texts: Inkscape: Stroke to path on clipped object

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Draw a circle with a wide stroke.
Draw a rectangle covering half.
Mark both.
Object > Clip > Set

How do I make convert the wide stroke of the resulting half circle to a path similar to: convert stroke to path

I have tried:

Mark clipped object
Path > Stroke to Path

But no result.

The circle serves as example. The goal is to be able to do this for any clipped object with wide strokes - not just circles.


texts: Illustrator: Stop drop shadows appearing on artboard

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I'm looking remove the shadows shown in the below diagram so that the shadow only appears on the line it's over and not the background artboard.

My fix for 'removing' the shadow from the diagram

Shadow displaying on artboard instead of just on the line:

My fix for 'removing' the shadow from the diagram:

I've looked around a bit for answers, and one solution was talking about putting effects on different layers, but I don't think such a solution will work for this problem. I've also tried to use the eraser to, but that doesn't seem to work on shadows (maybe it doesn't work on any effects).

This isn't a massive issue, but it would be nice to have a neater solution than what I've currently got, so any suggestions would be gratefully received :)


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I have a PDF file I need to cut some parts out of for a presentation. I tried doing this with GIMP and saving the result as a PDF.

However when I zoom in on the result, the quality is bad, even though the file format is correct, the output doesn't have the quality I expect from a PDF.

At the moment my solution is the following: when I import the pdf file in GIMP I set a very high quality, but I don't like this solution. It seems "naive" to me. I hope that you understand my question, I can't explain myself very well in this context.

*I am not an expert of graphics, I don't know the right terminology but what I mean here is that when you zoom in on a PDF file the quality is preserved. You can zoom it how much as you want and this is the thing that I want to preserve.


texts: Designing a roll up banner in Illustrator, how do I determine font size?

texts: Banner will be 32x79in. I am using adobe Illustrator (for the first time) to design this. I heard to cut down the document size, but still be accurate scale, put a . in between. So 3.2x7.9. Now, I am trying to determine which font size to use for title and subheadings. Any help is very appreciated!


texts: Client's editor wants to work directly on my InDesign files

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I design books on a 'for hire' basis i.e. I provide the client with the indd and image link files at the end of the project (once the book has been printed and there are no further revisions to be made).

They have a new editor, who wants to make changes directly in my (unfinished) indd file; obviously, I have refused and said I prefer the usual marked-up PDF which is industry-standard. Hopefully I was clear enough that they will pass that on to the editor.

Has anyone else come up against this sort of thing, and how do you explain to your client – politely and without giving away your workflow – that it's not a good thing for an editor to rummage through a source file willy-nilly, changing what they wish, without any regard for what the designer might have to do to either fix anything they broke, or even find what was changed in the first place?


texts: How to export a design with transparency in CMYK?

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I made a design in a document with CMYK color mode and exported it to PNG with transparency to send to an online service that prints it on goodies (mugs and hats on Vistaprint, if that helps).

The PNG file is in RGB color space. I prefer transparency and PNG as I don't know if their service has specialty white ink. I suspect that the conversion from a CMYK document to an RGB file and back to CMYK on print will change the colors.

I am using Adobe Illustrator CS5, mac OS Mojave 10.14.6 (yes, really, I made it work). The color settings in Edit > Color settings for CMYK are U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 and Edit > Assign profile shows the same profile ticked: Working CMYK: U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2.

When I export the artboards to PNG, I see no options of a color profile in either dialog:

How can I export designs in CMYK color mode with transparency to minimize color mismatch during printing?


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I made a logo by taking a screenshot and saving it as a .PNG file.  The edges on the logo are not as smooth as, say, the Google logo on Google.com.

How can I make the edges smooth?


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As an offshoot of this interesting question, "Wire" (one dimensional) font, I'd like to ask, when does a Font become a Font?

What are the minimum requirements to call something a font? Can it exist without thickness? What about depth?

In Illustrator if I type the letter "A" it is certainly a font.

Is it still a font if I expand it to be a path?
Is it still a font if I expand it to be a path with no stroke or fill?
If I draw a shape that resembles the letter "A" only using the pen tool (no type tool) then is that A a font?


texts: Is it possible to make hexagon of width=1 in Illustrator?

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Here is what I got:

https://youtu.be/UwT-FbgqekI

Illustrator disobeys making hexagon of precise size.


texts: Difference betwen coated and uncoated formula guides for use on consumer products?

texts: We are looking for colors to be used on portable air conditioners. What is the difference between coated an uncoated formula guide as we choose a color for our product.


texts: How can I automate Apply Master and Start Section selections?

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One step in the workflow of editing a 300-page multi-chapter book in Adobe InDesign CC that I don’t enjoy is the tedious and error-prone manual process of assigning a distinct Master Page (one with a different running header, to implement Chicago Manual of Style §1.16) and setting Start Section (to restart footnote numbering, to implement Chicago Manual of Style §2.22) to some of my pages.

I have five page masters: front matter without folio, normal front matter, end matter, regular pages, and chapter titles. I can assign the front and end matter masters easily enough by hand. Most of the remaining pages will have the regular master style, but I want to do these things:

assign the Chapter Title master page, and
set Start Section

for each page that either

contains a “Chapter Title” paragraph style element, or
is a blank page preceding a page containing a “Chapter Title” style element.

Whenever I add or delete a page, I have to riffle manually through my 300-page book again, clicking several times per page for several pages.

Is this the kind of thing that I should be able to automate in InDesign CC?


texts: Which colors to use besides black & white for colorblind users?

texts: Let's assume we cannot use shapes, textures, or anything else to visually differentiate two elements. We must rely on colors. Which colors, besides black and white, are best to use? We only need to differentiate between two elements.


texts: Cut a square in half to produce line corners

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Is it possible to cut a square in half without it forming triangles?

I want a to dissect a square into "4 corners" and I find the line tool is inaccurate.

Here is the effect I was trying to achieve:

I wanted to cut a square out of another square to create corners like this, but the corners were closing paths and making triangles instead of 1 corner:


texts: Why can't subtract complex form in Affinity Designer

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In the attached picture, #1 is a complex object (made with 24 shapes, converted to curves, joined or added together) and the #2 is a simple circle shaped object also converted to curve.

No. 2 is at bottom, No. 1 is at top. When I want to subtract #1 from #2, both the objects disappear. Why is that happening?


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I'm making an icon for an Android app I'm developing. Android comes with icons for a lot of things, but I had to make my own to symbolize vibration being off. I'm using the same color, and when I look at them side by side on my computer they look the same. When I look at them on the phone, though, my icon looks more washed out. Is there a technical reason for this, or is it a psychological thing, and what can I do to make them look the same? Does it have to do with the transparency, and if it does, how can I figure out the right value?

Here's a screenshot of them on the phone. They're next to eachother and towards the bottom of the screen:


texts: Correcting monitor colors for CYMK printing?

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Looking for some help with what i think is a monitor calibration issue.

My monitor is a Eizo EV2336W, system is windows 7, using adobe products (PS, etc), also have a datacolor sypder. Within color management (windows) i have the ICC profile for the monitor, the Adobe RGB profile, and the profile calibrated by the Spyder. I'm mostly doing small print jobs in CYMK either digitally printed, or offset printed.

Irrespective of which profile i use; I'm ending up with to much magenta when printing compared to what i'm seeing on my monitor. For example; when picking a color that looks cobalt blue on my screen, when printing it will end up much more purple. Even a color that appears grey on the monitor will print with a red tint.

If i inspect the CYMK values, I can see that i'm ending up with to much in the M channel, but this is always being caused by what i think is the monitor configuration reducing the amount of red channel it is displaying.

I've tried endless settings between the monitor and color profiles in windows, and i can't seem to figure out how to correct it. If i increase the amount of red in the monitor it doesn't translate very well to correct for CMYK printing.

In the end, a CMYK value of (0,0,0,10) and (8,6,6,0) appear exactly the same, but print quite differently.


texts: Critique: Typography combination for heading and subheading

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I'm designing a one page website and trying different typography combinations for the headings and subheadings. I eventually chose what you see below.

I'm using Open Sans for the heading

and Lato Light for the subheading

I chose those fonts because they have similar proportions.

Could you please share your thoughts on the combination?


texts: How to prepare brochure using 72 dpi raster images for offset print?

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I'm new in design & printing profession.

Please give your valuable suggestions on preparing a brochure for printing in an off-set printing press.

1) The brochure will contain around 20 pictures and the most problematic issue is - I have to use 20 jpeg's (raster image) collected from different websites. Average pixel sizes 1200x1000 pixels and 72 dpi resolution.

2) The jpeg's are of different sizes (dimensions) but I have to place the jpeg's in an specific size ( height: 1.7 inch and width: 2 inch ) in my brochure. All images of the brochure will be same size.

There is no other way to get better images and I have to extract the best output from these available resources (jpeg's).

Please give your valuable suggestion on how should I proceed to get best possible printed brochure from off-set press by using Illustrator.


texts: Why do things show up on the wrong page in scribus? Is this bad?

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I'm used to blender stack exchange so tell me if I'm doing anything wrong.

I have a two-fold spread for a yearbook I'm making. My template page looks like this image:

But when I add a new page and import page one from that file it looks like this image:

It appears that some items are assigned to the wrong page somehow even though I had the right page selected when I created the items. I have three small questions about this:

Why does this happen?
Can I fix it?
Will it print correctly if I can't fix it?

I have researched this problem but haven't gotten any results.

Thanks in advance.

Update: Here is the file on google drive:

Google Drive Link

I'm sure you guys already know, but you have to download the entire 'CPYearbookTemplate' folder that has all the files inside it.


texts: Exporting .pdf from Illustrator causes black to look green when printed

texts: It appears when I am making something in Illustrator to send to the printer that is vector artwork but includes a raster image, any vector artwork that is black has a green tint to it when printed. I have tried playing with the appearance of black and trying full CMYK black vs. registration black and it never comes out right. When I print something that is vector artwork alone it comes out true black.


texts: Illustrator: Rotate multiple objects to one point

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I'm wondering if there is a way to rotate multiple objects to one point in Illustrator. I already know about blending and Transform Each.

Thank you!


texts: How much should be the bleed/trim area for a 1.5 x 1 meters Design

texts: What is the safest bleed area size should I keep for the design of 1.5x1 meters in Photoshop


texts: Inkscape - Aligning imported image to axonometric grid

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I am building a map of our outdoor retail store and am using a screenshot from Google Maps satellite view as a guide. I want this map to be isometric/axonometric and have set my grid up with a 26.5 degree angle on both the X and Y.
Since it is difficult to align a view in Google Maps to exactly a 26.5 degree angle, I would rather align this guide image in Inkscape; however, I can't figure out how to get it lined up at a reasonably precise position.
How can I align/transform the image on the right so that it matches the green object on the left?


texts: In Krita, using the Rectangular Selection Tool how can I delete and get transparency?

texts: I am trying to figure out how I can make a selection, delete the contents within the selection and get transparency. Right now when I make the selection and press Delete I get the area filled with a white background which is not what I want. FYI, I have Krita configured with Background 'As first layer' and not 'As canvas color'.


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Please and thank you!
I'm attempting to match this script embroidery font????


texts: What to do if a client likes your borrowed placeholder icons?

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I am working on a school research about copyrights and I need to hear some opinions about how to handle this case:

You have been commissioned to design a new website. It has taken you a long time to come up with fresh creative ideas, but you still have to design an icon set for the home page, about, contact, site map and search sections. You decide to “borrow” a set of icons from another online website. You copy them to the desktop and paste them onto your sample pages. At the presentation next morning, your client loves your design, especially the icons.

Do you tell him you just included them because you ran out of time?

How to ask the real designer for permission to use them?


texts: How can I reset the path to the result appearance of an object distorted with effects?

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I have a simple rectangle with a couple effects: distort, rounded corners.

I'd now like to add some anchor points and adjust the path of this object. How can I get the path to wrap around the rounded, distorted rectangle instead of the original box?


texts: Exporting a GIF animation in Photoshop - how do I make it more vibrant?

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I'm trying to export a short, 6 second GIF in Photoshop. It looks great on the canvas, but very washed out after the export. I know the GIF format has a maximum of 256 colors (and I select that) but is there a way to make it select 256 better colors? As is, it does a poor job.

Image (oddly enough it seemed to distort the colors as a still image as well, here's a screenshot):

GIF:


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I've recently started scripting in Illustrator and having a little problem. When creating a document through File tab, (File->New, Print, Letter) the created document is positioned at (0,0) and the view is focused on the document.

But if I create a document using JS, for example app.documents.add();, the created document isn't positioned at (0,0), but at (0,-792). I reposition the artboard and move it to (0,0) with app.activeDocument.artboards[0].artboardRect = [0, 0, 612, -792];. This moves the artboard below, out of the view. I need to scroll down to get the artboard into view.

Is there a way to focus the view on the artboard using JS? Maybe call the "Fit All in Window" command?

If there isn't a quick fix, I'll have to do this the hard way, code it myself.


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Is there an industry term for a ribbon wrapping the corner of a design element?  I'm going to be referring to this a lot in the near future, and it would be great if I could call it something more intelligent than "The corner ribbon thingy"

One example of what I'm talking about is on the site: http://www.brasseriegerard.co.uk/
The right-hand div has three elements which it rotates through.  The first element has a red 'New' ribbon wrapping the corner of it.

Thank you!


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I'm new here. I was wondering if is there a way to separate the six elements from this layer 1 into six different layers like the image below in a single step.

For now I'm using the lasso tools and then ctrl+shift+J to cut the selection in a new layer, this steps for every element.

TKS a lot.


texts: why have odd numbers of logical pixels in an inch, such as ppi of 96?

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I was just looking up the definition of pixel coordinates for the flutter framework. You specify sizes in logical pixels. There are 96 logical pixels in an inch, which translates to roughly 38 pixels per cm.

This seems like a very odd number. I mean, using inches as unit of length is already slightly strange to a European, but since the framework is developed by an American company, that makes sense at least. But still: Why not have 100 logical pixels per inch? That would make all conversions so much easier.

I looked this up and the official term is Device Independent Pixel. Windows has been using 96 pixels per inch as well (now this is exposed as a scaling setting), while Android is based on 160 pixels per inch. iOS expects you to specify sizes in UIKit pixels, where the conversion to actual physical lengths depends on the specific device. They can probably get away with it because iOS runs on a limited number of devices, but it does look confusing already.

What is the reason behind this?
Is it historical, based on some typesetting conventions, or does it have advantages when you calculate the layout of your design?

Maybe this number was chosen because 96 = 3 * 2^5.
So it's close to 100, divisible by 3 and the other divisors are 2. That seems useful.


texts: Online tool without login to create animated GIF

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This request is addressed to all users in order to create animated gifs that can be placed on one of the stackexchange sites (I use a lot of TeX.SE.) when I would like to better explain a question or an answer.

For example, to be able to document that my pdf is not compilable, I would like to register with an online tool to convert it as a .gif (a short animate image of 10 sec (max)), without having a software or add-ons or other installed on my computer.


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I'm wondering what kind of dev environment and tools are reasonable for web designers? We've hired someone who is familiar with css and html but not really git, github, the command line. This is someone who more designs with photoshop and does css/html work.

Is it reasonable to assume that designers should know how to use git nowadays? We could obviously train this person, but I'm wondering if we should train them.

I'm wondering how the workflow would operate if we didn't get this person using git.

Say, they would sftp to a remote server where they would work and then when they're ready, another person could do the git stuff?

What do you guys do?


texts: What's a software that I can use to design UI's with my team?

texts: I want my team to be able to see my PSD and be able to edit it. Kinda like how code works on git-hub but for photoshop or UI design. I make a design, save it and my team member can get the latest version and it wont affect his or hers. I have seen wake.com but am on windows. Any suggestion


texts: Animating anchor points in Flash CS5 - Shape goes mad!

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I'm having problems creating a very simple shape animation in Flash CS5.

I have 20 frames, 3 keyframes (at 1, 10 and 20).

The following screenshots are from Flash, with onion skin turned on for all 20 frames.
(Had to pud link to the images since I can't embed them)

When I move a single anchor point, sometimes it's OK, like this:

But if I move the point a little futher, the whole shape morphs into something I never created, like this:

In both cases, I only moved the same single anchor point - the point of the upper spike.

Is there a way of telling Flash that I only want the movement I made and no random morphing ?


texts: Different wording with mouse over when tagging URLs

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I'm producing an accessible PDF in InDesign and need the mouse over wording of URLs to read more descriptive than just the URL address.

Can this be done InDesign or is it a post-production process in Acrobat?


texts: Override position of image in symbol (Sketch app)

texts: I have a common use case in Sketch where I'm designing a block with profile content, including an image. The block is a symbol and the image is a nested symbol inside this, with a circular mask. My problem is that when overriding the image in new instances of the main symbol, I cannot control the positioning of the image, so unless the head of the person in the new image is in exactly the same place as in the original, it will be off. Is there a way to override the position of the image?


texts: Heyo - I saved a logo on illustrator as PDF and it looks normal when I view it on both a mobile phone and a laptop. When I save it as a PNG and view it on a laptop it looks fine but when I view it on my phone, it looks really pixelated/liney. Any help would be much appreciated]1


texts: How can I create a shape made up of dried herbs & spices?

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I am trying to create a shape out of dried herbs & spices (like oregano), and I want the texture to look similar to this image:

I tried looking for dried herbs brushes and actions but can't find any.

Any ideas or suggestions of how to approach this? I want the final effect to have a very realistic effect (with all the little tiny pieces around the shape). So I want it to look like the shape was created in real life from actual spices.


texts: GIMP: select a border in layer A and fill it in layer B

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I would like to separate the fill from the shape.

So, I would like to select the shape (the border of a selection) in layer A, and fill this selection with color in another layer B.

Is it possible without duplicate the layer?

Thanks in advance,

Andrea


texts: What would happen if I made something - CMYK 100

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It would literally be:

  C: 100
  M: 100
  Y: 100
  K: 100

  For a total of 400% color

I know you're never supposed to go over 300... but

How would this affect:

The way it looks on my screen.
The way it gets printed.

(just for fun)

If I went down to the hardware store and told them I wanted that code made into a paint and then painted my walls with it, what would that be like (would it be an extremely black room - maybe get something close to Vantablack, or would it just look like a regular black wall etc.)


texts: Illustrator blend with different blending modes issue

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I have a star with 2 layers se to Normal and one set to Overlay

the layer in Overlay is a white/black gradient with black set to 0 opacity

Now, the issue appears when I blend two stars together, where I get this result

The Overlay layers still keep their blending mode without giving the same result as the original object

Why is that? Is there a solution to get a blend with object that look like the non-blended ones?

Edit:
I tried to flatten the transparency using this settings

But what I get after blending again the objects is this


texts: Using Photoshop Effects in Illustrator CS6

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I am well versed with Photoshop and how it works. But recently, I decided to make a poster for my home and for that I'll have to use Illustrator so I need some help from you guys along the way.

Illustrator CS6 has some Photoshop effects included by default in its filters.  After applying a "Photoshop" effect (in this case, the cutout artistic effect), will the output be vector because it was made in Illustrator?  If not, then how can I go ahead and make it vector?


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Suppose I have a grayscale image and I want to translate the image into a black and white image (bw-image) in the following way:

white color = no black dots in the bw-image
...in between....
black color = very high black dot density

Is that understandable? Is there a program, preferably open-source, that is able to achieve this task?

Thanks!


texts: How to keep an image sharp when Downsizing and Saving for Web & Devices in Illustrator

texts: I am saving my image for a website and downsizing it by 100 px. When I decrease the size just a bit it looses its sharpness. How can I maintain that?


texts: Illustrator: how to colour segments of a circle with different colours?

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My goal is to learn this kind of graphs that represent articulation points / biconnected components

and now I am trying to learn it

but every time I try to colour a half circle it colours the whole circle.

So how can I colour segments of circle like the above?


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After a long research process I couldn't find a way to write a text into a number. Writing them all one by one takes too long and any other way used to fill shapes with texts didn't work.

I would be grateful if someone could guide me using Inkscape. -  Or Gimp maybe.
I'm trying to fill in 17 with student names.


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Currently I am struggling a bit with how to show a lot of data properly and user friendly on a mobile device.

On a website its easy to implement a table. You can show for example 7 columns. But having a table with 7 columns on a mobile device is not really user friendly. The data in the grid will have to wrap the words in order to show 7 columns next to each other.

So what is a recommended way to show data on a mobile device which you usually shows in a table on larger screens?
Do I need to use tables or are there much better approaches to show a lot of data.

for example split up in multiple screens?
expandable containers?
??

Can you give me some references where to look at actual designs
Do I need to take into account different designs due to I am working on Android, Windows Phone and iPhone?


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I have a circular image that I want to print over a cone. That is, over a circle with a wedge cut out, and then assembled into a cone.

However, if I just print my image and then cut the wedge, not only that part will be removed, but also the proportions will be messed up, and straight lines become curved.

I would like to do some processing to my image so when printed and assembled, the image will look as designed, when looked straight from the front (the tip of the cone pointing at the observer). Optimally, the processing should wrap the image in the wedge so I can have some freedom when assembling the cone.

Are there any tools that do this for me? or any processing I can do to achieve this effect?

I actually want to do this over a shallow cone (the wedge cut goes around some 5 degrees), but knowing a general solution for sharper cones would be optimal.

(I have no idea how to tag this, so please feel free to retag this question)


texts: jpeg colours not displaying correctly in Chrome, FF and Safari

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We seem to be experiencing issues with some of our jpeg product images displaying colours differently across different browsers. (When wrong, they look as if their hues have been shifted and vibrancy has been turned up)

IE11 looks to be showing the correct colours we'd expect, but FF, Chrome and in some instances Safari (iPhone5s and iPad2) are showing the weird versions of our colours?

NOTE: Left image is Internet Explorer 11   - Right image is Google Chrome 49.0.2623.110 m (But also FF + Safari on iPad + iPhone shows similar colours as this)


texts: Can anyone help me with this? How should I get brushes for photoshop that replicate smears of beauty cream? (ageing creme, etc for product shots)


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Please correct me if I'm misunderstanding anything here -

I think I understand that a hex value of #AE0000 is meaningless without knowing what colour space it refers to.

If I write that in CSS as a background colour, and view it in a browser what colour space will it refer to?

Will it refer to my monitor's colour space? Will it use the sRGB colour space?


texts: Why don’t catchword fonts include indefinite articles?

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I’m currently browsing through a plethora of catchword fonts1, trying to find a good fit for the title on a book cover.

Most of these catchword fonts contain many of the same words—some only in English, some also in other languages—but as far as I can tell so far, there is one thing that they all, with only one exception so far, have in common: no indefinite articles.

All of them contain the definite article the (as well as le/la/les if they include French, der/die/das/dem/den if they include German, etc.), but only a single one contains a or an (or its equivalent in other languages).

Though there’s much overlap, there’s also a fair bit of variation in which words are included, so it seems like more than just pure coincidence that this particular word—the fifth- or sixth-most common word in the language—should be completely absent from pretty much all catchword fonts. In the type of situation where you’d want to use a stylised catchword to write the or of, it seems highly probably that you would want to do the same with a(n).

Is there some specific reason that I just cannot grasp for omitting a(n) in particular from catchword fonts?

1 Fonts which have special, predesigned glyphs that represent common short words like ‘the’, ‘for’, ‘of’, etc., usually with some kind of visual border or similar effects, especially made for use in logos, titles, and such things.


texts: Does anyone know if there's a way to have Illustrator CC (2014) constrain control points to the pixel grid? I understand that "Align to pixel grid" makes it so that a shape will try to match the pixel grid, but the actual control points don't line up to said grid... The image I've attached illustrates my problem.


texts: Why's my PDF Missing Color space, after I executed Preflight profile "Convert All Spots to CMYK"?

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Please see the screenshot 2 beneath, after my failed attempt to fulfill Step 3:

  Search for Convert All Spots to CMYK and run Fix. Now all colors in your document are CMYK.

As advised by the answerer, I had to create this fixup, as my Adobe Acrobat DC Pro lacked it.


texts: Can someone help me identify the following font please? Finding it a bit tricky with the free website recognition systems out there because it is a type of scripting


texts: How to snap 3 circle together in inkscape?

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I'm trying to make 3 circles of different sizes snapped together, but looks like Inskscape does not offer an easy way to do that.
Here is an image to explain the idea about I want to do:


texts: Photoshop - Batch rotate layer and export

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I am trying to rotate the arrow in the picture above 72 times (every 5 degrees).

I have tried creating an action set that rotates the arrow and then saves it each time, but this just overwrites the previous file so that isn't an option.

I have also tried creating an action set that duplicates the arrow layer, rotates the arrow layer and then makes a layer comp. The problem with this is that I have this end result (stopped after about 15 iterations):

Would anyone please be so kind to tell me the best way to automate this rotation process? I've been trying to come up with something all morning with no luck.

P.S. No, I can't use programming to rotate the marker, that isn't an option.


texts: How to evaluate the quality of a font before deciding whether to purchase it for commercial purposes?

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How can a newbie to graphic design like myself evaluate a the technical design of a font before paying for it?

I am unsure as to what things I need to consider and how I can test them without buying it first.

What technical aspects of a font should I check out to gauge whether it's of a high enough quality to be used for commercial purposes?


texts: How can I adjust or replace many colours in an image with a new swatch of colours, without causing ugly edges?

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I'm having difficulty replacing the colors in an existing image with colors from a new swatch of colors. I've tried the following :

Magic wand and fill
Color replacement tool
Image -> Adjustments -> Replace color

The latter just wouldn't let me select the color I wanted to replace with I had to fiddle with hue/saturation/lightness. I have about 100 of these images to change to using a different swatch so I need a quick method.

Here's an example image I need to change the colors for:

Here's the new swatch showing which colors should go where:

This is the best result I can get:

Awful. If anybody can forgive my poor Photoshop skills and show me a good way to do this I'd be very grateful thanks.

How can I replace multiple colours in an image with a new swatch of colours, in a systematic way that I can repeat for a batch of ~100 more images?

UPDATE: Here's my compromise using simple hue/saturation adjustments


texts: How to create filters in Photoshop and export for iOS/Android?

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What is the design process for creating camera filters in Photoshop (like in Instagram for example), and then exporting them for use on a iOS/Android app?

I can use Curves to create an adjustment layer, and export the .acv for the developers to use on IOS. But I want to know if there is another way, or a more "correct" way to create the Instagram like filters.

There are so many apps using filters of different natures, so there must be a way for a designer to create and calibrate things and then give those values or .acv's to the developers.


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Is it possible to create this simple 3D effect in Inkscape?

I tried all the various shadow and glow filters and extensions, but nothing gives the desired result.


texts: How to make borders that look like clouds?

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I have Gimp and Photoshop, so any of the two could be useful to me.

I have an image, I would like to use it to create a cloud pattern that uses the borders of the image, this is, an image of clouds that to some extent have the original shapes of the borders in the original image.

AFAIK clouds can be rendered in both, Gimp and Photoshop, but those are random clouds, not based on an image, which is what I want to do.

I do also have pictures of clouds in case that helps.


texts: Technique to Extend the Pattern in an Image

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I have read about techniques such as "Spot Healing", "Content Aware Fill-In" and "Reconstruct" that are able to regenerate parts of an image based on the patterns in the rest of the image.

How could I apply them to extend an image while filling the extended portion with a pattern that exists in an image?

Specifically, I have a bit more complicated problem than simply extending the texture. The picture below shows wavy flowing hair. I realize it might not be possible to precisely extend them, but what's the best bet to at least get a blurred version so that if I blur some of the image it looks like a realistic extension?

Are there techniques specifically for hair that could apply?

I am a really bad artist so drawing it will be a challenge. But I could definitely draw some wavy black/single-color lines if that helps the software reconstruct them.

Here is the example image also embedded below. (created by by PrincessElemmiriel on deviantart)

I thought of copying the left part of the image, flipping it horizontally, pasting it back (it would be aligned) and then fade out the top and bottom.

Are there better alternatives? I have Gimp but I would be interested in whatever tool you could suggest.


texts: Cut one big horizontal artwork to multiple different artwork in illustrator

texts: I am new on Behance and the design community. I designed my final image to upload on Behance in one artwork horizontally stretching, now I want to save this artwork file to multiple images and I don't know how to cut it to multiple other artwork to save/export each artwork into different images.


texts: Resizing a square image to a rectangle with a fixed aspect ratio

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I have a very large batch of images that I need to resize. I am new to Photoshop (have used Elements for years) and I am unsure how to do this.  Basically, all the images are currently 2000 x 2000. They are product silhouettes so the item is in the middle, surrounded by white space. I need to resize them to 1768 x 2160 and keep an aspect ratio of 140 x 171.

Is there any way to do this. If so, step by step directions would be amazing! I don't want to make any errors.


texts: How to create the round/rectangle dialog on GIMP or Photoshop?

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How do you design that bubble?:

I tried to use a rectangle and a rounded shape but didn't work out nicely. Would be really nice if someone can point out (or if this kind of shape already exist!).


texts: Fix gap between path and shapes in Illustrator

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I'm working on a cloud image and have created triangles using a template. After the cut and coloring, there are gaps between the triangles. It' about 1 px thick, more prominent when exported to Photoshop:

Is there a quick fix for this?

Edit:

After adding a blue background and saving as a jpeg, the lines become even more visible. Note that I mean the tiny dark blue lines in the background, not the overlay/connection lines. Just curious as to whether there is a way to "expand" these paths.


texts: Is there a balance of colours between the heart symbol and the brand name in this logo?

texts: I would like to know whether this logo is balanced between the name of the brand and the symbol? The decision was to divide the word Sixtynine with the pink colour, and now I am not sure whether the whole image is balanced.


texts: Photoshop CC always using Legacy transform

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Okay; this is going to sound weird I guess; but I was one of those people who actually liked the new way Photoshop uses transform; I like that I don't need to hold SHIFT to proportional transform.
But for some reason; I'm stuck in legacy mode; I have the option in the preferences turned off but still I have to hold Shift. In every layer type (pixel; vector; text).
I'm using Photoshop CC 21.0.3 (latest) on macOS.
How do I get back to the new way of transforming?


texts: I know how to align and distribute layers in various ways, but one thing I can't seem to find anywhere is if it's possible to center a layer inside the viewport while I'm zoomed in. I hate having to zoom all the way out to find where the layer is and move it to where I need it and zoom back in.


texts: Image Manipulation Software That Is Extendable With Custom Filters

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Is there any raster graphics editor which can do the standard things, like rasterizing fonts, drawing shapes, working with layers, etc. but is also easy to extend with custom 'filters' (i.e. algorithms on a pixel matrix)?  I know that Photoshop is extendable, via scripts and via Lua for actual plugins, that Lua route seemed a bit overkill for me to learn (with all the GUI stuff), and with scripts, I don't know how effectively one can read and write image data.  GPU acceleration and being free software would be sweet, but not mandatory.  Ideally, I'd like to write the filters in Python, being able to use the OpenCV and Pillow libraries.  Also, it would great if it would be possible to create filters with more than one input layer, so that you can e.g. apply a filter on two layers that are fed seperately into the algorithm (and possibly treated in different ways) to produce one output image.

As a simple example, assume I want to perform convolution to a layer, but with a different convolution matrix for each pixel.  Say, the convolution matrix is the polynomial ax+by+cxy multiplied with some bump map and the parameters a, b, c are taken from the RGB values of another layer.  It wouldn't be hard to write a Python script that takes two images and performs exactly this, also GPU acceleration is feasible, but I'd like to integrate it smoothly into the workflow of some design software, it must not be the most powerful, but should cover the basic features.

[EDIT] OK, so I just learned there is GIMP Python, which should be basically what I was looking for.  Also, apparently there is an image editor in Blender, which is also Python extendable.  Still, I leave this open, just in case there are other options I don't know of yet, or someone can comment on how it feels to do it in Photoshop, which is not free, of course, but still the software I'm most familiar with!


texts: Cannot select the background layer in Gimp

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I'm trying to delete the background layer but I cannot select or right click to it.

I had been pasted a layer.

How can I fix this ? Thanks.


texts: Suggestion for a book on graphic trends and their evolution

texts: I have been researching about graphic design trends and its evolution. Can someone please suggest a particular book or website about this subject?


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What is the drawing style called that is used in the RSA Animate lectures?

See some videos here: http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL39BF9545D740ECFF

I don't think they are standard caricatures, but I have seen similar styles elsewhere, but I can't remember where and I am not sure what to search on to see more of the style.


texts: Extracting the shadows layer of an image?

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I have an image of a pillow, I need to create another png image which is only the shadows of this image, so for :

I need to get a png with the shadows and wrinkles on the edges, so that if I put it on another flat pillow mask (just a flat shape), it will look real.

What are the steps to do that (not a pro user)


texts: What matrix would give a radial blur in circular motion?

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I've been looking on the internet and can't find a matrix filter example that would yield a blur like in the following image:

Maybe I'm not searching for the correct keywords. I've found Gaussian blur matrixes and linear blur matrixes, but no circular. Therefore my question: What matrix would give a circular motion blur? Anything can do (5x5, 9x9, etc.), I just need to see the pattern of weights around the central pixel and adapt it to my matrix's size.


texts: Chapter numbering breaks by skipping a title

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I'm translating a book and the original has the following headers:

1
1.1
1.1.1
1.1.2
1.2
1.3

2

3
3.1.1

My level 3 numbering uses ^1.^2.^#
What happens is that, since ther's no 3.1, the numbering starts from the last level 2 title used (1.3), this way:

[omissis]
3
3.4.1

Is there anything I can do save a white-on-white 3.1 (that ruins my automatic summary) or faking it with a dangerous 3.1.^# title style?


texts: Choosing colors for website elements based on logo colors

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I am new to UX design (zero sense on choosing colors) and designing my fist website (social networking) based on the logo I have. My logo colors are teal and orange. Based on these colors how do I determine what colors should go well for different elements?

For example; the background color for website (for example if we look at Facebook, based on their blue color logo they use an AliceBlue EDF0F5 background color), regular text color, heading color, link color, div border color, link hover color, subheading color, subheading background color?

Are there any tools to generate these colors automatically? I am following Google Material Design guidelines but when choosing the colors for the different elements it is all getting messed up (loosing clarity in typography).


texts: Objects on layer, not uniformly down scaling in Adobe Illustrator; why?

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I am using Adobe Illustrator (CS4). I have a document with artboards of various sizes to place the same image, an icon, on these artboards before exporting. I create the image on the artboard with the largest size before tying to fit it/place it onto the other artboards of smaller size.

I am not aware of many options for doing this. From the comments on this question link to question, there was mention of using the Align to Artboard button, but this did not actually perform any scaling or intelligent placement of both the x/y positioning. The second recommendation was to add a transparent container of some kind to be placed on the first artboard. I created a transparent rectangle on the bottom layer of the artboard where the image is originally created (largest). Then I position the container's left and top borders to align with the rulers of the target artboard of a smaller size. I then go to Object -> Transform -> Scale and select 20%. To my surprise, I see that the objects have not preserved their relative sizes. A star has part of its side outside the transparent container, a circle is closer to another object than previously in terms of relative positioning, two objects touch where they were separated, etc.

What is the cause for this behavior that the scaling is not an exact proportion preserving action? Can this be done? Or is there another method of transferring work on one artboard to another smaller one to be a scaled version?


texts: How to convert a color scketch in a PDF document to a gray scale image using Acrobat Pro 9?

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Suppose a PDF file containing a color sketch has been created using LaTeX.  The code is given below for completeness only.

\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{pstricks}
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(6,6)
   \psline[linecolor=red](2,2)(3,3)(4,2)(2,2)
   \pscurve[linecolor=green,linewidth=2pt,%
     showpoints=true](2,2)(2.5,5)(3,4)(3.5,5)(4,2)
   \pscircle[linecolor=blue,linestyle=dashed](3,3){1}
 \end{pspicture}
\end{document}

The image thus created and saved as a PDF is given below.

Suppose we want to convert this image to a gray scale image using Acrobat Pro 9.  The question is how do you do that?

The following are some data of the file and an output of my failed attempt.


texts: Replace artwork while retaining (extract) the reflection, specular highlights and texture of a metal surface

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[Through comments, it has been discovered that a blue button/pin is desired which retains highlights. The shadow across the center of the orange button in the photograph is the reflection of a person -- that reflection also needs to be retained. The white swoosh, the text, and the tree/lamppost artwork should be removed.]

I am a beginner to photo manipulation. I have been trying to achieve the following two independent tasks using photoshop on the image:

make the badge white (remove all text and color but retain the metallic finish and the reflection and highlights)
change just the text

My approach was to separate the photo into luminosity and color layers; which I then believed would be easy enough to achieve the two tasks by just modifying the color layer. It didn't work.

I would like some help in achieving the above two tasks. I have similar images of other badges from other sources that I need to have the same tasks done.

Here is what I was trying to do based on this tutorial. The "Gradient Map 1" is the rasterized luminosity layer. The "Background Copy 2" is the rasterized color layer. I tried making the badge a red or blue color but as you can see, the dark shade or orange remains. Painting with white got me the luminosity layer revealed.

Based on @cockypup's answer, I was able to erase existing text by using the spot healing brush on the luminosity layer.

My attempt at using the spot heal brush.

Please note that it works good when removing small area like one or two letters. When I try to apply it over the entire surface, it results in loss of highlights, loss of reflection (look near the F of Foto in third row of text) in the image. And I have been unable to get the white or orange area to move. Using a brush as big as the size of the badge doesn't work either.
From what I understand about spot healing brushes, they work based on its surrounding information in the image. What I am trying to achieve is change those very surrounding information.

I apologize as I do not seem to be able to convey exactly what I am trying to achieve. So I am going to focus on just this one thing for now: how to make this image look like it was a full uniform/plain blue. Here is my attempt. I painted blue in the color extract layer, which makes the badge blue, but not uniformly same shade of blue. I would like the entire circular area of the badge to look like the area in 1 while retaining the highlights and reflections.

I would like to be able to take the above image and have it look like this

or this

all the while retaining the reflection, specular highlights and texture of the surface.


texts: GIMP: How to move a selection in a layer?

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I'm having a weird behavior when trying to move a selected rectangle or polygon in a layer.
I do the next:
1. Select layer.

I want to move the shine that belongs to the brillos y manchas layer:

2. Select rectangle or polygon.

The selection is the small polygon.
3. Then I try to move the selection:

but it's not moved.

The first that came into my head is that the shine didn't belong to that layer, but it does. Any idea on what I am doing wrong?


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I'm trying to create an icon that I build using the stroke tool. However, when I go to vectorize the stroke, some weird stuff starts happening.

Original, correct:

Stroke vectorized, not what I want:

Anyone have any ideas what might be the culprit for this? Here's a view of what Sketch is doing with the groups:


texts: Can I use the uppercase Sigma Σ instead of E in a brand mark?

texts: I'm about to design a brand mark for an engineering company, the first letter of the company name being "E" and I want to manipulate this character like a sigma "Σ" letter, but need to make sure it's will be fine.


texts: Sketch: cut item in half with particular pattern

texts: I'm trying to take a heart icon and cut it in half with a zig zag or lightning shaped pattern so it looks like this broken heart.


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I am trying to reproduce the great Ivan Chermayeff et Thomas Geismar Guggeinheim poster with Adobe Illustrator CS5 without any success.  I am trying to distort my text with envelop tool; I made a shape and distort my text with the shape.

My attempts:


texts: How to generate a iBooks-like wood texture

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Can I generate something similar using only Photoshop? Or should I be sourcing a wood texture and process that?

Is there any standard advice on the processing of wood textures?


texts: Extracting faded handwriting from lined paper

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I am trying to create a present for my grandma. She has a letter from my late grandpa that's been on her wall since he passed (7 years ago), but it's fading from the sun.
I have spent hours trying to isolate the text via high contrast and magic wand, but with no luck. Any advice?


texts: How to Make Exact Selection Multiple Times

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I have just started to learn photoshop (including php, css and html5 to become a designer). I am using videos tutorials to learn. However one issue that i've been facing and i have searched a lot for solution without success.

It is making exact sized selection multiple times. Using elliptical tool second time always differs by 1 or 2 pixels.

because i am new, so i may not be able to express (using professional terminology) what exactly i want to do. So here is the photo. Round selection is made using elliptical marquee tool.

now i want to make exact size selection on another layer.


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I am working on Color Settings:
Working Space: Adobe RGB (1998)
CMYK: U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2
When I Export the artwork to JPEG, it gives me the different Color output.
Then I have to Assign Profile manually to Adobe RGB (1998).
It gives me desired same color output what I am seeing in the Illustrator.

Why I always have to assign Color Profile to get the desired Output in RGB?
Why my Color go dim when I use sRGB color Space?

My 2nd Question is I want to Print these artworks as well. I am focusing on Giving these artworks in RGB Color Mode to the Printer for more Vividness of Colors. Should I use CMYK instead? But I am afraid that Color will be dull in the Output.
Kindly, Help me out here.


texts: Inkscape - sculpting paths joining the ends unintentionally

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I've found some strange behave and I am not sure if this is my lack of knowledge or the application behavior.

I want to modify selection of bezier paths, although after I began using the sculpting tool, targeted paths are automatically joining the ends with another segment. I took a screenshot to illustrate this.

I tried simplified the paths, but it didn't change the result. Whats it about? The sculpting modification works, but its giving me this strange behavior in addition.


texts: Should I place the border above or below header to separate sections?

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If the content is split into several sections, and each section has a header, should I put border below or above the header?
The “border below” approach seems prevalent (see Google, Wikipedia) but “border above” seems to work better as a separator. Which is the way to go?
Border Above

Border Below


texts: Is there a software that rezises similar images to overlap

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I was working on a graph theory presentation and I have a series of operations on the graphs that I am demonstrating, thus I have very small changes in the graphs, such as 1 node being deleted or various colors changing but the overall structure is exactly the same. The only problem is the images are all different sizes and I don't have the time to go through every image and resize it. Is there a software that can do this?

Example:


texts: How is Illustrator overprint preview calculated?

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I'm trying to plan an art print, and I need to use overprinting to reach the colors I'm after. For the most part, Illustrator's multiply blend mode seems to function the same as the overprint preview. But not always. Different colors all seem to work differently.

Can anyone explain why this is happening?

After further studying this, it looks like the literal Cyan and Magenta colors work as expected, but color blends don't. Here's an example of two boxes that are close to cyan and magenta, and two that are actually 100% those colors:


texts: Given a set of surrounding colors, how to find a good color template?

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This is a map of topics the I cover in my project. The topics are segmented in different stages, and I would like to have your advice on how to color the segments. I check the color wheel to find a suitable color template, but I don't see one really fit with the yellow sky and blue water. In the end I set them while altogether. I satisfy with this, but since I want to learn more about color theory, if you can recommend a good template that would be nice.

(SVG file)
For some background, The Sphere and Theory of perspective are two of my projects. The latter is the underlying theoretical framework for the former, while the former is the application of the latter. Most of my audience only need to know the former, so I think the iceberg analogy is suitable. Yes I'm aware that 7/8ths of an iceberg is below the water line, but I guess as long as the analogy serves the purpose it doesn't matter much.


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When exporting a tiff in Photoshop to PNG (any format get's same issue) I get a white box around some of the shadows. If I export just the shadow layer, this doesn't show up, only when the foreground is present. I have tried changing every option I can see, but no luck. If I scale it down to 50% the artefact goes away, but I want to be able to export at 100%.
100% Scale

50% Scale


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I'm trying to recreate the below picture for a poster. But I am not sure how to do this.
I know how to wrap text around a circle, but I also want the rectangle to wrap around the circle, but I am not able to do this.

Perhaps, another way on how this is done, is by making one large rectangle and then 'cutting' this into smaller pieces, but I am also not sure on how this is done.

I am trying to do this in inDesign but perhaps I should do this in Illustrator?

Can someone please help me?


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I have two identical images content-wise, but they have different colors:

Image 1: an image in a blue color palette
Image 2: the same image with a hue shift (resulting in blue-green)

I am using the blue-green palette of Image 2 for many works. It is serving as my theme palette. Unfortunately, I noticed I did not save the hue shift value/number I used to create Image 2 from Image 1. I do however have Image 1 and Image 2 at least. The photoshop method I used to create Image 2 was:

Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation > ??

Where ?? denotes the mystery number I entered in the master hue UI. My task is to create Image 2 all over again from Image 1. I find it hard to do without knowing exactly what hue value I used last time. I could of course eye-ball it, but I'm going for precision.

Question: Is there a scientific and/or refined way to reproduce a hue recolor without knowing the number? Like I said, I do at least have the images. The only way I can think of is to start a labor-intensive process of systematically testing hex-color codes against the desired result (Image 2) and the new image (which starts as Image 1 but should result in being identical to Image 2)


texts: What file format should my fledgling animator use to create a "logo sequence" that precedes my movie?

texts: What file format (ex: GIF, mov, etc) should my graphics artist/fledgling animator use to create the logo sequence for my new movie production company, please? I submitted a storyboard of .png images to him to animate.


texts: How to create a background like Dribbble.com?

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I'm curious about the background of http://dribbble.com/ . I've seen something similar on a couple of other sites too.

What's it called?

How can I create something like with a different color?

Thanks for any pointers. I'm a non-designer trying to learn some design.


texts: Should I use company's logo color as a website color even if its bad?

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I'm building a website for the company that I'm in, but the marketing department, isn't giving me much room with the colors. They say that we need to use the #2DCCD3 everywhere because it's in the logo, but i find that saturating and limited, the website just looks like all of the others that use blue.

And the company does not have a brand strategy implemented, it's all over the place, and my idea is to build that after defining the website.

My question is, are they right? Should I use that color for brand recognition, in detriment to a memorable website?

The color palette that I suggest for the website is:

Gradient: #ff2645 to #d05822
Hovers in: #ff2645
Text and solid elements in: #fff
Icons based in: #0F8186

ps. not all pages will have gradient.


texts: Charts that communicate completeness / 100%

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I wonder if there are other - similar intuitive ways - to visualize that some parts together on a chart are the whole / complete / sum up to 100%. Probably the most commonly used and understood is a circle because the beginning and end is touching but it seems a bit .. well, overused.

It would be nice to find other ways. Here is a quick sketch with ideas; while 1 communicates completeness, 2 does not really. But does 3? What are other ways?


texts: Best way to Create Low File Size GIFs in Premiere Pro

texts: I want to use Premiere Pro to create small sized (300kb or less) GIFs. The typical set up would be a static image that doesn't move, and then an animated part (from a video) inside the static image. What would be the best way to accomplish this without going over the size budget?


texts: Resize a shape layer with a corner radius, without changing the radius?

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This is something that I have struggled with for years. If I create a shape layer with rounded edges - for example with a 10px radius - if I resize the overall shape then the corner radius grows with it as well.

What I want to do is keep the radius of the edges whilst resizing the overall size.

The only way I can do this is by manually selecting the points on 2 corners and dragging one side of the shape layer. This is a bit of a pain though, and isn't the most efficient way of doing things

Is there an easy way to do this?


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I freelance, but I'm still green in some areas and Copyright is one of them. I know about using/purchasing stock and all that, I have accounts on all the stock sites, but I created a design, which resulted in some issues.The design had some copyrighted material and here's where I'm confused.

My design is complete vector based. I either made my own vector from an image, or I used a Photoshop brush. I was once told that a loophole with using images was that if you make a brush out of an image and create that image using a brush, it's considered a tool and there's technically no copyright. This could be wrong information, or maybe it doesn't apply to certain imagery. I downloaded a brush set that doesn't have any copyright restrictions attached to it and used that to create some of my images that are an issue. So my question is, if I create my own vector or use a brush of an image, let's say Mickey Mouse, could that still create copyright issues?

My next question is fonts. Can words be copyrighted? Some of the issues in my design were words and I understand the issue was probably related to the LOOK of the words, but if I find a font (one free font I found looked similar) can I use this without any issue?

Any help would be appreciated. I haven't had to worry about copyright before, until this project and it confuses me so much!


texts: Need feedback - Can the composition/colors of this design be fixed if something is lacking or is not a better fit?

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My boss didn't found it (images are at bottom) perfect. Although he couldn't explain it specifically, but he gave an hint about light / color tone / background and sky related problems.

After talking a lot, when I said I don't notice any specific differences with the past works, he said he also can be wrong (since he is not an art director or designer). It put me into doubt whether I really worked on something bad or it is just my boss's misunderstanding.

Since there's no senior designer in our startup, I really couldn't help myself asking it here, just to get a feedback.

Here's the edited photo & reference that is under question:

Here are 3 recent works that were improved:

So, given that all, what do you think about it?

Note: We use 3 colors for sketched characters: Purple, Orange and Green (You will notice them in designs).

EDIT: By these works, we just convey a message similar to: Wherever you are, there's someone to connect with you and become friend. But my question is more about visibility, not the message here.


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How can I represent backwards compatibility in an icon?

Our company makes building control systems and we are currently developing a whole new platform/range (hardware and software) which will eventually supersede our current platform.  This supersession process is expected to take at least 5 years due to the long lifecycle of the hardware so backwards compatibility is an important aspect of the sales process for the new platform.

I am building up the web content for the new platform and need an icon to indicate the backwards compatibility of the new platform.

Unfortunately, neither the old or new platforms have their own icon (e.g. PlayStation 2/3/4 icons) so I don't have existing visual elements I can use to, for example, point a double-ended arrow at.

While I would like to avoid text because it does not work at small scale, I have been unable to come up with anything image-only that works.

Here is what I have so far:


texts: I'm not a designer but I need some PS usage for creating my android app. I have about 100 .png pictures and I need to do the same procedure with all of them: cut off 50px from the bottom and from the top of each picture. That would be a huge waste of time to do it manually so is there any way to automatize this action? Any macros or scripts..? Thanks


texts: How did I make these comb fields for this form in InDesign?

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Link to file: InDesign File - watch out. There are text fields (with the captions) sitting more or less "on top" of the comb fields.

It's not a trick question. I really did it already, last year! I have been trying to figure out how for thirty minutes and I simply cannot remember how I did it! I do not consider myself an InDesign expert.

Here's what they look like in InDesign:

I recall it was relatively simple, they are not individually drawn lines (as far as I can see), and I recall that varying the amount of characters was trivial as well, you can see two here, but there are many on the form.

My first guess was something in "text frame options", hopefully "render a comb of n characters" but I cannot see anything. It also doesn't seem to show up in the stroke panel.

There is only one linked image in the document (the logo) so it is definitely not an "image".

When you select the layer, the "whole thing" is highlighted (see image below) and the layers palette reports the object as simply <text_frame>

If I try to type in it I get one or two characters in the first box and then they wrap/disappear when you type another.

If you resize the field nothing happens to the comb:

I can find nothing online, except https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2416378 which is recent, but every option there is definitely way harder than whatever my former, and evidently more intelligent, self did last year.

Anyone want to prove themselves cleverer than me? But hey... only as clever as I was last year :)


texts: Group and ungroup objects in Office Powerpoint Online?

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Is there any way to group/ungroup objects when editing a presentation in Powerpoint Online? I only have access to the online version of Office 365 at work, but it is a pain to have to move the objects one by one if they can't be grouped.

Any ideas?


texts: Illustrator brush and pentool line. Visually same thickness, why there is a difference in points?

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I created an illustration using pentool and brush in Illustrator. While I was trying to asses if the thickness of lines would be good enough for the printer I realized that my lines made with brush and pen tool, even if look they same, they have a different thickness in points. See the screenshot.

The line made by pentool has more than 1 pt so it is sufficient to print. The line made with brush looks even a bit thicker, even though Illustrator sais it has only 0.56 pt. Should I just assume that brush lines are ok for printing, becuase they are visually as thick as 1,3pt pen tool lines?

Can someone explain why there is this difference occuring?

Maybe brush settings has something to do with it? I attach the screen below.

Thanks


texts: Removing white shapes from a logo to create vector file

texts: I made a logo which has a grey stoke which I made in illustrator, but I needed only part of the stroke so I covered the rest using white shapes (rectangles and circles) . How can I remove those white shapes so that I only have the needed stroke and still have a vector file?


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I ask these questions to know what some would do when faced with an art form you have experience with but it is being replaced by better technology.  I shall use two examples:

Bending neon is a great art form and many years ago it was the standard for lighted signage.  Lately with the better machines and tools for channel lettering LED is greatly weeding out neon and the people that are great at it.

Another art form that is being replaced is airbrushing with the advancement of digital printing.  Many years ago this was the standard for gradients and shadowing for advertising.

These two are examples of what I am interested to know how some would proceed with a skill set that is dying.

Do you price as normal?
Do you not bother?
Do you spend the time to market your skill set on a dying art form (and this question may dive into if there is a market which I would imagine will still be)?

I understand that you must price to make a living but there is certainly a difference in time it takes to airbrush over a digital print.

How do you decide where the end of the road is or should you always
offer it?


texts: Invert colors on each layer of an animated GIF

texts: I have a rather involved black and white animated GIF generated by code for which I want to invert the colors for every frame of the animation sequence. How can I do this? If I select multiple layers in Photoshop, the invert command becomes no longer available.


texts: Breaking long blocks of text with images — a rule or a myth?

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I once heard that in web pages with long text blocks, one needs to break those blocks with illustrations, so that the potential reader isn't intimidated by the large amount of text. The rule, so I heard, is that even if you don't have any related illustrations, you should find something, as long as it breaks the text.

Is this really a rule? Is there a technical term for such a behavior and where can I read more about it?


texts: Rounded corner effect, changes shape on resize?

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I'm using Illustrator CS5 on OSX. I run into this strange behavior and I can't figure out why it happens (and stop it from happening).

This is what I do:

Draw a rectangle
Effect > Warp > Arc
Set to -6
OK
Effect > Stylize > Round corners
Set to 6px
OK

Then, I take the corner (shift pressed) and resize the shape, making it smaller. Then at a certain point the shapes deforms.


texts: What is the font used in Stackexchange Math?

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What is the font family and the sizes used in Stackexchange Math content and headings?

I think it is a readable font. It would be nice if we use it also in web pages involving mathjax. If it is not free, is there a similar font family which is free to use on webpages?


texts: How can non-designers learn to approve a print layout?

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I am not a designer, I am a scientist. I write papers in Word or LaTeX, the conference organisers give me a template with fonts, rules like "Caption for figures go below the figure, captions for tables go below the table", etc. I submit a paper in this template, which is reviewed. If it is accepted, I submit the paper (minor corrections are allowed) to the proceedings publishers as a pdf file. The submission system does some very crude automated checking (fonts embedded, page number not over limit) before accepting the file. At some point, a human looks over the file and mails me if there are any problems found. And for me, there are always problems.

I am not a tidy person. Not only don't I righten the proverbial misaligned picture, I don't even notice there's a problem with it. So I don't catch the cosmetic errors with the layout of my files. I look only for the very big things, like whether there is half a page of blank space, and whether the two columns in the ACM layout align on the last page. If there are none, I submit. And then always get requests to repair things like tables running 1 mm into the margins, or the bottom quarter of a line hidden behind a figure. This wastes quite a lot of time for both me and the publisher who waits for me.

Obviously, I need to learn how to proof-look (is there a real word for that?) my layouts better, but I don't know where to start. Is there something like a check list which can teach me what to look for? Can you point me to a good one? I guess there are thousands of things which can go wrong, but I am probably falling into the most common newbie traps, so even the simplest list of known "problem areas" will be an improvement. If there are some general guidelines on how to look, or tricks, or even an easy tool which can take my pdf and point out inconsistencies (but please no heavy-weight design package with built-in checking), I'd be happy to hear about these too.

Edit: I do compose the text with the final layout. My professor insists on this for several reasons, chiefly because there is a hard upper limit on the number of pages and we must judge the length of each chapter and sub-chapter at each revision (2-3 revisions per week) to be sure the final text will fit. Besides, I make many figures and almost all tables directly in Word. Composing the content without the final formatting would be very inefficient in this case.


texts: batch resizing for image with different aspect ratio to be of same dimensions

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My question is about batch resizing, now i followed this tutorial HERE .

Now i had some some images in a folder which were of dimensions of 5000+ pixels , i need these images for the web , so the image s should be about 1200*700 exactly(VERY IMPORTANT AND THATS exactly what my question is about) , now when i batch resize and the new images are saved in a new file , i get dimensions of .

1050*700
933*700

(i see that the aspect ratio is maintained ... but what i really wanted was 1200*700px)

much better !

now i have a idea , i have a plan white template on 1200*700, is there a automated action in photoshop which i can use to copy these new resized images and past on this white template and than save each image , so that i get all images to be 1200*700 ?? (This approach i know is a bit dirty and not ideal for all use cases , but its perfect for me ! ). Is this possible , if so , it would be a life saver .

Thank you.


texts: Adobe After Effects: Smooth, believable animation of objects jumping and falling

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In Adobe After Effects, I am trying to animate a letter first »lying« on the ground, then jumping up and falling down again. I want the animation to look believable, meaning that the jumping and falling animation is somewhat according to how the object would behave under the influence of actual physics. As of right now, my animations look very static and rigid. I'd be great if someone could give me some insight into how I can improve my animation.

Below I have posted screenshots of how my animation is set up right now as well as a .gif of the animation along with an example of the kind of smoothness and dynamic I would like to achieve (the example is a taken from a design by Studio Feixen from Switzerland, http://www.studiofeixen.ch/shanghai/)

Setup of my animation:

How my animation looks like right now:

Example (http://www.studiofeixen.ch/shanghai/):


texts: How to create the typical "MAN RAY" effect?

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I've always been a huge fan of Man Ray (the artist/photographer). Fascinated by his negatives on gelatin silver print, I was wondering how I could recreate his signature effect with my own portrait pictures (still a neophyte on Photoshop but pretty sure this isn't just inverting colors because the characters look almost like they're coated in silver :))

Below is one of his photos, there are others on Imgur (for reference)!


texts: Is there a way to apply a different paragraph style to alternate rows or columns in InDesign table?

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I am creating a table style and want to apply a different paragraph style to every odd row or column in a table, is such a thing possible in In Design? As I can only find options for colour and border of the cell itself.

I am adding in linked tables from Excel for a menu


texts: I have a black arrow png icon/image (with transparent background) which I'm trying to paint another color (which I sample from another image). However the bucket fill tool will only fill with black, even though I'm sure I have the desired color in both FG and BG. Is the transparent background somehow messing with the behavior of the bucket fill tool? It works as desired on another png image on a different tab.


texts: How do I create a button in Sketch (PDF) that launches a mailto link when its clicked?

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I'm building what will be a PDF in Sketch 3.

I want to create a button (a rectangle box with "sign up" inside) that launches a mailto link when the person reading it clicks on it.

I can't figure out how to 1) add links in Sketch, or 2) make the entire button (including the border of the rectangle box) clickable, vs just the text portion.

Any help is appreciated!


texts: How to align objects side by side with a specified distance between them in Illustrator?

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I am creating an animated sprite list in Adobe Illustrator. I finished creating the sprites and used the Horizontal/Vertical Distribute Center commands to distribute the objects equally in some area.

But, if the objects are spread too far apart, the Distribute Center tool leaves, albeit equal, much distance between the objects. The opposite is true: if the objects are too close then distributing them will just overlap them.

My question is, is there any tool that just puts objects side by side?

I imagine that this tool would work if the objects aren't even equal in size.

I have viewed this question and answer but it is not what I need.


texts: I tried to search the Internet for a definition but I didn't find much. So, what is the definition of font size? For instance, what makes a 10 pixel font a 10 pixel font?


texts: Unorthodox question, but I need help knowing where these images came from

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So I had some work done for me and I got a bunch of small simple images in the doc but I don't know where I can find similarly styled images for the future.

Here's a few of them:

Does anyone recognize where these would be from?
I think they may be connected to Microsoft PP but I'm not sure.

Thanks for the help! If there's a more appropriate place to ask this question let me know.


texts: How to set long lines of computer output without breaking on spaces

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I am trying to set very long lines of computer output that have the form:

text(text, "this is text that may span several lines and that may have only one or two spaces in it, or perhaps none") = text

InDesign's paragraph formatter, of course, tries to break on the spaces, but I want to break at the paragraph width, no matter what. So, to use a more compact example, if the text I'm trying to set looks like "abcde fghij klmnopqrstuvwxyz", then:

[--paragraph width--]  ...what I want (break on width)
abcde fghij klmnopqrs
tuvwxyz

[--paragraph width--]  ...what I get (break on space)
abcde fghij
klmnopqrstuvwxyz

How can I get InDesign to break at such a point that it considers "mid-word"?


texts: Can digital presses print right up to the edge of a sheet?

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I wonder whether it's possible to print completely to the edge of physical paper (not print with bleed that will be trimmed/cropped), because with laser printers it can't be done. Toner would burn onto drum which is something that should be avoided at all times.

Is printing to the physical edge possible with digital press and why (not)?


texts: Is there any vector drawing applcations that the origin of coordinate system is top left corner?

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I've been using Inkscape, but the origin is at the bottom left corner, and I can't seem to change it to the top left corner.

GIMP's origin is at top left corner, but GIMP is not a vector drawing program.

So, my question is, is there a vector program that set the origin of the canvas at top left corner of screen?

Edits (for clarification)

Thanks for the comments and answers, apparently, I did not clarify my purpose of wanting such an application.

I am currently making real-time animations by using an animation engine, written by someone else, which uses (0,0) at the top left corner of the screen. I don't mind doing mental manipulations from Inkscape on a small number of vector objects, but I am dealing with a lot of objects that need to be animated externally which require me to supply coordinate system that differs from Inkscape.


texts: How to match these two styles / how to get this grainy texture?

texts: We got some Graphics done by a professional. Now I'd like to modify them and add some objects. He used a "special effect" maybe a filter, or is just done with a brush? What would be the easiest way to achieve that effect?


texts: Giving layers different optimize settings in Fireworks

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Each slice can have different optimize settings, however overlapping objects can't be exported to separate files using slices.

Exporting layers solves this problem nicely, however it uses the Document's optimize settings. I'd like one object to be exported as a GIF, another as PNG32 for example.

Is there some way of attaching optimize settings to layers?


texts: How do I illustrate a somewhat simple human figure?

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I want to make similar videos like these guys. I therefore have to draw some stickman and make them animate somehow.

My Questions:

How to draw stickmen. No, really, how?
What to watch out for when drawing?
Draw on paper or draw in photoshop and print?
If paper, which type of pen to use?
Are there any good tutorials on this?

Thank you very much for reading :)

Note: your free to laugh :D


texts: How to fix buggy anti-alias font in Photoshop CS5?

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Look this pic:

The font looks wrong, it shouldn't have black background with alpha letters, i had no idea what happened to this font system.

The font is Arial, the size is 80 pixel and the anti-alias method is "None"

The other anti-alias method like crisp, smooth and strong worked very well, but i prefer alias font.

Anyone can help me how to fix this bug?

Thanks in advance!


texts: How to draw parallel/offset lines or curves in Affinity Designer

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I'm trying to draw a logo roughly like what is below in Affinity Designer. I can sketch the rough outline of this shape with the pen tool, but then I'm forced to make the inner lines/curves parallel by hand. The intention is that the edges of the blue/brown shapes should be parallel, and the splines at the edge of the brown/green shapes should be parallel.

I've seen suggestions on the forums to either (a) copy-and-paste and move to maintain parallel lines, or (b) to use multiple strokes. I think (a) won't work for me because the two sides are not exactly identical (particularly the splines), and (b) is too limited to do what I need here.
Is there a good way to do this?


texts: Can you embed an image in Photoshop CS6 so that when you make a hyperlink the image will display on other computer screens, not just on my own? If so, how?


texts: Crop canvas to photo content in Photoshop CC

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Is there a way to crop an image in Photoshop to the content and not the canvas size? I already removed the background of the image to make a cut out of the subject.

Now I'd like to trim away the canvas so that when I lay it out in InDesign, the text wraps around the person, not the whole rectangular image, which is what it does now.

As you can see, it's wrapping to the whole canvas, not just the figure.
I already tried Trim>Transparent Pixels, which didn't help.

Is this possible?

Many thanks!


texts: Why does inkscape select vertices I didn't click?

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When I edit a path in Inkscape, sometimes it selects an additional to the one that I've clicked.

This will cause me to move two vertices, then I realize that so I have to do undo, click the one vertex I want to edit again to really only select that one and then move it again.

What causes this? How do I prevent this? This is really annoying.


texts: Automating Export of an image where the only thing that changes is the text layer?

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Good morning all...

I am wondering if there is a way to automate export of an image that will have a variation for each state, where the only thing that changes on the image is the text layer that includes the name of the state, using a simple text file that lists all of the possible word variations.

I know the sample in the example is small, I'm just trying to find a solution that I can use on lists where the variations are measured in the thousands.

Thanks!


texts: Broken PLT(HPGL) lines on re-importing, PLT(HPGL) exports from very high node count SVG files in CorelDraw GS X4 & X6

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I have SVG files which i import into CorelDraw for exporting them into PLT/HPGL files.

The SVG files are polygons with extremely high node counts - up to 10000 nodes sometimes.

When i export them to PLT through Corel or Inkscape the lines are sometimes broken. The breaks are visually invisible. The drawing looks the same but when i zoom in there are places where a node or 2 are missing - tricking my laser cutter into thinking that they are not single continouos lines.

I do not want to join the lines or simplify the nodes using either of those programs.

I am building a program that exports those polygons and i want to know what is going wrong - there must be some restrictions on HPGL/PLT file format - so that i can configure my program to output a correct path that can be exported without those issues.

UPDATE: The issue seems, and i say again SEEMS to be in the IMPORT of the PLT files.

When i export a PLT file from Corel and import it again in INKSCAPE it looks OK.

However when i re-import the exported PLT's into Corel the problem is there.

Anyone else had this problem?

I ANSWERED MY OWN QUESTION BELOW.


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In the Transfer-Mode (CTRL+t) in Photoshop i can hold CTRL and drag the Edge of my font element to get it italic.

I can't figure out how to do that in inkscape.

(Italic is not available for my font.)


texts: Correct and simple way to convert PNG to SVG?

texts: What would be the best way to convert this type of image to SVG?


texts: Differences between Proxima Nova Cond and Proxima Nova A Cond?

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Trying to get this font for a client and got stuck trying to figure out the difference(s) between Proxima Nova Cond and Proxima Nova A Cond?

I notice the lowercase 'a' is different (together with all 'a' derivate glyphs), something which is presumably also suggested in the name of the 'A' version, but anyone worked with these and can explain if there's any other differences?

https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/marksimonson/proxima-nova/cond-light/
https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/marksimonson/proxima-nova/acond-light/


texts: How do I create subtle background gradients like this?

texts: This has been bugging me for ages. I want to recreate the shadows that are on the background of this image. Whenever I attempt to recreate something like this the shading ends up looking very amateur no matter how much noise or blur I add or how many layers I introduce. I would really appreciate help on this!


texts: How to explain to a client the font in their logo is not to be used for anything else

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I have delivered an identity for a client. We are using one font in the logo and another complete family (Axiforma) for the actual body text, headlines, etc. The one in the logo is specifically intended to be ONLY used in the logo and nowhere else.

However, I get constant requests to also send the font we used in the logo so they can produce different office signage and who knows what else internally (ie. I know they are working with an interior designer to decorate the office).

I resisted all these requests with some arguments, but not sure: how do you tell a client they don't need to use the font in their logo for anything else, as the other family (Axiforma) covers everything they could possibly need.

How can I explain this properly?


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I would like to create series of name labels using illustrator.
I've managed to use the variable xml from excel.
However, the long name is too long to fit into the label.
If I resize it, the short name will be too small (not filling the box/label).

Wondering if there is a way to fit the text to a box/shape?
For instance the short name will become bigger and the long name will become smaller.

Thanks.


texts: Illustrator: How do you change default Fill/Stroke Colors for the 'D' key?

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Pressing D will switch to the default Fill/Stroke colors (which is White Fill / Black Stroke in Illustrator).

I remember having read about a way to define your own default Fill/Stroke colors, but I forgot how – e.g. say I want Transparent Fill and Black Stroke.


texts: GREP rule to catch all types of web link / URL

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I'm looking to build a robust, reliable GREP rule to catch all web links and URLs that appears in text, covering all possible characters and gotchas like HTTPS, or URLs in brackets like (http://whatever.com), or followed by punctuation like http://whatever.com?! It's for an InDesign paragraph style GREP rule.

I've put the best I've come up with so far down below as an answer - is it missing anything, is there anything more robust or straightforward?


texts: I see many 'crystallized' style logos, for example the Sketch logo or something like the attached. What is this design style called?


texts: Blending mode behaves differently on a group?

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Why is the blending behavior different on a group?

Layer vivid light blend over colored layer.

Exaxt same layer inside a group with vivid light blend.

And is there any way to get the below effect with just a layer? I tried replicating the effect in HTML/CSS but it showed up as the above image but I did not about this behavior inside Photoshop so I thought CSS was bugging out. I'd like to understand this behavior in Photoshop so I can either mimic this properly in CSS or ask a proper question at SO.


texts: Smart Object Not Transforming Correctly In Animation

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I'm doing a simple animation mockup and for some reason, a section of the smart object layer won't stay. The animation is simple. The iPhone just moved right then back left again. The bottom corner seems to always reset its position. No matter how many times I change the position once I move the timeline the size resets again. Any suggestions? I've been trying to google suggestions for 2 days straight and found nothing so far. I recorded my screen so you can see what I'm exactly doing. and I also provided the original file below just in case you would like to test it out yourself.

Note

one thing I did try was changing to hold interpolation and going frame by frame and still doesn't work.

Tried going to the frame animation area and doing it that way. still no change.

Tried adding more keyframes to smoothen it out. still not working.

Screen recording I made just to show the problem quickly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy1iQWrPWrM

Original file if you'd like to see yourself.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0YNedpgcDT8ajRRV0l0UFRuTkU/view?usp=sharing


texts: Hide/Show multiple objects in Illustrator

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How can I change visibility of multiple selected objects (let say paths) at once? Is there any shortcut for this?

Thank you


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I have one background layer which have hands and trousers, one front ground layer image which is my design and several different colours of T Shirt. I am using script export layers to files(fast).

My problem is, image are saving but only background(hands and trousers) with several layers of colors of T Shirt. I am unable to add frontground on different layers. Frontground is saved on top and background is on bottom.

I want Background(hands and trousers) + layers + Frontground applied on all the layers

I am using mac system

Thanks for commenting on the post......

I tried to add more screenshot but it says i need 10 reputation...Anyways...in the final screenshot, you can see, its adding one layer. Bottom layer as Background, top layer as foreground, and other layers as colours. Now you can see its adding background bottom layer, Top layer and colors, but when i tried to export from script, it only saves background and colors, not saving foreground.

My problem is i have different designs, and i have several layers named as different colors, Body layer as background, and one layer i have to create as T Shirt Design. I need to add this layer(Design) into all the colors with background.

As you guys can easily understand, i am not so much professional , so it would be great if you guys help me out


texts: Can I create a new color group based on an image that is on my artboard in Adobe Illustrator?

texts: I have an image of a beautiful Betta Siemese fighting fish and I'd like to create a new color group based on the colors that appear in the image. I placed the image on my artboard in Illustrator and want to know if there is a way that Illustrator can identify the colors and create a color group accordingly. So far, I clicked on the image on the artboard, clicked the New Color Group icon, selected the option Create from Selected Artwork selection in the popup window and clicked OK. However, the folder that is created does not contain any of the swatches. It comes up as an empty color group. If anyone knows how to get this to work, please share. Thanks a million! ~ Staci Jc


texts: Is it possible to undo after Save/Closing a project?

texts: I faced this problem just now, I added a drop shadow to my Logo to see how it's going to look and when I saved and sent the project to my friend, but I forgot to remove it or duplicate the original one (without the drop shadow), is there a solution for this (a way for me to remove a drop shadow)?


texts: What format for high resolution textile designs?

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I've completed several prints for a designer on Illustrator and sent them to her in press quality PDF format. She asked me to convert them to PNG or JPG, but I found this makes the artwork lose a lot of quality. What is the best high resolution format (besides PDF) to send to her for printing?

Thanks :)


texts: XML Data to InDesign for 1000+ different copies

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I have a small project that I need help with.

I am working on an online survey for a client of mine; which consist of 10 odd pages of questions as well as free text entry on some of the questions. Some of the questions requires number input which then converted into charts (bar graphs etc.)

Survey is done as a web app (using .NET and C# and MySQL) and resulting data converted into XML format in order to generate a report based on the answers that the members provide.
Currently data is imported into MSWord and report is generated as .docx file.

Client is not happy with the presentation of the word so I suggested that we can use InDesign to have a better look/feel of the report, using the same XML structure.

There are 1000+ members that need to take this survey, which means that report has to be generated for each client individually (different answers, different inputs, branding and so on.)

I understand the basics of generating a book from XML to InDesign but I can't figure out how can I apply this workflow into producing 1000+ different copies. (with one click if possible!)

Do I need to have 1000+ InDesign documents with SAME XML structure but DIFFERENT branding (different heading colours etc.) or is there a way to generate the reports (in PDF) in a more efficient way.

I'll be happy to answer if you have any questions or need clarification.

Any suggestions welcome
Thanks


texts: How to design sleek magnifying glass effects like these?

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I'm wondering how I can create the magnifying glass effect I've seen a lot lately on pages that sell software (either desktop or web-applications).

Here are two examples. I really like the first one (first place I saw it too)

Things App:

SupportBreeze:


texts:
This is a course assignment (project) but with real client.
The image shows the current logo, colourful text and the chimp as the letter "O".
I tried to make the (O) chimp face like other letters but it looked weird. so I made it as it is now.

I'm asking you guys to help me make it more appealing, the client insisted on making the tagline like handwritten and the 'O" as chimp face.

Logo design always appears to be easy, but it's not!

Regards.

UPDATE:

Thank you guys for your comments. What's your take on this revision?
http://cl.ly/image/0K3R0F0F0I3A


texts: Linked vector files in a photoshop file for sharing with co-worker

texts: I have a multi-layered Photoshop document with multiple linked file icons which I need to make accessible for a colleague to work on another machine. Does anyone know of a quick way that the co-worker can link to the images? Or is the only solution to embed all images?


texts: Reproduce steps taken in Auto corrections

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When I use Photoshop to automatically fix an image, I can quickly get this type of result:

Original image

Resulting image after using "Auto Contrast / Auto Color / Auto Tone"

However, if I am satisfied with the resulting corrections, I haven't been able to find a way to read what steps Photoshop took to create the correction.

The "History" panel - without any details

It would be very useful for me to be able to know what precise modifications were brought to the image during the "Auto" step.
For example, I could make the fix in Photoshop, then reproduce these steps in another program. Or edits only parts of the steps if the result is too strong.

How can I tell what steps are taken during the "Auto" processes?


texts: Scattering images across photoshop canvas

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I've tried to find a respective answer for my problem but wasn't able to find any help so asking a question here. I have around 100 JPEG/PNG files which I'd like to scatter across a photoshop canvas of around 43200x30300 pixels. I tried to find pattern makers online, most of them only support SVG files. The final desired result is like this:

Also, I'd appreciate if you can let me know if there's a possibility of rotating images randomly too.
Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks.


texts: Is there anyway in Illustrator to prevent a path object from moving when selecting an anchor point?

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Is there any way in Illustrator to lock a path object in place while still allowing for anchors and handles to be edited with the Direct Selection Tool?

I am using a Wacom grip pen and tablet and I have a screen resolution of 1920 x 1200 with the anchors and handles at their largest visual setting. Since the points are still quite small, it makes pinpoint accuracy very challenging and slows down workflow to try and achieve at all times.

Quite often when I try to select an anchor point with the Direct Selection Tool I inadvertently move the entire path object instead. My click becomes a tiny drag. I undo the move and try it again, but I am afraid that it is inevitable that at some point I am not going to catch the path object nudging a bit and continue working. Precision is vital to line up with my reference so I want to make sure I am not missing any thing that will make my life easier using Illustrator. Any ideas?