texts: Best calculation for leading in web design

texts: This is an area I always dislike when in the design process of a website.  That being said I'm trying to be more efficient and I wanted to know when some use a sans serif or serif font how do you identify what the leading would be for each browser and design accordingly?  Has anyone used or seen a calculation when using a 14px font height that will determine the leading?


texts: What is graph paper called where the grid is dashed instead of solid?

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I don't know what is this kind of paper call (1cm x 1cm grid)
but I am trying to find this kind of paper in A4. (After searching google for 2 hours)

What is the name for a graph / grid paper is where the lines are dashed?

P.S. I'm trying to practice my graphic designing class if anyone know where I can download it would be great. :)


texts: What is considered a commercial use in 3D modeling?

texts:
I've only ever done 3D work for educational purposes. Now I need to do some for work and not sure what exactly constitutes commercial in this realm.

We manufacture two pieces of architectural equipment. If we model the equipment to put in the Google SketchUp Warehouse so architects/contractors have free access to them is that considered commercial use?

This is the TOS from SketchUp Make (the new name for the free version):

  Trimble Navigation Limited and/or its affiliates ("Trimble") gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the executable version of the Software for non-commercial use only. Non-commercial use means: you may not sell, rent, lease or lend the output of the Software or the Services. If you are a for-profit organization of any kind, or an employee of a for-profit organization using the Software or Services in that capacity, you are engaged in commercial activity; therefore, in order to use the Software and Services, you must purchase a SketchUp Pro license.

I'm certainly not selling, renting or leasing any output. I have no idea what "lend the output" means. Is giving away an object for free considered "lending?"


texts: Is it possible to rotate an artboard 45 degrees?

texts: Is it possible to rotate this so that the hole indicated on the top left is at the top center?  I want to be lined up corner to corner under the hole. If I can't rotate the artboard what is another way I would be able to do this...thanks so much


texts: Illustrator loses stroke/fill information on opening pdf

texts:
A client has provided a PDF file with vector information, and I need to make some adjustments to it. It is a complex file (an architectural design) with many different colors, line styles etc.

When I open the PDF in Illustrator (5.5) it opens ok, but all the objects lose their stroke and fill information - the paths are there and I can select them if I hover over them with my cursor, but they are completely invisible.

The information is definitely there: if I open the file in Acrobat Pro, everything shows correctly.

I tried placing the PDF in a blank Illustrator file. If I maintain the link to the PDF file, it works (everything is visible), but I cannot edit anything (it's just a linked file). If I do not maintain the link (remove the tickmark in the import box) the PDF is placed in my blank file, again with all stroke and fill information lost.

Due to the complexity of the file, manually rebuilding it (setting all stroke/fill information by hand, again) is not an option. How can I recover the information and still be able to manipulate the file in Illustrator, or what might be the cause for the loss of information?

(Unfortunately, the file is confidential, so I cannot provide screenshots or the original file. Sorry.)

Any help is much appreciated!


texts: Moving layer to front does not make it visible

texts: I am a newbie trying to design a simple camera icon in Photoshop CC on Mac. I want have two circles, called "Lens" and "Lens rim", as well as the layer "Frame", which is the light grey camera frame. The lens is grey and the lens rim is black. The lens rim is slightly larger than the lens, and I want the black rim to surround the grey lens, so I place the lens layer to be in front, and the lens rim to be behind, but in front of the frame. However, all I see is the black lens rim and the frame. Re-arranging the layers doesn't change anything. Both the lens and the lens rim layers have opacity set to 100%.


texts: Exporting an object from Inkscape with bounding box taken from another object

texts:
I have a SVG file that contains a set of icons.
For each icon there are two different objects in the SVG file. One is the icon itself (id=foo_icon), and a second is a solid white rectangle behind the icon that defines the bounding box (id=foo_box). This rectangle is solid (and not transparent) for easier handling within Inkscape.
I want to export each icon to PNG, with the correct bounding box, and with a transparent background. I would like to do this automatically, from a script.
I have tried the following:

inkscape -e foo_icon.png --export-id=foo_box icons.svg
This exports the icon with the correct bounding box, but the background is not transparent, because foo_box is exported and white.

inkscape -e foo_icon.png --export-id=foo_icon --export-id-only icons.svg
This exports the icon correctly, with transparent background, but the bounding box is not correct (it is taken from foo_icon, instead of foo_box).

Is there a way to achieve what I want? I need to tell Inkscape, for each icon ("foo"), to set the export area to the bounding box of foo_box, but only export foo_icon and hide all other objects.


texts: Using Inkscape 0.92.4, is there a way to have a dashed line of whatever length in which both ends have the drawn part of the pattern? Like the length of the dashes varies a bit from the one chosen to have an integer uneven number of segments.


texts: Copyright Issue and Substantial Similarity

texts:
I've been asked to create several images to look like ships from various science fiction series. I've read a bit about copyright laws, and I know there's a thing called substantial similarity, but I'm unclear as to how this works. I'm not actually copying the source work, but I'll be using it as a reference. I've been given free license for style, so if I do them in, say, pixel art, would that constitute enough of a change?

To cite an example: "Game Dev Tycoon" uses obvious representations of the Xbox, Wii, etc., but somehow has gotten away with it.

Any help or resources anyone could point out would be appreciated.


texts: How to export list of objects in Inkscape?

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I have an .svg file that has a map of the United States with each county being a different object. I want a list of all these objects along with their ID. When I right click an object and select "object properties" I can see the ID and the Label of the object, but is there any way to export a list of these?

Picture is what I'm working with


texts: I'm wondering how to achieve the effect in this attached image where text is fragmented to various degrees, some to the point of illegibility while elements remain legible. I'm experimenting mainly with Photoshop but can try InDesign also.


texts: InDesign - Show/Hide multiple forms on different pages with one button

texts: I'm trying to create a multiple language interactive document in Id. So far I can create flags (language buttons) that can toggle on/off languages (different frames) on one page, but is there a way to do this throughout the document with one click?


texts: How to find matching colors for label text and border for a keypad?

texts:
I am developing a calculator app which looks like this:

I'd like to bundle a few themes for the user. So I pick a few colors for the keypad I like. However, I have a hard time to determine which color to use for the borders. Besides, I found pure white or pure black text may not always look the best...

For example, I have no idea of how to determine the border color for the following blue theme:

Is there any guideline or tool I can use? Now I am taking a trial-and-error approach (moving mouse pointer on the Photoshop color palette aimlessly)...


texts: How can I Change the color of a bunch of symbols in Illustrator

texts:
I have a set of flat objects and they are independent, they are all in one single .AI file.

How can I Change the colors of those objects while they are in symbol panel and are not yet in my artboard?


texts:
I use actions regularly. Sometimes I just need to resize a bunch of images to a certain size, and will never use that action again. So I create an action, use it and then delete it, or let it rot in the actions dialogue.

Is there a way to make some changes to an image, and then apply to all open images without having to explicitly create an action?


texts:
I have two separate but related needs.

First, the website. It is almost mostly forms (data entry) and tables. For many of the tables, I need a narrow or condensed font. I'm currently using OpenSans and OpenSansCondensed, both at 9pt. It seems to work ok, but would there be something better?

Second, reports. These are tabular reports. Some description, but mostly dates, numbers, money, etc. Produced in PDF. Currently using Helvetica for most things. 9pt for column headers and report text, and several different sizes for page headers. Some reports need more room per line, so on those I'm using Arial Narrow. These work ok, and using Helvetica keeps the PDF smaller. But a little more pizzaz would be nice.

Currenly I can only use free fonts, but will be able to purchase fonts later, if necessary. So free and paid suggestions both welcome.

Edit:

I'll try to be more specific. The project is an accounting system. The website is used for transaction entry, maintenance, and data display.

Imagine a page for adding a record that has 30 fields, on a laptop or tablet screen, where scrolling is frowned upon. Or showing a table of transactions including an ID, description, customer number, cost, sale price, applied discount, P&L, sale date, and a few other fields. That's why the font size is often 9pts and the table needs a narrow font. Many things on the website are very high-density. So the web font needs to be as readable as possible in 9pt and narrow/condensed.

The reports are in the same situation. Many of them use a 9pt font with portrait orientation. Some have multiple lines (up to 5) for each detail entry. Narrow fonts are used only when necessary. For example, if a report needs just a little too much width to get everything to fit on a single line, it will use a narrow font so everything will fit on one line, rather than have two half-full lines, and using over two times as many pages.

I've spent hours looking at fonts, but there are so many, and after a while they all look the same, and the all look equally ugly ;-) So I've come here for help to find the best (or at least a good) looking font at small point sizes and narrow.

Does that help? Feel free to ask questions if something isn't clear enough.

Thanks!


texts: What to charge for a first request to use a design for packaging

texts:
I've just been approached out of the blue with a request to use one of my illustrations on the packaging on a snack food product and the website that will market it. I've never had such a request and have no idea what to charge. From what I know from the initial email and research online afterward that the potential client is a new start-up ready to release a snack food line in a few flavours. I am based in Ireland and they are based in Korea.

I intend to find out, a) the time required for use, b) the region of distribution, c) the use of the illustration (which I was told will feature on the packaging itself and on the website), and d) the likelihood (or not more than likely) of exclusivity for rights to the illustration.

This is all well and good but I simply have no idea where to even begin to think about setting a price. Any advice on a possible ballpark for fees would be much appreciated.

Cheers.


texts: program for drawing simple but precise shapes automatically?

texts:
I need to create a bunch of simple shapes for a game. The shapes themselves are very simple, but I need them to be precise. For example, I want to tell the program "draw a white circle and divide it into five equally long sections" or "draw multiple circles inside each other, with each circle getting smaller with a factor of 0.8". So I'm basically looking to create these shapes programmatically, instead of drawing them all manually by myself.

So two questions:

Is there a word for creating drawings in such a way?
What kind of software could I use to accomplish this?


texts: How to separate an airport name from a city in a list of airports

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I'm working on a website that will, on some pages, display the city names and IATA codes of airports.

However, some cities have multiple commercial airports, and require an airport name as well. (For example, in the screenshot above, Midway and O’Hare are two different airports that are both in Chicago.) I'm trying to figure out the best way to append the airport name onto the city when clarification is necessary.

I've seen several ways of doing this:

Em Dash: Chicago–O’Hare

Seen on:

Wikipedia (lists of airlines and airports served by a particular airport)
My current tentative design

Hyphen: Chicago-O’Hare

Seen on:

Many airport flight monitor boards
Electronic boarding passes (United)
Paper boarding passes (United)

Space: Chicago O’Hare

Seen on:

A few airport flight monitor boards
Paper boarding passes (American Airlines)
Flight search websites (American Airlines)

Parentheses: Chicago (O’Hare)

Seen on:

Flight search websites (United)

So there are clearly a lot of ways that airport names have been appended to cities. Is there a correct way?


texts: How to fix/change Inkscape scale factor while exporting into SVG?

texts:
I printed a PDF drawing with Chromium. This is my reference physical output.

I imported the PDF into Inkscape (0.92.3), cloned the drawing and then printed within Inkscape. The output has the correct dimensions.

When I export the same drawing into SVG, open it with Chromium and print, it is printed slightly scaled down (exactly 0.90 times).

When I open the SVG and change the line from

<svg
    ...
    transform="matrix(1.3333333,0,0,-1.3333333,0,1122.6667)"><g
...

to

<svg
    ...
    transform="matrix(1.48144444,0,0,-1.48144444,0,1122.6667)"><g
...

(where 1.48144444 is 1.333333 / 0.90), resulting SVG is printed with the correct dimensions via Chromium.

Since 0.90 is not equal to 90px_per_mm / 96px_per_mm, it doesn't seem to be a misconfigured printing parameter. What could be the problem? How can I enter the 0.90 scale factor to somewhere for once to be able to export to SVG correctly everytime?


texts: Create a rounded inflated square in illustrator / photoshop

texts: I am wondering how to create a path for this inflated square shape in illustrator or photoshop... btw how is is the shape called?


texts: How to display the boundary of a text area

texts: I've drawn a rectangle with rounded corners and I want to use it as a text box. But if I choose area type tool and click the rectangle, the rectangle will disappear. I can't set the stroke because it's for the texts themselves. So how to display the text box? Thank you.


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I have the image in pic (black and white image) and I would like to increase the quality of the lines, which appear blurred. I tried to use the erode filter in gimp. The quality has improved a bit but not enough. Is there a way to improve the lines of a simple image like this and vectorize it using gimp or inkscape?
orgiginal image

After erode filter


texts: Best way to display large amounts of hierarchical information in a web application

texts:
I have a web application that shows a lot of information that is rather mundane. The information is related to data types that are hierarchical in nature, so there is some design around that in terms of listing nests of information under one another that are under each other in the hierarchy.

I also have tons of lists of information that are stored in tables that allow users to manually search through them and sort them to find what they are looking for.

I don't know how to display all this information. How can I present these groups that are nested under different data structures?


texts: Is buying a tablet worth it if I can't draw?

texts:
I'm a CS graduate and I've been programming small personal utility tools for my self. I recently did some photo retouching in Photoshop and thought "well, this isn't all that bad, maybe I should take it one step further". So I pulled a sheet of paper out and then realized... I'm really, really bad at drawing.

I'm wanting to do some graphics design effects for my program's logo or something like that. I almost bought a Wacom Intuos Pro Medium, just for photo editing, but now I'm really on the fence about it.

Should I buy a Wacom tablet or would it be a waste of money?
Would a tablet improve both my handwriting and/or drawing?


texts: How to change path guideline colour in Photoshop CS6

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Before today, I’ve never had to change the colour of the path guideline as I use the pen tool in Photoshop. I know you can easily change it in AI. But looking in the Photoshop layers panel and the paths panel in Photoshop as I drop anchor points, I see nothing to change the colour. Want to colour the path yellow so I can drop anchor points on my photo and see them. I'm not asking about filling a path to create a coloured shape or stroking the path.

I've also checked preferences and tried changing the "Guides Grid and Slices" preference, but that makes no difference.

Am using Photoshop CS6. Any help will be much appreciated.


texts: Compound Paths and Paths - One single object

texts:
I use an addon for web mapping geospatial PDFs, each object can have map attributes, but I have a group:

 >>>

Can I merge them (every letter) into one single object instead of being in a group?


texts: Why does Compounding in Illustrator not behave the same for all paths?

texts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8uGl6LdV7Q

Above is a video showing the problem.

How can I create a compound path out of several shapes by pressing the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+8 just once?

Right now it looks like it compounds 1 shape but merges the other ones.


texts: Slices & Extract Assets, or Copy CSS & paragraph styles for retina web designs?

texts:
I'm trying to figure out how Adobe wants me to work in Photoshop when producing website designs.

Extract Assets is useful for fixed-size objects to produce 50% & 100% assets. 200% png output results in anti-aliasing even from vector shapes. Please correct me if I'm wrong but this seemed to be the case. Slicing is useful for elements on the site that may have variable height/width needing end-caps and repeat-x or repeat-y images e.g. buttons and nav-bars.

If I need to work at 2x resolution for retina, using Extract Assets and Slices, my paragraph and character styles dimensions are doubled, as are the dimensions of all my objects. This makes the Copy CSS a bit pointless - double height, width, margin, padding, shadow blur etc.

Should I be designing at 2x resolution and extracting and slicing, or at 1x and using Copy CSS, exporting paragraphing styles? Or something inbetween?


texts: Apparent contour on brush strokes when saved as PNG

texts: I'm assigned to create a logo. I wanted to use brush tool to create it, but when I save my design as a PNG, it seems to show the contour of the strokes I made, which looks very unprofessional. How could I fix this?


texts: Using CC BY-SA 3.0 images in website: does 'share alike' affect my websites license?

texts:
I'm using some images (mainly as backgrounds, but otherwise I may as well) for my a website I'm making.

Does the 'share alike' clause effect the license of my website (the code, html, css, javascript, etc)?


texts: How do I distort a vector image of a flag to make it look like it is draped off a flagpole?

texts:
I have a logo that I am vectorizing from a raster original.  Two of the components are flags - one is the US and the other is the State of Florida.  In the original, the two flags are flying/draped from flagpoles on either side of a central image.

I have the vector files for both flags, but I can't seem to find any information on how to distort/shear the images properly to recreate the original logo.  For your reference, here is the original file with the center image blurred (don't want to get in trouble with the client).

Thanks!

Scott


texts:
I am new to Adobe Illustrator, and I'm having problems with my pen tool. Every time I click on it, it makes an anchor point with a line that drags from it. It does not make individual points that connect after.

Can someone please help me remove that blue line? I have tried going to preference to see if I can change the setting but I can't seem to pin point which one it is.


texts: client logo - large dropshadow and awkward angle - looks terrible on any media, any guidance?

texts:
I am reluctant to post the actual logo for risk of repercussions, but I have taken away any identifiable features, leaving the "problem" parts. Here is the logo on a white background:

It looks awful when dropped on to a white background, and makes designing any kind of media hard work due to the angle as it just doesn't "sit" right on the document. I feel the focus point is the "box" rather than the actual logo within.

I am not a designer by trade.

Are there any tips for working with something like this? I appreciate it's a vague question but it's quite frustrating not knowing how to make it look good with other media!


texts: Dividing a shape in half without creating a white line down the middle

texts: This seems to be a recurring problem when cutting shapes directly in half when using Illustrator's 'Divide' tool. While the shape may look ok in the program itself when I output it as a png or reduce it to a smaller size in a raster-based program like Photoshop a white line appears right down the middle. Is there a better technique to avoid this?


texts: How do you achieve this colorful chrome effect?

texts: I've been trying to figure out how to get this shaped chrome effect, it’s really clean and I’d love to play with it in Photoshop.


texts: Profile to use for JPG used on TV screens

texts:
At my job we have internal TV screens, with content airing throughout the entire company. This is a fairly new way of internal communications marketing. My group does several projects per month where we make JPGs to be viewed on these screens.
I am however noticing that, the photos especially, look really bad compared to what I see on my mac, no matter how I save these files out.

Does anyone have an idea of how to best export the files?

Should I use a specific NTSC profile or not use JPGs at all? Are PNG/Targa/BMP files better?

Thanks!


texts: Just starting to learn inkscape. Trying to erase the part of my pattern that's inside the circle, leaving the circle and the outside part. The circle and pattern are two separate objects. Just can't seem to figure this out.


texts: RGB & CMYK equivalents for Pantone Neutral Black U

texts:
I can't find the RGB and CMYK values for Pantone Neutral Black U on the Pantone website.

rgb.to says it's CMYK 0, 0, 0, 100 but I am not sure if that is right.

Anyone know what CMYK Pantone Neutral Black U has?


texts: is there a pictogram for 'default' or 'leave like it is' - like there is for save (disc) or print (printer)?

texts:
I am working on somthing like interactive CSS editor. For many things in CSS - rules you can find icons/pictograms, like a I  for italic text or like this B for bold, there are many other examples, I think we all know, or just look at the editor here.

But is there a - lets call it standard - icon / pictogram for "leave it like it is"?

Think about the following:

we all have seen this (or a like) normal vs bold, but how should the icon look like for: "dont change", if you want take back "bold" not to override the parent font, that prob is "bold" or "normal"

The question is, are there such pictograms? I dont ask for ideas how the should look like (although as comment I like suggestions)

The point is, that I cant belive, that I am the first one, that needs a 'put back to default' icon/pictogram

edit: I am not searching for just "bold or not bold", I think of an icon, thet fits also for "font: Arial / font: inherit" or "border: blue / border: inherit"


texts: Inkscape not showing svg that displays correctly in browser


texts: Shape gets distorted when adding stroke in Illustrator CS6

texts:
I very recently started learning how to use Adobe Illustrator (CS6), and just now I noticed something strange. When I add a 1pt stroke to my shape, it gets slightly distorted. This distortion does not disappear if I remove the stroke. (But only if I remove the stroke by setting its weight to 0. Using CTRL+Z does return the shape to its former state.)

After adding and removing the stroke a few times, the difference becomes quite noticable:

Am I doing something wrong? Is it a bug? I can't imagine this being the expected behaviour.

EDIT: I think I figured it out. Appearantly, turning 'Align to pixel grid' off doesn't affect previous shapes. If I turn it off and then recreate my shape from scratch, the problem is fixed.

However, I was wondering if their is a way to disable the effect for existing shapes. In other words, can I 'fix' the shapes I created while 'Align to pixel grid' was still on?


texts: I'm painting with a brush in Photoshop, and I want to use the same brush as the eraser. What's the quickest way to get identical settings for the brush and the eraser tool?


texts: 'Add alpha to selection' for text contour border in Gimp, equivalent in Adobe Illustrator?

texts:
I made my old site logo in Gimp, it's basically white text surrounded by a black boundary that follows the contour of the text. I can describe this viscerally but there is probably a descriptive name for this effect.

In Gimp I made it using this:

Type white text
Layer -> Transparency -> Add alpha to selection
Then I would increase the size by 3 or 4 pixels
Then create a new transparent layer underneath the text layer
And then fill this layer with black

I've got hold of Adobe Illustrator to redesign my logo, and I'm having trouble replicating this effect - I was wondering if anyone had an answer?


texts: Is it possible to convert a png into a shape in Sketch?

texts: I want to subtract a PNG (leaf shape) from an image, but the subtract option is not active. Seems that Sketch does not recognize my leaf png as a "shape". I did not find a way to convert the png into a shape, is this possible?


texts:
I have a design where I am adding text on top of butterflies. I have been using this technique to create a custom text box shape. Although given the complex shaping of the butterflies this is taking some time and as they are all different shapes I cannot simply duplicate the text boxes.

My question is: Is there a way to use the underlying Smart Object as a sort of "cookie cutter" to intersect the over laying path and create the shape in one "or two" clicks?


texts: data loss when I use a free rig character in Maya

texts:
Every time I extract a  free rig character in Maya -no matter which version I use-  this  error rises:
"error have occurred while reading this scene that may results in data loss. please check the script editor for details"
This error causes  Rig loss


texts: In Maya how can i get Input showing under Channel Box/Layer Editor?

texts:
I'm running Maya 2013 student edition on Mac and 'Input' is missing. I'm following a tutorial in which i can see where it should be.

I've seen a lot of answers to this being "turn on Construction History" but I have tried that, and it doesn't work. Creating objects before and after, restarting Maya each time. Theres also an alternative to delete maya's preferences from the hard drive, but i can't find them.

I'm running Mac OS 10.7.5 Lion and this directory /Users/username/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/en_US/2014/prefs isn't possible. After /Users/username/ there is no Library, that is found before Users.

Going into /Macintosh HD/Library/Preferences/ doesn't show any maya files that i can tell.

Is there a fix to this? or will i have to uninstall and reinstall Maya?


texts: How to avoid 1.23 decimal point uneven unit value in Photoshop?

texts:
When I drag the icon to left and to right in paragraph panel of Photoshop for tweaking the paragraph styling, changing the value of space before and after paragraph, I get uneven unit value like 1.23 with decimal point. This is really annoyed to me. Do you know how to turn it off so it will get, for examples, 1, 2, 3, 10, 20, 30 values only?

And is there a shortcut to change the value to 5px, 10px, 20px, etc...?

Thanks in advanced.


texts: How to scale down to an exact pixel dimension?

texts:
I'm copying and pasting an Illustrator CS3 vector graphic into Photoshop CS3. I need it to be exactly 32px high, so I enter "32px" in the transform settings.

To my chagrin, the final image comes out to be 33px high. So I try locking the transform height at 31px and it still comes out at 33px high. Then I try to lock the transform height at 30px and it comes out at 31px high. It has skipped 32px!!!


texts: How to combine font weights and font sizes together?

texts:
I do a lot of UI design and because of this, I normally have to use pretty neutral fonts like Helvetica and Droid.  In order to add a bit of flair, I'll use different weights and mix things up between ALL CAPS and normal case.

Sometimes I find myself guessing if it's best to use a thicker weight vs. caps.  Does anybody have any tips or general guidelines when it's best to use one or the other?

I remember reading before that the bigger the font, the thinner it should be so there's a common thickness between different sizes within your font scale.  But then does that not make everything look too generic as not enough contrast is given?


texts:
I am helping edit some text that an artist wrote about his work. He is discussing the limited color palette, and he used the term 'spot colors'.

I clarified with the artist that he does not mean a specially mixed ink for offset print, but rather a color used sparingly for a few details in the piece.
I wouldn't call them 'accent' colors because they are not bold or prominent... is there a better term or description?

Have you heard this (mis)use of the term 'spot color' before?


texts: How do I scroll horizontally through a Sketch canvas like Illustrator does?

texts:
In Illustrator you have the very handy CTRL+mouse scroll shortcut to quickly scroll horizontally through your canvas. I want to do the same in Sketch (not necessarily with the same shortcuts).

How can I achieve this?


texts: Multiple images spread out inside circle using Illustrator

texts: I have a group of 6 images that are masked in even-sized rectangles. I'd like those rectangles to be evenly distributed along the outside of the bottom half of a circle. Whats the best way to handle this in Adobe Illustrator?


texts: Creating cursive-style text in Illustrator

texts:
What is the most efficient way to create cursive-styled text in Illustrator?

I'd like to create a text logo in Illustrator in a cursive/signature style, but the only methods I know (existing fonts, manual drawing, image tracing) seem tedious. Is there another way of generating cursive text, or will I have to choose one of the above methods?

Example:


texts:
I'm trying to make my own planner or journal using InDesign. I was wondering if there is any way I can make the date go 'up' automatically. So that I can add pages, based on a master for example, without having to put each date manually on the separate pages.
Thank you!


texts:
how do I change the points on a star in inkscape?
im getting 6 points, but I want 5 point. on other computers with inkscape, I have 5 point stars. I looked in the tool config, but didnt see a way to configure it.


texts: What is this gradient "flat" design style?

texts:
What is this kind of art style? Is there even a name for it?

It looks like "flat" design but yet it isn't. Are there any guides or tutorials for these?

Where do they gather these kind of gradient colors that fit so well?

How does the designer know where to place those shadows and lights?


texts: Illustrator > Recolor Artwork: How to manually choose the replacement colours from swatch groups?

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Below is Illustrator's "Recolor Artwork" window.  I've chosen to recolour (yes, I'm British) using one of my swatch groups.  Notice that the first source colour is replaced with the first swatch group colour which is near black and which I don't particularly want.  I want to manually choose another swatch but can't seem to figure out how...

I've tried every combination I can find in the dialog and the most immediate solution I've found is to enter the swatches numbers in the sliders.  There's a "randomise" swatch order button so I would think there must also be a way to choose them manually.


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If I use one of the graph tools, typically I don't get the results I want by changing settings and need to use the Direct Selection tool to move/change some things around.

Sometimes I want to revert back to the original vanilla graph and Illustrator made it before I started started changing. For example, if I move labels around on a pie chart and then change the legend location in the settings, my changes to the labels doesn't reset.

Is there a way to reset a graph? My current work around is copy/paste the data into a new chart.


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I just wanted to know that is there is any font named "Flower Power" that looks like this:

Are the two files available for download at the above mentioned page (.eps and .ai) fonts? Can I convert them to .ttf format?

This is my very first question at GraphicDesign.


texts: How to delete outside of a clipping mask, containing the layers

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For a landscape architecture project, I have made a very big scaled masterplan. For the next fase, I want to make a detailed zoom in of a specific part of the site.

For this, I have to enlarge the image 3x, making it excessively big. I managed to make a clipping mask, containing the different layers, but the information of the rest of the drawing (which I don't need anymore) is still present (outside of the clipping mask), I can't even save my file.

Is there a way to crop a drawing, containing the layers? I tried doing it through expanding and cropping (pathfinder) but it just merged all my layers together again.


texts: continuous overlapping paths in Inkscape

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I'm attempting to re-create a SVG version of the Alfresco logo viewed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alfresco-logo.png

The problem that I'm running into with my .svg is that when I create the 8 paths (3 blue fill, 4 green fill, one orange fill), I am unsuccessful at positioning the various paths to create a continuous consistent overlap for all paths.  I always end up with one path that is out of place and either sits on top of both adjacent paths, or behind, creating an inconsistent pattern.  What is the best way in Inkscape to create this consistent overlapping pattern of 8 paths so that one is not left out as the odd one in the pattern?  Is there a way to split one of the paths so that one half is set beneath one adjacent path and overlaps the other?


texts: How do I purposely corrupt a good line art drawing so it looks like this image in photoshop?

texts: Please check below for the difference. One of them is pixelated and sharp and the other one is smooth and clear. I want to purposely corrupt the good image so the style looks like the bad image. What would you suggest in this particular case? The closer the corruption resembles to the pixellated image the better!


texts: How to make a Effect act as transparency in Photoshop?

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I know I can create a layer mask, but this method only accepts a bitmapped mask as far as i know, than the result is not perfect.
I tried using this method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGBNHY5rAxg

What I'm trying to achieve is:

Layer 1 - Regular bitmapped (Raster type) image (it will be even better if it could be a vector masked layer, but it's ok if it can't be).

Layer 2 - A vector masked layer (with fill 0%) with a stroke or outer glow, whatever. The effect of this layer must fade out (make transparent) the pixels of Layer 2, BUT WITHOUT THE NEED OF "RASTER TYPE" IT.

Idea example:

Then, if I change the color of background...

What I'm really trying to do is a PNG Icon, that I made with Shapes (vector masked layers) of a envelope, where the lines are made with strokes. So, the stroke may turn the layer below it transparent. I don't wanna use the bitmapped mask because I lose the vector benefit (I can't change the size without doing the whole process again) and I lose quality (because the final result is not the same. The transparency created by the bitmapped mask is not perfectly equivalent of the image used).

Maybe this give some idea:

As you can see, the icon is really tiny, and I thought pixel by pixel, then there is why I care so much about the perfect equivalence of transparency (in this icon I used white stroke to make the envelope lines. I wanna the white become transparent when I export as .png, but as I said, don't wanna use a bitmapped mask (create a layer mask, raster type my image, and then use it as a mask of the image itself) because I care too much about quality).

Thank you in advance! (for read so far hahaa)


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Where in the tools will you be able to add a stroke under the font? I cant find it in styles. Is there a toolbar to simply,

underline text?


texts: How to manage overlapping shadows without using clipping masks in vector illustrations

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When I make vector images in Illustrator I often end up using a stylistic, almost cel shaded designs. When I want to give "shadowed" areas to an object for example, I usually just make a new object/path on top of the shape, and make sure their edges line up, so that the shadow obscures part of the main shape. (See highlighted shape in image.)

This is usually fine and dandy, but when I edit the edge of the underlying shape I have to redraw or edit the shadow object again. What I want is some kind of clipping mask, where the shadow can be "inside" the path of the main object, but where the main object is still visible. That way I could edit the outline of the main object (such as the tree trunk shape) without worrying about the edge of the overlapping shadow. Makes sense? I want the shadow object to behave like example B below:

I know a clipping mask could technically work, but the problem is not editing the shadow - it's editing the main object outline. Should I just make a copy of the main shape each time I edit it, and then paste it on top as a clipping mask for the shadow? Isn't there a way to make the clipping mask object visible behind the clipped object?

I am used to making UI icons and other monochromatic stuff, but when it comes to this kind of stuff I don't really know what's best practice. So what do you vector illustrators out there do? Layer masks? Clipping masks? Live paint? Or do you do like me?


texts: Can't copy from one artboard to another (Ps CC 2015)

texts: I am trying to copy object from one artboard to another using "duplicate layer" but it seems locked. Would anybody know why I cannot move it?


texts: Minimum number of pages for a pur-bind or perfect-bind book?

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Pur-binding and perfect-binding are styles of binding where the pages are glued into a flat spine (pur-binding is basically stronger version of perfect binding).

What is the minimum number of pages required for this kind of binding?


texts: How to make this "bumpy sphere" shape in C4D?

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I'm new to Cinema 4D, but I can't figure out how to make this kind of shape. (Currently I have a spikey ball I made by selecting points and jutting them out. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

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texts: How to create wavy weave lines pattern in Photoshop?

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I am trying to duplicate the following image in Photoshop of weaved, wavy lines so I can make it higher resolution or vector but I'm not having any luck getting the pattern right. I have managed to get wavy lines, but they are uniform and don't really have the "fabric" or "flag" look that this image has.

This is what I'm trying to achieve:

Any advice will be greatly appreciated!


texts: Creating logo files for printing and web

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My client has asked for their logo files, (the source file is vector AI created with Illustrator). He wants a file for the web/printing letterhead (online and paper invoices) and a vector file for the printing materials like marketing stuff and advertising (t-shirt, trifold, stickers and business cards ...).
What’s the best way to convert the original colours without changing them or ending up with a bad colour final result?


texts: Using mix Typography/Color in brand name

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A friend and i are building a e-commerce site, but we really trying to create a brand that will be cool as well.
Our target market are 15 - 29 year olds, so we want it quite funky. and it should be easy to remember. but using a single font for the name kinda dulls it down.

So we tried different colors but it still doesn't feel like its distinct. So we are thinking about using more then one type face for the brand name. Is it a bad thing to use multiple type faces in a brand name? and if not what are the rules so that you don't end up with a cheep looking brand that people second guess at? we want the users experience to have them come to the store and know that its a trusted, well established store before they even purchase something.
PS. is swapping from lower case to caps a bad idea haha..


texts: Best way to implement this box / table design in Adobe Indesign

texts: I am sorry about asking such a newbie question but I am wondering if Adobe Indesign has any easy method of making the box that is on the top of the page that I posted below (With the numbers on top and bottom and text inside of it). I have to make a page similar to this.


texts: How can I apply Indexed colour to a large number of animation frames

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I would like to create an animated gif from a number of frames in Indexed Color (or otherwise with a limited palette + dithering). However, changing the Mode to Indexed Color flattens the image. Thus, I would have to apply indexed color to each frame individually, export them, then reconstruct the animation (which would be very time consuming).

Is there a feasible way of applying a limited palette + dither to a large number of frames/layers at once?


texts: Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator: Transform type to give it wave-like form/flow

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I’m trying to find out how I can use Photoshop or Illustrator to give a piece of type a wave-like flow (with an additional feel of perspective; essentially I would like to make it appear as in waving/floating through a three-dimensional space). I am aware of the Perspective Warp in Photoshop, as of right now I am however unable to create a fluid, believable three-dimensional wave form. I have posted a couple of images of examples below in which the typography is behaving in the way similar to what I’d like to achieve (especially the first one, a piece of work by German graphic designer Fabian Fohrer). Can I achieve such visuals in Photoshop/Illustrator or would I be more successful with 3D software (Cinema 4D)? I greatly appreciate any help.

My apologies for not being able to post screenshots of what I have tried so far, but I am posting this question on the go and do not have access to Photoshop right now.

(Also: I do not intend any stealing of intellectual property, all credit for the examples given goes of course to the original designers, I'm merely interested in broadening my horizon in regards to visual techniques.)


texts: Illustrator: how to construct curved and bent triangles

texts: I'm looking to recreate this effect in Illustrator but cannot find the right tool to do the job. Any help in the right direction is appreciated. Thanks.


texts: Why does Android's material button's 'onPressed' state actually rising up instead of getting pushed down?

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So like this:

Why is this good? How is it decided to be like this way?

I'm an Android developer and no matter whom I show my apps with these default Android buttons, everybody tells me I messed up because I mixed the pressed state. Programers, designers, non professionals, no matter whom I ask, almost everyone has this opinion - However I did nothing, this is the standard method by the Android SDK.

Is it bad practice? Should I change it? Should I write my own button to work the opposite way?


texts: Is my logo that I made with Adobe Illustrator already a vector file when saved as .ai?

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I have designed a logo in Adobe CS5.1 Illustrator using the ellipse tool to create shapes, filled with colour and then added my type.

The file is saved as .ai.

Is it automatically a vector image?


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Just trying to follow the document upload specs for one of the web's largest online printers and bleed has confused me.

Their instructions are shown at the bottom of the diagram which shows close ups of their Illustrator template. (My doc will be in InDesign which they don't have a template for.)

Ignoring heights, their Illustator template matches their full bleed width (282 mm) and trim width (279 mm), which I would have thought is a 1.5mm bleed.

But then they say to use a 0.137" (=3.5mm) bleed, which is what the template shows from the safe area and more in line the typical 1/8" bleeds I've come across in past.

What am I missing?


texts: Need help identifying the font used in The Front Porch logo

texts: Can anyone identify the font of "THE FRONT PORCH" portion?  I'm needing to use it to redo the logo for this group and not sure what the original volunteer used. Already used FindMyFont and just tried visually searching through font sites.  This was used to make a buzzcard.


texts: How can I blend the gradient from two rectangles in different directions?

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I need help with trying to reproduce and effect using Inkscape. The problem which I have is with shades in two different directions. This effect can be seen in the screenshot from below.

As it can be seen there is a gradient "blended" resulting from two gradients one vertical and the other is horizontal.
I don't know how to reproduce this. I've attempted to do this on Inkscape, but it didn't turned out the way how I wanted to be. This can be seen in the screenshot from below.

The result was the overlapping of two gradients, and I can't seen to find a proper way to match the desired result. Looking the effect is that the gradient at the corner doesn't look straight or right but instead is smooth and rounded. Does it exist a way to make this?
How can I achieve that effect so the corner doesn't look overlapped?. How can I do that?. Can someone help me?.


texts: how to prevent illustrator to take line as a path with text

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I have a question about a type tool and lines. In my case Illustrator is used to draw isobar lines on a map (similar to this image I randomly picked from the web as an example):

With isobars there is a number written near the line two end-points. But when trying to write a number there, and doing that close enough to the line, the Illustrator activates automatically "write to path" and the isobar line goes transparent, goes missing.

Is there a way to tell illustrator not to use that line as a path so that i could write close enough to the line and not activate the "write to path" (maybe holding some key down when writing?).

The alternative would be to write a little further from the line and move it closer with a selection tool later. But this is another move that takes time.


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Is there a technical term to designate stray pixels (like clearly visible dots near contours) in raster graphics ? I seem to remember the word "kayatutu" from early Macintosh days but perhaps it was just a buzzword.

Edit: Here's an example with some clipart (zoom in to see the grey dots).


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What is the difference between "Photoshop" and "Adobe Photoshop"?
Please I need help .


texts: Can Photoshop generate image sequences between the first and last image

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In Photoshop, is there a way to create an image, manipulate it, and then have Photoshop automatically generate several images leading into this manipulation like an animated image sequence?

Let me put it another way if that doesn't make sense. I'm trying to create an animation of a book opening/closing. I could duplicate the image about 10 times and manipulate each one slightly until I get my whole sequence, but is there a faster/easier way of doing this?

Thank you.


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I want to create a simple circular progress animation with either Adobe After Effect or Adobe Flash or any other software that you may suggest. Something like this:

Assuming that the graphic assets are available and I only want the filling animation. I guess that I need some masking technique to create the filling motion. But I have no idea how to create a growing circular mask. If it was a horizontal progress, I would only need to resize the mask to reveal the underlying layer gradually. But what about this? Any suggestion would be appreciated.


texts: Difference in style between foreground and background objects in 2D animation?

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this seemed like the best place to get an answer.

In some 2D animation, the "active" objects - those that move during the scene, or will be interacted with somehow - have a distinct style compared to background objects.

Is that a style choice or is there some technical or pragmatic reason for that (maybe it's faster to make or render?). I also find it curious that this happens across products and studios, pretty much in the same way - the "active" objects have distinct lines and brighter colors, while the background is somewhat amorphous in comparison.

Here is an example of what I mean, from Avatar: Legend of Korra:

Thanks!


texts: How can I avoid icons with double meanings?

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I am currently trying to make an icon that indicates a bike shop sells bike accessories. This icon will be displayed along with other icons, such as the bike types the shop sells and if the shop accepts cards or cash.

The accessories icon however is turning out to be quite troublesome. This is what I've tried to create and why they didn't work:

Bike lock: is confusing because it looks like the shop might be locked/closed. Colleagues also thought it meant the shops are selling bike insurance.

Bike basket looks a lot like your average shopping basket. Because the icon is very small, adding a bike steering wheel makes the basket look unrecognisable.

Bicycle pump is used by other websites to indicate a shop offers maintenance service.

Saddle Seemed like the better option but I also need an icon that indicates the shop offers test rides on bikes, and I can't think of anything else that would fit test rides.

Since none of these icons are often used, I'm afraid my target group (which consist mostly of adults 40+) won't understand what they mean because they can all mean sort of the same thing.

What is a good option to avoid icons with double meanings? Would a label (maybe hovered?) improve the user experience? Or is it generally better to stick to textual things with complex categories like these?


texts: by which graphic softwares this picture was created?

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by which softwares this picture was created? any guess
by which software this water is drawn?


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I recently discovered tinypng.com, which helped me to minimize a picture on my website from over 60k to less than 20k by keeping the same quaility (for me personally at first sight, I'm not so into graphics so I can not tell you exactly - it's my subjective opinion). On their website they write the following about how they do that:

  When you upload a PNG (Portable Network Graphics) file, similar colors in your image are combined. This technique is called “quantization”. By reducing the number of colors, 24-bit PNG files can be converted to much smaller 8-bit indexed color images. All unnecessary metadata is stripped too. The result better PNG files with 100% support for transparency. Have your cake and eat it too!

As I find the service very important for running a website, I don't want to be dependent on them - they can disappear tomorrow, but I still have to minize pictures. That's I came here to ask: How can I do the same within my gimp installation or by using the Linux command line tool imagemagick?


texts: best way to remove some lines and keep some closed objects in illustrator?

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I'm making a graphic in illustrator CS2 and want to remove some parts of the image.

How i want the image to be:

I have currently four layers.

Layer 1 have the circle in it
Layer 2, layer 3 and layer 4 has the group which contain the inner-pattern

what is the best way to do that with illustrator cs 2?
Thanks.


texts: Illustrator CS3 - upscaling placed or embedded raster graphics with interpolated antialiasing on export?

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I've designed some popup banners (output dimensions 840mm x 2000mm @ 300dpi) and used vectors throughout with the exception of some stock photography for their backgrounds. I've been Linking all rasters as usual, and only when I reviewed my first export at 100% in Acrobat did I notice that Illy doesn't antialias the raster graphics.

Even at the largest resolution available - £70 worth of stock photography per time - the images still required some upscaling to be incorporated into the banner artwork, so regrettably this was unavoidable.

Annoyingly Illustrator doesn't seem to either want to / be able to antialias these raster graphics on PDF, EPS or raster export, with upscaled raster graphics simply having their PPI reduced (not 'upscaled' in the manner Photoshop would resample) - am I missing some buried config option? The images are so large attempting to use the Rasterization feature that Illy complains about being out of memory (on a fairly meaty 4GB quad core box) and in Acrobat Pro when reviewing the exported PDF, the pixelisation is clearly viewable.

I'm hoping that if I design at quarter resolution the printer will be able to uprez the raster graphic using whatever RIP software they're using, but I have very little experience in this area; previously all my graphics have been 100% vector in Illy or it's been practical to use rasters at 100% resolution because I've been designing 1:1 with smaller output dimensions. I've tried all the workarounds I can think - uprezzing to PSD then linking - failed, 600MB PSD wasn't liked by Illustrator! - and saving out a 30,000 pixel wide JPEG and trying to Link in Illy - again, import engine failed with memory error. I've tried embedding the image, which worked when I disabled the pixel preview, but Illustrator still wouldn't antialiase the raster graphic.

I have the space of this evening to either figure out how to get round this problem before I have to submit artwork for tomorrow AM, or failing that just bite the bullet and hope the pixelisation isn't too bad when printed. Am I missing anything blindingly obvious in Illustrator that might be preventing the desired antialiasing on export?

Cheers in advance...


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I’m having issues with repeating text frames with autoflow pages in InDesign and thought you may have a solution.
The document I'm looking to create will be 300+ pages of information, extracted from an excel sheet. Creating a shortcut is essential as I have a short time to create this and fit the data design.

I can get a single text frame to flow in a continuous stream of pages after importing an XML sample.

When separating tags into threaded text frames,  InDesign doesn’t recognise that there were 2 text frames within the template- it continues on the second text frame.


texts: How can I start creating my own pixel or vector art graphics for my game?

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I am making a game with Adobe Flash. I have completed the mechanics for the game, and I am now trying to make the graphics for it. The game is a simple top down shooter.

I am not much of an artist but more of a decent programmer. So I have played games on various sites like armorgames.com, mofunzone.com etc. Although I have tried a lot of pixel art tutorials like these ones, I can't help but notice that the graphics on armorgames.com and such have vector like graphics that obviously rasterised for performance.

I want to know if there any good recommended steps for creating this sort of art.


texts: How to create/generate 3D molecular structure images?

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I am interested in generating crystal structure images for my own research. I came across very cool and professional graphics:

Can someone please suggest some software to produce similar graphics (including the shadows behind the atoms)?

I should have contacted the owner directly, but I could not find any contact details on the website.


texts: Converting InDesign CS6 document to printer spreads using print booklet

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I am trying to create a press ready PDF for a 16 page InDesign document using Print Booklet. I see the Print Booklet preview and everything looks fine, spreads are correct, etc. However, when I run the resulting postscript file through Distiller, the right side of the first spread (i.e. the front cover) is blank. If I simply export to PDF, the cover turns out fine, but of course the pages are not in printer spreads.

I get no error messages when preflighting the document in InDesign.

Also, blank spreads are not printing, even though I have checked the box to print blank spreads.

My Distiller version is X. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!


texts: What is the font used in Sega ads during the 90's?

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The font in which the phrase "GENESIS DOES WHAT NINTENDON'T" is written.
I want to use this font for the promotional material for the game I'm going to make. Can't find it anywhere on the internet. Please, help me if you know this!


texts: How to create variable glyph width while maintaining the same x height in Illustrator or Indesign

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Does anyone know a way to adjust the glyph width while maintaining the same x-height in Illustrator or InDesign?

I am looking to create this effect:

Similarly, it appears that the strokes of the characters in the image above are changed midway through the "bulge".

I've tried achieving this effect through Illustrator, creating outline and then adjusting them but I was wondering if there is an alternative method.


texts: Convert to four hues while preserving values/brightness in Photoshop

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I would like to reduce the number of hues in my flat image from the full range to only four, but I would like to preserve the value/brightness (and if possible, saturation as well). I want four hues because I think it will look cool.

I tried using a hue-adjustment layer, but when I used it, it only shifted the range during conversion, so that one range was converted into another range with many colors. I want to shift a specified range to be converted to the same hue while preserving value/brightness (and maybe even saturation, if it can be done).

I am using Photoshop CS5

These are the four HSB/HSV hue values I want to use:

333
58
193
242

This is how I would like to convert the hues:

Note: I have modified this question since first posting it. Initially, I erroneously asked that responders reduce the image to four RGB values, while simultaneously maintaining the tints/values in the source image.  This, however, is an impossible task, as RGB values contain tints/brightness AND hues; in RGB tint and hue are inextricably linked.

Thankfully @Wolff was able to understand what I meant, despite my poor phrasing, and along with @Danielillo, @Ryan, and @Emilie, he helped me to understand that what I was really asking for was to target four hues, not four RGB values.  He then identified the four hues present in my RGB values (in HSB/HSV). Those HSB/HSV values are the now the ones I am asking responders to target in the image conversion (not RGB).

Also, as noted by @Wolff, in the first version of my post, I didn’t specify how to convert the full HSB spectrum (I didn’t have magenta-like ranges). The updated question also includes that previously omitted range.

For those who want to understand the root of the confusion (rightfully expressed by some users who provided alternate answers), these were the original 4 RGB values I posted:

Clarification update: Please know that my intention is only for screen, not print. I built a site, based on those four hues, and I thought it would be slick if the images all had the colors warped to match them. At the same time, within each of the four collapsed colors' ranges, I wanted to keep as much of the dynamics which are encoded by original value/brightness as possible. I hope this helps.  Points will not be awarded by me, the original poster, for print answers,  but any explanation for a print solution will likely be appreciated by the community. @Emilie, who placed the bounty on the question, can reward whomever she desires.

Thanks to @Emilie for placing the bounty on this! I really was bummed that no one seemed able to answer it before.


texts: How to apply a texture to an image, making it look like it's carved into the background's texture? (Example given)

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I stumbled upon this map, that has the description of being an aztec tomb:

What I'm interested in is knowing how the images were converted to fit into the background and look like they're actually carved into it, preserving the texture. Those images are icons from the game's weapons, Worms Armageddon, and they look like this:

I've searched for tutorials or other examples, but I haven't found something that is quite what I'm looking for. I also tried to contact the map's author, with no luck.


texts: How to visualise two-dimensional scientific data-points in a chart... in grayscale?

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I am not sure whether this is the correct site for this question. The model comes from Physics, the data comes from computational physics, the plot is made with LaTeX but my question is about the presentation and layout of it all.

You can click on all images to get a vector PDF.

I have data points that depend on two parameters, so I have made a 3D plot with them:

http://chaos.stw-bonn.de/users/mu/uploads/2014-06-25/mesh.png

I think that this gives a good impression that the data falls off for small “a” and that there is a bump for moderate size “sigma”. However, you cannot really read any numbers off this. I need that, though.

So I put all the data into a two dimensional plot, encoding the “sigma” with a color. Since the data points overlap, I find it helpful to connect them with lines like so:

http://chaos.stw-bonn.de/users/mu/uploads/2014-06-25/a-E0-solid-dotted.pdf.png

To me, the above version is the most readable version of them all. The connecting lines between the points are not really justifiable from a scientific perspective, since I cannot assume that they describe the Physics there well. The only things that can have some meanings are the interpolated lines that I have dotted in the above version.

It would be more scientific to have it like this, without connecting line segments:

http://chaos.stw-bonn.de/users/mu/uploads/2014-06-25/a-E0-none-solid.pdf.png

Even with the color, it is harder to follow the points of each color. The first version shows me right away that the points drop down for small “a”. With the second one, it can be seen, but only if you look at it closely.

Maybe I can use dotted line to help the eye of the reader, but not implying anything, like so:

http://chaos.stw-bonn.de/users/mu/uploads/2014-06-25/a-E0-dotted-solid.png

Also, I would like to avoid using color. This will be printed a couple of times and color pages are tenfold in price compared to grayscale pages. I have tried to split up the data in the middle, such that they do not intersect any more. This is the second half of the data, the small “sigma” ones. I added the unscientific line segments and have the legend ordered from top to bottom:

http://chaos.stw-bonn.de/users/mu/uploads/2014-06-25/Abbildung-minus1-fein.pdf.png

I think this is readable, except for the connecting line segments. Splitting up the data in multiple plots makes each plot easier to read, but it is harder to compare the data.

Without the line segments, I need different markers for each data set to keep them apart. This yields cluttered plots right away, so I made the less important data sets a little lighter.

http://chaos.stw-bonn.de/users/mu/uploads/2014-06-25/Abbildung-minus1-grob.pdf.png

This has no line segments and does not use color, but I do not think that it is easy to see what is going on.

What could I do to get the data shown in a readable way?


texts: How can I create this effect on an image ? (Photoshop / Affinity)

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I have this problem: I need to editing a ink drawing and have this kind of effect, I think he used halftones and some textures but I don’t really understand the process to make, any suggestion ?

Link
http://wylesol.com/#/vinyl-moon/


texts: How to keep sharp corners using edge bevel on Photoshop?

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In short, I am using a font with sharp corners in Photoshop. However, using a bevel modifier subverts this effect by adding curves where it deems necessary - is there any way to remove this?

Quick Edit: I would also like to remove the curve introduced by the text stroke if possible, thanks.


texts: Is it possible to screen print this logo on a colored t-shirt?  The screen printer I am working with says we can do gradients on a colored shirt but it won't print consistently or well.  She advises changing the 4 colors to solid and screen printing that on a white background (the white cross is negative space).


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I want to connect a path to a circle so that when I move the circle, the path will follow automatically. I can't just merge the shape together, since that wouldn't allow for the circle to have seperate properties (such as color) from the line.

Right now when I move the circle, I have to adjust the path myself which is annoying.

Is it possible to do that? I could be either on Adobe Illustrator or Affinity Designer.

PS. I have tried to search this before asking but I don't know the keywords so the search results didn't satisfy my need. I only found this but it's Inkscape.


texts: How to copy data to the clipboard from the info panel?

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For example:

I am wanting to copy some data from the info panel, preferably x, y, width and height to my clipboard. Is this possible within Photoshop? The reason I ask is because I have hundreds of items that I need to grab coordinates from.


texts: Why I cannot set a cell style without getting a +, it also doesn't apply faithfully the strokes on the cells

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I have indesign cs6 and a table with 2 rows and 5 cols and some horizontal and vertical merges. If I try to define the cell style from the cell style menu I cannot set the inner strokes. Because of this I do in this way:

Create the table like I've said before
Select the 2 rows and it will appear a box divided in 4 parts with inner edges.
Here I select the inner edges and set some way
Then the outter edges and set another way
I click on the cell style while selecting the cells and I click "Redefine style"

After sometime it appears a + after the name style, and I cannot click the "Redefine style" again. Don't know why... This is the first problem.

Now I also have another table with cells styled this way and keeps a border to the right that wasn't supposed to be there.

Do you know anyway to work clearly with cells and border and don't get the + after the style without changing anything...?

thanks (:


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I have these two icons:

Image without a tick sign

Image with a tick sign

I want to add a tick sign on the top image which is without a tick sign. I am a developer extremely novice in graphic design. Could anybody guide me to do that in the simplest possible way?


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I have a frame in which different photos must shrink and fit into (frame size is absolute), and then save into different file names (preferably same name as the file that was fit into the frame).
There are a total of 1400 images (with more coming in the future), so its hard to do with hand.

I tried data sets and variables. But that only lets me fit one image into the frame each time (with layer pixel replacement) . As the replacement pixel will only take a file, not iterate through a folder.
Also i couldn't find a way to automate this process with actions.

So is there a way to have Photoshop iterate through the files of a folder. Fit them into the frame, then save them with the same name?


texts: I am creating my first 3D model in C4D (arachnid from Starship Troopers) and my thought was to get the basic shape down before adding greater detail - including the eye holes... or should this be done early?


texts: Deleting Multiple Photoshop CC Work Path Achor Points

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When vectorising a jpeg image (OK, not a true vectoring, but creating vector paths for layer masks which create a crisp "vector like" images when resized) the process of selecting the outline using the Magic Wand or Quick Selection Tool and creating a work path creates a large number of anchor points which ultimately whilst working on the image, you don't need.

When using the Direct Selection tool, you can select a number of anchor points by dragging a selection box around them, and when you press the delete button, you can delete the anchor points, but it will split the workpath open.

How do you delete multiple achor points whilst keeping the workpath closed?

I have tried shift+delete and the same happens.


texts: How Do You Find The Dimensions of A Document in Illustrator?

texts: Is it possible to find the dimensions of an imported document in Illustrator? For example, if you drag a SVG into Illustrator (On Mac)/open a pre-made SVG, it doesn't necessarily tell you the dimensions of the document itself. If you wanted to recreate the document size, how would you do so?


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Something I've noticed lately in the newer CC versions of Illustrator is the pen tool is "snapping" to other paths/objects when I get my tool near to it.

For reference, I have ALL snapping features off. My selection tolerance is down to 1px, I have rubber band turned off for the pen tool. It shouldn't be going anywhere other than where I have my pen tool hovering, yet it's still jumping around.

I'm specifically noticing it when I need to be zoomed out, because I'm going to be adding anchors over a large area. I thought maybe it was my Wacom tablet cause I've had so many issues with it since updating to 2017, but I'm starting to think this is just a really crappy version.


texts: Does not feel right? RBG to CMYK the process

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I make mascot logos and have been asked from time to time to deliver a CMYK version of logo.

By googling around, there are claims that simply just "File -> Document Color Mode -> CMYK Color" is enough.

After that i click on one of the colors, i check the color box and type in the CMYK % values, but when i paste these into web generators i got another color output. My case, i pasted the code for a very dark blue, close to black, and it generated a grey color.

This left me frustrated about why color convertion has to be such a fluctuating thing, that clearly makes very little sense to people working for the web.

So real question. Was my method enough?

Example of that dark blue
CMYK: 59, 49, 46, 64
RBG HEX: 0d111d

Does this convertion seem right? It's supposed to be printed for a jersey.


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I’m trying to prepare the materials for an open laptop examination. The notes are given in pdf and the key factor to doing well is navigation skills. I’m on a mac and I’m usually viewing these slides with Preview.

When I’m using a Ctrl-F, the words in the picture contained on a particular page don’t get highlighted, and I understand that it’s because of the formatting of the picture. This is illustrated in the diagram below when I searched for “group”.

May I ask if it’s possible to “decompile” the picture, such that when a Ctrl-F is used, even the words in the picture are included in the search results. I have a feeling adobe photoshop can do this, but I'm not sure of the term used to label this action and I'm also relatively new to photoshop.

This means that the solution will allow all the “electron” words in the following picture to be seen in Ctrl F.

If I'm at the wrong site, please redirect me to the appropriate platform, thank you.


texts: Gimp: multiply one photo into matrix (mosaic) of photos automatically (make several small size photos on page)

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Maybe that is because I did not choose proper words for query, but I could not find via web-search how to do my task efficiently in Gimp. Here (on SE) I've found only Crop a big picture into several small size pictures, but that is not directly applicable. I need to make several small size photos to print for documents and idea is to multiply one photo into a matrix of photos on one page: to make same photo into a matrix side-by-side and top-to-bottom w/out empty space. I suppose the task is rather often made and most probably there is an easy and efficient way to do so in Gimp. How to do that?

ADDED: Graphical illustration:

original
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Result
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I have a text frame with several columns and I would like to add vertical lines between them. Is there some automatic way how to do that, or I have to do it manually?

I have this:

I want this:


texts: how do i delete the numbering between the sentences in indesign

texts: Hi, how do i delete the numbering between the sentences. i search everywhere, and still did not find the answer. Im working with large document here.so deleting one by one is not an option. thank u.


texts: Is it possible to modify a line using 3 or more handles in bezier curves in adobe illustrator or other program?

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I was following a tutorial about bezier curves and the explanation behind it. At the same time was reproducing some of the learning on Illustrator.

But there was a part of the tutorial where you could add 3 or more control points and control a single line with that, here is an example:

With C1, C2 and C3 (control points or handles) you could control the line from A to B.

Now, in illustrator this is not possible, the only way to create a figure like that is using two lines. From A to the green dot and another line from the green dot to B.

Is there a reason behind why I can't add more than two controls or handles to a line, or can I? I'm missing something? Is it just to complex or resources intensive to have 3 or more controls per line? Also why vector programs choose to have controls the way the are in illustrator instead of the way pictured above, looks easier to modify lines that way.

Here is another example without the explanatory intermedian lines:

Also the wikipedia article about bezier curves uses this method.


texts: Change color properties of object (curve) when text to path (curve) in CorelDraw X5

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Now it is very easy to make text to path (text to curve) in Corel but once you do it, text becomes connected with curve in Object Manager and I cant figure out how to change outline or fill color only for the curve? Or in other words is it possible to somehow select only curve when it is connected with text?

Obviously I can solve this with copy of curve so one curve is connected with text and copy is in front as independent but when comes to some change of curve...


texts: How to draw a radially symmetric 5-pointed star?

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I'm looking for a 5-pointed star that I can rotate as part of a user interface. Therefore, the center of the star should not move – otherwise, it looks strange.

However, no matter where I get a 5 pointed star from, the center of the star is not at the center of the image.

I'm confident that such a shape exists, because:

It's possible to make a radially symmetric pentagon. Each vertex is 72 degrees apart on the circumscribed circle.
Such a star can be bounded by a square, since the circle can circumscribe a square; at most (I think) 1 point of the star will touch the square. It's possible to have a square asset containing a radially symmetric star, with the star's center at the square's center.

If I wanted to make such a shape, what low-cost software could I use, and what would the basic process be? Since I'm looking for radial symmetry, I imagine starting with a perfect pentagon is the key. I expect the hardest part of the process to be ensuring that all 10 edges of the star have equal length.


texts: Can we have a multi-coloured logo as white in the navigation for better visibility?

texts: Is it okay to have a white logo on the navigation because of a darker colour shade and the original multicolored logo in the footer? Is this an accepted practice?


texts: How to prevent other user from modifying grouped object that I created in illustrator?

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So I have a logo which is grouped objects, what I am trying to do is allow other users to open the .ai file and copy the logo and use it, but not allow them to ungroup it or make any changes in each layer.

I guess locking is not the way to go, will applying a clip mask help as a workaround?

Thanks!


texts: If I reduce a 300dpi image to 72dpi, but increase the pixels, will it reduce the quality of the image?

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For example, I have a 8819x4961px 300dpi image.

I need to reduce it to 72dpi as required by the company I work for. If I change 300 to 72 in Image Size, it reduces the pixels to 2117x1191px.

But the company is asking for a 3000px width image. So, if I increase the 2117 to 3000 (while in 72dpi mode), will it reduce the quality of the image?


texts: keep quality when resizing png icons on document and exporting as pdf?

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On my CV I have added png icons and resized them

When export as pdf these icons lose resolution/quality

How do I fix this?

See below.


texts: In webdesign how do you calculate the ideal bottom margin for headers?

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I've seen a few css frameworks add margin-bottom to heading elements in addition to a large line-height. Example from here.

    h1 { font-size: 46px; line-height: 50px; margin-bottom: 14px;}
h2 { font-size: 35px; line-height: 40px; margin-bottom: 10px; }
h3 { font-size: 28px; line-height: 34px; margin-bottom: 8px; }
h4 { font-size: 21px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 4px; }
h5 { font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; }
h6 { font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; }

However, I read here** that line height should be font size + 2-5pt. Which looks pretty fine to me. So is the extra space needed. Are there any typographic rules for how much space there should be under headers?

** Edit note: Link removed. The aisleone.net site has been hacked to launch drive-by malware. Alan G.


texts: Could someone help me with some ideas of how to design (Illustrator) something that is going to be stretched into a cylinder cartridge?  For example a gas can, like you can see in this sample image from Web, some parts of the art stay flat - ie, the top part - while others will be stretched down and around the can, so i guess there's must be a technique for that and i have no idea which is it.


texts: Advice on re-quoting a client for a freelance project

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I took on a graphic design job recently and I quoted the client for 36 hours of work. About half way through the project the client got stalled out because of upper management's indecision and because of that, many little changes started being made to the project. I am now up to almost 80 hours on the project and foresee another 10 before it's finished.

This is my first job with the client and I would like to continue receiving projects from them and hopefully procure a long-term relationship with them.

Should I consider this an investment and just charge them for the quoted work? Or should I re-quote them and if so, how should I go about doing that? Should I re-quote them the full amount?

What is the general practice for a situation like this?

Thanks!


texts: How do I keep edged flush when tracing with the pen tool in Illustrator?

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I'm just learning how to trace images with the pen tool in Illustrator -how do you trace when you have lines protruding from the whole (a line that offshoots) or when you have two objects which need to be flush with each other?

Is there a strategy for tracing a complex image with different shapes, such as a person wearing shirt?

For example, something like this:


texts: Which HSV-noise values do not cause artifacts on an LCD screen?

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I have come to notice that certain HSV noise filter values applied to a uniform background colour look horrible when viewed on an LCD screen under certain viewing angles. This is more noticeable on (cheap?) laptop/notebook screens.

Here are two contrasting specimen, made with the GIMP HSV noise filter for the RGB colour #F3F3E9.

Below background becomes coarsely grained and patchy on LCD screens under certain viewing angles. It was created by applying the HSV noise filter with the following parameters:

- Holdness = 2
- Hue = 0
- Saturation = 0
- Value = 14

Below background is less offending. However, on an analogue CRT screen the grain becomes barely visible. GIMP HSV noise filter parameters are:

- Holdness = 4
- Hue = 3
- Saturation = 13
- Value = 13


texts: PowerPoint .crtx files problem when creating styled charts

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I've created a series of .crtx files to insert pre-formatted charts in PowerPoint.  They work fine, however, in the Insert Charts dialog, the options under "Templates" display charts with the wrong color palette from what I designed.  Despite this, the chart's colors appear correctly when inserted.  I want the choices in the dialog to appear consistent with what's inserted on the slide and what I've designed in the .crtx files.  Strangely, once one of my custom .crtx charts is on a slide, the Change Chart Type dialog (Chart Tools Tab | Design Tab) displays the correct colors, as intended under "Templates."

I'd love to know if there's a solution to this.  Thanks!


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There's a great TEDxExeter talk  by a colleague of mine, Simon Peyton-Jones, about the recent advances in the English lower school 'computer science' curriculum. Like all of his slide decks he uses Comic Sans throughout. Depressingly, though inevitably, one of the YouTube commenters berates him for the font choice, stating that his use of Comic Sans is "the design equivalent of putting a giant image of a middle finger on the screen; an insult to education". This prompts a further comment that points to 41:32 in another of Simon's talks where Simon is asked by an audience member why he uses Comic Sans. Here is Simon's reply:

  This is a very funny question, "Why use Comic Sans?" So, all my talks
  use Comic Sans and I frequently see remarks like 'Simon Peyton-Jones,
  great talk about Haskell but why did he use Comic Sans?' but nobody's
  ever been able to tell me what is wrong with it. It's a nice legible
  font, I like it. So until somebody explains to me ... Ah, I understand
  that it's meant to be a bit naff, but I don't care about naff stuff, I
  care about being able to read it. So if you have got a sort of ...
  some rational reasons why I should not then I'll listen to them. But
  just being unfashionable? I don't care.

Simon is talking off-the-cuff here, so I think by "rational" he means affecting legibility, reading speed, comprehension, and things like that. Are there any studies relating fonts across those kind of measures? If so where does Comic Sans come in the ranking?

(N.B. I cannot help thinking it is a good design choice that he's made. He has deliberately chosen a font that no-one versed in the design of slides would choose. It suggests, in my mind at least, a kind of authenticity; but the argument between brand adherence and authenticity is one I keep losing.)


texts: How to put a gradient on a path in illustrator cc

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I would like to take a signature or letters created with illustrator, scan or photograph the signature, bring the signature into illustrator, vectorize it, run a path down the center of the letters, and then run a gradient on the path.

I know this can be done,I've spent 8 hours on youtube videos finding so many thing close to what I want but not exactly. Please help.


texts: Why is Expand greyed out for a selected path?

texts: My file is in AI format. It is a logo. The Expand option is grey out. The subset of Path are also greyed out. What am I doing wrong?


texts: InDesign: Export all placed files into one folder

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I've got an InDesign doc ready for to send over to someone. Along with it I've got an images folder full of placed images that the InDesign file references.

While I was making my document lots of images went into this image file, but now it's gone through several iterations and not all of them are still needed/in use.

To keep things simple when I send over this file I only want to send over the images that are actually used. Is there a simple way to get InDesign to export a copy of all its linked files into a 'master' folder?


texts: How can I "font-browse" while in design programs?

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I have noticed that certain applications provide a font sample when you use a drop-down to choose a new font. For example, when I'm working in InDesign CS5 I see what the word 'Sample' looks like in each font, but in Illustrator CS5 I don't.

I can't remember what every font looks like (just those that I use frequently), so my question is: is there a setting or tool that allows designers to see fonts in those popular design programs that don't actively display the samples beside the font name?


texts: Organize Symbols in Sketch: How to rename all symbols at once

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I am in the process of reorganizing a project done in Sketch and I’m at the stage of renaming the symbols using Organize Symbols…. However, when I update the name of the symbols using this interface, the updates do not take effect in the Layer List.

Above, you can see that the symbol is renamed to Buttons/Dashed_Add-an-outlet in the Organize Symbols… panel.

Above, you can see that the layer in the Layer List remains the same (Button_Add-an-outlet). It keeps the old name. Does anybody know if this feature is actually supposed to update the layer name? I don’t want to have to update every layer name individually.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Illustrator is slow / Not responding when redrawing complex / many paths?

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My illustrator seems to be taking naps, that blue wheel turning and churning ;( Damn blue circular thinking and greye'd out .ai window focus.

My art is a polygon design with anywhere from 500 - 1000 triangle paths, sometimes that is doubled as my designer duplicates the layer to fix this one line pixel liner issue....BUT its sometimes taking anywhere from 3min to 10 min to just resize the image or copy and paste it onto a new layer or new document.

What am I or my computer doing wrong?

Is this commonplace with Creative Cloud 2015 ? or is it a scratch disk issue / or Graphics Card GPU performance setting issue?

Should I be using outline mode when redrawing objects? or should I Try to group these 500 triangles into one graphic & then resize [ granted I'm not going to need to redraw or tweak any of the polygons]?

Much thanks guys / gals ;))


texts: I'm merging 5 photos using the PS Camera Raw merge.  The ground is fine in the merge but the sky is a bit pixelated.  I'm thinking this is because the sky changes slightly between the shots. Can anyone recommend a workaround?


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I'm attempting to replicate the drop shadow effect used by Xcode for it's dock icon. Specifically, the shadow around the blue square. It seems to be some mixture of outer-glow, drop-shadow and stroke, but I can't get it to look quite right.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Here are the standard and zoomed-in views:


texts: How do I operate on multiple layers at once in GIMP?

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I have a image file which has a large number of card images, each in its own layer. I would like to crop these images to the proper size with rounded-rectangle corners. (I got the images as formatted for printing, with extra bleed.) I can easily crop the entire image to a rectangle, and I can make a selection that has just the triangular corner regions. But how do I clear all the triangular corners simultaneously in GIMP, without going through each layer individually? Do I need to write a script to do this?

I am using GIMP 2.8.20 on Debian GNU/Linux.


texts: InDesign table cell background yellow in Normal view mode

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An InDesign doc has a table, with one column has some cells with a light-yellow background in Normal view mode (where the outlines are visible).

If I move to Preview mode (where the outlines are invisible), the light-yellow background goes back to the correctly styled colour.
Why do I see a light yellow-background for some cells and not others in Normal mode?
Help appreciated.


texts: Is there a web font that renders better than others in browsers?

texts: Is there a good web font you ever used that renders perfectly in all browsers (all browsers compatible with @font-face)?


texts: How do I save a .eps at higher than max dimensions in Adobe Illustrator 2019?

texts: I'm working on large wall graphics requiring dimensions that exceed the maximum possible for Illustrator. Is there any way around this while saving the file out as a .eps or .pdf?


texts: Adobe Illustrator vs Adobe Indesign for brochures

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You may know me (not that I am worth knowing) from my first question. I am a noob in web design, graphic desgin, font theroy, color theory, guess all of the mixes that are crucial. My expertise (whatever level that maybe) is in web coding (html, css) and RDBMS with strong skills in Database Modeling. Having successfully (to some extend at least) designed a logo, letterhead, small and big enevelops (maybe a corporate portfolio?), I was asked by the customer to design a company brochure as well. Having learned AI-CS5 (to some extend atleast) and helped by the Graphic Design Community (a million and three thanks to them), I designed the brochure in AI-CS5 and was very happy (as a noob) since it came out really nice (to me & the customer atleast).

The problem as it happens, comes (as it always comes when new knowledge is acquired) when I read that most if not all brochures are designed in Adobe InDesign and not Adobe Illustrator. That really put a halt (stop! you are going to the wrong road) in my learning of AI-CS5. Please see the below images for samples of what I have come up with.

Now I will try to put my question. Why are the brochures designed in indesign rather than illustrator OR more importantly do I really need to or have to "re-design" the above in indesign due to the benefits it offers (as some say given my readings on the net)?. Does it mean I am going to the wrong road and using the wrong tool for the job.

You really can't teach an old dogs new tricks and it has been difficult for me (not that I am excusing my short comings of which I am well aware viz. I have not creative talents and am dull as ditch water) to learn AI-CS5 and now I have to shift/move to InDesign just because (beacuse what?).


texts: How to create saturated color palette in Photoshop and Illustrator?

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Assume that I have an A color with value 0xff0f0f and two basic black and white colors. How can I create quickly a swatch consists of all medium colors between white and A (lighter) and between A and black (darker)?

Edit: I'm practising some pixel-art shading, and I'd like to create a palette (or swatch) that consists of limited colors that differ from saturation = 0 to saturation = 1. For example:


texts: Versioning pages in an Adobe InDesign document

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In designing many new student worksheets and their corresponding answer sheets, we frequently have to modify them.  The problem then is there are mismatches, a student will hand in an older worksheet and we have a newer answer sheet to grade it against.  What I want is a version number on each page in a document.  So when that page is modified, its version number is increased as well.

Is there a way in Adobe InDesign to do this automatically?  I don't care about the versioning scheme, only that we can check against the above kinds of mismatches.


texts: How do I copy and then paste a text box in Inkscape?

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I am trying to learn Inkscape.
How can I copy and then paste a text box?

If I press ctrl+C then Ctrl+V, it converts it to an image instead.


texts: Adobe Photoshop — How do I set the arrow keys to always move objects by 1px, regardless of zoom?

texts: I want to be able to reliably move objects in Photoshop with the arrow keys by 1px, regardless of zoom. When the document is not at scale, the arrow keys randomly move objects by either 2px or 3px (alternating between them whilst zoom remains the same). Can someone help me with this? Thanks.


texts: Adobe illustrator clipping mask & opacity mask

texts: When I set opacity mask on image I don t now how to change only transparency on stroke and not entire selected field. I need stroke like on image


texts: How to uncolor a layer without losing its content in photoshop

texts: During my design on Photoshop I have filled a layer with black and used a white brush on it. But I want my background to be transparent. How can I decolorize my layer's background without losing its content?


texts: Vectorising displaced circle in after effects

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By using this technique with Beam and Displacement Map I created a wavy outlined circle. So it's not just a circle rotating, the generated waves actually move.

The problem is, I need this circle to be exported in Lottie with Bodymovin, with vectors.

That means that I can't use any effects (except Stroke) and am stuck with shape tools and expressions.

I thought about auto-tracing every single frame in AE, but it creates a bunch of messy masks and Lottie doesn't understand this.

Then I thought about exporting every single frame to png, bulk-tracing it in VectorMagic, and putting all those traced AI files back to AE and giving each file 1 frame, but the bulk-tracing makes some unnecessary shapes on top of the main one and AE doesn't recognize it.

Is there a simpler way to do this effect with vectors using shapes or expressions in AE?


texts: A quick and reliable test for linear a nonlinear color response with a given application / hardware?

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There is an insane amount of confusion between linear and non linear response to color mappings, it depends on the drivers, the software, the hardware, the settings in your applications, what kind of algorithms are being implemented and probably and infinite set of other things.

Assuming that I can open an image or I'm in an image editor, there is a test I can do to test what kind of mapping I get from that environment ?


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I'm trying to create a line of photos that rotate around the y - axis as you go down so that they resemble a helix DNA shape.

But I haven't had much luck so far.  When I create more than 3 3D extruded objects, it runs out RAM.  And I've tried warping the perspective as you go down the line of photos but that doesn't seem to work when you want warp the perspective of the photo itself, not the contents of the photo.

Can this idea actually be executed?

Hopefully my very crude drawing shows how it should like looking upon a row of buildings with a changing perspective as the strand goes down.  I don't wan't any warping or curving of the photos just a change in perspective.


texts: Can you do animations within an artboard when using the Sketch Prototyping feature?

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We're trying to do animations within a single artboard in Sketch for prototyping.  Specifically, when a person clicks a button, we want the standard 'Share Sheet' to slide up from the bottom of the screen, covering the existing artboard.

The only animations that I'm aware of animate from one artboard to the next.  While I can somewhat simulate the final result I'm after using an instant transition to another artboard, then you have to worry about the alignment of the scroll position.

Are there any third-party plug-ins or any other ways to do what I'm after?


texts: Can Illustrator art brushes rotate with a Wacom art pen or airbrush?

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The pen for my wacom tablet suffered a fatal accident while moving home, and I'm looking to replace it. Given that all Wacom accessories cost a bomb, I'm considering upgrading to an Art Pen or Airbrush, which are more expensive than the standard pen but come with the ability to detect the angle you're holding them at.

I like doing freehand drawing in Illustrator, and I really like the idea that art brush artwork would rotate as my pen rotates. But is that actually how it works?

Looking at the settings, I see that you can set a Caligraphic brush to rotate with your pen:

...and Scatter brushes:

...and Adobe's docs confirm that it works with the Bristle brush, no settings needed:

  Use the Wacom Intuos 3 or higher tablet with Art (6D) pen to explore the full capabilities of the Bristle brush. Illustrator can interpret all 6-degrees of freedom that this device combination provides.

...but I can't see anything equivalent in the art brush settings. Does this mean it automatically rotates/tilts, or never rotates and strictly follows the angle of the path? If version matters, this is CS6.


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I am designing an app icon for an industry-specific business app that does primarily job management. The name is very likely to be called "JobCheck", which may become a part of a collection, or suite, of apps (ie., FinancialCheck, EquipmentCheck, etc.).

I am aware of the overuse of the checkmark symbol, and would very much like to get away from it. However, with the word "check" as part of the app name, there seems to be this expectation that the checkmark would be part of the icon. It's just very difficult to come up with something unique with it.

I have tried to come up with a few rough ideas and I was wondering if I can get some feedback on them. The company I work for already has its own company logo and colour scheme (orange and grey). I'm trying to go for the "flat" look for I feel like something is missing. Please please let me know how I could possibly improve on them.