texts: How can I change the color from which to which the gradient should be changing in Inkscape?


texts: Transparency on top of another shape in After Effects/Illustrator

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I'm working on a project where I need this logo to build build itself. I know how to do the animating in after effects but I want the white inside of the logo to be semi transparent. How I currently have it is 4 different layers- the black background, the base, the middle triangle section, and then the spire. I want the base to come up on top of the black background, then the middle (come up from underneath), then the spire (from under the base) It is supposed to be used in an intro where it is put over video footage so I want the tower to be 50% transparency like the background of the whole project is. Also should this be done in after effects or illustrator?
Thanks


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Does anyone know what the font of the Kubernetes logo (a container orchestration system) is?

WhatTheFont yielded no results for it, it's not mentioned in the WhatTheFont Forum.

If it's not an official font, does anyone know a font looking similar to this one?

Further official versions of the logo are here.


texts: 2D animation tool with free-form deformations

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Basically, I'm looking for something that provides the 2D animation capabilities of Spriter (the support for bone rigs, in particular) but also comes with the deformation capabilities of Photoshop's Puppet Warp (e.g. I want to be able to take a ball, punch it and deform it on impact).

Is there such a thing? I'm adamant there must be, but I cannot seem to find anything useful.


texts: How can I create hand-drawn style graphics for my website?

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I am developing a web page for web based application, i am new to web design, so forgive if i have asked very basic question.

i want to create icons and embed into my existing png image file. i have attached sample image below and circle the icon which i want.

so i want to know how to embed the icons into the image, is there any specific tool to create those icons?.


texts: Why are drop shadows so hard to render, and is there an easier alternative for an aging computer?

texts: I've been using drop shadows on a logo I'm working with and when I apply the effect it takes a good 30-40 seconds for it to finish, and then same amount of time for each edit. I'm using an older macbook here, so it's not super fast but it's no netbook either. Why are drop shadows so intensive to render, and is there something not quite as resource-heavy for improving logo viewability against a mixed-color background?


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I have a question for you about resizing tif image for print.

We are creating a 6x10 inches Indesign brochure right now.
I have this
63M, 3840x5760 px, 300 resolution
tif image will be whole spread of brochure.

It seems like the file is very big for such small brochure.
Another designer wants to include original file for ensuring print quality.

However, I felt...

Is it better to resize the tif image to 6x10 inches?

If so, what is the best way to do it? still save as tif? or it could be photoshop file?

Thanks for the help!


texts: How to make 100% hard circles without blurred edges (photoshop)

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I'm making a circle with a radius of 400 pixels, the edge of it looks like this:

But the look I'm trying to achieve is a circle with hard edges, meaning no transparency, the edge of it would then look like this:

So how do I do it?


texts: Is there a way to make the background of an image transparent?

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Like explained here:
Making the background of an image transparent in Gimp

But via CLI!
I'm using Gimp on Ubuntu, and I would like to do this on a bunch of images..
Even if it doesn't do a perfect work obviously..


texts: What is the most efficient way to have separate layers for each individual artboard in a single Ai document?

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I have one document open with three artboards and I want each artboard to have its own separate layers.

Should I just create separate layers for each artboard in the layers panel, i.e

  Artboard 1 Layer 1
  Artboard 1 layer 2
  Artboard 2 Layer 1

...or is there a more sane way to go about this?

Each layer is named the name of the artboard, but if I have multiple layers in one artboard - this won't work:


texts: Split CMYK channels into separate images or layers using Krita

texts: How can I create separate greyscale files from color channels in Krita. I need separate CMYK channels for screen printing.


texts: Old newspaper font suitable for screen use?

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I run a site ( https://www.gayundah.info ) which I am currently re-theming.
I am wanting to change the blockquote text to reflect the original newspapers the articles are drawn from  (1886-1920 era, generally)
However, I need a font evocative of that but with good flow and readability for screen use (rather than as movable type) as the use will be for the website only.
I've read this thread Font or technique needed to recreate newspaper article from 1873 , regarding newspaper fonts from that era but it had a print focus rather than screen focus.
Oh and given a zero budget a free font would be best. :)
Thank you.


texts: I'm able to create a flat diamond will fills, but I'm having some difficulty getting just the outlines. I've tried using borders with inside position, but I end up with thicker strokes in certain areas. When I put them to center, I get these weird pointy corners.


texts: How do I go about designing a background image for a responsive website?

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I've been looking around all day for an answer or a guide but I can't seem to find anything. I may be missing a key word here.

I have a single page website that I would like to design a background image for in photoshop or illustrator. I would like to be able to design this image around the elements on the webpage. This wouldn't be too hard to design for one specific screen size, but the positioning of elements and the width of the screen can change dramatically from device to device. I only have two ideas of how to go about this, neither of which seems like a good method:

Create a background image that ignores elements on the page and doesn't have too much detail on the right/left to get chopped off on mobile devices.
Create a separate background image for each device size and use media queries to load the correct image.

Is there a better way to go about this?

Here is an example of what I am talking about:


texts: Aligning letters "Wrong" appears more "Right"

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I'm currently working on a logo for a client. Here is the work in progress.

It seems obvious to me that the S should align with the line above. I feel that the best way of aligning it however is to align the bottom part of the S rather than the top curve, even thought the top curve does protrude more.
See the following example

Also at the other end of the logo, the A I feel can do something similar, minimising the white space triangle at the end of the logo

The end result I think is more pleasing in its alignment

I feel that this is correct, but my client is questioning it. This alignment is a habit I have picked up during my career, so I haven't been formally taught this, in fact I can't remember where I picked this up.

Tell me, have I picked up a bad habit here? Is my client correct? If this is correct does this type of alignment have a name? Or is there an article somewhere I can refer my client to?


texts: How can I create a font similar to this one?

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I want to make a logo and the only font that fits what I need is Ugo. However, I would prefer to use it in lowercase but there are no lowercase characters available.

How can I go about making mine?


texts: What is the best way to display IRC Server/Channel list?

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I'm trying to design a smart way to manage the Server/Channel List. I want to do something different that'll be simple for users to use. I had thought of Modifying tab controls to have a "parent" (IRC Server) and children(Channels Queries). Where the children reside INSIDE the parent, however this isn't very good for space design purposes.

The typical design is just to do a bunch of tabs or a long TreeView list.

I'm wanting to design something that is easy for anyone to use, but advanced enough to show everything you need.

What would your suggestions be?

This is basically what I had in mind, not exactly but you should be able to get the idea:


texts: What's the term for CMYK ink proof/tests that are printed on inconspicuous places of packaging, newspapers, etc?

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I'm looking to place the color proof/test somewhere on the printable area of a box. The problem is that I don't know what they are called and where to get information about them (pattern, template, etc).

These patterns I believe are designed and placed to ensure print quality.


texts: How to make a mask in photoshop and use shapes in that mask?

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What does the person do in this video (around the 0:21 second mark)?

In that video the person makes a layer group and the makes a mask for it and modifies that mask constantly. I've read this thread but whenever I try that approach I can't modify it the mask the way the person in that video is modifying it.


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I have a product picture of a bottle which I need to cut out...
I've created a clipping path and a mask to cut out but I have an awkward greyish halo that makes it look awful when put on a dark background. How can I make the same pinkish colour of the bottle continue smoothly out right to the edge?

I've tried selective colour, replace colour, brightness/contrast, hue/saturation adjustment layers with various selection techniques and can't seem to get anywhere close. I'm either doing something wrong or missing an awesome tool to add to my (very small repertoire). I do not know what software I am using.

If anyone can help, you'd save me a lot of hours and anguish!

Photoshop CS6


texts: Licensing ' Helvetica Neue Condensed Bold' for a logo

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I used "Helvetica Neue Condensed Bold" in a logo project. Now I need to deliver the original files including the font to my client. The font was free but not licensed. If necessary I will buy it before sending files but I'm confused: which license should I use for the logo?
Is the desktop version (5 computer usable) safe for the client's usage?


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I have plenty of images made up with the same color, just like those:

Now what I want is to change their "main" color from "#3d507d" to "#7C0A0A".

I tried to do that by changing the "hue/saturation" but with no success.
(batch changing the hue/saturation is available with this gimp script
:http://registry.gimp.org/node/23499 )

So, how can I change the color from "#3d507d" to "#7C0A0A" ? preferably with batch/scripting option?

I use GIMP / Inkscape / Photoshop.
I prefer explanations in this order (most preferred GIMP)

BTW, I don't want to change only the "#3d507d" pixels, I want to change also the "gradiented"/"Edged"/"partly transparent" pixels to match the change to "#7C0A0A". - in other words - It should be looking good...
Thanks.


texts: InDesign: how to import multiple text files, each in its own box

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Any way to import a series of text strings (for example, from a spreadsheet), so when imported each string gets a separate text box?

(I know how to import multiple text files--what I'm trying to do is import multiple strings of text from one file--but have each string get its own text box.)


texts: How to write text on a path in photoshop?

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Well, the question isn't exactly what it looks like. Now I have a circular path, and text written on it. Now, since the text follows the path of the circle, the text on the bottom half of the circle becomes upside down. How can this be fixed? I would like the text to be visible normally.

Any pointers on how this can be achieved is greatly appreciated! Thanks


texts: How should Colour Ranges, that exceed 4 colours, be referred to?

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I am aware that CMYK is a Colour Gamut used for Printing, representing the following colours:

C:  Cyan;
M:  Magenta;
Y:  Yellow;
K:  Black.

What I have not come across are standard terms used, when referring to 5+ Colours ranges.  For example, when working with a Printer with a range of 12 colours as follows:

Is it simply a case of taking the first letter, of each colour, then appending it to the initial CMYK?

Whilst this seems the obvious answer, I do not see many examples of people referring to colour ranges above 4 colours.


texts: Removing spot color before printing causes white (cut) space underneath

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Help pretty please. I have an *.ai for printing where spot (100% magenta) color marks die. Die color (as layer) is deleted just before printing, after adjusting position in printer. Data are prepared in illustrator, then placed in Indesign and exported to pdf.

I've recently upgraded my computer, reinstalled everything and for some reason, somewhere in the process, something went wrong.
Deleting spot color from exported pdf now causes cut/blank space in image.

It might be just trivial setting in Indesign export, but I couldn't figure it out.


texts: How can I get a vector outline of the inside of a complex shape?

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I have a shape thus:

In Illustrator, this design is composed of a load of paths with a heavy stroke applied, and no fill. How can I obtain the path describing the white area?

Note: I drew this in Illustrator but coloured it in Photoshop for clarity


texts: How do I combine two objects into one in Illustrator?

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I have a G and an arrow. I want the arrow to act as the horizontal portion of the G. I have it lined up but when I apply effects I want then to act in one. For example If I apply a 3d effect I want the arrow and the G to go 3d and look like one object not two.

how do I combine the G and the arrow (created on a path) into one object using Illustrator CS4?


texts: Sketchup component (window) not cutting through wall

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I am trying to add a window to a model of a house, but it is not working how I think it should be. The window is a component that I have made (apparently incorrectly).

The house has walls that are 10" thick and I would like for the window component to cut through that. I have seen lots of other threads talking about this issue and I have followed the advice given but to no avail.

In my drawing, I have another window that works exactly how I want it to and I am able to toggle the layer visibility on/off and the window will show up (and cut through the wall) and then disappear again (leaving the wall intact).

Here is an image to help explain how I would like it to work. The bay window is the window that does not work. The boxy portion before the glass is the same depth as the wall, and I would like that to be set into the wall.

Here is my Sketchup file: Google Drive

Side Note: Please let me know if I should be posting this elsewhere - I followed the advice of
this thread.

Thanks.


texts: I found a job posting that says they have images that need to be 'clear cut', mostly of clothes, products, etc.  Does anyone know what that means?


texts: How to create shapes with transparent areas inside in Photoshop

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I have a shape layer that is a circle, and I want to add a shape layer to the center of it, but for that shape to be transparent and you can see through both layers.

How can I do this?


texts: Spread out letters to fit the box (Gimp, Affinity Publisher)

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I would like to produce a logo similar to this one:

The characters in different lines are different sizes, but the width of the bounding box in every line is exactly the same. How to achieve such effect either in Gimp (ideally) or in Affinity Publisher (these are the two tools I have). Other open source tools are also acceptable.


texts: I created an InDesign document (4 pages) that has various shapes that are different colors (yellow, green, etc.). The shapes are InDesign shapes (not imported graphics). We originally created the document to be exported as a PDF and shared online. The green shape color we used (a neon green) looks fine in RGB. However, when we try to export the document to CMYK (we decided that we need to be able to print the document on a CMYK printer also) the neon green color turns into a dark, forest green color. I'm pretty new to InDesign and I'm not sure how to replicate the neon RGB green to look the same in CMYK. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.


texts: How to replace a font by another on all text layers in Photoshop?

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I have a big PSD file with hundreds of text layers all placed in a lot of folders and subfolders.

Some of those layers use font A, the others use font B.

Now I want to replace the font in all layers using font A by font C without altering those using font B. How do I do that ? (obviously without editing each layer by hand, which would take hours)

I guess this could be done with scripting but I have basically zero knowledge about this (I just know how to record and use actions, nothing more advanced) so I have no clue on how to proceed - and am not even sure it is the solution.

Thanks for your help ;)


texts: How to disable the "unable to distribute layers evenly using full pixels" window in Sketch

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Every time I want to distribute 3 or more objects I get a prompt window that says:

  Unable to distribute layers evenly using full pixels.

Below that, you have 3 options. I always use the "Distribute unevenly" option.

In a previous update the had disabled this but now it has appeared again.

Any solution on how to disable this?


texts: How do I make a mockup PSD file from a pair of 3D renders?

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I'm not sure if this falls more into the domain of graphic design or 3DCG so I figured I'll just ask the experts at image manipulations first. Basically, I made a 3D scene in Blender of a paper bag so a friend of mine can use in their design.

Problem is, my friend isn't familiar with 3D packages, so they asked me if I can export it into a PSD file that can be used in mockup, where they can slap their tidbits like logos and text on and the creases can be "overlaid" over their design, and I have no idea how to start with this.
Anyone got ideas how I can achieve this? Even what I should look up as a starting point would be appreciated.


texts: Exporting Photoshop Paths to Illustrator?

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I'll just start by saying that I have indeed tried the "built-in" "Export Paths to Ai" option and followed-through by changing the view mode in Ai to "Outline" but the document is still empty.

I have Photoshop CS6 Extd. and Illustrator CS6.

My Photoshop design is made up of strictly paths, shapes, and text--no rasters. It scales fine indefinitely within Photoshop because everything is a vector.
I've tried opening my PSD in Ai but all the layers are flattened--no paths. I could try selecting each layer in Photoshop manually and exporting them one by one. But my design has nearly 50 layers, even if I made an action that does not seem proper whatsoever.

Are these two products not compatible, or am I missing something? What can I do to export my vector design in Photoshop to Illustrator?

Here is a sample PSD file that is of identical properties: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9ip8MnSNo8CTWNWbTVvWExSRkE/view?usp=sharing


texts: Create a simple shrinking square fractal with Inkscape and Tiled Clones

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How can I create an image like this in Inkscape? (squares only, ignore the little hairs)

I'm trying to start with a square, then use Tiled clones to repeat the pattern several times, but I can't seem to find the correct combo of shift and scale settings to get this to work!


texts: How can I heal an area of an image on a different layer?

texts: Using GIMP, I'd like to use the HEAL tool to remove some text from an image. How can I isolate the modifications made by the heal tool to a separate layer, so that I can easily toggle the text on/off after it is removed?


texts: how to create this type text effect in adobe photoshop?

texts: I saw this on the Facebook, and was wondering if someone know that  how to do it! It might be a very helpful for me if anyone help me.


texts: Layers with different directional drop shadows in Photoshop

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I am wondering how to have 2 different directional drop shadows in the one file with Photoshop. e.g. 2 different type layers — one has a drop shadow at 90 degrees, the other at -45 degrees.

Currently it seems Photoshop only lets me have 1 universal direction for the whole file, which I find really pointless.

I know how to apply different drop shadows and merge down layers to achieve the same thing, but its tedious and not exactly streamlined for making future changes to that layer.

How is this achieved?


texts: What is the name of the packaging style where the box isn’t printed and instead they place a sticker. What type of sticker is this?


texts: Move artboard without changing contents position

texts: Often when I move an artboard in Illustrator using the mouse, the contents end up having moved half or 1 pixel within the artboard. Is there a setting or something else I can do to prevent the artboard's contents from moving in


texts: It's something like a script type of font. I tried to use the myfont font finder but it didn't recognize its cursive like font :( Anyone knows?


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I need to get the name of the font used in this image:

The guy who did the logo just took an existing image of the "UTOPIA" writing and slanted it to fit the cubes, so he doesn't know which font it is.

I'm pretty sure the guy who did the original writing told me the font name somewhere in the past but I can't contact him now (I'm in a hurry). I can remember the font has a 6-letters name, though (or maybe seven, but I think it was six).

Font services won't even process the image... I guess the slanting and the presence of the logo are preventing them from recognizing the fonts.


texts: Is there a command to extend a guide in Indesign over the entire pasteboard; or limit it to the page?

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When I draw guides in InDesign, there are two possible end results: the guide covers the entire pasteboard, or it stops at the page edge.

I know that I can control this difference by the location of my cursor when I release my click-drag for creating or editing the guide.

Is there a way to toggle a guide from the one type to the other without having to click and drag it again? I find that my click-dragging usually moves the guide by a little, and I like them in the location I put them.


texts: How to export a PDF with pages as jpg or tiff, can not be modified by any editor (such as Illustrator or CorelDraw).

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When I export from Indesign I would like to maintain a high quality (eg 300dpi resolution), but I do not want anyone can open with illustrator my pdf and can move objects like I was back in the indesign project.

There is a way to do this?


texts: How to make a radial gradient background like this in a vector or raster editor

texts: I recently saw this image on the web, and I loved it. Seems like it was made with Adobe Illustrator, but I can't find out how to do something like it. Could anyone help? I don't care what image editor really needs it, I would prefer GIMP or Inkscape, but I can use Photoshop or Illustrator if needed.


texts: How to show perspective view text without any distortion

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I am working on a design in which i want to show a snippet of code of html on a page which is skewed, but when I adjust the text according to that it's distorted and does not look like the part of the page.

This is what I have so far:


texts: What are some techniques for minmizing quality loss when your work is intended to be printed by desktop printers?

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Our organization generally won't spring for professional printing. Some people that receive my work are expected to print it themselves, and then use or distribute it as needed. As a result, a lot of work I've produced, gets printed by recipients on low-cost inkjet or laser printers, sometimes with color and sometimes without. Usually on plain old office letter paper they have around.

What are some techniques I can use in designs to minimize the variance in appearance and quality of printed materials when I have no control how they are printed, especially when low-quality printers are used?


texts: Fonts for styling a blog that includes lots of code samples

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I'm trying to style a personal site that includes many code listings, with text commentary; many of the code samples are written in the Python language, so they look best a fixed-width font.

There are lots of explanations around on how to choose matching fonts, but I was able to find none that addresses the question of how to make a font stack that includes a good monospace font to be used extensively.  (My personal liking is for "book-like" designs using serif fonts, e.g. Moargh's theme "Feijoa", but I find it hard to find a monospace that matches.)

Can you please suggest:

examples of good web design that includes non-trivial amounts of displayed code, or
advice or resources on how to proceed for the selection.


texts: Color harmonies math:triada, complement, analogous, monochromatic

texts: I need help in color math. I have one main color and i want to know how i can calculate other colors of chosen harmony. I need such color harmonies: triada, complement, analogous, monochromatic. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Dima.


texts: I'm trying to figure out how to perfectly blend color layers in photoshop. I want to blend the layers while maintaining the original saturation. The closest I've been able to get is by altering the opacity (shown below). When I do this, however, the image (magenta layer @ 50%) loses its saturation and looks faded compared with the 100% opacity yellow layer. This makes the red section where they blend look similarly faded. Is there a way to blend (100%) without sacrificing the saturation of the original image?


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I'm drawing with Adobe Illustrator (version 22.1 64 bit) and sometimes I've this strange behaviour of the border of a path: the border color fills a small area by the point. This area changes (and it may disappear too) when I change the size of the track.
When I export the image I can't see this problem (as you can see in the first image).
Does someone know some solutions?
Thank you.


texts: When I create a new file in Photoshop CS6, it's something like on the left part of the picture below. What should I do so the result of opening/creating file will open it in the size of the entire window, but not in some small separated window?


texts: Why are the colors of certain PNG files getting distorted when opened in Illustrator?

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I was trying to open an iPhone screenshot in Illustrator, but for some reason the colors are distorted. If I open the same file in any other application (Photoshop, GIMP, Preview, etc.) the colors are rendered fine. The curious thing is that this only occurs with certain screenshots, as I tested a screenshot of the home screen as well, which Illustrator opened without distorting the colors.

Though, with GIMP, a dialog does pop up stating:

  The image 'IMG_1199.PNG' has and embedded color profile:

  Display P3

  Convert the image to the RGB working space (sRGB built-in)?

With the option to either keep or convert the color profile; which makes me think Illustrator may not recognize the aforementioned color profile.

Here is the original image directly from the phone [left] and the image opened (then saved) from Illustrator [right]:

Update

Converting the color profile in GIMP, saving, then opening the file again in Illustrator does fix the issue. This seems to confirm my suspicion that the Display P3 color profile is the issue, which changes my question somewhat: how can I open the image in Illustrator without first converting the image beforehand?

This seems like it may be a bug in Illustrator, so I have submitted a bug report to Adobe. I will update if the report is conclusive, or if Adobe provides a solution.


texts: I am trying to identify this font used in RSK Group's logo

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Can anyone identify the font in the graphic below?

Thank you.


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Can you recommend a good alternative to Adobe Illustrator?

I am learning vector based graphic design, but I am not ready to make such a large investment as to purchase a copy of Adobe Illustrator. Also, Illustrator might be a little more power than I need at the moment. I am using a Macintosh.


texts: Unable to perfect center font awesome in Sketch 3

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I am making a small infographic on a website in sketch 3. I am using font-awesome and trying to center an icon in the middle of the circle.

But I realised it can't be done because there is a small space after the icon. See picture.

Therefore it is always a little bit on left. Does anybody have the same problem and maybe solution for it?


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I have created a website that i would like to add to my portfolio, but i'm having a hard time getting high quality screenshots of the full site.
I tried to save the website as PDF, but that was full of errors, other online services cant recreate the images and so on.
I've also just tried to take regular screenshots on the mac at put it all together, but it really lost a lot of quality when i scaled it down.

Any good ideas? :)


texts: How should I Turn an Animated Gif Trasparent?

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I have an animated GIF with a background color. I needed to remove the background for one of my works, so I just deleted background for all 250 layers with the magic eraser!

When I run the animation in PhotoShop it's okay, but when I render it (save for web) it turns into this awkward thing. I really have no clue why this happens since I'm not that pro using graphics.

Here are my .gifs
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8je74x1t0zlxbs3/ls2.gif?dl=0 and https://www.dropbox.com/s/3gcjhtk1evvoab4/giff111111.gif?dl=0

Any help, such as making the GIF transparent by other means, is welcome

Thanks a lot :)


texts: In PS, how does one make two or more layers on the same level?

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I've got two elements that both have drop shadows, and they are very close together (say 30px).

Is there a way to make sure that each layer's drop doesn't affect the other layer?


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I'm struggling to make this scene to show the textures in the viewport, it was imported from this COLLADA file, and it renders ok in mental ray.

Activating textures (key 6) in the view port won't work, I think it is because it has three UV sets, the first one (map1) show the PNG texture but has no UV geometry, while the remaining two have some geometry in them but have no texture image.

This is how it looks rendered with mental ray, and textures activated in the viewport.

These are the three UV sets, what I want is to merge map2 and map3 into map1


texts: How to raster vectors (AI) into 1bit tif in 2000dpi

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I need to raster files 1m x 0,70m to 1-bit TIFF. Pretty much home RIPing.
AI CS 5.5 only goes until aprox. 500dpi and PS renders vector-PDFs or AIs in 406 dpi max. Then you have to resize x5 to get 2.030dpi, but you of course loose details.

Don't ask me why I need so big file, I just need it. It is only a simple B/W artwork.
Thanks. Help appreciated.


texts: How to export large amount of objects to separate images in InDesign?

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I have this photo album with two layers, layouted in InDesign (CS6):

On the first layer I have all the graphic elements (the gras and the yellow elements)
On the second layer are portraits (the pixelated profile pictures that you can see below)

I want to print the album with all the graphic elements and print the portraits separately on stickers – just as in the old Panini collection albums.

My question is: How can I efficiently export all the portraits on layer 2 into separate images?

Do I have to select all of them individually and export them manually? Or is there a faster way to do so, e.g. with the use of a script?


texts: How to create an outlined circle with centered horizontal and vertical gaps in Illustrator?

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Could you explain to me, how I can draw a shape like the one in the following image?

How can I cut any part of circle to get such 4 shapes with Adobe Illustrator?


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Can please somebody tell me how to draw a background like this? The gradient in the background is not a big deal, but the lines...

I guess it can be done in Photoshop or some other tool. Maybe there is a good "How to/Tutorial" somewhere?

Thanks in advance.


texts: How to split into multiple layers when you've accidentally drawn two layers worth of material onto one layer?

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I drew two separate objects in Photoshop that are meant to be on different layers, but I drew them on the same layer.  They do not overlap right now, but I can't seem to figure out how to separate them.  How can I do that?

Thanks!

edit I've added an image to show what I mean.  I have two grids I've constructed and both are on the same layer.  I meant for them to be on separate layers.

The image is here:


texts: Editorial Design: Correct labelling of a graphic that is based on an original

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I am working on the editorial design of an article dealing with U.S. military history. In the article I am using a graphical interpretation of an original U.S. Army insignia. The insignia is of the Ghost Army Unit of the U.S. Army during WWII. The graphic is used instead of an image of the actual insignia due the style guidelines of the entire publication the article will be a part of. However, the graphic still needs a label underneath/next to it.

My question is: How should I label it? I cannot put a label saying "Insignia of the Ghost Army Unit during WWII" because that is not true since it is a graphic modelled after the original insignia. Should I label it "Replica of the insignia of the Ghost Army Unit during WWII"? Or "Representation of the insignia of the Ghost Army Unit during WWII"?

Does anyone have some useful suggestions?

Here is an image of the original insignia as well as of the graphic used in the article:


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Migrated from Photography SE.

I received an image on WhatsApp, claiming to be a 'Magic image'. Here it is: (NOTE: Its a JPG) (Find the full size here: https://bit.ly/2WcEZmH)

Below images in clockwise:

The image as received
When you click to enlarge the image
Image information in the gallery (Samsung S10e, Android 9)
When forwarded

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I have a few questions regarding them.

1. How to create them?

I know its a play on transparency

I know its just creatively hiding colors which either show up with white background (when seen as a msg in the chat window), or black background (when clicked to open)

So I create a file with transparency, one which shows different things on white and black backgrounds

But it doesn't work, whatsapp isn't necessarily showing the transparency.

I tried uploading from phone as well as desktop, still no luck.

2. The one I received happened to be a JPG file, how is that possible?

I dont think its entirely using just the transparency hack.
There is probably something else I haven't thought of.

Here is what I tried so far

In the below image, the sky is semi transparent.
The text BOO! is opaque, and the color of the text is set same as the color of the sky with white background.

This is the image I created: (https://bit.ly/2KrZp92)

See below for how this would look with white and black backgrounds.

This is what whatsapp does, when sent on phone

Doesn't change color or anything

Any leads welcome!


texts: What is the font used in some (presumably) LaTeX papers?

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I was wondering, what kind of font is being used in some LaTeX papers such as this one https://www.mscs.dal.ca/~selinger/3343/handouts/ideals.pdf or this http://www.math.rwth-aachen.de/~Max.Neunhoeffer/Teaching/ff/ffchap3.pdf.

I tried few different font matchers, (whathefont, identifont, whatfontis, fontsprint matcherator), and the closest one I got was PT Serif Mono or Cordale.
I think it might be Cordale, but I'm not sure where it really is, especially since I can't found any resources talking about it (and its usage in LaTeX) outside of type foundries.


texts: Is it possible to have text follow a path? Similar to this: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/creating-type-path.html


texts: Is it possible to have filter of only guassian blur?

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I want to be able to save a file of my logo, with a guassian blur filter under it, that blurs any background you choose to place it on. The text of the logo is within a rectangle and it's transparent so a blurred effect is necessary for images with lots of detail otherwise the text on the logo is hard to read.

A filter of guassian blur would be very helpful because you otherwise have to apply guassian blur on a small part of every image you place the logo on which isn't something i think the association (which is driven by volonteers) could handle.

It's not vital to the visuall identity, i could think of other ideas for external communication involving photography, or express that you must only use it on backgrounds without a lot of detail, but it would be really great if it's possible to do.


texts: Is it possible to automate font substitution in Illustrator CS5?

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I'm creating a custom PDF catalog by grabbing pages from other companies PDFs (I do have permission to do so) but I'm having problems though because I do not have the same fonts installed on my machines.

Adobe Illustrator substitutes the missing fonts, however the sizes are way off.  I've found font substitutions that work great, however I can't find a way to automate this when I open the file.  For each page, I have to go to Type > Find Font, and manually pick.

Is there any way to automate this otherwise there is a lot of tedious work that needs to be done manually.


texts: Looking for feedback to design a tabbed menu

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I am working on an e-commerce website. I am creating a Shopify app for the e-commerce website, and I want the shopify app to be within a tabbed menu.

The app has 2 tabs:

Product Mapping: for defining product mapping between Shopify and my e-commerce
Online Store: for defining organisation setting such as Name, address
I might add extra tabs for Payment method and Help

I created 3 similar variations of this tabbed menu and am trying to find out which design is the best...

Note: if user clicks on any of these tabs, a full post back will occur and the entire page is refreshed.

Design 1 (Tabbed menu with no border)

Design 2 (Tabbed menu with no border, but table is inside a card)

Design 3 (Tabbed menu with border)

I am looking for feedback to decide which one of these designs to use...

In case of tabbed menu, is it more common to have a border around the tabbed
menu?


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I have a large Indesign Document (about 200+ pages), and in about the half of the pages the images were copied & pasted into the document instead of linking them.

These images are now somewhat blue-ish when I view the exported pdf.

What could the reason be?

This is how it looks. The linked images are fine, because they were exported to CMYK in Photoshop before. How can I get the copied images to CMYK without linking them?


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I'm drawing maps in Illustrator. Our way of depicting divided highways is parallel lines with a fill. Here is an example:

The way I did this was a 1 point yellow stroke, command c, command f, send to back, explained stroke to 2 points  and make black.

These are a pain to make and edit. I'm wondering if there's a way to do this with a single stroke.


texts: How to select or copy all text in InDesign document

texts: I want to select all text content of every page in an InDesign document or copying all text in InDesign document. I have tried scripting method, but did not work.


texts: Why is a PDF made with AI showing a faint black ghost outline around some shapes?

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I am trying to help with an .ai document I did not create. It has multiple layers and when they save as PDF, a faint black outline appears behind one of the images but an inch below it--just the outline of that image shape, not the shape itself.

Their concern is whether that outline, which is not intentional, will appear when printing. Obviously the best thing would be to figure how to remove/prevent it, before sending to printer.

I am a novice as you can tell, just cracking into Illustrator, and the complexities are many...

How can I try to fix this issue?

Do I need to fix it, will it show when printing?

Since the file contains lots of linked images, do I need to update every single link for viewing on my own computer before I can even try to recreate the ghost outline effect bug?


texts: Hiding area under transparent shape in Illustrator

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I'm fairly new to Illustrator and am trying to make a simple cityscape design in it for a tshirt. I need the buildings to be transparent and am trying to overlap them, but I dont know how to hide everything behind a transparent shape. Here's a picture to show what I'm talking about:

Any suggestions? Thanks!


texts: Can an EPS-file contain non-vectorized fonts?

texts: Can an EPS-file with text contain non-vectorized fonts? (meaning that the receiver needs to have the fonts in question installed) or are fonts always vectorized when I save a file as EPS?


texts: How can i change the radius of the rounded rectangle on AI

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Possible Duplicate:
  How to modify the corner radius on rounded rectangle in Illustrator?

can't seem to manupulate the rounded rectangle on Adobe Illustrator... forgot the shortcut! Any help??


texts: Measuring from the right side of the page in Illustrator

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I have a pair of graphic files representing punch-out cardstock tokens in a board game, one to be printed on the front side of the sheet, and one on the back.

The back of the page needs to be an EXACT mirror image of the front, so far as the placement of the pieces goes, although what art goes on each piece is different. (There's a "heads" and "tails" side to each token.)

To make these line up properly, I'm thinking I need to measure from the RIGHT side of the page rather than the left for the back side of the sheet. So if one token is inset 0.1" from the left on the front art, it needs to be inset 0.1" - exactly - from the right on the back art.

How do I measure from the right side of the page like this?


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I am trying to imitate this line style in Adobe Illustrator:

Unfortunately I am not really able to reproduce it.  What I came up with so far is using a brush for the Stroke and a Width Profile. While this looks good when the lines are narrow/thin, as soon as I make them thicker, it starts to look horrible (see pictures below).

I've been playing around with some settings, but nothing showed good results so far. Do you have any suggestions to make this process quicker and get something like in the original picture? Or is Illustrator the wrong software for this. I found this "similar" thread (Text Style in InDesign and Adobe Illustrator?) but I don't think the situations are the same.

On the left you can see the thin line (1pt) which looks quite OK.
On the left you can see the thick line (5pt) which look horrible due to the brush pattern.


texts: How to fit text into shape made with shapebuilder and keep upright

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So I've figured out how to fit text into a shape by using envelope distortion, but when I do it, the text looks weird like in the picture below. How do I make the lowercase letters fill it in evenly and make it so the letters don't slant so much? Is it the font? Thanks!

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texts: Is it legal to use font I took from a school computer commercially if I turn it into outlines?

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I have a bunch of fonts on my computer from my college that were from the school computers. I was hoping to use one of them for a commercial project (Akzidenz-Grotesk) and I'm a bit confused as to the copyright laws for re-use in this situation. If I use it and convert the text to outlines is it legal to do that? Also since I paid tuition to the school does that somehow grant me usage or no since I am now graduated form the institution.

I am in the US. Thank you!


texts: How do I spot a difference between a 4 color process print vs Spot color print?

texts: What does the difference look like?  What is the advantage of using Spot Color over CMYK?


texts: Saving Photoshop multilayer file to PDF without layers size difference

texts: Why is it that when I save a file that has many, many layers to a PDF without layers as a copy that the file size is larger than flattening the layers and then saving the file as a copy to PDF? 19Mb vs. 5Mb?? Wouldn't saving a file without layers be the same as flattening the layers and then saving the file?? Can anyone explain this?


texts: Subtracting two shapes in Sketch produces odd result

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I'm trying to subtract two shapes in Sketch 3.0.3. One outer oval and one inner oval, with the inner one being a partially cut out oval shape (shown in green).

This is before:

And this is after subtracting the two shapes as selected in the sidebar:

The result I expect is for the green shape to be subtracted. Instead the transparent part of the green shape is subtracted as well.

What am I doing wrong?


texts: How to get all images in all layers to trim to center and resize canvas in Photoshop?

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Let me try to explain this:

I have a canvas that is 400 X 400
I have 3 layers
Layer I image is 100 X 100
Layer II image is 200 X 200
Layer III image is 300 X 300

I want ALL images in all layers to convert to 100 X 100 sized and have canvas convert to 100 X 100

In other words, I multiple trim/resize as a batch, is this even possible?


texts: Wrapping custom symbols around your drawing in Inkscape

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In Adobe illustrator, one can create a custom symbol and then wrap it around any surface (say a face of a rectangle or a sphere). This feature is most likely under the advanced option of 3D and Bevel option of Adobe illustrator.
I have created this rectangle,and want to wrap a symbol around its outer surface. Is there a way in Inkscape to do so?
Thanks.


texts: Help me translate what the printing shop is telling me

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I sent an email to ask a few questions to a printing shop about some gaming cards I want to print but I'm not sure I understood the answers they gave me.

When I asked them, according to their printing settings, which color profile I should use to be compliant, they told me not to use any color profile.
How can I be sure the colors in my files will be properly interpreted by their printer then?
It seems like a hit or miss thing to me.
It becomes even more confusing when they say I can send files in either RGB or CMYK mode, "it doesn't matter" (note that they want a file in PDF format).

I also asked which image resolution I should send them and they said "we can print up to 800 dpi". This confuses me as I was asking the output format they want, assuming they would downsample it to 300 dpi. And they seem to tell me that their printing input format is anything between 300 and 800. I thought 300 was all there was when printing. So, which resolution is the best to send them objectively then to get the most out of my files, considering I scanned the illustrations at 2400 dpi ? 300 or 600 or 800 or anything in between? Does it really not matter?

I could ask them of course but I figure I could make more sense of it all here. They seem to be responsive but not very keen to explanations (which is understandable).
FYI, it's MakePlaying Cards.com, which has a relatively good reputation, so I believe it's just me not getting it.

nothing to do with them this time: is there a point to use a IT8 target to calibrate and profile a budget scanner (Epson perfection V39) or is it worthless for that product range? it's a decent scanner but certainly not high end.
My iMac screen is calibrated but the scanner default color settings seem off. I played with the VueScan settings and it's better but still approximative. On the other hand, I don''t want to buy and wait for an IT8 target that would end up being useless with the hardware I own.

Thanks for your help.


texts: Unable to build a shape in an individual layer - CS6

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I can't seem to figure out how to create a shape that creates its own layer without it being created behind an other. How can I do this?

This is what I'm trying to create:

Instead I'm getting this, which doesn't allow me to align the rectangles correctly


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I have created a circle in Illustrator with a radius of 12px.

Now I'm trying to rasterize this into a .png from Photoshop to have the exact same size, but anti-aliasing is messing things up and the height is actually 11px instead of 12px.

I tried both, exporting the .png from AI and opening the .ai file from Photoshop but I get the same result.  So how can I rasterize my vector to match the desired size?


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Is there a script to use within InDesign so it finds a URL within textframes and it turns it into a hyperlink?

As I am aware, to create a hyperlink within InDesign requires you to right click and manually create the hyperlink.


texts: Inkscape: Require min inner angle for path, for router

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I have path I want to cut out with a CNC router.

The router, however, has a min drill size that can't reach tiny crevices.

Is there a way I can constrain a path to a minimum angle? For example, "Outset" but only on those parts of the path that are too narrow and not the entire path.

Simplified example of some narrow inner angles:


texts: Flash to Illustrator CC conversion... possible?

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I've spent years drawing vector art in Flash, and recently decided to move to Illustrator (because that's really what I should have been using all along).

The trouble is, Flash art is strangely difficult to import into Illustrator. As recently as CS6, the easiest way that I found was to open the FLA in Flash, export it as an FXG, open the FXG in Illustrator, and save it as an AI.

Now in Illustrator CC, when you try to open an FXG, you get the raw XML, and not the image. So that puts a damper on this whole process.

Does anyone have any solution that I'm overlooking?


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I want to do a line with rounded endings in Photoshop:

This answer gives a partial solution. But when adding a line + a circle, the shades are slightly different for the circle and the line, resulting in an amateurish result:

I tried to increase/reduce the radius of the circle of a few pixels, but it doesn't change anything.

Is there a cleaner solution to do lines with round endings with Phothoshop (CS5)?

If not possible at all, how to do it, at least with Illustrator?


texts: Illustrator - Blur effect rendering different on different layers

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Image 1 - a blur effect rendering correctly (the color of the glow stays pink).

Image 2 - the same blur effect applied to different illustration within the same file but on different layer. It does not render correctly, as You can see (white instead of pink)

Image 3 - both these elements copied to third layer within the same file and they both render correctly.

Image 4 - the same element as in Image 3, copied to the layer where it doesn't render correctly

QUESTION: what's going on?


texts: How to export multiple JPG with one layer changing using Illustrator

texts: Im trying to make a set of certificates and I have each name on a different layer. I want to export each certificate with a deferent name with the template being the same.


texts: How to typeset a missing word correctly?

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What is the typographically correct way to typeset a missing or left out word in a sentence?

For example, "You should brush your ——— every morning!". Where "teeth" would be the word intentionally left out.

The Punctuation Guide talks about this:

  When an entire word is missing, either two or three em dashes can be used. Whichever length you choose, use it consistently throughout your document. Surrounding punctuation should be placed as usual.

However, I am not sure if this is the typographically correct way, or was just born out of necessity. Alternatives I can think of are underscores or ellipses.


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I have an old Freehand file I have imported to Illustrator cs4 and then open and save with Illustrator cs6.

In Illustrator cs6 most of the text boxes have problems. The text overflows the text boxes, I mean that part of the text cannot be seen. For instance logos are without the last letter. If I adjust the text boxes the text changes. It behaves like a point text (but as far I understand, in point text the text fits inside automatically)

The only solution I find is to type (or copy-paste) everything again in Illustrator with point text or area text, it does not matter. But it is a lot of work. Is there any other solution?


texts: iPad EPub layout landscape/portrait issue

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I'm building a simple EPub with Indesign 5 to simply display a few images with a title above.

When I hold my iPad on portrait mode I have this (title above image which is what I want!):

When I hold my iPad in Landscape mode I have the title alone and the image alone on the following page (I want title and image together though!):

Where is the problem?


texts: How do you convey unordered facts building on each other in a vertical composition?

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I'm trying to design a website for my employer and started with the landscape/desktop layout for the section in the first image, intending to convey that it's significant that both facts are present, without any particular order to them, like two sides of a coin.

I think it works satisfactorily on desktop, but when you get down to the 320px mobile width, the side-by-side arrangement would either have disgustingly small size/spacing, or be very tall, thin and unreadable.

Is there a vertical, one-on-top-of-the-other arrangement/decoration that communicates relatedness without implying hierarchy? (this one doesn't do a good job, I think., though I'd love to be proven wrong).

I would try a diagonal slash through the arrangement, but I think the coders would have a fit trying to implement that on our budget.


texts: Aligning objects in Illustrator does not produce expected result

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I believe I am an expert Illustrator user, but I've never seen this weird behavior before.

The Align setting is set to "Align to Selection". However when I click "Horizontal Align" or "Vertical Align", the objects move away from each other. Each subsequent click on the Align Panel moves them further away from each other.

I tried resetting Bounding Boxes in the Transform panel, which proved fruitless.

Am I doing something wrong, or is this the latest Illustrator glitch?

Illustrator 23.0.4


texts: Illustrator: make EPS bounding box match artboard

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I need to produce an EPS file with a specific bounding box using Illustrator.  If I export to PDF, the PDF page size will correspond to the artboard.  However, if I export to EPS, the bounding box seems to be much larger (or missing entirely, as it displays in A4 size with Ghostscript).  How can I get Illustrator to use the artboard size as bounding box for EPS files?

Requested updates

Here's an example drawing with artboard and export settings:

The resulting EPS does not include bounding box information in the header. Here's the beginning:

I would expect a header like this instead (got this by exporting to PDF, which was converted to EPS by Ghostscript).

When opening it with Ghostscript based viewers, I can't get the page size to be the artboard size.  They just default to something (e.g. A4 paper).

When opening with Preview, it is cropped to the contents instead of preserving the artboard size:

It is important to preserve bounding box information when embedding the EPS in other documents using various software (e.g. LaTeX).


texts: Illustrator/Photoshop: how to get path points' coordinates?

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Hi everybody
In the picture there is a line with black points. While I know how to get the anchor points coordinates with the mouse cursor, I would love to know how to get the information of the black points' coordinates.
An additional goal would be to export the points' coordinates into a text file.
Can someone help me?
Cheers and thanks for any hints,
Matt


texts: How can I create guides in Illustrator that are at any angle, not horizontal or vertical?

texts: I searched a lot and I have not found how to put these grids oblique. Can someone help me? Thank you very much!


texts: How to view a unitless raster image at 1:1 given a desired print size?

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I want to preview a map that I'm generating before sending it off to the (expensive) printer. Unfortunately, the tool used to make it (TileMill) has no concept of paper sizes, DPI or any units. It just lets you specify a certain number of pixels.

So, what's a process (and tools) I could use to view it at close to 1:1 scale of the final process?

I'm thinking something like:

Look up length of desired print size (A2): x1 (59.4cm)
Measure width of screen (it's landscape): x2 (33.3cm)
View the image on screen, zooming to x1/x2 (178.4%).

Is this right, or am I missing something?

And if this right, what tool on OS X can zoom to such precise levels?


texts: Preview printing on transparent material in Photoshop or Illustrator

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Been looking all over for a smart solution to this, but so far I haven't found anything.

I'm UV printing on transparent glass. As the UV printer does not print 'white' nor is there a white background (CYMK inks are used) I'm wondering how I can preview this setup in Illustrator or Photoshop?

So basically I need to remove the presence of white in the images I'm working with.

Best solution so far has been to use the blend mode Multiply, but that doesn't work in transparency preview or Simulate Overprint.

Really not sure what to test next, possibly remove the complete white channel? Color separate the plates and then stick them together on a transparent background?


texts: Apply graphic styles to objects in a clip group

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I can't seem to apply graphic styles to objects if they're behind a clipping mask.

I encountered this problem when I wanted to use graphic styles in order to change the fill colour of a symbol instance that contains a clip group. It is the same with clip groups that aren't within symbols.

Is there a way to apply graphic styles to symbol instances containing clip groups?

Here's an screen shot of the symbol layers:


texts: Illustrator: How to make color-to-transparency gradient on dark background appear without gray area

texts: I tried to create fade to transparency gradient. It looks fine on white background. However, on black background, there is slightly desaturated gray area between 100% opaque and 100% transparent stop (both of them are of the same color). How do I get rid of it? Thanks in advance!


texts: Which RGB profile should be used when exporting a PDF for web?

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I created a 60 page book in CMYK because it is going to be printed. I now need to convert this document to RGB so it can be viewed online. From doing a little research on this site, I see that I can change the color profile as I am exporting the PDF, and not have to individually convert the photos and swatches as I originally feared.

When I went to export and change the color profile, I noticed that there are a few sRGB options. The following may seem like a silly question, but I want to make absolutely sure I'm selecting the right profile. Which sRGB profile do I need to use: Document RGB, Working RGB, or just sRGB?


texts: Importing Acrobat file into Indesign and retaining comment highlights and text

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I am aiming to import a multi page pdf into Adobe InDesign. The client has added highlighted comments which need to be retained when imported. However when the pages are brought in, the highlights disappear. The alternative is hours of work to recreate the highlights using yellow boxes set to multiply in the InDesign effects dialogue.

Is there a way to import or export the pdf with the highlighted comments left intact or is there some other straightforward method to save lots of man hours.


texts: Replace bitmap circles to vector circles / shape recognition

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I have a raster image of a field of various size circles that I want as a vector file. The image is in high resolution and all of the circles are well defined as circles. None overlap.

Is there a way (program, plugin, etc.) to trace a bitmap image with a preset key shape? Put differently, I want to tell the program to only look for circles as it builds the vector version. The program would scan the bitmap file for anything it could recognize as a circle and only output circles.

I am interested in circles (I am trying to convert a halftone photo into a vector file) but other people might find other shapes useful.

Current findings

Potrace seems to do this with polygons (not circles)
It seems ArcGIS might allow this
AutoTrace seems to give a lot of control in the vectorizing process but not this
OCR programs can recognize circles but cannot replace them with proportional vector images.

Notes

I am working with thousands of dots, hand tracing is not an option
I saw another question on this site about trying to do something similar in Illustrator. I now cannot find the question. A person commented that Illustrator does not have shape recognition capabilities. I am not restricting my search to Illustrator.

Update: a messy workaround

In Illustrator if I use a small enough section of the image, Illustrator is able to trace all the dots, though not as circles. I then expand the appearance and select all the shapes. I use Effects > Convert to Shape > Ellipse. This does not guarantee circles, but does give ellipses. The output ellipses are much larger than the input circles and I need to judge how much to shrink them all.


texts: Reason to use vector art instead of photos (How to convince a client one style is better than the other)

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Context: I did some vector art to use in a login page and adverts. I got cool reviews about it, but my boss prefers real photos instead of vector art. The photos and vector art are for a Business Intelligence/Finance corporate environment, and the subject is buildings and data.

Problem: I'm trying to sell this topic to my boss, but fruitlessly. I can't figure out a decent argument to present to choose vector art in detriment of photos.

In my opinion, this corporation needs more differentiating artwork and subject in the communication, because all of the pictures are stereotyped, standardized and cliché (example example 2)

I would like to sell this idea to my boss; I think if I can show him a well explained point of view he will change his.

Does anyone have the same point of view as me? How better could I present my argument?

Artwork in question:

My concept for this, is to contrast with the heavy imagery website to present the user with a "smooth" transition between the website and the user interface were all the dashboards are presented.


texts: I currently have a logo with a white puppet inside it. I want to remove the white space around the logo. Because the white space is still "connected" with the inner white puppet I can't manage to get only the outer white space removed. Is there a way to remove only the "outer" white parts of the logo? I tried using the magic wand and lasso tools but I didn't get the desired result. Thanks in advance.


texts: Does Gill's statement on ragged right in books still hold true today?

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Eric Gill, in an Essay on Typography writes:

But even spacing is of more importance typographically than equal length. Even spacing is a great assistance to easy reading; hence its pleasantness, for the eye is not vexed by the roughness, jerkiness, restlessness and spottiness which uneven spacing entails, even if such things be reduced to a minimum by careful setting. It may be laid down that even spacing is in itself desirable, that uneven length of lines is not in itself desirable, that both apparently even spacing and equal length of lines may be obtained when the measure allows of over fifteen words to the line, but that the best length for reading is not more than 12 words, and that therefore it is better to sacrifice actual equality of length rather than evenness of spacing

However, when Gill was writing, text was hand set with a composing stick and spacing with the aid of algorithms (like that in TeX or commercial software) was unimaginable.  Do his observations still carry weight in today's graphic design community, or has technology advanced sufficiently that uneven spacing can be done without vexing the eye with ‘roughness, jerkiness, restlessness, and spottiness’?


texts: Indesign GREP: find everything before a matching sequence

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Couldn't exactly find the answer in other threads. Here's what I'm trying to accomplish:

In the below example I want to apply a GREP style by finding only the title of the artwork. In this case, only the information before the comma on the first line.

My Beautiful Painting #3, 1999.
Oil on canvas
25 x 25cm
Gift of the artist.

I think this needs to be done via the "positive lookbehind" match function, but I can't seem to figure out the syntax.


texts: How are the images at AllRGB.com created?

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The images at AllRGB.com have all 65536 (on 16-bit color depth) or all 16777216 (24-bit color depth images) colors in one image, not one redundant color and not one missing one.

Each pixel has it's unique color, and the number of unique colors equals bit depth and equals the number of pixels in that image.

How exactly are these images created?


texts: Photoshop: is there any shortcut to create guide lines?

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I am trying to create new horizontal and vertical guides lines in Photoshop using:

View > New Guide > Vertical (this is for vertical guide line)
View > New Guide > Horizontal (this is for horizontal guide line)

Is there a quicker way to create these?


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When I place a PSD file from Photoshop to CC Illustrator the image gets embedded automatically.
I want it as a link not embedded image. How can I do this?


texts: Figuring out how a background was created

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Given a PSD, is there a way to figure out how a certain background was created?
The PSD is here:
http://www.piotrkwiatkowski.co.uk/freebies/ui-kit.zip
I’m using Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 on Mac.

Here’s a portion of the background in question:

It looks like a solid color plus some noise. I can’t figure out how to decipher what the background was when created, and it appears to be a “pixel layer”. It doesn’t appear to have any layer styles.

Is there a general way to inspect a layer like this in Photoshop to figure out how it was created?


texts: I can't save my files as a .png in Photoshop CS6

texts: Im creating an app icon for my iOS app, but there is no option for me to save my file as a .png file. The only format for app icons is a .png file. Does anybody know how to solve this?


texts: Define crop marks for each design that is 4-up on a letter size page.

texts: I'm trying to print a birthday invitation, 4 to a letter size page. I'd like crop marks for each. How do I set crop marks without having to draw them by hand? Is there a feature when printing or saving to PDF?


texts: How much less to charge as a senior/new graduate for a identity+web package?

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First off, some context: I am a second-semester senior in a graphic design program and will be graduated for most the the project described below. I have worked in an agency before as the main designer on a similar non-profit identity + web package, but this is the first time I will be doing it completely on my own. My portfolio has been seen by a several top-quality freelance print/branding designers in my area and they really liked my work.

The project is a branding package that will include a full identity, platform based website design, a brochure and print templates.

I have looked for similar posts here and established that:

Charging a fixed fee is best, based on time/value estimates: Which is a better design pricing model?
Quality should determine the pricing just as much experience: Should I charge less for being a freelance entry level graphic designer?

I'm trying to determine how to price the identity package and it's pieces.

That said, I know that the non-profit is just now getting the funding to do this and don't seem to have a lot set aside on the budget - hence they are contacting an entry level guy. This is also primarily for someone I am related to (not always the best of ideas, but I'm willing to work with it.)

For someone in my position, at what range of the spectrum what would you recommend charging? Prices online for this kind package have a very wide range, from $800-$3k+. I'm honestly concerned they are not familiar with the cost of identity design & web design like this and will push for a lower price than I realistically deserve.

This is my first genuine rodeo in the freelance world and I would like to start off on the right foot.

EDIT:
Additional information that is noteworthy - I live in a area with below average design wages, but for a client across the country in a higher wage area, so I was shooting for national average in the US.

To perhaps clarify the question better, it would boil down to two questions:

A) Even as a brand new freelance designer, is it standard to stick to market pricing? And the continuing answer seems to be a "yes!"

B) Is there a better rubric for entry-level pricing than what is floating around on the internet? The GAG Handbook is out there, but doesn't seem to be easily translated to the needs of designers that are brand new to the field.


texts: How to remove the color fills from this drawing and transfrom lines to B&W vector

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I'm trying to figure out the best way to remove the color fills from this drawing and transform the gray outlines to a B&W vector (or sharp clean edges)--think "coloring book" style.

It's not too hard to do if I do it the time-consuming way--redrawing by hand, basically--but I'm trying to figure out the most efficient way to proceed.

For instance, I tried completely desaturating it, then select color range for the outline part, inverse selection, delete and replace with white, and then image trace in Illustrator--but that produced poor results. That kind of relatively automatable step-by-step is the process I'm trying to achieve... I'd be grateful for any ideas!


texts: Font style getting reset to default/random in GIMP

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I have various text layers in GIMP, all with different formatting (boldness, size, font). If I write additional text in the middle/end of any of them, it keeps the original formatting that layer has. But if I delete/select the whole text inside the box, and write something, it replaces the formatting with the formatting of the previous text box. Or with the default. Or sometimes it still keeps the formatting.

What is going on? How is GIMP's mechanism working? It is super annoying to always check because I never get the behaviour I would expect. I would prefer that each text box keeps it's formatting, even if I delete the whole text.


texts: What is the technique to create a blob effect with shapes in Illustrator?

texts: Can anyone please guide me about the exact technique that is used to create this blob effect, I am trying to create a logo design.


texts: Line connection without intersected width

texts: How to get rid of problem when lines are connected with intersected width?


texts: Selecting pixels by specification in Photoshop

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I use Photoshop for carpet designing. My typical artwork is 1800 × 2400 pixels with 8 or 10 colors. Each pixel's position and color is important.

The weaving macine which outputs the carpet can't make 1 pix high horizontal single color lines in good quality if the line has length 10 pix or more. A single color pattern can well be 10 pix (or more) wide if it is higher than 1 pix.

See my image sample. I have marked some problematic lines:

Until this I have walked through the image manually and replaced the problematic lines one by one. That's very time consuming job and easily some errors stay unnoticed.

I need a  fast method - maybe a script or Photoshop plugin or separate program - that finds all those 1x10 (or more) single color lines and replaces them with another pattern of the same color. Even automatic finding would be a delight. If I could define also other patterns to be found and replaced, the software add-on would be luxorius.

Can anyone help me?


texts: Set white objects to print as black in Illustrator

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I have white objects (texts, shapes) on a dark background shape on an Adobe Illustrator document. The document will primarily be presented on-screen as a PDF, and this color scheme is fine for that.

However, some people may want to print the document. I want the document to print as black objects on no background. The background I've configured - put the background shape on a separate layer with printing turned off in the layer options.

But is there a way to set the white objects to look white on screen but print in black?

Thank you!


texts: Trying to make a picture's background fit with a background that the picture is on

texts: I have a picture on top of a background that is wider than it and the background colors don't match. I tried to use the eye drop but you can still tell it does not blend in. I was wondering if i can make both backgrounds blend in another way?


texts: Illustrator: Give a vector object a border, inset with a margin

texts: Is there a better way of drawing a border inside a vector object other than drawing one vector shape on top of another and then resizing (as in my example image below)? I'd prefer to set it on the actual main object itself so when I resize it retains the correct spacing etc.


texts: How to automatically save alternating layers and one set background layer

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I have a Photoshop file with one standard background layer and about 50 other unique layers. I will be creating 50 files. The same background layer will always be used, but the top layer will change. E.g., the background layer is a mountain and the alternating layers are different people.

I have been unable to figure out how to do this with an action or the export layer function.

Ideally, I'd like to save each file with the alternating layer's name (e.g., bob.jpg, jane.jpg, etc.).

Any suggestions on the best approach here would be much appreciated.


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this is quite embarrasing but I've struggled with one shape for over 1 hour now. I have to draw a christmas sock icon. Something like that:

I don't want to draw the lower part with free hand because an icon should be pixel perfect. So I'm trying to find out how to create the lower part of the sock with simple shapes. I've placed 2 shapes on top of each other:

Now I need to unite them so everything looks smooth and perfect. I've tried to combine them with Shape Builder Tool and Unite in Pathfinder but the results are not correct. I've tried to change the dimensions of the circle and rectangle but nothing works.

There's probably a simple way of doing it but I can't figure it out by myself. Thank you for your help.


texts: My outputted PDF looks different on a Mac to a PC

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I'm a bit concerned as my outputted PDF from InDesign CS5 looks different on Mac.  This has happened a few times.  It seems as though sometimes the Mac does not draw the new version of the PDF, which I have always assumed is because of a Solid State Drive (SSD).  I'm not 100% sure this is correct, but I guess I can rename a document to find out.

Does anyone know of any other reason as to why this may happen?  Sometimes it seems as though parts of the PDF update but other parts don't.  Sometimes when I export from Illustrator CS5 it shows all of the layers even the turned off layers.

I'm really concerned that one day a printer will print it in an odd condition.


texts: What is the font used in the logo of Stack exchange beta sites?

texts: I am quite curious.. I already have seen it elsewere and I like it.


texts: Programmatic circle diagram approach/technology

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I'd like to make something like this programatically.
http://www.feelingswheel.com/

Does anyone have a suggestion? Could you approach this programmatically with Illustrator, Inkscape, HTML5, or Three.JS?


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I'm fairly new to Sketch, and beside it being a wonderful tool to design websites from the ground-up in my current job I am often required to modify or add elements to already exisiting websites.

As the client usually wants to see what he will get before it gets published, I've thought that, well, sketching new elements in Sketch might be a good idea.

Now, to my question - as you might guess, recreating the page from the ground up in Sketch is fairly counterproductive, when I need to design only a small portion of the page or a subpage for example. Is there any simple way to import existing page into sketch?

I guess it could be done by taking screenshots and pasting them over artboard, but maybe there is a better method?


texts: How to convert a pattern/photo to a given palette?

texts: How would I convert a photograph or pattern to use only colors from a palette I give it? Is this possible in Photoshop? I think Pic2Color used to do something like this but it's offline...


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I am editing an image in GIMP that has a few nearly-transparent (resp. very light) pixels scattered through an otherwise transparent (resp. pure white) background.

Is there a command that will quickly highlight or otherwise indicate pixels that are not the background color (i.e. white or transparent, depending on whether there's an alpha channel), so that I can clear them?

(I could just set the similar-color threshold to 0 and flood-fill, but that takes many clicks, and I have to either duplicate the layer first or remember where all the stray pixels are.)


texts: mid-level quality stock photography - adobe Stock vs iStock... or anyone else worth mentioning

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I'm about to go on a search for a dozen or so stock photos representing our target audience and user-base (for a high-tech, B2B SaaS product). these will be used in marketing collateral as well as emails/landing-pages and other web pages. Our brand has not historically used a lot of photography so the few times we've need photos, we've gone to ShutterStock. I started my search there and while they have a vast selection and they are fairly inexpensive, a lot of their images are a bit too generic for our tastes...  after not too long they start looking like the horrible, happy-techy-people-working-in-offices that were so horribly, horribly overused (imo) back in the late 90s/early 2000s. I'd like to step the quality up a little bit... find something a decent set resembling more of a "portrait" (with evocative qualities) than a cheap stock photo (even that's what it is).
Looking quickly, both Adobe Stock and iStock seem like they're closer to the quality I'm in search of. For purposes of uniqueness and again, that evocative quality, does anyone recommend 1 over the other... or perhaps have another in their price range to suggest?


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I am trying to write a tutorial of photoshop techniques. But I am fairly new at this and when i hit print screen it does not copy the mouse cursor.

Does anyone know how to copy the mouse cursor in Photoshop under Windows 7?


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I have done cartooning in Flash for many years, and my resolution for 2017 is to go Open Source as much as possible.  I downloaded InkScape 0.92  (Windows 10) . . . and I like it so far.

However, when I use the Calligraphy tool and my OLD wacom tablet . . . Whenever I draw intersecting lines with the tool is causes an artifact at the intersection.

Are other people seeing this?  I am trying to narrow down if it's a bug, my tablet, the OS, my graphics card, or InkScape.

Thank you for your time.


texts: Is it possible to create a font in Photoshop?

texts: I have been working on designs for quite a while and usually used some open fonts or purchased some for the creatives. But I was wondering if I can design my own font in photoshop, then it will be feasible to create the structured font as per the design.


texts: Can I replicate the bevel and shadow without a background?

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I have about a ton of screen shots that I need to convert to a design that has been used in the past on our sites.

All of the pictures are saved with a white background so that they could see the bevel and shadow effects.  See example below.  (Grey area is just screenshot)

I have added it in quotes so you can see the white background.

Is there a way to get the same bevel/shadow without the white background?  I am trying to create a batch process to go through all of our stuff.


texts: Is it possible to add perspective effects to type objects in Illustrator CC?

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I'd like to apply a perspective effect to some type in Illustrator (CC 2015 OSX) but the perspective options are greyed out. I tried to create outlines and rasterise but that didn't resolve the issue.

UPDATE

What I'm really trying to do is try and apply perspective to some type on top of the 'box' as illustrated below : rather than on the orange or blue areas, on the green part of the grid.


texts: Copying layer from photoshop (linked mask layers?)

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I downloaded a PSD from http://iconsweets.com/

The PSD has several icons, each on its own layer. I think they use linked layer masks or something, but I can't figure out how to copy just one icon to use it in a new file.

How do I copy one icon/layer including the styles so that I can easily change the color of it?


texts: Creating more centered circles in inkscape?

texts:
In this video tutorial the designer is able to create concentric circles by clicking within center of the current circle and dragging out a new circle.

The only way I can achieve this is by first turning the circles into paths and then clicking within them.  However the video author is able to skip this somewhow.  Thoughts?


texts: How can I export/import workspaces in Illustrator CS6?

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I have a (custom) Workspace which has evolved over time into the perfect one for my workflow etc. Using one that isn't set up exactly like it becomes very complicated for me.

I found some info online that it's possible to Export Settings in some of the newer (CC) versions of Illustrator, but I couldn't find a way to do it in CS6 (or older).

There isn't any Export Workspace option in my workspaces.

Are there any other ways to export a workspace?


texts: How to replace Smart Image with a different graphic WITHOUT using Photoshop?

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This Q&A offers a method by using Photoshop to load .js. However, I found this website can achieve this goal without using Photoshop.

My question is how this website achieves this goal?


texts: How to snap to symbol registration point in Adobe Illustrator?

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I have created a Symbol in Adobe Illustrator, starting from the circle with a shadow. Because of the shadow, the "center of mass" of the Symbol does not coincide with the origin.

This results I am unable to snap the center of the circle, because it is shifted.

Origin is displayed all the time as a cross and not snapped. Center of mass is diplayed only when snapped, but I don't want it to snap.

Is it possible to snap with Origin in Adobe Illustrator?

Video is here: https://youtu.be/fob7cANTpG0

PROOF THAT AI REMEMBERS ORIGIN


texts: Would a 5+ Colour Printer output any noticeable improvements on Prints of Artwork captured by Camera/Scanner?

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I wish to create reproductions, of various pieces of Artwork I have created; using a variety of Paints.  The obvious first step would be to create a digital copy using a Camera or Scanner etc.

Once a digital copy has been captured, does it matter whether I use a 4, 6, 8 or 12 colour Printer?

My initial thoughts are that a 12 colour printer would help to achieve a much more accurate reproduction, since it would be able to more precisely print the various changes in Shades, Tones and Tints etc.

That being said, would a 5+ Colour Printer output any noticeable improvements in quality?

I understand how a 5+ colour Printer would achieve when dealing with RGB colours, since they have a wider colour gamut.  Given that my intended Prints are based on Artwork I created offline, would I be correct in thinking that the original Artwork will be closer to the CMYK Colour Gamut and thus 5+ colour prints would be overkill?

I understand that the type of Artwork would play a factor in this but any general direction would be appreciated.


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I am currently finishing logo in Photoshop.
Logo will be used in Instagram header(or whatever it's called) and also will be printed on all kinds of different stuff of various sizes.

I need an advise on what would be a reasonable resolution/file size to save logo when passing it to customer?


texts: Is there a simpler solution than Photoshop for web development?

texts:
During web development it's only really necessary to chop, crop, extract layers and save as PNGs, etc.

A web developer will only use a tiny fraction of a tool like Photoshop.

Photoshop as a tool for a graphic designer is essential, but is there a simpler tool that satisfies the requirements of someone who is converting the design into CSS, HTML and JavaScript?


texts: How to do this triangular arc warp text in photoshop?

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How to do this arc text in Photoshop?
I've tried using arc. but it's a circular. I don't know how to do it in angle like in the picture


texts:
Learning design for my new job and the company has a full Adobe suite, so I am using Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and everything else.

I would appear to me that InDesign and Illustrator are the same program. What's the difference? I look on Adobe's site and read the info there, and I still can't really see a reason for using InDesign, when I could do anything on Illustrator.

What's the point?


texts: How to pick reverse/inverted colours for logo variations?

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It is typical in logo design that an inverted/reversed version of the logo is provided in order to cater for use on opposing (darker/lighter) background than the normal predominant logo colour.

Is there a "generally accepted" technique in place for selecting the inverted/reversed colours? If it helps, you can assume I'm dealing with a logo that has defined Pantone colours.

Is it simply a case of "take a guess" using nothing but eyeballs or is there a more structured methodology I could follow?


texts: Batch processing each page of .pdf in Photoshop

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I have a 100-something paged .pdf file, and I want to apply the same operation to each page:

1- select blacks with a certain fuzziness

2- erase background

3- copy the layer with blacks, blur, merge and then apply unsharp mask

4- fill bg with white

At the end of this I want to save the pages in a single .pdf file with the same order. Is this doable without converting the .pdf file into 100 image files and batch processing them?


texts: Creating vector art with a programming background?

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I come from the land of game programming and a very logically oriented mind with a bit of a dulled experience. I have experience manipulating images in Photoshop, doing tasks like slicing and tracing but nothing like creating things from scratch.

Where can someone with my sort of background learn to create vector (or pixel) art?


texts: Can you put a thumbnail image into a pdf which enlarges when you click on it?

texts: We would like to insert images into our quote in the form of thumbnails which our clients can then click on to make them full size images. Is this possible?


texts: Photoshop resizing image to a set parameter without skewing

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I'm using Adobe Photoshop CC 2015. My boss sent me a slew of poster images that he wants resized, but he doesn't want them skewed or cropped in any way. For example, one of the files is 36" by 24". He wants it resized to 58 &3/8" by 52" without stretching/skewing it or cropping it.

How is this even possible?


texts: Animating an Illustrator Line in After Effects

texts: I'm trying to animate a coiled-up looking line into a more relaxed loose looking line.  I figured out how to do this in AfterEffects (I opened the Path 1 option and was able to move individual points).  But I created this line in Illustrator, with a specific color and a gradient near the tip.  When I import the Illustrator file into AfterEffects, I no longer have control over vertices.  Is there a way around this?


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I have an illustration (in Adobe Illustrator) as shown below:

The image consist of "leaves" on top on other leaves- white fill, black stroke (the middle part of the leave is an object also, and not a stroke). My goal is to keep only the black color, removing the white, without the outline showing as in image 2. I want to prevent the lines going into each other because of the transperancy. Is there anything that i could do ?


texts: How to create cutter guides for business card inserts in InDesign CS5

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I need to create cutter guides for a business card insert in a brochure.

I know how to technically create a new layer called cutter guides and use my pen tool to create the lines, but I am inexperienced in understanding where to place the guides, what size they should be, and how to position them accurately.

I know they need to be diagonal cuts across to opposing corners.  I don't know how long the cuts should be.  The cards are 85mm x 55mm.

Current Method

I draw a square, line it up inside one corner.  I guess the size, but usually about 1cm, I rotate it 45 degrees.  That gives me my diagonal line (creates a corner).

Then I draw across the diagonal with my pen tool.  Then I use alt, ctrl and drag the corner to expand it equally in both directions past the edges of the card, giving another half a cm each side.

Is that a good way of doing it?  Is there a better way?  Googling it just provided me tutorials on die cut business cards, am I using the wrong terminology?

How can I work out the right size of the cut, and the best position for it?


texts: Inkscape: How to limit a project within the lines of the page?

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I would like to know if it is possible to limit my objects and paths within the page size of an Inkscape project. This is, I would like to avoid having objects coming out of the lines of the page...

Can this be done? If yes, how?


texts: Can I save photoshop images as a vector?

texts: I do not have Illustrator, but need to send a file to someone as a vector. Can I save my Photoshop image as a vector?


texts: How to convert or replicate Mystic Mountains brushes from Corel Essentials 6 to Corel Painter 2019

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Last year, I asked Is there a good free replacement for the "Foliage" brush in Corel's Bob Ross "Mystic Mountain" toolset?, about doing the provided Mystic Mountains tutorial despite not having the full brush set. I eventually just settled for improvising without all of the provided brushes. I have since bought another Humble Bundle, this one including Corel Painter 2019. And so I decided to try to use those Essentials brushes I'd received before in Painter 2019. Unfortunately, the installer provided would not install to Painter, and I cannot find the brush files to import. And, even if I wanted to buy those brushes anew, their license expired, so the Bob Ross brushes are no longer available for purchase.

How do I export these brushes from Essentials 6 in a format that Corel Painter 2019 will accept?


texts: When i save my illustrator poster the black background turns to white

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My poster has a black background with text and images (font in colour white) on the top. When i save the poster only the images appear and the background has turned white, subsequently the font which was white over the top disappears. How do i save the illustrator poster with a black background?
Thank you


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I replaced the shirt on this stock image, from a green one to a red one. As you can see the glow of the green shirt on the boys chin.

Is there a way to target only that area and make it red (in photoshop)?

(Masking the area and doing it that way is producing a bad result)


texts: Can I have layers with different pixel resolution in Photoshop?

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I use Photoshop for pixel art. When I have a reference photo, I'd like to be able to use that image as the background and start drawing my pixel art on a layer on top of it.

The thing is, the best way I found to do pixel art in Photoshop is to work with actual pixels and zoom in to ~2000%. That means that I have to reduce the size and resolution of my reference photo to fit my final art. This way, I lose a lot of detail in the reference, which makes some decisions in the art harder than they should be with a full-resolution reference.

Is there a way to have layers with different resolution in the same document? For example, I have pixel layers of 160 x 120 to work on, and a reference image behind those of 800 x 600? That way, I could still use a 1px pencil brush to draw my pixels but still have a high-res image as a reference in the same document.

I'm working in CS6 if that is of any importance.

This is a bit of a mockup of what I'd like to achieve as a document to work in:

EDIT for clarity: this image is not the ultimate effect I want to achieve, it is what I want my working file to look like. A high resolution image in the background and a low-res pixel art in the foreground which I can live edit with a 1px pencil brush.


texts: Creating a realistic gold surface in GIMP

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I'm fairly weak in my GIMP skills but I would really like to improve. I'm trying to create a realistic gold surface in GIMP. I've created a reasonable image here using the gold gradient, a curve shift for the edge of the medallion, and bump mapping for the pressed image. However the gold needs work.

The gradient lines are too straight and consistent, which may work on specific objects but not so well for the coin.

How can I improve the surface effect?

Here's my medallion:

And here's a real medal:


texts: Image looks embossed when converted to SVG

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I converted a raster image to vector in Illustrator CS6 using Image Trace then the Expand option, though when I save as an svg the image looks embossed. I suspect it's due to the layer background being white and the paths not lining up, but I'm unsure how to fix it or prove that theory without manually having to adjust every path.

This is how it looks in Illustrator before I export it:

The image looks like this when saved/exported with art optimized option:


texts: Gimp: quick way to cycle through pencil/brush presets?

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I have created 6 different pencil pre-sets with different diameters. What I want is to be able to cycle up and down from one pre-set to the next, preferably with a keyboard shortcut. How do I set this up?

I tried using "increase brush size more" but that only increases by 10, and on larger diameters I want more than 10 pixels.

ETA: IS it possible to do this in other software? I'm not particularly attached to GIMP, it's just what I've got...


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I'm new here so I will do my best to cover all the details.
To start I'm using two programs, Blender and Gimp.
I used Gimp to set up the original images need to build a 3d coin in Blender, used Blender to build and render a 180 rotation of said coin, and went back to Gimp to export it as a gif. Everything has been smooth until I looked at the finished gif.

As you can see, it's exporting with white pixels all over it. What it should be looking like is this.

Once I got the frames from Blender on to Gimp, the only thing I did was use the Optimize for gifs filter on Gimp and the playback didn't show any of the white pixels. What can I do to fix this?


texts: Photoshop's "print size" is still not accurate despite changed settings (Photoshop won't use decimals?)

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Lengthy story here but in short, I followed some tutorials saying that to get an accurate size of your file in Photoshop when using the "print size" option, you divide your screen's current pixel size with the screen's physical horizontal size (in my case 1920px / 52,8 cm = 36.3636...). then you enter it under the menu "screen resolution" and in my case changed the unit to centimeters instead of inches.

After changed settings I start a new A4 sized document (international paper) and use "print size" on it. And when holding an A4 paper (210mm in length) against the screen, the Photoshop file's length is actually 207mm.
Ok, so I tried to make minor adjustments with the decimals (from 36,36 up to 36,99) but nothing changes until the number becomes 37...then the Photoshop file suddenly decides to change size and jumps up to 213mm instead!! Why? The setting allows 3 digit after the decimal...why can't it use them for minor adjustments??


texts: In Indesign cs6, is there a way to link placed text that was generated using data merge?

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I'm working on a catalog layout and have all product information is a csv file. I'm using data merge to import this into Indesign so that my paragraph and character styles stay intact.

Other people will be editing the csv file on a regular basis so ideally, I would like to link all of my text in Indesign to the csv file so the new information automatically shows up in my indd document. Is there a way to do this when using data merge fields?


texts: How to add some perspective to AI files placed in InDesign

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I'm working with 50+ floor plans drawn up as AI files (Example image 1).

I need to keep the artwork intact in the AI files for future updates, but need to add perspective to these when placed in InDesign (Example image 2).

I am aware of Illustrator's 3D Rotate effect, but trying to avoid using that, as I need the floor plans in the original top view, because these get updated alot.

The perspective thing needs to somehow happen in InDesign after placing the AI files, but how?

  Example image 1

  Example image 2


texts: Is there a filter I can use to create this 1960s poster texture?

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This is a section of a poster from the 1960s for the James Bond movie Dr No.

Just focusing on the colour only, and not quality of the black lines, it has rough and uneven quality. It's somewhat blotchy. In addition, there's a kind of of a canvas texture as well.

I have an image that has a layer of colours, with some broad shading. What I'm trying to do is push those colours and shades into the direction of something like what's in this poster.

I've experimented with the default Photoshop plugins available in the CS2 version, which is what I'm working with. The rough pastels texture seemed to come closest, but it has a heavy horizontal direction to it. The poster I'm referencing doesn't go in any particular direction. And I can't figure out how to get the "blotchiness" of the colour at all.

What filter, or combinations of filters, or techniques might I use to try and modify my existing colours to have the same look as the colours in the example Dr No poster?

Just to be clear: I am not expecting one big magic button filter. That would be nice, but I would expect it would be more of a process, a set of steps, or a series of techniques. Whatever it takes, I am looking for a specific result. I'm not biased about the method.