texts: Is there a way to select multiple sprites from a sprite sheet in GIMP?

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After you've made the background transparent, color selected the background and inverted the selection to outline all the character sprites:

Is there a shortcut or some quicker method/program/tool to turn each sprite into an individual selection and then turn each selection into an individual layer? If not with GIMP, are there any other free programs that will allow you to do this?


texts: Is there a way to set a transparent color in Adobe Illustrator?

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In PowerPoint, it is really easy to remove a background of a raster image when the background is a solid color. You just have to go to "Format > Color > Set Transparent Color". This, in my opinion, is really handy since I don't always have time for a clipping mask. I also find it sometimes more tidy.
Is there any way you could do this in Adobe Illustrator? I tried "Edit > Edit Color", but there was no option to change a solid color to none.


texts: How do the terms image, picture, graphic etc. relate to each other?

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I asked a question here on GD after which I decided to read a book.

As a non-native English speaker, there are a lot of new terms for me to learn, and it seems that I might have used the wrong term image in my question Do we perceive images in text reading order. The term graphic, diagram or drawing would probably suit better there, because I only wanted an answer for that kind of stuff (still not 100% which one to pick).

This brings me to my question: what is the relationship between these words?

graphic
image
picture
design
drawing
photo(graphy)
painting
sketch
diagram
render
illustration
figure
shape

I have already tried to translate the words in my native language (German), but now that I have so many terms I'm even confused for the German terms.

I want to know:

which ones are pure synonyms?
which one is a superset of which ones?
what is the different between those words?
which term is similar to which one?
which word is never related to another?

Please stick to the 80/20 rule: do not consider strange situations such as a photography of a painting where the painting shows a diagram. There are enough combinations to explain I would say (even so many that this could become closed as too broad).


texts: Transparent text and image with non-transparent shadow in Inkscape

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I have a logo picture and a text in a svg file. Both of them are black. I want to make an image where the original image and text are transparent, but their drop-shadow is visible. How can I do that?

Something like this image (the white area should be transparent, only the shadow is visible).

Moreover, I want to use the drop-shadow function of Inkscape, not a duplication/offset method (because I need blurred shadow).


texts: InDesign — Avoiding the gap on some stroke types

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Is there a way to avoid the ugly gap while using the right (or left) slant hash stroke type?

My workaround is to create a circle-like shape instead of circle:

…and to adjust the two ends manually:

It looks ok, but it's not really a solution.


texts: Why have all of the GIMP brushes disappeared?

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All of the gimp brushes have, for some reason, disappeared and I don't know how to get them back.

The spot where you're supposed to see the name of the brush is just filled with Clipboard:

And the only tool that works now is the Ink tool. How should I fix this?


texts: How can I create a stroked path with the Pen tool?

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I'm trying to make 3 px stroke with the regular pen tool without resorting to brush, pencil or anything like that. Is there any way to do that like in Illustrator?

This is the image where I'm stuck at:


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How do I reduce canvas size after increasing it?

For example, if my current canvas size is width: 1200px And height: 1400px, then I increased it to width: 1500px and height: 1800px. Now I want to reduce it a little bit, to width: 1400 and height: 1600px.

How do I do this?


texts: Transparent GIF is forming grainy, transparent static and I don't know how to fix it.(GIMP)

texts: So, I'm trying to make this gif for a meme but no matter what I do I guess this swiss cheese looking error and I can't even figure out what the term is to google!


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How were Apollinaire’s Calligrammes typeset?

Was it set on a letterpress? Linotype? How were the curved lines achieved?
I can't seem to find anything online about this, but I am very curious.


texts: How to make type in Photoshop match that on a scanned image

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I have scanned some text, and I need to add a name in matching type and style. I have tried, but it's not as jagged as the scan, and doesn't look the same.

How do I make the added type match the scanned text? Please see the image for a comparison of the scan and what I've added.


texts: Is there a way to calculate the area of a PNG image over a transparent background?

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Say, you have a canvas size of 10"x10" in Photoshop.

Then, you have an image on that canvas (with a transparent background).  Well, if you imagine the entire canvas being taken up, the total area would be 100 square inches (10x10).  But, say you have an image inside this canvas.  Is there a way in Photoshop, Illustrator, whatever, to figure out how much area is taken up by this image, given the canvas size?


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i have a logo in .ai and the customer wants me to save it as a rgba. I normally only work with cmyk and rgb, so how do i make it rgba in illustrator? Is rgba only for websites?
Thanks for your time..:)


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I have a decent sized set of data - 500,000 records, each representing an event.

The fields are:

date
time
who did the event
what the event was (there will be say 5-10 type of events)
where the event was (there will be 20 or so locations for an event)
'other things'

there are about 500-1000 events per day

My ultimate fantasy would be to have a video pegged at a certain time-scale - it's just short of 2 years of data, so make the video (for discussion) 2 minutes, each minute is a year, and so on.  Each location would be shown as a circle of a certain size that would grow as events 'happened' at those locations.  An even kinkier version of this fantasy is where each circle is a pie-chart and the pie-segments grow/shrink based on the type of event at each location.

Are there some ready-made tools, or open source libraries for python, or a web site that anyone would recommend?

Is this the kind of thing you hire someone at some large rate to do for you?


texts: design inspiration collection of horizontal website layouts?

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Who knows a good resources to get some fresh design inspirations for horizontal layouts? Searching google gives some blogposts with relative bad quality designs.

I look for fresh, inspiring layouts but only ones that are horizontal.
This means non scrolling but a horizontal bar like:

http://www.planhq.com


texts:
Photoshop added an underscore to all the layers names.

Layer one --->  Layer_one
Layer two --->  Layer_two
Layer three --->  Layer_three

Is there a way to remove the underscore without going though layer by layer manually? A search and replace function?
How can I prevent photoshop from adding the underscore to replace spaces?


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I have a high-resolution (42,678 x 21,340 pixel) digital elevation map (DEM) of Mars. My goal is to create an accurate image of Mars after terraforming (significant amounts of water introduced to form oceans).

I created a Sphere, added a Displace modifier, and used the high-resolution elevation map as the Bitmap parameter for Displace.

Then, I added a blue sphere at the same coordinates, the radius of which indicates the amount of flooding (ocean formation).

The resulting render is extremely blocky. The impression I have is that the Displace modifier created a fairly small number of polygons from the original sphere.

Is there a better approach? If not, how can I make this one work?


texts: Real simple question. Hope you have something to offer. How can I get the full potential of Illustrator through manipulating it programmatically. Is there some kind of add on or hidden feature? Let's say, for example, I've got a bunch (like a thousand) of vertical line segments of fixed length, and I want the bottoms to stay where they are, but have the tops of each successive line segment to follow a particular curve and to remain vertical all the while. If you don't like the question, and it bothers you that much, then just trash it. I'm really just looking for not only an answer to the example, but also a reference (software, literature, etc.) that might lead me to my dreams of attaining programmatic power in Illustrator. ^_^


texts: Photoshop: how to batch combine text and existing images?

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In Photoshop (please don't insist on Illustrator or other software), I can use actions and create batches with variables etc. But this one is quite tricky for me.

Let's say there is an image file I need to create which will have a flag image from the root folder (e.g. USA_FLAG.PNG) and text near it that will be allocated in a Text box (e.g. "United States of America").

I can create a .txt file stating:

image,text
usa.png,United States of America
sweden.png,Sweden
...

How do I do this?


texts: How transparent are Facebook's "Causes" profile picture overlays?

texts: I'm trying to make an imitation of one of Facebook's "Causes" overlays - specifically, one that represents both the French and Lebanese flags in its design. To do this, I would like to know the exact transparency values of the overlays that Facebook allowed users to add to their profile pictures, such as the rainbow overlay from earlier this year following the SCotUS decision on gay marriage and now the one following the terrorist attacks on Paris and Beirut. An approximation would work, too, but I would prefer the exact values.


texts: Coreldraw X7- how to fill an object with black color

texts: I have a image of a church that is outlined, I need to fill the church in with black to burn to a screen, how do I fill the church with the color black in Coreldraw X7?


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Why is part of the menu greyed out? I need to access the blur gallery.
The image is a .jpg. The mode is 8 Bits/Channel and RGB Color.

I'm on Mac OS X Yosemite running Photoshop Creative Cloud (2014.2.2 release).


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I'm in the rare situation where I'm a graphic designer and I don't have much of a portfolio.

I've a small business making customised badges and stickers for the last 6/7 years. Lately, I've worked on small badge designs for a multi-national company, and this week they'd like me to swing by their offices to chat about extra work, brochures, etc.

I've been pulling together sample designs and styles like crazy over the last week but I'm super nervous. I've barely got a portfolio or any street cred to rub together.
Badges and stickers are a world away from flyer and brochures.

Any advice appreciated!


texts: Could not find a navbar background that fits with my logo

texts: I recently changed the logo for my company but now it does not fit anymore on the navbar. The color of the logo are  #3331a1 and #a8b0c6. I don't really want to have a white navbar but seems to be the only option. I am also willing to modify a bit the color of the "HR". Do you have any suggestions for the navbar color?


texts: When are typefaces considered conflicting with each other?

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I have been reading a lot about font pairing lately, but I’m still missing to identify when fonts don’t complement and contrast with each other, instead they clash.

An example that I've read was about comparing a so-called blackletter with a roman serif. They had different proportions, one condensed with large x-height, the other more extended and taller. As they shared the same weight, size and decoration, they were considered too alike. Why was that so, if they had about the same contrast and similarities?

Could the overall thickness have something to do about it?


texts: how do I create this type of grid in illustrator?

texts: I'm trying to create a logo grid and I would like to know how I can achieve something such as the image below in illustrator


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Getting this message when I try to embed fonts in my presentation with "only the characters used" option selected:
"Some of your fonts cannot be saved with the presentation.
Adobe Gothic Std B Bold
General Failure"

I'm not using Adobe Gothic. I'm using "Rockwell" for the headers and "Lucida Sans" for the body. I've checked the fonts on all of the slides, master slides, handout, and notes masters, but can't see Adobe Gothic being used anywhere.

If I change the option to embed all characters the error goes away.

How can I make this error go away when only saving the characters used.

I'm using PowerPoint 2013 with Windows 8.


texts: I'm trying to fill an area selected by the magic wand, but I keep getting  pixels that are transparent. Below is an area that's supposed to be filled with red, but there are clearly many pixels that are transparent. Does anyone know why this is the case?


texts: Convert foreground motif to degrees of transparency?

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I have a 24-bit PNG where the motif is a subtle pattern. The pattern itself is in light greys, i.e. the background color of the PNG is #eee and the pattern is in a range of slightly darker greys.

I would like to convert the foreground motif to a range of transparency levels. In other words, my plan is to have a web page with solid colors defined via CSS, and lay the image over these colors, to provide a repeating pattern for several colors using just one image.

I can find plenty of tutorials on just making the background transparent, but how do i convert the foreground motif to degrees of transparency?

I'm a complete newbie to graphics design software. Adobe Photoshop 5 is available, and I could also install freeware software for Windows (like Windows Gimp).

(I have google this, and there are several related questions on this site -- fx "Add transparency to an existing PNG". So far, what I have found generally addresses changing one solid background color to transparent, which isn't what I'm looking for.)

Update: Here is the original PNG which I'm trying to convert:

(NB: This image is licensed, use of or redistribution by others is not permitted):


texts: Separate an image into arbitrary color channels

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In Photoshop, it's fairly easy to separate an image into separate monochrome red, green, and blue images.  These could each be projected as slides in front of separate red, green, and blue lights to form a color image.

Let's say I need to make monochrome slides like this for a projector that, for some reason, uses orange, teal, and purple lights.  How can I separate an image into three monochrome images for orange, teal, and purple channels?

I'm working on a project about how color vision works, and part of the demonstration I'd like to be able to show involves what would happen if our eye's cone cells were sensitive to different colors.


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I am sorry if this is not the right website.

I need to print a chess board like drawing (black and white squares). I need the printing to be in micro-scale accuracy (+-50 micron). What kind of printing should I head for? any advice is much appreciated.


texts: How to distribute irregular shapes to minimize space between them? [in Inkscape]

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Looking for a plugin that would automatically distribute irregular shapes on a surface so that bounding box has minimum area.
The same asked here, but for Inkscape.

Google doesn't help me much. Maybe I am using wrong terms and key words.


texts: Adobe Illustrator importing large PNG image results in black square

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I'm trying to import a very large PNG image (12k) into Adobe Illustrator for tracing, but when I either drag it on or place it, the image is not imported. Instead there is just a black rectangle with the same dimensions as the image:

I'm on Illustrator CC19 on Windows 10.

The original PNG image looks like this:


texts: Prompting to make a selection in a Photoshop action

texts: A little help with creating an action. I'm trying to crop a bunch of photos and apply some filters to them. The problem is I want to crop each photo differently. Is it possible to stop the action and let user to make a selection and continue playing action automatically?


texts: Illustrator: white space around logo when exporting as JPG

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I've created a logo in Illustrator, and before I export it, the spacing looks fine. See below:

But then, once I export it, it doesn't keep the spacing around the letters I want (the right side of the picture looks ok, but the left side has the "M" up against the border):


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I am trying to fill a circle with a hexagonal arrangement of smaller circles in Illustrator. This is easily done by creating a pattern (as pattern have options for hexagonal tessellation) and then filling the circle with this pattern.

However, I want to manually remove all the circles which intersect with the boundary of the containing circle.

I have tried "expanding" the fill of the larger circle in order to be able to individually select the smaller "fill" circles. However, this only allows me to select a unit of tessellation, not the actual circles themselves:

How would I go about selecting (and deleting) individual circles?


texts: How to get rid of a part of an image (an image is a shape) in Photoshop CC?

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I have an image. I want to get rid of "i" letter from it.

This is an initial image. It is a shape:

This is the goal, a desired image:

I can select and hide "i" with a layer mask, but I cannot get rid of the layer mask after that. I end up having two layers, one of them is with a layer mask:

Also, an important thing is to have Color Picker open on double-click on the final layer of the desired image:

How to achieve it?


texts: Wrong colors while printing from Illustrator

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I’m trying to print from Illustrator (CMYK) and it comes out red: All the blue tones appear black and everything that was either beige or grey looks like it has a red layer over it. All the colours seem to be affected (except for white).

The printer is an HP Envy 4500.
I’ve tried to save it as a PDF and print from that PDF instead but it didn’t work.


texts: Distinct palette for translucent markers over greyscale image?

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I'm trying to choose a discrete set of 10+ "cold" to "hot" colors to be used by translucent markers/icons displayed over a continuous tone grey scale image where each step is clearly different it's the neighbors.  (i.e. not just some smooth gradient.)

Being perceived as "cold" to "hot" is not as important as each level being distinct from the next.

Some of the more naive choices have at least some colors that differ mostly in "brightness" (?).  This can cause confusion when the markers from these colors blend with the underlying grey values.

Is there a known palette (or method to generate a palette) to use where no matter how the colors blend with the grey values, each bin remains clearly distinguishable from all others?

For an example of usage:

Base image is a black/white image representing the relative landscape elevation for an area of rough and knotty terrain.
Translucent marker icons would be indicating a spot measurement of temperature or gas density.
Markers are colored according to bins of value over the actual range.  e.g. If the captured values are 10 to 100 degrees across all markers, the colors would be:   10-19 degrees is blue,  20-29 degrees is green, [...], 100+ degrees is red)
Markers are not opaque, since the underlying image features needs to be visible through them.

The question is how to select a good ~10 colors for the translucent markers such that they remain distinguishable no matter the underlying grey value.

Seems like the sort of thing that would be known in the data visualization field, but my Google skills are failing me here.

Thank you!


texts: How can I achieve this light blue glow effect over text in Illustrator?


texts: How can I adjoin images with ImageMagick for pixel art?

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Joining 55x55 imageA and imageB 55x55 should result int a joined image 55x110 but imagemagick acts oddly.

  Trial 1: adding some dummy pixels, bad

$ montage -adjoin sky_0_1.png sky_0_3.png sky_0_4.png
$ identify sky_0_1.png sky_0_3.png sky_0_4.png
sky_0_1.png PNG 55x55 55x55+0+0 8-bit DirectClass 3.32KB 0.000u 0:00.000
sky_0_3.png[1] PNG 55x55 55x55+0+0 8-bit DirectClass 5.68KB 0.000u 0:00.000
sky_0_4.png[2] PNG 256x126 256x126+0+0 16-bit DirectClass 10.9KB 0.000u 0:00.000

  Trial 2: trying to fix the dummy pixels with size -flag, not working

$ montage -size 55x55 -adjoin sky_0_1.png sky_0_3.png sky_0_4.png
$ identify sky_0_4.png
sky_0_4.png PNG 256x126 256x126+0+0 16-bit DirectClass 10.9KB 0.000u 0:00.000

I waited for sky_0_4.png to be of size 110x55, not 256x126 -- in pixel art, I need to have specific sizes. How can I do the join of images in imagemagick (notice that montage is its command)?

  Helper questions

  Suppose I have different-sized images, how can I make the block of images to have the unit size by the largest picture (meaning every
  block of the same size and each image centered or put to the top-left-corner)?
  Suppose a game engine such as old Crafty.js does not support flopping programmtically, I need flopped images. How can I get flopped
  images to the sprites -image (not to have so much overhead)?


texts: Making a Layer Black & White in Photoshop CS6

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I have a layer containing an icon in color. My goal is to have the same icon in black and white as well (i.e., both the color and the black & white version in a single image).

When I select the color image on Layer 1 and duplicate it, then highlight Layer 1 copy, and finally click on the adjustments icon at the bottom of the layers panel to reduce the hue, I get the following result:

Selecting any layer will now yield black and white icons for both icons (even though I want Layer 1 to remain colorful).

(Also, Ctrl-Z does not undo it.)

How can I make Layer 1 copy black and white but leave Layer 1 colorful?


texts: why canvas size show 1 mm different from chosen size?

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I create for example 12*5 cm document in new and when I select canvas size from image menu in Photoshop it show 11.99*5.01

I am using adob cs4 portable version.


texts: Whats the difference between perspective and foreshortening?

texts: I am wondering what the differences between perspective (1 point/2 point/3 point) and the term foreshortening is when drawing?


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I'm very new to Photoshop I'm facing some problem in post-production.

I'm getting wired black spots while I'm working on the 32-bit channel. When I convert my 32bit to 16bit channel using a smart object I'm getting white spots in my image.


texts: Inkscape - removing a section of a filled path

texts: I'm new to Inkscape and have probably a simple question, BUT -- let's say I have an oddly shaped path that's filled with a color; I now want to remove a section (also oddly shaped) from inside that filled area. How do I go about that? I tried making a new path and filling that with yellow (the background color), but when I go to print it, it prints the full filled path, and then tries to print over it in yellow (I am printing 1 color at a time on an EggBot... all sorts of new adventure for me here). Any help is much appreciated!


texts: How was the face and other details in this picture changed?

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I saw this picture on Instagram:

click here for full resolution
It is clearly an adaptation of this picture:

click here for full resolution
I wondered how the characters face changed to that of another woman.
I know it is really like kids question, but for the past 2 days it has been messing with my mind.
Illustrator? Photoshop? or something else...


texts: aliasing a scanned text (removing blurry or non black pixels)

texts:
I have a scanned text like this:

And I want something like this:

Do you have any idea how can I achieve that? Thanks in advance!


texts: Illustrator Custom Art Brush Stroke Inverted Colour

texts: I'm using a custom art brush I made with the pen tool, and the stroke seems to have a different colour than the fill and I can't figure out how to get the stroke colour to match the colour that is shown when used.


texts: How to fill in outlined text with transparency-to-color gradient in Illustrator

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I'm trying to create a fading effect on an outlined text by adding gradient to transparency. Is it possible to do so?

My idea was to create an object to overlap it, but I cannot make the object of the background color because I already have a slight gradient there and it is impossible to match them.

So I thought that it might be somehow possible to make the overlapping object transparent-to-blue and somehow apply that effect to the text object, but I cannot figure out how to make it. Can someone help me with that please?

To illustrate my thought I'm attaching a picture:

The text should have a gradient from transparent to blue from left to right.

If I just apply the gradient to the text it applies an individual gradient to every letter, I want it to go across all of the letters (one gradient).


texts: Illustrator: how to cut and warp line art

texts: I want to apply this effect to my artwork, but have no idea how to achieve this.


texts: Whats an appropriate *default* set of formats/styles for sharing initial logo drafts with a client

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Clearly, it's ideal to customize what you're presenting based on what you know about the client, any guidelines they've provided, etc.

But I've just started to study to become a freelance graphic designer and I was just wondering what your default approach would be to you show your logo design work to a client, assuming you lack information about their specific needs or expectations.  Essentially:

What's a normal, baseline expectation for what to show for an early-stage logo?

I was thinking a pdf with the logo in 3 ways - white logo, black background / black logo, white background and colour logo, colour background. Does this sound roughly appropriate.  Would you also show the color palette as well as any fonts used?


texts: Color shifts when printing in illustrator vs word - how to avoid?

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Working on a graphic for a thank you letter that will be printed and sent out to clients.

Already found exact color that prints as expected (Neon mountain dew green on screen, green apple ish color when printed - perfect). Took RBG#s and applied to elements in word document (boundary accent lines).

The accents in the word document need to match the graphics which are being exported from illustrator and are set to the same rgb color - but are being outputted differently within word.

However, when I export the graphics from illustrator as a PNG-24 and insert the png into word and print - the color in the graphics and in the accents comes out drastically different.

When the graphics are printed directly from illustrator with these print settings:

Color handling: Let Illustrator determine colors
Printer Profile: sRGB IEC61966-2.1
Rendering Intent: Absolute Colorimetric

and compared to the document accents printed from word - they match perfectly.

Because they should be converting the rgb to CMYK in an identical fashion (that's why they look the same).

SO - why is it once I export the graphics to png-24 from illustrator and put them into the WORD document and then print - do they look so different?

Am I embedding a color profile and don't even know it? And how do you avoid this?

or am I screwed and going to have to go back in and manually adjust graphics colors until I find a color that outputs the same as the word accents once exported?

What can I do to avoid this and get the exported graphics which have the same rgb color applied to them to output the same as the word document accents?

Thanks!

-J

Additional notes: The graphics have to be exported and used in word as employees will be filling out form elements in the document - otherwise I'd just make the whole thing in indesign and use as a pdf form.


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I know that I can create an ellipse from the center. However, inside the tool properties panel, "Position" refers to the top-left corner.

How could I change its position based on its center point? I want to locate it right on the center of the document.


texts: Is there a chart for color combinations?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Is there a good resource or tool to help build a palette around colors I select?

Is there a chart or something which shows you which color goes with with color?

For e.g. If I pick Blue, it will tell me that "Blue will go well with  Yellow"...something like that?

How do go about choosing right color combinations?
Any tools / tips / suggestions?

Thanks!


texts:
I have a site design in cdr format.

How can I divide the design into pieces in Corel Draw?
Can I export cdr file in psd or other format that is useful in Photoshop?


texts: In Adobe Illustrator, is there a way to lock only an object's position?

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In Photoshop, I am able to lock specific aspects of a layer individually: transparency, content and location. I find myself in need of this functionality in Adobe Illustrator.
Is there a way to have an object be locked just in regards to its position? I want the object to stay put whatever I do, but I still want to be able to select it to change its colour or appearance. I just want it to not move.
I am using Illustrator CS6, if that matters.
For context: I am creating some pixel art with triangular pixels. I just created a huge grid of triangles, but when I'm selecting those to change their colour, I tend to move them ever so slightly, ruining my meticulously fabricated grid.


texts: Should I remove or add pixels and then scale up?

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I would like to make this image to have 4:3 ratio, so it then later can be scaled up so it completely fits a 400mm x 300mm paper when printed.

It can not be cropped any more, so the size is 780x500, which is not 4:3.

Question

As it needs to be scaled up when printed

should I scale it down horizontally so I get 667*500 (remove pixels)

or

should I scale it up vertically so I get 585*500 (add pixels)

?


texts: What kind of printmaking produces a faded result like a stamp?

texts:
What kind of printmaking produces results like this?  It looks almost like a stamp.

Another print with similar aesthetics is here, especially pay attention how the lower end fades out.


texts: GIMP induvidually rotating multiple layers at once

texts: I have several layers that I all want to rotate by a certain degree. Not as a group all together around a common central point, but rather all around their individual center. Grouping or chaining the layers only does the former. Am I missing a simple trick here, or is there no other possibility than going into each and every layer and adjust the rotation one by one?


texts: How can I translate this diagram into flat shapes with Photoshop drawing tools?

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I wish I were skilled enough to figure this out... but it might take me weeks! I need to break down this diagram into 4 accurate individual shapes which can then be scaled up to make a template e.g. all 4 sides of the outer box.
Any tips? I am sure this is not complicated but I just want to make sure I do it right! THANK YOU!
Link to the image
https://www.google.com/search?q=bakfiets+long+dimensions&sxsrf=ALeKk03LU9w_QOc9L42D79pflW83IRno7A:1612882067851&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjW3d_1hd3uAhXUesAKHWwMCTwQ_AUoAnoECBMQBA&biw=1800&bih=970#imgrc=7AsUPUOgUqDoNM


texts: InDesign - exporting PDF and viewing it in proof colours?

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I exported a PDF from InDesign CS5 - it worked well, no issues with the program or the output of the PDF. My problem relates to color - this area's fairly new to me.

My OS is Mac OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard, if that's of any use.

When exporting, I selected ISOnewspaperv264 and it worked - but, here's the kicker - it didn't display as it in Acrobat Pro, except when I previewed it.

I had to use Output Preview to see it as ISOnewspaperv264, then convert colors to output intent ISOnewspaperv264 to get it to look like a printed publication and not in Acrobat Pro's default setting of Monitor Color (I don't really want to mess up the Acrobat settings, since it's a shared computer, not just me who uses the program!)

How would I in InDesign/Acrobat get it to view similar to the printed version upon export?
I know in InDesign I can use view Overprint Preview, Proof Colors but I'm new to this area of digital/desktop publishing so any help would be required.


texts: Is it realistic to use house ads in a magazine mockup?

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I've been learning InDesign, got all the basics now, but now Ive moved onto learning about how to put adverts together. (http://www.slideshare.net/AleaseMichelle/creating-an-magazine-ad-with-adobe-indesign is what I used on how to create adverts).

My question is on InDesign and putting together adverts; how many magazines still use in-house advertisements (I've created two fictional magazines -  a news magazine A4 size, like Time magazine (mainly a magazine - I used an InDesign tutorial on InDesign basics for this) and a car magazine, like this one is.
I did look up on Google, but am not sure about some things ..

With regard to the second link, do you think that was in-house ads or templates, or probably just PDF files?

This is not for a project, it's solely for learning purposes, there is no individual requesting the adverts.


texts: Why does Illustrator make the colors darker with 3D effects?

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I am trying to adjust colors after I apply a 3D effect (say extrude & bevel) in Adobe Illustrator (I tried in CS2 and CS5) but even if I make the object's color white it turns into fairly dark gray after the effect; I cannot make it lighter. I tried to play with shading but no luck.

I understand there should be shading and color change to show the 3D effect but the change is quite extreme.

Can anybody give me suggestions on how to preserve the colors with 3D effect in Illustrator?


texts: Colouring Balck and White Pic on Photoshop

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This, I want.

This, I have tried.

I could simply make an overlay with 20% opacity, you would think, but this method reduces the clarity of the effect tremendously.

I tried colour tone/Saturation, but it only changes certain colours within the face into other colours.

But an overall green or red, I don't know how to get.

Shouldn't be that difficult though.


texts: How to ensure scalability of logo design?

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How can I make my logo suitable for all purposes, from webpages to very large printed banners?

I currently use use Photoshop.


texts: How to 'Save as' in the same folder using File Naming option with Photoshop Actions?

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Let's say I want to make a black and white version of all images in a specific folder and all it's subfolders, and I want to preserve the subfolders structure.

Currently when I go to File -> Automate -> Batch, I can only enabe File Naming if I set Destination to "Folder" which saves ALL images in the same folder. But instead, I wanted to save the image in it's original folder, adding the _B&W suffix, for example.

Is it possible to do that?


texts: What is the difference between layout and design?

texts: I can't understand what is "design" and what is "layout" in terms of web design. I'm confused between layout and design. Can anybody can help me understand these matters? Thanks for reading my question.


texts: How to select text in Illustrator to view font face?

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I have an Illustrator file and the graphic has text. When I select anything, all I get are paths.

I'd like to see what font is being used in the text. How is that done?


texts: How do I create a depth illusion effect with a spots pattern in Illustrator?

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I need help creating such a graphic in illustrator or photoshop using simple tools and maintaining the perspective effect in sharp folds (contrary to wrap tools)

I tried mesh tool but couldn't figure out a way to have the slanted effect.

any ideas?


texts: How does Gifmaker.org remove white halo on transparent GIFs?

texts: When I try to export with Photoshop or use other online GIF makers, they always end up with the ugly white halo. What makes Gifmaker.org so different, and how can I replicate it in Photoshop or Adobe Effects?


texts: How to set up pages for a 11x17" print document

texts: I have a brochure that will be printed on one 11x17 sheet, then folded in half to get a "4 page" brochure (printing on front and back). Is it better to set up my InDesign document size as 11x17 or should I do letter size facing pages instead? Any pros/cons to either method? Thanks!


texts: How can I create guide lines around an object automatically in adobe illustrator?

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I'm wondering if there is a way to create guide lines around an object automatically with any kind of command in illustrator. Because I remmenber that I did it once accidentally but I don't know the real command. I just want to be more efficient and quick.

This is the result I would like to get:

-From this:

-To this:

Thanks!! :D


texts: Creating circular symmetrical designs in Illustrator

texts: I was wondering how to create these kind of circular repeating shapes in Adobe Illustrator. I searched the internet for a guide on creating these shapes but couldn't find anything.


texts: How can I reduce the size of the psd but also altering the size of the psb inside?

texts: I've got some mockups of laptops to display my work. All of them are large files but I wanted to use it in thumbnails. The problems it's when I change the psb to my work and then make the psd file into the size of the thumbnail the work is completely distorted. I know there will be some distortion but I have a feeling it would look better if the psb was the same size as the placeholder on the original psd.


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I have the following vector plot and I would like to add an vector inset to the plot.

On adding the inset, the plot appears like this.

How to make the inset layer as transparent or any relevant solution?


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What do web developers mean when they think something will make their site look "busy"?

What gives this feel of busy-ness?


texts: combination of artwork size and resolution exceeds the maximum that can be rasterized

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'combination of artwork size and resolution exceeds the maximum that can be rasterised'

I had this message pop up now my whole document has warped -

is there anyway to recover this to it's original state?


texts: Is there any way to add a round cap on a pattern brush stroke?

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I'm trying to create laces with rounded ends, so I created my pattern then turned it into a pattern brush with Auto-Between cornering.

No matter what I do, the "Round Cap" setting under Stroke settings has no effect. If I use a pattern fill I get the round cap but then I don't benefit from the pattern snaking its way along the line like a real shoe lace.

Is there any way to get this to work or a work around? I'm using the latest version of Illustrator CC 2015.


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Fontshop.com used to have (at least I think it was them) a index of typefaces that you could use visual / structural specifics to search through their library of typefaces. It gave options for things like letter width, stroke thickness, serif or sans-serif, axis, among others. After entering in all the information it would show you a list of all the typefaces that fit within the specified parameters. Does anyone know what that was called? Does it still exist? Where can I find it? Is there a similar utility somewhere else?

Addendum: The Type Navigator is exactly it. Thanks, and I had forgotten about Identifont and you are right it is not specifically what I wanted. It may serve my purposes.

I am not good with names of typefaces and so being able to use characteristics such as uniform stroke-width and the style of the "g", geometic, and all the other things that Type Navigator allowed you to search for. Identifont has many similar things but it misses some things that I consider key.

If anyone has any other suggestions for a tool similar to Type Navigator or Identifont please let me know somehow. Thank you.


texts: How to apply a clipping mask to multiple independent paths?

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I'm trying to create a clipping mask on a bunch of paths, but I need some way to be able to move the paths around afterwards:

For example, the shape is each of the 48 continental states of the US and the fill is the flag:

I want to be able to move the states around, but still have them keep the same fill position that they have: (that's why I can't use a pattern fill)

I tried selecting all the states and making them a single clipping mask, but that won't allow me to move them around afterwards.

Currently, the method I used, was to copy the flag 48 times and then select each state and make it it's own clipping mask. Very lengthy process and additionally, the file size is huge and saving the file is crazy (which also causes it to go exceptionally slow and possibly crash).

There must be an easier way to do this.

A tool called Divide Clipping Mask would be an amazing.


texts: Cut elements from multiple groups in Illustrator

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I have multiple groups consisting of multiple shapes that overlap each other. As I want to print the design on a shirt and want the shirtcolor to shine though I can't use fill color but only outline colors.
How can I remove lines that are overlapped by another object in the forground?


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How much control over line breaks should I exercise in a formal letter?

I have a quote of the text of an email message, which includes a standard US-style phone number including area code. Right now it's breaking naturally right before the last four-digit group.

It looks funny to me but on the other hand, breaking before the phone number, which ends the sentence, looks pretty bad too. So I'd like to know what the standard or common convention is for this. Because this is a quote of an email message I can't fudge by, for example, putting parentheses around the area code.  I have to quote the email verbatim.

What I could do is increase the indenting on the quoted text just enough to make the word wrap more felicitous but before I do that I'd like to understand what the convention is for breaking phone numbers.
I have a long-ish paragraph in the middle of the page, which ends with the word "up", and another paragraph below it on the page. Seeing that lonely word ending the paragraph bothers me, but maybe this is normal and I should convince myself to get used to it?


texts: Why these two shapes behave differently when scaled up using align to pixel grid?

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See image 1 below.

Orange shape has a width of 38px and a thickness of 1px, with a radius of 12px
Green has a width of 152px and a thickness of 1px, with a radius of 3px

I created these shapes using the technique in image 4.

There are two rectangles one over the other, and I used the MINUS FRONT Pathfinder command to create these two shapes of the same height but different widths and radii.

My problem occurs when I try to enlarge these shapes.

Behavior 1 (image 2): I enlarged each of them individually to 200%. The green shape maintained a correct thickness (2px) but radius got distorted, and the shape became a straight line. The orange shape maintained every aspect.

Behavior 2 (image 3): When I enlarge both of the shapes together, both shapes maintained their proportions and nothing got distorted.

Why is that?

I need to maintain the pixel perfect ratio and enlarge without losing/distorting the radius. Is this something to do with the RADIUS / RADIUS-WIDTH RATIO?

Generally, is it even possible to maintain the proportions of such shapes given that align to pixel grid is checked?


texts: Photoshop won't let me use paint brush or fill

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I've used Photoshop since before dirt was invented. Right now I'm using PS CC v19.
I must have flipped a switch somewhere because now it won't let me paint on a layer or fill a selection. I have no idea why.

This occurs with existing files and new files alike and persists even if I close PS and open try anything else. (It has nothing to do with the file in my screenshot; it was a problem before and it's a problem after. And it's a problem with any file)
I know I did some unusual things in PS I've never done before - experimenting with converting a bitmap to a .STL file, and using the "3D" options form the menu, so PS may have "helped" me by switching to some mode I'm not aware of.
This is a normal RGB, 8-bits/channel mode, just like always.
They both have a new (indecipherable) icon next to them:

Help!


texts: How to convert a raster image into vector?

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I'm trying to convert a icon from .psd format to vector.
Here is my .psd file snapshot.

This is my converted(Vector) file snapshot after live trace.

I mean it has lot of blurs. I need pixel perfect result. How can i achieve that. Illustrator live trace allows only upto 256 colors?. What should i do if my source file has more than 256 colors?

Thanks


texts: How do I achieve this effect in colours. I've seen similar effect on Halsey cover art as well. Proficient in CC so hopefully it shouldn't be too hard, just thought I'd ask here first.


texts: How to crop the edges of a rectangle using the form in the layer behind it?

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See image attached.
How can I crop the edges of the red rectangles so it follows the rounding of the white bottle behind it?
I'm using Photoshop CS6.
Thanks!


texts: Showing twelve action buttons without occupying too much space

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I want to show user twelve options/buttons such that those options doesn't occupy too much space on screen.I don't want to show icon with each option as it will occupy more space.
The buttons contain various actions for Video Editing like cut,compress,reverse video etc.Above these options/buttons is a video player in which video is playing.
Below are the few designs which I made.Which design looks better from User Experience point of view?Any comments or suggestion are welcome!
Option 1-

Option 2-

Option 3-

Option 4-


texts: How do I horizontally distribute text with equal spacing?

texts: How do I horizontally distribute text in Illustrator so that it has equal spacing between the words? When I use the horizontal distribution tool it doesn't give equal spacing between words.


texts: Build a surface using a line directed by circles in catia

texts: I am trying to make a new design for a water canteen on CATIA.  I'm trying to rotate the orange line in the figure around the two circles at each end to form the outer surface of the bottle.  I'm not sure which tool to use and how to do this.


texts: What are the two blue boxes above and below my outline?

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I'm animating a rocketship in After Effects, and I'm sure I've prepared the artwork in Illustrator correctly.

If you take a look at this video at 2:45, he creates shapes from vector layers. But when I do that, there is only one blue box on top of my outline off to the left above it, whereas the video's shows two blue boxes like in Illustrator.

My flame trails in Illustrator are indeed outlines, not filled objects, so I'm not sure what to do. Haven't been able to figure this out, and I would appreciate help. Here is an image of the incorrect shape, which is what I'm stuck with. There's only one handle instead of one handle on each end.


texts: Which is a better print resolution 2400 x 2400 DPI or 1200 X 4800 DPI

texts: What is the difference in print resolution 2400 X 2400 DPI and 1200 X 4800 DPI. Is on better than the other if so how do you measure it


texts: what does "blur" mean in graphic design?

texts: I see our designers referring to blur on screens. what exactly are they referring to? These are transaction flows.


texts: I have a large PSD which has approaching 100 top level groups. They're label designs, all of which are similar but with varying colours/patterns/text/images for the different parts of the label. Opening this PSD is taking longer and longer. Is there a way I can (relatively) quickly split the file into multiple PSDs, each of which contains one top level group?


texts: How can I wrap my text objects around a circle without warping it?

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I've been asked by a client to wrap his logo in a circular fashion like the example below.

My issue is that his logo is not a typeface, but instead a group of objects, so I can't use the type tool to wrap his logo around a circle. When I try to use the warp effects, the letters are also warped (which I don't want) I want my letters to still stay the same, just rotated around a circle like the example above. The only thing I can thing of doing is rotating each object individually, but that would take forever. Is there a simple way to do this that I'm not thinking of?


texts: Help me understand how the "RGB Colorspace Atlas" by artist Tauba Auerbach was made

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http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/09/tauba-auerbachs-rgb-colorspace-atlas-depicts-every-color-imaginable/

The "RGB Colorspace Atlas" by artist Tauba Auerbach is supposedly every RGB color, "printed" in a book.

From what I know and have experienced as a designer, the RGB color space is intended for screen display, while the intended color space for print is CMYK.

Wikipedia page about Color Spaces containing an example of why not to print RGB colors

Although I find the result to be a beautiful object and an interesting way to map colors, I would like to understand what colors they printed (or hand-painted), and how they did it, if indeed they claim to have printed "RGB colors".

People online leave confused comments but no explanation seems to be given online anywhere.


texts: Applying Gradient Mesh to complex techical line drawing

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I am trying to find out how I can apply gradient meshes to  complex vector line drawing I created in illustrator CS6. The line drawing was created by not making closed paths on each shape. I drew it as I would have it if was done by hand without over-lapping any of the paths.

So now it appears that I can't use the Gradient mesh tool because it is seeking only closed path segments and no compound shapes. I could trace over each shape to produce closed paths but that would be an awful lot of work.

In the past, I brought the vector line drawing into to Photoshop to do the rendering but want to utilize the power and control of the Gradient Mesh Tool to make a more realistic rendering.

Any suggestions?


texts: How can I name a color in a GIMP palette?

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Using GIMP 2.8.22 on Windows 10. I've created a new palette.  I add a color to the palette and now I want to name the color. I click on "undefined" but when I start typing it just triggers whatever tool shortcut is associated with the letter I'm typing.

I can even highlight the word "undefined" but still typing only trigger tool shortcuts. How can I name a color?


texts: Why does Chrome distort my transparent PNG (adding a subtle inset "weak" area)?

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I'm having a hard time describing the issue in words, so haven't had any luck searching. I have a simple repeating pattern (though I've had the same trouble with other images; it doesn't seem to be related to the complexity or color depth), and when I save it as a transparent PNG, using it in Chrome shows a kind of ghosted artifacting.

The image: http://i.imgur.com/gxuCNDd.png

A screenshot of what I'm seeing (at Retina resolution [edit: based on the answers, the Retina display is my core issue]): https://www.dropbox.com/s/a44j8uih9c3q4e4/Screenshot%202014-01-13%2020.18.06.png

The image should have solid-looking lines.

What I've tried:

Saving it as an 8-bit PNG with Alpha Transparency in Fireworks CS6
Saving it as a 32-bit PNG with Alpha Transparency in Fireworks CS6
Saving it as a 24-bit PNG with Alpha Transparency in Photoshop CS6

The issue appears in each of these versions, but not in Firefox or Safari (all browsers are their respective latest versions on Mac OS X 10.9.1), hence my assumption that it's some interaction between Chrome and the transparent PNG. I'm looking at just the image directly, not on a web page.

Saving the image on a background (with no transparency) makes the issue disappear, but isn't a viable option (and neither is saving with Index Transparency), because it's going on a web page with a variable background.

My question is two-fold:

Do you see this issue? (I.e. is it just some weird setting on my computer somewhere?)
Any idea what's causing it?


texts: Changing the amount of pixels in an Image in GIMP (or Photoshop) for scaling purposes

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I'd like to paint an image from a video game with acrylics on a large piece of mdf board.  The image is save on my laptop, is from an early video game system (Sega) and is pixelated.  I am trying to resize/scale the image with GIMP so that it will look good when I paint it pixel by pixel blown up on the mdf board.  The issue that I keep running into is that my mdf board is 36 in X 24.5 in.  The image that I am using is 96 pixels per inch.  I can't, nor do I want to paint 96 pixels per inch.  I am trying to change the amount of pixels/size of the image so that it is something manageable to paint yet does not look extremely blurry.  Is this possible?  I've watched a bunch of scaling/resizing youtube videos but still can't figure out how to solve my issue.

I am using GIMP but hoping either a GIMP or PHotoshop person can help me out.


texts: I am told that the iPhone 6 is 375 pixels in width. When I place an artboard in Axure (or Adobe XD) of 375 pixels, it is larger than the actual phone. Why? Should I design 375 on screen or shrink it to match the actual phone?


texts: Strange annoying 1px line when I save a PDF from InDesign

texts: I am creating a PDF file from InDesign and sometimes(90% of the times) when I export my work from InDesign into a PDF file a strange annoying 1px line appears(view immage) at the edge of the document... Did you ever had this problem? Why does it appear ?


texts: why can't I duplicate a paragraph style in illustrator CS5?

texts: I'm trying to drag a paragraph style onto the 'create new style' icon in the paragraph styles panel in order to duplicate the style, but the cursor changes to a circle with a slash through it, signifying this cannot be done. I know that a new style can be duplicated in this way, and I'm wondering what might be causing this behavior. (I'm also not able to drag the style onto the trash for the same reason.)


texts: Inkscape does not export the layer's blend mode exclusion to PDF

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I followed the instructions here to fill some objects (including text) with a negative of their background:

If I export this as png everything is fine. However when exporting as PDF it just shows the objects as white:

I would appreciate if you could help me know what is the problem and how I can solve it.


texts: CMYK to PANTONE differences between Illustrator and Photoshop

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I'm trying to find a way to match CMYK color to the closest PANTONE solid color. In Illustrator I use the "Recolor Artwork" dialog, in Photoshop the color dialog. But, if I convert (C=0, M=100, Y=100, K=0) to Pantone I get (185 C) in Illustrator and (485 C) in Photoshop

The thing is the results are not the same (it seems they're more accurate in Photoshop): why is that? how to be sure? is there a better way?

Thanks.

EDIT:

It seems that the conversion PANTONE <> CMYK relies on the color profile of the document. The thing is: even if I select the same color profile in Photoshop and Illustrator, the results are not necessarily the same.

The example of the red given earlier is a good one: using the 'Coated FOGRA27' color profile
if both softs, I get the earlier result. But if I set the profile to 'Uncoated FOGRA29' just in Illustrator the results match... weird, isn't it?


texts: Is there any internationally-recognisable icon or symbol for police?

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I'm looking for something non-nationality-specific to visually represent police and policing. Everything I can find, however, and everything I can think of myself, is based on imagery specific to one nation's police force (mostly USA or UK).

I did, however, find a quote from the book Visual Information For Everyday Use which sums up my problem neatly:

  ...the ISO [tried] to develop a symbol to indicate 'police' by using a hat worn by police. The problem was that the hat varies throughout the world and not everybody can be expected to be familiar with the hats worn by police in different countries.

I thought there must be some kind of international standard used in signposting, map making, etc, but I can't find one.

For the context I need it, it needs to be non-negative, so not hand-cuffs or anything else off-putting (the context is about going to the police for help).

I've got a feeling there's some standard symbol similar to this (example from Noun Project, Rflor), but I can't find any information about what the original is or what its provenance is.

For some reason I associate this image with the police in Italy, not sure why.


texts: "Fake" 3d effect in Photoshop/Illustrator with raster images

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I need to create a "fake" 3D effect for some raster image, like this one below:

do you know how I can achieve this in Photoshop (CS5) or Illustrator? Thanks.


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I am working on a photoshop paint, and I am using many layers and most of them have effects. When I hit 'merge all', I get a drastic quality change to the image! Here is an example of a part before merging:

And here is after:

You can see that most of the shadows are gone, and it overall looks worst..
I have been reading online and figured it something to do with 'vectors' and such, but I want to know if there's a way to fix this issue.
Thank you all for your help and guidance!


texts: PhotoshopCC Dropping frames on image sequence export

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I have been kind of tearing my hair out trying to figure this out. I have a frame animation with 30 frames. I tried exporting it as a video set to 12fps. For some reason, what should be 2.5 seconds (30 frames at 12fps) is dropping down to 2 seconds on export. I thought it was some weird video codec glitch, but I discovered that the same thing happens when I export as an image sequence: Even though I have checked several times that "All Frames" was selected (other options are disabled anyway), I find only 24 pngs in my sequence where there should be 30.

Any help with this? It's a frame-by-frame rotoscoped animation so switching from frame animation to a timeline animation doesn't quite work. I know I can export frames manually by saving each frame one at a time, but it would be lovely to not have to do that (or to find a script that can do this for me to save time).

I'll gladly share screenshots later tonight when I'm at my animation computer again.


texts: Insert special characters as text in Illustrator

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How do I insert the ∝ symbol and other special characters in illustrator text?

I tried and this is what I get instead of the ∝:

I searched here about special characters, but is there a way to just paste characters copied from browser rather than going through the glyphs list. After all I don't even know if that symbol exists in the list.

How do I achieve this?


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My project is set in such a way, that the paragraphs should be kept solid. In other words they must not break no matter what.

If the paragraph size exceeds the margins, then the whole paragraph is transferred to another page. Here's how it looks:

This is set with the following Keep Options

Now I need to do the following:

1) Switch off Keep Options inside the spread. The paragraph will break to make up for empty space inside the spread.

2) Turn on Keep Options outside the spread. The paragraph won't break if it means to transfer part of said paragraph to another spread.

How can I achieve that?


texts: Copyright Concerns... Similar Logo - Different Industries

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I've been working on a logo for a local church and I finally created something their board agreed upon. But, when they asked me to do a copyright check I found ONE similar logo in particular that has a copyright that has me concerned. My design:

I made my design from scratch and it has an overall similar feel, but a different crop and flame to a copyrighted logo design for a potential grain fumigation company. Meaning that this logo copyright is owned solely by a designer and not a commercial grain fumigation company. The other logo:

Should I be concerned even though there are differences and they are in two COMPLETELY different industries (NPO Church and Agricultural)?


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I use Sketch 3 but why does it not allow me to move the created path object to another location by dragging and dropping it? I can grab any objects such as oval or rectangle but I cannot grab objects created using path in the first place.

Why does it not allow me to grab it and move it to another location? I'm pretty frustrated to use the position and size in the inspector to just change the position of the path object.


texts: How to blur everything except fuzzy region of an image in Photoshop?

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Suppose I have an image

and a fuzzy region on it

Now I wish to "accent" view only in this region. For this purpose I wish to blur everything that is black and to retain sharp everything which is white.

I.e. I wish to create mask which is non uniform.

How to do this in Photoshop?


texts: Is this logo too asymmetrical or does it matter?

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I'm designing a logo for a startup called “peak development” that requires some sort of mountain peak in the title.
I'm happy enough with the concept, basically the A is the peak, but one option has the A at a regular size, the other has it noticeably taller than the other letters, to stand out as a peak.
I'm not sure if the first option is unclear that the A is a peak, and also unsure if the second option is asymmetrical and unnecessary (having the A taller).
Any opinions welcome :)


texts: Dot fade pattern brush is 'squished' in corners, how do i solve this?

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I have created a pattern brush in illustrator, and i need it to follow this path (below) evenly, however it seems to be getting 'squished' into the corners and the dots are stretching.

Is there a way i can stop this happening so the dot fade follows around the path evenly?

Thanks.


texts: Use Inkscape To Align SVG to Top-Left Of Canvas

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I have an SVG which has bbox of something like

SVGRect {x: 236.92999267578125, y: 99.98999786376953, width: 121.48001098632812, height: 224.70001220703125}

How can I use Inkscape to position the graphic to the top left of the canvas so that the x & y values above are zero.

Edit: I have figured out using the align & distribute panel. However, inkscape is applying transformation & not actually changing the path co-ordinates, which is what I actually want.

--- EDIT ---
As per @Scribblemacher's request, here is a sample.

I want this:

<g transform=(-10, -10)>
  <path d="M329.66,99.99l22.1,4c0,0-14.5,52.9-2.1,51.6c0,0-11.7,72.7-10,83.7
        c0,0,18.8,81.1,17.3,85.4...>

to be converted into this:

<g>
  <path d="M319.66,88.99l22.1,4c0,0-14.5,52.9-2.1,51.6c0,0-11.7,72.7-10,83.7
            c0,0,18.8,81.1,17.3,85.4...>"

In other words, the transformation should be mapped onto the individual paths of the group, the actual co-ordinates of the path. The above 'M329.66,88.99' becomes 'M319.66,99.99'. Hope that makes sense.


texts: How do I rotate many objects with each object as its own anchor?

texts:
I have a bunch of incorrectly rotated objects, like this:

I want to rotate them all at once so that they are all upright, like this:

The only way I know how to do this is by selecting and rotating each object individually, which is tedious.


texts: Photoshop: "Export as" retina resolution pixelated

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I was trying the latest version of PS and I noticed there a new very useful "Export As" feature capable of exporting multiple Artboards directly in standard and @2x ready png files.

I made an Arboard with 180x90px and imported a big image (1024×545px) as a Smart Object. Then I resized it to fit my Artboard resulting in:

Then I tried the export feature to create a std size image and a @2x version, using this options:

As you can see resampling is enabled. This was the output:

(Click to open in full size)

So, why is that the last image (2) is pixelated? The image is much smaller than the original image (1) it should be ok... Is there way I can make photoshop actually resample the image correctly?

Why does it have this behavior? The point of creating a @2x version is to ensure image quality on a high resolution device, not to have a "stretched" version of the std size that will look awful.


texts: How to make a distorted scanned color effect?

texts:
I already know how to make a shape distortion.

But, I can't really figure out how to make 'color' distortion like the 'spectrum' in the example below.


texts: What is this typeface with a very high A crossbar?

texts:
Anyone knows what typeface this is? Tried WhatTheFont and all the other font ID robots out there and couldn't find out what it was. I can't remember the original website I got it from, thought it was a portfolio site I saw on Hover States, but I can't find it anymore.

Edited to include more info per forum rules.

Thanks!


texts: How to give color or texture to extruded part in photoshop?

texts:
Whenever I create a new 3D extrusion the extruded part or the width is always gray. Que 01 > Can I do something so that my image wraps the whole thing?
Que 02 > Can I give it custom color?


texts: Scribus: how to center text automatically within a text frame?

texts: Is there a way in scribus to center text automatically within a text frame?


texts: Copyright over logo if client was present and contributing verbal ideas when I was designing

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If a client is present in the room when you are 'creating/designing' something for them and they contribute ideas verbally which may or may not form part of the final design who owns the copyright?

Do I own the copyright as the person who 'created' the artwork, or do they have partial copyright as a contributor of ideas that I then visualised under their direction?


texts:
I'm a graphic designer on a terribly limited budget and need a new laptop. I've been looking at the Acer Aspire V5-471 laptop, which has:

4GB RAM,
Intel Core i5-3337u CPU @ 1.8GHz (4 CPUs), ~1.8GHz
Intel HD Graphics 4000

Has anyone ever tried the Intel HD Graphics 4000 on CS5-CS6, with emphasis on Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign? How has it performed?

Comments welcome.


texts: Is there a way to move a bevel and emboss shape to illustrator?

texts: I have made a logo for my husband and son, I need to convert it to illustrator but there is a curved shape that has bevel and emboss from Photoshop that doesn't look the same when I put it in illustrator. Also what size canvas should it be in Photoshop to keep its quality in Illustrator? I have added their logo so you can see the shape I am talking about.


texts: I am trying to change the colour of my text with lines inside but cant

texts:
I typed the text, created outlines, edited the text, then expanded it. I then made the lines using the Blend Tool and sent that to the back. I then selected everything and clicked Make Clipping Mask. I got the result in the picture. I am trying to change the whole thing to this colour 684D43 but cannot change it.

This is what it looks like:

Any idea how I would change the color?


texts: How to save a Facebook Banner so it is optimized for BOTH mobile and web?

texts:
I'm trying to add a new banner image to my Facebook page. It's the correct size of 851x315 and I have saved it in both JPEG and PNG, clocking in at 77Kb. The image looks fine on Desktop but when I view it on mobile it appears pixelated.

I know Facebook can be bad for compressing which is why I always make sure they are under 100Kb but this is the first time I've had it show pixelation issues only on mobile, usually the issues would appear on both mobile and desktop.

Here is the image

Screenshot of Desktop

Screenshot of Mobile

What should the settings for exporting be to work for both desktops and mobile?


texts: Can't drag and drop cells in InDesign table

texts:
So I've spent way too much time searching on this one. I can't seem to drag and drop the text of one cell to another. I want to move what I have in my table from column 1 into column 2. Simple yet doesn't work no matter what I try.

If I highlight the cell and move it outside the table, I do get the cursor change with the little box at the corner - but it doesn't work. I click on where I want it to go, or try to drag it there, nothing changes. No blue box gets highlighted to show me where I can drag to. Manually copy and pasting the text is my only option at this point but obviously it is not an ideal workflow. HELP!

PS I am just in disbelief at this point - can ID really be this obtuse with its table functions? Take a hint from Excel, Adobe!


texts: Adobe suite: Distort PNG by adding "curve"?

texts:
I'm not sure if it's possible and I don't know the technical terms, but here goes.
These are two separate PNGs that I joined: one is a PNG of a brush stroke and the other is a simple container.
I would like to distort the brush stroke by adding a "curve" so that it fills the empty space of the container.

The end-result would look something like this, but with the brushstroke PNG in the first screenshot:

I currently have Adobe photoshop cs4, Fireworks cs4, and Illustrator cs4. Can I accomplish this with any of these apps?


texts: Set first letter of paragraph to different color in InDesign

texts: In my document I want to color the first letter in my paragraph (among other things). I already found out how to set the first letter as initial, but now I also want to change its color based on the template used for the paragraph. Is that possible?


texts: How make a 'null path' - center of objects following path

texts:
What I mean: https://youtu.be/vHXavxVEfGk

Can I do it? I want (invisible) null path to control objects position (but no rotation)


texts: Color change when saving as PDF from Illustrator

texts:
This a flower which I created using a watercolour brush in Illustrator:

But when I saved it as a PDF, the colour changes like below:


texts: How strong lighting should I have in a studio where I work with only paper and pen?

texts:
I have a studio where I never use a computer. I only work with paper and pencils. How strong lighting (how many Lux) should I aim for if only using ceiling lights (LED at 6000K)?

Is 1000 Lux enough? Too much?


texts:
I got help the last time I posted here so hopefully you guys can help me again!

The closest font i've found for this particular one is either Iwata UD Gothic Heavy Display or Kozuka Gothic Heavy however neither include the little legs on 谷


texts:
I have an action in Photoshop:

Set Background
Black & White
Make adjustment layer
Set Current adjustment layer

Then I go to File->Automate->Batch and set it to output to a folder with Override action 'save as' commands unchecked (though tried with it checked) and File Naming as photo + 2 Digit Serial Number + extension.

When I run it, it prompts me with a save-as dialog box with every file, which defeats a good chunk of the whole purpose.  Am I missing a setting to have it automatically save these images?


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What I am looking for is a way to create a path then move the endpoint on one side of the path and paint the area covered by the movement of the path.

So for example, if I have a straight path then I can paint a semicircle by grabbing one end of the path and move 180 degrees around the other endpoint.

Also I want to be able to sweep with a color in a lower opacity so if I move 450 degrees I will have the overlapped region have more saturation.


texts: Which colours should be chosen to match a metro theme and be easily readable?

texts:
I am colourblind, which makes choosing the colours of my website very hard (often I choose  colours that appeal to me, yet look awful to everyone else). I have recently begun a new website (image below), and I chose these colours for it. Now, to me, it looks really nice, but to everyone else who has seen it, it looks really really really bad.

I am trying to design this website with a metro-ish theme (hence the font, lack of shadows and lack of gradients). I also like the colour blue (hence the blue backgrounds and headings).

Does anyone know of a good blue colour palette or a website with detailed metro/blue colour scheme tutorials?

Click on image for full size


texts: How to get rid of a color cast that covers part of a photo using gimp?

texts: There is this color cast over the middle of the picture which was taken on film. In Gimp I have tried going to Colors> hue-chroma, and also Colors > colour-balance and adjusting color levels and hue, color and lightness, but was not able to get the selected color cast to no longer stand out. Is there a way to neutralise the color cast completely so that the photo looks normal?


texts: A client needs to produce a large logo for their front office and the production company requires us to convert the CMYK 40,48,77,17 to RAL or Pantone. I have never been faced with such a request and not sure how to approach this correctly? The logo is black text + an icon in this single CMYK code (flat color). thanks


texts: Illustrator Eyedropper Tool can't sample the Appearance of grouped objects?

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Today while using Illustrator CS6 I encountered an issue where I had multiple groups, each containing a set of text and non-text artwork, and when I tried to copy the Appearance from one group to another using the Eyedropper Tool I found that it seems not to be possible.

The fill and stroke colors get sampled, but not the Appearance. It works for non-grouped objects, but not grouped ones. The result is the same in CC 2017.

What workarounds, if any, exist for dealing with this?

Here is a screen shot showing the Appearance of such a group. There is a fill that is offset (note the "fx") to look somewhat like a drop shadow.

My Eyedropper Tool settings are set to use all properties:

More strange findings

With a single (non-grouped) object selected, I tried sampling some grouped items that had their Appearances added before being grouped, and this time the Appearance was copied without the fill, (still despite having all Eyedropper options enabled, as shown in the above screen shot).

Depending on the combinations of grouped and non-grouped objects, and whether the Appearances were added before or after grouping, different results occur. But never do all three (stroke, fill, and secondary fill) get transferred. There is always something missing.


texts: Illustrator CS4: when I select an object with the Selection tool, and try and move it, it copies it instead

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This is in a file originally created in version and installation of Illustrator CS4.

I have a simple text item with one character in it. Alternately, I pick a drawn element, doesn't matter.

I have the Selection Tool, i.e. the all black arrow. I'm not touching the keyboard. I click on the object (selected or unselected, doesn't matter), and drag, the cursor changes to the copy object version, and it copies the object. But I want to move it.

Illustrator knows properly what mode my keys are in, it does the right thing if I type in option-e e to get an é.


texts: Inkscape : Procedure to undo uneven linewidth

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I do scientific drawings and I often need to import curves from pyplot with an svg format.

But when I stretch then too heavily, here is what happens:

Yet, what I would like is a stroke that stays even, no matter how much you rescale it.
This issue have been here for years and never corrected, and I was never able to find a procedure that removes this thing without fail. Could anyone tell me a procedure to remove this think for sure, or the position in the xml file of the option that does this ?
I included below the code of an svg file showing the problem as an example.

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

<svg
   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
   width="38.289249mm"
   height="179.07323mm"
   viewBox="0 0 38.28925 179.07325"
   version="1.1"
   id="svg6539"
   inkscape:version="0.92.4 (5da689c313, 2019-01-14)"
   sodipodi:docname="MWEs - Copie.svg">
  <defs
     id="defs6533">
    <clipPath
       id="pcbefdf05c9">
      <rect
         height="326.16"
         width="558"
         x="90"
         y="51.84"
         id="rect417" />
    </clipPath>
  </defs>
  <sodipodi:namedview
     id="base"
     pagecolor="#ffffff"
     bordercolor="#666666"
     borderopacity="1.0"
     inkscape:pageopacity="0.0"
     inkscape:pageshadow="2"
     inkscape:zoom="0.9899495"
     inkscape:cx="203.88158"
     inkscape:cy="346.31362"
     inkscape:document-units="mm"
     inkscape:current-layer="layer1"
     showgrid="false"
     showguides="false"
     fit-margin-top="10"
     fit-margin-left="10"
     fit-margin-right="10"
     fit-margin-bottom="10"
     inkscape:window-width="1920"
     inkscape:window-height="986"
     inkscape:window-x="-11"
     inkscape:window-y="-11"
     inkscape:window-maximized="1"
     inkscape:snap-global="true"
     inkscape:snap-bbox="true"
     inkscape:bbox-paths="true"
     inkscape:bbox-nodes="true"
     inkscape:snap-bbox-edge-midpoints="true"
     inkscape:snap-bbox-midpoints="true"
     inkscape:object-paths="true"
     inkscape:snap-intersection-paths="true"
     inkscape:snap-smooth-nodes="true"
     inkscape:snap-midpoints="true"
     inkscape:snap-object-midpoints="true"
     inkscape:snap-center="true"
     inkscape:snap-text-baseline="true"
     inkscape:snap-page="true" />
  <metadata
     id="metadata6536">
    <rdf:RDF>
      <cc:Work
         rdf:about="">
        <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
        <dc:type
           rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
        <dc:title></dc:title>
      </cc:Work>
    </rdf:RDF>
  </metadata>
  <g
     inkscape:label="Calque 1"
     inkscape:groupmode="layer"
     id="layer1"
     transform="translate(125.14134,60.95706)">
    <path
       style="fill:none;stroke:#1f77b4;stroke-width:33.15565872;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-dashoffset:0;stroke-opacity:1"
       clip-path="none"
       d="m 622.63636,66.665452 c -67.77884,0.239241 -135.57687,0.06619 -203.3364,1.917431 -76.17193,4.056124 -165.2995,1.147605 -222.44225,60.613027 -55.74299,64.2052 -69.76372,152.5374 -81.49407,233.97864"
       id="path4850"
       inkscape:connector-curvature="0"
       sodipodi:nodetypes="cccc"
       transform="matrix(0.03492049,0,0,0.50427365,-118.5969,-76.21498)" />
  </g>
</svg>


texts: All my shape fills modified by anchor point tools have broken fill color (Check Image pls)

texts: All the shapes in every .ai file that I have created now appear distorted around the edges where I have  used the anchor point tool . Please check the image around the characters neck and the curves used for the couch. Can anyone please help. This has never happened before.


texts: Adobe Photoshop - How do you arithmetically add two images?

texts: For example, if two grayscale images, one with a intensity and the other with b intensity, are added the resultant image should be of a + b intensity.


texts: How to create a frame to-fit different images

texts:
my request is nothing very advanced (the way I think it should be done at least).

I blog for a business, and part of "keeping the style throughout" is applying a specific frame.
That frame comes from iLife's Keynote (it's a standard picture frame we apply to most pictures).

The crappy thing about that frame is that on the sides and edges, it's not transparent. If it were, my issues would be long resolved.

What I want to do:
I want to be able to apply that frame (on photoshop or wherever) to any picture, without having to worry about the aspect ratio.
I suppose I have to create my own template out of that frame. I don't want to distort the pixels, so I also guess I would have to make a somewhat high-res template, too.

Is there any way to at least partly automate the process? create a template that I can use in the future?
Ideally I would like to apply the frame without having to do any touch-ups.


texts: In Inkscape, how can I automatically generate lines (connections) between every single object?

texts:
I created about one hundred randomly scattered circles. Now I want every single one of them connected by a line, depending on how far the circles are away from each other. In other words, if a single circle is surrounded by 10 other ones a centimeter away, I want them to be connected with lines.

Basically, I am creating a figure that looks like a large network and then cluster it.


texts: Krita: Selection line automatically surrounding the object shape on a layer

texts:
I'm a total Krita noob here.
I'd like to know, in Krita, what's the way to select an object that is on a transparent layer, so that the selection line automatically follows the shape of the object?
Once you select an object and move it, the selection doesn't stick to the shape, contrary to what Photoshop does, which can be very convenient sometimes.
It would be a bit like select the transparent part of layer with the eyedropper then invert the selection to only grab the object, but it's a bit tedious...


texts: Term for a font that leaves no loose parts

texts: I am trying to figure out what term to use when searching for fonts that are open so that centers of o's, a's, p's etc. will be attached to the background when I use them in cut files.


texts: Illustrator: Uniting Multiple Adjacent, Non-Overlapping Objects

texts:
I have an SVG diagram depicting the Earths landmasses (like an atlas). Each country is a separate object, which worked fine for its initial purpose, where I set a 1pt stroke, so all the borders were visible.

But now, I want to remove the borders and join them all up so that all the adjacent countries are no longer separate objects.

In their current state, they can't endure much manipulation before the gaps are revealed. Below is an example to show what I mean. See, the image is distorted a bit, to wrap around a 3D surface and it ends up looking like landlocked and adjacent countries are actually separated by water, which of course they aren't.

How can I combine them into a single object? I tried using the Pathfinder tool (Unite, Merge, etc.), but because the separate objects don't overlap, nothing happens, even though they're hard up against each other.


texts: Illustrator CS6 not saving (Unexpected error occured)

texts:
I was given a .ai file to do a simple change. Illustrator won't let me save to .ai

After saving the file this error message occurred:

  When spot colours are used with transparency, changing them to process
  colours outsitde of Illustrator can generate unexpected results.

Also

  An Unknown error has occured

These warnings also showed.

  "Only fonts with permission bits will be embedded."
  "The Document Raster Effects is 72ppi or less."


texts: Client wants font file included for free - is this legal?

texts:
I'm working with a client who has requested I send them the font file I'm using. The fonts are Athelas Regular, Italic, Bold, and Italic Bold.

The files were included (I think) with Photoshop.  I assume that means I can use them in my own work, but not distribute the file itself?

The person I'm working for is sending it in to a very picky newsletter with very specific guidelines, and one of them is that they need the font and photo files separate of the .pdf sent in "in case they need to redo the ad completely"

This is what they sent me: "We just ask that the font be included in the package that’s submitted with the ad in case the printer doesn’t have the same font and needs to recreate the ad for any reason. Fonts also sometimes appear differently on different computer screens. The font files can usually be found in the control panel on a PC; I think they’re in a similar location on a Mac."

The budget for the entire project is less than the font licenses. So: Is it legal / morally ok for me to include the font files to them?


texts: Illustrator CC 2020: Snap to perspective grid has stopped working

texts:
Hope you can help me out here. I am working with objects placed on the perspective grid. So far all objects have snapped just fine to the lines ("Snap to grid" is on - see below) but for some reason it has just stopped working. I can't figure out what happened?

I have tried restarting Illustrator, but that's about it.
Best regards
David


texts: Can I use a font I downloaded for free, commercially?

texts:
I was looking for a font that I think I found on the WhatTheFont site (If it's not the same, it's very similar to Slate Pro Medium Italic). I found a few sites that offered a free download of this font, can I use it for commercial purposes then?

If I cannot find the very same font (or download it for free) is it OK to use  a slightly different one for a client who has a certain font in their logo? It's for a banner and for the headline I wanted to use the same font as in their logo.


texts:
I am working with continuous script fonts and I need to generate a single path that do not include M commands. This would be equivalent to writing without lifting the pen from the paper.

My input is an inkscape produced svg that today contains 84 paths, each of them have multiple svg M commands.

How do I process this SVG so that it contains a single, continuous path without any "moves". (I am aware I will loose the tittle/dot on the letter i!)


texts: Illustrator: Export artboards using artboard name as file title

texts:
I want to use the artboard's name for the file name when exporting.

Is there a method to configure Illustrator to use the artboard name as the file name upon export?


texts:
I've had the problem with several clients that they want to tell me exactly what to do when designing. I'll come up with some concepts, they like one, but then they proceed to directly tell me: change this image, move that to the right, change this color, etc. All of these changes ruin everything they liked about the original design, and of course, it ends up looking very unprofessional.

How do I effectively communicate that that behavior is counterproductive to their product/company? I am here to solve their design problems, and they make me jump through hoops with making the changes they want (and usually when they get them, they say, Oh, that's not working...) Would it be advisable to say something like, "Tell me what problems you have, and leave the design solution to me"?

Some background info: I have made several designs for my client that they have liked, and I feel like they do value my work since they are keeping me busy. However, lately I am starting to feel disrespected by their requests for changes because the changes do not seem to be coming from an actual need, but more because Bob in Sales thinks the logo should be centered. I've tried the normal diplomatic approaches and explaining why things work the way they do (easier to read, target audience likes this look, this way conveys/highlights our core message, etc.), with varying success. I would love to hear your experiences, especially if you have successfully dealt with this situation.

EDIT: Not a dupe, I read the other post. I'll rephrase my question: how have you successfully dealt with stopping a client from art directing? Not, why should I suck it up when the client is art directing?

EDIT 2: The thumbprint client info, while related, is not what my question is. I am interested to know: has anyone successfully stopped a client from art directing? If so, what kind of communication did you specifically use?

The other posts that people think are dupes have answers that relate to A) taking it and dealing with it B) walking away from the client as a last resort. These are not the things I am asking about.

Note: I did see a video of a well-known designer who mentioned he does not allow his clients to art direct and had to stop a client from doing so (he did not elaborate).


texts: What graphic can be used to represent a maintenance category?

texts:
On my site I have some categories. One of which is "Website Maintenance". I want to create a graphic (about 300x by 250y) that represents the Website Maintenance category. But I'm at a low right now, and can't think of anything.

Can someone please help? Offer some suggestions? Any help is appreciated.


texts:
I have 4 artboards as shown below

I would like to save just first image in separate SVG file. I do select image and save as SVG. I got images from first and second artborads overlaped. First image is trace of second, pixel one.

Why AI saves first and second artboards? Why they are overlaped? How to save just selected image?

And why I can't post SVG images in this article?


texts:
As both a web and print designer, I have never seen the need to calibrate my displays. Especially for web design, I wonder why I should spend several hundred euros to calibrate when I can instead test my colour choices on multiple uncalibrated displays in different lighting conditions. Only a handful of users are going to look at my colour choices on an accurately calibrated screen while under the same lighting as I had when I stuck my ColorMunki to my screen.

For print design, I understand that you can calibrate your screen to display an RGB approximation of CMYK as accurately as possible. But it's still going to be an approximation—it's never going to be perfect because of the fundamental differences between the two colour models. After some initial surprises in my beginner period, I have gotten a gut feeling for how my work is going to come out. Especially after a test print on my desktop printer. So why calibrate?

I know that I am asking a rather fundamental question here, which many of you will want to answer with "But of course you must! Everybody does it!" Call me a rebel, but by default, I am genuinely unconvinced of doing anything that people say "everybody does it" about. Therefore, I am looking for objective reasons and arguments. Forget the feelings and the tradition, just tell me why.

Even though this question looks like it's asking what I am, it only goes into finding an affordable way, and not the why..


texts: How to save business card in illustrator to be used in photoshop as mockup?

texts:
i have a problem here, trying to design a business card in illustrator and save it as eps to be used in photoshop to create mockup.

The thing is, there are bleed line, trim line and safe line. When I view the eps file in photoshop, the background extend until the bleed line. I just want it extends until trim line only because that would be the real size of the final printed product to put on mockup.

So, how should I save the illustrator file so that there's no bleed line included? Any help?

UPDATE: currently I'm creating a mask to hide the bleed area, is this the exact way of saving the ai file? Or is there any other way?


texts: GIMP: increase transparency with the distance from image's center

texts:
I want to apply a transformation on my image which will cause that:

Image will be at zero transparency in its center
With increasing horizontal distance from the center the image will smoothly become more and more transparent
In the edges the image will be fully transparent

Is there any function in GIMP which can do this?


texts:
I am on a deadline to print a booklet for our church choir and am having trouble with the layout.
I have 12 pages, and am using the print booklet feature, but I need to print this from our printer here in the office, and it is not working to print double-sided. It's flipping the page upside down from the other side and not lining up. So my question is, how do I layout an indesign doc for 2-up saddle stitch so that I can print double sided and put the pages on top of each other to where they line up? Where am I missing something?


texts:
I've a few questions regarding Sketch -

Sketch keeps expanding my symbol folders, it seems random and makes it more challenging to find what I want.
Is there an option for how Sketch organizes symbols? Currently they are laid out horizontally in one row and I have to manually lay them out differently.
Some of my artboard are showing assets as "not symbols" when I had previously set them as symbols.
When setting assets as exportable, do I need to set all of my assets as exportable? That is on all my artboard and on the symbols page.
If I have repeated symbols, say a trash can in many locations? Should they all be set as exportable or just one? If they all are will it cause confusion with Zeplin?

I know these sound like newbie questions but my experience with Sketch has been fairly narrow and I just want to get my head around some best practices.

Frank


texts: I have a design project due on Monday and my photoshop brush keeps playing up. This is slowing me down tremendously and I have tried everything. Last time I used the brush it was smooth and now it is duplicating every stroke. I want it to be smooth like a marker. I have changed all settings and still no success. Please see example images to see what I mean. not smooth brush


texts: Inkscape - transparent fill, but still occlude paths below it

texts:
I'm doing line art in Inkscape. For the sake of saneness, I need the fill of a path to occlude paths beneath it, so I just fill everything with white.

However, while exporting to a bitmap, I don't want the fills to actually be white - I just want to export the lines, with no fills.

Here's a example:

With fills:

no fills:

what I want:

I know I can replace the white with transparent in other software, but often the results are not perfect (antialiasing results in white fringing).

I also know this can be done with boolean operations on the paths, but it's not really feasible for complex work, and destroys information in the process.


texts:
Can someone tell me what font was used for the text in the scroll banner at the bottom of the image?

Thanks!


texts: SVG lines with same stroke-width and coordinates seem to be displaced

texts:
I have the following two groups of lines with the same length (700 each). The first group starts at (500, 500) and ends on (1200, 500), and the second group starts at (1000, 500) and ends at (1700, 500) so that the second group is overlapped on the first one (at 5/7 of the length of the first group). Although both groups have exactly the same attributes (such as stroke-width and scaling factor), my eyes can see the overlapping area very clearly. Can any one help me understand why is this overlapping area so obvious to see (which is very disturbing). Here is the code:

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg width="793.7008" height="1122.5197" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <g transform="scale(0.04)" stroke-linecap="butt" stroke-dasharray="" stroke="black" stroke-width="10">
  <line x1="500.0" y1="500.0" x2="1200.0" y2="500.0"/>
  <line x1="500.0" y1="550.0" x2="1200.0" y2="550.0"/>
  <line x1="500.0" y1="600.0" x2="1200.0" y2="600.0"/>
  <line x1="500.0" y1="650.0" x2="1200.0" y2="650.0"/>
  <line x1="500.0" y1="700.0" x2="1200.0" y2="700.0"/>
 </g>
 <g transform="scale(0.04)" stroke-linecap="butt" stroke-dasharray="" stroke="black" stroke-width="10">
  <line x1="1000.0" y1="500.0" x2="1700.0" y2="500.0"/>
  <line x1="1000.0" y1="550.0" x2="1700.0" y2="550.0"/>
  <line x1="1000.0" y1="600.0" x2="1700.0" y2="600.0"/>
  <line x1="1000.0" y1="650.0" x2="1700.0" y2="650.0"/>
  <line x1="1000.0" y1="700.0" x2="1700.0" y2="700.0"/>
 </g>
</svg>

Here is a photo of the rendering by Inkscape:

and as rendered by Firefox:


texts:
I'm trying to do a Graphic Design of some blocks using a certain color palette.

The way I did the highlight and shadow colors is to multiply the colors by 2 and 0.5 respectively, clipping if needed.

With black, what happens is that it looks like it's been painted with Black 2.0 and vantablack (they're blacks that absorb almost all light).

What do I do?

A simple fix would be to simply draw an imaginary dark gray for black highlight.

Link to project: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/226893795/


texts: Creating a text deboss effect at small scale

texts:
I'm trying to create a debossed effect in a small scale. It's a coin-like layout, but not using metallic gradients:

I've been working across Photoshop for image isolation/clean up, but ultimately want to create a vector in Illustrator. The design will be printed at 1" and I'm struggling to find a combination of text, shadow and deboss effects that will be visible at such a small size.

I've tried drop shadow, inner glow, and bevel and emboss.  Is this achievable, and if so how, or should I just use text fill/stroke that provide sufficient contrast instead?


texts: Corruption when exporting PDF from Photoshop CS6

texts:
My document looks like this:

I save as a PDF from Photoshop, using the default High Print Quality setting. The resulting PDF looks like this:

What's going on?


texts: Adobe illustrator - cutting a shape into lines

texts: I have created a shape using the pen tool and I all looking to have each line segment (from one point to the next) be a different weight. Is there a way to do this? I tried the direct select but it is selecting the entire object. Thanks!


texts: Can you protect social media iconography?

texts:
I frequently create mock-ups with free-use icon sets. I've begun to see many designers offer "Premium" commercial licenced sets of Social Media icons.

I'm wondering:

Is it even possible to make an IP (Intellectual Property) claim on branded logos redrawn in an icon set?

My guess is no... but I've never run into the issue before. I would imagine it would be difficult to claim the Facebook logo as your original work.


texts:
How can I horizontally distribute objects along a path? Blend and Brushes don't work for me because they distribute objects evenly according to the distance along the path.

I began by using the Blend method from this question. However, as shown below, the points aren't horizontally distributed as I would like. How do I get to the path and and objects displayed at the bottom of the figure below?


texts: How do I create a worn/distressed effect in Photoshop?

texts:
Notice the texture in this image:

I'm trying to create that effect. How would you recommend doing so?

I could easily overlay a pattern/texture but I don't want it to be uniform. You can see in the image that the effect is heavier on the right side.

Thanks in advance for any advice!