.org/_images/pattern-symbol-complex.png (namely, diagonal lines, dots, simple shapes, etc.)

Gimp has a pattern fill tool with lots of "fancy" patterns which, it seems, are too complex and specific to be actually useful. There are only two patterns which resemble the ones I want (black and white horizontal stripes).

(By the way, I find it very hard to find such patterns in almost every editor I've seen. Even Excel 2007), which had pattern fills, removed this feature recently.)

Is there an easy way to add such patterns to Gimp?


texts: Version Control for Designers / Alternative to Version Cue

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I've just been searching around the net for version control that has some support for graphic/Photoshop files. We're currently using BitBucket which is free and unlimited when it comes to file size but doesn't have any design review tools.

Here's what I've found. Does anyone else have any recommendations?

Pixelapse – Free/Beta, works well. Now has layer comp support.
pixelapse.com

Shipment – Private Beta (waiting for an invite)
blog.shipmentapp.com/articles/all_new_shipment_beta

LayerVault (out of business) – Windows/Mac, has layer comp support
layervault.com/support

PixelNovel – SVN Version control for Photoshop
pixelnovel.com

CAD only?! But looks really good.
sunglass.io/features.html

FileTrek – Very enterprise. No price or demo.
filetrek.com/solution/

Kaleidoscopeapp – GIT with image compare
kaleidoscopeapp.com/

Apps that copy files with an incremented version
alternativeto.net/software/autover/
alternativeto.net/software/filehamster/


texts: Change the direction of perspective in Illustrator

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I did not see this question here after a search but I was curious to know how do you change the direction of Illustrator's perspective grid from the

default:

To something like this:


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I created a logo for a company I'm a part of, but I've ran into an issue after trying to put it over different backgrounds. Basically, because I didn't know how to shape the black line segments in the logo, I overlayed them with white segments that would seem to erase what I wanted, and then put a framed white box behind the logo, so the white lines would disappear.

But now my team wants to get rid of the white box and for the logo to be transparent so it can be put over various backgrounds. This is a problem because the white lines still exist that were used to edit the black ones. My question is, how I can cut/chop/divide/erase the black segments so I can shape them how I need. From what I've tried, the eraser functions do not work.


texts: Looking for a typewriter font similar to this sample

texts: Could anybody tell me what font is used in my attached image or maybe suggest something similar to it?


texts: What is the space between words called in typography (not kerning or tracking)?

texts: I know what tracking and kerning are I just want to know what the title for the space between words are.


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I've got a client who wants me to create a large format banner to go hang at the rear of his property. The bulk of this banner is a photograph of his shop, with some text at the top.

For the photograph element, I'm finding that the images he supplied are looking hideously pixelated and noisy when viewed at 100% in photoshop. So I'm thinking I will need to get some more photographs taken.But, I only have a 6mp camera at present, and am not sure if this will be enough.

The photograph will be printed to a size of approximately 189cm(high) * 254cm(wide), and the overall image sent to the printers will be at 150dpi.

This leaves me with two questions:

1) Is there a way to get better results with photos in this scenario than simply 'Place Embedded' and the stretch to size?

2) If I need to take new photos, will a 6MP image be sufficient? If not, what sort of MegaPixels will I need?

I realise this is a bit of newb question, so please let me know if the question can be improved, and what info is needed, etc.

Thanks in advance!


texts: How good is the quality of a 72dpi image in Illustrator when saved as 300dpi?

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I have a project I'm creating in Adobe Illustrator where I've been bringing in raster images and doing a "High-Fidelity" image trace to make them scalable and easy to manipulate. I've had some photos I brought in to the illustration that would look better as-is, but they aren't 300dpi. Most are 72dpi. For those who have seen results in print production, is a 72dpi photo saved in a 300 dpi CMYK file going to look shoddy, or will the quality be manageable. The photos don't have to look entirely life-like, but close.

I'd include specific examples, but I'd prefer not to for my client's sake.


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In this website, there is this texture...

Can you tell me the name of this texture and if there is an online generator?


texts: How to move a thin line with the black arrow in Illustrator?

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You can drag to select the line, but actually “grabbing” it with the black arrow tool in order to drag-move it to a new location is nearly impossible - you just wind up missing its visible area and deselecting it or starting a new rectangular area selection. This is especially true when its center (handle), or any other anchor point, is off screen. When an anchor point is visible, you at least stand a chance to grab by it(s little colored square area which occupies some space on the screen) and initiate the drag operation.

It is very difficult to drag move a thin line without zooming in, in order to give it some “pixel width area” to have something to grab by with the black arrow.

Having its bounding box visible or not does not seem to help with this endeavor in any way.

I am often forced to zoom way in to give the thin line some screen width to grab by or using the Layers window to select it from there, both of which are a serious pain in a complex illustration.

This is even more frustrating when dealing with 0.25pt lines on a 4k 32-inch monitor at reasonable zoom levels.

There must be an easier way to drag move something that is very thin (and selected, if necessary)!


texts: How to replicate photoshop's text highlight blending mode

texts: It blends with lower layers in difference mode, I know, but how can I achieve this "distorted color" effect it produces on highlight areas? (the orange and magenta areas)


texts: How to make the labels bigger on the Inkscape ruler?

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The ruler at the top and left of an Inkscape document can show up in different units, controlled in "Document Properties."

But regardless of what unit I choose (I'm using inches), the labels on the ruler are very small and hard to read on my screen, possibly because I'm using a 4K monitor.  The rest of the interface, toolbar buttons, etc., are all fine but the ruler labels are about half the size I would want.

Here is a screenshot taken while at 1 to 1 scale (again, it's showing up large here because mine is a 4K monitor):

How can I make the labels bigger?


texts: How do I draw inside an object in Inkscape?

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I have the image shown above where the black colored stroke is the outline of the cloud. I also have a slightly offsetted blue color fill. What should I do to put the blue color fill inside the outline (along with the whitespace)? I tried using the clip option, but it wasn't helpful.

The above picture shows how I would want it. As you can see, the whitespace is still there, but the fill lies inside the stroke.


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I was wondering how to make such lines in Sketch:

source


texts: Best software for creating free Infographics

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I use Illustrator to create custom infographics, but was looking for a service that could create them faster as my company is looking to do multiple infographics per month. I enjoy doing Infographics, but they take some time and would like to focus on other things rather than making Infographics all day.

I've heard of Piktochart, but was wondering if anybody had any other recommendations.


texts: How to Achieve this Spherical Planet effect?

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I'm interested in creating an effect similar to the one linked below, but freehand drawing with perspective isn't my strong suit. Looking at this image it appears that I could individually create the constituents pieces, and then map the islands and icebergs to the surface of the sphere before "wrapping" the cloud pieces around all of it.

But, I have no idea how to go about this in Illustrator...any help?

Planet Illustration http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbview_approve/2833168/2/stock-illustration-2833168-cartoon-planet.jpg


texts: How do I recreate this radial noise effect?

texts: I have tried using noise/blue etc. to create a similar effect. It looks similar but not quite as graduated. I'm interested in hearing about different approaches!


texts: Is There any Application which will open 1000 images and load a palette to them

texts: I want to load a palette file (.pal) to images which i have opened. as images are huge i cant do it manually. can any one suggest me to do this.


texts: Why does anti-aliasing in black characters use colors other than gray-scale ?

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I'm a developer, I'm not a graphic designer. But there's one question that bugs me every since I've noticed it some years ago.

Anti-aliasing is a method for removing the sharpiness from high contrast divisions, such as character edges and geometric forms, if there's someone who doesn't know.

When you get an anti-aliased character written in black on a white background, and you zoom in to see the pixels, there are colors different from the ones found in gray-scale, which for me seems ilogical, since we only need to make a smooth transiction from black to white.

Question: Why are colors different from the ones found in gray-scale used for anti-aliasing a black character in a white background ?

PS.: I'd create the "anti-aliasing" tag if I had enough reputation.

Update: I've thought of a theory now.
If the letters are intended to be displayed in a computer monitor, and the smallest portion of a screen that can be black is an entire pixel composed of three little lights, that would cause the smallest dot in any letter to be fairly large, but if the anti-aliasing composed by surrounding or inner dots can be represented for only 1/3 of a pixel with some assistance from the color to the side that would mean that letters could be way smaller.

Is that it ?


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I am planning to use the font Segoe UI (Included with Vista/Windows 7 and Office products) in my new businesses logo and website. I've tried my hardest to find out if/who to license this font from and was hoping anyone more experienced could give me some advice.

I've found this page on Microsoft's site that has links to license the font but it doesn't look the same font (its called Segoe UI mono on the linked site).


texts: How to approach animating a svg from left to right? [Web]

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I have image below which is text mixed with dots.

As the paths are not in order from left until right, how would one approach animating from left to right?

The only way I can think is to label each dot in a vertical row and then using css to time an animation to pulsate the text.  Is there any way I could do this dynamically?


texts: Does the Sketch app provide something like a "resize artboard to content" command? If yes, where can I find it?


texts: InDesign, characters extending outside text box

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I'm a beginner at using InDesign and I'm currently designing a book that is meant to be read on a phone.
In order for the book to look good on the phone I need to have zero margins on the top and bottom since I don't want to have any indication of where a page begins and ends.
The problem is that this starts to happen to some characters:

I would like InDesign to move the text to the next page if this occurs. How can I achieve this?


texts: Changing the proportions of a circle cut in half after cutting?

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If you make type on a path in Illustrator on a circle, and you cut the circle in half 50:50 to get the type the right way up in each half - can you then adjust the half to make it eg 60:40 or some other proportion (to allow for changing text length in the top half)???
Or do you have to cut the circle in the exact place you need to each time??


texts: How do I mix rounded and squared caps in a single path in Illustrator?

texts: How could I mix rounded and square caps in one single path in Illustrator? For example, I need to make a rounded cap on the starting point and a square one on  its end? See the screen capture underneath.


texts: Can you create linked objects in illustrator that are not grouped?

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When I think of Indesign and editing/ type setting, I use character and paragraph styles. These functions are extraordinarily useful when you get into formatting/adjusting styles over many pages etc.

Is there a way to do this in illustrator with objects? For example, I have a number of abstract shapes that are comprised of multiple objects of different colors. I want to change all the shapes that are red to green for example without having to select each individually.

Here's what I know and what I don't know. I know I could use symbols if the "symbols" where the same and edit the one symbol to change the rest etc. I also cannot group the objects due to the position within the rest of the composition.

Question: What is the most efficient way to change multiple shapes at once that are not grouped and are not symbols?


texts: Retain Blending Mode after saving to .svg? (Illustrator)

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I'm a little new to illustrator.
I designed a little logo in illustrator that comprises of several layers.
Now because I have some of this layers interact with each other different using the blend mode, the image looks alright when I'm working on it in illustrator.

However saving it is a different story, my blending modes are lost and the image is altered.

If it helps I'm using the .SVG format

Much Appreciated.


texts: Is there a way to perfectly scale up an image, by a factor of a square number?

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What I mean is, if I double the length and width of an image, then I could take every pixel and make it a 2x2 square, thus enlarging the image, but not losing any pixel data.

When I tried doing this in some image editing programs, it did the thing they always do, where it changes the colors of some pixels to make it all blend in. But I would like for it to perfectly scale it up.

Does anyone know of a software (preferably free) that could do this?


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I am trying to do a new website and there are 3 key points to it (Easy, fast, secured). I have already been thinking of using icons for those 3 words but I am not so sure yet. The site that I am doing is for a car loan company and I am open to any suggestions you guys might come up with. I still like the icons idea that I've had in mind and would love to know what icons would best represent those 3 words. I am open to any suggestions :)

Here are my sketches/ideas:

For fast, I was thinking of a car in motion so I made one (it's not perfect cause it's not done yet:

And for easy, I was thinking of a thumbs up icon. Maybe something like this:

And for secured, I was thinking of a lock. Something like this:


texts: Need to know which legal document to use

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Someone wants to buy the rights to an image I created. The buyer is in Europe and I'm in the US. We settled on a price and now I need help determining which legal document I should use.

Are there any good, free legal documents available? Thanks in advance!


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How to export svg from illustrator so that no extra gradient stops added,except added by me.

I am trying to export svg from illustrator, it adds extra gradient stops in exported svg. Say I have a square filled with radial gradient with 3 stops(including start and end). In exported svg it has 12 stops in the same radial gradient. What settings should I apply in illustrator, so that exported(saved) svg has optimal gradient information , and avoid illustrator adding extra stops?


texts: Illustrator: how to export the same artwork for two different page sizes (for example, A4 and A3)?

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I have a poster design that needs to be printed in two different formats.

The artboard is set to A4, and when I export a PDF, it's exported as A4.

How can I easily export an A3 PDF version of the same poster?


texts: Converting lines into closed polygons in inkscape

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I've traced an image (in this case, grand canyon) and it composed of several individual line segments. But now I want to give each of the closed shapes (again, not closed shapes, it just seem like it) a different fill color.

Is there any way I can close the shapes and convert them into polygons?

Earlier post did not answer my question (Is there any way to convert a closed path into a polygon in Inkscape?)


texts: Grid system resources for 1920*1080 grid

texts:
I just read this great book with extensive documentation of grid systems
for print.

However I want to create a document that will be displayed on screen in landscape mode (1920*1080) but didn't find any resources regarding what kind of grid system to apply.

Can someone tell me a good resource to learn or simply see example of grid systems displayed on screen?


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This is a variation on a number of previous questions, but I seem to have a unique situation.

I have a photoshop file.
It has many layer groups, each forming a distinct and complete image to be exported
These images have been exported once already
The resultant image names are the same as the layer group names

So, I now have a folder with images correctly. For example:

One group layer might hypothetically be:

2015-12-02-on-a-boat

This has been exported for web as:

2015-12-02-on-a-boat.png

There are hundreds of layer groups, and this seems the most appropriate method of dealing with these similar but unique images.

As part of the move to responsive design, this process needs to now create resized images. For example the layer group:

2015-12-02-on-a-boat

.. now needs to export in 4 separate sizes to

2015-12-02-on-a-boat.png
2015-12-02-on-a-boat-500.png
2015-12-02-on-a-boat-1000.png
2015-12-02-on-a-boat-1300.png

My question:

Is it possible to automate this process? Using a step through quasi programming process:

foreach (layer groups) {
 1. Enable visibility on a layer group
 2. Export for web, using the layer group name
 3. Export for web again, but also resize to 500px wide, appending "-500"
 4. Export for web again, but also resize to 1000px wide, appending "-1000"
 5. Export for web again, but also resize to 1300px wide, appending "-1300"
 6. Remove visibility on layer group
}

Even if I couldn't foreach, items 1-6 would save me a huge amount of time.

Having played around with photoshop actions I don't know how to access items such as layer name, which is the point of the whole exercise.

I'm actually a developer, so I'm not afraid of getting my hands dirty in some macros or code.. but I don't see how to do that. I don't even see how to get to the code itself.. if that's even accessible!


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I need to create an object like this

If I use Pencil tool I get something like this

As you can see wave parts are not equal. I can try harder with Pencil tool to create a perfect wave but it will take much time.

When applying a ZigZag filter on the rectangle an excellent wave object is created but the wave is the part of the whole object.

Is there any way to cut part of the rectangle object to get an object like on the picture 1 ? Or maybe there is a simpler way to create the object like on the picture 1?


texts: How to export slices to PSD in Photoshop CS5

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I have a big PSD file with many slices, and I would like to have all those slices in new separate PSD files.

Is there a way to export a slice to a PSD ? And automate this action using a script/action ?
Thanks a lot


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Is there a way when exporting a .psd as a .pdf to make the file smaller?

My client always has me work in Photoshop and send them finished work as .pdf's, but they say the files are too big. These products are eventually printed out, so while I need to make the files smaller, they still need to have good quality. Everything is in CMYK mode already. I just don't know a lot about compression and changing file sizes


texts: Increasing pixel density for photos to be used in a photobook

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Due to a camera issue I have ended up with a series of photos that have come out 640 x 480 (at 72 DPI).
I was wondering if there is a good way to increase the pixel size or density in Affinity photo to allow me to get good quality 6" x 4" print sizes (the prints will probably be smaller as they will be in the form of a photobook, but I am using 6" x 4" as a benchmark size).
Appreciate any help on this as the photos are of valuable memories.


texts: how do i shrink it to the size/shape of the image ? is it possible ?


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I'm looking for some advice on a simple, hosted web-based digital file management system. We have a design team that creates a lot of assets needed by engineering, marketing, and many other people in the company. However, we already manage timelines, feedback, etc in a ticketing system. Dropbox/git may be possible, but these solutions require checking out/syncing everything which could be a lot.

What I'd like is a hosted system where a designer can upload their digital assets, associate them with a ticket (perhaps via folders), and track file changes. Ideally, non designers could log into the system and obtain the files too.

So far, I've found http://www.brandregard.com and http://www.mediasilo.com, but both seem to be focused on specific types of digital files.


texts: Every single time I use the typeface tool now and try to shift or highlight, I get this weird grey panel with extra character options I don't want and will never need. How do I make that disappear forever?


texts: Why do colors slightly change when copying from Illustrator to Photoshop?

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I want to copy a object from Illustrator and paste it into a Photoshop document with the same color mode and profile.

When I use the Eyedropper Tool on the pasted object in Photoshop the color seems to be slightly off.

Both the Illustrator and the Photoshop document have their Color Mode set to RGB.

Both Applications are using synchronized color settings.

This also happens when the object is dragged or Placed. It does not happen when copying from Photoshop to Illustrator.

Could there be a problem with my color management settings? What actually happens to the color information, when it is copied from one application to another?


texts: Transform or filter which selects similarly colored regions?

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Is there any transform, which "looks" at any region of a picture and then compares it with neighbor region, and if two regions are similarly colored, then unifies two regions in one and colors it with average color.

Finally, this transform will distinguish "paper" from "writing" on it.

It will color with constant value any gradient fields or dimmed pictures, while remain uncolored any area with frequently changed colors, like in writings.

Key idea is that this transform should unify any big color change if it is gradual.

Below is my manual example

Here background is unified to gray since it is average color of gradually changing background region, while rectangle is colored with dirty green because it is it's average color. Two regions are separated with high gradient margin.

UPDATE ABOUT SIMILARITY

There is a notion of color difference, for example in Lab color space it can be defined as . So, with this value one can calculate gradient, i.e. this value per pixel step. Also one may introduce threshold, separating "big" gradient from "small" one. So, pixels with small gradient can be merged together and colored with average color.

This is one rough approach coming to mind.


texts: Inkscape make visible filter color permanent

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Let's say I have a rectangle with filter applied and a, alpha different from FF(255) making it transparent.

On a white background in inkscape it looks great and these are the colours that I want to use.

I export the image as a .PNG file and when using the .PNG on a website with a different background (not white) the colors are different.

How can I make the colors that I see in inkscape on a white background permanent? So not transparent, but still with the areas around it transparent?

Hope someone understands what I try to say. :-)


texts: Using solid color photos on solid color background

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I've been trying to figure out how to get this to look right for the past week.

We just got permission from a photographer to use some of her excellent photos of vegan food. Here's one:

However, we also have an orange background that corresponds to the orange of the respective icon which leads to this page.

I just can't figure out how to get this to look right on the orange page. Is there anything I can do around the photo to get away from its current gawdy appearance?


texts: What is the best way to roll out new branding?

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If a company has been in business for some time they generally have a stockpile of branded materials in addition to online content.

How should the company handle utilizing a new brand design or refresh?

The two schools of thought I'm aware of are:

Option A: Immediately stop using old brand items and regenerate all items with the new brand - both print and web. This works but can be costly.
Option B: Immediately refresh all online content. For print content, slowly integrate the new brand, replacing the old brand as items are depleted.

Does option B degrade the new brand?

Which method is better and why?

An example scenario: Company refreshes their brand. Currently in stock are $1,000,000 worth of trade brochures with the old brand on them. This stock customarily lasts for a year or more. But there are only a handful of old letterhead stock left and business cards are reproduced monthly. In addition, then need to order $500,000 of new product brochures immediately. Reluctant to write off the $1 Million in old brochures, which path is best?


texts: How can I use content-aware repair near high-contrast edges?

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I'm often in the situation where there's an undesirable mark or glitch near a high contrast edge in my photos that I'm editing, such as a zit right near someone's lip. If I use the content-aware spot heal tool, the darker area will smear across the boundary and look terrible. My current solution is to airbrush things close to the edge out and then use the patch tool to put the texture back in. Is there a way to cordon areas off so that content-aware only samples from one side of the border?

(I'm fairly new to Photoshop but I'm spending quite a bit of time learning it)


texts: How many dpi raster text needs to be indistinguishable from vector text

texts: I came across the following question: If I print text that was rasterized with a certain amount of dpi, how much dpi would be necessary such that the printed rasterized text would be indistinguishable from printed vector text? Is this even possible? I assume the answer depends on the font size and on what printer is used?


texts: How to use pathfinder to cut a rounded rectangle?

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I would like to create an Illustrator object that is half of a rounded rectangle, such that the top two corners are rounded and the bottom two are not. I thought I could simply start with my rounded rectangle, place a rectangle on top of it, and use "Minus Front" in the pathfinder. However, this causes the resulting shape to have four round corners, not two as I was expecting.

To illustrate:

After "Minus Front":

(note how round corners appear along the "cut" line! aargh!)

I suspect I'm missing some key concept here. How can I prevent the rounded corners from spreading like this?


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After quite a lot of search attempts I failed to find a pattern which we can fill in background so as to generate the background as shown in the graphic below.
I'm not sure if its a pattern or a wallpaper created from scratch. If its a pattern, where can I find one and what keyword shall I google.


texts: Illustrator - Minus Front command gives no results error

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I am creating an icon and to apply shadow I am using the method to create similar overlapping layer, shifting one layer a little bit, selecting both of them and using the Minus Front error. For the background rectangle this method worked like a charm. But for a png I imported, the command give me an error saying "The filter produced no results. Please select two intersecting paths." Why is this happening and how to solve this ?

If anything else needs to be included please do tell. I am following this tutorial.


texts: Can it be worth to leave documents as RGB for printing with regular office printers?

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I know that documents and images embedded in them should be converted to CMYK before printing. Recently out of curiosity I printed both the RGB and the CMYK version of a photo (the CMYK version painstakingly tweaked to look as close to the original as possible) on a regular office printer. To my surprise the RGB file's print turned out to be noticeably brighter and closer to what appeared on the screen compared to the CMYK file's print.

I regularly volunteer as a graphic designer for small charity organisations who print their posters on their common office printers. Would it be worth to leave the PDF files I send them as RGB, and trust the printing machines to convert the colours to the best of their ability, or should I stick with what I learnt, and keep converting everything to CMYK?


texts: How to remove an overlapping area from the shape below it?

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Picture 1 is how I'm going about it (the green path is what I want erased).

Picture 2 is what I want to end up with ultimately (all black being 1 path) but it's just a white filled path on the inside to show what I want.

Picture 3 is what I get using pathfinder->exclude when both paths are highlighted (the top line remains there from the shape I'm trying to erase).

How do I remove that overlapping shape completely to create what's left as one path??

Thanks!


texts: It’s easy to find lots of fonts with gothic in their names. But what makes a typeface a “gothic” typeface?


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In photoshop elements (or any other program really), is there a way to batch "distort" a bunch of images?

Lets say I have multiple images (all 500 by 500 pixels) and I want to distort them all to a certain shape,....is there a way to do that?

thank you


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For my concept I have a task bar that has 3 functions.
'Save' 'Load Preset' and 'Help'.

Save and Help both have simple icons that don't require text. Which is great, because I would like to leave as much room as possible for the images and many, many items of clothing. The 'load preset' icon has gotten me into some trouble however.

These are the icons I've tried so far:

All the feedback I got was mostly negative about these options. The first was perceived to be a filter button. The second was confused for a link to the games section. The third was confused for a link to the closet or maybe even to remove all clothing.

What would be a better, less confusing way to picture 'Load Preset' or 'Presets'?

  The concept is of the 'dress up doll' kind. Save let's you either publish or save as a preset. Load presets will let you load a previous look you've created into a preset. Help gives you a small explanation screen. There are some filters and sort buttons too but they are not in direct contact with the task bar. Other features on the site include an inventory and a closet as well as shops and games.


texts: If I drag an image from one Photoshop window to another open window will I lose image quality?

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If I drag an image from one Photoshop window to another open window (both same size canvas and at 72 dpi) will I lose image quality? I know it won't if it's a smart object, but what if it's not?

If the image is say 1500px by 1500px and my canvases are both 1000px by 1000px
can I drag from one window to another and then scale up a bit without losing image quality? (Since my original image is large and was scaled down in the first place when put in the original psd. file.

Thanks for you help!


texts: Multistroke object in illustrator - need to make individual strokes

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I have a logo, where each letter is a 3 stroke object. I've created the object with multiple strokes, and now I need to make it into an object by removing the 'middle stroke'.

I've tried 'outline stroke' and 'compound path' but there seems to be no easy conversion to three separate strokes.


texts: Change color of symbol and automatically apply shared style

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I'm practicing creating a design system with Sketchapp.
I already defined the shared style for text.

The above shared style are: Black/Left/Regular/Large & Center & Right.
I wish to apply the same shared text style for the below, only change the color to primary. Is there a quick way to do this (also apply the primary share style), instead of go to each symbol and apply the Primary/Left/Regular/Large style?
I have tried to change the color using the color picker, but only the color changes, the shared styles did not update?


texts: Alternative to Helvetica Rounded corners

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There are several helvetica alternative questions here, but they don't do the trick.

Rounded corners helvetica has letters that are slightly slimmer than regular helvetica and it has rounded tips instead of square shaped tips at line ends.

I've been trying to find alternative for web (i need to generate web fonts but apparently adobe has asked fontsquirrel not do give out helvetica fonts) and so far my search has yielded me nothing, despite going through several free font sites like http://www.1001freefonts.com/rounded-fonts.php

(source: fontshop.co.uk)


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I have a file saved as .xcf (gimp native file format) with many text boxes.

How can I change all the text to a specific color?

Right now, all of my text is green (#00FF00), but I want it to be blue (#0000FF).

Double-clicking each text layer and selecting all the text then changing color is repetitive.


texts: Printing a magazine from InDesign - A4 to A3

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Very much a newbie on InDesign. Working with a document set to be a magazine with the facing property enabled.

I would like to export to PDF (alternative welcome!) and then print it so that all I have to do is fold the pages for it to be readable.

The only way I can make this work currently is to

Disable the facing property
If I had 8 page (A4) document, I'd set printing properties to print 2 per page (having set page type as A3)
Set the print property to print both sides
Print pages 8,1,2,7,6,3,4,5

It's fairly manual - I was wondering if I was missing a trick? Using latest version of InDesign.

Thanks


texts: Photoshop shortcut to select specific color swatches

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Is there any shortcut to change brush tool color that I'm currently using from green swatch to red swatch?

I need to have several colors that I would change constantly using shortcuts.


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I have been using Photoshop/Illustrator for about 6 years or so now. I never really learned from official resources, nor did I attend a course which would have taught me how to use the Creative Suite appropriately. But it bugs me more often than not, so I finally want to learn how to achieve the following:

I am an Interface designer and sometimes in interfaces it happens that views repeat throughout the application (like the cells of a custom table for example). I would like to learn how to "link" layers either in the same document, or externally. I know it is possible because I have often seen it in other people's psd files, like product mockups where you can change the content's layer and as soon as you save it, it will update all interface elements that use this 'linked' layer.

I would be grateful if somebody could shed some light on this topic.


texts: What are good general typeface principles based on target audience age?

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Everyone knows that as people get older their vision deteriorates.

At 20 years old, few have trouble seeing and reading 8 or 9pt type in print or 10-11px type on the web. However, the older an audience gets the larger type needs to be, and the more leading needs to be adjusted, for them to read comfortably.

Knowing the target audience's average age helps to design pieces appropriately with this in mind.

What are good type settings to use in print for an audience 20-40 years old? What about web type sizes?
What are good type settings to use in print for an audience 40-60 years old? What about web type sizes?
What about above 60 years old?
Are serif/sans serif a factor with age or is readability more universal where this is concerned?


texts: Which softwere should I use for making covers?

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I want to make a cover for my facebook group using a template.
I'm a beginner so that I'm confused about choosing the right software.
Where can I create a cover easily? I have some knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator. Which one should I use?
I have some png template downloaded.


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I've changed background color to blue, and put a circle on it. I also changed the color of the inner part of the circle to white. Now I want to depict seams on it... how can I draw the seams?

I can accept that the seam is just the curved line - i.e. I don't need the dashed line or the "real" seam, which is a collection of small horizontal lines, since I don't like the idea of spending another 10 or even 20 hours just learning about how to draw a "real" seam. Here's the image that I intended to depict, though since I don't know how to depict it in a computational way, I just overlaid a circle on the original circle and erased the redundant part with an eraser by hand, and finally duplicated it and transposed the duplicated line. But since the hand-written curve is quite awful, I want to make the curve look more fluent.

[Update]


texts: Why is there a faint line around my clipping mask

texts: This image was constructed with a gradient-filled circle with the white-filled art on top (no strokes). Then I copied the circle to the top of the layer and applied a clipping mask to trim the edges of the tree to the background. I can't figure out why it looks like a bit of the background circle is showing as a faint line around the artwork. I didn't move anything when copying the circle to make the clipping mask. A clipping mask seemed the easiest way to do this. Should I have used one of the pathfinder tools instead?


texts: I am in process of learning illustrator. When I want to change stroke thickness, I go Window> Appearance. Is there any shortcut for quick access? Can anybody help me? Thanks.


texts: How to lay-out a list of links so the intended reading order is apparent?

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I have a site (no CMS platform) that has a list with links. The list consists of 14 links, each referring to a pdf file. If someone wants to
read the content of these files, they must follow a certain path. For example,
to be able to understand what the 7th link/pdf says, they have to have read the 1st, then the 3rd and then go to the 7th. The same goes for the other links, too.

My problem is how to present the list so as to instruct the reader in the path they have to follow, and how to present this in a nice and clear way? A clear way to present and for them to navigate through the files?

jquery, diagram software with images instead of text, anything you have to propose.

thank you


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I realised that a designer has usually hard times getting into the video game industry without any previous experience on that. Sometimes having this previous experience is hard (developing a cool video game independently might requires more time that most of the people have available).
Therefore I was wondering if there is any certification program (even paid) that someone could do in order to get sort of "certified video game designer". Any ideas?


texts: How to bring GuideGuide plugin on side panel

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I have installed GuideGuide plugin. I am a photoshop noob.

I don't know where would I access it? I have create a new workspace Web Development

I wish to add GuideGuide Plugin on right side bar for easy access. How would I do that?

Basically, I don't even know where the plugin is(in Menu options)


texts: What order should floor plan views go on a tower illustration?

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I have a tower illustration which has circular floors, of differing sizes. I have small, but detailed plan views of each floor, and I want to arrange them around the tower to serve as an over all map. Each floor will get its own page as well so this is for orientation as much as anything.

Is there a standard way to arrange this information such as start at 6 and go clockwise?


texts: How to match my layout grid with my margins, columns and baseline grid in indesign

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Please forgive me if this questions sounds a little off, but I'm struggling to understand it let alone explain to you.

When setting up a document in InDesign, I want all of my columns and grids to be within relationship with one another. To do this I understand that everything should be based on my leading value.

For example my leading value is 12pt, so in relation to that I set up the gutters on my margins and lay out grid (guides) to be 12pt and also I do the same in the grid preferences.

After my Margins and columns are set and my baseline grid is turned on, I then create my layout grid and this is where my brain simply explodes because the layout grid never lines up with the baseline grid when working with a aspect ratio.

I hope you all understand what it is I'm trying to say and can anyone pleeeeease help me get past this block?

What I'm hoping to achieve from this answer is for me to be able to setup all of my grids and margins on any size page, set at any leading value at any aspect ratio.

Thank you so much for your help!


texts: How can I give a name to an image in Corel with Eps format?

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I want to export my images from Corel into InDesign. So I export it with a name that I want, but the problem is that when I export my image, Corel automatically adds a number sequence (eg. ...-1, ...-2, ...-3, etc.) and also creates two files with the EPS format.  One of them does not have anything in it.

How can I export my images with the name that I want? And how can I get rid of another file that Corel creates automatically?


texts: Illustrator: Exporting transparent objects to png creates graphical errors

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I have a lot of card designs I need in png format. They use linked images with alpha transparency and knockout groups with multiply blending. When I try to export to png, it produces glaring errors.

Here is a screenshot of how it looks in Illustrator:

And here is the output from the "Save for Web" tool:

The same error is created when exporting to any raster format, and with "Save for Microsoft Office".

HERE is the file.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!


texts: How to make this explosion animation better

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I need some help with this explosion animation design. I made it for some mobile words puzzle game. It shows up when gamers solve the puzzle and reveal the right answer tile.

However, one feedback I got is that it feels not nature/engaging enough.  I may need some wise suggestions here. Here I also attach the screenshot of how the interface looks like before and after games solve the puzzle.

Any advice about color choosing, shapes or how each frame should look like is welcomed:)
Thanks in Advance!
Updated on Mar 29th

Based on some wise suggestions I got from this forum, I created another sheet which starts from small clouds. And in order to make it more vivid, I added some stars on the later stage of the explosion. However, it turned out not as good as I have expected, is there any improvements about the color choosing or the way stars show up I can make? Thanks a lot!
Updated on Mar 30th

Inspired by Popular Burst Accents Animations(What I want to do is something similar to the effect on 0:20) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54-_qopqIas and Timing Principle (one of 12 Principles), I tried to make the sparks and cloud explode in different speed. But it seems not as good as what I want to achieve. I wish I could get some feedback on that version. :) I appreciate all you guys' helps!!


texts: Show users horizontal scroll is available on mobile

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I am working on a project, where in the basket, just before checkout, a customer can see which seats he has selected, in which part of the room etc. Sadly, there is so much information necessary, that I can't show it on one line.

This is why I have chosen to make that specific div scrollable horizontally. One problem though: on mobiles, the div doesn't get a horizontal scroll-bar when viewed on mobiles.

I therefore need to create some kind of "call to action", so a user knows he can scroll horizontally on that specific area. What could I add design-wise, so a user knows he can interact by scrolling horizontally?

I have tried to activate a scroll bar, but it's impossible to do by code, that's why I resort to the graphic design part of SO now :)


texts: How to determine color transformations from given colors?

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Our designer has provided us with some nice web 2.0 buttons, etc. I translated them into beautiful CSS3. Now I want to go overboard and generalize the color scheme using Sass color manipulation.

Given a base brand-color in the design (#7e1a00) and a set of derivative colors used on buttons, links, gradients, etc. (#D05B3D,#973D24,#7E1900), how can I determine what transformation must be applied to the brand-color to result in a derivative color?

I can guess and check, or write a brute force program to try all the combinations- it seems like this might be something there's a clever and easy way to determine.

Any thoughts?


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I'd like to find out how I can create a map similar to these:

especially for web design project (in psd file). Do you know how to get that kind of maps? I suppose it can be something like http://snazzymaps.com/ but I'm not sure. Hope you could help me a bit.


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I followed the instructions for identifying a font by myself and tried all of the sites that provide such services, but I had no success. Maybe because the font is from the Cyrillic alphabet and the only photo I have is with really bad quality.

Here is the picture i'm using:

This was a very famous font in Bulgaria in many logos and commercials in the  90's, but now it's not used anywhere and I can't find it.


texts: Graphic design freelancer uses Helvetica for my company's web design, software GUI design, and logo

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My company makes software. I hired a graphic design freelancer (and payed a fixed xxx €) to do my company's

website design,
software GUI design,
logo

He used Helvetica. The parts using Helvetica will always be used rendered as bitmap (as .png or .jpg, etc.). They will be used on my website, in my software GUI, in my emails, etc.

I'll never use vector graphics (svd) nor text + embedded font on my website. I also will never need to have Helvetica installed on my local machine: everything that the freelancer gives me will be bitmap.

Do I have to pay a license for Helvetica, or don't I because that was the freelancer's work (and he already payed a license for it)?

Note: linked to this question but slightly different because of the third pary: graphic design freelancer , and because use as bitmap only.


texts: How can I hire a manga artist, and what are the general cost factors associated with producing a comic?

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If one had a story that was as yet undefined but wanted to work out the economics of a manga publication - how would one go about it?

How does one get to top artists (any artist, otherwise)? Are there any costs associated with contacting accomplished manga artists?

Where would one get access to manga artists in general?

What are the publication costs of such an endeavour likely to be? As you probably can't provide explicit monetary values, can you help me to identify the different costs associated with this venture?


texts: Is this logo redesign a step in the right direction or is it better to stick with the original?

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NOTE: This is a continuation from a previous question: Critique Request: CAD drafting contractor logo

I've implemented some of the suggested changes from my previous for this logo redesign project, incorporating a simpler grid (to hopefully keep my client happy). :) Here's where that led:

Then I decided to try something even simpler, working a little harder at incorporating the name into the logo, hopefully to emphasize the "CAD" part a bit more, but retain the idea behind the cube:

I have shown these to my client, and he told me he likes the second one better of the two, but he voiced concerns that he is apprehensive of moving away from the logo he has had for years (the old logo at the top of this post). He mentioned the possibility of getting another professional opinion on the matter, so here I am. :)
My main questions are:

Are these new logos an improvement on the original? (I need a more objective standpoint than my own.) :)

If yes, do you have suggestions on improving either of these designs?

Thank you once again for your help!


texts: Adobe inDesign - problems with accented characters when exporting to pdf

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While exporting a .indd file to a pdf with inDesign CC 2015 on Mac, most of the accented characters disappear from the output .pdf file created.
They do not appear and are replaced with blank spaces.

I am using the font Avenir, though i don't think the issue comes from there since the output is the same with a classic font such as Arial or Helvetica.
I've tried many different exports settings, without success.

What drives me crazy is that there is only one single line in my pdf which shows correctly with all the accents. The others do not, although they are perfectly similar, and when i copy and paste the text or whole bloc text from this correct line to the others, the problem still appears.


texts: Does anyone know what style this monogram is based on?

texts: Was flipping through Louise Fili's book and saw this monogram. The text says it was designed based on 18th century designs, but I'm having trouble finding any reference to this style of monogram. Specifically interested in the style of the lettering and the stippling effect behind it. It feels art-nouveau to me, but the text said 18th century. Anyone know what time period or country this style originated from?


texts: Free fat numeral font as used in sheet music time signatures?

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I am looking for a free font that has similar fat numerals as those used for indicating the time signature in (Western) sheet music.
For sure, specific sheet music fonts do exist, but these typically do not offer the possibility to use the numerals separately.
Here are some specimen of what I am looking for:

Notice how the 4 is fat; not only at the vertical stem but also on the slope. A font like Georgia does not exhibit that dual fatiness on the 4. Pettingill CF comes in the neighbourhood, but there is still much room for a far better match.
The Font Squirrel Font Identifier came up with Country Western Black, based on the 3 and 4. That non-free font also has some resemblance; especially for the 7.
Speaking of which, here are the very rare 5 and 7:


texts: How to do Real-time output in Navigation bar?

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I have been using photoshop a while now. And love watching tutorial and doing them too. In PLEARN (photoshop youtube tutorial), a real-time output of the web-camera is shown in the navigation panel. How do they do it? Is there some extensions or plug-in? OR is that just customized by the programmer or company itself?

Thanks in Advance ...
@royalgcorps


texts: Dimension difference between Illustrator and Photoshop CS5 jpegs

texts: I've saved a two-colour Illustrator graphic as a jpeg, 600px width. Then opened it in Photoshop, where it opened at a width of 1270px. Easily rectified, I know, but why would Photoshop open a file from sister software inaccurately? Isn't compatibility supposed to be the whole point of the Creative Suite?


texts: Why does my smartObject in photoshop have content outside its Canvas?

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When I pull in my .PSB into a new .PSD, for some reason it brings in content that sits outside the width / height of the Canvas.

I know I can fix this by creating a mask or cropping it out in the original .PSB, but is there a quicker way? I'm prototyping a background image size, and want it to be easy to go back and change it without having to do all these extra steps.

Thanks


texts: Different Logo Colors for Different Uses, Appropriate?

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I am finalizing the last step of my logo redesign process.

Is it ok not to have a regular color when presenting my logo?

I am thinking about having a defined list of colors for different use cases but will this take away from my brand?


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I have an bpm 8-bit indexed image. I've extracted color palette from it in Photoshop but to my surprise it turned out that the palette includes much more colors than i can see used in the image. Is it normal? Does it mean that the image doesn't have to use every color from it's palette? Can the palette have "unused" colors?
I know that it could be rather super basic question, but I'm really beginner in the topic.


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these photos look like taken by a low resolution camera, but i think they aren't.
so, i want to re-create that effect, does anyone know how to do that?


texts: How can I create this in Photoshop or Gimp?

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Can you help me with this? I would like to learn how to create the depth effect in the borders of the hole in the glass. I tried bump mapping, but didn't get the exact effect. Searched for glass frame, and a guy had a plug-in, but it also created a glass texture, which was different. The thing is I'm no expert, don't know technical terminology and English is not even my first language, so I've ran out of options.
For the glass I'm using gaussian blur, then I cut the shape I want off the glass, but now I'm stuck at the depth thing, the way the right side of the border has light and the left size has shadow so that the glass looks thick instead of a hole in a parchment paper. Thanks in advance.

And this is what happened when I tried bump mapping (not quite the same):


texts: Why is Corbel listed as bad font for body text in Butterick's Practical Typography?

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We are creating branding guidelines for a nonprofit voluntary organization. Only around 10 people will create content, but a lot more people will need to be able to view documents and publications using the branding, both printed and digital.

When looking for appropriate fonts, I found Corbel to fit our needs for a body font quite well. However, I am no typography expert, and I read a lot on fonts in the past days. In his Practical Typography guide, Butterick lists Corbel as a B-tier font (OK in limited doses) and does not mark it as appropriate for body text. What could be his reasons? Is there something wrong with the font? It is at least not as overused as Calibri / Arial etc.


texts: How to bill a client when budget was never discussed

texts: I have a new client who was 4 days late getting me the information they wanted designed and dropped it in my lap the day before they needed it complete.  It was chaotic and a mess to coordinate but I got it done and sent them the complete files.  We never discussed a budget beforehand so I'm not sure how to proceed billing them.  They are a non profit, so the pockets aren't deep, but they did pay me well for another recent job where they told me upfront how much they had to spend.  How should I proceed?


texts: How to prepare RGB image for silk-screen printing

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I have an image in RGB which I would like to silk-screen on a t-shirt. I want to prepare the file so that the result is as close as possible to the original image.

I could simply convert the image into CMYK, but being for a silk-screen print I would like to use as few plates if possible. Perhaps the black one is not needed? Or maybe if I used two or three different plates the result would be sufficiently close for the given particular image?

So my question is:

How do I convert (and preview!) my RGB image into duotone or tri-tone as bunch of spot colours?

Addendum: The question got edited few times so I will try to rephrase it: how to convert RGB image into 2 or 3 spot-colours, so that the end result is as close as possible to original data? The conversion might (or might not!) make use of the colour of the medium (i.e. black or white t-shirt).


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Is it possible to design a graphic that is transparent to text? What I'm looking for is something like MS Word’s send to back, which sends the picture behind text, so the text will be visible.
In Excel, that can't be done. Graphics in Excel are above text and grid lines. One can send a picture to be behind other pictures but it cannot be behind text.

I have scanned a stamp and pasted it to an Excel form, thinking that I don't need to stamp the forms anymore. I can just print the form with stamp already on it. Since pictures in Excel cannot be behind text, the printed forms look unreal.

My thinking is that if I can't send the picture behind the text, maybe there is a way to make the picture transparent, so the underlying text will be visible when overlapped.

Is this possible?


texts: Color Relations / Getting the right hue for a color

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In the latest version of Adobe Illustrator, I am working on some icons, and want to change the color of one.

The green one I'm happy with. The doc color and the fold color go well together. But, what if I want to change the color to yellow, how can I figure out what the fold color would be on the yellow so that it matches the green?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You.


texts: Why won't my video show unless I click the progress bar in PowerPoint 2010

texts: I have a short mp4 embedded in a PowerPoint presentation. It's set to loop indefinitely and start when the slide comes up, but the video doesn't show. If I mouse over the progress bar, it shows it repeating in a loop, but the window is black. If I click somewhere on the progress bar, it plays through once, then the bar loops again with the video stuck on the last frame of video. What's wrong and how can I fix it?


texts: Change black background of image to a color

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This was a black and white image that I inverted in Photoshop with command/control+i.

I want to convert everything that is black to a color. How would I replace the black with a different color?


texts: What goes in a Graphic Design portfolio on Slideroom for graduate school?

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I'm going to apply to graduate programs this year and Slideroom seems to be the preferred choice for portfolios. I'm wondering about what to put in it and what I'm even able to put in it.

Do I design a nice .pdf in InDesign and then upload it as single pages?

Should those pages be of just the end product or should process by shown?

Do I upload just my finished pieces individually?

Do you just caption the pieces with some sort of built-in system or should captions be designed as parts of the uploaded piece?


texts: Illustrator's Paintbrush and Pencil tools are too smooth

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I am trying to trace lines over a photograph using the Paintbrush tool. However, no matter what settings I put in the Paintbrush options, the lines I draw are distorted beyond recognition. I am using a Wacom ET-04-5-U, if that has anything to do with it.
Here is an example with maximum possible fidelity and smallest smoothness:

The Settings
https://imgur.com/a/PZu4BfK
The Result
And the results are just as bad with the Pencil tool.
What am I doing wrong, and how can I create more precise strokes when drawing in Illustrator?


texts: How do I convert an "blending mode" artwork to adopt the colors so I can edit some of them?

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I'm trying to convert the this graphic so I'll adopt the colors displayed after choosing the "color" blending mode.

The graphic looks like this before setting the blending mode:

Now I want it to like this:

The blue overlay is set to blend with the graphic below.

The Problem:
I would like to convert the graphic below to use colors, like it does while the overlay with the blanding mode on top (or the other way: graphic over the overlay). Without converting it into a pixel image, because I need to change the objects in red to still be red. I assume it would take more time to cut them out, and place them on top, than to convert them. I know the "recolor artwork" tool but maybe not as good to know how...

Thank you all for reading in advance!

I SHOULD ADD: I first transformed the vector to grayscale, so it's monochrome. Forgot to type it above


texts: How to make a line in illustrator with $ signs

texts: The behavior I'm looking for is similar to how one can make a path line dashed. Except, instead of being dashes, I'd love to make it show $ signs. Thanks for your help!


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I have tried many ways using a layer mask (such as this one) to accomplish this but could not get the result I expect. I have this image:

I would like to make the square outline semi-transparent say alpha=0.5 but leave everything else unchanged. The steps I took were:

open image in GIMP
duplicate layer
add layer mask initialized as black
select upper layer & use magic wand to select the gray square
outline
select layer mask & use bucket fill tool to make selection gray
(#7f7f7f)

But the outline remains solid gray instead of 50% opaque gray. Why is that & how can I get the result I want? What am I missing? Thanks


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I have an image which I am trying to adjust by moving some parts, but when I try to move a certain part, even when I'm zoomed in as far as possible, the most precisely I can move it is by one pixel. However, for my image, moving by one pixel is too big. Is there a way to redefine the pixel size so that I can make even smaller adjustments and movements?

I thought that Scale Image -> X/Y Resolution would do that, but even with a much higher resolution one pixel is still the same width.


texts: Rows of text with same width but different font sizes

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Are there any simple way to align rows of text with different font sizes so that the text rows have the same width.

I would like to do this in Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere Pro.


texts: Recommendation for Helvetica-like font with excellent distinguishability

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I am looking for a recommendation for a font which has certain properties.  It is for use in figures in a scientific publication.  The journal sets style requirements (prefers Helvetica), but unfortunately there are incompatible practical requirements (distinguishability of glyphs).

Must be sans serif, preferably resembling Arial/Helvetica.
Must have excellent distinguishability of similar letters like I/l. It should be obvious what letter a glyph represents, even if it stands alone with no context.
Should be free as in beer, or very commonly available (e.g. comes with MS Office).
Would be nice if it had a clearly distinguishable bold variant (not a hard requirement)


texts: Selected color is different from actual color in Illustrator

texts: Hello I have problem with colors in my image. So I made a user UI and noticed that the logo color is different from the button color (button color #FC1C08). I selected logo color to in Illustrator#FC1C08, saved the .png and again check the correctness of the colors. As it turned out logo color is incorrect even after edit (incorrect color #ed2724).


texts: What typeface is used on the AMOK album cover?

texts: Just out of curiosity. I know it's designed by Stanley Donwood. It looks like Futura with the M reaching slightly below the baseline.


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I have recently bought a UV digital printer. I'm looking to print a wall design on glass to stick onto the wall, however the bed size is 1300 x 2500 and the wall is 3000 x 2050mm, so the image will need splitting in 3 to fit on the bed.

However, I can't for the life of me figure out how to import a image into Illustrator... make it 3000mm x 2050mm then split the images into 3 to import it back into the machine. They will all need to match up for the pattern too if that makes sense?

You guys will be a life saver if you can help me out here!


texts: resizing Photoshop brush dynamically with alt + right click not displaying properly

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There's a fantastic hidden gem in Photoshop allowing you to resize the brush tool dynamically by selecting the tool and right clicking while holding down the alt key.  Vertical mouse movement changes brush diameter; horizontal mouse movement changes brush hardness.
It should display a red rendering of what the brush will become, but sometimes I don't see the red (just a circle), and it becomes impossible to guess what the brush will become simply by observing the UI widget's numerical values.  Anyone aware of a setting that will make this feature display the red?


texts: How can I import Photoshop layer with a mask to After effects?

texts: I've prepared a layer with a mask in Photoshop and I want to use it in After effects. What I want to do is add a video on to that prepared layer and mask it.


texts: Is there a good sans serif condensed safe font for web?

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I'm looking for a web safe font that looks like this:

Of course I can find tons of fonts which look like this that are available, but they are not web safe. I need a common font (e.g.Arial, Times New Roman, etc.) because I intend to use the font for my website, for headings.


texts: PNG shadow shows as white border on android device

texts: I am creating few icons with Drop shadow blending option in Photoshop. Then I save the icon as PNG with Transparency as 'chekced' and Matte as 'None'. The shadow looks fine on desktop but when my developer places those icons in his app, and runs on android device, all the shadows show as solid white border instead of transparent shadow. What changes should I make in my Photoshop settings to produce correct images?


texts: Is there any service where you can check your designed logo against trademarked logos?

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Say if I design a logo, there is the chance that it may be to similar to that of a trademarked logo already out there. Are there any services that help with this?

This could be done through research, but this seems a bit too intensive, so I want to know if there is anything better.


texts: Snap to the whole artboard when placing an artwork in Illustrator CS6

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I am trying to make my artwork that when I place it, it will snap to artboard and taking the whole artboard size. I tried to use a script that will fit my artwork to my artboard but it seems changing the scale of my photo making it smaller, see the attached photo.
My purpose is when I place the photo shown in the middle of my artboard it will snap to the entire artboard without changing the size of that triangle in the middle. That's one photo by the way I just highlighted the rectangle object in my photo/artwork.


texts: Place every object from a single layer to a new layer in InDesign

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is there a possibility to place every object automatically from one single layer into different new layers in InDesign?

Thanks!


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I am a freelance graphic designer, but also a full time student with a full time retail job. In my regular job I do no design work. The freelance has not been very often, because of how busy I am.

I was recently recruited to design a logo and entire interface for a new app that's being developed. I'm not sure what I should charge, because I haven't designed an app interface before. I was offered what seems like an obnoxiously low payment for the entire job.

Is it unreasonable to require hourly payment, or is it better to be payed by the job? What would be a reasonable amount to charge by the job (in an L.A. suburban area)? I am very skilled but like I said, don't do this very often.


texts: How to link two or more layer masks together in Adobe Photoshop?

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How can I link two layer masks together?

I'm trying to create a divider bar in Photoshop, that fades out at each end:

As you can see, I have it fading out at the bottom. How can I do the same to the top?


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I am having trouble with replicating exact margins from the PSD in CSS. Whenever I measure a margin with a select tool I get, for example, 32px. Then I put this in my CSS code:

div {
margin-top:32px;
}

But even though the margin is correctly set (checked with Firebug), the look of that element is still weird, like way off. The margin seems too big, I have to calculate it by eye after setting the PSD to 100% view instead of using those raw numbers.

How can I configure my Photoshop to give me correct measures that I can then apply in CSS so that PSD and CSS margins (and basically all measures) match?


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I would like to provide a non-technical, intuitive visualization of my database for people who are familiar with the underlying data, but not database design. The figure will be included in a journal article, and the audience is primarily students and scientists, many of whom will not understand concepts such as "many to many" or foreign and primary keys.

My goal is to convey a conceptual rather than a technical understanding of these relationships, and how they are a useful way of understanding the data itself. A technical and comprehensive description of the database will be provided as an appendix.

I see that there are many types of Entity-Relationship diagrams, but I am not sure which one, if any is best suited for explaining a data model to my audience. Perhaps there is another approach.

How can I represent this in a non-technical way that avoids keys and provides a more intuitive understanding of the relationships among tables?

Here is an example of my starting point:

The actual database will have 11 tables, including 3 used to define many-to-many relationships, and many fields that can be dropped.

update: but please note that I am not looking for a way to create such an ER diagram. I am looking for something further abstracted, that avoids dependency on keys.

Here is a very rough sketch of an idea: it uses overlap to show hierarchy and a bold border on the key table, and to show the 'ideal' level of abstraction (if it could contain and communicate the important information). Hopefully, these points can expand the scope of possible solutions. It is a 'sketch' in that I haven't figured out how to map these visual elements to specific relationships.

As discussed on this site's meta, this question is open and remains unanswered at stats.SE


texts: What can I use to preview Pantone tints?

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is there a Pantone book that shows tint values  eg. 20% or 40% of 021c?  I have looked far and wide for a Pantone Tint Selector which I seem to recall was available many years ago but now I can't seem to find it.
How do you get around this problem of tint values?


texts: How to remove artifacts at the edge of a GIF?

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Open this image in Mozilla or Chrome browser, So you show the display some white pixels in the outer side of gif.
I didn't apply any effect, just used two flat colors and round or text in that.

How can i fix this issue?


texts: How can I change the colour of the selection box and handles in Illustrator?

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I can't see any selections on a white page as all paths, boxes and handles are now white!
If a drag them off the page I can see they are there against the grey background.

I've reset all my Preferences but it has made no difference.

Any ideas on how to select blue again?

(Illustrator 2020)


texts: InDesign displays low quality linked AI file

texts: I'm creating a business card in InDesign. The best version of the company logo I have is an AI file which looks pixelated when placed in InDesign. I've tried exporting the AI file into different formats, but the result is the same. What's my best course of action?


texts: How to make printed paper depth-of-field effect?

texts: Does anyone know where I can find a tutorial on how to make the graphic below? I'm not sure what it's called. A lot of times it really looks like it's been printed on paper and it's just a photograph. This article is helpful, but it is lacking the depth of field.


texts: Why are two different CMYK colors printed equally?

texts: With Inkscape, I drew two rectangles, one with CYMK 20/100/0/0 and the other with 2/56/0/43. Since those two colors are different in the CMYK color space, I expected them to print in different colors. Yet, a (at least my) printer prints both rectangles in the same color (at least in my eye). So, why is my assumption wrong?


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I'm working on creating labels that will be cut out and placed as a sticker. I'm very curious on if there's a "standard" border between the image and cut lines.

I was looking at How to make striped/dashed border for a "cut out" coupon style? and a related video:
http://www.iceflowstudios.com/2012/tutorials/photoshop-cs6-beta-shape-strokes/

The video shows the dashed line touching the image, other responses point to an offset path of 10 pts (line weight 4).

I know the offset will be pretty case-specific, but I'm wondering if there's any general standards beyond "ask your printer". In my case, I set the offset to 1 pt before sending it and asking if they want a bit more space. I did this because the sticker will be laid overtop the part exactly, then cut with a razor around the edge, so a very small border should make for precision placement. However, this would be extremely difficult to cut by hand if you didn't have the image already placed against a hard surface of the exact size.

The in coupon example in the link, a bigger distance would be good, as people are cutting carelessly with scissors or just tearing by hand.

Any recommendations on a "standard" border distance?


texts: How do I cut out feathered edges of transparent text in GIMP?

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I am trying to create an overlay of a black background with transparent text so that a video can show through the transparency.

I have been selecting text on the image by color and then cutting it out, but this creates a feathered edge on the inside that I cannot see in GIMP but is very visible over video.

How can I make the transparent text much sharper?


texts: Photoshop, arrange layers to minimize total surface without overlap

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I print sheets with many separate objects loaded as layers from Photoshop. Is there a way to automatically arrange them on the sheet so that they do not overlap and that they take the least space possible?

If this is not possible from within Photoshop, is there some other way to do this?


texts: Vector Brush Gets Pixelated in Photoshop

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I'm trying to create a brush the makes little squares in p-shop. I tried several times to do the whole thing in p-shop but whenever I change the size of my brush after the fact, the edges of my square are all pixelated. I've even tried creating a vector object in illustrator and copy pasting it in p-shop to create my brush. Is there a way to create the kind of brush I'm attempting and still have crisp edges on my squares?
This is the shape I'm trying to create
For further clarity, this is the type of brush effect I'm going for, but as you can see, it's not clean.


texts: Name of justification style where the rest of verse is aligned differently

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Found in poems in this justification style words that didn't quite make it onto a line but are still part of a logical line (verse) are put below but aligned differently (aligned to the side where the line ends):

This verse line is too long but the last word still   |
                                             belongs. |
Another verse would begin on the left side again.     |

What is this justification style called?


texts: How to scale down an image and lower resolution in Pshop CS3?

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How do I scale down a large high res photoshop image to thumbprint size @ lower the resolution? I have Photoshop CS3.
thank you, carolpix


texts: Creating images for websites; controlling precision of drawings?

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I'm trying to break myself into making my own graphics for websites and I've come to my first roadblock.

I need to make the commonly used icon that resembles >> in photoshop. The problem is that I'm not able to just draw the four lines it would take with the line tool well enough by hand, and need a precise way to control the starting point of the line, its length, its endpoint, and other aspects of it after I've created it.

Is there a way to do this in photoshop CS5?


texts: WORD Tables and Text not Importing correctly into Design

texts: I am importing a 120-page WORD document into INDESIGN. I am using the IMPORT OPTION settings to import with tables formatting and all. Unfortunately, some tables and images are not importing correctly as if the text and tables are not anchored. How do I fix this without retyping?


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I'm creating t-shirts with designs printed on them (which have gradient colors).

Can screen printing be used for this? Our printer uses a DTG printer, but it's too slow & expensive.


texts: Is there a way to stop Adobe Illustrator from adding anchors when using the Pathfinder or Shape Builder?

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When using the Effects > Stylize > Round Corners... Illustrator option on shapes I built using Pathinfder and Shape Builder, I'm having a distinct problem with doouble anchor points. Since the effect does not round corners if they consist of multiple anchors, this spoils the effect at multiple places.

Take this shape, for example. The shape is fully expanded and consists of only a single path.

I built this using Pathfinder and Shape Builder. Look what happens when I round this shape's corners:

At the weirdest places, the Builder or the Pathfinder have created shapes using multiple anchors for a single point.

Is this adding of points preventable? If not, is it possible to remove them with a function? Object > Simplify does not seem to work, as it keeps the additional points even when not 100% accurately reproducing the shape.

The methods mentioned in this question don't seem to work for the Shape Builder.

I'm working on cs6.


texts: Creating this merged colour background in Photoshop or Illustrator

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I'm fairly new to designing and was just wondering whether if anybody knows how to go about creating the background in the image below?

Any feedback will be much appreciated.


texts: How can I convert this pattern into seamless tillable pattern in Illustrator?

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How can I convert following pattern into seamless tillable pattern in Illustrator 2017?

I want Final pattern to look like the following image, but tileable.

EDIT I have got answers which do not fit well in my case. I want to use this seamless tileable pattern as a bump map in 3Ds Max for a football 3D Model. 3Ds Max use Grid Algorithm to add tiling in texture or pattern, it doesn't arrange pattern in Hexa way. I want my final pattern in a single square which is allways tileable. 3Ds Max tiles it as much as needed.


texts: Photoshop: which document size for a company stamp?

texts: I have been asked to create a design for a company for their stamps that they use to validate letters and paychecks and so on. I was wondering if anyone knew if the size i do for the design of the stamp in Photoshop would matter if i gave it to the print house to make an actual circular stamp for it!


texts: Shortcut/key combination to change tool options

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Is there a shortcut/key combination to change tool options?

e.g. when using the brush, pressing/holding a key and switching to weighted smoothing.


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I haven't got so good spatial vision, so I cannot draw same thing from different angles (for example two eyes).

I know this question can be a little weird, but is there any tool in Inkscape to rotate a 2D object as a 3D object, like in the picture ?

Or should I use other program to do this ?

Thanks for the support :)


texts: How do I edit the layer mask selection using the adjustments tab?

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I have two layer images imported from lightroom, one underexposed for the background sunset and one overexposed for the subject. How do I make adjustments to the layer mask selection itself without it effecting the entire layer image? I would like to get it exposed just right in Photoshop first before doing Lightroom edits, if possible.

PS Screenshot:


texts: Facebook: Ways to preserve image quality of uploaded images?

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After uploading an image, Facebook converts it to a new image.  Their conversion process introduces artifacts and mottling to the magenta-ish parts of the image.

Original image:

Facebook's conversion:

Are there ways to preserve the original quality of this image and have the image appearance on Facebook reflect more of the original quality?


texts: adobe illustrator - linework and paintbucket on different layers

texts: I would like to have my brush strokes on one layer and coloring done by live paint bucket on another layer. When I select the strokes and make a live paint group to color with everything, strokes and colors inside strokes become one object. Is there any way to seperate my brush linework and colors on different layers?


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I'm currently re-designing an unified layout for my resume, portfolio, business card, and so on.

Until now, I've used Eurostile as my preferred font, but I'd like to switch to another with a free license (at least free for personal use)

What I'm trying to do is to convey the idea of elegant design and technical skill in an architectural context.

I'm non only interested in an open version  of this font (although, if someone knows some close alternatives, it would be nice to share), I'm looking for a font that shares its main features: elegant, technical, suitable both for titles and text bodies. Of course it should be sans serif, and, as a bonus, retain the slightly rounded-square appearance of Eurostile (but this is not strictly mandatory, as long as it has a technical and elegant look).


texts: Select layer in Photoshop with layer effects

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I need a way to get at the dimensions of a Photoshop layer with their layer effects. All methods I can find (such as command/control-clicking the layer thumbnail) only select the base layer and never include their effects.

Is there a way to select/marquee the Photoshop layer plus its effects (without manually adjusting the selection using Expand) or to at least get the size of the layer plus its effects?


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What is the GEGL function in Gimp?
What is the GEGL function in Gimp?


texts: How to adjust angle of line of a path so that it is parallel to another line in the same path

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I have the following 4 sided path:

I would like line A to be parallel to line B.

Is there a clever hotkey that allows me to snap the line angle?


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How can I move a black & white image to a layer mask in Photoshop?

My image includes shadows, lights, etc and I can't just select area and paste to mask.

I need this saved in grayscale.


texts: Printing size for a bus design 1:1 100 dpi?

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I don´t know anything about printing and have a huge question!
My design is going on a bus (12 m x 1.13 m) and the printing company send me this instructions to follow:

"resolution 1:1 scale 100 dpi (dot per inch)"

If 12 m is 472.441 inches

Does it means the resolution needs to be around 5000 dpi?
Am I wrong? :D

I hope someone help me fast because i have the deadline soon!!!! <3


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I need to recreate this gradient, but I'm not very good with gradients. Any tips?
Thanks!


texts: Photoshop: Converting to Grayscale and then setting darkest value to 60% black

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Once you have a color picture converted to grayscale, how could you tell photoshop to set the darkest color to 60% black and then shift the rest of the tones accordingly?

EDIT: To give some context, I am putting a list of my clients on my website and am converting all their logos to gray scale but I don't want the logos to be full opacity black, rather a tone of gray at their darkest.


texts: Illustrator save as SVG: losing character tracking information

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I'm trying to save two different versions of a certain SVG using Illustrator.

The sole difference between the two versions is that a certain text element's tracking attribute was set.

It seems though that Illustrator is completely ignoring the new attribute (the two resulting SVG files are almost the same - there are some negligible position differences) which in effect causes the resulting SVG to display incorrectly.

The relevant text element is saved as a single  element in which case I assume the tracking (letter-spacing in SVG) is most relevant (as opposed to outputting the text by wrapping each character in a  in which case the tspan's position could be used to implement the tracking implicitly).

Am I missing something in regards to saving as SVG from Illustrator?

Any pointers would be much appreciated.

Thanks


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I have a 3D model of a t-shirt like this , as well as a 2D image of the front of the T-shirt showing its texture like this.  How can I UV map the 2D texture onto the 3D model, with a tool like Blender or Unity?

Do I need to morph/transform the shape of the 2D image so that it matches the outline of the 3D model when viewed from the front?