texts: InDesign - Create document from two text files side by side

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I'm quite new to indesign so please forgive me if the title makes no sense or if the following terminology is wrong or if the whole question just plain sucks.

I have two text files, one in English and one in another language. I would like to create an indesign document such that the English text is always on the left, no matter how I might mess around with it, and the translation is always on the right.  Basically I want to line up each line of text from both languages when viewed as a two-page spread, and ensure that the text from one language won't 'spill over' onto the wrong side.  Like, when I increase the font size or spacing on one side, I would like the text to overflow on the correct side.

I hope that makes sense to someone.  Thanks for reading and bring on those 'minus one' votes!


texts: What is the font in the TV series "Masters of Sex"?

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I was wondering if anyone knows which font is used in the titles of the TV series "Masters of Sex". I have come across this sans serif font before, almost always in a 60's office setting.
It looks like some sort of Futura spin-off (?) and I particularly like the lowered middle bar of the capital 'E'.

Any help would be appreciated!


texts: What font is "Lunar XChange" on khronos.org

texts: I ran across a font at this link (https://www.khronos.org/vulkan/) about half way down the page for the "Lunar G" product that says "Lunar XChange". I immediately went to all the popular font identification tools (WhatTheFont!, Identifont, What Font is), and haven't found a match. One distinctive feature that sticks out for this typeface is the lack of crossbar on the "A" character, though I suppose it's possible that it was removed from the font for the purposes of this logo. Other than that, it's you're typical geometric sans-serif typeface.


texts: How to avoid random fill pattern dialog box when using action in photoshop?

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I want to create an action that fills pattern randomly. I have created a sample pattern but it show me dialog box for random pattern setting every time when I play action. How to avoid that dialog box and set random pattern automatically.

Here is screenshot of dialog that what I'm talking about

Here is the sample action that I have created Download from here.

Sample output what I'm expecting.


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I have made a pattern brush to apply for a hand drawn brush. It usually works nicely, but yesterday it went started acting up.

When I draw, I have a solid outline and invisible fill (which looks like a solid line and has only one stroke when I select it) and then apply the custom pattern brush. This one particular brush stroke (rather complex that I created all my artwork around) is two outline strokes and not a solid line. How do I manage to make it a solid line that I can apply my pattern brush to?


texts: How to add an image from local machine to already existing layer on photoshop using javascript photoshop scripting?

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I have an existing design and layers on photoshop and I want to add an image from my local machine to one of those layers and I don't know how to do it using a script on javascript?
please any help on this ?


texts: What makes a Moleskine notebook so good and when should someone invest in them?

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What makes Moleskine so frequently cited as the go-to sketchbook for artists.

StackExchange offered us Moleskine notebooks (though I still never got mine!). There's countless pages on the web dedicated to Moleskine drawings.

What qualities make the Moleskine the most highly sought after sketchbook and at what point should a person start purchasing them? For example, should a day 1 illustrator invest in them? If you're only sketching with pencil will you see the benefits or not until you start exploring inks and colors?


texts: Acrobat: Select and adjust single elements

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Is it possible to select a single element of a PDF and change its color with Acrobat Pro?

I've used Pitstop, which provides a great range of possibilities. But where isn't it needed and Acrobat itself is enough?


texts: I design profile picture and cover photo for Twitter and I want to pick a color that I will want to use also on other platforms, such as Facebook and any other web page, but I want to be sure it will look the same on computer screen, smartphone and maximum close on printing materials. For example, I pick a color from pantone gallery and there is rgb and cmyk codes, is that safe to use these? And can I start a new illustrator document with rgb mode, fill object with the color from rgb code and then paste in cmyk document the same object and fix cmyk numbers, is that ok?


texts: Printing clear/transparent shape in InDesign

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I'm designing packaging that needs a clear see-through window to allow customers to see the contents of the packaging. I created what I want the window to be with the ellipse tool, how do I now knockout that shape so that when it is sent to the printers this shape is left see-through?

Thanks


texts: Can the term “source file” be used interchangeably with “native file”?

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I am a graphic designer working at a university. My clients and colleagues are not informed on design terminology and using the term native file is often met first with a negative emotional response because it sounds like a racial slur to many people of this demographic. I am torn because, although I sympathize with this stance and don’t want to offend anyone, the term native file describes a very specific thing in the design world and not using correct terminology feels wrong.

Does anyone know if there is another term for native file that means the same thing? Maybe source file?


texts: How can I render a ground shadow as semi-transparent in the final output PNG?

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I am rendering a 3D model into a transparent PNG so that there is no background in the final render. All it contains is the fairly well detailed 3D model.

Now I want to include a shadow below the object as though it were sitting on a plane. I want the PNG to contain the model and a transparent shadow below it so that when I compose it over a variety of background images (which will be done on a website in markup) the shadow will appear to be cast on whatever I choose for the background image.

I've tried modeling a plane below with transparency, but then it doesn't seem to receive a shadow at all. What else could I try?

I am using 3DS Max, but I imagine that solutions exist that could be executed in various 3D software tools, though the details of implementation may be different.

So basically, what I am asking for help with is: how can I render a shadow below a 3D model such that it will be rendered as semi-transparent and without the ground plane in my final output?


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I've been looking for a freeware alternative for Paint Tool SAI.

What I've been looking for is the editable curved/straight lines that you draw in Paint Tool SAI. It's a whole new level of convenience when drawing using a mouse.


texts: When clicking on one of the active (selected) objects in Illustrator, its bounding box gets bolder. Why?

texts: Why is it that when you click on one of the selected objects in Illustrator while using the Selection Tool, it has a bolder bounding box? What is this behavior called?


texts: is there a way to move my color swatches I gathered while working in Photoshop to Illustrator (both versions are CC)?


texts: How to prepare PDF transparency for printing

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I'm using illustrator to create a piece of artwork. I've used several transparent layers (small circles). Since I'm using a transparent effect, do I need to rastarize or flatten it?

I tried flattening but those transparent circles changed back to their original color (back to 100%, no more transparency).

This is for commercial printer to make 1000 copies of it. I'm sending the files in PDF.


texts: I have a graphic in illustrator CC that I need to resize. The original size is about 3.5, when I go to resize it to 10.5 it bumps itself up to 10.6 adding the dimensions of the outer most stroke.


texts: How much contrast is enough to pair same classification serifs?

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I was experimenting pairings in http://www.typeconnection.com/index.php ,specifically pairing by similarity and I'm having difficulty trying to understand why ITC Century + LinoLetter = good pairing but Adobe Garamond + Lino Letter = bad pairing.
What is the difference between those two pairings?

I seem to struggle knowing how much contrast should we be looking for two pairings to work.In terms of proportions and details comparison between letter,isn't one element of contrast enough?Should we be looking for a certain minimum number?

I should add that I've clicked on the "Send on a date" and read the explanation, I still can't understand why Adobe Garamond + Lino Letter are a bad pairing if the only reason is "extremely legible typefaces".The x-height is quite different, so I'm really not following.


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I'm trying to make a logo for a new company.
My main symbol is this bubble with a target. Here is the symbol and how it looks right now.

Do you think the font matches the symbol?

  Moderator’s notice: The company behind the logo wants you to know that the above logos are outdated. However, please do not edit this question to change it, as the answers are based on these specific versions.


texts: Pattern Export/Preview Quality in Illustrator

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I don't know how to state this problem nor to google it. I made a pattern on Illustrator, it's a quite complicated pattern, but it's ok on my preview (left) I use my GPU Preview for working default. the right image shows the pattern in CPU Preview. I thought it's still OK, its just my CPU/GPU difference. but after I export it in JPG highest quality, and PDF highest quality, the pattern looks like the middle image. And so I printed those image, the quality of the pattern unchanged.

My goals are to make a seamless pattern, yet the glitch makes it uglier than seamed pattern :(

if anyone knows how to deal with this problem, please help me. thanks.


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When using the Bucket Fill tool in GIMP, is it possible to create a custom pattern which will be responsive to the current color choice the way a custom brush (when made correctly) will respond to the color choice when using the Pencil tool?  If so, how?

If this is not possible, what would the simplest set of operations which would produce the same result?


texts: How to protect your illustrator file while sending it as a PDF and is there a way to deliver a PDF version that does not contain the vector artwork?

texts: Is there a way to send your Illustrator file as PDF so that it doesn't contain the vector artwork? How can you protect the vector artwork and send it as PDF?


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I want to try and make a photomanipulation of a woman to look like a character from an anime (Konan from Naruto shippuden). For refference, see the photo.

I am quite capable of handling photoshop (on a hobby-level) but I don't know how to make the paper-effect without placing and manipulating every single piece of paper.

I tried this tutorial: http://design.creativefan.com/create-a-stunning-3d-liquid-explosion-artwork/ but i couldn't sort out the 3d studio max bit.

To sum up, I'd like this kind of effect only using photoshop. Can anyone help me?


texts: pen tool makes a new layer every time i create a new shape in Photoshop cc 2017

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I am using Photoshop cc 2017 and I always use the pen tool to make vector illustrations (yes I know I should be using illustrator). until now I have always made a shape, made a selection then use a big brush to fill in the shape until I found out the pen tool has a "shape" feature that creates the shape for you.

My problem is I: want the shape to stay on the same layer because I am making line art and I don't want to merge layers constantly. The drop down menu for new layer, combine shapes etc. will not let me pick anything but new layer which is where I'm guessing is my problem. any help is greatly appreciated!


texts: Why does my brush look different than it's supposed to?

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This is the video from which I downloaded the brush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdLr3CA0z-k
And it was supposed to look like this

but it looks like this (I did not change the brush and I am using PS 2020), just plain brush with solid color and no texture.

What's wrong here?
I am not using any graphics tablet. If this is the problem then how can I do this texture with a mouse(I need that texture look)?


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I have created the design of a website in InDesign (big mistake, I know...). The developer wants to have my layers in a Photoshop format. I do not want to start everything from the beginning. What can I do?
Thanks a lot in advance !


texts: Good slab font with Polytonic Greek support to go with Caecilia

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I am typesetting a book in a combination of PMN Caecilia (body text) and FF Clan (headings and other minor things).

In this book appears exactly one work in Greek: μαῖα. It appears in a footnote (which are set in Caecilia). Unfortunately, Caecilia—or at least the version of it that I have—does not support Greek, so I need to set the word in a different font. Having trawled through every single font I have on my machine, however, I have come to the conclusion that I have absolutely no slab fonts anything like Caecilia that support Polytonic Greek.

Uncle Google has led me to find DejaVu Serif, which I suppose is at least relatively close, especially in a different alphabet. But it’s not really good.

I should be most grateful if anyone here knows of any good fonts that:

— look good
— are slab/similar to Caecilia
— have Polytonic Greek support
— is free (if possible—I doubt the company will let me buy a commercial font just for one word)


texts: How do I add a raster texture file to Illustrator's 3D Extrude & Bevel?

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How do I get an image to extrude and bevel using illustrator CS6.

The shape that's having the issues has effect>texture>texturizer and then I uploaded a psd file.

When I then select effects>3d>extrude bevel I get a giant grey box around the image.

I've also tried using the textures that are already in Ai but the same gray box appears.

Ugh it won't let me screenshot because I'm a newb but picture the flat, now textured shape, lying on the 3D grey box that adheres to the specifications chosen in the bevel/extrude window.

If this is not possible I guess I'm asking what's the best way to add a texture to an image I want to make 3D?


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When I put a a color hex #ff00ff inside Ai, the hex number stays the same but the color gets darker and less neon. I've checked and the document was created in RGB mode, and I switched to CMYK and still have the same issue.
You can see an example of the correct color versus darker in the screenshot below:
here is #ff00ff properly displayed:

Here's how it renders when I use the same code in illustrator:


texts: Separate the object from its shadow (or glow)

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I'm pretty sure there is a solution somewhere out there, but I haven't find the right keywords for this problem. I'm not a graphics person just I'd like to remove the background from this image with PhotoShop:

This looks very nice on a white background, but I want to put this onto a black background and it's tricky as it has some "colorful" shadow. I used the Magic Wand to select the object, then inverted the selection and removed the background. Kind-of-works, but if I zoom in there are some problems on the object's edge:

I know I can do a contracted modify of selection, by n pixels, but it doesn't seem realistic if I just remove 1 pixel from the selection:

I'm not limited to use more colors, end design shall be in PNG (so can have transparency too).
I need some nice smooth edges without that background shadow, because I want this object to look good in front of both white and black background.
How can I achieve that?


texts: How to quickly find the width and height of an artwork in a layer?

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As per title, is there a quick way to find the width and height of an artwork in a layer?

The way I am doing now is to use command + click on the layer that contains the shape/artwork, and find it from the info panel. Is there a quicker and better way?


texts: Designing a printed form - How to handle boxes for characters?

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I am designing a printed form that will be printed on paper, where the user can only put a certain number of characters per an answer. The form is printed off and given to the end user.

Example:

What is your Post Code?
[ ][ ][ ]     [ ][ ][ ]

The user's answer for this question can only have 6 letters, so 6 boxes are shown.

What's the best way of creating these boxes for the form? I can draw them in (using a box shape tool), but then it gets a bit messy if the form needs to be revised and re-printed in the future and the number of questions change (because then I will have to move the boxes and realign them so they fit with the question).

Is there a good font I can use to produce the boxes? If so, what font size should I set it to? Or is there another more useful method.

(I know I should just try different fonts and print them out, but I was wondering if there was an accepted standard)

I am designing in Apple Pages, but can also use InDesign if needed.


texts: How to create a rounded slash / diagonal rounded rectangle?

texts: I want to snap and or merge the lines to the circles in order for me to create a rounded slash \ type design.


texts: How to find out the date of copyright on font

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I have a question about copyright infringement on fonts.
I downloaded a free font in 2011 and there was not a EULA included.  Now,8 years later I have been contacted by this individual who says he the athor and is demanding I pay him for the license or he will sue me.  I asked him if he could provide the EULA and he will not.  I did pay him but he continues to demand more payment for other free fonts I downloaded years ago. I haven't used them in years and I am not sure how to protect myself and I would like to know how I can obtain the licensing and copyright info.  He is located in Sweden and I am in the US.  I have messaged other sellers who state he contacted them and demanded payment within 24 hours or threatened to sue. On his site he has updated the policies just recently.  I'm at a lost of what to do and really dont' want to hire an attorney. There must be a way to find out this information


texts: Why is my edited image smaller than my original image but yet retains the same resolution?

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I used IrfanView to change a JPG's DPI from 96 to 300 as I want to print it on a bag for my child.

The new imaged created is significantly smaller 6 MB vs 682 kB.  The detail summary shows the same things except for the DPI's.

Is that possible?   Is the new, smaller image usable for printing?


texts: An issue with adding a background-less image at the top of another image

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I've an image whose white background is removed. In particular, I used "Magic Wand Tool" to select and to remove that background (as explained here by @Dom) as follows:

(The white recatngles are not parts of the real scenario, and I've just added them here for the purpose of hiding the majority of the text!)

Then, I just saved the image as a JPEG file, and I added it to another one. What I expected to see was having the background-less image truly without any background placed on another image, but what I get is an unwanted white background as below:

I guess saving my background-less *.psd file as a JPEG image again adds a white background to my image. Can you please explain how can I save and add my background-less photo not to be disturbed by any (here white!) background?!


texts: Photoshop vs. Illustrator for Icon Development

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My client is requesting SVG files (saving as an SVG would require me to build the icon in Illustrator), but I have always designed icons in Photoshop (importing vector art from Illustrator, and placing as smart object, + applying layers styles)—I find that Photoshop allows for greater flexibility in layering effects (for drop-shadows, gradients… for an embossed look).

Has anyone had any experience in building icons in Illustrator and creating the same effect that Photoshop provides?

I'm hoping to pitch my case, that I can build the icons in Photoshop and easily scale them to any required sizes—but I'm happy to build them in Illustrator if I can create the same effects.


texts: Is the blend tool in Illustrator random?

texts: The reason I ask is because I (feel) as if I'm making the same sequences of clicks between two shapes and I get several different blends each time. Example attached below. Thanks for your time.


texts: What's the best practice for hyphenation in InDesign?

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I always get those annoying hyphens on almost every line no matter what I'm doing. I edit each line individually as necessary but this becomes tedious for bigger tasks.
Is there a better way to manage my copy? Are there settings I should change or default to when writing a lot of copy to prevent or decrease the amount of hyphenation?


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I want to apply to gradient for all selected same each shape all at once it will result in each shape
how should I apply to gradient each shape which not combined one but do each one all at once?

I don't know the method, and I want to know it because of slower work time, however, if there isn't one, please tell me.


texts: How to gradually reveal letters in website text?

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Hope it's the appropriate address for this question. Imagine the letter 'A' on a website (in a div), at a sufficiently large font to see the effect.

How could I gradually reveal the letter such that it appears as if the letter was written with a pen (I don't mean reveal letter by letter)?

Note: I would like to do this in code (if possible) and not requiring a pre-animation step. It should work interactively on a website, such that letters typed on a keyboard appear as if they were hand written (just in a machine type font).


texts: How can I set the transform value extra display in Photoshop to display whole pixels

texts: How can I set the extras displayed when transforming to use whole pixels as the measurement?


texts: How do I make one border of a selection be a shared border with another selection?

texts: I'm using GIMP to label data in an image, for a machine learning application.  I simply want to divide the image into five colors, and I'm using the selection tool (Scissors Select) to outline the various regions.  My question is, if I outline one region, and paint it red, how can I use the top border of this previously selected region to be the bottom border of a new region? (Let's say I will paint this new region blue.)


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For as long as I have known, a majority of designers have been beyond enamoured with Helvetica. While I can see that it's a nice typeface, I really don't understand the hype.

Some research into the matter yields some arguments: Helvetica is neutral, well-glyphed (as in: it has lots of glyphs and has been issued in eg. Cyrillic) and has been in use for long.

According to this article, Helvetica has become associated with business culture and is a 'safe' choice.

These arguments don't convince me of Helvetica's superiority. Why is Helvetica so good? Is it objectively better than any other neutral, well-glyphed and not too young a sans serif typeface? I know it's way better than Arial, but is it better than Futura, Frutiger or Myriad? And if so, why?

I understand that this question is at least partially opinion-based, so I'd like to point out that I'm looking for objective answers here. I'd like to be swayed with some proof, not with feels.


texts: Is it possible to hide part of an adaptive web design on smaller screens?

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This is the News page of my firs adaptive website.

The full height is shown (the scroll-down part is also included).

The terracotta sections on the horizontal line are for placing news feed images,
and I want to hide that section on the mobile-adapted version.

Is it possible or it may cost additional work for the developers?


texts: How to design web pages around a big logo?

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I'm currently designing a website for a place that uses a large circular logo. Their logo contains an image as well as text.

The problem I'm running into is fitting this logo into the web design while still keeping the text in the logo readable, but not taking up a huge amount of screen real estate.

Circular logos are as tall as they are wide. Most logos are wider than they are tall and are easier to fit on a screen because of it.

I'm thinking of incorporating it into the header of the page along with the menu but the height of the logo creates a real imbalance on the screen and the text in the logo makes it impossible to make the logo any smaller.

So my question is this how do you deal with unruly logos? Is it alright to deconstruct them, or what kind of workarounds are useful in these types of situation?


texts: Sketch button symbol: scalable centered text?

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I use labels, buttons, filters etc with text in them in my design. I created symbols for all of these to keep it easy to organize.

However, when I use instances to change the text in these buttons, and the text is longer/shorter the text will either not be centered anymore or simply break off. Is there a way to fix this? I imagines the resizing section could do something but there's no 'center' option.

Is this not a default feature of Sketch? Are there plugin alternatives?

As you can see this is not desired behavior when changing text. I would like the text to be centered at all times and preferably to have the button scale in width with the text as well.


texts: Do I need to worry about copyright/licensing if I am going to trace an image from google?

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I know that I can't just take someone's photo from google images and use it on my site without looking into the licensing, but could I take a photo of let's say a generic wood desk or pen and trace it for use in my illustration without worrying about getting sued?

Is it unethical or bad practice to do so?


texts: How to still keep the automatic InDesign page shuffling while starting a new section on the left or right side?

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I have a document in InDesign and I need to start a section on the left side, but InDesign only allows me to do this if shuffling is set to manual. This means that if I need to add a page at the beginning of the document, I need to manually shift all the pages.

Any better ideas?

thanks


texts: InDesign Gradients Showing a lot of Gray

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Right now, I'm trying to create a radial gradient for a client who uses Pantone 282 and Pantone 5415 (Navy Blue and a sort of Slate Blue). The problem is, I'm getting this ugly-as-sin gray taking up a large portion of the transition space.

Why? And how can I fix that?

I have read a couple of articles from Google searches, but they always seem to terminate in a black stop and the solution is to "add richness to the black". These are going to be print pieces used in a variety of media and I would like to stick with the Pantone or at very least CMYK values when working.

I'm looking for a smoother blue-to-blue transition, like this (I achieved this by playing around and setting both stop colours to LAB):


texts: How to change Photoshop CC 2015 Smart Object settings to auto-embed?

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Since the cloud library integration from CC 2015, smart objects in photoshop are by default linked-via-cloud-account (pardon the terminology, I don't remember it specifically). Previously all smart objects were auto embedded, thus nested smart objects could be opened/edited from the parent file.

Sure, you can embed a link smart object by right clicking on the layer, but that is tedious and not scalable.

Are there any smart object settings in Photoshop that I'm missing?


texts: How to create a circular diagram with Illustrator

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I need help to create a circular diagram in Illustrator like this.

I need precisely to represent a percentage. How to do that ?

Thank you.


texts: Preventing exit from full screen mode in Adobe Photoshop CS6

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I'm using adobe Photoshop CS6

my question :

Sometimes my hand is just too fast that i accidentally press "escape" and i go back to the usual screen view, i want to stay in full screen mode without having too worry if i press escape too much. Any way to solve this?


texts: What CSS blend mode will add white color without affecting black?

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I would like to allow adjacent apps in my interface glow, overlaying each other with white, but the apps have a 0.25pt black border which I want to avoid diminishing. Is there a blend mode which allows me to apply white to everything except for colors near black?

By the way I'm working with CSS, so the blend modes available are limited:

  Not every blend mode has been translated from PhotoShop into CSS: as
  of this writing, we have access to multiply, screen, overlay, darken,
  lighten, color-dodge, color-burn, hard-light, soft-light, difference
  and exclusion,


texts: Can you resize a text frame in photoshop the same way as in Indesign?

texts: In Indesign, you can double-click the text frame corners and your text field will crop so the frame is the same size as the text. Do any of you know if you have a similar function in Photoshop?


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We have Turkish text that we have to layout Universe 65 Bold. This works for most letters, but not for ğ and a few others.
In Universe LT 45 Light it works.
Now, I went into Word to check out the characterset and neither Bold nor Light actually contains this letter. It is in Arial or in Times.
So we came up with the assumption, that it is a ligature.

And we did enable and disable Ligatures in InDesign for that section, but no change. Now we run out of ideas? What are we doing wrong or what did we miss?
How can I create a character like this in InDesign for a new Font?


texts: How do I remove the muddy when I make a 2 Color Gradient? (Adobe Illustrator CC 2019, v23.1)

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In the image below you'll see two gradients:

Both were made in Illustrator (CC 2019, v23.1)
Both use the colors #ee2d38 and #624a9e
Both swatches are set to the same Color Mode as the Color Space
Color space (RGB vs CMYK) is not a factor as issue occurs in both

The difference is:

Top one goes from Red to Purple using the Gradient Tool
Bottom one has two layers: Red to Red Gradient with Opacity 100% to 0%, Purple only layer underneath

This does not happen in Freeform Gradient, only Linear and Radial.

Clearly Illustrator can render the desired result in Freeform and the workaround.  This happens with many gradients I try an make.  Honestly, it's the largest reason I don't design with gradients at all.  I can't find a single guide, answer, tutorial, or article anywhere that explains why this happens and how to correct it.  I got the workaround for the bottom from a Color to Black workaround but never an explanation of why so I can avoid and self correct in the future.

Any ideas?

Side note: Muddy Gradients would be a great Jazz Band


texts: Outline of my shapes, but I have no stroke selected?

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All of my shapes on my globe are outlined in white even though I do not have a stroke selected and there is not a second stroke showing up in the appearance pallete.

How can I get rid of the white outline of all the land masses?


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In this fiddle there's a markup and style I'm doing for a website:

http://jsfiddle.net/UvJmP/

I am trying to represent data in this way:

D2's table data is contained in D1
D3's table data is contained in D2

If we were to think of D1 as an entity, it would be said that each D1 has a D2, and each D2 has a D3. In a hierarchy, these would be "sub-tables."

Is there a better way to represent a hierarchy of subtables than the stair arrangement I have right now?


texts: Working with opacities/transparency in printing

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I'm working on some tasting cards for a winery and have since received a proof of my design. However how I've set it up completely wrong in terms of the opacities I'm using. I've known for a long time about using opacities in my designs but never really looked into it as I tended to stay away from them. My designs are now including more opacities and it's best to just KNOW this as a a new graphic designer.

I have read some great articles and other graphic design exchange questions and answers (Spot Color Transparency and Screens in Illustrator, Printing: Opacity color or transparency in Abode Illustrator to name a couple) but they don't quite quench my curiosity/confusion about this.

What I'm trying to do is get as close to the opacity effect we see on our monitors to the file that is printed. I'm looking to drop the transparency of the cream swoosh behind the logo (it is PANTONE 728 C @ 10% opacity). Understandably I wont get my desired effect due to the use of the opacity, but how else or what else can I do to get this same effect for when it's printed? What I see from tints is all you get is a slightly different colour and not a transparency.

This is what my design looks like on my computer

This is what the design looks like printed with that 10% opacity

What is the appropriate course of action to get my swoosh to have a proper printed transparency? I've played with some tints but they are all solid colours, unless there is something else you can do with them?

Any advice would be appreciated!


texts: How to Save .svg in Illustrator so it shows right on Adroid?

texts: I am trying to create a .svg image for Android devices, but it is not visible clearly in the device. How should I save the file from Adobe Illustrator and how can I optimise the file?


texts: What is application/vnd.adobe.photoshop file format?

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I am working on a file in Photoshop but I do not know which kind of format the file is. It is the first time I see 'application/vnd.adobe.photoshop' under File->File Info...->Descripton

The information on internet is not clear about it.


texts: In Photshop, is it possible to recover the steps in history, after reopening the same file?

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Firstly, I want to know is there any way that I can get the history steps back after closing a psd file and reopening it. I also clicked on take a snapshot in history option before closing the file, can it help in any way?
Secondly: Is actually there any way we can save all steps of history, so when we re-open the file, we can get them back?
Actually I duplicated the background layer once and did all the spot healing, clone etc on that layer only, and client wants all the steps to be shown to him and I have lost the history because I saved  and closed the file but when I re-open it all the history steps were gone.
Can anyone help?


texts: How to represent a compressor in dashboard

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I am creating a web dashboard and want to display different sections of a compressor (oil or gas). Each section has a sensor that Check in/out of the flow of the content in the pipe. Green denotes good and red part means Hot/needs attention. Right now I made 4 sections which I think is very ugly.

How can I best represent these pipeline sections with the pressure values in my dashboard?

I also tried this, where the green gradient is the pipe and the dotted lines are the sensors in each section:


texts: Text I made in Photoshop becomes blurry when exported as JPG or PNG

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I made an image with Photoshop. The text looks perfect in Photoshop but when I register it in .jpg or .png, the text looks blurry.

I tried everything, but nothing works. The font is Truetype, the resolution 72dpi, and I tried every aliasing setting, but that doesn't work either.


texts: External Data Input PSCS6 with text changes

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Basically Im a small time graphic designer trying to simplify some small tasks that will be constantly pop up. My objective is to automate Twitter banners where the user can input their Name 'Alias' LastName and it will print out the banner in a jpg/png file ready to be uploaded to twitter.

I have made a C++ program that basically asks the user for their name and what division they are in. The program then saves the name to a text file and depending what division of selected opens a PSD batch file and runs it. Photoshop then takes the txt file the Program created and uses that to input the new text line.

My problem is that mid text I need to change the colour and size of the text. Example 20size, normal "Name" 30Size, Bold "Alias" 20size, Normal "Lastname". Anyone know how I could do this? It all has to be in one text line.

At the current stage of I have it working however it out puts the text in all the same size font and colour.

EDIT: And a side note is that I cant make them all separate fields as it needs to be spaced evenly. Eg longer firstnames would overlap the alias.


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So I have this strange Illustrator issue and I'm not sure if it's a bug or a "feature"...

I'm using the latest version of Illustrator CC.

I have rather thin grey rectangle:

If a zoom in and want to resize the rectangle (using the Selection tool) and make it taller I just pull the handle down like this:

and it works as it should. But if I zoom out and try to do the same thing this happens:

The upper part of the rectangle no longer stay where it should but moves down as I pull down the handle.

Is there any way to change this?

Oh, a bonus question! Why are the anchor points in my rectangles in Illustrator sometimes filled (left) and sometimes not (right)?


texts: What design principles are important for doing "more with less"?

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What design principles can be used to achieve simplicity without diminishing the ability of the user to use an interface efficiently for complex tasks?

Specifically, I'm wondering which key design principles I can use to achieve more with less. Principles that allow a designer to cover complex interface features with simplified, minimalist, design.


texts: Restrict movement of layer in Photoshop CS6

texts: Is there a way to block the movement of a layer in photoshop and still be able to do editing in the same layer?


texts: Methods for improving color choice and combinations?

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I often struggle choosing proper color combinations. I'm self-ware enough to realize that I'm most comfortable with, and often settle on, colors which could be seen as more corporate or retro - blues, burgundies, browns, greys, etc.

I'm aware of things like Adobe Kuler, and Colorschemer.  I am not seeking additional, similar tools. I can build palettes without an issue. However.....

These don't seem to really solve my issue. I can gain a palette from these tools, yet applications of the colors often fails for me.

I have a lot of practice using my "retro corporate-like" colors and have learned what works well as a background, what works well as text, etc. But when I move to a brighter or more vibrant palette I tend to lose sight of color application and eventually start desaturating and wind up shifting things back to my comfort zone.

How can I go about expanding my range of "comfortable" color use?

What are some best practices to broadening my own sense of color in design?

Note, I work primarily in print, so "testing" isn't much of an option beyond on-screen testing. I rarely work on projects that allow me the luxury of using one palette today and trying another one next week. I customarily have to settle on one and use that for that project until the project is no longer needed. This means a poor color choice can really be detrimental to a piece and its lifetime.

Clarification: I am not seeking methods to build color palettes. As stated I can do that. It is the implementation of a palette that I'm asking about. Say, you build a palette of 7 colors.

How do you determine what colors work well for what objects? (i.e. "bright red on a canary yellow is too bright for good readability", etc.)
At what level does color contrast become an issue?
Is it preferable to use color discords (complimentary colors)?
When is a color too vibrant to use for text?
What makes a piece "pop" via color use?
What types of colors combinations convey "liveliness", "security", "respect", "youthful", "vibrant"?

Is is this sort of input I was hoping for, not the "here's how to pick a palette". Seems I may have done a poor job of explaining my intent previously.


texts: SpecialCharacters.PAGE_BREAK compare against TextFrame.contents

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var myStories = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().getElements();
for (i = myStories.length - 1; i >= 0; i--){
    var myTextFrames = myStories[i].textContainers;
    $.writeln(myTextFrames.length);
    for (j = myTextFrames.length - 1; j >= 0; j--)    {
        $.writeln(myTextFrames[j].contents);
        if (myTextFrames[j].contents == SpecialCharacters.PAGE_BREAK){
            $.writeln("test hier");
            myTextFrames[j].remove();
        }
    }
}

why does this not work? I guess because the SpecialCharacters.PAGE_BREAK is a number but I cannot make it work, I tried so much.

The condition gets never true even if there only a pagebreak in the textframe.


texts: Substituting Black C for Process Black in a two-spot color job

texts: I have a two-spot job that uses a Pantone Blue C and a Pantone Black C. I need to create various tints of the black spot, but I don't really like using Pantone blacks for tints. From a production standpoint, would it matter if I substituted Black C for a CMYK 100% K value (process black)?


texts: How do I make everything appear on one screen in Mavericks

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When I open illustrator and move it to my secondary monitor in Mavericks and try and open anything... for example a new document, it will appear in my laptop screen as opposed to my second monitor. Is there any way for me to make windows open in the screen that is actively running the program or do I just have to drag one by one?

I appreciate the help!


texts: Why are my Illustrator images blurry when placed in InDesign?

texts: I am creating simple, clean designs in Illustrator, but when saved as .jpegs or .pngs and placed in an InDesign file at 100% resolution they are blurry as heck.


texts: Design a map for a 3d game similar to Discord's style in SVG with Affinity Designer

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I'm just a backend developer who has no talent with design, and I'm currently developing a game for iOS, Android, PC, macOS, PS4, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One.

I just want to design something like this for the map of the game:

This is Jason Citron's twitter header photo, which is the CEO and founder of Discord.

It's similar to Mario Bros games' maps.

I know it's a hard task but I do not even know where to start.
I have Affinity Designer, Sketch and Photoshop, so I can do it in any of those programs, but if possible I'd like to do it with Affinity Designer.

If also possible, I'd like to do it in Scalable Vector Graphics.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Is possible to share a text variable across documents of a book in InDesign CS6?

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I have a text variable for paragraph style A. The book is like this: ch1_00, ch1_01, ch1_02.

ch1_00 contains the chapter cover, and I want to put here the text variable based on the words contained in the ch1_00 document.

All those documents are contained in a book. So I would like to get the variable to work in the ch1_01, ch1_02 too. How can I do this?


texts:
Is it possible to Enable Snap to Guide for Scaling in Gimp?
Currently moving a layer and Snapping to Guides works fine but Scaling and Snaping doesn't.


texts: Preserve shape on object on different subdivision levels in 3DSMax?

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Is there a way or a feature or a modifier in 3DS Max like the "Turbo-smooth" modifier that would preserve the shape of an object on other subdivision levels after making changes to it on a high subdivision level? Here is what I mean -

Level 4 -

Level 2 -

Note - The polycount to be reduced like a "Turbosmooth" modifier in reverse (literally).


texts: Are there alternatives to Adobe Creative Suite?

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This is a question mainly about design packages such as Adobe Creative Suite -- Is there another "create suite" style package out there that rivals Adobe CS?

I know there are programs such as GIMP or Corel Draw that are good alternative to Photoshop/Illustrator, but are there any actual "whole" packages out there like Adobe CS, be it small or big that delivers multiple programs for tasks such as: Photo editing, vector work, animation, 3d, etc?

Will Adobe CS always be crowned as the top, all round package for designs to use or will there be a new suite in the future that's regarded as the "go-to" package?


texts: IS there any way to place the symbol in its original coordinates in illustrator

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Is there any way to place the symbol in its original coordinates? lets say I drew a path that have a coordinates of 3cm from the top right position of my artboard. and I make it as a symbol. now in a new artboard that have different dimension, I need to place the symbol I did, in the same position that it was in my first artboard, and have the same coordinates related to the new artboard dimension.

as you may know using the [place symbol instance] tool is placing the symbol in the center of your view port regardless its dimension. my question is how to change the position of the symbol using that tool.?


texts: What does "Attribution" mean exactly when using downloaded fonts?

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The fonts that are free for commercial use are sometimes under Creative Commons licenses, such as CC BY-ND 3.0, which require you to give attribution to the creator. Does this mean you have to attribute whenever you use the font in some text in a project, or is it only when you redistribute the font?

I mean, not many projects leave room for crediting a font, right?


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Is it possible to create nested symbols that are adjustable when we choose "none" status?

I'm looking for a way to make the symbol disappear and other symbols would move to adjust the space between them.


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Is there a trim command for lines/paths in Inkscape?

Example: given are two lines. After selecting both I'd like to press a button. Then both lines are elongated or shortened until they intersect. As a result I get a polygon consisting out of two lines.

It is similar to the wish found here:
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Intersection_Tools


texts: How to create Android PNG Icons from an SVG using GIMP

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I'm pretty much a graphics design noob, as you can tell by this very basic question. What I am trying to achieve is to create a set of Android icons from an SVG file that I have. In case you didn't know, in order to support the different device sizes, I am supposed to create an icon for MDPI, HDPI, and XHDPI screens.
More detailed information can be found here

Here is the recommended dimensions for each size:

MDPI - 160dpi, 48x48px
HDPI - 240dpi, 72x72px (1.5x MDPI)
XHDPI - 320dpi, 96x96px (2x MDPI)

As I said before, I am starting with an SVG file that I have. The first thing I am doing is opening the SVG file using GIMP. Here is where I start to get confused. What value should I put for the pixels/in? The default is 90.

After I get past that screen, I pretty much just export it right away to a PNG. When I do that, I am prompted with another screen with a bunch of different options. Usually I just leave it as the default, but I'm not sure if that's the best idea. Anyways, when I go through this process, my icons still look really blurry on my Nexus 4.

Any help is greatly appreciated.


texts: Pasting artwork from Illustrator into Photoshop causes edges

texts: This may have been asked, but I can't find any solution to this other than putting pixels behind them in PS.


texts: Highlights and Shadows with Equal Weight

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I'm creating isometric buildings in Inkscape. Each building has a base color. To account for lighting, the top of each building has a highlight, the left side has the base color, and the right side has a shadow.

My problem is that whenever I try to pick darker and lighter versions of the base color, one of them always has more contrast with the base color and thus more visual weight. Here's what I mean:

On the left, I create lighting with 20% opacity overlays of black and white. On the right, I simply adjusted the lightness slider on HSL by 20 points (out of 255) in each direction.

The shadow on the yellow example on the left has much more contrast than the highlight. Below it, the highlight on the bluish example has much more contrast. The right side is much better, but I'm wondering what the best way to do things is.

In other words, how can I best make shadows and highlights have equal contrast/ visual weight?


texts: Illustrator: Resize Artboard With Objects Inside

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I've been looking everywhere, and cannot find my answer so I wanted to ask here. I know how to re-size my artboard in Illustrator and all that, but I cannot get my artboard to re-size with objects inside of it.

The reason I want to do this, as I'm creating an identity for a small start-up company in it. I want to be able to print a PDF(which I can do), with all the images. What I don't want, is the printing of various sized logos(etc), when you print them they are the same size. So I need to be able to re-size the artboard with the objects inside on the fly for creating jpg, png, etc. I hate re-sizing the artboard, then going and re-sizing the objects to fit the artboard. Can I just re-size both at the same time?


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I used to work in graphic design years ago, however no longer a design pro, but am considering buying a license for Illustrator/Photoshop/Flash/InDesign just to have.

Does anyone have any recommendations of what I should look for?

Was thinking of buying something off Ebay?


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This mainly refers to serif and sans serif typefaces used for everyday body text, not "wacky" display typefaces.

I've been looking at a lot of typefaces today and it occurred to me that there are SO many that looks similar. Now I know I'm not a "typeface connoisseur" and that there are such subtle differences between them but surely there will come a day when most legible font have been "made"?

let's say in 100 years from now, the amount of people getting into computing/design grows exponentially and the amount of people creating new typefaces day in day out just gets bigger and bigger. Surely there are only so many variations of a legible font possible?

e.g. There are so many typefaces are out there that basically look the same as things like Helvetica/Arial but with such subtle differences. How long can we keep tweaking fonts for?

Will the day come when there is no possible way to create a typeface that looks different from another without having to purposely alter it to be different?


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I want to make a text effect and for that I want a transparent background. My question arises from here; how do I get a transparent background? I am using
Illustrator CC.


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I'm trying to design a circular icon in which you can see a beach, with water washing onto it. So I want to create a squiggly/s shaped layer to resemble water.

I'm new to designing icons in Sketch and can't seem to figure out how to make this shape look good. One way or another, it turns out awkward.

I've tried to construct the water using ovals, but this keeps giving me either hard v shaped corners or awkward lines in general. I feel like I need to 'invert' the circle some how, but I just can't come up with how to do this.


texts: Can someone help me find a sans-serif font with points over uppercase "i" ("I")?

texts: The "I" character in that font should have a circle/disc/bullet above it, just like "i". I need this font to use it as the default font for my Blogger blog posts.


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seems like a silly question but is the "new document" window the only way to create a new document from scratch? i.e. using the presets or type your own size..

i'm not a graphic design, i'm self taught with adobe but frequently have to design something with photoshop/indesign at work. i'm often given pdf template for print or have a PSD background to use in indesign. is it not possible to create a new document using the PDF or a PSD file? currently to make anything in indesign i first have to open photoshop, import either the PDF template or open the PSD background file, get the dimensions of these and then type these dimensions into indesign. it's not a huge problem but it is a pain having to do this every time! seems quite silly i need to use photoshop to make the correct size document in indesign...

i've tried googling and searching here but not seeing a definitive answer or solution, either that or im not using the correct search terms..


texts: Moving content of selection across multiple layers in GIMP

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To be clear, I have a selection and I want to move its content, the content from multiple layers. I know In my version of GIMP that I can't actually select multiple layers, but I can chain and group them. I tried ctrl-alt-clicking in both cases, but the selection content didn't move. I also tried floating the selection, but that didn't work presumably because GIMP only allows one floated layer at a time. The only thing I've succeeded in is moving the entire layers together, but I only want the selection area moved.

I've been scraping Google for a while now and haven't found anything. Plenty of tips on how to group and chain but nothing on moving content of selections within them.

I'm using GIMP 2.8.18 on Windows 7. I'm not opposed to upgrading GIMP version or installing a plugin if necessary. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: How to work with white artwork in Adobe Illustrator?

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Regarding Adobe Illustrator - I am trying to create a vector file that an imprinter will use to imprint my image on to T-shirts.  The shirts will be black and I want my image to be in white.

Questions - What do I need to do in AI to make the image come out white when it's printed?

Also, how might I be able to see what the imprinter will be printing?  I see a "preview" option but I'm not sure it's what I'm looking for.


texts: Bulk croping same portion from multiple file

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I want to crop same portion, say rectangular areas from multiple image files which are located at same place in all files. Is there anyway to do it in GIMP? and I also have to do it regularly. Can I save a template for this action.

I've read this .I don't know if it is the same problem or not


texts: Inkscape to trace bitmap with 4k+ colors

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I'm trying to convert (trace) this image to an svg file:

Full size Image

I run Path > Trace Bitmap, 256 colors, no smooth, no stack, remove bg, no optimize paths. It vectorizes ok but the colors are changed slightly, which can't happen, since the rgb of the fill is essentially the ID of the shape, which means I can't map from svg -> the webpage.

It won't let me go over 256 colors either, and there's roughly 4k+. Is there a way around this limit, or is there another program I can also use?

Edit: The problem isn't so much the tracing, but the specific colours:

province  red  green  blue             x       hex
0         1  128     34    64     Stockholm     #802240
1         2    0     36   128  Östergötland     #002480
2         3  128     38   192       Småland     #8026c0

On my resulting images, those hex colours don't match to the ones I have on file (and what they are on the original .bmp)


texts:
I have a curved path that I want to put multi-line text onto, as shown in the picture (the black line is the path).

When I select Text > Put On Path, it becomes a single line and pressing return doesn't split it up into two lines again


texts: What are several ideal icons for a web homepage?

texts: I am creating a portfolio website for a college class and my homepage content contains a Welcome, About and Contact paragraph. What are several icons I could use that appropriately represent the Welcome and About sections?


texts: Texture as an alternative to a cyclic colormap?

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In the visual presentation of scientific and mathematical data, it's common to want to use hue and value to represent a direction and an intensity. People seem to refer to this as a cyclic colormap. Below is a scientific example I've drawn. The circle on the upper left, labeled 1, defines the colormap, and 2-6 are applications to the visual depiction of various wave patterns.

Although this works, it has the disadvantage that it requires color. This is for a book that some people will use in digital form, in color, but others will have as a printed book with a color cover and a black and white interior. The best workaround I've found so far for the print users is to take this particular set of images and reproduce them in color on the back cover of the book, but that's obviously not a great solution.

Has anyone ever seen a variation on the idea of a cyclic colormap that uses texture instead of hue? For example, instead of the various shades of red I could have something like a black background with a random scattering of white dots on it. What I'm now representing with brighter red would have more dots, so it would look lighter in color. Instead of yellow I could have something like a parallel line or wood grain texture, with denser lines making it look lighter, and so on. One would have to come up with some creative way to continuously vary these textures going around in a circle. For example, orange might be replaced with something like a 50/50 mixture of dots and lines.

I've attempted below to sketch an example of what I'm talking about, but I don't think it is a very good realization of the idea, since, e.g., the lines are kind of big, so they hang over from one area to another and decrease the resolution of the plot. In a real circular texture map, this would be defined in some way that would extend all the way around the circle, not just in the upper right quadrant as I've done here.

related: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23712207/cyclic-colormap-without-visual-distortions-for-use-in-phase-angle-plots


texts: What should image size in px be for A0 with a Canon iPF8300

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I am producing an A0 poster. I have been told that the printer is a Canon iPF8300.

The spec says;

  Maximum Print Resolution 2,400 x 1,200 dpi

  Nozzle Pitch  1200 dpi x 2

I'm not sure what these numbers mean. i.e why the max print ratio is 2:1, I thought that it would be square like he nozzle pitch.

Would I be right in thinking that it would be 39732px x 56184px for A0 (33.11 x 46.82)


texts: Exporting PDF from Adobe Illustrator without aliasing

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I am working with an image with an aliasing problem in Adobe Illustrator CS6.  The aliasing disappears after unchecking Preferences-> General -> Anti-aliased Artwork.

However, when I export the file as a PDF, the aliasing returns when viewed with Adobe Acrobat.  Once again, in Acrobat, by unchecking Edit-> Preferences... -> Page Display -> Rendering -> Smooth line art, the problem disappears.

The same is the case for any PDF-viewer.  Is there a way, in Adobe Illustrator, to remove the aliasing problem, rather than just temporarily hide it?  I wish to send my PDF to an associate without having to say, "you will need to change your PDF-viewer preferences in order for the figures to look right".


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I'm attempting to remove (or cut) a portion out of a shape.  The result of my operations are that the removed portion automatically is given the same border as the other shape before the "cut".  Here are the steps that I took to achieve this:

Create a number (42)
Define Stroke with width 3px
Path -> Stroke to Path
Define Stroke with width .5px
Remove Fill Create Shape (I created a hexagon with a defined fill)
Place the number on the shape
Path - Difference

The hexagon on the left is a result of the Difference operation.  The one on the right is me simply placing the number on the hexgaon with a solid white background.  How do I "cut" the number from the hexagon and preserve the border of the number?


texts: GIMP: channel mixer does not work as expected

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My understanding of the (colour) channel mixer in GIMP is that when I specify e.g. a value of 0.5000 for Blue in the Red channel the result would be that the Red value of each pixel is incremented with 50% of the Blue value of the same pixel. This does not seem to be the case. I found that the value added to the Red not only depends on the value of the Blue but also on the original value in the Red channel. The lower the original Red value, the more is added. For example with R = 0 and B = 128, R becomes 92. So 92 is added instead of 50% of 128 = 64. As the original value of R increases, the increments become less. E.g. with R = 240, adding 50% of the Blue value (128) yields 253, so only 13 is added instead of 64. In these examples the Red in Red parameter = 1.0000, meaning do not add or subtract anything to the R channel based on the current value of this channel. I am using GIMP 2.10.18.
Is this the way it is designed or is this a bug?


texts: I have drawn the stroke or border, that is without the fill set, of a star with the star tool. Now I want to cut the star stroke into several pieces. I tried to use the eraser tool but it will add stroke lines rather than only cut the stroke. I have no idea how to do this. Any help much appreciated!


texts: How can you achieve realistic closeup perspective in Photoshop using 3D Postcard feature?

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I'm trying to achieve this look in Photoshop 3D, but I am struggling to get the perspective to look realistic. I create 3D Postcards from screenshots of software I am trying to showcase. I have experimented with the depth of field blur for realism, but the problem I'm having is mostly just getting the proper angles in XYZ space, by rotating the card, in combination with the camera views. In the 2nd example, there looks to be another card floating above the other 3D card, with the dropshadow landing on top. This makes me think that this was done in Photoshop 3D.

I've seen an example posted in this forum on a similar topic called "3D Card Effect" See example 3. There was no explanation in the comment section where the user showed his final example where they somehow achieved a realistic camera view. I can never seem to get the perspectives to look correct, they always seem to look off.

Also, to get this closeup on a screenshot, the image tends to get very blurry and lo-res. So, how would something in Example 3 have such hi-resolution if the user is using Photoshop screenshots for their mockup? I'll attach my best attempt as example 4. Clearly it's too closeup for nice resolution

The second issue I have, is if I am using 2 cards and I move one in Z Space, I then select both cards and choose 3d/Merge 3D Layers, this way I can spin the camera to get an interesting angle. But when I merge the layers sometimes the top layer will rasterize strangely and turn very blurry, or any effects on the layer will act strange. Like an outerglow will become dark noisey solid blue. Was wondering if there is a step in between that I may be missing, like converting the layers to smart objects before converting to 3D cards.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated.


texts: Can Scribus print a document in a quarter fold?

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I would like to print my A4-sized document in a quarter fold (also called a French fold or right angle fold). Can Scribus do this as four A6 pages like Microsoft Publisher?

I've found this similar question Page layout with Scribus but it seems to indicate that Scribus can't directly do this.

Currently I create a blank A4 page, set the units to centimetres and insert a vertical line at 10.5 cm from the left edge and a horizontal line at 14.85 cm from the top. Before printing I delete the lines.


texts: how to make a layer mask and save it as black and white jpeg

texts: i want to make a layer mask in photoshop. after that i want to save the layer mask as a black and white JPEG. i want to use this black and white JPEG as a mask in photoscan. how do i do that?


texts: Automatically apply table cell style based on whether the cell is empty or has content

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I have a document that is frequently modified with a lot of tables. There are two table cell styles used in the document. One is used when a cell is empty; the other is used when it is not empty.

Right now, I apply the "has data" style to all cells, then manually apply the "disabled" style to all the cells that are empty. Typically the tables are updated by deleting their contents and copy/pasting the data from Excel.

What I'd like to happen is that the cell style is applied automatically, depending on whether it has content or not. It doesn't look like there's a "Grep table cell style" feature in CS5. Is there another way to do this?

I suspect this could be scripted, but I'm having trouble understanding how to do that. Below is my non-working attempt:

// This doesn't work
var mT = app.selection[0].tables[0];
var len = mT.cells.length;

while (len-->0) {
    if (mT.cells[len].contents == "") {
        mT.cells[len].applyCellStyle("Disabled cell");
    }
    else {
        mT.cells[len].applyCellStyle("Has data");
    }
}


texts: Making a pdf machine readable with illustrator

texts:
I work as UX designer, as such I have a CV which I've designed in Adobe Illustrator.

I think its a very nice CV design. It has a good data flow, its readable, its well sectioned, etc...  for human readers it works well.

However; when it comes to uploading it into certain systems it always becomes totally warped. Machines just don't know what to do with it. They completely mix up locations and jobs and dates and it looks like I'm some guy with 1 year of experience working at a company called Sweden.

No big deal when I am manually uploading myself however I know many recruiters make heavy use of machines to do a first trawl of CVs before human eyes ever see them.... I need to fix this.

So the question is, in adobe illustrator, is there anyway to design the machine reading flow so that you can make it match the human reading flow?

Is there a technical setting somewhere for setting this up or must you do some tricks with your actual design?


texts: What were some the main trends/breakthroughs of web design?

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We have quite a few questions about some web design trends in particular, but I was wondering if you could help me put together a quick reference to what the main web design trends and breakthroughs have been.

I am not looking for a comprehensive list of each trend organized for example by time, I'm thinking more in the lines of 'inventions' that changed web design and development. They can either be aesthetic, like extensive use of gradients, or flat design; or technical like @media queries, @font-face or responsive design. Well, are media queries aesthetic or technical? By themselves, they hold no aesthetic value, but they allowed a whole generation of sites and acted in a way like a trend for a long time.

(Related question: How do design trends originate?)


texts: What algorithm do the NoHalo and LoHalo resize methods use in GIMP?

texts:
The GIMP resize tool used to have only None, Linear, Cubic/Bicubic, and Lanczos, which are reasonably well documented algorithms that one can do research on, if one is so inclined.
I can't find any information about resizing algorithms under the names "NoHalo" or "LoHalo." Any idea what algorithms these methods use?


texts: Is there a general rule regarding font spacing?

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Lately I've been looking into designing my own font.

As practice I did some small family jobs, like
I had created this design with 3 letters, the whole thing was pretty much a "custom font". I was showing it to my family and friends...
My uncle (who is in the creative industry said:

You aligned it perfectly (mathematically), but in regards to visually (it still looked very good) there are different amounts of spacing required between different letters.
[Like less space between E and the next letter.]

So I started looking into it, and looked at various fonts and notice that he was correct:
In the Arial font there is very little space between the r and the i and over double that on either side of the a, but the A has less space.
My question is:

Is there a rule for making these spaces, maybe it's some kind of mathematical thing that I need to learn, or is it just a visual aspect at the discretion of the designer. (kind of play around till you like the way it looks)

Note: Line are measured using the farthest reaching point on each side of a letter and a straight line across


texts: PDF form that allows placing of image in Reader

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I'm asked to create a document that users can customise with their own logo. How can this be done without the end-user using paid-for software?

I've found out that a form button could be created that runs a Javascript (event.target.buttonImportIcon();), but in Reader this only allows you to place a PDF.

Secondly, I've heard that it can be done with Adobe LifeCycle Designer, but I don't have that software (got Adobe CC only).

Is there any other way, e.g. doing it through a website where a user would upload an image and then a final PDF is generated?

May thanks!


texts:
I am new to graphic design, and I am wondering how it's possible to convert a complex hand drawing to vector by tracing or any other method. Let's say I have an image like this:

and I want to convert it to vector image. I have Inkscape app and only method I know is tracing bitmap, but when image is very complex and drawn by hand, my vector image has many many points and sometimes the app completely freezes. Also, tracing converts sharp edges to round edges. So the converted image differs from the original. Is there any different technique for doing this. I know there has to be something.


texts: How to indent entire textPara in Inkscape?

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I have an SVG with some flowed text that has a hierarchy to it. My text currently looks like this:

But I'm trying to make it so the second paragraph is fully indented some X units, like so:

I'm trying to achieve this using a flowRoot element which doesn't seem to be too well-documented. I've tried transforming the flowPara, surrounding it in a group and transforming that, adding an x attribute, and various other random attributes/styles.

The relevant flowRoot is as follows:

<flowRoot id="flowRoot5170" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:40px;line-height:125%;font-family:Sans;letter-spacing:0px;word-spacing:0px;fill:#000000;fill-opacity:1;stroke:none;stroke-width:1px;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-opacity:1" xml:space="preserve">
  <flowRegion id="flowRegion5172">
    <rect height="877.14288" id="rect5174" width="691.42859" x="25.714285" y="60.933632"/>
  </flowRegion>
  <flowPara id="flowPara5176">First Line</flowPara>
  <flowPara id="flowPara5178">Second Line really long line aligned with first ones</flowPara>
</flowRoot>

And the full SVG:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) -->
<svg height="297mm" id="svg5162" inkscape:version="0.91 r13725" sodipodi:docname="test_inkscape.svg" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 744.09448819 1052.3622047" width="210mm" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <defs id="defs5164"/>
  <sodipodi:namedview bordercolor="#666666" borderopacity="1.0" id="base" inkscape:current-layer="layer1" inkscape:cx="375" inkscape:cy="520" inkscape:document-units="px" inkscape:pageopacity="0.0" inkscape:pageshadow="2" inkscape:window-height="1001" inkscape:window-maximized="1" inkscape:window-width="1680" inkscape:window-x="0" inkscape:window-y="23" inkscape:zoom="0.35" pagecolor="#ffffff" showgrid="false"/>
  <metadata id="metadata5167">
    <rdf:RDF>
      <cc:Work rdf:about="">
        <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
        <dc:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage"/>
        <dc:title/>
      </cc:Work>
    </rdf:RDF>
  </metadata>
  <g id="layer1" inkscape:groupmode="layer" inkscape:label="Layer 1">
    <flowRoot id="flowRoot5170" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:40px;line-height:125%;font-family:Sans;letter-spacing:0px;word-spacing:0px;fill:#000000;fill-opacity:1;stroke:none;stroke-width:1px;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-opacity:1" xml:space="preserve">
      <flowRegion id="flowRegion5172">
        <rect height="877.14288" id="rect5174" width="691.42859" x="25.714285" y="60.933632"/>
      </flowRegion>
      <flowPara id="flowPara5176">First Line</flowPara>
      <flowPara id="flowPara5178">Second Line really long line aligned with first ones</flowPara>
    </flowRoot>
  </g>
</svg>


texts: What makes certain arrangement of items look better than others?

texts:
I'll use a concrete example. The arrangement of these items look perfect to me:

Source

I think they look good to me because they are almost perfectly aligned and the distance between each item is similar.

This is a modified version of the same items:

They are shaped as a heart.

For a design point of view, are both versions equally well-arranged? If not, what are the factors that are making the second one look less well-designed? (e.g. symmetry, distance, size.)


texts:
After I installed the latest version of GIMP 2.10.14 it keeps changing the size of my work the moment I hit save.
To see what what happening I opened a white A4 page and the size was 8.267 x 11.693(inches), 2840 x 3508 pixels at 300dpi. When I hit save as .xcf it then changed size and became 34.444 x 48.722(inches), 2840 x 3508 pixels @ 72dpi.
This is seriously mucking up my work but I have no idea why it's doing it or how to fix it. Any ideas please???


texts: How can I accurately describe text and image sizes for our iOS developers?

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I'm having trouble being able to articulate the correct sizes for text and other visual elements to our iOS developers. I understand that when building an app they don't use PX as a unit of measurement, but PTs.

I design my comps using static PSDs at 640x1136. I've looked around at various blogs and most people are saying that the PX size should generally be equal to the PT size in development. But 32px isn't matching up.

Perhaps it's my workflow which needs changing, which I am completely 100% open to.

Any ideas? Can anyone provide any more guidance?

EDIT: Just to clarify, I have no experience with the actual build of an app so i'm not sure whether there are technical issues around units of measurement.


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I see other people do this, to make it look like a person has no facial features at all, akin to Slenderman.

I'd like to do this on my own, but Google heeds no results.

I know it has something to do with the clone tool, but it can't be simple as that as I tried using the clone tool and this is the best I was able to do:

I could use the smudge tool, but that makes the faces look blurry and not very realistic at all.


texts: Algorithmic heuristic for whether white text is unsuitable for a given background

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I'm aware that manual selection based on human judgement will always trump a heuristic algorithm for things like this... unfortunately that's not really an option. :)

So given a certain background colour, how might an algorithm go about determining whether white text is poor choice to overlay (the alternative would be black)? For example, white text on #F44444 is perfectly readable, but white text on #FBBBBB is a struggle!

I imagine it will involve something to do with representing the colour in a model like HSL? And then checking whether the saturation and/or lightness match certain conditions?


texts: Should headings divide space unequally and be close to the border?

texts: This is a chapter heading of an ebook style of LaTeX, and it divides space unequally. Small phone screen doesn't mean it need to be close to the top border to make the reading flow rushy, does it?


texts: What elements go into a successful landscape phototographer's website?

texts: Let's say that I want to design a website to sell photographs of landscape, wildlife, or general interest subjects. What tips, elements, etc. should be incorporated into the design to make it successful? Assume that traffic somehow makes it to the front page of the site, but everything else it up to the site to sell the product. Thanks!


texts: In Illustrator which setting causes View->Snap To Grid to be replaced with "Snap To Pixel"

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I have a document that seems to have the Snap To Grid option replaced with Snap To Pixel. I'm sure that Snap To Pixel can also be quite useful, but right now I want to snap to a larger grid. Does anyone know what setting I might have adjusted to change the drop down options? My first thought was the checkbox Align New Objects to Pixel Grid that comes up when you first create a document. However I tried creating two new documents with and without. Each had the Align To Grid option. I've also tried toggling: Align to Pixel Grid in the transform panel.

I've attached images below to illustrate the option which has been replaced:


texts: How do I fill in the paths in this vector shape?

texts: I am using a pre-made vector shape (below), and I would like to fill all of the triangular paths it contains with a certain colour. I am not sure how to do this. Any advice would be much appreciated.


texts:
I just recognized a big bug. Could someone please confirm or give me a hint?

When cutting a shape with another shape and repasting the shape back, so both shapes lie beside each other, a small space between the shapes still exists.

I expected no space between the shapes. This is catastrophic if you paint the shapes in another program and you see the small space between them!

Could someone confirm this behavior?


texts: Weird white space in illustrator CC 2018 when using pen or brush tool

texts: I need help getting rid of these white spaces connected to the lines I'm drawing. Ive tried it with no fill but I cannot get rid of them. please help!


texts: Photoshop makes images blurry when transforming

texts:
I made a video to explain whats happening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3oSkKkvYb4

The image looks good until I press enter, then it gets really blurred. Is there any way to stop this?


texts: set default color model for color palette

texts: In Illustrator's Swatch palette's options, my swatches are set to color type: process color, color mode: rgb, and they're global.  Whenever I click these swatches and they're displayed in the color palette, the color model always defaults to Pantone, where I want it to be hsb.  I'd like to know if the color mode I select can somehow persist, because whenever I select another swatch, the color palette reverts back to displaying the color as a Pantone.  Thanks.


texts: Photoshop crop has blurred/feathered edge

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I have occasionally been having a problem in Photoshop where the edges of a cropped image are feathered by a couple of pixels. Not a big deal on images that are thousands of pixels on a side but it's a big problem when making 150x150px head shots for online profiles.
This appears to happen when the crop starts at the edge of the image and the layer is unlocked (eg: not the Background layer). You can see the feathered edges at the bottom and right edges of this crop. Feather for the marquee tool is 0px and anti-alias is off if that matters since the Crop tool has no feather or anti-alias options.

This is Photoshop CS 5.5, but I recall having this problem on and off ever since we got transparent layers in Photoshop 4.


texts: How to emulate this aesthetic using Photoshop or Gimp

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I would like to replicate the style used in these images. I can tell it's not just good photography, but the images are also edited. What I wanna do is take an image that has a white background, change the colors and then do whatever it is they do to make it look crisp.
Sample raw image:

Style I am after:

Here you can tell there has been lots of manipulation


texts: Lose watermark quality when saving for web in Photoshop CS6

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So I have applied a watermark to my image which is originally 1.37MB in size.

I usually go to File > Save for web to reduce the size of the image appropriately as the image will be used for a website.

The problem I'm having is when I reduce the quality down to 39 (JPEG) the quality of the watermark drastically reduces. I don't mind the image losing quality as it's not so obvious whereas any text / watermark is very easy to spot when it loses its quality as it gets pixelated.

Any ideas on how I can keep the image size at maximum 80KB and keep the quality of the watermark?


texts: How can I get rid of these jagged lines?

texts: I am trying to create a box shape using pen tool but its looks jagged, and when  I save this image its looks very rough. How can I fix this kind of problem?


texts: What resolution (ppi) should I use for printing in Illustrator?

texts:
I've created these flash cards in illustrator where the artboards measure 9 centimeters by 9 centimeters (that's about 3,5 X 3,5 inches for our American friends). Now when I export by artboards in Illustrator (CS6) I get asked at what resolution I want to export them, options being:

Screen (72 ppi)
Medium (150 ppi)
High (300 ppi)
Other

I'm not too sure what option to choose. All I want is that when I print these puppies that they'll be 9cm X 9cm and that it'll look as crisp as possible. I have no experience in print and I would really appreciate some help with this. Thanks!


texts: Inkscape can not blur Bezier line if it is connected to the outer end of a spiral

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I have added a Bezier line to the outer end of a spiral. (See comment for details.)
After that I selected both, colorized them and gave them a small amount of blur (1.5%).

The problem is, that only the spiral gets blury, but not the Bezier line.

Nevertheless, if I move one node of the Bezier line somewhere else to the outer path of the spiral, select them both and apply a blur, both get blured. I moved the node with the Edit paths by nodes tool and enabled Enable snapping -> Snap notes or handles -> Snap to paths.

Next I can drag one node of the blured Bezier line to the cusp node of the blured spiral by hand and level the line horizontal, by entering the same y-value for the right node that the left node has. Now I can select them both and can change the blur of them simulataneously. By that I can achieve the result that I could not get by the first method. (See EDIT)

I would like to know, how I can blur both objects at the same time without all the effort described above, if this is not a bug.

user@hostname:~$ apt-cache show inkscape
Package: inkscape
[…]
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.48.3.1-1ubuntu6.1
[…]

[EDIT]:
After messing arround with the problem for another while I realised, that the blur of the line only disapears, if I level the two nodes of the line exactly one the same y-values with copy and paste.
In my first try I entered the y-value of the left node of the line in the "y-value box" (at top) of the right line-node by hand, what probably results in not exact the same numbers as copy and paste does.
In my second try to recreate the problem, I copied and pasted the y-value from the left line-node to the right line-node and as soon as I did that the blur of the line disapears.

I could not find any information that this behaviour is intended by the developers. Thus I guess this is a bug and I will report it to them and write about the progress in here.


texts: Figma: flattened vector exports as multiple paths

texts:
I flatten multiple vectors into one, so it appears in Figma as follows:

However when I export it to SVG, this vector appears as multiple paths in SVG markup. Is the a way in Figma to make it a single path? Or maybe you can recommend other editor that is able to do it?


texts: Wondering if there's an industry known name for this very common three column image setup below header banners. It's seen on almost every site nowadays so I assume it has coined a name by now?


texts: How do I 'un-expand' so there aren't thousands of tiny paths?

texts: In illustrator, I hit 'expand' and deleted the white background of my vectorized image, but now that I've deleted what paths I wanted to delete, I want to get back to where I can adjust the image trace parameters of the whole image, not each tiny tile of the temple.


texts: How do I make a texture similar to the ones on Subtle Patterns, but with colour?

texts:
I really like this texture:

There's a million similar to it on Subtle Patterns, but they're all white, grey or black for the most part. How would I take one of those and make it a dark blue, like in that image? Or a dark green?


texts: Illustrator - Problem with Vector Graphics when I resize it

texts:
I got this problem when I shrink an object that I have created by minus a text (appearance expanded) from an ellipse.

Scaling to a smaller size

The error happened

This makes me confused. All the path is distorted. I have checked all the things before ask you guys about this. Before scaling, everything is okay and no distortion has been found, I have changed to the Outline mode and nothing is strange.

Thanks if you can help me fix this <3
PS: I'm not a native English speaker so I think there will be some grammatical and spelling errors, sorry for that!


texts: Using Anchored Objects within a text frame

texts:
I am creating a text frame that consists of multiple elements that need to dynamically move according to what is filled in and whats not.

The text frame has a title, an image, a subtitle and a description. At any given time one of those may not be there, so I need everything else to move up (or down) so there is no white space between elements.

I will need to create two text frames for different situations, one will have the elements collapsing up to the top of the frame, the other will have the elements collapsing to the bottom.

My text frame now all collapses to the top, because I have not controlled the position of the anchor.

How do I change the position or direction the anchored objects collapse?

Do I have to apply that rule to each element (title,image,subtitle,description) within the text frame, in order for them all to function the same? Or am i assigning the setting to just the text frame itself?

Thanks


texts: How to create a regular 5/2 star in Sketch?

texts:
I need to create a regular 5/2 star in Sketch.
Like this:

I tried it, but Sketch can't draw simple geometry, it has a strange snapping.

You can see it in this video on youtube:
https://youtu.be/HPVo685hyxU


texts: Easy Photoshop action or other Adobe automation to generate stylised stacked images

texts:
In my job I need to often showcase screens of our work. I find it's very stylish to showcase images like this one:

Beautiful stack of screens

Resting iPad screen

Is there an easy way to do this in any Adobe software -- PS, or Fireworks, or Illustrator -- so that all I need to do is add images and all the rest is done automatically? I know actions are one kind of automation, but perhaps there are other tricks which I don't even know how to ask for. Basically I want to make this simple for "business users" to add images to via drag and drop, or file-open, and not tinker with the actual stylisation.

Welcome any thoughts, and ideally any pointers to these types of styles. Variations I can think of are showing images inside a large iMac or iPad kept next to each other.

Thank you.


texts: Using Google Fonts with only CSS access?

texts:
In the free version of Cargo Collective, I'm able to edit the complete CSS, but not the HTML of my site. Assuming I stick to the free version and thus remain able to only edit/add to the CSS, is there a way for me to use a Google Font in one of my divs?

I've only found ways to use Google Fonts that require access to the HTML.


texts: Photoshop - missing layers while saving as pdf?

texts:
I have problems saving my photoshop file as a pdf or eps vector graphic. It wont include some of the layers and I cant see why. See screenshot below:

screenshot: psd (left), pdf (right)

I tried out photoshop cs5 and cs6, both wont work on the file. example: psd and pdf file (zip)

Can anyone tell me whats wrong with my psd file? I have other similar graphics where the export to pdf works as desired.

thanks for any hints.

update1: blending mode is normal, there are no differences between the layers which are displayed and the layers which are hidden.

i tried multiple pdf-readers (adobe reader, document viewer, texworks viewer), this shouldn't be the problem. in addition, opening the pdf in illustrator gives the same result.

update2: rasterizing the layers is a workaround, but I need vectorized output, that's why I save it to pdf/eps...

update3: as i'm in hurry and i need this for my bachelorthesis i used the "dirty" workaround mentioned by Martie and rasterized the layers. the result is OK for my needs.

still, it would like to find out how this happened to avoid such hassle in future.


texts: How can I select specific shades when using a color wheel to create a color palette?

texts:
I am using a color wheel to create a palette.
If I use a color wheel pattern/system like triadic, analagous, complimentary etc this will generate a series of basic colors/hues.
My question is:
Once the base color palette has been selected - how do I then select specific shades off of the base colors?
My intuition is to consider the percentage of area that a color would be applied to.
For example if I had a composition involving a couch and cushions (assuming I had the ability to change their colors), and had a blue/orange complimentary scheme/palette.
I would use a lighter/softer blue for the couch, and a strong vivid orange because the couch is so much larger and would otherwise dominate the composition if I didn't give the cushions a stronger "voice" by way of a  more intense color.

Is my intuition correct? are there other factors I should consider?


texts: Dividing a 1GB JP2 image into equal small images

texts: I want to divide a 1GB pathology JP2 image into smaller images so I can work with them in MATLAB. As it's a large image I could not read it to memory and I don't know how to divide the image. Is there any way to divide the image in MATLAB?


texts: Pathfinder not aligning or cutting precisely

texts:
Learning vector illustration I am having issues with the Pathfinder.
I am working on making an Alpaca out of basic shapes.
For the face, I use ellipses:

darker ellipse in the back,
brighter ellipses in the front to shape our the head.

I copy-pasted the darker ellipse in front of the other one, selected it with the 2 brighter ellipses and used Minus-Front.
The issue is that I get this outer edge from the darker ellipse below.
They should be exactly at the same location so cutting them out should not give this outer edge.
Any clue?
Before the pathfinder:

After the pathfinder:

I recolored the shape to white when the ellipse in the background is darker.
Pierre


texts:
I'm new to photoshop.  I'm trying to replace an image on a website and I need to slice it to be exactly the 202px wide and 170px high.  The slice also needs to be positioned at exactly 100px from top and 70px from the left relative to another image on the PSD.

Is there a way for me to set up my slice tool/overlay so that it meets exactly those numbers?  Right now, it seems the slice tool can only be controlled by click and drag, and i can't easily tell if it's exactly the dimensions I expect.


texts: How big is my single pattern in Photoshop

texts: I pulled a repeating pattern from someone else's PSD. Is there a way to figure out the size of the original pattern? I need to create an image with only one tile.


texts:
Background

I found myself struggling with “amnesia” and asking myself: “How the hell did I do it?” Six months ago I’ve created some work using some effects. I remember that I achieved a very interesting effect by accidentally clicking some option by mistake. Now, I have no idea about the particular effect, but my question is more general (not about an effect):

Actual question

Is there a way to create the full history of the particular workflow in Illustrator – which I can use after a long time (when I will have forgotten some step in work creation). Obviously, I need it saved after closing the file.


texts: Converting CorelDraw Files to Adobe In-Design CS6 Files

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I am new to doing vector graphics and am currently facing the following issue. I have several (20-30) files created in CorelDraw X7 17.3 that need to be converted to Adobe In-Design. The reason for this is that I am much more familiar with Adobe products and feel much more at-home with them. CorelDraw feels clunky and unknown.

Hence, I am wondering what is the most efficient way of doing this. Do I have to manually re-create each design or is there a better method?


texts: Best method for going from Photoshop to InDesign with masked text?

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I do almost all of my design initially in Photoshop, its just my personal preference and allows me personally the most creativity. But I do then take the proper steps to bring the finished design into InDesign if it will be Printed, as most of my work will be.

If I use a Layer Mask on text to create depth within a Photo what is the best method (workflow) to bring it into InDesign? Here's a quick example with everyone's favorite font.

Some possible solutions:

I can just save this as high res as possible and not worry that the type is pixel then.
I could crop out the part of the shoe that goes ON TOP, save that as transparent, and piece it back into place in InDesign.
I could bring the photo alone into InDesign, type the text and then use Pen/Pencil tool in InDesign to go around the shoe. Then outline the text and use the ID Pathfinder to subtract it.

Is there another way? Which will provide the best final results?


texts: Pick up a sample of image with eyedropper tool in CS5

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I am new to Photoshop technology and today i want to ask you a question. How do i pick up a sample/ a portion of an image with the Eyedropper tool, instead of picking up a simple color, and then draw with that sample all over the image in Adobe Photoshop CS5?

Thanks in advance!


texts: How do I set the coordinates of a text box in a script?

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I am creating a script that will place a text box.  I want to place the text box in the upper left corner, or (0,0).

When I set the position of the text box to (0,0) in the script the text box is actually placed at (0,-63.7).  So the x coordinate is correct, but I don't know what the y coordinate is doing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

Here is my script:

    //get the text field out of the json array
    var textField = json.personalizationTextFields[0];

    //create a new layer and set the layer to text
    newTextLayer = docRef.artLayers.add();
    newTextLayer.kind = LayerKind.TEXT;

    //set the properties of the text field
    newTextLayer.textItem.contents = 'PTS ' + i;
    newTextLayer.textItem.size = textField.fontSize;
    textColor = new RGBColor;
    textColor.hexValue = "FF0000";
    newTextLayer.textItem.color.rgb = textColor;
    newTextLayer.textItem.position = Array(0, 0);


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I have an SVG with a load of text on it. It's a carpark map with space numbers written on it. I display this in a web browser and thanks to a wonderful little bug in Firefox, the browser renders the text incorrectly. Boo.

So I converted the text to paths. We're talking about up to 4000 separate labels. Maybe 15,000 new shapes now they're vectors. It's 4MB. Normally you might argue this would lend itself to compression but I have to in-line this SVG into the HTML. I'm adding CSS alterations dynamically and this is the only way I have a chance of cross-browser support. So anyway, the raw —even scoured— output of this is too big to be useful.

What strikes me here is all these space numbers share common glyphs. Zero through nine. Why am I including a shape definition for every instance of every number? Can I de-duplicate these?

I'm using Inkscape but I'm open to suggestions.


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