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I need help identifying the font used on this sign. This is the clearest photo of it I have, and the shadows are throwing off all the font-matching tools I've tried.

I have tried Identifont, What the Font, Fontpring's Matcherator, Fontsquirrel's Matcherator, and have been manually digging through lists of fonts to try and eyeball a match. No dice. I've tried isolating the letters from the shadow in photoshop, but have had poor results.

I'm hoping someone might know it on sight? I feel like I saw it used a lot in the 90s (or maybe I'm thinking of Trajan), certainly I've seen that A used in logos before, like a movie production company or a non-profit... It's driving me insane! Any clues anyone has to help me investigate would be appreciated.


texts: Rotate text inside inDesign text box without rotating the textbox object

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I using indesign to do an floorplan for a show.

I have drawn all my areas using the shape tool. I am then converting them to text boxes so I can have text labels on each shape. Some shapes are bespoke shapes and cannot be rotated.

So my question is when you begin a text box inside a custom shape, and you want to change the direction of the baseline inside the custom shape when it is a text box, how do you do this without rotating the whole textframe/shape?

Thanks


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I have this shape here:

And I want to get this shape to follow the the curves of the other shape, Something like this:

But I want it to continue to follow the curves. Ive tried warping, enveloping and free transform, nothing is getting what I want. Im using illustrator and have to keep it in a vector format. Any help would be great thanks


texts: How to create Illustrations with thick outer strokes?

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I have seen quite a lot of illustrations on Dribble which have thick strokes. For example this one.

I have a general idea, and can go about making some of my own designs like this.

But I don't think that the way that I am approaching this design is correct. If someone could help me understand the proper technique to approach it would be very helpful. A tutorial or even speed art helps.


texts: Brochure Design: For a saddle stitch (center stapled) brochure, what adjustments should be made to compensate for creep?

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For a saddle stitch (center-stapled) brochure, what adjustments should be made (if any) to counter any page-size distortion from folding?

I know measures are taken to mitigate this with other types of brochure (trifold, etc.). But, is it common practise to adjust the center pages of a saddle stitch brochure to prevent creep, when the brochure is closed?

Thanks!


texts: How to remove the textured background from a handwritten text document?

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I'm using Adobe Photoshop.

I noticed that there are other questions similar to this one.
 However, the reason I'm posting my question is, when I followed the instructions in the other question about removing the background from a signature, it was not working for me on this document. I needed to select several times for each letter. Many times I was also getting parts of the background with the letters.

Is there some shortcut?

It looks like it will take me a whole day to select all the text, letter by letter.

Perhaps the reason the Magic Wand tool is not working well is because the text is handwritten and the edges are not well defined?

So, here's the picture.
(I thought I uploaded it the first time, I'm trying again now)

Basically, I would like guidance on how to remove the background and put the text on a solid white background. (If possible in an easier more efficient manner than selecting each letter one by one)

P.S. For those curious, this is a handwritten marriage document in the Hebrew language written on parchment with a quill.


texts: how to create 3D png image in photoshop?

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What i am looking to make is a image like the attached one in which if i add a background colour to the image it will turn into a full image with 3d shades.
I am using Photoshop cs6. Is there any tools in PS to implement this. Also provide any video tutorials if any.
Thanks in advance.


texts: Wall Menu Font Size and Type recommendation

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I am designing my own restaurant wall menu and would like some help with choosing  which font size is best for the heading, the menu items and also the font that is most suitable.

Thank you for reading

Lindsey


texts: How to find the licence of a font bundled to some software?

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I have a font on my computer (specifically, Jenkins v2.0) that I obtained as part of a bigger software (specifically, Fontographer, formerly owned by Macromedia) and want to use it as a web font.

Unfortunately I cannot find a licence for this font and neither whom to get in contact with regarding use as a web font.

What ways (other than Googling) are there to obtain this information?


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I need to censor some images (Whole image).

I need these images for a essay about pornography in a webpage and I need the images (pornographic pictures) be censored (something like a pixelized image so the viewer should be able to understand it's about pornography but shouldn't be able to see the original image).

I'm using GIMP.

I used "Filters->Blur->Pixelize".

But my problem is, when the viewer zooms out on image, he can see the original image! (When the image gets very small -- less than 200px or 100px -- the  original image is detectable just like a low resolution picture that is clearer when it's zoomed out and is smaller).

How can I overcome this? (for example by randomizing pixels when pixelized)


texts: Change opacity on only transparent elements

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I have a bunch of solid, non-transparent logos, all of which contain drop shadows. The problem is the person who did them went WAY overboard in the size and darkness of the drop shadow.

I don't have access to the original PSD files, they're just flat PNGs. Given that, is there a way to modify the opacity of only those elements in an image that are already at least partially opaque? A way to select just those elements would also have the same result.


texts: This is a pretty popular background pattern in web/graphic design and I'd love to find different but similar variations of it. What would I search for to find such patterns?


texts: Creating a design system file from library

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We created a design system. We have over 800 symbols. We want this to use as the linked library for our clients. We also want to include a design file, quick start guide that has all those symbols linked and included. Is there a bulk way to include linked symbols in a sketch document?

If not, is there another way this might work


texts: Extracting lines from a complicated artwork and vectorize them

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Currently I'm working on converting 30+ artworks to a colouring book, extracting the lines as best as I can and vectorizing them. Both my gf and I work as graphic designers and neither of us have come up with a solution that gives satisfying results. Of course having to clean-up manually is unavoidable, which is what we have done so far, but perhaps there are some techniques that we overlooked, some time savers. I don't need each and every line, but it does need to be quite detailed also because the artist likes to decide on what to leave out.

Here's an example:

And here is an example of one I did before:

Techniques I used: increase contrast and reduce colours in various ways: convert to CMYK then take out CMY, index colours, posterize, adjust levels
de-saturate, duplicate as a colour dodge layer (fairly effective) and gimp cartoon effect was also pretty good. Nevertheless after extracting the outline a lot of handywork remained, the example took me 6 hours before I could trace a satisfyingly smooth vector.
The artist is very specific about the way his lines should look. He wants to preserve his trademark brush strokes. Unfortunately he doesn't exclusively use black for the outlines, they can be dark green, brown etcetera. and his paintings are not as 'clean' as the colouring book outlines need to be.

If there is any technique the saves me an hour of work, times 30 that's a lot of hours saved. Any suggestions please drop them in the comments below, I'll give it all a try.

(I cant drop anything high resolution here but I do have high-res tiffs myself)

As requested, another more high resolution example to play with. (PNG went over the 2MB max, I hope this is good enough for you?)


texts: While filling ellipse shape in Gimp the whole rectangle gets filled

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I'm not a graphic designer and use tools like gimp only occasionally. I need to fill a circle with the gradient tool.
The problem I face: instead of only the circle, the entire rectangular space around it (the nodes) gets filled, too. Why is that?


texts: Please help identify this font similar to Venus Rising

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I used this font a few years ago, but I have lost the source docx file. I suppose it is a free font, since I used LibreOffice on Linux while creating this title plate with it.

I already have tried sites WhatTheFont!, Identifont, "What Font is" and Fontspring Matcherator, but they couldn't identify the font.


texts: Is there any method to deliberately digitally corrupt an image?

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For an art project. I want to take a high-resolution digital image and digitally 'corrode' it.

My original intention was to subject an image to repeated jpg compression, and show the iterations, but after experimenting I realise that the compression method won't achieve any effect after the first pass (rookie mistake).

What methods are available to do this, if any? While I'd like to go for a progression, as in the compression example, I'm happy to hear about methods that would achieve random results as well (for instance imitative of digital static).


texts: Best way to save an illustrator design so it cannot be altered

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I have designed a logo for a non-profit that I want to allow different committees to use it, but I don't want them to be able to alter anything but the size.

I have created the design as a vector image(all font saved as outlines) with transparent background and with separate versions for black, greyscale at 80%, white to print on dark backgrounds and a specified color.

The skill of members varies as does their printers, some barely know what a jpeg is, others are prepping brochures for press printing, others are using the image on the web and for email.

I know I can take most image formats and extract, distort, erase, change colors, superimpose other elements etc.

I don't want others to be able to do this without permission from the organization board.  Using illustrator in CS5 on iMac 27" OS X 10.10.4


texts: I have a word in a text layer in photoshop. I want each character to be on a separate layer, how can I do that?


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I am trying to use Sketch 3 to create some SVG icons.  One of the big reasons I am using SVG icons is the ability to have multiple color however to do that, the SVG must be multiple shapes.  The issues I am running into is that I can seem to snap together so I always end up with something like this:

Is there anyway in Sketch 3 to be able to snap together 2 points of 2 different objects?


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Using Acrobat Pro CS2, I observe strange behavior to text when pasting a certain diagram exported from Excel as PDF into the current document. This issue concerns the text already in the document, not the text in the diagram itself.
The edges around the text lose their "smoothness", thus aliasing is stronger and the text looks noticeably bolder.

The texts parameters do not change, however. They remain the same typeface, size, etc.

What I tried:

Copying the text from Document A to the one containing the diagram
Copying the diagram into Document A
Importing the diagram into Illustrator and exported as AI, PDF and ESP upfront, before copying into Document A

I of course could export the diagram to a raster format, but really want to avoid this so the diagrams labeling remains in tact (not rasterized). Oh and color space for all documents is CMYK, for what it's worth.

Does anybody know what's going on?


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When I download DIN Regular from a variety of websites, this is what it looks like in Mac OS font previewer...

What is wrong with this font?


texts: png made in GIMP not exporting with transparency

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I've just edited one photo in GIMP to have a transparent background.

The first photo exported fine (with the transparency), however the second photo does not export with the transparency.

I'm using GIMP 2.8.16. Screenshot below.

Edited to add photo:
http://imgur.com/UvBfTlF


texts: What exactly is the difference between 8 fps and 24 fps drawn-on-threes animations?

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Main question: Is there any difference between an animation sequence drawn on threes (8 different drawings for a second of motion) that plays back at 8 fps and 24 fps?

As in after you draw 8 different drawings for a second of motion, which will be exported:

As 8 different image files for an 8 fps video
Vs as 24 image files which contain only 8 truly different image files (the rest are just graphical duplicates of those files) for a 24 fps video?

(For the sake of argument let's just forget the occasional need for drawn-on-ones drawings for smoother quick actions, and automated tweening, let's just talk about pure frame-by-frame animation manually drawn on threes (or twos in the case of Western animation))

Additional intrinsically related questions: Moreover, is it correct to say most animations play at 8 or 12 fps or whatever while in fact they actually play 24 fps, only that every 3 or 2 of those frames are exact duplicates?

Also, which is the more efficient way to compose an animation sequence, concerning file size, computing power (using whatever program like After Effects, Premiere Pro, Animate, Harmony, etc.), playback quality and compatibility to different setups or broadcasting standards (23.976 fps, 25 fps, for European TV, for North American TV, for YouTube, etc.):

Play 8 or 12 image files at 8 or 12 fps;
Or play 24 image files (of which 16 or 12 are exact duplicates) at 24 fps?


texts: How can I fix jerky text panning in Photoshop CS6 video?

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I'm testing CS6's new video features. One issue I found is that when I add panning to text, it does not pan smoothly. It seems like the kerning is adjusted slightly for each frame and it looks pretty bad. I could fix the problem somewhat by rasterizing the text, but then I lose the ability to make changes to the actual text.

Is there a better option for making text pan smoothly in CS6 videos?


texts: Software like InDesign or QuarkXPress to create instructional documents

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I'm creating a booklet on teaching programming through examples and exercises.  What's the best software for writing the pages?  It'll be code examples, exercise questions and some diagrams.

I'm new to designing and writing an instructional booklet.  Would Adobe's InDesign or QuarkXPress be appropriate for this kind of job?


texts: Easier way to export only the current group/layer in Sketch?

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In Sketch, 99% of the time, when I want to export something, I only want to export the current group or layer. However, whenever I select "Make Exportable", I have to:

Find the slice layer at the very top of the layer stack
Manually drag it into its group, creating a single-layer group if there is only one layer I want to export
Check "Export Group Contents Only"

before I can export just that group or layer. Is there really no faster way to do this?


texts: How to determine color temperature by computer?

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Hello I need to figure out if skin tones (real ones from photographies) are either warm or cool. As I'm having difficulties assessing with my eyes only I wondered if there was a tool that would tell me if there is more yellow or blue in the image.
I don't know if it would be a reliable technique, and if it's cyan or magenta that gives the coolness.


texts: How to reverse Photoshop cropping back to older behavior (non-ratio locked)?

texts: The newest photoshop requires you to press shift while drag to remove the ratio lock, which is not the behavior I desire. Can I untick a setting to revert it back to the old behavior?


texts: How best to join multiple SVG Files info 1?

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While I do realize that this question has bee n asked, and answered, the answers seems to have very mixed results, and unfortunately, the reasoning for the joining in the posts I have found appear to be very different from what I need. So here I am to ask to see if someone can provide a solution or recommendation that is right for what I am in need of.
I have a number of SVG files that are each pages of a larger document, and I would like to be able to combine them into one single file.
The files are not being used on a web page, or anything like that.  The previous questions posted on this were asking for SVG image files such as icons or some other images, that were then meant to be used on a web page.
However, in my case, I have for example,, a 30 page example of a Business Plan. Each page of the plan is it's own SVG file. I would like to some how join the images together into one and then either export it to a PDF or Word type format so that (if possible) the text will not be seen as an image and I could modify the document for my needs.
While I do believe concatenating the the multiple files may actually be the easy part, however, since their currently in an SVG format,I don't know if the text mapping exists, and if anything would be able to recognize the text as anything but an image.
I did try using Inkscape since that's one of the better free Vector Image Applications however, while the SVG files are valid, and can be opened on a browsers,  (Chrome) for viewing with no issue, Inkscape crashes when I trying to open one of the files with it.
I would greatly appreciate any suggestions, and as a reminder, these images will not be using on a website or anything like that, the intent is to open and edit them in Windows which I know can not be done as they are now.


texts: Fitting merged text to the width of the frame in InDesign

texts: I have a document with several text frames with content merged from a CSV. Sometimes the content is too big for the frame. I want the text to scale appropriately so that the content remains on one line and fits in the frame width-wise. I don't want the frame to resize. Is this possible?


texts: Deleting Part of a Shape (Adobe Illustrator)

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I'm trying to delete part of a dashed line in Illustrator (I marked the part that I want to remove with a red rectangle).

The Dashed line was created by an horizontal line tool with Zig-Zag effect, so the anchors are as seen here:

I've tried the eraser tool, mark a line and then use pathfinder, lasso tool to select the part I want to remove but none of them worked.

Any suggestions?

Thank you!


texts: Using blend tool for logo design in Ilustrator

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is this a problem if I use blend tool to create a shape with a structure and gradient I want in a logo - if I expand, it doesn't look how I want it to look.

I was wondering if there are technical problems with blend tool shapes in logo design. Or "vector is vector" and I shouldn't worry? I don't mean problems like, how to do monochromatic or inversed version - more like if the number of steps used in bled option matter and stuff like that, more connected to the complexity of a shape itself and then printing it/putting it on web.

Right one is a mountain made with blend tool, and on the left is the one I expanded. Would you guys recommend to recreate the "rough edges" and those gradients myself without using the bled tool then?

Thanks!


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How to fill radial array elements with gradient like this:

No idea how to make it happen automatically, rather than element by element.


texts: How to apply adjustment layers to multiple (not one, not all) layers?

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I am looking to apply an adjustment layer to just three layers like so:

ADJ_LAYER_1
-  IMAGE_1
-  IMAGE_2
-  IMAGE_3
ADJ_LAYER_2
-  BG

All I can manage is to apply ADJ_LAYER_1 to either only LAYER_1 or ALL layers below.

I have tried ALT clicking on the layer-dividers but that creates clipping masks between for example IMAGE_1 AND IMAGE_2 and screws things up.

So, is it possible to clip an adjustment layer to SOME layers?


texts: Find the original imported image path in Fireworks

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I have imported an image into fireworks but I cannot remember where it came from. I need to find the original in order to rescale the image. Is there a way to determine the original path.

ps. Cannot undo as the document was made 4 months ago.


texts: Should web designers make a free mockup?

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I have some potential clients that ask to see something before accept the work.
Now, should I make, for example, a free mockup or It's better to find another client?


texts: Inkscape: using one object to cut away another while leaving both as "live editable"?

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I am using inkscape 0.92, and I have multiple pairs of objects that I want to partially overlap sort of like the following:

The objects involved here are depicted as ABC and DEF.  The objects may actually be either textual or graphical, but denoting them in this way makes it possible to easily and unambiguously refer to specific objects.

As is apparent, I have an outline on DEF, and want that outline to obscure ABC.  In particular, however, I want the outline to still effectively be transparent in the result, and reveal portions of any objects which might be on the page but below ABC.  Essentially, in this diagram, everything that is depicted as white in this picture should actually just be transparent, and reveal any objects below.

I know could simply achieve this look, if I already everything exactly in the right position and nothing else was ever going to change, is make a duplicate of DEF, add the outline to it, convert its stroke to path, and then use Path->Difference on ABC to cut that path out from ABC.

However, the problem I have with this solution is that it leaves neither the top or bottom objects in each pair as "live editable". While it properly obscures the object underneath, I need to able to do things like adjust the positions of either of the objects, or change their textual contents, or make tweaks to their boundaries when the object is simply a path, and have the outline of the upper objects still properly obscure the specific objects below.

If this were the entirety of the drawing, I would simply use a white outline on each object, but of course, this hides objects underneath "ABC" as well, and I want them to show through the otherwise "white" parts of this.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT:

After I posted this question I noticed that the stroke of an object covers also a part of the fill area of the object. I must add the following new requirement:

DEF in the wanted construction is strokeless, the generated gap should't wipe off anything from DEF.

That unfortunately reduces the usability of the first three answers. Sorry for poor question and hopefully someone can also solve this edited case.


texts: What is the bold sans font used in the Boscom logo?

texts: I usually use WhatTheFont for this but it's not working correctly. Is anyone able to shed some light at all?


texts: Illustrator Pen Tool does not work and switches to a pencil with circle

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I locked a layer. Afterwards, I can't use the pen tool because the cursor switches to a pencil and a circle with a line through it.

I designed a fashion piece using illustrator and locked the layer and then
 created another layer under that. I did this before and I cant understand what the problem is this time!

I know if I unlock the layer, it solves the problem, but I don't want to do that.


texts: What font to enhance 1-2 words within block of Helvetica/Arial?

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I'm trying to find an alternative to simply "bold/italic" words that I want to enhance within a continuous block of Helvetica/Arial text.

For example:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Is there a specific font/type that I could use instead of bold/italic that would make those words stick out better -- without disrupting the spacing and flow of the text?

Unfortunately there is no space for adding paragraphs, indentation etc.


texts: Adobe Illustrator CS5: how to save background color to pdf

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I changed the background colour of my pdf through:

Document Setup -> changing color under "transparency" (grid color) -> checking "Simulate Colored Paper"

This changes the background in Illustrator as it should.
The problem is: if I save the file as a pdf, the background if my pdf is white again :-(

Any idea how to solve this problem? Many thanks in advance!


texts: Sketch: How do I locate and edit a Layer Style shown as an Override?

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I am re-theming the Material UI kit for Sketch and I am having a difficult time replacing the colors of some of the components because they use Overrides and therefore the values are not immediately available to be edited in the inspector. Additionally, I cannot locate the original vector from which an applied layer style is sourced from.
For example:

How do I locate and edit Layer Style "...C-1. Focus" found under the Overrides > States of this particular component? The style under "Guide" is locatable by hitting the arrow, but unfortunately not this style!
I even tried going to Components > Show Layer Styles and was able to find the style in the dropdown. Problem is the "Reveal in Layer List" is disabled and there is no way to edit from the inspector either:

Is this a bug?


texts: In Inkscape, is there a way to apply an alpha mask or gradient over another color gradient?

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I have an object that I've applied a linear gradient to:

that I would like to fade to transparent at the edges:

But I do not know how to do this, given that inkscape doesn't let you apply two gradients to one object (I would like to apply a radial alpha gradient over the linear color gradient). I've accomplished the look here by just using a white elliptical gradient on a new shape, which surrounds the colored shape, plus a white background. But that's obviously not what I want; I want the shape to have a fully transparent background.

Is there a way to achieve this with some kind of Clip & Mask? Or something else?


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I'm very new at designing in Adobe Photoshop CC 2017.Although i am a developer,from time ti time i need this program in order to create some images.
Now i want to create an arrow and its white circle separately that was drawn on the screen of phone.How can i achieve this.Any suggestion would be welcome or links to do this.


texts: How to clean up smudges on a scanned pdf

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I have scanned a PDF, combined a few pages, added page numbers. Everything looked great, except for random page numbers from the original scan. In Adobe Acrobat Pro, I used the comment tool to create a white box shape to cover the page numbers. It looks fine, except when I go to print the original page numbers still show up (I assume the comments are somehow not printing).

There has to be an easier way - is there a way to export the PDF to photoshop or illustrator?


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designers,

I would like to ask You, where could I find patterns - backgrounds to download it it is possible for free - for businness cards, posters, logos, etc.? I mean, when I create some design and want to place it/put it like in real environment:

for example: https://99designs.com/logo-design/contests/holistic-care-partners-366442/entries/33839820

Is there are photoshop files or something like that?

Thank You


texts: What type of paper and which size to use for flyers?

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I am a doctor by profession and have recently set up my own clinic. For this I want to print out flyers in order to let the general public know about my newly opened clinic.

Don't have much knowledge in this, thus I need some help in selecting a paper type and the correct size for my flyers.

The flyers would be distributed by-hand, along with newspapers, for pickup, etc. 5000 copies probably.


texts: Shape outlines show through on other shapes in Illustrator

texts: I started getting a weird issue where outlines of shapes that are behind other shapes are showing through. I tested if it happens in a new document and it doesn't, so it must be something strange going on in my current document, but I don't know what it is.


texts: Are custom graphics/images a necessity for professional looking web design?

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I learned css snd html, thinking that making a site that looks good and professional would be a simple matter of basic layout and some fiddling with colours/text.

However on beginning the css portion of my site design, I've found that everything looks like a gradeschool web project or like it's from the 90's.

All of the color schemes i apply look awful- in fact solid colours in general dont look very professional. Then i go on professional sites and notice that alot of their graphics amnd div backgrounds are filled with custom gradients or other designs, not just a single solid color.

Can i make a professional looking site using just basic html and css, or will i need to design graphics as well?


texts: Outlined text get distorted when resized

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i'm trying to have a font letter (in this case "r") half green and half gray.So I Created the outlines from the letter and achieved this :

When I go resizing (making it smaller) it the letter get distorted though:

Where is the problem? I have the scale effects and strokes selected in the transform palette.
Thanks

Luca


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I am trying to make an installable font (trueType, openType + web) from different svg files containing the characters. The tricky part is that the letter shapes are actually randomly generated by a computer and being a total noob in this subject, I would like to get some suggestions from more experienced folks here.

So my workflow is basically this:

I generate the svg file in my browser using Javascript and download it as .svg
I put the shape in Illustrator, simplify it by merging the shapes and set the artboard's size to correspond to the shape width and height. Save and proceed.

I have all the characters I want to support as separate svg files with different artboard sizes (so they are not aligned to the same baseline, etc). Here is an example:

I imported them in FontForge, put the necessary shape into each corresponding letter and exported the font to try it out. The shapes are mapped to the keys and render properly, but they are not following the same baseline and the characted width seems to be off:

Here the character B is selected, but the width is all messed up.

What could be done in this situation? Do I have to change the shapes to fit into a common baseline by iterating the .svg files or can this be achieved in FontForge? I would also appreciate a recommendation for other popular font maker softwares.

EDIT: Since the shapes itself are quite detailed, the file size increases correspondingly. I try to simplify the svgs as much as possible, while still getting around ~40kb for each file. Is this a big problem for fonts? Do font providers have any limit on that? What would be a good font size (in terms of size on the harddrive) to strive for?


texts: How to give dotted effect to sides of a photograph?

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See image.
Can this be done using photoshop, indesign or illustrator?

Using this opportunity to wish all a happy easter.


texts: Suppress Overset text alert for InDesign CS6

texts: Is there anyway I can set up a rule to not allow overset text in a text frame? I want to print without getting the "Overset text" alert for an specific text frame.


texts: How to use Photoshop's 'Save for Web' with the new CC2015 artboard feature?

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Adobe implemented artboards into Photoshop CC 2015. This is a fantastic addition. However, the now-classified 'legacy' Save for Web feature doesn't actually understand them.

In Illustrator SfW, there is an option to honor the working space of artboards and only export content within their confines. However, in the new Photoshop, there doesn't seem to be such an option. When you hit 'Save for Web', it attempts to save the entire working space as the image.

Only workaround I have found thus far is to right click on the artboard's name in the layers panel and 'export'. However, I'm prompted with a very restrictive options panel that even seems to use a Windows 3.1 era serif that doesn't exactly instil confidence.

Any ideas? Thoughts? Help?

Thanks! This is my first post here.


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Good day. I have no experience on this whatsoever so any help/insight from you would be very much appreciated. :) (my very first post too! :D)

I think posting the picture will help me explain things further so here it is:

Posted here is our draft of what our bulletin board (a group project) will look like. I'm a bit concerned with the text because I don't know if printing it on a black paper [to be specific, an 8.5x11 cut-out from a cartolina. Black papers (if they even exist) are nowhere to be seen in any stores I've been] would work. My question is, is setting the color of the typeface to say, gray, and then printing it on the 'black paper' would be seen? Would the colors combine? How about if I print the turquoise text on the black paper, too? If not, can you suggest any alternative? I thought of printing this entire design but I decide not to because the bulletin is quite big (26 and 1/2 in X 44 in). It will cost us a lot of ink, I believe (or not?). Thank you so much for your time and to whatever help you can extend. :)

Edit* I use inkjet printer.


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What could be happening here when I import/insert this EPS file?

Original EPS file:

EPS file when imported:

Illustrator CC 2020

MacOS

Thank you!


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anyone know of javascript version of layout program like QuarkXpress?

this would be browser-based tool that would have all the powerful and WYSIWYG accessible design and control tools like QuarkXpress

I've found some portions of the functions written in javascript, but not an entire package.

My searches of open source sites and web searches have mostly led to sites like this on stackexchange.

any suggestions appreciated (maybe I'll have to re-assemble the QuarkXpress "wheel" in javascript?)
Greg

PS
I just found a hopeful candidate program
- Lucid £34.99 The escapers "designed to help you code JavaScript-powered sites in a simpler graphical interface" found via http://mac.appstorm.net
12-6-13


texts: How can I justify paragraph text in Corel Draw and make the bottom line aligned right (not left)?

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It seems that Corel Draw just fully ignores this variant having these justification options:

None
Left
Right
Center
Full Justify
Force Justify

Full Justify could have had the desired option of Left or Right bottom line alignment, but I don't find it anywhere.
Does Corel really align the bottom line only to the left?


texts: What should I do when scanning hand drawn images?

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My friend is an illustrator and has lot of sketches that she wants to digitize to put online. She is also working on a children's book.

How should she scan the images and what are some beginner steps that she can take to clean them up once digitized? I'm guessing the clean-up will be necessary just from the scanning process.


texts: How to save Photoshop file with for web with partial transparency over transparent background?

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I have an image in my program which I want to superimpose against a background. However, the image will move around and I need the background image to remain in place while the front image moves. Furthermore, the front image has a dropshadow which I have created in photoshop.

In order to allow the front image to move around, have a dropshadow, and have the background image remain in place, I have set the background for the front image to be transparent.

I am "saving for web" now to PNG-24. However, Photoshop continually turns the transparent pixels either to be white or black - with no real alpha transparency. What should I do?

Here is the image itself:

And here is the image, superimposed over the background, in my program itself: (The key to notice is that in the top-right of the image, the drop shadow turns to white, overlaying and obscuring the background texture.)

What's the best way to solve this issue? I want it to look like this when all is said and done:


texts: Changing the extrusion opacity of 3D object in Photoshop CS 6 Extended

texts: How does one change the opacity of the extrusion for a 3D object in Photoshop CS 6 Extended?


texts: Help identifying the font for BonLook's logo

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It would be helpful if anyone can identify this font, or something similar.

I've tried the What The Font search engine, however it gave me not so good results.


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How is colour notated?
For example, if you want to refer to a specific red colour, say the red in the basic MS Paint colour palate, how do you notate this? Do you write Hue: 238, Sat: 205, Lum: 125; Red: 237, Green: 28; Blue: 36?


texts: Why does my vector shrinks in height and width when opened in Illustrator? Like 30cm length becomes 30mm

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Hello so I had been sent an Illustrator file thru Gdrive to edit, it is a sewing pattern so it's just made up of different types of lines and a few texts. I send the file back and when they checked they saw that the pattern shrunk like the sleeve pattern at 30cm height turned 30mm. They checked the original file, the one they made, and saw that they were working on CM and not MM. I re-downloaded the file and when I opened it was still really small, I went to preferences and changed units from mm to cm, also changed the one in the document setup but it's still the same.
Edit: I can't resize manually because it's a sewing pattern and any resizing may cause a change in the pattern rendering it unusable


texts: Why do some logos look dated? How does design age?

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What makes a design look old? How subjective is this? Who decides?

Look at this Bell logo:

It's from 1969. And boy, does it look that way. It's simple and minimal, but.. it looks old.

Take a look the this BP logo:

Old. And not too pretty. And yet.. someone thought it's a good idea.

And something I find ridiculously curious: the old Chrome vs the new Chrome logo:

I remember when I first saw the new icon. I thought it was pretty bad. It lacked something. Today, I look at the old one and smile, thinking "aw, that was ugly. In a cute way, though".

This doesn't only apply to logos that have been improved, I think:

Sorry, Nike. I love the brand, but that logo looks like you paid $35 back in '71 for it.

Now let's go for something else, though a bit off the real logo-esque topic:

I'd believe if someone told me this was a 2013 model. I want one, by the way.

Take a look at most cars from the 90s. 80s. 70s. 95% look horrible. 4% are nearly classic, 1% are so ugly they have their own cult.

What drives the way we perceive "new" vs "old" design?

Look at the web. Flat UI is becoming more and more popular, making gradients look old.

Why? Who decides this?
How much of this is about taste and how much about trends?

I mean.. you couldn't slap the old, rainbow-colored Apple logo on the back of every MacBook out there and make it look good today, could you?


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In Illustrator CC, is there a way to remove / retract bezier handles from a point?

See below picture, the two handles between the corner points are useless and I'd much rather just have a straight line.

The one method I know to achieve this is using the pen tool and alt clicking on the corner, but that retracts both sides of the bezier, so I'd have to redraw the other side where I do want the handle.

Is there a way to just retract a specific anchor point's bezier handle?


texts: Vectors get rasterized when exported to ePub

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I have an InDesign file with some vectors (some of them are direct paths, and some are just linked from Illustrator). But every time I export to ePub they look super pixelated (unless I set export settings to maximum which makes my file huge).

Any idea why ePub is not exporting scalable vectors, and seems to just rasterize them into .png's instead?


texts: Unable to change color of a shape layer made with Pen tool in Photoshop

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I have selected the Pen tool and switched to shape (from path), I have then designed an arc like shape (C looking). The layer icon has the shape symbol like ordinary shapes made with the shape tool.

Now if I try to change the shape color it allows me to change it for ordinary shapes but not for the one made with Pen tool, yet it has the same layer icon/type of other shapes, I'm confused.

What am I doing wrong??

I noticed that the issue is due to not selecting fill color in the shape but only a border color, so since it has no fill I cannot use this method. Now the question is: how do I change the border color (track) of a shape made using the Pen tool?


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I've been working as a graphic designer for a small company for a little over a year (I originally started as a college intern and became my boss's first employee). My boss specializes in video production, my creative director has no background/experience in design or art, I'm the only art related person in my office.

For our regular clients who I'm familiar with and provide me branding guidelines and graphic assets, I can create an ad within 45 min-1.5 hours. When we get a new client they often provide us with bad/no assets & branding guidelines, and vague requests. These ads I create from scratch in approx. 3-5 hours.

For the ad I've just completed I was provided with no assets, no guidelines, I even had to write the text to go in it. I created a 4 piece ad from a blank canvas and my imagination. My total time clocked in at 10 hours.

I would really like some feedback from people in the field as to whether or not my times are realistic. I don't feel like I can trust my co-workers feedback, as I don't think they have a realistic idea of how much work actually goes into design.


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In Adobe Photoshop I like like to draw straight lines by clicking on one end point with the brush tool and then shift clicking on the other end. This gives me a nice straight line, but it fades out towards the first end point. Attached is an example.

Is there a way to avoid this fade?


texts: How to change font color for a text logo that is a PNG file

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I have a client that sent me their logo as a .png file.  However the text color needs to be changed.  Is there a way to convert to an illustrator file and change the color?  I tried image trace then save it as a .ai file but the text was cut off in spots.

I'm obviously a developer over a designer so would really appreciate any tips on this.

Thank you..


texts: What would be the natural way to draw someone who is pulling a wire or a rope from the ceiling?

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I'm having confusion on how to properly represent the motion of the human body. The action which I intend to draw is a man pulling a wire from the ceiling of a room. I attempted to look for sketches or examples of how this motion or figure would look like, but I don't know how would it look natural?.
My source of confusion is how would it look like if the cable is perpendicular to the ceiling as if the dummy is a piano mover or if the wire the dummy is pulling is makes an angle with the ceiling, will the motion look the same?.
Does it exist some reference or a stock of drawings displaying different poses and gestures of a person?.
I've found this sketch from below, which features a man pulling a rope but it comes from the sides not from the top, so I don't know how would it look like.

How can this be drawn in Inkscape?. The wavy pattern, well there's a method to do it, but I don't know very well how to replicate the sketchy effect seen in the joints of the dummy.
Basically this question relates on how a dummy or a person would look like when it is pulling a wire from a top and how to draw this on Inkscape by following the pattern as seen in these dummies?.
Does it exist another stock or reference for different poses and gestures in a person?.


texts: How can I apply a color to many paths at the same time in Adobe Illustrator, after importing them from Photoshop?

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The zipped PSD file that automatically downloads when you click this link (350 Perfect Icons -- brankic1979) consists of a high number of beautiful icon elements that were originally masked in photoshop.

I want to be able to import vector files into After Effects eventually.  The vector information IS in the PS file as a path, but importing from PS into AE will not retain vector functionality.  So here's where I ended up:

I opened the file in Illustrator.
Created Objects From Layers from the box that popped up.
I went through each layer and deleted the background of the mask.

Now I'm left with the shape object paths, but each object/group is in a separate layer.

When I select all, and try to apply a swatch, not only does it not work, but if I have some objects colored, they will lose that color, and go back to empty.  SOMETHING is working, but in an "inverted" way, maybe?

How can I fill in all these empty shapes on different layers with one color, all at once?


texts: How do you deal with clients who bash your designs?

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This has happened to me a few times, in bigger or smaller scale, and I think it happens to many of us.

We as designers have the pleasure/curse of leaving quite a bit of us in every design.

When you have a client who, you feel, undermines your design decisions, how do keep that from affecting what you are doing?

Related question: How can I work with a client that doesn't know what they want?


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I've seen this before, and this has always baffled me. Occasionally while manipulating an object in Illustrator, I end up with a path which seems like it's been broken — it shows a dramatic horizontal gap, as if there's a point far to the left or right of the actual path. When this shows up, it's almost always intermittent, disappearing on zoom. In the example I've created, shifting the object's position causes this gap to disappear and reappear.

What's going on here? Is this path corrupt? If so, is there any hope of fixing it? In this case I could recreate easily, but sometimes the object is something it took a long time to build.

Thank you!


texts: I'm using adobe illustrator, and I can't seem to use a stock eps file we purchased. If I remove the illustrated 'glow' elements from their original background, they turn black. What do I need to adjust/change, so that they fade to transparent when I move them to my own files..?


texts: Purpose of InDesign spread bleeding onto facing page?

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I have a book layout established with a 3mm bleed on all four sides and several full-page photographs used throughout. I understand that many have issues with the treatment of bleeds when exporting a PDF from a spread layout, with suggestions to remove bleeds from one side, etc. I have also seen suggestions to leave the seemingly quirky results as they are, they will print fine and are intended.

What I want to know is, what is the purpose of InDesign placing a small strip of the opposite page onto the spine-side of the neighbouring page? It appears deliberate. Likewise, my full-page photographs have a strip of white now on their spine-side edge if the opposite page was text with a margin.

What is gained from this and will these strips be hidden in the spine binding, or are they sheared off as they're inside the 3mm bleed of the neighbour page? Otherwise I can see the concern that people have

Example of the bleed from the opposite spread page appearing on the spine-edge to the right (saved as cropped height, full width):

Edit: There appears to be some misunderstanding of elements of my description so I'm adding the following illustration with description:

In this spread example (in black) there is a 3mm bleed active on all 4 sides (in red). InDesign doesn't visualise the inner bleed so I've placed a pink and green line line where the bleed may be potentially located (if it's not using the inner edge as both an edge and a bleed edge).

The full-page image (blue oval) is positioned to meet the 3 red lines, fully covering the bleed area. For the inner side, the image is positioned to the page edge.

On the three outer edges, the output pdf shows that it will trim away anything that lays between the page edge (black) and bleed edge (red), as expected. On the inner edge, the output pdf has copied (not trimmed) a strip of the image 3mm inwards from the spine (up to the pink line) and duplicated it onto the bleed area of the neighbouring page, nested against the contents that exist on the page. Let's call that duplicated strip an orphan.

What is the purpose of duplicating the orphan to the opposite page? What function does it serve in printing, ignoring whether it was correct or not to include an inside bleed? Why did InDesign not just omit it in this particular circumstance or include it in a bleed area on the same page of the PDF? What dictates that the bleed was now 3mm inside the page edge, but not visualised as such? This is what I meant by an irregular rule. It doesn't follow the logic of the other 3 sides, though I am aware that InDesign has a different problem to solve with an inner bleed.

For what it's worth: I am actually using a non-spread solution to print this book (using the page shuffle off option) but am trying my best to understand why InDesign is placing the bleed on the opposite page of the PDF to better my understanding of design for print.


texts: How to make red icon on gray background less jarring?

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My app has a button to record or play videos. When there are problems with this feature, we notify the user by overlaying an exclamation point. This "red !" UI works OK elsewhere in the app but on this button the colors look really odd and clashing.

Any suggestions for a visual treatment I can apply to the button and/or icon (each split out below) to make the result less contrasty and clashing?


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im creating canvas artwork, at 30 inches x 40 inches. The files are huge and they need to be under 20mb for me to upload. I heard .tif files could keep the image quality as well as keeping a low filesize.

Also, another option is bringing it down from 300dpi to 150 dpi. Is that going to result in loss of quality of the image?


texts: Can Acrobat Pro edit locked text layers in PDF?

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I'm new to freelancing, and I want to send the final work to client in PDF.
I want the client to be able to edit text layers only, I locked all layers in the AI file.

and I'm choosing to save as PDF with un-checking preserve illustrator editing capabilities.

Is this the right way to deliver this PDF to the client?

Can he edit text this way?


texts: InDesign: PDF auto fill-in when clicking on hyperlink

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is it possible to let InDesign fill in some predefined text when clicking on a hyperlink?
For example: You have a pdf with 5 pictures and a form field, when you click on picture number 2 it writes "picture #2" into the form field.


texts: Is there a way to navigate from artboards to layers in Sketch from keyboard?

texts: I'm new to Sketch and trying to learn as many keyboard shortcuts as possible. I know that you can use tab and shift + tab to navigate up and down through layers OR artboards but I can't see a way to move from a selected artboard into it's inner layers via the keyboard. Is there a keyboard shortcut for this?


texts: Edit bounding box around pixel art in Illustrator

texts: At the moment, I am trying to resize the bounding box of the pixel art shown in the picture below. It is too big and I can't work with it like this. Is there any way to resize it in Illustrator without changing the dimensions of the graphic inside?


texts: Improper kerning in iOS app, using Helvetica Neue

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I think I'm posting this question in the proper SE site, as it pertains more to designers than programmers.

I developed an iOS app with a programmer (I'm the artist), and we're using Helvetica Neue.

The problem is with the kerning - some letter pairs are spaced poorly ingame. It's definitely obeying the kerning table faithfully, so it's not the programmer's fault. But I looked at the kerning table, and there's virtually no modified spacing for much-needed letter pairs, like et and ro. At best, a few capital letter pairs have overly simplistic spacings, like -2 or +1.

I don't know a lot about fonts - do I have a poorly done kerning table? If I bought a copy of Helvetica Neue, would the kerning table be proper? (We're currently using a font copied from the system.)

Thanks!


texts: Cropping different layers of a gif differently in Photoshop CS3

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I have a gif of two people where one of them is moving out of the frame and I want to crop that person out of the gif entirely, leaving just the main person, which means cropping each layer slightly differently. I can crop the first layer, but it won't let me crop any more layers after that. Is this possible? And if it is possible, how do I get the layers that will be slightly different sizes now back to together so the gif works like it should?

Thanks.


texts: Software to take precise measurements from a picture

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I'd like to take precise measurements of a mechanical part. I have taken a picture of the part and I was wondering if there's a software able to help me in taking different measurements of the same part. Basically, I'd like something that, after a "calibration" step where I provide a known measurement of a given detail, is able to derive the rest of the part details' sizes.

I could do it just using a caliper, but if I need to take many measurements, the process becomes really time consuming.


texts: Putting the employer's Logo above the Customer

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I'm a Front-End Dev with a background in design.

I would like to know if someone would be able to help me finding a good explanation for why I shouldn't put the employer's logo in a place with too much visibility, like the header of a website.  (Because that's exactly what's going on)

I know that this is wrong, but I'd like to have arguments to present to the director of my company, since he's not really open minded to things like this, and he really loves exposing his brand.

In my experience, it shouldn't be in here since we are just developing the website.
Here is an Visual Example:


texts: Traditional Drawing - Perspective Question

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I am very new to drawing and currently studying all I can about perspective. I have a few things I like to ask that I am confused on.
Let's say I have drawn a cube in 1 point perspective.
How would I transfer that same cube (exact size/dimensions) into different other views in 1 point perspective.
How would I replicate the same size of the cube but in a different view?
When I do it sometimes my cube is smaller or sometimes it’s bigger than the cube I have previously drawn.
Thanks.


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I have a bunch of groups and I want to mask them using a shape.
Is there any way to do that?

(Without having to rasterize or unwrap the layers)


texts: I already have LinkedIn, DeviantArt, Dribbble, and Behance. Do I need a personal website?

texts: With the presence of different social networking sites that allow anyone to easily create a web presence, as a graphic designer do I still need a personal website? What is the pros and cons of having a personal website? Is it worth the cost?


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I am new to Photoshop. I want to remove the rays in the upper left part of the photo. I am stuck in this part of editing...

The Photo:


texts: SVG corrupted on save with content around artboard

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I'm pretty new with Illustrator, All icons will be converted into icon web font for one of my projects.

When there are objects around the artboard (with or without expand) the file gets corrupted on converting.

Error when converting

  Strokes get ignored when generating fonts or CSH files.
  You may convert them to fills and reimport your SVG(s).

I saw there was an option for Use Artboards on save and tried without luck.

I temporary delete everything around the artboard when saving and ctrl+z, but that's not a good solution for me.

There must be a way to have objects around the artboard and still be able to save it successfully.


texts: Illustrator (.ai) to Photoshop (.psd) conversion

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I happen to have an Illustrator file which I want to convert to a psd. However my Problem is, that even though I have separate layers in Illustrator

it wont let me choose to "write layers"

so what am I doing wrong? I kinda feel dumb, since others seem to have no problem with all that.


texts: InDesign interactive PDF scale slider options?

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Is there a way to create a scale slider(button as an interactive PDF within inDesign.

I know about the general buttons, radios, and text fields but can't seem to find anything on creating a scale to help gauge from like 1-10. Any help would be appreciated in advance!


texts: How to achieve this cut out letter effect?

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How do I achieve this effect where that small part in "N" is taken out? I can use Sketch, Illustrator, Photoshop.

I can apply divide effect fine...

BUT when i start deleting the white block, this is what i see...

I wonder if that's b/c I added stroke to the text....?  How to fix it???


texts: Is there a word for when a logo uses an image for one or more of its letters?

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There's a million examples of this, but the one that comes to mind is "smoke shop" with images of pipes in place of the "S"s, like this:

Is there a word for this? (It's not a rebus!)

I often see it in lazy or sometimes terrible graphic design. "Visual pun" comes close, but in many cases there doesn't seem to be any punning at all, or maybe they're just unfunny. In the worst cases, the word is rendered nearly incomprehensible or ambiguous.

More examples, all of which are fairly "punny". (I can't find any examples of the unfunny/downright-incomprehensible ones, sorry.)


texts: How to ensure international logo can be ethnically neutral enough so it won’t be offensive?

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We are launching an initiative in the field of informatics for which I asked for a logo. Our graphic designer took care of it and indeed showed me a very nice logo, where a man with a hammer in one hand is standing on a background of the Earth where many links are connecting people.

The man is clearly “resolute” and “hard-working for all of us”. I like it. But that man is very clearly a white man, and may be from the North of Europe or the North America, that's impossible to doubt even if it is simply painted.

I like the logo very much, but I have doubts about the man. I'm afraid that such a representation may seem offending or whatever to some people if we choose a white male as the symbol for a worldwide operating service.

Moreover, we do not have the possibility to personalize the logo on a regional basis: the same logo is for all the world.

How can I avoid the logo being perceived as unfair or racist or whatever?

Here it is the draft logo:

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texts: What's the difference between Monitor RGB and sRGB?

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Since the output is web, RGB is choosen, but is there any difference between "Monitor RGB..." and "sRGB..."?

In Photoshop, they are both under color settings > working spaces > RGB


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When dropping an SVG into a Figma canvas, the SVG object is broken, meaning it does not resemble the actual image. The SVG is exported from Adobe XD and is even tested with Microsoft Edge browser to work, meaning, the browser shows the correct image.
The image being imported contains:

Shapes/Objects
Images
Texts
and some blur effects from XD

What could be done so Figma can import SVG property?


texts: Is it good practice to add additional space before a punctuation mark after emphazised text?

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Is there a typographic convention or practice about placing punctuation marks after emphazised text?

I ran across this example on a website today that adds an additional space after emphazised text when the next glyph is a punctuation mark. (However, there is no extra space if the next glyph is the next word's beginning.)

The red circled spots are what I am refering to, in contrast to normal punctiation marks, which are underlined red.

I basically understand this choice, so what I am really looking for would be citations or references to a style guide that outlines this practice. Explanations as to why or why not this is or should be done are welcome also, just to see what is people's take on this.


texts: Photoshop: how to remove reflections from photos

texts: I can see the reflection of a yellow jacket in my photo. Is there any way to remove the yellow colour?


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My question is due to the sample of Al-Jāhiẓ: In praise of Books. The fourth page states that the book was typeset in Adobe Garamond.

I'm concerned with the diacritics for letters such as 'ẓ'. I could not find this in Adobe Garamond Pro using Typekit. Furthermore, the italic version seems different; it looks slanted instead of being italicized.

So the question: is there a version of Adobe Garamond which has the needed diacritics such as: ṣ, ṭ, ẓ, ḥ, ā, ū, ī, ḍ?

If not, how was it achieved in the sample?


texts: CS5: How to make non-linear changes using the history panel?

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I made a mistake in the below image by making the left-pointing arrow too high up, such that the black margins do not align.

I wish to go back and change this "combining paths" action, without undoing any of the changes I made subsequently. It appears there is a "Allow non-linear history" option in the History Panel options. However, I'm not sure if this works retroactively... Furthermore, will switching to this not make life difficult when I DON'T wish to make non-linear edits, but eliminate all changes after the one I am editing?


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Using Inkscape 0.92.4 (latest ATM), is there a way to tweak the settings of the simplify path tool?

I'm specifically talking about having some control on the number of nodes the path will have after simplifying as the tool uses too few nodes, resulting in very different path shape from original.

The multiple quick taps approach don't work because path is oversimplified with just one.
Also read about tweaking in Edit > Preferences > Misc (or a very similar route) but with Inkscape 0.92.4 I can't find any option in there.


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References
I use a lot of references. Check out these padlocks. See how the shackle's like a gradient that follows a path and bends around a corner? That's what I'm trying to do.

Here's a quick thing I made. I know it looks stupid, but it shows how the typical linear gradient is appropriate for something like the body of the lock, but not for the curve of the shackle. You can see the radial gradient almost starts to work, but you don't get the control you need to stretch, shape, and position it into an arch.


texts: Creating a mock-up with foundation (prototyping)

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I am new to ZURB's Foundation (new to responsive design, generally speaking), i came from 960GS, so I need help and some advice as I am very confused..

I start design process with 1) drawing some wireframes on paper 2) making mock-ups in Photoshop, and then i 3) convert PSD to HTML. I've used to use 960GS PSD template to help me with elements positioning in Photoshop. Everything was quite simple and it worked flawlessly.

As we do not have grid templates provided to use with Foundation framework I don't know from where and how to start with creating mock-ups in Photoshop? Maybe some of you do not use Photoshop but something else, but let forget that for a moment because tool is not important as we only care about final product. I suppose that everyone has to create first some versions of mock-ups before coding, i don't believe that you jump from paper wireframes directly to coding in text editor?

So, as i have found official ZURB article that says:

  Foundation, by default, is 940px wide with 15px margins on each side and 30px gutters.

But, I have tested this code:

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and it provides 12 columns that are 1200px wide, every column has 15px padding on both sides, without column gutter. Here is a screenshot:

So this is quite different from what they have wrote in that article, but i suppose it's because article is 4 years old, and they have changed grid in the meanwhile.

Exact grid measures are crucial for me because i need to know where to put elements, how picture/icon can be big/small etc.. Without it it's like drawing in dark.

I'm not sure if you will understand my confusion, but please have in mind that i tried responsive framework yesterday for the first time.
Can someone tell me how does look your routine when making mock-ups, how do you make them?


texts: Compensating for darkening that occurs during lamination

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My printer has requested that a batch of graphic files be lightened by 5% to compensate for darkening that happens when the print is laminated.

That would have been easy, until I asked, "What about the true black. If we're lightening everything so details still show up in the shadows, presumably we want the darkest stuff to still be fully dark as it can be." And they said that was correct: Black should still be black, but otherwise, nudging everything 5% lighter will keep the shaded areas showing up properly.

How would you accomplish this? As best I can figure, ideally it would even be a step more complicated: We wouldn't want a sudden break from pure tonal black to lightened shadows, so the stuff that's very nearly black, we want to lighten less than the rest. How would you generate this curve? And for bonus points, how would you automate it, since I'm going to be doing this to over 100 files?


texts: Direct selection is edting all cornes of a rectangle

texts: I am reading a tutorial. The author drags a rounded corner away from the rectangle to remove it. I do the same and all corners are altered. I am using CC 2015 the sames as the author.


texts: The perfect miter/join for the pointy part of a speech bubble

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a young designer working for us made this speech bubble as part of a larger item ...

Consider the join or miter of the "pointy part"..

I'm thinking it might look poorly-done: it should be a tiny bit smoother (I guess using a spline for that join).

But .......... then I was thinking, perhaps that rather "crisp" look for a speech-bubble-pointy-thing may be best?

what (1) do you top experts think?
are there (2) any famous or classic speech-bubbles that one could take clues or standards from on this question?

As a related (3) question: I was trying to find the perfect article online regarding "everything a beginning designer should know about connecting lines properly" (by the way, I don't mean the mechanics of using those functions in Illustrator, I mean, the artistic and deisgn questions therein raised).  Perhaps someone knows such a great article, I couldn't find one?  (It would probably be titled something like "Don't just shove lines together!" :) )

{Note - additionally i feel the pointy-part is rather messy, so, it's not coming exactly centred off the tangent at the short axis of the ellipse, etc, but setting that aside I'm just interested in the question "what's the perfect join for the pointy part of an icon-like speech bubble?"}

Thanks!


texts: Why isnt my font options dropping down when I click a text

texts: I am using Adobe Illustrator 2017 and when I use my selection tool to click text I dont see the font name come up near where the character and paragraph buttons normally are. The only way I can see the font name and change the font is if I click character. How can I fix this?


texts: Are the elements in this “quit smoking” design easily recognisable?

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Concept:

ban icon
Q
cigarette
a copy to give a hint about cigarette

Now, the Q is visible to me, but I'm not sure about the Q and cigarette. Are ban icons and cigarettes perceivable, when talking about users who are non designers?


texts: Where can I order a custom-made plastic bag sample?

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I need to make a plastic bag with my own design for my school project. I want to buy a clear plastic bag with 24"/20"/10" measurements. I need a very thick plastic (like this) with possibly a zipper and my logo on it.

All the companies in NY I'm asking about propose me to make 5 000 bags minimum at once. There is no possible way to make a sample of my bag before I put the order, unless I leave them a big deposit. Well, Im just a student and can't really afford it. So maybe someone could help me to find the answer? I would be glad to any information you can provide.


texts: Gimp does not allow me to select any format other than A0 for new image

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I am want to create a new image in Gimp in A4 size. When I click on template, I can’t choose A4 or any other format except A0.

Before, it allowed me to choose any format.

How can I fix this?


texts: Why is Photoshop CS5 making huge gaps between lines when I make a line break with the ENTER key?

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I'm not sure why, but suddenly when I use the type tool, write, and press ENTER to create a line break, the space between my current line and the new one is huge (it is as if 20 line breaks were made). But these are not 20 line breaks - it is just one (if I press backspace, I return to the former line).

I am using Arial Bold. Why is this happening?


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I am printing out a brochure design that will be on double sided linen paper (pictured below):

However, the linen texture is definitely more pronounced on one side over the other.  I have asked around at a few paper suppliers and nobody seems to have a solid answer for me - is there such a thing as double sided linen paper for printing?


texts: why the resulting color is darker than the base color? (adobe illustrator-darken blend mode)

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i'm learning the adobe illustrator blend modes. For the darken mode, according to adobe help page, it is described

Darken- Selects the base or blend color—whichever is darker—as the resulting color. Areas lighter than the blend color are replaced. Areas darker than the blend color do not change.

and this is my test

The circle in the center is on top of everything, put on darken mode, opacity 100%. Blending with the circles above, and to the right results in either base or blend color, whichever is darker. That's right. But, why blending with the blue circle to the left creates a blue-darker than the original. I think it should be the base blue according to help page text( because the base blue is darker in value than the tan color on top)


texts: How to create the rounded object behind the circles in Adobe Illustrator?


texts: How can I create and batch this 3d planes effect?

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I am originally a programmer, so I don't have much experience in Photoshop. I have always wondered how to display all layers as multiple 3D-planes (see below).

Do I have to use a plugin or macros? I want to accomplish this so that I can have clean document of my (game's) UI design plan. I have over 20 layers.


texts: Pressure-sensitive freehand drawing of vector paths that are editable with the Illustrator Width tool?

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In illustrator, you can do pressure-sensitive drawing with the Blob Brush tool (if you set Width to Pressure in the settings from double-clicking the icon). You can also fine-tune the widths of paths with the Width tool.

But you can't use both on the same sketch. The Blob Brush makes filled areas, and the Width Tool only works on paths with strokes.

This means, when doing freehand drawing in Illustrator, you have to choose between two options:

Use the best tool for natural freehand drawing (Blob Brush with a pressure-sensitive pen), but lose the best tool for conveniently fine-tuning a line drawing with variable width lines when tweaking it afterwards.
Trying to do natural freehand drawing with the pen tool or pencil tool, then laboriously add every twist, turn and flick manually after the event with the width tool.

Is there any way to get the best of both? Pressure-sensitive freehand drawing in Illustrator that can then be fine-tuned using the width tool?

I'm pretty sure there's nothing in Illustrator CS6 that does this by default, so I'll accept answers that:

Involve things other than Illustrator. I don't mind, for example, sketching in Inkscape then copying it to Illustrator to do fine tuning (if there's a way to do so that is natural and works as above).
Involve paid plugins. On the closest thing to a discussion of this I can find, someone mentions the paid plugin DrawScribe's Dynamic Sketch feature. But, I can't see anything in the promotion for that feature that seems to do what I want. There's also the WidthScribe Width Brush but it looks like a more convenient way to apply the Width tool to existing paths than something that can be used for the original drawing.
Require a script or a bit of Javascript hacking. The fact the Blob Brush exists proves Illustrator can turn pressure data into numerical widths and adjustments to point on a path, so in theory it should be possible to convert this into the nodes the Width tool adds to a path instead of the anchor points on an area shape. But I've got no idea where to start even thinking about making this work.

Right now the best option I can come up with is drawing with the blob brush, then manually tracing over those lines again with the pencil tool, then using the width tool to mimic and tweak the twists and turns of the original natural freehand drawing.

It doesn't loose initial freehand spontaneity like just using the pencil tool from the start, but it's really inconvenient and time-consuming. I'm sure there's got to be a better way.


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After speaking with my project manager about our mobile site, she said she had read somewhere that there is an image format that allows an image to download in stages so it's quality gets better as the image is loading (it's meant to speed up a site somehow).

Does anyone know what she is on about and if this is possible to do using photoshop and a jpg?


texts: How are Coolors.co color schemes generated?

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Color schemes like Monochromatic, Analogous, Triadic, Tertiary are generated based off the color wheel. What about color schemes from Coolors.co or ColorSpace?

How would those schemes be generated? I'm asking because I would like to develop my own generator.


texts: How do should I start graphic design (specifically logos) as a beginner?

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I'm a total beginner interested in learning graphic design, but don't know where and/or how to start.

I have the basic programs and all, but I don't know how I should be practicing and going about understanding the program.


texts: How to create distorted / wavy checked boxes

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I'm trying to replicate the chequered boxes on the following image (sorry for really low-res)

Notice how the squares distort / warp with the shape of the path.

I can create the chequered boxes easily as a pattern in Illustrator... I then pasted them into Photoshop and tried the Warp tool (but this really didn't go very well).

Perhaps it is a better idea to create some form of Brush in Illustrator instead?


texts: What is this horizontal shadow effect called?

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Ok, so this is a bit embarrassing: But I cannot for the life of me find instructions that show me how to achieve this type of effect in Photoshop.

If anyone knows what it is called or how it can be done, I would be most grateful.


texts: How to smudge a pixelized or jagged image to a painterly effect?

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I'm exporting a base model from zbrush to use as a base from a painting. I don't wish to work in high topology, so exported models show thousands of small polygons.

What is the best way to smudge these so that I can gradually work up the model to appear as painted strokes instead?

Edit: Here is an example...

Whether the polygons be pronounced, or subtle (or maybe even appearing as rough or pixelated) I am simply looking for a way to smudge them into strokes. I just need a general way...the details ...case by case, I can solve.


texts: How to UN-override master page items with InDesign

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I just learned with master pages, you can override items by pressing control, shift and left click the item.  Or you can use this option on a page:

But how do you selectively prevent items from being override-able after it has been override?


texts: How to create a gradually transparent mask in photoshop from a black->grays->white image

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There have been some posts regarding what I describe in the title, but none seem to understand what the aim is. So I'll try to described it further here:

I want to take an image, which has in it black, various increasingly light grays, all the way to white, in a complex arrangement (essentially a grayscale image). With that image, I want to re-define it so that the black is transparent and white is opaque, with the grays between representing partially transparent, with the ones closest to white the least transparent. I think you have the idea by now.

I then want to use that to be a mask that sits on top of another layer. So, for example, that mask on top of a solid colour of red would then look like the same original image, but instead of the black, with grays and white, it would look red where black was, then increasingly lighter reds until where white was in the original remains white here, with very light pinks near it, representing the very light grays.

Sounds like it should be really straightforward, and the sort of thing Photoshop is designed for, but no explanation of it so far has laid out in clear, simple steps, how to do this.

Please help?


texts: Inserting interpolated "in-between" frames to a frame animation in Flash

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I've just started learning multiplication animations and I'm trying to draw some torch. I've drawn the fire animation and I'm sorta fine with it, it is made of fills I've drawn with brush tool and then bucket`ed. But for an unrelated reason I want to double the framerate without increasing the speed and that would double all the frames. I was thinking, is there a way to not double the existing frames but auto-create in-between frames? I think Flash should be capable of transitioning one fill to another, maybe there's a way to get the frame that is in the middle between the two? I tried googling that but I'm not really sure how to phrase that question and all I'm getting is Tweening suggestion to make frame transition smoother, but I would like to export it to PNGs later so I would need the actual frame.

Hope somebody here could help me with that.


texts: How can I determine the dimensions of an image as it appears on a website?

texts: I am trying to find the size of the image that was used as a banner on this website: http://www.deadmau5.com/. I have tried looking at the source but I have not found information nor a link to the image. I need the exact dimensions of the image. I also would like to know how you found it.


texts: How to control text box trap/outset in InDesign?

texts: In InDesign I've created a text box outlined with a double rule which overlays a graphic that I'd like it to knockout entirely from the underlying graphic. Unfortunately the knockout traps to the interior rule, not the exterior rule. Is there a way to control or establish an outset so the entire text box with outlined rules traps to the underlying graphic?


texts: Change default stroke alignment in Illustrator

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I can't believe that I couldn't even find somebody asking this question. I just signed-up to stackexchange to ask this...

I know I can change the default appearance of objects in Illustrator. But is it possible to change the default stroke alignment from "center" to "inside" or "outside"?

I'm using CS6.

Thanks a lot in advance internet ;-)


texts: How to cut part of text beneath masked object in Inkscape?

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I have a masked object above text. Now I want to cut the masked object so that I can use different colors for the divided paths in the text.

When I try using path-division command, it is dividing the text with the original object used in masking  and not the masked object. This is what I was able to get . How to divide the text using this masked object (masked map)


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I am teaching myself how to create web apps where user can easily interact with visual elements.

I remember there was a clothing website where users can virtually try on things (using mannequin close to their likeness), but I'm not sure if its online anymore.

Now I found article where Amazon may launch something like this.

My question is, what app can be used to create this?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/8293349/amazon-app-try-on-clothes-virtual-mannequins/


texts: How can i Incremental Saving in Illustrator

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i wanna save the illustrator file automatically using actions, i used the F1 to automatically save the file in a folder but the file is overwritten.
My question is how can i change the filename without pressing 1 2 3
i mean the output should be
FileName___1.ai (version 1 )
FileName___2.ai (version 2 )
FileName___3.ai (version 3 )
The original file name is FileName.ai


texts: PDF opens in different resolutions on different software

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I created this 200x200px box in AI file (72ppi):

After saving it as PDF, the PDF opens in different resolutions on different apps.
Here it opens as 305x305px in Adobe Reader:

Here it opens as 268x268px in Google Chrome:

What's happening here?
I wanted to do a web presentation in the popular 1920x1080px, but I noticed, that the 100% didn't fit the 1920x1080px screen in any application.
EDIT: I used LightShot printscreening tool to estimate the dimensions of the box.


texts: What's the clean Blackletter font used in this jeans logo?

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I know it is not ideal to post the what-font-is-this kind of questions but I find myself intrigued by this sample I found on flickr.

What I'm most interested in is a Blackletter font that has similar clean strokes. Typical Blackletter have rather complicated serifs that are not ideal for my purposes.

I don't think it is handwritten becasue of the clean lines and perfect radii and because of the inverted angle of the "i" and "h" foots.

On the other hand I kept wondering if this were Fraktur or how the different kinds of blackletter are kept apart.
Reading further I found out that fraktur is broken, interupted in english. What puzzles me a bit is that I thought all blackletters where drawn in more than one stroke. Therefore interrupting... Wouldn't they all be Fraktur in that case?

I hope this is not too basic. I have not had a formal graphic design education (currently studying Industrial Design) and am lacking some basic knowledge

Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks!


texts: How to repeat Blend If 'Underlying Layer' Photoshop blending with a mask

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I'm trying to repeat a Blend If 'Underlying Layer' blending with a mask. I have a background layer with some shapes and an orange layer:

I set the dark levels of Blend If to 90/130:

I've tried two ways: using levels (didn't work, especially for cases when the little slider thing isn't separated) and using a gradient map. For the gradient map I've set markers to be at 90/255 ~ 35% and 130/255 ~ 51%

The resulting mask:

However the result is slightly more transparent (there's a visible seam between two versions):

That could be caused by the fact that gradient map can only use integer locations in 0..100 range while the Blend If mask uses a 0..255 range: the actual locations should've been 35.29% and 50.98%. Or maybe I've made a mistake with something. I wonder if anyone has any suggestions on how to repeat the result of this Blend If operation so that it'd be completely the same.
Here's the .psd if anyone wants to try.


texts: Illustrator: How to skew text independently of path?

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So I have some text wrapped around a circle (with the type on a path tool), and from here I'd like to skew the text so it's slanting a bit to the right. However, when I use the skew tool, it skews the entire path that it's on, but I want to skew the text independent of the path.

I tried skewing the text before wrapping, but pasting into a "type on a path" object removes the skew. Regardless, I'd like the freedom to adjust the skew afterwards if needed.

Is it possible to distort text independently of a text path?


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How do I keep Word document formatting the same as it appears in Word when copy/pasting into InDesign?

I have tried  several methods and the text becomes homogenized  in InDesign and loses all formatting, including bold and italics. This will be for formatting an ad journal of 300-500 pages.


texts: How to merge or replace pantone or spot ink in illustrator in one go?

texts: I have a huge artwork content where i need to relace or merge one pantone with another. Thanks


texts: How to fill the background from the illustration with color

texts: I would like to place this illustration over an image with a black background. Firstly I want to fill the transparent background inside of the illustration with the white color. How can I do that ? Thanks in advance.


texts: How Do I Remove The Huge Blank Space Below The Character In AI?

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I am fairly good in Photoshop, but have been recently playing with illustrator and must say that some of the things the program does make absolutely no sense to me.

This is such a case here:

The letter P (and all of the other letter too as a matter of fact) has such a large empty space (highlighted on the picture) that I can not even select that other element below the words (with the small circle and a line on the red).

How do I make this disappear?


texts: Prevent Photoshop CC2015 from closing short brush strokes

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How to prevent Photoshop CC2015 (Windows 10) from closing short brush strokes? See the gif below:

In the case of smaller strokes photoshop closes the stroke atomatically. I am using a Wacom Intuos tablet. This behaviour doesn't happen when the strokes are created with mouse instead of a pen.

Update 1:

I was trying to give you a gif with the cursor included and I have stumbled upon this odd behavior: the cursor moves along on my screen even for the shorter strokes, however, it doesn't move on the gif. This could mean that for the smaller strokes there are two active cursors one of which stays in a fixed position till a certain stroke length threshold is reached. See the gif below:

Update 2:
This odd behavior is due to the tablet, since on a zoomed canvas the same behavior is present:


texts: Delete nodes on multiple lines with a difference or exclusion from shape

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I'm struggling to find a solution to my problem. Attached is a simplified representation of what I'm trying to achieve.
Basically I need to trim a large number of cloned lines, as to limit my file size. I've tried all options between 'difference' and 'break apart' in 'path menu', but no luck.
Can anyone advise? Is it a matter of setting the colors and/or opacity? Layer order? I tried many combinations, but nothing.
I want to make clear that I know of clipping and masking, but that doesn't get rid of the nodes, and the file is way too large.


texts: Gradual opacity decrement using Action in photoshop

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I am trying to create an action in photoshop which duplicate the selected layer and decrease its opacity 0.5 less than the selected layer.

I tried to record action but its always sets fixed opacity which was at the time of recording action.

Do anyone have idea on achieving above thing, please help me.


texts: export multi artboard indesign file as multiple single PDFs

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Ive got indesign 2017.1 as part of adobe CC.

Is it possible in the PDF export dialog to print a multi artboard indesign document as multiple 1 page files, rather than as a combined multi page PDF ?


texts: How to delete old versions of Adobe CC Applications

texts: I have two versions of Adobe AI and PS. My CC dashboard shows everything is "Up to date". How can I get rid of the 2019/old versions properly?


texts: Indesign: Error encountered while reading JPEG

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Does anybody know how to fix this error? It doesn't say anywhere what image gives the error. Preflight doesn't show either. Its hard to figure out which image it is when i have used several jpeg files in my layout.

  Export: ... Failed. See Alert.

  Error encountered while reading JPEG image. Image may be damaged or incompatible. Resave the image with different settings and try again.


texts: transferring colors from Paletton to Illustrator

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I started to work  with Paletton.com. I need to get  color scheme to Adobe Illustrator.  I see .aso among output (export) formats in Paletton and  I understand that I can load  this .aso in Photoshop, then export those swatches in .ase  (exchange) format and finally  open this .ase in Illustrator. This method works but I am wondering if there is a better and quicker workflow to get colors from Paletton to Illustrator.
Thank you.


texts: Calibration and Photoshop Color Settings

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I use Windows 7.  I calibrated my monitor with ColorMunki and use this profile as my default monitor profile.  It looks great as I see the difference between non-calibrated and calibrated. Colors and contrast are awesome now.

I use Photoshop to design prints on T-shirts. I work in the RGB Color Mode in 8 bit and soft proof in CMYK to avoid working in CMYK and converting back to RGB.

My question is about choosing the right "working space" in "Color Settings".  My understanding is that the preset "North american Prepress 2" would be the way to go.  I think it's the best option for screen and print material as the workspace is "Adobe RGB 1998" and the CMYK as "U.S. Web coated".

My question is the following though:

In "color Settings", "Working Space" I can see my monitor calibrated profile called "AUO_.....". I assume this would be a big mistake to choose "Monitor RGB" with my calibrated color profile since my working space has to do with my perception of color on the monitor and not the monitor itself.

Am I correct?

I understand that the "working space" is a subjective color environment created by Adobe to adjust colors for every screen monitor.

I appreciate any input on this.


texts: Making pixel-less demo videos that look awesome

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I've seen a number of awesome demo videos from Google and others that don't have any visible pixels, even when zoomed in a bunch. An example below:  (from https://youtu.be/yNP5TJblkFQ?t=34s).

I'm guessing they didn't reimplement Chrome and OS X inside of Apple Motion / After Effects, but it's almost too good to be a screen recording of a Retina display laptop (especially with the clearly tweened mouse movement). Am I missing something? Thanks!

Note: I sent an email to Propellerhead as well, so we'll see what they say. (if they say anything)


texts: Convert PNG pixel arts to SVG without tracing

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For a personal project, I designed some icons as PNG files and would like to export them as SVGs.
I know the next question: I don't want a raster, I need vectors. I found this question but since it's based on InkScape, I suppose this will involve tracing.
I do not want that. What I am hoping for is more like pixel2svg proposes. Actually, pixel2svg is almost perfect and gives the sort of thing I am looking for.
From the doc:

Here is one example from my project.
Only caveat: some of my icons require an intermediary alpha value. pixel2svg appears to be quite binary: either there is a pixel, either it is transparent. Nothing in between. From my project, one of the problematic examples in PNG and in SVG.
I tried to look for a contact address to see if this could be changed but I did not find one.
Does anyone know of a solution to generate a pixelated SVGs from (relatively) small (and monochrome, if this helps) PNGs?
To sum my requirements up

Vector, no raster
Pixel by pixel conversion, no tracing
Take alpha (with intermediate values, not only 0/1) into account
Optional: Command line would be great, as it would allow for batch conversion

Edit: enhanced version of pixel2svg
Based on JohnB's answer, I contacted the original author to submit some changes (typically change RGB to RGBA when alpha is neither 0 nor 255). I have had no answer yet so I created a Github repo with the changes to make them available to anyone.
Since, hey, it's Github! Python developers should feel free to fork and make it better (pull requests would help me know Python better). The next big challenge is to group pixels the same colors as the same vectors (doing it in InkScape considerably reduced the SVG size despite InkScape adding much custom information).


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I'd like to know how to make these in photoshop or fireworks, but with a slight preference for fireworks. If I can find a tutorial in photoshop, I can probably get it to work in fireworks.

What is this type of effect called? Is it a particular font they are using?


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Please excuse my ignorance and potentially wrong forum for this to be posted in.

I am desperately trying to print some numbers on a very simple piece of plastic like shown below (this is not my image). These little plastic ties are tied onto rope for a boat and used to mark the depth of water.

What type of plastic is the plastic shown above? Is it PVC? Vinyl? (I know it's difficult to say definitely by any guidance is appreciated) Something else? I have absolutely no idea what to even search for. This plastic needs to be durable and printable.


texts: Conversion from CMYK to RGB - everything becomes greener (sometimes)

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I am working with a publisher (Oxford University Press) and they require images to be supplied as CMYK. That's ok - Colour accuracy isn't 100% important.

I prepare my figures using RGB, then convert them to CMYK when I'm done. I am using CorelDRAW X7. When I open the CMYK figures on my computer, the colour doesn't look as good as RGB (as expected), but close enough.

I upload the CMYK figures to the publisher's online system and then it displays them back to me. However, the colour looks simply wrong. Some of the blues and greens are too bright, and there is an overall greenish feeling to the figures.

An example.

Here is the original RGB figure.

Here is the CMYK figure, when opening the CMYK figure, copying and pasting into the website here.

As expected, some colours are off. The croc head is less bright, and the bright pens on the top row seem a bit dull. But that's fine.

Now, when I upload the CMYK file directly I get this:

I believe the problem is obvious. It just looks green. As if some algorithm is overcompensating for the dull green generated by the CMYK.

This behaviour is not consistent. If I open the CMYK with Corel, Windows image viewer or paint.net, it looks fine (like the 2nd image in the question). If I use XnView locally, it looks wrong like the 3rd image here (and as it appears on the publisher's website).

What is happening and how can I correct it?

Some explanation as to why this is important. Even though the figures are part of an article that will go to press, it will also be available as a PDF for download. I expect that >90% of the people who will read the article, will read it from the PDF (which is presented as RGB on screens) and not from the printed version. If the publisher is mirroring back to me a wrong representation of the colours (as is depicted on the last image), how can I be confident that it will be correct in the final version?


texts: Low resolution and change in color of logo after rendering

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I created characters for a Motion Logo using Illustrator and rendered this Motion Logo adding those characters and animations in Ae (For this, I imported the Illustrator project in After Effects), but now the logo doesn't look as cool and perfect as it looks in Illustrator. I used the highest settings for rendering using Premiere Pro like Maximum Render Quality, VBR 2 etc (I imported the Ae project).

So I have 2 queries:

1. Is there any way to fix this or I would always lose some quality of images or logos after rendering?

Here's the difference:

A character in Ai project (Right one). Same character after rendering in MP4:

2. Do I need to create the same graphics in After Effects instead to achieve the original quality after rendering?


texts: How to really quit running my business for real

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I “quit” running my own graphic design business a couple years ago. A couple weeks ago an old client, who knew I had hung up my hat on it, asked me to fix and re-order him some business cards. I asked, is the only change from the latest ordered, the phone number? He said, yes. I did not send him a proof he could see. I sent one and he said he could not read it. I confirmed the only change was phone number. He said it was.

It was not. Now he needs me to fix web address and re-order. I feel like it is my fault since the customer is always right on tiny issues like this. I now have to fix it and send it in for printing again on my dime.

I do not have time for this, which is why I quit my business. How do I say no to former clients in the future without feeling guilty and feeling like I have to help them? Thanks!


texts: Is it possible to "ripple delete" in Adobe Illustrator to automatically move everything up without manually selecting and moving everything?

texts: So if you've used Premiere Pro then this will make sense, but basically I have a very long document and when I remove an object from the middle, I have to select everything underneath and nudge it up. I was wondering if there's an easier way to make everything move up to fill the empty space that I deleted from.


texts: Why are visual specs in Pixels instead of percentages for responsive specs?

texts:
Why does Zeplin provide specs in Pixels instead of a responsive unit like percentages?

To say that a button is 40px wide and 20px height is not responsive.
should I expect the developer to translate this into responsive % numbers?

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