texts: How to add numbers to Adobe Illustrator anchor points?

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You know the "connect the dots" books for children where you connect the dots from 1 to 100 and a picture becomes visible?

I would love to do the same in Adobe Illustrator.

Is there a way (with any kind of scripting maybe) to add numbers to anchor points?

Is there a way (with any kind of scripting maybe) to color the points based on their anchor index (for example points 1-99 are black, 100-199 are blue etc.)?


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I'm using GIMP to do the editing in the png file I've shown below. On selecting one of the arrows and  trying to paint it red, the colour just does not turn red. It stays grey. I'm just unable to make any changes to it.

I'm a newbie to using GIMP, so do let me know if it has something to do with the layers or channels etc. How do I alter the icons in the png file?

ps: The image is from one of the jQWidgets themes (MIT license)


texts: Potential employer wants PowerPoint files

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For presentation deck designers:
Is it customary for potential employers to ask you to send them PPT files? I've ran into this recently and I don't feel comfortable sending other client's work to potential employers. I wouldn't send my ID files to anyone, and most of my freelance clients never needed to see source files, just the finished work.


texts: Attempting to make a cartoon person with illustrator, issue with coloring

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So.. i'm following along with this video..this issue i'm having can be found if you fast forward to about 22:16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL5hjyJG1L4&t=1244s

When i attempt to do what he's doing multiple things go wrong...
the first being my lines disappear in the hair... before i click "merge" in the pathfinder it looks like this

and after merge it looks like this

The second issue is the color doesn't fill in the entire graphic like it shows in the video instead it ends up looking like this when i do the final step which is isolate selected group then press delete


texts: How to add numbers to an Illustrator Scatter Graph?

texts: How does anyone know how to add numbers to data points of a scatter graph in Illustrator? I can make the scatter graph but I have no idea how to add numbers to the data like in the screen shot?


texts: How do I extend a line pattern background in Photoshop?

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I have an image but on the top of the image there just isn't enough room to make it applicable for my desired application. Therefore I would like to extend the pattern that is clearly visible in the background. The pattern and image are the following:

I tried using the content aware filter and this gives me the following result:

It just doesn't know how to handle the cross part. So I also tried the clone tool, and this looks good but looks like aliasing has occurred when looking from a greater distance:

What to do to straighten the lines in the last image out or redo it completely in order to get a nice extended pattern?


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I am new in photoshop so I try to describe what I need to solve.
I drew logo which composed of 2 layers and each layer is of different color. This logo I created in workspace which has big resolution (about 3000px x 1500px). When I export this image as PNG, I also need smaller version of it for site. So I resized it, and whole logo start being pixelated. I tried to solve it with pats. I made paths of each layer, then create vector mask, and export it as SVG. Then I tried it add to smaller workspace (300px x 150px) and export it as smaller png but I was unsuccessful. Added svg is pixelated as well.
When I added svg to new project it added as new layers which looks like this:

Also I lost information about layers when I want change colors, because it was added as I layer. Can you please tell me how to solve this properly? Thank you.


texts: How to Crop and Save Jpg In Photoshop WIthout Save As?

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Hello I have a lot of jpg images that I need to crop and save. The problem is after Im done cropping the jpg I try to save but the pop up "Save As" dialog keeps popping up. And even if I decided to use the pop up and do a save as jpg it doesn't overwrite the old jpg and instead just makes a copy. Because of that I have to delete the old jpg file and delete the word "copy" which takes up a lot of time.

All I want do is just crop a jpg image and do command save and that's it the file is updated.
please help!


texts: How to repeat a gradient multiple times in Illustrator and Photoshop?

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How to repeat a gradient 'n' times, for example, repeating black to white gradient 5 times (along the path of stroke) like I've done manually in below example image.

Is there a way to automate it to multiply 'n' times, like 50 or 100, without manually copying the gradient slider?


texts: Removing One Part Of A Stroke On A Rectangle In Illustrator CS5

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Is it possible to remove on side of a stroke on a rectangle?

Let's say you have a rectangle with a stroke all the way around it and I want one end of the rectangle to be 'open' and take the stroke off. I've tried searching but there doesn't seem to be a concise explanation if it can actually be done. I know I can make clipping masks and minus front and all that but I was wondering if there's a simple solution. Let me know if you need more details.

Thanks.


texts: Tool for creating portfolio item for Mobile, Tab and desktop

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I would like to create a nice portfolio item like below. But I'm a developer and no experience with graphic design. But I would like to create portfolio items. i.e. no need to be a professional designer. I just need to learn something to do this task. Could you tell me what kind of tool should I use for it? Do I have any free tools to create such portfolio items very easily?

tl;dr: I will have a web site and I would like to create its front screen as portfolio item on mobile, tab, and desktop as below.


texts: Is there a way to draw preset 'custom shapes' in InDesign?

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Photoshop has a 'custom vector shape' tool, allowing me to draw all kinds of stock shapes like stars, hearts and whatnot without having to do so myself with the pen tool. Is there a similar possibility in InDesign? I'll want to use the resulting shape as a frame.

I'm looking for an easy solution that my InDesign 101 class can follow and use without having to resort to either Photoshop or Illustrator.


texts: Illustrator: Make a bracket with lines of different widths

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I want to make a bracket like this, but the longer, top line should be slightly thicker than the vertical, shorter lines. This seems surprisingly hard:

I cannot align the lines of different width using smart guides (and/or changing the stroke settings below), it's offset and if I match 'manually', resizing the thing changes the relative positions
Starting out with a square with stroke and no fill, I can easily get
the result below (leaving out bottom, longer line), but fail at isolating the lines (without changing them) to change their widths individually.

This drives me crazy, I hope whoever reads this can empathize... any help or advice welcome


texts: What are such illustrations called? How are they made?

texts: What are such illustrations called? How can they be made?


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Vector graphics are now taking over the web and even mobile applications. Icons, buttons and elements of web pages or mobile apps are now becoming increasingly vector based, dropping bitmaps because of the need to be rendered on all kind of screen resolutions, dpi, ratios, etc. and because the useful ability to "zoom" to better read pages on mobile browsers made the bitmaps assets ugly and unusable anymore.

So it's time to start creating animated icons, backgrounds and controls in SVG but how do you animate SVG files?


texts: How to price my illustration that someone wants to use on book cover

texts: I am not a designer, just a hack illustrator. I created an illustration that someone wants to put on their book cover. How do I even know how to price this thing? I got an email from the publisher asking if they can use it and how much would I charge. I have no idea what to do next.


texts: What is the font used in the Elysium movie code editor?

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What is the font used in code editor in the Elysium movie?

See here if the image link broke.


texts: What is this Polish inspired style called?

texts: There is a font called Kapra and I really like the style it uses in the example images. What would I look up to find more stuff like this?


texts: For a portfolio of hi-res digital art, is bigger better?

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I want to show a dozen of my digital art pieces in a physical portfolio.  These works are in large image files - 8000x10000 pixels, for example.  They can be printed on 11x17 paper and come out looking fine, showing plenty of fine-scale detail.

But for a portfolio I'll carry around to show galleries, potential clients and who knows where, would it be inconvenient to use that size, or is it more important that it shows all the fine details in the art?  I imagine big colorful images will impress viewers more, but then bulkiness would have the opposite effect.


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I'm having trouble how to place continuous footnotes to my work.

I'm working on a book and in every instance that I use footnotes for a spread, it always starts with 1.

Please help me how to fix this. If it is possible, whenever I place a footnote in each page it should continue with the numbering of the footnote before it. E.g. page 1 has footnotes 1 & 2, then page 3 has footnote 3, and so on.

Any help is much appreciated. I am a newbie in using InDesign and I need to finish this project within a week so I am freaking out. :)

Thank you very much!


texts: What's the difference between the Brush and Pencil tools?

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I don't frequently use either - I'm a pen tool guy. (which may explain my lack of knowledge in them), but what is the actual functional difference between them?

Paintbrush Tool B

Pencil Tool N


texts: Illustrator: trying to isolate some layers in a stock vector image

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I downloaded a stock vector image and I want to delete some of the layers but something strange is happening. Two of the main layers seem to be images as opposed to vector drawings and I can't seem to isolate some of the elements. I have released the mask and it doesn't do anything.

I can delete the one section of the horse on the left, but the other part seems to be attached to that whole section?


texts: Inkscape: reusable components / objects?

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We used Adobe Flash for SCADA visualization in the past, but we want to move towards SVG for new web-based SCADA projects.

SCADA often uses the same, interactive symbols (like pumps, valves, ...) within the same document and with Flash I used to create a "Movie Clip" for such symbols/objects. Whenever I needed to modify a symbol I could simply modify it's Movie Clip and all instances of it automatically updated themselves in the same way. This was very handy.

Is something similar possible with Inkscape (or any comparable SVG drawing program)? I'm talking about drawing a symbol and create several clones (not simple, independent copies).


texts: Photoshop - Easier way to add date suffix, st, nd, th rd

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In Microsoft Word, you type

27th and hit a space the th date suffix will resize and go to top margin with a date suffix format.

In Adobe Photoshop I have to often make a new layer for adding date th, nd, rd, st with extra spacing and resize the text.

Can Adobe Photoshop do this? Easier way around?


texts: Is it possible to paste at the top-left corner in Krita?

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I have been porting images over to Krita from other places on occasion, or copying a layer, editing in another program, and pasting it back into Krita. Every pasted image is placed at the cursor position instead of the top-left corner as I'd normally expect.

I cannot find any information about this online or in the bug tracker. Is it possible to change this behavior so that images pasted in Krita are always placed at the top-left corner instead of the mouse position?


texts: How to create a triangle/jagged edges on a single border in Adobe Illustrator CS6?

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I would like to create a border only on one side of a rectangle. That border would have that modern zigzag stroke that is present on so many websites. Just like on this photo :

I've tried creating a triangle and adding it as a brush (pattern brush to be more precise). However, it didn't work out well because the triangles were not aligned to the outside of the rectangle. Also they were surrounding the rectangle on every side instead of just one.

Is there a good and quick tutorial out there on internet that would explain how such zigzag borders are created ?


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After I shoot a product photo, I am using quick selection tool to select only the product, click refine edge, cut + paste into new document that must be 2000 x 2000 pixels white background. When I paste into that new document ofcourse that the image cut before it is bigger than the size of the new document ( 2000x2000 ).
Is there a keyboard shortcut to automatically transform to the scale of the new document ? I am using Ctr + T, hold Shift and drag picture from corners. But I am asking for a shortcut to do that faster. I have hundreds of photos.

Thank you !
Best regards.


texts: What program should I use to draw pixelated retro-style graphics?

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I want to create a Pacman clone and I need to draw by myself the game's graphics (pacman, the ghosts, fruits ,etc.).

I'm looking for a drawing program to draw it like the original ones, with those big pixels. I'm looking for a program to draw squares to create the graphics.

Which program can I use to draw them?


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I am not able to put an object behind a Rounded Rectangle
Cropping results in complete removal of the object to be put behind and clipping a mask produces the same result


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Okay so I am curious, if I take a simple silhouette, and make one similar to it. What is the copyright laws on that?
So to give you an idea. The original image is a tiny pic, in Blizzard's game WoW. My scythes look different but are inspired from it.


texts: How can I do "Stroke Offset" in Illustrator?

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In After Effects, when using a shape layer, I can add an offset to the stroke by applying a Trim Path.

I want to do something like this:

I can convert the text into outlines, and create a stroke of it. Then the problem is, I want to push the stroke to the other side of the shape, the stroke is sticking to the starting path point.

How could I do that in Illustrator?


texts: How to draw an object that's tilted in two perspective system

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Suppose I have a two perspective system but I want to draw an object that's not aligned with the two perspectives. Like, maybe it's rotated somehow... something like this:

(sorry for the terrible drawing, I just got myself a drawing pad, still getting used to it)

So my question is, how do I create variety in my drawing? I can't have all objects be exactly aligned, perpendicular to each other right?


texts: Should Graphic Designers be paid for reprints of past work?

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Seeking "best practices" from experienced designers....

A design is completed for a direct mail sales piece.
The piece is printed, mailed, and used by the client.
The project is paid for and thus considered complete by the designer.
The client presumable gains sales due to the mailing.

The following year, the client reprints the same piece again, without any changes, and mails again.
The client presumably gains more sales due to the second mailing.
The designer receives nothing for this second mailing.

So my question is, should the designer be compensated in some manner for the reprint?
After all, if was a successful campaign when initially mailed. So successful that using it again is seen as having merit. The success is, at least in part, due to the designer's work on the project.
I know copywriters traditionally tend to get a per-piece royalty on each printed piece. Usually a small number such as 0.01¢-0.05¢ per printed piece (which can add up). So if a piece is reprinted, the copywriter is eligible for those royalties again. I'm also aware, that in today's world, even copywriters may be struggling to validate these royalties to clients unfamiliar with the traditional structure.
But.. designers really can't gain clients with any sort of "royalty". Merely using the word "royalty" in client conversations can ensure you do not gain the work, especially on something such as direct mail. At least that's been my experience.
Is there merit to seeking a "reprint fee"?
Something such as a flat-fee paid each time a design is reprinted.
Not a "royalty" per say, but more of a reuse fee?
What I'm think is something like $500 for each time the piece is reprinted. So, the initial project may have cost something like $5,000, then the following year, the designer would be paid $500 when the piece is reprinted.
(Above uses random dollar amounts. not real dollar figures.)
I would, of course, disclose such fees prior to any work starting during contract negotiations. I am not considering some specific project after it has been created. I'm just presenting a broad, general, scenario here.
Anyone with any experience regarding this? Are there any recommended phrasing/arguments to persuade clients? Is there a solid basis for my thoughts on attempting to implement such a thing? Am I merely nuts and it'll never work?

Of note: I am not thinking of this as an all encompassing "blanket" policy for everything I create. Certainly a client should never be charged by the designer for reprinting their business card, or stationary in general. As well as many items seen as necessary "to do business" such as general promotional items. Unless the designer is also subcontracting printing services. However, these items are typically much, much, smaller in terms of cost to print than what I'm considering.
I'm considering this for more (non-web) direct sales venues where perhaps 100,000 pieces are mailed and response rates offer direct quantification for how well a design works.
As an off-the-cuff example... a sales letter designed to get buyers to purchase lots of land. When that letter gets a response resulting in a purchase of land, the return the client sees is a direct result of the designer's work. Wether that work was performed last month, last year, or last decade. If I were a salesman selling the land, I'd get a commission - I'm seeing a reprint fee as more of a small commission without any direct tie, in terms of dollars, to the revenue the sales piece may generate.


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I'm doing some image processing to detect bubbles in oil. One of the filters I use creates a grid in my image.

If you look closely at the image you can see horizontal and vertical lines through the image forming a grid.

Does anyone know of a way to remove the grid (say by adjusting contrast)without loosing the other image details. I will always know the exact location of the grid.

It would be nice if a program like GIMP could do this.


texts: As a designer, how should I start designing an iOS app?

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I am about to design an IOS 8 app for the very first time.

I've been a designer for 5 years now, both on Photoshop and Illustrator, but I never got the change to design an app. I am looking for some guidelines.

My questions are: Which program should I use? Photoshop or Illustrator? I am much more comfortable on Photoshop, but I am afraid of the sizing. Which brings me to my next question, which canvas size to pick, iPhone 4, 5, 6 or 6+? Or maybe a design for each size (same style though)?


texts: text's border gets a serrated look when it gets smaller

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i am a total newbie. now i want to make a logo for my website. its just a text actually. In inkscape it looks alright. however when i upload it to my website it's borders gets a serrated look. take a look

Now i am thinking its happens becasue its size is too small and computer resolution is not enough. or i am doing something wrong? Is there a way to fix this issue?


texts: Whats the best way to archive projects before revisions?

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Working on ads and pleasing your client is hard. Sometimes they will change they mind and would prefer the one you made on the 5th revision when you already revised it 10 times. And changing small things multiple times and saving the file gets frustrating. You forget the one you did from the 3rd revision.

How do you deal with this? For me, history panel is my friend in Photoshop. I recently discovered it can automatically save a snapshot every time you save it. But sometimes, its not super effective.


texts: How to create vector graphic image like these?

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Would anybody please do let me know how to create graphic images/ effects as mentioned in below images?

I want to know the tools/ techniques to create such graphics images for web based usage.


texts: Can I keep a layer visible but prevent it from being snapped to?

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I came across a rather annoying issue while working in Inkscape. I'm trying to trace an object roughly (the object isn't a bitmap, it's a path, albeit a complex one) on a layer above it. I'm not trying to convincingly copy the object, I'm only referring to it to keep my proportions in order. Whether I could use other tools (e.g. to simplify the path I'm interested in and adjust it to my needs) is irrelevant, as I believe that my approach makes most sense in this particular context, and I think my question remains valid anyway, even if there exist potentially better approaches to my design.

I have another object on the layer that I'm working with and I'd like my mouse pointer to snap only to that object (or other objects that I might later create in that same layer, though perhaps the problem could be generalized to any object, not just layers); unfortunately, the object I'm tracing has a lot of nodes close to the area I'm working with, which makes that task nearly impossible. Zooming in helps, but for some reason with that level of complexity Inkscape seems to have serious performance issues on my setup when zoomed in (I'm aware of Inkscape's path simplifying capabilities, and if nothing else works, I'll likely have to make use of them eventually, but I digress). Controlling which kinds of entities can be snapped to might work in some cases, but be of little help in others.

Now, layers can be made invisible or locked. Hiding the layer would be counterproductive for obvious reasons. Locking it only prevents potential modification, but the objects on it are still being snapped to.

I tried googling the issue and only stumbled upon this old, long-forgotten feature request. It seems as though nothing has been done about it, but perhaps there's something that I missed and that particular feature request's status could be misleading.

Can this be done, or do I have to resort to other, less efficient methods?


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I'm making a logo that currently looks like this:

But I actually want it to look more like this:

I've tried using Path Finder in Illustrator, but I'm not sure whether I'm doing something wrong or whether it's not suitable for what I'm trying to do.

I'm also trying to make the crescent shape fade out at the ends but can't seem to get it to work horizontally with the width profile.

The football, stars and crescent are all in their own layers.


texts: Illustrator gradient tool won't change direction

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In Illustrator CS6, I can only get the gradient tool to add a horizontal gradient.

I can not drag either of the end points around into a vertical gradient.

What is going on here that I can't see?


texts: How to disable that double-clicking on a shape converts it to a path in Adobe XD?

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In Adobe XD, when you create a shape and then double-click on it in the Layers sidebar, you convert it to a path. Once converted to a path it cannot be reverted back to a shape, since Adobe XD doesn't know the shape of this path.

When I'm trying to select a layer that's in many nested folders I accidentally convert shapes to paths and don't notice that. Then when I go back to editing the shape (that was already converted to path) I can't just CTRL + Z at that point.

How can I disable this feature?


texts: GIMP - Mode/Opacity VS Brightness/Contrast

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In GIMP, is adjusting the opacity of a layer directly above a white layer identical to making some combination of adjustments to brightness and contrast, or do the two achieve different ends?  If they are interchangeable, how can one go back and forth between the two?

Similarly for modes such as Hard Light and Grain Merge, is there a way to replicate these effects using some combination of brightness, contrast, and opacity?

EDIT:  The reason for the question is to learn whether fine-tuning the values for each of these metrics when editing an image is redundant (so that the same result is achievable in fewer steps), or whether they each contribute irreducibly to the result.


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I think i have a simple question, but i cannot find the answer anywhere!

I need to obtain the coordinates (X,Y) of some determinated pixels of a image in Photoshop CS6, how is the way to do this?

Thanks


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I'd like to take the fantasy world map I created to the next level as a way of buffing my illustrator skills and portfolio.

Currently, it's a flat political map like this map of Canada for example.

I'd like to add terrain contours to make it more interesting, like what was used in this map here to show the relative depths of the water:

This is obviously not done by hand. What software or data processing tool would be used to generate it and export it to illustrator?

(I realize this hovers on the fence between this Stack Exchange and the GIS one. If this isn't the place, then I'll ask it there)


texts: Is it a good practice to write two letters vertically in a word for a logo design?

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I'm making a logo for a noun. Now, the word has 2 adjacent letters in it that can make a thing that describes the noun. But for that I have to put them in vertical order. For example, consider the word Example (Here it reveals nothing but I'm just giving an example):

E X A M P L E becomes

Would it look weird as a word's letters should always be in a particular direction?


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I'm just having different ideas about the logo size. Some places say it must be 800×800 px and 72 dpi.
What's the artboard size I choose first? What are resolutions I should use? What is the best DPI amount I should use?


texts: Make a diagonal line with fixed height in box from point to point

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I would like to have a green shape like the first example.

the green shape should have a fixed height (height of letter d/g together)
yellow block is the shape where it should be in: so the green shape starts left-top in yellow shape and then goes to the middle (need it pixel perfect) of the right side of the yellow shape
when that is realised it's easy to duplicate the shape that goes that to the left again.

Second example
I tried it first like this (pink shape same height a greenshape I want): make a path on the vertical centered point of the first pink shape and make another path pointer to the right middle pink shape (vertical centered). Than I give the path a line-thickness of 59,3...px. I should then extend still the line and than cut the parts of that goes out of the yellow shape. But: the line doesn't start then nice on the lefttop pixel. Not pixelperfect..
Third example
Here I make the shape at the b/g very width and then I use the free transform and place the shape in the lefttop. Then I rotate the shape that it's stays fixed at the left top. That works but than it's not easy to make it pixelperfect in the middle of yellow right side block (or pinkmiddle right).
What is the best way to make the green shape in the line-thickness I want pixelperfect in the yellowbox?


texts: How to get perspective for app portfolio image

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I got a free template for app portfolio. It looks like this

So I insert a screenshot (this is just a sample) and rotate it -45 degrees.

but it is nowhere right as it should be.

First I am not sure if this is really 45 degrees angle. And even worse, I have no idea how to push the image into perspective to it fits the template.

In the template, it only says "insert image here" and has no instruction on how to make it perfectly fit.

I am using Gimp. Would it be easier or better to do in Photoshop or Illustrator?


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I am able to rotate a group of selected anchor points of a shape-- either by picking or clicking and dragging on selected anchor points using the direct selection tool then rotate it by using the Rotate Tool.

Is there a way to adjust the size of the selected anchor points?


texts: How to Remove Jagged Edge (Aliasing) on a Straight Diagonal Line

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This is 120px X 283px dimension, PNG image.

When using it in website the same image dimension is set through css but in the browser view it is showing like a saw like this

Is it possible to draw without any little curve?

Is there a file format or method I can save with that will reduce the aliasing on the line?


texts: InDesign adds two blank lines in the end of a table of contents?

texts: When I create a table of contents in InDesign CS6, it adds two blank lines in the table of contents' end. Is this intentional or am I doing something wrong?


texts: Extracting InDesign layer names to text or .csv

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How can I extract a list of all layer names into either a text or .csv file.? What Acrobat or scripting tools are available to do this task?

The list will be used to create a table communicating to commercial printers what layers should be activated for any particular print run. Each PDF may contain 15 to 50 such layers, combined to create 5 to 30 unique print pieces. Our PDFs are exported directly from InDesign.

I expect the resulting text to be pastable into a column within an excel file, or for the resulting .csv file to contain the layer names within individual cells of column one.


texts: Transforming a mask preview into an actual image

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I have a color photo that I'm editing in Photoshop this way:

select > color range > Midtones
Layer > New adjustment layer > Hue/Saturation

When I do ALT+click on the mask thumbnail in the layers panel this is what I see:

Now I want to save what I see in the mask preview as an image (in black and white). How can I achieve this?


texts: pdf: are CID Type 0C fonts better than Type 1 fonts?

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For years, I took care to only have Type 1 fonts in the PDF produced by LaTeX.

Now switching to LuaLaTex, I realize that LuaLaTex uses by default "CID Type 0C".

Example output of pdffonts:

name                                 type              encoding         emb sub uni object ID
------------------------------------ ----------------- ---------------- --- --- --- ---------
JPVZSN+LMRoman17-Regular             CID Type 0C       Identity-H       yes yes yes     36  0

Compared to Type 1 fonts, the encoding is different, and the unicode flag also (uni above, =yes for CID Type 0C).

Are CID Type 0C fonts better than T1 fonts? Why?


texts: Drop shadow extends beyond the artboard and causes the picture dimensions to change

texts: I have a drop shadow on a small image. The drop shadow extends beyond the arboard's boundary. This causes the 120x150 image to turn into a 132x150 image because it tries to include the drop shadow in the image as well. Is there a way to force it to only export the artboard?


texts: gimp: undo tool, e.g. to erase pencil paths

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I've drawn a few curves with the pencil, and now I want to edit one of them or at least delete it.

There's the history, but you can only undo a sequence that ends with the last op.

There's the path tool, and paths can be edited by right clicking a path in the path window. But they aren't free-hand drawing.

Is there an undo tool, in the spirit of the eraser tool, that can delete "history" objects?


texts: Free / cheap desktop publishing software for a book with some graphics? (OS X)

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Nothing too complex. I need a few custom paragraph styles, and here and there a graph or diagram will be interspersed with the text.

I've looked at Scribus, and it seemed suited for my needs... only it runs quite slow, and it's crashed once. I fear it will start crashing / slugging on me halfway through my work. It's not very good at handling lots of text either.

I've also considered LaTex, which I'm only barely comfortable with; but I'm definitely not trusting myself with LaTexing a whole book. I've tried LyX, but found it nowhere near as intuitive as others have.

Really, all I need is something that's a step above Pages and allows for a bit more customization and and easier time working with paragraph styles and graphics.

I am currently writing the book in HTML, broken up into separate files, using some custom tags which I hope the software could be made to read as paragraph styles (it can be done in Scribus via HTML_custom-tag).

It would be good if I was able to import said HTML text directly into the program.


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One of the default fonts included in the Wix themes when building your site looks like this:

Can someone identify? Looks very familiar but not having any luck with pinpointing, thanks!


texts: what's the font used in the Mahou Tsukai Precure Asahi website?

texts: Can someone please help me identify this font? I know it's not Meiryo...but it's something similar...I've checked most of the Japanese font websites but still found nothing...


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I would like to know how this looks and an overall critique, but just answering the question in the title is enough (:

So in this screen the user would select what he wants to advertise, all that is shown is a 'progress tracker' and the buttons which the user will select. Both are made out of gradients, so I would like to know if the gradients are too much, or if I should design it in another way.

This is how it looks:

And this is how the animation would look (Colors shouldn't change in the progress tracker, but the effect I am looking for is that the user is kind of 'unveiling' the gradient).

Edit:

Followed your recommendations, is it better?
I personally really like how the semicircle looks with a part of the icon coming out at the top, but it really doesn't follow your advice of 'enclosing' the icon, does it look good? Will the user recognize it as a button?

Edit 2:
Changed to circle, and decided to use the brightest color of the 'unveiling' circle at the top as the accent color for every screen (So as you progress through the accent color will get darker, I hope that is understandable).


texts: How do I create new objects from existing nodes in Inkscape?

texts: I've been trying to edit an Inkscape diagram I've created; there's a segment I'd like to separate from the rest of the shape it belongs to and turn it into a separately-editable shape (for which I can adjust the fill and stroke separately from the rest of its currently associated shape).


texts: Techniques to focus a specific list item?

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I am playing around with website design and am having trouble letting a user know a specific item in the list is special / important / requires attention.

I have tried increasing the size of the item, but this does not scale well onto smaller devices (such as phones).

Anyone have any suggestions or know of a website/blog/video where I can learn about these types of techniques?

NOTE: Each list item has a picture and some text.  Thanks in advance!


texts: What would be suitable "Done", "Now", Next" icons?

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For a report I am designing, I want to include "Done", "Now", "Next" icons to show tasks completed, tasks being worked on and tasks next on list.

Is there any convention for this, or does anyone have any good ideas?


texts: Font used in Triforce and Overwatch logos

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Recently, while reading up on old/obsolete console systems, I noticed that the font used in Nintendo/Namco/Sega's Triforce system's logo (see also https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Triforce) was pretty much the same that Blizzard used in their Overwatch text logo.

Compare:

Obviously, there are slight differences here and there, but the base font is pretty much the same.

Does anyone know by chance what the base font is?
I've checked WhatTheFont and Fontsquirrel, but neither site's font finder has been of any help.


texts: Positioning guides between pixels in Illustrator

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Is it possible to create a guide between two pixels?
I know that I can create a shape and position freely (independent of the pixel grid), and then I can transform that shape into guides, and in that case the guides would be EXACTLY where I want them.

But I was wondering if there was an option that would allow me to position the default horizontal/vertical guidelines without alignment to the grid?


texts: How to create a fading effect on the border of an object, with illustrator

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Imagine I have a black disc. I would like to create a gradient around the disc, whose value is white 100% opacity on the border of the disc and white 0% opacity at the end of the gradient.

Now, replace the disc with any other object : I want to do something similar.

Is it possible ?


texts: Unable to get colour sliders in CMYK Swatch on Indesign

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I have had a user I support come to me with something that seems a little weird.

When they try to add a colour or see swatch options under CMYK mode, the sliders are not present - only a list of Pantone colours.

I've looked on other machines and there are sliders present.

When you go to this mode, it defaults to a blue - selecting any pantone colour changes the visible colour in the preview on the left, but clicking add always does the default slider value.

The above makes me think, that this is some sort of error and the Pantone list has been plastered on top of the sliders but it is actually taking the value from the hidden sliders.

Does anyone know what is going on and can anyone help please?


texts: Converting a gradient with 13 steps to a gradient of 8 steps?

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I have the following gradient with 13 steps:

This is the output of https://cssgradient.io/ I used to create it:

background: rgb(52,17,46);
background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(52,17,46,1) 0%, rgba(111,31,71,1) 8%, rgba(140,46,144,1) 17%, rgba(110,84,199,1) 25%, rgba(77,137,187,1) 33%, rgba(69,173,136,1) 42%, rgba(71,195,61,1) 50%, rgba(181,218,48,1) 58%, rgba(240,134,32,1) 67%, rgba(255,193,44,1) 75%, rgba(255,215,107,1) 83%, rgba(255,234,170,1) 92%, rgba(255,255,255,1) 100%);

Now I need to use that in my Unity game, the thing is, their gradient object only accepts 8 steps.

Question:

How can I convert this 13 steps gradient to a gradient with 8 steps?

(any tool or tutorial would be appreciated)


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Before, one could select all text layers by selecting any text layer then Select> Similar layers

is this gone is cs6? (see img below)

If so, how can I do this now?


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On the "what's new in Illustrator" there are some new features, but on my MacBook Pro the features 1 and 2 do not work. Could some one check them for me - do you have them working?
Is there any way to enable these features?

In Illustrator CC, there are enhancements to guides:

Double-clicking on a ruler (Ctrl/Cmd + R) creates a guide at
that specific location on the ruler. When you hold Shift and then
double-click a specific location on a ruler, the guide created at the
point automatically snaps to the closest division (mark) on the ruler.
Create horizontal and vertical Guides in one action. Here’s how:
At the top-left corner of the Illustrator window, left-click the
intersection of the Rulers, press Ctrl (or Cmd on a Mac), and drag the
mouse pointer to any location in the Illustrator window. The mouse
pointer becomes cross hairs to indicate where a horizontal and
vertical guide can be created. Release the mouse pointer to create the
Guides.


texts: How to import a folder full of pictures, one per page, alphabetically in InDesign

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I'm trying to import a folder full of pictures (bar codes), one per page in alphabetical order into InDesign.

I've found the following link which shows how to create a script that will turn the images into a CSV file which I can then data merge into InDesign.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfDojdhILig

The problem I'm having is that the script creates a CSV file but the images aren't listed in alphabetical order. I'm assuming there might be a default where they are imported by file size. If I reorder the images alphabetically in the CSV file the data merge changes from 'images' to 'text'. I would normally just import the images one by one but on this occasion, I have 5,000 (numbered SPA200001 to SPA205001).

Thanks in advance for any advice.


texts: Critique - Is this font too light and small to read?

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This is 3.5x2 inches business card. The font size of contact details is 6.5 pt currently. Personally I feel it is a bit small (I tested it after printing on a normal A4 paper in its actual size). It looked small to me.

Also, the font is Helvetica Neue Light. I don't have any Regular or Normal font for this. So I used Light as it felt okay to me.

Most people (3 out of 4) in my office said it's okay. But doubt arised when I read a few answers on SE which suggested font should be 7, 8 or even 10 pts for better readability.

Given all that, is this font too light and small to read?

PS: Recently I've been banned twice from this SE. If this question violates some rule, kindly warn me here again, so I can improve, before you ban me again. There is no intention to break the rules of SE. I have read the guidelines and I feel it is according to them.


texts: Why am I unable to move pixels after they have been selected?

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I've selected the below area in my image. I then switch to the move tool, but when I drag around the selection, the pixels that it had encompassed do not move with it. Would be great to know what I'm doing wrong :)

Thank you in advance.


texts: how to set shortcut for brush size in photoshop

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in photoshop, [] is too far from main shortcut and cv is also has to be hit multiple times until I get the size I want.
I really like kritas brush size shortcut. shift + pen drag.
Is there anyway that you can change it in photoshop?
thank you!

I added an image. that setting is almost what I was looking for. you hit alt and drag your pen on tablet, it easily changes brush size but the problem is that you can't draw since the tip is set to right click. krita automatically holds it as click until I hit shift button with default set up.


texts: Can three reference images be used in 3DS Max when car modeling?

texts: I was wondering if it is possible to model a car with only the front, back and side reference images in 3DS Max?


texts: Batch export AI and EPS files into a PNG

texts: I have about ~600 files in .ai and .eps formats and need to export them to a .png (Full image, not layer by layer). Is there any way to do this automatically? Also it will be good if the .png file name is the same or similar to Adobe Illustrator file.


texts: How to apply adjustments to slices in Photoshop?

texts:
I have an image splitted into 3 parts by the slice tool.
I also have a couple of adjustments that I want to apply only on the second and the third part of the image.

What is the way to do this in Photoshop?


texts: Is it okay to use Font Awesome's social media icons?

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Font-Awesome provides logos for social media brands like facebook.

According to Facebooks brand guidelines using those seem to not be allowed:

  [Don't] Use any icons, images or trademarks to represent Facebook other than what is found on this resource center

So am I right that we can't use those Font Awesome icons?


texts: How can the excess be removed from a clipping mask?

texts:
I created a clipping mask out of an image 3125x1042:

this:

to this:

Unfortunately, when I save the image as PNG and JPEG, It still retains the size of the original image. 3125x1042.

How do I get rid of the excess size to bring the image down to the exact size of the oval which is 151x150


texts: What, if any, differences are there between composition and layout?

texts: What if any differences are there between the terms layout and composition when talking about graphic design?


texts: Are there performance differences between Intuos2 vs newer non-Cintiq Tablet?

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I have an Intuos2 that has been a nice, solid, tablet for years now and, as far as I know, I'm happy with it. Now, I say "as far as I know" because I've not had the opportunity to try anything new.

I'm looking to ramp up the amount of work I do which would require a tablet and am wondering if I am crippling myself by using such an old tablet. Like I said, it seems to work just fine. Smooth lines, keeps up with fast gestures, etc. However, I am clueless as to what the technical differences are between something so old and the most current tablets.

QUESTION: What are the technical differences between an Intuos2 and the most recent (non-Cintiq) tablets? I don't mean physical differences like lighter weight materials, wireless capabilities, sizes. I mean any difference in performance when stylus meets the tablet and begins to transmit data. Basically, why should I consider upgrading?

Tablet would be used mostly with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Manga Studio.


texts: Which software should I use for poster designing

texts:
Current I have to use two softwares for poster designing.

The text I have to write in corel draw and then I export it in eps and then use Photoshop to give some text effects like bevel shadow etc.

If I write text in Photoshop then that text is very low quality

but in Corel Draw I can't give text effects.

Is there any one software I can use


texts: Best sites to present my works (Webdesign, Brands)

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I'm currently member on Dribbble and Behance where i show my works and recieve clients. Both sites are great since people are able to directly see some portfolios, contact information and everything without a registration.

Are there any other good sites like this? Somewhere that I can just register, upload my works and then get found by potential clients.


texts:
I'm trying to create low-poly image by create triangles with pen tool.

I made a closed path square and after that closed i pressed return.
I hovered my mouse to top left corner and drew a line to close to the middle of the square (pointy side of triangle) while pressing shift.
Then i pressed the bottom left corner of the square while pressing shift.
pressed return.
Pathfinder -> Divide.

Then i went to Eyedropper tool and tried to fill. There is the problem, it fills BOTH the triangle AND square (only square selected). I need to fill the triangle only!

Soo... the triangle only has two lines, i hoped it would use the line of the left side of the square to close to triangle but it didn't?

How do you close paths for low-poly triangles?


texts: How to set the same size of a set of selected objects in Inkscape?

texts: I have many objects of different sizes in Inkscape, and I need to transform them to the right size. Manually resizing each object takes too much time. How can I achieve this?


texts:
How can I add a dark border around the edge of an image in the gimp?

I am trying to create a parchment paper as a background for game pages. I would like to add a darkened border that simulates burnt edges. The border should start in the edges and fade gradually to the normal background color. The inside edge of the dark border should have a random look and not be straight lines.

Ideally it would not require any painting as I would like to include the step(s) in a script-fu that I wrote.

I would like something similar to this:


texts: How do I get smooth lines in illustrator?

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I got wacom intuos comic with the latest driver on it. In many tutorial that i saw, people create every time a new brush with pressure and the line looks like this:

But when I do the same exactly stuff, my like look like this:

Why are my lines not smooth, but thick at the end?


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It seems like Gimp is not rotating correctly.

I have two duplicate layers of this GIF:

It looks like this:

I click the rotate tools, click one of the layers, and choose 90 degrees. It looks like this:

Then I click the rotate button to apply the rotation, and I see this:

The rotation is off. Does anyone know what is happening here?


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I am trying to create a star, with a gradient color effect. When I try to use the gradient color tool I get the message

  Could not use the gradient tool because the
  content of the layer is not directly editable

There is one "solution" but I don't think is too direct. I can rasterize the layer and using the laso tool to select the region I would like to color, use the gradient tool to make the color effect.

Is there any other way around it?


texts: Hoefler Text non-breaking space is too wide

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In Pages on MacOS, Hoefler Text has very wide non-breaking spaces:

As you can see, in other fonts, the non-breaking space has the same width as the standard one. In Hoefler Text, it is 3 times wider. This makes the font unusable in french.
The issue is the same on Pages for iOS.
I found very few discussions about this problem — one of them is here and it is 17 years old…
Is it a known issue, and does a workaround exist?


texts: Opinion on this logo made with Adobe Draw

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I've created this logo using my finger on Adobe Draw and fine tuned it a bit on Illustrator.

I like the signature aspect (It says Aria), however as time goes on I'm not sure if the A is out of place or it's not correct to have the A so much larger than the remaining text?

Is there any rules to this style I should have followed? Any other opinions?


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I'm using Photoshop for designing websites and whenever I compare a photoshop design with the live browser preview the fonts appear to be rendered differently.

Basically any anti-aliasing method I choose in photoshop, the text always gives the impression of bold text. So I'm always forced to turn off antialiasing (for normal 12px/14px text).

Is there a method I can achieve the same kind of font rendering in Photoshop like the one that Windows uses with cleartype?

If not, are there any fonts out there that look better than Arial when anti-aliasing is off ?


texts: Auto-find missing links in Indesign plugin

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Any plugins for InDesign (CC) that would scan and search on all the folders in the computer and in the mounted drives on a Mac for a missing file?

Something that would keep us from searching that file (even if the path is included in the link details). That would be pretty useful for people working on multiple computers, and having some links on each computers.


texts:
Can someone tell me which program I use to make my own font?

I am aware that letters in a font file are vector-based, and that I can use a vector program like Adobe Illustrator to design and export these. I am looking for a program that will let me create my own font-file (.ttf or similar), which I can install and use in other programs.


texts: Selection Tool doesn't rotate in Illustrator

texts: Why my selection tool doesn't rotate object? I selected the object and it doesn't work. How do I fix this?


texts: Indesign Threaded Frames - Applying Different styles to the frames

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Using InDesign CC,

is there a way to make two or more threaded frames have different paragraph styles applied to them? What I need is to paste a text on the first frame, and when text flows to the next threaded frame, it should get a different style applied to it (in my specific case, the color and typeface need to change from frame to frame)
Thanks


texts:
I recently asked my graphics designer to create an SVG image for the background of the homepage of my website (to be used via the background-image css property).

I asked her to just write gibberish (eg: Lorem ipsum...) in a particular Google Font on an entire page and then just "cut out" a circle in the middle which will be blank. I asked for this as an SVG file.
A general schematic of the layout:

This file size turned out to be quite large (1.7 Mb and 900 Kb after running through SVGO).

Using illustrator, are there any instructions I can give to my graphics designer to have her reduce the file size?

I suspect that the text is being treated as an image and this (because of the many paths/points involved) is causing the file size to rise. Since we're using a Google Font, is there any way we can define it as a text within Illustrator so that Illustrator will do some sort of optimization to the font when converting it to an SVG?

I am not well versed in these matters but, since we're just creating a background image of some script text, I feel like we should be able to reduce the file size. Any suggestions are welcome.


texts: Why is my text distantly spaced if i change the format to full justify?

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I'm using Corel Draw X7. I type my word in a text box with left alignment. but when I change it to full justify, the text becomes distantly spaced. And I can't fix it. The text doesn't look neat.

Can you help me?


texts: I'm a newbie using gimp. I would like to make a banner like the picture below, a white color banner with some fade background color. Please advise. Thanks.


texts: How can we change outlines into shapes in Illustrator?

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I'm not very comfortable with Illustrator, and I'm stuck on this problem: how can we change from outline strokes to filled shapes?

For example, in this situation, I would like to 'decompose' each shape formed by different strokes into a unique shape. It should be simple I think...


texts: Replicated sketched lines in Illustrator

texts: How do I replicate these analogues created circular lines? they have a randomly variying strengths and gaps within. I am not talking about in between two circles but the line of any given circle


texts: I am having a very odd problem. I have a photo that I took with my Nikon d5000 uploaded to photoshop, without any adjustments other than a crop, and then when I export it the color changes drastically In this screenshot, you can see the photo in windows photo viewer on the left, and Photoshop on the right. Do any of you know why this is occurring?


texts: illustrator cc pathfinder minus front function

texts: I'd like to know what the difference is between click on the Minus Front option in the Pathfinder palette and Alt+click.


texts: Which program should I use? Interactive online image

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I have Adobe CC, but I'm not sure which program to use to create this. I'm also open to non-adobe programs, though if that is your suggestion Id rather it be freeware.

I would like to create an interactive image of a bookshelf, where clicking on a book's spine allows you to open the book and page through it. I'm thinking something as simple as an image map with a couple of light-box slideshows attached to it could do the trick, though of course something fancier is cool too. Thoughts?


texts: Sketch exports Alpha Mask different to a PDF than to a PNG?

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I'm using Sketch to make a fade out effect in an image using a gradient alpha mask as described at the bottom of this page. In Sketch it looks like I want it to, and now I want to export it both to a PNG and a PDF. Exporting to PNG works fine:

I now also wanted to export it to PDF, but now the image suddenly also fades at the top:

Does anybody know why this is, and does anybody know how I can export this to PDF correctly? All tips are welcome!


texts: I am new to Adobe illustrator. We can change to Outline Stroke from Path. Is it possible reverse. How to change from Outline Stroke to path


texts: I would like to back up my User Defined Swatches Library created in Illustrator

texts: I would like to back up my User Defined Swatches Library created Illustrator. How can I ensure these are saved if something happens to my computer, my swatches don't show in the Swatches Folder in the Ai Application folder...


texts: how make this glass color shadow on photoshop

texts: i´m trie, but don´t make this shadow above.


texts:
Is there an easy way to drag deselect layers using auto-select?

I often use drag select to select layers, but often this ends up select other layers that happen to partially overlap. I'd like to be able to drag over these extra layers and deselect them.

Thanks,


texts: Is it possible to have a page with a transparent background?

texts:
One of my pages has a single image taking up some space on the page. The rest of the space (the space not occupied by the image), should be transparent: that is, whenever I send it to the printing service, the base color of the selected paper should be visible, without any ink being printed on it (not even white - the paper will have a base color/texture that I do not want to print over)

Currently exporting the page to a png file creates an image with my original image on a white background, since that is what the background in scribus is set to. I do not want this: I want the image to be on a transparent background.

I have taken a look in all possible menu options and I have been unable to find where can I set the background color, which currently seems to be white. I do not know if it is possible to set the background color of a page, and in case it is possible, if it is possible to set it to transparent.

How can I achieve this in scribus?


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I am new to Adobe Illustrator graphics design.
I want to know how to save a designed artwork as PDF with objects that are clickable.

For example, i create a rectangle, fill it with some style and i try to save as PDF, the output is generated (to the best of my knowledge) as flatten PDF, as shown below -

But i want the PDF images to be clickable, like below -

Basically, i want this exported PDF and the images in them to be able to be extracted using a C# program.

Would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.


texts: How can I convince my boss that investing in Adobe CC is more beneficial than using GIMP?

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I have recently been employed to a hotel management company as creative designer. Apparently, the guy who used to work at the company was using GIMP, Fireworks and Sony Vegas to do most designs and post production. At this point my employer refuses to spend any type of money to get Adobe CC, even though I have let her know that it will be more productive for me to work with Adobe software.

She asked me one question at the interview: "Are you familiar with GIMP?" .. and dumb enough, I said YES. Now she's slamming it back to me as "Well you told me that you can use GIMP, so get on with it, plus the previous designer was working pretty well with it".

Obviously I can use GIMP, but the workflow on Adobe products is way better and I can work twice as fast. How can I convince her to get to pay for the Abobe CC package?


texts: Define different styles for typography with SketchApp

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How can I define styles for typography with SketchApp?
For example, I have a H4 with these variants:

Normal
Bold
Colorful

I defined as:

It seems very unorganized and helps the developer to define the style in the CSS.

I can't assign different styles to an element with SketchApp as HTML.
I would avoid assigning individual styles for each element and create a Styleguide instead.
How can I fix it?


texts: Align to center in Sketch ignoring pixel snap

texts: I want to have this Cog in the exact horizontal middle of the symbol. How can I achieve this? Using align-center keeps snapping the object to whole pixels


texts: InDesign: Is there a way to type the same text into multiple text boxes?

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I have to make emergency templates for 4 different size media. There are some portrait and some landscape. Each of the 4 sizes has the same content, so I made paragraph styles and rules to flow the copy into the text fields properly. I've got it set up so I can copy the master word doc and paste it on to each page and it automatically formats the fields: Emergency type, Headline, Date, Sub-head, Body copy.

What I'm looking for is a way I can just paste it once and each page grabs the same copy since all the fields are the same. I've tried the content collector, but that seems to take just as long. My next thought was making imcl stories, but I heard there was an easier way to link text.

Edit: Here is a screenshot of my pages with text boxes Each master page has the same 5 threaded text fields. I just need away to have the same text be on all of the different pages.


texts: Illustrator CC Clipping Masks and Opacity Masks leaving slight hairline

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I'm running into a problem when using a clipping mask or opacity mask in Illustrator CC 17.1. Either type of mask leaves a slight outline around the masking object, creating a noticeable break in what should be a uniform background. Some details:

I've created a ring in 4 quadrants. Each quadrant contains patterns/objects that need to be isolated from one another. Over top of the artwork of each quadrant, I Paste In Place a copy of the quadrant's shape whose colours for background and stroke are both set to none, the stroke value field is blank, not set to 0. Where the same colour in the adjacent areas of each quadrant meet there is a faint hairline. These are meant to be seamless and I don't know why this is happening. When viewing as Outlines, all vectors are overlapping perfectly to my eye.
I've read posts in this forum and others about this being an anti-aliasing issue, that it won't print with the faint outlines, but not every application of this graphic will be going to print. I've exported EPS files, PDFs and various other formats. I didn't notice any hairlines in a TIFF but the library of files I will be providing to my client will consist of vector and other raster files like PNGs and JPGs that do show the faint outlines. When I place a PDF or EPS into an Illustrator or InDesign layout, the hairlines remain so that documents sent electronically, not printed, have these noticeable lines. They also remain when I place an EPS into Photoshop which is unacceptable for building graphics for the web.
Can anyone tell me if there's a solution for making seamless transitions between masked objects in Illustrator? Or this just an inherent flaw with Illustrator (or perhaps my approach to building these graphics)?
Some additional info:

Just saved PDF and EPS copies. Both show the hairlines in the following: QuickLook, Reader, Preview, when placed into Illustrator / InDesign / Photoshop, and when opened directly in Photoshop (with the exception of the EPS). Only the EPS opened directly with Photoshop was free of the hairlines.

When exporting to JPG and PNG, using the Type Optimized setting retains hairlines but they disappear if Art Optimized is chosen. So that's one little trick I just learned.

So there are ways that I can save them without hairlines, that's great. But once I distribute PDFs and EPS files for the client/third parties to place into publications for electronic distribution the hairlines will appear in those documents. I could ask them to place hi-res raster files instead but it doesn't give them the flexibility that vector graphics afford.
Is there a similar option to 'Art Optimized' I'm overlooking when exporting PDFs and EPS files? As a test, under EPS Options > Transparency I tried both the High Resolution and For Complex Art presets and it didn't make any difference.


texts: What are differences between digitalized versions of Sabon typeface by different foundries?

texts: Linotype, Monotype, Adobe... There are many versions of Sabon available for choice. What are differences, and then is there any one better than others?


texts:
How can we make a bar of a bar graph look like it's tappable and will lead the user to someplace?

For example, in the below

if I want to make it intuitive to the user that clicking on the pink bar will take him to the details of firefox usage, how can I make it look clickable?


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I've been trying to find a way to make a seamless wiggle loop but nothing seems to help.

I can't make the wiggle to return to its start point in the end and
wiggle(x,y) doesn't really help either.

I tried to search for plugins but I didn't find any.


texts: What is the best way to browse a large font collection?

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I needed one font...then i found 24000. I installed all of them. My computer started to take minutes to do everything. So ...

How do i browse all fonts without crashing everything..not that i think its a good idea.


texts:
I have a square with some rounded corners, that I've set using Illustrator's live corners feature.

However I would like to expand the corners so that they convert to anchor points in the path, but using the Expand feature makes no difference.

Is this possible?

Edit: notice if I scale the shape (on the right) the corners on the head look different. I would prefer that I could expand the corners so that I can resize the shape without having to rely on the Scale Strokes & Effects setting in the preferences:


texts: Is there a design terminology for developing a quality work environment?

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We have had a few questions in regards to design trends and how to break out of bad design work habits but I was curious to know if there is a terminology or process for the design environment such as:

Paint has been considered to provide a mood.
The right odor or scent can relax the body.
Lighting

How can one create a great mood work environment for designers?


texts: I have about 600 images i need to resize. They are currently all different sizes and i need them to end up 2000x2000 pixels. I tried creating an action to resize them all, but i'm noticing they come out distorted. Images smaller than 2000px stretch to fit the page. Is there a way to keep the proportions of the image?


texts: How can I separate a stroke from the raster image in Photoshop?

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I've added a stroke to a rasterised image (Edit -> Stroke). Now, how do I select the stroke so I can copy it into a new layer and delete the current layer, leaving me with just the outline of the image?

I'm using Photoshop CC on a Mac.


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I'm saving some SVG icons from Illustrator CC 2014 and when I give them to my dev he says can you make less CDATA.
Does anyone know how?

Thanks


texts: In Inkscape, how can I easily select multiple objects that are obscured by other objects?

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I have object 1 which obscures object 2 which obscures object 3 which obscures object 4.

  Object 1
      Object 2
          Object 3
               Object 4

I know I can ctrl + alt + click to select contiguous objects in the stack, but I want objects 1 and 3 selected, excluding 2 and 4.

Is there a way to quickly achieve such selection without having to rely on the XML Editor?

Thanks.


texts: My son has passed and I need a Snapchat filter removed. Please help!

texts: My son passed at 17 years old recently and my favorite picture of him smiling is with his girlfriend with a Snapchat filter of hearts on it. He isn’t smiling much in any other pictures I have of him although he smiled all the time just not for pictures. I so want this picture to be used on his gravestone. Is there anyone who can help me get these hearts off this picture? I am not very photo savvy. Thanks in advance


texts: How do I trim the edges of a complex shape in Inkscape?

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I have a complex (hand-drawn) shape from which I am creating a two-part cutter.  The inner part of the cutter needs to be smaller than the outer part by a couple of millimeters on all edges for it to fit.
I can change the path around the object to white, and make it much thicker, and this appears to shrink the shape in the middle in the way I want.  But it doesn't really; the white path is still there, which is a problem when I convert it to a 3D printing file.
What I'd like to do is something like making the path wider, then removing the path, leaving only the filled center area (now smaller).  However, this is probably the wrong way to do this.
How do I make the complex shape a couple mm smaller on all edges?  Note that simply shrinking it linearly won't work because it has concave sections; I basically need to "trim" a couple mm from all edges.


texts: Anotate a List within a Presentation: As good/ok/bad

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I want to get away from:

ticks & crosses - crosses give an impression something is wrong;
red/amber/green - red gives the impression something is wrong;
Thumbs Up, down and sideways - its not the colosseum in Rome!

Has anyone come up with a colour scheme? or a set of three characters?

Let me take out "bad". 10 items on a list has to be marked as "Very Good", "Good" or "Adequate/not yet developed"


texts: Is it a bad idea to use a svg as a background image for a website file size wise?

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I need to save out some images for a website project at work. These images will span the full background of the site using background-cover. I first thought that svg would be the correct choice but I couldn't get the file size to anything acceptable. It turned out that jpg or png seemed like it was a better bet now because I could compress it down much smaller.

At work I am being told that I should be using svg for this project but from the research I have done I don't see a way to compress down to a reasonable size. Am I missing some technique to get svg to scale much smaller?


texts: How can I redraw this outline to look more uniform?

texts: The outline on this picture is not uniform and I'm not sure how to fix it. I tried using the clone stamp tool but it's pretty hard having to rotate it to fix the outline. (I'm not even sure how to word this properly but I'll try showing it using the picture below):


texts: Exporting images with their layer's effect (Dim) still active

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For a project of mine, I have one layer with an image and I had the layer option for Dim active on it. However, when I export it, the Dim effect is not present on the resultant product.

Is there any way to retain that dim effect through the export?


texts: How to generate wave line patterns in illustrator

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I have tried using the blend tool and the envelope warp tool. but I don't think you are able to make the twisting line pattern line the first one below.

Any suggestions ?


texts: How can I replicate the label of this bottle in Illustrator?

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I'm trying to replicate the label of the water bottle shown here:

I would like to recreate it in Illustrator. I've tried a few different methods with mixed results, none of which are really a match for the ripple style of the label itself. The closest I've come is using offset path to create the radial pattern and putting a calligraphic stroke on the result, but it's still not quite right. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.


texts: Indesign CS5 No longer displaying section markers in Table of Contents

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I'm working on a catalogue which has over time worked it's way up to 36 pages. I placed text boxes with Section Markers on the Master Page spread to use as the header for each page.

I then created a TOC using the paragraph style of the section marker followed by the products header style. That created a perfect TOC as below:

Round Widgets
Blue Round Widget.....1
Orange Widget.........2

Square Widgets
Chrome Square Widget..3
Vandium Square Widget.3

Specialty Widget
Nuclear Powered.......4

Accessories
Widget Fuel...........4

The Creative Director requested some changes to the header which meant that they had to be created manually, which I did by overriding the initial pair of headers on a spread and then copying each to all the following pages. I then created new section markers on the master page and moved them to a new hidden layer.

I updated the style for the TOC, checking the "Include Text on Hidden Layers" option. However, now the section markers no longer appear. I've tried creating a new test file, but again, I can't get section markers to appear in the table of contents.

I've tried using Running Headers, and section markers on the pages themselves, but in those cases I end up with multiple entries in the TOC, like so.

Round Widgets
Blue Round Widget.....1
Round Widgets
Orange Widget.........2

Is there any way to have the section marker appear only once in the TOC?


texts: Export After Effects animation to SVG + CSS?

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Is it possible to export After Effects animations to SVG + CSS? I'm okay with a commercial solution for this.

I know about Bodymovin' and Lottie, but I would like to avoid going down this path, because I believe that native animations with CSS perform much better than what Lottie is able to deliver, since it relies on JavaScript.


texts: Does making pictures with bigger dimensions than actually needed enhance their quality?

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Clarifications

I need the picture for my website, that is, it'll be for online purposes.
I'll be using PNG because I need transparency.

[EDIT]
I need a "JOIN" written on a monochromatic sketch-like picture.

Question

Suppose I need a 300x200 blip-type of image. I can design on an exact 300x200 paper, but if I rather make a 600x400 pixels image and then shorten it, would it be of better quality?

Or, if I make a 300x200 picture, would that be of best-quality for the allotted space?


texts: How to join two overlapping non-end points that belong to two paths?

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Steps to Recreate:

Create a Rectangle without a fill but with a stroke (Empty rectangle)
Select "Smart Guides" & "Snap To Point" from the View Menu.
Select the "Line Segment" tool from the toolbar and draw two diagonal lines joining the opposite points of the Rectangle (Make sure the anchor points get snapped to the pointer)

You will get a similar image.

Now select everything you've drawn, and select "Divide" option in the "Pathfinder" toolbar, in-order to separate the shape into 4 segments.
But now you'll also be getting the following artifacts on the four corners resulting due to the corner anchor points not being joined.

If you now use the "Direct Selection" tool and drag one corner point outwards, you'll see it has been correctly divided into 4 smaller shapes, but I would like the overlapping points to be joined in four corners.

Note: If I try to join them by selecting all the points in 1 corner, it complains about them not being on the same shape, which is also correct since I used "Divide".

Question:

My question is, how to I join these points that are perfectly overlapped, but when they belong to different paths?

Additional Information:
I've already tried the "Average" -> "Join" workaround. Still get the same error.

"To join, you must select two open endpoints. If they are not on the same path, they cannot be on text paths nor inside graphs, and if both of them are grouped, they must be in the same group."


texts: Illustrator and CMYK or RGB mode when using Pantone colors?

texts: Should Illustrator be set to CMYK or RGB mode when using Pantone colors? Thanks in advance!


texts: Fireworks: Export from layers - Include common layer?

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I am versed in exporting all visible layers in Fireworks to separate files. What I would like to is one notch more sophisticated - I'd like to include one or more of these layers in each and every exported layer.

For example, if I had layers like this:

 - Smiley Face
 - Sad Face
 - Shocked Face
 - ...
 - Purple Gradient (<-- common background layer)

I'd like to end up with a set of files that is named for each layer except "Purple Gradient", and I'd like the purple gradient to be visible behind each exported layer.


texts: Is there a better visual than the infamous generic stock photo employee for a human connection?

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We have a strict corporate policy against publishing any photos. In fact one magazine requested a head shot for the cover of their issue and we had to decline that part of our contract.

What are alternatives to employee photos?

Many businesses use the all too famous "generic stock photo" such as:

Or the even more overused, "girl with hands-free telephone" like this:

What visual can be used to substitute these relatively poor images? Something that evokes actual emotion and a human connection.


texts: How to multipy images in batch in Illustrator?

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This is a continuation of this question.

I will have a huge amount of seamless pattern in vector format.

I want to multiply them by 9, so each pattern would occur three times in three rows.

Then I'd like to leave them as AI with 5000x5000 px workspace size, or eventually export to PNG.


texts: Structure of a book. Details about front matter

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This multiple question is maybe a little bit off-topic, but I do think it is slightly related with the topics covered here.

I am preparing a book to be printed (my PhD Thesis, to be more precise), and I want to be sure about the parts to be included in a book —mainly the front matter.

I've just come upon this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_design, where I can see a table with all the different types of front matter. But I still have some doubts.

Should I leave a blank leaf (two blank pages —is that called a flyleaf?) just before everything, when you open the book?
Can the so-called 'half title' page (a first page with only the title) show not only the title but only the subtitle if it is relevant?
Can the 'half title' page show the author's name?
Should I add a blank leaf (two blank pages) between the 'half title' page and the 'title' page (the page that contains all the relevant information: title, subtitle, author, city, publisher, date, etc.)?
The 'title' page will be followed by the 'legal page' (where copyright, ISBN info and things like that are shown), both belonging to the same leaf (I mean, the 'legal stuff page' will be placed on the verso of the 'title' page). Should I add a blank leaf (two blank pages) just after the 'title-legal' leaf?
And about typography... The typography used in the front cover of the book is the corporate one (the one that follows the corporate visual identity rules of my University and so on), which mainly uses Futura Condensed Bold, Futura Condensed, etc., but the main text of the book is typewritten using Palatino. So... Would it be a right solution using Futura Condensed for the 'half title' page and Palatino for the 'title' page? Other suggestions, please?

I will be glad to learn from you. Thank you!


texts: How to Krita - Creating user defined pixel brushes to match Ctrl+Paint

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I am new to Krita and have read through a number of documentations on setting up pixel brushes.  I am trying to match the brush and eraser behavior as shown in this tutorial https://www.ctrlpaint.com/digital-painting-101/brusheraser (shown beginning at 1:00 to 2:30).

I believe I got relatively close to what he terms the hard round brush by setting the diameter to 25, checking anti-aliasing, checking auto and setting spacing to 0.3.  Then unchecking size and shaping the curve for flow to gently rise to a short plateau in the middle and again gently rise to 100% in the top right corner.  I am sure something could be done better and maybe Photoshop's brush engine is sufficiently different that it would be difficult to match, I have my doubts though but I have no experience with Photoshop.  These settings seem to match the hard pressure behavior well but it really doesn't match the behavior at the initial start and a few of the softer edges that occur during the video.

Also I cannot figure out how to match what he terms the soft round brush.  Is it just a matter of getting the curve for a soft mask type just right?

I understand getting them to be perfectly the same is rather unnecessary in order to follow his tutorials.  My posting this question has more to do with my desire to actually know how to go about designing brushes to get the desired results.  Here the goal was to match Ctrl+Paint tutorial brushes and I find I do not know how to reach that goal.  It's a skill that will be important later on I am sure.


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I have a product photo from a client to include in their flyer. I'm trying to get it so that it blends in with the green background (which is a Pantone)

Here you can see how the doc looks in InDesign

I think the greens don't really match too well. However, if I enable Overprint Preview in InDesign, then they match a little better:

Which one do I 'trust' so to speak? Should I focus on getting them to match when Overprint Preview is enabled or disabled?

Also I have just tried setting the image to grayscale and colouring it in InDesign using the Pantone and the colour black... it blends in nicely to the background but looks a little dull?


texts: Any way to either resize objects a long a path/using a brush or use symbols in a halftone effect?

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I'm not exactly sure how to explain this but i'm looking to recreate the effect in the image below.

Is there an easy way to have each object resize individually along a path or using a brush to form a path and create this halftone-ish wave effect or instead of using circles using symbols in a halftone filter/brush.

The only other way I would have to do this is manually.


texts: Changing water levels in a rectangular water tank - inkscape

texts: I am creating a rectangular reservoir and need water levels to be able to change. When I move the water, the objects become distorted and slanted (I have added pictures for reference). This issue is not present when using an isometric view, but I have to use this side angle and can not figure out how to keep the water angle level. Is there a way to solve this and keep the reservoir at the current angle?


texts: How to paint the pixel I'm currently hovering on, not the one underneath it or to the right, with the 1px pencil in Photoshop?

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I'm trying to use Photoshop for some quick pixel art. I have my 1 px grid set up, and am using the 1 px pencil to color in pixels.

However, if the crosshair is even slightly below center of the target pixel, it will instead paint the pixel below it, and the same goes for the right.

To paint a pixel accurately, I need to have the crosshair in the upper-left of the target.

This gif shows what I'm talking about:

Although I understand the reason for this default behavior, it is annoying for what I am trying to do.

Is there a way to change the pixel target area, so clicking the crosshair anywhere in the grid square will paint that grid square?


texts: Pathfinder: Create new object (retain source objects)

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I'm using Pathfinder to create new objects out of existing objects, but I want to keep (one of) the source objects.

Currently I duplicate the source objects by hand before applying Pathfinder. Is there a setting in Pathfinder or another method to avoid the manual duplication step?


texts: What is it called when an image pokes above text/design elements?

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Publications often seem to like to make parts of images poke above text or design elements, either subtly or clearly.

For example, in this Radio Times cover, the top of a woman's head is positioned above the title of the publication.

What name is given to this, and is there a reason for it?


texts: Scale 2 images with different dimensions to the same one dimension

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I have 2 images with quite some different height and width.

I am fairly certain that I cannot have those images being scaled to the same one dimension with stretching or distorting at least one of the images. I am not cutting in either images.

It's seems logical to me that it's not possible, at least if we leave out the cutting part.

Am I right ? :)

Thanks


texts: Photoshop - How to properly apply a Gradient Map to a Brush in a layer?

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I have a this Watercolor brush and painted over a transparent layer

Then I add a Gradient Map to have the desired colors in the Watercolor

But when I try to clipping mask the Gradient Map to the watercolor layer it doesn't get the previous colors, they change

Even if I set a black gackground it doesn't get my desired colors

What I need is get my desired colors without the gradient back there, since it only works when the Gradient Map is applied in general (over all layers)

This is driven me crazy, I've tried a lot of differents combinations of blend modes and no results.

Is there a propper way to achieve this?


texts: How to change the defaults for screen mode in Photoshop?

texts: I am using Photoshop CS5 on Mac. I prefer to use "Full screen mode with menu bar" rather than "Standard screen mode". Is there a way to have Photoshop remember my favorite screen mode settings and use them as defaults?


texts: Image looks 'foggy' when exported as CMYK jpeg from Photoshop

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I'm editing an image for print and I've got it all set up how I want in Photoshop (cs5), but when I go to File > Save as > Jpeg (quality 12, Baseline standard) the colours all seem duller and there seems to be a 'fog' over the image. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it but the image is A2 at 300dpi, any ideas why this is happening and how to prevent it?

I've attached a screenshot of the problem below, on the left is the image in Photoshop, and on the right is the 'foggy' image when exported as a jpeg.

I've also found that if I set the image > mode > RGB (it was CMYK before) the problem goes away.. but I'm printing this on a printer that specifies CMYK.. so I've half solved the problem, any idea how to get this to export correctly in CMYK?


texts: Im new to Illustrator and have found the clipping mask is not so easy compared to Phtoshop. Could any one tell me how i can make this line texture a clipping mask over the circle?


texts: How to save to web with an hyperlink (slice tool) in Photoshop

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I have added an hyperlink to a QR Code in Photoshop CC using the slice tool.

Now I want to save my file in 2 differents formats

As a JPEG to post on social media
As an JPEG in html format to insert on our website

Soooo...since I am new in doing all of this, I really need some help here.
I have to make this illustration available tomorrow morning the latest and have spend so many hours trying and researching the web for answers and how to.

Can someone help me in the step by step to do that.
Every time I try, it either creates multiples files that are "pieces" of my original illustration or when I try in html format and I try to load the page afterwards by clicking on the saved *.html file, it doesn't load the image !

Thanks for you help !


texts: How to create simple lines with line tool in photoshop?

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I m not very good with photoshop but I m trying to create a very simple shape with line tool, but cannot do it.

I m using line tool to draw this and line tool works perfect when I draw lines vertically or horizontally, however when I try to draw something in some other direction it becomes blurry.

And this is my photoshop settings.

I have checked and unchecked Anti-alias but nothing works

How do draw smooth line? Any Help

Thanks.


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In music, if you like the frequency content of a sound you can run the sound through an advanced equalizer plugin (Fab Filter) to analyze the frequency content of the sound. Once you have that curve you can then apply it to any other sound that you like to adjust frequency content of the new sound to match the frequency content of the original sound. Is there an equivalent working with images in Photoshop? For example, I have this black and white image:
I like the "spectrum" of this image and want to alter the following image to match that profile:

Any thoughts? Thanks.


texts: Is there an easy way (a pattern or plugin) to create urban maps? Inkscape preferred

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This is a tall order, but I thought it might be worth asking.

I'm working on a project where I need to basically fake a large urban map: streets, parks, rivers, etc. Essentially I'd like to wind up with something that looks like Google Maps at one or two stages short of maximum zoom.

I don't really want to spend an infinite number of hours drawing it, however.

Ideally, this would be something that I could generate in SVG, but reasonable resolution bitmaps would be fine too.

Gozzy's Map Generator and Dave's Mapper are kind of what I have in mind, but I need urban, not D&D. Suggestions?


texts: Where can I find non-emoji icons for experiences and emotions?

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To help people make sense of the world, we need to make information crystal clear. Well-placed icons can reinforce meaning and draw the eye quickly to the relevant section on a page. I need to communicate experiences and emotions. Here are some examples:

Emotions

Need
Curiosity
Desire to change the world
Gratitude
Motivation
Personal satisfaction

Experiences

Public recognition/accolade
Interviewing someone
Being under-resourced
Helping people
Drawing
Taking a photograph
Empathizing/listening

These are difficult concepts to illustrate, and emojis have done the job remarkably well. However, for my business audience, this not the direction I want to go. Ideally, I'd like to find a beautiful library of flat, similar-style icons that are all free. Realistically, though... Let's just say I'm open to whatever the community has to offer.


texts: Golden ratio, with or without padding/margin?

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Lets say I have 1000 px wide 2 column layout with 100 px gutter space (margin) and 50px on the left and right..
How do I apply the golden ratio to this layout?

Method One

c1+c2=800px;
c1/c2=1.618;
=>c1= 495px and c2= 305px

50px, column 1 (495px), 100px, column 2 (305px), 50px

Method two
calculate the column widths ignoring the margins.

c1+c2=1000px
c1/c2=1.618

=>c1= 618px c2=392px

effective column width after adding the margins/paddings

c1=618px -100px = 518px
c2=392px -100px = 292px
50px, column 1 (51), 100px, column 2 (305px), 50px

% difference in two methods 518-495/518= 4%

The 4% difference would not make any any difference, but the % difference will be more when dealing with narrow layouts.

Can someone please suggest which method is better. Please include the links and ref supporting your answer.


texts: Add anchor point at x points along length of curved path from starting anchor point in Illustrator

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Has anyone written an Illustrator script that will add an anchor point along the length of a curved path composed of multiple segments at x points from a specified anchor point?
Also, does anyone have a link to Hiroyuki Sato’s “break dashes” script?  I wasn’t able to find it on GitHub.
I’m wondering if it might be possible to modify this script to add an anchor point that divides a multi-segment curved path into two specified unequal lengths.
I’m using Illustrator CS6.
Thanks.


texts: Fonts vary (eg, dramatic kerning) between being loaded from typekit.com and local CC sync

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I'm not sure if this is a question or a bug. I noticed that when loading the font "Futura PT" in as a webfont from typekit, the kerning was completely off in places, most noticeably with the letter pair 'AY' when capitalised. When changing this from the web version (futura-pt) to the version I've locally synced through Creative Cloud and thus being loaded from my local system (futura pt), the problem went away.

I wrote a tiny little HTML test page to show the discrepancy. The blue text is being loaded from my local cache, the red text is being loaded from the webfont. You can see this being particularly bad with "OX" and "AY". I tried the same thing with another font (Abril Text) and they also didn't line up, but this time it was a line-height issue rather than a kerning one.

What could be the cause of this? Is it an issue from Adobe's end or could I be somehow not loading the Opentype version properly? I'm using the bog-standard method of loading typekit and not doing anything special or weird.

Thanks in advance.


texts: How can I easily move multiple artboards in Illustrator?

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All artboards in my current project are organized according to page and iteration. As I'm adding more and more, I've come to the edge of the workable area in Illustrator.

I'd rather not break my organization system or have to move each artboard one-by-one to shift everything to where there's room.

Is there a way to just grab all boards and move them?

Also, I've tried the "Rearrange Artboards..." dialog, but it messed up my ordering.


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I am a newbie in graphic design although I am a bit familiar with Photoshop. I want to learn how to use InDesign, Corel Draw, Illustrator and other design tools and I need advice on which training options to go for. Would it be better to learn on  my own or to go for a training class which should be very expensive for me considering my budget?

Should I go for paid training or online tutorials and videos?


texts: How do you create a translucent white background for text?

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I am really struggling to create a white translucent background for text on top of an image with GIMP.

Pottery Barn Kids (http://www.potterybarnkids.com/) has one example of what I am trying to achieve, shown below for future reference:

(Note the text along the left side – GIRL ROOMS, BOY ROOMS etc.)

Can anyone point me in the right direction of how to do this?  Thanks!


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I'm doing the layout (first time) for a friends charity magazine, last minute as the usual girl quit just before it was due, so panic time there.

I'd saved the individual pages (as I'd been asked) as individual press quality PDFs - now the printer has asked if I can save again as a pdf but  as either printers spread or
printers pages Apparently that gives it to them as opposite pages ie front/back cover, second page, second last page, etc. I've never come across this before (I'm not usually involved in this type of thing so it's a big learning curve here.)
I've been looking around the help files but can't see the answer - Can someone here show me the way?

I'm on a Mac with Web Design Premium CS6.
Pages were laid out in InDesign with photos etc in Photoshop or Illustrator.


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I want the sides of this SVG image trimmed:

I tried opening it with Inkscape, selecting the region I want with the Rectangle tool and then Object → Clip → Set. But nothing happens.


texts: How to renumber static numbers in InDesign CS6

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I have a series of static numbers in my InDesign CS6 document (e.g. 256, 257, 258, 259...).

All numbers have a given character style (i.e. Footnote).

I would like to find the numbers and renumber them starting from 1.

The result should be instead of 256, 257, 258... I get 1, 2, 3... until the end of the story/document/selection

The best help I could find online is here which is a response about using a variable in find and replace. However, I am afraid I am not a coder so I couldn't make much sense of the answer myself.

I have seen Peter Kahrel's Price adjuster but it is not quite what I need.

Lastly, there is an InDesignSecrets explanation of Sequential Numbering Inside Paragraphs which would be good if the footnotes could be added automatically e.g. through a replace. To my knowledge there is no GREP code for footnote which can be used in the change box.

Thank you,


texts: Photoshop, how to save a rectangle I select to PNG without creating a new file?

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I have a graphics artist deliver a PSD file with a lot of images in one. Each layer is a PSB file. I need to cut rectangular images from the large list and save in PNG format.

Is there a way for me to cut a rectangle out of a very large photoshop file and save it without pasting contents into a new document?


texts: What is a free and simple program to create basic text animation?

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What I'm looking for is just to have a black background and a word on top of it in white. then break the word to 2 parts, make one part disappear with a fade effect.. some of the free/open source programs don't even have a text tool so it's a must for me.. I've tried Pencil2D, Tupi, Synfig. out of all these Synfig is the closest to what I need but working in it is not fluid. I had a hard time dealing with the text and the animation timeline.

If anyone knows a good program for that I'll be happy to know..
it has to be:
1. Free
2. Have a timeline
3. Have a text tool.
4. Export as video.

Thank you very much! :)


texts: How is completely matte printing achieved?

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I'm working on a colourful publication. Each page has a different coloured design all over it, covering it completely. I want it to be completely matte, but I'm not sure how to achieve that. Here is an example of the look I'm trying to get:

However, in my experience, offset printing always ends up being shiny. Am I right that it is impossible to achieve this through offset printing? How can I achieve the look I'm going for?


texts: Change length(width) of sloping object in illustrator

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How I can change a length(width) of sloping object in illustrator? For example, there is an image which tell about my problem

How can I change more fast (and more correctly) positions of points from red circles to green circles?

I know a one approach when I make a path on the part of shape. Then I convert it to guide and then change positions of points, but with this approach I can't control a slope between this points. But I think this approach is very difficult and there is more simple approach.

Any suggestions?


texts: Convert Illustrator Shadow or Glow to Halftone Dots

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Using vector imagery (Illustrator), I'd like to convert an object's outer-glow or drop-shadow into halftone dots using Effects > Pixelate > Color Halftone. However, running this on a path, shape, text, or compound path with a drop shadow will (correctly) apply that effect to the main shape, not the effect.
Can I separate out the shadow/glow as a new layer that I can apply the effect on? Or is there another workaround?
I'd like the halftone dots to take the general shape of the text otherwise I'd just create a block and place it behind.


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What is the best way to receive payment for one off design work?

I have been asked to do some design work for a company logo for my family friend's big business. It is my first proper design work which involves designing for someone outside friends and family.

I was wondering what payment method would be best to use in the UK and won't look completely unprofessional? Should I create a personal paypal and receive payment through that or is it ok to just send bank details and ask them to pay into my account?

I would like to tell them my preferred payment methods alongside my design mockup files so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!


texts: How do I know I'm buying a font from its real owner?

texts: I would like to properly license a Helvetica Neue font to use on a website. However, I can't figure out who owns the font, or who to buy it from, and whether the people selling the font online are its legit owners. Does anyone know how this font is sold (is it legally being sold by multiple vendors?) and who to buy it from?


texts: How to set or change export area in Illustrator?

texts: I got from designer an Illsutrator file, and it is well setup, I can aoutomatically export to 1024x1024 from each logo type, but I also need a different size. I see in the file a square, I think this determines the export area, how can I change it? :)