texts: How to erase through one layer using Adobe Illustrator CC?

texts: There is a segment of a font that I'm not wanting to be used. I am wanting to simply erase that swirl like I could using Photoshop. Is it possible to erase on one layer in Adobe Illustrator instead of erasing through all layers to expose the art board?


texts: How can I achieve this frosted-like effect?

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I am trying to use Photoshop to create this effect:

The original image can be any image, then I plan to apply a:

blur effect
semi-opaque white overlay

Is this correct? Is there a specific way to do this so the result is a close as possible to the image?


texts: How do I make a good OS X Icon from an existing png

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I have this image:

that I would like to make into a nice OS X icon. One that would go in the safaritoolbar or on an iphone. Problem is that they don't use PNG they only look at the shaded parts, so if I try to use that, the whole elephant is pitch black, I don't want that, I want a it to resemble this picture just in black and white. Does anyone have any clues as to how I can achieve this.

Please tell me if I'm asking in the wrong way, and not just vote down so I can correct it - I'm still not sure how to ask on this forum?


texts: Are there any online applications that are compatible with tablets?

texts: as far as I can see, Wacom seems to be the only manufacturer of tablets who also developed a web driver. But are there any web sites which make use of a tablet?


texts: How to remove the smoothing effect Illustrator does when exporting PNG files?

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I'm making an illustration that contains only black lines, on a white background. The lines are 1 pixel thick. Sometimes those lines will curve a bit. Sometimes there will be a circle. But the stroke is always 1 pixel.

Now, when I export the png file, I get a smoothing effect, that is useful for visual purposes, however, for programming reasons, I want to have a perfect 1 pixel by 1 pixel square in a perfect coordinate, not blurry edges that transform 1 pixel in 4 or 5 to make it look good.

Is there any way to create/export this file that way?.


texts: problem with disconnected pattern in Illustrator

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i have applied pattern from swatch in illustrator
but i figured out that some part of the pattern is disconnected
how do i fix this problem?


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Some websites look "modern," but when I try to make such a website without some generic tool (e.g. Bootstrap), it ends up looking like some early 2000s monstrosity. What, specifically, about these websites makes them look modern?
Consider this example (source):

this is the kind of look that I'm going for, but when I try to make my own, it looks like an early 2000s monstrosity:

While this isn't necessarily a bad thing (personally, I somewhat like this style), it isn't what most people think looks good, so it won't do.
These are the steps that I used to make it:

Create a basic HTML form, with no styling
Add styling to center the form in the page
Add a nicer font
Add a gradient to the backgrounds (inspired by the example)
Add a colored box around the form (inspired by the example and others)
And add styling to the form controls to make them look less generic and what I thought would be modern.

When I do something like this, I expect to get a nice looking page out of it, but instead I got an early 2000s monstrosity. As such, I suspect that there are some hidden rules of what makes a design modern that I'm missing. As such, I would like to ask: what are these rules? What, specifically (e.g. shadows on every element, a particular ratio of whitespace to non-whitespace things, a particular padding ratio), makes a website look modern? I'm primarily a programmer, so I think in a very logical orderly manner (or, at least, I try to), so I prefer specific rules that I can apply, rather than having to rely on my sense of aesthetics (which tends to always produce things that I somewhat like but that others don't).


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is there a way to render a scene with wireframe blending effect in 3DS Max?

Like this or something similar to this effect -

Something like this is possible using blender

Is 3DS Max capable of it?


texts: Sketch: How to partially fill existing shape?

texts: I would like to fill in one of the three portions of this shape.  Note that the outer 4 corners are rounded.


texts: How do I convert a svg patterned fill to a set of paths?

texts: I have a SVG path, which is filled with a pattern.  The pattern itself is a set of paths.  I want to reify the pattern as applied to the path -- turn it into a set of first-class objects which I can manipulate (and which Ponoko can correctly handle).  In other words, if the pattern is a checkerboard of black and white squares, I want to end up with 64 square path objects at the end of the operation.


texts: Updating all image and data links in an Indesign Book

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I'm fairly sure that this is impossible but I thought I'd ask anyway.

I have an Indesign Book file composed of a large number of documents, each with multiple image and .csv links. The linked files (the .jpgs and .csvs) are updated automatically every month, so there's new images and data that currently have to be relinked manually, which is time-consuming given the number of documents.

Is there a way for all of the links in all of the documents in the book to be updated? I'm almost certain that there's no ordinary way to do this, but maybe there's a work-around, plugin or script that might help.

Thanks in advance.


texts: How to warp an image as if it were reflected in a convex surface

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I want to make an image look like it is being reflected in a mirrored, convex shape (in this case the visor of a helmet).

What sort of settings and effects would best achieve this?


texts: Creating a shape inside of an image trace in illustrator

texts: How can I create a shape using the pen tool inside of a logo I traced? I am trying to make the airplane in this vector file a different color from the rest of the A. Everything I am doing with the pen tool or Path -> Join does not seem to isolate the airplane shape.


texts: Do trapping at the design stage when working with metallic inks

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I read a good book on DTP.

The author stated, that one should do the trapping at the design stage when working with metallic inks, instead of automatic trapping in the RIP. Unfortunately the author doesn't explain this further.

I would like to ask, why do the trapping at design stage for metallic inks? What is the problem?


texts: AI CC - How to pick and store a color from a gradient

texts: I want to extract and store the colors of a gradient one by one, not as a gradient. If a gradient has, say 3 colors, like orange, red and yellow, I want to separate them and store each one in a palette. Is it posible?


texts: Different color when exporting png in Sketch 2

texts: I have a problem when I'm exporting a .png file in Sketch 2. I have an icon with the background color of #8FBE00 but when I'm exporting it as a .png file the background color is #8EC003. I have absolutely no idea what's going on, I've never encountered this problem when working with Sketch before. I'm no Sketch expert so maybe someone can help me.


texts: How to cut an image from text in Adobe Illustrator?

texts: Learning to use Illustrator for the first time. I would like to cut out a the lightning bolt shape from the text behind it, leaving a transparent outline of the shape. I see many tips for cropping text from images but not the opposite. I have created this effect using photoshop but I am struggling to replicate it on Illustrator. Any help here is much appreciated.


texts: How to couple an Illustrator workspace to an Illustrator template?

texts: I have made a template in Illustrator CS5 as an .ait file. Now I am wondering if it is possible to couple a certain workspace (Drawing, Painting, Like Freehand, etc.) to this template such that that workspace is used when the template is opened.


texts: In Photoshop, is possible to get wet edges effect without opacity buildup?

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I know the build-up is part of the effect, but is there any way to get the wet edges effect without a build-up? It's okay if the center color is not transparent, just as long as the outer edge color is darker. The darker outer-edge effect is all that I want.

EDIT/UPDATE:

Both of the bottom 2 effects are 1px 100% opacity. The stroke effect is too jagged. I tried outer glow, which is much smoother, but not varied on edge darkness like wet edges.


texts: Is there a way to get more pen pressure variance in Photoshop?

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I have a Gaomon PD1560 screen, Photoshop CC, and the Lazy Nezumi plug in.

I have set my brush to have pen sensitivity turned on, and minimum width to zero in hopes of getting maximum variability. I want to be able to start at a thin line and work my way up to a thick link by pressing down on the brush. The amount of variance I want is represented in the image at the bottom brush settings dialogue:

But no matter how hard I try to recreate the varying thickness of that line, here's the best I can do:

The begining of the lines (on the left) start off immediately very round, close to 50% of the maximum thickness. I can get down to a sharper line only at the very end as I do a quick stroke and pull the pen away from the screen.

Supposedly this tablet has 8192 levels of pen pressure, but it feels like it has only 10% of that, and it's all at one end.

Is this just a limitation of the tablet? Is there anything I can do to get my pen strokes to start thin and get thicker with pressure?


texts: Creating image planes for 3d character modeling, but front reference is not straight on

texts: I'm using images from 3d.sk to do some character modeling but I'm having trouble setting up the front image in Photoshop. The model's head in the photosgraph is turned slightly to the side. I tried messing around with lens correction but didn't really know what I was doing. How can I fix this image to make it better for 3d modeling?


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I'm making a scene in Photoshop which should look something like a field of grass and the sky.

However I just can't make it work. Feels like there's something missing.

In my opinion it is due to lack of color merging in the horizon. If you could tell me how to make it look better I'd thank you.

Also if you have any other advice please let me know.


texts: How to convert a WOFF2 webfont into a TTF desktop font?

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Googling leads me to everythingfonts . com which is down, at least for the last two days but it may have been down for a while.

Googling "woff2 to ttf" -everythingfonts has very few results surprisingly, all of which are useless.

How can I convert a (WOFF2) webfont into a (True Type) desktop font?


texts: How do I manipulate a field grid in Illustrator to resemble spacetime so that the center of the grid dips below a sphere?

texts: Think of a bowling ball that has rolled to the center of a trampoline. I would like to depict that in Illustrator, except the trampoline would be a grid that conforms to the weight of the bowling ball (the planet in the example below).


texts: Modifying JSX script to save all images in folder as transparent PNG-24?

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So the below script simply loops through a chosen folder, checks canvas size and dimensions and sets them if they're not in a 1:1 aspect ratio, and if they are, leaves them alone. The result is all images in the folder saved in 1:1 aspect ratio at dimension of 1000 x 1000 px.

The problem is they're all saved as .JPG whereas I would prefer to save them as transparent PNG-24.

I assume somewhere in the doc.save() method there is a parameter for different file types? I cannot find any documentation on this and was wondering if someone more knowledgeable knew? Thank you!

var inputFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Select a folder to process"),
      fileList = inputFolder.getFiles(/\.(jpg|tif|psd|crw|cr2|nef|dcr|dc2|raw)$/i);

for(var i=0; i < fileList.length; i++) {
    var doc = open(fileList[i]);
    if(doc.width !== doc.height) {
        if(doc.width > doc.height) {
            doc.resizeCanvas(doc.width, doc.width)
        } else {
            doc.resizeCanvas(doc.height, doc.height)
        }
    }
    if((doc.width && doc.height) > 1000) {
        doc.resizeImage(1000, 1000);
    } else {
        doc.resizeImage(doc.width, doc.height);
    }

    doc.save();
    doc.close();
}


texts: Preserve hyperlinks while exporting PDF from Photoshop

texts: I have inserted hyperlinks in Photoshop slices, and now I want to export the file as PDF, with clickable images. When I Save as PDF, hyperlinks are gone and images are not clickable. How can I do it?


texts: Cut path between intersection of open paths in Inkscape

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How do I cut the path between two intersecting lines? Cutting between paths that are closed seems to be easy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPDFL_gAbW8), but how would you do it if the lines are open like in the following example?

In the example below I want to remove the line marked with a red arrow that is between two intersecting lines (each marked with a red circle)

I tried to create a difference between these two elements, but then a new (blue) line is created.

So, basically, if I manage to delete one line another line is created and I have the same problem as before.


texts: Macro to export separate elements to separate png images in CorelDraw 17

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Is there any macro to automate the export of multiple objects from CorelDraw 17 to separate png files as shown in the attached pic?

I have exported different objects as separate pngs hundreds of times before, but in the past I did it manually, so I want to find a faster way.

I found a macro QuickExport but it doesn't run as should.

UPDATE: QuickExport does run, i must to click its icon right-hand mouse button, it saves an image with presets. But unfortunately it doesn't save to separated files. So i still looking for a macro


texts: How do I create a horizontal list with bullet separator in InDesign?

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I am trying to create a horizontal layout list of items for a promotional poster. It is much like a music festival line-up poster. After each list item I need a custom bullet or separator. After the last item on a line the separator needs to be skipped. This is true also for each item that stands alone on a line.

I know I could do this quite easily using each list-item as an individual object, but the list is ever changing and I'd just like to know if its possible.

This is an example of what Im asking that I mocked up in Photoshop.

Thanks!


texts: Do my cloud-shaped letters work in terms of readability and recognisability?

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I have the following design (in two variations):

It is not final yet. Ultimately I need to show that monsoon brings rain. I will add rain elements around clouds later.

My main doubt is about the clouds used for o and oo, respectively.
My goal is to represent clouds without losing much readability. Personally, I really feel clouds are representing the letters well enough.

Is this good in terms of readability and representing clouds? Is there something obvious which I can improve?


texts: I have very little experience with images so please bare with me. I need to create 3 different levels of image resolutions for an experiment (i.e low (kind of fuzzy looking), medium, high (original looking photo), conditions). The experiment will be taking place online, so I need the image size to be 700 X 400 to fit onto the web-program that I am using. Where would you suggest I edit my photos (and what would I be editing really) in order to create 3 resolution variations of the same image?


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So I'm trying to create a few simple buttons in Adobe Illustrator for work.  I'm not a gphx artist and just know the basics of Illustrator.  I tried creating a pin icon, like dropping a pin onto the map.  I created my 20x20px document, dragged a rectangle and a circle.  This screenshot shows my pin, and two of Apple icons next to it (trash can and action button).

Apple's documentation says this to describe creating buttons:

  The images displayed on the bar are derived from this image. If this
  image is too large to fit on the bar, it is scaled to fit. Typically,
  the size of a toolbar and navigation bar image is 20 x 20 points. The
  alpha values in the source image are used to create the images—opaque
  values are ignored.

I feel like my button just isn't sharp like theirs.  Is there something else I need to do in order to make my pin look sharper?  Thx!


texts: Traditional sketch lines colour Photoshop

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I'm new to Photoshop.
I'm having basic issues with Photoshop. I'm trying to watch videos to learn but I'm struggling.
I've scanned a tradition picture into the PC. What I'd like to do is change the colour of the sketch. So change the colour of the edges (sketch) of the characters head, arms legs etc. I don't want to HSE vectors. I'd like to just change the colour of my drawing to the colour area I will paint it. How can I do this?
Please if anyone can help.
Would be great.


texts: Who is the original author of the popular cubes pattern?

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I can’t seem to find who the author of this pattern is (though I do find a lot of people selling it on stock sites). I have a friend who always refers to it as an M. C. Escher pattern, but I’m almost certain that although I also thought at first it was his, I eventually found out Koloman Moser was the one who authored it. I don’t remember where I got that information, though (or if it was trustworthy or even if I’m recalling it correctly).

Does anyone have a source for it?


texts: Pixelated Text when Exporting JPEG from Illustrator

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I have created some text art in Illustrator that I would like to print out as a poster. Whenever I save the file as a PDF (300 DPI) and print it myself the text appears crisp with no pixelation. However, I want the poster to be 18x24, which I can't do with my basic printer so when I print it I'm only printing out part of the picture, but regardless the lines are perfectly clear.

I would be fine with leaving it as a PDF, however, I've noticed most all print shops request a JPEG file for prints, which I can't figure out because based on what I've read online, JPEG files automatically reduce quality. Whenever I export the same file as a JPEG (300 PPI) the text becomes pixelated.

Is there anyway I can export this file as a JPEG and not lose quality? I've provided three images below, one is the zoomed out image, which looks fine, but the other one is a close up of the text (the letter V), which as you can see looks very pixelated.

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Are there any guiding principles for using Capitalization variants in web products (websites, mobile sites, mobile apps)?

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By Capitalization variants I mean - All caps, Camel casing, All small.

I want to understand which of these variants should be used in content-elements like Heading, Sub-heading, Navigational-Menu-item-names, Button label, Modal boxes' title, Dialog boxes title, Dialog box text, Dialog box options, etc.

If there are standard rules, for this?
Do these rules depend on the font I use, on the font size I am using?
Do these rules vary for device - desktop-websites, for mobile-sites/apps?
Can I use the same standardizations for iOS & Android devices/OSs?
But if there are no standard rules, then how do I standardize the same for my web-product?


texts: Can I edit multiple lines in compound path in Inkskape?

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In Figma, I can draw anything inside a single path:

When exported to SVG, it consists of single <path> element.
<svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <path d="M3 12H10M11 12H13M5 4V0M8 1V3H11V1H8ZM9 6V9H12V6H9ZM4 6V9H5V6H4ZM15 4V13C15 14.1046 14.1046 15 13 15H3C1.89543 15 1 14.1046 1 13V4C1 2.89543 1.89543 2 3 2H13C14.1046 2 15 2.89543 15 4Z" stroke="black" stroke-width="2"/>
</svg>

But, when I try to edit like this in Inkscape, I get:

Is it possible to draw multiple not-closed lines in the same path in Inkscape?


texts: What is an easy way to export thousands of Adobe Bridge thumbnails for a remote collaborator?

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Using Adobe Bridge and/or other Creative Cloud software, how can I export thumbnails with filenames, for a remote collaborator?

I realize there is a tedious way to do this. I am asking for an efficient way to do this. For example, can I export the cache database and have the other party import it?

I have about 60,000 NEF (Nikon RAW) and MOS (Leaf RAW) image files organized into folders and subfolders. Exporting them manually will take an inordinately long time. I need my collaborator to be able to look through all of these and specify file names that they choose.


texts: How do you deal with amends from a client?

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I'm a web designer currently working with a very demanding client.

I presented them with designs back in May and I'm still working through amends with them. They are making changes to everything and although I know amends are to be expected, it's really getting to be frustrating. I'm currently working every evening on the list of new amends they have. Tiny things like "make this blue" or "change the width of this" or "make this gap smaller".

I know amends need to be made and that's fine, but how do you handle when there are just too many? I've counted the comments on inVision and there have been 185 amends on 6 pages of a website design.

Some of them change, and then change again, and then change again and again. For example they wanted to add a strapline, so I added it, adjusted all the menus to accomodate is across the 6 pages. Then they wanted to change the text, so I changed it and updated it across all 6 documents. Now that it's changed, they want to make the menu smaller so now I have to go back and change the menu again.

I quoted based on time I thought it would take to complete the designs with some time for amends but I've more than tripled the time. I haven't explained to them early enough in the process that amends beyond the normal would cost them more so I'm going to have to swallow the cost this time, but should I lay this out better with future clients?

How do you handle amends? Do you put an estimated time on them at the beginning, and then charge more if they go over this? Or do you do something different?


texts: Where to find a list of overlapping characters?

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In the character map, after selecting some very large fonts, sometimes I find some characters which, if typed after another character, will appear above or below the first character.

What is the common name to describe such a character?
Where can I find a list of commonly available characters of this sort?

I am particularly interested in finding a character which creates a small, downward arrow which can be placed underneath other letters.


texts: Aliasing problem when transforming a smart object in Photoshop CS6

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As you can see in the above image, I am trying to rotate this photo, which has been converted to a smart object.

However, the edges are looking like a zigzag. How can I fix this?


texts: Overrides for specific element of a master page

texts: Is there a way to allow overrides for a specific element on a master page? Right now it seems I can only 'Override All Master Page Items' from the drop down menu.


texts: Animated GIF shows all layers instead 1 after 1

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I used an existing GIF and deleted the background on all layers. I saved it again with a transparent background. The image is 150 layers. It a a growing figure (like an opening flower). From layer 78 tot 150 it goes back to where it started (flower closes again in reverse order).

When playing the animation in Photoshop one layer is selected for each frame in the timeline panel, but when I save it as a GIF (dithered 128) and then view it, layer 1–78 go alright one by one, but when it reverse from 78–150 it keeps all the previous layers visible!


texts: Is there a way to select layers via relative reference (eg. "Next Layer" instead of "Layer X")?

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While scheming actions, sometimes i find myself in a situation where i work with multiple layer copies going back and forth through them, and sometimes i cant rely on their names, since i design some actions to be used in many types of repetitive tasks on my works (from game assets to ground floor plans) that not always have the same structure of name/order.

There is a way to call out a script command that when triggered on the action list will select the layer immediately above (or below) the current layer it is being worked?

If so, i can call a single line or short string of command independently or i must have it saved somewhere?


texts: Is there a software or method of graphic design based heavily around defining relationships and constraints?

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I am approaching vector graphic design from the perspective of a software developer, and I think some of my confusion with it may come from not correctly understanding how people in graphic design approach the problem of creating shapes with software.

I've been working with vector shapes in Sketch and Affinity Designer with the mentality that each point on a path should be defined relative to something else on the canvas, so that if a small part of the image is changed, the rest will adjust appropriately. I've used a small amount of CAD software in the past, so this mentality may come from that. In the graphics design programs I have tried, it seems that many common UI elements encourage "eyeballing" rather than specific definitions, such as the handles used to adjust a point on a path.

The method of graphic design that I have in my head is a hypothetical where I create a hierarchy of constraints purely via specifying relationships like

"Point A is 32 units directly above Point B"
"The corner created by Point B should actually appear rounded with a corner radius of 0.4 * [length of Line AB]"

The impression I get from graphic design software and the online community around graphic design is that this is not how vector shapes are normally drawn. In adjacent questions on this community, some have mentioned markup languages and CAD software as viable methods of vector design, but I would prefer to stay in a traditional graphic design environment if possible.

What is it that I am misunderstanding about graphic design here? Is there a tool for the method I have in my head, or do I need to change some perception that I have about graphic design?


texts: Is there a way to make bevel size larger in Photoshop CS6?

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I am trying to make beveled badges like such:

Notice how deep the bevel sizes are.

I tried making my own rendition but, the bevels come out looking really small.

My bevel 'size' settings is maxed out on Photoshop.

So I was wondering if there is a setting or trick that I am missing to make the bevel size larger to give it a deeper look.

Thank you very much.


texts: Is there a (good) mail-client or website to design and send emails?

texts: I want to give the e-mails I send professionally a good look. I am using OS X. Is there a mail-client or website that lets me design the e-mails I am sending to customers? In my case typography, spacing (and maybe usage of images) would be enough.


texts: How can I create a realistic 3D texture in Photoshop or Illustrator

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Does anyone know how I can create this kind of texture in Photoshop or Illustrator ?

I've tried the Bevel & Emboss filters in Photoshop (and drop shadow, inner shadow etc.) and also the 3D Extrusion in Illustrator, but I can't manage to get something as realistic.

I've also tried in 3DS Max but I can't get something clean...

Does anyone know if there is a simple way to import a texture like this one for example, keep the black shapes and extrude them so that they look as good as the first picture?


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I am doing press project that needs to be mass produced soon. The Metallic Green 7870C is only available at this print shop. I have gradient artwork and using tint, working in AI CS6. If I use different Pantone colour as 'template' to make the black film, will it work? Will the tint and gradient affect much if different colour?

Edited:
I make this packaging design with 2 colours: Black and Pantone Metallic Green 7870C. The print shop, who will mass produce this, have the metallic colour, but I don't. They need the colour separation file to make the film.

Because I don't have the Pantone code (Metallic Green), I used Metalic Silver colour as a guide and proceed to colour separation.

The template result looks similar to what we want, but I want to make sure, if we use that film as a template for other Pantone colour, will it affect to the artwork's gradient?

Thanks!


texts: Name of this style: Vintage, b/w, line-filled?

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I've found a graphic style, which ...

looks "retro" (maybe around 1900?)
is only "filled" with lines, so looks a bit like a hand-drawn technical drawing
and seems to be quite modern (e.g. for graphical nonfictions)

Just have a look at these examples:

https://pixabay.com/en/hand-pointing-retro-vintage-1299663/
https://pixabay.com/en/bowler-hat-vintage-retro-man-954627/

How is this style called and what is a good source for such SVGs?


texts: What's the proper way to connect two gradients at an angle in GIMP?

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I want to connect two gradients at a 45° angle:

As you can see, the transition is not smooth. How can make the gradients blend properly?


texts: This particular chart was taken from CGP Grey's video The European Union Explained. However, I've seen many similar charts before.


texts: Automating splitting of an image between pages in inDesign

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I'm going to be printing from inDesign onto a borderless printer. I want images that bleed over from one page onto the next to continue without a gap. The document is too long to use vertical page spreads (max 10 pages) and tiling isn't working (inDesign puts in a gap with a crop mark and slug info even though I've unchecked these).

Is there any way to get linked text boxes with inline images to span multiple boxes, with part of the image in each text box?


texts: How to get 10 different colors that are easily recognizable

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I do have a list of 10 teams, each team has its own color.

I do have to make the graphic that shows the teams with the respective color, and would need a way to find 10 colors that are "different enough" to be recognizable.

there are some conditions for the colors though:

no pink or similar is allowed. Red and violet is ok, but other "femminine" colors are not.
the saturation should be approximately the same for each color.
Dull/trist colors such as brown have to be avoided.

now, obviously the question is not about having you giving me 10 colors. I would rather like to understand what a good approach would be to find those colors in a way that they meet the above conditions.. Doing it by hand with color picker did not bring good results, so maybe there is a mathematical way or a tool to do so.


texts: Attaching a video to static image in angle?

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We have a video of an app, that we have to attach to an iPhone image(static).
Doing so when the image is right in front of you is easy with iMovie .

When the iPhone on the image is at some angle (like a man holding it) you cant do that with iMovie .

Is there SIMPLE way to do that ? Illustrator? photoshop? (Mac )


texts: I have just made a complicated set of actions for my workflow and want to save them on an external drive and also add them to a laptop. Can anyone tell me how to do this in simple terms. Thank you.


texts: Can I position a pattern repeat tile within a shape like you can with the repeat tile in photoshop?


texts: What are the benefits of making gesture drawings?

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As far as I know, most art schools have exercises or even whole classes focusing on making gesture drawings. But actually, I'm wondering, why bother with it?

While it probably has some merits, but most of the reasoning for it provided by blogs and various teachers is quite silly. All the talk about "capturing the essence of the pose" or "catching the most important part of the drawing" seems just like some kung-fu mysticism or drawing-religion.

The closest thing to answering my question was a video I found on

http://ctrlpaint.com/videos/why-bother-gesture-drawing

by Matt Kohr, and I would summarize it in three points:

you get well warmed up
you focus on drawing
you do a lot of drawings that way (so called pencil mileage)

But frankly, I don't really have the time for such explicit "warming up" and I'd much rather warm up during actual work - drawing studies, studying anatomy, texture, proper shading and so on. Drawing gets me in the mood for drawing and well, it increases your pencil mileage too. Matt suggests to always do gesture drawings, even if it's the only drawing you do that day, but that would probably make me do gesture drawings ONLY!

So what exactly is so cool about gesture drawings? What do  they have that other exercises don't? They're fast and sloppy, and for me they don't seem to bring much to the table if skill improvement is concerned. Am I missing something here?


texts: How to batch update multiple image links in InDesign CS5 or CS6?

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I am using Adobe InDesign CS5.5 and / or CS6 (depending on if this feature can be found in one or the other program). Does anyone know if there is a way to batch update multiple image links in InDesign CS5 or CS6?

In other words, I have edited loads of images that are already linked to an existing document and would now like to update them all without relinking to all of them.


texts: Replacing a smart object in bulk with Photoshop's variable data or scripts

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Is there a way to automate the replacement of a Smart Image with a different graphic?

For example, if I have a master image of a mug, and a large number of flat rectangular images/designs I'd like on the mug, after some processing. I've set up a smart image using one of the designs and I've tweaked it with some filters to make it less rectangular (adjusting the perspective, bending the top and bottom to match the curve of the mug, etc.).

Now I need to figure out how to use Variables (if possible) to replace the image in the Smart Object so the same transformations/filters will be run on each image, which will then be placed on the mug and saved.

I see this tutorial which explains the basics of Variable data and shows how to use images as data -- but it's not clear to me how to use this to update the Smart Object so that all the transformations get applied to the images.

If Variables won't work with Smart Objects, I'm also open to using a script. (I'd love a snippet on how to update a smart object via script if anyone has one, as I've never used scripts with Photoshop before).


texts: Illustrator - Always show paths, anchor points, etc

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I want to draw along some lines in Illustrator. I realized that I can do that way more efficient if I can always see the paths, anchor point, etc. so is there a way to enable those permanently?

If that's not an option: Maybe someone with experience knows a better way to exactly draw along lines in illustrator.


texts: Best ways to learn all the illustrator tools and commands

texts: What is the best way to learn all the illustrator tools and commands (for a beginner) ?


texts: How to erase a part of a path without altering the stroke's prior design in Illustrator?

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I want to erase a part of a path while maintaining the stroke's original look. My chosen stroke is the first one BELOW [Uniform]. I'm new and just a week in at illustrator. This is my very first logo design. I haven't added the missing parts from the sketch though but it can wait.
As you can see with the sketch, the arrows' targets are the parts I want to erase. For now, I will focus on the bite.

Used the eraser but the stroke adjusted itself, which is the main problem. How can I keep it from adjusting?

I filled the bite with white and used minus front but what is this?!

Also, uniting or joining the paths of the bite makes the stroke go crazy so if I needed to do these for the paths in order to properly use pathfinder, you see its useless. Grouping them did not do much (for me)

I also tried covering the discarded parts with white, but I want a transparent background.
These are my newbie attempts. I am ready to do the pro moves if the masters here so advice. I've searched the web already but it seems like I'm the only one with this problem. All popped up "solutions" shown to me are those using the uniform stroke instead, so basically it didn't help me much.


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I can't figure out how to use the "paste into" tool, specifically to create what the image displays from this article.

I'm selecting photo #1 from the target so that the border around the photo is orange, cutting it, selecting the second photo, which is a circle, clicking "paste into", which is supposed to make the image paste into the circle, but the image pastes on top of the circle.

I am very new to this program and would appreciate step-by-step instructions.


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I have this SVG logo. I want to make the lines thinner.

I have tried Offset Path -20px, but nothing changes.

I have also tried adding a Outline stroke that I can use and shrink, but when I go Object -> Path -> Outline Stroke

I apologize if this was already asked, I have looked over other questions and couldn't find the answer. I'm new to Adobe Illustrator.


texts: Replicate a 3d striped effect in Illustrator

texts: How would you replicate this 3d striped effect? I'm thinking about revolving some shape and mapping a striped symbol onto it, but this shape looks more complicated than that.


texts: Illustrator: how to export artwork by layers

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I made a large project with a bunch of layers, but I need each layer exported as it's own (.jpg/.png) image.

I know there's a way to export my project by artboards, but now It's all in separate layers (on one artboard).

What would be the easiest way for me to export all my layers (~25) without cloning each layer to a new artboard (and then dealing with all the placement etc.)?

Is it even possible? Would I have to use a script?


texts: Is it possible to have a grungy outer glow layer style?

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Sometimes I want to put a grungy highlight around some text, to make better contrast with the background, or just for effect:

This is done by hand with a rough brush, but I'd rather accomplish it with a layer style, so that if I change the text, the highlight changes with it; because I'm currently doing it manually, I have to manually fix it to match the new text.

Is there a way to make, say, an outer glow style that uses a rough brush like this?


texts: Which program or software do I need to use to replicate more of these gifs?

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https://imgur.com/BeGINhV

I'm planning on making tons of GIFs / animated images, but would like to know where to start.


texts: How to keep Photoshop history snapshots?

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I have a design layout in Photoshop, I have several different "snapshots" in my history each with s slight color variation.

I know if I save the file and reopen it, I will only have whatever is current in the history and my snapshots will be lost.

Is there a way to keep my snapshots so I can close Photoshop and then reopen the file and still have all my variations?


texts: How do I create a two toned color or watercolor look in illustrator or photoshop?

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I am trying to create the two toned watercolor texture effect like the image found below.

I have tried unsuccessfully to create it using Photoshop and Illustrator.  Results I come up with don't effectively blend the colors like the example.


texts: Exported TIFF files inconsistent color from CorelDRAW versions

texts: When I export a TIFF file from CorelDRAW X7 the result in CorelDRAW is different when I export from CorelDRAW X4. Why does this happen? What can I do about it?


texts: How can you turn a clients ideas for how they want their brand to be into graphical elements?

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I have all the essentials, their vision statement, their mission statement, core values, target market, values... on and on. I am just having the hardest time trying to come up with graphical elements and designs based on their information. I think Im confused because they are.

They have a logo already, but no 'brand'. Im trying to help create one for them. What steps will help me extract ideas, designs, graphical elements (textures, images, effects, etc) based on the information I have?

More importantly, how can I transform their 'voice' into graphical elements?


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I have several design ideas wich I want to send to a client, although the easiest way is to send them an email with the images attached then get feedback and send another email is there an easier way?
Is there a good cloud-based system where I can manage ideas and get feedback?


texts: (3DS Max 2021) Texture shows properly in 3D viewports, but not when rendered?

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Noob here with an inquiry about rendering specific textures. I've asked Google in a number of different ways, followed several (written) tutorials, looked at various forum posts, but not to much avail as none of them really answer my question. I don't like asking for help unless I absolutely have to; I'd rather find and try things out for myself when I can.
My experience mostly comes from working with Blender, but so far 3DSM has been easier to work with. I've been playing around with Sims 4 models and custom alpha hairstyles made by other players, as I would love to do artistic renders with them at some point. I've got a fairly good grasp on how to apply textures to meshes through the Slate Material Editor. All of my materials show up as they ought to in the 3D Viewports.

But when I render, her hair lacks color and it seems that I'm only getting the alphas/normals.

The Materials in the Slate Material Editor: Map 11 is Normal, Map 8 is the Diffuse, Map 6 is the Alpha.
Ultimately, I'd sort of like to know which materials or modifiers I need in order to get these hair textures to work properly. I've tried adding Normal modifiers, as according to one person's post it had apparently worked in their case, but sadly, not for me. I tried adding hair/fur properties as well, but that just added a bunch of needless fuzziness to the hair that made it look more like a weird mane of some sort.
...I guess my question, in short, is what material(s) and/or modifier(s) do I need to add in order for her hair to render properly? I honestly hope I'm not being a nuisance in asking, but I've exhausted what options I know of already and I can't find the answer anywhere on Google despite staying up late for the last few nights combing for answers.


texts: How to change the hue/saturation/brightness for only a part of the image in Gimp?

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I already know how to change the aforementioned settings for the entire image.

But what if I only want to change it for half of her face? Or for some arbitrary non-rectangular region?
How would I go about doing that?


texts: PDF Embedded Fonts - TONS of Duplicates - Why

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I am working with a PDF that is showing the following when I look at its font properties.

It is like this for every font in the document, repeatedly embedded 10-20 times.  What's going on with this?  Is it using up a ton of space to repeatedly embed the font or is each embedded subset just one letter or something?  I am not used to seeing this type of thing..


texts: How to merge paths into one object and save initial colors in Adobe Illustrator?

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I am creating a tree draw in Adobe Illustrator and I want to export this draw into Adobe After Effects and later create some animations on leaves and later export with Bodymovin library into the React project.

I have created everything and in the end, I had very bad performance cause of a lot of paths inside my draw. So I need to change this draw into less weight group of paths.

I want to merge those branches and leaves that would have been animate and I am getting a problem with merging groups into one shape in Illustrator.

When I want to Unite paths in Pathfinder my branch has getting the same color from leaves.

How to merge/flat group into one shape and save used colors? I have tried to rasterize layers but it generates me images .png and later looks terribly in the browser.


texts: Filling areas in scanned maps (not by colors but by pattern)

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I have old land-use maps in a scanned format. I am trying to obtain proper land-use maps from it, similar to what is described here: https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/71650/how-to-compare-areas-in-scanned-historical-land-use-maps .
The problem I'm facing is that some of the land-use classes are depicted as pattern (e.g. forests below are green with sprinkled black dots).

My fairly general question is for tips on how to do this in GiMP? I.e. creating an image file, where the patterns are replaced by plain areas in high-contrast colors.

Example from the map:


texts: How can I know what fonts a website is using?

texts: How can I find out what font or fonts a website is using? Are there any tools or browser extensions that can make the job easier?


texts: In Photoshop, how do you find the name of a layer by clicking within your psd?

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You used to be able to do this by right clicking on the psd, and it would only show you the names of the layers under your cursor.  Now it shoes all layers, even those that are not under your cursor.  I've been away from regular Photoshop usage for a while, so I'm wondering if there is another way to do this..

I've added a screenshot.  Here I am right clicking on the blue bar in the middle, and for example the "header" folder is not underneath the blue bar.


texts: Illustrator plug-in to create artboards from Excel file

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I am searching for Adobe Illustrator plug-in that can read data from a MS Excel file and create many artboards with text data from that file (one artboard per table row). Also it would be cool if I could specify a background pattern and text placeholders for all artboards, so text from Excel file will be put instead of those placeholders, above the given pattern.

Does such plug-in exist?


texts: Is there any way to check the distance of an object to a locked layer in sketchapp?

texts: I am trying to see the distance of an object to a locked layer in sketchapp; however it just doesn't show the distance once the layer is locked. Do you know whether there is any way to measure the distance? Thanks millions ^^


texts: How to create a circular black gradient mask

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Last year I hired someone to do some work for our website but accidentally lost the PSD files since then. It's a fairly basic concept but I am fairly inexperienced with using masks.

How can I create the black circular gradient area as shown in this image below? I need to get as close as possible where it matches existing images on the site, why I am hoping its not too hard.

Thank you!


texts: Illustrator: I need a script that manages paths based on maximum caliper diameter

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I'm not that familiar with AI scripting, but I think what I'm looking for is simple. I need a script that can examine a path and find the two most distant anchor points. Then create an axis between those points (interior or exterior, doesn't matter) and then orient the entire path based on that line.

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So what we would end up with is a rotated path with its height representing the maximum caliper diameter (or Feret diameter). In other words, the new bounding box for this path would have height dimension equal to the longest line between points.

The problem is that I have a lot of these objects and I would like to automate to save time.

If anyone can point me in the right direction.


texts: Why are Yahoo's emoticon's more effective at conveying emotion than others?

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What do you think are the objective features of Yahoo's well known emoticon set, that they use for mail, instant messaging etc., that make them so much better at communicating user's feelings and subjectively look so much better than most other emoticon sets seen on the web or in desktop software?

(Explanation: I thought I was the only one liking the Yahoo emoticons much more than all the other emoticon sets on the web, but I asked a great number of regular user's and they all feel the same. On an imaginary 1 to 10 scale of evaluating emoticons based on "looking good", being "easy to understand" and actually having a way to "graphically communicate emotions", Gmail's square emoticons would probably rate 0, the other emoticon sets from Gmail would be somewhere like below 5, together with the annoying overly animated ones that some people get from weird email clients of adware-ish toolbars, the Skype and MS ones would be somewhere at 5 and Yahoo's would be much higher than all the other's, let's say at 10. And I want to understand what makes this particular set of little faces so much more appealing (especially to white European and American users).)


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can anybody help me here to figure out how are these designs made? Like what software and what tools can be used to make similar designs?

Fish

Thanks!


texts: How to Interview DTP Operator for Book Design Company

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We have a small publishing company (Physical Children's Books ages 2 - 14 of different sizes) and currently outsource all our design and illustration job. We however now want to hire an in-house DTP operator for Page layout and Interior Page designs and for handling the corrections found in proof-reading.

The person will be setting up the text and readymade illustration & pictures on the pages and will prepare print ready PDF for the Offset printing presses. This person won't be creating the Artwork (pictures / Illustrations) himself but will be using our artwork in already created in photoshop and illustrator. We will still outsource the illustration creation job to freelancers and design studios.

Since we are not experts ourselves, we would really appreciate if the community can guide what would be the appropriate hiring process, interview questions and other hiring tips. Should we ask the candidates to design few pages from scratch?

We mainly use InDesign, CorelDraw for Page Layouts.


texts: How do I create a cast shadow for this box?

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I know how to create a cast shadow when the horizon is below the light source, but not when it's the other way around like in this image below.

How would I cast an accurate cast shadow?


texts: How to change canvas size in fireworks without your work being moved?

texts: I am making a website mockup in adobe fire works. I noticed that i need more space so i try to change the canvas size vertically and it does add more space but i notice that my content is moved out of place for some reason. Anyone know how i can prevent my content from moving and still add more canvas size space vertically?


texts: How to "fit frame to content" with overset text, to a single line in InDesign

texts: I would like for when I choose "fit frame to content" on a text box with overset text, the frame width is adjusted to fit the remaining text, rather than the height. The image should visually explain.


texts: Set adjustment layer to only affect certain layers without using groups?

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As far as I'm concerned, there are a few different ways to control which layers are affected by an adjustment layer, for example:

move the adjustment layer down so that only the layers below it are affected
alt-click on the line between the adjustment layer and the layer below it to create a clipping mask
create a group and clip the adjustment layer to the group, again using alt-click

However, using these methods there is no way to have an adjustment layer affect multiple layers that aren't next to each other in the layer order.

So let's say I have a Photoshop document with 10 layers and I want one adjustment layer to affect only the 3rd, the 7th and the 9th layer without rearranging the layers, is there a way to do this?


texts: How do I keep high resolution pics when posting screenshots to a piece of paper to keep it from getting blurry when printed?

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I am making a cheat sheet with a bunch of equations and notes on them. I essentially take screenshots of the notes on my computer, and then paste them to a word document, and then resize them to make them smaller so I can fit more. I can visibly see the notes on my word document (even when at same size and zoom as a standard piece of paper), but when I print it out everything becomes blurry.

What's a good way to remedy this situation? I tried saving as PDF, then printing as an image because supposedly that would be higher quality but this doesn't work. Is this because of the printer or the resolution of the photo itself? I suspect it may be the printer is not able to print in such high resolution as well. Thanks.


texts: Looking for a way to create a White logo on translucent background that will be viewable in preview?

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I'm delivering a package of logos (saved as .pdf), some of which are white on transparent background. When opened in preview or finder, the files appear blank because those applications default to white backgrounds.. white on white being invisible.

I've explained to the client that the info is there and also provided them with a proofsheet so they can see it in context, but they are still pushing for this issue to be solved.

Does anyone have any suggestions?


texts: If I wanted to make a progress bar with the bar extending every half of a percent, would I have to manually make the progress bar for each, or is there an easier way?


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I'm trying to find a certain style of font but I'm not sure what to search for.

It's the same font as in the Vox News logo.

Also something like the Harriet Display family.


texts: How to take a circle out of a scene on Adobe Illustrator?

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I have made a few mountains, but I want them to fit nicely inside a hexagon:

So, I want to take a circle out of them, only render what’s inside the circle, and erase whatever is outside.

I’ve tried clipping masks, but I got weird results.

How can I do that?


texts: How to free transform a work path -thus the text inside it- in Photoshop?

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I guess this is a really simple quest but I couldn't find the answer in Google.

I make a rectangular selection, right click, then choose "Make Work Path".

so I have a rectangular path

Then click T icon (for text), type something in the path. It wraps the text nicely. Also adding dashes as word-breaks etc.

so I have text inside the path.

But one problem is, I want to modify the path (say, make it wider but shorter). I can select the path and transform it, but the text remains the same.

How can I transform the path, and also the text in it, so that the text wraps to the new path accordingly ?

What I currently do is, create the new path, type the text again. Which can cost a lot of time for so many small changes.

So I really want to find a way to change the path, that is wrapping the text, without changing the text itself.

Thanks for any help !


texts: Differences in rendered color for text with small font-sizes (16px) in Chrome and Firefox?

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I have a text with the following color and font-size:

color: rgb(60,128,124);
font-size: 16px;

But they look completely different on when rendered by Chrome (when compared to what I get on Adobe XD and Firefox). The Firefox render is much more similar to Adobe XD. And Adobe XD is exactly what my designer intended.

Look how the "i" on Chrome is basically gray tones. Look how the Adobe XD version renders basically green tones, making a much more vivid color.

Note1: If I make the font-size larger and larger, these differences tend go away. And they all look the same.

Note2: What is even weirder is that the print above from the Adobe XD was taken on the very same Chrome, using the "Share for development" link. It's not a print from the Adobe XD desktop software. Even though it was rendered on Chrome, somehow, the render result looks completely different.

Is there a way to have similar render results on colors for small font-sizes across browsers?

UPDATE:

I'm using the following font and this is how I'm adding it to my CSS:

@font-face {
  font-family: ProximaNova;
  src: url('/fonts/ProximaNova-Regular.ttf');
  font-weight: normal;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: block;
}


texts: How do you cut out an enclosed section of background from a picture in illustrator?

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I was wondering if anyone can help me with this issue?

I am trying to remove all the background from my picture using illustrator. I have already used a clipping mask to remove the surrounding background from my picture, however I can't figure out how to "cut out" small pieces of background from the remaining picture.

I have attached two pictures to try ad explain the issue:

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Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

YJ


texts: Is there a way to merge layers with the same name inside a photoshop document?

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I have a bunch of psd files with exact same layer stack in each. They contain different information, but the layer position in the stack, naming, blending modes are exactly the same in everyone of them.

I want to find a way to merge all those files into 1 psd file that preserves exact same layer stack structure without doing it all manually by hand.

Example:

File 1 contains
"Layer 1 Soft Light"
"Background"

File2 contains
"Layer 1 Softlight"
"Background"

Desired result:
File 3:
"Layer 1 Softlight" (merged information from all layers with this name)
"Background" (merged information from all layers with this name)

I thought that duplicating layers to one file and then merging layers with the same name may be the easiest way of doing it (with some scripting maybe?)

Is there a way to achieve what i want?


texts: Convert a line drawing from raster to vector **LINES**

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Here are already such questions, like:

Convert a line drawing from raster to vector
What is the best way to convert a series of boxes (right angles) from raster to vector?
Converting B&W to vector line art?

... and others.

I have an B&W png image, contains a drawing like an maze, e.g. it contains only lines, no areas.

Need convert it into (any) vector format, but as LINES. Every program what i tried, e.g. VectorMagic, potrace etc. converts the lines into closed path areas.

Small part of the original PNG image - zoomed:

The result of the trace:

As you can see, the "line" is traced from its both side like any other area-like shape.

Looking for a way, how to trace lines into real lines (PATHS), best with the matching line-width. (but would be enough any line with).

The reason behind: need work with the traced lines and nodes, e.g. convert some nodes to bezier and like. Not possible (easily) with shapes.

Any idea:

how to get vectorised lines from any tracing program.
which tool can do this? (any OS - could use Windows, OS X, Linux..)


texts: Choosing appropriate text color with given background

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I have an image with green background, lets say #5F7642.

I need to add small text in red color over that background. The problem is, usual red colors pretty much fade in with the background. I need some version of red, which will stand out as much as possible.

Is there some better way than just trial and error to find such color? Is there some formula I could use, to compute the red color, which is as much different from #5F7642, as possible?


texts: Is there delete anchor point tool for multiple anchors in Illustrator CC?

texts: I'm looking for a way to remove multiple anchor points from path, but keppeing path intact. Now i select multiple points with lasso tool, then hit delete, then select 2 new end points and join them. but i'm looking for tool like (-) that deletes points but i don't need to rejoin it.


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I would love feedback on a poster I am making for "Techbox" local tech repair business. There are 3 poster boxes on the outside walls of the business with heavy foot traffic so I'm periodically making posters to swap with whats in the boxes. The focus of this poster is on iPhone repair. The size will be 29"x46"

I have updated this poster since my last question I posted.

Does the poster have a clear message?
Is the poster able to carry the story successfully? or is it too complex and should be simplified?
Does this design have a good balance?

Here is the newest Poster Iteration

Thanks,

-Ivan


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I am preparing some web CSS styles.

I have this layout:

For all thoose with a print design background, we can consider that we have some margins on the section (Red) and some internal colums with a small space arround it.

I can play with this layout a bit, I have a blue overlay marking the original blue column:

The first question is Which of this 3 ways of arranging a photo would you most likely use?

For example a=30% b=30% c=40%

And one aditional question is if This next layout sounds logical to you?, which is diferent from (2) but more suitable to fit the option (C)


texts: Simply when I use the Distribute Horizontal centers option within the Align panel one image will be pushed further to the left or right and the three or any other images won't be aligned equally apart. This has been driving me crazy, it only happens with certain images as in some images will distribute fine, anyone had this problem or know how to fix it?


texts: Rectangle Select Tool moves the image instead of creating a selection in GIMP

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I'm a reasonably seasoned user of PhotoShop but a newbie to GIMP. I need to take Print Screens and fuse/crop them together to create images that display full views of the pages on a certain site.

To do this I paste the screenshots to GIMP and then try to cut them to size with the Rectangle Select Tool. But whenever I try to draw a selection as I would do in PhotoShop, if I start it when over the print screened image the image moves as if I was using the Move Tool instead. This happens on some other tools like ellipsis selection as well.

With a bit of trying, I noticed I can get it to work while pressing Shift (add to selection). It's really weird though. Is this a bug or a feature?

GIMP version is 2.10


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Ok, so I want to create an outline-icon. Therefore I made a rectangle and chose to have my border centred, so that round corners are actually round on both sides. In order for it to be pixel-perfect, I want the border to lie on the pixels and not between them, like this:

However Sketch keeps rearranging my rectangle the way I do not want it:

Now, when I edit vector-points I can choose how sketch places these in relation to the pixel-grid:

Is there some similar option for aligning objects, rather than their anchor-points? Because this is driving me crazy. Even if I duplicate a perfectly aligned rectangle using alt/option + drag, it moves both of them to lie between pixels ...


texts: Gradient with stop causes thicker appearance at the stop, not smooth

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When using a stop in my gradient, it doesn't smoothly transition from the solid color before the stop.

It has a thicker appearance. See the picture below.

Notice the visibly darker line in the middle, where the actual gradient starts.

How do I make this smooth, like it should?

The white also seems to stop rather abruptly, even though the bound is at 100%.

This occurs in Photoshop, as well as on the web, using CSS3 gradients.

Is this just my screen?

The color I'm using is #1fa2ae

Update: when I hover with a color detector, the gradient seems fine.

Is this some kind of optical color illusion?


texts: How do I clip parts of my Inkscape diagram such that its corners are perfectly rectangular?

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I've been trying to edit a SVG diagram (here in my Google Drive you can find it if having the original SVG helps you in assisting me), below is a PNG bitmap of the original labelling what I want changed.

How do I make the sides of my drawing nice, homogenous (in shape, not colour) and rectangular so that there are no gaps or curves sticking out of the sides of it. The label 2 in the below bitmap shows some examples of what I mean, like where the brown dashed line extends past its intended bounds or where the brown cell bed below does not line up with the edges of the pink bucket-filled area.


texts: pdb.gimp_image_insert_channel is not working at all in gimp 2.10

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Here goes my code to generate new tiff with clipping path. Everything works fine, but the new channel does not propagate. ...I am trying to add a new channel because the alpha channel goes off when the clipping path gets created. It's a kinky situation and I wasted about 10 days without any luck.
Any suggestions highly appreciated.
def JustAddPath(infile, sRGB, aRGB, pathname, outfile):
image = pdb.gimp_file_load(infile, 'image', run_mode=RUN_NONINTERACTIVE)
layerlist=image.layers
layer = layerlist[0]

if not pdb.gimp_item_is_group(layer):

    #Select channel 3 (blue) to create clip with
    pdb.gimp_image_select_item(image, 2, layer)
    pdb.plug_in_sel2path(image, layer)

    #Set name of clipping path
    vector_name=pdb.gimp_path_list(image)[1][0]
    vec=pdb.gimp_image_get_vectors_by_name(image,vector_name)
    vec.name=pathname

#Insert new channel using channel blue- THIS DOES NOT WORK!!!
try:
    channel = pdb.gimp_channel_new_from_component(image, 2, "Arbitrary")
    pdb.gimp_image_insert_channel(image, channel, 0, 4)
except:
    print ("Oops, busted!")

#Define source and target icc profiles
pdb.plug_in_icc_profile_apply(image, sRGB, 0, False)
pdb.plug_in_icc_profile_set(image, aRGB)

#Save to Disk
drawable = pdb.gimp_image_get_active_layer(image) #or simply- layer
pdb.file_tiff_save(image, drawable, outfile, 'image.tif', 0)


texts: Inkscape: Bitmap(s) disappearing when using perspective tool

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I have a gray image that I imported and embbeded into Inkscape.
I used Path->TraceToBitmap using gray options so I get different layers of bitmaps. I then group or ungroup them.

I then draw a polygon using the Bezier Pen starting by the bottom left corner with 4 nodes all connected. Select them then select the polygon with shift+click and use the perspective tool.

I get two different but similar results if they were ungrouped the first one disappear if they were grouped they all disappear.

I saw that there were a lot of tutorials/answers on Stackoverflow or elsewhere on using the perspective tool (for instance this one or this other one or even this one) but I believe all the steps I took are correct.

Do you think there is a simple explanation to this strange behaviour ? Am I misunderstanding something still ?

EDIT: Apparently it moves the image to a 1pixel-1pixel aggregate which looks like a black sheet of paper folded multiple times. Any idea why it would do that ?
Is it my drawing of a rectangle like shape with the bezier pen ?

PS: I have no notions on graphical design so my question this might be silly but I couldn't figure out the answer by myself.


texts: In xfig, how to move freehand point to restricted "point posn" point?

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When setting, moving, or deleting points in xfig, the point posn option lets you choose between allowing the cursor to move or select points in any position, or to require restricted positions on a grid.  However, if a point was freely chosen, and then you want to move it to a restricted location (using the Move or Move Point functions), there doesn't seem to be any way to do this in a natural way.  If you set point posn to restricted grid locations, the cursor will not select points that are not already on that grid, so you can't move them with the grid-restricted motion.

Is there a trick that lets you do this (other than moving to a grid location by hand with free movement, or by editing the source file)?


texts: Can I edit a previously-made gradient in Gimp?

texts: I made a gradient in a layer in Gimp, then moved onto other things. Can I return to the mode like when I was editing the gradient and I was modifying the control points inside the image canvas? Or once I leave the gradient it becomes permanent?


texts: Is it possible to draw a black line with a colored fill

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For example, in photo shop you can draw a line then select that line and contract the pixels maybe 3 pixels (depending if the line I drew was thicker)and fill that area with a color.

Thus the line has a color with a black outline.

Is it possible in illustrator to be able to do this just by simply drawing a line and having illustrator do it for you?

completely new to illustrator


texts: Adding visual interest to a website without cluttering it or making the visuals detract from the content

texts: In working on a redesigned website for my university program I feel like I've got a pretty solid foundation. The purpose of the website is to be both informational but, also, to be "fun" and "inviting." So, we have used some Google Web Fonts for typography and we've done some work with headings, line hight, and line length. Now, we would like to add some visual elements to make the pages more attractive but that don't detract from the content. What are some effective methods for adding visual interest? One suggestion was a "water mark" type image but I have issues with that because it could cause problems with older browsers.


texts: inkscape - how to remove contour when exporting to png?

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the inkscape I configured it in this way

now I select the figure that I want to export

I use the filter to pixelate

and to export use this option

But there is a transparent outline ("in the image below is dark gray") that remains and my goal is that the figure occupies all the space

Shared file


texts: Is it possible to create such graphic elements in Adobe Illustrator? (please see images)

texts: I came up with a series of logos where i saw nicely drawn ornaments which are nicely beveled and look like 3D. I tried to make them in illustrator but i couldn't do it as good because of the limitations on using gradients on brush strokes. The special thing about them is that the gradient is applied along the strokes of those floras and they look beveled and realistic. Is it possible to do such designs in Adobe Illustrator? If yes, what would your technique be to do that? Thanks! (sorry about the quality of the images it was a screenshot).


texts: How to achieve wavy text effect on Illustrator

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I would like to achieve the "Nature" Text effect.

If this effect has a name I can search for it, but I don't know where to start.

Thank you.


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Pretty straight forward question, say in Gimp I have an image with 2 layers in question, one is temporary, I want to use it as the mask for the other. How can I transfer a layer into the mask of another? I get as far as having a grey scale floating selection which I can't place on the mask. I know how to paint on a mask, or use a layer's grey scale as it's own mask, but not a layer's grey scale for a different layer's mask.

Hope that makes sense

Thanks


texts:
I am creating an icon for our brand to appear on our clients sites next to the sharing options e.g. Facebook, Twitter, etc.

I cannot find a standard size for all these icons. I realise that each website might use a different size but what sizes should I provide users to download?


texts: "Black text has been set up so it prints as 4 colours, rather than just black" - what?

texts:
I'm currently dealing with a printer, who I've been working with for a year or two. We've sent off to had one of our brochures reprinted - the same files as last time, except now they're having some problems with the files. The exact wording in their email was:

  We have a bit of an issue with your files, the black text has been set
  up so as it prints as a composite of 4 colours, rather than just
  black. This will cause a printing problem as the slightest movement
  will make the text look fuzzy. We can often correct this using the
  software tools we have but this has not been successful on this
  occasion. Are you able to re-supply the files with the text as black
  only?

I looked at the files and I appear to have been supplying them in RGB rather than CMYK, so I thought that might be the solution, however, the problem persists.

How would I have configured black in my files to print as four colours rather than black and how do I go about fixing it? Sounds a little strange to me, as it sounds more like a printer problem - but I'm not printing expert/professional.

Thanks.


texts: Font identification from an early-2000's game

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I'm looking for a font from the game Uplink (2001) but can't seem to identify it online.
It looks almost like someone has taken Helvetica and shrunk it down to the bare minimum, then zoomed in (so I'm inclined to say it's not a bitmap even though it looks like one?)
I've tried Identifont, DaFont, FontSquirrel, I've browsed through the bitmap listings for Font Space but still can't find it.
It is very close to these fonts:

Connection
Pxlvetica
NBP Informa
Minimal5x7
Pixel Arial
Pixel Mix

Which are all bitmap fonts.
The comma and question mark in particular are striking as you will see below...

Note that the word "Gateway" is in a different font, namely Dungeon.


texts: InDesign and PDF printing boxes instead of shadows - Onscreen looks perfect

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I apologize in advance if this has been asked, but I've searched for a few phrases and I'm not sure how else to ask it.

Using InDesign I've created a vector "ribbon" and given it a drop shadow. I've also placed a PSD file with a transparent background on the document.

On screen, the exported PDF and the InDesign screen preview look perfect (View > Overprint Preview is enabled). Here is a screenshot of the exported PDF (v1.5):

When printed on my HP LaserJet 2600n, however, I get these god-awful blocks around the shadow of the ribbon object and the placed PSD file. Here is a photo of the printed page (the camera on my phone washed out the image - it is accurately reproducing the colours):

I've tried converting Spot colours to Process in case the printer was experiencing some issue with the Pantone colours, but the colours are actually printing fine, it seems to be the placed file and the shadow causing issues.

I'd love to learn how to fix this, and more importantly - what causes the issue!


texts: How do I disable Photoshop CC's taskbar grouping in Windows 10?

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The standard hotkey convention in Windows is that ALT+TAB switches between programs and CTRL+TAB switches between documents within a program.

Photoshop for some reason wants to treat every document it has open as a separate process, which means if I open Photoshop while developing a website, then open a number of different documents, my task switching gets all screwed up because Photoshop has elevated every document to the level of importance of a separate program.

Is there any way to disable this? I know you can disable taskbar grouping across the board, but this doesn't solve the problem. Instead it gives me four separate Photoshop items in the taskbar, which is even worse.

How can I get Photoshop to be a little more humble and just occupy one task slot, like a normal, well-behaved program?


texts: Grayscale, washed out effect for web page footer

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I am trying to duplicate this portrait mosaic -- inspiration courtesy of Mozilla's homepage -- for a company intranet footer. I'm a Photoshop neophyte (more adept with Illustrator) and don't know how to control for different source images and give them this same brightness? The process is more than simply changing the image mode and adjusting brightness/opacity. Is there some kind of adjustment layer? I can fiddle with precision but what would the general workflow be for something like this?

Thanks much,
Grant


texts:
I'm wrapping my map up in Illustrator. I want to create a line that has the same geometry of my river and I want to label it: "Klamath River".
The thing is, I don't want to label it once, I want to create a pre-defined interval between those labels to cover the whole extension of the river.
Is there a way to do it dynamically, instead of inserting spaces?


texts: Create an animation of a slider-crank mechanism system

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I'm trying to create an animation of a slider-crank mechanism system in AE, but I'm finding it difficult to create a move closer to a real simulation.

Would anyone have an idea how I should proceed?

The link below shows what I'm trying to get:

Slider-crank Mechanism System

This was my attempt, but it's getting very strange:


texts: How do I determine what the image file format and resolution should be when scanning?

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I was recently asked for help with digitizing a large set of photographs - tens of thousands of the things, that need to be digitized so they can be sent to book publishers and possibly other types of clients. So I needed to work out how much space needed, which raised the question of how high quality the scans would need to be.

That's just an example situation, my question is a bit broader than that: in general, in which industries and situations is quality the most important? One thing I was curious about was what file formats are typically used. Personally I see no visible difference between a 100% quality JPEG and lossless file, but how do professionals feel about that? Is there every a situation where that minute difference becomes important? If so, is it just being overly fastidious, or does it genuinely matter?

Recently, I also heard about photography sessions running into the hundreds of gigabytes. That just blows my mind, wouldn't the images need to be hundreds of megabytes each? What would ever make them that large?

I hope my question isn't too broad. To break it down into more concrete chunks:

When does the lossless/high quality lossy distinction matter?
Can you provide a rough comparison of what's considered an acceptable DPI in various industries/situations, or in your particular industry?
What file formats are typically used? Just JPEG for lossy and PNG for lossless? Or are fancy domain-specific formats preferred? If so, why?


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I created the attached images in Illustrator.

On the first one (world map) I want to represent data going from one place to the other.

I had a path that I altered with the width tool, so one end is wide, and the other end ends in a small point. I duplicated this path and I used 'type on path' and in the 'type on path options', I aligned the text to the centre of the path.
I had to adjust the text size character by character to fit into the orange 'beams' and I am wondering, is there a way to somehow automatically change text size, so it evenly follows how the beam is getting wider?

I also attached an image where spiraling letters are going from small to big, where I had the same problem.

Is there a way to evenly change size of text?


texts: Readability as a function of measure and leading

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I'm writing a thesis, and of course my university has some requirements regarding the typography, specifying in particular the measure (36 pc), the minimum font size (10 pt), and an acceptable range for the leading (1.5 to double spacing).

What is known in general about readability as a function of these parameters and the text font?

I am aware of research showing that lines ranging between 60 and 70 characters optimize ease of reading of single-column text, with longer lines making it harder to pick up the next line. But I don't know if that research only accounts for normal leading (aka single spacing). Increasing the leading will presumably make it easier to pick up the next line after reading a long line?

Because of the university requirements, any reasonable font I choose will produce more than 70 characters per line. So how much should the leading be increased to compensate?


texts: What is the method to "clear effects" in Photoshop?

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Once I have made a shape and added particular layer effects, these effects automatically apply to any shapes (or even shapes from paths) that I draw immediately afterwards. Is there a setting where I can prevent this continuity of the effects I add? How else do I clear them and restore whatever the default is?

Thank you in advance.


texts: Fill InDesign CS6 layout with data from web service

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For our wedding, my wife and I created an Instagram hashtag that our guests tagged their photos with. I wrote a little web app that hit the Instagram API for photos in that hashtag and displayed them as a slideshow on a projector at the reception, so I have all of the photos' metadata stored, including the URLs to the photos themselves.

We want to print a bound book of all of the photos our guests took. I know how I'd use InDesign to accomplish this manually, but I'm sure there must be some way to automate the process of getting these photos and metadata into an InDesign book.

In concept, what I want to do is open up a web endpoint (or generate some files InDesign knows how to read) that feeds all of my photo data and metadata into InDesign, and have the application feed the data into a set of standard page layouts.

I'm not really sure where to begin. Can InDesign CS6 do this kind of thing natively? If I need to generate a file, what kind of file does it need to be? Do the photos need to be stored on my computer, or can InDesign fetch them from a URL I pass in the metadata?


texts: Can't get rid of default filter on Photoshop CS5 shapes

texts: Everytime I create a new shape in Photoshop CS5, whether on a new layer, document, whatever, it's always starting out with a drop shadow. I can't figure out why this default filter is being applied?


texts: Is it possible to have multiple instances of one shape that are all updated once you have changed the original shape?


texts: How to send client only the image in the artboard?

texts: I had to vectorize a logo for a client but there is stuff outside the artboard that I don’t wish to send them. How do I make it so that the AI file I send them only contains what is in the artboard?


texts: Why are my screenshots blurry in InDesign when I export to a PDF?

texts:
Just so you know I am very new to Creative Suite. I am trying to make a whitepaper using InDesign and then export it into a PDF. The PDF looks blurry if I export it at anything, but 300ppi. The screenshots I am capturing are at 72 ppi, so I have been pasting them into Photoshop and increasing the resolution to 300 ppi. When I increase the screenshots resolution and then put it into InDesign it decreases the blurriness, but its still not very readable.

Is there anyway that I can capture these screenshots, put them in InDesign, and have them show up clearly in the PDF?

Sorry if this was confusing, please let me know if you need me to further explain.


texts: Format (Index) to locate sketches in scrapbooks

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I am looking to sit down diligently every day and sketch something in my Moleskine whether it be for work or fun to get a grasp on my own creation versus checking design blogs only. What I would like to know is a way to organize going back through many sketchbooks while keeping a constant tagging system. For example I want to check which pages have official work for website versus which pages are game sprite design.

A lazy solution would be to keep it in really huge scrapbooks. This is inefficient for me, the largest Moleskine I can carry easily is the

Sketchbook - large
104 pages
5” x 8 ¼”

I have on more than one occasion decided to switch to pocket version (80 pages).

So I already have two or three sketchbooks lying around and I don't want it to be a hassle to flip back through past designs. Is there an official method for keeping tabs on this? Maybe I place a little note and it to the back with the page number? Then I will need an index for each of indices of each book in my library?


texts:
I have to shapes with anchor points perfectly aligned:

But the result is not what I want:

If I select the anchor points and try to join them, I get an error message because they are not open paths. When I use the pathfinder and click UNITE, nothing happens beside that those two shapes are grouped. Shape builder tool is not helpul either. Also, I don't want to expand these objects since I might want to change the stroke weight later on.

How can I join them perfectly so that the lower corner looks ok?

Thank you for your help.


texts: How to select a graphic tablet for 3D applications?

texts: A friend of mine works a lot with CAD programs like AutoCAD or Autodesk Tools. To his birthday I thought it would be a good idea to present him with a graphic tablet for 3D applications. Unfortunately, I'm very unexperienced in this field :-) so my questions are 1) is it really a good idea and 2) what are important characteristics of such a tablet I have to consider when I select one. I could image resolution, and size?


texts: Inkscape: Stroke width different when exporting .pptx to PDF

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So I created an infographic in Inkscape that I use in my Powerpoint-Presentation (Office 2016). When I save my presentation as .pdf, the stroke width changes (it becomes much thicker). The same happens when using Word. Using the .pptx and .docx file, the graphic looks just good there and it is also fine when directly exporting as pdf from Inkscape using the default settings.
I tried using print to pdf (instead of save as pdf), and the strokes maintain their original width, but the graphic seems to be rasterized (does not happen with other svgs!) and shows artifacts of heavy compression.
So how can I solve this issue? I could of course just export an extremely high-resolution .png and use this, but I'd like to use the .svg.
I use Windows 10.

Update:
I tried converting the svg to emf in Inkscape. Now the borders look fine when exporting to .pdf, but small shapes are just converted to circular shapes with the fill color of the shape. How can this be avoided?


texts: divide layered object into sections in illustrator

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I wasn't sure how to title this but I have created a pizza in illustrator and I want to take a slice from the image and pull it out slightly. You can see in the image below the drawing I did in photoshop (right hand side image). I am trying to achieve the same thing in illustrator.

I have experimented with Pathfinder and clipping masks but can't quite seem to find the solution.

Any advice would much appreciated.

Thank you


texts: Photoshop, duplicate layer order down (instead of up)

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I'm working with Photoshop for over 10 years already but can't find this simple thing:

When I'm creating repeatable objects I always duplicate folders and work my way from up to the bottom. When checking my layers they are arranged differently. The bottom duplicate is on top of the layers and visa versa.

Does anyone know how to change the duplicate layer option order? I want to make them down instead of going up the last layer.


texts: Indesign script to replace paragraph style

texts: I am using ID CC 2014 on a Mac and there's a huge file with several hundred pages where I need to delete a certain paragraph style replacing it with another. Say there's a para style called "style-1". When I delete it from the para styles panel, it asks me to provide another style to take its place for pieces of text currently styled as "style-1". Here, I add, say, "style-2" to take its place. Is there any way to automate the process using a script? I tried studying the FindTextPreference JS class but it doesn't seem to have the properties we might need in this case. Any tips?


texts: Design mobile layouts using physical resolution or logical resolution?

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First, some background: All smart phones these days have what is called a "Device Pixel Ratio". Essentially, it means that a web browser on a smart phone is going to interpret the screen resolution differently than the actual, physical resolution of the device. For example an iPhone 6 has a physical resolution of 750 x 1334 pixels with a device pixel ratio of 2. This means browsers on the iPhone 6 will interpret the resolution as 375 x 667. For more background on device pixel ratio, retina screens and dppx you can read up on this in the link above or Googling for it.

The Question: when one is designing (in Photoshop or whatever) a design for a mobile layout (for example, a mobile webpage), should the document/canvas/artboard be (using iPhone 6 as example) 750 x 1334 (the physical resolution) or 375 x 667 (the logical resolution)?

Things to consider:

Device has Retina screen, so serving up a 750px wide image is good, even though browser interprets the screen width at 375px. Using physical resolution Photoshop layout ensures that your images are already at 750px wide.
With a logical resolution layout, your images will only be at 375px wide. In order to have them be ready for Retina, you will need to make each image in your layout a Smart Object, that links to 750px images.
On a logical resolution layout, font size, margins, padding, etc will all be at their correct sizes already. When a developer looks like the Photoshop file it will be immediately obvious what the values need to be for font size, margins, paddings, etc.
On a physical resolution layout, all the font sizes, margins, padding, etc will be TWICE the size of what they will be when the HTML and CSS is put together. This is because the size of the layout is twice as big as what shows up in a browser.
When creating a new Photoshop file, if you choose "Artboard Size: iPhone 6" it creates a 750 x 1334 document, completely ignoring the device pixel ratio.

Which is the correct approach? What is easiest for the designer to create? What is easiest for the developer to work with? Is there a middle ground?


texts: How to save text in Photoshop and open it in Illustrator without pixellation

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I want to do silkscreen printing. I have done all the labels with Photoshop and saved as PDF. But, my printer said it is very blurry.

I need to use Illustrator. So, if I have already done my label with Photoshop, how can I export my file to illustrator and make all my texts unpixalated?

Should I type everything in Illustrator instead? How can I send to Photoshop with vector base (not bitmap)?


texts: How can I convert a JPEG to a transparent GIF image, replacing white with transparency?

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So I have a JPEG with a white background and want to make it a transparent GIF without walk around job and without Photoshop also.

So is there a way to create a transparent GIF image from usual JPEG with white font?

I think I need to walk around the image contour copy as transparent and then save as GIF?
But can I do it somehow automatically?


texts: I am using gimp for windows 7. I have an image of a color gradient line (top is black middle white, bottom black) and I want to use gimp to extend the bottom of the line. Meaning, I want to make the black part of the line longer than it is. How can I do this? I do not want to effect the sizes of the other colors on the line.


texts: Illustrator: subselect and change text objects

texts:
Asking because I couldn't find this googling:
I have data plots that consist of many small numbers. What I would want to do, ideally, is select a portion of text and graphic elements, then adjust text sizes and fonts within that selected area. However, tools to do this only show if only text elements are selected.
How do I change these text styles, while not touching all remaining - unselected - text? Is it possible to subselect only text objects somehow / easily?
Thanks


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I'm working on building a sea trading game, with a number of ports that you visit. Right now I am in the very early stages of making the game, using very primitive graphics. Today, I assigned names to each city, and display those names by the city, as below.

There's a few things that I'm going to do with the text, including center it, have it above or below the port, and possibly some other stuff that I haven't fully figured out yet. But the first problem I'm tring to manage is using a font to achieve better contrast. If at all possible, I would like to use the native text functions, which uses TrueType Fonts and OpenType Fonts. The typical way I've seen people address this question of visibility is with a light on dark, or dark on light, font, with essentially two colors. I've never seen a font like that, and I'm having difficulty finding one. What exactly am I looking for to achieve this? Or do I need to do something more drastic, that I'm not seeing right now? I would be more than happy with just a term for the font. For reference, I'm looking for something like the font at the end.


texts: How many variables can I represent graphically before losing clarity?

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Let's see if I can explain this graphical economy question I have correctly. I'm new to the field and it's worth mentioning this is pure curiosity, and my examples are - as you will be able to tell soon - completely made up.

How many variables can I represent graphically before my graph loses communication quality? Supposing my audience is, for example, Sunday newspaper readers.

Suppose I have this set: Weight (x) / Age (y), and two individuals: Jane, 10yo, 30kg; and Joe, 20yo, 60kg. The graphical representation could be something like this:

Now, I know I can add another variable using the size of the circles, so if I want to add a representation for how many burgers Jane and Joe eat a week (10 and 20, respectively), I could have something like:

And I can even use shape or color + size to add a fourth variable, for example if they eat more cheeseburgers than beef burgers (limitation here is that the type of burger is a boolean, with only two possible values), but anyway:

And this where I think it starts to get messy. Adding shapes to the combo to represent a fifth variable would risk the 'ease-of-comprehension' of the graph. When I look at the graph, my (particular) brain only processes maybe 2 or 3 variables, no more. Do they eat combo or just burgers, for example?:

I thought of maybe a 3rd dimension, but that would look just terrible. I might be thinking about this in the complete wrong way, and chances are I am missing something quite obvious here that I cannot grasp (for example, if trying to represent more than 3 or 4 variables is just wrong as a practice), but back to my question(s):

Is 4 (maybe 5 if the graph is very simple like mine) a reasonable number for maximum variables represented at the same time in a two axis chart?
Are there other graph types that allow for more variables without losing clarity?
Is there a good example of a chart that successful represents a large number of variables?


texts: How can I print vinyl stickers without using laminate?

texts:
I would like to use a consumer grade inkjet printer (entry to mid grade) to print on self-adhesive vinyl. These labels would be for outside use, so the ink could not simply sit on the surface of the vinyl. The labels do not have to be resistant for months, but the colors/ink should obviously not wash away and be permanent. I would like to do this without using a laminate so I am guessing that the printing technique would have to embed the ink below the surface (?)

What would be the best way to accomplish this?


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Is there a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator or a stand alone software for the Mac that allows you to create anti-counterfeiting/forgery designs?

I am looking for a plug-in or software that would automate designing Guilloche patterns and maybe other security enhancements. I am not trying to print these designs myself but I am also not trying to design for high security like money. I guess, my best example would be to design tickets for an event.


texts: InDesign not applying footnote separator formatting

texts: Does anyone have any idea why this isn't being applied? I want a full point and an emspace after the footnote number before the footnote text, which is what I've told it to do but all it's doing is putting a normal space in.


texts: If you have overridden elements from the A-Master in several pages, is there any way of reconnecting them if you change your mind?


texts: How to describe this text alignment feature with varied font sizes

texts:
Originally posted in the English Stack Exchange, but was suggested to post here.

I see it all the time in Facebook posters and memes where each row of text is of a different sized font, but with the margins justified. There are even animations that use this feature. What is this called?

Sample usage: "How to [my word]" as a google query.

Reason for asking: I am sure that there must be an automated way of doing this feature without a compass and slide rule, and that such a feature should be "googleable".

(The content in these examples happens to be religious as I randomly took the examples from my Facebook feed. However, I have seen this feature in political memes and animated infomercials.)

This example has both vertical and horizontally aligned text.


texts: Where can I find celebrity photos for commercial use?

texts:
Every commercial-use photograph website I've looked at (flickr, shutterstock, getty images, etc) have plenty of pictures of celebrities, but literally none of them have model releases, so they can't be used for commercial purposes.

Does anyone know of a source that provides celebrity photos with model releases?


texts: I have to create a poster for a trade show booth. Is the photo I have to use too small in size?

texts:
I have a very tight deadline to create a trade show booth poster in Adobe Illustrator. The size is 40" x 53.5". It is CMYK, 300 dpi.

One of the stock photos that I must use in it, which has been provided to me by the client (purchased on istock), needs to be scaled up in size (altho the resolution is thankfully ok, at 300 dpi). Basically the width and length of that photo is too small, and I have to scale it from about 5"x10" to about 12" x 26".

I am worried that this will print too pixelated. Does anyone know if it will look ok enough? I am unable to get in touch with the printer since it is for a large trade show through a client who can't figure out who the printer is. So I can't ask anyone any questions about it :(

It is for a kiosk so I think it will typically be viewed from 3 feet away. But even that I'm not able to find out.

To be honest, I don't see any photos on istock that would be the right substitute that would be large enough anyhow. Is there a database out there for poster sized stock?

THANKS!!!!


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