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One of my friends, a graphic designer told me recently that sometimes colors in Photshop look slightly different than the ones rendered in browser.
I know it is possible when you save a file and then use it on a website due to palettes, but he uses given color in PS, for example #b81e1e, then he creates a DOM element and sets its background to #b81e1e and the color is rendered differently in browser than in PS (I guess it's not that subtle as he can easily spot it). It's not a regular thing and it doesn't happen always, but he states it happened to him a few times, although he can't really tell me with witch colors.
Is it even possible? Because I have never really heard about anything like this & nothing like this ever happened to me...
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I want to find a site where I can go and search for design or coding projects that customers upload and hope to find professional proposals by teams, not solo freelancers. A site where professionals can agree to collaborate in a transparent and convenient way so the customer can get nothing but great proposals.
Sites like Freelancer, Workana, Nubelo are solo freelancer sites. There is no option to get together online and present a collaborative proposal to the customer.
Wouldn't that be awsome?
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Here is my problem: I am creating mindmaps with Mindjen MindManager (see an example here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mindmanager.png)
The problem is that this program has very poor printing capabilities. You have the option to print either an entire map or a subtree of this map with its children or branches to call them so.
If your map is big one you can chose to print it in a poster like manner (the map is scaled to cover let's say 2x2 letter pages) but the result is disappointing because you waste lots of paper.
If you chose to print all in one page then because of the down scaling the text can not be read.
The solution that I found it reasonable was to print subtrees of the map. I print that to PDF. The program will let you select and print just one subtree at a time :-(
So if I have two such small subtrees the result will be two PDF documents of one letter page each with just 50% of the space of each page used.
What I would like to do is to merge the content of the two PDFs in one letter page now used 100% because now I will have two subtrees on the same page.
Practically that means that I have to open the two documents and copy and paste the content of one into the other and rearrange the content
What tools can I use for that ?
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How can I get this HDR or painted blur effect from a photo in Photoshop, Gimp, Inkscape or some other software?
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I am saving my image for a website and downsizing it by 100 px. When I decrease the size just a bit it looses its sharpness. How can I maintain that?
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I'm trying to convert several of my pencil drawings into vector graphics with Adobe Illustrator. My drawing's are about this complex:
I'm looking for the best way to convert these. I've found some tutorials that use the pen tool like here. I also have a wacom tablet at hand, which could turn out useful. Any guide or links to tutorials on effectively doing this would be greatly appreciate it.
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I have buttons where the daycare worker can select that a child went to the bathroom. They choose whether they "pee'd" or "pooped" (or however you say that in a politically correct way). I want to show icons for those while being respectful and not totally gross. I also want to show the words underneath and I cannot decide if writing "poo" and "pee" is professional. It is for daycare so that might be legit.
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I have a page where the user selects breakfast, lunch, snack or dinner. I have the words below each button. I cannot seem to figure out what icon I can use to differentiate each. So that the user says "Oh there's breakfast." I had a fork and knife icon for dinner. I used a leaf for a snack. Then I became absolutely stumped.
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Being inspired by Apple's design, I came across some of Jony Ive's earlier work, and noticed he produced these drawings-- I have seen their 'style' before and it seems like industrial/product designers adhere to this style, if that's in fact what it is.
If it is a style and not just my perception, what is the classification of this type of style?
For context, compare the bottom two images done by Ive with the screengrab of the concept motorbike(?) seen on fiftythree's Paper app media page: http://www.fiftythree.com/paper
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How do I create perspective with repeating patterns? I am very much a beginner level, as noted by my first attempt to create a illustration in illustrator. However, my attempt has provided me with various questions and obstacles on how to achieve the Hand-drawn illustration.
For instance, in the picture below – there is repeating previously design pattern. What technique could be used to create depth?
The end result should yield a perspective similar to this live trace. This may be off topic so please let me know how far or nebulous this question appears.
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I'm quite new to web-design, being primarily focused on web programming on server-side. I usually power my apps with twitter-bootstrap, using the myriad css classes it provides and I don't interfere with its work!
However, I was visiting a random blog today (http://blog.plobo.net/) and liked the fonts used very much. I used Firebug to find that the font is a WOFF font sourced from the "googleusercontent.com" domain.
Two questions:
Can I incorporate such fonts in my own bootstrap based app or blog?
Apart from this font, what all other features does this service (googleusercontent.com) provides? Does it provide social icons, logos, etc. that web designers use considerably?
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From what I understand, Retina displays are simply a screen with a high PPI (higher than that of your eye at "optimum viewing distance"). Why, then, do applications need to fix their interface to specially support Retina displays? How is this any different from normal displays with a high PPI? Screen resolution is screen resolution, so why would it be different with Retina displays?
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I have a font that supports only one language, when using the font with English I get the default English font for the language. I want to be able to add a specific English font to my language font. Is it possible ?
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One thing I miss about college is the opportunities the societies and clubs offered in terms of work and collaboration with other designers in a passive way.
This is my hobby, not just my job so I was wondering are there any clubs or societies that people would suggest I could join. Of course I am quite aware of online communities and magazines to follow but sometimes it's nice to have good old face to face contact.
Suggestions appreciated. :)
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I was adding some colors to a Windows application. A column was going to be colored in order to indicate groupings to the user. So in Photoshop i first selected some colors to use. Being mathematically (rather than graphically) inclined, i chose to use the hue from every 60 degrees:
Note: This question is going to be about color theory; and less about graphic design or usability.
Since i was going to have to have Black text (e.g. 13 of 27) over top these colors, i needed them to be fairly light. I know that the L value in Photoshop refers to the human's intrinsic sense of how "light" the color is. I chose a Luma of 90. So with more fiddling in Photoshop i adjusted the L of each color so each had a Luma of 90.
Note: i'm going to use L, or Luma interchangeable. i know there are precise, and separate, definitions for L, L*, Luma, Luminance, brightness, and lightness. Some definitions may be precise, some not. Lets avoid that holy war and just know that i'm using the L thing in Photoshop. And lets assume that two colors with the same L in photoshop will have the same apparent "brightness", or "lightness" to them. Again, forgive brightness and lightness. Yes, i'm inadequate.
As i change the L value, the Hue would change. So it was juggling act. Adjust the L, fudge the hue back to the value i want, adjust up the L, fudge the hue back, fudge the L, fudge the hue:
Eventually i get the hue i want to have the L i want.
But what saturation?
The code i was updating also used "gray" as one of the colors that could be shown to the user. I realized that grey doesn't fit into any of my hues. Intrigued, i added to my photoshop doodle. It's simply a "saturation" of zero (which is the S knob in Photoshop):
So then the question dawned on me. I decided to use a Luma=90 for all my colors. This means that visually/psychologically/perceptually all the colors would be equally "bright". I've pinned down a Hue i want, and i've pinned down a Luma i want. But what Saturation do i want?
Ideally, and i don't know if this is a thing, they could all be equally "colorful". i don't want them to all be gray, i want them more colorful than that. And i want them to all the the same "colorfullness" - if that's a word.
So i did what anyone would do, i googled wikipedia colorfullness, and there's an entry:
In colorimetry and color theory, colorfulness, chroma, and saturation are related but distinct concepts referring to the perceived intensity of a specific color.
Colorfulness is the degree of difference between a color and gray.
Chroma is the colorfulness relative to the brightness of another color that appears white under similar viewing conditions.
Saturation is the colorfulness of a color relative to its own brightness.
Though this general concept is intuitive, terms such as chroma, saturation, purity, and intensity are often used without great precision, and even when well-defined depend greatly on the specific color model in use.
And then the article devolves into CIE, Lab, Luv. And i don't know what i want.
I went back to Photoshop, and started to just increase the "saturation" knob of each color. For a given hue, and the fixed luma, i increased the saturation in 5% increments (having to do fiddling along the way):
But at some point, the colors cannot "saturate" anymore without losing Luma:
And some colors can reach all the way to the end with S=100 and L=100:
Which brings me to my question
In the same way the Luma defines the perceived "lightness" of a color:
is there a metric for the perceived "colourfulness" of a color?
Is there such a metric? Is the Saturation in Photoshop's HSB color model a perceptual one?
i noticed one snippet in the wikipedia article that's easy enough for me to understand: use the hypotenuse of a and b:
i could do that, and figure out which of my color chips have the same "Chroma".
Bonus Chatter
In the end, in the real application, i used a color wheel centered around blue 210, and avoided green (in case the user things green means good), and use complimentary colors as much as possible.
But i still want to know about the color theory of "colorfullness".
Bonus ab length
Assuming the magnitude of an ab vector in Lab color model, i.e.:
colorfulness = Sqrt(a2 + b2)
i calculated the chroma lengths of various colors:
Colors of different hues with approximately the same "chroma lengths" look to me like they have the same "colorfulness". If nothing else comes up, i might go back and recalculate all my existing constants using this formula.
Otherwise it will nag at me.
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I'd like to know how to create the header background in the following image (taken from here).
I'm referring to the grid of images behind the search box. Clearly those are just square colored images but with some kind of filter.
I've tried to merge the colored images with a black opacity layer, but that gives a different look. I also don't think it is a blur. I would describe the look as 'softening the image in grayscale'. Please help me to recreate this in Photoshop.
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I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to produce the grungy shadows on the girl's face in the illustration below. Is it just a matter of finding the right brush and fine-tuning, or is there an easier process?
Source: Guts Gig Poster by Jake Sauer
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I have got two images one is a PNG having some part transparent for rounded corners and a curved top. It is used in a slideshow. I have got another image in JPEG format which needs to fit in these dimensions including the transparent edges. Can someone please help in getting this done?
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I searched this on google but didn't find anything useful.
I want to draw images for my website for mathematical questions like circles, triangles, angles, etc.I tried Dia for this purpose but the best result I am getting is :
2-3KB (svg)
12-13KB(png)
12-15KB(jpg)
But I want the maximum size of 1.5KB for the image. Maybe this can be done followed by using a compression tool. But isn't there any direct way/tool which graphic designers use?
PS: I don't want to use bulldozer (Photoshop) for a small task
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I need to rebuild this logo for a poster, because it is in poor resolution and all the rest are vector graphics. I am struggling to find the name of the font that was used in the creation of this logo. I have tried several online font recognition tools, but they did not return any satisfactory results. I tried:
WhatTheFont
Identifont
and here's the actual logo:
Any Ideas? Thanks!
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Imagine a white paper, a shape behind it, and behind the shape a source of light, like a candle. I want to achieve the shadow effect you perceive looking at the white paper. How to do this in photoshop?
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I am building a website whose major purpose is to serve content (legislature) and I want to give best reading experience to users. You can take a look at the example page at:
http://iura.cl/cc/44
As you can see, I have stripped everything that
At the moment I am using Telex webfont.
I also have an option for night reading that should reduce glare:
http://iura.cl/cc/44?estilo=nocturno
I wonder what I should consider about the font that I choose to ensure it is legible, if there is any guide to adhere to?
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I am doing a project for my tech design class and we have to make spoof ads of already existing ads. What I'm trying to do is create the opposite effect of the refine edge command. I have tried some of the filters but none of them seem to have the correct effect.
Below is the ad which I'm trying to replicate. I have everything down, except that the edges of the flame and the match are smooth since I used the pen tool.
How do I achieve this texture?
http://tobaccopreventionk12.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/ignite1.gif
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I was wondering how I'd go about just taking a couple of specific colors, then having something make a random pixelated picture with those colors.
I was wanting to take the colors from my current avatar and use those colors to make a banner. I tried taking my avatar, making it a PS Pattern, but when I applied the pattern, it looked too repetitive. I want the colors to be randomly placed.
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Is there a way in Photoshop to create the text effect seen on the words "chart" "when" and "present" in this image that does not involve drawing the shapes one at a time?
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I am doing kerning manually in GIMP, i.e. trying to move letters closer to each other, but my hand movements are not exact enough on my mouse so whenever I move a layer to the left or right, it also goes a little in the vertical direction. I wonder if there is some feature that enables me to move a layer left or right (alternatively only up and down) so that I don't accidentally sway it a little down or a little up. Does anyone know? I am a beginner when it comes to GIMP.
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I have an SVG graphic in illustrator. I want to replace colors, everywhere in the illustration, with different ones. Could I operate the color swatch to make the change? I'm looking for a global process. Is this possible?
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I'm trying to intersect 2 existing shapes in Photoshop (CS6). I've found tutorials that allow me to intersect at the time of putting the second shape down, but nothing that allows me to do so with shapes already in the document.
The reason I would like this is that I would like to "tweak" the position of the second shape, by nudging it, adjusting its size etc. The only way I can do this at the moment is by undoing to remove the second shape, and starting again.
Is there a way to intersect 2 shapes that are already in the page?
(In Photoshop, not Illustrator. I don't have access to Illustrator at the moment)
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can any one help me identify this font > I can't find this on the web or maybe my searching skills are not that good
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I'm doing a project and I need a logo to represent directory. I would like to get some feedback. Does my icon deliver the message?
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When designing in Adobe Edge Reflow, how do you create divs that start below the fold? Using this site as an example, after you created the top level purple screen, how would you create and position the next screen down with the cream colored background?
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It's pretty annoying that you can't center text vertically in Ps automatically, like you can in Indd. It's even more annoying that the bounding box of text can't be 'collapsed' or 'fit to text', like in Indd.
I could convert the text to shape, but then I lose coloring. I could convert to smart object, but then its not vector anymore, for when I export to pdf.
Is there a work around anyone knows of that would make it easier to center text vertically?
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I did some research for the text wrap that I am trying to achieve, as seen here:
As you can see in the image, the text is justified (Paragraph Option), and words are split up without hyphens. Minimum letter is as little as 1. How can I achieve this?
I've been able to use hyphenation, with minimum 3 letters. However, I want the split-up to be smaller, and I don't want the hyphen.
Thank you very much.
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I was wondering if anyone knows where I could find a template for After Effects that involves a ball or some other object being dropped into water, snow, smoke, or some other kind of environment. Are there websites that might be helpful for this?
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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
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This seems to be a stupid question. How do I draw a text frame on the actual document page in inDesign 5.5 -- NOT on a master page?
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I have a text layout in Photoshop that is very precisely arranged. Is there a way to recreate this layout in InDesign without too much work?
Tips, tricks, scripts, are appreciated.
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I'm kinda new to 3ds max, and I don't know AutoCAD.
I'm trying to create a line (spline?) to outline a building's basement plan, then I will extrude it and go on with the modelling.
To create the spline, I imported the DWG file (removed the inside, only the outside lines remain), and I'm following it to create an editable spline.
Now I'm looking for an easy way to create the line.
What I'm currently doing is, I'm making a "bad" line, i.e. the vertices are near the corners, then I'm dragging all the corners to their appropriate position by zooming in.
But this takes too long. Is there any way that I can define the points one by one, then select all the points and create an editable spline from the set of corner points ?
In this case, all the points are corners. So no smooths, beziers etc.
Thanks for any help !
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I have a large block of text that is set to "book" with local italics throughout being set to "book italic."
I'd like to increase the weight of the whole works: with the stuff currently set at "book" changed to "medium," and the stuff set to "book italic" set to "medium italic."
I can't think of a way to do this that doesn't involve going through the text by hand and individually selecting all of the italicized bits. Is there a way that I can just highlight the whole works and tell InDesign to change the "base" bits to "medium" and the italicized bits to "medium italic?"
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I'm having a hard time describing the issue in words, so haven't had any luck searching. I have a simple repeating pattern (though I've had the same trouble with other images; it doesn't seem to be related to the complexity or color depth), and when I save it as a transparent PNG, using it in Chrome shows a kind of ghosted artifacting.
The image: https://i.stack.imgur.com/aZgg9.png
A screenshot of what I'm seeing (at Retina resolution [edit: based on the answers, the Retina display is my core issue]): https://www.dropbox.com/s/a44j8uih9c3q4e4/Screenshot%202014-01-13%2020.18.06.png
The image should have solid-looking lines.
What I've tried:
Saving it as an 8-bit PNG with Alpha Transparency in Fireworks CS6
Saving it as a 32-bit PNG with Alpha Transparency in Fireworks CS6
Saving it as a 24-bit PNG with Alpha Transparency in Photoshop CS6
The issue appears in each of these versions, but not in Firefox or Safari (all browsers are their respective latest versions on Mac OS X 10.9.1), hence my assumption that it's some interaction between Chrome and the transparent PNG. I'm looking at just the image directly, not on a web page.
Saving the image on a background (with no transparency) makes the issue disappear, but isn't a viable option (and neither is saving with Index Transparency), because it's going on a web page with a variable background.
My question is two-fold:
Do you see this issue? (I.e. is it just some weird setting on my computer somewhere?)
Any idea what's causing it?
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In InDesign, I have some filled text boxes, sized by columns, with the one on the left being three columns wide.
The wide text box is most likely to contain the most text (it's an invoice template). I will use the 'Fit frame to content' button on the Selection Tool toolbar for automatically vertically resize it to fit the containing text.
How do I make the other three smaller text frames automatically adjust to the same height as the big (and longer) text box?
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I'd like to animate a stick figure. I made a layer for every body part. Now I need to predefine the rotation point somewhere. I used symbols to save the pivot position.
The problem is that I can only create one symbol per layer. If I select two elements like the top and bottom leg and creating a symbol, I cannot select the single symbol anymore. Both parts always connected then.
How can I save multiple pivot points?
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How do I get text/words on a page to flow into the next line, mid-word without Pages (Mac) automatically justifying?
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How can I get the angle of a rotated layer. Or is it possible to see the angle while rotating? If so, where?
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I believe that an extra-light or Thin version of Adobe's Myriad typeface exists, because Apple's been using it on their website.
Here's Myriad Pro Light and Extra Light/Thin used on the iPad Mini page:
So where do I find it? I can't seem to buy it anywhere. Any help?
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Is there a direct method of using the Photoshop pen tool (or any other tool) to trace the equation of a line in 2D space and create a path from it in a given domain and/or range, provided I define a Cartesian coordinate system with an origin and two axes?
It would be cool if it could do this!
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In Illustrator: How do you create the color Grey with just using Black, but without changing opacity? (it can also be used for other colors)
Whenever we have to print something (shopping bags, wrapping paper, etc) we have to create a template for each color that is used. There is a "cheat" where you take a graphic element and fill it with tiny dots in stead of a 100% solid fill, thus creating the illusion that a second "lighter" color is used. The "further" the dots are from each other, the "lighter" the color will be. But since its the same base color, it saves on having to create another template.
I hope that made sense.
--> Original file used by the producer in .pdf format (open in Illustrator)
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I have a PSD file in channels and want to convert (flatten?) it to something I can email to a client to show progress on the design. How is this done?
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Like below. Or we should try to make the change the original logo so it can look identical on any background?
Can the 2nd logo (inverted) harm the branding or it's ok?
It's easy to inverse a single color logo. But how to invert multicolored logo for dark background?
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Suppose you want to trace multiple bitmaps with some fixed inkscape tracing settings, is there a way to do it automatically with a batch file?
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I'm looking for a font similar to Fight-this with Polish characters (Latin).
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I have a grouped object in illustrator and I want to cut out a circle-shaped hole out of the grouped object. So I draw the circle over the grouped object and:
If I try to select the grouped object and the circle and go to Object > Clipping Mask > Make, I get only the small circle as a result (I want the reverse, the big object minus the area of the small circle).
If I go to Window > Pathfinder, none of the options has the desired effect - Pathfinder deletes the components of the grouped object that intersect the small circle, instead of treating the grouped object as a single object
I've made a simple example - the black thing is the grouped object, the red thing is the shape I want to cut out of the grouped object.
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Sticky footers in web development are basically footers that will always either stick to the bottom if the content isn't tall enough to vertically fill the browser or they stick after the bottom of the content after scrolling. I don't much need the first one, but I'd like the ability to have a footer on my master page always end up at the bottom of the content. I'm coding a website responsively using alternate and liquid layouts.
Is this possible in InDesign?
Sticky Footers Reference
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I have quite a few text anchors in a document and now the naming of the text anchors has to be changed.
Does someone know how to rename text anchors (have not found a rename option yet)
Is it then sufficient to just select refresh in the cross-references panel to get the texts updated?
EDIT:
Found something similar!? One has to know that Text anchors are grouped as Hyperlinks. You can rename them in the Hyperlink panel or Cross-References panel under Hyperlink Destination Option.
The catch is - after a rename and refresh, they point to the beginning of the document. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?
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From the Creative Commons website:
A commercial use is one primarily intended for commercial advantage or
monetary compensation.
Would it be considered commercial use if an image was used in a blog post that provides valuable info to readers and isn't trying to sell something (e.g. a guide, how-to, etc.)? The blog would be part of a website that does offer services though, but there's nothing you can purchase on the website.
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I have a PNG layer which has a drop shadow applied in Photoshop.
I'd like to create another layer of white color which would cover all non-transparent pixels on the canvas (i.e. the original PNG + the shadow).
Is there a way to conveniently do this in CS5(12)?
Here is a screenshot of the original image (on the left) and the best approximation I could get it to (on the right). However, the problem is that the shadow is not solid white as it should be (this is needed for the resulting image to act as a mask in mobile gaming framework).
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How can i change the path of a layer/symbol. I've selected a path or form but can not change it because points to transform does not appear. Need to be possible or not ?
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I'd like to have the mesh design here …
… fleshed out a bit so I can make a perforated strip/plate like this …
… in such a way that I can cut pieces out while retaining the precisely placed round holes in the part. I'm essentially trying to make that strip more interesting, like this:
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I'm looking for alternatives to Adobe Acrobat Pro for converting the color profiles of PDFs for newsprint. I commonly use Acrobat Pro to prepare files for four color offset printing. The color conversion tool in Acrobat pro converts the work to a given profile (like U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2), and promotes grays to CMYK plain black (100%K 0%CMY). Is there any other tool which has comparable functionality?
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I normally design (mostly theatre posters etc) for print so the size of artwork in cms or mm always. However, when folks ask me design graphics for web they stipulate the pixel size i.e 200 pixels high x 200 pixels high. I have NO IDEA what this measurement is so cannot even begin to set up a size for the artwork. Is there method of calculating? Thanks
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I want to achieve this in illustrator but the solution I see is CTRL+7 which work only for one shape... In photoshop, you just need you clip as many as you want...
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See www.uservoice.com, they have this beautiful geometric font and I would love to find out what it's called.
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It seems that the author used a tool - other than SnagIt - to annotate this screen shot:
[http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-29-92/4617.snippetizerinfo.png]
Does anybody know if there is a simple tool to create this type of annotations?
I know Illustrator or Gimp can do this, but I am looking for a simple tool to do this is seconds without ninja skills.
Thank you
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I realize this post may not be perfect for this SE forum, but seeing that it's a graphics editor I'm having problems with I'm thinking that maybe the right eyes will get to see it.
I'm having big problems with paragraph numbering in my InDesign document. I got handed the document by a colleague and found that all paragraph numbering was static text, which as you may know will make working with the document while keeping numbering updated very tedious..
So I started creating appropriate paragraph numbering styles and began converting. However, to my despair I see that on some pages the paragraph numbering isn't affected by the chapter numbering. So that the first paragraph in chapter 5 is numbered as paragraph 4.2.8, continuing the numbering from chapter 4....
Here's an illustration of the problem:
Does anyone please have any tips of what I could check to try and remove this error?
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I created some shape using 6 pixels stroke (no fill), then I expanded it and get the desired shape. Later, I need the same shape with thinner lines, but resizing does not work well for it.
So, the question is - Is there any way to get stroke (i.e. line connecting middle of thickness of the expanded line) from expanded shape?
(I cannot redo the actions because move far away from the expanding the path).
CS6
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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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In a InDesign document, I have various Headings and would like to generate a TOC. This worked in the beginning but after some restructuring of the document, it no longer works. It only writes the header but all other content is missing.
One of the things I did change is the frame, the TOC should get generated in.
Does anyone know how to analyze, what the problem is or how to solve this?
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I'm busy with my first vehicle wrap design - and I don't know what size
to make my design in Photoshop CS6 - the width of the "bakkie" is 4436mm x 1300mm.
If I use that in Photoshop the file size is over a gigabyte. What dimensions should my artwork be?
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Every time I see a pattern that looks like it's moving, but really isn't, I wonder what the principles are for creating such images.
I suppose this is the best place on the web to get a good answer to this. Some observations I have made are that they usually involve circular shapes, and somehow draw your eyes towards a specific part of the image.
Some examples:
So what are the principles for creating optical illusion patterns and images?
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(This question is meant to be a resource to direct others to given that this is a common question.)
Given the task of creating an image that will be printed at a certain size, what pixel dimensions and resolution should I be setting my file at?
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I've designed a logo which looks high res in photoshop. But really distorts in Facebook. I understand that Facebook converts the image, but compared to similar logos, it looks bad. Any ways around this?
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I find it convenient to use Google Fonts on the websites I build.
Quite often I need to find the closest Google Font to a specific commercial font to match a client requirement.
This type of question is fairly common for specific fonts such as Helvetica Neue Equivalent on Google Fonts? but is there an online tool where I can show an example of a commercial font by uploading an image and then have the tool display the three closest Google Fonts?
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This website uses a tiled grey background that looks good on brighter screens, but too dark for 'standard' Internet brightness/contrast.
The less bright one is obviously more muted and the colours do not look good, but we can't control what brightness people use and I'd like some opinions on whether to account for darker screens or lighter.
Obviously lighter ones can be harsher on the eyes, so we don't want to blind people, but do want the colours and textures to look as they should.
If we should account for darker screens, then we'll have a lighter background.
Any ideas appreciated.
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We used Adobe Flash for SCADA visualization in the past, but we want to move towards SVG for new web-based SCADA projects.
SCADA often uses the same, interactive symbols (like pumps, valves, ...) within the same document and with Flash I used to create a "Movie Clip" for such symbols/objects. Whenever I needed to modify a symbol I could simply modify it's Movie Clip and all instances of it automatically updated themselves in the same way. This was very handy.
Is something similar possible with Inkscape (or any comparable SVG drawing program)? I'm talking about drawing a symbol and create several clones (not simple, independent copies).
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I'm trying to import a SolidWorks file (saved as .STL) to 3ds Max.
The shape, vertices etc. are importing correctly. But I cannot figure out how to set the units.
I made a simple 100mm x 100mx square, extruded 20mm, and saved as .STL. When I import it to 3ds Max and measure the distance between two vertices in the bottom of the square, the distance should be 100mm (or 10cm). But instead I got this:
"Dist: 687,993cm"
I used Tools -> Measure Distance and click on the two corner vertices to get this result.
I have already (I suppose) set units from Customize -> Units Setup to centimeters. So the result should be 10cm, but instead it becomes 687.993 cm. How can I fix this so I know that I'm working with the same units between solidworks and 3ds max ?
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I am wondering if there is any free online place that I can use to get some design ideas.
I want to get those ideas and then use a service like Fiverr to get a for example logo designed for me.
For example I want my logo shows the concept of insight, but I don't know what graphic shows that concept. Is there anywhere on the web or any book that has some design samples for different concepts?
Maybe a more appropriate question is: for a person who is not a gifted graphic designer, is there a way to find some design ideas? For example how to find a design idea for the concept of insight? Is there a book or a resource that can help?
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I've a very simple rectangular shape that has been filled with a hexagon texture. I'm looking to create a sense of depth by keeping the lowermost row of the hexagons largest while transforming the top row to be smaller so they are appear to be in the distance.
This would be similar to creating a chessboard like 3-D feel. Any recommendations or proper ways to use the tool without relocating the actual placement of the rectangle – just be inner dimensions?
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I've got a dozen layers or so in my .psd and I am trying to Export Layers to Files..., However, when exported, I want the top adjustment layer to take effect on every image.
My layers look a little like this:
- adjustment_layer
- layer_3
- layer_2
- layer_1
Is there any way to do this? Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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If a freelance designer is re-branding, is it bad to use a minimalist approach to providing contact detail - email, phone etc?
Example:
I hardly ever do phone calls unless it's for a conference and at best use a phone for a webinar. That said I really see no purpose to give out my number and since my main means of communication is by email or IM I would think an approach with a logo and site address sufficient.
That said is it bad to assume in re-branding that people would go to the site to fill out a contact form?
Would it be good to counter the phone number with an email address on the stationery?
Does the exclusion of classic elements in brand design effect marketing to an older audience?
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While scaling images in GIMP in the Quality section I was prompted to choose one of the following interpolations:
None
Linear
Cubic
Sinc(Lanczos3)
What is the difference between these and which one is the best in terms of quality/loselessness?
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How do I move text around in photoshop CS6, after I have already created a layer and placed the text in a project?
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Today and yesterday I had nightmares... One thing is that I personally have a Windows phone. That didn't help surely. But I was reading up on iPhone settings and Android settings and there was no clear answers.
Well, Litmus had this answer which was precise for iPhone 5S, but the question becomes "what about other phones?"
How do you combine media queries for both iphone then galaxy and then other smaller resolution screens?
One of the main problem is there is no good documentation stating which phones are the most popular and what are the resolutions of those phone settings - so media querying can become more streamlined.
Here is some code I put in for my settings but I don't know if that was good enough or not. For the most part everyone told me they could see the email fine.
@media only screen and (max-width: 620px) and (min-width: 511px), only screen and (max-device-width: 620px) and (min-device-width: 511px) {
/* @-ms-viewport { width: device-width; }*/
table.container { width: 480px !important }
@media only screen and (max-width: 510px), only screen and (max-device-width: 510px) {
table.container { width: 320px !important }
As you see by the first code block, Microsoft does their own thing and that was another total nightmare.
Although Windows Phone is not too popular right now Windows 8 surely is and the RT IE uses the same viewport format.
Same Litmus cost so much to use.
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I want to take a circle that has a blue border and a picture inside, and clip the picture so it fits inside the circle nicely. I'd prefer to use very small files, perhaps cut down in sprites.
Once I have the clipping mask (sort of like Photoshop), I want to add a hover css animation to it.
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The android design guidelines say that "Use a distinct silhouette. Three-dimensional, front view, with a slight perspective as if viewed from above, so that users perceive some depth." I am still fairly new with illustrator and I was just wondering if anyone could tell me how to turn a 2d flat image into something three dimensional with a slight perspective from above.
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The design is ready inside a few PSDs and needs to be passed on to the developers. Is there an easier way to do it instead of manually creating it or giving away the PSD?
The end product should be a PDF containing the main layer (iPhone screen or webpage)
with relevant properties to each object. For example:
Back Button:
x:10
y:20
w:100 --------------- > Here will be an image of the object inside the main layer
h:123
Color: 20,50,20,1
Name: back_button.png
If such a tool doesn't exist, how do you pass the above data to the developers? Is there a common standard for this?
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Only 8x8?
How do I make the artboard from 8x8 grid to a 10x10 grid?
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Arrowheads are by default added to the end of a line, which means that the length of the line plus arrowhead is longer than the length of the line alone. This is annoying when I carefully clipped the line to the right length, only to find that I need to realign everything once I add arrowheads.
Is it possible to add arrowheads in such a way that the the length of the line plus the arrowhead is the same as the line alone?
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I am trying to find two fonts to use on my resume.
Bebas Neue
Klinic Slab
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I am trying to switch to Houdini from XSI.
In XSI I could do something called symmetric modeling. Cut an object by half, and mirror it. And edit just the source half, then I get exactly same result on both sides automatically mirrored without any concern.
I tried to do this with Modify - Mirror, but it seems the mirrored object is disconnected from source object, so editing on source object won't be applied on the mirrored object automatically.
How can I make it to be applied automatically?
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What's the name of the font? I am working in this picture so I want know the font name.
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In studying composition, we're told to pull the viewer's eyes into the frame using a strong focal point, and then lead his/her eyes into moving around inside the frame and hold his interest inside the composition.
Okay, but I'm curious. If the focal point has the most contrast and visually pops out most from everything else, why do your eyes move away from it to other elements?
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I need to create PDF/A conform files of technical drawings with Adobe Illustrator.
Are there any presets for saving PDF/A files? Or do I need Adobe Acrobat Pro for this?
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When I export from Indesign I would like to maintain a high quality (eg 300dpi resolution), but I do not want anyone can open with illustrator my pdf and can move objects like I was back in the indesign project.
There is a way to do this?
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I'm currently looking at a new font for a logo and I'm having some issues with the kerning of our lettering.
I've search the web for guidance on kerning, in particular when using double lowercase lettering but not been able to find much on this.
I've gone for the same spacing in between each letter to begin with but it looks wrong particularly towards the end of the word.
Any advise on this or resources for good practices would be really helpful.
Second image with default kerning:
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I am trying to improve my design side on web design. I have design a mobile app using a platform called ApplicationCraft which gives me mobile 5 mobile themes (colours) and have created a 'nice' looking app using the green theme.
I allow the client to add their own logo & banner which then conflicts with the green theme I am using.
I can use CSS to change the colours of the theme so I need to know if there is a 'Standard neutral' range of colours to achieve this.
This is my current screen:
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I'm 16, from India and I really want to be a web/graphic designer.I'm good with coding, Illustrator, Photoshop etc. Problem is, I only KNOW how to do stuff, like, I see a design and I can confidently say, I can recreate that. But how do I think of something new, something beautiful? I see posters and ads everywhere like 'we can create your website for Rs.50' or 'Making a website just became easy' and it really upsets me. I think how am I better from them? Who will want to work with me when they can easily work with people like them?
Moreover I participated in a few contests in 99designs and i got eliminated in the first round 12 times
People always comment not good enough, not what we are looking for etc etc.
Should I just quit because I can't think anything, I can just copy things. Should I just go back into trying to be a lame engineer as my parents want?
I'm even embarrassed in asking a question like this in a place where people talk about some serious design work. Please Help.
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I've created some pattern in CS6 (object->pattern->make) and filled with that pattern some square.
I've deleted the source elements from the file but I still can edit the elements is pattern edition mode.
I cannot edit the elements inside the square filled with that pattern and because of that the stock site has rejected the whole work.
How can I make the pattern filling to be editable (when I fill the square with the pattern I cannot change elements inside this square), where is the fault?
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I'm trying to get my workspace to look like this: http://youtu.be/mFRHTs8-KVw?t=1m14s
See how the layer window has no scroll bars / title?
How do I achieve the same? That is a tutorial video and when he pans it works differently than my Photoshop.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Hopefully I am understandable and don't sound impractical when I ask the above question. To elaborate: I have some scanned documents and the font used in those documents(images) is FrenchScript MT Std Regular. I installed that font on my sys. Now I was wondering if it's possible to use the character map of that particular font and match each individual character in the image (the scanned image is just plain text, no images, no paragraphs or no formatting) with font characters and place the matching letters just above the character in the image.
Want to do it in MS word or any other text editors where after the characters are placed above the image, it can be deleted from the background and the document can be saved. It's another type of OCR I guess. How can it be done? Attaching the image to help you understand the scenario.
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I want to grab one of the colors from a gradient, and turn it into a solid color swatch.
Update
Just to be precise, I want to get the color of one of the 'nodes' in the gradient. So if a a gradient goes from red to blue, I might want to grab the exact color blue from the blue node – i'm not wanting to grab any of the inbetween colors.
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