texts: Background images get distorted or random lines appear

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The question might not seem to be clear but i could not get a better name for the behavior of the background that happens. There is a background image that i am setting to my layout, there are various resolutions of the same background put in the appropriate drawable folders also. But when the same image is seen on an emulator there are no issues, though when the application is deployed on a device, the background appears as under:

The image seems to have abnormal lines here and there. It happens for every image that is already in the form of gaussian blur or even those that i would blurred my self.

The same has been tested on different devices with better resolutions (The images are quite large too), but the same effect is seen. Can something be done to the images or is there any way this can be prevented ?

Question: I am messing up with the image when i apply the gaussian blur. I have feelings that some information gets lost when i try to save the image :(.

P.S: I have googled for a solution to this, but i could not get the correct terms may be to arrive at a solution. I have also used an image with a huge resolution say 2100 * 1024 and if i dont blur it using photoshop the image appears well, but if i apply the gaussian blur filter the same happens like the image below.

Software: Photoshop cs4 currently.

I have posted this on StackOverflow but since i do not really know to which site it belongs to, i am posting it here too. If it is not relevant for this section, you could get back and i will close it :)

Thanks.


texts: Resizing images in Photoshop - Paint style

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Microsoft Paint is the worst image editing tool I could ever imagine of, but it has one good thing that still makes me use it over Photoshop: When I enlarge a small, pixelated 16x16 image, it doesn't make it blurry, instead, it enlarges every pixel in the image, so that the image will still look pixelated as it did before, but now it's just bigger.

I know that this by itself might not be the best resizing algorithm and in most situation's, Photoshop's way of doing this proves to be more satisfactory. However, I'm doing some pixel art right now and I need the pixels to still look like squares when I enlarge the image. I would just use Paint, but the problem with Paint is that it doesn't keep transparency.

In a nutshell, the question is: How to enlarge an image in Photoshop without making it blurry, like the way Paint does? In other words, "Enlarge as if I've just zoomed in."


texts: Stop Illustrator from snapping to other artboards?

texts: So i'm working in Illustrator and I when I move something it tries to align it to something from another artboard as opposed to anything in actually in my current art board. Is there a setting to where I can lock things to their respective art boards? Its frustrating to go locking layers when there may just be a setting to stop it all together im hoping?


texts: What is a text heavy design with multiple types of typography called?

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Can anyone tell me the name of the design style used for these types of designs? If there is a name for them, even. They're text heavy with different typography on just about every line and a sort of controlled chaos.  I'm trying to find a good set of examples online but it's not Googling well and this isn't my area of expertise.  Thanks in advance.

Actually, after reading this question and searching some more, I feel like it's a bad imitation of hand lettering  which will help to solve my problem. I may have phrased the question poorly due to my ignorance.  Thank you all for your help anyway.


texts: How to Smoothly Distort a Pattern in Illustrator

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In trying to improve my Illustrator skills, I'm imitating some posters. Currently, I'm onto the one below.

What I'm having trouble with is the distorted background. I tried to convert a dot pattern to outlines and then move them somehow, but I don't know how to move them with a falloff, such that a smooth transition happens.

Any pointers would be appreciated.


texts: What can I do with this psd stencil for Android?

texts: I am a software developer and need to make some mockups for an application (and not very familiar with Photoshop). I downloaded the .psd file from http://developer.android.com/design/downloads/index.html but am unsure how to use them. From what I can tell there is no easy way besides copying and pasting things together. Is there a better way? I've Googled around quite a bit but only find MORE psd files. HOW can I easily mockup some screens using these psd files?


texts: Best practices for that evenly weighted line look

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I know it's a stupid enough question, but I'd like to hear from people about their approach to creating an evenly weighted line design like you see on basically half of dribbble these days. You know the ones I'm talking about.

I've tried just drawing this kind of thing but really It's just an unfamiliarity with Illustrator.
I'd appreciate any input anyone has on this thanks!

Edit: Essentially what I'm asking is how to create a nice snap-to grid in illustrator that allows you to just draw along those lines. Hopefully that clears things up.


texts: How can I select the convex hull of an existing selection?

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I'm trying to remove blue skies with clouds quickly from many images. I've used gimp's Color Selection Tool, which selects the sky but not the clouds. Since all clouds are in the sky, if I could expand the selection to encompass everything within the area, I'd be done. Does gimp have a tool for this?

Additionally, it would be great if someone can recommend a way to automate this process, possibly using python scripting for gimp, because I need to do it for a couple of hundred images.


texts: Centering Screen to Content of the Layer in Photoshop

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Is there a way to center your view screen to content of the layer. So when you have lots of layers and you want to know what does this layer belong too and is not named to give a hint. Then can't you just hold some key click it and it will take you to the content.

It'd be very useful. If there is a script to do it..I'd appreciate that too.


texts: Need a short interview with professional for Graph Comm assignment

texts: Currently studying Graphic Communications and one of our assignments is to interview someone who already works in the field. Any help is appreciated.


texts: In Photoshop, is there a way to bring things in front or send to back?

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I'm a newbie in Photoshop so I am unsure if you can brings layers to front or send to back?

I'm trying to draw a line but it goes hidden on an existing layer. How do I bring that line to front?


texts: Illustrator: Opacity Mask Makes Image Grayscale

texts: I have text that I am trying to turn into a opacity mask, but when I do the image that I am masking turns into grayscale. Any ideas why?


texts: How to set baseline when design for Android devices with different dpi?

texts: I am trying to provide our developers with alternative drawable resources (image resolution sizes) for different screen densities. Our users use android devices with screen density from mhdpi all the way to xxhdpi. If I am going to start with image specs for mhdpi devices as the baseline, where should I actually start with pixel-wise?


texts: Illustrator: save for web as PNG gives me a sliced version

texts: Attempting to save a file in PNG-24 format with the Save for Web command in Illustrator. This creates a new folder called Images with several PNG files instead of just one, each file being a slice of the entire image.


texts: What is a good resource for learning how to illustrate maps?

texts: I'm trying to create an illustrated map for a friend's wedding. Most map tutorials I can find are for technical maps and I would like to find a resource with tips and tricks for designing more illustrative, design maps. Examples below:


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I’m working on a manual (V2) for my product and I’m doing the design myself. On the cover is a full size image, so I know I will need trim marks and bleed there before I send it to printer.  But do I need them in the text bloc? On same pages I have a graphic ribbon, that touches edge of the page, so I assume yes, but im rather asking.

+How do I know how big should spine of the “book”  be? I found some tables to calculate, but they defers a little.
+How big the bleed should be? I read 3 mm, but I don’t know if that is same for every printer.

Thank you very much, I really appreciate your help


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My client has asked me to create a leaflet which is a pastiche of a well known fast food chain.

It wouldn't be derogatory or mention the restaurant by name but would probably use similar colours / fonts to evoke the brand.

The client is in an unrelated industry but they see the way they bundle their products as comparable to how a fast food co might make up a 'meal deal' or similar.

Am I risking getting in trouble over copyright?


texts: Is there a way to export multiple layer combinations in Inkscape using the command line?

texts: I have an SVG with multiple layers and I need to generate different png/jpeg files containting all possible combinations of certain layers. Is there a way to do this? I thought it might be possible to do this using the shell command line (I'm using Ubuntu 18.04), by creating a code that first opens the SVG file, shows/hides certain layers and then exports it to png/jpeg, but I don't know how to do this.


texts: Inkscape: Save as PDF problem: Blackened areas

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http://www.willcogis.org/website2014/gis/Data/Attractions_B.pdf

The link I provided is to the PDF with problems. There are blackened areas. I think they are being caused by  two river layers. The boxes around these two grouped rivers match the black boxes in the PDF. The layers are originally EMFs exported from ArcMap.

I'd like to figure out how to get rid of the black boxes with out losing the rivers.

If you need more explaining please let me know!


texts: Compound path - Fill doesn't match shape

texts: This is a really simple file. Just a outlined text, made into a compound path. It's weird that the fill doesn't match the outline (in blue) does anyone know what's happening here?


texts: How to achieve this scatter effect using Illustrator or photoshop?

texts: I have tried using scatter brushes in Illustrator but it is not exactly the same thing. Please help!


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I searched a long time already for an elegant way but couldn't find an option. I am using InDesign CS5 and wanted to know how to scale an EPS (or any other vector-) graphic that I inserted to my poster according to its text size.
The EPS file that I have contains chemical reaction schemes with element symbols and bonds and so on (made by ChemDraw). The text that is included in this file is still a text text (I didn't convert it into curves or anything). Now I am searching for the power to enlarge these reaction schemes by telling the program to make the font for example 20 pt big and every other element of this vector graphic should be enlarged proportionally.
The reason why I am asking this, is that I have multiple of those images but they are not imported with the same size but I would like to display them uniformly all over the poster or document.
The dirty way would be to write text with the desired size next to it and rescale the scheme until the font sizes match. However, as soon as it is necessary for one scheme to be a little smaller, I would have to repeat the whole process for every single graphic.

Edit:
download of dummy EPS file (the file is called "wilkinson.eps" in reference to the catalyst)


texts: How to put one object both in front and behind another object at the same time?

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I've attempted (as a test) to make a circle with a bar going through it. The bar should go under one side of the circle and over the other.

I've done this by splitting the circle into two objects, however there are visible seams where the split was done, even though the paths match up exactly.

Also, the shadow under the left part of the circle doesn't go on top of the bar like it ought to, and I can't think of any way to fix this without splitting the shadow object too.

Is there a better way to do this?

If needed I can also upload the svg.


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I am pretty new to Photoshop and am trying to do 2 things. I'm pretty sure this is the right site for this question.

How do I horizontally and vertically center a Layer, or Text or an Image on the canvas, and how do I give Text a multi colored gradient, as shown in the picture below?


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I am watching a tutorial in which the instructor added a shape to an existing layer, but I don't know how he did it.

His cursor was an arrow, he began dragging from off the canvas (top left), then dragged to the bottom right of the below image. As a result, the pink rounded rectangle that is selected in the image filled up the bottom corners of the image.

I know that holding Shift will add to the current layer, but a) His cursor was definitely an arrow rather than a big and small cross shape, so I don't think he did that, b) Keeping Shift held ALSO constrained the proportions of the new shape that I was adding to the current layer. I even selected the "Unconstrained" from the options but it still comes out as a square...


texts: Is there any way to create this kind of random mesh in Adobe Illustrator besides doing that manually? Not interested in these bold dots, just the mesh.


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I have found this website screenshot on Pinterest. I have just tried Myfont.com's font identifier ("What the font?"), but it has returned nothing distantly similar.

Is there a font similar to this available somewhere? I think it's a brush font.


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If I paste/place a large image (72 ppi) into Indesign and want to scale it down to be equivalent to 300 ppi, is there a way to do that in just Indesign?

I know I could figure out the scaling math, or change the settings via Photoshop, but I'd prefer something automated if possible.

Thanks,


texts: When I export a PNG from Krita and upload to a website, it comes out too dark

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I made a picture in Krita to use as an avatar with Twitch and Steam. I exported to a PNG and uploaded it, but it looks far too dark on the website. I tried both options of the "force sRGB" checkbox in the export dialog, with no change. If I look at my PNG with another image viewer, it looks correct. The thumbnail in Windows Explorer looks correct. Even if I look at the PNG with my web browser (Firefox, the same thing I'm using with those websites), it looks correct there.

Clearly Twitch and Steam are doing something to the PNG to make the colours dark, but what? Is there something I can change in Krita to stop the colours getting mangled?


texts: Keeping image-quality when saving Word as PDF

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I would like to keep SVG images inserted in a Word (2016) document without lowering their native quality (first image) when saved as PDF. Default save-to-PDF from word messes up the images' quality (middle image), which makesthe image look crappy and unreadable. I searched for solutions and used Nitro PDF creator for printing the word document into PDF. This does save the image quality (third image), although changes dashed lines to solid ones. The problem with this approach is that Hyperlinks are not saved into the PDF, and I would love to keep them.

Does anyone know how to save a Word document keeping hyperlinks and the image quality (and possibly its dashed lines)?


texts: I need to change the color of one edge (stroke) of a compound object in a map and can't use the scissors tool without losing the contents of the object. Is there any way to select one portion of a path without splitting it?


texts: How do I calculate how the colourblind would see a given colour?

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I'm sorry if this is off-topic here; please feel free to migrate it if it is.

Given the hex coordinates of a colour, and a type of colourblindness (e.g. protanopia), how do I calculate how that colour would appear to a person with that type of colourblindness? I've been throwing this at Google for a while now and it yields nothing no matter what search terms I use.


texts: How to create an action to copy a text layer across documents?

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In PS CS6, I am trying to create an action to copy a text layer from one document to another document to sit in the same location. Document size are same each other.

I couldn't find a way how to insert that copy command into the action.

Any advice would be appreciated.


texts: How can I adjust these background colors so they are the same?

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I'm using a set of pictures in a colour-themed report. Please take a look at the pictures below. The theme colour is RGB{52,177,201}.

I would like to alter the images slightly, more specifically, alter the blue background and make it look more related to colour RGB{52,177,201}. Note that the width:height ratio should remain 2:1.

The reason for doing so, is to make the report look more consistent from the perspective of colouring.

Does anybody have a suggestion to how to approach the problem? Is there a simple way to achieve this.

As of now, I'm starting to become familiar with adobe Illustrator. However, every advice/help is much appreciated.

EDIT: I would like to mention that the first picture meets already a 'fitting' colouring background. Secondly, I am not intending to remove the background, rather changing the background colouring.

Greetings,

Nadia

ETA from comments

What I have tried so far, is making use of tints and matching the color with swatches. This was all done in adobe Illustrator. However, this didn't give me a satisfactory result. The reason why I added photoshop, is that I presumed that the problem might be better addressed in Photoshop, as this is a pixelated image. For now, I have little to no experience in Photoshop. Nevertheless, I am willing to start photoshop if adobe illustrator is not sufficient.

The images are PNGs. I am not intending to remove the background, rather making it more matching with the first image. From my experience, removing backgrounds does not give the desired results. The contrast between the image and background became too big. Of course, could be due to my limited skillset. Nevertheless, the main issue is altering the blue-colour. Not removing.


texts: Should graphics meant to be wrapped around a cylinder be stretched to compensate?

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I am designing a 1:1 height-to-width circular graphic to be printed on a mug. However, when printed on the mug, the graphic looks noticeably squished and oval-shaped as a result of the mug's curvature. This applies to any situation where a graphic is wrapped around part of a cylindrical shape.

Should I squish the design out wider to counter this skinny appearance or should I should leave it as is? Which is good practice? What is usually done in this situation?


texts: H just created a banner in PNG format and I'd like to render a GIF in the center. So the output would be a GIF file where the center moves and the rest of the PNG is made into static frames. I've only done basic things in photoshop and never worked with gif files. Thanks in advance.


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I am trying to join 2, of the same, symmetrical shapes with each other on a 45° angle. This comes down to joining 2 rectangles.

At first glance the 2 shapes look perfectly joined and aligned but when i zoom in to pixel level they overlap or don't join at all.

Can you guys help me resolve this issue?

Thanks in advance!

Cheers!

Thanks for the replies! And the Photo's!
I realize I was not clear enough.... I want to join them along the sides.
Here are pictures of the process:

At first glance the shapes look perfectly joined

But, upon closer inspection they are not joined together

I can only add 2 pictures. Need more rep!
When I try to move one of the shapes closer to each other they start to overlap.
It's either that or they don't join at all.


texts: Outlining a Stroke Doesn't Work Properly in Illustrator

texts: When I try to outline the stroke in the screenshot below, the tip of the line gets changed. Please help me here? What should I do to get the exact image, but filled instead of stroked.


texts: Best workflow for pdf to ePub processing and editing (large project)

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Colleagues have been asked to convert a large pdf archive (about 150,000 items) to ePub and Mobi (keeping the pdfs, too, of course).

I ran a few newish ones through Calibre to find the pain points: TOCs need deletion and recreation, tables dissolve into lines of text, extra line spaces become flush left periods. And of course the older pdfs are images, so there's no point to the conversion. Might as well retype...

If they do need to figure out how to do this after reporting all of the issues, I wonder if there are any known ways to automate any of the tasks involved. If each document needs individualized editing, the project looks to me like it will take years. Anyone interested?

BTW, I'm the only designer in the group; the others are archivists, data processors. So only I use InDesign (OS X); they use Windows 7 (I believe) and MS Office. No XML pros either as far as I know.


texts: advice / steps to follow for a beginner + hobbyist wanting to have fun with digital painting / drawing

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A couple of days ago I dusted off my Veikk tablet and installed the latest version of Krita.
As per post title, my goal is to have fun with digital painting and drawing; but at the same time I'd like to get a bit better at it and produce something nice to look at - satisfying although not professional.
I watched several Krita tutorials, but most of them, though very useful, are (understandably) mostly concerned with teaching us how to use Krita and all its options and tools, assuming 'I know what I am doing', whereas actually I do not know anything about the art of painting / drawing itself.
So I'm not sure I am going to improve at all if I just play around with it, without any 'structure' in my approach, and perhaps trying to 'run before I can walk'.
A brief Google search showed that the possibilities are endless, of course. Easy to get lost in too much unstructured information.
So I was thinking: like in many other fields, where you need to learn some fundamentals first, and in a very specific order, maybe in this case too there is a 'standard' process / sequence of steps I need to follow, to do this properly. Is that so?
E.g., should I learn first about colours?
Hand-eye coordination exercises? (suggested by some YouTube tutorials)
Drawing techniques?
Materials (maybe not so much for digital painting, but who knows)?
...?
If you can give any advice regarding the correct way to approach this, and/or can suggest any websites / resources / tutorials that could help in that sense, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
PS
So far I have found the posts below in this forum, which seem partly related to what I am asking; if you think there is nothing new to add, OK. But my point is more about how to structure the learning process in time.
Resources for digital painting
Which drawing technique should I take when learning to draw?
What is the best way for an (almost) complete beginner to learn Digital Painting?
Where is a good place to learn graphic design for beginners?


texts: How to get an Illustrator script to see the visible size of clipped art instead of the art's orginal size?

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When I use an Illustrator script using visible bounds or selection size on clipped art, the script sees the original size of the clipped art as the groups's size instead of its visible (clipped) size.
Lets say I have a 150mm x 200mm image and I am using a clipping mask to clip out a 100mm x 100mm part. So now I see a rectangle 100mm x 100mm, then add some other elements on it -- it does not get bigger than 100mm x 100mm. Then I want to work with this size not the, original image's size.

How to implement this in the script to work further with it? I am using Illustrator CS5.


texts: Inkscape - how to draw a line with an arrow (as marker) in the middle with correct orientation

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I would like to draw a light ray which makes an angle with the horizontal axis in Inkscape. Using the freehand drawing, I drew the line horizontally first (placing a node in the middle for the arrow) and then rotated the whole thing to the desired angle. However, I failed to rotate the marker arrow correctly (as seen in the figure below). I want it to have the same orientation as the line itself. How can I do that?

As a note: I'm sure that the line and the arrow are grouped together.


texts: Removing part of a stroke and adding a gradient to a stroke in Illustrator CS5

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Here's what I have...

The top and bottom half are two separate objects each with their own gradient.

I would like to remove the curved horizontal line going across the shape, then I would like to add a gradient to the rounded rectangle stroke. I thought I had found an answer to the first part here(drag stroke below contents) which I applied here
but in addition to being kind of a work around(the horizontal line still exists), I am still unable to add a gradient to the stroke. The rest of what I've googled regarding removing part of a stroke instructed use of the pen tool to add and then delete anchor points on the part of the stroke that I want removed but I am not clear on how to do this, whenever I tried, I ended up also removing the barrier between the two halves of the object which I do not want to do.

I have tried "Object > Path > Outline Stroke" multiple times in order to add a gradient to the stroke but am still left with the same two paths underneath the object's group. I expected the stroke to be turned into a new path. Any help as to how to

Remove the horizontal line stroke from existence while still maintaining separate gradients for the top and bottom halves of the object

and

Add a gradient to the stroke surrounding the rounded rectangle sans the horizontal line

would be greatly appreciated.


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I have a text and white paths above it. I need to 'crop' the text with the paths...
Similar to the "punch" of adobe fireworks.
How I do this?
thanks


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I'm trying to design my own website and i choosed content background color light grey an items white to focus attention but I'm having hard time to find best colors for 3-bar-menu.

Top menu bar is for choosing page secion or "App" (Classifieds, Dating, Catalog, Recipes, Forum)

I wan't users to focus on Second and Third menu but easly find Top menu if they want to switch page sections.

I can't find best color scheme. Should it be Dark Light Dark or Darkest Lighter Lightest..

Please suggest what is the proper way to choose colors for my menu bars.

Also all suggestions regards UX are welcome!

Thank you in advance.


texts: Is it legal to use copyrighted fonts without a license for non-profit projects?

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I just want to use some specific fonts for a non-profit project.

I'll never sell or get any money (not myself or anyone related) with this. Not myself or anyone or the makers of those fonts will make any money, at all.

I just thought "these fonts looks great, I want to use them". Before doing anything though, I prefer asking about it.

Am I legally allowed to use copyrighted fonts for non-profit work?


texts: Remove this background but keep text and shading around it?

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Photoshop CC 2018
Windows

I have been trying to get this to work for two weeks before posting on here as I am trying to learn how to do this.

In the colour image example I have included on this post - I want to remove the wood background but keep the branded style text together with the burnt shading, make it grey-scale and place it all on a white background.

If I simply de-saturate the image to turn it into grey-scale the burnt shading disappears. See grey-scale example.

I have the wood background as a layer and then the text is on a different layer together with various filters that give it the wood burn / branded effect.

Any help of suggestions greatly appreciated.


texts: Guidlines not aligned with pixels in Photoshop

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My guidelines are not correctly aligned with the pixels in my image (see image below). How can I correctly align them?

I am using Adobe Photoshop CS6.


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How to scale only a bottom side of image?
I made a photo of picture with distortion between top and bottom sides. I want to scale or resize only one bottom side to remove distortion. What means could do it or what easy program can do this? I do not know specific terms how to explain better.


texts: Is there a way to a selectively mask out layer styles?

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I was wondering if there was a way to selectively mask out layer styles (not including the actual layer)?

For example: I add a drop shadow to a layer, but I only want the shadow to show on a few layers. Is there a way to take the brush tool and mask away some of the shadow?

I know there are alternatives to creating this effect, but I was just curious. If there isn't a feature like this, it would be a nice one to add.


texts: How to change measure unit in Character tool Photoshop CS6?

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I use pixels in my CSS code rather than points. However, the Character tool in PS CS6 shows the font size in points.

Any way to set the default unit of the Character tool to pixels?


texts: How to view a list of all effects/transforms/blends active on current Illustrator/Photoshop Selection

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Is it possible to get comprehensive information about all a selected element in Photoshop & Illustrator? Is there some way to select an object and get a history of transforms/effects that have been applied to an element?

Basically what I am asking is - if I click on the transparency panel, I can see that data of opacity/blend modes. If I click around, I can find all of these things, but with many elements where you can lose track of the changes which have been made to many different elements, is there some way to see all changes to an element in one place in plain text?


texts: How do I control the order of text in a PDF exported from InDesign?

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I've created a document that's got an elaborate layout of a bunch of text boxes. When I export to PDF, open the PDF in Preview, select all and copy out to a text file, the order of the text boxes is seemingly random. How can I control this?

I tried connecting all the boxes with text threads and using frame breaks. I've tried fiddling with the Articles palette, the Structure feature, and the Tags. I've tried exporting the PDF as Print and Interactive, and I've tried checking "Create Tagged PDF" and "Use Structure for Tab Order", and nothing has changed the order of the text.

How can I get the text in the exported PDF to flow the way I need? (I'm using InDesign CS6, if that makes a difference.)


texts: Does restricting oneself to a typeface allow that typeface's variants?

texts: If I'm limited to only a typeface, can I still use its font variants (like various weights and italics) and have it still be considered only a typeface?


texts: Name for two columns of a table are flush towards each other, ragged on the outside?

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Marty  An affable Golden Retriever.
   Citrus  A sly feline with short hair.
 Lazy Sue  A feline used to being take care of.
      Bob  An imaginary pit bull.

Is there a name for this style where the text on the left is flush right, ragged left and the text on the right is flush right ragged left? If yes, what is it?


texts: Creating a "Background Glow" in Photoshop

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I see this effect a lot in websites and feel envious because I'm like King Kong with boxing gloves on trying to operate Photoshop sometimes.

[URL removed because it was removed and replaced with delicious snacks]

Check this URL out, they have a brownish header background, but there is a slight white-ish glow/blur in the middle behind the actual photo. Can someone summarize or point me to a tutorial of how to achieve this in Photoshop?


texts: Illustrator Pen Tool: Outline doesn't match stroke

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When I draw a simple curve with the pen tool, even if I have made each previous point a "corner" point, I get this result.

The red curve is the actual pen tool path and the black is the stroke. This is bizarre and I've never run into this issue before.


texts: About the ICA Suffix in Some Morisawa Fonts

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The Japanese type foundry Morisawa offers some typefaces whose names end with the suffix "ICA". Clearly, it is not a foundry name suffix. Also, judging from the fact that most (I think) of those fonts are school-named and brush-styled, I conjecture that it has something to do with educational matters.

Examples of said fonts are:

教科書ICA (Kyōkasho ICA)
学参 教科書ICA (Gakusan kyōkasho ICA)
筆順ICA (Hitsujun ICA) - this is a font for learning stroke order.

Do anyone know about the meaning of the suffix?


texts: How do I create the spatter effect in these images also the bottom broken effect? Ideally I want to be able to add this effect to other images


texts: Are there any sites that review front covers and give you feedback?

texts: I am making a game front cover and I have made a front cover for it but it isnt that good and I am not sure what other people would think either. Is there a site (it could be this one) that I can upload a front cover and ask for feedback and for suggested others were i give a brief description of my game and it goes from there?


texts: Split InDesign Poster in to Multiple Pages?

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Say I design a 34 × 44 inch poster in InDesign. If I don't have a big enough piece of paper, is there any way to split it up into four 8.5 × 11 pieces of paper? I want to then be able to tape them to each other to get the final poster. Is this possible? If so, how?
Thanks to anyone who can help.


texts: Can I crop an image using settings from another image in Photoshop camera raw?

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I have about 16,000 tiff images with size of each file is about 250MB,
cropping them using camera raw would take forever because of the size. The crop is not the same for all images.

I'm thinking of a solution like this:

Convert tiff files to another type, for example .jpg, keeping dimension, file names, etc.
Use camera raw to draw the rectangle I want to crop. It would take less time because the size is much smaller.

Is it possible to use the .jpg files with drawn rectangle to output the tiffs?

I'm using Photoshop CS6.


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I use the typeface "Lobster_1.0_.otf" in my Android application, but the problem is, that some of the letters appear "hollow", with a black&white outline. You can see the problem on the following image:

Another typeface (CasLonItalic.ttf) had similar problem: only the character "l" was hollow. So I think there is something with the typefaces, but I don't know what.

I'm a basic user of TypeLight 3 (added Hungarian glyphs to Lobster), so I can make basic modifications if needed.


texts: Duplicating Layer into New Document - Canvas Size Issue

texts: By default, duplicating a layer into a new document used to set the document size to the pixel dimensions of whatever object you were copying. However, something happened to my settings that now makes the dimensions the same as the canvas it originated from. Do you guys have any idea how to revert these settings to what they used to be? Are there options for other kinds of things like this hidden somewhere?


texts: What is a good workflow for Presentation Design?

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A client wants a presentation design that he can edit and change after, including elements such as:
template frame, body copy, lists, calls-to-action, animations, custom vector graphics, mockups - you get the point!

What is the best way to undertake this? how do YOU design presentations?
is there a way to design in PSD and convert to PPT? do you work directly on Powerpoint? (Feeling lost)

The final outcome should be:
Inatilized design delivered in PDF and templated Powerpoint format that can be edited! for future use

Thanks!


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I'm having difficulty changing the page orientation of one page from landscape to portrait, while keeping other pages as landscape.

Is there anyway that this could be done?


texts: How to crop space after applying drop shadow?

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In Inkscape I have drawn a square and then applied Drop Shadow filter to it.

How could I please get rid of the appeared top and left space?

I need to have the top-left corner of the yellow square at the point 0, 0 - so that I could resize the document size to just the square and the shadow (then I would export it as bitmap(s) and use in my app).

In Gimp I would just apply Image - Autocrop, but how to do it in Inkscape?


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I want to edit the text and font of this .psd file, which is part of a tutorial here. I installed the Raleway fonts, which are also available on that website. Then, I opened the .psd file with Photoshop, but it gives the following message (in Spanish, I'm sorry):

which is something like:

Some text layers contain fonts that are not available. You will have to substitute them before they can be used for vector-something...

When I select Edit -> Find and replace... it says something like:

Text layer "Superman (Font:Raleway)" is hidden and cannot be searched...

This can also be seen in the layers' menu:

However, I can create text boxes with Raleway fonts, including the ExtraBold, which is supposed to be the one used here:

Finally, if I attempt to save as .pdf, I get something like:

_ The following fonts cannot be found in the text layer "Superman (Font:Raleway)":
Raleway Heavy
That layer cannot be included...

Yet, that font does not exist! What is the problem?
PS: first time using PS. Hopefully this is not a supernoob issue.


texts: Photoshop: pressing CTRL to see related position of the layers

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I am using PS CC 2015 on my windows 10 machine. When I press CTRL some guidelines will appear indicating the distance between the selected layer and the layer which the mouse is pointing to, as seen in the picture below.
First, is there a name for this "feature"? Secondly, on My mac I am using the same version PS CC, but I tried pressing CTRL, Command or ALT but none of them will bring up the guidelines. So does PS CC on Mac not provide this feature?


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Using Flash CS4. The gradient is very "steppy", i.e. there are stripes.
How can this gradient be made continuous?


texts: What's this button for displaying/hiding a sidebar called?

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Some applications/websites have a sidebar which appears on clicking a button, and disappears on clicking (a modified version of) that button. For example, Atom (text editor):

What is this type of button called?


texts: How to make a layer change size in an animation in Photoshop?

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I'm working with animation timeline in Photoshop CS6. I would like to have a small circle layer expand / increase in size, but on the Layer-Timeline panel, these are the only options available:

Position
Opacity
Style
Vector Mask Position
Vector Mask Enable

How can I make a layer increase in size during my animation?


texts: What programs are being used to design this?

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I'm new to design, and I often observe and have a lot of questions. I'm familiar with Photoshop, but I'm not sure of its full capabiilites. Take a look at this iPhone game called Cut the Rope, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cut-the-rope/id380293530?mt=8

I'm curious as to what program do they use to create these graphics and edit the colors. Is this just Photoshop and Illustrator or are there non-Adobe programs being used?


texts: AI: Offset Path to reduce the thickness of a vector

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I downloaded this icon from flaticon and want to reduce the thickness of the path:
http://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/bird-in-broken-egg_44434#term=broken%20egg&page=1&position=2

I followed the guide here: http://projectwoman.com/2011/05/make-a-path-bigger-or-smaller-in-illustrator.html and used the offset path function but it just doesn't seem to do anything if I make the offset a negative number:

If I make it a positive number, I can see the paths will increase in thickness. Why will it not reduce in thickness if I make it negative?


texts: How to do 64-page magazine that has 2-colour run and inserts that have 1-16 Roman numerals in?

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I am using InDesign CC 2015 on MacOS Sierra.

Currently, I am creating a magazine that has 64 pages in total, with pages 5-24 and 41-60 on newsprint, and 2-4, plus 61-64 are on glossy paper, with 16 pages in as a glossy insert (I-XVI, although technically it's pages 25 to 40, numbered as 1-16 in Roman numerals). This is on a 204mm width x 280mm height in paper size.

My problem is - this is a 2-color run, and many, but not all advertisers are in color, but some have pictures in grayscale (stock photos from library that are reused - in JPEG format; some are reused and I make a copy of the original folder for linking to them for modified ones, currently I convert the copies to grayscale in Photoshop CS6 but is this always the best way?).

Should I do this as a book, or one large .indd file before it gets sent as a PDF?

This is not an actual magazine that's going to be printed by a commercial printer (yet) - it is purely one that I am creating to learn how to do specific things on InDesign.

So, my basic questions are:

How to do a 2-color run for where there's both color and grayscale on the same page for advertisements (one advertiser full-color half-page, two grayscale quarter-page ads)
How to deal with numbering issues (pages 2-4 and 61-64 aren't numbered due to full-page ads, but pages 5-24 and 41-60 are numbered in the header), and deal with Roman numerals for separate insert between pages 24 and 41 that's glossy paper.

If anyone can help I'd appreciate this!


texts: Open and edit a .wav file in Photoshop (view wavelength)

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Trying to find a way (better and higher quality of a screenshot) to open a .wav file in Photoshop and view and edit the wavelength file.

Initially, I used Adobe Audition and Onde ScreenCapture. The file size saved was only a 15kb .png file. Very poor quality. It seems screenshots are the way to go, but I was hoping to find something (program, plug-in, etc.) to create higher resolution programs. They exist, just can't find it.

Does anyone know of any solutions I might look into to get higher quality wave form visualizations that could be used in print designs?


texts: Why can't I fill a selection with color using GIMP?

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I am quite new to GIMP.

I created some text and set it along a path. I created a selection with the same shape as my text.

If I try to fill this selection with a color (Cmd. or Cmd,) GIMP appears to fill the selection, yet I see no visible color.

Why isn't the color fill visible?


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What is this technique called:

http://dribbble.com/shots/260469-Squirrel-Construct

See how the image is the result of overlapping many circles to create the final drawing. Parts of the circles overlap with each other to form the desired figures.

Here is another example:

http://dribbble.com/shots/904051-Puffin

Do you know any good tutorial for learning this technique? I've been searching, but since I don't know what the technique is called, I've had no luck at all.


texts: Importing photos from Illustrator into After Effects

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In the Illustrator file I have a layer that consists of several pictures. I'd like to export it to After Effects as one layer but have an ability to edit them individually.

With normal (aka vector, not pictures) Illustrator layers I've been using Create Shapes from Vector Layer option. However, whenever I try to use it on the layer containing pictures, all of them turn into gray boxes.

Is there any way to import this layer as a whole, but to control rotation of every picture separately?


texts: Help me get this design to look right. Folded paper with a sense of depth

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I'm designing a site for a client. And I was wondering if I could get some help using shadows to create a "folded" effect on this div. The div overlaps the bottom edge of the header, and I want to give the impression of a crease in the image, where the bottom half lifts off the page.

I've got Photoshop, here's what I have so far (UPDATED):

I needs to crease right at the bottom of the header, and I need a drop shadow that comes off. Could anyone give me some tips on how I could create such a shadow in Photoshop?

Final version:

Thanks!

Edit: New pic, a better example of what I'm going for, help me perfect it if you can. Thank you!


texts: Illustrator: Renaming  and  layers or not?

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It may very well be a subjective question, but, is it a good habit not to rename <Group> and <Compound Path> layers? My main hesitation of doing so is that I loose track of what it is.

Once renamed, is there a way to easily differentiate grouped objects (e.g., initially-named <Group> or <Compund path>) from 'normal' layers and paths? Any rationale appreciated.


texts: Editable Graphics most simplistic method

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I have a high res PDF file that contains a background image and colour all I want to do is change the name and dates ...its a personalised poster.

I do have access to Ai, Photoshop, and In-Design but what program is going to work best to make these changes ..I am new to Ai and InDesign.

Thanks


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I recently found an amazing fractal image that apart from his beauty it fascinated me for the texture present in the petals:

The problems is that after days trying with the wave filter (and some other techniques) applied to some lines, I realized that is impossible for me to imitate the neon-like effect.

I have made countless searches in Google, without any luck; so this is my last resort.

Question: How can I replicate the texture, or where can I find something similar?

Thanks for reading.


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How do you make a picture look like it's coming out of a circle?
Like this:


texts: How about a fourth primary additive color?

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I'm currently reading Color Design Workbook: A Real World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design, but it's a bit short on color theory basics. I was wondering: in CMYK, black is added to the three subtractive primary colors to improve the rendering of blacks, which would otherwise be brownish. This addition of a fourth pigment increases the gamuth of available color.

So, my question is: has there been any serious proposal to add a fourth primary to the additive RGB colors? One can imagine that this would allow for more vibrant non-primary colors, for example in the “violet” region, in high-end display devices. One obvious downside would be the price of such new technology, and I know it is not widely available, but: has it been considered?


texts: Illustrator Scripting - Preference Strings - How to obtain?

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This is a followup question to the answer in script-to-automatically-snap-all-points-to-grid-in-adobe-illustrator. In the answer getIntegerPreference is used to find the grid setting. But the question is: How does one know what keys to query?

So how are we to know what keys to use like in the example below (keys in bold):

  var ticks = prf.getIntegerPreference('Grid/Horizontal/Ticks');
     var spacing = prf.getRealPreference('Grid/Horizontal/Spacing');

Is this documented somewhere or is there a method for pulling these and other related preference strings somehow? This post was the compelling reason that I signed up to StackExchange. There are so many poorly document things concerning AI scripting, thus this really peaked my interest when I saw it. Are there other hidden tricks and nuggets like this you can expound upon? ;-)


texts: I am looking for this font. It is similar to Lithos, but it is handtooled. Does anyone know the name of it?


texts: How to make one object fully cover another and how to get rid of fuzzy edges/corners in Inkscape?

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Here is the thing: folder2.svg is created by me, and folder1.svg - by someone else. As you can see on the screenshot the first icon looks crisp and nice, and my icon has fuzzy edges and coners, the background object isn't fully covered, although the objects in my folder2.svg file have the same size:

Can someone, please, help me solve this problem? How do I make such fancy icons as folder1.svg?

Thanks.


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I'm trying to achieve the effect shown below, but with a photograph and I'm having some trouble maintaining the height width ratio so the photograph doesn't look too distorted - can anyone offer any tips or tutorials?

Thanks in advance for your help.


texts: Can I use the Google font 'Lato' for a logo design?

texts: I am creating a logo and would like to use the Google Font 'Lato', can I use this font in my logo design or are there copyright/limitations I need to worry about? I can't find anything online other than that it is an open source font that can be used in anyway you want (maybe that's my answer but I just want to make sure). Also, is it a bad idea to use a web-based font for a logo?


texts: Inkscape: can I use a path to select all objects in it?

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I'm working on a high-res world map that eventually will look like the mock-up below, thereby using a multi-layered map that I bought. As you can see I'm working with a double colour palette for the time zones: blue colours for the water, and grey colours for the land.

The problem is in creating the grey areas on the land using the over-all time-zone areas. Unfortunately, the base map does not differentiate for the various time zones for the land areas: all land is the same colour.

This image shows how I have made a layer with the TZ zones in grey. The TZ layer is complete/continuous and laying underneath the land layer

So now I have to somehow combine the grey-coloured TZ zones with the black-coloured land. And that is where I'm stuck now.

The layer with the TZ zones consists of (one group of) 50 objects (paths), and the layer with the land consists of (one group of) more than 25.000 objects, all the same colour.

What I came up with:

use the binary intersection tool, but that only works on (two) paths;
use the land layer to clip the underlying TZ zone layer, but the land layer is way too complex (25k paths) for that.

A final idea I have is this: my impression is that the individual objects in the land layer do not cross the borders of the TZ zones.
So maybe there is a way to use a single TZ zone path to select all land objects that are in it, and then colour them?

But any other solutions/ideas are welcome!


texts: Good color palette, usable for the color blind.

texts: I'm designing a chart right now, that will slowly have more items added to it. I'd like to create an list/order of colors for the items, that will be most usable for the color blind to differentiate between each item. Any ideas how/where to start?


texts: Design tab is not showing up in Powerpoint

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I'm having a problem with Powerpoint. The Design tab is not showing. But on other computer that tab is showing. This is a screenshot of the other PC

and mine

How to show this tab?


texts: How can I delete border lines from a 2 frame gif in photoshop?

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I am creating an animated logo for my web site. It is a simple 2 frame
gif. The only difference between the 2 frames is that the first one has
a glowing object and the second one doesn't.

Here's the first frame.

Now, after hitting save for web, I choose not to use matte because the background color I am using on the website is a gradient.
And that creates this ugly thing.

As I said before, I can't just use matte because my website's background color is a grey and black gradient.

Is there anything I can do? I need this logo to be clean without lines and it needs to fit the gradient on my website.


texts: DTP: Words or characters that shouldn't be left at the end of the line

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Recently I was given a task to check and correct design on catalogues in eleven languages. Unfortunately noone cares how the text is formatted, so now I'm trying to collect rules for each language which could help me make the text look good to the readers.

I was able to find information on footnotes, spaces, abbreviations etc but couldn't find any info about words that can't remain at the end of each line. I know there are one-letter words in Polish, Czech and Slovakian but what about other languages? For example, in Spanish there's a one letter word y and I spent whole day looking for any rules regarding this and couldn't find any (I've checked Chicago Manual of Style, Manual de diseño editorial and uncle google).

What about der, die and das in German? A, an and the in English? Portugese? Norwegian? Russian? If you could point me in the right direction, that would be greatly appreciated...


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I have a shadow on a solid coloured background. I know that the colour of the shadow is black (#000000), and I know exactly what the background colour is.

How can I remove the colored background and convert the shadow into a black image with alpha?

Given that I know what the colour of the shadow is the problem should be exactly solvable for an alpha-shadow that gives me back the original image when I overlay it on the background colour.

Using paint.NET, or Gimp, or any other free software. I can find lots of approximate solutions, that "work" even when the colour of the shadow is not known (Leaving some of the background colour "lingering" in the result), but I don't want that. I want the exact solution when I do know the colour of the shadow and the background.


texts: Image Sequence to Movie - How to Get Desired Frame Rate (QT)?

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I rendered 250 png images for an animation.
In QuickTime (10.5), I open these images as an Image Sequence and set the frame rate to 24 per second. This should give me a movie of around 10 seconds.
I get a 10 second movie, BUT all 250 images play within the first 4 seconds, and the remaining 6 seconds are just a still frame of my 250th image!
When I enter other frame rates, like 60 / second, I get a 4 second movie, but all the movement is in the first 40%, then only a still frame.
How can I create a movie from my 250 png images that actually plays at 24 or 25 fps?


texts: My print based work flow. Am I doing it wrong?

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Basically, I had a client who wanted a 1 meter by 2 meter poster to advertise his business at local football events and such.

Though I'm predominantly a web-designer, I thought myself up to the challenge of print. I designed the proof in Photoshop, and that was all good.

I then exported it to pdf with Indesign, and the resulting pdf was 142.3Mb! Way too big to email, and way too big for any printer website's upload form.

In the end, I made a public directory in my website and FTP'd my giant pdf there. I told the client to link the printer to the link.

Is this the way to go? If I'd done this in Indesign, it would be vector based, but a much more manageable size. I mean, it takes around 10 minutes to download the pdf, and linking the printer to an image seems unorthodox.

Is this the way to do it for large files?


texts: Why is my 1-bit, 8x8 bitmap saving larger than 8 bytes in photoshop?

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I want my 8x8 to come out as raw binary; it should be 8 bytes, or 64 bits. However, it is coming out much larger than that; saving as a PNG gave me 154 bytes; saving as a BMP gave me 64 bytes (8 times bigger than it should be.)

When I created a new image, Photoshop told me it would be 8 bytes, clearly this is not the case after saving.

The very, very lowest I could get it was 12 bytes, by using save for web and saving as wbmp, but I want it to be 8 bytes. It needs to be raw binary data. How can I solve this issue?

EDIT: And for that matter, other low bit amounts come out higher than expected. Why does a 4-bpp 80x16 image come out as 714 bytes instead of 640?


texts: How to create same hue saturation for different colors?

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I am working on a redesign of the website, Where I am working with lighter color schemes. I want same hue saturation for all the color palettes but I am unable to find a tool which does it. In photoshop you have to do it manually but it's not exact every time.

Issue:

What I want

You have any solution, please help me.


texts: How can I simulate a 300DPI printout on a 600DPI printer?

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So I had a 600-1200dpi printer but we wanted to get a 300dpi output because we wanted a rougher dots for screenprinting film.
Is there any workarounds or settings I can use to get a 300dpi output from 600dpi printer?
Previous question:

So I had a file which is 300dpi and we had a 600dpi printer. We wanted some parts of this file to remain 300dpi when printed but the rest is 600dpi. The only option this printer has is 600dpi and 1200dpi. How can we get a 300dpi output on 600dpi printer? Is there any tricks to it or a hidden settings mybe?
EDIT : To be clear, out point is we want a more rough dot because we want to use it as a screenprinting film.
So we want some parts of the print to be more rough than others with 300dpi printout and the rest is 600dpi.


texts: Cutting pieces out of an image using a pattern contained in another image using GIMP

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Imagine a simple photo. Say, a black and white portrait of someone. I want to create a special effect with this photo. The middle of the photo will remain unchanged, but as we move further from the centre, there are pieces missing and the background is white. Near the very edges of the photo, there are mainly white areas.
One idea I had was to create an image of the "cutting pattern" and somehow cut the photo with this other image. My question is, can that be done in GIMP and if so, what is the step-by-step procedure for doing that?
As an example of what I am trying to do, I have attached two images. The first image is a photo of John Lennon. The second is a white image with many black squares. It has the same dimensions as the first.
What I want to do is use the black squares in the first image, and cut those areas out in the second, leaving those areas in the first image transparent.


texts: Anybody know this geometric font, or a similar one?

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I'm looking for a geometric typeface similar to the one used in the main portion of this logo.. would love to know if you recognise it or know a similar font.

I've tried WhatTheFont but... I mean, you see the picture... those font identification tool aren't going to work that well on this sort of image.

Thanks.


texts: What font does Apple use for printed document?

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Serif font such as Times New Roman is usually used in printing document in Windows.

What is the equivalent font in Apple?


texts: "Pixels" Missing as an Option for Image Size (Re-sizing) in Photoshop CS5

texts: I recently updated to Photoshop CS5 and I noticed that "Pixels" is not an option to re-size to. I only see percent, inches, cm, mm, points and picas. I have also made sure that I have set all of my units to pixels in "my preferences". Am I missing something?


texts: Weird spacing problem with a font - Indesign

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I am using a font (custom made)for a title- which never posed any problem in other programs (illustrator, powerpoint, etc) - and it is acting very odly. See for yourself:

It gives me this huge space above it. And it doesn't do that when I change the font...

I am very confused :-s


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I'm currently doing a design course and have been tasked with recreating a typographic piece including the fonts.

What is the best method for identifying fonts? I have tried the online 'questionnaire' style identifiers as well as image upload ones, but they are inaccurate at best.

I have specifically tried WhatTheFont and Identifont with this sample:


texts: How to handle a client who only wants to purchase stock images from my design mockup, instead of my design?

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I am a graphic designer who provided spec work for a client. I worked on a flyer and I gave them 2 options. They went with one, paid for it.

Now they have another project and would like to use the other preliminary draft from the last project. I gave them a quote (seeing as I would have to purchase photo under my license and adjust layout for text, etc.) The client decided they didn't want to pay for me to do the work, they just wanted to pay me for the use of the photo. Due to licensing restrictions, I am not able to re-sell the copyright. This photo, however is a concept that I came up with.

Should I turn over the link where they can find this image so that the client can purchase and let them use how they would like?  I feel as they are wanting to use my design idea to make something similar without paying me. What is the correct, professional way to handle?


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Inkscape 0.92 in Ubuntu 18.04

I have detached a toolbox (the layers toolbox) and made it a free floating window, but then it is impossible to redock it in the right toolbox dock in Inkscape


texts: Are there computer graphics programs that use fractional units (not decimal)?

texts: Are there computer graphics programs that allow use of fractional units (e.g., 1⅜") instead of decimal (1.375")?


texts: Where can I get images for commercial use?

texts: I am running a web site design service for local small business owner. I want avoid legal issues on the images I use. Usually, the images found on Flickr are forbidden for commercial use. Where would be a normal channel to get pictures for commercial use with minimal cost? How can I validate that the picture I used has no legal risk?


texts: Embedded Profile Mismatch dialog box in Illustrator

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Is there a best option to choose when the mismatched color profile dialog box opens when opening a document into Illustrator or Photoshop for that matter.

It reads "The document has an embedded color profile that does not match the current RGB working space."

The options are: use the embedded - convert to working space - discard embedded (don't color manage)

I have the CC version of illustrator if that matters.


texts: Please can anybody give me some easy instruction as to how to solve my problem with a diagonal line pattern swatch?  It seems to always offset the pattern when I try to use swatch a a fill


texts: Which is the differences between an .ai and a editable .pdf file?

texts: Why do I save in .ai though the editable .pdf do the same thing?


texts: Is there a way to convert Corel Draw files from version 11 to X3?

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Is there a way to convert Corel Draw version 11 files to version X3 files?

I have files in Corel Draw 11 to be converted to the X3 version.


texts: PDF: Convert CMYK 100% black to 0% RGB black

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As explained elsewhere (1, 2), converting CMYK (0, 0, 0, 100%) black to RGB always results in some dark grey.

So how to replace CMYK (0, 0, 0, 100%) black with RGB (0, 0, 0) black? Is there any tool (including in Creative Cloud) that can accomplish this simple task on all text and objects in a PDF file?


texts: Is A Non-destructive Workflow Possible Between Photoshop and Lightroom?

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Is it possible to work on an image from Lightroom in Photoshop whilst maintaining a link to the original file so that if I make changes to the original file in Lightroom, those changes will be reflected in the Photoshop document?

Opening as a smart object breaks the link to the original file, effectively embedding a copy into the Photoshop document.


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In Inkscape is there any way to remove from a photo all color, except one, and to instead either use shades of that color or that color and shades of black??

Though I'm not entirely sure, I think this has also been referred to as desaturing an image?

My intention is to make a handful of images better meld with the color palette of the website by doing this.

Thanks!


texts: How to save/export gradients and textured effects in .png while minimizing file size?

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I have been making a 2d game art for iphone in illustrator CS5, and buttons and background elements which use gradients and some textured effects are saved in .png.

I noticed using these effects dramatically increase the file size. Is there any way to reduce it?


texts: I have been working with Photoshop. Do I need to learn at least some Illustrator? I am a web designer

texts: I am web designer and I have been working with Photoshop. Sometimes I feel like I need to move to illustrator when need of graphic design came. Do I need to do that and how much?


texts: Inkscape font size doesn't match that of imported figure

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I am a scientist and I like to use Inkscape to create schematic figures explaining some experiments and then to combine those figures with other figures I've created using statistical software to describe the results of those experiments. I like to use R or python to plot the results and then I specify the font sizes for all the text on the plot.
When combining images, I'd like to keep consistent font sizes, however, if I import the graphics into Inkscape and write some text in Incskape, the size of the text far from matches that of the imported graphic. The problem is illustrated in the figure below. In the red box is the axis label (12 pt Helvetica font as generated by R) and the corresponding text in Inkscape after setting to 12 pt Helvetica.
Does anyone here have a tip as to how I can make the text size match between Inkscape and an imported figure?
I have confirmed using 'Edit > Preferences > Tools > Text: Text size unit type : Point' that the unit should be points.
Thank you very much for your help.


texts: How do I create a multi paged pdf from Illustrator with different layers lighted on each page?

texts: The question is pretty much in the title. I would like to have the same artboard in illustrator as three different pages in a pdf-file, each page should have different layers visible. Is this possible to create automatically? How?


texts: How to customize the pie chart background in PowerPoint?

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I am doing a powerpoint slide something like this:

It's very nice that the chart extents different parts into its own background with a similar color.

How can I do this automatically in powerpoint?

I mean I can add a pie chart in powerpoint, but then what? I have different pie charts, then design a background for each chart will be time-consuming.

This is a strange question, thank you.


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I've been searching for some good resources for learning Photoshop from scratch. I'm someone without a formal design background, but I'm looking to become competent using Photoshop (not trying to be a pro by any means). I found a lot of tutorials for specific techniques, etc in Photoshop (like from psdtuts and other sites) but can't seem to find any solid material for learning Photoshop from scratch.

Can anyone recommend a great video series or book?


texts: How can I export sublayers to png in Adobe illustrator?

texts: A designer did a design for me.  It is in Adobe illustrator.  In order to write my program, I need to export sublayers one by one to .png files.  How can I do that?


texts: Scribus: how to force sign in calcuated numeric fields?

texts: I'm new to Scribus, and using it to make an interactive PDF. I have several fields that are calculating integer values based on a custom calculation script. Now I would like to make sure that positive values show up with a prefixed "+" sign (currently they do not). What's the easiest way to do that? (Perhaps some field format custom JavaScript?)


texts: What is a good Google Fonts serif typeface for a content website?

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the authors on my website insist we use serif typeface as it identifies our purpose. I've tried two fonts, Playfair Display and Sanchez, but both have visual problems.

I need a very simple, highly readable, and soft on the eyes serif typeface that can be linked from Google Fonts.

This is the website with Sanchez right now, and as you can see, it's not particularly easy on the eyes.


texts: Illustrator: A way to merge overlapping lines of adjacent shapes?

texts:
I often create designs that I need to bring to a laser cutter.  To save time and material, I pack repeated shapes as close as possible.  The ideal scenario is that shapes share a single line where possible; for example, two (or more) squares put adjacent so that they share a common side.

The problem with simply aligning the squares to be adjacent is that two path still exist in the overlap, and the laser will pass through that area twice.  This double cut wastes time and reheats the material in that area.  For this simple example, I could manually draw a long rectangle and divide it evenly into squares with single lines, but this becomes much more difficult with even slightly more complex shapes.

Is there an automatic method to merge overlapping paths into a single path?  The similar questions I've seen here about this involve merging paths that overlap entirely vs paths that share an adjacent side or sides.


texts: Creating an .ico file with multiple sizes - web application

texts: I want to be able to create an .ico file containing a complete set of Windows icons (16px x 16px, 32px x 32px, 48px x 48px, and 256px x 256px). Is there a web application that can do this for me given a PNG or BMP that is already 256px x 256px?


texts: digital artwork design working in RGB or CMYK (or pantone) for printing?

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I am running into a lot of problem on Design my artwork in photoshop in RGB.

Then convert to CMYK in PDF format. Then when I print it with print company, Colors are not always right.

I am not really sure what is the "good & correct" way out there. Because my artwork has texture & transparency.

My workflow-->
create artwork in photoshop in RGB

After approved by boss, I try to find pantone colors that is close to my print out and switch to Pantone.

Does this sound wrong to any of you ?

It's seems so complicated but I have to ensure certain color is right.

Any better suggestion?

Lori


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So I have been doing webdesign or web development as a hobby for two years and recently I made a leap to make it a career and even went back to school for it. I've done two projects, one which fell through but I still have all the code I did for them. Another project I am doing and the website is live and running which is great I have some experience and schooling however...

I don't know where to go to make a portfolio and I am strapped for cash as I have enough to pay bills and make sure my kid is fed.

I know there are few website hosts but they are generally limited I found to let me actually show off my coding skills. But I am just starting out so I was wondering what do many of you recommend I do to start a portfolio? Use a free hosting? Or do I need to buy actual hosting?


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Illustrator: How to add 3 or 4 part gradient to this logo? I don't want it to a smooth gradient but a block-like looking gradient.

Example 'block-like looking gradient':


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I'm trying to create a single image from using different single images I already have. I'm creating a new A4 document, but, when I try to open one of the images I want to add, it's smaller than the original one.

How can I open them as new layers and keeping their original size?


texts: What are some good ways of presenting web designs to a client?

texts:
I'd like to ask you how you manage with presenting webdesign. Usually, I send a jpg file/files to client directly to the mail, but this isn't the best approach. In most cases it does the job, but I've experienced some cases that didn't.

Let's say I've set up a design 1980px wide. The width is important because client can see all the background that shows up, but the actual design is 960px wide.  The problem is that in 90% cases client opens the image in the default OS image browser and the image is scaled to fit view. Moreover, if my client has for example 1440px wide screen the 1980px scales to 1440px and the 960px is only 690px. As we know if the image is scaled we cannot see all the details because image browser antyaliasing image and all the sharpen details will gone. What if my client opens the same design in 1280px wide screen or narrower? It gets worse.

Second problem is the order of images. I've had this situation couple of times, I've sent three images with different design approaches and my mail software orders alphabetical, while my clients mail order attachments by (for example) modification time. In the result, client calls me and say "The first design is best. I'd like to choose this one." The problem is, I've no idea which is the first one in his mail. It's confusing, right?

The solution could be to place an image on the web, write couple lines of html and CSS code and send a link. But this approach also has some pitfalls. Let's say I wrote the code. The width of img must be 1980px: img { width: 1980px; } and in fact it has. But there is another problem. When client opens up the browser and the resolution of his display is less then 1920px the image starts from left and ends up somewhere in the middle. This is because there is a horizontal scrollbar, but its default position is the left, not center. Ok, so I can use some javascript to extort the proper position but the situation turns up to be ridiculous. It's like using a machine gun for an ant.

The fact is all those situations might happen and in the matter of fact, I've experienced it couple of times. The best option would be to show an image in its original size centered with possibility to move left/right.

Any clues, ideas, tools? :)


texts: Why doesn't Illustrator automatically overprint 100% black?

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I am creating print PDFs from InDesign that contain Illustrator files. Most of these Illustrator files have black outlines used. When you create a fresh outline with 100% black, it's not set to overprint. And apparently Indesign doesn't give it the overprint attribute either even if "Overprint Black at 100%" is checked, because it's from an embedded file.

So, the print PDFs, in PDF/x-1a standard, have all the black strokes in knock-out mode when I check through the Output Preview.

Now, the only option left is for me to use the "overprint black" option from Edit Colours of Illustrator for hundreds of illustrations and then save and export fresh Indesign PDFs.

Shouldn't black automatically be set to overprint in these software?

What do the pros do in such situations?


texts: How to edit the category labels in a graph in Adobe Illustrator?

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Does anyone know how to make the text on the Category axis of a graph in Illustrator on the right look like the one on the left?

On the one on the left I have done it manually but surely there is a way to input the data from excel so it does it automatically?


texts: Reopen path or connect two paths that are closed in Illustrator

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I have created two paths, but I want to change how the ends look.  How can I reopen the path at the bottom and continue drawing.

I tried adding a new anchor with the pen tool, but I couldn't understand how to join the two stems together at the end.

The easiest way for me to draw the shape I want is to do it separately, but because that didn't work I tried adding another anchor and dragging it out where I needed it to be.

Is there a way to easily join these paths?  I think Pathfinder might be the way, but I'm not entirely sure the best way to use it to achieve what I want.


texts: How do they make the texture and colour in each layer

texts: I'm attempting to replicate this, but finding single images for each layer is impossible. This makes me wonder how do they make each layer? I'm absolutely new to Photoshop and I believe the below must use Photoshop, but don't know where to start. For example the two bottom later, the inner core and outer core.


texts: What font is used in this logo for "MigrosMagazine"

texts: I am trying to find the fonts used in the following Logo for the Swiss magazine "MigrosMagazine". I've been trying to use whatthefont.com, but haven't had much success.


texts: How can you syncronize two windows/files that copy zooming and panning in Photoshop?

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I want to do some master studies and I would like to have two files (the original and an empty one) on my screen (each taking half).

I want to have both windows have the same zoom and panning so I have precision. It would be nice if I could also have the same guidelines.

I know that you can do this for the same file in two windows, but I want two files to have this effect.

I haven't been able to find the solution via google.


texts: Whats the proper way to create a PSD containing a gradient which hue can be easily changed?

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Take for example this file. I would like to make it as easily as possible for someone to grab it and change the hue from red to any other color, quickly and without losing the luminosity variation applied by the original gradient.

I desaturated the endpoints of the gradient then inserted a color overlay fx. After that I tried different variations of layer modes on this fx and also on the other 3, but it didnt produce the same result...

Is this even possible?


texts: What is the process for creating a color palette like this?

texts:
So, this is a screen grab of Web site designed professionally.

I'm particularly interested in understanding how the designer arrived at this palette. Arguably, the palette works, but I can't figure out how.

When I look at it in Adobe Color CC, I don't see a lot of color theory applied to these colors (I added gray for the fifth because it was used on the original site).

Using Paletton, I find things equally peplexing. Using ColorSchemer, and playing with it's "Variations" and "Live Schemes" tools doesn't get me close to this palette.

So, what process does a designer use to arrive at this palette? Is it arbitrary, "eye-balling-it?" Is there some other process used that I'm unaware of? Why does this palette work? What is the color theory behind it?


texts: Magicavoxel PNG export sizes, angles and stroke problem

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I want to use MagicaVoxel to create some sprites in an isometric view rather than creating all the angles in Photoshop. My plan is to then export PNGs from MagicaVoxel from various camera angles to get the required rotations.

But I've got a couple of little bits I can't quite figure out.

How can I determine what the output size of a PNG file will be based upon the size of the MagicaVoxel scene when exporting in isometric format?
When the PNG is exported from an isometric perspective it's adding a black stroke around the the edge cubes. Is there a way to disable this?
Is it actually possible to change the camera angle that the ISO export is done by?

Here is a picture of the character in the editor

And here is the resulting export


texts: Is there a freely available CMYK color chart that I can print on press and work with?

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After reading the answers to my previous questions, How does a monitor display the CMYK color? Is it actually showing the true CMYK color? I'm very much convinced that I need to profile my monitor if I'm choosing colors based upon what my monitor shows as CMYK. Even that wouldn't be ideal. The best way would be is to have the print of color chart from the printer I'm about to print.

I cannot buy those pantom color books. It would be cheaper for me if I could print the required part of color chart from that printer.

So, is there any freely available CMYK color chart that I can order for print?

EDIT:
Actually, I found few.

http://customtattoos.net/cmyk.pdf

http://www.barcodegallery.com/v/resources/PMS_Colors.pdf

My main concern is can I trust these? They are pdf's I guess pdfs support CMYK profiles. If   some one says, these are ok. Then I'll go a head and print these. If I'll get any other better suggestions. I'll stick with them.


texts: Tracing drawing with cloned tiles produces different result

texts:
While following this tutorial tracing the circle over the circle with the gradient produces this result:

The result is different from the result in the tutorial, and I've retraced my steps several times.  Also if I delete the circle that the clones are based on it resets the styling of the clones and makes them all opaque black like this:

Thoughts on what I could be doing differently to get the same result as the tutorial?  It it the circle the clones are based on is deletedwithout changing the look of the clones.


texts: This matter seems to be quite unclear since Apache License v2 is normally used for software. There are actually quite a few fonts that I find interesting and, I would like to use them in some company logos I'm designing. Reading the license, the confusion persists. Is it "allowed" or "legal" to use such a font, in its unmodified form (excluding color and size), in a commercial logo or company logo? If so, are there any requirements?


texts: Save individual element in PSD as an image

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I am developing a site and got given the design as a PSD, my question is, can I select an individual element, say the social media icons, and save them as an image?

What I have been doing so far is hiding all the layers except the one that contains my element, then resizing the canvas to fit around that element and saving as an image, while that is required for items where several layers are used to obtain a specific effect it seems kinda longwinded for elements which are in essence just images (the other method is to export needed layers to a new photoshop file etc, but is also kinda longwinded).

I did try to search for an answer but couldn't find one, so I apologise if this has already been asked.

If it makes any difference I'm using (or trying to use :D ) Photoshop CS6 Edit: On Windows 7


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I need a little bit of help regarding "save as .eps" file -

I want the Custom transparency vector balance to be 0 always, when saving as .eps.

kindly find image below, I am Using Illustrator CS6


texts: How to remove color while leaving gradients intact

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I was looking at this page, which is a demo allowing the user to choose the colors of certain parts of a motorcycle. It struck me that while the user chooses flat colors, the result still shows the bumps and curves of the bodywork. Now that of course is the result of some patches of translucent white or black that overlays the transparent background. In fact, this is the image they used:

To produce a picture like that, I can imagine cutting out the shapes for the body panels that I want to color dynamically and then painstakingly recreating the gradients to show the reflections coming off the bodywork.

But is that the way this would normally be done? Or is there a tool that would allow me to select the base color of the body panel and delete that, while leaving the reflections as white or black gradients as we see here?


texts: Photoshop: update copies of background layer when background layer changed

texts: In Photoshop, the background layer is filled up with a picture. This layer is duplicated and various filters are applied on the duplicate. Now, I would like to change the picture in the background layer and I would like to see the duplicated layer be updated as well, with the new picture. Is this achievable?


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I have a lot of .gif images which can be viewed by e.g. IrfanView, but not opened in photoshop. Photoshop says it can't interpret the file format module (I'm using it in German, so I don't know the exact english error message).

When opening the file in a text editor, it starts with gif89a. I guess it has something to do with this type, but how can I open/edit gif89 files in photoshop?

UPDATE:

I found out that the main difference between working and not working ones is, that the broken ones contain NETSCAPE2.0 in the first line in their source code where the others just have non-human-readable stuff. Both contain gif89a. Removing or editing the Netscape string breaks the file so it cannot be opened anymore in IrfanView.


texts: Can we change the text align without moving the position of an object in illustrator?

texts: Is there such an option we can turn on so when we change the text align of an text object the position of this object will not move in Illustrator?


texts: When I convert a PDF to open it in Adobe Illustrator, why are the objects in my file broken up in to many pieces?

texts:
I have a PDF file and when I turn it into an Illustrator CS5 file, the image breaks into pieces and there are spaces between the pieces.

Why is this happening and how can I fix it?


texts: Is there an ideal number of points of interests in web design? How many is too much?

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I want to make a website, but I have too many important elements for that. I tried to simplify the structure, but it became boring to look at and tiresome to navigate.

Is there a rule or tip for finding the balance?

Is there a maximum of meaningful elements on a page, in general?


texts: How to create this "clover" image on Illustrator

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I have this logo I have been playing around in Canva with and I want to recreate it in Illustrator to use. As you can see it is 4 Crescent shaped semi-circles surrounding a center circle to give this "Clover" appearance.

I am having trouble creating the 4 Crescents to fit perfectly around the center circle without cutting or being proportionally unequal.

Any help as to go about recreating this?

(The above image is from Canva, in which I am trying to recreate).


texts: Web Safe AND CMYK (U.S. Web Coated v2) swatch

texts: I was curious if there such a thing exists such as a swatch of the intersection set of web-safe and cmyk compliant colors? Is there an adobe swatch library for this? My reasoning being to limit myself to design with only web, print and rgb safe colors.


texts:
I've got a fairly large illustrator work document where I've been mocking up and developing a logo over time. Each 'stage' is presented on it's own artboard to separate it from the previous.

I'm about ready to send this to the client now, but can I export the separate artboards into a paged PDF. What are my options with regard to exporting from this setup.


texts: An alternative to MedCapture for the correct size of the images

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I'm using an app Siverapp for the evaluation of the competences and learning of school pupils of every order and degree. This app use to insert an image the software MedCapture to capture the images at the correct size.

There is, into the app Siverapp an advice: minimum required dimensions of the image 324 x 242 pixels (only in .jpg).

Is there an excellent online tool that automatically allows you to create images with the correct size to be used into Siverapp, without the need to install any software?


texts: How to achieve contrast in a black-on-black design

texts: I'm trying to achieve a black-on-black design on a business card. See link here:  AHC 180 Youth Ministry Business Card. The large black arrow and the grunge splotches are a rich black of 40-40-40-100, and the card background is 0-0-0-95. The card is being printed offset and UV coated, probably via an online printer (I'm ordering them through a third party and don't have access to the printer.) It's important that there be enough contrast between the blacks so that the rich black portions are distinguishable, but I still want the background to have a black/almost black appearance. Would I be better to use some version of a rich gray for the background rather than a 95% (or lower) black? I'm open to all suggestions.


texts: Large format printer that will print on 1/8th inch material?

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My company provides custom orthopedic products. Our major seller is custom foot orthotic (CFO) inserts.

The 'top cover' on the CFO, the part that touches your foot/sock is either a 1/8th in. material or a 1/16 in. material. We would like to print logos on this material. We work with different doctors offices, so I need to be able to print many different logos but in small quantities each.

I had taken the material to a local printer. They used a Roland-brand printer to print on the the smaller 1/16th in. material . They told me the printer wouldn't support the thicker 1/8th. I was hoping to find a machine that could do this work as the final results were impressive.

I've tried two alternatives. One, heat transfers. We found out that while they apply great, they come over time. Second, I tried pad printing. But we're a very small outfit. The mess, having to change the plates, the fumes from the ink/solvents, the risk of misprinting, etc. just makes this a very undesirable option for me.

In terms of the printer itself, I am looking for something under $8000 USD. I don't need many additional functions or even a high resolution. So 'cutting' would not be needed.


texts: Well designed layout examples of a "step-by-step tutorial" publication

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I'm trying to find examples of beautifully designed step-by-step tutorials. As different layouts as possible, to feed my imagination so I can build on that.

I'm particularly interested in page formats and layout grids. And of course great design. Just a mockup of step images with accompanying text is the usual standard but I'm sure some designer have done a better job.

My imagination strives for: tutorial designs that consist of several steps with images each with its own explanation text. Each image represents a certain step in the whole tutorial process. I'm sure there should be some that are creative and excellently designed. Maybe some posh cook book or yoga tutorial or something. I don't know. I'd just like to see some examples to feed my imagination.

Additional information

I'm particularly interested in tutorials that visually explain production process. I'm trying to create a tutorial step-by-step guide for decorative crafts. Visualising each step is important and since it's going to be about more posh/artful/sophisticated products I want the design to support that as well. I don't want some everyday layout/design with outstanding products.


texts: What would be equivalent blue colour for this red/orange one?

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I'm struggling to find a matching blue colour for this red one I've got: #cf3a1b
By 'matching' I mean similar feel, in terms of brightness, contrast, lighting etc...
I'm new to graphic design so I don't really know how to find similar colours.


texts: How to overlay gradient mesh on top of text cutting the gradient out of negative space

texts: I have some arched vector text. I created a mesh gradient but I can not figure out how to overlay it just within the letters.  Being a mesh I can't seem to make a compound path or clipping mask.


texts: Is it possible in photoshop to adjust the line tool while holding SHIFT so it could create a 26 or 30 degrees line angle ?


texts: Add Transparent pattern/effects to png image on saving

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I need to export a png file with pattern or light effects. I have a tshirt shape with shadow effects on tshirt. The shadow effects has 75% fill and Multiply. If i add a background like color on back layer, it will show me the color of tshirt with shadow effects correctly. After save it in png, and import in new file, when i try to add a background layer on back, the color not is the same ( more lighter ).

How i can export the image with multiply effects or like this ? because i need to use it online on website but with same effects on photoshop.


texts: Which font is used for Oakley's "A Story of Disruption" video?

texts: What might this typeface be? It's used throughout this video. I'm primarily looking at the 'A', 'V', and 'W'. Any similar fonts would be great.


texts:
What's the best way to achieve an effect like this cover?

I was thinking to basically start with random grayscale rectangles, a layer of thinner rectangles set to multiply, and then somehow warp it? Does anybody have a way to warp it and have it not look stupid and/or simply a more efficient way?


texts: File format standard for Printing Photo Books/Albums

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Is there a standard for Printing Photo Books and File Formats? Is it supported by all type of printers. Is it open or proprietary? Is there a Wiki page about this?

"Printer" here means commercial album printers. I am aware of regular home printing and photo printing. But question is towards wedding album and photo album printing.

What kind of file should be input for those printers and is it standardized?


texts: Wanted to check if there is a way to achieve (b) by joining dots (a) in Inkscape.


texts: Adobe Illustrator - managing graphic styles library across multiple files

texts:
I've created new Graphic Styles and saved them in a Graphic Style library. Later on I'm busy working in a new document where I have opened that library. I decide I want to update the Appearance of one of those Graphic Styles. So I update the style and observe everything within my document that is sharing that style is also updated. Awesome. I get all the good feels. I save over the old library with the new styles.

Now I open one of my previous documents only to find that the library hasn't updated and everything is still using the old styles. This sucks. I get all the frustrated feels.

Is this how it's supposed to work? What is the point in having a library that doesn't propegate it's changes to everywhere it's being shared?


texts:
How to wrap type around a ring?
How I can wrap type like this?


texts: Making Box Packaging in Illustrator. Symbol are mirror image problem!

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So i have a rectangular box on illustration. I have added 4/6 sides as symbols.

So for the front i added the correct symbol and it looks fine.

Then i added the same design as the front, on the back. But, it looks mirror image and no matter how i turn it still looks wrong.

How do i fix this?

I just want the image to look correct like the front side. I do not know why it appears mirror on the back of the rectangle. Looking for some advice.


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I've got a PDF with checkboxes that the user can interact with however I cannot find a way to hide the checkbox frames for when the client views the document later:

Is there a way to hide the boxes' "frames"? Adjust some property? "Flatten" / convert the PDF to some other format? Cover the frame with a layer?

Another possibility is to align the frame with the box design to hide it but show the checkbox overflow for a fix font size? This would give the same large checkbox glyph within a small checkbox frame.

Thoughts?


texts: Is there a Github for Graphic Designers?

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How do Graphic Designers share work they put in the public domain?  I'm looking for a site that provides publicly visible, collaborative behavior like Github (which is for source code).

For those not familiar with the behavior of Github, here's an example:

You upload a PSD of an image you want to put in the public domain.
I can "watch" that image and be notified when you make changes to it.
I can submit a "pull" request with changes I've made to your image, and you can decide whether to accept them or not.
Anyone can download the PSD and use it (within bounds of the license).
Anyone can see the history or progression of the image as changes have been made.

Are there any websites that offer this?


texts: What are best practices for choosing and pairing fonts?

texts:
I've always found font selection to be a little bit of a mystery. What factors should be considered when choosing a font? How does one successfully incorporate two fonts into a design?

I realize that some factors will include things like:

Legibility
Scalability
Appropriateness/Mood/Emotion

However, how does one objectively judge legibility or appropriateness? Are there objective principles that can be applied for font selection? If possible, please list resources or examples in your answers. Studies focused on the effectiveness of different fonts would also be extremely useful.


texts: How can I remove these blue lines without losing the color?

texts: I need to learn how to remove these blue lines without changing anything else.


texts:
What are hidden icons?
I saw that term in Icons Handbook.

  The original emoticons only existed as 19×19px and, while they had transparent
  backgrounds, the edges were aliased. An odd-numbered grid can allow you to centre
  elements better (see chapter 5), but the decision was taken to start at 20px to allow more
  straightforward scaling to 30, 40, 60 and 80px sizes, as well as design some new (hidden)
  icons. This meant some of the basic proportions of the eyes to head had to be changed.

'Hidden icons' have a long history. What does it mean?


texts: Smart object video frame won't play on frame animation timeline

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I have a 5 sec video file that I converted into a smart object - the video plays fine in the stand alone window.

When I import the smart object to the animation timeline (minutiae screen capture v3) the video won't play when running the animation.
Any suggestions what I'm doing wrong?


texts: Resolution for a PSD document of 10x4 cm?

texts: I need to print out a small tag of 10cm x 4cm (w x h) but I'm not sure what to put in the resolution. I set the width and height to 'centimeters' as measurement but not sure what to put as resolution. Is it 300 pixes/inch or 300 pixels/centimeter (since I used centimeters as a unit)?


texts: Sketch: how to scroll to selected element

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I have a large page of symbols, while creating them, I didn't do a good job of keep them aligned nicely, and as you know by default, Sketch appends the new symbol to the right of the rightmost symbol that is already created. This is why I ended up having a super long/wide page of symbols where only one or two symbols are shown on the visible window area.

I wonder if there is any way to Search , select and then go to the selected symbol on the page. An example would be when you search for text in a browser window, the window moves as you search for next occurrence.

Here is a screenshot that reflects my use case: I searched for input, and I have the symbols filtered. Now I just hope I could click one of them and go to where it is on the page/canvas.


texts: What is the font used in this Hatfield & McCoy Moonshine logo?

texts:
I am trying to figure out what font is used in the below Moonshine Logo. I am only interested in the font used for “Hatfield & McCoy”, not “Drink of the Devil” or “Moonshine”.

There are more samples of the font, including the image posted, on their website (where it says: “AUTHENTIC MOONSHINE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NOTORIOUS …”)

I have tried all font-identification websites and I can’t get anything close. It looks like the original designer may have also sheared the text so I tried straightening it out as well. Still no result on WhatTheFont or What Font Is.

This font is a retro style serif font with some swashes. This is most likely a small-caps font where the large caps are the only ones with the swashes.