texts: HorizontalScale when exporting JPG limits to 776.19

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I'm trying to export jpeg files from multiple eps files (with many different artboard sizes) with a specific size - 5000px on long edge. But when artboard is too small horizontalScale exceed its range and script fails. Is there anyway I can solve this problem?

Here is my script:

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var abActive  = doc.artboards[doc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex()];

var artWidth = abActive.artboardRect[2] - abActive.artboardRect[0];
var artHeight = abActive.artboardRect[1] - abActive.artboardRect[3];

if (artWidth>=artHeight)
 {
   var fileName = doc.fullName.toString();
    var exportOptions = new ExportOptionsJPEG();

    var fileSpec = new File(fileName);
    exportOptions.antiAliasing = true;
    exportOptions.artBoardClipping = true;
    exportOptions.qualitySetting = 100;
    exportOptions.horizontalScale = (5000/artWidth)*100;
    exportOptions.verticalScale = (5000/artWidth)*100;

    doc.exportFile( fileSpec, ExportType.JPEG, exportOptions );
   }
else
{
    var fileName = doc.fullName.toString();
    var exportOptions = new ExportOptionsJPEG();

    var fileSpec = new File(fileName);
    exportOptions.antiAliasing = true;
    exportOptions.artBoardClipping = true;
    exportOptions.qualitySetting = 100;
    exportOptions.verticalScale = (5000/artHeight)*100;
    exportOptions.horizontalScale = (5000/artHeight)*100;

    doc.exportFile( fileSpec, ExportType.JPEG, exportOptions );
}

P.S. I thought about cheking artboard size before export and if it too small - scale it to needed size, but it would make export process really slow.


texts: Is there a way to replace a global swatch color by dragging another object on top of it?

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Hi SE
I have a set of global RGB colors in my Swatch palette and I need to update some of them with a new hex code. But I can't access the hex input in the Swatch Options, so my only option is to input the RGB definition.
Is there a way to replace the Swatch color by dragging another object on top of it (like you're able with Graphic Styles) ?
Thanks and HNY :-)


texts: How to put 3 pages together vertically in InDesign

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In InDesign using the "Allow Document Pages to Shuffle" allows for more than 2 pages to be next to each other. I want to do the same, but I want the pages vertically. I am creating a vertical invitation with many panels, and I want each panel to be in a different page. How do I do that?

Thank you,

Virginia


texts: PDF transparency problem when exporting from Indesign

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I made an Indesign document (RGB).

I've placed an AI document (RGB).

When I export to an interactive pdf file, some colors changed and transparency doesn't work.

See images:


texts: Can the star tool in fireworks be used to create this star?

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I used the star tool in Fireworks to create this star:

Can Fireworks be used to make this star look like this:

If no, then can Photoshop be used to create this star?

Thank you.


texts: How to export to SVG from Illustrator using Artboards

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I am designing some icons. To keep the proportions correct, I designed all the glyphs in one artboard.

Now, I want to experiment a little with SVG icons, so I want to export these icons to different SVG files. How do I go about doing this?

I thought that I'd surround each icon with an artboard, then exporting would be easy... Turns out that the Export option has the 'artboards' option, but does not present any workable vector format. The Save for the Web also has the artboards option, but again, only offers gif, jpeg and png formats. The Save-as option does let me save as SVG, but does not offer any way to save the icons into different files.

Also, I have like 150+ icons, so I can't use artboards anyways (CS6 restricts me to 100 artboards only). So I tried to use slices, but where do I go from there?

Any pointers?


texts: Color of an object as a Variable in Illustrator

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Is it possible to have the color of an object as a Variable?
In my particular case I want to change the color of a rectangle with my datasets.


texts: Photoshop CS 6: Oblique perspective tile set creation - preserving quality

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I am creating texture maps for my oblique perspective RPG...

I am able to create the front aspect fine, but run into issues with the side/45 degree angle texturing.

I don't want to have to redraw the texture each time for the side view, so to be efficient I just transformed and skewed the front texture to be at a 45 degree angle. The problem is, it appears all stretched out:

How can I skew the front texture to 45 degrees such that the quality is preserved?


texts: Expanding shine made with bevel and emboss

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I have made a shiny button with bevel and emboss. I like how it shines in the corner. Is it possible to extend that shine to the right and down?
Here are my button and bevel & emboss layer settings:


texts: How to combine psd files as artboards in one psd file in Photoshop CC 2015?

texts: In new brand Photoshop CC 2015, adding artboards in one psd is now possible. Is there anyone who knows how to combine existing multiple psd files as artboards in one psd file in Photoshop CC 2015?


texts: I'm trying to think of a way to graphically represent the idea of credit, as in money owed. Are there any conventional solutions to this?


texts: How do I move a layer 1px Down and 1px Right?

texts: I have created a layer and I need to move it exactly 1 pixel right and 1 pixel down. How do I do it? Please help.


texts: Can you link text data to an Illustrator graph using variable importer script?

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I have an excel file linked to my illustrator file using the Variable Importer script found here: https://github.com/Silly-V/Adobe-Illustrator/blob/master/Variable%20Importer/VariableImporter.jsx

My data is set up like this:

Without splitting up the spreadsheet, I would like to achieve the following result using a bar graph in Illustrator:

My first idea was to try linking the variable HC_current within the Illustrator chart (so rather than showing "328" it would say "HC_current" and the data would cycle through). This did not work.

Has anyone come across this before? Any ideas on how to link text data to a chart in Illustrator? Your help is appreciated!


texts: Fit objects into certain size in Illustrator

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I have 20 logos with different sizes. I would like them all to fit (maintaining proportions) into certain size – let's say limit both width and height by 100px. So that they can be later redistributed into a grid by another script, which will look ok.

Example: Original 2048*1024 should scale down proportionally to 100*50.

How can I do this?


texts: Disappearing characters while typing in InDesign

texts: I am trying to place numbers on successive rows by typing the number and tapping the enter key, then typing a number and so on. I can type the first number, but when I tap the enter key the following numbers  do not show up.  The overset text box becomes active immediately. If I click on that, it creates a new textbox, but there are no numbers showing up. I can type text, hit the enter key and type more text, and hit the enter key, etc., but numbers don't work.


texts: How can I find out the exact color of a semi transparent element?

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I have a blue box, added on an image.

I need to integrate it in HTML, but thing is, that blue box, in the PSD, has been flattened. So I can't go and pickup the original color hex and the % of transparency that that box has.

The transparency, when you've got the original color hex, can be approximated easily (just put it next to the box, and change the transparency util it fits). That technique doesnt quite work for the hex.

So do you have a quick technique to find out the original hex of a semi transparent element when you cant just put the opacity at 100 and get the original hex?


texts: Can I automatically apply a different paragraph style to all paragraphs beginning with a specific character style?

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I'm laying out a very long encyclopedia which has lots of entries. The title of each article is inline with the first paragraph (each entry has multiple paragraphs), but does have a character style applied.

If I can apply a paragraph style to each of those opening paragraphs, I can use that to space out the articles, rather than manually applying the style approximately 5000 times. Can anyone suggest how that might be possible please?

edit: Sorry, I should have specified, this is InDesign with linked text frames throuh 450 pages


texts: How can I apply the outlines and curves of a font to a logo?

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I'm playing with a logo and I'd like to be able to use the font outlines to create the basic symbol. For example, I'm trying to create new leaf utilizing a slab serif font.

What is the best way to approach this problem?


texts: Illustrator: how to unbend a bent group?

texts: How can I get this back to its original, straight form?


texts: How to get 16-bit grayscale color picker in Photoshop

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I am creating a 16-bit grayscale drawing in Photoshop. Unfortunately, the color picker doesn't show 16-bit grayscale numbers (0-32768). Without being able to input exact values, it's very difficult to choose accurate colors.

Does anyone know how to set Photoshop to show an accurate slider or how to accurately choose colors in this circumstance?


texts: Resizing Photoshop artboards since 2017 update

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Since updating to Photoshop CC 2017 I seem to have lost the ability to resize artboards by clicking and dragging on the edges.

It used to just allow me to do this if I clicked on the artboard name in the layers panel, or selected the artboard selection tool.

Is there a setting for this that I've missed?


texts: All of my effects are disabled in Photoshop!


texts: Is it a good practice to use small caps for all last names?

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I've gotten into the habit of using small capital letters every time I write a last name (both in LaTeX and by hand). Is this a good practice? Are there any recommendations on this subject?

I mainly write in English and French.


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I know that I can apply a perspective in Image > transformation but it doesn't give me enough freedom. For example, I've this image like that

How can I rotate this image around X axis or Y axis with a specific rotation: 30 deg around X axis. Is that possible?


texts: Photoshop Question regarding Fill/Stroke

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Recently saw a logo that had an interesting design:

I really like the mottled color effect within the letters "UC", and was wondering how I would go about doing something similar? I was thinking something with clipping masks, but I'm not sure.
Also, I noticed that the stroke (Border) around the shield is 3 different colors. How would I go about doing that?
Thanks for all the help!


texts: Illustrator: Bend 2D objects over the edges of 3D objects (extrude and bevel)

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I really like to create 3D objects with "extrude and bevel" in Illustrator CC. So is there also the possibility to achieve this? (found it here)

The objects bend over the edges and change their color. How could I do it with extrude and bevel? I tried to apply symbols, but they won't bend over the edges.

If it's not possible with extrude and bevel, what's the easiest way to do it?


texts: Why do yellow and red look good together in this photo?

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I've been looking into complementary colors and appealing color schemes, and I couldn't find any which suggested that this shade of yellow would look good with this shade of red. However, the picture below from Tarantino's Death Proof looks amazing (to my taste...).

What is the principal that ties these two colors together? And if possible, I would love to see more examples to demonstrate it.


texts: Tools that claim to reduce jpg size with no quality loss

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Microsoft used to have an "image resizer" as part of their Mini Tool Pack in Win XP and today, there are many such tools for Windows 10, some free and some not.

Lots of them claim to reduce the size of the jpg by 80% with no quality loss like jpegMini does: https://www.jpegmini.com

My question is, this seems logical for screen view but what about in print? When printing a 80x30 cm' digital wedding album, will the 300dpi print quality be the same quality even after reducing the file by 80% with these tools?


texts: Which is a stronger visual indicator for depth

texts: Which "effect" is a greater visual indicator for a line which looks to be travelling into the screen? A color gradient, or greater to narrower width (starting at full width on the bottom and narrowing as the top approaches)?


texts: Using Generate Image Assets to get repeating background from a shape with Photoshop CC

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Rephrasing my question for clarity.
I have a navigation bar that I've created from a Shape that has a border and a gradient.

How can I use Generate Assets, or Extract Assets to get 2nd end caps and a repeating 1px-wide vertical slice for both 1x and 2x resolution? i.e. from the Shape I want to end up with

end-cap-left.png
end-cap-left@2x.png
end-cap-right.png
end-cap-right@2x.png
1px-center.png
1px-center@2x.png

Should I extract the whole nav bar to 1x and 2x and then slice, or is there smarter method

Thanks in advance for any help, Steve


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Can anyone explain how to move the star, so it is 64 pixels above the text and howto align the star horizontally with the text?

When I use the Fuzzy Select tool on the black pixels, it only selects the outline of the star.

I use GIMP instead of Photoshop, if that makes a difference.


texts: Force "line extension"-like behaviour in Illustrator

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When having a single line in Illustrator and you manipulate one of the anchor points, Illustrator helps you a little by giving you a smartguide that aligns the anchor point along the current trajectory of the line.

Now I was wondering if this is also in some way possible with more complex shapes like a skewed rectangle or in my case a custom shape in isometric perspective which I would like to prolong while keeping the angle the exact same (rather than eyeballing it).

Thanks!


texts: Illustrator: How to trim of the edges of a line such that the line is aligned with the boundaries of a rectangel

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How can I cut of the parts of the black line inside the red rings such that the line is aligned with the boundaries of the green-blue rectangel?

The black line consists of 2 line segments with no fill that is joined together and the green-blue rectangel does not have any stroke.

I have tried to put a other rectangel object above the parts I want to remove together with the pathfinder tool withouth any success. I also used object -> path -> divide objects below. I have also tried the knife and the scissor. Finally I added a new anchor point on the intersection of the line path and the boundary of the green-blue rectangel, before I removed the old anchor point in the end of the black line without success.


texts: unite illustrator << need to get way i dont want lose colors

texts: i need help i want to get way to do unite and compound path without losing colors becoz i want uploaded into Circut design SVG FILE . i want to get the logo same as shown in first pic with unite and compound path


texts: How to put a 'gap' between pages in a spread in Indesign

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(sort of step 2 for this question but also technically a new question in its own right)

I have 4 pages side by side in a spread and i would like to put a small gap between them, to simulate how they will be pinned up on the wall. At the moment the pages touch edge to edge.

Is it possible to have these pages side by side but with a gap between them?

again; using Indesign CS5


texts: How to select colors for target audience based on age?

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Are colors and color combinations at all dictated by the age of your target demographic / audience? Since I think most would say yes than how do might I go about selecting appropriate colors for that audience?

Do I go off what competitors do? I don't know where they decided those colors.

Do I go off what leaders in that demographic do? Similarly I don't know where they decided those colors and if it works because of their demographic or works because of their product.

For example, Am I using too much gray on my webapp?, seems to feel Gray / Grey is an appropriate dull color for an older market segment. Where do they get this from? Is there any validity to it?

The website, Empower Yourself With Color, has a section on Age Based Color Preferences, but no reference to where it got any of it from. It also leaves a lot to be desired.

How do I select colors appropriate for the target demographic?


texts: The basics of webdesign for responsive grids

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I've never designed using a grid layout. I want to do that now so my developer can easily change the current layout, that is already made using a row/column grid.

I opened my software, made a grid layout appear and wanted to get going, only to realise I have no idea what the basic 'rules' are. I get the scaling down to different screens, being able to change the amount of columns per screen.

But what about the gutters. How do I use the gutters? I imagine an x amount of pixels between every object is not always wished for, what do I do if I need multiple columns next to each other? Do you go column to gutter, or gutter to column? And what if I want just one row with 3 column wide block + the gutter?

I made a quick illustration, I am hoping you can tell me which of these blocks are right or wrong.


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I am using Photoshop CC 2015.
We have several hundred images that need to be sized for web use. I have a 1,000 x 1,000 pixel template that I normally use to manually resize the images. It is quite time consuming & I'd really like to have a script or action to do it.
I've tried doing it with image processor but it's not quite what I need. I want them all to be sized to fit a 1,000 x 1,000 template AND I want the canvas to be 1,000 x 1,000. I hope this makes sense! Seems like there must be some sort of shortcut for this!

Thank you!
Dottie


texts: Stroke width seen only in Isolation Mode in Illustrator CC2017

texts: I am using the curvature tool and setting the stroke to 10 pt. But the line appears to be as thin as possible. Even if I change the color of the stroke, it is not seen. All the characteristics- the width and the color- appear only when I double click on the object and enter the Isolation Mode. I am using Adobe Illustrator CC2017. However, this problem is only seen in this file and it was not there earlier as well. Is there a setting I might have enabled by mistake? How to fix this?


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The documentation of Inkscape states (for groups)

  you can only node-edit one path at a time

However, this is extremely annoying when working for instance on vectorized bitmaps which consists of several layers.
In addition, I found this mentioning multipath edition being supported since 0.48...

So can multipath node-edit be performed "out-of-the-box"? Or would there be a workaround to apply e.g. the same translation to several close nodes in the group? Or at least a way to select several nodes in a group?

[EDIT]
Following the answers from Scribblemacher and the comment from Moini, I can sum up the situation for inkscape 0.92 as:

the documentation is outdated, multiple paths edit is indeed possible
F1 and multiple select, then F2 works for simple ungrouped paths
for some (unknown) reason, the previous answer does not work on vectorized objects and manual selection of the path using node edit (F2), then Shift-click is necessary


texts: Adobe Indesign - Table of Contents with Data Merge content

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I have about 100+ rows of content in a .csv and I'm bringing it into my Indesign template.  That's working fine but I can't figure out how to integrate it with the Table of Contents.

Has anybody gotten this to work before?


texts: Why did the size of copied elements from Illustrator to Photoshop change?

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I'm working on a comp provided by a designer. It's an Illustrator file. My normal workflow is I copy (to the clipboard) a visual element from Illustrator and paste it into Photoshop. This allows me to work on and prepare the element I need to turn into a PNG for use on the web.

The first day, elements I copied to Photoshop were large and high-res. I knew the percentage to reduce them when saving for the web in Photoshop to make them right (27.33%). However, on day two, when I copied elements (some same and some others, but all in the same file) they came through into Photoshop as regular size (e.g., I did not need to scale them down).

I never saved the Illustrator file, so it's not something in the file I might have changed. I assume this is some kind of setting?

I know this must be something bone-headed I did, but I can't figure it out.


texts: How can I use align to pixel grid without messing up the outline view in Adobe Illustrator?

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In Adobe Illustrator there is the feature of using 'Outline View'. It shows you the wireframes of your objects so you can see that they are properly aligned.

When I use 'Pixel Preview' I can see what the result is going to be if I export it to bitmap. So when a line of 1 px of width is not positioned at an exact pixel, there will be a blurry line.
I use the checkbox 'Align to pixel grid' in the Transform panel to repair this.

But, here comes my surprise, when I change to 'Outline View' my lines are not properly aligned anymore.

How can I use this function without messing up the outline view in Adobe Illustrator??


texts: I seem to recall from my reading (a while back) that kerning was a problem for the Gentium font in accented Latin characters.  Is this still the case?  And why would the kerning be different for accented Latin characters than for non-accented ones?


texts: Mass Combine ART & Text in Adobe Illustrator?

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I have 10 Design Shapes that need to combine With Hundred of Text name
Does it a way to combine it in batch ?
For Example I have
Design 1= Circle
Design 2= Square
Design 3= Triangle
etc.
Text Name1= Tony
Text Name2= Clara
etc..
I'm thinking to use CSV data to combine it. for example Circle with Tony Name (Inside Circle)
Square Design for Name Clara (Below Square)
Does it possible?
Thank you


texts: Is there a specific name for objects that changes based on perspective?

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Example 1

Example 2

I tried googling but can't find specific names.


texts: How to print diagrams that are too large for a single page readably?

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I made a big flowchart of an app. The app has many menus and pages, so it became a very big file. The dimensions of the diagram are:

Width: 272,21 cm / 17147 px
Height: 91,37 cm / 5756 px

This is much bigger than an A3 or A4. How can I make it readable across several pages? I want to send it as a pdf to my boss.


texts: How do you make a selection within a selection?

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Photoshop CS5: If I only wish to select the black portion of the below image (to create a layer mask with it), how would I do so? It was generated by clicking "Make Selection" from a vector shape that's made up of several paths (each of the triangles, then the rectangle that encloses them). Thank you in advance!

As a related follow-up, how do I add to a selection? i.e. If I make one selection, how do I keep adding more parts to it? Necessary to use paths?


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How can I add more white color to a Gimp layer?

What about adding other colors to it?


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I'm basically trying to trace the isometric view of a technical drawing in inkscape. I do know, that joining nodes on different paths is only possible, when the two nodes in question are the end nodes of the respective paths and the two paths are combined into one. I need to make T-crossings of more than one line segment, which form a perfect outer angle. Is this somehow possible?

In this picture, the upper right corner of the triangle forms a perfect angle with the two adjacent lines. The lower left corner, where an extra line segment is added doesn't.


texts: I have a drawing that I have traced with the pen tool and also given stokes. I am unable to color the drawing on illustrator. I attempted to merge the image, and use the live paint option. but that took away all the strokes and now it looks very untidy. Is there a better way to color in maybe on photoshop or a different application?


texts: How do i need to process an picture to make it look like the background of this site?

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Im currently developing an little game... Im a pretty bad designer and artist so i need a lots of help.

I just found a really cool main menu, which got a pretty interesting background:

As you can see in the background theres a part of the world map.
It looks really cool, so i downloaded an world map illustration which looks kinda old. I tried to reduce the opacity, but that just made it looks worse. Is there an other way to "create" such an background ?

Here's where I'm stuck: I want to add some realistic wrinkles to the following picture, to make it look a bit more used and older. Because i use this texture in a game, i want the wrinkles to have a specific structure ( For example wrinkles positioned to make them look like a square ).

Whats the best way to do that ? What tools do i need ?


texts: Help me find a non-commercial alternative to this commercial geometric sans serif?

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I am trying to identify this font:

Specifically, I would like to find a similar free font.
I have tried the identify font services described in graphicdesign.stackexchange but I get only commercial fonts.


texts: In Indesign when printing doc with transparent logo. The tranparent area is effecting the background colour

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I've creating a a4 advert for a magazine in InDesign CS6, I need to bring in a logo from Photoshop. The logo I'm using was originally transparent but was made up of a number of colours. I removed all of the colour so the logo was completely white but keeping the transparent background.

I've saved this .psd file and then placed it into my InDesign document.
All looks fine onscreen, but  when I come to print the transparent area of the logo is being picked up on the blue background, causing an overprint effect, so it shows up as a slighlty darker blue box shape.

I'm not sure if the issue is with the PSD file I'm reading in or our printer or what?

We have tried importing the artwork as a transparent .PNG, .TIF and .EPS file and it is still not changed.


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First of all I would like to say that I'm new to AI and PS, therefore there's probably lots of things I'm not doing right. I am using CS5 version.

I have a logo that is mainly black and white, but because of the grays, I couldn't trace it automatically.
So, instead, I made the path with the pen tool.
The problem is that now I have the path separated from the original image instead of what I really want. Which is the original logo with the path so I can have everything that is white transparent.

I also tried in PS to change the white to other colour (so then I could easily change it to transparent), but I couldn't because some grays also change.

What is the best way to trace/ vectorize my logo?

This is the logo I got


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I would like to create/export a vector image with fixed line widths, independent of the zoom level.
I've already found the possibility to use vector-effect="non-scaling-stroke" in an SVG image, which makes the line width independent of my transformations.
But that is not what I want. I need to create an image file that I can send to someone else, while he/she can open it in web/pdf/image browser, zoom in, while keeping the line width fixed.

Example: I have this image:

What I want after enlarging it 10 times in browser/pdf viewer:

What I got instead:

I'm struggling with this for quite long, so I wonder, is it even possible? I understand that with raster images, this is impossible in principle, but isn't there a way to achieve this with vector images?


texts: Should there be "seams" at the edge of the "tiles" when I fill using an image as a pattern in Gimp?

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I want to visualize what an image(768x1024) looks like when it's scaled down and tiled. I use Gimp, so I select, ctrl-scale to something small (whateverx180), select, copy, edit/paste as../new pattern (give a name, save), then I open a blank white canvas, and fill with the pattern:

Is it the expected behavior of the tool that I see those seams (the background color filters through) on the edge of the individual pattern?1

 1. It doesn't happen with the default patterns supplied. And I can fill the canvas with blue first to avoid it. The affected area parameters don't change the result. I made a comparison using Imagemagick's montage, and it tiles without those seams. I am a beginner.


texts: Is a Grotesque font another name for a Gothic font?

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Recently I have run across the class of a font and it was called Grotesque Sans.  When researched for what this was using grotesque font definition I was returned with:

  Gothic/Grotesque: Is frequently used as a synonym with sans serif. At
  other times, it is used (along with "Neo-Grotesque", "Humanist",
  "Lineal", and "Geometric") to describe a particular style or subset of
  sans-serif typefaces.

So does this mean that a Gothic font is also called a Grotesque font or is there more to it?  The closest Q&A I was able to generate was What makes a font a “gothic” font?


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In my document I have an olive leaf (top part of the picture), which I'd need to repeat so it would look like in the middle part of the picture. Leaves size and angle would need to vary a bit (something like = size +/-20% and angle +/-5°).
Bottom part was created by brush preset taken from the top part, which is easy to use and the result looks how I want it, except it doesn't keep the texture from the original but only one color and there's some transparency where leaves overlap.
I've created middle section by - duplicate the leaf layer, transform, change size, angle, repeat... which was annoyingly slow.
Is there a faster, easier way how to do that?


texts: What is the difference between "wrapped" text and "constrained" text?

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This question is based on the comments on this answer to another question.

What is the technical difference between text that is "wrapped around" a shape as opposed to text that is "constrained by" a shape?

Is this just 2 different ways to describe the same thing or are they opposing methods to conquer a similar obstacle?


texts: How can I cut up a raster image in Illustrator?

texts: I want to split this apple (jpeg) into pieces along the outline I've created over it. I created and edited a pie chart/graph for the lines, then edited it to conform to the apple shape. I want to be able to show one piece of the "pie" at a time as a separate image. I tried path > divide objects below and all of the pathfinder combinations I could. I used the graph tool to create the "pie" and edited it by hand to conform it to the apple shape.


texts: Change certificate's recipient name automatically

texts: I am about to design a certificate for 100 people. It is very time-consuming if I change the certificate's recipient name one by one. Are there any tools that can generate a list of names and paste each name to the certificate? I am currently designing using Inkscape.


texts: Create rounded gradient for a rectangle?

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I'd like to create a rectangle (in a vector graphics format) that has a gradient in black/white. The difficult part here is that I'd want it to follow a curve similar to the gradient in the image below. The image has distinct borders/regions. Advice for creating both a gradient with distinct regions as well as a smooth gradient will be appreciated! I've not yet decided whether to go with distinct regions or not.

How do I do create a gradient like that in InDesign / Illustrator / Photoshop / Xara Designer Pro? I am not particularly skilled in any of the programs.


texts: How do I draw pixel-perfect symmetrical elliptical shapes in Inkscape?

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I'm in the process of drawing a large envelope path on a large 12"x16" graphic.  Forgive me, but I'm new to Inkscape.  I'm having problems with drawing perfectly symmetrical pixel-perfect precise shapes.  My cursor is bouncing all over the place, and I can't seem to figure out how to set up my grid in which each intersection is an integer, and also how to get my cursor to snap to these grid intersections...

I'm assuming I need to set up my grid and snap to grid setting better.  But I'm not really sure how to achieve my desired result.

My graphic is 12"x16".  How do set up a grid so that I can snap my curser to exact integer points?  I can't keep my cursor steady enough to get precise enough ending points.  For example, I need 12.0, and not 12.7

How can I easily determine the center of the shape, and then again,  keep my cursor snapping to equal integer endpoints on the X axis?

Any help is much appreciated.

Regards,

Wyatt


texts: Indesign autoflow won't use existing textboxes

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I'm trying to reformat a book, but I can't get the text to autoflow the way I need it to. I have a couple textboxes in a masterpage that are linked together with the primary text flow turned on, and I imported the text into the boxes into the document and that seemed to work fine. Only I found out 350 pages in that it only filled out the existing pages and hadn't been adding any new ones.
I tried to just make a new page and autoflow the rest of the text from the last textbox, but it refuses to put the text into either the existing textbox or flow with the masterpage textboxes when I'm using autoflow. It creates new textboxes the size of the whole page every time. Manual and semi-automatic work fine, but there's hundreds of pages to go and that's just not feasible.


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I have a brochure that was sent to printing and the printer staff told me that I need to have the overprint turned off for some black text on a square that was to be printed with Metallic silver.

I think I have the overprint off, but I am not sure. If I go to Preferences and "Appearance of Black" the overprinting of black is On. But if I am in "Paragraph styles" for that specific text in "Character Colour" the Overprint Fill is turned off.

I tried googling it but I can't find the way to confirm if the overprint is off or not.


texts: Flash CS6 - how to replace a playing card index (i.e. how to type into same bounding box)?

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I've purchased a stock set of playing cards in .ai format and have successfully imported it into a Flash CS6 file.

However I have the problem, that the cards have english indices: J, Q, K, A - while I need russian letters instead.

I've spent many hours trying to replace the indices (using Text tool and "Break apart" command), however the results do not look good.

Main reason being, that I don't know, which font was used originally (something bold and condensed).

So my question is: when I select the index graphic to be replaced (like shown in the screenshot below) - is there a way in Flash CS6 to type a new character into the same bounding box?

I think this would ensure a pretty similar looking russian letter - almost regardless of the font I take:


texts: How to save PDF so actual size is the same as artboard size?

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I created an artboard that is 1416px wide.

I need to handle the PDF to a coder, with it having the same actual size as the website.

Yet when I save it as a PDF and he gives it a 100% zoom (chooses view>actual size) it appears a lot bigger than what I intended. I checked the file dimensions and it stills says 1416px wide, also if I export it for web as a JPG and compare the two the JPG has the correct size while the PDF is bigger.

JPG Actual Size

PDF Actual Size (A lot bigger)

Why could this happen?


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This is a web table I'm working on!, What tweaks should I do to make it look neutral?

This table is responsive as 2 columns will be displayed on a mobile device, 4 on a tablet and 6 on large displays.

would appreciate any suggestions or guidelines. thanks.

update1:
image when border applied,

update2:
black one


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Briefly:
First time making an animated GIF, I would like to create the GIF with drop shadows. However, the output of GIF exports has no more drop shadows.
Details:
I created 6 frames on Inkscape, each with their respective drop shadow. Then exported each as PNG.

Next I imported each frame as a layer in a new GIMP file, and used the Filter>Animation>Playback to make the necessary adjustments. (At that point the drop shadows are no longer visible).

Finally I exported the file as animated GIF, and drop shadows are no longer visible. See output:

Attempts:
Honestly I haven't seen any options on GIMP that seemed to be related to this. What can be done to get the shadows?


texts: Applying fills to an Illustrator line drawing

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I have a line drawing in Illustrator (I am very new to this so apologies for how dim I seem to be) and I want to colour it in but it seems my lines are individuals (I drew them with the pencil tool and then a circle around them).

How can I make it so that I can fill (and adjust according the colours in each section)?

It is a drawing a bit like a bicycle wheel (but with uneven spokes) where they are more or less radiating from a point to the outer perimeter. I would like to have each "spoke" in a different colour.


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There are a couple of documents I need to edit (making small changes) from time to time, and I only have them in PDF format. That would not necessarily be a big problem, except they use some fonts I don't have, so sometimes I had to convert text to shapes (groan) and write things in a different font (or spend time looking for similar fonts that are free). I would also like to recreate the documents in ODT format for easier editing, and getting the right fonts is an important step.

I identified the main fonts involved: Palatino, Baskerville and ITC Eras (each one with different styles) and found that they are supposed to be included with certain versions of Microsoft Office. They can be bought separately too, but they seem quite expensive. I don't have MS Office, and I use Linux most of the time.

So the main question is what's the best way to get those fonts (legally) or really close alternatives. Here are some options I'm considering:

Buying Office (or at least Word)
It looks like 2013 is the currently available version, and I couldn't confirm that it includes those fonts. I would also prefer to install the fonts in Linux if possible.
Buying the fonts individually
That would surely work, but the problem is price. Each font seems to cost at least US$30 for just one style, and that adds up quickly.
Buying font packages
It would be nice to find a reasonably-priced package of MS Office fonts, or some other collection of fonts that includes the ones I'm looking for. However, I haven't found any such package.
Finding free alternatives
So far I found a "Libre Baskerville" font that's quite similar to the Baskerville used in those documents, but I haven't found an alternative for Eras.


texts: Changing stroke width vertically but not horizontally in Inkscape

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When using paths in Inkscape, I can set the "stroke style" of some path to an amount and it works as expected.

However, at times I would like to change the vertical and horizontal stroke weight independently of each other, as is sometimes done for the letter "O" in various fonts:

The path is kept the same, it is just the stroke weights that have changed. Is there any way to accomplish this in Inkscape?


texts: Can I permanently set column visibility in the Content pane of Adobe Bridge CS5?

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I remove all the columns I don't want visible by right-clicking the column headers and deselecting the column from the list. But when I switch to a different directory of images all the columns are back. They've even reverted in the directory I removed them from...

How do i make my changes stick?


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What should I do to change this arrow color for example to #22A5D8

I am using photoshop cs5


texts: How to subtract a shape from other shape on Inkscape?

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Like, I have this shape:

Which is all contour and no fill. And I want to subtract those contours from another, let's say a colored circle with a slightly bigger ratio, such that the design will look like this in the end:

Which is all fill (the colored parts of the former circle) and no contours.

And yet, when I try to subtract one from the other, the result is just a circle-sized hole in the colored circle. What am I doing wrong?!


texts: Making Transparent Image Layer not effect top layer image

texts: I have an indesign image, that has a Transparency effect placed upon in via Objects->Effects. However, I would like the image that is on the top most layer above the transparent layer to not be effected by the Opacity of the bottom image. Is there a way to do this? I have tried the Knockout and Isolate options shown in the attached image to no success.


texts: Is there a software or programming method for document (PDF) separation?

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Is there a software for separating multiple PDF documents? Maybe with some sort of AI? For instance, I have multiple scanned PDFs and in each PDF I have tons of different documents inserted together. The trouble it is in finding where a new document starts and ends in each PDF, otherwise I could very easily do it with a bit of programming. Also, since I have multiple PDFs, this task done by 'hand' (selecting pages where each document starts and ends) it is quite difficult and it is really not an option.

So, do you guys have a suggestion or an alternative option? Maybe some PDF plugin? Also, I'm not entirely sure this is the correct stackexchange for this question.


texts: Software or web app for creating dependency graph

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I need to create dependency graph diagram for non-technical purpose - concept brainstorming. Tree diagram such as mind map doesn't meet my needs. Any software or web app you would recommend? Below are my needs:

Node

stereotype/node type
(must have) unique name
support at least 200 nodes per diagram.

Connection between nodes

optional label
(must have) each node may have > 1 incoming and outgoing connections
for multiple connections out of a given node, they can be grouped by OR or AND (or mixed of both)
(bonus) for connections grouped by OR, they can be assigned with weightage number.

User interface

(must have) create diagram through GUI rather than scripting (doesn't have to be drag and drop, perhaps dialog is even better than drag and drop for complex diagram).
(must have) auto-align to improve readability of diagram.
subgraph can be collapsed/expanded.

(Bonus) A bit greedy for diagramming, able to answer query such as:

which are the nodes having high number of incoming/outgoing direct connections?
which are the nodes having high number of upstream/downstream dependencies?

--- updated 2/29

Highlighted must have functionality.


texts: How can I make this logo look more obviously like an icing bag and a crown?

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For my brand identity class, I had to do a logo for a local bakery.
The first one is what I started with. The bottom is where I am now

The problem I'm having: I need to show lines or shapes indicating grooves in the icing bag because right now it's not reading an "icing bag" & a crown, more so a carrot and a crown. All of the options I've explored thus far don't flow with the overall shape. Because of this not being resolved, I haven't been able to really explore the type portion so don't mind the type.

How can I make this logo look more obviously like an icing bag and crown?


texts: Looking for a font with leaning A (image attached)

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tried the site what the font with no luck.  I am looking for a font (Free since for one time use in a title) that has this leaning "A".  I know the font is a popular one as I've seen it in many designs as of late.

Here is an example of a similar font found in an image online.  If anyone has any ideas what font this or one similar please let me know
Thanks in advance


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The standard answer seems to be this...
"You can save SVG files from Photoshop.
You go to a vector layer, shape layer, text layer - basically any non-rasterized layer that you have in Photoshop and right click on that layer to choose 'Export As...' this will allow you to pick SVG from the drop down list in the top right."
However, I do not have this option available in CS6... Why not?


texts: Using LaTeX in Inkscape 1.0 Beta on macOS Catalina

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I recently updated my MacOS to Catalina, with that, Inkscape 0.92.2 using XQuartz or X11 stopped working. Since I use Inkscape to make all my figures for conference papers and things like that, I decided to download the new Inkscape 1.0 Beta for Mac which runs natively, and is much better overall. The only problem is that the LaTeX extension doesn't seem to work anymore and I need it to efficiently make figures. When I run the LaTeX extension, I get the following warning:

  "Inkscape has received additional data from the script executed. The
  script did not return and error, but this may indicate the results
  will not be as expected."

The warning is this followed by this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "pdflatex.py", line 75, in <module>
    LatexGenerate().run()
  File "/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/share/inkscape/extensions/inkex/base.py", line 111, in run
    self.save_raw(self.effect())
  File "/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/share/inkscape/extensions/inkex/extensions.py", line 155, in effect
    for child in fragment:
  File "pdflatex.py", line 53, in generate
    G=True, pdf_poppler=True, export_type="svg")
  File "/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/share/inkscape/extensions/inkex/command.py", line 190, in inkscape
    return call(INKSCAPE_EXECUTABLE_NAME, svg_file, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/share/inkscape/extensions/inkex/command.py", line 182, in call
    return _call(program, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/share/inkscape/extensions/inkex/command.py", line 172, in _call
    process.returncode, stderr, stdout, args))
inkex.command.ProgramRunError: Return Code: 1: b'Unknown option -G\n'
b''
args: ['/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/MacOS/inkscape', '--export-file=/var/folders/pf/sqqwth9x1zvghm1pz61mp1r80000gn/T/inktmp6stavbpk/output.svg', '--pdf-page=1', '-G', '--pdf-poppler', '--export-type=svg', '--without-gui', '/var/folders/pf/sqqwth9x1zvghm1pz61mp1r80000gn/T/inktmp6stavbpk/input.pdf']

And nothing happens. Is there any other extension that works with Inkscape 1.0 beta or is there some way to fix this so that I can use LaTeX in Inkscape again?


texts: Rotating selected area causes pixellation - Photoshop CC 2020

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I draw a lot on photoshop but often use the selection tool to select parts of my drawing and rotate/resize parts as I go along. Until a few days ago I used to use Photoshop CC 2014 and had no problems doing this. What used to happen was that I would use the selection tool, rotate/resize the selection, notice that the transformed part looked pixellated but I knew that once I hit 'enter' all the pixellated edges would immediately 'smooth' out so it was no problem.

However, this 2020 version no longer 'smoothes' out the edges once I hit 'enter'. I've been messing with the interpolation settings to try and overcome this but I see no difference. I know that this must be possible to achieve since it is something that used to happen in the 2014 version. It's probably some small setting which I have forgotten to enable. However, most of my settings got transferred from the previous version so I am pretty clueless as to how this has happened. Anti-aliasing on my selection tool is currently enabled.

Attached are screenshots of an example and my settings to help illustrate what happens (unfortunately I no longer have access to the 2014 version so I cannot show you a comparison of what used to happen).

I am new to posting here so any help would be much appreciated! Thank you!

(At 98% zoom)

Settings:


texts: How to apply, blend or overlay a texture or pattern image to a layer in Photoshop?

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I've got a grunge texture JPEG that I downloaded from Premium Pixels that looks like this:

and a text layer on a black background. I want to blend or overlay the image file to create a worn-out, distressed, grunge texture effect on the text layer.

So far I've tried applying the image to my text layer as a clipping mask, with the Blend Mode: Multiply, and lowering the opacity to 50%.

My Photoshop set-up looks like:

I'm aiming for an effect that looks more like the one in this image:

How can I apply the texture layer to the text to give this worn, distressed, grunge look similar to the one in my example image?

Click on images to see larger versions.  A bounty has previously been offered on this question and awarded to an answer.


texts: Illustrator CS5 (Mac) Pathfinder Tool Messing up Paths

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So I'm trying to cut an image out of a solid background in Illustrator CS5 (Mac). I do this fairly often and my typical workflow is to:

Place the image to be cut out on top of the background
Group the image to be cut out if there are multiple pieces
Select the top image and the background and use Minus Front on the Pathfinder

If the Minus Front doesn't work, I will sometimes use Divide instead. This usually works just fine and I can then delete the section that belong to the upper image, leaving me with the solid background with a shape cut out of it.

However, today I'm having an issue with the Pathfinder options messing with my paths. As you can see below, my shapes are perfectly symmetrical when I place them on the background. (The pink shape is the one I want to be cut out of the background).

I then tried using the Minus Front tool from the Pathfinder, and these were my results:

As you can see, my shapes have been distorted and messed up after applying the Pathfinder option. I tried this with the Divide tool as well and got the exact same results. I've done this process with much more complex shapes in the past, so I know the Pathfinder can handle it, I'm just not sure what could be causing this.

I've also tried using "Expand Appearance" because that usually fixes my wonky problems with shapes in AI, but I had no luck there as well.

Does anyone have any idea why this shape might not be cooperating with the Pathfinder tool?


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I'm working with an artist who is sending me png files. According to the printer, these files are to be 825 px x 1125 px at 300dpi. Seems straightforward enough to me. However, the artist keeps sending me files at 1650 px x 2250 px at 72 dpi though I've reiterated what size I need.

Here's the question. Is there a technical reason why, as an experienced artist, he's doing this? Does he know something I don't about pixels and dpi (like maybe this is a non-issue)? Or is he just being a jerk, lazy, or not paying attention? I'm still a novice at graphic design so I want to know if there's a good technical reason why he might be doing this before I make an issue out of it. Thanks.


texts: When designing for vehicle wraps, how do I align the baseline for type?

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I was looking for a rule or study that could help define how one would design text for a vehicle wrap.  I've noticed that some wrap a vehicle based on the vehicle's contours but some wraps' designs are based on a level horizon.

For example this van below, even though the graphic is small, it is wrapped level:

However, when you look at this vehicle wrap the typography follows the vehicle's contour:

I understand that it may depend on vehicle but what I am after is how the design should be considered. Is there a study that indicates typography on a vehicle in movement has a better chance of being seen when based on the horizon?  Is there a justifiable reason that typography on a vehicle should follow the contour other than it is aesthetically pleasing to one's eye?


texts: Illustrator: Change dpi and design size upon exporting to PDF

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I've made a 15' x 10' design that will be printed. The printer told me I should save it as a pdf at 15” x 10” (inches) @300dpi".

I'm very unfamiliar with exporting out files for print (I do mostly digital design) so would anybody be able to point me to a resource that could help me or give me an answer for how I can go about exporting my design at a smaller size (15" x 10") at 300dpi?


texts: How to Compare a Dot (used in printing) with a Pixel (used in websites)?

texts: I am a web developer but I am noob in designing. I have an html page of size 640 pixel * 800 pixel. I have converted this html page to pdf using wkhtmltopdf. But my boss is saying that we need to print this in 300 DPI. So make it so that it looks good. I am not understanding how to treat pixel with dots?


texts: How to substract a layer from another in Photoshop CS6

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I have basically a layer in Photoshop CS6 containing an "email" symbol image. It has a transparent background, and just a red email symbol on top:

Now I would like to subtract that red stuff to a white ellipse to get a white ellipse with a transparent email symbol in it.

I have tried creating another layer with an ellipse and searched all over Google for "how can I subtract two different layers" or whatever, none of my tries brought what I want :(

I don't if what I'm saying is precise enough or appropriate, first time here. Don't hesitate to ask if I forgot something!

Thanks for the help,

Florian


texts: How can I create a "pill" SVG image in XML (by hand)?

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I need to generate an SVG image of a pill box, like so:

I know how to draw a circle with the <ellipse> element, how to draw a <path> element with the  M (moveto), L (lineto), and Z (closepath) attributes, and how to fill a shape with the style="fill:myColor;" attribute. What I need to do though is to start with a circle and be able to dynamically stretch it via code.

The usage is a circle over a shopping cart that will show the number of items in the user's shopping cart. I think the right way for me to do this is by defining all of the numbers in <defs> elements, and then dynamically including the numbers I need using <use> elements and setting the line lengths.

Can anyone help me on drawing this shape in code? What I get from Inkscape is multiple overlapping shapes but I'm not really very good with vector drawing programs. I think to get a code sample from Inkscape that I could examine, I'd need to break and rejoin the shapes, but I'm hoping there's a simple way or tag to just generate an arc and join them into one path.


texts: Recommended frame-by-frame animation software by using body parts?

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I have a game project, and I also have a side-view character I want to put in it.

I have the character separated in multiple pieces: head, torso, arms, hands, legs... etc. Because I plan to make rather fluid animations.

I need to make my animations frame-by-frame(Frame1.png,frame2.png...).

I have managed to put all the body parts in Photoshop and animate him. Since you can't use timeline animation for rotating objects, I had to do it using the visibility tools (which was quite a pain).

Such technique works: it does output my animation alright. But it is very time-consuming.

So I'd like to know: do you have any better software ideas to do this? Something to make the animation easier to produce & export it?

I have considered Flash (you could even use tweening to make smoother animations and it also allows rotation alright) - but it might be a bit overkill for my purposes (I wouldn't mind using it if there were no other choices though)


texts: How can I make a shape look like it is made of glass?

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What are the general principles I can apply to make a shape look like it is made of glass? More specifically I want to make some simple graphics that give the impression of looking at a lens side (see below). I was hoping to find a scheme that would work for a variety of different lens shapes (convex, concave etc.).

So far I have tried to add contour to the lens shape which could be reflections from a light source very far away. The dark background colour reduces the complexity of any refractions through the lens as suggested by @Dom.


texts: In Sketch 3 how can I delete the excess of a shape like in Adobe illustrator?

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If I merge to shapes together or use a mask in Sketch 3 I want to be able to select the 'excess' and delete. For example I have a rectangle and then I overlap a circle with it. Then I want to keep the original rectangle and the overlap part of the circle but not any part of the circle that is outside of the rectangle.

So basically to keep all parts within the rectangle only. This is easy to do in Illustrator with the shape builder tool, you just select any part and can remove it. Sketch 3 seems to only have four options with shape combinations - none of which achieve this result.

I prefer Sketch 3 in every other way but its just missing this feature it seems.


texts: Align tool not working on Illustrator CC 2014

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It's kinda weird. I'm unable to figure out why 'Align' tool is not working on my Illustrator.

If it's of help; i'm on Yosemite with CC 2014 latest release.

PS: I'm using Mac for past 2 days only, so not much sure about things. Possibly i'm doing something wrong. Would really appreciate some quick help.

Thanks


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I'm pretty new to photoshop and illustrator and trying to create a simple text-based logo to use on my web site, for example: http://codepen.io/d3wannabe/pen/BWrbZa

You get wildly different versions of that depending on what browser you use to render the text (which is why I obviously must create the image myself), but for example on Chrome you can already see a blurriness around the edges of the font.

The problem I'm having in Illustrator is that when I write in a certain font (e.g. "Arial Rounded MT Bold" at 24pt), the font looks beautiful and crisp against my background colour at 200% zoom, but I start to see blurring at 100% - then I'm not sure what it is about the 'save to web' process, but the image loses further clarity by the time it ends up on my website (as a 'type optimised' png).

I'd read somewhere that photoshop was better for saving images of text for web, but I see a similar blurriness there even in advance of exporting (and of course a 200% zoom in photoshop just pixelates the image).

So what I'm really lacking is a step-by-step for-dummies type guide of how to get crisp images of text onto a website.  At this point I'm not sure if perhaps I've just chosen a bad colour contrast, or fonts that don't scale well - although I'm also wondering if there's something significant in the fact the font looks beautiful in Illustrator at 200% or larger - perhaps that means I should be exporting the font from Illustrator at a larger size than required and then doing additional downsizing (somehow!) afterwards - although of course again I can't trust web browsers to do that for me.

EDIT: I should also have noted that the effect is much worse on my monitor versus my laptop (tempting to say I have a bad monitor but there's many websites where the monitor version looks fine too!)


texts: Designing for online AND print. CMYK or RGB?

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I am designing a document in InDesign which will be exported to PDF for viewing online, which makes me think I should use RGB. But many viewers will also want to print the file. So should I use CMYK?

I don't want to publish two different versions of the same content.


texts: I have several png icons that I want to place on a colored circle but I'd like a white background immediately behind the image (see attached)...I can do it fine with the ones that are circles by creating a layer with ellipses tools and filling that with a circle, but I can't quite figure it out for other icons that are not a perfect circle...


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Probably missing something simple. I'm trying to set up a post card template that has a couple hundred images that I'm trying to merge:

I set up the .csv correctly, to the best of my knowledge:

but when I go to preview in the Data Merge panel I get the message that images are missing. Maybe I did not set up my paths correctly, or the files are not living in the proper folders?

First time using data merge for images so I'm probably missing something.


texts: What icon(s) would represent different timeframes in a dashboard widget?

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I'm working on a KPI application where basically I need to display the overtime trend of some indicators, for simplicity's sake let's assume the indicator is the number of visitors a web page has over time. I currently display the value and if it is increasing (positive) or decreasing (negative) compared to the previous period. From the same element I need to be able to switch timeframe (day, month or year) and this is where I'm stuck right now. I'd like to use icons for selecting the timeframe and adding a column on my element (something like this https://dribbble.com/shots/1129568-Los-Angeles-CA  -  see left column) but I can't come up with icons that easily differentiate day, month, and year.

How do you guys suggest me to tackle this issue?

Thanks


texts: Since my monitor is limited to sRGB, is CMYK color space fully visible within sRGB, or Adobe RGB color spaces, or not? Conversely does CMYK have a converted NTSC color gamut % like sRGB or Adobe RGB?


texts: (Batch) resize images to fit within circle

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How can I automatically resize hundreds of images so that each fits within the same-sized circle?
I have images (icons, in PNG format) with various shapes. I will be compositing these each with an identical circle background. So, I need to resize the images such that all the axes, in every degree, of the shape fits within a circle of specified size.
Most image resizing tools will resize assuming a rectangular shape. With differing shapes, this can result in an image that has been made too small with too much padding to the circle's edge; or that is too large, and overlaps the circle's edge.
What tool (I might use Gimp or Inkscape, but general discussion is also fine) can I use to automatically resize these images to each entirely fit within a circle, with their largest axis in any direction fitting to a specified circle?


texts: How to quickly change multiple colors in the same text area?

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As shown in the following image, how can I change the color of "Ms" or "Mr" in one go?

Is there any existing function that can be used or is it possible to script?


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I have a document with a lot of different 'chapters'. I want to have footnotes restart at every chapter which I figure I can accomplish by adding sections for each chapter. However, I want the sections to be anchored to certain text, for example the chapter title. That way, if I delete or add a bunch of text before the new section, it will move the section marker with it.

  Example: the section marker is on page 8 and I remove all the text from page 6. I now want the section marker to move to page 7.

How do I do this?

Extra: if possible it would be even better if I could use GREP to automatically add sections every time a certain paragraph style is used (for example a command that would add a section marker before the text in the paragraph style 'Chapter title').


texts: How to create embossed text in Photoshop?

texts: I am wanting to create text that looks like the following image:


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I am very new to design and I want edit the text of an logo which is white and translucent PNG image, so all I want to know is what is the proper way to do that in Illustrator.

For the ones who are interested, this is the icon (You may not be able to see it here because, as I said, it is white and translucent):


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  Need an Image Manipulation Program

I am looking for a good alternative of adobe fireworks for windows. I want Raster+Vector editing tools. Which server the logo design, screenshot modifications and optimizing images for print and web. Thanks for giving me your precious time.


texts: Who is responsible for text mistakes in a print project?

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I am a graphic designer and my project was to design and print a cocktail catalog. Everything worked fine till the client realized, when I delivered the printed catalogs, that a cocktail΄s description which was given to me was wrong.

The thing is, I sent many presented files of the work and was asking to check that everything was correct before printing the catalog and that because he made a lot of changes till the end of the desired layout.

I understand that it is also my fault, but isn't the client also responsible for this mistake?


texts: Transparency appears white on Illustrator CS6

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I'm digitalizing a map I drew and scanned, and overall everything is working, more or less, fine. I wanted to make the names of places stand out and found THIS tutorial on how to do a knockout border so the text doesn't clip with the land borders...
Starting state looks like this (notice the G over the black border)

But when I follow the guide step by step, it ends up looking like this:

despite having a 0% transparency border and the knockout option marked on the layer containing the Texts and Lands sublayers.
Am I doing something wrong? Or maybe it is a configuration issue?
EDIT: I've activated the transparency grid and it looks like this:


texts: How can I create a ragged edge on a box with an image mask in Illustrator?

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I apologize if the title of the question isn't terribly clear, I'm struggling with finding terminology that is adequate.

Essentially, what I am trying to do is create a rectangle that looks like a piece of old paper that has torn edges at the top and the bottom, as though it was torn off a roll. Here's how I've tried to accomplish this:

I created a rectangle
I placed an "old paper" image behind the rectangle
I created an image mask with the rectangle and image
I hand drew a line with the pencil and used the wrinkle tool to make it jagged; I drew the line such that it crosses the entire width of the visible rectangle and it sometimes breaks the top edge of the rectangle as well
I'm using Pathfinder's "Minus Front"

What ends up happening, I think, is that the image mask is deleted and I'm left with a jagged line and an image. How can I get the effect I'm going for?

(In case it's important, I need the final object to be one object so I that I can duplicated it and create a drop shadow.)


texts: Do front end developers need to know how to use Photoshop?

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I'm a front end developer that has never used Photoshop before and always designed my websites in browsers directly. I know that website development has changed a lot since responsive design came into play.

Is Photoshop still used to design websites? Should I invest in learning the tool?


texts: Can Animated GIFs be reduced in filesize by comparing regions that actually changed?

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Can GIFs be optimized so that only the changed regions (pixels within certain rectangular bounds per frame) are rendered / calculated in the final filesize?

This is assuming that by default - each frames are fully included in an animated GIF (I'm guessing this is the case when exporting from Photoshop's "Save for Web"...)

Does such compression exists that would also remain compatible to playback in any browsers (like a normal animated GIF)?


texts: Photoshop - Difference between two images

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I will try to explain my problem in few words. I have an image representing a person. Thanks to my code I manage to compute the background subtraction and have the resulting shape of the person in HSV color space. Unfortunately, I have some noise (as you can see in the image below) and I should properly choose the HSV values in order to minimize them.

What I should do (according to my professor) is:

  "Mark in Photoshop what the foreground for the image should be and calculate how far you’re off with specific settings".

Now, I can try to figure out how to extract the shape of the body and reconstruct what the final image should be. But I am definitely not able to compute this "distance" between what the image should be and the image that I am provided in order to find the HSV parameters.

Any suggestion?

Thank you in advance!

image http://imageshack.us/a/img707/2360/so85.png


texts: How do I rename multiple selected layers in Photoshop CC?

texts: I was searching this for a while, but didn't find a proper answer.  Does anybody know how to rename multiple selected layers at the same time?  Any help will be appreciated.  Thanx!


texts: Insert Chinese content into an Indesign document? Or with Incopy?

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Here's my scenario - I have some business card documents with UK data. Now the client needs a version of the cards for their Chinese department. Can I use Indesign/InCopy to let the client insert the foreign language into my document? PS: Never used data-merge or InCopy before.
Thanks, Henrik


texts: How can I increasingly widen group of objects in Illustrator

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I have a set of objects that are all the same width, and are arranged in a vertical line. I want to start at the bottom one and make the gradually get wider as you go up the stack. I would like the to widened from the center keeping them all on the same vertical axis.

The image shows 6 objects (cards) the bottom 57 objects are evenly stacked vertically on top of eachother. The top 3 are spaced out.

I thought I could make merge all of these objects into one and then widen the top plane but that does not seem to be working.

I am trying to give them a slight perspective.

How can I do this?


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I am wondering how can I achieve this pencil effect on an image using Photoshop or other software.

Is it some kind of painting? Or is there some converter tools? What I want is to convert a simple image to this effect.


texts: Typesetting: Meaning and use of dashes in publication from 1751

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I am in the process of transcribing a text which was type-set and published in 1751. In the original text, I am coming across a lot of dashes in varying lengths which are used all throughout the text. See the images below, I have marked them on one of the pages.

Does anyone know what the meaning of these typographic devices is? Why are they used and how should they appear in the transcribed version of the text?


texts: Is there an option for rounding rectangles manually in Illustrator CS6?

texts: I am using Illustrator CS6 and when I want to make a rectangle's corners round by using the direct selection tool and doing it manually, there is no option for that. So how to do so?


texts: How do you bypass having to manually save during Photoshop batch processing?

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I have over 600 JPG images, and I need to apply the same action to all of them and then have them saved to a new folder. I tried batch, but after each image it brings up the JPG options dialog asking me to choose compression and what not. I want it to just save it automatically. How can I do this?

Note: I already tried "Override Save As Commands" and after it's done the destination folder is always empty.


texts: Exporting a shape from Illustrator in multiple colours at once?

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I'm creating assets for a game using Illustrator. I have created a bunch of shapes, and i want to export each shape in 24 different colours (which i've made swatches of, if that helps)
I was wondering if there's a way of doing this in some kind of batch process? (rather than copy and pasting the symbols a bunch of times and changing the colour then manually saving them)


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First off, forgive me if this is a stupid question. The graphic design community isn't my ordinary community, so all the concepts are very foreign to me.

I was looking for ways to anti-alias a sprite for a video game, and upon searching common queries such as "how to anti-alias an image", or "anti-aliasing a sprite in photoshop" I received very little information. Maybe I'm just not looking very hard and am missing something very obvious, but it looks like there isn't one program or one well-defined way to input an image and get an anti-aliased version as output.

I saw a lot of specific situations for anti-aliasing, a lot of which was focused on anti-aliasing fonts for some reason. I was expecting to just see an "anti-alias filter" in photoshop in the first few search results but there doesn't seem to be one (again, unless I'm just being stupid).

So is a lot of anti-aliasing just done by hand? What are some techniques professional sprite artists use to anti-alias their images? Are there programs that do it automatically, or is the only way to get it good results to do it yourself?


texts: How to reduce the number of nodes in a traced map using inkscape?

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I was trying to incorporate a map outline in a logo using trace bitmap feature in inkscape. I was able to trace with some modifications in the setting, but the problem is it has more number of nodes. I am trying to reduce the number of nodes using simplify command, but as soon as I do this I am loosing the curves of the map & even getting variable thickness. Is there any workaround to solve this problem. Also is there any other method to include maps in a logo without tracing?

This is the image what I achieved after tracing.

The same image after using path- simplify.


texts: From Freehand to Illustrator. Color conversion

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I have an old Freehand file and it has a rectangle with the Pantone 187 CVC. I use 2 different ways to update with multiple versions of Illustrator:

I export the Freehand file as an .eps file and open it with Illustrator CS6. I select the rectangle, I go to the swatches panel and effectively see it is 187 CVC. I double click the icon of the Pantone color and it gives me spot color C:0; M:90,98; Y:72,16; K:23,53.
I export the Freehand file as an Illustrator 7 file. I open the Illustrator 7  file with Illustrator CS6. I select the rectangle, I go to the swatches panel and it is a Pantone 187 CVC but it has a very different aspect compared to the other file from the original .eps. So I double click the icon in the swatches panel and it gives me spot color: C:27,11; M:100; Y:81,03; K:27,24 (If I go to an Illustrator CS4 or CS5 and I open the Freehand It gives me the same color situations).

How is it possible that the same Pantone in the same versions of Illustrator (CS6) gives different CMYK values and clear screen differences?

What process of conversion can I trust?


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I have a client that requires me to submit at least a homepage of my proposed website design. However, I just recently known that he already contacted some other freelancers who incidentally are my known friends. They did the same but after that they are not contacted anymore. So my thoughts are, maybe this client just wish to compile every design then might give it to a cheaper freelancer.

Do you think I need a NDA to protect my design?


texts: The Possibility of Digitally Printing Greys without Getting the Grainy Effect

texts: I'm trying to digitally print a shrink wrap label that will have some pretty small font on it. (The overall size of the label is 81mm x 84mm) Preferably, different sections of copy on the label would be distinguished in various shades of grey. The printer I am working with is worried that by not printing all the copy in black, the text will be grainy. Is there a way to prevent this from happening?


texts: instructions to give photographer when shooting for web

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I work with a team of graphic designers. The most common challenge we have is how to use photography which is great by itself, but when it comes to using these on placements across the website or app, the composition of the photo doesn't match to various ratios (e.g. a portrait picture cannot be decently designed to fit in a landscape banner).

One solution would be asking the photographer to always step out a few steps back when shooting so that in the output will have extra elements of the background to work with for designers. How could we give some practical and workable instructions to the photographer? or is there another way to solve this problem.


texts: How can I replicate this pattern in Illustrator?

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I'm trying to replicate the background pattern of this image in Illustrator CC but am not having much success. I tried the star tool, but it didn't look right.

Updated
When I select all the lines and click divide on the pathfinder panel, they disappear. See below.


texts: Exporting Multiple Sizes for Print - Automation

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I have loads of images i need to solve the following problem with.

Each image is a unique size, I need to export each of them for print at a couple different page sizes. e.g: A1, A2, 3inch x 5 inch etc.

Is there a way to do this automatically or with a batch process?

I am struggling with the fact they are all different size source images. Currently i am doing it by creating the different artboard sizes in Illustrator with a mask and linked file. I replace the linked file each time but need to manually resize.

Thanks in Advance.


texts: How to prevent edges of a layer without transparency from becoming semi-transparent when scaling up with Shift+S in GIMP?

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If I open a JPG as a layer and scale it up 2x with the Shift+S tool, I notice that the edges of the scaled images are now semi-transparent, even though the JPG does not have transparency information of course.
How to prevent that?
Tested on GIMP 2.10.18.


texts: InDesign: Limit the minimal number of characters in the last line of the paragraph

texts: Is it possible to automatically limit the minimal number of characters in the last line of the paragraph, so that when InDesign Paragraph Composer does its job and hyphenates the paragraph, it ensures that the last line is at least N character wide?


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I placed a video as an F4V in my InDesign document, saved it as an interactive PDF and emailed it.  When I send it to myself, download it and open it, it opens in Adobe Reader and plays just fine. If I just click on "View"  I see the image but it does not play.  When I email it to my client he tells me it is not there at all. not even the image, let alone one that plays  Other interactive elements work just fine, like links to his website or Face Book.

I am new to this and he is my first client.  Can you tell me how to fix this problem?

Thank you so much,   Linda Lamme


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Goal: To come up with a set of curves on different scales to reproduce the typical "metro map" look. Also to learn what this kind of curve is called (not bezier, not rational?)

Given the following circular path, I would like to "cut" it along the lines shown in order to yield eight segments. I would repeat this process for various sized circles so that they nest as in the London tube map screenshot lower in the post.

In the end, I would remove the "fill" (the resulting paths would be "open" anyway, so unfilled anyway) and outfit it with a thick "line" to make the "tracks" of my would-be metro map.

I tried every variation I could think of, with the circle and line on "top", using intersections and masking, perhaps I'm simply doing something wrong, I never used Sketch to modify shapes before.

Any option, including using the intersection points to add additional control points to the circle (so that I could select, and duplicate just two control points to get a 1/8 or 1/4 radius would work for me.

My alternative would be to learn enough geometry to write this as script for Sketch (luckily I'm a software engineer) and "program" out paths with the correct curvature, but I'm quite sure that turns out to be more difficult that it appears, not to mention my knowing nothing about geometry to calculate where the line 1000,0|1000,0 intersects the circle at north-east on it's face.

If I would have the luxury of using Illustrator I suppose I could use the "Pathfinder" tool to "outline" my shapes, according to this page:


texts: How to assign different border styles in Sketch?

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I needed to assign different border styles for a shape, let's say rectangle. For example, I want to make a #666 1px top border and #333 2px bottom border like we do in CSS.

{
  border-top: 1px solid #666;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #333;
}

Anyone knows a practical way to do this?
Any help would be appreciated.


texts: How to revert all graphic sizes after library update in Flash?

texts: I made a SWF with some png's, but I didn't realize that shrinking the png's would make the graphics look shotty.  I want to have straight non-pixelated lines, so I updated the png's with a smaller size.  Now, is there a quick way to revert the graphics to their original sizes?  Or do I have to create the SWF all over again?


texts: What type of graphics style is used in the WP Bones website?

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I'm trying to design a couple of graphics and a header image for my website .

I came across the "Bones" website and really liked their style of graphics for the clouds and background sky.

The website can be viewed here

Can anyone tell me if this type of styling has a name, or any resources out there that can show how to make these kind of graphics?


texts: How can I set the height of my website to be the same height as the visible browser window, with no vertical scrolling?

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I want to design a portfolio website, and I don't want it to scroll vertically.

What are the dimensions for this kind of website, like the standard browser height?

How can I create a website that's the same size as the visible height of the browser?


texts: I wonder where drop caps should be used. So far, I only see them in column of newspaper. Are there any cases which drop caps shouldn't be used, like in scientific papers or brochures?


texts: Difference in logos - terminology question

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Whats the difference between a classic logo like apple and something like this :

or

Are they both called logos? If not what would the later be labeled as?


texts: PowerPoint persistent default styles for shapes

texts: For every PowerPoint I work on, I always have set a new shape's fill, its stroke, and take off its default shadow.  Once I give it my look, I know I can keep this as a default style with right-click | set as default shape. (I think should be renamed "set as default style".) However, new shapes only take on my style for the current file, not for every new file I create.  Is there a way to have these style settings persist for all new files created?


texts: Best printing quality for wall mounted poster?

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So I've recently got an image that I'm trying to get printed to a good standard. I've started reading into printing methods and its a very confusing mine field. (CMYK, RGB, matt, glossy, acrylic etc) I'm in way over my head.

Anyway i've been told that my picture is based in RGB colours but the industry standard is CMYK. I converted my poster to CMYK and got it printed, but I'm not entirely happy with the results. I'm fully aware that the full spectrum of RGB can't be printed in CMYK and it may look different on my screen than what is printed in real life. But my print still looks so dull and lifeless.

I have some posters in my room that I bought that are bright, vivid and would be happy with their colour style. I've been trying to find out myself but its very confusing without anyone to ask or even physical copies to look at.

I emailed a high end company and they recommended "Original photo print under acrylic glass". Does anyone here have any advice on what I should go for? I want the highest quality wall hanging poster. If you were to get something printed to hang on your wall what printing style is the best?

Question

I'm looking to get a poster printed, what's the best method of printing for detail/looks for wall hanging?

Thanks!
Tom


texts: What are efficient, responsive and accessible workflows to create data tables?

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I will soon have to design several data tables collecting text data to compare different tech services.

I am therefore wondering what the best practices to make data tables are today.

They don't have to be design-heavy, but:

they should look good on mobile and desktop,
they should be easy to print,
they should be compatible with screen readers for the visually impaired,
it should be quick to edit/design/publish,
there should be some design elements, like fonts and cell color, header title.

I only found this article while trying to understand how people make tables in the age of mobile, which suggests a code-based workflow.

I gave InDesign (which I use everyday for layout) a try at making tables, but I found the workflow too cumbersome and I'm currently using Apple Numbers and exporting to PDF then edit the PDF in Illustrator and InDesign.


texts: How do I replace a color with pure white?

texts: I have a simple image with an off-white background.  I would like to make that off-white background be pure white.  I can use the "Replace Color" tool to select the off-white but I don't know how to then get that selected color to be set to my desired color of pure white.


texts: Should I use "fake typography" in illustration?

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So I want to make an illustration of two sheets of paper and a smartphone with a restaurant menu. It's gonna be featured on a webpage next to a paragraph of text.

My question is: should I use real or fake letters in the illustration? And how to make fake typography look good? On the one hand, scribbly pseudo-letters might seem confusing but on the other, I don't want to suggest any stuff or prices + I'm afraid that real words might distract from the text next to the illustration.


texts: Is there a term for vertically low typefaces?

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I am looking for a choice of fonts where (in capitals) the horizontal lines are relatively low. For example in this Martini logo:

The horizontal in the A and R are way below the middle of the shape. Perhaps there is a term for this like "ground-bound" fonts or something.

Otherwise, perhaps somebody knows a list of fonts with this characteristic. Thanks.


texts: A filter to map lightness to hue of a pixel

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Is there a filter to map the lightness of source pixels to the hue value of a pixel?
I'm looking for some sort of effect similar to the "Colorama effect" in After Effects?


texts: Editable PDF export for Client with Affinity (Do not want to use Illustrator)

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I am learning Designing and looking in affinity designer. I want to create simple editable PDF (only name and few words may be editable) by client.

As I understood AFfinity does not provide way to create editable PDF.

My question - is there a way with Affinity (Photo, Deisgner or Publisher) where I can design everything using the software and let customer edit/ add very small details like name etc?

Thanks


texts: How to I change a .psd format to .jpeg format without photoshop?

texts: I took my work home from a photoshop class, not realizing I didn't save my pictures as .jpeg instead i saved them as .psd and I don't have photoshop to change them, is there a way to change a .psd format to .jpeg format without using photoshop? Or is there a way to add a .psd to a powerpoint without photoshop as well?


texts: I was stucked in this. I want to apply this yellow color in this shirt and has this texture. I tried many ways and change all of mode in layer chanel but it can't be the color which I want and has texture.


texts: Is there a script that can list the fonts used in hundreds of ai files?

texts: I have several hundred packaged .ai files but I need to know all of the fonts used is there a script or something that can generate a list of all the fonts?


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Is there is a way to see the size of the selection rectangle in Paint.NET e.g. if I select a 5x5 square, can I see that is it 5x5 without having to count pixels.

I know there is a ruler on the side, but it also requires you to calculate.


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I need to have 15 clones of an object 50 px apart. But I am only able to use 170 % distance through the X-axis. Whenever I try to use 50 px as width and 0 px as height, no clones are created. Please check the image below

The first row, I am doing it manually because I don't know the exact X-axis distance in %. It would be great if someone with knowledge of Inkscape can tell me how to make 15 of them in a row with 50 px spacing. Tiled clones or some other method. Thanks.

This is what I have now


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I'm printing a document from InDesign that contains vector and raster images. My raster images print great, but my vector images are fuzzy around the edges; in some cases the edges are downright jagged.

I've gone back to Illustrator and set the Document Raster Effect Settings to have the Anti-alias checked. I double checked that the resolution was also set to high. I've tried setting my InDesign print graphic settings to All.

Nothing has worked, my vector images (imported to InDesign as .ai files) still print with blurry/jagged edges. Please help!!!

Edit from original Post:

I've tested a few new things.

Printing the vector images from Illustrator - they turn out great
Creating a new document in InDesign and re-importing the .ai files - still print poorly
Co-worker printed one of the .ai files from InDesign on his computer - turned out good
Exporting the InDesign file as a PDF and printing that - the images turn out great
Turning all the vector images to PNGs - the images turn out great

With the last 2 things I tried, I have a work around, but am still puzzled why this is happening. It'd be nice to figure this out for future projects. Could my InDesign program be corrupted?

Thanks!


texts: What is the best way to make text fit inside a circular shape?

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I'd like to create something like this:

(see design peg)

Ideally, the text should be editable so that any letter combination can be used.

I know I can do it quickly (and keep the text editable) by just using Warp (Photoshop/Illustrator) or Envelope Distort (Illustrator), but it doesn't look as nice. The text is editable though. I included some samples in the linked image above.

I can do something neater and closer to the example by making the shapes manually, but of course the text isn't editable. I'd have to make each letter, from A-Z, manually, in each position (left, middle, right). I included a wireframe example in the linked image above.

Is there another way for me to do this so I can still keep the text editable, while having  the result look nice and neat like in the design peg? I was thinking that I'd really just have to do the letter shapes manually, because the design peg looks like that how it was done, but I may be wrong. If so, let me know if you know of a better way to do this. I may be missing on a tool or effect I don't know about. Thanks!

P.S. I did try to use WhatFontIs and WhatTheFont to see if I could find the font used in the design peg, but I didn't find anything close. That's another reason why I think it was done manually.


texts: I have been asked to create a form, where one can fill in their answer, (this will be a PDF, I am creating the form in InDesign). For some answers, three paragraphs will be required. Is this possible?


texts: Critique: Any advice on the design of my systems engineering résumé?

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So I'm creating a résumé for Engineering/Design/Computer Science internships, so I guess I am allowed to be a bit creative and less conservative here. I was working on this all day today, so it I am just going for a general look/feel for now. None of the little details like icon size and placement and text alignment have been looked at, and the content is still a work in progress. With my actual name being used, it lines up nicely with the 2B Systems Design Engineering subheading. I just wanted some feedback on the general look and feel of the résumé. For reference, I'm making this in Adobe Illustrator.

Also right now I'm using Myriad Pro as a placeholder font, so what other fonts would you recommend using instead? I've used Helvetica Neue many times before so I want something a little different and Avenir Next is a little too wide to fit in my content nicely.

Thanks!
EDIT: I fixed the contact info alignment as suggested here. I will wait until I finish all the content before adjusting font size/line alignment.

EDIT2: I should also probably note that I have more experience to add, I just haven't been able to type the content yet and I don't want to adjust the line spacing without finish that.


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I have quite a complicated path:

How can I get rid of this text so I have a standard line again.

(It is nerve wracking to alter the path while having text on it)


texts: How to achieve a metal engraving effect in Adobe Photoshop CS6?

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I want to make more realistic looking rotary engraved design mockups on a copper surface for clients but can't seem to get it quite right. I might need a new approach and could definitely use some perspective.

Details: I produce mockups/new designs within my engraving software, and export them as a PDF which can then be placed within photoshop over an image of the copper item I'm going to engrave. While it gives a good representation of what the design looks like, it doesn't convey what it will look like when finally engraved onto the material.

Basically, I'm trying to get the design on the second image, looking far more like the design in the first image.

Any help would be much appreciated! Example images are below showing, A photo of a finished engraving, the image I use in photoshop:


texts: Photoshop: can't make red rectangle but RGB channel is on

texts: Accidentally pressed something like ⌘ 5, and it must have changed the color channels. I made sure they are visible now, but the red is acting up. If I make the rectangle bright red it works, but a shade darker/lighter and the rectangle turns grey. Similarly, the red in my image is gone as if has just outlined things in red (should have red background with white text). What should I do?


texts: How does the distance between stationary point and picture plane effect perspective?

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I want to understand what happens when you increase or decrease the distance between the stationary point and the picture plane?

I tried drawing a border (approximately 9” x 12”) on a real window with duct tape to create a picture plane (using the area within as a transparent canvas).

My goal was to see what happens when I (stationary point) moved far away. The tree that fit nicely when I was at arms length suddenly got huge when I took a few steps back and eventually only the trunk was visible in the picture plane that I made.

My question is why did this happen and how can I relate it to drawing perspective?


texts: Which software renders a planar projection of a 3D object as a vector graphic?

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I would like to create two-dimensional projections of three-dimensional geometrical objects. The drawings should be in a vector format, SVG or PDF, which can be imported by Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator. On Wikipedia, I found the following examples (original SVG, CC-SA):

Those are isometric projections. A wireframe version thereof (black lines only) can be constructed with Inkscape's Axonometric Grid feature. However, this method does not help with shading. The sphere would look flat if the gradient was missing. Is there a program similar to Inkscape, which let's you choose the position of a light source and produces a planar projection with gradients?

An other shortcoming of 2D vector applications such as Illustrator or Inkscape is the difficulty to draw an object that is not aligned with the grid axis. Suppose, you'd like to rotate the cube in the figure by 20° without changing the perspective. How would you do this?

Note: With help from the answers found here, I found the following tools promising:

Vector Rendering Method for Blender (Free Software)
Maya Vector Renderer (Commercial Software)
Swift 3D (Commercial Software)
VectorStyle 2 for Carrara (Commercial Software)
Google SketchUp Pro (Commercial Software)
GeoGebra (Free Software)


texts: Extreme file size increase after editing in Photoshop CS5

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I have a PDF file which was saved from Photoshop, that I need to edit.
File size is 30 MB.

It opens in Photoshop directly, without an Import prompt window, so it was probably saved from Photoshop originally.

Then, after all the edits, I merge visible layers, so that the file would have roughly the same amount of information as before.

After it was saved, file size increased to 150MB, 5 times the original size.   Why? I haven't used "Save As" command so shouldn't it be saved with original settings and have roughly same size?

To add:
I compared the initial file and the edited file dimensions in mm, DPI and pixel dimensions, with Pitstop Inspect tool - they are the EXACT same!
The only thing which was changed is "Compressed file size" went from 19% to 37% of original size - what's up with that? What compression level does Photoshop use on regular "Save" command, how do I see/change it?


texts: How do I match image brightness in Photoshop?

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Say I have an image that had it's brightness adjusted.  I also have a small portion of the original unmodified image like this:

Is there a way in Photoshop CS5 to have the image's brightness un-modified by telling it to match the post-adjustment pixels to their pre-adjustment color then using the same adjustments apply it to the entire image where I don't have the original brightness?

Basically I want the ENTIRE image to have the same (original) brightness level as the small cube in the right hand image but I want it to be precise, not just guesswork with sliding the brightness slider and eyeballing it.

Is this possible?


texts: How to create a shadow gradient for a rectangle in PSD like this one?

texts: I would like to create something like this in Photoshop. Any hints? :)


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I asked the closed https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/16602/how-can-or-should-i-design-my-personal-and-professional-sites, and one of the comments was that if the commenter stumbled upon any of my sites, that commenter would conclude I knew nothing about design.

So can I ask resources, whether available from Safari or elsewhere, on how I can better learn design?


texts: Is there any trick to dynamically color low-poly designs?

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I know the normal method is to fill the the areas with original color from the photo above which the triangles are residing. But I'm looking for an easy way to color them with random colors (all while maintaining the harmony ofcourse). In other words, inclusion of dynamic colors without disturbing the harmony if possible. The recolour option doesn't look so promising. I know one way is to manually fill every area as last resort. But anything other than that?
I'm looking for something like these animals in these projects -
https://www.behance.net/gallery/29670207/ADI-bank-Youth-Cards
https://www.designcontest.com/blog/inspiration-gallery-low-poly-art/

Working with Affinity Designer and Adobe Illustrator.


texts: Delete similar object in multiple page pdf - Adobe Acrobat DC pro

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I have a 588 page pdf file.
It has on every page the same objects that need to be deleted.
Does anyone know how to select those same objects on every page and delete them without selecting them one by one? (acrobat DC Pro)

Cheers!