texts: How do I make Inkscape's selection tool (F1) more precise?

texts: When I click on something, it selects, I believe, the largest object in a given radius from the click offset, not the path I've actually clicked on. Is there a way to increase the precision? Zooming in and out every time is starting to become a tedious operation...


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I'm trying to build a segmented cylinder (r3xh6) in 3DS Max and attach bones to it so that it can essentially function like a rope fora  game I'm working on.

The only way I can figure out how to do this is to create the cylinder and then create bones using the bone tools one bone at a time, then going through each bone and setting its rotation to identity then guesstimating an even distribution of positions of the bones and then setting up the bone weights (with more guesstimates) to figure out the blend weights.

Is there a better way to accomplish this? I dread what I'm seeing here..


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How can I make a screenshot of a graph smaller with Illustrator or Photoshop without losing quality? I am using a Macbook Pro with retina display. I also have a monitor without retina display.

I usually take screenshots in Chrome. When I size them down with Illustrator or Photoshop -- by resampling and also not resampling -- the end result is very pixelated. The graphs have thin lines and text. Please let me know if I should use a different technique, browser, etc.

I also tried bicubic sharper in PS. As I understand, pixels are thrown out when sized down so it may be impossible to maintain crispness in thin lines...?


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I'm kind of new to this stack exchange thing so please bear with me!

Anyway, I'm trying make a ribbon on Illustrator.

Upon making this ribbon from basic shapes and combining them with the Shape builder tool, I end up getting these really messy/jagged corners, and I have no idea what to do and how to fix it...

Any tips/advice/tricks on fixing this would be hugely appreciated! :)

(I'm alright with using Illustrator so feel free to throw complicated lingo at me!)

Also, just in case you wanted to the know the shapes that make up this ribbon...

Thanks again!


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I have run into a problem when working on a project, whenever I overlay a stroke it either darkens or lightens, (doesn't color properly) sometimes even changes the original color.

Its almost like the dodge/burn tool is going over it. How do I fix this?


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I am asked to put three specified colors together to form a pie chart, a colorful ring, some colorful diamonds and etc. Those three colors together are really ugly.

Are there any tricks to make it more pretty?

PS: Those three colors are:

  #99CC00

  #0164C2

  #000000

Meanwhile, I promise I am way beyond the age of receiving a homework.


texts: Foreground-Background Perception of a Logo

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I am designing a logo for my website. The following is what I have now:

For most people, this logo is perceived as a trinity-type of white shape on a blue circular background. For me, it can also be seen as a blue circular shape with three flower-like parts expanding towards the top on a white background.

What I would like to accomplish is:

With the least amount of alterations to the logo, change the main, standard perception of this logo from the first (white on blue background) to the second (blue on white background).

Least amount of alterations means that I would like to preserve as much of the design as possible, including the single-coloredness, the number of little shapes (7) and the minimalistic feel of the design.

I would love to understand the principle behind what governs these perceptions, and what factors determine how the logo is perceived in one way over another.

Thank you for your help and understanding!


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Ok so I have a picture of a map with little dots for each city on the map, and I want to find the coordinates of each dot. The only way I've been able to think of was using the "info" panel on photoshop and hovering the mouse over each dot then alt+tabbing on a text file and typing up the coordinates then returning to the dots, doing that over and over.

And that's pretty boring and time-consuming, so I was wondering if there was another way. I don't actually care if I have to erase the map and separate the points to do it, I just need the names of the cities and their coordinates in pixels.

Is there a non-boring way of doing this?


texts: Where is "Distribute Horizontal Space" in Inkscape 1.0+?

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Apologies all - I was looking for a way to (easily) enter a distance between objects textually (like Align, but with specified distance like 1 cm); I had apparently found a post about something like that, but for Illustrator, did not notice that difference, and started looking for  "Distribute Horizontal Space" in Inkscape, even if it was never there -- and stumbled upon the below link... So, this question resulted from that error, and I'll try to reformulate it:
Using Inkscape 1.0.2-2 (e86c870879, 2021-01-15) on Windows 10, and I'm looking for a way to specify horizontal or vertical distance between edges of bounding boxes of objects textually; basically, like Align, but with also with numeric offset distance.
I found something similar here - apparently in Adobe Illustrator, there is something called "Distribute Horizontal Space" Horizontally distribute along path :

... click the Distribute Horizontal Space button on the Align Panel ...

I made the mistake of interpreting the above screenshot as one from Inkscape, but if one compares the Align panel from Inkscape, there is no such function:

Is there something like Adobe Illustrator's "Distribute Horizontal Space" in Inkscape 1.0.2 - and if so, how do I get to it?


texts: Are there combinations of hue-sat-brightness equal?

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So I coded a customized palette-creation script but when copying palettes to paint.net and other pieces of software I notice something weird:

Occasionally when I create a colour it will slightly tweak the HSB. Say if I create (45, 80%, 94%) it changes it too (43, 80%, 92%). Is this because those HSB colours are equal? Why does this happen?

Thanks!


texts: How can I separate stroke and shape from one object?

texts: Lets say I have a circle with a fill and stroke. How can I separate the stroke from the fill?


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I am working on a male portrait (which will be printed) where the guy has little beard as seen in the picture below.

I have tried all the effects but when I select the black color after the effect the color changes, and the skin isn't visible.

Please help me with what steps to follow to achieve this beard look.


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I am facing a problem. I want to apply 'vertical-align bottom' between the word 'voice and the circle. The extra space beneath the word 'voice' dsnt let that happen. I want to get rid of the extra space (red marked) from this word. How can I do that?
Thank you


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I'm working on a packaging box and I have a ready template.

I'm not an expert in Illustrator and I can't seem to fill the other boxes with colour.

If anybody knows how I can successfully fill color in, please let me know.


texts: Text over background colored getting a weird yellow border

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I'm working on a logo using illustrator. I just put a black text over a red shape and my text is getting a boring yellow border around it. In this case, shape is red, but whatever the color I use, same issue happens. See below:

Note that there is a yellow edge around text. Why is that happening? My doc is on CMYK with the profile FOGRA39, but I noticed same issue when using default Working CMYK too.


texts: What is the font used in the logo of The Little Market?

texts: I am looking for the font used in Lauren Conrad and Hannah Skvarla’s company logo:


texts: How could I replicate this striped effect in Illustrator?

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I'm attempting to simulate a ribbon like pattern for lettering, similar to this image:

I've already made the outlines for the lettering, however using the blend tool and the width tool doesn't give me the clean results I was hoping for:

I've attached one of the letterforms here, is this just easier done in 3D and then texturing the surface?


texts: How to get this look in Photoshop or by any other online application?


texts: What is the 'Clear Selected Artboard Guides' in the Photoshop 'View' menu

texts: what is the 'Clear Selected Artboard Guides' in the Photoshop 'View' menu. I would like to use it but it is grayed out. I need to delete a specific guide from my artboard but moving it off the canvas just moves it off the canvas - it doesn't delete it. Thanks.


texts: Increase height of laser cut design file for enclosure

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I want to create an enclosure case for a Raspberry Pi 3B+ with a GrovePi Hat on top and an LCD display attached.

I found design files for a laser cut case for a Raspberry Pi 3B+ [1], as well as the details of the GrovePi [2] and the LCD screen [3]. Since I'm new to laser cutting, I would like to start from the design files for the Raspberry Pi 3B+, and extend the height of this box a bit.

What would be the best way to approach this (e.g., in InkScape)?


texts: Saving vector art using Illustrator with the intent to sell artwork to people who work with various vector software and versions of Illustrator?

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I have been making vector art recently and am looking into hopefully selling it either on existing websites or maybe creating my own, the website in a way would also be a portfolio and it would give me more experience in making websites and UI elements. If I were to make my own website there would be various Png versions (probably png 24) of the art at different resolutions and then a vector version.

My main question is how to save my existing vector art I have made (in Illustrator CS5) and make it available to anyone who hopefully buys it and downloads it. I was thinking I can't just let them download them the AI file because not everyone has Illustrator and if they do not everyone has the CS5 version and would a CS5 document even open in CS4 and earlier or even CS6?

When saving my existing artwork should I go back to EPS10, which is what some of the research I have done on the topic suggests and what is the process of saving as EPS10 and what are the restriction in doing so or should I just stick to illustrator and pick a version e.g. CS2 as the minimum requirement to open the art?


texts: How to change the background color of a photo?

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I'm wondering if/how I can change background color of the following images.

I don't like the blue background color of the second image but I want to keep the shirt color (jean/blue color).


texts: How can I fit as many letters into as tight of a space as possible in Illustrator

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I have a text which I outlined and broke into individual objects.

I want to fit this text into as tight a space as possible without overlapping, rotating or moving the letters around. The text doesn't need to be readable, it just needs to use the least amount of material as possible. How can I do something like this?


texts: How to remove lettering on gradient (Photoshop)

texts: I have an existing image with letters over a gradient. How would you go about removing it and replacing it with new lettering? Is there an easier way than to fill the whole are with a similar gradient? Content Aware Fill did not work.


texts: How do I use pen tool to connect lines of constellation dots in photoshop? I tried to do this by using pen tool. But once I hit enter, the lines disappear. I tried shift, alt, ctrl but they don't seem to work. I watched some YouTube videos but most of them are about how to use pen tool for drawing shapes not lines. Would appreciate help. Thanks.


texts: Help making paragraph styles with a bulleted list and a paragraph

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So I've been tasked with flowing a word doc into InDesign to make a cook book. I've set up the master pages and layouts, and I have been struggling with getting the text to flow while having a bulleted list.

The document is typed out:
Title¶
• bullet¶
• bullet¶
• ...¶
Instruction paragraph.¶
Instruction paragraph.(page break)

So when I feed the text in it works for the title and first bullet, then the second one is instructions then it jumps to the next page and goes crazy.

My question is, is there a workaround for the hard returns in a bulleted list? In the instructions I can just change them to double soft returns, but that makes the list no longer bulleted.

By making styles in Word that match the paragraph styles in name (E.g. "Title" and "Title") and using the place options I'm able to keep the formatting the same. It's a little extra work but from here on out I can just have people type with the appropriate Word styles.

Now my problem is that the copy seems to want to skip one of the text boxes unless I manually click the little red arrow in the upper left corner of the box.


texts: Move complex vector illustration from Photoshop to Illustrator exactly as it appears?

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I created a detailed vector illustration in Photoshop because I can't stand how Illustrator's Pen Tool behaves (more explanation at the end of the post)*.

Here's a section of the illustration:

It's made of three kinds of vector shapes:

Shapes with a fill and no stroke
Shapes with a stroke and no fill (basically just a path, but they were created with Photoshop's Pen Tool as Shapes)
Shapes with a stroke and a fill

I now want to bring all the vectors into Illustrator so I can do things like outline paths (not the same as stroke) and change path widths. However, the methods I'm trying have not worked.

Attempt #1: Open .psd file in Illustrator (same results as opening a new Illustrator file and using Place).

I do this:

But then I get this:

Several problems:

Not all vectors carried over.
No strokes carried over. (The lines that look like strokes are actually rasterized images, not vectors.)
Fills were added in some places where there were none.

Side-by-side comparison:

Attempt #2: Export Paths to Illustrator.

Problems:

I can't figure out how to select and export all paths at once. I can only do one at a time.
When I test out an export of just one path, none of the stroke settings carry over.

Attempt #3: Export an EPS file from Photoshop and place it into Illustrator.

Image showed up in Illustrator's Navigator, but not on the canvas. Illustrator lagged a ton.

How can I faithfully move all my Photoshop vectors and their fill and stroke settings into Illustrator?

By stroke settings, I mean color, width, and alignment (I aligned all my strokes to the middle, not to the inside or outside of the path).

I'm using Photoshop CS6 and Illustrator CS6.

Recreating the illustration from scratch in Illustrator is out of the question.

I would also prefer not to use Live Trace, because I already have the vectors how I want them.

If there's anyone who knows how to handle this (any fellow Photoshop Pen Tool enthusiasts out there who have gone through this before?), I would appreciate it so much.

* Why I can't stand the Pen Tool in Illustrator

1. No Direct Selection shortcut for moving individual anchor points.

Photoshop: While using the Pen Tool, hold Command to quickly switch to Direct Selection Tool to move individual anchor points. No need to hit A to switch tools.

Illustrator: Holding Command and trying to drag an individual anchor point often moves the entire path. No way to reliably move just one anchor point without switching tools.

2. Added anchor points don't come with handles.

Photoshop: Anchor points added to an existing path come with handles for a smooth curvature.

Illustrator: Anchor anchor points added to a path do not get handles, which means I have to manually convert them, and this always goes wrong (see #3).

3. For some reason, convert and drag always curves the wrong way.

Photoshop: When converting an anchor point and dragging, the handles always curve the path the way I want them to (a smooth curve rather than an S curve).

Illustrator: When I convert a sharp anchor point to one with handles, the handles always curve the path the wrong way first.


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How do I create a white drop shadow in Photoshop? The shadow disappears when I change the colour to #ffffff.

Steps I have tried to produce a drop shadow:

Assuming you have two layers (as shown in the image below). Right click on the top layer (in the layers window).
Select Blending Options.
In the Layer Style popup, select Drop Shadow (on the left).
In the Drop Shadow settings change the colour to #FFFFFF.
Click Ok twice.
You will notice that the shadow has disappeared.

Hope this helps. Please feel free to ask if I didn't explain it right or if there is any ambiguity.

Thanks in advance for the help.


texts: Inkscape: Break apart doesn't break apart lines

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Breaking apart a line made of multiple lines doesn't separate it into individual lines.

I have a line made of multiple line segments (not a group, its one object). I select the line and do "Path" -> "Break Apart". Nothing happens, the lines are still one connected object, not individual lines.


texts: Why can't i modify the text on this InDesign template?

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I'm new to InDesign so I fully accept I'm probably doing something stupid.

I've been given a template for making an a 7x5 card. I've managed to add the images okay but when I try to edit the text either by triple clicking on it or dragging the T tool to it Im unable to select the existing 'Image Title' text for modification.

What am I doing wrong ?


texts: How can I possibly do this kind of noise effect in Photoshop?

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Do you know how can I apply this kind of noise effect? (image attached)
Seems like it somehow needs some gradients for that to have the effect, any help would be really appreciated, thank you!
(Illustration is not mine)


texts: Export in multi sizes with illustrator create several icons

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I designed a set of icons for a website in Illustrator CC.

What would be the difference between using Illustrator CC's tool to export my icons in different sizes (@1x; @2x, @4x) vs. drawing the actual icon in different sizes ?

EDIT:
I believe my question was about "size" and not resolution, but I might be wrong. I used (@1x; @2x, @4x) as it is in Illustrator CC. Exporting in @1x, @2x, @4x in Illustrator means at different sizes not different resolution. Is this correct?


texts: What is the serif font used in the King's Hawaiian logo?

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I was recently enjoying some tasty King's Hawaiian Bread. I noticed their font for their logo and would like find a font with a similar look. I ran their logo through What The Font and it returned Kuenstler 480 Black as a possible match. This is close it is lacking the "swooshes" that you see in the N and H. (I do not know the technical term.)

Does anyone know what font is used in their logo or a close match?

For those not familiar with their logo here is a copy:

Here's those characters in Kuenstler 480 Black (preview generated by Fontzone) for comparison. It's similar, but not a clean match:


texts: What are the differences of the various kinds of black print color?

texts:
Some terms for black color I have seen are:

Process Black
Pantone Black C
rich black

Do others exist?
What makes them different?


texts: Are there any ways to keep point handles the same length in Illustrator other than using guides?

texts: When tracing in Illustrator, I'll use the white arrow to make sure I don't break the link between the handles and keep fluid curves but is there a way to also make sure both handles remain the same length as I tweak them (ETA: meaning, after I dragged out the initial point handles)?


texts: Lately I've been noticing that I tend to draw while hunched over, with my face as close as possible to the page. I've been wondering if it's better to sit up straight, although when I do that, I can't see details as well (even when I'm wearing my glasses). Does it matter whether you hunch forward or sit up straight?


texts: Can I drag and drop layer as another layer mask in Photoshop?

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I have a black and white layer in Photoshop. I want to drag and drop that layer quickly on another layer as a layer mask. Is it possible?

Current workflow I'm using is:

Select b/w layer
Ctrl+A to select everything
Ctrl+C to copy
Create layer mask
Alt click on that layer mask to make it active
Ctrl+V to paste
Alt click on that mask to "exit" it


texts: How to create a blueprint for a website on paper?

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I have been doing web design for a couple of years now. I am trying to design it on paper but am not the best at it.

Could you please give me some advise on how to blueprint it? How can I create wireframe-like mockups of a website on paper with a pencil or pen?


texts: Transparent png image is not transparent in browser

texts: Please see this example image below to reference (Illustrator was used here to export). Has anyone noticed that any transparent png files when dropped in a browser (like Chrome or Firefox) do not seem to have transparent backgrounds? I used to drop graphics in Chrome or Firefox as a check before sending a file and I would see a fully transparent background. This example shows the artboard area as white instead. Is there a fix when exporting? Or a setting in the browser?


texts: How to create a simple split page layout

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I am new to InDesign and I am trying to create a file to get an image book published.

For page 1, I want to split the page into 2 halves, where 1 half has text and the other is filled with an image. I managed to do this manually (create a panel and then copy + paste and adjust the size until the 2 panels are of equal size and fill the page), but figured there  must be an easier way.

So I turned on the "snap to grid" feature in the hopes that the grid would pass through the center of the page, but this doesn't seem to be the case..

So my question is, how can I move the baseline grid so that it aligns to the center of my book, OR how can I define a page layout to contain 2 half-page panels?

Here is what I mean by the grid is not aligning:

Black line is the midde of the book (inner spine), and the purple lines are the margins. As you can see the grid is slightly off, meaning that when "snap-to-grid" is turned on, I am unable to easily find the center of the page.

Is it supposed to be like that? Am I using the wrong grid feature?


texts: Adobe InDesign Animation: Properly rotate text on path

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In Adobe nDesign, I am trying to add a simple animation to a string of text on a circular path. See the screenshot below for my animation settings. The text is supposed to rotate in a circular motion around the graphic in the center. When exporting the document to SWF, the animation is weirdly off, see the .gif below to see it.

Can someone explain to me, how I can create a proper rotation of the text around the small center graphic?


texts: How to fill a circle with rotated stripes in illustrator?

texts: How can I fill a normal circle with rotated stripes in Adobe Illustrator?


texts: Run Illustrator script on multiple files

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Is there a way to make an Illustrator script run over all files in a certain folder and perform operations on these?

I am using CS5 on mac.


texts: How to make brush of random tree images?

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I have images of trees (each image = 1 tree, as tree1.png, tree2.png, etc). So I want to create a brush that upon each click it sets one of the images on the selected layer.

But..

It should NOT change color of the image.
It should NOT rotate the tree.
It should NOT randomize size of the tree (size of the tree should be as big as the brush size).

While what I'm asking for might not be difficult to some of you, but I couldn't find a solution by googling, and my experience with creating brushes is almost zero.


texts: Horizontally flip a lot of pictures in GIMP

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I have like a thousand pictures that I would like to flip them horizontally in GIMP, do you know how I can achieve that?

I guess I will have to use some kind of a batch process, but I'm really not familiar with it.


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Here is an example to explain what I mean:

Text created in Gimp:

Text created in html/CSS code:

font: 60px "anchor-web-1","anchor-web-2", 'Impact', sans-serif;
font-weight: 900;

Why do html/css texts appear so "pixelated" compared to texts from photoshop or gimp?

And is there a way to have better result and still use only html/css/javascript/other code?


texts:
I'm trying to create laser beams in Lumion.
I tried to create a standard material with emissive option, but it wont create the right effect- it doesn't look like a laser beam, and it won't cast light on the surrounding- just a murky fog that wont light the area.
I've added 3 Lumion rendering and one that I created with Vray, which is closer to what I imagined.
Can someone help me? Do you have any ideas how to create the laser effect?


texts: What is the smallest and largest font size in offset printing?

texts: What is the smallest and largest font size in offset printing and screen printing and digital printing and digital application?


texts: Illustrator script How to generate a cross to center of all selected circles

texts: Is there a way (or Script) to place a cross (+) at the center of all selected circles?


texts: Getting Dimensions of Marquee Tool in Photoshop

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Is it possible to get the dimensions (width, height, top left, top right, bottom left and bottom right) of the select area that is selected using the marquee tool.

If yes how?


texts: What are good commercial stock graphic sites for websites/applications?

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I am looking for good websites providing royalty free stock images for pay.

I'm not looking for sites that make images available for free and require attribution or non-commercial use; they're already covered in another question.

I'd also like hear some comments of the service:

What kind of payment options they offer?

e.g. do you have to buy a bulk of credits or can items be bought separately? Sometimes buying bulk credits won't suit my projects.

How much do they have content?

e.g. psdGraphics is interesting  for its payment options, but I found its supply lacking.

How is the overall content quality?

e.g. does the site have vast disperse in quality, which usually is the case with big, major sites (such as iStockPhoto or does the site have strict quality requirements?

What sites do you use to buy graphics / backgrounds / images for commercial design purposes?


texts: Photoshop: how to reduce the size of a PNG for web use

texts: I have a PNG file that is 2042 x 1250 and is 6.1 MB. When I open with Photoshop and do "Save As > PNG 24" and choose the compressed file size of the two options (the other being no compression) I still get an image that is on the order of a few MB, which, since it is going to be a web asset, I would like to be in the KB and not the MB's. How do I go about intelligently compressing this image to a ballpark range of a few thousand KB?


texts: Sharpness and contrast at small resolution pictures

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Ok, so maybe this has nothing to do with Adobe Illustrator or design, maybe problem is with WordPress I don't know...

But, I created a logo with Adobe Illustrator, and it looks great. Artboard and artwork itself is in high resolution. And I need to place that logo on my WordPress site. My theme is recommended me a 190x50 px resolution for logo. And when I export AI artwork in JPG or PNG, with that resolution and place it on my web site it looks blurry, not sharp, with bad contrast...but when I export it with higher resolution it look good.

How can I get small picture, with small resolution, but to maintain good contrast and good sharpness?


texts: I have two versions of a black and white image and would like to remove the background in both. I used Trace Bitmap in Inkscape with the settings below - the white background was no problem, but in the black image it keeps removing the white part that I want to keep. Any ideas how I can switch this, or another way to remove the black background and keep the white logo? Thanks!


texts: Typeface like Times New Roman but with "tied" percent sign

texts: I wish to identify the below typeface, which is similar or identical to Times New Roman, except for a "tied" percent sign. I need it for MS Word so welcome suggestions of similar typefaces available in Word.


texts: InDesign substitute font pink background, except I have the font

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This is similar to How do I disable or hide the pink background on missing fonts, but the problem is I actually have the font, which is KG Tangled Up In You.

When the font is used with default leading, it appears fine in InDesign.  When I change the leading at all, the substitute font pink background appears.

I know nothing about font design, but does anyone know why InDesign thinks I'm using a substitute font when I change the leading?  When I turn off the substitute font warning in 'Preferences → Composition' (I'm using CS5), the pink background goes away.  When I change the leading back to its default, it also goes away.


texts: Illustrator text alignment - center to specific letter

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I have a list of names that I want to align vertically with specific letters within each name ex:

   COACH BRIT
  COACH JESSIKA
       CASSIDY
      VICTORIA

In the list above the B, E, S, and T line up vertically to spell BEST. I want BEST to be centered on the artboard and it will be a different color. I've tried several methods of grouping, aligning to key objects etc. and have not been able to get this to work.

There have been other instances where I've wanted the entire design to move to center of the artboard based upon an object that isn't in the center of the graphic and it's the same issue. If only I could select a key object from within a group!

Thank you!


texts: Why is InDesign rasterizing my Illustrator placed files?

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I am new to InDesign and have used Illustrator for many years.

I am using the place command in Indesign of an AI file into my InDesign file, but when I do that its like Indesign is rasterizing it or something. I have looked at videos online of people placing AI files in and there's look how it does in AI, but when I do it, the graphic is all screwed.

Is there a reason why it is doing this? Copying and pasting from AI into InD is no problems, it works fine but I need to use place as I will be making changes.

Many thanks for any help!


texts: Free software suggestion use with drawing tablet

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I recently purchased a Wacom to do some basic drawing on the computer (caricatures, etc.). This is primarily to save paper.

But I am overwhelmed with the number of software available. Any kind of professional or non-professional tool would do. The OS is not important as I have both Linux and Windows.

I tried Inkscape and Adobe Photoshop, but both are way too complex. Meanwhile, MS Paint doesn't have enough features. My drawings are extremely simple and I do not need a lot of special effects, such as layers, lightning effects etc.

Can anyone suggest a free software?


texts: How is this gradient effect being created on line/vector drawings

texts:
I can imagine how it could be done in a dumb way.
Are there any quick and scalable ways to produce line drawings with this gradient effect?


texts: Recreate Complex JPG File As PSD? My Designer Disappeared

texts: I unfortunately hired someone who I thought was a fantastic, dependable designer. They created a very complex, extremely well put together landing page for me. They then sent me a jpg version of the landing page to review and suggest changes. Unfortunately for reasons unknown they have gone no contact for three weeks now and I am left with an incredible mockup but no PSD file. What is my best option to take this jpg and turn it into a PSD file or website? It does need some small tweaks but is pretty close to finished. Any ideas would be very much appreciated.


texts: how do i keep transparency in a logo made with inkscape when uploading it to facebook

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I created a logo for a customer using inkscape and exported it as a .PNG image. I can use it in Word or Publisher no problem with a transparent background, but my customer said it had a solid background when he uploaded it to facebook.
How do i keep the transparency?


texts: Exporting SVG from illustrator as strokes instead of paths

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I have this image, which I'm exporting as SVG with the intention of animating it:

In the version I'm exporting as SVG there's no background colour, that's just there so you can see it on this post. The SVG is entirely made of strokes in Illustrator, so I expected the SVG to be exported as strokes. Instead it's being exported as paths with fills.

At first I thought this might be because the strokes are variable widths, it was drawn with a pressure sensitive stylus. However, when I exported a simple circle shape with a uniform width stroke as SVG, this also came out as a path with a fill. Paths with fills can't be animated on the web.

Any ideas on how I can export this image with SVG strokes? I'm willing to export with another program if possible. Unfortunately After Effects can't handle this many shapes using the graphics card I have, or I would export with Lottie.


texts: Python library to expand type and offset paths like Illustrator

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I use Adobe Illustrator extensively and automate it with AppleScript. I recently made a children's toy where I need to expand letter font objects (so I can cut them with the laser cutter) and offset the expanded objects by 0.6mm (so I can cut a mortise with the CNC router for the letters to fit into). The design for the letter P looks like this with the orange part to become the laser-cutter letter and the black stroke to become the mortise. I also add pictures of the result with the letter outside and inside the mortise.

I automated this with GUI scripting in Illustrator (see appendix below) and want to code this with an open source library so it is more accessible to anyone who wants to make such a toy with custom letters.

I have tried SVGwrite as suggested here, but I was unable to expand type. I found no answers whether Cairo would allow type expansion and path offset. One solution is to use Inkscape, but I would rather keep the code self-contained by importing a library rather than requiring the installation of an external program.

Do you know of a Python library that allows type expansion and path offset?

Appendix: Here is the only solution I found to automate this. I use AppleScript and Illustrator was with GUI interaction:

-- Code to interact with Illustrator via GUI
property ai_process : "Adobe Illustrator"
on clickMenuBarItemAndItem(menuBarItem, menuItem)
    tell application "System Events"
        tell application process ai_process
            tell menu bar 1
                tell menu bar item menuBarItem
                    tell menu 1
                        tell menu item menuItem
                            click
                        end tell
                    end tell
                end tell
            end tell
        end tell
    end tell
end clickMenuBarItemAndItem

-- Code to expand object
on expand()
    -- no expand command in API, so expand with GUI (this becomes a group)
    my clickMenuBarItemAndItem("Object", "Expand...")

    tell application "System Events"
        tell application process ai_process

            delay 1
            key code 36 -- enter
        end tell
    end tell
end expand

-- Code to offset path
my clickMenuBarItemAndTwoItems("Object", "Path", "Offset path...")
tell application "System Events"
    tell application "Adobe Illustrator" to activate
    keystroke "0.6mm"
    delay 0.1
    key code 36 -- enter
    delay 0.1
end tell


texts: Problems shrinking text in Illustrator CS6

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I'm trying to have a crack at designing a simple business card using a logo which was created for me. I've run into a problem..

I had a logo made which looks pretty standard. Not sure what font is being used here. The standard size was quite large, to fit onto the business card I needed to shrink it. One for the front and one for the back, take a look at how it has turned out. I've gone from Gattaca to Guitar Hero.

Any ideas how to fix this? The middle version I dont mind. It's a bit funky, by the third variation is a bit too much..

Thanks!


texts: What font characteristics are associated with luxury and wealth?

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There's a lot about color theory but not as much about type theory. For example silver, gold, black, deep purple are often associated with luxury and wealth.

What charactertics should a font have to also be associated with luxury and wealth? Again, characteristics not looking for a specific font.

Some might say Script but that seems too broad, as this for example is far from luxury:

While another script font might work:

It's not just script though, similar explorations can be done with Serif fonts and Decorative fonts.

What characteristics make a font appear luxurious and wealthy? Are there also certain type treatments that can further associate type with luxury?

Edit

I want to be clear in that this isn't about what luxury brands use for their logos, but what typography characteristics CREATE luxury. To use hkaube's answer as example if I use a font similar to MARC JACOBS:

I don't think anyone would say WEDDING PHOTOS looks luxurious and wealthy despite being similar in style to how a luxury brand treats their logo.


texts: How does font size translate on a Retina Display in Photoshop?

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I was wondering, now that I am designing on a retina display in photophop, I've doubled my screen resolution from 72 to 144. I've been keeping my document pixel size the same.  For example, for ipad (landscape), I've set my canvas to 1024x768 pixels.

I am also working at zoomed in at 200%.

I am very confused with regard to font sizes.  They seem double the size, so 20 pixel fonts looks small.  I've read that moving to points instead of pixels will resolve this problem and will translate the best.  What do you recommend?

Am I setting up my photoshop document correctly to accommodate this new retina world we live in?

I found this article that seemed insightful but wanted to get group consensus: http://louis-andre.net/retina-photoshop/


texts: How batch rename artboards in Adobe illustrator?

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Is there a way to batch rename a bunch of selected artboards in illustrator?
any script or plug-in appreciated...
Partly Answer:
Edited code of @GoodJobStudios; In this edit, the Variable counter of Artboards and  increment number are different. It causes the script to numbering the range you want from 1, and not numbering by artboard index number.
  function artBoardName_serial() {
    var doc = app.activeDocument;
var start=(0)-1;
    for (var i = start, l = doc.artboards.length; i < l; i++) {
        if (doc.artboards[i].active) {
                }
                // THIS IS WHERE THE RENAMING HAPPENS
                doc.artboards[i].name = "agha"+((i-start)+1);
            }
    }

function renameArtBoard_MAIN() {
    if (app.documents.length == 0) {
alert("No Open / Active Document Found");
    } else {
        artBoardName_serial();
    }
}

renameArtBoard_MAIN();


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Is there any way to add an outline to a brush so that when stroking a path it will give a sense of depth and layering where the path overlaps?

As an example, here is an image of footprints. How could I add depth so that you can tell which footprints came later on (i.e. on top of other footprints)


texts: Layer looks different when exported alone

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I'm having a little bit of trouble exporting a bunch of semi-transparent layers from a PSD file in Photoshop.

If I export the layers alone one by one (by hiding all other layers) and compose them in my app they look different, e.g. they seem to have less transparency or more white color in them.

I've been googling about this issue for a while now and so far I only know that is has something to do with layer blending.

Is there a way to export the layers so that they will look the same when I bring them all together?

Edit:

Here are some screenshots:

Design in photoshop:

Inside the app (after exporting and combining same layers):


texts: Is there a standard for categorizing typefaces?

texts:
So I was reading two documents on typography and each classifies font types in completely different categories.

One document says we have : serif, sans serif, text, script, display and dingbats.
The other document says we have : roman, egyptian, sans serif, script and miscellaneous (to attract attention).

I went over different websites and each seems to "make up" their own categories (like slab serif).

So is there a standard way of categorizing fonts or is every one free to invent his/her own categories?


texts: How to can extract all icons from an .eps file?

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I Have
shutterstock_219776725.eps that I downloaded from http://www.shutterstock.com/ , it looks like this when I open it in Photoshop.

I want
to export all those icons in there into its own pieces so I can use them on  my website.

I've tried
doing this manually one-by-one is very time-consuming, now I'm thinking to automate export all of them.

Questions
Is there any Mac application out there that help me achieve this such task ?
What is the fastest way to extract all the icons from that .eps file ?

Update

Layer
After loading my shutterstock_219776725.eps in Illustartor. I see one layer.
When I click on the left arrow, I see all the sublayers.

I've also tried
follow this link  : http://blog.iconfinder.com/how-to-export-multiple-layers-to-svg-files-in-adobe-illustrator/
And use this script (Export-Layers-as-PNG.jsx): http://blog.iconfinder.com/how-to-export-multiple-layers-to-svg-files-in-adobe-illustrator/
Place that script in here : /Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator\ CC\ 2014/Presets.localized/en_US/Scripts/Export-Layers-as-PNG.jsx
Then, I tried to export using the script.
I still couldn't see anything  exported.


texts: How to import .obj files into Maya 2011?

texts:
I'm using 123D (a great 3D suite from Autodesk) that generates .obj files.
I'm trying to open them in Maya 2011, but to no avail.
It's strange because both applications are from Autodesk, yet they don't use compatible file formats. (That goes for 3D studio as well)
Any ideas?

I've read many google results and forum threads, but still got no clue on how to do it.


texts: Designing creatives with complex sale mechanics

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I'm Designing a set of creatives for sale campaigns (e.g. black Friday) for a fashion e-commerce. These would be in mostly landscape dimensions, but there are also smaller placements.

Compared usual campaigns with no discounts, where there's room to include imagery and persuasive copy, something we didn't anticipate was complex sale mechanics that could take up a lot of the space in creative.

e.g. up to 50% off + extra 10% off.
besides this, there needs to be additional information like voucher code and T&C added to the creative.

1 good design solution I came across is this, tho here there is no room for an image and might not work for smaller landscape dimensions and other languages.

of course its possible to just use the sale mechanics as the only copy. with no persuasive copy.

anyone faced such design challenges that know workarounds or solutions to come up with a clean design while retaining the complex mechanics??


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I am trying to draw with 1px pencil but it draws 3px square. I checked my grid settings and Im sure that every grid is 1 px. How can I fix that?

as you see this is 3x3px canvas and pencil is 1px but it fills all canvas.

thanks in advance.


texts: 100% black problem in PDF exported from InDesign?

texts:
Currently I am facing a HUGE crisis about this 100% black not being right for printing and coming out as 4 colours, in my InDesign document. My swatch for the black text is set at c=0 m=0 y=0 and k=100, which seems not to work for 100% BLACK with my printers. Please can anybody guide me to what I should do to acheive 100% black for this?

The only thing I want is that AFTER I export the pdf, the text boxes which have BLACK TEXT are GOOD for printing and have 100% black, not a 4 colour rich black.


texts: Create an input range slider with a high range

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I want to create a web page for some visualizations I made using d3.js.
I create a map, an heatmap and some other small charts.
In this drawing I show (very schematically) how the created graphs should be positioned on the page (it makes the idea of the size they occupy).

The visualizations are interactive and the user can choose some parameters using radio buttons, a check box and an input range slider (for select an year).

So, my input range slider look like that:

In total the user can choose between 37 different years (from 1981 to 2017).
What I wonder is what is the way to make the best (in terms of graphics) this slider. Surely it must:

it must be long otherwise all the years are too close
must show the labels with the years so it is clearer in what position they are.

I looked for ideas on the internet and I found this site.
Among those shown, the best (in my case) seems to me this:

The problem is that I have many years to show (37 not 7 as in the example) so a slider like this would really take up so much space.

Do you have any ideas to propose?


texts: Photoshop 3D object looks high quality only when moving it

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I am working on some textures for 3D .obj files in photoshop cs6 extended. The objects look pretty pixelated and low quality, but when I move the object mesh, or scene, or camera, it instantly renders 100% in the best quality.

How can I make the object look in hq all the time and not just when moving it?

I tried ctrl+shift+alt+R (and also clicked 3D > Render", and waited for about 30, 40 minutes. The object then looks better, not so much pixelated, but still pretty blurry and not even close as how it looks when I am moving it. In performance preferences I let PS uses 6GB of RAM, Drawing Mode is set to advanced, use GPU and anti alias are ticked.

Here's a screenshot, on top the object when I am not moving it, bottom when I move it:


texts: How and with what software was this image created with?

texts: I want to know, how it was possible to create the cubes, with their shinny, dark and cubed parts? I know it could be doable with Photoshop, but how? Is there any software better suited to make it than that?


texts: Can you control Photoshop with external software?

texts: I want to write a program that changes the foreground color, selected tool, etc. without having to use things like macros and actions.  I'm developing on Windows.  Any ideas or resources?


texts: How can I produce this drop-shadow effect in Photoshop?

texts:
More specifically, how do I produce this square background shadow:

Source


texts: How do I add a darker border color to text?

texts:
In this image, look at the text. Can you see a dark yellow border of the light yellow text?

Can someone please tell me how to add that?


texts: RGB to CMYK conversion -- more than one way?

texts:
Occasionally a science journal asks authors to submit figures as CMYK (JPG or TIFF) for publication. When I have done this in the past, the colors in the figures end up looking very muted and washed out - even when published in print format. What I don't understand is that these same journals have published articles from others where the figures are nice and vibrant both in print and online in PDFs.

My question is whether there is more than one way to convert RGB color to CMYK.  The tools that I have tried (Adobe acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Deneba Canvas, Apple Preview) all produce the same muddy images.

Is CMYK actually too restrictive of a color space for modern printers? Doesn't it presume that there are only 4 colors of ink in the printer?

I'm guessing that other authors have ignored the publishers request, and have submitted their figures in RGB or some other expanded color space; perhaps the publishers hardware are capable of a wider range of color than CMYK allows -- or is there more than one way to do the color conversion?


texts: Branding a company that has no public identity

texts:
Ok, that title might seem a little strange, but I will try to explain.  And I will say, I do know this is more of a discussion type question, and not a technical question.  Hopefully I wont get down-voted...

Just a little background first: I work for, let's just call it MyCompanyCo., which is a division of MyCompanyLLC....MyCompanyCo owns and operates 10 sub companies. Let's call them Company 1-10....Company 1-10 each have their own brand identity in which is recognizable to their audience and all revenue MyCompanyCo generates come from the customers of Company 1-10. MyCompany LLC, our parent company has their own brand identity also.  However, MyCompanyCo has never once attempted to brand itself. We have a logo, which is the same look as MyCompany LLC, but with CO and the end of it.  We have business cards, which are the same as the business cards of MyCompanyLLC. But beyond that, we don't promote ourselves to the public. We don't have a website (just a mention on the parent companies website), we've never created a brochure.  I am willing to bet that most of the customers of Companies 1-10 have never heard of MyCompanyCo.

All the work I do is for the 10 sub companies, however on very rare occasions, I am asked to design something for our division, MyCompanyCo. My boss is a database administrator and has never worked as a designer, and in all honestly, I can tell he doesn't really care about it that much....He's the kind of guy that says things like "I just want it to look cool."  The latest project I am working on, an internal blog that won't be seen by the public at all, has me a creative block.

I went to school for advertising, and have always learned that good creative communicates the uniqueness of a brand.  It's not enough that something "looks pretty", but it also has to be identifiable...But because our division has never taken the time to brand itself, I feel like I am at a loss for creative direction...Now don't get me wrong, I know I can find one of the millions of Wordpress templates, change the logo, colors and some images and voila, I have a pretty blog; but I swear, just making something "look pretty" with out any reflection of the company goes against everything I have ever learned or believe about effective communication. However I see it all the time...So many designs out there look good, but don't communicate the brand well.

I know when it comes to this blog, nobody in my company cares how "unique" it is or how well it communicates MyCompanyCo.  Heck, I am pretty sure if I created this blog in some grungy retro style (which would not match our company at all), most people would think it's the coolest thing, simply because it's "pretty"....So I think that's what I might do, however before I really get into the project, I was hoping for some feedback.  Maybe some of you have been in a similar situation?

Thanks for reading my post, hopefully it's not too long...


texts: Create a pencil or sketched style in photoshop for websites

texts:
I found this image on the internet:

I want to use this style on some icons. Is there anyone familiar with this style and do you have an advice for me?


texts: Different line thickness between Painter 12 and Painter 2015

texts:
I am migrating from Painter 12 to Painter 2015 and use the Wacom Intuos M tablet. Now, I've set the same line width settings in 2015 as I have in 12 but I get an extremely thin line when drawing with the pen (and identical lines when using the mouse).

Clearly I've missed a setting somewhere, can someone help me out figuring what and where it is? Here's a screenshot:


texts:
I am a coder really, and I have to recolour an icon - and I can't get it work.
Here is the icon

I need it to be #df2526

I created a new adjustment layer that is hue saturation and click colorize (as per another post here)

But I can't see a way to accurately set the colour - i can drag the 'hue' slider along where I like so its any colour.

i tried using the color picker to get the HSL numbers, but if I transfer the numbers over the don't give the right color.

how do I get the icon colour more accurate please?


texts: Align text to center of text field in double-column in Indesign

texts:
So, I want to achieve this effect, but then automatically (without having to edit the text manually):

So basically, the left column has to have a right alignment, and the right column has to have a left alignment. But because it's a double column with 'balance columns' turned on, I don't know how to achieve this. Because when I make two seperate text fields, the 'balance columns' option is gone, right?

So how can I achieve this effect easily without having to manually edit all text?

Thanks :)!


texts: Sponsorship - On the front or back cover?

texts:
I'm publishing a small (~12 page) booklet, which occasionally has a sponsor. For technical reasons, I have only two options as to where to put it, either on the front cover or on the back cover. Which would be more appropriate to put it on?

If it helps in any way, I have small ad on the back for sponsorship.


texts: When icons are used as glyphs, is it necessary to create them at double the intended resolution?

texts:
eg. 16x16 is the intended size, do I need to create them at 32x32 or higher for sharpness on screens with high ppi? any help would be greatly appreciated.

Edit: looks like I was conflating characteristics of a rasterized image with vector images. a rasterized image would have pixels embedded in the image while an SVG image is independent of pixel density thus creating them at the intended size will not result in blurriness on any device correct?


texts: Draw rectangle (shape) inside rectangle (other shape) with clipping?

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Which software allows to draw one shapes inside another ones with clipping? I need this to be done automatically, I know I can draw this in Illustrator with Pathfinder. Is there automatic ability somewhere?

NOT A CLIPPING MASK

Many graphic editors have clipping mask feature. But it doesn't match me since mask does not hold the content. I.e. if you move the mask, the "content" will stay in place. In need the content follow the container like window content following the one.


texts:
Let's say I've completed a path and the pen tool is no longer selected.( It's a straight line, not a closed circle.)

Now I want to start from the ending point again and continue the line. How do I do this without starting a new Initial anchor point?  I don't want to begin a new path.

Thanks! (I'm running Photoshop elements CS3)


texts: Is it possible to give a mask to an SVG document or a layer?

texts:
I wish to round the corners of some SVG documents in a such a way that it hides whatever gets in that corner.
Like a clipping Mask of any other objects.

Is this possible in SVG, or in Inkscape?


texts: Help identifying the Paperless Post logo font

texts:
I've tried to ID this font, using WhatTheFont, but have had no luck.  I also did a Google search, trying to find it myself, with the same result.

I know that script fonts can be a little tricky, with that service, so I went in and manually spaced the letters so they could more easily be identified.

My search returned a couple fonts that almost looked like this one, but nothing close enough.

I only want the font used for "Paperless" and not "Post" beneath it.

Thanks!


texts: Print a .svg document without a black background on imported image

texts:
I am using GIMP 2.8.10 and inkscape 0.91 on Windows.  I want to:

Manipulate a photo in GIMP's .xcf format by removing the background -- it should be transparent.
Export the image in .png format.
Import the .png into an Inkscape .svg document.  Thanks to transparency, I should be able to see the lines in the layer beneath, unlike this screen shot where the white background blocks them:

Print the .svg document with the background transparent instead of black.

Right now, if I print what is above but with a transparent background for the picture, I get a black square with a tree on it.

In this particular case, I can use a white background for the picture and simply put that layer beneath the one with the lines.  But this will be inadequate as complexity increases.

I've tried a dozen permutations for both GIMP export (alpha channel for layer, .png export settings such as transparent pixels, etc.) and Inkscape import and preferences (alpha background color).

I could export from Inkscape to .png, but surely that isn't necessary.

Can you describe a successful trip from GIMP to Inkscape, step-by-step?

Update:

I ran across posts that discuss layer opacity in Inkscape and also a recognized bug.  I decided to export to .png for my printing.


texts: How select the right node when two nodes are overlapping in Inkscape?

texts:
I draw a circle and convert this circle into path,and cut the bottom node into two nodes.

I want move the node of rightside,but those two nodes are overlapping,I can't select the right node.

I just can move the leftside node,but this not what I want to move. Now the question is:

【 How can I select the right node when two nodes are overlapping? 】

If those two nodes are belong to two paths,I can move one path upper or lower and select the right node,but when those two nodes are at the same path,how can I do it?


texts: Methods for using the Golden Ratio in fluid application UI design?

texts: I have seen a bit about leveraging the Golden Ratio in traditional web design applications, however I've not found much in the way of thoughts on utilizing it within fluid desktop application design.  That is to say, when given an application that has potentially infinite possibilities in resize, how does one go about conceptually using the Golden Ratio in such scenarios?


texts: What image tablet can you recommend on a budget?

texts: I'm looking for a tablet to use in illustrating on a computer, priced between $150-$200. Any recommendations?


texts: Can you legally use real life things and events as concepts for portfolio building?

texts:
I'm super new to all this and I have a question on portfolio building when you don't have any client work to show yet.
Am I allowed to use real life things as concepts?
I mean: let's imagine I see a poster for a local beer festival, or a concert of a band I like and I want to do something like that. Of course the artwork would be completely different (I don't want to rip off the artist), just for the same event.
Am I allowed to show this in my portfolio if I clearly describe it as a fake work and not a commissioned one?
Thanks


texts: What free software can I use to edit RAW files?

texts:
I badly need to edit graphic file that unfortunately comes in some weird RAW format. The thing is that it seems that there's no freeware/open source software that could do such thing. Until now I've tried:

Paint.Net with DCRaw plugin - it doesn't open the file + error prompt
Gimp with UFRaw plugin - it doesn't open the file + error prompt
RawTherapee - it doesn't open the file and no error prompt
IrfanView - it DOES OPEN the file and it even seems to edit it, but saved file turns into "graphic gibberish"

The file is definitely not broken, since IrfanView opens it.

Question is - is there any free software that can edit RAW files?


texts: Why do images show as 96 DPI in properties but 72 PPI in Photoshop?

texts: I have an image that if I right click on and go to properties>details it tells me the resolution is 96 DPI. If I open the image in Photoshop, it gives me a PPI of 72. I'm wondering why they are different and why does it give me DPI instead of PPI when I right click on the photo? Thanks!


texts:
In InDesgin, if I create an object (a tinted rectangle, for example) with a blank text frame inside it on a master page, will I be able to enter text on my document pages?

I can't seem to figure out how to do this.

I'd rather not have to copy/paste these rectangles onto every page of this document since they are positioned identically on each page.


texts:
I am creating my first book file in InDesign CS6. It's not technically a book (with chapters and a TOC) but rather a collection of files that share the same style sheets.

Will there be any issues migrating from CS6 to CC?

Are there any other big issues I need to be aware of?

Thanks!


texts:
Artists, writers, musicians, designers, businesses, even the creative DIY blogger mom at home must decide for themselves where to draw the line between being “Inspired” and “Copying” other’s hard work.

I suppose it is just instinct to absorb what catches our eyes and be influenced by it. The Internet has bread a new era of copycats, most of which are not deterred by legal warnings or ethics, leaving one to wonder who has the original ideas anymore?

Big companies are not immune to this either. Companies on a tight budget or simply opportunistic are quick to jump on the creative ideas of bloggers for example, and leverage their considerable amount of resources to defend their position if discovered.

So, when then do we make a stand against plagiarism and cry foul and threaten copyright-infringement?

One to one copying or slight changes -  I suppose legally that is for a copyright lawyer to decide but justifying the need to plagiarize the work of someone else who put days, weeks or longer of blood, sweat and tears to create their original piece of work for monetary purposes, IMHO is the same as forgery.

Unfortunately most online original creative people do not have the legal knowledge or experience to protect their work, nor do they have the resources to track the vast online world who may be copying them. Not to mention even if they have the legal knowledge, getting a Lawyer or copywriting your work, branding etc.. is expensive..

In the blogger world, timing is everything. If a piece of work is posted to the (public), copiers are quick to pounce and replicate, then hope the blogger population as well as anonymous visitors shower them with adoring comments, and likes, not noticing or caring who was original creator and then often capitalizing monetarily.

Exposing these copiers online carries a risk with it however. Suddenly your professional and positive persona, who all know you for, has a dent in it and trust can be negatively impacted going forward.

Having your work plagiarized over and over takes its toll on a person, drains away creativity, and robs you of energy to the point that you even consider giving up on your dreams. It is like having someone constantly standing behind you, breathing down your neck while waiting for your next idea to pop up.

As graphic design professionals, I am assuming this is something you have come across, so I ask you for your thoughts so I can ultimately find a way to bring peace my dear wife’s mind who has here photography and designs copied regularly.


texts: Is it possible to 'write' in Photosop (not TYPE)

texts:
How do I explain this? Let's say I have an image of a person holding a piece of paper. On the piece of paper, I want to write with my own penmanship (not type with TextBox).

So the immediately solution is to write it on a piece of paper first, then upload it to Photoshop and paste it on that onto the original image.

Two problem arises.

1) Color of paper may not match. White paper have fades if you know what I mean

2) Very difficult to get letter by letter out on the new paper if writing is not good.

3) Resolution may be different.

Hence I would really like a solution where I can paste a TexTbox over the paper and for me to write on it.

Also printing out the picture and writing on it and then uploading it is not an option as I do not have a color printer.


texts: How do I design a website logo so it's not pixelated?

texts:
I designed my website logo for WordPress but it's too small, pixelated, and unappealing.

I'm designing my logo in sketch. What artbord size should I design on? What size do I export?

What size is the standard? How do I design a logo in sketch so it's high res? And not pixelated while PNG?


texts:
I'm operating in Windows on CC2019.

I'm writing an action in which I include a layer fill. I want it so that when I run the action it fills the layer with the foreground colour I have selected at the time of the running the action each time I run it.

But whenever I record the action, it embeds the colour value of the foreground colour (say 100% cyan) at the time of recording it. So everytime I run it subsequently it fills with 100% cyan no matter what foreground colour is selected.

I know I can put a modal control in there so you can select the colour manually, but running action 100s of times I'd rather avoid that happening.

Does anyone have a way around this? I'm open to using JavaScript but I wouldn't have the skill to write it myself.

Thanks,


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I've a fairly simple doughnut chart drawer application which can produce charts like this below:

Only one thing is missing now, I'd like to explode its slices (only one at-a-time) to show if a slice has been selected.
My idea was to explode them by transforming the slice's inner and outer circles' origos towards slice's middle point. This works pretty good for smaller slices:

But for a larger slice (larger or equal than PI), it looks strange:

Especially if I put it into a circle context (eg.: a circle display):

What can I do to improve those larger slices' look and feel?


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I've noticed in a couple of pieces of my artwork that when I get them back from the printers the solid blocks of grey come out grainy. All my other colours come out fine.

I'm using a grey that is 60% black and is a process colour. My document is at 300ppi.

Should I be using a different grey to achieve a smoother grey?

Or is this possibly an issue on the printer's end?


texts: Are there typographic methods of rendering a document traceable?

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I seem to recall an anecdote on how one branch of the British government had designed a way to circulate seemingly identical for-your-eyes-only documents to a small circle of high-level collaborators, while ensuring the possibility to identify them if the document leaked. The story was that they used tiny variations in typography to make differentiable documents that seemed identical to the naked eye.

So, my question is: Is that feasible? Does that involve modification of font outlines, or kerning, or something else? Is that done in the font itself, or in the typographic engine?


texts: What font is being used in Glide (the video messaging iphone app)?

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I'm referring to the font used in the list items (The Crew, Chad Henderson, etc).

Trued using WhatTheFont, but too many options come up.

Is this just San Francisco font?


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I frequently use a black and white copier to reproduce color material that I create.  I have noticed that some colors reproduce well and others do not.  By reproduce well, I mean the black and white image looks acceptable...things aren't too black, or too faded, and there is good brightness or contrast.

Is there a source that I can use to help me choose colors for my original so that the black and white copies look acceptable?  Maybe a website?  For example, if I know blue will reproduce as black or will look "muddy", perhaps I can use another color in the original (and the original is still acceptable.)


texts: Why are these lines not being set exactly parallel in Illustrator CS5?

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I am building an icon that has a brick wall. So I set the grid lines at certain distances so I could draw the lines between the bricks.

Seemed simple enough to then just connect with the line segment tool. But when I zoomed in, the line was not being drawn exactly where I wanted it to be. It was not only away from center, but keeps getting skewed a bit.


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I am interested in creating something like the following with custom shapes. I am used to creating vector shape layers - but I am not sure how to create this Russian doll concept properly where the dimensions/angles are retained for a pure clean psd.

when I create a custom shape -- and start to try and mimic this -- the angles change.


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I'd like to have a circle divided into 4 fans, each of them is identical, if I draw the fan using edit tool, it is quite hard to get a perfect circle when four fans are combined.

Is there any trick to do this?

What I am trying to achieve is drawing a slice of a pie chart.


texts: How do I convert a vector image to a .jpg without pixelation?

texts: Is it possible to convert a file that was vectorized in Adobe Illustrator to a Photoshop .jpg file without pixelating the image when enlarging


texts: Reduce BMP file size without losing quality

texts: The input file format is BMP. The required output format is BMP. I do not want a reduction of size or quality, but I want to reduce the file size. How is it possible?


texts: How can I ensure that gimp exports the right (solid) color?

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Steps to reproduce issue:

create a new document
fill layer with solid color (#4b4b6b)
export as jpg (File > Export)
New JPG color is #4b4c6b (i.e. not the same, notice the 3rd character)

When trying to match a css background color it's a real pain.
I use a colorpicker to ensure the fill color is indeed 4b4b6b
I use the same colorpicker to ensure the HTML document is 4b4b6b
Only the JPG is "wrong"
When I "Show preview in image window" (this option is in the export dialog) I can see the solid color changing ever so slightly. I've tried toggling every option in that dialog.
Is this a bug or is there a magic checkbox that will solve my problem?

A workaround is to export as PNG and convert PNG>JPG with another utility like imagemagick.


texts: Illustrations showing up pixelated in Indesign despite huge resolution

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Illustrations I create in Procreate show up pixelated at edges despite high resolution when I place them in Indesign.

I'm working on illustrating books for print. It's my first time working on a print project, I usually do digital illustration for the web.

I use Procreate on Ipad Pro for illustrations, and need to place them into Indesign layouts. I do my best to create clean lines in my illustrations, and use a huge resolution as well (each illustration is about 3000x3000px in size), but when I place them in Indesign there's some weird stuff happening with illustration edges. I use 4000x4000 at 300dpi resolution for my canvas. Then export the image as PNG before placing into Indesign.

What am I doing wrong? Maybe it's exactly because the resolution is too high? Or it's a PNG issue?


texts: What are the pros and cons in Sketch of outlining icon fonts over leaving them as fonts?

texts: I'm unsure which method is better, and also which one enables the easiest handover to a developer.


texts: difference between two types of selection in illustrator

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if any layer or group or object is "active" that is the light blue highlight color is showing over that item in the layers panel, we are able to use the "options for selection" command from the layers panel menu.
If I draw any object and "active" it by clicking on it in the panel, the "options for " gets active (the "options for selection" greys out for no active item). then clicking for the options pops out a window with several options for that item.
For an object, the pop out window only shows three options that is name, show and lock. if I check the lock then in the edit column the lock icon appears for the item.
My question arises when clicking the object and activating it from the layers panel, doesn't let us use the "Object>Lock>Selection" command as if I click and drag over the object only then am able to use "Object>Lock>Selection" although the result is the same using these two different methods ("options for selection-> lock" vs. "Object>Lock>Selection") showing the lock icon in the edit column beside the object thumbnail.
What is the difference between click and drag over the object to select it vs. click the object thumbnail from the layers panel?
And what does it mean by selecting object and activating layer or group or object?


texts: Need suggestions on elements arrangement and picking colors

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I'm making a new site, but I feel like colors or elements dimension aren't that good at all, I want it to look elegant and makes the user comfortable when looking at it. Right now I'm not getting that feeling, don't know why exactly, maybe it's the buttons or the background, I don't know for sure.

I tried to do my best picking elegant and consistent colors, but seems that's not working. So could you help me picking colors and maybe resize some elements?

Here's my site I'm making:

Large screenshot.


texts: How Do I Create Presentation Decks for Ad Designs? (Plus Another Question)

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Question 1:
I often find it difficult to present my design concepts to clients. Specifically, these are ad designs that are essentially the same concept but are alternate versions of that concept. If you had multiple ad design ideas you liked but weren’t sure which 3 pieces to present, how would you make a decision about which one to present?

Question 2:
I still feel like a beginner about presenting my design ideas to clients in person (ex: family members), so often I don’t know how to kick off my meetings with a client, and I also forget to tell them what the next steps are before ending the meeting. How do you facilitate your design presentation meetings?


texts: Why does photoshop take so long to render an image with a filter applied?

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I don't really have an issue with this but am genuinely interested in what the answer might be...

Say I go into photoshop and have an image, go to Filter then Filter Gallery.

Clicking through the filters it takes maybe 0.2 seconds to load some of them completely. This adds up if I want to apply a filter to an entire video.

Yet, I can render a 3D scene in OpenGL in real-time with some post processing effects to choose from, and when I flick through them the entire thing is rendered instantaneously (0.0079s to be precise, just 0.0001s more than a frame without an effect).

So I was wondering... Does Photoshop not use the GPU to apply these filter effects? Do the filters have to be compiled each time you select them? Is it just that CS6 is now considered old and poorly optimised?

My final theory is that some effects cannot use the GPU because they use a certain algorithm (particularly the palette knife effect) that specifically needs to look at the pixels in order - that wouldn't work in parallel.


texts: Need help in rendering 20 second's motion graphic to 10 second

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This is my first day practicing with Adobe After Effects. I got tutorial from youtube and was working on it. I successfully did what was in tutorial and one thing neither I noticed nor mentioned in video.

I have done a simple motion graphic video in Adobe After Effects and it completes in 20 seconds. The problem is that the result in video of animation is very slow.
I want it to be faster with same "30 frame per second" and complete in 10 second or below.

When I try to rescale from the time line, it removes some of the animation of object.

How do decrease that?


texts: Copy Layer(s) into new automatically sized file?

texts: What I want to do is to be able to copy either a layer or a group of layers into a new document which is sized to that layers exact dimensions. I find I can right click -> Duplicate -> New Document, but it is still sized the same as the original document. Is there any way to make it so that the new document will be sized precisely to fit the layer(s)? Thanks!


texts: Saving an image created in MS Word as .eps

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I have created an image in MS Word using the Shapes tools, so on my hands is a .docx (or at best .pdf) file.  Now I have to have an .eps file from the contents. I tried converting the .pdf to .eps but quality was severely reduced.

Is there any way or software to take this file and save it as .eps?


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A friend of mine is starting his own business and he asked me to edit the logo he already has made, so it can be stretchable (a vector I'm assuming). He says it will be used for a sign. He said whenever they tried it before the logo would become pixelized and distorted.

I turned the logo into a vector but I am not sure what type of file to save it as, I don't know if I should send them just a plain .png, the .ai file itself or something completely different. Any help?


texts: How do I place a crosshair inside the circular cursor?

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I know that if you press CAPSLOCK it changes the cursor into a crosshair, but that way I can't see the size of my circle.

Is there a way to have both things activated?


texts: How to transfer information to the development team?

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I am a UI team lead.

I detected that the topic of "how do you want the graphics?" is a very hot topic in my company. And I find myself always giving the same explanation.

I would like to give like a "checklist" for the PMs and the designers we work with to make the work more efficient and fun.

Currently there's this constant ping-pong in emails between us and PMs. I would like to get rid of that..

Thought about the following list (several of the items I gathered so far..):

The design should be web and mobile friendly. (yes - sometimes we get some crazy design that require us to use mostly images even with all the power of CSS today..)
Flat design is good. - obviously a recommendation.
Images should have transparent background.
Formats:

The original PSD file
Each layer in PNG with transparent background.
Icons and flat images should be in SVG, and if possible - as a font. (we usually convert to font ourselves).

General guideline of the design should be attached.

color palette and the purpose for each color: Title, subtitle, text, disabled items, actions items.. etc..
important alignments guidelines - sometimes we miss the need for things to align whereas the designer feels they based the entire design on that. This usually affects the HTML structure as well - so it is very important to have common grounds on this ASAP.
Error messages display (ALWAYS MISSING! no one designs the errors..)

And then a whole different section for emails :P

We usually develop web design, but non-web might be required too in the future.

Seems to me like someone probably already made such a list and I am reinventing the wheel.

What is the standard for passing the grail from the designer to the dev team?

Edit

This question is technical.

What is the standard way of getting deliveries from the designer?

or if you'd like - as a designer - what is my checklist for delivery?

I assume almost every HiTech company with GUI has this process, so it must have grown into a written standard I can simply send to my designers, and make sure they follow it.

Like a checklist the designers will check, and my team will validate to avoid back and forth correspondence like "we need this in png" , "can you also get jpg?" etc.. which consumes a lot of time, and is just not right as I want to allow the designers to move forward and forget this project.

Especially since the design step happens way before the implementation, and by the time we reach that phase, we start to discover we are missing some artifacts from the designer.

I expect people to publish their checklist, or reference me to a checklist they are using.

The first answer that hits the spot will be accepted. Opinions like "whether this checklist or that checklist is better" has no room here.

If there is no such standard checklist, I think there should be, and I also think this question has a great potential to start one right here.

The workflow is known, the motivation is very high, the communication between us and the designer is great. This part of the process is understood, but the content is always questioned, and I can't understand why.


texts: Where can I find old Pantone Process Libraries?

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I'm looking for the old CS5 Process Library for a file I need to run dye-sub. The new Color Bridge on CC doesn't have the same range or the colors needed to match on the press.

Are they still available?


texts: How to join text together using shape in Illustrator?

texts: I'm creating a logo and struggling with joining a shape to text. As you can see from the images. The text is 'MN.' And I am attempting to use a semi circle shape to join the letters. However, it cannot align perfectly. Any help on how to align it perfectly and join it with the text would be great thank you.


texts: How to choose these variations of colors from Color panel of illustrator?

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I've always been using this Color Picker window, which you see after double clicking Fill/Stroke UI element in Illustrator. It feels easy and flexible to me maybe because I don't know properly how to use other color panel options in Illustrator.

What main feature I like in this:
(The following 2 images will explain my this paragraph). As you see, sometimes I need less shiny/bright color, for example, bright red or bright green doesn't always feel cool in illustrations. So what I do is click on approx. color that I need (The vertical color bar you can see, which has all colors) and then move to left in Select Color: option. Here I do what I use most. I move the pointer here and there to adjust brightness/darkness and the dusty look of colors, as shown in 2 images. There are N number of directions where you can move it and get the dusty or bright or whatever look of the color.

Similarly, I can get any shade of grey color easily:

Now, I just came to know from my last question that Color Panel in Illustrator should be used, instead of this.
Here is the image of that:

Now, here the 1st step is same. You just click and primary color in the color area. But now, you (I) can't do all the remaining steps, unless you highly brainstorm with those R, G, B scales manually, I guess. Or you select color from some other source and paste the color code into it.
Also, suppose you clicked on red colored area and you want similar dusty red, so you move the picker little below so it gets dark, but there's risk that yellow will also get mixed with it as it is adjacent to it. But actually you want black in it.
Honestly, I'm confident in selecting only Red, Yellow, Green, Light Blue, Blue, Pink, Red, White and Black colors only in Color Panel.
For some reasons, I don't use swatches usually. I like fresh colors. I hope you got my problem. Is there any solution for it or is there something to explore or some flexibility that I don't know yet?


texts: Illustrator: how to reproduce font line art

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I am interested to find a proper way of reproducing the below font line art  example.

What I've tried:
Using the Type tool, I've created the letter "S", right click >create outlines (I guess that creating a middle letter path will be better but not so sure how). After that, I've used Stroke >Dashed Line option, choosing the following values:

At this point I'm not so sure if I am going into the right direction because the result it's not looking close enough to the model. There are some angles applied on the dashed lines and more than one layer(?);

Any thoughts?


texts: Is there a way to have Sketch export all artboards to a single PDF at 2x?


texts: How do I remove odd entries from Illustrator Font menu?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Can I manage the fonts that appear on Illustrator's Type drop down

My image menu in illustrator is messed up. There are double spaces some places, and fonts in <> that I don't even want. It's visually offensive. Is there a way to neaten it up and make it more legible?


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I'm currently developing a simple 2D game using LibGDX. The core game logic is in place, but the assets are simply taking forever to create.

My current method to create each animation frame is to hand-draw it on paper, then scan it in to Photoshop. There, I color each image in and sharpen it up. Currently, to create a single animation with 5-10 frames it takes many many hours.

Is there a better way to go about creating animation sprites without drawing each one from scratch? Are there any better tools for asset creation than Photoshop?


texts: How do I remove automatically added page numbers+line from InDesign page?

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InDesign has added page numbers + a line at the top/bottom of the page. See attached picture for one example of my problem. No idea how to remove. This is happening on multiple pages. Any suggestions on how to remove?

I can’t directly select the object. When I turn off ‘text’ and ‘design elements’ in the layers window, then it goes away, but the line/number doesn’t have its own layer. So I can’t delete it myself by deleting a layer.
I’m using Adobe InDesign downloaded from the Adobe Cloud. It’s the most recent version as of May 2019. Officially version 14.0.2

Sorry if this is a noob question. Getting to know the program again after some (a lot) of time off.

Thanks!


texts: A while ago I noticed some .ico files actually came in "packs" that contained the same image in different sizes. I now need to create one of those packs (I have 10 different sizes). Do I need a specific software? Can it maybe be done online?


texts: How to make crips and smooth icons from downloaded png?

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That is probably repeated question but I want to make all png icons look crisp and smooth in android application. How can I do this in Photoshop?

I have 50*50 px png images that I want to make them look good in mobile.But when I reduce png image using transform command/or using image re-sampling with bicubic sharper technique, still reduced image looks blurry on mobile for some reason and it is pixelated.

How to downsample png so that it looks good in mobile app and at all sizes?
Do I really need vector format or it is good only with png?


texts: How can I make a screenshot look like a photograph taken of a real surface?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How to get this blur texture effect in photoshop?

I'm starting from a plain old screenshot, and I'd like it rotated in 3d, with more distant parts more blurry. Is there a simple way to achieve this effect? I'm mostly using GIMP but tricks with any other tools would also be appreciated!

The result of what I'm trying to achieve:


texts: How to reverse path orientation in Sketch.app

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I was having difficulties when trying to subtract one shape from another:

(the selected triangle should appear as negative space)
which seemed like a bug until I tried to flip the triangle horizontally:

Voila! Flipping produced reversing the path orientation and subtraction now produces a negative space. But what to do when the negative space is neither horizontally nor vertically symmetrical? How can be path orientation be reversed?

For those who are not aware of it, this method is used in digital typography to define negative spaces and requires no further actions. i.e in Glyphs.app:


texts: How can I automate this repetitive design process?

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I need to create about 25 assets that are all very similar. The same background image is used for each asset, however, each asset has different text written across the image. See example:

They all need to be exported as PNG's and at the same size.

I've used Adobe Bridge in the past to batch edit photos, which made me think there might be a similar tool/process I could use to automate this process. Thanks!


texts: What software do you use to manage your visual assets? (icons, illustrations, photos...)

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I have thousands of illustrations, icons and photos that I usually reuse to create new visual assets (especially for illustrations).

Do you have any recommandation for a software that would help me manage, browse and find my visual assets?

It would be awesome if I could share those assets easily with my team (so my coworkers would find assets they need in one place, without asking for my help)

And even better if other designers in my company could add their own assets as well.

I am going to try Linto, but would like to know how you guys deal with this problem.

Thank you :)


texts: How do I change RGB value without changing the Alpha channel?

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I would like to know how can I change color of RGBA image when alpha channel will be unchanged for each pixel. If I use Paint Box Tool it will set alpha channel for all pixels to constant value.

Look at picture:


texts: Do web designers use the standard IAB web advert sizes when adding banners?

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I was wondering if there are standard sizes which designers use when you want to reserve space for a web advert on their website design.

I'm aware of these sizes given by IAB http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_banner#Standard_sizes

Then there are also the Google Ad sizes.
https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/6002621?hl=en

I want to know which sizes are most commonly used by Web Designers when reserving space.


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I've tested in many ways but I can't crop this paths

I need the white path (selected) crop the letters EP.

How can I do this?


texts: How to draw line with line segment tool from an end point in Illustrator?

texts: When I draw a line with my line segment tool in Illustrator and want to draw another line from any end point my cursor show selection tool instead of a + sign. To draw I need to select another tool and then line tool again, then it shows a + sign to add a line from any point. Why does it happens? I need a solution. Please help me out.


texts: How do I remove the transition fade when motion blur is enabled in After Effects?

texts: I don't want the fade of the hold keyframe when motion blur is enabled, how should I do that?


texts: Designing a website mockup in Illustrator

texts: I am designing a website in Illustrator and then handing the PDF off to the web developer. What size in inches should my mock up be?


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I'm an avid f.lux user and have been for a while. Whenever I'm working on a design, I do it during the day so the yellow tint doesn't ruin my color schemes at night thanks to f.lux. However, I have accidentally found colors that I really like while using f.lux but obviously, when I disable f.lux, the color is entirely different.

For what it's worth, I'm using photoshop but this would apply to any RGB values. How would I reproduce the color I'm seeing with f.lux enabled? I have found the following links through my research but I don't know enough about colors to be able to use this information and would appreciate any help.

https://techblog.jeppson.org/2014/12/manually-reproduce-flux-monitor/
http://www.vendian.org/mncharity/dir3/blackbody/


texts: GIF background texture not blending well to page background texture

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On my portfolio site at http://samnorris.co.nz I have an animated .gif image - the astronaut with the heading underneath: "Protecting the galaxy one pixel at a time"...

I'm not sure if it's just me and my monitor or not, and it is only very, very subtle but I can notice the background texture is not blending very well to the background texture on the page (which uses the same texture) and at some resolutions, and especially while scrolling I can see a visible square-like 'halo' around the image, as if the texture on the gif is slightly lighter than on the page or something.

I have tried various Photoshop export settings including Perceptual, Adaptive and Selective and quality: bilinear, bicubic ect. but nothing I have tried so far seems to solve it.

Incidentally, I was using a different background texture before which didn't seem to suffer from the problem, so maybe the problem just lies with the (complexity of?) the texture itself? or is there some way I can make sure the background texture in the .gif blends perfectly to the pages' background?

Here is the actual image itself:

and the background texture used on the page, if it helps at all:

It only seems to be a problem with the GIF and none of the other JPEG's or PNG's on the same page/section which use the same background texture either.


texts: How can I easily assembly a sprite sheet?

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For a project, I will need to design several 8x8 tiles and assemble them in a 256*224 frame.

My problem is that once I have all the 8px x 8px tiles, I can't figure how to easily access/assemble them without involving a LOT of file opening, copying, pasting, closing, etc.

Is there a more convenient way to do this? Ideally, I would have a panel with all my tiles, and would just have to move them on my canvas. And even more ideally, it would work with Photoshop (but I'm open to using another software too, if necessary).


texts: I have an Adobe AI template of a 2017 Ford F250 that is designed at 1:20 scale that I would like to scale up to its actual size. Is there a way I could scale the entire template so that it’s size matches the exact size of the vehicle?


texts: Procreate for iPad Pro: How to multiply a (multi-layer) item many times in an efficient way?

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I got the most recent version of procreate for iPad (2020), and I create an object with its one bundle of layers for texture and colours. However, I would like to make 100-200 or so copies of this item, and I was wondering if there is a better option than to duplicate it one by one many times over.
For instance, is there some way to 'spray-paint' a multi-layer object in procreate? I only seem to find instructors for how to do a simple duplication of multilayer items.


texts: Illustrator: finding 3D intersection of two spherical segments

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I've just drawn these two conceptual spheres in Adobe Illustrator:

I need to find the intersection of the yellow and blue spaces (and I'm not sure about my 3d intuition to acquire the right intersection, mentally!).

Is there any way Illustrator could do this?


texts: Which font to use for making editable PDF forms?

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I'm recently re-doing a couple of company forms. These used to be just regular PDFs, which would have to be printed and then filled out.

With the move to a more paper-less office environment, I was tasked with making them state of the art, which includes making them editable, Since the originals were done with vector graphing programs, and not all made by the same person (and pre-dating company paperwork style guidelines), they're not all alike when it comes to style, and especially - typography.

I have a "standard set" of typefaces, encompassing around 400 typefaces, most of them designed for screen reading.

My standard go-to font when creating forms is Akzidenz Grotesk. This is a rather classic sans serif font, which I feel makes the best printed forms. Now that these are supposed to be mainly edited on-screen and then saved and archived digitally, I'm not so sure anymore. I have a condensed version of Ak.Gr. which may or may not be better for this.

Of course my almost immediate thinking is Helvetica Neue. But I see it everywhere, and I'm not even entirely sure if it's the best choice for this use-case.

My requirements are: Not too outlandish, and should be a grotesque font, no serifs, etc. Should be easy to read at smaller sizes. The text written in this typeface, won't be long, usually three to five lines at most, rarely more than that. Quite often each line will be on its own at the top of a text field or similar.


texts: I believe this font will be a good fit for my cover magazine layout I'm trying to pull of right. I used all of those font-identification websites but none was correct.


texts: Illustrator: pixels lost after fitting to artwork bounds and saving for web

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I am editing an svg file:

I am using Object -> Artboards -> Fit to Artwork Bounds which seem to work well:

But when I save for web as a small dimension (73x64) png I get this result:

As you can see, the bike's wheels "flatten" because Illustrator cuts a couple of pixels off the bottom and right corners of the image.

To make the image not lose its edges, is there an alternative to enlarging the artboard pixel by pixel and saving each time until the result is statisfying?


texts: How can I make the CLONE STAMP tool act the same when in bitmap mode compared to grayscale?

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When I use the clone stamp tool, I get my selection and then I proceed to hover my brush over the image and get a little preview of what it's going to look like if I decide to press down.

This only happens when the image is set to grayscale mode. Is there a way to make this happen when the image is set to bitmap?

here is a screenshot of the grayscale image

and here is the bitmap one

You can see the outline of my circular clone stamp and the preview that it shows only in grayscale.


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I am a Real Estate Agent with is looking to improve and differentiate myself from the competition. I am using Canva and realized that there is so much potential with good design.

Are the color choices right?
Are the sizes of the boxes done right?
Should I have used any other fonts?
Do you think that the amount of bedrooms, bathrooms, and the fact that it has a 1 car garage is converted through the ad design?

This is my most recent poster for a facebook ad, one is two weeks old and the other is from today. Want to see if I made improvements.

Also, I don't have any control over the plan.

Click here for larger version

Click here for larger version


texts: Brush Opacity changes after Making Mask in Illustartor

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Following this great tutorial by Gigantic about creating "grainy gradient", I face a problem after masking.

I have two layers: 1st one is the object itself which is a [Rectangle] and another Group including paths.
As mentioned in the video, I select the group, then in the "Transparency Panel" I create a mask and then copy the object in the black box. Everything works well except the opacity of brush paths. I'm not sure if it's related to the brush or is a bug - maybe.
I don't have this problem with general brushes.

Ticking "Invert Mask" helps a little, but the opacity isn't still 100%.

I'm using Spoon Graphics Stipple Shading brushes from the free bundle.


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I have designed a wedding invitation in illustrator (CS6) that I need to add about 60 individual guests names to the invitation and get the printer to print for me.

I am after a suggestion on how do do the names and how to get all the files print ready for the printer with the usual bleeds and trim marks. I have limited experience in coding etc.

The document I have with the names is saved as a excel document.