texts: Photoshop Rectangle Marquee tool changing selection

texts: I am trying to use my rectangle marquee tool to select some parts of my image to move them slightly. However, when I finish making my selection my selected area will change to a larger rectangle lower, higher, or on a 90-degree angle than what I want. I'm not sure if it is to do with something I'm doing or if I should simply restart photoshop. If anyone has any answers or tips they will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!


texts: Somebody can please tell me how to enlarge pixel art using Pixen? I've drawn something but i don't know the procedure to enlarge the image so that it can be seen in a normal size.


texts: Old paths still appearing after resizing vector image, is this normal

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New to graphics and trying to work through this but unable to find info despite many searches.

Old paths are still appearing or I should say they are in the original position after resizing vector image, is this normal and how would I fix this?


texts: How to create a high quality gif with GIMP?

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I'm trying to animate a few images as simple gif. The images contain one human, a red balloon and a green background. The background seems to be dominating. The face is made of only a few colors, and looks pretty ugly.

WIs there a possibility to select certain areas of the image that should be more dominant when auto-generating the color palette?


texts: How do you combine two paths into one, or is there a better way to draw this shape?

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So to draw this crystal I used the pen tool for the outline and used line segments for the inside lines. Then I joined all the line segment anchors. I was left with two paths: the outline, and the inside lines.

I would prefer to draw this so the entire shape is made from one path. Is there a better way I can draw it to achieve this, or is there a way to combine the two paths into one? I can't seem to do it with the pen tool without it wanting to delete anchors when I just want to connect the lines.


texts: Toggle between image and upscaled+masked view of same image?

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Is it possible in Adobe Photoshop, via Adjustment Layers or Scripting or some other means, to enable an alternate processed view of the working document?

Ideally some kind of two-up view, where the alternate view is visible alongside the main document and updates in realtime. But a keypress/buttonclick to toggle between views would work too.

To give an example, say my working file is a 16x16 RGB icon. I want to edit the file at 16x16 in RGB, but I want a quick preview available of how it would look at 64x64, grayscaled and thresholded, with some 64x64 mask applied to it.

If it was simply converting to grayscale and thresholding, I could use adjustment layers and toggle their visibility on/off to get my preview. It's the upsizing and applying a mask at that size, which I don't know how to do.

Is it possible somehow, perhaps with scripting?


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For a web game logo I keep around a Gimp file 1024x1024-logo.xcf which has 3 layers:

Text (the game name)
Picture of 2 playing cards
Blue background as a linear gradient

Now I have received a new requirement to provide a new logo at the dimensions 392x240.

Using Image -> Scale Image with those dimensions would give me a skewed image:

If not for the gradient background, I would better issue:

Image -> Scale Image to 240x240 (too keep proportions)
Image -> Canvas Size to 392x340 and center the image

But I don't know how to scale the backround gradient, any suggestions for Gimp please?


texts: Erasing portions of a shape in photoshop and adding text to the erased area

texts: I want to create a rectangle that has openings at the top and bottom of it using photoshop. Like such (I created this using microsoft word just to have a template) . The issue I'm having is that I am unsure as to how I can do this using photoshop. I tried entering a filled white square in the area that I wanted blank but this restricted me from adding the text. Any idea on how I can achieve this using photoshop? I want to use this for my website header but the image from word comes up in poor quality.


texts: Inkscape generated vector image has stroke size that won't change with resizing

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I made a vector graphic and saved it as pdf with Inkscape. The problem is that when I open the pdf, if I resize it the graphic get scaled, but the strokes keep their size. So if I make the graphic very small, the borders get too much visibile (see pictures). How can I save the pdf so that the stroke size is dynamic like the rest of the graphic? I'm quite worried about the effect on print (I'm sending it to an external typography)

Thanks

Original size

Middle size

Small size


texts: How can I make my icons smaller in file size?

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I have designed an icon (using the Mac app Sketch). They are 24x24 pixels and their size is 3 Kb.

But I've seen icons with the same resolution and size between 300-400 bytes. Why is this, and how can I make my icons smaller?


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All I could find on the subject was this paper, which is pretty interesting in itself. But it only deals with preference. 57% of the test subject prefers hyphenated text.

This is kind of surprising to me, because I get the feeling hyphenation hinders the ability to take up the entire word in one glance. Does anyone know whether there are any experiments out there that measure actual reading time?

Glassman, Tracy (1997). Principles of Typography for the Screen. Master’s thesis. Rochester NY, USA: Rochester Institute of Technology.


texts: How do professional editors cut a portion of image precisely and paste it in another image

texts: So, I'm not a graphics designer but I need some help with my science project on image tampering. so basically I want to know how do expert graphics software users actually crop a part precisely in an image, because as far as I know there is not definite boundary around the corners. So how do you remove those extra outside the boundary colors? So do you like compromise with the shape of the cropping part itself or what ?


texts: Which icon to use for "do not crawl this page"

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In a new prototype, I need an icon to show "Do not Crawl this page"

The purpose of the icon is :

The users are able to choose which pages the search engines should not crawl.

I created an icon consisting of a page, a search icon over it, and a line over all of them.
The Icon appears too busy.

Does any one have a solution?

Update: some one asked for screenshot:


texts: Need to replicate a split toning (with a colored image)

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I've been using the Split Toning functionality of Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw for some time now -- you can see the effect in this video.

How would I go about performing adjustments like these in the core of photoshop? Note: I don't want to do this on a grayscale image, I want to adjust the hues of the shadows and highlights of a colored image.


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There is a known problem that an average projector displays colors quite differently from what they are supposed to be. My problem is that they are different from what you see on a computer display. And I am wondering whether there is a solution to simulate projector-like colors on a computer display.
I know, for instance, that Scribus offers an option to simulate colors in a way they will look after the project is printed with chosen properties. Is there anything similar for a hypothetical projector which I will use to display a couple of slides with line plots?

The background is following: I often give presentations and I always notice that the slides I prepared on my laptop looked very different from what they look like once they are projected. The pictures I have on my slides usually include line plots and schemes. I already know I should avoid yellow lines because those often become invisible, but I was hoping I could solve the problem generally. I am using LaTeX if it matters.

p.s. Here is a discussion which runs into "it's impossible".


texts: How do I earn more as remote freelance Graphic Designer?

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I have worked as a Graphic Designer for almost a year. I was able to earn much more then I expected (I'm autodidact graphic designer), but now I think I have better skills and can price my work higher.

My areas of expertise : logo design, business card design, advertisement design, banner design, brochure design, menu design, photo editing and photo retouching.
To be honest most of the money I've earned was for image editing, which is rather technical then creative design work.

There is one problem - I'm working on quite well-known freelance website and clients  are willing to pay up to £100 for a logo design  (which is ok if the logo design process takes 2 days tops not weeks). I've done some research and found graphic designers who charge for example £500-1500 for one logo design and have a loads of clients!

How can I earn more? Where to find clients with a budget higher then £100?


texts: Illustrator CS6 - When I intersect two shapes, remains a line. How I can fix this?

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I have a little problem with Illustrator CS6.
Like the title says, when I intersect two shapes, remains a line between them.
How can I fix this problem, because I don't want to use another option from the Pathfinder panel.


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I recently used this filter .. but I forgot its name, can you help me finding it out please?

Here the screenshot of it:

I mean the filter of the yellow and brown layer, how is it called? I can't find it anymore....

I tried pixelize etc. but this is not what I id before, but I have no idea. I hope you can find the correct filter. I'm using GIMP v. 2.8 on Linux


texts: How to clean/smooth a low resolution in photshop?

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Does photoshop have a tool or technique to clean up images such as this?
I just want the edges to be clean or at least a little cleaner.


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I am completely new to GIMP. I am using it, because I am currently creating my first 2D rpg in Unity. Currently I want to create some fighting sprites, for which I intend to adjust some of the sprites I bought on itch.io. I imported one of the sprites and changed the direction of the sword by flipping the selection I made. Now I want to draw some kind of "wind" or "draught" to make it look, as if the figure has swung the sword. Problem is, there is some kind of border around the figure and I cant draw anything outside of it ( I hope it is possible to see it on the screenshot):

Do you know how I can either delete or enhance this border (what is the right term for it?)?
Thanks a lot!


texts: How do I quickly replace all transparent pixels with background color?

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Some of my software tools generate images with transparent backgrounds. Using Krita, how can I quickly replace transparency with a background color?
Notes:

Of course it would be easiest if the image was generated correctly. This is not possible right now.

With GIMP I used the following workflow, but the equivalent steps don't work in Krita:

Open image

Select "Flatten image" (replaces transparency with default background color)

Save image


texts: Why does an A4 canvas look larger on the screen at a higher resolution?

texts: In Photoshop (and some other drawing programs), when setting the canvas size in mm or inches for printing intent, the canvas appears larger on the screen at a higher resolution. A4 @ 300 ppi appears larger than A4 @ 72 ppi, and the exact same brush size appears smaller on the former than on the latter as a result. Why is that? I guess because the pixel size is fixed, the mm or inch metrics have to change accordingly to the resolution, but does that change occur only on the screen, or does it also affect the dimension of the print in any way?


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It doesn't matter if it's an SVG, Jpeg, Text box or frame, every time I copy (cmmd + c) and paste in place (cmmd + shift + option + v) anything, InDesign paste's it in the centre of the spread.
I've already tried restarting my computer, Downloading the 2020 version (v 15.4) and even manually trashing the system preferences to no avail.
Is this a bug, could it be something to do with my clipboard settings?
Any help is highly appreciated.


texts: How can I edit a layer mask like a normal layer in Photoshop?

texts: I want to just edit it as a black-and-white image, like any normal layer.


texts: Sketch3: How to draw a line start from the center of a circle

texts: I want to draw a line start from a center of a circle, but I haven't figured it out. I have tried with cmd, alt or shift, none of them works.


texts: How can i make a poster background like this in Adobe AI?

texts: Especially the chalk-like stroked food icons


texts: Resize smart objects keeping certain aspect ratio of only certain elements constant

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I came across a very interesting psd file today. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56753740/tag-cloud.psd
(original source http://www.premiumpixels.com/)

The file contains a lot of tags with different widths all created from the same smart object. The interesting part is that "the small design with the hole on the left of each smart object" remains in perfect proportion while the width of the entire smart object has been changed.

If I select a particular tag ans press ctrl+t, the smart object immediately changes to it's original size and any re-sizing will result in distorting the proportion.

If I go inside the smart object and make any change and update it, the entire tags will revert to its original size.

What I want to know is,
How do you resize a smart object keeping aspect ratio of only certain elements within the smart object intact? As you can see the same is being done in the attached file. This'll give me tremendous advantage while designing buttons of different sizes and being able to control the design from within only one smart object.


texts: Illustrator: How to scale precisely to a specific (off-screen) reference point?

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In Illustrator is there a way to precisely scale to a pivot point or "reference point" that is off the screen? I mean when you want to zoom in somewhere far away from where you set that point and then scale precisely to align something.

Here's what Adobe has to say:

  To scale relative to a different reference point , click where you
  want the reference point to be in the document window, move the
  pointer away from the reference point, and then drag until the object
  is the desired size.

Well, I tried using this click-drag scaling method as well, but the level of precision is too low to be usable. It overshoots or undershoots the guide I'm aiming for.

The Scale tool's pop-up dialog isn't useful either. It only offers percentages. And moving/zooming are disabled while the dialog window is up, meaning I cannot navigate to the guide I need to see.

For these reasons, I need to be zoomed in on the guide, tweaking the measurements from the top Control Panel.

Some images to help illustrate what I mean:

▲ The circle marks where I would like the center of my scale transformation to be.

▲ Now zoomed in somewhere else, I am trying to get the black border of this bitmap image to align perfectly with the vector guide by scaling it.

▲ I nudge the numbers in the Control Panel until the image is perfectly aligned.

One would think all would be perfect, but then I look and my reference point has vanished!

It seems the scaling has been executed relative to one of these limited nine reference point choices  instead of the reference point I specified.

There must be a way to scale precisely to a specific reference point in illustrator. Can somebody please enlighten me?


texts: This has happened a few times.  It resolves somehow...and then shows up again within weeks.  I have windows 10.  I open a file that I print several times a month of a drawing I did years ago.  It prints fine.  It looks pink.  The tools look like they have a pink edge around them.  If I go to the color picker to make a new document and want to use gray it looks lavender.  the CMYK values are correct.  It prints correctly.  But it looks lavender.  Same thing happens in photoshop. But anything else on the monitor (like screen savers, color calibration, etc.  the grays look correct.)  I have looked and looked on the internet...anything?  anyone?


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I’m trying to create a grid to make my icons more consistent. At first, I decided to play with 24x24 px as my default size (with 1px line weight). To maintain visual weight, my circles were 22x22 px, my squares were 20x20 px, and my rectangles were 24x16 px... and that generally worked.

However, I want to size down to make 20x20 my default instead of 24x24... but I can’t just use my existing grid and change it, 1-for-1, to 20x20 without getting non-integer dimensions.

I’m also struggling with getting the right proportions within a 20x20 grid. Are there common dimensions for squares, circles, and rectangles that I can use in this case? Is there another way I should be approaching this?


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I have created a document in Indesign, saved it as a PDF (Interactive - RGB) and exported the PDF as a word document.

However after exporting as a Word Doc one of the table cells has resized. It only happens on the one table cell and isn't there on the PDF or INDD file.

How do I go about fixing this cell?

Issue is with "Domain Age" height


texts: Is there a way in Adobe Illustrator to import a path from a list of points?

texts: I want to be able to take a list of point coordinates created by a script and import them as a path. The list would be just be a text document with the coordinates separated by line breaks. Is there a way to do this?


texts: Create Distressed Opaque Texture in Photoshop

texts: I am trying to create this ghostlike opaque distressed look with the football on the right as seen in the football helmet image on the left. Any tips?


texts: how to compensate 50% opacity white over photograph

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I have a photo and a while ago I had added a layer on top of it which was pure white at 50% opacity.

How can I compensate that effect to get back the original picture?

I have tried adding a black 50% layer, but the picture becomes too dark and there is not enough contrast.


texts: Is it legal to make a vector of another companies product?

texts: So I own a business that will soon start developing mobile apps for platforms such as the iPad. I am wondering if I can legally make a vector graphic of other companies products such as the iPad to put a photo of my application on. I will acquire an Apple Developer account and get the app(s) approved before I publish the graphics. Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated.


texts: I am a beginner when using Adobe Illustrator so I have been searching the web for answers and tips. I came across this thread about Isometric design using a grid and someone mentioned something about using an isometric segmented grid. How would I set up a segmented grid?


texts: Illustrator CC Save For Web Exported Artboards have a hyphen "-" when there is a space in the file name

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I'm working with character animations and it happens that I need to replace an existing image with exact same name.

Example:

Arm R
Leg R
Face A
Face B
etc
.. ..

I edit those inside Illustrator. Then I want replace Arm R with the new edited Arm R. However when I save & export, Illustrator exports like this "Arm-R". So the original image is not replaced instead I have 2 images now.

One called Arm R, other called Arm-R. I did not put a hyphen myelf.

It's a time killer to remove all the hyphens later from the name.

How to prevent Illustrator to put a hyphen into a file name?


texts: What is the ideal number of font sizes to use for a website?

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I'd like to know how many font sizes can you use for a website.

Someone said to me it's better not to use more than 3 different font sizes (e.g. 16px for heading, 11px for text and 13 px for smaller headlines).

Is it a good or bad idea to use more than 3 font sizes per webpage (e.g. 4)?
I just ask because I'm considering using a fourth one but don't know if it could ruin my design.


texts: How can I remove the thin grey border on this SVG UK union flag?

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I'm trying to use this set of flags on my website:

https://lipis.github.io/flag-icon-css/

They're not perfect though, so I thought I'd help out and make some contributions to the project.

Since I live in the UK, this one stood out to me immediately:

https://lipis.github.io/flag-icon-css/flags/4x3/gb.svg

Here's the code:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="flag-icon-css-gb" viewBox="0 0 640 480">
  <defs>
    <clipPath id="a">
      <path fill-opacity=".7" d="M-85.3 0h682.6v512H-85.3z"/>
    </clipPath>
  </defs>
  <g clip-path="url(#a)" transform="translate(80) scale(.94)">
    <g stroke-width="1pt">
      <path fill="#006" d="M-256 0H768v512H-256z"/>
      <path fill="#fff" d="M-256 0v57.2L653.5 512H768v-57.2L-141.5 0H-256zM768 0v57.2L-141.5 512H-256v-57.2L653.5 0H768z"/>
      <path fill="#fff" d="M170.7 0v512h170.6V0H170.7zM-256 170.7v170.6H768V170.7H-256z"/>
      <path fill="#c00" d="M-256 204.8v102.4H768V204.8H-256zM204.8 0v512h102.4V0H204.8zM-256 512L85.3 341.3h76.4L-179.7 512H-256zm0-512L85.3 170.7H9L-256 38.2V0zm606.4 170.7L691.7 0H768L426.7 170.7h-76.3zM768 512L426.7 341.3H503l265 132.5V512z"/>
    </g>
  </g>
</svg>

I understand why he's cropped it (to keep all flags the same aspect ratio).  I've fixed the colours already, but what I can't seem to do is shift that thin border that you can see around the edge of the image (specifically on the white parts).

Can anyone educate me/help?  Is it in fact just a rendering bug/artefact in Chrome?  Edge doesn't seem to show it, for example..?


texts: What are idea baseline Android document properties?

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So, I've been working more and more on Android UI's and I've found the Material design documentation/guide to be more focused on dev.

I use Sketch, AI, and Affinity Designer, and Photoshop. Because of all the screen sizes, I've either done this in Sketch or Illustrator.

What, is the best baseline DPI to design at for the most compatibility across all the screen sizes?

I've done 2x in AI & PS and 1x in Sketch due to it's awesome export/output options.

Also, I'm looking at the guide right now and it documents Metrics and Keylines though these aren't always used. I've noticed. For example I pulled several "screen shots" from tablets off dribbble and google images and found quite a variety of control and menu bar heights (for example).

This is what confused me initially with photoshop and now with affinity designer...


texts: Clipping mask over photo doesn't show in PDF

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I created a design where there is a clipping mask over a photo. When I save the AI file as a pdf the full photo shows without the clipping mask. I have tried to save it a variety of different ways including with the Illustrator editing capabilities checked.

I went back and expanded the clipping mask thinking maybe that would help but the full photo still showed up in the PDF.

I can't tell if its an issue with the PDF or with the native AI file (how I made the clipping mask et.)

Any ideas?

Thank you!


texts: Resources for finding good web font schemes/combinations

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I have started doing some freelance website design work for small business clients, and part of my work will involve selecting fonts to use on the sites that I will be making.

Given that typography is not my strongest point, I was wondering if there is a website that offers a collection of schemes/combinations using web fonts. By 'scheme' I mean something as simple as a small list of fonts that have been proposed to work/look well together, e.g., Font A for headers, Font B for sub-headers, Font C for body copy, etc. Basically something like Color Combos, except for web fonts.

I think a site like this would be a great resource to people like me who aren't the best at picking fonts that work well together. It would be great if the website indicated which of the included font schemes consist entirely of free-to-use web fonts, as these would obviously be very easy to implement.

So, does anyone know of any websites like this?


texts: What is the font used in this YouTube lyics video?

texts: I found this font used in a YouTube video, but I had no luck to find its name.


texts: Color selecting from a layer in Photoshop

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If I create a new layer and draw into it with a single color, then change my foreground color, is there any way I can select the color I painted into the layer as my foreground color again, without using the dropper?

I'm trying to work it into an action and I want to select the color from the layer with no manual effort so the action runs smoothly.

The action's purpose is to let me take a raster shape that I've drawn on a layer and transform it into a Fill Layer shape with the same color as the original layer. The closest I've got is to create an action that works providing I manually select the color with the eyedropper before I run it, but it would be good to exclude that manual step.

Thanks.

Edit for clarification
So on this image, I would want to turn Layer 3 (the teal layer) into a 'Base Layer' while preserving its shape and color, without having to manually set the color in any way.


texts: Which glyphs to design according to the needs of a particular market?

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Sometimes I make my own typefaces. Most of the fonts are very incomplete. I concentrate a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and some punctuation marks. I want to make a more complete font. But find it hard to decide which glyphs to design.

It seems logical to design Latin and Latin Extended A first.
But just going for a complete unicode plane seems a bit rough. General punctuation has some very common glyphs, but also some obscure ones that are often omitted.

Are there guides on which glyphs to design? Are there methods to decide which ones? Are there language sets? How do you decide which glyphs to design?

I'm looking for a classification system for glyphs or methods that type designers use to decide what glyphs to design. A graphic designer in Germany will only buy a font if it contains a ß glyph. I'm at the other side of the counter. I design a font for a market. How to know the needs of a market?


texts: Trying to draw an ellipse, all i get is a line

texts: I am trying to draw an ellipse and cannot get anything more than a line.


texts: How to remove the recently used markers selection?

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I am using a high amount of small arrows and similar objects. The problem is that seemingly every arrow I create is adding a new entry (independent if this style already exists) on top of the markers drop down menu. This is very inconvenient if I want to use a new marker style, since I have to scroll quite far done. Also it doesn't make any sense to me to have multiple entries of the same style...

Does anybody know a solution for this problem?

Using Inkscape 9.2 in CentOS.


texts: How to convert my logo into white on a black background without distortion?

texts: My logo is colored, and the client asked me to make a white version of it. But unfortunately the logo’s thickness increases in this white version. How can I overcome this?


texts: Can I combine photoshop animation of a UI layout with a 3D perspective?

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I know there are other tools for designing web app layouts, but my favorite is still Photoshop (CS5). One of my favorite things about it is how easy it is to animate an interface in action and export the animation as a Quicktime video.

I'm wondering if it's possible to take this a step further: I'd like to take a picture of an iPhone at an angle:

And an animated interface (front view), and I want to render the animation (as key-frames in PS) of the interface except at the angle of the iPhone, within the iPhone's screen.

I've been trying to figure out how to do this, and I think I probably need to use a smart object, but I'm not sure if animation frames are packaged with a smart object, so maybe a different method needs to be used.

Can I combine Photoshop animation of a UI layout with a 3D perspective view? If so, how is it done? To be clear, my goal is simply to animate elements of my interface in PS as usual, except superimposed with perspective over an angled iPhone model.

In case it can be done with a smart object, the example above is a PSD I downloaded which has the smart object aligned in place, where I only have to replace it.


texts: Which font is the quickest to read? Which font is the least misread?

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Are there scientific experiments, measurements on these?
Which fonts make you read certain words twice, sometimes letter by letter?
Fonts might also differ in how tiring they are for the eyes and brain.
As billions of people spend hours reading day by day, even tiny efficiency improvements have a significant value, much bigger value than the one-off cost of designing a most efficient font.

Which font has clearly distinct lI|1, O0, rnm?
To make reading faster, less ambiguous, less error/prone:
can you design a font with visually more distinct signs: e.g. capital i, lowercase l, 1 (one), | (the "or" sign) should be more distinct; capital o [a circle] and zero [not only narrow, but also tapering, almost like a rhombus]; r before n: rn should differ from m, c before l: cl should differ more from d [the vertical line of d could continue further down; this way would differ from the mirror of b too]. q should have the right curve appendix from its bottom point to make it different from 9 and the mirror image of p.


texts: Will I lose image quality when editing and re-saving an existing png file?

texts:
I know that each time a .jpg file is saved, it is compressed and loses quality.

Is the same true for .png files?


texts: Photoshop: How can I delete a part of a charcacter converted into work path

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I have the below situation and I am trying to remove the right part of this character (background color + working path).

What I've tried:

Layer mask but not so happy with the result when we have another visible element over the masked area, there are some visible thin strokes; Please find the exported pdf result.
Using the delete anchor point tool, I've managed to redefine a specified zone but I can't loose the background color. Actually I thought that this will be enough to have a new shape but not. In the same time, I can't use the erase tool because first I should rasterize and I don't want that.

Using the direct select tool (A) selecting the right unwanted area + deleting but I came back to the previous phase, being unable to delete the color that fill that path, or at least I don't know how to do it without rasterize the layer.


texts: Why is my PNG being imported with a black background in After Effects?

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I am running into an odd problem. I have Adobe After Effects installed and I am not able to import PNGs with transparency. Each time I import a PNG with built-in transparency, the PNG gets a black background.

I have tried importing the same PNGs into Photoshop and it imports them correctly.

Any ideas as to why this is happening?


texts: Calibrate standard rainbow colors from different bicolor images

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I'm trying to figure out an efficient way (whether using Photoshop actions or whatnot) to convert a series of bi-color images into rainbow color calibration variations
Here is a sample input image (checkered bg is photoshop transparency of course):

I'd like to automatically convert it to the red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet color version. Each input image would have a different base color.
I don't have a good method right now other than to do Layer Hue/Sat adjustments and eye it. I have hundreds of these to convert.


texts: How to copy vector graphics from Illustrator to Photoshop as shape layer?

texts: I do lot of work in vectors. How can I copy an Illustrator-created shape with stroke into Photoshop as shape layer with the same stroke and everything I used in illustrator? Is there any solution to this?


texts: How to remove the crosshair with number thing hanging around on the canvas?

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I accidentally placed this crosshair-with-a-number-thing on the canvas. How do I remove it?

Also, what is it and how do I create another one if I wish to do so? Thank you!


texts: Batch Data-driven variables automatically size text to fit a defined area

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so I want to know if it's possible to generate text on image
with fixed width and adjust the text to fit the full width if, for example, the variable name length is short.
Example in attachment
I hope it's clear.
Thanks in advance


texts: Font that looks like plastic lettering on a sign with "diagonal" words

texts: I need to find a font that looks like the lettering on a movie sign.  I will be using a background to give the lines in the background.  Now I need to find a font that looks like the text on the sign.  Are there any fonts that give the diagonal "and" and "the" like in the first two pictures?  Does that diagonal type have a proper name to Google?


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I just started out using indesign and I struggle with very basic things sometimes because I never really "learned" them. I usually just google them and that works out just fine. But this one is probably so easy noone ever asked it before so I'll just try asking you guys :)

I have to rotate a few of my pages in several documents because my printer can't do my current measurements. Rotating the pages with the option "document set up" doesnt change the layout, the "layout setup" option changes, well, the layout lol and rotating things manually would take way too long (I would have to work very precisely, I tried it, It worked ofc but I'd really like to know a faster method)

Thank you for reading this, I appreciate it
Abby


texts: Setting 100% zoom on low resolution image zooms way out

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I am working on a low res image (artwork for a retro-style video game). In the "Image Size" dialog I have set the resolution to 21 pixels per inch, and the document size says its about 6"x6". However when I run cmd+0 (set zoom to 100%), it still looks like its at 144 res:

Any help would be greatly appreciated!


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I would like to do this effect.

https://scriptographer.org/scripts/raster-scripts/stroke-raster/

Unfortunately the pug is no longer available or updated for today's versions of Adobe Illustrator.

Would you know of another way of doing it?

Hope you can help.

Steve


texts: Sketch: Is there a way to use overrides and have text wrapping to push content down?

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This is the original Symbol.

I want to add more text to the 'Stage 13' override and have all elements below be pushed down. However this is what I get:

What can I do to make this work properly?


texts: Variables and Data Sets in Adobe Illustrator

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I've created a document with around 50 Art Boards.

I've added a Data Set which is just updating ONE art board.

My questions is, can I get the Data Set to work across ALL the art boards.

OR - can I Export all the variations of the data set from ONE art board.


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I started using Photoshop to create digital drawings. Whenever I try to draw with the brush, it comes out blurry and pixelated. When I zoom in, I can see the pixels that made up the brush stroke. I tried using different brushes (Photoshop default brushes and user created) but they all have a blurry look. I put the hardness to 100% but it still looks blurry. I tried using different canvas sizes, but that doesn't fix the problem. How do I fix this to create smooth brush strokes (without pen tool)?

Example of a blurry/pixelated brush stroke whenever the brush is used

(Zoomed in) Pixels that make up the brush stroke

Brush with spacing 1% and resolution at 200 (still pixelated)


texts: How to make a metallic gradient in photoshop

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I have a line drawing of a brass instrument:

and I'd like to give it a glossy brass-like texture.

What tools could I use on Photoshop CS5? I tried filling it with gradients, and then adding a bevel, but it didn't look right... Any suggestions?


texts: Change color of clipped image - Inkscape

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I clipped a bunch of lines into the shape of a triangle, using the clip function in Inkscape.

I now want to change the color of the remaining triangle which is composed of lines.

I have tried all sorts, but nothing works.

How can I do this? I want to change the color of the entire group/ clipped image. The underlying lines are grouped together if that makes any difference.

I see talk about the clip process being non-destructive - I don't really mind if it is and that helps this process.

Cheers

David


texts: How alter overall coloring of a complex object?

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I've got following fish object that needs new color:

If I change color the fish looks weird and all the outlines are gone (until I change stroke coloring).


texts: Is there a job title for someone who only designs internal work?

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I have an employee whose role has evolved over time. She now works almost exclusively on internal jobs such as designing presentations for pitches, internal posters, designing our business cards and any other work that the agency requires that isn’t client work.

Her role is not reflected in her title or job description, and we are considering seeing whether she would like to make a change to her title and job description to match the role she is actually performing. What title and job description would be suitable for such a role?


texts: Pasting Alignment issue Photoshop and Illustrator CS4

texts: I'm trying to copy layers from Photoshop CS4 to Illustrator CS4, but when I paste each layer from Photoshop to Illustrator all my layers are centered instead of staying in the position they were in Photoshop?


texts: How to convert a paint layer into a fill layer?

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I have a bunch of paint layers that I have drawn on in levels of grey which are coloured by an overlaying colour layer with the "inherit alpha" option turned on.

What I am trying to do is convert all those grey layers into fill layers, but they can't be converted directly (for some reason).

The closest I have come is converting the paint layer to a transparency mask then applying that to a new fill layer, but I would need to find a way to transfer the alpha channel value to white somehow... like an inverted "color to alpha" filter...

Would any of you good people know a way to convert, or copy/paste from a paint layer to a fill layer, or how to transfer alpha channel data to white?

Thank you for your time


texts: InDesign pages to Illustrator art boards

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I have a multi-page document in InDesign, each page is a separate design that really should have been created in Illustrator instead. Is it possible to export each page from InDesign into Illustrator as art boards while preserving bleeds?
That last part is especially important, otherwise it's just a manual process of exporting a PDF, then importing individual PDF pages, then editing each AI document to add bleeds,  and then turning off clipping paths for every single object to get the bleeds where they need to be.

I'm hoping there is an easier way.


texts: How to create flow and rhythm through composition

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Composition is a great tool for creating a visual flow or rhythm to guide the viewers eye and lead them through your content. Thinking about the way you want your users to interact with your content is important—you probably want users to read the text that convinces them to buy your product before they see your "Buy Now" button, for example.
Some obvious elements that help create a visual flow include arrows, lines and perspective. Weight, positioning, spacing and color can also be used to create a visual flow and rhythm.
What considerations should be made and what specific techniques can be used when creating a visual flow & rhythm in design?

Some examples:


texts: What effect is achieved by placing protagonists close to the border?

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I am watching Mr. Robot on Amazon Video and I have observed that the actors are often placed close to the border.  This placement does not follow the rule of thirds, golden cut or anything else I know and seems to be rather the opposite of that. It happens so often during the film, that this cannot be an accident.

As an example, I have posted an image where the main actor is sitting on the sofa, almost getting cropped by the edge of the screen.

Image from series 1, part 7, 07:11

In other scenes, actors are placed at the top, almost cropping the heads of the people sitting around the table (series 1, part 7, 08:39).

What effect/impression does this cause and does it have a name? A reference to a short description would be nice.


texts: Is this curved text blend possible in Illustrator?

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I've started playing around in illustrator and came to a full stop when I tried to find a way to create a side curve to a text blend (cause I don't know the limitations of the blend tool)

Here's what I'm trying to create (these are a billion layers individually colored (poorly) and resized and frankly just nuts AND makes illustrator crash.

And this is just simple text blend

Can I ask, what is this text effect even called? Seen it on 70's and 80's logos/cartoons but did not know how to google more information about this. I went with the blend tool to start cause I like its gradient effect but that of course only goes in a straight line or if you change the spine curves only to one direction.

Does anyone know of a way to do this? Does it have to be done manually as in drawn or is there some other simpler way to do it?


texts: Convert the borders of a partially transparent PNG to an outline vector in SVG

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I'm seeking for a tool that can convert a PNG image like this:

To an SVG border outline like this:

SVG Image

I'm not sure whether the creator of this image traced the outline by hand. He used GIMP to create the image.


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I'm trying to somehow set InDesign object style for images that I add into text frame directly so they flow along with text when I edit content. My document is of technical nature so it has a single text frame per page. It's more of technical document really.

This are my requirements:

images need to break text block apart, so text won't flow over/around them
images need to centrally aligned in the text frame regardless of their width
images have to move with text (hence they are pasted into)
images have a description that must never break to next page
images have to align to the last baseline gridline just above description so description always appears it's positioned exactly the same space after image (upper margin will therefore vary but should be at least one leading high) - By last baseline I mean if an images occupies few line-heights (leadings), bottom of the image frame should align exactly with the last line and not somewhere in between.

I'm heaving great difficulty creating my object style to accomplish this. The main problem being positioning images exactly on the last baseline grid.


texts: What should be included in a PSD to convert it into HTML?CSS code

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I'm working for the first time on "PSD to HTML" job for a client(i usually do logos and banner work). As this is my first time, i'm quite confused about "What should exactly be in the PSD file". Should it have a complete look of the website? or just the structure of the site? Should i add photos,logo,icons and all that stuff with separate layers in the PSD?

Kindly help me about this confusion.
Thanks in advance :-)


texts: How to make my logo color look the same in Web & Print?

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My client wanted to use the color #dd0017 as his primary red in his website
All along the way we have designed the whole site & the logo in that color (I did the logo in RGB).
Now he is asking for a print version. I tried to make the logo same as #dd0017. But it's not taking the value at all in illustrator or Photoshop. It is automatically shifting to #db1e26.
Moreover, most websites are showing that equivalent color code for CMYK is (0,100,93,13). When I am trying to that, it's getting another Hex code of #d11628.
Please note that I am a little novice on the matter of colors. I am a Web designer but sometimes I need to make logos. But I really don't understand them much.

So is there a solution? If there isn't can anyone please suggest me how should I explain it to the client?


texts: I'm trying to create a puzzle out of an image using a vector image I picked up from Adobe stock. However, when I create the clipping mask of the shape and the image it turns the entire puzzle into one big image instead of cutting the image up into each puzzle piece. Any suggestions? I am probably doing it wrong and would love the help.


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I am a newbie with Illustrator and could really use some help.

I am trying to convert some icons to SVG and part of this process is making a compound path. Quite often this works just fine but sometimes, the shape changes with sections becoming white.

Below is an example icon where I have tried to create a compound path - the white sections should not be visible.

I can't for the life of me figure out why this is happening, and how to stop it.

Would appreciate any help you can give me


texts: In Adobe Fireworks, how do I make the margin beneath the text in a text box smaller?

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I'm trying to either make the inner margin in a text box smaller, or align the text on the bottom of the text box in fireworks. (by text box, I mean the box surrounding a text element).

With the extra space beneath the text, I can't place the text box close enough to the element beneath it without the two boxes overlapping. Not sure I'm making this clear; please see the screenshot.

Thanks in advance for the help!


texts: RGB to CMYK pdf using various ICC profiles: should I see the differences? [Inkscape + Ghostscript]

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I've designed a poster in Inkscape 0.91 (on Linux) to have it offset-printed. The printing company requires a CMYK pdf file that uses the ISO Coated v2 (ECI) ICC profile.

Inkscape does not allow export to a CMYK pdf. But I export to an RGB pdf and convert that to CMYK using either Ghostscript or the web service pdf2cmyk. [Some suggest creating a CMYK pdf from Inkscape via Scribus. I can't go that route as Scribus does not recognize the filters I've used in the design.] With either method, I can choose which ICC profile to use in conversion: in this case the Coated one. pdfimages confirms that the resulting pdfs indeed use CMYK.

So far, so good... But:

Within Inkscape, in order to have some idea what the CMYK version of the design would look like, I enabled 'Proofing' (in Preferences > Color Management), using sRGB as the 'Display Profile' and the Coated ICC as the 'Device Profile'. This gives a 'virtual' rendering of the CMYKified, somewhat muted colors. It incidentally shows that the design definitely has colors that are significantly affected by an RGB to CMYK conversion.

But the CMYK pdf produced as described above (export to pdf, convert to CMYK) looks rather different than this proofing rendering suggested by Inkscape. So the proofing does not seem to help in gauging what the CMYK pdf's colors will be like...?

As a test, I did the whole thing over with the ISO Uncoated Yellowish ICC profile. In Inkscape, using that as the 'Device Profile' gives more faded, yellowy colors for the virtual proofing view than with Coated. That seems to make sense. However, when I produce a CMYK pdf using Uncoated Yellowish (once more via export to pdf, convert to CMYK) again it looks different from what Inkscape's proofing suggests. And in fact it looks exactly the same as the CMYK pdf with Coated! Not at all what I expected.

The Coated and Uncoated Yellowish CMYK pdfs have the same file size. So I figured maybe the ICC profile is simply not being taking account of, resulting in identical files. Maybe I'm invoking Ghostscript wrong. But a diff command shows the files to be not quite identical. Moreover, I get a similar result when converting via pdf2cmyk rather than via Ghostscript: Coated and Uncoated Yellowish CMYK pdfs that look the same, and that look very different from Inkscape's proofing suggestions.

Can anyone clear up this fog? Thanks!


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According to the W3C (and another question on this site), the contrast ratio between body text and text background should be at least 7:1 for good legibility. Google takes this up in their typography guidelines, but they also maintain that

  Text with too much contrast can also be hard to read.

Unfortunately, they don't state what is "too much contrast", and I was unable to find anything definite on the web.

What is the optimal contrast ratio for best readability?

Please provide sources, not opinion.


texts: What application can tile one PDF page multiple times on a sheet?

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I have a two page PDF, page 1 is business card front, page 2 is business card back.

I want to print 9 copies of page 1 on sheet 1, then print 9 copies of page 2 on sheet two (duplex printing prints it on the back of page 1).

So, how can I print page 1 9 up, and page 2 9 up without manually making 9 copies?


texts: How to make Photoshop Effects on Adobe Illustrator unlimited?

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When I apply Blur > Gaussian Blur on this shape,

this is the result:

The result is that the Gaussian Blur doesn't appear completely, and borders indicated below limits it.

How can I make the "Gaussian Blur" Effect appear completely in Adobe Illustrator CC 2014?


texts: Gimp: Derive necessary editing process from difference between original and processed image

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I have the original image (left image below) and have received the processed version (center image below) of that image. I don't know which processing steps have been applied on the original image to get the edited version. However, I know that all editing steps, e.g. change of saturation, have always been applied on the image as a whole. No cutting, copying within the image or modification of a part of the image have been performed. Now, in Gimp, the same resulting effect should be applied on other images. The processing steps actually do not need to be reconstructed. However, I don't know how to use the difference (right image below, calculated with blending modes) in order to derive the necessary processing from it.
How do I have to read, in Gimp, the difference between two images to derive from it the necessary processing procedures to go from the original to the edited version?


texts: When and why did spaces around an em dash originally appear?

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Today, the usage of spaces around an em dash in English depends on the publisher's style. But in scanned old books, I find only unspaced em-dashes—similar to this one. (Moreover, in printing, the em dash was signifcantly longer than I see on my screen in the above sentence.) When exactly did certain publishers start

using spaces around an em dash — similar to this situation — or
replacing an unspaced em-dash with a spaced en-dash – like this.

and why?


texts: How to achieve a grainy, shiny, black surface?

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I am trying to achieve the following surface:
 - grainy
 - shiny
 - black tint

Pretty much like a hard mouse pad surface:

So I've started with 50% of uniform noise that looks promising:

But then,

inverting colors obviously has no effect as it's gray
tried to play with levels to darken it but then that shiny aspect is lost

Question:

How can I mimic a black, grainy and shiny surface ?


texts: I have two textboxes linked together. However, I don't want to break up paragraphs. So if a paragraph overflows from textbox 1, I want all of it to end up in textbox 2.


texts: What slide ratio is more appropriate if I don't know the screen size?

texts: I've got to make a presentation but I don't know the ratio of the screen it will be viewed on. It will also have to be available in printable version (A4). What slide ratio is more appropriate given these constraints? Any suggestions?


texts: Logo critique: Which version is stronger?

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A couple logo options for a food and brewing blog written by a nutritionist who grew up on a farm.

Tagline: "An exercise using food and drink as a means to discover peace and happiness."

I'm still in the preliminary stages. Option 1 is a combination of a pea, hop, and smiley face. Does anyone see that?


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I am looking to design many unique study cards, with text and some images on the front and back, to be printed on a professional digital press. Right now, I have the material in a table, with one row per card to be printed.

My question is: what tool can I use to convert a long list of source material into mostly-laid-out cards? I may have to do some manual tweaking, but is there some tool to bulk-import these card lists into a layout document?

Note that this is a different problem than a mail merge or greeting-card run, because each of the cards I am making is unique, in a set of about 1000. I don't want the same card 1000 times; rather, I want to bulk-import many unique cards and then adjust by hand.


texts: SVG looks different in Inkscape than elsewhere

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I'm experiencing an issue where my SVG graphics are missing elements when displayed outside of Inkscape. The Inkscape image is (including the document border):

However, I've tried displaying this in Firefox, Chromium and Anki and they all show an identical output:

I've done some searching for this, but most of the reported issues relate to problems with fonts, which isn't my issue (I converted them to paths). I've also tried different svg output file formats (plain and optimized with various settings, including max decimal places) but nothing seems to change the result.

The missing components (I'm using a custom symbol library) have displayed fine in other schematics and I haven't been able to figure out any pattern as to when it works. I'm using the "default px" template and Inkscape version 0.92.2 on ArchLinux with KDE Plasma.

Here's a link to the file on DropBox.


texts: What is the font used in the Technika logo?

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I tried to find the font via whatthefont and whatfontis tools, to no avail.
Can anyone identify this font:

The font is Linhof's Technika camera's logo, if that helps. Not even sure if it is a font or just a logotype.

Thanks for any help!


texts: How to user User dictionary to indication hyphenation

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I’m trying to build a custom hyphenation dictionary, and with the ressources I found, it doesn’t seams to work.
Right now, I have a User dictionary, containing one word with a required hyphenation. It doesn’t work .
My user dictionary

And my document with the dictionary


texts: Indesign: How to preserve overrides when changing a paragraph style

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Many a times, I assigned different text to one paragraph style, but with different overrides. So, they look different though having a same paragraph style. Later on, I want to give each different-looking text a unique paragraph style.
But when I duplicate a paragraph style and assign it to one of those text boxes, the overrides are gone. I want to keep those overrides, so I can redefine the newly-created paragraph style from those overrides.
The question is, how to preserve overrides when assigning text to a new paragraph style?
I'm using InDesign v14.0.3 x64 on Windows 10.


texts: Illustrator breaking apart and prepending '_x3' to every element that starts with a number in SVG export

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I'm not sure if this is regular behavior, but when I do an SVG export in Illustrator, each layer name I have that is a number with be converted to a format I don't quite understand. I'm creating an SVG of a building map, so there are several sublayers that I've named the room number for each room.

When it exports, I'll have a room number of something like 100 and a layer for everything pertaining to that room, but the exporting id will be named _x31_00 and a room of 213 will become _x32_13.

I could understand if it didn't like an id starting with a number, but I don't understand why it would need to further add the underscore in the middle of the id (to make something like _x3213 or _x3_213).

I suppose I could change all the layers to something like Rm100, but I'd want to try to avoid work-arounds if at all possible.

My questions are

Is there a way to change this behavior in the configuration? and
If this is intentional by the program, I was just curious about the reasoning behind "_x3" (it's always hard to google for small amounts of characters, especially with special characters in it)


texts: How to align (remove white space between) two objects in Adobe XD?

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I'm new to Adobe XD. At the moment I'm trying to make a card. For that I made a box and I want to add a line to it. My problem is when I try to align that line to the box, it doesnt align.

Here are two screenshots:

First try:

When I try to move it to the left:

But I want the line to align to the white box.


texts: What is this font? The word "Fall" Specifically.


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I selected two objects. As you can see at the screenshot the upper one has a selection gap and a lower one does not.

How can I delete the gap of the upper one? I need this in order to be able to export the object as a .png.


texts: How I can prevent Photoshop from adding metadata to a PNG file?

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When I use "Save for Web" in Photoshop it adds a bunch of metadata. For example I saved a 4x4 pixel file as PNG. It should have been around 136 bytes put photoshop added 814 extra bytes, all metadata I don't need or want.

How can I prevent Photoshop from adding this metadata?

Note: I know I can use pngcrush or other utilties to remove the metadata after the fact. That's not what I'm asking. I'm asking how to get photoshop to stop adding the data in the first place.


texts: Make a desaturated image transparent keeping only shadows & highlights

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I've been trying to do this for a few days now and have not gotten the results I need. I'm not sure I'm using the correct terminology in the title, if not, please feel free to correct me, and I'll update it.

I want to go from this:

to this (i've sampled an area of the transparency to show the k value in case that helps). Notice the shadows/highlights are there, but nothing else:

This allows me to place a layer filled with a solid color below the transparent image. The result is a different color shirt, and shadows/highlights are seen:

layer filled with blue placed below the transparent shirt layer

layer filled with black placed below the transparent shirt layer

Does anyone have any ideas on how I might be able to accomplish this? I've been able to get close to the result, but my transparency is either not enough or too much. I lose much of the shadow/highlight detail. The starting image is of filetype JPG.

UPDATE:

I need the final result to be a PNG like this one:

This PNG looks like it has a white background but taking it into Photoshop or GIMP you'll see the shirt is transparent. I need to reverse engineer how this was done so it can be done to other pieces of clothing.

What is interesting about the above PNG is the Shadows, Highlights, and Midtones in the transparent part of the image can all be selected individually. Photoshop: Select->Color Range->Shadows, Highlights or Midtones. Image below to show what I mean:


texts: Does anyone recognise this effect? Is it half toning?

texts: I'm trying to recreate this effect in Photoshop (attached image); does anyone recognise the effect, and know how to recreate it?


texts: convert a not transparent GIF to transparent GIF in photoshop

texts: Is it possible to convert a GIF image with a solid background to GIF with transparent background?


texts: Photoshop - clear color data from transparent pixels

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I have some images that have some transparent grey pixels, and when I make the picture larger, thoose pixels are visible a little bit.

Is there a way to do this with Photoshop?

In GIMP you can select when you export 'clear color data from transparent pixels'.


texts: Dynamically adjusting line between nodes of objects in Inkscape

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I'm new to inkscape and I didn't find a way to link two rectangle objects with a line (for example linking bottom right corner of the first rectangle with top left corner of the other rectangle) in such a way that when I move one rectangle or the other, the line automatically adapts.

This post (How to Connect Bezier Curves in Inkscape?) does explain how to join selected nodes but it produces a "grouped object" and is not what I am looking for.

This seem like a basic feature and I'm afraid my post is probably going to be flagged as a duplicate (which I didn't find).


texts: Large Printing, how to know how it will look

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I took an arial photo with a Gopro hero3 12mp, and I'm going to to print it at 90cm x 60cm. I'd like to know how it will look like before I print it.

I know about the print size option in Photoshop but that doesn't make sense to me.


texts: How to stop losing adjustment effect in photoshop when saving image?

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Ok, this problem is driving me round the bend. Basically whenever I try to save my finished drawing on photoshop CS6, the background texture to my drawing darkens considerably. Here are some photos of a zoomed in section for comparison.

Here's the background as I want it to look...

And here's the background I end up with...

At first I thought it was something to do with the adjustment effects on layers above the background one cancelling each other out or something, but I have no problem merging or flattening the layers together and achieving the desired look. It’s only when I go to save the image that photoshop robs me of my extra texture! I’ve tried all sorts of solutions from various places online but nothing has worked. I can’t rasterize any of the layers, it doesn’t matter how I merge or flatten them, viewing at 100% zoom doesn’t do anything and saving in other formats doesn’t do anything. What’s especially strange is that other lighter backgrounds don’t have this problem when I save them – there are no changes, but here it happens without fail.

I’m stumped.


texts: In GIMP, how might the label on a can of soup be unwrapped?

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Let's say I have a photograph of a can of soup:

How might the label on the can of soup be "unwrapped" in GIMP, resulting in a more rectilinear representation of the label?


texts: How to draw high-resolution images on client-side?

texts: Any libraries, API, or tips are welcome. I am trying to draw Landsat 8 images using Canvas utility of Javascript on my browser. The grayscale reflectance values for Landsat 8 bands are from minimum -32768 and maximum +32767(int16). The Canvas utility offers RGBA for range 0-255. If I scale (-32768, 32767) range to (0,255), I am essentially missing the point of Landsat satellite taking good details pictures.


texts: What is the difference between RGB and CMYK colours?

texts: Why does the printer ask for all colours to be in CMYK, cant you sometimes send them as RGB like when you might print them from an office printer?


texts: Convert Primitive to Path using SVG format in Illustrator

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I've got a simple drawing in Illustrator consisting of multiple rectangles. I will need to handle that in code later one and saved the document as SVG.

The rectangles come out as <rect /> nodes in SVG format.
Is there a clean way to convert the rectangles from primitive types to a path in Illustrator ? If so, how ?

So far my hacky solution was to use Object > Path > Simplify and because I was dealing with simple boxes with no transformations applied I've also ticked the Straight Lines. This worked well for boxes (kept the same number of vertices and look)

Is there a cleaner/less hacky way to convert a primitive to a path in Illustrator ?


texts: Why is this thumbnail text so beautiful?

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This image is the thumbnail for this nerdwriter video.

I'm about to begin a youtube series of my own, and I want my thumbnails to be that simple and beautiful, and I'm trying to understand how this design comes together. I'd like some help specifically understanding the design of the text.

Two things are eluding me:

What is that font? (simple but important)
What methodology could he be using to decide the different text sizes? I like way the text is justified and fits so naturally in a rectangle. Is there any obvious vertical rhythm thinking running underneath this?


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Is it possible to run photoshop without running it? I want to run an action that basically replaces image layers and text layers, and quick exports results.

Summing up, I have come to know about Javascript API action doAction, but how do I run that without turning on Photoshop?


texts: How can I see if it is a circle or a path in Sketch?

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I have a circle-like path in Sketch. How can I now see if it's really a circle (i.e it was created with the Oval tool) or if it's just a path with the shape of a circle.
They look the same and all the settings are the same, but when I export them to an SVG file the circle will be translated to a circle-tag and the path will be translated to a path-tag, which is a great difference.

Is there a way to differentiate them at all?


texts: How would you design "compressed" circle like this one?

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I'm using Adobe Illustrator CS6.

I found some SVG circle with this modified path:

How would you draw this in Illustrator? Each "side" is equal. I don't think I need to edit path manually, else every side will look weird and not symmetrical.

Which feature would you use?


texts: PCs printing "different" colours than Macs

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I've got a potential client with a problem and I need to better understand the basic processes before I go speak with them. They have 3 designers in-house and 1 salesperson, all of whom have Adobe CS installed. Two designers are using Mac, while one designer & one sales person are each using PC. All four print to the same desktop inkjet printer.

When either of the Mac users sends a .PSD file to the printer, they get "different" colours than when their PC using colleagues send the same files to this printer.

What are the mostly culprits for such a discrepancy? I assume the conversion from RGB -> CMYK must be differing between the OS'es, but before I go in to have a look I need to know where these conversions are typically done: Creative Suite? the OS? the printer itself?

I'm assuming I can rule the physical printer out since it is the one constant - though perhaps there is a driver-level issue in the OS'es. The users are all aware that colours on screen may appear differently than printed colour, so this seems to be a PC vs Mac issue from what I can tell. The basic complaint is that:

  "The PCs are printing the documents differently than the Macs."


texts: Is there a way to control inset/offset size?

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When using Path>Inset the inset is a big too big? Can I change its size?

And I know about dynamic offset but when I try to do it to multiple objects (which I need in this case) Inkscape just switches to Edit path by nodes and doesn't show the handle to control the inset. However if I try to do it with each object individually I can't find any numerical control to make sure the offset is the same for all objects.

So I guess my question would be how to set identical inset size for multiple objects?


texts: How do I achieve this inner shadow effect in Photoshop?

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I want to color an object in Photoshop and I would like it to look like the tree in this image, with darker edges. I know I can do this manually with the brush tool, but is there an even quicker and easier way of achiving this effect?

Thanks in advance!
Nena


texts: How accurate is pantone conversion in Illustrator and how should I send "Pantone References" asked by the printer?

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I've been hired to do a big campaign that requires all sorts of permutations of an Illustrator design.

Most recently, I was asked to make a banner. The printer wants my Illustrator file (no pdf) in CMYK, but requires Pantone references. But I have no Pantone Book (and I'm basically too poor to buy one right now).

So I just converted the nine main colors in my artwork from CMYK to Pantone through Illustrators color books. How accurate will this be as a reference for the printer? And is it enough to just use my nine most used colors (there are about 100 colors in my illustration)?

And this might seem like a silly question: but how do I send them this? Do I just add a Pantone Swatches Folder within my file for them? Or do I send this in a seperate file?

I've never encountered these sort of printer requirements and I'm at a loss.

Thanks in advance.


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Hi i am trying converting a 5 seconds video to a gif using Photoshop.

The result is terrible, specially if video has blurred items the final gif is horrible.

Do you know any better way to convert it in hd ?

Maybe some photoshop setup would work ?

Thanks


texts: Combine Helvetica Neue (or derivatives) with Open Sans (or PT Sans)

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I am currently working on a logo (word mark) for a client. I compared different sans serif fonts and narrowed it down to Helvetica, Neue Helvetica and Neue Haas Unica.
Although the client is a startup, they want to look experienced. So even though Neue Helvetica is used in a lot of brands, I think the client is better of with a familiar look than with an experimental appearance.
Now for the running text on the website, I want to use a Google-Font for faster performance. I think that for mobile devices a sans serif would be best. Open Sans or PT Sans look both very similar to Helvetica. Is that good or bad, if they look similar?
Do you think they work together, or which combination works best?
Have a look:
http://www.identifont.com/differences?first=Helvetica+Neue&second=Open+Sans&q=Go
http://www.identifont.com/differences?first=Helvetica+Neue&second=PT+Sans&q=Go
http://www.identifont.com/differences?first=Neue+Haas+Unica&second=open+Sans&q=Go
http://www.identifont.com/differences?first=Neue+Haas+Unica&second=PT+Sans&q=Go


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Does sketch export to XML? Is a plugin required? If yes, is designing layout by exporting XML worth-while?

Thanks


texts: How do you classify Eurostile and similar boxy and wide typefaces? Geometric Sans Serifs come up as a suggestion, and I understand why, but I hope that there is another sub-classification for it.


texts: How to use Loft tool in Auto Desk (123 Design)?

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I'm trying to make a 3D egg-like shape in Autodesk (123 design).
I'm using the loft tool to join 2D circle shapes.
When I do a few, it works, but when I select them all I get an "invalid operation" error.

I've been working on this for hours, and I can't figure it out! Any help would be much appreciated!


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How can I blend two objects and keep equal distance between them, not from their centres but from their whole figure (so the space between the objects is always the same)?

e.g. in this blending, the distance is equal between centres. I am looking for a bending that leaves same space between objects.

Note: I would like to avoid the use of brushes, that can create some inconsistencies in the objects I place.


texts: How to create complex graph/chart like these using illustrator?

texts: is it possible to create complex graph like these in illustrator using the graph tool? what are the likely processes involve in making complex graph with nested datas like these in illustrator, while maintaining the accuracy of the datas? also what keyword i need to explore these graph tutorials on the internet because all i get is simple circular chart, couldn't find any relating complex charts as per attached here.


texts: How to get the name of an artboard for a live caption

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I have an Illustrator file with lots of graphs that are going to be dropped into an InDesign file. All of the artboards use the title of the graph as the name of the artboard, so they could be used as the caption if I could find a way to set it up that way.
Looking at the live caption setup in InDesign, I can't seem to find a field that actually correlates to the artboard name though. Is there a way to make this work?


texts: How can I recreate this ornament without "cheating"?

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How can I simply draw this shape?

Is it possible to draw such shapes alternatively behind and front?


texts: How to select paths by size of area or length of perimeter?

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I am simplifying a design in Illustrator and already ran Path > Simplify and Path > Clean Up. I have many paths with small areas or small perimeters that I would like to select and delete. I can do it programmatically with an SVG version of the design and Inkscape; but I would rather use Illustrator and see the result as I delete those areas.

Can Illustrator select paths by area or perimeter?


texts: What are some ways you have used to get employers / freelance clients attention?

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Linked in, personal blog, youtube, ??  What are some ways you have used to demonstrate what you are learning / doing to improve and hone your skills as a designer?

IE books ive been reading, self directed courses etc. (think Udemy etc.), projects ive been working on, new excercses etc.

It just occured to me that it might be attractive to clients to see what you are spinning your wheels on in a broad sense.

Thanks!


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I have a vacancy card with fixed and negotiable salary. They can be switched using overrides. But when I change salary to negotiable I don't want text in that symbol to change. I want it to be locked from changes and display "negotiable salary". However, when I type custom text in fixed salary symbol and then switch it to negotiable - negotiable salary's symbol text changes to one of values of the previous symbol.

You can see that "Negotiable salary" text field is locked but when I switch override I get "2389" which is not something I have in the original symbol.

By the way, sometimes negotiable salary text field displays text written in currency field, so I suppose it's a bug. I hope explanation was clear, please give some advice as it drives me crazy.

How can I lock the text from being changed when switching overrides?


texts: How does apple use its logo? A question about gradient logos

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I'm an aspiring logo designer so I'm doing some research.

Apple's logo, according to all the "evolution of the Apple logo" photos, shows their current logo as being a 3d type Grey gradient logo. So that's their official one, but where do they actually use that at? In everything I see from their website to ads they are either using solid grey or monochrome. I heard that its OK to use gradients in logos now as long as they are relatively simple.

Looking at the Skype design document it says use the gradient logo for screen use and the solid color logo for print use. Is this standard practice for logos with gradients?


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How can I align text in GIMP so one of its sides “touches” some path or the text is placed inside path?

Example:

The text is aligned so right side of text line bounding box is at the number 4.


texts: Make fill translucent but keep stroke opaque in Illustrator

texts: How do I set the fill of a rectangle to be 50% opacity, but keep the stroke at full opacity? The transparency panel controls both fill and stroke. I want to set them independently.


texts: What is the difference between small caps and capitals?

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In this font landing page "small caps" and "capitals" are being differentiated. Why? What is the difference in appearance and utility?

See for example this font that includes both capitals and small caps.


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I find it convenient to use Google Fonts on the websites I build.

Quite often I need to find the closest Google Font to a specific commercial font to match a client requirement.

This type of question is fairly common for specific fonts such as Helvetica Neue Equivalent on Google Fonts? but is there an online tool where I can show an example of a commercial font by uploading an image and then have the tool display the three closest Google Fonts?


texts: How to make a multiple scanned image readable

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I'm trying to make this floor plan clear so I can use the information provided on it. I've been playing around with all the filters and adjustments on Photoshop and cannot get it to even a bare minimum state.

file:///C:/Users/Admin/Downloads/20%20-%20second%20floor.pdf

This is the image if you can open it


texts: Is Photoshop the right tool to export small icons and images for mobile?

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I am working on creating few images - custom icons and 9 patch for use in my mobile application. For this I am using Adobe Photoshop CC, but I am not satisfied with the resolution (blurred boundary lines) of those images when it is displayed on a mobile phone screen.

My questions are broad but its answer would help me to work in right direction.

Is Photoshop CC right tool for making mobile icon and images? if not then which is best?
Is there any guide or tutorial for making high quality small size basic shapes (i.e. 36x36 pixel) for mobile phones specifically?

I am beginner using tools like PhotoShop.


texts: FontForge: how to blend cursive letters?

texts: I'm working on a shorthand font, which requires anchoring each letter to the next because of the absence of any baseline. When I check my anchors though, I see that the letters are properly placed relative to each others, but they don't blend together. Instead the tip of the second letter is superimposed on the end tip of the first one, like this where you can see a white line between the curved shape and the adjacent round shape.


texts: How to "save for web" multiple Illustrator files with Illustrator script?

texts: I have about 55 ai files and i wanted to save for web for all these files using adobe illustrator script. I wanted to save all of them at 1200 percent size of the document size.


texts: How to increase or decrease a path and keep the value of the stroke

texts: If I draw a path with a stroke (e.g. 3pt) and then want to scale it down to fit, the line value stays the same, how do I scale it up/down and have the stroke adjust automatically?


texts: Is it okay to visually align the elements in a logo?

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Sometimes, some elements in logos look off-centre or misaligned even though we align them in the software (mechanically). Is it accepted practice to shift the mechanically aligned elements, so that they look aligned to the human eye?
 For example, in the below picture, the D looks like it is not aligned with the C.


texts: How to arrange the text in the new logo of programmers.SE and its meta?

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Our old logo:

and its meta version:

need to be updated with our new name.  We were offered:

which has a great mug icon, monitor art, and font.

Just not sure about the composition.  The text seems unbalanced and is starting to crowd the eye pleasing whitespace.  Especially when you still need to add meta. They offered no example of a meta logo.

I proposed:

As well as a meta variant:

Are there any objective concerns I'm ignoring here?


texts: Client wants source files BEFORE project is finished

texts: So I've read a lot about giving source files AFTER the job is finished, but I've started a project with a new client and gave them a PDF of the first draft (presentation deck). However they are asking for the source files right away - I worry that this is a bad move because I haven't been paid yet (they pay at the end) and what if they decide to take what I've done and give it to someone else? They are a marketing firm with plenty of designers on hand. Advice?


texts: Illustrator - Select an anchor point that is directly beneath another anchor point on the same path?

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Because these anchor points are on the same path, I cannot separate into different layers then lock one.

Even at full zoom, I cannot discern one point from the other and so only the "top" point gets selected.

I ended up having to mark the location of the point with intersecting guides, then dragging the upper point out of the way, then I could select and delete the point underneath, then drag the upper point back to the intersecting guides.

Although this solved my issue, it seems a bit klunky and I am hoping there is a better solution.

Obviously I can move and return the upper point successfully, whether by arrow key or by mapping the original point, but I am seeking a solution where I don't need to move the upper point at all.  Why I cannot move the upper point is neither negotiable nor a topic for debate.


texts: Is it offensive to mimic Japanese style typography?

texts: I'm preparing a proposal for a Japanese company and have been asked to create a sign. I've been asked (by an American) to use a Japan-esque type of some sort on the signage. I would like to respect cultural sensitivity by making sure we're not going to offend. Any ideas?


texts: Any good Lynda alternatives for improving myself as a Graphic Designer?

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I like to work more on Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and so forth in my spare time.

I'm already under education to becoming a Graphic Designer.
I love working in the listed programs, and making all kind of stuff.

But when i come home i have a hard finding something i can do in these programs, i don't really have any projects.

Sometimes i make a logo for a fictive company or existing company, but i find it hard to stay motivated, when it's not going out in the real world.

I sometimes see tutorials on youtube, but i feel they are not always the best quality, and that can also be kinda boring, when i know how to do most of the stuff in the tutorial already.

So i would just like to hear what you guys do when you just want to get better in these programs.

I wanted to give Lynda a try, but i feel like it's way to expensive.


texts: so I've created an animated GIF using line drawing on a black background, and whenever I try to Save as/Export as/Save for web legacy, the animation does not appear, just the black background. Any idea why that's happening?


texts: font stroke contrast is rendering badly in browser

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I'm using Tahoma font in my site. I'm using all the css settings like text-rendering -webkit-font-smoothing to ensure that my font renders properly in browsers.

The only thing is the stroke contrast of the typeface is rendering badly in browsers (tested in mac - chrome, firefox & safari).

Text in Photoshop looks like this. Observe the letters 'I', 'T', 'P' especially bold letters. The stroke contrast looks very beautiful here.

This is the how browser renders. Looks very bad.

Is there any way that I can fix this issue. Is it possible?


texts: Why does InDesign paste my copied image from AI with an unproportional resize frame?

texts: Often when pasting an image into ID copied from AI. It gives me a larger frame than it supposed to. For e.g Normally there would be a rectangular/square frame around the object to resize, however at times this re-size box is way too big. I have to also add that this mainly happens when i have multiple images on an artboard in AI and select just one object. It's almost as if i have copied a transparent image/s next the one i want. Is this a bug or is there a solution to this problem ?


texts: Do any of you know who is the author of this graphic?

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My fiance likes a particular artist and he told me once he'd like to get a book of his work. I managed to get a pic of one of his pieces but I can't find out who the author is. I know he has a page/blog where he posts his art, and also that there's some book available on Amazon with his work.
Does any of you know what is the author's name?


texts: Where can I find a better version of this image?

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I saw a hard copy of the symbol in the lower left corner of this image and I'm trying to find either a higher resolution version or a vector graphics version. I need something that will look good when sized to fill a coffee mug.

Alternatively, does anyone know what the name for that symbol is so I can do the search for myself?

BTW: I don't have much at all in the way of tools for this. As a result, the cost of solutions that involve more than downloading a file (e.g. removing the other hands from that image) will include the code of finding, installing and learning any needed software. I'm willing to spend some effort if need be, but I have more patience than free time.


texts: How to optimize JPEGs for retina displays?

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I am trying to optimize a set of JPEGs photos (5120 x 2880 px) that will be used on the web for retina screens.

The objective is to reduce file size as much as possible while keeping image quality high (no really bad compression artifacts). The challenge is that I don't own a retina display myself and I am unsure about the best tools (online vs software) to perform compression.

As I am running on Linux, I tried Gimp with the following settings (50% quality compression, 4:2:0 (chroma quartered)), but I am having a hard time to figure out when the image quality turns bad:

Are there any objective criteria or automated processes to find optimal values for smallest possible sizes?


texts: Export a group in Figma to PNG at specific size?

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I have a group in Figma that is 1200 x 1200 pixels. I need to export it as a PNG at the following sizes: 16x16, 32x32, 48x48, 128x128.
Can I do this without having to resize the group? It's annoying to have to create multiple sizes and there's a border radius set in pixels which doenst scale correctly.
UPDATE: I Looked under export settings but I don't see the option I need there:


texts: Is there a name for a Wikipedia-like "W"?

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To be more precise: Is there a name for the type of font where the w's apex is shaped like a cross? Couldn't find it anywhere.

Note that the middle doesn't look like two successive v's, but rather like an x.


texts: Switch between key objects in Illustrator

texts: When you choose align to a key object in Illustrator it automatically selects an object on the higher layer. If I want to select other object I have to select it manually, which is not comfortable when it is small. Is there a hot key combination to switch between two objects?


texts: GIMP: How to apply a mask to multiple layers?

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I'm new to GIMP, so I'm having trouble accomplishing the following:

I want to apply the same layer mask to all of my layers without having to merge them.

If this is not possible, the end result I'm trying to accomplish is to have an alpha-gradient effect on the whole image, not just one layer; but again, I don't want to merge the layers.


texts: Why is the color of the same image different when displayed on laptop and mobile device

texts: I have created a banner with a pink background (so I thought) on my laptop. When I viewed the same image on my tablet and mobile phone the background was yellowish. My laptop runs Windows 8.1 where the Windows color system device profile is sRGB IEC61966-2.1. My tablet is a galaxy tab s and mobile phone is galaxy s4.


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What is the best way to convert a file from freehand to Illustrator CS6?

I tried different methods:

Illustrator 7: Go to an old computer open the freehand file and export as Illustrator 7. Then go to the new computer open Illustrator CS6 and open the Illustrator 7 file. It works but things are moved and I need hours to put everything in order.
Illustrator CS4 or Illustrator CS5: Go to the old computer, open Illustrator CS4 or CS5. Go to file > open and go to the Freehand file. I can open the Freehand but everything are moved.
EPS: Go to the old computer open the freehand file and export as .eps. Everything is in place but the colors change. Even when the colors are in the same Pantone number, the perception in the screen is really different. I do not understand why?
PDF: Go to the old computer open the freehand file and export as .pdf. Then open the .pdf with Illustrator CS6. Everything is in place the colors in the screen are the same but I loose the information of the number of Pantone of each color.

I need hours to restore-update old files.

Do you know any better method or a way to solve the problems of the commented methods?


texts: How do I save for web as JPG when working with photography?

texts: I've heard from a bird that when you save in JPEG, you will always have terrible quality photos. But, I frequently see photographers post amazing photography on the web. I shoot in RAW, edit my photos, then save as JPEG and my photo looks very washed out, loses warm colors, etc. How can I save my photos for web-viewing without it looking awful?


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Okay, I am trying to make a curved line in PhotoShop. Probably sounds pretty Easy.

Just playing around, I managed to make this: I don't remember how I did it though. I know I used the line tool.

See how it fades out in the middle? I don't like that. I want it to be solid all the way through. What is a better way to come up with a line such as this in Photoshop


texts: 300 dpi photo enlarged to 44 foot banner?

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If I purchase a scenic photo from Shutterstock that says 5586px x 3724px, and 18.6" x 12.4" @ 300 dpi, can this photo be enlarged to a huge 40ft x 6ft banner without appearing extremely pixelated? This banner will be used outdoor and will mostly be viewed from a 10ft to 15ft distance.

I asked the actual printer, they told me to open photoshop and insert the photos at 50 dpi and view it at 100%, if that is acceptable then that's how it would print on the banner.

Since this is not a graphic design, I'm assuming a photo can not be vectorized, so What is the general rule for enlarging photos to extreme large sizes? what are the formulas to calculate how big can you enlarge without loosing the pixilation too much?


texts: Google has removed the "Download Image" link, what changes should I make as a designer?

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Thanks to a lawsuit by the large stock congolomerate Getty Images (which also owns iStock) Google has removed its popular "View Images" feature (one of many articles on the topic: http://time.com/5163852/google-view-image-search-remove/)

How does this affect us as designers and what workflow changes should we make?

I see there's two different scenarios:

When our work goes onto websites and ultimately into search engines.
When we're researching ideas and existing images.

What changes, if any, should we be aware of and make going forward in those two scenarios?


texts: In Axure RP 8 Pro, it seems that there is almost no stylistic options for drop down boxes and checklists. For example the tick box on the checklist is very small and I would like to make it lager.How do I access those functions?


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I have a complicated svg image with hundreds of text labels (a phylogenetic tree). Of those labels, there are certain text boxes that are important to me. I'd like to highlight those labels for interpretation of the figure. I do not know where the important text boxes are in the figure. Is there a way to paste a list of labels into the 'find command' (i.e. lines of text containing the text in the text boxes) and 1) have Illustrator (or something else?) find the text boxes and once found 2) change the font color or highlight coloer?

Thanks for your help.


texts: How can i Re-set customized shortkut keys to default keys in corel draw and Adobe Photoshop without re-installation

texts: i have just changed my job in my new office when i start work on Photoshop and Corel Draw the all shorts keys changed is there any option to restore my complete software without installation.


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I am designing a website and am planning on slicing up my template in Fireworks and then exporting it to Dreamweaver. When this is done it does of course go into a table. I have a title and nav bar with a left section to the right of a main content section, with a footer at the bottom.

I was wondering if it is possible to make it so that if the main content section expands (with for example a blog), I can make the footer move down and the left content section to stay where it is (using slices)?


texts: We produce projected slides (RGB) and printed posters (CMYK) that sometimes appear adjacent to each other. We find that the same graphics looks very different in the two mediums. How can we adjust the RGB values to match or come close to the CMYK appearance?


texts: Converting Batches of PSDs OR JPEGs to PDFs

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is there a way to mass convert whole batch of .psd or .jpg files to .pdf?

I created an action and use image processor for this with my recorded action. However - I get message box for every single file asking me where I want to save my PDF.

I just don't get it. Please advise or point me in the right tutorial - as I can't find anything useful od Youtoube. Thanks in advance and have a nice day! ; )


texts: Created starburst effect using Wave and Polar Coordinates, but it doesn't tile

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I'm creating a silly anthropomorphic router by heavily modifying a product image of a Linksys router. Here's a preview.

I want to incorporate a starburst effect into the background by creating a layer with a linear white-to-transparent gradient, applying Wave and finishing with Polar Coordinates. Here's what my first attempt looks like:

As you can see, there's an unwanted artifact going from the center to the top of the layer. I'm assuming this is because the output from the Wave filter didn't tile horizontally. Is there a smart way to adjust the settings of the Wave effect so that I don't have to fix it up manually? I'm using Photoshop Elements 10.


texts: Is it permissible to hire another freelancer to take over my client's work?

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I'm a graphic design freelancer and I was asked to design a logo by a client. I designed the logo for my client but the client did not like any of my logos and asked me to design more. I have a feeling he won't like my designs again.

So, is it okay if I ask another freelancer from a different company to design a logo for my client? What can I do?


texts: Select multiple anchor points in Illustrator

texts: I am watching this tutorial but I can't figure out how to select multiple anchor points and move them around.


texts:
I would like to create different shapes with a similar blur effect, like a moving(?)
I have Adobe CC and would like to save them as pngs. Any ideas?


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I'm having an issue trying to export pngs from Illustrator. I have added them to my asset export, but when attempting the export I get the following error:

Unable to export the following files:

Then it lists the files it cannot export.


texts: Adjust EPS icons to same size and weight?

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I have a pack of icons in .eps format, but some of them appear to be different in the size (guess have different purposes for website). Also, when I try to resize them in Illustrator, the weight of the shapes didn't match.

I need to create some more icons and add as a source to a Presentation slide.

So I have two problems:

How to adjust the EPS icons to match the same weight/scale/appearance at the same size?
How to create more icons in the same weight at the same size?

Thanks if anyone can support me with your thoughts :)


texts: Can I shorten/change the name of a font in my app's menu?

texts: I am making an app in which users can select a font, however some of the OFL fonts I have collected have a name which doesn't fit in the font selection menu. Is it ok to shorten or change the name?


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MagicaVoxel is “a free lightweight 8-bit voxel editor and interactive path tracing renderer”.

It exports to .vox, .slab, .xraw, .qb, .cbj, .ply, .mc, .2d, .iso

I’m not that familiar with these filetypes but I would like to be able to export my MagicaVoxel creations into Illustrator or similar. What workflow would I need for this?


texts: How to automatically create tally charts?

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Is there a way to automatically create tally charts like the following from datavizcatalogue.com? I am in a Linux environment without any user interaction and no Adobe or Microsoft products. I would like to start a graphic software with a number (or a series of numbers) that would produce a small bitmap containing the tally-format number. The output should be jpg, png, etc. of similar resolution as in the example below.

I know that several (Windows/Linux) graphic software is capable of scripting/automatized output (Gimp, Inkscape, gnuplot, others?). Any Windows-based solution is also appreciated.

The important part for me is to have the tally marks created automatically, so that a number as input gives the same number in the tally mark numeral system as bitmap image.

Any hint is appreciated.


texts: Select only one side of a text frame in InDesign CS6

texts: I am designing a fillable form in InDesign CS6 (Mac) and want to add a border to only the bottom of certain text frames. My question is: how do I select only one side of a text frame?


texts: Good sources for hand-drawn stock illustrations?

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I'm looking for suppliers of hand-drawn stock imagery for a project that needs a consistent visual language (hence there should be larger quantities of material from the same artist/s) but doesn't have enough of a budget to hire an actual illustrator to do custom-tailored work.

Do such specialized archives exist? The material provided by mainstream stock archives is hardly consistent enough, and tends to veer on the "vector illustration" side rather than a real "hand drawn" look.


texts: How much should be the bleed area for a banner?

texts: How much bleed area should I keep for a banner size of 760*1200 mm in Corel Draw or Illustrator any of the two or both?


texts: Photoshop CC 2015 - Make anything behind a shape blurred

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I have a rectangle shape, nothing added or changed. It needs to be a bit transparent but what I want is that anything that is behind the shape becomes blurred. This means that wehereever I move the shape, whatever is behind the shape gets blurred.

How can I do this?

like this http://gamersrespawn.co.uk/uploads/monthly_2015_10/starwars_battlefront_screen_gres9.jpg.e6a467ce8261a22d240eb74cd9b9f9ff.jpg

Like this ˆ.


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I am a game developer. I am trying to achieve background effect they used in game called Guns of Boom.

As seen on the screenshot, background image has some kind of masking effect which gave it a yellowish color and also made it a little bit faded. This effect reduced complexity of the background, which makes it easier to read UI elements.

I have checked various Photoshop tutorial, none of them gave me this effect. Does anybody know how to achieve such effect?


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I've seen 2D games that used basic shapes as characters, i.e. in football it's common to use circle as player.

But what about 3D games? What are some alternatives to create 3D models using basic shapes? Does this technique have any name?


texts: How to export PNGs of parts of Illustrator CS6 ai files?

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I am a total newbie to Illustrator, though I've been working with Photoshop for years. I've been trying to figure out how to mimic the "slice / save for web" functionality of Photoshop in Illustrator and am finding is super difficult despite reading many tutorials online.

This tutorial comes closest (I think) but I'm stuck at step 1 in the "create two artboards" section - ie select the first set of shapes with the array tool. What is the array tool? I hovered over all the tiny icons but couldn't find it. :) Online searches seem to think an array tool is something totally different, but here it sounds like a selection tool.

Anyone know what this tutorial is referring to? I'm using Illustrator CS6 if that helps. Thanks!