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I want to change the screen part of this Iphone image with the screen capture of my own app. I'm trying to do this in Gimp (unless there is a better way?). However, I can't seem to just copy paste my screenshot on the map part. Is there a better way to do this?
The question might not seem to be clear but i could not get a better name for the behavior of the background that happens. There is a background image that i am setting to my layout, there are various resolutions of the same background put in the appropriate drawable folders also. But when the same image is seen on an emulator there are no issues, though when the application is deployed on a device, the background appears as under: The image seems to have abnormal lines here and there. It happens for every image that is already in the form of gaussian blur or even those that i would blurred my self. The same has been tested on different devices with better resolutions (The images are quite large too), but the same effect is seen. Can something be done to the images or is there any way this can be prevented ? Question: I am messing up with the image when i apply the gaussian blur. I have feelings that some information gets lost when i try to save the image :(. P.S: I have googled for a solution to this, but i could not get the correct terms may be to arrive at a solution. I have also used an image with a huge resolution say 2100 * 1024 and if i dont blur it using photoshop the image appears well, but if i apply the gaussian blur filter the same happens like the image below. Software: Photoshop cs4 currently. I have posted this on StackOverflow but since i do not really know to which site it belongs to, i am posting it here too. If it is not relevant for this section, you could get back and i will close it :) Thanks.
I Use Google Sketchup Pro 2013 for modeling in 3D, and then I export said models into Cinema4D for Rendering and tweaking the textures applied in Sketchup. Most of the time it works, but on the odd occasion it doesn't export into Cinema4D as it looks in Sketchup. Recently I made a building in Sketchup based off of a real life picture from a client, and after about 3 days of solid work I'm finally finished the model. When I opened the .3DS file from Sketchup in Cinema4D, though, almost none of my materials are importing correctly if at all, and when I try to reapply the materials to the areas which don't have the right materials I end up applying materials to the wrong areas as well as the ones I meant to. Below is the model I noted earlier and the version of it in Cinema4D; I've tried everything within my mind to fix this- I've exported under every possible format and setting but to no avail, and nothing in Cinema4D can seem to fix this either. Is there any way to import a model directly from Sketchup into Cinema4D and have the model look exactly as it did in Sketchup as it does in Cinema4D? Thanks! PS. All answers are appreciated as this is a very urgent question!
I'm using inkscape and I am trying to create an structure like the one below, but all I manage to make is a disformed object. I tried using a rectangle and combine with circles, but the best I got was this:
I am trying to create a .png texture. In PS, the texture has two layers. One with Linear Burn and another with Soft Light. I want to merge them and save as .png to apply on different images later without using any blending mode. But whatever I try, the final saved .png file has no transparency and looks different from the original PS file in general. Is there any solution to create a mask in .png like this?
I came across the this image. I want to make a glass effect like the below image using CSS or Photoshop. Can someone say how it is done?
Is there a typesetting guide for English on the web somewhere, whether UK or American or both? I’m thinking of something with rules for correct hyphenation, punctuation, dashes, commas, correct typesetting of abbreviations, numbers, time, and so on and so forth.
I am trying to capture a photoshop action that requires setting the foreground color by using the color picker at a particular location in the image. When I record the action, a 'set foreground color' operation is recorded, but to a fixed color, the one I have just picked. I want the action to be something like "use picker to capture color at location (x,y)". Is there any way to persuade Photoshop (either CS6 or CC) to record this sort of action?
I'm a fine artist, new to Adobe Illustrator. I'm in the process of designing a logo for a company using Illustrator. What type of file should I send them when all is completed, so they can use this logo in whatever way they choose? I know Photoshop fairly well, but Illustrator is brand new to me. Slowly educating myself via Adobe's tutorials, but need to get this project done soon. THANK YOU in advance for your help! Also, and this is from my experience with PS, do I need to flatten layers in Illustrator before sending this to client? Please pardon my lack of Illustrator knowledge, I'm working on it! :)
I'm creating an animation in Flash CC. I would like to add some transitions to it like fade in/fade out etc. I'm not sure how to do this in flash.
Reading this excellent question regarding logo export formats, and it made me want to ask a question that was a little bit more narrowly focused than that one. I know when to use a GIF and when to use a JPG, how to optimize certain raster images for certain scenarios. But I feel like the only reason I ever use EPS is because "that's what you're supposed to do," which isn't really a good reason. So, what is the purpose of an EPS format? What does it do that AI, PDF, and SVG formats do not? In my experience, non-technical people don't need EPS files, they need JPEGs and GIFs and maybe PDFs. Other designers will almost certainly be able to handle an AI file, and can definitely handle a PDF. For the Web, SVG and PDF make more sense. The printing realm is one where I'm really not that experienced, so I can't speak to that. Is this a legacy thing? A compatibility thing? Something for the Quark crowd? Or is there a real benefit that EPS brings that other formats can't do? Would anyone in the audience be hurting if he or she could no longer export to EPS?
This is a task management web app. I'm looking for design critiques and feedback in terms of typography, colors, and UX. You can see the site working here with comments to specific areas where I'm looking feedback on.
We are about to create a new luxury fashion brand. We researched many trademark logos, and saw they use different font types. We cannot decide between the two different fonts below. We target people who using luxury leather goods (handbags, belts, wallets), similar to Michael Kors, Furla, Balenciaga or Prada. Which one looks cool, good and suitable for a fashion brand? Would appreciate the input from you knowledgeable graphic artist.
I want to merge two objects and select only the outside path, I don't want the path inside. How do I do this in Illustrator ?
In a PSD i'm working with there's an image on one layer, and a shadow on another layer. Selecting the shadow doesn't select all of the gradient. So when I select both layers and click Control-T both layers get selected with the transform selection box. This goes all around the shadow and image perfectly. How can I now turn this transform selection line/box/selection to a standard selection so I can copy the shadow and image. Hope that's explained clearly. I tried creating a smart object and selecting it but only the image is selected not the shadow. Would really appreciate some help, thanks
Does anyone know of a stock photo resource that offers high-res watermarked comp(preview) images? Creating mock-ups with the tiny comps that getty provides really dials back the look of the mockups.
I have a drop shadow on a small image. The drop shadow extends beyond the arboard's boundary. This causes the 120x150 image to turn into a 132x150 image because it tries to include the drop shadow in the image as well. Is there a way to force it to only export the artboard?
I have been informed (by an accountant) that the international symbol for an accountant is this: Whilst a search on Google retrieves a few similar symbols, they are not of sufficient quantity or quality to justify the title of international symbol. Also tried searching on stock sites to no avail. I can only guess that the meaning of this symbol is two ring binders. If anyone can shed some light on this it would be appreciated.
I am trying to smooth out images of colored wave forms while trying to keep sharp edges. Example of a source image: I've had some limited success using surface blur, while the transitions between each color is smoother I am loosing sharpness on edges: Is there a technique, filter of effect I could employ to get such result ? EDIT here's the result thanks to @boblet EDIT 2 I've found a pseudo-alternative that somewhat achieves the same goal though it's not as pretty. The thing is to draw gradient lines with the middle color (0.5) being a little darker. Actually this is the poor man's alternative until I can get hold of the surface blur algorithm which doesn't seem as easy to implement as it sounds.
I need this image in a grayscale rgb(82, 82, 74), hex: #52524A: How can I do this on Fireworks or Photoshop?
Anyone know this font? Or a similar one?
I have tried a few different attempts on this pattern. I was wondering if someone could show me how to recreate this Jordan 12 pattern (black and yellow) on the sole of the shoe:
This is a question which has always been floating around my brain when putting the final touches on a website. (And I couldn't find much about it on the web) When using social icons in the context of sharing content, e.g. sharing a blog post, and Email is one of the methods of sharing, what colour should the Email icon be when all the other icons are coloured by their branding (somewhat)? Does anyone have any examples and/or rationale for using a particular colour, if one exists universally for 'Share by email'?
Whenever I make screenshots for my apps, I'm always forced to resize them to specific requirements set by Apple for the various devices. At the end of the day, the pictures that look really good in Adobe Illustrator look all stretched out and distorted because of the resizing. Is there something I can do to fix this problem?
I need to make a program for a client. The program gets data from the web, template the data in an image and save the image. The text in the produced image needs to be editable in photoshop. What is the best file format for me to save into? My first thought was svg but surprisingly photoshop does not support it. What are my other alternative(html, eps, ...)? What format would you prefer to have? Many thanks Didier
I am using Macbook Air, OS X 10.9.2. I want to create vector illustration of mathematical and organic formulas, so I can use those vector illustrations for T-shirts. Examples: How can I do that on Macbook Air? I am now studying Lynda.com-Illustrator CS6 One-on-One Fundamentals, but that does not help so much.
I have created a filling pattern. When I export to pdf a shape filled with such pattern I get something really different from what I see in the editor. This is an example: what I see: what I get: Am I doing something wrong? thanks for your help
I have JPEG banner without the PSD file, and i want to edit some text and images in it. I have no idea how to do this, any suggestions?
This is a great drawing animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG4xe9cNpP0 On which I don't know how to achieve the following: 1)Moving background creating the sensation of distance between the drawing and the background. 2)Soft moving of the camera from one section of the drawing to the another. 3)How the size of some images like the text bubbles changes from 0 to their final size, lovely effect. Any hint of Sw and technique used? Regards.
When designing an advertisement campaign how should one balance dignity and respect for offensiveness? Nobody remembers the latest ad for McDonald's or Foldger's but I can tell you all about the "black face Dunkin Donuts" ad or the "Pearl Izumi run until your dog collapses" ad. As a designer, who will undoubtedly take the blame for it - for example the McDonald's You're Not Alone ad. When is it okay? How do future employers view this? On the one hand it is in a sense marketing genius --- no publicity is bad publicity. On the other hand it is often highly offensive or at the very least seen as tasteless. So as a designer when is it okay, what is the calculation? Particularly, if you're the one making the decision (Answering when the client wants it, is not a complete answer).
I have a form layer containing two paths in PS CC, when I transform it (using cmd+T) I would like to move the central anchor point, unfortunately, when I click-drag on it, it moves all the layer, and not the only central anchor point. Have I missed something somewhere? Is it locked for this type of layer? Thanks in advance.
I need to generate large-scale print of audio waveform. I still do not have exact dimensions of final print, but it should be around 5-7 meters long "one-off" print. So far I've been able decode audio-file (using FMOD) and render waveform to vector files (using Cairo) by custom application written in Cinder. I've chosen vector files over bitmap, because I do not want to lose quality. Luckily, Cairo is able to export ESP, SVG, PostScript or PDF format. Problem is that Cairo is not able to handle huge amount of data, so I had to split waveform in hundreds of smaller files and now I have to stitch them together somehow and prepare them for print. But stitching them manually is out of question, as I'm having 400 and more files ranging is size from 2 MB to 17 MB (depending of format). I've tried stitching couple of them in Illustrator, but it was problem just with 10 files (my workstation stated to drag really hard). Is there some feature I'm missing in Illustrator, or is there some tool to stitch them together without opening files?
This is how my icon is looking now. I want to remove that "alpha" or something, that grey square. I want it full like Chrome suggested me to do this: Upload an icon image that represents this item, and ensure it complies with the following: 128x128 total pixels For square icons, use alpha to make 16 of the 128 pixels per side transparent (96x96 visual weight) For circular icons, the visual icon should be 112x112 (use alpha to make the remaining pixels transparent) For other icon shapes, use alpha to maintain the same 96x96 visual weight. I tried but couldn't get this done? Any way out? I want a full square icon with color #A4C639 (android green). Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance!
I'm wanting to make layered "cards" for print design (think of a tabbed index card but the tab goes the whole width) they'll be layered on 8 1/2x 11. Each card maybe 6in wide. The thing I wish I could do is keep the heading (top tab of the card) a fixed height while letting the body vary in height based on content. I can do it with multiple objects obviously but drop shadows get messed a little up so I'm stuck with manually making each height I need and grouping them. Is there any way to set the header height but be able to adjust the overall height for each different card I need? I'm ultimately doing this in indesign but illustrator would be fine too
I am trying to make my own icons and embed them in a custom Web font. For that, I'm using Illustrator & Icomoon. I design the icons in a 14x14px square, then I create my Web font using Icomoon and when I see the result in Chrome it looks pixel-perfect but only at font-size: 14px;. If I scale the font-size to 16px or 23px or whatever number that is not a multiple of 14px, then the icons do not look crisp: At 14px, the icons looks crisp: At 18px, could be better... I know this is kind of expected, but I noticed that icons like FontAwsome or Glyphicons scale way better than my custom font. Notes (in Illustrator): I'm using the "Grid" I'm using the "Snap to Pixel" setting I'm using the "Pixel Preview" setting So I was asking myself if I'm missing some setting in Illustrator when saving the icon as SVG? Or if I'm missing something in Icomoon, or maybe should I use another program? How can I make my custom web font able to scale better when not scaling exactly proportionate to its origin size?
EDIT Thanks for your answers, they're all pertinent to the question I've asked. However, it's not really what I've been expecting, i.e. it's not the right question I've asked ! Can you tell whether this entitles to be considered as a banner or not ? Portion of the banner at 1:1 Full banner (right-click and open image in new tab on your browser to see it at 1:1 scale) EDIT I forgot a detail actually, its usage will be in a desktop application.
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.
Please can anyone help me. I have been searching for hours using all sorts of font finder applications and cannot figure out what this font is! Could anyone please help? PS Additional logo example
Hi i have this layer : And this layer : And what i want to do is add those black lines to the red layer but i dont want the white parts , how can i do this ?
Original posts: Photoshop: Select item and crop it directly I tried asking on the original post, but it says I need 50 comments or participations to post a comment. Sorry for the confusion. I was trying the method below from Alan G in the original post: If you're asking about cropping an individual object on a layer, then no, there's not a direct way to do that. Photoshop crops the entire canvas, not individual layers. There are indirect ways, though, both of which you can make into a one-click Action. Method 1: Ctl-click on the layer thumbnail in the Layers Panel to create a selection of just that >object. Click the Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the Layers Panel to create a mask that reveals >only the object. Unlock the mask from the layer (click the chain-link icon between the thumbnail and the mask. With the mask selected (not the pixel layer), press Ctl-T to enter free transform mode. Your free transform will now act like a crop mask for the layer. One time it worked. Every time I try it again I get an error: "Could not transform because the initial bounding rectangle is empty". What am I missing?
I have dragged and dropped about 30 png's into a psd document so that they're each in a separate layer but laying on top of each other. I now wonder if anyone knows of a nifty trick or script to distribute these layers so that they're instead ordered in a grid in the document?
I want to use custom Genericons please guide me the way I should do this.I have done a quick searching but didn't found any good example it would be great if any one can share any link related to this.
Is there a name for the type of web site layout in which the body of the page is divided into horizontal sections; each section is 100% wide but has content of fixed width (that is typically centered); the background of each section is usually different? Examples: http://www.ogurcak.com/ http://www.spacex.com/about I am not looking for templates, just for the name of this kind of layout. Edit: There does not seem to be a name for it. I will call it "sandwich layout".
Assume the following situation in Adobe Illustrator, where I have two neighbouring anchor points on the same path. For the left anchor point, only the left bezier-handle is important and for the right point, only the right one. There are no bezier-handles pointing inwards. Is it easily possible to merge these two points into one point which has two bezier-handles: the left from the former left point and the right from the former right point? When simply moving one over the other, the two points are still existent and something like simplify path changes the look of the whole path which is not wanted.
When adjusting the handles of an anchor point, how can I adjust both handles to an equal length or adjust them both at the same time?
Being quite honest, I couldn't think of a better way to phrase a title for this, so I apologize for that.. Anyway, this is what I need. I have this image Basically, I need to make the black = white and the white(bell + glow)= black. So basically reverse the colors, so that I can use it in a sprite. I know there has to be a quick way to do this.
I'm searching a free alternative for Adobe's Lithos Pro. Anyone?
I'd like to remove the texture from a logo I made. I'm not sure how to attach the AI file, but here is a screenshot of what the logo looks like. I've tried going into the Appearance panel, but there didn't seem to be anything texture- related there. I also tried using the Live Paint Bucket (K) tool to just fill "over" the texture, but that didn't get rid of the texture.
The picture below shows the initial image, and the desired effect (sorta), First I used the magic wand to remove the background around the bell. Then I did CTRL+I and inverted the colors. This was great because I ended up with that small shadow under the black. Then I used CTRL+U to get the color I wanted (blue & orange). My problem is, I still have a residue of black around the edge of the bell and inside as well (around the colored areas). Is there a better way to cut a non-vector image out that makes it cleaner than the magic wand? Here is the three steps I mentioned above:
I need to design a box packaging and need help with color management of the work - formats and combinations. My company printer doesn't print correctly. Should I just look at the print out and see if I like it then go back for similar Pantone color and convert to CMYK for print? Whar are the common guidelines and rules?
In Adobe Illustrator I've changed the paint brush style to something else, (this happens with stroke size too) but the moment I start trying to paint the settings revert back to what they were before I started. Why is it doing this? How are you supposed to change the stroke/style of the brush if it keeps reverting back?
Which is the best way to show how a website differs on various devices for responsive web deisgn such as the screenshots found here
I think the question I am asking is the following: Is there a way to apply Paragraph styles on a conditional basis (until they encounter a specific character or word) or, if that is not possible, is it possible to create line breaks after character styles? This is the problem I am trying to solve: I am using InDesign's Data Merge functionality. I have data that I would like to format as lists. If possible I would like to combine data from multiple cells in one text frame, that gets formatted with nested styles. I would like each list element to have a bullet point, that I would prefer not to add to the csv file. The number of items in each list fluctuates, but I am fairly confident I can predict an upper limit. I would like to refrain from manual search and replace manipulation on the merged document. I have tried four approaches. The first approach was to insert each cell into a new line, and format the text cell with paragraph styles. What works well is the fact that extra empty lines are automatically removed when using Remove Blank Lines for Empty Fields. My problem with this approach is that the number of list elements is not fixed, so I don't think I can use the Next Style option in the paragraph style menu. List one:¶ <<data_a1>>¶ <<data_a2>>¶ <<data_a3>>¶ List two:¶ <<data_b1>>¶ <<data_b2>>¶ <<data_b3>>¶ (regular line breaks are denoted by ¶) My second approach was to create data fields in the csv file for the maximum amount of list items possible, adding them to the the text frame, and separating them with forced line breaks. I can then apply a paragraph style that has nested styles for the first line and the data fields. With this approach I end up without bullet point for the list items, since they are separated by forced line breaks and not paragraphs, and I end up with extra forced line breaks even when I turn on Remove Blank Lines for Empty Fields in the Data Merge options panel. Here is what this looks like in InDesign. The two lists have a list paragraph style applied, that has nested styles for the first line until it encounters a forced line break and a style for the list items List one:¬ <<data_a1>>¬ <<data_a2>>¬ <<data_a3>>¶ List two:¬ <<data_b1>>¬ <<data_b2>>¬ <<data_b3>>¶ (forced line breaks are symbolized by ¬, paragraphs by ¶) My third approach was to combine all list elements in one cell inside the csv file, separated by line breaks. Data Merge gets confused with this option. My fourth approach was to have separate text boxes for the two lists, which have the data elements inserted like in my first approach. The problem with this is that the two lists are a fixed length apart, creating issues with very short lists and very long lists (the short ones have a lot of empty space in between, the long ones overflow the text box)
how do I create a gradient fill in InDesign where both ends have zero opacity to the fill but the middle is 100% opaque? For example a box over a black background has a fill that is transparent to start and then is 100% white in the center and then transparent on the other end.
I've seen in some questions (Fonts for technical reports and What font types are good for a technical document?) that there are many answers to the "what types of font should I use". Since there is no school template nor policy for thesis writing, I'm thinking about using something like this (which is heavily influenced by the KOMA script bundle for LaTeX): I'm pretty satisfied with the Chapter title, the inspirational quote and the drop cap. What I would like to know is what type of fonts can I use ---that is in harmony with the complete text and chapter title--- for the section, subsection and subsubsection. Please keep in mind that the numbering must be preserved.
My file is CMYK, but it has a Link to an RGB PSD file as a transparency mask. The file renders properly in illustrator (the preview), but whenever I try to export to any other format, the colors are messed up. When I converted the RGB PSD file (transparency mask) to CMYK within Illustrator, I was able to replicate the messed-up colors. How can I convert the RGB PSD file to CMYK without messing up all the colors? If that's not possible, is the best option to take a screenshot of the preview, and use that instead of Exporting?
I created a logo in illustrator and after much experimentation, settled with a design which the client approved. The problem is, some shapes have a transparency of 60% which looks amazing on white but I need to clean this up before sending final files to the client. Question: How do I get an accurate solid colour value from a 60% transparent shape in Illustrator? Things I've tried: The eyedropper in illustrator only gathers the 100% colour value not the 60%+white which I need. Pasting / Importing into Photoshop changes the colour appearance completely even though both are viewing as CMYK
Let's say I have a parent Rectangle layer, and 3 children Circle layers. What properties do I need to set in order to have the circles be forced within the boundaries of the parent so that when I want to position them inside the Rectangle, they don't leak outside the parent? In case it matters, I'm using Photoshop CS6 :)
Say I create an arrow with drop shadow and I want to save it and re-use it in another PSD file. Is there a way to save the arrow in Photoshop to do this?
I have drawn an image in Illustrator and am working on drawing a second and unrelated image. Part of the new project requires another clip-art image I drew previously. I "placed" the older image into my current project, but it is showing up as one unified object and I would like to erase part of it. Is there some way to "break apart" the imported image or just erase a section of it?
I'm not really sure what else to call it, but my goal basically is to create various locations on a map and have them connect with a curved progress bar-like line. Like this: I'm familiar with the pen tool and how to make curved lines, but I'm not really sure how to go from a curved line to the picture above.
Why is it that graphic designers more often use an Apple Mac? I am studying graphic design and I am hoping to do some freelance work in my spare time. I have a unit in my studies to discover why Macs are used so much in the graphic design industry. I also want to purchase a MacBook Pro to start off with, but my brother (a PC user) is adamant that I am wasting my money and that I'm only buying it for show, as he says: "Macs are just expensive because they're stylish." I want to give him a number of valid reasons as to why it will help me in the graphic design industry. As he studies games design and he is adamant that a PC can do just the same as a Mac.
When I save PNG images for the web in Photoshop, its getting blurred on edges. I want to use these PNGs in mobile websites: Any solution to this?
How Do I make something similar to following image in Photoshop? (Click to see larger) I thought of creating a curved shape by pen and then apply the tiled pattern to it but not sure how to create the pattern and spherical effect. I need the whole shape and its inside pattern vector. Thanks
I am trying to create mockup for my business card design but when I paste the design in the smart object layer and save it, the design only gets the effect of the template but the design do not go into the place it should go. It appears as simple rectangle with the effects. I don't know what I am doing wrong. I tried 2 - 3 different template but getting same problem. Please help me guys This is how the mockup should look This is the result I get when I edit the Smart Object layer with my design
I'm trying to find a font similar to Casablanca Book Condensed which you can test drive. What I'm trying to find to match the 'S': Ultimately I'm looking for something free but the cheaper the better. I've tried to look through Google Fonts but didn't find anything that matched what I was looking for. Any suggestions would be helpful!
I am a student of graphics, and was looking for some inspirational logos and came across these, they look beautiful and I tried to make one myself but failed. How can anyone make such perfect logos? with exact same width and height exact distance. What are these logos called? Is there any tutorial online? Can someone please help me in learning how to make these types of logos? Do i need some kind of illustrator script or action for this?
Would this be considered plagiarism? I have made the LiveBulb logo 3 days ago, I made it all from scratch. Starting at sketches and completely refined it using grids in Illustrator. Luka Balic immediately mailed me when he saw my logo on Dribbble, I was so polite to put it off of my account for the time being, but I would like to get some advice on whether I can use it or not, considering me and my colleagues really like the shape of the letters and angle we are using it on. Thanks a lot for your advice!
First of all, is it a good idea to ask a potential client for a ballpark budget they are thinking to work with? I just don’t want to meet with somebody who has a very low budget, and who could be surprised during our first meeting that I’m not the cheapest guy in town. So what do you think my first step should be when a client sends me an e-mail, wanting to discuss a project? The client has no idea what I charge, beside the fact that the client likes the work I do.
I love SE Community, and I love badges, it has something similar with Xbox achievements. I used to play a game called Gears of War 3, it has a cool system called Ribbons. Basically you played this game and you got ribbons for your performance at every single battle. Here are some examples. So I was thinking, if we could have a similar system in SE Community, ribbons based on your everyday activities. I am a new guy into design world, and here are my ribbons design. I am not here to ask whether this proposal of ribbons is OK or not, this question has been discussed at Meta Stackoverflow. I want to know does this kind of graphic design (whether Gears of War 3 style or my terrible design ) fit with the whole SE Community?
I have a rectangular shape and I added an "extension area" to it with several line segments and closed it back to the rectangle. Specifically, I clicked on an anchor point off a corner of the rectangle drew several line segments off this point and connecting each by the anchor point of each segment. I drew and closed off this shape by drawing the line segment back to the rectangle's anchor point. How do I fill in this new area with a color? In the example below I'd like to fill in the "polygon shape" that's extended off of the rectangle with some non-white color. When I select the rectangle and polygon, I get a question mark: "?" in the fill area.
I want to cut an object using second object how can I acheive it? In the above image you can see 2 objects one is circle having 2px stroke and no fill, second is rectangle having white fill but no stroke. I want to cut circle based on rectangle to make it something like this Using your solutions I am getting object like this one
I'm currently designing a poster, and when I view the design in Illustrator my Ben-Day dotted images are heavily distorted in their color and spatial appearance. I really like this. Is there a way I could (possibly in Photoshop) recreate these distortions so they end up in my exported pdf? This is how the poster looks when exported to png: Here's a screen-shot from Illustrator: Screen-Shot http://timneutel.com/content/2.2013-2014/85.departementsdag-poster/1.departementsdag-poster.png
When I open a PNG in Illustrator CC and save it as SVG, once I open the SVG on the browsers I found out that the Photo has been shrinked. Can you tell me the reason and if there is a solution for that or not ? Thanks in advance, Waleed
I have Photoshop CS6 and in the timeline panel's menu there's an option called optimize animation and it has two options: Bounding Box Redundant Pixel Removal I searched in the internet and Photoshop help but I didn't understand anything about them :\| I'm not English so I'm sorry if I have any mistakes
I am trying to save out 24 rasterized layers to icon format. Is there a script to do this? I have tried greenfish but it does not let me set a custom size 100x100 I have also tried batching as png to irfanview then using irfan view to convert png to ico but the transparency does not save out clearly. Anyone have a workflow on how to get this working? thanks
I have used a drawing tablet before in order to draw stuff onto Photoshop, but I did find it quite awkward and strange looking at my monitor, while paying no attention to the tablet itself. I mean, when drawing on a piece of paper, most would focus on the paper and their hand, rather than looking elsewhere. So my question itself is... How does the Surface Tablet rack up against a drawing tablet monitor (the expensive kind with a screen that you directly draw on top of). As far as my research is concerned, a drawing tablet with a built in monitor will cost me easily over £1000, where as a Surface Pro 2 about £800 or less! The later of which with the added functionality of being able to run all kinds of software. Over all though, what I'm purely interested in is how well can the Microsoft Surface be used as a drawing tablet, especially compared to a drawing tablet monitor.
Most of my work I perform on MacBookPro, but also I have a retina-iPad device which I never use for any type of graphic design, thus I am looking for solution to the underuse of this costly device. My question is: What actual design related tasks do you perform on iPads? I am interested in actual usage and not in theoretical ("you can use it for xyz").
Has anyone seen a study on how users react to logos that contain alive things like birds vs just geometric shapes or really anything else? I assume everyone will grow to love a mascot more then just a circle, but I need evidence.
I've been trying to wireframe my designs for apps, but keep getting frustrated with the limited ability and poor usability of the software I've used (Balsamiq, Pencil, Prototyper). Do you have any suggestions for free software that is up to date with buttons/elements for Android and iOS?
I am trying to create scala logo in HTML however could not find the font for the logo. Can someone help me with it.
I have a linear sequence of many same-sized rectangles. e.g. [----] (space) [-------] (space) [--] (space) [---] (space) [----------] I need all of the edges to be touching. e.g. [----][-------][--][---][----------] Of course, I can manually select sequential pairs of rectangles and use Align & Distributes option align left edges of objects to right edge of anchor. But this is very tedious - I have to do it for every sequential pair. Is there any way to sequentially align the edges in bulk?
Because of the recent Web accessibility Law in my region, I need to ensure I'm designing with an appropriate contrast ratio. WCAG says the value of this ratio is 4.5:1 http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-contrast-contrast.html How do I figure this out in in Photoshop and Illustrator?
I am having problems vectoring art work for floor tiles. I vector the image in Photoshop then I save it as a Photoshop file and move it over to Illustrator. For these vector images the need to be able to be stretched or shrunk but still keep a straight line. not pixalated. What am I doing wrong? This is one of the images I have vectored in photoshop. Should I with to using AI? When I have finished doing the image in Ai will it be able to be resized to any size and still keep a good strait line without pixelating?
I need a way to get at the dimensions of a Photoshop layer with their layer effects. All methods I can find (such as command/control-clicking the layer thumbnail) only select the base layer and never include their effects. Is there a way to select/marquee the Photoshop layer plus its effects (without manually adjusting the selection using Expand) or to at least get the size of the layer plus its effects?
Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator have options to preview what artwork will look like to people with red/green colour blindness (protanopia and duteranopia). How reliable are these previews? For example, I produced the images below using Photoshop's colour blindness simulation. The red and green tiles are still somewhat distinguishable. Can I rely on people with protanopia or duteranopia being able to distinguish those colours? I'd also like to know how much these conditions vary by person. Are these conditions that have a range of severities, where some people with protanopia are better able to distinguish red and green than others? Or are they more constant, where two people with protanopia would perceive colours the same way? Full colour Duteranopia Protanopia
I have a file that was originally created in CorelDrawX5 as both a dwg and pdf. I have opened both in Illustrator CS6 and they work fine. I then saved it as an eps and ai for my supplier to work from, they have Illustrator 10 so I made sure it was compatible to work with ver 10. However when my supplier opens it all the letters and outlines are split up and spread out. Attached is how it is opening and then how it should look. Does anyone know what the issue could be?
I am trying to do a new website and there are 3 key points to it (Easy, fast, secured). I have already been thinking of using icons for those 3 words but I am not so sure yet. The site that I am doing is for a car loan company and I am open to any suggestions you guys might come up with. I still like the icons idea that I've had in mind and would love to know what icons would best represent those 3 words. I am open to any suggestions :) Here are my sketches/ideas: For fast, I was thinking of a car in motion so I made one (it's not perfect cause it's not done yet: And for easy, I was thinking of a thumbs up icon. Maybe something like this: And for secured, I was thinking of a lock. Something like this:
Is there a way to make an animation of an entire Illustrator project from start to finish? I don't want to screen capture movie (as if it were a tutorial), nor do I want "my current view" of the progress (e.g. no zooming in and out). Rather, the animation should be of the whole artboard as the art gets created, step-by-step. (I've seen this done for Proceate here)
I have created a few actions to add border and guide marks on images. Depending on the border required, a different action button is used. Part of these actions are canvas size changes, image flips, etc. Every time an action gets called, each of these steps (flips, canvas size changes) gets animated on screen. Is it possible to disable these animations and apply all the steps without visual progress from one step to the next? I hope my description above doesn't sound convoluted
In Adobe Illustrator CS5, is there a way to snap the brush to the guidelines? This is the effect I'm aiming to create: I have created my grid and now I want my brush to align or snap to the guidelines, it is possible? Now this is want I really want to do: This the effect I want to create using the pressure of my pen tablet, with the help of the guidelines.
I've been sent a ui design which includes a header menu, wrapped in rounded corners, whereas the following content element is wrapped in square corners. Also every other primary content wrapper for widgets, sidebars etc are all squared corners. I've always thought this was a huge design no-no, but the designers are quite headstrong and believe it's perfectly acceptable and even advantageous in this situation. (Unfortunately due to some office politics I'm not in a position where I can just tell them to change it). I'm sure I recall seeing something about this in design theory at university, ahem "several" years ago, but can't find any examples. Am I right to dislike this design from an objective, basic design theory point of view, or is it really not that big of a deal and should be left to a designer's judgement call? (Design has been simplified as the full design is commercial in confidence). Rounded corners against square corners: Close up:
I have kuler installed, was using it just fine, then I just change from the move tool to the crop tool and back again. Now kuler window is just blank. How can I activate it? Thanks
I created an invitation card of double the A4 size with 72 dpi in photoshop. I intend to share it via phone. However when seen in actual size, it gets blurred. I tried same with 300dpi also. What should be properties of image so that it should not get blurred irrespective of the screen size, when seen at the original size of the image.
When I'm working in CorelDraw and my paper size is A4 (it's shows in the left upper corner) I keep the size of my poster into the limits of my borders/paper. Meanwhile, I have nothing changed in the settings and I go to export my .cdr file : it is not centered in the paper as you can see ... when im going to print the above RGB file(poster) it is printed all but leaves a big gap at the right of the page of my paper, and at the left side of my paper has no border at all I do not understand what I am doing wrong. How can I correct the issue?
Is anyone aware of any resources for Icon design etymology, or the history of icon design? I'm talking about icons like Wi-Fi/Ethernet/Bluetooth status indicators, add, save, and similar simple images explaining actions or status. Like you might find in the Glyphicon set, for example. We're working on a project and trying to come up with useful or novel illustrations for some non-standard actions, and in some cases there aren't any decent examples to use as inspiration. The idea came up that if there's a good anthology or even articles on icon history, it would be useful as a reference for the design process. As an example, the Wikipedia page for Bluetooth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth) explains the history and design of that icon well and clearly.
I have been trying to create a logo design, and I've come across an issue that seems very simple but has so far been very puzzling. Basically the logo that I am designing has intersecting squares; where every second square is 100% opaque and the rest are 65% opaque. My issue is that I want the borders of each square to intersect the square after it in such way that the intersection becomes 100% transparent. Sorry if that sounds confusing, I couldn't find a better way to describe it. The screenshot should give a better idea of what I am trying to do. This screenshot shows what I ultimately want to achieve, however for that screenshot I 'faked' the intersection transparency by having 2 objects for each square; 1 object with only stroke without fill and another with only the fill and no stroke. That solution works if I have a pre-set background color but it would not work for a logo as it needs to have a transparent background. This second screenshot shows what it looks like with a transparent background How could I solve this? Thanks in advance
I'm trying to fit a texture inside this shape but the main thing is that I want it to continue on both sides of A and B from the bottom center, I dont want the texture to continue under the black parts of A and B then continue on the other side. In other words I want the texture to automatically fit the shape in a continous way. Is there any way to do this? I've tryed to find a way to do it and searched google but I couldnt find anything. Hope someone can help Many Thanks!!
I'm trying to smooth out the edges of a low res jpeg download after I take it in to live trace and use the b&w preset. Is there a better way than using the anchor point tool?
I have a weird thing happening with this font. It's Avenir. I've used it in the past with no issues, but this one seems to pop up once in awhile. The issue if not obvious is that some letters appear larger than the others. The 'C" and the 'G' for example. Any ideas? I'm using a Macbook Pro

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