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Original Image:

My try:

This is the image. I tried using Polygonal Lasso Tool, but the edges don't appear to be OK.

Is there more precise way to remove the background and leave the letters and the logo icon on a transparent background?


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I'm not a photoshop expert, but want to create a design to show text and drawing written on glass effect. End result should look like it is written/drawn manually (which I can manually) with black marker pen on a glass surface.

I'm not looking for a design that shows a user writing it on the glass surface. The focus of my design is the text/content written/drawn, but gives a feeling that the text/drawing was done manually on a glass surface.


texts: Illustrator (newbie) CC 2017. delete drawing behind my object

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I drew this vector path (i think its a vector) with the brush tool in illustrator based on the hand drawing/scan you see in the pic.  Now, I can't get rid of the hand drawing.  it moves with the path/object.
Greatly appreciate it if you can tell me how to unlink it.  Thanks.


texts: putting a border around a complex shape i photoshop

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I have the image below:

I am trying to put a border around the brownish area, the image has the white snowflakes merging into the white background, so i can't just select it in a simple way, what is the best method to select the image and put a border around the outside of the shape?


texts: Is there a way to do this? This is my first time trying to make glyphicons and icomoon ignores strokes. I have quite a few, so was hoping there were some veteran designers that could point me in the right direction to the quickest way of converting strokes to fills.


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I was going to save an image created using Photoshop and I wanted to save it as .EPS but I see there are 3 different types of EPS available:

Photoshop EPS (*.EPS)
Photoshop DCS 1.0 (*.EPS)
Photoshop DCS 2.0 (*.EPS)

What is the difference between them?

Then an options window opens asking for preview, encoding and other things.

What is the meaning of all these options? I mean, how they influence the quality of the image?


texts: Icon/Glyph Suggestions to represent "Manufacturer Information"

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I'm working on making an ecommerce site responsive, and as part of that, I'm replacing text in several tabs with appropriate icons when viewed on a small screen.  One specific tab I'm struggling to find an appropriate icon for is the tab for manufacturer information on product pages.

Thus far, the best thing I've been able to find is the trademark ™, but I'm not especially happy with the final result, so I'm looking for other suggestions.


texts: Printing a grayscale image with a CMYK printer

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I'm new to the forum and I would like to ask a question.

To print a postcard I have to submit my design using a CMYK template provided by the printer (Moo printing).

The design is a grayscale image made in Photoshop RGB mode. I tried some things:

1/ converting the image in Image Mode > Grayscale and then dragging & dropping in the CMYK template

2/ converting the image by Edit > Convert to profile > CMYK and dragging & dropping in the CMYK template.

In both cases the image CMKY template does not look perfectly grey. There's always a hint of red or blue/green.

I also don't find a way to objectively test this, what looks just a bit red on my screen may be perfect neutral grey on print. How do you know that there's not going to be any color on the print?
Using the hue/saturation in CMYK also not takes the color out...

What is the best practice for these types of images?

Thanks.

Gigi


texts: How do I get InDesign to import XML into table cells?

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First, let me preface by saying i've read through James Maivald's Designer's Guide to InDesign and XML, but i'm still really confused.

I have an XML document that looks like:

<foo>
<bar>
    <one>1234</one>
    <two>5678</two>
    <three>9101112</three>
</bar>
(multiple more bar elements)
</foo>

In an ideal world, I would be able to import this document into InDesign with the following "table"

| Alpha | (one's value) |
| Beta  | (two's value) |
| Delta | (three's value) |

With the tables repeating, of course.

I can't seem to find a good guide to making this work - even basic XML import was a little challenging, though I finally got that working.  Do I need to use XSLT to transform the document into an equal number of cells, or can someone tell me what I need to complete the process?  Is there a better reference for XML in InDesign that specifically covers table shenanigans?


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I am searching for a laptop with a screen that is suitable for digital design purposes

What I am particularly concerned about is a statement made by a poster (on here):

  (the objective is to) make images in any color space show up correctly in the device's inherent, native color space

How can this be accomplished?
Which laptop screens on the market are most suitable for this end?

Unimportant:
Fast response time

Semi-important:
viewing angles (should be good enough - not severe color distortion due to slight tilting)

Preferred:
RGB-LED

As it is not being utilized for print design, or even for professional level design - is sRGB color space suitable (good enough)?

Which laptop screens might you recommend?


texts: How to transform a pattern without affecting its parent objects' shape in Illustrator?

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I am currently trying to simply rotate and move a pattern within an object without affecting the object, but I cant figure out how.

The only thing I was able to figure out is how to scale a pattern independently within the object it was applied to, which can be done simply by using the scale tool.

How can I alter a pattern that I've applied to an object, without altering the object itself?


texts: Photoshop, I can't see any size or number info

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I am using Adobe Photoshop CC, but when I draw a shape or making guide or using marquee tool, I can't see a number/size measurement info.

Anyone know how to fix it.


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I'm having intermittent problems with GIMP, where the 'move layer' command suddenly stops working. The mouse pointer changes to the one below:

When I make an explicit selection, e.g. CTRL+A on a layer, then MOVE works again. But normally I can move whole layers without any selection (e.g. Select/None or CTRL+SHIFT+A). This stops working out of the blue and I have no idea why.

It behaves very much like when you press ALT in MOVE mode. Pressing ALT with a selection allows you to move the selection around, as opposed to move the layer. Pressing ALT without a selection gives the same cursor as above, which is perfectly normal. Somehow when my problem starts, it looks as if ALT-mode is stuck and I can't get out.

Note I am a rather seasoned GIMP user and I use keyboard commands a lot, perhaps I switch too fast between commands, but I haven't been able to consistently reproduce it yet. Happens once every few hours or so. Only solution I found so far is to quit GIMP and restart. Other functions continue to work, I can still save etc (luckily).

I'm using GIMP 2.8.2 on Windows.

Thanks for any pointers.


texts: Position copied content within guides using a single PS Action

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I'm struggling to get the following done in a single action:

I have retouched full res TIFF's - each with a product shot on transparency background.  The products are in slightly different place in each image.  I need to resize the images to 725px x 680px and place the product within guides.

I managed to set up an action for guides, but how can I copy one layer with product (can I use it as a smart object?) onto the document with guides so it fits into guides precisely?


texts: Infinite (endless) paper in Illustrator?

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Can I create a document in Illustrator without attaching to the notion of paper with finite size?

Can you DELETE the ARTBOARD?

I reduced the artboard to some small size and remainder drawings persist. Can I delete the artboard at all?


texts: Photo effects in Gimp: How to improve color, depth of field, etc

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G' day dear Graphic-design-experts,

I am new to Stackexchange's Graphic Design and I have no clue if this is the right place to ask, so bear with me and steer me in the correct direction if i am  wrong in asking thanks.  I am new with Gimp and I would like to know if I can add an effect to my image.

I currently have this image:

I would like to make this image look like the below image in Gimp but I am new and I do not know how.


texts: Why does the rotating ring optical illusion work?

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I would like to replicate the type of illusion occurring in this case:

To observe the illusion look at the center dot while adjust the distance your head is from the monitor.

What are the important factors one must preserve from an image like this in order to get the opposed rotation effect associated with this illusion?

Is it a result of the false embossing and pseudo 3D?
Are these just simple light/dark interactions?
I'm pretty sure the angular offset between the inner and outer rings is important and having some kind of shape directed along the tangent are essential.


texts: How do you make an adjustment layer use a hex value?

texts: To help learn, I decided to paint my wall in Photoshop.  I created a selection with the pen tool, new layer mask, new adjustment layer.  I can use Hue/Saturation and change the colors.  But what I can't do is match a paint color exactly.  For example, if I have this hex value, #6C6A66, how do I get the wall that color?  If I do a color fill layer, it looks horrible, because well, it's a fill layer, not an adjustment.


texts: Powerpoint - how to make pictures equal distances from opposite sides of the slide

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I have multiple slides in a presentation, and have been asked to add images at the top-right and top-left of each slide.

The images are roughly the same size, and I am trying to find a way to ensure that they not only align with each other (relatively easy), but are equal lengths away from each opposite edge (e.g. if the top-right-hand image is 3cm away from the right edge, the left-hand image is 3cm away from the left edge as well, etc.)


texts: How print art board output to exact linear dimension with Illustrator CC?

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I am new to Illustrator with little prior digital art experience. I am in art sign trade and am required to produce artwork (artboard) shapes, types, and lines to an exact area size (say, +/- 1/8 in. or 4 mm).
For example, when I print specifying a 5" × 24" artboard, it prints out about 15% smaller on tiled pages using US-letter inkjet printer. How to create print output to nominally exact sizes? Your help would be the most welcome.


texts: Are new brand names/logos typically trademarked, and what are the most common reasons for doing so?

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I've been doing some preliminary reading on trademark law, and I see that a trademark with the USPTO isn't necessary to defend the uniqueness of your new brand name or log in court.

The USPTO gives a list of reasons why you'd want to register, but with my project in question, I don't see many of them as applicable to me. I've searched their database and it comes out clean, and apart from a squatter on the .com I have pretty much unlimited domain choices, so I'm pretty confident that we won't be stepping on someone's toes. We're in a niche industry so the probability of knockoffs will be low for some time.

Which leads me to the question. Is trademarking always done by everyone or is it only done by the bigger fishes? Is common law enough to protect a trademark? If you/your client wants to trademark, what is the most common reason cited? Is it more about creating better legal protection for you, making sure you're not infringing on someone else, or something else completely?

This might have been a better fit for Startups, but I see that doesn't exist anymore. I'm a designer looking into trademarks, so I'm hoping others have as well and have some insight!


texts: How to draw a character in a similar art style to this?

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I'm trying to achieve the quality of this art style. However I'm not a professional artist yet. Still practicing and have a long way to go.

Now I have made a rough sketch, outlined it, colored and removed the strokes. 2nd image is my poor drawings :)

My 1st question: Is it the right way to go with outlines since the referenced character has a flat art style feel to it?

2nd question what is the next step after removing the outline? So I thought picking up the eraser and reshaping the colors but that somehow seems to contradict the purpose of having outlines in the first place.. And wouldn't this be double work?

Thank you


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I've imported the GIF, edited some layers, and now when I save it for web, it's considerably slower.

Original GIF vs Edited GIF

Why is this happening, or rather, how can I prevent it?


texts: Illustrator: How to stretch or resize multiple objects relative to each other

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#1. Original Illustration

The grey circles are ~ 15 × 15 pt.

#2. Scaled Together

The grey circles are resized to ~ 25 × 25 pt.
They're all selected or grouped together, and values collectively changed in the Properties panel, or stretched using the mouse
(alt+shift | ⌥+⇧ to maintain centre & constrain proportions).
Single operation.

#3. Scaled Individually

The grey circles are resized to ~ 25 × 25 pt.
Each object maintains its own unique centre point.
Same method as before, but this time each one was resized individually.
Fifteen operations.

note: text objects were scaled & moved separately.

The Question:

Quick and easy is #2, but the gaps between the objects increase and the objects fall out of bounds. The desired result is #3, but it gets  monotonous fast and can be time-consuming. Is there a shortcut, or key combination, etc. or some quick, cohesive way to get the same result?


texts: What technique in Photoshop can we use to produce animated drawing?

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I came across a video that teaches kids how to draw. I recognize some kind of masking is involved, but I can't quite figure out how to do this in photoshop to create animated drawing. I know for sure the letters are pre-drawn in Photoshop (or some software), but I can't figure out the animation.

Here is the video I was referring to: https://youtu.be/ayzVNkIJsk8?t=31
 (warning, there's kid music).

Thoughts? If this is the wrong place to ask let me know, thanks.


texts: How can I draw different light shades inside an object?

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Look at this picture:

It is part of an Adobe Illustrator tutorial.

The tutorial is about using patterns, but what I am interested in is how to draw the darker parts inside the objects. I'am talking about, the darker green at the bottom of the green leaves.

If I were using a color, I would simply trace the path with the Pen Tool, and then apply a darker color. [Please tell me if there's a better way to do that.]

But here, given the patterns applied to the picture, I don't know how to proceed.
Maybe there is some kind of transparency option in Illustrator?
If yes, why is not an alpha channel added to the colors? In other words why is #rrggbb instead of #aarrggbb? The alpha option would have already been found by me in that case.


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I want to set the shortcut ctrl + < to use as my "flip horizontal", and it works fine until I restart. Then photoshop replaces it with ctrl + & and I have to re-set the shortcut everytime.

Any clue how to make the keyboard shortcut stay as ctrl + < permanently?


texts: Shifting hue/saturation/lightness of an image to meet an exact value in Photoshop?

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Is there a way in Photoshop to adjust the hue/saturation/lightness for an image such that the average value for all pixels would match an RGB value specified?

If not, is there a tool out there to do this without fudging the hue/saturation/lightness by hand?


texts: How to duplicate objects while keeping modification on both duplicates?

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I'm making a soldier with night vision goggles on his head with Illustrator.

I have duplicate the right half of the NVG into the left half.

However, if I were to make any changes on the right half, the changes wouldn't carry over to the left half. The other way around wouldn't work either.

Is there a way to sort of "bind" them together, so that changes to one will carry over to the other?


texts: How to turn entire square image into trapezium

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I have the following object that I have drawn in inkscape

and I would like to turn it into a trapezium. I am trying to follow the steps online:
1) selecting the object and converting object to path
2) selecting the top corner nodes and dragging them inwards

unfortunately the whole image does not conform to this and I end up with the following

I have been trying lots of things for the past hour. "Grouping" & "ungrouping" the object beforehand and "unioning" & "combining" the path afterwards, but I can't get the final path to be treated as one object. I think I fundamentally misunderstand what is meant by all of these things, and I don't understand the difference between and object and a path really, so any help here would be very much appreciated.

Many thanks,
Adam.


texts: In Illustrator CS6, how to I paste to another file while preserving all the layers

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I have one master file containing 3 figures, each possessing multiple layers. I'd like to separate each figure to its own .ai file, so I tried copy-pasting each figure to a new .ai file. However, the pasted figure is all in one layer. I've been searching for an analog to 'Paste Remember Layers' in CS6, but haven't been successful.

Does know which paste option preserves layer, or perhaps a quick way to do this?

I could simply delete two figures and save as a new file- there's a bunch of other stuff on there and it would be kind of a hassle, but it's a suitable last resort.


texts: Combining Multiple Vector Lines that are overlapping in Illustrator

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I need to simplify my vector file. The file that was given to me is a vector that has multiple paths overlapped on top of each other.

These drawings are very detailed, and the original software it was created in was for engineers not necessarily meant for graphic designers. I now need to take their drawings and use them in my designs, but the vectors are so complex and unnecessarily overlapped, that it makes Illustrator lag because of the size and complexity of the vector. Is there a way to merge lines that are touching other lines in a quick and simple way, kind of like the function of pathfinder, but for lines.

I've attached photos for examples, but it doesn't get the full visual of the multiple lines that are piled onto of each other.


texts: Is it possible expand stroke in Photoshop or make stroke resize along the shape?

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When I resize a shape in Photoshop cs6, its stroke's width remains the same size as it was in its original width. It could be desirable depending on a situation but most of the time it's not. In fact, it beats the purpose of vector: same shape/look at all sizes.

In illustrator you can expand the stroke so this problem doesn't happen.

So is there a way to make stroke's width dependent on the size of shape?


texts: When should we prefer rounded corner rectangle over square corner rectangle?

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I always find myself in a dilemma about whether to choose rounded corners or square corners, for both applications UI & web design.

As I read in a couple of articles choose one style of corners and stick to it throughout the project.

I am new into interface designing.


texts: How to convert Adobe Illustrator file (.ai) to Photoshop (.psd) without having Adobe Illustrator installed

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I want to convert an Adobe Illustrator file (.ai) to an equivalent Photoshop (.psd), preserving layers, text and so on.

I would like to know if there is something like imagemagick to do this, because I have not Adobe Illustrator installed. I tried this online tool, but the result is corrupted (from Photoshop point-of-view).


texts: I want to divide image through guide in GIMP2.10.12 and slice the portion through WEB and save this action for repeated use. Pls give solutions. rgrds

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Form
Prasenjit Sinha

Please give the best possible solutions.

Thanks & regards


texts: Find the font size in pixels of selected text in PSD

texts: There is probably something simple that I am missing here, but how do I find the font size in pixels of selected text in a PSD?


texts: How to mask two specific layers with multiple between in cs6

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I am following a tutorial and trying to mask a shape layer to another shape layer that is multiple layers down.  (or has multiple layers between these two.) In Photoshop cs6

Essentially I want the white box to be masked to show only to the inside of the black box.

Can someone explain what I'm doing wrong here?


texts: Including detail in Image Trace with Adobe Illustrator

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So I have some designs that I'm trying to get print ready. They're all 1 to 2 colors and were designed in Photoshop at 8 inches x 8 inches and 300 dpi. I didn't realize, but the designs actually need to be 11 inches x 11 inches and 300 dpi for the print. As a result, I'm trying to pick up Adobe Illustrator and make the files print ready for that size. My first instinct was to vectorize the image.

I am using the Image Trace tool on a layer that is the 1 color separated from the white background. My problem is that the Image Trace is leaving out a lot of details that are necessary for the design. You can see in the image what I am referring to. Is there anyway to include these details (other than doing it by hand, too many details missing to do that), or alternatively, is there any better way to make an image in Photoshop print ready at a larger size?

Before the trace:

After the trace:

My settings:


texts: Trying to go from 3 grayscale images to one image in RBG

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I have 3 images. All of which are grayscale. I want to combine these three images into one, each taking on a single R, G, or B channel.

Image "Red" becomes the Red channel
Image "Green" becomes the Green channel
Image "Blue" becomes the Blue channel

(again images start out in grayscale)
together these should make a single RGB image right? How would I do this in photoshop?
(I'm using Photoshop 2021)


texts: How can I prevent images produced by "Save for web and device" being cropped to their content?

texts: My artboard size is 48 x 48, but when I "Save for web and device", the created png file is auto cropped to the size of the art inside (40 x 50 in my case), just like the "export" option. Could you please help me find a way to fix it?


texts: What would cause a Hex and RGB value to differ between online and photoshop?

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style {
background-color: rgb(224,224,195);
}

Should be the same as:

style {
background-color: #f4e0c3;
}

According to Photoshop which I checked a few times:

But when I use the RGB value in my CSS I'm getting this:

If I use the Hex value, I get the color that I was expecting:

Any idea what the difference is so I can be aware of it in the future? I've never had, or at least never noticed, any problems with RGB() before.


texts: Illustrator Image trace: want outline of image, getting unrelated shape

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I'm getting some very strange output from Illustrator's Image Trace feature. I want to turn this:

Into a vector shape. Using the Image trace, I haven't been able to get anything even close. The best I have come up with is using the preset "Technical Drawing" with the color turned on:

Any suggestions? I have thousands of these (different but similar shapes) in several files, in grids.

I'm using Illustrator 2015.3.1.


texts: Clipping Mask doesn't work with Artboard in PS CC 2015.1.2. How to enable?

texts: So I have this set up. And the image have to be behind Rectangle 1 but over background Layer 1. But for some reason it is not. How to make it work as expected?


texts: how to change the marked area of ai file

texts: I have an AI file, which contains a logo, but if I want to convert the file into pdf format, it selects only a part of the logo (in the middle of the logo graphics there is a white box), what do I have to do to get the whole logo into the "white box", so when I save it as a pdf file the whole logo would get saved not only a small part.


texts: Smallest readable font size for printed card

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I'm designing a series of aides memoire for my colleagues to contain key details about our legal powers. I'm working on one version to be printed in business card format and another to be printed (either digital or offset) on plastic credit card-style cards. There's a fair bit of text to fit in, even once it's all trimmed down.

How can I work out the smallest font size I can get away with while maintaining readability, given that the printing method will probably differ from printing on paper?


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For a particular project, I've got to come up with a set of a ten small one-color icons meant to represent certain feelings. However, these icons must not be emoticons, or faces, of people for that matter. While it doesn't sound like much, I find it to be way more difficult than I thought.

Here are the feelings and my ideas of icons to represent them:

Loving  || This one is obvious.
Angry || Lightning bolt
Surprised || Gift - wrapped up present?
Happy || Flower or sun
Scared || Spider?
Disgusted || No real idea. Poop?
Confident || Sunglasses?
Sad || Tears
Amused || No real idea.
Unimpressed || That's the toughest of them all. A tumbleweed might do the trick, but there's no way I could draw a recognizable one in 32x32px.

Any thoughts or ideas on the subject would be greatly appreciated! Advice on corresponding icons packs, if any, are also welcome.

Thanks!


texts: Applying color to multiple objects in Photoshop CC

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I have multiple objects that I would like to all have the same color. That way, when I change the color of the 'master' object, all the rest would also change.

I am sure this is straightforward, but I am struggling to find the answer.


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How do I rotate the this image by 30 degrees but still have it be tileable?

http://i.imgur.com/OXQ8cD4.png


texts: Is there any way for me to recover an older version of an existing PSD file?

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Been working on something, I see it in the recent list inside PS, but it cannot be opened.

I saved the latest version but would like to recover an older version of the existing PSD file or be able to open the one that I see in the recent list.

Using Photoshop cc.


texts: Make "Shades" (Add Black) to a Pantone Spot Color without Converting

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In InDesign or Illustrator, I know that you can make tints of a Pantone swatch spot color with converting it to CMYK. With a spot color, you have one color slider that controls what percentage of that color is used.

What I'd like to know is if it's possible to create "shades" of Pantone swatches in InDesign or Illustrator without first converting them to CMYK. That is, is there some where to have two color sliders, one for the amount of Pantone spot color, and one for the amount of K? Or is it not possible to add black without converting to CMYK first?

I'm having trouble finding anything online because I'm not sure what terminology to search this with. Thanks for the help.

UPDATE: I just discovered the "Mixed Ink Swatch" option in InDesign. Does anyone know how this feature works? If I make a "Mixed Ink Swatch" of 50% black and 100% a pantone color, is that the same as overprinting a 50% tint of black?


texts: Is there any possibility to change color mode to enter Hex values in Illustrator?

texts: I am struggling to change the color value in illustrator. AS the design style guide is in hex values, struggling between RGB color mode. May I ask please if is there possibility to change the hexadecimal values to choose the colors.


texts: Alt+drag in Sketch, keep same layer name

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When I copy  an element with Cmd+C / Cmd+V, it keeps the same name in the layer panel.

When I copy an element by holding down the alt key and dragging it somewhere, 'copy' gets added to the layername which clutters the layer panel.

Is it posible to give alt+drag the same naming behaviour as Cmd+C / Cmd+V?


texts: Unicode typewriter-like font or Unicode alternative for P22 Typewriter Font

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I would like to add my page the look and feel as it was written using a typewriter. I have found a marvellous P22 Typewriter Font that just does the job.

Unfortunately, it is not an Unicode font and a language-specific characters (Polish in my case) are not shown / printed out1:

Is there any Unicode alternative, as close to P22 Typewriter Font as possible, or any other that could give as close to typewriter experience as possible, but with full Unicode support? So that texts in many / most / all modern language would be printed correctly?

1An weird thing, at least to me, is that non-existing national characters are simply not printed at all, being replaced by a rectangles rather than being substituted by any existing font, i.e. Times New Roman etc. But, that's just a side note, neither a problem for me nor a scope of this question.


texts: Font that is similar to the Hornsey Road Bath and Laundry painting in London?

texts: Any suggestions for a font that is similar to the one in the image below?


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I'm using InDesign to data merge a mail list with a letter. Some entries are single addresses, others are married addresses; in the salutation the customer wants to greet the reader by first name(s).

How can I place "and" such that it does not appear for single people? For instance, the salutation should say "Dear John and Mary" or simply "Dear John", where the conjunction is in my InDesign master, not in a field in the merge source.


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I'm looking for a way to quickly get the inverse of a color into the foreground or background color swatch.  Ideally, I would like to use the eyedropper to sample a color from an image, but have the sample be the inverted color.  For instance, were I to use the eyedropper to sample #0ff000 from an image, I would like #f00fff to be the color that gets stored in the swatch.

Can this be done?  If not, is there some approximation that would get me the same result quickly?


texts: Using Photoshop or Illustrator, what would be the easiest way to recreate the geometric mosaic effect seen below on an image? I realize the image below was likely hand drawn and recreating it in an automated fashion would yield different results but I'm just looking for the tools that may exist to recreate something similar.


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I'm working on a photoshop script that contains a GUI for collecting information. This is my first time using Script UI and I'm running into 2 issues that I'm not sure how to address.

Issue 1, the palette is not the focus when I run my script. The user has to manually click on the palette in order to focus it and input their information. Not a super big deal, but is an extra step I'd like to avoid.
I'm writing this script for my team at work, most of us have multiple monitors all of varying resolution and sizes, in various configurations. In testing this, I'm currently running into an issue (Issue 2) where the palette pops up in the center of the primary monitor, and not the monitor where the photoshop window is (See attached screenshots). Is there a way to change this so the dialog appears on top of the photoshop window and not on some other monitor?

My code is as follows:

    #target photoshop
    var isDone, sTID, waitForRedraw, win, windowResource;
    windowResource = "palette";
    win = new Window(windowResource);
    var oldInputGroup = win.add("group");
    oldInputGroup.add("statictext", undefined, "Search for");
        var oText = oldInputGroup.add("edittext", undefined, "Search for");
        oText.characters = 25;
        oText.active = true;
    var newInputGroup = win.add("group");
        newInputGroup.add("statictext", undefined, "Replace with");
        var nText = newInputGroup.add("edittext", undefined, "Replace with");
        nText.characters = 25;
        nText.active = false;
    var caseCheck = win.add("checkbox", undefined, "Case Sensitive?");
    var bottomGroup = win.add("group");
        var btnOK = bottomGroup.add("button", undefined, "OK");
        var btnCancel = bottomGroup.add("button", undefined, "Cancel");

    main();

In main I have:

    isDone = false;

        win.onClose = function(){
            return isDone = true;
        };
        btnOK.onClick = function(){
            dataEntry = getInfo();
            return isDone = true;
        };
        btnCancel.onClick = function(){
            return isDone = true;
        };

        win.show();
        while (isDone === false) {
            try{
                app.refresh();
            } catch(e){
                isDone = true;
            };
        }
    //getInfo collects data from the window
    //then my script does its thing


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I've have a text, that might change, with many short paragraphs. They are flowing through five columns on every page. Most of them have a blank line between the paragraphs – but not all have – and that makes my problem.

As most have blank lines, but not all – I am unable to remove blank lines and then use paragraph styles to add blank space before/after paragraph.
Text is also "justify with last line aligned to left", so I cannot replace hard line break with soft line break were paragraphs don't have blank lines between (this would also involve some unwanted manual work, even though an advanced search and replace is possible).

This is repeating work, with a lot of text, so being able to have this automated in InDesign would be nice.
The only way I have thought of is to use two paragraph styles – one for paragraphs with white space before (and then use space before in paragraph styles), and one for those without. But as this is delivered as plain text – with the risk of a updated text being delivered – a more "automatic" way would be preferred.
Does anyone know of a way to make InDesign automatically "hide" the blank lines if they are at the top of a column?


texts: Need help with the Color Combination for the Red

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I have come up with a Basic Design for my web app. I want to use the Red color as it helps induce apetite. Well while designing i have managed to get the basic layout and design directions going. But messed up with the colors and as u can see have used blacks etc :(

I tried to brain storm as to how to make the layout more appealing having red as the main color. Could some one give me a few pointers as to how to go about it.

Image:


texts: Photoshop - Background color for multiple shape objects on multiple layers

texts:
I have multiple layers with rectangle shapes on each, i want to apply same color to every shape at once.

Can anyone share a tip?

Thanks,


texts: How can I break up a picture in three segments for separate framing?

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I have a wonderful picture of our horse (in portrait) and would love to enlarge it and frame it for my husband. I was thinking of breaking the picture up into three different segments and then framing each one and putting it up on our wall.

What program could I use and how big could I make the picture go before I lose quality to pixelation?


texts: When cropping scanned images in Photoshop, what JPG compression level to use?

texts:
Here's my situation:

I've scanned several documents into JPG format.
The scanner scans 14x8.5 inches, but my documents are 11x8.5 so I need to crop them.
Every scanned doc is about 1.2 MB in size.
I open one in Photoshop, proceed to crop, then Save. A dialog appears asking for JPEG Options, including Quality. The default value is 10, however I can also choose 12. If I choose 10, I get an image size about the same as the original. If I choose 12, I get an image size larger than the original.

It seems incorrect to choose 12 and get a larger file size, since the final image would be smaller than the original. However, I don't want to lose quality compared to the original just because I've cropped it.

What is the best way to crop in Photoshop without losing image quality and saving in JPG?

Thanks!


texts: Considerable stutter/lag/pixelation in PDF file while zooming in

texts:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/96798895/Untitled-2.pdf

I made this pdf in indesign, I don't know if it's an issue or not but when I zoom in to the file, say to any text or the logo, it stutters and then appears clearly. Why is this happening?
I traced the logo AtoS in illustrator which was an svg file, and then pasted that in indesign. Is it because of the file size or something related to compreesion?

I am attaching the indesign file https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/96798895/welcome%40gatle.indd.

I have tried lowering the settings while exporting the file and it has reduced the problem but I want to know whether or not I am doing it right.


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I'm searching for some techniques that offer similarities to the new Apple blurred gradient backgrounds. One of my clients is requesting a similar look to the new iOS, while I have some blurry photo graphic backgrounds they failed to capture the subtleties of the new OS.

The blending tool can create some very stylized gradients, however my lack of talent/expertise makes the majority of my attempts look messy. Any links fellow creators?

iOS 7 Color Stack


texts: Google Web Designer distorting image sharpness

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I'm using Google Web Designer to create an animation. The program is awesome for the most part. The one area where it's a bit befuddling is with image quality.

Original images are usually quite large in terms of pixels (e.g. 15 megapixels). When I resize them with Google Web Designer, the image sharpness gets distorted - the quality often seems to go down when compared to the same image resized via Preview on Mac.

Attached are screenshots of the same picture resized to the same size in terms of pixels in both Preview and Google Web Designer.

Picture - resized in Preview

Picture - resized in Google Web Designer

EDIT

By resized I mean:

Preview: Resampling and creating a new file

Google Web Designer: Dragging the picture's boundaries inwards to make the picture smaller on the screen.

As an aside, I experimented with zooming out in Preview and noticed the quality is actually higher than when the image is downsampled. If this is the case, why doesn't preview use the same zooming algorithm when shrinking a picture?


texts: Change Photoshop (CS5)'s 'Image Size' menu defaults

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Please tell me if this is the wrong stackexchange site for this and if so which one I should post it to.  And I apologize if it's the wrong one.

I take photographs.  I've taken a lot recently due to the Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) racing festival.    Because the images are 21 megapixel I reduce the size in processing afterwards (also other processing as I shoot in raw).   I find that in the 'Image Size' menu I have to change the resampling type from 'Best for Smooth Gradients' to 'Best for Reduction' for every single image.  It's a small change, but it gets bloody tedious when you've got hundreds of images to work through.  Is there a way to have it default to best for reduction (bi-cubic sharper)?


texts: Different shades of black in Photoshop and InDesign

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I'm currently putting together a CD cover, and haven't been working that much with printing, so CMYK tends to confuse me a bit.

I'm going to place a logo inside a frame in InDesign. I added the exact same background color to the logo in Photoshop, as the background color of my InDesign document. Still the background in InDesign is slightly darker when I export the PDF as I look at it on screen (if I look at it from different angles).

Any ideas? I use the following black for both: C: 75% M: 68% Y: 67% K: 90%

You can also see that when I'm watching two version of my PDF (with transparent PSD placed in InDesign), it gets a white line around the cut area if I zoom it in or out. If I look at it in 'actual size', it looks normal.


texts: Illustrator: keyboard shortcut for color picker

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I'm working on various color schemes for my design elements. I wish I could simply fill the elements by copying and pasting hex-values using keyboard shortcuts.

Everytime, I have to double click on the 'Fill' to open 'Color Picker' where I get to paste the copied hex value, which is breaking my flow.

Is there a way to set a shortcut or workaround to address this issue?


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I was watching a tutorial where a gentleman using an older version of Inkscape was able to draw freehand lands with the triangle in shape, therefore making the lines thin at the end of the shape and thick at the beginning (where he started drawing).

Trying to follow in Inkscape 0.91 I ran into the issue where it by default drew a thin line. I tried to make it thicker by changing the width in Path Effects but that had no effect (on that shape or any I drew after). I could change the width by increasing the width of the stroke, but then I lost my "triangle" shape (the whole freehand shape was pretty much had the same line width).

So how do I get the triangle in freehand drawing to work in the new version of Inkscape? Thank you!


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I'm using Illustrator to create a 10x10 grid that I wish to manipulate so I can achieve this effect:

But I'm unsure how to do it. Using the various Warp filters does not achieve the result I need, and I am unaware if there is a freehand "grab" distorting tool somewhere.


texts: Auto align layers with changing contents but constant shape in Photoshop

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I have 70+ images of a coloured microsphere taken through a microscope. Between each image, I manually rotated the sphere by about 5°.
In each picture, the position of the sphere is slightly different : the sphere seems to wobble around the center of the shot.
The colours inside the sphere change slightly from one frame to the other, but the overall shape of the object stays the same in all frames.

I intend to create an animation out of these images, yet I can't find an automated way to align the different shots.
The "Auto Align" tool between any consecutive frames won't work ; it says that the images differ to much from each other.
Although the colors do change a little, I feel like there should be a way to use the information that the spherical shape is constant.

In this folder are a few consecutive shots so that you can see what I'm talking about.

Should anyone have an idea about how to proceed, I would be very grateful !

Many thanks in advance !


texts: What workflow do you usually follow when exporting for mobile multi-platform?

texts:
I'm interested especially in the case in which you absolutely have to support older android versions. What is especially annoying is the fact that they constantly change their implementation and this creates files which are A) Bloated and huge and B) use duplicated layers for assets just to be able to support an older os version. Ex: Lolipop now has color overlay which is not present in Kitkat, but most apps have to support kitkat as well, so having an app that uses 100% the potential of Lolipop would need to make use of the app-compat library that does not know how to render color overlay on images/icons. And so you have to create 4 images per button just because of it.

Any pointers or ideas ? It's friggin annoying to have to bloat a huge file with more layers just because of backwards compatibility and it also destroys any hope of a nice workflow I had created for myself.


texts: How can I apply realistic brush marks on an image?

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I wonder how brush marks are applied to images. For example, there are some good marks on the sun graphic below. Are they textural, or do they require some special painting tricks? Any keyword that directs me to true path or link will be appreciated. I'm looking to accomplish this with GIMP.

By the way, they seems like brush marks to me but they may be friction marks, sword marks, bear claw, etc. What are they really?


texts: New generation of Save icon that is not a "disk"?

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Currently, the save icon in almost all applications represents a 3.5-inch disk from the 20th century. An example from Microsoft Office 2010 is shown below:

As we move towards more advanced technology, this "disk" save icon now seems obsolete. Kids born in 21st century might not even know what a disk is.

Is there any good alternative save icon out there that can replace this "disk" save icon in applications? Or, probably we can design a new save icon here and make it a standard? Ideally, the icon should not represent any hardware, because it will become obsolete again as technology evolves.

Very IMPORTANT Note:

This question is NOT to discuss whether we should change the "disk" save icon or not. I know the icon is still perfectly OK and friendly to the end users. There are questions on  Stack Overflow and ux.stackexchange.com that discuss this.

I just want to look for good "save" icon that does not look like a disk (or hardware). Just take this question as a brainstorming or a design challenge. :)

At least one save icon image per answer please.


texts: Why is the Indesign Scripts panel suddenly not sorted alphabetically?

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The Scripts panel in Indesign is sorted alphabetically by filename. Suddenly, the scripts seem to be ordered randomly in the panel.

This gets quite unefficient when trying to quickly find correct scripts in a process where many are used at different parts of a layout process.

Any ideas on how to sort them back alphabetically? Dragging scripts is not possible and there is no "sort" function in the panel menu.

This is how the sample scripts folder looks:

Edit: This issue got solved with the latest update of Indesign CC, now the items are ordered alphabetically again.


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Can anyone suggest 3D Face Expression Database which has basic expressions like happy, sad, surprise, anger, disgust, ...

I am trying to simulate different expressions on a 2D face image.
As a start, I am planning to create 3D face templates for each expression and apply texture mapping onto the data.

--Thanks


texts: Illustrator to SVG: different shades for different browsers

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I have just approached the world of design and so consequently I have many doubts about certain subjects, one of them is related to nuances.

As you can see from the images below, my "project" created in Adobe Illustrator is "corrupt" once saved in SVG format:

Project components:

Finished project / SVG:

SVG Options:
    SVG Profiles: SVG 1.1
    Options:
        Image Location: Link

I would kindly like to know what I'm doing wrong, if I should combine paths instead of overlapping them, or something else. Thanks for your help!


texts:
I saw this page (shown below) on Facebook earlier and I found no results when I put it through WhatTheFont.

What are the Roman and Italic weights of type on this page?


texts: How to apply a texture preserving the lightning of the original

texts:
I already saw some tutorial how to add a texture to the picture (for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnB2NUIb1h0).

I am interested in similar technique but with one extra condition -- preserving the lighting. Let's say you have a house in the picture -- let's focus on its wall -- its entire area is not equally lit, and what worse some obstacles can shadow some parts (for example roof can cast a shadow at the top of the wall).

When I add new texture to the wall it will be obvious there is something wrong with the picture, because lighting would not match -- thus this condition of preserving the lighting.

I have Gimp installed, but any program will suffice, because I am more interested in current state of the capabilities of this feature, less in day-to-day usage of it (thus I can install a trial version of necessary program).


texts:
I have created magazine in iD for print. Therefore its size is very big.
How can I comprime its size so I can use it online?

Maybe some settings of iD would help or software?
How do you publish pdf on your webpage?

Thanks


texts: What causes the effect in the Sonos logo?

texts:
Below is the new Sonos logo.

When you scroll up and down with the image on screen, it looks like sound waves are pulsing outward.

What causes this effect to occur?


texts: Making Photoshop render font kerning and letter spacing like a browser

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I want Photoshop to render fonts like a browser.  TypeKit is being used on the web site, but the default kerning/letter spacing is different between the two.

Can I use exactly the font Typekit is generating or in some other way achieve parity between the two?


texts: How to check if a PDF file is in RGB or CMYK?

texts:
I have sent a PDF file to a printing company and they came back telling me that it is in RGB but should be in CMYK. It is strange as I really tried to make everything in CMYK (working with Adobe InDesign) and also run it through www.pdf2cmyk.com
Is there a way to check for sure if a PDF is in CMYK or RGB?
I am looking for a method which is not based on visual examination since then I believe something can be missed. I would like to have a method saying yes or no (yes, only CMYK colors were used). Is this possible? What method do you think the printing company is using?


texts: Illustrator: How to intersect a picture with a curved line

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I am completely new to designs and illustrator. I am designing a scientific poster, so I want to create a curved line on the left of the poster where the left of the line is filled with a background and the poster is to it's left.
I got a picture with the background I want and I created a "frame" which I want to use to crop this picture on the lift and add it to my poster. How can I do that?
Please correct or rephrase the question if you can for a better readability. Thank you.

In other words, I want to use the shape on the right to crop from the left


texts: Will a photographic image be ruined in print if I use HDR toning in RGB mode and then convert to CMYK?

texts: I'm working in Photoshop CS5 and would like to use HDR effects for print work.


texts: How do I make a path from selected anchors points in illustrator?

texts: I have Illustrator cs6. I would like to make a path from selected vertices (anchor points) in different objects created with the pen tool. Is this possible? All the path-from-selection methods I've seen on this site seem to be for Photoshop.


texts: How to export a Magazine Document into a PDF for PRINTING?

texts:
I know how to export an indesign document into a PDF document, but I want to make sure it is the right format for printing. I've heard about something called Booklet?

Thannk you for your answer!

Blandine


texts: Scriptlistener Plugin : Catch layers transformation value

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I'm making a plugin called PS-Blender where I'm trying to simulate the functionality of Illustrator's blend tool. I've used different text field to measure out the start and end values of positions and rotations etc but I think it'll far better if user just have to transform the object and plugin detects transform automatically...

So far, I'll do something like below (just a prototype)

function get_start_layer_data(){
//Initial values will be stored like rotation, position etc.
}
alert("Please place your object to desired location")
function get_new_data(){
//new data based on user's transformation
}

So, I started to figure out if I can track the transform but it seems doesn't working but I can see the transformation being recorded in ScriptListener Plugin and below is the code where it finds everything including position, rotation changes so there must be a way to track it.

var idTrnf = charIDToTypeID( "Trnf" );
    var desc40 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
        var ref6 = new ActionReference();
        var idPath = charIDToTypeID( "Path" );
        var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" );
        var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" );
        ref6.putEnumerated( idPath, idOrdn, idTrgt );
    desc40.putReference( idnull, ref6 );
    var idFTcs = charIDToTypeID( "FTcs" );
    var idQCSt = charIDToTypeID( "QCSt" );
    var idQcsa = charIDToTypeID( "Qcsa" );
    desc40.putEnumerated( idFTcs, idQCSt, idQcsa );
    var idOfst = charIDToTypeID( "Ofst" );
        var desc41 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var idHrzn = charIDToTypeID( "Hrzn" );
        var idPxl = charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" );
        desc41.putUnitDouble( idHrzn, idPxl, 348.000000 );
        var idVrtc = charIDToTypeID( "Vrtc" );
        var idPxl = charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" );
        desc41.putUnitDouble( idVrtc, idPxl, 168.000000 );
    var idOfst = charIDToTypeID( "Ofst" );
    desc40.putObject( idOfst, idOfst, desc41 );
    var idWdth = charIDToTypeID( "Wdth" );
    var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
    desc40.putUnitDouble( idWdth, idPrc, 38.750000 );
    var idHght = charIDToTypeID( "Hght" );
    var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
    desc40.putUnitDouble( idHght, idPrc, 71.428571 );
    var idAngl = charIDToTypeID( "Angl" );
    var idAng = charIDToTypeID( "#Ang" );
    desc40.putUnitDouble( idAngl, idAng, 69.791238 );
    var idLnkd = charIDToTypeID( "Lnkd" );
    desc40.putBoolean( idLnkd, true );
executeAction( idTrnf, desc40, DialogModes.NO );

If anyone got idea how I can track these data and import them to variables then let me know! or even better if you guys want to contribute to project since it's open-source.

Thanks & Regards


texts: How to fill text with image and make what can't fit appear transparent?

texts: The Draw Inside feature will fill up the text with image. However, how do you make what can't fit look transparent as in the image above?


texts: How can I batch print photos with the 'Scale to fit media' checkbox enabled?

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If I run through an action with record on and in the following steps:

Start record
Print
Set 'Scale to fit media' to checked
Click the print button
Then configure the printer settings
Click print again on the printer popup window
End record
File > Automate > Batch > Select Currently open files and the recently created action.
Run

The action prints out a bunch of images that are printed way to big for the paper which means that the checkbox setting is not being recorded when I start my action.

This is what my image looks like

This is what the image looks like in the print dialogue box

This is what I want the image to look like every time I play my action (with the checkbox inside the red box checked)

Is there a way for me to make it so that it does record this element of the action?


texts: Use Inkscape project in an animation app

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I have a few .svg files from Inkscape that I would like to animate. However, I am not aware of a simple-to-use software that would let me paste it in its app and move my vectors in it to create the animation. I've tried on OpenToonz and on Krita so far and nothing is pasted when copying my vectors from Inkscape. I've just started graphic illustration so I would like a program easy to use to animate my work.

I was wondering if anyone had recommendations for this, i.e. transporting an Inkscape project into an animation app and continue the work there.


texts: Is there a way to view the metadata of SVG or EMF files using open source tools?

texts:
I have an image/chart that takes a long time to print - actually, a long time to create the post script file. Years ago I had a tool that allowed me to 'inspect/view' the chart and it visually showed that the chart had some highlighted areas that were "out of bounds" from the top of the image borders. This tool allowed me to edit the metadata and change the value from, say 10,000 to 10 - and that area was back within the image borders.

Apologies if this is vague/unclear.
Basically, I have an EMF file that MSPaint errors with "Paint cannot read this file. This is not a valid bitmap file, or its format is not currently supported". It really is an EMF file since the app that creates them saves the charts as EMF.

So, does anyone know of an open source tool that would allow me to edit the metadata of EMF files?

Thanks


texts: How to teach a print designer to design for web?

texts:
I'm a programmer (not a designer) and I work with various designers in the marketing industry. A typical project will consist of a designer coming up with a design for a web page and then handing the design off to me (PSD file or whatever) and I implement the design into a webpage (HTML, CSS, etc...).

The problem I run into a lot though is that a lot of designers don't know how to design with the web in mind. They come from a background of designing for print material, and they approach web design the same, which simply does not work. They don't think about things like "What happens to the design when the user changes the browser size" or "tileable background images" or designing using a grid/column system instead of placing elements all over the place or "You can't have a DIV with multiple background images that works for all browsers", or "don't use 12 different web fonts", etc...

How do I instruct designers on how to better design with the web in mind? Are there resource for this or books out there that approach the various challenges and hurdles to this? Or do they simply have to learn from experience?


texts: Photoshop smart object layers in multiple artboards

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I have a PSD file with 15 artboards for banners (each 385x150px). Each banner should have a different background image.

Client will be using this file, so I created a smart object layer and he can double-click on it in order to replace the photo. When I was ready with the first banner/artboard, I just duplicated it into the 2nd artboard.

Now, when I click on the smart object layer on one of the artboards and change the photo, the change takes place on both of the banners:

I get it. Since I copied this layer, it takes the information to another artboard as well. So I deleted the smart object layer on the second artboard, created a new layer and turned this into a smart object layer. But when I double-click on the layer and it opens in a new tab, the width of the area is not banner's. It's much wider (1155 px) than the banner:

Why is it behaving so? And how can I solve this issue? It is important that the client can change the photo easily (he doesn't know much about Photoshop) on different banners.

Thanks for your help.


texts: how to create a plane from lines in the illustrator

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I have this estate map in illustrator. Everything is made only with lines. I would like to add a background color to an estate, but I cant because it is not a plane. Is there a way to make those estates as planes in illustrator in a semi-automated way. I have more than 100 estates. So doing one by one can take a weeks.

Thanks


texts: Web font that includes both alphanumeric characters and icons

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There are lots of icon fonts, like FontAwesome, ionicons and others. But is there any web font that includes both text and icons? If not, do you know why?

My motivation to ask this is to be able cover the needs of icons and alphanumeric characters of a website loading only one web-font.

EDIT: As suggested in a comment, I know services like icoMoon or Fontastic, where you can build your own icon collections. Actually two of icoMoon icon collections include alphanumeric icons. But this is not what I mean, since those alphanumeric icons are not supposed to be used to display the text of a website.

What I'd like to find is a text web font, for example Open Sans, that includes also an icon collection by typing some character combination.
With that web font I could type "car" to write this word, or also type something like &#xf1b9; to display the icon of a car.


texts: When I draw a rectangle, doesn't appear?

texts: Whenever I try to draw a rectangle, nothing appear and even when I close Inkscape and try again, the same thing happens.


texts: Photoshop: Ctrl + click on group no longer selecting all pixels on layers beneath?

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Back in the 2018 version of Photoshop CC, you could control/command + left click on a a group to select all visible pixels, but it appears that is no longer working anymore for 2021 (I skipped a few). Is there any way to re-enable this ability or is it gone for good?
For the record: This doesn't address the issue.
To reiterate, it used to be where you could control + click the group to select all pixels of the layers inside. Has this been changed to something I'm unaware of, or is it gone?


texts: professional design of an extremely slim vertical menu

texts:
Ok, so I am a programmer and a complete disaster at web design. Untill now I have been able to produce "acceptable" looks with the help of frameworks like bootstrap, but I am stuck with a little side menu. The best thing I was able to come up with is the following:

It is a little side menu on a page where you have an in-browser RDP-client, so the main requirement is that it is VERY slim and preferably floating on the left side of the screen (changing it to horizontal and sticking it to the top of the screen is not an option). It should also be visible AT ALL times, so no appearing when hovering in the right area with your mouse. It contains three clickable buttons (MENU, KEYS, CLOSE). And as a side note: the button keys is kind of solution-specific and is a clear description in the context of the user.

My question is: how can I make this menu meet the criteria above so slim -> ~20px wide always visible and still make it look professional and not distracting? I would really appreciate any form of advice and tips!


texts:
I am on a CentOS 7 machine, I want to take a PDF export of my website that has emojis in it using puppeteer (that internally used Chromium). But natively, very few emojis are supported on linux, and that too in black and white. So I found to options to get the emojis rendered:

Google Noto
Emoji One

Using Google Noto or Emoji One's Android fonts, on browser, it looks ok, but the PDF export shows up as emojis overlapped by weird characters:

Using Emoji One's apple fonts, on browser as well as PDF export, the skin tones of faces appear to be separated besides the normal emoji inside a circle:

Can you please suggest a way to solve these rendering issues. Or suggest an alternative emoji font for linux.


texts: How do I maintain visual crispness in a small (50x50) logo?

texts:
I'm not sure whether it's due to antialiasing or something else, but the logo and Twitter icon on my site look blurry, especially on mobile: http://scarletstringstudios.com/

The logo source was a 512x512 PSD which I resized and tried saving as both PNG and JPG. I also threw together an AI vector of the logo just to test, but the exported PNG still came out as you see it.

I have definitely seen smaller, crisper icons on websites before. Why is downscaling my image causing it to look bad?

I even tried using an SVG as the img src, and that sort of worked, but then my browser rendered the incorrect font for the logo.


texts: How to align search icon, link and column header

texts:
Is there are general rules to align right-aligned elements on the page?
Look at these screenshots:

At this screenshot the search icon and the link are aligned to the right border of the "box", while the table column header and the checkboxes are aligned with some padding from the "box".

At this screenshot I had aligned all the elements with same padding from the box.
Is it right way to do the best design ever?


texts: Approximate image with pixels from reference photo?

texts: In order to color grade my image in same sense of a reference photo, I'd like to approximate my image with the pixel colors from the photo, but on different places. Is this possible?


texts: Does anyone know what this font is called? I have tried the font identifier programs online, but it wouldn't work because of all the swishes. I really love this font!!


texts: Is there a recommended neutral color palette for web design?

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I am trying to improve my design side on web design. I have design a mobile app using a platform called ApplicationCraft which gives me mobile 5 mobile themes (colours) and have created a 'nice' looking app using the green theme.

I allow the client to add their own logo & banner which then conflicts with the green theme I am using.

I can use CSS to change the colours of the theme so I need to know if there is a 'Standard neutral' range of colours to achieve this.

This is my current screen:


texts: How to solve an issue of repetition in a layout?

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UPDATED: ProKeys updated with new layout is available. You can check it out. Thank you!

I did a recent redesign of ProKeys so as to minimize its space taking snippets. I changed this:

Old layout

(ignore the arrows and all; but notice only two snippets are shown at once)

to this:

New layout:

Now it saves a lot of space. Many more snippets are shown in the same space. User can view the whole snippet by clicking the "View" button. But if you would notice, there is a lot of repetition of the three buttons - "View", "Edit" and "Delete" - which kind of looks odd when viewed at once.

Therefore, I want to know if there is a way of how I can improve this to avoid the repetition.

Also, I can't use the hover effect because people on laptop without mouse might have problem.

UPDATE:

I have decided to go with the approach of a down arrow, which shall reveal the options on click. I shall share the final product when ready with you all.
The approach of Mass Actions by Ilan is also very nice. But I feel it would be difficult to implement. It is still definitely a good alternative.
The final design would be like: on clicking the down arrow, the snippet shall be shown fully, and only the edit&delete buttons would be shown, while the down arrow shall become up-arrow. Clicking it again shall reverse the action. I think this would be easy, and more fun!
Thanks to all the people who answered. Their effort was really helpful!

Thank you all!


texts: Is there a fast way to clean up empty layers and folders in Photoshop?

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I have a very large document, and along the way I have made a lot of changes and new layers. I have a tons of layers and groups and I'm now sitting and organize everything manually.

Is there are fast way to clean up unused and empty layers?


texts: Changing Keyboard Increment to 0.5px or less in Illustrator CC 2017?

texts: Has anyone experienced issues changing their 'Keyboard Increments' to below 1px (in AI preferences)? I haven't been able to change this to anything below 1px, 1mm, etc. I would like to set it to .5mm. I've turned 'align to pixel grid' and 'snap to pixel' off but still no luck. Really can't figure this one out, any help would be greatly appreciated!


texts: What are the Best Sizes for Designing an Icon Set Used for Web

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The icons that I've created for a website of mine are starting to become a little disjointed in size and styling. I"m wanting to spend some time creating a standardized icon set. I'm most concerned about the approach in creating a size that can be used throughout the site either big or small.

Question: What is the best size to create an icon set used for Web? 24x24 and 30x30 seem to be common as they're standards for Material design and iOS Design. So I could pick one of those; however, those can be pretty large for system icons (e.g. help icon).

Does one typically design 1 size (say 24x24) and then resize where necessary depending on the application? Say a large help icon vs a small help icon in a menu, for example, both based on the same 24x24 original icon.

I've seen 1 singular set of icons come in sizes of 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48 to cover a whole range of different sizes. Is something like this common practice? Where those don't divide into each other equally one would need to adjust the icon where necessary so that it precisely falls on the pixel grid and results in crisp lines across all sizes.

I'm curious how others in the web design community approach icon design used for the web.

Edit: forgot to add that I’m designing these in Sketch so in vector format, and to clarify my question is not so much as best practices of designing the actual icon but more on a standard size (canvas size of the icon if you will) of the set.


texts: What graphic dimensions would allow it to be printed at the same size regardless of selected scale options?

texts: For standard letter-size paper in a basic printer, the user can select to Print Actual Size (No Scale) or Fit to Page options. I estimate that a graphic 8" by 10.1875" gets close to not appearing different sizes, but its not exact. What are the dimensions needed so the printed graphic appear exactly the same no matter which scale option is selected?


texts: How do i give this matte finish to water or anything?

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I know how to fix all the problems this tutorial art i did has (light, color, shadows, etc) but theres something missing, i want to achieve a matte finish like the one at the end

LINK to the example: https://www.behance.net/gallery/37227055/Everything-is-okay-until-its-not


texts: Best way to save AI/SVG graphics for website purposes?

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I'm using Adobe Ilustrator CS3.

I have a bunch of small images (200x200 px) which I originally created  as ".ai". I saved them as ".svg" using option Save for Web & Devices but to my surprise the output file is about 3 times bigger than the ".png" version of the same image.

Why is the ".svg" file bigger than the ".png" file?

I thought that vector graphics are always lighter. Am I choosing wrong options for saving?

What would be the best way to save these graphics for the web?


texts: In GIMP is there a way to make selection start from the canvas border?

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In GIMP when I want to crop a rectangular image down to a square there's something frustrating about how the Rectangle Select Tool behaves. Even though I can constrain the proportions of the selection by holding Shift as I drag it out, the selection frustratingly begins outside of the canvas instead of at the border. This defeats the purpose of proportional selection because as you can see below, the selection does not end up being square:

Edit:
The best solution I've found is to enable View > Snap to Canvas Edges and click as close to the edge as possible when beginning the selection. But is there a setting that can be changed to make the selection start at the canvas edges even if you began drawing the selection marquee outside the canvas?


texts: Adobe Illustrator: how to reset viewing angle with Astute Graphics plugins installed?

texts: Everything on my artboard is rotated and don't know how to fix that. I've just installed Astute Graphics plugins and after 3 hours of using Illustrator, this is happening.


texts: Illustrator export creates white borders at the edges

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Just working on a logo, but when I export the logo to svg (for a website) I get white borders at the edges and the shadow (see picture). Anyone knows how this can happen and what I can do to prevent this? In Illustrator the logo is perfect but exporting to svg/png/jpeg etc brings up this problem

Thanks in advance.


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I need to recreate this specific type of button using Inkscape:

Don't mind the text or the icon, just the button itself.
I've tried creating a rectangle with a solid color fill, then duplicating it and using an elliptic gradient in greyscale, finally I overlap both, but it does not look the same.


texts: Indesign script (Javascript) to return/select words around insertion point

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Consider the following text:

She sells sea shells.

Say my insertion point is currently at a blank space between two words, i.e.

app.selection[0].characters.length < 1

I need to select or return the two words flanking the insertion point on either sides. So, if the insertion point is between sells and sea, I need the selection to be sells sea, if it's between sea and shells, I need the selection to be sea shells, and so on. I tried using the parent property but it's not giving me any option to return the specific words I need. Any help will be precious!


texts: Gnuplot: wrong numbers on scaled color bar

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I used gnuplot to create a 3D surface from a data file "3D.txt" written in three columns x y z. I saw that the numbers on the color bar are ~40000 although the peak of my graph (z_max) is around 14 [see picture].

How can I solve this? I used simple code like:

gnuplot> set palette rgbformulae 22, 13, -31
gnuplot> splot "3D.txt"


texts: Optimum line height in relation to font size

texts: Is there an agreement on what the optimum mathematical proportion of line height and the size of a text is? And if there is, is it the same for print and web?


texts: Type Design: Background and guidelines for designing the Umlaute (ä Ä, ü Ü, ö Ö) of a serif typeface

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I am working on the editorial design of a book and Lucas Bihan of Bretagne
Type Foundry was kind enough to give me access to a trial version of his serif typeface »Self Modern«, which I am now using for a draft.

A preview of Self Modern:

Unfortunately, the typeface does not include the Umlaute (ä Ä, ü Ü, ö Ö), which I need since parts of the book are in German. What I would like to do for the draft, is to use Glyphs and take the existing a A, u U and o O of the typeface as the basis for creating the Umlaute myself, of course in communication with Lucas.

Not being a fully professional type designer, is there someone who could provide me with some information regarding the design of the Umlaute, specifically in a serif typeface? I assume there are things to keep in mind and an Ä is not created by merely copying the A and putting a couple of dots taken from the i above it.


texts: Illustrator bleed of 15cm. Is it possible?

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I have to create a banner of 1.25mx2.5m and others. When I sent it to the print company they told me to add a bleed of 15cm, but the limit size in Illustrator is 2,5cm. Can I create a bigger one?

By the way: is a bleed of 15cm normal? I've never seen this before.

Thanks you guys for all te comments! I confirmed with them and it's 15cm truly. So i created the artboard bigger by 30cm horizontally and vertically.


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How can I search for fonts which support specific characters?

For example, how can I find a font which has the character U+1000?


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I am an absolute beginner in Illustrator, currently working on a Mac in CC.
My first project is quite ambitious... I want to be able to trace (if that's the right method) childrens' drawings in order to have vector files that can be printed and used in promotional products.
My main issues are that when I expand the trace, it results in losing most of the original colours.  There are some pretty colourful masterpieces, and I need to maintain the original colours to get the effect.  The other issue is the huge file size that results.  I did a few searches and have touched on embedded files vs linked files, but need some pointers that may help me to accomplish what I'm trying to achieve.

Many thanks :-)


texts: Inkscape: Position a circle by its center and not the bounding box

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Is it possible to position a circle in inkscape using the center? I'm designing a shape for a laser cutter and the circles are to outline mounting holes. Each hole is around 3.2mm.

I know one way is to just subtract the radius whenever positioning them. But I've got a large number of holes and it will increase the chances of error greatly (Instead of positioning at (14,14), I'll be positioning it at (12.4,12.4).

This is the only thread I could find on this topic and sadly doesn't have an answer. Does anyone know if there's any way to do this?

EDIT: Just to clarify, I want to be able to position the holes exactly using the x and y values using the lower left hand corner of the sheet as the origin.


texts: Inkscape: How can I create a circular plane with excited circles of different angle?

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I have only once used Inkscape so far and need to make a graphic for my thesis work for an illustration of a geometrical principle. Imagine our solar system as a circular plane. The plane is the average of all the planets that circle around it. Now each individual planet is inclined towards this average(!) plane.

I would like to draw a plane that shows this inclination of each planet. Something like this (not necessarily with scaling):

How can I do this?

Thank you very much!


texts: How to adjust the background to the object

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I want to adjust the green background, so it fits to the object in the front.
When I try path->difference the two, it gives me the wrong result
I'm using Inkscape.


texts: Upscale an entire document, either in InDesign or in Acrobat pro?

texts: I've designed a book in Indesign. I'd like to scale it up just a tad. Fonts are 11pts...more readable at 12pts or so...I'm not wanting to do an entire new layout. If not in indesign what about in Acrobat pro? It's a 6 x 9 book...so end output should be a little bit larger. say a 1/4 inch all the way around. Any advice...much appreciated. -1181


texts: How to extract gradient css code from an AI design

texts: I have been given a design for a web page made in Adobe Illustrator. What I would like to do is to convert the gradient inside the design to css code to use for the web page implementation. How can this be done in illustrator/Photoshop cc (2017)


texts: Is there a way to make all these polygons symmetrical?

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So I am doing a side project for fun. How can I make these points on the trees all go up vertically without having to manually edit each one?

They are made using the pen tool so each of the different color sections is one object. They are crooked and I want them to be all be standing up straight (the triangles regular).


texts: SVG optimization practices when drawing in Illustrator

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I’ve noticed that when exporting a file from AI to SVG, there is a lot of code created that is not necessary and I realized then that this code can be certainly optimised.

Found this interesting SVG optimizer tool:

http://petercollingridge.appspot.com/svg_optimiser

I also found that the following practices may increase the performance of your final animation:

Using predefined shapes in SVG such as circles, elipses, squares, rectangles and polygons instead of paths.
Reducing  the amount curves and corners when using paths.
When exporting AI to SVG, choose the option “presentation atributtes” so styles will be inside the SVG tag, instead of linking  them to an external CSS file.

My question now is:

What other aspects must be considered WHEN WORKING IN ILLUSTRATOR in order to improve the final performance of an SVG animation?

Thank's.


texts: How in Apple's iMessage can a message with more letters fit in a bubble the same size as a message with less?

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In the picture above, I sent two messages.  One has 4 characters, the next has 6 characters.

How and why is it that they are both able to fit in the same bubble size/container although one has more content than the next, and how is this decided by the design?


texts: Is there an interpolation algorithm specialized on curves?

texts: I'm trying to increase the resolution of images containing lots of rasterized circle and ellipse parts, is there any algorithm that kind of detects these and uses a mathematical model to rescale them? Currently to me hqx looks best, but it's not specifically designed for this I think.


texts: How to work with image sprites in Photoshop?

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I use CSS sprites to reduce server load and thus make the page load faster. This is very effective but I find managing these compound images difficult.

I decided to use Photoshop slices to keep track of the various areas allotted to each image (some of them have white space around), because guides quickly became unmanageable.

The problem is now that when I export for the web I can only export individual slices and not the whole image, which negates the idea. So I resort to making a copy of the image before exporting and exporting that flat image.

Is there a way to export for the web an entire image that contains slices? And additionally is there a more practical way to do this?

edit

I have images of different sizes (on the same Photoshop canvas) and of varying uses, which means that sometimes I'll need to dedicate a whole line to a sprite or sometimes I'll have to keep track of white space that needs to be preserved around an icon.

Guides don't allow me to keep a clear view of the area dedicated to a specific sprite.

But an image will show that better than words:

With guides

With slices

So working with slices makes it easier to visualize my sprites but then it is impossible to export the whole image.

Is there any workaround in Photoshop?


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I have an image that I have imported to Inkscape from a PDF to edit. There is a large bounding box around the whole image, but when I edit some of the text is now extends beyond the bounding box and it partially hidden.
Is there a way to enlarge the bounding box without scaling the contents? Is there something else I can do to get the rest of the text to be visible? I could change the text in the source program, but discovered the issue well into my editing, so I would prefer not to go back to square one.
Thank you


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I have a PNG image with transparency. It is an icon of single color and I want to change its color.

What I have done so far is,

Select the area I want, either by Fuzzy select or the color select tool.
Color with the bucket fill.

However I get rough edges, not blended with the transparent background.

How can I achieve that?


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I would like to replace black color in transparent PNG for bluish color from my other image.

Bluish color sampled:

So, desired color is #00528f.

Unfortunately, it does not work as I would expect in Change Color dialog:

Why isn't it obey direct order of a human and how to make it work as expected?


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I'm not an Illustrator expert user.
I'd like to draw a sort of "globe", but using a cylinder instead of a sphere.
can anyone help me to find a start point? I don't know where to start placing textures


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I would like to create a pdf with text fields that expand in height but when you are finish typing that they revert back to there original size so as not to cover anything up or flow the  rest of my file off the page.

Is this do-able? I have Adobe Livecycle Designer but know little to nothing about it, have only tinkered. I also have Acrobat Pro X.

Any help is appreciated.


texts: Saving PNGs in Photoshop—compression specific question

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I create artwork on Photoshop and occassionally print this artwork on physical products. That said, I save all of my artwork in PNG since is of better quality and has transparency.

Shen you save a PNG on Photoshop (not Save for Web as 300ppi needs to be retained), I am prompted with a small window that gives me the options for compression.

I am presented with "None/Fast" and "Smallest/Slow". When I take use "None/Fast", my file size is around 300Mb. However, when I use "Smallest/Slow", my file size drops down to about 3-5Mb. This is a tremendous file size reduction.

Afterwards I open both of the saved files (the 300Mb and 5Mb), and they are identical on screen and both have 300ppi retained.

What's the catch here? It seems to good to be true to have the file size compress to this tiny size without any visible quality loss (I'm zooming right in, no difference). Thank you.


texts: Missing JPG image when publishing html5 in Adobe Animate CC

texts: when I publish an animated banner ad from Animate CC, the jpg image won't show, but it's not disabled in the project file itself. What am I doing wrong?


texts: Color removal followed by transparency reproduction

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I have a large number of images I'd like to remove the background color of and replace with 100% transparent background. I also have semi-transparent rectangles which I need to "color correct".
To illustrate my case here is an example PNG image: Magenta background. 40% transparency yellow rectangle on top of a fully opaque blue circle.

Removing the background, which is straight forward, I get this:

So now my question is how do I get the rectangle to be a transparent yellow instead of the orange tint it originally had, while at the same time keep the color of the overlapping area between circle and rectangle?

I'm looking for any kind of solution. It could be program specific or code based (algorithm).


texts: Photoshop: Batch Fit Image x Bicublic Sharper?

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1) By File -> Automate -> Fit Image...,

we can fit images of any size or orientation into a particular frame size. But we cannot specify the resample method, like Bicublic Sharper. In fact we do not know what resample method it uses.

2) By Image -> Image Size...,

we can control the resample methods. But for batch processing, like batch resize photos of different orientation, we cannot specify a "fit-frame" size in this menu.

Is there a way/a script/a menu that we can combine the advantages of the two - Batch Fit Image with Bicublic Sharper?


texts: Adobe Illustrator: maximum artboard dimensions for PNG export?

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As all Illustrator users know, there is a hard limit on the size you can export a PNG file. I'm curious if anyone knows the maximum limit on this, and if it differs depending on the DPI of the exported PNG file.

For my immediate needs I am interested in a 300 DPI export, but curious what the dimension limit is for 72, 150 if it's dependent on the DPI.


texts: How to calculate the RGB color values with a given alpha value for mixing with another color to achieve a target color?

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Basically what I am trying to achieve is illustrated in this Image:

I got a background color (R:19 G:25 B:37 or #141A25) upon which I want to layer another color at 80% alpha to get a target color (R:52 G:96 B:29 or #415C1E). I am looking for the specific RGB values of that 2nd color I am layering over the background and how to calculate them.

While I can get there through approximation and messing about (in the example it is only 98% there), I'd like to know how to get there through calculation rather than wasting 5+ minutes shifting color values.

Thanks in advance for any help! :)


texts: how continue a path from one point by using pen tools in illustrator?

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I use pen tool to draw around of shapes in my sketch in illustrator  ,  during drawing I do wrong  and the path is closed , I want to  continue  from one point of this path but I don't know how do it by pen

here is a picture of my probelm


texts: Photoshop To CSS: How do you translate Fill to CSS

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I have a content box in photoshop with the background color #bc0018 with a 65% opacity and 50% fill.

I am able to translate the backgroundcolor and opacity part to this, but without the 50% fill the backgroundcolor looks different.

.content-box {
    background-color: rgba(188, 0, 24, 0.65); }

Any suggestions on also getting the proper "fill" in CSS?

EDIT

I did just divide the opacity by half and it appears to achieve the same effect as a 50% fill. Still, I would love to hear how other people do this? I definitely don't want to create an image just for this.

.content-box {
    background-color: rgba(188, 0, 24, 0.325); }

Thanks!


texts: I'm working on a personal project and I'm looking for inspiration. I've found something interesting but I doesn't know what it is nor how to do it… Could you help me answering these question ?


texts: Here is a picture of my website (and also the link) as it is now (still under construction). I've tried various combinations in term of font size, font weight, etc. but can't find "the right" balance so external advice would be much appreciated (especially for the top part: header, menu, sub-header). What would you change?


texts: Multiple whitespace characters in XML for InDesign

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I want to use an InDesign workflow where my editor types into an XML document, and I link elements of that document to frames in my layout. Unfortunately, some of our content employs monospace text with multiple whitespace characters in a row.

I'm used to XML ignoring whitespace. Does InDesign ignore whitespace, too?
 Will that create a problem when InDesign imports it? If so, how can I work around it?


texts: Illustrator: Manipulate a curve that is part of a line while keeping it in the line

texts: I made this image for making it easier to understand what I'd like to learn how to do:


texts: Overlap two objects to share the same stroke in Illustrator

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I have two rectangles with stroke width of 2px.
How do I go about putting them side by side such that they share the same adjacent stroke border of 2px?

I tried dragging the rectangles to fit them into the stroke but there is no snapping. Is there a better way to do this?

Stroke border of 2 x 2px

Rectangles share the same stroke.


texts: Does anybody know how to make these architecture graphics?

texts: I want to make a 2D architecture plan with 3D elements (like trees, ..) on them, but I don't know how exactly and in which program? AutoCad, ArchiCad, Illustrator?


texts: Name for blocky, imprecise illustration style (like Saul Bass, Paul Rand)

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Simple question. What's a name for that style of illustration that uses characterful slightly childish blocks of bold colour with imprecise edges, as if the illustration had been put together from pieces of coloured paper cut out with blunt scissors?

Some Paul Rand examples:

From...

From...

Some Saul Bass examples (some mix in clipped photos):

From...


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Sorry for asking such a question, I've to confess I do not own a hand-held device, but I wish to discuss about layout options for desktop application I develop.

Would you please tell me the name of this layout type?


texts: How do I find on demand graphic designers in the NYC area with out using an agency?

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Looking for quality, on demand designs with varying skills for on demand for print design work is nearly impossible.
Does anyone have a process of how they interview freelancers?
How do you validate their skills?


texts: How to remove background from multiple small objects

texts: I have multiple photos where I need to replace the background and shadows with pure white but I'm finding it rather tedious and difficult to do with the amount of small ares and objects that I need to get around, I'll include an example image. I'm wondering if there's an easier way to go about removing the background and shadows than going through each individual section and masking or selecting them one by one.


texts: How to open a 1:10 printing file properly in illustator

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im trying to make a 338CM X 70CM sign in illustator, the design contain vectors and images.
The printing place wants it to be 1:10 scaling size and im trying to understand one thing:
if im sending him a 1:10 pdf file (33.8 cm X 7 cm instad of 338 cm X 70 cm) how the images wont be ruined after he will print it in the actual size?
Also, when i open a 1:10 file, how do i set the bleeds in it? doing 1:10 also? (instad of 0.3 cm im doing 0.03 cm?)
Thanks for the help


texts: How do I define the print size of an InDesign document that has "Intent: Web"?

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I have a 70-page InDesign document - a product catalog - that has been made with "Intent: Web" and dimensions 1600 x 900 pixels.

The main target for the document is screen, but we do also want to print a few copies. When the PDF is exported, the size is set to 564,4 x 317,5 millimeters.

We want to print at roughly A4 size. I can't seem to find any setting to allow us to define print size. How would I go about this?


texts: Why "numeric" and "letters" text zones are not on the same level and aligned?

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I'm very new to the world of graphic design and I was trying to recreate my resume on Adobe InDesign. I created 2 text zones, one with just a year, and an other one with a multiline text and put the two zones side by side.

As you can see on the image, there is a subtile difference between the zones and as a result, the text is not well aligned. The font is the same and the font height is the same too, I don't understand how to get rid of that apart from doing it manualy.


texts: When I use the magic Wand Tool to select and crop an image, a white background is cropped behind it even though I'm not selecting any white background

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Looks like this:

I only select the black tshirt, click crop but the white background is still there?


texts: How to present email marketing in a portfolio?

texts: Print design is easy to present. Web design is a little more complicated but not too bad. How do you all suggest presenting Emails to a client? Forward them the actual emails? Save them as .PDFs / Images? Something else entirely?


texts: I'm making a design for a wrapping paper and created a pattern then dragged it to my swatches window to create a new swatch. I edited the pattern and checked the"size tile to art", it came out with white lines between each pattern.


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I worked with a client that wanted a mandala as a logo. I went through a lot of versions as I tried to simplify the request. This is what we ended up with.

I am not a pro at logo design, so I am seeking some enlightenment on how professionals like the awesome people here would have created this logo.


texts: How do I replace the blue color with red in this image?

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I'd like to replace the blue in the linked image with red. What is the easiest and best-looking way to do this? I had the idea of selecting the gold trim and colorizing the inverse, but that would take way too long to trace all that gold.
I can take suggestions for Paint.NET, GIMP, or Paint Shop Pro 9.
Image can be found here: https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/illustration/antique-book-cover-royalty-free-illustration/180820456


texts: How can I replicate this distorted text effect in After Effects?

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I need to replicate the effect used on the type here using After Effects (it's for a school project where we are not allowed to use any other program.)

How can I achieve this? Thank you in advance for your help.


texts: Getting a triangular tear effect in Gimp?

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I want to create a "tear" effect with regular triangular shapes to show I'm omitting part of the middle of a screenshot, something like:

When I search for tear effects all I find is realistic ripped paper edge effect. Anyone know terminology or Gimp instructions referring to this simpler geometric effect I'm looking for?


texts: I have this image which is already of poor quality for an image on AO paper. I was trying to sharpen the image but it doesnt help. I have no expertise in image editing so it was quite frustrating for me. Any advice or help would be very much appreciated :)


texts: I've got a design that needs to be printed for an 4' by 8' window decal. The design is entirely vector, so I know that it can be resized, but what I don't know is how I should save it. Should I just give the decal printers an .ai file with say a 400x800px artboard, or should it be prepared some other way?


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I'm trying to use illustrator to add string or numeric data to various elements (groups,paths, etc.)

Is there a way to do this in Illustrator?

With inkscape I can use the XML Editor, it's a bit cumbersome, but it is easy and it is possible.

will result in...


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I googled this a bit and found an older post on the Adobe forums but that's for Photoshop CS3.

I was looking for the Advanced Mode option but couldn't find it.
Is it still possible to save a bitmap in RGB 565 format from Photoshop CS6 (even with scripting) ?
If so, how ?


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Using both the Assistant Tools and Grids and Guides in tandem with one another is useful for pixel art, comic book panels and perspective. There’s a problem with setting these up and I couldn’t find many tutorials on how to handle this. It’s a little confusing because I want to make a ruler that’s completely horizontally flat; I press the shift key and drag, assuming it’d snap it, but it does not.

How can I snap the assistant tools?


texts: how can i create an action in photoshop to draw shapes that fit the document dimensions?

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i wanted to create an action in photoshop to draw a rounded rectangle frame with 40 px distance from each side of the document that works for both square and landscape documents. i have tried creating a rectangle frame using documents dimensions and then turn that simple rectangle into a rounded rectangle using selection tool but it will not work when document sizes vary.
can someone tell me how can i perform such task? thanks.


texts: Do Google's fonts function just like any other font? I've only gotten a few but they look a little poor in quality when used in print applications. Has anyone used them for a print design and did it come out accurately? I know they are optimized for the web - is there a way to identify which ones will look alright on print?


texts: How to remake these lines that follow a circular shape?

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How do I remake this image? I want to make the gray, green and blue part.

It basically is a slightly altered rounded rectangle. I was wondering how to make it fit the curve of the circle perfectly.


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I am trying to change the stroke width of an icon in Inkscape but, unlike other times I have done this, this time the stroke width appears to be 0 px and I am not allowed to make it thinner:

The stroke width is actually quite large already, is there another setting I should edit to make it thinner?

You can download the file I am working on here.

BTW: sorry for the potato quality of the screenshot, this is what you get using Inkscape on a retina screen :/


texts: What is the font used on PHP.net to show code?

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I noticed PHP.net changed the font used to show code examples.

Does someone know what this font is?

Updated: I've set my text editor to use Fira Mono as someone kindly pointed out but still why does it not look like the above?


texts: When can I use `Shift` + `Alt` + `mouse left click` shortcut in Photoshop brush mode

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I'm using Adobe photoshop 2020, and I wonder about this shortcut.
Brush mode and shift + alt + click,
and I can pick some color. But I don't know How I use picked color.

How can I use this shortcut?


texts: Formatting text in Illustrator - paragraphs - numbered lists

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I have this really "great" task of creating something in Illustrator that shouldn't be normally done with Illustrator...I am no gonna go into details about that, im just saying so no one starts blah blah-ing about this should not be done in Illustrator.

The problem is that I am creating an instruction booklet and I have a lot of pages with numbered lists, on those numbered lists I want the numbers to be in the same text box as the information that is being listed, but I can't figure it out how to make the text align with the line before, not with the number. Is there a way to do this in Illustrator? Maybe with Paragraph Styles ?

Have a look at the pic to understand better what I mean, In the first circle is what I get and in the second circle is something close to what I want but I did it manually by adding extra spaces on the second line of text.