texts: How do I get a clean path inset/offset in Adobe Fireworks CS5?

texts: I've tried a number of different settings in the GUI, and have tried manual path tools from the path panel, but no matter what the inset path function completely mutilates the path into a blob.  Distance of the inset or offset doesn't make a difference, and these are very simple paths like a square, or a circle.  I'm on Mac, OS 10.6.


texts: Different tints (opacities) of a spot colour as separate discrete swatches in the swatch panel?

texts: In Indesign is there a way to setup various tints or opacities of the same Pantone Spot colour as separate discrete swatches? It would be helpful for me as I would like to set up a Data Merge function that would actively search out different tonalities of said spot colour swatch in an automated way.


texts: Aligning circles to non-90-degree corners

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I am trying to achieve perfect circular corners for some shapes. This seems really easy for 90° angles, but for more complicated corners, I can't seem to figure out how to get the circle to align perfectly with the lines.
I have found solutions by using Astute Graphics SubScribe, but I cannot afford that at the moment, and would assume that this would be possible in Vanilla AI.


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There are many free fonts, but they often don't include letters with diacritics such as Ă, Â, Ș, etc. Placing those marks by hand in a large text that keeps changing can be a pain.

Is there a way to add such extra glyphs to font in Illustrator - basically some copies of existing characters, with accents or other diacritical marks?

Or do you know any tricks to make the process easier?


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Ahoy there.

Looking for suggestions for a problem I'm coming across with a PDF proof that was prepared by another designer.

The very simple proof (custom artwork for branded post-it notes) doesn't appear to be printing correctly. The text on the proof is black and gray. The gray text is printing garbled for some reason. There are also some 20% opacity logos that are printing the same problem.

I have had the problem across different printers so have concluded it is down to the proof itself, which was created from Illustrator through 'save as > PDF'.

There seems to be decreased opacity on the text itself, although I can't work out how it is being applied as it doesn't seem to be in the usual manner.

I'm guessing it's how it has been exported, although again I'm not 100% on the settings used by the original artworker.

Any thoughts?


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How can i turn this line into a circle in photoshop cs6 ?

I want to draw a circle with this texture

This is not how I want to draw my Circle. I want to copy then rotate and then paste the first image's texture many times, to create a circle shape, not like the below image where it looks like a STOP sign. (It should have a circle inside since the image would be created by keep copying and rotating the first image to fill all the pixels)


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Does Paintshop Pro [any version] work with a touchscreen [monitor or laptop]?

Using the pen, can I draw, etc. on the screen in Paintshop Pro?


texts: Copy, paste, move colored squares - but keep them aligned to the grid

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I am developing a word game for iOS and would like to use an SVG file as the gaming board.

The SVG file (author: Denelson83, Wikimedia Commons) is almost perfect for my game - except for displaced colored squares.

My question is:

How could I please copy such a colored square (is it a Group?), then paste it and move the new square to a new spot - but still keep it aligned to the grid?

As an Inkscape newbie I have already found out, that I can jump to the "original" with Shift-D.

And I can hold CTRL key to move objects horizontally or vertically.

But I still don't understand how to keep the moved square aligned to the grid (which also seems to be in a separate layer - so how did the author manage to keep all squares aligned to the grid?)

And also I can't find some view/dialog/toolbar, which would show me the coordinates of the object being dragged by me (I only see the coordinates of the mouse pointer at the bottom right). If I could see/change those coordinates, then I could (in a tiresome way) calculate and set the coordinates for the new squares...

UPDATE:

I've toggled Snap to grid and also enabled showing the grid:

but the square doesn't snap to the grid when I drag it.

And also the grid is too small and I can't find how to make its cells broader.

UPDATE 2:

I have found where to set the grid size (15 x 15) and offset:

But while the grid looks ok now and snaps too - it snaps in the wrong places as shown below.

Why doesn't the grid snap at the square's borders?

Is this maybe a bug in Inkscape? How to workaround it please?

UPDATE 3: I've received an offline advice to hold ALT while dragging a square


texts: Change all pixels below 50% gray into 50% gray

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In a grayscale image, how can I lighten all pixels that are darker than 50% gray to 50% gray without changing any of the other pixels?
For example, this image:

should become this image:

I have tried using both the levels tool and the histogram. In the levels tool, I only managed to shift all pixel values, including those that are lighter than 50% gray:

In the historgram, I'm unable to draw an edge and the curve always curves around the midpoint:

Is there an easier solution?


texts: Can a logo using a generic typeface be copyrighted?

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I've run into an issue with my printer denying printing, one of my designs is a parody of Hotline Bling and contains the familiar text in Helvetica Neue in the background.

The reasoning is because of copyright issues but from my research about copyright rules, you cannot copyright the use of a typeface.


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I am trying to create a realistic shrub/bush. My goal is draw one similar to as shown in pic below:

Here is what i have done. I am using pen tool to draw a basic bush with green colour and then dark green shapes for lower region to show shade and light green shapes to show sunlight. But not able to make it look as realistic as shown in pic.


texts: Working with duotone image mode in Photoshop and Indesign

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I'm working with Risograph (sort of automatized silk screen printing for paper) and I'm trying to find solution for effect I want to achieve. I'm trying to edit photographs to look something like this:

Note: I'm not interested in halftone effect, just focus on colors.

I want to make only some parts of the image blue, and the rest red. I tried to use Duotone mode in Photoshop but no matter what I can't achieve this. Here are two of my failed attempts:

I opened image I'm working on, then changed to duotone mode. In
duotone popup menu I selected desired colors red and blue, but when
I try to pick blue in color panel all I can get is variations of
purpleish color (mix of red and blue). And I can't figure out how to
use pure blue or red.
I tried making blue monotone image and mask out what I don't need, than do the same with red monotone image. Then I tried making red-blue duotone file and placing this 2 previously made monotone images, but it's doesn't work, it won't get imported.

It is really important for me to actually work with spot colors, I know exactly how to do this in CMYK/RGB mode. But then I need to do the color separations in order to prepare files for printing and I end up with 4 channels, but I have only 2 available.

Only solution that's working for me right now is to make 2 separate monotone files for blue part of the picture and the red one. Than I would place them in Indesign and position them on top of each other. This works but it's quite hard to manipulate image later, I would have to change 2 separate PSD files by hart and go back and forward with changes.

Best solution for me would be to have only one PSD file, that I'm able to select 2 colors I'm working with, and to be able to mix those to colors (than in print overprint those parts for purple color). And than to be able to import that PSF file in Indesign and print separations with ease. Seems to me that duotone mode is maybe not perfect for this.

I hope I was clear enough. I would appreciate all your help!


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I'm watching a live Adobe UX design webinar right now and they're taking community submissions. One of the submissions used Lobster for their title typeface and the presenters froze, zoomed in on it and basically said "who dared to use this typeface. We need to talk about your font choices".

Included the video title in case anyone wants to watch it on Youtube. Here's where they point out (and complain about) the Lobster font 44:35.

So, I haven't heard anything about Lobster being a taboo font choice (although it's not my style so I don't use it anyway).

Is it becoming the new comic sans? Why? How does this happen to what appears to be a decent typeface?

I found this article that seems to claim that "font abuse" is to blame for the designers' negative association with this font. I've looked through this question about comic sans, but it seems to me that Lobster is a well-designed font so why is it experiencing similar hatred?

TL;DR Version

What is it about a font that causes designers (or others) to have adverse reactions to it?

Arial and Helvetica can easily be labelled as overused, yet I haven't seen people complain about them. At least not to the extent that people complain about Comic Sans and now Lobster.


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I have always drawn with pencils and paper. I like drawing things that are just plain creepy. But I want them on my computer, but I don't want to just scan them on, so I've decided to draw them on the computer.

But I can't get Photoshop, and I really don't want to give Adobe a single cent. So what are my alternatives?

I use Paint.NET for when I do graphics for websites, and it's ok, but I find it very tedious to work with and wouldn't enjoy using it for what I want to use it for.

Are there any others that you would suggest? Please keep in mind that I'm only after free apps, or atleast fully-functioning trials (except Photoshop).

Also, another requirement is that the app has a lot of cool painting styles, like Highlighting and drawing shadows or "toning" for like, when you wanna add tone to body parts.

I hope this is the right place to be asking here.

Looking forward to your suggestions!


texts: Copying/pasting (or transferring) clipping masked image Illustrator to Photoshop

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Little question about working between Illustrator and Photoshop when using clipping masks over images (photograph Jpeg).

I have created a layout in Illustrator, and am trialling different Jpeg images in a clipping mask path that is within the layout.

This is the layout with the clipping path highlighted. I am using Illustrator for the original layout and to set dimensions, and trial different images within the same layout and clipping path.

I want to then copy and paste (or use any other process that is best) this clipped image into Photoshop. In Ps I have the same layout (the red and black frames/shapes) set to the same dimensions.
When I've been copying and pasting (as Smart object) into Photoshop, the image and clipping mask is tiny in comparison - like so:

So it pastes in around half the size.

Can anybody enlighten me on the best way to transfer this clipped image into Photoshop, preserving it's dimensions? And explain why this way works rather than the means I've had a go at. I like to try and understand WHY these programs do what they do!

Thanks as always!


texts: automate PDF presentation changes file to 72 dpi, I need it to remain at 300 dpi

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I want to save individual PS6 files into one PDF to upload to kindle to create a book.
My images in PS6 are all 8"x6" @ 300dpi.  When I automate PDF presentation, no matter how I save it, the newly created PDF document becomes 72dpi.  If it keeps the 8" x 6" the file downsizes to 576 x432. (72dpi)
Even if I save without compression it will
keep the 2400 x 1800 but changes the document to 33.34 x 25". (72dpi)
Please help!!  I need to keep the physical size to 8" x 6" but need the 300 dpi resolution


texts: How to remove any color and let all white-on-transparent

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I don't want any blue outline and I expect the "W" to be "opened", without the nested blue parts.

All that is currently blue should be transparent.

I'm new to photoshop, I don't know how to get rid of all blue parts.
Is there any easy way to have a complete white shape on transparent background?


texts: How do I preserve fonts and images when sending AI files?

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I work with a team member on a few graphic design projects. After she creates the template she likes, she sends it to me to edit the text and and adjust the layout.

The problem I am having is with the fonts and images she is using. For some reason my program will not recognize her fonts or even the images she uses. We both have Adobe Illustrator CC, but she has a Dell and I use a Mac. Could this be the problem?


texts: Text alphanumerical characters changes to characters in Illustrator

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I am working with Adobe 2020 while transferring the chart from Excel to Illustrator, text change to weird nonnumerical characters. I have tried these before transferring the chart
change the font to Arial, Times New Roman, Myriad and then paste
change it to PDF, or picture or TIFF or PNG image and then paste to Illustrator
Nothing worked...
Any help would be highly appreciated
Thanks


texts: Can I blend a layer to the canvas in Photoshop?

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Blend modes work great between layers but can I blend to the canvas?

For example, take this image:

It has an orange square on the left and transparent canvas on the right. I then placed a black-to-white gradient in the middle and set it to the multiply blend mode. On the left (over the orange) we can see the gradient essentially fading from fully opaque black to fully transparent, but on the right (over the canvas) we see no change in opacity or blending, it's still the plain black-to-white gradient.

Is there a way to make the right side blend with the canvas so that it's fully opaque black at the top and fully transparent at the bottom?

I know that I could use the gradient tool to solve the issue for this simple example, but often I have more complex artwork to deal with and having the ability to make blacks solid and whites transparent over the canvas would be fantastic! I think of this as blending to the canvas but perhaps there's another name or tool for this?

Fireworks had a filter called convert to alpha which would get the result I'm after. It would convert your later to gresycale, then anything black would become 100% opaque, anything white became 0% opaque, and all shades of grey would fall somewehere inbetween. I'm looking for an eiquivelant feature in Photoshop!


texts: Fix distortion of hand drawn brush on path?

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Alright, I downloaded hand drawn AI brushes from https://www.graphicsfuel.com/2019/07/30-hand-drawn-brushes-for-illustrator/ and having an issue w distortion on one of the pencil brushes -

shorter paths scrunch up the texture. How can I fix this?


texts: Favicon best practices regarding size and format

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I'm busy on a WordPress site and have come to the stage to add the finishing touch, being the favicon. I'm primarily a developer so graphics and icons aren't my strongest point.

What are the best practices when creating a favicon (in terms of sizes etc, I already have the design)? I'd like to accommodate for every possible device, be it mobile, tablets, retina displays etc. Also I don't want it ending up blurry so I need to know what pixel density to use and everything.

If there are some Mac apps or online tools that will do this for you (and do it properly) that would be great as well. Otherwise I know how to find my way around Illustrator and Photoshop.


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I need to make the same curve as the picture from scratch in PS, using Gaussian Blur > Dissolve > Bitmap (50% Threshold). The other way I made the vector curve to Shadow > Dissolve > Bitmap. However, both methods don't have the same noise effect with the picture. Do you guys have any other suggestion?

Thanks!


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Let's say I want to add this photography + frame on this background. It will look "very copy/pasted".

How to add (with Photoshop) the shadow that would normally be produced by the frame on the 4 sides of the frame? The shadow should blend naturally with the background layer.
Should I also add some brightness on one edge of the frame (like would do a light coming on one side) or not?

More generally, how to make it more natural?

Frame:

Background:

Photoshop project (PSD downloadable here, feel free to modify it and post it along an answer):


texts: Indesign CC, combine paragraph and character styles into one palette

texts: Is there a way to combine paragraph and character styles into the same palette of styles? It would make navigating and applying styles easier, instead of continually moving between the paragraph and character style palettes, particularly when multiple style groups are created.


texts: How to (almost) perfectly align a DWG to an SVG?

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I have an airport map in SVG format that I need to update using a DWG file. Considering that the SVG map has been created using an older version of the DWG I am currently using, I assume that it should be possible to perfectly overlap this 2 files and just update the modified part.

My workflow so far was to load the SVG, file->place the DWG on top, and manually adjust the position of the DWG. It's a good match but not good enough. If get an overlap good enough in one area, then I will have a large offset in another.

I have a GIS background and I could do this alignment there, but I would have to reconstruct the whole SVG for just a couple of lines. In the GIS there is the notion of georeferencing, where one image/vector without coordinates, like my DWG here, can be "pulled" to an object that has coordinates, like my SVG map.
Could I do something similar in Illustrator, for example select 5-6 points on the DWG, like road intersection and snap them to road intersection from SVG and when doing this pulling all the DWG data in it's rightful place?


texts: Trouble with gif export output with transparent background in gimp

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So I took a gif, and edited out the background for each frame.

When I go to filters -> animation -> playback it plays the gif perfectly fine with a transparent background.

http://imgur.com/a/AEt5Q

After exporting the gif and opening it up on an image viewer, the background is gone, but instead of it being transparent, it's turned into a white background.

http://imgur.com/a/G5DJI

I've tried using optimize for gif, but it doesn't change anything. I also have tried exporting the gif as both png and gif format.


texts: Problems with fonts in Photoshop (all the text is pixelated)

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I really don't understand what is going on and I'd love if someone could help me with that.
Whenever I type something the letters are just pixelated and weird. Some of them are just fine (like F and H) but all there others letters are just wrong.
I don't know if the problem is the font, because this occurs with all my fonts.
This happens only in Photoshop, Illustrator is completely fine.


texts: 3 page spread in saddle stitch publication - InDesign CS6

texts: I am printing an A5 booklet with 36 pages. I am doing a test print as a saddle stitch booklet. One of the spreads has photographs that span out over 3 pages so it is a fold out part. I have no idea how to imposition this with the additional 3 page spread. I thought somehow I could print the 3 page spread separately on an A3 page but that would mess up the multiples of 4 in the publication if I removed it.


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I have an oval shape, and want to have text on its right side. I selected both shape and text and clicked Text > Put on Path. The text appeared at the bottom of the shape and I moved it to the right by going to the beginning of the text and pressing Alt+Right.

After ~270 degrees, when I either hit Alt+Right or try to add spaces in front of the text, the text still moves but gets clipped.

Why is that and how can I prevent this?

When I put the text on the left of the shape, it works fine. I can copy that, flip both horizontally and vertically, and drag it to its new place. That works, but certainly feels hackish.


texts: What file formats should I send to my client for his logo?

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I've been reading different articles and such and have come to the conclusion that I should send him:

-ai file

-eps file

-jpg file

-pdf file

-png file

Should I include anything else or is that sufficient?

And my other question is this:
Should the jpg and png file be in CMYK or RGB and what should the resolution be, 72 dpi or 300 dpi?
Thanks for the input!

EDIT:
Would it be better to save the JPG and PNG as 72 dip or as 300 dpi? What do you typically do?


texts: Photoshop : Change Stroke Color Quickly?

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How to Change Stroke Color of a Shape Quickly?

Like we double click on shape, it open a pop up color picker window that change fill color in real time without hitting "OK Button"

Is there any similar functionality for shape's stroke as well, like Ctrl/ Shift + Double click pop up a window for selecting stroke color?

Or any plugin or script can do that?


texts: Combining layers to Smart Object causing layer styles to change?

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I have an array of layers in Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.
They have effects on them such as outer glows with varying transparencies.

When joining into a Smart object, the outer glow's and drop shadow's turn white instead of maintaining their transparency effects.

My layer screenshot below is showing all my layers.
The ones that are highlighted are the ones I'm converting to Smart Object.

My question is...
Why would the layer effects behave differently once merged into a Smart Object.  I thought that was the entire point of "Smart" Objects and that they understand their context and are content/context aware.

BEFORE SMART OBJECT

AFTER SMART OBJECT

LAYER SETUP BEFORE SMART OBJECT


texts: Creating outline using extendscript distorts text

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I believe this is an Illustrator issue and not a coding issue therefore I'm posting it here.

I have this script that does a few things to my documents including outlining the text (then saving as a PDF).

I discovered on one of my documents that the script distorts the text when outlining. I can copy the text to a new file and then the script outlines it correctly.

Example:

Original text

Outlined by code text

Any insight into this will be greatly appreciated, since I want to avoid this issue in the first place.

Note: Using Illustrator CS6. Code to outline is textElement.createOutline().

Thank you.


texts: Almost every page in a magazine I'm working on fits one of four templates. Those single-page templates are defined in four files. What's the fastest way to create a new page (or replace a blank page) with the contents of one of those templates?


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I am trying to make the same color fill layer (if correct term) to the attached image so rendering color of a graphic element is simpler without the color overlay effect.

If I click the solid color button placed at the bottom of the layer window it gives me a new layer with a color fill but it's not masked.

Added

What I want to achieve is making it easy for color adjustment for every graphic element exactly how the attached image demonstrates. I was unsure whether it was a vector or raster element. Now I know that drawing a vector shape will automatically give me the color fill mask so I am happy with my finding. I was rushing a bit when I posted this question.


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I tried to create these shapes several times ago without success. I tried with illustrator and a blurry shape that I deform with "Envelope Distort" > "make with mesh" but the result isn't very convincing. I'd tried with photoshop but there isn't a tool like the one in illustrator…

Can you help me ?

1st image :

2nd image (bonus):

Bonus : can you help me too, to make the effect of the second image ?


texts: It is recommended to put the main image below the bio info in your profile?

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I am not an expert in interface design (just if you think my question is bad). I am designing my own web site where I share my work and add some info about myself.

  On the main page: it is recommended to put the image below the main text?
  Where should I put the image?

I wish I create an elegant and professional design but I am not an expert in interface design.

Am I trying to annoy the user abruptly with the main icon?


texts: Target what svg compressor option messes up file for sketch 3

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I am using https://jakearchibald.github.io/svgomg to compress my svg image, its pretty good at what it does, but after running image through it, sketch 3 messes it up and it looks like this:

Where as it originally looked like this

Now the compressor I mentioned above has quiet a hand full of different options and I am pretty sure one of them or combination of few can be disabled to make svg look good in skecth 3 again, I tried disabling them one by one, but still got this result. do you have any idea on which options can be disabled to prevent this from happening i.e. is there anything that sketch 3 relies on there?


texts: Large batch logos and text over template

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I'm trying to create materials to encourage the use of a service my company provides in order to register to vote. The way we are doing it now, is getting a county to sign up and then I create a promotional piece or two for every high school in that county. I've only done 1 county so far - and it was about 10 hours worth of work... I have other responsibilities and would love it if I could automate the task somehow so I have more time for other things. Here is the idea:

I take a template like this one

and add the school logo in the top corner, along with the name at the top, in the phone, and below in red like this:

Obviously, this takes a matter of 15 minutes or so per picture, but when you have 2 different templates that need to be filled out it becomes quite tedious. (I am using paint.net so far but am open to buying new software if it solves this problem)

Thanks so much!!


texts: How to get files from Adobe Draw CC on Ipad into Adobe Illustrator CC on PC as vector file

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As the title says.

I have designed a sticker on Adobe Draw CC and I need to upload it to a website as CMYK, 300 DPI, and a specific size in inches.
In order to save the file I need to transfer it to the PC first since the Adobe Draw CC doesn't allow you to select specifics to save a file.
I can "send to adobe illustrator" or "send to adobe photoshop" as options on the Ipad but it seems it is not a vector file when sent.

Any ideas?


texts: Highlighting sections of an image in Photoshop multiple times

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I have a map of Canada. I am going to create regional boundaries within the map that go beyond the existing provincial borders (for example, this map illustrates the four regions I will use to divide the province of Ontario) and then highlight those regions with different colours.

I will need to repeat the process of highlighting the regions I have created with different colours multiple times to create about 30 different maps. All maps will have the same defined regions but each map will be coloured differently.

What is the best way to approach this task in Photoshop?


texts: Intentionally Left Blank Pages In InDesign

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I have an inDesign document with a number of intentionally blank pages, for example one so that the Contents page is recto etc. I would like to to flag those pages somehow for anyone else that works on the document as being intentionally blank, but I'm unsure what the standard way to do this would be.

Is there a convention for doing this? And how would this convention be applied using inDesign?

Note: To clarify, I want the printed version to have no text on the blank pages, but to include some kind of message or flag them somehow for another design.


texts: Is there a better font choice for this invite?

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I'm making my company's holiday party invite (to be sent via email). I thought it was looking pretty good until I added the actual detail information (what, when where and everything below that).

I used Swis72 Lt BT and Swis72 Lt for that section.

I can't put my finger on exactly why I think it doesn't look good anymore but I suspect it has to do with my font choice. I have tried placing other fonts in that are fairly straight, sans-serif and light but none of them seem to fit.

I also know that it's ideal to limit the number of fonts, so I was trying to keep this invite down to two fonts with different weights and styles.

Can anyone recommend a better font choice to make this invite more appealing?


texts: Illustrator - Large Vector File to Print at A0

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I have created large vector drawings for A0 printing - each file has thousands of vectors at different transparencies. The largest file is 270mb when saved as an editable pdf. I have not compressed any / changed any of the editable layers. At present it is a raw editable illustrator pdf file! (excuse my terminology)

These files are impossible to print - I am finding. Is there any way I can compress all the layers without losing the quality and keeping a vector based image for printing?

Thank you so much for your advise in advance

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texts: Motivations for a designer to get involved in an open source project

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I am part of Silex Labs non profit organization, and one of our mission is to bridge the gap between designers and developers.

An important question is how to motivate designers to get involved in FOSS (free and open source software).

As a developer I can say that I am really happy to be part of the FOSS movement because:

I use technologies which I could not use in a commercial product because innovative technologies are not mainstream yet, and open source projects have poor communication so they do not attract decision makers
I meet talented developers, I make new connections, new oportunities and I choose with whom I collaborate
when I do job interviews, I have great things to show, many experiences
when I am hired to contribute to free software - which happens because I was a contributor in the first place, I develop programs on which I will be able to keep working after I leave the company

And also, it's cool to be part of this revolution of the software industry :)

My question is, what motivates a designer to be part of an open source project?


texts: What's the correct English term for this old typesetting technique?

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I am building up a typography glossary and I'm looking for the name of this old typographic technique. I have seen it now and then since I was a kid. It was common for more than some eighty years ago, a lot before the advent of digital typesetting. It was used when saving up space was a must, as in glossaries, dictionaries or books with a lot of text.
In this procedure, a line's end is continued at the blank end of the previous line preceded by an opening square bracket, instead of continuing it by adding a line, as it would normally happen. I hope the attached image illuminates the concept.


texts: Adjust Brush Opacity drag hotkey/shortcut?

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I thought I read somewhere that there was a way to adjust the brush opacity interactively in CS6 (13) in the same way you adjust brush size and hardness (ie: Alt+Right-click and drag). In fact, the CS6 UI seems to support this, because it now shows a readout for Size, Hardness AND Opacity.

Of course, you can adjust brush opacity with the slider, and by typing the number directly on the keyboard, and in Prefs you can disable Hardness vertical HUD movement which then replaces it with Opacity.

But I want all three axes. Anyone know the trick? workaround? prayer?


texts: Illustrator CS5 eyedropper tool only picking up black for PDF / screenshot images

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I'm using Illustrator CS5, MacBook Air, macOS Sierra. The eyedropper tool is only picking up a mixed black whenever I sample from a PDF or screenshot image.

Things I have tried:

Restarting computer,
Opening and closing Illustrator,
Updated software to latest (Sierra and latest Java),
Deleted Illustrator preferences,
Clicking the measuring tool & a whole lot of random tools to try reset it,
Opening Photoshop: eyedropper tool works fine there,
Deleted stuff to make more space on hard-drive though have plenty,
Ran my antivirus.

I've outlined it in more detail below for anyone confused with what is happening.


texts: Inkscape : Export as pdf results in blank files

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I used to edit and sign pdf forms using Inkscape 0.91 on Ubuntu. For the past 2 weeks, I have been unable to do it.

I can import and embed pdf files in Inkscape, add text and paths, but when exporting, only the original embedded image would show.

I then tried to boil this down to a minimal example. Opened an empty file, wrote some text, exported it as pdf. All it did was creating a blank pdf file.

I tried to export with different options, tried to "print to file", moved elements to a new layer and even opened the pdf with a different pdf reader (evince and okular). Nothing works.

What can have gone wrong?

Here is the options menu I get when exporting through file > save as


texts: How can I distribute outlined/expanded text along a path in Illustrator?

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If I have some text that is expanded, how can I distribute it along a path?

For example, if I'd like to have the Stack Exchange logo follow an arc

Using an Envelope Distort, well, distorts the logo:

Instead, I am looking to achieve something more like this:

Is this possible once the text has been outlined/expanded?


texts: Is it inappropriate to ask for royalties on a logo design if the client decides to print the logo on products and sell them?

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I am fairly new at graphic design and I have just finished creating a logo and marketing materials for a client. I only intended for the images to be used for marketing and advertising of their business, but I'm wondering what kind of rights I have if they randomly decide to try and sell products with the logo.

Is there any way to give my client the rights to use the images for anything they want unless it involves selling items with my designs? If they started selling t-shirts or something, would it be inappropriate to ask for royalties? I keep reading that it is appropriate in this situation to sign over all of the rights to my client since it is their branding materials, but I just don't understand. Has anyone ever had experience with this?

We don't have any sort of contract at the moment (which I now know was a mistake), and I can't seem to find the answer to this question anywhere.


texts: Mass export all images as individual JPEGs in InDesign?

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I am new to Indesign. I have a file that contains images with Photoshop clipping paths. I want to export all the clipped images in a folder. I have tried doing the "Copy Links To" and it successfully exported the original images. However, I do not want the original images but the clipped images instead. Is there a way for me to export all the clipped images as JPEG or TIFF and not the original linked image? In short, I want to export the images without their background. I hope I'm making sense. I have about 800-1000 images so a batch processing method would be highly appreciated.

I actually found a way to export the images the way I want them to be. I just need to click the image container (not the image), go to File>Export and then export it as JPEG. In the pop up window, I choose export selection, maximum quality, and 2400 resolution. It exports the images the way I want them to be. But I have to do this one by one. I just have two concerns:

Is there a way for me to do this by batch? Like select all the image containers and export them one by one automatically?
Is there a way to automatically name the saved files according to the original image name?

Thank you for your help!

Update:
I found this script from one of the posts here and modified it a bit to suit my needs. It appears to work in most of my INDD documents, but it fails in others. I wonder why. I sometimes get the error message that

Error string: null is not an object

Source: fileName = File ( rect.graphics[0].itemLink.filePath ).name;

I also noticed that it skips some objects and won't download all of the images. I guess it skips those that are not in rectangles.

test();
function test()
{
var myDoc = app.activeDocument,
apis = myDoc.allPageItems, rect, fileName;

while ( rect = apis.pop() )
{
if ( !(rect instanceof Rectangle) || !rect.graphics[0].isValid ){ continue;}

fileName = File ( rect.graphics[0].itemLink.filePath ).name;
fileName = fileName.replace( /\.[a-z]{2,4}$/i, '.jpg' );

app.jpegExportPreferences.exportResolution = 2400;
app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegQuality = JPEGOptionsQuality.MAXIMUM;

//give it a unique name
var myFile = new File ("C:/Users/RANFacistol-Mata/Desktop/Image Trial/"+ fileName);

rect.exportFile(ExportFormat.JPG, myFile);
}
}

Is there a way for me to modify this script such that instead of iterating through all the rectangles, I would iterate through all of the objects instead, much like clicking this next button

And then check if that object contains an image (jpg, tiff, psd, ai, eps). If it does, then I will export it as scripted above.

Thank you for your help!


texts: Console not displaying ascii squares correctly

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I have a 50 x 50 Ascii square (the shape) that I would like to have printed in a console window.

Here is a smaller version of what prints [square (10 x 10)]

##########
#........#
#........#
#........#
#........#
#........#
#........#
#........#
#........#
##########

I expected that the resulting image would look like a square, not the rectangle above. I thought maybe it had to do with the fonts I was using so I used Monospace fonts thinking that might help but it did not. I also tried different characters thinking that maybe the size of the '.' compared to the '#' was the issue. Again, this was not the case. Even using a single character produced the same results.

Is there a way to achieve that square shape?


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I would like to create some GIF animations to help explain some concepts on a website. This (from Wikipedia) is a good example of the sort of style I would like to use:

This animation appears to have been made using a custom PHP program and libraries. Is there a tool which can create similar animations without the need for explicit programming? Perhaps a tool which can generate an animation based on a list of descriptions, each having a simple meaning such as "rotate this item 180 degrees over 5 seconds"?


texts: Smart Filter on Smart Object only on Selection Photoshop

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If my layer is rasterized and I select something (say with the marquees ellipse), the filters apply only to that selection - moreover - they apply centered on the selection.

For example, using the Spherize filter on rasterized layer with a portion selected with the marquees ellipse, then the center of the sphere would be the center of the ellipse made with the marquees.

If my layer is a smart object, it doesn't work this way. All filters are centered on the entire layer.

For the sake of avoiding the xy problem, here's what I'm trying to do:
A have a text layer wherein I want the text to look like it's going to burst open like a balloon. So I want to select some of the text to spherize so it looks like it's bursting or blowing up.


texts: Adjusting the color of multiple pictures at the same time in Photoshop

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Is there a way to adjust the color, hue, contrast, etc. at the same time in Photoshop?

I need to do a quick optimization on my pictures. For example, inserting 5 pictures at the same time and adjusting them.


texts: How to move an image in background along with a moving object?

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I have a background sketch of building. Now i want to move that horizontally along with a cartoon.

Basically i have cartoon that moves inside the building from this end to another. I want to zoom in to the cartoon and also want that as the cartoon moves the background also moves so if gives a motion effect.

The White lane is where the cartoon moves from one end to another. i want to zoom into image and the cartoon at their position and want the BG to move along with cartoon. move here means reval  as it moves forward

This is my background


texts: inkscape: An easy way to make a Bezier curve with a white border?

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I'd like to be able to draw a black Bezier curve of arbitrary shape which has a white border to it (the centre of the curve being black).  Is there an easy way to do this?

For instance, see the attached image.  It's easy to do what I want for a straight line by just copying the original bezier curve, increasing the width and pasting on top of the original.  But it doesn't quite work as well when there are curves; see the curve in the figure whose left border is thicker than the right.


texts: How do I get rid of small kinks on path in Illustrator?

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I am trying to draw a snake on Illustrator and I want it to have smooth and rounded edges, but I am struggling to achieve that perfectly with the pen tool.
I have included a close up to illustrate what I'm talking about. The pen tool is a little hard to get the hang of when you need a precise shape or so it seems.
I know I can use the free hand pencil tool but I want to learn to use the pen tool,
Thank you


texts: Creating an inner stroke (sort of) on a clipped object

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Consider the following SVG of a globe:

Apart from the inland waters and the latitude/longitude lines, which are not relevant to this question, the SVG is constructed from three shapes: A black object for the oceans, a blue square, and a green circle:

The blue square is placed behind the black object and clipped, and the result is then placed over the green circle.

I would like to add a black border around the oceanic coastline.  The border should extend into the ocean, not into the land.  This is effectively stroking the inverse of the clipped object.  That is, I'd like to end up with something like the following:

How can I do this in Inkscape?

Similar questions on this site and others propose solutions that involve converting the object to a path, but for some reason the "Object to Path" command doesn't work on the black object.


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I have been using Photoshop since the beginning of time. Other than the infamous Paintshop Pro, it is the only image editor I have used.

I am about to embark on an adventure of trying out GIMP as a lot of people have been recommending it.

Q: In What Areas (if Any) Does it Excel Over Photoshop?

It would be interesting to know from people who are seasoned with it if it excels over Photoshop in any areas or is it just a good as free alternative image editing application that is best suited to people on a budget?


texts: How to get rid of the box in the middle of the art board

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There is a little box thing in the middle of an art board on Illustrator CS6. Just wanting to ask how I get rid of it.
It's been there for a while but it's getting really distracting.
Can't even remember how it got there in the first place.

Please help. thanks x


texts: I have requested for a print house to complete a workpiece for me. One of their requested for preparing the item is "Please don't use color profiles". I don't know what this means and therefore don't know how to avoid it.


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I'm trying to get InDesign to add new pages when I overset text while typing.

I have the preferences for Smart Reflow correct, but I'm not sure if my text frame is properly released; I still have the upper-left icon saying "this story is from the master's primary text flow" and if I change the frame in the master, my other frames do change.

I've tried to Shift+CMD+Click the frame to release it, but it does nothing. It does work on other master-page items though. Object > Anchored Object > Release is also greyed out.

Not sure what's happening here.


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I am making something that is supposed to function like a miniature projection slide. So I want to print some black figures (mostly lines and circular dots) with very small dimensions (0.3 mm and smaller) on transparent A4 sheets. I will then inspect the figures using a microscope. In the past, for similar things other people have used a 5080dpi laser printer.

Now my question is: How can I use software and printer technology to get the smallest possible resolution for my printouts?

The printshop I go to says their best printer is the Ricoh pro c7100sx, which I checked has a printing resolution of Max. 1200 x 4800 dpi VCSEL.
I am designing my figures in inkscape. However any other software and printer
suggestions are  welcome too.

More specific questions:
When I save my design to pdf, inkscape lets me rasterize the document. Should I do that? And if so, how many dpi should I use for the rasterization? Or is it better to leave the rasterization up to the printer software?


texts: How do I reset the model matrix in 3Ds Max?

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In 3ds max, I need to reset the model matrix without changing the position of all vertices. Does anyone know how to do this?

EDIT: I didn't know that the model matrix was called a "pivot".


texts: What workarounds exist for the lack of Layer Styles in Photoshop Elements 10?

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Since Elements doesn't have the per-layer Blending Options feature, I'm wondering how other Elements users deal with this restriction.

Edit: this question was originally posted on photo.stackexchange.com but since I'm looking for a graphic design-oriented answer the question has been migrated here.


texts: How to create faded semi opaque gradient for night sky background Photoshop CS6

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I'm trying to create a semi transparent effect of the night sky like the attached image on the left. The background is gray so it's actually transparent at the top.

Ignore the rocket ship. The final image will have text and is for a t-shirt design. The mockup is how it would look on a black shirt.

Any idea how I can create such an effect?


texts: Are there any animation programs other than Flash?

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Possible Duplicate:
  What programs can be used to make animations?

I saw this stack exchange and thought it'd be the perfect place to finally ask this.

Basically, with Flash I use to make little stick figure animations. However, since then, I've lost the (pirated) copy of Flash 7 I had and really don't want to cough up a few hundred for a legitimate copy. So, are there any animation programs out there right now other than Flash? Bonus points for one that exports to a (somehow animated) vector SVG image. Or even one that just goes to plain MPEG.

The only thing I've seen are programs where you have to manually draw each frame and then put all the frames together into an MPEG... which is extremely painful


texts: Illustrator cropping objects upon export to PNG

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I made six similar and simple designs with a photo and text on top with stroke. The stroke on the tilde looks fine in Illustrator, as shown in this screenshot:

I exported the several files as PNG to print on A1. Each export took 5-10 min and I sent them to the service bureau. I later realized that the tilde was cropped on all designs that had a stroke, as in these examples:

and was fine on the design that did not have a stroke:

The stroke is from the font, I did not expand the appearance of the text. I suspect that this is a known glitch because the cropping is consistent across exports and does not happen with a font that has no stroke. I am using macOS Mojave 10.14.6 and Adobe Illustrator CS5.1 (very old, I know).
Can I avoid this cropping glitch when exporting to PNG?
Update: To answer the comments:

the tilde is the front-most element. The object at the top, which looks like a leaf, ends at the visible edge and has no invisible elements.

the file sizes seem huge to me: between 9 MB and 27 MB.

I preferred to export as PNG because I have a single design with a layer for each background and I turn them visible or invisible before exporting. With a PDF I would have to make 6 copies, then delete the 5 extra layers from each copy 6 times, which I found cumbersome, especially if I then notice a glitch that I need to fix on the designs already saved.

I dislike saving designs with raster images as PDF because I've had file size problems (see PDF only with JPG photo is 7 times larger than original).


texts: How to use After Effects Trim Path with an Illustrator Path

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I imported my Illustrator file into After Effects. I then turned the Vector layer into a shape layer. I added a trim path to the shape but the trim path does some weird start to end point mask.

Demonstration of my shape

My shape

Question: How would I set a trim path that would go from one end of the object to the other (start from the arrow and end at the other dot).

Note: When importing Illustrator files. Make sure each path/object is on a separate layer. When you're ready to import into After Effects, go to file -> import -> file. Make sure to change import as to Composition - Retain Layer Sizes. This will then import each layer so you can "create shape from vector layer" for each illustrator layer.


texts: Acorn - Creating Tiling Texture From Scratch?

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How would I go about making a simple, tiling texture with Acorn for Mac? Is there a tool, or a function or something I can't find, or can it not be done with such a simple application?
If you know of a way to do this in Photoshop, there's a good chance it will work in Acorn.


texts: Illustrator: how to change simultaneously two identical text boxes?

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I'm working on a papercraft project and I need to change the order of the tabs. To do so, I have to manually search for the two corresponding number and edit them one at the time.

Is there any way to select two identical text boxes (94 in this example) and edit them simultaneously, so they both change into 17 at the same time?


texts: How can I set up an action to bulk pattern fill that selects the next pattern in the folder automatically?

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I tend to work with patterns and have an action to help with this. But, I tend to save my patterns as a .pat file, with anywhere from 10-200 patterns within each .pat file. I am trying to figure out a way to set up an action to create a new pattern fill layer, save it, and then replace the pattern in the fill layer with the next pattern in the .pat file.

What I've got so far...

I open a new file in the size I want (1000x1000 to 9000x5000 depending on what I need)

Set up the Adjustments for all such patterns in that specific folder

Record a new action

New Fill Layer > Pattern

Select the first pattern in the pattern folder for that specific .pat file

Save the file at highest quality

Stop recording the action

Play action - except it only selects the first pattern in that specific pattern folder.

How would I set this up so that, I dunno, I select the pattern folder I am wanting to work with (or .pat file), and then it will select a fill layer with the first pattern, save it, and when run again, it will select the 2nd, then 3rd, and so on so that I can do a batch to get them all saves individually in all the different sizes I want/need?

EDIT:
Here is a script for applying the newest made pattern to a fill layer, though it does nothing but select the newest pattern in a .pat file instead of selecting the 1st, then 2nd, and so on

#target photoshop;
main();

function main() {
    if (!documents.length) return;
    var patt = new File(Folder.temp + "/tempPatterns");
    if (patt.exists) patt.remove();
    savePatterns(patt);
    var patterns = getPatternsFromFile(patt);
    fillPattern(patterns[patterns.length - 1][0].toString(), patterns[patterns.length - 1][1].toString(), 100);
};

function savePatterns(file) {
    var desc625 = new ActionDescriptor();
    desc625.putPath(charIDToTypeID('null'), new File(file));
    var ref462 = new ActionReference();
    ref462.putProperty(charIDToTypeID('Prpr'), charIDToTypeID('Ptrn'));
    ref462.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID('capp'), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt'));
    desc625.putReference(charIDToTypeID('T   '), ref462);
    executeAction(charIDToTypeID('setd'), desc625, DialogModes.NO);
};

function getPatternsFromFile(file) {
    file.open("r");
    file.encoding = 'BINARY';
    var str = file.read();
    file.close();
    var patterns = [];
    var re = /(\x00\w|\x00\d)(\x00\-|\x00\w|\x00\s|\x00\d)+\x00\x00\$[-a-z\d]+/g;
    var parts = str.match(re);
    for (var i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
        var p = parts;
        var sp = p.replace(/\x00/g, '').split('$');
        patterns.push([
            [sp[0]],
            [sp[1]]
        ]);
    }
    return patterns;
};

function fillPattern(name, id, opacity) {
    var desc6 = new ActionDescriptor();
    desc6.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID('Usng'), charIDToTypeID('FlCn'), charIDToTypeID('Ptrn'));
    var desc7 = new ActionDescriptor();
    desc7.putString(charIDToTypeID('Nm  '), name);
    desc7.putString(charIDToTypeID('Idnt'), id);
    desc6.putObject(charIDToTypeID('Ptrn'), charIDToTypeID('Ptrn'), desc7);
    desc6.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID('Opct'), charIDToTypeID('#Prc'), opacity);
    desc6.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID('Md  '), charIDToTypeID('BlnM'), charIDToTypeID('Nrml'));
    try {
        executeAction(charIDToTypeID('Fl  '), desc6, DialogModes.NO);
    } catch (e) {}
};


texts: Exporting SVG to EPS with 1 pixel = 1 unit

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I am creating SVG files programmatically and I want to export them in DXF or EPS for a laser cutter and CNC router. Illustrator can export to DXF with settings "1 pixel = 1 unit."

Inkscape has built-in export to EPS with this command

inkscape -f input.svg -E output.eps

shows on software such as VCarvePro as three times smaller. I found no relevant vector export option in the help page, only commands relevant to bitmaps and rasterizing.


texts: Texture showing as black on one website but not another?

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I made a logo for my student radio show on Illustrator and added a texture to the artwork. White texture showing through. Saved as PNG and it looked great. Uploaded to twitter and it looked great. Uploaded to the station website and the texture suddenly shows through as black!

Here it is on the site: https://www.camfm.co.uk/shows/world-town/

I am very new to all of this. Followed a tutorial on youtube.

Here is the original image:


texts: Illustrator How can I do this? > draw a stroke with a shadow?

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Hi how can I do this: draw a stroke in illustrator with a shadow?
Thanks


texts: How many columns should be used for small screen devices?

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We use Bootstrap with default settings (i.e., 12 columns throughout using a fixed container, and 30px gutters between the columns). We also use default break points. I want to give my software designers grids that they can use for different sizes of device and since we are using Bootstrap's default breakpoints, then we have four sizes: >=1200px, >=992px, >=768px and <768px. For the smallest size, I'm basing designs on a 320px width (iPhone5).

Clearly, once we get down to 768px the Bootstrap defaults no longer works as design grids, but I'm not sure what to replace them with. The grid I choose needs to be a factor of 12, so that each column in the grid can be made up of multiple Bootstrap columns. I'm thinking of using a 4-column grid for the 768px, and 2 columns for the 320px, but would welcome any suggestions of best practices.


texts: Unable to cut out a shape from an image in Illustrator

texts: I made a house drawing from line segments on Adobe Illustrator CC. I used the join command and wanted to cut out the house shape from a color gradient I downloaded. I tried using “Object > Path > Divide Objects Below” but it's not working. I am sure this is a simple fix but I am a newbie and would greatly appreciate anyones help and input.


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Hello stackexchange community,

I will try to illustrate what I'm trying to do. I have started with this cartoon mouth:

I want to make the mouth open like this:

I want to fill in this area between two paths but I can't find a way of doing so without crudely closing the highlighted path on top of the mouth. Surely there must be some more efficient way? I read somewhere that an anchor point can only have 1 in path and 1 out path, so it's not possible to join 3 'lines' at the one intersecting anchor point.

Thank You in advance.


texts: Inept knowledge about dpi and ppi,please help?

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I have designed a web header 1000x98 at 72 ppi using Macromedia Fireworks for our website and we are planning to print a billboard using that header? The printer has told us that  he needs the image at 600dpi? What are my options? Will I be able to do it?

Thank You


texts: Difference between "Empty area" and "Transparency channel" and "Alpha channel"

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New to photo editing, so I've got some conceptional confusion about the colors and channels,

In photoshop, we can create text layer, we can have text on top of an "empty space" the checker board, then what is the color of the checker board, from what I can see the checker board does not have color information, so what exactly is the empty area?

Photoshop treats the fourth channel as Transparency channel, but even if I do not have this channel I still have Transparency in the empty area, so I can control an area's transparency with transparency channel, or set it to "totally empty", really do not understand the difference between "Empty area" and "Transparency channel" and "Alpha channel"

So when I want to have transparency background, do I need to erease the part that should be transparent, or make a "Transparency channel" or "Alpha channel"?


texts: Identify font for the logo of the French website "Psychologies.com"

texts: I am trying to find the fonts used in the following Logo for the French website "Psychologies.com". I've been trying to use whatthefont.com, but haven't had much success.


texts: What should be the ideal file size and resolution for a Facebook cover photo using photoshop?

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I have 2 tiff images but when I use the 'recommended' size of 851x315 px and then exported as jpeg high quality in Save for Web, the image becomes too pixelated. How should the files be exported ?

Thanks


texts: All colors appearing duller in Photoshop - can no longer use full hexidecimal range

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I think I must have pressed a hot key combo by accident as all of a sudden all my colours became duller and less bright.

If I set them to their most brightest using the colour picker, nothing happens - they remain somewhat muted.

I've looked at a few other answers to similar to this and they suggest changing the colour settings. I've tried a few: Adobe RGB (1998), Apple RGB, sRGB, ProPhoto RGB, ColorMatch RGB, Monitor RGB, etc.

But none of them allow me to use the full range of hexidecimal values in the colour picker.

Can any one tell me what I've done and how to fix it?

What's the default meant to be?


texts: How to flatten an illustration made of borders and shapes quickly

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I drew thie illustration below. As you can see (“Outlines”), the illustration is made of shapes and borders.
In the end, it looks like the illustration in the center.

Is there any trick to quickly create 2 compound paths out of this?
As a result I want two layers: (1) Background, (2) white borders.

In the 3rd image you can see what happens, if I use pathfinder.
I’m an advanced Illustrator user and I’m aware why it looks how it looks and how to achieve my desired result. However, I hope for a work-around that lets me create a flattened vector easily. Tracing a Hi-Res PNG isn’t a solution for me. I want perfect lines.

Thank you!


texts: How do I find examples of single 2-D non-animated info-graphics with 4 or 5 dimensions within a single graph?

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Really not sure how to explain what I'm looking for, just know it exist.

For example, dimensions might include time, volatility, space, distance, density, etc. -- basically any measurement that's able to be tied to another measurement.

So, basically I'm looking for a info-graph that measures 4 or 5 different measurements that tie together within one graph -- but the question is how did you go about finding examples, not a request for an example.


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QUESTION 1
I've done quite a bit of a research, but I can't wrap my head around Pantone colours. I understand that this is a "system" for achieving exact colours. But how is this achieved? I assume there are no "Pantone Inks", right? So how is this achieved, I just don't get it :(

I was also using online conversion tools from Pantone (I own a solid coated palette) and on the screen, the colours worked very good. I've never had issues them not matching.

QUESTION 2
Now I am designing for textile print, which the printer needs in RGB. My second question is - will the colours vary too much if using a Pantone - RGB convertor?

Thank you so much!


texts: What does Expand Apearance do in Adobe Illustrator?

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As the title asks what does it do? When and why we need it?

Can anybody explain with an example for me?


texts: What causes the Eyedropper to change all samples to white?

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My Eyedropper has suddenly started changing all samples to white. No matter what area of an image I click it samples white, this is regardless of sample size or modifier keys. If I manually select a color with the Color Picker, and then sample an area of the image with the Eyedropper, same result, white. All of my other tools are working correctly. I tried resetting the tools, I verified my documents settings are correct, I restarted Photoshop, restarted the computer...nothing.

Any ideas?


texts: What is the industry standard for novel printing? CMYK or Pantone?

texts: I'm just wondering: What is the industry standard for printing the interior pages of a novel or a book that contains only black text and B&W images? Do you print using CMYK but only use 100% black, or do you use a Black Pantone? I'm guessing Pantone would give a bit of a richer feel to the text, but CMYK is probably cheaper?


texts: Photoshop CS5: Text cursor has disappeared

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The weirdest thing is happening. My coworker noticed his blinking text cursor doesn't appear anymore, no matter where he selects/creates text. Even weirder? I'm editing his file now and I'm having the same problem. A bit of googling seems to show that I should trash my settings file but I'm afraid i'll lose all my custom settings.

Has anybody experienced this before? Thanks.


texts: How does one turn a white background transparent in Photoshop but keep transparency?

texts: In this image, I want to keep the drop shadow, but not the white background.


texts: Photoshop Text Layer is Locked and I did not Lock it

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In Adobe Photoshop 7 I cannot move my text layers around because I get the pop up telling me it cannot complete my request because the layer is locked.

I did not put a lock on the layer.

I'm stumped as to what is happening. How do I go about fixing this problem.


texts: Illustrator's background and artboard became transparent

texts: Illustrator has a less known feature to hide artboard and background. I accidentally activated this with some keyboard shortcut. How do I go back to the normal view?


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How to export a specific length and width of my work in illustrator?

I made a background asset that's longer than the stage and I don't know how to export it properly.

This is how it looks like in Illustrator,

when I export it in jpg file as is, I get this,

the result I wanted is this,


texts: How do I create a palette file that I can use in Krita, in GIMP, from an image?

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I want to use GIMP to create the palette automatically from a series of colors in squares that I have ready, but I can't find the option in this series of instructions:

  Import a New Palette

  The Import a New Palette dialog has a few controls, but these are straightforward. Firstly click the Image radio button and then the drop-down menu beside it to ensure that you have selected the image you wish to use. If you have made a selection to select just part of the image, click the Selected Pixels only tick box.


texts: Is there a way to undo combining paths in Adobe Fireworks? Or is it permanent?


texts: How to make an animated gif with a transparent background without overlap?

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When I try to make a gif with two frames both of which have a transparent background in GIMP, what happens is that the first frame looks OK, then the second frame appears on top of it, such that you can see both frames at the same time.

How can I make animated gif in which all of the frames have a transparent background but each time a frame appears, the previous frame disappears completely ?


texts: Sketch: Adding color fill between connected objects.

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I'm trying to add a color fill between several objects that, when placed together look like the outline of a hand.

If this were another program I'd just use the paint bucket, but I from my research Sketch doesn't have anything like that.

Thanks!


texts: How to save 3D PhotoShop text and imaging as PNG or GIF...?

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I've been working with PhotoShop for awhile. This has been the first time I've tried to save an image as a PNG or GIF and had it be an unavailable as a save file format.

Did some research, I believe I found a run around. Hopefully it will keep the image dynamic as it was intended. YouTube branding is fun, yet a dynamic logo is awesome.

I googled for quite awhile and found possible older versions of PS workarounds for this, yet nothing for CC 18.

So rather than attempting to "Save as", scroll down a bit to "Export", then slide over to "Save for Web(Legacy)". This allows for the image to be saved as a GIFF. This should retain image function and qualities as well as now being an allowed format for YouTube branding. Hopefully this helps others with this particular dilemma.

I am hoping this works and have solved my own question. Does anyone see an issue with this workaround?


texts: Photoshop: How to reverse normals of 3d layer?

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I am using Photoshop CS5 and created a cylinder 3d layer (3D -> New Shape from Layer) from a seamless clouds texture. I wanted the image to be warped like a tube, and succeeded, but the tube is convex; I want to be looking at the INTERIOR surface of the tube. This is a common procedure in 3d modeling programs called "flip normals" or "reverse normals". How can I do this in Photoshop?

Extra notes:

This has nothing to do with generating a "normal map" for a 3d model, this is using newer 3d object features, which can map 2d layers to 3d objects, generated within Photoshop.
I can settle for a displacement filter that "wraps" the edges of the layer, but I don't see anything like that


texts: Variation of proportion of non-Latin fonts

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Wondering what the proportions are generally (just some rough proportions that span the spectrum) of glyphs in different non-Latin fonts. For example, I noticed that some Chinese characters are not twice the width of a monospaced Latin font's single character. It is some fraction larger than 1 but less than two of the width.

So wanted to get an idea of the range of sizes you'll find other glyphs in other languages (Devangari script, Chinese / Japanese script, Arabic, Hebrew, others). Wondering if it all falls within a certain size. Wondering if any characters in other languages are larger than 2x the size of 1 latin character, etc.


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I'm creating a new personal site and am considering using CSS's scroll snap module as my primary navigation. Essentially this allows the web page to "snap" to certain locations based on element's positions when the user scrolls through a page. It seems like it could be helpful for users but also could hinder their experience if done wrong.

As such, are there any design guidelines I should keep in mind when using snap points? What about it makes it more effective than a regular scrolling webpage?

P.S. I already know the programming side of it - I'm not asking about that.


texts: How do I achieve a long shadow effect with Photoshop?

texts: I've seen this kind of divider all over the web, how do I make this with Photoshop?


texts: Is there a way to show areas not covered by any layers in GIMP?

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Does The GIMP have some sort of function to highlight areas of the background where that are not overlapped by any layers?

I'm making a sprite for CSS, and I have a lot of pics with different sizes. I'm trying to use any free space that I can get, but because over 90% of these images have transparent background, so I can not see the borders of layers. I can't see where and how much background space is free for other small pics.

Like this:


texts: Should I alter my new logo to specifically use Pantone colors?

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I’ve started at a new company doing 3D architectural visualization. Having a degree and background in graphic design, I’m now working with the marketing department to update and rebrand the company’s current logo, which is...not great.

As we’ve been going through the motions selecting a logo, I’ve been using a specific, consistent set of colors:

Gray: RGB 75 75 75
Red: RGB 200 0 0

We’ve selected the final logo, and as I’ve been exporting the various “master” file types, it got me thinking about RGB vs CMYK vs Pantone. I started a search to get the closest matching Pantone colors, and finally arrived at two close equivalents (2336 C and 2035 C).

So my question is:

Should I go back and change the color values of my logos to match the Pantone equivalents, i.e., Pantone’s RGB values for raster files, and Pantone’s CMYK values for my vector files?

Or should I just stick with my original RGB values, and Photoshop’s equivalent CMYK values, and just list the Pantone equivalents in the branding guide?


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I need to create a logo for "Adults 50+" program. This is sort of a general activity club/program for folks over 50 years old.  Logo needs to reflect an active life style of adults, rather than them preparing them for eternity.

Any ideas what can be done with it?


texts: How to unembed images in Indesign CC 2015

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I have created a document where many of the images have been embedded.

Now I want to unembed them.

My issue is that the LINK panel in Indesign CC seems to not any more show embed assets, only Linked assets are there, so I don't know how to transform my images from Embedded to Linked assets.

Any idea?


texts: Perspective 3D mapping for Top and Bottom view in Adobe Illustrator?

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Creating a 3D Extrude & Bevel of a package in Adobe Illustrator, how can I reach the same angle and perspective for Top View and Bottom View of the same object?

I can set the same Y and Z values, but how to adjust the X values for both, so that Top and Bottom objects look from the same angle?

Current view looks almost the same, but if to overlay both on each other, their sides are not aligned identical.

Values I set for Bottom View:

Values I set for Top View:

Here is the print-screen of the 'Map Art' 3D option in Illustrator. Isn't it a true 3D?


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I am trying to recreate the perspective of the street in the image with an object. The desired effect would let the flag of the LGBT appear as the road … I tried with different distort effects but none achieved the desired result. The distort with mesh also seems to not be the right tool as it is too fidgety for a convincing result …

In the screenshot you can see two ways I tried:
First by drawing vector paths.
Second by using the flag distort tool.


texts: How can I overlay a rainbow gradient over a photographic image in Photoshop?

texts: How can I make this color effect in Photoshop? Is it a gradient?


texts: How can I correctly convert a CMYK Photoshop PDF to sRGB?

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I'm working with an artist to create a comic, which will be printed eventually, but which is currently being serialized online. The artist is working in CMYK in Photoshop, on the theory that it's better to convert CMYK to RGB than vice versa, and we'll need both.

We'd like to generate a master PDF file for each page which can be rendered into a suitable image for the web and can be used for a print run. That is, rather than export multiple versions from Photoshop, we'd like to export a single file that can be converted to anything we'll need (using a tool like ImageMagick). But I can't seem to get the color to work.

(I can't reveal the whole page yet, so I'll use a piece that shows off the problem.)

Here's an sRGB JPEG he exported from Photoshop. This one looks the best to me, and I believe accurately represents the colors he wants.

Here's what I see (a screenshot) when I open his (CMYK) PDF in Preview.app on my Mac. (The artist exported it using Photoshop's "High Quality Print" export setting.) It looks all washed out and flat. This is not what he sees on his Windows machine; there the PDF looks like the JPEG.

Here's the same PDF, rendered in Chrome (another screenshot). My theory here was that Preview is funky, and a different renderer would help. It looks better, but it's not the same as the JPEG file.

Here's the PDF exported to sRGB through Affinity Designer (the closest thing I have to Photoshop). The colors are still wrong; they're basically the same as Chrome displays.

Lastly, here's one that I converted from the PDF to sRGB JPEG with ImageMagick. This is the workflow I'd like to use in the end, to automate everything. This one is wrong in a different way: it's all greenish.

Oddly, I accidentally created a CMYK JPEG in my first attempts to use ImageMagick, and it came out similarly greenish in Chrome, but bluish-flat in Preview, rather like the PDF looked in Chrome (but—wait for it—not as washed out as the PDF looked in Preview.)

My head is spinning. Clearly there's enough information in the CMYK pixels in Photoshop to render the colors we want, and clearly they can be represented in the sRGB gamut, because we have a JPEG that does exactly that. But to save our artist from exporting multiple files (and potentially getting them out of sync), all I want to know is:

How can I render an sRGB JPEG with the same colors as his, starting with his CMYK PDF?

Or, if that won't work, is there a variation on this workflow that would? Or, if this is all folly, what am I misunderstanding?


texts: How would I go about creating the below white-on-white effect in Photoshop?

texts: I can't tell if I would need to start by creating a physical paper cutout or if I could do it completely in Photoshop. I am not sure how to approach this, so any suggestions of tutorials or Youtube videos would be a great help.


texts: How to close my pants zipper in a picture through photoshop?

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I have a picture in which my pants zip are partially open, wish to close it, how can i use photoshop for this?

Original image link


texts: InDesign Book – including section title in running header

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I have about 80 InDesign documents (each one is about 10 pages) inside a book. The book is divided into sections.

Now I need to add a running header with the name of the section each document is in.

Here’s an example:

Book
Doc 1 – Intro
Doc 2 – Section 1 title spread
Doc 3 to 7 – Chapters that need Section 1’s title in their running header
Doc 8 – Section 2 title spread
Doc 9 to 14 – Chapters that need Section 2’s title in their running header
… etc.

Can anyone tell how to do this?


texts: What does After Effects' "Focus Distance" correspond to in real-life cameras?

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In After Effects' 3D camera settings there's a nifty one called "Focus Distance". Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects by Chris Meyer and Trish Meyer says:

Aperture’s not-so-evil twin is F-stop: the ratio between Focus Distance and Aperture.

While Wikipedia on f-number says:

The f-number N is given by: N = f/D where f is the focal length, and D is the diameter of the entrance pupil (effective aperture)

In After Effects, "Focus Distance" and "Focal Length" are separate settings; adjusting one does not affect the other. This does allow the possibility to "pull focus" with "Focus Distance" without actually changing "Focal Length" and thus keep the framing completely intact (i.e. no zooming whatsoever). But I still wonder what this "Focus Distance" corresponds to in real-life cameras, because most tutorials I Googled on "rack focus/focus pulling" involves actively changing focal length, which results in some (albeit subtle) zooming in or out.


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I need your help on my final assignment for my Diploma of Graphic Design course. I'm creating three portfolios to present my work - printed portfolio, online portfolio (website based) and an interactive PDF Portfolio. I just want to gauge your thoughts on what design works best for each each portfolio. If you could let me know why, that would be great. You literally just need to pick one of three choices from each of the below.
Printed Portfolio:

A4 letter style ( one design laid out per page with short explanation);
Magazine format (think Frankie Magazine); and
A5 fold out brochure.

Website portfolio:

Adobe portfolio (click on individual works);
Wordpress site; and
Grid style site to showcase work.

Interactive PDF:

Simple Adobe interactive PDF with clickable buttons and bookmarks;
Magazine format and using the online publication platform, ISSUU; and
PDF grid which allows you to click on various objects, which then takes you to the respective page.


texts: How do I find where a shape/path is open in Illustrator?

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Doodling around in Ai, I'm wondering how to find where my shape has a "hole" in it?

Outline mode:

When filling that:

What's a method to find where the path/shape is open, causing the area in the 2nd iteration of the circles (2nd largest) to fill in vs. following the pattern?

Thanks


texts: Can you re-use layers but in different locations / dimensions?

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In website mockups, I design the front page, then duplicate layers constantly for other pages design. Things like the header and footer stay basically the same, so they are copied. Their exact location or dimensions may need to change, though.

Is there a way have an "asset" folder where I'm re-using an image that's already loaded in the PSD, and only modifying dimensions/coordinates? (I'd like to re-use the same layer data for responsive, just shrink it down in size - so if I change the color of the header for example, the smaller responsive header would change as well)

The goal is to get away from multiple PSDs for each page, and just have one PSD for a web project. However, the file is too large right now, but most of the size comes from tons of duplication.


texts: Pixelated image on edges when superimposed

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On Illustrator 15.0.0, to create multiple pins for google map, I create a layer of the pin and duplicate it to change icon.

When I display one by one the layer, the image is clean.

[![enter image description here][1]][1]

When many layers are superposed, I could see pixelization of rendering on the edges.

Could you advise me to have a clean image?

To resume :

I have one ai file which contains 20 layers, on each layer there's the same purple pin. The only difference of each layer is the icon inside.

I export each layer in png-24.

My goal is to display the pins on a google map (one pin = one event).

But sometimes events are in the same place, so, pins are superposed.

Image #2 (above) is a screenshoot in illustrator with x layers displayed.

The pins are duplicated from a layer to another.

Logically, even if they are stacked on top of each other, nothing should go beyond.

edited after some weeks : I add a screenshoot of my phone where you can see when there's one pin (left) and multiple (right)


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How can I move footnotes to the next column? I need the vertical space at the bottom for a table, otherwise it gets split in 2.

I tried the footnote paragraph's Keep options and it didn't pan out no matter what I selected. Also, if I make the table non-breaking it just jumps to the next column.

And I would've gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you meddling footnotes!


texts: Steps to becoming a Web Designer without writing code?

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I'm a senior back-end developer. I have a sister who's a designer, and she really struggles to get to the end of the month. I see how successful web designers can be in agencies and software companies - I suggested her to take this path and she really liked the idea.

However, she's a visual kind of person and hates messing with code. When I told her she could be a web designer without messing with a single line of code, her eyes shined.

She has a lot of energy to learn right now, and I would like to suggest her a solid path to become a professional web designer in modern days - I'm afraid that, if she tries to find that path by herself, she will exhaust all her energy and will not make it happen.

I imagine there are a lot of experienced designers around here. Can you please give your detailed insights on how to become a valuable professional in this area - step by step?

Example: Learn Photoshop/Illustrator - Learn about Bootstrap grid - Do this, do that - Read this, follow that, here's some good references - everything you think it would be good that someone told you when you first started this path.

PS: Please hold your urge to mark this as a duplicate. I've done my research but couldn't find quality answers/questions for this, specifically.

PS 2: For the people marking this as duplicate, I think that you guys missed the point of the question. As a developer, I had received a lot of websites made in Photoshop that I had to code. The designers that did those websites in Photoshop, didn't even know what CSS was. They didn't know how to code. Still, they were one of the top paid designers building websites. None of those related questions answers this question properly. A shame.


texts: How to resize a path without resizing the text on it?

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I made an ellipse path and used the "type on a path tool" tool to make a rounded text effect, but when I'm resizing the path, the font resizes too, according to the path aspect ratio.

Is there any way to resize a path while maintaining the font size?


texts: How to select a difference of two layers?

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Consider the following two files.

Background:

Background with some content on top:

How do I get a flat image that is content-background? ie. the result should be white text with the blood stains on a transparent background.

The underlying issue that I am trying to solve:

The layers "Layer 27 copy 3" and "Layer 55" (the blood stains) use "multiply" blending mode, therefore simply merging these with the text will result in:


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My background is in print media - I have been asked to create an email blast for a client - usually i would simply do this in mail chimp or some other email marketing platform, but the company that is assisting with this process is asking that I supply the email to them as HTML.

here is the exact list of required deliverables:

Deliverables required for email blasts:
 Subject line
 HTML
 Test and final seed list
 Name(s) of the person who has final approval

Following are the corresponding Requirements/Best Practices.

Subject Line: Try to stay to max of 50 characters Test and Final Seed
List: Maximum of 8 email addresses **Indicate who on this list has
   final approval. Images: Keep to a minimum. Many clients default to an
   ‘images off’ setting which leaves blanks where images would be. Must
   include full paths to the images you are hosting. Hanley Wood can
   also host the images. Image should be optimized for the web (i.e.
   images size should be small so they load quickly.)
Timeframe: All
   deliverables are due no later than 2 business days before email blast
   date.
Date and Time: Specify date and time (EST) that you would like
   email to be scheduled.

COBRAND OFFERS THAT MAY BE DECLINED:
Surveys
Single image HTMLs
Lead generation services
Subscription offers
Non-HW newsletters

I have contacted the company directly for more specifics to help me out and this list is what was supplied to me -

Any help with identifiying a program that could help me with creating "HTML" for email blast would be greatly appreciated.


texts: It's an option in InDesign, CSS, and MS Word. I'm not finding it in Photoshop CS5.


texts: Design cues for draggable page components

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I'm working on a web project where a user will be able to edit the ordering of a list.  I'd like to update the visuals for the items that are draggable so that there is a a clear indication of each of the elements that are in fact draggable.  I'm having trouble trying to nail down any standards that may exist for this sort of thing.  I've seen a state change to the cursor but I think this would be too subtle for this particular project.

Does anyone have any resources or ideas about how to clearly communicate to a user that a specific page object is draggable?


texts: Creating a font or updating an existing font

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I want to make a font that links certain letters together when they are typed for example "au" would go together and "ll" would go together. I would also like these two letters together to be underlined when they are typed automatically. Century Gothic font or similar is a fine to use. Other single letters I would like a dot to appear below them. I wonder how I would go about doing this? Any advice welcome.
Thanks.


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Could someone explain me what a colorpass and rip are, why some printers have external colorpass units and others don't? Usually the printing software asks me whether I want to do the color management locally or on the colorpass, so I guess everything the colorpass does, can be done on my PC as well. Colorpass is just a PC as well...

Sorry for the noob question, but I really don't get it...

Thanks!


texts: How to get rid of banding in illustrator while using gradient?

texts: How to get Rid of Banding in illustrator while using Gradient


texts: Does anyone recognize this bold serif font?

texts: If anyone could help identity this bold serif font, it would help tremendously.


texts: Can I export a PDF from Inkscape with a vectorized blur or shadow?

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In Inkscape, I can draw a circle and add a blur.  If I save that document as a PDF, the blur is only kept if I rasterize it.  I'd like the PDF to keep the blur without rasterizing it.  Same goes for a drop shadow.

Is this a limitation of PDF?  If not, is there another tool to convert an SVG to a PDF with a blur or shadow?

If it matters, I'm using a Mac, but have Linux and Windows machines available.


texts: How to create a consistent style across stock images for a website?

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I am currently applying changes to this site.

Becky, my customer, demands that the images be changed so that
the image content will also be compatible with each other.

I tried using icons and vector art, etc, but they rejected all of the ones I offered.

I tried changing the imagery with each version by changing the style of the images, but I don't know how to do it. I thought maybe a color overlay layer is helpful. Something like this:

The first image is taken from smashing magazine .com and the second is from devpedia.ir

Essentially creating a color overlay layer with text overlaid on top.

They rejected this idea.

Then I thought maybe create a different shape from images with same style? Something like this:

But they rejected this idea as well. I've tried many ideas and many ways but the customer rejects them all.

Are there any other ways to create consistency between a group of differing images?


texts: Clip Studio Paint ideal settings for printing

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I'm trying to illustrate my childrens book in Clip Studio Paint and the art (mostly done with pen so far) looks highly pixelated.

I started out with my settings at 72 DPI, then drew for a while. I noticed the art was pixelated, so I switched my settings (within the same file) to 300 DPI and drew more. There was no difference between the drawings made at 72 and 300. On top of that, my program switched my settings back to 72 DPI after a while.

So I opened a new document and set initial settings at 300 DPI. Again, the quality of the lines was indistinguishable from lines drawn at 72 DPI. Same for 600 and 1200 DPI.

I tried using both vector and raster layers. The raster is more blurry and pixelated, but the vector is also pixelated.

Can anyone tell me what I might be doing wrong?


texts: disable transform in rectangle selection tool

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I am new in Photoshop,
I wanna turn over the corner of the gray square.
first, I draw rectangular marquee tool and second, press Ctrl+T but as you can see the small squares appear in the corner of gray square instead of rectangular marquee.


texts: Can someone please help me identify this font?


texts: Nearest neighbour interpolation not working in ImageMagick

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I want to display an image and have the pixels big and clearly visible. As it's common to display scaled image with some form of smooth filtering, the best option is to scale up the image resolution without interpolation (i.e. nearest). I have quite a few and need automation, hence ImageMagick.

I'm certain I've done this before and hit the same problem, but this time Google isn't helping. I vaguely remember the order of the arguments can be quite important here but I've tried every permutation and the output is the same.

The following simply doesn't work. It resizes the image correctly but it's all blurry:

convert from.png -interpolate Nearest -resize 800% to.png

What am I missing?

Example:

I start with

I get this

But want this

Related links:

ImageMagick v6 Examples - Simple Interpolation Methods
ImageMagick: Command-line Options - interpolate


texts: Overprint on metal containers or plastic tubes

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I am submitting art to be offset printed on aerosol cans and plastic tubes. It uses 2 PMS colours. One plate is a 100% flood. The other one is a linear gradient from 0% to 100%. The gradient is to be overprinted on the 100% flood. The maximum density will be 200%. This is the way the boxes are printed, and it looks great.

Can overprint be used on metal containers (aerosol cans) or plastic tubes? Since the material is way less absorbent than paper, I am worried that the ink might start moving around if the density is too high.

I know I can ask my manufacturer, and I did, but they are in China and, although they are a very seasoned manufacturer, I am having a hard time communicating the overprint concept to them. I was wondering if it is because it is not possible to use overprint on these materials, so nobody ever asks for it.


texts: Use mesh tool in Illustrator to create single vector objects

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Does anybody know if it is possible to use the mesh tool for creating multiple vector objects?

For example, I have a rectangle and add a mesh with the mesh tool:

Now, I want to use the "mesh lines" as a kind of "cutting lines" to split the rectangle into multiple objects with the form of the meshed grid.


texts: Set up a guide layer in Photoshop for cropping

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I am looking to set up a single .psd file I can use for my iPhone splash screens, the main document at 640x1136 and a "guide layer" at 640x960 that I can use to generate the slightly smaller splash screen from the same image file.

What's the best way to create this "guide" layer? It obviously needs to persist across crops so I can use it again and again.


texts: How to smoothly connect a circle with rectangle shape at the tangent?

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I would like to connect a rectangle with a circle at its tangent in illustrator. The problem is – and i hope you can see it in the image – that the transition is not very smooth and quit ugly.

How can you get a smoother transition like here:

and not like this:

Thank you for your advice!


texts: Is it possible to subtract two layers to calculate transparency?

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I have an image with two layers: Backround and its copy + some modifications. Is it somehow possible to subtract colors of the backround layer, so that all pixels that are different will be extracted with transparency and extraction result combined with bg layer would look the same, or almost the same as the original merged layer?

Input:

Possible result: part of the layer is opaque, part is transparent. Result is identical to the original merged layer.

UPDATE

I wanted to use this to extract difference between original and modified layers so in practice both Background and Modified layers wont have one color. Here's a more real life example. I have a background and its copy with some brush strokes and Smudge Tool strokes.

Here's the result I'm having now. I use Difference to spot changed pixels and then load it as selection, eliminate half-transparency from this selection and extract fully opaque pixels.

This is a result I'd like to get: some pixels have transparency because Difference wasn't 100% white. I realize this may be not possible, but no harm in trying I guess.


texts: How to select multiple paths that are adjacent in the layers window?

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Given the following setup:

How can I quickly select all orange circles in Layer 1 in order to edit them, as shown here:

It seems like this should be somehow possible through the layers window, but when I shift-click they're being only highlighted, not properly selected. Obviously I want to avoid shift-clicking each and every one of them, and I also do not mean any Select->Same->Fill color commands.


texts: What typefaces would go well with Metalista?

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Metalista is a modern blackletter font (afaik :)) designed by Suitcase Type Foundry as a tribute to "the persistency of the metal culture."

What other typefaces (used as subtitles) would mix best with Metalista (used for the title)?

In case that's too broad a question, here's an example narrowing: How well does Steinem go with Metalista?

To give you a bit of context, the above question(s) arose discussing a "steampunk" YA book cover for which Metalista is a good choice.


texts: Constraints or bindings in Adobe Illustrator

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Is it possible to add any bindings between object dimensions and positions in Adobe Illustrator?

For example, I have 3 rectangles. One of them has size W x H, second - (W + 10) x (H + 10), third (W + 20) x (H + 20). If one is resized other rectangles should be adjusted. Is it possible to achieve this?


texts: When drawing two vector shapes, why does the second one not update with the correct foreground colour?

texts: I just drew one black rectangle. I then changed the foreground colour to red and drew a second one on a new layer, but this remained black. I had to go into the fill options and change it to the red colour I desired, but I'm wondering why it was not enough simply to change the foreground colour before drawing the new shape?


texts: How to create a gradient which fades an image to a background?

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I would like to achieve in Photoshop this type of effect, to create a gradient which fades an image to a background. I hope you guys understand what I'm trying to say!

Look forward to hear from you!


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When I draw a rectangle shape in Photoshop it has colour properties.

But when I draw a line it has no colour properties and just uses currently selected colour.

I want to change the colours of lines I have already drawn.  How do I do this?


texts: I have art set up for a 4 color process print, but it on going on black shirts. The art itself is a picture of a nebula so it has a lot of subtle details in it. I am using Film Maker ver 4 for the film separations but the sample shirts didn't come out like I expect. Not sure if it is on my end or silk-screen side.


texts: Is there a way to lock a point into a curve?

texts: I have a circle as a point and a stroke as a curve. Is it possible to lock the center of the point to the curve so that however I move it the point is still in the curve? In another word, how to make it becomes a slider on the curve?


texts: Indesign CS5 relink all links when moving to a different computer

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I have done a lot of work on a lot of files.  To give them to a new designer working for us, I have put them on an external HDD and passed them over.  But he now has to open up every file individually and relink them to the External HDD or his own HDD.  This is really time consuming (there are hundreds of documents).  Is there a quicker way to do this?  We really only need to be able to tell InDesign that the front of the image location has changed, as all of the other parts of the file structure are the same.

This would save me loads of time, and I'm sure there must be a solution...


texts: Making Grain Gradients Only Use One Color in Illustrator

texts: I am trying to make a gradient with a grain filter that goes from 0% opacity to black 100% opacity.  The issue I am having is in between the white color is gradually increasing in opacity, and so this shows up if I change my background color.  I am using this design for printing on multiple colors, so the gradient just needs black and nothing else.  Any ideas?


texts: Illustrator: problem with the 3D effect - Extrude and bevel, Isometric lines aren't straight

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I've this problem with the 3D effect: the vertical lines projected by the effect aren't vertical.
I start with a plane shape like a rectangle and I select the isometric top preset in the effect and this is what it happens.
In the isometric view the vertical lines are supposed to be perpendicular to the ground, right? I mean, if I draw the same shape in the isometric grid the vertical lines are really vertical. I miss something.
The object in the image is the same but reflected for a view of the problem.
Thanks for the attention.


texts: Is there a way to automate changing the hue of many layers with a different value per layer?

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Let's say I have 100 photos in a folder. On the first one, I would like to change the Hue to -180, and save it. On the second one, I would like to change the Hue to -170. On the third one, I would like to change the Hue to -160, and so on.

Is there a way to batch process with a different value each time?


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Using Photoshop CS6.
I'm currently trying to make a circle with grass around it. Think a 2D world with dirt in the middle and grass on the sides.
Currently im trying to do it with minecraft textures since they seem almost perfect for this, so you get an idea what I mean:

Now this, just around a circle, sorta like this:

The problem is I haven't found a way to make a pattern follow a shape yet


texts: What is kerning and what is the point of it?

texts: From what I see here, it seems kerning is just rearranging the space between letters.  However, the comments here lead me to believe there's more to the story.  Is kerning really that simple?  Is the only purpose of it to look nicer or is there some practical reasoning for it?