texts: Adobe Illustrator's Type Tool - Incorrect text height

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Ok, so I've been using Illustrator for years, and this is something I haven't gotten around to figure out..

In my line of work, I need to be precise with my lettering.
If I want a text height of 20mm, that's what I expect to get when I type 20mm in the Text Size box.

But when I outline the text to check, it's only 15mm tall.


texts: How not let the graphics out of the artboard

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I need to setup the illustrator so that I'm not be able to draw anything beyond the artboard, (but I need to keep the duplicates outside the artboard). Like, when I scale an object beyond the artboars's boundaries, only the object's part which is in the artboard is shown..
Didn't get any relevant results on Google, sorry.


texts: How to make half-circle on top of a rectangle such that it perfectly fits?

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First I make it in the center of the rectangle then I cut the half of it using direct selection tool but I get a picture like this and it doesn't fit perfectly.
So how to make it fit perfectly?


texts: My print has lost color accuracy when rendered from Photoshop to a vinyl banner

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Recently ordered a 10x3ft 15oz laminated vinyl banner for every-day outdoor  use.

This is what the banner looks like:

The colors used are:

White #ffffff

Blue #0071bc

Grey #8c8b8b

Black #000000

Even though the blue looks vivid and bright in the PSD design, when translated onto a vinyl banner, the blue looks very dim and loses all the brightness. Similar results happen with the grey, which I was hoping would look more like silver (the colors black and white are rendered perfectly).

I'm getting ready to re-order the same banner, but this time I want to make sure that the blue and the grey come out just as bright as they do on a computer screen / photoshop design.

I researched and found that cyan might be the best blue hue to achieve a bright blue color similar to the one shown on the image above. But at the same time, when I use cyan on this banner design in photoshop, the color looks like such a different blue. (My company corporate colors revolve around the blue shown in the image).

I have another design of this banner, which I also wanted to get printed to have some variation. I am cautious of ordering it now in case I have the same problem with the color not looking as bright as it looks on the PSD design. This banner is the same as the one shown above, but using a red color hue #f5002e.

I would appreciate any suggestions and knowledge on the right colors (blue, red, grey) to use to achieve a bright and vivid result when rendering my design to a vinyl banner, so that the text can be easily seen from afar in outdoor, every-day usage.


texts: What's the most efficient way to have a client to describe their brand personality?

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When working for clients, it's important to understand what brand personality they want to convey in their designs.

Do they want fun, young, and energetic designs?
How about a rough, masculine, outdoorsy aesthetic?
Maybe they want something that looks conventional, serious, and trusted?

For designers, thinking and talking this way comes naturally. For clients, not so much. Many small businesses never even consider it until a designer asks.
I'm trying to figure out an efficient way of getting this information out of the client.
It needs to be something I can ask inside an app, instead of having a long drawn out face-to-face conversation.
It also needs to be quick and easy for the client to do, but convey sufficient information to the designer at the same time. The designer will be relying on this as as guide when creating things like social media posts, blog post images, etc.
Some initial ideas:
1) Ask the client to choose one brand archetype from Aaker’s Brand Personality Dimension Framework:

Excitement: carefree, spirited, and youthful
Sincerity: kindness, thoughtfulness, and an orientation toward family values
Ruggedness: rough, tough, outdoorsy, and athletic
Competence: successful, accomplished and influential, highlighted by leadership
Sophistication: elegant, prestigious, and sometimes even pretentious

2) Ask the client to describe their brand in five words or less (perhaps from a list of 20-30 suggested adjectives). For example:

Smart. Sophisticated. Successful. Elegant. Respected.
Eco-Friendly. Protected. Aware. Intelligent. Relaxed.

3) Use brand personality sliders. Ask the client to indicate where their brand lands on these spectrums:
            [Friend] <-----|-----> [Authority]

[Young & Innovative] <-----|-----> [Mature & Classic]

           [Playful] <-----|-----> [Serious]

       [Mass Appeal] <-----|-----> [Elite]

      [Conventional] <-----|-----> [Rebel]

Do you have any ideas or advice? What have you found works best?


texts: How can I save an Inkscape drawing so it can be opened in CorelDRAW without losing layer information?

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Is there a way to save an Inkscape drawing so the layer information will not be removed?
When I save the drawing as plain SVG and try to open it again in Inkscape, all layers are gone.


texts: Raster letter object to Vector, Tracing or Manual re-creation

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I need this big letter a to separate from the image and vectorize it. How do I do that in Illustrator? When I try trace image, everything disappears except few random lines. I guess I am doing something wrong, but don't know why. If anyone could advise what to do, I would really appreciate it! Thank you in advance,

Katarina


texts: What is this pop-up that appears at the bottom of your iphone screen called?

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I am making an app, and I want want to use this feature:

the problem is that I do not know what the pop-up feature is called, exactly. I have tried asking on Yahoo Answers but there were no useful answers.

Question: Does anybody know what the pop-up that appears at the bottom of your iPhone screen called? Thanks!


texts: Number of pieces of work required in a Portfolio

texts: I completed my undergrad in Graphic design and I'm currently looking for a job. I'm aware that I need a portfolio to be considered for an interview. I would like to know ideally how many pieces of work should I submit? Also, while creating a portfolio piece is it ok to borrow content from websites or other work(posters, flyers etc).


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I've used GIMP for a while and have custom settings, brushes, plugins, etc. installed on my Windows 7 computer. I have a Windows XP machine that I want GIMP on too, and I want all the customizations already on my Windows 7 computer on the XP one as well. Where is the GIMP settings/plugins/brushes folder and what is the best way to transfer everything in a easy manner?

BTW I'm using GIMP 2.8


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I want to create an image similar to this.
How can I clip mask only half of the image into the object while the rest of half still stays in the full image?

In the attached image, half of the footballer's body is clipped into the bar graphs while the other half is still preserved.

This is what I would like to do.


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I recently designed the layout on an album cover. Upon sending the files for print, they said that they have a problem "separating the template from the artwork" (the label provided a template to use for the layout) and thus requested a "layered PDF". I was wondering what is it? I already had sent them both a PSD file and a PDF file.

I did notice that in the save as window there is a checkbox for "Layered" upon choosing PDF, but it's checked by default, so all PDFs should be "layered" automatically by default? Assuming that's what they meant.


texts: Get transparent color to create specific color on a specific background

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I've got some Images like this one:

Now I need to find out the color which will become the orange in the right center of the image when drawn on a new layer with 50% opacity (The Background is the grey color).

Sadly I've no idea how to do this.


texts: Adobe illustrator export to PDF problem, text invisible

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How does one even start to troubleshoot when the following happens.
^^ Important note, the job here is to add pictures to an existing pdf produced elsewhere.

You have a textpage in illustrator with text and pictures

and when exporting to pdf the text visiably disapears but can still be copied from the page. If marked in the pdf it looks like this, and obiously if i don't mark the text it's just a white page.

Further info, the first five artboards keeps their text as I want it to output, the next 200 pages doesn't at all.


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I made a small animation in After Effects with a transparent background. I've exported it to Media Encoder and I want to render this as a GIF with a transparent background but I can't seem to find an option for that. It has a black background and that's it. It seems unbelievable to me that this option is not available.

I already tried exporting this animation to Photoshop and making a GIF from there but the quality is not that good (white text is GIF):

So I'm hoping that it is possible to achieve that in Media Encoder with a better quality. Is it?

Thanks.


texts: Unlinking Path Groups in Adobe Illustrator

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I have the following set of social icons as an AI file http://s-icons.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/icon_sets/social_media_icons_pen_sketch_icons_set/social_media_icons_pen_sketch_icons_set.ai.zip

I wish to create an Instagram Icon by duplicating the Vine Icon (or any other) and embedding the Instagram logo instead. Any ideas how to do this?

OR

If it is not possible how can I re-create my own scribble background?

Thanks


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I am editing the text of a medical document. We are describing the function of the heart.

  METS (metabolic equivalent for task) = the number of calories and the amount of oxygen you consume at rest. So, if you are exercising at 5 METS you are working 4x as hard as you would be at rest and consuming 4x the amount of oxygen and burning 4x the amount of oxygen.

In this text our subject matter expert is describing a multiplier of 4 times. Is this text set correctly or should we instead use the Unicode multiplier symbol ✕?

  METS (metabolic equivalent for task) = the number of calories and the amount of oxygen you consume at rest. So, if you are exercising at 5 METS you are working 4✕ as hard as you would be at rest and consuming 4✕ the amount of oxygen and burning 4✕ the amount of oxygen.

We are already using ✕to denote multiplication elsewhere.

  BMR (Women)

  BMR = 10 ✕ weight (kg) + 6.25 ✕ height (cm) – 5 ✕ age (years) – 161

But I do not recall seeing "4✕" used before so I am asking here.

Best argument for "4✕" is that this is read as "four times" a quantity.

Best argument for "4x" is that this is interpreted as "4 ✕ x" which means "four times a given quantity x". And that is written more simply as "4x" meaning "four times x".

What is the best practice in this situation?


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I'd like to obtain a figure like the image below, with transparent (maybe white) background but for a torus surface.

I'm checking Google for hours but no success. Any idea where to look for?

In resume: I'd like a sphere and a solid torus with the same size (the same bounding box) and the same texture (not necessary the same colors as below) and white/transparent background. Also it could be nice if the view point shows the hole of the torus.

ps: I found (very pretty) this one (striped version) but the background is not white and it is not solid.


texts: How to alter all images in Photoshop by a size factor

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I have a folder of greyscale images that are of random objects on a white background.
Essentially I need to reduce the size of every image - pixel-wise - by a factor of 1.51. Specifically, I need to reduce the number of non-white pixels by a factor of 1.51. Is there a way to do this without having to go in and change the number of pixels individually - as each of the images has a different number of non-white pixels (i.e. are of difference sizes and shapes)? Thank you!


texts: Disable mouse changing aspect ratio in Gimp 2.10.8

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I use Ctrl-Shift with the mouse wheel a lot to move left right while also clicking a straight line.  It also defaults to changing the aspect ratio of the brush which I almost never use.

How can I disable the mouse shortcut for aspect ratio.


texts: How can I add a background color and change the background colors for this logo I had created for me?

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The logo that I want to add a background to experiment with different background colors is the one on the artboard.

Here is a link to it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o9BEsZzCWdXOPojwrxUQnXrui03cpoVy/view?usp=sharing


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Can anyone help me identify the font used in this Felix Gonzales-Torres work? (The numbers in the clock)

http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=81074

Thanks a lot!
Simen.


texts: Creating Line Based Shapes In Illustrator...

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Pretty simple question - hopefully I can ask it in a clear manner.

When I want to create a logo or other illustration that is based on paths, is it better to create open paths and assign an appropriate heavy stroke to get the desired width or is it better to draw a complete closed path and then use live paint to fill it in.

Take the attached image.  The top shape was done by creating a simple open path and setting the stroke to 30 pixels to get the desired thickness.  The bottom shape was done by drawing the outline with a closed path and then filling the path with the live paint tool.

I'm just getting started with graphic design and I have a feeling that the second way is better but can anyone give me any pros and/or cons to each method.  I have a cool idea for a logo and would like to know the best way to make it.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Craig


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I want to generate decent-looking 8-bit versions of existing images for a project I am working on. The current method I am using involves changing the mode of the image to Indexed Color with the following settings:

Palette: Local (Perceptual)
Colors: 10-16
Forced: Primaries
No matte or diffusion

This gives me mixed results. Sometimes the result looks decent and I can work with it, however, most of the time the colors don't look right together and sometimes unintentionally mix with other colors, and it's hard identify it with the original image.

Are there any other methods I can employ to help me generate decent-looking 8-bit versions of existing images, with a low color count? Or are there any changes to my current process to improve the result?

EDIT:

Here is an example of the effect I am trying to achieve. Original image:

Altered:

Even this result still looks like it could be better, however it was easy to achieve as the planet is the only thing in the image.


texts: How to arrange copies of arbitrary shape around a triangle in Illustrator

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Basically, how do you do this:

but with precision? I.e. copies of original shape must be rotated and placed to sit precisely at the middles of a triangle’s sides.


texts: Photoshop: how to make a reflected floor and wall

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I'm trying to make a simple gray floor and wall. Here's what i have so far:

I have filled the background with gray color then added a gradient where the floor and wall should be divided, then applied a white gradient on the floor to make it reflective.
I need a more realistic photo, something like this:


texts: How to add multiple strokes aligned 'outside' to a type layer in Illustrator CS6?

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Trying to do something which seems so simple and failing badly. I have created a simple Type layer.

I need to add two strokes to the layer. But I would like the stroke to be on the outside of the layer, but the options for the stroke do not let me select that. The options are greyed out, I have the type layer selected in the appearance panel. What am I supposed to do?


texts: Photoshop CS5 doesn't seem to natively support saving image as APNG even tho few of the major browsers already support it. Are there any export plugins or such available for Photoshop?


texts: Why does my vector file gets pixelated when I apply the "Plastic Wrap" effect in illustrator?

texts: I have a vector file that gets pixelated when i apply the "plastic wrap" effect. What can I do?


texts: is it possible to merge two fonts into one?

texts: I have a font that supports only one language, when using the font with English I get the default English font for the language. I want to be able to add a specific English font to my language font. Is it possible ?


texts: how to use golden ratio and fibonacci to improve a shape's form?

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I'm trying to improve my skills and make this X look more appealing, the logo icon is an X, and it's related to tracking technology, I'm trying to it more interesting

like these


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What am I doing wrong? When I save my InDesign file as a PDF the margins are different when I open the PDF and off when I print. They are correct in ID. Why would they be different?

Here is the InDesign Doc, I hope it is visual enough to see what I am talking about:

Here is the PDF of the doc- Outside 1" Inside- 1.5" Bottom 1.375", Top 1.125- But in InDesign the margins are Top and Bottom 1, Inside 1.5 and Outside .875.


texts: How to flatten pdf when exporting in Illustrator

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I need to flatten my PDFs when I export illustrator files.

I don't want to do it manually selecting every item, but I would like the export to come out flattened.

What is the best method? Or would there be any post processing pdf software to flatten pdfs?

Thanks


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I was reading up this page online where I found these lines.

  FOR SOLID BLACK BACKGROUND: When you want an area of solid black within your document, use Rich Black, as represented by C:50% / M:50% / Y:10% / K:100%, because using 100% black (K) only and not a solid saturated black will result in a dull black.

  FOR SOLID BLACK TEXT: When you want your text to be solid black, use these percentages: C:0% / M:0% / Y:0% / K:100%, because using the the percentages for the Solid Black Background, immediately above, on text, will result in offsetting.

Q1. Why does a 100%K lead to a dull black?

Q2. Why would a solid black lead to offsetting?


texts: I have an image I'm using as background which is 3000px by 1500px.  For responsive design, I need to extend it to 3000 x 3500.  It is an image of a river, and I want to continue the look of the river as seamless as is possible.  I've tried copy and re-pasting parts of it but you can see the repeating pattern.  I've also tried the Clone Stamp tool, but that didn't help much.


texts: With the line tool (which you can access by pressing U), you can draw lines. How can I precisely adjust the ends of the line? I can't drag from the line ends (that just makes a new line), and trying to use the normal mouse tool doesn't seem to work either.


texts: Adobe Illustrator doesn't change units from points (pt) to pixels (px)

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Text items in my project are measured with pixels as I need it to be, but shapes - only in points, even though there are "Pixels" selected in Preferences->Units.

In other project files everything's okay.


texts: How can I see the resolution of images in a PDF?

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I got a 200 MB PDF with just a 6x4" picture in it. I am curious to see how many DPI it has been scanned, but if I open it in Photoshop, it asks me to render it again, so it won't be the original data.

So how I can get information about the images embedded in the PDF?


texts: What is a good upgrade for Wacom Bamboo Fun

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At the moment, my girlfriend is using her old Wacom Bamboo Fun.

Because x-mas is near I am thinking about buying her a new and/or better device!
The price should be between 200€ and 300€.

While researching on Google I found the 2 following devices:

Wacom CTH-680S-DEIT, Size M
Wacom CTH-680S-S, Size M

What do you guys think?


texts: Im using CMYK/8 but my prints are still dull why is this? (Not RGB to CMYK issue)

texts: I've created my artwork for wedding invites in Photoshop (CMYK/8), placed them in an InDesign doc and when I print the colours, they are coming out exceptionally dull to the point the colours look faded. Could this be an issue with the printer? Or are my colour profiles incorrect?


texts: How does (clipping) mask in Photoshop work in my specific case

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This is my basic layer setup:

Textlayer
Shape
Background

I want to mask the shape-layer so the parts where the text in the shape is transparent.

Rasterizing the shape and deleting the text-part is not an option. Setting the color of the text to red is also not an option, because the background can be a picture.

I just can't figure out how to do this. All tutorials for masks have different goals than mine. How can I do this?


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Does anyone know what this font is or a similar font to this?

please please help


texts: InDesign PDF Export: Drop Shadow Effects are 200 DPI Low-Res

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Using Adobe InDesign, I create a new document, draw a rectangle, and apply a drop shadow. Then I export the document as an Acrobat 6 PDF with "Create Acrobat Layers" enabled. The drop shadow effect is rasterized in the PDF as a 200 DPI graphic. My printer requires a minimum resolution of 300 DPI.

I realize that Acrobat 4 uses "Transparency Flattener Presets" to set the resolution of effects. We cannot use Acrobat 4, because our printer requires the "Create Acrobat Layers" feature which is only available starting in versions 5.

As a workaround, we have been adding drop shadows to images using Photoshop, but this is not ideal since the extended bounding boxes cause alignment issues and the drop shadows cannot be multiplied over the background in InDesign.

How can I use InDesign drop shadows and export them at 300 DPI?


texts: Rescale in Illustrator and maintain proportions in After Effects?

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I ran into a problem.

I've a character in Illustrator that is animated in After Effects. I've setup and animated the character already and now my client decided that everything needs to be bigger. It get's pixelated and blurred. Is there any way for me to scale the character in Illustrator and keep the proportions? The character gets distorted when I rescale. Or do I have to make everything from scratch?

Bicubic scale isn't helpful as the images have to be as sharp as in Illustrator.


texts: Sharing TypeKit kits between team members

texts: We have multiple Adobe Cloud team members that need to update a single TypeKit.  Can the kit be shared between team members, if so, how?


texts: Is designing/drawing characters and backgrounds for video games a part of graphic design?

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I want to work as a designer of videogame characters and backgrounds, but I don't know if there is such a job, or what it is called (illustration, graphic design, concept design?).

I am about to go to college, but I don't know what I need to learn or study to do this job. Is there a specific major or subject that is going to help me in this?


texts: How to recreate this vector texture in Adobe Illustrator

texts: I need to recreate this 15° brush-like vector texture in Adobe Illustrator. Any suggestions on how I do this? I was thinking there must be a brush that creates this but I really do not know. Any ideas?


texts: Indesign adding white strokes to stroked text when exporting to PDF

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I am working on a very basic InDesign project (my first one), and have one trouble that is progressively driving me crazy.

I need some bold text, and so have added a 0.25pt black stroke to my 10pt text where needed. However, when exported to .pdf, I end up having a sort of white stroke. It looks as follow:

I tried to export in various Adobe formats, with or without transparency flattening. I tried opening the file with various reader versions.

I tried several conversions:

InDesign → JPEG → PDF from the JPEGs (not recognized as valid format)
InDesign → PDF → exported as JPEGs → JPEGs combined to new PDF (not recognized as valid format)
InDesign → PDF → combined to PDF (you never know)(didn't work, lines still there)
InDesign → PDF → PrintToPdf (lines still there)

The worst part being than when I print, it looks perfect, the white lines are not there. But I need to send the file as a pdf, and it will be mainly seen this way, so I can't afford it displaying that way.

So, what could cause that? How to prevent it?


texts: I need to edit layers from an imported animated GIF the same as I would on an imported JPG. Is this possible? Using Gimp 2.8 on Windows 7.


texts: Is JavaScript the only way to create custom check boxes for interactive PDFs?

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I'm trying to make an interactive PDF document in InDesign CC 2018.

I need the document to include dozens of buttons that change from an outlined circle to a filled-in circle, and stay filled-in, when the user clicks and releases them.

Check boxes could do this. But InDesign adds tick marks to checkboxes. I don't want this: I need a circle outline or a filled-in circle.

Is there any way to do this using InDesign's tools? Or is this something that could only be done by using JavaScript?

I know this could be done using Acrobat Pro, but due to number of the check boxes and how they have to be positioned, I'd prefer to do this in InDesign.

Thanks.


texts: How to switch between blending modes in Adobe Illustrator with the keyboard?

texts: In Photoshop you can select next or prev blending mode  with cursor up and down, but  can't do the same in the Adobe Illustrator. How to fix that? Maybe shortcuts or scripts can help...


texts: Figma : keep prototype links while changing button status

texts: When I have a button (component named "primary button" for example) that is linked to another screen, if I want to switch this button to let's say another component named "secondary button", the link is broken :( Is there a way to preserve the prototype connections while changing some components ? Thanks.


texts: Gimp: Adding watercolor transparency to an image

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Example of what I would like to achieve: https://github.com/Krozark/RPG-LaTeX-Template/blob/master/img/art-top.pdf

I would like to take a picture and add watercolor splashes of transparency, so the image can nicely blend with the rest of the page. Is it possible to be done with gimp?


texts: Illustrator diagonal lines into straight lines

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I have these diagonal lines in my artboard which I want to make vertical lines.
The horizonal lines are easy to make vertical but how can I make the diagonal lines also vertical?
I tried several options but failed, there seems no other topic on here which solves my problem.
Hope there is someone with the knowledge!

EDIT:
What I actually mean is this line down here is a diagonal. I want this to be rotated so it gets a straight line (horizontal or vertical).


texts: Creating a gleaming logo with Imagemagick?

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I have a logo from which I want to make an animated gif so that it looks like a gleaming object (the effect of light flashing across it - not sure whether I am explaining myself well).

I have a feeling this should be possible with ImageMagick wizardry (in fact I am certain it is), but I lack the know-how and searching the internet has not turned up any examples of what I am looking for.


texts: Affinity Designer: How do I make textframes scale with the artboard if I scale by an exact value?

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When scaling artboards "by hand" with the "scale handle", the font-size of textframes changes as expected. However if I use the transform dialogue to enter an exact value I want the artboard to scale to, the font-size does not increase but only the area of the text-frame. It is the same as I would use the "normal" handles if I were to scale "by hand" instead of the "scale handle" (for the lack of better words).

Here is a gif detailing the issue:


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Most questions are about smoothing edges. I would like the opposite.

I have this map:

I would like a plugin/filter to make edges more rough. Something along this:

EDIT: I think the trouble I am getting (see comment below) is because of my bitmap tracing. Here's the options I am using. Please tell me if there's something wrong!


texts: I need this workflow in Inkscape: many text objects of the same style, I change the style of one object, the style of all text objects changes the same way, but the text of all objects are different. I tried cloning, but the text is the same for all objects and can't be changed.


texts: How to print white illustration in black box on white paper?

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I'm trying to print a white flower design inside a black box which will be printed on white photo paper on an Epson SC P5000 printer.

I would like the white designs inside the box to appear as negative space. What is the best way to achieve this? Have the white illustration be #FFFFFF or knock it out somehow?

Also I will be exporting this image into Photoshop from Affinity Designer as a smart vector object.


texts: Illustrator: How to connect a path into another path

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I am trying to create this smiley face with sort of brackets at the end of the smile.

That's 3 paths. One for the smile and two for the brackets. All of them only are strokes and don't have fills. (stickman style)

I want to join the end of the smile into the middle of the brackets, on each side, and don't want the smile to become a mouth when I unite them in pathfinder. Is this possible? So far I couldn't find any solutions.


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Is there a way to create an export action in Illustrator where each time the action is run, it asks for a location to export to?
I work on multiple projects where the exported JPEGs need to go into their different respective project folders, having a step in the export action where I could specify the exact location would simplify the process for me.


texts: Save for web is making my Illustrator file blurry. (30x30pixels)

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I've been stuck on illustrator for legit 2 days. All I am trying to do is create a simple icon at 30x30pixels for an app project I am making. The drawing consists of like 4 black lines. Looks perfect in Illustrator, but then as soon as I save for web its blurry. I switched from Photoshop to Illustrator as I was told vectors will make cleaner/sharper lines.

What is going on? Am I fighting a losing battle here? When an image is 30x30 pixels is it possible for them to be unpixelated? Please someone help !!!! :( PS have looked at so many other forums.


texts: Rounding corners inside a mesh-like shape

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I'm new to illustrator, and attempting to round the corners of the intersections between lines on shapes like the one attached. My first issue is that I am unable to merge the shape into one. I've tried using the join tool which does nothing, and tried using the merge tool which removes my lines between the blob. The shape has been constructed using the curvature tool with a high line width and no fill on the lines between the blob.

I appreciate there might not be a solution to this problem, but if anyone could give me another suggestion on how to rebuild this shape from the beginning in a way that I can achieve my intended result that would also be great :)


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What style of illustration is this? It appears to be like an old style but I haven't been able to find a name for it. Despite the text on the image, it's not "vintage".

Thanks


texts: Is there an order to learning non-technical design theory I should follow?

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TLDR;
I already know how to use design software but I don't know how to design.
Bottom Line:
Is there a specific sequence to follow for a proper education in the soft skills of design (theory, concepts, process, etc.)?
Background
I'll start with a little background about me to show the motivation about the question, isn't really necessary to answer the question.
I'm 23 years old and finishing my degree on engineering informatics. When I was 14 years old, I learn HTML/CSS. I can use a lot of Adobe Suite software to make a lot of things (PS, AI, Pr, etc..). Then, as time passed by, I started learning some computer science oriented things. I can make a website really fast, etc.. But, my problem is, I'm not in some kind of "design thinking". I like design (if I weren't getting an engineering degree I probably would have gotten a design degree).
I like design a lot, and I would love to learn more of design. I would love to make "pretty things" by my own, as a designer does. But I can't study to get a design degree due to my priority list (I want to achieve other goals more in this moment of my life), but what I really want is to learn some design on my own.
Long form question
Is there some way to emulate a design degree/program with books and others static resources? In my 6 years of study I have taken everything from books. My teachers made everything faster, but I don't think that passing through a computer science degree was really necessary: books + internet + practice told me almost 95% of what I learned there.
But there is a problem, as you can see in this question: The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List. There are good books and bad books. And frankly, a lot of bad books. I didn't find a reliable list of design books. There are a lot of blogs with "list of books to learn things", but most of them are really just a list taken from somewhere else...
For example, I could read this list 10 Graphic Design Books Every Designer Should Read, but I need to go in order, starting from the basics. So for that I could take graphic design courses, like this: RISD Graphic Design (or any other program, it's just an example) and try to learn from the topics that the program shows, but it is still unclear about what I should learn because there isn't, for example, a course in "color theory". They are more like "design I", "design II", "design III". I think I'm gonna need to search for the syllabus for a particular course.
I really want to improve my design skills, but I don't want to get a degree in it.  I've been an autodidact all my life (see background) and at this point, I ask:
My research
I have searched a bit about this, and here on StackExchange there are a lot of question that are close, but not getting to the heart of the issue.
What should I learn to become a web design expert? I am from engineering background [duplicate]: The answer is just a "look at those website's" (And okay, this could help a bit, but I don't think one will get to a degree level just looking on some websites, or it is?).
Tips and resources for beginning designers: 2 or 3 books to learn design, the same as above. This could help a bit, but won't get me to a degree-equivalent level (I'm looking for something more like computer science's courses which have their own book for the topic. Does something like this exist in graphic design?).
Suggestion on Introductory Books about Graphic Design: This could be the same question that I have, but the answer didn't satisfies me, I need a lot more detail (for example, more books or guides to follow).
DISCLAIMER
Is Design School a Requirement for Graphic Design? does not answer this question. It's the first question to answer before getting to this one.


texts: Photoshop editing CMYK curves for printing

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Im student in graphic school and Im preparing for exams about Photoshop. I went through my notes about image editing, and I have found a section that Im not sure I understand correctly. It reads:
"Depths:

Cyan -85%

Magenta -75%

Yellow -75%

Key - 90%/95%

White at least 3% in lights."

I remember writing it down in class, about three years ago but I just can't remember how it was applied. I know it was something about editing the CMYK Curves, and sampling colors with color sampler tool to make sure offset printing machine wont print completely white background with the same color as paper. But for the love of god, I can't find anything of this sort on the internet, and even in photo editing books I picked up in the library.

Thanks for your help


texts: Best /fastest way to resize a 130-page photobook in InDesign?

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I've got a photobook layout in InDesign that's 12" x 8.5" — very little text, almost entirely photos. The photos are laid out in a lot of different ways in the book; some are full page, some quite small, etc.
The new size would be 9" x 7". What would be the best/fastest way to get the document down to this new size and keeping as much as possible the proportional look of the images? Obviously, since the ratio is a little different, the amount of border around some images would change.
Would it be best to just change the Document Setup and deal with each image? Or is there a better/faster way?
Thanks in advance


texts: Can someone explain this perspective diagram in Loomis' book? 2 point perspective in 1pp?

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My confusion;

Is this an angled cube drawn in one-point perspective?

When measuring depths of line in 2pp, shouldn't the units on the measuring line vanish to measuring points of their vanishing points respectively?

My knowledge/my theory for this question are:

In 2pp, there is 2 measuring points for measuring the depth of the line that vanish to their respective vanishing points.

There exists an infinite number of vanishing points on the horizon.

This is a 1pp box, but it got cut diagonally(?) from the middle on each side forming the angled face.

My questions;

Then how come in 2pp, there's the need for two measuring points for each vanishing points if one does the trick like right here?


texts: How to make text look like readable English but is actually illegible?

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I’m looking to obfuscate some text by making it completely illegible.
While this is very easy to do in handwriting, I need it to be done on a webpage in Verdana.

I was thinking that I could possibly make a Verdana-esque font that has the top and bottom halves of many letters switched, or I could overlap lines of text such that it becomes an unreadable mess.

I could just replace text with a keyboard mash, except that is clearly a keyboard mash, when I want it to look obfuscated.

What are possible ways to go about this?


texts: What is the name of this light sans-serif typeface?

texts: Can anyone help me to identify the font of these letters? It is a light sans-serif typeface.


texts: Bucket fill tool fills screen with teal instead of FG color

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I want to fill the layer with the white color but when I use the bucket fill tool, it paints the layer with a random (it looks like to me) teal color.

Take a look:

How do I fill the layer with the FG color?


texts: Which are the most prominent creative thinking techniques/methodologies?

texts: I know SCAMPER & Ideo cards, but I'm curious if there are any other important techniques/methodologies one must not miss. I'm particularly interested in those that you would resort to use for a client's project.


texts: Move group by aligning its child object in Inkscape?

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I guess this was asked earlier here Align (Center) based on only one item of a multi-item group? - but I couldn't really see a solution; so I'll try again:
Consider this situation - the reddish objects are part of a group:

I would like to align the selected red rectangle (the child in the group) left with the grey rectangle - and move the enclosing group correspondingly.
Of course, in the above situation, I can do Ctrl+Shift+LeftClick of the gray rectangle, and click on Left Align - but that will just move the red rectangle child, and will leave the other group members in place.
Any way to do this easily in Inkscape?


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How could I make textures similar to the ground textures in this game: http://www.teagames.com/games/funkytruck3/play.php

Im making something similar but I am totally new to making any game graphics... Even one single "rock" from the ground in the example would probably be enoguh for me because I could rotate it in random directions.

I have photoshop cs5 and gimp.


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I am doing a modified version of SVG-edit 2.6 alpha, an online tool that allows the creation of graphics.

I intend to use the application to allow my university students to send files for cutting their project stickers through the web. However the measurements are in pixels and I am worried that the conversion on my side will produce wrong results since from what I understand DPI setting vary from computer to computer and also from browser to browser. In other words I am worried that I cannot ensure compatibility.

I am also worried about fonts. I want to install a number of fonts that my students can use, but I am also worried that font compatibility and measurements will vary from computer to computer and from browser to browser.

I know there is an option to use millimiters now in svg-edit however this option causes a number of bugs in the application and i dont want to use it.

Does anyone have any good expierience with the application and can give me any ideas on how to proceed with this?


texts: Text changes colour if in-front of a background colour in photoshop

texts: I'm creating a design sheet, and I have a standard white background with some parts of it coloured as a feature. I have bodies of black text on the page which sometimes overlaps the white and coloured areas. I need it so where the text is over the default white it stays black, however where it overlaps the coloured background it changes to white. I've tried messing around with the various layer modes including difference, but none seem to give me this result. Any help would be much appreciated.


texts: Make a shape with pen tool and colour it (photoshop CC17)

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I am drawing a basic mountain shape using the pen tool creating many different lines for the inside of the shape. Then I need to colour the mountain in and easily change the colour, unfortunately I tried using the paint bucket which gave me awful lines and every time I re-coloured made the quality worse.

How do I use the pen tool efficiently to get no over hanging lines (so far trial and error if there is a better way please let me know)
How do I group all the lines I've use the make the mountain (best way)
How do I best colour the mountain

UPDATE: I have managed to combine the shapes now how do I colour it in?


texts: Can anyone identify what this font is? Or a similar font?

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The following is a screenshot of the dating application "Coffee meets bagel".

I was wondering if anyone can identify what the font being used is, or at least a similar font.

(I have already tried the guide, and I failed due to my own lack of artistic intuition)


texts: Sketch 3: Exporting invisible layers? Best practice of designing hover elements?

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I'm designing a website with a dropdown navigation. I'd like to export this to InVision to make it interactive. Therefore I need all elements separatly.

Right now I have the dropdown as a layer-group, that I toggle to invisible. I set the export option for this layer and for the whole artboard.
However, when exporting the dropdown is just an empty file. When the layer is visible I don't have the navigation without the dropdown.

What's the best practice to design dropdown navigation or generally hover elements? Is there a way to export both in Sketch?

Thank you.


texts: What do I do if I don't own the client's brand font?

texts: I'm a newbie and haven't had this happen yet — I have a client with a set brand, and I do not own one of her font types.  What should I do? Do I ask her for the file?  It's not free...


texts: Pixel images to vector in Inkscape - right settings but not coming out correctly?

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I read this question and it was very helpful, only when I use the options as described in Takkat's answer my image still comes out wrong. This PNG is the image I'm attempting to convert to vector. It's 16px originally, so this is zoomed in:

The left is the original, the right is what it looks like after I press OK - I have the Grays option selected, along with Stack scans and Remove Background. I have it set to run 6 scans and under the options tab I have Suppress speckles turned on with the size set to 2, no other options are selected on that tab:

The preview displays correctly, so why won't it come out the same? Could it be my image size is too small?


texts: Adjusting a photo so it matches another photo's colors in Photoshop

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I often have to stitch together 2 photos and make the edges match. E.g. if the photos have different lighting, I have to manually tweak the photos. What I would like to do is select 1 pixel from each photo and have Photoshop transform one of the photos so that the 1 pixel matches the other photo's pixel.

E.g. if a pixel in one photo is 10% brighter than a pixel in the second photo, Photoshop will make the entire second photo 10% brighter.

Is there a way to do this?


texts: Adding characters using Grep style in InDesign

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2 problems about paragraph style...
can grep style do this?
Thanks!
1. if  number is 10 duplicate  four time /  result: 10 101010
2. if number is 8 add 3 character like this "*" / result: 8 ***


texts: Illustrator CC 2017 Performance Suggestions?

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I'm suffering what seems to be a common ailment... Performance starts to really lag about 20-30 minutes into a fresh launch and file.

I've been researching this issue down to the nitty gritty for a while now, so I've plowed through the most common suggestion for sure.

==> I'm working with large and complex files utilizing a very wide range of illustrator effects, masks, plugins, distortions, 3d, blend modes... all at once, often at huge artboards! Multiple artboards! Embeded images! You name it, I'm doing it.

I've already had to significantly reel in my workflow and limit my filters (no gaussian blurs... no svg filters like drop shadow etc.) but the thing is, I really need to work in this way because I work with constant revisions on everything and the ability to change any piece on the fly is becoming both the glory and the horror that is illustrator.

I built my own custom Windows 10 machine last year, tailored to graphic design. I didn't buy the top end components at the time since I didn't have the money, but I've since upgraded a number of components and I'm hitting the ceiling in some areas. To buy stronger components in some areas I pretty much need to start at motherboard. sigh.

===> Windows 10 x64

32gb 2133 ddr4

X2 512 gb samsung SSD's (all my working files are on my boot SSD

Radeon R9 380 w/ 8gb (upgraded after crap performance from a GTX 970 2gb)

It's a shame because illustrator is an amazing tool. Combined with the set of plugins offered from Astute graphics, I have a very similar toolset to what photoshop can do. But in vector, it's very slow.


texts: Removing the white background from images with shadows

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Is there an easy way to remove the white background from these images? Some of them have shadows so Wand Tool is not that precise.

Google Drive link to images: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B2zBo690ggSdMWZYUzdqREVFNmM


texts: How to bend multiple lines of a graph in AI CS5?

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I have created a radar chart with three axes, and I would like to make all the lines in the graph curved instead of straight. I havent found a satisfying way to bend all the paths (i.e. the edges of the triangles) in a way that looks homogenous. I can of course use the reshape tool, but then the degree to which each line is curved looks just random.
The Envelope distort tool looks promising, but it changes the position of the corners(the anchors) of my graph as well, which is obviously not acceptable. Is there any way to achieve this in an easy and reproducible way? (I need to create several graphs which should be comparable).

note that I am not (necessarily) trying to create perfect circles as shwon on the image below. The goal is rather to go from straight lines to (slightly) curved ones.

this is how my graph looks right now:
and this is more or less how I want it to look:

thanks


texts: How to maximize contrast in a desaturated image?

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I have a large number of full color product images that need to be recognizable when printed on a black and white office printer. For example, an image may contain two different hues that desaturate to the same value; I want to ensure that they remain distinguishable. The result doesn't need to accurately represent the relative brightness of the colors in the original image. It just needs to have enough contrast that warehouse pickers can recognize the item. Hard mode: I want to do this automatically.

I'm a software guy, so not even sure I'm using the right words to describe what I'm trying to do.


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I really think I should know this but it is escaping me: what is the style of font where all the of the x-height or is it midline parts of a font match up.

For instance AFPK would have the middle line or junction be the same height. As well as Fa having the top of the a and the middle bar or the F.

Added a visual:


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My knowledge of graphic design is limited at best, but I love to dabble on Illustrator, mainly doing posters. From the get go I chose Illustrator because someone said you should always use it for poster design because it uses vector graphics.

Now I understand that, but ever since I have encountered examples of people using Photoshop for poster design and using techniques that (to my knowledge) can't be achieved in Illustrator (Mainly the use of photos).

So my question is, how can people use Photoshop for poster art and other printed stuff? On the other hand can something like this (picture below) be achieved in Illustrator?


texts: What makes a good header/background video?

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Many sites I come across use video to show off their work, what they stand for, or more about the culture of the company. These videos are sometimes behind other elements taking up much of the page and other times more like a commercial.

What about these videos make them so effective that so many companies use them? What should I keep in mind when creating my own or having someone create one for my company?


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I have a custom art brush in Illustrator that I've made from a group of shapes. I want the brush to completely overlap itself when paths cross.

This is what I'm using to make the brush:

After creating the brush, this is how the overlapping works by default:

This is the outcome I want:

I understand why this happens. By default brushes respect the layer order, so the top layer is always on top and the bottom layer is always on the bottom etc.

I can manually cut out the overlaps (like I've done above), but ideally I could have this work automatically. One work around for the exact shape I've used in the example would be to split the shapes before making the brush and make sure the area I want on top is above the rest in the layer order, but I'm going to be using this with different paths that overlap in different places so that won't work.

Is there any other way I can achieve this without manually cutting out the overlaps?


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I am trying to create some buttons for a website I am building. There will be a number of buttons, they are circles that have one or two words written in them. Each button is 128x128 pixels. I am trying to do it on Gimp but the text on the image never looks as crisp as normal text.

I have seen images as small or even smaller than this with very clear and crisp text. Is there a way to do this using gimp or another free tool?

Update:
This image shows my textbox setting.


texts: How do I achieve a lo-fi color replacement effect similar to this?

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I've been seeing this style of image destruction in use lately and I'm trying to learn how to create a similar image surreal coloring effect.

It seems like there's a noise effect going on, but I'm more interested in achieving the coloring technique (which I realize may be tied to the image noise). I've tried adjusting contrast levels and editing channels (i.e. turning off the red channel, leaving the blue and green channel on + inverting the green channel) in Photoshop, which yields some wild results, but it's quite limited re: color selection. Could anyone lend some advice? Thanks!


texts: How to repeat section number without incrementing it in Adobe InDesign?

texts: I am styling a document with many sections. The section number needs to be repeated throughout the section (a la running header). However, there is no text variable/marker for the current section number in InDesign. Is there a way to repeat the section number without incrementing it at the same time? I am looking for a solution where the repeated number will automatically change to match the section number, I specifically do not want to have to do it manually.


texts: What filter settings to play with to achieve for tinted vintage matte feel photos

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My desired effect is

I have some normal plain photos that I want to convert to achieve a similar tone / feel. I am fairly new to Photoshop and I know I have to play with the saturation(?) to get this. What other settings should I be using to achieve this effect?


texts: Photoshop CC 2018 - Text Size (on cavas live preview) missing

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This happened recently. I’m not sure which update caused it.

In the past, we’ve been able to manually increase/decrease text size using the arrow keys in Photoshop.
You would be able to see the text on the screen increase/decrease in size as well.

Right now, you only see the size change after you submit your value and hit enter. You no longer can live preview...

Any idea what’s going on?


texts: Import a couple hundred images and place them side-by side in Photoshop

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I am trying to create a sequence just like this:

Link

The issue is, my sequence is much longer: 439 frames. I have the PNG files, I just need to merge them to be side-by-side like it is in the link. I've tried fiddling around with using actions and droplets, but I can't get it to behave like I want. How can I do it?


texts: Delete path of shape behind another shape in Inkscape

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I would like to create the illusion of one shape being "on top" of another shape in Inkscape.

Is there a quick way to delete the path of one shape that is inside of another?  It is important that I not just hide the path, but actually remove it, and that there are not 2 identical paths on top of each other.

Below in the example I am trying to transform the overlapping circles on the left to show up like the circles on the right, where one appears on top of the other.


texts: Align text to center of object in InDesign

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I want to make this text centered within the white rectangle.

I have tried using the Text Frame Options and setting vertical justification to "center', but it's still not quite aligned-- there's too much space at the top.

I thought maybe I could add space above or below the text instead. But when I look at the Paragraph window, I don't have an option to add space above or below the paragraph. clicking on the circled tool makes space between the lines, not before the paragraph.


texts: What would you use as an icon to represent social media?

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Ok,

So I have a website I'm working on that uses 7 social media websites (facebook, twitter, g+, youtube, pinterest, instagram and tumblr) plus the rss icon.

Rather than plaster them on the website and take up valuable screen real estate, I would like one icon that can float and, when clicked, a menu scrolls out which will contain all of the above icons.

For the mobile version (sub 480px), it's not a problem since the menu is hidden behind a menu icon which slides in. But for the tablet and desktop version, I would like to add a "social media" icon somewhere in the flow (as opposed to only in the footer).

What would you use to describe "social media"? I was at first thinking of using a share icon (which apparently is not a standard (see this article).

But then, we're not really sharing like in the days of digg and delicious. What we are really doing is "connecting" with people via social media? Is this a more proper term / concept?

Should I use a connect icon as opposed to a social icon to represent social media?


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I want to create intersected curved line like  this

, I use Pen Tool but can not get the same as this , and searched a lot for already built through google , but all I got were curve lines not like this, any tutorial or any idea?


texts: Recreating a Photoshop Text Bevel In Illustrator

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I recently created a mock-up of a boat decal in Photoshop that looks like this.

Photoshop Version

However, for printing purposes, I need to vectorize it. I spent a little while in Illustrator (which I've never used before), and after some fiddling, was able to nearly recreate it.

Vector Version without Bevel

But you'll notice that the text bevel is missing. I've read through pages and pages of instructions about Effect > 3d > Extrude & Bevel..., I've sat there on that menu and tried 100 different things, but I can't get anything even close to the Photoshop version. It ends up looking like this:

Attempt at Adding Bevel

Is there a way to achieve this in Illustrator? Or, at this point, I'm even willing to ask the bigger question: What is the easiest way to vectorize  the Photoshop version, including the bevel?


texts: Problem with colors when making a CMYK document

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I'm making my portfolio and as I understand, everything that has to be printed has to be set in the CMYK color mode. So, I chose CMYK. I'm using Illustrator CC 2018. The file tab shows the information My portfolio (CMYK/Preview/U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2).

Now, after a while, when I look back at everything, all the bitmaps I placed (like logos or graphics that were saved as PNGs on my computer), their blacks look gray. Moreover, every color looks less vivid in a way and duller. It's almost like a layer of faded black or gray is overlayed over everything.

I know this is a common phenomenon -- whatever you make in RGB initially and then convert to CMYK will look duller, but is there a way to get around it? I don't want my purples to look faded, dull purples.

And as for blacks in the shapes I'm creating, I don't want rich black to be printed but CMY=0 K=100 was too ... gray, so I went for C=75 M=68 Y=67 K=90 which is a more "true black". It's better and I guess it's the closest you can get to RGB black in CMYK?


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I am attempting to swap out the numerals in an existing monospace font (ttf) with some from a different monospace font (also ttf).

I can't seem to get fontforge to export a mono ttf though. Even just opening the font I want to modify and immediately exporting it results in a non-mono flagged font that can't be loaded into gVim. Is there another tool that can be used for this?


texts: What is the easiest way to have a better quality image from a given image

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I am a novice for graphic design.

I have a low quality image which is given by my friend, its size is really small, but we want to make it bigger and clearer so that we can use it as a banner or logo or etc.

So my question is what is the easiest way to get a better quality image from a given(smaller, low quality) image?

Should I manually draw it, and how, what tools to use?
Or is there a way which I can easily convert it to a vector and then increase the size and then save it back as a png?


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eCommerce websites are known at least to me for their average product images but there are exceptions like images of green tea product below which I wanted to get you opinion about:

This is one beautiful product but is this photo or manipulated image? I mean does it look too good to be real? I was thinking it's product image combined with background.

Here's next:

And final - product on a white background. Did they remove background it had initially?

Do these look real to you because I contemplate if it's designed or 3D rendered.

Assuming it's designed, how much time do these take to make and how much do you think designers charge for this kind of work?


texts: How calculate 2 colors for red gradient button with same ratio as 2 colors for blue gradient button?

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I have gradient button that generated by 2 colors:#0880A9, #066383.(blue).
I want to create button with red gradient that have same ratio as my blue gradient.

How should i do this calculation?
(please if you ca also reference to good articles about that issue)

Thanks,
Yosef


texts: How to shrink logo without losing quality inkscape

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I'm really not much of a graphic designer at all (programmer) but I have dabbled in some image editing using GIMP and Inkscape.

Here's my situation: I have a nice, sharp image of my logo as an SVG file in Inkscape. However, when I try exporting it as a smaller raster image (PNG) the picture loses quality and becomes blurry. I've tried changing settings and whatnot, but I've been unsuccessful in saving sharp, smaller images.

Here's the logo SVG file in question:

Here's a link to the same image exported as a smaller png:

Any help would be much appreciated.


texts: Is there an online animation repository I can use to communicate my ideas?

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I am currently working on a mobile based game. There are a lot assets involved and an equal amount of animations (buttons, graphical elements, etc.).

Now the real problem is that getting the exact idea in my head across to the developers is proving to be quite difficult. To put it simply, it is difficult to make them imagine what I am imagining. I have tried to recreate certain basic effects using after effects, but that is proving to be too time consuming!

Is there a repository over the internet where I can see different kinds of animations? I have gone through Capptivate. Also seen Dribble etc for the same. I admit that these sites have helped me a bit, but they are too wide spread in their content.

Please, if anyone knows a place where they have a gallery of different kinds of animations (mobile based preferably), let me know! It would be of a great help!


texts: Explanations of SVG Export settings in Illustrator?

texts: Just got Illustrator and getting familiar with the program, are there any specific export settings that I need to be aware of in order to export as a .SVG file? There appear to be several settings, i.e. Styling, Font, etc. Would it be possible to provide explanations for each option and what they do?


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I created a logo for a community consultancy firm I might start.
Design goals were:

Subtly show community interaction, I modeled the dots to be a bit of a tree-structure, network map
Monochrome, so it's versatile
Usable as e.g. favicon by leaving out the letters
Simple, I'm not a design wizard at all :)

Here's what I came up with, please shred it to bits and tell me what works and what doesn't. Specific questions I struggled with:

What is the best size for the lines between the dots
I personally like the 5x5 matrix, is this too much?

-Edit-
After the given answers, I've tried the following, I personally like the 5x5 matrix best, but please give me your valuable input :)

With medium lines:

With fat lines:

3x3 option:

3x3 with color:

And the 5x5-medium rendered as favicon:


texts: How can I create a blend scatter/stroked effect with posed photos?

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Yesterday I went to a local art market and found some work I really liked:

In de wolken 80x80cm op basis van acryl by Kitty Meijering

It made me wonder how I might achieve a similar effect in Photoshop, but I could not find anything online. So, if anybody could point me in the right direction it would be highly appreciated!


texts: Illustrator: how to select all elements below a shape

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I'm trying to take a pre-drawn shape, move it into position over a number of smaller elements, and select all of the elements it covers so that I can change their colour.

It would be not unlike turning an image/logo into a mosiac, except the small elements aren't square, and they're pre-drawin into a (giant) array.

In the attached photo, I'm trying to fake a 'fair isle' effect without drawing it 'pixel by pixel' I'd like to take a shape (more complex than the circle) and select all of the knot elements in behind or covered by the shape.


texts: Name of the technique used to simulate eye focusing?

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Our teacher told us that the Mona Lisa painting uses the effect sfumato which stands for the fact that the borders of the face are blended more than the nose and the eyes. However, from the Wikipedia article and some other examples I got that it means just that the photo is generally blended, that there are no clear boundaries between shadows and alight places.

So what's really the correct term for the effect as shown on the picture below?


texts: how to fix one side of artboard get blurry in illustrator?

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I don't why one side of the art board getting blurry. As I'm hovering the mouse cursor on the element, it getting more and more blurry and falling downward like fluid, funny but what is problem and how to fix it? Please help me, thanks in advance.
Here I've attached a screenshot.


texts: Remove Unwanted Color From 'Transparent' Background in Adobe Photoshop CC 2015

texts: I was using 'Polygonal Lasso Tool' to draw a Black stripe in the uniform of the image (below), accidentally, I colored a small part of the 'Transparent Background' of the image. Now I'm looking for a tool to remove it from the background, because it's looking so bad. I've searched a lot for a working tool or something, but nothing is giving me a better result. So, I want to know - what's the right tool in order to remove this black area completely from the background? (I'm using 'Adobe Photoshop CC 2015')


texts: What symbol to choose to indicate a subcategory or next page

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In a very short descriptive text I want to indicate that a user has to open several cascading/nested sections in a menu structure. At the moment I use the > character to indicate the structure. But is there a better looking character/icon/symbol available?

I only have the default typeset for an iOS device available:


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So I have two versions of a texture, one is low res and contains an alpha channel, and the other is high res and is missing the alpha channel. I was wondering whether it would be possible to recreate the alpha channel on the high resolution version in Photoshop.

Low res version (with alpha channel)

Taken in Photoshop to make alpha channel easier to see

High res version (no alpha channel)

Would it be possible to recreate the same or a similar alpha channel contained in the low res version on the high res one?

To help, here is a link containing the .psd file: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UYsFFK0RyJa0xmOfKBbSCR3rDiVNCLjG


texts: How do I grab a jpeg from a layer and open it in its own PSD document, so that I can crop and save how I want?  In the attached image, I would like to have the jpeg in the highlighted layer (without the clipping mask) in its own document so that I can edit it as need be.


texts: How do I use pathfinder on multiple objects?

texts: I have some text. I changed it to outline. Drew a rectangle on it. Selected all and then pathfinder->minus front. I got a weird result. How can get my desired effect in this way?


texts: Best separator between key and description in a text-only legend

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What is the optimal kind of separator in a legend to use between a key and description?

For example, in this specific case:

  A001 - Description for A001, A002 - Description for A002, A003 - Description for A003

should an en/em dash be used instead of the hyphen, colon, equality sign or something else?

In my case it's a legend for a table, purely textual, with no icons. I understand that with icons present no separator might be needed.


texts: How to make a circle with grid on the outside ring

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I made something like this:

I did this with the Ellipse Tool and the Line Tool.

Now the circle is accurate, but the lines inside are very inaccurate. Is there another tool that does the same thing but with a lot more accuracy?


texts: What is better, learning one at a time or all at once?

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I am a beginning designer (6 months) and would like to ask those with long experience in this sphere, what is the best, quickest and efficient strategy to become a designer?

Right now I do several things on my own:
1. I am trying to design logos in illustrator
2. I am trying to do retouching in Photoshop
3. I am trying to do compositing in Ps
4. Finally I do a web design

Am I doing it right or should I do only one thing and master it before moving along to the next part? Most efficient way is important word for me here.

Detailed advice would be appreciated


texts: Is there a way to batch remove the same background from multiple images?

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Someone asked me a Photoshop question the other day, and after some time thinking on it I couldn't come up with an answer - hoping someone here can shed some light!

Let's say I've got a batch of photos of people all standing in front of the same textured background - for example, headshots against a studio background. If I wanted to remove the background from all these photos, there are a few ways to go about it; the problem is all methods I know are manual, and large batches become pretty tedious.

Now, let's say the background in each photo was stationary (maybe a few px of wobble), and I had a photo of the complete background without any figure blocking it. Would there be a way to use the complete background as some sort of inverse/subtractive mask, so all you're left with is the person? At the heart of it, this is about automating the process of removing the same background from every image - so any alternate methods are welcome too. Thanks in advance!


texts: Why image resize in Photoshop generates artifacts?

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Left side - the result of downscaling the image from 1800px (height) to 1200px in the Mac OS Image Preview utility.
Right side - the same downscaling in Photoshop (Menu: Image->Image Size...)
You can see significant visual distortions of the photoshop version. How can I avoid this weird behavior?

UPDATE: OK, I've figured out that it happens only when scaling PSD, when I save unscaled image as PNG, and then re-open and downscale it in photoshop, it works perfectly! What's wrong with scaling in PSD?


texts: When you ask Facebook for code to put a "Like" button on your website, you are given a choice of these typefaces: arial, lucida grande, segoe ui, tahoma, trebuchet ms, and verdana. Given that they are all pretty similar, what are some considerations in choosing among them? Recommendations?


texts: How do I keep Apple Mail from resizing images in my HTML signature?

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I created an HTML email signature for my company, and have everything working. It contains both text and an image containing HTML links to our website, and all looks well until I add it in the signature section of Apple's Mail. The text part stays as it should, but no matter what size I set the image to, Mail resizes it to be gigantic.

How do I change the size of the image to what I want without losing the link to our website?


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Nooby question - How do you write text in Inkscape?
It looks like I'm typing something in the text box, but no characters are printing:


texts: Creating my own "measurement unit/scale" in Photoshop

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I'm a web developer who occasionally does design work, though I'm trying to accomplish something else today.

I'm laying out a room and want to be able to create to-scale pieces of furniture. The room itself is 200" x 150".

Currently, I've made a document that I consider a "workable", 5x proportional size - 1000px x 750px. Each time I create a piece of furniture, I have to multiply the dimensions by 5 to keep proportion. That being said, you can imagine when converting multiple dimensions for dozens and dozens of pieces of furniture, it becomes a time-consuming process.

The simplest solution would be to just create a 200unit x 150unit document, that way no conversion needs to be made. But, replacing that "unit" with px, cm, mm, picas, or points either creates documents too small to work with, or too large to work with. Of course, zooming is an option, but then you run into scaling issues.

Is there a way to define my own scale? Or perhaps manipulate DPI so that a 50x50 square in Photoshop appears more like 200px x 200px?

I'm looking for a solution that only has to work on my monitor, not paper - this will not be printed. Using Photoshop CC if it matters.

Thanks in advance.


texts: I have an element in each of the three different rows indicating their intital state. I need color suggestions for change in state of this element (as indicated in the image below). I have already suggested two colors but they appear to be same on other screens due to resolution issues. How can I get the right color to show the state change.


texts: Coloured background in illustrator that isn't included in export

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I have an illustrator document with many artboards. Almost all the artwork is white and needs to be exported as (transparent) pngs. In order to see the artwork I have to put a large grey rectangle behind everything, however if I forget  hide this rectangle before I export I end up either accidentally exporting artwork with a grey background or having to cancel and return to my document, hide the rectangle and go through the export dialogue. I am constantly using/tweaking and exporting, so this is really starting to get annoying.

I have tried unchecking 'print' for the layer containing the grey rectangle but it still shows up when I export. I have also tried setting the paper colour of the document but this effects the colour of the artwork.

Is there something I'm missing?


texts: What combination of PS filters can achieve this?

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Is it possible to achieve this effect using a few filter combinations in Photoshop?

http://cl.ly/183m2V253O1U2u0j2642


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I am trying to make this shape and want it to be fillable:

(file can be dowloaded here: bit.ly/1SYJOfU as pdf or in Illustrator).

I know Photoshop a little bit, Illustrator far less! I'd like this to be vector, so in Illustator.

I made a path and then applied the brush. Then I reflected it. However, I realize now that I have to do it all over again, and the proper way - which I don't know what it is and I know it is fairly simple - because it has to be transparent - fillable.

What is the proper way to do this?

The other problem with this is, that up top there forms two triangles, one on each side, as a result of the reflection and combining of two sides. Likewise, on the sides where the curve meets the straight line, I need a smooth path, no crick that shows that join.

When I put this pdf in illustrator, I can't make much sense how to use the pen tool to outline also how to replicate the double curves one beneath the other. Basically need to re-do to be fillable, using this as a template. Would love your help as soon as possible. Thank you so much!!


texts: How make all layer masks of different layers on GIMP affect just one layer?

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I'm colorizing black and white pics. At first I started just creating one layer over the black and white pic, setting the layer mode to "overlay" and painting with a normal brush. Then I realized this method was kind of difficult and I started creating a new layer for each color, using the bucket fill in the image and create a layer mask, so I could change the colors without erase them.

The problem is: everytime a layer mask overlays another one, it creates a "new" glowing color in the intersection. Is there any way I can use where those layers affect just the black and white pic? And then in intersections the color is the defined by the layer on top.

https://imgur.com/NZYBgbI here is an example. I need a way I can use layer masks but without creating that intersection of the lips and skin colors. I need this because usually lips, hair and eyebrows have to be very smooth, smoothness which I can just achieve by overlaying, so I can't just erase the layers. I hope you guys could understand, thank you all!


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I am an art student who is trying to upload some digital work on a       website. Do graphic designers typically watermark their work? If no,     how do graphic designers protect their work?

Update: The website I am using is squarespace. The digital work that    I am uploading consists of typographic work(logos,    lettering),    infographics, package design, and branding. I've    noticed illustrators    would upload their work with a 72 dpi and    watermark. On the other    hand, graphic designers--not so much. I'm    still new to the whole    copyright issue, so I was just wondering if    watermarking was a "thing" for    graphic designers.


texts: Editing glyphs in FontForge and related software has no effect – depending on where you look

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Preface

I'm unsure whether this is the right place to ask this kind of thing but honestly, I'm at wit's end here, so I'll try anything. Feel free to migrate or edit.

Actual question

In a font I recently bought, a glyph is too small for my liking. I therefore decided altering the glyph slightly to show a longer extension from the baseline (I hope it's clear what I mean with this).

After doing some research, I have the following software at my disposal for changing the glyph:

FontForge
FontLab Studio 5

To check how the new font looks, I also have trial versions of

FontExplorer X Pro
Suitcase Fusion 6

(The final product is to be a math font for use with the TeX typesetting system.)

Editing any font is correctly reflected in both pieces of font editing software (Studio as well as FF).

However, something strange happens when I check the font in the font management software. FontExplorer does not show the edited glyph, while Suitcase Fusion does show the new glyph. Converting the OpenType file to readable font metrics for my typesetting software, the wrong glyph shows up in the glyph table.

I've tried changing some things around a bit. I can reproduce the problem on both of my Windows 7 systems (laptop/PC), I can reproduce the problem with either of two pieces of font editing software. Also, this happens for any glyph.

I've already tried changing the font cache, reinstalling everything (Windows included), or trying different fonts, glyphs, and so on. The problem persists.

For reproducability, consider Comic Sans (which I believe comes with any Windows distribution): a TrueType-flavoured OpenType font.
I can change any glyph, say the capital letter A. To edit the glyph, I open up FontForge¹ and double click any glyph. I move an anchor point to a random location (you can change two anchor points to be sure). Afterwards, I save the font as a FontForge file (just to be sure) through File → Save as... In the new window I can save the font as say, comic2.sfd. I then export/generate the font through File → Generate Fonts..., where I'll select a fontname, say comic2.ttf, where I'll set options: TrueType, No Bitmap Fonts and No Rename. I only force glyph names to Validate Before Saving. I have not changed any settings in FontForge, so the Options window just shows defaults.

After validating, an error shows up saying that “the font contains errors”:

Wrong Direction
Missing Points at Extrema
Glyph contains overlapped hints (in the same hintmask)

I'm unsure what these mean, but I tell FontForge to go ahead anyway, so I clicked Save.

The newly generated font now doesn't show the correct glyph.

¹ tried several releases, but I tested most with the latest release as well as the July 14, 2012 release.


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As a Blender user, I know that shaders are mixed in a way that there’s always a 1.000 value in the mixing, because the mixing works as a transitional number between the first shader and the second shader. Here is what I mean -

Diffuse and Glossy shader alone -

Diffuse and Glossy shader with a mix value of 0.200 -

Diffuse and Glossy shader with a mix value of 0.800 -

Which means that the higher the value on the first shader, the lower the value on the second shader, which is imitating of the real world shading. Maybe that is the case in the newer versions of 3DS Max with the Slate editor. But does 3DS Max 2010 mixes shaders in that way or they would have to be adjusted manually?


texts: I was wondering if there was a way to change the position of a point in a path, using only one handler instead of moving both


texts: Please help me pick one of the following logos for my concrete resurfacing business (designed by me - a newbie)

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Please help me choose one of the following logos:

What we do is decorating concrete surfaces to give them different beautiful designs. We are not regular, concrete pouring contractors.

I designed all of the logos, so I realize they will all seem bad to most of you. Still, please help me choose the strongest one. Also, I'd greatly appreciate it if you have any quick tips regarding improving the most appropriate logo.


texts: making sharp pixel perfect curves in illustrator

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I'm trying to export a vector graphic to a png with full transparent alpha channel but i noticed that all around the edge of the curves the pixels are blended semi tranparent. I need full opaque cut next to full alpha. At first i thought it was export settings but then when i turned on the pixel preview in illustrator i saw this:

As you can see the semi transparent pixels seem to be inherent in the way illustrator is currently handling rasterizing curves cutting across pixels. Is there any way to make it so illustrator cuts pixels either full opaque or full transparent, instead of this semi transparent blend?


texts: Why is the cursor locked as a pencil in Adobe Illustrator CC?

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When I open an Illustrator file delivered to me, the cursor is in the form shown below:

Clicking on the Selection Tool does not change the cursor.  Why is this?
I am on Windows 10, Illustrator CC version 23.0.1.

PS: I am an Illustrator newbie.


texts: Easiest way to selectively sample pixels in an image?

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Suppose I want to select every 10th pixel in an image, both vertically and horizontally, remove everything else, then collapse those selected pixels so they're all together.
If that's not entirely clear, here's a quick video showing it being done on physical media:
https://gfycat.com/brokencircularbeardeddragon-kensuke-koike-xiao-chi-jian-fu-george-washington
I've figured out how to do this manually by repeatedly cutting and pasting single black pixels to assemble a grid, selecting them all, returning to the image with just the selection, then copying pasting the results.  But then removing the "dead" space takes a while, it's tedious, and it's error prone.
Is there a better way?


texts: How to improve angle and proportion perception?

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Im having a bit of a problem with my perception of angles and proportions. While I compare some elements of my drawing to each other, they seem to be fine. In a portrait, say, the browridge seems to be at a proper proportion and angle to the nose. The nose seems to be fine with the lips, and the lips seem to be ok with the chin. But when the wholeness is taken into account, the results are quite off.

I actually have a picture i drew basing on a photo taken from http://lovecastle.org/draw/:

As you can see, the part from nose to chin is too short, so is the hair from mouth to arm. The forehead came up too big, so did the nose. I didnt actually see it until my friend pointed all this out, and now it hits me whenever i see this picture. Its quite painful, to be honest ;)

Im trying to avoid making this mistake again, but it is a lot of work. I measure and compare almost everything against everything when I draw, and still sometimes after a day or two I find the effects to be off in some way.

Also, there is another problem I have with strict measuring. Sticking out my hand with a stylus or a pencil isnt exactly reliable, at least for me. Quite fast im getting tired of squinting, closing one eye, trying to lock my spine, hand and elbow in exactly the same position to take measurements. When working from a photo, its quite enough to shift my weight on my chair or move a bit, to make the proportions go wrong. Id imagine that similar problems would be in effect in drawing from life. The person youre drawing moves a tiny bit, and the relations between your "landmarks" change, the shapes change, and so do your proportions.

So, my question is, what can I do about it? Are there any particular exercises or drills I can do in order to improve in this field faster? I found this:

http://ctrlpaint.com/videos/visual-measuring

but how many boxes can you draw? I'd love to get to know some other exercises, to bring in some variety to my drawing "workouts". If such exercises could be done while doing normal drawing, all the better. Ive seen people who just get the proportions and angles right at a glance, and I want to work towards such proficiency.

edit: a new grea video came out on ctrlpaint: http://ctrlpaint.com/blog/measuring-proportion

Really helpful!


texts: should white text be knockout for logo on top of a background?

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I am creating a simple logotype with a background box. The box is black and the text ontop is white.

I am using this logo for web and print. I have turned the text into outlines and then I have combined them using the pathfinder minus front. this has made the white text knockout and the back of the text is now transparent.

Is the best way to do this? I would like to know if I am making a mistake and if the text should not be combined this way with the background using pathfinder?

Can someone please let me know what is the best way for me to approach this?


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I've followed this tutorial to get 2 corner rounded rectangle.
However, when I try to union those two halves of rectangles back,

then on upper right corner I got the following

Merged lines are going exactly to the center of rectangle. The bottom left  corner looks like this:

What I want is to get 90 degree corners, just like before cutting rectangle with scissors.


texts: What Charts Library is ICONOSQUARE using?

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I am currently using HighCharts but I think it is not as elegant as the ones ICONOSQUARE is using.

Does anyone know what Charting Library are they using?

Also if anyone has a good list of well designed and easy to use Chart Libraries I am open to suggestions.


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I bought this image in Fotolia : https://fr.fotolia.com/id/109276839

I want to insert an screenshot in the computer screen of Fotolia image.

Do you know a way to do that ?


texts: Can I make hatch lines that are evenly spaced and contoured in illustrator?

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I’m learning to do contoured cross hatching in illustrator
Obviously if I create two lines at two angles and blend them, some areas are more densely spaced than others.  In a cross hatching context this breaks the rule of even shading.
I’m wondering if there’s a way to have more lines in areas farther apart so I can blend contour lines and maintain the same shading value when cross hatching.
Obviously if you’re making contour lines for a 3D object you’ll have this issue.
Is there any technique to do this?
An example might be tiger stripes which converge and end pretty randomly but there’s always a pretty even spacing between the stripes themselves


texts: Gradient stroke not appearing in PDF export file

texts: I’m using Adobe Illustrator and I’m having an issue with a stroke, which has a custom gradient brush applied. It’s not showing up in the PDF file after I export. It shows up just fine in web applications, but when I render it as a PDF, it doesn’t appear in the artwork upon opening.


texts: How to colour a group of objects with transparent circles?

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A colleague has asked me to change her sloppy pixel-based logo design into a vector. Now, I'm a long-time photoshop user who's just getting started with Illustrator. So naturally... I'm all confused :D.

This is the design:

And this has been my approach so far:

So, I hope these pictures already show where I get stuck...
I want the whites in the logo to be transparent. Reasoning with my PS-knowledge, I tried to make a mask of the flower so that it is filled with the transparent circles but still remains transparent in between the 'petals'. But! Apparently, Illustrator can't mask grouped objects by grouped objects ':D and know I'm lost!

It would be great if somebody could help me (and my colleague) out!

PS: after taking the screenshot I realised that the outer grey circle should be the top layer instead of the bottom layer, so I already changed that ;)


texts: Free, downloadable Helvetica small caps? Well, then, how about Arial or even Tahoma?

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I'm looking for Arial non-fake small-caps. Free, downloadable, and TrueType or OpenType.

A free Helvetica would be great but I don't know that Mono ever made small caps for this typeface. I will also settle for Tahoma smalls. Or please suggest a better Helvetica seem-alike.

Is there a free source for any of these fonts?


texts: Illustrator CS6: How to stop Action from repeating itself?

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Illustrator CS6.
Action is very simple.

User Input: Select an object
Call Action

Set Document Color Mode to CMYK
Set Color for selected object
Lock object

That should be the end of it. However, these steps repeat themselves a second time.

You can see the repeat above and the resulting error for the Lock step (since it's already been run and nothing is then selected).
I did have a couple additional action steps - save and close. But due to the repeat those steps wreaked havoc if multiple AI files were open at the same time. Often crashing the app entirely. So, I whittled this down to the minimum and thats when I saw the actual issue was due an undesired repeat.
I'm pulling my hair out as to why the action repeats itself. I'm trying to do away with the error message for the lock step.
Any ideas why an Action would just decide to repeat itself?


texts: What density is the 512x512 icon for an Android app?

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I'm making a launcher icon in Inkscape, with my document size set to 512x512. I'm trying to adhere to Material Design standards which state that the Tinted Edge and Shaded Edge of the product icon should be 1dp.

Since I'm working with a 512x512 document, I made them 11px which would make them 1px when exported to 48x48 (MDPI launcher size), but, when exported to 512x512 for the web icon, the tinted/shaded edges are much larger than other app's icons.

Here's an example icon by me and also the Search app's icon side-by-side. What am I doing wrong? What density is the 512 icon? Is the shaded/tinted edge not actually 1dp?


texts: Setting preferred font substitution in Scribus

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A similar question wanted to know how to set a font substitution in a template. My question is how to setup font substitution in the Scribus preferences. There is a tab for it, but I am missing how to type in the font and what to substitute for it.  I seriously can find no way to enter anything into the dialog box! I've tried right click, left click, simply typing, clicking any of the buttons at the bottom -nothing. It's as if the place where one expects to create a list is just an image.

If you are a Scribus user, please show screen shots of how you manage to type in the font name and the replacement. No one else seems to have this problem -so I must be missing something obvious.

thanks for help
Windows 7
Scribus 1.4.5


texts: Need help making my logo stand out from the background

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I would like to ask for suggestions on how to make the logo (Printzilla House) below stand out more on the pattern background. I've tried adding an oval white shape, but it seems to look a bit weird.

I would appreciate it if you guys could suggest what I could do to make it look better.


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I want to create a sphere with green grass texture , I searched and I wanted to use  this  method to create grass texture , but as we know  , In Illustrator CC 2014 , instead of Live trace ,there is Image Trace .
It seems Image Trace has more options
I don't know how to set Image Trace to create details exactly the same.

Live Trace that used in earlier versions

Image Trace in Illustrator 2014


texts: How to hide pasteboard in Illustrator CS5?

texts: Is there a way to hide the pasteboard in Illustrator CS5 so I only see whats in the Artboard area?


texts: What are the eyes of this character doing?

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NOTE: I have read the Help Center guidelines for asking questions, and did not find anything against character design help. This is my very first question here on Graphic Design SE, so if this is not the proper site for this question, please help me migrate it.

Consider the following original character's face:

Whether you think it's cute or not is irrelevant. What I'm trying to do is figure out exactly what is being represented by this face, so that I can give the face different expressions without ruining the "feel" to the character.

After spending hours messing around with it, I have concluded that the character is "winking" in the original image above. See the following:

This face gives me the same feeling as the original face, but the eye on the left is vertically larger. This means that the difference in eye size is not something integral to the feeling of the character.

My main problem is due to the open boundary for the eyes. Because it is an open shape with little detail, I'm having a very hard time deciding what truly defines them. I tried closing them, and the result look like the following images:

None of these images look right to me. I've tried experimenting with:

Highlights of the eyes: The white shiny part of a character's eyes could be in the top left of the eye, which I thought might explain why there wasn't a black boundary there.
Pupils, looking in various directions: I thought that the lack of eye boundaries may be giving a sense that the character is not looking straight ahead. So I experimented with eyes looking in different directions, and didn't have any success.
Changing the location of the space in the eye boundary: I tried changing where the open space of the eyes were located, such as top right, bottom right, bottom left, etc. but nothing gave the same feeling as the original.

I just can't seem to figure out exactly what this character's eyes are doing.

What I do know:

The original character is winking the eye on the left
Removing the wink doesn't change or ruin the character
The character is looking straight ahead towards the viewer

The mouth is not the focus of the question.
What are the defining features of this character's eyes?
I can't draw it in different poses or angles and give it different expressions unless I can figure this out.

UPDATE: To provide more context into the character, it is a smiling cloud in the sky. It is innocent and cute.


texts: I would like to set a default font for all my text frame (Ideally I would also set that the text is justified). I use scribs 1.5.5 on Mac. I went to Preferences > Item Tools > Text and modified it there. However, when I create a new text frame and start typing, it's still the old font. What else do I need to change?


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Stack Overflow Meta is discussing an issue about the favorite star.

As we can see in high zoom rates, there is an unfilled area. Looking even closer, you can find more issues, e.g. that the whole outline is not symmetrical.

To me, I'd never have designed the star like this anyway. Instead I'd

take a copy of the star,
resize it,
put the larger one in the background

Is there any reason my approach would result in "bad" SVG? Is there a SVG rule unknown to me that objects should not overlap?

My approach would at least require less points, thus be potentially smaller in size and easier to calculate for a computer (faster), doesn't it?


texts: Anyone have any ideas as why my letters in Illustrator are suddenly jagged? I tried viewing in CPU and GPU mode but it still looks the same. I can't seem to figure out why this is happening?


texts: Animate a perspective transformation in Photoshop

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I need to animate a card, which moves under a scanner:

Start picture:

left: the scanner. right: the card

End picture:

the card moves under the scanner. the scanner won't move

Now I tried to animate this with the timeline animation.
Just insert both states and press on the tweening-button.
The problem is, that the card will be transformed from the beginning, and not while the card moves.

How do I achieve my objective?
I only have Illustrator & Photoshop, and at the end I need an animated .gif.


texts: Is there a simple and automatic way to create halos around multiple (existing) arrows in Illustrator?

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I am looking for a way for all existing black arrows in my illustration to have a white halo to stand out against a colorful background in Illustrator. I would also like the halo to be easily changeable for all arrows (like when using graphic styles).

Theoretical solutions:

Adding an additional stroke helps for ordinary lines, but does not outline the arrowhead.
Copying an arrow, placing it in the back, slightly enlarging it and making white will surely work, but is tedious. Also, it cannot be saved as a graphic style, so cannot be automatically applied to the existing arrows (you will have to copy the one you created).

As you see, these theoretical solutions do not work.
So, the question is is there a simple and automatic way to create halos for multiple existing arrows?


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How can I apply a transformation to a shape in Sketch, so that on export it actually changes the SVG coordinate values instead of just applying the transformation with a transform-property?

I made an arrow like such, you can see the rotation value in the image. I want to get rid of the rotation value (90 deg) and still keep the arrow pointing downwards.

How can I accomplish this?


texts: Adobe Illustrator: A transparent background for an character of a file pdf

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First question: I'm starting to use Adobe Illustrator recently. I would like to know what are the commands to convert the white background of a pdf into one that is transparent background.

Second question: I use, now, Adobe Illustrator CC, relase 2015, tryout. Thanks an help of an user and various comments I have to find the “trasparent grid”, of my file .pdf, in the position of the figure shown here:

Here there is the path of the “trasparent grid”:

  Visualizza>Mostra griglia di trasparenza

instead of

  View>show>trasparent grid

Probabily the user has a different version of mine. Now I have another problem. How I do to remove the withe background and to have only the black character “P”?

I do not like the white background and I would remove it. Could someone explain to me step by step what I must do to make the background transparent and just leave the character?
Thanks.


texts: In Photoshop, are the corner handles of a selected object independently controllable with the keyboard?

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If you make a selection with the rectangular marquee tool, and then attempt to transform using Edit > Transform > Distort it creates a bounding box with handles around the selection, for you to manipulate using the mouse.

But is it possible, say, to select the bottom right handle with some kind of keyboard command? And then move it using up/left/down/right?