texts: I am trying to create a machine learning plug-in to help with the creation of training data. I find that GIMPs selection tools are so easy, simple and quick to use, therefore is there a way to export a selected region to a different image of the same size in the same position and then to block colour it? (this will be done procedurally, however I am not sure how to even do this through the GIMP interface) any help appreciated.


texts: How do I create a rectangle with an open corner in Adobe Illustrator?

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I'm brand new at creating icons.

I have an issue regarding changing the shape of a rectangle. The bottom one is what I have. But I'd like to change the rectangle to look something like the top rectangle.

I have of course tried to get it to work  by using the Pathfinder palette. But it gives a different result than I expected.

How do I do this properly?


texts: Illustrator not able to open dxf file in original size?

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I want to open a dxf file in Illustrator. The dxf file can be found here. It is important for me to keep the scale, so no changes in the size. I use Illustrator 2017. When I load the dxf I get an options-popup:

I can select keep original size, scale to drawing size, scale and other options. My problem now is: It only works when I select "scale to drawing size". Then it opens and displays something. When I click keep original size it does not work. I played around with the options (select mm), but it simply does not work, the file is openend however a blank page is shown.

So when I choose scale to drawing size I get an output:

When I choose Original size (no matter what I specify for units) I get an blank output (also when I zoom out nothing appears):

Where is the problem? How can I open it keeping the original size?


texts: Preparing document for print to have reverse creases

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I have a wedding invite that has been created as one page but it will fold like an accordion. It's a portrait page split into 4 with 3 creases.

How do you go about preparing a document to have some folds going one way and some the other? From what I understand is a dashed line is used to mark a crease.


texts: Connecting multiple selected nodes (B-spline) - Corel Draw

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I'm trying to achieve a smooth path much like you would see as a trend line on a graph. I have maybe 500+ lines where I only need the path/line to use the top nodes of each line. How can I do do this? (without doing it 1 by 1)

Image of what I want to achieve attached.

Thanks


texts:
I need to do a poster, 8m width by 3.7m height, consisting of photographic elements that will be seen from varying distances. I've talked to the printer and they can do it at 150ppi's.

The issue here is how to work it. Using this calculator I've came to:

poster measurements
800cm
370cm
150dpi
= 47244px vs 21850px

memory requirements
memory required = (number of pixels in image ) X (number of  bytes per pixel )
47244 x 21850 x 3 (24 bits) = 3096844200 bytes = 3GB

And I'm working on a 3GB computer that, understandingly has to page some information to virtual memory, so it would take some time, however it keeps crashing.

How do professionals work this out?


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I am trying to rotate a circle around another circle in Photoshop CC. I am using the transform option in the animation window. After I make the 2 keyframes. The animation isn't moving along the anchor point. Is there anyway to move the image around the circle using Photoshop animation? Would I have to do this manually?

Before

I then move the object based on the center of the circle.

But when the animation is done. The circle doesn't move along that anchor point

My first question was how to animate using transform. I then found a adobe tutorial on this. I then ran into the trouble of rotating an object around an anchor point.

The tutorial https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/how-to/photoshop-video-keyframes.html


texts: just in case someone is able to recognize this, if not, doesn't really matter. I was browsing the web, came across a photo depicting an interesting font (RAMLÖSA, lower left corner). I like the placement of the umlaut on Ö. Sorry, I guess there is no higher resolution and the MyFonts.com identifier was not very successful either.


texts: What's the best method to send and receive eps files to and from clients?

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Every once in a while a client emails me a .eps file. Most of the time these files fail to open or they open with errors. This can often delay production or mistakenly allow errors to slip through. The client swears there was no problem with the eps file on their end.

What can I do to fix these bad eps files?


texts: How to digitally draw webcomics like sintitulocomic.com using sketchbook pro

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I am a visual interface designer based in India. I design web/mobile screens in photoshop, do logos and stuff in Illustrator. Lately, I've come up with an idea of making a webcomic, like the one here - http://www.sintitulocomic.com/ - but I have no experience in drawing or sketching at all.

Also, I did google on how to make digital comics etc., but I was confused and couldn't get the complete step by step process for this.

I don't want to create fancy full colored comics like batman or spiderman, just basic 2 colored stuff like in the sin titulo's comic I mentioned above.

I recently have heard good word about sketchbook pro. Could anyone guide me on whether to begin sketching with a pencil or paper and then scan and ink and color or whether to directly draw on the computer using wacom pen tablets?


texts: Which font is similar to Christopher Wool's Stencil?

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His stencil: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/338192253239825468/

the closest thing i found is: https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/jnlevine/narrow-stencil/

but it's too narrow.


texts: How can this image be turned white - the figures, clock etc, so that it can be placed on a black background, while still retaining its quality?


texts: Bezier curve handle control in Illustrator

texts: In Illustrator, on a curve anchor point, sometimes rotating 1 handle also rotates the other, keeping them in a straight line. But sometimes 1 handle moves but not the other. Why? Can I can a setting to also rotate both when rotating just 1?


texts: Adobe Illustrator CC:How to adjust blurred corners for this shape?

texts: As I draw the rectangular shape, the corners are blurred. How to solve such problem in Adobe Illustrator?


texts: How do I export Photoshop Raws with PC byte order? (Photoshop CC 2015)

texts: I know that older versions of Adobe Photoshop allowed you to choose Mac/IBM PC byte order when saving as a Photoshop RAW, but the option's not visible in CC 2015.1.


texts: Is there a setting in (professional) laser printers to omit toner heating/fusing?

texts: I'm experimenting with the toner transfer method for PCB and accidentally a jammed print-out of a plastic transparency was left "unheated" and the toner could be easily erased by the finger. Now I want to reproduce it because it is perfect for the toner transfer method. So anyone knows if there is a setting in laser printer to omit the stage of toner heating-fusing?


texts: PDF export in Illustrator: Control which images to compress

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I have several Illustrator files that have multiple embedded bitmap images. Some are photos and some are detailed line art.

When exporting to PDF, it is possible to control downsampling and compression for images, but the settings apply to all embedded images equally.

How can I compress only the photos as JPEG and leave the line art images untouched (or compress them less)?  Can compression and downsampling be controlled separately, image by image?

The line art images contain some colour (red, black and grey lines), thus I cannot just convert them to monochrome (or even grayscale) and disable downsampling for these specific images types in the PDF export settings.


texts: How do I create a PDF invitation template my customer can edit the text only themselves?

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I am trying to figure out how I create a downloadable PDF template of a wedding invitation design that my customers can edit themselves.
They will be approx 2 fonts used on each template and the customer will need to be able to edit all text themselves.  e.g. change their names, wedding date, location etc. etc.

Basically I want to be able to sell an editable downloadable template.  So I will need to lock the artwork and "open" the text so they can edit the text only.

If you think of something like this image. That has artwork that I want to be uneditable and then has text that I want the customer to be able to edit and print out themselves at home etc.


texts: Will layer effects affect how my Pantone design prints?

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I have a project, which needs to be in Pantone, but I have never printed anything in Pantone before. I figured out how to use Pantone via internet searches, but I am worried that what I have might not print right.

I have a pattern with a lot of subtle textures, shades, and many layers. I selected the shape in each layer and brushed over each with a Pantone colour, which was set to 'colour' instead of normal. A lot of my layers are semi-transparent, which I am thinking might be a problem.

If I make a colour with a mishmash of different Pantone layers, will it work?

Also, I have used different effects on the layers; some normal, multiply, or screen. Will this print ok?

Merci!
Maddison


texts: How create crisp pixel border in Illustrator

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How do I create this look in Illustrator: black single-pixel outer border, brighter inner single-pixel border? Example:

I've tried adding a black one-pixel path to white border in Illustrator but it ends up looking like this - not crisp:

I'd prefer to implement it in Illustrator, but please advise Photoshop solutions if you believe it's not possible in Illustrator.


texts: What exactly is the correlation between the amount of pixels in an image and the correlating space it will take up on one's hard drive?  I know that the more pixels / more storage but is there an exact linear correlation between these two metrics or is it more complicated than that?


texts: Which fonts are used in various bill receipts ? For example what is the font of the attached text image cropped from a receipt?

texts: Which fonts are used in various bill receipts ? For example what is the font of the attached text image cropped from a receipt ?


texts: Rounding vertices in Illustrator uniformly

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I have a quick question about creating round objects without the ellipse tool. I often want to round the areas where vertices lie on an object, so I'll attempt to do it by adding a second vertex, only to find that the rounding is not uniform, and it looks like I'm giving my art pimples!

To give you an Idea, I'm drawing the following in Illustrator:

The eyes in the picture (the three white pieces) consist of only two vertices with specified arcs on each end.

My problem is that the edges are pointed which do not look good when zoomed out, so I'm trying to figure out how to make the two arcs match without a pointed end.


texts: How to automatically insert page numbers to hyperlink destination text anchors in Adobe InDesign?

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I'm using Adobe InDesign to make a PDF that will have links to pages within itself (e.g. a text on page 10 links to the text on page 32).

I'm using "New Hyperlink Destination" to create Text Anchors (so, for example, a text anchor "Footnote" on page 32). Then I link to this Text Anchor from the text on page 10 using Interactive -> New Hyperlink -> Text Anchor.

This all works fine, However, how I do make InDesign automatically insert page numbers for the appropriate Text Anchors? For instance, if Text Anchor "Footnote" changes its location from page 32 to page 40, how would I make InDesign reflect this change automatically and put in the appropriate page number? Is that at all possible actually?


texts: Can InDesign have different bleed margins for different pages

texts: I'm working on a C# application to automate document creation along with some InDesign JSX, and whilst I'm setting up the classes, I understand pages can have different margins, but can they have different bleed margins as well?


texts: How to export Photoshop shapes to svg with exactly same stroke effects

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I'm not a designer, but I have to export image assets for a website from a PSD layout. I would like to use SVG format for icons for the sake of retina graphics support on the website.

Some icons (shapes) consist of multiple layers, or have stroke effect applied partially on their paths (using Outside or Inside positions). I don't have Illustrator, so I wanted to use Photoshop's CC 2015 Export As feature from layer/group right-click menu and then selected SVG.

But some icons have wrong (double?) stroke size there, or have a stroke filling where it wasn't originally. Both in the preview and exported file. Am I doing something wrong? Is there something I can do in Photoshop to export them to SVG just the way they look in PSD?

I'm attaching a screenshot collage to show what exactly do I mean.


texts: When should text figures/lining figures be used?

texts:
Many standard computer fonts don’t have text (aka “old-style”, "hanging") figures, like these:

Also, basic software like Microsoft Office don’t use them by default, even when selecting a font that actually includes them. So, my own practice is:

I tend to use them in running text, if only because it gives somewhat of a more “distinguished” look
I don’t use them in tables or large batches of numbers (like, scientific numbers with units)

But I wonder: what is the typical advice regarding text vs. lining figures?


texts: Preserve only the shadows and highlights to be overlaid another images?

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I would like to create a mockups of custom flags "on-the-fly" on a website I'm working on. I thought one reasonable way to do that would be to take an image of a flag such as below, preserve/cut only the shadows and highlights, and then add that to a semi-transparent layer above the image I want to appear on the flag thus giving it a little faux depth.

However, every attempt I've made, mostly with the "Color Range/Shadows" selection too have not been sufficient. Is there a better way?

(not looking for PS plugins, mapping, etc. as again the mockup layering will be done on the fly in a web browser)


texts: Is there a program or what is the best way to organize graphics and your artwork? Right now everything is saved on my desktop and I need to get a server I think but not sure what is the best way to go. I will be designing a lot of different things and need to know where to save my stuff and downloading graphics is also going to bog down my computer so any help on how to save and organize my things would be helpful.


texts: How do I scatter icons all over a background randomly?

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I've been wondering this a time now but I just saw a background like this on dribbble. I want to have multiple icons scattered across a background with random position and random rotation using Illustrator could someone possibly point me into the right  direction?

link to the dribble example: https://dribbble.com/shots/1744511-Splash-Sign-up-and-Tutorial-screens/attachments/282439


texts: Create image with links (URL) in Illustrator

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I am creating an image that will be used in an email signature on Outlook. I have selected the different elements and added the appropiate links using the Attributes window in Ai. However, when I save the image I cannot get the links to work. I have saved this as a jpeg, png and gif with no luck. I have used the Save for Web, Export As and Save for Screens.

Just need a little guidance.


texts: How to make an array of dots and paths with Adobe Illustrator?

texts: How can I create an array or 'node net' of randomly sized shapes, with thin paths between them and dots where each path meets another path?


texts: Can we create cylindrical panorama from a polar panorama

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I have been trying to search a way out to convert polar panorama to cylindrical panorama. But I couldn't get anything on it.

So, I would like to ask if is it possible to do so?

Thanks


texts: Change 2 color to one/separate art (Illustrator CC2015 or Photoshop)

texts: Ok, I have art from a customer. They want it printed in one color. When I trace the logos to separate the art they come out terrible. How can I fix this? They just send me a PDF. Do I need to request better art?


texts: Method of filling several cells in a grid quickly in Photoshop

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I am using Photoshop 7.0 and want to fill a grid with diffent colors

After creating a grid with the pattern-tool (works fine), each cell has to be individually clicked and filled with the filling-tool.

Is there a way to quickly fill several cells with color? instead of clicking each cell? - similar to the "brush" tool? - example below

thanks in advance


texts: Edit smart object in Illustrator while viewing other Photoshop layers

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I am trying find an easy way to switching back and forth from Illustrator to Photoshop.
I have two files: one is a raster and the other is a vector. I know in Ps you can place smart objects to retain the vector information but when editing the smart object in Ai I need to also have the raster image layer from Ps to reference. Is there a way to bring in other layers while editing a smart object?

In essence I am looking for a way to link a raster file to a vector file in such a way that when either Ps or Ai is opened the respective file is editable and both files are automatically up-to-date.

So when opening Ps I can edit the raster image and see the Ai vectors then be able to switch to Ai and edit the vectors while referencing the newly edited raster image.

Any help is appreciated


texts: Is there a shortcut for the selector tool in Photoshop (the very fist tool in the tool bar, the one selected when opening Photoshop) ?


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Every time I create a text frame, it automatically sets the text to my "headline" style - which is completely different from my "text" style.

How  can I change that? Every time I create a text frame, I would like for the frame to automatically be my "Text" style.

Thank you for any help!


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I'm trying to write a script that rename and export several artboards based on user input given in a dialog. The script works for the renaming part, but exporting doesn't work.

I tried several options, but I can't come up with something valid... So my question is: how can I write the script for it to identify the artboards and export them based on their

Here's my functions

// Is it an artboard?
function isArtBoard()
{
    var ref = new ActionReference();
    ref.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt"));
    return executeActionGet(ref).getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("artboardEnabled"));
};
// end of isArtBoard()

This is the saveJPG

 // SaveJPG function

function SaveJPG(fileName, teamName, componentName) {
  var quality = 8;
  var filePath = app.activeDocument.path;
    filePath = filePath.toString().split('/');
    filePath = filePath.splice(0,filePath.length-2);
    filePath = filePath.join('/');
  var fileDestination = new File (filename + ".jpeg");
  jpgSaveOptions = new JPEGSaveOptions();
  jpgSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;
  jpgSaveOptions.formatOptions = FormatOptions.STANDARDBASELINE;
  jpgSaveOptions.matte = MatteType.NONE;
  jpgSaveOptions.quality = quality; //1-12
  for (var i = 0; i < layers.length ; i++)
  {
    doc.activeLayer = layers[i];
    if (isArtBoard()) //checking if artboard because there could be a group or a normal layer on a top level
    {
      doc.activeLayer.saveAs(fileDestination, jpgSaveOptions, true,Extension.LOWERCASE);
    }
  }
}

// end SaveJPG


texts: Command line tool to align 2D non-photo images

texts:
Hugin's align_image_stack tool seems to be highly recommended for photos. It may well work in such cases where you have EXIF data, the images are all the same resolution and taken from roughly the same position.

However, what if I just have 2D transformations I'd like to align. No fancy "field of view", 3D position optimizations that expect the images to be of a 3D scene. Lets say I just have two images with identical content. The only difference is one has a margin or the other is cropped a little. Maybe one is a different resolution. At the extreme end, colours may have been changed slightly or there's a watermark/text in the way.

For example...

Is there a simple command line tool I can use to align these two images?

I'm using linux, but something cross platform would be great.

> align_image_stack -a out_ a.png b.png
Unable to read EXIF data from opened file:a.png
Unable to read EXIF data from opened file:b.png
Segmentation fault (core dumped)


texts: Why does my transparent PNG not look good?

texts:
I want to convert a JPG to transparent and using GIMP I added alpha layers and transparency same way I make a GIF transparent I converted it to PNG but it doesn't display well when I load it on my template:

The original image is

Why doesn't it look good when it's made into a transparent PNG? Could I have better luck making a transparent GIF? OR is it the blue colors that don't mix well with the black and I could have more luck using some of the other logos:

Thanks


texts: Page numbering Total pages and sectioning

texts: Can I use both an auto page number marker that shows actual current page number as well as the section number on the same document?


texts: Is Balsamiq good enough to produce a mockup/exmaple of a site to present to a future client?

texts: Is Balsamiq a "Stage 1" product and part of the initial design process for producing a mockup/design for a client or can I be used solely for this purpose?


texts: Remove white thin border from exported PNG from Photoshop

texts:
I have a branding logo saved as a PSD Photoshop file. I'm exporting it to the PNG format with relevant size, but the exported PNG image has a thin white border around the logo.

How can I remove this border to have only the transparent logo image?


texts: Is Fairfield considered a legible typeface?

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I was browsing around on linotype.com when I came across Fairfield which I instantly fell in love with. I would seriously like to use Fairfield for almost everything I do (quite a bit of writing, not much design work) but I'm worried about the legibility.

To my eyes, Fairfield is no worse than many other common serif typefaces, such as Garamond, Sabon, Minion or Janson, yet it has a little character to it. Is Fairfield generally considered legible for most writing or does it have a little too much character for that and is better suited for design work?


texts: What is an "Eber rule?" (Ruler to measure type)

texts:
I heard someone mention a tool that was used for specifying type in the pre-computer days, called an "Eber rule."

What was it and how was it used?

Is it the same thing as a font ruler? And did I spell Eber correctly?


texts: Affinity Designer: How to save embedded image?

texts:
In Affinity Designer 1.6, how do I save an embedded image to disk?

Of course I want the original resolution of the image, and - if possible - the original EXIF data.


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I am pretty new at Gimp, so not sure if this is possible at all.

Let's say I have two lines like this, and I give the impression one line is on top of the other by clipping at the intersection, like this:

Now let's say those two lines are in different layers and I want this "clipping" to basically be transparent (not just white), is it possible to do something in the layer of the line on top to force transparency in the layer below?

I tried to play with layer masks, but did not have any luck...


texts: Is there any way of applying a gradient overlay over a color overlay in photoshop?

texts: Whenever I add a color overlay layer style to an object in photoshop, it goes over top of any gradient overlay I have. Is there any way to change this order?


texts: Recolour image based on lower resolution version

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I want to recreate the following image at a much higher resolution, so it will be suitable for printing in large.

I have found a place where I can purchase a high-resolution version of the ice cream cone, as well as (a good imitation of) the font. The only difficult (to me) part of putting the image together is recolouring the stock photo to match the ice cream in the smaller image as closely as possible. I somehow want to keep the small-scale detail of the higher resolution image while preserving the colour of the smaller image. I was hoping someone here could explain to me how to do this.

The only software I have on hand is Gimp, so I would prefer to do it there. If doing this is for some reason next to impossible in Gimp and very easy in (some recent-ish version of) Photoshop, I might be able to get access to a computer with Photoshop for a few hours, but that would be much less practical for me.

(ETA: To be clear, I have permission from the creator of the image to do this.)


texts: How would you represent distance graphically?

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Ok,

So this might be somewhat "subjective" but I am looking for some ideas.

I want to represent distance as a bar graph (kind of) that gets "fuller" the closer the people are.

The farther they are, the less full the bar graph if you will.

I'm not sure how I would represent that. I have created this graphic to show you my thought process.

Do you think people would understand? Should I specify the "FAR" and "CLOSE" edges? Or just display distance?

Would people understand that as the bar graph fills, the people are closer?

Should I also maybe specify the actual distance? (Either meters, km, etc?) Or forgo the bar graph altogether?

How would you represent distance graphically so that people at first glance have a good idea how near or far the other person is?

EDIT: Ok, so spoke to client for more details and what they came up with was something akin to the circle that @Scott provided, where the current user is "in the middle" and the people around the user are in "orbit". They've seen it somewhere and want that, as opposed to showing the distance for each user.

I will therefore have to display text like "150m", or "Nearby" as opposed to a bar graph with the distance.

However, I wanted to also thank EVERYONE for providing answers, some of the examples are fantastic, I love them and it gives a great panel of ideas to draw upon. Since the "brief" somewhat changed from the initial request, I figured it was best to edit this question to provide some more feedback.


texts: Why does material design recommend a 2dp border radius for buttons?

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I know people prefer rounded corners to regular (90 degree sharp) corners (references: 1, 2, 3), but why is 2dp considered a proper value for border radius?

Is a button that follows this rule more user-friendly than one with a 10dp border-radius or it is just a suggestion and 2dp is a minimum value?

You can find more info here.

  Corner radius

  Buttons should have a 2dp corner radius.


texts: How to subtract an irregular portion from a shape

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using photoshop I have this shape over a regular circle shape. I need to subtract from the circle the portion marked in black. I was able to select the circle portion to be subtracted but here I stop.

Is it possible to subtract from a shape a selection? Or is there a more simple way of doing this?


texts: Envelope distort with top object doesn't give the expected result

texts:
i am trying to curve a text to this shape:

somewhat like this but with the sides smaller, like in the shape.

What i mean is i want it to only wrap like an arc and not like a ballon or so (no 3d?). But i end up getting this result: What am i doing wrong?

Here is the link with the file. Also im using CS6. https://filebin.net/k0qqg0yx94a0xa0i

Thank you in advance!!


texts: How do I save this as single image in Photoshop?

texts: When I do "Save to web and devices..." it shows me the below screen. When I try to save this, it saves it as separate part images. I want to this as a single image. How do I do that?


texts: File Dimension Problems - Saving as JPEG and TIFF vs PDF

texts:
I have just submitted my first design to a print shop; an advert for a magazine measuring 3.333" x 4.583" at 300 dpi. This was a simple design created in Photoshop, layering a logo over an image. When I created the file in Photoshop I set the dimensions and resolution as mentioned above and set the color to CMYK. I should mention, I created the file in InDesign as well which produced the exact same results below.

I saved the finished file as a JPEG. I noticed when I opened the file on my computer the image appeared extremely large (visually, not the file size) 1000 x 1375 to be exact. Realizing that these dimensions were 3.333 x 4.583 multiplied by 300 (The value I had set for pixels per inch), I sent the file off to the printers. I received a message back "the artwork is almost the size of a full page, please resize and resend". I had the same issue with the TIFF format.

I then saved the file as a PDF, when I opened the file on my computer, visually it looked perfect on screen (i.e it appeared actual size, 3.333" x 4.583" - not blown up, like the JPEG and TIFF formats). I sent this file to the printers and the design was approved for print.

I was initially confused about the "resolution" shown below, being only 240 x 330, I was worried it would be rejected by the printers for being way too small! I now realize this resolution is only relative to my screen and has nothing to do with the print dimensions.

Having no experience with designing for print, what I'm confused about is why the JPEG/TIFF files were rejected by the printers? Why do the JPEG/TIFFs look drastically larger on screen compared to the PDF which seems to be viewed at actual size.

The problem was resolved by saving to PDF but what I'm looking to avoid is not being able to save as JPEG and TIFF in the future if those formats are required by a specific print shop who won't accept PDFs.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.


texts: How to remove characters from auto-numbering in InDesign cross referencing?

texts:
my document has autonumbered headings styled as following:
1) Numbered Heading level 1
1.1) Numbered Heading level 2
...
The auto-numbering is set as ^#)^> for heading 1 and ^1.^#)^> for heading 2
When I create a cross-reference it appears like this:
.... my text refer to chapt. 1) ...... please refer to par. 1.1) ....
but I'd like to have someting like this:
.... my text refer to chapt. 1 ...... please refer to par. 1.1 ...
without the closing brackets ).
Is there any way to get this?
Thank you in advance for any help.
Dario


texts: What font does Super Skeleton use for its logo?

texts:
Can you tell me which font is used for the logo of this web site?
How can I create my logo using the same font and same pattern?

What 's the font used for the capital text?


texts: I am trying to print a pdf file in CMYK format with vector artwork that also contains a raster image but the vector artwork color does not print accurately. I have tried flattening transparency and converting colors to CMYK within the document but no luck there. Is it possible to achieve the right colors with this combination?


texts: How to get away from always using a centered layout on my posters?

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I'm currently a graphic designer for a local library who makes around 30-40 event flyers a month (actually about 15 work days, as they need done by the 3rd week and I dont get the next round until the 1st of the next month) for 9 library locations. I've started to notice that ALL of my flyers use centered texts and images. Each event flyer only contains this information and rarely ever deviates from this formulae:

-Event Title

-Time and Date

-Brief Description (1-2 sentences IF I'm lucky..)

so its hard for me to make things both clear and interesting with such little content without throwing it smack-dab in the middle of the page. I've seen lots of more typographical approaches, but that sometimes creates difficulty for patrons that may be illiterate and those who plain don't care to take them time to actually read a flyer.

Has anyone run into a similar situation? I know it's possible to make 'non-centered' flyers, but I'm in quite a rut with it.


texts: How to choose right graphics card for 3ds Max?

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I want to configure a PC which should be used mainly for working with AutoCAD and Autodesk 3ds Max 2013/2014. I'm searching for the best value for the price graphics card.

On the internet all forums and benchmarks are mainly for Geforce Quadro series for such kind of work, but they are too expensive for me.

So I'm wondering if Geforce GTX series will also work fine with 3D design and rendering. Currently I'm looking into Geforce GTX 750, GTX 780 and GTX 970.

Please let me know if you have an experience of working with one of these devices and if you would recommend them. Thanks.


texts: How can one accurately reproduce color from an already printed (hard copy) color block?

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Thanks in advance!  Really trying to find the answer to this one... have an already printed color available in a document.  And now, need to reproduce it on a (wide format) printer.

What should be the best workflow to have this accomplished? For instance, should the document be scanned, made available on the monitor and then printed on the printer, all within the realm of using color management, say with a tool like Colormunki? http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/798928-REG/X_Rite_CMUNDIS_ColorMunki_Display.html .

Any other ideas or tips? Thanks again!


texts: Pathfinder panel missing in Illustrator CC 2015

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The picture showed the current output of my work. I keep to figure out why the merging effect doesn't work. I'm using the merge effect located on Effect > Pathfinder > merge. Because my pathfinder panel is not showing.

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texts: Inkscape: Cannot un-group object(s). and break-apart goes "wrong". How to break object?

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I wanted to split / ungroup the objects. But the object is not a grouped object.
So I tried to "break apart", but the shape gaps were closed, and colored.
How can I separate it to multiple objects without re-coloring everything?
Are these regular object?

Here's a simplified version
and here's the original file

SE question 91098 explains the "what", but not the "why" it became this way (this object is not from bitmap-trace). And the answer is not applicable to ~500 different objects.


texts: How can i write company name characters with wave form like shown below

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I want to write my company name in different syyle.

Is it possible that i can write company name "Amoeba" with these type of waveforms.

or at least i can design letter "A" only using these wave forms.

I am not able to get a idea how should i do it. you guys are professional may be give me some ideas


texts: How do I increase/decrease object size using keyboard in Illustrator?

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I do lots of resizing in Illustrator and I would love it if I could decrease and increase object sizes using only keyboard

Are there any shortcuts?


texts: convert transparent area inside a shape to solid so I can fill with color in Illustrator

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I downloaded a vector image from ShutterStock and edited it to the colors as shown. I want to make the inside of each shape the same color, but about a 50% opacity level, but can't in its current state as the inside of the shapes are part of a transparent background.

How can I convert these transparent areas within the colored shapes so I can adjust the coloring inside the shape for Illustrator?


texts: How to lock a layer from changes including position changes?

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Very standard use-case to lock a layer from unintentional modifications in graphic tools. How is this possible in GIMP?

I've tried the "Lock pixels" "Lock alpha channel", also the layer menu doesn't show anything related. Anyone have a way around to achieve this effect?

Update - 2019-07-18:
Seems to be implemented in the meantime, see accepted answer.


texts: Templates / variable length text / consistent spacing vs. consistent space

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I have a template (for multiple pages in a brochure) which includes a block of text (squarish, fixed dimensions per each page with a border), which describes a program. How do I deal with the variable length of text in the block?

My mind tells me that I should keep the leading the same between lines, but sometimes almost half the description block is blank. I suppose that is okay and I should resist the desire to increase the leading somewhat on blocks of text that are extremely shorter than others? What is the common practice? W.W.Ellen Lupton Do?


texts: Created a poster to print in CMYK, but when client downloads JPG, on the screen it is neon. Will it print how it looks when I created it in CMYK?

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I created a poster in Photoshop and it in CMYK mode because it is going to be printed (not used on the web at all). I saved it as a JPG (also in CMYK) and when I sent it to someone in an email and they downloaded it, they sent me a screen shot and it looks neon colored. I understand this happens because screens are in RGB, but my questions is:

Will it print almost exactly how it looks when I created it in CMYK? (When I opened the JPG on my computer, it looked the same as when I created it in CMYK in Photoshop)

It was originally a light pink color (in CMYK) and on screen when downloaded it looks bright purple.

Thank you in advance!


texts: Merge down/add a layer on all layers bellow it with GIMP

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I wanted to add some text on an GIF animation. After downloading few GIF editors and finding them all complete crap, I opened GIF in GIMP.

GIMP displays every step of the animation as a layer:

I expanded the whole image to contain my text:

And I created a layer containing some text, which I carefully positioned exactly above the image:

But the problem is, how can I add that layer easily on all 30 (or even more) steps of the animation?


texts: In Adobe Illustrator CS6 how to add a smilie or a tick mark into a layer name field?

texts: In Adobe Illustrator CS6 how do I add a smilie or a tick mark into a layer name field?


texts: Looking for service to upscale/resize art from 480p to 1080p widescreen

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I've got some older preexisting artwork in 4:3 480p format, and I want to upscale it to 1080p widescreen, and/or make drop-in replacements that look like they match. In most cases I no longer have access to the high-res originals. I'm no artist, so I'm wondering if there is a service that specializes in this sort of work and what would be considered a competitive/fair rate.

Here's an example piece of art. This one is fairly abstract--a simple Photoshop upscale looks smudgy.


texts: 'Effect > Stylize > Rounded corners' not available in Illustrator CS6

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Well the question pretty much sums it up. I'm running Illustrator CS6 on Windows and after selecting a shape and wanting to round the corners by going to Effect > Stylize I'm looking for the option rounded corners...

All I'm seeing is "Glowing edges", and, well, that's not very helpful is it?


texts: How to control Adobe InDesign from PowerShell/CMD - for: open file, use data merge, export to pdf

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I want to automate business card creation. My idea is to setup a simple web page for user to fill, then data will be inserted to *.csv file.

At this point I know I can use Data Merge in InDesign, so my point is to using command line/powershell: open mentioned above *.csv in InDesign, fill personal information in template (from csv file), then export it to pdf - automatically.

My question is: is it possible to achive above goal? Or such complicated tasks in InDesign cannot be executed from cli.
Additionally, could you recommend some thirdparty software, that will allow for users to setup business card without my interference?

Thank you!


texts: How to quickly come up with ideas? Deadlines are tight and work is plenty

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Deadlines are tight (5 days) where I'm employed at and it really challenges me with coming up with designs/ideas.

For example I'm given 2 different topics but have to come up with 5 different themes/concepts (i.e. invitations, posters, facebook posts, cards) for each topic and sometimes my mind just draws to a blank.

And the thought of the deadline slowly creeping towards me doesn't really help. How do I come up with ideas faster?


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Hoping someone can help as this is driving me mad.

I have an initial opaque shape, which will be filled in a light grey:

I'm using a duplication of the shape to fill with gradients to lay on top. I want to create a very subtle gradient along the edge of the shape all the way round using a slightly darker grey, to create a subtle depth to the shape.

I've tried using multiple linear gradients on the same shape using the appearance panel. As follows, this is what happens which doesn't look right as the gradient doesn't follow the shape edge:

I've tried playing around with the freeform gradient tool, using both points and lines. Lines doesn't work because it only curves (a lot?!) and won't follow the outer edge of the shape. Plus the gradient would run along the line from opaque to grey which wouldn't create the subtle rounded cylindrical tube shape look I am after:

I can't see a way in which to use the 'points' option on the freeform gradient tool, as this means assigning each 'point' to the darker grey colour, but I can't see how to make the middle of the shape transparent (I'm planning on having text running along the first opaque shape that shows through the transparent middle of the duplicated gradient-filled shape):

The best work around i found that gets close t the look I am trying t achieve was to use the freeform gradient tool and the 'lines' option to draw lines around the edge of the shape assigned to the darker grey shaded colour, and to then create more 'lines' using the freeform gradient tool along the centre of the entire shape and assign the points to 0% for transparency. Here's this highlighted:

And the finished effect:

I posted the same question on the Adobe forums but the answer that came back was to create a gradient along a path to use as a fill for the shape, which doesn't work because a path does not replicate the altering angles of its edge of the shape as it curves in different directions.

Was what I did the best/only way? It seems complicated and not very accurate or professional!

Thanks for reading and your patience.

Example for Luciano:


texts: Building A Computer Specifically for Graphic Design, 2K Budget

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I've looked around for a good desktop rig to suit a 2K budget computer focused on graphic design/ rendering  capabilities, but I'm have trouble finding exactly the type of setup that I'm looking for. If anyone is a hardware guru and has a great understanding of how to extract the very best GPU power and Display quality from a budget, and don't mind throwing it into a new egg wish list for me, I'd truly be grateful. Here is the setup I'm looking for:

Triple, high quality monitor display
Performance based on the idea that I'll need to handle high resolution and many layered images within photoshop
Performance based on the idea that I'll be using Blender to render 3-D Designs, which is able to use GPU to render 3D models.
Performance based on the idea that I will likely have 30+ browser tabs open, be running text editors in the background, and be doing all of these things at once, and need the setup to be able to handle it all with no sweat.

I have a TB of external memory, so that should save some cash on memory that doesn't need to be accessed with a great amount of speed, but the 2K does need to cover the three high quality monitors, a large tower with room for upgrade, a disk drive, a mouse, keyboard, and USB ports.

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I think the builds suggested here will be helpful many users seeking rendering machine setup suggestions. I hope this fit's the format, and of course, isn't a duplicate question. I've looked and not found a satisfactory answer anywhere on StackOverflow! I thank you all ahead of time for your suggestions!

New: Thanks for the suggestion to move this to superuser.com! I reposted it here: https://superuser.com/questions/601279/building-a-computer-specifically-for-graphic-design-2k-budget

Thank you for your answers everyone, I was able to change the terms of what I needed to search for to meet the 2K budget thanks to all of your helpful advisories. The user-base here is far beyond the quality and knowledge level of any website in the world, in my opinion. Thanks again!


texts: Embedded .PNG in an .AI file seems to be aliased, but when opened in photoshop with anti-aliased unchecked, it looks anti-aliased!

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My client sent me an .ai file with vector elements in it and a PNG embedded. When I zoom into the .png element, it looks like it was created with anti-aliased turned off. But when I open the file in Photoshop, I import the .pdf with anti-aliased checked off (for the vector elements to come in aliased) and the .png element now has anti-aliasing! (Feathered edges!)

I cannot for the life of me figure out why this is happening.


texts: How to remove grid background on SVG image using Inkscape

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I'm using the Meteocons icon set in my project, specifically the SVG files. I noticed they all display on screen with a light blue 'grid' as a background.

How can I remove this background so that the image is fully transparent? I'm using Inkscape. I'd like to keep the canvas/document size the same.

Please bear with me as I am new to graphic design. Thanks in advance.

Ref: http://www.alessioatzeni.com/meteocons/


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I'm working on a big Photoshop file. With time, it will get bigger and bigger, until my system won't be able to handle it. The image is a RPG map, and I oversized things a little to fit everything I wanted into.

Is there a way to split a portion of all the layers at the same time, so I can save and edit it as another file, without merging/flattening everything, so preserving the layers (text, vectors, effects, etc)?


texts: Inkscape - How do I remove the black background in a jpg file of scanned dice?

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I have scanned a bunch of dice on a flatbed scanner. I covered the dice so the background would get as black as I could. (which means it is not uniformly completely black black)

Now I have loaded that jpg file into Paint and cut out the part that I want and pasted it into Inkscape 0.92.

I wish to get rid of that background as I want to place the dice over an open locker and the original black background is too black.

How do I do that?

Best Regards
Peter
Denmark


texts: Where do the various international business card sizes come from?

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According to the Wikipedia entry on "Business Cards", various countries employ several standard business card sizes. US/Canada use 3.5 x 2in, UK uses 85 x 55mm, ect.

Apparantly, the following countries use a 90 × 50mm card: Argentina, Brazil, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Bulgaria, Latvia, Mexico and South Africa

That's great to know, and I'm sure it's accurate, but can anyone tell me what standard sets the sizes for those countries?

I know that many derive from ISO 216, or ISO/IEC 7810 ID-1, but why does that remaining bucket list of countries (and a few others) use a completely arbitrarily defined size? (90 x 50mm)? I would like to find out exactly what that standard is, or if it's just some sort of random cultural deviation.

To be a little more specific, I'm looking for where exactly the 90x50mm size comes from, and if there is any kind of standard behind it. I'd like something beyond simply "it's relatively close to ISO 216, or ISO/IEC 7810 ID-1".

Thanks for any help!


texts: What is this LCD font used in the cover art for for Kraftwerk's "The Model"?

texts: Please help me identify a font or a similar font that I can use. I want a font that makes letters out of dot on a dot matrix font like "THE MODEL" is written on this image:


texts: Subtracting an open path shape from a shape

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I'm making an letter icon using two shapes, one above the other. The below shape is the letter and the above shape is the letter fold.

I want to subtract the letter fold which is a path from the letter shape. Each time I've tried I've not had any luck with it ended up showing a triangle shape cut out.

Any help here very much appreciated.


texts: Gimp: how to combine two images side-by-side

texts: I've recently drawn 2 images and for the final product I need to combine half of each images, one on the left and one on the right, into a single image.


texts: How to animate/make a gasoline spill pattern?

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I'm trying to create/animate patterns like this, rainbow colors arranged in a gasoline spill pattern:

I know you can do some chromatic abherration alterations using smudge tool in photoshop, but how would I do something like the first image? Or animate the effect? Any pointers?


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I would like a script to update all tables of content in my document. I tried

var t = app.activeDocument.tocStyles;
for (var i=0; i<t.length; i++) {
  app.activeDocument.createTOC(t[i],true);
}

as suggested here, but for those TOC styles I do not uses it creates a new story. So, how can I figure out whether a TOC style is actually used? I know I can loop over all stories and check whether their storyType is StoryTypes.TOC_STORY, but I haven't figured out how to determine which TOC style that story then uses or how to refresh specifically that story. I even considered using

app.menuActions.item("$ID/UpdateTableOfContentsCmd").invoke();

which would just use the menu action (which sounds like something to avoid), but in that case I fail due to the action being inactive - I must change the selection somehow first, but app.select(story) fails due to an invalid data type...


texts: How to convert inkscape arrow to single path?

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I need to use scripted SVG in my web page. I made the basic things in Inkscape.

I have two arrows, like this:

They should change colors using Javascript which I wrote. However arrow markers are not bound to arrows in any way, which is a complication.

I'd like to convert the arrow to single <path> object, which would be much easier to manipulate using scripts. How to do that?


texts: How to create a color of the same brightness and saturation?

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Let's consider three colors: Red, Green and Blue. For blue I created a specific shade, something like #F2F5F7. If you see this color, it has a certain level of shade, brightness and saturation value of blue.

I want to create the same equivalent color but for Green and Red, how to get that?


texts: Remove reflection on glass but keep background intact

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I took a photo of my grandfathers medal cabinet.

I want to get rid of the reflection and make the medals below it visible, just like the other medals.

I found this article but either I'm doing it wrong or I have the wrong tool since my Photoshop is in German and I can't find the correct tool.

Does anybody know a trick what to do here?


texts: InDesign GREP help changing mulitple lines format only

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I am looking for help to make formatting baseball stats for my paper easier. SO far i have been able to use GREP to do a lot of the work for me as changing the lines for every game is tedious. Below is an example from the portion I need to change:

I want to change everything from the IP line to the last line prior to ROCKIES 10.
Here is the GREP I have been, but i cant get it to work with everything from point A to point B

\r\r\tIP.*(?=\u\u)

That should grab everything from the double return with tab and IP all the way to the first two Uppercase letters. I have tested it code by code and \r\r\tIP.* grabs the returns and first line needed only. adding the rest gives me no matches. I'm stumped.


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I am trying to move a layer in Gimp. However, it does not allow me to do so. Instead, I get this mouse pointer:

What does that mean? Why doesn't it allow me to move the layer?


texts: How to flow text around master page elements in Scribus?

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I am new to Scribus, as in I downloaded it last week.

My document has a master page with a page number in a circle, properties are set so the text should flow around it.  That's not happening.

I'd like other text on the page to flow around that circle.  How do I do that?

EDIT: I am using the stable version.


texts: Designing a structure of hierarchical blocks

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I'm charged with the task of designing an invoice. My requirements say it has to have multiple blocks per month and inside each of these blocks, the cancellation part has to be divided from the corrected calculation. Also, we need subtotals for each of these blocks (have a look at my mockup). To make things worse, there can even be intermediate totals between the positions.

The invoice is a PDF document which will later be printed out.
Please don't care too much about wording - it's not english anyway.

So, my question is: how can I best depict this structure of hierarchical blocks? I know there's not the perfect solution, I'm rather looking for different ways of designing these blocks. They should be easily distinguishable and not hurt the eye (like my mockup does).

I would like to stick to my font and use two sizes maximum. I need to use black and white only - some gray would be ok, but I guess it can't take more than one shade of gray. I'd like to cut down on the lines (in large quantity they're more disturbing than helpful).

Do you have some ideas or hints for designing these blocks?


texts: What should be done with genuine vehicle registration plates in a photograph?

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I have some photographs of vehicles that will be used on a website. I was previously planning to only blur out the registration numbers on vehicles not owned by the company, but it recently came to my attention that they'll be changing these vehicles and there's a possibility the old vehicles will be sold to a new owner.

I'm not really worried about any legal ramifications. I just want some sensible advice.

I can think of three options:

Blur the vehicle registration numbers.
Blank the registration plates to their background colour.
Leave it and don't worry.

If you know of more options please suggest them. Altering the numbers/letters on the license plates for each and every photograph would be too much work.

What should I do about genuine license plates in a photograph?


texts: Photoshop - Merge all layers into a smart object or flattened layer to apply final Camera Raw filter

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In some tutorial videos where they composite the scene using various images, effects, shading etc.(in separate layers). And at the end, they would try to apply Camera Raw Filter. But they would do it to a merged version, means all layers would be merged into a smart object or a flattened image.
How can I merge all my layers like that? Here's a screenshot of what am talking about: https://prnt.sc/w3g7xf
Any ideas? Thanks.


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Is it just me, or does the text on the Bootstrap buttons hard to read:

I feel that the text is way too small for the size of the button and the letters are too close to each other, making them blend together. Is this just me?

Are there general principles for choosing fonts and it's size inside the buttons?

Bootstrap is known for its slick design, yet I am struggling to understand their choice for button styling.


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Is there any software that is able to make a depth map for a video and export it to .s3d format?

Similar to this photo but I need to make a video.

I found this one but not sure which suite of the apps is suitable
http://www.yuvsoft.com/


texts: Join two circles to make perfect rounded rectangle

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In Inkscape, how to make two circle to be a rounded rectangle?

Lets say, I have blue circle and red circle. Both of them position like below image:

How to join that two circle so I have perfect rounded rectangle based on the blue and red circle position? So the output something like this:


texts: Inkscape: Project a rectangle on bent path keeping gradients intact

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I have a rectangle (4-node path) filled with a gradient which I now want to bend along its vertical axis in such a way that it resembles the curvature of another Bezier curve that bends in two places. The linear gradient axis should, at every point of the new non-rectangular path, be perpendicular to the Bezier curve (see image).

The picture shows an approximation of what I'd like to achieve, the missing space should be interpolated from the other blocks.
I tried Pattern along Path but I seem to be using it the wrong way.


texts: How to save a GIF with transparency without it creating white blobs around glow? Open for other solutions!

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So, basically, I have a website where I want to put animated christmas lights, nothing to complex.

Note: Don't mind the watermarks, they are just in case...

I made the static image in png first:

Static image:

All ok with that, it display correctly in the website

Then, I tried animating it to gif, in photoshop, and the image was ruined:

Settings:

Final result: http://i.imgur.com/NlQf5VM.gif

So, basically, I just want to know what are all the possible ways of making this animation show in my website, good quality, without white blobs or any blobs at all, and with transparency.

I will really accept any options, gif, video, flash, anything. I would just like to have this on a website.

Note: This is above a slideshow, so, making it match the background is not an option, at all.

Thanks for reading.


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There are tons of phones with different size. Which is the best size for a wallpaper ?
Its for an app in the workings. If I put the same wallpaper image in multiple sizes, the app will look messy. For iphone, ipad and android since both will be different separate apps ofc.
I've been on websites and researching but there are so many sizes I'm not sure which to choose for iphone ipad or android.
Thanks in advance for any help!


texts: What is the best way to resize/enlarge images for high res printing?

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This link is the ONLY one i can find that specifically says to never use resampling in photoshop and to print at best quality and scan that back in. I have never seen this method used ever and i was wondering if anyone else can corroborate if it is best/better than using photoshop or other resizing software.

method described here


texts: What 4c process blend best represents a yellow highlighter?

texts: I'm creating a letter and want to include a highlighted section, I'm trying to find the best CMYK blend that represents that when printed.


texts: How to make curved triangles in Photoshop?

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I want to make a perfectly equilateral triangle but with curved corner and curved sides (not just rounded corners)

I tried to use the polygon tool with the "Smooth Corners" option and got this:

It's close to what I want, but I want to be able to control the roundness more. I want it to be a bit more sharper

How do I do this while keeping it still perfectly equilateral?

I'm using Photoshop CC 2014, btw.

Is this even possible in Photoshop? I'm open to suggestions on using other programs if it is impossible

Any help will be appreciated!


texts: How can I quickly add a black outline to handwritten text?

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I'm working on creating a video somewhat like this one (In case you can't play the video, the video shows a chapter (known as Surah) of the Holy Quran called The Beneficient (known as Ar-Rahman), it shows handwritten text edited out of the Holy Quran to some footage which shows in the background, they also put an English translation above the Holy Quranic text) You see, I have the text from the Mushaf like this:

Then I remove the background, it'll look like this:
I color it white.

I add it to an image.

Now please look at how some parts of (قُلْ) are in front of the cloud, so that it's a bit difficult to see. How can I quickly add a black outline to it so that the cloud doesn't affect it. Know that I need the process of adding a black outline to be quick because I will repeat the same process for all the words. I have heard of a procces where you copy the word, open a new layer, then enlarge the word, then color that word black, and then put the layer of the black word below the layer of the white word, but this takes too much time because I will be repeating this for all the words. Is it possible for me to create "slightly" black outline with one click or such?


texts: I have been hunting all over for a tutorial on how to build arc/rainbow graphs like the one in the picture. I'm confident that I could make paths line up with one another like that but I need a way to get the paths to be sized proportionally to corresponding data. Any ideas?


texts: How to get PDF as glossy pages for cover and back pages, and newsprint for Inner content [inDesign CC]?

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I have been creating an Adobe InDesign replica of a print magazine for my own learning purposes. This question is about the design and print side of InDesign.

I have created an advertising magazine [a free pick-up local one], page size 204mm width x 277mm height, and it has adverts in the following sizes:

Full-page advert 178mm width x 250mm height

Tall advert 86mm width x 249mm height

Wide advert 179mm width x 123mm height

Half-size advert 87mm width x 124mm height

Cover page, pages 2-4 and 53-56 are glossy, pages 5-52 are newsprint. There is also an insert between pages 32 and 33 in glossy print, with page numbers 1 to 8 in Roman numerals [I - VIII].

What would I need to do to ensure these come out correctly - would I export Pages 1-4, I-VIII, 53-56 as ISO Coated v2 300% (ECI) and pages 4-52 as ISOnewspaper26v4?

Would I then merge the PDFs in page number order in Acrobat, and soft-proof in Adobe Acrobat or Reader?

Also - some of the advertisers have colored adverts with grayscale image [e.g. blue box 87mm width x 124mm height but grayscale pictures] - is there a way to grayscale the image [maybe copy and greyscale in Photoshop?].

I would appreciate any advice and help - this is for my own learning purposes, and not an actual commercial print, I am doing this to understand the printing side of things [I am at a basic level of InDesign proficiency].


texts: What is the equivalent to Corel's "Collect for Output" in Illustrator?

texts: Hi everyone I have been using Corel for years. I just started using illustrator though, and need to know, when I finish the design for print what to do. Currently, some fonts and images go missing. My question is can't we save all document including fonts and images in one shot. In Corel Draw there is an option called Collect for output that will collect all those stuff which we used to design. How is this done in Illustrator?


texts: How to apply alternating color fills to a text in Illustrator?

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I'm trying to follow along an Illustrator tutorial on how to personalize a label. In it, the brand's name uses two colors that are applied alternately to each letter. See below image:

The text "haus wine" is made using the type tool. It can still be edited to whatever text I want to. So it hasn't been converted to shape or anything like that.
My question is: Is there a way to select alternating characters that are created using the type tool so I can fill it with a color without affecting the characters in between? From the example above, if I want to fill the letter h, u, i and e  with the light yellow fill, without affecting the letter a, s, w, and n, I would have to do it individually on each letter. It would be nice to be able to do a multiple select when we're in type tool mode. Hope this makes sense.


texts: Illustrator CC 2017 - Create 8-bit style letters with jagged "semi transparent half pixels"? Advice, tips or tricks?

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I am trying to create 8-bit style letters in Illustrator CC 2017 on Windows.

I am working in Pixels.

As you know, anything that is not a straight line, eg. curves or diagonals, would appear jagged with semi-transparent "half Pixels".

Illustrator seems to want to draw everything as smooth lines (as it should) but I am unable to find a way of achieving what I need.

I have tried "Effect > Distort & Transform > Zig Zag"  but that does not add the semi-transparent "half Pixels" and it does not look convincing?

I wonder if anyone has any tips or tricks?

Many thanks


texts: Add and change border type, color and thickness to a path

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I want to create a map, with lines that have borders like roads or railway lines, either solid or dotted borders like normal OS maps.

I have tried to draw lines with the pen tool (and this would be my preferred tool) - but cannot see how to add a border to them or to change the thickness and body colour.

Mostly I use Photoshop for pure image work.


texts: Grid distribution of objects based on their center

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I am trying to align objects in Illustrator in a grid.

(The grid must not show in the final image).
I want the center of each object to be aligned vertically and horizontally, as if it were at the crossing of each line on this grid.

Objects are not the same size.

When I use Illustrator’s Vertical Distribute Center option, I get this (note the red lines = not good):

but what I want is this (note the blue lines = good):

If I group my objects horizontally first, then distribute the space vertically, I get this (red = not good):

(My objects are not rectangles, but a logo of the same company name. Under each instance is the name of the country-specific branch, which is what makes each object a different size). Image 2 was done in Blender with Oscurart alignment tools

How do I grid-space objects in Illustrator?


texts: Is it possible to remove part of an image (and the canvas) in Photoshop?

texts: I have a web design in photoshop but it is too long. I'd like to remove a horizontal section from the middle. Can this be done?


texts: If I'm using the pen tool in Photoshop to create a long, curved, line, is it possible to find the length of the line?

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I have a map on Photoshop that I'm drawing a path on using the brush tool (with the spacing on the brush settings at 164% to make the lines dotted, if that matters at all.) I'd like to find out what the distance of the path's total length is. My plan would be to use the pen tool to trace over the path that I've made to get a close estimate, but this only works if I can find the length of a line that was made using the pen tool. Is it possible to find the length of a line that I've made with the pen tool?
My guess would be no, since what I've seen so far from similar questions makes it seem like the the equations that Photoshop uses to store the lines don't have a way to store the line's length. If there's something I'm missing and there's a possible way to find the path's length, please let me know.


texts: How do I shift/remap one range of colors to another in Photoshop?

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I have attached an image to hopefully explain better, but if say I have an image that ranges from color 'A' to 'C', and I want it to range from 'B' to 'D' instead - what is the best method?

I'm sure it has something to do with color range or similar. I'm aware of the Hue + Colorise method, but it doesn't allow me to pick the end point colors (B and D).

(Also ignore the shadow in the image.)


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I'm having trouble scaling a photo in illustrator.

As you can see when i choose place and the image appears on the canvas the quality is perfect.

Now when i scale down the quality is bad.  The edges of his head are jagged.

I don't know if i accidentally changed any setting in illustrator.  I'm working with a client and want to get this done as soon as possible.  The smaller image should be just as smooth, i've scaled down images in the past and the edges haven't looked this bad before.  How do i solve this?


texts: Why are images with proPhotoRGB profile not displaying colours in inDesign correctly

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I have been experimenting with exporting images from Lightroom 6 using a variety of rgb and cmyk profiles as both jpegs and tif (8bit and 16 bit). The images all look much the same on Windows Explorer but when I place an image that uses proPhotoRGB profile into inDesign there is an extensive change in the predominant colour (Blue). I get the same problem regardless of whether I use jpg, 8bit tiff or 16bit tif. The problem only occurs when you place the image the colours for all versions look the same when selecting the image from a dialog

The image below shows how the images all look the same in the open dialog but when the image placed into the document it looks different.


texts: Pattern making tool illustrator. Adding fill to background tile

texts: Is there a way to create a background fill for a repeat tile while editing a pattern making mode in illustrator?


texts: How to abstract a shape out of imported 2D file in SketchUp Make 2017

texts: I imported 2D file to SketchUp but can't select the puzzle shape only so I can use the Push/Pull tool for this specific shape. How to do it?


texts: Flat design vs skeuomorphism, which one is most preferable?

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As per my knowledge nowadays there's a trend going with flat design. That's cool.
These are the things people associate with flat design

Simple
Clean
Colourful
Modern
Trendy
Easy to use
Perceived as more honest
Modern appearance

There are also some arguments against flat design

There is little or no need for illustration
Style sheets & load times tend to be some What smaller
Content is presented in a very straightforward fashion
Action objects become slightly more unclear to end users
Relationships between objects can only be achieved through color, shape & proximity

Coming to skeuomorphism

It helps to user to understand the purpose of the app almost immediately,
it can put a coat of perceived polish on nearly anything,
it is a safe & familiar approach for designers & users

but the drawbacks are

illustrations can cause delay in design & development time
larger files take longer to download and render in browser

so in both there are advantages as well as drawbacks... but please suggest me the best in that?


texts: How can I distribute many rectangles inside a larger rectangle, minimizing empty space, without rotation?

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I have about 50 rectangular pieces of paper, with dimensions between 1 and 5 inches and different "aspect ratios." I'd like to fit them all inside the smallest rectangle possible. Additional constraints are that each rectangle should not be rotated (imagine they all have an arrow on them, and the arrow must be pointing up) and no rectangle be cropped or resized.

I've tried approaching this from two angles. First was digital collage software. However, it seems that because collage software are used for digital collages, most if not all don't have options to preserve image size. Many seemingly don't even have options to disable automatic cropping.
Second, I've looked into nesting software used for CNC and laser cutters. This seems more promising, but most do not have an option to disable rotation, most are priced for commercial use by big companies, and many require knowledge of CAD software (no .svg importing).
What software (either standalone or plugin/scripts for Photoshop or Illustrator) could help me with this problem? I'm aware of questions like this and this; I'm hoping that better solutions exist for shapes that are irregular, but all rectangular.


texts: I have a directory containing several images size 640*480px and I'd like an automated procedure using Gimp to pick these up and 'tile' the images beside each other with no overlap, to make a new large image a bit like a proof sheet.  For example, the output image could be four source images wide by ten deep, for a 2560*4800 resulting image.


texts: Any problems with light text on dark background?

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My high school journalism teacher always said putting light text on a dark background is hard on readers' eyes and is a bad thing to do. But in my experience making spreads, there are many instances where light text on dark background looks awesome and definitely enhances the appeal of a spread.

Is this "no light text on dark background" a good rule of thumb?


texts: Working with minimal direction and no feedback from client

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I have a client who is "too busy" to provide direction (or even feedback) regarding his new marketing materials. I have brochure cover ideas that are going in vastly different directions. Do I show him and his small group of decision-makers works-in-progress, or do I work up 2 or 3 ideas into a "finished" state and let him pick (and hope that he likes one of the 3 ideas)?

I'm loath to spend huge amounts of time creating polished work that's going to be rejected and cut into my bottom line.


texts: Are dotted pictures a new trend in Web Design?

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I've noticed lately that some of the websites I visit regularly are adopting a new and bizarre trend in Web Design: "the dotted pictures". Not sure what to call it. It looks as if a pattern of regularly-spaced dots was deliberately layered on top of all thumbnails, or sometimes it's a light grid pattern instead of dots, but the end look is similar. It looks like a dithered picture somewhat.

I personally find the effect terrible and at first I thought my browser image rendering was at fault, but I tried 3 different browsers and I can still see the pattern. Looks like it was intended.

Actually, one of the websites that used to do that went back to regular pictures. It was a newspaper website and I suspect they got a bunch of calls asking why their pics were all messed up and reversed the decision after a few months.

Has anyone heard or seen this before?

Example link: http://www.linkedin.com/today/se/editorspicks


texts: Gaming Icon Question for A Flat Design Gaming Portal

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My designer is working on a flat design for a gaming portal for World of Warcraft.

We want to use icons for a sub-menu and figured using icons directly from the game would be best from a user perspective. The problem is that the icons are all 3d. Here's an example:

We'd like the menu to look like it's a part of the flat style but we're not sure what to do to pull it off. Also using these icons breaks any type of uniformity that a menu usually has (since all the icons are fairly differently)

We can use random flat icons because the sub-menus ARE a little generic... but I still think that using something from the game would be best for users.

Does anyone here have any input that can help us come up with a workable idea to use?


texts: Illustrator - Making inside of image transparent

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I'm trying to make the inside parts of an image transparent. I used the image trace feature in Illustrator 6 to successfully get the outside transparent, but when I attempt to select the inside parts (inside the hand, around the eye) and then delete, it goes to black instead of transparent. See image below for details, I basically would like all whitespace transparent (so its just an outline)

Thanks!


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I am requested to provide an image file that should be supplied at 300 dpi resolution for .jpeg and .tiff or as .png files. I already have a png file here. When I check "file" in cmd I got:

  Figure 1-1.png: PNG image, 560 x 747, 8-bit colormap, non-interlaced

From this information, how do I know that the file satisfies the requirement?


texts: Why do my Illustrator linked files look desaturated on Photoshop?

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I have a Photoshop file with only a layer in it, the layer is a linked Illustrator file. Both files have the same color mode, and assigned color profile. The problem is that Photoshop is showing all the colors in the embedded file a bit desaturated.

I have turned off the option Proof Colors in both applications, the color mode is RGB, and the assigned profile is sRGB (IEC61966-2.1) for both documents.

This is a stripped-down version of the file. For some reason Illustrator is showing me the same desaturated image than Photoshop but only in the preview when exporting the image for the web, so what troubles me is that the image I see in realtime on Illustrator is not the same that will be exported nor what will be shown on Photoshop.

This is a screenshot with both Photoshop and Illustrator set to Proof Color in Monitor RGB

Also the color settings for Photoshop (left side) and Illustrator (right side)


texts: Logo Critique: Which version elicits the intended reaction?

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This logo is for an upscale startup veterinary clinic.
Considering both the typography and the image, which version of the logo conveys message of memorable, friendly, yet upscale?
Color has yet to be added - narrowing down typography class and image style first. Typography and images will be tweaked later, as well as color added.


texts: Color conversion, RGB to CMYK, different values in Photoshop

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I'm trying to enter the color #00ADE3, using Adobe Kuler and ColorHexa and another website; when I enter my color #00ADE3 I get the same CMYK(100,24,0,11).

My Photoshop gives different CMYK values instead, here are my color profiles:

Any of you entering the #00ADE3 gets the same CMYK? What color profile are you using?


texts: Help! I cant figure out this setup for an indesign file

texts: I just need some extra guidance in my homework. So I need to set up a file in InDesign with a specific bleed, and I don't know what to do because InDesign won't let me set it past 6 in. Please help! These are the requirements:


texts: Adobe Illustrator CS6: Using the shape builder tool to create a custom shape

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I am trying to make an illustration of a hot air balloon in Adobe Illustrator CS6 by following this video tutorial.

I am at the initial stage of the tutorial where the circle and triangle shapes are joined together using the Shape Builder Tool (between 0-41 seconds of the video).

I have the following:

When I try to use the Shape Builder Tool I get the following:

However, in the video tutorial, using the Shape Builder Tool gives the following:

Only one segment of the triangle is highlighted.

I am not sure why I am not getting the same result as the tutorial when I try to use the Shape Builder Tool. Any insights are appreciated.


texts: What are the rules for creating optimized image formats?

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When creating images for games on mobile devices the smaller the image is the better. What are the general rules for creating images and making sure they still look good in 16 bit or smaller.

For example using gradients and 16 bit formats don't go together. What other considerations need to be made.


texts: How can I develop a system to translate ideas into Ideograms?

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I am in the process of creating some infographics for some design thinking methods. I need to translate sometimes complex (but with common themes) ideas into visuals.

To put it a different way, why does it, when you see an arrow pointing right, indicate that you should go or look right?


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I have created a .psd file with a background layer that I added a stroke to. Adding the stroke worked fine until I had to re-size my canvas. After I re-sized the canvas my stroke now only appears on three sides of my layer. I have tried to edit the stroke, even tried to delete it from my layer but I cannot get anything to work.

Why did my stroke drop from one side of the layer after I re-sized the canvas? How do I fix this? I am running Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.


texts: Bucket fills leave a gap with boundaries in Inkscape

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I am using Inkscape 1.0 on Kubuntu 20.04. I have an area with boundaries where I chose to bucket fill. It works fine, but there is a distinct gap between the boundaries and the filled area. In case of corner, it is a fillet than a pointed edge. Please see the image below

Can we overcome this limitation somehow ? Any help will be awesome.


texts: What's the width to mockup websites for desktop and mobile now?

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Recently, I was practicing web design beyond code things. But after I opened Sketch and just started to make a rectangle of my site, I got stuck.

What width should I use?

I'd search for the resolution stats at this site. And for my own taste, I chose 1440px for width. (Due to the characteristic of 1440, it's easier to divided 2, 3 or 6. ) However, now I have to choose the width for mobile (and also, if possible, for tablet). Although there's an article about media query on CSS Tricks, I have no idea how many px should I use.

Is there any way to figure out this?


texts: How to Un-smart a smart object to apply threshold adjustment

texts: I can't apply threshold adjustment on a smart object. So I decided to unsmart it but can't find the way to do it. Please suggest.


texts: What is the drop shadow filter for snapshots on Mac OSX?

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If someone was to match the drop shadow settings OSX adds to snapshots what would the CSS settings be?

For example, here's a blank image:


texts: Lower the amount of graphical objects, lowering the processing time - Inkscape?

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I am drawing a landscape in Inkscape and so far i have drawn, mountains, a river and several trees. The trees are groups of many subobjects, like branches and leaves. Since I copied the tree several times, I now have maybe like 1 or 2 thousand objects.

I am using a laptop with Dual Core processor and 4 GB RAM, but 2 of those are dedicated to the graphics card, so 2 left for general processing.

Is there a way or trick on how to lover the number of objects(without loosing quality) so that I can draw without Inkscape stuck for few moments, sometimes, minutes?

Should I just use some of those, "Difference" or "Union"?


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I'm looking to save a PNG on a white background with an active clipping path.

Whenever I reopen the file however, the clipping path is gone.

Any suggestions? These files MUST be PNGs.

These are requirements given to me by the client, they require all images submitted to be PNGs with an active clipping path saved on a solid white background (no transparency).

I suspect, someone who doesn't know what they are talking about made those requirements. I wanted to be absolutely certain that this was impossible before I go to them and look like an idiot.


texts: How can I change CMYK and Registration colors to RGB in Scribus?

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I need to convert all of my file's colors to RGB.

Most of them are already RGB. There are 2 CMYK and 1 Registration.

I can edit the RGB colors into CMYK with the Edit button, but not the other way around.

Any idea how I can do this in Scribus? Or do I need another program to do it?


texts: What is an expert set in the fonts field?

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I have read it is a font with additional characters and ligature.
The expert set was introduced it in the beginning of the 90s, see http://www.typophile.com/node/40309.
from fontshop.com:

Exp | Expert Set
Depending on the foundry Expert Sets could hold different configurations of glyphs. The naming implied that those fonts provided all the characters missing in the standard fonts that a typographic expert may have need of. Originally Expert Sets included only small caps, oldstyle or hanging figures, additional ligatures, often super- and subscript letters and numbers, plus some additional special characters and sometimes swash variants. Normal height capitals were absent, and their slots were occupied by other expert characters.

I am wondering if there is specific elements that characterize an expert set beyond the fact that there is additional characters provided.


texts: Printer wants to use CMYK 30-30-20-100 for black which produces a dark purple?

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I'm doing some work for a food truck wrap and the printer wants designers to use 30-30-20-100 CMYK for all black objects. For this particular project, the entire truck itself will be black with other design elements on top of it. However, this produces more of a dark purple which throws off the colors of all other design elements on the truck.

For example, if I want to add a dark grey design on top of the black truck, it looks like a dark grey design on top of dark purple instead. Do I have to adjust all other design elements to match the dark purple or do I just keep the dark grey on top of the dark purple and let the printer work it out?


texts: Export layers to files script not working

texts: I'm trying to export certain visible layers to png in photoshop cs5 using the "export layers to files" script, but all it does is make a copy of the psd in a new tab and freeze.  I tried in cs4 and cs5.  Are there any considerations I need to be aware of?


texts: How do I treat requests for work for causes that go against my personal principles?

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Recently, I received a request for a quote from a party that promotes and teaches an ideology that diametrically opposes my own beliefs. The job involved designing promotion material for classes and lectures about the ideology.

How do I treat such a request? And, if I took it, how do I detach my personal feelings in order to still do good enough of a job? Is that even possible?


texts: How to create overlapping objects in Illustrator CC

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I am trying to create a turbine engine in Illustrator with overlapping fan blades, but whenever I rotate the object around the center, I get one blade that does not follow the same curvature as the others. The blades all have a thin white stroke.

The problem is that there is always the top object that sits above the others and throws off the symmetry. I have been driving myself crazy because I know there is probably a relatively simple way to fix it, but I can't think of it to save my life.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!


texts: gimp : move a curved text layer, not just only borders of selection

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I would like to move a curved text with Gimp. Here's below the current text to move (zoomed) :

For instant, I can move it but after, the old text remains (filled in white) and I can just have the borders of new curved text (in blue), like this :

How to make disappear the old text and fill the new one (in white) ?

Or maybe there is a way to move directly the curved text without having to move borders and after fill it ?

I am using the following "move tool options" :

I have to precise that I am on MacOS 10.9.5

Any help is welcome, regards


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I have a strange problem with Illustrator.  The company I am working with has a stock hex colour - #0074aa (1).

According to online conversion sites, this hex code translates to the CMYK of:

C:  100
M:  31.6
Y:  0
K:  33.4

When I add these CMYK values to Illustrator as a colour swatch, these translate to a slightly darker, deeper blue (2).  Alternatively if I add a swatch with the Hex value of #0074aa, the CMYK values are completely different.

Confusingly, if I put the translated CMYK values that Illustrator came up with after entering #0074aa into an online converter, the resulting hex match is completely different - a bright cyan blue (3)!

Does anyone have an idea as to why this is occurring?  When I sent a business card design I made to the printer, the colour printed out was the bright cyan; hence why I am trying to figure out the reason for this problem.

I send my files to the printer by PDF.  I'm working in CMYK mode in Illustrator CS5.  Viewing the CMYK on iPhone also shows the bright cyan colour.


texts: Must one have a knowledge of fine art to be a Graphic Designer? Should all Graphic Designers know how to draw?

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Is it true that nice design comes with a nice  drawing?

Do designers have to know how to draw to be a good designer or not?


texts: What font is used for Batman: The Animated Series?

texts: Can somebody tell me what font the word "BATMAN" is in this image? Or what any very similar font style to that.


texts: How to structure logos with different color combinations in Illustrator?

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I'm sure this is a common problem, but I haven't found an efficient solution yet.

I've created a 4 color logo and I want to create a few versions of it with different colors for use on different backgrounds. I'd love to be able to use the same symbol as much as possible.

My natural inclination is to duplicate the symbol over a number of artboards in the same file, and have a different color scheme in each artboard, but it seems like I need to break the symbol to accomplish this.

My assumption is that there's no quick solution to this, but is there a common workflow that keeps things more-or-less linked and organized?


texts: what's the font used in the new Material Design, And how to get it?

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What is the font used in the new google Material design interface?
And if it's possible, how do I get it?

This is the interface in case:


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I have traced object which contains lots of polygons. Something like this:

What I want is to outline this object similar to stroke, with solid color. How to
create a simple object which is actually outline of my object?


texts: How to create a PDF which has a background that does not print

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Is there a way to create a PDF file that shows a background color or image when viewed in Acrobat Reader, but when printed that background does not get printed by default?

Ideally, this would happen as the default for the PDF, i.e. the user need not be concerned with any settings. I am interested, if this is possible at all, but tool specific answers regarding Creative Suite are welcome, too.


texts: I have an AAS degree in Graphic Design from 2004. I have worked steadily in the graphic design field ever since (employee, contract & freelance). I am now looking to further my education and would like to know how professional certificates from places like EDX.org are looked upon by potential employers in comparison to traditional education paths (Bachelor's Degree).


texts: Where is the option for scaling stroke width in Inkscape?

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When you scale objects in Inkscape, it either scales the stroke with the object, or it leaves the stroke width alone.  I think I've seen a button for it on another post next to "Affect:" but can't find it.

Where is this option actually located?


texts: Illustrator hairlines when importing to Photoshop

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I know there's a million questions about the hairline bug in Illustrator. However, I couldn't find an answer to my specific problem so I'm asking for help.

I created a dumbbell with Illustrator and want to import it into a Photoshop document. At this point, the hairlines appear. They're not appearing in Illustrator since I have anti-aliasing turned off. I think the problem is having a PDF-compatible AI file (which is necessary for Photoshop). Is there a way to fix this?

I can't tell if the problem is the AI file itself, or just Photoshop. If it's a problem with the AI file, I'd like to fix that directly.


texts: Why do designers use Illustrator and then take to Photoshop

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I've watched a few YouTube videos where some designers build their outlines in Illustrator of an image, then they take it to Photoshop to do colouring. Why do they do that?
I'm a relatively early in my learning journey with Illustrator (no knowledge of Photoshop) so interested in understanding the motivation to consider this move. They can colour everything in Illustrator so makes me wonder what is missing in Illustrator that is present in Photoshop.


texts: Hiding symbol (and other weird) fonts from Photoshop

texts: In my Photoshop fonts menu there's a lot of fonts I'll never use, and these get in the way of finding the fonts I do use. Can I hide those never-use fonts from Photoshop? (I'm not sure font management software would work because a lot of these fonts are system fonts and a font manager's solution to my problem is to completely deactivate the font, which would hide that font both from photoshop and the rest of the system, and that would cause problems, I'm sure).


texts: How can I "un-activate" the active layer in GIMP?

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I like to use GIMP with the show layer boundary setting on  so that when I'm working with a layer a dashed border appears around it.

However, once I am finished working with the layer - and I'd simply like to view and consider the state of the image - I'd like to dismiss the border by deselecting/deactivating the layer as I find the dashed border distracting.
So far the best solution I have come up with  is to select another layer - that is less prominent, but this is not ideal, I'd like it to go away completely.
To be clear, I want to  keep show layer boundary on so that in general active layers are bordered, I just want the border to go away by having no layers selected/active.
How can I do this in GIMP 2.8?


texts: How to make tiled versions of single image?

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I have a an image of a stone tile that I would like to make several copies or iterations so that it appears as all new images are slightly different.

I am trying to create a tile floor using an image of stone. I would like to modify the image slightly to appear different from the rest so as to not repeat. I looked into PS variables with no success.

Any thoughts?


texts: Moving Sketch's iOS UI Design Library to Symbols Page

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Sketch has iOS symbols embedded. It's difficult for me to find the symbols I'm looking for by just looking at the names in the dropdown menu as shown below.

I can't seem to find how I can view all these symbols at once in a symbols page, or how to move them to a symbols page. Here's an screenshot of another file - ideally the symbols in the library would be laid out in a page like this. Any suggestions on how I can view all the iOS symbols in the dropdown on a page?


texts: Changing the colour space of a website - or some other way of getting vibrant colours

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I have a website that uses some very vibrant colours. One of them, according to Photoshop is (in hex): #75d0ed

Looking that colour Photoshop (with an Adobe RGB (1998)) working space, it is electric blue, but in the browser (which I guess is sRGB), it looks very bland.

Is there anything I can do about this? Is there any way of changing the colour space of a website so it's not sRGB? Or is there some other way I might preserve the vibrant Photoshop colours on a website?


texts: Illustrator Extremely Slow With Linked Photos

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I am creating some large banners at my job, and using Illustrator to create specifically shaped clipping masks. The problem is, this file is getting way too large and slow. I am trying to figure out how to convert this to an InDesign document, but not coming up with very good methods to import the clipping mask / crop boxes over. I should have made this originally in InDesign, but didn't think Illustrator would run this slow (not on the best machine).

Any ideas?


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I know that in CS6, you can save as CS5. But right now, I'm at school on the computers in my design class. I have a file that I made at home in CS6, but I need to open it on my school's computers that have CS5. How can I do this?

If I can't do this, can anyone do it for me? Thanks!


texts: At what size can I print a pixel image of an existing without losing quality, and can I use it for personal or resale purpose?

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I have an image of Wang Ximeng's A Thousand Li Of Rivers And Mountains which currently resides in the forbidden palace in Beijing.
I fell in love with this painting and searched high and low for a suitable image which i could digitally sample and which i have painstakingly restored with Photoshop to clean it up and get it to a point where i could print it at a reasonable size.
The original picture sampled is 39974 × 1600 pixels can you tell me what the largest image it could be printed at without loosing definition or becoming pixilated
Also a further question is, will i be infringing any copyright laws if i was to get a large scale print of the said image either for personal or resale purposes.
Thanks


texts: How to position text blocks relative to other elements?

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I always had this question in my mind and never managed to answer it.

How do you position text regarding other elements? Let's say you want to have a block of text, a heading block of text, at 16 pixels from another element. You strip the line spacing (aka line-height) on the text and move the block 16 pixels or keep the line spacing and move the block 16 pixels which will result the block of text being further away from the previous element. Please see the attached picture for clarification.

What is the best practice for my problem? I am also thinking if eliminating the line spacing will influence in some way the development, even if a tool like Zeplin is used.


texts: Making a logo file print ready for embossing without having spoken to the printer

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I don't believe this has already been asked on Stack Exchange.

I'm finishing up a project to design a logo for a client who was originally planning to have his logo embossed/stamped onto stainless steel tumblers (vacuum flasks).

He has informed me, recently, that he isn't sure anymore, whether he is going to emboss the logo or just have it printed on the tumblers.

I told him I should speak with his printer to find out any specific information needed to properly prepare the logo file for embossing. I told him this before he mentioned that he was no longer certain about whether he would be embossing or printing the logo. When he told me that, he said not to worry about preparing the file for print, one way or another because he has enough knowledge of Illustrator to go in and make any changes that may be specified by his printer, once he's made the final decision to emboss or not to emboss.

I accept what he's told me (for the most part), since it is his logo, after all, but what I'm wondering is whether there are certain basic preparations I could make without having spoken to the printer that would be helpful to my client so as to avoid any complications with the final product, once he's made up his mind on what he wants to do and has to go in and modify his file to printer specification.

Are there some general things (besides the design being in vector, cmyk, font in outlines, etc.) with respect to the spacing between elements or die lines or anything that I could make sure to have in place?

The logo itself is not overly complex. It uses thick, rounded fonts, is all in one color(black), and there are no intricate paths or visual effects present, either. Hopefully, those things alone will be enough to promote a hassle free printing experience, whether or not the decision to emboss is made.

Maybe, I could give him two vector files for the logo, one that is as emboss ready as possible and another, as optimal as possible for non-embossing print job.

I have never designed a logo that was to be embossed on to a metal surface before. I work with developers so they can't help.

If anyone who has some experience with the process of embossing on to stainless steel or has designed a logo that was embossed could give some advice, I'd be most appreciative.