texts: How to create clipping masks on only some part of a text?

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So I have a text layer and an abstract photo on top layer. And I want to create a clipping mask (insert the photo into the text). But the thing here is that I don't want the entire text to be clipped. Just some parts. For example I only want the "sample" from "this is a sample text" to be clipped by the abstract photo.

I tried duplicating the "sample" into another layer and then rasterizing it and then clipping the rasterized part but the text looks bold and outlines of the below text layer appear.

Also tried text selecting the "sample" with mouse and then clipping but guess that doesn't work in Ps.

Edit: Also what if I want the "sample" as well as "this" to be clipped?

Edit 2: In short how to create this effect given in the image below?


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I am a huge Photoshop guy, been one for like 10 years now.  But I see more and more resources around Illustrator, I realize Illustrator is great for vector based graphics.  But is it better for 'creation' in general?

What I mean by creation is creating images from scratch for use on your site or application.  Is it a more ideal tool for that scenario? It seems Photoshop is good at this specific task, but it might be more targeted towards Photo manipulation rather than creation, although I have no such evidence to back this up.

My question is more driven by the ever increasing of tutorials and resources around Illustrator rather than Photoshop.  Especially when it comes to Iconography, and Web 2.0 type stuff...

I welcome anyones input!  If you prefer another software product like Fireworks, please specify why...


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How do you move several objects radially in illustrator? I want to mimic an explosion effect.

In other words, I have several objects in illustrator and I want to separate them further. doing it manually is not an option as they are more than 100 individual objects. you can see an example of what I am trying to accomplish here:

I could also try to write my own script (I am comfortable at programming) though I don't know how I could do that in illustrator.

If it is not possible in illustrator is it possible on another compatible program?

Thanks


texts: How to add background color to text in Photoshop

texts: What's the easiest way to do it? I know CSS could just set background color of text very easily. And fireworks was able to do that. But I can't make it work now. I know there is a harder way: putting a rectangle below the text. Or putting the text inside the rectangle.


texts: Should I use Hex or RGBA when designing a website?

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I know this has appeared on StackOverflow already:

Are there any good reasons for using hex over decimal for RGB colour values in CSS?
Use HEX or RGBA

But I'd like to ask on here since we're probably all more technical with our color selection and might be using it in HEX, RGB, and CMYK. Personally, my preference for the last few years is to use RGBA. I just find it easier to remember. I know certain HEX codes (are they codes?) but I know a ton of RGB codes, and can make fairly good estimates at any color I might need.

The main argument I've seen is Copy and Paste one, vs three. Are there any other differences in the Color Profile?

Is there a reason most programmers still prefer the HEX format?

With modern print techniques what other caveats, if any, might a designer face if they go with HEX and then try to find a similar CMYK color?


texts: How can I convince my manager to stop predisposing our designers?

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I'm trying to convince our manager that we want a fresh look. What we really need to do is to describe the features to a designer and see what they come up with. Instead he shows them pictures of last year's and basically says, "make us a new one of these". IMO, that only predisposes them to rearrange rather than creating something fresh.

Is there a name for the effect I'm trying to avoid: that designers will be predisposed to how it ought to look instead of reinventing it? "Framing Effect" perhaps?

How can I convince my manager to stop doing it that way?

Regarding DA01's comment and more context:

Its a web page where a user is expected to enter quite a bit of information. Think fantasy sports games. There is already a hefty list of UX features we must support, but we also need to convert to more modern web technologies. This calls for a redesign and I would rather see something that looks new and fresh and not just last year's project rejigged for HTML5.


texts: Sampling color of partially transparent objects in Illustrator

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Sometimes when using Adobe Illustrator I need to get a range of tints from a certain color, so I'll drop the opacity to, say, 75%, 50%, and 25% on a white background to get there. It's the quickest way to get what I want in that moment, but then it comes back to bite me later when I put something underneath and then I have visibly overlapping layers.

What I want to be able to do is get the value of the color that I'm seeing. In Photoshop I'd do this by putting a white layer underneath, merging the two layers, and then sampling the color. Is there some sort of trick I can pull in Illustrator to do the same thing?

If not, is there a different (and preferably simple) way to add white to a color? Changing S and B values in the color picker is the only thing I could think of in that regard and isn't always terribly simple to do...


texts: using photoshop to vectorize topographic maps

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I have scanned topographic maps and i want to create layer for contour lines only. Is it possible to remove all colors but the contour lines.
Thanks


texts: PDF colours coming out 'dull' when exported as cmyk

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We make quite a lot of mood boards in InDesign, which we then export as CMYK PDFs (Document CMYK - U.S Web Coated(SWOP) v2) as the image below. We then send them off to the printers to be printed on A2 photo paper and mounted onto foamboard.

What I've noticed is that the colours in PDFs come out rather dull (on the screen and in print) when compared to how I would normally do them. Is there any reason for this and is there any way I can fix it?


texts: Is there a loss of quality when converting RGB to HEX?

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The graphic designer sent me the colors in RGB, I know I can convert to hex easily, but last time I tried to do that, RGBA to HEX on another website I noticed a slight difference so I ended up using the exact same RGB.

For example, if you convert rgba(154, 130, 139, 0.77) to hex using a hex converter such as this one or any other converter you'll notice that the hex is darker #9a828b

So when you convert between RGB or RGB or CMYK, is there a loss of quality?


texts: Are there Cyrillic/Greek/Japanese/Chinese equivalents of Comic Sans?

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That is, is there a font in these character sets that is:

Well known,
Widely used for inappropriate purposes, and
A marker of questionable design choice in serious application?


texts: I'm just starting out on my own making invitations and such---How should I print them?

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I use the website picmonkey.com to do fun editing and graphics to make Christmas cards, invitations, etc.

I have been using an online printing website but someday I want to expand this and be able to print stuff on my own.

I'd like to be able to get different textures and effects that you can get by ordering an already made template online.

Does that take a special printer, or special program, or will I need special paper?

I have no education in Graphic Design, as I don't have the time and money to go back to school.  I just have a very creative side and wanted to try this on my own.  Any help is greatly appreciated!


texts: How to create a realistic shadow between wall and floor in Photoshop or GIMP?

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I'm inexperienced with Photoshop/GIMP and was hoping someone could tell me how to create a realistic (or as realistic as possible) shadow between a wall and a floor as a background image for a web page, to give the impression of a room for a more three-dimensional effect (either Photoshop or GIMP is fine).

The image is just two colors, one for the wall (about 2/3 height) and the other for the floor. There's no angles involved.

I've tried using two separate black gradients with reduced opacity where the "wall" and "floor" meet, one at the bottom of the "wall" and the other at the top of the "floor". The result isn't great, I'm sure it could be a lot better, but I don't really know what else to do. Any tutorials I've checked out regarding shadows are more focused on creating shadows cast by objects or drop shadows for text, things like that. Here's my attempt:

Can anyone help me out with this, or maybe point me in the direction of some good tutorials?


texts: Is there a way to save the palette in the "Save for Web" feature of Photoshop?

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I would like to apply a single palette to multiple images, is there a way to easily save and retrieve a special palette in the save for web feature. There is this option that you can switch colors when you click on them, but can you store them?

Or should I do this entirely different?


texts: how to display current colour values of pixel under cursor in gimp?

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Is there a way to display the colour values of a pixel currently under the cursor?

I've seen that in different other software. Why do I need that? I have to clone textured areas in a picture. But those textured areas vary greatly in brightness. It ist not possible to select an area to clone with a matching brightness with bare eyes.

So I'd like to see the current colour values in the status bar, if possible. How do I activate that? I tried to find it in the documentation, but I do not know, what terms to search for.


texts: Designing forms for printing in InDesign

texts: I have to make a lot of forms in InDesign.  Not interactive forms, just forms that need to be printed.  It's really a pain making all the checkboxes, radio buttons, lines and text fields and ensuring they all line up properly.  Is there a simple mechanism or toolset for creating standard forms?


texts: how i can draw these shapes in adobe illustrator CS6

texts: This is a screenshot of a drawing from youtube and the designer was using Illustrator.


texts: Krita Animation, How to render only key frames?

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Krita Animation

How to render key frames from one or more selected layers or layers inside a group.

Is there way to script this?


texts: I've seen a japanese font but no font detecter manage to detect japanese characters

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Did someone can help me finding this font ? ^^"

僕は笑っていたいんです泣きたい時は泣きたいんです No Logic

It's the font on this music
https://youtu.be/-7QijddBQvg?t=193


texts: How do you add symbols for keyboard buttons?

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I'm creating my own keyboard shortcut cheat sheet in InDesign, and I'm struggling with how to add the keyboard button symbols.
For example, how can I add the symbols for Shift, and Command, to do something like this:
⇧⌘A


texts: Open Path Outlines and Closed Path Outlines - Adobe Illustrator

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I've noticed people talk about drawing lines with open paths outlines and closed path outlines. For instance the Pencil tool draws a path with a stroke, whereas the blob brush seems to draw a filled path outline?

What is the difference between these two, and are they both still actually known as paths? And when should I choose one over the other?


texts: AI2Canvas plugin support for Adobe Illustrator CS6

texts: Is that possible to somehow run AI2Canvas plugin in Illustrator CS6? I used it in CS5 version successfully and it did its job just great, but now when I start Illustrator, it shows an alert that it can't load the plugin and it doesn't appear in export options as a result.


texts: How can I replace the color of a gradient in an image?

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I have this image: http://hdw.eweb4.com/wallpapers/8091/

What I want to do is replace the blue with another color, say red. I've tried the color replacing tool, but it is not really following the gradient correctly. What would be the easiest way to do this?


texts: Leading doesn't change the text spacing in Photoshop CC

texts: Now that I've changed over to Photoshop CC, I'm having an issue changing the leading. I have two lines of text and I want to put them closer together or farther apart and when I change the leading I can't see anything happening until I tab over or accept the changes. Makes it awfully hard to tell if I have it set correctly! Is this a glitch or is there a setting I need to adjust?


texts: Info-graphics , Informative Graphics and Visualizations: Are they the same term ?

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I was looking at Phil Gyford's Infographic and wanted some clarification on the proper way to develop and maintain an Infographic. The majority seen on Twitter and Graphic Design Blogs ... are they correct or just low quality reworks ?

I assume visualizations are a subset so is there some mixing up of terms going on ? I know I have remembered seeing in Geography books in High School Graphics displaying information ( Those that divide the earth in layers and such), for the sake that this was the best way to display that information.

I have no design background/principles but I want to know when to acknowledge great work when I see it.


texts: How can I resize an image without losing quality?

texts: I have to place an Illustrator file into another one and then resize it (way smaller). How do I do that and keep a clear image?


texts: Photoshop's “Snapshot” equivalent in Illustrator?

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What is equivalent functionality to Photoshop's Snapshot in Illustrator? There is no History panel in Illustrator that I know of.

If nothing of sorts exist, what is a good approach to save multiple views of your assets and quickly switch between them when you need to showcase them without duplicating assets across multiple artboards?


texts: How to change layer, into background in photoshop in cs6

texts: I have a problem in photoshop.. everytime i upload a picture , it would always be put into layer and not background. I am a beginner so yeah lol.. Help!


texts: Tell InDesign how to insert an XML structure

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I have a few questions about the InDesign XML import.

So, when I import my XML file, I get a structure which I can insert into the document. I would like to customize the way that InDesign puts the XML structure into the document. To give you a little background information: I write the content for the inDesign-document in Markdown, export that as html and edit a few lines in the resulting html file to get a valid xml file (I know that one could question the efficiency of this workflow, but please don't). Thus, I have many <p>, <ul>, <li>, <h1> - <h6> and other html-tags in the xml file that I import in InDesign.

So, what is the best way to tell InDesign how to deal with these elements?
A few examples of what I want to customize:

InDesign inserts consecutive <li>-elements as individual paragraphs each. I would prefer all consecutive list-elements to be inserted as one paragraph with soft wraps between each element.
I would like to be able to tell inDesign to import certain Elements (respectively xml-tags) not as paragraphs, but as table cells or 1x1 tables.
I want InDesign to insert the content of <pre> and <code> elements as one paragraph with soft wraps.

Is there a way to do this (as well as similar customizations)? If there are multiple options, it would be great if you could tell me the pros and cons to them!


texts: Can you create dynamic button styles/shapes in Photoshop that resize with text?

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I need to make rounded buttons (pill shaped) in different sizes that will automatically adjust height/width based on the size/length of text on them.

In Illustrator you can select a text object and create a graphic style that dynamically does this. This is great for mocking up because I don't have to constantly draw buttons and manually adjust their length to the length of the text. I only have to apply a style.

How we create buttons in Illustrator:

Photoshop doesn't have graphic styles or any layer styles that replicate this. Are there any filters or plug-ins that can?

The goal is to allow other designers to create the same buttons
regardless of whether they use Illustrator or Photoshop and without having
to jump back and forth with smart objects.


texts: What font is used for the intro of The Joy of Painting?

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Exordium

I've tried the sites suggested by this meta post:

WhatTheFont!
Identifont
Serif Font Identification Guide
What Font is

This is the intro screen from Bob Ross', The Joy of Painting.

The show created episodes from 1983 to 1994, which may help identify the font. The intro pictured above, contains:

a cursive font
some kind of stencil font
a serif font

I'm looking for the name of the stencil font (used for "Bob Ross") or a close likeness of it.

Note: Comments regarding the other fonts pictured are much appreciated, but not on-topic to this question. Please e-mail me, or message me in one of the chat rooms.


texts: How to apply dodge tool to a secondary layer that can affect all layers in Photoshop?

texts: For more precaution, I always use of a secondary layer for my works. For example, use of a layer for stamping (sample all layers) or brushing, so that I can simply edit or remove that layer. I also need to perform like this for dodge, burn and etc.


texts: Illustrator Artboard dimensions for mobile ui design?

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I want to create one document with multiple (3) artboards in Illustrator for mobile wireframing/ui design. One for iPhone, Android and iPad.
Can I create artboards with different 'resolutions' within the same document, or do I just scale up for retina etc?
What pixel dimensions for artboards are recommended/most-frequently-used when designing ui for mobile apps for these three devices?
Have worked for years with Illustrator, but I'm from a print background – these virtual dimensions are giving me a headache! Any suggestions gratefully accepted.


texts: Edge-based smooth color fill in Photoshop

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Is it possible in Photoshop to fill with a smooth color, based on the existing edges of the selected area? Mathematically speaking, I'm looking for a partial differential equation filling, with the edge and 'smooth function' as restrictions.

I would like to remove text from a logo, with a gradient background, . The context-aware filling is not working, because is it also considering other parts of the image, which causes structures to be added to the fill.

Can the letters be removed and filled with smooth yellow color, conform to the gradient?

Thank you in advance.


texts: How far back does the concept of a "bold" typeface variant go

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What I'd like to know is where in history the idea of having a bold variant of a typeface came about.

I suspect that back in Garamond/Caslon's time there would not have been any bold version of their type, even though modern Garamond and Caslon fonts tend to include bold variants.  But I have failed to find out whether this is true or when having a bold variant in typography (for the purpose of emphasis within text) came into being.

I know that giving emphasis with a thicker stroke goes all the way back to hand-lettering days, but haven't heard if this was ever true for the first few centuries of type.

Wikipedia's otherwise great History of Western Typography article has failed me here.


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Is there a way to duplicate frames in an animated gif by a given number? For example, the below gif has four frames.

I want each frame to be repeated three times, in effect sowing it down, as in the example below.

Is there a way to do this using imagemagick, gifsicle or some other open source software that runs on linux desktops in the command line?

(I'm aware that you can set a delay/duration for each frame but in this instance I need to duplicate frames instead of changing their durations)


texts: Overlaying of transparent objects in Inkscape layer

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I am attempting to create the outlier of a picture. Supposedly, when using layers, independently of the objects opacities, if they are in the same layer they shouldn't overlap. This is, their area of contact shouldn't have a darker colour resulting from the sum of their opacities. Please correct me if wrong. I've just started graphic design.

As you can see from the picture below, that's not the case. The image I want to overline is in the layer Image and in a different layer, Outline, I have my objects (and paths later on).

Could someone please tell me why this is happening and how could it be fixed?
Thank you.


texts: Is it possible to collapse/expand all Groups in Photoshop Layers Panel?

texts: I have a Photoshop file with a lot of groups inside and inside those groups even more groups. To get to a layer that I want is a looong way, and after that it's even longer to collapse back so I can get to another layer. I was wondering if there is a way to collapse and expand all groups at once?


texts: Drawing a three-quarter circle in Inkscape?

texts: I've been able to approximate a three-quarter circle in Inkscape using bezier curves, but is there a more precise way I can draw a three-quarter circle in Inkscape?


texts: How to copy elements from Fireworks to Photoshop with transparent background

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Always when I try to copy-paste something from Fireworks to Photoshop it gets a white background.

So often I end up saving the part I need as a seperate png-file with transparent background and then load that file into photoshop. But surely there is another way, isn't there ?


texts: Adobe Illustrator: New Clipping Mask Error

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I am an illustrator and I sometimes like to use paint splotch / grunge shaped vector images (ex. https://www.freepik.com/premium-vector/grunge-brushes-with-stains-splashes-drops-ink_5307110.htm#page=3&query=brush+grunge+border&position=36) to "frame" my illustrations so that they look more painterly in graphic design layouts. This used to work with most vector images just fine. Now I almost always get a warning that the vector image is too complex and that the program is unable to show a preview... it also warns that it could crash the program. I don't understand what changed and why I cannot use this simple feature? I know that the paths always need to be one shape and I always test them (Pathfinder - merge / expand object) but that doesn't seem to help like it used to. Any ideas?
Thanks!


texts: How to use "add/subtract/intersect from path/shape area" effectively in Photoshop?

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I'm attempting to follow the below Photoshop tutorial, but steps 29 and 30 have me stumped.

The larger of the two white rectangles in the below image was created on its own layer. Once I have that layer selected, it's actually impossible to carry out step 29, as the "Add to shape area" button is greyed out on the tool bar. I can only do this by first making the black rectangle on a new layer, then subtracting the inner white square from that...

Relatedly, I have no idea how to do step 30. This is for a pencil icon to place within the square just created, but it does not specify what layer this should be made on.

Is it possible I should have Paths selected rather than Shape Layers at the top? I've tried this, but it didn't seem to do the trick. Once I created a work path, I didn't know what to do with it in order for it to add or subtract from the below layer, nor how to add more paths and be able to manipulate each individually (in the case of the pencil icon...)

Any help here would be greatly appreciated!!


texts: How to get rid of white banding in illustrator?

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I can't seem to get rid of the white banding that appears whenever I apply a gradient texture.

It's 0% on the white end and 100% on the black end then I turn the opacity for the whole layer down but the white banding doesn't disappear.


texts: What is the best paper and print method for water proof, microwoven/weather proof stickers

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I'm a graphic designer, I require water proof, microwave/weather resistant stickers to use on Lunch boxes, water bottles and clothes.
Can anyone suggest a paper which best suits for my need.

Also kindly suggest a printing method since I use photographs on designs and require a better quality graphics.

Any suggestion is appreciated.

Thank you


texts: Reset rotation point to center of object

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When designing a clock, I moved the rotation point of the text into the center of the clock, then copy/pasted the text and rotated by 30° for each number, like so:

Note the rotation point marked with red.

Now, the bottom numbers (like 6) are printed upside down. I want to correct that by rotating the text 30° back. Because the numbers need to stay in their places, I need the rotation center be back at the center of the text, not the center of the clock.

How do I reliably (not estimated by moving the mouse) set the rotation center back to the center of the text?

I have already tried snapping to the center of an object, but it does not seem to apply for the rotation point.

In the end I want something like this, just more accurate:


texts: Photoshop - 3D Text extrusion color gradient on all sides but outline on front only

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I'm after a 3d text like the katagana pictured here:

I don't need the glossy/glare effects, but I want to some how achieve having a similar outline effect (white outline like above example) and a color gradient (on all sides).

What I have done thus far is in photoshop with my text layer is:

[Layer Tab] Text > Blending Options > Stroke > White 4pt

Next:

Menu > 3D > New 3D Extrusion From Selected Layer > Extrusion Depth .081 in

And then:

[Layer Tab] Text > Blending Options > Gradient Overlay > Color 1 & Color 2

The result is very close to the above example image, but the crucial difference is that my white stroke is applied to the whole 3D extrusion of the text. That's not what I'm after, I only want the stroke to be on the front side of the text. In other words, I don't want to apply the stroke along the extrusion depth portion -- those sides should just be gradient colors, like seen in my example image.

Question

How to I apply a stroke to only part of a 3D extrusion text? I also tried experimenting with the steps above in varying sequences, but the result is the same.


texts: What do I call a design with tinted elements on top of a photograph?

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How can I call the below kind of designs (tinted elements on photograph)

I want to know, because to use the terms in search and so.


texts: How to find font name in Fireworks when font not installed

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I have inherited a design in a Fireworks file which I'm turning into a web page.  I've never used Fireworks but it seems to be similar (user-interface-wise) to Photoshop so it's going okay.  However, there are a number of fonts used in the design which I don't have installed on my PC.  When I open the file in Fireworks it asks if I want to 'Replace fonts' or 'Maintain appearance'.  Since I need to see the graphics accurately I select 'Maintain appearance'.  However, now when I select any of the text it doesn't tell me what font it's trying to use (I'm not trying to edit the text and I realise I couldn't without the font being installed on my machine, but I just need to know what font it is).

In Photoshop when you select a font that's not installed on your machine, it asks if you'd like to replace {name of font} with another font.  So you can easily tell what the original font is even if you can't edit it without changing to a font you have installed.

How would I do this in Fireworks?  I just need to know what text is in what font so I can code up the web page accurately.

Thanks for any pointers folks...


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My usual photo editing process (yes, I don't use Adobe Lightroom) is as follows:

I open my arw file in Camera Raw and modify them there (creating a xmp file)
I generate the jpgs
I retouch the jpgs

Unfortunately, after editing about 300 arw files, I accidentally deleted them (including emptying the recycle bin), remaining with the only xmps files. I managed to recover about 70% of the arw from the SD card but the filename is different so photoshop does not associate the restored arws to the proper xmps

Example:

a09.arw -> x37.xmp
a10.arw -> x38.xmp
a11.arw -> x39.xmp

Question: Is there an automatic way to associate the new files to their respective xmp? If I sort them alphabetically they all match, but the new filename can't be handled even with a regex replace to match the xmp file.


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I'm a web developer, started to become a web designer. However, I think my understanding of colors is not practical yet. There are tools out there that can give you color harmonies, and more stuff, like Color Scheme Designer, but they don't give you the start point. I mean, how should I know that for this web site, I'd better use green and for that website, choose red. How should I know that?

I think color selection is more like an art, instead of being a science, and I'm like "you should become an color artist, in order to become a web designer".

How can I improve my color selection skill?


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My experience with building websites is limited, but i have used Google Fonts (GF) for some basic presentation websites before. I was recently given some branding guidelines built by other providers which used GF for everything, including print items, eg. business cards, brochures, etc. And I did just use this identity to build a white paper for this client using GF, which seems to look ok even when printed on paper.

Is GF a technically good alternative to commercial fonts? Any downsides to using GF for non-web work?

Their about page doesn't mention anything on this specifically and seems to position these fonts as web assets.

  Making the web more beautiful, fast, and open through great typography. We believe the best way to bring personality and performance to websites and products is through great design and technology. Our goal is to make that process simple, by offering an intuitive and robust directory of open source designer web fonts.

Also, since their fonts appear to be Open Source, does this mean its 100% ok to use the fonts for non-web commercial work?


texts: How to change multiple layers / frames duration at the same time in the Photoshop Video Timeline?

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I can hold and drag each individual layer on timeline to increase its duration but it's such a pain.

Is there a workaround to change (increase) all layers on timeline to have the same duration?


texts: Toggling Bounding Box and Transform Controls in Illustrator

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I apologize if this has been covered a thousand times, but I'm new to AI and I don't even know the technical terms of these things to find anything in Google, I've been trying.

When you select an object to resize it and hit the command button, the object is supposed to be "framed" with that blue line and the resize handles and transform controls are supposed to pop up, allowing you to resize the object as you see fit, correct?

Now when I select the object(s) and hit command, the resize box/bars don't come up.  I'm sure there's just a setting that I'm overlooking, but I can't find it.

Can anyone help me, please?  The resize handles aren't showing up when I select an object and hit the command key.

This is the second time that this has happened to me now, and the first time, it got corrected somehow on its own.  (Or I unwittingly did it, ofc.)  Thanks in advance.

If it helps:

Macbook Pro Late 2011
Mountain Lion 10.8
Adobe Illustrator CS6 Tryout 16.0.0


texts: reducing layer stroke opacity in photoshop makes behind disappear

texts: when applying inner stroke from layer style panel if you reduce stroke opacity it instead of revealing the layer its on as it becomes transparent it actually hides the layer. What can i do to not hide they layer just blend with when i reduce the opacity of stroke.


texts: Pantone Guide RGB vs Pantone Color Manager RGB

texts: Why do the RGB values specified for a Pantone color in the Formula Guide (Color Bridge Coated) differ from the RGB values specified for the same Pantone color in the Pantone color manager software?


texts: How can I put my name in the lower corner of my pictures using photoshop?

texts: How can I put my name in the lower corner of my pictures using Photoshop? Specifically, how can I put my name in mass numbers of my pictures using Photoshop? I have 1500 photos from a recent biology trip that need my name in them so people know that the works are mine. I can do it one by one, but is there a faster way to do it?


texts: What is the difference between "flat style" and "material design"?

texts: After Windows 8 came out all spoke about "Metro UI" and later about the "Flat design". Now, after Android Lollipop came out all speak about "Material design". Can somebody explain the difference between "Material design" and "Flat style"?


texts: A safe Chinese font similar to Facsimile (monospace) font

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I am looking for a safe web font for chinese, similar to Facsimile font.

The concept is old fashion arcade games.


texts: How to slightly rotate my photography images with a little twist of 3d perspective?

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How could I slightly rotate a photography thumbnail like this? (e.g. first web videogamer.com):

How and how much should I rotate the photography to change the perspective in a slightly 3D way? Is there a tutorial I could follow to make it correctly, so it looks nice and not "As-I-think"? I will appreciate it, thanks.


texts: 3ds max path deform modifier won't align correctly

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When I try to use the "PathDeform(WSM)" modifier sometimes it works fine but other times it won't align correctly when I use the "move to path" button and just snaps to some other place.

I have tried resetting the X-form, moving pivots and rotating stuff and nothing seems to do the trick.


texts: Should I create a button image in high resolution if the product needs to be low resolution?

texts: Should a mobile game button (say 72x72 pixels round one) be created in these exact dimensions or create it in a larger resolution and export a low resolution file? I think working with a larger one is much easier. How do professionals do this?


texts: Browser Scaling vs GIMP--I Can't Match Sharpness

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I am attempting to scale down a logo that contains text. Original size is 336 x 336 and wish to scale down to 75 x 75. No matter what settings I use in GIMP, the image comes out pixelated with illegible text. Original file is png but converts to xcf when opened in GIMP, and quality is degraded before exporting back to png.

Now, if I upload the original png image and scale to 75 x 75 with CSS, the browser renders the image crystal clear.

My question is this: What is going on with the browser scaling that I can't reproduce in GIMP? And how would I workaround this?

I've attached a Firefox screenshot to show the browser-scaled image (far left) vs GIMP-scaled image (far right). Middle image was scaled 50% in GIMP, then down to 75 x 75 with CSS.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Featuring a curve to create a centered gradient

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I'm trying to recreate a graphic I made back in 2007 with Photoshop 7 and I can't duplicate what I did back then with Photoshop CC. Well, as far as my memory is taking me...

I created the graphic using the pen tool and feathering with Adobe Photoshop 7 back in the day. I'm trying to recreate the image as a vector and to use a different color with the same feathering/gradient as the one from the original.

I have the original PSD file, although it appears that I must have either flattened the layers or I was working with paths or even worst, Photoshop CC flattened the Photoshop 7 PSD file???

Does anyone have an idea how I would go about duplicating this graphic?


texts: How do I remain consistent when tracing a stroke in Illustrator?

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I've just recently gotten into Adobe Illustrator and am having trouble maintaining consistency when tracing various shapes that portray a stroke-like effect.

As an example I would like to point out this gray outline located around the purple filling:

As you can see, the width of the gray outline is clearly not consistent. How would I go about maintaining consistency when tracing similar images?

An idea that I had was to copy the bigger shape, and then simply size it down using the same center-point. Whilst this works sometimes, it doesn't on some more complex shapes.


texts: How to open a Photoshop file in Illusrator preserving effects

texts: So, I have a logo which I made in Photoshop and it has a lot of effects. The logo itself is a shape, not a raster image, and I wanted to continue editing it in Illustrator but without the need of recreating it again (because it's not easy). Is there a way to open it in Illustrator with all the effects and stuff intact?


texts: Print from acrobat pdf - print true cmyk values

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I've created some graphics on Adobe Illustrator and have saved them as a pdf. Using Output preview/Object Inspector (from the dropdown Preview list) I can check that every object in the the graphics have a color of C=100 M=100 Y=100 K=0 as I designed and that no color conversion has been done. So the colors on this pdf are correct.

Now I'd like to print it this way. When I tried to do this, I could see by eye, in the print result, that the only black had been used (something like C=0 M=0 Y=0 K=100).
Then, I tried to print from this correct pdf to another pdf, selecting 'Adobe PDF' as the printer! With this test I saw, with Object Inspector, that the color had been converted to RGB, and that the combination is now somehting like (R=21 G=21 B=23).

I know the two issues might be unrelated, but:
What can I do to have my printer print C=100 M=100 Y=100 K=0 without any conversions, printing CMY toners as strong as it can? (I'm using Samsung CLP-315 laser printer, btw)

I want this because my black toner has the flu and is printing unevenly.

Thank you


texts: Can anyone suggest an alternative to Copperplate Gothic for web use?

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Designer sent comps for a site using copperplate, I was wondering if anyone could suggest a good alternative that exists either on google fonts or as a font squirrel kit (preferably the former).

Thanks in advance


texts: photoshop cs6 grouping layers still allow inside layers to be selected

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How do i prevent this..

Whenever i group layers and try to move them around only the layer my mouse is clicking moves.
What's the point of grouping then? I know it worked in cs5.

Is my photoshop bugged?


texts: Why isn't the 'Map colors' fixup removing a gray background?

texts: Why's step 5 failing for this PDF (click here to download the original)?   As you can see beneath, the gray background remains. Steps 3 and 4 succeeded though: here's the resulting PDF.


texts: What are good font management programs to use with Dropbox?

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I wonder if anybody knows a decent solution to manage Fonts over dropbox.
I use FontExplorer Pro. And tried to do something with Symlinks. It's a complete mess.

Does anybody know if other apps like Suitcase Fusion work better than FontExplorer with dropbox?


texts: How to correctly recolor in Adobe Illustrator?

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I have an SVG (  http://www.feingeist.io/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Polygon_grey.svg), which I want to recolor.
Initially, I wanted to achieve this by using CSS function

background-blend-mode: luminosity;
background-color: #83b5da;

Unfortunately, this is not supported by quite a number of modern web browsers. The above CSS method would use the luminance information from the SVG and the color information of the CSS background parameter.

As this is not working with some browsers, I want to fall back by performing the color overlay in the SVG already. I already found the "Recolor Artwork" feature in Adobe Illustrator, but somehow I cannot achieve the desired effect. The final result (including the color overlay with #83b5da should look like this: http://www.feingeist.io/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Header_Webseite_blau.jpg).

Any hints on how to accomplish the described goal are highly appreciated.


texts: There are a lots of layers in my projects. Previously I have renamed a layer with "system" and to that layer I have set visibility hidden. I want to show that layer again but I have to search manually by scrolling the layer palettes and I can do that. But I want to know just that is there find dialog box which can search layers by name etc.


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I'm working on a new brand identity for my software company, and after some research we've reached a consensus that Fontsmith's Hackney (http://www.fontsmith.com/fonts/fs-hackney.cfm) could work well for us.

It has a technical look which I hope will give technical papers credibility and authority, but it's also nice and round so doesn't come across as geeky and esoteric as other technical-looking faces (Eurostile et al).

My question is a pragmatic one. Should I use Hackney for body text or choose something less stylised? I've played around setting some documents (Hackney is available to test free on Fondeck), and at smaller sizes Hackney feels cluttered in the body and needs a lot of tweaking in the tracking etc. Is that just par for the course with a very stylised font, and I should suck it up and work a little harder? Or would a more sensible body sans be worth looking at? If so, what should I look for?


texts: What is the purpose of having outside gutters on a responsive grid?

texts: Sketch has the option to add outside gutters to the grid. What are these for and what would be an example of a situation where these are useful?


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I've successfully joined two paths to create two arrows from a single point but when I add a third arrow I get strange behavior and lose a path.  What is the correct workflow?

Two arrows from a single point...

But three gives me problems...


texts: How can I create this dark room effect in Photoshop

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On this website: Jacqueline Cullen there are some extremely beautiful images with dark silhouettes wearing jewelry. How could one recreate this dark room effect on pictures of objects or people that were shot in normal lighting?
So to be clear: my question is "what effects should I use to make normal objects/people this dark?"


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Is anyone aware of any resources for Icon design etymology, or the history of icon design? I'm talking about icons like Wi-Fi/Ethernet/Bluetooth status indicators, add, save, and similar simple images explaining actions or status. Like you might find in the Glyphicon set, for example.

We're working on a project and trying to come up with useful or novel illustrations for some non-standard actions, and in some cases there aren't any decent examples to use as inspiration. The idea came up that if there's a good anthology or even articles on icon history, it would be useful as a reference for the design process. As an example, the Wikipedia page for Bluetooth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth) explains the history and design of that icon well and clearly.


texts: How can I protect my images by claiming with others?

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I want to post images to my website and social media. But I don't know how will protect my images by to others. I know it can't prevent downloading the images.

But how I can protect or have a proof that I created those images.


texts: Change default of Illustrator rectangular grid tool?

texts: Is there any way I can change the default of rectangular grid tool to 1 by 1. It's at 5 by 5. I keep using the grid tool as guide so.


texts: I'm looking for a name for the effect when there's a layer over another layer so that one of them always adjusts so that it has always the opposite shade of spectrum. So I want a title to look black on white backgroundand black on white background.


texts: How to stop snapping of slices when re-sizing?

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I wonder if there is any shortcut on keyboard to prevent snapping slices while re-sizing.

I am talking about slices and they are jumping not by pixel, but by distance to nearest slice edge. I've tried to disable pixel alignment on slice which had no effect at all.

I'm using Illustrator CS6.


texts: "Toggled On" state for a button - Flat UI - Preferably HTML/CSS only

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What is a good way to style this edit button so it looks "Toggled On":

I'm not really sure how to style the "toggled" state so that it is clear, looks nice, and is congruent with the look I've created. Its a flat UI. The button sort of looks like translucent paper to me.

Preferably it would be something that can be done in HTML/CSS only.

Some ideas I had:

Pressed in like - make it look concave
Highlight - make it glow or make the color brighter
Something else?

Zoomed out a little so you can see it in contex:

Zoomed out some more:

Creates a JS Fiddle if anyone feels like messing with the CSS:

https://jsfiddle.net/0m1ra07a/

This is the UI in action if this is helpful:

https://dcdetail.com/prototype/html/main.html


texts: sRGB, Photoshop and Color Picker "proofing"

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I have recently started with web developement and changed my Photoshops Color Profile to sRGB, in addtion I set the Proof Setup to Monitor RGB to make the colors look more like the end result will be and it works fine.

The problem I have is that the Color Picker inside Photoshop CS5 seems not to use the proofing and displays the colors wrong, which means that picked color and the color that actually gets drawn are different.

Is there any way to fix it to color proof the whole Photoshop?


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Recently I have been trying to warp an image using Adobe Illustrator CC2017, but I'm experiencing some problems. Using the distort command (cmd alt c) I can't perform the distortion. Illustrator says it can´t perform the function on embedded images.

An additional issue is that we use many spot colors in our Photoshop file and when we embed the image in Illustrator,then warp or distort it to a certain object, the spot colors get merged to a CMYK file and that totally ruins my work of color separation for screen-printing.

Is there a way to warp or distort embedded images, or a workaround for the automatic merge of spot colors?

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texts: Need Guidance for Color Profile Settings in Illustrator

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What is the best color profile to start with in Illustrator when designing a Logo that will be used for web and for print? Do you need to work on them in two different files, one with CMYK profile and one with RGB? Currently I need to send my client's logo to be printed, but I need to make sure that my color profiles are set properly, and it seems like the CMYK and RGB values jump around on me, without color profile settings changing.  For example, I start with a color I like, create the swatch, and jot down the RGB, CMYK and Web# values.  Then I click on the swatch again and open it up and the values are different.  Plus, the color I am looking at in the Color Picker window appears different when its filling my logo elements.  It is driving me crazy!! Does anyone have any advice for me??

My current Document Color Mode is CMYK

My current color settings are as follows:

ADVANCED MODE:
RGB: ColorSync RGB - Generic RGB Profile
CMYK: ColorSync CMYK - Generic CMYK Profile

COLOR MANAGEMENT POLICIES
RGB: OFF
CMYK: OFF


texts: How to create textured objects that blend in with the background in Illustrator?

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Ok, so the question by itself might be a little confusing, but basically, I've been banging my head against the wall trying to figure out how to create something like this:

Or something like this:

What I want to achieve is to create a texture on an object in Illustrator, so I can blend in the object with the background and give it more depth. In the second example, pay attention to the shadow on the face. It's kind of like a shadow gradient, but it blends with some grain into the full face, and I love that effect but just don't know how to achieve it, or if it has a name to look it up.

Your help will be greatly and amazingly appreciated :D


texts: Should designs for certain products have specific colours?

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I'm a little bit confused about color theory and color identity for visual branding.

Sometimes I face an issue like I have a job to do visual branding for a fried product, let's say in this case I'm gonna do a visual branding for French fries. This is a fried product, so a warm color is more appropriate than a cold in this case right?

But if this product also has a competitor that uses warm colors, what should I do? We can't use same color identity as our competitors, like coca cola and Pepsi (red and blue) that use the opposite color.

So what is common practice?

Follow color theory but our product will have the same color as our competitor, or we use opposite color, while we know that cold colors are so bad for the fried products?


texts: How can I simulate a thermal printer effect in type?

texts: How can I simulate the noise inside the letters with photoshop?  I think this is thermal printing.


texts: How Do I Make an Image Look Lower Quality?

texts: I notice that when I first load up an image in Photos or some other image viewing application, it seems blurrier for a short amount of time before sharpening. How do I deliberately replicate this blurriness? I've tried tinkering around with Gaussian blurs and also with scaling down the image and then decreasing PPI before exporting but can't seem to get it down. The effect seems to decrease aliasing and gives the overall image a less sharp look.


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I redesigned my resume using InDesign and this modern resume tutorial.

However, I'm wondering whether I need to redesign my cover letter as well since it might look odd if I email my beautiful resume (pdf) and a bland cover letter created with Word. My question is, should I also create a cover letter in InDesign as well? I'm not a designer. I'm applying for a programmer position. Thanks in advance.


texts: Using GIMP it's possible to link a number of layers together and scale them together. However I have about 5 layers each with a layer mask that fit together - I would like to scale these together with the scale tool. If I link the layers together only the mask I scale appears to be affected. What am I doing wrong?


texts: Inkscape dividing an object that has already been excluded

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First time on this site, so apologies if this information is on here somewhere.

I have an .SVG with a large object that I have 'cut holes' in with the Exclusion tool (Ctrl+^) and now I want to start cutting up the object into chunks, however when I use the Division tool (Ctrl+/) to cut the object some of the 'holes' are randomly filled... and new objects are created them.

It's hard to explain, but imagine I cut a hole in the shape of the letter 'a' and when I use division on the object (not even anywhere near the 'a') the hole is filled back in, and an object in the same shape as the 'a' I made now sits behind the object here the hole once was. I understand I could just use Exclusion again to just cut the 'a' hole again, but the hole that's naturally apart of the 'a' shape is filled (like a ring that is now a solid circle.)

This occurs to a random amount of holes on my object, and I want to cut it up multiple times. So if there is anyway I can cut my object without the tedium of setting it back up again, I'd appreciate it!


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This little screenshot explains well the issue. I have shapes from Photoshop (also made a test from copying shapes from Illustrator) and exporting to PDF.

Here is the ugly results. If I reduce the size of the shape it becomes uglier.

Any help ?


texts: I'm trying to create text that will wrap from edge to edge when paper is folded

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Background
I want to preface this with saying that that all my knowledge of graphic design is in photoshop and illustrator and has all been self taught, I am by no means a professional graphic designer, I help people and do not get paid for any of my work. That said, Im trying to create a self standing flyer for tabletops for a non-profit veterans org, because they don’t have table tents.
Setup
I went with a landscape design of standard 11" x 8.5" so the ends can be taped together, creating a cylindrical stand-up flyer.  I set guidelines at 2.75 and 8.25 to create both sides.
Question
After designing the middle,  I'm having a problem finding information on how to wrap text from the right side to the left side seamlessly while allowing for the seam itself.


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I have created an icon, and I want to tint half of the image to make it darker.

I have created another layer ontop of the icon, so that it covers half of my icon, and decreased the transparency. How do I get that rectangle to take on the shape of the icon, instead of it remaining to be an rectangle?


texts: Designing a corporate websites with non 100% width

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I will like to know if there is best practice regarding designing a website for a big corporation.

I am specifically talking about the width of the website. I have a believe that websites with full (width: 100%) width are most suited for business and corporate websites, while widths of lesser percentages with margin: 0 auto; are best suited to blogs and personal websites.

So, my question is: Is this a rule of thumb or my assertions are false ?


texts: Automatically create bold-italic from italic font

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Google Chrome has a nice feature - it can create bold-italic letters on the fly from italic letters (in case a font has italic style but does not have bold-italic). The result looks good enough: letters become thicker only in vertical direction, thin horisontal lines are there. In comparison the same result from Firefox is awful.

Is there a way to do this automatically on the whole font in free font editor or any other free app (CLI is also OK)? May be Chrome uses some free engine...

UPD

Here is a screenshot of Linux Libertine in Chrome. Top example is a semibold-italic made by font author. Middle example is italic by author. At the bottom is an automatically generated by Chrome pseudo-semibold-italic from italic. In the red is a screenshot from FontForge after changing font weight.


texts: InDesign: How do I automatically align the bottoms of different columns of text boxes to the same height as the one with the most text?

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In InDesign, I have some filled text boxes, sized by columns, with the one on the left being three columns wide.

The wide text box is most likely to contain the most text (it's an invoice template).  I will use the 'Fit frame to content' button on the Selection Tool toolbar for automatically vertically resize it to fit the containing text.

How do I make the other three smaller text frames automatically adjust to the same height as the big (and longer) text box?


texts: InDesign: Convert RGB to CMYK for clean gray colors

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When I convert gray color swatch from RGB to CMYK InDesign transmit that as a mix of C, M, Y, K. How can I convert that values to K only?

The goal is to get clean gray colors on print output. Another question I have, is it beneficial to use 100% Black with adjusting the 'Tint' option instead (for getting gray)?


texts: How to make Objects follow a path (illustrator) (like on the las vegas sign)

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Does anyone know how to get objects to follow a path in illustrator symmetrically? For example (and what I am trying to emulate), the Welcome to Las Vegas Sign.

I figured out the basics of the blend tool and how to duplicate my "lights" to have them follow a path, but I can never get them to go all the way around, nor can I get them to look symmetric.


texts: What is a good systematic approach to increasing the rates I charge?

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In the past year, I have been getting more and more freelance projects along with my work as a graphic design teacher. I've been working in the graphic design field 10+ years. Because these contracts are not my main revenue, I have not been too concerned with raising my fees and I'm now facing the situation where I should be outsourcing some of my work to collaborators (either because I can't keep up or because I want to take on more teaching work temporarily) but I am also not charging enough to afford them. So I am thinking of hiking my rates but I don't want to scare the clients away.

Just to put some hypothetical numbers and give more context, if I charge 5$/hour on a project and take 5 hours to finish it but I'm too busy and I need to hire someone who charges me 2$/hour but takes 15 hours to do the same (and I still need to charge an hour for checking out their work and giving them feedback), things just don't add up.

I use flat rates most of the time but for some small things like corrections or when I am working for agencies, I'll charge an hourly rate and this is where the hike is likely to show more.

I know raising gradually is likely to be what will be recommended but how often and how incremental is gradual?

Also, do you have a systematic approach to raising your own rates? (following cost of life, as you acquire new skills, etc.).

Do you email all your clients or wait for a new project to come in?

Do you raise a certain % each year? When do you consider stopping to raise?

Unsure if this question belongs here or in the freelance SE but I'm mostly interested in what fellow graphic designers would have to say.


texts: How can I make my design blog's information more useful / accessible?

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I have a blog which contains information about design/ research methods. I want to improve the UX and make the information more useful and importantly actionable. What steps can I take to achieve this? This is the site: designmethodsandprocesses.co.uk

I have tried: editing the content, applying some styling to the home page for selection of techniques, adding a search bar, using bootstrap to allow for reading on mobile.


texts: What is a good software package for technical drawings with shading?

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I am a web developer so I am a coder normally not a designer. I have Illustrator on my PC and I have a lot of technical drawings to do for fencing that my client sells such as this one

Now this is a bit rough and ready but I am wondering am I using the best software for the task at hand or can you recommend any technical drawing software? I am looking for something that can add shading so it looks more realistic.

Any help would be most appreciated


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I often need to export my assets in multiple sizes. The '1x' and '2x' option in Sketch simply isn't enough, as I sometimes need the same icon in let's say 200x200, 300x300 and 400x400 while the original artboard might be 800x800.

Is there a way to export the contents of an artboard at a certain size?
Scaling isn't always easy in Sketch as things like text etc don't scale.


texts: Automatically save a jpg along with AI file?

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In Photoshop we have "Save Extra JPEG" in Script Event Manager which saves a jpg automatically with the psd file.

Do we have something similar in Illustrator?


texts: Photoshop: Is it possible to "apply" a clipping mask?

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Is it possible to "apply" a clipping mask, just like I can apply a layer mask? Let's say I have two layers like this:

(I know it's ugly but it makes my point clearer)

When I create a clipping mask on Layer B, it looks like:

How to keep Layer B this way, while releasing the clipping mask? (so I can reuse the clipped shape on Layer B in other files, or add a new unclipped layer between A and B, etc)

I ctrl-click to select all pixels on Layer A, inverse the selection, and clear selected pixels from Layer B. But the result is different:

I want the result to be exactly the same as when I use a clipping mask. Is it possible?


texts: Axure: how to mask out objects outside the canvas

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In my current Axure prototype I have an element that is supposed to "slide in" from below the actual screen area. Of course this element should not be visible beforehand. Therein lies my problem, as it actually is visible.

Current outcome:

Desired outcome:

How do I mask it out? Is there even a function like masks in Axure? If not, what are other viable options to achieve the desired effect?


texts: Client made drastic changes after we finalized, what should I put in my portfolio?

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So I worked with a community service type of client for pretty cheap last summer and created a really gorgeous design for a mobile shower they rolled out this last fall. They have since changed my design drastically, printed it in a completely different way and added the word "trailer" which I insisted on more than one occasion they should omit.

I am currently putting together my portfolio and I want to include the design that I created; I was thinking I might create a photorealistic 3D model of what the assets should have looked like.

The question is: should I include how they ultimately decided to use it? Should I say anything about it?


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I need to know the name of this font:

Does anybody recognize it? I'm pretty sure it's the same font used in ICBC's logo and branding, which you can see at http://stuross.ca/icbc-branding/.

I've tried both identifont and whatthefont with no success :/


texts: InDesign: Adjust object position when shuffling left/right pages

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I'm working on a document (some 120 pages, so I'd like to avoid the need to adjust each page manually) with texts and photos. It is sort of a catalogue with each page having independent text, two photos and some infobox. I've created a 2-page master with the basic layout which looks like this:

But the problem is that when I add a page before those already created (which has to be done, because there will certainly be some last-minute additions or changes in page order), the left pages become right and vice versa, but then all the master page items that have been locally overridden stay where they are relatively to the page, which of course breaks the layout (e.g. the part of the photo that was in the bleed area ends up at the spine overflowing to the other page in the spread).

Is there any way to align the objects relatively to spine and inside/outside edge of the page, so they adjust when the pages shuffle? Or to automatically follow the position of master page items even when they are overridden?

I know this works when an object is aligned to margin guides. But as you see, I need to align several objects in different parts of the page.

Thanks, I'll appreciate any insight.


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I am planning to use Literata font for my marketplace item, but i don't know the license from this font.

I have tried to find, but not yet found word "license" in this link

Anyone can give me reference about the license from Literata font?


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I am at a dead end right now, with 2 icons.   I have a table, above the table I have 2 icons, the 2 icons will be buttons that will change the padding of the table cells.

Just like in gmail, you are able to change the table cell padding.  To cozy, compact, etc...

But in my table, I just need to, 'comfortable' and 'compact'.

This is what the UI looks like now.

It just doesn't look good...

I just need to get 2 good icons, I dont want to use text.

Also I reference Google material design, but I can't find an icon on there icon library that fits my situation.


texts: Software to create exhibition booths/stall/display

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I want to make an exhibition display for my client something like this:

https://au.pinterest.com/pin/528398968749801577/

I am new to the design world and don't know where to start from.

Now, I have tried a few software today like Sweet Home 3D, Sketchup, PanaormicStudio3D.
But they do not tick all boxes. I am not sure if I need AutoCad 2017 for this - two reasons, it sounds complicated and it's expensive.

I will really appreciate if someone can guide me which tool could be best for me to achieve what's there on that image.

Cheers


texts: How to find RGB or HEX for Pantone colors for graphic design?

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The client gave us the Pantone color codes. These are used on health supplement product packets printing. But the codes can't be used on social media designs.

Is there any way to find the HEX or RGB for those codes? Like is there any option in Photoshop or Illustrator to convert them?

I tried the Pantone finder but it seems quite confusing. The search shows 2 colors. I'm not sure which should I use for designs. (Both colors look slightly different, so not sure which is correct. Would like to know difference. See the image below).

Here are 2 of the codes I'm talking about: 1925C, 637C


texts: Don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style

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Rather new at book body design. Having a little problem. I know there are similar questions here, but it didn't really solve my specifics.

I have loads of quotes in my book that I will indent a little. I have a paragraph style for that, with space before and space after (a lines worth). I could of course apply those manually, but prefer not to. So far all good. The problem is when there is a quoted conversation between two or more people. The writer wants each answer/comment starting on a new line. With my paragraphs' style I get a blank line between each new comment. Some of those conversations are like:

What do you think?

Sorry?

Would you?

Yes

Are you sure?

Not really

… and so on

Thus creating terribly long and ugly segments. So I want there to be no blank line between each new comment. How do I do this? Basically I would like the "space before" and "space after" to only apply when the quote paragraphs meet my body style, and not when another quote paragraph comes.

I tried to solve it by using forced line brakes between comments, so every quote would be just one paragraph. That doesn't work with my justified type through as it then justifies that last line, however few characters there are.


texts: How can I create realistic head shots of non-existent people?

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I want to make some photos of someone who does not really exist, but I don't know where should I start.

Initially I wanted to make a 3D head model by FaceGen Modeller and take renders of that to use in Photoshop, but even FaceGen can't make photos as realistic as I want. Is there any program that generates super-realistic heads in various camera angles?

What would you do if you were me?


texts: In illustrator is there a way to reset rotated transform controls?

texts: When you rotate an object in illustrator the transform controls to resize it/squash it rotate with it. What if i want to stretch it relative to the canvas?


texts: Black-white and grayscale to alpha conversion for images

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Is there an utility for converting all black-white and grayscale images from certain folder to the same images with adjusted alpha channel?

For example, for pixel (r:50, g:50, b:50, a:0) I would like to get (r:50, g:50, b:50, a:50) and (r:50, g:50, b:50, a:205) (inverse). Of course, this conversion is suitable only for image formats with alpha channel support (not JPG).

Or how can I do it with photoshop?

Background: I am a programmer and I am finding a way to do it without coding if it's possible.


texts: What is this geometric pattern called and how to construct it?

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I am wondering if the design in this image has a name? Also does anyone know a mathematical way to construct this with circles, arc etc?

I am interested in 2d construction technique although 3d would be interesting to know as well.


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I've tried several font identification website and all failed to find anything close.

The first letter 'a' is customised designed, but hope to get some help to identify from the rest of the letters 'gora.io'


texts: How do you view printers marks while editing?

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In InDesign, I can export OK with printers marks.  However, I've seen people working in the editor with the printers marks still visible.  How can I do that?

I've tried Bleed Preview Mode/Slug Preview Mode, but these don't show the other printers marks.

By printers marks, I meant the full set as demonstrated here.


texts: How do I make a curved text logo with dotted abbreviatures correctly?

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How can I get an even space between the dots and the letters?
Is there a way to center it correctly with respect to the logo?
Is there a general way of doing this to make it look better? (for example, the text doesn't appear to be centered because of the dots, but it technically is)

I am working on Photoshop btw

PS: English isn't my primary language, sorry for my bad grammar


texts: Intersecting Path cancel each other out in Adobe Illustrator

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I have a really weird issue in Illustrator and I can't imagine that I am the only one who stumbled across this.
I am trying to make a standardized icon set for use in Powerpoint. Other people working with this icon set should be able to recolor the icons. Therefore I am only working with strokes and I don't use fills.
One of the icons looks like this:

The path width in the picture above is 4pt (so extending 2pts on both sides of the vector line). The buttons for the controller have a vector-line-diameter of less then 2pts. Therefore there is an overlap.
When exporting to either PDF or SVG I get the following result:

The result looks like this in all pdfs, but the SVG only looks like this in Powerpoint and in the MacOS preview of Finder. If I open the SVG in Google Chrome it looks as expected:

It seems like the intersection of the path results in the intersection to be removed. I think this is a render issue. Has anyone ever experienced this issue and knows how to solve this?


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This question was asked here How do I paste into a layer's mask in Photoshop?
but none of the answers work for me! It seems to be a common question on the web, but something is going on with my situation, because absolutely zero of the suggested solutions work.
I'm trying to paste the contents of one layer A into the new layer mask of another layer B, using Photoshop CC on OS X.
I select all of A and press Cmd+C. Then I try any of the following:

Click the "add mask" icon of layer B while the copied image is in the clipboard. I am told this will put it in the mask, but the mask is blank.

Alternatively, add the mask to B first, then click on it, then Cmd+V. This pastes the clipboard into an entirely new layer.

Alternatively, add the mask to B, then click on it, then Shift+Opt+Cmd+V. This does the same thing as Cmd+V.

Alternatively trying any of the Paste Special commands from the Edit menu. These all do the same thing as Cmd+V

EDIT: It occurs to me that maybe the problem has something to do with the fact that layer A is RGB, while masks are grayscale.
EDIT 10/17/2016
This is solved. I am new to the Mac world, and when I read the instruction to Alt+Click, I was doing Cmd+Click, when what I actually needed to do was Opt-Click.


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I want to draw something like that black dragon, but the wing is the most difficult part.
I draw some shape, copy-rotate it, then apply Pathfinder minus front.
Is my approach okay? I don't want to lose the symmetry, which is why I didn't use the pen tool and manually draw it.

Does this have to be done with pen tool? I really do not understand how to draw the wing and cut out all those white designs off the black background. :'(


texts: What are some licensed (brand) managing software?

texts: I went to several interviews for a designer position at a top level company and at the end they told me I couldn't be hired because I didn't know any 'Licensed' brand managing software. Do you know of any 'licensed' brand managing software? In my current job we use an online app where we upload all the artwork that we receive from Coca-Cola after we adapt them to our printing standards so they can review it and authorize it.


texts: Illustrator - mapping objects around a copied path using Blend option

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All,

I have a path that has been copied and inverted to form a complete shape together.

I want to map objects (multiple circles created using 'Blend step option') around the path using the 'spine' option in the 'Blend' tool. However, Illustrator only maps the objects around the original path and not the copied (& inverted) path.

Grouping does not solve the problem. And if I just select the 'copied & inverted' path to be mapped with objects, Illustrator does not make available the 'spine' option. Any ideas please?


texts: Apply an overlay layer to a single layer, and then adjust the result of that?

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So I just purchased the CS5.5 Master Collection, I'm an enthusiast :)  I have a question pertaining to blending layers and applying adjustments in Photoshop.  How do I apply an adjustment layer to a blended layer, while only having the blended layer affecting one layer beneath it, and then having the adjustment layer apply only to the result of that created by the blending?  I know it's a mouthful...

I have three layers, from top to bottom: adjustment layer, blending layer, artwork layer.  I have applied a gradient to the blending layer using the Vivid Light option, which in turn affects all the layers below it (I only want it to affect the artwork layer though).  I then want to apply an adjustment to the resulting effect.

Apologies if I was vague, but my terminology on the subject matter is not yet up to par as I'm a complete newbie to this field.  Please let me know if I can clarify anything.

Cheers,
Les


texts: Can't cut out or make middle transparent in Illustrator

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I am trying to cut out the middle of this "P" graphic to make it transparent. I found tutorials on removing interior segments of objects using pathfinder, but every time I attempt to use "minus front" or "exclude," I get the error below ("images, gradient meshes, graphs, placed objects, and text paths cannot be used as compound shape elements"). I'm extremely frustrated and cannot find any solutions. Please help!

(I did locate some information indicating the graphic may be too small and should be somewhat expanded, but when I resized it, it gives the same error anyway. I also tried to use "expand appearance," but it was greyed out.)


texts: How to make triangles with rounded sides and corners? (squircle with 3 sides)

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Methods likes this Rounded corner shape with rounded sides Don't really work for triangle.

So now I'm thinking what's the best way to make this shape, so I can control the radius of roundness at the same time.


texts: How do I create a mock-up photorealistic book and graphics and what free tool could be used?

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Can you create illustrations (see below) with indesign?

I would like to create this content and offer PDF brochures to visitors and make it look much better. However, I am not sure if this is possible and how to do it.

I'd like to find out free tools to do that those small book-looking illustrations. Something like upload a cover and then it puts it on a digital book. Like those websites which promote only one book and you can see different illustrations of the cover and so on.

In order to promote brochures, PDF files, ebooks, and so on.

I mean an ebook cover which is shown as a small illustration from the side angle so it looks nice. Not actually the ebook itself, just the cover and make it look like a real book, presentable from a side angle. Was wondering about Abobe Indesign but would like to find out free tools to do that. Something like upload a cover and then it puts it on a digital book. Something like that. Like those website which promote only one book and you can see different illustrations of the cover and so on. –


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Looking to recreate these stroke styles in illustrator but being such a newbie to this, I definitely don't even have the terminology correct for this one.

Currently using the pen tool but my strokes are solid and I am not sure how to add 1. the inline stroke and 2. "bubble" or give that "inflated round radius" at the end of the lines. For smaller screen resolutions I don't need the inline stroke but would still like to have the same end cap styles.

Any advice on how to achieve this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!


texts: Illustrator: Is there an option to create shared layer styles?

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I am just wondering if there is any option in illustrator similar to the shared layer styles in Fireworks.

For example:

I apply a defined color to several objects/elements (Text or Shapes) and if i change that color, it will automatically change on every element that it was applied to.

I hope you know what I am trying to explain here and can help me out with a positiv answer.


texts: Why aren't there printers that use red-green-blue ink cartridges?

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Why aren't there printers red-green-blue ink cartridges?

I would like some well-documented articles on this because I haven't found anything comprehensive. The best I've found are this and this on Quora, and this article, which say either the color is too thick for paper to handle, or too rich to produce lighter halftones.

Most others just unhelpfully delve into the distinction of "additive color model" as light-based and "subtractive color model" as pigment-based, which would make sense only if you were talking about "colored lights" and "colored pigments" as two completely separate topics. Last time I checked, yellow was in the visible spectrum, and there were definitely red pigments (I mean, if you ever dabble in art, you'd know there's at least red pastel and you can definitely use it on a white canvas).

So to be as clear as day: I'm not asking for the distinction between the RGB additive color model and the CMYK subtractive color model. I'm asking for the practicality of using a set of red-green-blue cartridges as if there were an RGB subtractive model.

Edit: After asking around a little more on other sites, I'm guessing we don't use red-green-blue inks because a practical red ink would have to be able to reflect yellow light and magenta light, otherwise you couldn't mix it with any other ink and it would be rendered wasteful because it could only print red. It's just that there's no such thing as magenta light, therefore there's no practical, usable red ink.


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I am trying to create nice looking curves with InDesign, but I can't get a good result using the Pen tool.

What I want is something like the curves in the following pictures on top and below the title text:


texts: What is the technique in Inkscape to create smooth edges rounding corners?

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I tried to make a logo with a square with rounded corners. But the angles are not very smooth.

I'm using Inkscape and I'm exporting my image in png.
What is the technique in Inkscape to export a png logo with smooth angles?


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I am currently creating a Crystal report, but having difficulty on how to align certain columns.  I have a Social Security, employee_name, Check Number and Amount.

I understand that the amounts should be right aligned so the decimals line up, but how should the Social Security column be aligned?  I understand it is a 'Number' but it doesn't seem like a normal number that should be right aligned.  I also am concerned about my Check Number column.  This does have check numbers that are 10 characters long, but there is a chance my column can have "DIRDEP" for direct deposit.  Should this be left align, or right aligned?

Any thoughts are appreciated.

    SOCIAL SEC      EMPLOYEE          CHECK      AMOUNT
    000000000     JOHN SMITH     0000001122      123.12
    000000000     JOE SMITH      0000001123      321.21
    000000000     JIM SMITH          DIRDEP      123.21

or

    SOCIAL SEC     EMPLOYEE       CHECK           AMOUNT
     000000000     JOHN SMITH     0000001122      123.12
     000000000     JOE SMITH      0000001123      321.21
     000000000     JIM SMITH      DIRDEP          123.21


texts: How much space should I leave between two paragraphs?

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I'm an engineer, therefore my knowledge of graphic design are very, very, very poor... so please bear with me.

I want to know how much space I should leave between two paragraphs for my thesis.  I've heard from some friends of mine (who are designers) that you shouldn't if you are using indentation (that seems to be length=1em, according to Tschichold's Rules).

However, is it recommendable to use both indentation and paragraph space? (we call it \parskip in LaTeX).  If not, which one should have preference?  What should be the length?


texts: Is there a way to add a signature of version controll to PDF joboptions?

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I'd like to create a method to check if my client used my specific joboptions to create a PDF.

Is there a way to add some sort of meta data or version data or signature to jobtions so that you get some sort of footprint when somebody uses these joboptions?

UPDATE:
The joboptions are created from the PDF-preset window in Adobe photoshop. The joboptions are send to the client with a manual on how to import these options and select them from their own PDF-preset window from any Adobe program.


texts: Resize multiple paragraph text frames in photoshop

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in Photoshop CS2 is it possible to resize (and not transform) more than one paragraph text frames at a time?

can you help me please? many thanks!


texts: How to prepare a layout for packaging and hot stamping?

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Questions as follow:

1) I want to make a design in Illustrator for a box packaging, say of 5 x 5 x 10. How should I prepare the layout? I mean make it like here:

and then just make guide lines!

2) Also, how should I prepare the design for hot stamping process?


texts: How do I scale envelope warp proportions in Illustrator?

texts: I want to scale everything proportionally, but the bulged text doesn't scale the same as the illustration. None of the envelope options helped. Using Adobe Illustrator CC 2019.


texts: What is the name or Unicode for this symbol (similar to ₰, Dutch, called Krul)

texts:
This is the symbol I mean, I think it is named a 'Krul':

I found this symbol (U+20B0, ₰, German Penny Sign) but it is not the one I am looking for.

In the Netherlands it is generally used to indicate that something has been done correctly, like a check.

I would like to know the unicode and/or the name.


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Quick question on Illustrator.
Is there a shortcut or a quick way to reset reference point to center of object, when using rotation, skew, or reflect tool?


texts: i draw from time to time, just as a stress reliever and a hobby. i'm into very basic sketches, nothing to crazy honestly, but i always shied away from drawing people because i get intimidated. i don't want to commit myself to drawing because i do it for fun, but when it comes to people, I really don't like the proportion lines??? Like the lines that you draw first, and then you draw the person it and then erase it. I just find it very messy and frustrating especially because I'm not serious about drawing. But I would love to simple sketches of people. Has any felt the same way, and if so, any tips?


texts: Innovative ways to make a flowchart stand out?

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Following my question here, I am wondering what are some innovative ways of making different aspects of a complex flowchart standout.

By aspects, I mean the different processes (as a group) e.g. for an employment flowchart, some processes could be need analysis, advertising, interview, background check, hiring etc.

For each of these processes, there are several steps involved, so they would be illustrated as a group in the flowchart.

The two ways that I currently know are:

Using colours
Using different text box borders
Using different shapes


texts: How do I combine PNGs into a PDF without losing quality?

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I have a few hundred high-res PNGs I'd like to combine into a 200+ page PDF using only lossless compression on the images that are becoming the pages of the PDF.

But when using Adobe Acrobat's 'Combine Files into a Single PDF' feature, Acrobat always noticeably degrades the quality of the images when converting them and assembling them into a PDF, even when I have all of Acrobat's PNG->PDF conversation preferences set to use lossless compression only.

I'm on Mac OS 10.11.1 and using Adobe Acrobat XI.

ETA: Each PNG is 1210 × 1450 pixels. Yes, I'm viewing the PDF at "actual size." The document properties on the resulting PDF says the page size is 16.81 x 20.14 in.

How can I assemble high-quality PNGs into a PDF without degrading image quality?


texts: converting image to vector, resizing, in illustrator cs6

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A question about using adobe illustrator cs6...
Basically I want to be able to put images I’ve drawn (simple outline drawings.) in to illustrator, having scanned them on to my desktop, turn them in to vectors so as to be able to resize them to any scale, and then once I have scaled several different images, bring them on to one screen to create a composite image.
I’m sure this is very simple if you know how, but I haven’t the slightest clue when i comes to illustrator!
Any help would be amazing.


texts: How can I create a polygon pattern in Photoshop?

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I have been thinking for quite a while how would i make it myself. The difficulty lies in randomness. I Could go on manually but can't help and feel that there is some better way to do it.

For example it was to be generated using some programming language then all i need to do is create mountains with varying hues and let the 3d light lit them.


texts: How to price for global packaging rights

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I've searched all over Google and couldn't find a suitable answer so I thought I'd go to the source.
How would you go about pricing for global packaging rights on illustrations you create?
Pricing for the actual work carried out and the time spent on putting the illustrations together is not a problem. But when it comes to figuring out how much you should charge for the full rights to reproduce the illustrations on packaging globally is where my problem is. I have no idea where to start with coming up with a figure for that.

It's the first time I've been asked by a client to provide a quote for the rights to my work and just wondered if there was a rule of thumb or a formula to help come up with a ballpark.
Any help anyone could provide would be really appreciated.
Thanks!


texts: Term for line based vs area/shape based thinking

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I am interested in working out terms to use for following things

If you draw drawings based on lines or segments, and don't worry about the areas they enclose just the lines themselves and how they glance each other. Currently I would say that this kind of drawing has a priority for lines. Or line priority.
If you draw with enclosed areas and close all your shapes then I call that you have you have a area or rather shape priority.

Image 1: Difference in thinking

So for example Illustrator is built with shape priority in mind. If for we take arbitrary feature like pathfinder it is unable to delete line segments. But perfectly capable of building enclosed areas. It is not until shape builder that you can consider deleting line segments, even then only if there isn't a area to choose over the line segment.

Now as a counter example. Engineering applications and documentation often are built on line priority. As far as explanations go that's all fine and dandy.

However does anybody know if the names line priority and area/shape priority have some known terms in well known literature.


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Is there a way wherein i can change a premature/unborn fetus' skin into a normal baby skin? So far what i have tried is:

Color the skin of the fetus with skin color
Overlayed skin texture on the skin
Repaint/redraw skin

But it still doesn't feel right.
Here is the link of the skin sample

Thanks in advance!

Edit: here is the sample skin for those who can't access imgur


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I have a client and he's been wanting me to create an e-flyer for him. When I first read it, I wasn't paying much attention to the details so I ended up thinking he just wanted a flyer for printing. So when I checked again cause I've been wanting to work on it, I realized that it's an e-flyer and I have no idea how to do this. I've read articles and discussions here but I can't seem to find the answer.

So here's the approach that I've been thinking. Please tell me if it's correct or not and the disadvantages of using this approach and a better way of doing it.

Use Photoshop to design the header, footer, body/background
Then use divs or tables to have it working (my client wants a video on the e-flyer as well)

Also, I want to know what would be the best width for an e-flyer and can I use CSS for the layout and fonts?

Thanks!


texts: Fastest way to replace mask with current selection (Photoshop)

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Situation: I want to use the current selection as a mask on layer X. Layer X already has a mask, and I want to completely replace it.

If layer X didn't already have a mask, I could do this in one step by clicking Add layer mask in the Layers palette.

Given that layer X already has a mask, what is the quickest way to do this? Can this be done in one or two steps, preferably by keystroke?

How I do it now: Drag layer X's mask to trash, click layer X, click Add layer mask. This becomes tedious when you have to do it to a lot of layers.


texts: How to expand stroke from image in affinity designer

texts: How can i create vector strokes from image above in affinity designer or affinity photo i don't have Photoshop


texts: Removing "space" in a data merge if not all names have titles to start with

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I found a great reference on here for using Grep to remove a double space in a data merge if some names have a middle initial but others do not. But what do you do if the issue is at the start of the name. For example

<< Title >> << First >> << Last >>

<< address >>

Mr. and Mrs. John Smith

123 Apple Street

But the next person and or business does not have a title

( )Bob Brown

432 Peach Lane

0r

( )The Grant Group

795 Grape Circle

How to you remove the space before the Name field if there is no title.

I'm assuming you can use a different GREP formula to achieve this but I can't figure it out. Looking for a way to do in Indesign and not editing the OG Excel file.

This is the middle double space thread for reference. How to auto delete a space left after a data merge in InDesign?


texts: Copy vector pattern completely from scratch for commercial use, but exactly as those found online?

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I need a huge range of vector patterns that will be used commercially on merchandise. Since royalty free sites do not allow commercial use for most of their images, I figured I can create patterns from scratch on my own without using their images at all. These would be simple seamless patterns so they aren't exactly difficult to replicate in illustrator. Ex - Chevron and geometrical patterns.

My question is am I still infringing any legal boundaries? I'm not using their image at all for the creation of my image. But they would probably be exactly the same.


texts: Illustrator: Snap at some distance from existing objects

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I'm drawing a bus line map. On some streets several bus lines pass together, so parts of the lines should be parallel and on a uniform distance from each other.

Ideally, I would like that when I draw a second line along the same street, it would snap automatically at a distance of X pixels away from the first line. Is this possible?


texts: How to completely remove the background from an image?

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I have an image (a logo) that was on a black background.

I have used Photoshop's (CS5) Background Eraser Tool to remove the background.

This is great except that there are black (well grey/black) dots around the image on the curves.

How can I remove them?


texts: I made a brochure (4 panels each side) in InDesign and I'd like to see what it would look like folded without printing it out yet. Kinda like an e-magazine or issuu, where you can flip the pages. Does anyone know how I would achieve this?


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I'm not even sure what this is called and no matter what I look up I cant find the right thing. I only noticed when it disappeared I feel like I hit a key or clicked something and no matter the restart wont come back.

It was just like snap to point or grid lines but id have these pink lines come up so I knew things were level across the page. So an object drawn on one side of the page and then the other object would have an extended pink line ( like the guide lines ) to line it up to the other object so they were level if that makes sense. It was also way easier to click and move things now suddenly I have to zoom in and make sure I'm clicking just the right spot on the object to actual select it and move. Makes things I need to do a lot slower. I know its not snap to point because I already have that clicked on, any help would be appreciated!

the image below would be an example, a line used to show up so i could easily line the two arrows up with each other now its gone.


texts: Selecting Objects in the graphic without having to select the layer first

texts: In previous versions of Photoshop, I was able to select (with my mouse) objects within a graphics, where I could click and then drag the object where I want to move it. Now I have to select the layer before I can drag the object. Is there a setting that I need to configure?


texts: Gimp: Apply gradient only on colored parts (not on transparent spaces) of a layer/image

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I have an image that I've put into a new layer. This image has a lot of transparent empty spaces. I have colorized the non-transparent spaces in black. The transparent parts are still transparent.
I would want to apply a gradient only on the black parts of the image/layer, leaving the transparent spaces... well... transparent.
How can I do that? Should I use masks and layers modes together?


texts: How could I show hands that are race neutral?

texts: I'm creating a graphic with a hand holding a phone, but I don't want to show any hand of race(black/white). I've seen once google use a a non-realistic hand and gray-scaling a hand looks even more awkward. Suggestions?


texts: InDesign: How to have a section head to the left of text?

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I'm trying to do the layout below. I was originally trying to create this using 5 columns and having the text span 4 of them. But that didn't work properly because when I would add a column break after the text to go to the next section, it would shift to the next page.
I could do this with separate text boxes, but I really would rather keep this all as one flow across pages. Any ideas? Maybe it's something obvious, but I don't see it. And thanks in advance!


texts: In photoshop, how can i get rid of this selected edges?

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In photoshop, when I clicked a layer, and then show like this

how can I get rid of this?

I already tried to this method --> view

but it's not working


texts: What are some techniques to drawing abstract art

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I recently came across this beautiful artwork (image bellow) and there is a youtube video on how the artist made it. The beautiful thing was that the image is nothing specific, it looks like a heart but that was not intended.

I tried paying more attention to my own doodles but I feel that there must be some guidelines on how to get a good result. I'm not asking the question of "how to draw" or "how to get better at it ..." as practice makes perfect. But are there any guidelines on how to start abstract artwork? I'm thinking, like in chess, these are good ways to open a game and so forth.

Image is by Peter Draws. Here is the image source - (thanks @Bart Arondson for pointing out the need to credit the source) ps. his youtube channel is fantastic :)

Thanks


texts: Uniformizing background in scanned images

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I have some old photographs that I have scanned. While the image of the person is clear, the background has several blurs and is not a perfect black as one would desire.

Is there a way to detect the person's image alone as a separate object, thereby isolating it from the background? That way, I could get rid of all background noise. What is the technical jargon for this process? I searched for 'Object detection', but that leads me to engineering papers! Could someone point me to useful videos using Lightroom in this regard?


texts: How to draw curve arrow with empty body?

texts: I know how to draw a simple arrow, but I don't know how to create a curve arrow with empty body like this. Do you have any idea?


texts: Stacking three GIFs and one PNG on top of another

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I'm trying to stack 1, 2, 3, 4 images through some online tools, but they don't seem to do support a function to make it work. The third one is a PNG image, the other ones are GIF images.
So they have to be one above the other, in order. How can I do it?


texts: Courier New-like font with Unicode support?

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I'm a programmer and I'm really used to the Courier New font. I am quite picky about it - I find other fonts (including other monospace fonts) ugly in comparison.

However, now I have to work on some code that includes Unicode strings, and Courier New does not have full support for Unicode.

Could someone recommend a (monospace) font that is very similar to Courier New, but has Unicode support?


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Suppose I have multiple, say, around 50 bitmaps in my Fireworks (CS6) file. There are pages from a scanned file.
I want to export each of them to a separate file.

There is a function in Fireworks that permits to export all "Layers" to files, but not "Bitmaps"...

Is there a way to save each bitmap as a file, without having to do 50 operations individually?


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In GIMP 2.10.18 - after creating a text layer, I edit the layer attributes to give the text layer a meaningful name. This is important as I'm working with a python script that will reference the layer names.
However, when I modify the text - it changes the name of the layer too! This means that the script that automatically changes the contents of the text will inadvertently change the name of the layer as well, breaking the script!
Is there any way to turn this feature off?


texts: Best way to make comics about a patient seeing a psychiatrist at an office

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I would like to create a comic strip, or, rather, a set of comic strips, for posting on social networks such as Facebook or Pinterest. How can I start with the following strips and just modify the clouds where they talk. I want to create storyboards and would prefer to do this on my mobile phone. The comic strips I am interested in are about patients having sessions with their psychiatrist. I don't care if the comics look simple. I am undecided whether I should do this on my own. I wonder if it is even possible to have a collection of faces to start with to insert on static bodies and desk to accompany the comic strip. How should I achieve my goal?

Thanks.

The following are from Pinterest.


texts: Graphic Design areas for the colour-blind?

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What areas, if any, of graphic design could a person with color blindness be active in?
Can a person who has problems differentiating colours actually work in such  a field?