texts: How to NOT copy text formatting in photoshop from a text layer?

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I'm using Photoshop.
I want to copy text from a layer in one document and paste in a layer in second document without changing the formatting in the second layer.
What happen is that the text formatting also gets copied with the text and when I paste it in the other layer its formatting changes according to the copied layer. I just want to copy the text only.
Nobody seems to be asking this question.
I have some screenshot to illustrate my point.
Steps:

Copy the text "Lorem Ipsum"
Select the layer "Team Working
dedicatedly."
Paste the text.

You can see that the font of the title layer changes to the font of the body text layer.


texts: How to remove a green/blue screen background using Photoshop CS5?

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Using Photoshop CS5, i'm trying to fully remove background of a picture being shot behind a blue screen. To do this, i am using Color Range method (from Menu > Selection). It works ok for most parts of the picture but other for some having transparency (like hairs), there is still some glowing blue around it.

Here is the original image :

Here is what i get, using Color Range. If i increase the Fuzziness, the hairs tends to disappear completely, which is not what i want.

Here is what I want to achieve :

Is there other techniques to remove that blue background ? (and thus avoiding the blue glow around the image ?)


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I am creating an app with React Native which needs to be able to display super/subscript. For some reason, there is no way of doing this on Android because the View cannot be nested in the Text component. (More about my issue with React Native.)

Question

I am trying to find a font which consists solely of superscript characters and another font consisting solely of subscript characters. This font should include all letters of the alphabet, all numbers and all characters that are used often in maths. Because of this requirement, simply using Unicode for this will not work because it has no subscript character for the letter b for example.

If it doesn’t exist, would it be possible to make one? Or is that something you can’t do on font level? E.g., I am not sure if it is even possible to add padding to the bottom of each character as they are vectors. What would be another option?


texts: How can I insert this image to fit this action perfectly with keeping the dimensions?

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I am working on a guideline with Adobe InDesign and once I am ready with it, I wanted to create a 3D mock up using a Photoshop action, but when I tried to insert the image it looks really small. I couldn't fit it perfectly to the action's image. I have used free transform's tool but it didn't work because it's going to lose the real dimensions.

I just attached a screen capture image to show you how it looks like.


texts: Can someone help me, I'm trying to recreate the effect in the image on other photos. It has a dark transparent layer over the image. Can seem to create this same effect.


texts: Under whose name does an outsourced graphic designer go?

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I have a web design company. For artistic graphics I hire a Graphic Designer to do it for me.
Obviously it hurts my business if it is known that I outsource so the designer uses an email address from my company and not her own Graphic Design company.

Is it normal to expect only my signature logo at the bottom of the graphics and there should be no reference to her own company at all? The same goes for her Graphic Design company, can I expect her not to link to work she does for my company on her portfolio?

Thanks


texts: How to make a UI element look clickable?

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I have created a button that has multiple options and when a user toggles between these options, the video on that screen changes - See image and animated gif below.

In some instances there is more than one button, when having multiple buttons the combination of the different options switches the video to one that correlates with these options.
We have styled these buttons to have a slight gradient to make it look more clickable to users. I have also added  a chevron and the dots on the right hand side that change colour when a certain option is 'active' to make this element look more obvious.

I think this UI element works well on a range of different devices, mobile, desktop etc. However, this UI element isn't recognised as clickable by some users.

Do you have any suggestions that can make this UI element look more obvious to these users?


texts: Create contact sheet in PaintShop Pro X7?

texts: Is it possible to create a contact sheet based on multiple images in PaintShop Pro X7? Is it possible to do this while retaining the sources' alpha channels?


texts: Do I need the Pantone Solid Coated Guide if I have Color Bridge Coated Guide?

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I need a Solid Coated Pantone Guide. If I buy the Coated Color Bridge, does that have all the solid swatches (PMS) in addition to the CMYK equivalent?

i.e. Would it be redundant to buy the regular Solid Coated book if I had the Coated Color Bridge guide.

Thanks :)


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I am trying to achieve the effect bellow (source: Twitter official blog header image).

I have a background color and a few colorful flat objects that I want to bend into the background color like bellow.


texts: In a 85.6mm x 54mm business card, what is an ideal font size?

texts: I would like to know what is an ideal and readable font size that I can use in a business card with the dimensions listed. Not too big but not too small. I was thinking it can be about 7pt for titles and then about 5pt for subtitles but I'm not sure!


texts: Best workflow for icon design: Start big, or start small?

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When designing icons that need to be delivered at several sizes, do you start at the smaller size, then scale up to the bigger sizes? Or do you start big and scale down?

There's several advantages to both. I'm trying to refine my workflow, so input from others would be helpful. Let's assume we're designing a Mac or Windows icon, where the sizes relate — they're mostly exact multiples.

For OS X, the standard app icon sizes are:

16×16, 32×32, 128×128, 256×256, 512×512 and 1024×1024.

For Windows 7 the standard app icon sizes are:

16x16, 32x32, 48x48, 64x64 and 256x256.

For iOS the standard app icon sizes are:

29x29, 48x48, 57x57, 58x58, 72x72, 96x96, 114x114, 144x144, 512x512 and 1024x1024.

For Android the standard app icon sizes are:

36x36, 48x48, 72x72, 96x96 and 512x512.

For iOS and Android, the icon sizes are a little more haphazard and the scales don't relate as well, so being smart about the design grid matters less, because you're less likely to find coordinates that hit pixel boundaries for multiple sizes.

Method 1: Scaling down

Design the icon at the biggest size (often 1024×1024) using vectors and generated effects, like layer styles.
Duplicate and scale the document down to create the smaller sizes.
Make any required tweaks and save the final image.

That's great, but misses opportunities for elements to align to a grid that work for multiple sizes. Using a coarse grid to snap to seems to help a little. For example, a 1024×1024 document with a 16px grid means the snapping points will give you pixel snapped edges down to the 64×64 size. The idea is to design with detail but snap to the smaller size grids, so you hit those important positions.

Method 2: Scaling up

Design the icon at the smallest, or one of the smallest sizes (often 32×32 or 64×64) using vectors and generated effects, like layer styles. There typically isn't enough detail in 16×16 to use it as a starting point.
Duplicate and scale the document up to create the bigger sizes, and down for the tiny sizes.
Make any required tweaks and save the final image.

This tends to lead to over simple icons with not much detail, so I don't like working like this.

Method 3: Scaling up then down

Create a rough design at a smaller size (often 32×32 or 64×64) using vectors and generated effects, like layer styles.
Scale the document up to the biggest size and add detail. This is the point where the icon is polished and most of the detail is added.
Duplicate and scale the document down for all the smaller sizes.
Make any required tweaks and save the final image.

This seems to be the best method, with the pros and cons of the other methods. As a slightly related point, it also means I typically design iOS icons at 912×912, because that's exactly 16 times the iPhone's non-Retina icon size of 57×57.

Is there a better method for designing icons that need to be delivered at several sizes?

The goal is to achieve the best possible result, with the least effort.


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As a graphic designer I have found it always very interesting that how designs made in past look very outdated, unfit, out of place, underwhelming and just wrong. Even though i know it's true designs/trends of today WILL become the old ones in near future. But why...what is it about us or designs that makes them like that to us.

So far I have thought of several things maybe it's one of these or mixture....

Newer designs/trends are in fact an Improvement? or ..
Novelty of newer designs hasn't just worn off? So in comparison they look better.
Old designs are beautiful it's just they functionally hard for us as we are accustomed to other forms of retrieving message.

But the thing that bothers me is that if most/some designs' newer version looks better just because it's better related to current era, achievements, and technical capabilities, then why does it appear that designs have improved in all last 10 iterations per decade. If my view is subjective to previous and newer design..then why do designs of era in which i don't live in or lived in appear progressively getting better.

For that i have also happen to have some things in my mind...

I am shortsighted in a way that most designs i get to see today are on digital media and digital media has been technologically challenged in its abilities so That means there is "Good Design" for the most part.
There is Good Design and recently good UI, public representation, marketing is becoming a more of a priority...seriously most sites in past looked liked they were meant to be used by desperate people.
They were just designed bad without consideration of aesthetics..I say that because some art looks just amazing even if it was made 2000 years ago..some things just do look beautiful.

So do old art/designs/logo/typography look repulsive subjectively or they objectively are inferior?


texts: Replacing banners content in an EPS file

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I have some EPS banners with an image in it. The original EPS was a template but I want my own image in it.

This is the original:

And here is what I get when I open it with Illustrator:

Now to edit the grey area I tried the replace feature but it doesn't work. I tried linking my images but the same thing.

Is there any easy way to replace that with my own images?


texts: Defining resolution or layout size for iphone/ipad devices

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Basically the question is divided into three parts -

What size should I start with on an iPad?
At what size do the Graphic Assets need to be passed to the developer?
What about the same items on an iPhone?

With the plethora of devices available --and particularly if I would have to design for an iPhone or iPad-- where should I start detailed design exactly? Should it be for lower res (say 1024 x 768 px for iPad) or should I do it on a higher resolution as for Ipad 2? In case I do it for a higher resolution, should the ppi be at 72 or higher (and how much higher)?

Can I work on 1024 x 768 layout and do the icons scaled up by increasing the ppi? Should I make the detail design at 1024 x 768, leaving the developer to scale it up 2x times through code for the newer iPad versions (which means I share lower version of icon artifacts to developer)? Is there any other means of defining the layout size?

And again, does the same also apply to iPhone layout?


texts: How can I remove part of a shape in Illustrator?

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I'm trying to remove the dark grey background out of the center of this blue shape. I don't know how to select the inner part of the graphic and remove the grey only.

I'm totally new to Illustrator and don't even know how to select path's yet. I want to remove the dark grey inside the blue "house" so it looks like a window.


texts: Width and height pixels reduction with specific height and width

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I am trying to reduce the pixels of an image for the web, but it looks very bad (for exam).

3200X1200 pixels is the original size of the image, but I would like to convert it to 530x411 for my web page.

If I do it with image size options it looks very bad. Please, give me some ideas.


texts: Illustrator: trying to use the vertical type tool

texts: I am trying to type vertical text however just it comes out rotated.


texts: Illustrator scripts disappearing from Actions

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I've created Actions that include scripts (by using Insert Menu Item).
I managed to get the scripts to show up in the menu by adding them to the folder ~\Presets\en_US\Scripts in my Illustrator directory.

The issue is that every Illustrator is restarted, the line in the Action that executes the script is gone. I suppose it is because there's a moment while Illustrator is launching before it checks that folder for scripts that it looks like that line is pointing to an item that isn't there.

I know this is an obscure question, but has anyone encountered this? And does anyone know a workaround?

(Or even a better way to assign a hotkey to a script would probably be fine)


texts: How do I achieve this design in Illustrator? Im assuming its a stroke? but it fills in the shape perfectly

texts: How do I achieve this design in Illustrator? Im assuming its a stroke? but it takes fills in the shape perfectly....


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I'm creating an email in MailChimp using content blocks. (I'll be happy to use another method, but that seems to be the most convenient method at the outset.)
Within the Image content block, there is a Settings option for Edge-to-Edge margin formatting. I'd like to set the same option within an Image + Text content block, but there doesn't seem to be such an option.
I can also create an HTML content block, but that's obviously less than ideal because 1. I can't create the content block responsive without much more work than I'd like to put in, and 2. It's frankly much easier to use the pre-designed content blocks than to create a bespoke one.
Is anyone familiar with how to do this in the Image + Text content block in MailChimp?


texts: What is W.-A. Bouguereau's work "licked finish" technically made of?

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I was reading about William-Adolphe Bouguereau(1825-1905), a French salon style adademic painter somewhat reviled by the (impressionist) avant-garde in his lifetime, because of a style deemed superficial and influenced by commercial interest. In particular there is reference to the licked finish. I'm not invested in this so I don't have to take sides - I just find it personally beautiful. I have extracted some detail from one of his later works, The Wave (1896) 1:

(please right-click/view image + zoom for detail).

I find1 the woman on the painting really has a sort of photographic quality at first sight - I was mesmerized and I have to zoom on the foot or elbow to see some of the work - in particular some white paint and outline - otherwise I can't seem to read it like that; I see her body radiating a black aura and some blur for lack of better terms. So I'm trying to describe the effect and figure out how it's technically done.

How does the artist technically hide his brush strokes here and is there anything peculiar in how the flesh and light on the skin are painted in this work - is it related to the aforementioned technique or is it just "classical canons", skill and the artist's taste for the realistic genre?

1. As I have no training whatsoever with Fine Arts, I can only observe - and read.


texts: Why Is Image Exporting At Larger Dimensions Than In Illustrator File?

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This does not make sense to me. I have an Illustrator file and the shape is about 245 x 210 px on the artboard:

I then export this image as a transparent png, using the artboard:

But after it's been exported to my desktop and I right click on it and get info, it says that the dimensions are 1036 x 915:

That's WAY different from how it is in Illustrator. And when I try to upload the image to imgur, it's also too large there as well:

https://i.imgur.com/AUuet7c.png

I'm just trying to make this triangle smaller. Why is this happening?


texts: Anchored object hiding the text INDESIGN

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I am setting up a book, where i want to anchor some objects to the text. I need to do the custom setting as it shall not align with the text but fill out a whole page. I have put textwrap on the group that is to be anchored. But it is hiding the text above the point where i anchored it in the text.

How can I prevent this??

Kind regards
Lisbet


texts: How can I recreate this washed out / tie dyed effect?

texts: How could I recreate this gradient washed out effect in PS?


texts: How do I achieve this shading effect in Illustrator?

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I've been seeing this shading technique a lot lately, this is possibly not the best example of it but it's the only one I can find at the moment. How do you achieve this sort of shading in Adobe Illustrator? It's hard to describe so I haven't been able to google it... thanks very much in advance :)

Source


texts: EPS files exported by Illustrator are ca. 2 MB while SVG version is 30 kB

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I worked on a couple of vector images in Illustrator CC, and saved them both as EPS and SVG. For some reason, the EPS files are around 2 MB and the SVG files are around 30 kB. It is the same exact graphic, saved without changing the artboard size, etc. I know that EPS also saves a bitmap within itself, but then making the artboard smaller did not result in a change in the size. Is it due to the bitmap bundled with EPS? If so, can I change the compression on the bitmap, or remove it completely?

Unfortunately I cannot use the SVG, because I will be embedding these images into LaTeX. But I would like to make the EPS files as small as the SVGs. What causes the drastic difference in size?


texts: Where do I stand from a legal perspective using Helvetica Neue in my logo?

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What is the legal perspective of using specific fonts for your company logo?

Which fonts CAN you use in your logo?


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I'm attempting to import an EPS file into GIMP, but it fails. I'm running v2.8.19, and I've installed Ghostscript 9.14 (I think that's the version).

I've also gone through setting up the System Variable and verified the path. I did notice there were 2 versions of the 64-bit GS file, one ending with "c" and the other not. Neither exe file works.

Any thoughts on fixing this aside from reverting to an earlier version of GIMP?

The error reads as follows (I yellowed out part of the path, but there are no spaces or illegal characters):


texts: How to create keyboard shortcuts for Copy & Paste Shape Attributes in Photoshop?

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Something that is a little frustrating with Copy Shape Attributes and Paste Shape Attributes is that you can't assign a keyboard shortcut to it. When trying, I was unable to make it work. I have posted what I could get to work as an answer.

How can I create custom keyboard shortcuts for the Copy Shape Attributes & Paste Shape Attributes options in Adobe Photoshop?

To do it manually, you need to right click on a shape layer in the layers panel.


texts: Is it possible to avoid the fine lines that render between the shapes in this grid?

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I used the grid tool to create a grid of squares for a texture, but I'm seeing very clear fine lines rendering at the edges between some - not all - of the rows and columns.

Unfortunately, these lines also render in Chrome (haven't checked other browsers). The lines appear in different places depending on the size that I render the vector image, just as they change when I zoom in and out from the shape in illustrator. This feels like a sub-pixel rendering problem.

Is this a "necessary evil" when using vector? Or is there a solution?

I tried things that I thought might solve sub pixel rendering problems such as:

applying a very small CSS transform to the content.
applying a 0.1px CSS blur filter to the content.

But that doesn't get rid of or effect the lines in any way.


texts: How to batch-export SVG's to EPS on Windows or import them into InDesign CS6

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I noticed that in Adobe CS6 there is still no way to import *.svg files into Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.

Now I want to use a lot of svg's from "TheNounProject", due to their high quality and visual consistency. But part of it is also to "play around" with them, basically to find the most suitable image for the accompanying text. To do that I already have to download a lot of svg's that I might not use.

I don't want to also have to manually (1 by 1) export all of them to *.eps (assuming that's the only way) when I later won't use them.
And: It seems that there is still no import option for SVG in InDesign and while there is the "SCAND SVG Kit 1.0.8 for Adobe Creative Suite", it doesn't work with CS6 (I tried it).

Plus it somehow beats the purpose of the open and free SVG format when I have to pay $99 for a licence of something that should be included or possible with another software. The publications I use "TheNounProject" icons for are "non-profit" anyways.

Is there any other work-around? Or is there an easy way to add batch-support for InkScape?

(A way that - if it's by commandline - does make it easy for me as a non-IT/math-nerd to precisely understand (where and how) the batch processing script will run on those files.)

I also posted this question on Quora. (Under the title "Why does Adobe InDesign still not support the placement (import) of SVG's (in CS6)?", I can't use more than two hyperlinks here.)


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Referencing text layout. . .

A widow is a sentence fragment separated from its paragraph at the start of a page or column

A widow is the end of an incomplete sentence which appears at the beginning of a column or page.

An orphan is a sentence fragment separated from its sentence at the end of a page or column

An orphan is the beginning of an incomplete sentence which appears at the end of a column or page.

When considering this for print layout...

Are these ever a good thing?
Is there a reason to allow either of them in text?
Or should they always be removed?
If so, what are some good methods for removing them, assuming copy editing is not permissible?

Regarding web layout...

Is it even possible to control such matters in live HTML text?
If so, what are some good methods?

I do realize that in responsive web layouts text control is merely not something which can be present at all times and often "you get what you get" and that's "as good as it'll get". To this end, I'm really thinking more about print design.


texts: How to fill a shape with different elements of varying sizes

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I'm looking to replicate this effect without having to putting each icon in by hand manually. Is there a program or script that could help me achieve this?

I tried it with some mosaic apps but it didn't work out very well.

Does anyone have some ideas?


texts: How to set Text on Path on outside path in Sketch?

texts: I would like to change put the text on the outside of circle and there is an issue, when the text is placed at the bottom at circle the texts are squeezed (Image 01) together, How to sovle this problem?


texts: Replace one layer with another in multiple Photoshop projects

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I am creating a series of banners in five sizes.
Each banner size represents its own .psd file.
There is a logo on all banners and each series contains a different logo.

Till now I inserted all logos manually for all banner sizes separately.
Is there a way, that I can change all banners at once?

I am using Photoshop CS6.

Something similar (not really the same thing) exists in AfterEffects called "Replace footage".

Regards!


texts: Indesign – screen effect disappears in RBG blend mode

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I have an image that is basically some black lines which I have placed onto a blue background and gave it a screen effect to make it white. This is while in CMYK transparency blend space.

But when I turn it to RBG blend space is disappears.

I know there are ways around this and I have now made jpegs for it and exported them fine. But I just don't understand why it's doing this and if there is a way around it.

I tried turning everything on the page into RGB then applying the effect but the same thing happens.

Any ideas?

Cheers in advance


texts: How can I prevent Photoshop from applying anti-aliasing to a layer when it's resized?

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I want to size down an already small rasterized layer in Photoshop. I notice that Photoshop distorts the layer by applying anti-aliasing after the resizing is applied. During the resizing, when we can mess around with the resize handles, the anti-aliasing is not rendered and the layer looks exactly the way I want it.

Is there a way to stop PS from applying the anti-aliasing after the "apply" button is pressed?

I've attached a snapshot to explain what I mean. Notice that star labeled after has anti aliasing applied, which the same star, this time labeled during looks more jagged.


texts: Colour in image does not match colour selected through Gimp's 'colorize' tool

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I wish to change a colour in an image using Gimp, but the new colour in the image doesn't match the colour I choose through the colorize tool.
For example, if I try to change a colour to red, the preview the colour is more of a brown.
The image mode is (and always has been) RGB with an alpha channel, as opposed to indexed, which I see from several other posts is often the cause of similar issues.
What else could be causing this issue?
Note that in reality there image isn't just a solid colour, so I'm trying to find a solution that will seamlessly blend the red colour with the other parts off the image.


texts: How do I get the "combined" color with the eyedropper tool in Illustrator?

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I drew a smiley face graphic and used translucent gradient layers on top of the first color to give the face a 3-dimensional look. But there are also "smile lines" under the eyes, and I want to the color in the folds of the lines to blend seamlessly in with the rest of the face.

But using the eyedropper tool only grabs the top layer, of course. Is there a way to set the eyedropper tool to grab the "combined" appearance of all the layers? There doesn't seem to be a way to do it, but I find that incredibly hard to believe.

Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to post the image here, as this is for work. But here's a link to an image that will give you some idea of what I'm talking about.


texts: Saving vector images in Illustrator for a web blog

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Graphics designing is not my profession, however, I do know how to use Illustrator to create simple vector images/graphics. I do not have an idea as to what format or other attributes to consider when saving an image for web viewing. I've searched this forum for similar issues others might have faced, but fail to follow the designing jargons used.

The way I am trying to save the image for my blog is with the save for web option in Illustrator where I  choose JPEG and give it a file name. I then import this image into the blog.

The images looks blurred, jagged and bad. It looks nothing as amazing as it does, native in Illustrator. I also notice the image dimension shrinks once I post it to the blog. How can I determine the right dimensions for the image? I do not own the blog, I'm just a guest blogger on their platform.


texts: How to create "wave"-like type in Illustrator

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I managed to create a text following a wave pattern in After Effects using the CC Cylinder effect but I can't find how to replicate it in Illustrator. I tried the Map Art effect under the Extrude and Bevel effects but I don't know how to make the text repeat like in this still of the animation.
Does somebody know how to recreate this effect in Illustrator ?
Thank you !


texts: Automating the Creation of Geometric Shapes?

texts: How can I draw geometric shapes, or other regular shapes, such as a gear, using macros or scripts?  I'd like to experiment with creating games by combining elements, similar to geoDefense: http://www.criticalthoughtgames.com


texts: What kind of paragraph style settings in InDesign have the effect of CSS' `clear: right` property?

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There's a wonderful property in CSS called clear that prevents floating objects from appearing adjacent to something else.  InDesign allows floating objects, but I can't figure out what sort of paragraph style settings to use to prevent objects from floating next to a paragraph.

I have an anchored object floating to the right of my text.  I'd like this anchored object to show up next to my regular paragraphs, but then when a heading comes along, I'd like the heading to slide down below the floating object.

Here's what I have now:

 This is some regular paragraph text that  +--------------+
 has an object floating beside it.  The    |              |
 floating object takes up the right side   |    image     |
 of the page for a while.                  |    float     |
                                           |              |
 HEADING                                   |              |
 The heading starts while the floating     +--------------+
 object is still going on.

And here's what I'd like:

 This is some regular paragraph text that  +--------------+
 has an object floating beside it.  The    |              |
 floating object takes up the right side   |    image     |
 of the page for a while.                  |    float     |
                                           |              |
                                           |              |
                                           +--------------+
 HEADING
 The heading could have started on an earlier row, but it
 didn't, because it's not allowed to appear next to a float-
 ing object.

Is there a way to do this with paragraph styles in InDesign?


texts: What is the name for wireframe-like projection images of technical objects?

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What do you call wireframe-like projection images of technical objects?

Like the rocket images below:

This is not an actual wireframe because empty spaces are not filled with a grid; only notable features are displayed.


texts: Is there a way to set up text tabs in Photoshop?

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I have versions CS4 through CS6 (ETA and now current to CC18). I have a nice numbered list and I'd like to align things. Is there any way to set up tabs rather than letterspacing or splitting the text into separate layers?

(I can recreate the text in Illustrator and import it, but I'd like to know if I can do this task in one program.)


texts: Photoshop: bold is not available for specific font

texts: Just starting out with Photoshop and trying to bold my text, but the option is not available. What can I do?


texts: Tools and softwares need to learn to be a web and graphics designer

texts: This is my first question here. I am in my academic level. I know html, and a bit of css. I want my career in graphics and web design. As a startup, other than Html and css how many tools and softwares do i need to learn? Is knowing Javascript is mandatory for this filed?


texts: Conversion of RGB values to CMYK in InDesign concerning

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I experienced odd tints of grey-color after print out. Now I know, to avoid this and get clean grey color, only K value should be used for CMYK.

But I am wondering, why when I set C0 M0 Y0 K5 in InDesign, I get values of R241 G242 B242, BUT when I am setting the same R241 G242 B242, I get C4 M2 Y3 K0. In that case, I will get dirty grey again?

UPD. Current settings in PDF...


texts: Creating geologic-style faults across multiple curves in Affinity Designer

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I want to create a graphic, which consists of multiple, not equal curves [1], that have multiple faults [2].
In the end each color should be one unified area (can be cropped or extended to the document dimensions [3]).
The resulting shapes shall in the end be used to mask (not distort) and tint images below (see example).
This is done in Affinity Designer (Desktop or iPad) as a aesthetic design (book cover).

Here is what I came up with yet (colors and images changed):

Please notice, that the images themselves are not distorted by the faults, but only their unified clipping shape has faults.

I tried to divide the areas by creating "cut-line-objects", but this seems to be a lot of copying, deleting of unnecessary by-products and manual shifting of nodes.
This process is complex to replicate, if e.g. the curve shapes or fault-angle should be changed.
Also this is not exact, and the only way I see is to calculating and positioning each point manually.

Is there an easier, more flexible way, than my described workflow?


texts: Create a color gradient over an image like this in Photoshop?

texts: How do I create a color gradient over an image like this? I'd like to keep the background bold enough to see over the color.


texts: How to make a distance-based gradient around a shape in Photoshop CC?

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I have an irregularly-shaped pixel image on a transparent background. I would like it to "cast a shadow" all around it by creating semi-transparent pixels around the edge of the image. Specifically, I want the transparency of each pixel to be determined based on how close it is to the pixels of the image (i.e. transparency proportional to the Euclidean distance between the target pixel and the nearest image pixel).

Selecting the pixels I want to apply the gradient around is trivial, but I can't figure out how to make a gradient that will automatically recede based on the Euclidean distance from the rest of the image. Just to be clear, this is the end result I want:

000111000
002333200
024555420
135###531
135###531
024555420
002333200
000111000

...where ### stands for the original image pixels, and 0-5 stand for 0% through 50% transparency black pixels (the % chosen here is arbitrary).

Obviously this would be straightforward if it were a simple image like the above, because I could just create a circular gradient centered on the image. But I want this to work for an arbitrary irregular shape, with pixels getting more transparent the further they are from the shape's edge.

This is such a simple and obvious use case (it's commonly done with text, for one example) that there must be an easy way to do it, but I don't know what that is. The only solution I can come up with so far is to iteratively grow the selection outside of the image by one pixel at a time and decrease the transparency with multiple bucket fills, but it's hard to get that smooth and it's cumbersome. Is there a simpler way to do this?

EDIT

I think I understand now.

Photoshop's selection tools are more flexible than I realized. When you grow a border, it does so smoothly even though it looks like there are only specific pixels selected. I wasn't seeing the smoothness of the selection area until I entered Quick Mask mode.

So yeah, it's super easy to do this. Growing a selection automatically smooths the edges with partial transparency automatically. Just grow around the border of the shape on a separate mask layer, and fill the area, and the effect is exactly what I wanted.


texts: Help identifying font used in star charts

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I'm looking for the sans-serif typeface used in the star chart below.

I feel like I have seen it in other star charts and maps (it feels familiar, akin to Computer Modern in scientific papers) , but unfortunately I couldn't find a better scan, so the automatic identifiers (Matcherator, Whatthefont) failed. Identifont and "manual tag-based search" led me onto something DIN-like, but it's not quite there...

image source


texts: I am working on some posters, I like to see how the poster will look in a frame. I have another project open that I can paste the work into. Is there any way to make the poster live update in the frame?


texts: Adobe fireworks UI to mobile live preview

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I am running Fireworks on Windows 8.1 and I am designing a user Interface for Moto G mobile. Is there any simple way to see live preview in USB connected mobile phone? I don't remember but there is one software for Macs which shows the live preview in mobile. Since that doesn't work on Windows platform I had to find alternative of it. I have learned enough and now I want to have the similar feature for Adobe Fireworks.

Is there any plugin for that?


texts: How to work similar colours of an image using Inkscape?

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I want to enlarge both sides of my image with similar colors of my image by adding sth(i dont know it) without damaging the quality.

More clearly, i have an image(.gif format) 1100x400 resolution and it contains lots of mixed colors. i want to make it 1350x400 resolution.When I change it by hand, its quality reduces a lot.Instead, I would like to add columns(by similar colour filled areas of my image) to each side of my photo.I want to add an object 125px through left side and right side for enlarging the image(as medium or high quality).

How can I achieve this with Inkscape?

Actually, can I achieve this with Inkscape? :)

Thanks.


texts: Turn semitransparent PNG image into a white silhouette, preserving transparency

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I have an PNG image like this with a transparent background:

How can I change the image color to white, and keep the transparent background in GIMP?

The desired result is a white silhouette on a transparent background.


texts: Batch process images to 640px width but don't resize if less than 640px

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I have a huge amount of images that I would like to batch process with Photoshop (any version).

They're all different shapes and sizes in terms of resolution and quality.

I want to batch process them all to 70% quality and a max of 640px wide. The quality part is easy, it's the width that's causing me a problem.

Some of the images are less than 640px wide so I don't want to resize these, just change their quality. Is there a way to not make those images 640px, just anything that is bigger than 640px?

I'm talking thousands of images so it's not a manual job!!


texts: Inkscape's "Stroke to path" produces hole in the middle

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I start with an "i" in Chalkboard SE, font size 32 and stroke width 8px. Then I click "Path > Stroke to path" and the design now has a hole in the middle of the dot of the i. The larger the stroke width, the larger the hole, but only in the dot of the "i", not in the main body. Illustrator also gives the same result (after Expand of Object and Fill and Expand of Fill and Stroke, then hiding the fill).

Even more puzzling, with a French cursive font (direct link to .ttf font here), the "i" with font size 47.5px, stroke width 5 pixels, with stroke path expanded and united with the original object still has two holes, one in the middle of the dot of the i, another small one at the end of the tail to the right. Illustrator does not produce this second hole.

How can I avoid the holes in converting from a stroke to a path?

Update: After @Moini suggested the dynamic offset and "object to path" in an answer, I tested with j in cursive standard and also got a hole in the body of the j. Notice the anchor points inside the outline of this screenshot:

Of course, I could remove the hole by hand, but I want to use the stroke width or path outset programmatically, so fixing it by hand afterwards is tedious.

Second update: I tried stroke width and all the relevant commands under the menu item "Path": outset, dynamic offset, and linked offset. I found no solution. I attach a picture below that summarizes this issue. Expanding an "i" with stroke width produces a hole in the middle, the outset command turns a straight line into a curved line so I didn't try further, and both dynamic offset and linked offset create extraneous paths inside the region that would mess up the design for the laser cutter. I tried both "Object to path" and "stroke to path".


texts: "Free Vector" for commercial use ALTERED

texts: If you find "Free Vectors" online and change the color scheme or tweak it a little and then used it for commercial use would that still be grounds for violation of copyright?


texts: Move guide line after snapping object in Inkscape

texts: In Inkscape, I've placed a guide line. I've then snapped several objects to that line. I now want to move the guide line and have the objects move with it (since they are snapped). How can I do this? Right now, when I move the guide line either by dragging, or double clicking and changing values in guide line dialog, the line moves but the objects don't.


texts: Work with templates in Photoshop, but not the way you think

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I am working on a project in which I am designing a top-down tile map (think about the GameBoy world of Pokémon for instance). In my main file I am using many "sections", for instance part of the map is a forest: each tile in this section is a copy of a forest-tile, or I have a house-tile that is placed in different locations on the map.

The thing is, that these tiles are based on custom PSD files. So each tile is a PDF file, and the world map contains copies of these tiles. To improve my workflow, I'm looking for a way to make the world map behave as a template with containers. E.g. it would be useful to say that a defined shape is actually a PSD file named forest.psd. So each time I change something in the forest.psd file, my world.psd gets updated with the new contents of the forest.psd file.

I have never seen or heard anything like this, but it seems like such a useful feature! For instance, let's say you are making a poser (poster.psd) and you want a logo in there (logo.psd) you would just be able to define a layer with a certain size and say source:logo.psd, which would then fill that layer in these dimensions. In this latter example it might not be all that necessary, but especially when using a PSD file as a source multiple times (as is the case in my tile example) this would allow designers (and especially teams of designers!) to work so much more productively.

Tl;dr: is it possible to define a "section" (layer) in a file, which would fetch the contents of another file? A way to embed a PSD file in another.


texts: Removing text from background with opacity

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I have a png diagramm (see first image), which has some sort of opacity. I need to remove the text and insert the translated one preferably without hurting this opacity.
I tried many things in Photoshop, and the least bad was to just rectangle select and delet the text. But I would like to know the proper solution for removing the text, because when applying non-white background to the edited picture it looks ugly - as show on the second picture.

Any comment and idea is welcome. Thanks


texts: AI: How to turn blotchy lines resulting from an image traced illustration into clean geometric lines that look good when zoomed in

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Note: I am not a graphic designer.  I would consider myself to be somewhere in between beginner and intermediate.

Although these are different drawings, both are vector and both try to achieve the same result, which is to represent an organic being (man vs pelican in this instance).

One is sloppy blotchy and unusable for what I am trying to do. The other is clean, geometric, and beautiful.   Is there a way to do this geometric effect while live tracing an image or is there a way to apply it after the image has already been traced? So for example, if I wanted to change the pelican traced image into something similar to that of the mans traced image style.


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I would like to blend 2 gradients well to create a ground effect in Illustrator. Like this:

How can I do this?

EDIT: I still have not figured out how to do this, how can I achieve this???


texts: How do I go about incorporating a hyphen into a personal logo? I'm currently working on the initials P and C of a double barreled last name (eg. Jean-Baptiste) and I thought the hyphen of the last name would be an elegant distraction from the classic PC acronym. Here is what I have came up with so far.


texts: How to produce a SVG with vectors using Adobe CC

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I have a bitmap image that I try to turn into a SVG using Adobe CC. (It is a logo for a responsive website). The image is below:

First I create an Adobe EPS file using PhotopShop:

I use the magic want to create a selection.
I convert the selection to a work path by right clicking and using the command "Make Work Path...".
I save the file as .EPS: "Save as.." and selecting type "Photoshop EPS".

I then load the EPS file into Illustrator.  The image can be seen there (edit: I've since learned that this is not a vector image). To convert from EPG to SVG, I just select: File » Save As... and selects "SVG" as the type.

The saved file, has the extension .svg, but when I inspect it contents, there are no vectors there as far as I am able to tell (just a lot if base64-encoded bitmap-data).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 23.0.6, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0)  -->
<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
 viewBox="0 0 208.2 81.6" style="enable-background:new 0 0 208.2 81.6;" xml:space="preserve">
<g>

        <image style="overflow:visible;" width="1735" height="680" xlink:href="data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAgECWAJYAAD/7AARRHVja3kAAQAEAAAAHgAA/+4AIUFkb2JlAGTAAAAAAQMA
… a lot of base64-encoded image data
48lvMunFMrRyIfvKw0WHF5q6gnrSa9JaWcYit48dCMEkDSJY9LE8p/8ArB//2Q=="transform="matrix(0.12 0 0 0.12 0 0)">
    </image>
</g>
</svg>

Is there a better procedure for this?


texts: how to make selection on certain part of shape in adobe illustrator?

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I'm new to illustrator. I just want to ask how and what is the best way to make selection of certain part of shape in illustrator. Currently i'm just using pen tool and it's quite messy. In photoshop we can use the quick selection tool. Is there similar tool like that?

For example i can easily make selection of the bear's head without his body and background to resize it accordingly


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How should one prepare a file for print on Adobe programs (Most likely using Indesign for this project) when the paper is coloured?

I want to make a poster with text and other elements but no background, so that the printer doesn't try to print the background colour?

Is the default background on Adobe programs "transparent" or white? Meaning how does it behave when printed? So this is all when making a PDF file for print.


texts: Scale layer in Photoshop without changing aspect ratio?

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I need to scale a layer, make it smaller. But when I try to scale it down with Edit > Transform > Scale, it's a type of scaling that can change the aspect ratio.

I'm looking for a scale feature that forces the aspect ratio of the layer to be maintained while shrinking or enlarging it.


texts: Should fonts always be very "formal" on a legal page?

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I am working on a HIPAA page (legal disclaimers in the medical industry). I am including a screenshot of the bottom portion of the page.

I think this looks good but wondering if I should perhaps go with a darker font. I was also told by a tester that it "looked to casual." The actual font I used was 'Sintony.'

Also wondering if maybe I have too much margin in the footer and open to other suggestions.


texts: Recreating a Photoshop Gradient From a Bitmap Screenshot

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What's the most accurate technique for re-creating a gradient in Photoshop from a bitmap image like a screenshot?

So far I've been using the dropper tool to pick out colors and manually set color stops but it seems like there must be a more accurate way of setting the position and the number of color stops using an existing bitmap as the source.


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I'm trying to design an art print that uses overprinting to create color variations, and I want to use as few component colors as possible. Given a design, is there a way to figure out the smallest set of colors that can be overprinted to reproduce the intended colors?

For example, if given this design as a raster image:

How could you figure out that the colors can be made by overprinting these component colors?

In this example, I just made the design by combining different combinations of the components.

Note that the first component color doesn't appear on its own in the design, and is only an underlying part of the design.

This seems similar to CMYK separation, but with different component colors. And, there could be any number of underlying components. (Not just the standard four, like CMYK.)

Is there a known programmatic method to find the smallest set of components for a given set of colors? (Not trial and error.)


texts: How do I make my perspective grid fit the width of the artboard in illustrator?

texts: For some reason when I open perspective grid, the grid is really small (pictured). How do i resize it so it fills up the artboard?


texts: How can I display sound distortion through images?

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I've become very fascinated with the idea of digital destruction through a physical medium.  There was PBS video on youtube How Does Glitchy Art Show Us Broken Is Beautiful?

Example Pieces:

Cultural Brazilian sound chair:
shows this idea with sound and how a sound of brazil influence the form.

Digital cabinet. Shows a split between the classical baroque cabinetry and new digital destruction.

Question:

What are the techniques to edit these typical mediums from a sound wave?  Can anyone list out some, tools + process to achieving these kind of results?

I can already take beautiful photography, I 3d render beautiful products and I can shoot video like a mofo.  I know this is a really wonky question but any tips or trick will help me in my research.


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I've searched for the answer here and online, but to no avail.

MSPaint only allows 90 degree increment rotations, so I want to tessellate using Paint.net instead. But when I clone an image, it comes out with a white "shadow" around the whole edge (see attached image). In MSPaint, all I have to do is hit the "transparent" button to get rid of the "shadow," but in Paint.net, I don't know how.

I'm adding an example of my tessellations (most famous tessellator was Escher; compilation of his tessies here):


texts: How to use magic wand where there is white in the image

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I am editing product images so that the background is transparent, the background is currently white.

When I use the magic wand tool it also cuts out the bottle cap of the product because the bottle cap is white. To get around this I duplicated the layer, converted to smart object, made adjustments to the levels so that the bottle cap was no longer white and then used the magic wand tool. After I do this, I go back to the original layer, unlock it, hit delete and then delete the duplicate layer so that the background disappears.

This seems to work but is very time-consuming and trial and error with adjusting the levels.

Is there a simpler way? I am very new to PS


texts: Rotate Tool keeps rotating the specified path as well in Adobe Illustrator

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Trying to use the Rotate Tool to move a rectangle AROUND a circle.

Instead both the rectangle and circle rotate.

How do I stop this from moving? The circle should be fixed in its position.

Before Rotate Tool:

Expected Result:

Actual Result:


texts: Best way to flatten a curled photographed book photograph?

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I have photographed some pages of a book for reading. This is much faster than scanning and you don't have to carry the heavy books. However, the photographed books are not as nice: curved, skewed, and shadowed, as opposed to the much flatter, cleaner scanned books. Especially when you're trying to print them out.

Google's used some specific technique of converting books to e-books with a camera and a laser overlay.

But is there any home user software that can flatten a curled photographed book photograph?

Or maybe there is some technique which you can use in Photoshop?

What is the best way to achieve that?

Example:


texts: Is it possible to convert PostScript to SVG? (Inkscape)

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Is it possible to convert a PostScript file to SVG?

Based on an answer in Tex.SE, I tried to use inkscape:

inkscape test.ps --export-inkscape-svg=test.svg

This indeed produced an SVG file, but changed the font and removed the spacing between letters. As a minimal working example, I created a PostScript file that includes text only (although my original files contains both text and graphics). The following image shows the PostScript file (top) and the resulting SVG file (bottom):

What is the correct way to convert PS to SVG?


texts: What program could I use to make animated vector icon constructions?

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I've created some vector icons in Illustrator. Recently I found this designer's work and was intrigued by his animated constructions, like the following:

I've contacted the artist to ask about his animation process but haven't received a response. So, I thought I would ask for input on here.

Does anyone know what program might be used to make animations like these?

Caveat: I know how to make gifs in Photoshop. I was wondering if there is a program that can animate vector shapes.

I have access to all of Adobe's Creative Cloud programs, so if any of those programs can be used, that would be my first choice. Thanks


texts: Despite Image Size is equal to the one of an image the image still appears smaller

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I have a weird issue I can not wrap my head around.
Using Gimp for my game card design I used the Image Size setup of 825x1125 pixels.
However when I import the card printing template that has the same size it appears smaller then the image size. How can that be? I am super confused.


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I am working on a visualization that requires the use of color to depict angular variation. Normally, I would use the HSV system (i.e. the color wheel) for coloring according to angle, but I have not a few colleagues who are color blind, and would probably have trouble with the red and green parts of the wheel.

Has anyone ever come up with a color wheel that is suitable for the color blind? I don't need it to have the same "good" colors as the usual HSV, just that I have a continuous "circle of colors". As mentioned, I'm primarily interested in deuteranopia, but schemes for other forms of color blindness would be welcome.

Searching around to the best of my ability only turned up results on "complementary colors", but none on an actually usable wheel, so I'd be grateful for any pointers.


texts: How do I remove a fill and leave only the outline in Inkscape?

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I am new to any graphical editing software and I even do not know how can I formulate a question.

I have this:

And I would like to only have the outline (removing the fill):

How do I accomplish this?


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So, let's say I have a shape and I use the shape/path stroke. I set it to 5 and there's a stroke now. Cool. I modify some things in the shape path and the stroke disappears. If I set the stroke level higher or smaller it comes up again but if I set it to normal again (5) it disappears again.

This problem is really annoying.

Here is before I modify the shape:

And after:

you can see I didn't change anything in the stroke panel


texts: How to remove (trim) text from a shape in Corel Draw?

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I have a simple shape and with that a text converted.

I want to trim the converted text to that shape so that I can see the blue color i.e transparent.

Whats the problem with it? Why its not trimming?

Download the file here


texts: Photoshop: How to duplicate layer and move it into other specific group?

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How can I duplicate a layer which is located in a group (folder) and easily move it into other specific group so I can have it nicely organized?

Currently I tried duplicating with right click and drag dropping into desired group, but that takes sooo much time, especially if I have many groups which I need to scroll by and I want to duplicate something from the top group and move it into the group which is all the way down. Scrolling while dragging a layer is so painful in Photoshop.

Let's say I have nested layer groups like this:

Header
- Topbar
  -- (here is the icon inside Topbar group I want to duplicate)
- Logo
- Nav
Page
- Title
- Breadcrumb
- Content
Slider
Related
Footer
- Newsletter
- Links
  -- (I want to duplicate the icon and place it in this Links layer group)
- Copyright
- Cookie notice


texts: How can I align a bunch of layers in Photoshop CS3 to a curve?

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Is it possible to take a series of layers (say, icons of seats in a theatre) and align/distribute them all to a curve (so they appear as a row)?

What I'm looking for is similar to "align text to path".


texts: Are SVG files to be formatted in a certain way? Like do indentation and line breaks etc. matter to SVG files?


texts: Illustrator: Getting solid color values from transparency?

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I created a logo  in illustrator and after much experimentation, settled with a design which the client approved.

The problem is, some shapes have a transparency of 60% which looks amazing on white but I need to clean this up before sending final files to the client.

Question: How do I get an accurate solid colour value from a 60% transparent shape in Illustrator?

Things I've tried:

The eyedropper in illustrator only gathers the 100% colour value not the 60%+white which I need.
Pasting / Importing into Photoshop changes the colour appearance completely even though both are viewing as CMYK


texts: How to draw a woman in line art style in Illustrator?

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I'm an AI newbie. I've been asked to make the word "TV" in line art with the T as a woman crossing arms. What's the best way to achieve this in Illustrator?
I started creating it with the pencil/brush tool but it only gives one width, also I have to add stroke if I want the lines to be visible.

I want to draw like this: TV People Silhouettes


texts: In Illustrator, is there a way smooth selected paths algorithmically?

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I'm used to gimp in which there is a way to select a path and use an algorithm to remove excess points and generally smooth out the path.

It asks for details like what kind of edge to keep as a corner, and thresholds for removing and rounding out points.

Is there a way to do this in illustrator?  I've seen the smooth tool, but it seems strange there isn't a way to do it all at once coming up in any of my searches.


texts: How to create perfect geometric triangle seamless pattern

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I'm trying to create a seamless triangle repeat pattern like this:

http://www.redbubble.com/people/bakmannart/works/15661602-my-first-exploring

(sorry, I can't seem to get the image to actually be in this page as it's from RedBubble). However, without these colours necessarily, just the seamless, accurate, geometric pattern; using what is known as the 'triforce' from Legend of Zelda (3 triangles - or 4, depending how you consider it - form together to make one larger triangle). I'm fairly new to Illustrator, however I've tried a few things:

creating a perfect triangle using polygon tool. rotate/copying the
triangle into a 'triforce' shape. There is always a few points
difference though, likely because i'm terrible at maths
trying this tutorial. however, I often get stuck with the line/stroke where the paths of the grid intersect to from triangles. unlike the video's at 3:05 mins, the lines on my work are thicker in some places and basically vary in length.considering i'm using the shape builder tool( as the tutorial denotes to do )it might create some sever inaccuracy in terms of shapes later on. (sorry I can't provide a picture, not enough reputation!)
I've tried just using the move tool and smart guides/locking or whatever it is to accurately
position triangles together. I don't know how reliable this is,
though - and then I have to work out what shape to create (e.g
hexagon, square) that will repeat well.

Any ideas? I feel like I'm missing a really simple method. Thank you so much in advance!


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I have an SVG built up by adding several images on top of each other. It works fine but the edges do not line up and overlap in ways that I don't want. I basically want to "trim" the edges of my SVG to remove this.

I'm not currently familiar enough with either SVG or Inkscape to know how to crop something in the same way you would if you was cropping e.g. a JPEG.

I'd like to be able to simply delete everything outside the viewbox. How do I do this with Inkscape?


texts: Are there any free tools to convert .eot files to .ttf, .otf or any other font formats?

texts: I've been given a .eot font file that needs to be used in a desktop program. So far none of the programs that I use (Gimp, Scribus, Inkscape) can read this font type. Are there any ways to convert it to something else?


texts: epub validation error with External identifiers

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I just tried to validate an epub (3) and received a notice that in file OEBPS/toc.ncx:

External identifiers must not appear in the document type declaration.

So I used oxygen to delete the line as recommended.

This created more problems:

FATAL OEBPS/toc.ncx 2 2 Fatal Error while parsing file: Content is not allowed in prolog.
ERROR OEBPS/toc.ncx - - Error while parsing file: Content is not allowed in prolog.

How do I fix the External identifier issue?


texts: What is the natural aspect ratio of a 12 column grid?

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If I have a 12 column grid, what's the natural aspect ratio for items in the grid?

Or, more specifically, I'm using 3 content-columns - each 4 grid-columns wide.  Is there a natural height of images in my columns, and if so what is it?

Thanks!

Mike


texts: Looking for website examples for a drag and drop style widget

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I'm designing a site and they want me to add the functionality to drag and drop different data to be displayed to the client in different ways. For example, bar charts or line charts. I'm having trouble visualizing a good way to incorporate this to make it look nice and not cheesy. Below I have images to show the basic idea of what I mean.

Then you should be able to drag options from the side to display data.

The struggle really comes from the website though. Because it is an older looking site, its hard to find a good way to design something like this. Hence way I'm looking for examples. So far I'm unable to find anything good. Maybe my search terms are incorrect. Anyways, any help would be nice.


texts: How can I digitize my vector to a DST for embroidery (for free)?

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I'm not sure if this question is a good fit for you guys, but I don't know who else to turn to.  I can delete, if not appropriate.

I'm trying to get a couple of shirts embroidered with my company logo and the embroiderer is asking me for a .dst file.  I had never even heard of such a thing, so I turned to Google.  It's apparently a file format that tells the embroidery machine which colors to stitch where, in the design.

I have a one-color logo, so I'm wondering why I even need this file.

I have been digging around online for a couple of hours now, trying to find a free way to digitize a vector file, with no luck.

Does anyone know of a way that I can digitize my file?  I only need this one-time order, so it makes no sense for me to go out and purchase the expensive embroidery softwares that I'm seeing on Google.

Am I better off just finding another embroiderer?  We have gotten shirts embroidered before and never had an issue with eps/ai.  Anyone have any experience with this?

Edit
I'm on a Mac


texts: illustrator script _ stop running script on click button close or exit

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this example script creates a rectangle via dialog box ...
the problem is that when you press cancel or x button the script continues to run ..
how to make to stop functions when i press cancel or exit ?
Thanks
var doc = app.activeDocument;

function sPanel() {
    var unit;
    var units = ['mm','pt','cm'];

    var rectanglePanel = new Window("dialog", "", undefined, { borderless: false });
    rectanglePanel.alignChildren = "left";

    var rand0 = rectanglePanel.add ("group");
    rand0.add ('statictext {text: "Units", characters: 8, justify: "left"}');
    var dims = rand0.add("dropdownlist", undefined, units);
    dims.selection = dims.items[0];

    var rand1 = rectanglePanel.add ("group");
    rand1.add ('statictext {text: "width", characters: 8, justify: "left"}');
    var lat = rand1.add("edittext",undefined,"148");
    lat.characters = 10;

    var rand2 = rectanglePanel.add ("group");
    rand2.add ('statictext {text: "height", characters: 8, justify: "left"}');
    var ina = rand2.add("edittext",undefined,"210");
    ina.characters = 10;

    var rand6 = rectanglePanel.add ("group");
    rand6.add("button", undefined, "OK");
    rand6.add("button", undefined, "Cancel");

    rectanglePanel.show();

    unit = dims.selection.text;
    x = Number(new UnitValue(lat.text + " " + unit).as('pt'));
    i =  Number(new UnitValue(ina.text + " " + unit).as('pt'));

    return [x,i];
 };

function cRectangle() {

    var layer = doc.layers[0];
    layer.name = "guides";
    doc.rulerOrigin = [0,0];

                rectangle = layer.pathItems.rectangle(x, i, i, x,false);
                rectangle.fillColor = NoColor; rectangle.stroked = false; rectangle.guides = true;

return rectangle;
}
var rectangleSize = sPanel();
cRectangle(rectangleSize);


texts: Creating cinematic for an app/Question about 3D Models

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I would say that I'm fairly new to the modeling and animation field but I'm not a complete beginner. I'm trying to create a cinematic for a program, just don't exactly have the time to go through all of the steps of creating my own assets...not to mention I don't know the entire pipeline. I was thinking that maybe I can purchase some completed 3D Models that are already rigged, textured, have materials, and some UV Mapping. Import them into a program like Unreal Engine and set up a few scenes.

Is this possible and could I achieve good results?
How do I know what the 3D Model I purchase must have in order to work with the program I choose?
Anything that stands out screaming "DON'T DO THAT"?

I hope this isn't a silly question -_-
I'm sure this gets asked all the time and I'm going to go look it up right after but if someone could shed some light on what a good pipeline for creating a good looking model would be?
Example: If I create a mesh in blender, what are the next steps to get some good textures on it and materials and rigging?
The basic pipeline

Pre-production
3D Modelling
UV Mapping
Texturing and Shaders
Rigging
Animation
Lighting
Rendering
Compositing

I guess what I'm really wondering is what program workflow is ideal for someone on a budget? I know people use all kinds of programs but any recommendations would be extremely appreciated.


texts: Editing product images in gimp or other free software

texts: I am currently paying a Photoshop whizz to edit product photos for me (e.g, a lampshade), replacing the pattern with other patterns and colours, to use on my nursery décor website. I wondered if there was a free and easy way to do this myself, bearing in mind I have zero photo editing experience?


texts:
I want to create a front view [x -y plain view] of a book for library software.

Here is an example of what I am trying to design (front view of this book cover).

I tried it myself and this is the result:

But I was not able to achieve the same look for the down curve effect (The Spine & Hindge, see red marking on the yellow book mockup). My attempt doesn't look that great. My question is how can I create that kind of down curve using Photoshop?

Here is a current screenshot of the book mockup in use.


texts: How to prepare layout for printing t-shirt?

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In general, what sizes and settings should be set for the file to print on the t-shirt? For example, to print a logo and maybe some additional text.

What else I need to know while preparing file for print on t-shirts?


texts: How do you resize an existing vector mask in Photoshop CS6?

texts: I have created a vector mask for a layer in Photoshop containing a circle. Now I would like to fine-tune its position and size. I can only move individual or multiple anchor points.


texts: Possible to make "paste in place" a default behavior?

texts: Is it possible to make "paste in place" a default behavior in Adobe software?


texts: Uniting two shapes of different colors in Photoshop

texts: I'm not very good at photoshop but I wanted to know how do you unite two shapes (circles) that have different colors? When I unite my two shapes the second shape takes on the color of the first circle. Both shapes are separate layers made using the eclipse tool. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: I was wondering how to create something like this? Entirely in Photoshop or are there any plugins or tools to automatically generate random patterns?


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I am a relatively recent graphic design graduate. I have been working at a small printing house for about two years, but will soon be interviewing for a different position in another city.

My question is about what to include in my design portfolio. When I was in school, my professors all insisted that work included in a portfolio should be 100% original: my original photography, my original logos, my original layout, my original written content etc. However, at my current office, we rely heavily on client-supplied logos, type content, and photography—and stock photography (shutterstock, etc).

What do other designers include in their portfolios? Has anyone else had this issue and can I reasonable include these more recent projects in my portfolio if I label them appropriately (something like "layout design")?


texts: When do you need to put your trademark beside your logo, and when you don't?

texts: I understand that trademark/service mark is to claim rights to use a mark/service. However you don't always see it beside the logo, I just wonder when do you need to put it on, and when you don't?


texts:
I have create PSD file in photoshop on A3 (~12 X 18 Inch) size Canvas. Now I would like to export PDF format from it in A1 size (~24 X 36 Inch) for A1 size paper printing.

Unfortunately while exporting PDF Or Saving PDF it does not asks for dimension. And exports the PDF document in save PSD size.

I tried but could not find right solution. Now I sure don't want to spend time creating large size PSD. Some solution/information would really help thanks.


texts: How to clean up the pixellated edges in this image?

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The edges in the above image are very pixelized and I need to smoothen them out.

Can anyone guide me in the right direction?


texts: Why do most of the color palette generating websites generate specifically 5 swatches in a color scheme?

texts: I have used several websites to generate color schemes including Adobe color, coolors.co, etc. All of them generate only 5 swatches per scheme. I want to know exactly, why is the number 5?


texts: What is the font in the headings on Lovely Things?

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I've just run across Lovely Things, and I can't for the life of me figure out what the font is in their headings and navigation links. What is it? I only ask, of course, because it's embedded solely in images.

I tried WhatTheFont, but couldn't get any of the images to take.


texts: Can a typeface be designed to have characters depend on previous characters within a typed word?

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I am embarking on a project to design my own font for a personal project that will resemble my handwriting. I have read a few good guides to get a broad view of what it will take for me to achieve this, this one was a particularly good one I found.

I cannot seem to find anywhere that suggests it is possible to do what I’d like; can a letter within a font be made to have different appearances depending on which letters precede it?

My aim would be to make the letters connect as they do in my hand writing but to do that I do change their shape as I write to connect to each other based on what letter I have written before another. Can a font be programmed to have each letter adapt based on the previously typed one?


texts: What are the steps in designing a website?

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Calling all Web Designers :)

I am starting to make a website for a small business in my hometown and it will be my first proper project. I have made sites in the past, which I have done for leisure. I am fluent in HTML and CSS. I have got the clients requirements and what he wants on the website etc. I am stuck on what steps I should follow after finalising the requirements. I have searched the web and could not find anything relevant to my questions because the info is outdated.

My questions are:

What is a web designers workflow in 2014? (Because everything is changing so fast) Do I create wireframes of the site and then design them in photoshop and then code the designs?

I just want to know how the "design" processes works, like what steps I need to take in order to make the website.

Thanks in advance.


texts:
I need to represent 4 things in a simple, pictographic form. I've got the first 3, for Wind, Water and Ice - but I need one for gravity in the same style. I'm struggling because gravity is not visible.
Here are the 3 for Wind, Water and Ice:
Update: Made all lines the same width, removed swirls from water:

Update - my decision for the gravity icon:


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I have an image that I have applied a skew to.

The effect that I want is that the horizontal top and bottom of the image have a curve to them.  I imagine I have to use the pen tool somehow to achieve the curve but I can't figure it out.

To re-iterate, I want to transform a rectangle image so the right side is smaller and top and bottom has an inward curve.  I need to apply this to existing image, not draw an image of that shape.

I hope I explained that correctly.  Thanks for your help.


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I picked up this font a year or so ago. I thought I had written down what it was, but now I don't see it in my notes anywhere. I need it for a couple of projects, and I've been looking everywhere. Any ideas?

I have used every font identifier I could find doing a Google search. I'm using it for a current project but need it for similar projects.

Here are another few letters:


texts: How to make a glowing neon perspective grid in Gimp?

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I’ve been experimenting in GIMP; I didn’t get on so well with Inkscape.
I want to get into retro designs in an 80's style. I found this old (closed) question with an 80's text made in GIMP but the grid and perspective tools are still a mystery to me.

I want to make a blue neon grid like in the following pic:

On my computer I just see the grid as white lines that I can adjust but only as “information” and not as an object with color like in the picture with blue squared lines.


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I want to paint an image that needs to be tileable from the beginning. Converting it to a tileable later on would look weird.

How can I tell Photoshop to paint the image tileable?

This is tileable sculpting in blender, I am looking for the same concept in PS.


texts: how do you plan your teams collective design output in a decentralised workflow

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I work with a creative team that designs banners for the homepage and landing pages in an e-commerce website and app. These banners are in fixed placements and the campaigns in each of these banners make up the overall look and feel of the page. each of these banners has significant monetary value tied to what content they display.

The current workflow is set up such that creative banners done by separate designers are scheduled to 'live times' by a tool.

The problem with this setup from a design planning perspective is that, compared to say, when a single person designs a full page (where they get to see how everything will look in the final result), is here no one actually gets to see how the pages will look with each combination of banners until it actually goes live.

we've had a few strange combinations show up from time to time. because of this lack of pre-planning in our workflow. (think an online version of this. well, not this bad, but something along the lines of unexpected outcomes that don't compliment each other

This is an issue if you want to set a direction of how the whole page will look overall. Being able to preview how each of the major pages would look like as a whole with the scheduled creative banners placed in could improve the outcomes. right now it seems like team members just accept things as it is.

What could be a possible solution to overcome this? Either a revised workflow or a software or web-based tool(of course there's a manual way to do this)?. And what are the benefits (other than the obvious) of being able to plan ahead?


texts: Create my own color palette in Photoshop

texts: How do I create and save custom palettes to reuse on other projects?


texts: Can I change the color mode on which an Alpha channel value is read?

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In Photoshop, when I use the eye dropper to read a value on an alpha channel on a RGB, 8 bit per channel file, the value is read in a 0%-100% scale, regardless it is, in reality, a 0-255 range grayscale image.

This scale is in both, the Inspector and the color panel.

I can change the color window model to tone cube or brightness cube, but that is totally useless to read the values of a grayscale image...

The RGB slider is blocked. (Yes guys, you will practice your Spanish language skills)

Is there a way to read it on a 0-255 color range?


texts: I was working on a project today on Paint.net when it suddenly crashed before I saved my work. Is there a way I can recover it?


texts: How to select 5 optimally visible and distinguishable colors?

texts:
I have a document that uses 5 different colors for text, on a white background.

blue
green
brown
red
black (or any shade of gray)

I need to adjust the colors so the text has the best visibility against the white background and each color is easily distinguishable from the others.

I found some problems:

If the colors are too light, they become difficult to see against the white background. If too dark, blue becomes too difficult to distinguish from black.
Red and brown are similar, so difficult to distinguish.

Is there some way to use the color wheel to identify the best balance of these two properties within these five colors?


texts: How to copy a pattern from one neck tie image to another that has a solid colour, in Photoshop?

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I have a necktie with a pink solid color, that I want to use as a mockup:

Source

And I have a number of neckties with various patterns like this:

Source

How to copy the patterns from the patterned tie on top of a solid colour pink necktie, maintaining the integrity of the image, all the cringes, shapes and folds?


texts: Indesign data merge not working with special characters

texts: Data merge is not importing certain characters correctly. Namely greek letters (Ψ, Ω, etc). I've tried different fonts and still no dice.


texts: Replace specific range of color in Photoshop with a flat color

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I wanted to be able to replace a range of color with a single flat color.

I'm mostly dealing with black and white / grayscale images.

I tried to use the Curve adjustments tool, but the problem is that it doesn't allow you to create straight lines

Here's a random simple example:

Here I want to do three things:

Replace all colors with values ranging from 0% to 26% with a flat color of 24% value.
Replace all colors with values ranging from 26% to 76% with a flat color of 60% value.
Replace all colors with values ranging from 76% to 100% with a flat color of 89% value.

And by flat color, I mean no gradients, smooth transitions, just a completely flat even color

And as you can see, the curve tool just does not allow me to create straight lines, making it almost impossible to achieve what I want to do

I tried to use a Gradient Map too, but it doesn't allow me to replace the colors I want with flat colors

Is there any fast and practical way for me to achieve that? Preferably in Photoshop, but if it's necessary to use other softwares, I'm open to that.

E D I T:

The type of images I'm working on is grayscaled photographs and realistic paintings

Here is an example of the kind of image I'm working with:

(sorry can't embed, not enough reputation points, see my comment below)

This is what I want to achieve:

To clarify, I don't need it to be the edges to be so clean, neat and well-designed. I'm only using this as a fast and speedy visualization tool, and not to create a final product. So speed is important


texts: Where can I build a customizable HTML e-mail template to reply to individual customers requesting information?

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We receive a number of e-mails everyday requesting further information on our prices and service.

I used to answer with a "plain text" message and some PDF attachments with a graphical showcase of our products and prices.

After that, I built a MailChimp HTML e-mail with all the information and several photos and other images embedded in the main message, sent myself the test-email and used that as a sort of template that I would re-send using Mac Mail and changing some key parts such as "Dear John", service date, etc. However, I realized that many of my recipients were not receiving the message in the way it was intended. In particular, Hotmail users were getting a completely messed up e-mail.

So I went back to a simple text message with the attachments and out signature, but I'd really like to reply to inquiring customers with something more elaborate and graphical, in a newsletter style.

Is there any tool or site where I can design an inquiry response e-mail template that I can customize with the customer's name and other data, and send directly from the site, and that will work across all e-mail platforms? (Think MailChimp/ConstantContact, but not for newsletters; instead for individual customized e-mails that share a graphical theme/template).


texts: For 3 Language Packaging, does font size need to be the same?

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when dealing with 3 language artwork, would the French and Spanish text need to be the same as the English text? Can the translations be smaller font size than English? Or does all text need to be the same size?

I think it needs to be the same size, but looking for some other input.

Thanks in advance,
Dan


texts: Photoshop Actions Panel Stop Without Message

texts: I can insert a stop action using the Actions Panel dropdown > "Insert Stop" command. During playback, a popup is displayed with an optional message and a "stop" button. How do I stop an action without showing this popup? Dismissing it is a useless step in my workflow... I want a single action so I can press ctrl-F1 to start it, do manual work, and then press ctrl-F1 to complete it. I don't want to split the action into to multiple parts.


texts: How do I create true two-color images in GIMP?

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I want to create a file with 1 bit color-depth, i.e. one bit per pixel. Which file formats are suitable for that, and how do I do this in GIMP?

This is for self-created checkerboard for subsequent experiments with image analysis and modification.

Thank you.

PS: I know about How to convert color images to black & white in GIMP? but if I store this as JPG or PNG, there are still gray pixels included.


texts: Why does fade in/out animation stop working after animation is exported from After Effects

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I've created a simple animation where I have four images (bits of steam) that fade in then out in sequence (shown below). This works fine until I export the animation out and convert it to a gif.

As you can see from the gif below, the fade in/out motion then stops working and just shows a hard cut of the images which doesn't look at good. Hopefully someone can help!


texts:
What is this font?

Here is the link to the pdf file: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1101.0070.pdf

Is this the Egizio URW font??


texts: How can I automate header pages in InDesign?

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InDesign newbie here.

I have an ID document containing only a Table of Contents, and then a header page for each of the items on the table of contents. So far, I've been creating each of these pages manually.

Here's an example:

ToC:
1.) Chapter A
2.) Chapter B
3.) Chapter C

The header pages are as follows, and the [brackets] indicate special formatting. They serve as a kind of "You Are Here" map within the document:

Header Page 1:
1.) [Chapter A]
2.) Chapter B
3.) Chapter C

Header Page 2:
1.) Chapter A
2.) [Chapter B]
3.) Chapter C

Header Page 3:
1.) Chapter A
2.) Chapter B
3.) [Chapter C]

Ideally, I'd like to type out my ToC, and teach ID to create the subsequent pages and apply the special formatting sequentially. Is it possible to reduce the amount of work I am doing?

Thank you!

Edit: If there is a term other than "header pages" that I should be using, please feel free to let me know.


texts: EMF file has transparent background instead of a white one

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INTRODUCTION AND RELEVANT INFORMATION:

I am a programmer who needs to put an EMF file on a certain place in my applications main window. My clients didn't give me the file I need, but I was given the PNG image of it. This is a problem for me, since I am a complete beginner in the area of graphics design/editing. I have never used Photoshop or any similar program.

After using some free online tools for sharpening and resizing of the picture, I was able to get an acceptable quality.

I have stumbled upon this tutorial, during my search for a way to convert that "enhanced" PNG to EMF.

I have made a print-screen of the desktop, cropped the logo from the tutorial with Paint, and tried to repeat what I saw there. I was successful. I have tried to do the same for the picture sent to me, and it seems that it worked. All I needed to do is to save it as an EMF, which I did.

PROBLEM:

When I use the EMF file in my code, everything that was white in the original PNG is transparent, yet white color should have remained in some parts of the picture.

To illustrate exactly what kind of a problem I am facing with, I have uploaded PNG file, and the resulting EMF file here.

MY EFFORTS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM:

I know that Inkscape has white color as transparent by default, so I have tried to alter it in Document properties to yellow, and to try the same method described above again in hope of success. Unfortunately, that did not help.

I have tried to find the similar question here, but search engine shows nothing. I have tried finding solution on the Internet, but it seems that nobody saves images made in Inkscape as EMF, but as SVG which is expected.

The only thing left for me, in my humble opinion, is to "insert" white color where necessary using text editor (like Notepad) , but I do not know how to do it, since I do not know SVG standard.

QUESTION:

What can I do to make the EMF file look as the PNG submitted above?


texts: Print Preview showing bottom gap when set to scale to fit. Why?

texts:
With SketchApp, I used A4 artboard preset and exported to PDF.

When i see print preview of that pdf, it shows like this:


texts: How do I remove a line from a continuous path?

texts: I'm using Fireworks and I'd like to know how to remove this line that is in red? The result should be just a line in the form of an arch.


texts: Help with typing on a circular line and then stacking

texts: Is there a better way to stack circular lines of type under (or above) a circular graphic, than creating individual "type on a line" lines? It is difficult to manage to get the curving text lines to line up exactly even, especially if the copy on each line is different lengths. It looks messy.


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I have a .pdf that I am trying to send to our printer which has a few color images in the manuscript.  These few high resolution images are appearing to have a weird grid in them that was not present before. What is causing the appearance of this grid and how can I get rid of it?

Also, I pulled down the proof and looked at with Acrobat Pitstop combo and I am realizing that the images are quite massive.  It's telling me that the image is a collection of images (each one in the grid box is a separate image that each have something like 900 x 900 px.  Could this be relevant?


texts: Issues with brush Tool In illustrator using graphics tablet

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I'm using a Wacom graphics tablet and i'm trying to use the brush tool in Illustrator CS6 to write some 'curly' text for a project. It all looks fine when i'm drawing but as soon as i 'release' the pen from the tablet the paths seem to snap to something completely different to what I've drawn. See my screen shots below:

This is what it looks like as i'm drawing with the brush tool (before i release the pen):

And then as soon as i take my pen off the tablet the path automatically snaps and looks completely different to what i want:

I have tried playing around with all the settings ie. smoothness & fidelity etc but i cant seem to get the result i want?!?!
Is there a setting i need to adjust so when i take my pen off the tablet it doesn't change so drastically?

Any help on this will be greatly appreciated! Thanks.


texts: Automate re-creating this shape that looks like a paper sphere template

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This is the 1977 "Charles Ross: Light Placed" poster by Jacqueline Casey and it's insane.

I was wondering how would one re-create a similar shape in Illustrator relatively easily. Just to clarify: I'm talking specifically about the shape which appears like a template for making a paper sphere, and not the contents.

Here's what I tried:

creating

a 100×100mm circle with the inner stroke of 20mm and
a 20×314mm rectangle (h=2×PI×r)

and then blending the two - didn't work
image-tracing an existing template - too limited
drawing the shape manually using pen tool - too time consuming and not precise enough; also not flexible
creating a small and a big circles then blending the two - this may work  only when knowing which circle sizes to use, I couldn't figure out how to calculate

I feel like there's an easy way which I'm missing. Please share any ideas you may have


texts: What Resolution Do I need for A Massive Company Sign in Photoshop?

texts:
I'm making a flat company sign for outside our building and the sizes are:

Left Sign: (Width) 8.0 Meters x 0.850M (Length)

Right Sign: (Width) 7.0 Meters x 0.850M (Length)

I have 2 questions.

What resolution would you suggest for a sign this big? I'm using Adobe Photoshop 7. The company that is printing the sign said "make it the biggest your computer can handle" i'm not sure what they mean by that. We run windows 7.
I convert the meters into mm or cm but it says it's too high. what should I do?


texts: Using a projector to white wash a brick wall

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I would like to generate a custom picture that, when projected on a brick wall, would produce compensate for the bricks and mortar; to produce a visually uniform background (say white) to project yet another picture/video on.
I could imagine how to do it from a CIE chart and have played with "color exchange" in gimp; which is quite nice; and does demonstrate some problems with the idea, but they don't seem insurmountable with work.
I don't have clue about how to fabricate a picture, that when projected on the same wall, would produce a similar effect.
Lacking a lot of money I would try it with two projectors overlapping; perhaps later getting a video system that would merge the two images, object and whitewash, in one computer to one visual.
I apologize if this is a "newbie" question, but I am a "newbie" to graphics tools.


texts: Import multiple images to multiple artboards in sketch?

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Is there a way to import multiple images to multiple artboards, preferably in alphabetical order?
In this example, I have 200 components that all have the same design, but each have a different image on them. I'm trying to avoid individually placing 200 images to save some time.


texts: White objects on white thumbnails are invisible, so can I change the thumbnail background?

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I cannot find any option to change the default white background of the layers panel thumbnails in Illustrator CS6, thus all white objects are invisible and I cannot quickly work on them.
 I've found related questions via Google, but from 2009 and without solution, so probably, someone at present time knows how to deal with this issue?


texts:
Below are a couple of pieces that I've designed, and they both have a ledger margin on the top.

But in the case of something like a picture frame with a mat, you would never put the larger margin at the top.

How would I explain to someone learning graphic design why and when you should do this (seeming conflicting spacing)?


texts: In GIMP, how can I change one solid colors to multiple color variations?

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I'm not really sure how to ask this in words, but I used to use a program along time ago that would change one solid color into multiple variations. Say I have a solid red square, but I want it to be more textured, by varying the colors inside the square.

See this picture.

So what I am asking is, is there a method or brush to do this automatically, or possibly a gimp plugin? Google says no.


texts:
Whilst I'm sure this has been answered before as it seems so simple, I'm asking again because I cannot get a straight answer anywhere.

All I want to do is save/export/change a .psd to a .svg.

I am using Photoshop CS6, NOT CC! I know you can Extract Assets in CC but you can't in CS6. I also DO NOT have access to Illustrator which seems to be the second most common answer.

Is there a way to achieve this or am I stuffed?

Many thanks,


texts: How can I create a polar (radial?) perspective grid in Photoshop CS5?

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I would like to create a perspective grid in Photoshop that would have the effect of looking through a cylinder. From searching online I think this is referred to as a 'polar' perspective grid.

I would like to render it with a 1 pixel width wire frame.

To clarify, I want to create a perspective grid similar to the image below but radial instead of rectangular. I hope that makes sense. I made the rectangular perspective grid below using Filter > Vanishing point.

So far I have tried to use the Vanishing point filter but from what I can tell it can only be used to make flat planes, I cant use it to make a radial plane. I'm wondering if I need to learn to use the 3D tools in Photoshop. I don't know how to use them currently or even if they are the best approach... I'm currently researching more about that approach.

I've seen online that Illustrator CS6 has a 'polar grid tool' which I could probably use, however I am in CS5, and ultimately I need the artwork in Photoshop...

Thanks for any help.


texts:
We had an artist create a series of vector art icons, and she sent them to me as an imdd file, a single "page" with all of the icons spaced out vertically. I need to export these to our iOS app, and I'm a bit lost how to do this.

I need to export each one at three resolutions, 24x24, 48x48 and 96x96. Can anyone step me through this? I suspect it's trivially easy, but I can't find my way around the menus.


texts: Can I save image created in PowerPoint as a printable vector?

texts: I was asked to create a logo to be printed on a large number of t-shirts for an event. I designed the logo in PowerPoint using text, shapes and a .png image. The people from the printing company said that they need it in vector format (corel, adobe illustrator or editable pdf). I exported the logo as a .emf / .pdf file, but they say the image is still bitmap and they need it in vector file. Is there a way to export the image from PowerPoint so that they can print it?


texts: Im no pro with Illustrator, but I can work my way through it pretty well. I was working on some type today, and every time I click on an object to place it somewhere,when I get to my destination, the object is shaky. I have to move it back and forth a few times to get it  in place. I'll place it where it should be, and it moves just a tiny bit. Not accurately I guess I'm trying to say. It just started happening in the last few weeks and is driving me nuts. Any ideas?


texts: How to achieve better consistency with stock / vendor photos taken from different distances?

texts:
I'm working on an e-commerce site and one problem I face is having to deal with furniture vendors and the way they shoot their photos.

Some shoot products photos up close and others from far back. This prevents the category pages from looking uniform.

As an example (both are 250 x 250):

http://safaviehhome.com/promotional/jpeg.jpg Versus: http://safaviehhome.com/promotional/AMH1522B-SIDE.jpg

Is my only option using a bigger size for the smaller photos?


texts: What Illustrator effect was used to create this design?

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How can I achieve the same effect on different forms? (in this case it is applied to the letter A, I want to apply it to other letter and shape).

The author of this work also has an animated version of this logo (white), I'd like to know how I can make a similar animation as well:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/10081139/archAssist


texts: Mask composed of multiple shapes with gradient fill in Sketch

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I have a group of shapes that each have their own unique gradient fill.  I would like to use the union of those shapes to create an alpha mask for an image behind it.

In other words, I want the union of the alpha mask effects on a bitmap/image.

Things I've tried:

union of the shapes, but I loose the fill information.
flattening shapes to bitmap, but it seems there is no way to mask a bitmap with a bitmap (use as mask is not selectable)?

Here is a screenshot of example shapes I'm talking about:


texts: What is the 'John Doe' of company names and logos?

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I need to communicate a instruction about a technique converting a company name into a logo. I don't want to show real world examples. Because it needs to be obvious that the person following the instruction can do the same to his company name and logo.

I'm searching for a placeholder like 'John Doe', 'www.example.tld', ' Timbuktu', 'foo', 'bar' but than for a company name.  This placeholder name will also be displayed in the instruction as logo (symbol). There has to be a strong relation between the placeholder (string) and logo (symbol).

I'm looking for a fictional company name that will trigger strong visual associations.