texts: Simple Spot Color Separations for Screen Printing

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Ok, I'm an Illustrator noob, but I've worked in screen printing.

I made a design which is composed of an expanded Live Trace, a couple of rectangles with fills and strokes, and some text within said rectangles/boxes. It's a simple design and we have three spot colors, black, red, and yellow.

So my idea is (was) to flatten all layers, select each color, and move them to their own newly created layers, one color each layer. Print each layer black and, voilá, color seps.

I used the layer command Flatten Artwork, then selected a black object then Select -> Same -> Fill Color. Then created a new Layer, and slid the black on up. When I did the next color, which also happens to be the rectangle fill color, the text was now beneath the box. In other words, all objects (and text) were still on different layers, even though I thought I'd flattened the artwork. Nothing underneath my boxes or text was knocked out.

Can you flatten both art and text in Illustrator? If so, how?

Can you output (print) each layer separately, or must you create a new file for each? I saw no provision for printing individual layers in the Print Dialog box.

I'm using CS5 on Mac OS. Thanks for your help!


texts: How can I merge cells in a table in Libreoffice Draw?

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I am using Libre Office Draw to create a brochure. The brochure has tables, and those tables contains merged cells. I am able to create tables, however I cannot find any menu entry with the option to merge cells. Is there a way to merge cells in a table in Libre Office Draw? If yes, kindly mention.

The details about the Libre Office Draw program I am using, from it's About section is:

Version: 6.0.7.3
Build ID: 1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.6
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3;
Locale: en-IN (en_IN); Calc: group


texts: I'm looking for Monospaced fonts based on fantasy-world languages like Aurabesh from Starwars or any of the Tolkien languages, but I'm having trouble finding any that are Monospaced. Does anyone know of any?


texts: how do i mirror image a design on a 4 x 6 grid?

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i need to make a design for the back of a playing card. i have done it manually by using tracing paper ! but need to do it on photoshop so its quicker. basically I'm using the 4 card pack images, clubs, diamond, heart, spade in one 4cm sq & mirror imaging it.  in the corners i am mirror imaging it on a diagonal, ie only tracing 1/2 the image on the diagonal corner & mirror imaging it within the same square.
not sure that im explaining well, sorry


texts: Removing brownish stain from old b&w photo using GIMP

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What is the best way to remove a brownish orangish stain on an old back and white photo (like the red ringed area on the attached photo), using GIMP? I don't want to remove the sepia tone from the whole photo, just the brown stain. Is there a way of selecting just the brown pixels and then either making them white, or converting them to an appropriate shade of grey?
Thank you - Rowan


texts: Where to find the old default Photoshop brushes?

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I am looking for the default brushes from older Photoshop versions. Where can I get them?

I am particularly interested in brushes 112 and 134 from the screenshot below.


texts: What size, spacing and baseline shift for tm and numerals in superscript?

texts: Is there a set formula / ratio for creating a trademark symbol (TM) or adjusting numerals such as 2nd or 3rd to create the proper visual effect on the superscript? Currently I always just eyeball it to make it look right. Is there a set standard for this though?


texts: autodesk sketchbook- colour of drawing changes on tranferring to phone

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I use Autodesk Sketchbook to do my work but when I transfer my finished work to my phone to upload, the colours seem very different (reddish, more saturated, overall different).
I tried to look up for solutions and someone suggested sRGB setting, but I can't seem to find it. Kindly help.


texts: Will my web site's type in the web browser look exactly as it does in Photoshop?

texts: Are there specific web font guidelines to use in Photoshop files for web design?  I am having issues with line spacing and fonts not showing correctly in HTML.


texts: How to Blend Colors of Merged Paths in AI CC2015

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Is there a function / tool / proper method for blending the colors of merged paths in Adobe Illustrator (CC '15)? I would specifically like to source a solution which would allow for the automation of gradated tonal transition across an arbitrary amount of distance (pts / pixels) assigned by a variable default value and/or user determined dialog-box number entry.

Please let me know if you know of a way of arriving at this result, or comparable... not using the Gradation tool / function is a top-priority.


texts: Why does my master page move when the page shuffles left/right?

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I am laying out a book in Adobe InDesign.

Context: Since creating the original book document, I have changed the page size from 6x9 to 7x10. All my master pages are of the new size (7x10). (I have a feeling this relates to the problem somehow.) I have page shuffling turned on.

When a page shuffles from left to right or right to left (due to an earlier chapter changing the number of pages), the master page moves -- and is now misaligned with the page.

Before shuffle:

After shuffle -- note how the master page no longer overlaps the real page correctly (which messes up a bunch of other things).

If I right click on the page and re-apply the master page, it's fixed. This is a pretty long document and I can't do that for all the pages. (I could one time -- but doing that every time a page changes is going to cause a lot of issue.)

Edit

Added some more screenshots with simpler master page, where nothing is off the page. The same thing happens.

Before shuffle. Note how the master page correctly sits immediately on top of the actual page, with the correct boundaries.

After shuffle. Note how the master page is now misaligned with the actual page.


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How can I add padding or margin easily when exporting drawing or selection to bitmap?

What I've been doing is changing the width and x, y values when exporting but it's a lot of work when exporting many selections one by one.


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How can I export the parts of an image while preserving the relative width in Inkscape?
I have a ladder. It consists out of four parts. I export each part as a .png. Now, when viewed inside the Inkscape the ladder parts match just fine. But after export the width of the bottom part of the ladder does not match the width of the penultimate (counting from the top) part. How could I fix it?
I am attaching the settings I use for the export below.

Maybe it will be useful. Here is what it looks like when I select both of the bottom parts.

Here is the mismatch I am getting when using the .pngs exported.

Here is the link to the svg itself.


texts: How do I put a photograph inside the letters of a word (like Zero Dark Thirty)?

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I am trying to make that type of poster for my science project but i can't find any tutorials related to it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1790885/

Thanks.


texts: Photoshop batch image action: how to change background to white

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I am trying to create an action in Photoshop cs6 to Batch Change image background to white.

I’ve attached a few samples of the JPEGs to change.

If you can show the techniques for this,it would be much appreciated

Thanks for your time.

John

Horsehide jacket

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Chinese dress


texts: How to recreate this Arctic Monkeys wallpaper?

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This wallpaper:

Looks like it is based of this image:
Original http://www.emimusic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Arctic-Monkeys.jpg

How could this be recreated in a method that would work with other pictures as well, using Gimp?


texts: Why is illustrator CS6 not seeing some of the Google fonts I have installed

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I have been downloading google fonts for the last few months and not been aware of any issues. They normally work fine.
However, today I downloaded 3 more  - I am using suitcase to manage these fonts and all my other applications are seeing the fonts fine BUT Illustrator CS6 is only seeing one of them.

The fonts in question are Cuprum and Philosopher

I have tried using skyfonts - not worked - read some helpful post on this site and tried: Mac OS Library/Application Support/Adobe/Fonts  - not worked. Read someone else who did this  /Applications/Adobe Illustrator CS6/Fonts - not worked for me.

I have repaired the disk permissions on my mac and turned it off for half an hour.

I have created fonts folders and put the fonts in every combination of application support / Application fonts/  Illustrator CS6 folder etc etc etc and both Mac OS Library and User Library and then re started illustrator and restarted the mac but NOTHING IS WORKING TO MAKE ILLUSTRATOR SEE THESE TWO FONTS.

I am an experienced (20 years) graphic designer using an Apple mac and this has me comnpletely stumped.

At the moment I am having to type the text in Indesign, create outlines and copy and paste to illustrator. I don't use in design often so don't know my way around it, and have never had this problem with other google fonts before.

Help please...... if you can

PS - I have also now run the apple script to clear the font caches - deleted all instnaces of the font from the whole sysstem run the script again restarted and re-installed and guess what - still not seeing these fonts in Illustrator.

Suitcase displays them as Open source but In design puts a TrueType icon.

UPDATE: 24 hours later - Problem solved - After reading some info on another forum relating to an Indesign font issue.
Illustrator is putting the fonts in a separate section at the bottom of the font list, and I did not see them. Not sure why, as all other apps list alphabetically (I have never had this before).
After giving up defeated, my spirits are soaring now. - Hope this is helpful to others.


texts: Inkscape settings for a high resolution avatar

texts: I am a one-day veteran at Inkscape, making some avatars/profile-pics, and also a complete nitwit concerning graphic design. I want to end up with 1024x1024 and 2048x2048 png files. Although I guessed my way through, and most things seem to work out, I am still wondering about some of the settings. In particular, I am somewhat surprised by the grid behaviour, which doesn't seem accurate or otherwise not really helpful. Which, for this purpose, are the right settings (in all the dialog boxes below)? I am also not clear on the meaning of dpi in this context.


texts: Gap between two shapes when removing stroke in combined shapes

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This problem has been bugging me for a while now.

I'm drawing two simple shapes (a circle and a curve), I'm drawing these with only a stroke to see the shapes:

Then I'm using the shape builder tool to create the shapes I really want:

So now I have 2 shapes (the upper part of the circle and the lower part), let's try filling some colors and then removing the strokes (I don't want any strokes in my final shape):

Here, if you look closely you can see some kind of a small gap between the 2 shapes where the background shows through. When I change the background's color the gap becomes more clear.

The question

I'm sure I'm doing something wrong here, or even approaching the problem using a wrong method. How should I go about combining shapes without strokes?

NOTE:
I tried doing the same thing but with drawing without strokes from the start. The same problem shows up.


texts: Is there any way to project an isometric image to an orthographic view in Photoshop?

texts: Suppose I want the top view of this isometric graphic, how can I project an isometric image to an orthographic view in Photoshop?


texts: Stroke and fill on paragraph style in inDesign?

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Soo ... I have an inDesign-document with one big text frame that contains multiple paragraphs with different paragraph styles. In that, I would like to have some paragraphs have a stroke and a background color. However, the strokes and fills are only applicable on the entire text frame, so I'm searching for a way to limit the strokes and fills to some paragraphs with certain paragraph styles.

Is there an arguably easy way to achieve this?


texts: How do I keep my floating action button from blocking other components?

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The new Material Design of Google recommends to use floating action buttons to draw attention to the user for the main action on that screen. There are quite a lot of examples of this within a list view.

Now, suppose your list view has just enough items to fill the screen, making scrolling impossible. If your list items have a certain component that the user can interact with, for example a switch or a favorite star, its possible that the floating action button is blocking this component. How should we handle this case?

EDIT: This actually always happens with the last item of the list.
Here's an example where the 'favorite-star' can not be used properly. It's also blocking content, such as the time in this example.


texts: Who is in charge of creating fake logos and products for movies/games, and what are good examples of them?

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Who is responsible for creating such products? Are they usually done by the props team? Or are there companies that specialise in them?

Here are a couple of examples. It's usually easier to find logos, so I'm more interested in good examples for graphic design such as product packaging, printed material and such.

Logos:

Packaging, Sin City Booze bottle:

http://www.chericocreative.com/images/photoAlbum/readImage.aspx?x=CvDI5DuXJOPXb733IVuGRbSftzA8rNbRaw5IwegkMF5BJbaHWVBlQ8bCrahex6IW7Qco9Kw2a9%2fnkCaL%2fHID4%2bOJJ7mKrQp%2fxxzqS06fnifLJU35VSBX5922xnzKtbTrsxVJaYmmzsTkyY92RHkijre5dG7O391P

Packaging, Dharma Initiative:


texts: How to draw in watercolor style using software only?

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I've seen thousands of watercolor style drawings which were made using computers and graphic tablets on sites like Artstation, Pixiv, Devianart, Behance and I'd like to know how the pros do it.

I couldn't find any drawing streams/timelapses which would explain why the artist is using that software or the other, or which approaches are better for which cases. All I could find in google are low quality basic tutorials from inexperienced artists where the resulting work does not look watercolory enough to call it that. Most tutorials I've found explain how to apply a watercolor(-like) effect to existing photos, and I haven't seen that done in the pros' drawing timelapses where the result is of desirable quality.

So if you know a quality tutorial where it's explained which software and approach should be used, I'd like to see that. Or if you're a pro artist yourself, please post your guide. I'd love to learn from the best.

I know stackexchange hates list questions but it's either that, or asking for a detailed tutorial to be posted as an answer here. Personally, I'd be happy with either option, but please tell me if I could improve this question.


texts: Bloat text in illustrator, not individual letters

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How do you bloat text in Illustrator so that it applies to the whole text area, not just individual letters?

I have converted the text to outlines, and expanded appearance, but when I bloat the text (OK, shapes now I guess) it applies the effect to each letter, whereas I want to distort the area as a whole.


texts: How do I use a vector graphic to cut an image in Fireworks?

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I am designing a website with Adobe Fireworks and I want to have a design where I have divs with rounded corners. Inside those divs I want to have an image that gets cut (rounded) by the containing div (rectangle in Fireworks) with rounded corners.

I found this tutorial, though it cuts out everything inside the the vector image. With a bit of tricking (ctrl-x) the marquee and delete the old image underneath I was able to do this.

I can't imagine there isn't a better way, but how?

BTW: this is not in HTML or CSS but in Adobe Fireworks.


texts: How to set the background color by data source?

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i have multiple vcards, where each person has a different background color.

what is the best approach, to have all the vcard data in a data source file and also control the color by this file?

something like "if the value of the data source color field is..."

... fffff use this as color value for the background
... A lookup the variable A and use its value as color
... id1 then show layer 1 (which has the correct color for this person)

having a data source file like that:

name, color
john doe, #ffffff
joan doe, #ff00ff
foo bar, #00ff00

is this somehow possible?


texts: How can I make inline (i.e., not floating) admonition blocks in Illustrator?

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Admonitions, also known as call-outs, are an excellent choice for including side content without significantly interrupting the document flow.

How can I make admonition blocks that are ‘inline’ with surrounding text and reflow with it (unlike floating elements such as figures) without having to manually reposition/resize them and adjust spacing every time I change my content?
I know Illustrator might not be best suited for this task.
Thanks.


texts: Exporting PDF in Inkscape doesnt work correctly

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I created an Inkscape document but the background is a colored square. The border around the text is a square with rounded corners and the text is normal text but the "scratches" are created through a mask with a png.

When I export this document as a PDF, the resulting PDF looks like this:

Why am I only getting a partial export?


texts: How do you accurately measure the distance between 2 objects in InDesign? Is there a plug-in for that? Other than drawing a rectangle and putting it in between the objects for sizing. In Photoshop, for example, as I drag objects, it tells me the distance between the objects.


texts: What are these fonts with connected holes called?

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I am looking for a font with connected holes like this for my vinyl printing project:

But what is this type of font called?
EDIT
With PieBie answer, I found plenty of stencil fonts and I made some tests with my Vinyl Cutter (Graphtec CE7000) and I was disappointed because it is quite difficult to remove the liner without removing some of the letters.
I noticed letters such as C, K or E don't need any cut. Only letters with true holes need a cut such as A, O, D... I would appreciate any complement to the answers.


texts: How do I convert a series of PNGs to an OBJ or other 3D format?

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I have a couple thousand (~13,000) images (named frame0.png, frame1.png, etc.) that I need to convert to a 3D format.
The X and Y of the images will stay on the X and Y of the 3D object file, but the Z axis will correlate to the frame number. (as I said earlier, they are named frameX.png where X is the frame number [without padding])
I would like to do this programmatically but it dosen't really matter, it's just preference.


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I have seen posts for color management between computer and printer, but I'm having a hard time finding the answer to color management between a mac and the printer and a pc and the printer.
I work in a small office - in my role, I use a mac while the rest of the company uses a pc. The problem occurs when pc users print certain color documents (e.g. our letterhead) on our color printer (HP CP 4025 - yes, it's old!), the colors are off.
Our logo is a shade of purple, but it will print out blue. How do I determine the correct colors to use to create the letterhead so it prints correctly from the pc?
When I print from my mac, it's correct. The error occurs when the pc users print a word document or pdf.


texts: hello, i'm having trouble with this particular image as it is an image that has a multicolor vector

texts: i'm having trouble with this particular image as it is an image that has a multicolor vector and i need to change it into an ai editable artwork, tried using image trace before but the smaller parts disappears after the application.....would anyone please help me on this?


texts: Presets for a specific zoom in illustrator

texts: Just hoping someone has figured out a shortcut (preferably keyboard shortcut) in illustrator to snap the zoom to 133% (a visual 1:1 scale for online's 72pdi).


texts: Unifying complex objects creates unwanted nodes or tiny componded shapes in Illustrator

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Please look at the image attached. We work on quite a mixed complex-shaped artworks for screen printing and we need to provide underbase/flash layer on which all color objects should be combined together to create underlay. But when we ADD multiple objects via pathfinder, it creates unwanted node/lines and few compounded shapes. Here in this image, there was a mask on the pumpkin and now we want to merge the pumpkin and mask together, but after adding them together it creates unwanted elements (circled in blue). Can you help how to get rid out of this? Using Adobe Illustrator 23.0.3.
Thanks a lot!


texts: Asked to design a large banner.How should I start?

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I'm asked to design a large banner 10m * 4m. I'm not sure how should I start with Photoshop.
Should I create one with small size and high resolution? What is the number of PPI suitable for this size?

OR should I work with the actual size? If yes , Will Photoshop crash ? What is the number of PPI at actual size?

Thanks in advance :)


texts: Is there a shortcut for changing the value a Layer's Fill similar to configuring its opacity

texts: So to change a layers opacity value using the keyboard you would use the numeric keys. But being how close it is in proximity you would think there would be something similar for change a layer's fill. Any way to do this?


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Might anyone have the name/source of a good engineering font for symbols -- like diameter (circle with angled line), depth (en-dash sort of line with downward arrow), and counterbalance (like a sideways bracket)?

The client's engineers suggested a font called "AIGDT." It's eluding me. I found a free site that had an engineering font that looked good, but it came with malware, and I cancelled the install. I wouldn't mind buying the font, as long as it's from a legitimate source. I'm on Mac OS X.


texts: What does “Pica” mean in the name of a typeface?

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I’m wondering what pica means in the following context -also view Pica Roman n°2 from this article, Pica Hole font, and IM Fell DW Pica font:

  James Mosley summarises [Caslon’s] early work: "Caslon's pica...was based very closely indeed on a pica roman and
  italic that appears on the specimen sheet of the widow of the
  Amsterdam printer Dirck Voskens, c.1695, and which Bowyer had used for
  some years. Caslon's pica replaces it in his printing from
  1725…Caslon's Great Primer roman, first used in 1728, a type that was
  much admired in the twentieth century, is clearly related to the Text
  Romeyn of Voskens, a type of the early seventeenth century used by
  several London printers and now attributed to the punch-cutter Nicolas
  Briot of Gouda."4 Mosley also describes several other Caslon faces
  as "intelligent adaptations" of the Voskens Pica

I have a doubt that it talks about the measure's unit.


texts: What skills to learn for web development?

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I'm a new enthusiast of web programming/development. Recently I started lectures and started studying to learn web development. I don't know if this forum is the right place to find help, but I wish to learn enough to be able to achieve designs like this.

Could you recommend me some adequate resources?


texts: Photoshop simulating printer (lack of white ink) on colored paper

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I want to print something on colored paper. Is it possible to simulate lack of white ink in printer in Photoshop?

I am worried that some colors may be to bright to be actually visible on colored paper or they will be much darker than i expect.


texts: What analog tools should every designer have today?

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Prior to the proliferation of software, namely Adobe and Aldus, a designer needed an entire toolbox full of things to get a job done.

From t-squares and triangles, to ruling pens, masking tape, photo tape, rubber cement, spray glue, brushes, guache, drawing tables, technical pens, matte board, acetate, pica poles, french curves, proportional wheels, type spec books, etc.

What analog tools (not software or computer-based) should every designer have today and be comfortable using, and why?

Has software made all analog tools completely obsolete?


texts: How to merge all powerpoint slides into one 3D wireframe view similar to image attached

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I want to make my presentation slides merge into one 3D view png file.
The image attached is how I would like my presentation slides to merge into one 3D view.


texts: How to achieve this pattern/spread out effect in Photoshop/Illustrator?

texts: I tried to imitate this effect in Illustrator using scatter brush but didn't achieve it. Does anyone know how to do this? Thank you!


texts: How to make parallel curves in photoshop CS6?

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I want to replicate this picture, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how can I make identical parallel curves. Can someone with better skills give me a little help?

I tried making curves with a pen tool, then making selections out of it and then layer by layer would try to replicate what's in the image, but that would't work for me, because the curves wouldn't be the same. Then I tried making a big ellipse selection to match curves in the image, but that's I think is too much work, there has to be an easier solution.


texts: How to fix resolution on a pasted image?

texts: I'm using Gimp 2.10 and when I paste an image over another image and transform it, the clarity of the pasted image decreases dramatically. I'm completely new to all of this and am learning as I go. Any help is appreciated. I attached an example, notice how the screenshot of the app is somewhat blurry.


texts: How do I generate Pantone swatch chart of all current PMS colors in Illustrator?

texts: I need to generate a PMS swatch chart for all current PMS colors to do print tests off large format printers. We have old charts but need a current one. I am hoping there is a way to generate this chart in Illustrator CC without having to manually make one


texts: Watercolor Art Work Prepared for Screen Printing on Fabric

texts: Can watercolor artwork be printed on fabric, noting that the fabric is white? if yes how can it be prepared and if not what options do i have? Thank you


texts: Object exported from Sketchup doesn't show properly

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I've created a simple mobile in Sketchup. I've exported it as object and then I've tried to open it with 3D Builder. However it doesn't show properly. The first problem is the png image which I've added to the model in Sketchup, the second 2 letters (M and N as you'll see below). In the program there aren't problems. Furthermore colours seem different.

Here is a screenshot of the bug:

Here is the mobile in Sketchup:

How can I fix it?


texts: Illustrator Action : Remove a vertical line after using pathfinder tool

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I am trying to generate outline from thousands of images and then cut them in half. I want to automate it. I made Illustrator action which is working really good. The only thing I am not being able to automate is to delete the vertical line (Shown in the picture) to make the path open.

Any idea how to automate it?

I am creating a rectangle to cut the shape in half so if there is a hidden Pathfinder shortcut or tool that leaves the path open after cropping that I can incorporate in the action, that will help too.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Select text and remove shape from another layer

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I have two layers:

layer 2 – text “hello”
layer 1 – black square

I would like to select an outline of the text, change my highlighted layer to layer 1, then cut/delete that shape from the black layer.

I will then be able to delete/make-invisible the text layer and what remains will be a black box with a shape of the text “hello” cut out of it.

In Photoshop [Mac] (which I no longer have access to), this was simple:

Cmd-click the text layer
Select the black box layer
Cut pixels

What is the equivalent in Inkscape?


texts: How can I make Illustrator reopen the files I was previously working on?

texts: I can't for the life of me find a way to tell Illustrator to save the files that I have currently open and reopen them after I restart. Am I missing an obvious setting?


texts: Best canvas resolution when drawing in Krita (not for printing)

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Introduction to the problem

I just started graphic design and the first program I used was Inkscape for vector graphics. In Inkscape, when you are working within a project, you can zoom all you want without losing quality. On the other hand, in Krita, the printing size and ppi must be really large in order to be able to zoom within the project without losing significant resolution.

At the moment, I am just interested in posting on Instagram. Hence, no need for a massive resolution (I've been using 1800x2100 with 350ppi).

Question

Is there a way of having a .svg behaviour when working within Krita and zoom "all" I want (or at least not losing a significant amount of resolution when zooming) without having to compromise the output file resolution (most likely a .png)?


texts: How can I create a brush that picks from several shapes randomly?

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I would like to create a brush that randomly chooses a shape from about 5 shapes that I provide. Something like in the image below - the red, green, purple and yellow shapes (ignore the planets and other stuff).
Any help on how I can achieve this, please?


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New to Adobe Flash. With the default Swipe template. I have made 2 scene just with the color variation change. I have just duplicate the scene and change the colours in the scene 2 also. So i have now scene 1 and scene 2. With the reference video i made the 1st scene and just duplicate same scene and change the colors and rename to scene 2. When i press ctrl+enter i get this error.

Before making the scene 2 i did not get the error. But after duplicate the scene 1 and color change i get this error. May i know what changes i have to make to get rid of this error to get a swipe animation. Any suggestion or help.

sample File


texts: Pixlr - Transparent image with Text layer on top . Layer must be rasterized?

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This is a noob question for sure, but I can't seem to find the answer. Using Pixlr Online in chrome I create a new transparent image and want to lay some text on top but keep getting the error that the Layer must be rasterized.  So I select the layer and Rasterize it, but still can't seem to add text. see this screencast.

10 second Screen cast


texts: I'm new to filter editor, and it's pretty complicated. How would you approach creating outer bevel effect on shape in Inkscape?


texts: How do I subtract multiple shapes at one time using the shape builder tool in Illustrator? Is there another tool I can use?

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I am creating a logo and placed a Vintage overlay on top of it (white shapes). Is there a fast way for me to subtract those shapes from my logo using the shape builder tool instead of doing it one by one? It is taking FOREVER to load every time I erase one shape. Is there another tool that would work better?
Thank you in advance!


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I'm a quite basic user of Inkscape. I have a the following single path:

I want to use a different color for filling the bottom part. In other words, above the intersection the color must be blue and below it must be green. I don't know how to do it as I have just one single path, instead of two.
Can someone help me on this?


texts: How do I select both frame and layer in timeline in photoshop?

texts: I am trying to do a frame animation and whenever I want to edit a frame I need to select the frame and then I also have to select the layer for that frame in the layers panel. Is there a keyboard shortcut or something so I can select both at the same time? This would really speed the editing process. I hope that my question makes sense. Thanks.


texts: There are a million posts on the web about removing banding but I'd like to know how to add banding. I've found some polygonal images and would like to recreate their effect.


texts: how to add border to "transparent" image in pixlr.com?

texts: How to  add border to "transparent" non rectangular curvy image in pixlr.com? can anybody help? I don't know how to use photoshop or other image editing softwares. Is there a way to add border to transparent non rectangular curvy image online?


texts: How to make a picture look like it's torn off?

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How do I cut off the boundary of a picture all zig zag like it is in this picture

Or in this one

I have Paint.NET, a free image editing software. How can I do this in Paint.NET?


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I am working in Inkscape and have two concentric circles which I want to divide into semi-circular arcs. I placed a line midway between and tried "Cut Path" but it did not work:

I tried converting the circles to paths and trying cut path again and it still did not work.


texts: How to create a spiral logo or shape in adobe illustrator

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This shape was created using Adobe Illustrator.:

How can I recreate it?


texts: Photoshop CC - Use one Layer in different groups with different effects?

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I have designed the background picture for our company phones.
It changes slightly with seasons and on special occasions.

What I would like to do:
have one layer (eg with numbers for ambulance an police) linked to multiple layer groups (lets say they are called "summer", "autumn", "soccer em 2016"). In these groups I want to assign blending styles, masks and even rotate this layer.
So when I update the text in this layer it's updated in any "copy" but with it's distinctive "styles" of the layer group and I do not have to redo all steps i did before.
Example: in the summer layer the text is unmodified. In the "autumn layer" i need a mask so an additonal layer with flying leafs looks like as if some leafs are before and others are behind the text. In the "soccer em 2016" i need to rotate and re-position the text slightly so it looks like a soccer playing is shooting it through the phone.

is this possible?
If not, how would you solve this?


texts: What is the Slicing Option in Illustrator and Photoshop Used For?

texts: What is the Slicing option in Illustrator and Photoshop Used for? Doesn't the Guides option provide such functionality?


texts: Illustrator CS6 ".ai" replaced by ".pdf" when Save As PDF

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I have a strange issue, happening for a few hours(don't know how I did that):

I'm in "myflie.ai" -> Save As PDF(any Preset)->File is saved -> "myfile.ai" is replaced by "myfile.pdf" in Illustrator automatically.(it's very annoying when I modify again my file and I see that I modified the .pdf not the .ai file)

Why this happens and how can I solve this?
Thank you!


texts: How do I batch place a series of images onto a background image?

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I think context will help with this one.

I am trying to put some stickers onto an image of a model--think tattoos.

Picture this: I have an image of someone's back. Now I have 10 sticker images.

The end result that I'd like is 10 images--each one with the image of the back with one of the stickers on it.

Each sticker image is the same dimension so that's not a problem.

I feel like there must be a way to do this--batch apply images onto another images but for the life of me I can't figure out how.

Any help would be much appreciated thank you!


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Hey apologize this is going to be painfully basic Indesign Help question. I am creating a "news article layout". I have a text quote, and a rectangle I want to use to "space out" so the text wraps neatly around the rectangle.

The goal of the rectangle simply is to act as a spacer. However, the rectangle is preventing the text quote from being displayed.

I've tried object --> bring to front. I've also moved the layer ontop & into a new group. I'm most familiar with photoshop and not sure what to do here.


texts: Get rid of thin line appearing behind lighter objects when layered on each other

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I've got an issue with a single line appearing behind one of my layers when stacked. Our website uses multiple images stacked upon one another as a way to change colors of the various pieces. Due to how the website's color-changing system is built, I need to have a "base" image with other "attribute" images stacked on top. In the example, I provided you can see that on the layered images, there is a dark line from the "base" image showing up behind the new layer. This shows up in many different colors such as red and white, red and yellow, pretty much any colors that are vastly different. Is there a solution to this? I'm currently using Photoshop CC 19 and Affinity Photo so a fix in either would be fine. I also included shots of these images on a website as they will be uploaded to one after they are complete.

Thanks!


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Is there any software, which can do "block error diffusion" dithering as described here and here? Often I end up with completely separated pixels of the same colour, when doing Floyd Steinberg dithering. I would like pixel blocks of 1x2 or 2x2 pixels of the same colour to be united. Is it possible with any existing software? I am happy to write the code myself. I just need to know what the approach is.

I only want the final image to contain pixel blocks of size 1x2 like these:


texts: Illustrator stroke color appears lighter than same fill color

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When I apply a color with the exact same RGB as the fill for 1 shape and the stroke of another, the shape with the stroke shows a slightly lighter color. Why does this happen and what can I do to correct it?

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texts: How do I apply a color gradient to a stroke?

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I can see the color gradient when my mouse is over the stroke but once I move my mouse away, the gradient goes away with it. How do I apply the gradient, I have been at this for 3 hours?! I am using Illustrator CC.

My specific problem is that I cannot apply a color gradient to a stroke. It is a straight vertical line I am using as a time line.

This far, I have edited the colors I want the gradient to be and along the stroke line I can see the colored gradient I made, it has arrows along it for me to edit the colors further if I prefer and that's where I am stuck. I do not need to edit the colors and more, they are what I like them to be.

Now I am trying to move on to the next step but I do not know how to make the colored gradient stay after I am done editing it.


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I am following this tutorial and have reached the 8th step. I cannot understand how the author has placed the texture over the shapes and he has done it in multiple different ways.

Can someone help me out?

Here's what I have done so far:

I have made a selection using the polygonal lasso tool, made a new layer for the fill, made the fill and then placed the texture over it using the clipping mask.

The tutorial does not go into much detail of how it is done, but if anyone can suggest an alternate method also that would be nice.

I would like to learn as much as I can through this.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Object gets jagged lines after doing free transformation, How to make it smooth?

texts: When I rotate the object, it is having jagged lines. It was smooth before but I am suddenly facing this problem. The first image is the original one, 2nd one after rotating a bit.


texts: I've ran into a predicament in Gimp 2.8, trying to figure out how to blend two edges of an image together. I have three different layers, two of them I'm wanting to blend together, and one I'm wanting to avoid due to severe color difference. In the image you'll notice the little line between the two images, and I'm wanting to combine to a good middle. The dark grey you see at the top stretches down to the bottom of the triangle, and that's what I want to avoid. I've googled and read multiple articles, but they don't seem to cover exactly my problem, but only combining two images entirely. Any help would be greatly appreciated!


texts: Is there a color registration issue in digital printing?

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I have some experience with offset printing. I always have to take into account the color registration issue when preparing a file for print. Now I have to prepare for digital printing. Is it true that for digital printing I don't have to worry about color registration because it comes out from the machine in one pass?

Example: in offset I have to overprint small black text on top of an image, if it was a knockout the colors could fall out of register and there could be colorful fringing or paperwhite silhouette around the text. Does this apply to digital printing or not?

One more question: in digital printing - does the job actually print in one pass, or are there also machines that print in separate passes like in offset?


texts: Is there a name for smaller parts of a glyph in typography?

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My understanding is that a symbol in typography is often called a glyph. There are cases when one glyph is composed of multiple "components" with space in between them, e.g. :, ;, etc.

Is there any name for these "components" (e.g. one dot in a colon)?


texts: Large documents: Work first in Illustrator and then import from Indesign?

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I have created a Massive document in illustrator out of sheer ignorance. Like 10 pages of graphics with text, because thats how I roll apparently (never do things the easy way). I also Have a 10ish page document in indesign with mostly text and the cover page images.

Combining the two has proven to be a bit of a conundrum. I have tried to exporting the illustrator file as a jpg but it looks BAD in the text department. I need text to explain my images.

I am making a sewing pattern of instructional images with text. Suggestions for the best way to do this without killing my computer and/or ways to streamline.

Should I only be making my sketches/ drawings in illustrator and then adding text in indesign after importing the pictures etc or is there some other way to go about this that I have yet to uncover?


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Is there a way to set the colorspace to  sRGB in indesign?

I remember doing this in indesign cs3 years ago and i can't recall how to do this for cs5.


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I'm trying to figure out how to create an engraved look in CorelDraw

This type of effect is called "Inner Shadow" in PhotoShop. Here's an example:

Create an “pressed in” look

Step-by-step instructions would be GREATLY appreciated.


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I want to generate circles like in this picture. It is an overlay and I need the overlay alone.

It looks like circles in circles each with a width and a margin of one pixel. How can I generate such a pattern in gimp or photoshop?


texts: Can somone explain the layer target icon?

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In the Illustrator layer pallete, somtimes the layer target icon is filled in, and somtimes not.

Can somone explain to me what the difference is?


texts: Recommended books about styling elements for App / Interface Design

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I'm new to Photoshop and I'm looking for a book which helps me to learn design iOS Apps and user interfaces. I don't look for a book that teaches me about good UI, I'm looking for techniques I can use to make a button look good with Photoshop.

Any recommendations?


texts: Best practice to track procedural image creation?

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I often create a collection of images in Illustrator or Photoshop which require a specific sequence of manual steps in order to maintain a similar appearance across a series.

Actions or scripts generally don't work well because each step requires some manual interaction to ensure the final appearance is correct.

For example, in Illustrator I start with a different base path each time then:

Apply Graphic Style A
Expand
Ungroup
Apply Graphic Style B (a 3D effect)
Duplicate
Apply Graphic Style C (a 3D effect)
Duplicate
Apply Graphic Style D (a 3D effect)
(total of 3 - 3D objects now)
Expand Appearance for all 3 objects
Ungroup
Apply Graphic Style B1 to original shape in B (direct select)
Apply Graphic Style C1 to original shape in C (direct select)
Apply Graphic Style D1 to original shape in D (direct select)
Apply Graphic Style E to all 3 objects independently
Duplicate one object twice
Pathfinder Unite on each duplicate
Pathfinder Intersect (to get the common area)
Apply Graphic Style F
Move into proper position
Select all - Group

These are all simple steps on their own and really only take a few moment. With the exception of the last few steps, it could be possibly automated. However, due to the nature of Illustrator's 3D effect,  it often takes a minor adjustment to get all faces of an object to appear properly, and the manual positioning needed of any duplicates (it varies) actions and scripts tend to fail. Or would just require a stop after every step, which seems ludicrous to me.

The real important aspect is that the same timeline or order of steps is followed correctly as any variation in them can, and often will, result in a slightly different final image. So, it's not enough to remember the steps, I need to remember the order in which the steps are taken.

So.... Thus far I've simply added a typed note of the basic steps within the file itself. Basically what I've listed above would be included within the file. Often set as a non-printing object. This has allowed me to keep a record of the steps needed if I return to the file months or years later and need to remember the correct procedure.

All the styles and colors remain as part of the file so there's no need to document those specifically.

Is there a better method to keeping track of specific procedural steps needed to gain a formatted appearance?


texts: Ilustrator stopped showing selected anchor points and round corner option

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I'm not sure what I did, but it seems like I can't see what anchor points I'm selecting with the direct selection tool. I can't round corners either, as the round corner dot doesn't appear. I can actually select them, as hitting the delete button does delete them. Has anyone encountered such an issue before?
Edit: I did some more tests, and it looks like it doesn't work within the particular document, for some reason. If I copy a path from that document and paste it into another one, it works.


texts: When exporting artboards from Adobe XD, the designs appear blurry and not great quality as a jpg or png?

texts: If I create a website design in Adobe XD (artboard size: 960px x 1000px), which contains text, vector shapes and images. When I export it to send to the client as either a JPG or PNG, it doen't show up crisp quality. Even the text is a bit blurry. Does anyone else have this problem?


texts: Exporting / Saving Pattern Swatches in Illustrator

texts: I would like to keep the patterns I have created in Illustrator CS6 in a handy file. Currently, I just make an object, apply the pattern, and copy/paste the object to transfer the pattern to a different file, but would like to save all of the patterns so that I can just load them all at once. Is the Save Swatch Library as ASE the best way to do this? I want to be sure I can share these patterns with others.


texts: Footnotes are only appearing after a manual text box shift. Help!

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I've got a terrifying InDesign bug and I'm hoping someone else has come across it/knows how to avoid it.
This never happened before InDesign 2018 (v14), but it's been happening since. Sometimes footnotes just won't appear until you tug at the text box, thereby revealing them. It isn't a one-time occurrence either. Any change to the document might result in some footnotes hiding themselves again.
I've included an example from a journal I work on.


texts: Problems while creating fonts for different scripts

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This is for a research purpose.

I was wondering whether the designers face any problems while designing the fonts for different scripts. It is because the alignment and spacing of different scripts are not quite alike, for example, Devanagari and Roman/Latin.


texts: Photoshop setting up wrong DPI and size when opening AI file

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When I try to open AI file using Photoshop, it shows me wrong image size and DPI.
Original AI file data:

CMYK
300 DPI
Artboard size: 1134 x 1418 px

Whe I open file using Photoshop, it shows me next window:

As you can see the size is wrong 3428 x 3340 px
And sometimes the resolution is wrong to.
Can anyone explain why it's happen and how to fix it?
I want to get the image of the same size and resolution from Illustrator to Photoshop.


texts: How do I create a shape within a shape that has the same layer effects?

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I wish to create a bookmark shape within a bar shape and make it look like it is "part" of the underlying bar shape, i.e. It conforms to the same gradient, but is only a different color.

I created the below bookmark before I wished to do this. It is currently a smart object and also a raster image, so I am assuming it will be of no help.

My idea was to use the Pen tool to create a work path as part of the bar (using this existing bookmark as a template for the shape). I did this, but I was not sure where to go from there.

Any advice would be very much appreciated.


texts: How to maintain selection when changin active layer in Fireworks?

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I have to make bubble-like "holes" in a number of layers (just coloured rectangles). I have the bubble in a separate layer also.
In Photoshop I'd do:

select bubble with the magic wand
select layer I need to make hole in
move selection if needed and press 'delete'

However in FW when I select a layer (2) it gets automatically selected, so my bubble selection is dropped. Feeling like without hands :(


texts: Import InDesign character and paragraph styles into LibreOffice

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I have an InDesign file with many character styles and paragraph styles defined in it, including use of the features "next paragraph style will be ____", numbering, indentation, hanging indents, grep styles, et. al.

My InDesign subscription has expired and I would rather not renew it (but would be willing to do so for a month for a one-time transfer activity).

I'm looking to recreate the character style/paragraph style and text editing workflow I had in InDesign, using free software.  LibreOffice seems appropriate (though I'm open to other suggestions).

Is there a way to directly import or read character and paragraph styles from an .indd file (into LibreOffice, or some other free tool)?
If not, is there a way to export these from InDesign (if I renew my subscription) so they could be read in by LibreOffice or some other tool?

A quick review of the options in LibreOffice paragraph styles suggests that most of what I've done in InDesign could be replicated in LibreOffice (with the possible exception of grep styles).  However, I would rather avoid the painstaking work of creating each style again by hand.


texts: A tool on line to convert an image to vectorial or using Adobe Illustrator: best practice

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I would like to know if there are any online tools that convert without using programs such as InkScape, Photoshop or other software that convert images like PNG to vector format with extension, for example, .AI or .pdf. I have made a proof with this image

but the result is this:

My steps with AI are:

  Windows->Photo tracing->Color

and

  Object->tracing images->expanding

After I have tried this tool online Vector Magic but the result is very bad.

Could someone suggest something better to have a perfect vector image of the first figure in .png format? My file is available at: https://ufile.io/w7nga


texts: Does anyone know appropriate software to redesign the following figure?

texts: Does anyone know  appropriate software to redesign the following figure ?


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So here's the thing. When I send an order to a printing shop, I never know what kind of paper I really need. So I just ask them what paper they'd propose me after I explain them the futur use of the print. (ie: flyers, congress name badges, etc.)

Since I didn't have any references, I ordered a couple of free samples from some printing company, such as Moo, Jukeboxprint, PFL and VistaPrint. Of course, it gave me an idea about their product and some paper weights, but I don't find it professionnal enough, neither complete enough.

Also, their standard seems to be quite different. For paper weight, some use "Pt", other use "#" (as in 120#). Sometimes it's "Lb", other times it's "gsm". It's really confusing. I know, there is conversion charts (ex: http://www.akeygroup.com/media/images/Paper-Equivalent-Weight.gif), but it would be nice to have a universal physical reference. Pretty much like any color reference bar :

So, does anyone know where I can find that? If such thing exists.

Thanks


texts: Seams in Pattern - Adobe Illustrator CS6

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I have read on a number of blogs that the seams that you see in Illustrator from applying a pattern to an object is due to anti-aliasing and that if you print from Illustrator that it will print fine.

My concern is that when I save my work to PDF the seam shows up there as well. I don't want a client to see the seam and think there is something wrong. I also don't want to tell them not to worry about it.  I want it to look correct from the get go.

I am creating invitations for weddings and just started using the pattern tool/feature of Illustrator.

Any ideas or process I should follow?

Update

I am building a simple pattern diagonal line pattern like the one in this tutorial, http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/how-to-create-a-seamless-diagonal-pattern-in-illustrator


texts: I'm trying to make an animation following Material Design guidelines. Any way to make a perfect arc between two keyframes? I'm stuck on that, because doing it manually doesn't keep bezier handles straight in any way.


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I am editing multiple jobs in Lightroom. I will be uploading all to my blog and I might also need to print some of them (not sure which ones) in the future.
I dont want to double save same images for separate use as it takes space.
What settings should I use if I want the same image to serve for both - web and print at the same time?

Many thanks


texts: anti-aliasing ruining vector illustration with white artifacts

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I've created these illustrations using brush and colored it with bucket, added shadows with cutter.

Problem is white artifacts showing between colors and line work. I've read about anti-aliasing, but toggling checkbox would make lines jagged but fix white artifacts or vice versa - in neither state it was pleasing to the eye.


texts: 3 rectangles with same stroke weight appear different

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I am working on a catalog that has a bizarre issue that we can't seem to get to the bottom of. The top two rectangles are from an older document from a client, and the boxes have the same stroke weight with no style applied, but appear different. After realizing this we created another brand new rectangle, assuming it would match one of the two already existing, and it didn't match either.

I'm thinking something is corrupt and pulling over information from an old program if this rectangle was created years and years ago?

And I am aware that I can go through and manually make a new rectangle for each one, but I'd like an explanation regardless.


texts: Achieving liquid effect in small illustration

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I'm trying to achieve a liquid effect for a logo which consists on a small encased orange cube, but don't really know how to do this (I've tried adding bubbles, but it doesn't seem to work on a shrinked version of the logo).

Any suggestions on techniques that can help achieve this?. Here is a big version of the logo symbol:

Thanks in advance


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I'd like to first say that I have attempted to look through Google to find the answer to this though surprisingly, I get more about 'what' it is than 'how' to create a look & feel.

I was a writer up until I began to explore and complete courses in Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. I have worked in advertising for five years as a copywriter.

I now offered my visual services to my boss. He said, 'Feel free to create a look & feel for any existing project so we can assess the level of your expertise.'

I have not been exposed to this process. What would I go over? Selection of font for a brand? Colour palette? And what formats should I present the formation of these in? A4 print? Billboard examples?

I'd like to be able to apply myself and the skills that I have. I have executed art direction and design work for clients before but have never done a look & feel.

I would like to be able to approach him with a sense of conviction and show him confidently the elaborate and careful construction of an impressive look & feel.


texts: How to connect two separate paths in sketch app?

texts: I want to connect the round shaped open path with the second open path. No idea how to do this in Sketch App. I've done it in Illustrator a tonne of times.


texts: Which is the best software to create 3D mockup from scratch?

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I am always get stuck when I have to create a specific position/view/custom mockup.
I want to design the mockup very realistic like the image.
I can't find any options to create such mockup but I am curious how covervault.com creates the mockup which software does he uses?
Thank you guys!


texts: Is There A Way To Open SVG from web URL in Inkscape?

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I'm running Inkscape on Linux and usually end up saving SVG's from the web using wget in the terminal.
It would be much easier if I could import/open the SVG directly via URL in Inkscape, but I don't see any clear way to do that.
Please advise?


texts: Illustrator: is possible to layout a looping complex shape overlaping?

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i'm trying to do this shape:

So i start to figure out with a simple circle with a corner more distant:

and then clone and rotate the same shape:

Basically i want to do this without the 3D effect, i just want to give the appearance that one part of the shape overlap the other one ... but it was impossible to me ... is any way that i can do this ?

Thanks


texts: How to choose colors for a website layout?

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Given that I'm new to graphic design and I'm trying to design the homepage of my website, I can't really understand the reason why I can't make the homepage color "shine".

I'm sorry for the advertising but I'll give a list of websites that I believe have a "shining" color so you can help me in my way to do that:

http://postmarkapp.com/

http://www.taskrabbit.com/

http://rypple.com/

Those 3 sites have a background that "shines". I can't accomplish that.. everything seems light and blurry when I do it. I've tried to look for books, guides.. anything that can help me out!

Thanks!


texts: Is there a way to connect points like illustrator in sketch? Also is there an easier way to delete a line from a shape without clicking open path?


texts: How to decide if a design is very similar to my own work?

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Edit: They finally responded and the cartoonist and his work submitted has been disqualified from that competition.

I recently found out that a cartoon which was drawn just like one of my own posters has won a bronze in a contest in China. The cartoonist is from my country.

The left poster was designed by me 2-3 years ago (2016-2017). The right cartoon won a bronze this year (2019). I uploaded my work on 3 social networks (Coroflot, Behance and Instagram) and pinned one of them into Pinterest as soon as I learned that doing so is useful (which was 2 years ago). Anyone can find my poster by searching Water Poster on Google and Pinterest. Isn't it something that we all should do?

Can we call the right cartoon a copy of my poster? Why? What's the right thing to do in these kind of situations?

Some says using different colors and designs, make the cartoon different. That doesn't sound like a logical reason to conclude it's not a copy. Everyone has his/her own style, even if he/she is using somebody else's idea. If that's the case, can we just get exact ideas from somebody else and change its colors and some lines based on our styles, and call them ours?

I've already read answers on this question. But designs on that page are too broad.

P.S. I'm not saying that the designer copied my work. I'm not sure what's right.


texts: Border on borderless pie chart, Illustrator CC

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I'm an Illustrator beginner, and I have just made pie chart. I removed the borders but I still end up with a 1 pixel wide border between the pieces of the pie whenever I export to PDF or AI. Please see the attached image (zoomed to make it easier to spot it).

The question is: How do I get rid of it?


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I just got a pre-interview questionnaire for potentially a new job. On it I have to rank certain skills like creativity, attention to detail, photo manipulation.... one of them says "Scaling"

Before I email the woman asking what "Scaling" means I thought I'd ask and see if there's some obvious thing I'm overlooking as to what in the world this would mean. It's an Environmental Graphic Design position. Maybe this means making physical scale models? Just working with an architectural or engineering scale? Using vectors so the type and design can scale?

Anyone know if in Environmental Graphic Design firms there's some specific task they refer to as 'Scaling'?


texts: How to handle a request for handing over 6 years of working files?

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My best client has just employed a new person who is vaguely capable of design work and wants me to upload all my 6 years and 70GB worth of files to their drive so they can update them when they need to (also reassuring me that I would still be needed for their regular design work). Unfortunately I had already given them the InDesign files to the most recent ad and banner I did for them but when they asked this latest request I baulked a bit.

I understand that I am the copyright holder of the working files and sent them an email stating this and that there would be some sort of fee for the handing over of it but I am not sure how much I should charge for handing over innumerable files? It will be quite a lot of work to sift through them to make sure there aren't working sketches and etc.

I have read other posts about the 300% but not sure how I would calculate the price for this big body of work. Any ideas on how to handle this request?


texts: What benefit does proper balance add to a design?

texts: Given multiple designs with the same elements, how does the balance of elements help a design to make it more favorable / effective than the others?


texts: How to merge many images into a single large composite image?

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I have a series of images (around 60) that need to be merged into a singular very large image.  The images were taken from screenshots of a much larger map and so they just need to be stitched back together into a singular large image for a very large output.

So far I've tried a few options, but they all seem panoramic-centric and thus they all do not merge quite right in that they leave artifacts (strange bends and so forth).  Even Photoshop's Photomerge isn't working out (it actually hangs each time with some kind of an apparent bug that's been around since 2013).

What would be the preferred method of stitching such images together that are simply one big set of randomly offset tiles and don't have to account for lens distortions or color correction?

I'm thinking that there may even be a solution via ImageMagick or another open source tool, but since the images do not have direct offsets and were captured in a semi-random fashion simple tiling doesn't work.

This can be done visually rather easily, but it's lengthy and tedious... and this is actually a relatively small project.  I have more than a dozen of these to do with more than 100 tiles each after I get this first one under my belt.


texts: Separating a stock photograph from background

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I purchased some stock images for a website I'm building (I'm a programmer, with relatively no design experience at all). The issue at hand is, like most stock images, the images I purchased are on white canvases. I need the images on transparent backgrounds.

I googled for the process on picking out an image from the background - and its a relatively tedious task when you have 10 images at hand (add filter, draw border along image, magic wand, invert selection etc.)

Considering almost no one actually wants or needs the white background stock images are placed on, I suspect there has to be an easier way to achieve what I'm looking for.

So, in short - is there an easier way to pick out a stock image from its background? What are the chances that the image has cutting paths, and if it does, how do I use it? I have Paint.NET and GIMP at my disposal.


texts: Illustrator - make an existing path/shape spikey

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Is it possible to style or apply an existing effect to an existing shape to make it "spikey"
For instance given an animal drawing made out of regular shapes such as circles and rounded rectangles all joined into a single path, would I be able to create "spikes" to imitate fur on the outside of the path or would it be a case of just adding triangles where I need to the path one by one?
Would some kind of custom stroke work?


texts: Indesign layout for English / Spanish zine with flipped pages backwards and forwards

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We want to create a little magazine for our laundromat.

I'd like it to read in one direction with English and the other direction with Spanish. This way you could just flip it over vertically to switch languages. I've managed to get something that works... but it's not elegant or reusable if I add pages etc.

Any ideas or precedent for a template like this?


texts: GIMP Change color of black icon with transparent background

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I have a black icon and I want to change the color of this icon with GIMP:

Now I trying to turn the black color into red:
Colors → Map → Color Exchange (From color 'black' to color 'red').
But GIMP turns the color into grey:

Can someone help me how I can avoid this problem?


texts: How to create line in Illustrator with multiple color segments?

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I'm a relative novice with Illustrator and I am looking for the best way to make a line with multiple color segments. For example, here is my feeble attempt by just making three lines and trying to align them manually. I can not add an attachment as I do not have enough points yet, so here is a link to an example I created:

Notice that the segments are not connecting together smoothly. How can I make a line with multi-colored segments? Thanks for the help.


texts: How to keep design files organized on your computer?

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I have a significantly large amount of files on my computer that I need for work and/or future reference.

I am terrible at keeping them organized. My computer is a mess. I believe this is because I simply cannot find a good system to stick to. (I am super organized in the real world, where I have a good system.)

I have tried to find advice for a good organization system online, but haven't found any I could use– one specifically for designers.


texts: Tools for creating high quality diagrams

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I'm working on a technical paper in which there a lot of architecture diagrams, and I'm presently using pencil/dia tools to draw these images.

The problem with these images is, the text is not sharp in the final output (png). Can anyone suggest some tools for creating images of relatively higher quality?

Edit: My architecture diagrams contains elements used in flowchart.


texts: I am trying to display a drawing with true physical dimensions. I want the dimensions of the drawing that's being displayed to be accurate. How do I achieve this?


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It's not hard to make gradient lighting like this using Photoshop:

But I want to make the lighter part as a point in the center, with gradient along radials.

How to do it?


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Greetings designers.

I've done enough googling to know that there are other people looking for this color table, but I can't find it for the life of me.  I'm close to trying to write a script to scrape this off wikipedia but thought I'd ask here first.

Has anyone found a table of NCAA Division 1 school colors?

Ideal format has columns for primary and secondary colors with hex codes. I apologize if this isn't an appropriate forum for this question, please let me know.


texts: A graphical design to generically demonstrate art as a concept

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I am looking for a way to graphically represent a collection of art without showing any particular piece of art because they all vary in style and to not exclude or embrace any particular style in the representation of the entire collection. I researched art icons to only find cheesy clip arts. I considered abstraction, but that is bias to a style.

I guess my questions are:

Is there any research or theories in dealing with representing art.
Are there any icons other than easels and palettes that depict art.


texts: Change gradient annotation size in graphic style instance without breaking graphic style link in Illustrator

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I would like to be able to extend the size of a gradient which has a fill that is an instance of a shared graphic style. I want to be able to extend/shorten the length of this gradient without breaking the link to the shared graphic style. I understand that you can't change the direction/color of the gradient without breaking the shared graphic style link, but it seems like you should be able to change the size since the size of the gradient is dependent on the instance of the shape it's applied to anyways.

Is this possible?

Thanks.


texts: Why does my logo look terrible and blurry on Instagram and Facebook?

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I am not a graphic designer at all. The first logo I made was in Photoshop for my Etsy store. Now I want to move off Etsy but can't make my own website until I have good quality graphics.

So I made the logo as a vector in Inkscape.

It looks fine but as soon as I set it as my Instagram logo or anything, it looks super blurry and awful. I have tried different formats and making it the size px instagram requires, but it always comes out looking the same.

I've attached the png and also a screen shot of how it looks on Instagram.


texts: What software to use for very basic rigged animations like this one?

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this question may be really basic, but I am looking to create animations following a style like this or this. In case the links don't work, those should refer to the YouTube videos of 'Rock of Ages - All Cutscenes' and 'Zoot Woman - We Won't Break'.

What both of these videos have in common is this very basic shadow-puppet animation style of a few static images with a few simple joints. Is there any software you could recommend for these kinds of animations?


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I am a bit of a newbie with using pantones and the pantone color guide. I am currently working on a branding project where we will have print material in both pantone and cmyk, and also on screen rgb colors. I would like these colours to match as closely as possible. I used the Pantone color Manager program to help me find the cmyk and rgb references from my chosen pantone colors.

My problem is that there seems to be large discrepancies between the colors when going from the pantone to cmyk to rgb. Here is an example, the grey pantone 431U is slightly blue which I like and of course want to preserve but when I use the cmyk reference it looks way more blue on screen when both of them are side by side.

I looked online for other convertors and I found other references that seem closer on screen then the one found in the Color Manager program. I am a bit confused and I would like to know the best way to achieve the right colors, as I won't be able to test print with the printer.

Thanks
Fred


texts: How can I slim down all my bloated photoshop files at one time?

texts: I have a massive 8 TB worth of 15 years of Photoshop Work. In recent years I have done better at organizing my photoshop layers and deleting unused layers, but is there a solution that would allow me to go back and mass delete empty layers in photoshop of every file on my server. Perhaps a script.


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Photoshop 2020
So, can I somehow stack clipping masks non-destructively? Say I have 3 layers. I want Layer1 to clip Layer2, and Layer3 clip them both.
Right now if you try to stack it, all the layers are going to be clipped by the root layer and groups don't seem to have clipping masks either.
Any ideas?


texts: Better image compression by combining images?

texts: What is the name of the technique where many small images are copied into one large image to get better compression and avoid loading many separate images int memory? And is this still useful in modern devices?


texts: Critique: logo about wifi coverage in a city

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I am designing a logo for a home built app which displays free WiFi coverage in my city. But, because I'm better at programming than designing, I'd like to hear some suggestions. I already have a basic setup.

It looks a little messy to me but I don't really know what to change. I would like to keep the cell tower, which is surrounded by the canals of my city. I am using GIMP.


texts: question about my pixels resolution for my poster

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I have a question about pixels.
I made a background for a poster for a party.
Put i think when i make the picture larger you will see a lot of pixels.
Can someone help me to fix this?
If you can help me it would be wonderful!

I made this in photoshop cs6.

thx jenten


texts: Illustrator: How to create realistic reflective gold surface?

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I'm trying to draw a realistic gold ingot.
I've been playing with some basic shapes and gradients, but realism isn't my strong suit. I mean, it's obvious what it's supposed to represent but it just doesn't look realistic or professional. It's hard to know the angles to use and how the light falls on/reflects off the surface. And how to emulate the soft smooth rolled edges.

A gold ingot is like the traditional bars of gold bullion used for currency and stockpiling, etc.
Heres the basic shape:

Here i've just used the transform and extrude/bevel functions to create a simple, single layer pyramid stack and imply a third dimension.

I watched and read a very nice Photoshop tutorial on the kind of look I'm going for. Shame it's not directly applicable to Illustrator.


texts: Alternative to Lorem Ipsum (dummy text) for websites

texts: Lorem Ipsum has been the known default for dummy text.  Per a search the last discussion in regards to alternatives is two years old.  I thought I would post a new thread on this topic.  So, what are updated alternatives to Lorem Ipsum?


texts: how to use the spiral tool in adobe illustrator to make a tail of monkey?

texts: I can't understand how can i make the monkey tail that looks perfect. Please tell me the method to do this work. I have tried so many times to make it but failed to do so,kindly help me.


texts: I am looking for the best value, basic, beginners software packages that can help me create my own personalised cards & print gifts for friends & family please?


texts: How to make a pattern follow a stroke, path or line?

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Here is my MS Paint job on a real bad attempt at what I'm trying to achieve:

I have access to Photoshop and Illustrator CS6, and I want to be able to draw a thick line (that is not straight) and have a pattern within the line show arrowheads within the line to indicate the direction of the line.


texts: Why isn't the black in a video made with After Effects a true black when it's viewed on Windows 7?

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For some reason my video is coming out a lighter black than web #000 black.

I'm using After Effects & Web - H.264 profile.

Left: Web | Right: Video

The photo doesn't do it justice.. it's very noticable for what I'm trying to achieve. Is there any way to get this #000 color to match up in the video?

Update:

Testing on a laptop with Windows 8, the black in the video was true #000. On my desktop running Windows 7, it's the lighter color (#101010).

Using different browsers made no difference.. odd problem..


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I created a basic resume in Adobe Illustrator CC and then saved it as a PDF. However when I opened the PDF in Acrobat Pro DC the only thing that appears is  my small logo that I had in the upper right-hand corner of the resume. The actual text from the resume does not appear at all.

Is there something that I need to click on to make the actual text document  in the AI document to be saved completely and appear as a  complete PDF? I have been using Acrobat for many years and have never had this problem.


texts: Dragging document icon to artboard in Illustrator

texts: I noticed that if I drag an Illustrator document icon from its folder onto an art board in Illustrator it places the document as a "picture" of some sorts. Would the color be accurate in this case? I am trying to create a proof sheet of several product labels and would rather not have to open, copy and paste every label into the proof document.


texts: How can I create organizational chart in inkscape?

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I have lots of problem with inkscape connectors incluing these
1. when Icopy/pase a connector everything changed!
2. can not break a connector alone!

now I do not know how to creat some organizational chart like diagrams


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I am learning seamless pattern creation in Illustrator CS6. I've created some repeated pattern and divide it by rectangle using the Object-Path-Divide objects below menu. Unexpectedly, there is some dislocation of the cut shapes relatively to background which was used as a cutter - I've copied the background rectangle and put it above the all elements (without fill or stroke).
Look at the picture.

Is it my fault or it should be some bug within AI?

UPD1 The machine is MacBookPro and coordinates of the rectangle are as 160.466 px - could it be related to alignment issue/grid?


texts: Photoshop - show the same file in two separate windows, each different layer comp

texts: Is it possible to show the same photoshop file in two separate windows, each with a different layer comp?


texts: How to Save .AI File so that it matches with any background

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A graphic designer had made a corporate logo for me in .ai but the background is white. When I open the logo in Photoshop and save it as .png, it still remains white background.

I am trying to place the logo on a grey background and want a logo that can remain transparent.

Can anyone advise how to keep a log that matches with any web based background.

Many thanks.


texts: In illustrator, when editing the dimensions of a linked file. How do you reset the bounding box

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In Illustrator, I have a file that I have placed however I've modified the dimensions of the file and using the 'links' panel I've set the size to the file dimensions.

However the bounding box of the object, is still the old outdated dimensions.
How can I reset the bounding box to the actual size of the object?


texts: How can I achieve this gradient/halftone look with either illustrator/photoshop ready for Tshirts

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So I have this design I need to emulate and I am stuck scratching my head after hours of trying to simulate it.

Its the red garage door / 80's shutter look Im after, but it also needs to have that eclipse vignette around it.

Any help would be MUCH appreciated as I need this doing by tomorrow!


texts: Rotating an object to being straight in Illustrator

texts: I'm working in a document with all kinds of electrical symbols. Now, there is this line with a 'hook' that needs to be straight again. It doesn't have any rotation information. How do I make the line and hook (pixel)perfectly straight? I know I can grab the pen tool and align the pixels manually, but I'm curious if there's a more simple way to do this.


texts: How to create a shape, in a form of two basic shapes partially substracted?

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When I have a circle shape and now I substract from it a little square in the middle, what I get is a shape that looks like hollowed circle. But in fact in its paths I still have my whole shape of circle and a 'substraction path'of a shape of square. How to make it a real substracted path, so when I combine this shape with others, the substraction path doesn't affect them?

Here is more of an explanation:

1) at first I make asimple substraction on a square - notice what happens on a vector mask: it is a square and a substraction of a rectangle. It wouldnt bug me that much if not when...

2) then I add another shape...

3) and finally try to merge this two into one shape.

The substraction makes a nice Cshape with the first shape, but also messes up the other shape.

The effect I need is just a C shaped polygon that I can merge /wo ruining rest of composition, and still get the nice, resizable shape of the whole.

sorry for not inserting images, but my reputation won't let me.


texts: What's the difference between Brightness / Contrast / Color Balance / Gamma Correction & Saturation?

texts: Can someone explain the differences between these 5 terms, as if I were 5 years old?


texts: How can I create an animated device mockup?

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Say I have a GIF such as this:

How could I create something like this, where the user added this video into a still shot of an iPhone?

Better yet, if I could put it in a mockup like this where it has a smart layer that I would normally just drop my still image into, but in this case I'd love a GIF. I have Adobe Photoshop CS6.


texts: Can a combination of purple-green or pink-green make a design look bad?

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Just like we use some green on red (not all cases, depends on saturation and lightness) as shown in last image, which looks not very common & attractive when it comes to illustrations for social media, is there anything such problem with this design?

I designed this for Mother's Day. Now, the design looks okay to me. There's MOM written on flower, and the Mother and Child part on the right.

I tried purple and green, pink and green, but something, especially the colors look bad to me. Either the combination of green and pink is not working or something else, I'm not sure.

Is there some blunder here in terms of color?


texts: How should icons inside an app look like?

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I'm going to develop a new app for neighbors community and local business so in the app, the users will find some categories of services they can choose and inside every category the related services.

Now I'm thinking about the icons I want to make, and I was thinking to add a "hand" to every icon. I'll explain myself better with an example. Let's say I'm looking for someone to help me out with "furniture assembling": the options for the icon are 1) a simple screwdriver or 2) a hand holding the screwdriver, cause I thought the hand might better represent the help a person is giving.

Now, I got some concerns about this idea:

Will the hand be too repetitive as an element?
Will the icon be more scalable and understandable without adding the hand?

Thank you in advance for your honest opinions :-)

Click here for photo of hand holding garbage

Just a quick example. I haven't made the icons yet.


texts: Preserving aspect ratio in a batch with Photoshop

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I have a large list of images (all different sizes and aspect ratios) that need to be edited. I need to perform the following operations:

Crop image to a specific aspect ratio
Resize that image to specific dimensions
Save/Compress

I tried to create an action, and perform the previous steps. The problem is, even though in the crop tool I would enter my desired aspect ratio, the action wouldn't save that ratio - it would save the actual dimensions it was cropped to. This obviously led to many odd photos being created.

How does one create an action that will preserve aspect ratio across the batch, regardless of image size?


texts: Getting zero as previous level in multilevel list (InDesign CS3)

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I have created three paragraph styles: "Título" as a first-level category, "SubTítulo" as the second-level category and "SubSubTítulo" as the third-level category.

"SubTítulo" is based on "Título", and "SubSubTítulo" is based on "SubTítulo". They all belong to a list called "Títulos".

While the second-level category works fine, the third-level one interprets the second-level category as non-existant I think.

Here's a screenshot of the problem:

And the third-level category configuration:

I want my list to look like:

Documentación

2.1 Conceptos básicos

2.1.1 Composición

2.1.2 Aplicación en el cómic

Instead of:

Documentación

2.1 Conceptos básicos

2.0.1 Composición

2.0.2 Aplicación en el cómic

Thanks in advance.


texts: How to resize canvas interactively in Photoshop CS6?

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If I resize canvas from menu, then the size of larger objects not change. I.e. they still have some portions existing outside of canvas.

Meanwhile, if I do crop with interactive tool, I loose outside data.

Is it possible to change canvas as if I do cropping, i.e. with the same visual instruments, but without loosing data?


texts: What are the differences between: Symbols libraries, kits, and sticker sheets?

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I'm wondering what are the differences between symbols libraries, kits, and sticker sheets and how would I load them?

For instance, I just download the inVision Form kit, but I can't seem to load it into a project.

All I'm able to do is just click on it and view it.


texts: Cutting a letter from a square Inkscape?

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If I do this sequence with a circle and a square, it works.  However if I do it with a square and a letter it does not.  How do we do this with a letter:

1) Create a square

2) Select it and do Path > Object to Path

3) Create a text letter a

4) Select the letter and do Path > Object to Path

5) Put the letter on top of the square

6) Select both the letter and the square

7) Path > Difference

The letter is not cut from the square.

Why not?


texts: Is there a way in Illustrator to know the exact dimension of shape in pixel and possibly to resize it down to different (but precise) dimension?


texts: How to turn off sections of a custom grid in Photoshop?

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Prior to writing this question, I have made sure to turn off the pixel grid so now I know this is most likely not the issue.

I have made a 32 pixels grid via Preferences as every map square for the project I'm working on is 32x32.
After enabling this grid, I have found that there are smaller dotted lines within those grid squares, which are making it more difficult for me to differentiate between the real grid squares.
To help illustrate my dilemma, I have taken a screenshot and drawn red outlines over a couple example squares.
Is there a way to turn these dotted lines off, if it's supposedly not the pixel grid but something else?
Edit: To clarify, I believe this is not the pixel grid as the dotted lines are still there even when the zoom is at 100%, despite the fact that the pixel grid only appears when the workspace has been magnified significantly.


texts: Is there a way to create an action or script to select and embed external file(s) placed in an Illustrator file?

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As a follow-up to my question Is there a way to expand linked EPS file placed inside another EPS file in Illustrator?

I am now trying to create an action to select and embed external file(s) placed in an Illustrator file. Is this possible?


texts: Copy area of an image into transparent area on same image

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I would like to copy an area into a transparent area in the same image using GIMP.

I have drawn a rectangle around the area that I want to copy, then I select "Edit" -> "Copy visible".

Then I clear the selection by left-clicking somewhere else on the image.

Then I draw another rectangle where I want to paste the copied area and select "Edit" -> "Paste".

What I get is a half-transparent output instead of an opaque.

How could I make the pasted area fully opaque?

Thank you!

This is the original image:

And this is the output:


texts: How to get rid of spoiling shape of icons when a designer try to make it smaller size?

texts: As shown in the following screen capture, some of the shapes in the icon are being spoiled when I try to resize it. How to get rid of such problem?


texts: I have a flyer in MS Word format which I need to finalize in Jpeg format image with the 1920 pixel width x 700 pixel height. I have converted the file contents from MS Word to an image png file. However, I could not set the image size as mentioned above in photoshop. If I set the image width to 1920 pixels then the height is automatically adjusted to some other value, and vice-versa. Please guide me on how to perform image resize in photoshop. I am new to photoshop, detailed guidance will be highly appreciated. Thank you


texts: How do people measure the quality of offset printing?

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I would need to measure the quality of a printed material in an offset printing procedure. There is any kind of points per square inch or something similar? I cannot find any kind of information regarding the quality of offset printing, that's why I'm questioning this here.

Thanks for your time, (:


texts: Is there a name, term, or practice for off-centering things based on volume rather than by width and height?

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As an interface designer, and just as a designer in general, I often notice that I feel the need to place things slightly off-center in order to make them appear centered and balanced, due to the items having uneven volume distribution.

Consider a play button which is placed in a box:

Months after asking this question I was developing video controls and realized this was the perfect example. This image is centered geometrically, but in my interface, I pushed the icon about 15% further to the right than its actual geometric center in order to center it based on volume because geometrically centered (as you can observe in the above image) doesn't feel quite right.

I usually just guess at centering an icon volumetrically, but I bet the proper center could be determined mathematically, hence my curiosity as to the name, in case I might find a tool or plugin to help me do this with my design tools such as InDesign.

Off the top of my head I'd call it "Volumetric Centering", but that's just a guess. Is there an official name / term for this technique?


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Currently I am studying graphic design, in my personal time am learning Html and Css, and I want to learn UX.
What should I do? To stick with html and css and those are enough or learn a UX software?


texts: How to check a PDF which is presumably only supposed to be using black text with no coloured elements?

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I have been provided with a text-only PDF which is supposed to only be using black in 100% K or tints of black (50% K, 60% K, etc). The client needs to print this using a black plate process and overlay this text-only PDF over an older full-colour artwork PDF which has had the text separated from the artwork.

The "black-only" PDF is quite large and has circulated between multiple providers, so there is a chance some characters might be using C/M/Y values.

The question now is, how to check if this text-only PDF is indeed ONLY using tints of black in either 100% or X%, and not a single element with C/M/Y values?

Is there some free tool that takes a PDF and generates a list of all the colour codes being used?


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Not sure if this is possible, but is there a way to scale something based on size, then determine the percentage that the object was scaled by?

Example:

I have a square 3" x 3" and i constrain proportions, then scale to 12" x 12".  Is there a way to have illustrator show me that it was scaled by 400%?

Obviously this is easy to figure out for this example, but when i am increasing something that 3.2353blahblahblah to 72.534677blahblahblah its a bit more difficult and I'm really just trying to save time


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I'm trying to create a design for a print, I have been sent an Adobe Illustrator template file with a an outline of the printable area which I need to add my design to.

I don't have much experience with Illustrator and I was looking for a kind of live paint bucket tool but for placing an image inside the wire frame template. I basically just want to crop my image into the template, but I have no idea how.

Any ideas how to do this?


texts: How export clean SVG file on Adobe Illustrator

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There is always a layer named Group> with my exported asset
How to get rid of it?


texts: Is there a way of making text that is unreadable at high brightness but becomes readable as brightness is reduced?

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I am looking for a way of displaying text that is unreadable at high brightness but becomes readable as brightness is reduced on a screen/monitor.

Any clues?
Thanks


texts: How to automatically draw the edge between two regions in GIMP?

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I have an image that has areas with different colors in them similar to this

I would like to draw a line at the boundary between the red and the blue regions using Gimp. So the end result might look something like this

I can select one of the two regions with the Select by Color Tool, but then I don't know how to draw the edge of the selection.


texts: Photoshop: How to duplicate a layer below the original layer

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I use Alt + Shift to duplicate a layer, however, the layer always gets created above the layer I'm duplicating.

How can I duplicate it and have the layer automatically go below the layer I'm duplicating?


texts: Export in .dxf taking into account the masks Inkscape

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I' m looking for a way to make sure that the .dxf export doesn't include elements outside of a mask.

If such a function exists, it would be the simplest, otherwise you have to remove the mask and all the curves it hides (if you have a solution to do this quickly, I'm also interested).

Original file, with the wanted visual for export:

Same file with realeased mask:

After exporting drawing WITH the mask in.dxf,, open in LibreCAD:


texts: Best Grayscale method for checking contrast?

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While designing art assets in Photoshop, I've always tried to use the Grayscale method for checking the contrast levels. Unfortunately, different articles/sources recommend different methods of desaturating an image, and they all produce vastly different results:

A) Create new layer, fill in #000000 Black, set blending mode to saturation

B) Hue/saturation adjustment layer, saturation slider down

C) Vibrancy adjustment layer, saturation slider down

D) Switching to a Black and white gamut proof

E) Black and white adjustment layer

Which one do you use (if any) when designing your artwork, and does anyone happen to know which method produces the most accurate result for checking contrast? Cheers!


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I have an object that has been rotated and attached to another. I now want to detach this object and rotate it so that it is straight again.

The object consists of multiple boxes so surely there is a way to rotate it so that one of the faces is straight along the z axis?

Is this possible?


texts: Illustrator cs6 - how can i erase lines like that?

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Here's a part of my artwork, and  I want to erase just the lines between the squares.

Here's a picture of what I want to do:

all the black lines marked with red lines have to be erased.

My question is if I can erase them by drawing a line above the black lines with some tool, like cutting the black lines between the squares and not the lines that are inside the squares?


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I saw a similar question has been asked but did not have a good answer. I want to recreate the gradient on the screenshot I attached. I couldn't figure out this hard gradient effect.

I have tried doing the hard gradient using an angle gradient but there was no fade between the white and the grey. I ended up just duplicating the white cell transforming the height to half the white cell and putting a grey to white gradient on the half cell. This gave me a hard gradient with a slight fade.


texts: black box in middle of illustrator CC art board

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I'm new to Illustrator and I'm making an illustration, the problem is when I moved the red rectangle, the surrounding border seems to stay there, I can't select it and it does not move or remove, and when I click on the eye button beside layers, I figure out it doesn't belong to any layer.
I searched about it and I know it's not my art board.
What can it be and how can I remove it?

I hope it's not a redundant post.


texts: Are paragraphs in a (bullet) list item an antipattern?

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Say I'm writing a document (maybe an email) and I'm describing 3 possible solutions to a given problem. Each solution can be described in like 3-10 sentences. I'd like to break down the solution taking 10 sentences into 2 paragraphs. How do I do it? The following doesn't seem to be supported by editors.

So the problem is blablabla. We identified 3 solutions

Building a quantum carburator. First sentence. Another sentence.  Lorem ipsum.ipsum ipsum ipsum ipsum ipsum ipsum ipsum ipsum ipsum ipsum ipsum ipsum ipsum ipsum ipsum
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NOW I'd like to started a paragraph about the cons of the solution.... ipsum ipsum ipsum ipsum ipsum ipsum ipsum ipsum.

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Solution C.

So it there a way to do it? I cannot break the solution into paragraphs, or the point numbering breaks. Or it there a stylistically better solution?


texts:
I am currently designing a website for my client. I decided to use Sketch to prepare artboards and Invision web app to prototype and present it.

During the designing process I planned for some portions of the site to feature parallax scrolling. I have an element partially overlapped by element on top of it, and it will get more and more visible after the user scrolls down.

Now, how do I show it to client? It is only a design, so I don't want to assemble it on testing enviroment, as I am not sure he will like it and decide to use that design choice anyway, but if it's static, all he'll see is some overlap, obscuring important elements.

In this instance my issue is with parallax scrolling, but this can be easily asked about other elements, like video headers, or onhover buttons. Is there a way to present it as a self-explanatory, coherent design?


texts: Why hasn't Adobe built a font feature into illustrator yet?

texts:
It seems that Illustrator is the flavor of choice when designing typefaces. Users seem to have a strong grasp on Illustrator and prefer the design tools in the software over others. Typography is a huge part of what makes Illustrator so accessible to a designer.

As someone who has designed typefaces from hand using illustrator and then having to lug everything over to fontLab I'm confused as to why Adobe hasn't built in the features of fontLab into Illustrator, or why they haven't built something better.