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What should I use to design websites, Photoshop or Illustrator? Is there a correct software or is it more a personal choice?
I have black lineart for a drawing multiplied over the drawing itself. Because I have little foresight, I had simply painted white wherever I wanted to "erase" the lineart -- since it was just going to be multiplied in the end anyway. I'd like to color the lineart now. Unfortunately, the white on that layer is extrem...
I am using Photoshop 7.0 and want to fill a grid with diffent colors After creating a grid with the pattern-tool (works fine), each cell has to be individually clicked and filled with the filling-tool. Is there a way to quickly fill several cells with color? instead of clicking each cell? - similar to the "brush" too...
I am trying to export SVG icons from Sketch to import into Fontello, however the SVG's don't appear to be correct for the app (they also do not work in IcoMoon). The icon I am trying to create as a test is a simple 'hamburger' style icon that is just a few lines, but they will not work correctly. It is frustrating to ...
Edit: Oops, it's working! It seems that the problem has been solved by loading the updated script via File / Script / Other File... option. Before the stroke width change wasn't affecting the result. I guess it was some caching. I'll post the answer anyway, maybe it will be useful for someone. Original question: The p...
I have several assets I'm creating in Illustrator; I've used a drop shadow on a bunch of the shapes in each one to add depth to the drawing (clapboard, window frames, etc.). Unfortunately, once I've added the drop shadow it becomes part of the selection area; since a lot of these shapes are very close to each other it ...
Hello I am having problem separating paths and coloring each path with different color in Photoshop. Is it even possible to do that I picked Pen TOOL - path... Thank you for help.
Let me pose a hypothetical situation: I hand-produce a very specific type of pen and ink design. I have sold my originals to friends and acquaintances who have them hanging in their houses. A graphic designer went over to one of these houses and saw my work. This designer liked it so much that we went into negotiations...
I am trying to use the "App Icon Template" with a smaller sized image than 1024x1024px in order to generate a rounded 120x120px iOS 7 icon image from my original squared 120x120px image. When I place my squared 120px image as a smart object and scale it up to 1024x1024px, the exported 120px version has a low quality. S...
My client (a kind of a spa) called me to do their new website and stationery. After almost a month of investigation and interviewing the staff, I came to the conclusion that the problem is not their stationery or their website. Their problem is the outdated HMS (Hospital Management System) and all the underlying proces...
I'm trying to create an image that contains a set of logos. Each logo has different colors and I need to neutralize them. I tried converting the image colors to gray scale but it's not uniform, some grays and darker than others. The end results should be something like this: How can I achieve this in Illustrator, pref...
I use Illustrator to create custom infographics, but was looking for a service that could create them faster as my company is looking to do multiple infographics per month. I enjoy doing Infographics, but they take some time and would like to focus on other things rather than making Infographics all day. I've heard of ...
How can I search for fonts which support specific characters? For example, how can I find a font which has the character U+1000?
I'm using Illustrator CC and I have a logo which has a stroke around part of it. I want to resize the logo while scaling the stroke proportionately. Yes, I know that question has been asked and answered a bazillion times (answer: turn on "Scale strokes and effects"). However, although that does work fine when I'm resiz...
I'm doing some basic web-design work pro-bono for a local charity, and I'm trying to match some colors that they use on the side of their vehicles. They use Avery vinyl in two colors and a 3m reflective tape: Medium blue SC 900-655-O, Light Blue SC-900-640, and 3M 680-64. Now, I know the 3M tape is reflective, so I'll...
I have downloaded this vector graphic from a freebie site and when i see the outline overview using "ctrl+y", i can see these boxes. Why is this happening and how to remove them?
Is The main role of a web designer is to create a full visual identity to a company through his design ? ( to a company that don't have a visual identity )
I have a raster image with an obvious gradient of exposure and contrast from top to down. I can easily find perfect adjustments using Photosho/Image/Adjustments/Levels or Curves for any individual part of the image, but I need a corrected continous image (according to the unfortunate gradient in exposure/contrast). I ...
I designed a christmas card and I normally print it on vista print. When I ask for a print proof the outlines show. They don’t show when I print it at home. Why are there unwanted white lines appearing in this PDF print proof and how can I solve this problem?
I'm trying to set up Photoshop cc 2014 for pixel art graphics, but I have this weird issue where my pixels don't align to the grid. I can't work out if it's my pencil which is creating pixels too big, or the grid is somehow wrong. I've set the grid to 1:1 so I'm not sure how that could be any different. Any ideas what...
When I start a new poster project which is to be printed on A4 paper, I select Gimp's A4 dimension template, but as I recently found out, it is actually NOT A4. If I import the finished product into MS Word which uses standard A4 sizes, my picture turns out to be longer than expected. Why is it so? Is it a problem in G...
Hello everyone I had been trying to cut out many paths from a single layer in Illustrator. I was trying to convert an anchor point so I could move it but apparently I have ran into a problem.. My image that was previously cut out from a white circle disappeared. I am transferring from photoshop but never had this prob...
This logo is for a a board shop that sells handmade, handpainted longboards and skateboards. It is called Explore Skateshop I wanted to make it obvious that this is indeed a boardshop so I made a vector of a longboard out of rectangles and circles. Then I added rounded squares as wheels. I made a banner and added e...
My friend made a logo for me. But between us we cannot figure out some problems. The text is blurry. Where the different coloured squares meet is blurry (might not be correct term, possibly "clashing"?). We've tried changing the format between jpeg and png. When she sent the file it looked fine. But when uploaded to my...
I have some text inside a textframe, and I'd like to be able to insert a rectangle amongst the flow of the text where the rectangle has a different background colour, different font etc. How do I organise this? Should I have a text frame for the text above the rectangle, the rectangle, then another text frame below? I ...
I have an InDesign file in CC version, but I need it in a CS6 version. Write now I don't have my CC installation so how can I convert this to CS6?
Just downloaded some vector graphics from Shutterstock for my landscape design project in Illustrator. When I open the document I see a blank sheet so how do I get the downloaded file (PDF or EPS) into Illustrator?
I now have a pen path called "working path" in the right-hand panel. How can I change the name so that I can save it?
I was reading about William-Adolphe Bouguereau(1825-1905), a French salon style adademic painter somewhat reviled by the (impressionist) avant-garde in his lifetime, because of a style deemed superficial and influenced by commercial interest. In particular there is reference to the licked finish. I'm not invested in th...
I have 10 png images, each one is 48x48 (pixels). They all have a transparent background. I want to make a 480x48 sprite sheet, so I need to put each image side by side and that's where I'm having problems. Everytime I copy one of the images, I only copy the shape inside of it (let's say an icon), so when I paste it in...
I listen to many podcasts every day. When I'm in my car, on my bike, before I fall asleep, and in other rooms in the house that I shouldn't mention here. Most of them are about the business side of being a freelancer. What podcasts are you listening to as freelance designers? I'd like to find some new ones! Thanks
Background: I am using Illustrator to combine several raster images. I apply scaling and clipping masks to them. Next, I try - if possible - to avoid non-integer resampling steps during subsequent printing. I.e. if an image originally was e.g. 150 ppi and the publisher asks for 150 dpi, I aim for 150 (original dimensio...
It is really hard to explain, but kind of easy to understand once you actually see what I mean. I want to design a specific shape, and to make a layered mask "folder" and be able to add shapes into that folder that will reflect transparency to the main masked layer. Instead of making a shape in a shape, it will mask a ...
As you can see in the pic, I drew a Rectangle with no fill and black stroke. Then I added a curvy shape. I want to add a gradient to the place bound by those two shapes. How can I do it?
I have a long text with some hyperlinks in it. All hyperlinks except of one are automaticaly recognised and behave in PDF as hyperlink. One not. How to do it manually?
So I previously worked as freelance motiongraphics designer but it was almost impossible to get a full time position so I decided to look elsewhere within "design" circles. After a few months of try I got a graphic/interaction design position at a studio that designs and develops apps for phones and tablets. Before s...
these shapes were hand traced, and as you can see there are slight angles that deviate from 90 degrees on the right side of the rectangles below. is there a way to make them vertical in illustrator? these are for a scientific figure, and are basically rectangles on a string, and sometimes rectangles with an arrow at t...
The rectangles below have been grouped together by me. I realized that I probably should have aligned them before grouping them. I'm wondering if there is a way to align them (to their top edge) within their group. Also, after I am done with the alignment, is there a way to "expand" or "transform" these rectangular ...
I have inherited design files created in InDesign CC...but I am running CS5. Other than the obvious solution of upgrading my software, are there any other resources that would allow me to work with this file? I don't have any way of procuring the "exported" file format, which would possibly allow me to open this in a...
I was reading American Signature Furniture's ad when I came across this neat looking 1. Does anyone know the name of this font? or this The closest I came was Shortwave Gothic Bold.
Hi, I just love this kind of design and I wanna know if exist specific name for this.
Photoshop CC 2014 introduces Linked Smart Object. While this is a very useful feature by itself, I would love to know if there's a way to set it so that whenever I open a file that contains a linked smart object but wasn't open when the linked document changed, the smart object layer will also automatically update. Pho...
My question is very simple. How to export an SVG file from Adobe Illustrator with shape IDs? When I export as SVG my group names turn to groups with group name as ID, that's the behavior I would expect from shapes too, but my shapes just get some random ID instead of their name... example of desired output: <g id="liik...
It's possible to auto update the fill color of a shape ( rectangle ) when the selected color (foreground/background) changes ?
When writing a manuscript, I generally feel like my plots follow a good balance of visibility and informational portrayal. Once in a awhile, I need to create a figure where something is shown "schematically". Though drawn in Inkscape or Illustrator, these drawings often look like word art. Is there a way to improve the...
Does anyone recognise this font please?
I am using Photoshop CC to draw a skybox -that is, an image composed of six sub-images that seamlessly assemble into a cube, like this: As soon as I started drawing, I noticed that it is very difficult to make the image seamlessly loop across the different faces of the skybox. I would like to know if there is a way to...
Could anyone tell me what font is used on the navigation menu of this site: http://www.clementineandbloom.com/
I've searched and read the suggestions to my question but I'm not finding entirely what I need in one place and by now I've made so many changes I'm sure I've passed right over the right combination of settings that would work. I have been given poster art created by a graphic artist volunteer for an event we're having...
I know that we aren't supposed to use Illustrator for text, but I needed to use the Type on a Path feature and that's why I did it. Above is the text in Illustator. When I export the text from Illustrator to InDesign, the text becomes blurry. I'm assuming because it becomes an image file when it goes into InDesign. ...
I designed this logo for a product called "Sahha", it uses music to relieve different ailments. The idea behind the logo is a hummingbird that resembles a sound control icon. I’d like to receive critiques and advice about: Color: Is it a good idea to go with gradients? I think the palette is quite nice but I’m still n...
Concerning hand engraving, I was reading that: Modern professional engravers can engrave with a resolution of up to 40 lines per mm in high grade work creating game scenes and scrollwork. So I was looking at this detail from Albrecht Dürer's St Eustace (1501): ...wondering if the lines in the pond are close to ...
I've noticed that in a lot of typefaces simulating upright hand lettering, the horizontal strokes slant upward. In Comic Sans and Comic Neue, this slant is especially visible on the crossbars of lowercase e and uppercase A and H. So does the H in the logo of the Holiday Inn hotel chain. Apple Casual shows the effect in...
I've run into a little snag. I'm trying to distribute a two lines along the body of a square in Illustrator. This is what I want the lines to look like, this done by hand though it's not distributed perfectly. Say I select the two vertical lines and the square and then I make the square the key object. I then click on...
As a former CAD draftsman I always found the snap function in Illustrator very inaccurate. But now in AI CC I find it even more inaccurate. Am I the only one? Is there something one can do in order to make Illustrator snap more accurate? 100% Zoom: The green Line would indicate that the mouse has the line in range but ...
what is font of this image text? Every one, please help me which font name is of attach this image text ? Advance thanks.
How do you select and group multiple layers swiftly in Illustrator? Obviously you can tick them one by one and group after that but I am looking way for grouping layers selected between two shift + click's in the menu.
I've selected a list of colors (for months of the year). This initial set seems (logically) good to me, however I certainly need to adjust some color tones in brightness, saturation or so. Is there a systematic way to make these colors more balanced and matching? PS: It's for data plots so the color should be distingu...
Hello and wish you a nice day to all. I'm working on project of visualizating math formulas into such form that it would be easily comprehensible and readable, simply beautiful to look at. I've been wondering if there ever have been artists who worked on the same topic. I've been searching for long to find any resource...
The more I study graphic design and the more freelance jobs I take on, I start to realise that my future in graphic design is not really going to happen. I've been teaching myself graphic design and how to use the creative suite for about 4 years now. I desperately need to take a design course, but as much as I wish, ...
I have followed this tutorial to make a rain le link and it works ok with a picture in it, using that blend mode Screen, but I want to make that rain layer to not have black background, and have the rain, so I can use it as an overlay in programming. Any idea how can I do it?
I have a retina display mac, and I'm using Photoshop CC, which is really crisp when I'm working on a PSD file. But once I export the file to a PDF or a JPG, the image stays crisp but the fonts (not all of them) go blurry. Could someone please explain the way around this? Is it the font which needs reinstalling? (I don'...
I'm creating a presentation template and I'm thinking of placing a little navigation on one side of the page to show viewers where they are in the presentation and whats left. Does this make sense?
Been lurking awhile but this is my first post. I've always wondered what this effect is called and I'm almost certain there's an easier way to doing it than how I do it. I'm talking about the "empty" stroke around overlapping parts of icons. In this case I would put a stroke that's the color of the background around ...
I have a template on the artboard and I am using basic shapes to fill the template with designs. Some shapes overlap the template. I want to remove the parts that go outside the template box. I have tried using pathfinders and then scissors. With scissors it deletes the edge of the box too and leaves an outline. With p...
i'm looking for an easy way to resize roughly 40 pages of barcode PNGs in indesign. If i can cut off approximately 50-60% of each barcode....well, you can see how many pages i would save at the printer. I have already tried to click preview, and move the actual image UP so only a portion of it is inside the visible are...
I'm creating a step-by-step image chart to a website describing a paid program that only liberates access when user's payment is confirmed. I want to be far from showing users some greedy icon (like a sack with a dollar sign) or limiting their idea of payment forms. My question is: How do you politely show "as soon as ...
I have two different photos from the same place. One is old from the 80's and the new one from the current time. What I'm trying to achieve is to fit the photos over each other. I'd like to align the new photo to have the portrayed object at the exactly same place as from the 80's. I have no idea what kind of lenses, ...
New to making animated gifs in photoshop (for loading designs). I know gifs aren't the highest quality format, but I've seen dribbble designs that look great, and they're gif format. But when I export my animation the circle has jagged edges and the quality isn't great (the image, not the animation. I know it's not ver...
I recently heard that scribus is a good free alternative option to Indesign. I recently opened Scribus up, and none of it makes any sense, and it doesn't look like it'd be a good fit for what I want to do. What are some pros and cons for each?
Is there a way to have all those 3 things together? Large/high quality/small file size. Because I need to send this file to an office which have rather old computer system (don't ask) to print it. But they all-ways ask me 300dpi document and this time canvas size is really big, but I'm afraid that they will not be able...
We had an artist create a series of vector art icons, and she sent them to me as an imdd file, a single "page" with all of the icons spaced out vertically. I need to export these to our iOS app, and I'm a bit lost how to do this. I need to export each one at three resolutions, 24x24, 48x48 and 96x96. Can anyone step me...
I’m looking for a non-destructive way of allowing an image to be partially "clipped" by a clipping mask, like so: I view the above image as having three parts… a Person (top layer; being clipped) a Pattern (background layer; being clipped) a Shape (bottom layer; does the clipping) The Person and Pattern represent th...
I'm creating a postcard (6 X 4 in) using Adobe Illustrator CC. When attempting to upload it to the printing company, the .pdf file is too large to upload. They will only accept 12MB. I don't know how many MB my graphic is, I only know it's too big. How can I reduce the size of MB in my graphic, but keep it the same siz...
While looking for some fonts for a web design project I stumbled across the Code Pro font: Can someone recommend a similar font that's free? I really like the symmetry of this font and want to use it for some headers.
In applications like inDesign and Photoshop, you get to chose which color model you want to use, RGB or CMYK for instance. But why does this matter? Both RGB and CMYK can be used to describe several millions of colors, so there's no shortage in the possibilities of either of them. And I do know that the origins of e.g....
What is the name of this font?: Sample used on Whatdafont: Note: I already tried Whatdafont and the results are similar but not hand drawn like in the photo. Also, the capital I is not being recognized by the search engine.
I'm sorry for such a generic title, but I couldn't figure out a title that would make sense with what I am trying to do. So I am a novice when it comes to illustrator, but I am trying to cut out the middle portion of my logo. The white rectangle is what I am trying to remove from various layers of my logo, the pink is...
Suppose, two lines intersects each other as '+' like symbol. Now i want to delete the extended portion of '+' and want to make it as 'T' shape. But when i select the extended portion of a line, whole line is selected. So i want to know that, is there any way to select a portion intentionally having any size that may...
How do I make font stand out when the cover is thumbnail size, so you can read the font in thumbnail size? Do I need a bevel or gradient? I don't have a clue and I'm getting my cover done on Fiverr but you can't read my name in thumbnail as it fades into the background.
I want to convert RGB to CMYK color code, but unfortunately, I have some problem with colors. I want to use this color #31C68B in Photoshop, and after that I want to print that for Visit Card and the other printing product. But when I see the color on my monitor, the color is not good. I think the main problem in sourc...
I'm Currently working on a mail template builder project. We're using a lot of icons and now I need to make some for our menu bar. As you can see they must represent Test, Save, Load, & Download actions. I believe I failed with my first try. Icons looking too similar, too many arrows et cetera. I'd really appreciate a...
In the image below you'll see the white section (highlighted blue). The black section behind it is one path, and the white another. How do I remove the white from the black so it becomes transparent? Hope that makes sense <3
I'm getting quite confused with all the different methods of converting from psd to html 5. I'm trying to practice converting PSDs to HTML so i get enough experience. There are a ton of complicated multi layer PSDs with tons of grids and rulers and etc. I'm confused by the workflow and need some step by step guides on ...
Is possible to remove reflection from this image?
I know there are several questions that ask this - so far the answer has been "impossible", but in one of them there was an allusion (or... illusion?) to being able to do so in the cc edition. I have the cc edition, if only on a trial basis. I have a shape selected - it is a white "rectangle", with a drop box and so fo...
I have to design a glossy gift box for a client in various sizes. Can I create just one design which the printing company can use for various sizes or should my designs be dimension-specific? Also, how do I create layout for the gift box with the top and sides? Can I download a template from somewhere? The box is suppo...
How can I draw this kind of ellipse
People keep thinking the ears aren't the same size and shape, even though I just mirrored everything. Also, guides were used to double check all the parts with each other. Is it best for the sides to BE symmetrical or LOOK symmetrical?
I work doing e learning, and I need to use graphics from pdf manuals. I open the pdf manuals in Illustrators ,and I grab the graphics from there and drag them to flash professional. But when I get the graphic in flash, it's devided in different inner layers , and its a pain to go through each leayer and copy and paste ...
I have a massive 8 TB worth of 15 years of Photoshop Work. In recent years I have done better at organizing my photoshop layers and deleting unused layers, but is there a solution that would allow me to go back and mass delete empty layers in photoshop of every file on my server. Perhaps a script.
I'll be straightforward: I want to create a normal map resembling this from this texture: I've been at it for about an hour, and everything I've come up with has an absurd amount of noise. I don't expect it to be nearly as perfect as the first image, but something that doesn't look terrible would be nice. I'd prefer ...
Can someone help me, I'm trying to recreate the effect in the image on other photos. It has a dark transparent layer over the image. Can seem to create this same effect.
Is there a shortcut to align all objects in the center of an artboard instead of doing it manually?
When I create new rounded rectangles, I see the radii and other information in the properties, but after I work on something else and go back to that layer, the information does not show. How do I adjust the radii of the rounded rectangles without deleting and creating a new one?
Please see this example: I use Source Code Pro for my website as main font. While I like the look and feel of the font and I chose it specifically for that, I have the impression, that it does not work very well for the average reader. I definitely want to keep it for my headlines and menus, but I would like to choose...
I need to save each layer of my psd document as a page in a multi-page PDF file (or as a single-page PDF file each as I can combine them later). File->save as->PDF works for 1 layer at a time, but I don't fancy doing this for all 150 pages of the document. I also tried the File->Scripts->Export layers to files, but it...
Is there a way to create a table in Gimp? Something like this for example: I made this with one single field which I duplicated many times to arrange it at the specific points and want to create more tables with x rows and y columns By the way I am using Gimp 2.8.10 -Edit: I know that you can import tables made with w...
I know how to Invert Colors but is it possible to swap Colors? For example from this one: To this one: So that I select one Area and then swap Colors (or even the full Layer/Picture)? By the way I am using Gimp 2.8.10 -Edit: I found this https://superuser.com/questions/155143/how-can-i-swap-colors-with-gimp but this ...
I am trying to learn photoshop by myself and while trying to do a project I came across a problem. I have an upside down triangle, so that the tip of the triangle faces down. now I want to add a sort-of square to the bottom, so that the blue on the box touches the blue on the triangle, green on the box touches the gree...

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