texts: What's the difference between saturation, vibrance and clarity in Photoshop and Lightroom?

texts: What is the difference between vibrance, saturation and clarity in Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop?


texts: What serif/calligraphy fonts have a lot of discretionary ligatures?

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I'm looking for typefaces that have a lot of discretionary ligatures, more specifically a serif or calligraphic font of the fancy/classical sort.

I am already aware of:

Mrs. Eaves
DTL Fleischmann
Hoefler Text
Requiem

Am I missing any big names?


texts: How to tone an image to with a specific color? Like greyscale, but toned

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I need this image in a grayscale rgb(82, 82, 74), hex: #52524A:

How can I do this on Fireworks or Photoshop?


texts: Can I reduce the thickness of any traced object without losing dimensions?

texts: This circle is a traced object. I want to make it half thinner but I don't want to lose the dimensions. Also there is fill color and no stroke, how can I make it thinner?


texts: Export .svg icon with padding from Sketch

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When I export an icon as an .svg that contains padding, the padding seems to get lost when saved.

I have this icon with a 1px padding on the sides:

When I export that icon as a .svg, and import it again, it has lost it's padding. How do I preserve this?

Extra information: I'm using the SVGO compressor plugin to compress .svg's


texts: this font is really amazing, but dont know, help pls

texts: can someone help me to find this font, this font is really good, but i cant find this font because the file is pdf. thanks.


texts: How to increase layer duration in Photoshop Video?

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I create a new shape layer in order to make a clipping mask for my video but the newly created layer lasts only 5seconds compared to the 16 seconds of my video and I can't seem to find a way to extend the duration of this layer, is there a way to do it ?

I would like to pull that to the right like the red arrow is showing but I can't it doesn't do anything


texts: How to stack images in photoshop side by side in a grid? (Automation, Batching)

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How to stack images in photoshop side by side in a grid? In a automated process?

I'm going to have a grid of 3 x 7 (total 21) logos for a website?

Alternatively I could make images seperately and put it in a table how can I save images into the same size and do a batch save of all the images at a certain size.

How to automate logos into one photoshop file with certain size and then save it as jpeg?


texts: Dual screen for comparison in Photoshop CS6

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I'm looking for an option to have two instances of the same image/file next to each other (dual view), so that I can edit one of them and see the difference between the original file and the edited one. However, I can't find it, not by looking around my self nor by Googling for it.
There is one dual-view option (Window > Arrange > New window for <filename>), but any changes applied are applied to both, so this isn't what I'm looking for.

I doubt such an important function wouldn't be part of Adobe Photoshop... Does it exist or not? How can I find it?

The only way to achieve what I want right now, or at least as far as I can think of, is to make a copy of the original file and open it next to the file I'm going to edit.


texts: How to overlap with a semi-transparent layer in Sketch

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Layer 1:

Layer 2:

Layers Combined (giving Layer 1 a white outline):

Buggy Final Product (because Layer 1 has a white outline as opposed to the desired overlapping transparent outline):


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What is the best possible way to create a similiar logo like this one?
I prefer to have 4 parts instead of 3. I'm already a bit lost with the start I have to make..
Cheers


texts: How to address a flaw in a client project

texts: In a large company environment client projects are delegated to teams.  That said, if your team is completing a website for a client and you happen to run across a large design and code issue but your team leader chooses to ignore it, how should you handle this?  It would affect the whole team if it wasn't addressed so should you just document the issue or address the issue to someone higher up?


texts: Illustrator: How to print things outside of the artboard?

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I'm basically trying to accomplish this:

Print art that lies on AND outside of the artboard
while maintaining the dimensions of the artboard when file is sent as a PDF (art outside of the artboard is not desired here)

Is this possible?

Long explanation: The reason I  need to do this is because the artboard needs to be certain dimensions when sending the PDF. BUT when printing, I need to include extra art that will not fit onto the artboard. When the file is saved, it only should include one artboard, so I want to avoid the extra steps of having to create an extra board just for the print out, then have to delete and save it (I know it doesn't sound like a big deal, but others will have to do this, and they get confused. Also, we deal will hundred of files a day, and the extra steps add up.) Is there any easier way to do this that I'm just not thinking of?

This is starting to sound like a bit of riddle. Any help or other alternatives would be appreciated. Thank you!


texts: Last night I was editing printed chapters.  I noticed that on some paragraphs, the font size changes from 11 to 12.  I used the same exact paragraph style on all of them.  All my paragraph styles are set to size 11.  When place the cursor on each paragraph, most  show as size 11.  Then, every now and then, one is size 12, and the paragraph style shows a + sign.  I did not add any local extra info or override anything.  The paragraphs before and after are 11.  I used the same style on all of them.  When I apply a an alternate paragraph style, also set at 11, the text turns back to eleven.  Then when I reapply the proper paragraph style, the paragraph goes back to 12.  I examined the style, and it is indeed set for 11.  I did not alter any of these paragraphs locally.  What could be causing this?  How do I address this?  The project is a book of 103 chapters, each on a separate file.  I only have one character style and it is for a drop cap at size 14, so that's not it.


texts: How do you export a jpeg with a selective compression mask from Photoshop CC 2014?

texts: In fireworks, I can select parts of an image to keep at a lower compression (85) when exporting, leaving the rest of the image to be compressed at the higher setting (60). I cannot find that option in Photoshop CC 2014, but have found some articles that use Photoshop 6 to export such a jpeg. How does one create an image with areas of higher compression and areas of lower compression within Photoshop CC 2014?


texts: How to showcase design layouts in portfolio website?

texts: I'm making my portfolio site and I need to showcase my design layouts (magazines, advertisements, newspapers) and would like to know how can I do this to look professional? Do I need to search for some kind of PSD mockups and put them there? Do I need to upload those layout PDF files for perfect quality? What's the right way to do this?


texts: How to custom color the stroke in Adobe Illustrator?

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I am wanting the stroke of the text I'm creating to match the fill color of the text, to give it a 'bolder' look in Adobe Illustrator.
I cannot seem to figure out how to eyedrop the custom color for the stroke, they way I have for the fill.


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I am trying to create this effect

http://qldsignfactory.com.au/sites/qldsignfactory.com.au/files/photos/bunting.jpg

I've tried using this method here but I can't get the triangle to point perpendicular the path...

http://vimeo.com/6518000

Any idea how I can create the effect?


texts: How do I select both a shape and its stroke in Photoshop CS5?

texts: I'm trying to follow a grid pattern tutorial online that uses a stroked shape for the pattern, but every time I Ctrl+click the shape to select it the stroke does not get selected with the shape and the pattern becomes a solid color with no grid when I create it. What am I doing wrong? I can't even figure out what exactly to select because the shape has a vector mask and the layer thumbnail causes the Define Pattern option to be grayed out when I select it.


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I've been wanting to learn Sketch but am not sure what the process is once it comes to handing over the design to the developer. Most developers won't have Sketch as it's mac only, and even then most won't know how to use it.

Here is a solution I found on youtube, but even the author does not vouch for it as ideal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFMMqjqSJzQ&index=51&list=WL

He basically just exports from Sketch to Illustrator, then from Illustrator to Photoshop, which creates some messy layering.

Is there a better way?


texts: Illustrator Aligned to Pixel Grid But Logo Still Fuzzy

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I'm trying to create a crisp logo in Illustrator CC, and no matter what I do (have set up web document settings with align to pixel grid), when I go to save my logo as a PNG-24 web document and preview in the browser, the logo appears fuzzy!

Is there something I'm missing about how to make my logo export for my website with a crisp look?

Here is how it exports in PNG-24 format:

Here it is with pixel preview:

For Ben: Here is how it looks in Illustrator -> Save for Web -> Preview (PNG) 100%

Thanks in advance for any help!


texts: How do I disable or hide the pink background on missing fonts? I do not care that the fonts are missing. I do not want to install the fonts. I do not want to replace the fonts in the file; I want to keep the fonts the same even though I have opened the file on a computer that does not have these fonts installed.


texts: After Effects precomposing and text issue (what is the # icon?)

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I've been working in a composition containing 65% opacity Shape layer background and some animated text layers on it.
Then I'm trying to paste this composition into another one, but there I can see only that semitransparent rectangle in it!

At the same time, my text layers have some strange marks - torquoise "#" symbols. What do they mean?


texts: Photoshop: How to enlarge a cropped section to show detail?

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I would like to in-lay a zoom-ed crop of my photo within the main photo. The in-layed photo would be on a free part of the background, just to show-case the detail.

Is the rectangle tool + layer with copy the best option for this?
What is the best way to do this that preserves the most detail?


texts: How to print twice in the same position with laserjet printer?

texts: I have an HP Laserjet 1018 printer. I am printing my circuit designs on a transparent paper, when I do so the output isn't totally dark. I have to go over it with a black marker so its totally black. What I want to do is print the first time the circuit then the second time the same circuit in the same position over the first printed circuit. When I try printing the second time the circuits are not aligned with each other. How can I print the circuits aligned with each other.


texts: i cant find and blend a background for this render

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im using blender for rendering and photoshop for editing but i cant really find any background for this render and dont know how to blend a background with the subject in photoshop all i need is help to find and blend a background for this render if you can teach me how to blend a background that would be great too
Render


texts: What is the visual concept behind squared, boxed or Z patterned letters in logo design?

texts: I am willing to know the visual concept or communication behind such logo designs like IDEO's forming or surrounded by a flat square shape and contains only 4 letters or symbols. See the images as attached.


texts: How to make a selected area with a circular border?

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I'm using Photoshop CS5
My question has two parts to it:
1
How can I make a circular selected area with a blank border (no fill) border (stroke: 30px)?
I'm going for a similar effect as produced by the Horizontal Type Mask Tool, just, instead of text, I would want to use the circular border as the mask.
2
After making a selection area I want to force that selection to do something with my photo like as if you are writing on in sand. (sand text)
To do that,  I copy and paste that selection but when I used blending options on my photo layer it seems there is a nub in my photo instead of a notch.
How can I do this job done right?
Sorry for my language ...
Best regards, thanks for future answers


texts: What is this kind of effect called and how can I learn it?

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I really want to learn how to do these sort of illustrations but don't know what the effect is called in order to search on the internet and find out more.

I am sharing an image below of the effect, and if anyone can help me out regarding this matter that would be very helpful:

I am only looking to know the name of such an illustration (that one of the commentors has already responded to) to look at more examples and learn to draw something like this myself.


texts: Image > duplicate equivalent in Illustrator

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I have an open .AI file that I want to make changes to, but I want to keep the original as well. If I was on Photoshop I would simply go to the Image menu and click Duplicate, and I would get an (unsaved) duplicate copy of the file.  Is there an Illustrator equivalent to this, or do I have to Save As... and then open the new file?

Just seems a bit strange that this simple feature hasn't found its way from Ps to Ai...

I'm using both CS6 (on Mac) and CC (on Windows)


texts: Is the sharpness at 100% zoom sharp enough for Illustrator printing?

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I have a artwork from PS (non-vector) that I imported into an Illustrator document.  At 100% view in Illustrator, it is perfectly sharp.

Is that enough for printing?


texts: What's up with the one-page website design fad?

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I've seen an influx of websites that put all of their content on one page, ala this site. Even the sites on some of the lists I see in Smashing Magazine do this (like this one, with what seems like a hundred sites, the majority of which use it).

As a programmer, this style bugs me (for a number of reasons, mostly technical, not the least of which including maintenance, SEO, loading times, etc.), but more importantly, I'm curious as to why it became popular among designers to begin with?


texts: GIMP: Text Tool only selects the letters themselves, not the spaces inbetween them

texts: This is a really something that's gotten under my skin. Whenever I try and select a line of text, it goes to make a box around the nearby letter. When I try to add a space in between the letters, it instead replaces the letter. How do I switch back to selecting the spaces inbetween the letters, rather than the letters themselves?


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I'm doing some exercises with photoshop. I wish to transform a design to only black and white draw without background.
I'm working on this image

I tried two ways:

but it always remain a grey background noise inside the character.
Is there a way to remove it in a quick way?


texts: How can I create a path with Bézier curves using a script?

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I have a script which makes a simple shape* for me:

var docRef = documents.add();
var piRef = activeDocument.pathItems;

{
    var pathRef = piRef.add();
    pathRef.setEntirePath( new Array(
        new Array(475,543.30078125),
        new Array(450,500),
        new Array(475,456.69873046875),
        new Array(525,456.69873046875),
        new Array(550,500),
        new Array(525,543.30078125),
        new Array(475,543.30078125) ) ) ;
}

However, the shape(s) which I create are limited to straight paths, how could I change this to be creating paths with curved edges?

I'm pretty new and inexperienced to Illustrator scripting, I'm sure there's a better way for me to be making this path in the first place.

I use this script from Wolff in order to extract my path coordinates (after creating the path in Illustrator), I assume I'd have to modify that as well in order to have it export round paths.

*The shape being a hexagon is irrelevant, the idea is to be able to create arbitrary shapes.


texts: When is Photoshop an inappropriate tool?

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When, if ever, is Photoshop the wrong tool for the job?

There are several tools that slightly overlap with Photoshop in functionality. Adobe makes several ones themselves. Thing is Photoshop is extremely versatile, but even so it has its limits. When exactly is Photoshop the wrong tool? What is the reason for this?

If one needs examples consider example,

posters,
documents like a CV,
video editing,
business cards,
etc.

In reverse when is Photoshop the right tool? And possibly why should anybody care?


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I want this glyph to resemble a sort of elongated ^ shape (it was originally an accented A... Á).

I've deleted its vertical bar, but now it's completely filled in with black as you can see.

How can I just join those three points to form a ^?

Thanks


texts: Create one handle from anchor point in Illustrator

texts: In Illustrator, if you option/alt click and drag from an anchor point it creates two handles either side that you can create a curved point with. Is it possible to do the same but just a single handle on one side? I have tried to explain using the image attached. I could get the result I'm looking for other ways, but I always wondered if it could be done this way, as I feel it would be the easiest. Thanks.


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I'm trying to recreate a fairly common look, but I really like how it is executed on getpebble.com

The getpebble.com icons are on the left, and my disaster of an attempt is on the right. As much as I try, I've wasted close to 3 hours of my life and I am still left with a hideous looking icon for my personal project. Any pointers?


texts: Why some brush types in the Create New Brush dialog are disabled?

texts: I created a new Pattern Brush to test a new symbol I designed, and then decided to create a new Scatter Brush instead. But when I click the New Brush button in the Brushes palette, now the dialog box has 2 brushes greyed out (the Scatter Brush and Art Brush). Previously all of them were available. What would cause that to happen? Thanks!


texts: Can I convert an EPS file to CDR in CorelDraw4

texts: I have a wordle file that was created on a website, saved, and sent to me in an EPS file. My question is, if I am running CorelDraw4 can I convert that EPS file to a CDR file?


texts: How to create a non-destructive and reusable blurred/frosted glass effect?

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How can I create a generic blurred background that can be used on multiple images similar to the example below?

I need a white frosted glass looking png that I can set use to layer over regular images to give them all a frosted glass look (like you can almost make out whats behind it; maybe some colors).

Examples:

Click on image for full resolution

Maybe a white background with texture (grainy texture) then Gaussian blur that and then use it as a layer over all my images.

I know the link I posted above is probably just an image blurred, but I need a layer that can be reused in an iOS project. This way it can be used a view layer over sections of an image and make the image underneath look blurred.  Maybe I shouldn't use blur as the term here. I am looking for frosted glass look.

What I am trying to do with this image is import it to my iOS app use it a view background. Then when this view is over other views (a map view, a photo, etc...) they all are frosted. I am trying to create the effect of this image from iOS 7. And no I don't want to use the new iOS 7 design features, because most of my users are on iOS 5 still. And no I don't want to force them to upgrade.


texts: What is the best way to indicate that you can scroll in an area when the area doesn't have a scrollbar?

texts: The only thing I could think of was saying: "Scroll to see full menu" above. What are some other ways people are doing it?


texts: How to save small png files (icons) with minimal pixelation?

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I've been tasked with creating a bunch of icons for a software product that my company develops. The problem is, I keep getting feedback that the icons are too "pixelated" for them to use...

The icons need to be 24 x 24px, and saved as PNG. I created the icons in Photoshop, set the resolution to 300 (to try and make it as crisp and sharp as possible) and saved each file as a PNG. Here's an example of how they turned out:

I was under the impression that, at 24x24 px, it wasn't going to get much less pixelated than this. Am I wrong about this? Is there a way to export these tiny little image files so that they are as un-pixelated as possible?

How can I save these files and get the best possible result?


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I am having some trouble designing the following web page. I somehow do not like the way the big photos are presented in the project. Can anyone suggest an idea how to improve the general look of this images block..? Would be great.

I guess, this question can be answered, not just discussed, for example by giving some inspiration projects or giving specific design hints.

The 2nd image is smaller because it was cropped for the screenshot.
I like big images which are place this way. Sliders are boring. Look e.g. here: http://www.spotify.com, they have also big pictures and it looks great.

It is not easy to say, what I exactly don't like. It is the general look. Maybe because the pictures are not so good and professional and I am looking for a better way to present them.


texts: How can I combine two colored textures so that the final image is blended to match a specific lighting setup

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I have been working on using Blender Cycles to bake textures but it renders very slowly so I have to render at low resolutions.  This is fine for the indirect diffuse lighting but really makes a mess of high resolution/high frequency textures.

To deal with this, I would like to only use Cycles to bake a low-res diffuse texture and then scale it up to match the high-res base texture and combine them using GIMP.

Unfortunately, none of the simple default layer combining methods work very well for this. Darken, and Multiply work well enough for the brightness but ruin the color.

I assume that I will have to use several layers in combination with different settings to achieve this but I'm not sure where to start.

Here are some textures.  I'd like to combine the first two textures in a way that achieves the results shown in images #3 and #4.

(i)   a basic colored procedural texture baked with no lighting(Blender Internal).

(ii)  a texture baked with Cycles diffuse lighting only

(iii) a texture baked with both of the above(this is what I'm hoping to avoid), I would like to use GIMP to get this result using textures (i) and (ii).

(iv)  The final scene with lighting baked in using the textures that were baked the same as image #3.


texts: What is the best system/application to create documents (e.g. PDF Brochures, JPG flyers, posters etc.) so that a client can edit the text content whilst still limiting certain things which they cannot touch (i.e. a logo or image).


texts: Round corners of shape illustrator CS6 version

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I am following an illustrator tutorial using CS6 trying to round the corners of a rectangle and I noticed that the small circles that appear on the Illustrator video tutorial on the shape don't appear in my CS6 version. I know there is effect>round corners in CS6 but I can't seem to find anything on the internet that mentions this variation in versions?
Video tutorial image


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I need a little help, and general advice, on what I can put on the front page of my software company's website. I realise that this question is not as specific as some may like it to be, but I hoped that someone here would be able to point me in the right direction any how. I have a theme/template to work around which I do not really want to change for various reasons. I have created a rough 'drawing' of what the homepage currently looks like.

As you can see, I have a table of reasons as to why people should purchase our software which I am quite happy with, however I think that it looks quite bare, so what else should I put there. I have expiremented with a slider, with some  clipart to the left of some text, but for some reason it looked out of place. I think it was partly due to the clipart I was using.

However, since trying sliders I have read that a lot of people are stopping using them because they are not actually effective, and are switching to they static images instead. So does anyone have any suggestions as to what I should put on my front page? What would you expect?

I currently have two pieces of software for Windows and Mac and a support ticketing system. Though, I do plan on releasing more software for Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, Android and maybe WP. My 'motto' is along the lines of great minds think alike. If that helps your ideas in any way.

Thank you very much in advance


texts: How do I draw horizontal/vertical straight line in GIMP?

texts: you can consider me new to GIMP. I've tried by holding Shift key, can draw straight line but I want a straight horizontal/vertical line. So, How can I draw straight vertical/horizontal line?


texts: Should I, or should I not, consider using an image editing tool other than PhotoShop?

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Please forgive the open-ended title.  My actual question, I think, is a bit more specific and suited for this site but it is rather difficult to articulate my need in one simple sentence.

Quick background-- I've recently had a minor shift in my career.  I need to manage a website for a non-profit and since it will be rather graphical, I need to start learning how to extensively use image editing software.  On a beginner-level, I've used PhotoShop in the past because that was what was available to me.  I can use it but I'll be honest... I've always hated PhotoShop and reached for alternative editors when given the opportunity to use something else.  To me, it's just not as intuitive as many other tools that I've used and, let's face it, it's expensive compared to many of the alternatives.

My specific question is, is PhotoShop such a massive, de-facto industry standard that should I not realistically consider using another tool if I ever want to find competent volunteers (or future employees) that will need to manage our image assets?

I know that their are a ton of PhotoShop alternative but, other than GIMP, most people have never heard of any of them.

If I prefer to steer clear of PhotoShop for our needs, is this going to cause a problem in the future regarding finding competent workers that could take over my work, or are the other top-used image editing tools in enough use that I should be able to find competent workers that are familiar with these tools?

I will choose to use PhotoShop if I have to in order to remain relevant.  However, that will only be out of begrudged necessity. Any advisement would be appreciated.

NOTE

Please note that this IS NOT a direct request for PhotoShop alternatives.  Instead, I just want to know that if I do go with something else for my personal work, will I be causing a bigger problem in the future when I need to hand over my work to someone else who is hopefully more capable than myself.


texts: How do I fully extract this bicycle from the background, including the spokes, etc. using Gimp

texts: I'd like to pull the bicycle out of the image, but can't seem to make any of the Gimp tutorials work.


texts: How can I design this graph (select line colors and number of lines) so that it's intelligible?

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I'm designing a graph for a website using Highcharts. This graph contains lots of outbreak curves (basically, cumulative disease incidence over time). The point of this particular graph is to be able to quickly and easily compare multiple curves to a public health official's current situation (the "point estimate").

Each curve has a score (between 0 and 100) that refers to how similar to the point estimate it is. I want to display the top X scoring curves and color them according to how good their score is.

I'm having a hard time deciding on two things:

What's the maximum number of curves I can display at once?
How should I color the curves so that they're visually distinguishable and represent the scores?

Things I've tried:

Using ColorBrewer to select colors (darker color → higher score):

Making thicker lines to indicate higher scores:

Neither of these options are particularly good, though, because they don't adjust the lines according to the score. Instead, the lines are colored categorically. If the score of the top scoring line is 100 and the next highest scoring line is 10, the colors are not 1/10th different if that makes sense.

This led me to trying to adjust grayscale lines on a linear scale (e.g., a score of 100 will be completely black (#000000) and a score of 50 will be #808080). However, in practice, lines still aren't really easily distinguished:

Here, despite the fact that there is a 19-point difference between the best scoring line and the worst scoring line, it's almost impossible to tell them apart. Changing the line thickness helps some:

But then if I add too many curves, it just gets too messy. Here's an example (line thickness constant):

I obviously need some guidance. There must be science behind this problem. How should I design this graph?


texts: True Type and Open Types fonts - should I install both for any given font?

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Most of my fonts have both a true type and open type version. Should I be installing both for any given font, and if I should then why should I be doing is as opposed to picking one version and installing that ... which would appears to be open type from what I've read ... but regardless, my question is just about whether there would be need to install both.

I would mainly be using Illustrator and Photoshop.


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I'm looking at how to design a graphic in Photoshop so that whether it has 2 words, 5 words, etc. they all fit within the same width of a box.

Here's an example:

How can I do this without distorting the text by stretching, etc.?


texts: A good monospaced font to go with Computer Modern font

texts: I am not that experienced with pairing fonts but am wondering if one could direct on which is a good monospaced font to go with Computer Modern, or at least the principles one could use to figure out what a good pairing would be given that font. The font Inconsolata has been recommended but it doesn't pair very well. I have just found Computer Modern Typewriter, but not sure if that would be a good choice. An example of Computer Modern is below.


texts: Best way to have mutual overlapping in Illustrator

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I'm using Illustrator CS5, and I'm trying to have two groups (with multiple paths in each) overlap properly.

On the top side, group A should overlap group B, but on the bottom side, group B should overlap group A.

The only solution I can come up with is to Knife-cut it in two, but then I get ugly cutting lines I can see in the result, even if I don't move the parts away from each other.

Any ideas?!

This will hopefully make it clear. I want the arm to be over the t-shirt at the bottom, but under the shirt at the top.


texts: GIMP: How to check if 2 images have the same contrast/brightness

texts: I have two images showing a hand and a geometrical shape. I want to make sure that the brightness and contrast are the same (equal) inside the objects and if they are not to equalise them. The background is transparent for both Thank you


texts: I've made a screenshot of my phone screen and imported it in Photoshop by dragging from disk. However it's clean "as-is" image of the phone screen, it has appeared in photoshop slightly blurred. How can I avoid this behavior? On the picture there are zoom of regular Preview mac os app on the left and Photoshop version on the right.


texts: Simplifying mobile web design without altering given requirements

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I'm writing and designing a mobile web application where users chat with one another.

This question is about designing a page where each user's interactions with connected contacts are shown.

This page ought to appear as a vertical list of contacts the user has connected with in the app. Each element in this list ought to give 3 pieces of information:

1) Contact details: name and avatar of the contact

2) Latest interaction: latest interaction of the user with the said contact, alongwith time stamp of the interaction. E.g. "You sent them a message (3 hours ago)".

3) Status of contact: Last seen timestamp of said contact, alongwith an action button that enables the user to "poke" the contact if they haven't been online lately.

Currently, here's how I've tried to layout the aforementioned information:

It shows a contact named Hillary alongwith their avatar. It displays the other information required as well.

However, I feel this layout is confusing instead of being seamless. Why? Because conventionally, such pages are meant to funnel users to respective chats via displaying latest interactions.

But in my case, there's the added wrinkle of displaying the status of the contact alongwith a poke button.

My attempt fails at integrating this wrinkle seamlessly into the design. Specifically, in my attempt, the 'status' and 'poke' functionality - although neatly separated - commands too much attention; creating confusion or momentary indecision.

I need to minimize this loss of clarity with a more optimized design (given the requirement is staying).

How do I tweak it to produce a design that's more intuitive instead of cognitively belaboring?

Answers that include illustrative examples are most welcome. If you feel improving this design is impossible given the requirement, that'll be an acceptable answer too (but please elucidate the reasons with examples, or better yet, suggest alternatives!). Thanks in advance.

Note: although they're the same in the image I've attached, the last seen timestamp and the last interaction timestamp may obviously be different.


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I am trying to implement a program that will classify the color scheme of the image based on the dominant colors. Example:

I am using machine learning tools but I wonder whether there is a mathematical approach to this problem. E.g. if the angle between the hues of two colors is between alpha and beta than it is a complementary scheme. I could not find any information on this topic. Any help would be very much appreciated.


texts: InDesign CS6: How do I adjust individual corner options?

texts: I'm trying to create a rectangle with two rounded corners and two pointy corners. I should be able to accomplish this by deselecting the "make all settings the same" icon in the Corner Options window, but for some reason, this icon is locked, and I can't seem to figure out how to unlock it (no, clicking on it doesn't work). I can adjust all four corners, but not each one individually.


texts: Why is the opposite of yellow on color wheels sometimes purple and sometimes blue?

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Why do traditional color wheels have yellow opposite to violet (purple), whereas graphics programs such as Adobe Photoshop have yellow opposite to blue?

Yellow opposite violet (purple):

Yellow opposite blue:


texts: How to select text and keep a background color within its selection?

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This may be a confusing title as I am not quite sure what the proper terminology is.

I have a font that is grungy/broken and not completely solid. I added a background layer of black, and I want to keep that black color behind that font, but only behind the font, not on the whole canvas.

Here is an example of my setup with the font and a solid background.

As you can see when I select the text layer, it is picking up all of the broken sections on the font and it is not a solid shape.

My goal here is to keep the black behind the font itself, where you can see it in the broken parts of the text, but not have the rest of the background black. In the image below, the two red lines point to areas within the text where explaining of what I want to keep.

The end goal here is if I turn off layer 1 (the black background), I want to be able to see the black behind these letters and not have them be transparent.

What approach can I take to accomplish this?

I did this manually by tracing the letter with a lasso and selecting the inverse to delete everything except for my selection as an example of what I am trying to end up with. Hoping there is an easier way to do this but wanted to show my end goal.


texts: Convert Black Outline Above White Shapes to Transparent in Illustrator

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I am converting a color logo to white-on-transparent. I added a temporary red background, so I can see my work.
The black outline shown below is a separate layer behind the white "Auto Group" text. The black layer is identical to the white text but also has a black stroke to make it visible behind the white text.
I need the black outline to be transparent. When it overlaps the circle, diagonal line, and "a" in "Lang", the black area should be a transparent knockout.
I have tried various combinations of pathfinder options, knockout group, and compound paths, with poor results. I have Googled extensively but have not found a solution. Suggestions?


texts: text on different lines with different styles, colours, leading and baseline shift, can it be turned into a paragraph style?

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I have a text box with text on different lines with different styles, colors, leading and baseline shift. Is it possible to create this as a "standard/ master version", so that whenever any information is copied in from my body copy it can immediately take this form and set up?

I am creating a catalog and have each products information in a separate document. I just want to copy it all into my catalog and then apply this style to each separate text box. Is this possible without going into a script?


texts: How to add a shadow border to an image in GIMP

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I prepared a square and a triangle in Gimp but I am unable to get a shadow around it. I want it exactly like the image below.

I tried with filter --> lights and shadow --> Drop shadow but it casts a shadow on one side only. In addition on one side there is too much shadow. I was unable to make a shadow on all sides (i.e. completely around the square).

I saw a similar question here, but it is for Photoshop. I don't have Photoshop.

I checked whether the same procedures exist in Gimp, but couldn't find them. I only started Gimp a few days back. Can someone please tell me how to achieve this in Gimp?


texts: Hi I'm working on my own portfolio, and so I'd like to have some icons for technologies that I work with. So does anyone know of free icon sets that include css, php, c#, html5 and other web technology icons?


texts: How to create a vector pattern with arbitrary sized/rotated objects?

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I want to achieve the effect below in inkscape:

I tried with extensions > generate from path > clone along path, and edit > clone > create tiled clones with various randomized values, but nothing gives me the desired effect.

So how do I create a pattern with objects that have a random size and rotation in inkscape? or is this effect created by any other software like Illustrator etc.?


texts: Why are the slices not accurate in my pie chart in Illustrator?

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I made a pie chart that contains several slices. Two of the slices are .1%.

One .1% slice (the yellow one) can easily be seen, while the other one is incredibly small - you have to drag the other slices out of the way to see it.

Both have fill colors selected and both have the stroke set to "Transparent". What would cause one slice to appear much smaller than the other? The only thing I can think of is that I did rotate the pie charts at one point, but I can't see how that would cause one tiny slice to change, since I rotated the whole pie, not just one slice.

Someone suggested that I should turn off the Enhance Thin Lines setting, but I don't have that option (or any kind of "Performance"/"GPU Performance" tab) in the Preferences window:


texts: How do I recreate this photo cut out effect in Photoshop?

texts: The above is the wanted effect, Please help me out!


texts: What are strategies for implementing drawing tablet into workflow?

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I recently got my first tablet and am interested in tips and resources for using it. Some for example say to hide mouse and force yourself to use the Tablet instead.

For those that have taken that approach what shortcuts and keys do you use?

Even desk layout might be beneficial. Perhaps part of my problem is Mouse I use with right hand from habit but I'm left-handed so tablet I use in my left hand. For brushes I'm getting a little better but still very awkward, and if I try to use it for anything else I just get frustrated by not having say scroll wheel to zoom in or an easy way to pan. These things probably exist though and I just need some guidance on how to better setup the workstation and tablet.

Right now my setup in Photoshop is bottom button does Step Back and top button does Flip foreground and background colors. Haven't even attempted to use it in Illustrator yet.

I'll probably submit this to be a Protected Wiki like some of our other resource questions since it may be a little open-ended.

Here are some current related questions. The first one is most similar but since its a few years old, and got comments of being too broad it seemed better to make a new question.

What are some good resources for tablet drawing?
How can I improve my drawing tablet skills?
Are graphics tablets worth it?


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For example, this webpage about the Eruption of Krakatoa starts with the year written in lower case? Lower case numbers have a different baseline. Should it start with upper case? What's the style guide in this case?.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa

Same with other pages. What's the style guide behind this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980


texts: Is it possible to create by Applescript a new Illustrator document with other name than Untitled-*?

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I've tried this applescript code for Illustrator CS6:

tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
 make document with properties {name:"anyName"}
end tell

but couldn't affect the name of newly created doc.
I do can create layers with any name I want, but the document itself not.

Is it 100% impossible?


texts: Apply an image to a depth map in Photoshop CS6

texts: I created a depth map based on an image of the back of a man wearing a coat. Now I want to apply an image to the depth map, giving the appearance that the image part of the jacket. How is this done?


texts: How to achieve the effect in the background using Photoshop. Tried blur without success

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I'm trying to achieve the effect seen on the "background" of this image on my own photos.
So far I tried different variations of blur, in special the Shape Blur without success. At this point, I'm not even sure if this is a blur or those small crosses somehow just change the color from the picture.

Anybody has some guidance on what I should look for?

Thanks!


texts: Editable PDFs via Illustrator or InDesign?

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What is the best way to create PDFs so that customers can download the file and edit the text that is specific to them (date, names etc), while maintaining fonts and sizes as well as the format and layout. I'm trying to create a digital download to sell on Etsy, specifically a party invitations, and I'd like to be able to create these files on Illustrator or InDesign or another software that gives me extreme control over the formatting and details.

I realize this has been asked before but it seems medieval that Illustrator or InDesign do not offer a better way to do this, without having to replace and reformat my text in Adobe Acrobat Pro.

Any tips? I've scoured the internet for more info on this to not much avail :(


texts: how to save a distressed text effect logo for print with a dark background

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I designed that distressed text effect logo in Adobe Illustrator CC, I know how to save it for web as PNG 24 with transparent background, so it can be used later on any background color. But I don't know how to save it for print, I generally save as PDF with no background for print use, but how do I save that one ?

That is how it looks on a white background


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Since I don't know pretty much about, I'd like to ask you:

What makes a text professional?

At first glance, what do people notice in the text that will then prompt them to read it?

What colors can I use to make a scientific report more engaging but professional at the same time?

How many images should I enter on average for the photographic memory to activate?

thanks for the attentions.


texts: Beginner question: how do I use the "move tool" in Gimp without moving the entire Layer?

texts: I typed a short piece of text in GIMP, then I want to fix the kerning manually so I want to move the letters closer to each other. But when I select the "move" tool and click on the appropriate part of the image, I only seem to be able to move the entire layer. How do I select a certain part of the image and move it manually?


texts: Symbol Import to Illustrator from pdf file

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Does anyone know why in the pdf file, I can see the graph really good in the first picture but when I import it into Illustrator, it results in the squared symbol like the second picture below?

First picture:

Second picture:


texts: In Illustrator, how do I make paths transparent below fills?

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I'm new to Adobe Illustrator. However, I've been using CorelDraw since the early 90's. So I'm pretty familiar with most of the concepts involved with vector design.

One thing that has confounded me is that I have several objects at the top of their respective layers with a solid, opaque fill that allow the path lines for objects below them to show through. I say "path" lines as opposed to "strokes" because I've set the stroke width to zero and get the same result. This doesn't happen all of the time. I have other groups of objects where paths from objects lower in a layer do not show through an opaque object above it.

I have attached a screen shot of the project I'm working on. The layer in question is the "left arm" of a cartoon character which consists of a blue "arm", flesh-colored "hand", and four gray stripes that go on the character's arm. The flesh-colored blob to the left is the hand of the cartoon character's left arm. It is the highest object in it's layer. The blue "arm" that you see is the lowest object. The gray stripes are all between the "hand" and the "arm" on the layer. All of the other objects you see in the screen shot reside on different layers.

As you can see the path line for the blue arm is visible through the hand and all of the gray stripes. I want to create it so that the fill from the hand and from the stripes covers and makes invisible the path line from the blue arm where those objects overlap.

How do I do that? I need to figure this out or the project I'm working on right now won't work.

It seems like it's got to be an obvious setting or workaround that I'm missing due to my inexperience with Illustrator. This would be no problem at all in CorelDraw. However, I've spent the last couple of days trying to figure it out to no avail.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Highlighting Section of an Image for Presentation

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I'm trying to create a presentation that requires me highlighting sections in each photo. I mean having the rest of the image in a kind of transparent form but the section of interest should be very clear and emphasized so that the audience are drawn to that particular section of the image while still having the freedom to scan the overall image.

Thank you in anticipation of your help.


texts: Converting Drawing to Vector In Illustrator

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I'm trying to convert several of my pencil drawings into vector graphics with Adobe Illustrator. My drawing's are about this complex:

I'm looking for the best way to convert these. I've found some tutorials that use the pen tool like here. I also have a wacom tablet at hand, which could turn out useful. Any guide or links to tutorials on effectively doing this would be greatly appreciate it.


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I have looking through DeviantArt and the background of one of the web interfaces caught my eye.  I tried to replicate it but couldn't get anywhere near the perfect effect.

http://numarislp.deviantart.com/art/Millenium-Responsive-creative-portfolio-full-333356344

I'm thinking it also has something to do with the actual photograph.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,


texts: If I am not passionate at designing, should I quit?

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I studied graphic design for 4 years and have now been working in the industry for 4+ years.

My problem is that I'm not really that passionate about it. I like working with design, but I am far from obsessed with it. When I am not at work, I want to do anything but designing.

I think about people around me, in other careers, and only a very few are doing something they absolutely love. Most of them are like me, where work just feels like... work.

I have made myself believe that unless I can be this super passionate designer, then I should stop immediately.  I feel like a fraud!

I feel that it's fine to not love your job, you know, "work to live" rather than the opposite – unless you are a designer. That if I am not passionate, I can't be good.

I'd like to hear what you guys think of this. and how you feel about work.


texts: How to achieve popular glitter effect in Adobe Photoshop?

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A lot of popular Instagram artists use this type of glitter in their art and I am trying to achieve the same effect. It seems to be some type of overlay I have tried asking where these people got the overlay but no one wants to share their secret.

Examples of Artists Using this Effect:

https://www.instagram.com/sarashakeel/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/yana.potter.art/?hl=en


texts: How to tile an image with exact dimensions (any program)

texts: I am trying to print tickets for my school and they need to be exactly 14.5 cm by 10.6 cm. How can I achieve this by tiling the image I have of the ticket so that they print out exactly at this size when I print them on A4 paper? I've tried doing this in Irfanview but I'm not sure exactly how to do it.


texts: How can I set Photoshop default unit for free transfom?

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You can easily set default units in Photoshop preferences, but they doesn't seem to have any effect on free transform (⌘T on the Mac), which always start with percentage as unit.

I'm aware that you can change units with a right click on the text, but it will be back to percent when you restart Photoshop.

Is it possible to change this behaviour? Can I have it automatically set to pixel from the start?


texts: Filling a blended texture into a rectangular strip in Adobe Photoshop CC

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I am creating a texture for a 3D model, and I am trying to get the right texture for this stem of a plant. My end goal is to create an even rectengular strip of this texture without any highlights, dark spots or shadows.

The photo below shows the stem as it was photographed.

I see that only the middle component of the stem is what I want to use for my texture, so I selected the whole stem only by using the Quick Selection Tool, I then went onto to Select -> Modify and Contract and narrowed the selection by about 50px. I use the inner part of the stem, because the outer part is very dark, its in a shadow or has highlights.

I then copy that selection twice, and one of the copies I move up and the other down, this way they cover the outer parts of the stem, as shown in the photo below.

Here is the point where I need some help. How can I blend or make the texture consistent without having the seams from the copies. I would like to have it consistent throughout the whole stem without having any sharp edges or seams.
I tried to blend them together, but did not get anywhere. I also played around with Blurs but it didn't help much either, since I was loosing detail in the texture by making it blury.  I finally tried the Spot Healing Brush, which seemed to give me the results I desired, but it lacked consistency and it did not always give the result I wanted. Below is a photo after using the Spot Healing Brush for a small part of the stem.

This is the kind of consistency and texture quality I would like to have throughout the stem. While the Spot Healing Brush produced some good results, it did not seem to be the one that would work.

How can I make this happen in Photoshop CC in a faster, more efficient and higher quality result ? Finally, if possible I would like to make an even rectangular strip and fill it up with this "texture". This is because the stem has a irregular shape from one end to the other, and by making the texture be confined to an even rectangle, it will work better for 3D unwrapping. Also, the stem changes color as it goes from left to right, it gets darker, I would like to keep that consistency throughout. Below is an image of how I would like the rectangular strip with the texture filled in to be like.

Thank You very much! All help and suggestions are appreciated. I might even be doing the whole process wrong, so if anyone has any other or better ways to set this up, please share your answers. Greatly appreciated it!


texts: What are the responsibilities of a web designer

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HI All -

I am a Coldfusion developer with over 2 and half years of experience. I have some experience with Javascript, jquery and sql.

I was thinking to learn Web designing too in my free time. What are the responsibilities of a Web designer? Does it involve converting a PSD to HTML/CSS. Should a web designer be good at graphic designing too?

Thanks..


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There was a way to do it with InDesign, but I can't find the instructions for Photoshop CC 2017. I tried looking for paragraph rules, but I can't locate it. I'm trying to replicate the date heading on this picture.

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texts: Won't Indesign Multiply Blending Option work on objects with the same color?

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Multiply Blending Option is applied to all of these objects.
in Fig.A each object has different colors. And in Fig. B, those are all the same color. You can see that in Fig. B the multiply option doesn't take any effects.

My question, is this a normal thing Indesign does? Or is this some kind of a bug? Thanks beforehand.


texts: Blending Edges in photoshop to a different color of an extracted object with different background color

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What are some awesome ways to blend anti aliased edges of an object that has been extracted, lets say from dark background, or any light/dark unique color. And needs to be placed on different most likely on opposite color. Like object taken from black on white.

-Removing all pixels doesnt help. It makes it look extra crispy.

-Feathering is visible.

I wish i could find a way where values of edges is extracted and then blended with the new background. Or Basically i am asking how to make edges anti-aliased pixels transparent when extracting an object in photoshop.


texts: Confusion about deleting parts of an graphic with pathfinder

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I'm trying to create a rubber stamp effect on a logo and am following this tutorial that has me use a combination of Live Trace and Pathfinder to accomplish the effect.  Here's my interpretation of what the author is suggesting:

Live Trace on a complicated texture (e.g. zoom in picture of stone or concrete);
delete the white space from result;
copy my logo behind this layer;
make sure my logo is selected;
Pathfinder -> Subtract.

The result is various objects (e.g. the letter "T") gets deleted, and those deletes do not align with the Live Traced texture.

My logo has a layer that has several different objects within it (e.g. text object, some lines, etc.).

I suspect (based on my very limited understanding of Illustrator) that I need to combine all the objects/layers of my logo into one object. I could be completely wrong though, and can't figure out how to do this combining in the first place.

Regarding this subgoal, perhaps it's worth noting that if I resize this group of objects I call my logo, the stroke size remains unchanged. I'd prefer these to scale w/ my resizing.

So, 1) how can I convert my logo so that it behaves as if I converted it to a PDF and then imported it?

and 2) For the rubber stamp tutorial, if I'm wrong about this missing step of merging my logo's objects, is there some other step that I'm missing?


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Having 2 RGB values:

255, 23, 22
201, 18, 122

I want to average them, this link says that really I need to square them first, average, then find the square root. I've seen a few other points that say the same, or closer to the power of 2.2 (and a video of why computer colour is wrong).

Is this really the right way to do it and what is the term for the squaring method? I know the ACTUAL best way is LAB space, but I can't be dealing with that.


texts: How does the grid system work for a full width page?

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How does the grid system work for those websites that expand to the full size of the browser (no matter how you resize) while working with a base 12 grid system (such as 960.gs)?

For example, take a look on these websites:

http://vevo.com
(Note: this site shows an error message instead of the real page when accessing from European counties like Germany)
http://xfinitytv.comcast.net

Is there a technical name for this?
Why are there not many websites like this that take advantage of the full browser size?


texts: How do I create an image with blurred background and focused foreground?

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EveryMe.com uses this image as background:

How is it done, and how do I edit an image to look like that?

I use Pixelmator and photoshop, thanks!


texts: How to scale a graphic to the exact size I want to print out?

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I have made some sidewalk textures which is 76mm x 297mm in Photoshop but when I printed them out in A4 size 4 of each edges got about 5mm blanket spaces.(see pic below)

That means my whole A4 picture in Photoshop is scaled to about 95% when printed out and the shop owner told me that were the printer's limitation.

My question is

Is different printer have different blanket spaces? In my case its about 5mm each side.
If so can i just scale the texture to 105% in PS to make it the exact same size I want when printed out?

Thanks


texts: How can I create an animation of an image being drawn/painted, automatically?

texts: I'm looking for some software that will allow me to create an animation of a given image being drawn in real time. For example, I have a jpeg. It's a picture of my pet dog, and I want some software that will create an animation (flash/gif/avi) of the image, but not the image fading in, rather, the image being drawn section by section. Anybody come across something like this?


texts: What are the journals of contemporary graphic design?

texts: Are there any internationally recognized journals on contemporary graphic design? For example, where can I find critiques, reviews, and argued opinions of designers like David Carson or Uwe Loesch?


texts: Algorithm for drawing calligraphy brush strokes *in SVG*


texts: Quickly rotate object with mouse in Sketch

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In Illustrator you can quickly rotate objects with the cursor. If you hover close to a corner this rotate tool appears:

In Sketch you always have to switch to the rotate tool which I find kind of annoying. Is there a way to get this behavior in Sketch?


texts: Issues creating a glint or shine on a logo in After Effects that is exportable to HTML

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I am trying to replicate a moving logo with a glint that is exportable to HTML.
I followed this video which uses light sweep, the animation is working, but no light effects came through.
I read that Bodymovin does not support effects, so I used alpha matte instead to achieve the same effect as per this video but its still having problems. The light is showing up, but there is no matting, please see the image attached.
In summary, I am trying to make a logo with a glint/lightsweep effect that can work with Bodymovin. What am I doing wrong? Is there a way to get either of these projects to work? Here is the after effects project showing the look I'm trying to achieve.


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I am trying to combine/flatten a series on paths in Sketch. When I use Layer > Combine I get very unexpected results. I am assuming there is a fairly simple solution that I am missing here, can someone help me out? I have attached examples below (you can especially see the different paths when a gradient is applied). Thanks!

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This task should be simple but apparently isn't:

I want to add a layer with three lines of text to an image; the text needs to be centered vertically and horizontally relative to the image as a whole.

The web is full of suggestions that I seem to be misusing.

I can create a layer with the text, and autocrop it to just the text, but when I select the layer and choose the align tool the buttons on the align tool are either grayed out or seem to have no effect, whether I select the layer contents or not.

I've been expanding the layer boundary to the size of the image with the contents, but that does not work consistently.

(My goal is to create a set of simple buttons, with a shared element and different text and background for each button.)

(GIMP 2.8.16 on a Mac)


texts: Rendering Issues with Proxima Nova Web Font

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We recently launched a new website (backtothebible.org) designed by an outside company. The site uses Proxima Nova. The font renders great except for a few sizes on PC's. The issue--which is an irregularity of thickness in some characters--is visible at 24px (used by our H3 style) & other sizes close to that. The rendering issue is most noticeable in the lowercase e, s & a.

The web designer has tried everything they know to try, so I'd be thrilled if you had any advice. Thanks!


texts: Drawing mock-up sketches for a command line program

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I want to be able to create some mock-up sketches for a command line program so I can visually display some new changes to a command line program and what the command line UI would look like but I don't know how I could create them. This is so that I can visually plan/show what my changes would look like in a command line prompt box (the picture below is just a bare bones start of what I would want to be able to sketch in a program before moving onto other more complex sketches) before I start coding/implementing.

I would want to display what new commands I would add to a help section (so like a list of commands). Additionally I would want to display line by line some new features such as an user authentication prompt followed by a space to input a username/password.
I thought about trying to use command line itself to display these planned changes but I don't know how I would go about this (i.e. without coding anything yet). I also thought about using Photoshop but I want to see if that is recommended for this kind of thing or something else is better before I go and get it/learn how to use it.
I see a lot of things out there for sketching mock up website and app designs but nothing dedicated for command line so any recommendations or advice are welcome!


texts: How to sharpen a shape layer or vector mask without rasterization?

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I am attempting to clean up the below vector image at the bottom, since the pixellation is not very sharp. However, I am told that I will need to rasterize it in order to adjust the pixels. So my questions are:

1) Should shape layers or vector images not have exact pixel dimensions rather than this fuzziness? and,

2) How can I make it sharper without rasterizing it?

Thanks very much in advance.


texts: Path with 0 opacity and visible stroke in AI or PS

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Is it possible to draw a line using the pen tool and set it to have a visible stroke, 0% opacity and 30% fill. I need it to create a route map, so lots of drawing with pen tool.

See examples:


texts: What is the difference between spot colors and global ?

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What is the difference between spot colors and global in illustrator?
thanks


texts: Controlling the line height for Inkscape text?

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Is it possible to set the line height for Inkscape text in the event that we have text on multiple lines within the same text object?

This is a screenshot of my text tool:


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I'm working on a small project to add the note names to one of my guitar fretboards. Right now I've got all the note names laid out in a simple grid but I can't for the life of me figure out how to distort the grid to fit the neck- the neck is wider at the bottom than at the top. I've tried using the free transform tool on the group of note names but for some reason it is not giving me independent control of the corners. I tried rasterizing the group thinking that would do the trick, but no luck.

Here is a screenshot of the grid so you can get a feel for what I'm saying (the black lines mark the desired width, it is a very slight distortion).

Any help or advice would be great- Thanks!


texts: Photoshop how to make a collage from images with the same complex background

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I'm trying to make a collage of passport stamps from my outgoing passport.

So far I've managed to create this in Adobe Fireworks CS6 by loosely cutting the stamps out from photos and then using the Interpolation blend mode. As a proof of concept it's great, however I'm not very happy with it as a finished piece.

As you can see the stamps are washed out and the cutting lines are clearly visible in places. Ideally what I'm trying to achieve is a clean blend of the passport page watermarks (the background) with the stamps nicely arranged and prominent.

How can I achieve this effect in Photoshop CS6? (or Fireworks?)

Edit:
Here's an example of the raw photo image illustrating the complex background:

Edit, final version:
Here's what I've come up with based on everyone's feedback, in particular @Ryan. Thanks for everybody's comments and suggestions.

I simply used the lasso tool with 100px feather, Darker Color blend mode and a Curves Adjustment Layer to improve the contrast.


texts: How do I make nested vertical rulers in InDesign?

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Is there a possbility to nest vertical rulers in InDesign with a Paragraph Style?

My intended result looks like this:

How do I make this in InDesign? I have found this trick to use Paragraph Shading to use it for a single level but I don't think this is going to work with nesting. The thing is that Paragraph Shading is a CC feature, and I'm still using CS6, so I can't test it.

It would be great if there is a style-based solution for this, for it's going to be used for a huge bulk of text.

I'm open to CC solutions, but a CS6 one would be even greater.


texts: how to create rounded ribbon effect in photoshop

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I have already done everything else (like shadow,gradient), but now I'm just stuck at one step.

How can I bend the rectangle (pointed with arrows) to get this rounded ribbon effect:


texts: Im trying to create a z and an i in this style of font I've never used a graphic design  type software and kinda just winging it at this stage so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Colors for a diagram with unknown number of categories

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I have to draw a diagram for dynamic data. Each category should have a different color, but I don't know how many categories the diagram is going to show.

I expect this number typically to be between 5 and 10, but more or less is possible. Is there a strategy for choosing the diagram colors in this case, so that

they are distinguishable,
they do not hurt the eye,
they do not create affiliations where there are none?

I thought of the following:

Choose one color and use tints/shades

PRO: fits in well with the rest of the website

CON: hard to distinguish
Choose a few colors and use tints/shades

PRO: fits in well with the rest of the website, probably enough colors to be distinguishable for the expected amount of categories

CON: the different colors impose an unwanted meaning, e.g. greenish categories somehow belong together and are different from blueish categories
Choose a few colors and use additional patterns

PRO: like the above

CON: like the above, with meaning not only in colors but also in patterns
Choose a few colors and repeat

PRO: fits in well with the rest of the website

CON: one color stands for multiple categories
Try to find different colors for all categories (speaking of hues)

PRO: distinguishable for the expected amount of categories

CON: off-putting, not easy to calculate

There must be an approach to this problem? I've been searching and thinking for days, but couldn't find a satisfying solution.

You can think of the diagram as a (stacked) bar chart. Other types are possible, although I think this would not essentially change the question (or answers). Of course, the diagram will also be equipped with a legend and tooltips.


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What's the easiest way to superimpose glyphs in InDesign?

I'm wanting to superimpose letters from one typeface with shapes from another typeface and to regularly use them as symbols in the text. So a solution that also allows these combinations to be saved and re-used easily would be a bonus.


texts: Trimming Quadrilateral Into Rectangle Script

texts: one of the time consuming process in my work flow is to correct distorted geometric shapes. This usually require wrap rectangular images into quadrilateral and then crop it back to rectangle - and we know cropping precise rectangle without leaving white corner edges can be difficult and frustrating. My question would be, did anyone figure a script to do the cropping for human beings? Thanks.


texts: How can I use free transform to rotate an picture while keeping resolution

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I'm trying to rotate several images of artwork without losing resolution for some banner artwork.  Every time I save the image after using free transform to rotate it's a bigger file size but the resolution isn't good enough quality for print.

I'm using Pixlr Editor (A simpler, less powerful, web based software like Photoshop)


texts: How do I quickly hide all layers except selected one?

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In Photoshop, how does all layers in the project are hide except selected one..for example if there is 10 layers are there in my project. i need one layer should be visible and remaining 9 layers should hide ..is their any shortcut to do this

Thanks very much for any help.


texts: GIMP 'select color' tool - color turns out wrong

texts: I have this pixel graphic in which I want to turn blue parts into red. So I use the "select color" tool to select the blue part of the image, drag the brightest red possible onto the selected area and it turns out brown. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thank you and happy holidays!


texts: How do I save as a template in Photoshop CS4?

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I've been making my templates by just saving a psd file but that brings up the problem that I might save over the template on accident.

When I go to File> I don't see a "Save as Template" option. Is it somewhere else?


texts: Generating isometric grids in Illustrator CC

texts: How does one generate accurate isometric grids in Illustrator CC?


texts: Extend Object without warping cut edges - Adobe Illustrator

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I am new-ish to Illustrator, coming from a Photoshop background and I have an object that I am looking to extend, however it has cut corners.  Any time I extend it, the cut corners are also being extended/warped.

Despite selecting specific nodes as suggested on this topic How can I resize this object without distorting it in Illustrator? I cant seem do it without warping the curves on the outside edges of the brown box.

I'm far too tempted to take it into photoshop and chop it up and fill it in, but I would really like to know how to do this in Illustrator CS6.

Any help would be great

Thanks in advance!


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Beginner here. I am trying to create a shape in Photoshop (CS4) which is like a right arrow but with the 'arrow' part laterally opposite (i.e. instead of ---> I want ---<). After trying many other things, I tried using the Pen tool. I did the following, remember the paths are closed (I believe).

However, when I save it as a PDF/JPEG, the pen-ed shape does not show up. What could be the reason and a possible solution?


texts: How to apply different colours to each letter in a word in Adobe Illustrator

texts: I am looking for a method to fill multiple colours to different letters in a word without removing the outline / expanding the type?


texts: How a font glyph looks when defined as a compound contour for TTF

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I am trying to understand the concept of contours as it relates to True Type Fonts (TTF). It isn't very well described, so I wanted to take the following drawing as an example.

Specifically I'm wondering about "compound contours", which they say:

  In relatively simple glyphs like the letter c shown in FIGURE 4, the sequence of points defining the glyph combine to form a closed shape termed a contour. In more complex glyphs like the letter B shown in FIGURE 5 below, sequences of points define three distinct closed shapes, each being a contour.

  ...

  Often it is convenient to combine some of the glyphs in a font to produce new glyphs. This is commonly done to produce accented characters in cases where the font includes both the base character and the accent character. TrueType allows for these combinations through the mechanism of compound glyphs.

  ...

  Compound glyphs consist of a base glyph and a second glyph that is added to produce a new glyph. The new glyph combines the two components to create the new compound form. If desired, glyphs can be created using more than two components.

So it sounds like a glyph is a set of contours. This is also helpful.

But basically I would like to know roughly how this glyph above, with (potentially) deeply nested/recursive sub-contours (if the drawing had more detail), orders the contours, and how a small snippet of the "contour data" might look in a TTF font.


texts: Swap the two colours around in an image in Photoshop CS6

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Please could someone advise the best way, step by step, to swap the green with the white in this image?

I've got as far as managing to make all of the white a selection in it's own layer.
I have tried various fiddling about with inverting colours, replacing colours etc and not managed to achieve what I'm after.
If it isn't obvious, it is a basic globe and I'm basically wanting to make all the land white and all the sea transparent (will appear green because of the background layer though).


texts: How can I cut the excess rectangle off of this image using Illustrator?

texts: I used a clipping mask to fill the outer circle with a glitter image. It won't allow me to make another clipping mask. So I'm at a loss as to how to do this. I'm new to Illustrator so please be detailed about the steps in your response.


texts: UI reasoning in Graphics Design: Why does escape not cancel selection in Gimp?

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I am completely new to Graphic Design and I am using Gimp.

As you can imagine, the first few steps are a hate-love relationship kinda thing.

I found that the selection tool is at the core of the things I am currently fiddling around with. Sadly, every time I selected something, the next step would not come easily because the selection just won't go away. I googled a bit and I stumbled across this really really great Gimp Unstuck FAQ. Turns out, (on Windows) you have to press Shift+Ctrl+A to cancel selection.

Is there any historical reason as to why the Esc key is not used for this, like it is in most other apps and games?


texts: Is it acceptable to have the front of a handbill a different orientation than the back?

texts: I'm designing a handbill that has a sort of poster/cover image on the front and then event details on the back. I've been able to lay out the details in a more pleasing way on the back if I have it in landscape orientation, but I'm worried that it will look sloppy if the front is portrait and the back is landscape... or is this something that people do all the time anyway?


texts: Are there any good references for colors that go together nicely when creating user controls?

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This may be more of a preference thing but, since I am not a very experienced UX designer I wanted to get some input to see if there was any science I can learn about the subject.

I'd like to know if there are any generally popular references on the subject of colors when creating usercontrols, widgets, etc. For example, say I am trying to create grids that show data, the general theme of the application maybe to go with light skyblue colors for backgrounds and grey colors for disabled cells, what color should I make the cell borders?

I could make the borders black and they would be visible but is that the most visually appealing color to use? So, I was wondering if experienced UX people knew of any good references which would provide general rule of thumbs when mixing and matching colors in these cases.

Sorry if this is to simple or a dumb question, I already tried to Google references but I am more than likely searching for the incorrect topic.


texts: How can I resize my image without rasterizing the text layers?

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I am trying to make a pixelart comic.

The way I'm doing it is by drawing the pixel art on low resolution so I can place individual pixels and when I want to add the text I upscale the image 10 times and add the text.

The problem is that when I am trying to make corrections to the pixelart I have to downscale the image 10 times and when I do that all images get rasterized, forcing me to recreate them when I upscale the image again which is especially painful when I try to create or edit the speech bubbles.

Is there some way to prevent this from happening?


texts: What are the standard sizes for social sharing buttons?

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I need to create a sharing button such as the one of Twitter. Are there any standard sizes I should use for it?
(Edit: I'm developing a sharing service)


texts: How to choose the right setting of new photoshop document for a given purpose

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I'm using Photoshop CC, and it's working just fine.
I use it mostly for background images, for posters on social media and more and more for drawing these times. I also print some work from time to time.
When I set a new document, I'm always facing the problem of what setting is the best for this one.
How can I balance the size, resolution, color and other things when I begin a new document?
Is there a trick to get enough quality without using too much disk space?
Thanks in advance.


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Introduction
Unicode defines multiple strokes; of interest to this question is U+002f (solidus: ‘/’), U+2044 (fraction slash: ‘⁄’) and U+2215 (division slash: ‘∕’). I cannot—however—find these well defined. In Unicode 12.1.0 the strokes are defined as such:

Fraction Slash. U+2044 fraction slash is used between digits to form numeric fractions,
such as 2/3 and 3/9. The standard form of a fraction built using the fraction slash is defined
as follows: any sequence of one or more decimal digits (General Category = Nd), followed
by the fraction slash, followed by any sequence of one or more decimal digits. Such a fraction should be displayed as a unit, such as ¾ or . The precise choice of display can depend on additional formatting information.
If the displaying software is incapable of mapping the fraction to a unit, then it can also be
displayed as a simple linear sequence as a fallback (for example, 3/4). If the fraction is to be
separated from a previous number, then a space can be used, choosing the appropriate
width (normal, thin, zero width, and so on). For example, 1 + thin space + 3 + fraction slash + 4 is displayed as 1¾.

Other notes on the stroke include the following:

Several punctuation marks, such as colon, middle dot and solidus closely resemble mathematical operators, […]

And finally:

Two small form variants from CNS 11643/plane 1 were unified with other characters outside the ASCII block: 213116 was unified with U+00B7 middle dot, and 226116 was unified with U+2215 division slash.

Question
This specific question relates to the historical usage of a stroke to denote shillings and pence, the so-called ‘old money’. Which stroke is the typographically correct stroke to be used for this? I am quite sure that I somewhere read that the regular stroke (U+2f) is wrong, that one should rather use the division slash (U+2215). In any case, the fraction slash (U+2044), as it is designed for fractions and thus triggers specific behaviours in word processors, web browsers and the like when frac or afrc is called for.
Two follow-up questions are in order: Should zero pence be written with an n-dash or hyphen? And which space should be used to separate pounds from shillings, if one uses a space rather than a stroke?
Alternatives, all with thinspaces and n-dashes:

U+002f (‘solidus’):

£1 5/–
£1/5/–

U+2215 (‘division slash’):

£1 5∕–
£1∕5∕–

It might well be that a hairspace would be desired for the final two examples.


texts: Svg transparencies don't work as CSS background

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I made a translucent svg. It was a 50% opacity round metal texture. When I put it above any other color it makes it look like real metal. It was made using Illustrator and had 2 of its effects: Pixelate>Mezzotint>GrainyDots and Blur>RadialBlur. Then I made a Clipping Mask. You can see it here.

When I normally open it, it views correctly, but when I use it as a background in CSS3 for my HTML5 page, it doesn't open. I am sure it's not my CSS coding's fault because when I use another very simple svg as my background, it opens.

I think it could be the Illustrator effects, maybe they don't view when you use it as a background. Also these effects make it of 4.46mb. Please suggest a solution. Making it a png wouldn't work because sometimes it needs to cover extremely long pages.


texts: Adobe Illustrator shape edges not lining up, shape builder creating weird shapes

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So I have only had this problem since updating to CC19. I'm not sure the best way to explain it but when I zoom in 100% the shape edge guide does not accurately line up with the shape fill (or stroke).

When I go to use the shape builder tool, it changes the shape, sometimes adding wonky lines.

I have tried GPU and CPU previews and that doesn't make a difference.

Here is an example of shape builder:

Here is an example of the shape edge not matching the shape.


texts: How to recreate this background in photoshop for use in a mobile app?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How do so many app menus get that finished textured look?

I'm still a beginner, but I really like this texture and have been trying for hours to recreate it.

Question: How can one make this kind of texture in photoshop? (the black background behind the navigation menu)

It doesn't seem to be a standard color+noise combination. At least not one that I was able to come up with.

For use in a mobile app, I assume it would be best to just 10x10px png and repeat it x/y?


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I am trying to change the color of this image in photoshop with this color: #1B2D40
I followed the tutorials on this post: Changing hex color of a graphic,
However, this didn't seem to work to replace the color exactly because of the white and black shadows in this image. How do I change the color without affecting the shading?
Click here for full size


texts: Inkscape, align objects top has space between objects

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I'm trying to align object in inkscape to make a heart shape but when alligning there is a very small space between the two objects. How can I get rid of that space ?

As you can see in the picture, where the object half circle meets the square there is a very tiny white line. That's what I want to get rid off.

PS: Crosspost but I think here is more suited.


texts: What icon can represent "other" or "miscellaneous"?

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I've made a few icons representing different categories like "park", "nature", "sanitation" etc. I'm now officially stuck on the icon for "other" or "miscellaneous". This icon is going to represent all other categories that don't have their own icon.

Maybe an icon with three dots or something, but that doesn't feel clear enough. Any suggestions?

The only restriction is that it can't be language specific (writing "Misc" or something).


texts: Adobe Illustator: live trace and lots of fill colours

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I have a drawing with hundreds of shapes like in the attached AI file: Objects with detached dots in it.

I used live trace to vectorize it. Now I need to colour all objects, specifically the background of the round shape in one color and each dot within in different colours. Right now when I choose the inner space colour it will cover the dots. I then guess the dots' position, give them a new colour and they show up again. When I change the inner space colour again they disappear once more. Putting the inner fill in the background doesn't seem to help.

There surely must be a better way to handle this? Bear in mind that I have literally hundreds of these shapes so any solution with the least clicking will pay off greatly.

Thank you very much!


texts: Should I go for masters in graphic design or continue self taught?

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Ever since I finished my bachelors in American culture and literature I have been begdrudgingly working as an english teacher for the past 6 years. I have always enjoyed drawing and have done countles tutorials, read books etc to improve myself.

I find myself wanting to break away from teaching at this point in my life. I am confident that If I allot all my time to illustration and digital art in general I will be able to break into the gaming industry.

Comparing myself to other peoples work and seeing my own improvement I can give myself a 6 out of 10 overall. My question is, I finally quit my teaching job and have this large sum of money saved up. There is this university where I live that offers a masters in graphic design.

If I go for it, that means dumping ALL my saved money on it. I looked at the curriculum and the people over there told me I could take extra lessons that they teach during the bachelors to catch up. Should I go for it? Do you guys think the skills theyll teach and people I will meet warrants dumping all my money and be supported by my family for the next two years or should I just stay home, draw crazy everyday and get subscribed to some online schools that specializes in game art and digital art.


texts: How can I color a part of a letter in Illustrator?

texts: I'm trying to color the arms of a capital T in Georgia font on Illustrator for a project, but I can't do it. Can someone explain to me how to accomplish this?


texts: Distributed rendering in adobe premiere cs 6

texts: Does adobe premiere cs 6 supports distributed rendering? I have been searching and have found very few info about it. If it does, could you point me to a tutorial on how to set it up?


texts: Adobe Animate simple tween whale flapping tail

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I need to tween animate a vector whale that simply waves it's tail up and down. I have created three graphics.
1. Whale tail straight
2. Whale tail up
3. Whale tail down

I attempted to use the shape tween but it was creating some unexpected crazy results. I tried reading up, searching etc but a lot of the search results are confused with After Effects. Is this possible to tween (somewhat) complex illustrated shapes in Adobe Animate?

The keyframe sequence I would like is:
1. Whale tail straight
2. Whale tail up
3. Whale tail straight
4. Whale tail down

Loop

Graphic here:
Dropbox


texts: Rounded corners adjacent to square corners

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I've been sent a ui design which includes a header menu, wrapped in rounded corners, whereas the following content element is wrapped in square corners.  Also every other primary content wrapper for widgets, sidebars etc are all squared corners. I've always thought this was a huge design no-no, but the designers are quite headstrong and believe it's perfectly acceptable and even advantageous in this situation.  (Unfortunately due to some office politics I'm not in a position where I can just tell them to change it). I'm sure I recall seeing something about this in design theory at university, ahem "several" years ago, but can't find any examples.

Am I right to dislike this design from an objective, basic design theory point of view, or is it really not that big of a deal and should be left to a designer's judgement call? (Design has been simplified as the full design is commercial in confidence).

Rounded corners against square corners:

Close up:


texts: Keep page numbering fixed when shuffling pages for impositioning - InDesign CS6

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I am trying to imposition an InDesign booklet myself because I have to export as a PDF. I am going to print from a printer that doesn't have InDesign.
I made a copy of the document and then I am planning to shuffle the pages around into the correct impositioned order. I am wondering if there is a way to keep the page numbers unchanging while you shuffle around? Because when I move the pages InDesign updates the numbers.


texts: How to slice images as PNG for iOS app in Photoshop

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I have a finished design for my iOS app, but the developers don't use PS and asked me to provide all the UI elements as PNGs for retina and standard. The designer who originally created the design in PS stated that he doesn't do slicing.

Is there a way to do this automatically? If not which is the best method to do it?
Isn't it usual that the designer provides this per request?

Thanks in advance


texts: Identifying a font from a set of diagrams

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What is the font used in these diagrams? I tried searching, but can't find exact one.

www.identifont.com gives me "Chalfont Light" as a result, but this is not the font used in diagrams.


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Is it really not possible to connect 2 shapes with a line and keep those 2 shapes freely movable without loosing the connection to the line???
In my opinion a feature found in almost all drawing programs but not in Sketch????


texts: Central, simplified, "pen" strokes of a font glyph

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Take a look at this picture:

The red lines inside a glyph is what I'm referring to as "central" or "pen" strokes. Imagine you drawing the letter using a pen, so you only have thin strokes which define a general shape of a letter instead of wider inked areas which font glyphs typically have.

What is the proper name of this type of strokes? I've looked through a lot of "font anatomy" illustrations, and none of them mention this.
Are these lines used in font design? Maybe when you create a digital font, you could start with those strokes and then add modulation. For fonts like Comic Sans it may be even sufficient to just use these strokes with proper line width.
If the answer for the previous question is "yes", do any font formats store this information along with glyphs? If they do, what it's used for? I guess, for some fonts this can be used to dynamically create glyphs with different thickness.


texts: Draw with brush in a straight line in photoshop

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A have a square here.

I want draw clouds whole of this square. By choosing selection area I just can paint in square area. I need clouds exceed of square borders.

I need a thing like this. I have painted this by clicking on the page.


texts: More Power? (do I need to upgrade my pc?)

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In advance, I'd like to thank you for your help. And apologies for the amateur question – but that’s exactly what I am.

For the last several years, I have taken on minor graphic design/editing jobs at work (in the finance industry… but we don’t have a designer on hand and I wanted to learn). I’ve been doing so with the stock PC and free utilities like Inkscape and Gimp. However, the PC has begun crashing when working on projects and moves very slowly. Could be the computer bogged down or too old at this point, but I’m inclined to think it’s simply not the right tool for the job (Pentium Dual Core E5800 @ 3.2GHz, 4 GB RAM, GeForce 210).

I have enjoyed these projects and think I will continue to do more and more, both at work and at home independently. So for this I ask for your suggestions and advice when looking for a new computer.

While, budget isn’t a hard cap, I’m hoping to keep it around $1,000. I would prefer a PC over a Mac. Are there any laptops that would work – maybe with a docking station?

Thanks!


texts: How do I create create stripped glass effect text in illustrator?

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I found this image in MoMa website. This poster was designed by Juan Carlos Distéfano in 1964. I try to replicate the effect of the text. Turns out it harder than it looks.

Any tips how to achieve this style?
Thanks!


texts: How do I optimize an animated gif for Google AdWords?

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Creating GIFs designed for the Google AdWords platform can be tricky, given the file-size constraint of 150Kb.

I looked for examples online and found this page: http://bannerspiration.com/gif

Not all of these meet the second constraint for AdWords (fps should be lower than 5), but the file size is good for all of them.

My outputs are full of artefacts and I have no idea what to do to increase the overall quality of the picture without using a higher file size.

Any tutorial, advice, suggestion, would be highly appreciated.

Below you can see one of my examples that worked well and one that has compression artifacts.

Many thanks!


texts: Refining the choice of drawing-tablet to gift to a (semi-pro) designer

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Looking for anyone who has experience using a variety of drawing-tablets to answer some basic questions about their usefulness.

Intro

My girlfriend is gifted with the ability to produce magnificent drawings/videos which she digitally enhances using the Adobe suite on her MacBook Pro. She almost completed her study in this field. Her birthday is coming up and she never experienced drawing on any kind of drawing-tablet, so I wanted to purchase one for her to get her used to the fact that any future job she will get will likely involve using one of these drawing-tablets at some point (is this assumption correct? Why does this study not include this?)

Current situation

She currently uses her touchpad! on her MacBook Pro to digitally draw besides what she does on paper.
Watercolor and line-drawings on paper which she scans using a simple scanner to digitally enhance her art.

What I found

Most websites recommend a WACOM tablet for any kind of (semi-)professional work. Some websites recommend a iPad Pro for a good middle-ground solution, I'm skeptic that this will ever reflect in any kind of graphics designer job.

Questions

Is this WACOM recommendation actually a requirement for working on a MacBook with the Adobe suite?
Is my assumption of requiring prior experience with a drawing-tablet to perform well in a future graphics designer job situation correct?
What are the chances she will find a job involving drawing on a WACOM tablet or any drawing-tablet?
Should this tablet contain a built-in screen? Is having the built-in screen the standard for professional use?
She uses alot of paper for her drawings, would having the WACOM Paper Edition be just as good as having the built-in screen? Having doubts here because she might need to order the ink from WACOM to refill the pen every time.

I have been calling some local design businesses with the odd request that she can try out one of their tablets, no luck here. I think I'll just order one drawing-tablet that seems to be the best fit, most shops will refund anyway.

If you have more information I should consider please let me know, I have no reference points besides her, and I don't want to spoil the surprise by directly asking her about it.


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I hired a guy to do a layout for a printed circuit board design and I'm trying to get my graphic printed on the board's silkscreen. The designer tells me that he needs in in .dxf format.

I found a way to convert my .png graphic to a .dxf format but when he puts it on the board, it doesn't fill in (the graphic is just some simple stylized lettering). I was using a cheap converter which I noticed that some of the shapes did not close completely. I'm trying adobe illustrator now, which does a much better job of converting my image to the vector format and all of the shapes appear to be fully closed now. However, I see no property or obvious way to fill it in (mind you, I'm a complete newbie at this).

Is he going to be able to fill in the lettering on the PCB layout now that I have a vector file with closed shapes? If not, how can I get it to fill in?


texts: Trying to figure out what this ornamental period font is

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I have these two fonts and I would like help identifying each one please.

1st font

2nd font


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Essentially, what I would like is to unite nodes of different paths. With closed nodes, this is not possible as far as I know. So I would like to know if there is a way of unifying several paths in a way where no irregularities are seen. Here are some illustrations:

fig1. Objects I used and then transformed into paths.

fig2. Moving and adjusting paths in order to have a smooth shape with no irregularities. You can see irregularities in this picture on the left and right extremities.

fig3. After a while of node adjustment, I managed to obtain a smoother union of the three paths before doing path>union and obtaining a single path. (The bottom irregularity is desired. These are meant to be shorts... eventually)

I would like to know if there is a more practical way of obtaining this result without having to move the nodes to simulate that all three paths are smoothly unified.


texts: How do I modify the tool options palette in Photoshop CC to show possible selections of tools?

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If someone could tell me how to change the tool palette, per the issue below, I'd be grateful.

I'd like to use the pen tool, and specify the attributes of the pen tool by choosing items in the "tools options palette," but the options I see in Photoshop CC are very different from what I see in this online tutorial (text based): http://pshero.com/photoshop-tutorials/graphic-design/wrapping-text-around-an-object

I believe that tutorial might be showing an older version of Photoshop (but the authors don't identify the version). Maybe the tool options palette shown there no longer exists. I'm posting a photo of the palette I'd like to see, and the palette I actually have.

Thank you.


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I've another question for you ✨
I have a circle and I would like to fill it with a white gradient;
These are the best example I could do:

How can I make this effect on Inkscape?
I feel lost because no sample seems to satisfy my needs.
Thanks for your attention and looking forward to your wonderful ideas.