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I am trying to align a text layer to the vector mask directly below it - the top two elements displayed in the Layers Panel in the below image.

For some reason, with both layers selected - although the align tools become active - clicking on any of them does not produce any result.

Through a process of elimination I have made certain that the problem is with the shape layer, not the text layer. The shape layer also behaves erratically in that when I select it and attempt to move it, as in the image, the entire canvas area seems to move (as denoted by the grey outline), but the shape layer itself stays put.

The shape layer is not locked, or linked to any other layers. I have tried restarting PS with the same result. Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening?!

EDIT:

I would add that I tested this kind of alignment in another part of the document, with the following two layers selected, and I was unable to perform all alignments without problem.

Unless there is something I am missing, I can only assume this is some kind of bug? For what its worth, these white boxes that I am attempting to align the text to were copied in from another document, but I can't see how anything might have happened when they were brought over.


texts: Increasing region luminosity in Photoshop

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Ok, bear with me here as I may be using the wrong terminology...

I have a nice image of a wooded scene (not handy unfortunately).  Basically it is a winding dirt path through an area of forest, with the path surrounded by small blue flowers.

In my head, I have a picture of the effects I would like to achieve, however I'm not quite sure how to go about doing it.  My googling has led me to increasing overall brightness, and changing the histogram, but I don't think this gets the effect I want.

Basically, I want to take my image, give the woods a kind of darker...HDR sort of effect (which I have been able to do by making it black & white, and then using a blend mode on top of the original), and then the important part: I would like to make the flowers "glow" their natural color.

In summary, my stumbling block is how to achieve a brightened region of color that accentuates these flowers, while still retaining a decently natural look, but here is where my Photoshop-fu breaks down and I end up with something very unnatural looking.

Edit:

I'm using Photoshop CS5, and here's the image in question...

Edit the second:

Ok, sorry guys.  The image host is blocked where I work, so I'm just now seeing your wonderful contributions.

Hrulga is probably the closest so far, but what I was imagining was taking that a little bit more extreme.  So basically I am hoping to take the somewhat fluorescent color you came up with and make it really glow in that area....maybe such that it seems like it is giving off a foggy sort of light.


texts: Indesign - How to create a conditional space between fields in a data merge

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When performing a data merge in InDesign, is there a way to conditionally include a space between fields? Something like as follows:

<<Title>>[conditional space here]<<Name>>

Not all records have a <<Title>> and Remove blank lines for empty fields is checked.


texts: iOS application for viewing a Photoshop file in real time in a device?

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I need some help in finding some application(iOS/system) where I can view my Photoshop file in real time on my iPOD(5th gen). I have tried Adobe Edge Inspect. Is there a better alternative?

If viewing a Photoshop file is not possible, then maybe a PNG.

Thanks,
Mayank


texts: How to open or save as ico in Photoshop CS6

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This plugin to open and save as .ico in Photoshop has been around for a while, but I can't seem to make it work for CS6. According to this question in the Adobe Forums, the plug-in works if installed in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\Required\Plug-Ins\File Formats but it's not doing anything. Do you know of any alternative plugins for CS6? I'm using win seven 64 bits.

EDIT: The plugin does work, just not for images that are bigger than 256px x 256px.


texts: Free font similar to Viga with Polish characters?

texts: I'm looking for a font similar to Viga with Polish characters (Latin), preferably one from Google Web Fonts.


texts: I am really new to Illustrator. I was going throught Qs and As on this site when i came across "clipping mask". Please what tool is that and how do i use it?


texts: Does someone know of a script to automatically put specific texts as footnote text?

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A little while ago I made this post. Because of that I can automate placing footnote references where they are needed. Now the problem is that the actual footnote texts are just placed randomly in the text. So it might look like this at some point in the text:

1 This is usually due to radiation on Mars
2 See also: S. Soddus, a guide to the universe

Then there will be some text in between and a page later you'll get

3 Some more footnote text about the universe
4 You get the point

So now I would really love to find a way to automatically cut-paste each text and place it with their respective footnote references. By using the technique described in the linked post, I've created empty footnotes at the bottom of the pages. Now I'd like to fill in the first footnote with the footnote text "This is usually due to radiation on Mars" and so on for all the empty footnotes until they're all filled with the right text.
It's easy to use a regular expression (GREP) to find all the footnote texts:

^\d+(.+\r)*.+

Now the command should be: for each found value of 'd' in this regular expression, cut the text directly behind it (until the end of the paragraph) and place it with the footnote matching the same value for 'd'. However, I have never made a script before so could anybody help me out?


texts: Image from photoshop has a different black background. I deleted the background

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I've gotten an image off the internet. I pasted into Photoshop and deleted the background saved it as a psd and placed it into my Illustrator doc.

The Illustrator file has a black background. When I placed the Photoshop image it looked great. Printed out on my printer, great again!

Then when I went to get it printed at Kinko's on semi glossy heavy paper, I noticed the image had a different shade of black in the background. Couldn't see it on my Mac or on my printout.

I'm thinking it was because I forgot to change the image to CMYK, since my file was CMYK....think that it's? Don't want to keep paying Kinko's for files I can't use. Thanks in advance.


texts: I find Frank & Oak's font simple and beautiful. Could someone please tell me what font this is?


texts: Can we use the output of a perlin noise (feTurbulence) to hue rotate background color?

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Context: I have build a program that make the following effect and I would like to add the effect in the SVG export but I have not found a way to do this effect in SVG it at the moment.

The effects in the inners circles are just a hue rotate based on the output a perlin noise channel applied to the color in background. Is it possible to do this in SVG ? May be is there a way to use "feColorMatrix" with values that depends on an input ?


texts: How to draw a wiggly line in Illustrator

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I am searching for a way to draw a Geometric Brownian Motion (GBM) on Illustrator.
Essentially, a GBM looks like a random wiggly line:

Thanks for your inputs!


texts: Why is all my text uppercased in Photoshop?

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I'm trying to use the text tool in Photoshop, but any text I type in any font (including base fonts such as Arial) is unconditionally uppercased.

I tried to copy-paste a lowercase text, and it gets uppercased as well.

Any idea how to stop me pulling my hair out?


texts: Why won't "Multiexporter" export any artboards? ("Will export 0 of X artboards")

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I use the Multiexporter script (blog article explanation, github link) for bulk exports of PNGs or PDFs from many artboards. It usually works fine, but sometimes it refuses to co-operate, with a message like:

  Will export 0 of 10 artboards

...even though there are plenty of artboards with content on them. There's no clue as to what the problem is, except a line about "currently visible layers" - but they do all have currently visible layers. Adding prefixes, suffixes and output directories make no difference.


texts: Illustrator - Why is an illustrator file so heavy when I link images?

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I have 10 images (app. 6MB each) linked in my AI file. When I uncheck the "Create PDF Compatible File" option, the file is 3MB. But when I check the option (to be able to import artboards into Indesign), the file jumps to 247MB!
Any idea on how to work with high rez images and not having insanely heavy files?


texts: How do I change the text color and background of a png?

texts: I tried the quick selection tool but I notice some jaggies and it's not crisp. Does anyone know a way? I want to turn a png's text white and the background another solid color.


texts: How can i create following lighting effect in Adobe Illustrator?

texts:
How can i create similar lighting effect in Adobe Illustrator?
Marked with black border.

Another Example Here.


texts: How to replace a character in a font with another character

texts: I have a font in TrueType and OpenType format that I really like. I would like to replace one character in this font with another character. Specifically, I would like to make underscores look like spaces. What is the simplest and most efficient way to do this?


texts: What is the difference between a website Style Guide and a Pattern Library?

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As per the question, I am currently trying to identify a clear difference between a Style Guide and a Pattern Library within the context of Web Design and Development.

Logically, I feel I have an understanding.  I have spent a lot of time, on the internet, trying to understand the difference, but it has just clouded my understanding.  It appears that many of the aspects of both a Style Guide and Pattern Library are interchangeable.  Maybe there are variations of terminology and interpretation, based on factors such as Geography and Industry.

The way I currently understand, a Website Style Guide would consist of factors such as:

Typography
Tone of written content
Logo Usage
Colour Schemes
Of course, other aspects too

Whilst a Pattern Library would consist of actual features on the website, together with their relevant HTML/CSS Markup, for features such as:

Text Boxes
Menus/Navigation
Layout
Bullet Points
Plus more ...

In other words, a Style Guide would be created first and become the 'Rule Book', providing all the relevant context on how the website should be approached.  Whereas a Pattern Library is a breakdown of the Visual Elements of the website, providing the details of the Markup, where no context is included?

My understanding above, is mainly drawn from my logical interpretation of my preexisting understanding.  Any further clarification, would be greatly welcomed and appreciated.


texts: Photoshop: Is it possible to display ONE style of a font in the drop down?

texts: In photoshop, I'll click the font drop down menu. If a font has multiple styles it displays all of them. Example: Ariel bold, Ariel italic, Ariel bold italic, etc. Yet the option is repetitive and rather annoying; the style choices are listed again in the drop down box directly right of the font drop down. Ideally I'd like to click 'Ariel' and then browse the styles of said font in the second drop down.  Is there a way to condense the fonts making my list more manageable? Or is it literally just a repetitive option....


texts: What does one unit refer to in this ad guideline, how do I measure this out in my own designs

texts: I have been given this guide at work and I don't understand what they mean by 1 Unit. How do I measure this on different sizes?


texts: Inkscape colors wash out in conversion from .pdf to .eps

texts:
I need to convert some academic graphics to .eps.  I don’t have the option of using a different final format.  In Inkscape most of the graphics files convert fine.  In one the colors selectively wash out within parts of the image.  Two side-by-side pairs of maps wash out in a distinct gradient that gets worse toward the upper right within each.  The colors in the legend between the pairs of maps are fine.  (The image is a .jpg of a screen capture of the .eps.)
If I export to .svg, the colors are bright throughout.  If I bring in the .svg and export that to .eps the same color degradation happens.  I have tried File, Clean up document without effect.  Ideas please?


texts: How to separate clusters of different vector objects in a purchased stock image?

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I just purchased a group pack of umbrella silhouette vectors.

They came in .jpg file, .eps file, and .png file.

I only need one of these vectors.

I am having trouble selecting just one in the PNG. I attempted right-click and un-group, but the option was not there. How can I select one vector if the software isn't giving me an option to select just one?


texts: how to make a full size blow-up of a small picture cutout in Photoshop

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What is the most efficient way to make a full size file out of a small cutout in Photoshop? For example, I have a picture of a group of people and I want to cut out just the face of one of them, but still want to post it on my flickr page as a file with usual resolution, 3000 x 2000 px, not just 30 x 30. I don't mind the obvious loss of quality, blurriness etc. It would be nice to be able to recompose after I cut my frame, so I don't want to delete the rest of my initial file but have it available during postprocessing.

Thanks in advance.


texts: How do I draw lots of small hairs on a line in Illustrator fast?

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I am inking a character I drew and scanned and wondered if there is a way to create all the small hairs as part of a stroke?

I sat with my tablet pen and a pressure sensitive brush and drew each, meticulously, took me 30 minutes, where as on paper it took me probably 30 seconds to 1 minute.

Another problem is that when I work on the outer stroke and change the curvature of the line, all my little hand drawn hairs lose connection to the main body and I must reposition them. Takes too long.

So can I create a stroke with hairs built in, or is there another and better workflow to accomplish what I did by hand and took forever to do?


texts: Why can't I draw on my image with illustrator?

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I opened an image from the internet in Illustrator.

Right after, when I selected the paintbrush tool, it turned into a circle with a line through it, implying that I couldn't draw.

Does anyone know what happened and how I can fix this?


texts: Adding background then erasing in OS X preview

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In this time of staying at home, we are playing an old school D&D game using Zoom. I have a PDF of a map that I would like to selectively reveal over screenshare (without saving the colour overlay on the file).

Essentially I would like to colour over the map, then manually erase the background overlay. This would be simple to do in Photoshop with the magic eraser, but I can't work out how to do it in Preview and don't have Photoshop.

Covered

Partially revealed

Completely revealed


texts: How should I get rid of shapes that go beyond edges?

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So I made a football in Illustrator. What would be the best and I guess "proper" way to get rid of the unwanted circles that hang over the edge of the football? I know making a "clipping mask" is the easiest and using the "divide" in the pathfinder is the more time consuming approach. But is there a a better and proper way to get rid of it? What would you do?

Thanks for your time!


texts: How can I remove SUN light/shadow with Photoshop?

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There is this image.
As you can see, top half is brightened by suns light, other half has shadow cast on it.
I would like to make both parts same so it looks like there is no shadow.

Is there any way this can be done in Photoshop ?


texts:
I see JPG images everywhere. But why?

PNG files have opacity, while JPGs do not.
I've tried exporting some images to PNG and JPG to compare size, and they both either match up or the PNG is smaller(depending on the image of course).

This is a 512x512 JPG image that says "JPG"

And this is a 512x512 PNG image that says "PNG".

The JPG was 31.7kb
and the PNG was 25.9kb

So what gives?


texts: re-color a whole design to test different pallete in photoshop

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I created a dashboard design for one of my clients and we would like to test different color options. most of the elements are smart objects. needless to say there are many layers, organized in folders (just as I like it :))

Is there any quick and easy way to change each color without going thru every single layer here? (not talking about "color overlay")

for eaxmple, I want to select all orange elements and change their color to pink. all blue elements to green.. and so on. This way I will be able to export different color versions easily but most importantly - quickly!

thanks for your help!

here is a screenshot


texts:
I want to use a template (with layers, fonts, guides, etc) and pull it out from a folder to make repetitive images in GIMP, like I can in Inkscape.

How is this possible?


texts: Incomplete image when exporting SVG from Inkscape

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Thank you for your answers in advance.

I have the following image in inkscape, which has no layers (the background is usually white).

When I export to Optimised SVG it appears incomplete (and seemingly randomly).

I have tried changing the groups, from ungrouping everything, to grouping it all in one, but this just results in varying incomplete images. I have tried changing the decimal places from 6 to 5, ticked and unticked the 'collapse groups' and the tick below.

What am I doing wrong to cause the image to export incorrectly as an optimised SVG file. I cannot use PNG or PDF as the web designer has asked for SVG specifically.

Again, thank you in advance, and if you need more details then let me know.


texts: How to prevent fractional text dimensions in Photoshop to be "pixel perfect"?

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Is there any way to make Adobe Photoshop text dimensions (e.g. height and width) be non-fractional?

For example, if I use Type tool and just write my text on layout, it will have fractional dimensions. Of course I can use Bounding box to prevent this, but in this case I will need to manually adjust Bounding box size to meet real text size.

The result I want to achive is pretty simple: I  just want type my text and get it real dimension in pixels (not something like 65.69 px) to align it properly in my website layout.


texts: Is there a name of a style of these pictures?

texts: I know that there is something connecting the style of these two pictures. But i don't know what. I like that kind of style with geometrical shapes and things. But i've been googling for bauhaus, mid-century modern, swiss style and it seems like it takes a mix of them all but no name for this exact style.


texts: What size Wacom Intuos tablet should I get for drawing?

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I'm a high school student, looking for a starter tablet since drawing is just a hobby for me currently. I've looked at multiple forums and discussions already but can't find the information I'm looking for. My question is which tablet size should I get: small or medium. I was going to get the small but then I saw some articles saying not too. My computer that I will probably be using is 17inches across, and almost 20inches diagonal. My hands are average to small size, and I'm used to drawing on A4 paper, but my drawings rarely take up more than 2/4th of the page.
Any help would be great! Thank you :)


texts:
I'm a web designer and I find myself a bit stuck because of lack of creativity. Do you have any advice, maybe some books or whatever to find some creativity again?

Thank you.


texts: When I create a masked image (blue) with a rounded rect, with the same rect as the background (red), the background shows through the corners of the masked image (see attached). How can I make it so no pixels show through?


texts: How to get a construction paper look in photoshop or illustrator

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I am looking to create some graphics or logos that look and feel very much like that thicker colored construction paper in photoshop or illustrator cs6

Example here:  http://dribbble.com/shots/908746-EOY-2012-Hot-Springs?list=users
and here : http://dribbble.com/shots/133424-Marina?list=users

Any thoughts here?


texts: Photoshop CS4 - what does a small circled 'x' mean next to a cursor?

texts: In a new layer in a CS4 Photoshop document (Mac), my shape tool cursor has a small circle with an 'x' in it - to the bottom-right of the crosshair. What does this mean? If I try to draw a rectangle, the outline is created but it is not filled with the current foreground colour. Anyone know what might be causing this? I tried taking a screenshot but the screenshot utility doesn't capture the active cursor.


texts: Generate PNG`s from SVG`s (Asset Generator)

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I am using Photoshop 2018 CC.
Currently I try to generate Apple iOS compliant icons from several SVG`s (https://materialdesignicons.com):

xx.png (24x24)
xx@2x.png (48x48)
xx@3x.png (72x72)

The problem is, the PNG`s are partly distorted or have sizes like 71x72.

My config:

Example SVG (https://materialdesignicons.com/icon/paperclip):

    <?xml version="1.0" ?>
<svg height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <path d="M16.5,6V17.5A4,4 0 0,1 12.5,21.5A4,4 0 0,1 8.5,17.5V5A2.5,2.5 0 0,1 11,2.5A2.5,2.5 0 0,1 13.5,5V15.5A1,1 0 0,1 12.5,16.5A1,1 0 0,1 11.5,15.5V6H10V15.5A2.5,2.5 0 0,0 12.5,18A2.5,2.5 0 0,0 15,15.5V5A4,4 0 0,0 11,1A4,4 0 0,0 7,5V17.5A5.5,5.5 0 0,0 12.5,23A5.5,5.5 0 0,0 18,17.5V6H16.5Z" fill="#9b9c9c"/>
</svg>

All files are generated, but not in the correct size or distorted.


texts: How to create doodles/sketches similar to those on Dropbox home page?

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I am new in design, and recently I have been given a task where I have to create images like the ones present on dropbox.com home page.

I am not sure what is the correct way of creating those images.I suppose they are called doodles.

Can they be created using Photoshop/Illustrator or will I have to use the method where I sketch the image on paper, scan it and then edit in Photoshop?
If there is a way of creating the images other than that, then please let me know.
Thanks


texts: How can I find "hidden" colors in an Illustrator document?

texts:
I made a color group of black and white objects. But it shows 3 different blacks and 1 gray and 1 white color in the swatch.
How can I isolate or find/see those specific colours that are unwanted in my document? Or how can I delete/remove a specific color from an object? If the color is not to be seen?


texts: Editing multiple objects at once in Illustrator CS4?

texts: I've a label (which is a bunch of text and image objects) that's been tiled across a sheet manually. Is it possible to edit one copy of the label and have the changes apply to the rest of the copies? I've seen it done in CS5 by double clicking until it reaches a text layer/object but CS4 doesn't seem to behave the same way with double clicks.


texts: How to draw a precise circular arc in Adobe Illustrator?

texts:
Say, an arc with radius r centered at o, from angle a to angle b.

I don't see how to use Arc tool in Adobe Illustrator this way. What's the best way to draw it?


texts: Ai: How do I apply a layer's layer style (eg shadow) only to the object or group below it?

texts: So if I want the shadow for the blue hat to only fall on the face, and not blur out onto the background etc, is there any simple-ish way to do this?


texts: What were major font rendering improvements in the last ten years?

texts:
So here am I, average Internet consumer sitting and sipping coffee, doing nothing but wondering why my fonts look so much better almost everywhere I look.

I still vaguely remember those disgusting, misaligned, aliased Linux fonts of the 2000s. What the heck happened since then? I certainly didn't do much about it. Well, maybe tweaked a setting or two, but nothing major.

Are we using newer fonts, are we smarter about font choice or are the same old fonts appearing better on LCD screens because rendering, hinting and anti-aliasing algorithms work so much better?


texts: Is it possible to print anything over foil-print?

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Is it possible to print anything over the foil print or would you need to mask the foil and fill in the colours?
For example - this packaging design: https://www.prettylittlething.com/isle-of-paradise-over-it-magic-self-tan-eraser.html

Do you think they just detailed the foil all around the letters or were they able to print over it? If there is a possibility, would it have to be some special colour?

Thank you


texts: How Do I vary The Stroke Of A Line In Illustrator?

texts:
I'm looking to recreate the line placed above the word "ZARA" in the following example.

Aside from using the Pen tool to get the shape, how can I change the stroke at both ends of the line?


texts: How to set ruler measurements in Inkscape

texts: New to Inkscape and I just noticed that I can change the grid units. But can I also change the ruler units, If so, how?


texts: How can I create a circular separation effect with gradient in Illustrator?

texts: I want to create effect similar to below  image in illustrator..How can i do it.. I think i can make it through pathfinder but i am unable to produce


texts: Does stroke add on the outside or inside of an object in Photoshop?

texts:
I'm working on the front panel of a product at my company and I have an old physical model that I have to work off of.

It has white outlines around a couple switches etc. These outlines have approximately a 10px stroke around them. The shapes are inset from the edges so I'm using a caliper to figure out exactly where to place my guides in Photoshop (so when they have these cut out they will fit perfectly on the product).

However, because of the stroke, I realized I'm not sure if I should make my measurement from the bottom edge, inner edge, or from the center of the line because I'm not sure exactly how Ps applies strokes to objects.

I looked at Adobe's guide page on fill and strokes but they just tell me how to add a stroke.


texts: How do I create a polygon tessellation pattern in Adobe Illustrator?

texts:
I have no idea what they call this so I'm not having much success with searching. But lets start with an example with this site:

Image from pixden.com

Does anybody know how to create this and if it is possible in Adobe illustrator?


texts: Arrow-head caps on the end of strokes in Illustrator

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I want to have arrowhead caps on the end of a stroke in illustrator (so similar to the rounded caps, but with an arrowhead that fits perfectly to the edge of the stroke)

I can sort of achieve this using actual an arrowhead, but it doesn't look perfect. Here's what I've got so far:

EDIT:

I've also tried messing with the stroke's Variable Width Profile - there appears to be a profile that is exactly what I'm after, however, the "caps" scale depending on the width of the stroke. I need the arrowheads of the stroke to be exactly at a 45° angle.


texts: How to apply twist deformer but keep shape of spheres

texts:
So I have the following image:

I created three spheres, placed them in a cloner and applied the twist deformer. I then repeated this for the opposite side. Essentially the helix structure in the middle is made of two chains. The repeating unit in my cloner is the three spheres to the left of the helix.

The problem is when I apply the twist deformer it distorts my spheres to the point they are not spheres any more. How I can apply the twist deformer on my cloner but keep the shape of my spheres.


texts: When a client wants 2 of my logo concepts and I quoted one

texts: So I estimated a job for a new client. 3 concepts, 1 logo, 1 revision. I gave them 4 to get a feel for their style. They liked none and drew their own. I executed that one plus another original concept that I hoped they'd go for. They like both and want both. How do I re-estimate this job if I got the second logo through my work for the first one?


texts: Resources for old vintage (1960's and older) photography for use?

texts: I've been searching for some good resources for old photos for use in designs. I've checked out the Flickr Commons, but I'm wondering if there were alternative sources I don't know about for copyright-free photography. Any ideas?


texts:
So im new to using Baseline grids - little late i know.. but i have a question about this document i am making.

1st picture: In the pictures below is it common practice to align the quote on the left to the grid - or is it acceptable to have it not align to the grid 2nd picture (only have the text to the right align)?

if im aligning the quote it seems like its very spaced out. is there a way to use alternate baselines or is this just the way it is?


texts: Equal distance for two objects not adjacent to each other

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I am new to Illustartor and was creating a border. I was wondering if there is an easy to way to exactly create equal distance between two non-adjacent objects. For example, the two white spaces highlighted in yellow:

I can 'eye' the distance to make them look like they are equal, but is there a way to do this accurately?

Thanks!


texts: How to export font information for a specific PSD file for use in writing CSS

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I'm doing front-end dev, so this question comes from that perspective.  When I receive a .psd I manually go through each font in the design, click on it, then use the character panel to get the font, color, size, kerning, etc.  Sometimes, I get a design that uses several different fonts (4+) with many variations of the same font (size, color, weight, etc.).  This is pretty tedious work... Is there anyway that Photoshop can export a list of all the used fonts and their variations? For example, a list like:

  Arial bold 16px black
  Arial regular 14px black
  Arial regular 14px blue
  Oswald 32px rgb(13,74,56) ...

Any suggestions for this?  Further, if there is a plugin of sorts that will just lay this information over the elements that would be fantastic!

Thanks.


texts: If business card will only contain one phone number, is it necessary to specify which type of number it is?

texts: For corporate business cards, I would like to remove the designation ahead of the phone number, if one phone number will be included on the card. Some cards will have both cell and work numbers, in which case those cards would have c: xxx-xxx-xxxx  w: xxx-xxx-xxxx  listed. For cards with one number is it helpful to still specify which kind of phone number it is? I like the look without it but can see that it is helpful for the caller to know, on the other side.


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I understand that this a noob question; I am about to import my Sketch design into Zeplin.io and I am being told that I should have slices created for my assets.  I have created symbols for my icons that have a rounded pixel value for spacing. Why would I need to now create slices for the assets in my project?

I am told that I should create slices for an easy integration for development; but this seems a little redundant.


texts:
I have a linear sequence of many same-sized rectangles.

e.g.

  [----]  (space)    [-------]  (space)   [--]  (space)     [---]  (space)    [----------]

I need all of the edges to be touching.

e.g.

  [----][-------][--][---][----------]

Of course, I can manually select sequential pairs of rectangles and use Align & Distributes option align left edges of objects to right edge of anchor.

But this is very tedious - I have to do it for every sequential pair.

Is there any way to sequentially align the edges in bulk?


texts: Shading half a rounded rectangle in Illustrator

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I have a rounded square which I created by using Stylize/Round Corners effect on a standard square as recommended here. Don't worry about the other three squares, we're just looking at the left hand one!

Now I want to take a portion, (roughly but not exactly half) of that square and make it a darker colour.

To do this I am drawing a shape with the pen tool, diving the object, then shading I would shade the newly created shape darker, but of course, when I divide it, the rounded corners "pop" onto the new portion!

I am pretty sure my workflow is completely wrong. I am NOT an Illustrator pro :(

Guidance appreciated!

Step 1 - Starting here:

Step 2 - I draw the darker area as a kind of "mask"

Step 3 - I divide so I can have a piece of square to shade darker, but rats! I am sunk all ways round. I can't even make the darker portion have rounded corners as I only need two!


texts: Export excel values into playing card template

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I have very limited experience with photoshop (only use it for sketching/coloring). I am currently creating a word-based board game and have an excel sheet with 500 or so words.

Is there an easy way I can batch these words onto a playing card template in photoshop? Or would I have to copy and paste each word from the list onto the template by hand?


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I am creating a document which needs to have the paragraphs numbered at the end.

For example:

"If you don’t want to use one of the existing bullet characters, you can
add other bullet characters to the Bullet Character grid. A bullet
character that is available in one font may not be available in another
font. You can choose whether the font is remembered with any bullet
character you add. (1)

If you want to use a bullet found in a specific font (such as the pointing
hand from Dingbats), be sure to set the bullet to remember that font. If
you use a basic bullet character, it’s probably best not to remember the font,
because most fonts have their own version of that bullet character. Depending
on whether you select the Remember Font With Bullet option, a bullet you add
can reference either a Unicode value and a specific font family and style, or
just a Unicode value. (2)"

Currently I am adding that (1), (2) and so on... by myself. I know that I can add numbers to the beginning of every paragraph, is there a way to add them to the end?


texts: How can I blend text with a colored background in Illustrator?

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I'm trying to make text on a colored map more legible.  Ideally I would add an outline around the text with the same general color as that part of the map, for a subtle blend.  What's the best way to do this?  Really hard cases are text boxes that span two different colors, and I'm prepared for manual work on those, but I'd like to find a faster way to quickly give text over a single-color area an outline that helps it blend with the background (I don't mind picking that color manually).

Thanks.


texts: Problems looking for a specific sans-serif typeface

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I've had a peek at your question guidelines, it looks like my question is on-topic.  I really have no idea how to even research this problem, as my butchery of typography terminology will now demonstrate:

I'm looking for a fat, stubby sans serif typeface.  This is roughly the shape of, for example, my desired letter 'b':

I just screencapped an existing 'b', drew on it, and blew it up in MS paint, so it looks pretty terrible.  But it has aspects I'm looking for:

a short, wide ascender (though this one is pretty extreme):

a circular count and bowl:

a wider ascender than stem:

I'm pretty new to type, so I don't even know how to look for a typeface like this.  So far, scrolling through sites like Font Squirrel is overwhelming, and search queries like "fat stubby sans serif" are (unsurprisingly) not very helpful.  How can I find a typeface like this?  It'd be wonderful if someone could link me a specific font, but more valuable is help with the process of finding a typeface with criteria like mine.

I don't even know if such a search is even feasible - do people with these problems need to hire a designer for typeface design?  As far as I know, that's an extremely nontrivial task!


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I am trying to export SVG icons from Sketch to import into Fontello, however the SVG's don't appear to be correct for the app (they also do not work in IcoMoon).

The icon I am trying to create as a test is a simple 'hamburger' style icon that is just a few lines, but they will not work correctly. It is frustrating to say the least.

Does anyone have any experience with this and could part with their knowledge? Thank you.


texts: Is it ok to mix fonts in Japanese documents?

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If careful, reading, understanding, and form can be improved when mixing fonts carefully. For example, using carefully matched sans-serif fonts for titles with serif-fonts for text can achieve a unique and engaging design.

I was wondering if this same effect can be achieved by mixing Kaku/Maru fonts with Mincho fonts. I often find most people do not mix fonts for fear of causing bad clashes, but can a successful blend of mixed fonts be achieved in Japanese?


texts: GIMP: custom filters out of other filter sequences?

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For example, I'd like to create an "old TV" filter via an automated process of creating a new overlay layer, erasing every other row (scan line), merging that to the image layer, then adding a lens distortion to that layer to create an image somewhat resembling an old CRT screen, maybe with airbrushed sides.

Is there an easy way to automate filters or would I need an extensive knowledge of computer stuff?


texts: How can I access the thousands of font files on my Mac without "installing" them and thereby slowing the machine to a crawl?


texts: Good and Cheap alternatives to Photoshop for CMYK

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I have been using GIMP for many years and do not want to go through the expense and learning curve issues of Creative Suite/Photoshop but occasionally I may need a CMYK file.  Other than the Separate/Separate+ Plugins, are there any reasonable alternatives?

EDIT: I edited rather than commenting so this would remain visible - Thanks to everyone for their input so far.  I haven't accepted an answer yet as I am reviewing the options presented, but I do plan to when appropriate--Ray


texts: Range problem when removing background or whitening in Photoshop?

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I have a .BMP picture (110 MB in size) that has a background (white) that I want to remove. I converted my .BMP picture because of it large size to .JPG format to use in Photoshop.

So my main picture is:

I did some works in Photoshop and whitening background but when I zoom it, the works has Range Problem and informally get low quality (zoom 2 pictures to see different).

My problem is when I removed the background or white it, the quality of work is down and Range Problem occurred. What is the way to do it without getting stuck in mentioned problem?

It's not important that it be black or reflect the exact translucency. I want to just remove the background (gray background in main picture) without the range problem. Is there a way?


texts: Designing letterhead templates for MS Word — continuation sheets

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I am in the process of designing a letterhead template for one of my clients so that he can use it as a template in MS Word.

I don't have MS Office installed myself, I use LibreOffice. We agreed that I would send over the template in the form of a .docx document with the header and footer elements using the parts that I've designed.

This all seems quite straightforward, but then I realised (in the middle of the job) that I need to allow the template to account for a continuation sheet, which is basically just a more basic version of the first page.

Is there a way I can set up the document like so?

Front page template consisting of header + footer
Continuation sheet with alternate header + footer
Any subsequent pages use same continuation sheet layout automatically


texts: Is it copyright infringement by US copyright law if someone else modifies and uses my design?

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My company is in a small town and there are not any graphic designers but we have enough business in the town and the surrounding area to support us.  But because of the small town nature some business owners do not know all the laws.  And since I am starting this from a career in architecture I am not quite clear on copyrights.  So here is my problem.

I created a sign that has an oval with scrolls and flowers in different colors on a field of turquoise.  The client did not want to spend the money on a logo design so I said that I will  just retain the rights so that she would have to come to me for the approval to use the logo on anything else.  So anyway everything seems to be fine, I do her business cards and now all of a sudden I see a sign at the street.  I quoted her on this job figuring in using the logo.  Apparently this company did for much less and you can tell by the quality.

But here is my problem.  She had a jpeg that I allowed her to have so she could create her own fliers and I was ok with that since it would not have made me much if any money.  Well I am looking at the sign that the other person did and all that was done is they made a longer oval since this sign is more rectangle and used a different font.  And put this over the design that I did.  To me this is copyright infringement since the client did not want to buy all the rights.  But who do I address?  The client or the person that did the sign?


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While having done a lot of research and having a relative grasp on resolution and pixels, I am still very confused on the approach to take for downsampling my document.

Basically I have a client who wants a piece of art for the web at 1400px x 780px but they would also like to be able to print it. Unfortunately they did not specify a print size, so to cover my bases, I went with an A2 size, figuring I was better to have it too big than too small.

It's current dimensions are width 9920px x height 11186px (the height has excess on it that I will crop off later)

Document size width 420mm (A3)
Height 473mm

Resolution 600ppi. (I asked the printers to scan at 600 as the original sketch was an A3, so by scanning it at 600ppi, I figured I could then print an A2 at 300ppi.

I'm half way through it and I'm starting to wonder if I have made the right decision. It's occurred to me, that buy starting so large - the final degradation when downsampling to 1400px is going to make it look horrible. So my question is - when you have a final destination of say 1400px by 780px - would it be fair to say that the larger the starting image, the worse the final look? And is the difference much? If I had started at say a A3 at 300ppi, would my final image have looked better, even though the starting image was of a lower resolution because it had less pixels to discard?

My next question is, would I be better to down sample the document now and keep working on it at a slightly lower image size or is the degradtion not going to be bad enough to bother (though it is painfully slow to work on).

I looked at downsampling it myself and the process I followed was this -

I took the original, and with downsampling unchecked, I switched the resolution to 300 to give me a better idea of actual print size, which left me with the same px dimensions but gave me a document size of approx 84cm wide and 94 cm high.

I then checked the resample box and changed the image width to 65cm at 300ppi (slightly larger width then an a2) which gave me a new px width of 7677px by 8657. It's not a huge saving, but I thought it might help?

Have a done this correctly?

I'm sorry for the long explanation, but the digital painting is due on Monday and I'm unsure wether to proceed at the new size or old size. I'd hate to spend all this time on a large complicated, intricate picture just to have it look rubbish at the end. I'm about to put all the little details on so now might be a good time to change.

Thanks in advance for any help.


texts: Origin of solid color banner at top and bottom of websites motif

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It's extremely common on websites to see solid colors spanning some portion of the top and bottom of the website, much like can be seen on some of the stack sites. Stackoverflow is a good example, it even has the significantly expanded bottom that also seems common.

It's a simple feature and surely doesn't have a greatly complicated origin story, but still, at one point I didn't see see this motif and now I see it on about half of all websites.

What changed? Was there a particularly influential website that did this or a particularly influential document that suggested it? Or is it just a coincidence since it's simple and looks nice?

EDIT
To clarify what I mean, here are some examples. They tend to have solid colors spanning the entire page, a larger different color block at the bottom, and navigation elements arranged horizontally. How I "feel things used to be" is that there was typically a menu to the left and a single solid color background.

https://stackoverflow.com/

http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/

http://www.gravitatedesign.com/

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/

(I couldn't think of anything else so I just googled web design for the last few and picked ones that show the motif.)


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I have a bunch of Smart Objects in a .psd. I want to create an action that opens up the .psb of each individual Smart Object and scale the .psb image size by 150%.

The reason for all this is that each .psb contains a Vector Smart Object, and if I scale the Smart Object from the parent .psd the result is a blurry mess. So the only solution as I see it, is to open up each .psb and scale the image size by 150%.

I don't know if it's possible to do this with a Photoshop Action, so that photoshop performs the above hokus-pokus on the selected layer? I can only get an action to work on a specific layer?

Alternatively it might be possible to do this with a jsx-script, any hints on how to go about this is also highly appreciated.


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I am wanting to create a table of contents in Indesign for my publication.

First of all I have made a table of contents already. This has a group in paragraph styles with TOC - headings and TOC - sub headings. I have assigned these paragraph styles to footer headings throughout the document. From this the table of contents was created. I have not however written every section on its page because some are full image pages or others are chapter page dividers so a footer is not needed.

My question is how can I include these sections in the table of contents without making a footer on the pages I want to be text-free? I am still a bit confused as to how the table of contents works in relation to the paragraph styles assigned.

An example of a page I want included in table of contents 'Power station'

Table of contents with TOC heading and TOC sub heading paragraph styles I have only used the TOC heading

Thank you


texts: Using Photoshop CS6 to animate a Smart Object

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I'm currently using Photoshop CS6, and I have an image with three layers:

One layer is the background layer. Another layer is a simple shape (star) layer. And a third layer is a set of text that I imported from Adobe Illustrator into the picture.

What I would like to do is break apart the smart object layer (two words) and spread it out (and mark that as a keyframe). Then bring it back together in another. (second keyframe)

Here's the problem:

I created two frames in the timelime feature by duplicating the frame.
I selected one frame and double clicked on the smart object in the layer browser.
I made the adjustment to the word object in Illustrator and save.
I went back to Photoshop and now BOTH frames are now adjust to how I don't want it to be.

Am I doing something wrong?


texts: Tool for working with cross platform/desktop icon format?

texts: I want to create/edit a desktop icon that must work on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (KDE/Gnome) and mobile devices. Is there a tool that handles all these different formats?


texts: Rapid web development tools and choosing color palettes

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Recently I have started creating website designs. I found out that the way I do it is very unproductive and takes forever to finish. I tried drawing it on paper, then doing it in HTML/CSS, but found out that if I want to change something I have to redraw everything because if I apply changes straight to my HTML/CSS I quickly lose my general web design style.

Are there any programs which allow fast web elements rearrangement/creation so I don't have to draw it and restart my HTML/CSS?

The same goes for choosing palette colors. Do professionals use any tools to create a clear view of exactly what colors they want to use, quickly checking if these colors would be okay? And how do you actually start choosing palette?

I found out that I'm a perfectionist, which leads to problems of over thinking every element and changing them too often which leads to never ending personal projects. I need some kind of clear workflow advice for web design.


texts: Figure size and aspect ratio for scientific publication

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In my field of study (Physics), we mainly use EPS/PDF/PNG for figures in scientific publications, which are typically published embedded in text on a PDF of 1 or 2 columns, typically generated by LaTeX.

Specifically, we typically use an option in LaTeX to shrink the figure to fit the column.

To give you some context, a figure typically includes some or all of the following:

Drawings (circles, squares, arrows, etc)
Plots (axes, legends, lines, points, labels, etc.)
Symbols (Greek letters, math symbols, etc.)
Text (i.e. from a font)

Every time I start a new figure, I struggle (e.g. Illustrator) when it asks me for the figure size and aspect ratio. Here is why: when it contains text I frequently end up having to scale up/down any text/symbols until they are readable on the final publication, which I find a waste of my time.

Given my lack of knowledge on this subject, I'm asking this community for help:

Is there a natural figure size that I should use for this situation in such a way that the text that I see in the editor is the same as I see it in the figure embedded?
Is there any default aspect ratio that I should use? I read somewhere that the golden ratio is often used, but I didn't found any reference supporting why.

If it helps, as an example, I'm asking how should I fill this window


texts: How to properly create and save for web animated slides with text on image background

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Following on from this question PNG vs. GIF vs. JPEG vs. SVG - When best to use? regarding mr. @ChuckLeButt 's answer.

I have a situation trying to create and save for web a few picture slides merged into a gif. Each of every picture contain text layers over rich color image background. It's well known the fact that Photoshop it's best to be used for picture editing being a pixel based software not for text editing/output; On the other hand, Illustrator could be a good solution for text editing/output but not necesarily for editing pictures taking in consideration the fact that we are talking about a vector based software in this case. More than that, animated GIF's are loseless BUT indexed only. I suppose that somehow there shoud be a compromise (?!)

My quetion is, how do you approach these kind of situations, excepting the css/html/js alternatives for implementing and animating content in web design please? Thanks


texts: Coming from a programming background, where should I start to learn web design?

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I'm a web developer mainly working in front end developing. My main fields are HTML5, CSS3 and Flash ActionScript 3.0.

Here in Iran, teamwork means nothing for most of the people, but I think it's the most important aspect of our work, especially in web design.

I have poor skills in graphic design and UI design. I always have to work with graphic designers for my websites. They are usually good and skilled designers. But they are all print designers and unfortunately they know nothing about the web and designing for it.

For example, one of the designers that I work with most of the time is a great designer and he won a couple awards for his logo and poster designs. However, he knows nothing about the web and most of my time is spent explaining to him how things work on the web, i.e. in what size he should work, using pixels instead of centimeters, and so on... After all he is a print designer, not a web designer. They often think everything is static and constant, not in motion.

So the best way to work around this is to improve my skills in graphical designing. I just want to be able to design good layouts, make good color selections, and etc for my websites. I do not want to design illustrations and do heavy graphical works. Just design websites with no Photoshop illustrations like posters and etc.

What do you do for your graphic works, and if you do them yourself, which books or references do you suggest I read? Where should I start?


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I'm working on a project that needs to draw pictures of human lips.
I just wonder if there is a program to draw a human face (or simply lips).

Thank you so much.


texts: Trace Bitmap in Inkscape is removing transparent background

texts: I'm using Inkscape and I'm trying to "vectorize" (trace bitmap) a .png image with transparent background.  Each time I execute the transparency is replaced with white background.  Any tips?


texts: Delete specific layers in all PDF documents (batch)

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I have around two hundred wedding name cards and the design is the same, except the name on it changes. I managed to change the names automatically via .csv list + Illustrator batch actions. Quite few files had to be manually changed due to odd kerning between the letters. Now there are few graphic elements which I must delete (the same in all of them).

Is there any automated process (script, batch, different software..) which I can use to delete them all?

I tried to create an action to select the layers and delete them + save (silly), but the step doesn't register names of the layers, so it simply selects all in the batch process.

Any help is greatly appreciated!


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I tried to make a background like the following:

When zoomed in, you can see it consists of different shades of pixels. But I don't know how to make such kind of patterns. I think it's like a rectangle with different kinds of fills, like 15% light shade, 15% darker shade, etc.

How can I make something like this?


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I'm trying to set it up "with separate color layers (CMYK)" as the printer request, but the Mode is greyed out. I don't have an actual printer installed, and a PDF is the result  I want. I do have up to date Acrobat installed.

The Separations Preview shows up perfectly. Will saving from this method be sufficient?

Microsoft PDF is the only one that shows up. There's no Adobe option. I tried reinstalling Acrobat to see if it would add it, but no such luck.


texts: InDesign: how to prepare file for printing perfect bound magazine?

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I have always produced magazines with saddle stitches and know how to prepare files for print. Now I need to make A5 magazine with perfect bound with overall ~190 pages. My questions are:

Covers: about perfect bound and spine size - I understand that it depends also on paper, should the printer give this size based on page count?
If I know it will be printed on uncoated matte paper, does printer say which color profile to use after exact paper is being choosed? What should I keep in mind technically when designing magazine with uncoated matte paper? For body text should I use always 100% black?
Serif font size for body text: what is the size that would be not too small? I plan to go with 10pt and leading about 13pt or 14pt.
Margins: if the main part of magazine is text, I understand that inside margins should be pretty wide, when reader opens spread it can be seen easy, but the other three margins, do I need to keep something in mind like mandatory or it is up to me because of what design I will make?


texts: Why can't you get one-off stickers/vinyls printed?

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I am trying to find sites that can create one(or two)-off stickers/vinyls that are transparent. From what I am getting is that it may not be profitable enough to make it worth the company's time but if they did one-off batches (multiple client) would it not be possible to be worthwhile?

I was looking at http://www.stickeryou.com/ but the best I can do for transparent ones is $20 a page/unique sticker (which comes out to 8 copies of one sticker in my case). All I'm hoping for is to get two different stickers printed for some hobby projects but the cost is significant compared to the rest of the project and if I need more one-offs it just doesn't seem practical.

Did I hit a gap where it's not practical for me at one end and not practical for the business at the other?

Am I going the wrong route? Is there a better alternative for putting graphics on hobby projects? I am creating/fixing a few guitar pedals and would like to be able to put some basic graphics and text on the face of them

PS: If you know where I can get one-offs you can post those in the comments below my question

Note: Added some more context to what I am doing


texts: Does Illustrator CSS Extraction work on psd files?

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I have a .psd web design mockup I'd like to bring from Photoshop into Illustrator CC and use the CSS Extraction functionality on. Is this possible, or must the file have been created in Illustrator and saved as an Illustrator file?

Currently I can't test this because my Illustrator CC trial is expired.


texts: How do I create these light, glow and "smoke" effects in Photoshop?

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I was browsing Dribbble when I noticed a few shots using an effect which appears to look like a magical beam of light, or a "magical smoke" and I could not find out how to create such an effect. If these effects are created in a software which is different than Photoshop, please let me know. Including a PSD file would also be very nice.

Here are a few examples. Notice the blue/white smoke surrounding the contact card:

And again:

Thanks ahead.


texts: What is the name of this Illustration style?

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What is the name/type of illustration in which the fill color of an object is slightly offset from its stroke?
How is this effect achieved?


texts: How to automate the process of filling diplomas?

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Here is a task: I have excel file with table (for example columns are Name, Number and Address) and dimloma template. How can I automate filling my template and save all done diplomas to different files? Which way is the best to do this?

I currently working in Corel Draw. Corel Draw have Print Merge, but it's working with printing on paper, but I need saved files on my desktop. Is it possible in Corel Draw?


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I am new to AI and trying to write some texts on the buttons of the keyboard in the attached image:

I would like to add few letters on the buttons with missing letters in such a way they look similar to letters on other buttons.

I tried using solutions like 3D rotation as described here and warp text technique explained here. But none of them helped me...could anyone please guide me...


texts: Is there a good way to establish a Green-Yellow-Red colour scheme?

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Basic colour theory tells us that a colour palette of Green, Yellow and Red is a laughably ugly, they are colours that clash. If we take Green as the prominent colour, the analogous colours that go with it are Red and Blue - there is no room for yellow in such a colour scheme.

So, is there any way that one can combine Green, Yellow and Red in a colour scheme without blinding the users?

As my example, I have a page on a website where these colours are used to measure the required level of a skill for a project against a given user's actual level of this skill. Green satisfies or exceeds this level, Yellow indicates a slight shortfall in expectation and Red means that they are either not good enough or totally lacking in a given skill.

Here is my example (ignore the orange and grey fields around the lettering, they are unrelated).

We can all surely agree that this looks pretty terrible, but it is this format I need to adhere to, the whole Green-Red-Yellow thing. :/

Being a programmer mainly, as opposed to a Graphic/Web designer, my understanding of colour theory and user experience is limited.

To put a point on it, my question is How can one establish a traditionally clashing colour scheme without detracting from the User Experience?

(If my question is unsuitable I will remove it, I was not sure where to ask this, it seemed the most appropriate)


texts: What is the most suitable vinyl for breeze block internal walls?

texts: Using a Latex printer. Printing a mural, never applied vinyl to breeze block surface before, not sure what will apply best. Does it need to be polymeric or cast?


texts: transform greyscale line into a vector gradient with minimal "svg-instructions"

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I am trying to create a Moiré effect. I have an svg containing straight, black horizontal lines. My second pattern consists of a black and white photograph, overlaid with straight, white horizontal lines, also in svg format. This works, but the filesize is absolutely horrible, around 5MB, far too much for a website, which is where I want to use this. I've taken a look into the .svg file and it looks like the underlaying image was simple encoded as base64 and embedded into the svg.
The non-white, greyscale lines that produce the Moiré effect are of negligible width. I am looking for some sort of algorithm, in gimp/photoshop/inkscale/whatever that takes these lines of 2d raster data and turns them into an svg greyscale gradient. If possible with configurable tolerance (for divergence from the "truth"). Optimized for minimizing file size.


texts: Wondering how long (rough estimate) it would take one who is skilled with vector tools to design a full featured font with font hinting and everything.


texts: What's the best career path / entry-level role for someone aiming to be a creative director?

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I wold like to get into the design industry and would like to work my way up to a creative director role. I have also considered art director.

What entry level jobs would you recommend to get there and what career path should follow? I am am keen to work in a team, perhaps with brand management and advertising over different types of media.


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So I'm trying to match the borders of this split text. I think I can do it by moving all the anchor points but that would be tedious.

Is there a more efficient way of doing this?

Thanks


texts: comprehensive list of all commercial fonts, including foundry and license type?

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Is there a list of ALL commercially available fonts?  Ideally, this list indexed by font name, foundry, font CDN (i.e., Typekit or Google Fonts) and type of license.

With >5K fonts now in circulation, it's gotten very difficult to know what's expected from the use of a given font.


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I found this gif online and I loved it but it had a white background. I've managed to get Most of it off, but now it is leaving behind a trail of each frame. I'm not sure why.

That's the Gif after I did everything. I have a picture of the issue.

That's the trail that it leaves behind.


texts: Style table of contents - titles below numbers InDesign CS6

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I am trying to recreate the table of contents style in the image below. I have made a table of contents with paragraph styles and am wanting to make the titles drop below the numbers like in the example. Is it just hitting the return key?

Here is my Table of contents.


texts: Grey lines appearing when pasting a selection - How to remove?

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When I fuzzy select a section of an image, like so:

Cutting it works fine:

But when I paste it in I get these gaudy stripes of grey lines all throughout the image:

Zooming in, I couldn't see any discrepancies in the way it has selected parts of the image. According to Reddit, I should alter how the layer blends downwards, so I tried changing layer modes including the composite space, composite mode, and blend space. I have tried changing selection attributes such as Anti-aliasing, Select Transparent Layers, and Sample Merged.
All to no effect.
How can I paste this in without having said grey lines?


texts: Create SVG asset library with Illustrator

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I'd like to use Illustrator to generate a set of assets for use in web. The idea is that I would define one or more defs that could be called upon late.

It seems this is not the intended use, and to do so, I would have to use a custom script or create the SVG asset file by hand.

Is there a way to handle defs with Illustrator, if not (likely) are there any alternatives or accepted workflows that would make this most consistent and painless?


texts: Creative Commons Mix and Printed Materials

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Hello graphic design exchange.

I have a question about creative commons and its mix usage for printed materials.

As you know there are lots of websites offering free vectors for commercial uses. In my case, it is freepik.com. It says it allows commercial usage if we attribute them.

My question is how can we attribute on printed materials like business cards?

For example I design some business cards for my freelance customers and want to use some brush or shape from one element. Maybe I use lots of background elements seperately.

How can I attribute on business card for example?
For example a web banner, how can we attribute?
or a smaller project a logo and I like a shape vector and want to use by mixing other elements, how can I attribute these types of designs?

edit: this question marked as a duplicate, but I have different situation. On a magazine, there can be a copyright, on a poster, there can be a little statement, but on a business card design? For example floral vector backgrounds from a cc licensed file?


texts: What Adobe CS5 program should be used to make A4 multi-page brochure?

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I want to know what Adobe CS5 program to use to make A4 multi-page brochure?

I have the full master suite so I wanted to know what is best to use for this?


texts: Illustrator: how do I equally space interlocking shapes

texts: I have an illustration consisting of different geometric shapes.  All of them are touching each other, they "lock in" to each other if you will.  I would like to space them all out from each other equally, as if there was a transparent stroke on every edge of every shape within the overall picture.  Is there a way to do this without having to do it manually?


texts: What is the cost of protecting a trademark globally?

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I know this is not specifically a graphic design question, but I am curious to know about the differences between protecting an image-mark (trademark as a logotype) from nation to nation.

Is there a difference between black & white versus color marks?

Is there a service that will register it in individual countries or is there an international consortium that suffices?

Do you have any tips for best-practice in this regard?


texts: Alternatives to present multiple location information on a map

texts: I have a client who thinks that there really needs to be a comma between the name of the school, and the public school zone number (CSD#). I would love a second opinion from a design perspective. Doesn't the contrasting weight and size of the CSD# separate it from the school name, making it unnecessary to place a comma or parenthesis in between? Any alternatives?


texts: (illustrator) using blend tool to blend from a curve to hard angled shape

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Can i use the blend tool to create this type of flow from a curve to an edgier shape (shown on each leaf)?

When i try to do the blend this occurs to me


texts: How do I match the movement of an object to another in Premiere Pro?

texts: Is Premiere Pro able to "parent the actions of another object?" like in After Effects? Also I've tried aligning text to a square object to no avail. Asking for a friend...


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As the title says, I need help with making the lines sharper in a drawing my friend drew. He asked me if I can make the lines better, and I have tried going over it with the brush tool but it's going to take a long time. I was wondering if there might be a quicker way of doing this?

Thanks
Jake


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I've been curious for some time on how to create this asymetrical and multicolored gradient. I know how to do the multi color in photoshop/illustrator, but I am unsure how to create the asymetrical aspect of it.

My only other guess is that this is just a brush on multiple layers/colors that is then highly blended. If anyone knows how to create this in Adobe or Sketch it would be much appreciated!


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I am having a difficult time with a client. He's someone I have known since uni and we have worked well together since then. This time he hired me to re-do the design of his website. His main requirement was that he wanted great design, something well thought that would last more than a year. So after defining all the requirements, I sent a quote and he agreed with it.

I started the work and just before I submitted the final layouts he came back to me saying they had found a great theme they wanted to use and that I should then adjust my design to it. I was a bit annoyed but I said it was ok and that it would be charged separately since it was a new requirement. He said I should have suggested this approach and that he wouldn't pay for designs he is not going to use, that I should remove this from my quote and requote for the new work.

After talking to wall, I agreed to give him a discount on the initial project but asked for his team to write down their new requirements so I could quote from then. Then I asked for a 50% upfront of the new quote before I would start any more work - I hadn't taken upfront payment for the initial project. He got annoyed and said he couldn't pay before he would get anything tangible. I explained to him that this is a standard in my industry and that given their change of direction in this project I had lost many hours of work.

Since then, I haven't heard back from him. I saw they went live with the site using really poor design elements so I emailed him once more to ask him if he needed any design work now that they were live. He didn't get back to me.

I have made peace with the fact I won't get that money. Legally I should be paid for my work but I should also have been more careful and asked for an upfront deposit. I am not sure how to finish off this project now. Should I send him the invoice anyway? Needless to say that we won't work together again in the future but I still would like to give a professional but firm impression in my last correspondence with him. Any idea how to do that?

Sorry for the long message.
Kind regards,
Charlotte.


texts: How to align an object to inside of circle stroke in illustrator

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First of all, I am very new to illustrator. I have a circle with stroke only (Fill color is turned off). An angular object was created using two straight lines as in the following picture.

I have to align that angular object- "1" to inside of circle stroke so that it aligns as angular object- "2".

How can I do it precisely?


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I need to save an Inkscape file as DXF for a laser cutter and a CNC router. The Inkscape manual mentions I can save a file as DXF, which I do through the GUI and it works: File > Save As > Desktop Plotting Cutter (AutoCAD DXF R14) (*.dxf). The manual also gives the example of manipulating and saving an SVG file through the command-line:

inkscape filename.svg --select=path1555 --verb=EditDuplicate --verb=ObjectRotate90 --verb=FileSave --verb=FileClose

The list of verbs in the Inkscape command-line tools has only two references to DXF inside gcode options, and none to DXF:

> inkscape --verb-list | grep -i "dxf\|autocad"
ru.cnc-club.filter.gcodetools_dxfpoints_no_options: DXF Points...
ru.cnc-club.filter.gcodetools_dxfpoints_no_options.noprefs: DXF Points (No preferences)

How can I save a file as DXF programmatically?


texts: Cutting Out Type in a Gussian Blur in Illustrator

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I have a logo a client likes a lot. It uses gaussian blur ( few gaussian blur layers on top of each other) to create a glowing effect around the type. Then white type is placed on top to give it the effect of it being punched out.

But if I wanted the logo to be all white on a colored background, I'm not sure how to punch out the type to be clear. I did it in photoshop, but I would like the have vector files available.

Does anyone know how to do this in illustrator?

Also, when I try and use the Pathfinder - subtract tool, the blurred vector turns back into a solid color. (The Gold/orange color)


texts: Calculating space/gap between elements in figma

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I am new to Figma and I got a .jpg design file which I need to convert into HTML, but in order to do that, I need to know the space between each element. I went ahead and placed a space between the grid and it gave me w*h but when I use the same width in pixel on HTML element, it is ALOT.
Is it pixel or if not how can I convert it into pixel?
What other software I can use gap/spaces dimension between 2 elements?


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The client has sent me barcode in 72 dpi (233x82 px, JPG file)

The package design project in Illustrator is 300 dpi. I don't know if I place 72dpi barcode in it, would it print well enough to scan well. On the other side, if I make it 300dpi would it be big enough to be functional.

And related question: Is there a simple way for printer to test barcode when make test print? Is it usual to ask printer fr such thing, thanks!


texts: Given a white background, and black or grey text, is there a formula to find a link color with good contrast?

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The WCAG guidelines set the following requirements for text/link/background contrast:

A 4.5:1 contrast between the non-link text color and the background.
A 4.5:1 contrast between the link text color and the background.
A 3:1 contrast between the link text color and the surrounding non-link text color.

Assuming that requirement 1 of the above is satisfied, given a white background, and given a (non-link) text color that ranges from black to dark grey, is there a heuristic, formula, or algorithm to find a link color that would satisfy the other two requirements? It would be especially helpful if the algorithm or formula were specified in terms of Hue-Lightness-Saturation. Thank you.


texts: (Illustrator) Workflow question - is there a way to select this portion of my artwork?

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I am a veteran with Photoshop but somewhat of a newbie with Illustrator. I am working on creating this vector self-portrait...

I have a layer called 'Silhouette' which forms the main background of the portrait, which other shapes layered on top...

I'm just wondering, is there any way to easily select the portion of the image in Illustrator (which I have highlighted in orange in Photoshop for demonstration purpose... Magic wand tool: bam, done.) and convert this to a shape? Or do I still have to create the shape/paths manually?


texts: SVG file not saving as drawn in illustrator

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Below is an image of the logo I have created in illustrator CS6:

However, when I save the file as an SVG and then view it, it has been saved looking like so:

Notice how the text is changed to lower case and appears narrower when it's saved as an SVG. I'm using the Playfair Display font from Google Fonts.

Any thoughts on what I might do to fix this issue or why this is happening?

Thank you


texts: How to put image reference above all windows when drawing in photoshop?

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i am drawing in photoshow cs4 in windows7.

i am using some image references from google but i have to switch windows to look at them and then back to photoshop. is there a way to put some image references above all windows? or maybe there are some other ways to draw with references.

of course the best way would be a second monitor but i don't have one =)


texts: How can I fix jagged curved with Photoshop's Gradient Overlay?

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I am trying to create an image and added a Gradient Overlay style as seen below.

I ended up with the following image (A part of image).

Looking at the area circled in black, you can see a jagged curve. This is not as designed and occurs when I add the Gradient Overlay layer style.

Can someone suggest how to get a smooth curve, without this jagged structure, when using the Gradient Overlay layer style?

Edit:

Image without gradient fill (without zooming)

See the above two images. The left one is the actual one and the black line in the right image is the area where you need to look into. You can see zigzagged border over there.


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I'm getting a message from PageSpeed Insights that recommends to compress some png images. E.g:

  If compressing .../logo.png without loosing information, you would save 1.014 B (12% redcuction).

However, I've compressed the image with "Save for web" option and with the maximum compression. Tried to compress more times, but the image is never compressed more than about 200B. I could compress with PNG-8, but then I'm loosing image quality.

All other formats seem to be well compressed by Gimp with the same option.
Any idea of why it's happening and how to solve it?


texts: How to export a circle line as path instead of circle?

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I'm new to AI and been struggling to get a circle exported as path instead of circle. I need path for animation on web.
The shape is really simple, just a 1pt line circle. I used arc tools and joined 4 arcs together to make the shape.


texts: How could I make a logo that looks off centered due to the letters, look centered?

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so I have my "brand" logo here, in a square, it looks perfectly fine, or at least pretty fine.

But, if I put it into a circle, it looks very off-center due to the U having a sharp edge, and the D having a rounded edge.

Is there anyway I can make it look on-center, or a good way to try to find out the amount it needs to be moved, etc, to make it look on-center? I've been able to make it look slightly on-center, but I can still tell it's off.


texts: What do different bracket/braces/parens in logos mean?

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I'm thinking on a logo for my personal site that is tech/dev oriented and I've been curious about the use of brackets/braces/parentheses in logos. Most of these special characters have a lot of different meanings depending on the language or context, so I was wondering if there are known general meanings. Some examples and my thoughts:
<brand>   // HTML/web related?
</brand>  // HTML/web related (but different from no slash)?
[brand]   // typography/design?
(brand)   // math? modern?
{brand}   // CSS or web related?

Any help or sources I can look at is greatly appreciated. The subjectiveness of this question and my lack of knowledge in the area makes Googling for information rather difficult.
Update
Here are a bunch of examples I found at random. Some are known companies, some are stock art.

(source: cloudfront.net)

That last one is extra clever because the symbols make a speaker and sound wave.


texts: Glossy gift box designing in Illustrator

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I have to design a glossy gift box for a client in various sizes. Can I create just one design which the printing company can use for various sizes or should my designs be dimension-specific? Also, how do I create layout for the gift box with the top and sides? Can I download a template from somewhere? The box is supposed to be glossy. Should I give the glossy effect in Illustrator or just ask the printing company to print it on glossy, metallic paper for the effect? How do I create metallic effects in CMYK?

Thanks!


texts: Is it possibile in Adobe Illustrator to draw points in 3D space like Autocad?

texts: Is it possibile in Adobe Illustrator to draw points by Coordinates P(x,y,z) (in  3D space) and connect it by line (in 3D space)? like Autocad?


texts: Designing a button with an inset icon style in Photoshop?

texts: I am using the Glyphish icon set, and I am trying to achieve an "inset" look of the icon in a button in Photoshop. Any recommendation on how best achieve it?


texts: Carriage Return/Line Break Nodes in Inkscape XML Editor

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I recently exported an AI file as an SVG and there are a ton of "carriage return/line breaks" as nodes in the XML editor.  Opening other SVGs does not reproduce this issue.
Is this a UTF issue? AI exporting issue?  Is there a programmatic way to remove these?
Not a huge issue, I can simply remove them, but does anyone have any insight on why this is occurring?
If I open a text editor and remove the line break between <g></g> tags, the line break node is gone after reloading.  Seems odd considering I have other SVG files with line breaks in them and those are not nodes in the XML editor for Inkscape.
Inkscape 1.0.1
Thanks!


texts: Why convert to CMYK, rather than continue to use RGB?

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I use Adobe Acrobat to change colors in a PDF.  Why does mrserge  'convert everything to CMYK' by using the 'Map, spot, process colors' Fixup? Dietrich von Seggern never does. He merely continues in RGB:

  Your issue has to do with the color space. The box in question uses ICCbased RGB - but you are right: just decalibrating it does not suffice.

  What you should do is first analyze the box in Preflight. You can do so using the "List page objects grouped by type of object" profile and you can limit that to one page.

  The screenshot shows that the color of the box is 0.82/0.81/0.88 in RGB. You can now put that value into the Map colors fixup which needs to be set up for the accurate color space of the object.


texts: Problem pasting text with mixed character encodings on mixed programs/platforms

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I am doing flyers and books for a company since 6 years using InDesign CS4... I know it's outdated but it always did the job I needed to do.

I am receiving the texts from  different people in the company and they do a lot of copy and paste from the web and all kind of documents. Some of them use Mac and I have a PC. I produce flyers to be printed and then they use my .pdf to copy the text and and upload it on their web site. I don't work on their web page at all.

The problem is that the documents I receive have multiple encoding and when I copy-paste the text, the special characters are all messed up and/or space is added in the middle of some words.

On the other hand when I produce a final .pdf that is ok for printing, they encounter the same problem when copy-pasting the text in their web editor. The only permanent solution we found is retyping all the text witch is too much work and nobody wants to do!

Is there a software to clean the text from this mixed encoding?


texts: Job title of a person who does web animation

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Does anyone know the job title for a person who develop websites just front-end but is heavily involved with creating animations, WebGL and all moving elements?

I know it wouldn't be just a front-end developer because of heavy animation work, just can't find what these people are called.


texts: Create an artboard automatically to the size of an image (Illustrator)

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I am trying to figure out how to make an artboard automatically snap to the size of an image.

I know that you can draw a rectangle, then go to the Artboards window and choose "Convert to Artboards" from the flyout menu with the rectangle(s) selected. This does not work for images. The problem I have is that I have about 25 images that I've placed into an Illustrator document (buttons for the design of a site) and need to have them all be in their own artboards. Of course I could do this by hand but I was wondering, for future reference, if there is a way just select the image and have an artboard created to its dimensions.

I couldn't find an answer everywhere (all searches took me to how to make a rectangle an artboard, not an image).

Thanks!


texts: When exporting an SVG icon to PNG, I am attempting to retain the quality of the image while not loosing the size (16px x 16px).  I have made the attempt numerous times but have yet to produce a icon image that retains a good quality.  Each attempt produces a very blurry image at a screen resolution of 72 ppi.  When I increase the resolution to 300 ppi, the image is clear but the dimensions of the icon are now 67px x 67px.  Is there anyway to lock the dimensions while applying a higher screen resolution.  I have attempted this through the normal export as well as tried to set the values within the artboard as well.


texts: Customize a preset so it changed a direction of animation (not reverse it) in After Effects CC

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I'm not an AE expert but I was trying hard to find solution for a few days, so now I decided to ask for help.

I created 3d text animation using standard preset, but I need to change the direction of the effect. I need 2 scenarios:

It already fits to my requirements, when the letters start appearing with horizontal flip and in the end we see the whole word.
It requires that word is displayed at first and starting to disappear with same effect, but I need the effect starting from first letter.

When I use reverse it's not what I really need, because effect start from the end of the word.

Sources: gif and ae files


texts: What is the correct value of raster effect resolution parameter in Adobe Illustrator for saving PNG used in an iPad application

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I have a graphic prepared in Adobe Illustrator that I need to export to a PNG file used in an iPad application. The default value of Raster Effect resolution parameter is 72 ppi, on the other hand iPad spec says that its screen has 132 ppi.

Shall I change resolution from 72 ppi to 132 ppi before exporting PNG file?


texts: How to add a solid black border around a layer when it is under a Hue/Saturation Layer in photoshop?

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I have a Layer which i have adjusted Hue/Saturation with a Hue Saturation Layer in CS 5.1 . I want a solid black border around it. Now when i go to apply stroke to it in blending options, the stroke gets Hue corrected too and its not coming as a solid black border. I know that one work around is to create separate black border layers and keep on top of the hue saturated layers. Is there a better way ? I have added images for clarity.

These squares are all separate layers.

I need to have a solid black border around each of these boxes. But currently the layers are stacked like this.

So if try to use stroke around it, i get something like this instead of a solid black border.

Is there a way to get a solid black border around these tiles ?


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I would like to replicate this graph for the allocation of radio band frequencies using a different set of data but a similar style. I would like to avoid making it from scratch and I was looking for some software that could help me make one, but I don't even know how to describe such a type of graph
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_high_frequency#/media/File:VHF_Usage.svg
(it doesn't let me add the image directly, maybe it cannot show SVGs?)


texts: Is it acceptable to change colors on a logo to make it fit a website's theme?

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I have a few payment brand images that need to go in the footer of a website, the footer is very dark grey, to the point where making the logos grey-scale wouldn't be much of a good idea, especially as we still need the logos to stand out.

For example I took the following logo:

And changed it to fit with our very dominant red theme:

Is this good in terms of the user's perspective? Is this legal or misrepresenting the brand? If so is completely changing a logo to white acceptable for dark backgrounds?


texts: Smart guides not working properly with custom guides in Illustrator

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Here's a video showing my issue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTNAyd7jpAs&ab_channel=niuage
I don't think I have any "snapping" enabled, apart from "smart guides", but it does seem to snap to something, and even moves my previous points... I also have "Align to pixel grid" turned off in the Transform window.
edit: even without smart guides, I seem to have an issue where closing a shape changes its shape slightly... In case that gives you a hit of the issue.


texts: After picking a color in Photoshop, my color always turns grey

texts: I am trying to draw a rectangle, one per layer and let each have a different color. My problem is that each shape is grey. I choose the new color on the color chart and I click OK, it defaults back to a grey.


texts: Illustrator freaks out trying to display certain SVG files

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This happens occasionally and I don't know what the fix is. Illustrator cannot properly display certain SVG files that look fine in a brower and Inskscape, and validate with no errors.

For example, this file of a heraldic crown from Wikipedia Commons appears fine when I open it in Inkscape, but Illustrator goes nuts. I'm using Illustrator CC 2015 on Mac. This is how it displays in Illustrator:

This particular file had some hidden shields outside the artboard, but I deleted them, and no change. I removed unused defs, tried saving as plain SVG, etc but still Illustrator freaks out trying to display it. I've had this happen before - sometimes the entire artboard goes gray, and while you can select elements, you can't actually see them. Copy/paste into another document brings over the same problems. Sorry if this has been I've tried searching for answers but didn't find anything. Thanks.


texts: What is the difference between DPI (dots per inch) and PPI (pixels per inch)?

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There are lots of other questions on Graphic Design which partly cover this, e.g. What DPI should be used for what situations?.

However, I have become frustrated at the number of questions and answers which confuse the two terms. I think understanding the difference is important.

So here's a place to answer this question well and clear up the confusion!


texts: What are the different applications in Adobe Creative Suite for?

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So, I have never really been into design beyond a few wireframes and paper-pen sketches and have now now bought David Kadavy's book, Design for Hackers and am getting into design a little bit.

I am going through Adobe Creative Suite CS6. It has so many different applications and I can't seem to make out what to use for what purpose. Which program is better for doing what?


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I want to give my pattern tile a background.(In color tool, I choose Fill. In color swatches, I choose my background color. In Elipse, I choose rectangle, then Hight and Width sizes.)How can I make sure this rectangle has no Fill?(Because when I remove Fill, my background Fill is also deleted.)
Is there anybody to help me find the way? Many thank.


texts: How can I change this multi colored logo to a single white one?

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I am having problems with changing the color to white or black of this certain logo because it isn't a simple fast pasted one. I can use Photoshop and Illustrator (prefer photoshop) Both of my programs are CS5.1 but there isn't a difference with CS6. I've tried changing it from the blending options but the result was awful.

I've tried changing it from the hue menu.Still wasn't the best result.


texts: How to cut a compound path of several objects that share a gradient and keep it shared

texts: Whenever I cut an object within a compound path, the gradient that was applied across all of them gets reapplied to them individually.  How can I stop this from happening? I'm using the newest version of illustrator


texts: Need help learning how to create the depth in the polygon in this image using photoshop

texts: is there a photoshop tutorial or an easy way to make the hexagon with the corners the way they are in this picture? I'm not really sure where to start. I've googled different things, but since I don't know the name of the effect being used it's not easy finding a tutorial on my own. [![][2]][2]


texts: Trying paying fonts on one's website before purchasing

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After using only free fonts I am now considering using paying fonts for a client of mine. But I realize that although free fonts can be tested at will on one's website, that's not possible with paying fonts.

So how do people deal with this problem? There will be countless cases where a font looks good on the font's site, but then once installed on one's website it doesn't match it so well. Do you just request a refund or something? What is you want to try 2 or 3 paying fonts before choosing the one that best fits your website?


texts: How do I preserve legibility when overlaying text on images?

texts: I have lots of creative images that I want to use, except when I put text over them it makes the text really hard to read. Other than a drop shadow, is there another way to make it more clear?


texts: Vector based programs like Paint Tool SAI?

texts: Dose anyone know a program that has the the curve, edit, and pressure features that SAI has? I like how you can make a line and then just add points with the edit button. The pressure tool is really great too. Are there any vector based programs that are as easy to use as SAI?


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I have an image with an alpha channel that I'd just like to fill in with one color (e.g., for a sky). I try using the Magic Wand, but it leaves white borders around where the alpha channel and image meet.

How can I fill in the entire alpha channel with a foreground color in GIMP?


texts: What is the actual problem with Calibri?

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Recently I've been seeing many pages and blogs with some sour distaste for Microsoft's Calibri typeface, mashing it as if it was the new Comic Sans or something.
At first I tought the problem was because it was Microsoft's default font for MS Office, but I've seen people saying to avoid it even in office-related works.

I particularly don't see nothing totally wrong with it, i mean, it works well, it looks nice, the roundish stems give it a refreshing "not-so-formal" look while still seeming elegant and somewhat professional.

The only "problem" I'd say about it is that said round stems aren't very neat within bigger body sizes, but that is my personal opinion.


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I'm currently designing a mockup for print but unfortunately the logo extends some colors that are only available in RGB.

I was trying to convert a pretty agressive RGB green (#afff00) to CMYK but the differences after the conversion via photoshop are capital.

If I'm printing the RGB logo I get a color thats very very close to the RGB one on the monitor, how is that possible? Is it possible to use that or a pretty similar color in CMYK?


texts: How to set the tone of large passages of text without italics?

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Here and there in my article, there are paragraphs that need to set a different tone. So far I’ve used italic Times New Roman and indented the paragraph:

This looks good if it’s one line sentence or a five-line paragraph. But for a page-long preamble it seems that large blocks of italic text are harder to read:

Is there a way to set the tone for the preamble the same as the other paragraphs? A different typeface maybe? Or is de-italicizing the only way?

Indents, rules, flourishes are just for making a distinction, not really setting the tone of the text as they don’t change the typeface. Only italic or a font change can do that, I think.


texts: What image dimensions to choose for mobile and desktop in 2015?

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I am working on a portfolio website for a friend showcasing the work in a gallery with photoswipe.com.

Just got the original photos delivered. They are between 70 and 100 mb and range from 2551x5124 to 3588x3574 in TIFF format with almost no photo having the same dimension.

Now first of all I need to convert those to png and then I need to choose the dimensions I want these in. And what dimensions do I need for mobile and desktop in 2015?

With this CSS chart mind https://deviceatlas.com/blog/most-popular-smartphone-screen-resolutions-2015 as well as this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_resolutions in mind

for mobile I would opt for 360x640.

For tablet I would choose 1024x768 or 1200x800 (with increasing screen sizes in mind)

and for desktop 1600x1200.

Does that make sense?

For the retina screens do I need to double the dimensions with this older post in mind netvlies.nl/blog/design-interactie/retina-revolution ?

Sorry I am very new to all this but I know I like the port to load super fast and therefore optimized images and the right dimensions are top priority for me. Though not sure where to start?

Are my rough guesses somewhat OK? What dimensions do you use? Using BS What's the width to mockup websites for desktop and mobile now? are their dimensions applicable to images as well perhaps?


texts: How do I turn a Render of a 3D Model into this flat / vector style in Photoshop? (CS6)

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In Overwatch one of the gamemode icons is this:

Which is clearly a filtered 3D render, or vector/trace of a 3D render of one of their charcters. I wouldn't think it's unreasonable to assume it's just an applied filter/effect (or a few effects), or that you can get a very close look without tracing the image in a vector program. What can I do in Photoshop CS6  to get the same or a very close look to the image above from a source image?


texts: I somehow put a dotted square on my artboard in Illustrator, how do I remove it?

texts: I've mistakenly pressed a random combination of keys and a dotted square appeared on my artboard, now I don't know what is it or how to remove it. It's not selectable at all, it's just overlapping in front of everything.


texts: Sketch: How to align multiple objects relative to artboard or specific key object?

texts: Easy to do in illustrator, but can't see an option in Sketch App 3. Anyone know?


texts: What printers or methods are used to apply a matte lamination finish to the blank surface of an optical disc?

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I am a print design hobbyist and I have been trying to learn about how I can print my designs onto the surface of blank optical discs with a professional  matte lamination finished style. (As shown in the Image below.)
Professional quality CDs, DVDs, Software and other optical disc media products have a smooth matte lamination style to the front surface of the discs and lately I have been wondering how it is that this style is actually produced.
Would somebody here please be able to explain to me in a reasonable amount of detail what printers, technology or methods are used to apply a matte lamination finish to the blank surface of an optical disc?
(Image shows a matte laminated disc surface which is non-gloss and non-reflective)


texts: Indesign: Run the CropMarks script on all pages

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I have a document with a few hundred pages which is just an 8up layout to print a smaller document.  I was able to get the layout on all pages correct, but adding crop marks by page is going to take a while.

Is there a way to speed up this process?  Ideally I guess if I could select all the objects in the document instead of the page, but perhaps I can modify the script to handle it.

And since i'm here, is there a tutorial on apple scripting you would recommend?