texts: Keeping Layers when Copy/Pasting in Inkscape

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I am new to inkscape but have some experience with Illustrator CS4.

I am working on a card game, and I have decided to create various layers to make it easier to order and select various elements.

However, when I tried to copy paste my card over, it pasted all the elements into the current layer.

Is there a feature that allows the pasting to be done in the respective layers?

I searched the web but only found information on the difference between copy, clone, and duplicates, as well as copying layers over from file to file.

Any help welcome.


texts: Font that doesn't move when text is edited

texts: What is the characteristic of a font called when each symbol has its own space and it cannot move the other symbols after changing. For example, if I have time in the format hour:minute:second, and the second changes to something that takes up less pixels, then everything to the left of it moves a little to the right. What would the assigned spaces be called?


texts: What typographic features are part of the font itself vs part of the software?

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There are many options in layout programs, and I'm not clear on which options are part of the font file and which are things the layout program does for me.

For example, I'm fairly sure that both bold and italics are additional fonts that are part of a font family, because when downloading fonts, I've seen separate files for italics and bold. I've also read that if a font family lacks an italics variant, many programs will "fudge" it by slanting all the characters.

There are many other things about typography that I don't know who (the font or the layout software) is deciding. Here are a few examples:

letter spacing
word spacing
kerned pairs
small caps
lining and old style figures
tabular and proportional figures

There are probably more that I don't know to ask about.

So what what typographic properties are determined by a font choice and what are strictly determined by the layout program?


texts: I have several smart objects I want to duplicate and preserve the layer style.  However, when I modify one of the objects it also changes every copied smart object to match the modified one.  Is there a way to use the shortcut Ctrl+J and another shortcut to remove the link so each smart object will have its own editable capabilities?  I am trying to prevent having to copy all the layer styles and add them to each smart object.  Per search the only reference I found was this but it covered how to and that is not what I need.


texts: Noisy metallic looking colourful texture reproduction

texts: I had created the below seen texture a year ago (in gimp for sure), but can't remember how I did it. I'd like to expand it in size, but cannot remember at all how I did it (was playing around). Obviously I somewhere used the solid noise and the plasma filter in layers, but don't see where it could be done.


texts: Coding a website design , which is better from PSD (Adobe photoshop) or EPS ( Adobe illustrator )?

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What is the diffrence between EPS and PSD in making a mockup in:
 1. Quality
 2. Size in loading page
 3. Easier to use
 4. Similarity between both of them

Thanks in advance....


texts: Adobe InDesign CS6: Multiple spaces in HTML export

texts: Is there a way to preserve multiple spaces in HTML export?


texts: What is this style of illustration from the 50's and 60's?

texts: Does anyone know what style/category this type of illustration falls under, and any tips on where to learn more about this would be appreciated.


texts: Perspective text in a circle - Adobe Illustrator

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I'd like to recreate the "text in a circle" effect shown in the image with Adobe Illustrator

Which tool should I use?


texts: 12.5mb jpeg + 2 adjustment layers being saved as a 117mb psd

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Ive got a 12.5mb photo. Ive imported it into Photoshop as a smart object then placed 2 adjustment layers on top of it : brightness / contrast + Vibrance.

When i go to save the photoshop file the resulting file is 117mb.

Seeing as the adjustment layers are just non destructive 'settings' and the image itself is only referenced why is my file so large. My thought is that it might be caching a compiled version of the smart object + adjustment layers = final image that weighs 117mb, but this is only a hunch that its doing this.

How can i get this file to come out smaller ?


texts: Testing if a BG will Repeat Tile Properly in Photoshop?

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I am frequently working to create background textures in Photoshop to be used on the web. Unfortunately I usually have to guess, or just use freebies from other websites.

I would like to build my own textures in Photoshop and check if they tile properly before exporting the image. Is there a way to do this quickly? I remember a method using offset, but I'm not familiar with the tools.

Below are a couple example background tiles so you can see what I'm talking about:


texts: Where to get images for large format prints?

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I always look to change my wallscape in my office. We have a printer that can print large format but i never can find an image that can scale to 13 ft. wide proportionately without loosing clarity.

Looking at this answer" I need an image at least 100 ppi.  With an image 13 ft wide, I would need an image which is a minimum of 15,600 px wide. (13 ft = 156 in; 156 in × 100 px/in = 15,600 px (minimum) required for 13 ft).

Are there any sites that offer such images as RAW or TIFF? I am stumped. Bigstock and Shutterstock don’t have the quality I am looking for.


texts: How to draw low-size/weight images of geometric shapes

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I searched this on google but didn't find anything useful.

I want to draw images for my website for mathematical questions like circles, triangles, angles, etc.I tried Dia for this purpose but the best result I am getting is :

2-3KB (svg)

12-13KB(png)

12-15KB(jpg)

But I want the maximum size of 1.5KB for the image. Maybe this can be done followed by using a compression tool. But isn't there any direct way/tool which graphic designers use?

PS: I don't want to use bulldozer (Photoshop) for a small task


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So I'm new at editing and I'm trying to insert gifs but somehow it always ends up with a gap after the gif ends and looks weird, I have no idea how can I change that :/
can anyone help me please?


texts: Indesign: Find which pages apply certain masters

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I couldn't find this on my own. Using InDesign CC, I have set up 17 masters and +100 pages on a document.

Hovering over a page will tell me which master it has applied to it. Ideally, the converse would be great, but hovering over a master doesn't tell me anything. How can I quickly find out which pages have a certain master applied to them?

Thanks


texts: Convert Pdf from RGB to CMYK, keeping font color 100% K in Illustrator

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How can I convert Pdf from RGB to CMYK, keeping font color 100% K while working in Illustrator?

When I try to open the document in Illustrator and I convert to CMYK the black text converts to rich black, but to set up for Offset printintg I need the text to be only in Black (100%K).


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I need to import an .xlsm file (as a linked file) into InDesign, but couldn't select it in the Import Dialogue. There, I would need to extract only individual cells. Tried making several versions of the .xlsm file, plus new ones, none of which could be imported.

Is it because InDesign generally does not support .xlsm files or could there be a specific problem? I already googled this and didn't find anything that adressed the issue...

Many thanks if somebody has info about this!


texts: How to filter a black image to 100% CMYK

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I have an image I'm trying to prepare and am having difficulty changing the black #00000 to an absolute CMYK 100% black. I've tried a few filters and even paint bucketing the image, but I think I'm missing a setting for CMYK percentages and just using the color swatches. I've attached the file below, I'm coming from illustrator so this is a little new to me.

PSD file
https://we.tl/t-X2i3bOqPu9


texts: How to disable automatic update of text layers in Photoshop?

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How do I disable the automatic update of text layers when I open a .psd document?
The problem is that when I open big .psd files, this update lasts very long and wastes me a lot of time.


texts: Control positon when replacing the content of a smart object

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Let's say I have a smart object at the top-left corner of my picture, as shown in the first capture:

If I replace the content of this smart object (right click > Replace Contents…) with an image that doesn't have the same proportions than the original one, the smart object is resized from the center, as shown in the second capture:

Question: is there a way to specify the anchor point from which the smart object will resize when replacing its content?


texts: Distinguishing/important features of a face - drawing/painting

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I have been trying to draw/paint human faces from photos (in Painter). To my big surprise the result closely follows the photo but because of the different medium and/or the oily/watery/greasy "material" I get results that just do not capture the essence of the person. The photo does capture what I want to express. And somehow the result is not a painting of the person, it is an image of the person. I do not know if you understand this...

So my questions are (these are three separate questions, please handle them completely unrelated):

if you were to draw (pencil/ink) a face with the smallest amount of lines/points, what would you draw? I mean, where does it become the representation of the person from just being a sketch? (There are some tiny features which, if you miss drawing it properly, you do not draw the person).
If you were to paint (oil/Conte/etc.), without sketching or drawing thin lines, what would be the minimum amount of features/shades/areas you would draw? (Imagine blobs of color without too much refining of the shape...)
If you were to paint, what would be the minimum amount of colors/shades that would be sufficient to paint a picture that closely resembles the person? (I know, you can use one or two colors, but those will give you such a contrast that I find hard to believe that the painting closely match the model).

And I have a bonus question:

If you painted a painting from a photo, where would you diverge from the reference photo and why?

Thank you all for any help.


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I would like to re-create the following shape in Illustrator CC.

Can someone please tell me how it can be done? I tried messing about with two circles, but couldn't get them to stop being circles :/


texts: Separate each letter of a text to its own layer

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I feel like there is a simple solution but I can't find it basically what the title says. I select the text and select release to layers (sequence) and nothing happens or just creates a new layer inside it and moves the whole text in there. I can't ungroup them its greyed out as well.

Reason: want to separate it so I can then import it to After Affects and animate the logo/text.
If that's possible, lastly is there a way I can separate the text with a Arc Lower Warp applied keep the same effect.


texts: Placed image doesn't show when saving as PDF

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I am using Illustrator 17.1.0 to prepare some scientific figures.  I have two layers: the bottom one has some placed PDF figures and the top one has annotations.

When saving this as a PDF, the placed figures simply don't show, regardless of the PDF viewer being used (Acrobat, Mac Preview).

Why does this happen?  Is this a common/known problem?  Is there a solution other than embedding the placed figures?

The reason why I use placed figures is that they're generated by a plotting software and I wanted to make it easy to update them when necessary.

Here's a link to an example showing the problem. plot.pdf is placed and annotated_plot.pdf is saved from Illustrator with "Preserve editing capabilities".  When opened with illustrator it shows everything correctly, but when opened with any PDF viewer, it doesn't show the placed file.

This appears to be a bug in Illustrator and happens when placing any PDF exported by Mathematica version 10.  It does preserve the placed PDF file, but it sets the bounding box to be of zero width.

Possible workarounds (other than embedding), only for the case when the placed PDF uses no transparency:

Re-save the file using Mac Preview before placing it.
Re-process the file using GhostScript before placing it.  gs -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=output.pdf -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -c save pop -f input.pdf  Using the command-line is advantageous for batch-processing or automation.


texts: Quickly resize all artboards and objects on artboards to tablet size in Adobe XD

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I have a project that has mobile designs which are for phones.

I'm wondering if it's possible to quickly and programmatically resize all artboards and objects on the artboards to tablet size?


texts: Breaking Alphabets into pieces, where the border intersects

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I have the following test typed out in my inkscape:

Now what i would really like to acheive is that every border intersection be broken into a separate piece , and then the color inside the border be another peice, let me explain what i mean.

So i have the below peice of the alphabet L:

So there are 4 places where the border intersects and touches , so i would like each of these borders to be broken into a separate piece and then red fill inside the border would be another piece.

As of now what i am doing is:

I Type out the alphabet , Then i go to Path > Stroke to path , and then i click on Edit path by nodes , then i select the text and then Break paths at selected nodes and then Path > Break Apart, but this is only breaking apart the alphabets and not really giving me the effect that i am looking for.

Can somebody please guide me with this please.

Thank You.


texts: Is it possible to have one file for multiple translations?

texts: I have a document that contains text in English, but I also want to translate it to Spanish without having two separate copies. I say so because if I update the design on the English one, I would like the Spanish one to update automatically. If not, I need to apply every change I make to all the different translations.


texts: Anyone know a specific approach for creating these fluid liquid graphics? Or know of resources?

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This is a bit of a broad question I'm aware of, but I'm sure I can be pointed in the right direction. And this fluid liquid effect can probably be done in many ways. However I'm really interested in creating/using graphics like this for a project.

Is there a name associated with this style? then I could actually search for it and find resources hopefully. Not finding much when searching 'fluid liquid effect'.

Or does anyone know of any software/process which creates this style.

Thank you :)


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I am new to Sketch. I have a shape, and I would like to give it a "pixelated" look, a bit like the letter Y below (in contrast to the B letter, which is not pixelated).

How can I do this (apart from 100% manually) please?

EDIT:
I realized, reading @billiy Kerr's answer, that my question was not phrased properly.

Taking the "BYT" word as an example, I would like to pixelate only one of the letters, not the others. This makes the task more difficult since it means I can't take e.g., a bitmap font (as Billy suggested). If I did, then all the characters would be pixelated.

So, starting with a a regular font, is there any way to pixelate some character in this font?


texts: Should blending modes ever be used for logo designs?

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In a vector editor like Illustrator, blend modes do not work in CMYK mode; blend modes only work in RGB mode. My logical conclusion is that you should never use blend modes on a logo design, because you always need a printable version of the logo, and simply copying the logo with blend modes on from an RGB document to CMYK document will mess it up big time; so when you want to "blend" elements, opt for opacity settings instead. And yet a lot of tutorial videos, on YouTube for example, use the blend mode Screen for effects like "glossy buttons" (for example, this one).

I think it's fine to use blend modes on photographs or paintings, because there are too many colors to worry about so you would just want to directly print an RGB document anyway. Logos and identity systems, on the other hand, use very few colors, and the accuracy of printed colors is much more of a concern so you may want to check if your logo looks good in CMYK mode, where blend modes don't work.

So should blend modes ever be used for logo designs?

Never mind. There's nothing wrong with Blend Modes and CMYK Mode. It's just my stupid AMD graphics card failing all this time and I never knew it.


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I'm not sure if there are any typography gurus here that might be able to answer this question, but I don't know where else to look. I'm looking to add text hyphenation into one of my projects, and after doing some research, there are a few curious points I am unable to connect. I want to know when and when not to use hyphenation, and if screen width is a major factor in this decision.

I'm curious as to why in Apple's iOS Safari "Reader" feature (where you tap the Reader button and it converts any web page into a nicely formatted reading friendly page), they do not use hyphenation on the iPhone, but use hyphenation on the iPad Safari Reader. So on the iPhone, they do use hyphenation in the iPhone iBooks app, but do not in the reader app (so I'm unsure as to if this has anything to do with screen width.

iPhone Reader in Safari (no hyphenation):

iPhone iBooks (hyphenation):

iPad Reader in Safari (hyphenation):


texts: Make list of text spread like sun rays around an object

texts: How can I make a list of text appear like in the attached image? I want to make a list of text 'bend' along a circle shape. Preferrably without having to make the text as outlines first.


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I'm trying to animate a logo I made using trim path. I'm having trouble with the circle. I'm trying to recreate the logo's filled circle outline with a single stroke path. The issue is that the end caps are not at the same angle as the circle due to the cut out. The normal circle is like the letter 'C' and is cut at 45 degrees with some buffer due to the width of the cut. When I make a stroke and cut it to the same position the cap of the stroke wants to lay at a default angle and not the one like the logo. Here is an example:

How can I made it so the cap's angle is correct?


texts: Why are these objects transparent everywhere?

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I am trying to export leaves and branches from Illustrator. I would like the area which is not branches and leaves to be transparent (the white part in the image below), and the area which is leaves and branches to be entirely opaque (green part below).

＾ This is what one of the objects look like in the Illustrator window

＾ Here are the Gradient settings, both colors in the gradient are 100% opaque

＾ Object's Opacity settings: It is set to opaque there too

＾ This is the Appearance panel, all seems fine there too...

＾ Here are my Save for Web settings (which allow me to have better control of the file format settings)

＾ But when I drag them into Photoshop (or any other app!), the leaves are transparent!

Why, oh why, cannot the produced file match the Object's transparency settings?


texts: Adobe Indesign: How to measure the width of a word?

texts: Is it possible to measure the width of a word in some way? (via Javascript code, or a built-in software option)?


texts: Can I fill based on the color of a lower layer?

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I'd like to use the bucket fill tool to fill shapes based on the color of the layer below. Ideally totally automatically, like filtering the image.

For example: create a new image. Use Filter -> Render -> Noise -> Plasma to generate nice big random splotches of color. Add a layer on top and select it. Use Filter -> Render -> Pattern -> Checkerboard to fill the layer with squares. Here's the output of doing this: https://gist.github.com/pushcx/5d7719674cba12f912367a5db31aa9ed

How would I fill each square based on the color of the layer beneath it? I don't care if it uses the color at the geometric center of the square or some kind of average. I just don't want to have to center the mouse on a square, switch to the color picker, hide the top layer, click, show the top layer, switch to bucket fill, click, repeat several hundred times.

(I know this simple example could use the mosaic filter. My real top layer is more complex.)


texts: Which SVG features are supported by Illustrator?

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I've noticed that certain SVG features such as @font-face w/ base-64 content and path fill styles do not seem to work with Illustrator. (SVG image not displaying CSS base-64 data URL encoded fonts in Illustrator)

Is there any documentation -- official or unofficial -- that explains which SVG features are supported by Adobe Illustrator? (both for exporting and importing)

In particular I'm working with SVG 1.1 and Illustrator CS5, but I'd be happy to see some info on any version. I've seen some "SVG enhancements" notes on Adobe's site, but nothing substantial.

NOTE: Moved to https://superuser.com/q/865236/282897


texts: Interpreting color function and adjusting pixels values

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Here is the definition which I read from the net source

1st is

  Midtone: Situated between the darkest tone (Black), and the brightest
  tone (White). For a 24 bit colour image, this occurs when Red = Green
  = Blue = 128.

and the other is

  Tones created by dots between 30% and 70% of coverage

and

  Midtone also refers to the range of colors that aren't mixed with
  black (the shadows) or white (the highlights).

What i got from these definition is that the pixels whose values are 0 or 255 we should adjust them to 128 . Am i taking the definition right ? I don't want to use the way of Histogram Equalization as according to my knowledge its also use for brightness of image

I want to perform the function like below , like i want to perform this function only in RGB in C++ but i don't know the actual role of midtones and what they perform in the image


texts: How to erase part of shape in Photoshop?

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I want to erase part of a rectangle but it gets erased in the way shown in the right hand image:

I want to be like this:


texts: When i open an image the brushes are not there?

texts: I was going to try to do the line art of one of my drawings on adobe illustrator, but when i open the file the brushes are not there. There's only the basic brush and i can't reduce its size. I've tried to open the image in various formats, but it didn't work. How can i solve this?


texts: How to create an artistically posterized monotone portrait?

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Can anyone please tell me what this greyscale vector style is called and how can I achieve it?

Source

I was informed I should put my image in Photoshop and adjust the levels and run the cutout filter before live tracing in AI. I cant get this to turn out right though.

The image above is a super bad 5 minute live trace after some PS tweaking to try and show you what I mean, it makes a bunch of smaller blobs of grayscale versus bigger blobs.

How can I apply a high contrast artistic effect to a monotone image, where highlights and shadows are exaggerated, and there are few shades of grey?


texts: Changing the header and footer of multiple PDF files using photoshop

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I have more than 1000 PDF files. Each file contains 3-4 pages. I need to change header and footer on the first and last page of each file.

Is there a way to automate this process so I can do them all at once?


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I'm exporting some elements out of photoshop CC 2014 using the new 'extract assets', witch is very handy because i can just select the layer i want and export it. I export the white logo as a png. When i then try to import it in indesign CC 2014, the image converts to black and white and not transparant ( i can see it in the info panel where it says: 'transparancy : no').

Any idea's on how to fix this?


texts: Using Illustrator, I am trying to blend objects in a circular fashion but can't seem to find a satisfying solution. I have considered using the rotate tool, copying the rotated object around a central axis and then holding down command-d to complete the "blend" but find this method inefficient. I have also considered replacing the spline of a blend with a circle, but it seems that no matter what, the blend can never go past 3/4 of a circle (see GIF below). Am I missing something?


texts: Export SVG function in Fireworks only creates outline

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There's a pretty big problem I'm having with Aaron Bealle's Export to SVG script in Fireworks:

So I have a path in Fireworks that I created from a marquee selection (which came from the magic wand, some feathering and smooth selection).

Let's take this image I vectorized in Fireworks from a drawing by someone at the NHS Designs in Sacramento as an example.

 (Download Fireworks PNG file)

When the path is exported as an SVG using the Export script — only the outer edge is taken into account.

So what I get is a black shape on a transparent/white background. (When in fact the black shape was more complicated than that — but was still a single path.)

 (Download SVG file)

How do I fix this?

Thank you!


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Illustrator noob here (pls bear with me).

I'm trying to make a face, and I want to add some shading on the left cheek, so this is my process: first make the shading, and then clip it to the original face shape underneath.

The shape of the shadow is right, but the actual face-shape disappears. What I've been doing to avoid this problem is to just copy/paste the original face shape, and clip the shading-shape to the copied-face-shape.

But if I modify the original face shape, the shape of the shadow doesn't modify along with it:

Is there a smarter/better way to clip the shadow to the face so that, if the original face shape is changed, the shadow also changes accordingly?


texts: What are the downsides of UXPin compared to the top 4 players (Sketch, Figma, XD, Studio)?

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Short question:
The last 2 days, I tested various UI / UX / Prototype Tools like Figma, XD, InVision Studion and said UXPin.
I'm currently working with Sketch + Craft. What I realised is, that Sketch, Figma, XD and Studio (I call them top 4 players) have huge communities and media coverage. When you ask about UI/UX Tools, everybody only talks about those 4. Each of those has good and bad points. No clear leader there for me.
Then I tested UXPin for half a day and I have to say I don't see any disadvantage.
Do I miss something about this tool? Why isn't it as popular as the other 4?

Longer Version - Why this question:
I'm working with sketch for about 4 years in the company, always together with InVision for the presentation with the stakeholders. What I hugely dislike about Sketch is the Mac-only limitation. At home, I work on Windows, so no home office. My dev-coworker all use Linux and since I'm the only designer, nobody is able to edit designs when I'm no around. So I started to test out other tools for my UX/UI Workflow:
Figma is amazing since it works smoothly just in the browser, its really fast and can everything you really need in your daily business. But the presentation mode and also the dev hand-off isn't really that great, especially compared to InVision.
Adobe XD has done a lot over the past years and with it's Windows client, at least someone in the company is able to open it besides me. The prototyping tools are amazing, the presentation layer is superb and the plugins for it are great. Sadly, some basic design-stuff like vertical align text or multiple shadows on one element aren't possible.
Studio has also amazing prototype tools as well, high-fidelity animations without the need of an actual animation tool and overall I love all the InVision-Tools and it integrates itself perfectly in the company's lineup. Sadly, it's slow as hell, especially when the projects get bigger which most of mine get...

And then I tested UXPin... And it had everything. I had every tool to also create creative designs, I even could include videos. I'm able to work with variables for advanced prototyping which I only know in Axure. The presentation layer is amazing and for the dev's I even can add contextual documentation. I'm even able to pull react.js components to design them.
I don't see any downside besides maybe that there are no artboards. But with such a great tool, I really don't understand why it hasn't more coverage. Am I missing something? It really could be, since I only tested it for half a day..

Why on this StackExchange Domain
I saw other question about tools, so that should be fine. And since UXPin can be compared to design tools like Sketch and so, it should be fine here...


texts: How to hide half of a character in InDesign?

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Let's say I have a movie with rating 2.5 and I should write this rating with specific star character which is ✪ (272A, http://jrgraphix.net/r/Unicode/2700-27BF). Is there some way I could use character style (or paragraph style) to hide half of the character to have a half star. It's not possible to create object of this character and make the half star, it needs to be a character.

I've tried hiding half of the character with borders, underlines and rules without any luck. Background of the page is white and hiding a character with white color doesn't seem to work. Any ideas?


texts: How can I create a colour scheme based on two specific, adjacent(ish) colours?

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I'm helping a friend to produce his website. He's supplied his logo and a flyer that he's used, which use the colour scheme he's opted for - green, blue and white. The specific colour values for the blue and green are:
00AEEF

79BA55

Using those colours for on-page elements has had poor results for me.
I've tried to find a palette using Adobe Color CC, but can't get it to produce something using those two specific hex values. Unless I'm not using it properly, it looks like Color CC only creates schemes based on one chosen colour, rather than allowing me to specify two colours to work around.
So in these circumstances, given the specific colours I've been provided, how can or what can I use to create a satisfactory colour scheme from them?
Note that I'm not asking to create the same kind of/equivalent colour scheme for any other arbitrary colours.
Again - this is NOT the same question as the one asked here, which is asking if the calculations make sense. My question does not ask about calculations; I am asking how I can create a palette of complementing colours based on the two that I have been provided with.


texts: Text not very readable on different image backgrounds

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I've come here seeking for a bit of design help or advice on how I could possibly improve the following:

Like the title says, I'm having a website banner with multiple text displayed on different images as backgrounds. Now, since most of the images are dark, I've set the font color as white. But even then, some of the text is not very readable on a couple of images like:

Since I'm working with CSS, I've tried different options such as:

Adding Text Shadows:

CSS:

text-shadow: 3px 3px 0px #000;

Also tried, creating a semi-transparent box around the text:

Demo

I feel the box one looks out of place.

I've created a fiddle for anyone who knows CSS. If not, please feel free to advice me based on your imagination alone.

PS: You could also advice on using a different font if that would help it stand out better.


texts: Does anyone know what effect has been used on the football players in this picture?

texts: Cheers for any help provided, it's appreciated!


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I have two shapes as seen below

I want to be able to trim the rectangle so that it doesn't flow into the inside of the circle. When I use Pathfinder's trim option it does not trim correctly as seen below:

I want the rectangle to wrap cleanly around the edge of the circle, but it doesn't. What am I doing wrong?


texts: Remove objects, leaving only the stroke and the drop shadow (illustrator)

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Just found this site! Seems pretty awesome. Im wondering if anyone knows how to achieve this effect:

I want to remove the white objects (text) from the image, but keep the stroke and the drop shadow.

When I try to make the fill transparent, this is what happens:

Any help would be super appreciated. :)


texts: Switching between tabs while dragging layers in Photoshop?

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While using Photoshop I often need to drag layers from one document to another,
but when I have many documents opened this gets a little tricky.

The cause of this issue is the way that Photoshop hides the tabs when there are too many of them for the size of my window / screen.

To be more specific, the problem I'm experiencing because of that, is not being able to simply drag layers from one document to another as I normally would
(By simply dragging them onto the other tab) when they are too distant from each other on the tab menu.

I tried to find a few alternative ways of doing so, and would love to know if you know how to perform any of them, or alternatively find another solution for this.

Disable overflowing tabs, and having all of them displayed no matter how big my window is (While cutting the document titles a little bit of course).
Switch between tabs as usual ( By pressing CTRL + Tab) while dragging layers.
Somehow scroll the tab menu?

I guess another way would be to constantly re-order the tabs, or simply give up on them, but I'll keep these options last.

Thanks in advance!


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I am currently working on starting a small business(less than 10 transactions a month), but in order to get any support from the suppliers, I need to create a logo and website.

So I would appreciate any feedback on this preliminary logo.

The business is called Fremont Resoles, it is a climbing shoe repair shop based out of Wyoming.


texts: I am creating logos or illustrations which display as pixelated lines. I am using the pen tool, any settings i should change or any tool i should add?


texts: Colours look duller on Matte or glossy finish?

texts: It is my first time printing and I'm saddened by the fact that the colours have come out to too dull (the print review was given on a matte finish). Although there are other factors that contribute to colours falling flat, I would like to know would colours look brighter on a glossy paper?


texts: is there any option in illustrator to convert in curves by type automatically when export in vector format?

texts: when i have designed in illustrator finally i need to send it a printing press in a vector format. i manually convert design's type in outline by (Shift+ctrl+o). Is there any option to convert design's type in outline automatically when export in a vector format?


texts: To What Extent Should Overused Fonts Be Avoided?

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Conventional wisdom says to avoid overused fonts, because they start to lose their flair, and then your work ceases to stand out from the crowd, or adopts unwanted connotations. But what if an overused font works perfectly for your design? (Which is usually the case, seeing as their versatility is what makes them popular in the first place.) Should you try to find a replacement based simply on principle? Or is it OK so long as it's truly a good fit and not just being used because it's popular?

Additionally, does precluding a popular font mean that you shouldn't choose any that are similar? For instance, League Gothic is very popular right now. Does purposely not using that mean that we should also avoid all narrow, gothic typefaces for headlines, until the hype dies down? Or is it only matter of: avoid narrow, gothic typefaces for, say, "splash" pages and text logos, where League Gothic makes frequent appearances?


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I am a fan of DIY stuff and have recently seen these cardboard safari which looks pretty nice. I would like to try to do some of those myself but haven't found good cut out resources around and my own attempts never turn to be good looking (I suppose you a proper designer to know which lines are important or not for the model).

I might as well have to buy those, but that is not exactly "diy" then... But then again, I reckon these and more models would be fairly straight forward for someone into 3D.

Does anyone knows where could I find those in around the interwebs :)?


texts: Why clipping mask makes everything disappear?

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So I tried all the suggested solutions in similar topics, however, nothing works so far. I have a group of objects and I want to use a clipping mask. My object is on the top, but no matter if it's transparent or not this happens:
Any suggestions?


texts: How to determine document color mode with Vbscript

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What is Vbscript syntax to determine document color mode?

Regards to the posted answer:

I figured it out. Basically the same as your codes. I did not enumerate like you did. I was just interested in getting the returned long value.

So mine was:

Dim mode as long Dim ObjApp

    set objApp = CreateObject("Photoshop.Application") mode = objApp.Activedocument.mode Rem ---------- Immediate test ---------- debug.print mode

I like your enumeration technique. I will put it to use.


texts: Recommendation for time appropriate typeface (early 20th Century)

texts: I am designing a program for a play that is set in the early twentieth century (circa 1911) Austria and it focuses on the upper class. What are some historically relevant fonts and design elements that such a program can include?


texts: Adobe InDesign ; How to hide all text - except a couple of sentences?

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I need to extract some text from InDesign - but the only way I know is cut and paste into another document. Is there a way - like inverted conditional text, where I can hide everything except some sentences?

Example: I have a document that is 100 pages long and on some pages, there is text that I need to keep visible. So I need to hide 90+ pages with different text layers etc. except some text.


texts: I have a png image which is having thicker lines and i need to make this lines look thinner. I really dont know how to do this..


texts: How to draw these big headed characters?

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I am the graphic designer of a game and I want to recreate the look of these images (I mean the characters, not the 2.5 scene).

My questions are:

Does this character style (no legs or arms) have a specific name?
How can I create characters in this style?


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On the sidebar for a web application I am working on, I have an option to allow users to change their current template.

I think the current design looks ok, but it doesn't really seem engaging or interesting. It doesn't fit into the rest of the design.

What changes can I make to the template listing design to make it fit more into the design. I am working with a little amount of space, but not sure whether to make it look like a icon listing (as it does at the moment) or to just use text.


texts: How to write SVG manually so it is displayed in Inkscape?

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I'm trying to write some SVG for illustration and while it renders well in:

Chrome
Firefox
http://svg.enshrined.co.uk/
see screenshot below for an idea

But nothing gets displayed in:

Inkscape (Inkscape 0.92.5 (2060ec1f9f, 2020-04-08)).
wmflabs (though it did not report any issues)

Minimal working example to reproduce is below and was validated against:

W3C
http://svg.enshrined.co.uk/
wmflabs

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<svg version="1.2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 200 200">
        <!-- last joint -->
           <defs>
           <g id="disk">
            <!-- define here the joint -->
            <circle cx="0" cy="0" r="100"/>
            </g>
         </defs>
      <use href="#disk" />
</svg>

Google / Firefox rendering:
:

While Inkscape shows only a blank sheet.

I'm assuming some specifics to Inkscape (I've seen special handling for layers, but would rather avoid reverse engineering if possible).


texts: How to split a PSD that has lots of layer groups

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I bought a psd file that has lots of buttons - each button is a layer group.

What's a good way to split the file so that each button is it's own file - with its layers intact. I know how to turn off layers, but the resulting file has too large a Canvas size..(as well as being too big..)


texts: Any way to get back Gimp 2.8's separate "sharpen" and "unsharp mask" filters in Gimp 2.10?

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Gimp 2.10 has unified the sharpen and unsharp mask filters that were two separate filters in earlier versions (both located in the Filters > Enhance submenu).
I can imagine that from an "engineering point of view" the move seemed to make sense, because they worked using a similar concept. However the new unified filter is not without disappointments. Allow me to describe:
The sharpen filter in v2.8
I found that sharpen worked well only for relative smallish images, like below ~ 2000px longer side, or so, and when cranked up to a high value, it provided results some may consider quite rough, not fit for professional publishing.
But I'm not a professional publisher. What I needed it for was sharpening (often low resolution and quality) images of various machinery and technical products, in order to observe and understand how these complex structures worked.
For this purpose it did not matter if the result looked a bit rough.
The unsharp mask filter in v2.8
The way I used this filter was a bit comparable to how the Clarify effect/filter worked in some earlier version of PaintShop Pro that I had the opportunity to try out. This clarify effect differentiated separate areas in a picture, often, for example, subject versus background, or overlapping objects, and made them stand apart more (so the eye perceived the spatial "depth" much easier, in effect, in an instant).
I used Gimp 2.8's unsharp mask filter to get somewhat comparable results by setting its Radius to around 100px and even above (combined with only a mild value for Amount).
I often used this trick also for images of landscapes.
The "unified" Sharpen (Unsharp Mask) filter in v2.10
Sharpening seems to have lost some of its edge: like it now prioritizes publishing-industry oriented quality over achieving extreme visual revealing power.
My unsharp mask trick for large areas now delivers unacceptable results, because it deposits so much dark into smaller-scale, midtone-but-in-a-brighter-context areas.
In the new, unified filter, increasing the Radius increases not only the distribution of the effect — the area that is impacted — but also the intensity: darks get even darker. This should however be be the responsibility of the Amount slider.
So now, if I reduce the Amount, the results do not seem to get applied evenly: even if I tone down the effect to be barely noticeable in most of the image, the darkness of small pockets persists disproportionally: crevices and small shadowy areas remain to stand out painfully dark and ugly from the rest of the image.
I never had such a challenge with the old Unsharp-mask filter.
Can I get back the old filters?
Do some plugins exist that would bring back the algorithms of the old filters? Or what other action can I take to benefit from the effects of the older variants?
I use Ubuntu 20.04 (in case it matters), but if you know something specific to Windows 10, I'd be interested to hear that too.

Update:
Following up on @BillyKerr's answer, I dug deep enough to find out that on Ubuntu 20.04, the standard available Gimp version is 2.10.18, this is the one I was using.
Now I have installed the "flatpak" variant too (it's like "Portable Apps" for Linux), which happens to be newer: 2.10.24.
In 2.10.24, an addition is present: the Blending options section is now available in the filter window, and digging in it, there is a choice between Default and Legacy. This looks exciting, but to be honest, in the first quick experiments I could not spot the difference between them. Anyways, I expect, if this would work, then this would offer a relief only for the Unsharp Mask challenge, as the new unified filter seems to be based on that.


texts: Color selection tool can select colors of varying saturations, but brush does not paint the selected color

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I am unable to paint using any colors that blend neutral colors with whatever other color is on the palette. I found the color selection tool can select neutral (unsaturated) colors, but the selection ring has to be as far over to the left as possible. The moment you move off the edge it will paint the boldest (100% saturated) color available on that height. I can use color swatches to paint pure white or black, but I cannot use the swatches to paint the gradients. Things I've tried without success:

1.Checked that nothing abnormal was enable in brush settings

2.Image>Mode>RGB color

3. Changed GPU settings from advanced to basic (restarted the program) and nothing worked. I reverted to advanced after confirming that did not work.

4. I can replicate this problem across new projects, and after restarting PS.
Below are images that show the problem.

5. Reset entire computer

Screenshots of the problem

NOTE: If I switch from using the brush tool to pencil tool I am able to use gradients.

I am fairly new to PS, and hope this is just a rookie mistake. Thanks for your help.


texts: How to fix broken Photoshop displacement filter

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My displacement filter is simply broken.  I made the simplest possible grid for a test subject, and then a displacement filter which is solid 50% grey.  This should, as a displacement map, do absolutely nothing.  But when I apply it, it produces the transformation shown below.  It's moving the lines around, fading then, and it also adds horrible pixelation in the middle.  This from a map that should have no effect at all!  What's causing this and what can I do about it?  Thanks.

Update: Here's a PNG of the displacement map, as requested (sorry it's so boring, but I did say it was a totally neutral map):


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I am creating a logo for an upcoming event, and I was asked to submit “flavors” for vector graphics and B/W. This is probably a given that all designers should know (I’m an IA architect), but what are flavors?

From Google search, I get a lot of results with companies that include flavor in their company name or edible products – so that’s no help at all. I’m assuming it’s a type of format, but I would like to be corrected if I am wrong.


texts: Can I check whether plain black or rich black is used for text in a pdf?

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A design agency my company is using have created a flyer design for us. Upon print, it looks as if the body text on the flyer has been printed in a rich black, because the text has come out a little 'blurry' and seems to have a little magenta visible on one side of the characters.

Unfortunately I only have the pdf version and not the editable InDesign file at the moment.

Is there a way to check whether the agency have used the correct black (plain) in the PDF files of the flyer?


texts: How do i cut out a shape from multiple objects with different fills?

texts: I want to cut out some text out of a rectangle made up of different objects with different patterns as fillings so that I end up with the text in negative space, but whatever I try, it doesn't work. I tried clipping mask, pathfinder, making a mask and inverting it. Nothing seems to work. In the picture, you can see the artboard with the shapes filled with patterns. In black the text that I want to cut out. I already changed the text into outlines. All help and tips are welcome!


texts: How to change color of the square outside the canvas from white to dark/black in Illustrator CS5

texts: Trying to figure out how to change the color of this square outside the canvas in Illustrator CS5.


texts: Setting paragraph style of page numbers in InDesign

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I am trying to set up page numbers in my brochure in inDesign. When I view the pages through a page master (Pages > A-Master), I set up my page numbers to look like this in Paragraph Style (Paragraph rule):

However, when I view it in the normal page view, the page numbers appear like this:

Could someone please advise how I can solve this issue? I tried to use Font Styles (Underline) but the round background seems to disappear after a certain size... I am not sure why paragraph styles don't work even though they appear in the A-Master page view.


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My app allows the user to choose a color from a color picker or from an image, and has a wooden background (the one seen in these mockups) throughout. I have these 6 icon mockups, and i'd like your opinion on which one to use?

http://imgur.com/a/0hJoI


texts: Add to shape area image not saving as png

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This image is being saved but my original .psd file has (1,3) ,(1,4) and (1,4), (2,4) positioned 1s boxed. I created those boxes by using rectangle tool and then using add to shape area. The saved image is in .png format.

This is the image of my .psd file.


texts:
I set the number in red rectangle to zero, but the space between lines is still large. Is there a way to do more?
The font is Libre Baskerville.


texts: laser vs. inkjet printer for vectors and text

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As far as I've heard, a laser monochrome printer could deliver better sharp results compared with ink printers, when it comes to text printing.

Assuming that all I need to print it's black text (from small to very large letter sizes) or vector shapes on white or color A4 paper, 160..220gr/m2 thick, which would be a better solution, a laser (e.g. 4800 x 600 dpi) or an inkjet printer?


texts: Unwanted White 'Stroke' Lines Around Objects in InDesign

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I first noticed this when I recently exported a file to PDF. I have just started working on a new document and the white 'stroke' lines are now appearing on screen even before I export.

I have checked the stroke settings and this is set to 'off'.


texts: Software used to create Icons, Buttons for Mobile Application

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  What software is best for GUI design?

Which is the best way to create Icons, Buttons for Mobile Application development ?.


texts: How can I make a dashed line border with an empty inside?

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I am trying to add a dashed line border around a coupon I've made using CS6. I tried adding a shape (rectangle) with the dashed Stroke option but the rectangle shape covers my coupon. Can I make everything but the dashed border transparent?

Or is there a better way to accomplish this? I am new to Photoshop and will need step by step instructions.

This is what I want to achieve:


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I'm not an expert in graphic design, but I have some basic knowledge. So I would like to ask some typeface choice recommendations. I'm designing a website for a potter where he will present his work and probably sell products. As a pottery website, it's important for him to preserve the 'traditional' value of handmade products, while giving it a fresh and modern style to it (avoid making it look too 'old'). For example, every product sold by him is a handmade product, they can look similar between them (for example, same pots thrown at the potters wheel) but if you look into the details every one of them is different and 'unique'.
I thought a good choice might be a humanist sans-serif typeface, because it represents this combination of modern yet 'handmade looking' style. Maybe pairing it with an old-style or transitional serif? What do you think?


texts: My soft brushes in photoshop seem to be pixelated when I use them, how do I make them smooth again?

texts: In Photoshop CC, whenever I use the soft brush on a particular area, the brush seems to be pixelated rather than it's usual smooth. When I zoom in, it only gets worse and the pixelated lines start to move in motion. I've lost so much time because of this problem, and I've definitely made sure that I'm on the correct layer mode, tool, and presets because it has been working up until this point. Any solutions are appreciated, thanks!


texts: On Display Resolutions, Scale and Layout in Windows 10?

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On my last project I was designing a website in Figma and I realized there is a problem I was not so aware of.
In Windows 10, at the Display Settings, there is an option for Display Resolution, this varies from device to device and this was the known variable when it comes to screen-size and display resolution. What I mean that it varies, some users have 1280x768, some have 1920x1080 etc. That is why we have Responsive Design.
But I discovered, that apart from that, in Windows 10 there is another device setting that affects the Live Design and the Design Preview generated by a dynamic editor such as Figma. The setting I am talking about is "Scale and Layout" (screenshot attached).
By default this setting is set to 150%, but I am using it at 100% so that I can see more stuff on the screen.
The problem is that the design(font-size, image size, layout) looks a lot different if you change that Scale setting from 100% to something higher. It goes up to 175%. :)
At larger scale, a font-size of 10px, that you want it to be small&subtle looks like 18px font-size or higher.
How do you work around this problem? How do you explain it to the client? Especially when the client is not a geek and has little to no experience with computers/laptops but mostly uses a smartphone?
I stumbled across this problem during a live call yesterday. It can be very annoing..


texts: How would I cut off particular parts of a shape in Inkscape?

texts: I want to get rid of the parts of the blue and red bars that are outside of the green circle, how can I cut these?


texts: Is it acceptable to center–align Arabic text and if so, is there anything I should take care of in this regard?


texts: Deleting white background from scans in Illustrator

texts: I'm trying to create custom brushes in illustrator with scanned brushstrokes.  I use image trace, then expand...how do you then select and delete the white background?


texts: photoshop select all text layers in a group

texts: I know you can select all text layers using 'select similar layers', but is it possible to limit that selection to just the layers within a group?


texts: How do you create custom scripts for automation in Photoshop?

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I have been recording custom actions to perform various automations, though I am starting to require greater control which would be better implemented using some form of scripting (if this can indeed be done). I have seen "ExtendScript" has been mentioned in several places, though I cannot find that option in Photoshop.

It is important that I can easily share such scripts with other Photoshop users so that they can also benefit from them. For example, I would like to allow people to download the action scripts from my blog with relative ease.

I am creating my actions using Photoshop CS4 which allows users with newer versions to utilise them. The same would need to be so for my custom scripts.


texts: I feel like I am undercharging myself and there is nothing I can change about it

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I am a 16 year old graphic designer who mostly does logos for clients. Since I was a little kid, I somewhat understood colors, fonts and shapes. My friends told me that I could be a nice graphic designer since I already did illustrations.  I learned some programs to design logos and most of my clients love it.

However because I am 16 years old. I can't work with "adult clients" because they don't think I am worthy of their money and they don't take me seriously. So most of my clients' age range is between 14-19. Teenagers don't have the money to spent more than 250₺ (which is about 52$) for a logo that they will put on their YouTube channel/band or etc. Since I am 16 years old with no other income, 100-250 ₺ sounds like a lot money, but I feel like I am undercharging myself. But there is nothing I can do about it since my client range is so little.

Any advice?


texts: How do I recreate this color overlay layer effect in Photoshop?

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I would like to use the overlay effect used on the screenshot(s) below.

I've tried experimenting with several Blending modes but keep missing the mark. I'm sure this has a very easy answer but I'm having trouble recreating the effect on my own.

Here are a few more images for further context:

Thanks in advance for your help.


texts: why a just opened AI file need to be saved before closing without doing any changes?

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I am working in a very regular AI file, it have no variables or any external links. each time I open that file in illustrator, I see an asterisk beside its name tab in my workspace, which mean the file is unsaved and need to click on save button to get rid of that asterisk.
it is not a big issue specially the file open with no problem. but why it happened?


texts: How to reduce my Illustrator file size and should I raster my bristle brushes?

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I have an Illustrator file that is pretty big 2.5gb to be exact. There are a lot of complex bristle brushes to make a chalkboard effect for the background and there are also text and illustrations using the brush as the strokes.

It's for a big print file that will be 7' wide by 5' tall. Illustrator is advising me to rasterize the bristle brushes before saving, but I'm worried if I do the final outcome will look pixelated when printing. My artboard is the exact dimensions as what the final print size will be. My client told me they were thinking of printing on a foam board through FedEx.

So my questions are:

Should I rasterize the brush paths before printing?

Can I make the artwork smaller to decrease the file size and the print company can blow it up to the right dimensions before printing?

What should I export the artwork as (pdf, tiff, ai, etc)

This is my first big print project through Illustrator so any information and help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!


texts: Why are my handles and anchor point missing in AI?

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I'm quite new to using illustrator. My problem is: I'm missing the anchor point.

Usually when you use the direct selection tool and click an object, it should show the anchor points and handles. I don't know why, suddenly today it won't show up.


texts: Why do some letters look odd at 100% but not 200%?

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I'm looking at a document both in InDesign and, after exporting to PDF, in Acrobat, and the strangest thing is happening to my font; some letters are looking different than they should when shown at 100% but look normal at 200%.

Look at the example below on some select words from the document: the m, n, i and l all look like they have a few pixels of a descender when viewed at 100%. When I zoom into 200%, the problem corrects itself. Any idea what's causing this? I'd like to get it fixed, because this PDF will likely be viewed on computer and not printed.

If it means anything, the font is ITC Stone Sans.


texts: How do you create an arc for text without distorting in Illustrator?

texts: Good day, I am currently creating a circular logo in Adobe Illustrator CC, what I did in the upper part is making a circle and inserting text using a type on a path tool. My concern is in the lower part of the design. How do you arc it so that it is aligned in the bottom without distorting the text? Any help would be wonderful, thank you for reading this.


texts: What are the pros and cons of embedding images in InDesign?

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I used to be against embedding but realized recently that it's possible to disembed and retain the original data (layers, etc.). Here are the pros and cons I already came up with. I'm interested to hear what this community has to say.

Pros:

Easier to transfer (reworded from "less files to transfer")
No broken links

Cons:

Heavier InDesign file
Cannot see all the information in the links panel (resolution, etc.) without disembedding
If one image is corrupt, may corrupt the whole InDesign file

What else could be added to this list?


texts: Copy/Paste vector object creates spot color and/or transparency

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I have two AI CMYK files with a vector object in each. Both, when trying to save to PDF do not show in Summary any warnings.
When trying to copy/paste from one AI file to another and then save the destination to PDF I get this "spot colors and transparency" warning. And this makes the print go wrong.

I tried :
Select->Edit Colors->Convert to CMYK - did not help

Where did those spots and transparency came from if were not present in the origin files AND how to combine the two and get rid of the warning

Two examples are attached :

FileA

AI Version of FileA


texts: Cut and paste in the same position issue

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I have problem when I slice my shape here and put it in the same place here is like a small line between cut object and original object.

So I have created a shape.
I have cut it with unchecked anti aliasing checkmark
I pasted it back to the position.

Here is video how it looks like. Thank for help!


texts:
How do I colour each individual ribbon like the finished preview for these brushes?

From DeviantArt:


texts: illustrator gradient slider lightens up in the middle

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I have a simple two color gradient on an image.

I changed the colors to pantone colors to print the design. But now that I changed the colors, the gradient lightens up in the middle.

I would love an explanation why this happens or a way to prevent this.


texts: How to batch convert RGB to CMYK and have black mapped to 0%C, 0%M, 0%Y, 100%K (NOT rich black!)

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I have several SVG files (generated by a JavaScript framework) that need to end up as CMYK .EPS files for print.

So I made an action for it, changing the document color mode to CMYK, assigning a CMYK profile, flattening etc.

I want the RGB blacks to become 100%K in CMYK. It's 83%C 79%M 73%Y 95%K now.

I looked in Edit > Preferences > Appearance of Black... and set it to Output All Blacks Accurately

I wouldn't like to do it manually for every file, is there a way to interpret RGB black as 100%K by default?


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I can't seem to get the color values/names correct so that I can get a Letter Press Effect on the text

  To create the appearance of text that has been stamped, choose a text colour that is darker than the background, and then create a 1px text shadow with a 1px blur and offset it down 1px. Make the text-shadow slightly lighter than the background

background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
color: #222;
text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #FFFFFF;

So far I get only this

How would I go about

Finding the text colour that is darker than the background. Background color is rgba (255, 255, 255, 0.8) and text color is #222.
Finding the text shadow color that is ligher than the background. Background color is rgba (255, 255, 255, 0.8) and text shadow color is #FFFFFF;

I need to change the text color (currently #222) to a darker and text shadow color (currently #FFFFFF) to a lighter against a background color (currently rgba 255, 255, 255, 0.8). I can't change the background color to any other.

Have no designing skills and maybe someone would how what color values to change of the text as well as text shadow to have a letter press effect which is more obvious.

Thanks


texts: Designing legs for table - what software to use?

texts: Trying do estimate the exact points of connecting vertical parts of legs with the base of the legs (horizontal part) and with the countertop. Later legs will be cut out in steal, so before I do it, I wanna make sure that this whole structure will stand still. Is there any free software which allows to create a precise model? Will SketchUp do the job?


texts: How do I convert a red color scheme to a green one without making it look "brighter"

texts:
The current color scheme for my desktop uses a red palette. I would like to change it into something green instead so I went through the color scheme configuration file and "rotated" all color values so that RGB becomes BRG.
For example, (214,73,55) becomes (55,214,73).

The impression I got was that the green color scheme looked way brighter than the old red color scheme. Apparently this is because we perceive the different colors with different intuitive brightness levels. Is there a formula I can use instead of a simple RGB rotation that will keep the same apparent brightness for the green version of the color scheme? Are there guidelines as to how to best convert a whole set of colors from one base hue to another?


texts: Exporting GIMP image to pdf with specific page size

texts:
I need to use GIMP to generate a particular .pdf with a specific page size, namely, A1.

For this question, I did a minimal working example with A4 page size, since I believe the specific format doesn't matter.

I open GIMP, open the dialogue window for a new file, and I use the Template drop down menu to select A4 (300 ppi) and press enter.

If I do just that and export that new (blank A4) file to pdf, open said pdf and go see the properties, I'll see that the pdf's Page size is Portrait A4, with the correct dimensions (210x297 mm).

If I try to modify in any way the file before exporting to pdf, open said pdf and go see the properties, I'll see that the pdf's Page size is not A4, it's listed as Portrait Custom and the dimensions are way too big (875x1238 mm).

I don't see any options in the export to pdf dialogue option that allows me to get what I want (that is, a specific A4 pdf containing the image I desire).

Can someone help me ? Bellow are included the screenshot of my process :

Creating the new file :

The blank image I'm exporting :

The modified image I'm exporting :

The settings I used for both exports :

The properties for the blank PDF :

The properties for the modified PDF :


texts: Edit options for shapes in Photoshop (cant seem to edit after creation)

texts: When i first create a shape in Photoshop i get lots of options for fill / line colour, line weight etc. But if i click of that shape layer, on to another layer, then back to the shape layer, i cant seem to get the same options back. Any ideas where i can access the same options menu when editing a shape ?


texts: Unintentionally Transparent Vector Artwork

texts: I have used a vector image I purchased. If I use it over another element in the design, the vector appears transparent. Everywhere I have looked in Photoshop (CS6), the vector is at 100% opacity. I don't understand why this is happening. Can you help please?


texts: How to select parent layer (and all child layers) with mouse, selecting one of its child?

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Let say I've a layer with N sublayers:

When I select a layer of them with mouse, it always select the one I click over. How can I select the parent (thus, all its child) on the workarea without clicking on layer panel? Because for example I'd like to select all elements and drag it elsewhere, not only one sublayer at time. And directly, working over the object, not on thee layer panel every time.

Any shortcut?

I'm on Windows, Illustrator CS6.


texts: Sharpening before color and size adjustments?

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Should I make color and image size adjustments before sharpening or after?

Thanks!


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First of all: I actually checked if 3d software is in this site's scope. Apparently it's kind of grey area but it is allowed (especially when it comes to texture).

So, I made a low poly model in Autodesk 3ds Max 2014, unwrapped it and baked it (via render to texture, ambient occlusion as diffuse).

I immediately noticed that there's a problem alongside the seams: there were gaps there (see image below), and I couldn't find a way to fix them.

Here's a image showing the difference between the model with no material (and hence the solid white), and a copy of the model with the diffuse map.

Seams are in green here:

The UV template:


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Ok, I have an Image in 8 bits per channel mode on Photoshop. When I try to save it doesn't let me select the A8 R8 G8 B8 option.

Why I can't do it? There's a special mode that I have to choose to make this option available?

Here's a screenshot. Only the XRGB (leading zero) it's availabe and I need the leading Alpha option.

Sorry for any misspelling


texts: How to rotate and snap an object into a desired position? [Illustrator]

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so I'm working with Adobe Illustrator, and I'm trying to have a rectangle pass through the center, and also snap to two points.

Basically, I want the marked (with the black lines) corner of the purple rectangle to be snapped to the top left corner of the right red rectangle.
I also want the center of the purple rectangle to pass through the center(as shown by guides). I also want to preserve the  width of the purple rectangle. I can easily achieve what I am trying to do by selecting anchor points and snapping them, but I lose the width of the purple rectangle.

I've used Illustrator quite a lot, but I'm always stumped by things like this. How could I do this? There must be some tool or method I don't know about.

Thank you.


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Can any one identify the attached font?
Please, can any one Identify this font?


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How can I convert an object layer to an ordinary layer in Illustrator?

In the illustration below ... how do I drag the Path object, which is the sun, from its layer to a new separated layer?

Of course I can do it by making a new layer and copy and paste in place. However, in my case this process will be a headache. Besides that, I want to preserve the layer properties like color and name and the value of opacity. What I need is just to select the layer and drag it outside its' main layer to be a new layer by itself.


texts: Why are pixels not the same from Photoshop to Illustrator?

texts: I'm so confused! I'm sure I'm missing something very simple. But when I create a new file in Photoshop that 320x240px at 300ppi then save that out as a JPEG and try to place onto an Illustrator artboard that is also set up at 320x240px at 300ppi the image I'm placing is half the size. Aren't they supposed to be the same size? What am I missing?


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This is something that I've struggled with for a while now and I really want to correct it.

Whenever I create a web design I use a colour pallete of 2 or 3 contrasting colours normally for things like buttons and backgrounds but what I struggle with is choosing the colours for the type so that they look more pleasing to the eye and fit with the 2 or 3 colours I have already picked.

My colour choices in the past for body text have been around #999999 or #aaaaaa but I notice that in the designs of designers I follow online their type choices are swayed ever so slightly towards one of the main colours in their colour palletes.

Is there a proven method of how to pick colour for type in this way or is it just done by using the eye?

I would love to know how it's done or if there are any tutorials out there on how to pick colour for type that fits with the existing colour pallete.


texts: Arbitrarily dotted images that simulate depth

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I would like to create a flyer, that has a design similar to the one below. I'm thinking of several images, converted to a kind of halftone (simulating depth), but with arbitrarily scattered dots rather than symmetrically aligned.

Until now I've had some luck with scripts that fill shapes with dots, but these only cover a short range of dot-sizes and they still end up more pattern-ish than I would want.

Secondly I've tried other scripts that connect the dots with lines, but these tend to malfunction in one or more ways. Here I need a solution for connecting every single marked shaped with lines from center to center.

I'm looking for more or less the same effect as displayed in the image below, and I would take every pointers that in anyway could help automate the process so that making a general design would not be overly time consuming.


texts: Is there a standard resource for Material Design that I can compare a design against?

texts: I'm starting a project and I want to create a mockup using Material Design principles. Is there a good resource out there that outlines the principles so I can compare my design against it?


texts: scale from 10 ft. by 10 ft. to reasonable working size in illustrator

texts: I used to design rugs by hand on paper;  now Im trying to design a 10 ft.  by 10ft. area rug in illustrator but do not know how to get the proper scaled down proportion to use


texts: Adjustment layer/filter to uniformly colorize illustrator objects?

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I'm trying to create an image that contains a set of logos. Each logo has different colors and I need to neutralize them. I tried converting the image colors to gray scale but it's not uniform, some grays and darker than others. The end results should be something like this:

How can I achieve this in Illustrator, preferably as a filter that I can toggle on/off?


texts: Is there a way to resize my Photoshop document without effecting layers?

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I am making a website mock-up with photoshop and currently my image size is 1020x807. I am wanting to add a great deal more of height to the "canvas" so I can give example to a largely scrolling page. Maybe something like 1020x5000?

However, if I change the height of the image or canvas it will change all of my layers as well. What is the best way to do this without having to make a new document and spending all the time transferring my layers over?

To put it even more simply...Is there a way to enlarge the size of my document without effecting the layers?

Thanks in advance


texts: How to deal with making design decisions

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I'm currently in the process of designing a website, and after spending a few weeks now narrowing down a few combinations of fonts for the site's hero banner, I'm now stuck at the final decision of comparing the two final fonts, which are different in very subtle ways.

I always have been more of an analytical person, and I'm a developer at heart, but my personal reasoning for labouring so much over this decision is that this font will be key to the user's initial impression of the site, and that I therefore can't afford to misjudge it. However, I'm also aware that it's probably not healthy - for me or the client - to be spending so much time making a design decision.

I'm wondering how professional graphic designers deal with making such decisions. Do you ever labour over them, and if so, how do you know when to stop? Is it maybe the case that graphic design is just not a good fit for people who aren't good at making quick decisions?


texts: Combine multiple spray clones into one single object in Inkscape

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I am doing something quite basic, "spreading" (aka cloning) a circle shape multiple times with the spray tool in Inkscape.

My problem is that I created quite a few objects (~200) and I'm experiencing notorious lags.

I am trying to merge or combine the objects in such a way that they become only one object/path that can be rendered inexpensively. I could then copy and paste this "pattern" several times without lagging issues. I am not concerned about breaking the original link between the object and the source from where it's cloned.

One idea I'm exploring is to save the group as a .png and import the .png as an image later. I was expecting there was a cleaner way to conserve the pattern in .svg format within the same document.


texts: InDesign: applying paragraph style to text boxes

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I'm a beginner-to-intermediate user of InDesign.

I am unable to apply my Paragraph Style to a number of my text boxes. I have tried holding Opt/Alt while choosing the PS with no luck. I have also checked for local overrides and character styles, and there appear to be none. The fly-out menu from the Paragraph Styles menu is almost all greyed-out, so it won't let me select the Clear Overrides option.

However, when I double-click the text box to go into the frame, I am able to select the text directly and then apply the paragraph style to it directly inside the frame. This seems weird; I'm hoping there's a way that I can just select the frames normally and apply a paragraph style as usual.

The text came from a Word document that was flowed into each chapter, if that gives any help.


texts: How to correctly using potrace (CLI) to trace bitmap

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I was trying to vectorize a .png. I found a utility (which is incorporated into InkScape), the potrace. If any of you knows how to use potrace, kindly teach me the right way to get sharp output.

Consider this input (png).

To use potrace, the picture must be in bitmap format. So I converted it by using imagemagick.

convert image.png image.bmp

Then I proceeded with potrace.

potrace --svg falcon.bmp -o falcon.svg

But unfortunately, the output looks obviously dull.

I don't really understand the options (potrace -h). Or if there's a better alternative other than potrace, just tell me.


texts: GIMP: PDF export introduces artifacts on edges where there is no background

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This is a followup question to gimp: Background removal gives gray fringe, when exported as pdf:

To reproduce the problem you have to follow these five steps:

In GIMP, create a New Fileo with Advanced Options → Color space: RGB color and Fill with: Background color (should be white to see the problem).
Add an alpha channel to your background.
Take the Free Select Tool and select an arbitrary area of the picture like this:

Press delete and you will end up with something like this:

Choose File → Export as... → PDF and open it in your PDF viewer. You will end up with this:

Why does this gray line appear? How can I get rid of it without flattening the image? Note that the gray line also appears, when first exporting the image as PNG and converting it to PDF afterwards. It seems as if the different exporting options have no effect on the outcome.


texts: Adobe illustrator, arrowhead in the middle of a line

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I'm new to Illustrator, I was going to create some schematics with lines that have arrowhead in the middle, indicating the flow of liquid or gas.

I found the options to add arrowhead to either the start or the end of the line, but no option for the middle of the line.

I learned that an additional anchor point may help, but I don't know what to do next.

Any help is appreciated.


texts: Stock photos, resolution, dimensions and image size for print

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I'm learning this right now and have some problems getting it the right way. I now know the resolution should be 360 inside a photoshop to fit for all kind of scenarios for printing the image, however I have doubts of how to do this right and got several questions:

1) When stock photos are downloaded from the web, they are with big dimensions, but with low resolutions. I tried pixabay, because they are free, and found the images are at 72 res. Is this the same with paid stock photo services too? If so, what are the alternatives?

2) When I open up the downloaded stock image with a size of 2.5m in photoshop, and then open the Image Size window(ctrl+alt+i), I see the Image Size property of around 50(!)m. How and why is this so?

Thanks!


texts: How do I mix both uppercase and lowercase in Illustrator

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I'm trying to mix both uppercase and lowercase of a font together for a logo, but increasing the lowercase font to match makes the font weight a bit bigger so it looks messed up. Is there a simple way to achieve this?

Intended Effect:

What I end up getting (notice the increased weight on the 'a')


texts: How can I render Thai strings in Photoshop?

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Can anyone tell me how I can use Thai strings on Mac OSX in Photoshop? More than 45 different languages, including all the Asian languages, seem to render just fine. I can also render Thai in other programs, like Word and Excel and Chrome. Photoshop can even render thai characters correctly in the "Layer" palette. It just cannot render Thai characters on the canvas. Any tips on how to get this to work?

Thanks!


texts: How to explain my client that the solution to his organization's problems is not graphic design?

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My client (a kind of a spa) called me to do their new website and stationery. After almost a month of investigation and interviewing the staff, I came to the conclusion that the problem is not their stationery or their website. Their problem is the outdated HMS (Hospital Management System) and all the underlying processes and the overall messy workflow that produces lots and lots of unnecessary clutter and wasted paper.
But I don't know how to convince him to work with a programmer to update their system first and then work on their stationery. He just wants a "pretty website and minimalist stationery"


texts: Web design what to use Photoshop or Illustrator?

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What should I use to design websites, Photoshop or Illustrator?

Is there a correct software or is it more a personal choice?


texts: Illustrator ctrl-drag to snap to path: how to make it default?

texts: How do I make ctrl-dragging (to snap to other paths) the default way of dragging in Adobe Illustrator cs6 -- without pressing any key? I recently upgraded from Illustrator cs3 to cs6, and I had this behaviour in cs3. And I'm missing it.


texts: Cropped video changes to original uncropped version when saved as a media file

texts: I used Powerpoint to create a screen recording and cropped the recording in Powerpoint, but when I saved it as an mp4 media file the entire part of the screen that was originally recorded, instead of the cropped part, is shown. Does anyone have suggestions regarding how to fix this issue?


texts: Adobe InDesign: Need inline graphic to extend outside of text frame

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We have a few issues with our InDesign project, which happens to contain a very large number of screenshot images. We think the solution is to use inline images, but we want them to be maximum sized, without affecting the text margins. Any ideas how we can do this? After struggling with the layout options, we don't yet have a clean solution.

Here's more background:
First, because there are so many images, we want them to be inline so that we don't have to continually tweak the image locations as we edit the text around them.

Secondly, the screenshots have a lot of small details, so we want to them to be as large as possible to prevent eyestrain.

Thirdly, we don't want the text margins to be very small because that just looks bad and changes the page count more than we'd like.

Here's a rough sketch of what we're looking for.

Thanks for the help, everyone!
Friedman


texts: Illustrator problem: Line + Quarter circle + Rounded corners = Deformation

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I have one problem if I may say so.
I have quarter of a cricle line and horizontal line. End points selected and conected. Now I would like to make rounded corner but then this happens.

I would like to have rounded corner and no deformation of other line(s).

Any idea please?
Thank you very much and greetings from Slovenia.
Ron


texts: When my print rep talks about five-colour printing, what does he mean? I know you have cyan, magenta, yellow and black - but what's the fifth?


texts: Work off files locally and then upload to Adobe Creative Cloud?

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I have the Adobe Creative Cloud. What's the best practices for the workflow?

Work and save all projects on your local machine at work and only upload files that you think you may need access to in the Creative Cloud?
Work and save all projects in the Cloud. Don't save any files locally, just work in the cloud.


texts: How to export only my drawingg in Adobe illustrator without the unsed space?

texts: I drew on a 1000 px x 1000 px page. Now there is A LOT OF unused white space in my page. I want to export only the drawing in PNG. How do I crop the drawing from the rest to export it?


texts: How to create a picture like a diagram on Wikipedia?

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I am a newbie in making pictures and animations. I have found a nice .svg picture on wikipedia and now I am assuming what tools the author used.

I know that I can make this picture with Microsofts' paint or gimp too, but I am searching for an tool that is easily to use for making such animations.


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I was curious to know if anyone has used or seen code to measure colors between two hex values.  Any language will do but I did see the JavaScript source to determine what HEX value is in RGB.

Example: between #44aaee and #0088ee would result in #2199ee


texts: InDesign: how to export PDF with fit to page

texts: I'm creating a PDF publication for onscreen reading where readers should be able to page through by hitting the PGDN key. I know enough to select Layout:  Single Page in the Viewing section of the General page of the Export Adobe PDF dialog.  However, the resulting PDF needs two PGDN pushes to turn the page; the first scrolls the page slightly down, and then the second actually turns the page.  Meanwhile, I've seen many other nice PDFs made with InDesign where a single PGDN turns the page.  I suspect my problem has something to do with my page size (A5) or top/bottom margin sizes, but I'm not sure.


texts: White lines when I'm coloring a shape with darker colors in Illustrator

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I'm quite new with Illustrator and I have an issue that I'm trying to find a soluting for a few hours now!

So when I use dark colors on any shape a white thin line appears around it. I tried adding a stroke but the white line moves around the stroke.
This is only happening when I'm using dark colors, the lighter colors look as they should!
I tried to export as a .png & .pdf and the lines are still visible.

Without a stroke:

With a stroke:

Random light colors:

(Edit)
I didn't convert any image to make my design.I drew it right from the start.
I tried it again without using divide on my shapes, it still looks the same.
I tried to add Offset paths,nothing changed.Even if I add a background the lines are still showing!

English is not my first language, I hope I was understood!


texts: Delivering large artwork at 50% size for printer

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I apologise in advance for a very noob question!

I'm working on a piece of artwork to be printed at 4 Sheet size. The printer will accept the artwork at 50% (or smaller) since it's a big print.

My question - to deliver the art at 50% - I'm assuming that means the overall area of the artwork I supply should be 50% of the intended print size? Presumably if I sent them artwork with width and height each set at half the intended print size, that would count as sending it to them at 25%?

Possibly a very stupid question, but I thought I'd just check!


texts: How to remove the alpha channel in a Photoshop document?

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I have a semi-transparent monochrome image in a Photoshop document, that I would like to become fully opaque:

The opacity is already set to 100% in Blending Options, it's just that this image has an alpha channel that I would like to remove.

How can I do that?


texts: DAZ Studio animated model to Cinema 4D: how to get it right?

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I am trying to export a DAZ Studio animated model to Cinema 4D while keeping the animation.

What I tried:

Convert aniMate timeline to keyframe timeline;
Export as .fbx 2012 & .fbx 2014 (binary) 1 ;
Import (merge) in Cinema 4D and play it 2.

Where it fails:

While everything seems to import properly (including textures, models, rigs, etc.) the animation part produces very weird spaghetti fingers and legs. 3

A few pictures showing my settings and the result:


texts: Is it possible to interpolate between two different master fonts?

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I know that it is possible to interpolate between different masters of one font but is it somehow possible to interpolate between two different fonts? Lets say Times and Helvetica?
It is for experimental use and dont need to give perfect results.

What software can I use to generate a new interpolated desktop font from two different fonts?

Is there an app to generate a variable webfont that could be animated from one font to the other?


texts: Static Text and embed text both greyed out Flash CC professional

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I have Flash professional CC build 14.1.0.96 and I'm trying to perform a free transform on some text; however when I do this, the text disappears.

Iv'e googled around, which suggests I need to use static text, or if i'm using dynamic text, I need to embed my font.

My problem is that both the static text and the embed font options are greyed out.

How can I either embed text or select static text?


texts: How to insert a long table in main text frame to break and re-flow to the next page

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I'm working on a file where I have a fairly long table. Because the table is long, it needs to reflow to the next page. I know how to specify the top cell as a header so when it's cut short, the header reappears on the next box (see table on the right). But the part I'm having a problem is to put this in the main text frame to reflow.

Once I insert my table in the main text frame, it won't let me click on that little red plus sign icon that appears at the bottom right of the table when the frame is not big enough to show all the info that contains (see image on left).

I've tried creating two flowing boxes outside of the main frame and pasted in but then the second box loses the linkage to the first box.

Is there a way to put flowing tables into a text frame so everything re-flows if we make edits to the file? or is this double reflow not possible? I'm using CS6 btw.

Thanks so much in advance!


texts: How can I make sure that my on-screen colors are consistent?

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I designed a mockup on my LG monitor. When I view the same design on another monitor that I own, the colors seem drastically different. I reset both of the monitors to their factory defaults, but still the issue persists. I'm wondering if some of my clients might dislike my designs because of this. What should I do?

How can I make sure that what I design is what my client sees?

Even worse still, I've realized that my laptop is showing different colors too.


texts: Material design icon alignment in its box for creating android assets

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I saw something in material design guidelines that bothers me - the way how the icons are aligned to global margins: The alignment is related to the icon box and not the icon itself, for example: https://material.google.com/layout/structure.html#structure-app-bar in metrics section and hamburger button.

Within app bar, if I create icon with 24x24 dp area for it and icon centered inside then I align that square to left margin of screen (16dp) the icon itself is not aligned to that margin.

The problem is when I have a list (with text or anything else) the difference is visible.

How the alignment should be technically correct for development?

Should I align icon edge and text to global (16dp) margin (making the icon aligned to left in its square when preparing android assets) or align text to start of the icon making the text not aligned to global margin?

...or the icon edge in that  "centered" square should be aligned to global margin and its square would be not aligned to that margin making it closer to the screen edge?


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I have this bottle Image I took

and this Label image

I'm trying to fit the label onto the bottle. I tried to transform the label to fit the bottle then used warp to change the perspective on the label, but it looked awful. How do I do this correctly so the entire label is visible and the perspective is correct?


texts: Adobe Illustrator - No fill or stroke, still have a outline

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This is perplexing me. All of the shapes I am creating still have a outline around them in white no matter what I do. I can't figure it out.

Has anyone experienced this before?

The shape looks like this:

I apologize if this is something simple. I've never seen this before, any help is appreciated!

Edit: sadly, I'm only able to post two images currently.


texts: Photoshop: how to export and quickly open as AI file?

texts: I have a design in a Photoshop layer that one I want to open as an AI file. Is there any quick way to export to an AI file?


texts: How can I create an action that hides or shows layers by a specific name in Photoshop?

texts: I have some layers in a PSD that are named "@bounds". I'd like to create an action that will either show or hide any layers in the doc that match that layer name. Is this something that can be done through Actions?


texts: Photoshop: How to select multiple anchor points without affecting another shape?

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How can I click+drag to select multiple anchor points on a shape without activating the shape behind it?

Currently, I must first activate the desired layer, then begin the click+drag off the background shape to reach the anchor points I want, otherwise I will activate the background shape.


texts: Photoshop: Is it possible to adjust layers' size and position automatically?

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We all know how to align images and layers next to eachother with the help of grids in Photoshop...but what about layers on top of each other?

Let's say, I want to make a gif out of images of a sunrise against a mountain. So the mountain part in the images should not be moving (static/fixed) throughout the sequence so you can see the light from the sun shift on the mountain...exactly like "time lapse" photography.

Problem is, even though all images have the same "reference" points (aka the mountain), the images has not been taken on a tripod, so they are all very mixed in terms of x/y position and size.

So instead of me going through all images manually (resizing, rotating, aligning) is there a way to do all this by attaching an "anchor" point on each picture as a reference point for all layers to align with each other?

For example, using several reference points on every mountain top so it knows which images to tilt/rotate, resize and align with the layer below.


texts: Is it ok to use .pngs on business cards to print?

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I want to use a background image from here though these are usually just used for websites. I am worried the quality will not be sufficient enough for print. Would I be correct in this assumption? Is there a way to make the image more print friendly (eg: shrink the image and repeat it)?

I am using Illustrator and wish to place my vectors over the top of it.


texts: So I have a friend who wants a vector image done for a wall print in their karate studio. But they want the image 8 ft high and 5ft long. Do you actually make a file that big then draw the design then print it? Or is their some way to make it so its smaller, but for printing, scale it up proportionally?


texts: How to keep organized Web Sites for Inspiration

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I usually find inspiration from many CSS Galleries, But I don't have an idea of how I can keep organized all those nice creations for inspiration. I've tried to make some bookmarks in Chrome but I don't like this idea much. I'd prefer to have atleast a small thumbnail for a fast preview.

Do you have any idea?

Thanks.


texts: Illustrator shows a faded color of the color I select

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Using Illustrator CC 2015.

I created a circle shape and the I select the fill color to be a bright red Red:255 G:0 B:0.

Problem is that the shown color of the circle is not red but a kind of orange.

I made sure that the circle:

has Opacity: 100%
the layer is at the very top of all other layers
No masks

The Color Mode of the document is RGB

Capture:


texts: Advantages of having fewer paths and anchor points in Illustrator

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I really enjoy the "Smarter" Simplify Paths tool in Adobe CC Illustrator 2020. I was wondering what are overall the advantages of having objects with fewer paths and anchor points at the end of the day.

The 2 advantages I can think of are the following but I'm not even sure that is always the case

smaller size .ai files
faster performance

I was wondering if an expert on the topic could explain to a self-taught if there are other benefits.

Thanks!


texts: Is there a way get the dimensions i.e. width and height of a (possibly complex) Path element? More specifically i want to draw a rect around some Path elements, for which i need to know their dimensions. I am using a program which generates raw svg files (text). So it would be helpful to know how could i write the operations directly in the actual .svg file.


texts: Adding custom print size to photoshop cc

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I have an image that is like to print on the front of an a7 (7.25” x 5.25”) envelope. The size of the image is the same size of the envelope. I created the image in photoshop, and can export to any format so that I can use another program if needed. But I cannot seem to figure out how to do this, as I’m not seeing a customs size that I can create.

MS Word lets you print envelopes, but not a full size image.

I’m running Windows 10, using a Canon imageCLASS MF634Cdw, and can’t seem to do anything in the printer settings itself from Windows either.

Any suggestions?


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I need to make a logo for an old age home, but I've had trouble selecting a font. It needs to be friendly, but not too cartoony. Does anyone have a good font idea?

This is the logo (it is WIP, and my first Logo :( )

Logo concept http://i.imagebanana.com/img/5answqdr/senioren.jpg


texts: How to draw in three-dimensional coordinate system in Inkscape?

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I want to create a drawing using a three-dimensional coordinate system in Inkskape. I am trying to re-create a drawing similar to the image below:

Right now, I am make three arrows and attach them manually to each other. I am wondering whether there is a more standard way of doing that in Inkscape, i.e., creating a frame in Inkscape with all three axis connected at the centre to form one entity.


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Having trouble getting Inkscape to export PDFs cleanly and there don't seem to be many helpful resources out there. In particular, transparencies are difficult - sometimes the transparency will disappear and sometimes it'll be made into a solid block.

I've fiddled with the save-as-PDF settings in Inkscape and I've printed to a PDF using CutePDF without success. Is there some method of exporting or creating a file so that I can get predictable results?


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I'm creating two catalogues with some overlapping parts so I'm working with two  different .indd files. First catalogue (35 pages in total, excluding cover and back) is all ready and page numbering is in place. Now I need to setup the page numbering for the second catalogue so that the first page in the file starts with the number 36. Is it possible to start custom page numbering in the beginning of a document, or should I just work in one file instead (and later save them as separate pdf files)?

The reason why I'm doing this in two files is because of printing - the catalogue with overlapping pages will be printed first, and the extra pages will be printed afterwards...

It's my first experience with printing that way so if anyone has any experience with that and has some advice on what to keep in mind or anything else, it's all very welcome :)