texts: How do I make a geometric gradient background like this using Photoshop?

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How do I create a geometric gradient background like this?

I applied gaussian blur to an image with bright colors to use as a base. I also have a hexagon pattern if it's needed.

Thank you very much to anyone who can help me.

edit: I prefer PS but I'm open to AI answers as well.


texts: Indesign Page Number reference adds extra Space

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I'm using cross-references within one document and want to display the page number of the linked content. I'm using it within a auto-sizing container (the selected object). But as soon as a page number is placed it adds the space on the right. When the text is aligned right, the space is on the left.

So my question is:
Is there a way to control or remove the space, so that the number would act like an actual character?


texts: How to create a planet with a grid? For Logo purpose on Adobe Illustrator.


texts: How to change font size without changing the position of the text?

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I have to change the size of multiple text labels in a plot, but I want to keep the labels in exactly the same position. The vertical center of each label is now aligned with a tick in the plot.

If I just increase the font size, the size increases with respect to the baseline of the text.  This produces a misalignment of the vertical center of the text with respect to the ticks.

To solve the problem I could create outlines of each label, but I would like to preserve editability, so this is not the solution I'm looking for.


texts: Remove noise / artifacts from single colour raster logo (Gimp)

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I hope this is not a duplicate question - I have looked at other answers and I'm convinced this is different enough for its own question.

I have a single-colour logo in raster format that I need to clean up. The above image shows what the rest of the image is like; the above has the finest detail though, so I thought I'd show that part of it.

I am using GIMP. I have played around with its colour tools, such as desaturate, threshold, curves, but I cannot seem to clean it up as well as I expected to be able. The best results I've achieved so far were no better than the original.

Is there a best-practice method for this? Are my methods in the right ballpark? Is GIMP just as capable as photoshop for this, or do I really need photoshop?

Thanks


texts: Illustrator - Clipping Mask inside a Bubble font

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From looking at this screenshot, I would like to put the pattern inside the text but keep the thick black outline. It is a bubble writing font. I have created 2 layers. One for the text, one for the pattern

I know it's a clipping mask of sorts (at least I think it is) but I have only been able to achieve this: https://prnt.sc/saxhrd

Thanks in advance :D


texts: Why do I get this dialog when I open the pattern editor in Illustrator CC?

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I created a pattern and dragged it to the swatches panel. Now I keep getting this dialog every time I double click the pattern in the swatches panel to open the pattern editor mode.

  A clipping mask was created around the pattern tile bounds to preserve
  legacy pattern appearance.

  For best results, release the clipping mask when changing the tile
  size or editing art that overlaps the tile edge.


texts: Oversized 300 DPI 80*50 Inch poster (Photoshop, Illustrator, Hardware)

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I am creating a very large high quality print poster of an island map to be pasted on a wall in a public transport centre. The map is built from paid satellite images. Photoshop is running so slow I can barely use it, Then when I import into illustrator to do roads and icons etc, it crashes usually within a couple minutes.

Is there any tips on how I can handle this? I have already thought of using a low quality image in illustrator and then swapping at the very end, I noticed Photoshop is not using my graphics card, still sitting on 2% use when my RAM and CACHE is totally maxed out, is there anything I can do about this? I am also wondering about the printers, they say the size in inches is fine, but I can not save as PDF as it is oversized.

I figure I have to go buy more RAM, as I see it maxing out (DDR4 3200 32GB), I also see my Cache drive maxing out(SSD 128GB), which one is more important? I either buy more ram or better drive.

Anyway I am just asking if anyone has any advice.


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I am in a middle of a website project to learn drawing for children. that project require me to know the starting anchor point for each path I draw. and if it is miss ordered I have to revers it.

I know there is an option for a compound path to reverse the orders of the anchor points over a selected path, and I am using it.

The reason I need to re-order of the path, that I am using an online service called lazy_line_painter it's  free online service that convert my .SVG file into a path animated line.

This service draw the shape I converted into SVG in the same drawing order that is in illustrator, the very bottom layer will draw first, and the starting point will star the animation from, That's mean I want a certain order in illustrator to appear in a specific sequences, so when I drop it in Lazy line Painter it will draw in the same order I did in illustrator. That require me to reorder my layers and know the starting points in every path I draw in Illustrator.

My question is how to know if I need to reverse the path or not? and this gonna be an easy question if I know where is my first anchor point. so How to know the first anchor point in a path?


texts: Why two identical images forces two different color shade?

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So, i have two images CMYK/8 bit to one image I set color #00ade3 to a shape, I then do the same to the other image (also same shape, just bigger) and it forces my color to #04ace3 instead, no way to set the color that I want.

To note that the color I'm trying to set does not receive any warning (gamma) I also noticed that if I set it using C(99) and Y(5) it works and receive the color.

So its not a real problem, I'm just wondering why two identical images behaves differently, maybe there is some setting I don't know?

edit: using Adobe Kuler I noticed something weird: I enter my color #00ADE3 and it gives a CMYK (100,24,0,11) which is a lot darker.


texts: Simplifying vector graphic output of finite element method result

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I have quite a huge output file from a finite element method calculation (15MB). Each triangle, which represents the finite elements, is it's own object even though big areas (especially the surrounding) has the same value, hence, the same color. Is there any way to simplify such an file automatically? E.g. with Illustrator?
Edit: Here is an example picture of such a finite element method output.

This picture shows the underlaying mesh. Each trinagle is filled with a color which leads to the output above. Edit2: I changed this picture to the actual outline displayed in Illustrator (ctrl+y)

I hope it is more clear now, why there are so many paths and why there is so much data in the output picture.


texts: How to copy illustrator opacity mask via script?

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Situation - I have a group that contains some objects partially covered by opacity mask to emulate blurred edge. It is very easy to copy-paste such group in Illustrator - and copied group contais the same masks.

But in case if I'm trying to copy this group via script

var copyGroup = group.duplicate();

in copied group all masks are 100% white - so they just hide everything, that under them. Did somebody encounters such problem and maybe found the way to solve it?


texts: Creating mockup template using inkscape for logo design presentation

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How do I create mockup templates for Logo design using Inkscape? I don't have Photoshop where mockup template can be created very easily.

I have created a logo and I want to use this mock up as a base for my logo. I hope this image gives an idea what I meant. Is there any chance of doing it, as many mockups available will be in PSD format which I am not able to edit it in Inkscape or in GIMP.  Is there any solution for this?


texts: Eye-dropper like tool for texture of trail

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I'd like to be able to 'draw' more of the trail that can be seen in the above picture in between the two trees.
I'm doing data augmentation for ML, so I want to have the same features but maybe add another one in a different direction for example, with a loop etc...
Is there some sort of tool (something similar to the eyedropper), where I could have a pen that would draw this?


texts: GIMP Add touch-up layer after adding curves layer (and other layers)

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Suppose I add several layers in GIMP to make various adjustments such as color corrections and burning/dodging.  Once the image generally looks good, I then wish to non-destructively (i.e., without flattening the image) make cloning/healing touch ups to remove blemishes.  How can I do this?

More specifically, what kind of layer could I add that would allow me to touch up the subject's skin without losing all the other adjustments?


texts: Typography: First line indent in the first paragraph?

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A colleague explained to me that it is a typographical rule to not set an indent for the first line of the very first paragraph of a text, the one that starts right after the headline. Instead, the indentation should start with the second paragraph. However, I am finding examples in various publications where the indentation starts right with the first paragraph. Then again, others do it the way it was told me.

Is there a "right" way to do it, and if so, why? If not, what are the advantages/disadvantages of either method?


texts: Adobe Illustrator Eyedropper tool not working properly

texts: So I've run into this issue a couple times before. Every once in a while the eyedropper tool seems to refuse to select the color I choose and would instead opt for complete black. Here is a video to clarify.


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I need to convert my client's logo from Pantone to RGB.

The first is Pantone 297. If I convert it to RGB, is it  R130, G198, B226?

How about the blacks? I am not sure what these percentages mean.

Pantone Black 70%
Pantone Black 60%
Pantone Black 40
Pantone Black

Please assist! Thanks in advance.


texts: What are good ways to handle extracting a portion , such as a logo, from a much larger PSD?

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I am building web pages from a PSD.

The designer just made all layers on the same size canvas which makes it harder to copy into a new layer in its intended size.

What could be a good work flow to get to the logo and reuse it?

What I normally do is the following
1. Copy the original
2. Delete all unecessary layers
3. Roughtly crop what I need
4. Get in closer and crop until I have a more desirable size.

But I imagine there has to be a more efficient way to get the element that I need.


texts: How do your place your artwork on a package?

texts: I'm designing a box and I was wondering how I could place my graphics and text on it. I was curious about the printing process involved in getting the design on the box I built. I googled "how to build a box",  "how to design a box". It just shows me  how to build boxes using paper and how to create the design in Illustrator/Indesign. It doesn't speak about the printing process involved.  Is it something you can do at home ( using your own printer)? I'm  using bristol paper to make the box.


texts: How to make a multi-color gradient in photoshop?

texts: Hello, I was wondering what it takes to make this blurred and blended type of multi colored gradient in photoshop? Any help is greatly appreciated!


texts: Save svg without artboard in Illustrator

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I have shape that I would like to save as svg file for web. I do:

Save as
Select Save as type SVG
Use Artboard is unchecked by default
Enter file name and save

Unfortunately I got huge art board and small shape on it in output svg file. How to omit artboard from picture?


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I've been struggling with this for some time now. The tool is set to pencil tool. The color is set to black. The layer is at the top of the layer stack. But still it won't draw a simple line.

Interesting thing though: if I bump up the size of the pencil tip and draw back and forth, I get some random bits drawn in.

Using CS5. Thanks for your help.


texts: How do I license my design without registering copyright?

texts: A new T-shirt business would like to use my design for which I did not register a copyright officially but as far as I understand, under the international law, as the original creator of the content, I will be the copyright owner. So how will the process of licensing the design to the business be like(for a percentage royalty on the revenue). So how should the licensing process be like?


texts: Illustrator - communicating with printing company

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I want to send some artwork (signs) to a printing company - about 20 designs, with varying quantities printed.

Each sign  is on it's own artboard in illustrator. What is the best way to clearly communicate the quantities of each sign to the printer?

My thoughts are there would be a way to create some sort of non-printable annotation on each artboard that expresses the desired quantity?


texts: Script to automatically snap all points to grid in Adobe Illustrator?

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How would you write a script to move all points of all selected paths to the nearest (non-pixel grid) grid point?

e.g. I want all of the points of each polygon/path to snap to the nearest point on a custom grid. Mine is setup as 1 grid unit = 11.338px or 4mm, but ideally the script would extend to any unit value

MY PSEUDOCODE, v0.1:

// set grid units as pixels - in my case 11.338px = 8mm = 1 grid unit

units = 11.338

// Nested loop through all polygons/paths, then all points in each polygon

For each Polygon {

    For each Point P in Polygon {

    // move the Point x, y to the nearest grid point in units
        P.x = units * Round(P.x/units)
        P.y = units * Round(P.y/units)
    }
}

Does this make sense? It's been a while since I've done any programming.
I've also never scripted for Illustrator, so not exactly sure how to implement this.

LINK: I've looked at the post by @KromStern but not sure how to implement based on that thread. How to align all selected points to a grid?


texts: Is it possible to determine how many columns a web design grid has?

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So I'm doing this lynda.com HTML/CSS task and it asked me to take my favourite web design, determine how many columns the grid has and then try to recreate the layout structure by myself.

So let's say I take my favourite design mock up from the internet like this one. It looks like the design has a 4 column grid, but then I see that first column is wider than the others and I get confused. I can't even understand how wide the mock up actually is, is it 960px as usual or wider?

But in the video example, the instructor takes an old lynda.com design and somehow determines the grid layout very easily even though it looks more complicated.

How can I learn to do this? Is it really that hard to see how many columns a grid has?


texts: Illustrator - Move a path vs. an anchor point with the anchor selection tool

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Sometimes when I click on an anchor point with the anchor selection tool, and then move my mouse, the entire shape will move. Other times, just the anchor will move.

How do you choose between moving the entire path or just the anchor point with the anchor selection tool?


texts: How to save a mesh Object as SVG format in Illustrator

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When I have an mesh object in illustrator and export it as SVG, it gets saved as a base64 encoded png pixel image inside the svg.

How can I make an export of a mesh object as pure svg, so no pixels or encoded pixels but instead, paths?


texts: How to input these trim, type & bleed sizes into indesign

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I have the following specs but I have no idea how to create a new document in InDesign:

Type depth – 70mm
Type width – 262mm
Trim depth – 87mm
Trim width – 278mm
Bleed depth – 97mm
Bleed width – 289mm


texts: How do I recreate this logo pattern? Any suggestions?

texts: I am trying to recreate the pattern below, anyone know how this can be re-created? This pattern is from the Princess House logo. It is made of up about 6 small circles but how do I use illustrator to create this?


texts: How to convert circle to ellipse in Photoshop?

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Currently I have a round layer which I would like to convert to elliptic layer. Like on the image

How can I do this? If I select Free Transform and try to pull the circle, it will grow to width as well. I want to have the same width but just to make it longer preserving round shape on the bottom.


texts: Illustrator: how to achieve a wave background letter without stokes

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I have a situation. I've created a wave background using the blend tool, I also have a letter on top; not so sure how to fill the letter shape with that wavee background, loosing the letter strokes.

what I've done so far:

-Object/Expand the background
-Selected the letter > Create outlines
-Selected the background + The letter shape and using Pathfinder / Outlines I've done this:

Now, I've found an option to manually delete the stroke selecting the letter and using Isolate selected group but this will help me to delete each segment of the stroke one by one which is time consuming specially when we have more letters.

Is there any other method to select the whole letter stroke and delete it automatically? Thanks.


texts: How Would I Generate a Human Face Using Software?

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I'm trying to create a side perspective view of a male face. I'm trying to achieve this without using an existing person as my goal here is to portray an artificial look, still retaining a realistic face. Just to clarify, I am not looking for any quick fixes, just ideas on how I can achieve this. If that means I need to learn a new skill, that is okay,  I have the time for a steep learning curve. I just want to know if someone can put a name to what this would be called / the general idea of how it is done. I did some research on how to achieve this, but I have not been successful in finding much direction for a realistic look aside from drawing it.

I wish I could imagine a random face and draw it, but I'm afraid my skills are not quite there and this doesn't seem like the kind of skill that can be taught in the time it takes to learn how to use software, so I am looking for a software alternative.

I found a couple of examples of a similar end goal for the side view of a face, and a seemingly 3D software rendering of a human face as well, hoping that it helps get my point across.


texts: Draw a Line in Photoshop and it becomes an immovable object

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I'm looking for an answer to the most obvious thing in the world.

I create a new layer on a blank canvas
I draw a line with the line tool
I switch to the move tool and try to move the line
the line will not move.  It seems I can't even select it.

I've even tried free transform to move it.  I can't resize it, I can't move it, I can't select it.  Totally weird.

How do I draw a simple horizontal line and then move it around???


texts: Noise issues resulting into heavy grains

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I was working on an animated GIF image and found out some really heavy noise issues that results into heavy grains that is kind of like disturbing the motion sequence.
The animated GIF image was all done on Photoshop, I manually created each of the 1200+ frames to make them, the result was just really disappointing, is there any help/solution we can do?

Here is the two GIF images I made:

The first one is just the first part I rendered from the whole part of the GIF.

The second one is the whole part I made.

(Link attached, sorry imgur didn't allowed me to upload 5MB+ images)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pc8mdcesdnp986i/paper_render3.gif?dl=0

As you can see, the first one has still some noise issues BUT it is really not that obvious to see but on the second one has some really huge grains that is surrounding all over the parts of the GIF.

Is it something to do with the 256 color limit when saving for web in Ps?

Here's the default save for web settings that I always use

Thanks alot for the help.


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I created a TOC in Indesign, using paragraph styles. The TOC didn't fit in 1 frame, so I created another textframe (on the next page) and 'threaded' the TOC.
The TOC now spreads over these 2 pages/frames as expected.
However, the menu-option to update the TOC is greyed out.

My question: Is there a way to have a TOC continue from 1 textframe to another and still be able to update the TOC?
I'm problably overlooking something very obvious..

I have been looking for some time now, there's a lot of info on TOC creation, but these TOC's always nicely fit on 1 page :)

many thanks!


texts: How to specify a repeating pattern for textile printing

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I've tried searching for an answer to this, but I have no idea what terms to even search for.

I'm creating the artwork for a repeating pattern that is going to be printed on a large quantity of fabric (think 100 meter rolls). I'm wondering what the normal way to present the artwork for this would be, since it's not just one block of artwork, but rather a block that is repeated both vertically and horizontally. At the moment, my plan is to give just one full swatch of the part that repeats, with a bit of extra bleed area, and put in crop lines.

Does anyone have experience with this or know how this is supposed to be done? (PS-I'm working in Illustrator.)


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I have turned to this forum to see if someone could hopefully point me in the right direction.
I have had a graphic designer create a double-sided label my business requires. Almost think of it like a business card, it is rectangular in shape, but smaller.
My design has three different foil colours (1 foiling color on the back and 2 foiling colors on the front).
My question is, can you print different foils on one area? All completed works I see online tend to have only one foil color.
Secondly, if this is possible, can someone point me in the direction of a business who can accommodate such a need? I've been in contact with several here in Australia with no luck. I would like to know if someone can recommend an online place that would be able to do this.
To be clear, by different foil color on one area, I mean, the corner of the label requires one color foil and then on a separate part of the label, a different foil color is required.


texts: Border around artwork when exporting Illustrator

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I've had a continual issue with exporting Illustrator documents and getting a border around the artwork.

See image attached.

The artboard is 1080 x 1080 pixels. I created a background box filled with pink colour at 1080 x 1080 pixels, placed all the contents, then created a clipping mask using a 1080 x 1080 square shape. All aligned to artboard. The left hand side has no gap but the right hand side has a small gap (as you can see from this png) and I can't work out how to get rid of this?


texts: How to stop Adobe Illustrator's minus front Pathfinder command from altering sizes?

texts: I am trying to use minus front on a grouping of objects (object 1) that I want to cut out of object 2. But when I click minus front, it actually changes half the group shapes. Any idea why? I've never had this happened before.


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I would like to insert a circumflex on a letter as in latex \hat{X} in Adobe Illustrator.

I searched so many web pages but I couldn't find a quite decent solution.


texts: How to replicate this effect (Illustrator distortion envelope)

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I am trying to replicate a distortion effect that is seen on a raster image in Illustrator.

The Illustrator distortion tool comes quite close to the desired result, especially when creating the envelope using an existing shape.
However, the dots don't stay in horizontal lines and the distortion is curved to the right side instead to the left side.
I created a pattern swatch for the dots and adjusted the rectangle using it so that exactly the same number of rows and columns of these dots is used as in the template image.
Is it possible to fine tune the distortion that follows the given shape? Or should I give up the shape-approach and manually distort using a mesh?
Thanks!


texts: Black Edges in Transparent PNG in Photoshop Save for Web

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Is it possible to simply use Save for Web with resizing to produce images without black edges?

My current Save for Web setting

Left: original

Top right: Save for Web (black edges)

Middle right: bicubic resize then save

Bottom right: add a layer mask from transparency, resize then save (black edges)

Original

Save for Web

Resize then save

Add a layer mask from transparency, resize then save


texts: InDesign - background/shape color doesn't match the color indicated in the tool bar

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I had a spread with light blue color background, but somehow every time I add an image to any image box on the spread, the background color darkened into a darker blue. So I unlock the background box (which was locked on the page so I'm sure it wasn't affected by the image), and the color it gives me on the tool bar on the left is the original color, which doesn't match the current background color. And it goes back to the original color, only if I delete the images from the page. What happened? How can I fix it?

tool panel color, which is the color I want, but it's not what is showing on the spread

actual spread color


texts: Letter or A4: which is a more sensible default?

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I have a document that recipients are expected (or are likely) to print on their own. It is not clear whether the majority of users will be US or non-US, so there isn't a clear preference for letter or A4 paper.

Assuming that I can't know how many recipients will want letter and how many will expect A4, what would be the more appropriate page size to use for a PDF?

To put it another way: which will cause less issues for users:

printing a letter sized document using A4 paper

or

printing an A4 sized document using letter paper


texts: How to set HSB as the default color space for the color picker on Illustrator?

texts: Each time I open the color picker on Illustrator I have to change the color space to HSB. Since Illustrator always open with RGB by default, I was wondering whether there is a way to change the default color space option for the color picker.


texts: How to I make this more realistic/add more depth

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I realize i need to add more value to it, however, I'm not sure where to add it, and in which direction to work in. How do I bring this to the "Next level"?

Ok, after taking the advice given to me I made an Updated version, it still needs some lighting tweaks, and is not yet finished;


texts: What is this jugendstil / art nouveau typeface called?

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I recently came across this chalk art video on Vimeo and I'm trying to identify a font from it. It looks so familiar and I'm sure I've used it before somewhere, but I can't manage to find it.

It's a rather stylized font so font-ID sites aren't doing me a lemon.


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Is it possible to use any kind of layout grids when creating illustrations, and if so, what are their uses?
Edit: A bit of clarification, my questions is towards drawing on a computer (not hand drawing) and if you use e.g column/row based grids for visual balance or rhythm.


texts: Designing scalable graphics without using vectors

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I'm working on an mobile phone game, and don't have the luxury of being able to use vector graphics. I'd like the game to be playable on a wide range of devices from 2560x1600 tablets to 320x240 phones. Ideally I want a single set of graphical assets for all resolutions.

Vector data is not supported on a wide range of mobile devices, that's why I'm limited.

As a general rule, I'll be creating everything for a high end device and be scaling down when the game loads which gives me basic linear filtering.

Are there any particular guidelines I should follow when creating scalable graphics? Fonts are a particular headache. I've noticed that smoother fonts with soft edges seem to scale a better than sharp fonts. These are the kinds of tips that I'm after.


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I want to create a clipping mask (Object > Clipping Mask) with a rounded rectangle shape above an image. But when I do it, rounded edges get angled (straight, without rounds).

How to transform that shape into a line (line object), so that, when I create a clipping mask, the rounded edges will be there?


texts: Find a set of colors based off of another set

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new here first off, so if I need to redirect please let me know kindly.

I am a developer and am currently working on front end stuff, and I need to come up with a set of colors for something I am doing based off of another existing set. The colors I have are:

color: #8a6d3b; //darker brown yellow
background-color: #fcf8e3; //eggshell yellow
border-color: #faebcc; //slightly darker from above^

There exists 4 of these sets of colors, and I want to make my own for use with my web application. I assume though cannot verify that they use some kind of scale to determine these colors. Say they know what they want the background-color to be, and then decide they want the color to be 50 values below that and the border-color to be only 20 values darker than the background. Are there any tools or methods to determine how much variance in the colors there is so if I give a background color, I could then determine the other colors based on the variance?

I'm not versed in the graphic design world/terminology, so hopefully you get the idea of what I am trying to say. Thanks!


texts: Create a shape inside a shape in Sketch app

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Two weeks ago, I asked if it was possible to fill only one path inside a more complex shape. I found a solution by taking out that one path I want to fill from the inner shape.

I'm now trying to create a shape and fill the inside with the color of my choice. I started with a free arrow shape (svg) and I added two rectangles to create the shape I wanted (see the picture). I made a union between the two shapes and the two rectangles to have a shape in one group.
Problem is, I don't know how to fill the inside of that combined shape...

Is there a tool I can use to have the outline (or maybe, the inline ?) of my combined shape ? So I can have a shape inside my shape and color it.


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The Munsell color sphere is described on Wikpedia.
But what does the inside of the sphere look like? There is some conjecture on Wikipedia (most of which is original research), and I can only find text descriptions and the one painting of the exterior that seems to pop up everywhere:

Here is the best image of the interior I could find:

It is suggestive, but doesn't show all the internal grid lines, which you would expect in a detailed schematic.

So, I had a theory that a vertical cross section of the sphere would look like this:

But a comparison with Munsell's "Color Tree" would indicate the vertical cross section should look like this:

Which of these two seem most likely to you?


texts: In which format should I save the file for printing on cellophane packaging?

texts: I have a layout with transparent parts. How can I make sure that this parts will be stil transparent after printing? Which format should I use (currently it is .ai)?


texts: Do you guys think a letter (like Vine, tumblr, Facebook, Vimeo) is a better representation of a brand/app than an icon (like SnapChat, Evernote, Twitter, Dropbox)?


texts: photoshop coloring with an outline, refine edge

texts: n photoshop I imported the black outline of a character for coloring. I want to create a quick mask so that I can't color outside the character's outer perimeter. Since the character's outline is black, this seemed like a simple issue- quick select outside the figure and use the quick selection to make a mask on a layer under the outline, then color on the lower layer. This worked... okay... but I think there's a way to refine my edge edge better but I can't think of how. The issue is that the mask allows me to color a few pixels out from the edge. It's better than no mask at all and I can just erase but- I remember there being a way to move the edge just a few pixels when making a selection- just don't remember what control does that. Anyone remember this control? I think it's under "refine edge"


texts: How to stretch the corners of this image so that it looks like a perfect rectangle?

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I have an image that I took at an angle, so it isn't a perfect rectangle:

How would I pull the bottom left and bottom right corners in so that they line up perfectly with the top two corners?

Like this:

I have both Photoshop and Sketch.


texts: How should I save a drawing for printing?

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I drew a vibrant picture for a friend (3000x3000 300dpi), and I intend to email a file to them that they can print.

But I am not sure what file type to save it as. Google search says TIFF to retain quality. I drew it in RBG, after some google searching I found I should've drawn in CMYK?

So I converted the image to CMYK and saved as a TIFF, but the image then gets a hazy purple look to all the colors. If I save it as a CMYK JPEG the color remains the same.
Would saving it as a CMYK JPEG be ok for printing? Or does it need to be a TIFF??

I'm totally lost, google search results just confused me more. Please help this ignorant fooooool.

Edit: I am working in Photoshop CC 2015, and I believe they are wanting to get it commercially printed.

Thank you for the quick and thorough answer!


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Is it possible to copy an object in Illustrator so that if you make a change in any of them the changes will apply in both? Actually I have this situation where I have a lot of instances of the same object and I need to be faster on changes and copy-ing again and again is not a proper solution, but consumes a lot fo time.

Thank you for your time!


texts: What is the best colour scheme to use for a shirt design, CMYK or RGB?


texts: Which manufacturers are producing mid-level and high-end artwork scanners?

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I have been asked to do some research into mid-level and high-end flatbed A3 scanners used for professional artwork scanning (think illustrations for children books). I am not acquainted with this market and have some hard time even identifying what brands to look into.

For an example of high-end:
http://graphics.kodak.com/US/en/product/image_capture/professional_scanners/iqsmart_scanners/iqsmart3

Example of mid-level:
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/jsp/Product.do?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&sku=E10000XL-PH

So right now I have Kodak and Epson. What other manufacturers should I look into?


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Can I resize an image with 21cm x 42cm and 1200 DPIs to 24cm x 48cm and 400 DPIs without quality loss?

The reason being is that my scanner max size is 21cm x 42cm and 1200 DPIs. And I need to make an artwork with 24cm x 48cm (bigger than the scanner size).

Thks in advance.


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I have been given the task of getting an artists vinyl cover etc ready for print. I have been supplied images by the photographer but they are at the following values:

I am confused by the document size vs dpi and pixels. Is it ok to take down the DPI and scale up the document size? I need 300DPI min for print etc.

Any help much appreciated!

Thanks


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I have a Visiting Card in Illustrator and have to fit the pic of a person in a visiting card Frame.
I am clipping his pic in the frame but it says the Can't clipping because the front part of the clipping must be an object or text or combination of both.

Plz Help me out on this problem.


texts: A question about the readability of hanging indents in print

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Large amounts of copy are way more readable for me when the paragraphs are divided by hanging indents (instead of standard first-line indentation). I'm not really sure why, but it's way easier on my eyes.

Here are some examples that don't have a 0pt indent after the end of a paragraph:

hanging vs standard  (EDIT: used a better example)

I wouldn't be too concerned about it if I was spacing out the paragraphs like this, but I usually don't. Now I'm just an amateur. The first example is more readable and appealing to me, but I have no real-life clue about how people generally perceive the readability of hanging indents.

Are there any professional designers/typographers/editors who could give me some idea about how people feel about this? Is it more readable for others too? Do publishers prefer first-line indentation because of the amount of space it saves on the page? Are there standards for when and where this type of paragraph formatting is used?

Thanks a lot in advance for the insight.


texts: How to create a decreasing stippling or halftone effect?

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For lack of a better name, I'm trying to create a decreasing stippling effect like this:

My first inclination was that this could be created in Photoshop with some sort of filter effect. I was thinking along the lines of creating a smart object, applying a filter effect, then using a gradient on the filter mask to decrease the effect. This would allow for the possibility of a curved edged like you see in the image. No dice though, there doesn't seem to be an effect that quite does this.

The problem with searching for this effect is that I don't know what it would even be called. I've seen it implemented all types of posters though, so it seems to be generally used.


texts: Loosing strokes when merging for coloring

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I am about to color my drawing, but when I want to Merge the strokes, some of them disappears? What am I missing here, besides strokes?

Before merge:

After merge:


texts: How do is export a layer with icon from photoshop?

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I have an icon like this:

It's on its own layer with a tranpsarent background, I duplicate it onto a new layer.

I can't remember how to fit a rectangular selection around it, so that it is just the right size, so I could then export it as a .png?

I also have a few icons like that, each on their own layer. How would I go about making them into a sprite image?


texts: How to clip multiple lines with multiple polygons in Illustrator

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I have two layers - one layer that is a map of rivers (the lines), and a second layer that is a map of the catchment basins (the polygons in yellow). I intend to make a colourful map where the rivers have different colors based on which catchment they are in.

I would like to convert all the river paths into groups of paths that are split by the shape of the catchment polygons. And then stylize the group paths accordingly.

I converted the polygons into a complex path, the rivers into a complex path and then tried clipping it, that didn't work. How else can I do this in Illustrator?


texts: What are some free software packages for producing attractive scientific plots?

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The plotting capabilities of MATLAB leave much to be desired.  Right now the python matplotlib  library has my attention, but I wanted to ask those of you on Graphic Design if you had any other suggestions for data visualization tools before deciding to dive deep into the world of SciPy/Numpy/matplotlib.

Most desired features:
--Vector output
--Graphics produced programmatically, not using a GUI

Bonus points for anything that handles Ternary plots out-of-the-box.


texts: How to make an image look like an all-white sculpture in Photoshop?

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I'm wondering how they actually achieved this kind of effect?

 image from http://www.thecapitol.pn/

Could you give me some suggestions: are there any techniques to get the same effect? I tried many ways in Photoshop. I have more than 5 years of experience in Photoshop, but my results are not the same?

What should I do?


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I gave a comp to my client that I did in Photoshop. I used an inner shadow but now have realized the in Illustrator CS5 I have no such "easy" filter. I have spent 2 days seaching the web, trying tutorials, etc. to no avail. Every tutorial seems to use text but I am not using text. Anyone that can answer I would forever been in debt... :)

This is the image with the inner shadow inside the stripes that I am needing to duplicate.

Thanks!


texts: Why is my label not showing up on the bottle I made?

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this issue has been driving me nuts for days. I have 3d revolved a bottle and made a logo, put it in symbols but when the time comes to map it onto the bottle, the label doesn't show up. I have no idea what I should do because I started graphic design fairly recently. Someone help!

Oh and I can't seem to be able to make a wireframe of said bottle. Every time I try, it shows an error. I have tried closing all sites and tabs and trying it, I have made a copy and gone to 3D revolve to try to convert it to wireframe but it's not working. I would be eternally grateful if someone answers these.


texts: How big of a difference does IPS really make and can it be compensated?

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When considering a new monitor for Graphic Design that includes Print, Photography and some Videography (YouTube grade) how important is IPS in the display?

It's easy to find things citing its superior but how big of a difference does it really make? Considering no monitor is perfect without serious color calibration anyways does IPS make that big of a difference?

Can it be compensated for in some way like lightening, darkening or adjusting the saturation of certain colors?


texts: I recorder action sequence and toggle dialog window ON on file savings to change a saving file folder. And every time I saving .jpg file it add a "copy" word at the end of file name. How to prevent photoshop from doing that ? I adding a screenshot, maybe it will be helpful.


texts: Should an arrow be the same weight as the text?

texts: I am creating a directional sign for an apartment building "Units 1-5 (arrow right) Units 6-10 (arrow up)". If I make the arrows the same weight as the text they do not stand out very well. Is it bad form to make the arrows a heavier weight?


texts: Weird results with multiple drop shadows in Illustrator

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I'm working with Illustrator CS6.

When I apply a single drop shadow to an object everything is peachy, like with this red stroke drop shadow, with no blurring:

This green drop shadow with 0.4 mm blurring is OK as well:

But when I apply both drop shadows to the letter's stroke things get weird. First, the red drop shadow not only is applied to the letter, but also to the green drop shadow. Next, despite the red drop shadow having no blurring, it adds width to its rendering of the green drop shadow, but the blur is lost:

So, instead of having 2 (independent) drop shadows, I have 3. If you create 3 drop shadows the artwork will show 7. For 4 drop shadows you get 15, and an awful mess.

Now, was this behavior (drop shadows also being applied to other drop shadows) intentional, or is this a bug? If it is a bug, was it fixed in CC? And regardless, how can I have 2 drop shadows in CS6?


texts: How to make a text fit in a perfect square shape in Photoshop (CC)?

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I want to write a text that fits in a perfect square shape of a determined size and after some playing with the text tool I can't realize how to do it:

This is what I need, but with the words UP, RIGHT, DOWN, LEFT fiting exactly those square shapes.

This is the closest I managed to go, the text box is the size and position I'm looking for, but I don't know how to make the text fill the box, horizontally and vertically. With the transforming tool, the text changes its size but I lose the box size and position as well. Is there any way to keep this text box, while making the text inside fill it?


texts: Illustrator: how to fill shapes with a 45 degree line pattern?

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Any way to fill these shapes with a pattern somehow, and avoid that duplicated line system which looks like a total mess in the keyline view below? Any cleaner way to fill shapes with a pattern like this?
Ideally looking for a solution that works with both rectangular and circular shapes as seen below.


texts: Recommended books for movie poster design

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I was looking for some good books that can be used as a reference and guide while designing movie posters. Google gave me the names of some, but they're just movie poster collections.

What I'm looking for is not just tutorials, but books which give informative & creative insights into various movie poster designing aspects, techniques, methods, theories and history.

Which are the best books that fit in this category?


texts: InDesign CS6 and InDesign CC 2015 on Mac OS Sierra not seeing Helvetica fonts

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I have upgraded from Mac OS X El Capitan to Sierra last month, and InDesign works well, generally. CS6 is a bit slow but does load, CC 2015 loads but with PDAppFlex on opening.

I have InDesign CS6 and InDesign CC 2015 installed - and they work OK.

However, neither will recognize the Mac OS X system Helvetica font, and I don't know why.

Is this normal behavior InDesign CC 2015 and CS6? Previously I used to have no issue with that font on previous OS X installs when I used Adobe InDesign.

I have no font managers installed so that isn't be the problem.

I also have Photoshop CS6 and Helvetica works with no problems on Mac OS Sierra.
I would appreciate any advice on trying to fix this.


texts: Tips on creating Microsoft Office 2011 Templates/Themes?

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I'm attempting to create some basic branded templates in Microsoft Office (Word and PowerPoint) to be deployed for office use. Just some colours, and basic typography hierarchy so people can easily create quick documents themselves.

It seems that in order to create a theme for Word, you have to make one in PowerPoint - however it seems in Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac you can only create colour themes, not font themes (not supported for some reason).

Has anyone tried to create some themes for Microsoft Office 2011, and have any tips on how to approach this, or some workarounds for this?


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The background color of my website is a light gray. I have a stock image with a white background that I would like to blend with my background. So I picked a small rectangle of the background and pasted it as a new layer in Photoshop. Then I added a Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer to the stock image below. I moved the brightness slider until the small rectangle disappeared, meaning the colors should match, I should think.
But when I add the image to my site there's still a discrepancy; the stock image background is too dark.

What's the best way to adjust the stock image's background so that it matches my site's background?


texts: Gimp - scale object with ignoring transparent layer border

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I create simple example and try scale yellow rectangle:

The yellow rectangle is obtained by duplicating the green. Moved and filled with pattern..

When I press the Shift+S (Scale), I expect that scaling will be from center of this rectangle, but in my case center of scaling start from a center of canvas rectangle. How to scale with ignoring transparent part of canvas? Something like here:

Or if this isn't Gimp's case behavior please recommend right way for Gimp.


texts: How do designers render their work onto an iPhone/Android?

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Before you down vote, bare with me as I'm a developer! I've always been curious how designers render their work onto a phone to show their customers how it may look on the phone, for example:

(Source: Dribble)

I'm assuming that's exactly what they're doing, using some kind of 3D rendering of an iPhone and transforming their image to fit the screen. Any tutorials would be great... just satisfying my curiosity, thanks.


texts: How are color palettes used in Web Design?

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I am working on theme admin interface and introducing a color palette switcher.
For starters admin has 5 colors in the palette.

All color pickers used in the theme have the option to pick from color palette. Nice and sweet.

Questions:
Is there a standard use of color palettes?
And are you as web designer following specific pattern when using color palettes?

The way I am using it for testing is ,

Color 1 = Links and headings
Color 2 = link hovers, active links (
site, accordion, tabs ) , shortcode icons
Color 3 = Sub Menu hovered
background,forum table headings background, form inputs border
Color 4 =  Sub menu background, forum table background
Color 5 = Not used  for now

When the admin than changes the palette colors all the mention items change .

What I am trying to figure out is the "standard" design pattern ( if there is any )  that designers use with color palettes in order to apply this to theme interface.


texts: Are there collaborative drawing software?

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I was reflecting on Google Docs today and wondering if there are any graphic design software that include some real-time collaborative features? I'm talking about creating per se, not project management.

I could see this being potentially useful for remote working or teamwork. I've never seen anything like this in the Adobe suite but I'm not knowledgeable of open source/online/or mobile graphic design oriented software. Does such a thing exist?


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I am very new to Illustrator (read: this is the first thing I have ever tried) and I am trying to do what I am sure is a very simple task.

Using the line segment tool I drew the above shapes and all that I want to do is fill the two quadrilaterals on the left and right with a solid color. I can't figure out how to do that, and I don't know the Illustrator vocabulary well enough to Google it.  Any help would be appreciated, thank you.


texts: How to fill an area bounded by some lines?

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In "Corel Draw X6" there are drawn lines which overlap ever so slightly to make it appear as a closed figure. How can I fill the area that is bounded by mentioned lines (because now it is transparent)?

Sorry for a probably silly question. I'm actually a mathematics student, not a graphics person, but I need to make some changes from time to time and university offers only fancy tools such as "Corel Draw".


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Does anyone know anything about this symbol? A name or meaning? Something religious?

I took the picture of the symbol in Hohensalzburg Castle in Austria. I can not find anything about it. I'm mainly interested because it seems quite beautiful by having these eight symmetry lines. I'm also publishing the picture as public domain and would like to know the name for that.

Thank you.


texts: How to batch rotate image to make them all landscape?

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I have a thousand of pictures of the same fixed scene, but for an unknown reason some of them are vertical, not horizontal.

So I would like to batch process all the images and rotate them 90° if the width is smaller than the height of the image.

I tried to play with the "Action" and the "Batch process" feature, but I did not find where I can add conditional to my scripts.


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I've been using Photoshop for the last 2 years to create mockups for my sites, but the biggest problem I find with Photoshop is its terrible way of rendering text in a web-realistic way.

Is there an Adobe product that is better suited for web designing (i.e. creating mockups of sites)?


texts: Why is the gif version of this flash movie not working?

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I am creating a flash banner but when I publish it (or export it) as gif, doesnt show all the layers.
I am aware that the answer must be somewhere in this post Adobe Flash CS6 won't Export Animated Gif - How do on the main timeline? But I still do not understand it. Especially since the file is missing and I have no clue to what the users refer by 'frame 40' (i know it is a frame, I just dont know what makes this specific frame special). So do you have any advice to solve this issue?


texts: Should I work in CMYK when printing shirts using Direct-to-Garment (DTG)?

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I've just read What kind of black should I use when designing for CMYK print? and I'd like to ask if these considerations for a "nice" black when printing on fabric using a direct to garment (DTG) process.

Some printers ask for the designs to be in RGB colour mode, so does that mean I should primarily stick with RGB colours directly instead of having PS or Illustrator convert from CMYK to RGB?

There are also references like this one but I thought I would ask from some more designers for details, as I may be doing some print in the future as well.

Also, if you have the same design going for print, web, and fabric, do you have separate source files having the specific colour profiles?


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Let's say I have a background layer (B) filled with RGB 255 115 0, and a foreground layer (F) filled with RGB 64 64 64. Both layers are in Normal blending mode, the opacity on F is 80%. The resulting color is RGB 135 78 57.

I would like to calculate the color with a script, so I searched about the formula used to interpolate between the two colors, and found this (linear interpolation)

C = F*alpha + B*(1-alpha)

So, I normalized the values to be in the range 0..1, by dividing the three color channels by 255 and the opacity by 100. Then I applied the formula above and multipied the channels of the resulting color by 255, rounding to the nearest integer, to obtain the RGB values of the resulting color C.

However, the values calculated by me are 102 74 51, which are different from those obtained by creating the color in GIMP.

Am I making wrong assumptions, or is the actual formula used by GIMP different?

UPDATE
Thanks to @xenoid, I made my own experiments and I can confirm: if I switch to Legacy the values are the same as what I have computed.

Searching about linear light I stumbled upon this: Image Precision, and found some slight differences. Let's assume that F is the top layer filled with RGB 64 64 64 at 80% opacity and B is the bottom layer filled with RGB 255 115 46. C will be the color computed by the formula given above.

With Precision 8-bit Linear Light I came up with these results:

C:       102 74 60
Legacy:  102 75 61
Default: 102 75 61

With Precision 8-bit Perceptual Gamma (sRGB):

C:       102 74 60
Legacy:  102 74 60
Default: 135 78 61

It seems that working with Perceptual Gamma and using Legacy mode gives an exact match with the values computed with the formula.


texts: How to add metadata for design elements created using Sketch/Adobe AI

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I am creating a parsing tool with the following functionality:

Takes an SVG file and parse the elements inside the SVG and finds elements that have some custom attributes like type="table".

I was able to do this, provided the SVG file has the attributes as specified.

I am looking for way to set this custom attribute/metadata to the elements in the design file using Sketch/Adobe AI, which will be exported as SVG for parsing.

I have no idea in using these tools and any help would be highly appreciated.


texts: Where can I increase color depth in Illustrator

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I'm working with a gradient in Illustrator, but there is banding in gradient. I'm trying to increase the color depth, but I can't find the color depth setting.

If there are any other methods to remove banding, I'm open to those ideas too.


texts: CMYK colors different on export in Illustrator CC

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I have an Illustrator file with a mint color. It's a flyer, meant to be printed.
Illustrator tells me the CMYK of this color is (0.15,0.01,0.10,0).
When I use a third-party color picker, and I use it on the image opened in Illustrator, it gives a CMYK value of (0.09,0.02,0.04,0).

When I save it as a PDF, I notice the mint color is slightly (but very noticeable) darker on the export.
When I use the color picker on the export, it says it's (0.12,0.03,0.07,0).

My main goal is to export it so that it looks the same as in Illustrator.

I also notice that the colors change a lot when I choose a different Color Setting using Edit->Color Settings. Right now, it's on "Europe Prepress 3". Is this good?

My Document Color Mode is CMYK and my profile is assigned to "Working CMYK: Coated FOGRA93".

A guess: is Illustrator changing the colors so that it looks more like it would when the print is coated?

Any advice is much appreciated!


texts: Where to get public domain East Asian book illustrations?

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There are public domain resources (such as those listed on Wikipedia) where one can obtain illustrations from old books. However, most of these illustrations are of the "European style" (i.e. European subjects, European buildings, European drawing methods, European scenery, etc.) as they were made in Europe or the Americas.

I have had great difficulty in finding equivalent resources for East Asian illustrations. Are there any public domain resources where one can obtain public domain East Asian book illustrations?

Examples of the "East Asian illustrations" in question:


texts: How can I achieve this effect on my text?

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I have recently scattered through the portfolio of a designer named Nicolas Girard, and noticed this fascinating typography art:

I looked through the entire web and in every Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials site I know and tried to find an explanation to something somewhat similar to this text effect but I could not find anything...

Does anyone have any idea how I can achieve this Diagonal-Lines-Gradient-Effect on my text?
I am using Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator, both CS5, and I have a bit more than basic knowledge. Thanks.


texts: Software to easily lay a song over a slideshow of images

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Before you read this, I know that there are LOADS of programs that can easily do what I'm after; I'm cut short for time and I just don't have the hours to try out a numerous software to find out that something may not work or suite my need.

I want to put together a slideshow for my friends wedding (this Saturday!) that includes images of him and his fiance with a 4 minute song playing over the top of it, so it should be a VERY simple task.

I want the images to last about 4-5 seconds each with a basic fade transition.

What would be the simplest program for this task?

Bear in mind I need this exported as a video but I don't know what software the laptop at the wedding reception will have so I will want to export a few file types (.mp4 .wmv .avi).

Any help greatly appreciated! :)


texts: How to find and remove missing fonts in Illustrator

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When sending artwork to print, all fonts are made into outlines so our printer shouldn't have any font queries. However, there are a couple anomalies that keep popping up and showing as missing fonts within the file. I have scoured the artwork trying to find where these fonts are hiding with no success.

I don't want to replace them, I want to delete them but can't work out how to highlight them within the artwork.

I have tried Type/Find Font and selected the missing one(s) assuming it would highlight it in the artwork, but it doesn't.

I have also tried Object/Path/Clean Up in-case it's simply an empty text path that is hiding somewhere, but this doesn't work either!


texts: Is it okay to use Apple logo as a part of an icon in a website?

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I'm working on a website for a data recovery company.

I need to make an icon of a MacBook, because they offer specialized service for OS X devices. I'm not sure if it is okay for me to place the Apple logo in the center of the "Screen" on the icon. It won't be a part of the company logo or used as a differentiating aesthetic factor of the website, but it will be placed in a couple places on a website to show visitors that this company offers specialized data recovery service for OS X devices.

Would this potentially get me into a legal trouble? Does anyone have a clear answer for this?


texts: How to change the default font from Myriad pro to some other font in case of missing font?

texts: How do I change the default font in photoshop.


texts: How to make rectangular photo of a book?

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I try to make this photo rectangular. Borders of the page and vertical and horizontal lines should be linear. Ratio can be corrected later.

http://hpics.li/d6d43bc

Photoshop Puppet Warp couldn't help me.


texts: Illustrator: how to turn artwork to outlines

texts: The first image is part of my current Illustrator artwork. How would I go about turning it into a thin outline, so that it looks like the second image except the lines need to be one pixel thick.


texts: Can I make changes to the Facebook 'f' square logo like removing the background?

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The Facebook Do's and Don'ts say that I'm not allowed to modify the logo.

I don't want to modify the logo, I just want to use the white 'f' without the blue backdrop. Does anyone know if this is permitted? I can't speak legal-ese!


texts: How to balance text spread around a circle

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I am an amateur Inkscape user designing a logo for an upcoming event. We want the logo to be circular so it can be printed on round beer mats etc. The text 'Granite' is longer than the other text 'Bowl' and '2017' and I am struggling to make the text look balanced. I have tried adding some blood splatter after 'Bowl'. Is there a different way to position the text to make it look balanced? Is there any other things I could add around the circle to help?

Edit:
In response to Scotts answer below


texts: Confusion about stroke and fill for SVG path animations?

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I'm trying to replicate this SVG animation: Codepen-original but with my SVG logo.
Here is the same codepen with my SVG logo: Codepen-with-my-SVG.

I'm new to dealing SVG's and started learning and using Inkscape.

Two concepts are really confusing me right now, In this Post it is mentioned that you need to use two properties to animate an SVG path: stroke-dasharray & stroke-dashoffset.

But what i want to achieve is the same kind of animation as shown in the codepen however i want my logo to fill with its original color which includes some gradients, so i don't know how the strokes come into play with what i want to do and how i should alter my SVG logo in Inkscape.

I know you guy's have to take your time to look at the codepens i provided to understand what i want to do, so i appreciate your time in advance and really appreciate any help for me to understand how this is supposed to be done.


texts: How to save each sliced group in illustrator

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I have a svg spritesheet which I have sliced equally using the slice tool.

This is what the layers are

Now, all I want is to be able save each frame as separate svgs. So I am hoping get 10 svgs each containing a single slice. Is there any clever way to do this in Illustator other than manually selecting a group and save and so on.
Thank you in advance.


texts: How can I change 3d box color and keep faces color intensity as in the beginning in Inkscape?

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I have a 3d box with the predetermined color and it looks like this:

When I change the color, for example, to red, know it looks like this:

So as seen, now all the faces have the same color intensity and it is not possible to distinguish the edges. Is it possible to look as in the first image with different color?

This is how I do it:


texts: Draw and move a shape (rectangle) while there is an active selection (PS-CC)?

texts: I'm doing image analysis of microscopy images. I often make a selection with the selection tool to grab parts of images. Then, inside of the selection area, I need to move shapes (such as lines and rectangles). The problem is, I can't seem to move in the shapes without also moving the active selection. Is there a way to be able to move a rectangle or line without also moving my selection? Right now I usually save and then reload the selection, but there should be a better way.


texts: I am trying to make extruded 3D layers of a logo In AE CC 2017. when I import a project from Illustrator CC 2017, place it on the timeline and select "Create shapes from vector layer", it creates a grey rectangle. There is no opacity on any layer in the Illustrator project and none in AE. The layers in Illustrator came from a Photoshop project,Any ideas on what's causing my results?


texts: Should designers put ALL of their works in their portfolio?

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I've been freelancer for many years as a graphic designer and web developer. In the last few days I've found myself filling a huge portfolio for a creative company - videos, websites, branding and even smart designed contents are the four elements to a flat, nicely designed and motivational portfolio.

While I was filling their portfolio, I asked my client if they wanted ALL of their works included in the portfolio. He said that every company needs to show all of their works, even a small red circle on a giant yellow paper.

Two details:

Even the possibility of user selected which type of element they want to see, the portfolio was very huge: +40 products per type
Had some TINY projects with ~0 hits (eg: flyer for Fair Sausages)


texts: I have an ai. document and set it for RGB color mode.  I then picked the bright green (r=0, b=0, g=255) and it says image is out of gamut and won't print properly.  There must be something I'm missing but I can't figure it out.  I have been using this program for years and never ran into this problem.  Can someone please help me.


texts: How to boolean add or subtract shapes in Affinity Designer

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I recently bought Affinity Designer; I have a fair amount of experience (I used to use it for work) but occasionally I run into a problem.

What I want to do is create a shape like a cookie with a bite taken out of it.

If you have used TinkerCAD this is the same as combining a solid and transparent shape.

For those who haven't, basically what is does is the transparent shape is just like acid. It takes a chunk out of the shape without leaving behind more. I want to take a chunk out of a circle without having another circle grouped to it, leaving a mark on whatever else goes next to it.

Again, I am sorry if I am too confusing, I really don't know how to put this. Thanks in advance!


texts: Font to use in iOS social network application

texts: I am almost in the final step of the design of a social network application, I am just not sure what would be the best font type for that type of applications, instead of using the system font type.


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I just freshly installed Inkscape 0.92 and when I draw an object like a rectangle, the stroke is invisible even though the settings seem to be correct:

As can be seen in the image, there is no stroke, even though opacity is set to 100% for stroke. The stroke also has width. In fact, if I change the wide the dashed marquee expands and contracts, but still no stroke is shown.


texts: Copy/Paste a selection from Photoshop to Illustrator "round" pixels

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I'm copy from Photoshop CS6 this selection:

Which is exactly 16x50 pixels, correctly snapped with grid.

Once I paste in Illustrator CC 2019, it round both pixel sizes and grid position:

Why 15,998x49,994px at 121,999, 144,997 position?

Can I keep original pixels and preserve sizes?

Or do I need to manually fix it?


texts: I am designing a flyer for the screen and the client insists the logo should be 71mm exactly. Does the resolution plays any role on the viewer, some may see it bigger, some smaller? Thank you.


texts: how can i make an image quality compare between 2 different formats?

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I'm writing about the new Alliance for Open Media (AOM) AV1 codec. I'm looking to compare it to the older JPG on the same image to show the quality difference.

While looking I couldn't find any images that I could use under CC3 or lower so I decided to make my own comparison.

My question is, how do I make it in a proper way to lower the quality of the images to the point where it will not show the correct difference between AV1 and JPG?


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When using the brush or eraser tool a strange thing happens that I can only describe as lag or jitter.

As you can see from the image the ridges in the mask it should be smooth. To the point when I use the shift key to create a straight line it still jitters.

All this happens with the stock/default brushes.

What is that and how can I stop it from happening?

My PC is a pretty hefty system 3.7 i7 quad core 8gb ram dedicated GPU etc.


texts: What computer hardware matters to a graphic designer?

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I've had my MacBook Pro since 2007 and I'm starting to think about what the next system might look like. I'm not made of money, but if upgrading a component helps to make me a more efficient worker for 5+ years, that's worth something to me. Point being, I don't want to just max out every category; I want to be smart about it.

So, what bits of hardware matter the most to a designer? Is a dedicated graphics card overkill for a Creative Suite power user? If not, how fast should a GPU be to handle Photoshop and cutting-edge Web technologies? How much of a difference would four cores make over two when I run a script in Illustrator? Does the usage of design software mean that my system would need more RAM? Two small monitors or one big one?

I know storage space is a big deal, so straight solid state probably isn't viable...but having OS and Creative Suite on a smaller drive and throwing in a 1TB drive might work really well. That's the kind of thinking I'm trying to have.

Along the same lines, has anyone gone to the desktop to save some bucks and regretted it later? Can a desktop plus a tablet fill in well enough for a laptop?


texts: How to resize parts of a shape in Photoshop?

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Once I have drawn the shape, per below, how do I simply lengthen the line?

If I try via Transform Controls, it will also increase the width of the line (i.e. It transforms the whole shape as I drag diagonally upwards).

How do I just make the line longer?

Thanks.


texts: How do I differentiate between vegan/vegetarian, wheat/gluten or dairy/lactose icons?

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I'm a newbie in the UI world, and recently I have been asked to create nutrition icons that are clear and can be easily identified by the users.

I have been having some problems trying to differentiate between Vegan and Vegetarian alongside Wheat vs. Gluten, Dairy vs. Lactose. Another tough one is making a Healthy choice icon.

I wanted to use several items in an icon but have been told to stick with one minimalist item.


texts: How can I save an image as a 2-bit PNG. any ideas?

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Im looking to save an icon as a 2-bit PNG or BMP, any ideas? The lowest option in photoshop is 4-bit.

My icons are 4-levels grayscale and must be saved as a 2-bit image. Is there a trick or a converter or something? I created these icons in both vector and pixel format using illustrator and photoshop, the tricky part now is giving the developers a 2-bit image file.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.


texts: Can I use an "editorial-only" 3D model for demonstrative purposes in a commercial?

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I'm creating CG for a video commercial that will likely be used mostly in tradeshows or online. I'm looking to purchase two models from Turbosquid, one a Boeing 787 and one a Volvo semi truck and trailer. Because these are real-world products they are marked as "editorial use only."

The product/service being advertised is a new kind of composite tooling. The 787 is meant to provide an example of something made from composites, the production of which might be facilitated by this process. The semi truck would be used to illustrate that the process can be taken out of the factory and used for on-site production. In other words, neither model would be a primary visual element, nor are they directly related to the service being sold. I would also be perfectly willing to put a disclaimer in the commercial to the effect that we are not affiliated with nor endorsed by the companies that own the products being visualized.

Does this blur the line at all of the "editorial" use licensing? Despite the "non-commercial" admonitions I'm usually reading about editorial use, I'm also seeing things like "giving context," "enhancing the effectiveness of the story," etc., which is the primary reason for using the models, and essentially I'm using real-world examples because "generic" models are usually much poorer quality or are so glaringly trying to be generic and unreal that they become a distraction.


texts: Annoying GIMP issue (fill bucket with a circle-slash icon on the cursor)

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I am trying to bucket fill a layer, but I get this crazy cursor I cant get rid of. I think its because I have something selected. I tired Select All, Select None, but the cursor does not change.

I cant get a hold of that image, screen dump does not get that cursor. Its a small circle with a line across the diameter 45 degrees.

Edit : That cursor is called "circle-slash" icon. It comes when I select a part of the image and try to fill a different part of the image. I either need to select things correctly or I need to edit my selection for painting.

Edit Again :


texts: Photoshop CS4: PDF subsequent saves toggle between dark and light black output?

texts: I'm working in several CMYK .PSD documents. Whenever I save them as .PDF, the first PDF generated always appears as a more rich RGB-looking black (on-screen at least). Changing maybe a few non-color-space/mode items and re-saving always results in a PDF with lighter looking blacks on screen. Why is this? It's driving me mad!


texts: Creating PS pattern stamps with transparent backgrounds

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I am designing fabrics for a clothing producer. In the past I made pattern stamps with transparent background without having to clean the background away myself.

Does anyone know a way to make a pattern stamp in PS that selects the pattern only and not the background?

The images I want to use don't have transparent backgrounds.

GEO pattern example:


texts: Can I use google fonts to create art which can be customised on buyers request?

texts: Can I use google fonts on prints where buyers could ask for some changes e.g add their names on.


texts: Are graphic designers required to print things for clients?

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I'd like to start doing design work but I always get caught up on this question...

If I design something for a client, am I also required to handle the print work?


texts: Only navigator shows changes in Illustrator CC 2015

texts: Pretty much you can see that this line won't show visual change. When i try to change the stroke it shows only in the navigator bar but o


texts: How to unlock the alpha channel lock in gimp?

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In the layers dialog, there are two things you can lock and unlock: pixels (looks like a paintbrush icon), and the alpha channel (looks like a checkerboard next to the pixels icon).

Supposedly, you click the alpha channel to lock it, and then you can't change the alpha channel.  When you click it again, it's supposed to be unlocked and you can change it.

The icons seem to vaguely change from locked (looks like a fat checkerboard, or one with rounded corners) to unlocked (sharp, square corners) - all somewhat visible when you change the focus to a different control on the screen.

The designer of this concept should be put in front of a firing squad, but now that I know how to lock AND UNLOCK, the unlock seems not to work: I can't change the color to alpha to make a transparent background.  I'd been doing it all day with other images; now I can no longer do this operation, even with images I'd previously changed.

Am I missing a global setting somewhere?  I just need to change a color to alpha.

I'm using Gimp 2.8.14

Edit:

Here are screenshots:

It's hard to tell, but the top one's lock icon is a little fatter and rounded in the corners than the bottom one.  Those are the locked and unlocked modes for the alpha channel.

I've restarted Gimp, and reloaded previous images which I had no problems editing.


texts: In Inkscape, how to create a gradient between color A and color B instead of color A and transparent?

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I'm just getting familiar with Inkscape (v0.91), currently working on a picture which will consist of overlapping objects each containing shadow gradients, something like this:

How I do change the gradient of the blue circle so that it transitions from blue to white (or another color) rather than blue to transparent? I want the blue circle to be opaque.


texts: Can anyone tell me what this sans serif font is?

texts: I really need to know what font is in this image:


texts: Converting s and  into single shape/path

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I have a bunch of SVG images that are made in the following way: there is a “base shape” defined by a bunch of lines arranged in a tree-like fashion, that are cloned mirrored and transformed into a snowflake pattern with SVG’s <use> nodes. Unfortunately some applications do not handle thick lines and <use> nodes well, so I hoped to convert them to a more “simple” form of SVG with Inkscape.

Unfortunately, in their original form Inkscape seem to be unable to do anything with them: Path → Stroke to Path, Path → Object to Path, Path → Union or Path → Combine does not seem to do anything.

I figured out a way to do what I want, but it’s somewhat complicated:

Open SVG in Inkscape;
Save it as EMF;
Open saved EMF;
Select all;
Path → Stroke to Path;
Path → Combine;
Path → Union;
Save as SVG.

This way I end up with an SVG containing a single path like I want. Is there a way to achieve the same result faster?

Inkscape version is 0.92.2 if that matters.

The sample SVG looks like this (I didn’t find a way to insert SVG file as an image):

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1" width="600px" height="600px" viewBox="-110 -110 220 220">
    <defs>
        <g id="primary">
            <line x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="-100" stroke="white" stroke-width="10" stroke-linecap="round"></line>
            <line x1="0" y1="-20" x2="11.335980578361996" y2="-0.36550568466299893" stroke="white" stroke-width="10" stroke-linecap="round"></line>
            <line x1="0" y1="-40" x2="-23.342175588425484" y2="0.42983407834691434" stroke="white" stroke-width="10" stroke-linecap="round"></line>
            <line x1="0" y1="-60" x2="9.715489262346612" y2="-65.60924034092474" stroke="white" stroke-width="10" stroke-linecap="round"></line>
            <line x1="0" y1="-80" x2="-22.326108656091357" y2="-92.88998484255117" stroke="white" stroke-width="10" stroke-linecap="round"></line>
        </g>
        <g id="mirrored">
            <use xlink:href="#primary"></use>
            <use xlink:href="#primary" transform="scale(-1, 1)"></use>
        </g>
    </defs>
    <use xlink:href="#mirrored" transform="rotate(0)"></use>
    <use xlink:href="#mirrored" transform="rotate(45)"></use>
    <use xlink:href="#mirrored" transform="rotate(90)"></use>
    <use xlink:href="#mirrored" transform="rotate(135)"></use>
    <use xlink:href="#mirrored" transform="rotate(180)"></use>
    <use xlink:href="#mirrored" transform="rotate(225)"></use>
    <use xlink:href="#mirrored" transform="rotate(270)"></use>
    <use xlink:href="#mirrored" transform="rotate(315)"></use>
</svg>

Which renders to this (if the renderer understands SVG well):


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Currently, Photoshop allows us to Paste a second image into a previous one and then re-size it manually using Free Transform. I would like to know if there is any method or software that allows us to automate this process.

Just draw a selection area on an image, click on the selected area, select an image file and have it appear already re-sized and set in the selection area.

I restate that this doesn't necessarily have to be done in Photoshop. I just want this functionality for images I am formatting.


texts: How to get speckled shading in Photoshop?

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I am trying to achieve, for lack of a better term, a speckled shading in Photoshop. I'm not getting the right effect using noise (even with a gaussian blur) or setting the layer to dissolve.

Here are a couple of good examples of what I'm referring to (they are not exactly the same, but they seem to employ a similar style):

(less so the top edge, more so everything else)

I'd appreciate any help (and, if I'm referring to this technique incorrectly, please let me know)!


texts: How do I create table of contents from two paragraph styles in Adobe InDesign?

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So I've two Paragraph Styles on the page and they are both parts of the title in separate Text Boxes.

Paragraph Style 1 "Section Title"
Paragraph Style 2 "Page Topic"

When I make the TOC style with these two and then output, it will create a new line of each Paragraph style.

So it will be

Section Title .... Page #

Page Topcic ... Page #

What I want it to do is

Section Title Page Topic ... Page #

How would I do this?

I have tried to make both Text Boxes the same Paragraph Style and then added a Char Style to one (for the styling difference)

I have also tried to create a text variable (and assigned it, its own Paragraph style - Paragraph 3) to target both the Paragraph Styles and then used Paragraph 3 to create TOC, but the TOC was empty.


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Is there an icon for the word icon?

I am trying to build a website like flaticon, and made me wonder, is there an icon for icons?

Like there are icons for settings or database.


texts: How to create a graphic of a text with transparent background

texts: I make custom cursors for Tumblr blogs and this was a request, but I can't seem to figure out how to make all but the words transparent; even the spaces in the loops need to be transparent:


texts: Photoshop: Varying Levels of Transparency based on Pixel Brightness

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I have the image below with the red lightning effect a single layer.  What I'd like to do is make the red  transparent, but maintain pixel brightness, so that I can then overlay it on a red canvas, or blue canvas, etc etc. How can I keep the pixel brightness in this way? Currently, with it all transparent, it looks like this:

http://renx.st0rm.net/test.php?color=FF0000


texts: How to get GTA type Cartoon Effect In Photoshop CS5?

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I'm new to Photoshop and was wondering how to achieve this sort of cartoon effect. I looked everywhere, youtube, blogs and stuff but still non were close to what I'm looking for. Look at the picture for clarity:

image from deviantart.com

I tried the following but didn't get what I was looking for:

Made a duplicate layer of the image and then Filter -> Sketch -> Stamp and after that multiply them.

Image -> Adjustment -> Posterize

Filer -> Sharpen -> Unsharp Mask

Using PS CS5 Extended.

Screenshots from my experiment:

Is there any fast and better way of doing it? Thanks.


texts: How do I divide a circle into equal parts like a pie chart with Adobe Illustrator?

texts: Is there a fairly simple way to divide a circle into equal parts using Adobe Illustrator CC?


texts: InDesign: missing links reported, will a PDF export work for printing?

texts: After exporting from InDesign to PDF everything looks in place, while InDesign shows a lot of links missing. I am wondering if it could be printed without problems?


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This seemed like the best place to ask this question since it's design related but I'm sorta more interested in the reasons behind this trend and any A/B testing that may have been done.

The trend being, that its rather popular to setup Pricing Packages with a pre-selected "Most Popular" or "Most Value" type heading. For example:

https://www.namecheap.com/hosting/vps.aspx

This is just an example.

My personal opinion is I don't like these, as a user, but I'm in the process of creating a website with pricing plans.

Every design my friend and I have come up with, we cannot find something that visually works that doesn't look out of place.

SO My question is, do these really work? Do they provide value and are there any studies that back this up? Or has anyone had experience where this has worked for them?


texts: Designing graphics for display on television screens

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I'm designing a video reel, static illustration for display purposes on a few TV's at a corporate party. Each SmartTV is able to run video or display images off a USB drive - this is not an issue.

Should I design with a "clear space" around the edges to account for overscan or potentially some mis-rendering of my video and design? I've read some documentation on disabling overscan but overall, is it a bad practice to "full-bleed" design elements off the edge of TV displays?


texts: What does a logo including a frame express?

texts: What does a logo including a frame (see example below) express? In other words, what meaning/feeling does it carry?


texts: What colors can I use in this educational slide that is more appealing?

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I want to instruct people about how SSL works, (HTTPS) and that involves "color mixing" as demonstrated in this link, and this graphic.

Is there any other color combination I can use that would have a more appealing pallet or just so I don't end up with a nasty brown?


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I am in the process of creating a wedding website for somebody and I am trying to match some of the accent colors to a fabric swatch that will be used for the bridesmaids dresses. I'm having a heck of a time getting the color on the screen to match what's actually on the swatch.

So far, I tried just picking a color from a photo the bride sent me of one of the dresses. However, the lighting was terrible and the photo was taken with an iphone, so the color really looks nothing like the actual color I need.

I've also tried simply "making" the color using the color selection tool in Photoshop, but I could never get it to look quite right. It was always odd that the color on the screen is "glowing" and the fabric swatch is obviously not. I also noticed that the color would match on one screen and then not look quite right on another.

Do you all have any recommendations? Maybe taking a photo of the swatch with a good camera under ideal conditions, including a sheet of white paper for reference to get the white balance right, and going from there?

I don't necessarily need it to be an absolutely perfect match, so it seems like purchasing an expensive screen calibrator would be overkill. Nobody else is going to be holding the color swatch up to the screen checking me. But I do want it to match fairly well...

What would you suggest?


texts: Shear Tool after Other Effect -> Expand Appearance

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I want to clarify a small issue with Shear Tool, because I feel there is a common rule I miss.

I created a rectangle and applied Rounded Effect. At this stage I did not expanded appearance.

Next, I applied Shear Tool as you can see on the picture: you can see the bounds of the applied shear tool, however there are no real shape changes - if the object deselected it looks like regular rounded rectangle. If I apply Expand Appearance I get the same rounded rectangle.

What is the general rule that I miss?


texts: Illustrator CS5: Selection Tool Highlights Object Just by Passing Over It?

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This isn't a major issue, but I recently reset my preferences for Illustrator CS5 and now find the Selection Tool (black arrow) is highlighting every single object I pass over. Previously, only once I clicked on an object or text would a bounding box appear. But now whenever I pass my cursor over shapes it highlights the outside path, and when I pass my cursor over text a gray box appears. Here's a screenshot of the gray box issue.

I just want to turn off this setting or reset a preference that was changed. Thanks in advance for any advice!


texts: How to cut up two rounded rectangles into this

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I want to recreate this in Illustrator.

I have created two rounded rectangles and used the Pathfinder pnael to cut them up. I now have this:

But I still doesn't know how to make on arche endpoint come inwards to match the sequare edge and also how to add equal white-space (the cuts).
I'd appreciate some pointers.


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I don't understand why these two lines won't join:

Join is disabled:


texts: Eliminate shadow on rasterized text in Photoshop?

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First of all, I could not find anything matching my problem, probably because of the lack of better keywords.

I created a word with the Text Tool and rasterized it for cropping and editing. But now the text appears to have a weird gray "border" around some parts.

You can see the difference here, as I have added a solid colored rectangle next to the part with the "border" (on the left size is the rectangle).


texts: Photoshop water ripple refraction (from intensity map)?

texts: I want to create a ripple effect. I have an existing smart object with a black/transparent "ripple" effect. I want to turn this into a refraction effect so that you don't see the black/transparent effect, but you instead see the image below it refracted and bulging, like you would see in a water ripple.


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I am working on a project that will require me to build simple perspective views of real-life environments. The images need to be draw in Inkscape (I plan to extract sections layer-by-layer).

Is there any way I can set up perspective guide-lines in Inkscape to make the job easier?

At the moment, I'm thinking of roughly modelling the environments (say, a kitchen) in Sketchup to get the 3D look, saving a bitmap then using that as a guide layer in Inkspace.

BTW: I am not a graphic artist.


texts: Prevent Illustrator from adding pivot points to the selection

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The issue is that both direct (A) and standard (V) selection tools add central (pivot) points of other objects to the selection that just happen to be encompassed by the selection.

What I'd like to do is use the selection tools to just select the burgundy rectangle even if my selection area happens to go over the pivot points of other objects.

I could almost swear with 47% certainty that this is not how selection tools in Illustrator worked before.

Is there an option to tell Illustrator to only select anchor points and paths, not pivot points?

Please note, pivot points might not be the official name for them but that's how I've always called them.


texts: Font not displaying properly despite being embedded

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I have created a document in Scribus which I exported to PDF, embedding all the fonts. However, in some applications, one of the fonts (Montserrat) does not display properly – it looks like some sort of glyphs:

Above is a screenshot from the online version of Adobe Acrobat. The weird thing is that the font looks right for about 30 seconds and then changes to this. Also, in the Google Drive PDF viewer and the desktop version of Acrobat Reader (free version), it looks normal. When I copy the "text" to word, the original words display.
Is there anything I can do about this? (I want to send the file for printing, so it is important that the fonts are, well, actual text).
The font information for Montserrat (and all its styles) is:

Montserrat-[font style]
Type: TrueType
Encoding: Custom

If it is important, I think I downloaded the font from the Google Fonts website. The other fonts in the document don't experience such issues (though Montserrat is my main font).


texts: How to create SVG for good typography on the web without buying Illustrator?

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I have a web font which I would like to display using SVG instead of in HTML. The reason for this is that I want to display large typographically beautiful text, and I don't see any way of getting the control of Kerning that I need with HTML/CSS rendered text.

I own the font (or it's free, rather) and it would be easy to display it as a bitmap and be done with it - but it is very large, and I'm trying to get the whole page to load in under half a second, so I believe SVG is my answer.

I own Photoshop, but do not have any budget for Illustrator. Though, I guess I could use the trial short term - it would be nice to be able to edit and and make changes a month out from now. Are there any vector tools which would meet my need, simply to create SVG from text so I could manually adjust the kerning to display on the web?


texts: Looking suggestions to give a better look and Experience

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Here is my first webpage created (for a chatbot). I know that the UI sucks, I need you experts suggestions to make it look better.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/rakeshlexbucket/Lex_Test.html

To replicate my issue.

enter the below.

you : Search for Ram.
bot  : How many Incidents do you want to see. To see all, please type ALL
you : All
bot : Here are the tickets containing "Ram" keyword INC0010324, INC0010336, INC0010279, INC0010278, INC0010261, INC0010276, INC0010275, INC0010244, INC0010280, INC0010334, INC0010316, INC0010227

Issue1:

when the text is above the background Image(Robot face), it is pretty much unreadable. the links that appear are in blue color. what would be a better color for them. what would you suggest to be the ideal colors and fonts as the guys here are stuck to that Background image. they don't want to move out of it.

Issue 2:

click on any links that come up, it will slide the div to a side and fill that with some other content, what should be the ideal color, fonts and BG color for this new div.

Also I'm looking for feedback on how can I improve the UI/UX.

I posted this on https://ux.stackexchange.com but one of the guys suggested posting it here would be more relevant.

Thanks


texts: I had a disagreement about the correct use of a ligature and kerning in a headline and would appreciate any help in seeking insight on the issue. The issue is with the "f" and "t". One side believes using the ligature creates proper kerning throughout and the other side believes the "f" and "t" should be spaced out slightly more and separated for a better look. I know this may not be a black and white issue but again any thoughts or knowledge about the issue would be appreciated. Thanks.


texts: Is there an easier way to draw a parallelogram aligned with a triangle?

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I'm trying to draw two shapes in Adobe Illustrator CS4, but in a somewhat abnormal position.

I've attached an image of the desired effect I'm trying to achieve, and I've obviously gotten there, but my way feels clunky and I'm wondering if there's a better mechanism to do it. (Do note, this is my first Illustrator project ever.)

I want to draw a triangle, and then on the top-right edge I want a rectangle rotated and skewed so that the bottom-left corner is above and parallel to the top-right edge of the triangle, and the top-left edge of the rectangle (which is a parallelogram at this point) is coincident with but not in the same position as the top-left edge of the triangle.

My current method is to create a "Guidelines" layer, where I draw an equilateral triangle and convert it to a Guide. Then I draw the triangle and place it, then draw the rectangle and right-click → transform → rotate 60 degrees, then position and size it to where I hope it belongs, as I want the bottom corner of the parallelogram in vertical alignment with the right corner of the triangle, and then shear it at -150 degrees, along the 60 degree angle axis.

Then I free-hand move each corner until everything "looks right", which involves many instants of trial-and-error, and I get an imperfect result.

This seems like a lot of free-handing, because when I try to resize the parallelogram (if I shear first before positioning) it becomes very much skewed, I would like to maintain the angles of it, as they work with my intentions.

I've hand-drawn the red vertical line to indicate the intended alignment at that corner, the guides should indicate the desired effect with the remainder of the alignments, though they're not perfect. I would prefer the resultant shape to be perfectly aligned into my guide-lines, but freehanding it worked good enough.


texts: Can I print on a plastic sheet using a laser printer?

texts: I want to print some lines on a plastic sheet (for this) using a laser jet printer (to be more specific, a HP M1005 MFP). I suspect it might burn when I try to print. Should I print or not? Or should I buy printable sheets?


texts: Multiple SVG files export at multiple sizes (eg. png at 16px, 24px...)

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I would like to know if there is any automated solution to export multiple SVG files (more than 200 icons) from Illustrator to multiple size PNG (16px, 24px, 32px, 48, px, 64px)

I know that there is Asset Export option to export one SVG to multiple assets at multiple size, but I have to do it one by one SVG. Reason I need this is, because I have more than 200 icons in separated SVG files, it will be painful to do it one by one.


texts: Illustrator: how to modify path without distorting text

texts: For some reason once I have placed text on a circle path and then adjust the path, the text gets distorted instead of being uniformed.


texts: How to turn an Indesign file into an editable Keynote

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I have a client that is requesting several long documents as editable keynote presentations. They were originally built in InDesign and I am having trouble finding a way to convert them! There are many pages to these documents and accuracy and speed are very important.

Thanks!


texts: What will the color of my image look like once printed?

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I'm working on a project in Photoshop in CMYK. I exported my rendered tif file in 2 image viewers and they don't look the same. Windows image viewer shows the same as in Photoshop but ACDSee shows different colors. I tried changing color profiles in ACDSee but it doesn't change anything after restarting the program and reloading the file. It still looks off.
I'm trying to understand why ACDSee is displaying the picture that way but in the end my only concern is how the file will look once printed and I really hope it will be like on the first two. How can I be sure of this?


texts: In Inkscape, when the arrow is rotated, the arrow is only half displayed. How can I set it up to keep it unchanged？ Thank you!


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Can anyone define why something might not look "professional"?

What differentiates between professional/unprofessional designs?

I have clients who have said my design does not look very professional.  I followed all the things to make it professional - maybe I don't know enough about design?  I have seen lots of "professional" design templates that look easy & similar to mine.  Most of the time, when I don't have any way to go, I follow these template designs - but when I finish I get feedback that "This doesn't look professional".  This doesn't help me though. Does anyone here have real-world help/experience/suggestions would help me regarding looks, font, style... everything.  Please give me a way!

In short:
What makes a design professional?


texts: How to create a pixelate background in Photoshop CS6 to blend an image with the background

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I need to blend this photo into a square shaped flyer and don't know what effect should i use on th background to make it look like the photo.

This is the photo

This is what i've done so far

I really like the "old" pixelated effect of the photo but i couldn't reproduce it in Photoshop.


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