texts: InDesign: Table of Contents weird line-breaks

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I have been having troubles with my TOC, specifically, the header (Chapter Title) and subheader (Author) get separated in each page, even when there is space left for them.

What can I do to solve this problem?
Thanks in advance!


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I was wishing to achieve [and Define] a custom EMPTY shape, but after creating
this hideous fish with Paths, Pen Tool, Direct Selection Tool and Stroke Path [Brush 15px], my custom shape has been saved «full», namely all black! Why?

Please, can you tell me how to achieve an empty shape with Photoshop?


texts: How do I match *.pdf page numbering when I don't count my front page?

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I have my document designed and page numbers set and all that jazz good to go. My first page is the cover page, and as such I don't want it numbered. I have the table of contents set as my first page and numbering starts from there.

But when I export my document to PDF, it counts the cover page as page 1, and so it throws people off when they go to punch in the page number and comes up a page short.

I had this figured out before, where the cover page was A1, and then it started to count page 1 to # (not including the cover page in its final count) in PDF. Anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks


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I am learning on a PSD file, the final picture like below, I really want to know how to make such a shadow effect.

I hidden all the above layer, and the shadow layer is this:

Does anyone know how to do it?? I have this question for days, I asked in other place, but nobody answer my question.


texts: cloning a selection in Photoshop with a rectangular marquee tool

texts: I've come across a new feature to me, when I Ctrl - Alt click on a selection in a layer mask, it makes a copy of that selection and allows me to duplicate the contents of that selected area and move it to another place place within the same layer mask, essentially allowing me to clone areas of a layer mask. All that happened with a rectangular marquee tool active, not the move tool, and the cursor changed to double arrows. What's "the theory" behind this behaviour? Adobe doesn't even mention that shortcut on their site.


texts: How do you make a sunburst brushed metal effect?

texts: How do you make a sun brushed metal effect like in the image below? I've tried motion blurring a noise layer but this gives to much blur.


texts: Photoshop copy css for transformed text that respects aspect ratio

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I'm really exited about the copy css feature. It helps me, a web developer, to get most of the font styles, gradients and rounded corners out of a psd in no time.

I have however an problem. Sometimes, designers instead of increasing the font size by incrementing the font size, they start a transform by cmd+clicking on a corner of the text area and alt+drag it to change the size of the font.

This messes up the resulting css. Instead of getting the actual font size that results after the resizing operation, we get a translate matrix property which is kinda useless when working on a blog or something like that.

Is there a way to force the transformed text to report its real value in px/pt instead of the original + the transformed property?


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I'm trying to gradually blend 2 images at the center of the canvas, using Corel PaintShop Pro. I wanted to recreate something like the first part of this video.

1 and 2 are the images, and the black area is the area where I want to blend both images.

I have tried with masks, layers, opacity, and nothing works as I need to. The closest I got was using a layer and delete portions of the image with the eraser tool and playing with the opacity parameter, but it doesn't look natural, or gradual.

With one mask layer, the best I could achieve was this:

Any ideas of how I can achieve such effect?


texts: How do I add a stroke (border) only on the top of a shape layer in photoshop?

texts: I am trying to create a button for my website using Photoshop's rectangle shape tool. I want to add a border only on top of the button. How will get that effect?


texts: Custom PS brush that allows hardness settings

texts: As the title says: How can I create a custom brush that allows me to use "hardness" settings? As far as I've come searching the net, I haven't found any tutorial or how-to.


texts: Losing transparency when placing or pasting items into InDesign CS5

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I know others have asked similar questions, but the answers don't seem to be working for me.

If I have an Illustrator file open and am also working in InDesign, I often copy/paste the vector image into a new layer in InDesign. Today, one of my vector images started showing up with a partially solid background. I can tell that it is behind the vector art, so I went back to the original thinking a fill colour of white must have been set. Not so. In fact, as demonstrated by the two images below, in InDesign there is a white box, and in Illustrator it is transparent (proven by the light blue box I drew behind it). The strangest part is that portions of text outside of the "area" that logo occupies ARE transparent.

I've ticked the "Show Import Options" box in InDesign, but the "Transparency" tick box is not always available.

Some of these logos come from other companies as .eps, so I don't have access to the original .ai files. Regardless of whether they're placed or copy/pasted, the same thing is happening.

Some files aren't giving me an issue while others are. I thought maybe if one document's settings were RGB while the other's were CMYK it might cause a problem, but changing the document settings and saving isn't fixing the issue.


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I might, for some reasons, distort an icon like Microsoft Windows 8 icon.

However, according to the Google Material design Rulebook icons-product-icons "Google Holy Bible of Designs", I should not distort the icon.

When is the right time to distort an icon?

Why Windows think it is a good idea to distort the icon?

Why Google think we should not distort an icon?

What should I consider before distorting my icon?


texts: Scaling leaflet up from A5 to A0 in Indesign

texts: Is it to simply resize the PDF size, to covert all text to outlines and resize in A0 size or duplicate the Indesign file and increase all the text size manually?


texts: How can you use foreground color when using Hue/Saturation (Colorize option)?

texts: I am using the adjustment layer Hue/Saturation and have the Colorize option checked. I guess it adds a layer over the entire image which then you can move the Hue bar left and right. What I am asking is how to use the foreground color for this? I want to color match this to a specific color. How would I do this?


texts: How to delete "invisible" white areas on .png image with Corel Paintshop?

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Could someone help me? I had a problem with .png images. Well, I cut  an image and saved as .png with transparent background and this what I see with different photo viewers :

Corel Instant viewer

Fast Stone

Why I see white areas with Corel Instant viewer while I can't see them with Fast Stone and in Corel Paintshop? Also I can't remove them with eraser tool as well!! I'll be so glad to receive a helping tips from  graphic designers! Thanks a lot!


texts: Color palette for website I am working on

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I recently was hired to work on a website, however I am having a very hard time trying to come up with a color scheme because of the companys choice of brand color.

Their color is around #f37321. It is not this specifically but anything in that general area works.

I can not find any colors that look nice with it. I tried a lighter blue/silver but the orange is too harsh.

Does anyone know a way to make the orange seem less harsh or other colors that will look nice alongside it?


texts: How do you arrange shapes in Adobe Illustrator to mimic someone holding cards?

texts: I'm having a hard time placing square shapes evenly as if someone was holding playing cards. Is there a feature in Adobe Illustrator that can help me achieve this?


texts: Separate representations of the same Smart Object on Main Stage

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I'm having trouble setting this up the way I want but I've done it before accidentally. The question I have is how to use Smart Objects to accomplish the goal described below (and shown in the graphic)

Summary -
I want multiple, separate instances of the same one Base Smart Object (Bso in the graphic) that use an Intermediate Smart Object (Iso) to dictate what layers from that Bso make it back to each respective Smart Object instance on the main stage (MSso's - 2 shown in attached graphic). This results in having multiple, distinct representations of Bso on the stage at once (i.e. can show different layers/groups per instance) while retaining edibility of all Bso instances at once (like adding new layers, modifying all instances of one layer etc) since its really only ever a single instance.

More info -
The way I've done it before (by accident - I can't replicate it on demand) was by using the "update contents" feature while in an Iso after toggling the desired layers in Bso (and then saving so it reflected those changes on the MSso's).

Each MSso links back to the same exact 1 Bso but can show different layers in the Bso by selectively using 'update contents' in the Iso, in other words.
There's ONE Bso but infinite MSso's and Iso's.

Hopefully I articulated this well enough - finding the words to describe it is hard but its not as complicated as it sounds! Thanks for the assistance!


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Image Resizing vs Resampling In Photoshop Explained

  Finally, we come to one of the most important options in the Image Size dialog box, Resample Image. Remember at the beginning of this tutorial when I said that the difference between resizing and resampling an image is controlled by nothing more than a single checkbox option? This is it! This is the option that determines whether we're resizing our image or resampling it. Again, resizing keeps the pixel dimensions (the number of pixels in the image) the same and simply changes the size at which the image will print, while resampling physically changes the number of pixels in the image. By default, the Resample Image option is checked, which means that the Image Size dialog box is now essentially the Image Resample dialog box, even though it still just says "Image Size" at the top.

This the same for Irfan View? article above says Resample and Resize are different, so Irfan View buffaloes me, as it says "Resample" has better quality, but "Resize" has lower quality.


texts: Monitors that share the same model yet produce different colors

texts: How could these 2 screens have the settings and are the same model, yet the colors are extremely different and the difference between blue links and purple links is not clear in the one in the right?


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The document here: http://www.bohemiancoding.com/sketch/support/documentation/08-styling/7-reflection.html mentioned the "reflection" tool, but it doesn't tell where it is, and I can't find it.

So where is it?


texts: Connecting joints in illustrator (polygon and triangle)

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I am trying to connect two shapes at their intersecting points so that whatever the size of the image, it will still retain its proportions. Currently I am facing these issues:

When I combine these two shapes, corners of the triangle starts sticking out as I scale down to a really small size.
When both shapes are perfectly aligned at a certain size, triangle offsets from center to either left or right as I start scaling down.
Border retains its thickness when it is scaled down, so 3px border at 400x400 looks good but same 3px on 30x30 looks awful. I am not sure if there is a workaround for this!

As you can tell I am a novice Illustrator user and and any help is much appreciated.

P.S Black circles are just to show the problematic intersections. Not part of the shape :)

Thanks...


texts: How do I rotate and duplicate a line in Illustrator

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I am trying to recreate the line swirl in our compliment slip in Adobe Illustrator? I have been struggling for hours with transforming straight lines, creating waves, rotating, etc. but still can't get there?

If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated!

Anne


texts: Is there a function to "merge all layers" in GIMP?

texts: It would be more effective. Currently I have to merge them one by one. In some cases it can be a time consuming process.


texts: Photoshop: how to fill a stroke with an image

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I hope this is the right place to ask "how do I " questions. I've tried googling, but perhaps I'm not hitting on the right search words, or technique words.

I am trying to make a stroke, in this case of a triangle using the polygon tool, with a white "stroke line" and a transparent inner, ie no solid inside colour. I then want to fill the outline of the triangle with an image. I've found a tutorial to do a similar thing with text in illustrator, but the stroke itself seems to be different. If it were anything else I would select the area, and use the stamp tool, but I can't seem to select the area of the line section of the stroke.

Can any one suggest ways to do this?
I'm trying to re-create the image below, with different line fillers.
Thanks.


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I have a single image in Photoshop, and I'm trying to create a flip-book animation. I'd like to do the following 90 times:

"Save for Web" and save as a PNG (numbered 01 through 90)
Rotate the (only) layer in the canvas by one degree

This way, I would expect to see 90 minutes with the single source image rotated 1 through 90 degrees.

I've tried creating some Actions to do this, but it seems to get hung up on the idea of incrementing the file names. I've learned that Automate->Batch may help with this, but the issue there seems to be using ONE source image and repeating the "rotate by one degree" step of the action multiple times.

Could someone give me some clear tips / guidelines on how I might achieve this goal?


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I'm trying to create a text on the outside of a path. In a different question I found how to do this; by vertically flipping the shape and this works.

However, when I move the text to position it straight, it 'bugs' out. When I move it somewhere else, it's okay again. What am I doing wrong and how should I place the text so it's straight but curved on top of my shape?


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I've drawn a simple logo with some curve, and when I resize it it losts all it's curves, why? I've tried with the mouse and with the numeric value with the same result from 7cm to 0.5cm, here is the example:

Original 7 cm

Resized 0.5 cm

Align to pixel, align to grid and align to point are all disabled, what could it be?

The problem seems to be in U and F of the logo, I've used outline mode to see if there were some unclosed shape, but it seems to be ok.

This is the resized version, from 7.5cm to 0.25cm

As you can see, the more I resize the logo, the more the shape lost it's original form.
Never happened to me!
Could it be some issue of Illustrator CS5.5?


texts: Photoshop - Eraser tool - how do you edit multiple layers at once?

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Is there anyway to use the Eraser tool on more then one layer at once?

my question stems from a project I'm working on where i am cleaning up a scan of an architectural drawing. The Architect has folded it, Spilled coffee among other things and there are a few dirty finger prints.

While trying to restore the white background, im finding that some dirty sections are harder to see then others, so what i have been doing is duplicating layer, then using Levels to bring out the specs in the new layer. Then using this new layer, i use the eraser tool to remove the specs from the original.

It would streamline my workflow greatly if i could Use the Eraser tool on 2 layers at once.

Any help would be Great. Thanks all


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today I'm here to ask you how to export better on Illustrator!
I made a text logo, I was going on Photoshop to add a background and I saw these lines:

Did I do something wrong with Illustrator or Photoshop?
Help me!


texts: I've got an image I'm trying to remove the background from and I'm not really sure how that would be done with Sketch. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!


texts: Difference between PSD paths and AI paths

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Bit of a noob question, but I've only recently discovered Illustrator. I've always worked with Photoshop to edit images.

Can anyone tell me the difference between paths created in PSD and paths created in AI?
When you've coloured in AI, are these rasterized or are the colours still vectors and the whole finished image can be resized without blurring?

Also I've drawn cartoons in a PSD and wish to get these printed. Would it be easier for me to change the dpi in PSD when printing rather than redraw everything in AI?


texts: Photoshop: How to highlight object corner giving raised effect that is visible irrespective of background color?

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I want give this effect on corners that looks raised instead of flat on both dark and light colored objects like below

I tried using Bevel & Emboss effect:

As you can see below, light background color gets raised effect with above settings

but nothing seems to visible like that on dark background color object corners and it looks flat.

Changing Altitude and Angle values shows raised effect on dark color but is not visible on light color. Played a lot many times with values but cannot get desired results. Am I missing something?

Please tell how can I get the raised effect visible on dark and light colored background object corners?


texts: How to begin designing PDF Business Reports

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Hello guys how are you?

I would like some help from you because I'm a little lost. Next year I will have to develop pdf files styles in my company. It is a financial company and I was asked to develop business reports of different graphic styles.

Something similar to this:

Examples Business Report

For those who don't understand design (I am an economist), where do I start?
I know that if I have buisiness reports examples I start with them as a base and build on them. But how to understand the typography, spaces, where to put the texts, advertisements and etc?

The way I started was to study HTML / CSS, I am doing some User Interface Design course also.

Is this the way? Any tips, reading suggestions?

Thank you very much!


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When I open an image in Photoshop, it appears to be washed out and displays incorrect colors. I am using Windows.

Actual image:

Image displayed in Photoshop:


texts: I appreciate good and professional typefaces, but always think that I can improve or customize them for my needs. But where can I design and possibly publish my fonts online?


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Me and my colleague have just completed designing a very complex web interface. However, we need to move on to design the tablet interface. Is there a way for us to scale down the designs to fit the tablet or do we need to start redesigning the whole interface again based on the tablet size?

Please help!


texts: I am lost, why color output differs everywhere?

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http://prntscr.com/ompfh8

I have read about what is sRGB and some color modes. I know where to edit color mode Edit - Color Settings. But after spending a lot of time i am unable to synchronize my colors in 3 points !

1st point - Illustrator palete
2nd point - Illustrator artboard
3rd point - browser

All 3 points shows different hex codes. I am using Instant Eyedropper for comparing.

Lets start simple. How do i get same color on artboard as in color palete in Illustrator ? I tried CMYK/RGB Document color mode. Played with View - Proof colors. No help

On screenshot above u can see difference


texts: Can I completely remove lens distortion from any image?

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Let's say I have the following image:

I want to completely remove lens distortion here, hence all straight lines of the real world must be straight at the image too.
I'm trying to use filter "Lens Distortion", but whatever combination of parameters I use, there are curved lines:

Is it possible to completely remove lens distortion?


texts: InDesign: Relinking broken library links breaks links for other users

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Working off of the same server we have an interesting problem. When one user creates a library on their machine and saves it to the shared server, all connect via the same macOSs path, then when another user loads the library from the server their links are broken and the media needs to be relinked.

My first thought was that the server is being mounted under slightly different paths on each users machine but, after inspection this is not the case. I made sure that they were connecting the exact same way and even checked the paths when they were being relinked to be sure.

There is obviously a path issue because once another user relinks an asset the original user now has broken links. Can someone please give me some advice on troubleshooting this problem further? Has anyone out there experienced similar problems?

Thanks!


texts: What are the risks, if any, of upgrading GIMP from 2.8.16 to 2.9.x?

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I am interested in going to 2.9.4 for the added utility & improvements.  I have loads of custom scripts, UI, and so on that I use frequently, so these are my chief concerns - will they port ok?  GAP, G'MIC, FX-Foundry are the big ones.

Second q - the version release states it is production reliable, and that's good.  I just hate crashes.  How stable is it vs. 2.8.16?

Anything else I should be aware of?  Thanks.


texts: Digital design - screen grab large dimensions?

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I'm working on some site banners that need updating and I'm having a few issues with dimensions.

My internet screen is set to 'view actual size', so it's not zoomed in and my images/slices are always saved at 72ppi (not that it matters much for online?).

When i screen grab one of the existing banners from the website, with a view to keep the size the same and simply refresh the image to send to the developers, I'll drag the screen grab into photoshop and draw a slice around it. The dimensions of the slice are 1553px x 330px.

However, the developers have asked for the dimensions to be 786px x 164px, and have apparently had to resize all my previously supplied banners which were 1553 x 330.

Any ideas on why the two dimensions would be so different? I can't understand how they can have such a gap in size.

Any ideas/suggestions would be very much appreciated!!


texts: What is your file naming convention you use for version control?

texts: I'm trying to figure out the best way to link a printed piece to the electronic file name. What are the best practices for file naming and version control? Do you use a log of sorts for graphic design?


texts: What's the typeface used in The Zero Theorem film?

texts: Anyone recognize these fonts? I don't quite agree with what I'm getting from WhatTheFont.


texts: How do I acheive this effect in photoshop?

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I beleive that this Image is edited version. I want to know how I can acheive this effect in Photoshop CS6? Any ready made effect action?

Thanks


texts: How to create this grunge stamp that is dark on the edges & more grungy on the inside?

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I tried different methods and they all were very very complicated.

Is there an easy way to create this effect where the grunge is more visible on the inside?


texts: Illustrator SVG for web using CSS to supply the color for different scenarios

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Non-GD or web developer. I'm in Marketing with limited skills in both fields. We work with web developers (not original site designers). Having trouble figuring this out.

We are adding an additional icon to our site, and I am wondering if there are certain settings when saving the SVG.

The icon is supposed to inherit its color from the CSS, so is there a special way I'm supposed to save the SVG to easily allow the CSS to change the color in different scenarios?

Also, I would like the icon to fit nicely within a 61px, 61px container (that's responsive and shrinks down on smaller screen sizes), and I've read you can change the width and height to 100%, but is it possible to do that when saving the SVG? When we sent the linked file below, it appeared very small for some reason, like 1px by 1px.

And does it matter what size the canvas is when saving the SVG when it will be resized to fit the container?

SVG file

Is there something I can do to prep the SVG to make this easier for the developers, or should the SVG file above (open and then right-click and inspect the code) be enough for them to implement it?


texts: Photoshop: How to make shadow more realistic

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Something about this isn't quite right. I'm new to photoshop and tried messing around with Transform and Alt+Drag a bit but it still looks a bit off. Any suggestions?

PS.: You can also criticise the image in general. I'm trying to go for a dark environment with a flooded city in the background, where the bottle and what's in it are supposed to be a ray of hope. Any advice is greatly appreciated! !


texts: Where could I find free PostScript Type 1 font?

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Where could I find free PostScript Type 1 fonts? Nowadays, the font are either TrueType or OpenType format. There are few Type 1 fonts.

Thanks.


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How I can generate grid/layout guides with positions of all layers in photoshop and save it?
I would like to look like this, but for all elements in document. If it is not possible to generate, how I can quickly draw pixel perfect lines with it lengths?


texts: Which method to get this smoother transition between two shapes?

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I am learning Adobe Illustrator and I am trying to understand how to get that smoother transition between the shape and the line. So far my attempts have been unsuccessful. The curves are still to clear and unbalanced and so is the transition. Can I get it just by using the pen tool or is there some grid system plus shape builder tool involved here?

Examples:

My attempts:


texts: Illustrator Script to create Clipping Mask

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How is it possible to create a clipping mask with a illustrator javascript script?

I tried this, but it doesnt work.

    var group = app.activeDocument.groupItems.add();

    var rect = layer.pathItems.rectangle( height, 0.0, width, height );
    rect.moveToBeginning( group );

    var ellipse = layer.pathItems.ellipse(ellipseLeft, ellipseTop, ellipseWidth, ellipseWidth);
    ellipse.clipping = true;
    ellipse.moveToBeginning( group );

What i need is a working code sample


texts: How to keep side of cube same as vertical angle increases?

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I'm learning perspective and I'm drawing a cube of same size lower and lower on the vertical axis as so:

How do I draw the side correctly?
What poses a challenge to me is that the top-left line (green line in photo) of the cube needs to get longer and longer as I get a higher and higher perspective. But that line (green line in photo) forms also the side of the box which means that I needs to show more of it. However, the left-right perspective has not changed and therefore I think the side of the box needs to remain the same.
There's a contradiction here: as I bring the box down, I'm forced to exposed more of the side of the box - and not only more of the roof - because the side of the box is related to the roof by the green line.
How do I overcome this?
i.e.
If I keep the side constant and increase the roof size only... it looks even worse:

So I don't understand what to do.


texts: What to do with clients files as I stop consulting?

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I've been an independent designer for years, keeping my own clients on top of freelancing/teaching. I'm busier with other things now and planning on stopping work for my clients.

At some point, I've put my clients in touch with a designer colleague who has replaced me during my maternal leave and she is willing to keep working with the clients if they wish. So at least I know I am leaving them in good hands. I gave some of my files to my colleague without charging obviously, as she was merely replacing me. It was understood that she would not give the files to the clients either.

My question is this: I would normally charge a client if they wanted to have the files. However, what is dictated by etiquette when a graphic designer just stops working for a client? Hand them the files for free? Hand the files to the colleague who will be taking my clients? (though this sort of forces the client to do business with the person I chose, which seems wrong.)


texts: How to stitch video into long still image?

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Suppose I drive a car along a street and capturing a video with a camera, turned a side.

Suppose I traveled all the long street. And now I want to compose very wide still image of all captured buildings, like in the picture above.

How to do that?

There are photo stitching software, but this would usually require to take multiple pictures with slightly overlapping edges, which is hard to achieve in my setup.

Is it possible to have software, which I could feed with a video and receive described image?


texts: How to draw a stretched/pulled/conical spiral

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I'm trying to redraw a diagram, and I'm having difficulty recreating the base spiral:

I need to make the concentric spiral part.

Can you help me?


texts: I found a PNG pixelated image on the net (16*16) and under the "Filters" blur effect are grayed out and unclickable. Even when I size it up it still doesn't get blurred (which happens by default). I'm using a Gimp version on Edubuntu titled "2.2.13-1ubuntu4.4 (gimp)" and I'm not able to install a newer one. So far this is the only image where some features doesn't seem to work. I reopened it a couple of times and it's always the same. What seems to be the problem?


texts: Looking for a specific font and am struggling Very Round A's, O's, S's etc

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UPDATE!!  I used Tailwind as suggested by JBrenan to create this draft.  Thanks JBrenan.  I did have to replace the w from that font group and use Arial Rounded for that but otherwise I think it turned out really well!  Thanks for the help!  Here's a pic of the draft  Obviously in the original, the middle neon bars wrap around the front.  I'm actually going to make this into some stickers and a piece of framed art at some point, but the real plan is to use some HDPE Plastic sheet about 1" think and recreate a miniature sign.  I'll use white and then drill in through the "building side" of the sign and install some lights.  Then after using an adhesion enhancer, I'll paint the black onto it and try to etch the paint off so the white HDPE shows through.  I may have to switch to white painted lexan but we'll see!

And a 2 sided version with a wraparound front

Trying to recreate this old family restaurant sign for my parents.  It was originally Neon, so the letters are more rounded.  Any Ideas?
Didn't know there were critique guidelines folks, sorry.  Here's some additional detail based on what I gleaned from there.
I've used Find My Font for several hours, trying multiple letters but particularly focusing on the "A, S, O" when I was searching.  The A is unusual to me and when I find a font that's close with the others, the A is off.  I've also spent several hours on Dafont and other font sizes searching random.  Since I don't do this for a living, I don't exactly know how to search productively on those sites. I've also checked all the stock fonts on my computer.  This sign would have been made around somewhere in the 40's early 50's I'm guessing.
I hope this helps a little more.  I've still searching although Tailwind found by JBrenan seems very close and may warrant the purchase!  Please keep in mind, that I'm not a graphic designer (I'm a social worker) and I'm not doing this for money, just trying to recreate a sign (In miniature) from my mom's childhood for her!


texts: How can I balance the weight of two individual shapes in a logo?

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I'm creating my own avatar with letters V and K. Now, I like the idea that I have used but I'm finding it difficult to "balance" the logo. Please see image. Left part is for V and right part is for K. (See explanation on right in image: Yellow colored area is for V, Red is to represent K)

The 1st design has equal widths for both shapes (x units), so mathematically seems fine, but I find the K part is little "heavy / thick" as compared to V.

I tried to fix it by slightly decreasing the width (x-1 units) and now it seems "balanced" (at least to me) as widths "seem" equal.

I'm really confused which design is better.

Which design is aesthetically looks better? Is it okay to break such a rule (by decreasing widths) to balance something and make it look aesthetically better?


texts: Is there a common basic template or style for movie posters?

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I am designing an app about collecting movie posters (original ones combined with some funny/creative factors).

Since there are different kinds of movies (horror, romantic, action, etc.), I need to find a unifying graphic style for them.

My target user group is mostly male European/US movie goers aged 16-40.

Any ideas?


texts: Should a footnote (superscript number) directly follow the word?

texts: I have footnotes in my manuscript. Each footnote is indicated by a number in superscript. Should the number directly (without a space) follow the word? Or should a space be placed between the word and the footnote number in superscript?


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What is a good way to section the canvas and/or a layer in Adobe Illustrator?

I have a blank white canvas at the moment, and I'd like to draw a jagged line across the middle from the left end of the canvas to the right. Then I want to split the canvas across this division so that I can color the top half as a sky and the bottom half as a terrain.

I tried do this by creating a path with the pen tool, and I was able to get things so that the bottom half was its own shape, but I can't seem to figure out how to select the complement of the bottom half within the canvas.

Thanks for your help!


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So I choose the type tool and key in 2 words. I want to change the the 2nd word to a different color. I select the second word and change its color on the Options bar. The following strangeness happens: the 2nd word changes color to what i just picked. Then it automatically gets highlighted and disappears completely, as thought you deleted it on purpose.

Is there a setting or something thats making it do that?? Please help. This is making my type edits a nightmare.


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I'm making my first steps with FontForge editing an existing font. I'd like to use the lower curve of the lower-case T and apply it to the lower-case L to make it more distinguishable from the upper-case I. But it needs to be a little shorter there.
So I'm going to move the right end of that curve to the left, and then compensate the curve by moving their control points back to the right. I know how I can translate the curve points exactly with the transformation dialogue. But it doesn't handle control points at all. I can't even select them alone.
Is there a way to translate bézier curve control points in a controlled way without having to move the mouse manually to exactly the right point, looking at the coordinate numbers and axes? I'll have to do that for several styles so I'd like to automate much of it as far as possible without introducing new errors.
Here's a visual explanation of what I mean. The green curve points need to go left. Easy. And the blue control points need to go right. Hard.


texts: To which extent is the designer responsible of a responsive design?

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Consider the following (idealized) chart.

Now, I have worked with colleagues from every side of this spectrum and have learnt that, unfortunately, it tends to be more like this.

Most "web developers" tend to know very little of design principles while, on the other hand, "web designers" tend to know very little of the technical side of the web. Well rounded "web crafters" are hard to find.

This unfortunate but real scenario makes creating a responsive website for a team of developers and designers a pain. Web designers tend to forget the site should adapt to every possible commercial device and often design rigid layouts that look great on their own screen but are impossible to turn into responsive websites. Developers, on the other hand, tend to make brutal adaptations of the designer's vision trying to achieve responsiveness.

Where should the responsibility of designing a responsive website fall? Should the web designer be expected to provide well thought guidelines for the developer on how to adapt the website for every possible scenario? Or is this an unreasonable expectation?

Please notice I am focusing on the design side of it, not on the developing side of it.


texts: Text wrap - have two text boxes behave differently with same object

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I have two text boxes that I would like to have behave differently around an object.  The title text box I want to run across the graphic object (so ignoring the text wrap I setup on the object) and the other is the first paragraph of text that I want to behave according to the text wrap I setup.
How do I do that?
See photo - I want the word DOTS to be on top of the DOT.


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Is there a way one could improve the rendering of this gradient?
After creating a gradient swatch and applying it to a rectangle that fills the entire page to use as a background, the gradient looks bad so I would like to improve the quality of it and High Quality display performance doesn't change anything:


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How to Achieve a Similar Printed Aesthetic in PS/Illustrator?

I've been trying to figure this out for a while, and haven't been able to find great tutorials anywhere so thought I'd ask here.

I'm trying to figure out how people achieve this look in Illustrator/Photoshop where the artwork looks very printed.

In the below image example, there's some Roughening happening, and it seems like there's more going on than that, where the lines almost seem sort of diffuse.

Is it really just roughened with some careful placement of grit texture around the edges or something else?


texts: Using Gimp to Chroma Key a low-resolution/pixel graphics image

texts: I took a screenshot of a character from a game I'm playing, with a mod that adds blocks for chroma keying. What I'm stuck on is that even though the image has no shadows (fullbright enabled for the screenshot), using the color tool will always leave too much of my background in place, or remove parts of the subject. I want to remove every pixel with certain color values from the image, without removing anything except those pixels. Is there a better way to do this than the color tool?


texts: Is there a well-distinguishable toric color space subset?

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For a plot I want to represent two periodic angles with a single color. Theoretically this is possible, since a torus (think Doughnut, any surface point of which can be described via two angles) can be embedded into the RGB cube. My question is though, has someone already come up with a colorspace such that for a fixed third coordinate it is highly unlikely to mistake one combination of two angles for another one?

For visualization, here's the Wikipedia image from Toroidal coordinates

One angle φ describes the yellow plane's orientation, the other angle would be the polar angle on the circle from the intersection of that yellow plane with the blue torus. (Please ignore the red sphere which is for another coordinate (σ) that is not periodic.)


texts: GIMP: How can I control the "tolerance" of a tool?

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On this image:

When I choose the "Select by Color Tool," it highlights all the black regions,

I only want it to choose the "slightly" black regions (which is the background), in another painting program (its name is paint.NET) there's this "tolerance" bar:

Does GIMP also have it? I want it so I can decrease the tolerance to a certain extent so that it only highlights the "slightly black" regions.


texts: How to lower the details of a line-art illustration?

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Not too sure about the vocabulary but here is the bicolor icon I am referring to.

This final result should then be used for laser engraving, at roughly 4cm in size, so I need something simpler.

I'm using GIMP. So far I've tried Select > Grow by 5 pixels then Select > Shrink by 5 pixels again to remove most of the details. But this doesn't make the lines smooth enough.

What is the best method to achieve my goal?


texts: Is there a tool for getting vector map data of any location for design purposes?

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I know of a few sites that offer map data of popular locations, many cities around the globe, but I haven't found any service which provides vector map data of all locations in a form I can use for design.

Right now when designing an ad with a map, I usually screenshot Google Maps, and if needed, trace that data. But in an environment where low-cost design needs to be done quickly, I'm looking for a viable way of getting that data in vector form quickly (without tracing) at any range (area scope) that I need.

Is there a tool / service for getting vector map data of all mapped locations?


texts: Techniques to preserve visual quality when importing content from PDF into MS Word

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Someone I know occasionally asks my help when incorporating contributed material into an A5 booklet she edits and produces for a small local annual event.

The booklet is essentially a programme for an event that incorporates adverts for sponsors of the event.

The ads are quarter-page, half-page or full-page. Generally people supply whatever they have to hand. Sometimes they'll offer A5 and A4 versions. Sometimes they ask about the best format (in the worst case you get a low-res JPG or a photocopied newspaper ad or business card to scan - but that's not what this question is about)

The material is often supplied as a PDF file.

The editor uses MS Word because that's what she is used to and comfortable using. She is reluctant to learn a DTP package or other software for a job that is done once a year. She usually works by re-using the previous years document and editing in new content.

The techniques used at moment are a mixture of

select individual elements (bitmap images, background photos) in the PDF page if possible and cut & paste into Word. If text is selectable do same and overlay and re-apply formatting etc. Or ...
make a screenshot, paste into an image editor (IrfanView), crop, resize as needed and save as an image (PNG) and import that image into Word.

The quality of the result varies a lot. Sometimes the images appear to have been halftoned and exhibit moire patterns when resized slightly to fit the booklet margins. Sometimes they are just a bit blurry and sometimes they are good.

Drafts are printed from Word but the result sent to printers is an exported A5 multipage PDF of the document.

So ...

Are there any other techniques that could be easily used that would help keep the visual quality of the final printed result as high as possible.


texts: What is the purpose of typesetting a Word document with InDesign?

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We have a bunch of Word documents that people create using a template that matches our business's look-and-feel.  When we're done writing the content, we send it to a designer than the typeset the document using InDesign.  This ultimately produces a PDF that looks pretty much exactly like the source document (maybe a bit better).

I'm wondering about a couple of things:

What is the purpose of typesetting?  Why couldn't I just auto-generate a PDF?
What do most companies do to generate nice-looking PDFs?  It seems like this process takes us forever and we're spending a decent amount of time and money on it.

Thanks!


texts: Trouble getting a color in Photoshop to show correctly in my browser

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My website has a background color of #EEEEEE (238,238,238). I have an image with a light grey background I want to blend with this background. In Photoshop I used brightness adjustment to get (238,238,238). But when I put the image on my site it shows as #EEEDEE, so it doesn't blend nicely, and the difference is visible. I played with the magenta/green settings of Color Balance, but I never seem to get #EEEEEE in my browser, it's either #EEEDEE or #EEEFEE.
I already switched from a .jpg file to a .png file.

How can I create the right color for my browser?


texts: How can you define the closest actual plane using Vanishing Point?

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In this photo, there's only one corner visible. That's why it is becoming difficult for me to define the floor plane (the plane on which objects like glass are placed). I want to put a Sachet over there.

Original:

Vanishing point problem:

Currently, I've put the Sachet and Tablets using hit and trial method, without using Vanishing Point filter. But I'm pretty sure the Sachet is not looking better. There's something wrong. Either it is too much distorted or it is toppled.

Now, given I have only one corner in the photo, can I somehow define the floor plane using this filter?


texts: Am I supposed to draw cartoon faces in orthographic or perspective projection?

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I am doing exercises from Fun With A Pencil and now I have to draw spheres

And now I have a question - am I supposed to draw them in orthographic projection or in perspective? For example if I am to draw the 2nd sphere in orthographic projection, distances between the axis and the curvse next to it are supposed to be the same, but if it's in perspective projection, distance between the axis and the dotted line will be smaller than the distance between the axis and the line to the left from it.


texts: Photoshop: Edgy stroke on a perfecly round object

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I'm using the latest version of Photoshop on Mac OS and I have a problem with the stroke effect in Layer Style. Even when I use it on a perfectly round object in high resolution (the example below is ~1800x800px) the stroke comes out awfully edgy:

And here I applied a 225px stroke on a perfectly round circle:

What can be the reason of it and do you have any idea can I fix this?


texts: Are there best practice guidelines for how to engage with users?

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For example, a current project I'm working on is focused on facilitating group activities with the goal of getting users to sign up for the activity. In the image below the idea is to show a potential group of people interested in said activity and the goal of the design is to entice people to sign up to participate in the activity. In the example below (pardon its roughness), what should go in the circle with the question mark?

A photo of someone
A photo of someone with the caption 'YOU'
The word 'YOU'
Something else

I apologize in advance if this isn't the right community to ask this in, but I looked over the various stack exchange sites and this seemed like the best option. To make it specific and not opinion-based, are there rules-of-thumb when it comes to how best to engage with a user?


texts: In Inkscape when I apply a dash stroke, then set a mid marker shape, it does not show anything.


texts: Critique: Military Veteran Themed Business Card Design

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I am looking for a sort of Review of some work that I did for a contest (I didn't win).

Personally I think that the business cards look awesome.

I used graphics and such from the client's site. I am not going to blur anything because the information is readily available and I see the Business card as my work because I was not paid for the design.

I would like to hear about my use of Technologies, WhiteSpace, Symmetry, etc. , and what I could do to improve my graphics from here on out.

Some of the text on the front of the card looks blurred, I didn't create these with a high resolution because I didn't want the pictures to be humongous when I was uploading them.

What principles of graphic design am I overlooking?

Front:

Back:


texts: How to make a nondestructive mask in Inkscape?

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I wish to achieve a white icon (final result is a white PNG image with transparency).

For example - I want a white rectangle with the text "NOTHING HERE" subtracted from that rectangle (I want the final PNG to have the transparency where the text is).

Doing this is very simple - I create a rectangle, add the text, then subtract the text (possibly after converting it to a path) from the rectangle.

This works, but leaves the text fixed and I can no longer edit it.

The above is a simplified description of what I'm facing. I usually don't work with just text - I need to subtract one shape from another, but I'd like to be able to keep working on the shape used for the subtraction.

I was thinking about using a mask, but I can't seem to figure out how would I use it for this case. That said, editing masks / clips is also made more difficult. Ideally I'd like to use a filter which simply makes anything below the object it's applied to "vanish", but I'm not sure which filter I should use (and how I should configure it).

EDIT: Quick note - I used to work a bit with Corel Draw. If memory serves, Corel can turn an object into a sort of mask-like filter, where it applies whatever effect you select to anything directly under the object. I believe it's called a lens. Said lenses could apply various effects (including color manipulation and more). Doesn't Inkscape have anything similar?


texts: How to design .PSD or .AI file for Bootstrap?

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This is my first question on this website so here we go!
I'm graphic and web designer. When creating sites or apps I don't deal with front end and I don't want (for now). All I do is UI/UX design, and developers are doing the rest. So what I'm sending to my clients are .ai or .psd files, nicely layered and named, exported buttons and images in .svg or .png.
I understand that Bootstrap is front-end framework with it's philosophy and tools to easily make responsive and consistent websites. I also have basic knowledge of how markup languages like HTML and CSS work, but as I said I don't want to learn to code, I want to focus on design.

So after big introduction, where can I find tips how to design for Bootstrap? I found lot of free resources online but they all focus on coding, and they don't explain it from my perspective. I prefer to use Illustrator, but for tutorial that doesn't matter it could be Photoshop as well. Advices I need are something like "never ever put elements outside of the grid", "here is what you have to be aware of when designing for mobile", "always use this font sizes"...

TL;DR How to design Bootstrap website in Adobe illustrator or Photoshop, developers are doing the rest not me.


texts: Can I use the image of a copyrighted character in my commercial design?

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I started working on my own designs to sell and had someone come and asked me if I could put a classic Winnie the Pooh image in my design.

I am selling the whole piece to this customer, but can I sell it to them if I put the Winnie the Pooh image on the poster?

I was going to purchase the image on Etsy but I know that it's copyrighted so I'm not sure if I'm able to do that.


texts: I have this image.I want to crop just triangle not its white background for logo im creating.How can i do it in illustrator or photoshop?


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I'm using a software that has a very annoying auto-reduce-spacing feature, so that all the characters are close each other, that is highly unreadable.

I can't change the spacing, but I can change the Font, so my question is
do exist any font with a default spacing bigger than normal?


texts: What software should I use to make crisp game graphics for iOS games?

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I want to make game graphics that are smooth not pixelated, kinda like vector graphics and I will need to use them in iOS games. I am not that experienced in creating graphics so I looked here and no question are the same with mine so I decided to ask here.

What tools or techniques can you suggest for making vector: buttons, backgrounds, moving animations etc. Also, how do you make it retina? I know a little Illustrator but I can learn if there are tutorials. Thanks.


texts: How can I find graphic designer partners to build projects with?

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I'm working through a free coding camp and building some nice apps as a part of their assignments.

The idea behind the assignments is to get hands on experience with code and to build a portfolio of work. There's a lot of freedom given and it's pretty enjoyable.

My issue is that, though I think I'm doing good work on the coding side and coming up with nice approaches to the projects, my design skills are pretty weak.

I just had an idea - there must be designers out there that also want to build their portfolio but aren't interested in the coding side. They design, I build, we share credit.

So are there? How would I go about finding them?


texts: Indesign-exported PDF selecting text in wrong order?

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Edit: Someone else recently posted about something similar, but there were no solutions. I posted this because I cannot yet comment or upvote that other thread, and want to give more context to the issue!

I made a 2-column resume in Indesign, with different text frames for each different title/heading/collection of bullet points. When I highlight or select the text on the Adobe PDF I've exported (no changes in settings), it selects everything out of order.

I blurred out the text bc it's not necessary, but in the picture below I clicked & dragged over just the red highlighted part, and it highlighted those other parts, too. That's the problem I'm having.

Copy & pasting the whole document to a Google Doc causes everything to be out of order, as well.

Currently, the PDF has the following:

Text threading
Putting each text layer in order of desired
highlighting order (top to bottom, left to right)
Grouping text by layer per column

I found a couple other people with a similar problem, but no solution was found. Not sure if anyone knows how to fix this or has experienced this same thing.

Thank you!


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Consider this use case: I have to give a speech, and I cannot give it extemporaneously (too long, too little time to prepare), so I have to use a manuscript. I would expect the typographical requirements for a speech manuscript are different than for, say, a newspaper article: It has to be very readable even from a slightly larger than usual distance (it may be on a lectern), it must be easy to find where are you where after saying a few words or sentenced without reading them, abut it should also not require more pages than necessary.

So what fonts, what spacing, what justification should I use? Are there proven standards for that? What do professionals (e.g. speech writers for politicians) do?


texts: InDesign: how to have editors collaborate on the content

texts: We're working on a magazine in Adobe InDesign. Is there a way to include the text content dynamically, so that a person who doesn't have InDesign can edit the text and the edits will automatically be reflected in the source file?


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I'm a web designer with few years of experience, done lots of various projects. I've got some straight graphic design experience as well, but never been expanding some territories. People who like my designs often ask for other things, like logo design for example. As far as i can easly find out a concept i find a big gap that comes from my lack of decent drawing skills.

So, the question is, is there any systematic way, or some great course, that helps learning drawing? I usually find out a simple answer - just draw stuff, but as I'm very busy man, i can  save around 20-30 minutes a day to practice, but i could really use some path, that would help me working out on my technical skills.

Thanks


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I'm starting out a small business as a print & web designer. I need to stay low on costs at this point. I did the first design on a laptop, got some money in advance, purchased an EIZO CS230 display and got some more clients after that. I've found a good printer and we will print some color samples prior to production run, that's not a problem, and it is absolutely necessary in my current conditions.

However, what so-so settings do you recommend for the display to get the most out of it? Contrast, color temperature, etc. I thought EIZO ColorNavigator would somewhat solve this for me but it turned up to be useless without calibration. I've set up the monitor manually to 5000K, brightness 80 cd/m2 and gamma 2.20 (just copied the default settings for Printing in ColorNavigator).

I will of course either hire somebody or solve it myself later, but money need to go somewhere else now.


texts: Critique - a logo for a music streaming service

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I created a logo for a school project, with the brief of creating a logo for a start up company, offering an online music streaming service.

I chose the name Melodious Records for the company and made the main logo with a light blue gradient as it stands for: health, healing, tranquility, understanding, and softness.

The main shape of the logo is made to look like a record with the text bent inside it. The hole in the middle however cuts into that shape to create a letter r to stand for Record in the name and also changes the shape of the record to look like an arrow circulating. This was intentional to create somewhat a sense of movement.

This is my first project on creating an oridinally designed logo and im interested on feedback on the following points:

Are there any mistakes in terms of elements and composition? (eg,colour)
Does it relate to the target audience?
What could i do to make it better?


texts: Specifying size of printed image by certain element in picture?

texts: I have the scan of a technical drawing. When I print out the image, it does not have the original dimensions. I therefore want to scale and print the image in such a way that a certain line in the drawing will have a specific length (i.e. 9 cm). Is there a simple way of doing this without a special program? I would like to use Preview or Photos (Mac) or Adobe Reader


texts: What does the OpenGL drawing option in Photoshop do?

texts: Under performance there is an option to enable OpenGL, what does this option do?


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How do you create this using illustrator? (without all the fancy background effects etc., just the shapes.).

I want to create a bunch of curved lines which together form a circle.
How do I align every curve perfectly aligned to the center?


texts: How to replicate this photocopier distortion effect?

texts: The below is achieved by moving the paper when scanning. How can I replicate it?


texts: I recently changed the radial blur center to a corner and I would like to set it back to default (in the center). Is there any keyboard shortcut?


texts: Problem in using font in Inkscape with Nexusfont!

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I have been trying to use fonts from here using Nexusfont in Inkscape. However, whenever I try to write using any of these fonts, I dont get the font. Instead, Inkscape displays some generic font. (I am not using my own computer, so I cannot upload an example).

Is this due to the fonts on the website, or are there some compatibility issues between Nexusfont and Inkscape?


texts: Is HTML and CSS a viable choice for storing print designs?

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CSS supports paged media via print media queries. HTML has been created to support hypertext documents only but since then evolved and has a wide wariety of tags that when used with modern CSS, can be styled it almost any imaginable way.
Is the modern HTML and CSS a viable choice for storing print designs?
What I mean specifically is: is it a viable alternative to formats like SVGs, PSD.
I will make the question as specific as I can, in order to reduce ambiguity and make the possible answer as objective as they can be:

I am asking about storing documents for print, not the design process (or tools needed in that process). Say you have an A4 invoice template and you want to store it in some print-ready format. Would HTML+CSS be as good option as any graphic vector formats?
I am not asking about some posters, etc. but about some document with well-defined structure and not many bitmap graphics in it (example: invoice template).


texts: How to do a design sprint test with a logo

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I'm a product designer who practices design sprints the best I can.

To summarize design sprints, in a week you choose the questions about your product to focus on, you try to find solutions, you prototype several ones and at the end of the week, you ask a real end user to use a prototype in front of you and you see if it works.

What I find really interesting in the prototype user testing process is that you don't ask people "do you find this static image of an app interface well designed ?" but you just watch them use it and see if it's the right solution or not. It's factual, not based on tastes or opinions.

I'm currently working on a logo for an app and I'd like to reproduce this process. I have several ideas and propositions and I'd like to find a process to get genuine insights about:

Does the font match the core business of the app?
Are the colors in line with the image we want to give?
Are each proposition readable and still have a personality?

I could ask friends and users "which logo do you prefer ?" or "which one is the best for the app according to you ?" but that would express personal tastes and will not test if it matches the unconscious meaning of colors, fonts, shapes that makes our brain link a logo to an industry or to a specific target.

I have an idea of a process which is showing 15 logos (some fictive, some reals) and ask people to link the logos with the industry the brand is operating in. It would give me insights about how many people linked my logos to the right industry.

But that's just an idea, and I'm sure there is some reliable process that professionals use to make a factual choice.


texts: What is the shortcut for duplicating a layer to a new document?

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In Photoshop the shortcut CTRL + J can be used to duplicate a layer or multiple layers within a document. Is there a similar shortcut to duplicate a layer to a new document?

I am aware that one can do this using the duplicate dialogue box (right-click and choose 'duplicate...'), yet this is too much of a hassle if one wants to do this for many separate layers. I can't seem to find a shortcut for this.


texts: Outlining Shape Without Encroaching On Shape in Illustrator?

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A lot of sports logos use this effect, where shapes are outlined twice by different colors:

Black outline, orange outline
White outline, blue outline
Blue outline, white outline

But when I try to outline a shape in illustrator, it encroaches on that shape:

(See top image in screenshot)

What I've been doing is copying the shape, changing the color of the copy, and placing it behind the original. Then I try and and measure out both sides to make sure that there is even space and good symmetry when I resize the copy:

Is there a faster / more efficient way of doing this? Is there a way to outline the shape without the outline entering the shape and cutting off the color? Thank you.


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I know that DPI (dots per inch) refers to actual printed dots per inch.
And PPI (pixels per inch) refers to RGB pixels per inch.

One printed RGB pixel is composed of a large cloud of black, cyan, magenta and yellow dots.

My question is. Usually, how many small printed dots are needed to print a pixel on paper ?

I mean in the case of Inkjet and Laser printers, what is a usual ration between specs DPI and maximal PPI ?

Thanks


texts: Keyboard Shortcut to hide selected layers in Photoshop

texts: Similar to Illustrator, is there something like CMD + 3 that would let me hide selected layers?


texts: Changing compound path into normal path in scanned drawing

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I would like to change some shapes in the drawing which I scanned, saved as png, and then opened in Illustrator. Some strokes are connected in a compound path. If I select it and then go Object - Compound path - Release, then it releases it but changes the area into black,

What am I doing wrong?


texts: In a Print-Ready PDF, does the Printer who receives file need to have all the fonts on their machine?

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I have a design for an ad that I've done for someone as a favour (I do a lot of web graphics work in Adobe Illustrator, but haven't done print work up until now).

When I send them a print-ready PDF, will the printing company need to have all of the fonts being used, as they would in an .ai or .svg file where the fonts haven't been converted to outlines?

I'm guessing probably not, but am struggling find info on this.

FYI: I cannot just use 'create outlines' on this because one of the fonts doesn't convert well when this is done.


texts: How to select multiple anchor points that have a lot of things in between

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I would like to select multiple anchor points but there are a lot of other anchor points between them. This mean that I can't just draw a selection rectangle cause I would select a lot of unwanted anchor points. One way I found to do it is to use lasso tool then press A but this is extremly unconvenient...

It's a scandal that you can't just press A and add anchor to your selection using the ctrl key, is there another way to select multiple anchor points than the lasso tool ?


texts: Illustrator: is there a way to add area type with colored backgrounds to a library

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So I created a set of text boxes, that I styled with different colors, but the same paragraph style and area type options. I want to put these in a library so I can grab them and type identifications so I can use them as tab style labels on various projects.
When I try and add them to the library I get a notification about advanced type styles not being added and only adding the simple styles.
What's the best way to proceed? Is there a way I can make like a link to the master file to grab elements as I need them (I thought that was the purpose of the libraries)? Is there a workaround like making them symbols and then adding it?
Any help would be appreciated.


texts: What are the tool kits used for making designs like those on dribble

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I saw some jaw-dropping designs at Dribble and Behance.

Can someone give the idea about tool kits required to make such beautiful things ?

Are there actually competitive free alternatives available ? I have been using GIMP, but not able to figure out if it actually possible to make such good designs with it.

Edit:

I am really interested in the minimalistic ones. eg :

 source

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other examples


texts: Why is SunBurst background so popular and are there any other ones?

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I keep seeing SunBurst Background Pattern for years, literally! and It is still trendy. Why is it still so? Do we lack creativity for similar generic (or focus drawing) background patterns or human psychology has bias against it?

Secondly, has there been any other so obvious background pattern trends?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Typography: treatment of brand names in scientific publication

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I am working on the design of a scientific publication. For the job, the lead researcher provided the raw text along with the original PDF of the research paper, as a reference. I am going through his document as I am deciding upon the various typographic treatments (such as quotes, references, etc.) and one thing confuses me: the treatment of brand names. In the original PDF, the researcher makes an italicised reference to Instagram, yet in other places throughout the paper the word Instagram is set in a regular cut, not in italics. See the images below as a reference, they are screenshots of the original PDF.

What are the rules for such cases? Is the first mentioning of a brand name, such as Instagram, to be italicised and every following instance is then set in regular? This is how it appears to be in the paper I've been given but I am unsure, hence my question.


texts: Include assignments when exporting XML from InDesign

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When exporting XML from InDesign, I'd like assignments to show up as parent elements without manual intervention.

What I get now for a page that has three stories in two assignments:

<Root>
   <Story>
      <Headline>Foo</Headline>
      Bar
   </Story>
   <Story>
      <Headline>Foo2</Headline>
      Bar2
   </Story>
   <Story>
      <Headline>Foo3</Headline>
      Bar3
   </Story>
</Root>

What I'd like to get:

<Root>
   <Assignment>
      <Story>
         <Headline>Foo</Headline>
         Bar
      </Story>
      <Story>
         <Headline>Foo2</Headline>
         Bar2
      </Story>
   </Assignment>
   <Assignment>
      <Story>
         <Headline>Foo3</Headline>
         Bar3
      </Story>
   </Assignment>
</Root>


texts: How do you take into account display brightness for end-users?

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This website uses a tiled grey background that looks good on brighter screens, but too dark for 'standard' Internet brightness/contrast.

The less bright one is obviously more muted and the colours do not look good, but we can't control what brightness people use and I'd like some opinions on whether to account for darker screens or lighter.

Obviously lighter ones can be harsher on the eyes, so we don't want to blind people, but do want the colours and textures to look as they should.

If we should account for darker screens, then we'll have a lighter background.

Any ideas appreciated.


texts: Moving both handles of a bezier curve simultaneously in Adobe Illustrator?

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I would like to be able to move the two handles for the bezier curve with the direct select tool the same way they are moved on initial creation of the anchor point.

When a new anchor is created, moving the mouse both extends the bezier handles and rotates them. When selecting an anchor point's handle with the direct select tool, both handles rotate, but only the select one extends.

Is there a way to extend both of them simultaneously without creating a new anchor point?


texts: Making a vector template file to output artboards based on given parameters

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We use Adobe Illustrator but we are willing to try any other Adobe software that may aid on this issue, .

Problem: We have to make various graphical pieces for conferences, they always have the same layout and message (around 25 different artboards) but with different logos and color palette. This is rather simple but generates an enourmous amount of work.

Our wish: To make a template file where we can just set the palette and the logo and it updates all artboards accordingly. So far we did a proto version of it with the logo as a symbol and recolor artwork but there must be some better technique out there.

The following image is an oversimplified example of what we want.


texts: How to centre two different layers without losing position - After Effects

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In Photoshop or Illustrator you can select two different layers, group them, and then when you align them to the centre they keep their original layout, but are now equally spaced left/right. Is there no options to do this in After Effects?? When I select two layers and press the "centre" align button it just overlaps the two layers in the centre rather than keeping the original layout.

Any way to get around having to just "eyeball it"???


texts: Making parts of Illustrator logo transparent - rather than faking it with the background color

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So a designer has given me some logos (for the web) which are white on a blue background. She has, however, added blue paths to the shape to make it match the background.

I would prefer to change these blue parts to be transparent.

One path is just a circle that should really be a circle cut out of the main image. The other path is a circle where the border only is blue. So the main image has a ring/"o" shape that should be cut out.

I don't know enough about Illustrator to figure this out. I've tried clipping mask but that's not what I want. Would there be an easier way to just take the image into Photoshop when I'm saving it for the web, and remove the color then? I don't want to have any fringes of color left if I go with that method.


texts: How can moiré effects be diminished in clothing photographs?

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I am almost ready to launch an e-commerce site for a client but some of the clothing images have a strong moiré that is quite disturbing:

I know I could blur the photos to get rid of the moiré but:

A) because of the number of photos involved, that will be a huge amount of work and

B) we will lose the clarity of the photos on screens where the moiré is not a problem.

Is there any way to deal with this problem without systematically degrading the images?

[edited: here is a low-quality close-up of the original photo]


texts: Managing strokes on inDesign multi-frame tables

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found a bit of a stumper. I have a pretty large table that spreads over multiple pages.

The problem: I can't separate the stroke at the bottom of the page 1 table from the one at the top of table 2.
This stroke at the bottom of page 1, I do want:

This stroke on page 2 I do not want:

Whenever I add the stroke at the bottle of the cell on page 1, it automatically adds it to the top of the cell at the top of page 2. Which is logical, because technically they're connected, I just added a "Frame skip" after the "G4-27" cell. I also tried just shrinking the frame, same result.

Anybody got a workaround cleaner than just having the page 2 first row in a completely seperate table?

Thanks alot!


texts: why does desaturated yellow seem darker than saturated yellow if paper can't be brighter than white?

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From what I understand, when we apply traditional pigments (i.e., non neon) on paper, we make the paper reflect less light than it was before we applied it.

That is, when we apply a pigment on paper, we are actually putting a filter on paper that absorbs the complement of the color we think we are coloring with, which in almost all cases reduces the amount of light reflected.

This is most obvious when we apply black pigment on paper, since it absorbs lots of light, the paper gets darker and darker as we apply more and more pigment.

What confuses me is the opposite seems to be true for what we call "bright colors", like red, yellow, sky blue, magenta, etc. That is, we think we are making the paper brighter by applying more pigment, which surely can't be the case, since that's like saying we're making a black paper darker while drawing through a camera on negative, where the white is inverted to black.

This is specifically annoying for me for yellow because yellow seems really really bright when it is saturated on paper, whereas paper should be much brighter than yellow because it is white, and pale hues of yellow should be brighter than yellow because they have less blue prevented from hitting your eyes from them. It is really tempting to say that we want a thick layer of yellow to make something brighter, but how does this make any sense?

I mean I have some guesses that if the pigment is applied flat enough, it might behave kind of like a mirror or glossy paper, and reflect light in a more concentrated way rather than scattering it, and make more light hit your eyes than a regular painting surface, which tends to have a tooth to it, but I am not sure how much this contributes to the question.

Can somebody explain why we think we are making the paper brighter by applying what we perceive to be bright colors, but darker when we apply what we perceive to be dark colors, when surely in both cases we are making the paper darker? Or what's more confusing, it seems like we're making it lighter until a certain point, after which it seems like we're getting darker, especially for really strong pigments that look black at full saturation like Phthalo Blue, Prussian Blue, and Phthalo Green.


texts: Any way to "scan" 3D objects like a flatbed scanner would do (see pics)?

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I've always wondered how to get this type of photos, taking random objects from my room for example (toys, furniture, etc.); and if people actually took HD dslr pictures of it a studio/white room before putting them on tshirts (removing white background I guess because one would just want the object and its shadow to create an illusion of 3D) or if some kind of flatbed scanners existed that could scan not just sheets but also more solid objects (see pictures:  https://imgur.com/a/eZqooWW, https://imgur.com/a/rGgLeIy) :))

Would be super helful if you knew!!


texts: Can't move object: object moves back to original place in Inkscape

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I have a very simple drawing in Inkscape. It consists of a path in heart shape and I have a circle, filled red. I can neither scale nor move the red circle and I can't figure out why.

Here's my drawing:

I have tried:

unlocking the object. But as you can see in the objects panel, the object is already unlocked. If it is locked, I can't even drag it around. However, dragging is possible.
changing the position by modifying the X and Y coordinates in the textbox. While I can enter text, it restets back to the old values as soon as I press Enter.
deleting the circle and creating a new one. The new circle has the same restriction.

I'm using Inkscape 0.92.


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Does anyone know of a way to give images a 3D effect, using any Adobe software or other software.

I saw this but it doesn't show how it's done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuoljANz4EA


texts: How to mask a layer with shapes in photoshop?

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It is really hard to explain, but kind of easy to understand once you actually see what I mean.

I want to design a specific shape, and to make a layered mask "folder" and be able to add shapes into that folder that will reflect transparency to the main masked layer.

Instead of making a shape in a shape, it will mask a hole in it with the same shape. the thing is, that I know how to do it through adding all into one folder, and then using the marquee/selection tool. btu it is always croppy, and it never gives me the fine abilities that the path tool gives me.

So I want to be able to design the shapes inside, and that the final design will have the "holes" in it. so lets say i output a final logo file, and i drag it into a background-colored image, the bg color will reflect through the holes i "inverted" in the masked folder.

http://gyazo.com/01ac3a70b88789dd4fd51a3c174cd8e7 < here you can see how I manually have to color the shape, but i want to allow the freedom of just putting an image with its "holes" so it automaticaly does it http://gyazo.com/01ac3a70b88789dd4fd51a3c174cd8e7 < here you may see the shapes that I want to be cleared/masked.

I'm sorry if this sounds abit odd, i tried many online sources and i couldn't find the specific answer.

EDIT:
here is what im really trying to do, but without the regular mask on the shape layer and the selection tool http://gyazo.com/013721d4996cd570b5dddc45f633dc40


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I just downloaded the adobe edge preview a few hours ago.

I can't seem to find the options for easing effects on transitions on the timeline. I click the transition, but the properties panel just stays like this:

I'm trying to follow this guide: http://www.netmagazine.com/tutorials/create-slick-animations-adobe-edge

I don't know what I'm doing wrong!

Thanks guys.


texts: What is the best format to share editable graphics for the web

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What would be a good format to share editable graphics for the web with a community of professionals that uses different editing software? Most users will need to translate and adjust only.

The type of graphics are banners, social media graphics, illustrations and logos.

SVG renders reasonably well in current browsers but is it a good format to edit? Or is PDF a better choice? Or should we use PSD's?


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I want to use Unicode emoji icons (U+1F300..U+1F5FF) in a free, open-source instant messaging app. I considered using FontAwesome icons, but their icon set is too small (not enough faces for :), :O, :P, etc.).
Then I wanted to use Segoe UI Emoji, but that's copyrighted and expensive, as it's owned by Microsoft.

Are there any free Emoji-complete fonts? If so, what are they?


texts: What's the reason of this statement? "Content is usually best served by appearing as far left as reasonably possible"

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I was reading "Ordering Disorder" Grid principles of Web design from Khoi Vinh, in where he mentions that without much explanation.

He got a long copy (8 units wide) inside a column of 10 units, in where originally he was using the most left unit as a left margin and the most left as a right margin. He moved the copy to the beginning of the most left unit, leaving 2 empty units at the far right for the reason of leaving it as far left as possible.

The original idea looks fine for me, with balanced space at both sides. Here how it looks. And the final idea here

Why exactly?

UPDATE: As required, I provide more info to give more context from the book, hope it helps.

One - Two - Three - Four


texts: How do I import a vector illustration into photoshop?

texts: I've designed an image in illustrator which is made up of lots of vector objects (as drawn with the pen tool), and now I want to manipulate my image in photoshop . I want to be able to edit anchor points as if I had created them in photoshop, and then create derive pretty rastor images at a later stage. I can import my work as a smart object, but if I try to edit it, photoshop opens illustrator and I'm back to square one! I've attempted turning my file into compound images, but there are far too many small objects to do it in this lifetime so I need an alternative. Thanks.


texts: Make a selection of image transparent in GIMP

texts: I have a picture and I want to have one specific rectangle of this picture appear 50% opaque. The rest remains as it was. How do I do this in GIMP?


texts: Upload photoshop-created PNG to Discord without changing colours

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Here's an icon made with photoshop:

Looks fine when I open it in Preview or Safari.

When I upload it to discord, the colours change completely:

I'm assuming this is due to the fact that photoshop saved it with an embedded color profile? And Discord isn't rendering it with this colour profile?

E.g. I've noticed photoshop's RGB values are different than my system-wide rgb values:

All I want to know is, how can I take that PNG (the first one) and make it so that when I upload it to discord it will still look the same?


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I have an unfilled circle on which I want to draw smaller filled circles. I want to make sure that the center of the small circles is snapped to the stroke of the largest one, to ensure harmonious distribution of the shapes.

However, even enabling "Snap to objects", I'm not sure that's what I get. There doesn't seem to be a center handle to snap on the stroke.

Any suggestion?


texts: Is it necessary to manually tweak colors between screen and print versions of a design?

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I have a portfolio for example, and initially it was designed for print, and everything was okay.

Now I am trying to make it viewable on screen with consistent colors, and I'm finding some problems. Notably the black shades, which I'm finding I have to convert to RGB 0,0,0, to stay as dark as I want them. Some white tones, and transparent areas are also changing, when converting color modes.

Are there any general tips one has to follow when designing the same thing for screen and print to keep consistent colors as much as possible?

Are there any automatic processes/workflows that do this?


texts: How to get rid of thin outline on live paint group in Illustrator?

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How do I get rid of the thin artifact outlines around my live paint fills?

The first screenshot shows the wireframe view (CTRL+Y) in Illustrator. The second screenshot shows the normal view in Illustrator. The white artifact lines are very thin, but still visible. The third screenshot shows the pasted result in Photoshop, scaled down. When the drawing is scaled down in Photoshop, the outlines become more evident and make the design look really bad.

This is what I've been doing:

In Illustrator, I used calligraphic brush to draw the outlines of my character.
Converted the whole character into a live paint group.
Filled in my character with the live paint bucket.
Copy and pasted the character as pixels into Photoshop.


texts: Adobe Illustrator - prevent U or curly shape strokes filling some space

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I am new in adobe illustrator and basically i'm learning from anything i can find on the internet.

The issue i am having is when I use calligraphic brush with width set to pressure.

It annoys me a lot when I try to draw a stroke where it curls up and two lines come too close to each other, some space between the lines is getting filled. How can i stop this?

I tried to turn the brush smoothness to as accurate as it goes but nothing changes.. I'm sorry if this is a noob questions, but any ideas?

I tried to draw an example in paint below, to be able to describe my issue. Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Thanks


texts: How to reproduce the gradient effect in the 'Find My iPhone' icon?

texts: How to make this icon in Illustrator/Photoshop or any other software for that matter?


texts: I am creating logos and simple images in Illustrator and when I import the AI file OR the png into the InDesign document they are blurry. I have already selected the High-Performance view and it changes the other images but not the imported ones.


texts: How to save Multiple pages as a single PDF?

texts: In my CS6 version of Photoshop there doesn't appear to be a way to save multiple pages to a single PDF.  How can I do this in Photoshop?


texts: Can I be sued if I have a similar logo to a company

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My logo is a similar looking diamond like this one of Diamond Supply Co. It's a really similar shape, but the inside markings are different, so my question is would I be sued if I have a similar logo?

BTW: I am in the same business as this brand (clothing)


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I have read
that the default workspace size is about 227". This is much to large for me as I
am working with Letter (8.5 x 11) documents.

The effect of this is that the scrollbar is very small

And any movement is greatly exaggerated. How can I adjust the workspace to a
smaller size?


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I recently got my application in the google play store, but I have an issue with how the 'Feature Graphic' is being displayed.

Here is the original (@ 72 DPI (Screen RES) - Saved for Web - PNG8):

Here is the Google-Play-resized version:

(The image is linked to my application, for demonstration.  Google refers to the big graphic is what they call the 'Feature Graphic').

Here are the design standards they give: http://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1078870

Why is my 'Feature Graphic' not as sharp as it should be? The original image is perfect!


texts: How to set a variable on selected text only using illustrator?

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I am making flashcards using Illustrator and I'd like to select only a one character in a text and set it as variable. I will then populate that letter with a dataset.

This one character is different since it's bold and has a color, example:

  The equivalent letter in Katakana '[VARIABLE]'.

Whenever I select the letter and Make Text Dynamic it takes the whole sentence as variable.

I'd like to precise that I've never used Illustrator at this depth so a detailed explanation would help.

As the title explain, ho can I set a variable on the selected text only?


texts: In interface design, which icon is best suited to represent "icon"?

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I'm building an interface for users to create a web page.  The user clicks a button to choose an icon from an array of icons to be used on their page.

I have always been stumped as to which icon is best suited for use on the "choose icon" button, which itself is simply an icon on a grey background.

My closest icon approximations have always either been an (eye) or the letter (i) in icon form.

Is there a standard icon for "icon"?


texts: InDesign: How to align text on inside panel of trifold brochure?

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I know how to do it technically, but I am wondering aesthetically if the inside right panel of a trifold brochure should have the text right aligned so it goes with the edge of the page, or if I should leave it left aligned so it goes with the rest of my brochure.

It may be a matter of preference but I'd like to get feedback.


texts: How to resize an image when pixel dimensions are locked?

texts: How can I resize my image so the height is 180 and the width is 120?  Currently when I try to change the size, I'm forced to keep the dimensions fixed.  I see that the lock is enabled but I don't know how to remove it.  The file is a png.  I've tried saving in Adobe's PSD format but that didn't make a difference.


texts: Can an Illustrator file be saved as a PDF with layers without retaining the editability of the artwork?

texts: I would like to convert an Illustrator document to a PDF and make it available to graphic designers doing publicity. It would be convenient if the designers could turn off the different layers but I don't want to leave the art items editable.


texts: Exporting After Effects animation to SVG with SMIL

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I'm curious if there's a way to export animations from Adobe After Effects to SVG containing SMIL

I'm currently using the tool Bodymovin, but that's limited to only exporting bloated JSON files and is depended on external scripts.


texts: Creative Cloud - Complete vs Complete for Students?

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So, I'm going to buy a Creative Cloud subscription in a few weeks to months. Since I'm a student, so I'm eligible for the special introductory option at 20 $ / month.

My question is if this offer includes exactly the same as the "normal" creative cloud full subscription. I't not like I'm gonna pass on this offer because of some missing features, but I would like to no if there's anything I'm missing out.

Also, does anyone know how long this special offer will be available? Would be a shame to come back in a month or so to realise it's no longer there ...


texts: Copying layer comp positioning in Photoshop CS

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I'm designing a iOS interface that had some last minute changes to the tab bar (across the bottom) and many of the screens had already been set up as Photoshop Layer Comps maintaining visibility, positioning and appearance.

Now that I've made my tweaks to the tab bar I need the new tab bar positioning in all of my existing layer comps.  Is there an easy way to accomplish this without having to go through each comp and adjust?


texts: InDesign Document Page Change Black Background Color

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I was given an InDesign document that somehow managed to have the background color of the page be turned black (as shown in the image below) and I am trying to change it back to the default white. In trying to figure this out, I am using the latest version of Adobe InDesign (v16.1) on macOS.

In the research that I have done, one thing to check is the Guides & Pasteboard -> Colors settings, which as shown below are default.

I have seen some references online to setting the page background color by drawing a box. So, the spread above that has this issue inherits from the A-Master, which also has the black background. As shown in this image under layers, there are no rectangles, boxes, etc. on the master spread which could be causing the black background.

The last piece of data that I have is when exporting the book, the black background does not show up.
So, my question is what could be causing the black background and what could be done fix this issue?


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Does .eps file format has color profile?
when working with CMYK, does .eps file format need to have color profile?
(I check with media info.it seems it has not color profile)


texts: How to make a book with multiple title levels less confusing?

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I am designing the layout for a textbook. The book is organized into themes at three levels:

Modules
    Units
        Lessons

When looking in the table of contents, this organization is easy to understand, e.g.:

Module 1: North America
    Unit 1: The Age of Sail
        Lesson 1: Columbus
        Lesson 2: Magellan
        ...
    Unit 2: The Pioneers
        Lesson 3: Home on the Prairie
        Lesson 4: The Native Americans
        ...
Module 2: Australia
    ...

Once one begins to flip through the book, however, it is not so easy for readers to mentally visualize this structure or to find the pages they want. I examined some other textbooks, but found they had the same problem.

So far, I have designed two types of titles which are easily differentiated. The first is the text printed large, with a photograph behind spanning two whole pages:

 _________________________________
|                |                |
|                |                |
|                |                |
| Unit 1         |                |
| The Age of Sail|                |
|                |                |
|                |                |
|________________|________________|

The second is the text printed slightly smaller, but it is given its own white space at the top of the pages:

 ________________ ________________
|                |                |
| Lesson 1       |                |
| Columbus       |                |
| .............. | .............. |
| .............. | .............. |
| .............. | .............. |
| .............. | .............. |
|________________|________________|

I cannot find any way to make the "Modules" level appear much larger than the "Units" level.

How can I organize the chapter titles in this book so this organization is more clear?


texts: Convert outlined stroke to single stroke

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Recently I've been messing with Illustrator/Inkscape and trying to convert something like this:

to a single-stroked path like this:

I've searched a lot and I haven't found a solution.


texts: How did I break this effect? It was different just a minute ago

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I'm experimenting to make a mosaic background for an assignment, it was working fine, I entered a background color in a smart object then applied a "stained glass" effect with medium sized tiles, etc, as in the image.

For some reason the effect is now being applied only in a circle and not on the entire background, a moment ago I was obtaining a uniform effect and that was more similar to what I need, not sure what parameter or setting I have altered and now I "break" it.

Steps I performed to get here:

Added a layer with fill layer -> color then picked a blueish
Rasterized the layer (or converted to smart object)
From filters gallery I have selected "stained glass"
Settings as in the image below

The result is partial. Not sure why it is being applied in a circle as only before it was uniform and looked a lot better than now. Unfortunately I don't have a screen shot of what it looked like, as I didn't think it could go so wrong.


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Is there a way to embed metadata about the license under which a Portable Networks Graphics (PNG) file is being distributed?

For example, this image on this Question on this same Stack Exchange is made available under the CC-BY-NC licence. Can that fact be carried along with the image across computer platforms?

The Creative Commons offers the pages Metadata and Category:Filetype which seem to be about embedding such license metadata. But those pages are not at all clear.


texts: how to make text have different shades of pixels

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i scanned a document. the scanned text has different shades of pixels in the letters, like the picture 'ty'. is there an easy way to recreate that? the outer edging also appears darker while the inside is lighter.

when i type new text, and select a color, all the pixels inside become that one shade, like the picture 'oy'. both edging and inside are the same shade.

thanks


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When looking online for icons to use on my websites, I often find very well designed free icon sets.

However, often these icon sets are only available on a single size - for instance the icon set http://designdeck.co.uk/a/1245) only comes in a 48x48px size.

What would be the best approach to resize this icon set to 24x24px or 32x32px in Photoshop?

I haven't been able to find any good tutorial for newbies online. Thanks


texts: Can I sign my work if I work for a company?

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I am not a graphic designer, but I had a big question, that has brought some argument within the company I am working for.

I am in a team along with a few others and one of them decided to started adding his initials on every picture that he has done for the company. So I was wondering if that is right specially when you're working for a company? I mean is that even right to sign their work while working for a company?


texts: Transforming with rotate tool but keep the object position fixed?

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How to Rotate the stars around the circle that keeps the star position fixed?

  I am trying to make a logo and trying to rotate the Stars but My
  the desired result is like this.

  But the result that I am getting is like this.

Could somebody guide me on how to rotate the stars but stars with fixed position?


texts: What are useful brush dynamics and tool presets in GIMP 2.8?

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In previous versions of GIMP only pressure was recognized by the brush tool. It wasn't much but it was simple. The new GIMP 2.8 introduces an all new brush dynamics system with a ton of customization and presets. I want to take advantage of it all, but I've gotten lost in the complexity, and the dynamics and tool presets that the new GIMP ships with don't seem to be any good, or at least I can't figure out what they're good for.

So, those of you who have figured the new GIMP out: which dynamics presets should be used when and in combination with which brush settings? Any cool custom presets that I should know about?

I'm using a Wacom Intuos 3 which reports both pressure and tilt. I've never used any other graphics program other than GIMP. I'm mostly drawing flat shaded, thick border cartoons as a hobby.