texts: Which software can produce drafting scale line diagrams

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Which software can be used to draw lines at exact measurements? I am looking for a tool which could be used for example to draw a top down view of the turning circle for a car. The drawing would consist of the outline of the car, at the correct measurements for the scale. e.g. drawn at 1:100

This type of diagram is getting into CAD software territory, I have tried searching for a tool that would be ideal for this but have not seen any programs that let you draw the linework freely while being able to specify line lengths, or use tools to ensure that lines are of exact length / scale

Sketchup Layout is the closest tool I have seen, but it seems to be aimed at drawing architecture and I'm not sure if it is suitable for drawing any linework at known measurements.

Aside from this the only other methods I have seen to achieve this is using grid guides / snapping in Illustrator / gimp / inkscape which is better than nothing, but not really ideal

Thanks


texts: Resize a big image into a small one without constraining proportions or stretching it

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I have am image which is 1920px X 1200px. How would I make it small in such a way that it turns into a 960px X 200px exactly.

If I do it without the option of "Constraint Proportions" checked in PS, It stretches horizontally and looks very bad. If I use the option and make it 960px wide, the height becomes 600px. Again using the option and making it 200px height, makes it 320px wide.

In the below image, I need to turn it into a 960px X 200px so that apart from the above, the cows and the grass as well as the sky is visible. Atleast the cows in full, the grass from the bottom maybe clipped but not to such a extend so that the legs of the cows also get clipped and atleast some part of the sky should be visible.

I tried using crop and came up with the middle image below. The last image is stretchy.


texts: How to design and export a 360° photo for Facebook

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I would like to design a 360° / panorama photo for Facebook like this one: VRT NU 360° photo

Can someone help me with this? Can this just be made in Photoshop or do I need other programs for this?


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http://doityourself.edublogs.org/files/2008/10/club-med-illusion-ad.jpg

I'm trying to achieve the same effect, but I can't even get close to what I need. What I basically need is to merge face/body in to the object in a way that it won't stand out, yet would be recognisable.

If someone could explain, give a tip or just link me something, that would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Andrew.


texts: Having issues trying to save file as SVG in Illustrator

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Created my first icon and now trying to save it as .SVG, but not going as planned. When I view my icon in Inkscape it shows that it is missing some objects, or the object in question is distorted. I have two screenshots of each version here below:

Here is what the icon should look like-

and here's how it looks in Inkscape-


texts: InDesign - export a PDF of multiple copies of a range of pages

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I don't know if my search-fu is off, or if this is actually something InDesign can't do.

I have a document with 78 pages. I want to create a PDF that contains 52 copies of a range of four pages in the document. These pages are junior size (5.5x8.5"), so I can't just use the PDF printer that's built-in on Windows 10 (it doesn't allow for custom paper sizes, apparently). I can export the page range, but how do I export it as multiple copies into a single PDF?


texts: How to create a geometric pattern stroke in Illustrator (with some constraints)?

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I want to make the stroke to the left (the green part counts):

All I can come up with is a pattern stroke to the right, but as you can see it is just not right. Every second corner will not align nicely, which makes sense, of course, but how could I tackle this?


texts: using gimp 2.10 on a mac--selection challenges

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looking for a way to perform an operation that works so beautifully in photoshop;

on an 8x10 canvas (with content), deselect everything
expand to 9x10 canvas so that content is at bottom (already did this)
select a rectangle 1 inch high by 10 inches wide
copy/move the selection to the top of the new 9x10 canvas

Action 4 simply does not work no matter what i try.


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I never thought there is a difference where I start creating a rectangle in Illustrator.

However I've just realised that if I start from Left-Upper corner I create "outer corner style", and when I start from Left-Lower corner I create "inner corner style" rectangle.

There is no any visible difference between these two rectangles, but when I apply a pattern brush - it can be clearly seen.

My questions are -

Is there a way to know about type of a path created - "outer" vs "inner"?

Does it applied to other shapes and where it does matter aside of pattern brush?

Proper terminology and any link to the info would be highly appreciated.


texts: Smooth faceting of beveled/embossed text in Adobe InDesign?

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I have been trying to achieve a text effect similar to this "Hobbit-Inspired" text

but I keep getting this strange faceting that I can't seem to get rid of. I'm fairly new to InDesign (CS5) and am not sure how to modify settings to fix this.
Initially I thought it was just how the preview in the document looked, but it looked like this when I did a test print as well.

Here are my settings and a piece of what the faceting looks like:


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I have a custom font with symbols that overlap other symbols for an effect. An example is an arrow that overlaps the next symbol.

In photoshop, when I export to pdf, the overlapped symbols appear fuzzy, and print fuzzy. If I space them out so there's no overlap, they appear fine, so I assumed the font is being embedded properly. And in both cases, I can select the symbols in a pdf viewer.

I can't change the text to shape without losing coloring.

Any suggestions to fix this?

EX: http://www.filedropper.com/test_30


texts: What do users remember the most, position or color of elements?

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I have a navigation menu with some buttons, that looks a bit like this (NOTE: Each button has a distinctive icon that differentiate it from the rest, I didn't add them to the mockup but they are similar to Wins8 icons):

Some users have reported accidentally clicking Sign instead of Send, something that is just inadmissible. I'm now considering ways to differentiate the buttons more. One option is to move Sign to the right. The other, (probably adding to moving it) to change its color:

Is position good enough differentiation? Or should I consider using color as well? Adding a new color to this navigation has some impact in the overall palette and look, so it has a price I'd have to pay.


texts: I installed a font. It showed up both in Font Book and Photoshop. But not Illustrator. Why? But yet this says not installed.


texts: Can we export an HTML Page to a PDF without disturbing the links?

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I am looking to covert a HTML page to a PDF and wanted to have some expert advices.
The sample of the HTML page is here
www.srishtiindia.com/teamlease


texts: Illustrator CC keyboard shortcut to select next similar object

texts: If I have 5 similar elements, say circles or text boxes in a row is there any way to quickly move the selection to the next item similar to being able to tab through browser windows? If not, is there a way to just 'tab' through all items on the artboard without using the mouse?


texts: What materials should a web designer using Photoshop send to a developer?

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I have been implementing mainly web and desktop applications and this is the first time that I actually started working with a graphic designer on a web site that is for public use. In this case the graphic designer is not doing HTML + CSS, but using Photoshop.

What kind of material is normally provided as an end result in order for the design to be actually implemented?

For example, should I get something more than just PSD files? How about different states (like link hover, active state etc.) or responsive design? Am I expecting too technical details?

Any help appreciated.


texts: Illustrator: line breaks vs paragraph breaks

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When working with area text in Illustrator, I sometimes use the space after option. This makes it more obvious when I create a line break, as illustrator automatically inserts a paragraph break as well.

Is there a way to create a simple line break, without having to space or tab your way to the end of the line?


texts: I wanted to edit my font's ttf file and change the character interspacing whenever I write that font down in any software. I want to know if I can edit kerning or character interspacing of my ttf font file? Please let me know how to do it.


texts: List of ColorSpaces does not usually include PDF ColorSpaces?

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Why a (complete) list of ColorSpaces, like the one in Wikipedia, would ignore the 11 color spaces used in PDF files?

Device dependent color spaces:

DeviceGray   2. DeviceRGB   3. DeviceCMYK

Device independent color spaces:

CalGray   5. CalRGB   6. Lab   7. ICCBased

Special:

Indexed   9. Pattern   10. Separation   11. DeviceN


texts: If there are any square-grid Latin fonts

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Pretty much every font I can think of is in a sort of portrait, paper-proportioned-ish grid, sort of like this:

 _
| |
|_|

A 1x2 grid fits tall letters like l and short letters at the bottom like s. This is the rectangle grid. But Chinese characters fit into a square grid:

 ___
|   |
|___|

So you can fit in characters such as 漢 which is like a ■ square.

I'm wondering if there are any such "square" fonts for Latin scripts. Just to be clear, I don't mean square, boxy font styles like this. I just mean some sort of squarely proportioned way of designing the Latin lower and uppercase characters so it looks good.

I haven't (1) found any examples yet, let alone (2) ones that look nice. I would like to see some nice examples if there are some out there.


texts: Photoshop create a timeline strip from layers?

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I made a video in AE(After Effects), I would like to create a strip similar https://cf.dropboxstatic.com/static/images/index/animation-strips/hero-loop-bg-vflsg8hml.jpg

I would like to create this strip inside photoshop, then in a webpage I can animate it at 60fps. I am not exactly sure how to achieve this.

I have done the following.

In AE, rendered it as a photoshop sequence.

In Photoshop I have done File > Import > video frames to layers


texts: PS CS6, border appears when im in blending options. How to disable it?

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In PS CS6, when I draw a rectangle shape using the rectangle tool or any other shape,
when I click on that layer, a black border appears.
when I want to do some blending options, a black border appears.

It is really bothering me, I cant see the shadows, or borders Im adding.

Is there anyway to disable it?


texts: How to turn a bezier curve into a shape?

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Forgive me, I'm rather new to Graphic design. I'm currently making a font (in inkscape), and have been drawing the characters using bezier curves. An example can be seen below.

However, when I try to assign a keystroke to the shape using inkscape's built-in svg font editor, the font editor reads the curve as being filled, as can be seen below.

How can I make the bezier curve itself, plus it's width, into shape as opposed to just a bezier curve line, such that It gets read properly by the SVG font editor?


texts: What is the top left point of a character in a font?

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How to design a font in a way that there will be no margin from its sides.

basically when I draw the letter "H" in the top=0, left=0 position, The top-left of this letter must be on the top left of the canvas.

What I have now with my font is this.

The tool I use now is FontForge.

Edit:

Maybe something related to these options ?


texts: Something goes wrong with default brush setting in Illustrator CS6

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I have just installed my new Graphic tablet and a strange behavior appears to me in Illustrator CS6.

The old day I used to pick my brush or any drawing tool and choose my stroke weight and the brush definition then I start drawing peacefully.

Here I set the brush weight to 2cm and a basic brush profile:

Now I couldn't do that. Every time I pick any drawing tool and set the stroke weight and brush definition, the moment I start to draw those settings reset their values like those appearing in the following screen capture. Just as if there is a default locked value and I couldn't change whatever it did.

Here Illustrator reset my above setting and changed it to 0.0353 cm and set the brush profile to 3 pt round.

I reset my workspace and even I detached my graphic tablet and nothing happens.

Do you have any idea what's going on and how to solve this problem?


texts: I'm designing some signage that will be printed and cut with a CNC machine. What would be the best color swatch to use for the lines that should be cut?


texts: Opening some PDF files in Photoshop shows "Import PDF" prompt, some don't. Why?

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I have just started using Data Sets and all of my interchangeable graphics were saved from Photoshop as Photoshop PDFs without layers.
Now I run the export data sets command and the process stops to prompt me for importing some of these PDF files (every time they change as well!). This meant I had to click OK approximately 1000 times during the export process, which is undesirable, but the output was fine.
When I try opening the PDFs directly in Photoshop, the behaviour is the same: some open the “Import PDF” prompt and some just load directly. I would like to know what triggers this prompt, so I can avoid it in future.


texts: Should I give a client more logo options after refusing the initial designs?

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A client requested a logo design and branding for his start-up; it's business consultancy company.

The deal includes 3 logo design options with 7 items designed for the brand, for X amount of money. 50% of payment is due after agreeing to the logo, the other 50% after full work is done.

Their name is uBrand, and I have done 3 designs at first (two of them are full name "Unique Brand" logotypes). He rejected them and said he wants 3 designs of a "uBrand" logotype (not the full name). I provided two more logo options and an edited one of the previous sent logos. Now he rejects them all! And he refuses to pay.

Should I try with a new concept design for him?

Or should I make him choose one (do some amendments for him) and proceed as stated in the contract?

I did everything he stated in the brief "simple, logo type, very simple twist in font, clear and works on all mediums" >> should not be a challenge but he seems to not know what he wants.

He said they're a retro style but the truth is he doesn't even give a good reason for refusing them and he says he likes simple logos like Google's.


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I have a style guide for an old company logo which we had designed years ago. In the guide there are the two main colors for the logo but only PMS and CMYK values, so i'm wondering how to figure out what color values to use when creating graphics in srgb colorspace? These are the colors:
Blue. PMS 310, 48c/0m/9y/0k
Orange. PMS 151, 0c/60m/100y/0k
I tried googling the PMS codes and found conflicting hex codes. Any help would be much appreciated, thanks!


texts: Designing an icon to fit the iOS 7 style

texts: I want to create an icon for my iOS App that keys into iOS 7's new design and color scheme. What kinds of colors should I use and what key things should I implement in the design?


texts: How can I make text be "masked" into a silhouette?

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I need some way of making text (more specifically, the chorus for a song for a graphic arts project) be fitted to the outline of a silhouette.

The effect I wish to achieve is much like this piece of shape poetry:

Does anyone have recommendations on software (preferably for the Mac OS), web app or website that can generate this kind of thing?


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Is it possible to create a form or a table that is height automatic with Sketch? Like when we write text the text box expands down and expands the rest of the form or table.

I'm trying to do that with symbols, but I don't know if there's a better way.

An example of the type of form I'm trying to create:

I want to make a form that can be filled, but the description part can have more than one line, and I want to make them expand automatically, and make the strokes go down with the box.


texts: How do I continue and close a path in Adobe Illustrator? It is supposed to change to a slash (/) when I hover over the last node I created, but it does not. Thanks.


texts: How to lighten color without ruining texture and line in photoshop?

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I'm looking to do something like this:

The areas that are "sunlit" are bright but still maintain the texture and line of the darker layers. How was this done? Is it some sort of blend mode? I have tried everything. If you could help me out, I would really appreciate it. Thank you so much.


texts: How do you choose 'light' and 'dark' shades in Google Material Design

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From the Material Design docs:

  To create contrast between elements, you can use lighter or darker tones of your primary color. The contrast between lighter and darker tones helps show division between surfaces, such as between the status bar and a toolbar.

Looking at all the examples in the Material Design docs, light and dark colors are chosen from the same swatch as the base color. So for example, if your chosen color is 'Blue Grey 700' your light and dark colors may be 'Blue Grey 300' and 'Blue Grey 900'. This is one of the examples they show:

Using Google's Material Design Color Tool, we can select the same color, 'Blue Grey 700'. However, it suggests light and dark colors that are not from the 'Blue Grey' swatch:

For reference, here is the 'Blue Grey' swatch. You can see that the light (#718792) and dark (#1c313a) colors are not present:

The material design docs state:

  They’ve [the M.D. colors] been designed to work harmoniously with each other

Should I use light and dark colors from the color swatch, OR can I just trust the Color Tool and use its suggested colors?

If I should trust the color tool, how does it generate the light and dark colors?


texts: How can I get LaTeX fonts into Adobe illustrator?

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I am currently trying to add equations created with LaTeXiT straight into Adobe Illustrator CS6, but somehow the "font" changes. I've tried scrolling around the Internet to see if I could find out how to change this but without luck. Is there anybody who knows how to fix this problem so I get my LaTeX fonts into Illustrator?

I am working on a Mac.


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I am in the process of colouring a series of hand-drawn illustrations in Photoshop using a graphics tablet. The colouring process takes place mostly using Photoshop's native drawing tools - the pencil, airbrush, etc.

The final goal for these illustrations is printing on a digital offset printing machine.

My plan was to work in RGB colour space to have all of Photoshop's functions available, and worry about CMYK conversion at a very late point - or even sending RGB data to the printer's, letting them take care of the conversion and then fine-tune during the proof printing process.

Are there arguments from the world of professional print production that speak against this? Should I be taking CMYK into consideration much earlier so I don't use areas of the colour space that can never be reproduced on paper?


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I want to print color A4 booklets with staple binding (two facing A4 pages on a big A3 sheet)
but using an A4 printer.

That's normally technically impossible : printing on a A3 sheet requires an A3 printer but:

A3 laser color printer is out of reach for me (1500€+)
Using Lulu or other printing services is too expensive for the quantity I need

Is it possible to :

Fold the A3 paper into a A4 paper, print this folded paper with a normal A4 printer
Print the verso.
Unfold the paper, and fold so that it's possible to print the other side of the paper, print the folded paper
Print the verso


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Background

I'm a complete novice and not very tech savvy but I'm interested in teaching myself how to create and design images in a vector based format.

What I need to do

I would like to get started with the basic concepts of vector drawing. I would also like to understand the difference between raster and vector images.

My questions

Where can I find a good explanation of vector and raster fundamentals, so that I can gain a better understanding of them and the terminology used to describe their concepts?

What resources/websites are the best starting point for a complete vector newbie?

What is the best way to start learning about vectors?


texts: How does object snapping work in Inkscape?

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I am trying to understand how the snapping of object translations works in Inkscape.

In my experience, objects do not snap to targets in object manipulation mode F1, and neither do their rotation centers; but in node manipulation F2, nodes do snap to targets.

Is there a rule to this? In addition to making the right selections in the snap toolbar, does one need to press some key when making a translation for a desired snapping to occur? Does the level of geometric complexity in an Inkscape drawing, with its taxation of a computer's calculating resources, have an effect on snapping?


texts: PS CC 2015 - change color of library object

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Tools: Adobe Shape (mobile), Photoshop CC 2015 (Mac)

I have a library of shapes imported into Adobe Shape on my iPad. When I drag the shape into Photoshop CC 2015, it is imported as black lines. I cannot figure out how to change the shape to a different color. When I double click, I get the error message "This item isn't directly editable in Photoshop, but it can be placed in a document."

It seems to me that this limits the functionality ... are we expected to also buy Illustrator just to change an object to a different color?

I have been using Photoshop (as a photographer, not a graphic designer) since about 1992, so this shouldn't be a newbie question.

thanks!!


texts: Selecting a layer automatically selects the Quick Mask channel

texts: Currently, when I click on a layer, it automatically changes the channel to Quick Mask, which prevents me from working with the layer. Does anyone know which setting needs to be turned off in order to stop it from auto-selecting the channel?


texts: Overlapping objects still show object underneath in Illustrator

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I am having issues with objects overlapping.

If I create a red rectangle in Illustrator, then copy it, and paste it directly on top of itself and change it to white, I get a red outline, even though the object is supposed to cover the other object behind.

Why is that? It's driving me nuts, please someone help me out :)


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I have tried EVERYTHING but I cannot get these paths to unite. I have expanded the top object, and grouped the two.

I used eraser to open the paths for the bottom object and then tried to unite the two. Any advice?


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I created this text logo (attached) in Adobe Illustrator using Bodoni Sans Light font I purchased from MyFonts.

After having purchased the font I noticed that the edges of some letters ('O', 'C') come out very ragged. And when the logo is saved as a raster image, even at high resolution, there is even some fuzz on the edges of those letters.

I tried changing between different anti-aliasing methods, but it doesn't make much difference.

My client and I really like the font's style. Is there a way to fix this issue?


texts: How do I add boat wakes and blend these images into the background?

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I'm trying to add realism to this image of ships at sea.

How do I make boat wakes that look like they are on the waters surface and generated by the ship?

I've tried clipping parts of bow waves from other images and inserting them here, I've also tried drawing the wave and wake shapes in illustrator and blending the waves with warp and glow.

None of my efforts have achieved the realism I'm after.


texts: What are common mistakes that you see in "professional" designs?

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This might be too subjective but I'm curious about other peoples' experiences.  Mods, please close if this is too far into "not a real question" territory.

I see many questions on this site about "what are good resources?" and "where do I learn?", but what are common mistakes that designers make?

Ie., if you're on the train and you see a poster ad on the wall, how often do you think "wow, I can't believe they did that!"?  Are there certain mistakes that are more commonplace than others?


texts: Preventing adding up of colors for multiple brush strokes

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This is somewhat a newbie question, but I couldn't find any solution.
While painting, if I lift up the brush and start painting again, colors start adding up at intersections. This makes it hard to make it look smooth. As you see in the image it is darker in the place where two brush strokes intersect.

The behavior I want is, as if brush is not lifted, painting over the same area will not change the color unless it is darker (Max filter maybe?). Or maybe I should change the way I work. What do you suggest?


texts: Linked images not included when a file is 'Packaged' in Illustrator CC

texts: I am using Illustrator to create a layout with multiple images on it. I tried to create a Package of the artwork and its contents (File→Package), it works fine except that the folder that should contain the Linked images is missing. I checked the options to Copy links in a separate folder.


texts: In Sketch 3, when dragging out a ruler, is there a way to easily calculate thirds?  This means you'll have two rulers.


texts: Problem with Images out of canvas Photoshop

texts: I have a 900x900 pixel canvas . I placed a png in a new layer . The width of the png image overflows the canvas . Ofcourse the overflow of the image is hidden because it is out of the canvas , but i don't want that to happen . I just want the png image to fit the canvas without showing the overflow when i select the layer . How can i do it ?


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I am new to Adobe illustrator. There are 13 Paths available in the above Picture. My Question here is to can we make the above Paths into three closed Paths. As joining mentioned below

Path one 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 Path two 8 , 5 , 6 ,7,10 ,9 Path three 9 , 12 , 13 , 11

How can we do that in Adobe illustrator. Thanks in advance


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I have designed a Flyer using Photoshop. First with RGB colors, but I want to change them to CMYK.
I use black, white and two pantone colors.
Black is used for the text and there is the problem.

I select the text, CtrlA, and select the color window in the option bar on top.

I have unchecked the Only Web Colors checkbox.

I enter C0 M0 Y0 K100 and observe the RGB value in the same color box change to R29 G29 B27, the CMYK values are still C0 M0 Y0 K100, so I press OK and apply in the option bar.

Next I reopen the color window in the option bar on top to check the color values.
I see the CMYK values are not as I entered before but they are C75 M65 Y62 K81.
The RGB values are the same as before, R29 G29 B27.

It seems the CYMK values are converted to RGB and the CMYK values are discarded.
Whatever I do, I can't have the desired result.

Which setting do I have to change to allow CMYK in Text?


texts: How do I talk to clients who are used to seeing ads for $5 logo designs?

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I am starting to see websites and ads like these more and more. They are growing in numbers and...aren't services and ads like these ruining the industry?

What do you say to a potential client after he saw an ad like this?
What do you respond to something like: I saw an ad from Fiverr and they make logos from $5, why can't you make me one for $10?

Websites like Freelancer and so on are fine for starting designers wanting input on their work but ads like the one above are painting the picture that our work is cheap and easy and shouldn't be worth more than $5.


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I want to be a graphic designer when I am older as I am good at it now.

I am 14 and great with using Photoshop and other software, but I'm wondering if I need to be good at math to become a good graphic designer, as I am not that good at math, nor too bad.

Is math needed?


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I cant inspect element and find out, how they have implemented it. It's not simple highlight though, it has this glassy , feel to it .

Edit : not glassy anymore


texts: How to copy a vector mask to another layer in photoshop cs6?

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I am trying to follow a set of instructions and am looking to copy and paste a vector mask to a gradient layer.  For some reason when I simply do cmd c and cmd v to the gradient layer nothing is happening.

Here are my instructions:

Method 1: Color Overlay on Gradient Layer

Create a Gradient Layer. Choose light grey and dark grey color stops. You can fine tune it later.
Create a vector mask of the button
Copy the vector mask and paste it on the gradient layer (Select the vector mask > Ctrl + C > Select the gradient layer > Ctrl + V)
Click Layer > Vector Mask > Current Path.
Go to Blending Options and apply Color Overlay with blend mode Color.
Now you can try out colors just by changing this color.


texts: Automating file export with multiple layers in Illustrator

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I have an illustrator file that contains 4 layers with each its own word and 180 more layers. I want to make combinations of the 4 layers with the 180 layers.
I'm currently trying to write the code with the information I found on the internet. I put every layer with the name "Layer" in a new array called fabriks. What I don't know is how to activate the layer "make", "think", "search", "print", and "makerspace" one by one to be exported with the layers in the fabriks array. I created a second array "rooms" to put the 4 words in there.
The code doesn't fully work. It exports the images but some layers overlap each other and sometimes only one layer from the fabriks array is visible but not from the rooms array.
var outpath = "~/Desktop/FABRIK MAKERSPACE";
var doc = app.activeDocument;

var makerspace = app.activeDocument.layers.getByName("Makerspace");
var make = app.activeDocument.layers.getByName("Maakt");
var think = app.activeDocument.layers.getByName("Denkt");
var search = app.activeDocument.layers.getByName("Zoekt");
var print = app.activeDocument.layers.getByName("Print");

var targetLayerName;
var layerName = "Layer";
var fabriks = Array();
var layers = doc.layers;
var rooms = Array();

rooms.push(makerspace);
rooms.push(make);
rooms.push(think);
rooms.push(search);
rooms.push(print);

for (var i = 0; i < layers.length; i++) {

    targetLayerName = new String(layers[i].name);

    if (targetLayerName == layerName) {
        fabriks.push(layers[i]);
    }

    layers[i].visible = false;
}

var counter = fabriks.length;

for (var i = 0; i < rooms.length; i++) {

    var roomsName = String(rooms[i].name);
    rooms[i].visible = true;

    for (var i = 0; i < fabriks.length; i++) {

        fabriks[i].visible = true;

        var fname = outpath + "FABRIK_" + roomsName + "_" + counter;
        var f = new File(fname + '.png');
        var exportOptions = new ExportOptionsPNG8(); // or PNG24

        exportOptions.colorCount = 200;
        exportOptions.transparency = true;

        app.activeDocument.exportFile(f, ExportType.PNG8, exportOptions);

        for (var j = 0; j < fabriks[i].length - 1; j++) {
            fabriks[i].visible = false;
        }

        rooms[i].visible = false;
    }
    counter--;
}

Thank you


texts: How do I create a Interactive PDF from Indesign that allows end user to change picture for something else?

texts: For example: I am creating a real estate flyer and want to save it for an agent as an interactive PDF. This way the agent only has to change out the pictures and text for each home.


texts: Photoshop image manipulation to round stand alone image

texts: In Photoshop I just learned to use the create clipping mask feature to create a round image for example.  The image needs to be able to be uploaded into an email design tool that I have to use (it is for work).  The trouble is when I saved it and uploaded it, the square canvas that it was on while I was creating it turned white and remained as a background.  It needs to be a freestanding round image.  What am I doing wrong?


texts: Is it necessary to outline fonts (convert text to curves) before sending them to a printer?

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I don’t like to convert text to curves every time I save a PDF for printing. I recently bumped into the article Outlining Fonts: Is it Necessary?, which defends that it’s not only unnecessary, but it’s actually better not to outline.
My question is: if I’m 100% confident all fonts are embedded and I’m sending the PDF print-ready (nobody will need to open in another program to fix anything), would there be any risk?

I posted this question on a facebook group and a girl stated that some specific fonts don’t embed completely, they miss stuff like special chars like “ã” or uppercase. Is it truth? Never happened to me.

EDIT:
Also, a girl just told me about two problems that could occur with embedded fonts:

the font file (TTF or OTF) that's embedded could be corrupt and screw printing;
the computer which sends the PDF to be printed could have a font of similar name and use it instead of the embedded font


texts: Menu to switch between specific files in illustrator cc (OSX), akin to the "window menu" in a browser or MS office

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I often have many (many) files open at once to compose infographics from multiple source materials. I know how to toggle using cmd+~, but want a menu of the open files to avoid toggling through so many. I know better than to expect convenience in illustrator (sigh), but perhaps there's some feature I am overlooking?

For clarity, screenshot of the desired illustrator feature (as done in a browser) is in the bottom right of the image below but similar feature is in MS office, others in the "window" menu. The window menu in illustrator offers no such functionality.


texts: How to add a contextual ligature to OpenType font, a free tool

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I use Fontforge, where plain 'liga' ligatures work, but now I would like to use a contextual ligature. Fontforge does not help here, as its support for both contextual chaining and for Apple state machines segfaults. Also, that kind of substitutions seems too bloated to me when it goes to simple contextual features. See the ~30 GUI dialogs in https://fontforge.org/editexample6-5.html#OpenType which explain a simple ligature or this guide https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/a/121528/146881.

So I can buy an expensive font editor, but I would not want to do it just in order to add another ligature, and Fontforge, apart from the problem in question, works well enough.

Instead, I would like to use one of the OTF features as described here https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/a/78329 or here https://ilovetypography.com/OpenType/opentype-features.html. And here is the question: any free utility for Linux, which can add declarations to an OTF file like:

feature clig {
  sub space a' b' by AB;
} clig;

Preferably scriptable, so that I can have a script to transform Fontforge's OTF output. It would be most straightforward to do it in Fontforge itself, but I am not sure if it is possible.

I am a programmer, transforming XML files produced by for example https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools would not possibly be a problem, but I do not know where to start.


texts: Illustrator rotational transformation is imperfect

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So I created a simple hexagon using the polygon tool. When applying a 30° (360 / 6 / 2) rotation (to change its orientation) the anchor points are off by something what looks like a floating point rounding error.

So my question is, how do I rotate objects perfectly, so that the anchor points align with the grid again?

Steps to reproduce:

Create a hexagon (Polygon tool, 6 sides, 100 px radius)
Rotate it by 30° (Shift+F8)
Enable the grid and zoom in. The top and bottom anchor point will be noticeably off.

A rotation of 29.9° is actually closer to the desired result than 30°.


texts: Online tool to create text animation for iMovie import

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I am looking for an online tool to create simple text animations, to import in iMovie.

Concretely, I want to animate an intro title consisting of moving individual test string as well as simple objects like a square/line.


texts: How to scale a rectangle with rounded corners in Illustrator?

texts:
the scale handles disappear when i round a rectangle's corners

how can I increase/decrease the size with no handles?


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I draw quilts, then use the bucket tool to "fill" or color them in.
But I need the lines to drop out, after I am done.

I am working in illustrator cc - self taught, so I don't know which drawer the socks are in.

Can you help?  Working on a deadline, of course....

Thanks for all of the suggestions.  I will try a few.
I am looking for a way to globally "drop out" all of the lines it takes to draw a quilt, once it has been "colored".  It seems like I used to be able to do this in CS3....but now am using current CC.
To do each line individually would be too cumbersome.
Is it just a matter of creating the lines on one layer and the color on another layer?  Would that do it?

Okay,  my apologies for being so "self taught" about this.
I will try some of your ideas.

Now that you have seen the images, maybe this will inspire some other comments?

Thanks again, everyone!
Natalie.


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I have a project which required printing on magnetic vinyl. I received a sample from the printer and the quality is awful, pixelated and grainy (see attached sample). The printer is usually excellent, but they cannot figure out the problem, and the manufacturer is unhelpful. Can anyone shine a light on how I can get better print quality? Printing from a PDF X1a file, with high res images and vector artwork.

Edit: 600dpi tiff conversion solves the issue. Here is a sample of the reprint with proper quality;


texts: unable to crop the valid psd file in photoshop

texts: I have a PSD file which contains many Layers and each layer contains either some image or text. i want to crop the selection Area from that psd file..while doing that, it throwing an error please explain how to resolve this issue


texts: Sketch - how to create 3d design preview pics?

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I don't know what the exact term is for this, but I often see UX/UI designs displayed as follows:

i.e., displayed on rendered mobile devices' screens in 3D.

I have finished my UI design in sketch (i.e, I have a collection of screens). I would like to obtain the same rendering as on this picture. How can I do this please?

Ideally, I am looking for a tutorial on how to do this. I looked for one in Google but since I don't know for what keywords I should look for I was not successful at it.


texts: Photoshop animation: How to render each layer to a separate file at once?

texts: Is there a way to render each separate layer in Photoshop to a separate file? I have a character from Fuse and I want to render it in X positions. I don't want to click 'render' for every new layer, of course. Is there a way to do it automatically?


texts: How to achieve a wet and dark outline like this

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I'm using adobe illustrator and I am putting watercolor effect on my elements. I want it to look like this:

I have added a watercolor background to the element, but then my art looks very plain and flat:

I want to add a thick outline to the art to make it look like the original. Or here are some more examples:


texts: How can I fine-tune my tile pattern to make it seamless?

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I'd like to create a seamless pattern from the image below:

I can cut out a rectangle and attempt to tile it but it doesn't quite line up:

I know photomerge works really well for creating panoramas but I was wondering if there is a similar tool that works on layers instead of files? Failing that, what other ways could I go about doing this?


texts: Illustrator export gives a huge white border

texts: I am trying to export a business card size in Adobe Illustrator but each time I export, I get this annoyingly huge white borders that are unecessary, even if I save it as .png, any ideas? (click image to see the border because its white like the page)


texts: How can I get back the missing portions?

texts: I used the Pen tool to cut out the picture from the background. When I refined the edges I forgot to refill these missing parts. Is there a way I can save them?


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when I was at design college 2013 we were told (for educational purposes) that we could use images from the net (only photographs) to incorporate into designs for posters, collages, magazine covers, etc, and that we obviously could not make any money from these designs, but that we could use them in our portfolio. Is this true or false? I now have an FB page and, as a recent graduate, want to put up some of these designs on my page. But is that copyright, or is it permissible as an example for work I've done, so long as no money is being made from it? Do I need to state that photography wasn't original? (I'm not even sure now where I got them from!) I usually put a copyright label on my posted works to cover myself, but if the above described is permissible, then do I need to not use that copyright label as its not completely original? (because I have used some photographs from the net which have then been rearranged/edited/etc etc and incorporated into a design).

Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!


texts: How to make clipping mask out of these objects/similar solution. It says "Can't make clipping path"

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So I have this

I'm trying to make the sadow only appear on the right side of the petals, and the petals only, so the background stays white. However, I can't make a clipping mask out of the blend path (the shadow) and the petals, since it says "Can't make clipping mask"

How should I achieve this?


texts: Full print foil bag setup using InDesign?

texts: I have recently designed a food product bag design to be printed on a 3 seal laminated foil bag.  I produced graphics for the design in Illustrator, retouched product photography in Photoshop and laid everything out in InDesign.  The print shop apparently does not use InDesign.  Is that industry norm???  I am need to sending something like this to a press, but am finding it hard to believe that the only way to send the file would be as an .ai.  Am I crazy?


texts: Photoshop CC 2020: How to change 'Font Selector Menu' size (list of font, show less fonts)

texts: So, as you see, the 'font menu' goes down to the end of the screen. I would like for this menu to show me less fonts, how can I manage this? Thank you. I also don't know what that part with 'EmojiOne' til 'Segoe UI Emoji' is and why it is first (the second one, the first is Recent Fonts), would like to also get that out of there if possible. Thank you.


texts:
Please help me identify this weird futuristic font. It has some very characteristic letters, so it should be easy to pinpoint if you know it.

However, I tried many recognition tools (and reddit) and the closest I got was Gaoel, but that's not quite it... https://www.whatfontis.com/CR_Gaoel-otf-400.font?text=BRiGHTFUTURE

Some suggested modified Avenir or Gotham, but it's definitely not Avenir if you look at the R, and Gotham is also not likely as C, E and S have a bit bigger curvature than in Gotham. I still suspect it's a font, especially given how similar it is to Gaoel. Any guess?


texts: How can I change my color mixer back to the default Adobe version?

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I was changing the color settings in my Photoshop CS6 the other day; now I get the Windows color mixer (below) instead of the Adobe color mixer.

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... so my dilemma is I cannot remember exactly everything I did. I was working off of multiple sites to help make my colors the same as the print as on the screen. But this Windows color mixer is very impractical; it doesn't show the color number or anything.


texts: Getting a job in the game design industry

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I graduated college with a bachelors degree in Business Administration and Digital Media. I have been working with 3D modeling for about a year now and am really interested in trying to become a game designer or a 3D designer. Through the past year, I have made a few projects using Blender and am continuing to improve my designing skills.

I am struggling to find companies that will hire me because I haven't had any experience in game design and am not fully knowledgeable about the industry. My question is how do I get my foot in the door in the gaming industry? Where should I look for a "starter job" so that I get experience and can move up to bigger companies?


texts: How can I convert a path to a shape in Inkscape?

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This is a follow-up to my earlier question, where I learned that one can trace the edge of a vector image by using a union if all the parts are shapes.

However, while I found instructions for converting a shape to a path, I did not find any instructions for the reverse operation.

How can I convert a path to a shape, so I can perform a union?

Edit: For clarification, this is the svg I am trying to trace the outside boundary of.

Update: I first ungrouped, and then did Object to Path. When I subsequently try to perform Path->Union, I get the error

One of the objects is not a path. Cannot perform boolean operation.

Update2: It turned out I had nested groups. After ungrouping the nested groups, I was able to do a Path -> Union. However, this operation had the effect of simply destroying my image and leaving nothing, which was not the intended effect.


texts: Logo Sub Category Name or Logo Sub Brand Design

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I'm looking for the technical term if there is one of when brands have a sub category or sub brand and they alter their logo slightly. I'm looking for some inspiration of this online of how it's done.

Virgin provides on example of this:

Some other example of what I mean: , Asos Curve, Violeta by Mango, Vera Wang Princess, Love

So what do you call this when a brand does this to their logo?


texts: How to use EPS to build graphs in Illustrator?

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I have never made graphs before in Illustrator, but I have an incoming project where I will have to make a variety of different graphs based on large quantities of numerical data that I will be given. I want to be able to set up the style of the graphs in Illustrator, and then use the data to fill in the specific values.

A few weeks back I stumbled upon this thread regarding making a circular graph by coding it in an EPS file. This seems really intriguing to me, but I'm not familiar with EPS nor how to set up shapes/graphs in an EPS. Additionally, I'm not sure if learning to make graphs in EPS is worth my time, or if I should try to set up my graphs in some other way.


texts: I wanted to put the text inside the triangle path. I tried but the text is not guite readable. I want something like on picture I provided.


texts: Trouble identifying Macromedia Fireworks font

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I created the below logo in Macromedia Fireworks and I suspect I may have used one of its fonts.   I no longer have access to the origin file or the software.   I am having a sign made with the logo and I need the name of the font so it can be recreated and vectorized.  I tried to use online font identification at http://www.identifont.com/similar?3NI  but since I only have a few letters to work with as a sample I am not having much success.

Solutions?


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I am learning about the logo creation process from a training course produced by a famous graphic designer. I have observed he seems to be obsessed with the Pathfinder tool.

For a job which can be done easily with Shape Builder, holding alt and deleting all unnecessary parts, he is applying Pathfinder-minus front several times to get that same thing done.

I am wondering if Pathfinder adds something extra to design?

I am confused...is Pathfinder is more powerful than Shape Builder or is it simply his style?


texts:
Maybe an odd question:

How would you describe a pattern resembling maps of the cosmic background question?

Say if the green/yellow/red were cast to white and the darker blues to white. I feel like “patchwork” falls short.


texts: Branding Cars on Photoshop / Illustrator

texts: Any idea on how to Design Printable stuff for different cars. I mean branding a complete car by designing stickers which are than pasted on a car. The main problem is that how can we get the measurements of different things like doors of the car etc...


texts: Is there a name for this kind of design/illustration?

texts: Characteristics: long rounded rectangles used to compose the entire scene.


texts: How to make an irregular blended circle effect?

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I am trying to create an effect like this one in Illustrator, but I haven't been able to achieve a great result. I would really appreciate a little help, even if it is just the name of the effect. Also, if it is easier in another tool like photoshop, please let me know.

I have mostly tried a combination of the blend and warp tools. I haven't had any other ideas, or any luck googling.


texts: Some ideas to improve my skill in 3ds max modeling

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I'm a beginner in 3DS Max and I want to start/improve my modelling skill!!! Any ideas for some objects that are both easy and use many modifier and technics?

Thanks and have a good day!


texts: transparency mood screen change everything look really white illustrator

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I use illustrator to design lighting shape by make shape gradient black and color then make mood screen from transparency section but it makes everything look really white

Any advises?


texts: Can I convert a PSD or Jpeg file to AI file?

texts: I have created a PSD, JPEG and PNG file for a school logo.  Their t-shirt company wants a AI for the first time in years.  Can I convert any of these files I have to an AI file?


texts: Guide to typsetting code for non-programmers

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Background

I authored a scientific paper containing code and recently received the proofs, i.e., what the journal’s typesetters created from my manuscript.
The result was not acceptable: The indenting is inconsistent; there is a full stop at the end of each code block; quotation marks have been destroyed, etc.
Note that all the errors were not specific to the programming language I used.

Now, I can see why somebody who has no programming experience and no external resources would make such mistakes, but in times of the Internet nobody should not be without external resources.
Thus, I consulted my favourite search engine to search for something to suggest and found … nothing.
There are a lot of guides for programmers how to beautifully typeset code in LaTeX or similar, which is all nice and proper, but this obviously not made for the typesetter who has to typeset somebody else’s code.

Question

I am looking for a resource that:

explains the basics of typesetting code,
is targetted at typesetters without programming experience.


texts: How to set a specific ppi to a 1-bit color-depth PNG image?

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I am trying to set a specific resolution (PPI) to a PNG file, but I am always getting N/A value

I  if I convert it to JPG I lose the bit-depth that I want to preserve

Notes
Other PNG images without 1-bit of bit-depth shows the PPI well
Is there a way to set a PNG file to

1-bit of color-depth
Set a specific PPI, 150 for instance

I have been trying to do it in Photoshop and ACDSee. Should I use another program?


texts: How to create custom Patterns that can be applied with Value and Density in Adobe Photoshop?

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I am looking for a guide or tutorial that will show me how I can create Custom Halftone or Patterns that will change density based the darkness and lightness of an image. I found two tutorials online, but I am unclear about certain steps in the the tutorial.

http://the-print-guide.blogspot.com/2009/06/creating-custom-halftone-dots.html

This tutorial is missing its images.
https://impressionsmagazine.com/screen-printing/graphics-design/creating-unique-halftones/ (see Paragraph 7)

In particular the steps that confuse me is creating the Blend in Adobe Illustrator and what that should look like.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Can you match color levels of semi-overlapping layers in GIMP using a single pixel color?

texts:
I am putting together fluorescent images taken on a microscope. I have taken sequential images that overlap for anywhere between 20 - 50 pixels at the edges. I have set up grids so that I have perfect overlap between them. These images are taken at different focus depths because our slide holder is slightly bent (cannot get it fixed just yet) so the overlapping colors are slightly different.
I was wondering if there is a method in GIMP to take a single pixel (or several) in the overlapping region from one layer and match it in the same pixel to an adjacent layer so that the entire color level of the adjacent layer matches the first layer based on that pixel selection?
First image is my whole image with guides removed. You can see the change in color between the various overlapping layers.
Second image are two overlapping layers I separated. The thin rectangle on the right side of the left image, and the thin rectangle on the left side of the right image will overlap when put together. I would like to take one bright spot in one of these rectangular regions to alter my colors in the other layer using the same spot.
I only recently started using GIMP and I am poorly experienced in image editing in general.


texts: PNG Files all place larger than saved in Photoshop

texts: I am saving 3 different file sizes of PNG's (1" x 2", 2" x 3", 3" x 4"). When I place them all in Indesign or MS Word they are all the same size. All of them show up in their folder as different sizes. Why is this?


texts: How I can make this Complex Gradient in illustrator?

texts: I want to make this complex gradient, what tool should i make ?


texts: Make a certain area of a shape/text a different colour

texts:
I have this:

I've been searching for tutorials online on how to change the colour of part of a shape/text, but I have not found anything and I also do not know what this particular method is called.

I tried using the various variants from the Combine Path menu (which I have used before to create various shapes), but it has been a no-go.

How can I make the inside part of the 'B' white, while leaving the part of the 'B' outside the circle it's current colour?


texts: Add 3D objects to the same scene in Photoshop

texts:
I've just created a bunch of 3D objects with material settings, positions and animations that I like, using Photoshop (CC 2015).

If I play the animation with a 3D object layer selected that particular object animates fine,  but whenever I render the animation to a video nothing moves at all.

Within Photoshop, all the other objects apart from the selected one also do not animate when I play my animation from the timeline.

I suspect that this is due to all my objects being on separate (3D) layers, and therefore also being in different scenes.

Is there anyway I could add all my objects to the same scene, without merging them as 3D layers?

Merging them would probably work, but will destroy the animations, material settings, positions etc. It seems incredibly weird that there is no way to add an 3D object to another scene without merging. Merging would be an option if there was a way to retain all my work.


texts: What is the best icon to show 'randomness' in an Android application?

texts:
Currently I am using a clip art image of two dice as a 'random' button:

However, it doesn't fit the Android look and feel at all.

How would I best represent 'randomness' in a button?


texts: Photoshop merging timeline frames in 1 image side by side

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I have created an animation in Photoshop. I want to merge them in 1 image file side by side. Is there an easy way to do it? Because I will do this process about 10-15 times.

My animation timeline (click for full resolution)

I want a result like this:

Edit:
I tried a technic but couldn't be successful.

I made layers from frames

I changed canvas of the image

I made all layers visible and selected all layers

I pressed Layer>Align>Left Edge

Result:

Why can't I get the correct result?


texts: Indesign cs5.5 export as Epub interactive

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i'm testing how far i can go with interactive epub format ebook.I've just added two buttons (prev and next) and 3 overlapping pictures to make a mini-slideshow. I've tested this on my pc with the preview panel and everything is working.
Whenever I try to export in epub format and open this book with calibre the slideshow is not working.

Any idea?

thanks
Luca


texts:
There are several good SVG editors around, but I couldn't find one where I can edit the markup itself, and instantly see the changes in the image.

If a program is only able to view the image, but not edit it, it would also be sufficient but only if it re-reads a modified file from disk. The image viewer programs I encountered don't do this. In this case I could use any text editor to edit the markup, and as soon as I save, the changes would be visible without needing to close and re-open the image.


texts: Can we estimate the total number of unique still images that are perceivable?

texts: How many unique images are mathematically possible given the perceptive ability of the human eye?


texts: How can I fix a faded logo in Outlook email signature

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I created an company-wide email signature template on my MAC starting with an RGB vector logo from Illustrator--converted to a PNG. When some users send an email with the signature template, the logo image looks faded (as if its a watermark) and blurry. This is not consistent with all users, since some signatures appear to be ok. Now, some of the logos placed into a Word document on the PC are faded. When the document is opened on a Mac, the logos usually look fine. --So far the Word documents prints ok, printing isn't an issue with the emails.

Thanks!


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I know there is a lot of information about it but I couldn't find myself.
I have some design in which I want to translate to real life measurement, in millimeters,

How would I set my artboard size to be A4 ? I know how to change its size, but there is no option to set it to be A4 exactly.

2.When I play with my design inside the artboard, how would I know whats the size in real life ?  in mm ?

Thank you.


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I am very new to Adobe Illustrator but I'm trying to get the hang of it.
I have some text, say "Pizza" and I have filled the "P" with a black square so that there is no hole in it. Then, I have a shape on top of that square which I want to be the new hole in the "P".

So I have the following layers:

On top: My shape
In the middle: My square
In the bottom: My text, "Pizza".

Does anyone know how I can make it so that I can see through my shape and all the way through the square and the text to the background?


texts: Where can I get flat images for a website?

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I'm building a new website but am finding a lack of minimalistic images and clipart. This is a very general question but are there any good sites to find minimal, flat, simple, etc. images?

I have seen low poly art but it's not exactly what I'm looking for.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Color mixer that can mix 3 or more colors?

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I'm looking for some sort of service, tool or application – even manual techniques – where you can digitally mix/blend 3 or more colors (i.e. not 2 as in most applications out there) and get the results in HEX/RGB/CMYK/CIELAB, etc.

Immensely thankful for any tips!

Question background (no necessary read)

One of the main reasons I'm looking for an accurate way of doing this, is for the application of sampling colors from an image when building e.g. color identities. Most color sampling tools tend to be pixel precise, so in order to get the right color (among various nearby candiate pixels), you need to have a lot of patience. Even then, the exact color you're after may not be there – yet it's there, so to speak. (Yep, I know it might be superficial.) Anyway, what I use to do in those situations, is to sample one color that is close to what I want, and another close ditto, then mix them both and settle for the middle (superficially 'correct') color. My problem is that I often wish I could mix a bunch of colors (≥3), to get more accurate blends, finding that perfect blend in-between.

That's one situation where I have a need for this, but there's another case (probably even more important): At some point I begin to arrive on a final scheme (during which I might have some 10 colors remaining, which still needs to be reduced to about 2–4 colors). In this situation I often find it a useful method to consolidate, or abstract multiple (similar) colors into single ones (especially if they originate from the same source of element, or if they appear as shades of the same color). Again, it would be great if I could just throw 'em in a 'blender' and move on.


texts: Image size differs between Photoshop and InDesign

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In Photoshop, I set the dimensions of a tiff image to 4x4 cm. When I insert this image into a frame in InDesign, and then fit the frame to content, the dimensions of the frame become 3.9963 x 3.9963. The same thing happens when I do it in QuarkXPress.
Why does this happen and how can I fix this?


texts: Is there a way to flatten AI or EPS imports from Freepik.com in Inkscape?

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I have a subscription in Freepik.com which let me download quality vector files in EPS format (sometimes also in AI format). Each file author in Freepik converts to AI/EPS in Adobe Illustrator with settings as they each please.
My problem comes when I try to open those files in Inkscape and the conversion yields to numerous groups inside groups inside groups… for a single graphic effect, for example, a clipping group which encapsulates a clipping group with a clipping group … for a rectangle with radial gradient and a thin lattice as overlay. I cannot attach an AI or EPS as example. I'm sorry.
I have tried both Poppler/Cairo or internal methods of conversion and the result is basically the same.
I have to say that I already ask Freepik people to force their authors to use the SVG compatibility flag in Illustrator, but that was like shouting to the wind…
So basically I want to know:

How to improve the EPS to SVG conversion in Inkscape (or maybe other open source (Linux) software?)
How to flatten or wisely ungroup an EPS from Freepik, if someone else had encountered a better solution to work with

(If you StackExchange gurus think I didn't properly phrased or described my question, please bear with me because I lack knowledge of many technical terms.)


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Various sources (such as Wikipedia) say that underlining words is a practice originally from handwritten documents, intended to show the printer that the words needed to be emphasized (with italics or some such).  Today, I sometimes see underlines showing up in books and other printed material.  When did books start using underlined text for emphasis?

Edit: Many of the answers and comments here seem to have a No True Scotsman problem.  I'm well aware that good typography doesn't use underlines for emphasis, but plenty of books use lousy typography.


texts: What is the thought process that goes behind conceptualizing a design?

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In my case, I am planning to design how a website looks; I am a bit of a newbie. I'd love to learn :)
Are there any books that I can refer to?


texts: Are groups in Illustrator included to "items on page"

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I need to perform via applescript some action on all items inside the Illustrator document apart of groups.

When I set my counter as

"repeat with i from (count page items of current document) to 1 by -1"

should I subtract the number of groups inside the document?

In other words are groups included in "page items"?


texts: After Effects Scripting : fontSize adjusted to boxTextSize Script Optimization

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I need Help Improving and optimizing a Script.

I'm fairly new to java and scripting in general and I've been Trying to do a script that would increase the font Size of a text until it fully fills it's box Limits , and this is what I've come up with so far.

 function textResize(v,n){
    var myComp = v;
    var myTextLayer = myComp.layer(n);
    var myText = myTextLayer.sourceText.value;
    var orgText = myText.text;
    var textBoxSurface = myText.boxTextSize[0]*myText.boxTextSize[1];
    var textPixel = myTextLayer.sourceRectAtTime(0,false);
    var textPixelSurface = textPixel.height*textPixel.width;

    myText.text = "W";
    myText.fontSize = 20;
    myTextLayer.sourceText.setValue(myText);
    textPixel = myTextLayer.sourceRectAtTime(0,false);
    textPixelSurface = textPixel.height*textPixel.width;
    while ((  Math.round((textBoxSurface/textPixelSurface))  >=  Math.round(orgText.length)  ) ){
        myText.fontSize = myText.fontSize +1;
        myTextLayer.sourceText.setValue(myText);
        textPixel = myTextLayer.sourceRectAtTime(0,false);
        textPixelSurface = textPixel.height*textPixel.width;
        }

    myText.text = orgText;
    myTextLayer.sourceText.setValue(myText);

}

it's still inaccurate and even the font size reaches it's limit (1296)!


texts: How can I show the feelings of motion, distance, proximity, aggregation and segregation with dots?

texts: This is for our visual elements course, our teacher said to show these feelings or concepts (motion, distance, proximity, aggregation, and segregation) just with dots in a Square frame, I tried but he said they are not correct, how can I show these feelings just with dots?


texts: Why are there so many variations on the ampersand design?

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Most characters have a single shape or form - for instance the letter C always looks like a C. The end caps may be different, it may have serifs, the terminals may end at a different angle, but the basic form is the same. This is true for most letters. There are however some exceptions.

The lower case a and g for example, have single and double story variations:

The ampersand seems to have significantly many more variations. Some of which can be seen here:

In the case of the ampersand, I understand that these forms all evolved from an Et ligature. Et being Roman for and.

Why do some characters have these variations? Where do they come from? and why do only some retain these variant shapes and forms when most characters have a single fixed form?


texts: Separating two very close colors in GIMP (2.9)

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I'm working on restoring an old drawing that wasn't stored properly. The paper (might be parchment) has yellowed, and the lines have faded. This results in the lines (the good part) being almost the same color as the background. And there is "dirt" on it as well, with the "dirt" appearing to be smears from other drawings, so it is extremely noisy as well.

In the RGB colorspace, red is the most different, at 10 percentage points. HSV and LCH is about the same as RGB. I'm trying to increase the difference between the lines and the background so I can remove the background.

I tried using curves to stretch the contrast on the red channel, but that didn't work very well. Next I tried decomposing the image using various color space models, then stretching the individual channels and recomposing. LCH, with stretching the L & C channels works best (H is left unchanged), but the result is still very noisy, and the lines I want to keep are "fragile". Any of the anti-noise filters I try either seem to do nothing, or make things worse.

Any other ideas for things I could try?

Update: Here's a small, but typical, piece of the drawing I'm trying to restore.


texts: Identifying HTML colour codes placed in one pixel

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How many colours at once can one pixel contain?
Is there a tool that can represent this pixel in a form of HTML colour codes? (And if there are many colours in this pixel, can this tool show the order of how colours are distributed all over the pixel - it's like 4 colours in a pixel and it says that colour #NNNNNN is placed first on the left, then second is on the right and so on - or in any other explanation)*


texts: How can I improve my drawing tablet skills?

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I've tried using my fianceé's tablet a few times, but find it difficult looking at the screen instead of my hand as I'm working.

Does anyone have any tips for becoming more comfortable so I can make better use of the tool?


texts: I just received a zip with fonts from a client, but unfortunately they are all exec files (whatever that is) and i can't open them. What should I do to open them? Thanks


texts: InDesign: table headers on the left instead of top

texts: I need for my table to run horizontally, not vertically. In other words, I would like to have the header on the left-hand side, rather than on the top. I am working in InDesign CS6.


texts: Split to layers by color areas in Photoshop automatically

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How can I convert an image like this (known as an Object ID pass or Clown Pass in 3d) to a layered file where every layer would be a color blob (using Photoshop only)?

I know how to do that manually, but I'm interested in an automatic algorithm.

Maybe I somehow can isolate colors and create BW-masks based on those to use them later in a script?

My current idea goes like this:

get a color from a left-top corner (black in this case) of the original layer (OL)
use Color Range to select this color
create a new layer via cut, hide the new layer
select the OL, create a selection using its transparency
create a path based on this selection
find a point inside this path and get a color from this point
repeat from 2) with the new color

But this seems cumbersome and time consuming.


texts: Bake hue and saturation into image and maintain transparency

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I'd like to bake hue and saturation information directly into an image. This is my current setup that gives desired color values:

If I merge group into a single layer I lose all the information provided in Hue/Saturation

What should I do to maintain the color information in the highlight when I merge group?

Anytime merge group, layers or flatten operation is done without the black background enabled (Layer 8), the newly merged/flattened image loses hue color information. If the black bakcground is enabled, color is preserved.

Merging With black bacground is successful

Merging with transparent background. Hue color information is lost.

My goal is to come up with transparent image of phone case and highlight, so I can overlay it on top.


texts: How to type right to left in Illustrator?

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Im typing an Indo Aryan language which is written right to left, but I couldn't find a way to type it correctly in Illustrator. The Language under Character does not work. The Adobe Single-Line and Every-Line Composers also does not work.

How can I type right to left in Illustrator?


texts: Resizing Photoshop CS6 from 30" Cinema display to 21" iMac (OS 10.8.5)

texts: I am using old Photoshop CS6 on 21" iMac (OS 10.8.5) with 30" Cinema display. When I take only my iMac on a trip, if I had Photoshop sized for the 30" display, the bottom right of the workspace runs outside the 21" active monitor. How can I resize it to fit without having the 30" to do it?


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I downloaded a logo in .ai format and the text isn't in outlines.
I know that the text should be in Europa font, but I don't have it
What is the closest free font to Europa ?


texts: set active artboard by name in illustrator?

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There is getActiveArtboardIndex and setActiveArtboardIndex, I can get the Artboard object with getByName.

But how do I set active artboard by name?

Or at least get index from the Artboard object?


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I have had a problem that I haven't been able to figure out, and haven't found the right way to search for it on the forum.

I have made the below image for a logo. It is a rainbow circle with four gaps and a letter in the middle.

The only way I could figure out this smooth rainbow effect was through having a thick stroke on a transparent circle. The cutouts are then white-filled rectangles, covering up the circle. (It didn't work to do the Shape Builder tool, because then Illustrator stroked the rest of the edges, making 4 edges, and the rainbow gradient restarted each time.)

What I would like to do is make everything that is currently white transparent. So the final product would be four segments of the circle and the 'C' in the middle. All of the rest would be transparent.

I know how to do this so easily in Photoshop, so it's irksome to not be able to figure it out in Illustrator!


texts: How do I add a glass effect to an image?

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I need to add a glass effect to the picture so it looks like a real item. I tried to search but I could not find any good solutions.
I attached a photo of the real item and a design

Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks a lot


texts: Do Adobe RGB and sRGB assume 2 degree observer?

texts: I know that Adobe RGB and sRGB assume D65 illumination, but do they assume a 2 degree or 10 degree standard observer?


texts: Copy color to existing swatch in Adobe Indesign

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How can I update multiple swatches in Adobe InDesign quickly?

I have some 20 swatches I want to update. I've been doing this in Photoshop by using the Hue/Saturation tool, then putting the screenshot into InDesign, and creating new swatches with the eyedropper tool. Is there a faster way to do this?

I'm using InDesign CS6.


texts: Create very long exposure clouds with brushes or other techniques in photoshop

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I know how to do long exposure, but sometimes, quite often in fact, the end result does not look as good as I wish, in terms of patterns.

An alternative would be replacing the sky, but I'm asking if it possible to create it from scratch. Assuming I'd like to create those very long exposure textures on the sky (essentially stripes of clouds like this), are there techniques (based on brushes?) to achieve that?

Essentially I want stripes of clouds like the image above. I searched online, but I could not find anything.


texts: How to distort a letter into a triangular shape on illustrator?

texts: I've tried making a triangle shape while selecting my letter and going to envelope distort > make with top object and this is what I got...


texts: Launching external program from Adobe Illustrator Actions

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Is it possible to record/create an Actions-macro in Adobe Illustrator that first saves a copy of the currently open file as an SVG-file into a certain directory and then executes an external Windows program?

If that is not possible, can I create a link to the external Windows program in Illustrator's menu somewhere?


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I've installed several versions of a font (standard, bold, bold-italic, etc).

But when I use them in MS Office or OpenOffice, they appear as separate fonts, and using bold/italic style modifiers gives the simulated version.

How can I instruct the programs or the OS that the alternative variants are the proper bold/italic variants to be used?  I have heard of style-linking, but how can it be done, when it doesn't happen automatically?


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I am going through some vector tutorials using Inkscape. Part of the author's description of himself states: "I spend most of my time working in Adobe Illustrator, avoiding the Pen Tool and struggling to find the perfect colors."

I have found that this artist's/author's tutorials are helpful. I haven't worked with vector graphics in awhile. The tutorials are interesting; and, the artist's/author's projects produce cool artwork.

Does anyone else out there avoid the pen tool?

I did send the author a message to see what he has to say.

Here are links to this artist's/author's tutorials and web pages:

http://vforvectors.com/

http://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/create-a-propeller-pinwheel-illustration-in-adobe-illustrator--cms-21465

(Does anyone know Andrei Marius? I made sure that I told him in my message that I did like his work and enjoyed his tutorials.)


texts: Trying to "select all" and dragging whole document - but some lines do not move

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In Inkscape I am editing an SVG file (please click the Raw button to download; copyright CC-BY-SA by Denelson83).

I have defined a grid of 15 x 15 for the whole document and toggled the Snap bounding box corners button on the right.

I am trying to move everything to the left and to the top - so that the drawn black grid lines match the grid of my Inkscape document.

So I Edit - Select All in All Layers and drag with the mouse:

Unfortunately, the black lines do not move for some reason - please help:


texts: Blending in an Ant Render with Newspaper Background

texts: How do I make it look like the ant is actually on the newspaper?


texts: Blurry Rotated Triangle both Illustrator and Photoshop

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It seems that whenever a triangle has been rotated, it becomes blurry on the edges. Triangle is drawn using illustrator

And if scaled down, it becomes worse on the edges. Any ideas / solutions to have a smoother edge?


texts: How to get nice, smooth transitions in an Illustrator gradient mesh?

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I am needing help understanding what is happening with my gradient mesh colors. I'm trying to create some folds in a scarf using the mesh, however, when I apply the darker color I get a weird lighter grey transition color.

I've tried searching Google for a solution, but I haven't found anyone with a similar problem. Does anyone here know what might be causing this or if there is a way to fix it?

Thanks!


texts: PDF not displaying on Windows, looks okay on a Mac

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I've come across a weird problem with exporting a PDF from InDesign file.

My collegue exported part of his design in InDesign (he works on Windows), this is a screen from the original file (taken on my Mac, but it looks the same on his PC):

This is a comparison of how the file looks on his PC and my Mac:

We both use the same export profile to preview our work, downscaling bitmaps a little, and converting whole thing to adobe RGB color profile. We use it to send lightweight files to our clients for proofing. It always worked fine until now.

I'm baffled. I've never seen PDF behaving like this before. If it was corrupted or damaged, it still produced the same results everywhere, I mean that's the point of PDF after all.

Can anyone explain what is happening?


texts: Cutting a area from a circle in Sketch 3

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I am having trouble on editing a specific arc from a circle.
Here is what I have, which is a circle.

I want it to look like this, how can I accomplish it?

These are my 2 shapes.

When I subtract them, this is what happens.

PS. If I my question was too broad, please forgive me. This my first time asking a question.


texts: Saving all visible content over and over with ascending names in Photoshop

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I make animation in photoshop by drawing a layer by layer,so my problem is that I want to ,by pressing a single button run an action, that would save the whole visible thing,the last layer and the background, as a seperate png file, and then continue working with all the layers I had (so that nothing merges) and by every time I would do that the names of these files would ascend ,meow1, meow2.... .Just by looking at it I thought its not that big of a problem, but I just cant find a solution.
It would save a lot of time since I have thousands of layers to save.
Thanks for any advice or idea.
(i am sorry if my english doesnt sattisfy you:)


texts: Software for optimising images for web... does it have to be Photoshop?

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I'm in the middle of designing the portfolio section of my website. I'd much rather use Sketch and have each piece of work as a separate artboard.
I could of course use Photoshop but I prefer to keep Photoshop for just... photos / image manipulation. I feel it is too clunky for everything else.
However Sketch doesn't appear to have much in the way of optimising images for web. I did notice a slider to determine jpeg quality when exporting as a jpeg, but I could do with saving some images as gifs... and I don't see any option for exporting as gifs in Sketch.
Aswell as that, the 'save for web' feature in Photoshop is legacy, which makes me think it may not even be around for much longer.
What is the best way to go about optimising images in 2020?


texts: Unable to "paint" text with the type tool with Illustrator CS6

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I am completely unable to "paint" text with the type tool.

What I mean by painting is I can't click and drag to select the text, therefore I can't select specific parts of the text to modify and I can't move the text around when using Type on a path, among other things.


texts: Move color channels and spot colour channel at the same time?

texts: when I select part of my image layer and move it with the move tool, the colour channels move as expected but the graphic on the spot color channel stays where it is. I have to go back and select the spot color channel and redo the move which destroys the placement accuracy of the logo relative to the colour background. Anyway to move all channels together at the same time? Thx, JK


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I want to create a brush similiar as the one used for drawing the outline in this picture:

The softwares I use to draw are FireAlpaca and GIMP, then I'm looking for a solution that can be carried out on those softwares. Thank you in advance for your suggestions !


texts: What is the best Adobe software for designing a résumé?

texts:
I have been creating my CV with Photoshop for several years now. I've heard and seen it myself, that this is not the right tool at all to design a résumé.

I never used the other tools from the Adobe suite, but I'm thinking of InDesign, Illustrator, Fireworks. From previous experience, I have identified these requirements, I need:

to define a structure/skeleton from the beginning;
to draw squares, rectangles, shadings just like on Photoshop;
to easily use percentages to divide my document;
to move one part of the document and to see the other one follow. For example, I move down the header, so all the rest below will move down as well;
to manage text alignments easily;
to use lists;
to perfectly align blocks;
to output a very light PDF file.

Which software will best satisfy the needs I have listed above?

Which software would you recommend to me for creating a curriculum vitae?


texts: In Inkscape, how do I add a white background in command line mode?

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in short, I tried

for f in `ls *.pdf`; do inkscape -z --export-background=ffffff --export-background-opacity=1.0 --export-plain-svg=${f}.svg $f; done

It throws no errors, produces SVG files, but doesn't add background to them. Does someone know what's wrong?

It's Inkscape 0.92.4

UPD thanks Billy Kerr for pointing towards the solution. I combined his suggestion with use of GNU sed to process many files automatically.
It seems like meaningful data in SVG starts from <defs> tag, so I just add the rectangle before the first <defs occurrence:

for f in "*.pdf.svg"; do sed -i '0,/<defs/s/<defs/<rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="#ffffff"\/>\n  <defs/' $f; done

which means: sed, please find the first occurrence of a pattern (0,/pattern) and substitute it s/pattern/new string \n pattern/, writing to the same file (sed -i flag).
It looks like a very ad hoc solution, but it works.


texts: How can I blend this white dot into the fabric background layer?

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I'm working on an asset for a game mod, and I'm trying to put a custom logo on a banner texture. The banner behind the white dot/logo is a dark-red burlap texture, but I'm having issues with blending the dot into the fabric so it looks painted on or sewn into the banner.

I ran through all the layer mode options and none of them do the trick - they all make the dot disappear, turn bright pink, or turn flaming bright red.

I'm using Photoshop CS5, in case that matters. I assume there's some trick to this that I'm missing... maybe using the burlap pattern as a pattern overlay in blending options for the layer?

How can I realistically blend this white dot into the fabric layer behind it?


texts: How to measure spaceing and resize shapes "vector likely" or readjust "width" of a shape?

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In Photoshop I'm trying to make some "border" or "cover" thing, but I'm running into a problem when it comes to "maintaining the correct space and height".

In the image there's a triangle (it was a rectangle before but one corner was removed to get a rectangular triangle). Followed by a copy of it but resized a little bit bigger and then repeated but with another color.

Then there is a space inbetween it, but here is the problem. The space is not correct like I either have to do it manually using complex methods to get the spacing correctly, but I'm looking for a method to do this more easier.

Then there is a "cut triangle" that is now a line, but that doesn't have the correct size like the other triangles do, and if I do to resize it, the colors in that line are not the same like it has some darker or lighter pixels in it.

So I have no idea how to make this form complexity work easier in Photoshop, any ideas? And not only for this triangle, I'm not looking for solutions for not this problem only, I'm talking about any problems related to working with shapes and doing this space and copy paste cut of other shapes.

If you look at that image I duplicated the line and resized it, but what I wanted to achieve actually is that the line stays the same size but the ends cut perfectly, which can be measured with a rectangle easily I guess.

So something like this. But now the line is not really in the center or not at all and the spacing is not correct again, because I could never really reproduce the actual line, like cut it idk.

I also tried to mostly keep everything in a "shape" so I can select the shape tool and change the color easily at any time. I think another method to recolor it would be to saturize it to grey and apply the color with a multiply layer.


texts:
Is it possible to crop an image in an imageframe?

It's the first time I am using scribus, so this might be a dumb question, but adjusting layer to image and vice versa was immediately clear, but cropping just wasn't and google didn't yield me any usefull results just yet..

Of course I know cropping isn't the first duty of a dtp program like Scribus, but it looked simple enough to expect it.


texts: How to fix extra exposure in a part of a photo?

texts: How can we fix this extra exposure at the bottom of the vase in the attached picture


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I am using this Caviar Dreams font from Nymfont.com (http://www.nymfont.com/2009/06/new-caviar-dreams-font.html)

I try to find a Google Font for this one but that's hard. Is there a way to easy search a Google Font for a typical font?


texts: What is the difference between "Save" and "Done" in Camera Raw?

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I processed some JPGs in Camera Raw and clicked the Done button. The changes seem to have been saved, as I can see in the thumbnail in Adobe Bridge.

Then I have placed the image in an InDesign file, but there the changes don't seem to have been saved. Do I have to choose the save button instead in Camera Raw to get the changes saved properly?


texts: How to obtain single-stroke fonts for laser cutting

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I’ve been looking for single-stroke fonts for a while. I need these for laser cutting. I have found many “single-stroke” fonts online, however none are really single stroke: once I Create Outlines, there is always the annoying, well, outlines.

If anyone has a list of fonts with real single strokes, or knows a way to convert normal fonts to single stroke, sort of a method to get the inner stroke of letters, if that is even a thing... (I saw other questions on this topic but no clear answer) it would be awesome!


texts: Data merging multiple pages with multiple text fieds in a Brochure [InDesign CC]

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I have this InDesign CC document that is a multipage brochure (15 to be exact) that has a lot of text on every page. I need to know if there's a way to switch the data in every page with data merge to create the same document with translated information in it?

How do I prepare my design for this? And how to prepare the .csv file so this won't get messy? I have 20 translations to do and ctrl-c/ctrl-v method would be really dull and unproductive.


texts: Will increasing the dpi of my image (without re-sampling) hurt print quality?

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I'd like to start making prints, but all of my work is set at a resolution of 72. Are there any negative effects to increasing the resolution to 300?
I'm very new to this, but from what I've read so far: higher res = nicer looking prints.

I apologize if a similar topic has been posted before, I just wanted to know if there was any pressing reason why I should not be doing this.


texts:
I have been reading around and trying to find a solid answer about Fonts and their Licensing.

What I don't understand is what type of license do I get with software such as my Mac, and CS6, Office, ect? I have read the Apple EULA but to me it really doesn't make much sense.

For example, I see people going out to buy a Helvetica license. Well shouldn't they already have that Helvetica license as it comes/ships with a Mac?

I am just confused as to when and where I will need a license if I already have a ton of licenses that come from Apple?

Thanks for any help!!


texts: How to upscale a non-vector PNG pixel image without lossiness or blur?

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I see it said pretty much everywhere that you can't upscale a non vector image without some lossiness and blur, but how does the zoom tool work differently?

Example: I'm trying to make this:
about twice as big.

When using the zoom tool in a program like GIMP or Paint.NET or Picture Viewer, there is very little blurriness even when made much bigger, as shown here:

But when I use the scale tool in GIMP on any of Cubic, Linear or Sinc mode, the image becomes blurry, particularly the edges of each "pixel".

I guess using the zoom tool and printscreen>paste into a new window is ONE solution, but is it the only/best one?


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I'm looking for a database of font information, specifically limited to those found on Linotype. For example, given the typeface CRONOS, I'd like to be able to know if it is:

(sans/slab) serif?
monospaced?
display?
script?

I can certainly look at a font by hand and decide this for myself, but I'd like a a database or tool out there that determines this. I've looked at the Linux program otfinfo but it does not give any of this information.


texts: How to make 3-dot icon visible on any background?

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There is a file manager in my application. Hovering the files shows a 3-dot icon at the top-right corner. The problem is, that it is difficult to make it visible enough on different backgrounds, since the icons and thumbnails can be of different color.

I came up with adding dark background for 3-dots and making 3-dots white. So now it's visible on any background, but I honestly don't really like the solution.

What are other ways to make 3-dot icon visible on different backgrounds?


texts: How to add transparent browser windows for UX/UI wireframes?

texts: I'm sure there's some tools available. Other than hand designing browser windows, other programs and export transparent wireframes? Has anyone made browser windows themselves with illustrator or Photoshop? If so, did you follow a strict workflow or abstract Windows from Balsamiq?


texts: I want a typography logo for an application. If I use free fonts for that, can I just use them directly without mentioning the creator of the free font, or without linking the page where I download them? Or do I have to?


texts: What exactly is a presentation or pitch deck?

texts: I have seen these terms in different places, so when a client is requesting a presentation or pitch deck to be delivered, does that mean a Powerpoint file specifically, or it can also imply a PDF?


texts: PDF export automatisation with different data for each document (indesign or acrobat dc)

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For creating several identical invoice pdfs, I made a template in Indesign.
How can I export multiple pdfs with different address fields and dates of purchase based on something like .xml .csv or .vcf?
I could also think of exporting the template and do the automatisation in adobe acrobat dc?


texts: How can you find the percent of the total image that one object uses?

texts: Given that I have an irregular object image (flower) and I am only allowed to use 30 percent of the image/page with said object is there a way to tell this in photoshop or any other program?  I just need to make sure the flower pixels add up to 30 percent of the total pixels on the page.


texts:
Can someone help me create a spiral (helix) similar to the one shown in the image? The creator (paper investigator) told me by email that uses Adobe Illustrator, but I don't know how to. Thanks!

---UPDATE---
Thanks to everybody. I need to improve it but, using the Curvature tool, this is the results:


texts: How can I visually represent the concepts "invincible" or "winning without fighting"?

texts: If you were asked to represent "invincible" or "winning without fighting" in pictures, how would you do it?


texts: How can I keep the font-width consistent in SVG across different operating systems and browsers?

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I'm trying to add some text to a SVG file. The text is dynamic and shown over a rectangle which acts as background.

Since the text is dynamic, the width of background rectangle also needs to be dynamic. So, to be consistent, I'm using a fixed-width monospace font (Droid Sans Mono) and calculating the width of the background rectangle by using the expression - (x*6.4)+4), where x is the number of characters in the text, and 4 is added for padding (2 left, 2 right). Also, assuming that 6.4 is the avergae width of each character in the Droid Sans Mono font (just a guess).

So, for text Ruby on Rails, number of characters are 13, so the width of the background rectangle is 13*6.4+4 = 87.2.

Which works perfectly in browsers (Firefox and Chromium) on Ubuntu. However, when seen in the same browsers (Firefox and Chrome) on Windows, the text overflows the rectangle.

So my question is that, how can I ensure that the image has consistent look across different operating-systems? The image does has consistent look in all browsers on same operating-system.

I'm including an example image for reference:

UPDATE

Maybe I should rephrase my question - Inside an SVG file, how can I make a fixed-width font take same number of pixels across all platforms, assuming the SVG file is not affected by any external CSS styles and the zoom level is normal?

Also, I understand that alternative technologies exists (PNG etc.), but not every SVG question should end with replace it with PNG. Also more than a solution, I'm interested in understanding why this problem exists with SVG. I am using a fixed-width font which is supposed to take same number of pixels on all operating-systems (Is this wrong assumption? Why? What can I do about it?).

Screenshots

Ubuntu 12.04 amd64 / Firefox 13

Ubuntu 12.04 amd64 / Chromium 18

Windows 7 32-bit (inside VirtualBox) / Google Chrome 18

Windows 7 32-bit (inside VirtualBox) / Firefox 13


texts: Typeface adds extra space in the text box

texts: When I use certain typefaces InDesign, in this case Roboto, the typeface auto adds spacing at the top inside the text box. This makes it difficult to align it perfectly with other objects. Is there some way to make this typeface always remove this spacing? (See image below) I know there are temporary workarounds, but I'd rather not have to do that every time I use the typeface, it can also be inaccurate that way.


texts: Clip or erase portions of a spirograph shape in Inkscape?

texts: With Inkscape v0.92 on Windows 10 I have created a cool shape with the Extensions - Render - Spirograph tool (see the image below).  I would like to cut those portions of the spirograph so that I am only preserving the areas that are on the page. I am aware of how to cut shapes using Path-Difference and I can do that with simple shapes.  My problem is that when I use Path-Difference on my spirograph the resulting shape becomes a polygon and looses the spirograph lines.  How do I clip my spirograph and maintain the spirals?


texts: Are there monospaced fonts with the same pixel width for regular, bold, italic, and bold/italic?

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I was under the impression that a monospaced font is always the same width/height in pixels, even when bold, italic, or bold+italic (of the same point size). But I've just found one which is one pixel wider when bold+italic.

Is this just not possible, or have some fonts managed to pull this off while still looking decent in all styles?


texts: How to make striped/dashed border for a "cut out" coupon style?

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I want to make an effect like this:

How can I achieve this?

The thing I'm stuck is the striped border. I want to know how to make it in Photoshop and Illustrator.


texts: Is Black Pooka or Pooka Studio a bad name for a Graphic Design business?

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I'm having a hard time deciding on a name. As of right now I'm going between Black Pooka and Pooka Studio. Is Pooka a good choice? Is it stupid?unprofessional? too obscure or confusing? Will I hate it when I'm 40? (I'm a 22 year old college student)

This is a rough idea for a logo


texts: playing with fonts before installing them

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For a logo and website design I would like to browse and try a lot of different fonts from https://fonts.google.com or a similar site before I pick some possible candidates.

But I find it too tedious to download them, install them, restart my designer software (I'm using Sketch and Affinity Photo, Design) and then uninstall the font if it doesn't fit.

Is there a way to try those fonts immediately, before actually installing them? I just would like to quickly see certain words and text arrangements (combinations of paragraphs, headings) written in these fonts. Do you have a workflow for this, are there dedicated tool or plugins for the afore mentioned software for this?


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When I use the text tool in Gimp, I notice that the available fonts are all of the Windows fonts, though i only set one folder in Preferences.
It is tiresome sifting through all these Windows fonts when I only really need about 10-12. I tried removing the fonts from my C: drive, but then Windows can't function fully.
Is it possible to remove fonts from Gimp but not from windows?
That failing, is it possible to select the fonts I want and put them at the top of the "font list" on the font dialog, so i don't have to scroll through the dozens of Windows fonts I don't want anyway?