texts: Mike Monteiro frequently rails against spec work in his show, Let’s Make Mistakes. In a recent episode, he invited venture capitalist Chris Sacca whereupon they agreed that designers aren’t “hustling” enough. Monteiro and Sacca defined “hustling” as offering unsolicited design work as a means of obtaining further work. The difference, they continued, was that “spec work” is solicited and “hustling” is not. The NO!SPEC campaign hints at a similar distinction but not clearly. Is unsolicited design a form of spec work?


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I know its basic, but i have an A4 artboard in Illustrator .
I would like to send it to printing , and they want it to be in pdf.

I afraid that the sizes definitions will change.

So, when i export it as png, what PPI should i use ? the 72 ? can i use higher(150/300) one and keep the sizes the same ?

I am on a mac so latter i open it with preview and export to pdf .


texts: Adobe InDesign 6 not printing booklets to edges of paper, InDesign 5.5 did

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I printed booklets for my students in InDesign 5.5.  Worked perfect, on US Letter paper I was able to get 2 worksheets per side.  I'd cut them down the middle and have these great packets of worksheets.  I upgraded to InDesign 6 (on both my mac and PC).  And now the printouts don't extend all the way to the right of the paper.  So when I cut the paper, it's a little off and everything's shifted to the left.

There was an update to InDesign 6 the other day, I installed that... no help :(.  Does InDesign 6 no longer print booklets properly?  What can I do aside from downgrading?


texts: I included my design thinking in the picture above; I would greatly appreciate any comments or questions about my process and final result. The objective is to create an identity for a forward-thinking consultant and speaker. He wanted a Geometric, shape based logo.


texts: Accessing the layers of an eps with photoshop

texts: I've had a couple of web clients send me logos from their printer in EPS format. They claim all the "layers" are accessible but when I open in Photoshop, I can only see one layer, or rather the image I open is complete, but only appears to HAVE one layer. Is it possible to access the layers via photoshop or do I need to use another tool? Thanks so much!


texts: How can I make "Ink Free" font bold in InkScape

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So just downloaded InkSpace for Windows, and there is a cool font I like "Ink Free"

The thing is it does not have the bold option in the dropdown.. Any ideas on how can I enable this op


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I have some raw photos taken using the Automated Exposure Bracketing setting on my drone camera.

They look fine in microsoft photos but when I open them in Photoshop Camera Raw part of the sky is bright red.

Any ideas why?


texts: How to make an area in illustrator transparent?

texts: So I want to have an empty star in my object; almost like a hole in the middle but star-shaped. How can I chop out the star shape in my object and make it transparent?


texts: I can't group all elements (NONE LOCKED) when adapting A4 to A3 in Indesign CS 6

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I'm resizing and have changed the doc setup to be A3 from A4. I then selected all elements (none locked) and grouped them.

Then, when attempting to hold shift and drag them to fill the page, two images do not move in place with everything else.

They stay where they were .

In addition to that, the selection outline goes right down past the page to where my mouse can't control the bottom end once I've released the dotted selection box after dragging it.

This means I have to move it up to find the bottom of the selection outline again, but even then, it does not allow me to move it back closer to its actual contents, it just squashes the contents. Am I missing something.

Sorry I'm trying to get something print ready for a client and this is a bit challenging. I will be online to answer questions you may have. Thank you.


texts: When adjusting the handles of an anchor point, how can I adjust both handles to an equal length or adjust them both at the same time?


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I am a developer and working on an application whose designs I have received as a PSD file. But I am totally noob in designing. I have installed photoshop in my computer but have no idea about how to save a layer out of that. There are buttons in the PSD which I want and I have hidden all other layers except the one I need. Now I want to save it but I am just not able to do it. I have searched on google but could not find any solution. Can someone please help me?

Thanks
Pankaj


texts: Is there a way to split an image without changing its final size?

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I want to split an image to an n number of images, each new generated one must has the same size of the original image with a black background for the rest of the image, look at the example I provided:

the original Image:

So, I want a way to split it to let's say three equal parts, So, I want the result to be like the following :

is there's a tool exists or a way to achieve that?


texts: I have messed around with a few options, but have not come up with a good solution to recreate this gradient drop shadow effect.


texts: Why does Illustrator CS6 read font information from a SVG file incorrectly?

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I have a bunch of SVG files that were created by MagicDraw. In these files, I have several font definitions, e.g.,

<text x="152" space="preserve" font-size="11" y="376.958"
   clip-path="url(#clipPath2)" stroke="none">
   MyClassName</text>

So it is clearly defined that the font size should be 11px. However, when I open the file in Illustrator CS6, the font size is now 8,25. How can I fix this?

Thank you!


texts: How to change a text object in Illustrator and export programatically?

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I want to generate a bunch of pngs from an Illustrator file. They're all identical except for one specific text field which contains a number (1, 2, 3, etc.).

Is there an automatic way to generate 100 pngs that all have this text field with a different number?


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To make a sneak peak hole, I make a black rectangle and an eclipse (radial gradient, one stop is white and the other stop is transparent), and mask them with clip unchecked and inverted mask checked:

But how can I make multiple holes like that? It seems that only one hole can be masked at one time:

I can't find a way to keep the fading effect of the hole with subtracting objects. I can use any software.


texts: How to export PSD file to SVG in Photoshop CS6

texts: I have a PSD file. I want to convert the PSD to SVG file using Photoshop CS6. Anyone able to tell me how to do this?


texts: Can I apply Field Blur safely without making a duplicate layer?

texts: I want to use Field Blur but I do not want do that on my primary layer. I wish to use a secondary layer so I can safely edit that layer. But can it be done without having to create copies of the layers I want to blur? Is there any way to do that?


texts: Unexplained and intermittent gap above text

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I'm getting intermittent gaps when working with text. In this example, notice the white line that cuts off the text:

Sometimes, cycling the window's size fixes it. Sometimes, it doesn't. Exporting doesn't replicate the gap, however.
I'm on 1.0.1. Currently, Inkscape is using 205MB of memory.
Edit #1
I just printed a sample, the text isn't in italics. I wonder if the speudo italics applied isn't the issue? The font doesn't have a formal italics specified.


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I'm creating a blend between two shapes with a 1px spacing, which by itself takes quite a bit of memory considering they're somewhat far apart.

After I make the blend, I want to expand or somehow make it uneditable, thereby releasing memory (I don't need to edit the blend anymore, so I just want to "finish" it into one single shape).

Does anyone know how I can do that?

I've tried going to Object > Blend > Expand, but that doesn't work because there are too many shapes in between and I get a memory error. Any ideas?

Edit: I'm sorry I didn't say this upfront. What I'm creating is the famous "long shadow" effect for an entire phrase for an ad (say 5-6 words...). I've researched how I could do this and I found 2 methods: one uses the Effect > Transform, and make copies up to 1000 with 1px distance from one another, and the second method I found simply using the Blend Tool and also making copies with 1px distance from each other, however the latter method is not limited to 1000 copies. Perhaps I'll have to make just as long shadows as to be able to stretch them further using the pen tool, word by word? :(

Thank you for your support so far, I hope this clarifies the problem.


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Possible Duplicate:
  Is there a good resource or tool to help build a palette/color scheme around colors I select?

Is there any way or tool to choose the best color scheme for a web site?

I'm looking the best colors to use for a corporate web site. I'm just in the beginning of my design process.


texts: Shape fill won't change and won't show in layers After Effects

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I'm having an issue where my shape fill won't change, nor will it appear in my timeline>?

Not too sure what's going on?

Any help would be amazing :)

Thanks!
Kristian


texts: Remove white grid lines when zoomed in Photoshop

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I'm working on a game with lots of precise pixel artwork, and I need to be zoomed in on my work 24/7. Recently I switched to a Mac computer and this version of Photoshop automatically creates an atomically thick grid when you zoom in too close. This is a huge problem.

I've looked in the Preferences but I just can't find anything that will turn it off. I remember being able to do this before, but I don't actually remember how. It might not look like a huge problem, but believe me when I say that it is. Please help me!


texts: Is there a tool in Inkscape to "un-bend" a circular path to be straight?

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I know there is a way to map an object with a rectangular area along a path in Inkscape (see Inkscape: Bend a vector along a circular arc)
I would like to do the reverse: draw a path, and maybe give it a radius so that it can map a curved object back to a rectangle, so that I can remix the object into a different shape. I think I would know a gist of the algorithm involved, so I believe with some substantial work I could make my own tool to do it, but I'd rather find out that someone else has done it for me.


texts: How do I Seperate A Stroke from a logo or shape layer in Illustrator?

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Hello I have a logo and I want turn the logo into a stroke only in illustrator. I cant belive I cant remember how to do this so frustrating. I looked on youtube and im not getting a clear answer on how to do this. All i want is outline stroke only of a logo.
The logo is vector and I already added in the white stroke.
Screenshot below I want remove the orange and have the white stroke only.


texts: Is it possible to use a group as one of the layers in a clipping group?

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To make it perfectly clear - there are two types of layers in a clipping group

One layer which determines the boundaries of the group
One or more layers above 1. which "pour into" the boudaries set by 1.

I know I can use a group as 1., but is it possible to use a group as one of the 2. layers?

I can use Smart Objects instead, but that way I can't see the rest of the image while editing the contents of the Smart Objects. A group would really be perfect, but the Create Clipping Mask option is not available on groups. That would answer my question, but I am also 99% sure that I've seen the downward pointing clipping mask icon on a group before.


texts: Illustrator select--> same--> colour option not selecting live paint object

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I am making small balloon artwork in latest Adobe Illustrator 2020 by following a book.
In that

Balloon is the live paint object and
Balloon's basket is made of individual shapes (Not a group or compound object).

All the objects have same stroke colour (Black RGB(29,29,27)) and width (10pt).(Checked that twice)
When I am using Select --> Same --> Stroke colour, Illustrator is selecting everything except Live paint object.
I don't understand why. Does somebody know if it doesn't work with Live paint objects ?
I can share more information as reuired.


texts: Setting Tab Leaders in Adobe Illustrator CS6

texts: When setting tabs in Adobe Illustrator CS6, when I apply a leader to a tab, then add another tab, it puts that leader on the new tab but removes it from the original tab. Is there a way to leave the leaders where I put them?


texts: Repeat background objects in InDesign data merge multiple record layout

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Using InDesign I've placed two objects (the background color and brown pattern) and have several placeholders I'm using with the data merge feature.

However, for proofing reasons I'm trying to use the multiple records feature my content is properly appearing as a grid on the pages but the background/pattern remain in the center of the page.

I'm still new to InDesign in general so I'm sure I've missed something. I need to tell InDesign that the background objects need to be repeated as well.


texts: I select a color in Photoshop and it's painting another one. I've checked RGB color mode and everything, but it seems to continue to change the selected color. How can I fix it?


texts: Need to change font color in "difference"

texts: Working in Photoshop, I have a background with 3 different colors and needed the text to adjust accordingly, set to "difference" and the text over the black and white portions of the background did as I wanted, but the text over the blue part of the background is orange. Can I change it to be either black or white like the rest of the text? Example in picture.


texts: How to create a donut shaded with a gradient

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We need to create a donut (=a torus) with a gradient along its length Basically we want to take this rectangle

and wrap it around and make it a tube, then connect it end to end to create this torus (but with the black color in the center of the surface, not on the inside as in this picture)

Actually we do not need a 3D torus, only a circular ring shaded like a torus. I would appreciate any suggestions on how to create such a graphic.


texts: Is there a way to record a color shift with the actions tool in Adobe Illustrator?

texts: I am trying to make a bunch (~100) of adjacent circles that fade through the colors of the rainbow. When creating the action I copy the red circle I made, paste it in place, nudge it over a bit, and then shift the blue color channel up 15 points (from 0 -> 15). When I play the action on the new circle I just pasted it doesn't shift the blue color channel up an additional 15 points starting from the 15 it was already at (15 -> 30). Instead seems like it resets the blue back down to zero and then shifts it back up to 15, so no change at all. When looking at the actions list for my newly created action it shows a series of "set color" actions starting with setting the blue to 1, then the next one sets the blue to 2, etc... Is there a way to make something like a "set color change" action that says "add 15 points to blue color channel", instead of setting the value channel to a specific number? Thanks for any tips =)


texts: How do i make the selected areas transparent, so i wouldn't have to place this logo only on a white background?

texts: The whole logo is drawn in adobe illustrator CS6 with pen only. I'm new to illustrator, so any help is deeply appreciated.


texts: Will my image be of ok quality when printed on a blanket

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My original image taken on my mothers new canon is 4650 x 5829. I am looking to print this image on a fleece blanket 60x80 in size, to give to my father but when i input it into the computer it tells me poor quality image of 72 dpi. Will this image be of good quality to print to give to my father or should i find another method?
Please help!!!!


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I have recently gotten an SVG snippet from some website, shown below. Although this is doing somewhat similar to what I want (a half circle), I am having issues fixing it to accommodate my needs. Could someone explain what each part of the following snippet means?

<svg width="256" height="256">
  <path d="M 128,128 L 128,0 A 128,128 1 0,1 256,128 Z" />
</svg>


texts: How to convert a cylindrical pattern into a plane?

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I have a single photo of a cylindrical object from an unfortunate point of view with an image printed on its side. Are there any utils or plugins to unwrap the texture of the cylinder in the photo into a plane (a flat UV map)? Or how to do that manually?

I was thinking it would need some way to use a grid with curved baselines, to manually set it on the pattern, and then map the pattern from curved grid to rectangular one with straight lines and equal distribution between them.


texts: Extract original images from smart objects - PS 2019

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When you drag an image into Photoshop, it creates it as a smart object and if I understand correctly, it embeds a copy of the original image inside the PSD file. So if you were to go into the smart object and export the image as a JPEG, you should be able to maintain the full quality of the original image. (correct me if I'm wrong here)

I have some Photoshop files that have many images in them but we lost the original images on the computer and we need them back again. To extract all the images as JPEGS, I would have to manually double click each smart object and export to JPG. There are hundreds of these. Is there a script that can do this in a batch?

I can't create an action to loop through all smart objects because there are many other types of smart objects that we DON'T need.


texts: What should be taken into consideration when designing a logo?

texts: This is my first try designing a logo. Firstly, I do not like the geometry, it seems like it's out of shape a little bit. Also, whenever I try to scale, everything just collapses. Can anybody inspect my logo and give advice on how should I design it properly?


texts: When I try to paste bigger text into Inkscape, it splits it into small parts and it's impossible to put them together. I can't change font type or anything in whole text at once without rewriting it. Is there any option to prevent this splitting and pasting whole text as a one part?


texts: How can I achieve this type of very clean halftone effect?

texts: How can I achieve this type of very clean halftone effect  ?


texts: Why can I not see both effects in action?

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I'm New to After Effects. Here's my composition:

Add Solid
Add "Fractal Noise" to Solid. Name is "Fractal Noise 1"
Add second "Fractal Noise" to solid. Name is "Fractal Noise 2"
Change "Fractal Noise 1" Fractal Type property to be "Dynamic Twist"
Look at preview screen I see no change in pattern
Change "Fractal Noise 2" Fractal Type property to be "Dynamic Twist"
Look at preview screen I see a change in pattern

My question is why does this behaviour occur? In my mind layers are put on top of each other so I'm thinking "Fractal Noise 1" should sit above "Fractal Noise 2". So this would mean that "Fractal Noise 1" should have any changes in its property reflected in the preview instead of it's current behaviour being hidden by "Fractal Noise 2".
See Images:


texts: In FontForge, is there a way to reorder glyphs? (opposite of "Force Encoding")

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I have a font where the glyphs are encoded correctly (they have the right names/match properly with their Unicode code points), but the underlying glyph order (shown when selecting Encoding → Reencode → Glyph Order) is not what I want.
Some of this is important (for instance, glyph 0 must be .notdef for the font to work correctly), and some is just aesthetic — I'd like the rest of the glyphs to be in Unicode order for convenience.
FontForge's "Force Encoding" options will change the Unicode mappings based on the Glyph order. What I'm looking for is the opposite — I want to change the Glyph Order based on the Unicode mapping. Or really, be able to affect the Glyph Order at all, aside from them being set in stone after creation. Is it possible?


texts: Critique: How should I place/format an informative text in a picture?

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I am trying to advertise some discounts in Facebook and to do that I have to provide an image that has a small amount of text informing potential customers about the discount I am offering.

I am having trouble deciding where to properly place the text, what size it should be or what color. My goal is to make the text pop so that it is apparent and doesn't blend in with the background image, but at the same time is aesthetically pleasing.

Any tips for a first time designer?

The above image is what I've done so far

This is the original image


texts: For Print: Changing a CMYK logo to gray and bringing back to CMYK (in illustrator)

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I am doing a print CMYK ad piece. The logo I need to put in the ad is currently a colored CMYK .svg file. It also has a gradient in it ( which makes things more complicated). I think it will look better in a gray version for the ad.

Question: What is the best way to convert it to a gray version and then bring it back to CMYK (but still have it in gray colors) to then pop it into my CMYK print ready ad? I guess I am afraid of how the final result will look if I muck with converting colors over and then back to CMYK, etc...plus I'm not sure how to go about this in Illustrator.

I am using illustrator for the ad as well.

Thanks!


texts: How to wipe the active document clean at the beginning of a script?

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I want to have a blank slate at the start of my script. My two current approaches both have downsides.

First, I create a new document at the start of the script. However, during development, I test run my script multiple times. Thus, I then have many open documents in Illustrator that I have to close by hand.

Second, if I choose the active document at the start of the script instead, it does not open new documents but it will write on top of whatever is already there.

Is there a way to select the active document but wipe it clean in the beginning of the script?


texts: Indesign - Acrobat Reader - Custom design checkboxes

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When I create an document in InDesign and put some different kind of checkboxes in it that are provided by InDesign. And afterwards export it as an interactive pdf.
Then the checkboxes design is overwritten by Acrobat Reader when I open it.
It looks fine when I open it in Chrome but not in Acrobat.

If I hover the checkboxes in Acrobat Reader they do show their 'customer' design but not when they aren't hovered.

InDesign:

In Acrobat (right top is hovered)

Now I got a pdf from the internet in which the checkboxes keep their custom design. Except for a little blue overlay like every form element gets in Acrobat. So how can I fix my own checkboxes?


texts: How to use Digimarc-protection on my files in Photoshop?

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How many of you use or have used Digimarc? (It's kind of embedded, human–imperceptible watermark for your creation such as wallpaper, images and artwork.)

If anyone has used it (Digimarc watermark), can you please suggest how to use Digimarc with Photoshop? Is it okay to consider copyright for my own creations? Unfortunately, though, there seems to be only paid subscriptions available.


texts: What is meant by an 8dp square baseline grid, in Android Material Design specification?

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I am a newb. My question is from this Material Design specification document:

  All components align to an 8dp square baseline grid for mobile,
  tablet, and desktop.

The image at the end of the question is given as an example.

I didn't know what a baseline grid is, so from my reading of this blog article, I gathered that baseline grid is an underlying structure (essentially a pattern of equally-spaced horizontal lines) that helps guide the vertical spacing  and alignment of components in our design. Example image here.

So the question is that does the statement from Material Design spec. quoted above mean that the baselines (the mentioned horizontal lines) are spaced at a distance of 8 display pixels? Or what does it mean? How should a layman/newbie like me understand it?


texts: What is the meaning of green lines in outline view in Inkscape?

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I'm using version 0.92.3, sometimes when I've to make a table I use word to make it and copy it to my inkscape drawing, last week I've updated my Office  from 2016 to 2019 and now when I copy tables to my drawing everything seams to be the same, but when I put View>Display Mode>Outline I see green lines that I can't select and erase.

What means these green lines and how can I erase it?

Image:

Thanks in advance


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So I'm familiar with some kerning/alternates used with certain letter combinations, like "fi" being combined so the top of the f hangs down into the dot of the i. What about "ti" in a serif font?

Using Prata, is it ok to have the ti as is or should something be done about it? Kerning or alternates like the fi example?


texts: App to take picture of sketch and convert to drawing

texts: Is there an iOS app that takes a picture from a sketch on white paper and converts it to a drawing/line-art, kinda like that signature feature when editing PDFs? Googling for sketching alike apps result in Photoshop-ish apps, which is - if possible - not directly what I'm looking for.


texts: Convert RGB color to saturated color and transparency

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I have a logo with several colors at the edge that look OK with a white background. When I overlay it on a background of another color, the edge is not smooth and looks off. Therefore, I would like to convert the two edge colors to a transparency of a saturated color, so they blend nicely in any background.
Following How can I desaturate a color in illustrator, on Illustrator CS5, I set the opacity of the two colors to the value of saturation, and set saturation to 100%. The result has transparency but looks different on a white background: the outermost yellow is paler and the second outermost salmon is more pink.

How can I convert an RGB color to transparency of a saturated color?
update
Here are the same two files on a transparent background: the solid colors:

and the transparency of saturated colors:

And what I am looking for is a nice blend with a background color like yellow, which is not smooth with the original solid colors:

and is smooth with transparency of saturated colors:


texts: Center an image inside image frame with scribus

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I have an image frame inside my document and I have set it up to scale the image down to fit within the frame however the image gets put on the left of the frame and not in the center.

How would I get this to position in the center of the frame? The alignment tools seem to only work with the frames themselves and not the content.


texts: Creating a "triangle border" around a circle with Sketch

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I'm trying to create a shape that looks like this:

Where there's a circle with a border that is of a particular shape, in this case a triangle. I know that you can add borders to shapes as well as "fake" borders with shadows with no elevation. But I'm not sure how to make a border with some arbitrary shape.


texts: Placing a pre-comp inside another pre-comp in AfterEffects

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When creating complex animations I often use pre-composition to stack them and further animate them separately.

I am now facing two fully animated pre-comps and I need to place pre-comp_1 inside pre-comp_2. Why? Cause pre-comp_2 is a phone that also has environment reflections on it and pre-comp_1 is the content that is shown on the screen, therefore I need to rearrange the layer order so the reflections are on top of pre-comp_1.

Is there a good way of doing this? Other than removing the reflections and stacking it on top of both pre-compositions?

gif:
This is what I would like to achieve but obviously it's not working like that. I can't find a way to add pre-comp_1 under Reflection inside pre-comp_2 without loosing the animation I already have on the pre-comp


texts: Retina Display Coordinates in Illustrator

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Making masking rectangle for the pattern in Illustrator I should insert the central coordinates of shapes in 4 angles of the pattern and I have coordinates numbers like 45.401px, however when I insert this number only 45.4 px is saved and in resultant Divide Objects Below command for pattern I get non perfect margins and thus the pattern does not match.

How can I solve the issue? Align to pixel grid is switched off....

look at the pic

upd I follow this tutorial, so don't be critical about logics etc. Also, pay attention to this sentence: when I take a number like 34.301 px and insert it as coordinate to Transform item and reopen Transform - I see that coordinate as 34.3 and not 34.301.


texts: How well will Pantone neon inks translate on to a can?

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Specifically on aluminum cans? I'm wanting to design a neon pink can (PMS 806C) but can't find any images or references to this being done before, and how good or bad neons will translate onto a can. I don't want them to look muddy or faded. I want them to be like, blinding. Has anyone ever used neon inks on cans before? I work with Crown and they say they don't have any samples to send me unfortunately. I just want to know if it'll look bad before I go designing the whole thing, only to get a pilot can and have it look like garbage.

If anyone's got pictures or advice I'd greatly appreciate it!


texts: How can I avoid auto-adjusting of the text dimensions in Inkscape?

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When I create a text object in Inkscape, it automatically clips it and adjusts the dimensions of the object so it occupies as small area as possible. This might be useful in certain cases, but in many cases you might want to keep the font size matched while resizing them to a specific dimensions (when two separate text objects with the same font size occupy different heights or lengths).

Or in even worse case scenario, you might want to align two objects with different dimensions (but the same font size) so that the characters are aligned correctly; for example, if one text is "acemnors" and another is "abcdefgh", you cannot align "a" with "a", "c" with "c", "e" with "e", etc., because the first string only contains characters that occupy the middle area, while the second string contains "b", "d", "f", "g", and "h" as well.

Also, if you're trying to leave a margin of a certain distance and different characters occupy a different area, it'll eventually break the margin if you change the text content, or if you add an aligned text that contains different characters.

So, is there a way to get rid of this feature and create a text dimensions of which will contain the kerning so it won't be affected by the characters it contains? For example, LibreOffice Draw does this by default (see the pictures).

Vs.


texts: Photoshop: How to resize image without cropping or distorting?

texts: i have an image 1920x900. My client want this size 1920x400 without using crop. i tried to edit image size in image menu in photoshop, but it is not allowing me to do it to maintain its height and width in proportion, becauz 400 is very less than 1920. So kindly help is there any other way.


texts: Can we use images of historic figures in our artwork?

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According to this document

  All works published in the U.S. before 1923

is default public domain.

Does this mean it is safe to use images of historic figures (Isaac Newton or Leonardo Da Vinci) in our artwork? Is there exceptions to this ?


texts: Optimal scanned resolution for final printing at 1 x 2,5 m

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We have a piece of artwork (~21 x 30 cm) originally scanned at 300 dpi

Should we rescan it at another resolution if it is going to be printed on a poster of 1 x 2,5 m ?

Thanks in advance


texts: I saw someone in a video have a separate window in illustrator where they had a list of some fonts they used often, does anyone know how to do that?


texts: How to deal with such graphic design problem in Adobe Illustrator?

texts: As a part of flow chart design, I am facing an issue. On intersection of two lines, I need to design a bump where two lines are crossing each other. Is there any tool which solve such problems in Adobe Illustrator? Thank you in advance


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I think the question I am asking is the following:

Is there a way to apply Paragraph styles on a conditional basis (until they encounter a specific character or word) or, if that is not possible, is it possible to create line breaks after character styles?

This is the problem I am trying to solve:

I am using InDesign's Data Merge functionality. I have data that I would like to format as lists. If possible I would like to combine data from multiple cells in one text frame, that gets formatted with nested styles. I would like each list element to have a bullet point, that I would prefer not to add to the csv file. The number of items in each list fluctuates, but I am fairly confident I can predict an upper limit. I would like to refrain from manual search and replace manipulation on the merged document.

I have tried four approaches.

The first approach was to insert each cell into a new line, and format the text cell with paragraph styles. What works well is the fact that extra empty lines are automatically removed when using Remove Blank Lines for Empty Fields. My problem with this approach is that the number of list elements is not fixed, so I don't think I can use the Next Style option in the paragraph style menu.

List one:¶
<<data_a1>>¶
<<data_a2>>¶
<<data_a3>>¶
List two:¶
<<data_b1>>¶
<<data_b2>>¶
<<data_b3>>¶

(regular line breaks are denoted by ¶)

My second approach was to create data fields in the csv file for the maximum amount of list items possible, adding them to the the text frame, and separating them with forced line breaks. I can then apply a paragraph style that has nested styles for the first line and the data fields. With this approach I end up without bullet point for the list items, since they are separated by forced line breaks and not paragraphs, and I end up with extra forced line breaks even when I turn on Remove Blank Lines for Empty Fields in the Data Merge options panel. Here is what this looks like in InDesign. The two lists have a list paragraph style applied, that has nested styles for the first line until it encounters a forced line break and a style for the list items

List one:¬
<<data_a1>>¬
<<data_a2>>¬
<<data_a3>>¶
List two:¬
<<data_b1>>¬
<<data_b2>>¬
<<data_b3>>¶

(forced line breaks are symbolized by ¬, paragraphs by ¶)

My third approach was to combine all list elements in one cell inside the csv file, separated by line breaks. Data Merge gets confused with this option.

My fourth approach was to have separate text boxes for the two lists, which have the data elements inserted like in my first approach. The problem with this is that the two lists are a fixed length apart, creating issues with very short lists and very long lists (the short ones have a lot of empty space in between, the long ones overflow the text box)


texts: Photoshop's spot-color channel mixing method

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Photoshop seems to have a special mode for blending spot-color channels. Let's look at an example: blending full opacity red #ff3c1f with full opacity cyan #1cd4c6.

If I create two spot-color channels with solidity 0% and set their colors to #ff3c1f and #1cd4c6 and fill them with black I get #91550D:

Now, I know that combining colors is a complex problem that's not even well-posed. But the result that photoshop gives gets very close to reality most of the time for me. Can anyone help me understand how photoshop does this blending?

I have read on the Adobe forums that it's multiplicative blending in CMYK. So I tried to reproduce that with layers, but I am getting #7D4339:

I know CMYK is device-dependent but I've tried lots of various profiles but none worked like the spot-color channels. The screenshot is from using the U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 profile.

I tried Multiply blend in Lab and in RGB, but those were even further off.

I would really appreciate any insight on this whatsoever!


texts: Can anyone help identify this Japanese font from Haikyuu?

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I was asked to create a poster with a similar font from ‘The Way of Ace’ in Haikyuu! I have a hard time identifying this Japanese font, may I ask if anyone knows which font this is?
The typical font identifying sites does not seem to identify Japanese properly, and I also tried
https://ja.m.likefont.com/
Reddit: identifythisfont


texts: InDesign script to replace all fonts in a document

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I realize that this can be done with the find font dialogue box but I have too many files that require this text update to make that method practical.

I've tried tinkering around with GREP but I'm pretty inexperienced in it. I've gotten one font replacement set up but I can't seem to get GREP to focus on more than one font at a time.

Having an automatic method to do this is important because the fonts for these documents MUST match the Calibri due to special character usage and overall look.


texts: Where can I find a legal website to buy a font for my logo?

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I want to register my brand as a trademark. I've almost completed my logo design. The only thing left is the font.

I've found thousands fonts and websites online. The problem is that I'm not sure if I can use these fonts for my logo.
I've read that I need to read the license before using/buying the font. But what if that font is already created by another designer?

I'm looking for the most respected websites that offer fonts that I can use for my logo with absolutely no problems.

My question is: How do I know that a website is 100% legal and sells fonts that I can use with no problem?


texts: Illustrator CC scaling pattern in program but not in print preview or print

texts: I have an object with a clipping mask that contains a pattern. When I scale the object in Illustrator CC the pattern scales in the program but not in the print preview or actual print. I have scale strokes and effects selected in Illustrator, and have restarted both the program and my computer and the problem still persists.


texts: Paste Image into Photoshop to auto fit within the background layer

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I found the image from the net, I copy it to my clipboard, and paste it into my Photoshop
It look like this

After I manually shrink down then it look this

Is there a special paste that will look like this ?
I'm wondering if there is a way to paste into Photoshop to auto fit the image within the background.

Questions
How would one go about and do something like this ?

I'm open to any suggestions at this moment.
Any hints/suggestions / helps on this be will be much appreciated!


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I am creating an algorithm and I need your help. I have this vector file (SVG) and I would like to know if is there a way I can export/convert this image to lines only?

Something like this:

Think about a circle with radius N. I would like Corel or Photoshop or any tool to convert this circle with radius N to multiple lines (which I could define as many as I want) in such a way that those lines represent the outline of the circle. I just would like to know the start X,Y  and end X,Y coordinates of every line so I could export it to a txt file like this:

0,0 100,100 (which means draw a line from 0,0 to 100,100)
100,100 200,200 (which means draw a line from 100,00 to 200,00)
...
..
-100,100 0,0 (finishes the circle by drawing the last line from -100,100 to 0,0).

How could I do that?


texts: Is there a Mayan Hieroglyph font or complete icon set somewhere online for free?

texts:
I am looking for the icons/glyphs from here:

The only thing I could find was this Mayan Hieroglyph font, but having looked at it briefly it looks like it only supports letters.

I haven't learned much about the mayan hieroglyphs yet, just wondering if anything exists out there that includes all of them.


texts: How to navigate to a particular pixel (given row, col index) in Photoshop?

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I am using Photoshop to do detailed work that requires navigating around a 5000 x 5000 (or so) image to look at individual pixels, where I know the row and column index of the pixels in question.

Currently, I am using the Navigator to jump to approximately the correct location, and then scrolling (or using the hand) to bring the desired pixel into view.

However, better would be a command that would place a given pixel (with a certain row, column index) into view.  This also has the advantage that the pixel will always be centered.

Is it possible to do this with Photoshop?  Thanks.


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I have 16GB of RAM and I do not believe that I can saturate all that RAM. I am only dealing with 16MP+ photographs and I will not be opening 20+ images at a time.

From my understanding scratch disks are a must in the pre-64bit architecture days where only 2 gb of RAM can be used for PS, so if everything can be fitted into RAM then essentially the scratch disk is useless correct?


texts: Create multiple playing card designs with variable text data

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I'm creating a card game, and have 220 cards to design and export as CMYK PDFs for offset printing. Each card will have the same design but different text. I've saved the text for each card in Excel. I want an easy way to transfer that data onto the cards, without having to enter data for each card individually.

From what I've found on here, it seems like Adobe Illustrator and InDesign have these capabilities. Are these the best tools for me to achieve what I need? Which is best? Could I even use a MS product such as Publisher and use mailmerge to achieve similar high quality, offset-print worthy results? So far I've only used Inkscape for my designs. Is it as easy as importing my Inkscape design into another tool, importing data and setting up variable fields, and clicking go?

Any pointers would be appreciated.


texts: Does it make sense to put a brand with white background on a black site?

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My CEO and his client demanded me to put his partner's red brand with white background on a site which is black. They (not the partner) forbad the white or red brand with black background.

I explained them it doesn't make sense and it is bad design. They argued me that their partner head office in UK (where the partner's CEO is) could approve my suggestion, but the same partner's another head office in Brazil wouldn't allow. I argued them who bosses any head offices anywhere is the partner's CEO in UK and not Brazilian managers.

I searched brand guidelines at the partner site and they do not have any brand guidelines like Facebook and Twitter do. Twitter allows to paint any color in the background only if the brand is white.

Does it make sense to put a red brand with white background on a black site? Does it violate the design principles?

I intend to contact the partner's British site about the brand guidelines.

I need your critiques and judgements to show to my CEO, his client and the partner.


texts: GIMP: How to combine two images on top of each other

texts: So I had two nearly similar images. The only difference is the object in one image is on the left side while in other its on the right side. What I wanna do is combine them both so that the final image looks like there are two objects.


texts: Sketch 'Resize to Fit' is disabled but my content still gets resized

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I have a symbol with text + an arrow and resize to fit is disabled however when I resize it the arrow still gets messed up, am I missing something / doing something wrong??

Symbols Page

The Symbol in an artboard

The symbol being resized (raster arrow)

The symbol being resized (vector arrow)

Thanks in advance.


texts: I made a copy of a smart object, and I want it to be 50px by 50px. When I use the free transform tool the closest Photoshop will let me set it is 49.98px by 49.98px. I have a couple layers I want to save as individual objects, so I use File -> Scripts -> Export Layers to Files -> Save as PNG. But, I think it truncates the number, so the PNG doesn't have a dimension of 50px by 50px. It has 49px by 49px.  How can I get a true 50px x 50px object?


texts: Why is the shape/path changing the value of another shape?

texts:
The problem that I have here is that the value of the dark curved shape is being changed once I'm putting a white shape behind/below it. The curved shape is marked above as 'Clip Group' the white shape below is 'Path'.

The curved shape itself is transparent in some places.

On the right side of the shape, there is no background behind the shape. It's basically the default artboard color. On the left side of the shape is where I'm showing the curved shape and the white path overlapping.

Basically what I'm trying to understand and figure out is why is that white block shape, which is essentially the same background color of the artboard, is modifying the color of the curved transparent shape EVEN THOUGH it's placed BEHIND the transparent shape.


texts: Photoshop won't preserve transparency of pasted images

texts:
I am trying to edit an image I found online of a character. It was cropped, meaning it had a completely transparent background. So only the character was visible. I'd post the image, but I don't think it's appropriate to post here.

It's like this, though.

Only the image of the clover is visible, it basically has no background. It's hard to see since the sites background is white, put if you are confused as to what I am talking about, go to another website with a non white backgrounds (such as imgur) and put the image there to see what I'm talking about.

Anyway, whenever I paste the image from the internet to Photoshop, it ignores the transparency and gives it a black background with weird artifacting around the character. However, when I instead paste the image to Paint.net, the transparent background is preserved. So I decided I would just paste into Paint.net then into Photo shop, but that STILL doesn't work. When I paste an image with a transparent background to Photoshop from Paint.net, it's background is replaced with a white one. I can't even magic wand away to white or black, because it makes the image look weird after removing it.

If someone can please help me with this, or at least tell me why this is happening, it would very appreciated.


texts: Settings on desktop printer to create proofs for commercial printing

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I am trying to setup my Cannon mp280 printer to get an idea of how artwork will print at a commercial printer.

When I print a document I can set the quality to low/medium/high. I presume it's best to set this to high. I can use photo paper and set the paper type accordingly, so I would do this too. There's also a photo print option which I find if I don't set I do not get a very good print ... so I set this option on too, but what exactly does it do and does it provide a truer representation of what would happen at a commercial printers or not. I wonder does it manipulate the amount of ink used or some other technique which might not happen at the commercial printers.

I am mainly asking about this photo print option but I would also like to confirm what I am doing about the other two options, and whether there are any other things which I should do.


texts: FBX Export Plugin does not export animation layers

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I'm trying to export a object with animation layers to a ascii fbx using 3ds Max (2012, 2014 or 2015).

The thing is that while Maya exports the animation layers, the 3dsMax exports the layer data, but not the animation curves on the layers, the result is animation lost.

Any thoughts on this?


texts: I mocked this up with copy and eraser using this banners library. What Illustrator tool, technique would I use to stitch the pieces of the banner together to create one smooth flowing sheen? In other words, I want to fill in the gaps and connect the pieces together smoothly.


texts:
I'm trying to create some artwork that will be printed on an curved object (an inflatable event tent). I'm having a hard time figuring out how to prepare the file.

The question is: How can I split an warp the pattern in such a way, it will look complete and undistorted when printed and put together again.

This is what the final object will look like (printable area is colored):

This is the template file I got:

This is the pattern/artwork I want to put on it:


texts: Why the Pen tool is not filling properly?

texts:
Working with photoshop, I've noticed that at really small size the pen tool filling is not so sharp when required to attach to a path/shape border:

As you see I have used pen tool aiming at guides, the handle is correctly placed on the guide perimeter, however the fill color is not starting from the shape border but a little shifted on the right/bottom.

Any idea on how to make the filling more precise?


texts: Adobe XD: Creating 2 sliders on the same artboard

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I have two sliders with three cards each on an artboard, they both work great by themselves but is there a way to interact with them both without creating 2*3 new artboards?

Meaning, could I use auto-animation in a more performing way than by creating three artboards per slider?


texts: How can I flatten, combine, or trace non-overlapping shapes in Sketch?

texts:
Currently stuck in Sketch hell. I have a bunch of combined shapes made of non-overlapping triangles. I need them to behave like single, solid shapes so I can apply a border to them. Currently, when I apply a border it outlines every single triangle inside the combined shape.

To create the larger shape, I select a few triangles and press "union", which creates a combined shape group. I tried flattening that, which resulted in this error: "Can't flatten into a single shape. The shape you are trying to flatten requires more than one subpath to be rendered." I understand why this error pops up, but how do I make them one solid shape? I tried adding an additional shape that would overlap the triangles just so I can flatten and combine them, but this shape starts to subtract from them even though the mode is still "union" (see second picture).

Tracing the shape would be more work, but would solve the problem. I tried using the pen tool to click each corner to re-create the shape, but this doesn't snap to each point precisely. I need the points to be precisely aligned on this triangular grid.


texts:
I'm trying to create a 'Delete History' icon. Here's how it looks now:

There are two problems:

1 - I feel something doesn't look right.
2 - How do I get "History" to look like it's there, and not that I just inserted the text? I tried using Warp in PhotoShop, but I didn't get the desired effect.

Update

As @Kurt pointed out, I made rounded corners, and I changed the font to a rounder font. How does this look?


texts:
Does anybody know of a good tool or generator that allows me to create sprites, save the sprite set and be able to update the css sheet if i add new icons to the icon set?  What i mean is this:

Currently i have 100 icons.  They all need to be made into sprites.  Once they go into production, the CSS cannot change (meaning they have to stay in exactly the same location every time).  However, I will be expected to update the icon set when I am required to add more.

Does anyone know of anything that exists like this?  I've tried a Photoshop extension (I cannot recall the name) that makes sprites from the layers in my photoshop file, but sadly it just didn't work and I kept hitting errors (presumably because I may have too many images that need to be turned into sprites).

Any help is much much appreciated.


texts: Why is there none of the lighter weights of Helvetica Rounded?

texts: I know there are other options, just curious if anyone knew why the limited range.


texts: Software like Google Fonts for local fonts

texts:
I would like a tool that let me easily experiment with the fonts I have on my computer.

Ideally it would be a local Google Fonts-like system, letting me type and filter font by types or by name to easily visualize the same text over different fonts. I am on a Mac.


texts: Do professional vector artists use a tablet and brush to draw or the pen tool

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I am trying to learn how to draw faces in Illustrator. I am wondering if fast and good artists typically use freehand drawing with a tablet and a brush and then refine it somehow either with the tablet or with the pen tool, or if you start with the pen tool and just use that instead of a brush.

Wondering generally what the tools are that are used most frequently by practicing vector artists.

I have a Wacom tablet somewhere. Wondering if it would be highly beneficial to dig that up, or if it would be perfectly fine to get good just using the trackpad and the pen tool (or perhaps even a brush).

Specifically I want to learn how to draw in black and white (perhaps a few colors down the road), but like this kind of thing.


texts: How to make a multline form in pdf that text flows through?

texts:
I'm working on a form that could be filled out manually, or submitted digitally.
Here's the issue:

When submitting digitally, I have certain forms that have 3 lines for the user to fill out a significant chunk of text. Instead of it compiling on one line using the 'multiline' checkbox in acrobat, can i have it automatically wrap to the next line as the user types to the end of the previous line?

Basically, there are the normal lines which need to be there. I'm wondering if anyone has a script (and how to implement) that would allow when a  line is full, to jump to the next line down, flowing the text to the next line.

Here's a screenshot of how the form sections look:
If anyone has run across this, any help is much appreciated.


texts: Is there anywhere I can sell my sketchbook drawings?

texts:
I'm 17 and a graphic/sketchbook artist.

I have a DeviantArt account but not many people tend to buy from me there.

My primary focus in drawing is mostly cartoon, anime, and gaming characters. I have a lot to sell.

Is there anywhere with more exposure/frequency that would allow me to sell my sketchbook drawings?


texts: Can I reproduce this watercolor effect on illustrator?

texts:
Hello there,

I found this image on pinterest and I just love it! I would like to know if there is a way to reproduce this effect on Illustrator? It looks a little bit like watercolor, but I can't really tell how it was made.

Thanks!


texts: How do you make an array of blank, 8 by 8 sprite sheets in Paint.NET?

texts:
Ok. This will be hard to explain. Basically, I have made an 8 by 8 sprite sheet in preparation for a Java 2D RPG I'm making. I made this in Paint.NET. Here is what it looks like:

You see, I'm not new to Java, but I am to game programming, so I'm following Ryan van Zeben (DesignsByZephyr)'s tutorials on making a Java 2D RPG. In the second episode of his series he appears to take a sheet quite like mine and convert it into an array of many sheets. So, he makes a grid that has other grids on it.

If you're still unsure what I mean then check out the video on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7pfq0W3e4I&list=TLCpbhtBxFFX5rEXsyeN0nyXGDCOg5kyxY&index=3. Skip to 4:18 or thereabouts. Then, once he has talked he does something with "blending options" and in turn creates what I'm talking about.

Now, I don't have access to Photoshop so I can't repeat the same process. However, I do want to do what he was doing in Paint.NET. I am a very big noob when it comes to Paint.NET, so I would have no idea how to do this. I was wondering if you could help me.

So to sum all that up my final question is this:

How do I recreate what DesignsByZephyr was doing in Episode two of his making a Java 2D RPG series at roughly 4:45 in Paint.NET?

Thank you so much for reading this. I want the final product to look something like this:

Yeah. Once again, thank you. Any support or help will be greatly appreciated.


texts: How can I import multi-page AI files or PDFs to InDesign CS5.5?

texts: I'm currently using Adobe InDesign CS5.5 and Illustrator CS5.1. I'm working on a school project in which I have to make a book in InDesign and I would like to import either an AI file or PDF created in AI which has 4 artboards in it to ID. Are there any ways to directly import the artboards to InDesign?


texts: Does "Anilox" and "Impression" terms have any meaning in graphic design?

texts:
I've just spotted this "scale" on the bottom of my box:

Does these two terms have any meaning or is this just as meaningless filling of space?


texts: software similar to unbounce's WYSIWYG Editor

texts: Im not too good with html and graphics and usually just need to make fairly simple static pages. I was wondering if anyone knew of software that is similar to unbounce.com's WYSIWYG editor in terms of functionality and usability?


texts: Is it possible to create a green poker table felt pattern with CSS?

texts:
I would like to render/generate a CSS pattern that looks something like green poker table felt or AstroTurf.  Is this possible?

Alternatively, would an image-based pattern be a better solution?  If so, why?


texts: How do I take advantage of an ICC Profile from a printing company?

texts:
I understand that I need to somehow adjust/convert my image that I created in an sRGB color space, so that it will print reasonably on a given printer.

A print-maker offers ICC Profile files for download for each of their printers/papers (for soft proofing), but I don't know what to do with these files. Can I use them to print on my own home printer, to get an estimate of what it will looks like? Do I add them to something like GIMP or Photoshop to adjust the image?

I already understand why I need to convert from one colorspace to another, that part is pretty clear. I just don't understand the practical aspects of how to use these files to aid in that conversion.


texts: Want to merge two grayscale images into one

texts:
I want to merge two grayscale images into one, ideally taking the average of the two images. Both images are grayscale, same canvas size, flattened. I tried using merge channels but that puts me into a new image with two channels.
I'm using photoshop 2021 if that matters.


texts: Where can I get professional portfolio review? (Can be paid)

texts:
I just started learning graphic design (especially UI). I learn on my own, and that's okay, however I realize that having feedback from a high class professional, from time to time, would be greatly benefitial.
I don't mind paying for such service.
Any suggestions?


texts: I'm trying to build an art exhibition that fits into a 5x5 meter square. I have rectangular boxes that I want to set up in a pattern. So I want to make a grid that's made out of rectangles on my design. Is there a good way to do that in Photoshop?


texts: How to reproduce this effect and what's its name?

texts:
I have been looking on project on behance and there are plenty of projects that show interfaces in a 3d way with depth and I can't find anything to reproduce something like this, so since I am not a native speaker I am wondering if I use the wrong terms.

This is what I am talking about :

Or another example :

Sometimes it is even like on a phone :

So you get the idea.
Do you know what is the name of this ?
When I search I always fall into google material design elevation thing which is not really what I am looking for.
Do you have any links or tutorial on how to do this type of effect please ?


texts: Import an Illustrator file into After Effects keeping the group names and hierarchy?

texts:
I imported a file from Illustrator to After Effects, but when I converted the layers to shape layers the group names were changed to "Group 1", "Group 2" etc. and also the whole hierarchy of groups was broken.
Is there any way to import illustrator file, convert it to shape layer and keep group names and hierarchy from illustrator?


texts: Can't save my Photoshop work as a .png anymore

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Recently I made an Windows update on my computer, but since the update I can't save my projects as a .png anymore.

This is a major problem for me, because I'm building up the website for our company and I need pictures with transparent backgrounds.

Is this problem relating to the Windows update I've made and why didn't it occur before?


texts: How can I achieve opacity gradient effect in After Effects CS6?

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Basically I have a composition layer that needs to have sort of fading out effect on it.
I can achieve this in PS CS6 by aplying a vector mask on a layer and then choosing opacity gradient and applying it on created mask. But I'm struggling to achieve this effect in AE. Any suggestions?

Example:


texts: How to recreate line effect in the famous Woolmark Logo

texts:
How can I recreate the oddly curved line effect seen in the famous Woolmark logo in Adobe Illustrator?

Thanks in advance.

tor.


texts:
I'm not very well-versed with commercial graphic design tools and only know the basic things with open source tools.

I've had someone create a brochure for me and they've sent me the PDF and an indd file. They used InDesign. The tool I'm using, Scribus, can't handle indd files, so I'm wondering which file type the creator should export for me to be able to import it in Scribus.

The supported file types for imports of Scribus are listed here..

I want to be able to make minor adjustments, like change a text field. The few on the brochure are vector graphics I think.

What export file type from InDesign  offers the best compatibility with Scribus?


texts: What software can I use to get started in webcomics/animation?

texts: I have been using Microsoft paint but it doesn't have layers like Photoshop. I am a poor person so can't get photoshop, anything else I can use?


texts: How do you resize an image through pixel scaling?

texts: I use Adobe's Creative Cloud to generally resize images...but I came across a strange use case. I want to resize a graphic of mine...but not using a standard scaling formula. I want to resize my image pixel by pixel through some pixel scale factor. So, if my image has one pixel, and I resize it by a scale factor of two, I would expect one pixel to take up four pixels, and so forth. But when I try to double the scaling on an image in Adobe Fireworks, for example, the image compensates some pixels to a different color. So how can I achieve a pixel scaling effect like this?


texts: Lock position of Object on a layer but NOT the whole layer

texts:
I am using Illustrator 2018 on Windows.

I have a layer with multiple elements on it (different text boxes and some shapes).

Is it possible to lock the position of a individual element but not the whole layer?

Many thanks


texts: Delete or straighten one of two anchor point handles in sketch 3

texts: How would you go about deleting or straightening one anchor point handle, while keeping the opposite handle intact?


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I have a number of triangles that I have loosely created with the pen tool. They have no fill but a stroke of 0.25pt. Is there anyway the points themselves can have a different stroke size? Like 1pt?
Roughly this would look like: o.....o, where the o is a pen tool point and the ... is a line that connects the points.


texts: How do I prevent opacity shades from getting darker when overlapping each other in Adobe Illustrator?

texts:
Here is my current project:

How do I prevent the darker black underneath the bowl? Both layers are at 50% opacity at #000000.


texts:
How to make animate line with an arrow in Adobe Animate CC like below:

Not necessarily dashed line. But it is necessary that the arrow would go not only along a straight trajectory but also along a drawn path.
I'm new in Adobe Animate and have not found such arrows like in Illustrator were where used arrowhead to stroke of line.

UPD
my attempts to solve the problem

attemp with  classic motion tween for mask

attemp with  shape motion tween for mask

attemp with  shape motion tween for shape mask. It `s better now, but the mask does not even cover the line that appears underneath it

UPD №2
shape tween for line with paint brush in the form of an arrow.
For a straight path, it is suitable, but generally bad for the curve trajectory.


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In Affinity Designer, is it possible to set up attribute styles which can be applied to individual layers or objects? Say I have a palette of three colors that I will use in my design project, and I want to set up three fill styles, named FillColor1, FillColor2  and FillColor3. For all of the objects that I  want to fill with the first color, I would apply the style named FillColor1. I would do the same for the other two colors, using FillColor2 and FillColor3 respectively.

Let's say I originally used the color orange for FillColor1, but later decided that I don't like the way it looks. I would like to modify the color setting for the FillColor1 style to green, and it would instantly change all of the orange objects to green.

Is this workflow possible in AD? I don't think the currently implementation of styles will work, and it does not look like symbols will work either.


texts: How do you open multiple images into a single Photoshop file?

texts: I need to open 30 images in a single file as multiple layers. I went to File > open > select 30 images > open and it was opening 30 files in different windows. I had to use the Drag And Drop method for 30 files to make all the images appear in one file with multiple layers.  So my question is there any way to open multiple images in in single Photoshop file as Layers?


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I hidded my node with context menu

Now how to get it back?

I found this strange tutorial, suggesting to use Textport and showing something incredible.

Is it possible to unhide nodes with the same simplicity as I faced hiding them?


texts: How to recreate this zig-zag / andean pattern

texts: I have tried a few different attempts on this pattern. I was wondering if someone could show me how to recreate this Jordan 12 pattern (black and yellow) on the sole of the shoe:


texts: Why is it a bad idea to reuse a logo typeface elsewhere in branding?

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Although I am not a graphic designer, I often end up referring to design branding materials for various reasons. In my experience, many brand guideline documents have a Fonts section, which specifies which fonts should be used to remain on-brand. This list usually includes two or three fonts, and the font which is used for the logo. However, there is usually a comment alongside the logo font saying that it should be used only for the logo, and not for other branding items.

I believe that this is fairly common - I can't think of any brands that do use their logo fonts elsewhere. It seems fairly sensible, but arguably, the logo typeface could be used elsewhere to "continue" the brand. I'd like to know: what is the formal reasoning behind this decision?


texts: I have made pupil of eye by blending different layers in 2nd artboard but when i move it to my original sketch it become little transparent due to blending different layers. i cannot change blending to normal. So how can i solve this issue.


texts: Is it possible to open an .ai file in Photoshop?

texts: I currently dont have Illustrator but I do have Photoshop, is it possible to open a .ai vector file and save as JPG/PNG in a desired size?


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What I'm trying to do is make the bounding box, where the transform handles are, perfectly sync with the masked picture. Here's an image of what I'm trying to avoid:

And here's the layer on the layers panel:

I figured there's some way to "print" or render the mask onto the layer so that the handles are flush with the actual image. Maybe layer masks aren't the best way to crop if I know that I don't want those parts of the image.

How should I go about this?


texts: Software that simulates a wooden drawing doll?

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I am learning to draw figures, and a wooden doll (pictured below) is a lot of help. But I'm having issues keeping a specific angle in regards to the doll. Even a little shift in position can make the drawing off.

Is there a program that provides a 3D dummy figure which can be adjusted to any position like a wooden doll? This would enable me to keep the angle exactly the same without having to worry about movement.


texts: How do I make to make picture solarized like example

texts: I'm now self-learning PTS and I want to edit my photo into the color or maybe into this style like this picture. Anyone knows? Please show me how. Thank you


texts: With GIMP, how to crop a layer to the size of a different layer?

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I have multiple layers in my project. I need to crop one (call it layer A) to the size of another (layer B). Neither has the full size of the image.
I thought I would switch to B, Select All, switch to A and Crop to Selection. However, when I switch to layer A, the selection changes to match all of layer A so that Crop to Selection does nothing. What am I missing?


texts: anyone tell how is this effect created which change lips color to orange and little orange on face without brush etc tool

texts: how to change the only lips color to orange without brush etc tool and how this is created and little orange on face


texts: How to correctly save a file to CMYK and PMS formats?

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I finished my new logo and always I make a logo, I pick CMYK format, thinking on print and vector first. I created a color scheme using Adobe Color by setting up the HEX values. As you may know, Adobe Color displays each color you picked in a variety of formats, including RGB, CMYK and, as a new feature, its Pantone respective match.

My 1st doubt here is that when I apply the CMYK values Adobe Color shows, those colors look like a little different from the RGB. Is that normal? Can we "rely" on Adobe Color regarding color conversions? And, before someone saying to me, I don't have Pantone physical palettes, I'm still unemployed :disappointed_face:

2nd point: the CMYK values Adobe Color shows to us is different from those which I see on Illustrator CMYK correspondent fields after putting that respective color's HEX or RGB code. Example: one of my colors is #CD0A5A. Adobe Color "says" that its CMYK value is 0, 95, 56, 20, however, if I insert #CD0A5A on Illustrator and take a look on the CMYK respective value, you'll see 15, 100, 48, 2. Also, after I add my color theme from Adobe Color to swatches on Illustrator, those colors are added with some variations on their values, e.g., the HEX #CD0A5A after I add onto Illustrator, it "becomes" #CD1D5C.

Could you help me with those points??

***** UPDATE *****

The print shop contacted me and they said me to proof colors using FOGRA39. That generated a BIG difference in comparison with default US Web Coated Swop v2.


texts: Illustrator vs Photoshop: when to use each

texts: Should Photoshop only be used to touch up photos or is it okay to use it for flyer and business card designs? Is everything to be done in Illustrator that goes outside the realm of touching up or editing photos?


texts: Can I automate the creation of random slices within Photoshop?

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Yeah, let's not worry about the why, but the how.

I want to create different sized rectangular slices of an image within Photoshop, and print them out. I can do it manually, and it's a long slow process. I'd rather have a tool to automate the initial slicing.

Anyone...? Anyone...?


texts: Suggest an icon for top tracks in a music application

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I'm designing an online music player application, and in top bar of the application, we need a "Top Tracks" button. The application is skinned with a Mac OSX theme as of now, so ideally it should be monochrome.

I've been unable to think of an icon that would properly portray the top Tracks button to the user. I've been looking around for inspiration, and I thought either :

Radio/Jukebox to represent popular tracks
Bang Icon (Big asterisk)

The icon size would be around 32x32 px

As of now, we're using "Top Tracks" as a filler text.


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Given a RAW file of a glamour photo, what are the "must dos" first steps BEFORE any retouching is done to enhance the photo? Although I realize that this will be subjective to a degree, I'm hoping for a simple & fool proof step by step guide of things that can be done to a RAW file before it starts going through a creative process.

I'm guessing I need to do the following, at least:

Sharpening (but how specifically?)
Color correction (which technique?)
???

Once I get the RAW file to a decent starting point, I need to blur out a few things and then flatten it. The PSD will then be sent to another person to undergo a creative retouching. Suggestions?


texts: How to set a constant opacity with the Pen tool in Photoshop?

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How to change the opacity of the shape pen tool in Photoshop without always having to go and click on the new shape? Every time you create a new shape the opacity goes back to 100, then I read that you can create a group and they stay the same opacity but then the color stays the same on all the shapes.

I am trying to vector a very detailed pen drawing and need the shapes to be low always so I can see the lines I am following in the layer underneath, but there must be a way to set the opacity low constantly to avoid always having to change the new shapes opacity.


texts: How to straighten round-edge document or book page automatically?

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I have hundreds of documents, which are rounded: the document was not straight when it was photographed, and the image is curved or rounded in various ways.

I'm looking for an automatic or semi-automatic process, that will

detect the lines (not OCR, just line curves),
straighten the whole page according to the (assumed) text lines.

Can you point me a software or feature, or even code that tries to fix this?

example attached (original):

after an (imperfect) manual fix (gimp, cage transformation):


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Does anybody have an idea how to get this kind of unsmooth grainy gradient effect in illustrator ?

I tried with sketch torn edges, i tried with a grunged up photo, edited the levels and saved that as a bitmap, then applied it to a mask, but i does not look good

So does anybody know a better way to get this effect in Adobe Illustrator ?


texts: How to create/imitate a crack in a picture in Photoshop

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How can I add crack to a picture in Photoshop cs5 (with or without using custom brushes) like the one below?

I tried with brushes, but it didn't look realistic.


texts: How do I make the inner outline of a stroke have a gradient on my map?

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Excuse any ignorance, I am actually a GIS Analyst (a cartographer) and do most of my work in GIS software. I am making a map where I need to create inner outlines, based off of an older map my work did:

That was done in ArcGIS, and while I know how to do it there, I don't think it looks good enough, I would like to do that inner outline as more of a soft gradient. I use Illustrator CS6 fairly often with my maps for the finishing touches but I don't have any formal training. I mostly try stuff until it looks right. After doing some playing around, I was able to come kind of close like the picture below:

I did that by making the region's fill brown, and selecting the Inner Glow tool (mode: normal, opacity 80%, blur 0.3 in, edge). However, problem with that is that the white part of the region is a white fill, so if I layer it on top of my map I won't be able to see all the stuff on the map underneath it.

Any suggestions on how to create that effect on the inside of the border in Illustrator? These borders are vector layers, specifically they were created in ArcGIS as vector polygons from a geodatabase, and I exported my map from ArcGIS as a pdf, and opened it up in Illustrator to work on this. I would appreciate any help!


texts: Font used for video titles in Fire Stick's YouTube app

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After failing to get a definitive match with WhatTheFont and WhatFontIs (after almost 80 questions, no less) I'm here trying to identify the font in the title of this YouTube video, taken from what I believe is Amazon Fire Stick's YouTube app. The font feels to me pretty common so I find it odd that I've not been able to identify it so far.

Thanks in advance, it's much appreciated.

As a bonus, whether the font used for the descriptive text above the title is the same font or different would also be interested to know for me.


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i've been working on a project for a tile map based game, so i've been setting up those maps in Maya, but somehow the road of the map is clipping through the ground underneath it when the camera is far away, Which i do'nt understand because the road does'nt even touch te ground. And when the camera is up close, it looks just fine.. i'll put in some images for
reference.

annyone who knows a solution for this? thanks!


texts: Throwing out redundant bitmap information when saving as PDF

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I am designing something in Illustrator and I use a part of a bitmap (JPG) image. I only need it to cover a specific shape so I use a clipping mask and end up using just about 20% of said image. Now when I save as PDF, whichever way I save it, it retains the entire JPG inside the PDF (you don't see it, but it's there). How do I get rid of the 80% I don't use? I'm also fine with throwing out that 80% in the AI file, as long as I get rid of it.

PS: It's for file size purposes.
PPS: Yes, I've tried unchecking editing capabilities and checking acrobat layers.


texts: How to combine multiple png icons into one transparent iconset

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What software can I use to combine multiple transparent png and icon files into one transparent iconset?

Example:


texts: Raster image opens in smaller dimensions in Adobe Illustrator

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so I have this image that is 612x408px (300dpi?):

I create a new file in AI at 612x408px (72ppi) and when I import the image, the image imports in lower dimensions:

When I scale the image up to the artboard size of 612x408, the image doesn't lose quality, so it's definitely a 612x408 of at least 72ppi (maybe even the 300). Basically just scaled down for no reason, yet having the original quality of the linked file.

When I change the resolution in document raster settings, nothing changes.

Also Pixel preview doesn't change anything.

Why is the imported image scaled down and not imported in its 100% size?


texts: Possibility to link two chapters together to show together in the toc of InDesign

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A friend of mine is writing a student/teacher book. For the teachers the book should have the questions and also the answers in there. But the answer to a corresponding question should be in the second part of the book and not directly after the question. That means, if I have a question on page 10, the corresponding answer could be on page 40.

Is there any possibility to link the question and the answer together to show together in the toc? Should be looking like the following example in the toc:

Question 1..........page 10
  Answer 1..........page 40

Question 2..........page 11
  Answer 2..........page 41

Question X..........page X
  Answer X..........page X

Hope I could describe my issue understandable, because english is not my native tongue and because of that not very good.


texts: Need an indefinite amount of distinct colors, how should I pick them?

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I'm working on a web application where I need a bunch of random colors that are different from each other. Just for simplicity sake, let's say I want the user to input a number. This is the amount of columns that the web page should show, which are all right next to each other. Each column needs a different color.

What I kinda want to do is go through each color once, then start over with a different hue, like: red, blue, yellow, green, orange, cyan, purple, light red, light blue, etc.

My goal is to have each column stand out without reusing the same exact color. If a color has to be reused (red and light red), it should have a different enough hue to separate it from the original color. So #FF0000 and #FF0100 wont do.


texts: how do i draw dashed vertical lines on a path in illustrator?

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I'm trying to figure out how to draw the below circle. I've looked through all my brushes, and I definitely don't have it. Is that what that is? A brush? Is it something I need to purchase? It seems so simple, but I can't figure it out.

Thanks!

Karli


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I have the following Path element. What i can't figure out is where in it's path data instructions about the origin of the whole shape is made. If i set translate to (100 200) as below, the middle of the height of the whole shape as Y value (and a implicit 0 as X) is chosen. I would like to understand how this happens and whether this information is somewhere in the path data (d attribute)?

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<svg height="1000" width="1000">
<path d="M71 70v-169l69 28v168zM140 203v177h28v-165l42 17v-105l-42
-18v-169l42 18v-105l-42 -18v-173h-28v161l-69 -27v-176h-28v164l-43
-16v105l43 17v169l-43 -17v106l43 15v175h28v-162z"
transform="translate(100 200) scale(0.6 -0.3)"/>

  <rect width="100" height="2" x="100" y="200" fill="red">
</svg>

</body>
</html>

And the starting point of the red rect and the magic starting point of the path are the same point (100 200):

Can some one help me understand how this magic point is determined?


texts: Inkscape: Collapse borders between consecutive boxes

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I need to make several diagrams with many precisely-size, consecutive, bordered boxes. I'm snapping all the edges of my boxes, but box strokes are inlaid; it looks like snapping the edge to the grid determines the maximum extent of the box. The side-effect is that when I put boxes next to one another on the grid borders appear doubled.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about:

What's the best work-around for this? I've come up with a few ways to cope, but most of them involve making bizarre sized boxes that are hard to color fill.


texts: Will I get sued for my logo, even though the customer doesn’t know me?

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A few months ago I made a logo for a customer on Brandsupply. Brandsupply is a site that lets a customer upload their ideas for a logo, and then choose the logo they want from the design that a bunch of designers created for them.
I got the idea for the logo from Shutterstock. If I would ever get sued in the future, will I be the one who’ll have to pay? The customer doesn’t have any way of my contacting me, except for mailing me. What would be the smartest thing to do?

The customer already said (before even choosing my logo) that if there ever has to be paid money for copyright, the designer will have to pay. But he simply typed this in a message; so of course it doesn’t mean much. Can I do anything to prevent trouble?


texts: Is there a proper place to keep unused pages and scraps?

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I deleted a page, only to want it back again later.  Then, I moved some page content off the page region and onto the grey area associated with the spread; I know that's cut off with any kind of printing or export.  If we move that element back into the design, I can find which page I left it near and fetch it again.

That is not great, because it doesn't stay in a useful spot, and it doesn't show well against the grey background.

Is there a "bin" or "scrap pages" section that is meant for that kind of stuff?  Especially when doing a booklet that must have exactly the right number of pages, I don't want to just add extra pages without having them somehow "officially" part of a chapter that's not active.

What's a good way to do this in InDesign CC 2015?


texts: I would like to apply a GREP style to all words after a double line break (before the next line break). Basicly highlight all the titles in the document. What would be the code for that?


texts: How was this sea effect done? Photoshop?

texts: How was this sea effect created? I tried googling for images but that was hopeless. I tried searching for things like "photoshop sea plugin" (and numerous other variations) but that was equally hopeless. I think it is a great effect and I would love to know how it was done.


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I am trying to recreate this image

I have no idea how to make ideal cutouts with rounded edges and place them closer to the center.
To accomplish this I tried making an arch form and using pathfinder cut out the form, but I can bet that there is an easier and much faster way to recreate this.


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I have not given this too much thought until recently, when a bit of a back and forth happened with a client. So, when I start a new document in InDesign, for CMYK print, how to I know how to setup the color settings ?
Many times I will just not look at this and go with whatever is set by default, but apparently this may affect things.
Is this just a case of choosing between the "Europe General Purpose" vs the "North America General Purpose" presets, or is there more to this ?
Are the "Coated FOGRA39"/"US Web Coated (SWOP)" the most widely used standards that will generally work for printers in the EU/US ?
What about web documents in RGB ? Like, when you design a presentation that will not go to a CMYK printer, what's the proper colour space to use for that ?


texts: InDesign plug-in for random text variations in size and position

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I'm trying to typeset a book with an "old" / "handmade" look, with little irregularities, shuffled up kerning and spacing, letters that are slightly unaligned, and so on. More or less like in this question, but I'm looking for a solution that does not rely on a custom font: is there a plug-in or a script for InDesign that randomly applies variations in size/shift/position to characters in text in order to achieve this effect?

In essence the final effect should be something like shown below (this uses the Patina plug-in for LibreOffice):

Also, see here for a treatise.


texts: How to quickly and easily create a grid with Adobe Photoshop?

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Suppose I need to draw a grid in Photoshop, each square being the same size, and a certain amount of pixels tall and wide, and the grid lines having a certain pixel width. Like this:

Currently I do this by drawing one square, copy+pasting+moving+merging it a few times to create one row, copy/pasting that a few times to create more rows above each other.

It works, but feels very clumsy, I'm sure there ought to be a more efficient way to do this?

What are some efficient methods for creating a grid of equally sized squares?


texts: Convert pdf files to slideshow without Acrobat?

texts: Is there a way to force an existing .pdf file to launch full-screen and auto-advance (prefereably with transitions) without owning Adobe Acrobat?


texts: Is there a way to change all images to black rectangles in Adobe Acrobat?

texts: I need to make an additional layer for UV coating in existing pdf file. Is there a simple way to convert all images in PDF to 100% black rectangles?


texts: Indesign: same color (gradient) looks differently on 2 pages

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This InDesign document has 2 pages. On each page there is a rectangle that uses same gradient color. Looks differently:

What mystery should I attribute this phenomenon to?


texts: Photoshop - PNG sequence to gif with trasparency

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I have a problem with exporting all png sequence (these are all with the transparency, also been exported to video with after effect, selected rgb+alpha), the issue is that the optimized format shows me a "too much red" respect of the original one, I already made sure that the option matt has been disabled, also gif with the checkbox enabled into it. So don't know if there is something wrong with some setting. Thank you in advice, I will give you the images for references:

Thank you in advice for any help.


texts: how can I increase my workflow of making cloud shapes?

texts: Basically I have been using the Pen Tool to create cloud shapes similar to the image below. I feel it can be a bit time consuming. Isn't there any way I can increase my workflow of making such shapes using another approach or a plugin (not too expensive)?


texts: Is there a way to enlarge the InDesign interface elements?

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I'm using inDesign 9.2 since yesterday and I find the interface elements incredibly small. For example when selecting the TEXT tool and looking at the options on top bar (fonts, alignment, etc), it takes some effort to, say, increase font size by clicking on the up arrow in font size section:

Is there any way to make it look a little bit less ant-like and make it easier to use?


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So I'm slowly going about teaching myself about design and I'd love to hear what you think about this.

I chose Morse Code because at first I couldn't come up with anything comprised of my initials R and U and secondly, because I was fascinated by it not a long time ago.

Is there any way I can make this logo look better using Morse Code?
More importantly, by using Morse Code does this look like logo material?


texts: How do I create a billboard that is larger than Indesign CS5's maximum document size?

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I am making a billboard with this dimensions : 2.19m x 6.09m
However, indesign's maximum document size is 5486.4 mm (5.48m)

How do I increase this document size or is the another way to handle this problem?


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I need to find a .bmp file for each letter or for the whole ascii table in the same font, each file has to have the same dimensions.
Does anyone knows where I can find that kind of pictures ?

Thanks


texts: Inkscape: Can not get "Pattern Along Path" feature to work as I need it

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I am using Inkscape's "Pattern Along Path" feature.  And I think I am having problem because Inkscape is rotating my pattern 90 degrees from the orientation I would prefer.

I've a "path":

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 .
  .
 .
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 .

And a pattern:

ooo

And want to get this:

ooo
 ooo
  ooo
 ooo
ooo
 ooo

But I keep getting this:

o
 o
  o
 o
o
 o

Is there a way to force the "Pattern Along Path" feature change (rotate) how it draws the pattern onto the path?

Added later...

This is a snap shot of the image I am working on next to the "Pattern Along Path" dialog:

To place the "O" pattern onto the line on the left, I click on the past icon (clip-board with paper, 3rd from the left under "Pattern source"). If I click on "Pattern is vertical" before applying the "O" pattern, the selected line on the left disappears.  If I click on "Pattern is vertical" again, the line is restored.  If I click on "Pattern is vertical" again, then click on the past icon, then click on "Pattern is vertical" again, the line is restored but looks just as above (the "O" pattern only 1 wide along the length of the line).

This is Inkscape 0.91 running on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:


texts: Photoshop Gradient Editor Is Missing Key Settings...Can No Longer Pick Gradient Type, Presets & Smoothness, Etc.

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First, thank you for taking the time to look at this.

My gradient editor is missing key settings including: stops, presets, gradient type, name and smoothness settings.  It used to work just fine and then one day all of those settings disappeared and now I’m left with a gradient editor box that doesn’t allow me to edit anything. I apologize if I’m not using the correct terms, I’m a newbie. Please help!


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I want the word 'homestead' in the center of that shape in a nice curvy fashion.

I have applied 'ENVELOP DISTORT' 'MAKE WITH TOP OBJECT' option.
Have applied several slanted form but none produce the result i am expecting.

Please help me.


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Is there any way to auto center button and text Photoshop? so when i change the size of the text i wont need to re-align it manually in the button.
Many thanks!


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What I'm doing is animating a stroke by first setting its stroke-dasharray and stroke-dashoffset, and then animating its stroke-dashoffset, so that the stroke appears as if it is being drawn by an invisible hand in real time.

However, line animations require strokes because paths prevent stroke-dasharray and stroke-dashoffset from having any noticeable effect.

I need a stroke with a width of exactly 1px that is a perfect quarter-circle.

But, since I suck at creating perfectly curved strokes of a particular width, the only way I know how to achieve this is by creating a path from a circle object.

Is it possible to convert a path to a stroke?

Is there a way to create a perfect, quarter-circle stroke that has a width of one pixel other than simply writing the code myself?


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I'm somewhat new to Photoshop and Illustrator and am trying to figure out how to blend two images together. Here's the picture:

It's basically a splash going into a soda background (I couldn't find a full picture that I liked). This picture works into the rest of the scene but I just need to focus on this part right now. I've tried color replacement but it doesn't match the colors correctly.

I was looking into blending techniques but I can't find one that works for what I'm trying to do. I'm basically trying to get the whole thing to blend as seamlessly as possible with each other. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.


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have a webapp where I make http post requests and I wanted to improve the form where users post advertisements. Now when I improved it, how do I actually measure or know that I made an "improvement"? The load time is quicker, the http requests are fewer, but how to I measure usability?

The prior version of my ad posting page looked like this and was successful.

The new version looks like this and gets better results in tests.

Should I accept my own redesign already, or should I improve it more?


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I do games for mobiles and web. I have all my artwork in Retina resolution.
I use Sketch for slicing my artwork. During slicing I scale-down my artwork for not-Retina screens - and here I face a problem:

Please follow my explanation:

Here I describe what I do in Sketch app:

Here I show resulting pictures, describe my problem and ask a question:

So, my question is how to make edges of scaled-down sliced assets not transparent?

Is it possible to do it in Photoshop or in Sketch?

ADDED

Here is a link the the Sketch file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzHPzvAPTcG2WTJLTTdHVUN4QTQ/view?usp=sharing


texts: rectangle select, use fractional in aspect ratio

texts:
I use the rectangle select to crop an image, but it has to be a fractional number. Let's say 1.6:1

Gimp version is 2.8.16 if I type fractional number GIMP rejecting and back to previous aspect ratio.


texts: Is it possible to export images from my PSD with a higher resolution?

texts:
I made a 1920 x 8000px PSD file with lots of great pictures, logos and text.
Our programmer now need the pictures I used as single JPGs with a minimum width of 1170 px so the pictures are content aware and scale well on smartphones etc.

My problem is that I made the design for desktop and used the slice tool around every picture so I can export them easy but their size is now around 350px width.
All of those pictures are smart objects and lead to a high resolution picture with around 4000px width.

Now my question: Is it possible to export my pictures out of my psd file with a higher resolution?

The pictures are sometimes tweaked or have a certain cutting, so just using the original file wont work. The information should be there somehow in the smart objects.


texts: removing 'scatter' lines in transmission electron microscopy image

texts: Has anyone have an ideao if there is a way to remove the lines like the attached picture ? These are so called 'scatter' lines on a T.E.M. slide, made by a microtome.


texts: Not seeing results of blob brush - Illustrator CS6

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I'm working through Lynda.com's Illustrator CS6 One-on-One: Fundamentals course (chapter: Reflecting across an angled axis) and I'm having trouble with my blob brush tool.

I've been using the tool all afternoon to successfully to draw other shapes, but for some reason now that I'm trying to draw the flower detail, I'm only seeing a purple outline of the shape instead of the full blob line.

I'm not sure why I'm not seeing a black line where this purple outline is. It looks correct in my layers panel. Does anyone have any ideas?


texts: Snapping issues in Adobe Illustrator cs6

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I'm having snapping issues in Adobe Illustrator. After checking the different snap options, nothing seems to help. There are moments when designing where the program won't let me snap to an exact point, and only just before or just after.

Can anyone tell me what would be causing this? And what might be able to be done about it? I've been working in Illustrator for years, and I've never had a problem like this before.


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In brief, I need a way of applying a layer colour overlay with dynamic values in an action.

This is a hard one to describe but I have three source theme files which have many layers which correspond to the themes colour scheme.

For example, the layers of the blue theme are filled with these colours:

Layer 1: #1592d3
Layer 2: #f7f7f7
Layer 3: #b2b2b2

I have around 3000 icons which need changing to correspond to which ever theme file I have open, and I used to have an action which basically...

opens the master file,
selected the appropriate layer
set the foreground to match the current layer
then go to the icon which is opened and set a colour overlay with the current foreground

That all worked a treat last year when it was used, but Photoshop has been upgraded since and it's now recording the colour overlay with the exact values rather than the ones dynamically selected from the open Master document.

This is hard to described so I hope I'm getting my issue across. The way I've done it like is so that if we want a new theme designing, the designers can just create a new master document with all the correctly named layers and we can use the exact same actions to go pick and apply the correct colours.

Hope that all makes sense and if anyone know's if this is still possible or has a way better solution let me know.

I also don't have any control over these icons which is why I'm using this convoluted method.

Thanks!


texts: Technical name of a particular fountain pen font

texts:
Kind users, I've been trying for two hours to identify a font using the various online tools that can be used in LaTeX but I failed. I don't know if it's even a commercial font.

The k that I highlighted with the rectangle color orange, to do a more accurate search, has a very specific name (eg. calligraphic or stylographic + name)? Could someone give me an indication how to direct me for a more targeted search? Thank you all.

The link of the image is: https://tobiw.de/en/gallery#oscillations-and-waves&gid=3&pid=6 and it is visible also in the related question here: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/501983/to-insert-an-aesthetically-elegant-and-stylish-letter-or-letters-for-mtpro2.

ADDENDUM:

As by comment of the best user @Bill Kerr I adding the site of the links where I have tried to identify the fonts:

https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/;
https://www.whatfontis.com/;
https://www.fontsquirrel.com/matcherator.