texts: Tracing/Vectorizing Complex Shape at 3/4 Angle

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Premise

I am tasked with taking a normal picture and tracing the geometric design in Adobe Illustrator and saving as an SVG. I have traced simple shapes and saved as SVG before, but this particular image really has me scratching my head. I will attach a small version here for reference:

What I have tried

Update

I have since went forward with the custom brush pattern approach. It got me surprisingly close as you will see below. I drew a circle and chose the custom brush, then I used Effect>>Distort>>Distort and Transform to make 6 concentric circles (there are 6 circles in the original picture, if I'm not mistaken). I scaled them at 92% which resulted in a nice transition of 1 circle to the next smaller circle, however it left me with a lot of empty space in the middle. I'm not sure how to get the scaling right; perhaps I need to make my custom brush thicker? My custom brush is provided to the right of the satellite mock-up.

Even after I get the scaling/copying just right, the issue of the 3/4 perspective is unresolved.

I will leave my original question here so as not to invalidate any existing answers.

Question: Is there a fairly time-efficient technique that Adobe Illustrator can bring to bear for a task like this? Any help big or small will be appreciated, thank you.

Optional Question: Is my custom brush technique going to pan out? I'm still stuck at the scaling and how to rotate the perspective to match the original picture. I would appreciate any specific tips with regards to those problems.

Further Clarification

Need to retain as much of the underlying geometry as possible
Result should resemble a wire-frame, nearly as complex but high resolution (or infinitely scalable)
Need to export or save as SVG
The three prongs that stick out could be traced the old-fashioned way easy enough, so the focus will be on the circular geometry and all the criss-crossing lines


texts: How can I enlarge an image with little to no pixelation?

texts: I have an image that I need to enlarge to 84" wide and 72" tall. How can I do this with as little to no pixelation? Is it possible to do this in Corel Photo-Paint X6?


texts: Recently my Illustrator CS6 on 10.11.5 El Capitan has started to change the stroke weight I'd like to a random anomaly. For example if I try set the stroke weight to 1mm it automatically changes it to 1.0583 mm. Again if I try another weight such as 0.5mm it then changes it automatically to 0.3528 mm. Has anyone experienced this before? I can't seem to see any logic in it and therefore wonder if it's a bug? Thanks!


texts: Save as PDF creates ghost images of my text behind the text

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I'm an Illustrator Novice (I'm more experienced with Photoshop) but I need to create a vector version of our company logo.

The logo looks fine in Illustrator and if I export a png version it looks fine too:

However, when I save the .ai file as a PDF, I get this weird ghost text behind the other text and the shadows aren't as distinct (I created the shadow by duplicating layers with a small shadow so they would stack up, and I think some of those layers are getting shifted which causes the ghost text as well as the lighter shadow on the main text).

Here is a link to the original .ai file: http://www.inadaydevelopment.com/StackOverflow/IllustratorGhostText/Logo%202%20Line.ai

Any help is appreciated!


texts: How to place multiple pages of a PDF into Illustrator CS6

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I need to create and print 2,000 individual decals for a client (see image). I'm trying to figure out the most time-efficient way to do this. So far I've done a data merge in InDesign to create the 2,000 separate decals, and now I need to import these decals into Illustrator in a grid so I can make cut lines for Versaworks to cut on our printer/cutter. At worst I can place the decals individually, but surely there's a way to automate the process better (without crashing Illustrator).

I've thought that if there was a script where I could place multiple pages of a PDF (like in InDesign, page by page) it would make it easier. Another option might be to do it all in InDesign and then import the large file (50 inches wide) into Illustrator and then add the cut lines - I'm just not sure that's most efficient for printing either.

I'm interested to know if there's a better way I could do this!


texts: I made a map in AI, but the file size is HUGE as an svg?

texts: I made an svg in Illustrator, but now I want to use it in a website/app but it's a huge size (around 10 MB) how can I decrease the size of it? My illustrator file is pretty big but that because I have some tracing elements underneath. The file also has a big artboard, but when I save should I delete my tracing elements, and decrease the artboard size?


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I have two identical AI object one placed under another.
As a result I see boundaries of bottom shape and it looks like sharpened.
Why this happen?


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I've tried using some font identifier websites but none come back with a match.

Does someone know what font is used here?

Source: http://www.teenchat.com


texts: How to make a larger arrowed, double arrow line in Sketch App?

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I'm trying to make a double sided arrow that can expand and contract like a line can.

I've trying to stick a triangle to a line but I'm not sure how, I like how the line is able to pivot back and forth as shown below, however it doesn't bring the triangle with it.

If I group them together then I can't pivot the line.

I read in another post to use Layer > Paths > Join or Layer > Paths > Flatten however when I select both my line and my triangle neither of those two options are available to me.

I've tried a double arrowed line, however I can't adjust the size.

I've also tried to use the arrowify plugin, however it seems like it is also just a triangle that is grouped with a line

Would appreciate some guidance


texts: Kerning absent in .ttf and .otf files made with with Fontographer 5

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I configured my font's kerning for every possible letter combination in Fontographer 5 and when I preview it from there, everything is as it should be, but when I generate the font files (TTF and OTF) and try using it in a word processor, there is no kerning at all.

Am I doing something wrong?
How can I fix this?

Please help, I've spent days on setting up the kerning.


texts: At what point the difference in x-height harm the readability?

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For example, when choosing a pair of typefaces to combine in a single line, it is advised that:

they are from different categories, in order to make them contrast
they should have the same x-heights, in order to make them smoothly reading

(How to know which second typeface should be used, given a contextual typeface?)

I wonder, what if the difference in x-height would be contrast enough, yet the smoothly reading requirement is still satisfied? Therefore, even if the pair come from the same category and it's a no-no, it would become insignificant or even unaffected to the viewer's eyes? How to make such thing happens?


texts: Action or script for saving files in Photoshop using text from clipboard as the file name

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I make images for an online retail site and I've made several actions to make it go faster.  I have an action that automatically saves multiple files for web using generic filenames such as "tee_XXX_Detail240x600". This action works great, but I  must manually re-name these by replacing the "XXX" with the title of the design. It takes some time to do this, of course.
  Is there a way to make an action or script that uses text from the clipboard to name the file?  I tried recording the action while pasting the filename from the clipboard into the save box, but it didn't record it as I thought it might.

Thanks for your help.


texts: How can I achieve the light arcing background in this image

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I've tried finding a tutorial without any luck. Even if someone could describe the effect so I could better search for tutorials myself.

I am trying to achieve the following effect as seen in the aqua background of this image by using GIMP:


texts: Gimp 2.10.14 : drawing tools suddenly stopped to work

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My drawing tools have stopped working and I don't understand why. Even after uninstalling and installing again, resetting the tool's presets, the problem still here on every single picture that I open or even new ones.

As you can see, the calligraphy tool is working but not the pencil, paintbrush, and the filling tool. However I can still select area and colors.

What can I do?


texts: FEEDBACK - New company logo design for ecommerce website, packaging, collateral

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I have a two part question defined as A and B. The purpose is to get (A) feedback on strength of company logo (name, colors, font and size). In addition, (B) feedback on the treatment of product names added to the company logo. For example, "XYZ Company" (company name) "Widgets" (product), making "XYZ Company Widgets".
(A) I created a name that means something to me and hopefully is creative. Here are background details of my company name - beeJACK

My nickname is "bee", and my dad's "Jack." My father recently passed and it has been very difficult for me. He is someone who always kept rooting me on, believed in me when no other family members would. Therefore, I wanted his name to be all in caps - JACK

The bee icon:

Reflects my nickname and, the body and wing create a "B"
The symbol of a bee signifies in Christianity activity, work, diligence and good order.
As a spiritual animal, when a bee appears in your life, the most common message it carries has to do with your levels of productivity. [NOTE: by nature I am energetic, cannot sit still, always striving to do better]
The bee spirit has a strong work ethic.
Technically speaking, a bee shouldn't be able to fly--it's designed wrong for aerodynamics. From a spiritual perspective, this speaks to our limitations and how to move past them successfully.

I didn't want the bee image to be portrayed as soft and fuzzy. I want it creative, edgy and possessing  confidence, attitude, steadiness, boldness, it knows what it wants, no fear, it has direction and things that get in its way will be stung (the long trailing stinger)

The colors represented are my favorite color - green and my father's - purple

the eye, antenna and back wing are black
the bee's head, other wing, body outline and stinger (which is a gradation) are purple
the stripes on the bee body are green

The font is Malgun Gothic bold. I want the name to be clear and not fluffy, squiggly. The font and icon together are cohesive

(B) [NOTE: see comment in initial first paragraph above] My first product is a pocket "flaps" that is temporarily affixed to the top edge of an apparel pocket which does not have a flap (e.g. jeans back pocket, shorts back pocket, leggings, shirts, jackets).

Logo will then become, "beeJACK flaps"

"bee" will be the same color as the bee icon purple
"JACK" will be all caps, black
treatment of product will be in same font, however green to match the stripes on the bee body

Your feedback, opinions and comments I will seriously take into consideration.


texts: What does "spaced generously at 75" mean?

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I'm reading an article on typography and it is suggested at one point that a certain heading should have "Small Caps, spaced generously at 75".

What does that number, 75, represent?


texts: Applying different margins/slugs to different pages

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My client wants the following margins/slugs:

However I don't see anywhere an option in inDesign to apply this automatically to all pages (my document is 12 pages long). How to do that?

A second question I have is: should the edges of the yellow zone in this image be slugs or margins?


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In GIMP, I use the following sequence:

select a layer with an image
make a selection and copy it with Ctrl+C
create a new layer with transparency fill type
paste selection with Ctrl+V

Problem:
The content of copied selection is not pasted.

If I paste it on a layer with a white background, it is visible, but I want a transaparent background.


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I have a project where I need to establish a document that contains multiple versions of which some of the text is common to all versions and some is unique to each version.  Does InDesign support anything like this?

Thank you for the reply and suggestion. I am not sure this will work for me as I probably did a poor job explaining my dilemma. While what I wrote is true, I need to "define" text within a page with some sort of tag whereby I hide all but one tag that applies to a particular version and thereby creating different version documents.
My goal is to be able to take several documents that contain common text and not have to update all the versions everytime a change is made in the common text. Any suggestions? This might not even be an InDesign solution...


texts: Is Adobe Illustrator too heavy for handling complex EPSs?

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I am used to downloading realistic, complex vectors from Shutterstock to edit and use in compositons. The files are not necessarily large in terms of drive size (8Mb or so), but some of them are so complex, with so many gradients and textures that when I open them on Illustrator, they lag so hard that I have to force close Illustrator and work with the files in outline mode, if anything.

But I doubt this is a hardware problem, as the computer that I use is actually very good for hardware extensive tasks, such as heavy video editing and particle rendering, and I don't understand how an 8mb file can be so hard for my computer to process.

My question is: Should I try working with these "heavy" files using a lighter program, such as Corel Draw, for example? Would it be worth the try (I have no experience with Corel Draw, btw)?


texts: How should a designer address a client that has a slow delivery and approval time?

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Playing off this question "How should a designer communicate price is negotiable to a client?" and creating a question that isn't about software I was curious to know how do designer's include verbiage in their contract:

Mandating an X amount of time for approval
If a project is in several stages adding verbiage that requires client's to approve in X time to meet requested deadline
If X amount of time for approval onto the next stage is not met then it gets added to the deadline date, meaning if it takes seven working days when it should have taken two for approval you would add seven days to buffer for any other projects.

Is this a common process for designers?


texts: Best way to create a shadow (depth) effect in Illustrator?

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I'm working on a logo and trying to give the logo shape a 3D'ish depth effect. Here is what I currently have:

Regular size:

Larger size:

The way I'm currently achieving this effect is by creating the diamond shapes with regular flat color fill and then I have another 'paste in place' diamond shape that's a gradient with the opacity being '100% overlay'. Like this:

I'm not a graphic designer so I really don't know if this is the 'right way' to go about achieving this effect. I do find that with the second layer you can kind of see some hard edges on the triangle, I've seen it be more pronounced when printing it as well.

My question is, is there a better way to achieve this effect or even create a better more 3D'ish effect? Also, how do I go about making sure the logo is crisp and doesn't have any hard edges or imperfections?

My apologies if this is a rather ignorant question, I've never had any format graphic design training, figured this out just by playing around with Illustrator.


texts: How to delete one shape from another in Illustrator CS4?

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I have an image (below) of two hands over a black circle. All three are currently separate paths with a fill but no stroke, all on the same layer.

How do I delete the shape of the hands from the black circle, so that afterwards I can delete the hands themselves, and just have the circle, with the shape of the hands cut out of it?


texts: Why does my compressed JPG have different colors from the original file?

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I have no idea at all, first of all, of image internal composition and color modes.

That said, I have a very strange problem.

These are the pictures:

Well, the ORIGINAL is more colorful in Firefox, but the second is like powered off (I dont know english word for that). It looks like the yellow-orange at the left center is changed.

I needed to slow the size from 1mb to about 300k, so I opened the original with Fireworks and Photoshop (ps is the second link) with the same results.

This is not a life matter, I am just curious why this happens.

If you go to http://tracker.fusiondev.com.ar and look at wrapper div with Firebug u will be able to change the background URL to the original.jpg and see what I am talking about.

Thanks!

EDIT: If you open both URLs in Firefox u will see the change inmediatly.


texts: Fish scale type pattern using blend and custom brush tool

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I'm trying follow this tutorial to create the leaf pattern.(Scroll down to see step 7. SO won't allow me to post more than 2 links).

I created the lines using blend tool, and created the brush and applied it on the lines as instructed. But I'm not sure what the artist means by "you may need to make the lines into overlapping solid objects to fill spaces.". I'm stuck and don't know how to make that image. All I can get to is the following (ignore the red bug). Any help on how to proceed will be helpful:

I'm using Adobe-illustrator CC.


texts: Cheap very large scale printing methods (wall sized, 10,000 square feet)

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I'm interested in printing some very large installations from a digital file -- i.e. 10,000 square feet.  This is for a cheap art-school project, so labor and quality are NOT concerns, but COST is.

For this purpose, I bought an old color laserjet with knock-off toner, which brings the cost per full-coverage 8.5*11" page to less than 5c per page (plus the cost of paper, which I presently get for free).  So my idea was to simply print thousands of these sheets, and with the help of many friends, literally tape them all together with sticky-tape before affixing the whole thing to a giant wall.

For 10,000 square feet, assuming I get 8*10.5" per page, the cost is $847.

SO MY QUESTION IS: Where can I find printing at a lower cost than this?  I'm willing to do lots of research and deal with strange business relationships, but I don't know where to start looking.  Obviously one possibility would be to divide my 10k feet into larger sections and get them printed by any old "large format printer", but from what I've seen those are pricey.

Calculations:
1 sheet printable area: 8"*10.5"
8"/12" = 0.67 feet
10.5"/12" = 0.88 feet
1 sheet = 0.59sq feet
10,000sq ft = 16,950 sheets
16,950 sheets at 5c per sheet = $847. (about a quarter-acre)


texts: Gimp: Draw border around selection using the corresponding colors

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If I select a specific area, I want to increase that selection by one pixel in all directions. I know that I can do that through the Grow function. But I also want to fill in the pixels that have been added with the pixel border of the previous selection.

How can I achieve this?

Edit:

Image for explaining what I want to achieve:

Reason: (for anyone who is wondering, why?)

I have a sprite sheet with a size of 28x15 tiles each made of 32x32 pixels. I use this sprite sheet in Unity3d and split it into 32x32 pixel sprites.

The problem with this is that sometimes scaling the sprites does not work 100% correctly. Unity then automatically uses adjacent pixel columns or lines to fill in the blanks. Since these rows/columns are part of a new sprite, it sometimes causes strange lines between the sprites.

So I want to create a buffer around each sprite. The tiles then have a size of 34x34, but only the inner 32x32 are used in the sprites and the border around it is a buffer to avoid these lines


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I have this image:

What's the easiest way to convert the background from black to white?


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Following on from this question: TTF and other "modern" font systems, and font size differences

Higher quality fonts contain hinting information, which in short better fits glyph boundaries to a raster grid.

It's commonly used on screen where it reduces anti-aliasing.

But is hinting information used at all by any print devices? If so, which kind (desktop laser/inkjet/imagesetters for litho etc) and when does it make a measurable difference?

I'm looking for direct references to it being used by print devices, and failing that, some empirical measurement (eg comparison of hinted font type /unhinted font type text/converted-to-vector type)

(Why don't I do it myself? I'm no longer in the industry so don't have the tools unfortunately).


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I'm trying to align the following words (see attached screen capture). But the accent on the á is making it tricky. There’s always a space somewhere that doesn’t look quite right, etc.

Any good-practice tips on handling such a situation?

(The typeface is Candara Bold.)


texts: How to make a contact sheet from a multi page PDF

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I am trying to make a contact sheet from a multi page PDF. The output doesn't have to be a contact sheet per se. I am only looking for an automated way to place all of the pages from a PDF into a single document like a contact sheet.

My only thought would be to export all of the pages into their own document.

What I have tried

I have tried Photoshop Automate Contact Sheet
I have also tried Adobe Bridge Output Workspace

What happens when I do one of the above

It makes the contact sheet but is only placing the first page from the multi page PDF.

Question

How can I place multiple pages from 1 PDF file into a 1 page document like a contact sheet?


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I have a fairly dated site that uses Trebuchet MS font in Latin and Cyrillic scripts. If I understand correctly, once (a decade ago) this font was available on like 95-99% of computers used for web browsing and it was ok to use it - nowadays myriads of devices (namely, Android, iOS, Linux-based devices) don't have it. In theory, it could be downloaded from Microsoft website and installed on per-computer basis, but it's not possible to redistribute it, i.e. make a web font from it.

I want to update that site and use a downloadable web font - preferably a free one. Can anyone suggest a good alternative to Trebuchet MS?


texts: How to make a corner only rectangle with Adobe Fireworks

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Using the Rectangle tool, how can I make a rectangle with only the corners being visible? Something like this image:

Note: I made this one using two other "white" rectangles to hide the invisible part of the blue rectangle. But this method isn't very clean as you may guess.


texts: What's the closest font to this sign - missing original files

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Sorry to use you like a human WhatTheFont but I already tried it to no avail. FontSquirrel's identifier didn't show any useful results either.
The sign is already existing and no one has the original files as my parents took over the business.

That's what I was able to extract but ideally I'd love to know what the font is.

The elongated O and round A are what no similar font has. Could it have been modified?
Maybe someone here has seen it. Doesn't have to be perfect match. Close enough. Thank you!


texts: (Ilustrator CS6) Missing custom color swatches from gradient tool

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I'm having a new problem that I'm 100% certain it wasnt there before.

On the top I'm pointing out my custom color swatches. As far as I can remember, If I wanted to add those colors to a gradient I had to double click on the color of the gradient. Then the color swatches list would pop up, with my custom ones I just added. Now for some reason it doesn't.

Now I have to manually copy thew hex color, enter in RGB mode, and paste the hex code. It's completely workflow ruinning.


texts: Support for Stag Sans font for use on website

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I am looking into the different font file types that are available for the font Stag Sans to work out if it is supported by the major browsers. According to the Can I use website, different browsers vary in their ability to support different font formats such as TTF, WOFF, etc.

Does anyone have experience with Stag Sans or know what types of browsers it is supported in based on the font formats available for download or purchase?

Also, are there alternative font formats other than TTF or WOFF that can also be used and are web-safe?


texts: How to get Clients to stop Micro-Managing Design?

texts: We keep having meetings about the design, the layout hasn't changed it's just nitpicking about colors and textures etc. and nobody has any actually constructive criticism. Nothings really changing, just shifting things around CONSTANTLY, how do you tell your client to shut up and let you do your job?


texts: Which warp tool should i use for this kind of smooth curve in illustrator?

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I was trying to make this kind of smooth curve for very long time

but this is what i get so far the bending point of my image is not properly positioned and i couldn't make the distance from bottom point to bending point. i mean, it bends/curves too early.I couldn't make it curve properly as reference photo, i used warp>lower shell for my image. please give me some suggestion!


texts: Notcing that a lot of sites, on my new MacBook have dithered graphics, how as a desinger would I tackle that?

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With my new MacBook, lots of sites now show lousy graphics (attached), and it looks like no one is tackling that issue.

Question: To have crystal clear, pixel perfect graphics for any site, as a designer, what graphics specs should I be working with in the way of size, resolution, palette, and best saving tips? And do I now need to really have 2 graphics for every site? Retina and non-retina? Seems kind of crazy. Solutions most welcome.


texts: jquery mobile user interface vectors or something very similar?

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Does anyone know where to get jquery mobile vector .ai files preferrable?
In need to do some mockups in high quality for print but cannot find any ilustrator or vector psd templats for this.

Is there something that looks very similar to the UI on
http://jquerymobile.com ?


texts: Are teaser advertisements for main ad campaigns effective?

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So we've created a cinema ad for our energy comparison website which is pretty funny and cute an whatsoever… Now the client asked me to create a "funny and creative cinema-style announcement on our Facebook-page" to tell people there will be a cinema ad in the future.

Are advertisements for upcoming advertisements effective? It's like asking a guy on the street to watch out the next 100 meter because there will be a really nice banking ad. Should I go to her and tell her that we shouldn't do this?


texts: Photoshop: Convert color image to two-bit black and white

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I need help.

How do I outline the design in solid black and solid white, not grainy half black and white and the black overflowing into the white?

Original image on right; attempt on left, but didn't turn out as solid colours in distinct areas (Used Photoshop filter)


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I'm a complete amateur and just googling my way around but I'm a bit lost with the current task.
I'm editing the following SVG graphic in Inkscape: https://chaosdata.deviantart.com/art/BackTrack-Dragon-SVG-206730858
The goal is a vector graphic of the dragon alone, with it's eye cut out, so it is transparent. I'm trying to select the eye and delete the selection on the body layer of the dragon. At least that's what I would do with a non-vector graphic. I can simply delete the eye, but that leaves a solid area beneath.

How can I remove the eye from the graphic and delete the shape from the layer beneath?


texts: Reference Point not visible on control bar in Illustrator CC

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What's happened to the Reference point in AI CC?  I'm in process of switching AI's and the Reference point was always available on the dashboard in CS4 when I highlighted an asset on the artboard.

Now it appears to placed in the Scale tool.

I can highlight some assets and the Reference point appears on the Dashboard, then for other assets, I have to open the Scale tool?

I attempted to create a keyboard shortcut but couldn't find it (Reference Point) in Preferences to create one? (After I get creative, I get to the details and like to note all reference points.)

Does anyone have a solution for me? Or am I missing something.  I've tried various views but still baffled.

Dash = top of board that provides options when you highlight any vector, guide, image on Artboard (Under Menu). Reference point = is the square box containing squares on all corners, centre point, mid lines points = all of which can be highlighted to provide you with the XY coordinates of your assets, guides, images etc on the Artboard.

I have just noticed that in img in which Ref point is available that the highlighted item is a group.  However, when I tried to repeat by ungrouping and grouping again, Reference point not available!

I hope this explains my dilemma.


texts: Why doesn't my masked object have a stroke from the object it's in?

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I have a group which has a stroke applied:

And I want to mask part of an object to change the color on part of it. But when I mask the two objects, it stops applying the stroke to that object.

Is there any way to fix that or a better way to do this?


texts: Photoshop alternative with layer styles?

texts: Are there any photoshop alternatives that have some sort of layer-style system? (Like photoshop?)


texts: How do I animate gradual color change AND blur?

texts: I am doing a project in which an object needs to gradually go from blue to red AND blur. Here's the problem: I animated the color change within the symbol. Great! Now all I need to do is add the blur effect. But to do that I have to change the symbol to a MovieClip. Okay, great. Except the MovieClip won't play the color change. It seems like I'm missing something obvious. I've tried Googling this and I'm coming up dry. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, thanks!


texts: Illustrator: can I align an open path to either Inside or Outside

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I'm trying to create a quotation mark, and am having trouble aligning my shapes.

The top arc is the arc tool, but I can't figure out how to align the stroke to the inside of the line. Could you help me with this, or let me know a better way to create this graphic?

Thanks.


texts: scan/fax with text & numbers in black & white - how to improve/cleanup/enhance using Photoshop/GIMP?

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I do not have a lot of experience with Photoshop or GIMP.  I have a scanned or faxed document of an invoice/receipt that I am trying to submit to get reimbursed.  I was mailed a copy with text that is speckled/grainy.  I scanned the document and submitted it, however they thought a certain dollar amount was $25.75 instead of $26.15.  I was hoping there would be a quick easy way to improve the quality of the document, being that its just 40 cents difference, to resubmit.  Is there a recommended way to easily improve the original from the scan?

I tried the Gaussian blur and sharpen although I did not seem to get any improvements in clarity.  I looked at levels but it seems to be pretty contrasting already with either black or white with not much changing when adjusting the gray channel levels.

Edit: I received this document in the mail (snail mail) from the vendor, which looks like a fax from a third party, so I did not have any control over the fax settings.  I thought about asking the vendor to provide or obtain a better copy, but was interested in finding a quick fix.  I scanned the document I was provided at 600 dpi with my own scanner.

I am currently using Photoshop.  Sharpen did not do much at all unless I did Gaussian blur first (maybe because it is already sharp to begin with because it is black and white?).  If I do Gaussian blur first, and then do sharpen, I can get the text to be thicker and darker, but it is still splotchy, and does not have clearly defined contours.

Since it is black and white, it seems like I need to find a way to fill in or darken only the missing white parts within the character contour.  I don't know if something like that exists, maybe something with the magic wand rather than a filter, where it selects based on the outline/geometry/shape, skipping gaps of certain threshold, rather than the color value or something like that.


texts: Is there a way to force Photoshop to always align on pixel boundries

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Is there a way to force Photostop to never put anything on a sub-pixel or size anything to a sub pixel level?  I'll move layers around or resize them and I'm always getting the positions at 234.2 or 340.5 and this is not a good thing when doing game art.  I need stuff to be pixel perfect.

I try snapping everything to a grid, but this doesn't help in all cases.  It seems once something is at 340.5, snapping to the grid never gets rid of the fraction.  I'm constantly forced to go in and hand edit all the value.

I'm using CS3, but would happily upgrade to CS6 if this was fixed.


texts: InDesign: How to outline fonts when exporting to pdf

texts: Is there a way to outline fonts when exporting to pdf? I know if a hacky way, but I am wondering if anyone knows the correct way to do it in the most recent version of InDesign (cc).


texts: Sketchup Pro: How do you export a file from Layout into Sketchup?

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Problem

I was wondering how I would be able to import objects made in layout to SketchUp. I import it as a DWG/DXF file, and then tried to open it in SketchUp, however, I get the following message:

Warning:

Some imported geometry is extremely far from the
model origin. If you experience any instability with
your SketchUp model, please delete that geometry
from your .dwg/.dxf file and import again.

AutoCAD Entities Imported:

        Layers: 2

AutoCAD Entities Simplified:

AutoCAD Entities Ignored:

    Anonymous Blocks: 9

Technicalities

The units in layout I am using is 58cm by 64cm.
The filetype is DWG/DXF. It's DWG by default, however, there's an option to export it as a DXF. I've tried both.

Solutions Tried:

At first I tried importing it as meters instead of centimeters, in case maybe it was too small.
Through some research, I learned that when importing a DWG/DXF file into Sketchup, you can define the units used. I was 100% this would fix it, but unfortunately, even though the units in sketchup when importing match the units in layout when exporting, the problem still persists. I kept the units when importing as cm however in case this was one of several reasons for this problem.
I've tried zooming both in and out and then importing it there.
I've tried importing it both with the "Preserve drawing origin" option ticked and unticked.
I've also checked to make sure that there wasn't anything outside the sheet itself in layout. I did this by selecting all my objects, copying them, deleting them, and then hit the shortcut to select everything (cntl+A) and deleted anything outside of the page (if there was anything to begin with) and then pasted the objects back in onto the page.

Screenshots
Layout drawings

I've also included the page and layer page, in case that's of any use.

Export options

Again, i've tried both file formats, DWG and DFX
Sketchup file

Import options

I've measured across one of the axes so you can see how far out I am zoomed.

Error Message 1

Error Message 2


texts: The Frozen in Carbonite "Han Solo" effect

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I am trying to achieve something like this:

Ref: https://www.flickr.com/photos/arkworld/481557288/in/photostream/

The guy who designed the above image said he used the bas relief PS filter and didn't use the high pass filter. Although when I try it with this image:

I cannot achieve the desired effect:

This is the closest I've managed to do, and I think I'm missing something.

How can I get very finely granular Frozen Carbonite effect?

This would be ideal:


texts:
My question is really brief.

What is the font used in the Western Union logo?


texts: How do I simulate in Photoshop what a piece will look like when printed on non-white paper?

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I'm designing a box in Photoshop that will be offset printed on unbleached paper. I haven't picked out a printer yet, so I don't know the exact kind of paper I'll be using and don't have access to it for proofs. For now I'm using a lightly-textured layer of tan color as a placeholder to mock it up.

What I'm trying to figure out is, how do I figure out how my design will look printed on natural paper rather than bleached white paper? I know that the brightness will be diminished and the hue will be altered, but I need to know how much so I can compensate for it as much as possible.

Is there a way to get at least a rough but reliably-simulated idea of how my prints will come out? Does it have to do with blend modes, or color separations? I'm at a bit of a loss here.


texts: Critique - a logo for a cat-friendly coffee shop

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This logo was created for a school project, with a briefing of creating a logo for a coffee shop in Australia (Perth), that would be innovative and new, friendly and attractive for a new generation. We had a flexible brief, so I chose to do a "Neko Cafe", to appeal to modern trends and younger audience.

I chose a cat mascot as it stands for: independence, unpredictability, curiosity, magic, mystery, cleverness, seeing the unseen. In some cultures the cat is also representing of love, lasting happiness and youthful joy, and getting your wish fulfilled.

I have chosen pastel colours to make the logo more family-friendly and inviting.

This is my first project on creating a logo and I'm interested in hearing a feedback. More specifically on following points:

Are there mistakes in terms of elements and composition?
Does this resonate with the target audience?
What I could have done better?

Click for full resolution


texts: Different images between MATLAB and ImageMagick

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Hi,
I'm using ImageMagick 7.0.8-64 Q16 for Windows and MATLAB R2019. I'm doing the same operation (resizing with bicubic interpolation method) in both programs.

ImageMagick code:

magick start.png -resize 400x200! -interpolate Catrom -quality 100 start_magick_100.png

MATLAB code

start_matlab = imresize(start, [200 400], "bicubic")
imwrite(start_matlab, "start_matlab.png", "png")

Now, the difference is not visible but reading again both images in MATLAB and ImageJ they are a little bit different in terms of pixels count. I mean that the pixel count is the same but summing the image matrix in MATLAB give me a different result.
How can it be possible? Do IM and Matlab could have different functions even for these simple operations?


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I open an image which is showing as a jpeg, then when I crop it, the layer name has automatically changed from background to 0. When I save the image it is saving it as a psd, so I have to go through the time consuming actions of doing "save as" everytime. Why is photoshop changing the layer name?
The only other option I have is to flatten the layer everytime. :-(


texts: 'Save As' dialog appears on each save of PSD. Why can't I just save anymore?

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I'm working on some of my photos for the first time in a while in Photoshop CC 2018 and whenever I press Command+S on my mac or try to Save from the File menu a 'Save As...' dialog window pops up. I can't figure out what the problem is. When I first open an existing PSD document, the first save works fine but each successive save brings up the Save As window and I end up having to press Replace.

I'm not sure if it could be related to the file/folder permissions; the files are stored locally on my drive in my Documents folder and I have checked that folder and its contents have default permissions. I have tried resetting preferences for Photoshop to their defaults but that didn't change anything. I also reinstalled Photoshop and cleared my preferences in the process but nothing has solved it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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I want to print PVC card on a Matica XID8100 retransfer printer

However, I'm facing two issues:

I have list of 60+ cards with the front side in one .CDR file and back side in a separate .CDR file. The printers requirement is that the back file needs to show next page of card. So now I need to merge to .CDR file except updating one by one.
When I print through the .CDR printer, it is not showing the proper result. It is giving spot in print but when I print it through a JPG the print is clean.


texts: How to "mask" a shape and preserve vector-nature?

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Foreword: OK so I really should be working in a vector software like Illustrator--unfortunately I don't have access to Ai at the moment.

My question is, how can I "mask" off part of a shape in Photoshop CC so as to preserve the vector nature of shape? This document must be entirely vector artwork and cannot contain raster-based effects like layer-masks.

I have attached an image as a sample. The green box is my desired mask, leaving only the rest of the leaf visible. Like I said, this could easily be done with a layer mask, but layer masks are resolution dependent.


texts: Vertical Page Layout Print Booklet Prints Does Not Print Correctly

texts: I'm printing a duplexed booklet with vertical master spreads using the instructions by Cari Jansen (great tut) http://indesignsecrets.com/vertical-master-page-spreads.php/comment-page-1. But when I go to print, the pages will not print vertically. There must be a setting I'm missing or it not possible to print a calendar style booklet (duplexed - long side) using the Print Booklet plugin. There were a couple people that had the same issue but no answers to their question. Hopefully someone knows the answer.


texts: Techniques to convert large format watercolour paintings to digital files?

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What is the best way to get my watercolour paintings into a digital format for printing, and what would be the best quality?

Currently, I'm cutting them out and placing them on a green backing and then I remove the green in Photoshop... but surely there is a better way?


texts: How can I make a triangle with two rounded corners?

texts: I need to create an image like this one.. It's a basically a triangle with 2 rounded corners.


texts: How can I detect overlapping characters / diacritics in InDesign?

texts: Is there any tool, script, or plug-in for InDesign or Acrobat Pro that would detect or highlight overlapping characters or diacritics? See sample below:


texts: How to convert photoshop CC shapes to paths to be opened in illustrator

texts: I'm trying to export some icons designed using shapes, effects, and masks to illustrator, but the problem is that the output is getting messed up. I believe this is happening because SVG only understands basic solids. If it was done in illustrator I would use "outline stroke" and get rid of all of the garbage. I have 500 icons and I don't have time to redesign them from scratch, so is there a method to convert the shapes inside photoshop to paths? so when I export from photoshop the SVG will not get messed up?


texts: How to scale image aspect ratio in Gimp?

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I don't want to crop the image, I want to set aspect ratio.
Useful when fixing images stretched from 4:3 to widescreen resolutions, for example.


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I just started playing with inkscape on Ubuntu, and I'm facing a problem when I'm saving svg files. When I save my file and close it, the miniature in Nautilus doesn't correspond to the file itself. Some items are missing, and I can't figure out why.

When I open the files with inkscape, there is no problem,everything is there. But if I open the file with anything else (Gimp, for example), the items that were not present on the miniature are not there.

I tried saving with all different svg options that inkscape offers, and I can't figure out a solution.

Can someone help me ?

Thanks!

Here's an example of a problematic file: http://www.filedropper.com/asaisir2


texts: Break apart makes intersecting nodes not so smooth and creates an additional stroke

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I want to break apart my latter , which has no fill , but just a stroke. So basically i just have the below letter with a stroke:

So basically what i did to get to here is , i typed the letter, then i added a stroke of 5px . I removed the fill , Now i take the node tool and drag it over the letter , then, path->storke to path, Now i have this letter with all these nodes and i want each of these nodes to break apart. But from here on, i get everything wrong and unable to correctly break apart the borders into indivisual components.

Heres what i tried , since i have all these nodes , i drag over the letter again the nodes tool to select the nodes , then i click on break path at selected nodes , now i go to path->break apart , I get the following:

So you can see there are two problems with this , i get an additional pair of stroke and secondly , the place where the nodes intersect initially seem to be a bit broken , i mean not so smooth. How do i solve these 2 issues ?

Thank you.


texts: I can't find this font anywhere. Does anyone knows this font? Look how G, J, Q and R look.


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Hello all,
I've recently come across a very cool logo/ typography on Pinterest. I'm trying to replicate it with my own text. I've found a few helpful tutorials on using Extrude & Bevel, as well as 3D rotate tool.

I haven't been successful in replicating this. Any help would be greatly appreciated !Thanks in advanced. -Artos


texts: How can I create and transfer the same metering scale (vector) to a mass of different .jpg images?

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I am given a lot (about 300) of single, different size jewelry as .jpg images (necklaces, bracelets, earrings, pins, etc).
I am asked to create and place a vector image of a metering scale (as the one below) next to each one of them.

The issues are:

Should I create the vector (metering scale) in photoshop or illustrator (CS5 versions)?
If in Illustrator how do I copy/open it to photoshop? Will any of these suggestion (12931, 17688, 5237, How To Open And Use Vectors In Photoshop) do?
In either case will I have to create a new one for each image or can I re-use the one and only for each of the images? I do understand that in case of re-using I need to resize it accordingly (or not?). Also. In case of re-using is there a way to automate the task through an action or a script that you are aware of? Remember: the jewelry are of various lengths. Still the scale must correspond to their real size.
What would the best, effective, time-saving workflow be?

Thank you in advance.

EDIT: After your initial comments I need to clarify.

Most of the images -.jpg- already have a scale in them. But the person that photographed used a worn-out one. So, they want to have a new scale as a vector for better resolution. "We cannot even look at our jewels with this scale on the picture". They also promised to provide exact measures for the few ones (20 or so) that do not have any scale at all.


texts: How would I morph two illustrated shapes in After Effects?

texts: I'm trying to animate a logo (left) in AE and want it to end up like the one on the right. I created these in AI and copy/pasted them straight from AI instead of importing each artboard. I've tried using Bezier Path but it morphs the top right anchor point all the way down, and changing the entire shape instead of just adding the little triangle.  Is there a way to select the specific anchor points being changed to change them manually, or is there a better way to morph these shapes entirely? Thanks in advance for the help. I used this process (https://engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/shape-morphing-with-after-effects) but it did not work for me.


texts: Trying to identify a graphic design style/concept

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I am interested in identifying a particular graphic-design concept, if it exists (and is not just my imagination).
Two examples that I can think of are:

The background of the cover art on the AC/DC album Black Ice:

The old (pre-2010) logo design of Brut brand aftershave.

It’s a dirty masculine tattoo or imprint kind of look.
Is this a defined style/concept?


texts: How does Illustrator calculate the "Fit to page" print option?

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I am designing a file that will be printed as A5 (8.5inch x 11inch). I have used these dimensions to create a Z fold publication. So, I have created my design on an Illustrator art board that is also 8.5inch x 11inch.

I have printed out a mock up of the design so far, just to scribble on. I am using a standard A4 printer and A4 paper. The only way of fitting the design was to choose the 'Fit to Page' option on the Illustrator print settings. This is because the Z-fold 8.5inch x 11inch is slightly larger than the size of standard A4 paper.

How does Illustrator calculate what size to resize a design when the 'Fit to Page' option is ticked?

If I was to have an A3 printer printing on A3 paper, and I printed this design and document without the 'Fit to Page' option ticked, would it print the document the correct size, i.e at the 8.5in x 11in Z fold size onto the A3 (11.69in x 16.53in) paper, or would it somehow distort this to fit with the paper?

I've also set a 0.125in bleed around the edge of the document - how does this translate when printing to scale of the document, i.e not choosing the 'Fit to Page' option? If I used paper that was the perfect size of the designed document, I assume this would not be included into the artwork?

Apologies if very silly and unclear questioning. I'm really confused with the whole process and working to create print-ready files, and Googling specific questions leaves me more confused.


texts: How do I design an exact circle tiling in Inkscape?

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How do I design an exact circle tiling, like the one in this paper (first page, Figure 2, third column) but with the exact mathematical proportions?

Note that all tiles are identical.


texts: What's this style called, with blocky text and strong circle shapes?

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What's this style of design called?
http://www.mademyday.de/

Thanks.
[UPDATE:] I should have posted more examples, here's another and I'll look for more:
http://www.fajnechlopaki.com/

I'm talking about styles like "grunge" or "elegant" that if you search for you can find more designs that look like that.


texts: Is there a program that draws vectors the way Flash does?

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I usually draw (or vectorize) using flash. I like how I can draw a line then bend that line. i.e. not using the pen. I find this easier since I can always go back and modify something easily.

Do you know any other software that works in a similar fashion? If it's available on Linux it would be great, since I'm trying to stop using Windows and Flash drawing is one of the biggest issues.

Thanks in advance!


texts: "Stroke Effect" in After Effects does a rounded corner.

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How can i do a linear stroke, to use with the "Stroke Effect" in After Effects?

Attached you can find the actual result: (I want the start and the end of the stroke linear, not rounded)


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Since updating to the 2019 version of Illustrator, I am having this issue with the stroke that crops up randomly for certain elements.

On applying stroke, the stroke on the left doesn't show up on random elements. I used the eyedropper tool to make sure that no properties were different and even then, the problem persists.

Here's a screenshot demonstrating the issue

As you can see from the stroke on the innermost box, the stroke goes around it. But even using eyedropper tool from that box renders the missing left stroke on this particular box.

Here's the funny part. When I take the buggy box as the reference for the eyedropper tool and copy the style to some other rectangle, that renders properly.

Any ideas why this could be happening?


texts: Font size on iOS7 looks different from Photoshop even with same resolution

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I'm facing a weird issue here.

I did a mockup for iPhone 5 + iOS7 in Photoshop, and since Photoshop handles font size in points, I passed all these info with the mockup file to the dev team. (e.g: Header A is 32pt, Body text is 20 pt etc.)

However, it seems that when these font size values are applied in the app and iPhone device, the font size looks enormous!

Is there something I'm missing here? Maybe mobile devices compute font sizes differently? I thought a 32 pt font would look like a 32 pt font anywhere, maybe give or take a few pixels, but not to this kind of huge difference.

Any insight?


texts: Is it possible to uncurl an image of a handwritten book page?

texts: I have a  small (4x3 inch) Catholic prayer book handwritten in German gothic script. prayer book was written by a 4 Great grandfather. I plan to pass this prayer book down to younger relatives but I took jpeg photos of each page. As expected it was difficult to photograph the middle pages without a "curl" to the sentences. Is there a program to "uncurl" the sentences? Thanks Jon


texts: Question converting the properties of this svg using inkscape


texts: How can I convey complexity of source code without showing code?

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I just created a big web application, and I need a way to present it. I want to allow people to visualize the amount and complexity of code I coded ("wow this is a giant bunch of code" and "wow this code is sooo complex(independent of the fact that complex code is bad quality)"), but in a style readable for those not familiar with programming. It would be nice if this visualization is also optically pleasing.

Because it needs to show the complexity and amount of work I put into it, I do not want a simple pie-chart. Are there any tools I can use to do this? How do you think I should present it?

This is not about being proud of much/complex code and code refactoring tools. This is about visualizing amount/complexity of code/programs for non programmers in a visually pleasing way.


texts: Is it fine to see some illustrations on Google to get an Idea?

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Sometime I just stuck at a point and my mind doesn't work for the designs. Then I go to google and find the things related to my project. Is it a good approach?

Sometime( knowingly or unknowingly) I also try to follow the design I find on Google.

Is this a good thing to do? I don't know why, but i don't feel comfortable after doing this.


texts: Inconsistent Layer Snapping in Photoshop

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I'm having a problem with inconsistent snapping on Photoshop. I have a bunch of pre-made images file containing tokens that I use for fantasy map making. These images are usually of a specific size to make aligning them to a grid easier, and because of that they contain a lot of "empty pixels".
However snapping has been a nightmare for me. Every time I try to position an image around Photoshop considers the only the visible part of the layer as the layer edges, which makes it impossible for me to properly align them to the grid. On the other hand, when I go into Free Transform mode it seems to take the full image in consideration (Including transparent pixels), which allow me to properly align the token.
As an example the image below show the layer edges when using Free Transform. I can perfectly align them to my grid.

On the other hand, when dragging the layer around outside of Free Transform I get the following result. See how photoshop seem to consider only the visible part now.

However it is a pain to go into Free Transform mode every time I need to move a token around. Is there a way to make the usual snapping consistent with Free Transform snapping?


texts: How do you edit only a single Path Segment?

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In Photoshop is there a way to adjust only a single Path segment without affecting the adjacent segments? I can adjust the segment by using the "Direction Lines", but this can change the angle unless you use only 45 degrees. I am looking to adjust the entire segment while constraining both "Direction Lines" angles at the same time.

If I remember correctly, way back in the old days, you could adjust segment B in the way you see in the img without changing A and C. Holding [SHIFT] will constrain the "action" at 45 degrees, but the "Direction Lines" will adjust their angles, affecting A and C. The only way I can see to do this is to set the "Direction Lines" at 45 degrees and dragging the "Direction Points", but I'd like to just keep the angles the same while adjusting the length of the "Direction Lines". Can this be done with a setting or keybinds?


texts: How do I create a Word file from InDesign which recognises footnotes?

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I've designed a book completely in InDesign. However, I want to delegate the job to others to continue adding to the book. It would be costly in terms of time and money to purchase and teach InDesign to these designers and for the purposes of the book it would be fine if it was made in Word. Therefore I would like to convert the InDesign file to an editable Word file.
Now, I've tried creating both interactive as well as print pdfs from the InDesign file. I have then converted each pdf into Word but found that the footnotes were converted to plain text in Word and placed at the bottom of the respective pages. Is there a way to create a Word file so that Word recognises the superscripted numbers and appended texts as footnote numbers and text? For example, is there a specific pdf preset which would allow this?


texts: I've made some transforms to a vector shape in Indesign and would now like to 'finally apply them' so that this transformed shape becomes the standard base shape I can work from moving forward. I can find 'Clear Transforms' but I can't find an 'Apply Transforms' button? Thanks.


texts: How to find: Boldest font readable at a small size?

texts:
I'm not sure how to communicate this to the various font search engines online. I want something that is going to be extremely bold, like as bold as possible, so bold it almost spills out of the glyph. But extremely readable at a regular copy size (12pt Arial).

I've tried

bold
sans-serif
readable
poster
display

But I feel like I am missing something obvious to search for just from not having much industry knowledge


texts: Slanted Text (without using the Text on a Path tool)

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I need to add a letter to the logo shown in this image, but I haven't had any success using the Type on a Path tool (which is what I used for the gray text above the original logo text).  I can't seem to get the slant right.

Also, the letters are all separate layers, but I'm not sure how this was done.  I inherited this file.  Any tips would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Adobe Illustrator - Export image with layer effect (multiply) to PNG

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Is it possible to save an image with layered effects (overlay) in PNG and maintain the same appearance that is seen in Illustrator?

I've tried different ways to export. Is there any other way to get the same colors seen in AI? (Without PDF).

I appreciate any help!


texts: How good is the fonts.com webfont solution compared to the current @font-face standard?

texts:
I guess the title says it all. I've been successfully working with @font-face (with near-perfect cross-browser support, if you use all the hacks).

However, a client really wants to use Helvetica, and for that you need to use Montype's solution from fonts.com.

Has anyone come across a comprehensive comparison, or have first-hand experience with both approaches? Are there any downsides (other than a monthly subscription fee!!!) to the fonts.com webfont approach?


texts: How can we downsize the image in photoshop in JPEG format without affecting its resolution?

texts: I have been trying it out, I need a fixed size small image but of high resolution, so that pixels are not seen while zoomed in. I tried to change the resolution of the image by image > image size > changing the resolution; but, it automatically enlarged the image. How can it be solved? I just need the small sized image with high quality.


texts: Illustrator: Is there an efficient and accurate way to join two circles by their tangents (and keep it editable)?

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It's easy to join two circles if they are the same size and horizontal/vertical, into a pill shape:

If the circles are at an add angle then it's still possible but you can no longer rely on smart guides.

You can add lines roughly where the tangents should be and then use the scissors tool on the circles, cut out the inner area and then join the two crescents into one shape.

Is there a better way to do this? Is there a way to do this that is still editable afterwards too?

There are some other questions that cover the same area as this but don't cover editability or joining circles that are not in line with each other (where smart guides can't help).


texts: Is there a clear "Cycle" in UI/Grpahic styling?

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As you will be aware design styles go in waves, IE flat, clear/opaque, curved,  fades, tiles, minimalist, retro, halftone etc etc - often styles come back into fashion, and often it is a design industry-wide change.
UI and Graphic (for print/web) are now inseparable as they are often involved in a single product/service.

Is there as yet any clear cycle that these style types are appearing in? do they tend to follow the cycle of certain design houses or companies?


texts: In Affinity Designer, How do I export a document with multiple artboards to a single page PDF file

texts: In Affinity Designer 1.7 (Desktop), when exporting a document with multiple artboards to PDF, each artboard is placed in a different page inside the PDF file. How do I avoid this behaviour and export a single page PDF file containing all of my artboards exactly as in my document?


texts: PS Background Colour doesn't match printed file?

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I am designing a writing pad and I have created two folders that group the files into the "Front" and the "Back" of the design while using a Solid Colour layer as my background colour/base layer so to speak.
Everything looks fine up until I decided to print a combined PDF of the front and back design on my normal printer. While all the elements and details came out in good quality, the background colour looks almost a shade or two different from the front or the back, or the other copies I printed to test. It isn't a huge difference (like black or white) however you do see that one is maybe brighter while the other one is darker and so on.
I checked everything. The hex code matches in all the files (not that there are many, I just meant my saved files). I uploaded the PDF into my Photoshop and even used the Eyedropper tool to check the colour of THAT background but it all is the same hex code. I checked for effects, drop shadows, glows, etc, nothing. So I'm really just confused.
Could anybody help me out please? Is this my printer? Will this be the same problem I face when I send it to a proper printer?! Below is my layers panel for an example. :)


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I'm in the middle of picking a font for a rather sizeable project, and we've largely landed on Migrena Grotesque. Unfortunately, the alignment of this font seems to be a lot lower, and the general size is a lot smaller than usual. For vertical centering, I have to manually nudge it up a few bits to get it visually centered, and I have to use it at 18pt for it to visually look the same size as most other fonts at 16pt.

Is there a (hopefully quick) way to fix things like this in the font file itself? Software wise, I have Glyphs 2.


texts: Recommended Font for distinguishing upper/lowercase letters and numbers

texts:
We have a small in-house application which generates a string consisting of upper and lowercase letters, and the numbers 0-9. We've tried using various fonts to output this string, but users frequently get confused between certain combinations like:

Lowercase letter 'o' and uppercase letter 'O'
Uppercase letter 'O' and number '0'
Lowercase letter 'l' and number '1'
Uppercase letter 'S' and number '5'

and so on.

Can anyone recommend a font that might be suitable?


texts: Is there a way to change the colour of a line in Illustrator depending on its angle or azimuth?

texts:
I want to create aspect-aware contours (also called illuminated contours or Tanaka contours) for a map I have created in QGIS but finishing in Illustrator.
To do this I need the colour or luminosity of the contour lines to change depending on their azimuth or angle from northwest like this (done manually):

Is there a way to do this? Ideally without exploding the line into individual 2-vertex segments.


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I have a soundwave in Illustrator that looks like this:

It's a group made of strokes. I'd like to make it into a cirle like that:

I played around with distort and warp options but couldn't achieve this. How can I bend the soundwave?

Thank you for your help.


texts: Remove extra portions from an object in inkscape

texts:
I have three squares arranged in an inverted L shape, but the one in the middle is slightly larger than the other two squares. (Please look at the picture given below)

The black square has some portions outside the boundary. How can I crop it?


texts:
How can I clone an link image in Illustrator so I can use multi times the same link image and when I change the link image it alters all the copies as well?

(Not possible by symbols)


texts: What's a good font to use for rules on a blackjack table?

texts: I'm working on an iOS app that has a blackjack table in it, and need to figure out what font to use. I see a bunch of serif fonts when doing web searches, but they're hard for my crude eye to identify. Here's a couple of shots of what I'm looking for:


texts: Critique: how can make this 3-column dashboard design flatter?

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Attached you see my current design of a 3 column dashboard.

How can I improve this design in a more "flatter" way? Be warned that I am no designer, so if you have links to tutorials that would also be great. I am eager to learn this :)

1st column: general info
2nd column: Not done backlog items grouped
by their finishing likelihood
3rd column: Done items

Thanks.


texts: What is the font used on Captain Kirk's chair?

texts:
I've tried using automated online tools (fontspring, whatthefont, fontsquirrel) for font identification but the only image I can find is at an angle so the tools don't process the image's text properly.
Might someone know what font this is on Captain Kirk's chair?


texts: How do I fix the intersection of two vector lines in Sketch?

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I am new to graphic design and am using the Sketch app to create some simple geometric shapes.  I've placed two lines in such a way that they overlap at a point and I want it its interaction to look clean but instead it looks like this.

How do I fix up this issue without having to resort to raster graphics?  Thank you!


texts: Photoshop vector smart object opening in Preview instead of Illustrator?

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In Photoshop CC (version 19) on the Mac, I have a smart object vector graphic layer. Double-clicking the layer to edit the vector graphic, opens it in Preview (Mac) because, presumably, it thinks it's a PDF (it opens with the .pdf extension).

I'd rather the vector object open in Illustrator so that I can work with it. Can I change the default applications that Photoshop hands the file off to? (One would think that Photoshop would prioritize other Adobe applications instead of the system defaults… but, I guess not.)


texts:
When working with Adobe InDesign it is possible to select how text will be aligned vertically:

I am especially interested in having the text vertically centred and was wondering if this is also possible in Sketch.
I figured, that maybe these controls here are responsible for this, however they are greyed out:

Thank you for your time.


texts: 12 or 16 column grid for a full width website?

texts:
So I'm looking for the right answer for my grid system:

1) Should I use 12 or 16 column grid for a full width website similar to these websites:
http://xfinitytv.comcast.net
http://www.vevo.com

2) Can I use bootstrap for 16 column width

3) what are the challenges for a 16 columns grid vs traditional 12 column grid?


texts: InDesign: Is there any way to lock all the styles (paragraph and character) and master pages and keep all of them in a master document only?

texts:
I'm setting up a workflow for working in a book with various chapters and I don't want the designers to change the styles in one document in the book. I just want to be able to change the styles in a master document.

I know about the sync feature but is very poor, because I cannot delete a style. Also allows other documents to be the master, which is very bad in our case.

What would be really nice would be a book to be linked to a styles library. SO you don't need any sync.

Maybe a script could do that, I don't know.. Other alternatives?


texts: How to word email explaining working files buyout

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After years of providing press ready PDF files to my customer for extensive revisions to a yearly catalog, they are asking for the InDesign "working files," which they think they are entitled to, as they want to use another designer.  I would be happy to sell them these working files, I'm just not sure how to word the email I would like to send them, without getting too wordy, and not sure if I use the phrase "buyout" or "IP property release" or "transfer of IP rights"...etc.  Just trying to make it as simple and elegant as possible.

Would anyone like to chime in and tell me their thoughts (or improvements) on the following email?

Dear
[name of customer]:

For many years, I have supplied ABC Company with "Final Deliverables" of the yearly ABC Company catalog, with Final Deliverables defined as press ready PDF files. Each time, I subsequently received payment in full from ABC Company. The business transaction was thus considered completed to your satisfaction.

Any native or working files created by me to produce those Final Deliverables remain my sole property as the graphic designer.  This is my position, and always has been.

If you are interested in a full buyout (which would include the working files and full transfer of IP rights), the release fee will be $XXXX.

Sincerely, [my name]


texts: GIMP: exporting as .png does not produce an image with the specified dimensions in "Scale image" or "Print size"

texts:
Let us say that I have a 600x600 pixels picture and I want to create a .png file with it that is 6x6 cm in size.
What I do is to set the following in "Image->Scale image":

I can check in "Image->Print Size" that my settings seem to be correct, since it tells that the image is 6x6 cm big:

If I export the image as a .pdf file, my pdf viewer (Evince) or other programs (like Inkscape) show it with the appropriate dimensions, namely 6x6 cm.
However, if I export it as a .png file, the dimensions change to approximately 17x17 cm.
Why does this happen and how can I solve it?

EDIT: the "Export As" options that I use are the default ones, where the "Save resolution" box is checked.


texts: What does underline on a group mean in Illustrator?

texts: What does the underline on a group mean in Illustrator's Layers panel?


texts: How do I remove upscaling errors in paint.NET

texts:
I'm working on a simple cover art and I initially designed it like this:

This image is 400 x 400 pixels. However, now I have upscaled it and added some cool stuff to the image to make it look like this:

This image is 1920 x 1080 as it's the right size for video's. I've also have some other sizes for various other uses.

The problem is that there are little upscaling arteffects from upscaling the small image. As you can see all of the squares in the bottom image have little "spikes" instead of a straight line. I tried removing these spikes by hand using the pen tool in paint.net however it's slow and I was hoping it could be done better.

As far as I know you cannot diagonally select inside paint.net otherwise I could use that to select all the spikes and then delete them.

Is there a simple way to delete the spikes and smothe the squares inside the image in paint.net?


texts: Adding noise to an image with a limited palette

texts:
Backstory: I am designing the pattern in PhotoShop of a quilt my wife is making. The quilt is made of 15x20 squares of exactly six shades of blue - dark at one end to light at the other end. The gradient will be "noisy". I want to experiment with that noise.
So, I have an image that is 15x20 pixels, and I have reduced the palette to exactly 6 colours.
The problem is that, with an exact palette I can't apply any filters such as the noise filter. It's just not available. Dead-end.
I tried Posterize, but Posterize chooses its own colours, often choosing grey. Another dead-end.
The attached sample was done manually. I want a truer noisy gradient that I can experiment with.
Suggestions?

EDIT:
@Billy Kerr:
This is what I get when I follow your directions exactly.

I started with an RGB image, and I'm using PS CC.
I've experimented with every one of the settings - and that is the best I get.


texts: Edit strokes and fills in tandem in Illustrator?

texts:
I'm familiar with making simple 2D graphics in Adobe Flash, where I can draw lines and fill them in:

In Adobe Illustrator, I assumed the way to do this is to make the vectors into Live Paint. But doesn't doing so prevent the strokes from being editable afterwards?

I could also use the pen tool to draw 'closed' shapes, but this precludes the division and combination of shapes that aren't always closed.

Is there a way to draw lines and and fills in tandem in Adobe Illustrator, without converting to Live Paint? Is there any kind of workflow that resembles the Flash drawing mechanisms? I would like to start using Illustrator instead of Flash for graphics like these, but after what I was able to do in Flash, I feel like I'm missing something.


texts: How to find a paint color that corresponds to pantone swatch?

texts: I have a fabricator who needs me to send paint colors that match the pantone shades i'm using in an illustrator document. The colors are 7495c 60% tint and 611 20%tint. Is there an easy way for me to match these colors, or am I going to need to sort through a bunch of paint samples?


texts:
I'm new to using gimp 2 and so far I've been having fun using it~

I just want to ask if there's a way to add customized shapes in gimp 2.
Specifically the cogs and gears shapes.

I've tried google but my searching skills are waaayyy too poor or I

thanks in advance~


texts: Can InDesign CS6 automatically update figure and step numbers for consumer instruction revisions?

texts:
Thanks in advance for any help with this!

I'm creating consumer instructions with many steps and associated graphics with corresponding figure numbers. For example, Step 6 refers to the graphic labeled Figure 6, etc.

My question is, when I have to add or delete a step in the future, can I make ID automatically update both the step and figure numbers to accommodate the change?

I'm working with Photoshop CS6 and placing graphics into ID--perhaps using a layer for the Figure numbers would be helpful?

I'm after something like what MS Word does when modifying bulleted and number lists.

Thank you!


texts: This is my first post here. I have been trying to find a tutorial or other guidance how to draw something with this style. Does it have a name?


texts: Inkscape: remove stroke preserve size/shape

texts:
I've created a path with a stroke and a fill of the same color, and I'd like to remove the stroke while preserving the size/shape of the object. Is there a simple way to do this?

In other words, I'm looking for something like a "Stroke-and-Fill to Path"

The best solution that I have come up with so far is to use "Stroke To Path" and then delete all of the inner nodes.


texts:
just stumbled over this site, perhaps somebody here can be of assistance.

I've been creating a large data set to create a large number of separate files with similiar layout. Works great so far, the only thing is that I'd like to export my data sets as jpg instead of psd.

Of course I can simply export them as psd and the convert them with the image processor to jpg, but since my master file is rather large the psd export ends up with lots of large files and the process takes a lot of time.

Is there any way to export data sets directly to jpg (of course by reducing all layers to one)?

Thanks for hints,
Christian aka SirWillibald


texts: Photoshop CS6 Not Moving Pixels in Selection

texts:
I am trying to move this selection for use elsewhere, but dragging, copying, and cutting all produce this same strange result of leaving pixels behind.
You can see parts that are definitely within the selection not moving with the rest. I know the edges are not very clean, but that doesn't matter too much to me. I added a contrasting background so you can see the affected areas better. How can I resolve this?

I do have other layers, but none of them are anywhere near this part of the image.


texts: How can I get Farsi/Arabic text to render correctly in Photoshop?

texts:
I downloaded a number of Farsi fonts and they render individual characters fine but but don't join multiple characters together at all. Does anyone know how to get whole words to appear correctly? If someone knows how to do this in Arabic but not Farsi, that would help me get closer.

For instance: ك ا  should make كا

Thanks!


texts: Creating additional characters for an existing font?

texts:
A font I am using is missing a couple special characters so I made my own. I'm trying to package them together as a typeface using IcoMoon.  However without knowing the original font's metrics I can't get the scale right. I might be going about this totally wrong, any suggestions?

Edit: I also have concerns about usage rights considering this is a paid font. To be clear I do not plan to distribute the custom font I am creating, just use it on my site and for print work.


texts: Can a photoshop action or script load/save swatch, and choose color from it

texts:
I was wondering if it is possible for a photoshop action to choose foreground or background color from the swatch.
I have tried doing it, but instead of picking from swatch it is always taking a fixed value.
I am trying the script to pick color from the swatch sequentially. For example, if there are 5 colors in the swatch, it should pick 1st, 2nd ...upto 5th color.


texts:
I'm trying to save a jpg image but it's getting a bit blurred. I have it nicely in my image editor, but saving the image is not giving the quality I need, even with max quality defined.

If I save it as png, I get it with the sharpness I need.

Is there a way to overcome the loss of sharpness due to jpeg's compression? I really need it to be a jpg file.

You can check a sample of the image before and after here.
As you can see, the orange is changing and the edges are not so sharp.

I start with a very high res jpg, change some colors, resize it, and save as jpg.
If I save if first as png and then as jpg, still gets the same effect.


texts:
I have three layers open in Photoshop.

Two are images. One is a text layer.

I flattened and merged the background image which I originally filled with black and applied a gradient to.

I then tried to apply HDR toning but the HDR toning option is greyed out although the Shadow/Highlighting is not.

Why can't I access my HDR toning?

I tried converting it to a smart object and ensuring it's rasterised; still nothing.


texts: How to share Global Colors in Sketch App?

texts: I am trying to share a very extensive color palette that I have created in "Global Colors" in a Sketch file. I need to share this with a coworker, but when I send the file to them and they open it on their end, the Global Colors are not there. I am guessing that the colors are only saved locally and not in the file itself. How can I extract them?


texts: What is the layout style for sites like GrooveShark called?

texts: I don't need to know the artistic style but instead the style name for single page  application like webpages.  They have dynamic height and width with no scrolling.


texts: Keeping a layer synced across multiple files

texts:
I am working on a web UI design and using adobe-photoshop. I have to make complete UI to show what exactly a screen would look after different interactions.

Say, the following is the basic layout of the design, with four sections A, B, C and D.

Now I have some 10 interactions and so 10 different files in which I'm showing that how section C varies on different interactions. So, I make the 10 designs and save them. Then later I realize that a change is required Section A. So I have to do the same change 10 times in all of those files.

So, question is, is there a way, where I edit part(few layers) of a file once and it gets 'synced' across multiple PSD files?

PS: I tried using Smart-Objects and saving sections as different PSDs and importing them, but nothing helped.


texts: Are subhead, lead and nutshell paragraph considered text types or display types?

texts:
to contextualize my post:

Text Type is type that is designed to be read in large quantities at
small sizes.…For example, the bulk of the text in any newspaper,
magazine, or book is Text Type.…
It's also called Body Type or Body Copy.…Display type,
on the other hand, is type that 14 point or larger, and it's typically used…
in small quantities for emphasis and effect.…

Since subhead, lead and nutshell paragraph are placed between the head of the article -display type- and the content of the article -text types- I m wondering at which category they typically belong. I know the factual answer could be something like -it depends of the length of your section. That said I assume their is some general practice about that part of articles, and it would be cool to have some general guidance about this point.
here two illustrations:


texts: PNG doesn't have white background in GIMP

texts:
I am attempting to create a PNG with a white background in Gimp. Here is the result:

How can I fix this so that the images is grey on white?


texts: Batch resize vertical photos to a square without cropping using a blurred background

texts:
I have about 3000 vertical images that I need resized to 600x600 pixels each. I've compressed a few using Photoshop where I have duplicated the image and then Gaussian blurred it to cover the background like you see in the image below.

I believe this is how Instagram works with vertical images.

Can I program Photoshop to do this automatically or is there any other software? All the images are in a single folder.

If the blur background isn't possible a light shade of grey would do too.


texts:
I am looking for the name of the font in the picture.

Any idea will be highly appreciated.

Btw, I have closely observed and matched it with Times New Roman but its not that(Some of the serifs do not match). Feel free to verify anyway. Also, its a high res image so you can take a really closer look.


texts: How to remove all subscript from Indesign document?

texts: I have document its have more than 300 pages. I need to change font type with different colour. Using eyedropper tool i do that but I need to remove subscript from my document because when i use eyedropper for change font type subscript will change to normal text. so i need to remove all subscript from my document. Its there any way kindly please help. Thank you.


texts: Sketch: disable pixel-snapping when resizing elements

texts:
When I resize a vector to a very small size, it comes out looking distorded due to Sketch not allowing for sub-pixels (if that's how they word it...) — see below example:

Notice that the above instagram logo looks wrong due to me making it very small.
Is there a way around this? I read the following answer on another question on here:

Go to sketch > preferences (on a mac press cmd + ,), and under the
first tab (General), uncheck the first box (says "pixel fitting: Fit
layers and points to pixel bounds").

But I dont have that as an option under Preferences, I imagine it's been removed from more recent versions of the app.


texts: Is there a way to copy live path effects from one object to another in Inkscape?

texts:
Inkscape has a feature called "Live Path Effects" (PATH > PATH EFFECTS). This allows you to apply a style to a path and have said style update live a you update the path.

It's nice, but has one limitation for me in that you have to apply it individually to each object one-by-one. This can be tedious.

Is there a way to copy a path effect and it's settings from one element to another?


texts: How can I create engaging visual content when selling a virtual product?

texts:
This question might have more to do with branding or marketing, but I think a lot of graphic designers are confronted to it everyday so I'll ask it anyways. Please leave a comment if you believe it belongs somewhere else

In my every day job as a Graphic Designer, I am often asked to create visually engaging content to encourage users to buy products. Some of these products are physical (such as laptops, hard drives, etc), but some of these products are digital and have no physical form (such as accounting software, cloud services, etc).

In this case it is much harder to come up with exciting "packshots" of products. In most situations, I do not have a licence to try these products myself, and I'm not even sure that their UI would be inspiring to create from.

Before, software would come packaged, with elements of design that were visually engaging, which is still is the case in the entertainment industry even now that things moved to digital.

I can definitely use creative illustrations for marketing purposes (i.e. images of people using the software, depicting semantic keywords, etc), but for the website-shop graphics, it's more difficult.

Or everything could just look like this

There might be articles and studies on this matter (or not) - I couldn't find any when looking for them.

How does one create engaging graphics for non-physical products?

An ideal answer would list different options, and eventually link to case studies or data giving hindsight on best performances.


texts: Automatically convert high res image or svg into multisized ico?

texts:
Is there any software or script that will automatically convert a high res image or an svg into the multiple dimensions needed to create a proper multisized ico?

Ideally it would resize the file into the multiple files with the correct dimensions, then pack it into an ico, but something that will resize the file into multiple files would be good as well if the other thing doesnt exist.


texts:
I'm creating a streetwear brand and I was wondering if I can use the font Arial on my t-shirts. I can't find much about its commercial use.

Can somebody help me here?


texts: How much to charge for a project involving only editing the texts of all the product packages for a skincare line?

texts:
The company I primary freelance for right now wants to give me another project involving editing all of their products' packages (total of 20 products labels and outside packagings.) I will only need to edit the texts and nothing about the design. I am still relatively new in the field. I also have a personal connection with them, thus making them more willing to provide me work. And in addition, it is still a small brand even though they have been on the Red Carpet and in the Emmy Awards before. Besides within the US, the brand also will be distributed to European countries, China, US, Turkey, and Taiwan. On top of that, I might have to recreate the same packages if the original designer would not give us the original .ai files to work with. They are asking for a flat fee with some flexibility.

With all of the above mentioned, I am wondering what could the fee range be for this sort of job as a beginner? (From my understanding and google research, I realize that I might have to give both a flat fee and an hourly fee.)

+Just found out that they will likely have pdf files for providing feedbacks me to edit the text from. So the task seems to be relatively easily IF all I would end up doing is simply editing the texts.

*Thank you Scott and Yisela for providing feedbacks.


texts: Dividing a rectangle with type (torn paper with pieces)

texts:
I am a newbie on Illustrator and am trying to produce an image that contains a paper that is divided/torn to, say 3, pieces. I don't want to rather throw torn pieces (similar to torn paper effect available on the net) but show the sliced pieces separated from each other on the same image. For now I am just trying to get straight edge instead of torn edge.

In order to achieve this, I do the following:
I draw a rectangle and add a type in/on it with text. After I convert the text to outlines I create a compound path from type and the rectangle. Then I use the Line tool to cut the paper to 3 pieces. Finally I select all and divide it by using the Divide from Pathfinder. However I get the following scrambled figure from the original. What am I doing wrong here? Do you have any ideas/suggestions to achieve this effect?

Thanks a million in advance.

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texts:
Is there a quick way to convert Quark files into Indesign without having Quark?

I have InDesign CS4 and need to make changes to a Quark file.


texts: How to enable developers to extract images from an Adobe XD file without making every images exportable?

texts:
We keep encountering a recurring problem where we designer keep forgetting to make every assets (esp images) exportable. I was wondering if there are existing solution out there. We are also using Zeplin for the specs. Unfortunately the images need to be tagged as exportable for it to recognize.
I am hoping there’s a plugin, or a way around this. We have more than 50 screens that’s why we need to streamline this process.


texts: Inkscape: How to exclude multiple object from selection

texts:
I can't realize how to exclude multiple object from selection (using selection rectangle).

Example: I have a table where are borders (long lines - paths) and some text (every character is single path object). I want to make group from long lines (borders).

So, I select whole table and want to deselect text objects. I can hold shift and click on every object to exclude from selection (~1000 clicks? - please no!).

Thanks for your advice.

PS: Now, I'm using a workaround - select the text objects and group them, then select whole table and exclude few text groups by single clicks.


texts: How to export a gradient overlay to CSS3 styles (in Photoshop CC)?

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I have two buttons in my .psd template. They are with a gradient overlay. Is it possible in Photoshop to export gradients as CSS styles?

Please, see a pictures.

Buttons with gradient:

Info of Registration button (Login is the same):

I try to use Photoshop CC built-in feature "Copy CSS", but it doesn't exports gradients. It gives it as a .png image, which is not desirable:

.Rectangle__round__corners__4__copy__17 {
  background-image: url("Rectangle, round corners 4 copy 17.png");
  position: absolute;
  left: 906px;
  top: 80px;
  width: 122px;
  height: 33px;
  z-index: 732;
}

How to get gradient overlay as styles like these:

#Rectangle {
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(red, blue); /* For Safari 5.1 to 6.0 */
  background: -o-linear-gradient(red, blue); /* For Opera 11.1 to 12.0 */
  background: -moz-linear-gradient(red, blue); /* For Firefox 3.6 to 15 */
  background: linear-gradient(red, blue); /* Standard syntax */
}

UPD:

A little remark to the answer of Vincent (https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/a/39231/30315). To get a gradient from an existing element, you need to crop it (a gradient) and save it as .jpg or .png image and then import it on the site and it will return you gradient styles.

Above you can see the buttons. Here are the backgrounds of those buttons with their gradients which I cropped in Photoshop and deleted texts.

Then I just imported these images to the engine and it gave me styles back.

.red-gradient {
    background: #a3001e; /* Old browsers */
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  hsla(349,100%,32%,1) 0%, hsla(349,95%,28%,1) 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,hsla(349,100%,32%,1)), color-stop(100%,hsla(349,95%,28%,1))); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,  hsla(349,100%,32%,1) 0%,hsla(349,95%,28%,1) 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
    background: -o-linear-gradient(top,  hsla(349,100%,32%,1) 0%,hsla(349,95%,28%,1) 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
    background: -ms-linear-gradient(top,  hsla(349,100%,32%,1) 0%,hsla(349,95%,28%,1) 100%); /* IE10+ */
    background: linear-gradient(to bottom,  hsla(349,100%,32%,1) 0%,hsla(349,95%,28%,1) 100%); /* W3C */
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#a3001e', endColorstr='#89041d',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
    box-shadow: 0px 2px 0px $red-shadow;
}


texts:
I am having a problem when importing a table from Excel to Indesign.
I am getting errors when there is a formula behind text in the table.
If the formula results in a number, the number is imported and there is no problem....but if the formula results in text, the cell will be blank or a '-1' appears.
Does anyone know how to get around this?


texts: What colour space should I use for printing a plastic bag?

texts:
I am making a design to be printed on a plastic bag. The design is a maroon/magenta (#4c1429) block background with white writing.

From what I understand, RGB is best for things remaining online, and CMYK is best for prints, but usually said prints are on paper. Any direction on the best colour space for plastic?


texts: Illustrator: Change the colors of a symbol

texts:
Is it possible to change the colors of a symbol in a document without breaking the link with its original shape.

Eg.: I have a square a symbol. I have two I races of them in my document. I want on black with a red stroke and the other one yellow with a green stroke. But if I edit the symbol to say, a circle, I want all of them to be updated (but keeping their colors).

PS: Using the appearance panel to change the overall background of the symbol is not an option since (1) it doesn't allow to change the overprint properties and (2) what if I have multiple shapes of different colors in my symbol.


texts: I am trying to find out what this font is. I have tried Whatthefont, whatfontis, mactherator and I Bold block results. No where close to the image. I am trying to determine the font for my wedding invitations.


texts: Warp in Phoshop: transform lines from curved to straight

texts:
I have the following image:

Is there a way to easily "straighten" the lines, in order to obtain the following image?

I have done this with the "Liquify" command. As you can see, the result is far from being perfect, but maybe there is something easier and better, e.g. using something like warping or other similar options.

I am currently using Photoshop 2018.

Can someone suggest which is the best way to achieve the desired result in this situation?


texts: Illustrator 19 can't change polygon (or any path) appearence under 4pt stroke

texts:
I can't change the appearance of the stroke on this polygon to anything under 4pt stroke, and I can't change the corners from anything but round joint. Turning off the stroke does nothing, and only change the stroke size above 4pt changes the appearance. Even then I can only change the stroke weight, nothing else.

When I create a new polygon, it's fine, until I save the file and load it up again.

File was created on a 2018 version of AI on a MAC. File has been edited on 2018 and 2019 versions of AI on a PC as well.

I am a student, so switching between versions and PC/MAC is mandatory because I have to work in class and at home.

Any thoughts?


texts: Font identification for all-caps "Schiffer-Gilde e.V" logo

texts:
I am searching for the font in the below all-caps "Schiffer-Gilde e.V" logo I need to modify for our association.

The closest that the automatic free identification services (https://www.whatfontis.com/, https://www.fontsquirrel.com, https://www.myfonts.com/) came to were Riccione TS Bold and ITC Serif Pro Ultra, but those are clearly not enough on the drastic serif style.

I am searching for a paid or free font.


texts: Applying a radial gradient to a bunch of lines in Illustrator

texts:
I'm trying to apply a gradient to a bunch of individual lines to create the effect of the lines fading out and also changing color as you go round the circle, however, I need everything to stay editable so I can keep tweaking and don't have to spend 5 minutes every now and then turning it into a single object and apply a gradient.

Here is what I currently have.

And here is something similar to what I'm trying to achieve.


texts: Color glyphs from OTF font don't work in Illustrator CC

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I wanted only to test color glyphs (e.g. A, B, C, H, i, e...; see screenshot) from this OTF font: tiny.pl/t4qfc.

They don't work in Adobe Ilustrator CC. Does someone know why? E.g. in Paint.NET there are no problems with color.

This is probably a good lead: a properly functioning color font EmojiOne and Trajan have "svg" icon:

What should I do to make my font have the same status? Is there a way to convert?
 2. Fonts EmojiOne and Trajan are colored in Illustrator, but in FontCreator are black. Why?


texts: Is it possible to have a 'live preview' in Photoshop?

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Possible Duplicate:
  In Photoshop, how can I open up a view (in the same window) with another zoom level?

I'm working on small 16x16px icons. I'm usually zoomed right in working pixel by pixel. It would be hugely useful to have a 'live preview' at 100% scale, so I don't have to manually zoom in and out all the time to see how it looks. Is this possible?


texts: Stop illustrator from merging brush strokes?

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I'm new to using Illustrator and I can't tell if this is an issue in part of my settings or simply how Illustrator works.

I'm trying to draw simple 'swirls' or 'curls' to replicate something I did on paper - but I can't seem to get this to stop happening. I looked into my brush settings and preferences but I couldn't find anything that seemed to remotely explain what this even is.

After talking to a friend she explained that it's because of the paths not having an end point or something like that. I understand how this could affect my drawings but how are you supposed to draw anything if this constantly happens?

Thank you for any help in advanced - and I apologize if there is a duplicate, I attempted to look it up but I wasn't even sure what to type


texts: Program for drawing patent illustrations

texts: Is there a free cad or similar program that would be good for making drawings that will be submitted as part of a patent application?