texts: What scale to use for an extra large window graphic?

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The print shop I work at just purchased a over size printer, HP Latex 360 that uses Onyx Thrive. We have a client looking for a large scale window graphic to cover the front of their car dealership.

My problem is how to create the file the correct size or correct scale.

They have two rows of windows, sizes as followed:
17 windows that are 41.25 in wide x 111 in tall
17 windows above those that are 41.25 x 41.
One window that is 46 in x 111
One window above that is 46 in x 41 in.

If my math is correct, my finished art size should be 747.25 x 152.

As this is my first project of this scale, should these be created window by window, as a whole, or in sections?


texts: How can I identify color if I have only LAB coordinates? Is it possible to do it by using x rite spectrophotometer?


texts: Flickering Disaster in some photos with A7III

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I made a disaster with Sony A7iii silent shoot, I have a huge flicker in some photos.
Is there any way to fix it a little at least? Thank you so much!!!


texts: Inkscape - Permanently Change Default Document Background Color

texts: Just like the title says, does anyone know of a way to PERMANENTLY change the default document background color in Inkscape? I know you can do it on a by-document basis in the "Document Properties" dialog, but I'm looking for a way to make it so that it defaults to a particular color whenever I open up a new document.


texts: How to save logo for web from Illustrator (logo looks pixelated after uploading)

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Every time I try saving my logo from Illustrator, it comes out blurry.

The logo was done in Illustrator (as a vector file). I tried tracing the outline, rasterizing, saving in all types of files....The font still looks blurry. I have no idea why. I use a Retina Display mac and haven't tested it in a regular computer.

Suggestions? Below are a couple of different file saves...


texts: Is there any tool which allow to manage the space between two different shapes in Adobe Illustrator?

texts: AS a beginner sometimes, face problem while making some shapes which has same space between them. As mentioned in the following example, how to deal with such issues?


texts: Best practices for client presentation when not face to face

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When presenting a project to a client, I like to walk them through stages. This helps me limit their perception to a specific path of design and tends to go a long way to helping them understand aspects of the project that they may overlook otherwise.

When presenting design roughs or mock-ups via email or via links to web pages a problem arises. The client doesn't stay where I want them. They will often click ahead or view things I don't yet want them to view.

In a face to face meeting I control when a client sees something. However, it's not feasible through electronic communication to send a link or PDF, then discuss, then send another link or PDF and discuss.

Phone conversations are not workable, they would still require a PDF or links.

If mock-ups or roughs are set on a web page you can create a link path through various pages, but there's no guarantee a client won't click ahead too fast or just click ahead before you get a chance to discuss anything.

So.. my question....

When a face to face meeting is not possible and you are working on a project that is, let's say, a logo... How do you ensure the client views items in the order you want them to view things and which allows you to discuss iterations down the path you want?

Are there any best practices for this?

Edit to add
.... And if online meeting software installation is not an option?
although current answers regarding meeting software are valid answers. Just wanted to open this up a bit more if possible.


texts: Since I began designing an app on 1080 x 1920 pixel artboard on Illustrator, how do I give files to developers who are using Xamarin to develop the app on both iOS and Android?


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Working on this mark I wanted to try a subtle drop shadow under the negative-space "tick". Unfortunately the tick is not an object. It was and object, but I have already subtracted it from the "box" behind it.

Below you can see the effect of an inner glow effect on the lower half of the box. It almost works, but of course applies the effect all the way around.

Can anyone think of a way of getting a drop shadow under a non-existent object, or do I need to backtrack to keep that tick shape.

Risking a double question, if I do need the tick object in order to apply a drop shadow to it, is there a fast way to turn that negative space I have now back into the object?


texts: How to make this shape in Illustrator CC

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I am not a graphic designer but I can do a few things in Illustrator.

My task is to convert the below image to a vector in Illustrator. I can do everything fine except the top blue shape. How would I do this? Any help is greatly appreciated!


texts: Changing InDesign Master Text Size After the Fact

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I am just wondering (if u dont mind helping me with a question)......if I create a master page, and then I edit the text in the actual page (therefore overriding it), and then go back to the master page, and change the text size of that box, it doesnt change the text I changed.

Is there a way to do this? For instance I may want to change the text size or things in a template at a later date. If I apply the master to all the pages after, I would have to re-enter in all the data/content all over again.

Because I am creating a PDF of a company's brochure but the size of the product pages may need to be changed later. If I want to do this, all the data would need to be reentered. So I think there must be a way but I just started using it a few days ago.

Thanks a lot!


texts: Illustrator stroke throwing spacing off?

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I am trying to create simple lines that are horizontally evenly space. I don't think it's so much the stroke.

I tried using the align panel and distribute spacing horizontally, but it's not working?


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When I use the crop tool to crop an image and then export the result, the output is uncropped, i.e., has the original size and includes content outside the cropping rectangle.
For all intents and puposes, the image appears cropped in Gimp.
In fact, the pixel size displayed in the title bar is the cropped size and that is also shows under image - change canvas size. In older versions of gimp, cropping an image simply, well,  cropped the image ...
What am I doing wrong?


texts: I need to replace a XXXXXX sequence in my document with the same number of underscore characters. I'm using (Y{2,15}) as the find argument, but can´t find out what is the correct code for the replace argument.


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I have been asked by my college to design a banner for print, this is going to help promote the course we are on etc.

The print size is 500cm x 250cm.

I was going to do this in Photoshop with the following sizes:
50cm x 25cm @ 300DPI

Do you think that these sizes in Photoshop is correct? and would look great printed, not pixelated? I've never designed for something so big before, and when i've entered the full size its over 1gb file size!

Thanks


texts: Keeping Transparency and White color in Adobe Illustrator CS6

texts: First off I am using Adobe Illustrator CS6 and I have an image that has a white stroke and a transparent background. Whenever I try to use image trace a white background fills up the transparent areas and using the ignore white setting removes all the white from my image which I dont want to happen. Anybody know how I can keep my transparent background, and my white colors in my logo while using image trace?


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I've learnt the basics of InDesign and created a 10-page magazine with some adverts in (stored as PDFs). My earlier question here was from a purely educational standpoint; not an actual printed magazine, for clarification purposes. (Apologies for not clarifying this last time)

The version I am using is InDesign CS5.

The magazine is 200 mm x 270 mm (200 mm width x 270 mm height) and I have adverts in 193 x 270 mm (all dimensions quoted here are width x height), 193 x 130mm and 93 x 270mm in size (stored as PDFs created from InDesign).

This magazine is only for educational use; I am not actually printing a proper magazine yet.

My question is, what's the basic standards for inserting adverts into InDesign (I know how to do it using the Place function of InDesign) - do you insert them in at the size the PDF was (193 x 270 mm advert for example) or would you rescale / resize them? What do you tend to do?

I did look up on Google, but that was information on how to do it, which was useful for me.

However, what I'm wondering is, if this was an actual production magazine, how would I do it properly?


texts: Objects in InDesign not changing opacity

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I have been working in the same document the past few days with no issues. even this morning everything was working normally. I was using a few objects with lighter opacity applied to them.

All of a sudden every object that had an opacity applied to it was displaying at 100% opacity. When I try to go back and adjust the objects opacity, nothing visibly happens.

Maybe I hit something on the keyboard and changed a setting unknowingly?

Any ideas as to what may be causing this issue?


texts: How to create a spikey badge sticker in Photoshop

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I want to make a "deal" or "hot" sticker that is effectively a glossy-looking circle with spikey edges and some text inside like "Great Deal!". I'm not very skilled at Photoshop, so specifically:

How can I make the circle have spikey edges?
How can I give it a glossy finish?
Is there anything else I should do for the sticker effect?


texts: What is the best software for creating exam paper template?

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I regularly create exam papers in Photoshop with two types of pages: left and right.

We create the questions in Word and then add them into Photoshop. However, this process takes a lot of time and the resulting PDF is quite large and non-vector.

What is the best software we can use to create vector PDF outputs but still be able to use our design?


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I'm wondering, for a given font which I have the .otf file for, is it possible to adjust the fonts initial line spacing? For instance, I'm an iOS developer, and I noticed when you set a fonts line spacing to 0 within the program, it may differ from another fonts line spacing which is also set to 0. This leads me to believe that differing fonts have differing line spacing when at 0?

Are there any freeware programs out there that might let me adjust this value for my font?

Thanks.


texts: Extra space created around object when using the shaper tool

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When I try to use shaper tool to merge two paths, it creates all that extra space up top.

https://vimeo.com/305816637


texts: Filling vector paths partially in Inkscape

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I am trying to understand how to approach a problem where I have a vector path that I only want to fill only a part of the path of.

For example, here is an unclosed inkscape path that I want to fill the "D" section of.

The shape is not closed, so filling it causes this:

if I move the point slightly.

Is there a way to avoid this kind of issue?


texts: Illustrator: which canvas size and settings for new logo document

texts: What canvas size and other settings should I do in Illustrator when creating the main master design of any logo?


texts: Simulate pressure brush with mouse in Illustrator

texts: I want to get a brush working like in Adobe Illustrator Draw where the ends are thinner than the main body. I cannot figure out how to apply a fake pressure like this without having a drawing pad/tablet, but I know this exists. I'm using the latest Illustrator CC. Thanks!


texts: Possible Way to Create Cartoon Tree Effect in Illustrator? A Circle with Ridges / Small Curves Around It?

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I often have to spend a lot of time making every single curve around a circle if I want to create a cartoon tree:

When I know it would be so much faster if there were a way to get points around the circle and then create curves from point to point:

Is there a feature that would make possible with Illustrator?

Thanks!


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I hope there is an obvious solution that I just don't know but when I save to pdf from illustrator I get a thin white line along the top, sometimes a side. It's really noticeable when I do full screen view. Yet in the illustrator document the colour is past the art board.Is this just an on screen viewing issue? or is it fixable, it will be viewed as a full screen pdf so I was really hoping i could figure out how to stop it.
thanks!
first image is the block of colour over the art board


texts: How to insert web links on the page margin?

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I am typesetting a print magazine in InDesign. I would like to put URLs to related content in the margin. Ideally, I hoped I could “attach” the URL to some anchor in the main text and have the URL automatically appear in the outer margin and move with the anchor. A bit like this:

Is that possible? (I know I could easily do that by hand, but I am only interested in an automatic solution that wouldn’t require me to move the URLs when the anchor moves.)


texts: Is our company logo too similar to this established brand?

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I designed our company logo by incorporating the two first letters of our name (W and M) and then put a circle around it.  We chose a teal color that was pulled directly from the color of a lake we visited. It was by chance that the W and M happened to be reminiscent of mountains.

It's been brought to our attention that Marmot's logo may be too similar and that we should consider changing ours before it turns into a lawsuit at some point.  It doesn't look similar to me, but then again I am very attached to our logo and have no clue where we would go from here.  I'm looking for objective opinions.

Our company manufactures yoga apparel (specifically leggings) with crossover appeal amongst many sports (outdoors included).  Marmot manufactures mainly technical outdoor gear like outerwear and sleeping bags so not exactly the same market but similar.

TIA!

Our logo by itself:

Marmot's logo:


texts: Decreasing the page size when saving to PDF

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I created an SVG image in InkScpae. It is 1328 pixels wide.

Then I did "Save as PDF". The resulting PDF was 15 inch wide.

I need the PDF to be in the width of an A4 paper - about 8 inch.

I tried to play with the DPI setting, both while saving the PDF and in "File -> InkScape settings". I increased the DPI from 90 to 200 and to 300, but it did not change anything - the PDF is still too wide.

What can I do?


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I am attempting to use some single line stick fonts in some tags for engraving purposes. Everything looks good in Illustrator but I need to convert that text to a path for purposes of engraving. When I convert the stick font to outlines I lose parts of the text. For example a "-" disappears as does the horizontal component of the "A". Any suggestions on a workaround?

The font I am using is available here.


texts: indesign paragraph spacing ignored after table

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I have a paragraph style that specifies 12pt spacing before the paragraph. Works fine, except when the paragraph follows a table and then the spacing is ignored.

but the paragraph options clearly show the 12 pt spacing

Why is that being ignored?
EDIT
It certainly appears to be the import. I've tried all variations with table style, including setting basic table and ensuring i don't have any other table styles defined and it always imports at 0p4 -0p4. Help


texts: Shape with GaussianBlur SVG filter is exported as base64

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I'm using Illustrator's default gaussian blur SVG filter:
<filter  id="AI_GaussianBlur_4">
    <feGaussianBlur  stdDeviation="4"></feGaussianBlur>
</filter>

Shape appearance:

However, the exported SVG contains a base64 encoded image and not a shape with filters:
...
    <g class="cls-3184">
      <image width="316" height="200" transform="translate(1760.45 695.76) scale(0.24)" xlink:href="data:image/png;base64,XXXXXXXXXXXXX...."/>
    </g>
...

I manage to "manually" apply the filter by editing the svg and not applying the filter in Illustrator. I don't see why the program is ignoring it. Any advice?


texts: Adobe scripting compatibility for different products

texts: I am trying to understand scripting for adobe products using extendscript and I have a doubt whether I can re-use a script between different adobe products like ai, ps, pp and ae? Will there be some kind of granular level modifications between each of these product's apis?


texts: How would you illustrate that an image is encrypted? I want to show the original image and then the "encrypted" one. I want people to see that it's based on the original photo but I don't want it to look like the encryption is too insecure. This is a bit tricky, since it always is insecure if you can recognize that it is based on the original image but using "real" encryption would make the illustration less effective.


texts: Add alpha channel selection is not available on gimp , why?

texts: I can not select the option add alpha channel on gimp, why? What can I do to correct that error?


texts: What version of Adobe Illustrator do I need to downsave my files to (for customers) in order for all versions to be compatible?

texts: I am busy designing illustrations in Adobe Illustrator for a customer, and they have kindly asked me to save my illustrator files so it is compatible with all versions, and they don't run into any problems. I would just like to know which version I should save it as? The options are: CS6, CS5, CS4, CS3, CS2, CS, Illustrator 10, 9, 8, 3, and Japanese illustrator 3.


texts: Please help identify the font of the "Voyage to the bottom of the sea" tv series logo

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I'm looking for a font similar or identical to this one:

I search with "what is the font?" but I could not find anyone.
The most similar that I found was:

http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/Plastic_Beach.htm

but the uppercase are lowercase but bigger.

Underwater and Underwater love are more different.

Thanks in advance :)


texts: Incorrect paths in icon font generated from SVG


texts: Grid axis is off in Illustrator? Not Vertical or Horizontal aligned with ruler

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I'm slightly new at AI. This is a new issue that I began to see today. It appears that the grid is not 100% Horizontal/Vertical with the ruler. So my objects are snapping to those angles.. reflecting and rotating are affected.

I browsed through my preferences but I could use some direction with this fix.
Thanks!


texts: Can I use a derivative work of an editorial image for commercial purpose?

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I want to use an editorial (image which cannot be used for commercial purpose) image which contains a celebrity and crest of the sports team.

I've use Photoshop filters to create a water-paint effect photo. The face of the celebrity is completely hidden/blurred as is any crest or other identifiable data.

Can I use this derivative image for commercial purpose?


texts: What is a good generalized "navigate to" or "open" or "more" or "choose" or "select" icon?

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Imagine a table with many rows in a web application. The first column contains only an icon, no text. When single-clicking the icon, it must represent selecting that row and takes you to a new page. What icon would you choose?

Update: In this particular case, it is selecting a program. Not a software program, but a government program (i.e. the government is running a program to give money away). I was hoping for a context-free icon, and may settle on a hand icon  but a context-sensitive icon representing a program would also work.


texts: Is it normal to send a CMYK file without an embedded color profile?

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I've been sent a number of CMYK tiff images for some custom processing in Photoshop. These are expensively-shot images (Hasselblad digital body, full studio setup, already processed in Photoshop CC) for expensive glossy magazines.  They come from an experienced, professional photography shop. Yet, the tiff files include no color profile, and I've seen the same thing in the past from other sources too.

Hoping for the best, I chose "Do not color manage" in Photoshop and shipped out my modified tiff files without embedded color profiles too.

Is it common for high quality CMYK images to be shipped about without embedded profiles? For RGB images, I'd think that a potentially serious mistake. Is there something about CMYK working practices that makes it acceptable?


texts: How to pick a fitting typeface for the title of this graphic?

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This is a map of topics that I cover in my project. The current typeface of the title is Androgyne, a script one, because I feel that the yellow background theme is a kind of evoking an emotive feeling.

(SVG file)
However, a critic says that:

First, script in the title is generally harder for people to read and some fonts just make that worse. For example, in your main title, "Sphere" looks like "Sphene" due to the cursive bend in the lowercase r. Finally, script fonts are a mess to properly kern. Most pros I have seen use script effectively actually use either their own or someone's handwriting to nicely write out the content and digitize that. Second, script typography helps to support the content in theme. For example, think of what a wedding invite that has script literally all over it. That makes sense, but if you were to open a geological survey map and script fonts were used all over it... the support and the legibility is gone. There are uses for script, but note here.

I agree with that advice in general, and agree that the letter “r” is troublesome. But besides that, I feel the typeface in general fits the theme (which I haven't found a word to describe it yet). So assuming the letter “r” is fine, can you suggest more critiques to this? Do you have any suggestion for a replacement?
Related: Given a set of surrounding colors, how to find a good color template?


texts: Is this calligraphy style working for my brand?

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I would like to know if the calligraphy style signature looks good and if the type face for miss graphics compliments it. Also, which colour scheme looks best. Thank you :)

Miss here means mr. mrs. ms.

I am a female so I am Miss Graphics basically. The calligraphy is a signature I created myself of M and G. Design process involved experimenting with various icons and signature fonts but in the end I decided to go for signature logo given the fact that Miss Graphics should look like my name and the signature has to represent that.

When I couldn't find the right font I drew the M and G myself on touch screen and added calligraphy brush effect on illustrator. This process has taken place over a very long period of time but I want to finalize my branding now.
People already know me by the name "Miss Graphics" so there is no changing that. I just need to decide on the branding. I would love your opinion on whether this signature look is working or I should try something else. Thank you :)


texts: How to avoid multi-layered PDF's created in InkScape

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Given a pdf, is there an easy way to find out whether is has multiple layers?
The files I am concerned of are made in InkScape (in which they were multi-layered SVG's) but how can I figure out whether they do still have multiple layers when converted to a PDF? I use File -> Save as -> *.pdf to convert the SVG to a PDF.
If they do have multiple layers, what is the 'cheapest' way of flatting a PDF? (I don't want to buy Adobe Acrobat or start another free trial, though I know it is possible there.)
The importance of this is that when printing, multiple layers may not all be printed.


texts: How to align all objects in the center of the artboard using Illustrator?

texts: Is there a shortcut to align all objects in the center of an artboard instead of doing it manually?


texts: When I stroke a path, I always get antialiased lines (examples on the left in the image below), but I'd like to have pixel-perfect lines like the one (hand-drawn) on the right. How to do this?


texts: How to convert old scanned documents into black and white

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I have some old documents that have been scanned, and I want to convert them to black and white. Content should be always black, and background white:

I use Photoshop.


texts: Difference between graphic designer and visual designer

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I see myself as a multidisciplinary designer. I do both graphic design and web design, with a main focus in visual-identity design. I’m also into illustration as well as type design, and I do work for both digital and print mediums.

I'm just wondering if using the title visual designer to describe what I do would be correct? Or would it be more accurate to describe myself as graphic & web designer instead?


texts: Single keyboard shortcut for multiple settings in Adobe Photoshop

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I understand that I can change brush opacity by typing a number (e.g. typing "2" and "3" in quick succession will set opacity to 23%) and brush flow by pressing "Shift" and typing a number.
But I need to change between two settings for flow and opacity almost every other brush stroke. I want to paint a few lines with flow and opacity at 100%, then some lines with flow and opacity at 33%, then at 100% again. Having to type five keys (or seven, if I want to set to 100%) before I can paint the next stroke is taking more time than the actual painting – and I usually miss the correct keys and have to spend a few additional seconds correcting the faulity settings.
I would therefore like to be able to change both settings with a single click of a keyboard shortcut, and change the settings back with a single click of another.
How can I achieve that?


texts: Saving a greyscale image as a bitmap file converts to indexed colours

texts: I'm trying to save an image as a Greyscale bitmap file in Photoshop but it keeps changing to Indexed colours. This also causes the image to become really dark. I am trying to change the files of a game and it is very important that the image stays in a greyscale format.


texts: The most legible sans-serif question mark for small sizes?

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Trying to come up with the most legible sans-serif question mark for my Google reCAPTCHA's help icon. The ones that Google use are either too retro or too unreadable (below).

I want a question mark that is so clear at such a tiny size, yet so similar to standard sans-serif that my users immediately will understand what it's about instead of getting hung up on the design itself. It should be aliased for maximum clarity. I've tried Miniml, redrawing Helvetica etc., but I just can't come up with one that feels right.


texts: How can I import a multipage PDF as a multipage page layer in Adobe Acrobat

texts: I've got a 288 page 4-colour PDF and a 288 page text black PDF. is there a way that I can import the text black PDF as a layer across all the 288 4-colour pages? At the moment I can only seem to do this manually one page at a time.


texts: Is it possible to "invert" an SVG file? Not the colours, but the actual areas/paths?

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I have an SVG file, and I want to create the opposite of it.  It's a monochrome icon, and I want a version where the logo is transparent and the rest of the rectangle is filled paths.

In theory it feels like it should be a common problem, and something like Inkscape should have an "Invert Paths" (or similar) function, but in practice I couldn't find any relevant help in Inkscape or Google?

Thanks!


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I am planning to design a couple of phone cases which contain features other phone cases don't have.

My plan of action is like this:

Design phone cases on computer
Send emails around to companies that manufacture and sell phone cases showing my designs and asking for a certain price (like 10% sales on the phone cases)

This is first time I am doing something like this. Is the approach I am planning to do is correct in trying to get a company interested in my phones cases designs?

(If this is wrong place to ask this question then can you guide me to the correct Stack Exchange site please)


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Is it ok for designers to not organize PSDs before giving them to developers?  If not, how do you prepare your PSDs for developers?

I'm asking, from the perspective of a developer.. the designers I work with always provide me with PSDs that are huge.  Layers are scattered all over the place, and I spend hours sifting thru smart objects and layer masks trying to find the elements I need to cut out.

I've attempted to communicate to them that I'd really appreciate if they would even simply just delete layers they're not using, or group layers together so I'm not trying to find things because 1 layer which corresponds to another layer is in totally different folders in totally different places.

I even went so far as to take one of the layer comps that they gave me, and organized it in a way that I thought would be reasonable..  It was disregarded.


texts: What's a good replacement font for ITC Avant Garde Std?

texts: I have a PSD comp for a website and the titles are in ITC Avant Garde Std. What's a good replacement font? It should be available for the web, either free or on TypeKit.


texts: I'm having a very basic issue. Whenever I try to create a circle (spline)... it doesn't come out rounded, but "angular"! Even if I increase the number of points it doesn't change. Please help!


texts: Popular serif and sans-serif browser compatible font combinations?

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I was curious as to which combinations of serif and sans-serif fonts are preferable to use that are compatible with  most browsers.

While I am aware that with the introduction of CSS3 importing custom fonts is a great solution, I was wondering, as a back-up, which combination would be good to use? Is there even a good/bad combination with the available fonts?

The fonts would be used for a restaurant webpage.

I'm not 100% familiar with typography and would appreciate some professional opinions.


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I'm working on a script that receives a bunch of input from the user to change certain text fields around the document. Given the amount of input I want the user able to change in a single run of the script I've set up a UI using ScriptUI.

In an attempt to make this UI interactive and since one of the options for the CTA area is to have a single long-form CTA I have set up my UI to remove the edittext when "Long CTA" is selected, and add it back in if any other CTA Type is selected.

In order to achieve this though I have to call win.layout.layout(true) which does the unfortunate resizing of all of my panels.

and it doesn't return to normal after re-adding my edittext field.

I'm not familiar with how the .layout() function works on dialog objects or how panel sizing works (all of these panels have preferred and minimum sizes which seem to be ignored). And have had a hard time finding good reference material for explaining these in detail. If anyone is able to provide assistance in maintaining the look of my window it would be greatly appreciated!


texts: photoshop workflow: after action ran, make early step revisable?

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I often want to make my workflow revisable -  I often go back to an early step and change it, and, often with help of Smart Object if later layers are NOT all adjusting layer, I could pass that change to later layers, thus add least extra workload.

Now I need help with a specific situation: say I pack the following steps into an Action: copy a channel, High Pass, Apply Image 3 times boosting contrast. All in a Smart Object, so workflow is revisable.

After this Action ran, I go back and change High Pass value, now: I want those 3 Apply Image changed correspondingly and automatically, question is: how can I achieve this?

I know I could replace 3 Apply Image steps with one curve, but sometimes it's subtle, and this question is also about method, I could use this method, if any, to other situations.


texts: I constantly use the pathfinder tool and I began to wonder, is there any shortcut for this? specially for the "add shapes" function.


texts: Correct usage of the Apple App Store Badge

texts: Is it against Apple policy / guidelines to create a custom button that links to the App Store, or does it have to be the official App Store Badge?


texts: Group several items using rectangles with rounded corners

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After trying for an hour now, and again realizing that inkscape is incredibly powerful, but also second least intuitive to use, please someone help ...

I attached the picture of what I want to do:

What I can do so far:

Make an empty rectangle
Change color and make the line dashed (way too many points, too close points so far)

PS: You might already have deduced from the example what level of skill we are dealing with here. Also, how do I put in a new line after the picture?


texts: Can I clip on all objects at once using Inkscape?

texts: I have created a poster using several objects throughout several layers. I would like to export the final document with a small, white padding. Can I use Inkscape's clipping functionality to create a rectangle that is slightly smaller than the page and then make everything outside of that rectangle transparent, such that a margin appears?


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I'm unable to set the Zoom level to 100% by using my beloved Shortcut Ctrl + 1
after upgrading Photoshop to its newest version (CC; 14.0; x64).

I can still use the Zoom tool (Z) and click the appearing 100%, but thats not really handy.

Is this a known (and maybe fixable) bug or indented behavour?


texts: From a CAD model to an Illustration drawing. How to?

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I am trying to draw the best illustration I can for a user manual.
I have a CAD drawing in .STP and I would like to get some simple illustations in .AI or .EPS or .SVG

I tried to export the illustrations with a couple of CAD programs (3D Via Composer, 3D MAX) and import them into Illustrator. The drawings are innacurate, borders aren't curved but made with several segments.

How should I handle this?


texts: How to make this colour effect in Adobe Illustrator?

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Hi! I'm thinking of making a design that resembles this image.
Do you have suggestions on how to create the colours in it?

I'm not sure if they are manually chosen or is there any other method you would use - say - colour blending mode?

Just wondering how the pros are doing it!


texts: Adjusting workspace size according image in clipboard

texts: I have image in clipboard and would like to paste it into Adobe Illustrator new document. I don't know what is size of image, but I would like that new artboard would be created according to picture dimensions. Is it possible somehow adjust this functionality?


texts: How to rotate all items as a group? (In a script, Illustrator)

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I have an SVG with a few curved paths.
I'd like to create n versions of this, by rotating them around as a group (360 / n degrees apart), around the center of the square-shaped canvas they're in, like this:

Then, I'd like to save these into separate SVG files.

Based on some initial research, this should be possible in Illustrator. However, I can't even get it to rotate all objects as a group, I can only rotate each object around its center with:

doc = app.activeDocument;
sel = doc.pageItems;
for (var i = 0; i < sel.length; i++) {
    sel[i].rotate(30);
}

How could I do this? (I'm also open to any software alternative.)


texts: Avoiding stacking and tangling paths when making paths and join them with shape builder tool properly in Illustrator

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I tried to make a logo properly using circles and lines, and then combining them with Shape Builder tool instead of tracing the sketch manually, but I am left with nasty tangling stacking paths and points.

What I was up to is dividing circles by 15 degree and use shape builder tool to my liking.

My question is why this happens and how to prevent this?


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

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A client has asked me to create a flyer for them but they don't know their font or have any digital assets to share with me. I've tried using whatfont, but it isn't working on the pdf of the business card they shared with me.

Does anyone know what this font is called, or what might be similar to it?


texts: Measuring distance between guides in Inkscape

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In Fireworks, I can hold shift to show the distance between two guides, is it possible to do so in Inkscape?

If not, what is the option left to position everything symmetrically?


texts: optimizing a website mockup for portfolio

texts: I saved my website mockup as a jpeg and the highest quality but when i upload it to my portfolio and see how it looks i notice the quality is worse still. The proper size is not showing as well. Anyone know why?


texts: How to create 90 degree bends with wide arc?

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I've been attempting to create a graphic like the below. I've tried using the arc tool and just the path tool.

However, my results always seem wrong, for example, the spacing on the bends are uneven?

Is it a matter of trial and error with the path tool or is there a simple way in Illustrator to achieve the desired effect?


texts: Why am I seeing boxes in the outline overview in illustrator CC

texts: I have downloaded this vector graphic from a freebie site and when i see the outline overview using "ctrl+y", i can see these boxes. Why is this happening and how to remove them?


texts: image colors different from windows photo viewer to other programs

texts: I have a jpg I output from Illustrator.  When I view the jpg in Photoshop or a browser, the colors are consistent, but when I view the same jpg in Windows photo viewer, the colors are much darker.  I think it might be a color profile issue, but I'm not sure.  For what it's worth, I recently began using ColorMunki to calibrate my monitor, and this hadn't been an issue prior to that.


texts: Multiple colors for different shapes under one layer (Vector) in Photoshop?

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Is it possible to give different colors for shapes that's all under one layer. Basically i am trying create a vector icon in Photoshop though I know its possible through Illustrator.
Is it possible to turn that circle shape in some other color? All needs to be in same layer and vector. I felt myself this question tricky.

Eg:


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i have an app called sketchbook pro on android..when i try to blend colors it adds up to dark murky black brown..Which is opposite to white.

I want to know why i am getting black, and what can  i do.

Side Stuff:
Also, opacity doesn't work. Opacity works as flow..instead of opacity. And opacity affects each repeating circle instead of whole line in brush setting.

Is there  a better app for painting and drawing.


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Munsell color reference chips are really useful for painters but awfully expensive.  It should be easy to create a sheet that can reliably be printed on most printers though, shouldn't it?  I.e a PDF with vector images (to avoid rasterization artifacts) of colored squares (with Munsell labels) that comes from a regular sampling of some volume of CIE Lab (we don't really need the really saturated chips, matching near neutral colors is more useful).

One problem is that most color profile workflows deal with matching the monitor to the printer, while what we want to do here is send the right CIELAB values so that two sheets from the same printer match (assuming their CIELAB->CMYK profiles are correct). Vector formats like SVG do not yet reliably implement specifying colors in colorspaces like CIELAB.

I suppose one can just start by sampling CIELAB and then converting to a standard RGB colorspace then printing.  I am not sure if this could be problematic with two hops.

Is there a more clever way to create such a color reference?  One would think it would have been done long ago if it was this easy.  Is there something about reproducibility between printers I am not taking into account?

EDIT: Paul Centore has some wonderful tools and write ups on his site:

http://www.munsellcolourscienceforpainters.com/

He get right to the main question in this very accessible and detailed writeup (with full code posted on his site):
http://www.munsellcolourscienceforpainters.com/HowToPrintAMunsellBook.pdf

Why doesn't this quite answer the question?  His writeup assumes that the printer is a blackbox and he calibrates output with the X-rite "ColrMunki" spectrometer.  If we can trust the printer ICC profiles that map CIELAB->CMYK then we should need to do this if we (implicitly) send CIELAB values to the printer.  I would have assumed (for high quality printers) the ICC profile is reliable, is that the case?

UPDATE: A personal communication with Paul suggests that indeed, color profiles typically do not predict color coordinate values within 1DE (a measure of colorimetric distance).  Colors that are farther apart than 1DE are generally distinguishable by the human eye. Some profiles and commercial printing processes are often 4-5DE away and can be considerably worse in the worst case. Paul's approach, using a spectrophotometer, was demonstrated to often predict under 1DE (using an Epson R2880).

It appears that despite considerable rigor in printcraft, we do seem to
be limited inherent variability in commercial printing processes.
While color profiles should enable us to reliably print Munsell color
charts in principle, the underlying physical  variance in the process
seems to swamp out the predicted gains in accuracy that might be
obtained with better sampling and interpolation from profiles.


texts: Adding clipping mask to certain strokes of text in Photoshop

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I'm new at Photoshop, but I'm trying to use clipping masks and stroke to design a logo. I have the text with a simple black stroke like this:

And I can add a clipping mask to the text WITHOUT including the stroke like this:

What I want to accomplish is having the clipping mask over the original text like in the second photo, AND have the clipping mask over a SECOND stroke (not the black one), like this; ideally the clipping mask would be over the original text and over the lighter blue stroke while leaving the black one visible. I can't figure out if there is a way to do this at all.


texts: Does building a site from a design concept violate creative commons no derivatives clause?

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Let's say I'm building a personal blog / portfolio site and I'm looking for design inspiration.

So here is an example of a website design concept that is protected by creative-commons-no-derivatives.

Let's say I love design elements contained in this design concept such as the header.

Does actually creating the HTML markup violate the no-derivatives clause?
Where is the line between common design "elements and stategies" like the header in our example and "style unique to the artist" that is completely protected by the clause?


texts: How to apply separate opacity masks to different fills of on object in Illustrator?

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I'm using Ai and I'm trying to make an object -suppose a simple rectangle- with two different fill colors. One color is above and would be textured by an opacity mask so the second color would be seen through the first color. I can achieve a similar result by placing another rectangle with the desired color underneath the first one, and simply apply my texture to the top rectangle so the second color -or the second rectangle- would be seen underneath it.
But I'm wondered if there is a way to have this result with only one object? I've tried to do it by applying opacity mask to different fills of my rectangle but whenever I add an opacity mask to only one fill, it will automatically be applied to all the object and its fills, I don't know why it does happen since in the Appearance panel we should be able to add different effects and opacity masks to separate fills, but it looks like it's useless, applying one opacity mask to one fill would make it applied to all the fills and the object overall.
Any advice?
I want to achieve something like this. The pink fill would be seen underneath the blue textured fill.


texts: Resizing a file in Photoshop CC - no constrain proportions box?

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I'm a complete novice to Photoshop CC and I feel like I'm missing something very obvious, but I can't find the answer. I want to re-size my 1024 x 748 image to 1024 x 768. When I look online, it simply refers me to the "Constrain Proportions" option box to accomplish this - for example, like in this pic:

However, when I go to the Image Size option, all I get is this:

I have no option to constrain proportions or not, and if I try to resize my height to 768, for instance, it tries to scale the width along with it, which I do not want and stretches the image. Am I missing something very obvious? Thanks.


texts: How to create dark background and/or monochrome version of logo?

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I was redoing a logo that I did before for a company.

Original Logo:

New Logo:

Flat Version:

Dark-Background Version:

As you can see the dark version is not of a single shade of grey, if I make it all white it loses the depth in the logo. Can someone guide me in how to make it a single color(shade), so that the depth is not lost?


texts: Illustrator keeps moving my object to 0.5 px

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This is Illustrator CS5. I'm trying to export to PNG, but I keep getting a black border on two edges of the final image.

I know the usual issue is the alignment of the object on the artboard but Illustrator refuses to align my object with the artboard correctly. My artboard is set to top left position, x=0 y=0, w=512, h=512.

My object is the same exact size, but if I set it to x=0 y=0 Illustrator moves it back again, to either 0.5px or -0.5px. This obviously causes the bug with the exported PNG. This doesn't work for me with either Export or Save for Web & Devices.

How do I solve this? Is this a bug? Do I need to make the object 1px bigger than the artboard every time, just to get around this?


texts: How to fix outer/inner glow glitch in Illustrator?

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Previously I had made this artwork in 2400 x 3000 resolution, but now that I'm trying to increase the document size to 3200 x 4000, parts of the glow for a text is acting up, no matter what I do. There are sharp cuts in the glow.

Also, there is a strange cut in the inner glow of the letter C which looks like the white border around each letter (see image).

Appreciate it if you could tell me what the problem is.


texts: Is there a way to adjust a font width between normal and "Faux Bold" in Adobe Photoshop? Or define how thick will be a font while "Faux Bold" is set?


texts: Multiple images on page - how to select any one easily

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I'm using Photoshop CC (new user).

I am creating a collage with 40 pictures.

All of the pictures import into a different layer.

If I want to move one image - I have to click on the layer first - then I can move the image - but this is very cumbersome.

Is there anyway for me to simply click on the image I want to move, and it becomes the image that I can move - without having to first find it in the layers panel?

Thanks for any help,

Mark


texts: What are the uppercase letters in this web page banner?

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I designed this banner ages ago for http://www.TheNettles.com and like a putz I've forgotten the font name and I no longer have the font file.

What is the font of the "T" and "N" in this image?  I'm pretty sure the lowercase letters are a different font that I already have, Kelmscott.

No luck with http://whatthefont.com


texts: Adobe Illustrator - Using Pathfinder with fx Effects

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I am trying to thicken a Path using fx Effect and then use Pathfinder to cut Minus Front this path with another Compound Path.

The result I am getting is Pathfinder works but doesn't take into account the fx Effect.
I have also tried to thicken the path with by adding stroke but Pathfinder doesn't take the stroke into account either.

More Detail:
I have text that I want to display above a graphic. The text is white and blue.
I want to minus the text from the graphic below.
If I just do this there is no space between the text and graphic
So I want to first make the text thicker then minus it from the graphic.
This should result in the text above the graphic and some space between the graphic and text.

I am not looking for the easy fix, i.e. just make a stoke around the text. I want to minus the thickened text from the graphic below.


texts: Drag and drop from finder into illustrator without it creating a new document

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I'm dropping svg files (about 15 icons) from finder, into my open doc in illustrator, but instead of placing them onto that artboard, illustrator opens up a new document for each one.

How can I get it to just paste into the file I want them in?


texts: Colour inverted for tiffs in Windows 10 File Explorer preview (but not when you open the image up)

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When I make jpg files into tiffs the preview of the image shows the colours inverted. I read somewhere that it might have something to do with the 'PhotometricInterpretation' tag being set to a value other than 1. I have no idea what that means or how to change it. I'm using Photoshop CS6 on Windows 10

Interestingly, if I change the colour split to RGB it previews fine. A CMYK jpg also previews fine. So it's not the file format or the colour mode specifically but some sort of interplay with the CMYK colour mode and the tiff file format.


texts: Clipping mask from complex shape InDesign

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this may be a duplicate question but I can't fix this problem with the solutions I've found.

I have three images in InDesign:

Background 1
Background 2
Mask Image (complex silhouette of a forest)

I want to keep Background 1 as the main background, and clip Background 2 into the shape of the Mask Image. I've removed the (previously white) background of the Mask Image in Photoshop to create an entirely transparent background, and added an alpha channel.

So, it should be a case of Ctrl-X on Background 2, then select the Mask Image and Paste Into.

Except... this doesn't work. Background 2 does indeed go into the Mask Image's frame, but it doesn't take the shape of the trees. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?


texts: Preparing In Design facing pages bleed and color for print

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Hi guys I have a problem with my printer complaining all the time that the images in my doc are RGB and bleeds are not good.

Do you know how to check if all my images are Cmyk and how to set up bleed marks just outside of the document on facing pages?

Every time I try to set up crop marks I get this


texts: What font is used in Code Runner 3 by Nikolai Krill?

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It is not Menlo, it is not Consolas, it is not Hack, it isn't anything I could find on web. Please help me find this font (To be specific, the one used in the middle of the picture (the code area: from 'def permute' to 'print [permute....')

I need this exact font because I'm most comfortable with it. Since it's MacOS and I'm running Windows, I need to find the font in order to download it. Thanks in advance!

I tried Font Squirell, What The Font.


texts: ToC - should I put page numbers vertically aligned?

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I am working now on my thesis layout. It's computer science thus we use LaTeX. I now think about a table of contents design. By default, LaTeX puts all page numbers in one column, which is right-justified. However, I've heard some thoughts---and also observed in some books---about page numbers being just after the chapter/section name, with a bit of space (and, e.g., some separating character).

I really like the latter. However, is that appropriate? And what could be an argument to use one or another?

P.S. I am attaching as an example of what I am talking about a screenshot of the table of contents from Modern Coding Theory by Richardson and Urbanke:


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I want to make a long shadow just like in this image.

I can create this shadow with shapes and by deleting the unwanted shadows after rasterizing the layer. But it's not very reusable. I can't resize the layer after rasterizing it.

Is there any easy way to make a long shadow like in the image below?


texts: How to select colours that match each other?

texts:
Looking at the colours in this logo, it is clear that the colours match each other.

How do I find an orange and purple that match the same colour scheme?

I suppose the colour in the 'R' is yellow?


texts: 300dpi rasterized image, what dimensions?

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I've tried Googling this for some time to no avail.

If I'm printing a label for a tiny bottle, and the label file dimensions are exactly the same size of the label @ 300dpi, is there any added benefit (print quality wise) having the rasterized dimensions be larger dimensions and then downsized? Or will that have exact same quality outcome as 100% exact dimensions?

I am trying to see if I need to tell someone to do a lot of extra work to redo a bunch of label files larger, or if that won't add any extra quality having them be larger and then downsizing rather than exact size. In my limited experience in the past printing things, I've always made things like 10x as large if vectorizing wasn't an option. It's weird me to have these very, very tiny little label dimensions (at 100% size), especially being rasterized, but she (the designer) is saying this is not a problem. I have a hard time believing that.

The designer never did it vectorized to begin with.


texts: How to setup a 16 x 12 foot Photoshop document

texts: I have to layout a 16 x 12 ft (size of tarpaulin) document in Photoshop, but when I change the resolution to 300 it's too large and it takes time to render the layout. What should I do?


texts: Make tiled overview page of document pages

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I am creating a multiple page file in inDesign and want to also create an overview page where every single page is represented by a tile/thumbnail on that page.

I am using batch processing to create this multiple page document and I have over 300 pages. Is there a way to automate the process of creating and adding the thumbnails?


texts: can this be done? If so what way would you take to accomplish it.


texts: Tables have 'cells within cells' in InDesign?

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I don't know what this is called or how to Google for it. But somehow a couple of cells in my table seem to have sprouted new cells within them.

These are definitely table cells, not text frames-- there's no way for me to select them individually, but when I drag the inner frame edges up or down, it resizes the whole cell. No table styles have been applied, as far as I can tell. Normally this wouldn't be a problem (the frames don't appear when I select Hide Frame Edges in the View menu), but I need to export these tables to XML, and the resulting XML is very strange.

Is there a way to remove or merge these cells so that they become just one cell (identical to the other blue cells in the photo), without having an extra frame within them?

I'm using InDesign CS6.


texts: Does anyone know of a light icon font similar to The Elegant Icon Font by Elegant Themes?

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Basically what I am looking for is a light version of this icon-font: http://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/resources/elegant-icon-font

Anyone know where I can find something like that? Freebie or not. :)


texts: What is the best page size, in pixels, for a PDF to be read on iPhone?

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I want to design an instruction manual to be read on an iPhone and maybe Android devices.

I know that the iPhone screen width is 320 pixels. What would the best page size be? What is the best height?

The book would probably be read via iBooks.


texts: If i have outlined an object, say a car, and i have added a red air brush around to give it a color, how could i remove all color outside the outline of the car? Masking etc. ?


texts: Preventing pixelated edges when merging two images in Photoshop

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I used the following setup

to take two pictures of the supermoon yesterday. One with the moon properly exposed:

and one with the wooden puppet properly exposed (but the moon blown out):

I tried combining these two pictures in Photoshop CS6 using roughly the following steps:

Add the two images as layers
In the image with the puppet, make the blown out moon transparent
Use Free transform with shift pressed to fit the moon in the 'cutout'

This resulted in the following image:

But I am not totally happy with that image because of

the white halo around the moon
if you zoom in, you see the edge of the moon is very pixalated

Is there a better way to merge these two images? Also, if I wanted to do some further postprocessing on the moon image to get some more contrast etc, would it be best to do that before or after merging the images? For reference, the RAW image files of the moon and puppet.

Edit:

The new result, after following the steps as explained by Vincent:


texts: Strange behavior of Minus Front in Isolation mode of compound shape

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So I have the shapes above (2 circles and 2 rectangles as seen in layers panel) I selected all and made a compound shape with alt+click on Exclude (I also tried tried the same with Unite and got the same odd behavior).

Then enter Isolation mode to edit them I select 2 shapes there to apply Minus front.

The thing is Minus front is not acting properly. it seems to just remove both selected shapes instead of just removing the top. (I tried reordering both shapes and I get the same results still).

If it helps below is the result I expect and I get if I do Minus front right before the creation of the compound shape.

Any help in explaining why this happens is appreciated (PS. the reason is that I'm trying to understand the behavior rather than just edit them).


texts: How can I increase the size of a .jpeg without losing quality?

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Is it possible to make a .jpeg photo larger without losing "quality"?

I have a photo that is 450px x 750px and would like to make it 3 times bigger for web not print?

I've been told that Illustrator is the tool to make it happen and I have Illustrator CS6.


texts: unifying sizing of font icon into a set with illustrator?

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I look around the web, and there are a lot of tutorials on how to create icons, but my question is, how do you unify the icons into a set using illustrator?

So here's the problem:  I am a UI Designer, and icon creation is kind of a side job when needed.  A lot of times, I use fontello to pick the ones I want.  Development then use the fonticons like fonts onto the UI -- More often than not, I have to custom create them.

The icon creation part isn't the hard part, the hard part seems to be unifying them into a set.  The sizing seem to be all different when they're converted into fonts even if we set them to all, say, 12px, due to the padding around the artboard.  How do you account for that?  Just enlarging the icons to the max artboard size either width or height?

But how do you account for the different shapes that appear to be bigger or smaller, for example, an icon (like the save floppy icon) where width and height can go to the maximum length due to the square nature of it, versus like, the refresh icon (circle outline with arrow sticking out).  If I push both of them to the edge, the refresh icon will look smaller.

Is there a way to measure it, and account for all these problems?

Edit with example at the bottom (not my icon set but a font icon set from the web -- apologize to the author for not crediting, i don't know whose it belongs to)

I put a grid on it (imagine the red lines are individual artboard in illustrator).  Notice how some icons are at the edge and some has padding/space around it.  The question is, what is the rule, if any, with sizing, if I convert them into fonts using some generator like fontello?

Edit 2: A screenshot on fontello.  When I make the artboard the edge of the icons, width or height.  My icons seem obviously bigger than the default ones at fontello.  So it seems like there may be some rule other people follow that I don't know about and I shouldn't be creating the icon to the edge of the artboard.


texts: In Illustrator, is it possible to close a shape with fill automatically after drawing?

texts: Like Freehand had, is it possible to draw a shape without a fill or stroke and then when the shape has been closed/completed, the fill would automatically be applied?


texts: How does Grid design helps and what are their roles in Website Design

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I'm not a designer but I'm learning how to implement an efficient design on a website. How do we decide on the grid used, as far as I can grasp, 3x3 boxes looks good to me. But as I keep reading, i noticed there are many more grid variations such as 12x12, 16x16. If so, where will the "focus" point lie in the website?

In a 3x3 Grid, I understand that the "focus" point lies between the two horizontal line intersecting with one of the vertical line.


texts: How do I change the shape of only part of object to replicate another object's shape?

texts: I made these two objects but I want to warp one of the objects to have the exact same corner as the other one.


texts: how to create a UV mapping (?) of a texture onto a product photograph based on a calibration pattern

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UPDATE: Here you can download high quality images of calibration patterns as well as them printed on socks if anyone wants to give this a go

Pardon my lack of vocabulary, this is not my area of expertise and why I'm looking for some guidance on how to create this product preview. I will most likely end up hiring someone

I'd like to create a system that can map/apply new designs onto an image of a sock worn by a model, with the proper transformations and deformations in order to visualize said designs.

The mapping below can be created by printing a matrix "calibration" design  onto the product. How the actual mapping/deformation is then created in photoshop or other software is what I would like to learn to do. Ideally I'd like to turn it into a process that can be run in a free/open source software that can be run headless in a linux server  (especially as a python script) so I can run it as an internal service for a bunch of designers. As an initial proof of concept a repeatable photoshop or other commercial software action/script would be ok, though!

Things I have:

a calibration (matrix) design with dot patterns
socks printed with the matrix dot pattern
pictures of models wearing the socks

Here is an example of the results I'm trying to achieve:

The pattern to be visualized on the socks

The pattern as it would be printed on the socks. Note that it's not just a simple overlay  with blending, but actual deformation of the image to take into account the 3D shape of the socks being worn.

The socks are printed on a cylinder, so the mapping should reflect the bending of the socks at a 45 degree angle.

Attached are a sample of white socks to do the overlay over:


texts: How to select a good base color for color scheme?

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As a engineer, there are many tools in the web that allow to generate good color scheme based on the selected base colors.

But the problem is: How to select the first, base color? Is it just random pick a color or are there any predefined color (hue, saturation, etc) that are considered as a starting point?

Such as, I want orange, so instead of randomly pick a color that look like orange, are there any existing orange variations that is good for use already? Any guidelines for picking the "first" color, where every color afterwards will be based on?

How do designers start figuring this out, if there are no pre-existing color such as logo etc?


texts: Shrinking down a smart object causes drastic sharpening

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When I have a large smart object, and then shrink it down, I often get some extreme sharpening.  And while I understand that shrinking down an image may require some sharpening, photoshop can go a little overboard.

Here, for example, is a large 1:1 smart object on the right and the result when shrunk down on the left.

It also happens in Save For Web output:

How can I control this sharpening and still maintain the Smart Object link?


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I've been creating simple animations like the one shown here. But I want to find a way to speed up the process by making the path jitter (not the thickness) while keeping a uniform stroke thickness (I'm not looking for a brush). Ideally, I would do it in Illustrator or After Effects

The animations look exactly how I want them to but the problem is the process is insanely dull and time-consuming.

1.
I want a uniform line thickness and I want to be able to scale it easily, so have been free-handing the first frame in illustrator using the pencil tool.

2.
Because I want it to wobble but not be too different from the original, I turn the first frame into a guide and free-hand with the pencil tool again. Like so:

3.
Because a two-frame animation looks a bit weird and forced, I end up drawing a third frame using the guide, by which time, I just want to curl into a ball and die. This example is fine, but there are often several, much larger and more complex illustrations to do.

4.
I then copy each frame into Photoshop and create a simple three-frame gif. Because I've labouriously drawn the same thing three times, I inevitably miss tiny bits, so I have to go add it in and copy back to PS, remove the dud frame and export again (sometimes a few agonising times).

The ideal tool would take the first drawing and randomise the path accuracy with a varying level of control. I don't mind cleaning up a few odd anchor points but this is ridiculous.

Please help me :(


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i hope it is no dupe. If it is then i'm sorry..

I simple want to create a textureatlas for libgdx.

Therefore i try to wrap all my 2D images/textures into one Image and select my desired images within the atlas at runtime.

In Inkscape I setup up a grid with many tiny rectangles which are representing the corresponding area of each image, respecting an aspect ratio of 4:3.

But i start to struggle with a simple pause symbol.

As soon as i stroke the path representing the border of the rectangle i notice that the border breaks out of the corresponding area into the area of another image.

How can i align the outside border to the grid independently of the stroke width.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Is there a way to spread a paragraph over all of a text frame's columns in InDesign?

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I'm laying out a text with lists and headings between them. I used the 'Text frame options' to split a page-wide text frame into two columns. Now, it so happens that one of my main headings is too wide to fit in a single column. I think line breaking the column is very ugly, so I'd prefer it if I could instruct this single line (or paragraph) to ignore the column separation and go all the way across the entire text frame. Not dissimilar from what two merged cells in a table would look like.

For now, I split my text into three separate frames on that page, with one of them containing the heading not split into any columns. This works, but feels like a huge hack and is very impractical in any case the text needs to reflow.

Is it possible to do this in any 'official', proper way?


texts: Hello! I'm looking for the name this font! Any ideas?


texts: Usually when I right click on the layer on the left and press blending options the dialogue box that appears has a list of blending option including stroke, shadow, glow, gradient, etc. For some reason all of a sudden there is only stroke. I was playing around with photoshop earlier and I think maybe i turned on a setting that made it do this. Any idea how I can get the options back?


texts: What to do if your website design got stolen?

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Let say your website design got stolen. You saw your design being used from a different site or company. The only difference from your design is the logo and some images.

What actions can you do to resolve this issue?

Here's what I did. I emailed the developer that is claiming the rights but didn't respond. I called the company and they're putting the responsibility on the developer. They said they're not responsible and they just pay some person to do it. They also told me that they don't have any access to the files or such.

If I understand it right, the initial responsible for the copyright infringement is the Company using my design. So the developer will have to answer to the Company who's using the design.

Here's my idea, since the Company do not have an access to their Host/Server and the Developer wont answer me.

Is it possible that I can contact the hosting company to pull down the website for copyright infringement?
Do I have to get an approval from the company (the one who stole the design) to bring the site down?

I have sufficient evidence to prove the design is mine.

Thank You.


texts: I'm looking for a slightly blocky serif font for a skate/lifestyle brand

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I found Friz Quadrata which is what was used for BlackFlag, and I really like it, but it is already being used by the company Anti Social Social Club, and don't want to look like it was completely copied.

Are there any other fonts you can recommend that have this appeal to them?


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I have a lot of overlapping paths that I need to unite. The red square needs to be removed on all of the paths.

However, the unite tool won't work due to the paths just being lines and not closed shapes. I really need something that will do the trick since I have hundreds of these squares. What can I use instead? Thanks!


texts: I want to make something similar to this, but I can't figure out what the perspective is called. It seems like it is an aerial perspective maybe, but it's not quite looking straight down. Can someone help me figure this out?


texts: How to update multiple duplicates of the same image in Photoshop?

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I have multiple of the same image placed in different spots, but I'd like to be able to switch a single image and have it applied on all other instances of the image.
Here is the image I'm working with:


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I have this GREP style that bolds text before a colon but I would like to do this without a colon.

I have done this as a paragraph style to apply bold to list of abbreviations.

^[^:]+

When I have replaced the : for a GREP style for tab it doesn't work but I assume I am missing something out here.


texts: What happened to the variations tool? (Elgar will be most displeased!)

texts: I've just updated to CS6 and find that my old friend "variations" is no longer there! It was very useful for quick, small colour corrections or to use for a suggestion before the image was sent to the retouching department/services. I would like to know why it was decided to remove it, and on whose authority!


texts: Is there a way to sample metallic paint?

texts: I have some color swatches from a local car dealer that are about 8.5" by 11" and the paint samples are metallics.  Is there a way to scan these metallic color paint samples sheets, then use a large sample brush to get the metallic "texture" and be able to add it to my color swatches?  That way if I want to do a metallic blue, red, silver, green, or whatever label background fill... I can use the bucket fill or maybe save it as a brush or texture?  Using CS4 Photoshop.


texts: What imagery and symbolism would you associate with authority, knowledge and creativity?

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Usually those three things tend not to go together and I'm struggling to come up with concepts that combine all three. Any ideas?

This will help me with research on an identity project I have coming up. Any contributions will be helpful.


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I'm new to web design. I'm studying white space but I haven't found yet a clearer explanation of what space is and when I need to use it.
The tutorial that I've read only said that white space is necesary and I have to use it to focus the attention of users in the UI. I'm not sure in which cases I should use it.
Also, the explanation that I have shows a couple of examples of pages that apply white space well but I still don't know why in that case white space was used and why in another cases  it's not good.


texts: Looking for a printer for thick paper and A3 format size?

texts: I am looking to invest in a printer for my work that can print on thick papers 200 gsm+ up to a3 size. It'll mainly be used to print graphic design related stuff. It'll mainly be used for internal work and not for resale purpose. So mostly 20-30 sheets per project(per 2 weeks). going to the printer for such small quantity is not productive


texts: Is it legal to embed the fonts that come with Adobe Reader in a PDF and distribute that PDF?

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By downloading Adobe Reader I obtain these fonts:

Adobe Pi Std (regular)
Courier Std (regular, bold, italic, bold-italic)
Minion Pro (regular, bold, italic, bold-italic)
Myriad Pro (regular, bold, italic, bold-italic)

Is it legal to embed these fonts in a PDF and distribute that PDF?


texts: Designing an image that is a multiple/tile of another image

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I am trying to come up with a concept design for a background image that uses a repetition and/or tiling of the original image to achieve an effect that allows the audience to recognize the original image as well as the bigger overall image easily.

This was the actual proposed solution to a graphics design problem where a web page has multiple breakpoints that causes some portion of the entire image to be chopped off, hence the image can't be designed as an overall image (or an image with different dimensions to cater for all the breakpoints). The proposed solution was to create a graphic where the brand or logo will still be clear regardless where the image is chopped off.

An example of what I am talking about would be the Microsoft ADFS sign up page:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn280950(v=ws.11).aspx

Here we have a prescribed template and recommendations regarding size and resolution of the images. Theoretically it is customizable, but if for example there is some technical (e.g. access to the code or markup) or project constraint (e.g. time and resources) that prevents any customization, then you have to try and design an image that negotiates possible breakpoints.

Are there good design principles and techniques of how to design these types of images, or any examples out there anyone has seen that works really well?


texts: how to change two units into one in illustrator

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I want to make this circle's stroke width the same as the rectangle's width. but Illustrator is measuring the circle stroke in points and the rectangle is 10 mm wide. so how can I make these two same in width?

Thank you


texts: How do I merge layers without losing the layer mask?

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I have two layers. My primary layer has a mask and the other layer is the one I used for stamp and healing. I want to combine them and retain the layer mask.

As you see from my attempt above, the layer mask disappeared.

I tried approaching it by using a temp layer, moved the mask to it, merged my other two layers and then dragged the mask back to merged layers.

But I think there is a better way, isn't there?


texts: When I use Font Awesome in Photoshop CS5.1, it crashes straight away

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When I try to type with/edit a text layer that uses Font Awesome in Photoshop CS5.1, it crashes straight away.

I am using a late 2015 retina 4k mac, running High Sierra. However, this problem was still happening when I was running Yosemite.

Does anyone know why this happens?

Is there a fix for it at all? As it is super frustrating having to use SVG icons all the time when I can just use an icon font. (Other icon fonts work and don't cause me this problem)

Thanks in advance.

EDIT

I have tried to install older versions, I have also uninstalled and reinstalled the font.
I have tried the same version I have installed on my Mac on a macbook air late 2012 model, running Yosemite, using the same version of Photoshop and on a pc using the same version of Photoshop and they didn't have the issue at all.
I used Font Awesome on an older Mac, think it was a 2011 model which was running Yosemite and I still had the same issue.
I have tried also tried all of Adobe's suggestions for fixing problems with fonts. I.e. using Font Book to validate all fonts and clearing font cache, disabling font preview and using the Font Test script.


texts: Typefaces with specific legibility characteristics & licensing

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Are there any typefaces possessing all of the following characteristics?

Vox-ATypI classical, modern, or glyphic
I, l and 1 mutually distinct & identifiable without reference to each other
rn and m very mutually distinct
a and o very mutually distinct
single-storey g
lining numerals
not monospaced
available under an FSF-approved font license.

If so, which one(s), and how did you find it/them?


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For reasons I don't understand, Photoshop suddenly is giving me the SAVE-AS dialog box even though I'm just selecting SAVE (CTRL+S) or using the file/save clicks.  I assume I must have inadvertently hit some key combination but I can't figure out how to restore a simple save.

I am opening JPG files through Windows File Manager and using the Open With command and selecting Adobe Photoshop.  My editing is typically limited to cropping and some image enhancements.  I never change the image type and I'm not adding layers.

I've done this for years and I'm in the middle of editing some 1,100 photographs.  The time it takes to do a SAVE-AS, and then the subsequent question upoon closing "Do you want to save the file" even though I just saved it.  How do I return Photoshop to just SAVE an automatically overwrite the file?


texts: How to simplify 3D mesh object in an OBJ file

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I have several complex 3D mesh items in an .OBJ file.

It shows a facility area of an oil and gas platform.

Most of the items are complex and it consists of many nested 3D mesh in it.
For example, I have a vessel item A at the outer layer. That vessel item A has many mesh items in it. Total number of 3D mesh is around 5-10 represented by that vessel item A.

I want to simplify that vessel item A by removing all the 3D items inside that vessel item A. Instead of using multiple items, I only use 1 3D mesh object to represent that vessel.

What tool can I use to remove all 3D items encapsulated or covered by the outer 3D mesh?

Please ask for more clarification.
Thank you.


texts: How to display a grid system on adobe muse for easier design?

texts: I downloaded adobe muse and I find it perfect ! However I wonder if there is some plugin or page option or view that can display a grid system on the screen so I can arrange my components easier ? And by grid I mean X,Y grid no only Y grid like 960 grid system.


texts: Photoshop: How to show underlying texture background while maintaining color for element?

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I have a photoshop doc, and need to hint at the underlying wood texture, so the red in this graphic looks like it's painted over.

I've experimented with some layer effects, but each reduces the brightness and hue of the red band.

This is for packaging, and the color still needs to retain it's color, but would love to get a 'painted on' effect. I also tried in indesign, using a vector color band with some layer effects.

Any help is appreciated.


texts: Affinity Designer: How to edit selected path with the pen tool?

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There's a pencil option in Adobe Illustrator that allows you to correct the initial path. For instances, let's say I'm drawing hair in a flat illustration and I would like to give the hair more volume by using the pencil tool and adding to it lines.

I would like to know where to find this option or equivalent in Affinity Designer.

In the pictures below for instances, instead of simply drawing the stoke with a filled path and being an independent path, I would like the path drawn with the pencil to add up to the original one. Now, when I select the hair, I'll be only selecting one path and not the original + pencil paths.

I am aware I can achieve this by editing the original path with the node tool. However, I find this option more time consuming and would like to know a faster alternative. I am also aware of the sculpting tool. Although it is close, I would still like to know if there's a better alternative.


texts: Resizing several elements to a specific value on their own position at once.

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In or for InDesign I am looking for a tool or script to resize several boxes at once, but: they should resize separately on their own reference point (which is set in the Transform panel/Control panel for the transformation) and not altogether.

Thanks in advance!
Regards, Serkan.


texts: How do I create a tri-colored arc in Inkscape?

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I need to cut an arc which has three colors say red, green and blue one after the other. This is for a circular game paddle.

I am using a differentiate on a square and a circle, then rotating the entire thing and deleting the longer arc-path and changing the color of the smaller-arc.

Is there a simpler and more efficient method to create a tri-color arc?

Here is a glimpse of my effort:

Now I need to make each section of the arc uniform. I want easy ways to use angle or specify size percent.

I found these formulas:

http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/geometry/gp15/circlearcs.htm


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I have a problem with my CSS code.  Buttons look differently in IE7 and FF

Here are my buttons:

Here is my code:

.list-common-wrapper .button-unfixed .button-unfixed-normal[disabled] .button-background, #id-chart-editor-active-event .button-unfixed .button-unfixed-normal[disabled] .button-background, .three-lists .button-unfixed .button-unfixed-normal[disabled] .button-background {
    background: url("../images/button/btn_var_bg.gif") no-repeat scroll left -120px transparent;
    color: #777777;
    cursor: default;
    text-decoration: none;
}
list.css (line 122)
.list-common-wrapper .button-unfixed .button-unfixed-normal .button-background, #id-chart-editor-active-event .button-unfixed .button-unfixed-normal .button-background, #id-profile-editor-move-attributes-buttons .button-unfixed .button-unfixed-normal .button-background {
    color: #333333;
    cursor: pointer;
}
list.css (line 132)
.button-unfixed-normal .button-background {
    background: url("../images/button/btn_var_bg.gif") no-repeat scroll left 0 transparent;
    display: block;
    padding: 2px 8px 4px 12px;
}
button.css (line 111)
Inherited froma.button-unfixed-def #
.list-common-wrapper .button-unfixed .button-unfixed-normal[disabled], #id-chart-editor-active-event .button-unfixed .button-unfixed-normal[disabled], #id-profile-editor-move-attributes-buttons .button-unfixed .button-unfixed-normal[disabled] {
    color: #777777;
    cursor: default;
    text-decoration: none;
}
list.css (line 142)
.list-common-wrapper .button-unfixed .button-unfixed-def {
    font-size: 12px;
    line-height: 130%;
}
list.css (line 163)
.button-unfixed .button-unfixed-normal {
    color: #333333;
    text-decoration: none;
}
button.css (line 104)
.button-unfixed .button-unfixed-def {
    cursor: default;
    font-size: 12px;
    line-height: 130%;
}
button.css (line 93)
a {
    color: #175DB5;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

It shows that the color #777777 is displayed differently in IE7 and FF (look at the arrow):


texts: Scroll bars showing in epub export on pages including imagery only (InDesign 16.1)

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I recently published an ebook to epub. When I publish, certain pages have both a horizontal and vertical scroll.
This only happens on pages with images on them. For each of my chapters I have a design to help show the user, it's a new chapter/concept.
I've attached screenshots of the InDesign file and what it looks like when viewing the book in books on an iMac. The image shows the ID file screenshot on the left, and then the next two pages are screenshots of views from apple books.
The rest of the pages that don't have images, don't scroll.
Curious if there is an export setting or a page setup that I have incorrect.


texts: What is the best way to heal out hair from shoulder using Photoshop?

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I have to tidy up the hair from this (cropped) image. I used the spot healing, Healing Brush and the Patch tool, however, each one presents an issue. The contrast of the hair on the black is creating a hazing or blurring as you can see from the image below.

What can I do to make the healing better?

Original Image


texts: Print global colors into a text string in illustrator

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You know what would be super nice?
If there would be a function to link global colors to text strings.
So if I create a CI/CD Manual and I change a color. The codes would update automaticaly.
Do you get what I mean? is this somehow possible:

This would be mad


texts: Why is the Gimp selection pane not going away?

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I needed to move something so I copied it and pasted it to its new location and now where I have pasted it there is a selection pane that will not go away.

I've tried to move the pane and tried the "Select All" function (Ctrl + A) to no avail.


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I'm working with this truck vector and I'd like to convert all of the white lines in the large middle portion to transparency, as if I were erasing from the main shape. Is there a way to easily do this?

Any help is appreciated, thank you!


texts: Developing abstract/deeper concepts rather than literal concepts

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I've been given an Illustrator assignment where I have a number of 100mm x 100mm squares in which I have to design using just shapes, and black and white colour, something corresponding to a descriptive word such as 'tumble', 'condensed', 'bold' or 'momentum', using fundamental design principles such as contrast, size, shape, colour etc.

I'm finding it quite hard to come up with anything other than a depiction of the literal meaning, eg. repeated shapes going down the page for tumble; lots of shapes squeezed into one big shape for condensed; and for bold, I can use contrast of size or shape or both.

I am wondering how I could take these 'themes' and develop them more to evoke the theme in a less direct/obvious way? They just seem too easy, or that there is not that much to the concepts, and I feel the whole point of the exercise is to develop a concept using the basic building blocks of design, not just put pretty shapes on paper.


texts: How can I map a grey scale image to a specific color channel gimp?

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I have a grey scale image, and I would like to map it to a specific color channel (red in may case), in gimp. That is, I would like to produce an image with only red channel, and that the red and non-red parts will be determined according to the grey scale image (black- no red, white - red). Alternatively, I can have all 3 channels in my image, but the blue and green channels should be black (that is, no blue/ green light).

How can I do it?

I found this post, but it doesn't answer the question, as it affects all 3 channels.

How can I map the colors in a greyscale image to a specific color gradient?

Thanks!


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How to make a chat conversation really look like a conversation? The final result should be in text, not in image since this conversation is a supplement of a research article, and it should be phone-friendly, hence MS Word is a preferred program.

If the usernames are emboldened to know who is who, the focus will be shifted to the names rather than the actual text. Together with extra space between each people's turn, the conversation will look like different sections of the article. Following how chat apps work might be a good idea, but I don't think it's necessary to right-align one person and display each message in a bubble. Screenplay is close on what I'm looking for, but it doesn't reflect the nature of chat that every sentence is always return.

How to display who is who, and have it feels like really a conversation? I want to have it formal, but not losing the atmosphere of chatting.

FYI: How to format a plain chat conversation like how chat apps display in Word?
What word processing tools that can work with complicate text boxing?


texts: logo for a web developer - Logo critique

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Does this logo convey a strong identity for a web developer/ designer?

I'm a web dev currently and am looking into branching out, as a start to this I'm working on a new portfolio site and branding for myself and thought a logo would be a good starting point.

My name is Callum Powell so I thought that going with my initials would be a good start

I also wanted to bring in a aspect of web code so ended up skewing my the 'CP' to resemble a end tag.

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EDIT*
added some of the suggested changes below


texts: Illustrator: Rotate list round each center

texts: There is ideas, how to rotate a lot of objects around their each center?


texts: Inkscape: add nodes at extrema without increasing the total number (approx)

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In Inkscape you can add nodes at the extrema in each of the selected path segments. This can be highly convenient e.g. when you want to design glyphs for a font. However it can strongly increase the number of nodes in that path without really changing the geometry. Some programs suffer dramatically from a high number of nodes. In my case it is a complex symbol for a font that already contains many nodes (unlike letters).

So it would be nice to remove redundant nodes. Path|Simplify does exactly this (Although I had to lower the Simplification threshold to 0.0006). However it doesn't care about extremes and so it removes most of the previously added nodes.

Is it possible to decrease the number of nodes after adding extrema to approximately the same amount it was before without removing the extrema and without changing the shape too much?


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I tried to replace m3 ha−1 into m3 ha−1 with no success. What is wrong with my expression?

(?i)(?<=\<m)3(?= ha\>)-1


texts: Inset a closed vector shape or path in any graphics application

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I used a text vector only because I was too lazy to draw a vector shape on my own. But this is NOT about text; I want a general way that can be applied to any closed vector shape.

If I have a closed vector shape like the image below, is there any way to create an inset of that vector shape in any graphics application or utility, preferably a free one like Gimp? I mean, not just scaling down like the left image, but insetting in all directions of the closed vector like the right image.

If I just scale down a shape, like the red "A", it does not fit in the original shape. But I inset a shape in all directions, it will create a skeleton version of the original shape that fits inside of it, like the blue "A".


texts: I'm curios on how to make a colored background look like a finish matte texture? Like the picture below.


texts: How to set rectangle border on the bottom only?

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I am using Adobe Photoshop CS5 version 12.0

I try to add rectangle border bottom.

Example Image: https://i.stack.imgur.com/mnVfK.png


texts: indesign – moving linked text boxes to another layer

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I have multiple text boxes, all linked together over several pages.
They are on the wrong layer... Is there a way to move them to another layer without having to copy and past them (which results in the links breaking and having to repaste all the copy back into them)

Thanks in advance


texts: How to distinguish between graphic design proposals

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I received a number of Web design proposals for a project I'm working on. Most of the proposals are extraordinarily generic; the only thing that I, as a non-design person can easily distinguish between them is the price.
Is there any advice that industry insiders can recommend that I look for in a proposal--something that I can identify as either being present or conspicuously not present in a proposal that would be either a red flag or a particularly good sign?


texts: Photoshop shortcut for collapsing folders with square brackets?

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I'm working in a very complex Photoshop document with many folders. I'm quite shortcut-savvy and use the square brackets + control and alt keys to select layers, reorder them, etc.

What would make my life much easier is if I could collapse folders using keyboard shortcut instead of collapsing them by clicking on the disclosure triangles.

For instance, if I could select a folder with ALT/OPTION [ , expand it with CTRL + ALT + ] (as an idea), check the contents, and then collapse it again with CTRL + ALT + [ (as an idea), that would make a world of difference to my workflow.

Does anyone know if this kind of shortcut exists?


texts: What are good resources for royalty-free stock images that are at least 300 DPI?

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I need to design an A5-size leaflet for a small side business that I'm trying to get up and running, and the printer I'm planning to use says that the 72 DPI stock images I would usually use will render badly when printed (presumably even if they're high resolution and the rest of the document uses 300 DPI in CMYK colour mode).

I've come to the conclusion that most royalty-free stock image sites almost exclusively host images that are 72 DPI. After checking my go-to sites - namely Unsplash, Pexels and free-images.com - and downloading a total of around 70 images (many of them larger than 5000px in resolution), only 5 of these images turned out to be larger than 300 DPI:

What's more, no free stock image resource that I've come across allows you to reliably filter images by DPI density.

Where can I obtain free stock images that are 300 DPI and therefore suitable to be used for print design?

Alternatively, what sites host royalty-free images of mixed DPI but also allow for reliably filtering search results to limit them only to those of 300 DPI or above?

I'm looking specifically for images of hard drive internals or circuit boards, in case that helps to narrow down sites that specialise in such stock images.


texts: How to increase the maximum scale of the Photoshop filter (glass filter)

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I applied Glass Filter (from PS "Filter Gallery") to a layer. But because I am working on a 4000x4000px document, I need a bigger scale than 200% which is the maximum I can set. How to achieve that?
I tried the following workaround: Turn a layer into a smart object > apply Glass filter (smart filter) > turn all of that into a new smart object > scale up.
The filter is bigger now, but lower quality.
I can use a texture, but there are two problems then: Usually the textures are not evenly lit, and second, no matter the texture image size, it's rare that the "actual effect size" (the dot or grain of the effect) is big enough.

Thanks!


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I have a gif generated using Python. It looks like this:

To avoid the jump in resolution at the start, when is a good time in the animation to introduce the next layer?

EDIT:

Implementing fading in:

My Python code is here for whoever's interested


texts: Problem exporting icons via Adobe Illustrator

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I was always, always using Adobe Illustrator to make and export icons for iOS and Android until i knew about this "problem."

Scenario: Whenever i export icons via AI (currently using CC 2019 though i had it updated from cc2018 because i thought it would solve the issue), i use Asset Export panel/window. default configuration when exporting to iOS (1x,2x,3x,svg)

"Problem" appears when i preview the exported icons on my mac. i noticed that when opening icons from the Preview app, the @1x and @2x are the exact same icon size, icon dimensions only changes when @3x. However, when opening icons via quick preview (tapping spacebar to open), the icon dimensions does change. screenshot attached.

I've tried to export the icons via AI on windows, same situation happens.

However, trying to narrow down the issue i used different apps to export icons. interestingly they turn out "correct" when opening via preview app, and quick preview (spacebar).

i noticed this issue because our developer noticed that the icons were too small to be useable. hence our confusion.

Maybe i'm just missing something that i'm ignorant about or maybe you guys can help me out. any updates would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much!


texts: Can I send font files with a "Free for Personal and Commercial Use" license to a client?

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I have done a Typographic T-shirt design and I’m handing files to the client very soon. The client is going to use my design to print on shirts and sell them.

I used fonts with a "Free for Personal and Commercial Use" license. I checked all the font's licenses from the website where I downloaded each font.

Can I send the files to the client or do I need to do more license checks of the fonts used before handing over the files? If yes, what type of checks?

Designs submitted to the client for the final review and choice.


texts: Difficulties applying texture in 3ds Max for .obj export

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So, I've started creating 3D model for my small application. Im using libgdx. I firstly created a model in 3Ds Max:

Then, I did this 'render to texture thing' with those settings: I also used channel 2, like in this video

That is what it rendered:

I checked if everything was ok with the texture, so I applied it as a material bitmap:

Still, everything looks pretty good here:

Then I export the model as .obj file:

Finally, I open fbx-converter, to convert my .obj file to .g3db. And the following shows up:

So is there any way to fix the texture?


texts: What is a good icon for a 'change units' button?

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We are working on a software with a design close to Office 2013 (2D icons, main colors black and white).

We have a button which allows the user to change the units in the software. We are looking for an icon explicit for users. Units in this case are temperatures : °C, K, °F, but also distances : meters or foot.

What would be a good icon to represent this button? Our problem is that the icon must be 16x16 pixels. We just have no idea what to represent.

Currently it is not explicit:

Do you have any idea ?


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I want to make the overlapping part of the H white or transparent to the background how can i achieve this?

i have searched online but couldnt find a good solution.

I wanna do this with another image on the same block later aswell. would this work the same?


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I'm a student and I started my first portfolio. I'm doing some "fake jobs." I can do 3D and 2D (I'm not so good at drawing [yet]). In the future I hope to work with designing album covers, posters, and such.

What are some good projects for my portfolio?