texts: Can't resize hi-res PSD for web without lots of pixelation

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I have a logo PSD, created in Photoshop (not in AI, not vector) with multiple layers. It is 3000px x 2244px at 300ppi. When I try to resize it to 175 x 57 at 72ppi (or even 300ppi) to put on a website, it pixelates really badly. I do this all the time with other hi-res PSDs but can't figure out what is so different about this file that it would do this.

Any idea what adjustments I need to make to layers, or how I can do this without losing so much quality?


texts: How to select multiple objects with different appearance in Illustrator?

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Say I want to select e.g. all red diamonds AND all text in the following image. What should I do?

I can select all red diamonds by choosing one, then Select --> Same --> Appearance. I can also select all text by Select --> Object --> Text Objects. But how can I select both?

p.s. I'm using Adobe Illustrator CS6 in Mac OS.

Thanks,

-Xianjun


texts: What exactly does gradient map actually do?

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I'm trying to do the exact same thing as How can I map the colors in a greyscale image to a specific color "gradient"?, but am failing for unknown reasons. I think the real problem is that I don't understand what gradient map actually does.

To try to figure out why I wasn't getting the result I was expecting, I created a linear black and white gradient as my test image. I then used the same gradient for my map. My expectation was that my gradient would either remain the same or be reversed. The actual result was quite different, though.

Before applying Gradient Map:

After applying Gradient Map:

What the heck is happening? How can I get the results I expect?


texts: How can I do this without separately touching up all 150 frames (layers) in Photoshop. I'm using the blur tool.


texts: How to apply an action all all open files except a particular one?

texts: I would like to apply an action to all open files except a particular one. An example: I have files A B C D opened, I want to apply the action on A-C but not D. Is there a way to limit this?


texts: How to stop Adobe Illustrator CC from changing spaces to hyphens?

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Illustrator is changing my filenames as such when I use Save for Web:

My File.png → My-File.png

The old Illustrator had a Unix checkbox in the Save to Web export settings, but new Illustrator doesn't.

Here's a screenshot of the equivalent setting in Photoshop:

Here is what the function looked like before, in an older version:


texts: How can I make this picture print exactly (or almost exactly) the way it looks on screen?

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I have this image that is used as a cover page of a magazine I made.
When I print it, it prints a very dark image and does not show the spiky designs at all.

I saw some suggestions to use Photoshop curves but I'm not sure it's the same problem.

My monitor is not calibrated at all.
I'm using InDesign but the image is a JPG in RGB mode.


texts: How do I know if I'm ready to become Adobe Certified Expert?

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My name is Elizabeth. I am a 21 year old, living in Germany and I would like to become an Adobe Certified Expert.

I was wondering if anybody would be so kind to answer a few of my questions. I have been using Adobe Photoshop for a couple of years now, but only properly studying it for the past two years. Nevertheless, because I am self-teaching myself the software, I find it a bit difficult to really gauge how ready I am to take the test.

What's the best way to know that I'm ready to sit the exam?

Thank you very much for taking your time to read this. I am looking forward to hopefully hearing back from somebody.

Sincerely,
Elizabeth


texts: Transparent artboard backgrounds in Photoshop

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I love the Photoshop artboard feature, however I'm used to seeing the transparent background grid. Is there any way to show this in my artboards in Photoshop?

And yes, I know it will still save with a transparent background, but I like having the grid that way if I were to use a white background for something I would be able to distinguish the white object from transparent.

Picture for reference:


texts: How do I create a symbol in Sketch whose total width stays constant when text length changes via override

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I want to create a symbol that is a rectangle with text to the left. When I override the text, I want the total width of the symbol to stay the same. So if the new override text is longer, the rectangle will shorten to accommodate. If the new override text is shorter, the rectangle should lengthen to accommodate.

This seems like it should be really easy with Anima AutoLayout's stacks and padding, but I'm just not getting it. Can anyone help me or point me to a good tutorial on combining stacks, padding, and symbols?

Others have asked similar questions about the interaction of text and other layers in symbols here and here, for example, but none of them is asking quite the same thing.

Thanks


texts: Which colors should I use to indicate higher values in a graph?

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Which color should I use to indicate higher intensity, frequency etc.?

I mean, most of the the graphs I've seen use red to indicate high values (intensity, frequency, height) and purple to indicate lower values. Shouldn't it be the opposite considering red has a longer wavelength and purple has a shorter wavelength? Short wavelength means higher frequency.

Examples: intensity, heat, voltage

I know red is more appealing/striking to the eye, but if we were to be technical, shouldn't purple be used?

I'm about to make a graph, so I wanted to know what I am doing.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask. I'll move the question if it isn't. I just got curious and wanted to know. Also, I'm not familiar with the tags in this site, so I just added color tag. You can edit it if it needs editing.


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I want to export an Illustrator file into a high res EPS file format so I can supply the image with a transparent background.

It says my document requires flattening. It's a vector image. How do I do so in Illustrator? And why when I open up this EPS in Photoshop it looks blurry and does not look like a high resolution image?

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texts: Free and easy to use tool for easy 2d animations

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I would like to make easy 2d animations and I am looking for an easy tool for this purpose. The animations I intend to do are quite simple (e.g. exchanging messages between different computers, rotate a wind turbine). Basically I could also do this using MS PowerPoint, but I would like to have something slightly more advanced than PowerPoint.

Here is an example animation (it is in German but this should not bother you and I do not need the robot at all. There should not be any moving charactere): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNSOrs8Xi0Q

I did some research and found synfig (https://www.synfig.org/) but I somehow have the impression that synfig is too complex (based on the things I want to do). Has someone had experience with synfig or any other simple programm. I'd appreciate every comment and will be quite thankful if you can help me on that. So basically I would like to know which tool is the simplest one to make a simple animation?


texts: Critique: Chromosphere Labs logo design (3D view?)

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I'm starting a business (Chromosphere Labs) and I am dabbling with creating a logo for it.

After reading Paul Rand's Logos, Flags, and Escutcheons, I realized that I don't really need a logo that conveys exactly what the business does, which is currently somewhat undefined. I know that right now I'm interested in creating custom products for customers, but I don't really want to incorporate it into the logo.

What I currently have is this:

I'm very happy with the logo right now- it's simple, recognizable, works on black and white backgrounds, could be monochrome, and scales nicely.

I've had feedback that the globe cutaway does not look "3D" enough. Is that true? (I'm biased.) How can I fix it, while keeping the logo simple? And have I arranged the text aesthetically with the logo in the bottom image?

Thank you for your help- I really appreciate advice from true graphic designers, instead of just me :)

EDIT 7/6/15: Thank you all so much for the advice. I experimented with the logo and came up with some new ideas:

I really like the last image- I changed the lightness of the three bright colors, and the subtle shadows of the sphere don't take away very much from the design.


texts: Capture clean Retina screenshot of web page without post production

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How can I take a screenshot of a web page on a MacBook Pro with Retina Display (rMBP) that:

Is at a reproducible size
Looks sharp on Retina displays
Without any browser chrome / accouterments showing
Without having to do any manual cropping or other post-production

In the past I've used Awesome Screenshot, but that browser extension has unfortunately fallen out of date. On my rMBP, it completely fouls up under Safari and captures low res shots in Google Chrome. (As of now Awesome Screenshot is at v. 1.3.7 for Safari and 3.3.7 for Chrome.)

I ask because I have to take several shots, and update them periodically, so I need a straightforward workflow.


texts: how to automatically generate a text variable for each text box in my illustrator file

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I have a big file with hundreds of images and texts. I need to export all the texts in order to send them to the translator.
I know I can do it with the variables, but its still a long process because I have to select every single text box and create a text variable with an univocal name out of that.
Does anyone know if there is a way to automatize this process? Maybe with the Actions?


texts: Is it possible to make a TTF or OTF font that uses png images instead of vectors?

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My problem originates in videogame development. My friend is creating bitmap fonts for our game in a PNG format. The font is 8-bit style (low res), just to mention.

I have to implement these fonts into Unity Engine, but the problem is that Unity likes to work with vector fonts and doesn't have the best support for bitmap fonts. To work with bitmap fonts you need to create another separate file that defines the locations and such of each character in the PNG. So now, just to have a font, I need two separate files instead of just one file.

What I'm trying to find out, is if TTF and OTF have support for holding images and thus also containing all of the positional data that I mentioned above, in one file.

If this is not the right path I should be taking, and there is another file format that best suits my situation, please let me know.

Thank you.


texts: How to make animations like these ? I have tried with drawing on whiteboard and taking time lapse of it. However from videos, they looked like picture is drawn first and then erased by some software. Any idea/tips to make such animations ?


texts: How can I take my graphic design to the next level?

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I'm a full-time professional designer in the early middle of my career -- I have been working as a designer full-time for 15 years.

I create lots of work that I am very proud of. However, when I look through something like a design annual, there is so much beautiful work that it makes me want to improve even more.

I've been thinking about this, and I think I mean that I want to improve in an aesthetic sense (which I know is subjective). I want my design to look more beautiful and pleasing. I'm very confident with achieving the communication goals of my design, and I even like how a lot of my design looks. But I would love to reach that higher level of beauty the masters seem capable of.

What should I do? How do I take my daily work to what I consider the next aesthetic level?


texts: How can I combine multiple PDF files into one?

texts: I have made my CV using Photoshop CS5.1 (3 separate files) and need to convert it to a single PDF file. I've done it before using a free download but can't remember what it was...does anybody know? Or is there another way this can be done?


texts: How do you directly edit a smart object in most recent Photoshop?

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A workflow I've long used in Photoshop is:

Open new canvas.
Place as Embedded (formerly just Place) a .jpg for composite.

Photoshop automatically places this as a smart object.

Double-click smart object to open in it's own window/tab (Photoshop opens this as a .psb) to make destructive or multi-layer edits.
Save and close .psb to return to canvas and see updates.

When I try to follow this workflow in the latest versions of Photoshop, it opens up the smart object as a .jpg and when I attempt to save and close, it wants to do a Save As to the file system, as if it's an externally linked file.

Is there a way to make it behave the way it used to? If not, how to do I make multi-layer edits to the embedded Smart Object?


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I'm struggling to make the below shape in illustrator:

Rounded corner rectangles are easy but I'm not sure how to round the sides easily as well. I would want these shapes to be easy to re-size ideally. Can anyone nudge me in the right direction?


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I have a shape that is basically the inverse of the shape I am trying to make. I have the outline of the shape and a square around it, but what I want is the shape inside of it.

What I have: (black is the shape)


texts: Can InDesign combine English and Japanese text?

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I need to do a project with English and Japanese text. Can InDesign use both simultaneously?

I was told no, I work in CS5. Wondering if I can avoid making a PDFs of Japanese characters and importing them into ID.


texts: How to properly credit yourself/others for design work on a portfolio site?

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I'm working on a portfolio site to showcase some of my design/layout/photography work. In a lot of cases, myself and one other person would work on a design idea; but in all cases, I am the one doing the assembly work on the computer and tweaking it to completion.

What is the best way to handle credits on a portfolio website when more than one person is involved? There are a few scenarios that I need to properly credit for:

Where the other person comes to me with a mostly formed idea; I assemble it on the computer and take a few small liberties on the design (would've taken more, but the other person is a control freak).
Where the other person and I are fairly equal in the design; but I execute it on the computer.
Where the other person pitched the idea, but I brainstormed/assembled the design and executed it myself on the computer.


texts: How to generate a 2D periodic pattern using a pseudo random binary sequence?

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Sample Periodic Pattern

I want to implement a periodic pattern which satisfies below equations:

W(x + q0N0, y) = W(x, y); q0, N0 >1

W(x, y + q1N1) = W(x, y); q1, N1 > 1

where N0 and N1 determine the periodicity of repetitions and
q0 and q1 a repetition number on the horizontal and vertical
directions. Generation from pseudorandom values {−1, 1}
produces a rectangular, binary valued pattern.


texts: How did I create this double path (Illustrator)?

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I was creating a graphic last night with a collection of paths, and later on realized that they had all somehow converted into double strokes.

I like the effect, but it's making live painting a complete pain since the space between each path needs it's own fill area. It would be nice to know how to turn this on and off, and replicate at a later time.

The posts I have found online seem to suggest that the methods for double strokes are a bit hacky, but I definitely didn't do anything on purpose to turn this on.

Any ideas?


texts: Embedding an image in an image so that it becomes invisible when resized

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I'm trying to do something a little like steganography - that is, I want to embed an image in an image so that when it's reduced to 50% size, the embedded image disappears and it becomes a plain color.

This is my attempt.

This is using Linear Dodge (Add) and Subtract blend modes in Photoshop, along with the respective layers being masked to alternating pixel columns.

When reduced to 50%, using bilinear or bicubic resampling, I'd like it to become just a plain color. Instead, it's becoming this:

Why? The resultant colors of the Add and Subtract aren't getting capped at 0 or 255. But, as we can see, lighter parts of the image are losing their red saturation.

How can I manipulate the images - ideally using Photoshop - to get the desired result?

My PSD is here, and the image I used is here.

Edit:

This is my second attempt:

And that exact same image, resized by your browser:

At least on mine, the A has disappeared. That is what I want, and I want Photoshop to calculate pixel colours rather than me have to do it manually.


texts: Audio spectrum, use path for custom shape

texts: There's a place to choose a path in the Audio Spectrum effect menu (1) and I have created such a path (2), however when I try to choose it in (1) only "None" shows up. The Mask 1 is in a Null Object Layer. What am I doing wrong?


texts: Commercial alternative to vinyl for bumper stickers and wine/beer/food labels?

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Not all self-adhesive stick well on bottles or car bumpers because the surface of the glass and shinny paint isn't very porous; the glue has no grip.

It also needs to be resistant to some conditions such as the cold, condensation or the rain. Self-adhesive papers as the ones sold by office supplies stores look low quality and don't meet these requirements. The ink and colors also fade quickly and Inkjet rarely print a nice finish or offer a lot of choice for stocks.

Vinyl stickers are expensive and cannot easily be printed in small quantities; going to a print shop is not always an option if there's no quality printer in town or if the stickers need to be produced quickly in-house. Vinyls are not convenient anyway for this type of project since they're not always resistant to cold temperature as much as paper.

The "custom" sticker question has often been asked here but they are all sent to the same answer about cheap custom stickers made on Inkjets or Laser printers or why vinyl stickers are expensive; that's not what this question is about.

What can be an alternative of stock to use as self-adhesive for wine/beer/food/weatherproof labels, and what digital printer (not inkjet or laser) could produce a quality similar to commercial labels in small or large quantities for a in-house print shop?


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I have put together a large display case backdrop roughly 7'x4' with 200 resolution in photoshop which is now 21gb and it will not save! I tried compressing and saving as a tiff but it takes hours and has yet to be successful. I have roughly 50 greyscale linked images all with layer masks evenly placed with a colour overlay not very complicated. The only way I can save is deleting sections saving that then puzzling it back together later then trying to export as a tiff again. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Shannon


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Do you go through all your fonts and choose the best one?

Do you find a typeface you like and get variations of it?

Do you copy your favorite typeface combination from a cool looking website?

Do you visit typewolf, googlefonts, fontsinuse, to get 'inspired'?


texts: C&C on a minimal logo that represents my name ("octopod")

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I am very much dying for a second opinion on a logo that brands my name. I have gone through many different logos without asking what other people think of them.

The goal here is to represent my name in a way that is text-less and minimal. For example, this here is my latest attempt: (ignore the text, the logo is the important thing here)

This logo is also used in most of my avatars (note the one I'm using on this website right now is a shortened version of the logo above)

This are my questions to you guys:

Does the design look too plain / generic? I kind of think it is, I mean it is just 9 circles. If so, what can I do to make it less so?
Does it represent my name well enough in the literal sense? My name and logo can be used for any kind of work I make, so I can't put anything in the design that defines the logo as belonging to any one type of work.
Am I going in the right direction? Refer to the below logos; they are what I've done in the past. Am I making any kind of improvement with this logo compared to my past logos, in regards to the previous two questions?

Also, the logo should (and feel free to question my goals for the logo):

I don't want to combine the logo and text. Refer to my past logos below, where I have tried stuff like "8P", "p8d", the giant "8". I liked the idea at one point, but I don't think they represent the name as well as a good logo does. Obviously, in the below logos I did combine the logo and text, but the main thing is I want the logo to work by itself as well.
I want to keep it minimal. By "minimal", I want it in a vector form, where in the end it's just a solid shape that I can fill with any color. And also "minimal" as in simple; I don't want to have to make complex shapes in the logo. Again, refer to my past logos; they're all solid shapes.
It should only represent my name. As stated earlier, I make various things, so I don't want to define the logo as belonging to any one type of work I make.

To further emphasize that I've gone through many logos, here is an .ai I made organizing my past logos from oldest to newest:

(source: puu.sh)

In addition to the main questions above, additional opinions and critique is appreciated. I really want to settle on a logo already, because this is insane.

Also, if it already wasn't clear, the logo should represent my username, which is "octopod".


texts: How to make a 20% tint of a CMYK color in illustrator?

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I'm trying to make a tint of a color in illustrator but can't figure out how to do that with CMYK colors. With pantone colors, you're usually able to make a tint by selecting the swatch and clicking the color window, like so:

However, when I try to do the same with CMYK colors, I just get an option to adjust the color balance, like this:

So where do I find the tint slider for CMYK colors? I'm working on a project where the client states that the specifically want a 20% tint of #d8c114. I don't want to use the color balance option, because I want to have essentially the same swatch, only lighter. It seems like it should be possible since I'm able to do tinted CMYK colors in indesign.


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Recently in Illustrator I have found that my bounding boxes have changed position!

I think that I did this with some arcane key combination, but I have been unable to reproduce it. Please see picture for reference. Both positions are admittedly useful, but I lack the option to change between the familiar and the new.


texts: Any tips for emulating printed / stamped ink textures?

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I'm trying to refine my ability to emulate a technique I see quite often on Dribbble and throughout the internet really.  I think in some cases this is done via actual printing (letterpress, engraving etc) but it seems likely that this is often just executed digitally as well.

A few examples are here:

the maroon arrowhead area:

Artist: Matthew Genitempo

the shadow in the chief's neck / ear area:

Artist: Patrick Moore

Basically it's a way to emulate an uneven ink density that would come from printing a large run with a stamp or plate that is running dry. I'm assuming that this is achieved through some combination of texture scans and layer filters, but I'd love to find a tutorial of some sort.

Of course, I've gone through some tutorials that pop up via a quick Google search but they usually utilize grain and noise filters and just end up looking way wayyy less convincing than the above examples.


texts: What is the best way to convert text to outlines?

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I know convertthis is horrible and I cringe every time the printer asks.

However, my team builds our files in InDesign and supplies print PDFs. The printer opens the PDFs in Illustrator or a program similar. (They are based in Asia. I assume this is common practice, since it happens a lot...) They always request for us to convert our PDFs to outlines. I know this is bad practice and I cringe every time the printer asks, but I do not have the luxury of going to a different printer.

In the past, I have created a flattener preset in InDesign, but it leaves white line artefacts around the images. Even if I tell the printer those lines will not print, they still want us to save a different way.
So is there a better way?

Convert to outlines in InDesign when exporting to PDF with a flattener preset – which leaves lines?
Convert text to outlines by using flattener preview in Adobe Acrobat?

I would prefer a solution that does not require my team to export a PDF, then open in another program, then open in Illustrator to verify.


texts: Is there a web tool that returns a contrasting colour palette from the number of entries?

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I make maps and often I find myself having to lay out a map with various adjacent polygons that need to be shaded to differentiate them. I am wondering if there is a web page out there that will let me put in a number of desired colours, and have it return a list of colours that contrast as much from each other as they can?

For example if I were to enter "2" I might get returned black and white, if I entered "3" I might get red, green, blue, but what about when I enter "12", I would want something that assesses how to lay 12 colours beside each other and still have them contract against each other. I imagine hue and saturation would come into play as well since then a colour could be expanded to "light", "dark", etc.

Does such a tool exist out there?


texts: Is it possible to change the colors of [all] layers at once in Photoshop CC?

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I went too far, but even if I didn't, I might want to change the color scheme in a future project.

Is there a simple way to select all layers and change a layer? I did some searching and couldn't find a way. I'm pretty sure there isn't, but if there is, please tell me.


texts: Exported SVG produces strange white spots

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I'm trying to export the attached logo as an SVG, but when I do I get some strange white areas.

I didn't make the logo, some other designer made this and now the company said they should have it as SVG.

It's made with lots of clipping masks.


texts: Text converted in inkscape produces a shaking hand

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Text produced in inkscape produces a shaking hand and  a line through it when being  drawn in video scribe.

Any similar experiences or suggestions please on how to overcome this


texts: I just started learning Illustrator, and I am trying to make a man but I can't color the middle line. It's always black, even though I changed it from the color's tools to blue.


texts: Printing colour from photo, but comes out wrong

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When printing (on photo paper) a design with a colour that I took from a photo (using the Gimp colour picker), this colour does not come out right. It is a quite different shade, both lighter and somewhat different quality (more reddish/brown). The design is created using Latex and then PDF, i.e. colour defined in Latex using the RGB values from Gimp.

I understand there are computer monitor colour profiles and printer colour profiles that may be involved, as well as various technical problems. Am wondering if there is any simple way to get the same colour on the paper as in the photo (on the screen). Without having to know more details than I have stated here.

Clarification: "same" as in at least from a distance, squinting.


texts: Is there a way of automatically displaying the vertical and horizontal spacing values in pixels between objects in an Adobe illustrator drawing?

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I am using Adobe Illustrator to design a number of full screen layouts for an iphone app. I want to achieve the exact same spacing from my desings in the final app. Currently the only way I know how to do this would be to turn on the guides and rulers and painstakingly measure each space between each object manually. Is there an easier alternative to this, be it a setting in Illustrator which can be switched on, plug-in, or some type of external program which can do this automatically.

i.e Some way of quickly being able to automatically see a visual overlay representation of the vertical and horizontal spacing measurements between the individual elements, and possibly combined with the dimensions of the elements themselves.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks


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Can someone please guide me what typeface is used in this Garmin GPS device?

I did some research on this. I believe they are using Frutiger (as per this link) or Open Sans (as per this link). On their website they have mostly used Open Sans, Roboto, Knockout, and Arial.

I'm a beginner and have zero background in typography. I just took one course on Lynda.com and am reading Prof. Brighurst's book. So, please excuse my ignorance.


texts: Placing Items from Illustrator to Indesign

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I'm trying to place an illustrator CC file with many artboards all into an Indesign CC file.

When I paste in the illustrations, the bounding boxes are giant.

When I place the file from file > Place, the quality of the illustrations is greatly diminished (looks very pixelated)

What is the proper way to move my file to indesign so I can place these illustrations in a book?

Thank you


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I have 2 images I need to combine (actually in HTML but I need help with getting the rotation), one is a mockup of an iPhone with an angle, and the other is a screenshot with no angle. I need to guess the rotation of the screenshot to make it fit in the phone's screen area. I can't use skew because that's not available in HTML / CSS (the skew that is available is different that what I need to achieve).

See below images:

So I need to somehow rotate the screenshot in 3D space to make it have an identical perspective with the phone's screen. Anyone knows of a simple and straightforward way?


texts: Photoshop adding border on saving to a JPG image

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I don't know why but, when I save a Photoshop file it automatically changes the file size and adds a white padding on the top and bottom of the image: see a screen recording how this is happening here:

Is there any way to fix this?


texts: How to Create a Shiny Colour Swatch Puddle

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I was wondering how you would create something like this:

Source: orlybeauty.com

As you can see, there is a shadow in the bottom left, which gets lighter as you move diagonally to the top right. There is also a fleck of white added, which is very easy to apply.

I had a go myself, using a linear gradient, with about 75% opacity either side and nothing in the centre. It didn't work!


texts: Photoshop: How to make batch automation save multiple images?

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I have an action in Photoshop that applies some filters and saves the image, then applies some more filters and saves it again, and so on.

But when I try to use this action in a batch automation and override the 'save as' command photoshop just saves the same image over and over again.

P.S: I have tried to change the name in all of the save action but the issue stands.


texts: How can I effectively cooperate with other graphic designers?

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Cooperation with graphic designers from other similar companies is very important in my job. We send each other a lot of files that we have to edit and then send further. The problem is, each one graphic designer uses different programs. For example, I'm using Adobe package, some other designer using Corel, some other GIMP, and so on.

My company makes plastic parts of shutters. We have many smaller companies inside and designers have full freedom for programs they are using. There is problem with converting each one file because - for example - someone can't read .eps, other one .cdr, etc. So finally we are using converters, which is bad for quality.

The question is: How can I effectively work with other graphic designers?

I thought that maybe we should all find one file extension, but we are all doing works of various kinds - from 3D models, to "beautiful" price lists with a lot of design things, like various backgrounds, feather-opacity headers, tables of contents, we are also doing logotypes, banners... The problem is, that for each kind of work we are also using different versions of programs and we often need to convert these files.


texts: How do I edit text on graphics downloaded from Shutterstock in Illustrator?

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I have an event coming up for a social group of mine and have signed up to Shutterstock to download a single flyer (for a not so small fee of $300). All I want to do is use one of the flyers from the website and edit the text for our event. I haven't used Illustrator before, which is why I thought I would simply purchase a graphic that is already made so I can just change some text - which I thought would be a fairly straightforward task.

However from what I have read since, once a text has been converted to an 'outline' there is no way for one to then edit the text, and I must just delete the existing text and replace it with my own. The problem is, I downloaded this particular flyer BECAUSE of the different effects they applied to the text. If I delete their text and insert my own, I am basically left with a blank canvas.

Now as an engineer who works with software everyday, this just seems completely nuts. Surely people don't pay for graphics only to have to then recreate them themselves because Illustrator or whoever made the graphic doesn't include a way to edit text.

Am I missing something here or is this just how it is? Is there some way I can edit the text in the document while keeping the effects applied to it?


texts: What is the correct name of this typographic pattern?

texts: What is the correct technical term for the swirls above and below the names in the image below?


texts: What are some good places to find multiple stock images from the same location?

texts: I need photos that look like they came from the same location. Is there a place that has "albums" of this sort? Royalty free, creative commons licensed, or paid.


texts: .AI vectors and text rendering wrong when PDF exported from InDesign

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I have an InDesign file which has a placed logo linking to an .AI file. The logo looks absolutely fine in InDesign. I also have some large text using the font Open Sans which looks great in InDesign.

However when I export the file to a High Quality PDF both the image and the text looks pretty bad. I've gone through lots of settings on the export but I just cant figure out what the issue.

Here are some images showing the issues. All the images are set at 100% zoom in InDesign and the PDF.

Logo high res .AI file.

Text

As you can see the image and text in the PDF look 'wobbly'.

Here's the general export settings I have for High Quality Print PDF. However if you need any more information just let me know.

Compression settings:


texts: Is eps the right format for photos with transparency?

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I have just started with a company who make a 72pp catalogue of products. There are hundreds of linked eps files used for the product photographs (electrical trade products so typically white and awkwardly-shaped). The catalogue is put together in InDesign CC and sent to the printer's as a pdf.

As I understand it, eps files are used because they offer transparency, which is necessary when dealing with many images layered over blocks of colour etc. on the page, and I obviously don't want to (re)make clipping paths for thousands of images.

My first instinct is to try to move away from eps to pdf, for the sake of file size if nothing else, there are linked eps images ranging from 92kb to 185mb(!) in size for pictures never larger than just under A4 and generally only about 20mm wide.

I've googled around for a clear answer but anything about eps focuses on vector graphics, and there's no obvious finished image file answer for photos with a transparent background.

Am I right about moving to pdfs for such small images and if so, is it worth converting nearly 10k images?


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How can I clip the image to change from this:

To something like this (edited it with a drawing brush):

Like how clipping mask work on Photoshop. I tried every pathfinder option on Illustrator and there's no result i want.

Basically I want all objects that will be only visible inside the black circle and nothing goes outside.

How can I make that way with Adobe Illustrator?

Thanks.


texts: Does sizing down and increasing resolution for printing affect sharpness?

texts: I have a photo that is at 120x60 cm at 72ppi. If I resize it to 50x23 cm at 300ppi for a print job where the image will be scaled down further will it affect the sharpness of the image?


texts: How to align an object relative to another object?

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Here's my two objects:

I'd like to quickly place the selected (small) circle in the center of the gray one. So its aligned vertically and horizontally in the middle.

How can I do it? What's the best procedure?


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I'm trying to create a 2d texture like that shown below that I can use to similarly 'shrink wrap' objects in 3d software so they look like they've been captured by a spider.

I know I've seen some synthetic material like this, but can't think of what it is.

I've tried creating the texture from lightning and difference cloud procedurals but just can't get it 'spun' enough looking.

Any suggestions?

Edit: As requested, here's one of the attempts I had. I think by persisting in piecing together sections like this and tweaking transparencies and straightening out the major strands might give me a believable enough image. But always keen to learn of novel solutions.


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This problem is quite unusual cause doesnt concern graphic design problems. I've recently migrated my Adobe softs from C disk to D and all icons of each product just missed and become default

It'd be great if someone knows the solution!


texts: PDF Looses Saturation when Exported at a Lower Resolution

texts: I exported my PDF with images from Illustrator, but the file was too large (around 35 MB), so I exported it with the PDF/X-1a:2001 setting to lower the resolution. The file was smaller as I wanted, but I noticed that that the color in the images had lost a lot of vibrance and saturation and the images were just a lot duller. I would really like to know if there a way to prevent this from happening while also keeping the files at a relatively small size (like <5 MB)? Thank you!


texts: How to keep leading to font size proportions when scaling text in indesign?

texts: So, my text is at 12pt with 20.8 leading. I want to scale the text up, and keep the leading proportionate, as increasing font size closes the gap that the leading makes.


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I read... " InDesign recognizes the color profiles of all placed images (sRGB, Adobe RGB, ProPhoto RGB, etc.). When you export to PDF (never PNG or JPG if you're going to press -- never, ever), InDesign uses exactly the same code as Photoshop to convert RGB images to the output color space and color profile, if you output to a legacy PDF format.

That's why there is no need to convert images to CMYK before placing them in an InDesign layout. It doesn't do any harm, most of the time, but there are no advantages. Converting RGB images to CMYK adds time and two extra opportunities for error: updates to the RGB image not being kept in sync with the CMYK version, and loss of color gamut if you use the wrong CMYK color profile in the conversion."

This mean even if I am going to print a book I do NOT need to worry if the image or illustration are RGB or CMYK?
Thanks if someone can help me cause I am crazy with this " problem" once I have many GGB images.


texts: How to compute the radii (radiuses) of corners for concentric rounded rects

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I have a roundrect button that I want to contain within another roundrect. The containing roundrect should always be 1px away from the button.

If I make the radius on the container too small then the corners have a larger gap around them.

Is there a good "rule of thumb" that I can use to figure out what the radius should be for the larger roundrect?


texts: Inkscape or Illustrator: How to create a Polygonal Gradient / Shapeburst fill?

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I'm trying to create a Polygonal Gradient fill in Inkscape or Illustrator. Here's a rendered example of what I'm trying to do:

The image above shows a black-to-white polygonal gradient on a pentagon. As you can see, the gradient is neither linear nor radial. It follows the shape of the polygon: the color of each pixel is determined by its distance to the nearest border. The further away from any border the pixel is, the more of the "inner" colour (in this case: white) is used.

Can inkscape or illustrator do something like this? And, bonus question: can I somehow make this work for curve-based shapes too, such as a rounded rectangle?

It seems so very basic but I just can't seem to do it.

EDIT: I just learned that Gimp has an option for bitmap-based graphics called "shapeburst". It does exactly what I want - but only for bitmaps. This site has some nice examples. Here are the Gimp docs on this topic.


texts: InDesign: preserving master page elements when adding single pages into a 2-page-spread document

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I am designing a report for a municipality that shows different measures that municipality should take. The whole report has more content so I have set up one master page that has the page numbers and a heading at the very top (master page A). Dependent on that I have set up a master page B for the pages detailing these measures (master page B, based on master page A). The measures use a repeating layout with a few elements at the top of the page (a little icon, a number and a title) and below that more content that varies from measure to measure. Some measures use more than one page in which case only the first page uses master page B and subsequent pages use master page A. The whole document is set up as a two-page-spread (it will become a printed report in the end), so it has left and right pages (and some elements are mirrored, for example page numbers are always in the outer corner).

I have locked the icon, number, and title elements on the master page and enabled selection of locked elements in my preferences so size and position is retained but I can edit the content, to make sure that these elements stay attached to the master page, because we might decide to change the layout at a later date. (This was part of my problem, and was solved after I discovered this thread: How to lock the position and size of a text-frame in InDesign CS6?)

We are still working on the actual content and producing maps and illustrations and other things, so content moves around and pages get added and deleted.

My problem is as follows: When I add a single page, all subsequent pages change their "orientation" (left pages become right pages, and right pages become left pages) because I want to preserve two-page-spreads all the way through. Apparently InDesign does not recognize that the master page elements (icon, number and text) are meant to be the same on left and right pages, and thus it re-creates these master page elements on all subsequent B pages and leaves my modified version (with custom icon, number, and text) below them.

This is what it looks like as it should be (black bar is me censoring the thing):

This is what it looks like after inserting a single page right before the page shown in the picture. You can see that the original content has disappeared behind the newly created master page elements.

I would like to preserve their association with a master page so I can still easily change the layout later. Is there any way to create a master page that is the same for left and right pages, even though their parent master page is not? (e.g. I have page numbers and other elements different on left and right pages, but the elements that are specific for the pages with the measures stay the same, so it doesn't mess up the document when pages go from left to right or vice versa)
Alternatively is there a way to associate master page elements on left and right pages with each other, so when a page goes from left to right or vice versa, InDesign recognizes that the master page elements should stay the same?

I already tried changing master page B to a single page master layout, but that did not work - it only preserved the elements from the left page of master page A.

I hope this explanation is understandable, and I thank you for any advice in advance!


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I've produced this font and for some strange reason the kerning table only works partially on one of my Linux boxes. It works on 2 other Linux boxes for some reason. I'm wondering if there is a way to test the file for errors or things that might trip up some Linux distros.

It works in one of my Ubuntu 16.04s, a Ubuntu 14.04 but doesn't work on another Ubuntu 16.04.


texts: How is this painted-like effect in Photoshop called and/or made

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Hello there to the community.

Can anyone help to identify how this effect is called or made? I'm referring to the way the power tools are edited at image attached.

Maybe anyone knows some tips on color correction or any actions that could help to achieve this.

I'm not sure how to call it, but they are kinda like painted a bit - it's not strong effect but makes the items pop.

Thank You in advance for any help !!!


texts: How can I create a font from my handwriting?

texts: A quick Google search turns up many websites that claim to make a customized script font from a sample of your handwriting. How do they compare, and would you recommend any such service? Are there online tools (free or open-source preferably) that can achieve this goal?


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We're beginning our work with InDesign to create technical documents (reports for customers) due to its XML/import capabilities.  Our document has a pretty traditional structure: Title page, TOC, heading, subheadings, footnotes and an index.  One problem that we're experiencing is that if we define a new Master (or even use the existing Master), and don't "thread" our text boxes, numbering isn't preserved between the text boxes.  Ideally what i'd like to do is have the text boxes numbering be independent of whether or not the text boxes are threaded.

Is this possible?  I currently see two ways of doing this:

Manually numbering (using "Start From")
Threading

Are there any other ways i'm missing to get this done?


texts: How do I create a similar texture in illustrator?

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How do I create the texture of the clouds in Illustrator?

Or is there a set of brushes that could give a similar effect someone can point me to?

Thanks!

(source: virbcdn.com)

(Images from samkalda.com)


texts: Why can't I import my photoshop SVG in sketch

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In sketch, I choose edit->insert image, then search for the SVG...It is listed but greyed-out and non-selectable. I can import any other valid image format.

Everywhere I read about importing in sketch, it says that SVG is a valid format and no one else seems to have trouble importing these.


texts: Cascade changes on symbols library accross multiple files in Illustrator CC

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Illustrator CC has a symbols feature, where I can create symbols and place multiple instances of them in a document.
It also allows me to save a symbols library as a .ai file, so I can use the same symbols in another document.

It seems that when I use a symbol from a library, the symbol gets imported into the document, this way, changing a library wont cascade changes to all my Illustrator documents that use the library.

A solution is to create a folder with many .ai files, each containing a symbol, this way I would have a kind of symbol library of my own.
I can cascade changes by saving each symbol as a PDF compatible .ai and then placing this file in my document as a link, so changes in my .ai symbol would cascade on all files that have it linked.

Is there a better way to cascade changes from symbols across multiple documents?


texts: Photoshop: what exactly is a layer style?

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I know about adjustment layers and filters are and the differences between them. But now I discovered this new concept called "layer styles" like layer shadows and stuff.

My question is: What exactly are layer styles and how do they differ from layer filters and adjustment layers?

I mean, we can drop a shadow using filters too right? Then why make an entirely new concept called layer styles?


texts: Illustrator CS6 white lines showing in repeat

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I've tried everything.Preferences- general-anti aliased artwork makes design look fine.Upload or check it in photoshop and the line is still there.A months work of work messed up.
My thinking is I have something selected or checked somewhere and it's screwing up my work.


texts: Trouble with closing pen tool lines in Illustrator for vector illustration

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I’ve had experience with drawing in Photoshop, but never tried vector artwork in Illustrator before.

I drew this illustration using separate pen tool lines for the majority of the outlines (her clothes, body).

This was a problem when i tried to colour it - the lines weren’t closed, since that would mean having to double over some of my lines? For example, if I wanted to close the knee on our left, would it mean I have to somehow double over the left line of the arm that’s touching it?

I ended up somehow using Live Paint to fill in the spaces, but it was really difficult and unintuitive. I can't even remember how it worked out, but it took hours.

I’ve had suggestions to switch to Photoshop for this kind of drawing, but I enjoy the sharp lines and flexibility of working with vectors.

What’s a good way to work around the issue of ‘closing’ the lines without doubling over lines that are already drawn?

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: If anyone else stumbles on this (beginner's) issue, I was shown another way to draw vector images on Illustrator without using Live Paint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvOX9nQgXus Watch from 12:34.

They also expand the strokes and merge them together, but manage to colour it without Live Paint.


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I want to create this effect in Affinity Designer:

In Illustrator i go to effects>warp>bulge

Is there a buldge effect equivalent in affinity?


texts: How to crop a JPG without recompressing?

texts: Is it possible to crop a JPG image without losing quality/recompressing the remaining part of the image?


texts: Photoshop gradient overlay layer style not visible

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I have been working on Photoshop CS6 for a while now and this is some basic text I did with overlay and a few other settings:

But now only the normal mode works, but when I put on overlay it just vanishes:


texts: How can I do this using Gradient Tool in illustrator?

texts: I want to do that using gradient tool but things eventually go wrong< so what should I do ?


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PLEASE HELP knowledgeable people :)
I am wondering what the process is in applying a design to the surface of a mug. I want to experiment with patterns and text and create something that looks modern and trendy. As Im a graphic designer the design parts easy, I just wonder how I get the design onto the mug in a cheap and professional finish as I am hoping to sell these. I really like the gold foil look and also just plain black, I have tried sharpies and porcelain paint but the finish doesn't look refined.
I would prefer for them to be dishwasher and microwave safe and a method that I can achieve at home.

Thanks heaps, looking forward to some answers :)


texts: PowerPoint has two 16:9 sizes -- which is more common, what are the norms?

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This prior post  covers 16:9 vs 4:3 but PowerPoint actually has two 16:9 sizes in its defaults:

"On-screen show (16:9)" has a drawing area of 5.63 x 10 in
"Widescreen" is also 16:9 but has a drawing area of 7.5 x 13.33 in

Conceptually they are equivalent, you could create a presentation in the first one with 10point fonts and box sizes of 1.00 in tall, then change Page Setup to Widescreen, select the checkbox to scale everything, and now you have an equivalent presentation with  13.3 point fonts with 1.33in box sizes that looks the same on screen.
If you create a new presentation I think the current default is the larger one, (7.5 x 13.33in).  But I also see many companies with brand templates designed by credible agencies that use the smaller (5.63 x 10in).
When do designers choose one vs the other, and why?  For background, we write software that aims to be copacetic with what ever brand template a company has.


texts: InDesign script to remove auto-sizing option from specific text frame

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I'm trying to write an ExtendScript script for InDesign to automatically generate a catalogue, which will be based on an inputted XML file.

As by now, I'm defining different page types for different types of product (e.g. a 5-column page for different components, a 8-column page for the product with multiple colour options, etc.), and I do so by first placing a text frame with an object style applied.

This object style has auto-sizing option active (in this way, shorter tables won't occupy an entire page, while frames with longer tables won't have overflow text).

For a specific page type, I need to:

read the geometricBounds of the textframe, to store its height in a variable;
unset the auto-sizing option (otherwise, any change in size won't be effective);
set a new, calculated, height, by changing the geometricBounds.

I'm having trouble with the second step, because I don't know which is the correct method/property/function to recall to change this setting.


texts: Any program to create/edit Adobe Illustrator xml easily?

texts: I've been using Illustrator's Data-Driven Graphics, for one of my projects. But dread using command-line programing to populate all the fields. Is there a GUI app to manage, edit and save Adobe Illustrator compatible xml files?


texts: Masking complex groups in Adobe Illustrator

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I'd like to create a clipping mask using two groups. My structure is as follows:

<Group>
    <several Compound Paths>
<Group>
    <Rectangle>
    <Image>

My assumption is that I should be able to select both groups, and go Object > Clipping mask > Create.

When I create the mask, however, the clip group is created, but no image displays on the artboard or in the layer thumbnail. Does this have anything to do with using groups, or the contents of those groups?

(I have no issues creating masks in other scenarios)


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I'm just starting to use Photoshop's Image Asset Generation feature, but can't work out how (or if it's even possible) to include a single layer in all generated images.

For example, I have a layer with a generic blank "computer screen" image on it, and I want to generate 10 sprites with that computer on them, but with maybe a different coloured icon on it.

At the moment, I have to duplicate the base layer 10 times into groups with the specific icon for each one, which then get exported. The problem with that is whenever I redesign the base image, I have to re-duplicate it to all the groups.


texts: When exporting as pdf a layer that should not be transparent becomes transparent

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I am making an image by pasting a pdf image on a background. Everything looks great in Inkscape, but when exporting the entire Inkscape file to pdf, the pdf image gets somewhat transparent for no reason.

Attached you will find two files that show my issue. The Inkscape svg shows how it is supposed to be, but when I export, and then choose pdf, the top layer gets transparent. I have tried to make the popup opaque, but haven't been able to find a way. I have updated to v0.92.2 and removed any empty layers.

Do anyone have any tips as to how I can export as pdf and make the pdf look like the svg?

Link to File Folder


texts: I've been trying to learn how to achieve more organic drawing and shading styles in my illustrations. The attached drawing is a good example of what I'm trying to accomplish. Do you think this was done by hand? If not, how do you suppose the artist achieved this style in Illustrator? I've seen this style in a lot of digital illustrations. I've tried using grain texture on a black to white gradient but it always comes out looking very cookie cutter and digital.


texts: What is wrong with the type tool with Cambria in Photoshop?

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When using Cambria (included with Office for Mac 2011) in PS, I get this huge insertion bar (err...).

But seriously, in the left hand example the cursor is positioned after the number 1, and the bar reaches way below line 2! In the right example, the cursor is positioned after '2' for comparison. The type palette is shown.

Other fonts perform as expected (the insertion bar matches line height).

doh, not allowed to post images.. here it is:


texts: differences between Helvetica Neue and Monument Grotesk

texts: I usually can spot at least a few difference between Helvetica (or Helvetica Neue) and another font. The a and r are usual suspects but I am struggling to see any difference at all between Monument Grotesk https://abcdinamo.com/typefaces/monument-grotesk and Helvetica or Helvetica Neue. Is there any notable difference ?


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Is it possible to trim a clipping mask in Illustrator? I have an image that I created a mask for, but the entire image is so much larger than the space I need, I would like to crop the rest of the image to the mask.

Basically, I need the same result as in Photoshop when you Right-click > Apply Mask.


texts: Use GREP in Indesign to replace PAIRS of typographer's (curly) quotation marks

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Current format:
“This is a quoted speech, which said ‘another quoted speech’ is best.”
“However, what about their ‘discussion’s speech’?”
Intended format:
‘This is a quoted speech, which said “another quoted speech” is best.’
‘However, what about their “discussion’s speech”?’
Question:
Currently, I'm using the find–replace to search for single left quotation mark, replacing it with a unique symbol (like ^), and then manually replace the ending single right quotation mark with ^ again. Then I replace all double quotes with single quotes and ^ with double quotes. The reason for this is to leave apostrophes untouched.
What I want is a GREP way of finding the pairs of single quotation marks, excluding apostrophes, and replacing them with ^.
What I have tried is: ‘.+?’, which mostly helps but will also detects the apostrophes as a closing quotation mark. I also need to use brackets in the GREP so that I can make Indesign leave the text in between the quotation marks untouched, like so, (‘)(.+)(?’) so that the replace field can say ^$2^.
I would really appreciate any help here.


texts: Choice of font and layout for displaying text in more than one language at a time

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It is common to see bilingual books where the text is laid out side by side so that the reader is either reading in language A or language B but not looking at text in both languages at the same time. This means that the design and layout for each language does not affect the other. There are also similar questions previously regarding the typesetting of bilingual books.
However, how does this apply in a digital sense, when you might actually have text in language A in one sentence, followed by the corresponding text in language B in the next sentence (which is typical for books with short sentences or content like children's books).


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I'm trying to save artboards as PDF and EPS.  I have the latest version of illustrator. When I got to export > save as ... I don't see these options.

Here's the options https://prnt.sc/g0mst6

Any help would be much appreciated.


texts: InDesign: Keep paragraph (with forced line break) together across pages

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I'm using a forced line break (a.k.a. soft return) in my chapter titles. I'm grabbing those paragraph styles to generate a table of contents. But now the text for those chapter titles can get broken up in my table of contents at the end of a page, as shown:

How can I prevent this behavior? My workaround is to add a page break in front of the Chapter 14 line so that it begins on the following page. But I'd rather modify the paragraph style that I'm using in my TOC so that I don't have to go through and manually add page breaks every time I update the TOC.

I tried setting the Keep options for that paragraph style, but it had no effect.


texts: CMYK image in Indesign changing RGB images on the same page to CYMK?

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I'm using Adobe Indesign to write my Chemistry PhD thesis. I'm far from an expert in publishing/design, so please forgive me if this is a simple question.

I am having an issue with an few images that I have placed in Indesign (they were generated from another program called Pymol, where Pymol created the .png in CMYK. These placed images in Indesign seem to be changing the colours of other images on the same page. The usually vivid blue is now pale.

I am worried that when I publish my thesis to pdf it will have miss-matched blues. What should I do to "fix this". I cannot really remake the CMYK images in RGB, because they took me quite a while to make and annotate them.


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Greetings Fellow Designers

I want to print a vivid Cyan for a Business Card. Its hex code is #04f1d7. It was sent by my client to me and it was designed in RGB. Now the client is stuck on this option to print, while after converting to CMYK it becomes dull.

But I am getting as image below. Can anyone help me to solve this problem?

There was already a question like this on this site but I am looking to catch a straw.


texts: Fireworks: Exporting assets for mobile, multiple sizes

texts: Just curious what peoples tips and tricks are for exporting mobile assets for apps with Fireworks quickly, efficiently and crisply? For multiple device sizes. Also, do you recommend keeping an asset library in one file?


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Suppose I have an object A containing a line segment l. Now I have another line segment q in my drawing. How can I rotate the whole object A such that the line segment l becomes parallell to q?

I've done this manually by now, but it takes time and doesn't get exact.

PS: It's OK for me that the object A gets translated; A does not need to be at the same place after rotation.

Original:

Result:


texts: How do I keep the original color of a vector when exporting?

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I made a vector on Adobe Illustrator (v 24.1.2) and when I export it as a JPG or even if I open it as a PDF I notice I lose alot of the color. How do I prevent this from happening?
Eventually I would like to blow this up and put it in a poster.
I have ensured to keep the color mode to CMKY.  Also when I saved it I made sure it was at high resolution.
Your help is appreciated.


texts: White border around png image after saving with IrfanView

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I created a simple circle drawing in Inkscape. Then I exported the drawing as png.

When I resize the image in IrfanView and save it as png then a thin white border appears around the circle.

You can see the difference between both images here:

Original image

Image after IrfanView

Why does saving with IrfanView put a white border around circle?


texts: Where can I find the x / y coordinates for a layer in PS CS?

texts: I need to find the x / y coordinates for each layer in my psd. I've searched through the help file and online, but I can't find the answer.


texts: How do I go change the order/position of characters in Unicode fonts when a language demands it?

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When designing a font for another language in Unicode, how do you change the position of the characters to show up how they need to show up?

Edit: Since the characters don't seem to be showing up for some of you, I am including an image with the text and will reference which line in the image I am referring to when using the characters (Format: [character]/[line number in image])

For example, in Gurmukhi, the  ਿ/1 (vowel) character should show up before the (consonant) character that it is attached to. For example, when attached to ਸ/2, it shows up as ਸਿ/3. Though it shows up before, the  ਿ/1 character is actually after the ਸ/2 character (in terms of how it's stored). You can see this by copying the characters together into another textbox and pressing backspace.

It is notable that it even shifts the character that it is attached to over to create space when needed. See this example: ਨਾਮ/4 and ਨਾਮਿ/5. You can here that it shifts the ਮ/6 character to the right in order to create room for the  ਿ/1 character (again, you can see it better if you copy and press backspace).

I have seen other character positions handled with anchors, but those don't seem to apply here exactly. Even for other characters in Gurmukhi, anchors are used to change the character position. For example, the way that the ੁ/7 is supposed to be positioned below a consonant, like so: ਸੁ/8. The way that Unicode fonts handle this is with anchors, but when it comes to the  ਿ/1, that is not the case. When opening a Unicode font on something like FontForge, you can see that there is no anchors in the  ਿ/1 character (U+0A3F in case you want to see). Also, I've seen that right-to-left languages like Arabic don't have anchors either, so they are probably handled in a different way as well.

But how exactly are these cases handled?


texts: Missing characters Indesign. Some characters from a specific font are omitted

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I have a problem with Indesign and Futura PT Font, when I write "f" + "i" like eg. "Confianza","fin","Confidencialidad", the characters "fi" are not display. I have attached some photos so you can see the problem and give me a solution.

Thanks in advance.

Christian Paucar


texts: Aligning 2 shapes using a side or two points in illustrator?

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Anyone know how to align 2 shapes using two points or one of the shapes side/path in Illustrator? I know there has to be an easy way to rotate two shapes and make sure their points align perfectly without doing it manually. Any ideas?

As an example, if I have a triangle and I need a second triangle of the same size to align to the triangles left side. Is there a way to not have to try and manually rotate it to get the exact angle for the two sides to align perfectly?

Below is a quick sample of what I am talking about. The shapes won't always be identical and may only consist of one equal path or side to match with.


texts: Photoshop - Draw sketchy rounded rectangle borders

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I would like to draw a sketchy frizzled border around the panels of a comic page in Photoshop. Basically a brush stroke border with a precise alignment to the borders of the rounded rectangle.

Idealistic I'd just want to use the rounded rectangle tool with a border that looks like drawn by a brush.

Another idea was to make the border a clipping mask and use a brush for that. But the brush stroke would need to aline with the panel borders since they have round edges. I haven't found a way to do that since I'll always have the underlying color of the clipping mask beneath the border instead of the background from the texture below.

There is also the stroke option of the layer menu, but I didn't find an option to change the stroke appearance in the way I'd need it.

Other tutorials suggest using the eraser tool to give the border a grunge effect. I guess that would technically work but for the thin lines and the number of panels this would take forever.

Are there any other hidden tricks in Photoshop to achieve that goal?

This example was made easily in Apple's Pages.


texts: How to paste Chinese text into Illustrator?

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I have a frustrating problem with Chinese text in Illustrator. I am updating some graphics by changing English text to Chinese. I have been provided with Chinese translations in a Word document which are all entirely legible (if you read Chinese, of course). I have approached this in 3 ways and all 3 have thrown up problems:

Select and copy text in Word. Double click text in Illustrator so position is preserved, paste text. This sometimes works, but often several characters will be replaced with a crossed box (ie 'no character'). The font is set to SimSun in Word, but for some reason transfers to Kozuka Gothic when pasted. So I try and set the font back to SimSun, but it refuses to change.
Select and copy text in Word. Delete English textbox completely. Paste Chinese text directly into Illustrator. SimSun font is preserved and all characters show... but the text has a huge bounding box extending way out to the right, filled with empty characters. This means I either have to edit each text box and delete those characters, or deal with lots of overlapping bounding boxes.
Select and copy text in Word. Paste it into Notepad to remove extraneous formatting. Paste into Illustrator. Bounding box is properly sized, but font changes to Kozuka Gothic as per 1.

Does anyone have any idea how to overcome this?


texts: I own a registered logo design. It is currently in black and white. Can I legally change the color scheme from black and white to other colors?


texts: Certificate Programs vs. An Associates Degree

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My question is one to be debated.

I am currently working as a marketing assistant with many design responsibilities. I have grown to love this and wish to take my career in this direction. Here is the problem: I have no real college experience. I am however very fortunate to be located in a city that has many opportunities to remedy this issue.

I have come across a great program at The New England School of Art and Design (at Suffolk University) that offers a certificate program in Graphic Design. My hope is that a certificate from a respected institution coupled with my work experience will be all that I need to kick-start my carer in graphic design. I do worry that will simply not be the case, that I could be overlooked and have wasted money as a result.

As design professionals, which weighs heavier in the hiring process: a certificate or an associates degree?


texts: Exporting files for print in the wrong size

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I design and print, and work with small subjects "Printing on Lego" so as small as 8mm. I export in eps and pdf files for print.

I need dimensions to be perfect so when setting a size in my work space using Corel and AI (for example the working space is 12.77mm by 15.44mm) I find when exporting an EPS it tags pixels and blows the image out to 13.05mm by 15.77mm or exporting in .pdf the numbers are perfect size wise, but the image is off center.

How to correct these dimension issues when exporting my files?


texts: Export multiple layers as PNG at canvas size and in actual position

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I have a number of layers (hundreds) on a psd. I want to export each layer as a .png file, but I want each one to be the size of the canvas, but also to maintain it's current position in the psd.

At the moment I can select multiple layers and do "export as..." but then I have to manually resize each layer to be the size of the canvas. The trouble is every layer then becomes centred.

I need to maintain the position of each element as they're all varied sizes, but they are all related to an overall picture.

Ultimately it's a character builder and each layer is a part of a character. For instance there are multiple "hat" layers. Each hat however can be a different size and so is positioned slightly differently on the character. They're all positioned correctly on the PSD, but exporting ruins this positioning. I could address this in code in the final app, but it's making more work as I have to treat each hat as distinct rather than all as generic hats. Is there an easy way to do this in Photoshop?


texts: Adobe InDesign interactive/animation: Can I change object layer options

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tldr; Is there any way that I can use animations to change the opbject layer options of an .ai file in an interactive InDesign presentation, avoiding my need for 10 slides for a single .ai?

I do a lot of presentations in InDesign. I use graphics that I create in Illustrator a lot. An example would be a graph, where I actually have one .ai file with 10 different plots in a same set of axes to compare in a presentation, or show the gradual buildup of a concept this way.

Currently, I use no animations or anything - I simply duplicate the slide a dozen times in InDesign, and edit the object layer options for each new slide to gradually tell my story.

I was recently looking at making interactive presentations in InDesign as the 'next level' of improving their quality. Is there any way that I can use sometihng like animations to change the opbject layer options, avoiding my need for 10 slides for a single image?


texts: Can I get rid of all the extra objects that Illustrator creates after I use pathfinder?

texts: I'm not an experienced Illustrator user, but whenever I use pathfinder to combine a few shapes together, Illustrator would create a whole bunch of what appears to look like outlines of every shape and thin thin hairlines that doesn't show up on my art board when I turn on the visibility. I can only see them when I look at the layers on the side. It doesn't seem to make a difference to my art when I delete all of those shapes. Can someone tell me what these shapes are and if it is alright to just delete them?


texts: Can I merge multiple "overlay" layers into one with the same result?

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I have a series of layers in a document, all "Overlay" blending with varying opacities. (The net effect is a subtle set of fake lighting.)

I would like to merge the whole set of layers into a single one, which I can then use an overlay blend with and get the same effect.

But when I merge all the layers together, and set the result to 100% opacity Overlay, the visible result is slightly different. Not grossly so, but clearly incorrect.

Is there a way to faithfully collapse a bunch of layers with the same blend mode into one layer that can use that same blend mode? Thanks.


texts: In Photoshop, how do you use liquify to edit an image while seeing the other image you have on another layer?

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I want to use liquify tool functions to edit a face to have features of another face that is on another layer.

An example may be that I want to drop the opacity so that I can magnify or move the nose around to be like the nose of the other face that is on the other layer.


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Is there any simple way to autocrop/autoshrink a square image in GIMP, but without changing aspect ratio? Basically the autoshrinking would stop once it's no longer possible to maintain height and width equality.

I've been using this with imagemagick and powershell:

convert $files[$i].Name -set option:size '%[fx:max(w,h)]x%[fx:max(w,h)]'
\ xc:none +swap -gravity center -composite $outfile

Preferably would like to do this with scheme/script-fu.


texts: Gimp, “Color to Alpha” displays transparency in preview but not commiting change?

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I am using GIMP 2.6.11. I have an image I am trying to convert to having a transparent background. I have done this many times. I use the select by color tool, and add layer to alpha channel.

When I select color to alpha from the transparency option, it displays the preview of how it will look. This has the original background converted to the checkerboard background as expected. When I select okay to commit, nothing happens to the actual image on the canvas. What am I doing wrong, because there is not any messages popping up when committing. It just doesn't follow through with the change.


texts: How can i copy and paste arabic in After effects?

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When i try to copy and paste arabic text in After effects the letters in the words look divided one from the other.
I already had the same problem with Ps and i had to change the settings of the software in "middle east settings" but i don´t find this solution in the Ae menu´, i discovered a script online but i think it´s more about typing than copy and paste


texts: How do i save the root elements width and height in px rather than in mm?

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I have typed the following G in my inkscape:

Now when i save this SVG i get the following output:

<svg
   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
   width="210mm"
   height="297mm"
   viewBox="0 0 744.09448819 1052.3622047"
   id="svg2"
   version="1.1"
   inkscape:version="0.91 r13725">
  <defs
     id="defs4" />
  <sodipodi:namedview
     id="base"
     pagecolor="#ffffff"
     bordercolor="#666666"
     borderopacity="1.0"
     inkscape:pageopacity="0.0"
     inkscape:pageshadow="2"
     inkscape:zoom="0.35"
     inkscape:cx="-46.428571"
     inkscape:cy="520"
     inkscape:document-units="px"
     inkscape:current-layer="layer1"
     showgrid="false"
     inkscape:window-width="1366"
     inkscape:window-height="705"
     inkscape:window-x="-8"
     inkscape:window-y="-8"
     inkscape:window-maximized="1" />
  <metadata
     id="metadata7">
    <rdf:RDF>
      <cc:Work
         rdf:about="">
        <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
        <dc:type
           rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
        <dc:title></dc:title>
      </cc:Work>
    </rdf:RDF>
  </metadata>
  <g
     inkscape:label="Layer 1"
     inkscape:groupmode="layer"
     id="layer1">
    <text
       xml:space="preserve"
       style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:40px;line-height:125%;font-family:sans-serif;letter-spacing:0px;word-spacing:0px;fill:#000000;fill-opacity:1;stroke:none;stroke-width:1px;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-opacity:1"
       x="2.8571408"
       y="189.50507"
       id="text4136"
       sodipodi:linespacing="125%"><tspan
         sodipodi:role="line"
         id="tspan4138"
         x="2.8571408"
         y="189.50507"
         style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:180px;font-family:edges;-inkscape-font-specification:edges">G</tspan></text>
  </g>
</svg>

As you can see the root element has the following two attributes:

width="210mm" height="297mm"

Now the width and height here are saved in mm. What i would really like is if the width and height both can be saved in px. How do i do this in inkscape ?


texts: How can I organize Adobe Illustrator Workspace?

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I am trying to find some common place considering Illustrator Workspace arrangement. Frequently I have a mess on my working space, however I cannot find some useful solution apart of pressing F and Shift+Tab or Tab.

Could you please share some Workspace organization screenshots and recommend some useful tips about the subject.


texts: Is it possible to apply things like brightness/contrast or hue saturation or even filters to more than one layer at a time in Gimp?


texts: Any ideas on how to get this TV faded color effect?

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I've been trying to get this effect in Photoshop. I thought about creating 3 semi-transparent layers with the same image and having the images slightly unaligned (to give that ghost or faded trace). Then changing the hue in blue, red and yellow (one for each color shown on the picture) and for the natural colors (face) adding a 4th layer with an original image but desaturating it just a bit. I tried this idea but couldn't replicate the effect, so I want see if any of you have better ideas.

Note: I don't care about the horizontal lines shown on the pic, just to get the faded effect or those 3 colors.

Alright so I got it going. On the "Layers" pane I selected the "Channels" tab. Selected each color channel and shift the image just a bit.

Thank you @Lèse majesté. For some reason this didn't work last night I had an error saying that channels could not me moved but thanks to your answer i tried once again and now it works.

I tried to post a sample of what i made but i dont't have 10 reputation points to do it.


texts: Creating a ring and preserving thickness while scaling in Illustrator

texts: To create my rings, I use two instances of the Ellipse tool. Then, I center the two circles, and use the Pathfinder tool to delete the intersection. I am left with a thick ring. I make some copies of the ring. When I rescale, the thickness changes. How can I preserve the thickness?


texts: Basics of constructing a landscape illustration?

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I tried to illustrate a landscape, and I am very unsatisfied as it is

I think it lacks depth, I think the lighting is weak and and I just... I don't know. I don't what it all lacks, but I am just not satisfied.

What can I do to improve this? What are the basics of illustrating a nice landscape?

Also, might sound annoying but could you guys not use terms that are too high caliber? I am just a hobbyist, not a professional.


texts: Illustrator reverse character without creating outlines

texts: Is it possible to reverse (as in flip vertically) a single character (in my case the '~' character) inside a line of text WITHOUT converting the text to outlines? As in it's still a character, it just happens to be reveresed?


texts: In illustrator can I join multiple lines to form one huge compound path

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I am making a map, and have a lot of roads which are a line with stroke. I want to join roads to form a network, without it adding extra segments.
Is it possible to join one road onto a another at a midpoint (not at a free end)? I need to join them because of the stroke, as it shows if they overlap.


texts: How to paste a part of an image in the same coordinates I cut it from?

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I want to cut a specific part of an image, then paste it in another image in the same coordinates I cut it from. So, if I cut it and it was in (100, 112) then I paste it in (100, 112) in the other Image, not in the center.

How can I do this?


texts: What is the purpose of dash between navigation and introduction?

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While surfing through some portfolio sites, I encountered something interesting. It was a portfolio site created by Robbie Manson.

If you see the below image, you can see the dash line '-' between the navigation and the introduction of Robbie Manson.

This is not the only time I see this kind of design, where simple dash line or dot that looks meaningless occupies the space.

What is the effect of this kind of design?


texts: Looking for inspiration: examples of a web calendar with fancy "pop-up" details for each day

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I'm designing a web calendar application. The starting view shows a small-ish calendar with a number of events listed on each day. The calendar cell for today, for example, contains the words "March 10" and "3 Events". When the user clicks on the day, I want some kind of dynamic menu or box to appear with details about those 3 events. I want this "detail view" to be on the same page, overlayed on top of the existing web page elements.

The problem is I'm having a total mental block while trying to decide what that "detail view" menu or box should look like. I'm wondering, does anyone know of any calendars or similar web apps that use this functionality that I could look at to get inspired? I'd appreciate any help. My searches haven't turned up anything.


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Sometimes I want to swap two objects, so one of selected will be on second's place, and vice versa.
There is any simple way to do it?


texts: Which software to quickly format and edit a price list

texts: I've been trying to design a price list using Photoshop, and it just feels like there should be a more efficient way to do it than writing and aligning boxes of text. I am trying to design something along the line of the picture below, and I feel like there should be a way of automatizing the process. Is there some other pieces of software or add-ons I can use?


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I have no idea what they call this so I'm not having much success with searching. But lets start with an example at this site:

Any idea how to make the choppy sea like wave they're using? I had limited success in Maya but I could work on it more, however I was wondering if there was a quicker alternative? After effects maybe. I had a play with trapcode but didn't have the results I was after.

Maybe there isn't a quicker way to do it in which I'll use maya though ^^


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After reading this article, I started to question if I should be designing websites taking into account the RGB wheel instead of the RYB.

What wheel should I be using for color selection for website design?


texts: How do you effectively cut out triangles in Photoshop for a web design easily? Is the only way to use the polygonal lasso tool, which always gets me triangles of unequal sizes. I'm trying to achieve something like this:


texts: 3d max view rotation around static point

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Orthographic view.
I select object A and rotate view it by viewcube. It is rotated relative to the center of object A - it is what I need. Then I select object B and try to rotate view, but it is rotated relative to the center of coordinates and I can't see my object, I should to use Zoom Extens button.
How to fix point of rotation for all objects?


texts: Quickly resizing canvas using "border pixels" to fill up new space in Gimp

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I noticed that one of the tasks I often perform in Gimp comes down to making a different aspect ratio version of a simple PNG (an icon with a simple gradient background for example). They can be resized in a visually appealing way by enlarging the canvas, and simply sampling the pixels on the border of the image to fill up the new space.

My usual workflow:

Set bigger canvas size without scaling image (for example, twice the canvas width, with original little image in the center)
Set layer to image size (So I can edit the empty space)
Select a small "stripe" of the background gradient, copy, paste, drag and press the key so it snaps to horizontal movement.
Copy/paste bigger and bigger stripes, until I reach the edge of the canvas.

This can be a bit labour intensive. Is there a quicker way to do this, or maybe a way to automate the "stretch this 1px-wide selection to the edge of the canvas" part?


texts: Whenever I open Paint.NET, the smoothing, anti-aliasing and flood fill % settings are always enabled. Can I override the program's settings so that these are instead disabled by default? Thanks.


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lets say I have a rectangle divided in two complementary colors, yellow and purple.

How can I calculate the percentage of surface that both colors require so that none seem to take over ? (I'm looking for a tool that would do this for me)


texts: What font is used on this Arnhem poster?

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I'm trying to make a poster for a class project, and I recently came across a poster that has this font.

It's a light, somewhat wide sans-serif typeface, but I'm not sure if it's Helvetica or Akzidenz or something similar.  Does anyone know what this is?


texts: Replicate underwater / wave effect in Photoshop

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A musician in my country has these covers for his newest songs which all use some sort of wavy underwater effect.

Any ideas or pointers to how to achieve a similiar effect in Photoshop?

They look like this:


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I'm a little bit confused about this situation. As you can see in the image below, I a have two differnt paths and I would like to make that portion of the arc coincident.

In the second image it possible to see that the problem isn't visible outside outline mode, but when I insert the SVG into Fusion 360 it creates makes everything more complicated.

I'm beginner in AI so perhaps there ir an easy way of doing that using the Pathfinder that I'm not considering.

Thanks!


texts: Can't change color of individual segments of EPS in Illustrator

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I have the image above as an EPS file. What I want to do is apply color to the segments with different colors. I'm in Illustrator and have never run across this issue with an EPS file. So far I've tried the following:

I can't even count the number of times I've selected the image and
hit Ungroup, but that hasn't helped.
When I double-click on a
segment with the Selection Tool, Illustrator takes me into something
called Isolation Mode. It allows me to select individual sections and
move, delete, or otherwise manipulate just that segment, but not to
apply a different color to it.
When I click on a segment with the Direct Selection Tool, it automatically selects all of the segments in the image. It won't let me isolate an individual segment.
I've also tried to copy and paste
segments and apply the color to the copy, but that doesn't work.

Everything I've tried so far has failed. With each, whenever I try to apply color to an individual segment, Illustrator applies the color to the whole image.

Any advice would be helpful. Thanks!


texts: Adobe Acrobat: How to disable navigation pop-up bar

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Is it possible to disable the navigation bar that pops up when you hover with your mouse over the bottom middle part of a .pdf file on Adobe Acrobat Pro DC on OSX (latest version installed as of today)?

Screenshot of the toolbar:


texts: Photoshop CS6 issue with image quality when downsizing pasted image

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I'm having an issue with Photoshop when I'm adding an image to a canvas.

You can see in this image below, I have a crisp screenshot of a section.

When I go to downsize this image within Photoshop, it starts to distort and the quality dramatically differs:

I have tried playing around with the interpolation settings in preferences:

I have tried every option, but the images just keep losing quality and I can't figure out why.

I am running Photoshop CS6 Windows 10 64-Bit, i7 Processor and a decent enough GPU. This has been working previously on this exact PC but something has changed recently and I'm not sure what it is.

If anyone has any ideas why this would be happening, I would really appreciate if you could share your findings.

Thanks


texts: Is there a standard file size recommendation to optimize web images?

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I remember, during college (2008), my web design professor made a point to keep all images' file size at/below 40K (didn't matter what the dimensions). I have made an effort to do so ever since, especially with mobile optimization being so important.

But now, with broadband and LTE/4G speed internet, larger data plans... and I being out of college for a while... are there any file size (not dimensions) standards out there?

Side note:
My project is dealing with product photography. I'm looking at Amazon.com as a benchmark and note that their product images are under 40K (usually) with a zoom image under 100K (usually).


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I folowd the steps on internet but i then i saw that it was for older version
Of photoshop: CS5 or so it didn't really workt fine then searched for the new version but I didn't find a thing to do it on PS CC please help me out


texts: Should graphic artists be scared at all about anyone stealing their artworks?

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Are you guys scared at all about anyone stealing your art? What should designers do about it if it happens?

I want to post my own art at Instagram or Deviant, now that I'm improving but all the time I hear of people saying that some guy stole their art and posted it as his own and stuff like that, and I want to show my art to get critiques and advice but I don't really want someone to do that to me.

Someone told me use watermark but Watermark is not helpful for me. For example i will remove dredd from stock photo :(

Stock Image Free to use its just an example guys ;)

So Watermark is not Helpful.


texts: how to get the same effect as on these pics?

texts: Its hard to describe the effect because that is the question, this kind of worn out, painted like, old effect. My guess is designers used some texture and used overlay, am I right?


texts: Stacked light circle effect in Photoshop?

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What would be the best way to achieve the effect in the image?

I've tried making my own brush and working around that but it doesn't seem ideal.

I'm wondering how to replicate the random looking short strokes around a perfect circle path.

Is there a better way rather than painstakingly drawing each stroke?

Thanks


texts: Anyone knows the fonts used in this Resume?

texts: I found a really creative resume when I was surfing the web this morning, and it uses some awesome sans-serif typefaces, but I don't know the fonts. Has anyone seen them before? (WhatTheFont was no help)


texts: Importing HTML/CSS into InDesign layout?

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I'm trying to convert an HTML page that has bold text / css in it into an InDesign document so I can lay it out for print in a newspaper in PDF format.

Here is a link to the HTML page:  http://ronchambers.com/misc/bwm/test.php

When I highlight the entire page and copy/paste into InDesign it doesn't copy over all the formatting.

I'm a programmer, so should I convert the HTML into XML and somehow import this into InDesign?

Any help is appreciated.  Thanks!


texts: Is there a way to change the Photoshop Alt + Right-click-drag brush size hotkey?

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Since CS5, we can use Alt + Right-click-drag(I'm currently using CS6 on win) to change brush size and opacity. But it is not good enough for a tablet pen. While I release the right-click button on my pen, it always shakes a lit bit, when I need a precise brush size this shake is killing me. So is there a way to change this hotkey I can't find it in the preference setting.

I'm trying to find a way to make it works like Painter/OpenCanvas.


texts: How can I extend an existing font to include punctuation and numbers?

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I'm in the process of developing a site for a client, and she really likes the font Sell Your Soul for the main headings.  Only problem is that it's incomplete - it doesn't contain numbers or any punctuation.

I've looked for fonts that are similar, but most are more exaggerated than Sell Your Soul, which doesn't fit the aesthetic she's looking for.

So, knowing nothing about font creation myself, how would I go about adding what I need to that character set?  Is it even possible?


texts: Creating a boarder around patterned text

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I have put a pattern into my text and now I am wanting to create a boarder around each individual letter. Can someone please tell me a easy way to do this in illustrator?

Thanks Bec. :)


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I want to know what does ''embedded font'' means. why some fonts say 'OK' in InDesign and some say' embedded'?
Having Read articles I assumed I need to reinstall all the fonts in my pc with the option ''install for all users'',(some say it will solve the problem), I did, But still, some fonts in InDesign shows 'embedded'.
How can I make them all 'OK'?
Thank you.


texts: How do I darken the outline of a diagram with a white background without Photoshop?

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I just want to darken the outline of this diagram of a drone controller:

The black outline of the controller is too light to see properly. I don't have Photoshop or any paid photo editor. I'm not a graphic designer and this is a one time project for my job at a small business. We only have 2 employees and neither of us are graphic designers, so it would be great if someone could tell me how to do this without any expensive software. I've also tried Photoshop in the past and it's too complicated for me.


texts: Running qualitative research on marketing materials

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In an e-commerce company, it's common for the success of creative material used in marketing campaigns to be measured in terms of numbers, e.g. click-through rates and conversion rates. However, just numbers may not give a full picture of what are good creative material.

Lately, we are trying to focus more on qualitative research, where we bring in actual users and show them creative material for feedback.

A hypothesis would be for example: clean and modern looking materials bring back the customers and make them spend more in the long run, opposed to cluttered material with too many elements and information. Besides the obvious AB-test that would be to run, which would be resource-heavy and time-consuming, could we use a qualitative research to test this and get some insights?

Another idea of a test would show customers the website or app with competitors' images swapped in and get their feedback.

I know it's more common for testing out UI and new features, but has anyone done this sort of research for campaign materials before? If so what would be things to test to look for and how would you carry them out?


texts: Design and printing two booklets into one

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I need help designing a 52 PP booklet which will represent 2 events. The front cover will represent 1 event and then when the booklet is flipped over to the rear cover it will represent another event. At some point in the book the 2 events will meet as one (in one spread).

Does anyone know the best way to design this layout in indesign so that it prInts in the correct order and direction when printing? Or should I make 2 separate booklets and combine at the end as a single PDF?


texts: Set order for colours in gpl colour palette in Inkscape

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I was able to create a .gpl file colour palette which is working fine with Inkscape. Sadly, the colours auto arranged themselves in some funny order. Probably from ffffff to 000000. All I had to do was create rectangles of desired hex colours and then save as .gpl using Inkscape. Now that I have placed the .gpl file in the palette folder and restarted Inkscape, all the colours are available when I choose the palette by name, sadly, in a messed up order. It will be great if someone can suggest a fix. Thanks.

I am using Ubuntu 18.04 and whatever the latest Inkscape that comes with it.

Please see the image below for the order in which I have stacked the colours and how it ended up appearing on the palette


texts: What kind of filter / treatment /lighting / style is done on this photo?

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Can anyone help identify what kind of filter / treatment via photoshop was done to this photo? Or is it some kind of lighting treatment? Or perhaps some kind of color grading was done to it?

I really dig the porcelain / almost illustration/painting feel this has. It's got a nice juxtaposition of warmth with cool (warm pastelish pink over the grey). Would love to understand how this is done so i can implement it to my work as well. Any help / tips would be greatly appreciated!