texts: What does the number mean on the Google web font "Page load" meter?

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I'm weighing up the pros and cons of using a particular web font combination, and am looking to see exactly how much weight it'll add to this site for first time visitors. It's a Google font, and they have this SVG meter labelled Page load, subtitled Impact on page load time (example):

So, this combination of web fonts will have 118... impacts on page load time? That number appears to be completely unlabelled.

What is it? 118 kilobytes? 118 miliseconds based on an average connection? 118 days removed from a user's lifespan from the stress of sitting gnashing their teeth waiting for the text to show?

I can't see any clue. I've even snooped around in the SVG code of the graphic looking for a descriptive label or element ID. The closest is on the svg tag itself - aria-label="A chart.", and a weird hidden tag saying GViz is great.

The actual tff files for the two weights I was looking at are 251kb combined uncompressed, so it's possible it's the compressed weight in KBs.


texts: PDF artwork for large posters - filesize issues?

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I am designing large posters for print...A2 size and bigger. I create my photoshop file as 594 x 420 mm, drag a jpeg image which 7.6MB onto the canvas, enlarge it to fit canvas, then drop a logo onto it. I save as a PDF for print, which then saves to be over 200MB, which is huge.

How do I design large images for print?  If I design on a smaller canvas at 300DPI, can the printers then enlarge it without effecting the quality?

Or what else can I do?  Most things I am designing (a4 print ad's) end up being 50-odd MB's, is it because of the images I am using or what?


texts: Is it OK to alter the original logo on dark background or it's not a best practice for Branding?

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Like below. Or we should try to make the change the original logo so it can look identical on any background?

Can the 2nd logo (inverted) harm the branding or it's ok?

It's easy to inverse a single color logo. But how to invert multicolored logo for dark background?


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I'm trying to create a bent grid in Inkscape using interpolate like in this tutorial.
However, when I follow this instruction word for word, my interpolation looks like this:

How do I make sure it interpolates as it does in the tutorial?


texts: Trying to Mask Text in Ai. It is not going well

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When I follow the instructions in the Adobe tutorial the mask is created but the color is totally off. I am using a gold texture and the screenshot below is what I end up with.

here's what it looks like before the mask (box and text are grouped)

then here's what it looks like when I use the mask (first mage shows transparency palette and placed image outline)

it doesn't seem to matter if the text is white or black, if the texture is clipped or unclipped, masked or inverted. I am pulling my hair out. What am I doing wrong?


texts: How to print a huge image as multiple tiles using Photoshop CS4

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I have a design in Photoshop CS4 that I want to print on multiple glossy sheets of paper to create a wall-sized image.

Using the slice tool I cut it into 99 pieces, each of which I want to print on an 8.5 * 11, horizontally oriented.

How can I prepare each slice for printing? Should I create a new document for each, and if so how should I prepare the document/image size in order to make each full slice to be a full page, without losing resolution?


texts: Can I edit layered PNGs like I can with Fireworks in Photoshop or any other product?

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I loved this feature of Fireworks but since Fireworks is being discontinued I was wondering whether it's possible in Photoshop or other products.

Thanks.


texts: Importing spreadsheet data as layers into Adobe Illustrator

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I have a spreadsheet with a TON of content that I need to import to layers via Illustrator. I have several columns that need to be imported for some business cards. So for instance name, email, phone, title.

Is there a way to import this spreadsheet into illustrator so that I can have one layer for each row via setting up some variables in the Illustrator file?

If not, this is going to take a VERY long time. I have about 100 I need to do.

** EDIT **

I initially posted this question in a general manner, using an example of business cards. Some folks came up with a great answer to this question, which was to use InDesign instead of Illustrator. Which in the example of creating business cards would have been the proper way to go. Trying to simplify my query obviously returned the wrong answers, so I'll state the more complex example of what I'm trying to do:

I am creating slides for a video based on data from a spreadsheet. The guys doing the video need the file in illustrator, and they need the data from the spreadsheet on a separate layer per data set.

So that's why I have to use illustrator, and why I have to do it the way that I'm trying.

I got about 75% of the way there by creating variables and data sets using Illustrator. I did a sample test of 5 data sets (Like I said I have about 100 in total), and I was able to create a new layer and paste the data set. But unfortunately, the way the AI actions work, I cannot select the new layer created, so it pastes everything on one layer.

In addition to this issue, I would first have to create an XML file, because the data sets cannot be imported from a spreadsheet. I haven't looked into this, but this would be another process in itself.

So that's where I'm at. Thanks for your help!


texts: Image opened in adobe photoshop shows wrong color

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I have opened an image in Adobe Photoshop, showing a green football lawn.

In Photoshop, this image is displayed with a violet color. Every picture I open has not it´s original colors.
Settings are:

Image Mode: RGB Color; 8 Bits/Channel

This is what my workbench looks like:

If I select the lasso tool (or similar tools) and hover over the image, it gets it´s original color.

Update
The problem has disappeared since a few days. I have changed nothing at all...


texts: Alternative to font "x" chart or service?

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I have a number of typefaces for which I'd like to find free or open licence alternatives to. Rather than ask a series of "What is the best open license font to substitute for 'Goudy Catalogue'? 'Univers'? ...?" here or elsewhere on the net it occurs to me that what I'd really like is a typeface/font comparison service similar to http://alternativeto.net/. Does such a beast exist? If not, what is the next best thing?

Background: We have a number of inherited historical projects using fonts we aren't licensed for, and we need to bring ourselves into legal compliance. We don't have the budget to simply purchase all of the fonts used.


texts: Can an EULA (end user license agreement) affect saving a file in different formats?

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After creating a design for coffee growlers, I attempted to generate PDF files of my work as well as EPS.  For some reason most of my expanded text in my design is missing. Here are images of my work:

full size

full size

full size

The fonts that I used for my designs were from dafont and were free, but would the end user license agreements restrict me from saving my work in different formats and only for use on my PC?  Or is there something else going on that I don't know about?

I have had to manually set my PDF file to open with Adobe Illustrator, just so the PDF would display properly on my PC.


texts: How to add an anchor point/node in Figma?

texts: How do I add an anchor point to an existing vector shape in Figma? Is this possible, like in sketch? Is there a keyboard shortcut?


texts: Is it possible to output to animated png (.apng) in after effects?

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I'm working on an animation that is going on an iOS app. The animation itself is currently 10x the size of the entire mobile app, so we're looking for alternate ways to compress the filesize. Apparently one of the ways of doing so is to use an animated png rather than a png sequence or a video.

Does anyone have any experience creating apng's?


texts: In Illustrator: How do I stop layer from Artboard 1 going into Artboard 2?

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I'm creating a thank you card that has a front and a back using two artboards in Illustrator. In the card design I am using a floral element and have placed it on the side of one artboard. However, I realised that because of its size and position, parts of it stretches onto my second artboard.

In Photoshop, I would use a layer mask to remove it from the second artboard. However I am not sure if I have done it correctly or if I am using the wrong thing, but does a clipping mask apply in this situtation for Illustrator?

When I try to make the clipping mask, instead of hiding that little piece on the left, it hides the entire element.


texts: 5mm bleed with no guide/crop/reg marks.?

texts: The clients printer asks for "5mm bleed with no guide/crop/reg marks" I am slightly confused by this? what does it mean? Does it mean I just have have photoshop guides? or does it mean I have no guides at all and keep that space empty?


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I am making a magazine that is due to be printed tomorrow. I am working in InDesign and need to export it to a PDF (Print) for printing.

It needs to have a 3mm bleed.

I have done this, and checked the 'crop marks' and 'bleed marks' on the export settings - but the double page spreads are showing up strangely: one sliver of the opposite page shows on each page. I've attached a screen shot to show what I mean

I don't know if this is normal, but I presume it won't print correctly like this? What do I need to do to fix this?


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I'm a graphic designer and use an iMac. My monitor is correctly calibrated and I use appropriate colour settings. So when I send work to a commercial printer the colour of finished pieces are a pretty good match with what I see on screen.

I recently bought a Brother Laser printer and the proofs are quite a bit darker than what is on screen, and my commercially printed finished pieces. Colours are not bright, they're a little murky.

Is there something I am missing? Is there some way of matching my laser proofs to my soft proofs?

Any help much appreciated.


texts: How to find mid point of a path between two anchor points in Illustrator

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I have a path in Illustrator, for example:- take a rectangle and I want to find the midpoint of one of the edges and draw a circle with the center.

There is already an answer on how to find the midpoint, where we place anchor points on the path, and then it places anchor points between each pair of the already existing anchor points.

I don't want to put anchor points on the entire path just to find out the midpoint; it messes up all the design.

It seems basic enough, but I can't seem to find the proper way to do this.

How to do this in Illustrator? If I can't, then is there any other software other that provides this basic functionality?


texts: How to make this clean hex shape with complex shape inside it?

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How to make this hexagonal shape with complex geometrical shape inside it?

I try to make this with this shape

I experiment with transform effect for 2 hours still have no idea how to make this.

Thank you :(((


texts: Illustrator: How to quickly reset text styling?

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Upon placing a new text object, Illustrator uses whatever styling was used on the last text object you had selected. This can be annoying in some cases. For example, I've made some extreme changes to the kerning, line spacing, and character rotation that made sense for one specific text object, but I don't want these settings on my newly created text.

Surely there must be a quick way to reset these to their defaults without having to dial in each value one by one?


texts: Illustrator: how to add isometric shadows

texts: I´ve been wondering how to do this kind of shadows (image below) as real as possible. Is there any technique to apply? I did search for tutorials but unfortunately I couldn´t find anything on this specific topic.


texts: Is the "clean" design from many websites the same?

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On many websites selling (or offering) a software, there is an almost constant desygn style. I think of (among many others) atom.io, angularjs.org, nodejs.org, typescriptlang.org, v-play.net, qt.io and code.visualstudio.com.

They all have a header which is always on top of the screen, a black footer, and white body and often paragrpahs with a picture alternating left floating and right floating.

Is it only the 2010's fashion, or are all of these powered by a specific CMS/framework/something ?


texts: How do I make the opacity of the brush strokes not stack? I see a lot of artists do this

texts: When I'm coloring a drawing in PS, if I set the opacity to 50%, color, then lift my brush, then nick the same area, it stacks the opacity for a more opaque results. I want it to all be the same unless I increase the opacity, and I see this in a lot of YouTube videos. Right now coloring is nigh on impossible because all the colors stack and I have a weirdly shaded photo just from coloring.


texts: Three colors applied on a group of objects

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I am trying to color this shape with three colors, but it must be equally distributed.

Usually for a simple object I would have created the three rectangles, duplicated the main object for each color and intersect one of the main objects with one color at a time, but with groups it's not that simple.


texts: How improve my table-cell highlighting scheme?

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In my daunting  table of market numbers, seconds-by-seconds price changes in the Bid, Ask, and Last columns are highlighted for the user.

Highlighting happens when the page is refreshed: click the refresh button to see, or toggle the auto/man button to select auto-refresh.

The highlighting seems to me amateur (hey! that's me!) and clunky. And garish!

Can you suggest a "nicer" -- more pleasing, artistic, unobtrusive --  design to achieve the effect? Are the highlighting colors not right?

Thanks!


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Look at these harmonious colors, they come from Google Material Design. I'm wondering how did Google designers create them? Expert knows that dark yellow will turn into lemon (with little green in it), but following palette doesn't have this problem. Is there any algorithm to fix to keep yellow yellow? Shifting hue of the color by color luminance? Any ideas?

PS

I think this is very helpful. Thanks @Rafael.
Thanks @joojaa for all his / her comments in this post. It make me realized that maybe RGB / HSL is not the right color space to use, maybe I should try Lab or LCH color space.


texts: Batch for pasting each image into a fixed one with action

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Having a large number of .png images in a folder, is it possible to do the following, automated fashion:
For each image in the folder, paste in on top of a second (fixed) image. Apply an action to the pasted image. save the new image.

Thanks!


texts: Secondary color is a light version of the primary color

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I'm working on an Android app that has an odd colour scheme, originally written for iOS with an iOS design. The primary colour is navy blue (#031740). They use light blue as an accent colour. Now, the design guidelines state that you shouldn't do that (in the secondary color section):

Material design Guidelines - color

As they use red (#d0011b) as well, we agreed that we can use this as a secondary color. But when I added a red floating action button, they found it awful and wanted to stick to light blue.

Is the light blue acceptable as a secondary colour? Here is the palette in the Color Tool:

Color Tool with light blue

Or should I try to convince them to use red (or any other)?

Color Tool with red


texts: Weak Axial Relationships according to Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type

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I'm confused about this sentence in page 12 of the book "Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type":

  This relationships is weak because the interior alignments are minimal

Is it because the edges circled with yellow aren't in same line?


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I'm sorry for the bad quality images, it's all I have. Also it is displayed on a graphical lcd display, running a program called "PowerLCD" made by "Mr.Chronom" but his website seems to be dead, so I can't find anything about this.

http://i.imgup.hu/ltW3J7.png
http://i.imgup.hu/m98HPh.png
http://i.imgup.hu/D3Eki2.png
http://i.imgup.hu/o9A8Rk.png
http://i.imgup.hu/8tkSL2.png
http://i.imgup.hu/hF7xN4.png

Can you help me? These are the only images I have of this font, if you know the name, please help!


texts: How to hide elements which go beyond the canvas in Sketch?

texts: Is there a way to hide the elements which span beyond the canvas area (artboard) in Sketch?


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I am trying to come up with a good design for a pair of icons that will be placed above a list of tags which filter a list of items.

Basically the tags that are ticked can search using "and" or using "or" so you can find all items that have "tagA OR tagB" or you can search for all items with "tagA AND tagB".

              [] []        <------ Icons
|---------|  |----------|
|Items:   |  |Tags:     |
| - Item1 |  | [] TagA  |
| - Item2 |  | [] TagB  |
| - Item3 |  | [] TagC  |
| - Item4 |  |----------|
| - Item5 |
|---------|

I have a few ideas of how to represent this but nothing that I am happy with.

I have a 16x16 area to fit each icon into.

So if anyone has any ideas on a pair icons that would work to convey this idea then I'd be very happy to hear them.


texts: Should I look into different graphic design softwares?

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I have so far used nothing but GIMP for photo touch-ups, logo designing, etc..etc.., Now I have seen that many use illustrator for logo designing, lightroom for photo editing so on...

Should I practice then on using other opensource alternatives(since I can't afford adobe suite) for different things? say Inkskape for example? I am not a professional graphic designer/photographer but I do like my hobbies too much, a word of advice is much appreciated!


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I have applied a warp to an image I am making and it has made the lines look very jagged.

Is there any trick I can do to make these lines look smooth?


texts: How to make 3d objects in illustrator with just a stroke

texts: I'm trying to make isometric figures in illustrator, but drawing themselves are a really hard job to do just by the eye. For example I want a "T" drawn shape to be like the right one (I made this myself just so I could  show you what I wanted to create), but when I make this a "3D object" I get the left figure, is there any way you can get just the strokes on the shape? Thanks!


texts: How should you web design with foreign typography

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Some web design and development projects client's will request capabilities for a foreign translation in their site.

How can you account for this and what are some good practices for
content mockup?
If a client supplies content are you to take the English version and
go to Google translate and translate every requested language and
design accordingly?
Do you design and code each .css file for each language if you are
wanting the best possible result?
When providing a mockup to the client do you provide the translated
edition or just the English?
Is it a bad idea to not guarantee or require a sign-off for your
design if you don't speak the foreign language in question?


texts: Examples of medieval and Renaissance typography?

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Do you know any fonts that mimic the typography from the Renaissance era?

Time: 16th century
Place: Denmark/Scandinavia

The thing I'm working at is a logo for a Jousting Simulator. This game took place both in the Medieval era and the Renaissance era.

I don't know if it's that important to use Renaissance typography (even though the Castle for which this product is made is from that period).

Some guys used this font:

What do you think of this font:


texts: Keeping a consistent 'branding' while using more than two different font families

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While this is not an uncommon situation for legacy systems to deal with a motley mix of fonts, I have found a situation where dependencies on the different systems resulted in three different fonts to be used as they are the default fonts installed or supported by those systems. In terms of trying to keep a consistent branding/look & feel, how can this conflict in font style be resolved (if it can be resolved), as there will need to be some directions given in the branding guidelines and style guide for working with those different fonts.

Even though the fonts are not completely different, I am sure many will agree that each font has its specific design rationale and usage, so it is a dilemma from a visual style perspective.

My question is, has anyone had experience with working on a project where there are more than two different font families, and how is this conflict in design resolved in the style guide?


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Does anyone know of a good Graphic Design contract I can find online to give clients? - I came across this site because a client keeps asking for the InDesign source files and I don't have a proper contract written up with her. In future I'd like to cover myself so I don't continually get burned!

Any links to where I can find a good contract for designers would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.


texts: I need to set the specific size and position for objects in Illustrator. For example, I need to set the size to 100 × 50 mm, but Illustrator automatically sets its size to 100.189 × 50.094 mm. Same thing happens with position.


texts: Is monospacing URLs in academic papers still advised?

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When papers are written in the academic world, URLs are often set in monospace.
The reason for this seems to be historic and is described in this Q&A at TexSE.
It may be summarized as a leftover from when URLs were uncommon.
They were perceived as some form of computer code, which used to be printed in monospace.

Using a monospace font is not pleasing to the eye, particularly when used in combination with a proportional font.
This is the case even when proportional and unproportional fonts of the same typeface are combined (here: Linux Libertine and Linux Libertine Mono).

So the question is: should monospacing URLs still be the de facto standard, or should another method be favoured, or should highlighting URLs be disadvised in general?


texts: How can I place the product on a social media post better?

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(The Logo in corner and product label is hidden for privacy reasons)

When I finalized the design, I got the feedback that the product (the grey thing in bottom left) isn't fitting well. (Image 1). So I did place it little above (Image 2). It looked better, still I got feedback that it is floating in the air.

So I believe, there's something wrong and I don't know how can I fix it. It's an air purifier. It has to be placed on left and should look better than these options. What can be done?

Also, you may suggest other possible way also, if you don't want to place it on left only. But the priority is left side, because the product name is mentioned on that side.

PS: Besides, generally asking, what else do you see wrong and can be improved to make it more aesthetic?


texts: Importing illustration into photoshop shows pixels

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I'm copy and pasting from illustrator the Wild Turkey logo into my photoshop file as a smart object.

While doing so the logo appears to have very pixelated edges.

Like this here:

Is there a way to prevent the pixels ?


texts: Need icon ideas to indicate "crane not working "

texts: I overlapped the below icon on top of the vehicle but still the user feels like the vehicle is prohibited rather than not working/operational.  Is there any other way to design. Thanks in advance.


texts:
I am trying to create the same infinity symbol like in this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFjBsVLZyhA

I know how to use the width tool, but I don't know to create that path that the presenter of that video has already created in that document of Illustrator CS6.

How to create the path for the infinity symbol shown in the video?

EDIT: After following the steps in @Bart Arondson answer, this is my result. By the way, I am using Adobe Caslon Pro font.


texts: How to colorize an image as in the example?

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I have seen such an effect being used in many places however I haven't figured out how to replicate it via Photoshop.

I have tried desaturating the image, placing it under a layer of solid colour and then lowering the opacity of the colour. I have also tried a couple of blend modes, to no avail. The effect is nowhere near the same.

Can someone please tell me the effect used on these images?


texts: How to Take the Edge Off Mandatory Double-Spacing

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I'm a student who's into graphic design. I try to make everything I turn in look nice, and usually succeed. One of the only times I feel stuck with a design that I don't like is when I have to double-space an essay. This traps white space, and makes navigating the report a little harder because a reader's eye passes right over intentional white space.

What advice do you have on how to make double spacing less annoying?Much appreciated!


texts: Hey guys, how can I wrap a text that says "Association of Medical Students in Bulgaria" around the top of this logo, and around its bottom "Professional and Research Exchange". I have Photoshop CC 2015, thank you!


texts: How to export ICO files to use as Windows folder icons

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How can I export a file that you could set it as a folder icon in Windows 7? And also, how do you get an application that has only one icon to change it's size when re-scaling? I set folder options to display large icons instead of normal and it changes icon, but when I go to application folder there is only one icon file.

I could actually export it targa (TGA) format then I can set it as an icon, but transparency is set to black and quality is terrible.

I browsed the Adobe forums and I couldn't find a solution anywhere. There are a lot of websites that convert PNG/JPG photos to ICO files, but I'd like to find out how to do it myself.

Using Adobe Illustrator CS6, Photoshop CS6.


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I have provided the client a logo (black and white) for Instagram in png.
According to the client when he uploaded png image, the black part of image changes to green.

Can anybody tell me why this happened?

Also when I viewed my delivered images in iphone, some images black part is not visible and for some black part changed to brown.


texts: Is there any tool that gives the percentage occupied by an area in an image?

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Is there any tool that gives the percentage occupied by an area in a image?

Given the following image:

Is there any kind of tool I can use to know the width in percent of the green and blue areas?

So, if the green rectangle is 30% wide and the blue one is 70%, how can I know that?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Is there a way to enable smart guides when moving a layer with your keyboard in Photoshop?

texts: So I just started Photoshop and I'm using the pink lined smart guides to align all of my content.  The problem is, they're only active when I drag a layer with my mouse, which is hard to do because I have a trackpad.  Moving layers around with my keyboard allows me to be much more accurate, but smart guides seem to shut off when I do.  Any solution to this would help.


texts: How to create a dotted line in Adobe Illustrator

texts: How can I create a dotted swirly line like the example below in illustrator? I would like to create a loop dotted line.


texts: Who illustrates the current Firefox website?

texts:
Does anyone know who's behind the playful illustrations on the current Firefox website? For example:

From the Firefox mobile page:

From the Firefox download page:


texts: Ascender and descender heights: all equal?

texts: Are all ascender and descender heights typically equal in well-designed typefaces? Does using identical ascenders and descenders increase readability, or is it not an issue at all?


texts: illustrator: create new layers from intersection of other layers?

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I have two path shapes.  They overlap in some places and do not overlap in other places.

I want to create new layers for every place where the existing shapes overlap and new layers for every where they do not.


texts: how to find the right hue to go with a particular colour

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I do understand that colour wheel, however, Im struggling with finding colours that match a particular shade of gray. For my web application, Im interested in using this pattern of gray!

gray pattern

Now, say Ive decided to use the colours purple & green & orange, how do I go about finding the particular hue of each of these colours to go along with this shade of gray?


texts: Is it possible to set the underline thickness with Scribus?

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I'm experiencing a strange behaviour with Scribus; I'm using version 1.5.1, I don't know if it's relevant but I'm under openSUSE.

I have noticed that when I try to underline the text, the thickness of the line is always the same, and does not scale up or down according to the text dimension, like it does on every other program that I know.

In example, this is what underlining does in LibreOffice Writer:

And this is the same thing done in Scribus:

As you can see the effect is much better when the line has more or less the same thickness of the letters. I've tried to change the font, but it happens every time.

Is this a feature or a bug? Is there an option somewhere to enable the scalable thickness? Or to manually set it to a fixed dimension of my choosing?


texts: How to print to PDF on Mac OS X from Adobe InDesign CS6?

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I'm trying to print a booklet to a PDF file instead of a printer in Adobe InDesign CS6.  Adobe Acrobat X Pro is supposed to allow this:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/print-to-pdf.html

So we got Acrobat X Pro, but printing to the PDF doesn't seem to do anything.  The print booklet dialog closes and we never get a prompt for a PDF filename, searching our filesystem doesn't show any new files created..  Adobe has a document on printing PDFs on a Mac:
http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/feature-details/acrobatpro/pdfs/creating-pdf-files-using-the-print-command-mac.pdf

But that doesn't work either :(.  When we choose that Save as PDF option (tried both Save as PDF and Save as Adobe PDF), we get a dialog stating that saving as PDF is not supported in printer dialog.

Tried this on 2 different Macs.  Is there another way or better way to print booklets from InDesign CS6 to a PDF file?


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Is there a method in InDesign to anchor dynamic elements without XML becoming nested?

I have an XML imported that is a long list of field entries, each relating to text items on multiple pages of an Indesign file. When I make test frames dynamic and anchor them together the XML structure is affected, so when I import a different language variant XML the structure is no longer recognised and fields are not update and/or removed altogether


texts: How can I make a transparent cursor, and why does my Photoshop document have grid-lines on it?

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I am trying to make a cursor with transparency using Photoshop CS5. When I make a .cur file from an image, I can see extra white space with the icon

Something like this:

I don't want the outer white space. I just want the guitar to be the cursor, but here the cursor is the full image.

Out of curiosity, I just dragged an default computers .cur file, and in PS it looks like this:

What grid is this? How can I enable this? Is this grid important to make .cur files?


texts: How can I cut off by points of intersection in Sketch?

texts:
Say, I have two triangles like at this picture:

Using Sketch. I want to cut off the upper part of the red triangle, the one above the black triangle. I can manually create a couple of sub-paths in the red triangle, cut them off and then close path again. But I definitely want to learn the better way, since it's not always about such simple shapes.


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I have two layers; one with a gradient style on it directly, and one inside a group with the exact same gradient style applied. However, the gradient's range is the entire canvas, instead of the bounds of the shape(s) inside it. Here's a picture:

Is there anyway to constrain the bounds of the gradient to the shapes inside of the group instead of the entire canvas? All other layer styles respect the layer bounds. One solution I've found is to use a mask on the group. However, that gets tedious with multiple shapes very quickly as you have to get the aggregate of the shapes and reapply the mask for every change.


texts: Add a line to a shape, and color the new space

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I am trying to take a shape like this,

And add a line to it like this,

I want to be able to shade the bottom section that gets created by this separate from the top, as per the drawing book I am following along with. I have tried Path > Combine and Path > Union, but these do not give the results I am looking for.


texts: Vertically center a font using FontForge?

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I'm using Ostrich Sans as part of a project and i noticed that the font is aligned to the baseline and has a large ascender. I tried but cannot vertically align this through CSS.

How can I modify the font pack itself in a tool such as FontForge such that the font is vertically centered?


texts: Insert PDF into Word results in pixelation/blurriness on Windows, but not MacOS?

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When I try to place pdf files (created by Adobe Illustrator or elsewhere) into a Microsoft Word document, then on my Macbook Pro Laptop, I can simply drag and drop the file into a word document. This results in a very crisp and high resolution placement of the pdf file in the word document. The image below is a screenshot of a part of the pdf file after placing it into Word on MacOS.

On my Windows PC, however, I cannot drag and drop pdf files into the Word document. This would only result in placing a pdf file icon into the word document. Instead, I need to import the pdfs by clicking on "Insert" tab, then on "Object", and then "Create from File", and then I choose the file via "Browse".  The result is very awful, however. After import into Word, the pdf file looks very pixelated. See part of a screenshot below after importing into Word on Windows 10.

Please advice how I can import pdfs into Word so they get rendered in high quality on Windows PC.
PS: I tried other import formats into Word on Windows incl. SVG, EMF and WMF, but none of them gives a perfect result.
Note: cross-posted on https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator/insert-pdf-into-word-results-in-pixelation-blurriness-on-windows-but-not-macos/td-p/12008811


texts: How do I make icons on an image background appear debossed?

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I Am a beginner in Photoshop. I don't exactly know the name of the thing I have highlighted in the above image. How to make such contents on a background image? Do mention if it can be done using any other tools.

Thanks in advance.


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A client recently asked me if I was able to help him with a project to create a holographic 3D model on their business card, whose perspective would change as you orient the card, such as the mouse on top of this page, or the famous dove that Kurt Roald designed and that is visible on everyone's payment card.

Of course the client isn't Visa, and they're not trying to make millions of cards, maybe up to a thousand. We can use either a 3D model, or a set of photos of real life object (extruded logo of the company) - we have both.

The project is really interesting, and I really wish I could help and learn more in the process, but the world of holographic design seems pretty closed off. Some vendors on Alibaba do Holographic printing, but they do not seem to be of a 3D photo or model, just a few vector 2D designs laid out on top of each other.

Is there a simple and accessible workflow for designers to produce this type of holographic designs?


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I'm currently discovering Sketch 3, and I stumbled on a problem for which I can't seem to find a solution!

Coming from Photoshop, to add guide lines to my document, I went to click and drag from the rulers on the left side and top of the document.

But in Sketch that actually just drags the rulers around. Which could be neat, but I can't find a way to reset their position to the origin!

Any help? Thanks!


texts: Intuos Pro Medium or Large for an architect

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I'm an architecture student. I draw, design and render with Copic markers and I also have a part time job designing logos and catalogs. I use a 24 inch monitor.

Now I want to buy a Wacom Intuos Pro, and I can't choose between medium and large. Initially I wanted to buy the large one, but I've heard it's way too big. Personally, I think the active area on the medium one is not enough. I really dont know what to do – please help.


texts: I cannot find what font this is. I've used fontspring and whatthefont and nobody can even come close to identifying it.


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I am designing for print on demand sites, and I am wanting to upload my images correctly... Should I design in CYMK and then convert when exporting the PNG or the reverse.  I use Photoshop and Illustrator to designing.

Anyone with Print on Demand experience please reply.  I upload to a few different spaces so would I do the same for each site?

Zazzle
TeeSpring
Merch
etc...

Thanks in advance!


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In the following simple artwork, the top most stroke and fill are selected.
in the layers panel, the target button is filled for the selected artwork due to additional stroke and fill.

Now if I drag and delete the filled target button from the layers panel, the button gets blank and the bottom most stroke and fill gets removed from the appearance panel and the artwork. Alright, cool.

My question arises when I tried to remove appearance attributes manually that is by selecting both bottom most stroke and fill from the appearance panel then delete it,

the layer target button still is filled after deleting, indicates additional appearance attribute or effects are applied, (actually isn't.)

Moreover, for this reason, the "object>expand" is dimmed for this simple artwork and "object>expand appearance" is active, making things confusing.

shouldn't the target button be blank in the layers panel after deleting the extra stroke and fill manually from the appearance panel? What am I missing? (All the transparency is set to normal and opacity is default for every appearance attributes).


texts: Inkscape multi-closed-region multi-lined path

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I'm trying to draw Sheldon Cooper in Inkscape 1.0 on Linux. So, I've draw the basic outline using circles & Beziers:

All those lines are paths with no fill and black stroke. Now I'm trying to color the image. I know about the bucket tool (U), but it creates a small white gap between the border and the fill:

I know about outsets, but it fills like a hack. So, I've decided to cut those fills from big shapes using boolean operations:

Now I just need to cut that green rectangle using the hair outline path.The problem is that Sheldon's hair and head is not a… I don't know how to say, but it's not a single path. It's a combination (Path → Combine) of two Beziers. Here I've colored them with different colors:

And so I fill that Inkscape just cannot understand that the hair is a closed region and use it in boolean operations. None of them doesn't work.

I fill like I need to somehow make a real union of all the paths, but union of hair and skull operation just vanished the hair:

And in the path editing mode, the Inkscape does no allow me to join the end node of the hair (left or rigth end) into the middle of the skull silhouette:

Finally, I've tried to convert all the strokes into fills (Path → Stroke to Path), but:

This way I lose the way of easily modifying the outline
This conversion results in some artifacts (here, the mouth):

What am I missing?


texts: In Indesign, is it possible to put a title into greps of a paragraph style?

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In Indesign, is it possible to put a name or description into greps of a paragraph style to remember instantly what was the purpose of it?

I mean any query ever designed for it, or something like that?


texts: GIMP: Possible to remove middle in picture?

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As an example, is there an easy way to crop away the o's in the Google logo using Gimp?

The result should then be "Ggle" with a smaller image width than the original because the o's are missing.


texts: Why does Photoshop hide all my windows but one?

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Normally I use Photoshop CS 5 tabbed (one file visible at a time).  I need to tile them all so I can compare their color temperatures (thanks cheap Android camera that changes color temp and saturation every shot).  Window/tile... is easy enough, but it gives me square tiles for 16:9 pix. I am trying to adjust that and move them around.

I'm dragging the windows by their top bar (obviously). When I drag one near (within 20 pixels of) the top of the workspace, the edge of the entire workspace gets a blue margin, and the file/window gets "gray" (fades out).  Boom! It's alone in the workspace.  All the other files are hidden.  I've tried many things to bring them back, but the only thing that works is going to the Window... menu and picking every single one, one pulldown per file. Very clunky with 15 files.

So first, when this "Edge turned blue, document got gray, all other documents disappear" situation is inflicted upon me, how do I get back to where I was (all documents visible) without having to manually select 15 files?

Second, what is that feature?  And how do I actually wield it for productive use?


texts: How can I add more swatches and gradients to a swatch library?

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I've created a color scheme on Adobe Color web page and exported it to use on Illustrator (let's name it as "my custom palette"), now I have one more color and one gradient I'd like to add to that library, which I've exported from adobe color to an ASE file. I already tried to click, hold and drag to "my custom palette", but it didn't work. Also, after I defined that swatch palette, I will need to put it into Photoshop.
I know this question may be some of an "idiot" one to experts, but I'm not a one, and with your help maybe I became a one :)


texts: Why sketch allow 0.5x export in dropdown?

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Can anyone tell me why Sketch(mac tool for designers) enable us to export half sized of anything?

Why they made it so easy?


texts: I have a question according to CMYK colors in Adobe Illustrator. When I make a CMYK color in the swatches section with the value of C0 M0 Y0 K90, I get a brown-ish color, why? I want to make a black-ish color which is almost true black. How can I achieve that with the CMYK color palette?


texts: How can I change the colour of the marquee crosshair as it becomes invisible on a white background and I have to guess as to its actual position? I thought it would auto-contrast such that it's visible against any background. I have looked at lots of options but cannot find anything useful.


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I want to write 'SBS' in Pixel Art Style

SBS is a Software House, so that's why I want to make something that is related to computers or technology etc.

like this

or like this

I want to see how I can achieve these easily. Preferably a method that doesn't involve copying and pasting blocks around.

Also if you have any ideas  for the SBS logo please share.


texts: Create a 6 page A6 scroll-able PDF document from an A3 InDesign file

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I need to to export a file from an A3 InDesign file into a 6 page A6 pdf file that is within a frame that allows user to scroll through the 6 pages and also download the menu, print etc. I have tried to Google how to do so but no luck. I have checked to properties of the file and saw it was done from InDesign. I am relatively new to InDesign so my apology If my terminology is not "up to date" :)

Your help will be much appreciated.


texts: Client communication problem re Logo and Branding

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A few years ago I made a website for a client. It was arranged informally, there was no contract. Since that time his business has grown along with the website and I'm also involved regularly in various work for him.

Mostly we have gotten along okay, we do almost all communication by email. The only thing that's been a problem I would say is that he's someone who tends to change their mind, even after stating clearly that he's happy with something and finalising it. He does not seem to understand the importance of having a brand image that's consistent, despite the fact that I did explain this from the outset when he asked for advice in this area and have repeated a few times, both in person a few years ago as well as since then in emails.
I should say also that I've always encouraged and been clear that I wanted open discussion about anything that he wanted changed during the design process.

The original logo (which I did a few months after the website) I felt was professional looking and fitted well with the type of industry he's in. A few months later though after much discussion and saying it was "excellent", he started saying he would like to see what it looks like with colour added...  Obviously and as I tried to explain, it's not possible to just "add colour" once a design has been finalized, and when the design itself was intended to be in just  one colour with white. Eventually and after suggesting an alternative design that would be more in line with what he now wanted, I ended up doing a different take on the original design(because that was what he insisted on) incorporating colour. He was very happy then with this new logo. I thought it looked okay, though not what I would have chosen myself, but it was definitely acceptable looking and so we began using it everywhere, on social media etc.

Well, that is the brief background. The latest thing that's happened is he's gone and 'branded' his vehicle with all plain text - similar a bit to the text that's on the website header(but slightly different font and the colour also not an exact match) and also leaving out the actual logo itself. This means basically that it's a separate branding from the one we'd been using.  (Added to this, he also misspelled a word in the description of services offered, which I pointed out but only after he showed me the result as he didn't tell me beforehand he was going ahead with this).
He now wants to put pictures of this vehicle on the website... He has already put some of the pictures up on social media. (He is using the logo for business cards though, so I know he likes the logo. I suspect the reason he didn't use it in the vehicle branding was to save on cost).

I emailed him about this, basically repeating what I'd said before - that only one logo and branding should be used, otherwise it confuses the company image, explained the reasons why etc. I suggested that since he'd done this branding and if he doesn't intend to change it, that it would now make more sense to take the logo down from the website and social media and instead just go with a simple plain text header, to be more in line with the branding on the vehicle.

None of this would bother me so much I think if I hadn't told some people about this website(and logo etc) and also I was intending to add it to my portfolio. Obviously as he now wants to have this unprofessional looking stuff up there, I can't really do this.

So I am just looking here for some advice on how to handle this, hopefully from someone who is more experienced than me in dealing with clients.
I'm meeting with him soon - he wants me to work on a new project - but I feel a bit like maybe I don't want to continue working with him if I'll be unable to use this logo and website in my portfolio. He has stated in the email reply that the vehicle branding will stay as is and he also wants to keep the website logo as is.


texts: How to clip object's too large bounding box to fit in Inkscape?

texts: Like you see in the picture, I have a tile that has a greater frame than its visible area. Even if it's 400x400, when I select it, I can see a greater frame than the frame that includes the tile's visible area. I have another square of 400x400 that could be used to reduce the tile's frame, but I don't know how to do this. Any suggestion?


texts: Photoshop convert to video timeline creates layers for every frame

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So, this was working before.

I drag&drop a gif into photoshop and it would open as a video timeline (not per frames)

I don't know what i did but: now it opens a gif as a frame animation like this:

After i choose convert to video timeline, this happens

Again, this was working before. It's something I did today.. the only thing i can remember was that i got a gif opened up and i tried to convert it to frame animation and I succeded.. and then the troubles started...


texts: Origin of numerical font weight descriptions in typography

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The CSS specification (among several others) establish that, when selecting a font, the font-weight may be described using numerical descriptors ranging from 100 to 900 at 100 increments, where 400 is reserved for the "regular" weight and 700 for "bold" (this article contains an example of a mapping).

Are these numbers assigned merely conventionally or is there some sort of (at least theoretical) numerical relation between, say, stem thickness and advance width which controls the numerical descriptor that a font "ought" to receive (regardless of whether that relation is respected in any particular font)?


texts: How to fix colour difference on different laptops?

texts: so I'd been designing illustrations on my HP laptop - all the images looked exactly the same colour-wise on both my laptop and my Samsung phone. Now recently I got a Lenovo Ideapad and noticed the colours look all different - eg. #eeeee6 looks cream-ish on my old laptop and phone but on the Idepad it looks quite grey. I'm a designer so the colours are quite important to me - is there a way to resolve this? I've tried switching up the display settings but nothing seems to work. Thanks!


texts: Photoshop CS3 > Marquee Tool > Modify > Contract problem?

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Very strange....
The circular Selection I Made by using Marquee Tool is no longer good once it's contracted by using SELECT | MODIFY | CONTRACT ....

In conclusion, if i made CONTRACTION to make the circular smaller, then the ugly shape become appeared clearly.

check out my preview image, ...

How to solve it anyway?


texts: Designing properly for the web - grids for bootstrap and preparing files in photoshop

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I have graphic design skills but never designed anything from scratch for the web (except using WordPress templates). I have a lot of experience in Photoshop but not a lot in web. I want to start a project with a friend and I would like to start the proper process (prototype in Invision or Axure > Photoshop > code). He will code but I would like to know how I can prepare the file to be properly coded?

How can I plan my grid for both the mobile version and the desktop using Bootstrap? Should I use Photoshop combined with another software? I would like to avoid learning too many softwares at the same time (like going to another design tool) otherwise the free time that I have with the learning curve will be frustrating.


texts: How to use Shape layer with the Saber plugin

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As beginner i created small animation with shape layer. Adding trim and repeater to it. Is it possible to use saber plugin with the same animation. If yes now. Any suggestion. Thanks.

Star Burst file


texts: I have a web font that i'm using but I only need 0123456789. Is there a way to extract glyphs from that font and generate a new font?


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I'm planning to use the symbols from the Box Drawing group of characters to draw paths and mazes and such.

However, due to font substitution, even in monospace they may not be monospaced because they may have been subbed with a font of a different width.

This is mostly a problem when it comes to empty space. Normally I'd just use a space, and it'd be fine, but it's not lining up correctly.

Is there a specific character intended for "empty space" with the Box Drawing symbols, or would my only real option be to use a symbol like ╳ but with "color:transparent" to hide it? My main concern with that is that it would suddenly show up if you try to copy-paste the map...

Any suggestions on this?


texts: Do I absolutely need a bleed for the interior of my book, if images cross over the edge of the pages?

texts: This is the first time I've put images next to the edges of the pages in my books. I understand that that the printer may cut 1/16 inch off the pages, so that's why I let the images slightly overlap the edges. Is a bleed necessary?


texts: Illustrator Blend Tool not matching two paths

texts: So I'm trying to create a stroke out of an S, and am using the normal blend tool trick to get a path down the middle but all I'm getting are these off lines that only start and end in the right place.


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I have a limited budget for a screen I'd use for my work in PS, Illustrator, Indesign. Mostly print publications, catalogs, folders, logos, vector/raster illustrations.

Would you go for a better quality, color accuracy - 23" 1920x1108 or a bit less fancy (quality-wise) but bigger 28" 3840x2160?

I'm just starting my professional life after being an intern in a graphic studio and I'd really appreciate your advice!


texts: does anyone know why in Illustrator, I don't see the "stripes" like the picture below but when I export it into pdf, I see a lot of these stripes? I am doing science, I need to export into pdf for my paper. Thank you very much!


texts: How to draw a specific dimensions circle using ellipse tool in Photoshop?

texts: I am following a tutorial in which the author has asked to draw a 70px x 70px circle using the ellipse tool, but i can't figure out how can I draw a circle with exact dimensions in Photoshop.


texts: Indesign: Possible to make a fillable text-field that is automatically also shown in another place on the document (like cross-reference)?

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Is it possible to make a fillable text-field that is automatically also shown in another place on a PDF document (like cross-reference)?
ENTER PROJECT CODE (FILLABLE TEXT FIELD):
CODE5491

AUTOMATICALLY UPDATED FIELD

CODE5491

Can we do the same with icons (find icon, use in a document, it is shown in many places after its insertion)?


texts: Is there a standard color for a 'Share by email' icon for web?

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This is a question which has always been floating around my brain when putting the final touches on a website. (And I couldn't find much about it on the web)

When using social icons in the context of sharing content, e.g. sharing a blog post, and Email is one of the methods of sharing, what colour should the Email icon be when all the other icons are coloured by their branding (somewhat)?

Does anyone have any examples and/or rationale for using a particular colour, if one exists universally for 'Share by email'?


texts: How to color overlay an icon with multiple colors?

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Is there a way (ideally using Sketch) to do a single color overlay over an icon that has multiple colors – while preserving the original icon's different shades?

I'm trying to turn the blue folder icon into different colors (green, purple, etc.), but I'm trying to do it more elegantly than having to go through and recolor each shape individually. I'd like to be able to change the color of the folder and have it respect the opacity of the icon underneath.

Should I make the original blue icon into a transparent gray? Then somehow mask the overlay color? I tried that below in Sketch and couldn't get it to work.


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I'm taking a jump into some digital painting and struggling with getting more defined lines to look right. I'm basing it entirely on this Flower from Unsplash.com and have been using the 3 Basic Brushes from CtrlPaint.

Here's my work in progress with and without the veins showing:

To do the veins I've been using the angled brush from the brush pack set down to about 2 or 3 pixels. Shape, Transfer, Smoothing and Build Up are all turned on with my Tablet.

The two dark petals I've done I'm okay with, the one could use that one dark line on at the apex adjusted but overall those two are getting close. The three lighter petals I've done so far however are way off.

Any suggestions on either a technique or brush to help improve the veins?

To make it easier here is the source image for faster reference:


texts: How to create pixelated graphics like these examples?

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I've been noticing a lot of really nice, blocky, pixelated images used in design projects in recent years and just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to create similar effects?

So far the process I have come up with is to design your graphics at whatever resolution you want, then place them into a low-resolution photoshop document and drag from there into illustrator to vectorize.

This is pretty long-winded though and requires quite a lot of trial and error to get good results so I just wonder if anyone knows of any plugins that might do the trick, or at least a faster approach?

I have attached some examples to show what I mean, looking forward to hearing from anyone who has ideas on this


texts: Red Eye Tool not working on file in Photoshop

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I have opened a jpg file in Photoshop CS6 and have converted it from RGB to CMYK (it's going to be printed in a booklet), and I am now trying to edit out the red eyes using the red eye tool. When I try to do this, it gives me an error message saying it could not use the tool because it only works in full color modes. I have never encountered this before, and I cannot figure out the reason it's happening on this file. It's clearly already in a full color mode. All 4 CMYK channels are listed. Can someone help me out and explain what I'm missing here to enable this tool to work?

Here is what I'm seeing:


texts: Is it possible to print on small poly bags?

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We run a restaurant and we package our product in 3x2x8 2mil poly bags. For 4 years we've printed labels and stuck them on the bags, but I'd like to see if there's a way to print the information straight onto the bags.

Are there companies that do this? We order the bags from Uline, so if they wanted to get the bags straight from them, and resell it to us with the printing done on them, that would be fine.


texts: Multiple document merge one book with clickable toc

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I have multiple chapter 20 InDesign files. All files have separate master pages and numbering. I want to create one book with TOC clickable. How to do?
Also, I want to publish an e-book with a fixed layout and hyperlinks. Can this be possible? Please suggest to work of way.
Special I want to publish a fixed layout epub on Kindle. Suggest me hyperlink/clickable TOC maybe 2000 pages and 20 chapters.


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We've recently been doing 4-up postcards at 4.25" x 5.5" on 8.5 x 11" paper and now we want to get that extra .5" of real estate but would still like to get 4,6-up on paper. What have you done to accomplish this. I feel like this is basic math and configurations with different paper sizes but I can't seem to figure it out, what am i missing?

Thanks for any help.


texts: Grid / ruler toggle button at top of photoshop missing in CS6

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In Photoshop CS5 there was a button at the top bar of the program where you could toggle rulers / grids (it was a square button and the had a ruler-looking border). I'd like to know how I can get this to show in CS6.

What I'm talking about:


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I can't change symbol color in illustrator. When select color, it becomes gray scale.

I wish it isn't, but that's not big problem. The problem is this one. Please let me know how to do.


texts: Is there a way to quickly convert a Group to a Sub-layer in Illustrator?


texts: Illustrator CC resets artboard preset from Desktop to Fire HD

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I am building a wireframe in Adobe Illustrator CC and creating multiple artboards for different devices. My first two artboards have the presets of iPad Air and iPhone 5s respectively. I created a third artboard and tried to give it the default size of desktop 1280x800. I select that from the drop down menu, but Illustrator resets it to Fire HD. When I created the document and chose the first artboard, I chose "Device" (and iPad Air) instead of "Web" for "Profile". Could this be causing the problem? Is it possible to have both web and device artboard profiles in the same document?

Here I have selected the preset 1280x800:

Then when I click "OK", I notice that the artboard looks too small and that the preset up on the menu ribbon says Fire HD.

When I try to choose the desktop preset from the menu ribbon drop down, the setting doesn't keep.

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?


texts: Is there any tool to display swatch sheet in a document?

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I'm looking for a tool or strategy (web app, software, Photoshop feature etc.) that will let me display all swatches I have in a '.aco' or '.ase' file in a table and saved as a PDF (preferably) for documentation. When I picture it in my head I'm seeing something like a periodic table, showing the color in a square and adjacent to it showing the RGB for that color. It's basically to share the brand color palette to our dev teams who doesn't have the Adobe suite to look up colors themselves.

Does anyone know of any tool that does what I describe?


texts: Does anyone know what font this is? Is it custom-made for the music label? There are also posters with the same font, only in a light version.


texts:
Please tell me how do I get rid of redundant lines in illustrator?

I covered them up using a clipping mask, but when I go into Outline Mode I can still see/modify them. I'd like to get rid of them.


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Suppose somebody develops a new language, with totally new characters.
And a font for the same has to be created.
How does one do that?


texts: What is the gradient tool XML structure for Inkskape extension programing.?

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I want to create a custom gradient tool extension. what is the XML structure for the gradient tool? The tool I want to make would fill objects with N-vectors per (unit of measurement) to make vector-based cross-hatching efficient.

I’m looking at this.

Further more, how would I get the XML structures for all of the tool tips available?


texts: Photoshop - can not edit the gradient map layer

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I am having a problem when using gradient tool, when I create a gradient map layer, photoshop shows "Could not use the gradient tool because the content of the layer is not directly editable."

Here is a 26 seconds video about the problem: https://youtu.be/jbKbvHF6evs

I am following the instruction below, it works at the past but it is not working now

Thanks in advance.


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I was just wondering if anyone could place a font for me? I need it for a font-face on a website.

What font is used for "Good food compliments great beer" text?

Thanks in advance.


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I'm looking for a way to edit a Camera Raw Filter that I've already created and want to modify or just know how it was created. I couldn't find any way to do that.

What I do is selecting the Camera Raw Filter option in Photoshop. Then I do all the edits, and when I like it, I save it as a profile to use it in Lightroom afterward.

I'd like to know how some of the profiles I have were exactly created, and modify some I have without creating them from scratch or overriding them in the Camera Raw Filter creation (I mean, applying the profile from the start, do some edits, and save it under another name).

Does anyone know how to edit or see the edits on them?


texts: Expand height of PSD without overflowing other view

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I'm designing a landing page :

But as I started my background images are too big so when I crop the view downside, I get this:

How do I make the first section to not overflow its background images on the next section?


texts: Photoshop font size smaller than it should be

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I have a PSD at 72 dpi, for a web interface. The developers implemented everything based on the PSD, including font sizes, but font sizes were an issue.

I'm having a hard time coming up with an explanation for this. I have a Retina 5k iMac, with a screen resolution of 5120x2880.

On the left below is Photoshop text at size 26px at 100% magnification, and on the left is just a TextEdit document with size 26 text:

You can see that the discrepancy is not subtle. The right is almost 2x as large. The result of this is that any implementation of PSD -> HTML/CSS results in all the text looking too big, since I have to use large font sizes in Photoshop to get it to the size it would normally be in other mediums.

Can anyone offer any solutions or explanations for this?


texts: How to print/set-up A4 landscape saddle stitch in InDesign?

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I'm pretty new to all this so bear with me.

I want to print a portfolio for a school assignment and I want it to be saddle-stitch binding. I also want the Portfolio to be A4 landscape. I've seen a lot of A4 portrait saddle stitch options but not any for landscape. I did a test run. It ended up cutting the pages in half to fit a portrait template. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

also when printing is there a specific paper size I need to get to achieve this specific design.

thank you.


texts: What's the result of a secondary color mixed with the third primary color?

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I am currently developing a puzzle game which requires the player to blend colors in order to solve the puzzles. I am using the RYB model because I think it's the most logical when it comes to blending colors : green is blue + yellow. I'm cheating a bit to avoid very dark colors, my colors are bright as if I was working with light.

I am introducing secondary and tertiary colors to make the puzzles more challenging. However, I am having a bit of trouble handling 1 case : what happens when someone mixes orange with blue? Or purple + yellow? Or green + red? Do they result in the same color? What is the hue of this color based on the hue of the primary colors that were used? I have no paint to try this out, and I'm not sure how to simulate those mix on Photoshop


texts: Color wash out problem when I connect my laptop to a projector or LCD monitor

texts: I have a critical problem when i connect my laptop to a projector. Colors that I have used in my website are getting washed out when it's displayed on the projector screen.


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I've created this logo draft:

It looks fine when it's small but when I zoom in, the edges look like this:

So I started the drawing process all over again. First I created the 4 rectangles which I aligned perfectly in every possible way:

Then I put 2 diagonal shapes on 2 edges and used the Shape Builder Tool in order to remove the parts I don't need:

So here's the result of that shape:

Now I want to add a shape to the left side of the object but I can't align it correctly and I'm afraid that that's is what caused the problem on the draft logo. It looks aligned when zoomed out:

But when I zoom in and use the outline view, this is what I see:

I have tried to align these shapes with nudging them with arrow keys, I've used the align options, I've set the keyboard increment to 0,1 px. Nothing works.

There must be an easy way to fix this but since I'm fairly new to Illustrator, I don't know how to achieve this.

EDIT: Here's a GIF which shows the alignment problem. I applied the matching edge method which @joojaa suggests. Sorry for the low quality:

Thank you for your help.


texts: Photoshop - Can't fill in pixels with pencil tool

texts: I'm using the pencil tool with a 1 px brush. I'm trying to fill in some pixels, but in the pictures below there are certain pixels I cannot fill in. If I use the pencil tool on them, nothing happens. I thought the pencil tool was to get precision. Why can't I fill in the pixels in the picture below? Also, the pencil tool when it does work, most of the time never places in the pixel in the right spot. If my mouse is hovering over the pixel that I want to fill, and left-click to apply, the pixel below or diagonal to the cursor is filled in! What is up with that?


texts: Who can help me identify this handwritten-looking script font?

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Can anyone tell me which font is used on the card below?

Thank you very much!


texts: Adobe Illustrator: Export PDF (custom preset) + Export JPG (RGB) 300dpi quality 10

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I work a lot of graphics daily and at the end of the work i always save in two different formats: PDF Print Ready & JPG (RGB) 300dpi > Quality 10

So everytime i do have to make this steps:

1) CTRL + A > Select all elements from all artboards
2) CTRL + SHIFT + O > Create Outlines
3) CTRL + SHIFT + S > Select PDF (Note: if there is a file with same name i always overwrite)
4) Select Preset: PDF/X1a:2001)
5) Go to Marks & Bleeds > Select checkbox: "Use documents bleed and settings"
6) Hit Save
7) Go File > Export
8) Select JPG
9) Check box "Use Artboards" (leave "All" selected as standard, no change here) Note: if there is a file(s) with same name i always overwrite
10) Select Color Mode "RGB"
11) Quality 10 (maximum)
12) Options: Baseline (Standard) + 300 dpi + Type Optimised (Hinted)
13) Click "Ok"

After this process i will end with:

1x PDF File (all artboards inside separated by pages)
All JPG files separate files per artboard.

I would like to know if there is available a script that replicates this kind of steps at once (multiple sabe actions) since its always this same process i use? Or something very similar so i can try an adaptation?

Thank you in advance.


texts: Photoshop suddenly shows artifacts on my file

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I am running Photoshop CC on Mac OSX 10.9.1.

Today I opened one of my PSD files this morning and all of a sudden, these artifacts appear in some layers that have some effects on smart objects (but not limited too).

Is this something someone experience? can this be fixed for this file? I tried fixing it myself but new ones appeared.


texts: Uniform Scaling a Grouped Object, Shapes Move Out of Place or Distort. How can I fix this?

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Here's my problem:

I'm using Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 and I'm trying to scale a grouped object uniformly or proportionately but the shapes that make up the object move out of place. Here's what I'm looking at:

Before Scaling

After Scaling

The chicken coop is made up of individual triangles. I have grouped them and made sure that "Align New Objects to Pixel Grid" is turned off. Whenever I scale it smaller or larger, there are some triangles that move out place. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Swap linked file used in multiple layers

texts: In Illustrator I have the same linked file being used in three different layers. The linked file is an .eps that contains a simple pattern. Now if I want to use a different pattern, is there a way to simply say "use this other file in these three layers instead of the current one"?


texts: Photoshop CS6 and .psd Photoshop CC 2014

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The project was created with multiple layers (visible or not) in Photoshop CC 2014, then this project has been opened Photoshop CS6.

PROBLEMS:

a) When you copy all (Ctrl + A > Ctrl + Shift + C) produces an error: "Could not complete the Copy Merged command because of a program error."

b) When you combine all visible in a single layer (Ctrl + Shift + N > Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E) gives an error:: "Could not complete the Merge Visible command because of a program error."

c) When I restore of the project to a new location, I get the error: "Could not save as" ... my path ... "because of a"

Maybe someone knows how to overcome?

P.S. in another similar source code - everything is OK.


texts: Set an alternate baseline grid in an InDesign document, different to the rest of the document

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Baseline grids in InDesign are set on a per-document basis, in preferences. What if I need a different baseline grid somewhere in a document?

Can I override the document baseline grid in one section, frame, page or master page?

For example, you might want a different baseline grid to the rest of a document on a contents page, a references block, or on a master page that is used for a very different type of content e.g. photo spreads with side captions.


texts: What are the best practices for providing a client with brand assets?

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I have created a logo for a client and don't know the best way to give the file to the client. What are the best file types to provide the client, eg illustrator, Photoshop, jpeg, TIFF and what document sizes would be best.

An example:
The TIFF file I have created is 9035 x 9448 pixels, as the object I created the print for was about 800mm high by 750mm wide. The file size is (understandably) 405MB. This doesn't seem appropriate as the PDF file will do the job just fine and is just 100kb as the original artwork is a vector.

What would the standard or general guideline be creating a brand asset for any eventual use?


texts: Wraping rectangles with text around circle - Illustrator

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How to create rectangles with text around circle like the figure below using Illustrator.

Figure taken from here: https://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v13/n9/fig_tab/nmeth.3901_F1.html


texts: Is there a rule for line-breaking a name designation?

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I've searched, but to no avail. Is there a rule (or what is your opinion) on line-breaking a person's designations?

Sometimes client's have many designations which extends the line making it very difficult to lay out a business card for example. Is it appropriate to put the designations on the next line?

Thanks!


texts: Text transparent with shadow in Photoshop

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Example:

In the example image is House Gothic Font 3D Shadow and House Gothic font 3d Normal. How can I make it in Photoshop? the same effect like in the example with the font on the top transparent, making possible to see the background image. There is a good tutorial about it? which is technique?


texts: How to use an Illustrator graphic as a text bullet in InDesign?

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I've created a vector image in Illustrator. I would like to import it into InDesign and use it as bullets.

I googled it but they just mention pasting it on to the clipboard and they don't explain how to do that.


texts: Indesign file. Text thrown off while sorting pages

texts: While I am formatting my indesign file, sometimes removing pages or adding them throws neatly formatted text off the margins. Why


texts: Why do I have to use a gamma of 2.2 when using a JPEG picture?

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During the rendering process, the texture file has a gamma of 2.2. But the plain colors do not need this gamma correction, especially if the RGB values are from a spectral characterization.

So why do I have to use a gamma of 2.2 in my texture files? Why do we use a gamma of 2.2 in the CG world? Why don't we use a gamma of 1 for images with real colors?


texts: What (Hebrew) font styles are more legible in a digital reading?

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I have a desktop application which is basically a reader for different Hebrew texts. I know that in general some fonts are harder to read on a screen than others (both in English and Hebrew).

What Hebrew fonts (or font styles) are best for readability, so a user can read these texts easily for a long time?


texts: Arabic Text stroke overlap (with zero fill)

texts: How do I remove the stroke overlap between the individual Arabic characters when I use zero fill or even white fill?


texts: Why should I include padding/margin around icons when I create them?

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I recently spoke with an engineer who requested that I edit all our existing icons (we have about 50 of them) to remove the extra margin I was putting around them so it would be easier for her to style the page. I was using the padding/margin for a bit of consistency as I designed the icons but I am wondering if there is any downside to providing engineers icons with no margin (basically the artboard comes right up to all four edges of each icon).

Thanks!


texts: Is Illustrator accurate for business card sizes?

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I've just created my first business card in Illustrator. It has the standard UK business card size of 55 x 85 mm, a 3mm bleed, 300 DPI and the rest of it, and my smallest font-size is 8.94 points, above the 7pt minimum legible size for contact information that I've seen recommended in a few places.

However, when I'm finished designing the card and zoom out to 100%, this text looks really small, just about readable but aesthetically jarring. I'm wondering whether the card will actually look that small when printed, or whether I should just trust that it will always look larger when printed.

Unfortunately doing a test print is out of the question as the client will be using an online printer and the project is already time-sensitive.

Can what my business card looks like at 100% in Illustrator be assumed to be to scale?


texts: Why is is Illustrator revealing all hidden layers when I export as PNG?

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I am trying to export print files from a large template file.
Why are my layers showing up in the PNG and how can I get it to stop? Exporting to screens does not help.


texts: What does Google provide web designers with?

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I'm quite new to web-design, being primarily focused on web programming on server-side. I usually power my apps with twitter-bootstrap, using the myriad css classes it provides and I don't interfere with its work!

However, I was visiting a random blog today (http://blog.plobo.net/) and liked the fonts used very much. I used Firebug to find that the font is a WOFF font sourced from the "googleusercontent.com" domain.

Two questions:

Can I incorporate such fonts in my own bootstrap based app or blog?
Apart from this font, what all other features does this service (googleusercontent.com) provides? Does it provide social icons, logos, etc. that web designers use considerably?


texts: What you do if there is a client ask you to work on project outside your specialization?

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For example,

You are a logo designer for more over 5 years.But someday, there is a client ask you to make 3D models through e-mail.Will you accept it??If you don't accept it, how  to say to him/her?

Thanks


texts: 3D vape bottle renders and other 3D elements

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I am looking for information on what software to use to create renders like these. I specifically refer to the Bottle and liquid.

I have seen a few bottles done in different angles and I think they look fantastic! I also want to be able to create this shape of bottle and cap in said program. The bottle in this image may look like a photograph but there are renders that can be done like this.

Any help is appreciated!

Current Status after member responses:


texts: how to create sunken or inlay effect in illustrator to create depth to an object

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Basicly, I need to know what is the best way to add depth to an innerbox like for example a monitor, a tv, anything that comes with a frame.

In my case it's a window frame that contains a poster.

What is the best way to do this, I don't think I need 3d or extrusion.

Thanks, Richard


texts: Simulate painting black furniture - photoshop

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I have a black turtle tank (black wood) and I want to simulate what it would look like if we painted the wood a different color.

Original photo below

My attempt at doing it below

Any tips on how to do this?


texts: Which is more beneficial for a career as a User Interface Designer; an apprenticeship or a university degree?

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If I wanted to be a UI/UX designer, which would be the better route? To get an apprenticeship and earn experience, using online resources to learn techniques, OR to go to a university and get a degree in graphic design?

If an apprenticeship is better, can you suggest any particular areas to focus on when looking for the apprenticeships, that will increase my chances for becoming a UI designer?


texts: what free fonts can I use in my app for in app purchase?

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I'm an ios developer and created an app which allows the user to add different texts and reposition them.

I would like to provide my users with a premium feature which is a font pack. I'm looking for a few free fonts that I could embed in my app and require payment for them.

What kind of license am I looking for?
Do you know of any such fonts?

Thank you


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I am having a hard time replicating the second image style in the first.  The football field image needs the black to be gone and be replaced throughout the image with a white color.  What is the best way to do this in Photoshop and get the same result as the second image?

Image To Convert

Replicate Style


texts: How strictly should the 300dpi rule be followed?

texts: I am designing a magazine where we have spreads for photography. We have around 275 ppi for those. I'm not sure how a 275ppi would look on print. Does it matter a lot for a picture as big as a double US letter size spread? How hard and fast is the 300dpi rule? What is the least one could risk?


texts: I have a large vector image I've drawn in adobe illustrator that at some point needs to be printed on a separate machine without access to illustrator. If I shrink the image to decrease file size for upload then export the image as a PDF can it be scaled at the receiving end again via printer settings and still maintain quality if enlarged?


texts: Monospace font that supports both English and Japanese

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I'm looking for a monospaced font that supports both English and Japanese. All characters should be the same width (since it's monospace).

I haven't found anything that works from looking on the internet. Google has created a font called Noto Mono, a monospace version of their font family Noto, which is supposed to support all languages. However, the English and Japanese characters are different widths here too.

Update: Migu 2M is closer, with English letters exactly 50% of Japanese.

Update 2: Here's a square, monospace, English font that reads well: image


texts: Can you help me enable swash button please.


texts: Rotate to make paralel to another object

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I need to rotate text to make parallel to line. How to achieve that?

I know how to rotate using mouse, but I can't find how to rotate by entering angle value. Where is that function?


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What techniques (or different fonts) could I use to fonts to make small text (about 10px) look nice in Photoshop?

Here is what I tried, but every time it looks blurry, or too bold:


texts: Creating a banner with InDesign at scale or actual size

texts: I am about to create a banner with InDesign and was wondering which size I should chose to do it. The printed banner would be 33 inches by 79 inches, but I was wondering if I should scale it down when I create it, or should I just create it with the real dimension? I did not start yet as I am not sure what is the best way to do it. I would appreciate someone with some experience to help me with it.


texts: How to auto resize text, to fit a bounding box on Photoshop?

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Heu guys,

I have defined a text bonding box (275px x 153 px for example).

Now I need to set this text to AUTO fit (resize both spacing and font size) this bounding box.

How can i do this in Photoshop?

thanks


texts: Does anyone know in what graphical software this illustration is created?

texts: This illustration demonstrates the difference between spin angular momentum of light and its orbital angular momentum. I am trying to create similar illustrations but don't know what software they are generated in. Any input is appreciated.


texts: New to photoshop. looking for help/tutorials creating a UI

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like the title says, im fairly new to photoshop. Ive learnt a few things within the last few months just playing about by myself and using youtube videos for help. I wanted to learn how to use PS to re design a UI for a game that I play. To give you a vague idea of the level I'm at, I managed to create this as my first attempt:
https://imgur.com/CpqRp6E
I made that from using this:
https://imgur.com/3Y5EXAx
and other various elements that I found online
I was quite pleased with what I managed to do but id like to be able to make my own totally from scratch. I've searched the internet for any kind of help but there doesn't seem to be much out there. youtube helps, but there's a lot of "speed" designs, which are cool to watch them being made but not very helpful in terms of learning. there's a few that go into more detail but the majority of them are not made by English speakers =[
most recently ive been trying to play around with the pen tool - I was afraid of that for a while because I had no idea how to begin with it. but thanks to youtube again, I feel a bit more confident in using it now. my main issue atm is managing to create anything small enough for a game element that actually looks decent (struggling with details being clear enough with them being so small - not sure if I'm doing something wrong when making a new doc or something?)
Any ways.. Just looking for some direction on how to improve and where to learn.
very much appreciated


texts: Edge quality goes down when exporting with Gimp (no compression, any format)

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This image looks pretty in Gimp’s native XCF format:

:

After exporting to any internet format without compression it looks like this:

What’s the reason for this loss of quality, and how can I avoid it?


texts: Illustrator - combine shapes and keep perimeter as path

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Trying to merge two shapes, and keep only the perimeter path. I have a triangle and a curved stem, which together form an arrow. When I merge the two using pathfinder, then apply a stroke, it outlines each shape independently. I just want to be able to treat the combined shape as one.. so a stroke, and gradients will be applied to the complete arrow, not the stem and triangle separately. I have tried deleting paths, points, and every function in the pathfinder tool. In my screenshot, you see the two shapes, and you can see how the path and gradient is being applied to each part of the arrow separately. In the second screenshot, you can see a mockup of what i want to happen.. you see the patch being an outline of the two shapes merged, and the gradient applied evenly over the two shapes together. (second image made in photoshop)

What I Want (mockup):


texts: Is there a very specific font identification tool online?

texts: I have a very specific set of criteria for a font I need, and wondered if there was any online tool that would allow me to choose the specific anatomy of different characters and show me a font that matches? For example, a sans serif font with a single storey lower-case "a", a lower-case "t" with a tail, a closed "4", a lower case "g" with an open loop, an upper case "J" with a top bar..etc. I have tried the "Identify fonts by sight" question tool on fonts.com, but it doesn't ask me questions about the characters I'm especially interested in. Is there any tool in existence that does what I need?! I should add that I'm not looking to identify a font I've seen - I simply need a font that matches my criteria and would like to know what my options are. Many thanks!


texts: How to get this bevel effect in Illustrator?

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I want to create a fire icon in Illustrator. I don't want it to look flat. So, I tried to find design inspiration on google. Then, this image came up. I'm looking for a tutorial to get the same effect, but I don't know what is this effect called. So I came to GD.SE to ask.
*Sorry for the image quality.


texts: Illustrator: Why are color options grayed out and why do does pressing "D" changes my doted lines?

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As you can see paths is gray, and options are grayed out.
After pressing "D" options are selectable and drawing is trully black, but the dotted lines and stroke weight configurations are gone

Any ideas how to change my drawing from gray to true black without affecting anything else?

Thank you.


texts: Flat Rate vs. Hourly: Fast work = lower pay?

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I'm new to designing graphics for clients, I normally did things just for myself or for friends when they needed something done and I had a free minute. I've also worked at a retail store that does "desktop publishing" and offered a 24 hr turnaround guarantee.
Because of this, I've become accustomed to working really fast. I still plan ideas and do research, but I usually go with my gut feelings on design direction (usually the second or so idea I have is the strongest in my opinion) and the clients I've worked for always love the work I do for them.
But my problem is, because I work so fast and can almost pump out the designs they need, how do I should I charge?
Charging by the hour would be a huge loss for me. But I don't know what to charge for a flat rate since I don't know what the "average" time for a design should take (if there is such a thing).
When doing research, everyone always just says "It depends on the designer." But I feel I could be making a lot more money for my skills, I just don't want to lie about my time.
Edit:

I have to ask several questions to this:

Is this your only job?
How are you measuring your designs as really fast?
Do you know the normal calculations for design areas?
Do you time your designs to measure them?

No, I still work at that retail store I mentioned and I'm also a full time student.
When I talk to other designers in person, they mention their average times and mine are significantly less time (about 20-40% less time) to completion.
I don't know what the normal rates are for my area. But when reading up on it I found that an average estimate (and when I calculated my hourly rate for myself based on a formula given to me) as $40/hr
Yes I do, I always take notice of my work time. It's a habit from working at my retail job.


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I drag my canvas across my screen a lot, using the Hand Tool (H). The problem is, I tend to click immediately after going to this tool. This triggers the H + Left Click shortcut for a zoomed canvas selection process.

Not only does this make me have to wait for the zoom, but it also moves the mouse selection over to the middle of the screen.

I want to disable the H + Left click functionality or shortcut. Is there a way to do so?

I'm using adobe Photoshop CC from 2014

Alternatively, is there a way to enable middle mouse button canvas dragging?


texts: What is a technical way to describe this style of website?

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I want to look up tutotirals for a few things but dont even know what to search for. What is the correct way to describe the following?

The bar that is collected by the top of the screen and follows you after you start scrolling down
This style of full screen website where there are static/absolute positioned images that are shown and hidden as you scroll down to show different imaged for each section.

Like: https://codeanywhere.com/


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This may be trivial, but I cannot figure out how to do it: I'm looking for a way (preferably in gimp or another open source application / plugin - I also have a rather old photoshop version) to remove the background of an image when you have the full original image, so i.e if I have this composition:

and also this image

How can I remove the background and leave the objects alone like this, without having to trace the borders using selection tools / magic wand? that is, like using the background as a green screen

Just to clarify: the images will always be composed digital lossless files, so no difference on ilumination, compression artifacts, focus etc.
Also I'm looking for a solution that works whith complex objects like the feather, hair, a grid, etc... not easily traceable with selection tools. Already tried the method of substracting one image from another, but doesn't give very good results.


texts: Pragmatic or theoretic approach towards designing something (mainly logo/branding)?

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So basically,

I've been studying graphic design or design of visual communication for 4 years and now entering my final year. I've been studying all the elements such as illustration, photography, cinematography, and all that. Also been reading and taught about the theory regarding this field, like semiotics, gestalt, visual hierarchy and all that.

All that knowledge and skills that i've required over the couple of years i've been studying design is very good to have. But when it came to designing in real life (like freelancing or somekind) i'm stumbling upon a dilemma, because  i find it easier to use my instinct or intuition perhaps to design something rather than using all these theories. Finding it easier to use intuition also makes me worried am i doing it wrong? what if my design (a logo in this case) doesn't conform to the theories and rules and so i've made a badly design logo. So i went from being very confident to worried and just stop doing it all together and start binging all those youtube videos on design.

How is your approach on designing a logo (or any)? i'm a really really confused and a bit desperate at this point. And sorry for the long backstory

Thank you,


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This may be a silly question but...

Im pretty new to Illustrator and I have the number 12 and i need to type text inside each number without it going outside the lines of the numbers. How do I do this? Thanks


texts: How do I produce this pentagon in the link in the simplest way, with added vertex names?

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How can we produce this picture https://snipboard.io/oVp3Ic.jpg, with added vertex names (e.g. A,B,C etc.) in the simplest way possible? Eventually I'll need to put this picture into a LaTeX file that'll be transformed into PDF.
Thank you!


texts: Can I legally transfer a font that comes with a Mac to a Windows machine?

texts: The American Typewriter comes by default on Mac machines, but not on Windows. If those in my agency who need to use this font on their PC, do they have to purchase a license for it, or could I just give them the font to use?


texts: How to remove a portion of a closed object, to turn it into an open object?

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I would like to remove (like in cut away) a circular portion from a rectangle, leaving an open object. Tried using the Path > Difference tool, but it results in a closed object.

Attached image (screen shot from Inkscape, edited in MS-Paint so looks bit crude), explains what I am trying to achieve.


texts: Automatically transform curves to polygons in AI CC

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I have a script that reads SVG  coordinates and creates a dot on each anchor point. The problem is that it does not work with curves so I need to transform the curves of any shape into straight lines - example:

A basic object like that is somewhat easy, but I actually need it on a larger scale. The simplest would look like this:

Is there any way to achieve that automatically with Illustrator CC?

I could adjust the script to read another file extension as long as it only outputs X and Y coordinates (no curves). Ex:

-20.8,262.5
-4.3,263.6
4,264.9
13.4,267.2
23.5,270.6
34.5,275.4


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We take stock photography and overlay a quote or factoid for social media posts. We usually use a filter or coloured overlay as well.

Can we place our logo and/or website URL on this image?


texts: Adobe Creative Cloud as Document Asset Management Solution

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Our catalog production team has requested a way to better manage images. I was curious as to what system you guys use.

We don't have it in our budget to use Adobe Experience Manager, so I've been reviewing other Document Asset Management (DAM) solutions. One I keep coming back to though, is just using bridge, but instead of the team sharing to a network drive, as they do now, they would save to a shared Creative Cloud Files folder.

There are a couple of issues with this solution that I see so far.

Keywording is important and is a must, and bridge lacks a way for a team to share keyword lists. These are all on an individual level.
If we have 1TB worth of images on creative cloud files instead of on the network, then each user that has access to these images I believe will be forced to download all images directly to their drive right?

I've been looking at about 8 other possible DAM solutions, but none of them seem as integrated with other Adobe products and aren't as easy to use as simply using Adobe Create Cloud files with a shared folder.

What are you guys' thought, and what do you guys use for file management?


texts: I have a client who would like a book cover design and wants to use it for unlimited publishing. For the designers who have experience with this have you negotiated royalties? Or just accepted the project for a flat rate?


texts: Curve leaf shape and grains with minimal distortion. What technique?

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I am trying to curve a wheat stem that has even-sized grains emanating from a central stem. Something like this (but starting from a vertical line):

I have tried:

Puppet warp

Envelope Distort > Make with Warp > Arc

Art brush

What is recommended for the minimal amount of distortion/size difference between each grain? I thought about applying each grain manually but keeping the grains angled correctly would be very difficult.


texts: Printed Text in Word a lot better than in Photoshop

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I am porting a design that has been sent to me in Word to Photoshop.
One part of the design contains a text with the font Bacalisties
When I try to print the original word layout to a white paper, the quality of the printed text is far better in Word than it is in the photoshop created layout. In photoshop I can spot lack of smoothness in the letters being printed. I am printing the text in a 40pt size in a A4 document, no scaling over 100% is being done anywhere.
How can this be?
I have increased the ppi settings in Photoshop from 72 to 300, and afterwards to a whopping 3000 PPI, same result.
I am using the same printer, with the same settings, to print both documents. I have tried printing directly from the photoshop document, I have tried exporting to a PDF, I have created a photoshop document natively in RGB and the convert to CMYK to print, I have created the file natively in CMYK, I have tried merging all the layers, and everything I could think of.
How is it possible that the printed artwork is so much worse in Word?
Some additional information I left out yesterday:
When I try to create a text in Photoshop, there is an option (not sure if it's antialias) whose default value is sharp. I have tried printing with sharp and smooth and the result is the same. Highly pixelated text, totally different from what I see if the same text is printed from a Word document.


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Thanks,

Peter