texts: Making a transparent pixel color to white in Photoshop

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I am saving a PNG in photoshop with a transparent background.

When I export the image as PNG, each pixel of the "transparent" part has an alpha value of 0, but in the program that I am using (game development) even if the alpha is 0, I need to assign the RGB of the pixels. so a transparency pixel should have an RGBA value of ( 255,255,255,0).

Photoshop automatically assumes that transparency has the same RGB value as the edges of the images. For the requirements of the work, I need the pixels of the work to be white even if they have alpha 0 (They are transparent with 0% opacity). So the transparent pixels need to have an RGBA value of (0,0,0,0).

How I can make this?

I can change the format of the file or even use another tool. How can I do this?


texts: How to export SVG without lines, polylines and polygons?


texts: Saving an AI file in Illustrator automatically generates a PDF

texts: When I save an AI file in Illustrator, I usually keep the default "Save As" Illustrator settings. My understanding is, that when you save an AI file, it automatically generates a PDF version as well. Where can this PDF version be accessed? I am never able to access it on my computer or in Illustrator. I know it "buckets" the two together, but, I simply don't see it. Thank you.


texts: How to print upside down on even pages in InDesign?

texts: I am working on an InDesign document with 6 pages but every second (even) page needs to be printed upside down, as it will be displayed as a flip chart style. How can I set up InDesign so that I won't have to design the even pages upside down, as it's not practical? is there a setting that can also help me save the document with such pages upside down for future distribution and printing in the right way? Thanks guys


texts: Convert Clipped Item Into Normal Path In Inkscape?

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I created a demi-circle with the clipping feature, but it shows up as a group of two items. Like this:

But i just want a normal path, could i do this anyway?


texts: I have an image that I am trying to fade on the right side in Photoshop CC. I created a layer mask on the image and applied the gradient. Looks okay but I want to fine tune the gradient look. I cannot find a way to edit the gradient that was applied. The only way I can figure is to delete the gradient, adjust the gradient then keep reapplying. There has to be a way to edit it once it is applied so I can have a live preview while editing. Any ideas? I tried Alt+click but that still does not work.


texts: How do I move my mask independently of my layer?

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I'm trying to move my image without having my layer mask move with it. How do I move the image without moving the mask?

See the images below for a visual depiction.

Is it possible to move just the image?


texts: When I import a photo into PS CC 2018 I have a colored background, Im not sure what setting I have messed up

texts: The yellow in the background happens around photos as background with any photos I import. What do I do to fix my settings to be a transparent background when importing?


texts: move all items in 1 layer to top-most layer-tier in illustrator

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In Illustrator, how do I move all vectors in 1 layer to top-most layer-tier and discard the sublayer containers and retain the original layer name?

Basically, bring all sublayers and contents to the top in 1 layer.


texts: Wacom tablet for writing equations and explaining in a video format

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Hi I would like to ask you what type of Wacom should I buy if I want to make a video for my students that explain simple mathematics?

What I mean is that I do not need it to draw or anything that has to do with graphic designing (I know the more options the tablet has to offer, the more expensive it gets. I don't want that.) I only need it to make a very good quality video of mathematics while I talk through a microphone in order to explain.

What model of Wacom do you suggest I buy?

Thank you.


texts: How to use Sketch to create a six sides polygon with trapezoidals inside it?

texts: As you can see my solution is to make a 6 sided polygon manually and it is NOT pixel perfect. I need it pixel perfect to make a repeating background using this as the base.


texts: I am working to make a border for a GIF. May I ask please how to enable the stroke selection for a new layer in GIMP?


texts: What does linking in adjustment layers do?

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Adjustment layers can have their mask linked to the adjustment, and two or more adjustment layers can be linked to each other.

Two different things here and I can't conceptually understand what either does, nor have had any luck searching for an answer.

Linking adjustment layers does not sync transforms to their masks - that was about the only thing I could thing of that made sense.


texts: Make Illustrator use the embedded result images

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I have been tasked with updating a poster that the client used last year.
Should be fairly simple, just edit the file, change the date and shrink it from A2 to A3.
But I only have the pdf that was sent to print to work with.
This pdf has embedded images. They show up fine when viewed with a normal pdf viewer, but Illustrator insists on using the linked files, which I dont have access to.

How can I make illustrator use the result of the linked images from the pdf, rather than trying to use the original files and applying the transformations to them?

Illustrator from CS6 btw.


texts: Exporting an SVG with a gradient clipping mask from Illustrator

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I have a group, and I want to fill it with a gradient.

This is the desired outcome:

I have tried creating a clipping mask in Illustrator and exporting to an SVG but the shape remains black in the SVG.

Here is my layers tab (with clipping mask):

Here is the SVG Code that exports:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 16.0.0, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0)  -->
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
 width="150px" height="150px" viewBox="0 0 150 150" enable-background="new 0 0 150 150" xml:space="preserve">
    <g>
        <defs>
            <rect id="SVGID_1_" x="7.481" y="25.028" width="140.996" height="102.267"/>
        </defs>
        <clipPath id="SVGID_2_">
            <use xlink:href="#SVGID_1_"  overflow="visible"/>
        </clipPath>
        <polygon clip-path="url(#SVGID_2_)" points="72.788,98.062 72.788,83.254 78.849,83.254 78.849,35 59.938,35 59.938,54.486
    34.24,54.486 34.24,61.749 59.938,61.749 59.938,83.254 67.201,83.254 67.201,98.062 36.475,98.062 36.475,116.497
    115.246,116.497 115.246,98.062  "/>
    </g>
</svg>


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I'm looking for a vector skeleton, preferably with all 206 human bones. I want to be able to stretch and alter the shape of human bones for graphic design purposes. More specifically, I would like to design characters and creatures using the basic human bone structure as a template.

I haven't been able to find a pre-made one and doing it all by hand from scratch would take a very long time. I suppose a bitmap image of all the bones would do as well in a pinch, since I could pretty easily make that vector. If this question is inappropriate, please let me know because I am new to this stackexchange, and thank you for your assistance.


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I'm having trouble setting up a proper/sharp looking social media post designs for facebook. I have 5 or 6 different designs, all are the same size, I export them all the same way (Save for web -> PNG24), but for some reason some of them show up in a very poor quality when posted on facebook.
They are all in a good resolution too.
Is there some specific things I'm not paying attention to, like the final file size (KB's), colors etc.?


texts: appropriate use of black in non-gray colors using CMYK

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I am learning to create documents   under a CMYK color model.
Unlike   simpler color models such as RGB, CMYK   facilitates the expression of similar colors through very different combinations of base colors, because shade can be achieved either through adding   black, or by adding the other colors.
An essential reason, as I understand, in modern printing, for including black among the inks is that black text and other typographic elements show poorly if not represented by black ink. Thus, without a specific reason to use a "rich black", black ink for black typographic elements is the obvious choice.
In general, in which other cases is any use of black ink appropriate? When designers produce  a line, fill, or text on a gray scale, should black ink be used to the exclusion of chromatic inks? When designers produce a line, fill, or text that is not black or gray, should    chromatic inks be used to the exclusion of black? In which,  if any, normal cases should black ink be mixed with chromatic  inks (e.g. cyan, magenta & yellow)?


texts: Is there some solution for Gimp to preview exported result image when i change some export settings like quality for jpg or amount colors for gif? Like in Photoshop Export interface.


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Hello I have received an illustrator file from a graphic designer which is nearly a gigabyte large. It has a lot of high resolution tiff files embedded which are overkill for the needed quality, and it is bloating the file.

I need to shrink the file size. It would be quite time consuming to go through each image individually and un-embed it, resize it, and replace it with the smaller image.

I am wondering if there is a more efficient or automated way of reducing the file size of this illustrator file.

Thanks!


texts: Can't export 300dpi jpeg in Adobe Illustrator

texts: I have an A4 size artboard with pixels as the units that I want to export as JPG at 300dpi. Whenever I try to export, it asks me to lower the resolution. At max, I can export at 150 dpi. Why is this happening and how do I fix it?


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I created my logo in Adobe Illustrator and i'm happy espect that when i need it smaller, it looks pretty ugly and fuzzy. Like pixels are getting squeezed.

Here is a screenshot of the original on the right and the smaller one on the left:

I am sure i am doing something wring in Illustrator since i don't have much experi


texts: How to get a transparent color other than black with gimp?

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I need to have two 100% transparent colors (I mean invisible) black (000000) and white (ffffff).

When I try to have a 100% transparent color, gimp always set it to black (0x00000000 ARGB) even if I choose white.

Is-it possible to get something else than black transparent color with gimp ?
or I must use for example Alpha = 1 to get another color ? (<-- this works and it's fine, but for me 0% is better)

EDIT : How can I change transparent area color to another transparent color ?
For example from black alpha = 0 to white alpha = 0.

I guess this question seems to be weird, I have no knowledge in gimp or either in "graphic design" but I'm working on a software which need to know if transparent pixel is black or white (only for invisible pixels).


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I'm using Illustrator CS2 to create some graphics. In one of my graphics I'd like to use a "3D" arrow lying on the ground as shown in the following example:

I want to draw arrows just like in the image shown. Best thing would be an effect "3D arrow" so I can scale it afterwards without adapting it... How can I do this? Do I need to use another program or are there special arrows I can load into Illustrator?


texts: Shrink (not compress) a PDF file using free software

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After designing a document in Adobe Fireworks (I know, not made for it, but hey, legally buying software is expensive) I am able to export it to a PDF. The problem is that I designed it at 300 DPI, but the export is at a lower seemingly hard coded1 DPI so the exported document is far far bigger than an A4 and there seems to be no setting to change this. Is there a way to shrink - NOT compress (which is the only thing Google is finding) - a PDF file using free software maintaining text as text (PDF printers would otherwise do the job).

Footnotes:

There is a 'print size' which affects prints and allows me to print a proper PDF, but then I get the text as a graphic.


texts: Creating a website background inspired by spatula stuhhi

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I'm working on a website for a friend of mine. It's a very minimalistic webdesign and right now I'm using a dark grey-ish background. However if found pictures like this:

http://www.puurkleur.com/afbeeldingen/gallery/Spatula_Stuhhi_01.jpg
http://www.puurkleur.com/afbeeldingen/gallery/la_casa_dei_sogni_01.jpg

I want to create a similar effect to use for the background, instead of just the one color grey. I like the 1st link most, it's not just 1 color, but not too contrasting and it's subtle. I'm not experienced with photoshop, I tried to find some tutorials but I can't find none that matches the effect I want to achieve. (probably because I don't know the terms is should google on) I tried playing around with gradient and the brush tool, but it's not even close to what I want to achieve.

Does anybody know what photoshop techniques should be used to create similar effects? If I know that I could google more specific and probably I will be able to find some good tutorials.

Thanks in advance.


texts: What are the most important criteria to consider when purchasing a screen printing table for a home business?

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I would like to purchase a screen printing table for my wife’s textile printing business. It would be great if the table could print textiles as large as 2’x2’.

What are the most important things I should consider?

Don’t want to go cheap and lead to headache, but also don’t want to over buy. We’re expecting the business to grow and so don’t mind purchasing a table which she can grow into.


texts: What's the right hardware and Photoshop configuration for big size canvas with a lot levels?

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with the new devices like iPad Pro I need to design UI with a lot of details and a lot of levels (also with smart object for a faster modifications) cause I need to have all on the same files, the result: a Photoshop LAGGY consequence (like 2 sec. to move an object and 20 sc to save a PNG 2048x1280)... What is your pipeline? I've 8 GB of Ram on my workstation, need more ram?
Thank you.


texts: What software should I use to design clipart pictures of human's performing different exercises?

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I am building a database with descriptions and various other information for strength training exercises.

One of the most important things is to actually let the user get a visual idea of how to perform the exercise, so I want to build a set of clipart pictures that show them. The best example of what I would like to do is this:

(Source)

Their pictures are in .bmp format, but I don't know how they built them. What's the best/easiest way to accomplish this? Is there software out there that can help with this?

It seems like the best approach would be to be able to design a human mockup and then be able to manipulate its joints to show them in various positions. However, I have basically no experience in design/computer graphics so any help and directing me to relevant resources would be much appreciated.


texts: Is there a way in MS Powerpoint to classify all of the content in a document into 2 categories so I can choose to hide one category?

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I am a teacher and I would like to distribute my Powerpoint slides as a PDF to students with certain content hidden.  I would also like easily switch to showing all content (nothing hidden) to print a version for myself.

I know you can hide certain layers, but layering seems to work on a per-slide basis.  There does not seem to be a way to classify all objects in a document to one of two layers.

I am currently maintaining the 2 versions in 2 separate PPT documents.  I have found this too difficult to manage when making changes/updates to the slides.


texts: I don't understand how this dotted line appeared around this object in Adobe Illustrator, how do I get rid of it?

texts: I don't even know what it is or how it got there.


texts: resizing photos from a custom size option

texts: I have an old antique photo that I need to resize for printing from a printing shop, howerver, how do I resize a small 5x7 cm to a large , 20x20cm after being restored.I dont want to have the photos be compromised by the quality . thanks


texts: Gradually changing the width of half of a circle?

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Suppose we have a circle stroke that is 100px in width.  We now want to change it so that the center left side has a stroke with of 50px and the width should increase symmetrically such that when the top and bottom sides reach the right half of the circle the width of the top and bottom left half is 100px?

Also, this might be the same technique, but suppose the center point of the right side of the circle stroke has a width of 100px and we want this to decrease symmetrically and continuously until we reach the left side center point which has a 50px width.


texts: Creating icons with long shadows for Android

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How can I design icons like below, with a circular shape, element in between and shadow to the bottom-right. Play store is filled with such icons.

Is there an online tool to make them quickly or any tutorial (I couldn't find any as I don't know what they are called, so what to search for). I would prefer GIMP tutorial being a linux user.


texts: How to account for a space in OpenType ligature?

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Let's say that I want to replace the character's " ab" with a new character ("_AB"); is it possible to account for this space so that the word "cab" would not include this new character?

feature liga {
  sub _ a b by _AB;
} liga;


texts: Are there any color palette choosing tools that make it easy to incorporate black/gray/white?

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I always have a difficult time choosing color schemes and I think I often end up overloading my designs with color because there's "just something missing." Today I realized that part of the problem is that I often overlook using black and white as a choice. I use Kuler and Color Scheme Designer a lot (and have used various others over the years), but I've yet to see one actually incorporate black, white, and/or gray into the color wheel/harmony and, as a result, none of them would help me find a color scheme like this:

Ideally, I'd like to find a tool that does that (preferably free for personal use). I will also accept strategies for using the tools I already use to incorporate black and white more easily.


texts: I've been searching and I can't find out how to view the code of the SVG we have designed in Illustrator.  Does anyone know how?  I'm relatively new to Illustrator.


texts: Horizontal Slideshow Video in After Effects

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I've just started using after effects for the first time and am in a desperate need to create a slideshow that pans horizontally. There are articles on in the internet that show how to do it in wordpress ,jquery etc etc but none for after effects.

Any kind of help to guide me over this will be highly appreciated.

The Images must pan Horizontally like a smooth film strip.


texts: A reusable object with an image map or SVG interactivity in Illustrator?

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I use Illustrator to make web sites with SVG pages (ozake.com).

To create animations and menus, I use the Attributes palette to add links to an object and I use the SVG Interactivity palette to add mouseover/mouseout actions to object.

I have not been able to find a way to re-use objects between documents and keep the links and SVG interactivity intact.

Ideally, I would create an AI document called "menu.ai" with all the menu functionality, then place it into each page.

But, when I do that all the interactivity is stripped out (AI only places the PDF part of the saved document).

Similarly, when I create a symbol, any SVG-related interactivity is removed.

As a workaround I have copied and pasted all re-used objects between documents and scripted most of the work.

Is there a way to place or extract an external AI document to preserve the link and interactivity?


texts: Is there a recognized name for the 'grippy' part of an interface that indicates movability?

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Gmail (for instance) shows this dotted widget next to the email items to hint that you can drag'n'drop them.

Is there a generally recognized name for this?

Grab bar?
Handle? (this sounds too generic)


texts: Inkscape on Windows: How to change the default unit to pixels for new documents?

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Creating this question, and providing the answer as well.

On new documents created with the default template, the default unit is either in (US) or mm (Europe).

As I work mostly on documents which are displayed on screens, I'm mostly interested in having them measured in pixels (the export to png format is also facilitated).

How to change the unit of the default document?


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I created a custom swatch color, I want to set this color as my Guide color.
I tried Edit > Preferences > Guides & Grid > custom but you can't select a swatch nor you can pick a color (with colorpick)


texts: What are Aseprite's strong points over Photoshop for creating static pixel art?

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I'm in doubt of buying Aseprite for my pixeling needs, but I'm not very eager to have to learn using a new piece of software. Currently, I'm using Photoshop for pixeling, and my workflow in there  is pretty okay, also because I have very good control of that software. I'm not missing many features. Especially since my pixel art is static (as in: no animations) and I foresee it staying that way.

What are the main advantages of Aseprite over Photoshop? What features does this software offer that Photoshop lacks and that I, as an aspiring-professional pixel artist need?


texts: How can I use clipping masks in libre software without side effects when creating a print-ready EPS file for fabric?

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I'm creating a vintage style design for a t-shirt with a weathered texture.

I heard that inkscape can't create print ready EPS files as it converts everything into raster files, then throw them all together into an EPS file (result=low quality).

The workaround is apparently to take your files to scribus. However, in order to do that, you need to delete clipping masks (which is very essential to my design right now) and create them manually instead. However, the type of clipping mask I'll have to recreate manually is a texture (see PNG below).

When I use this as a clipping mask, save it in the default inkscape format (SVG) and open it outside of inkscape, I get a blank SVG file.

Realizing that the raster image is conflicting with the vector, I tried converting the PNG to a vector (trace bitmap), the result however looks something like this:

I also tried converting it to a PDF and then to EPS using ghostscript, however, even as a PDF still, it looks like this:

Once again, I get a blank SVG when opening it outside of inkscape.

When exporting it as a PNG however, everything looks perfect:

Is there perhaps a workaround to this in the libre software? Or if nothing else another way of adding the texture?

Edit:

As suggested by one of the answers, I tried using these settings in Trace Bitmap:

The resulting vector (after changing the fill colour) was this:

However, this is the end result after setting the mask (i.e. Object > Mask > Set):

I noticed that after exporting this as a png that the white areas are transparent, however, when creating an EPS file, they're white again.


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I am very new at photoshop and I am not sure if I have chosen the correct title for the question but I'll give you an example so hopefully that will do it. So basically I am trying to blend one image into another and I've used mask and everything to cut edges but it still doesn't look very authentic and I would like to know if there is a way to paint the image in colours similar to those of the background so that it blends easily. This is what I have for the moment:

I would like for the image on top to be brownish like the old paper on the background instead of gray. Is that possible? Thanks in advance!


texts: How to select a subject from a transparent background?

texts: I downloaded an image which has a transparent background. The subject has lots of feathering around the edges so selecting the background with the magic wand leaves a substantial gap. How do I remove this gap?


texts: Inserting logo from PDF to word processor

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I want to provide a logo design to a client in a vector format for print. I want them to be able to access it to apply to text documents in various word processors as they choose, and hoped for it to be scalable. I have seen advice that PDF is the best way to provide scalable vector graphics for print. I am also providing PNGs for web use at fixed scales.

I was testing the process of PDF for print use. I made a PDF with the logo, and tried to copy it into Pages - no result! I pasted it into Open Office and got a jagged edge on parts of the logo (see below.) Some of the vectors are not jagged, but the ones around the skull are.

Does anyone know the reason that some edges are jagged and how to prevent this?
Can anyone advise on how to make the logo very accessible (e.g. so it can be copied into pages if required)?
What do others do to provide files to clients for print?

Thanks all


texts: I want to make a curl out of a guitar neck. Just to give you some idea, I want to know how I can make the neck a bit curled up to the top so that the entire guitar looks like a written "g". The problem is that all those strings and the details are made of many different objects and I cannot make them curly one by one. I would really appreciate it if someone tells me how I can make something like a path and make the neck follow that.


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I'm trying to find the font used on this website for the name of the singer https://www.lindsayell.com/

I found this one which is similar https://www.dafont.com/adam.font?text=LINDSAY+ELL
But the S is not going that far in the start and ending segment.

Do you know a similar font that has an A without the horizontal bar and which is compatible with international languages including accents?

I want a font like that for my website and some other projects.


texts: Transparency problem with different monitors

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I created a png with a 10% opacity in photoshop. It looks perfect on my laptop and phone. However when I checked it on another person's monitor you could barely see the image. Then when I checked it on my tablet you could not see the image at all. I guess it has something to do with the settings of the monitors? I dont know where to start debugging this. Any direction would be appreciated.

In the above image you can clearly see the faded girl.
On some monitors and my tablet she doesnt show.


texts: Is it at all possible to turn a low res image of 3" x 5" inches  to a high res image of 32" x 81" inches?


texts: How to merge a set of small psd images into a printable A4?

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I have a large set of different small images from the very same size (660 x 144 pixels, 120 pixels/centimiter) which I like to print in a A4 papaer.

Is there some automated script that fit those images and insert some "cutting guidelines"?


texts: Why isn't this symbol stainer tool working on this symbol?

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I've created a symbol in Illustrator with default settings. Here's how I made the object for symbol:

A rectangle with white color - Changed its opacity to 20%
Inside the rectangle, there are circles with black background (It's like a password input field) and opacity is changed to around 20%
Then I grouped all these things and put it in symbol panel to make a symbol
Then I locked and hide it in layer panel.
Now I created fresh symbols of this type. This is fine.

Here's the image:

The problem is that Symbol stainer tool is not working (or may be working I can't see effect). The color is not changing at all. Is it because of Lock/Opacity/Hide of original grouped object?


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How can I create any 2D animation to do this type of animation? What programs can I use?

I am looking to make a flat, circular-bound illustration into a 3D coin (with a different back) and rotate constantly, just like this statue GIF.

I have AfterEffects and Cinema4D. I am not too well-versed in these platforms. It would be great if you can recommend the best workflow for this. :)


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If i am describing a font and i say «it is a sans serif» should i put a hyphen in sans-serif or not? A random amount of googling suggests that both with- and without-hyphen are used, and each one often by a respected authority.
Are there any well documented guidelines?
I'm well aware that many style-guides would recommend a hyphen when “sans serif” is used as an adjective, in for example «the headline should use a sans-serif font», but i'm not really talking about that case.


texts: How to add highlights on a product photo?

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Hello graphicdesign StackExchange community!

I am trying to retouch my image (on the left) on Photoshop to replicate as close to the reference image on the right, but I am not able to create the white highlights.

I tried using the dodge or burn tool but it doesn't work. Would appreciate if anyone has advice or could share links to tutorials on retouching realistic product images!


texts: Copy gradient or style from photoshop to illustrator

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I am new to illustrator, if this is too basic do provide links for me (tutorial).
I've made a shape, and I put styles on the layer, gradient, color overlay, opacity reduced, I know how to copy the shape, but to get the exact same gradient, opacity, how to do it? it's like a blend of styles.


texts: Affinity Publisher: typing text on a new page, text style defaults to [No Style]

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In Affinity Publisher, when I'm typing text on the new page, it's text styles default to [No Style], I have to change it every time. Is there a way I can make everything default to "Body"?
I have tried setting the Text Style to "Body" in the text fields on my master pages, but that didn't work for some reason, when I create a new page and type something, it still switches text to "No Style".
Can you help me out?
Alternatively, it would be nice to be able to update the "[No Style]" settings to match my "Body" settings, so that there would be no visible difference. I tried modifying the "Base" style, but it made no impact on the [No Style] appearance, for some reason.


texts: What term is used to refer to cut vinyl stickers?

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I'm looking to have a decently sized run (anywhere from 100-1000, depending on cost) of stickers made using my company's logo. My standard sources for vinyl stickers don't seem to have options for cut vinyl stickers, so I'm looking for a new source.

The difficulty is that I'm a little unsure what the process is called. I'm going with 'cut vinyl sticker', but maybe they go by something else in the industry.

This image shows the type of sticker I'm looking for:

Note: the sticker shown was two single-color stickers that I put together. I'm not expecting to find someone to do more than a 1-color run.


texts: Image that looks completely different when resized

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Is it possible to design an image that looks completely (or at least very) different when resized to a given (fixed) size?

This would be similar to the technique in Image that looks different on black background and on white, however using image resizing algorithms rather than gamma correction.

The idea would be, for instance, to supply a profile picture to a website which shows it in two different sizes, and have the viewers see starkingly different pictures in both cases. For instance, the word "YES" when seen in full-size, but "NO" when resized to a thumbnail.

This would of course depend on the resizing algorithm and on the source and target sizes, but for a given website (e.g. Facebook), these should remain (fairly) constant.


texts: What's the font(s) used in the App Store badge?


texts: Photoshop CS6 -> Export Layers To Files Subfolders

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I hope that anybody of you could be able to solve my Problem.

I'm using Photoshop CS6 and would like to get only the filename prefix I specify. If I try using the Export Layers to Files command, I get the prefix I created, like 'S03_', but then there is another prefix automatically added like '0001'.

Also, if I have the layers in a group, the prefix is kind of like '0001s' and then there is another one like '0001'.

I searched and found out how to solve that first prefix problem '0001'. So now I'm left with the second problem. I think that it is because these layers are in a group and so the name of the file is now 'S03_0000s_example.png'.

I would like to have these '0000s' prefix gone, or it should be replaced by the name of the Folder it is in like 'S03_examplefolder_example.png'


texts: Is there any difference between a font converted for web and TypeKit

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Let's say I want to use Helvetica Neue on my website.
One solution is to convert the font for web use with websites which transforms the fonts through @font-face css property.

Other solution is to use the font through Adobe TypeKit.

I'm curios about the font rendering.
Is it the same font rendering? I'm asking because the fonts looks so much better when you preview them on Adobe TypeKit.

Does anyone know if there is a real difference in web rendering?


texts: What is the name of this style of design/illustration where cartoony items are surounded by a black/colored stroke?

texts: I have been seeing this style all over the internet and I would like to know its name, here's an example:


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I'd like to have a script that moves one of two layer in a photoshop session by one pixel, save the output as a png and repeat. Here's my attempt (it complains that transform is not avaialable, but I'm using CS6):

// Save selected layer to variable:

app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;

var docRef = activeDocument;
var layerRef = docRef.activeLayer;

for (var dy = 1; dy < 20 ; dy++) {

MoveLayerTo(layerRef,-1,0);

        var opts;
        opts = new ExportOptionsSaveForWeb();
        opts.format = SaveDocumentType.PNG;
        opts.PNG8 = false;
        opts.quality = 100;
        var suffix = zeroPad(dy,5)
    var pngFile = new File("/path/to/file/"+suffix+"filename.png");

    //Folder path for new images

    docRef.exportDocument (pngFile, ExportType.SAVEFORWEB, opts);

}

function zeroPad(n, s) {
   n = n.toString();
   while (n.length < s)  n = '0' + n;
   return n;
};

//******************************************
// MOVE LAYER TO
// Author: Max Kielland
//
// Moves layer fLayer to the absolute
// position fX,fY. The unit of fX and fY are
// the same as the ruler setting.

function MoveLayerTo(fLayer,fX,fY) {

  var Position = fLayer.bounds;
  Position[0] = fX - Position[0];
  Position[1] = fY - Position[1];

  fLayer.translate(-Position[0],-Position[1]);
}


texts: Meaning of layer highlight colors in Illustrator

texts:
I'm working with some objects on some different layers in Illustrator. In the layers panel shows this:

The bluish color is the layer I've selected (my_img_2). I'm curious the meaning of the other two colors. The dark gray seems pretty clearly to be, like, not selected at all (IMGS, my_imgs), though maybe that's wrong. The one I'm most curious about it the light gray color, the meaning of which I can't guess at at all. There aren't any missing fonts or linked images there, which was my first guess.


texts: What is the difference between InDesign Paragraph composer and Single line composer?

texts:
In the new InDesign CC under the Paragraph options there are 4 types of paragraph:

adobe world ready single line composer
adobe world ready paragraph composer
adobe single line composer
adobe paragraph composer

I know that the world ready is a function introduced for RTL languages, but what are the main differences between those types of paragraphs?


texts: Is there an already compiled utility for the Scale2x utility for Mac OS X? I've found source code but I'm looking for a utility that is already built.


texts: How to activate a crossed out character described as "surrogate high, non private use"?

texts:
I'm editing a woff font file using FontForge, and I would like to add a glyph for the unicode character 0xD835.

However the box for this character has 2 crosses, one for the glyph and one for the unicode char (while usually there is only 1 cross for the glyph), moreover its description in the top bar is "surrogate high, non private use" (what does this mean?), see images below

I tried copying a glyph from another character and pasting it into the 0xD835 box, obtaining this

but the character is not displaying when I use it.

Moreover, if I click on "glyph info" then FontForge crashes.

Is it possibile to solve the problem?


texts: Sketch: Object moves relative to another object/text in symbol

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How do I make an object automatically move when I change the text preceeding/"attached to" it?

I'm trying to figure out how this default symbol works (gif included below) and replicate it.

When I type " " into the override, the wifi symbol moves next to the reception dots. When I type a longer string in (see gif), the wifi symbol automatically moves accordingly to after the text.

It's as if the wifi symbol is anchored to the END of the "Carrrier" text box (which doesn't have a fixed width), and moves according to how long the text box is. How is this done in Sketch?

The actual artboard doesn't have any special on it:

Any solutions? Please & thanks!


texts: How do I get Illustrator to export to the same pixel dimensions as my Photoshop file?

texts:
I have a Photoshop file that is 7016X9933 pixels.

I have an Illustrator file that I want to use to generate some line art for the above Photoshop file. What I want to do is be able to export PNG files with transparency at the exact same pixel dimensions as the Photoshop file. This makes it very easy for me to coordinate positions and scales between the two files.

Unfortunately, for reasons I can't understand, I can not get Illustrator to export into the correct pixel ratio:

Even though the Illustrator file has the correct dimensions in the "Original" section of the save for web interface, it changes the output dimensions to 7016X8192.

I have looked everywhere for dpi settings and other issues, but I can not get Illustrator to export in a direct 1 to 1 correlation to the original pixel dimensions.

How do I get illustrator to export my image at 7016X9933 to match my Photoshop file dimensions?


texts: How to recreate this colour change on Photoshop

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I had previously edited this photo, however the file was corrupted and I cannot remember how I edited it, and I can't recreate the same effect of the colour change. I am wanting to recreate the black and white art on the right, any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you
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texts: How can I get my text to follow the path of both the top and bottom lines in adobe illustrator?


texts: Cannot set the right position by text around circle

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I want my text to run around a circle, but I cannot set it properly.

If I center align it, then it shows the whole text, but 90° ccw rotated.

If I left align it, then it cuts the text by 180° and half of the last word is lost.

Any idea how to do this properly?


texts: Inkscape font different from other platforms

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When I'm using the font Segoe Script in Inkscape, the characters vary depending on where they are positioned in the word. I tried using the same font in CorelDraw and Microsoft Word, but they don't have the same behavior as in Inkscape.

Click here to download the Inkscape version

Click here to download the MS Word version

Here is an example of what I'm talking about:

In the majority of the characters, the "tail" in the end of it shows up in word but not in Inkscape. Pay special attention to the y and u characters, which change the most depending on where they are in the word.

I'd like to use the Inkscape version of the Segoe Script font in other softwares, but I'm not sure how to make them behave like this. Or at least understand why Inkscape is doing this but not the remaining softwares like MS Word and CorelDraw.


texts: I'm not sure where to check up what's wrong with my brush setting or mask setting. I used a mask and regular brush with 100% opacity, 100% hardness, but when I brush on the mask tried to remove the object, the object just keeps showing a shadow, like a light ghost. I've attached screenshots of my brush and the mask image here, could anyone help me with this photoshop setting? Greatly appreciated!


texts: Adobe Illustrator: Can I Suspend Rendering of Complex Objects or Bypass the Progress Bar?

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Towards the end of a project (or when revising an old one, or whatever), there comes a certain point sometimes, where multiple tools & effects have been used on several layers and any false move, stray click, or minor adjustment results in the entire session being hijacked by the Progress bar/meter thing. Sometimes for 5-10 minutes at a time. You can end up spending several hours on a few quick fixes or small alterations. Yes, the Progress meter has a Stop button. It doesn't help. Sometimes it actually seems to make it worse. It will eventually interrupt the process, and present a malformed image, but by the time it responds, it's apparent no time was saved.

Here's a quick video demonstration

I tried removing the CPU/GPU Preview, so it's just showing the outlines. But it still goes through the whole process. What can I do to manage this?


texts: Seamlessly connecting two paths with different stroke width - Illustrator

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I'm sure the solution to this will be incredibly simple but I for the life of me cannot figure it out. I'm drawing a basic floor plan and want the interior walls to be a thinner stroke than the exterior.

I expanded the outer wall (red) so that I can snap the interior wall (blue) straight to the corner, however obviously unless the path is closed I can't offset it or use align stroke. I don't want to join the paths as each will be on a different layer.
What's the easiest way to solve this so it appears/snaps seamlessly?
Thanks :)


texts: How to prevent interpolation between keys in 3ds max

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I have an object passing in front of the screen , when the object is offscreen, I move it again on top of it so it "falls" again. The problem is that the 3ds max interpolates the key "on return" and the object is visible during a single frame.

Is it possible to set the key as "non-contiguous"?


texts: How to find the color "A" that would look exactly the same as 100% opacity color "B" when it is at 90% opacity?

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So I have color "B" at 100% opacity.
I need a way of finding the color "A" that looks exactly the same as the above when it is at 90% opacity.

Assume that background is pure white but I don't think that matters as long as it's the same color on both instances.

How can this be done?


texts: How to get  for SVG with Illustrator CS4

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I'm trying to get the <path> data for an SVG file I'm creating with Illustrator CS4.  It needs to look something like this, where I'm interested in retrieving the numbers inside the d attribute...

<path d="M100,0 C155.2286,0 200,43.7106221....etc." id="myID" fill="#444444"></path>

The problem is that no matter which settings I try, my SVG file output does not contain this <path> element.  It only contains an <image> element looking something like this...

<image style="overflow:visible;" width="200" height="200" id="myID" xlink:href="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAMgAAADICAYAAACtWK6eAAAACXBIWXMAAAsSAAALEgHS3X78AAAA...

I'm looking at various online tutorials like this one.  It shows settings that output the <image> but at the end it jumps to an output containing the <path> just like I want.  The problem is that it's not really showing anything about how to get to that point.   No matter what I do, I only see <image>.  Thanks.

EDIT:

I'm getting closer.  I finally realized that to get a <path> I needed to convert the raster image to vectors.  I used the "Live Trace > Make" option.  Now my output contains multiple <path> elements as well as the <image> element... how do I get just one <path>?

EDIT 2:

As per a request in comments, here is an example image already created by somebody else.  It's an RSS icon represented by a single <path>...

<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
    <g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
        <path d="M100,0 C155.228476,-3.41060513e-14 200,44.771524 200,100 C200,155.228476 155.228476,200 100,200 C44.771524,200 0,155.228476 0,100 C0,44.771524 44.771524,3.03201907e-14 100,0 Z M40.0135555,79.4855784 L40.0135555,102.780614 C55.2214198,102.790103 69.6051125,108.763989 80.3694989,119.544636 C91.1311742,130.291394 97.0806631,144.696768 97.1050629,159.95749 L97.1131962,159.95749 L97.1131962,159.999512 L120.504488,159.999512 C120.485511,137.809245 111.465711,117.709228 96.8827535,103.115434 C82.2970845,88.5243505 62.2051899,79.4991339 40.0135555,79.4855784 Z M44.7525423,155.112773 L44.7471201,155.112773 L44.7525423,155.118195 L44.7525423,155.112773 C47.7008537,158.048883 51.7200459,159.849046 56.1947014,159.849046 C60.6747791,159.849046 64.7034602,158.054305 67.6531271,155.118195 L67.6639714,155.112773 C70.6082161,152.172597 72.4056694,148.168318 72.4165138,143.718064 C72.4056694,139.259678 70.6082161,135.255399 67.6531271,132.304378 L67.6585492,132.304378 L67.6531271,132.300311 L67.6531271,132.304378 C64.6993935,129.369624 60.6747791,127.55726 56.1947014,127.55726 C51.7214015,127.55726 47.7022092,129.365557 44.7525423,132.304378 L44.7525423,132.300311 C41.8110087,135.24591 40,139.259678 40,143.718064 C40,148.17374 41.8110087,152.173952 44.7525423,155.112773 Z M40.0555774,62.9029686 C93.5271714,62.9416349 136.994841,106.477281 137.030841,159.999512 L160,159.999512 C159.984,126.919781 146.538769,96.9493582 124.809601,75.2055351 C103.073766,53.4683787 73.1233263,40.0151548 40.0555774,40.0004883 Z M40.0555774,62.9029686" fill="#444444"></path>
    </g>
</svg>


texts: Difference between "Black & White" and "Grayscale"

texts: From my previous question I found that Grayscale ≠ Black & White. So, I want to know the differences between "Grayscale" and "Black & White" clearly/completely.


texts: Photoshop: How to know current size of drawn shape when selecting contained shape layer

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I use Rectangle tool, Rounded Rectangle Tool ... to draw a shape. After that, I move to another layer then go back to nearly created shape layer.

My question is: How can I know current size of drawn shape ? I have press Command + T to open transform tool but still no see any information here.

Thanks :)


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Back in the 1970s my father self-published a newsletter, and I'm trying to figure out what the printing process was that he used.

He laid everything out by hand (of course) and then there was a step that looks like a photographic negative and another step (not sure which came first) on a metallic sheet with maroon-colored text.

What process was he using?


texts:
By block-layout, I mean style like these:

Medium,Readwrite,Kicktarter

There aren't too many on gallery sites(for example, Flat UI Design). Most of them are for product promotion, making a big focus at first. Like this:

And I'm design a website needing block-layout, and really need more examples for inspiration. Where could I find them?


texts: I need to recreate/convert two designs respecting color blindness. Where to start?

texts:
I have a design made with RGB for digital platforms and the same design made in CMYK for printing.
Now, I have to recreate both designs respecting Deuteranomaly, Protanomaly and Monochromatic.
Where should I start? Google did not help much - which made me come here - I figure I might be searching for the wrong terms.

I do not look forward to have "one size fits all". This was made for a school, and teachers will handle these to normal vision and color blinded students. Basically, I should have 4 files for each design.

I think Monochromatic could be the easiest, converting everything to Black and White and increasing contrast. What about the rest?
Tool I’m using: Affinity Designer


texts:
This may be a bit of a rant but maybe I am missing something.
The more I dive into Pantone color matching the more I am starting to think it's all worthless. I have been a graphic designer for many years and over the years I have noticed there are inconsistencies with exact Pantone colors.
We had a printing company print 100,000 stickers and even between this batch there were slight changes of hue. I assume because the printer was either getting hot or ink was getting low in area so it was being compensated.
We also sent a Pantone color (374U) to two different printing companies and even these came back slightly different.
So my question is: if Pantone is supposed to be printed the same color no matter who prints it what is the point of Pantone since this is obviously not true.
With all the variables to color (pixels in monitor, tone mapping curve, how the paint mixer is physically mixing paint, CMYK conversion) it seems impossible to always have a consistent color because every print company has different printers and processes.
What am I missing?
EDIT: Thank you to everyone for all of the wonderful answers I learned so much (I wish I could mark them all as correct.)


texts: Why does enabling transparency in an animated gif reduce its file size?

texts:
I have a gif that I want to modify in Photoshop:

When I'm ready to save, I use "Save for Web" and look for ways to optimise it. These are the settings that are loaded automatically. The estimated file size is 1.871M.

I uncheck "Transparency" since there is none in the image, thinking that this might reduce the size. But instead, the size is effectively doubled. The new estimated file size is 3.739M.

So what I'd like to know is... why?

Update 1:
I've fiddled around with different images after reading Yorik's comment

“. . . AFIAK gifs do not store the whole image per-frame, but rather sub-frames that change.”

It does seem like that's the case, since testing with this gif (where the entire image changes every frame) gives a much smaller difference between images saved with and without transparency (source):

With transparency: 531 bytes
Without transparency: 502 bytes

That's a saving of ~5%, which is much less than the ~50% savings that we get with the image in my original question.
So it appears that transparency allows for some optimization related to changes in the image. I can guess how, but I'd rather hear from someone with a deeper understanding of the gif format.


texts: What are examples of magazine-like front-pages in web design?

texts:
I'm designing a responsive front-page layout for a well known online community (just dribbbled this preview). The content section will feature a list of several articles, each containing:

A thumbnail;
A title;
An excerpt;
Related metadata.

There will be a minimum of two articles per row (up to four articles, maximum), just like in a magazine layout with an index of articles on its front-page. Right now I'm pursuing the correct balance between aesthetics and functionality while keeping a very clean and understandable layout. Unfortunately I'm miserably failing at it and I need some inspiration and examples of magazine-like front-pages in web design (listing articles with similar structure as the one listed above) that can help me to better structure my contents into this responsive layout. Some of the following examples could fit my needs:

Pitchfork
Design made in Germany

Sadly, that's all I got. Do you have any more examples of this kind of magazine-like layouts? Do you have any other feedback that could help me accomplish a layout that looks more like an online magazine front-page?


texts:
I have vector image which does not print well, unless I rasterize it. Image created in Inkscape. I have tried to save it as PDF and print using Acrobat Reader DC, also to print it directly in Inkscape.
The solution I found - to print it rasterized: File > Print -> in Rendering tab checked Bitmap and set DPI to 600. However result is not as sharp as printed vector image (I have also other components in the image, which prints properly not rasterized).
Also I tried to create PDF in AI, however printing produces another distorted result. See pictures below (first rasterized, second Inkscape and third AI). PDF in Acrobat Reader itself looks as expected in both versions.

I am wondering if it is an issue with printer or image is too complex to print it properly. Link to PDF created in Inkscape. Printer I am using CLP-365. Toner saving is off.


texts: How do I prevent the surroundings to leak in when I blur a selected area, or how do I clean up the leaked area?

texts:
I selected an area in the picture right next to a white wall, and then applied a Gaussian blur to the selection.
Problem is some of the white from the wall spilled into the selected area as a result of the Gaussian blur, even though no part of the white wall was in the selection.
Now how do I remove this white cast from the area next to the white wall ?

Alternatively, how do I apply a blur to a selection and prevent pixels from outside the selection to come in and contaminate the selected area ?


texts:
I want to colour an unclosed shape, to be more precisely what I mean:

Here is where the person creates 2 lines and suddenly he makes the background (fill) green between the 2 lines:

Link to original Video

I want to do that as well, but I have no idea how...


texts: How can a popular free site with minimal budget obtain quality UI/UX design support?

texts:
I'm the dev of a web-based music player called TheParade.

I listen to music on youtube often, and wanted a better experience, so I created the app, which I've been incrementally coding up over the past year in my free time.

So far, the site has been well received and people are liking the straight forward interface (as opposed to bloated big apps with tons of album artwork etc). Ever since grooveshark shutdown, usage has increased even further. That being said, the site, while functional, leaves a LOT to be desired in terms of a better UI/UX. I'm not the best coder, and I'm even less of a designer.

This is a free site, and I don't have a budget to hire good UI/UX help. I could try to improve the UI/UX myself, but it would take me years to reach a standard that I'd feel is good enough. In addition, there is also a backlog of at least 30 coding tasks I still need to complete.

Given my circumstances, any ideas what options I have for improving the UI/UX of the site are?

I was toying with the idea of partnering up with a UI/UX person and we could co-work on the site, but I don't know if this is feasible/

Thanks!


texts: Spacing objects evenly on a spine with an open path using the blend tool

texts: I made a blend of stars and chose the replace with spine command. The stars are not evenly spaced. I then decided to add anchor points and adjust them to try and space the stars evenly. Is there an easy way to distribute these stars evenly along an open path?


texts: InDesign Merge Data Text width fit frame width and not the opposite

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Good Evening,

I would like to have my text width stretching automatically to its Text frame in InDesign CS6.
(I want the text adapting to the frame and not the frame adapting to the text)
So the text will have the same width even if it is a bit stretched.
Is it something we can do ?


texts: Will changing image resolution from 300 to 72 without resampling reduce the quality?

texts:
This is a rather stupid question so I apologise in advance but I just wanted to be 100% sure! I have a set of photos at 300 ppi that are 800 pixels by 800 pixels and need to convert them in Photoshop to 72 ppi for web use (at the same size: 800px by 800px).

In Photoshop if I use the 'Resize Image' option and uncheck 'Resample Image' and then change the resolution to 72 obviously the pixel size will stay the same (but the physical dimensions in cm/inches will change). Presumably this will cause no quality loss at all compared to the original as all pixels will be retained there will just be less pixels per inch (as many as are required for web)?

I just wanted to make sure as one of my designers told me it would degrade the image quality but I don't think that's right?

The final image file used on the web will be a jpg but presumably in this same scenario TIFs would be the best source file type so as to not save to jpg twice (and suffer the associated image degradation)?

Thanks so much everyone!

Dave


texts: In Inkscape, how do I form one image into my shape?

texts:
Okay, so I'm trying to design a dress for an online game I play for the first time using Inkscape. What I'm trying to do is take the lace png, and layer it over top of the dress so it takes the exact shape of the dress and becomes kind of like an overlay, so you can see the blue through the lace, but it looks like just one solid dress. I hope I am explaining this correctly. Can someone help me?

EDIT: I found a way to select both using shift, and then click "create a mask" or something, and the lace takes the shape of the dress. however, the blue doesn't remain underneath of the dress, it's just a transparent lace over top of the avatar.

EDIT: I figured out how to do it! I thought I may as well share my solution instead of deleting the thread in case someone runs into the same problem and can't find an answer. What I did was duplicate the dress, move it to the side, put the lace over the dress, create a mask, and then drag the laced dress over top of the solid blue one. Bam. Blue lace dress.


texts: How do you edit or simply add color to downloaded vector Icons?

texts:
I would like to know how to edit vector icons (that I downloaded from set) in photoshop.

I know this is probably a stupid question but i have been following a tutorial which involved downloading a vector icon set, then copying and pasting one of these icons (a mobile phone) into PS doc, which I have done. The next step is to fill the screen of the mobile vector with color.

I cannot figure out how to do this.


texts: In After Effects, when I scale two layers at once they scale at different rates?

texts: I am trying to resize two mov layers together. I would usually select both layers, hold shift to maintain their shape and drag the scale slider or layer corner inwards/outward. When I tried this the two objects changed scale at different rates and ended up quite different to each other? this only occurs when mov files are in the composition; on a separate comp with solids scaling works fine. How do you resize two mov at the same time?


texts: How to show grid with zoom lower than 35%

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I'm making a poster in "A0" format.
When I zoom out to 35% and below, the grid disappears.

It's a shame because of the size of the document I often need to work at low zoom to have an overview.

Is there a way to force scribus to show grid under 35% zoom?

Below are two screenshot, the first is at 36% (grid shown) and second 35% (grid not shown):

EDIT:

I mistakenly used the word "guides" to speak about "grid". I now corrected my question.


texts:
need some help identifying this font, I've tried online id but no luck...
thanks

here:


texts: Inkscape Font-specific Baseline Drop in Flow Region (Text Box)

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When I change my font, my baseline drops inside of a flowRegion (text box).  Specifically the Cardo font (I have not noticed others); see the image below.

How do I adjust the baseline so the font starts at the top of the text region?

Steps to reproduce:

Get/install the Cardo Font
Open Inkscape 0.91 (Windows 7?)
Draw a text box
Type text
See its baseline where you would expect
Select text and choose Cardo font
See its baseline drop bad

For what it is worth, this was not a problem in the past, likely with a previous version of Inkscape (0.48?).  I discovered the problem when opening a previous .svg file and found my text was missing (well, it was not missing it was just too low to see).


texts: How do you scale uniformly, using the Scale Tool in Illustrator?

texts: When using Illustrator's interactive Scale Tool, how do you scale an object uniformly?


texts: How to make radial gradient with two or more "focuses"?

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I tried to make several radial gradient fills to single rectangle, but unable to make them all visible in the same way. I tried different "blending modes", but was unable to find required combination.
I need three light spots in different places in the picture below.

How to do that?


texts: How do I allow " to render rather than " in inkscape?

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I am developing a tool that will take Inkscape made SVG files.

I want to make it so I enter various tagings like {{="test this"}}
And my renderer, made it myself, would then replace the item with properly escape and valid stuff in the svg.

Similar to the way one might use and HTML document template I am doing it as an SVG.

Is there a way for me to edit the file in Inkscape and not have to worry about manually going in and replacing all my " parts with actually "?
There may be other characters too, just haven't looked yet.

The idea is that a designer makes very little changes in hist svg to make a dynamic image with a controller passing a context to it.

Here is a video of the issue:
https://youtu.be/76pES20gFHg


texts: Illustrator Action / Script To Do Repetitive Artboard Reduction + Export

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So I have a large number of *.ai files with assets at 3 unique sizes.

I want to export the right most one to file (the largest one).

My current process for doing this manually is:

Open File
Delete paths in left two artboards with V (Selection Tool) + (manually select paths) + Del.
Enter artboard editor mode: Document Setup > Edit Artboards.
Click 'X' icon in top right of each of the leftmost artboards to delete them.
File > Export
Click Use Artboards checkbox
Click save (default name based upon *.ai file name is appropriate in my case).

Obviously if I had some way to batch or script this manual process, it would be much quicker.

A brief search in local questions yielded an answer on creating artboards via script, but nothing on going in the opposite direction -- deleting them via script.

Also: I should add that the leftmost two artboards (which I'm deleting) are always the same size and position relative the largest artboard.  I imagine that would help on any automated solution, albeit I'm anticipating it'd be complex given the lack of pertinent material I found when poking around.


texts: Recommendations for acquiring (affordable) font bundles

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I have never - technically - bought a font for personal use (I can state that in shame, all the fonts I've bought were for clients or came with software I own). It's now time to spend some gold coins on nice typography, and I was wondering if there are foundries that offer font packs or bundles.

I imagine the bundle to be something like: Popular font + Less popular but quite nice font + 3 or 4 little ones. I would even prefer acquiring less known fonts, like these beautiful Canadian ones. And while some classics are good, I'd bend more towards new fonts (designed in the last 3-5 years).

Any recommendations on what's the best way(s) to buy these font bundles?  My gold coins are quite limited, I must say. The use I want to give them is mostly personal projects (graphic experiments).


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I have to rebuild a flattened file from scratch and have no information about the font and Photoshop style used. I have been able to recreate the Photoshop style, but I have a hard time identifying the used font.

Can you help me identify this serif font?

EDIT:

I forgot to note that I've already tried the usual font-identification sites… with no success. Even asking some of the "expert" forums turned up with no result.


texts: I have created a pie chart and colored it and all is looking good, however I am stuck with lines between each section and ideally I would like a solid color with no outline.  Been searching around and can't seem to find it anywhere.  Here is an example of what I am trying to achieve: http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing/how-to-create-outstanding-modern-infographics/ Scroll down to step 15.  Thanks for any help, also I'm using illustrator CS5


texts: How to easily round corners on non-rectangle shapes?

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(CS6)

Illustrator's Effect > Stylize > Round Corners effect gives strange results on non-rectangles. How can you take an irregular shape that has sharp corners, for example:

...and round the corners on each curved segment, like I've done manually on the first and last segments here?

Things I've tried:

Doing it manually with the pen tool takes a very long time. It's difficult to make the rounding consistent or uniform, and it's very easy to accidentally distort the rest of the curves.
Effect > Stylize > Round Corners gives strange, inconsistent results:

Inner strokes set to round corners seem to always come out square:


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I'm designing a website at the moment.
The client's corporate colour is PANTONE Black 2C (made up of 70% Black and 30% Yellow).

Now, when printed it comes out very dark but with a hint of yellow. Though, on screen it's considerably lighter and is actually quite a horrible colour.

I understand the reasons why it's lighter on screen, but obviously, I can't build the website with the same colours because it's not very nice and doesn't reflect the company colours in the correct way (despite it being the identical colour).

Does anyone know how to match the final printed colour to an on-screen colour in this way? Aside from photographing the printed material and eye-dropping it in Photoshop...


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About a year ago when starting out on graphic design in school I started doing a bit of free work (something I'm not doing any longer) for a 'client' here and there.

For this one client I provided a logo and some other branding for free, but only for screen usage.
He recently asked me for a print version of the logo to print it on tshirts and when I stated that that would cost him a small fee he backed off.
But I have the feeling he is still going to print it either way (probably with the screen version).

Now I came to the conclusion it was stupid to not agree on some kind of contract or agreement, but the work I provided then was only for screen usage and I would like a cut or one time fee on any work that is being put on tshirts & merchandising.

What are my options here? Is this still protected as my work under copyright when he decides to publish it either way, and can I still take action when he does?
Would it be wise to send a contract now or have I just lost the thing and is he free to do whatever he wants and to print it on merchandising without my consent and paying me?

I couldn't find anything regarding copyrights on a free work on the web so I resorted to StackExchange. Thanks in advance.


texts: How would one recognize a /this font? (pictures for the specific font included)

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I need to find out what font was this written with:

I have already tried http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ but it didn't help.
Do you know of some sites that display galleries of known fonts? I've only managed to get to bizzare fonts for some reason.

Anyway, any solution is welcome,
thx


texts: How to set the guides in Photoshop 2014 locked by default?

texts: How can I set the guides locked in Photoshop 2014 by default? It's too annoying to lock the guides on every startup.


texts: Krita - How to disable the transform tool's behavior that changes the opacity/layer ordering of the layer being transformed?

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One of the most frustrating features of Krita is how it brings the layer you're transforming to the top of the render/preview stack, making it render in front of everything else, including guides.

This is not helpful and "ease-of-use" at all, as it can make it really difficult to see the guide.

For example, in the preview below, the layer being transformed is showing above the guide.

I can't seem to find the setting where this can be configured. Is there a way to disable this behavior? Thank you!


texts: Batch fit images into ratio with blurred background

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I need to resize a lot of images into a 4:3 ratio with the desired effect.

Is there a way to do this using photoshop actions? (the background can be scaled or two copies moved to the sides, either way works)

image credits: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id603106194


texts: How to make layer from object immediately in illustrator cc?

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I was wondered if I can make a layer from selected object in illustrator directly?

instead of creating a new layer then grab the 'path' from the previous layer to make it a new layer.

any shortcut related to this?


texts: Free software for starting graphic design

texts: I'm starting out in graphic design. What is the best free software available? Also, are there any recommendations for PC equipment and tips for getting the best outcome?


texts: How to draw cement-wall-like transition background in Adobe Illustrator?

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I would like to draw how shadow decays on plaster-like wall in Adobe Illustrator, like this

Is it possible to do with Illustrator?


texts: Multiply effect when printing on cardboard stock

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So I've designed a label and been using a cardboard texture as a guide for when it will be printed on actual cardboard.

I've used the multiply blending effect in InDesign so I can get some of the texture coming through the elements. How can I translate this when taking away the temporary texture guide and using real cardboard stock?

Does this make sense?


texts: Why Inkscape adds a white border while printing?

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I use to print my Inkscape works to a pdf document in order to import them to a LaTeX document.

I always print them to a pdf file (my OS has this option by default < Kubuntu 14.04>) because I consider it to be faster to hit Ctrl+P than going all the way to Save As and select the infinite options to get a pdf.

I just noticed that the printed files (both the pdf and the printed with a real printer and previews of both of them) have a "frame" (more like bands) in the right side and in the bottom. How can this be fixed or prevented?

MWE:

Download the MWE Files, you will get a zip file containing the .svg (the source file ), the printed file (file printed to pdf ) and the saved file (Drawing.pdf). Compare the file "Printed.pdf" and "Drawing.pdf" and you will notice the band in the right and bottom of the page of "Printed.pdf" which won't appear in the "Drawing.pdf"


texts: Transforming 3rd-party discrete gradient mesh to AI's smooth gradient-mesh

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The problem

I use pst-solides3d (part of pstricks bundle for LaTeX) to generate the following surface.

The surface is not a mesh, but a collection of disjoint quadrilateral patches, each with a uniform color. The overall effect looks like a gradient effect, but it is not true smooth gradient (if you consider 3D rendering, it usually cannot produce vector format graphics). I want to turn it into a smooth gradient surface just like in AI.

The problem with blend (of these quadrilateral patches) is that it does not produce a satisfying result. So I had to take the pain to work with gradient mesh. To create such a strange shape of gradient mesh is also difficult. It does look better with very coarse mesh (see the following), but it is still very time consuming.

The question

So my question is, is there a way to translate the mesh generated by PSTricks into a gradient mesh in AI?

Alternatively, if there is a better way to do this, I would also like to know it. Thank you.


texts: Easy Archiving/Organising your graphic elements for later use

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As many designers, I sometimes find myself designing elements not for a particular project but only because inspiration was there and I might use it in a later project. It could be a button, an icon, a character or whatever.

When they are finished, I used to just through them inside a folder, which I would reorganise later when I have time. But as their number is growing it becomes more and more difficult to find what I'm looking for.

I think this could be fixed by abandonning folders introducing some tagging system with a search feature, but I would like to hear some thoughts from other designers.

How do you organise and sort you work to be able to retrieve it later efficiently? What software do you use?


texts: Add fill to comic-style font in Inkscape

texts: In Inkscape, I'm using the Komika Glaze font, styled like the drop shadows that you might see in a comic book.  So, the shapes formed by the font itself should remain black.  But, the interiors of the letters are transparent.  So, when placed over a colored background, e.g. yellow, it appears as though I'm using a yellow font on a yellow background.  How can I easily select the interiors of the letters to fill them with white?   For example, in the letter 'o', there are four concentric circles (outside-in): the outside shadow, the interior, the inner shadow, and the inner transparent area.  How can I select just the interior, without selecting the inner transparent area?


texts: Pathfinder bug - doesn't cut the exact path

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I've been trying to go through a basic tutorial.
When I get to Step 7 (of creating the main two shapes), I need to use pathfinder to intersect between two shapes. But the intersect function's outcome is not exact (and actually other pathfinder functions.) I believe it's a bug.

This is how it looks with maximum zoom before the intersection:

And This is how it looks with maximum zoom after the intersection:

You can clearly see that the intersection wasn't made where the exact path of the yellow shape was, but a little bit downwards of that.

Here's two .ai files that correspond to both states for you to download: Before and After.


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Does anyone know of good/reputable graphic design conferences/conventions in the states?
I'm looking to attend one that focuses both on web and print design.

Your recommendations are appreciated.


texts: Is it possible to make page's black border hidden in indesign?  ( As we can hide art board in illustrator)  I am not comfortable with that thin black border around my design when designing web pages...


texts: What drawing style are the esurance characters? Actually, more specifically what drawing style is this Gorilla?


texts: What are the pros and cons of using Lab color?

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I often see suggestions of converting an image to the Lab color model when editing images in, for example, Photoshop. What are the pros and cons of doing this?

Are there specific functions or tasks that Lab color will help me with, and are there any specific cases when I shouldn't use Lab color? I understand that the Lab color model has a wider gamut than both CMYK and RGB. Does that cause problems with using out-of-gamut colors?

Is there any benefit to using Lab colors in vector images? Illustrator, for example, doesn't allow you to work in Lab color at the document level, but you can create spot colors or use the Recolor Artwork function using Lab values—is there any benefit in doing that?

Bonus question: Is it "LAB", "Lab" or "L*a*b*"? I regularly see all used.


texts: Importing Word 2003 in InDesign preserves font face from word

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I am importing Word 2003 files into InDesign CS5.5 by placing/linking them and mapping the Word styles to the ready made ID styles. The Word document is simple and designed with this in mind! I have 2 paragraph styles and 2 character styles for bold/italic.

I do not care about the word styling. I just want the Word styles to map to my styles in ID and for the text to display based on the ID styles.

It almost woks. Placed text displays with the mapped ID style properties, except the font face is overridden by the font face I have in the Word file. So every times I update the Word I have to select all and clear overrides for that story...


texts: Is there a specific name for this kind of illustration style? And how can I achieve this in Photoshop?

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Hi everyone,

I am working on an illustration project and came across this style of illustration. It has the effect of Airbrush/Noise on the edges. I have no idea if this kind of style has a specific name to it. Also, is there a way that I can achieve the same style in my illustration(brushes, etc.)

Thanks in advance
Mayank


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I am creating a web site. I originally had it set up in layer comps for different pages. I need to be able to export a PDF of the entire site, but with each page being correctly cropped (not all the pages are the same length, obviously).

I have seen people create an InDesign document linking to the PSDs, but when exporting a PDF, that does not solve the individual page length of each page, and you get white space on the bottom of all the pages besides the longest page.

I am currently trying an option where I create individual PSDs for every single page of the web site, and then place all my PSDs in an Illustrator document, since it's very easy to adjust the length of each page or art board (and the length of each page probably won't change from here going forward when making any updates to the PSDs.)

Am I doing this right? Is there a better way?


texts: Avoiding resolution problems with collages

texts: I am trying to create my first medium-sized poster in Photoshop, to print at 300ppi on A3. I need to bring together a collage of small files but I am worried that I will inadvertently expand one of the images beyond the 300ppi mark, so it looks blurry. In particular I am using iPhone and Android screenhots and I want the text to appear sharp. Can you advise - is there something like the pre-flight tool in InDesign for checking resolutions of individual components?


texts: Intelligent Headers And Subheaders In Indesign

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I am working on a book of poems. Each poem has a title and some poems also have a dedication below the title (basically a sub header). I would like my Poem Title paragraph style to include a double space below it. I can set this up using:

Paragraph Style > Indents And Spacing > Space After

This will push down the following paragraph.

However, when the title is followed by the dedication (which has its own Poem Title Sub paragraph style), the dedication is pushed down.

I can see two ways of solving this problem:

Include a different paragraph style for Titles that are followed by a Subtitle and add Space After to the Poem Title Sub.
Add the space to the Poem Body paragraph style, but make it Space Above instead.

I don't like the first as it is inflexible in terms of text changes and I don't like the second as it doesn't feel like the space is the responsibility of the paragraph.

Is there a better solution to this problem? Ideally I would like just three styles - Poem Title, Poem Title Sub and Poem Body. Is there a way to have the Poem Title only apply space if it is directly followed by a Poem Body?

I'm using InDesign 2017.


texts: I've been learning Photoshop, used the Text tool many times but today I came across some options which I've never seen before. Can someone explain what they are for, and how to turn them on/off?


texts: Find image object perspective and rotation

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I'm not a graphic designer and my photoshop/illustrator knowledge are near to zero.

I have an image like this one:

And I need to find the screen (not monitor) perspective, perspective origin and xyz rotation angles.

What I try to achieve is to fit onto monitor screen some html block transformed with css.

Is there a way to find this info using photoshop/illustrator?
Can someone explain how to do this if possible or point me to a good tutorial that will explain.
What I found on google is how to rotate an image but not how to get the info mention above.


texts: Use specific color map index as transparent in a .gif file

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Is there a way of setting the color to be used as transparent in a .gif file to a specific index in the color map?

I have tried ImageMagick. For example, if I want to make all red in the image to use the color of index 10 which is blue:

convert in.gif -transparent-color blue -transparent red out.gif

This works fine if we don't worry about the indexes. The red in the picture is now transparent blue. But IM adds this transparent blue to the color table after the last used index. In my case I need the transparency to be a color map index of my choice. GIMP can rearrange the color map, which seems like something that might work, but I will still have to investigate this since it haven't really been working out.


texts: I want to cut the top of the rectangles at an angle using illustrator

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Here's my original logo image:

I want to create a diagonal cut effect as in the following :

What I'm currently doing is the following :

I'm making the illusion that the image is cut but using a rectangle (which is shown in red here but normally would be with white borders) that is rotated. Now, when I export the image in illustrator, I get the first image result. However, my problem is that this works well on a white background but does not on any other background since we clearly see the rectangle in white on a black background per say.

How can I manage to cut the edge of the rectangles to produce the desired effect without using a big rectangle that would be shown on a color background.


texts: How to easily find layer by NAME in Aftereffects?

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Ok, I have over 100 layers in the AI file Im trying to animate in AE and I have a problem. If Im looking for the layer named "head" for example, I have no way to find it except scrolling through all layers. This is inefficient.

Is there any way (without a script) to quickly find & select an AE layer? I have the command F search bar, but searching there does no good:

Is there a way to do this?


texts: Draw curved line that clips text with transparency in Illustrator

texts: I am using Illustrator CS6 and I have some text and want to create a curved line from the bottom left of the text to the bottom right that has a uniform vertical curve to it.  Then I want to clip the line so it splits the text with transparency.  See the image below, this was done in PhotoShop just using the Eraser Tool to give you an idea of what I am trying to achieve.  How can this be done in Illustrator CS6?


texts: How can we tell visually if x-height is low,average or high?

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I've been reading this https://prowebtype.com/selecting-body-text/ and I found it extremely in terms of characteristics for body type selection. I have one question though: there's an example of Adobe Garamond having low x-height, but I wouldn't be able to tell by the example if it wasn't pointed out.How can we tell visually if they have a low,average or high x-height?

Best regards,
Carla


texts: Not sure if I'm missing something but the text isn't wrapping/continuing onto the next line within the area text box in Photoshop. It just hyphenates and disappears outside the bounding box. If I hit enter to force a line break same thing? I don't work with text in Photoshop much but I don't know what I'm missing.


texts: How to make a symmetric gradient in GIMP?

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I want to make a simple gradient in GIMP. The left edge and right edge should be white, the middle 100% transparent. The rate of change shouldn't be linear, I want the transparent part to be much wider than the left and right parts, giving the impression of the edges of the picture fading away when placed on a white background.

I went into the Gradient editor, but couldn't figure out how to use it. I could only add new segments by replicating existing ones, and then changing the endpoint colors at one of them also changed the colors of all other replicas.

I also tried opening copies of existing multi-color gradients for editing, such as Abstract 2, but I couldn't figure out how they are made. Whichever segment I selected, the context menu insisted that the end points are red and magenta, even when I was in the middle of a segment transitioning from sandy yellow to green.

I tried looking into the documentation, but if the solution is in there, I didn't find it.

Any ideas how I'm supposed to use the editor to get my gradient?


texts: Are there any Photoshop filters that will dither to a limited color palette?

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I have an RGB color image that I'd like to print with a black-and-white laser printer.  I'd like to have some control over how the image is dithered rather than letting the printer do it.

I'm aware that in Photoshop (or most raster image editors) that I could convert the image to indexed color (or export it for the web), choose my limited color palette (in this case, black and white), and dither it.

However, I'd prefer to have something more dynamic, akin to a Threshold adjustment layer or to the Posterize filter, so that I can use the Burn and Dodge tools to more precisely control the dithering of specific parts of the image.  Having to change color modes and then undoing involves a lot of trial-and-error and is rather tedious.

Does any such thing exist?


texts: Rounded corners on a rectangle are not even

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Inkscape suddenly decided to make rectangle corner rounding uneven. I'm not sure what setting was changed.

Currently two files are open and in file 1 corner rounding is even, while in file 2 corner rounding is uneven. I press the same key combo in both cases (Ctrl + Left Mouse Click and drag).

File 1: even corners

File 2: uneven corners

Is this a bug or a setting that got changed inadvertently?


texts: How to transfer large design files and images via internet

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I need to transfer a .psd file that contains different layers online. It's too large for gmail and will take to long to send via physical mail.

What are some ways I can send these files?


texts: Illustrator: Exporting in 0,5 with 'export for screens' doesn't export in truly halve the size

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I have a problem that drives me crazy, I have a lot of artboards that are exactly 32x32. The content on it is pixel perfect. I want to export all those artboards in 16x16 in the .png format using 'export for screens'. The result I get is that they all change dimensions after exporting.

Starting point:

After exporting:

What am I doing wrong?


texts: How to open Illustrator file in Photoshop

texts: How to open a large Illustrator file (eg. 120 in x 48 in) saved in Illustrator. Then, how to open the same file to actual size in Photoshop?


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A little bit in followup with my previous topic, with a few discussions additionally.

I'm stuck with something, which might be either personal or actually based on facts, but.. The thing is: Does an invoice needs a front paper?

Or other ways to describe the question: Is it bad to have (not)?

A few arguments in favor

A build up. Not the costs directly in the face
Can have a nice, peaceful design
Create an 'experience', in favor of the negative one: The costs

A few arguments against

An additional page that the client needs to click, scroll, swipe ("interaction design")
Not directly the content they request (costs)
Another sheet of paper, additional ink


texts: Why do I have to click the anchor point after every curve using the pen tool illustrator how do I fix it?

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I use the pen tool a lot and I hate the fact that if I draw around an image I have to constantly keep clicking the anchor point after every point to reset the position.
The issue is I sometime miss click the anchor point because it is so small and end up having to Command+Z everything to go back and start again from that point. If I haven't noticed it sometimes I have to delete several points and start again or play around with the point.
Is there a way to make it so that I can draw around an image without having to reset the points each time by clicking the anchor and no I refuse to draw the shape then fix the points later it is too time-consuming. I would like to know if you can draw with the pen tool with only 1 click for each point without having to edit the point after?


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I am building a website and need some advice regarding colors.

My website is mostly white and dark brown.

The logo and menu have to go in that brown color, but I am not sure which seconday color would be good. I picked a reddish pink that matches well with the brown. Any recommendation on other colors that also go well?


texts: Should I be concerned about optimal font size for a particular font

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I am aware that certain fonts, are designed for use at certain sizes,
at least in the physical print world.
They make uses of things like Ink Traps to prevent running.

With type for the digital world,
I believe I have read that some OpenType fonts contain different glyphs for use at different sizes. (I might have imagined this).
Also, do certain fonts have a certain size they look best at?
If this is true, how can I find out what Sizes they are designed for use at?
(I guess this would be in the OpenType meta data right?)


texts: How can I simultaneously darken all black text in a PDF of an old scanned book?

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I prefer a free solution that uses just Adobe Acrobat or Reader. If other software is necessary, I have GIMP. I don't have Adobe Photoshop. It's doubtless too unproductive for me to edit each page; the solution must automatically concurrently blacken all text.

RA Duff's Intention, Agency and Criminal Liability can be downloaded freely and safely from SSRN. It  was "originally published in 1990, now out of print". I screenshot one page. As you can see below, the text is in light gray, but I fancy pure black.

I read these Mar 8 2010 and Jul 23 2013 Super User questions, Chron.com updated June 13 2019, Acrobat Library, but I wonder if they're outmoded.


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Why can't I select the replace spine option? This option is non-action for me?

Thanks!


texts: How was this mosaic graphic of Jimi Hendrix created?

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I found this image long time ago, even if I search with the google images search I could not find the creator to ask him/her how this was created.

I do not think it was created manually. It looks like some sort of processing was done via software.

If you know of any software or some way to create the similar vector image from a raster image within Adobe Illustrator, please advise.

Maybe it is possible to achieve a similar result by using some image processing programming libraries, I have no idea.

Thank you

This must be the source image:


texts: Is there way to get or convert characters into svg path?

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In this picture is cursive Chinese character. There are lot of stroke order for normal Chinese characters.
Is there way to create this characters into individual stroke with path data like following.

For characters 我
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/hanzi-writer-data@latest/%E6%88%91.json
From
https://hanziwriter.org/docs.html
Contain array of path with stroke details.
But how to create like this for cursive characters?


texts: Are there any grids to help represent 3D dimensions in Photoshop?

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If I try to create a 3D effect in Photoshop (or on paper), I always get it wrong. I remember how easy it was to create cubes in graph paper, but hard in plain paper.

I wonder is there are any grids available to help me with this? This grid for example looks like what I am looking for, but it seems to be for a particular purpose. Are there any other Photoshop grid to create these 3D effects?


texts: InDesign CC: Can you spellcheck by style?

texts: I have an enormous conference book which includes over 100 pages of attendee names with their titles and companies. I don't want to spellcheck the names of the people, but I do want to check titles (Presdient, Grwoth, etc.). Is there a way to select only one style for spellchecking, or to remove a style from being spellchecked?


texts: Where can I find vectors / blueprints of different car models (vinyl design)?

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I need to design a vinyl for Seat Ibiza Coupe (2009).

I have already found this site: the-blueprints.com but I think it is too expensive for a vector.

Is there any site that has free or unexpensive vectors or blueprints of cars?

I am actually looking for something like this:


texts: How to remove everything that is outside the eye? Illustrator CS6

texts: I would like to know how to remove everything that is not in the eye, except the eyebrow.


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I am sure this has been posted a thousand times by now, but I can't seem to find any solid threads or articles.

All over the internet, I see people speaking about how great Photoshop is for web design, and I simply don't know why.

I have always used InDesign. It has a built-in grid system, paragraph/character styles, master pages... the list goes on. Sure, I may not use InDesign for exporting elements, but for wireframing and mock-ups, definitely.

Am I missing something here? Why is Photoshop so great for web design?


texts: Styles Master plugin alternative - Sketch

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Styles Master stopped working with Sketch 67.
Does anyone know an alternative that gives the option to select and replace text in the style name?
Thank you!
(I really miss you, Styles Master...  )


texts: "Punch" transparent hole in inkscape, without destructive boolean operations?

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I have a black rectangle, and I want it to look like a stencil, with "cut-out" text in the centre.

In this image, I have converted both objects to paths and used the boolean difference tool:

(I'm not allowed to post images yet, so imagine a black rectangle with transparent text in the centre.)

This works, but it's destructive; I can't edit the text anymore.

To be completely clear, given a gradient, a rectangle in front of that, and text in front of that, I want to set the text to "transparent" and see not the rectangle, not the gradient, but transparency/nothingness.

I want the transparency to override any other colour behind it; I want the result I had above, but non-destructive; if I were to put another object below the rectangle there, I don't want to see that object, I want to see transparency.


texts: Font size while designing a web template in photoshop at size 1280px by 1000px

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I am fairly new to designing and almost self taught, so please excuse me if my question is downright stupid.

I have found that when I design a web page in photoshop, my font size is very small and unreadable unless the document is zoomed up at 100%. But if I look at other people's work, their fonts are readable even at 66.67% zoom level or even lower.

Is there a standard for web page design in photoshop for fonts? How should I tackle this problem?

Just to add, I had the same problem even while designing phone apps, until someone on behance commented and suggested that "if you use photohsop to make mockups, try seeing the mockups at 50% size...thats about the size that you will see on a phone screen". This pretty much solved the problem.

Any such suggestions for designing web pages in photoshop?

Thanks!


texts: How do you change the color of the line that Text is drawn on?

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In Illustrator I used the Type on path tool and typed a word on a black drawn line.

I have change the style of the brush the line is using and now I want to change the color of the line.
The text and the line seem to have been merged into a single object and when I change the color of the selected object, only the font color changes, the line does not change.

If I move the text, the line moves with it.
They seem to be one object but the text paints separately from the line.

How do I paint the line?

I have replicated the results in the screenshot below.

Top picture:
Created text on a line. Changed the brush stroke of the text, which added the effect visible in the bottom.

Bottom picture:
Changed the color of the stroke, which only edits the font stroke, not the brush that is now visible.


texts: What graphics program to use to make 3D scientific illustrations for journal articles?

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I am trying to plot a 3D figure for scientific illustration. Does anyone knows the software type to use to plot graphic illustration such as

I would like to reproduced some parts of this figure and add some features as well!

Thanks
GH


texts: What is this stepped gradient effect called?

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I saw this effect of concentric circles discretely fading out (background of the image one).

I thought this was a circular gradient (radial-gradient).

But other images didn't seem to have a similar effect when I searched the term.

And another similar image that I saw uses the same kind of effect but it is not circular.

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Then I thought the effect I'm looking for was discrete color gradient.
Which lead me to this page.

Is there a standard name for this kind of effect?


texts: Am I allowed to use company work in my portfolio?

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This was one of my first clients. I want to use the work I've done to market myself as a designer & marketer but I'm afraid of legal backlash for using company information.
Here's the catch, although I was working "for hire" - there is

No legally binding contract (I was sending contracts at the beginning & it became a he said she said with him promising me a bunch of things he didn't follow through with. There's maybe 3 files that he legally owns. All the rest he didn't want contracts for.)
I filed taxes as a 1099 independent
I provided all of my own equipment and tools (computer, apps, & drive)
They didn't provide me with benefits (health) and only provided a workspace.

I ended up ceasing work with them because I was being exploited (less than 10k within a year) for all the work I was doing. With all that being said, I know I technically own copyrights since I had spoke briefly with a copyright attorney about it asking for some legal advice. I also looked into laws and work for hire regulations so I'd say I'm in the clear.
But now I'm concerned about using the work for my portfolio and marketing myself as the sole designer that practically carried the company. What do I do? Should I remove the logo & company information? Does it matter?


texts: How do I give a stroke knockout transparency in Inkscape?

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Ok, I'll admit, this is a really weird question.

What I'm trying to do is have a transparent stroke. By that, I mean that the stroke takes up space, but it's showing what's behind the object.

When I set the stroke alpha down to 0, it turns the same color as the fill, which isn't what I want.