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I am trying to create an action in Photoshop cs6 to Batch Change image background to white.
I’ve attached a few samples of the JPEGs to change.
If you can show the techniques for this,it would be much appreciated
Thanks for your time.
John
Horsehide jacket
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Chinese dress
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So I created a simple hexagon using the polygon tool. When applying a 30° (360 / 6 / 2) rotation (to change its orientation) the anchor points are off by something what looks like a floating point rounding error.
So my question is, how do I rotate objects perfectly, so that the anchor points align with the grid again?
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when I add 6 pages in Indesign they create a multi-page spread, 8 pages in a row, instead of adding 3 new 2-page spreads. how do I create 2-page spreads?
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I'm trying to rescale a map based on a log scale (so the first inch is about a mile, the second inch is two miles, the third is four miles, etc.). To complicate things, I would like this to be radial, starting from a point in the center. (Basically, I'm trying to show detail close to the center while covering a larger ... |
What would be the most efficient/concise way to create a SVG file with 6 segments?
I'd like to create the SVG by hand and not pre-calculate the points with some kind of software - if possible.
I think using a path like this would be a start
<path d="M 200,200 l 150,0 a150,150 0 0,0 -37,-97 z"
fill="red" stroke="black"... |
As I said in the title, I need to find a tool which allows people who don't use any "design software" to create some simple data graphics like bar charts and pie charts that are easy to modify. It can be online or not, free or not, for web or print to be included in PDF documents.
I started to take a look to Google Cha... |
I really wanted to get this kind of foggy sort of glowing texture, with also the noise. And it seems it got a little bit of gradient in it's side. I've been tweaking the gradient maps with noise effect and couldn't seem to get that look. I've been trying to edit a layer that consists of fog textures from a brush I've d... |
For "political" reasons I used MS PowerPoint to create a scientific poster. Scientific means mainly having formulas, plots(they could be images), text and images. Although I would prefer to use LaTeX, I realize that it's not the most convenient way when someone has to do corrections on the fly. Therefore I am a bit con... |
I found this on itunes radio and want to know how this was achieved like how the triangle was made.
I have come up with this so far in photoshop
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The Background Layer is locked.
I duplicated the file to Background Copy.
Go to chop the Background Copy.
The locked background changes and no longer is locked.
Please help me reset my settings where the background layer stays locked at all times?
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I'm looking to start offering letterhead designs to clients. I could of course handle the design and printing side of things no problem, but how do my clients go about setting up their documents so that it doesn't print over the parts of the letterhead design?
Would I also need to provide them with an MS Word template ... |
I need to design some aide memoir cards for a martial arts club, to help people learn the forms (kata - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kata). These are to consist of a series of stick men in the various positions of the forms.
There a are a lot of variations, so I want to make it as simple as possible. Ideally I want... |
I'm primarily a gimp user, but I want something to blur an image similarly to the way a lens would blur an out of focus background. AFAIK this is essentially a circular blur/convolution (assuming circular aperture and ignoring diffraction).
The operation is very straight forward, but I've been searching for a while and... |
I have a rectangle art-board. I am trying to place 3 identical vector graphics in different colors onto the board. I want them to be scaled, spaced apart evenly. I can't seem to find the rescale function where I can enter exact dimensions that I want. I know you can drag to scale via toolbar icon but this doesn't fit m... |
I'm having difficulty replacing the colors in an existing image with colors from a new swatch of colors. I've tried the following :
Magic wand and fill
Color replacement tool
Image -> Adjustments -> Replace color
The latter just wouldn't let me select the color I wanted to replace with I had to fiddle with hue/satur... |
I created a model of a reception desk in 3DSMax. To light it, I'm using a target light positioned behind the camera angled toward the scene, and one free directional light with the same specs.
The problem is, I'm not getting any shadows in my scene when I render them. I want natural shadows to appear on objects that ar... |
I'm creating a layout design for a client's website, but I'm not sure how to tell if I have web licensing. How can I tell? Are the pre-installed fonts web safe?
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When I open the following image in Photoshop (CS5):
This is how it appears, and how it saves:
For some reason, the aliasing is ignored and the edges become completely jagged. Can anyone explain why this would be happening, and how to avoid it?
Update: Seems this is the issue it stems from: Why can't Photoshop properl... |
I created a logo using an M & C from Moonhouse font. I modified them letters to suit their brand, but the basic shape is still recognizable. The company name is in Goodtimes font, to indicate that the company is modern and is moving towards the future with it's technology.
They want their tagline underneath the compan... |
Good Design Is Innovative:
The possibilities for innovation are not, by any means, exhausted.
Technological development is always offering new opportunities for
innovative design. But innovative design always develops in tandem
with innovative technology, and can never be an end in itself.
- Dieter Rams
In... |
I'm currently working on a pure drag and drop part of my applications UI.
There are certain tools the user can drop the items into, to do certain things (Remove, rename, move)
Are there any good 'standard' ways of visualizing that a field is droppable?
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I am in the process of creating a wedding website for somebody and I am trying to match some of the accent colors to a fabric swatch that will be used for the bridesmaids dresses. I'm having a heck of a time getting the color on the screen to match what's actually on the swatch.
So far, I tried just picking a color fro... |
I am new to photoshop. I want the action to pause , then I want a user to be able to select his own path via a selection tool, and then the rest of the action should run. How is this achievable?
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I am able to import and apply patterns to objects, but I don't know how to adjust the colour of the patterns.
How does one tint a pattern in Inkscape?
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I'm working with Maya for a uni course and still really green with it. I've got (what is probably) a fairly simple issue. So apologies if this is really basic.
Basically we've been building a character in Maya, and in a separate file, we've been building a unicycle for said character to ride. However, when I import th... |
Im trying to save icons out to SVG format, one at a time, but from one document. what i mean is, i have all my icons laid out in one document, and once i am ready to save them, i will move the icon i need to save to the artboard, hide everything else and save to .svg.
The problem is that opening the .svg file reveals t... |
I am using photoshop cs4 currently, but I have photoshop cc at home. I want to know if there was a way to transfer the animation I've worked on the smart object to the original project.
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How do you change stroke thickness of rules within the same paragraph of your paragraph styles section?
I noticed extra rules were created below text, how do you get rid of the extra ones in paragraph styles?
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I made a poster in AIllustrator for a scientific conference and was told by the printer to outline it before converting to pdf for printing. I was looking through the outlined and regular pdf and it appears that the outlined pdf has font that looks thicker in places and less well reproduced. For example, notice the hea... |
I've been using the Split Toning functionality of Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw for some time now -- you can see the effect in this video.
How would I go about performing adjustments like these in the core of photoshop? Note: I don't want to do this on a grayscale image, I want to adjust the hues of the shadows and hi... |
I'm making something in Adobe Illustrator CS6 that has a stroke with 'charcoal - feather' as brush definition. This gives the shape a asymmetrical, sketchy/smudgy look. To improve the look of the shape, I made a copy of the original, pasted it next to the first, and altered the second one to see which result I like bet... |
I am sort of new to graphic design and need some help on how to recreate this "screen" or "mesh" looking effect for a T-shirt. I have tried setting this area to gray, using color halftone, and setting the transparency to multiply and it comes close, but the dots seem a little too spread apart and pixelated on Ai. Aft... |
I am working on some textures for 3D .obj files in photoshop cs6 extended. The objects look pretty pixelated and low quality, but when I move the object mesh, or scene, or camera, it instantly renders 100% in the best quality.
How can I make the object look in hq all the time and not just when moving it?
I tried ctrl+s... |
On my portfolio site at http://samnorris.co.nz I have an animated .gif image - the astronaut with the heading underneath: "Protecting the galaxy one pixel at a time"...
I'm not sure if it's just me and my monitor or not, and it is only very, very subtle but I can notice the background texture is not blending very well ... |
I want to use font in image "attached" but don't know what is it's name so that I can search over internet.
Tell me if anybody knows the answer.
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What would be the right icon for a toolbar button that triggers the following functionality in a spreadsheet application?
Toggle the visibility of all columns of the current sheet that currently don't contain any data (i.e. that are completely empty except for their column header).
Background: The user might have a r... |
Some fonts come with different optical sizes. A few Adobe fonts have different optical sizes that are recommended for 6–8 point text, 9–14 point, 14–24, and 24+ points. I am designing an A1 poster, which is will not be read from such close a distance as regular text. Most, if not all, text will be set larger than 24 po... |
So I used a normal screenshot (630x1136) from an iPhone and I dropped into the PSD file. I tried so many ways but the image on the phone looks pixelated. Do you know how do I make make look good?
So, I'm working on some Key Visual for a Landing Page which the dimensions are: 450x3000px (so the image that you see exten... |
I'm creating my first game using the Unity game engine.
I plan to target 1920x1080px; but my laptop resolution is 1366x768px.
If I create the vector image on my 1366x786px screen, will the output be different or of less quality when it's displayed on a 1920x1080px screen?
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I have designed a logo in Adobe CS5.1 Illustrator using the ellipse tool to create shapes, filled with colour and then added my type.
The file is saved as .ai.
Is it automatically a vector image?
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I need to find the font for these names so I can tell my tattoo artist. I found one called 'Ancient German Gothic' but that only looked similar. I can't find the right one where the J's have the curve, the H has a little branch like thing on the top, the S's are like the S's. Anyone know the font?
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I have a bunch of files named "lorem1@2x.png, lorem2@2x.png, lorem3@2x.png... ...lorem11@2x.png"
When I try to batch process them, they start at the 10th file, then goes on to the 11th, looping around back to the first file. Why is it doing this and how can I ensure the correct processing order?
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I'm coping with a huge problem at the moment, concerning screen resolution. As i'm a college student the only tools i have for developing the game i'm making is open source software and a laptop running windows with a 1366x768 resolution.
I recently found out that it's best to develop your game on a 1920x1080 resolutio... |
I downloaded this font in another pc, but i don't remember the name. Please, help me to find.
From http://ohnath.tumblr.com/
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A friend of mine gave me an InDesign file which has A-Master page that has two elements on it, but when I try to copy the whole page, it only copies the elements that were added afterwards. The background and the two elements on master page seem to be locked.
As I press shift+command and click on the elements to unlock... |
As you can see in the image below, my curved lines inside the circle are not so "pixel perfect" like the outer circle, what can I do?
I did these curved lines using Path Finder: triangle + circle + 3 lines. Is there a better way to achieve this effect?
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As I build out a user interface in photoshop, how can I assign colors to elements (mainly vector shapes but also text, etc) in a way that I can then create themes and then toggle through them?
In other words, a blue theme that uses different shades of blue and then one click toggle to a red theme where all the elements... |
I want to create effect similar to below image in illustrator..How can i do it.. I think i can make it through pathfinder but i am unable to produce
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I'm looking for typefaces that have a lot of discretionary ligatures, more specifically a serif or calligraphic font of the fancy/classical sort.
I am already aware of:
Mrs. Eaves
DTL Fleischmann
Hoefler Text
Requiem
Am I missing any big names?
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How do I crop SVG files I created used MarvinSketch? Now I realise there are a few answers to this question like this one Getting rid of Whitespace in Inkscape but I've done that and it didn't work as there was still some space left in the image. Plus, for some reason there's a white background behind every letter in t... |
As you can see in my image there are two circles kept on the hexagon. I want to know how do I delete the intersecting part of circle and hexagon which i marked in yellow ovals..??
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My file is in RGB, but I need to print it with CMYK.
I have tried several printers but they just use my RGB files and print directly, and the result is so bad and dull.
My previous printer managed to do it after I gave them the Pantone colours for the logo, and the result has the same vibrancy as what you see on scree... |
I cannot seem to get this right.. I want to create 2 gears that work together.
I can create gears, but I cannot seem to figure out the math needed to make them uniform, or where they work together.
There is a mathematical way to do this. I do not know the formula..
What I'm trying to accomplish.
What I tried:
Create... |
How can I assign a hotkey to “No Break” function on Character panel? Or maybe write a script and create a custom panel? But how I access to this function is PS JS model?
Character is exist in Menu tab but it does not in the Keyboard Shortcuts. So I can show/hide or assign color to this menu item and I can't assign a s... |
I would like to know how to edit vector icons (that I downloaded from set) in photoshop.
I know this is probably a stupid question but i have been following a tutorial which involved downloading a vector icon set, then copying and pasting one of these icons (a mobile phone) into PS doc, which I have done. The next step... |
Can anyone tell me /point me in the direction of a good photoshop tutorial for taking app screen shots and putting them in as a layer in a photoshop psd file i.e website screenshot into a macbook pro psd (https://dribbble.com/shots/980800-Devices?list=searches&offset=0)
I have googled this for ages but nothing really c... |
I am attempting to use Image Trace to vectorise an illustration drawn with technical pens. The drawing has variable line thicknesses, which I want to preserve as accurately as possible, but also small dots that are used to emphasise the three dimensional nature of the subject (a skeleton destined for inclusion in a sci... |
This may be more of a preference thing but, since I am not a very experienced UX designer I wanted to get some input to see if there was any science I can learn about the subject.
I'd like to know if there are any generally popular references on the subject of colors when creating usercontrols, widgets, etc. For exampl... |
e.g A company that has a long success history and they want to depict that in their logo then would a serif be a must?
Why or why not?
Additionally on what criteria do you decide to use serif or its opposite?
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If I Save for Web in Illustrator, there is a very slight color change, which is to be expected. However, when I create a "Save for Web" action and apply it instead of directly using Save for Web, the color is much more vibrant.
I used the exact same settings as when I recorded the action- the only difference is that I'... |
I want to use Unicode emoji icons (U+1F300..U+1F5FF) in a free, open-source instant messaging app. I considered using FontAwesome icons, but their icon set is too small (not enough faces for :), :O, :P, etc.).
Then I wanted to use Segoe UI Emoji, but that's copyrighted and expensive, as it's owned by Microsoft.
Are the... |
I am testing an application where there is a button with a cross on an "add new contact" form.
I was expecting the cross to close the form (cancel the new contact request), but instead it cleared all the fields in the form.
In fact, it seems that the most common results in google image for "clear button image" include ... |
Windows 7, AI CS5
I have several artboards with different versions of a logo on them that I'm trying to save as an .svg file.
ctrl+shift+alt+s to save for web.
Active artboard's logo shows up in the preview panes. I can switch from GIF to any other format and see the logo in the preview. Sometimes it changes appearance... |
What is the best way to compress images to satisfy Performance Review on Web Page Speed test on webpagetest.org.
Here's how I do it:
1) Save for Web in Photoshop from original PSD with quality set to 70
2) Run through JPEGmini (lossy)
3) Run through JPEGtran or JPEGcrush (loseless)
To my surprise webpagetest.org tells ... |
I am looking to pick up a few reads. I am mostly interested in the fundamentals of design such as space, hierarchy, balance, etc. but beyond the scope of the basics. I have been through the fine arts program at my university and done plenty of reading and studying online, and work full time designing and doing web deve... |
I'm currently selling my logo design services on a community site, which works very well, and I'm also building a personal site to display my portfolio and find new customers. The community site works very smoothly: client orders, client gets instructions to provide certain information about their logo and then there's... |
Ok ... I designed a book cover in Adobe InDesign. The book is an anthology, Hellfire Lounge #4 ... The subtile "Refelections of Evil" is typed in InDesign, turned into layers. Yellow fill, no outline. I copy it, paste in place, fill it with black, add a thick black outline, send it behind the all yellow outlined text.
... |
I have over 1000 images to process and it would make life easier if I could obtain the dimensions of the each image in a spreadsheet or document.
I was hoping for a program or something where I could drag and drop the images to the program and it automatically created a CSV (Comma Separated Values list) of dimensions.... |
I'm trying to create a design for a startup I'm involved with where there's a background image that's been tinted by a colour.
Examples of what I'm looking to recreate include the background header for sendtoinc and this image on the acorns blog
I'm struggling to get the correct settings to balance the brand colours a... |
In Inkscape, what would be the best way to join the two nodes highlighted in red below? One is an end of the line, the other is the leftmost point on a circle (the horizontal line goes through the center of the circle).
As to why, in case there are better suggestions - I wanted to make a glass, such as:
and I wanted ... |
Illustrator CS5 on Windows 7.
I have an artboard where I keep trying to move anchors onto even-pixel points and they keep moving back to odd numbers.
E.g. I have these two anchor points on a path:
x: 999.33 px y: 0.5 px
x: 1075.25 px y: 0.5 px
I can drag the 1st anchor pretty much wherever I want. When I drag the 2nd a... |
Is there such an option we can turn on so when we change the text align of an text object the position of this object will not move in Illustrator?
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i am working with android project i choosen flat design for app...i got struggle on choosing the colours for pressed state..as per my design background is white..normal button is red...now the problem start for me..is there any guidelines is there for choosing colours..or if any body knows kindly share..thanks in advan... |
Hi just looking for a recommendation for standard gutter width for a 2 column layout on an A4 page. The point size is 10pt the margins are 12.7mm (the default InDesign setting) I thought this would be easy to google but apparently not I guess its too specific a question
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Does anyone have any idea about how to edit like this in Photoshop? I have used Google to search for this, but have found nothing.
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I am following this tutorial on Custom Lettering
In one of the steps, it says " Using the Brush Tool (B), with the “Basic” brush; use the Width Tool (Shift+W) to adjust the width of our new path"
I tried doing this in Illustrator CS5 but it seems that the width tool is not able to expand my newly created path.
Based on... |
I met a client that currently works with a designer whom I don't know - the client showed me his new logo and asked my opinion about it. I answered that I don't like "grey on grey background". That's all I answered.
Two days later I got an email from the client (He just sent it without prior conversation) with all the ... |
I have a PSD file. I want to convert the PSD to SVG file using Photoshop CS6. Anyone able to tell me how to do this?
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I am designing for iPad (canvas dimensions 768 x 1004) using the attached mock-up resource. However, I was wondering whether I need to factor the lower navigation bar into my design? I was planning on having a menu bar at the bottom and wondered whether this can sit over that navigation bar or whether I need to work ab... |
Fed up with the university life, I thought I would try to be a freelancer. I am familiar with coding.
How can I earn money online as a web designer? Is there any reliable way to earn money? I saw freelancing sites like Fiverr and oDesk are filled with people offering services for lower costs. Is it okay to offer servic... |
Does it have to be so difficult?
I open up GIMP. Wait, what does what?
I open up Inkscape. The controls are so different. Ctrl+D does not work. Ar.AR.ar.
Photoshop, Illustrator and more.
Why does it take ages to learn? Is graphics design so hard?
Help before I pass away (give me some advice please).
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Is it possible to have access to the source file of each pattern you have inside Photoshop? A pattern is a squared piece of some artwork that is repeated according to the settings you choose. How could I get direct access to the 1 piece of that specific pattern so I can manipulate it or make it usable for web?
My goal ... |
I am trying to put a Horizonal line at Y: .9253 but cannot do it exactly by dragging it with the mouse. Is there a way I can punch in the exact Y value of the line's placement?
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Hello all the smart designers out there,
I have question regarding about importing photoshop file into Indesign layout.
I have received this product photoshop file from a photographer. When I place it into Indesign, it show anchor points around the product.
I have never seem stuff like this because the original photosh... |
We are about to build a business application with transparent 3D spheres, possibly cubes, etc. to visualize some data. Before we start building this, we want to brain storm and decide the exact UI we want to build. Is there a 3D Modelling tool we should be using? If not "3D Modelling", what exactly should I be googling... |
I have a 300dpi layered .psd file with the exact same measurements as the InDesign document (14.525 x 11 including bleed).
When I place/import the .psd file into InDesign the file appears larger.
The guides on the .psd file do not line up with the guides in the InDesign document which are in the exact same positions on... |
I'm on this project where I want to keep a sans serif font for my titles (shown as title in the examples) but it works very poorly for the text. I already have a serif matched with it but I also want to be able to typeset my text in sans if needed. I'm not planning on ever using the sans used for the title in the text ... |
So this is basically me searching for a specialized feature I just hope Illustrator has, or finding a helpful alternative.
The project I'm working on requires multiple combinations of many different symbols, to later be printed. I'm trying to find a way to save combinations for later so that they can be easily accessed... |
How can I create a wavy pattern in pixelmator? Something like this -
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What is the name of this semi-serif font?
(View edit history for image with finer detail (but awful colour combination)
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When working on logo design projects, there are some things in Illustrator that doesn't work perfectly. For example, when I need to make rectangle and then put in rounded rectangle and then aling to centre, it doesn't do that perfect. Why? There are lots of more examples to tell you but I think you get the point what I... |
I'm quite new to cinema 4D. I want to make a square with this texture on.
I've tried to make a pyramid and to use the cloner tool, but.. just can't make it work.
Anyone who can tell me how it's done? Or maybe can give me a nice tutorial?
Tried making a cloned pyramid and placed them (roate and moove) so it looks like ... |
Hi how can I do this: draw a stroke in illustrator with a shadow?
Thanks
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In IronMan 3, Eve-Online, or Star Trek, 3D models render in a bluish fashion.
Examples:
Is there a simple way to achieve this result with my own models?
I typically use Blender, but if it is easier in another software package, I'm pretty agnostic...
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I have been thinking for quite a while how would i make it myself. The difficulty lies in randomness. I Could go on manually but can't help and feel that there is some better way to do it.
For example it was to be generated using some programming language then all i need to do is create mountains with varying hues and ... |
I have an object in Illustrator with a chevron pattern that I created in Illustrator. When I export as a .png file or rasterize image file, it shows horizontal lines.
Anyone have a clue why it does this? I am at a complete loss. It's not the seams of the pattern.
Below is a .png file export of the image:
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I'm trying to use a single character from the font Killigrew as a symbol in .svg or .jpg format on my website.
However, the .ttf file is formatted incorrectly, so any image program I try to insert into as text the character is incorrectly cropped.
Is there a way for me to either fix the whole Killigrew .ttf or open it... |
How can I zoom-out when zoomed-in at a certain percentage, while drawing a shape. That means after I've clicked on the canvas, and start drawing, but have not released the mouse. Thanks.
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I'm an AI newbie. I've been asked to make the word "TV" in line art with the T as a woman crossing arms. What's the best way to achieve this in Illustrator?
I started creating it with the pencil/brush tool but it only gives one width, also I have to add stroke if I want the lines to be visible.
I want to draw like thi... |
I have a .gfa file that needs viewing outside my simulation program.
After google-ing .gfa, I found that it belongs to the Graphics Interchange Format along with .gif.
But I have not found a viewer that can actually play this file.
This file is a like a regular .gif file, but, the image is moveable.
e.g. : In the file ... |
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