texts: Placing illustrator logos in Indesign retains artboard dimensions (dead space around actual logo)

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My I need to export Print+Web versions of logos in several formats currently arranged in artboards but whenever I
 - save as... EPS
 - [tick "Use Artboards"]

... the resulting files when placed in Indesign have empty space around the logo, making it impossible in Indesign to enter exact dimensions, or positioning... and it's driving me a little nuts.


texts: How do I create a texture from this image so that black is ignored but white is applied on whatever?

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Illustrator 2018
Windows.

I want to apply the distressing in the image below onto a logo (black and white) and from tutorials it seems creating a texture seems the way to go.

What I want is the black part of the below image to be ignored or transparent but the white parts to be applied to what ever object I choose (in this case the black and white logo).

What I am trying to do is add printer noise (speckles & lines) to the logo.

How do I do this?


texts: How to do "Indent to here" / "Hanging Indent" in Illustrator

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You can use "Indent to here" / "Hanging Indent" in InDesign by Command-Backslash.

Is there a way to do this in Illustrator without having to Tab to Indent or press the spacebar a few times?

This is what I'm looking for:

This was done in Illustrator. Because both the 2nd and 3rd bullet points are longer, it goes to the next line. I want to know if there's a way in Illustrator that you can make the word "over" line up with "dogs" above it (for the 2nd point), and the word "and" to line up with "dogs" above it (for the 3rd point).

I know I can cheat and use a soft return and press space bar till it lines up, but it's not the best way. I know in InDesign you press Command + backspace and it will line up the words.


texts: How to compensate for perceived color differences do to simultaneous contrast?

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Is there a formulaic system to adjust the color of the text on the black background below to compensate for simultaneous contrast and make it be perceived as the same color a the text on the white background?

I'd rather not trust my eyes/monitor and thought maybe there was a standard formula like "reduce saturation by 3% and brightness by 2%" or something like that. Even if there's not a "standard formula" if anyone has any guidelines or tips I'd appreciate it.


texts: match font Metrics Ascend/Descent with General Ascent/Descent

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Browsers display an additional spacing around the text elements.
Refer to this question to see it in action.

How much spacing it is added, is determined by HHead Ascent and Descent values as stated here
I am trying to update a font to be displayed without upper and bottom spacing, therefore I fixed this values to be the same as Ascender and Descender. I am using Font Forge.

Before:

ž

After:

I than use this font in a browser, but to my surprise, the top and bottom spacing is till there.  What am I missing here?


texts: How to align several objects on the same x coordianate?

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I have several objects with different x coordinates.
If I select them all and transform them to a x coordinate Illustrator sets the x coordinates relative to the selection as a whole.
I want to set the x coordinate for all objects the same.

So: The objects should be in line below each other, starting at the same x.
Is there any way to do it? I don't want to set the x coordinate for the objects separatly.


texts: What is good graphic visualization of a climate diagram

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Does anybody know about a nice climate diagram visualization, incorporating more information than the example on Wikipedia:

For example also data like, snowfall, humidity, hail, fog, thunder and so on ..

I appreciate any pointers!


texts: Can someone tell me what type of art style is this?

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I'm still an amateur in graphic design and I saw this style on a comic. Can anyone tell me what type of style is this (the background) if it has a name? The messy, uncoordinated strokes but collectively, it looks super cool.

Also, if possible, I would like to know the simplest way to achieve this effect in Photoshop if anyone knows. Thanks!


texts: Why are the bleed and slug lines outside my pages?

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I created a new document with 3mm bleed and 5mm slug, portrait, facing pages checked, 120mm x 160mm. But bleed & slug lines are outside the page!

Why is that?


texts: When I save as .SVG it adds extra whitespace width to the document

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I have my image on the artboard and have clicked Object > Artboards > Fit to artboard bounds.

When I save an SVG I get extra whitespace at the bottom, how can I just save whats in the artboard?  I have even selected just the 'artboard 1' in the save options, still whitespace.

Here is what am I talking about


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As you can see on the picture, there are some aliased edges (I mean the little circles and the black circles edges)even though this was made in Illustrator. How can I fix this.

Please help.
Thank you so much.


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In my Sketch wireframes, I'm using a list view of cards, with a single card being a Sketch symbol. To get a list view, I use multiple copies of this symbol on a screen.

When I import this into Principle, there is no differentiation between the individual cards, so a card on one screen transitions to a completely different position in the list view on another screen. Naming the symbols consistently between screens in Sketch doesn't help. Is there something I can do to match cards between two screens in Sketch?


texts: How to create fading drop shadow effect in Illustrator?

texts: Any advice on how to create the shadow effect in the attached image would be much appreciated!


texts: Whats a good way to find a good designer?

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I'm running a company that needs design work from time to time. Things like business cards, web design, marketing materials, etc. We probably have about 20 hours a month of design work on average.

What are good resources for finding designers? Where do designers look for clients? I've tried my network to no avail. Should I be posting on job search sites? Are there design forums that designers frequent?

Edit: The company I'm running is a start up, so while I'm willing to pay a designer, I'd rather not have to pay a headhunter to find one.


texts: How do I make objects created with transform effect into an actual object?

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Say, you apply transform as an effect and make a bunch of rotated copies of an object. Now those copies are an effect and if you center the object it will only center the original object and not the entire thing you are seeing.

How can you "flatten" the object so instead of a transform effect you have an actual object with no effect that looks like the original object with the transform effect?


texts: How do you fix a badly cropped portrait?

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I am making a Dota 2 (video game) fan site. I want to use portraits of the characters of the game, but the game provides portraits that look really awkward when placed on a website:

His head is sliced at the middle and so is the beard. The bottom and left of the photo give a very unnatural straight-as-an-arrow edge to the photo. Unlike these crops which will blend nicely into a website:

How do I go about making the first crop look more "Smooth" like the second type of crop?


texts: Template or tool for creating single-page multimedia presentations?

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Some examples I have in mind are:

The next America, Pew Research
A game of Sharks, The New York Times
Recalling a Vision of the Future, The New York Times

How would you create something like this with minimal effort? Is there a tool or a template? What I particularly don't want to do is to hack away in HTML/CSS, Javascript, or jQuery. If there was only something a bit higher level so I could concentrate on the content while getting such results...


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I have a 3D monitor drawn in Inkscape and I'd like to add a screenshot into the region. I have tried to skew, but the shape is too irregular. I have also tried to apply an envelope (Extensions -> Modify Path -> Envelope), but it seems not to work with Bitmaps.

How can I get the screenshot to appear like drawn on the screen?


texts: How to create a vibrant gradient with 2 Pantone Colors?

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I'm working on a logo with a gradient. The original gradient is set along a path. When I outline the stroke, Illustrator converts it to a mesh. This seems to work well for both RGB and CMYK versions of the logo.

However, I also need to make a Pantone version, and this is where I'm running into an issue. I'm using Pantone 2955C and 368C. When I bring the PMS values into the gradient, some odd stripes appear.

I found a method for using overprint to try to accomplish this here. One method, involving stacking 2 gradients that go from 100% to 0% opacity, results in washed-out colors, so that isn't ideal. The other involves using one gradient and stacking it over a solid color, which had good results for a blue and darker blue value used in that example. However, here is the result when I have a blue gradient that adjusts from 0% opacity to 100% again set over the solid green color:

It resembles basically setting the blue to Multiply over the green. So basically, I'm looking for a way to maintain a vibrant gradient using 2 different PMS values, and I haven't found a method that works. Does anyone have a way to accomplish this while maintaining it as a vector graphic?


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I have a path created via merging a lot of smaller paths and for whatever reason this time around, it's absolutely filled with stray points and lines. I've run path > clean up and received the "no clean up necessary" message, and select > stray points doesn't select anything.
Here's what I'm dealing with:

Any way I can get rid of these without individually selecting them all? They seem to be permanently attached to my path.


texts: How to slide a pattern brush along a path?

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I created a pattern brush and applied to a path. I'd like to slide it through that path but can't find a way to do it.
I have a workaround for when it's on a straight line but I can't seem to find a solution for other situations.
For example, I made this shape to create a Thorn Vine pattern brush:

When I create a pattern brush, it works really well, as you can see here:

If I want to slide the pattern along a straight path, I can just make it longer and then expand and cut the part I want, like so:

I can even fake it for circles:

But how should I do it if I have a closed path? Like a rectangle, triangle, ellipse, star or even a custom path?

It seems ridiculous to make a pattern brush for every "offset" I want. All "solutions" I have are bad because, even though they work, it involves a lot of work. Imagine having to extend the start and end of a open path just to have this??? Yikes. And even though, those solutions don't work at all for closed paths. The ideal would be to have a "slide" or "offset" inside the brush settings but that currently doesn't exist. Or at least I can't find. Does someone know if I'm missing something or have a tip for how could I achieve this?
Using a scatter brush doesn't work because the patterns don't connect with each other.
Thanks!


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Let's say I have a document with a vector layer.

If I want to add a path to that layer with the Pen Tool, I select the Pen Tool in Path mode with Combine Shapes as Path Operation and draw the new path I want:

If I do the same with the Rectangle Tool, Ellipse Tool, or any of the predefined shapes tool, I only get the path (no fill, no stroke):

In addition the two path seem "linked" to each other, like grouped together (they select together with the Path Selection Tool).

The only workaround I found is to select the rectangle, cut (Ctrl-X) it, change the tool to something else than Path Selection Tool, take back the Path Selection Tool, and paste the shape:

Is this inconsistency in behavior normal? How can I get the Rectangle Tool (or any other) work like the Pen Tool? In other words how can I simply draw multiple vector rectangles on an existing vector layer?


texts: Converting .ai files to .pdf and priting through .pdf but the colors don't match

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I am converting a design made in illustrator CC to PDF, but when I printed it through PDF the colors are so different but when I look on the screen the  PDF file open it is fine.

I've read this earlier Colour difference between Ai file print and PDF file print

I've done it, but nothing changed.

Please help?

Thank you,


texts: Mirror design causing a gap instead of connecting properly

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When I work on a design that is using a mirror technique (Applying a Reflect X Transform with copies set to 1) and when I want an edge to meet, I am seeing some kind of gap on the reflected copy.  I set this up to meet to the vertical center guide and when the path meets the guide, the reflected copy is not touching the guide.  This has been an issue for me for both Adobe Illustrator CC and Affinity Designer, so I must be doing something wrong.  I am actively using Adobe Illustrator now however.  The solution I have been implementing so far is to make the path go past the halfway mark so the two reflected copies eventually overlap.  However, this can cause part of the stroke that is overlapped to be a little darker than the rest of the stroke.

The red arrow shows that the path connects to the vertical guide.  The blue circle and blue arrow also shows an object peeking through that is below this object.  The purple circle shows there is a gap involved in the reflected copy.  I set this up for my main paths to be on the right and the reflected copy to be on the left.


texts: I have a lot of images in 300 dpi that I'm gonna use in the print version of a book. I want these same images in 72 dpi to be used in the digital version. How can I reduce the DPI without changing the display size? I use Photoshop and I notice when I change DPI, pixel dimension is reduced but document size keeps the same. I don't know if it's right.


texts: How to cut off lines sharply with the pathfinder

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So, I have this logo I'm making for a client which has a two diamonds behind a text. The diamonds should be cut off wherever the name of the company begins, like this:

For now there's just a rectangle

behind the text to get this result. However, to finalize the logo I want to cut off the lines so I can export it properly.
I've tried using pathfinder to subtract the rectangle from the diamonds and I've tried recreating the diamonds with separate lines and removing the unwanted parts with the pathfinder tool which gets me this result

but it's not working. The closest I could get, using the shape builder, was this:

but I want the lines to have sharp edges, as shown in the first image.
Any advice on how to achieve this?


texts: Creating a flat, 2D logo with 3D Illusion

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I'm an apprentice designer and I often visit websites like Logopond in search of inspiration for some illustrations and logos. I see many logos with a similar style to this:

Meaning they are 2D - flat while at the same time giving the impression of being 3D.

My questions are:

Is there a specific name for this kind of style?
What is the best and most efficient way to achieve this effect, let's say on a simple square, on Adobe Illustrator?


texts: Who to make the license for a font out to

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Im planning on using a font in part of a company logo, with this particular font i need to purchase a commercial license before it can use the in the final release of the logo.

Im designing the logo for a 3rd party, who do i make out the commercial font contract to - ourselves the graphic designers, or the client who the logo is for ?


texts: InDesign misaligned table borders when printed

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When I export InDesign file to PDF for print, the table looks fine.

When printed, it shows the border misaligned with table row background fills.

In the example below, the blue border is set at the top of the row, sorry for the cropped table preview. Without zooming in, it looks fine. When printed, it's show even more misalignment on the sides.

Should play with adding the borders on the side as well? I can't really figure it out to get a proper and sharp look.

I need the headers on the white background to be aligned on the left, at the beginning of the row. Also, when I add left border to the next cells, it appears like a joined vertical line.


texts: How do I create a professional quality desktop icon?

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I would like to create a professional quality icon.  Currently, I have created an icon with IcoFX.  The icon looks great -- when it is scaled at the right size.  When it gets scaled to the wrong size, the text in the icon becomes fuzzy.  Is there anything that I can do about this?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you


texts: Can I use 72 dpi images in stand-up banner for print?

texts: Will it be appropriate printed quality if use images at original size with resolution 72 dpi in banner 80 cm x 200 cm?


texts: Best Tools & Tutorials to transition from Flash to HTML5

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A friend of my is a Flash designer and animator, and uses tools like Adobe Flash CS5.  She want's to learn to do similar work in HTML5.

What tools and tutorials are available (free or commercial) to help her make the transition, using the skills she already possesses?


texts: In InDesign, how to get rid of the First Line Left Indent after a "mid-sentence" Frame Break?

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I am laying out my grandpa's life story in InDesign. The left page of a spread will have a scanned image of his hand-written story while the right page will have the typed version.

Because I would like the typed copy to match the hand-written copy on each spread, there will be a frame break and a link to the next spread's text box.

I have a "First Line Left Indent" of 0.5 in on the "[Basic Paragraph]" paragraph style. However, after a mid-sentence frame break, an indent will occur at the top of the next page.

While this is expected behavior, since it is not necessarily the start of a new paragraph in his handwriting, is there a way to "automatically" get rid of the left indent that occurs after each mid-sentence frame break?

I've seen some post/articles about the grep styles, but as I understand it, these are character styles you can apply to matches within the paragraph style. Since indentation is defined at the paragraph style level, I'm not seeing how this could help.

I could create a second "No Indent" paragraph style and manually apply it as needed, but doing this for all 140 pages could mean a lot of rework if the layout needs to change down the road.

Coming from a programming background I'm thinking these would be the "rules":

 if (there is a frame break that occurs in the middle of a sentence) {
   do not indent the next paragraph
 } else {
   indent the next paragraph as normal
 }

Is it possible to setup something like this in InDesign?


texts: How do I draw shirt with vertical stripes?

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I am redrawing the character on the following picture via Illustrator:

Regarding the stripes on the shirt, I already tried to create it by creating a white and a blue linie and using it as a fill, but this doesn't allow me to adjust the stripes to the shape of the character's body.

So my question is how to professionally create the shirt pattern so that the stripes adjust to the body shape. I am a newbie in Illustrator and would be very happy about a step-by-step explanation...


texts: EPS file not displaying correctly when exported from InDesign?

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I am working on a directory document that was created using InDesign CS6. It has three .eps files of map regions which were originally created in Illustrator CS6 that have been imported into the file. For some reason when I export the document, the map .eps files do not display correctly. I have created and exported many InDesign documents with linked .eps files before and have never seen this happen. Does this issue stem from InDesign, or the .eps file itself? How do I fix this so the maps display correctly when exported? This will be  printed as a small book. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

What the exported file should look like:

How it is currently displaying when exported:


texts: Is there a quick/easy way to scale one line of text to match another in Illustrator?

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I find myself having to do this kind of thing fairly often:

ie have a line of smaller text underneath a bigger one, matching widths.

I usually do this by placing the smaller text directly over the larger, then scaling visually (the text bounding box is often bigger than the actual font pixels themselves), then positioning the smaller text.  This can be a slow process when you're doing it a lot - is there a quick way to do it? If not in Illustrator, in InDesign?


texts: When working on several Photoshop PSD documents that have the same document dimensions (size and resolution) in the same RGB colour space, why do they end up with different file sizes when flattened to a TIFF format with no compression, using the same saving features?


texts: Gradient Tool is blocked on Illustrator cs6

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My gradient tool on Illustrator cs6 is blocked.

It won't let me change color, direction or anything related. The Gradient tool wont even let me click on the gradient, it shows the cursor with a blocked sign(circle and a diagonal line inside of it).

Seems very trivial a problem but I can't get to fix it. Did google the issue but to no avail. Please do help.


texts: how to export svg with only lines in illustrator?

texts: i need to have the design of my project in lines, polygon,and polyline, but it makes them paths, it's possible to doit withouth editing the svg code directly?


texts: Corel Draw - Join two nodes to erase a vector line to vinyl cut

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I'm somewhat new to Corel Draw and I have an image (see below) which I want to cut with a vinyl cutter. It includes the dielines that the cutter will cut but I had to do some modifications and I want to join two nodes. When I join them there's a line that is like a path between the two nodes.

Should I delete it so the plotter will not cut that line and ruin the image or will it not interfere with cutting?


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I have a font that I made myself, with a faux italic angled at 15 degrees. I have a text layer for a title card which uses the oblique version.
However, I only exported the upright version of the alternate glyphs, and the default slant After Effects gives is only at about 10 degrees. Is there a way to change the slant of the faux italic feature?

NOTE: For the time being, I'm just using the upright font with the "Animate: > Slant" option, but I need an alternate solution.


texts: Saving each layer as a separate image photoshop with WITH Adjustments

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So I'm trying to save a bunch of images that I've edited with added adjustments (exposure, colour lookup, level, brightness).

I know the method for this is
File >> Scripts >> Export layers to files

BUT when I do that, it doesn't save the images WITH the added adjustments, just the original image itself.

Please help me, I have about 50 images to save individually with the adjustments and it's been time consuming so far.

ALSO, is there a way where I can save the Adjustment presets and migrate it over to Lightroom 4?

Thanks so much!!!!!!!


texts: Illustrator: All artwork has jagged edges after changing settings

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I rasterized a logo (plus made other changes I can't quite remember), a few days ago and ever since then my logo is jagged and distorted.

Even though I didn't save whatever effect I applied, all my artwork now doesn't look as it should.

Here's how it looks now and here's how it looked then.

I've deleted the AIPrefs file, the whole CS5 settings folder and it's not anti aliasing or pixel preview.

Is there another way to completely restore it to factory defaults?  Whatever change I made the other day seems to be affecting everything since.

Any ideas appreciated


texts: Is there away to... ahem... "flip convexity" in AI?

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For example:
If I create a rounded rectangle and spend a few minutes adjusting the "roundness" of the corners, till I get it the way I want...
Is there a way to turn these corners from convex to concave, while preserving the roundness value?
In the end it wouldn't look like a rounded rectangle, but like a rectangle that someone with a perfect jaw has bitten off the corners of...


texts: Illustrator CC: Inverting text colour, white on navy blue & navy blue on white

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I am creating a document in Adobe Illustrator CC.

I have a heading that needs to run across a section of white background and a section of navy blue background. I would like the text to take the opposite colour to the background. In other words, where the background is white, the text should be navy blue. Where the background is navy blue, the text should be white.

I've followed the instructions recommended for a similar purpose using black and white backgrounds, at How to invert text color with respect to background in Illustrator?

However, this doesn't quite have the desired effect - It results in black text on white, and an creamy colour text on navy blue, as shown in the image.
.

I can understand why this might be the case since we are using an opacity 'difference' setting, but does anyone have a solution that will allow me to invert navy blue and white depending on the background colour?


texts: Applying stroke to path in Illustrator moves the path.

texts: As in title, when I apply stroke value to a path created with pen tool in Ai CS 5.5, this path is being moved. That doesn't apply to all shapes I made. Is there a setting that needs changing or what. I'm unable to create a proper, precise drawing because of that.


texts: Does it matter whether multiple text objects are selected when doing object to path?

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In this video, instead of selecting all the objects and doing Object to Path he selects on text object at a time.

Does it make a difference whether multiple objects vs. just one are selected?


texts: I'm looking for a decent tablet to use for my hobby drawing. So I need something that is a decent replacement for pen and paper and has a good life time (minimum 2 years). I was interested in Wacom's Intuos 4 but heard it's nibs spend too easily.


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Sorry for being idiot but I try to recreate effect from tutorial and I might be paranoid but I think I can't get it right. This is how it looks in tutorial. I see it's supposed to be clipping mask (I think). Correct me if this icon means something different.

But what I get is this. Is this version difference or something? It really drives me crazy because I think my effect is different (I work on Photoshop CS6).


texts: How to make this kind of illustrations for manual/guides?

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I am going to write some guides and I'd like to start to make some beautiful illustrations/pictures.

This kind of pictures are often seen in product manuals I think. How can I make my own?

Is there any software which can do this? Or online web tools...

Thanks a lot!

Here is the example picture.


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Just wondering if it is a standard or common practice to design 2D graphics (e.g. logo) in 3D first and output as a 2D image? I have been working on some design projects where I feel like this is the best way to cater for the different types of permutations that will come out of design changes, and it felt like a sensible way of managing the creative process.

However, this was met with criticism as the people involved in the project thought it would incur too much time and cost penalty and that it is better to work on 2D projects by sticking to 2D conventions only.

Reading through the article about how the Rio 2016 Olympics logo was created, I felt vindicated in some ways because there are many practical applications of designing things in 2D by doing 3D first.

My question is, is this idea of doing a 3D design first becoming a standard or common practice in studios and amongst individual artists? And if not, what is the practical or otherwise business/logical reason for not doing so?


texts: Is possible to duplicate 2 o more layers at a time in GIMP?

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I made a design with 7 layers, and now I have to do another one very similar but with different attributes (text, color, size,etc).

I know I can duplicate each layer, but can I duplicate 2 or more of them at a time?

Additionally if it's possible, can I move them as if they were an unique object? (without merging/losing the each particular layer characteristics )


texts: Wrapping a label around isometric bottle in 2D

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I am making a poster of a bottle of pills and I wanted to wrap a label around said bottle. I created the bottle as a 2D object and not a 3D one. How can I curve a rectangular piece of art around the cylinder? I tried converting my artwork into a 3D piece but that didn't help. Been trying to sort this out a while now, any help would be greatly appreciated.

This image is an example of what I want to create:


texts: Arrow (or any other shape) as part of Heading Styling - Adobe InDesign

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I want to create headings in a book, which are encapsulated in a box with a small arrow at the bottom. See the Photoshop mockup below.

Is there a way to make a paragraph style or something similar so that it adds the small arrow automatically to all heading with this, without having a distinct shape for every heading.


texts: Easier InDesign technique(?) = export JPG and convert to CMYK before printing

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So I'm just starting to learn Adobe InDesign. The tutorials tell me to prepare my images and convert them from RGB to CMYK for print..

Now, I like to do rapid development and I kinda don't like spending too much time in preparations, i even usually just copy+paste images from one program to another (fireworks mostly).

Anywho, my question is that, can I not just design in InDesign without regard for Color profile... (rapid layout). Then when I'm ready to print, i'll just export to PNG/JPG, and convert the image from RGB to CMYK, then PRINT (?)

Is this alright to do?

Thanks


texts: Patterning face with a straight line brick-like pattern

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I would like to apply a texture of a brick wall to a face. Goal is to turn a face into a statue made out of bricks.

Ideally, I would like to make a method to turn this into a series of photographs.

Issue: I have a hard time making it look in any way good (e.g. realistic).

What I have tried so far is following this tutorial to create a displacement map by obtaining a high contrast and blurred version of the origianl image to use with Photoshop distort filter. The end result is fugly. The issue is that the straight lines of a brick wall need to be distorted in a very precise way to make as if realistically the face was made out of brick/stones.

What I thought might be a simple photoshop game turned out to be much more difficult than expected.

Other options could be:

Pattern by hand and distort/skew tiles to the facial features.
Extremely labour intensive and I am not sure I could even get the
result. Also, photoshop doesn't seem too suited for this kind of
manipulation.
Generate a depth map in another way? I am currently trying to
make this work with pictures I already have, but I am open to
suggestions that include reshooting to generate some form of 3D
mapping of the features (but I have no idea where to start).


texts: Transform Controls Bug in Photoshop CC 2019 Update

texts: Found a little bug in the most recent Photoshop CC 2019 update that makes the Transform Tool controls invisible in the workspace. The controls are still functional but you have to find the controls by guessing the location of the nodes and keeping a close watch on the cursor for when the correct action is activated. Ticking the Show Transform Controls option in the toolbar doesn’t bring them back either.


texts: Script to find textframes that cross the page margins does not working properly

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I wrote a script that should find and alert on every textframe that overlapping the page margins on some side. But the problem is that the script also identifies textframes that are inside the margins, as if they are out of the margins of the second page in the spread, even though in the code I treat each page from the spread seperatley, rather than as a whole spread.

I tried to change a few things, but I can't isolate the problem. Does anyone have any idea where my mistake is in this script? Thanks in advance to the respondents.

// find all out of margins textFrames

app.activeDocument.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin= RulerOrigin.SPREAD_ORIGIN;
//If you are going to work with pages, not spreads, change the line above to PAGE_ORIGIN;
for (a = 0; a < app.activeDocument.spreads.length; a ++) {
    var pg = app.activeDocument.spreads [a];
        for (e = 0 ; e < pg.pages.length; e ++) {
            var singlePage = pg.pages[e];

            for (b = 0 ; b < singlePage.textFrames.length; b ++) {
                var r1 = pg.textFrames [b];
                var gb1 = r1.geometricBounds;
                var pageMargins = [singlePage.bounds [0] + singlePage.marginPreferences.top,
                                singlePage.bounds [1] + singlePage.marginPreferences.left,
                                singlePage.bounds [2] - singlePage.marginPreferences.bottom,
                                singlePage.bounds [3] - singlePage.marginPreferences.right
                    ];

                // check if it's overlapping page margins
                if(!(gb1 [0] > pageMargins [0] && gb1 [1] > pageMargins [1] && gb1 [2] < pageMargins [2] && gb1 [3] < pageMargins [3]))
                {
                    r1.select ();
                    alert("frame geometric bounds: " + gb1 + "\npage Margins: " + pageMargins + "\nnumber in spread: " + e + "\nsingle page bounds: " + singlePage.bounds + "\n")
                    var cnf = confirm ("Text frames overlap. Continue searching?", true, "Overlapping text frames");
                    if (!cnf)
                        exit ();
                }

            }
        }

}


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Somehow a few lines in a file I'm working on became corrupted. When I load the file I get the message "An error occurred while processing the appearance of an object." I found that if I remove two lines in particular, the problem goes away. There's nothing special about them. Just two straight lines.

The graphical element containing the lines in question were imported from a much older PDF. However, I don't remember getting these error messages when working on the file previously, and, according to the date listed in "Add and Remove programs" (Windows 10), I haven't upgraded Illustrator since I last edited the file.

My questions are:

Is there something I can do to recover corrupted paths? I can easily recreate these lines, but I'm concerned it may happen again to a more complex element that would cause more pain.
Any tips on how to avoid having this happen in the future?


texts: (Correct) meaning of “working profile” in Adobe Tools

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First of all, let me say that I know all about color profiles: within the overall idea of using RGB to specify color, you can choose different basis vectors. At its simplest it’s like converting between Celcius and Fahrenheit, but each axis may also point in slightly different directions. Oh, and the axes wobble a bit and the numbering isn’t exactly evenly spaced all the time.

I realize that the document needs to state what it means by the color numbers it contains, as does an output device, so abstract meaning can be converted from one measurment system to another (to the extent it can).

So, that covers document profiles and device profiles.  End of story.

But what’s a “working profile” in Adobe products?

Here’s an example that shows how I don’t know what Adobe is actually doing:  I wanted to re-create a gradient in InDesign from an original in Illustrator, because copying the object left a mess of tiles and paths and not a single thing I can continue to adjust. E.g. so I can drag the middle dot control to tune where the color transition “breaks” relative to the other elements on the layout.

So I open the Illustrator file and it complains that the document profile (ProPhoto) is not the same as the working profile (sRGB).  I told it not to abandon color management so… what did it do exactly, since Illustrator doesn’t convert profiles?  But I note the values in the gradient editor.

I assume that I can’t just copy the numbers since I expected them to be in ProPhoto.  But I can’t convert in Illustrator.  Esporting a PNG I espected to produce sRGB but the output file is unmanaged!

So I switch to Photoshop.  I create a new document in sRGB, import the Illustrator file (as a smart object), and so far it does not complain about color profile mismatch.  I flatten, and still it does not complain about colorspaces.

Using the eyedropper, I measure the same RGB values that I had in Illustrator’s gradient editor!

So was that sRGB all along? Or is it silently losing my profile (since it did not complain)?

Well, I do the same thing creating a ProPhoto Photoshop file this time, and now I measure different values.  So it wasn’t simply ignoring the profile when I imported.  The smaller number for the same color means I can go farther along the Red axis now if 255 is still the limit.

So… does “working space” mean it will hide the actual profile from me, and use the converted values for dialog boxes where colors are needed?  But it still goes (only) from 0–255 when if I was really editing a ProPhoto file I should have sRGB-converted numbers outside that range.  So is it clamping input and reporting of the values as well? Is it clamping the display of color? But isn't that what the match or display profiles are for?

And, is this different between the various Adobe tools in the CC suite?


texts: How do I do Ctrl-Left-Click operations in GIMP on Mac OS X?

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When you ctrl+ left-Click, it's like a right-click in Mac OS X and brings up a menu.

I'm trying to clone a selected rectangle as shown here

But if I ctrl+alt+ click, I just get a context menu because Mac OS X is thinking I'm right-clicking.

How do I do this? I know I can copy/paste/move. But I want the shortcut method.


texts: In Adobe InDesign, how to print full duplex (both sides of paper)?

texts: When I print or "Print Booklet" in Adobe InDesign, I don't see any options about printing full duplex (both sides of the paper).  I'm using a Mac with a Brother MFC-J6910DW printer.  Does Adobe InDesign not support full duplex printing?


texts: There is a line in the middle of my stroke. How do I fix that?

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I am trying to make a circle with dash but there's a black line that wont go away.

How do I fix this? I have looked through the appearances tab. I have also tried deleting that object then redoing it but, nothing has worked. It is one single image that has three strokes on it. It might just be a glitch in my program.


texts: Adding film-grain to large image (how to make "grains" bigger)

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I am attempting to make a film grain effect over a large image (2000 pixels by 3000 pixels).
I tried using this tutorial - https://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-simulate-film-grain/. The results were very subtle, in that the "grains" that it produced were very small and you couldn't see them on areas that were not light.
I think that the issue is that my image is so big, and the grains produced by the "noise" filter in photoshop is automatically a certain size. I can control the degree of noise on this filter, but not the size of the grains.
To be clear, this is the degree of grainy effect I'm going for http://www.derekabella.com/ - similar to 35 ml film


texts: How to place AI file into illustrator and keep editing capabilities?

texts: I draw a shape, save it in AI and want to use it in another files as editable template. But when I place this AI into a new file, the shape is shown as an image not a vector. So how to place a vector AI into a new AI file?


texts: Do employers ask to see source files in interviews / presentations?

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I have my first interview for a UI/UX position in a week and I'm wondering how I should prepare. They want to see a portfolio and I'll have to present some things, so I'm kind of nervous.

I'm wondering if I should clean up some of my source files in case they want to see them, but I'm unsure if that's a standard practice? I'd rather spend time preparing my presentation and going over mock interviews, but I don't want to leave any stone unturned.


texts: How do you make multiple line stroke edges touch in Adobe Illustrator?

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I created some lines with the pen tool, and I want to make the edges of the stroke align in Adobe Illustrator.
I can use the up and down arrows with my keyboard, but it does not touch or overlaps. I can of course drag it with my mouse, but that is not at all ideal. I want to make dozens, if not hundreds of strokes abut one another (and I can't use shapes).
See image for reference.


texts: Why can't I ImageTrace an image in my pattern?

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I need to image trace some images that are in a custom pattern I made so that I can recolor the pattern. The images were placed there and linked in a previous Illustrator session. When I'm in the pattern editing view and I select the image, ImageTrace itself is not greyed out in the Object menu, but all of the options beneath it are.

How can I get Illustrator to let me turn these images into vectors?


texts: Vector curves in InDesign-exported PDFs are jagged

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I'm using Adobe InDesign CC and Adobe Acrobat Pro XI.

In an InDesign document, I created a vector rectangle with rounded corners.

After exporting the document into "Adobe PDF (Print)", the corners of the mentioned rectangle seem jagged, and so are other curved vector elements in the document.

To confirm that the curves in the exported PDF are indeed jagged, I opened another PDF file of some textbook I have (created by professionals). Indeed, any curved element in the textbook PDF was perfectly smooth.

At this point, I tried to copy the rectangle from my InDesign-exported PDF to the textbook PDF, and see what happens. The result: the rounded/curved corners are no longer jagged; they're smooth. Please see the screenshot attached.

I was unable to find the reason for these jagged curves.

I'd appreciate your help with this matter.

Thanks a lot :-)


texts: So I'm having a path in Photoshop and I'm using it for drawing, however I would like to have my line have additional lines added to it, which aint going to fit together with other lines. Is this possible and how?


texts: Email banner/footer resolution versus pixel size

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I have a design resolution for web and print dilemma. We use Sitefinity for our new web platform which includes a newsletter module for mass mailings for which I designed a header and a footer with the only criteria that it had to be site agnostic and 600 pixels wide. Easy right? Using both illustrator (for graphics), Indesign (there is a lot of text in footer)and PhotoShop I kicked out many resolutions (72 dpi, 150 dpi, etc.). None met what they needed for print (yes it needs to look clear in Microsoft Outlook and print at a high dpi). Never mind that outlook will downgrade graphics or that for a web based email dpi doesn't matter.

augh! How should I handle this to get the size and resolution they demand?


texts: Can I change the outside area colour of my canvas?

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I am using Illustrator CS5 and the grey background around the outside of my canvas/page I used to have and loved has gone white. I do not know why. I can not change the colour in preferences-user interface, as this was introduced in CS6. I have tried ticking and unticking the overprint preview and this makes no difference. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you.


texts: How were printing plates produced from multicolour drawings before the digital era?

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There are many ways of duplicating an image.

I'm thinking of graphics-containing newspapers and magazines circa 1950s and 1960s.

When an artist produces an original ink-and-paint drawing/photograph/collage for, say, Superman or Tintin, which particular reproductive methods were actually commercially used to mass-produce such images?

In particular, how were multicoloured images handled?


texts: Using "recolor artwork" to only have certain set colors

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I often adapt illustrations to fit brand guidelines.
It usually is a tedious task when I have to select each color by hand.

So I've been trying to make sense of the "Recolor Artwork" feature... I know how to define my brand colors in a Library or a Swatch, but I haven't found a way to restrict the colors in an illustration to my defined swatches. I don't have anything under under "Color groups" in the "Recolor Artwork" window. In the "Color reduction Options" I've tried everything, I always end up with either horrible value swaps (dark shades from my swatches to replace bright ones?), or a lot of the original colors still there. "Colorize methods" don't seem to make a lot of sense.

In the "Edit" tab - although the user-defined "swatchez" is selected, more than half the colors on the wheel are from the original document, not from the swatch document

Here are some Color Reduction Options that seem like they should make sense...

... but then the document still has 36 "Current colors" - a lot of which are from the original colors, not from the swatch. The swatch library is selected in both windows, "Recolor Artwork" and "Color Reduction Options"...

The colors in the Swatch file used

The "Recolorized" illustration. In several shades of grey and one purple.

I want to make sure that when I recolor, all the original colors of the illustration are totally gone from the "Current colors" list and replaced with the closest color from my swatch.

How do I replace the colors in a vector illustration with the closest match from a set of user-defined swatches?


texts: Illustrator: Show "Path" toolbar after Direct Selection

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When I use the selection tool on a path or a line, Illustrator shows me a Path Toolbar at the top, where I can adjust stroke, dashing, etc. that looks like this

Often I'm working with imported diagrams where the parts are heavily grouped into each other. Here, the Direct Select tool becomes extremely handy because I can directly select the single parts of interest.

After selection, I get the Anchor Point Toolbar which is most of the time what I want, but not always.
Question: How can I make Illustrator show me Path Toolbar with the current selection? It seems I can do this by clicking on the Curvature Tool but isn't there a direct way to do this?
Edit: A simple example
Consider the following two unfilled shapes, that are grouped together. I can only use Direct Selection by clicking on the path, which leaves me with the Anchor Toolbar.

If I now click on Curve Tool, the toolbar switches to the Path Toolbar where I can adjust colors and strokes. Is there a better way to switch to the Path Toolbar?


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I've been trying to design a logo, however I can not figure out the simplest thing. I have two circles, with no fill and a stroke. I've added a white rectangle to "cut out" area of both the strokes, and lastly, the inner circle has an additional line added to make the letter "G". Since the white rectangle (black stroke added for viewing purposes) is there, when I export it as a .eps, it exports with the file... My question is, what is the easiest way to remove the area in the two circular strokes, so upon export, that area is transparent?

Image attached.


texts: Toggle visibility of only one of a group of layers?

texts: I have 5 layers in a group in Photoshop that represent five states of an app screen. Only one would be shown at a time. Is there a way to get Photoshop so that it only solo's one of the five in the group, but leave unchanged other layers outside the group? In other words, if I try to solo one of them, any other ones currently visible go invisible, but other layers outside the group remain visible.


texts: Can someone explain to me how to use golden ratio for layout purposes in Indesign?

texts: I'm willing to understand how to use golden ratio for layout purposes in Indesign. I've found a couple of 'explanations' over internet but they are too enigmatic and I can't really see the possible usage of it in Indesign projects. I know that other people are doing it so it's possible. Can someone explain it to me ?


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I have a compound path that I'd like to fill with a pattern that contains a stroked path. No problem, but now I'd like to merge or minus the compound path, leaving the stroke intact.

the example below illustrates what I'm trying to do, but in the third step, those would be stroked paths not shapes.


texts: Can I copy and paste guides in Sketch across different artboards?

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I have set up some custom guides on an artboard and would like to use the same set of guides on another artboard, is there a way to copy them across ?

The most obvious way would be to duplicate the artboard, as that would duplicate the guides as well. However, I'm trying to use the guides on a pre-existing artboard to make some changes to it.

Thank you.


texts: Can I publish a picture from a third-party site in my article, mentioning the source?

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I'm writing an article about Blockchain to publish in my LinkedIn and the blog of the company that I work for, and I mighty use some third-party pictures. Some of them I found on the internet, from websites such as Financial Times. However, I'm not sure if I can use third-party pictures on my publication because of copyright, even if I mention the source.

Could someone clarify if is allowed or not?


texts: Which one is the best for creating android material icons?

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I am a new designer. I need to design an icon for my android application. But I need to make it material. So now I am asking to you that which one is best for me to creat a material icon?
And if here anyone suggest about Adobe then my question will be to him that which is best for android - Illustrator or Photoshop CC?
Thanks^-^


texts: How do you design headers in web layouts?

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Do you think it's important that the <h1>, <h2>, <h3> font family and size don't change in whole design?

For example, I need to change the <h3> tags in the design sometimes.Do you think it's right? Or I can design without thinking about the headers?


texts: Saving Images in png format in Photoshop makes it blurry when used in websites

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When I save PNG images for the web in Photoshop, its getting blurred on edges. I want to use these PNGs in mobile websites:

Any solution to this?


texts: How do I recreate this halftone gradient border?

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I am having an issue with figuring out how to make the halftone border on this image:

Does anyone have any idea how to do this? I'm trying to get it done for screen printing and am on a tight deadline. Please help!


texts: How to apply a gradient effect for a particular circular path?

texts: I want to apply a gradient effect and have it look like in this image.


texts: Can I transform an image's location in a Photoshop action so that it's relative to the canvas and NOT the image?

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I'm trying to create an action that will move a layer around the canvas. The problem is that my image won't always be the same size and neither will my canvas. If I record a transform and move my image to X:0px by Y:0px, Photoshop will record that the image moved (as an example) -54px to the left and -20px to the top.

This won't work for me because it's recording the steps based on where my image WAS. My image won't always be in the same starting location. So if I were to use this action on a different file where the image is located somewhere else on the canvas, -54px to the left and -20px to top may not bring it's upper left corner to 0px/0px on my canvas.

I hope I've explained this well enough. My main goal is to get an image layer, regardless of it's location on my canvas, moved to the top left 0px/0px of my canvas (also regardless of that canvases size).

Is there a way to accomplish this in Photoshop without resorting to a script?


texts: Software or a tool in a software that calculates 75% darker/lighter color of a given color?

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I am using Inkscape for vector and Gimp for raster graphics. They are quite powerful though open-source.

Can somebody recommend me if there is open-source software like Inkscape or Gimp or maybe a tool inside mentioned ones that can calculate 75% darker color of a given color?
Well 75% is not a requirement, it can be for example 50% or 42%, whatever.
Also could I do the same thing for 75% lighter color or 64% lighter color.

I am building a software and so far I relied on my coded function to calculate given value. But I need to test this function. I need a proof from outside world that this function is calculating the correct value.


texts: I want to number sentences in InDesign (like Bible verses)

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That is, like:

1 ssdfsf sfsfdsf. 2 sfdsffd safdsdff asgg. 3 asdfdsfsag ...

and so forth. Not lines, not paragraphs, not list items, but sentences. (I can accept some manual tinkering.)

If this were HTML, I'd work with CSS to flatten the list items. But it isn't.

Thoughts?


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I am having a little problem with the readability of the text on this doc The document it self is small there fore the text size is like 2.5 pt I can not do more cuse there is no space on the paper. Any ideas of what can it be a possible solution.

Thnaks


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I need a text to adapt to a box but the second word is getting under the other like it was a paragraph way over its needed.

Below the example of the original lay out Vs. the result after resizing the symbol: THE PHOTOS ARE SCREENSHOTS (NOT REAL SIZE NOT REAL SCALE)

I don't even understand why the second word is going under the first is theres still plenty space, On image 3 you can look that the text field its not even near before/after the resize .


texts: How can I automatically draw a circle on each node of a path in Inkscape?

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In a drawing in Inkscape I have a path and I need to have a circle on each node of the path, like this:

I could draw and move them manually snapping the centre of circles to the nodes, but I have several nodes, so this would take much time.
Is there a way to draw the circles automatically on each node of the path?


texts: Software recommendation for basic 3D shapes

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I want to draw a 3D structure diagram of a new device.

Can you recommend a software to draw schematics like this one:


texts: Drawing by pixel without smearing or blurring

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I am going crazy trying to figure out this very simple thing.

I want a drawing tool (like pen or pencil or paintbrush) that can just paint pixels directly as pixels. Thus if the size of the tip is 1px, and I click once, I get a 1px square. If I click and drag 5px, I get a 1px x 5px line. No smearing, no vectors, no curve fitting or stylizing or texturizing or anything like that. How do I do it?


texts: Branding work: advice on transferring copyright to client

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I recently got a project to design logo design, stationery, website, brand identity for a startup company. I want to seek answers from a professional brand designer: is it compulsory to include a legal document at the final package to the customer?

If yes, if I want to publish online the works I did, should I include a license for usage (or is there a better term sounds like the client has a full right) or a copyright transfer document?

If I have given out the copyright transfer document to the client, will I still have the right to publish it online as the portfolio?


texts: Resize Selection In Photoshop Like in GIMP

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About 15 years ago, I was a Photoshop user. Then I stopped using it and exclusively used GIMP. Now I'm trying to get back into Photoshop and there is one thing that is driving me absolutely nuts. I cannot figure out to modify a selection like you can in GIMP. Example below of what I mean by "modifying the selection."

In GIMP, when you make a selection. If you move your cursor over the edge, you get a box to resize the selection. Then you can click and drag to resize the selection on that edge/corner. You can also click and drag in the middle of the selection to move it. Is there any way to do this in Photoshop?

Screen recording available on YouTube


texts: How can I create this warped checkerboard effect on Illustrator/Photoshop?

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Here is an image by David Rudnick. I would like to create the checkered effect, been trying with illustrator but no luck. It seems like this was either wrapped on an existing object, or 3D extrusion.

If someone could lend a hand that would be fantastic! :)


texts: Is all-caps blackletter no longer taboo?

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Received typographic wisdom holds that blackletter (“Old English”, “Gothic”) text only looks good in lower case or with initial capitalization — never with capital letters in series. However, in the last couple of decades, all-caps blackletter type and calligraphy have become normalized in a few cases where reading speed is unimportant. Specifically, decoration in "cholo" gangster culture and album cover artwork have adopted it, often in laid out in the shape of an arch; examples follow.

Apparently, some designers are doing what was previously forbidden. In light of the cover of the record by No Doubt (a major-label band), has all-caps blackletter gone mainstream? Did breaking the old rule lead to a new understanding?


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The software GIMP failed to load large gif. When I loaded the gif in GIMP, most of the frames became transparent/nothing.
The number of frames is 1905
What happened? How can I fix this?
I am using a Windows 10 laptop.
By the way, this below is the link to the video:
https://youtu.be/gOSyI2B2YZs
Please help me.


texts: Is a graphical/original resume a good idea for a designer?

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This is more a question about graphic design as a field than about methods.

I am applying for web designer jobs out there, and have been wondering more and more about my resume. I have a quite correct but very classical resume: photo, text, and voilà.

I am hesitating more and more on create a more graphical resume (more original arrangement, maybe even an infographics). I am not worried by my ability to do it, but more by its reception.

No matter how "cool" the company is, I still imagine the recruiting person as a stern "suit guy", who might not appreciate this kind of initiative. And I can't really send the basic resume and the original one, and a note "Here is my fun resume, but if you are a boring person, my boring resume is attached."

So, if possible based on personal experience, is a graphical/original resume a good idea for a designer kind of job?

What is the average ratio of companies where it would help? (if 1 company out of 100 would like it, but the others like it, well, that might be problematic.)

Is there a "too much" line not to cross?


texts: PDF Export: Color Profile Conversion (Affinity Designer)

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I am new to AD and using the current version as trial. I worked for 10 years with Illustrator but would like to switch.

I need to export a PDF/X-3:2002, but it seems there is only X-1a and X-3:2003. Right?

X-3:2003 doesn't converts my bitmaps to CMYK, it remains in the PDF as sRGB.
X-1a:2003 does convert my bitmaps to CMYK, but it also converts embedded PDF files (both vectors, a QR code and the logo) to rasterized images.

What I want is convert everything to CMYK, but keep vectors as vectors. It was plain easy with Illustrator, but AD seems to lack a lot of PDF export features.


texts: How to create retro text effect using Inkscape

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I would like to achieve a text effect in Inkscape exactly like this:

Image is from a fast tutorial on how to do it in Illustraotr https://www.instagram.com/p/CIlcivbJFkM/ but I want to create it using Inkscape.
Thanks.


texts: Why does a font look pixelated on my page when it renders flawlessly on Google Fonts?

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I am trying to use Merriweather and Source Sans Pro for my website. These fonts look flawless on the Google Fonts website. However when I try to use them on my webpages they look pixelated. Even on the same browser that displays them perfectly on the Google Fonts website. For example

Both lines look pixelated. Especially the first a in the heading.
Any pointers on what could be the issue ?


texts: how to move from standard groups into artboard in photoshop?

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I have business card that is designed in an old photoshop version. I have two main groups one represents the card's front and the second is the card's back.

That I am using Photoshop 2015 I want to use the new artboard feature. Instead of having two groups, I want to have two artboards to allow me to export my work on the same page.

I created a new workplace document. Then I created two separate art boards. Now, I need to move my groups from the old file into the new file.

When I try to drag and drop a layer or a group of layers into the new art board, I get "Could not complete your request because of a program error."

How can I get my layers from my old file into the new artboard in my new file?


texts: Adobe Flash CS6 won't Export Animated Gif - How do on the main timeline?

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I am using Adobe Flash CS6. I have my .fla attached for you. Simple movie. I want to however export it as a GIF and the animation just does not work. It exports a static file. Someone mentioned above the first timeline - how do I do this?

Download the fla (here)


texts: How to suggest a button is for panning, not tapping?

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There are a few icons for directional pads, but after conducting user testing, users kept wanting to tap on it instead of swipe/pan for movement.

What have people done to suggest a component should be used for swiping or panning instead of tapping?

This control is for camera movement similar to Minecraft's where you pan on the screen to rotate the camera and need a control to move the body.

The hope is to avoid using a tutorial and to make the interface self-explanatory.


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I'm making an icon for a speed reader app for the iPhone. These are more or less the designs I've been toying with:

Looking at them though, I just find they're a little boring. With the iOS 7 paradigm they seem to fit okay, but I just want them to be a little more exciting.

To illustrate what I mean, I really like the icon for Lumo:

It's very simple, similar to mine, but has a lot more character to the icon. I only don't like the long shadow thing.

How can I spice up my flat iOS icons? (I've tried really hard to avoid the word "pop" :))


texts: I'm trying to create an image similar to the one below. Outside lines look like they are drawn with a pencil and the colored fill doesn't touch the outside line everywhere. Is there a simple way to recreate that? Is there some kind of an effect or do I have to draw it manually?


texts: What font and characters are used for the "line break" symbol used in Microsoft Word

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I am wondering which is the symbol used to denote line breaks in Microsoft Word. It can be visualized with the following steps:

In MS Word, open empty document.
Press SHIFT + ENTER to insert a line break.
Press CTRL + SHIFT + 8 to show the formatting symbols in the editor.

Here is a picture of the symbol:
The closest I can find in the Unicode tables is the Carriage return symbol (↵), but it doesn't look the same in any of the fonts installed on my machine.


texts: Printing solid black on transparencies for creating plates

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I have a requirement to be able to print graphics and text on transparency (just black).  We use those to then create plates for labels.  The output needs to be solid (not pixels) as any light passing through during the plate making process shows.

What I have been using to print these is a simple HP LaserJet 1020 using FastRes 1200 (and "Print all text as black").  This older printer did quite well.  All new printers (even the newer HP with the same settings) leaves tiny holes which don't work in the plate making process.

I see many conversations around inkjets but I always though inkjets didn't make clearly defined lines?

Does anyone have a suggestion for what type of printer I need to start using to get a solid filled black?  Sending each of these to a print shop to create a single 1.5"x3" transparency doesn't seem cost effective as printing them myself.


texts: An issue with pencil tool in Illustrator 2019, pencil's default fill and stroke set to none, how to fix it?

texts: I was using the pencil tool a lot in previous versions of Illustrator (2015 particularly). It was very handy when I was drawing highlights and shadows on illustration, because I could draw a shape with it with the graphic tablet pen and it made an instant and precise shape. In the 2019 AI version I came up with an issue that whenever I use the pencil tool no matter which fill color I give it before drawing it makes transparent shapes, the fill and stroke colors are dropping back to no fill and no stroke each time, this slows down the process very much because I have to select and change the color every time I draw with it, is there a way to change that? I mean to be able to choose what color to draw the shapes with the pencil tool?


texts: Best way to produce PDF files containing CMYK images

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I've wrote a program that uses iTextSharp to produce PDF files. I'm currently producing PDF files used solely for print (personnal and professional) that contain CMYK images.

The source images are RGB pictures.

The way I do it is to convert the RGB pictures to CMYK tiff images using Image Magick and two color profiles (sRGB.icc for the source, and USWebCoatedSWOP.icc for the target CMYK).

This results in big tiff files (a 26 KB jpeg file for instance becomes a 1 MB tiff) leading in turn to a huge PDF file.

I've done a bit of research in order to make the files smaller. I've read answers to a related question (Which file format is best for printing?) but I don't know if I'm doing it right, or if there's a better approach.

1) Is there a better format than tiff for storing CMYK in PDF files? Apparently EPS doesn't work well on all printers (see link above). I can't find a single JPEG2000 CMYK image to test, nor do I know if it's supported by PDF files (or the coming PDF2 files). JPEG CMYK work also, but are bigger than tiff files for my set of images.

2) Should I rather include the RGB files and embed the ICC profile in the PDF file? Does it work? Does it lead to the same result?

3) Any other ideas?

Thanks


texts: Creating Rolodex-Style Flipping Numbers Sprite in Photoshop?

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So Apple recently had a countdown to their 1 billionth app download and it used a rolodex flipping type of effect. This actually turned out to be running on a sprite image which is composed of different flipping "states", then jQuery quickly moves through these animations for each new download.

I'm desperately trying to create a similar effect in Photoshop that I can use for a small web application. I can find tons of clock PSD freebies to work with, but I'm unsure of how to go about skewing the images to create the flip-like effect.

Ultimately the goal is to create a large sprite image containing all of the different number states. The scaled version I included above is the closest I can find to what I'm looking to build - also included it below as a direct image.

I would appreciate any help on this! It seems that using a background sprite is the easiest way to duplicate this effect on a webpage. So I'm just stuck at physically creating these different "states" of animated flipping.


texts: Easy way to split a terrain mesh into sections?

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I've created a piece of 3D terrain and converted it to Wavefront OBJ. It is 64 x 24 x 64 units in size. Is there a quick way to split the terrain mesh into 8 x 24 x 8 sections?

I don't want to render them all at one time. Thanks!!


texts: Is it better to create icons using low-resolution displays?

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My understanding is that pixels are an abstract unit of measurement. They have no tangible size until rendered on a display (or paper).

This leads me to believe that I should create icons on displays that are of a lower resolution (a non-Retina display) than the target display (an iPhone 5). A 120x120-pixel icon is much larger on my low-res screen than on an iPhone. This means the pixels, as rendered on a low-res monitor, are larger. And, with larger pixels, I can control positioning of items much more precisely, right?

I know that I am wrong, but please tell me why.

(I am using Pixelmator. I don't see where to adjust pixel "size". maybe that is a setting?)


texts: How to achieve this distorted text effect?

texts: I found this logo I really like. How can I achieve this effect in Photoshop or Illustrator?


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I have this image that I edited to make into a background so that it repeats.  It is a scan of a tablecloth.  I have been trying to get it to be yellow in Photoshop for over an hour, but every time I try to change something related to color, it only changes the lighter parts of the image.  Ideally, I would like the black to be a pale yellow, and the white to be a bit paler, and the brown to stay brown, but for it all to have a washed-out effect, making the differences subtle.  Can someone point me in the right direction?

Here is the image:

Well, I discovered the answer to my question, I guess asking it made it more clear what I was seeking. Anyway, here is what I found:

Start a new layer Fill the layer with the desired color. In the Layers Palette Blending modes pull-down, select: * Lighten * Screen * Linear Dodge and the image will take on that color. Experiment with the other blending modes to see if it can be improved upon. Once you've achieved the look, simply flatten and save.

This is from: http://photoshop911.typepad.com/help/2006/01/solid_black_to_.html

I didn't realize that trying to change black to color was different than other colors.

There you have it.


texts: Why does lowercase "k" in Consolas look so different in italics?

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The picture below summarizes it pretty well: letter "k" looks very different in the upright vs. italic form of font Consolas. What is the rationale, design choice, ... behind such a strikingly different letterform for italics?

For the other differences, like the additional bottom stroke for "f", and the different letterform for "a", I have seen (and read about) in other fonts.

Consolas, normal & italics

So in a nutshell: is there a precedent in other (e.g. traditional) font or font design theory behind this variation in letter "k"?


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I am new to Maya. I have a 3D model of an IKEA bed that has sheets, throw and else thing but I am only interested in the wooden bed. I was hoping to be able to import it into Maya (either of the fbx or obj files), and somehow remove the other stuff from the rendered bed and end up only with the wooden bed.
So my questions are:

Is it feasible and how should I remove these other layers on top of the bed? such as blanket or sheets?
Why am I getting the following error when trying to import the FBX file into Maya using import from file menu?
I plan to fill the holes in the IKEA bed but how can I automatically know where the holes are without manually inspecting it? I need to do step 3 as a preprocessing step to feed into TSDF fusion algorithm for watertighting the mesh of a 3D object. You can read more here: https://github.com/facebookresearch/phosa/issues/19

I have Maya student license.
The plug-in does not support the following material types:
    Material with type 'unknown' will be imported as a Phong material.

Here are the textures used for various parts of this bed:

Here's how the bed looks like:

Here's the directory for the bed model I downloaded:


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I was trying to edit a circle and all my previous lines became thin.

When I hover the mouse over them the stroke weight reads as unchanged.

Anybody who can help me with this?


texts: How to put text onto multiple pen tool subpaths in Photoshop

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I just spent quite a while making all sorts of paths with the pen tool, and splitting each one up into a subpath by holding control and clicking after each one was drawn. It all looks good, but when I write text on one of the paths, the rest disappear. I have each path stroked with the pencil tool but I need the actual paths to remain so I can type onto them.

Is there any way for me to do this? Am I just an idiot and missing something completely obvious? I don't normally work with the text tool so I apologize.


texts: How can I disable Sketch App from checking for updates?

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I only use sketch maybe once every few months and the most basic features. When I need to use it, I need to use it in a hurry and don't want the confronting and intrusive updates available box to pop up. It's very unlikely that I'd be using any new features, and it's very unlikely that there are bugs with the basic features that I do use – and if I did have problems with them, I would manually update anyway.

(Besides the bad user experience, – I was using internet on a flight not long ago, I didn't download the update for Sketch of course, but just the process of checking for the update itself cost me money, even though it was only exchanging a few kilobytes.)

Is there a way to disable checking for updates?


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I have just learned (thanks to tutorial at http://buttner-jenkins.blogspot.com/2010/04/gimp-tut-text-along-path.html) how to create a text along path.

When I followed these instructions, though, using Nimbus Roman No9 Latin, to render my text in an arc, the text ended up with jaggies at all of the edges. I'm wondering if there's some kind of automated way to smooth away these jaggies.

Thanks.


texts: How do I find/use this business card template for displaying work?

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I've seen lots of people on freelancer.com using this (see link below) to present their finished logo for clients. It looks awesome and I want to do the sames but I don't know where/how this is being done, can someone explain? thanks

Business card example


texts: How to remove the outline of joint text in after effect?

texts: I have inserted glow effect to this text. I want to combine overlapping characters so that they have only one outline. How it can be done?


texts: How can I improve a poor quality scan/photo of an ink signature on paper?

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I am trying to "transfer" my signature from paper to the computer. Here is the procedure I followed, yes you may laugh, I know it.

My question is, is it possible instead of the hard lines I got to have solid lines?


texts: How do I draw that arrow? I use scissors to cut out parts of the path but the end became pointy.


texts: Photoshop generate: Possible to generate larger than document size?

texts: I have files where some of the graphics are larger than the document. Is it possible to use "generate" for a layer where some content is outside of the document view? (so I'll have a png/jpg that is larger than the document itself?) I presume 'no', but thought I might give it a shot here.


texts: How to edit existing shape radius in Adobe Photosho CS6

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I have rectangle shape with radius 5, but now i need to edit it to 10. Adobe Photoshop CC have that feature, but can't find solution for CS6.

I do new shape with exact same size and border radios 10 in the same place and then remove the previous one.

I am looking for faster/easier way in Adobe CS6.


texts: Software for highly accurate, easily manipulated 2D geometric drawings

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I am looking for some software to create 2D designs with a high degree of accuracy. To lend some background, what I've been doing is drawing diagrams in Autodesk Inventor, creating 1mm extrusions of the parts I'm interested in, transferring them to top down diagrams and then exporting them to GIMP to add colour and apply finishing touches. As I'm sure you can guess, it's an arduous process, but I've not found any other software with the extensive 2D manipulation capabilities provided by Inventor. It allows me to apply specific constraints, manipulate sizes of graphics to a tiny degree and use their extensive range of tools and tricks to get the exact designs I'm looking for.

But to cut down the process, I'm looking for some software that can allow me to still do that kind of thing, but without the emphasis on the 3D design elements of Inventor. Ideally, letting me still create very accurate and fine-grain designs, but with added tools like area fill or changing line colour, and saving straight to image files. Does anyone have any recommendations?


texts: Is there a quick way to prep an illustrator file with tons of strokes and fills for screen printing

texts: I needs to look like it looks here with three different pics for screen printing. Is there any way to do this quickly or do I have to do it manually?


texts: Use RGB/Hex Color as Guide for Adjusting Image

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I have several watercolor swatches that have the shape I want to use in a design. But I want to adjust the overall color of the shape to be one of our brand colors. I know that you can use the Hue/Saturation tool and drag the different aspects, but what if I want to use one of my RGB/HEX numbers as a guide?

I'd like to change this so that the "main" color could be 6f9fcd or 96ad3e or eeba30 for example.


texts: curves disappear when svg file is exported to png in inkscape

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I have an .svg file which contains a figure as shown below, it was exported to svg format from MATLAB. To export from MATLAB an external package was used. When I export this figure to .png format in Inkscape, some of the green curves in the bottom plots disappear
The exported figure is the following:

I tried to make a bitmap copy and then export to .png but the same problem persists. Please let me know if there is a way to troubleshoot this problem?
Link to the MATLAB package used to create a svg: https://github.com/kupiqu/fig2svg
Link to the .svg file created: file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kk3K1RZzglwSBXHl-s5nk1KBU3r8Ttcy/view?usp=sharing


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I am a front end web developer. I have a small team and our designer is really new and I wanted to help her out with what I can. She has a hard time staying inside grids, using equal margins on elements, etc.

Back when I started a few years ago, I got all my designs from the designers in a PSD Photoshop file and I started to code them form the grounds up. I still prefer coding my self, as we build complex Apps/Websites, using Laravel and so on, that will not benefit from a generated markup (god forbid export to HTML from Photoshop).

What is the current situation with Modern Day Web Design? I read that some are designing directly in the browser. I as a front end geek wouldn't let a designer even near my code.

Photoshop is just too much of a hustle with grids, keeping spacing between elements uniform, reusing elements (linked smart objects sort of help).

I know about InVision and Marvel, but they are for Prototyping, I recently introduced them to our workflow and its really useful.

What is used to generate the design, so the client sees it and says "YES, now start coding".

We are using Windows so Sketch is out of the equation.


texts: What is the best way to include links in presentations?

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I am creating a presentation in Google Slides that requires that I use a link for a usable web-demo at a specified URL. However, any attempt I make at inserting a hyperlink into my document looks horrific (what with the default link styling). I am very particular about my graphic design on this sort of thing.

I haven't been able to find a source online that addresses this problem, and I haven't come up with a solution any more elegant than having a slide dedicated to having a large clickable textbox that just says "DEMO".

So what is the best way to include a link in a slide-based presentation?

Has anybody else run into this issue before? Or should I perhaps consider a better medium for presenting?

Edit: Google -slides- not google sheets


texts: How do I get set the font I need in CS6 and lose Myriad forever?

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How do I set a font so that stupid Myriad does not appear each time I open a new image? I have to plow through a hundred other fonts to get back to the one I need every single time I open a new image.

I resent that Adobe thinks they know what I need and wastes my time slogging through each and every time I need the font I need ... and Adobe sets Myriad as the default.

I am beginning to despise the company for several things they are doing of late.

How do I set the font I need and make it stay put for each successive image that I open?  I have close to 80 more images to do.


texts: Removing Off-white Background from White Image GIMP

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I have been using threshold and layers to remove the background from my images. This has been working perfectly when my objects have been colorful.

Now that I am trying to do this with an object that is predominantly white, it is no longer working. Using threshold and layers makes the object disappear into the background. Can anyone give advice how I can make my picture go from looking like this:

To this?:


texts: Can't make a png image that has transparent background

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I want to make a transparent image, so I made image's background transparent like this.

But exported PNG image was not transparent, it was kind of gray.

What am I doing wrong?


texts: How do I get Figma to list things NOT backwards?

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Thing are backwards.
Stuff on top of page are is listed on the bottom.
Things listed in horizontal frames are listed right(first) to left(last).


texts: Illustrator Pattern Brush has lines between segments

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I defined a new pattern brush with an image, but when I used it, I noticed these really thin white lines between each segment of the brush.

I tried different fit options, but that didn't help.

Is there anything else I can do?

Thanks!


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I am trying to make 8" tall numbers, however when I select the number to be resized, the bounding box is actually bigger than the number. So my bounding box ends up being 8" tall by 4.5" wide, but the number itself is only about 7" tall by 3.75" wide. How do I make that bounding box be the same size as the number? I'm attaching a picture to display my question, I'm not sure if I worded it clearly enough.

Thank you in advance for any help you have!


texts: PowerPoint 2010: Snapping still happening even after turning off

texts: In PowerPoint 2010, I have turned off "snap objects to grid" and "snap objects to other objects". However, when I draw a line and it goes close to certain points on the perimeter of another object, it still automatically snaps to that object. For example, if the object is a rectangle, it will automatically snap to the halfway points down each side of the rectangle (which appear as little red squares when this happens). How do I prevent this behavior so that there is no "snapping" altogether?


texts: How to colorize an translucent picture in Photoshop?

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I've got a scanned picture of a sticker album which contains an translucent room where the sticker should be sticked. I've tried (using the Equalize, Curves, Levels, Vibrance and Contrast Tools from Photoshop) to get the translucent room as close as possible to the real sticker, but I feel that I still can do something to improve it. Could someone give me, kindly, some hint about this situation?

P.S.: In case of doubts, like the user Scott appointed me, I don't have the image B. That which one that I used like example it was found on the internet. They are 100 stickers and I found some of them on a website, but I'd like to "create" the others ones throught the faded images that I have in the empty album (in this case, those images A).


texts: is there a way to add hyperlinks in a Illustrator document?

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I am creating a CV in Illustrator and exporting it to a PDF. I just read an article which stated that it is a good idea that we use hyperlinks in the CV so that the employer can just click and not have to copy the address.
I like this idea, but I don't know how to add a hyperlink to text in Illustrator. Is it possible?


texts: How would I replicate this deep etching of rocks with a Photoshop action?

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I have a bunch of images of rocks that look like this:

... and I deep etched this one by hand to look like this:

Sadly, I have a load more to do.

I have trouble getting actions to separate the rocks from each other - my Photoshop Kung Fu ain't too strong.

Does anybody know how to create a Photoshop action that can do this to all the photos automatically so I don't have to?


texts: Critique: Balance titles on poster design

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I'm designing a poster for a lecture about hostage negotiation. It's a dark, glitchy design, with lots of information on it.

I think the title looks OK but I can't seem to balance the rest of the information right. It just feels too busy. Does anybody have suggestions for this design? I'm not asking to design a poster for me, just small sugestions so I can make this better. It's just feels a little off and it's bugging me.

Link to high definition picture

Thank you!


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Can anyone tell me what font this is? I have looked everywhere and I can't find it. I tried some of the websites for finding the font in an image but they all get it wrong. The "H" is what I have been going by for the font. I need it for the CSS.

Tried:
What Font Is
WhatTheFont!

I would just use photoshop but I don't have a license.


texts: Creating symbol with text field that is empty by default in Sketch?

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I want to create a symbol with an overridable text field that is empty by default. The problem is that Sketch automatically removes text fields that contain no text. I tried setting the text to various whitespace characters but Sketch still removes the text field.

The only workaround I found was to make a symbol of the text too and set the override to an empty string but that creates unwanted side effects (for example the text field symbol will also be overridable).

Is there another way to achieve this?


texts: Gradient not printing correctly in InDesign

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I'm creating a flyer in InDesign CS5.

I have an object at the top with a gradient fill and text over the object.

I tried to do a test print of the flyer, and the gradient isn't printing correctly.  There is an area where it is missing color.

I've never seen InDesign do this before.  I tried exporting it to PDF and printing from Acrobat but it still does the same thing.

Is there a way to fix this?


texts: Using grep to finding long digit series and inserting thin spaces into them

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On my page i have a table with over 500 rows, in it one column where all cells contain a different numbers, such as 55123, 666000, 3000 and 1459000 (figures for sums of money). I would need to insert thin spaces in the numbers for them to be easier to read, according to the following scheme:

Seven digits in a row is changed to:
d ddd ddd (eg 1 459 000, d=digit)

six to:
  ddd ddd (eg. 666 000)

five to:
   dd ddd (eg. 55 123)

Four to:
    d ddd (eg. 3000)

using find/change I am able to find all instances of for example 7 digits in a row with the grep line \d{7} but i am lost at having a command for how to "change" using the found numbers and adding a thin space at the right positions.

Is there a way of writing a script or a find/change query for this operation for doing this anywhere in the text (or just the table)? Any tips on this are much appreciated!


texts: WCAG Compliance - Does Acceptable Contrast Apply Only to Text? Or Icons and Other Graphics as Well?

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I am completely new to WCAG compliance and I have several questions.
I.e. say that you’re using the tool Color-pair Contrast Testing
to check the contrast of background and foreground color. Your colors may fail for normal size text - but what if you’re using them for an icon or logo?
Does everything in your design need to pass WCAG contrast compliance?
Take this design, for example:

What about the thin grey lines under each of the module headings? The hex code for this is #EAEAEA, and of course that will fail all tests with #FFFFFF as the background. But I’m just using them for design purposes - to mark off where the header is in the module. It will seriously (and negatively) effect my design if I have to remove everything that doesn’t pass color-contrast compliance.
What about the icons - in the menu and in the "Print Reports" module, etc?
And I have more questions like this. Does anyone know of free resources that will answer some of these questions?


texts: How to select a group within a “parent” group to move it around?

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I have Photoshop documents with layers organized into groups, and some of the groups are nested within other groups.

When I move them around, auto-select is set to group. The whole "parent" group moves. I have 5 other groups within, which means all 5 are moving. This is not what I want.

I would like to be able to select a group within parent/top group and move it individually.

Is this possible?


texts: How to add a handle to a node in Illustrator - without deforming the shape of the other end?

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Is there any way for to add an additional handle to an anchor that has one already, without interfering with the current position of the existing handle?
If you draw a circle in illustrator, you can use the anchor point tool to remove one or both handles of any given anchor.
Currently, if I want to add them back, I have to click-drag, (in a clockwise fashion), to pull the anchor(s) back out, but it distorts the pre-existing handle for the anchor.
What I would like to do is click-drag out an anchor for the segment that doesn't have one already assigned, and in a way that it is an asymmetrical curve.
Closely Related: Create one handle from anchor point in Illustrator


texts: How to enlarge an image with as little pixelation as possible?

texts: What technique(s) can I use to enlarge small digital (raster) image in order to best avoid pixelation?  I can print the image and scan at high resolution, but I also want to preserve as close to exact color as I can.  I'm happy to hear any technique using any tool or toolset.


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Possible Duplicate:
  What's the difference between vector graphics and raster graphics?

I have been playing around with various free trails before buying an editing program. I am somewhat confused about layers, Raster, Vector, Adjustment Layer etc. How do they differ & how do I use them?

I am slowly learning about masks, but I think I need to learn to walk before I try to run.


texts: What are the options for digital magazine publishing?

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I work for a company and we produce a 60 page magazine. We do a print version but are trying to figure out the best, most cost-effective way to create and publish a digital version. Also keeping in mind that our reader is not generally tech savvy but we are potentially interested in the analytics aspect for marketing purposes.

Ideally we would like to host/embed it on our own site and not pay a subscription fee. These are the options I have looked at so far:

Adobe DPS:
To my understanding Adobe DPS digital documents only work in the Adobe Content Viewer app. Is that correct? The pricing is not clear on the Adobe DPS for Enterprise site and I had read/heard conflicting things from their phone sales and website about whether its included in the full Creative Cloud subscription price. To my understanding this suite functions within InDesign but I am also unclear on that and if this would be a good option.

flippingbook, issuu, emagcreator, etc:
The problem with most of these sites is the way in which the content embeds into the page and using custom domains etc. Also the business subscriptions tend to be high and we are on a pretty tight budget as a not for profit. Some also do not let you upload InDesign/PDFs but you instead need to create the magazine with their online app. I would love to know if anyone has used any that work better than others.

App:
Another option I have read about is creating your own app for the magazine. We do not have a developer onsite but could look into this if someone has experience I would love to hear if it was worth the investment.

Thanks for any help! Would also love to see some published examples if you know of any.

EDIT: The magazine has 5 different versions. The first and last 8 pages are customizable to the organization they are for and the well content is all the same. It is a member magazine that each organization provides to its members. All the members are in different geographic areas. Each organization has their own way of sharing it some through an enewsletter link to their website and some upload it to their member CRM system for members to access. We want to keep the same look and feel as the print version but maybe with some added on interactivity.


texts: How to create a transparant overlay effect?

texts: After several Google searches and searching the forum, I'm looking for simple, lightweight and easy way to create a clear glass overlay. I've attached an image that shows the clarity. It's easy to do in CSS but I can't figure out how to do it in Photoshop.


texts: Applescript for Ai CS6, color set and get

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This is the last time I ask the question about Applescript - I see that this topic is unpopular since none of my questions has been answered. Probably I'm on the wrong way, but scripting for Illustrator seems to be very interesting and useful.

I found the way to set the color of a layer to RGB color -

set color of current layer in current document to {red:45.0, green:34.0, blue:34.0}

however, when I immediately execute this line of code -

set currentColor to color of current layer in current document

In the RESULTS window I get long numbers like these -

{class:RGB color info, red:45.000001117587, green:34.000001773238, blue:34.000001773238}

Thus, I cannot perform comparing operation between the colors.

Any suggestions about color formatting, rounding the numbers/totals to the way I can compare current color with desirable one.


texts: Why won't my ai (Creative Cloud) file save a thumbnail for quick find in Finder?

texts: I used to be able to have an automatic thumbnail when saving an ai file, but now it doesn't work. I'm using the latest/greatest Adobe Creative Cloud. It used to work but doesn't seem to anymore.


texts: PDF viewer with a 'View Outline' Function?

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When someone sends me an artwork file and I need to see if certain elements are vector or raster, I currently just quickly zoom in all the way to see if the artwork pixelates or not.

I'm looking for a PDF viewer that has a function similar to Illustrators View → Outline render mode, or any solution that would quickly allow me to differentiate between raster and vector elements in a PDF without having it open it up in Illustrator. Are there any viewers that can help accomplish that?


texts: With Krita, How to Create 'Pressure Sensitive' Circles and Curves With Brush Tool?

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I'm using Krita 4.2.7.1 on Windows 10 x64.

With the brush tool selected and using the keyboard shortcut 'v', I'm able to create straight lines whose fill takes into account both the pressure applied by my Wacom tablet pen as well as the selected brush type. I would like to replicate this behaviour with circles and curves.

AFAIK there no equivalent shortcuts, so I manually select these tools, i.e. ellipse tool and bezier curve tool and draw. The created lines don't take into account the pressure I applied with my pen (darkest line possible), however the brush is used.

Any suggestions would be very welcome.

Thanks!

EDIT:

My current work-around is to create the lines as above and using alpha-locking go over them with the brush to achieve the pressure sensitivity.


texts: Does the Floating Action Button in Material Design have a light?

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OK, so the "Card" in Material Design cast a shadow because of 2 lights, because well... if something has a shadow it's because that thing is blocking the light.

Does the Floating Action Button (FAB) have the same light effects as the "Card"? - That's the main question.

By this I mean:

A shadow underneath
An inner "light" on top edge (tinted edge)
An under "dark" shadow on bottom edge (shaded edge)

PD: this is for a web app; I'm not using Android Studio.

Below you can find the link to this subject:

https://material.google.com/what-is-material/environment.html#environment-3d-world

And below this line is the link to the FAB component where they didn't explain anything about light on the FAB:

https://material.google.com/components/buttons-floating-action-button.html


texts: Optical corrections - is it ok to make a logo mark a little off center to balance it off?

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Here is an example I am working on:

The left one if is visualy more balanced to me (it's compensating the off balance of the mark which is lighter on the right) and the right one is perfectly centered within the square.

If it wasn't a geometric-based thing I would go for the visual balance but in this case I am afraid someone would notice the off-center thing and it would annoy people.

What would you do?


texts: How to save transparent background in Photoshop, for use in another program

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How do I save a transparent background in Photoshop 7.0, for use in another program on a MAC, without losing the transparency?

Thanks,
psb


texts: What can Lightroom do that Photoshop can't?

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I am especially looking for CS6.

From what I heard, Lighroom is for simple photo importing software that is mainly used for RAW to TIFF/JPEG conversions while also having very basic editing functions.

But are there things that Lightroom do that Photoshop can't? This possibility came to my head after seeing how Illustrator weirdly didn't have magnet lasso which is a essential tool whatever you are into photography or graphic design.


texts: How can I align question/answer text in InDesign?

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I am aware you can have a similar effect with using tabs, which I've tried to set up below:

But, as you can see, if the answer is longer than others, the text alignment gets messed up.(Tabs can be frustrating!)

I am wondering if there is another way to align a question & answer - maybe have separate columns, or have 2 separate text boxes that will have the question and answer line up to each other, no matter how long the answer may be.

Any suggestions?


texts: How to get rid of rounded edges in Inkskape?

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I was just trying to draw a square in Inkskape; so I clicked on create rectangles and squares and drew a square like this:

But I still get rounded edges. Why does this happen and how can I avoid it? All i want is a perfect square.