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I'm developing a logo for a makerspace (please search) in Louisiana on what's considered the "Northshore" area of the state. This makerspace has strong military roots and appreciation, and will offer sizable discounts and savings for both active military and veterans. This is not exclusive to military personnel, and it will be available to anyone who wishes to join or support. The logo idea that we had from the get go is to incorporate familiar military patches from different branches of service, as well as something to identify it as a makerspace, and possibly keep it related to the geographical area.

Some military logos to look up are:

1st Ranger Battalion (US Army)
1st Marine Division (US Marines)
US Air Force
US Coast Guard
US Navy (Only the eagle inside the circle)
Civil Air Patrol

The name is going to be called: 1st Maker Battalion.

As I don't have reputation enough to post as many links as I would like, I'll save it for our own designs so far.

Full color version:
Single color version:

I know I need to clean up the edges in some areas, and the scroll at the top is a different shade of black than the rest of it, I was really looking for whether this design works as a whole or not. Also where do you think the copyright should go? Any comments would be much appreciated. Feel free to comment and critique as much as you'd like, as well as offer any sketches or designs of your own interpretations of the business and it's logo.


texts: Should an arrow for "update" point up or down?

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I have an arrow icon notifying the user about pending software updates. The update needs to be downloaded, which indicates the arrow should point down. On the other side, updates are raising a software package to a higher version.

Which one is more suiting in this case? An Up- or a down facing arrow? I'm also open to better alternatives other than arrows.

EDIT: this is not about smartphone updates. More about software updates in general. Also the icon is not interactive, but just an indicator.


texts: Gimp Creating 3D Round Glossy appearing Button

texts: I am trying to create a 3d glossy looking button in Gimp.  How to I create this 3d appearance.


texts: Feedback on interface for school exams' editor

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I'm making a webapp for my local university, which allows teachers to create exams made up of open-ended/multiple-choice questions and JavaScript programming exercises, as well as group them by topic and a whole host of options to randomize the items in the exam, plus other settings.
I am not particularly experienced at making user interfaces, so I'd like to get some insights as to the points I raise at the end of the post. My main concern is the interface could get cluttered up and become hard to navigate as more and more exercises are added to an exam.
Here are some screenshots of the app, followed by a brief video showing how it's navigated in a browser.
Note: in the video and in some of the screenshots, you'll see some texts in Italian. The original editor is fully in Italian, so try and factor out the fact that there's text in two different languages. I tried to quickly change the texts in order to post this here, and apparently left out some. That's got nothing to do with the actual product. Apologies for that.
Here's the part where you add topics:

Here's a couple collapsed question editors:

Here's one of the most important parts: the fully expanded question editor

Here's the coding exercise editor:

Here's a view of a list of a few topics, some of them with their optional text editor opened: as you can see, it can get cluttered:

Video
Specifically, I'd like to know:

Is my color selection good for the goal of making the interface user-friendly and making it easy to tell the elements apart? What can be done to improve the overall colorset?
Is the visual hierarchy, spacing, size of the elements, well-designed overall? If not, what stands out the most as something that can be improved?
Is the interface easy to navigate, by the looks of it? If not, what could be done to improve on that? One thing I've been considering is adding an "index" of the various questions/exercises, grouped by topic, where you have links that allow you to jump to a specific item in the page
Is the general layout too messy? Its complexity tends to grow as more questions/exercises/topics are added to the page. What can be done to keep it tidier?


texts: I am creating an artwork that will be produced as flex/vinyl banners. My client wants to include a bunch of logos. All those logos (size: medium/high) are downloaded from the web. Is it alright to use those logos directly in the artwork?


texts: How I can do this in photoshop - add blue light behind text

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I know it's a lame question most likely but I am new to photoshop and I am currently trying to do a similiar image like this one:

and I've got this:

So, basically I'd like to make the light effect? A little bit light blue like its on the first one. Which tool in PS CS 6 Extended I should use?

Thanks for taking the time to check my question and possibly answer.


texts: Can some one tell me how to use Brushes in Illustrator so that when I draw complete paths such as Rectangles and Circles the stroke doesn't taper off like it does here:


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I have been using a letterpress effect on the buttons and titles of my website to great effect, but now I'm trying to incorporate a glow effect for mouse overs and such.

I have been trying to implement this myself in gimp but have been failing miserably (I'm a full-time programmer with an eye for design but not much actual skill :S)

What I want to achieve is an effect like a fluro LED light was turned on inside the pressed letters, I have been using this Tutorial to create the letterpress images.

These images are similar to what I want to achieve (but inverted as in the letters are holes in the wall and the lights are glowing out of them!)

This is what I have achieved so far but not quite good enough for my liking! (It should probably have the glow inverted with the brightest area being on the inside edge of the words and the darkest area in the middle and its not quite bright enough!)

This is the button without the mouse hover glow

Any help with step-by-steps, tutorials or videos to achieve this effect (either for gimp or photoshop) would be great!


texts: How to mirror the entire canvas in Illustrator?

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I have a very simple drawing with a single object on the canvas. I have finished working on it and exported the result, and now I need the mirrored counterpart. I could easily mirror the exported PNG except that I generate a couple of them with different resolutions, so it's much more logical to do this in AI.
I have found Object - Transform - Reflect, but here's the problem: the object is offset to the left inside the canvas, and after mirroring it remains offset to the left, but I need it to be offset to the right. In other words: how to mirror objects about the center line of the canvas instead of the center line of the object itself?


texts: How to import data and create a symbol using scripting with Illustrator?

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I would like to automate a series of actions in Illustrator, creating a complex symbol from vector images imported, or from simple symbols.

The actions are:

Importing files or choosing symbols from a list (like 14.ai ZT.ai  L1.ai etc.) - the list can be *.txt, *.csv, eventually *.xml if needed;
Place all the objects horizontal aligned with 1mm spacing (or another amount) between each;
Create a symbol with all these object (name = list).

I wanted first to use a variable, but variables cannot make a re-partition of objects.

I don't know if a script can do such a thing…


texts: Keep image ratio bulk export JPG from Indesign

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Is there a reason why the generated JPG has the ratio of the image frame its in. Say you place a square psd file and make it smaller in the rectangle and also make that frame rectangular. Now the exported jpg will rectangle format instead of the square psd file.
Can this be changed or added in some option, so keep the ratio of the original image?
question is related to this post, but it got deleted (Because of the rules)
This is the original piece of code
var myDoc = app.activeDocument,
apis = myDoc.allPageItems, pageItem, fileName;

while ( pageItem = apis.pop() ) {
  if ( !pageItem.graphics[0].isValid ){ continue;}

  fileName = File ( pageItem.graphics[0].itemLink.filePath ).name;
  fileName = fileName.replace( /\.[a-z]{2,4}$/i, '.jpg' );

  app.jpegExportPreferences.exportResolution = 2400;
  app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegQuality = JPEGOptionsQuality.MAXIMUM;

  //give it a unique name
  var myFile = new File ("C:/Users/RANFacistol-Mata/Desktop/Image Trial/"+ fileName);

  pageItem.exportFile(ExportFormat.JPG, myFile);
}

sorry to say but some of the rules makes the forum possibly overflow with question. A thread can become 10 threads all linked to the same original thread?!


texts: What to ask client before designing a logo?

texts: What questions do you ask a client before designing their logo? (preferred colour, font, references, etc) And how do you do it exactly? Do you use a template PDF questionnaire/Word doc/Google doc which you send to them? If you work for an agency, how would your agency handle this?


texts: How often is the Golden Ratio actually used in modern design?

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The Golden Ratio is the stuff of legend (and I believe some derision if Pepsi's latest logo change is of any indication) and is purported to have been used in many famous projects. My question is two-fold, really: Is the Golden Ratio really a good tool used in modern design (defined here as 20th century on forward), and if so, how often is it used outside of the aforementioned known uses?

EDIT: To @e100's first comment, examples of modern use of the Golden Ratio would be a great thing to add here if there any documented or arguably conclusive uses of it.


texts: Removing a glowing Artifact from a series of 200-300 photos (Animation)

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So I've created a series of photos with Blender tying together into an animation but there's a glowing ring artifact in approximately 200 images that I would like to get rid of. Is there any way to automate this process with any program?

Here's a picture of the artifact I want to get rid of:


texts: Symbols for two levels of progress in educational software: Pass and Mastered

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I need two symbols:

Passed the Lesson
Mastered the Lesson (earned maximum extra credit)

CRITERIA

Universal
Clear that Mastered is "superior to Passed"

Maybe there's nothing better than what I've got.

What I've considered:

Top choice is Silver Star (passed) and Gold Star (Mastered)


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I have a shape in illustrator, an outline of a guitar, and I would like to add an outline on the inside, so as to represent binding. I need it to be around 1mm perfectly aligned along the outside path.

I have attempted this using outline and using scale. Any idea on how to achieve this? Any help would be great, thanks folks.


texts: Insert vertices at edges intersections in 3DS Max

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What is the fast and precise way to insert vertices at edges intersections?
Considering I have geometry like on the image:

I want to achieve result like this (new vertices marked with red dots):


texts: export document as a JPEG on Illustrator with very high quality for typography print

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I'm no genius at all of this mumbo- jumbo as you can probably already tell.
Basically I need to save an a3 size poster off Illustrator but it's not giving me a very good quality image (I'm trying to send it off to be printed).

NOTES

My artboard is already a3 size,
I've tried save for web - the jpeg is really bad quality
I've gathered that I somehow need to get it to 300dpi but can't work out how when saving for web?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Illustrator: wave background with custom defined strokes

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Following this technique, I am trying to define the stroke ends of the below resulted pattern, but without luck.

What I've done so far:
- I've put a letter over the wavy strokes group (wave pattern created using the Blending option) > Selected all artworks, then Object > Clipping Mask > Make.
- Using the Stroke Panel, I've tried to modify the endpoint shape of the lines but it looks like it's not a properly way to do it, there is no effect displayed .

Is there any way to achieve the above mentioned effect? Thank you,

LE: I've managed somehow like this:
- I've created the line pattern using Blend option
- Expand
- I've Created a new (type) layer
- Type > Create Outlines
- Select All > Shape Builder > Deleted (trimmed) unnecessarily strokes.

The only question that remain, is how to achieve the round strokes ends inside the letter (as we can see, at this phase the Illustrator will make them round outside the letter (outside the outline).


texts: How to quickly set GIMP selection aspect ratio to that of the image?

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If I don't know the aspect ratio of an image, what is the most efficient method to set the selection aspect ratio to that of the image? The fastest I've found (not fast at all) is to look at the window title and enter the full image dimensions in the aspect ratio text box (e.g., 4752:3168).

For reference, the Digikam image editor has this functionality as a simple drop box entry in the cropping tool:


texts: What is the purpose of single row and single column marquee tools in Photoshop?

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Today I dared to ask a very basic but all time ignored question about the purpose of single row and single column marquee tools in Photoshop.

It will be more appreciated if the answers provided with the visual use cases.


texts: How can I select a single color within an image?

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How would one pick or select all of a single color within Photoshop, Paint.NET, or The Gimp?

The objective is to edit everything with that color afterwards, such as by brushing over it with another color. So if I were to select a certain red hue of an apple, then brushed it over with pink, only all of the parts of the apple with that red color would then be pink. I could use the magic wand tool, but don't know if there's something that can scan the image for every pixel with that color.


texts: Best practices for defining grids/containers/spacing using responsive layouts

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I am laying out a web app and have decided to use a 12-column, 30px fixed-width gutter (existing constraints dictated our layout). However, how should I design the spacing units, margin, padding, etc. anything that doesn't directly align to the columns.

I have heard and seen many different approaches to defining the grid, which in turn often defines the base UI unit for spacing. Material design uses a 4pt grid which dictates the margins, spacing between containers, padding, vertical and horizontal alignment, and is sustainable for many different devices. A more web-friendly approach has been to define the body text (often 16pt) and use easy percentages of 16 (i.e. 150% 24) to create the baseline.

Our project has two defined units of size, a 16pt body text and 30px fixed-gutter. My first thought was to use multiples of 5 (derived from the split gutter width of 15, 33%). Example element could be a 50px tall button with 10px padding and 10px of margin. However this creates ill-defined text baselines for a 16pt body text (please correct me if my logic is wrong).

So then I figured let's use an 4pt grid so that my buttons are 48px tall with 8px of padding and margin. This also allows for my text baselines to be better aligned with the spacing of different elements.

I use the 4pt grid a lot for app layouts and honestly don't know why I shouldn't use it. Except for the fact that the gutters don't align with a 4pt grid (not even sure if that matters).

I'd appreciate any similar experiences, best practices, or feedback.


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I was recently asked to design a thank you letter.
The question I have is how to layout the text if there's not enough to fill the A4 paper? Are there some general principles that are good to follow? The text I have looks more or less like:

[Company logo]
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Etiam semper nulla vitae ornare feugiat. Integer aliquet diam ex, nec mollis mauris consectetur vel.
Your sincerely
[company name]

How should this look like on the page? How much spacing should there be between the text and "yours sincerely"?
The client does not like the idea of leaving the bottom half of the letter empty.


texts: How to not subtract overlapping shapes in Photoshop

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When I create a shape that overlaps with itself, the part that overlaps is subtracted.

How can I prevent this ?

EDIT:

Here are pics with step by step and full screenshots:

Step1 - the path starts to overlap itself:
http://imageshack.us/f/62/screenshot20111219at102.png/

Step2 - I close the path:
http://imageshack.us/f/11/screenshot20111219at102.png/

Step3 - I use the path to create the shape:
http://imageshack.us/f/641/screenshot20111219at102.png/


texts: I just converted my website to dark mode so it chooses the user system settings. However, most of my images and videos look horrible (too white). Are there any tools to automatically convert images and videos so they look great when in dark mode? This is an example:


texts: I have a layer filled with some color. I want to change this color without rasterizing.


texts: I cant move my object with moving the Artboard

texts: I can't move my object with moving the Artboard. I'd tried to check out "Move Artwork with Artboard" but it doesn't work.... I could do this before , then don't know why it doesn't work for now.


texts: How can I place randomly selected symbols onto a grid in Illustrator?

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I have a bunch of square symbols that are all the same size. I would like to set random pre-designed symbols into a defined grid.

Square symbols:

Grid:

Symbols placed randomly within grid:

Is this at all possible?


texts: Trifold Brochure: Where do the fold lines go-?

texts: In a trifold brocure, there are two fold lines. What are the measurements for the fold lines in inches?


texts: How do I draw equally sized lines equal distance from each other?

texts: I'm trying to replicate Matrix.org's landing page image's lines. How could I do it with reasonable efficiency?


texts: How can I save an Inkscape png with a transparent background?

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Whenever I save my Inkscape drawing as .png (save as -> cairopng), even if there is nothing behind my drawing, it saves it with a background, like this:

How can I save with a transparent background?


texts: How to create color scheme from two colors?

texts: Are there any tools for creating a color scheme based on two specific colors (or resources that explain the technique/intuition behind it), since the only ones I have found are based around creating a color scheme from one base color.


texts: How should I make my icons as a part of a design system?

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I'm creating a design system for a user interface design project and I want to make icons accessible for designers and developers. Icons can have different styles like:

Different strokes (1px and 2px)
Different colors
Different sizes (24x24, 32x32, 64x64 and etc.)

I know that all of the icons should be pixel perfect. what is the best practice for managing icons in a design system? should it be stroked or offset based? I'm using Sketch to design user interfaces. Is it a way to prepare icons the above styles and also be pixel perfect?


texts: how to properly position arrow heads with respect to a curve?

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Given an arc of circle:

If I add arrows on both ends I get the following ugly result:

I'd rather like to see:

I've managed to get the above manually, by converting the stroke to a path, and either editing the nodes to shape the arrow as I wish as shown below,

or, better, select the arrow (converted to a path), enter the group (e.g. double click and click on the arrow head), rotate and translate the arrow heads:

But how could I obtain a proper positioning of the arrows in a more straightforward and faster manner?


texts: Footnote/Endnote reference characters before or after an ellipsis?

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I was checking guidance on where to put footnote or endnote reference characters relative to punctuation and found a really clear answer for everything except an ellipsis.

It's pretty unlikely and rare that you might want to footnote or endnote the end of a snippet of text that ends in an ellipsis, which is probably why I can't find any information on it. But it's possible.

Supposing there was such a case, should it be like this:

  However, there might be other reasons for such varied
  evidence. One study has even found strong evidence of
  conflicts of interest emerging in some cases...[3] It is beyond the scope of
  this paper to speculate on whether that is what happened here.

...or like this...

  However, there might be other reasons for such varied evidence. One study has even found strong evidence of
  conflicts of interest emerging in some cases[3]... It is beyond the scope of
  this paper to speculate on whether that is what happened here.

Case for the former (note reference character after the ellipsis): It's consistent with commas, full stops/periods, etc, and strictly follows the Chicago Manual rule "note reference numbers in the text should follow any punctuation marks except the dash". (although I believe the Chicago manual has some less-than-usual guidance on ellipsis being widely spaced)
Case for the latter (note reference character before the ellipsis): The other way looks horrible without serious kerning. Also, to me, an ellipsis feels more like a dash than a comma or full stop/period... (not sure how to qualify that)


texts: Resizing faux-bold text makes it ... bolder

texts: I'm using Scriptina Pro on a design; it’s a fairly thin font. I used faux bold and now it’s perfect. However, when I resize the entire graphic to be smaller, the text turns huge, puffy even. Any idea how to keep faux bold and resize it? Or is there another way to make a skinny font bold?


texts: Photoshop - Is it possible to find the current border radius of a rounded rectangle?

texts: Here's the scenario: I create a rounded rectangle (shape layer) with a border radius of 8px (all sides). Months later I'm ready to code the design only to forget the border radius. Is there any way to rediscover these attributes (aside from properly naming the layer obviously)?


texts: How to expand luminosity blending option in illustrator?

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i have an issue with the vector shape in the background in an illustrator file, it appears differently on my client's pc.

That's how it appears to me (the good one):

and that's how it appears to the client:

The vector shape in the background has transparency 50% and luminosity blending over the orange gradient color.

My question is there any way to expand the luminosity blending option so the vector shape appear the same?


texts: Problem with Selection tool in Adobe Illstrator

texts: My selection tool icon in adobe illustrator has changed to a triangle, Does anyone know what that means and how I can turn it back to the arrow icon?


texts: Beginner Question: Need a little help figuring out how to use golden ratio shapes to build a part of my logo

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Been checking out a bunch of tutorials and came across this golden ratio technique.  My math side loves the idea but I'm curious how it works.

In this logo I'm putting together using Illustrator, I have sunshine rays coming over some hills, all enclosed in a half circle.  I get how I can make the half circle and hills, but what about the rays?

All the golden ratio tutorials use only curved lines but the rays are straight.  Would I just manually add straight lines and use the circles for the ends of the rays?  Any help and advice would be much appreciated.  Thanks


texts: Getting the right shade of grey to print

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I have a background in my CYMK photoshop document which is mid to dark grey and is made up of C69 M60 Y56 K66 ( it came from rgb 36 36 36) ... I have calibrated my monitor but when I print this out it looks completely different to what I expect. There is light text overlaid and the background prints so much darker than on screen most of the contrast which was fine on screen is lost in the print. I have studied as much as I can about the different types of blacks but I still don't fully understand why it comes out quite so dark or which black I should be using to get this and why.

Edit: I have calibrated my screen ( using the windows 7 screen calibration wizard). I have not calibrated the screen to the printer - I am looking into this now. The printer I am printing to is a Cannon MP280. The printer is managing the colours. Not sure why I thought that the contrast was being reduced - as pointed out in the comments this makes no sense. I think I've overlooked an issue with the lighter colours as well - they must be printing darker too or something.


texts: Moire pattern when viewing vector pattern in acrobat but not in browser

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I was wondering if anyone knows how to avoid vector created patterns (from Illustrator) looking terrible (a sort of harsh, jagged looking moire pattern) when viewing a saved pdf in Acrobat. If you view the same pdf in a web browser it looks fine. I create a lot of downloadable pdf:s and often people will choose to view them in Acrobat. I have seen pdf:s with beautiful smooth vector patterns so I know it can be done, just don't know how to do it.

I would be extremely grateful for advise on this. I wanted to attach my pdf so you can see for yourselves but couldn't find an option to do so...

Thanks


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What should I call this goo effect?
https://www.shadertoy.com/view/tdyyWV


texts: Disable pixel grid magnetism (snap) in Photoshop CC

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In previous Photoshop versions, we were able to move freely anchor points in the document but in Photoshop CC, by default, anchor points follow the pixel grid. I found how to disable it (visually) but the magnetism is always present.

So my question is: How to disable pixel grid magnetism?

Edit: magnetism options are all disabled


texts: How to curve letters with "type on a path"?

texts: I am using the "type on a path" tool to write around a circle, but in addition to changing the position/rotation of letters, I'd like to curve the letters themselves. As in, if I put a row of underscores, they should form a circle without jagged edges. How do I do that? Thanks!


texts: Photoshop: keeping oversized text within box

texts: I'm trying to type a single letter into a text box in Photoshop, and then to enlarge the letter so that only part of it is visible in the box. At the moment, when I size the letter beyond the size of the text box it disappears. How can I get it so that I can still see part of the letter inside the box, and so that the rest of it is hidden?


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I've been going slightly crazy on trying to create even, curved lines

(click to see rest)

The images I linked: 2nd top right angle curve is what I'm trying to achieve. The other two screenshots look like the curve is coming off a slightly sharp edge, and giving uneven spacing in the corners.

Are there any tips to get something similar to parallel, right angled lines (subway map or stripes on racing vehicles are the closest examples)?


texts: Automate add an image to another image, and export

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I have a white bg image size 500 x 312 - 72 resolution.

I have about 20 icons that I downloaded from google images.
They have different size.

Right now, this is what I have to do for one image

create a frame image with size 500 × 312 with 72 resolution.
add a layer, add white bg color
add an image - scale that image to 75% - horizonal/vertical center that image
export to desktop
close the window
repeat for all the images to folders

Goal

Rather than keep doing again and again. I'm wondering if there an automated way to do this.

How do I create a photoshop action to do that in batch?


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I see this type of background a lot:

It's usually a light gray with slightly darker gray specks, but this is a pretty dark grey with lighter gray specks. How is this sort of thing done in photoshop?

I've asked around before and was told to try rendering clouds and then applying the mosaic pixelation, but that didn't work out too well. I've tried various things but haven't been able to come up with anything similar.


texts: How to Link Layers Between Photoshop Documents?

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So I had a look around and couldn't find anything that clarifies this.
I have a logo in a PSD that it basically two letters with custom extra bits.

What is the best way to approach linking these layers/groups into a new PSD document?


texts: Can just make or design the photo in 72dpi, and just change it to 300dpi later on?

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:) I'm not a professional graphic designer or anything but I love making stuff on photoshop. I have a problem here with DPI & printing. I want to make a 24 " x 36" canvas for my friend's birthday this June. I've been 'designing' in photoshop for fun and for web only. I'm kind of new to making a design for print.

From what I have read through the internet, 300dpi is the best resolution for printing, yes? But when I tried to input 36 x 36 inches in 300dpi resolution in photoshop, the file is HUUUUGE. Gigantic. The image that I have to design just looks like a dot on it. T__T

I was wondering if I can just make or design the photo in 72dpi, and just change it to 300dpi later on? Would it work or is it just a fool's hope?

Could someone with a good heart please enlighten me on photoshop & prints? I would really appreciate all the help I can get. I am really confused on this one. Thank you so much. :)


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I'm preparing a cover image for a publication for a scientific journal. Instead of being scientifically rigourous, this kind of image could be more artistic and catch the reader's eye while conveying the main scientific idea proposed in the article.

I'm looking for a way to show some electrons (which I'll represent by simple spheres) moving at different speed. One set of electrons should move ballistically, that is, not be scattered or slowed down by obstacles, while the other ones should picture the idea of being slowed down or even completely stopped. It's a still image, not an animation. The electrons will me moving above a plane of some carbon atoms.

Does any one have an idea on how to pass this idea through to the reader? I was thinking about having a long undisturbed trail for the ballistic ones, and having much shorter and more diffuse trail for the other ones. Something like what is often used in cartoons. But here it would be 3D. Any comment or other suggestion? How do you give different speed effects to objects in a still image.

I'm not an artist at all, I only have some experience doing very geometric things in 3ds max, which I don't have access to any more. So I'm planning to do it in Blender because it's free and especially because I have a script that allows me to import the other elements of the 3D setup from my code I'm using for my physics simulations...

Or should I do it using some other software?

Hope I'm at the right place to ask this question...


texts: How to change the shape of the eraser tool in Illustrator?

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I am Photoshop enthusiast, I can't find how to change eraser shape like in Photoshop (eraser "brush" mode).

In Illustrator eraser is always circle or ellipse (when you change width in eraser parameters). In Photoshop if you want to delete part of the image you just change the brush for your eraser tool and with one click all the area exactly like the brush will be removed from the layer.

I need to tweak-erase a lot of object edges, borders to make grunge effect. My shapes are not a rectangle shapes, each object has complicated structure, so with subtraction between two shapes it will be nightmare and a lot of work to do this task.

So, how to act in Illustrator, like I do in Photoshop - select eraser->change brush->delete something with brush shaped eraser? Thanks in advance for answers.


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I'm trying to adjust a little detail on a project, but when I'm zooming to get closer to the model, I kinda "get inside" the model, like I was too closer and I can't adjust anything at all...

Is there a way to adjust the zoom level?

EDIT


texts: How to prepare full bleed stickers to print in AI

texts: I need to prepare stickers with lots of detail for printing. The trick is customer want full bleed. Is there any smarter idea how to do that in AI than drawing it by hand?


texts: Help with video tutorial regarding Illustrator opacity mask

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OK, so I'm following this tutorial:

YouTube -- Illustrator Tutorial: Adding texture using a transparency mask
--jump forward to 1:50

I do everything exactly as shown:

first group object
cut the texture
select object
go to transparency
then make opacity mask.

After that, everything is gone as in video, but when I press CTRL+V to paste the texture (2:02 on video), it pastes just the texture itself, not the object WITH the texture.

This channel is not active anymore, so I can't ask the person who made it, I hope someone here had the same problem and can help.

Funny thing is that two days ago, I somehow managed to get the results, but now always the problem when pasting.


texts: detailing pencil sketches on the computer

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Forgive me for i'm not especially talented with graphic design. I was trying to make some icons for my mobile app which more or less is following a chalkboard theme. I thought that it would be easiest for me to do some pencil sketches on paper and import those into photoshop and play with the blending options.

The result is actually quite fine for my tastes but i want some of these to be colored a bit and pop-out of the board and sorta rest on top of it, show a little dimension. My issue is that these are what i'm working with with blending options normal:

Something like that above kinda is hard for me. I don't know whether to color right in because the resulting colors are always skewed. I don't know if i can just cut out the outline, because there's more black inside as well as outside. If i'm not being clear, i hope that this final picture will show what i'm attempting.


texts: Can you use Photoshop brushes in Illustrator?

texts: Is there a way to download brushes into Adobe Illustrator?


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I'm 16, from India and I really want to be a web/graphic designer.I'm good with coding, Illustrator, Photoshop etc. Problem is, I only KNOW how to do stuff, like, I see a design and I can confidently say, I can recreate that. But how do I think of something new, something beautiful? I see posters and ads everywhere like 'we can create your website for Rs.50' or 'Making a website just became easy' and it really upsets me. I think how am I better from them? Who will want to work with me when they can easily work with people like them?
 Moreover I participated in a few contests in 99designs and i got eliminated in the first round 12 times

People always comment not good enough, not what we are looking for etc etc.

Should I just quit because I can't think anything, I can just copy things. Should I just go back into trying to be a lame engineer as my parents want?

I'm even embarrassed in asking a question like this in a place where people talk about some serious design work. Please Help.


texts: In Adobe Illustrator, I need to combine multiple compound paths and paths into a single object or shape

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I have a floorplan diagram which consists of over 100 different paths and compound paths.  I need to combine all of these elements into a single shape layer.

I have tried selecting all of them and using both the "Unite" and "Merge" options in the Pathfinder window.  This didn't work.  I have also tried "Make Compound Shape."  Not only does this not create a single shape layer, it also messes up the drawing by creating blocks of color where there were none before.

I have even tried a hack workaround by copying all of these paths and compound paths in Illustrator, pasting them into Photoshop, and creating a single shape layer out that, which I could then copy back into Illustrator.  The trouble is, as soon as I click "combine," Photoshop freezes and crashes.  I guess the shape just has too many points for it to handle.  It's too large a file.

What can I do to create a single shape layer?


texts: How to convey Medieval hair/fur in a 2D icon-style composition

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I am working in adobe illustrator to create a icon in svg format. The icon is supposed to be a young male lion, and the style is supposed to be Medieval (a design for a Medieval shield crest or something). I have everything to my liking except for his mane. I guess "mane" is the right word for it, but since it's a young adult male lion, it's not a full-blown mane. I just want to hint at the modest beginnings of a mane. Here is my two attempts and a picture of my AI file, (the icon is still in-progress):

Using vertically aligned circles (left)
Using wavy lines (right)

My circle/wavy line attempts just seemed too crude and the composition seemed to lose a lot of unity after introducing them. So I tried to look for some inspiration: after seeing how other designers achieved this on the internet I came across some images like:

However, such renditions just scream 21st centry to me, so I could not find inspiration. Most of the Medieval-esque icons I found of lions were not forward-facing but rather profiles, such as:

While the style is acceptable, the perspective doesn't give me enough to work with.

Question

How can I convey a slight mane in a Medieval-style lion icon?

Style Goals:

Simple but not childish in appearance
Medieval style preferred
I'd personally still call it an icon, but I concede that it's a fairly detailed icon, and for that I'll include the illustration tag too.


texts: Png image changes color when put on artboard

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Opened a new blank sketch project
Drag a png file from finder on the canvas
The png image is imported correctly and colors of it are correct
Draw an artboard arround this imported image, placing it inside the artboard=> colors of the image change (they are considerable lighter as if brightness boosted)

What is going on here?


texts: I have to create a 400 page book with the measurements height: 16cm by 24cm in Adobe InDesign. It is intended for publishing, but what are the bleed and margin measurements I need to follow so that it can be printed correctly?


texts: Achieve Ludwig Hohlwein style from photograph

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I am trying to make something inspired by the look of Ludwig Hohlwein's posters.

Examples:

It appears his work primarily involved watercolor painting with different drying times in order to achieve these characteristic modulations of shading.

What techniques could I use to imitate this style (in particular, the flat-colored shadings) starting with a photograph?
I am interested in the image manipulation process (preferably using Photoshop and/or Illustrator) as well as the choice of a suited photograph (e.g. the lighting).


texts: Automated method of setting ideal sizes and positions of symbols or logos of various proportions, when put together (ignoring any text)

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I always spend too much time trying to scale symbols or logos that are supposed to look harmoniously next to each other, like below:

These seem to be acceptable to me, but I wonder if there is any formula or recipe that can be used to make a row of random proportions symbols look good and save time? I guess spacing also can be optimised, like in case of fonts. It probably depends on shapes of symbols, not only on their outer boundaries, but maybe there is some not too complicated solution?

It would be ideal to have a script that does it.

EDIT:
Thanks to DA01 and Scott for suggesting a similar question (What methods can I use to create balance and consistency between a group of differing logos?), there are some great answers there. However they stress on importance of making the text look of similar size. At the moment I usually deal with symbols that rarely have text in it, so it is more a matter of balancing the geometry. Ideally I'm interested in solution that could be scriptable, semi-automatic or fully-automatic.


texts: How can I customize the existing patterns?

texts: I am trying to turn a color SVG to BW patterns but the predefined patterns included in Inkscape are to coarse for my objects. How can I make them more fine grained, e.g. the stripes finer? Furthermore I'd like to define finer horizontal stripes, etc. Note this is purely vector patterns and not raster e.g. no bitmaps involved.


texts: Inkscape: alternative to setting a mask to a group of objects in order to achieve slight transparency of said objects

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I cannot seem to properly apply a simple mask to a group of two ellipses (in order to make it slightly transparent) with Inkscape 0.92.4. The resulting image becomes completely transparent instead of slightly transparent.

What I did:

created a new document.
set Document properties; units to px, width x height to 16x16 px.
zoomed in to view entire page.
created first ellipse and set its fill to black.
created second ellipse inside first and set its fill to white.
grouped the two ellipses.
created a rectangle covering the two ellipses and set its fill to a shade of gray.
selected all (group and rectangle shown as selection).
used "Object > Mask > Set".

At this point Inkscape shows (and exports) the image as desired, but other renderers do not. Firefox, Chrome and Gimp's SVG import display no visible image when opening the saved SVG file, which might be due to a bug in Inkscape. If it is, I'd like to work around it.

Can I achieve the desired effect in another way using Inkscape?

The resulting XML from steps above (drawing.svg), just in case:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) -->

<svg
   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
   width="16"
   height="16"
   viewBox="0 0 4.2333332 4.2333335"
   version="1.1"
   id="svg3281"
   inkscape:version="0.92.4 (5da689c313, 2019-01-14)"
   sodipodi:docname="drawing.svg">
  <defs
     id="defs3275">
    <mask
       maskUnits="userSpaceOnUse"
       id="mask3841">
      <rect
         style="opacity:1;fill:#9b9b9b;fill-opacity:1;stroke:none;stroke-width:0.26458332;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-opacity:1"
         id="rect3843"
         width="3.0297153"
         height="3.0592449"
         x="0.60239953"
         y="293.3974" />
    </mask>
  </defs>
  <sodipodi:namedview
     id="base"
     pagecolor="#ffffff"
     bordercolor="#666666"
     borderopacity="1.0"
     inkscape:pageopacity="0.0"
     inkscape:pageshadow="2"
     inkscape:zoom="44.8"
     inkscape:cx="8.4637047"
     inkscape:cy="8.0165929"
     inkscape:document-units="px"
     inkscape:current-layer="layer1"
     showgrid="false"
     units="px"
     inkscape:window-width="1337"
     inkscape:window-height="924"
     inkscape:window-x="2208"
     inkscape:window-y="288"
     inkscape:window-maximized="0" />
  <metadata
     id="metadata3278">
    <rdf:RDF>
      <cc:Work
         rdf:about="">
        <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
        <dc:type
           rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
        <dc:title></dc:title>
      </cc:Work>
    </rdf:RDF>
  </metadata>
  <g
     inkscape:label="eye"
     inkscape:groupmode="layer"
     id="layer1"
     transform="translate(0,-292.76665)">
    <g
       id="g3837"
       mask="url(#mask3841)">
      <ellipse
         ry="1.2431873"
         rx="1.2668108"
         cy="294.87091"
         cx="2.1704102"
         id="path3829"
         style="opacity:1;fill:#000000;fill-opacity:1;stroke:none;stroke-width:0.26458332;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-opacity:1" />
      <ellipse
         ry="0.64374065"
         rx="0.65850544"
         cy="295.25183"
         cx="2.3712099"
         id="path3831"
         style="opacity:1;fill:#f3f3f3;fill-opacity:1;stroke:none;stroke-width:0.26458332;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-opacity:1" />
    </g>
  </g>
</svg>


texts: Is the maximum ink percentage embedded in the pdf color profile?

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I am placing some Photoshop-made artwork into InDesign and exporting to PDF for print. My artwork is quite dark, and Ps's eyedropper tells me that some of my blacks are around the 90/95/95/85 mark. My printer specifies a max of 300% ink.
Will the colour profile I use in InDesign (Web Coated FROGRA28) automatically convert these to 300% max equivalents? If not, what do I need to do to prevent the print from becoming way too wet?


texts: How do I break a combined shape into separate pieces?

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So I am trying to create a ring/donut chart in Sketch 3 and I created two circles, a large and a small one and subtracted the small circle from the large circle to get a ring shape. Then I went around and subtracted pieces from the circle with rectangle shapes to get something like this:

When I roll my mouse over the shape I can see the outlines of each individual section of the circle.
If I want to be able to change the color of each individual piece, is there a way to split the shape into (in my case) 6 different shapes?


texts: How to control quality of light baking in 3DS Max?

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Our team has been struggling to figure why a shadow/light is rendered with high quality and something rendered in low quality (pixalite).

Example of good light map (shadow of sofa on the wall and floor)

Example of bad light map (shadow on ceiling is completely pixalite)

We are using a 3D party plugin (flare3d exporter) which accepts only texture quality parameters in the farm of min and max values. I guess this is is using for auto-mapping parameters. 32 - 1024 is the default values. If we put the default, most of the lighting comes bad if we give max 1024-1024 range not only the rendering time is longer but the model size also increases.

We were not sure how many lights maps m3ds max will create and what is its consideration for determining the quality (32px x 32px - 1024px x 1024px) of light map

After lot of trail & errors we came to a wage opinion that the number of light maps and its dimensions are equal to the numbre of uv maps. But again we are not sure which one would create a low quality light map and for which one it creates a high quality texture.

Can some one help me understand how it works?


texts: How to manipulate a photograph so that it becomes original artwork?

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After finding an image on Google images – I altered and added many different effects to the point where it is not recognizable from the original composition. However, when does the shapes and colors taken from a photograph become a separate piece of artwork from the original image?

How much manipulation is needed in order to ensure that copyright or the photographer's rights are not violated?

If only color and shapes are left.


texts: Resize paragraph size (pixels) - Photoshop CS6

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I have a text paragraph. Is there a way of resizing it without having to pull the box or stretch it?

(ex. Let's say it's 50px high, how can I define the size of it using pixels to 100px?)

EDIT: How about an extension?


texts: Illustrator: Merging lines that run parallel within a given distance

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The circle shows an intersection with several lines representing a main road that I would like to be just one line. I'm attempting to find a way to merge all main roads in this manner, as efficiently as possible, without affecting the smaller roads such as cul de sacs. I have a lot of maps to go through. Is this even possible, or will I have to target and remove all superfluous roads manually?

I'm looking to achieve something closer to this:

I'm working with Adobe Illustrator CC


texts: How can I compare specific copy across all installed fonts?

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When I chose a font for a project, I always spend way too much time.
I'd like to type the copy in a program, and it would be displayed in each font installed on my computer so I can compare which font is the best (in terms of kerning, etc). This is a work-intensive alternative - I don't have time to do this, and my installed fonts change often.

I remember I used to be able to do that with free apps a long time ago under Mac OS 9 (Font Image Library, Font Gander, etc), and commercial font websites let you type custom text, but I cannot find any apps that do it for installed fonts under Mac OS X.


texts: How do I change ONE colour of a placed image in Illustrator?

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I have gone through this forum and others, but have not found a way to achieve this successfully using the colour edit tool. Can you help?

I have a tiff file of a hand-drawn map, which I added colour to a long time ago in Photoshop (no longer have the .ps file).

This map is now in an illustrator file with other objects around it. I have decided I don't like the yellow of the roads, and would like them to have less of a green hue in them. I cannot saturate the whole image as this affects the perfect green of the parks, so need to change just the specific yellow to be a different yellow.

I have tried using the colour edit tool, but I simply cannot get it to change the colour. Yesterday I was able to open this up with the map selected but it did not want to change the yellow to any other colour I tried. Today I cannot seem to even open 'edit colours' with the map selected

Is this an issue as it's a Tiff file?

Really not sure how to change all of this yellow colour to be another  and it's driving me a little nuts as I can see others are able to do it, but presume they are different types of files???


texts: Site Maps with data driven colour changing shapes

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We create site maps for our clients which show where we have created station points (see example below)

I want to be able to dynamically change the colour of these station points (blue coloured circles) using the data I hold against these.
Is this possible? What are my options for achieving this? Ideally these site map files would be held offline rather than as part of a web page, and update on a user opening them.
My data is held in a Google Sheet currently so I appreciate it would be reliant on the user opening the file having an internet connection.
Huge thanks to anyone that can help!


texts: This fabric-like twist effect can be done only in illustrator?

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Hello guys i am learning illustrator, my question is this type of image
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-129229757/stock-vector-modern-spiral-infographics-options-banner-vector-illustration-can-be-used-for-workflow-layout.html?src=rLOI0N-oEQllQwlV1mhO1A-1-0

Can it be done only in Illustrator? It doesn't looks like a typical vector, but I saw shutterstock sell it like a vector.

If no what are the tools? What workflow is used for it?

Thanks and sorry for my bad english :)


texts: How to find out whether a font is authentic?

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Is there a way to find out whether a font is authentic or fake? Font files both online and on my machine are often of unclear origin, yet I'd like to be sure that I paid for the fonts that are commercially available and that I have a genuine original.

Is there a way to check the authenticity of a font file?

I am interested mostly in Type 1 fonts (.pfm and .pfb files), but also an answer for Open Type (otf) and True Type (.ttf) would certainly be useful.


texts: Quality-loss by resampling an image bigger?

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If you have an image you want to make bigger(in realife-size for example for printing), I would use the crop tool of Photoshop with WxHxResolution, use centimeters/inches and then set my ppi.

My question is, wether this approach is right and how strong the quality loss then will be, especially when also setting a higher ppi?


texts: please help, i cant save a fully transparent image


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What's the fastest/simplest way to create sea waves along a path in illustrator?

I am looking for the best way to replicate something like the bottom left sea image (or top left img) in the picture above using illustrator.

I would do it by grouping a bunch of circles together but there's gotta be an easier way to do this


texts: What is considered a "Logo" for stock photo use?

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I am creating a "logo" for a group of women who fly fish in Central Oregon. They are a small group that gets together within the larger club called Central Oregon Fly Fishers. In the past, they've used unattractive clip art for their group and I wanted to revamp the icon for them.

Essentially, I have chosen a stock mountain image, a stock fly rod image and a font that will be incorporated to create this icon. This icon will be used for hats, sweatshirts, gear, Facebook, website and handouts. There are so many uses that are approved (including some of the above) that I'm unsure when it is called a "logo"?

I don't want to get any surprise fines... but I also want to help them out without designing from scratch.


texts: How to avoid decimals on position and size using pixels

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I am using Adobe Illustrator CS6 to create small images (like icons) for my app so I need pixel precision.

How can I avoid X, Y, W and H properties to have decimals? Can I configure 0 decimals for this properties on my document?

If I use the textboxes with this properties it does right, it increases pixel by pixel, but when draggin with the mouse it uses up to 3 decimals.


texts: Creating large banners to be viewed from a distance, at a size Illustrator can't handle

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I need to design large banner, 40ft X 10ft, but Illustrator can't handle that size, so I create it at 1/3 size in Illustrator. Once done, I export a web image (JPEG), and set it to 100% quality. Then using Photoshop, I create a 40ft X 10ft size canvas but lower the resolution to 60 to create a pdf file.

Basically, I resize the JPEG to its real size using photoshop and save as pdf for printing.

The banner will be seen by anyone from 80 meters, something like that..

In Illustrator, the canvas size is 1/3 from 40ft X 10ft
Once I done my design, I saved it as web image, set it 100% quality
Then, I create real size in Photoshop (40ft X 10ft) but lowered the resolution to 60ppi
The image that I saved from Illustrator will be resized to its real size in Photoshop, and save as .PDF.

Is this the correct process?


texts: I am designing a poster for a local band and they sent me a picture of a previous poster so that I could use it for the text. Is there a way I can simply cut "Rumours" out and use it for my poster?


texts: Inkscape: design and print a banner with an appropriate resolution

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I need to print a banner with the size of 3x1m. Does that mean I should design the banner in Inkscape (my prefered vector software) with the canvas size of 3m x 1m also? Or could I design in smaller ratio like 30cm x 10cm?

Actually, I have designed it with the canvas size of 3m x 1m. In order to print it in 3m x 1m, so when I export my design to PNG, should I enter the banner size of 10630px x 3543px?

Thanks.


texts: Preparing Indesign booklet with .psd graphics for print

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I've created a booklet in InDesign that I want to prepare correctly for printing at my local printers.
This file contains .psd graphics that on my print drafts at home look a bit low resolution or cracked... Do I need to embed them or do something to make sure that they will be printed exactly like the originals' high resolution format?

Basically, how to prepare the whole file for printing ensuring that I get the correct fonts, high quality .jpg photos and high quality .psd files in it at the final print?


texts: What title do I put on a project where I did the menu, posters, and the art direction of photos but NOT the logo?

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So theres this restaurant that already had a logo. I did their menu, menu board, cards, gift coupons, and posters. I didn't follow any branding guide cause they dont have any. So I started from scratch and just submitted a brief of what colors to use, how photos will be photographed.

Would you say I did the "creative direction" for them? I'm confused to what to put on my portfolio. My title format is "brand name | type of work". What type of work would you say I did? I want to say I did "branding" but I didn't do the logo.


texts: Desktop/iPad/iPhone PSD frames for screenshots workflow?

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In the past, I've googled iPhone user interface elements and downloaded the PSD.
2. I deleted all layers except the frame
3. I took screenshots of my various web projects
4. Change dimensions and inserted various screenshots from other emulators or iPhone to show up in portfolio.

Maybe this is the "right way", although it is time-consuming and the pain the butt. It's not a problem, for it is easy enough to do just tedious. Has anyone found a simple workflow for this process? I feel like there's probably some tool out there that asked for screenshots and automatically exports PNG's for portfolios. Maybe I'm wrong.

Any tools or workflow recommendations?


texts: Animated GIF transparency waves In Photoshop

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I created an animated outer glow around a shape like shown below:

But when I save it the outer glow shape changes to dotted instead of clear glow.


texts: How to apply layer style to one object and apply it to multiple layers

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I think what I may be looking for exists in Fireworks maybe, but I haven't messed with it.
Basically, is there a way to make a style sheet for an object?

Say I have an object and I apply x layer styles to it, then I want all those layer styles on multiple objects throughout a document. Then I want to change the strength of a drop shadow, how would I set it up so all I had to do is change the drop on the master file and it would apply to all with this "style" set on it?


texts: Align an image horizontally relative to a mask

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When I place an image inside a mask, is there a way to align horizontally/vertically that image so it's right in the center of that mask without me having to drag it around within the mask to find the center?

Trying to figure this out and can't find anything on it. Any help is appreciated.


texts: Color show in Photoshop picker is not the same I manually introduced

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Using Photoshop 2014.2.0 Release on Windows, I created a new image with color mode RGB color - 8bit and color profile sRGB. I deleted my PS settings to reset it all to default.

On the Color picker I choose RGB and introduced: 203,55,55 (or cb3737 in HEX).

Using Color Cop (a tool to get colors from any pixel on screen) if I try to see the color used on the little 'preview' square on photoshop I get color E42829 which is different from my intended CB3737. I can also notice the difference in color tone with my eyes.

Using the browser to check color #CB3737 I can also notice the difference between color shown in Photoshop and in other tools. I know browsers have issues with colors so I'm not trusting them a lot, just another example.

What is going on and why do I 'select' a color in Photoshop that is then translated into another another in the same app (preview square). I read a bit about color profiles but I am a bit surprised with this "voodoo.

I don't remember having anything fancy related to color profile on my Windows but maybe sometimes drivers can change those things.
I only work with graphics designed to be shown on web.


texts: What is the effect of ligatures in web, regarding SEO

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All designers love ligatures but vanilla web typography just sucks. I heard of smartypants that solves many of thoses issues, bringing sexy quotes, gorgeous ampersands and all. It's just perfect, visually.

But i'm worried about SEO. Let's say on a web page, the word finally becomes ﬁnally. Are search engines capable of indexing that word and return the page when searching for finally (without the ligature) ?


texts: Combining Unicode Characters in Illustrator

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I am trying to get Illustrator to display my unicode font correctly (i.e. the way every other program is displaying it). I am currently using the Noto font, which I know can display all the characters I need.

The character I'm having an issue with is: ı̨ (dotless i with ogonek).
As far as I can tell, this is created by combining U+0131 and U+0328.

Illustrator only seems to output the dotless i (U+0131) without the ogonek. In the glyph panel, I can access the i with the dot and the ogonek (U+012f), but that is ultimately not the character I need.

Thank you for your help.


texts: Unable to achieve long shadow effect in Illustrator

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I have read several guides on how to achieve the Long Shadow effect using Illustrator, I tried both using the Transform Effect and Blend Modes, however I fail achieve it using both.

When I try using the Transform effect, I get all copies of the fill simply duplicated with no continuity, like so:

When I try using blend modes, here what I get:

An example of what I'm trying to achieve:


texts: Publishing a RAW file after retouching RAW in photoshop

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Ive been requested by a magazine to supply photos in a RAW format.

We get the files as RAWs from our photographer, but then touch them up / colour balance etc.

Is there a way to then republish them as RAW from Photoshop ? As i dont really want to send un post processed photos off to be published / touched up by a 3rd party out of our control.


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I'm newbie with adobe illustrator and I have eps file which contains 3 banner and I want to export each of them separately but it export them with 2 issues

images are not in center
images have extra parts around (padding's!)

Screenshot

Question

How can I export my images properly?


texts: Could you please point out design inconsistencies in the picture that I have attatched?

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Okay so first of all I am a developer and I donot have much idea about designing and all. Now it so happens that I have to fix design inconsistencies of the table that I have attatched below.

I would be glad to see suggestions.

Also that hover (the black one) looks extremely odd . What colour should I make it?

P.S. the colour of this table will remain the same (that is white and green )


texts: Easiest way to create a road line effect in Illustrator

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hello I want to create a road line in illustrator like in this picture. The line must be the same or like this.

I want to make it with holes and give the line an effect like an asphalt line.


texts: Is there a standard height in lines for a drop cap?

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There is a package in LaTeX called lettrine, which allows you to use a drop cap.  You can check an example here

I want to know how many lines of space should I give it for a one column technical document.

According to my friend designers, it's usually a rule to do everything by 3, so I did:

But for some reason I began to think that maybe the S is just too big (because of the "Chapter 1" and "Introduction").

So I also went with 2 lines:

Which one should I prefer?

Latest version


texts: Why Photoshop changes the color after export even I use sRGB profile?

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First, I created a new file in sRGB space:

Then I painted it with the color (255, 0, 0):

I double-checked that I'm working in sRGB:

Then I exported it:

Then the final result is still not shown as (255, 0, 0) in either Chrome or Preview!

What's going on here?


texts: Save specific combination of layers as PNG

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Unfortunately I don't have any experience yet with PS scripts, so I would highly appreciate your help. I'm looking for a way to export a specific combination of layers to a PNG.

My file is laid-out where I have 12 groups.

Group 1-11 is named after a colour. Each group from 1 to 11 contains 6 layers named as T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6.
Group 12 is different, it has 6 layers: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6.

I would like to export the combination of the layers to PNG as follows (keeping the original canvas size, not trimmed to layer content sizes.)

R1+T1 (R1 from group 12 and all the T1-s from Group 1-11). In total that is 11 variations.

R2+T2 (once again, R2 is from Group 12 and T2-s are from Group 1-11.)

R3+T3
R4+T4
R5+T5 and
R6+T6.

I tried to do so with PS built in script, but it did not really work, it exported bad layers and just kept going and going.

Would you be so kind to help me how can I achieve my goal with all the different PNG files described above?

Additional information:

The "R" layers blend mode are set to "Color dodge" I would like to keep this when merging and exporting with the T layers.

The linked topic did not solve my problem - Composite script gave me an error when opening in CS5.5. Also, I'm not sure if it answers the same question.

Updates

Layer comps should be the solution. At least it saves time by clicking "Save as" and set output as PNG and also adding a name to each file.

So thanks for your help, it's far better than doing everything manually!


texts: I want to learn how to select appropriate colors and fonts for a new site

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I'm developing a new site, and although I know enough basic programming to make the site, I'm not artistically inclined enough to make the site look nice. So, I was hoping I could get some suggestions or something on what colors and fonts go well together to make a nice looking website; only for the users experience.

So, does anyone have any suggestions, or sites that may help me learn about such a thing? I'm really just developing a basic site, so it can be basic colors, just nothing to dark or light I guess. I'm thinking somewhere in the middle.


texts: Creating a clipping mask (or an after effects equivalent) within a shape layer to mask out a group of objects

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Is there an easy way to create a clipping mask within an After Effects shape layer? It seems from my research that the merge path operator added to a shape layer can operate on single drawn vector objects but I am unsure if or how it can deal with groups of objects and if there is a method to clip them out.

The collection of screen shots hopefully illustrates what I am attempting to achieve.


texts: How do I lay out numbered business cards so I can easily print and hand-cut them?

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I have some business cards(made in indesign) with different numbers/pages, from 1 to 400 ,on them...I would like to know, if there is a way to arrange somehow the pages, so when i print them, they can come arranged and ready for cut, without me arranging them afterall.
they have to come 3 x 6 cards(18) on an A3 ark. so it mean that the first card on 1 Ark(A3) has number 1, and the first card on the next ark 2(A3), has number 2 and so on......

ps. It is difficult to explain it, so I hope you understand:-)
Thank you
Regards Dina


texts: Managing styles with CSS classes in Inkscape

texts: I am using Inkscape and a CSS file for styling a project. I tried to add the class attributes in the XML editor and it didn't change anything. Is there another way I could add classes effectively rather than have to manually remove style elements from the SVG files? Thanks


texts: Is there a way to trace objects to get this old fashion 3D effect?

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Just like the question says.

Here's the video. It's from a recent Progressive commercial.

Is there a way to do this, preferably in Illustrator, without drawing the outline by hand?


texts: When to use bleeds, when to just add them to artboard?

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Let's say for business cards, is it better to add bleeds at document setup, or to just make the artboard bigger?

Personally, I've been adding the bleed to the artboard, and when saving the print quality pdf the bleed would be part of the design, and would be visible when uploading the design to an online print service like VistaPrint.

On the other hand, when I added bleeds at setup, the outputted .pdf didn't show the design in the bleed area in Preview. So, how are the design elements in the bleed area handled?


texts: How to remove double rectangle from artboard in Illustrator CC?

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There's this double rectangle centered on my focused artboard.
how can i remove it?

screenshot:


texts: How many subliminal messages should logo include?

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Every logo should have a subliminal message, a subtle association, something that would explain what the business is about. But how many hidden meanings could be in a logotype? My friend, graphic designer, told me that two hidden meanings are enough as it will get too complicated and the audience won't get it.

For example, Unilever logo is very complicated.

But this logo clearly states that business is about diamonds and has only one association - shape of a diamond. Therefore it's easy to understand it.

Full design project is here: https://www.behance.net/gallery/16581451/ADAMAS

Here is another example where designer shows the meaning of his logo. Here I'm particularly questioning his decision to use circle as a representation of: 1) love towards football and 2) love towards design.

Shouldn't that circle be representing only one thing?

Here is the full project for the reference: https://www.behance.net/gallery/40840727/Personal-Branding-Logo


texts: Help to obtain a professional table (using Latex)

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Could you please show me how to improve the table below?
In particular:

1) is it correct to put the "(%)", in the caption? Otherwise how could I point out that the numbers of the table are percentages?

2) is it correct to put the additional column header before the row "Corporate"?

3) How to better distribute colums?

The LaTeX code to obtain the table is this:

\documentclass[11pt,openright]{book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
\usepackage[a4paper]{geometry}
\geometry{verbose,tmargin=3cm,bmargin=3.5cm,lmargin=4cm,rmargin=3cm}
\pagenumbering{gobble}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{tabulary}
\usepackage[flushleft]{threeparttable}
\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf,labelsep=period,format=hang,indention=0cm]{caption}
\captionsetup[table]{position=above, belowskip=10pt}

\begin{document}

\begin{threeparttable}[b]
    \caption{Weights (\%) depending upon ratings in the Standardise Approach of Basel II}
    \footnotesize{}
    \begin{tabulary}{\textwidth}{@{}LRRRRRR@{}}
        \toprule
        & \multicolumn{6}{c}{{\footnotesize{}Rating\tnote{a}}}\tabularnewline
        \cmidrule{2-7}
        {Category of claims} & {AAA to AA-} & {A+ to A-} & {BBB+ to BBB-} & {BB+ to B-} & {Below B-} & {Unrated}\tabularnewline
        \midrule
        {Sovereigns} & {0} & {20} & {50} & {100} & {150} & {100}\tabularnewline
        {Non-central government PSEs (option 1)} & {20} & {50} & {100} & {100} & {150} & {100}\tabularnewline
        {Non-central government PSEs (option 2)} & {20} & {50} & {50} & {100} & {150} & {50}\tabularnewline
        {MDBs} & {20} & {50} & {50} & {100} & {150} & {50}\tabularnewline
        {Banks (option 1)} & {20} & {50} & {100} & {100} & {150} & {100}\tabularnewline
        {Banks (option 2)} & {20} & {50} & {50} & {100} & {150} & {50}\tabularnewline
        {Banks (option 2 - short-term claims)} & {20} & {20} & {20} & {50} & {150} & {20}\tabularnewline
        &  &  & \multicolumn{2}{r}{{BBB+ to BB-}} & {Below BB-} & \tabularnewline
        \cmidrule{4-6}
        {Corporate} & {20} & {50} & \multicolumn{2}{r}{{100}} & {150} & {100}\tabularnewline
        \bottomrule
    \end{tabulary}
    \begin{tablenotes}
        \item [a] \footnotesize{}The rating notations are by Standard \& Poor's but only for example,
        those of some other credit assessment institutions could be used. \\
        \footnotesize{}\emph{Source}: based on BCBS (2006).
    \end{tablenotes}
\end{threeparttable}

\end{document}


texts: How can I emphasize the hexagons in this illustration for my thesis?

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In the figure below, I want to draw attention to the (irregular) hexagons formed by the boundary and some of the interior segments. Currently, they are lightly shaded grey, but I think they don't stand out enough. How can I make them stand out more, without changing the colour of the lines?

The perfect solution would:

Leave all current elements of the figure (except for the shading) intact and recognizable.
Not use any colours except for those already in the figure, or #70E500 and #E1004C (possibly desaturated).


texts: Set default size of the artboard of imported Photoshop work paths

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I am using Illustrator 2018 on Windows.

I am working with a series of Photoshop work paths (exported from Photoshop 2018) which are all made using a 300 dpi bmp.

Until recently when I opened a work path file in Illustrator it placed the imported paths on a square artboard which was always the same size each time I opened a path.

I do not know what or how but something has changed and each path is now placed on a thin rectangle shaped artboard. This is annoying as I now have to manually resize each artboard.

Is there a way to set the default artboard so that each time an image or path is opened or imported the artboard is the same size?

Many thanks


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I'm trying to mare a button whith an irregular shape similar to this using only CSS
Somebody have any clue?


texts: Figma's "After Delay" interaction is disabled when going from one frame to another

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Working on a loading indicator animation; when I tap on prototype, I want the transition to happen from one frame to another after an "After Delay" interaction. As you can see in the photo, "After Delay" is disabled, hovering over it does not give me any explanation. What's going on?

The goal here is to have a loading indicator prototy


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My problem

I am building a tutorial site with code blocks that the user should copy and paste into their console. I would like to add a copy button to the code snippets that would intuitively make them click on it on order to copy the code in the block.

I found quite a few icons, and I wonder whether there is a convention for such a copy-code-text icon.

What have I tried

Searched "Copy Icons", "Copy to console icon" and so on
Looked at a few sites with code samples, but found nothing cnclusive

My question

What is the right icon for the "copy code in snippet" action in an HTML page?


texts: What is the equivalent to shift-drag in MS Paint for Gimp?

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In MS Paint, if you press Shift and drag a selection you will be able to "duplicate" your selection in "drag mode" (excuse my french).

My goal is to extend the edge of an image to create a wallpaper.


texts: how to explain to a client why the logo he has on his mind is a bad idea?

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I have a close friend (with a very strong opinion) who asked me to design a logo for his brand new software company.
I did all my survey, I asked him what are his views and I presented to him some fresh and strong logos that according to my test-team are professional and able to represent well such a company.

However he liked none of my proposals and he asked me to make custom things  (e.g. "why don't you use a head and inside the head a letter", "move the letter up", "change the stroke", "no, move the letter back", "change the typeface", ....).
Of course, I told him that I am a designer, not just a user of design softwares and this procedure does not please me, so I suggested to visit other professionals.
The result was the same, he liked nothing the new designer proposed him and he finally asked me to help him with Illustrator in order to design the logo by himself.

That was absolutely fine by me, but his idea is the worst idea ever. He chose another very famous company's logo (the company is from another business field, though) because it is a little bit relevant with his company's name, and he just wants to change the name inside the existing logo...

I told him that this is probably illegal (the famous company is not based in our country, so I am not sure if the logo is a trademark here) and , more important, that this is the worst idea for a logo. It is not new, it is not fresh, it is not recognizable as your company, it is not professional, it is just BAD.

He doesn't change his opinion. He is a very dear friend of mine and I want to try once again to explain why this is a bad idea but I have never faced such a case and I don't know how...

Moreover, I would like to explain him why he should listen and trust the professionals and that his opinion and ideas might sound good to him but it is not good for the company's image.

Any idea would help me...

Thanks and sorry for the big text


texts: Vector graphics pixelated after pasting and importing into Photoshop

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I created a vector graphic using the latest version of illustrator then have tried opening it in an AI format, pasting it and opening it in a PNG format and it still looks quite pixelated when zoomed in at 300% (the actual photoshop image itself is about 20in x 20in, so I thought maybe because I have made the graphic so small in this big area that it would pixelate it, but that still doesnt make sense). I thought maybe because it's so zoomed in it'll be pixelated but I wasn't sure because it's still a vector graphic. I'm tried playing with different resolutions, exporting it as different types of files and opening them in Photoshop. A few websites have said tried ticking Anti-aliasing, but mine automatically ticks anti-aliasing.
I'm really confused as to why this keeps happening so if anyone can help that'd be great thanks!


texts: How can I change in Illustrator the stem width of the "2" to have similar to "0"?


texts: How do I create a button with two shadows in the bottom?

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I am not much of a designer. I want to know how I can create Wix like buttons in Photoshop.

They offer many kinds of buttons, but I want the one with a shadow on both sides of its bottom. Any help would be appreciated.


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For a personal project I am looking for some examples of libraries/archives that would list scanned imagery from old books, heraldics, drawings, etc. Particularly interested in ancient/prehistoric art and/or scientific/mathematical imagery, but any topic could be useful.

One such archive I found here, but looking for a few more.


texts: Photoshop Text Dipping In Line - Can't Fix

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I'm having this problem with text in photoshop. On this line no matter what text or what font I use the text will dip in the middle. It can be seen between the 'X' and 'A' in 'example'

The strange thing is if I left justify the text. The dip remains in the same point of the document, seen in the below in between the E and X in'EXAMPLE4' - there's also another point in 'REFERENCE' on line two that has the same problem.

I can't properly articulate the problem so I haven't had any luck in googling for solutions.

Worth noting, it doesn't matter what font is used, in the example it's Trade Gothic LT Std Bold Condensed from Typekit, but any font will do this.

How can I fix this?


texts: Why are computers so bad at automatically kerning?

texts: Photoshop, Illustrator and similar graphic design software are in general bad at kerning. Why does the computer find it so hard that we need to manually go through headlines and text just to get it right?


texts: Should I upconvert low-res images to 300dpi for printing?

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I'm having a custom deck of cards printed using images of varying resolutions. The card printer asks that all images be at 300dpi, the industry standard for printing. Certain images that I've uploaded have triggered a "low resolution" warning in the printer's interface. The source images are typically much larger than the size they'll be printed, which will be roughly 2"x2". While I understand the generalities of image resolution v. image size, I'm wondering if it's best to:

A. Upconvert the resolution from, say, 72dpi to 300dpi, resampling the image so that its size remains intact (it will be shrunk down to be printed on the small card).

Or

B. Upconvert the resolution but don't resample, so the image shrinks. The problem with this is many of the images will then be much smaller than their target print size.

Or

C. Change the image size to be smaller, not resampling so that the resolution increases and hopefully gets closer to 300dpi

It probably goes without saying that the goal here is the best looking printed image. Forgive me if this is the wrong forum for this question, but I didn't find a better place. I'm happy to provide additional information that I may have left out.

Update:

I should perhaps also allow for an option D:

Leave the images at their current resolution, as they will be printed much smaller than their image size and their low resolution will be unnoticeable.


texts: Photoshop PSD to PDF: Best Program/Settings

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So I purchased a CV template, which came as a multi layered PSD file, which I edited in Photoshop and now want to convert/save as PDF.
Photoshop has this option, but I am not sure what are the best settings for the best size/quality ratio. I want to keep the option to select text in the PDF.

Should I use Photoshop to save it as PDF or another program to do the PSD>PDF conversion?

Thank you.


texts: Unable to open Movies or Image Sequences in Photoshop anymore

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I'm trying to do some rigging removal (something I do often in Photoshop), but for some reason all of a sudden I cannot open ANY movie format or image sequence in Photoshop (the option isn't even there for image sequence).

This has never been a problem before. I have the problem in both CS5 extended and CS6 extended.

I'd really like to avoid having to reinstall either/or CS5 and CS6. This is an almost fresh install of Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, and I do have all the requisite codecs installed.


texts: How to achieve a gradient in adobe illustrator

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I am looking for someone to explain how to achieve a subtle gradient in adobe illustrator like the one in this icon.

much thanks.


texts: Is there a metric for "apparent" chroma?

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I'm not sure this is the right place to ask, but is anyone aware of a metric for apparent chroma?

Now I understand that "chroma" and "chrominance" are very overloaded terms, so to clarify, I specifically mean the chroma described here--the "colorfulness relative to the brightness of a similarly illuminated white". At full saturation this should be 255. At any black/white/gray it should be 0. And the closer a lightness is to the ends of the spectrums, the lower the maximum chroma (in contrast to the inverse of saturation where it is always 255). Basically chroma is the lateral dimension of the HSL bicone.

Unfortunately, this color model makes no corrections for perceived chroma--that is, how our imperfect eyes perceive equal chromas differently based on hue (e.g. #FFFF00 does not appear as chromatic as #0000FF).

So my question is, is there such a metric? Or can anyone point me to an academic paper on the subject? My own searches have turned up nothing, not helped by the multiple definitions of "chroma".

For the curious, my objective is to establish a general approximation of "jarringness" for colors of text and backgrounds of websites, working on the theory that apparent chroma is a significant factor.


texts: Why does Sketch mangle certain svgs when imported?

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I have 2 svgs that look exactly the same on the web and in Illustrator. One of them has been run through a minify script.

You can take a look at these 2 svgs and the code on codepen: http://codepen.io/drw158/pen/OVrryz

As you can see, the main difference is that the commas have been removed and the decimal places have been rounded.

Does anyone have an idea why Sketch would misplace the vectors points for this svg? Whenever I open the .svg file in Sketch, it looks like this:

Sketch is the only program I have that displays this svg like this.

Here is the code for the 2 svgs:

Regular svg

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
<path fill="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z" />
<path d="M12,4c2.209,0,4,1.791,4,4s-1.791,4-4,4c-2.209,0-4-1.791-4-4S9.791,4,12,4z M12,20c0,0,8,0,8-2c0-2.4-3.9-5-8-5 s-8,2.6-8,5C4,20,12,20,12,20z" />
</svg>

Minified

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
<path fill="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z" />
<path d="M12 4c2.21 0 4 1.79 4 4s-1.79 4-4 4-4-1.79-4-4 1.79-4 4-4zm0 16s8 0 8-2c0-2.4-3.9-5-8-5s-8 2.6-8 5c0 2 8 2 8 2z" />
</svg>


texts: How to handle client requests to violate copyrights?

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I know Google image search is not a free-for-all to grab any image needed. However, many, many, many clients don't grasp this concept and often request or send images they'd like to use in a design or product which are clearly a violation of copyrights.

I recently had a client send an image to me which, frankly, seemed too well done and too specific for the client to be sending. My thought was, based on the clients business, it was doubtful they paid someone to create the illustration depicted in the image the sent.

So, I did a little reverse Google image searching and found the original, which actually won an award for illustration a few years ago. I immediately knew the image was a violation of copyrights and threw it away. I expressed the violation to the client only to be met with "Do a Google image search for 'XXX XXX XXX' and you'll see everyone is using it. Please use the image."

When designing a piece and a client requests the use of an image they "found", and it is clear it's a violation of copyrights, what should a designer do?

I realize this is a legal question but... Can the designer include a clause in a contract to protect themselves from liability due to these requests? Is this effective?

In some cases, clients are fully aware that they may be infringing. However, in their words... "The worse that can happen is we get a 'cease and desist' letter. We'll remove it then." My ethics cringe at this. How should this be approached?


texts: What image file type should I use if I can't do vector based images?

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I am creating a logo in Photoshop and I am going to use it for the blog site I am trying to develop. I plan to make the website responsive.

I think I should use .png, but I don't know if that is the best option. What file type should I use and why?


texts: There was a pack with avatars like this on a website and they were offered for free, but I can't remember the name or URL...


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I've got a music player that colors the playlist songs according to various criteria, and recently I've changed the random color generator to a static list of traditional japanese colors. That made the interface so prettier that I want to repeat the deed!

I was wondering if there are more of these "traditional color sets", or any great collection of colors I could borrow for my users.

Thanks!


texts: How to zoom and pan very quick in Illustrator?

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I'm new with Illustrator. Previously I was working with Affinity Designer.
I make illustrations and for that I quickly need to zoom in and zoom out and pan also. I can do that very simply in Affinity by tapping the + key (zoom in) or - key (zoom out) and pan with middle click of my Wacom's pen.

In Illustrator, I see I need to press two keys simultaneously to perform the operation (Ctrl+ for zoom in, Ctrl- for zoom out and Space-Single click for panning) I solved the panning by assigning middle button of the pen to Space+Left click. But then I tried to change the zoom shortcuts but Illustrator won't accept anything that is not accompanied with Ctrl.

Is there a quick way around this?


texts:
I have this .png image in Gimp with transparent borders:

Now I'd like to make the center circle transparent but I'm at a loss and can't find any instructions on-line.
Any solution?


texts: I'm trying to put some plots that I have in PDF format into my Illustrator document. When I save the Illustrator document as a PDF, all the text in my earlier PDF plots is no longer 'selectable'. I believe the PDFs are being embedded as image objects? Any ideas how to fix this?


texts: Letter spacing in Inkscape for the sequence fl

texts: The letter combination fl does not space in Inkscape.  I've set the letter spacing to 30 in the pictured case, and as can be seen the fl in flying is not spacing out.  Is this a bug?


texts: I'm working on a logo in Illustrator CC, and have a single letter (text) with 5 strokes, but for some reason there are random black artifacts/lines that appear in the stroke. I hoped it was just a preview issue, as the artifacts jump around as I zoom in and out. I exported a jpeg and the artifacts are in the exported image. Does anyone have a clue as to why this is happening?


texts: How do I export a sliced psd file as a single jpeg image optimized for web?

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I am a beginner at photoshop and am going a bit crazy here:

I have a flowchart and am trying to use the slicing tool to include URLs into my flowchart image. However, when I optimize it for the web and export as a jpeg I don't get my image but 6 slices of the image in one folder.
Is there any way to export as the same image because I am not sure what to do with with all these files in order to upload them to the web!


texts: Is it good practice for designers to use Photoshop?

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I'm a software developer, not a designer, I usually have designs provided by my clients before the work begins. It seems the designers always want to provide the designs in .psd file format, is this a good (industry standard) practice?

The designs in question are for either websites or desktop/mobile software applications.

As a developer I find it easier to work with vector graphics (Fireworks / Illustrator), I find them much easier to slice and manipulate.

To be honest, I thought Photoshop was for editing photos, not for designing software. Is this statement correct?


texts: I just was wondering what font is used for the window descriptions, such as crisps & snacks, refresh and revive, its a very nice handwriting style font. Thanks for your help.


texts: How can I create scalable half tone patterns for images in Adobe Indesign?

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What is the best way to use images with halftone patterns in Indesign?

I'm working on a book in which all the images will have an halftone effect.

I'm applying the halftone filter in Photoshop but, when I resize the pictures in Indesign, I'm afraid that the halftone pattern will not scale up.

What can I do?

What is the best way to manage halftones in Indesign?

Or, can I apply the filter to all of the images in the book at the same time?


texts: How can I sharpen the lines in a scanned diagram?

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I have a black-and-white diagram (floor plans) scanned from a printout. It's mostly OK, but some of the lines are visibly faded or blurred in places, so it "looks" scanned.

I've tried various options in Paint.NET so far without any success. I could download any free software that would do the job. I could probably get access to Photoshop as well (not sure which version), but I wouldn't even know where to start with that.

Is there an easy way to make them into clear, sharp lines?


texts: Inserting names in specific location over image, batch

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I am an ESL teacher and one of the things I do is give kids paper to practice writing their names in English to get them familiar with writing Roman letters. I am familiar with the Adobe suite and MSWord, Excel baffles me when going past making charts.

There is this website that does exactly what I want (though a bit more than I need tbh) but it is tedious. There is no way to insert more than one name at a time. I need to do 200+ names and that is just this year.

I have two ideas, but I think there has to be an easier way.

Method one: Use mail merge in MS word though I am unsure how I will get the text to center over the image of writing paper (think kindergarten) properly in MSWord.

Method two: Make a 200 page IDD that has the kindergarten paper as the background image, paste the name list (triplicated thanks to Excel and stripped of any Excel formatting thanks to Notepad) into the document then loads of paragraph formatting and pressing enter until it's done.

Any ideas? Ideally I could either comma separate names or import the Excel sheet with the names and it would just churn out one PDF with one kid per page. Or, one document per kid. Don't care. Just, trying to reduce the amount of work going into this. Plus, other teachers in the same situation will appreciate this!


texts: Help identifying a font: Sans with rounded R

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I've been given the task of recreating the above logo that the client has given me with no original artwork or knowledge of what font has been used. I have used all of the font identifying tools online, including answering questions on the fonts appearance, but with no luck.

I have found this font which has the same 'R', but none of the other letters are the same.


texts: Automation for Batch-Converting Images for Ecomm - must have square canvas - Ug

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First time here and hope this is a good place to ask.
Looking for a quick way/automation to convert multiple print quality images (30-70MB) to 1000x1000 pixels at 300 dpi and under 3 MB for use in web applications.
WHAT I WANT TO HAPPEN
Open the file (that already has image and is named with correct UPC) hit the magical automate function that automatically puts the image in those constraints first mentioned...  Has anyone created a script or an action or have any other idea?
Thank you in advance!


texts: Colour distortion of SVG object when moving and scaling in Inkscape

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I downloaded an SVG file of button icons from Opengameart.org. I opened it in Inkscape.
I selected and scaled all the button icons to let’s say 400%.
Some are scaled fine but about half of them change their colour shade partially or the colour gets distorted, respectively.

This is the original object (exported to PNG).

And this is the distorted object after scaling:

How do I keep the original colour of the object?


texts: How to retain only the black outlines of colored drawings, and then convert to SVG (vector file)

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UPDATE: I have added a direct link to the PDF file, as well as a sample image below to give an overview of the goal.

Hi,

I currently have a color drawing/sketch that I want to convert to a vector file (.SVG or .DFX) to eventually have only the outline of the drawing be 3D printed in plastic (through a design in Autodesk Fusion 360).

The initial image was created in Photoshop and then converted to a PDF. I do not have access to the Photoshop source files.

My understanding of the steps to achieve this is:

1- Remove all colors and coloring inside objects (only keep the BLACK outline)

2- Use a tool such as Inkscape --> Trace bitmap to convert the remaining outline to SVG/DXF (or another tool)

There are some pretty nice and efficient online conversion tools, but most have limitations in their free versions (as well as other problems).

The following question is very similar to mine, but answer #1 doesn't work because it simply transforms the image to greyscale (to do so, wouldn't it be simpler to simply do Image --> Mode --> Greyscale??).

Answer #2 seems promising, but I am stuck at step #3, not knowing how/what to do with the levels. The included screenshots/jpg on that page aren't valid anymore.

Also, how do you "Make a new file with only the color you need."??

What Rafael describes is EXACTLY what I want at the end: Some black (only for the outline, and ideally SOLID black lines whereas the original may not be so cut (I think that's what anti-aliasing is for?) and some white.

Then I can simply take that new black and white image and have the outline converted to a SVG and then import this in Fusion 360 to extrude it in my model.

In gimp, I also tried the Color to Alpha, it worked for the white background.. but then I tried to "pick" the turquoise and the red to convert them to alpha, but nothing seemed to happen, not sure why... I am really outside of my comfort zone here... :(.

The tool I have at my disposal is GIMP, Inkscape and Fusion 360 on a PC.

Any help and guidance would be much appreciated.

Here is a link to the original PDF: Dwarf page

Thanks for any help. I'm really a noob when it comes to image manipulation.

You can see below a sample of the source file (left column), what I was able to achieve using online tools and some Inkscape (middle column, although not all turned out great - see bottom row). In the right column you can see a sample of the end goal: Import the SVG in Fusion 360, have the outline extruded outward, and then 3D printed.

The result I got in those 2 pictures isn't too bad, but it was very tedious and manual, not something I would like to do for each of the 50 faces. If there was a way to "process" the initial PDF/image containing the matrix of 50+ faces, it would be great.

Also, you can see in the 2nd image that the eyebrow were merged with the eye lids, and in the red image, the beard lost all its details because of the brown color inside that was too close to the black. Hence my desire to REMOVE all colors first (brown included), hopefully making it easier for the tracer to only trace the black.

Sample:

Update to some of the comments:

My PDF is not a vector file.
I wanted to use GIMP to first remove the coloring, and THEN thought that Inkscape would help me with only the black. The goal is to use a tool like GIMP (or not???) to remove all the "blur" around the edges of the line, and really have a crisp, complete, black outline. Then have it traced to create the vectors.
I have added a sample of what I am trying to do, as well as a filedropper lik to the original file.


texts: How to change all pixels in Gimp that are not one of two colors to white?

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I was trying to submit an app to the Windows Phone app store. Here all pixels need to be white (#FFFFFF) or transparant (#FF####).

I had a black logo on a white background. To make the background transparant and the foreground white I used Gimp. First I made the background transparant using the magic wand and changing color to alpha. Then I inverted the remaining colors. Unfortunately the images did not get accepted in the Windows Phone app store because not all pixels were white or transparant.

How can non-white or transparant pixels in Gimp be converted to white?


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I'd like to arrange a few images like the following arrangement:

Could someone guide me on how to do this in Photoshop?

I am not sure whether it's related to perspective but I am not trying to achieve the look as in this thread i.e. the left side is shorter than the right side (and vice versa).


texts: Photoshop CC 2020: How can I save as EXR using Exr-IO?

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I just downloaded and installed Exr-IO. I can easily open an EXR with it, but I can't figure out how to save as EXR. Apologies if this is a really simple question, but I've been googling for about an hour and can't seem to find any relevant information.
This is from Exr-IO's documentation but it doesn't cover how to actually export the file.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.