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this is a newbie question. I'm not a designer but I would learn something. Look this image: Well, I would recreate this image (without the pattern background, it doesn't matter). The point is that I want resize the image without quality loss. So if possibile, I would the same quality at, for example, 150x40 and the same at 1500x400. Probably for a web designer this is absolutely easy but for me not. Can you give me some tips for doing that? For this, is it better to work in Photoshop or Illustrator? Thank you!
We have the following logo for a project at my school: (PDF: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13934366/M2/Grafiska/Logotyp/M2.pdf) Now, as you can see, it has a descending triangle to make it look like a speech bubble. However, we still want it to be centered based on the center of the rectangle. So I figured I'd just add an identical margin above the rectangle to the one below it created by the descending triangle. But whenever we use the logo in other programs, such as Photoshop or Pages, they ignore this margin with regards to positioning etc, and instead crop to the actual content. Is there any way to avoid this behavior? When using Place... in Photoshop, it's possible to select "Crop to Crop Box" which initially inserts it with the extra margin. But if I use the alignment tools, it will still align it as the "naked" logo. Update: It seems the consensus is "eyeball it" in most applications. I should, however, mention that InDesign actually places things with the frame/artboard intact. Considering Pages has a masking tool for images, it should be possible to adjust the margins for that application as well.
I have a logo that was done with RGB colors, now I have to work with this logo to do something for printing purpuses, the problem is that in the RGB version of the logo I have a shade of green I cannot reproduce with CMYK... How do I do it? I googled up a bit and found some CMYK values that would create a simmilar green, close enough, the problem is when I put those values in Illustratot(%C %M %Y %K) I don't get the color I am supposed to... what am I missing ? I have an image to illustrate my problem : The green I want to create in CMYK is the first green, when I put those values there I get the second green you see there, when I print this image will I get something close to the first green ? ...And this is simply how you view it on screen, a bit darked and washed up ? pom pomm pom pommmmmm EDIT: If I open up my logo in Photoshop and go to View > Gamut Warning the green part of my logo shows up in grey, to ged rid of the grey I lower the saturation, the problem is lowering the saturation ruins my nice bright neon green... EDIT2: If anyone around here printed neon green, how did you do it ? I found on some forum someone saying that Pantone 802 C will print neon green, I looked it up, selected it and on screen it looks worse than my second green in the sample image... and anyway, putting a pantone color in a PDF that will be printed on a regular simple printer is any good ? [The material the logo will be printed on will be downloaded by various users over the internet in PDF format and will be printed by various home normal hobby printers, so I will not have the control over that at all, I just want a green that will print neon/led green or something closer on a regular hobby printer, not in some fancy color lab/printer. Its imposible isn't it ?]
I have two shapes (left) and I have added rounded corners to the rectangle on the top one using the "Rounded Corners" menu item. When I select the two shapes and choose "create mask" I want Illustrator to make a mask of the actual shape with the rounded corners and not of the rectangle that existed before I added the rounded corner effect. However Illustrator gives me the actual result (middle). I want the desired result (right). How can I do this? This is what my layers palette looks like:
I'm trying more and more to get by sans PhotoShop for my personal/freelance work. I do primarily web work these days and don't do enough side gigs to justify keeping up with the Creative Suite beast. Alas, that does bring to the table some limitations. On OSX I've been enjoying Pixelmator but it has woefully inadequate PNG export support. I can dump it out as a PNG then use one of the many great PNG optimizers like PNGCrusher and can reduce the size fairly well. Alas, all of the PNG optimizing tools I've found are purely lossless. Is anyone familiar with a tool (other than PhotoShop) that would offer up some lossy PNG compression options as well like reducing the color pallet, converting 32bit to 24 or 8bit, etc? Addendum: I'm open to OSX or Windows software. I could even fire up Ubuntu if I had to, I suppose...
How do I apply anti-aliasing to the edges of a layer? I have a layer that has rough edges. I want to apply anti-aliasing to it so it blends well against the background. What is the best way to do that in CS5?
I'm new to graphic design, so forgive me. Does anyone know how to create a the matte/texture feature that appears on the twitter start page when a user is logged out? Its like a light blue which has been altered. https://twitter.com/?lang=en&logged_out=1# I'm not interested in the map images, just how to select a color and give it that sort of texture.
I create quite big illustrations with a lot of small complex symbols/icons in it, for example different kinds of servers etc. Some icons/symbols are used multiple times in one illustration. Would it improve the performance of illustrator if I convert those icons to illustrator-symbols and use those ones? From my point of view illustrator would only have to save the location of a reference to a symbol instead of all the details of the icon...
Possible Duplicate: What DPI should a large format artwork for print be done at? I want to design a large banner for computer shop and banner will be viewed from a far distance. I will be using photoshop CS4.Sizes to be designed are 11 ft by 5 ft (132inch by 60 inch). My pc have Intel Core2duo processor with 2GB Ram. What could be the ppi to use for this design without crashing down my pc. Will 72 ppi be okay? Thanks in advance.
Can anyone identify this font in the image? It's also here : http://livedemo00.template-help.com/wordpress_34886/
I'm pretty good at photoshop (got at least 7 years experience with it any how), but i'm looking into broadening my horizons, and with my job I could use a few more tricks up my sleeve. So I was wondering, does anyone know of a decent BEGINNERS tutorials area for Illustrator, i've never even attempted to make something in Illustrator but think that's probably the best thing for me to learn right now. P.S.: Preferably free tutorials if possible. Thanks in advance.
It's killing me because I can't find a good way to search for this, but I've heard the term used when people discuss a lot of iOS applications that use knobs, sliders, and other graphical elements designed to imitate physical interface components. There are a lot of great examples of this in the music/sound design software industry, for example Propellerhead's Reason :
I have a group of 2 objects a circle and a line. Looks like letter Q. I want to center this group, so that the circle will centered in a page and the line will maintain its relative position to the circle. Currently when I center the group Inkscape uses the group center not the circle center. Thank you. Sample picture: Notice how this group is aligned to page center. I want to align it so that the circle is in the center.
A question for the Japanese-speaking part of the Graphic Design society - is there a book on web design (mostly - non-technical aspects like usability) in Japanese that you could recommend? There is a number of posts on this topic, but none of them is language-specific. I myself have read through "Do not make me think" and a couple of other really good books. Recently I was asked by a Japanese friend to recommend something. Unfortunately, my Japanese is not good enough to do the googling properly by myself (although I have tried) and her English - not good enough (yet) to read through a whole book. Any suggestions?
I have a light gray graphic atop a darker gray background. I flattened this file with CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+E. Then I chose the crop tool and specified a smaller crop width. After the crop + automatic resize, the graphic developed a dark fringe. How do I crop/resize without introducing this fringe?
Conventional wisdom says to avoid overused fonts, because they start to lose their flair, and then your work ceases to stand out from the crowd, or adopts unwanted connotations. But what if an overused font works perfectly for your design? (Which is usually the case, seeing as their versatility is what makes them popular in the first place.) Should you try to find a replacement based simply on principle? Or is it OK so long as it's truly a good fit and not just being used because it's popular? Additionally, does precluding a popular font mean that you shouldn't choose any that are similar? For instance, League Gothic is very popular right now. Does purposely not using that mean that we should also avoid all narrow, gothic typefaces for headlines, until the hype dies down? Or is it only matter of: avoid narrow, gothic typefaces for, say, "splash" pages and text logos, where League Gothic makes frequent appearances?
When drawing pixel art in Photoshop, I like to have the zoom level really high. Is there a way to also have a regular-level zoom (or perhaps an outer zoom) in another part of the window, so that I can see how the regular zoom will look as I work?
I have a website someone designed for me in AI but i am not sure how to crop out pieces and select layers and save them to design my website. I am only used to the way of photoshop finding the layer and cropping it and saving it. How do i crop out images and select them on AI and save them? Also how do i save transparent images?
Trying to determine which font is used in this logo: Anyone have a good eye?
I've designed a web page on a Mac computer. When testing it on windows in appears with something like 20% less saturation. The page is public, for the web, so the final user may have any kind of monitor or operating system. What is the most common pattern to "have it as similar as possible to what I want it to be"? Thanks
I'm not a graphic designer, but I'd like to make my site look nice. I've read the primers on picking fonts that match and contrast well. Once I've chosen the font I want for the body of the site, how can I pick a good contrast font for headers etc? I'm using Sorts Mill Goudy for the body, so how can I find a font with similar letter spacing, but perhaps a thicker, chunkier style, for headers etc? I can't find any automated tools for doing this, nor can I seem to find font width information etc from Identifont etc. Any recommendations - either for tools, or for suitable fonts - gratefully received.
I have an Adobe Illustrator file that I am opening with Inkscape. Everything works great except some of the text is all screwed up because I don't have all of the appropriate fonts available on my computer. So, my question is... is there any way to find out which fonts in particular I am missing for this specific file?
On some blog posts I've seen images where they have a jagged/torn edge to them on one side which gives it a nice effect. I tried to post a crude Paint.Net imitation of what I am looking for: The image itself is actually in the black area and the edges are cut off with a bit of a drop shadow. What I'm looking for is possibly a plugin for Paint.Net that would give me a similar effect, or an easy example of how to do this. Since I'm actually a programmer my graphic skills are limited to resizing images and not much else.
I need to create a rectangle that has a 1px stroke. It needs to have one color on the top left and another on the bottom right with a diagonal line running from the bottom left to the top right. I also need to add some text to the right of it and would like it to be vertically-centered with the rectangle. Will someone please tell me the steps to do this?
I was wondering if there were any good resources for fonts using non-Latin characters, specifically Japanese or Chinese type (Kanji or any other character-based font). I know plenty of resources for Latin based fonts, but not any for other types. There must be a resource out there. I know a google search will help, but that might only get me some scattered results and more importantly I'd love to get some insight from you guys and gals here. If there's any resource like LintoType or WhatTheFont (do these websites have sections for these types of fonts?), that would be wonderful. [Edit] The reason I ask is because sometimes I do work that involves Chinese characters and I only have the standard stock fonts that, while nice and readable, just don't have that creative aspect I'm looking for. [Edit] This is a pretty nice resource I've found: http://www.typebank.co.jp/english/ I just have no idea how to work this site (in regards to buying/downloading).
I have a critical problem when i connect my laptop to a projector. Colors that I have used in my website are getting washed out when it's displayed on the projector screen.
In Adobe Photoshop CS5.5 / CS6, is there a keyboard shortcut to make a new frame using the animation window and timeline? I make a lot of gif animations and would like to reduce mouse movement for productivity.
I gave a comp to my client that I did in Photoshop. I used an inner shadow but now have realized the in Illustrator CS5 I have no such "easy" filter. I have spent 2 days seaching the web, trying tutorials, etc. to no avail. Every tutorial seems to use text but I am not using text. Anyone that can answer I would forever been in debt... :) This is the image with the inner shadow inside the stripes that I am needing to duplicate. Thanks!
What are ways to deal with a large number of top-level navigation items? I am working on a site that requires 50 items at the top-level navigation. The items are all at the same level: they cannot be broken up into sub-menus. I'm looking for solutions along the lines of these: Scrolling navigation menu like on http://djangopackages.com/ Tag cloud at top of page
I am working with this "complicated" ilustrated cat character in Illustrator. The problem is that I worked and modified what I needed to modify and now I have to resize this cat and I stumbled into a weird issue. Its all vectors, no raster effects. No strokes on it, only Filled Shapes. When I resize it some paths seem to move a little, like for example the glasses on its eyes are not in the exact same position when I make it smaller... I tried diffrent ways, if I resize from a corner and hold Shift + Alt it doesn't work, if I resize from a corner hold Shift without Alt its a little better but still... stuff moves around, only a little, but... it moves... If I group certain elements I get better results when I resize, but still...STUFF MOVES AROUND... WHY ?! has anybody else encountered this issue before ? I think it has something to do with compound paths...i have a feeling, cause I get this error only on strokes that I expanded(using Object > Expand) and on paths that I modified using Offset path... Have a look at the image to see what I mean, look how the glasses changed and the frame is diffrent : This happens when I double click the glasses(I go inside a group that has inside it a Compound Path... ) Note: the glasses look ok when I simply double click them and enter the group>compund path, i just moved things a little in the screen shot to illustrate that this is what happens when I resize them... HELP :)
Suppose a PDF file containing a color sketch has been created using LaTeX. The code is given below for completeness only. \documentclass{minimal} \usepackage{pstricks} \begin{document} \begin{pspicture}(6,6) \psline[linecolor=red](2,2)(3,3)(4,2)(2,2) \pscurve[linecolor=green,linewidth=2pt,% showpoints=true](2,2)(2.5,5)(3,4)(3.5,5)(4,2) \pscircle[linecolor=blue,linestyle=dashed](3,3){1} \end{pspicture} \end{document} The image thus created and saved as a PDF is given below. Suppose we want to convert this image to a gray scale image using Acrobat Pro 9. The question is how do you do that? The following are some data of the file and an output of my failed attempt.
The above image shows the lines without pressure and with pressure. I'm newbie, and looks like my photoshop CS3 don't have the "without pressure" option. Follows a printscreen of the brushes options: Any idea how to enable the "with pressure" line? Does it exist in Photoshop CS3?
I have lots of creative images that I want to use, except when I put text over them it makes the text really hard to read. Other than a drop shadow, is there another way to make it more clear?
I am a newbie to Photoshop and I have a PSD file that contains a transparent button. Now I want to duplicate that button and move it to somewhere else. When I moved it I realized that the button is transparent, and the place where I move it, has another color, so the effect is that original button changes its color in destination place. Now I want to make it nontransparent. How I can do that?
I'm trying to generate some content in InDesign CS5 by importing XML data, but I can't figure out how to do it. Here's what I have: XML <stuff> <person> <name>John</name><age>42</age> </person> <person> <name>Oscar</name><age>39</age> </person> </stuff> And here's what I want the result to look like: InDesign Person: John, 42 Person: Oscar, 39 How do I go about doing this?
I'm looking for a website where I can get technical advices from people in the profession.
I'm wondering what you would call the style/technique of the picture above? It looks similar to linocut, and is halftone but neither of those terms are specific enough. I'd love some advice on how to apply such an effect to a photo in Illustrator or Photoshop as well (can't google it yet because I'm not sure what it's called)
I am wondering how to have 2 different directional drop shadows in the one file with Photoshop. e.g. 2 different type layers — one has a drop shadow at 90 degrees, the other at -45 degrees. Currently it seems Photoshop only lets me have 1 universal direction for the whole file, which I find really pointless. I know how to apply different drop shadows and merge down layers to achieve the same thing, but its tedious and not exactly streamlined for making future changes to that layer. How is this achieved?
I am looking for a good Font Mangement Software for Windows 7. Can you guys please recommend a good professional one, something that has options like: install/uninstall a font at the touch of a click lets you preview the typeface when you select it install all the fonts in one folder and uninstall them after you're done with them something with as many options as possible but yet simple to use, user-friendly possibly something that recommends similar typefaces (that's utopia already...but maybe..:) Ideally would be a free software, but I have a feeling there isn't one, so if you don't know about a free one, recommend what you know as great professional software you have used and works great. If you can, please include screen-shots in your answer or links to see as much as possible about the software. I don't want to install 10 and choose, I want to choose and install 1-3 and decide what is the one that works for me.
Possible Duplicate: How to convert a high number of PNG images to JPG forcing the background color? How to convert more than 1000 of PNG images to JPG formate with black background in photoshop at a time
Having a limited budget, which 2-3 out of the 24 Avenir Next typefaces are most useful for web design?
I'm trying to place small circles equaly distant along a semicircunference. Inkscape provides basic options to distribute horizontally and vertically, but can I do along a path, or in this case (if it's more easy) along a semicircunference?
I've always been a photoshop user, i know the ins and outs and know my way around all the tools i need for my webdesign work. But now i'm faced with a dilemma, for my new job i haven't got the budget for a full photoshop license so i'm wondering, is pixelmator a good alternative? I use Photoshop mainly to slice a design into separate images so enable/disable layers is a must, PSD compatibility too, ... Anyone has experience with Pixelmator?
First: I have Photoshop CS3 running on Mac OS 10.7.2. (This also occurred in 10.6.8.) In Photoshop preferences, I have every preview-saving option enables in File Handling, yet Quick Looking a file it saves always gives me a "This layered Photoshop file was not saved with a composite image." Why isn't this working, and what can I do to fix it?
I would like to buy a second-hand version of Photoshop as I am not ready for the $700 investment yet. Is it possible? If it is, what is the process and were would be a safe place to buy a used version of Photoshop? I am looking for CS3 or CS4.
Is it possible to create an textured translucent PNG? I'm attempting to separate the texture from the color - allowing me to define the color, ultimately, via my CSS.
i am drawing in photoshow cs4 in windows7. i am using some image references from google but i have to switch windows to look at them and then back to photoshop. is there a way to put some image references above all windows? or maybe there are some other ways to draw with references. of course the best way would be a second monitor but i don't have one =)
In my app I need an icon to compliment a link for an app for a sport/club venue. [ICON] Member Booking [ICON] Visitor Booking Is there any icon that springs to mind for a "visitor" - the context is such that any icon representing a visitor, a guest, or "not a member" would be suitable. I don't want to give the impression of "no access"; but rather that the user can choose a link based on if they are a member, or a visitor of the club. I'd thought of having an icon of a person in two colours - one matching the club's colour theme, and another colour for "non-members"; but wondered if you had any ideas that might be suitable. Thanks.
I've found that you can change the aspect ratio of a radial gradient in Illustrator to create an elliptical gradient, how do you achieve the same effect in Photoshop please?
Obviously, black & white are the highest contrast. I also want 2 sets of colors, so that regions on the map can be colored with good contrast. For instance, one region might be red, another blue, and another green. Simultaneously, each of those regions may contain sub-regions that are cyan, yellow, and magenta. I could just pick dark versions of the 1st set and light versions of the 2nd set, but would like about 6 colors in each set. Also, simply picking colors that are numerically far apart doesn't lead to good visual contrast. Any suggestions? (Colors are for on-screen display)
How to make a monochrome display-like style in Photoshop? For example, like the following image: I am curious how to make part that is monochromatic and looks like a display.
When I import a PNG file with transparency to Inkscape, for example an icon with size 48×48, I always get a distortion, even done if I export the bitmap, it is the same. Someone else with the same problem?
I'd like to think this tool could be useful when converting small b/w images, but more often than not I am dissatisfied with how noisy the vector work is -- too many anchors scattered around creates more work than if I were to hand trace the image. Is there any way to mitigate this?
I've never really found a solution to an issue that's been plaguing me since I first experienced it in Photoshop CS, and now, five versions later, it's still bugging me! What is it? Well, seemingly randomly, Photoshop decides that when I use the solid fill bucket, or the pencil tool to "paint" something within a marquee selection, it will either "feather" whatever I'm doing to the pixels outside of the marquee, or "anti-alias" the inside border pixels of the marquee. Sometimes, I actually want this to occur, but it doesn't regardless of what I do (and I end up using the eraser tool with a low opacity to recreate it) and then sometimes, when I really don't want it to occur, it does. Here's an example screenshot of what I'm talking about: See how it's randomly added pixels outside of the select? (The selection was drawn with the poly marquee tool, with feather set to "0" - the green colour was added with the pencil tool, with normal mode and opacity set to 100, and size set to 70px). This MUST be a setting somewhere that I've totally missed, and it's driving me barmey! Please could you advise me on how to disable anti-aliasing in Photoshop?
How do you effectively cut out triangles in Photoshop for a web design easily? Is the only way to use the polygonal lasso tool, which always gets me triangles of unequal sizes. I'm trying to achieve something like this:
While it's well known in design that lowercase is easier to read.
I've just run across Lovely Things, and I can't for the life of me figure out what the font is in their headings and navigation links. What is it? I only ask, of course, because it's embedded solely in images. I tried WhatTheFont, but couldn't get any of the images to take.
In the below image, the bottle neck 's color is green. How do I change the color of this to make it white using Photoshop?
I want to add images to a template, print it out, and make an origami dodecahedron shape. Where can I download a dodecahedron Photoshop template?
I am having hard time removing background from this image. I tried using Magic Eraser and also Background eraser tool. Both of these do not work perfectly. The reason could be the fact that lower portion of this bottle is of glass and it "blends" with the surrounding. Is there an easier way to remove background in such cases?
I've tried finding a tutorial without any luck. Even if someone could describe the effect so I could better search for tutorials myself. I am trying to achieve the following effect as seen in the aqua background of this image by using GIMP:
I am looking to sit down diligently every day and sketch something in my Moleskine whether it be for work or fun to get a grasp on my own creation versus checking design blogs only. What I would like to know is a way to organize going back through many sketchbooks while keeping a constant tagging system. For example I want to check which pages have official work for website versus which pages are game sprite design. A lazy solution would be to keep it in really huge scrapbooks. This is inefficient for me, the largest Moleskine I can carry easily is the Sketchbook - large 104 pages 5” x 8 ¼” I have on more than one occasion decided to switch to pocket version (80 pages). So I already have two or three sketchbooks lying around and I don't want it to be a hassle to flip back through past designs. Is there an official method for keeping tabs on this? Maybe I place a little note and it to the back with the page number? Then I will need an index for each of indices of each book in my library?
I created some vector graphics for my company's website in fireworks because I like the pixel perfect control I get but now everybody likes the artwork so much that they want to use it all over the place, even for some large posters. I want to create an illustrator version but when I paste the vectors from fireworks to illustrator they get rasterized. Anyone know if there's a way to import from fireworks to illustrator and keep the artwork as vectors? Thanks in advance!
After exploring typography more I've learnt the different between a typeface and a font :) I'd like to know how I can call the fonts 'Arial Black' or 'Arial Narrow' within CSS? The font-family setting doesn't do it. Is this what the font-weight setting is for?
I have made a bubble in Inkscape. The bubble comprises of a circle and an eclipse inside the circle. The bubble has gradient effects and is red in color. Now, I want to change the color of the whole object to green. Is there an easy way to do that?
I have all the essentials, their vision statement, their mission statement, core values, target market, values... on and on. I am just having the hardest time trying to come up with graphical elements and designs based on their information. I think Im confused because they are. They have a logo already, but no 'brand'. Im trying to help create one for them. What steps will help me extract ideas, designs, graphical elements (textures, images, effects, etc) based on the information I have? More importantly, how can I transform their 'voice' into graphical elements?
How can you 'brand' 5 different websites that live under one parent company that are all very similar with the exception of the demographic? Stack Exchange is a very good example because they sites are all a similar function but with different demographics. How can I create graphical elements that all relate to each other, but are somewhat different between the sites. They should all still be visually recognizable as part of that 'family'.
I have seen on various places that people consider Droid font family with contempt. In latest Android it has been replaced with another family called Roboto. I'm interested in why is that, from typography standpoint? What is wrong with it? To me, as a layman, it looks nice (I even use it as a main font on my OS).
I resized an icon from 128x128 to 40x40 pixels. The snap-to-pixel option is turned on, but the icon is still "blurry". Original (128x128): Resized (40x40): How can I resize my image and retain sharpness?
I am hacking together a temporary logo for my software startup company. I have a good single-word communicative name and geometrically shaped logo. To me, the two look best when text is positioned above logo but it seems this is a little unconventional. Here is a mockup of my idea. Loremip +-+ +-+ \| +-+ \| +-----+ Can this work? Why are text-above logos so rare? The only one I'm aware of is Bank of America.
What is the correct technical term for the swirls above and below the names in the image below?
I've been trying to create a menu with Photoshop CS5 and I've come to realise there's probably an easier way to go about it. I've made a few menus in the past but any tiny modification seems to take a rather long time to recreate across the rest of the menu items. As an example, let's say I have a horizontal website menu with 5 items. Right now, I'd create that using 5 text layers and positioning them by hand to figure out how far away they need to be. The problem is, if I then decide to try increasing the width between each item, I need to individually re-place each text layer. It doesn't seem like a huge deal, but my way of creating a fixed width between 2 layers is to create a fixed selection, drag it into place and then drag the next item into place. It seems as though there should be an easier way. The problem for me is that I have very little design experience, so I tend to have to try an awful lot of things to get even the simplest of elements to sit nicely. That ends up with me spending what feels like more time re-placing items to create exact width, instead of actually trying out new ideas. So that led me to wondering: is it possible to place a layer relative to another? At least this way, if the width of a (text) layer changed, the space between the elements would be preserved. If that isn't possible, it'd be great to hear of more efficient ways of doing this.
My app allows the user to choose a color from a color picker or from an image, and has a wooden background (the one seen in these mockups) throughout. I have these 6 icon mockups, and i'd like your opinion on which one to use? https://i.stack.imgur.com/eN5UB.jpg
I'm interested in learning graphic design. I'm able to draw using pen and paper, but have never really done it on a computer. I've looked for books on Photoshop, but all I could find were books that handle photo effects and manipulation. I'll be drawing icons and 2d game characters. Is there any Photoshop book which would teach me how to create an image from scratch? Thank you!
I want to fill "ink" (color) into this empty ink bottle using Photoshop? Please let me know the steps. Thanks!
I need an image manipulation software with certain features, the cost doesn't matter to me. I am looking for the following features: A program which enables me to: Make logos and other vector works and allows a little bit of raster aka bitmap editing too. I need images to be able to be optimized for print and on-screen media (i.e smartphones and laptops). I would like some kind of Batch Processing and the program should be easy and have a lesser learning curve. I don't need a complete suite, I just need one program that does these things. Thanks in advance.
I am a front end web developer. I tend to mostly deal with code but do, from time to time, have the opportunity to create graphics. I notice the designers I work with are able to talk in great detail about the images/designs they create. They can give meaning to why a button looks a certain way or the feeling behind their design decisions. What I am wondering is, as I have done some searching with no luck, are there any books on how to talk/describe this way? I am finding it hard to describe my question but I am looking for info on how to better 'sell' a design or justify a design decision. Backing up layout decisions from studies/stats is fine, justifying those things can be backed up with numbers. But, it is more the whys and whats of color decisions and the purely visual side of things. Update: Any links to good books would be a great help - typography, color theory, etc.
I have a layout of a webpage and I would like to know how to save for web all the user selected slices. However, in some particular slices I would like to only slice from one or two layers, but keep the background transparent. Is this even possible? If not I would have to hide all my under layers in order to save those png... not really practical at all.. Thanks for your help
I'm really having a hard time trying to find SOMETHING on how to create a fairly decent water caustics effect for an animation. The only thing I've found is a program that generates textures for me (Caustic Generator), however with the free version of this tool the textures max out at 512px. I'm trying to get something like this: I own Adobe Creative Suite.
How would I replicate this speckled/pixelated background effect? You might need to zoom in to see the effect fully.
I'm coming from a programmers background and just trying to understand how sizes should relate. I read in the book "designing for the web" that these are the classic type sizes and text set in these size should look better if typeset correctly. 6pt: nonpareil 7pt: minion 8pt: brevier or small text 9pt: bourgeois or galliard 10pt: long primer or garamond 11pt: small pica or philosophy 12pt: pica 14pt: english or augustin 18pt: great primer 21pt: double small pica or double pica 24pt: double pica or two—line pica 36pt: double great primer or 2—line great primer 48pt 60pt 72pt I also learnt about modular scales here and I've of course work with grid systems. My question is if I work from this classic type scale should the sizes affect the size of other elements on the page? Is there relationships here that I can use to help with the sizing of other elements like my gutters and column widths? Also can I create a whole new type scale based on a modular scale and expect as good results?
I'm new to design and have started working with moodboards. It seems like a really essential part of a design workflow. How best do you use them? What is a good process for compiling one? What is in a typical design moodboard? Extra point for an examples I can look at.
I am trying to design an app for Android devices, but they come in all sizes and stuff... with different resolutions and its a bit confusing. What is the best way to do it? Work at the biggest resolution and then the programmer scales everything down for other devices? ... The problem is that devices come with different resolutions and the proportions don't match... so I'm really confused, if he scales down and doesn't keep the proportions...the whole design will be ruined... What approach should I follow when designing for screens with different proportions ? Any tips, workflows, links, advice... is more than welcome. I found this on the Android website, it is quite usefull ... but I'm wondering if I can get an answer from someone who's done a design for and app... what was the workflow? Thank you.
Possible Duplicate: Need an Image Manipulation Program I am looking for a good alternative of adobe fireworks for windows. I want Raster+Vector editing tools. Which server the logo design, screenshot modifications and optimizing images for print and web. Thanks for giving me your precious time.
I have downloaded the Icon Sweets 2 icon pack and I cannot seem to fulfill the seemingly very easy task of exporting individual PNGs for each icon (contained in a separate layer). Using the built-in script takes about 5 minutes/ image which would result in about 33 hours required to export the whole image. I also tried slicing the image, but never managed to fit all the icons comfortably in a slice grid. Also, when trying to split the image into smaller slices, PS acts really strange. It only allows me to split the main slice (the image itself) horizontally or vertically but not both ways. This way I only ever get either 48px rows or columns, but never a grid of 48x48px slices ready to export. I have spent hours trying to dig up a proper solution, and not ever the "export > render video" "hack" worked. Should I just let the slow built-in script run for 33 hours? Thanks for your time! :)
So, about a year ago, I taught myself Illustrator. I am still bumbling along and experimenting with what it can do. I recently bought a new book that has templates for packaging design and I am going to try to tackle my first project: a simple box that I will use for a gift. I started to think through the process of actually making a gift box, and it occurred to me that I had overlooked the whole cutting and printing part of the process. Once I have imported the template and created a design, what is the best way to print it? I'm assuming many of the people who buy books like this are students or professionals who have access to large scale printers and laser cutters. Does anyone have any thoughts for doing it at home? I could throw some 11x17 card stock in the printer and grab an exacto, but I'm thinking it may end up looking crappy. Let me know what has worked for you - kinkos? professional printers? at home laser cutters (if there is such thing)... Thanks! K
In Adobe Photoshop is it possible to completely remove color from a subjects skin and hair while maintaining the shadows and highlights, similar to the outcome of the image below - which I imagine was makeup rather than Photoshop? Oh, and, if so...how?
I'm working with illustrations and I realized that it's easier to draw lines in Illustrator and combine them in Photoshop with other effects and textures. The problem is that I cannot find a way to make lines in Illustrator look like a real pen or pencil. Similar to how Graphic design is written on this website. Would be grateful if somebody can help!
I have been wondering , while designing a logo for an organisation/company what all should be taken into consideration and what all tools should be used. For e.g can you tell me the reason behind the design of the following logos: I am not sure what all companies these logos belong to, its just a part of a bigger assignment where we are supposed to understand the logos, the idea behind them, and probably tell the industry or the exact company the logo belongs to. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Does anyone know to make a control look sunken into the back ground? Is it some sort of photoshop effect? I.e., in first button in this interface,
Actually there are two questions here. Creating personal customized new set of old brushes, where I want to put different brushes from different sets (like 2 from assorted, 2 from basic etc.) in one set. Creating personal customized set of new brushes, how can I create my own brushes?
I use photoshop on a mac once a week at my college class and find that the group layers function does not work like on my PC. When I group up some layers I can move them all at once just fine, but when I try to move them on their own, it snaps back to moving them as a group. Thanks in advance.
I am creating a web advertising rate card. Basically a brochure. It will be a PDF file. Should I do brochure designs or collateral designs using Illustrator and then import the non vector images from Photoshop? Or can I use Photoshop entirely? Most importantly, does text quality come out better when creating a PDF through Illustrator or Photoshop?
I see this line effect in a lot of mobile apps. It looks pretty nice. How can I recreate this effect in Photoshop?
I can't figure out how to render only the edges of my object ( mesh ) with thicker lines, someone know how to do that?
I need to present a chart (not really specified more than that right now) that will consist of two almost equal parts (ie ~50% each). However, a pie-chart would almost always look about the same, given that the diffrance remain small. I need to find a way that illustrate and emphasize the larger of the two parts. A pie chart with 51%/49%-parts looks to dull. One solution is to display a bar chart with a broken axis, but is there any other way? Accuracy (to the underlaying data) is not a great importance.
Possible Duplicate: Need an Image Manipulation Program i need a Image Manipulation Software. I am looking for following features. Cost doesn't matter to me. Which enables me to- Make logo and other vectors works. Little bit of raster aka bitmap editing too. Need images to be optimized for print and on screen media(Smartphone and Laptops) Some kind of Batch Processing. Easy and lesser learning Curve. I can afford the cost. Thanks in advance.
I've been searching for some good resources for learning Photoshop from scratch. I'm someone without a formal design background, but I'm looking to become competent using Photoshop (not trying to be a pro by any means). I found a lot of tutorials for specific techniques, etc in Photoshop (like from psdtuts and other sites) but can't seem to find any solid material for learning Photoshop from scratch. Can anyone recommend a great video series or book?
I need a brush that is exactly 10x10 pixels. Here is what I have tried so far: creating a brush with a radius of 5. This, of course, results in a brush that is more than 10 pixels wide creating a brush that is 3.5 pixels wide, since looks like radius measures the diagonal of the square (a^2 + a^2 = 25, a ≈ 3.53). This creates a brush that is 9 pixels wide. use scale to scale up or down the brush size. It stays at 9 pixels square, then jumps to 11 pixels square, without stopping at 10 pixels in between It seems, to me, a bit crazy that I can't do this. Has anyone successfully created a square brush that is 10x10 pixels in size?
I have a low quality background image that is about 85kb. If I open the file in Photoshop and then save it at 100% quality, the file size increases to 640kb. This doesn't make sense, the image is already compressed, the quality cannot be better than the source, so the 100% quality while saving should produce the file size as the opened file. The problem is, I have this background and want to add a logo image over it, and then save it. But If I do so, I have to save this with 10% quality, and the logo looks horrible. If I save this to 100% quality, the file size is huge. How can I achieve this?

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