texts: how to enhance images captured from an old film recorder

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I have 4 frames from an historical source showing an animation of a statistical algorithm (multidimensional scaling), ca. 1962.  They were captured by a film recorder connected to a CRT display.  A movie version can be found at http://stat-graphics.org/movies/multidimensional-scaling.html
I want to publish these in a book on the history of data visualization, and wonder if there is some way I can enhance them digitally to make the patterns of points on the black background more visible. What is important to see is how the configuration of points changes from frame to frame.
Are there any tools I could use to make this better?
Here is the figure, composed from the 4 separate frames.


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Can anyone help me to fix this problem?

I can't normally apply the custom brush while using blob brush tool.

It's not dependent upon type of brush I use.

With simple brush tool everything is just fine.


texts: What are the minimum safe conditions for running a small dye sublimation heat press?

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I work in an office that has recently purchased an 8.5x11" Sawgrass dye sub printer, which we're using with a 14x14" clamshell heat press and a mug press.

I am aware that some of the vaporized ink escapes when you open the press after use, and that it's probably not great to breathe it.

I can't find an MSDS from Sawgrass or basically anywhere, and anything I do find mentions nothing about ventilation or the vapor, only the room-temperature inks.


texts: How to create a noise-gradient texture in Affinity Designer?

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This kind of noise texture is very much in trend from material design to modern vector illustrations. Some call it grain texture, some call noise brush and some call it "salt and pepper" technique. Still for the record, here is an example.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/55599139/Tornado-Chasers
https://www.behance.net/gallery/66265897/Mark-Boardman-Carrefour

[The illustrations may not be vector illustrations but you got the idea.]

What it actually does is create a gradient of noise or spots and blotches to shape up the colour-values more definitively. This is pretty easy to do in Photoshop and Illustrator I believe.
But for Affinity Designer, the options are scarce. And none of them quite yields the desired effect.

Paint the layer in Pixel persona with a grain brush.

  Now either I couldn't use it well or something else is wrong but the
  pixel brushes give me very pixelated brush-marks (I tried both default
  and paid brushes).

The other option is to duplicate the layer, fill it with noise from
color tab and then use the transparency tool to control the opacity.

  This doesn't work very well because the noise is computer generated
  and it lacks the artistic impression that we see in wild (any modern flat illustration which uses the effect)

Is there any way I can make it work to look like the examples (painterly noise texture)?


texts: How to embed a color profile into a PDF with Inkscape?

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I'm using Inkscape v. 0.91 under Linux Slackware, compiled from the source with the default options.

The printing service I use requires the "ISO Coated v2 300% (ECI)" color profile, which I have in the /usr/share/colors/icc folder and I apply in the document properties. The XML editor correctly shows that "ISO Coated" in the svg:color-profile field.

Anyway, when I save a PDF file the colorspace I see calling identify -verbose is reported as sRGB (I guess it's correct in this way), but there isn't any reference to the ISO profile inside the PDF.

Is there a way to correctly embed a color profile into a PDF with Inkscape?


texts: I want to create some kind of flow chart with Illustrator CS3. In other programs it is possible to bind a line or arrow to a rectangle and whenever I drag the rectangle, the binded line is adapted in a way that the line is still "connected" to the rectangle. Is that possible with Illustrator CS3? Thank you!


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Given values a and b in the appropriate color space, does perceptual psychology provide an algorithm to determine which is cooler and which is warmer?  Even better, is it possible to determine how much warmer the warmer color is?

[Edit]

To resolve confusion, understand that there are two kinds of "color temperature":  physical ("scientific") color temperature and artists' color temperature.  I am writing software to aid digital painters, so I am concerned with the latter.

Physical or Scientific Color Temperature

This is the mapping between light sources' hues and Kelvin temperature values.  It is based on a canonical curve in chromaticity space defined by the color of the light emitted by a black-body radiator as its temperature increases.  The mapping from Kelvin to color is trivial via a priori knowledge of this canonical curve.

Mapping from color to Kelvin is harder, requiring the approximate determination of "closest correlating temperatures".  Given a light source with known color and unknown color temperature, one finds the nearest point on the canonical black-body radiation curve and chooses the associated Kelvin value.

In brief, physical or "scientific" color temperature is just about assigning Kelvin values to light sources.  For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_temperature.

Artists' Color Temperature

Artists' color temperature is arcane, intuitive, and weakly explained in almost all the literature I have encountered (the notable exception being Bruce MacEvoy's online article, which I mention in my answer below).  The ambiguous nature of artists' color temperature probably owes to an anti-scientific cultural vein among contemporary illustrators.

The best I can explain is that illustrators generally believe colors like blue and green to be cool and colors like yellow and red to be warm.  With practice, artists learn to see temperature differences between colors.  Success in representational art depends on being able to see temperature relationships and mimic them with paint.  For instance, in portrait painting, an artist needs the facility to make observations like, "Ah, the shadow side of my model's cheek looks warmer than the tip of her nose.  I need to make sure that the paint I use to represent her nose has less yellow/red in it than the paint I use to represent the shadow side of her cheek".

I hope it is clear that physical color temperature may or may not be orthogonal to artists' color temperature.  They are principles taken from communities with almost a null intersection.  Part of the reason I asked this question was to find out if the two definitions of color temperature can, in fact, be treated interchangeably.


texts: What image file format is used by Autodesk Sketchbook Mobile?

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I have been using Sketchbook Mobile on an android phone a little bit and, being an android (me and the device), I have located the single save file the program allows and make backups of that file on my external sd card so that I can revisit the drawing should I desire.

Does anyone know what file storage format this program uses? (named "sketch" with no extension; supports layers)


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i am trying to create a hatched band around a shape, for example a circle or s square. in the case of the circle i want this to follow the circle on the inside, and in case of a square to follow the square edges on the inside. any possible way to do this? instead of placing each line one by one.
thanks


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I'm trying to find a good pairing for the Learning Curve font, to use in a website. This particular font is used in the client's logo.

I must convey a stylish and elegant mood, and I've tried to pair it with Josefin Sans:

Is my choice a good one? Is this pairing right to convey the mood that I described? Can it be improved in some way?


texts: How to fit a vertical headshot into a horizontal frame

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I am frequently asked to make vertical headshots fit into a horizontal size, to display on my company's website. I'm often given low-quality images with sharp cuts to the person's shoulders or backgrounds that are difficult to extend.

I usually do one of two things...

Recreate or draw in shoulders of my own, using the clone stamp, then create some simple background to fill the space, as I did here.  This is time consuming, though, and anyone with an eye for detail can spot the fake shoulder(s) a mile away

Duplicating the headshot behind the original, enlarging it to fill the frame, blurring it - like below

I want to start doing the second option more, because it's the easiest for me and I see it's a pretty common method (thanks to those vertical video takers), but it's not the most visually appealing.

Is there a better way of fitting portrait images into a landscape container?


texts: Can a mockup for a smartphone app be used for the real app?

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I should mention i don't know the first thing about designing smartphones apps.

I hired a freelancer to create a mockup for a smartphone (Android/iPhone) app for me, and I was wondering if I'll be able to use some of the art he'll create in the final app, or are the apps using a different technology/format?

Edit (added): Should I ask him to work with a specific technology? (I'm guessing ps is the standard, but could it be that he'll work with another reasonable technology (i.e. not coal), and the mockup still will NOT be useful for the app?

Thanks.


texts: Illustrator: how to select multiple shapes to apply the same style

texts: Is it possible to select multiple shapes at a time in Illustrator? I have a number of shapes in my artwork that have some common styles, and I would like to select all of them at same time. I've tried using the Ctrl key with no result.


texts: Constructing a tile from 4 pieces - to create single entity of adjacent letters in a word game

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I work an a Scrabble-like word game for Android, where yellow translucent letter tiles are placed on a white game board:

I don't want to to use boring rectangle tiles - and at the same time can not make my game too complicated... so I have come up with the following graphical assets (created with InkScape, exported to bitmap and then split in 4 pieces with ImageMagick):

As you can see above, there are round.svg and square.svg and I split them in 4 pieces:

round_0.png
round_1.png
round_2.png
round_3.png
square_0.png
square_1.png
square_2.png
square_3.png

And as you can see in the screenshot of the app, I then use these pieces to seamlessly layout the adjacent letter tiles.

My question is: for round.svg (and shadow.svg) I have just used 2 linear gradients at north-west and south-east corners - and that does not look good.

Does anybody have a good idea for my setup, how to better design the round.svg?


texts: How can I make everything below an object (arrangement wise) transparent?

texts: For instance, I have a line with a stroke colored navy blue over a shape. How can I make the area covered by the navy blue line transparent, including that area on the shape below?


texts: Would you compromise your design and how far should you go?

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I am pretty sure that most of us here, or at least those do graphic design for living, have found themselves in following situation:

You agree with a client to do the design, agree on price, schedules, formats etc…
You work hard, make adjustments, collaborate with client; everything goes well in the beginning.
At some point you realise that the client does not listen your professional advice regarding design and prefers his/her own ideas that might not look so professional (choice of fonts, colors, odd choices of elements, shapes etc…).
No matter how hard you try, the client is persistent and will not accept the designer’s advice.
You get back to work, try to make the best out of it, and the final result is not so good, mainly because you had to stick to the client’s wishes.
Work is shipped, payment done, and you don’t want to include this work in your portfolio because it is not good. After all, it is not your work, it is something that was physically created by you as a designer, but the ideas, concept, story, and message came out as a result of nonprofessional person, your client.

Ok, they pay for it, and as long as they are happy this is fine. But, the more compromises you make, the more time you spend working on bad design. If you are a young designer on a quest to get recognition, you don’t want to work just for the sake of money and then face the lack of good design in your portfolio.

Maybe at the beginning of your career you don’t care that much, but later if life this might be a big issue. At some point you will be approached by a big client that might offer you long-term contract, but first they will want to see your work. No point explaining to them what you did and why you made so many compromises.

They will not be interested in that.

Every project is precious as your time and you want to do use it wisely and produce great work.

How would you deal with such a situation?


texts: How can I best provide feedback to my designer

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What's kosher when providing feedback to your designer?  Are there best practices?  If he's making a mockup of an iPhone dashboard should I tell him that I'd prefer the icons be monochromatic, or that the trees are too large and the mountains too soft?

I run a small web team with a designer, a programmer, and a copy editor.  When my designer provides mockups, how can I best provide feedback to him without constraining his artistic freedom?


texts: Maintaining pixel size when saving tiffs

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I have a tiff with a pixel/cell size of (x,y) 0.6,0.6 (it's a satellite image at 0.6m resolution).

When I save this in photoshop, the pixel/cell size changes?

Initial Cell size (x,y) = (0.6, 0.6)

After saving in photoshop (x,y) = (0.013888889, 0.013888889)

I've tried simply opening the file and saving it (save as -> tiff) without making any colour-balance edits and the results are the same.

Note: the column/rows of pixels, the pixel depth and number of bands all seem remain the same...its simply the pixel/cellsize that changes after saving as a tiff.

How can I open a tiff in photoshop and maintain the cell size when saving a copy?


texts: I need to know what font is used in this banner, which comes from the FAO website.


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I'm having a very annoying issue with Illustrator and can't seem to find anyone else with this issue on the internet which is kind of odd.

I'm having trouble uploading images so I will try and explain my situation.

I have type and then I am trying to connect a shape to exactly match the size of the font. When I size the rectangle to fit the shape and zoom in to try and make it match the exact size its either just to big or just to small EVERYTIME! by such a small difference and when I try to move it to that in between where it would be perfect size the sizing guide just pops over to either to big or to small.

I will try and upload images to further clarify. Very annoying and cant seem to figure out how to get around it. Maybe Ill have to mess with the anchor points, but I don't understand why I cant just precisely size something up to another object, very annoying.


texts: How to find the element in which layer on Sketch?

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I cannot find the answer to Sketch App. If I want to work on a certain element, how can I know it's inside which layer on the left-hand side layers bar?
When I working on Adobe Illustrator, I can see the element is in which layer by reading the color square but when working on Sketch, I cannot find it and rearrange it......Anyone knows how it works out and what shortcut did I miss? Thanks!!


texts: Can a custom action be saved with the PSD document?

texts: I want to send a PSD file of a webpage to the developer to show him some functions. I created actions of some pop-ups opening, but I can't find any information on how to save the actions with the file.


texts: Is there a way to place image frames in Sketch 3?

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In Indesign it is possible to place a rectangle frame (Rectangle Frame Tool) to fill it at a later time with an image. Does Sketch 3 have a way to place images at later time?

I can't find something like the rectangle frame tool and it seems impossible to easily crop an image.


texts: Photoshop 19 brush color is always black

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I'm new to photoshop and very confused about pretty much everything...

So for some reason I cant change brush color now

Here's video example:

https://streamable.com/2le1f

Image mode is rgb 8 bit, ctrl key not stuck :) Looks like it changing secondary color, and drawing using main color (black)


texts: How to find a certain coordinate on path relative to another path?

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I am learning AI and SVG animation. I got the SVG from flaticon. I would like to rotate the pointer around a point and make it look like the gauge is actually working. To achieve this, I need to find the coordinates on the indicator where the bases's midpoint is.

So.:

I am rotating the pointer
I know the base's midpoint
Want to know which (x,y) is the base's midpoint on the indicator (x', y')

Finding the midpoint on the base is not hard, but how can I translate the coordinate to the pointer? (I will actually need to transform the indicator's coordinate to an x' and y' percentage afterwards to be able to make it responsive).

I guess I would need to figure out points a lot of times later, so I would like to be able to find such points fast.

Edit:
I actually want to rotate the pointer in my animation (JavaScript). I can reference the pointer using the path's id, but to apply the transformation, I need a transformation origin. Which I cannot measure.


texts: What items is a company's brand identity typically applied to?

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I'm a newbie in Branding of products in the market using Graphics Design and as per my question, I would like to know what items are supposed to be branded for a photographer as a client?

Branding is more than a logo. A brand is a touch point. Every way the photographer reaches their clients and potential clients it's from their logo to their marketing, and their product to their customer service is their brand. Therefore, branding should be purposeful design. Everything, every vehicle, every communication should have a purpose and send a clear message of who and what the photographer is.

Most photographers are freelance,those that have companies, are to be branded in another level. A discussion on both would help.

What I am certain of is: business cards, brochures and letterhead are in that list, what other items should be branded?

Also, is Branding designing and doing printing services or designing alone?


texts: How to delete text from gradient Photoshop

texts: I have a gradient, somewhat glossy one which I cannot just repeat. There is some text on it. Is there any tool in PS to remove this text?


texts: Saving smallest JPG possible with Photoshop

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I wanted to know what the best way to save a JPG to be very small and still keep its quality as much as possible. I have 1200x1200 psd files that when I save them while keeping quality the jpg is around 500kb. I used to save them as JPG 10 which is maximum and changed it to 5 that is medium, I think anything less than that and the quality is bad. Is there any third party software that shrinks? Preferably as a Photoshop plugin like JPEGmini Pro and tinyPNG promise they do, script or action or any other Photoshop method to shrink it?

to be more clear about the psd file i have a background layer, layer with a carpet, and watermark layer.

this image needs to go to a website - an online store.

maybe i should be using PNG instead of JPG?


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In relation to my activity as a teacher of Mathematics and Physics at an Art School, I would like how to connect in graphics programs, any arguments of the analytic geometry or trigonometry in particular with Adobe Illustrator.

For example if I have the equation of a circle of center in O(0,0) and radius 1:

x^2+y^2=1

is there a way to use this equation within a graphical program? Into my school we can use only olds and obsolete programs of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator (CS3 or CS4?) on Mac.

Thank you all in advance.

PS: I know Inkscape, TikZ/PGF, Gimp, Gnuplot and other programs that they use the maths or physics.


texts: A tutorial to learn how to add 3d effects to a logo

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I am a beginner computer artist.

I am just learning Photoshop and Illustrator, but I am planning to do a logo/web site design with both.

I want to draw a logo for an application.

I can draw a simple logo like this one:

I want to add a 3d effect to a logo, so that the result looks similar to this (effect-wise):

Please point me to a tutorial that teaches me how to add these kind of effects to a logos. A paid video tutorials are fine too.


texts: How do I make an image look pixelated, like old school arcade graphics?

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I want to take some stock art (can be of any dimension) and make it look pixelated, kind of like old Mario Brothers video games circa the 80's.
Part of the image manipulation would require scaling down.

This is what I'm starting with.

Is there a filter or some Photoshop steps that I can use to make this effect?

I tried essentially using the "Pixelate" filter but that creates transitions pixels between color edges.  I also just tried to reduce the size of the image to 40 x 35 pixels and this is what I see.

How do I get the crisp, full color pixels like the Mario Brothers icons.


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On new MacBook Pro running Mojave 10.14.4, Illustrator CC prints images pixelated and somewhat incomplete, but looks fine and smooth on screen. Checked older files from CS5 that print normal from older computer, that now with Ai CC, they print pixelated as well, ruling out printer issues.

-Anti aliased is checked, unchecked no difference
-converted to PDF, no difference
-currently updated
-reset application preferences, no change

best description of print quality would be as if it were printing what you see in pixel preview. My image is simple black and white line drawings and text, so I don't  believe its overwhelming in any way


texts: Help/thoughts needed for merging layers flattens "pixelated" effect

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This is what I want, the black pixelated effect:

This is what happens after I merge layers:

In the top image, the black "pixelated" effect is what I'm after, once merged. The effect flattens into a solid.

I apologize for my ignorance, I'm still new as I just started with Photoshop maybe 4 months ago. This type of editing is completely new to me, as I usually only post process my raw photos and add layers from time to time.

There are 3 photo layers and 6 adjustment layers. I have tried changing the order of the layers, converting to smart layer, rasterize, added a new blank layer as my first layer, and copied the background layer to add blending effects, making the original background layer hidden. I've merged what layers I could individually, but the effect that I'm after changes when all the layers are merged.

All things I've tried I gathered from reading other questions asked on this site.

The 6 adjustment layers are, in the following order:

.vibrance
.exposure
.brightness/contrast 1
.hue/saturation
.color/balance
.brightness/contrast 2

Following are the 3 photo layers

Then last is a hidden background layer

Thank you in advance, again I'm sorry if this is difficult to follow, if any more information is given just ask and I'll do what I can to provide it.

Some thoughts:

I have not moved files into separate windows and merged one at a time, as it may be pointless but I want to ask before I go that far.

Would getting rid of the two brightness/contrast and readjusting the first make a difference?


texts: Why am I only getting grayscales / monotones when applying colors in Adobe Illustrator?

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When I try to change the color after tracing a JPEG image in Illustrator and expanding it, it becomes gray. I have tried lots of color changes but the result is always the same.

Why can't I change the color to anything other than gray, on an image I've traced in Adobe Illustrator?

How can I change the traced image's color?


texts: Meaning of icon configuration in Photoshop Layers panel

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A video course I am following shows the Layers panel as below:

When I duplicate the course instructions, my Layers panel shows the following:

What would be causing the different display?

I am using the Photoshop CC 20.0.1 on Windows 10 x64.


texts: What to use to split (slice) a huge photo when Photoshop won't work?

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I have a very large image that's over 80,000 by 80,000 pixels. It has to be saved in Photoshop as a PSB or PNG. I have it sectioned into many 5,000 x 5,000 pixel slices and need to export all of these slices.

From everything I'm seeing, Photoshop doesn't seem to allow slicing of images that are this big.

What options exist for slicing up a file this big into tiles?


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Im completely new to image editing, so excuse my immaturity...
I have the following image:

I want to remove the writing on the blackboard and replace it with something different, keeping the original texture/smudges of the blackboard. What is the most efficient way for this in Gimp. I've tried for the last two hours and am becoming very angry because I can't get anything to work. Thanks for your help in advance.


texts: Affinity Publisher: Center symbols vertically around text

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I am looking for a way to prepend/append symbols that are vertically aligned with the text. I attached an example - I would like to add crosses to the headings.
I can just put them manually and it works if the heading is a single line
+ Introduction +

But when it's multi line
+ Multi line
heading +

I would like both crosses to be centered vertically (and the text itself would be centered horizontally).
Is that possible in the text box tool?
Sample (ignore the bookmark):


texts: Looking for a font similar to Georgia, but without the numbers dipping as they do

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Does anyone know a font that looks like Georgia, but where in the numbers are a consistent height and don't drip down oddly as in Georgia?

Better yet, is there anywhere I can get a .ttf or a .otf where in the numbers are adjusted?

I can't just manually adjust the font because I need it for font-face.


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Semi-related to How to automatically draw the edge between two regions in GIMP?, is there any way in GIMP to stroke an area and create a line along areas of high contrast? I know that there are edge-finding filters, but they generally operate over an entire layer or selection thereof. I could probably draw a path and expand it into a selection over the area, then run the edge-finding, but it feels like this is something that can be done in a more automatic fashion.

The intent is basically to simplify tracing an object either to generate a line outline, or to trace the actual selection area for the purpose of isolating it from the background, similar to Contrast-based image outlining feature?, but not over the entire image.

To give an example, let's say I have this image of my hand over a reasonable neutral background:

If I run edge detect on it, I might get the following:

That provides Edge Detect over the entire image (and yes, I know I could probably do a better job of adjusting the contrast so that it gets the edge of my hand instead of that and all of my skin crenelations)

If I use Quick Mask, I can paint a selection area around the outline of my hand without being precise, run edge detect over that selection, and then delete the other parts.

Now obviously, I'm not good at adjusting the edge detection, although I've had some luck with using Threshold to get the edge back, and in this particular image, the shadow makes part of the hand not have a high contrast against the background, but I feel like there are a lot of cases where it would make sense to be able to just kind of paint the outline of something, and get the actual outline, probably with some adjustment of parameters so that you get that stark outline and minor differences around it.


texts: How to get rid of black rectangle layout guides in After Effects?

texts: How do I get rid of these annoying black rectangles in After Effects?


texts: What is the font used for Latin-American TCM subtitles?

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Can anyone help me to identify this font? It's used in TCM subtitles for Latin-American TV.

Thanks so much...


texts: Web design for retail / e-commerce site - essential elements?

texts: I'm developing a Rails site for my company that's going to be a web store for our entire inventory. I don't really have a lot of experience with design (I am the one-man IT department at my company, so anything remotely computer-related gets thrown my way with the assumption that I am magical and capable of anything), so I was wondering if there were any more or less omnipresent elements in the designs of most modern e-commerce sites. Are there any near-universal guidelines for how an e-commerce site is expected to look / be designed?


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I'm trying to scale a layer but would like to use a different center of transformation from the default which seems to be the top left corner (or another corner if the handles are used). Even if I could scale (interactively) around the center of the layer would help. Best would be if I could scale around the top center of the layer/image.

This is quite basic but I couldn't find any hint in the Gimp help, nor searching online on how to do this. Generally, when I need help with Gimp and search the document and online, I most often end up with no answers at all, even about basic things like this one. In contrast, when I need help with Blender, I can find what I need in a very short time. Is there really no good documentation for Gimp or am I missing something?


texts: How to use high-frequency pass filter to select only certain features?

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Say I have a picture with some kind of irregularly repeating pattern with different bits "sticking out" at different scales. The diffuse grainy texture in the back and the larger splotches in the background. I would like to be able to create a selection to different level of details to colorize different scales differently.

I know that the high-frequency pass filter is able to capture this kind of pattern, but how can I generate a selection from it?


texts: How to create a shadow looking sphere and a glass looking spheres?

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I'm having a difficulty trying to recreate the glassy sphere from the bottom using Inkscape. Can someone help me with a step by step guide or something similar?. I've tried to reproduce this object. But I don't know how to achieve the glassy effect.

The figure from below is a second example which I also intend to recreate but I don't know how to do it. The upper portions are trimmed so I don't know how it would be those gaps, I'm only assuming it follows the path of the shade.

I guess that this image has different layers but I don't know how to achieve this. I intend to use it at the end of one rod so the whole image must be copied. Can someone help me?. I'm stuck with this.
The figure from below is the second part of my question:

How can I creste a sphere which has an inner shadow and a blurry shadow?. Can someone help me with how to create the effect as seen in the three objects?. I'm stuck with that part. Which tools should I use?. Can someone help me with this?.


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I'm working as an UX designer for a startup studio that develop internet products and web services.

So, i started 3 months ago, my boss's strategy is to develop some experiments and then collect people's registration and feedback to see if they like them or not. If people are interested then we'll keep developing.

My boss is always somewhere so we work through emails, which makes it difficult to communicate ideas together. I was asked to design websites and things very quickly with world class quality and expected to done a project in 3-4 days. I mean, he wants something like sites in thebestdesign.com done in 3-4 days. I think that it's a bit too rush to do something like that. So, i just want to know how long do you guys get a web project done ? (just the design part).

Just recently, my boss wants to do a game, i'm not a game artist and have never worked with game graphics. I can do it but my boss wants me to get the icons, health bar, energy bar, backgrounds and things done in just 2 weeks. I think that it's impossible. The coding part is already done because the iOS dev guy has a source code that he has done long time ago so they're waiting for me to get things done now. And my boss says that I'm being too slow.

What do you guys think?
Thanks,

Sorry for my English if it's bad.


texts: Does it matter that a CMYK image I upload changes colors?

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I just finished a print shop for a coffeemachine, there will be around 1000 unit prints

I have one stupid question, and I'm kinda scared:

When I export it as cmyk it looks good on my screen but when I upload it online the colors look wayyy different.

Will this be the case when printed too?

In Illustrator, I've changed the color mode to cmyk and just 2 of the colors got a bit lighter


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I would like to know if there is a way to scale two separate pieces of text that have been vectorized so that they still look proportionate to each other when one of the words has letters with ascenders and descenders.

In my first example you can see how all the letters inside the baseline line up.  In my second example I scaled each of the text graphics to 1 inch in height maintaining proportions, yet because the "h" and the "p" both extend outside the baseline illustrator takes the measurement from those two letters, and it looks off.  Is there a way to scale from within the baseline, and make any ascenders and descenders scale proportionately?


texts: How to edit a single frame without affecting all frames of animation in Photoshop CS5?

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I can't figure it out why this is happening.
I want to animate a logo frame by frame using Photoshop CS5 and everytime i change something in a frame, it changes all frames before until the moment i created a layer/shape. In result, all frames turn to be the same.

I'm thinking to use 4 layers and I would animate "interior" layer first and  "splashes" in the end.

My layers:
4 - splashes (to edit)
3 - interior (to edit)
2 - vector smart object mask (lock)
1 - background (lock)

Should I create a new layer for each new frame to resolve this problem?


texts: Is there any specific symbol or color for 'Talent'?

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I'm designing a logo which is somehow related to Talent. What symbols or colors can (or are good to) represent Talent?

By talent, I mean a natural ability to do something well. I already have something like a bean in my mind and I saw star, medals and young boys/girls symbols. I just want to know other symbols.


texts: How to get rid of the space between 2 square shapes after transform them 45°

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Please note that "Snap Vector Tools and Transforms to Pixel Grid" already enabled and I did so much search before I post this. I use Photoshop CC 2014.

First I created a square 400X400 and I duplicate this square

Then I placed the duplicated square under the first one

And then when I transform them both 45° I get this space between them

So how I get rid of this space?


texts: How do I only fill part of an object in Illustrator?

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I have an illustration that someone else created in Illustrator. I need to be able to choose the exact point in which to fill half of the shape with one color and the other half with another color? How do I do this? I guess something like how you could mask something in Photoshop so you couldn't edit that part while making changes to another part.

I'm not sure if 'illustration' or 'shape' is the right word to use because I have no experience with Illustrator.


texts: Vertical/horizontal zigzag transformation of a circle in illustrator

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I would like to transform a circle in a zigzag shape in only one direction, either horizontal or vertical - not both.
The zigzag effect does it in all directions. Can I change it somehow? Or is there another option.
Like this:


texts: Can't use keyboard shortcuts when using my Wacom Intuos?

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So here's my issue: whenever I use my tablet (a Wacom Intuos) I can't use keyboard shortcuts while I'm drawing. In order to use them I have to click out of my artwork (click on the layers panel or tools panel, etc.) and then I'm able to use the shortcuts, but I can't do them smoothly as I draw/edit with my tablet.

How can I fix this?
Has this happened to anyone else?


texts: How to change the color of text to the mix of other colors (other part of image)?

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I'm trying to make a text like this one here in Photoshop and i have no idea how to do that.

If this a big question, just give me a subject to search about it.

Thanks!


texts: Modifying an image for angled projection (Inkscape)

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I'm very new to graphic design programs and I may be dealing with a limitation, I'm not sure.

I am trying to edit an image so that, when projected through lens at an angle it will appear to be the original image.

I've drawn the shape based on an algorithm I wrote for 25 degrees and a light cone of 36.48 degrees.

I'll attach the original and the shape it needs to fit below.

I've tried plenty of methods, interpolation, envelope, extrude, perspective etc. all seem to destroy the image as it doesn't like moving the object as a while, rather a collection of different object (or paths).

Can anyone assist with a way that I can make a controlled distortion to this image?

PS, this is one of many images, thus I would prefer a method that may take time to set up, but not too long to repeat.

PPS, if someone is aware of another program that is capable of this easily, I'm willing to try it!

THANKS!

Image here->1


texts: How to duplicate items in Adobe Xd while also adding spacing like in Sketch?

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One of my favorite keyboard shortcuts in Sketch is the duplicate items cmdd as explained here. In Adobe XD the same option is available, however it duplicates the items in the exact same position as the master item.

Is there a keyboard shortcut where I can do the same in XD as I can do in Sketch?


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could you please check the kerning for this logo? I'm a UI designer not a graphic designer. I have no confidence with kerning/letter spacing but I have to do this nonetheless.

If this is not the best place to ask this question could you please provide a forum which could help me? I find most graphic design forums quite nasty. I like forums that use karma points.


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I'm reading some articles about pixels and I encountered this question.

First. When my photo is 20x20, and I'm seeing it at 100%, every pixel of photo is shown with every pixel of monitor.

When I zoom in, for example, 2000%, It's 20 times the 100% image. so every pixel of image occupies 20 pixel of monitor.

But What happens when you zoom-out? for example 50%. every two pixel of image occupies one pixel of monitor? If so, every pixel is capable of one solid color. not Two. Right? Can you explain it!?


texts: Split an SVG based on intersecting lines

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This is currently 3 circles and 2 lines however I would like to split it into lots of small paths on wherever lines intersect as shown in the second image.

How can I do this either with Inkscape or another tool?


texts: How to make material design imagery with GIMP

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all.

I want to create material design imagery for my website, but don't have flashy tools like Photoshop or Illustrator. However, I do have GIMP 2 on Ubuntu. Examples of material design imagery can be seen below:

and

Any answers are appreciated, thanks!


texts: Change the color of a part of an image in photoshop

texts: In the below image, the bottle neck 's color is green. How do I change the color of this to make it white using Photoshop?


texts: Converting a file from Corel draw 7 to Corel draw 6

texts: I have a version Corel draw 7 downloaded on my computer. I have done a project and saved it as a cdr. The problem is at tafe we have Corel draw 6. I would like to know how I can save this file and still open it in class with Corel draw 6. On my computer it has no option to save as Corel draw 6.


texts: Blending two overlapping lines when expanded

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I made this brush from a tutorial I watched online.

I want this rope loop to look how its shown on top, but when they overlap in the loop I don't want them to look how they do once expanded (image below), I want them to be smooth as how it looks before the expand. I do understand that the first image has a white Fill, but  I need the rope to be transparent which is why I expanded it.

I just want the Loop to be smooth looking and transparent and not see all the overlapping lines.

I've tried looking online as to how to fix this and I can't seem to find the right answer.


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How can one ensure that the style guide is maintained and used?

I'm specifically working with UX styleguides.


texts: Best plotting symbols for scientific plots with multiple datasets

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At this moment I have found only one enlightening discussion on the best practices of choosing of plotting symbols for scientific plots. It is in the book

  Cleveland W.S. The Elements of Graphing Data (1985).

in the chapter "Superposed Plotting Symbols". From that short discussion I extract three main requirements for plotting symbols:

They should provide high visual discrimination with one another. It should be easy to perceive the points of a particular group as a whole, mentally filtering out the points of other groups.
It should be easy to remember the correspondence between the shape (the plotting symbol) and the key so that looking back and forth between the graph and the key is not necessary.
The symbols should tolerate overlap. It means that they should provide as much visual discrimination as possible even in the regions of significant overlap. It is unacceptable if they form uninterpretable blobs on the graph.

The third requirement apply only if plotting symbols on the plot significantly overlap. This additional requirement makes the problem significantly harder and should be considered as special case.

At the end of the chapter the following two sets of the plotting symbols are suggested:

The author conclude that the third requirement (that the symbols should tolerate overlap) "seems to restrict us to symbols consisting of curves and lines, with no solid parts, and with a minimum of ink."

The discussion is very enlightening but also very short and rather old. There should be more recent studies which suggest much more possibilities and insights into how to choose plotting symbols for scientific plots. Could one provide a reference or summarize own experience on the subject?

P.S. It is worth to note that the problem of selection of plotting symbols is actual also for color plots as it is highly recommended to design them independent of color vision.


texts: Photoshop fit layer to image width or height

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After Effects has these menus where you can transform a layer to fit to composition width or composition height, but I can't find this menu in Photoshop, every time I place "embedded" a file or drag and drop a file on my image loaded in Photoshop, it shrinks it down and puts it on the image, although both images are the same size.
The only workaround I currently know is to load the image separately, select all (Ctrl + A) and copy and paste it on the image but this only works if both images are the same size. If they're not, I'd have to find out the size of first image, resize the second image to be the same width or same height of the first image and then copy paste it, which is a hassle.
I searched a lot on Google and couldn't find any solution, what I found was "fit image to canvas" which I don't need.


texts: Saving layers and slices in png format in Fireworks

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How can I save a bitmap layer in fireworks? I tried using the export feature, but it exported everything except the bitmap background layer.

Also, how do I save a slice in png format, and which is the best format for using with web?


texts: why do my patterns go missing in high DPI bitmap export?

texts: As part of something I have made, I have a large shape with a pattern fill for each of my shapes. However, when I export it at large resolutions, it renders the first third or so, and it abruptly stops. How can I fix this without reducing the resolution?


texts: How do you change individual end caps in illustrator

texts: Hi I am looking to change individual end caps in Illustrator and don't seem to be able to find out how to do it or  is it not possible


texts: Reliable Grids in Photoshop CC15 artboards

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So I was/am really happy that Photoshop finally came out with artboards. It's great for a series of web ads and a whole host of other things, but what I use it for most is what it was intended for, which is mobile UI design.

I know that PS came out with their built-in grid system and there are others like GridGuide, which is my favorite, but with artboards, reliable guides are a thing of the past for me.

TL/DR: Anyone know of a plugin or a way to get pixel perfect grids in artboards?


texts: What's the best way to make attractive charts?

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I have a bunch of pie charts and bar charts to make up for a client. They have given me the raw data and they want them made up attractively and easy to understand.

Does this mean I have to work out the divisions and graph it all myself from scratch before I even come to making it more attractive? Is there a quicker way to do this?

Update:
To avoid confusion. Basically they're going to be vector graphics, output as EPS files and in illustrator ideally because of it's great vector capability.

Cheers


texts: What can a designer do if a client claims that the work delivered is unacceptable and refuses to pay?

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I recently had an experience with a client that was a bit messy, and now they don't want to pay for the work I did.

They needed some presentation decks, one of which needed to be editable (text to go on top of graphics) in PowerPoint. I told them that I do not work in PowerPoint as a graphic designer, what I can do is create images that can serve as a background template onto which text boxes on PowerPoint can be created.

From there, my time was highly mismanaged. The person kept directing me to figure out different ways of working around what I proposed and seemed resistant to it. All the research I did, and later confirmed with graphic designers- told me that this was the way to go from Adobe to PowerPoint. I initially did not want to invoice for this time, but they directed me to look into things after I told them I didn't work in PowerPoint.

They fired after I spent days on end working and researching to appease the woman and see if I could find other ways around around her reticence about working with the approach I outlined about.

They then sent me an email that my work was incomplete and unusable and would not pay me (p.s. they fired me before they even reviewed all of it, and what was reviewed was never stated to be incomplete or un-useable). I explained to them that my time was 1) mismanaged and redirected to research and this delayed design time and 2) that I did everything I was directed to and they fired me before any revisions or edits could be made. If they needed something to be created in PowerPoint from the start, they should have told me.

So I was hoping to get advice- it is my understanding that designers don't work in PowerPoint and that I worked around this in the way that it seems everyone I talked to would. Can they do this? We agreed to freelancing per hour, not per project, I did not have a contract unfortunately.


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I have 3D image and this is several 3D layers merged in one. But when I try to rotate it layers become transparent

What I should do if I want to remove this "transparent effect"?


texts: PDF Buttons missing when I save in Illustrator CS6

texts: I created a map in Illustrator CS6 which I exported to pdf. Using Acrobat 11.0.23 I created buttons which show information when the mouse hovers over the button area. If I reopen the PDF in Illustrator CS6 to change something (like the color of an area)and save it again, all the button functions are lost. Is there a method to preserve buttons made in Acrobat when saving in CS6?


texts: What is this type of graphic design called?

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Do you know what is this type of graphic design called? More precisely I mean characters with "shadows", any Youtube tutorials? I use Adobe Illustrator. Here are some examples:

Starbucks Logo https://img.favpng.com/5/0/16/cafe-coffee-starbucks-logo-png-favpng-Yq3byjqEiPKtuhHNZFJUtX39v.jpg

Dribble https://cdn.dribbble.com/users/31065/screenshots/5902626/srcc_crest_2x.jpg


texts: How do I copy and rotate an object multiple times?

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I have an object that I want to "twist" like this:

I want to do the same with this picture.

I use both Inkscape and Photoshop.


texts: Aftereffects: How to create easing with Mask path changes?

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Alright I have a growing pill shape in AE that one frame where the width is very small, final frame has width pretty big. Just 2 frames.

I set keyframe interp to bezier, but Im getting a pretty linear change between the 2 sizes. Ive tried copy pasting easing expressions but they don't work because its changing a mask.

How can ease in and out 2 frames of a mask path?


texts: Only exporting one artboard in Photoshop

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I started using artboards in Photoshop, they are great for making banner sets. However, I've just had to change something in only 1 of my banners.

If I use 'File > Export as...' it only gives me the 'Export All' option. How do I exclude artboards or just pick one for export?

The goal is to save one of my artboards to a JPG banner.


texts: What can I do to extract images from a video and what software can I use to edit them?

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What can I do to extract image frames from a video? Why is this so complicated?
I want to extract the images of a video frame by frame cause I want to edit each one of them like how I edit an image in GIMP. I mean I want to cut the parts of one image frame cause I want to put a character from another video into another video. How can I do that?
By the way, I am using a Windows 10 laptop. My ram is 3.9 GB. I have used 2.9 GB.
I made an mp4 video from OBS studio. I then made a gif from the video using ffmpeg.
These below are the details of the mp4 file:

Length of duration - 1:09.

Frame width - 1364

Frame height - 768

Data rate - 2580kbps

Total bitrate - 2587kbps

Frame rate - 30:00 frames/second

Size - 21.3 MB

These below are the details of the gif:

Dimensions - 1364 × 768

Width - 1364 pixels

Height - 768 pixels

Bit depth - 8

Size - 54.9 MB

Number of frames - 1905

You see, I am very frustrated. I tried many different ways to achieve my sole objective.
I tried using GIMP to load the gif but it was all transparent. Even if I unoptimized it, it just made all of the frames look the same based on the first image frame.
I tried opening the gif in Synfig but all of the frames are transparent again.
I tried using ffmpeg to extract image files such as png, jpg, etc. from the original video but it just showed me "Output file is empty. Nothing was encoded."
Seriously, this is so frustrating! I just want to be able to individually edit and cut out parts of each of the image frames of the video like I do in GIMP and Photoshop. That's all I wanted. Very simple. Why am I suffering so much for something as small of a request as that? Are there any other FREE unpaid ways besides using ffmpeg, GIMP, and Synfig?
Please help. What should I do?


texts: What is this pattern called and how is it created?

texts: I've seen this on many websites as a background but I can't seem to find a name for it or I can't seem to create it myself. If someone has done this, it would help a lot if you can give me some details.


texts: Should I get an Intuos pro medium or large, when used to A4 paper?

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I am used to a A4 paper of course. I have already saved up for the medium sized Intuos, but the large (if you do the match) is cheaper for its size.

I don't know which to buy, should I save up even more money for the large because of the math and more work space, or will it feel a little too big if I am used to A4, hard to move around and so on? I don't know, my income also isn't that big BTW.

What version should I get?


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I have a problem with RGB and CMYK colors in InDesign. I created a document that uses CMYK color profile (Coated FOGRA39) and used RGB(255, 66, 0) which was converted automatically to CMYK color.

Then I exported document as PDF for print and opened it as CMYK document in Photoshop and got following color values when I picked the color with eyedropper tool:

So obviously RGB values do not coincide. Moreover, when I try RGB to CMYK converter at rgb.to, InDesign conversion seems to be wrong. I am a bit puzzled because I expected color conversion to be unique. So how do I get a unique correct color in InDesign (which should be CMYK analog of RGB(255, 66, 0)). Thank you in advance!


texts: This is a graphic from a Japanese artist called Mitsuo Katsui. I have been trying to figure out how I could emulate that liquid multi-color effect as well as giving it a slight glow as seen in the image. I have an idea on how to get the glow but, have no idea fo the other parts.


texts: How to draw an ellipse in Gimp with absolutely no boundary?

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I'm trying to test this little graphics program I wrote, and I want to be able to draw configurations of solid colored shapes in Gimp, and then import them into my program for testing. It's important that the shapes be absolutely solid colored, and not have any weird non-uniformities in them.
A complication I'm having by trying to make these images in Gimp is that even when I uncheck "feather boundary" and change the Edit > Stroke Style width to 0 px, I still get a boundary around the ellipse, e.g. the picture below. So in the picture below, I took the exported ellipse image from Gimp, then did an MS paint fill of black on the interior and exterior of the ellipse, and I get the observed boundary on the right.
I'd appreciate any thoughts for how to totally prevent this from happening, so that there's absolutely no boundary or transition region at all.
Thanks.
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texts: Illustrator - Snap to path width outer edges and not to point

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Happy New Year!

I have a quick question, maybe there is a way to do this in Illustrator. I have 2 (or more) paths and I would like to build a stack (one on top of each other), but I also want to keep them editable (be able to change the stroke weight of the path).

In the second image you can see that is impossible to perfectly snap the edges and the 2 paths overlap because I also want to have 70% opacity to the path (that is very bad when you print it because it will always show).

Do you know a way to snap and stack multiple paths by the edges (without expanding appearance - that would take a lot of time and I lose edit-ability over stroke weight)?

Thank you very much in advance!


texts: Titles and Menu items in lowercase, uppercase, serif or sans serif?

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Im building a new wordpress website and need some input. The question is - should i use lower or uppercase - serif or sans-serif for my post titles, widget titles and menu items? Which is the best in terms of readability and focusing of each / important section?
Here are some examples:
Post Title Example / Serif

Post Title Example / Sans-Serif

Widget and Menu Title Example / Serif

Widget and Menu Title Example / Sans-Serif

Or maybe a combination of...?


texts: Designing @1x in XD(vector software) is the same as designing @3x in Photoshop (raster software)?

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Hello I'm UI/UX designer so pixels and dpi is regular stuff for me so before few times ago I was used to designing in @3x in Photoshop (1080*1920) with dpi of 326 since designing @1x in Photoshop is quite bad because of it's raster preview nature. But nowadays people moving to vector designing tool like Sketch and XD so here my question comes.

In Adobe XD you don't have to design @3x at all since it is vector based you design @1x (360*640 points) which is density independent. From now I design @1x and export it @3x so results are same but my question is designing @1x is good? I mean my final result will be as clear as my old PS designs or it'll get blurred? Since I don't have any idea of how XD exports assets.

Edit : I'm not asking like i have vector and i'm exporting it to 200% in such case the result won't change since vector can scaled to any size but the thing i'm talking is that in XD i make a whole composition of many objects shapes and styles and when it'll scaled to 300% will styles and gradients and shadows united will give me same clear look in device like i design @3x in photoshop? Thanks :)


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I know that this is not your usual design question everyone posts about on here, but I'm going to ask anyways!

I am currently on my final year of design school/university and have chosen to write a report on how designers go about balancing/integrating their work-life ethics and how much “effort” is “enough”.
Because I am a student, I have no past experience in the industry and I presume that being a professional in the design world is a tough thing.

I would like to know:

How many hours a designer typically works per day/a typical routine.
How much do designers think about their current projects they are working on and does this affect relationships with family, spouses, friends in any way? (Good and bad)
How much overtime work do you think you are doing and would you personally consider overtime work as a good thing?

It would be great if you can reply to my question with your thoughts on the work-life balance/integration as personal as possible.


texts: Adobe Acrobat Fillable Text Form Bkg Color

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I'm trying to change the bkg color of my editable text field I'm creating in Acrobat.

I make the text box, right-click into Properties > Appearance > Fill Color pick a color but it doesn't register. I've pressed Return, ESC and nothing works.

Anything that I'm missing?

(Attached a screenshot of the window)


texts: Tapering spiral text - tried text on path, art brush, and envelope distort

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Using Illustrator CC 2014:

I'm trying to create a spiraled text in which the text size decreases as it spirals inward.  I've tried putting the text on a path created using the spiral tool and executing a script to decrease the size of each character, but I couldn't figure out how to access my text selection correctly.

This is the kind of spiral I'm looking for.

I've also put the text on a straight path, expanded, and used the free transform tool to make it a tapered art brush.  This achieves what I want with straight lines, but the spiral doesn't render the brush in an acceptable way.

Using brush shape on spiral path.

I also tried applying a triangular brush to the spiral path, typing and expanding my text on a straight path, and making an envelope distort using the spiral as the top object.  The results were kind of awesome, but not even close to what I was looking for.

I think the best way would be to figure out how to execute a script on the text selection.

I already have the basic logic of it solved (using JS):

function ChangeSize(){
    var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

    //Here's where I need to make a proper selection
    var selection = activeDocument.selection;

    //begin resize function
    for (var i=0; i<characters.length; i++){
        characters[i].characterstyle.textheight -= i * .05;

    }
}

This is the only thing holding me up from an otherwise very simple and straightforward design.  I've spent several hours trying and I've got nothing.  Does anyone have a simple solution for making my spiral look pretty much exactly like the Pi spiral in the sample t-shirt picture?.


texts: Web design (responsive) page sizes in 2019

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It's 2019. I am designing a web site (not developing). I am considering creating 3 layouts for each page:

375 x 667 (mobile)
1366 x 768 (laptop)
1920 x 1080 (large desktop)

I'm basing these sizes off of what I assume my clients audience will be using most. I recently started using Adobe XD for web design, and have also looked at Sketch. They seem to have different templates for desktop size pages, but I got my desktop size for XD.

Wondering if other designers have "go-to" web page sizes for different screens / breakpoints. Or do you customize the page sizes for each project?


texts: Is skeuomorphism in web design considered old-fashioned nowadays?

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My CEO and his client expected me to copy the similar following site: http://grupoeuroquadros.com.br/.

But I do not want to do it. The site is skeuomorphic and old-fashioned. Observe the 3D gradient navbar and the steel background. Only Material Design is futuristic and modern.

I preferred developing my own project without skeuomorphism and following design principles. My CEO's client didn't like my Google Material Design project because he found it amateur, old-fashioned and unprofessional.

Are skeuomorphic web-designs (similar to the example site) considered old-fashioned nowadays? Is it possible for a skeuomorphic design to be modern and professional?


texts: Do we have name for these kind of "flat graphics" images?

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What is the name for these type of images? I love these kind of graphics and it's so flat which totally matches my current product development.

Do we have a name for it? A name will make it easier to search for examples and how to's.


texts: What is the best way to create partially extracted photos?

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This is from a magazine but I was just wondering how this effect is done please see pink arrows showing areas of image that extends beyond where the background has been cropped. So its kind of like a partial clipping path.

Would it A) have been set up in photoshop first with a saved clipping path then saved as a tiff or psd or something then placed into indesign. (this would mean knowing where and exactly how much the image needed to be cropped down by)

OR B) Place the original image into indesign a create a clipping path for just the top of the image and around the tops of their heads/side of the broom as in the other image. So this can be done on the fly but with hard edges because you can't really soften edges for hair etc in idesign can you?

OR C? something i haven't thought of yet!

This is kind of a 2 part question!

My other question is related to all the images for mags etc in general like this - what is the industry standards for saving them - would it be jpgs? or tiffs/pngs that support transparency (especially for the product shots).  Are the cut outs done in photoshop then saved as layered files with the clipping path or flattened down then saved etc?

Thank you!!!!  :)


texts: How do you select all elements in the easiest way?

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I am learning Photoshop CC 2014 and facing a problem exporting the graphical elements to Android assets using PNG Express. The problem is not so much PNG Express. The problem I am having is that I have to select each and every element manually before I run the export or else the result of the export will be a few files instead of all the files I need.

If I select a few "groups" like this:

and expand "PNG:Content" then it looks like this:

and as you can see "Rectangle 14 copy 3" (as well as other elements) has not been selected!

Is there a way (some keyboard or menu shortcut) to have all elements selected??? I know I'm probably not using the right terminology, so
I've tried to explain myself using these screenshots. Hope it makes sense.


texts: How can I apply color to a grayscale image?

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I'm using Fireworks for graphical drawing, and I have this bitmap image that contains some greys that I wish to change it to red, however if I use the Hue/Saturation on it, it does not change colour.

What is the best method to change grey to red?


texts: Illustrator: How to drag-and-select intersecting anchor points?

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The following scenario is a bit simplified, but it does explain what I need to do.

What I want to do is select points 1 and 2 on the purple path in order to move them.

If I use the Direct Selection Tool, draw a rectangle around the points and then drag them, then points 3 and 4 get moved too. I don't want to touch points 3 and 4.

I know a possible solution is to double-click the purple line and then select the points. But in reality it's not just one purple line, it's many lines, and they are not grouped. I'm drawing a bus map, so different lines cross in different places, and I don't want to start grouping bus lines together.

Thanks!


texts: Good Methods To Substitute A Design Education?

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While I know that going to a Design University is the most optimal way to learn and master Graphic Design, in my case, it would be difficult for me to attend one because I also have to do some other courses in a university that are not necessarily related to Graphic Design, and the university does not offer courses on Graphic Design.

What are some good methods to substitute a design education? How would you build up your portfolio for the future?


texts: How can I create 2 small circles on the left and right hand side of another circle?

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How can I create 2 small circles on the left and right hand side of another circle, equally spaced horizontally and vertically just like two ears on the side of a face?

I'm using Adobe Photoshop CS3.


texts: How to make jpeg image into an outline with transparent background

texts: I'm trying to do something really simple, that I think I've done before. I'm a beginnner with PS and AI, and need some help. I simply want to be able to take jpeg images I find on the internet, that are simple images, and turn them into an outline, be able to change the color, etc, and then have a transparent background, so I can use it in other images in photoshop CS6. Here is a photo example I'm trying to use. I want to make all the lines separate from the background, so I can use it however I want, and also be able to change the line color if I want, and or increase the line path size. The image has a white background. Thank you


texts: What font does Apple use for its "light" text?

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Apple often uses what looks like a "light" version of Lucida Grande or Lucida Sans Unicode, as seen here:

I like the font a lot, but neither Lucida Grande nor Lucida Sans has a light version. Is this simply a proprietary Apple font, or is there some way of obtaining it?


texts: I would like to create a transparent black rectangle but I don't want the colour to turn grey when I turn down the opacity (around 60%). I want to retain the black colour of the original shape. How do I do that?


texts: How to Insert an Image in to an Ellipse and Hide Overflowing Parts

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I'm trying to insert an image in to an ellipse shape layer, I need to hide the overflowing parts around the circle/ellipse.

How do I insert an image in to a circular selection and hide the parts that are outside the ellipse using Photoshop?

Essentially, I want to put a normal image in to a circular object, creating a round image.


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I hope someone can help me. I designed a 4 page front and back card sized to 5x4 for a client. They want to print it front and back. I have the pages set up to printer spreads sized at 5x4. The pages look like this:
4, 1
2, 3

I created a PDF set up as above and sent it to them. But when printing both sides the inside pages (2,3) seems to be shifting and not aligning with the front (4,1). They are using double sided print and not manually turning the page to print the inside. Any idea why it would shift? Any suggestions on this would be greatly appreciated.


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Is it possible to import an inline SVG directly into Sketch?
I want to convert my inline SVG into a file without importing an external library or copy and paste the code inside an editor to save it as an SVG file.


texts: Inkscape - How to change the document scale without change objects scale

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I did make a draw in a document, but when I duplicate the file and scale the dimensions of the draw to resize it to other resolution I fall in a "0,46296" scale.

Now, I want to change the document (Ctrl + D) scale from "0,46296" to "1,00000" without change the size of the objects in the document.


texts: How to represent medical conditions (Down syndrome, cerebral palsy)

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I'm working on a mobile app that will show a collection of health resources for children. Some of these are for specific conditions such as Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, preterm birth, but the majority of users are "healthy" children, for lack of a better word, and won't need such specialised content.

Illustrations would help to distinguish between the categories.

How do I choose representations for the categories that correspond to medical conditions while being sensitive to the users whose child is affected by them?  Should I go as far as to choose abstract designs rather than figurative illustrations for all items in my collection, or indeed avoid any kind of representation, so that the medical conditions don't stand out as inferior?


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After finish designing a product and having some STL file( the file for 3d printing you get from softwares such as solidWorks), you would like to make some movie of it, and animate it .

For example same as Apple do in its marketing videos, where you see the product zoomed in and camera covering it from many directions.

So,

is there software that can do that with stl file ?
is there a software except from Photoshop(i guess it cant get an STL file) , that you can take a 3d model and put some logos on it and play with lights etc ?

thanks .


texts: SVG export from Illustrator CC distorts paths

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I'm trying to create some icons to add to the Glyphicons library.

I've created them using the pen tool (shapes) in Adobe Illustrator CC, they're ultra-basic. As PNG, or EPS they export fine. Unfortunately I need the SVG export to use with Glyphicons.

When I export to SVG, the shapes seem to move around. At very least they don't remain as they appear on my screen.

How can I get them to appear as they do in illustrator?

This is a PNG from inside illustrator.

This is a PNG from preview, this is the SVG.

Clearly the shapes are becoming misaligned after the export, are there any obvious reasons for this? All my export settings are set as default.


texts: What is the proper way to cut an outlined text in Illustrator?

texts: I could use the knife tool but it doest go on a straight line and not supper accurate.


texts: Can I save an image that's embedded in an InDesign doc?

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I'm trying to save a current pulse image from some data sheets that were made before I got to this company. Unfortunately no one seems to know where the original image files are, so I'm trying to pull the image directly from the InDesign file.

It's not linked to the file, it's embedded. I tried sifting through the right click options (since that works in Photoshop) but no luck there. I also looked under the Object menu once I had it selected and I'm not seeing anything there either.

Is there a way to pull this image from the file and save it as a PNG without making a screen capture? (since that would be way low res)

Here's some screen caps of what I'm looking at.

EDIT: Just found out that on some of these data sheets, the pulse image was linked but that link is now missing. Anything I can do about that to get the picture?


texts: Use fill/stroke with rounded rectangle that only has 3 sides in photoshop?

texts: I can create a rounded rectangle and use the fx (fill/stroke) but I only want a shape with three sides. Because it's not enclosed the fill/stroke etc won't work. I can create all four sides and add another layer to mask the side I don't want but wonder if there's a better way to do this in Photoshop


texts: Which type of paper do you need to print business cards and should the artwork converted to Cmyk?

texts: Which paper is required to do business cards and why should the colour of the artwork turn to Cmyk while printed?


texts: What is the font used in the inco mobile logo the blue one


texts: How can I export an SVG in Illustrator into a specific resolution PNG?

texts: I need exactly 87x87px resolution after I expected SVG, but I do not how how in Adobe Illustrator.


texts: Picking the correct colours from a scanned embroidered patch

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I have been tasked with digitally matching two colours from a physical, embroidered logo. As a first step I scanned the embroidery patch (see image) with the intention of using the eye dropper tool, however the embroidery (because of thread height and shadows) is not one uniform colour to pick from.

What's the best way to get the most accurate colour from the patch to translate into the digital design?


texts: Illustrator CC: Extending shapes along a path

texts: I have a couple arrow shapes pointing at a given angle as shown in the image below. I'd like to extend both arrow points together, further along the same trajectory. How can I do this maintaining the same relative positions of the arrow paths?


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What is the design logic in making part of the text in a logo bold (eg, the logo of this exchange). When is it appropriate, and what impact does it have on the text that is not bold?

Thanks in advance for any insight!


texts: 3ds max 2014 - import FBX from Maya 2017 then see nothing

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According to Transfering a 3ds Max scene to Maya and vice versa

  Export the scene file as fbx and import the fbx into the other application.

I use Maya 2017 to export my scene into a FBX file. Then I try to import this FBX file into 3ds max 2014. In 3ds max 2014, I have tried both "Autodesk Media & Entertainment" & "Autodesk Architectural (Revit)" import preset, but after the import process done (I see no error), I see nothing in the scene - like nothing ever get imported.

I have tried to import this same FBX file into Maya 2017, and everything work fine. So I guess this must be 3ds max 2014 fault.

Note: If I use Obj file instead of Fbx file, then 3ds max 2014 can import and see the model, but the animation just not get imported.


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I have created an Arc using Pen Tool in a new layer. I want to fill and the convert it into a shape for further manipulation.

I tried "Ctrl + left click" on layer to select the stroke as well as invert select, to select shape/stroke outline, nothing happened.

I'm entirely new to Photoshop CS5 and graphic design.

Your guidance would be appreciated.

  Photoshop CS5 / Windows 7


texts: Is there any option in Illustrator to open raster layer's PSD in Photoshop?

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As we know, in Photoshop, we have option to paste vectors from Illustrator to Photoshop and later we can double click it and edit-save in Illustrator to modify it.

Sometimes for print, I have to work on both Photoshop and Illustrator. The main file I create is in Illustrator. Only the raster stuff is done in Photoshop, and then I import them in Illustrator.

But when you have to fix/change the raster images, you have to again go to Photoshop, make changes, export it and open again in Illustrator. It looks a little tedious.

So is there any option so we can somehow achieve the same experience in Illustrator?

For example: Make an image in Photoshop, export/copy (format I'm not sure for the solution of this question. Currently I use JPG or PNG) it and open/paste in Illustrator print document. Later, when you want to edit it just double click and edit-save (the main PSD) in Photoshop, to reflect in Illustrator.


texts: How can I reproduce this "minimalist" background?

texts: I am making a game and I wanted to make a background for it. It is a board game so I was thinking of keeping it minimal. Surfing the web, I found this picture and got really intrigued by the simplicity and relaxing feeling I get from it. I am a novice at Illustrator and I am wondering on how I can make the background effect that is displayed in the picture.


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Because of the recent Web accessibility Law in my region, I need to ensure I'm designing with an appropriate contrast ratio.

WCAG says the value of this ratio is 4.5:1

http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-contrast-contrast.html

How do I figure this out in in Photoshop and Illustrator?


texts: What exactly does the rasterize effect do in illustrator?

texts: What exactly does the rasterize effect do in illustrator ... as compared to object>rasterize, which certainly does rasterize the objects, and I completely understand what it does and it's purpose, but the rasterise in the effects menu doesn't appear to do anything, except add itself to the appearance panel, does it?


texts: Create the following light effect on Illustrator

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Hello. I love this composition and would like to to do something similar (the sky over the houses that are kind of faded in, not the computer, etc).

I am unsure whether I should use different HSB values for the properties over the background layer (sky) with certain opacity for each house or if I should just use different color variations of a base color with the gradient with a certain transparency on top of everything else.

I was kind of hoping someone could point me in the right direction.


texts: What is the difference between PNG and PNG8?

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I was wondering what is the difference between PNG and PNG8?

Is there any difference between PNG and PNG8 in image quality?
Why would I want to use PNG8 over PNG and vice versa?
Lets say I draw an image in Photoshop. Does PNG mean that I will get the same pixels that I drew in Photoshop 1 to 1?


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I created this artwork in Illustrator CC and I'm "saving as" an SVG file (it has to be SVG for client). When I view the file in Chrome, Safari or Firefox it renders just fine for the most part. See below:

BUT when I try to view it in IE (i'm using IE 11) I get a different result. I have tried saving it out differently with adjusting settings in my SVG output but no success. See below:

As you can see these are simple shapes with simple gradients. Is there something I should be doing to ensure it renders correctly in IE?  Believe me, I would love to dismiss IE altogether but for our use, there is a sizable base of end users that will be viewing via IE. Any help would be appreciated


texts: How do you paste one object, several times at once on one artboard in illustrator CS6?

texts: I have 20 of the same icons on one art board. I would like to select all and replace all with a new icon.  I want the icons to show in the same spot as the replaced icons.


texts: How to pad list with periods in InDesign?

texts: I've got a text block in InDesign, it's a list, and I'd like to pad the list with periods (to the right of the list elements), so that the padding terminates at the right edge of the text box. How can this be done in InDesign?


texts: How to achieve this effect in Photoshop with two pictures side by side

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Trying to merge the two pictures (like in the picture), have tryed different brushes, nothimg seem to give anything similar.
What do you use to get this effect?

Thank you


texts: PowerPoint image with link on master slide

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I have an image with a url link on a master slide in PowerPoint.  The link works in slide master view, but in normal view, the link does not work.  Is there a way to get an image with a link in a master slide layout to be clickable when that layout is applied to a slide?

thanks,
- Mike


texts: Find middle point between distances in photoshop

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So in photoshop if I have a picture of a head, and I want to make a line from the top of the head to the bottom of the head, how do I display the middle of that line? The ruler tool doesn't have an option to mark the center.

Is there any program that has that simple option? I just want to draw a line and have it mark the center.

EDIT: All great suggestions. Additionally, you can use Marquee tool and just press ctrl + t after you draw a box and it will show the center temporarily.


texts: What paper type to use to print an image of a painting to look realistic

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Apologies if I'm in the wrong place.

I took an image of a painting I have done and wish to print and frame a number of copies.

The painting was done with oil painting on a canvas. I would like to print them and for them to look as similar to the real thing as possible. I'm unsure of what paper to print on and where to get them printed.

Any help is appreciated


texts: Illustrator: is there a way to toggle snapping while moving anchor points?

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Situation

While moving anchor points around and…

you currently have Snap to Point and Smart Guides turned on and
you momentarily don’t want the points to snap during this operation.

Problem

You have to exit what you’re doing (moving points) and
your only choice is to visit View and deselect the particular snapping modes (or alternatively hit their keyboard shortcuts)

which is fairly disruptive.

Question

Is there a way around this?

Any solution would do; workaround, plugin, custom hack… that let's you toggle snapping on and off while you’re moving points.


texts: How to calculate a good background for a small image? (procedural background)

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I want to frame favicons. A size of a favicon is usually 16x16 (could be bigger). The frame would be 160x100. Favicons have different shapes and colors (I don't know ahead of time what favicons look like), and I'd like to compute a good enough background. Could be plain color, could include stripes/patterns.

There are naive ways to do that (compute dominant color and derive background color with good contrast), but I'm wondering if there would any smarter way to build a nice background.

Think about Chrome's new tab page, but instead of screenshots, framed favicons:

Some favicons for reference:

Example of naive framing (colors chosen manually):


texts: Random stroke width change (using Brush Tool)

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I'm getting these random variations in my path's stroke and it's driving me crazy not knowing how to fix it. Anyone have any ideas? I want no style to this stroke but it seems to be going wonky in some parts, this one in the screenshot is a good example of what I'm experiencing:

Thanks in advance for any help or tips =)


texts: Photoshop Undo Behavior - Undo between last state and current state

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So, I'm pretty sure that the default Undo behavior before on Photoshop would be that it would only undo to the last action if you pressed Ctrl+Z and that if you pressed it again it would actually redo your last action and go back to your previous state.

Nowadays it seems that if you keep pressing Ctrl+Z it just keeps undoing your actions indefinitely which is a really annoying behavior as I quickly want to preview the last change I made and compare it to the previous state quickly.

Am I dreaming or this used to be the default behavior before?

Does anyone know if there's a setting to switch between these behaviors?


texts: Any way to improve drawing with a mouse in Illustrator

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I was wondering if there's any way to make drawing with a mouse in Illustrator be much smoother, have more control and as much as possible much closer than having a pen input/tablet pen. Any tips, hacks, plugins that lets you do this.

I'm broke so I can't afford any of those touch/pen enabled PCs and tablet pen


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I have a client that only has hard copies (business card and letterhead) of their logo. It's pretty simple, but I would like try to match the font as closely as I can.

Here is an image of their business card logo.

Any help is appreciated!


texts: How do i draw this reflection on the shark fin?

texts: I tried the pencil tool and that didn't work, also tried the pen tool but I can't get it thinner or with more of a curve. My settings with the pen tool was no stroke and a white fill.


texts: Illustrator: Keeping the same scale when updating placed files

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I have some placed files in an Illustrator document, linked to the originals.  When the originals are changed, Illustrator updates the placed versions.  However, it keeps them at the same physical size (in centimetres), even if the size of the original was changed.

Is it possible to get Illustrator to keep the same scaling factor instead?  If e.g. the placed file was scaled to 250% after importing, is it possible to keep it at the same scale even if the page size of the file was changed?

I found how to do this in InDesign.  Is there a solution in Illustrator?


texts: Multiply Mode Not working to Recolour Line Work

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I'm pretty sure the method I'm using is fairly common but I've searched like 50 different ways of asking this question and no one seems to have ever had the same issue.

I have a b&w image that I'm trying to colour in PS. The common way to go is to set the layer to multiply and start colouring away. It's always worked until today when of course I have to colour like 50 images in like 2 days for work. No one here knows what the hell is going on and I'm stuck desperately picking through the web with all the answers being for some other super specific issue that has nothing to do with what I'm looking for.

Has anyone had this issue???


texts: How do I draw a square with rounded corners in Adobe Flash CS6?

texts: I can't find any options for rounded corners in the draw palette in Flash CS6 and Google is not returning any answers. This seems like it should be so simply to do. I want to use the palette to draw a rectangle with rounded corners WITHOUT using actionscript. How can I do this?


texts: Adobe Illustrator - working with path & pathfinder issue

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I'm working on some print design in Adobe Illustrator, but I can't seem to figure out this one thing. It's probably stupid, but would really appreciate if someone could help me out.

I've create a modified a circle - shape, which has a number of anchor. When I fill it, I need there to be a circle in the center which would allow that center to be see through and reflect the design of the background. But when I use the pathfinder I get a weird output which I assume is due to the anchor points in the back image.

I figured this wouldn't be too clear in writing so I have made a video with my problem!
http://youtu.be/-urNULSH7GE

Thank you to anyone who can answer this!


texts: How to create an irregular triangle grid in Illustrator?

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How might I create an irregular trianglular grid like this one?   It would be nice to be able to distort the pentagons/hexagons rather than drawing the grid using the pen tool.

Thanks..


texts: How can I create hatching in Inkscape? I want to create plain hatching like you would find in an engineering drawing. (I am not interested in "artistic" hatching like the "rough" hatching Inkscape has or other such effects.) So, for example, the drawing below shows hatching being used:


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I am an Indesign relative beginner (especially related to complex color correction). I've imported an EPS logo file into the document (it's currently layered over a photo) and in preview mode, it looks completely fine.

Once I export the image, however, the background colors in the circle completely disappear and the color distorts.

I have already tried: 1) changing my export options to print (with convert to destination preserve numbers).
2) Making the document transparency blend space RGB and then also CMYK.

I don't have Illustrator, so if you could please suggest any options I would be super grateful (and if you could please explain it step by step that would be fantastic). I'm so confused!


texts: Sketch 3 - Designing a symmetrical graphic

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How do I create a symmertical copy of a graphic in Sketch 3.

In other words, how do I take a graphic and then mirror a copy of it over a specified line?

Additionally, is there a way for Sketch to keep the 2 objects "synced" at all times? In other words, when I change the dimensions of the origin, the mirror updates as well.


texts: I want to go for industrial design. Learning computer aided design and rendering is the main aim of learning these softwares. Should I do AutoCAD first or 3D max ?


texts: How to remove the white border "halo" from my logo?

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I have the original .ai files as I paid a graphic artist to do these logos. I uploaded a .gif export of the files only to see that they have a white border:

If I don't have AI/PS can I use something like GIMP or Inkscape to remove that with the AI file?


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Usually I use filters for this effect, but combined lighting made it look like crap. The example design below shows the top is without bevel, and the bottom is with. This is what I'm trying to do in Inkscape. Can anyone help guide me the right direction?

The closest result I can get is by using a border stroke with a linear gradient (width 24px) and blurring that. (I don't want the outer shadows just the inner bevel)

My result with Inkscape.

Example image made in Gimp.

EDIT: After an hour of messing with this I finally got the effect I wanted, but I'm going to leave this question open encase there's a faster way of doing this.

After tinkering a but I used path exclusion and I was able to get a single path for the inner glow, and again for the inner shadow to recreate the bevel effect. The shadow was moved up 4 times and left 4 times for the bottom, and visa versa for the top all intertwining into the main heart image. (I had to remove some of the paths a bit for the shadow) I then blurred them 16px each and duplicated them.

Here's a sample of a similar image apart of my logo to show you how it looks, before it's blurred. (Shadow is below the glow for this image)

However I still have that shadow I initially didn't want, and don't want, but I'm just sticking with it until someone mentions a solution.


texts: Illustrator technical drawings format from Indesign

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I'm designing a big products catalog with lot of technical drawings, every product has at least one drawings made in illustrator and linked (from an assets server). In the catalog, often dimensional quotes are too small, sometimes unreadable, cause the images will be printed so small.
Is there a way to resize only dimensional quotes' font size from indesign without resizing the entire drawing or reopening every original file in illustrator?
Maybe is a wrong workflow? I know that the technical drawings should be made in a better readable way, expecially in small size, but it is the work of years.
Thank you


texts: Gimp, how can I find the positions of a layer?

texts: I need to find the x / y positions for each layer. I've googled but I can't find the answer.


texts: How to change the width of a pattern brush in Illustrator?

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The upper right orange balloon is the result of applying a pattern brush that I want to achieve.

Although it has anchor points in the places of the 2 red circles, my blue pattern brush applied to a curved stroke has no indentations.

I wonder how to make a path like the orange balloon.


texts: How would one achive this black and white glitch-ish text effect in photoshop or illustrator?

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I've been trying to achieve this black and white  distorted text effect behind the green SUNDAY NOVEMBER 26th letters with no succes.

I'm specifically struggling trying to duplicate the letters in this black and white stripe fashion. They seem to turn gradually into the neighbour letters as they get closer i.e loosing the S letter shape as it gets closer to the U letter.

I've tried distortion effects like shear, and I've been playing around adding several strokes at a time. I've also tried copying and pasting multiple times the same letter next to each other but it gets nowhere near the desired effect.

I apologize for my poor English, I really wish I could explain myself better! I'll try come back and edit as many times as needed.
Thank you for your time.


texts: Color loss during colorspace conversions

texts: Why are conversions from a smaller colorspace to a "larger" one often lossy? How can a smaller gamut have colors that cannot be represented in a larger (overlapping) gamut?


texts: Is it possible to allow a user to attach a file in a .pdf form?

texts: I created an interactive .pdf in Indesign, but I want to ad an option to let the user attach a file that he or she has on his computer. Is that possible?


texts: Are graphic designers for web supposed to know JavaScript?

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If you were to hire a graphic designer to pretty up your web pages, would you hire him/her if the person has no experience in JavaScript but has a very good understanding of HTML and CSS?

How important is it for a graphic designer to understand web technologies for him/her to be able to perform effectively at their job of prettying up web pages? What is the industry trend when it comes to hiring people to improve the look and feel of the website?


texts: Meanings of mouseover colors (outlines) in Adobe Illustrator?

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It appears that "blue" means a standard path, "green" means a compound path, turquoise/cyan means something else and I've no idea what a pink outline means.

The visual cues presented by mousing over my illustrations are helpful to see the differences, but they would be more helpful if I knew what the colors meant.

Is there a guide somewhere?

I'm talking about the sort of "wireframe" single-pixel-width outline that appears around any object as I mouse over it.  The outline is different colors on different types of objects and I'd like to understand what and why.  (I'm not talking about stroke color.)


texts: Does Someone Actually Sell icons using cracked versions of illustrator?

texts: I have seen Crack of Photoshop and ILLustrator available like most of the time and in my country they were teaching photoshop using cracked versions of it people were using it on offices cracked versions of it no was paying a single penny i mean can an icon be guessed that it was built using cracked versions of adobe software


texts: Create a white light spectrum or shaped rainbow in Inkscape

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I need to create a spectrum of white light or rainbow, in different shapes.

When I use this method my clones are still the same color of the first.

Does any one have a better method or another solution?


texts: If I change the size of a group of smart object layers will they retain quality?

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If I have a group of smart objects on Photoshop CS6 and change the size of the grouped layers not each layer, will they still keep the quality?

See group round about in image


texts: What are symbols as opposed to text, and how can I convert them to paths?

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When I export an ER diagram in MySQL Workbench as SVG, its text uses <symbol> tags. This makes it impossible to copy the tables to another file, without breaking the layout. (The copied object will be a group containing a path, but the letters are too small in relation to the text.)

So I would like to convert the text to paths.
But if I try Object > Convert to path,
I get an error message.
(Here is a GIF that shows it in German.)

Does anyone know a way to force the conversion to paths? (Or any other solution to this problem?)


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I want to use a gradient mask with multiple gradients.

Layer 1 (bottom) will have an image of a skyline.

Layer 2 (above) will have a solid colour, with the layer set to multiply.

I don't want to use that effect on the buildings in the skyline, so I will use a layer mask with a gradient to make the bottom half of the image the normal colour, with the gradient fading in the multiplied layer.  Thus the clouds/sky will have the multiplied colour on them.

On one side of the image is a tall building, so I want to do a second gradient on the same mask which will be diagonal and in addition to the first gradient.  This will ensure the tall building is not effected by the multiplied layer as the first gradient would finish shorter than the building.

I then want to repeat that gradient on the other side, but effectively the opposite (flipped), so the diagonal will go the other way, how would I achieve this?


texts: Help identify a couple of album cover fonts from 1975

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I can't exactly identify either font used for "Eagles" or "Lyin' Eyes."
Does anyone have ideas?


texts: What are some techniques in designing around a colorful logo?

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I usually have to make websites based around logos that are very colorful (4-5 colors). Let's say the colors of the logo is similar to the logos of Chrome, eBay, Joomla, MSN.

What are some of the techniques to designing around such logos especially those that are very vibrant / bright? (Putting them side-by-side makes the colors clash.)

One technique I know is to use plenty of white space and use the colors as 'accents'. Are there other guidelines? Should all the colors be used?


texts: Slices in MS Expression Design have wrong dimensions

texts: I'm trying to do some basic design in Microsoft Expression Design 4 (this is the best design tool I have available to me; suggestions welcome), and I'm trying to export slices by selecting a bunch of objects and using the right-click context menu to create a slice from the selection.  Slices created like this always have 2px of transparency at the extremes of the vertical axis.  How do I get my slices to have the exact dimensions of the selections used to create them?


texts: Limiting the Selection by Color to a Specific Area of an Image in Gimp

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On this image, I'm trying to make the name in black letters transperent

I have this image in Gimp where I need to select a specific color (namely the name circled in blue) to make transparent; however, I would like to limit the selection to just a portion of the image. So far I have been able to make everything in black transparent, but not just the name. Is there any way to limit the range? Any help is appreciated.