texts: What is the line in using geometry based art as inspiration or considered derivative art?

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ORPHAN WORK

During my free time, I decided to make a Naruto Fan Art Wallpaper. In my wallpaper I wanted to put itachi as the main subject. However, due to short schedule, I changed my mind to use his eyes instead.

Upon searching for 'inspiration' on how to put an eye as a main subject, I found a wallpaper on a wallpaper-showcase website with the author JTrilogy with no contact info, so I searched it on Google. There were reddit page with archive available with traces of design posts: poster, etc. (likely to be a designer). The page two however is unarchived and when visiting it, it says user has deleted the account.

Searching the image from Google Image (upload) brings back search to the original wallpaper showcase. I tried to contact the site admin, but he did not answer.

So, I have concluded that this work is orphan work.

SHOWCASE WEB: simpledesktops com/browse/desktops/2013/mar/13/cmeyek/

ORIGINAL DESIGNS

From the original image, I can list 3 main object (geometries) from the original work.

The Main subject, the eye it self (perfect circle with CYM filling the circle's equally devided parts (120 degree) and a black perfect circle in the middle as a pupil; I AM REPLACING THIS WITH SHARINGGAN EYE)
The eye shades ( This eye shade is part of human which can be found anywhere; I think, this part cannot be copyrighted. In my original design there were no eye shade, instead I draw the whole eye with eye white to show that this is not a random ball but an eye; LATER I REMOVED IT AND ADDED SHADE LIKE MY INSPIRATION)
The triangle (This triangles is to fill the subject to look less boring, in my original design I also coincidentally put triangles but only to one of the side; I RECOLORED IT WITH OTHER COLOR)

THE DILLEMA

We know that the main subject of the original art is the way artist put together CYMK to an EYE and tittled it CMeyeK.

We also know that two other subject is parts of human and geometry. However, I was afraid about the copyright (may or may not be copyrighted - no info) is applied in the combination of both.

NOW

I am not trying to state that I originally 'design' this, nor do I want to dismiss the fact that this is JTrilogy's design. I have no problem in stating that this is inspired by JTrilogy. The problem is if this is considered derivative then I am screwed with copyrights issues. Also, I wanted to put CC License so people not making Dojutsu Wallpaper like mine since I might make more. I also dont want people showcase my wallpaper in an ads supported web to earn money.

I have recreated the whole think from scratch in Illustrator. The color in the other objects (shade, triangle, background, etc) has been changed to Itachi color scheme. The main subject is no longer CMeyeK but Itachi Mangekyo Sharinggan.

What do you guys think? Is this derivative or inspiration? Is the human parts and geometries (or the combination of them) ethical to copyright? Do you guys think the copyrighted part is just the CMeyeK?

IS THIS CONSIDERED DERRIVATIVE OR INSPIRATION?

-- i have made reasearch in this section and found Inspiration from existing works - where is the limit?   but does not directly answer my question on a derivative/inspiration based on GEOMETRY or HUMAN PARTS or about Creative Common licensing my work.


texts: How to create 'sub' tables of contents for each section in a table of contents in Adobe InDesign?

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I have a document with multiple sections that has a table of contents (TOC) at the beginning, which includes h1-h3 styles for the whole document.

I want to create a sub TOC for a single section that includes the h1-h3 styles in that section only.

In other words:

I want to create another level of contents within each existing contents section.

Is this possible without having to create new heading styles for the specific section?

How can I create multiple contents tables within an existing contents table in InDesign?


texts: Align text in exact center (vertically and horizontally) without creating outlines?

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In Illustrator, how do you align text in the exact center of a shape for example without creating outlines. If I go to center text using the align palette, Illustrator aligns the text to it's bounding box.

I know you can create outlines, but I want the text to remain editable in case I need to make changes later.

Any thoughts?


texts: When I open a PDF in photoshop I can choose to open one of the images. I've got a massive 2gb pdf with ~700 images in it and I'm trying to export them all to image files. Is there a way for photoshop to extract all the images from a pdf?


texts: How does this font pair with this logo? Specifically its curves/softness?

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I'm looking for some feedback on the typography of this logo.  Specifically, assuming the logo itself stays the same, how does the font choice and typography pair with it?

e.g. Are the E's too sharp, or is the curve of the P too round?  Where does this font fit the logo well or poorly?

Thank you!


texts: Illustrator reducing double stroke svg to a single stroke svg

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I have a double stroke svg that I want to reduce to a single stroke svg. The area on the svg is defined as some white shapes that are overlayed on a black background, with anchors outlining the shapes and background.

I hope this makes sense

I almost want something like the monoline tool developed for text, so that I can simplify an icon to a single line svg for a lazer cutter.

Thanks.

Here's the closest thing I can get to a single line:


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I'm an iOS developer and I'd like to learn how to use the tools in Fireworks correctly for app design. I feel very uncomfortable with slicing, rulers, guides, and resizing for retina. I know these can be very powerful tools when used correctly. I feel like it takes me much longer than it should to get most things done in Fireworks and I'm assuming it's because I'm not using it correctly.

I'd love watch a seasoned designer in action from start to finish and learn from their workflow. Does anyone know of any good screencasts/videos that can help me out?


texts: If we pay for a font, are we fully authorized to use it in our website?

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I'm finishing a project, and I was thinking to use a font that I liked a lot, but it is paid; I don't mind to pay, because it is not very expensive, and I think it's worth it.

On the font website says, "You may use the fonts to create Web Pages" and "Bariol font can be used with @ font-face".

So I'm in doubt, if I can or not use this font in my project if I pay it, because even I pay, the people that access the website have access to the font...

So is using this font in my website allowed?

Here below I have some text using this font:

Does anyone know of a Google font similar to this?

Because of this situation, I'm already looking for a Google font, in case that is not allowed to use Bariol font. I saw open-sans, and I like it, but it is not very similar to Bariol, but as I have not much experience, I came here to ask your help.


texts: Importing a Sketch file from Invision to computer

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Is it possible to import a Sketch file that has been uploaded to an Invision prototype from a different computer than the original upload? I have tried doing with the Craft with no luck.

The scenario is this:

Colleague uploads a Sketch file to Invision
Colleague then invites me as a collaborator to the project

How do I then get that Sketch file from Invision to work on?


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How to create a lifted corner effect on a box in Powerpoint?

I want to achieve the "effect 2" result as in this link.


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I know this question has been asked before, but to no avail, am still not able to export into Photoshop without getting a flattened file.

I released (sequenced) all layers in the file.
Exported the .ai layered file as .psd, with Use All Artboards checked, and with Write layers checked. Before I save, I get a popup that says "Some containers in the .ai file have been flattened".
I open up the file in Photoshop, and sure enough, the entire doc has been flattened".
I even tried not checking the "Use All Artboards" box.

Please help, what am i doing wrong?


texts: script to do clipping mask of bulk images

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Steps that I follows:

Open Photoshop – No documents are open. I click “Record” in actions I open my phone.PSD file (which opens up in a tab).

I open the .jpeg files (11 files at a time which open up in their respective tabs)

I click Ctrl+Tab in my phone.psd tab to move to my 1st jpeg file. I select all & copy.

On my phone.psd tab I do paste of my copied jpeg into a layer above my sleeve layer.

I then do clip mask to create “Create clipping mask” (the jpeg is now shown on the phone layer shape).

I save the work done in the .psd to web -> File -> Save for web -> .jpg

I then delete the clipped jpeg layer on my phone.psd file which makes it ready for clipping of next jpeg.

I then do Ctrl+Tab to move to the jpeg which I had just clipped & close the tab.

Recording ends.

Now, the problem is that whenever I run this batch, the batch runs fine BUT Photoshop renames the files with the same name and overwrites the previous clipped jpeg. The end result is that only the last clipped jpeg is available and that too with the 1st jpeg name.

Can any body help me what is wrong or this is possible via js coding? or in action method.


texts: How does a printshop print large solid blocks of colour

texts: For example: a 1.8m banner with a solid red background and white text. How would a printshop go about printing this? Surely they don't use a liter of red ink.


texts: Giving a vector shape a rough edge without manipulating anchor points

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I’m looking to give my very smooth vector drawing a hand-drawn style.

When I say this, I don’t mean applying a texture over the top of the whole vector (like this).

A technique that would produce something like this would be what i’m looking for:

Author: Rob Clarke


texts: How high a mesh count do fine details require?

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I'm having trouble reproducing fine lines on my 155 mesh screen. I wonder: is it because the mesh count is too low, or is it likely something else? And if we suspect a higher mesh count would fix it, is there a way to tell what mesh would be best?

Looking at the screen, the lines I want to draw are not much more than one "mesh pixel" across, which feels a bit tight. Is there a rule of thumb about this? On the other hand, my setup is pretty janky---I'm using the "oil method" with a hand-drawn (rather than printed) design, and exposing in the sun (this is Diazo emulsion exposed in direct sunlight for 20 seconds). I'm suspicious also whether the oil method is good for reproducing fine details, or if exposing in the sun is too imprecise on account of the fast exposure time.

For reference, I'm planning to print water-based ink on paper---for postcards, so it's quite small.

Pictures to illustrate the problem: close-ups of the screen (with the mesh visible) showing where lines haven't reproduced well, and the design with the corresponding sections marked to show scale.

I've asked the same question on Reddit.


texts: Any Western Comic Composition Versus Japanese Manga Composition Guides?

texts: As the title says, are there any books or articles about the differences in page layout and paneling between comics and manga? I've found a single image about some differences but it hardly goes in depth. Alternatively, are there any books or articles about comics, and books and articles about manga, that I could read and compare?


texts: What's a good icon to represent "fit" on an apparel site?

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I'm implementing a fit visualiser which uses an existing product that the user owns to estimate the matching size to select when buying something.

The fit visualiser is is called "Virtusize". The client has suggested using their logo. However, using their logo is not required.

I find their suggested logo to be visually unclear to the user when referencing a "fit visualizer".

What would be the a visually clear way to represent "fit" in terms of apparel?


texts: Most monitors that I see these days support 32-bit color depth. I can tell the difference between 16-bit, 24-bit, and 32-bit color depth but I am wondering if the human eye could tell the difference between 40-bit, 48-bit, etc. color depth?


texts: How to make a building appear destroyed?

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I'm doing a project that involves making my school look run-down and destroyed. This is how I have it so far.

It looks too fake in my opinion. How would you recommend I go about doing this?


texts: Copying an excel multi line cell into an Indesign table

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I'm creating a booklet with indesign and I am trying to copy data from an excel spreadsheet into an indesign table. I was given an excel spread sheet with the a list of peoples names, their titles and their companies. I have to put a name in one column and then in the other put the company name and their title, as the picture (1) here illustrates:

Where the problem arises is trying to merge two cells in excel so that they are underneath each other and then paste it into one cell in the indesign table.

I tried to combine column C and D (as IN THE PICTURE) and insert a new line between the columns.  (=C1&CHAR(10)&D1)

This worked in Excel but when copying it into indesign they do not go underneath each other but into different cells and they also show " quotation marks around the text.

I know there must be a relatively simple way of doing this in Excel and then copying it into indesign but I have run out of ideas. Can anyone tell me the best way to approach this as I am stuck. Thanks in advance.


texts: When does Photoshop generate feature 'do the generate'?

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I've got an action that alters sone layers slightly on a large batch of psd files.

I basically open psd run action, close the psd file and move on to the next.

While review thing files later I saw that some of the files that were generated had been generated before the action had altered it.

Is there specific instances when generate runs or can be forced to run? So I can control 'when' it generates a layer within an action that contains several adjustments?


texts: How to draw dashed circle with specific pattern in Inkscape

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I try to draw a circle like this:

I can draw stroke on circle using Object → Fill and Stroke but I can’t set the pattern that way (stroke thickness, long line and small line length, gap length etc.).
How can I draw that circle?
UPD: Thank you all for the answers. More accurate method in accepted answer solve my problem.


texts: Designing High Resolution Mobile SplashScreens?

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How do you get those stunning splash screens / launch screens for mobile apps? I have tried setting the canvas in Photoshop to be the same pixel size, with 600 PPI, but when I copy my logo for example into the canvas, it looks pixelated, even when I bring it in as a vector and covert to JPEG. I am looking for this sort of thing:

I am getting this:


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I have created a custom font using FontForge. I have exported it as an OpenType (OTF) and I have installed it by right clicking the exported files and selecting "Install"

However, when I go to select the Font, it shows me a 'preview' that doesn't look like the font at all.

Where is it getting this preview from?  How can I make it so that it shows a preview?


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I've just got a designer to convert our old .PNG logo to a .SVG logo as our new Wordpress theme uses a .SVG logo.

The .SVG logo the theme comes with is 3kb and the .SVG logo the designer has created us is 33kb. I've tried optimising the new logo but the best I can get it down to is 14kb.

Original .SVG Logo that came with the theme: https://svgur.com/s/H9u
Our new .SVG logo: http://svgur.com/s/HAx

Is there anyway my new logo can be made this small or anywhere as near as small? I'm not sure why our new one is so much bigger in size when they're both .SVG logos. I'd appreciate some advice! :)

Thanks!


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I'm trying to do a logo for myself, just to put it in my apps.
I just drawn (by hand) my Surname-Name, flipped the name vertically, added a background as you can see.

I know that usually there is a "theory" about colors and shapes. I have some doubts: for example, what changes into the watcher's eye if the text would be white? Is it too complex to be defined a "logo"? What can I do to make it more interesting for the eye?


texts: How to create paths that convert as a stroke in a font file in Illistrator?

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I am finding it very very difficult to create a simple icon with only the stroke. I am trying to create a font that has the exact layout that I have drawn. But for the life of me I can't work out why this doesn't work?

Is it that the second path isn't part of the larger fire icon?

Any help would be rewarded up a plus 1 and correct answer :D

Outcome

So the actual problem is that, as you see in the small icon above, the font comes out with a filled in flame, however I need the font to be just the stroke, nothing should be filled in.


texts: Possible to not have InDesign CC automatically generate class names based on 'Style Name'?

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In the Export Tagging settings in InDesign CC, there is an option to use a custom tag as well as a custom class name. However, if the class is left blank then the Style Name is used in its place.

Is it possible to not have InDesign assign a class automatically?

Here is my scenario: I would like to not clutter up my HTML markup by having a class name of body for all my p tags, when I could simply use p without a class and style it in my CSS.

Thank you in advance.


texts: white clipping mask is still visible when saving as png

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When I try to save my logo in Illustrator as PNG, you can see the white rectangles.
If I do this in Photoshop and use clipping mask, and try to save it, you don't see the white rectangle.
How can I do the same trick in Illustrator?

(The white on the left and right isn't visible on here because the background is also white.)


texts: Photoshop export for web and devices comes out pixelated.

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When I export for web and devices in photoshop CS5 it comes out pixelated. What setting should I change?

I have a picture of my export settings at http://www.brandonsdesigngroup.com/photoshop.png


texts: What methods exist to get the text of a low quality picture?

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I have an image that is really blurred and I wanted to know if there were any method  to get the text of a low quality picture ?

It comes from this link. This is a page from this newspaper online.


texts: Are there any fonts with various styles for the same letter?

texts: Allow me to explain. Imagine a font where "t" is different depending on the letter preceding it, or following it. Same with, for example, "y". Can that be done?


texts: Can someone help my identify this font? I've looked everywhere!


texts: Why is my Logo losing quality when I save it for the web?

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I am designing a website for my business and I am having a bit of trouble.
I am not very good as this sort of thing but hoping someone might be able to explain in basic terms.

I have gotten the company logo from our graphic designer. It is a .pdf file and looks totally fine in Photoshop. I am trying to create a banner for the website and when I make it in Photoshop, it looks totally fine but when I upload to the site it is totally pixelated.

When I got the PDF file I opened it in PS and using the magic wand I have removed the background and copied and pasted the image on top of a new plain white image.

Can anyone explain what I am doing in layman terms?


texts: What do I do when I quote a price for a design but the client keeps asking for revisions and redesigns?

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I'm a freelance graphic designer, so mostly, my pricing and what not is pretty casual and I don't work 24/7 as I have other things to take care of, so when I quote someone, I figure out how long it will take me roughly and also take into account how difficult it might be. I give them the price, get a deposit and start work. I usually tell them that the odd revision or two is included.

BUT...

In the situation that I'm asking about, I always seem to get people who are really specific on what they want, which is brilliant; it seems nice and simple and I know exactly what I'm doing. But then as the job progresses and I send them samples, they begin to change their mind, they request way more revisions/redesigns that I ever expected etc. Now, I'm fine with this, as obviously I'm happy to work with them until they are happy with their product but when I mention that it's been more work than they initially stated they almost always get angry and lash out (via email) at how I'm not holding up my end of the bargain.

I always feel awful asking for more money and I almost never get more/they cancel altogether and I'm left with nothing, usually not even the (tiny) deposit that I stated was non refundable (to protect myself from exactly this...)

What is the best way of wording something (anything) initially, whereby this might not happen as much. Or am I just being too polite?


texts: How to put a layer into one of the RGB channels?

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I'm making a texture for a game and it needs to have Metall in the RED channel, Glossiness in the GREEN channel and Ambient occlusion in the BLUE channel.

I have all these as separate grayscale (RGB) layers in Photoshop CS6 and need to transfer each layer into the corresponding RGB channel.

I have tried to filter out each color in the layer, but they don't mix if they overlap.


texts: How can I remove the background reflection from this photo, are there any online tools?

texts: Is possible to remove reflection from this image?


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I am currently working on webproject and responsible for the design. I have a list , where I shall display the trackingstatus of each list-item. For each step I have 4 possible outcomes. I wanted to use the main colors, we have defined in our applicaiton. My current situation looks like this:

For me it's just too much colors, yet I need to display the informations with using them.

Any alternative solution, you guys can think of? Or how do I accomplish to make the colors look not too childish?


texts: Implementing the Dutch IJ digraph as a ligature

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I'm designing a display typeface and having some trouble deciding how to implement the uppercase Dutch digraph "IJ". I have designed a ligature that combines the "I" and "J" to form what looks like a broken "U".

Here is a comparison of my "IJ" ligature against the distinct "I" and "J" glyphs:

According to Wikipedia, an "I" followed by a "J" doesn't always form a digraph; would the ligature still be acceptable in those cases, or would that be considered incorrect?

I'm going to include the ligature in the font, there is no question there, my only problem is how to implement it and make it available to users through OpenType features and the use of the IJ Unicode character. How should I consider the language/locale of the user? Should the ligature be the default;

e.g. used for the "IJ" character and as a standard ligature (OpenType feature liga) for "I"+"J"?

Or an optional stylistic alternative;

e.g. stylistic alternate (OpenType feature salt) for the "IJ" character and a discretionary ligature (OpenType feature dlig) for "I"+"J"?

Note, I'm asking about the technical implementation (through OpenType features) here; For critique of the ligature design itself see Is this Dutch IJ ligature suitable and readable to native speakers?.


texts: Pattern brush imperfections on PSD file. Issue with faint lines on areas of artwork

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I created a circular motif in AI based on circles populated by a self generated pattern brush.

Having completed the work I exported the document as a PSD file to add some textures in Photoshop. On opening the file in Photoshop I detected faint lines imperceptible in AI at the point in the circle where the pattern brush motif joins.

I have tried numerous things to make them disappear but everything I have tried failed. Even making a new pattern brush along the same lines made no difference these too displayed the same artifact's when converted to PSD.

The attached file is a test file but shows the issue I am talking about.


texts: Classic Pizza Hut Lettering - who designed it?

texts: I can't seem to find any reference to who designed the classic pizza hut logo, although I swear I read it somewhere at some point. Specifically I'm interested in the lettering! Any help appreciated!


texts: Adobe Illustrator 21.0.0 - How to Zoom In / Out on Mouse and Not on Selected Object / Area

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This started happening when I recently updated to Adobe Illustrator 21.0.0 (2017 release). Simply, if I select an object and then move over to another area of the document:

and then try to zoom in or out to inspect that area,

it brings me right back to the area with the selected object. This is already annoying, but it becomes a real problem when I want to move several selected objects at the same time.

For example, if I want to adjust the position of every object within an artboard, I would select all of the objects and start to move them with the up, down, left, right arrow keys.

As soon as I try to zoom in on an area to see if the objects are lining up within the artboard, it brings me back to a random area in the selected group (in this case, an area at the bottom and opposite end of where I'd like to zoom in).

Trying to move back the area I'd like to zoom into....

Zoom in (command +)

and I'm brought back to the area at the bottom. Even if I deselect all of the objects in the area that it keeps zooming into, it still defaults back to that area when I try to zoom in.

And of course I can't select half of the objects if I'm trying to move all of them in unison.

Is there any way to tell Illustrator that I'd like to zoom in on the area where my mouse is, regardless of whether or not something else is selected?

Thank you!


texts: Could you please help me out identifying the typeface (font)?

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Could you please help me out identifying the typeface (font) used to design the logo presented below?

What about ornaments/emblems? Is there any font I could use to design similar style identification plate?

Logo taken from http://agawphotography.blogspot.com/


texts: Illustrator: how to prepare artwork for laser cutter

texts: I'm working on a laser cutting project where I have to cut out using an RGB red line at the size of 0.001 in. I used Image trace to make an outline of the image, but I can't change the color to RGB red, or the thickness of the outline. I need it to be RGB with a 0.001 in thickness, or the laser cutter will not cut it out.


texts: Place several images with transparency (png) next to each other in Photoshop

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I have 10 png images, each one is 48x48 (pixels). They all have a transparent background. I want to make a 480x48 sprite sheet, so I need to put each image side by side and that's where I'm having problems.

Everytime I copy one of the images, I only copy the shape inside of it (let's say an icon), so when I paste it into the sprite sheet layer, I don't have a 48x48 selection, but 32x32 or 20x20, or 48x10, etc, depending on how big the shape is. This is bad because I have to move it until I match the exact place where it needs to be. I want to copy and paste the whole image, including the transparent background, so the placement adjusts to a 48x48 selection.

The closest thing that I have tried is "Place...", it preserves the size of the original layer but I'm getting undesired results when I try to place certain images - they are placed but in a really small size and I need to resize them, which results in more work than I'm trying to avoid.

I really think this can be easily done, because it's very simple when you have "normal" pictures but in this case I'm working with transparent backgrounds and I can't seem to find a correct approach to solve this.

Btw, every png image that I open is opened just as a layer, if that's any help.


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Why doesn't The Gimp have drawing tools? Weird isn't it?

Something I'm trying to do today, and not for the first time, is take in a picture and just annotate it with a couple of arrows pointing to particular things I want to highlight.

And, again, I'm surprised to discover that there's no "arrow-drawing" tool. Or any basic geometric shape tools. The Gimp is the natural place to do what I'm doing (annotate a bitmap), not Inkscape nor LibreOffice Draw. But this functionality is surprisingly NOT THERE (presumably because Gimp is meant to be for painting not vector drawing.)

But this is such an obvious use-case that I'm surprised no-one has ever tried to add these tools.

Do I just not know how to find the right tool, or does The Gimp not support shapes?


texts: Printing pages in InDesign file with sections

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I am having trouble printing pages in an InDesign file that has sections.
I have two sections. The first has the 5 pages of a book (that I do not want to have numbers). The second section has 195 pages. The first page in this section is actually page 1.

I can't print any of the pages in the first section unless I print the entire book. Any ideas?


texts: Can we remove the Watermark that is slightly lighter than the greyscale image using photoshop

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Need to remove the background word "confidential" from all the locations for QC purposes

Can this be achieved in photoshop or any other software.
Thanks


texts: Why does Google want a vertical scrollbar on search page when it's not necessary

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On Google's search page there is a visible vertical scroll bar even when it is not necessary. This can be avoided by deleting the following style from body selector

overflow-y: scroll;

When this is done, there is no vertical scroll bar on default and when the height of browser window is not enough to display entire content, vertical scroll bar appears. Since Google is known  for their obsession with minimalism on their search page, why aren't they doing this?

I tested this behavior on Chromium 18 (ubuntu), Firefox 13 (ubuntu) and Internet Explorer 8 (winxp).


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I'm having difficulty figuring out the font used in the text that is circled below.

The person who sent me the image said this might be Georgia, but upon closer inspection and comparison, some of the characters (particularly upper and lower case "c") don't bear any resemblance to that font.


texts: Adobe Illustrator | RGB vector looks all black when I import it to CMYK artboard

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Colorful RGB vector I've downloaded from Vecteezy looks all black when imported to CMYK artboard. I can't change the color after importing to CMYK artboard either. How can I fix that?

What I've done:

I opened the file I've downloaded from Vecteezy on Illustrator.
Since it's RGB, it all looks fine.
Then I copy and paste it to another document (which is CMYK) on Illustrator.
When I pasted the vector on CMYK document, the whole vector looks black as in the 2nd screenshot above.
When I try to change the color, I can't do it.

link to the file if you want to check and see


texts: How do I make a tie or slur shape in GIMP?

texts: I'm trying to create a tie or slur shape that connects two music notes in GIMP. I've tried creating a straight line using the Path tool and curving it, but when I choose "Path to selection" I end up with a thick wedge shaped selection and not the thin crescent shape that I need. What's the correct way to create this shape?


texts: How do designers choose shapes in a design?

texts: A lot of times, while browsing through sites like Dribbble, one comes across sites that use shapes (see this example). Sorry for being naive, but is there a reason behind choosing a particular shape or is it just because it's trending? How does it affect user experience?


texts: Inkscape: Export White Logo to PNG Leaves Dark Outline

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I've successfully created a logo using Inkscape with shapes and text. I'm now trying to export to PNG with a transparent background, but the PNG ends up having a very slight dark edging for some reason.
I cannot figure out what I'm doing wrong!

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Wow - after posting this question I see the PNG indeed is white with transparent background - no edges. I think Windows 10 PNG viewer might be doing it as a "convenience" to see the image...? See below


texts: Hello! Does anyone know how to add this effect to photos?

texts: As you can see above, the image part-way through fades away naturally into the background. Would anyone know how to replicate this effect with a full image? Thank you guys so much in advance!


texts: How to edit metadata of an image in GIMP?

texts: I am trying to edit Title, Description & meta tags of an image(.jpg) file. To do that, I am using GIMP 2.10.8. After opening the image file I am going to Image > Metadata > Edit Metadata. Then Metadata Editor window pops up. I am filling the necessary fields and click Write Metadata. Then exporting the file as an image(.jpg) file. Unfortunately, after the properties window of the exported image file, I am not getting any change in metadata. How can I overcome this issue?


texts: after effects workflow for popup roulette numbers

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I'm using After Effects to create png sequences for roulette's winning numbers.

First I create a sample animation with effects and transforms (8 frames).

Next I create timeline with colored numbers from 0 to 36 (38 frames with zero and double zero).

I had to remap my second timeline with numbers to fit it in animation (38×8 = 304 frames, new digit every 8-th frame).

Now I want to apply cycle animation loop for each 8 frames.

How can I do this? Or maybe there is another way to do this job?


texts: How can you create a preview window for seamless tile editing in photoshop

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Here's an example: https://youtu.be/ooo51ZRgU_4?t=351

I want to be able to just save the image on the right which will update the picture on the left. This could be done with smart objects I guess, but that's not the case in the Jazza's video. I'm baffled.

I know there are some other solutions, but I want it to work just like in the video. Pressing save updates the image on the left.

For those looking for similar solutions: Pyxel Edit has similar kind of functionality and it's the best.


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Is there any plugin used to insert multiple symbols (external library symbols) to one artboard, rather than do it manually one by one?
Thank you!


texts: How do you turn a 3d character animation to 2d sprite sheets?

texts: I made a 3D character with animation but now I need to make a 2D sprite sheet of this 3D character. Which program can I use for this and how is it created?


texts: In a UI with multiple cards arranged in a grid, the shadow of cards are falling on top of other cards. All these cards are supposed to be on the same level (elevation/depth). Is there any way to solve this issue in Sketch without merging these shapes into a single layer?


texts: What are some software options for compressing images other than photoshop?

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I am wondering if there are better options out there for compressing images other than Photoshop.

Does Adobe offer a product that specializes in compressing images or does a better job than Photoshop?


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I would like to read continous color gradient from the image using the path ( white line on the image).

I know that I can read palette but I want to read all values in a specific order to create function from them. I can do it manually in gimp by color picker but it would be faster to mark a path and read all values at once.
Is it possible  or should I write a script to do it?
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this is confirmation that Wolff's answer is good. I have made a screen copy of original program ( below). So the gradient has 7 segments from magenta, black, red, yellow, green, cyan, blue, to magenta[

and here is the result of my c/gnuplot program


texts: Why does the Inkscape path outset tool behave in unexpected ways on my SVG image?

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I have two objects of type path in Inkscape. Here's how they look:

My goal is to make them both “thicker”. To that end, I thought it would be a good idea to use the Path -> Outset tool. When I do that, however, this happens:

This is not quite what I'm aiming for. So I undid that operation. I also tried making a union of the two paths. Unfortunately, I then get this:

Which is also not exactly what I'd like. So my questions are:

How can I properly combine the two paths into one?
Once that has succeeded, how could I make the path (of the looped arrow) thicker as a whole? Is there something besides the Outset tool that can be useful in this case?


texts: Asking for payment for a project that's gone over deadline (and still going)

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I agreed to a flat-fee project that was supposed to be completed in a week. The client has since dragged out this project for almost a month. Should I ask for payment for the original flat fee, despite the project not being complete yet? Contract only says that payment will be issued 30 days after completion.

The client is a large marketing firm, so they aren't strapped for cash like a small time client. Additionally, I am now on an hourly rate for everything going forward so there is that to consider.


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There's a software who export content as image and provide a metadata files giving the X/Y position and X/Y distance from those points to box elements within the image.
In the code, all thoses values are computed as: "coordinate_in_pixel * dpi"
My question: I really don't get what "coordinate_in_pixel * dpi" should mean, as dpi don't relate to pixel as in the previous formula. After looking and asking many people, it makes no sense for me and for the few who get a bit my misunderstanding (all graphist/prepress/etc) to have the previous formula, what am I missing ? What is expressed by that computing ? As it is from an open source software with others exploiting those values, I'm wondering what is expressed by that formula and that I'm missing.


texts: How do you increase opacity of artwork in Photoshop CS6?

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For example, say I create a new layer, change my brush to solid black, but to 50% opacity, then draw some artwork. Then after the artwork is drawn, I realize it's too light and want to increase (darken) the artwork's to say 75% (so it's darker), or 100% (so actually appears solid black). How can this be done? Just to be extra clear, the color is solid black, it only appears grey (or lighter) because of the 50% brush opacity (layer opacity is 100%). Here are the methods I've tried so far:

Levels: no adjustment here will darken the artwork
Layer opacity: is already at 100%, the 50% is in the artwork itself (brush stokes)
Variations: darken in here does nothing either
Hue/Saturation: sometimes lightness will darken a little, but can't get anywhere near 100% solid black
Burn tool: does nothing

Here's an example PSD:

http://www.filedropper.com/50opacity

There is only one layer where I drew the word "test" with a 50% opacity brush. If you can make that "test" turn black you will save the day.

(Whenever I try to Google this problem I just get stuff about changing layer or brush opacity.)


texts: Small caps in names as part of an adjective

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I know many scientific publications tend to write the names of authors, or names of people in general, in small caps. I quite like this idea, since it helps readers not to try and understand a word which is a name and as such has no deeper understandable meaning. So far, so good. But what about situations where the name of a person is included in an adjective, forming what (as I just learned) is sometimes called a proper adjective?

The example I have in mind is the term “Euclidean geometry”. What would be the best, most widely accepted or suggested, way to typeset this?

No small caps at all?
Small caps for the whole “Euclidean”?
Or small caps only for “Euclid”, with normal “ean” suffixed to that?


texts: Unable to draw logo with correct strokes and shadow

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I am trying to design a logo for my company. However I have tried for 12 hours now making the design below, but I have huge problems getting what I want.

I want the road to be crossing the other one like it was a bridge. It should not look like a intersection like it does now. Can someone give me instructions to how to manage to create a shape like this?

This is what I have.


texts: Validation issues – duplicate unicode code points?

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I am trying to generate a self-created True Type font.

When validating, I’m getting a bunch of characters with:

  There is another glyph in the font with this unicode code point.

This happens after hinting, removing overlaps, correcting directions... It’s the only thing that comes up when validating the font, everything else seems to be fine. Same when I directly generate the TTF.

Unfortunately the validation messages don’t have any details to them other than the name of character with the respective issue as quoted. By clicking on that list item it opens the respective problem character (for example LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E) in order to solve the issue but I don't see any reference as to where the other duplicate character sits and I don’t understand what exactly I’m supposed to do. Am I supposed to just erase that character and hope I killed the right one of the two?

I tried to detach the respective characters. Tried to restart XQuartz and FontForge. But problems/messages persist.

I created the font from scratch. I use my own all Western European Character set (incl. all accents and some ligatures).

XQuartz 2.7.11 (xorg-server 1.18.4)
FontForge 18:35 PDT, 2 April 2016
Mac mini (Late 2014), 3GHz i7, 16GB memo
macOS Sierra 10.12.2


texts: How do I re-size and place multiple images into a frame template Photoshop

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I have a Frame template png.

All images are saved as .png. I have been copying the frame template dragging the image onto the frame > Transform > Scale > dragging layer below the frame > merging layers > saving for web >
below is the frame. To do this for each image is a bit time consuming. If I create an action to do this I am not sure if it will work due to the fact each original is of a different size.
 What I would like to ask is what is the best time saving way to do this? Batch automation or other(instructions of the path I should take)


texts: What style would you say this cassette tape packaging is?

texts: I've provided some concept styles to a client and wasn't sure how to describe this style. What time period/style does this image evoke most?


texts: How can I cookie-cut transparent gaps from a trace?

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Here's a trace of some hand-drawn, stylized text.

Illustrator executes the trace quite nicely, but inevitably, there was some cleaning up to do.
If you look closely, you'll see some of the gaps are transparent, while others are painted white.

The transparent gaps are either literally deleted, or opacity reduced to 0%. This is preferred, but not always practical, because there are layers underneath. Actually, according to Adobe terminology, it's just a group on one layer, but you know what I mean; it's covering other stuff.

How can I just remove it, like the white piece is a cookie-cutter?


texts: InDesign: script to "paste in place" selected objects to all unlocked layers

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I am trying to build a script to "paste in place" all selected objects to all unlocked layers. My attempt is probably nearly there, but something's not working.

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

var al=myDoc.activeLayer.name; // remembers current layer name
app.copy(); // copies whatever is selected

// paste in place for all unlocked layers, excepting source layer
for (var i=0;i<myDoc.layers.length;i++) {
    if ((myDoc.layers[i].locked=false) && (myDoc.layers[i].name!=al)) {
        myDoc.activeLayer=myDoc.layers[i];
        app.pasteInPlace();
    }
}


texts: Is there a free alternative to Comic Life?

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I am looking for an alternative to Comic Life. The main feature is to make comics out of your photos:

  Easily create amazing Comics, picture albums and how-to-guides using
  your digital photos on your Mac or PC.

Are there any free alternatives (for any operating system)?

http://plasq.com/


texts: How do I make it so that brush stroke is part of mask?

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This is probably an easy thing to answer but I'm trying to make a simple image mask with a brush stroke type mask
I have a basic shape with a artistic brush stroke:

But when I try Object > Clipping Mask > Make the stroke is ignored and only the shape is use as the mask:

I want the mask to have a brush stroke edge, if that makes sense.
I've tried the the various Pathfinder options but it doesn't seem to make a difference. I'm using Illustrator 5.1


texts: Can one create a Photoshop or Illustrator script that can see what functions & commands a user is executing?

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I would like to make a Photoshop and Illustrator plugin that can tell what commands and functions a user is executing and then store that information in a database or file.

Is this possible in the Photoshop and Illustrator scripting environments?


texts: Can Pixelmator handle Photoshop layer styles? How compatible is Pixelmator with the rest of Photoshop and the other Adobe graphics programs?


texts: How to resize an EPS file in Illustrator to fit a pixel size?

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I'm very new to Illustrator. Having used Photoshop all my life, vector art is something very new to me. I have this company logo in EPS format. I want to use AI to resize the image to a certain pixel size in order to fit properly on a website.
I've only drawn some trees and landscape using AI, doing this has me totally lost. Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Difference between "Expand" and "Create Outlines" in CC?

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So, I've been doing a lot of text work lately which requires expanding the active text layers into paths so I can adjust things with more precision.
Now, I'm wondering if there's any actual difference between the two functions that do this, namely "Expand", or the "Create Outlines".

I've tested them both and they seem to do exactly the same thing, but what I'm wondering is if they perhaps have some hidden difference where one might be used over the other in certain situations. Why else would there be two tools that do the same thing?


texts: Can I create a transparent GIF with After Effects?

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I'm trying to create a transparent GIF using After Effects but I can't get it just right. I make a transparent video but when I use the GIF makers they resize it. I even now have a PNG sequence.

Is there anyway I can make the GIF without changing the size?

I only have Photoshop and After Effects.


texts: Rotating a layer around centre and save file (72 times)

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I need to rotate a graphic I have made in Adobe Illustrator.

The complication is that only the arrow layer needs to be rotated (around the centre of the image). That rules out simply throwing the file into some program and having it output at every 5 degrees otherwise the bus icon in the centre would rotate too. It needs to specifically rotate the arrow layer around the centre every 5 degrees so presumably that limits me to internal Illustrator/Photoshop scripting?

There are several different colour variations too. Doing this by hand is going to take many hours. Is there a way to simplify this with a script that can rotate the arrow layer for me and then save the file?


texts: Will an EPS saved in Illustrator CC open in any Illustrator version?

texts: If I save a EPS vector file in Illustrator CC version will it open up in any Illustrator version (e.g. CS4, CS5, CS6)? Or do I need to save separate EPS files for each version of Illustrator?


texts: 3ds Max - What's the three types of texture maps? 'D, N, S'

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Using 3ds max, I'm just playing with a model, which I found from a game. I'm not familiar with 3ds max, Hopes the question is not so silly.

It has three types of maps, with 'D', 'N', 'S' suffix. So I guess D for diffuse, N for normal, and S for specular.

The first two seems right. but what's the type of the third one? It doesn't seem to be a specular map, but seems to be the 'metal' parts, so I tried using mix map but the result is also different from in-game result.

The following are the three maps, and my rendered result with in-game result. I think the biggest diffrence - the metallic small decorations, should be what the third map does.


texts: Best way to send layouts with editable text to writers/editors who don't have design software

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Here's a common design workflow problem, probably most relevant to in-house designers, but also to agencies who have a lot of non-design writing or research staff, or freelancers who work with in-house writers. Many designers encounter it and have a way of dealing with it: I'm interested in what our collective design experience can come up with for the best way  to deal with it.

Here's the problem:

I'm making a text-and-images layout, and I need to send early drafts to writers for copy editing.
These writers don't have design software and never will: buying it in isn't an option. Assume they have MS Office, and that maybe one person in the office has Acrobat but they can't access it easily. (In my case, these people are writers and research experts, there are loads of them, and copy writing and editing for designs is a small portion of what they do)
The copy editing is somewhat dependant on the layout: the writers need to be able to see the flow of the page to see how each chunk fits in, and how much space they have for each chunk. I'm thinking of cases like infographics and diagrams with detailed labels where the text, imagery and layout go hand-in-hand, rather than cases like books or magazine layouts where we'd just say "give the designer between XXX and YYY words and trust them".
The layout at this stage doesn't need to be exact on their end, but they need to be able to get an idea of it. It doesn't matter if what they send back to me is a bit of a mess visually, I'll just be extracting and using their editted text

So, what are the best methods for giving people an editable rough approximation of a layout?

Any answer should ideally be better than my current method - which is to email around PDFs showing the rough layout alongside flat Word documents with the text, hoping that the writers will understand and respect the layout and understand how much space they have... They rarely do... and since copy writing and editing for designs is a small portion of what they do, this is not likely to change.

Ideally, it should be less clunky and time-consuming than creating a separate PDF form and re-creating every text box as an input element to create a sort-of editable PDF, or, re-creating an approximation of the layout by hand in something like Word.

I'll accept answers starting with any common design software. In my case it's mostly Illustrator, but tricks that work starting with designs in InDesign, Photoshop, Corel, Inkcape etc are all relevant.


texts: How to make PM smaller than other characters in textbox in Sketch?

texts: I have this textbox here. And I just do not understand the magic, why "PM" is smaller? Though it seems just normal text on the left side.


texts: Applying the Spot Healing Brush Tool over a selection

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It's possible to apply the effect of the Paint Bucket Tool on a selection. This imitates the process of selecting each and every individual pixel in the selection, clicking on it once, and changing its color.

Is it possible to do the same with the Spot Healing Brush? Meaning, make a selection, and imitate the process of clicking each and every individual pixel in that selection?


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So I previously worked as freelance motiongraphics designer but it was almost impossible to get a full time position so I decided to look elsewhere within "design" circles.  After a few months of try I got a graphic/interaction design position at a studio that designs and develops apps for phones and tablets.

Before starting this job, I had no professional experience designing apps, even though I had a handful of mockup designs and I made it quite clear during my interview. They hired me because they felt I had a good design sense and I also had some other expertise in animation/video that they might need in future.

I'm a few weeks into my new job and even though I haven't heard any complaints yet I think I'm being far too slow. In my previous works, my workflow was pretty much centered around Aftereffects/Illustrator/3ds max and Cinema 4d. In my current position it's rather Photoshop and Illustrator (my Phtoshop skills is not as sharp as it should be). To make things worse I work solely on a Mac now which adds an extra layer of complexity to everything (shortcuts, workflow etc).

I recently I finished work on my first project and was suppose to deliver graphic assets (over 200 of them) to the developer, it was going to take me a couple of hours but the other designer intervened, asked for the larger versions of the files and used a Photoshop script/plugin to get the over 200 files all in a matter of seconds! Even though I know he has more experience, I couldn't help but feel quite useless.

My question is, how do I improve my workflow and get things done as quickly as possible? (especially within  Photoshop) Does anyone have any tips, plugins, scripts and OSX specific apps that I  can use to the things done more quickly.

My second question is, my other colleague (the other designer), keeps interrupting my work to show me "how things are done", at first I thought he was only being helpful but I'm beginning to get the sense that there is a competitive edge it. Almost every time walks up to my desk to give feedback, he (the other designer) chimes in to give his own thoughts as well. How do I deal with such a person without coming off as a jerk?


texts: Photoshop not recognizing ligatures in Baskerville

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Baskerville supports ligatures, as you can see in this screenshot from Word:

However, in Photoshop, the ligature options are greyed out when using Baskerville:

I can get the ligature to display by manually inserting U+FB01 ﬁ, but that's not ideal. Is it possible to enable automatic Baskerville ligatures in Photoshop?


texts: Is there a way to select OpenType features in Inkscape?

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Today's OpenType fonts have a lot of features included like:

  kerning, capital spacing, ligatures, old style figures   and stylistic sets.

I miss these features a lot. Is there a way to select those features in Inkscape?

Does anybody know if they are accessible, or at least planed?


texts: Multiple Material Design ripples at once

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With Google's Material Design style, most user interaction (tapping, pressing, etc.) creates a ripple from that point. The ripple is an expanding disc that's clipped by the widget (ignore the shadow):

Google's demos never mention what should happen when you tap a button with an existing ripple; their Polymer library supports multiple ripples, but it doesn't strictly follow all Material Design guidelines either.

Should there be multiple ripples per widget?


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I opened JPEG in Photoshop and it showed me the Camera Raw window, instead of just opening the file.

After searching on the internet I found that Camera Raw can handle JPEG and TIFF. I also found how to disable this feature.

My question is what is the difference between a JPEG that Photoshop will open directly vs. using Camera Raw.
I also noticed that if I "save as…" the file that triggered Camera Raw, the new file opens directly.
I found no obvious option in the Save dialog, so what is it?


texts: How to create a fabric pattern with wavy lines

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I would like to create a fabric pattern, like this one:

I'm not very experienced in graphic design.

Could somebody please explain how to create a fabric texture and overlay a wavy line pattern in Photoshop?


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I'm making images that need a whole of that image, and then a "cracked" version of that image. I've been creating the original image but then have been painstakingly dividing that image into two "halves" by adding anchor points, and drawing zig-zag lines. This is a ton of work for more detailed designs

Is there a way to "group" an image of multiple items and then just divide that in half?

example below: cracking this simple owl is easy, but cracking the boombox would be a ton of individual path manipulation.


texts: How to create a font for free using web tools?

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I realize this is an unfortunately vague question. I happen to be working with a designer with really awesome lettering skills, and we were hoping to create a couple fonts in .otf  files. We are at a bit of a loss at how to go about doing this nicely.

The fonts created using http://www.myscriptfont.com really aren't rendering nicely in print, and we were wondering if there is a better way to do this.

(If possible, we would like to use free software - we're already paying a lot for printing and other fees.)

Thank you so much.


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So I saw the polygon tool in inkscape and I expected the code of the polygon shapes to be something in the lines of

<polygon points="215,110 0, 110 0, 0 47.7, 0 215,0" fill="blue" />

however it creates a path instead, like so.

<path id="path1495" d="M 1933.1674,824.59603 H 0 V 0 h 1933.1674 z" fill="pink" />

Does anyone know how to get  polygon points like in the first snippet?


texts: combining layers in illustrator, adding stroke & shadow

texts: I'm trying to put together a logo that consists of more than one layer but I want to put a stroke around it.  I can't seem to figure out how to combine these layers together so the stroke will only go around the whole logo rather than each section individually.  I have done lots of searching but can't seem to find a solution.  Thanks for any advice you can give me!


texts: How do I get printer marks in Inskscape 0.92?

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Yeah, as the title says - how can I get printer marks in inkscape 0.92?

Found this https://itstillworks.com/12597955/how-to-add-bleed-marks-to-inkscape which says:

  Click the "Extensions" menu, hover over "Render" and select the "Printing Marks..." option to open the Printing Marks window.

  Ensure the check boxes labeled "Crop Marks" and "Bleed Marks" are checked.

But I don't have such a menu in Inskscape 0.92, Ubuntu 14.04?


texts: InDesign: Even fontsize for pagenumbers in Table of Contents

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I am currently trying to make a table of contents in InDesign that houses two levels of headings. To make the hierarchy more clear I have changed the fontsize of the level 2 headings. My problem is, that this results in the page-number references to also have different sizes, which is not exactly what I want, since it looks rather odd.

If possible I would like to have those page numbers at the same (smaller) text-size. How can I achieve this? Will I have to manually style them?

Here a sample of how I would like it to look made in Photoshop


texts: How to repair InDesign document that categorically crashes the Application

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I have a document that I created that now categorically crashes ID. I've tried opening the file on multiple computers (Windows) and multiple versions of ID (7 and 8). The document opens, and then, the app locks up.

The last time I was able to work with the file, I was resizing the bottom of a text box and the app malfunctioned (there's a bit of a bug with resizing / reflowing text files, maybe it's my graphics driver). The app crashed, and since then, nothing.

Anyone have strategies that would allow me to recover this file?


texts: Photoshop. How to remove all white space, background + unenclosed space

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Hi everyone here a problem I have,
basically I want to remove all white from this image so I can paint beneath the illustration.

When I remove the white using magic eraser or the magic wand I'm still left with loads of 'white enclosed spaces'

< this is my problem. It seems like I'll have to go into the image and use the magic wand individually for each white space?.

Is there an easier way to remove all of the white automatically?


texts: How to export finished design as one file in Adobe XD

texts: I tried to export my design as one (image) file from Adobe XD. I tried 'file > export' option, but this results in exporting every assets individually. What I want is to export my finished design as one file as it looks in Adobe XD. How can I do this?


texts: How to choose color palettes for a theme?

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Do you know / can you recommend good practices in choosing a color palette for a theme ?

As you might have guessed, I am not a professional in the graphic field, I do coding and from time to time I have to do some graphic work for which I'd like it to be pleasant/efficient to the eye but this proved to be incredibly hard.

Here are a few examples :

From a professional graphic designer:

This design while not very pretty is very ergonomic in the sense that you can work the whole day looking at it, your eyes won't burn. This design is very user/eye-friendly.

Some of my attempts :

This one is awful, but from the time I've spent on it (10 seconds) not much to expect from it.

This actually is my favorite and only one I have in fact, while colors are pleasant it's not very eye-friendly and soon becomes a mess as I add more colors (such as the indicator). The main problem with it is that literally it took me days to find this scheme !

This is another beast that I'm quite quite happy with though I'd say it's rather by accident, actually the colors are the result of a sound analysis. While I did some adjustments their initial hue came pretty good by chance. And post-processing really helped here.

I have tried nearly every thing I could think of but never really achieved something satisfying, for instance designing a red theme. Whether picking colors  in a palette randomly or using some pseudo logic, using some website it just seems that I can't get some good combinations.

Some of the website I've seen : ContrastA (great site), colrd, colorschemedesigner

So the question is,

How do you choose colors for a theme ?


texts: adjust contrast on non-selected portion of image

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I have an image taken of a room directly at a sunny window. When I adjust the image brightness and contrast the window turns white.

Is it possible use the wand to select the the portion of the image I don't want to be affected by the brightness/contrast treatment?

I am I approaching this wrong way altogether?

Thanks


texts: How to create this sort of gritty, badly scanned texture?

texts: How can I recreate the texture below? I always adored these collaged paperized 'gritty, badly scanned' grainy almost fabric-ky effect on a pic.


texts: Is there a way to have repeated group elements edited at once?

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I have this group of elements constructing something like this (when duplicated):

And I want to edit the color of all the "name's" or to change the phone number position at once for all those "clones".

Is there a way to do that?

I remember there is such a thing you can do but you have to edit the "original" in separate file (maybe it's called "smart objects", but I would really like to be able to that without the need of working with two files and "save/refresh" every change.


texts: How is this font displaying the same letter in different forms?

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I'm using a font that displays letters in a random way (not limited to uppercase and lowercase) and I'm not able to understand why.

In the following images, the same uppercase G is rendered differently at different positions:

Try it yourself here. (select the web font variant)

I'm using Ubuntu and I tested it on Firefox and Chromium. In fact, the same behavior occurs in LibreOffice Write (after installing the font locally).

How is this done?


texts: is creating a logo that contains a similar visual element to another conceptual logo a copyright infringement?

texts: I have created a logo that uses a similar visual element to another logo.


texts: Which graphic design application should I learn after Photoshop and Illustrator?

texts:
I have used Photoshop and Illustrator a little bit and am about to spend time learning more about Graphic Design.

I would like advice on what one (Windows 7 compatible) application to purchase when doing the following things:

create designs for fairly simple on-line games
General web design
Logo design


texts: Need guidance on logo redesign for hobby site

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I'm a non-graphics guy who runs a player-finder website for tabletop gamers.  I'm not happy with the site's current logo but don't know what to do about it.

The current logo at the top of the front page has a lot of elements in the logo to show we are inclusive to the various types of tabletop games. Unfortunately many of these groups tend to be isolated from each other. So I wanted to make sure these groups know they are supported by my site.

With logo redesign in mind, should I try to stay inclusive and keep similar elements in the logo? Should I have fewer elements?

If you want to look at the site for reference, it's at https://www.findgamers.us


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I am reading a short text on typography, which refers to the “flow line” without defining what it is. My dictionary has a non-typographic definition:

  flow line
  a route followed by a product through successive stages of manufacture or treatment.

which doesn’t shed much light. Google search results all say some variation of “the line on which the text is placed”. So, is the flow line the same thing as the baseline?

(A picture being worth a kiloword, graphical definitions would be very welcome!)


texts: Illustrator CC: join overlapping anchor points only

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A lot of the PDFs I end up working with are exported as thousands of completely separate lines, which creates performance problems in my workflow further down the process. The lines appear to be joined, but if you take one anchor off you will see they are in fact disconnected segments.

What I want is to join all the lines together, but only if they have overlapping endpoints, and nothing else. For this, the Ctrl + J (Join) operation creates excess lines for non-overlapping anchors.

I realize there is a free "Join overlapping anchor points" only script from
shspage.com, but it doesn't work for Illustrator CC.

There was also the Shift + Ctrl + Alt + J join from Adobe's Blog which was helpful, but ended up not being what i needed either, since this will only work when I have two endpoints selected. This is more along the lines of what i'm looking for, but labour intensive when working with thousands of points.

Any of the pathfinder operations typically don't work with the massive amounts of complex shapes that come from floor plan drawings.

Compound lines or groups aren't an option either, since both of the endpoints still exist.

Is there an updated script or feature for Illustrator CC I can use to achieve this, or am I going to have to look into updating the script from shpage?


texts: Adobe Illustrator png exported colors are off despite color management turned off, why, and how to fix it?

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The issue I am struggling with can be described by the following steps:

Create new RGB document.
Ensure that it's color mode is really RGB and not CMYK.
Ensure that Edit/Color Settings are set to Monitor Color. Also, that under 'Assign profile' it is set to 'Don't Color Manage This Document'. The point is that I don't want any color profile or gamma correction at all, I would like to have the same numerical values on any device. Don't care about printing either.
Draw a rectangle with a solid color e.g. 62,185,203.
Verify that it is seen as 62,185,203, I use OSX's built in Digital Color Meter for this (setting 'Display native values). It appears correct.
Now, I'd like to export to a PNG. Select Save for Web, use PNG24. Now, in the preview window I see a different color with Digital Color Meter (and with my eyes also): 0,189,206.

Same results with both CS6 and CS5, on two different machines.
I verified there is no color profile in the resulting png (which is what I want, but the colors are off), so tools like pngcrush or ImageOptim do not help (tried already).

I realize that there are similar questions on Stack Exchange already, but the accepted solution for those other questions seems to be to turn off color management, which I already had.

Thank You for your help!


texts: How can I create perfect "radio waves" (concentric arcs of a circle)?

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I suck at illustrator, so this is a huge leap in my ability. I'm trying to draw a radio tower, but I want everything in the vector to be as perfect as possible. I want some waves to come off of the radio tower. I'm trying to use the pen tool and then fix it up with the direct selection tool, but I just can't get it to match up. How should I go about creating these "perfect waves" and make sure they are perfectly centered.

As you can see, the bottom of the shape is touching the circle. Ideas?

UPDATE #1

I'm able to create perfect circle around it now. How or "what" is the best way to go about "cutting" them to replicate this:

This is what I have so far:

I don't want the rounded edges edges the waves have from the example. I'm still fine creating a "noodle" type shape with straight edges.

Last Update

So I decided that I will use the pathfinder tool to help me with this last step. I want to place a rectangle perfectly in the center of the circle (on the guide line shown) but it won't place the center point on the middle of the line. Ideas?


texts: Wacom Intuos Pro + Illustrator CC UI bugs

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I just upgraded my old Intuos to an Intuos Pro 4 (Medium).
I work on a Mac running El Capitan, and have the latest Wacom drivers.

Since i changed tablets, i noticed major bugs in Illustrator:

After ungrouping a selection, the mouse goes from selection tool to direct selection tool.
I cannot select paths anymore
When resizing or moving items, "Alt" key randomly goes on/off
Clicking outside to unselect works randomly as well
Shift key locks

I can't understand what triggers this as it seems perfectly random so far...

Have any of you experienced similar issues?

Not sure i'm in the right place, but fear Super User has fewer Wacom users than this forum.

Thanks for the help!


texts: Some text moves when deleting a color swatch (Indesign CC)

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I have a color swatch I need to be deleted, but on deleting the swatch some text in certain text frames moves up a little (1 or 2 mm). It is not the frames that move, but the text inside the frames. All text formatting parameters seem unchanged after deleting the swatch. This swatch is supposedly unused, but Indesign doesn't mark it as unused when I instruct to "Select all unused swatches".

I need to do this with fairly complicated documents, so keeping track of what elements exactly shift when doing this and putting them back in place is rather tedious. Suggestions anyone?


texts: How to create a bulk load of similar buttons using PS CS5?

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What is a good way of creating a bulk load of buttons using photoshop CS5? They are all the same background, and size, but different overlay text.

Please bear in mind I am new to PS but have an understanding of some of the basics like layers and the toolbox tools.


texts: Line using a brush in Illustrator not showing coloured arrowheads

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I am trying to draw a line with an arrowhead, all in the selected Stroke Colour.

I want to use a particular Brush for the line. The brush is set to Hue Colourisation, so I can determine the colour of the line (even while using the brush) just by setting the Stroke Colour.

However, the moment I use this Brush, the arrowhead reverts to black. What am I doing wrong?


texts: New Photoshop User - How do I transform an anchor point with pen tool?

texts: I'm battling with the pen tool at the moment. Probably because I'm using it incorrectly, but anyway. I'm trying to move the top right anchor point of the left shape to meet the edge of the middle shape. Can anyone guide me in the correct direction to fix my issue?


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I want to use bone tools without change the shape of circles. but when using selection tools,

square changes in this way:

how can I disable this effect?


texts: How to add this effect (grains) in Photoshop and Illustrator?

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This doesn't seem to a normal noise. Is it created by a brush in Illustrator?

My original question is: How to create this effect in Photoshop and Illustrator?


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I am using GIMP version 2.10.06.
I am trying to blur text in the color 36ffaa (RGB: 54, 255, 170) on a transparent background and for this, I am following this tutorial.
When I try to make the large background blur in Step 3, I get a ring-like effect:

This may not be very visible on some monitors, so here is the above image with every other ring bucket-filled with pink:

Now, I can make this hard edge go away if I blur the green bit on the black background.

However, I need my design to be on a transparent background, so this isn't an option.
Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to prevent and/or get rid of these hard edges?


texts: I've produced quite a complex gradient in Ai, is there any way of saving this as a file I can then import to use with other assets in Ai in stead of manually having to reproduce it each time?


texts: Fontforge: Glyphs importing from inkscape with path inverted

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When I import an svg from inkscape into fontforge, the path is inverted. Why is this?

I am running windows 10, with inkscape 0.91. When I try to import a glyph outline, fontforge imports it, but does so with 3 separate paths, and when viewed in the metrics window, it seems the path itself is inverted. Why is fontforge splitting 1 path into 3, and how can I prevent it from doing that?

pic1 - Fontforge metrics.

pic2 - tripled path after importing from inkscape

pic3 - full glyph


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This is really frustrating me, as it seems it should be so simple.

I was sent a PDF map, and I want to turn what they used as individual shapes, INTO one shape that I can fill.

Even if I could just convert this group into a line with a stroke I could do it, but I am running out of ideas.

The shape above, each of those squares are indivudual shapes. But what I need to do is fill that area inside them.

Any ideas?

I have tried turning it into a compound shape, I have tried live paint (even though I knew that wouldnt work because of the gaps).


texts: Get rid of excess stroke "points" in Adobe Illustrator

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Im pretty new to Adobe Illustrator so please bear with me. Im trying to create a low poly art but Im not going to fill the shapes instead Im gonna use stroke. My problem is that I want to get rid of the excess "point", the one that are in circled in red, and I need your help to make it look like the one in circled in green.

Thank you so much.


texts: CMYK color difference Illustrator vs. Web

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Got a quick question about the difference between CMYK in Adobe Illustrator and the Web generators.
I'm just starting out with Adobe Illustrator to create my own logo and brand. The document type is in CMYK. I've selected a couple of primary colours in CMYK. One of them is blue. When i check the CMYK code on the web, the color is totally different. How come?
Picture of my primary color in Illustrator:

Picture of my primary color on one  of the web generators:

As you can see even the HEX code is different. When i want to print out for example a business card, which CMYK code do i provide to my print manufacturer?


texts: How do I ensure a CMYK cyan that works in Red-Blue stereoscopic printing?

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I've been given a solid black design that I have to print in a manner which is view-able through 3D red-blue stereoscopic glasses (Old school 50's cinema type)

When I offset the design into Red-only and GreenBlue-only channels, it gives the required effect. However, when I then convert colour space mode in Photoshop to CMYK for printing the colors become massively desaturated, the blue more than the red.

The CMYK version is spot on to how a physical print looks. However, the color is so different it completely kills the effect while wearing glasses. I was expecting to have to do some color space wrangling but I have no idea how I could alleviate this issue as it's not usable. Is it possible to print a cyan as saturated as in the RGB image? Is this a colour space issue or an inking issue?


texts: Critique: How can I more clearly represent overlapping relationships in this chart

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I have the following chart showing relationships between various items (I've removed all text except for placeholders on the relevant parts.

I'm happy with this much, but the issue is the following section. Each box, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, needs to be connected to each box A, B, C, D, E, and F. In other words, Box 1 needs an arrow to Boxes A, B, C, D, E, and F. Box 2 also needs an arrow to Boxes A, B, C, D, E, and F. An so on, through to Box 6. So, if I were to draw them all, there would be 36 arrows in total.

Note that these arrows also have to pass through LOREM and IPSUM.

My first idea was this:

So each box gets an arrow, but then they're collapsed into one. However, I don't feel this is very clear.

Second idea:

So now the horizontal line is thicker to represent that multiple arrows are "passing through" it, and six arrows will enter each box A through F (although only A is shown in the image).

However, I'm still not satisfied with this approach, and am open to all feedback/alternate approaches. All help is appreciated. Thanks!


texts: Copy paste svg elements from illustrator to inkscape

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I am trying to copy paste svg elements from illustrator to inkscape, but inkscape rasterize the image rather than pasting the svg code. I know it's possible to paste the svg code via the built-in xml editor, but I'm wondering if there is a solution that would make the process faster / easier (I havent found anything related in the preferences settings). This is possible in macOS, but is it for windows 10 ?

Thank you in advance for your help!


texts: How to best achieve colour consistency between product imagery and print?

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I have to design a brochure for a clothing retailer and ensure the products match the imagery I have so they are consistent in print (colour wise) Whats the best way to achieve consistency between the two?

Thanks


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I am trying to make the blend tool have an array of lines go around a circle and all point perfectly into the middle.

Every single time I change orientation in the blend tool options, it changes to a 45 degree angle spread.

I want it to look like the circle on the left but when I try I can only get the circle on the right.


texts: I'm using Indesign. For work I have been asked to put together a magazine to be distributed digitally. As I'm in the planning stages and figuring layouts I'm trying to determine if I should just design all single page layouts for digital or if 2 page layouts where images and text are spread across both pages works. I understand that for I-pads there is no issue. But for those reading on their phone they will not get the impact of 2 pages spreads. Should I just design the two page spread and ignore those who might not get the impact of the two page spread?


texts: How to color in lines of an icon using Illustrator?

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I have Adobe Illustrator CS6 and the following icon that I want to use.  The picture is in PNG format.

All I want to do is color in these dark lines to a different color (say, orange) and I have watched so many YouTube videos and Googled for so many tutorials on how to do this but have failed every single time.  Live Paint Bucket only seems to want to color in areas but not able to color in the black areas.  This is extremely frustrating to me because I know that a crappy program like Microsoft Paint can do this so easily but I can't quite use that because I need the background of this icon to be transparent.

Please, someone, educate me on how to do something that I feel should be so simple but haven't figured it out yet.  All I want to do is make this black icon a different color (e.g. orange).


texts: Improve Fractalize smoothness limit in Inkscape

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I'm vectoring a small raster image, and I want to use the extension Fractalize (Extensions > Modify Path)
Unfortunately the smoothness parameter value is blocked at 10, and I want to use a greater value.
How can I break this limit of 10 ?


texts: How do I edit existing text in a design I created in Gimp

texts: Using Gimp, I created a design with circular lettering. I increased the font size, and now the text is pixelated (blurry, lighter in color than the rest of the image). How do I select the existing text and make it sharper


texts: How to automatically export multiple assets at multiple resolutions from a single SVG file with Inkscape?

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Thanks for your comments. I realize my initial wording might have been confusing, so I have attempted to clarify what I'm looking for...

I use Inkscape for designing and exporting app assets. These assets are created a 4x scale (which corresponds to xxxhdpi on Android or @4xon iOS). Let's assume I have several vector icons that are 256x256 pixels within a single SVG opened in Inkscape. I need to export each of these icons at the following resolutions:

22.50 dpi (mdpi for Android) -> 64x64 pixels
33.75 dpi (hdpi for Android) -> 96x96 pixels
45.00 dpi (xhdpi for Android, @2x for iOS) -> 128x128pixels
67.50 dpi (xxhdpi for Android, @3x for iOS) -> 192x192 pixels

Doing this manually is really tedious. My question is thus: Is there an efficient way to export one or several specific objects within an SVG file at multiple resolutions from within Inkscape?

Note: I have hacked together a working, scripted solution that invokes svg-objects-export multiple times, but it is very slow and inconvenient, because I need to adapt the script every time I add an asset to the SVG file.

Ideally, I'm looking for a solution from within Inkscape ("Click and export", possibly for multiple selected objects at once). If that's not possible I'll take the next best option. A command line solution would be fine, as long as it's fast and automatically exports all assets in a file.

For quality reasons, I am also not looking for a solution to scale down exported PNGs.


texts: How is a "wipe effect" intellectually accomplished, animated DIRECTIONAL fade-in from left to right

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I don't understand what a "wipe effect" or DIRECTIONAL fade in is "intellectually."  To provide some context, here is my graphics environment:
Layer 3: if needed, I can use too  (please note the runtime graphics environment only allows "simple addition" of the layers, that's all.  I use GIMP to make images, the open source similar program to photoshop, but I don't care the tool, I'm tring to understand it intellectually).
Layer 2: this will be a smaller PNG image I want to do a "wipe effect" or DIRECTIONAL fade in, e.g. from left to right, over the full background below.
Layer 1:  this will be whatever full background image I want.
This environment (the canvas in html) allows adjusting the opacity (or alpha) value of the entire layer, and I have the code to do this over time (that's easy).  My problem is, I don't understand "intellectually" what I need to do, to give the appearance of something (a png) image fading in "left to right".
E.g. if I were to create a gradiated black to alpha layer 3, I can do that too, but I think unless I make it exactly match the outline of the graphic I'm seeking to fade in, it will equally "disturb" the background, right?  So ... how is this done "intellectually", please?  Do I even need 3 layers, or is 2 fine?


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I've recently started getting to grips with Adobe Xd, which seems great apart from the fact that I can't find a way to place linked objects in the same way that I can with Ps / Ai / Id

I'd like it so that, when I edit the object externally (e.g. using Illustrator) for it to them update in Xd, either automatically or by hitting an 'update' button.

Is this possible in Xd? Or do I need to re-import the object each time it is updated?


texts: Moving end of curves with a box in Inkscape

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I have a web of boxes 'connected' (via beziers drawn on top of them) and I want to be able to select a box + the ends of the bezier on that box, to move the box + its connections around.

I have 20+ boxes, and over 100 lines, so the only way I can seem to do it now is to click every end point individually so hopefully there is a better way!

Is that possible?

Edit 1: The lines must not all go to the same point, the position they are attached to in the box is important

Edit 2: Might be important to say, these are initially generated via Python (SVG files) so i'm not sure if it's easy to convert them to diagram connectors

Here is a small example somewhat showcasing what I'm working with:


texts: Create a sprite sheet with animated gifs and still images

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Ive got a range of UI assets, most of which are png but one of them is a loadinggif.

Im combining all of the png files into a spritesheet to use on a website, for this im taking the original assets which i have in illustrator adding them into one artboard and exporting as a png but for the loadinggif which i only have as a gif is there a program i can compose my all my assets inc the gif then publish all as one large gif with the loading icon the only animated one ?

Ive tried in illustrator but to no avail, any ideas ?


texts: Creating a flat illustrator effect which makes it look like 3D (illustrator effect)

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Back with another question.
Does anyone knows how to create a object like the one underneath.
It looks like it's 3d but it's a flat effect.

Image credits: Take Chabukiani


texts: How to remove a color (i.e. make it transparent) from a set of SVG images?

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I have a folder with over 600 of such SVG images, and I want to remove all objects with the color value #FFFFE6 in all of them to save space. I can't use a magic wand tool because the color is separated into so many pieces.

How do I remove it?


texts: Are zebra stripes on tables more effective than good spacing and visual contrast?

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In old forms or webpages I often see a lot of zebra striping used on the tables because the way the table was designed it was difficult to see the rows and columns easily when you want to locate information.

One thing I have noticed with these types of tables is that the spacing and alignment are usually rather awkward, and therefore zebra stripes seem to be the easiest design solution to get around the problem.

However, I want to know if you would only use zebra stripes if you want to keep the table small and compact but still easy to scan visually, or if with proper spacing and alignment it is easier to read without the zebra stripes (which actually then becomes a visual distraction).

Is this a case of different design strategies based on different requirements, or is one solution actually more effective than the other, and if so which is more suitable for website / webpage design?


texts: Polygonal lasso tool selection not copying properly?

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Copying a selection done by a polygonal lasso tool does not copy the colours of the pixels selected correctly, as is shown below:

What can one do to make a proper copy?


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I have a .jsx script I'm using to place a set of png files into a clipping group. Was working fine yesterday, today it fails with error code 9080:

Unable to set placed item's file, is the file path provided valid? Or try to use the raster item instead.

Nothing has changed - same set of png file, same jsx. Problem is this loop:

for ( i = 0; i < files.length; i++ ) {
    var name = files[i].name.slice(0, -4);
    thisPlace = clipGroup.placedItems.add();
    thisPlace.file = files[i];
}

Error throws on the final line - thisPlace.file = files[i].

files is a valid set of files selected from a given folder. Is there any other way I could try to achieve the same?

What else could be causing the issue?


texts: Adobe font cache clearing is not working

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OS: Win7 x64

software: Adobe InDesign CC 2015

I modified one installed font slightly such that one character only changed. Then I uninstalled the original font, installed the modified version, cleared Windows font cache, removed every single Adobe*.lst file (which supposedly clears Adobe font cache), and then rebooted. The new font works correctly in all other Windows apps, but InDesign "remembers" the old version of this font... and only sometimes at that. If I look at a long section of text, the changed character appears both the "old" way and the "new" way at random throughout the same section. This happens in all Adobe apps.

I have found dozens of articles referencing the Adobe*.lst files as controlling the cache, but this is simply not working for me. Is there another cache somewhere that I am unaware of?


texts: Design Considerations for a custom UPC code

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How far can a UPC be integrated into a package design?

I'm like to include a custom UPC code like the following as part of a proposal, but my boss is worried that if it's too "design-y", it will be too hard for a clerk to find, or that it won't scan properly. While I've found many examples, I haven't found much literature on designing custom UPC's. Are there any best practices for this sort of thing?

Here's an example of what a complex transformation might look like:


texts: Changing "color" of transparency layer in GIF

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I have some GIF files that are not observing transparency when I load them in .NET, via System.Drawing.Image.FromFile().

However, I have a some others that do.

When I have a look at the color palette, the ones that do work have argb(0,255,255,255) and the ones that don't work have argb(0,0,0,0).

Is it possible to change the color of this layer in the images that don't work to be argb(0,255,255,255)?  I'm hoping this is going to solve my problem when loading in .NET.

Update: After 5 hours trying to work out why these particular images were not working for transparency, in my application, when others did, I eventually delivered the code and images to the test environment.  And in that environment, they happened to work.  Same code, same images.  My conclusion is that there must be a runtime difference that prevents the transparency from working, perhaps a difference in .NET versions.


texts: Opentype feature for controlling double- or single-story lowercase "a"?

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Is there an Opentype feature that controls whether the lowercase "a" glyph is shown as "single storey" or "double storey"? An article on Fontfont.com describes this feature, but doesn't specify which "code" controls is.

My guess is that, if it's available in a given font, it will be a "stylistic variant", but that hasn't helped me in my specific case.

The "specific case" is persuading Candara to give me a double-storey "a" in italics, where the single-storey is the default.

Help with either the generic question or the specific case would be appreciated.


texts: Adobe Illustrator - uneditable spot colors?

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I'm editing a file made by someone else (it was a PDF, but I saved it as an .AI file after opening it), and it contains a few almost uneditable spot colors. I can change the actual color (by modifying CMYK values, or I can also convert them to RGB), but I can't change it into a process color (the dropdown box is inactive), and I can't remove it (the trashcan icon is inactive when the color is selected).

The thing is, I need to get rid of all the spot colors in the document, and convert them to process colors. What can I do here?


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I just placed a large image (6016x4016px) into my illustrator doc.

Artboard is 3000x3000px, and both the illustrator doc and my placed image are 150ppi. However, when I check out the image's info in the links panel, it says it is scaled at 100%. After clicking on the image, the toolbar tells me that it's only at 2887x1927px!

Why does it say scale is at 100% when my image is clearly not scaled to it's full size?


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So I have this path that looks like this:

And I want it to look like this:

Is there a way to do this without redrawing the path?


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Suppose I'm going to make a typography poster (or whatever) that's going to be posted for advertisement in, let's say, Facebook, how high should the resolution be? Any specific numbers I should have to remember?

I've been struggling with this for so long HAHAHA and I couldn't find anything. Every time I save it as jpeg and post the image online, the resolution becomes soooo low. The edges of the font becomes softer, and squiggly lines appear on the side of it. And everything just looks.. Softer.

It frustrates me because whenever I see other typography art, they're all so sharp and clean and mine just looks like crap.

Help me please D:


texts: Prototype with Principle: Before/after masking effect on drag

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Has anyone tried to do something similar with Principle (animation tool)?

images need to cover/uncover with masking effect
animation works on drag

Example: https://www.iesede.com/

Is that even possible to do with Principle?


texts: Identify Panini album 2014 sans-serif font?

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Please some one can help me to identify this font? Is used on panini sticker's

I tried with many differents font identifiers tool.


texts: Image compression - what is the best way?

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What is the best way to compress images to satisfy Performance Review on Web Page Speed test on webpagetest.org.

Here's how I do it:

1) Save for Web in Photoshop from original PSD with quality set to 70

2) Run through JPEGmini (lossy)

3) Run through JPEGtran or JPEGcrush (loseless)

To my surprise webpagetest.org tells me there are still some bytes that can be saved by compressing my images. However no matter what technique I use I can't get them any smaller.


texts: How can you create an animated GIF from a GIF sequence?

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I just tried to export a GIF from Adobe Media Encoder using the preset GIF sequence:

It was a surprise to me that, unlike the GIFs I’ve tried to export from the plugin Gifgun or to the online converter Giphy, the color of the frames turned out to be really good (like almost 90% similar to the source video). But my enthusiasm was curbed immediately when I came to realize that I can’t make those turn those GIFs into an animated one.

I tried to import them into Photoshop by File → Import → Video Frames to Layers like some tutorials recommended, but the program came up with an error:

So can you make an animated GIF from a GIF sequence? If yes, how? If no, what exactly does a GIF sequence do?


texts: Drawing a ribbon banner with text in Illustrator

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Basically, I want to draw a “fluttering” banner/ribbon in Illustrator, such that the text follows the curve of the ribbon. There is to be a pseudo-3D effect, where the ribbon doubles back over itself, so that the reverse is visible to viewer as it moves in the opposite direction in front of or behind the previous piece.

Here are some reasonable examples of the effect I want:

My ribbon’s path will be much more complicated than this, but I would be fine with all the edges that double back being vertical (as in the second example).

Unlike these examples, my ribbon switches back and forth many times, and sometimes switches back in front of the preceding section rather than always folding behind.

On the flip side, I don’t need any shading: flat black-and-white would work fine. Maybe with a gray for the reverse sections, but I’m not sure I’d want even that.

My current method has been to draw the top edge of the banner, copy it, and manually offset the copy vertically, to form the bottom edge of the banner. Then a third copy, offset slightly above the bottom edge, to form the path that the text will actually run on. And I have to do this separately for each obverse and reverse section, because of course the reverse sections are frequently going behind other objects that the obverse sections pass in front of.

This process is fine enough, except that any change has to be propagated to all three paths. I also have to manually draw vertical lines connecting the top and bottom paths, and I have to be careful to keep all of the sections aligned.

The offset path option seems like it ought to be able to do something like this (or, at least, do a single section as one path), but none of the options are a simple offset – they are all, ironically, fancier than I need. Even a simple option to have a path automatically get a parallel path offset by some fixed number of pixels would be fine.

As a kind of stretch goal, a good way to handle switch-backs that have the edge angled (as in the first example) would be nice. Even nicer would be a good way to have the ribbon appear “closer” or “farther” from the viewer, with the offset between top and bottom edge, as well as the text font size, growing or shrinking accordingly.


texts: Is there a term for adjusting the spacing between WORDS for a font (not letters)?

texts:
In some fonts although the letters of a word are well-spaced, the words themselves seem to run too close together.  Is there any way to adjust this in MS Word?  And is there a term for this sort of 'tracking' between words rather than between letters?

Manual methods suggested for doing this (e.g., to find/replace spaces with a larger-font space) are too high maintenance when you know there will be changes to the text.

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texts:
I am trying to divide path on a combined path of those ellipses

It's dividing well except for that part in the middle

I want this part to be two separated parts where the red circle is


texts: What is it called when all the characters are typed out for typeface examination?

texts:
Sometimes when choosing typefaces, it is helpful to examine all the characters so you aren't surprised when (for example) the dollar sign looks unusual.

Beyond typing "the quick brown fox", what is the process called?

Are there any webpages or applications that will help see all the characters quickly?


texts: What's the more appropriate way to introduce a "flashback" in a graphic novel, in terms of color, line strokes and panel shape?

texts:
i'm in the process of making a graphic novel together with a scriptwriter. We're both at our first attempt in making a graphic novel although we are not new in drawing (me) and scripting (him).

This is the first time that i have to deal with a "flashback" situation without explicitly stating FLASHBACK (or whatever kind of sentence may work) on the panel. Just drawings, no captions or baloons.

I thought of a change of the mood (light color) and play with the resemblance of the charachter in the past, but i don't know if it's enough.

There is also the possibility (i've not read the whole script yet) that i would have to draw flashbacks occurring into another flashback, someone would say "flashbackception"?

How should i handle this?

Any advice, experience or useful links on the topic are appreciated.

EDIT: What i've read so far

http://www.comicon.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=217624
http://www.bigredhair.com/work/comics.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ4FY-f_Y5c
http://selfpubauthors.com/2013/10/13/how-to-do-a-flashback/