texts: A way to use iPad as a drawing tablet for Photoshop & Illustrator?

texts: Are there and apps/programs that allow an iPad to be used as a drawing tablet? I've tried Duet Display and Chrome Remote Desktop, which are great apps, but are not helpful with my situation. They don't allow you to click and drag with a stylus, pen, or finger - you can only click. I have a good drawing app on my iPad but it has limitations and my software is just sitting on my desktop unused. I do not like the Adobe apps available and I don't have a CC subscription anyways.


texts: Using GIMP to extract a background from a set of pictures

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I've got a set of pictures of a group of people that were taken on a tripod.  Some of the people moved between pictures, and I want to extract a common background so I can combine the backgrounds to reduce noise, and clone people between pictures so that each person's best shot is shown in a common picture. However, I'm having some trouble figuring out how to do this.

My first thought was to compare pairs of images and subtract them from each other, then find a threshold value to create a black/white mask I can multiply each image against.  However, for people who didn't move very much, there is just enough similarity that they wind up partially in the mask. There is also the problem that noise and exposure variations between images result in there being a difference between backgrounds which sometimes exceeds any reasonable threshold.

Is there some approach I am missing to extract a background when I have a set of pictures with the same background but differences in foreground objects, i.e. people?  I have tagged this question as background removal, but what I really want to do is the opposite.


texts: How to automate exporting multiple PNGs with different sizes from Photoshop?

texts: I have a PSD file with a 96 px × 96 px resolution. Now I want to save this as four PNG files with different resolutions such as 36 px × 36 px, 48 px × 48 px, 72 px × 72 px and 96 px × 96px. Instead of adjusting the image size manually four times and saving as option, can I automate this somehow?


texts: Please help to identify the below font so that i can reproduced same looking result. Thanks in advance your kind effort.


texts: Is it possible to keep all shape layers outline on at all times in photoshop?

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I have a vector image I've created in illustrator which I would like to turn into pixel art. I've imported my vector as a shape layer in photoshop, and I was hoping to use the outlines of it as a guide (as the image is 64 x 64 in size, a raster guide would not have the same detail).

Is it possible to keep a shape layer's outlines visible, even if it is not selected?


texts: How to find the CMYK or RGB value of a commercial paint color?

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I have a client who has chosen a paint color for their office and they want to carry that exact color onto everything from signage to website to business cards as their "brand color".

Is there any way I can get the color values from their paint chip in CMYK or RGB so I can ensure everything will display and print in the correct color and coordinate all of these things? They have contacted the paint store and the only info they were able to provide was the number of shots/oz of each color, which as far as I know is useless. Any suggestions?


texts: Can anyone tell me what font this is, it is a hotel sign in Lanzarote

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I have tried looking at various on-line font finders but no luck.

I have used the usual and tried cutting the image down but nothing recognises it. I have tried with WhatTheFont, Identifont and What Font is.

The logo is a sign on the hotel La Isla Y El Mar in Lanzarote.
Thanks for your help


texts: Graphic icons for using with "Appreciate this Post" & "Follow updates on this post"

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What could be good graphic icons for using with "Appreciate this Post" & "Follow updates on this post" in a social web application?

Thanks a lot for your suggestions.


texts: print service who uses only photoshop to raster, is it normal?

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I'm not an expert let me just say, so with the risk of sounding a little stupid I have a question.

I had to send .pdf and .ai files (around 100-300mb each) to a print service to have them printed on very large formats of forex.

Lately, we've had some trouble working with them. First, they asked me for "default" .pdfs from Illustrator, which usually do not have a standard color profile (SWOP or FOGRA39, etc). Then they claimed they could not open a .pdf in Photoshop and I didn't understand. I found out they do not use any RIP program, they just drag the pdf into Photoshop to raster it and then straight to the printers.

Is this a normal practise or do serious print service offices usually have RIP programs to optimize the process? How should it usually work when they receive a large format .pdf with a mix of vectors and images (120dpi max)?

Edit:

Thank you for all the answers!

The resolution they require for the print is from 80 to 120dpi because these are very large graphics (16 feet wide) composed of large forex sheets placed together and they are seen from a certain distance.

I asked them for their postscript so I can export pdfs with their profile, but they didn't have one. They usually get the cut grid on .ai and the image pdf. I feel very out of control, but most importantly as Jackson mentioned, the time all this requires when they have troubles importing these large pdfs is insane.

To match a specific color they ask for a sample or a pantone as reference.

I think I will be looking around for other services just in case.


texts: When putting an image on the web that has only a few colours, what are the drawbacks of using the .bmp format?

texts: Say I have an image that is 500px square, and uses only about 10 colours, including some large single-colour blocks. Both .jpg and .png are lossy and cause fuzz, and .svg can be quite awkward to work with using my offline editor, Inkscape. The 16-colour .bmp format gives the image a file size of 125kB, which is acceptable even though it's more than 10 times what I'd get using .svg. But .bmp is rarely used in such circumstances. What are its drawbacks here?


texts: Removing assets from a background cleanly in Photoshop

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When I am working on projects at work, a lot of clients send me assets which are on backgrounds and I quite often have to spend a lot of time removing them.

I currently do this by either using the Magic Wand Tool and selecting as much as I can to remove or by using the marquee tool and reducing the amount I have to remove and then I usually use a soft eraser to tidy things up. This is quite time consuming..

I was wondering what ways or any other efficient means that you have of removing things from a background, i.e an image like the below without it looking as if its fuzzy around the edges, or as if there is an outer glow on the person or without leaving any rough edges etc:

Any suggestions/hints and tips you have would be really useful. I am just looking to see if there is any way in which I could perhaps do this more efficiently.


texts: Inkscape - trimming filled paths along an arc

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I've got a task somewhat similar to a previously-posed question (1), but not so similar that it solves my problem!

I've got a sunburst (radial treemap) with four concentric layers of text. (These are generated online fom a JSON file, so I haven't got access to the workings.)

As you can see, three of the layers are a lot wider than is needed to fit the text. So I'm reworking the SVG to trim the excess from each ring of radials.

When I use the method described in (1), I can only trim one radial at a time, which means making more than 50 iterations of the sequence. Or I can combine all the radials, thereby losing all the colour fill.

I have made an arched path to lay over the area I want to remove, then used exclusion to remove part of one radial at a time. Whenever I use it on more than one radial at a time, all the colour information disappears.

Likewise, the division operation seems to have no effect.

Scaling the radials creates other problems - though I suppose one might find a way to scale in one direction only.

I am supposing there are other ways to peel this banana. What will work?

Am I going to run into problems regardless? (Given the limitation of only one point of intersection, or the loss of colour info in combining paths.)

Inkscape - How to cut lines across an arc?


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I have a Photoshop document with many raster layers with Vector Masks applied. I would like to convert these to actual Shape layers.

Is there a better (easier) way to do this than:

Select the vector mask in the Layers palette.
Use the Direct Selection tool (A) to select the path.
Copy.
Create a new shape layer (e.g. drag a rectangle (U))
Paste the vector path into the shape layer.
Use Direct Selection tool to select and delete the original shape path.


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I appreciate this question is borderline for this site (apologies), but I checked the FAQs and I think it is permitted.

I'm investigating ways to get single-colour text onto a thick plastic sheet, such as plastic business cards.

There seem to be a host of options: pad printing, screen printing, flat-bed printing (inkjet), thermal transfer printer (as in this post) and more that I cannot remember.

Of particular interest is inkjet methods because the printers are potentially so cheap. Flat-bed inkjet printers are often marketed as being able to print full-colour on iPhone covers, with a scratch- and water-resistant finish. However these machines seem to retail at $1k and up for A4 size. There also seem to be variations within this category, I believe that one is UV-curing of ink, and non-UV curing. I noticed that on a low end machine, some non-UV types  actually uses an Epson print head.

This leads me to believe that perhaps a regular consumer inkjet printer could be used to print on thin plastic, if filled with an ink that will not smudge on plastic. While cartridges might not be available for them, there are cheap continuous-ink systems where perhaps the ink suitable for paper could be replaced by ink for plastic.

My question: does anyone know if there are inks that could be used on plastic with a regular inkjet printer?

I know there are specialist OHP transparencies that can be used with inkjets but not only are the opacity and brilliance is poor, but it is also not resistant to smudging.

Thanks


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Does the functionality exist to have a persistent set of character and paragraph styles that's available on an application level as opposed to document level?

I know that styles can be imported from other InDesign files. I make a lot of material based on the same design template, and I end up with slightly different versions of my styles in each file. I'm looking for a way to keep everything up-to-date in one place.


texts: Admin software recommendations for graphic design freelancer/small studio?

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I'm looking for recommendations for Admin apps/software to use in my small graphic design business.
I currently use a CRM/Invoicing?Project management system I created in excel but find it time consuming and frustrating when reconciling at the end of month. I'm getting to the stage where I don't mind paying if it's going to save me time and keep things neat.

What system are other freelancers using?


texts: Layer's resizing when I copy a layer to a different document? I don't want this to happen.

texts: I am working on converting a large map into a booklet format.  I am making selections of 4 inches by 7 inches then copying them to make a new layer.  When I drag this new layer into a new document it is increasing in size.  How to I make the sizing consistent between layers?


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Good evening.

So my Companion 2 just died and I'm looking to upgrade. Wacom tech support quoted a repair at $1,113 which I consider too high, but they also offered me 10% off of the Wacom eStore. Refurbished items sold on eBay by Wacom also come with a 1 year warranty so that's an option as well.

Now my dilemma: I'm stuck between getting the Cintiq Pro 13 - which is the same size as what I'm used to with the Companion 2 - or the Cintiq Pro 24. From what I gather, the 24 is the professional-preferred model, and I am very interested in being able to use my whole arm to draw rather than just my wrist (I've never had that much real estate before). However, the 24 is 2.5 times more expensive than the 13.

At the time I type this, the Pro 13 would be $763.15 with the 10% off, including my state's 6% sales tax. The Pro 24 would be $1907.95 after the discount and tax. So for about double the screen size, the Pro 24 is about 2.5 times more expensive. I am also aware of the Pro 16, which is 3 inches bigger than the Pro 13, but it costs $1430.95 after sales tax and discount, which is 1.9 times the price of the Pro 13 for only 3" more for $477 less than the Pro 24...

I am not currently a professional, but I used my Cintiq more-or-less daily. I am planning to go back and get another degree in the multimedia field and become a full-time multimedia professional, so I suppose I would be considered a prosumer. So is the 24 really that much better for someone like me to be worth the price, or would I be better off with the very slight upgrade to the Cintiq Pro 13?


texts: Convert a abr file to a png file on a Mac

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I want to take an abr file and convert it to a png file on a Mac.
I am looking for a visual reference for each .abr file I have created. I am on a mac, so ABRViewer is not available to me. But what abrviewer does is exactly what I'm looking for. BrushView QuickLook used to work in Photoshop but is not compatible with Catalina.


texts: What are the differences between OFL and Apache License for fonts?

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SIL Open Font License is very clear and easy to understand, but I can't understand Apache License. Can anyone tell me the differences between Open Font License and Apache License (especially 2.0)?
https://www.fontsquirrel.com/license/arimo


texts: How can I crop images so as to change their aspect ratio?

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For header images on a site I'm working on we are using 1280x480 px images.

The images I have been given are not 1280x480 px, so I need to crop them, but I can't just crop them any which way - I need the end result to be an 8:3 ratio.

I'm wondering if there is a quick way to do this with a lot of images? Maybe something like Croppola?

I have Photoshop and Paint.net on my system currently. I'm open to using other software.

Croppola seems almost idea, but I haven't been able to get it to work with the 8:3 ratio (when I go to manual and begin entering values it gets confused...or maybe it is I that am confused).


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1 - What is the difference between the following 3D programs and what is appropriate for work in terms of simplicity and professional capabilities

Houdini FX

Autodesk Maya

ZBrush

Blender

2 - Do 3D designs enter into the games movements

I know many questions, but please help as you can


texts: How to create color palette to avoid dithering in GIF?

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I create a GIF in FFmpeg using a custom color palette. Since custom color palette significantly reduces the size of the GIF I want to keep it as restricted as possible.

The GIF I'm trying to convert has white and two shades of blue. I assume there are also transitional colors, like a mix of white and blue to make the logo smoother on the edges. I don't know how many colors in the palette I need to create a good looking GIF.

Is there a way to calculate color palette size based on main colors?

Here are two GIFs for comparison with 8 and 16 color palette accordingly. Can someone explain why 8 colors produces dithering, distorts colors and 16 does not?


texts: Inkscape - Exclusion/Difference: remove fill but preserve stroke (size)

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For my background, I'm not entirely comfortable with Inkscape, but I'm not entirely new with it either.
Say I have a large object with a smaller object inside of it. I want to remove the smaller object with Path -> Exclusion (or Difference). If I do this, the smaller object's fill will be removed and its stroke will be preserved. However, the stroke size will be reset. Is there a way for me to preserve the stroke size when using Exclusion?
Neither stroke to path or object to path do what I'd like.
Let me know if I need to explain myself more.
EDIT
I think I just figured it out. It looks how I want it to look at least. I chose the smaller object and selected Path -> Inset. Then I chose both objects and selected Path -> Exclusion.
EDIT
Nevermind, I didn't figure it out; it doesn't work for a different set of objects.
Here's the image. I'm trying to use Exclusion on the mouth and teeth.


texts: What is the meaning of adding (?1297280570) to the image names?

texts:
Sometimes i find images on the sites added through css. Even if image name is (let's say) footer_logo.gif. In css it will be added as footer_logo.gif?1297280570

What do I miss in here?

Regards,


texts: Does this art style in Hannes Johannes animations have a name?

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I am really in to this kind of art style:

http://www.hannesjohannes.com/

It heavily features lines and dots to create textures and shading. Is there a specific name for that kind of style? The image below is a really good example of what I am talking about, note the dots around the edges.


texts: Script to add numbers to end of AI layer names?

texts: I figure this script would be fairly easy to write since its a simple task but I know next to nothing regarding JavaScript. Essentially all I want to do is add numbers to the layer names, the top layer being 1, the next 2, and so forth; I want these to be added to my names, not to replace them. I don't have any sublayers so that should make the script even simpler, I just can't find what I'm looking for on Google.


texts: How to fix “’registration color’: black” error in PDF Preflight?

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I'm preparing a document for print and I am in the preflight process.
One of the errors is the colour issue shown in the image below.

  “Registration color”: Black

How can I fix this?


texts: Changing relative heights of objects so that their shadows reflect what the user wants

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How can I change this image so that the inner circles appear like they are at the highest level? Meaning that the outer and bigger circle doesn't cast a shadow over them?

Edit1: I am using Inkscape


texts: Qualities of a full-page website background image

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We are trying to create a web page with a full-size background. The following pages are our inspiration:

http://www.august.com.au/
http://www.levehytter.no/
http://danielfiller.com/

We have created a page with some striking images of our own, but they always seem flat, lifeless and don't give the copy any chance to stand-out.

There seems to be some common qualities of the images that work that we can't put our fingers on.

What are the qualities of images, or techniques used on those images, that would allow them to be used more effectively as a full-screen web page background?


texts: Can I modify text within Photoshop files programmatically?

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What I want to do is to be able to code a script which will change a text layer from a Photoshop file for another text in my script.

Is there anyway this can be done? Is there any Photoshop API or something similar?


texts: Can we measure the “visual taste” of a person in arts?

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I was always thinking that the visual taste – or whatever it’s called – of a person is a gift from god and is innate.
But can we measure someone’s taste in graphic design – or arts in general?
I am asking because I am trying to develop a tool that measure the visual taste of people.


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For some reason in one of my Illustrator documents, there are small bumps on the bottom of the lowercase E and C characters.

The font I'm using is (I believe) built into Windows. It's called Bahnschrift.

Any help with this would be appreciated. If a sample document is needed please let me know in the comments.

Also, Adobe Illustrator CC 2018.


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After quite a lot of searching, I haven't really find that many websites focused on design critique, where you could just upload your work and get some responses.

One of the biggest sites oriented on artsy people is probably DeviantArt, which is really great, but it is nearly impossible (at least for me) to get some relevant critique on newly added work.

The problem that I see with sites like DA is that they don't reward the people who comment/rate/critique.

On StackExchange we have the Karma system, as people get little points when they post a good answer, which greatly enhances the community to be active.

Is there any such a site for designers, where it doesn't take milion years to get a response for newly uploaded stuff? The only one I was able to find is Dribbble, which however is a invite-only service.


texts: Is hand drawing a picture of a copyrighted cover art legal? I do not intend to use it for selling, the public, or anything of the like.


texts: How to create this effect with lines in Photoshop or Illustrator?

texts:
I am trying to recreate this artwork in Photoshop.

I am not sure how to create the lines moving toward the tool nor how to create the lighter color around the tool. How would I do this?


texts: How to split work while designing on InDesign?

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I am new to InDesign. We are about 6 people working on an yearbook about 200 pages. The plan is to combine each article (separate InDesign document) to an InDesign book file.

Is it practical in InDesign to separately work on different computers? Is there something to be taken care of? Since, there seems to be a lot of problem regarding referencing when working on various computers. Also, some of us have a Mac and others Windows.

If it is not practical, how is it generally done? I'm assuming a person singly can't do the work. What's the solution to this? Do we merge PDF files for each article?


texts: To have sharp look in submitting it in any contest

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When i submit my designs (logo, business card, etc) in any contest, it doesn't give sharp look  instead of others. My design looks like a little blur while submitting to the contest. I made designs in Adobe Illustrator CS-5.
How could i get sharpness in my design so the contest holder could inspire with my creativity?


texts: What can I try to make my animted .gif image smaller? It was created in adobe flash and converted into .gif after, however it's still way too big, it's 3mb and I need it under 1mb. What can I try?


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Is there any way to convert a file in Borland's CHR font format to any other format? Or does anyone know how I can programmatically parse this format in order to create an output myself (I'm a programmer)? Having an output as SVG would totally fine.

To be clear: I need an automatable way not manual conversion as I have a whole bunch of CHR files to convert.


texts: How can I use color overlay like the one Photoshop has, on SketchApp?

texts: Title says it all, are there any options on SketchApp like this:


texts: Given a font file and the look of a glyph, how do I find its unicode code point?

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I have a font file (*.ttf) and images where a glyph is displayed. What's the easiest way to figure out what code point I should reference to get the correct glyph?

The concrete example is a chevron right, but neither 0xf054 (chevron right in Font Awesome) nor 0xf105 (angle right in FA) match what I need. (The font in question is commercially licensed, so I can't post it here.) Is there a way to programmatically look through the font file to see what code points have defined characters, and what they look like?

I'm on Windows 8.1, so any tools I need must be compatible with that.


texts: How to create “lo-fi” images such as these?

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I only own Photoshop, so if anyone could let me know how to use Photoshop to create edits like this, it will be much help.

https://m.imgur.com/a/pkXmNCi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


texts: What type of cardboard to use for a liquor box?

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We designed a label and a box for a cognac (vinjak), the full bottle weighs around 1.3 kg .
The printing company my client chose (in another country) wants to know which type of cardboard (or which type of material) to use for the box.
I don't have a lot of experience with materials so I would usually consult with the printing company, but I already asked them for recommendation and had no positive response.

I did some research but I'm still unsure what to tell them- it needs to be firm enough to hold a cognac bottle and still to be able to print a full-color design. Do you know what would be the standard option here?

Also, do you know would this lock bottom dieline be good for this type of box?

edit : from the printers website: Materials: microwave, small wave, chromocardone, belpack or some other materials of your choice.
The printing can be: screen, flexo, offset, UV printing or foil
Packaging can be papier mache, laminated or lacquered.  (sorry for the rough translate)

Our design is a dark box with some gold foil and UV details, plus a photo of the vineyard founder in some ochre colours

edit2:
This is the insert for the bottle we created to put inside (slanted shape is for this specific bottle)


texts:
Can anyone help me identify the Japanese font in this picture?

I have tried several font identification services, but they don't seem to recognize Japanese symbols.


texts: How to get RGB values of a transparent texel in Photoshop?

texts: When I put the mouse cursor on a transparent texel and check the Info panel, there is only the Alpha value displayed, but empty for RGB:


texts: How do I make a greyscale layer become a mask for another layer in Photoshop CS6?

texts: I wanted to create a mask that looked exactly like another layer that I have. How do I do that?


texts: Where can I find GIF inspiration about a certain subject (find us page)?

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I started working as a graphic designer two days ago. My boss asked me to create more than one gif to clarify the location of a company and when I created one and he said "I could've liked it two years ago but now it's too normal" and he asked me to look at gif trends...

I was so focused on branding and photo retouching that I know absolutely nothing about gifs, I'm not talking about the know-how of creating them but I'm talking about inspiration and knowledge of the fundamentals and rules.


texts: Any other selection method other than freehand with Photoshop's patch tool? (CS6)

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I have found that the Patch Tool is really useful for certain healing situations, but I can't stand that it is only freehand drawn. Is there a way to use a click-move-click-move-click selection method (like to polygonal lasso tool)?

I'm using CS6.


texts: Make words-art in Inkscape — How can I cut the words out of a shape?

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I want to create a word-cloud or you call a tag-cloud, but I have a problem cutting the words out of the shape that I want. Anyway, here's the demo word-cloud:

I want the yellow "DEMO" text to overlap the heart shape, and disappear when it goes out of the shape. Also, I want to keep the color of both the heart and the text. Is there any way to do that?


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I used Scriptographer a good while back (http://scriptographer.org/)

I wanted to use it again but they no longer work on the latest version of Illustrator - does anyone know an alternative version?

They know use paper.js  But I haven't a clue how it works.  Someone also said Process but does that invovle JavaScript?

Hope you can help.

Steve


texts: Going from gesture sketching to a final drawing

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I'm trying to understand the process of going from initial gesture sketches to a completed drawing.  Most of the instruction I've seen talks about the gesture phase and the late detail phase but very little about moving between the two. The best example I've seen so far is in How to Draw the Marvel Way, but that just hand waves a bit with a few paragraphs about adding detail directly to the initial sketch and four pictures going from a sketch to final form.

Most of the other discussion I've seen about gesture drawing speaks to it basically being warm up/capture only and that it should be treated as a throw away piece after the "real" drawing is well underway.  I realize that workflows are unique to each person but it seems like there should be general guidelines on efficient workflows for the middle stages.

I'm currently working with pencil/paper, but I can see myself going digital, as I imagine the workflows being much easier when you can layer your drawing out and stage it that way.


texts: How can i get the usage permission of Movie Images for creating Livewallpaper?

texts: I am new to designing and had got work for creating a live wallpaper using some animation characters in movies like Rio,Finding Nemo etc. How can use the images of that i find in google for this purpose.And also what kind of copyright permission i need to get ?


texts: Where to find a computer version as close as possible to the original Blackletter font?

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I am producing an electronic version of some pages of a medieval manuscript. The manuscript uses Blackletter, like in the image below:

Now, there are many types of blackletter. I am looking for one that resembles the one above, particularly in one feature: i, m, n, u, and v are all difficult to differentiate for the non-trained eye (particularly if together). This can be clearly seen in the first word of the penultimate line (dominum).
I've searched online for fonts using keywords like blackletter, Textura, or more broadly, gothic medieval, without success. For instance, blackletter tag search here or here, using example word dominum, show no true resemblance to the one I am looking for. The key difference, it seems to me, is that modern versions of gothic fonts are made (quite understandably) for easy readability, whereas original blackletter, as evidenced by the image above, is not easy to read.
Does someone has knowledge of a computer font that gets as close as possible to the original blackletter?


texts: How do I acquire these exact fonts for use on Windows...?

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I am working on a shipping label that is incidental to a database system I am responsible for supporting. The client has very specific requirements, calling for Helvetica Medium Condensed and Helvetica Bold Condensed (you can see the document here, Section 5).

When I do a web search for "Helvetica Condensed Medium", I see one identical result in the Adobe store and a bunch of references to "Neue 67" variant of Helvetica, which, as I understand, is not identical.

But when I view that Adobe link, there is no apparent way to actually purchase that font.  (No "add to cart" button, etc.)  And, when I attempt to search the Adobe site using their built-in search, I don't see any results that directly correspond to "Medium Condensed".

Is there another "common" name for these fonts?

When I attempt to browse fonts in the Adobe store alphabetically, I also do not see any fonts that clearly correspond to Helv. Cond. Medium or Helv. Cond. Bold.  (Not clearly to me, at least.)  Furthermore, the ones that seem closest are all bundled into packs of multiple fonts.  Assuming I could find the specific fonts I want, is there no way to buy individual fonts?

I thought I might have better results on the Linotype site but the issues (other than the bundling) are basically the same -- they don't appear to sell the exact specific font, and I'm not exactly sure what "format" I'll be getting.

... Which is a concern because ... to top it all off, I am not even certain our label printer (Zebra Z4M) is compatible with any non-TrueType fonts, other than those provided by the manufacturer, and they do not appear to offer the fonts we require.  So, I think to be safest I need TTF versions of these fonts.  Do they even exist?

Am I even going about this the right way?  I wound up at the Adobe site first because of their apparent dominance of search results, but if there is a better alternative (i.e. more canonical, less expensive, simpler, or all of the above), I would like to hear about it.

After all this, I have my doubts that the original specification is even precisely valid. But now is the time to "do the best we can", not the time to argue that point.

Yeah, did I mention they want this operational for tomorrow? ;D

Any advice toward meeting that goal would be sincerely appreciated.  I know there are several questions here, but I'm expecting that the right answers to the important ones will obviate some of the lesser ones.

Thank you!


texts: How to draw a smooth line (small in some places, large in others) like in this image

texts: Check the image I attached above. I need to design a different logo. But need to draw it like this one because both the logos will be placed together (they need to match). So, anyone know how to draw the smooth line which is small in some places and large in others? How to add that effect? Im using Illustrator CS5.


texts: How can I convert my watercolour images to vectors for Shutterstock?

texts:
So, forgetting that they rejected my last image as they weren't taking content like that anymore... Shutterstock said that I wasn't allowed to use live trace in Illustrator to vectorize my watercolours.

How is everyone else handling this? Googling isn't getting me anywhere and I can't imagine that people are using the pen tool - it just isn't pratical.

Anyone want to point a girl in a direction?

Thanks :)


texts: Is there a way to do a numbered recommendation list in InDesign with the recommendation numbers right justified?

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I'd like to get some output that looks like this:

Lorem ipsum blah blah blah blah blah blah blah....

Recommendation: Put the thingamajigger in the doodlewhatsit.  (RANDOM-248)
Recommendation: Doodlewhatsit inserts into the thingamajobber. (RANDOM-249)
Recommendation: Poodlejobbin needs to be fixed. (POODLE-3)

On the last page of the document or section, i'd like a summarized list of these items (with references).

Is there any way to do this automatically in InDesign with lists and numbering (paragraph styles), or do I have to insert these items manually (and generate a list of them manually, for summary purposes?)  I don't mind setting the styles and lists manually for each item.

EDIT

I should provide a better example....

You can think of this in the context of something like JIRA numbers.  I want the "number" to be the list with a custom format, and i'll manually select the list.  so instead of:

foo

I want

Random recommendation (RANDOM-1)

And at the end of the document I want a summary of random recommendations (which I can achieve with a TOC and Paragraph Styles).

However, I can't ever get the numbering on the right hand side, where the "numbering" is a custom format (RANDOM-X).

I think cross references may be my only option.  I'd love to hear if anyone else has ideas.  You can think of this document as a "release notes" document, with something like JIRA issues, except the issue numbers come from tags within indesign and paragraph styles rather than some external system.  The idea is that the consumer of the document receives a summarized list of requirements/recommendations at the end of each section, and the "numbering" of these is controlled from within InDesign rather than an external source.


texts: What is this area around my Illustrator artboards?

texts:
I'm using illustrator, and had many artboards set up. As I was creating more, I noticed that there is a bigger square in which all of the artboards reside. What is it? How do I make it bigger/smaller?

Here is an image to illustrate.


texts: Issue on returning a variable from an evalScript function

texts:
I am working on a CEP HTML panel for Photoshop and I want to check first if there is any opened documents before my panel do what it has to do. So I made something like this into my index.js so to test if I get the correct result. But psDocumentsLength variable returns as undefined. Any idea what am I doing wrong?

(function()
{
   'use strict';

    var csInterface = new CSInterface();
    var psDocumentsLength; //1//

    function init()
    {
        themeManager.init();
        $(document).ready(function()
        {
            check_PSDocumentsLength();
            alert(psDocumentsLength); //4//
        });
    };

    init();

    function check_PSDocumentsLength() //2//
    {
        var chosenFunction = 'checkDocumentsLength()';
        csInterface.evalScript(chosenFunction, function(result)
        {
            psDocumentsLength = result; //3//
        });
    };

}());


texts: "Replace" image (gradient) in image with alpha

texts:
Consider the following graphic:

Note that the first image's background is transparent, and that the blue background in the second and third images is a subtle gradient - not solid color.

Basically, give the 2nd image and the 3rd one, how can I find the difference between the two to (roughly) generate the 1st image?

I'm open to any kind of answer, from "how to do it in %Program%" to "find the difference between both rgb values and multiply by..."

PS: I just realized I switched the first image with the second one in the graphic. Obviously, you start with the gradient and then put the overlay over it.

PS: GIMP has a feature called "Replace Colour with Alpha", basically, it does what I need, but it uses a specific color. In my case, the color would depend on the position.


texts:
AE beginner here: I'm trying to create an effect such as this:

http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-video-5444182-business-people-loopable.php

Does anyone know of a tutorial or perhaps just point in the right direction on how to achieve this?

I only got as far a creating a null layer (parent of a few silhouettes), setting it to 3D, and playing with the scale which looks like it's not a good method..


texts: How to import a Microsoft table into InDesign without editing?

texts: I am creating a wine portfolio in InDesign and have been given an Excel .doc file with various columns filled with data (name, description, country of origin) and want to know the quickest way to import all these, without them being in a table. Then I need to be able to apply paragraph and character styles to it, as the various columns will need to be editable as separate paragraphs.  How can I import a table from an Excel document into InDesign with little editing needed?


texts: Unique serial number on page each time a pdf or indesign doc prints

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I have to design a document for internal use that needs a unique serial number on copy of the sign off sheet.

I'm aware that InDesign has a numbering function (to number book/magazine pages) but what I'm looking for is something that's a but smarter than 1,2,3,4... I need it to put out a serial number mixed of letters and numbers preferably adhering to a set pattern.

Is there a way one can insert a variable into a pdf or InDesign doc so that each time it's printed it will print a unique serial number onto that page?

The only other way I could think of doing this was to make a web page html/php and have the serial number done on the server and the print page styled with a print style sheet. But this seems like a rather long way to go around the issue.


texts: What should I do to distinguish an item which has the same color with its background?

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I'm making a game where some discs/circles moves around in a tiled map.

Each disc/tile have a color, and sometime the color of the disc and the tile are identical.

It would be hard for the user to know there's a disc lying on that tile, so I'm thinking of a way to make the disc reasonably visible.
So far I've thought of 3 ways:

Darken/lighten the disc
Give the disc a dark outline
Give the disc a shadow

This is how I'm doing it currently, a combination of No.1 & 2.

But I'm not satisfied with it. Method 1 make it hard to recognize the true color of the disc when I have 8 or 9 different colors in the game. And method 2 and 3 both feel old.

So does anybody have experience with this and can help me out? How would you solve this problem?


texts: Exporting an SVG with open paths for CNC laser cutting

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has anyone used jscut.org to create Gcode from an SVG for a laser cut?

jscut.org closes off my paths where there should be a line, not a polygon, is this a fault of mine, illustrator, or jscut.org's svg interpreter?

A line is not supported by jscut.org

Thank you!

Update 10-1-2019

Here's the result + code, why is the path auto-closing?

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="12.65" height="10.44" viewBox="0 0 12.65 10.44">
  <title>test</title>
  <path d="M0,.5H9.83c2.32,0,2.32,1.74,2.32,1.74V8.6c0,1.15-1.63,1.34-1.63,1.34" style="fill: none;stroke: #000;stroke-miterlimit: 10"/>
</svg>


texts: License that allows me completely free commercial usage of images

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PROBLEM:

I need free images for my application. They are intended for controls ( main window / buttons / treeview icons ... ).

MY EFFORTS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM:

Searching through Internet, I was able to find many sites with "free" icons.

They are all licensed somehow ( GPL , Creative Commons and so on... ), but I know nothing about those licenses so I am afraid to download the images. I just do not know what I can use and what I can not, and reading through the description of those licenses did not help much.

QUESTIONS:

IMPORTANT INTRODUCTORY REMARKS:

I am allowed to give credit to the designer, but since this is a desktop application the only things that cross my mind are the following:

Put designer's link into source code;
Add a clearly visible button ( on the main window ) that will open user's browser with the designer's page;

I really do not know what else can I do to give credit, since this is my first time facing this task.

ACTUAL QUESTION:

When searching for free icons for commercial use, which license should I look for ( which license corresponds to my conditions from the INTRODUCTION AND RELEVANT INFORMATION section ) ?

I apologize if the question is inappropriate, I have no intention of disrespecting other people's work. This is my first time facing this problem and I just have no money to pay for the images at the moment.

If further information is required, leave a comment and I will update my post as soon as possible.


texts: How do you change the Krita Line Tool's line size (weight/thickness)

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Krita (v2.9.7) and graphics arts newbie. How do you change the "Line Tools" line size (weight/thickness)?
I've right-clicked my drawn line to "pop up" a seemingly useful set of options, e.g. pen, eraser, color, etc. but no size. Help for a newbie would be appreciated. Not finding this intuitive.


texts: Script to Create Colour Chip Layers in Photoshop

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I would like to automate the process of adding colour chip layers to my images. The images will only ever contain between 2–16 colours, and are pixel-perfect. I would like to be able to automatically scan the flat layer containing the image, and create rectangle layers for each colour in the image resulting in something like the below:

I thought it could be possible using index colour to create a swatch palette, but not sure how I could then create the rectangles automatically using the colours in the saved palette?. Alternatively, can a script just scan the layer for every variant of colour since I can be sure there will only ever be max 16?
Is this possible? Or wishful thinking?


texts: Does Google provide material design resources?

texts: Does Google provide Material Design building blocks for designers (i.e. ready to use components as psd files)? I haven't found any in the specs.


texts: Creating a Manual in InDesign - How do I make it editable while maintaining format for non-ID users?

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I am a complete InDesign newbie, and this might be a sort of complex issue, so please bear with me!

My company produces maintenance manuals for HOAs and homeowners, in both print and electronic formats. We have a base template for each product type, which is then modified to match the project. Up until now, we've been utilizing Microsoft Word, which has been less than ideal; we frequently either add or remove information and/or photos, and making any changes at all usually breaks the formatting, which requires time-consuming corrections. It's also not the most professional looking. So we're exploring other options!

So far, it seems like InDesign is going to suit our needs; however, I'm the only person in the office with access to InDesign, so I need our templates to be editable outside of InDesign, while retaining formatting. What I'm running into is that when I export to PDF, they are text-editable, but the PDF is treating text objects on separate pages as unlinked, even if they're linked in ID. So, for example, if I have a text object on page 1 that's linked with a text object on page 2 and I delete the text object on page 1, the text object on page 2 doesn't move to page 1; or, if I add more text to page 1, it doesn't move the text objects that follow it. Is it even possible to make that happen?

TL;DR: I want to be able to add or subtract text objects from an InDesign file exported to PDF and have other objects move accordingly. Can I do that?

Thanks!


texts:
Can (Adobe) Illustrator set default layer thumbnail size?

Every new document, I need to click "Panel options..." to change layer's thumbnail size bigger.


texts: Can you convert blend to simple vector shape?

texts: I am finishing graphics for my settlement plan and I am having some issues with shadows. Basicly all I wanna do is just move objects about 4 meters in 45° angle. Is there a way to make a "step" free blend and expand to one shape so I can manipulate appearance easier or any way to make simple shape?


texts: How can I subtract a circle from an image in Sketch?

texts: I have a bitmap and I want to subtract a circle show the background gradient shows through. How can I do that?


texts: Text issues when exporting SVG from Illustrator to Inkscape

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I've been given the cumbersome task of designing poster templates for a online university that need to be saved as SVG so their departments can make their own custom-filled files. The files are built in Illustrator CS5. Fonts are simple Open Sans, (from Google Fonts) which the client is also using the same licensed version. The issue I'm having is that some of my formatting in Illustrator is not carrying over to Inkscape. Issues of kerning, and alignment are the main factors.

Once the client updates the templates, then they will take care of printing the files. I realize that this is not the ideal process to set these up, but it is falling on deaf ears. Help!


texts: Skew text in Photoshop without transform

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I have a PSD file with a multiline skew text and I need to know how to do the same thing from the scratch.

I am not so good at Photoshop, and the only way I know is applying skew transform to the text object. However, internal transform matrix has no rotation elements.

So the question: is it possible to skew text without using transforms?


texts: How far (and how often) in the process do you let a client see a work in progress?

texts:
Before you start typing on your keyboard, I know it's good practice to let a client know what you're doing by showing them WIP (Work In Progress) pictures of the artwork you're doing.

But sometimes this practice backfired on me and it nearly made me quit the commission once, because the continous small improvements from some self claimed art major aka client got very annoying. The ongoing requests for changes and follow up WIP pictures after you send them the first one, stack up so damn quick. Don't get me wrong, I really have no problem sending you WIP pictures, not at all. But please let me do my work, because I kinda know what I am doing.

From experience, my proposed suggestions that got turned down first, turned out great in the end when I did them against the customers will. Reactions often are

  Oh wow. You were right. Sorry, that looks great!

So on one side, I understand that a client wants ongoing feedback so the project doesn't drift off in the wrong direction, I wouldn't want that either when I commission someone for good money. On the other hand,
stop giving me your bs advices and don't tell me how to do my job, I am pretty sure I know how to do that myself thank you very much.
/rant

And I am certain these come up because I show them WIP pictures, yeah well, WIP, doesn't mean finished. Why is that so hard to understand?

So to sum this up, what's a good rule of thumb of what to show your client and what not, and also - how much?


texts: How to draw a wing cascade with boundary layers?

texts:
After receiving some great advice here, I set out to create my first diagrams!

I am trying to recreate this type of image in Inkscape:

Inkscape was suggested as a good starting point and it's free, otherwise there is really no particular reason I am using it.

So far I have used Matplotlib in python to create some of the elements of the figure:

which I then save as a .svg and open up in Inkscape. I'm not sure this is the best way to do it, but it's a start. One thing I can't get my head around is that I can open a .svg file fine with Inkscape, but I can't import another to the same canvas- it just imports a blank 'box' that I can drag around...Not sure how to resolve this.

I then attempted to starting drawing the boundary layers (the grey filled part of the picture) using some Bézier curves and fill but I didn't get a good result. Basically I'm not sure how to proceed to

'Tilt' the velocity profiles and to mirror/extend them as in the picture.
Duplicate the airfoil system and make it mesh together nicely with the profiles.
Insert the arrows in the profiles.
Import .svg files so that they show up on the canvas!

Any help would be much appreciated.


texts: Photoshop - Keyboard shortcut for entering text editing mode?

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Is there any keyboard shortcut for entering text editing mode for selected text layer without clicking or double-clicking with the mouse?

This can be duplicate, but no duplicated question answered it correctly.


texts: Can anyone please help me identify the font in the attached image?


texts: White artifacts when expanding extruded object

texts: I use Illustrator CS6 to create a 3D pie chart. For this, I first create a "normal" pie chart and apply an extrude filter. Even though the results looks great in Illustrator, I get some white artifacts in the exported PDF (see screenshot). I tried with and without Object > Expand appearance and also with and without strokes. Is there a way to avoid these thin white lines? Thank you!


texts: Is there a way to get correct color mixing without posterization, working with 8 bits only? Or something better than Linear RGB color space mixing?

texts:
I'm in search of a practical and orthogonal solution that preferably:

Affect any blending mode.
Can produce the most correct possible additive mixing.
Produce the less posterization possible on mixing and possible over-mixing even in really low intensity values.

Why:

Working in a linear rgb and/or high precision is not perfect.

It turns operations more propense to posterization, (dark values suffer the most), for example, left canvas is a mix over 16 bit XYZ, right one is 8 bits over linear sRGB, both visualized perceptually in nonlinear sRBG:

It would be great to work in 8 bits, it would result in a more performant canvas.

It will not produce absolutely real additive color math as you will not get a constant intensity value, for example:

The expected blend is in the small gradient on top, zero intensity variation.

Mix tends to lighter values, for example nonlinear sRGB tends to darker values, this is an advantage in nonlinear, we are more aware low intensity changes and it plays nice in terms of contrast construction, the left one is linear color mix and right one is non linear, both, top smudge without pressure variation from left to right and reverse on bottom also without pressure change:

working on bigger colors spaces than linear srgb with high precision turns mixing better but still don't give much more benefit. For sure linear is not as bad as nonlinear mixing but it would be great to get something better.

  Im totaly open for programs that automatically linearize rgb or do any auto-trick if it expose any real advantage in terms of mix quality or performance.

Apart from that, even memory footprint is not of my interest.It is just that, in fact, behind the scene it is just doing the same, calculating in a linear RGB high precision internal stack, and maybe worst, adding round precision errors and making me more confuse about some possible problem in painting process, another point is, I'm better served if I understand it.

The nearest I've got from something really interesting in terms of color mixing was with CIE XYZ working color space mixing, as I've got results like:

Until you get hitten by CIE XYZ weirdness:

So, I'm still open to new processes, as always I can gain something in artistic terms from it, I'm still examining working in CIE XYZ with limited color selectors. Or any suggestion given here.

  And if there is some wrong perception of mine going somewhere I would appreciate a lot.


texts: Read and Set the Preferences of "History Options" in Photoshop

texts:
Photoshop's History Panel has options:

Which has the following options:

Is there a way to read / write those preferences using Photoshop Scripting / ExtendScript?


texts: Which font should I use when I do not have a lot of real estate , and anti-aliasing turned off

texts:
I have been developing a lot of Windows 7 gadgets lately.

The max suggested height and width are 400x400 but ideally 300x400 is the area I develop a gadget in.
Now a lot of rendering is being done in iframes , and gadgets have a tendency to distort text due to aliasing.

I would want some help , as to which font should I use, as the space is constrained and rendering ends up with font aliased.


texts: How do you get transparent colour on Gimp?

texts: In the colour selection I have been searching for a transparent option, but I can't find one. How can I do it?


texts: Is there anything that can read, import or convert CMYK SVG?

texts:
Short question: I have SVG files with CMYK colours, specified as according to the SVG specs. I want to get this into a design program - any design program - to finalise the design and prepare it to print. However, I can't find anything that actually pays attention to the CMYK colours in the SVG (not Illustrator or Inkscape, anyway).

The colours are complicated and not easy to just convert: imagine hundreds of shades dynamically generated, as tints and blends of brand-guidelines-specified CMYK that has to be just right.

Background: Something that's becoming more common is designing data-driven graphics that are generated from data using javascript and SVG, then, publishing one variant for the web using javascript and SVG, for example via D3 (or via Raphael / D34Raphael for IE support), then using the same code to produce a variant for print, which is finished in Illustrator (or Inkscape) and sent to the printers or layout people as a PDF.

Here's an example from the New York Times graphics blog talking through this workflow. The below graphic was coded for the web, then the SVG was copied from the browser into Illustrator then finalised as a print graphic (for them, the colours are simple so they don't have my problem, they can just convert from the RGB):

SVG can specify CMYK colours (for any SVG coders out there, the syntax looks like this: <circle fill="#CD853F device-cmyk(0.11, 0.48, 0.83, 0.00)"/>). But most design software ignores this. I've seen talk in the Inkscape community of thinking about supporting CMYK SVG, and something complicated involving Scribus ("the open-source InDesign"), but I've not managed to get either to work (I might have misunderstood the Scribus one - edit: this article suggests that Scribus can import CMYK SVG if it defines it as an ICC colour profile... not quite mades sense of it yet but it looks promising).

So, I can create code that generates RGB SVG visualisations in 'web mode' and CMYK SVG in 'print mode', dynamically generating colours that are just right. The problem is, I can't do anything with these CMYK SVG files - Illustrator and Inkscape just treat them as black.

Is there any graphics program, plugin or method that can take an SVG image with CMYK shapes and convert it to any vector format (ai,pdf,eps...) where design software will listen to the CMYK colours?

Here's a simple SVG file with some text with colours specified in CMYK. Just copy and paste and save as an .svg file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg version="1.1"
     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" width="176.18px"
     height="111.59px" viewBox="0 0 176.18 111.59" enable-background="new 0 0 176.18 111.59" xml:space="preserve">
<switch>
    <g>
        <text transform="matrix(1 0 0 1 31.5986 34.522)" fill="#dddddd device-cmyk(0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.60)" font-family="'MyriadPro-Regular'" font-size="12">TEST FILE...</text>
        <text transform="matrix(1 0 0 1 31.5986 59.3633)" fill="#dddddd device-cmyk(0.00, 0.85, 0.65, 0.00)" font-family="'MyriadPro-Regular'" font-size="12">This should be red</text>
        <text transform="matrix(1 0 0 1 31.5986 84.2041)" fill="#dddddd device-cmyk(0.90, 0.55, 0.00, 0.00)" font-family="'MyriadPro-Regular'" font-size="12">This should be blue</text>
    </g>
</switch>
</svg>


texts: Best way to copy and modify pictures from sources like (pdf, web) so that the modified image has high quality?

texts:
I am using TeXMaker (Latex) to  write my PhD thesis, I have a lot of thesis examples (extension .PDF, .tex) I want a help concern the copy and modification of pictures from sources (web, book, thesis, reports, PDF),  for example when I locked to theses thesis In most of them, they used pictures or photos from other resources and they modify them to get their needs preserving the high quality of the modified image (in the produced pdf), the way that I am using to copy, modify, and save my images is as follows:

Using the PDF selection tool to make a snapshot from the source (if the image is in the web I use Snagit tool to make a screenshot

and save the image in one of the various format allowed by this tool).

Copy the selected graphics (image) to a word file.

Make my necessary changes.

Using Snagit tool I make a screenshot  and save the image (.jpg, pdf, png, ....)

This the way that I am using to create images for my PHD thesis, but when I include these images in Latex the images in the

produced PDF look bad (I am using Foxit reader as a pdf viewer).

Is there any way or tool should I use to create good modified images for my thesis?

For example the following image, I created it using the procedure mentioned before, the image it looks nice when I open it using a photo viewer (windows photo viewer), but for some reason, it looks bad when I create my PDF file.

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{graphics}
\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\includegraphics{PHDImages/Neuron.jpg}
\caption{Neuron}
\end{figure}
\end{document}


texts:
Hey folks, just whipped this up in Illustrator manually, but looking to do it on a much larger scale. Anyone have an idea as to how to automate this process or have a script that does somethin like it? Thanks!

Also, here's how I did it — is there an easier way in general?


texts: Mockup strategy for Responsive Web Design

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When making mockups for Responsive Web Design projects, should I separate them by Page or by Screen Size?

What are the pros and cons of the following:

Page based: All the home page mockups in all different screen sizes
Screen-size based: All the pages for width <= 960px

I'm using Balsamiq Mockups to make mockups and I prefer to store all related mockups in a file like homepage, login or 960px, 768px.


texts: GIMP 2.8.22 How to SELECT ALL text objects in all layers and change font size of all at once?

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(GIMP 2.8.22)

I have several text objects labeling parts of the human body and I want to increase the font size of all of them to 20 pts. Each text object was automatically put into its own layer, and I want to leave it like that, if possible. How do I SELECT ALL of the individual text objects in the entire drawing (all layers) and change them all at once?

Thank you in advance!


texts: What's the term of art for hardcover books with an illustration printed directly on the cover?

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Is there a design / printing / bookmaking term of art for case-bound hardcovers with the art not on a dustjacket but on the cover itself (not common in US/UK trade publishing, but found e.g. on many hardcover textbooks and gamebooks, some small press fiction)?

Examples:


texts:
I am looking for 'kids friendly' graphic program that has quite nice UI, not scary for kids.

They are playing Counter Strike all time. I think that repaint CS models texture can learn them something useful.


texts: How do I adjust an underline thickness/rule under text?

texts: I'm creating Supplement Facts panels for food packaging - I'd love to have a style set up for my ingredients. Instead of painstakingly placing all the underlines. Is this possible?


texts: Spot colors changing to black in PDF and Ai file but not EPS

texts: In preview the Ai files shows black. If I open the Ai file the colors are displayed correctly but in a PDF they are totally black. Does anyone know what's going on?


texts: How to see the outline of images in a Fireworks document?

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I have a number of images in a Fireworks document. When I select them they have a blue outline which tells me exactly how big the image is (they contain transparency).

How can I see this outline without actually selecting the images? I want to see how large all the images are and be able to move them one by one.


texts: How do I use a custom font in an SVG image on my site?

texts:
I created a custom Facebook icon using Inkscape and saved it as an svg. It uses the same font as the title of my page, which uses the font "ubuntutitling-bold-webfont", which I have referenced as a .woff in a CSS file. The title functions, but the svg does not - it displays the "f" in some sort default font. The font file is located at ../fonts/ubuntutitling-bold-webfont.woff in relativity to the CSS and image file, and at fonts/ubuntutitling-bold-webfont.woff in relativity to the web page.

I fount How do I embed Google Web Fonts into an SVG?, but I am a bit confused on how to apply the code to the SVG, if I even need to. Can the SVG use the .woff font referenced in the CSS file? Was the way I manually changed the font inside the SVG file correct?

Here is the code for the SVG:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) -->

<svg
   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
   width="80"
   height="80"
   id="svg2"
   version="1.1"
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Thank you in advance.


texts: How to split an SVG file with dozens of g elements into dozens of SVG files?

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I have an SVG file that has, say, 10 g elements that do not start at (0,0). For example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 16.0.1, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0)  -->
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" width="528px"
     height="240px" viewBox="0 0 528 240" enable-background="new 0 0 528 240" xml:space="preserve">
<g id="CONTAINER">
    <g id="collapse-top">
        <path id="collapse_x5F_top" fill="#1D1D1B" d="M498,206v-3c0-2.2-1.8-4-4-4h-3c-2.2,0-4,1.8-4,4v3c0,2.156,1.781,4,4,4
            c0,0,2,0,3,0C496.172,210,498,208.156,498,206z M496,207c0,0.55-0.45,1-1,1h-5c-0.55,0-1-0.45-1-1v-5c0-0.55,0.45-1,1-1h5
            c0.55,0,1,0.45,1,1V207z M495,206h-5l2.5-3.333L495,206z"/>
    </g>
</g>

How can I split it into 10 different SVG files, one per g element, that each start at (0,0)?

I prefer an automated, command-line based approach to do this, but I can use Adobe Illustrator as well.


texts: Determine the enlargement factor of an image automatically to scale it back down

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This might be hard to explain.

If I have an image that was obviously enlarged (i.e. pixels are visible), can I revert the enlargement process to get the original picture back?

For example this image:

It's obvious that it was enlarged because of the visible pixels on the curves of the letters.

I thought I could do this by measuring the pixels on the enlarged image, but some are 5 x 5 and some are 6 x 5...

Can an app easily determine the enlargement factor based on neighboring identical pixels? This would make reverting the enlargement very easy.


texts: methodology for cartoon animation- technique of making components to easily have movement in frames

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I want to make an animation of cartoon characters. I do not want to draw them from scratch each time. I would like to use adobe illustrator because I believe that it will be the best for making separate arms legs etc that can be moved between frames. And that each frame is saved as an image to then be combined.

Can someone outline the structure for such drawings and considerations that must be made?


texts: Quotable reference to support my assertion that black text on a grey background is not a "highlight"

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I need some graphic design advice on finding a quotable piece of information regarding the use of "highlighting" text on signage, which I hope you can help me with.

I'm in a dispute with my local council about a parking sign where they have put some vital information about the charging period which the have "highlighted" on a sign with a generally white background by using black text on a grey background. Common sense tells me that this low contrast combination of black text on a grey background is not a "highlighting" strategy, but rather obscures the text instead. Unfortunately my local council has no common sense, so I need to justify my "crackpot" theory with a reference to some respected source, such as a typographical text book or learned paper.

Can anyone point me in the direction of such a reference I could quote in my defence? Many thanks in anticipation of your support.

Folks,

Thanks for your answers and apologies to those of you who think my question is more legal than graphic. I'm new to the site and have no intention of offending anyone or breaking the rules.

I have posted a picture on iCloud of the sign:

https://www.icloud.com/photostream/#A3JtdOXmJK6Eto

The picture was taken at night, so the obscuring effect of the grey background is even worse  in my opinion. Would you think that the "evening charges apply" text is readily visible?

I will go take a picture in daylight and try to get an accurate idea of the grey level, to use the "Arthur and Passini" contrast calculation kindly referenced by Yisela.

Many thanks again for your input and help, it's very much appreciated by me.

Paul


texts: Illustrator script to fill a layer and repeat

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I'm very new to illustrator and I have not done scripting before, I have like a hundred illustrator files that I need to change the background color lets say background color is layer 5 for every file, can scripting make it like repeat changing the background color for all my files, i would really appreciate some help with how to start writing a script.

Example below:

        script below:

    var doc = app.activeDocument;
    var layers = doc.layers;
    var colortest = new RGBColor();
    colortest.red = 251;
    colortest.green = 237;
    colortest.blue = 31;
    layers[4].color = colortest;

i havent done any scripting before, and ive just been researching for a while and its really confusing me. i tried the script above based on my researches but its wrong.instead of changing the blue color of the layer it changes that yellow color thing

Script result:


texts: In GIMP, how do I get the smudge/blur tools to work properly?

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I use the smudge tool very often in GIMP while painting. Unfortunately, the algorithm tends to generate a much darker version of what the smudged color ought to look like. For instance, a normal smudge on GIMP looks like this:

But I want the smudged color to be a lighter yellow, sort of like this:

In general all smudged colors appear darker and I understand this has something to with GIMP working with sRGB colors as opposed to RGB. But I'd really like to know what setting I need to tweak in GIMP to correct the smudge algorithm (maybe blur too, but I use smudge much more).

[ I assumed sRGB takes the square roots of the original value, so when the smudge tries to average colors between two pixels 'a' and 'b', it takes $ (\sqrt{a} + \sqrt{b})/2 $, which is darker than $ sqrt(a/2 + b/2)^2 $. ]


texts: Overlapping text with InDesign's data merge

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I'm trying to set up a book of song lyrics with a two-column layout. I'd like to pack as many songs as a page as will fit, so I tried doing a data merge with multiple records per page.

This works great, but wastes space because it forces only one song per column:

Since each song has a different length, I tried making the lyrics section a variable height using Auto-Sizing:

But when I do that, the resulting document overlaps a lot:

Is there a way to use auto-sizing height but have it not overlap?


texts: Use empty background image as reference for product cut out

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I'm a long time user of Photoshop.
Every time I want to cut out a subject I use the Pen tool and I do it manually.
But now, I'm guessing if there isn't a faster way of doing by giving Photoshop a reference for the empty background so he can automaticaly mask everything that is not that reference on other pictures.
This technique, if it exists, would be perfect to make quick cut outs on subjects that are on the same background (not white background of course).
Here an exemple of what I mean.

This the empty background

This is the background with the subject
Now my question is, can I tell Photoshop that picture 1 is the background and it needs to remove it from picture 2.
Any idea?
Thanks :)


texts: How do I make a brush with overlapping shapes aligned to the path in Illustrator?

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I am using Illustrator to apply a custom pattern brush on the path of a circle to create and image like so:

But I can't get my shape to repeat across the circle line properly and overlap itself, I end up with something like this:

I can get the overlap to work if I use a Scatter Brush but then I don't get the rotation like the Pattern Brush:

What is the best way to achieve my result?


texts: How to reduce the number of MB in a pdf file using Illustrator CC?

texts: I'm creating a postcard (6 X 4 in) using Adobe Illustrator CC. When attempting to upload it to the printing company, the .pdf file is too large to upload. They will only accept 12MB. I don't know how many MB my graphic is, I only know it's too big. How can I reduce the size of MB in my graphic, but keep it the same size (6 X 4)?


texts: avoid blurred texts on mockups distorted images

texts:
I downloaded some psd to show my mockups, but it looks like the text is going to be blurred when I put anything inside the distorted smart objects.
How to avoid this problem?


texts: How can I add those white lines inside the letters

texts: I am just wondering how I can add those white, light reflection kind of lines inside the Font just how it is in the Nesquik logo in Photoshop CC


texts: Royalties Vs. selling designs: What can and can't I do?

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I'm Graphic Designer from Australia, and I run a business that is mainly operated over the Internet (i.e. over Instagram, Facebook, Email)

I create custom illustrations of peoples cars, normally people are only interested in using this for private use (like printing it out and putting it up in their garage), so in this case I have a set price for the artwork, and charge an additional fee if they want this printed as a poster and delivered. Otherwise, I would send them a non-editable non-vector image for them to get printed.

Lately I've had a few people interested in me designing artwork for them to then reproduce on t-shirts or other items for them to sell. I've thought about the idea of selling these designs, or licensing them for royalties. But I plan on opening my own store in the future when I have a larger following, and don't want to sell off or produce designs for other people that I would eventually want to sell in my own store.

I guess what I'm asking for is some business advice, or maybe an opinion from someone thats been in a similar position to me?

How do you go about royalty agreements and contracts?
How do you ensure the client is being honest about how much they sell?
Is there a better way to be going about this?


texts: What's the name of these graphic elements at the end of an article?

texts: It's a graphic element used in magazines and newspapers at the end of an article, to let the reader know the text ends in that page. It can be the magazine logo, or a variant of it, or just an abstract shape.


texts: How to send selection to a NEW layer in Inkscape

texts: I find that often I will duplicate a set of objects or paths then send them to a new layer.  However, in the drop-down menu and the layer menu for the selection, there are only options to move the selection up/down a layer or to an already existing layer.  I can't just go create a new layer because then my selection is deselected.  So currently, I have to anticipate that I will be needing a new layer (sometimes several operations ahead of time - because some chains of operations require that I don't lose my selection) and create it ahead of time. Is there a way to send a selection to a new layer?


texts: Name of drawing with smooth solid high-contrast shapes

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What is the common style name of drawings that consist of smooth solid high-contrast shapes with minimal number of details and minimal number of colors used?

Samples:


texts: How to plot defects (dislocations and disclinations) in crystals?

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How to plot dislocations and disclinations in crystals? like the pictures blow (from Chaikin and Lubensky's book Principles of condensed matter physics).
I need to draw several pics of this type. Any help would be appreciated!


texts: How do I cover this outline to make these pants look like one shape?

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DISCLAIMER: I'm not adept with programs like these and I have a very VERY basic understanding (if at all) of what I'm doing, so I apologize if my choice of words is poor or incorrect; bear with me, please.

I'm making a puppet in AI CS5 to be used for an animation in AE CS5. Because it is hand-drawn, I've used the pen tool to fill shapes. I have each leg in its own respective layer and I've created a "pelvis" layer for the legs to be attached. I'd like the character to look as though he wearing pants, so I don't want the top of the leg shape to be seen and I've moved the legs behind the pelvis.

This leaves me with the outline of the pelvis showing over the leg as marked here:

I made another "fill" with the pen tool and put that over the thigh area to cover the pelvis outline wherever the leg moves:

If I parent the "thigh fill" to the leg  while in AE, it does the trick. It stays with the leg and that's great, but that means anytime I have an overlap that needs to be corrected, I have to make a new layer. So my question is if this is a bad way to do this or is there a better, cleaner way to cover areas such as these and keep them covered as parts of the character move around?


texts: Using Photoshop, how can I create an effect in an image that will blend with other images it is displayed over the top of outside of Photoshop?

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I'm something of an amateur and am slowly self-teaching myself Photoshop through experimenting with different projects. My current project is a fan edit of some game assets that aren't packed or compressed and can easily be replaced to alter the icons that represent some in-game abilities.

The icons in question are laid over some coloured backgrounds, the colour of which represents the level of the ability -- these coloured backgrounds are packed away however, and adding alternative backgrounds requires that they be baked into the icon image since tampering with the packed files is a bannable offence.

A fair few people have released icon packs which include novel backgrounds for the ability icons, with or without changes to the actual icon aside from baking the backgrounds in, but all of them include solid backgrounds that cover up the original backgrounds completely and just have a basic black border rather than a faithfully stylized one.

You may see where I'm going with this now... I've been experimenting with making icons with backgrounds that include transparent parts which reveal the colour of the original background beneath, both in an effort to be more faithful to the original style of the game's interface and to avoid fully covering up the indicated level of the ability.

I've had fun using transparency via masks and such to make backgrounds that fade away in some fashion to reveal the background underneath, but I've something that I want to do but can't figure out how is to make backgrounds that adopt the colour of the background beneath themselves.

I've tried searching around a bunch, but I haven't been able to find info on what I'm trying to achieve -- my terminology might not be specific enough. To give an example of what I'd like to do, 'galaxy packs' are popular, wherein the backgrounds of the icons depict space or otherwise galactic imagery. A fun idea I had would be one such pack wherein the colour of the galactic imagery or some parts of it blend with the background beneath and appear that colour.

So to get down to the point, I'm familiar with manipulating colours and basic transparency effects via masks, blend layers and the like, but I can't really figure out how to make it so that the contents of an image would adopt the colour of an image underneath after having been exported from Photoshop, rather than just appearing as partially transparent grayscale on top of another colourful image. I feel like I'm just shy of having the knowledge to be able to do it, but I can't put my finger on what I'm forgetting or missing.

Thanks for the help!


texts: Illustrator scripting: place image file if it has same name of illustrator file

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I'm -slowly- learning how to code using JavaScript in Illustrator, and I'm trying to write a script that automatically picks an image file from a given fixed folder in my hard drive and places it in a fixed position inside the Illustrator file. All of this should happen if and only if the image has the very same name of the Illustrator file itself (both without the ".something" extension)

Here's what I have so far:

doc = app.activeDocument;

    //images are in this folder
    var dirImages = new Folder("C:\\FolderWithImages");
    var imagesList = dirImages.getFiles();

    var itemToPlace;

        for (var i = 0; i < imagesList.length; i++) {

            var imgName = imagesList[i].name;
            var documentName = activeDocument.name;

            //compare image filename to current document name (both without extensions)

            var imgNameNoExt = imgName.slice(0, imgName.indexOf("."));
            var docuNameNoExt = documentName.slice(0, documentName.indexOf("."));

                // check identical names
                if( imgNameNoExt == docuNameNoExt ) {

                    itemToPlace.file = imagesList[i];
                    itemToPlace.top = myDocument.height;
                    itemToPlace.left = 0;
                }
         }

When I run it I don't get any error code, but I don't get any result either. What am I doing wrong?


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I have a vector shape. Some of vertexes are snap to guides, some not:

In snapping, all types of vertexes are turn on:

All vertexes looks similar:

What is going on here?

UPD. With zooming (all the same):

It's looks like "snap to the target that is closest to the mouse pointer" helps, but i don't like this behavior.


texts:
I have a question about spacing

The blue leaves - opposite the words 'Blue Tree Logistics', should I add more blue leaves to make the curve longer?
Should the word 'Blur Tree Logistics'  be moved further away from the main image?


texts:
Is it feasible to divide any layer in Pixelmator and then merge them again? I would like to convert this image (640 x 1136) to 640 x 960, but have to convert it without touching on the navigation and tab bar on the top and bottom of the screen. So I came up with an idea of first dividing the screen, and on one of the divided layer, cut 640 x 196 image, and then merge them again in order to archive 640 x 960 by only tinkering the white part.

However, it looks like it's impossible to divide the layer in Pixelmator - actually, the slice tool is only for the use of Web. So how can I get 640 x 960 image?


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I'm trying to create a line drawing of my friend Steve, I was Steve's best man at the wedding where the photo was taken. I like the shot because the smile it subtle but definitely there.

I've been tweaking the image below in illustrator for at least 2 hours and Steve still doesn't look that happy.

What is it about the image that I've got wrong, Eyes and mouth are pretty much exactly as the original. Any help is much appreciated.

Version 2 - Incorporating answers so far

Been away and had another crack, Steve looks cooler now but still not exactly delighted to be there. It's an improvement. As many of you said "it's all in the eyes" and while they are still not perfect they are much better. Feedback welcome.


texts: How to prevent re-positioning of a Vector Smart Object after editing it?

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When I update a shape in my Illustrator smart object, the object moves in my Photoshop document. This is very annoying; after every update I make in the design, I have to reposition the smart object again.

Is there a way to prevent the smart object layer from moving? Can I lock it? Or is there a way to setup the linked Illustrator file so that it won't move?

Thanks a bunch!


texts: pixel lines when copy from illustrator to photoshop

texts: Hi I have searched the forum for a solution of my problem but i can't seem to find one. I have made some shapes in Illustrator and added a 3D effect. It looks good in illustrator but when i try to use it in a Photoshop document some lines appear that are not there in illustrator (See photo). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


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There are lots of resources on "the best" fonts for designers and such. But I would like to know of a list of fonts that have the most symbol coverage. For example, on my Mac I'm able to see most Chinese characters, Tibetan characters, Thai symbols, etc. Even ancient language symbols which no one uses. I'm not sure what font that is (which would be good to know); it has a lot of glyphs.

Wondering what a list of fonts with a lot of glyphs from unicode covered. Ideally they would be high quality.

For example, it seems the GNU Unifont covers quite a bit of ground. I'm not sure about Helvetica, I'm not sure if there is Chinese and Thai versions of Helvetica, etc.

Basically would just like a list of 5 or 10 good ones, even some that may cover vast swaths of unicode would be good.

The obvious one is the new Google Noto font, but I can't think of any others.

Other inspiration, this and this.


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I am trying to create a logo for a digital marketing agency named as THE MISFITS.
I have tried to create puzzle pieces that don't fit together. what do you guys think?

Looking forward to feedback and criticism. :)


texts: My paint bucket tool is pouring patterns instead of a block colors

texts: I'm having a really weird problem with my paint bucket.  It is pouring out a weird pattern, I have no idea how this has happened or how to undo it.  Any advice would be really appreciated, thanks.


texts: help understand color and gradient fill in illustrator

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Hi I'm new and struggling with this if anyone has a minute to help explain what's going on here I would really appreciate it. I don't understand why specific parts of my drawings are filled in with either color or gradient. How do most of you go about coloring in Illustrator?

I'm also trying to figure out how to mask part of this shoe behind the pants. I tried putting the shoe on a separate layer and changing the drawing mode but this only seems to work with a fill object. How do people normally go about this?

thanks for your time


texts: In my portfolio should i affiliate real projects photos or only the original psd or ai file?


texts: Affinity Designer: Prevent object to scale when resizing group

texts: Please take a look at the example attached below. When resizing assets for UX-design, I wish to scale certain objects within a group, while prevent other objects within that group from scaling with it. In this example, I would like to prevent the "OK" text and the "X" button from scaling, when increasing the width of the entire group. Is this possible? Thank you


texts: How to flood fill shapes made with line segment tool on Adobe Illustrator CC

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How do I flood fill like the paint bucket in Microsoft Paint?

I've tried selecting a group of line segments -> object -> live paint -> make. But it changes the weight of the lines to all the same. I want the line weights to remain the same.

Also, say I select the left side of the "V" to fill the area inside of the "V", how do I select only the left side of the "V" again to fill the area to the left of the "V"?

I want the image to look like this:


texts: Create a new layer every time I make anything new in Illustrator as in photoshop

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As we add a new shape or insert an image in photoshop there is a new layer created every time but this is not happening in Illustrator.
The whole project of mine is created in 1 layer only but I don't want that.
I want each layer to get separated .
Hope you get my query


texts: Can you create interactive pdf with changing images on mouseover?

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Is it possible to produce pdf files with InDesign that have interactive images on them?

For example, the initial appearance of the image is black/white but once the mouse touches it, it changes to a colour image.

Is this possible?


texts: Responsive SVG path without distorting stroke

texts:
I have a simple SVG path with a stroke that I want to responsively resize with the browser window. The problem is that when my paths aspect ratio is changed, the stroke is distorted.

This is the original path on the left and the distorted shape on the right:

Live example (resize your browser): http://codepen.io/Cai_/pen/pyBobP

I need the rectangle to be one single path with a stroke so I can animate stroke-dashoffset / stroke-dasharray etc.

I could use javascript to update the path but I would like to know if there is a way to do this with pure SVG (and CSS).

Can I create a responsive SVG path without stretching or distorting the stroke?


texts:
I would like to convert an image from google maps

into a black and white edition, without gray scale, something that will look like that

How can this be achieved with Adobe Photoshop CS5?


texts: Is "in the style of" an IP infringement?

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I know this is a graphic design forum and not a legal forum, but I'm guessing that some of you may have encountered this issue.

I would like to market a plug-in for graphic design software that produces images that are "in the style of" a well-known, still-living illustrator.

Would that be an infringment of the illustrator's intellectual property?

And more specifically, would I run into problems if I were to include the illustrator's name in the official description of the plug-in -- something like, "Create photos in the style of So-and-So"?


texts: Can you match one path to another path in Adobe Illustrator?

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If I draw two different paths and later decide I want the second path to be a perfect match of the first path (or vice versa), is there a built in way to do that?
Please don't ask why or what I'm doing or for screenshots etc. This is a general knowledge question. Is there an option or tool in Illustrator that would let you select a path you've already made and tell it to "match" another path? Or is copying the desired path the only way to make another one exactly like it? Thanks!


texts: Batch process - image into different size and angle images

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I have a lot of monitor images for an e-commerce website - all the images have a path already created with the selection of the screen. now my issue is that each monitor has different views and they are different sizes as well.

is there a way to have a preselected image fit into these screens paths and also adjust the perspective to fit the path?

Thank you, i really do not want to spend so much time and energy into changing all these screens - let me know if any more info is needed to solve this.


texts: Adobe Illustrator CS6 Selection strange behavior

texts: I am facing a problem with selection in Illustrator 6. Sometimes I see selection handle without selecting any object. Although it doesn't select anything, but its quite annoying.


texts: GIMP - How to use oilify and Emboss effect to make rubber material?

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I am trying to make a plain looking rubber material, slightly polished as shown in the left image. What I tried is in the right image, using these steps:

Used Oil brush to make basic shape.
Applied RGB noise.
Applied Embroidery/Furr filter.
I also tried the emboss effect; it did not work.

How can I make the image look like moulded rubber material?


texts: How do I achieve the equivalent of using small caps in Arabic?

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I have this letterhead title in Hebrew, English, and Arabic, in which I set the English to Small Caps (that is, the first letter is a big capital, the rest are small). Now, in Hebrew, the letters are generally squarish, so they're kind of like small caps already (although there's no equivalent of the large cap). In Arabic, however, many/most letters are at half-height (e.g. و and د), while other rise well above the x-height, e.g. ال which denotes a definite article. But ال is not like a big cap at all, and the rest of my text looks so low(ly) compared to the English small caps.

What do I do?

Notes:

Here is an example of Arabic in boxed letter-forms. It's not what I would be looking for, but does illustrate how Arabic type is amenable to many (acceptable) kinds of stretching, shaping and manipulation.
Suggestions such as "Do something entirely different than small caps" are not entirely irrelevant, but I would rather stick to my original whim.
I can't just have the script in every language be set in a different style altogether, consistent only with the custom for titles in that language.


texts: How can I practice my design skills in a more motivating and engaging way?

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My motivation to practice has been sapped away as practicing feels more of a chore. I know the number one way to truly get better as a beginner is to do fake briefs and tutorials but they aren't motivating in the slightest. What are some ways to practice that are engaging and motivating?

Things I'm working on like my logo, digital and t-shirt design skills are some examples I'm looking to improve on.


texts: question about color printing on plastic bottle

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Hello to all the graphic design professionals out there,

I was wondering if you could share your experience on color printing on plastic bottles.
(like this material)

I am struggling because I chose a Pantone color (586C) design and went with two different print vendors. The result was that, the color came out differently on each bottle. One bottle came out way off and has an orange tone. I always export my production files with the appropriate Pantone settings.

1.I was wondering if there is anyway to ensure accuracy in color output from my side. I thought choosing Pantone is the safest way to get the correct color.

Is there anything I need to learn about the production side of printing such as the different types of materials being used or other factors that effect color printing?
Is this screen printing? How is it different than normal paper printing? Or is the onus on the printers?
What would you do in this situation as a designer? We would like to submit multiples Pantone colors on sample bottles to insure we get the right color.
But each sample costs quite a bit of money (250 dollars) and my company doesn't have enough budget for that.

What the designer is doing is looking at Pantone colors on the screen and present to boss. I am not sure if that is going to be good representation of true color.

Thank you in advance for any help.


texts: What software is generally used to create these animated illustrations?

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I am a fan of these type of illustrated gifs:

https://cdn.dribbble.com/users/288987/screenshots/2984258/wf-43.gif
And many more.

I have come a long way to improve my illustrating skills and I would love to start animating these kind of things, but I have no idea what software I should start learning. I have found very few tutorials on these kind of things, leaving me to believe I might be using the wrong keywords to search.

Is there a name for these kind of flat-ish animations?
What software is generally used to create this?
What keywords should I use to search for tutorials on this?


texts: Which of the following layouts is best for a print/digital publication?

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Here are three options:

Option 1 (centered charts, two-column text)

Option 2 (text on left, charts on right)

Option 3 (left text, right charts on odd pages, right text left charts on even pages)

I am personally a fan of Option 1 because:

It delineates the sections very clearly (very neat chart-followed-by-text flow)
It avoids the whitespace seen in Options 2 and 3 (which is necessary to make the chart line up with the text that describes it)

However, I can see the appeal of Option 3 for a print publication, since the text is always on the 'inner' column.

I have little formal qualification in graphic design, and am therefore dealing with a lot of unknown unknowns. What are some things to consider when choosing a layout for a publication with charts and text like this?

(feel free to suggest alternative layouts as well; however, a single column of text won't do as it'll be considered too long and off-putting)


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I saved my .psd file as .pdf to - well - see a pdf version of it. I think I might have unchecked the thing that keeps it editable and keeps the layers.

Is this revertable? Can I get my psd file back?

I kept working on the .psd file but it's nowhere to be found.

Thanks in advance


texts: Can you recommend software for making such kind of animated videos?

texts: I am working on making animated videos and I installed multiple programs to make animated videos, like blender, iclone7, etc.. However, I still can't find any animation software in which I can make videos like this.


texts: How can I create a circle with a circles-border regularly

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I'm trying to make this:

But I don't know how should I create that circle-shape border?

Here is what I've tried so far .. But I've created those circles (as border) manually which aren't regullar:


texts: How to save an Illustrator document as PDF in a different paper format?

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I have several Illustrator documents in 'A1' paper format that I need to save as PDF in 'A3' format, with in addition disabling editing capabilities. These smaller PDF are typically web versions of the full document.

I don't see any way to change the paper format in the 'Save Adobe PDF' options window. Does anyone know how to do it?


texts: Is it okay to delete the parent alternate layout in adobe InDesign?

texts: I regret the choice of 8x10 pages in a 250 PG. book, now wish it were 8.5x11 pages. I created an alternate layout for the latter and want only that. Is there a problem with me deleting the parent layout? Windows10, InDesign cc.