texts: How to change the font style of all text layers in a single PSD file?

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My client has a change of heart and wanted to go from Roboto to Helvetica Neue. Is there a way to change the font style of all text layers automatically instead of the painful way one layer at a time?

I have more than 20+ screens (probably more than 1,000 layers) to go through.

I am currently using Photoshop CC 6


texts: What Tools Would You Use to Build Something Like This?

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It's my first time posting here so please bear with me! I'm trying to recreate the image below but honestly I'm not even sure where to start.

I tried brute forcing it and just overlaying squares on top of the image but that was way too time consuming and it makes tweaking values (square size, circle radius, etc.) very cumbersome.

Are there any tools that I can use to make this and export as an SVG?


texts: How to convert underline text to outline in InDesign?

texts: I´m preparing a 24 pages manual InDesign file to send to the commercial printer service. When I convert some underline texto to outline, the underline disappears. Same thing with bullets. Is there a solution to this conflict?


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(First post, yay!)
Im working on a fashion lookbook for print and I'm displaying product colours on a black background, but what can I do for when I need to display black on black? Example:

As you can see there are 3 colours but the black is not legible on black, what do you reckon I could do to improve visibility without compromising design too much? I cant change the black background FYI. The black dot in the picture isn't quite Black (#000000) its actually #20201f which I thought would help but when we did a test print it was basically invisible.


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I'm trying to create a colour wheel in Illustrator. I have created one (two actually but they both produced the same result), but it looks a little rough.

I've attached an image to this post you can see my starting point, how I've created the divides and also the result, where you should see the problem I'm having.

My original 12 segment wheel was created using a circle, then a line without a stroke running through the centre of the circle. I then rotated this line 60degrees and repeated until I had the 12 segments. I then used Pathfinder > Divide to break the segments apart.

If you look at the end result, you'll see how I now need to break up each segment into multiple parts to display different shades/tones.

To do this I created multiple circles/rings (in red) overlaid on each other. Each circle was created using Object > Path > Path Offset, using multiples of 5mm for consistency. I then overlaid the 12 segment colour wheel on it and with both selected used Pathfinder > Divide again.

This creates the segments within segments I need, but definition is lost. There seems to be gaps, overlaps throughout the final version. I've tried creating this from scratch again, making sure everything is centre but I got the exact same result. Can anyone help me with this? What's the best way to do achieve this effect? I'm positive there has to be away, I see elements like this quite often!

Thanks for you help,
Steve


texts: Is it possible for Inkscape to snap to a path's border instead of the path?

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For example, if I've got a path with a 3px border, I'd like it to snap to the edge of the border and not to the path its self?

Here's a square which has the path snap to the guides instead of the square's border:


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I want to keep the overlapping portion of the caterpillar and the half circles.
Shape builder is not letting me do that.
I have arranged, rearranged their position (bring front, etc). But they are not intersecting at all.
I have checked all of them in outline mode, they all are drawn in usual shape.
I do not understand.
Please help.


texts: Unsmooth text when printing work created with Adobe Illustrator

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I create worksheets for my classes with AI. These usually consist of pictures in color and text. I have the following problem on Mac when printing with my laser printer Brother L8900-CDW:

Using the postscript emulation driver for my printer and printing pure text files in black, printed text looks fine when created with AI on Mac.

However, if I use any color other than black, the text becomes rasterized (not 100% sure this is the right definition of my problem) and colors of pictures are off, which is why the postscript driver would only be an acceptable solution for black text-only documents.

So on the Mac with the postscript driver black text is fine, anything else is way off. With the standard driver on my Mac, text is very bad while graphics and colors are normal.

The problem only occurs when printing ai-files or pdf-files from AI; when I print a pages-files, it looks fine.

On Windows everything works fine with the standard Brother driver (non-postscript); with the postscript driver I get the same bad results like on the Mac.

I thought I could just transfer the ai-file created on my Mac to my Windows computer before printing, but the result is as bad as on the Mac.Only when I create a completely new ai-file on my Windows computer, the printouts are fine.

I have already tried printing from the Adobe pdf reader without any better results.

Does anyone know of a solution?

I don't want to redo all my work on my Windows computer.


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When I look at some CSS style for a web page, I typically first look
at styling the <html> and <body> tags and then I look at other
sub-elements.
The styling of <html> and <body> tags is quite confusing by many web
designers and I haven't find out some guidelines clarifying this topic.

So I'm creating this question:

Which styles can be applied to <html> and <body> tags (which create
such base for a typical web page)?
And what is good/bad technique?


texts: Are there any differences between Paragraph Shading and Paragraph atop Color?

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Alright so new feature of InDesign CC 2015 is Paragraph Shading. A long overdue feature. The question is for Print Projects is there any difference between using Shading vs the old way of putting a colored box below the text?

Here is my Paragraph Shade panel:

Here is a closeup of PDF export using the Shade function:

Here is a closeup of PDF export using the box method:

I don't see any differences from a visual standpoint, (the area under my box is on a gray background) but before I implement this on print projects thought I'd ask and see what, if any, differences there are to consider when using Paragraph Shading?


texts: How can I crop everything outside of an art board in Illustrator?

texts: I've got a very complex texture that I have running WAY over the art board and I need to clean it up for a client. How do I get rid of every point outside of the art board?


texts: How can I change hue of a vector image that has many colors?

texts: How can I change color of this vector in Illustrator? Each triangle is different. I want it to be in other color tones like brown, grey etc.


texts: Photoshop CS5 Wrongly Shrinks Image Size on Place

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At work we use Photoshop CS5. Old, I know, but that's what I have to work with. I'm on Windows 10.

Recently, when I place certain images Photoshop is automatically shrinking the image dimensions to around 1-2 inches. What on earth is going on?

I don't want this, and this behavior is undesirable. This article is the only relevant thing I've found in my search to solve this prior to posting:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/Photoshop/Wrong-image-size-when-placing/td-p/4487627

Here is an example of source image:

Now the result after placing:

After placing, the image has been automatically resized to around 1x2"

For comparison, below we can clearly see by dragging into InDesign that the original image width is almost 7 inches!

I tried the suggested

Edit > Preferences and uncheck
"Resize Image During Place" and "Place or Drag Raster Images as Smart Objects". To no avail.

I don't think his issue is the same as mine, but it is close. But following the instructions (mentioned immediately above) that worked for him did not work for me.

Also, it may be useful to note that I keep getting this window popping up every time I place a jpg:

I did set this up (popping up the window) following instructions in a post about a month or so ago. The reason was because a certain jpeg files would throw an error and wouldn't open at all. I don't actually remember what settings I changed, but I'm wondering if that could have something to with this current issue? I don't see any sizing options here.

MY QUESTION:

What is the cause of this issue, why can't I find anyone online who's experienced the same thing, and what is the best solution to prevent Photoshop CS5 from auto-resizing/scaling my images?


texts: How do I match up Adobe's color profile to Apple's?

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Why is there such a difference in the editing view & save preview views? I am using Adobe Illustrator CS6 for Mac OS X.

Color Settings: North America General Purpose 2

Profile: sRGB

Export Format: PNG-24


texts: How to create this text effect in Illustrator? (one word, 2 different colours)

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How would you create this effect (below) in Illustrator with the coloured text and transparent text over the coloured shape?

I've tried using clipping masks and even the live paint bucket tool (which I just discovered) but nothing is working.


texts: Sketch App + Zeplin, font book with colors?

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After having some trouble with Sketch + Sympli I'm trying to switch to Zeplin. So far, so good. However, I noticed for a lot of font elements Zeplin doesn't show the color. In a photo I found online and from memory of past projects I know it should be possible:

But for me all font elements are showing up without colors:

I am using text styles in Sketch, and in Sketch the text styles show up colored as they should be. When I click the text I can see a color is selected:

Am I doing anything wrong as far as settings goes? Can Zeplin not handle font styles?


texts: How to change line length in Fusion 360sketch?

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I have a line that I need to extends from 28 mm to 54mm:

The red one is the one I want to extends down. How can I do that? I tried all combinations of clicks I could think of, but I cannot find how to edit parameters of the line.


texts: Illustrator: how to scale pattern when already applied to object

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I have created a pattern from 2 rectangles with different colors, selected both and moved them to swatches.

After applying this pattern to a desired object, I would like to scale the pattern smoothly so I can fine tune my work. How would I do that?

I know I can scale the pattern when creating it, but how can I do it afterwards?


texts: Include "area" in 3 columns in InDesign (merging part of columns)

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I've been trying to accomplish in InDesign something along the attached screenshot.

I've a 3-columns indesign file and will like to add a block (either an image or a table) like the one in the attached example.

I'm trying to find for an automated (or relatively simple) solution as I will have to add it in many places along a biiiiggggg file and would like to try and avoid any method that requires a lot of manual modifications.


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I have a smart object whose size in edit mode is 1000x1000 with a transparent background and an image layer that is 800x800 (centered).

When I use the smart object, the transparent space around the image layer isn't preserved.

Compare with the case when the background is opaque:

Why is the transparent area not preserved when using the smart object?


texts: Draw circle and remove the selected area in Photoshop CC

texts: I'm trying to draw a circle and make it as transparent by removing it. I used the Elliptical Marquee Tool but it cannot be drawn with the same size of the circle that I want to remove. Is there any way to adjust the circle size after it get drawn?


texts: Weird Illustrator file preview while selecting a project to open

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Every time I open an Illustrator project file on my Macbook I use the space button as a quick preview to see the contents of my project before opening. For some reason, when I try to preview my files now I get these random black fill project previews instead of the normal black and white outline designs. I have attached some screenshots for reference and linked a screen recording reference as well.
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texts: Which version of Adobe Acrobat do I need to do calculations?

texts: We are trying to create a fillable PDF with Adobe Reader, I think, and seems to be working but we can't create calculations in it. Do we need a special version of Acrobat for this?


texts: How can I easily add color to unclosed shapes?

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I've got a line art drawing of a dragon that I'm trying to color. I don't necessarily care if I use Illustrator, Photoshop, or Sketchbook Pro; I'm just trying to figure out the best way to color the drawing. I created the line art image in Illustrator.

I know to use live paint and live paint bucket for contained lines, but how do I easily 'fill' in areas, like the fur on the chest, that isn't a fillable object? I know how to do it the painful way, i.e. duplicate the lines, complete them to create a closed container, and then fill that container...but ugh, takes forever.

-----EDIT----New Information----

So probably the coloring I'm looking for is 'cel shading' style:

Artist: Raijin-Pooch

Also, the line art was done in two stages. In the first step I used (accidentally) a calligraphy brush that, when I turned on live paint, dumped out to simple line art. I then had to do a bunch of touch-ups, and those were done with a line art brush, so they're thicker. Hence the 'poor' quality. I'm certainly open to suggestions--I'm new to the digital illustration world. I've got a ton of experience with PS/AI, just not in this particular space!


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I'm not new to Photoshop but I'm new to animations in Photoshop and my question is how to animate vector shapes in Photoshop. I have made a simple paper plane and then refolded it in Photoshop. T

he problem is that it doesn't have many frames, and I need the animation to be more smoother. Is there some way to just animate the shapes points?

I tried the tweening, but that doesn't help since I'm using the frame by frame animation and just hiding groups with canvases

Here's what I have now and I'm not so happy with the result, since I still think its missing some frames to be more smooth.


texts: Turn transparent png to partly transparent

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I got this .png file which is completely transparent (except for the black lines)
How can I turn the white color inside the mail icon to non-transparent but keep the parts outside ( in the corner, because of the rounded borders) transparent?
I'm using Illustrator 2015


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"Grid systems in graphic design" by Josef Müller Brockmann is THE book about the modular grid system and deals with layout. The "Vignelli Canon" by Massimo Vignelli partly deals with modernistic typography but it's very basic. "The New Typography" exists of course.
– Is there a book about typography seen through (swiss), mid century modernistic eyes that goes more deep into hierarchy, lists, tables, etc? An equivalent to "Elements of Typographic Style" by Robert Bringhurst.


texts: Convert file from Adobe Illustrator to TikZ

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For those of you who know how LaTex is used to digitally typeset, TikZ is similarly used to draw.

I can not find a way in Adobe Illustrator to convert an image to any format in TikZ and PGF.

TikZ is built on top of PGF and allows you to intuitively and easily create sophisticated graphics, as well as portable graphics in PDF/PostScript formats using plain (pdf)TEX, (pdf)Latex, or ConTEXt.

Sources here and here.

I have two questions:

With Inkscape this conversion is possible; but how should I proceed with Adobe Illustrator?
Is there an online tool that allows you to convert images of any format or in .pdf format into a .tex (LaTeX) file?


texts: Images imported to Adobe Illustrator get resized in smaller dimensions than original

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Why is it everytime I import an image into Illustrator CC 2018 the image becomes smaller than the original dimensions?

For example, I drag and drop an image of 900x701 but once imported in Illustrator it becomes 675x525

Therefore, I have to give each imported image their original dimensions to fix this problem, is there any way I could fix this issue?

My images are captured using Snagit and they have 96 dpi and the format is .jpg


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How were these images composited, given the design elements are made in vector format.  Which tool was used to composite this image?

Thank you


texts: Can anyone tell me what this font is or which is similar?


texts: Is it okay to use depictions of cartoon characters in an iPhone app?

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I have an app idea which is based on the use of cartoon characters; I would like to include a single image of cartoon characters with their names, the app will be purely for reference and free.

However, I'm worried that as most cartoon characters are copyrighted I could be subject to legal action. Am I covered by fair use?

I know there are some cartoon characters which can be used as they are in the public domain however there are very few of them.


texts: Acrobat X Custom Action to Save PDF as JPG (not export all images)

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Can I use Acrobat X Pro to batch process hundreds of multipage PDFs to JPGs?

This question is very similar to what I am after but I am wondering if there is a way to do it in Acrobat X Pro. I have asked on superuser.com and the adobe forums and have received no conclusive answers. The previously linked question brought me here.

I have several hundred pdfs. Some were originally composed from Tiffs and others JPGs. I'd like to convert them all to JPGs. Ideally I would do it on the command line.

The following:

convert document.pdf document.jpg

works really well, when the source material was originally a JPG, but if it was originally a TIFF not so well. I have found a "ghostscript" that can handle the conversion from tiff, but not reliably. Plus, I have no real way to determine what the PDF was composed of originally.

I am turning to MS Windows and Acrobat X Pro to handle my troubles. I have been a linux user for the past five or so years, so my familiarity with adobe products is rusty. Acrobat X can easily save a multi-page PDF to a JPG, and they look great regardless of if the origin files.

However, I see no clear way to do this as a batch (aka: "Action"). I see an action to export all the images in a document, and for some reason it gives me three images from a page. with only one of the three being useable. But is there a way to specify a custom Action that simply saves the PDF as JPGs?

Why not as of much importance, is there also a way to specify proper padding? For example, when you manually save a 9 page document to JPGs it appends

_Page_1.jpg
_Page_2.jpg
etc.

A 900 page document will list page 1 as "_Page_001.jpg".

Perferablly it would be nice to always have "%04d", or "_Page_0001.jpg".

Note: I've include other Adobe Tags as I am have many products in the CS 5.5 suite to work with — yes I know its older, and no I don't know all of the ones I have.


texts: Horizontal and Vertical Scaling of One Character in AI

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In Photoshop, I've got in my character menu Horizontal and Vertical scaling. In Illustrator I don't have it, but I need it. I know I can stretch the entire text-box in AI to simulate character scaling, but that doesn't apply to the following cases:

How do I scale one character horizontally or vertically (but not both) in text in Illustrator, without separating the text out?
Also, how do I stretch text vertically when it's typed along a path?

EDIT: I do realize that to stretch an individual character, the text can be outlined, and the character can then be transformed; however, I'd say this should be a last resort, since it's irreversible, and changing the text afterward requires a complete redesign.


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I am using Gimp to create a skin for a 3D model of a building.  I am currently placing different styles of windows in my model.  To do this, I am opening a window file, copy the image and paste it into the master image as a new layer so that I can move and scale it properly.

The first image I copied worked properly.  When I moved to the second image, I copied it, but when I pasted it as a new layer, it pasted the first image instead.  I used undo to remove it, copied the image again and when I pasted it, it was the proper image.  Every other image I've done has done the exact same thing (the third image pasted as the second, fourth as third, etc).  This is becoming a huge time waster and I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong or if this is a bug that I've run into?


texts: Adobe Acrobat Pro 11: I have some sort of grid design I cannot alter

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I used a PDF export feature in LogiReports to create a PDF. This shouldn't much matter, because I have Adobe Acrobat Pro and should be able to edit what it exported. It's created a report with a gridlike design of boxes (it's not perfect grid; see  picture). The thing is, I cannot figure out how to alter or get rid of this grid in Adobe Acrobat Pro.  When I use any PDF-to-HTML converter, this grid gets turned into a full-page PNG.

How can I find this image in Acrobat and remove it?

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texts: How can I achieve metallic gold effect? I need to laser-print golden fonts using an OKI C9650 printer

texts: My main difficulty is not laser-printing a large golden image, for example of a wedding ring. But I just can't get small fonts to have a metallic effect. The program I use is Corel Draw. I tried all sorts of metallic gold images and power-clipped to my fonts. The laser-printout shows shades of white, yellow and brown but doesn't look golden. I'm using "white Kraft paper" It's a heavy type of paper with one shiny side. I'd be grateful for any tips.


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I have a polygon in Illustrator (shown below).  How can I split it into separate line segments at every anchor point AND intersection with another line?

Basically I'm trying to recreate the "Pemrose Triangle" here. I plan on animating it, so that is why I need things in separate segments.


texts: Sketch rendering colors in wrong way for PNG and PDF

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Sketch has been showing wrong colors when importing vector images (PDF format) and images (PNG format). I've noticed this several times. Has anyone else faced a similar issue?

I followed this link, https://sketchapp.com/docs/other/color-management/, changed color from Unmanaged to sRGB but the problem still persists.


texts: Possible to carry a whole branding process by yourself?

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Probably beginner graphic designers interests start around logo creation. Then probably shift towards visual identity, then branding.

My interests started directly from logo to branding, now I kind of regret that. Because, as a beginner, I found out that branding it's much more than the logo and visuals. Branding includes marketing research, tone of speech, customer services and how employees treat you, customer experience, and probably a lot more I'm not aware of.

Knowing this, the branding process seems like a really, REALLY intensive research work, more than I thought. It's kind of overwhelming.

So my question is; Can you design/create a brand all by yourself as a beginner? Where can I learn to go solo on a branding process? Should I keep myself with Corporate Visual Identity first, then move to Branding?


texts: How can I remove the white rectangle created when opening a file? When I open an image in Illustrator, I see a small rectangle in the center of the image and when I save the image using "Save For Web", Illustrator saves only the part within the rectangle but I want save all of the image.


texts: Previous client wants some "small changes"

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A previous client has the source files, and wants some "small changes" made for free. These changes would probably take me 15 min. max, but the entire reason they wanted the source files was so they could update them as needed without paying me. I had a lot of misgivings about giving them the source files in the first place, but they pressed for them and to keep the relationship going smoothly, I gave them up.

What's a tactful way to handle this? Charge $x per change? Tell them to do it themselves per their own directives? It's possible that more of these changes would be coming through in the future, because the client has no idea how to use ID. I've even told them they can make these types of changes in Acrobat, which would be way easier than using ID for them - but they seem to ignore that bit every time.


texts: How does Inkscape decide whether to use flowRoot or text?

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The program for which I'm creating svg doesn't display text that I create in Inkscape where Inkscape saves the text as flowRoot.

When does Inkscape choose to use svg:flowRoot?

Is there a way to tell it to convert a field with svg:flowRoot into svg:text?


texts: Live Paint: make on brush produces "sharp" edges

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I'm following a tutorial
here starting around 5:15
for coloring in Illustrator. After drawing with the brush tool, I did Expand Appearance, then Live Paint → Make, which caused these "breaks" in my drawing.

What I want is something like this

like in the video tutorial.


texts: Can anybody identify this alien looking font?

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I'm looking for this font. Here is a sample.  I have no ideas about it at all.

Thanks for any help!


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I am starting to develop a logo, but I want to know the best medium to work with. The size of the logo should never have to exceed 500 x 500 pixels, so I'm not sure if that should be taken into account. I would like to initally model something after this image here:

They use some depth and lighting effects to really make it pop. Should I work with multiple programs to complete this.

Just as a note, I am talking about the text that says "LinuXMint"


texts: illustrator cs5- paste in place not changing layers

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I'm trying to re-organize a project that has gotten a lot of objects stuck in the wrong layers.

For some reason when I select a group of objects and try to move them to another artboard my paste in place command does not move them to the new layer I select. If I try a standard paste operation and choose to re-align the object I find that it also does not paste to the correct layer.

My layers are all visible and not locked. Grouped/ungrouped objects have same behavior.

Has my project corrupted or is this something simple I don't know about?


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I'm not entirely sure how to word this, but I'll do my best here.

I found a really good font for my logo and edited it in Adobe Fireworks to get it to look a certain way. I then used Inkscape to Trace the logo text as a path.

So now I have a text based logo made up of letters that are all sepperate, but I'd like to place the text on an semi-circle to give it an arched effect.

I've tried copying the logo, drawing an oval, and then used Pattern Along Path to try and acheive this, as suggested by Billy, but it's now showing upside down and in the wring position:

Any way that I can move the text around the shape once it's attached?


texts: I can't find a way to make this symbol appear visually fitting into the background

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I am designing a game card template and somewhat got forward pretty well. But now I am stuck on a detail with a symbol/relief in the middle of the design. This symbol is overlapping the bottom part and the top part.

On the bottom part I managed to cast a drop shadow that looks "ok" for me (image reference 3.). However the top part of that circle looks weird (image reference 1.) and does not fit with the black outlines I did with he other parts (image reference 2.). It tried to apply this outline to the symbol/relief as well but it always looks weird and very pixelated in comparison to the rectangle border lines.

Any suggestions how I can make this appear composed with the other style?


texts: How to achieve a shadowed shape behind a semi opaque surface?

texts: Imagine a white paper, a shape behind it, and behind the shape a source of light, like a candle. I want to achieve the shadow effect you perceive looking at the white paper. How to do this in photoshop?


texts: What is the name of the typeface used in the Soldsie logo?

texts: Can anybody please tell me what typeface this is in the image? I need it for a logo that I'm going to be making.


texts: Need help understanding an indesign feature

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I’ve been stumped on what exactly the practical use for the "first baseline offset" option could be used for under text frame options?

I understand that it shifts around the first baseline in that frame but i struggle with, what is the point of doing that if you could just align all the lines to a grid using a common leading?

Cheers


texts: Can anyone identify this font (font used for the title "'Allo 'Allo") or a suitable substitute ?


texts: High resolution images scaled down in Illustrator are blurry when zoomed in as PDF in Adobe Acrobat?

texts: I am working on a label print design. Some of the elements are raster images. These images are GIANT - great resolution. I basically flattened the PSD file I was working in. Than opened that PSD file into illustrator and copied the flattend element over embedding it into my document. After I embed them into my illustrator file and resize them smaller to fit; I then save it as a PDF file. When I zoom in on the pdf file the raster elements are very blurry while the vector elements are not. However the images are so big that even when zooming in smaller than the original raster image size it still shows blurry. Any thoughts? Thanks!


texts: Need two unique smart objects duplicated in one psd file

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So I know how to create a duplicate of a smart object and edit it independently from one another by using "New Smart Object via copy". I found that trick on this forum and it works well. However, my situation is a little different. I'll try to explain:

I was given a file with existing smart objects...with the text all in English...In properties it's called Layer 201.psb and its an embedded Smart Object.
There are 10 different layouts that use this same smart object on separate layers (different shapes, sizes, masks and positioning of the smart object).
My mission is to maintain each of those layouts, yet for each one create a new set of 10 layers with the text in Spanish. So, I don't want to create a new object via copy 10 times on each layer. Or else I would end up with Layer 201.psb, layer 202.psb, etc...and kind of defeats the purpose of a smart object.
Ideally, I would like to end up with a Smart Object Layer 201.psb used on 10 layers that are all in English, and Smart Object Layer 202.psb used on 10 identical layers that are all in Spanish. (and then for some files, a new set of 10 all in Portuguese, a new set all in German, and so on)
I have hundreds of files, so need to streamline the easiest way to maintain separate sets of smart object layers.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!


texts: 'This page is under construction' message or no page at all?

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From a Design point-of-view, if a page is not ready yet, but the rest of the site is; would it be better to:

Have a 'this page is under construction' message, or
Not have the page at all, until it is ready?

I'm interested in how each design decision will affect the site's performance (popularity). Will having the 'under construction' message affect the users' likelihood of enjoying the site?

When designing a site, which decision is more user-friendly etc.?


texts: What is the font used by Vogue Questions series?

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What is the font that is used in Vogue Questions vlog series? It is kind of looks like Didot (since the characters are tall) but I don't think it is exactly Didot.

Anyone worked with a similar typeface before?


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I am using AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016 and working on files with high mb's. To be specific, I am working on preparing a corridor for a railway alignment of 600 km in which I have to place contours, roads and every existing feature within the offset of 100 m.

What I want to know is, is it possible that when my drawing is completed in AutoCAD, I can bring it in to Photoshop or CoralDRAW so that while changing the plot scale I don't have to change the text size again and again?


texts: InDesign: creating a numbered list with custom glyphs

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I'm doing a signage design in Indesign and want to use the CIRCLED DIGIT ONE, CIRCLED DIGIT TWO, etc number glyphs for a numbered list. I'm using Lato Medium.
Setting a custom glyph for a bulleted list is easy, but is it possible to create a style that uses other glyphs in the font set and enumerates them?

Note that I don't want to use another font for the numbering, rather I want to use characters in the Lato Medium font that are part of the extended unicode set of characters.


texts: Color Picker Like Sketch in Illustrator?

texts: Is there a way to enable a color picker like Sketch's in Illustrator? I really like the ability to drag the color slider while keeping my saturation/brightness consistent (this is just beneath the big color box in the screenshot below).  If there is an option to do this kind of adjustment in Illustrator that's great too, but I can't seem to find it. Thanks!


texts: What is a good book/guide on Graphic Design for a complete beginner?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Tips and sources for programmers who must or want to learn graphic design.

I am a programmer, though I am quite interested in visual design, interaction design and usability.

What is a good source, perhaps a book or online guide on the subject of Graphic Design for the web?

It would preferably be based on some solid theory, not just collection of how-tos and tips and tricks.


texts: How to optimize duplicated frames in an animated GIF using Photoshop?

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I've been experimenting with a technique called cinemagraphs. This technique makes animated GIFs where only a small portion of the scene is animated. Here's a quick one that I just made:

So far, Photoshop does a good job with compressing the static parts of the scene. By masking only the moving part, you can save several megabytes.

What Photoshop is not optimizing well is the duplicated frames. To get a seamless loop, I duplicate all frames and reverse them. In the example above, the newscaster turns to the left and needs to turn back to her original position. This always doubles the size of the GIF. How do I tell Photoshop to optimize the duplicated frames just like it optimizes the static areas? In Timeline panel's menu, I've already used the "Optimize Animations" option but that didn't do anything...


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I think I have to explain a bit of context to introduce the question.

In the project I am working we have reference object that belong to 3 major groups  A, B, C (real name Archaea, Bacteria,  Eukaryota if you are interested in biology).
We have a lot of them and each major group is split in subgroup, I choose to represent subgroup based on gradient color according to group color A: blue, B: blue/green-to-green-to-Yellow and C: grey. (I choose green for B because is the group with the most of subgroup >70) I have so many subgroup that I know is not possible to have a clear separation so I selected a the most interesting for me and I divide them equally along the gradient.
Then I have my new stuff (that we want to compare to reference) that belong to 3 group X, Y ,Z To be able to see them on the reference I pick  color to contrast with my reference, X:pink, Y:violet, Z:orange.

Everything was fine (may be not the most harmonious but we were able to distinguish most of the thing) until my boss came to me asking me to add 2 new reference groups N1, N2.

N1 and N2 do not have subgroup so is one colour no gradient for them.
N1 is related to A
N2 is related to B
N1 and N2 are something we would like to highlight is more important to be able to distinguish N1 and N2 than other random group of A and B.
If possible N1 and N2 should be very easy to see like our X, Y, Z.

My problem is that I don't  what colour to pick for N1 and N2. I thing I have not many colour left (Or I don't realize it), Is okay for me to reduce the number of color of B but If I can avoid it perfect!!!

here an example of what I am obtaining whithout N1 and N2

any help would be appreciated!


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I want to slice this element:

So it's only, for example, 20 x 20 px. I can't do this normally; if I slice this image, and repeat it then I do not have a beautiful background.

How can I slice it so, that in future, when I put this as a background in CSS it looks like it is a big image, without any repeating?


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School artistic magazine, done in Inkscape.

Not sure about the readability of the entirety, nor about the colors for the text. Any tips would be great.

Also, someone told me that all that whitespace down there is a good thing... seems almost too empty though.


texts: How to detect freely-drawn shape on Inkscape or GIMP?

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I would like to have the functionality shown in the following video on Inkscape (preferrably) or GIMP: https://youtu.be/rsFaQZAIZZI?t=18s

The user should be able to draw a rough circle, square, rectangle, triangle etc. with a pencil tool and the application should detect its shape and turn it into a crisp shape (vectorized, if possible).

Does this feature exist in either application, either built-in or as a plug-in?


texts: Zoom-in and then while drawing shape zoom-out

texts: How can I zoom-out when zoomed-in at a certain percentage, while drawing a shape.  That means after I've clicked on the canvas, and start drawing, but have not released the mouse.  Thanks.


texts: Easy way to create repeating custom radial gradient?

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I want to create a simple repeating gradient for a Gradient Overlay effect in Photoshop. I had to manually create this:

Is there an easier way to make a repeating pattern by designing a small one then extrapolating from it? If there is no way to design a gradient like this in the Gradient Editor, is there a way to simulate it (with the style set as Radial)?


texts: Illustrator: layer copied from a different file is always placed below an existing layer

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I need to move some art from one file to a business card template.

After several hours, everytime I add the art copied from another illustrator file, it appears behind the rectangle created on the bleed layer (a normal layer I added to the file).

I have tried all combinations of inserting with draw mode and moving layers in the layer panel and arranging layers in the object pattern. And all variations of draw mode and inserting and arranging in all possible combinations and sequences.

The inserted art always shows up with a layer containing groups for all the elements. However, it only appears as a blue outline when the layer I named 'bleed' has a white rectangle contained on it.

If I turn off the layer called bleed, then the inserted art appears. But no matter how the rules for layering, arranging, and inserting are followed, any white fill on any layer in the artboard will block all artwork been inserted from another file.

What in the world is going on?


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I'm not sure whether I should be asking this kind of question here, but...

When I'm working in Photoshop (CS5 currently, have had it with previous versions as well), when I've zoomed in on the file and have the hand tool selected, Photoshop sometimes zooms out as I drag with the hand tool. It zooms to 'fit screen' size, and zooms back in when i release the mouse button. It does so at random times, and at those times I'm not pressing any buttons other than the left mouse button.

It's really driving me nuts, does any of you know if this is fixable?


texts: What is the name of shapes that bleed off the edge of a book page, forming a 'tab' on the edge?

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In design of bigger reference books, a common element is adding coloured blocks at the edge of every page of a chapter. These blocks are made to bleed off the edge of the page, resulting in a faux edge-painted look that makes it easier to find the right chapter.

source: Wikimedia commons

I'm talking about the effect on the side edges of the book, not the one on the top edge, that's edge painting.

What is the name of this design technique?


texts: Link corners (draw hypotenuse) of rectangle using pen tool

texts: I can draw rectangle using pen tool. Is there any way to draw a hypotenuse while drawing rectangle without manually doing it using line tool?


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I haven't been to an AIGA event in a few years, and I've only been to a handful between the VT AIGA and Philly AIGA. What I remember between the two were they seemed great for students, and maybe print designers who would be interested in local print companies providing samples and giving their pitch.

What I'd like to know is: Is AIGA worth it for professional web designers?

The events I've been to seemed to be composed of 85% current students, and maybe 15% faculty from some of the local schools, and I don't think I ever met anyone at one of their events who was a web designer, unless they were a vendor trying to sell PSD to code services.

So for those of you with experience in the organization, or who are actively involved, does it have much to offer for web designers, specifically those who've been out in the field for some time, not current students or very recent grads.


texts: How can I set InDesign top and bottom cell inset default values for Excel imported tables?

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I need to import Excel tables into InDesign CS6.

In order to get the text to be visible (no red dots indicating hidden text), I have to change the top and bottom Cell Insets within InDesign to zero since they are set on 1,411mm by default (see picture attached).

I've created a cell style to remove the inset. However, because I have a large amount of tables, setting the cell style manually is a problem.

Is there a way to set these cell styles as defaults or to have the Excel import recognize the cell style upon import?


texts: Hi there, I tried many times to make a shape in Photoshop to show the stats/activity in design. SO I wanna know how to make such a shape in photoshop by shape tool .Thanks


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I am using Gaussian Blur in Illustrator CC. However, parts of the glow are outside of the line art. How can I delete those parts?

Before I applied the blur on that layer (solid color) i could easily delete parts of it, after the blur I cannot.

You can see in the image here - for example the blue hands - you can see part of the blur (shadow) outside the hand. I need to delete only that


texts: How do I use the pencil tool on multiple layers?

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I opened a gif file in Photoshop CC 2019. Each frame is different, because it's a gif file, so I can't make the layers a smart object without turning the gif into a single frame animation. I just want to use my pencil tool to edit every frame at the same time. When I "select all layers" and try to draw on them that way, it tells me that no layers are selected.

That's the image, if it helps with anything. See how it has black lines on the sides, but not on the bottom or top? I'm just trying to use the pencil tool to add blacks lines to the top and bottom as well.


texts: Glass looking screen over a small part of a picture

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I am looking to achieve a similar effect than what is being achieved on the attached picture. I have an image with several layers on it and I want to overlay a virtual screen. Notice how the buildings can be seen through the "glass" but not several parts of the hand.

My questions:

Is photoshop the right tool?
Can you please put me on the right track or point me to a tutorial to learn how to achieve this effect?
Is there a resource I can use to find similar artwork?


texts: how to calculate the rate of loss of colors?

texts: JPEG is said to be a lossy quality image format so most people prefer PNG. When JPEGs are edited it seems the quality does degrade(it's demonstrated well in the documentation of GIMP). How can we calculate what is the rate of loss or is there any measure to determine the amount of loss with respect to the number of edits made?


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I have to admit that I'm a newbie to Illustrator. (Bezier curves I've never got!) I have a design that I'm preparing for laser cutting and it needs it in EPS/SVG. I see the Save as SVG option but its saving the whole file (i.e. all my layers*) - not just what is showing. Is the only way to do it to Print to a postscript file and convert from that??

Seems a bit nuts

I realise now that layers in Illustrator is not like photoshop!


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I have noticed in several professional documents (templates, guidelines, co-workers' projects, etc.) the designer has adjusted the opacity of certain elements to get the desired colour.

Is this best practice for designing?

In my opinion, changing the colour of the element itself (when possible) would be the better practice, since you can visibly see the exact colour you enter (hex, rgb etc.)


texts: Convert skewed rectangle back to original in GIMP

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Consider this image:

I know the aspect ratio. I would like to turn this skewed rectangle to rectangle with correct aspect ratio, as big as possible.

I can use perspective transformation in GIMP, but that doesn't allow me to control the aspect ratio of the result. Also, there are no guidelines for horizontal and vertical lines, so it's hard to get it right.


texts: Keep black lines, make other colours transparent

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Here is a sample image :

The white background is actually transparent.

I'd like to keep only the black lines and surfaces, and make all other colours transparent.

Is it possible to do this ?

I'm using Pixelmator, but a photoshop process will be fine !


texts: How to incorporate gradient fill in embedded files in Illustrator?

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I've placed File B (a circle with a gradient fill) inside File A (simple blue background).
When I embed File B the gradient is not treated as a regular fill - instead it gets a weird double mask around it (see attached)

Is there a way to embed and expand a file with a gradient inside of it in such a way that the gradient is preserved as a regular fill?


texts: Photoshop gradient overlay isn't transparent

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I wanted to make a gradient from black to transparent but it doesn't work.

I have a red layer as a background and a rectangle with a gradient overlay. The top-right corner has opacity set to 0 but instead of showing a black to transparent gradient, it still shows a white to black gradient.

Why is it not working?


texts: Why do professional print houses use gamut-limiting CMYK?

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I recently had some business cards printed, and was warned to use the CMYK colour space if providing TIF files.  When I tried saving from Paint Shop Pro to a CMYK, of course the colours came out very much duller, so I provided a different file type that preserved my colours using RGB.
To my horror, the cards came back nevertheless converted to the CMYK dull shades.

A few months previously I had been in a hurry and had printed my own one-sided quasi business cards using glossy photo paper and a cheap home printer.  This reproduced my desired colours perfectly.

Since the whole point of using professional printers is quality (though I admit bulk as well), why do they not use printers that can cope with the RGB colour range?   FYI: the main colour in question, which I chose very carefully, is a slightly yellow-tinged lawn green, which I understand doesn't feature in the CMYK gamut.  So why use that gamut, and is there anything I can do to overcome this issue and get cards printed in the colour I have chosen?


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I'm currently using Illustrator and Photoshop CS6 and my goal is to create a UI for a Battleship game. I have my eyes on this to use as a reference:

Photoshop cannot do much vector and grid work so I'm at the Illustrator step right now, I will need Photoshop in the future for styles and effects. Currently, I have the main grid setup here:

I also start on the "nested" grid, but the way I'm doing it now is quite tedious, I'm making the nested 2x2 grid by hand via copy paste. Not only does this take long but its also not living up to be like the reference picture:

Can I get some suggestions or tips on how to make my grid look more like the one in the link above?


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I'm having a problem with capturing the likeness of a person I'm trying to draw a portrait of, and I was hoping you could point out where I'm making the mistake and how can I improve.

Basically, the portrait itself looks fine (or at least its not terribly bad), but only as long as you don't know the person I drew. When you compare the original photo and my drawing, you will notice that my drawing only remotely resembles the model from the photo. To illustrate my point, here is a pic I drew from a photo found via Google search:

So my question is: what am I doing wrong? How do I capture the "likeness" of a portraited person? How to practice it? Why can you immediately recognize a person on a good caricature, but not on my drawings? Any help will be greatly appreciated!


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I'm working on a new nav menu for my company's web app. I took loose inspiration from Google's material design tabs where, upon page overflow, arrows appear and the tab section is horizontally scrollable:

After coming up with this solution, I had to make a decision about how to handle submenu content. While I do believe that not having submenus would be the best solution, that's not on the table at the moment. So, I'm left with either traditional dropdown menus (that would have to be worked out with JavaScript due to overflow: hidden issues pertaining to how I built the tab area), or the idea that I came up with:

Here's a Codepen to play with.

I'm calling it a flyout menu, though the term does exist to describe patterns that are similar but different.

Technically, it's a simpler solution. And because tab overflow is handled, it's not going to break the layout by working the way it does. However, because it is relatively novel (correct me if I'm wrong; I can't recall using a menu designed like this before), I'm concerned that it will be confusing to less technical users.

I'm asking for a critique of my flyout menu from a design perspective (as opposed to a technical one; there are some Codepen quirks and some beta quirks as welll). Is it relatively intuitive to use? When clicked, does the design provide enough feedback for a user to notice that the flyout happened? Does it mess with the convention that 'submenus are vertical lists' too much?

Any critiquing is much appreciated.

UPDATE:

Thanks to all for your feedback! I left out some details that feel important after reading the answers and comments.

First, not everyone gets the full menu here. Teachers might only get the first two, while an admin would get all of the modules. Someone in admissions could theoretically only get students, admissions, and alumni. So, the people who get more options have a better chance of being a power user who can grasp this stuff pretty easily.

As it was mentioned, horizontal menus can get wrecked when feature creep happens. Rather than fight that battle which I didn't think I could win, I thought it'd be more prudent to account for the situation. Also, as it stands, the scroll doesn't trigger on the top-level nav until the screen is under 1000px wide. There are not a lot of desktop monitors left that are under 1024. Plenty of touch browsers could be, but people are more comfortable with the idea of scrolling as well as swiping to scroll there.

This could rightfully attract some 'graceful degredation' complaints, but I didn't think the experience was irreparably degraded. If a flyout menu causes arrows to appear, that should be a pretty solid hint that you need to scroll.


texts: Why is Illustrator changing my CMYK numbers?

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Am attempting to print separations for a T-shirt. I will set one object 100% black.

I will change another object to 100% Yellow. Then when I come back to the first object, these are the numbers:

Then I go back to the yellow and 100% yellow has become 3.88% magenta and 93.26% yellow.

As usual these surprises rear their heads when I'm on deadline. Why is Illustrator doing this to me?


texts: How to get all possible colors on desired spectrum?

texts: I can imagine a very special red color in my mind but I can't find its color code in Photoshop or any other online color dictionary. Is there any tool that for example I say: "Hey show me all possible red colors exist in nature slowly so I can compare result with my taste to choose one"?


texts: How to use photoshop file in Indesign for print (having Pantone colors)

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I have a question for you guys... :)

I have Pantone Colors in my photoshop files. However, I am also using Indesign to do final composing and exporting of the design.

I was wondering what is the best way to export file from Indesign to ensure Pantone colors in Pantone is embedded. Any setting I need to check??

Thank you

L.


texts: Scaling SVG while preserving aspect ratio of embedded SVG

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I am trying to build a map with a SVG. It should be possible to scale the whole map without keeping the aspect ration. However the aspect ratio of the markers should be preserved.

Following SVG is doing would I want:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="150" height="225" style="width: 100%; height: 5em">
  <svg preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMax meet" x="26.9%" width="100" y="56.7%" height="20" class="city">
    <circle cx="5" cy="15" r="2" style="fill:red" id="TH-10" name="Bangkok" />
    <text x="10" y="17">Bangkok</text>
  </svg>
  <svg preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMax meet" x="43.8%" width="100" y="32.7%" height="20" class="city">
    <circle cx="5" cy="15" r="2" style="fill:red" id="LA-VT" name="Vientiane" />
    <text x="10" y="17">Vientiane</text>
  </svg>
  <svg preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMax meet" x="61.5%" width="100" y="68.7%" height="20" class="city">
    <circle cx="5" cy="15" r="2" style="fill:red" id="KH-12" name="Phnom Penh" />
    <text x="10" y="17">Phnom Penh</text>
  </svg>
  <svg preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMax meet" x="68.5%" width="100" y="14%" height="20" class="city">
    <circle cx="5" cy="15" r="2" style="fill:red" id="VN-HN" name="Ha Noi" />
    <text x="10" y="17">Ha Noi</text>
  </svg>
  <svg preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMax meet" x="75%" width="100" y="71.3%" height="20" class="city">
    <circle cx="5" cy="15" r="2" style="fill:red" id="VN-SG" name="Ho Chi Minh" />
    <text x="10" y="17">Ho Chi Minh</text>
  </svg>
</svg>

As I want to add more markers without having to calculate the relative coordinates, I added a new user coordinate system with viewBox="97.3436 -23.3932 12.116 17.78" (representing the geo-coordinates) and gave it a try by changing the coordinates of the city-SVGs:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="97.3436 -23.3932 12.116 17.78" width="12.116em" height="17.78em" style="width: 100%;height:5em;border:1px solid dimgray;" preserveAspectRatio="none">
  <svg x="105.854167" y="-21.028472" class="city" viewBox="0 0 100 10" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMinYMin">
    <circle cx="2" cy="5" r="1" style="fill:red" id="VN-HN" name="Ha Noi" />
    <text x="5" y="8" font-size="10">Ha Noi</text>
  </svg>
  <svg x="106.7017555" y="-10.7758439" class="city" viewBox="0 0 100 10" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMinYMin">
    <circle cx="2" cy="5" r="1" style="fill:red" id="VN-SG" name="Ho Chi Minh" />
    <text x="5" y="8" font-size="10">Ho Chi Minh</text>
  </svg>
</svg>

Unfortunately that isn't working and I'm not having any idea how to solve this problem. Is it possible and what needs to be changed?

Many thanks in advance!


texts: Is there a conventional format for an alpha mask?

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I'm a programmer, not a graphic designer.  I'm writing a custom View for Android that requires the ability to apply an alpha mask to an image.  I want to make it easy for graphic designers (specifically, those who specialize in UI widgets like buttons and icons) to produce media for this software.

Is there any standard or conventional file format for an alpha mask?  In other words, if I were to ask a UI designer to give me an alpha mask, what would it look like?  The most common example I find on the web is a bitmap with black indicating complete transparency and white indicating complete opacity.  Is that a format that graphic designers would be familiar with?

If the answer differs by application, I'm most interested in what would be familiar to a designer using Photoshop.


texts: How can I reverse colors of a two-colors photo?

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I've this image:

As you see, there are only two colors used in the image above. All I'm trying to do is replacing all brown colors with white and vice versa.
Is doing that possible via Photoshop CC ?


texts: How to place one PSD artboard in Illustrator 2018 as linked?

texts: I searched and googled but can't find anything on this. I want to place one artboard from a PSD into an Illustrator file. When I do, it shows all the artboards from the PSD file. I checked "import options" in Illustrator but it doesn't offer any options. Any ideas?


texts: How to design in Photoshop an image for a display that has 132 PPI horizontal and 142 PPI vertical

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In Photoshop I need to design for the screen resolution 800 x 480 pixels with the pixel pitch of 0.1926 mm x 0.179 mm.

The active area  is 154.08 x 85.92 mm

This translates to 131.87 x 141.89 pixels per inch. So we cannot assume a square pixel to design the screen.

Design has to be set up for a rectangular pixel with varying pixel per inch in horizontal direction of 132 pixels and vertical directions of 142 pixels respectively.


texts: InDesign: first bullet of bullet list appears small

texts: I have created a text box using rectangle tool and text tool. There in that I'm going create a bullet list. What I do is add my text in text control and select bullet list. It creates the bullet list fine. But the first bullet in the bulet list in the bullet list appears slightly small t the other bullets in the bullet list. Can anyone help me to correct this and make the bullet bring back to the same size of other bullets.


texts: How can I distort one picture to make it match the perspective grid of another?

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I am interested in adding shops to this image:

It does not need to look perfect, but my main problem is matching the perspective and location (the street width is different). I want to use google street view and find some locations from where I can make the walls on the side have some shops for example. If I can make some sort of perspective grid, I would use it to paint in the details.
How can I put the walls (and side details such as products) on the bottom picture on the walls of the top picture? (ignore the bad crop, had to reduce image size)?
Keep in mind that the picture in the bottom is from a 3D photo, so it's possible to find a better angle.


texts: Make A3 sheet PDF of multiple page A4 inDesign doc

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I need to output A3 PDF sheets with multiple A4 pages from Indesign CS5 (So an editor can mark up by hand, the order of many small text based labels for an exhibition). Tried making a postscript but my Acrobat just distilled straight back into A4 single page PDF.... same result as exporting as a PDF from InDesign....

There's a potential great answer to my question - how I thought I could do it prior to not being able to (!) BUT: problem is my Acrobat (X) doesn't have any print option except MY printer! - there is no PDF printer there - after selecting [print], there is nothing in printer list except my Canon, & if I select PDF button from bottom left of [printer] dialogue there are various PDF / .ps options, but all say they are not supported, or such like: 'Saving a PDF file when printing is not supported. Instead, choose File > Save.... well I don't need to save the single A4 pages again thank you!!

Any suggestions...? seems crazy to be able to print multiple A4 pages to A3 hard copy sheets from Acrobat, but not generate the same as a digital file.... Am I missing something & being rather stupid??!! Any suggestion would be most appreciated. Thank you. Anna


texts: Circle tool stuck making ovals in Illustrator

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I've done something to my shape tool - it's only producing ovals instead of circles, in spite of holding the shift key down.  I've found that it's also making parallelograms out of squares - skewing the objects.

I've tried to get a screen grab for you showing the cursor - as this looks different, but Snagit isn't having it, so what I have done is mocked up the cursor in Photoshop.  Here it is below:


texts: What is the double arrow cursor in photoshop?

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What is the double arrow cursor in Photoshop?  What hotkey switches to it?

I'm getting this cursor by accident while using the brush tool and hitting "step backward".  Surprisingly, Google for "double arrow cursor" just returns a bunch of irrelevant links surprisingly.

Edit: You can get it by holding command + alt on a Mac.  Also when you click on the canvas, it creates a new layer.


texts: Edit more than one color at once in Edit Colors

texts: I have a Sun vector that is MANY shades of Orange and Yellow. I would like to make the orange swirl in the middle shades of yellow instead. When I lasso the middle and go to edit colors, there are about 50-60 color bars of orange. Is there a way to select multiple orange bars and select a yellow for all selected? Am I going about this the completely wrong way? I have noticed with watercolor vectors there are SO  many little objects, its just impossible to change colors using the layer paths without having a ton of objects to alter.


texts: Are there any extra measures when designing a translucent business card?

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My client needs a translucent business and this is the first time I am going to do create a design that's going to be printed on translucent plastic material.

I am a bit worried about how the design will work with it. Are the transparency going to work just by leaving transparent background in the required areas and setting opacity value of layers to something more transculent.

Here's an example of the stuff I am talking about

My question is should I keep working the way I do for paper business cards or there are some extra steps to take to achieve a perfect translucent effect. And do I also need to change the documents property from CMYK to something else because I guess CMYK doesn't produce PNG outputs.


texts: Can you export all layer comps as JPG without Photoshop?

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We have various other parts of the business who want to view Photoshop designs that make use of layer comps but don't have Photoshop. The expense of a Photoshop license just for this is not justifiable. This leaves a tedious task of exporting JPGs each time the Photoshops are updated (I know there is a script but it's still tedious due to the regularity of changes).

Is it possible to export layer comps from a PSD without Photoshop? Alternatively is it possible to automate the process whenever the file is changed?

Thanks for any help


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I've recently taken on a couple of new clients who are now interested in applying their branding to vehicle livery.

I've never really designed in this area before so could do with some advice.

Do I contact the printer that I am going to use to get hold of a template to work to, or is there somewhere that I can get hold of one online? (I have looked, but they all seem to be subscription services).

Any other advice would be much appreciated as this is new territory for me!

Thanks!


texts: Inkscape: making a line that widens in the middle

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In Inkscape, I want to visually show the time of year that you should use a specific herbicide. I want it to kind of look like this bar graph. I don't know how to describe the shape that I'm looking for, but here's the closest I've been able to come. I want it to be more symmetrical and precise-looking though. I made an ellipse in the middle but I had to use my mouse to shade in the parts that slope downward.

Here's another example from a website (eBird) that shows a similar thing.


texts: How do I create realistic looking gold in Photoshop?

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How do you make a realistic looking Gold in Photoshop?  I have tried using Layer Styles and using Gradient Overlay > Metallic Styles > Gold but at best that looks just okay and many time not the best. I have not found a tutorial that shows decent looking gold in PS. I know it can be done because I have seen it done yet I cannot replicate. Can someone help give me some guidance on the best way to create realistic looking gold effects in PS.

Note: I do not have a screenshot. I am looking for general instructions that are a little more than gradient overlay.


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I downloaded this kindle ebook from Gutenberg and opened it on my Kindle, and there is this amazing typeface, which I have a hard time to recognize.

I passed this image through all possible font search engines. I found many "typewriter" type of fonts, but nothing that will be exactly "clean" as this one....

Maybe someone of you know what kind of typeface is that?


texts: Gimp: fill with pattern, change pattern scale and threshold

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I just filled an image with a pattern:

Ain't there a simple way to change the scale and the threshold of the pattern so that the squares fit the edges of the house better?


texts: How to turn every object on my Artboard into different layers in Illustrator?

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I drew a popsicle and I want to animate it in After Effects but first I need to separate each object on my drawing into a new different layer

Is there a way to do that?


texts: There's the possibility to change the axies orientation of a shape/object in Adobe illustrator?

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I would like to know if there’s the possibility to move and modify (lines/edges) of a shape not using the axies of the document/artwork but the axies of the shape/edges itself in Adobe Illustrator.
I mean something similar that happens for the 3d object in the 3d environment.
For example, in the image below I would like to move/edit the object using the gray axies. For a regular shape like a square is possible edit using gray axies but isn't the same for others shapes.

Here an example of how it works with a 3d object.

Thanks!
Marco


texts: How can I make two figures same size in inkscape?

texts: I am trying to make the figures same size. In the figure 1, they seem like they are in same dimensions, however when I include them in the latex they are no more aligned which can be seen in figure 2. If I make the sizes of figures equal, one of the picture is going to skew which can be seen in figure 3. What could be my strategy to make them aligned without skewing problems?


texts: How to move a movieclip along a custom path in Flash?

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I got a movieclip, and I got a custom path (some curves imported from Illustrator)

How can I "attach" my movieclip so each frame it advances over a segment of the curve?.

If you need a more detailed explanation I can draw a picture.


texts: How to apply the difference between 2 colors to another color?

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I have 2 objects that differs in color (Dark / Light variant).

I want to create  the same 2 objects but in another color scheme (Red, Green, Orange, Purple, ...)

This can normally be done by chaning the hue value of both images. I would then have something like the following:

However, I do have the light color available in all color schemes and I have the darker version only in the blue scheme.

So basically I want to calculate how much darker the darker variant of the 'Blue' is, and apply this to all the other 'light' colors that I do have.

How can this can be accomplished?


texts: Is this a system font on Android or custom one? Results from font identication sites seem to indicate it's a custom one not natively present on android?


texts: Stroke just one path in single layer independently

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This is a Photoshop question.

I created a rectangle in a layer.  Then I copied it and moved it until it touched the first one along an edge.  I would like to be able to stroke each rectangle individually.  However, when I select one path and then stroke it, the stroke goes around the outside of the two rectangles together, and the edge along which they touch is not stroked.

How can I stroke each independently?


texts: How should I position the letters in a square logo to read “H S S C”?

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I am creating a logo using the acronym HSSC (High School Student Council). Here is the current logo.

My question is:

  What is the best/proper arrangement of letters in this type of logo to read "H S S C" most naturally?

We were debating between the current arrangement, on the basis of its clockwise orientation, or by an arrangement where the "H" is in the current "C" position and the rest of the letters following clockwise from there, on the basis of its left to right reading orientation.


texts: How to build an object from separate shapes with strokes overlapping perfectly?

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Lost begginer's question :)

I'd like to build a person from triangle-like shapes - white shapes with black strokes, but my problem is that even though I start to build each shape using at least one side of the previous triangle (like in the screenshot), the strokes overlap, but I cannot adjust them to looko as if there was only one stroke, they are always too thick.


texts: When I apply outset or inset from the path menu in inkscape the result is a very large outset.  Is there a way to set the value that the outset function should use when creating the outset?


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I'm looking for quick, yet professional looking ways of making text stand out on a photos which don't really have nice bland areas to put text. Something which would take an experienced photoshopper 5 minutes or less to do.

I found the image below as an example, but the text shadowing technique usually looks pretty amateurish.

What is typically done in advertising circles? Blurring of the image, dodging?


texts: How do I modify custom radius for each corner of a rectangle in Illustrator?

texts: I'm new to Illustrator and now I want to create a rounded rectangle with 10px 0px 10px 0px radius for corner, how can I do that?


texts: Creating Moire-like pattern while avoiding an overly dense center

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I would like to create something similar to the image below. I've tried the rotate and transform each, however that creates a really dark centre (refer to image 2). Any idea how to create image 1, without the dark center?

 image 1

 image 2

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks!


texts: Is it possible to "temporarily" select a sub-level of a group for single edits?

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Let say I've a group of 4 layers.

Once I select it with mouse, it selects the whole "group": every edit applies to all sub layers (such as move, drag, resize, and so on).

Is it possible (without moving a sub layer outside the group, or to select it with the layer panel at the left) to just select a sub-level for further edits?

Later, once I click out and again on the group, it selects all again.

i.e. "temporarily" select a sub-level of a group for single edits, with mouse, directly clicking on the layer, or some other command? like ctrl+click?


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I'm trying to find what font this is. I have check both Whatthefont and Font Squirrel but I can't find it as it is script font.

The letters below are Bride


texts: Adobe Illustrator: Making a shape appear to be "carved" into a surface

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In Adobe Illustrator, I am trying to create a set of shapes that are supposed to look as if they were carved into a surface, i.e. stone (the shapes will also have a Grain-Effect applied to them in order to get a less smooth/clean look).

However, all my attempts so far lead to the shape looking like it is sitting on top of the surface, like an embossing. I have tried working with gradients to achieve the carving, but that also does not seem to go into the right direction. Take a look at the images to below to see my current results. Alongside I have posted an image of an actual carving which basically shows the visual impression I would like to create.

Can anyone help me figure out how I might have to go about this?

The actual effect/visuals I would like to create:


texts: How to achieve this rough borders and stippled illustration look?

texts: Looks like some post effect or maybe another technique. How to achieve this, any ideas?


texts: Would moving away from urban areas affect client acquisition for a freelance designer?

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I am an entry level designer contemplating a move to the country. This move would give me lots more time to work on my portfolio and develop my skills, but also isolate me from the more white-collar communities.

I would be reliant on marketing myself online, at least for the first two years. Or I could stick where I am at, which is already country-ish, and have a little less time to concentrate, and therefore the possibility for in-person contacts and community.

Is a move to the country a poor idea?

I do have an art background and could simultaneously work on my design and develop some fine art to help market my non-traditional self.

Would moving to a rural area affect my client acquisition, and subsequently, profitability?

If yes, are there any ways I could counteract the loss of business?


texts: Cannot edit layers in PSD after exporting from Illustrator

texts: I have exported .ai layers into PSD and now I cannot edit colours of the layers or select the individual layers on the image. I can select the layer in layer panel but it does not highlight the layer object or able to change colour.


texts: I'm looking for the exact name of the UI card (?) element marked with the red dashed lines here that is often used for product purchases. Does anyone know the name of it?


texts: How to create/ vectorize/ digitize a hand drawn logo and retain its look?

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I just receive my first "official" drawing/logo project and I'm not sure how to get about doing it.

So this client asked me for a drawing for a brand logo that he's planning on doing (just a drawing for now, but maybe a logo later on, but I'll need to tell him my rates and all). So I'm planning to tell him that I don't do drawings but I do provide logo designs. But if he wants a hand drawn logo, how can I go about doing that?

I know that obviously I can't just scan it since it won't be resizeable. But turning it into a vector would be either too clean or too jaggy (lol, is that even a word). I'm curious if any. How would you go about doing it?

PS: If there are other questions/thread available already on the site, pls do let me know. Sry if it's a duplicate.


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Is there an easy way to draw the angle between two lines, i.e. a circular arc in inkscape?

Ideally it should be as easy as selecting both lines and clicking a button or something. I am not (yet) interested in measuring or drawing angles of specific size, only interested in the drawing part.

If that's not possible in inkscape, is there another good and free program that does vector graphics and angles?

I am currently using GeoGebra for that, but it is a bit clumsy for creating graphics, and in fact I often end up starting with GeoGebra for the angles and importing the file into inkscape for completion.


texts: How can I represent a country with a font?

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I am working on a multilingual book about some European Union countries. The selected are: Poland, Greece, Spain, Italy, Romania, Czech Republic, Austria, Turkey and Estonia.

I wish to write a chapter about each country using a font in some way specific for it. The Polish (free) fonts are, e.g., Antykwa Toruńska or Antykwa Półtawskiego.

I would be grateful for any suggestion concerning the remaining countries or the general approach.


texts: After Effect: My Shapes Messed Up In Lottie and Bodymovin

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I create animation in AE and exported with bodymovin and now have json file.
but i have problem.
when i use it in " lottiefiles.com " it's worked well but when my iOs coder use it, some shapes messed up. like this:
(I tested with LottiePreview iOS application)

Correct shape in lottiefiles and bodymovin preview:

I deleted merge path in my groups because bodymovin not support it. I don't know where is the problem, bodymovin, lottei, my file?

I hope somebody can help me. :(

P.S: I commented json and AE files.


texts: Automated way to extract irregularly sized sprites from a sprite sheet

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I have a sprite sheet from a classic video game (if you're curious, Final Fight) that I'd like to be broken up into indivual images to be used in GameSalad. However, the images aren't on an even grid, and all have a different amount of space between them.

Is there an automated way to export images based on contiguous pixels or something like that?


texts: Indesign numbering new line & indentation

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I am getting crazy with these two things and after some days of getting nothing from Web search and experimentation I come to you. I am using Indesign CS4 and cannot get to do these two things:

1) Format a list for my chapters this way:

Chaper X
Title

So in the paragraph style - Bullets and Numbering - Numbering style - Number I have:
Chapter ^#, which makes:

Chapter X  Title

But I CANNOT find anywhere how to input a "\n" after.

2) Indent all paragraphs (that is easy) except the first one as in:

Section 1
1st paragraph Blablablabla
Blablablabla
    2nd paragraph Blablablabla
blablablablabla
    3rd paragraph
blablablablabla

Figure X
1st paragraph Blablablabla
Blablablabla
    2nd paragraph Blablablabla
blablablablabla

Subsection X.x
1st paragraph Blablablabla
Blablablabla
    2nd paragraph Blablablabla
blablablablabla

I get the indentation right but it is also apply to the 1st line too. I am not sure how to use GREP to do this or if there is a better way. I'd like to do it automatically without having to assign a different paragraph style every first paragraph.


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I'm importing data in the following format:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<products>
<category>
    <Cat_Title>TITLE</Cat_Title>
    <sub_category>
    <Sub_Cat_Title>SUB TITLE</Sub_Cat_Title>
        <product>
            <Name>PRODUCT NAME</Name>
            <Weekly_Price>£5.00</Weekly_Price>
        </product>
    </sub_category>
    <sub_category>
    <Sub_Cat_Title>SUB TITLE</Sub_Cat_Title>
        <product>
            <Name>PRODUCT NAME</Name>
            <Weekly_Price>£180.00</Weekly_Price>
        </product>
    </sub_category>
</category>
</products>

I've managed to get the layout done really nicely and importing well with the XML import functionality, however there is one last thing that I want to do. At the moment, the Cat_Title appears at the top of the page when it occurs (using the Keep Options).

What I want is for the title to appear at the top of every page until that category is finished. (The next category then starts on the next page).

Is that possible? Essentially what I need to do is repeat the title at the top of every page.


texts: How do I delete all white pixels from several layers?

texts: I have a photoshop file with over a hundred layers. Each of these layers have white backgrounds. I need to remove all of these #FFFFFF pixels automatically. I'm not worried about the actual content being deleted or anything. None of the content contains any pure white pixels.


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I have done an infographic with Inkscape. When I put the img in the html I cannot see the letters. I convert them to path: path > object to path and it is solved. I suppose that I use a type of letter that html does not recognize. Is convert to path the best option to solve that? any other solution?

For instance. In Inkscape I use Tahoma. A common font used in all browsers. I made a screenshot of what I see in Inkscape and what I see in the browser when I put the tag img src in the html

I attach 2 screenshots. In the Inkscape I see the letters as I want, centered. When I see the same in a browser, the letters have a different aspect and are not centered. In the example I use Tahoma. The result is the same with other letters common used with html like Geneva or Sans Serif.

Screenshot from Inkscape:

Screenshot from Chrome:


texts: Aligning texture vectors in perspective for a mockup item

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I have several photos of a certain household item (a football, for example) that I would like to customize its design for a presentation. Each photo is a picture of the same item showing different angles. I wanted to customize the ball by adding different texture vectors, and making sure they're all properly in perspective for each different angle of the ball. Please see the image I made that will maybe help to visualize my problem:

The left view was the first photo I customized by adding a random texture vector. For the right view, the ball is turned around and the texture is now on the back side of the ball. Here's where my issue is.. If you zoom in on the pink/purple lines on the image, you can see that the pattern does not match (the right view has additional red lines).

My attempts to fix these textures/patterns to be properly and precisely in perspective for all different angles have been very ineffective and time-consuming for me. The football image may be simple to fix, but when you are trying to do this professionally on much higher quality photos and textures, it is difficult. I have tried all kinds of transforming: warp, perspective, skew, distort, puppet warp, custom scripts, etc., and while I have achieved nearly desired results, it still appears unprofessional and it's very time-consuming.

Simply creating a clipping mask does not work as that does not put objects in perspective. Does anyone know a much more effective way to do what I am attempting to do? I hope my problem makes sense..


texts: My client ended up doing the project himself

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My client wanted a flyer done. I did it and they didn't like it. I redid it and they said they liked it but wanted significant changes. So I did those and heard nothing.

When I asked later if they'd had time to look at the new designs, they said they'd ended up doing the work themselves instead. :\

Their emails to me were slow and vague the whole way so I think communication was the reason things failed but that's a two-way street and I know I am also responsible for not taking more control. He wants an invoice. Should I charge the full amount, a discounted amount or not charge at all?


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Where can I find an updated list with all the NAMES of the 1867 PMS colors?

I can't find any updated list online


texts: can Illustrator-files with raster images keep jpg compression?

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Is there a way to keep the jpg compression in .ai-files with embeded raster graphics?

Ok so I had an .ai-file of 2800kB.

I pasted a 2MB jpg in the document and the file is now 16MB.

So I guess the JPG is converted to some pixel graphic so transforms etc. could be done easily. And maybe also saved an extra time in the PDF-preview.

However I find this a wast of space, since I mostly use jpgs as visualisation/illustration. Is there a lighter way?


texts: Is it possible to align images in certain pattern?

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I want to fill a triangle with small icons of house.
I want to create something like this-

Is it possible to do this in Photoshop or any other software or I have to do it manually?


texts: the color I'm using on illustrator appears different when I save the image to use on my website

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I'm doing a website and now I received the logo they want to use in website.

The logo is in Illustrator format and I´m having a problem with this logo.

In illustrator he has the color #2e3182, which seems to be a kind of purple.

To save this logo to use on my website, I went to:

Edit->Assign profile->Don´t color Manage this Document

And then File->Save for web, and I saved as Gif.

The result Im having is what you can see in my two images below, in illustrator logo color is a kind a purple (#2e3182), but in website color appears different, the color in website is appearing like blue.

Do you know why this can be hapen

Illustrator color:

Website Color:


texts: A software to replace my pen and paper approach to sketch ideas

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I try to adapt No Paper policy in my workflow. I'm a student of EECS and most of my daily job is doing some research and designing mathematical algorithms, Communication Networks, Math, Ideas,.... I've free myself from pen and paper except when I like (or need) to quickly draw some sketch about an idea/concept on the paper. These are usually some shapes, text and formulas...I like to replace this with sth digital.

I don't just think of Vector based apps any other alternative is welcome. I've not tried sth like Visio but I've used Inkscape and It doesn't have all features I need (e.g. not easy way to insert TeX formulas or being able to insert couple of text paragraphs or notes). MyPaint another open source app (and completely from different domain) has some features which I like (free hand brush, quick sketch) but It lacks text or formula support and not easy to use with Mouse (Maybe some Wacom product make it what I want).

I've tried Inkscape, LaTeXDraw, TiKz (Great but not quick and easy), ipe, xfig, jpicEdt,MyPaint,... but none them was quite satisfactory and much behind of paper experience. Ipe was good to some extend. Currently I've decided to draw on papers and then take  pictures of them and import them to my project but I'm searching of good alternative with more digital capability e.g. taking pictures as has two major drawback first it's slow second the taken image is not editable (yes in PS,Gimp,...) and I cannot easily add new concepts, text to it...

p.s. I've also tried freemind, Docear(not relavant), XMind,..but these are mind-map software and just use tree-based mindmap which I don't want. I've tried UML yet.

Update:

I don't have enough experience yet but the best solutions are (In my opinion):

Local App (i.e. PC) + External Tablet (e.g Wacom). My personal choice is:

Xournal + WACOM Intious (Pad and Paper) : Medium Size

-However this is a bit overkill.

-Xournal is Opensource and support PDF annotating, inserting image and shape recognition,...Just like Xournal, Cournal is also available with some realtime collaborative features.

-Xournal++ is new rewritten app (in C++) with extra features incluing LaTeX. It's an great app and I believe that this is almost what I want but still to come (https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp)
MyPaint or Alchemy or Inkscape are also opensource apps which can be used with any of these devices, I think Wacom tablets are good choice there are might be some cheaper and better suited Input devices since I'm not a digital artist and I don't pay that much attention to pressure level or resolution...

Tablets + apps

iPad + Stylus pen and some app e.g. bamboopaper (http://bamboopaper.wacom.com/) or IdeaSketch which has been mentioned in the Random O'Realy post.
Android Tablet (e.g. Xperia Tablet Z2 or Sumsung Galaxy Note Pro) with sketch/S Note or any other app such as bamboopaper

-It seems that Xperia Tablets work with regular pencils also (very good feature).

-Tablets usually comes with non-standard file format which are not easy to use with other PC apps...

Inkling

With this, It's possible to draw on the paper but simultaneously the sketch is being digitized and stored in the pen then whenever you reach a computer you can send the sketch to the computer using different formats. I think this is very interesting.


texts: How to create this curved shadow in Photoshop?

texts: How to create the shadow effect like the URL/image below? Specifically, the rounded/curved shadow at the bottom:


texts: Is there a Sketch plugin to offset a path?

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Illustrator has a great feature called "Offset Path". When you apply it, you first enter a number in a dialog, and then it generates a new path that is perfectly parallel to the original, either larger or smaller. Scaling a path doesn't do the same thing. Here are examples:

I know Sketch can't do this natively, but I'm hoping there's a plugin out there somewhere. Searching hasn't yielded anything.

(This was my number one request when I filled out the Sketch survey a while back, btw. So very useful.)


texts: Simplifying paths in Illustrator after coping contours from Matlab

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After copying a contour plot from MATLAB into Illustrator, I am stuck with thousands of short unconnected paths (see image below). This makes for a very slow performance and very large file size.

Directly selecting everything and using the simplify tool does not work, since the paths need to be joined first somehow.

I could manually trace them with the lasso tool, join them into one path, and then use the simplify tool. This is however very cumbersome, given the number of contour lines and their shape.

I would like to know if someone knows a (semi-)automatic way of joining all these small paths into large continuous paths so I can use the simplify tool a posteriori.

Thanks,


texts: What is the easiest way to add transparancy to an image in Photoshop Elements?

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Is there a simple one click solution in Photoshop (Elements) to remove a coloured background?

I have previously zoomed and cut around the image, but the detail and rough nature of this leaves it a bit fuzzy around the edges.

What is the procedure for removing backgrounds properly in Photoshop or even a website/tool on the web?


texts: How Do I Make A Selection Transparent Through The Object Behind It In Illustrator?

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I want to make all the white parts transparent. When I select one of the white shapes and make the fill nothing, then the shape doesn't have fill, but all it does is show the green behind it.

I am brand new to Illustrator and got this design from someone else, and I'm not sure how to do what I think should be a simple task. I tried researching about pathfinder and knockout groups, but I am having trouble getting this to work. Any help would be very appreciated.


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Most of my work I perform on MacBookPro, but also I have a retina-iPad device which I never use for any type of graphic design, thus I am looking for solution to the underuse of this costly device.

My question is: What actual design related tasks do you perform on iPads?

I am interested in actual usage and not in theoretical ("you can use it for xyz").


texts: Can I post redesigns of album covers in my portfolio online?

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Former student in graphic design, I am currently working on personal projects to widen my portfolio.
I love to design album covers. I never had clients for that, so I have been re-designing real albums from real artists. I was wondering if I can post these personal projects on my website knowing that these albums actually exist and that my design is not the official one (regarding the artist who originally designed the cover). Would it be even legal?


texts: Future safe jobs in area of graphic design

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I've been playing with graphic design for years but never serious. Right now I have the time and resources to go deeper and become really good in a specific area of GD.

With things changing so fast in the GD world I'm wondering with area or direction in GD is a safe bet for the future.

With so much competition and automation certain current jobs might not be there in the future but what area of GD would be a good bet to start learning and investing time in?


texts: SVG file format: default vs. needed for text flowed into frame

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I use two key features in my schematics:

1) Flow-into-frame (Alt-W) to get text wrap within a rectangle

2) Connectors

When I save the file, an SVG file is created. When I open it, all the text is detached from their rectangles and randomly located.  The connector endpoints also seem to be randomly positioned.  Every time I re-open my schematic I go fixing everything up.

I then tried explicitly saving as Inkscape SVG (after fixing everything up).  When I re-opened the file, all seemed uncorrupted.

Q1) Is the default SVG format the plain SVG, i.e., when saving, either with File->Save or by using ctrl-S?  I'm wondering if that explains the corrupted schematic when I re-opened my file.

Q2) Can I rely on Inkscape SVG to preserve the above two features that I use?

I am using Inkscape 0.48, and being in a locked down corporate environment, upgrading is not very practical.

I've posted this to the
inkscape forum and
StackExchange.


texts: Merge Illustrator objects into one object not group?

texts: How do I merge several objects into a single object? I have many sloppy looking objects that when combined they create the one final object that looks great. If I could print out the vector but then keep it vectored that is what I'm looking for.


texts: What's the term for opposite of cropping?

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If I extend the canvas of an image with a transparent layer to fill a larger area, then what is that process called in professional graphic design terms?

For instance, see this image courtesy of martin mutch

I'm writing some free open-source software that will include a function to simply scale an uploaded image to any larger dimension by centering the original image on a transparent background - but I'm not sure what to call this function. The image will never shrink, only grow in size. It will not change the proportion of the image. It will not zoom in. Nothing will be lost (cropped) from the image. Only transparent area would be added. For instance, if you specified you wanted the image 575x575, then it would look like this:

Notice the added white space above and below the image now to center it on the desired dimensions. What is this process called?

Wordhippo lists some general antonyms for crop, and extend seems good, but I would like to know if there's a professional term for this.

Moreover, I would like to emphasize the transparent layer because I think it should differentiate from anticrop which actually draws more into the picture - which is awesome, but more sophisticated than what I'm talking about which simply adds transparent area.


texts: How to add a clipping mask on this text(it is expanded) ?


texts: Can I use Solid Fill or Gradient Like Smart Objects

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Photoshop gives a lot of power for web designers using smart objects. I can create re-usable elements like buttons, drop downs etc. using smart objects and sue them across a project. Later if I need to make a change, I can only edit that smart object and the change will show everywhere I have used that smart object. Can I use some same mechanism with colorus and fill also? What I want to achieve is lets say use Orange colour as base colour in my design, later if the client wants green colour, I want to change that orange colour at one place and somehow change it everywhere. Is that possible somehow?

The thing that I am trying to achieve is just create a master gradient or fill and use it in multiple places. Later if I want to change the color, I only change at one place.


texts: Technique for finding the centerline of a curved object?

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I'm curious to know if anyone knows of any effective techniques for finding the center line of a curved object.

In the screenshot below you'll see a crude version of what I mean.

Is there any way to get that line to perfectly trace the center, or is it easiest to just eyeball it?

Photoshop or Illustrator techniques are acceptable.


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Is it possible to work with Adobe Typekit's webfonts directly into BohemianCoding Sketch 3 app? The same as in Adobe CC.

If it is, how can I enable it?

FYI: I already have a Typekit paid account.


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Setting up good kerning is one of the most important parts of designing a typeface. Cheap or free fonts often have bad or non existent kerning and it gets incredibly tedious having to manually kern texts.

There are some obvious common kerning pairs like KO, AV, LT, TA.

An illustration of some common kerning pairs with and without kerning:

Kerning by eye can be a long and laborious process and my process at the moment is very haphazard—so what I'm looking for is some common kerning pairs and general strings to work with when kerning.

Obviously every typeface will be different but something to use as a starting point would be incredibly useful.


texts: High resolution pictures in Posters made with PowerPoint 2013

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I'm currently creating a poster (size A0) in PowerPoint 2013 and want it to be in the best quality possible. I used vector images where possible, but for some images I had to use raster graphics.

Now my problem is, that power point samples them down quite a lot and I see no way of preventing this. I just drag and drop the image on my poster, rescale it appropriately and then export the file as PDF. Ideally I would like the picture to be embedded in the original (full) resolution in the pdf, but if there is no way of doing it, I would also be ok with having it resampled with a sufficient high (say 300) dpi rate. How can I achieve that?

I already tried to change the DPI in the registry, which did not help. Also I noticed that the image already looks bad inside PowerPoint and that die file size of the .pptx is far to small, so there is already something going wrong during the import.


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I know how to flip text on AE, but I'd like to animate the flip and I couldn't find a tutorial for that.

I have a 9 and I want to copy it and flip it like opening a book like this:


texts: Which should be designed first: logo or website?

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I am about to ask someone to create a website design for me but I am not sure if the website should drive the logo design or the logo drive the website design.

Should I have a logo design first or after?


texts: Kinetic Typography ( After Effects / Cinema 4D )

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I would like to ask if anyone knows in which software these are done and if you know any tutorial that would help me learn this style. I am quite interested in typography and would love to play with this kind of style.

Some sick kinetic type experiments


texts: What is the best way to utilize graphs and charts in either Indesign or Illustrator?

texts: I am trying to create a one page fact sheet in InDesign or Illustrator. What is the best way to create/show charts and graphs in either application? Should I create the graph in another program like Excel and save the graph as a JPG and import it into my InDesign document?


texts: filter objects into separate layers by fill color in Illustrator

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I have over 100 objects of two types (paths, compound paths). I want to filter these objects into separate layers based on fill color.  Note, there are only three different fill colors being used in the entire art board.

Is this even possible? If not, are there any alternatives? Doing this manually would be long and grueling.


texts: How did they reduce a composition to a single layer in another composition

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I've been watching this solar youtube video to create a solar surface and I don't understand how he took 3 layers in the "Star Map" composition and made them into one layer on the "Sun" composition. What is this technique?
Thanks