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What is a good way of creating a bulk load of buttons using photoshop CS5? They are all the same background, and size, but different overlay text. Please bear in mind I am new to PS but have an understanding of some of the basics like layers and the toolbox tools.
I have a Photoshop file with a lot of groups inside and inside those groups even more groups. To get to a layer that I want is a looong way, and after that it's even longer to collapse back so I can get to another layer. I was wondering if there is a way to collapse and expand all groups at once?
I'm setting up graphic designs that will be printed in mainland China. Some layers of the image are just there to show print instructions, and should never be printed. What's Chinese for "Layer" as in Photoshop layer? Google translate thinks the translation of "Do not print this layer" is: 不打印這一層 But we all know it often misses shades of meaning. Edited to specify: The instructions include cut lines. So as handy as the Photoshop "Notes" feature is, it's not the tool for the job here. The printer has specifically requested that the print instructions go in a separate layer.
I have very strange problem with Photoshop CS4 and CS5 on Windows XP and Windows 7. I've Installed all necessery fonts for template that I receive from graphic designer. This fonts was Sansation and Sansation Light. In Windows all fonts are installed sucessfully. I see the fonts in photoshop but when I try to open the templace (psd file) it tells me that some fonts missing. With text tool I select the text element and photohop tells me: "the following fonts are missing for text layer Sansation warning that a substitution will occur" After this the font is marked as [Sansation] (with brackets). I know that's means something wrong with that font. But when I searching for the font on the photoshop font list there is a font named "Sansation" and "Sansation Light" and at the end of font list is again [Sansation] with brackets. What is funny is that when I create new psd file then I can use "Sansation" font without any problems. When I open the template I can use this font too but when I select text elements with "text tool" then the above message appears. It seems to me that Photoshop in this particular moment didn't see this font. I know that Graphic Designer created this template with CS5 version of Photoshop. What I want is open this template without any warnings. I installed fonts in: Windows\Fonts and in Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Fonts but the situation is the same. Can somebody give me some advice what is wrong? UPDATE INFORMATION First of all thank you very much for Your comments. I ask my Graphic Designer to send me the same versions of font. He downloaded from internet the newest version of Sansation font and prepare for me again the same template but with the newest fonts. After that he send me the template and the newest version of the font. After that everything works fine. It seems to me that we both have diffrent font versions at the begining. Thanku You very much for Your sugestions in comments.
Is there a quick way to convert Quark files into Indesign without having Quark? I have InDesign CS4 and need to make changes to a Quark file.
Hey this might be a bit of a tricky one! I have designed the wireframes for an application which will work out expenditures on a weekly monthly and yearly basis. The first screen is for input, with 4 fields: A simple text box to input the name for the item bought/bills. A drop-down box to pick from categories to find the one that best describes the product. A text box which the price of the product is entered. Something to determine whether the data input is an expenditure or income. I have then designed the next screen to be a list of every item the user has entered. The user can view weekly, monthly and yearly results. The information will be then be broken-down into the different categories and displayed with pie charts showing weekly, monthly, and yearly results. I have all the details to make the app in the visual style that I want, but I feel as a graphic designer the next step is above me! If anyone as any idea of what software to use and how to code it help would be much appreciated as this app has to be made as an university project.
I use Windows 7. I calibrated my monitor with ColorMunki and use this profile as my default monitor profile. It looks great as I see the difference between non-calibrated and calibrated. Colors and contrast are awesome now. I use Photoshop to design prints on T-shirts. I work in the RGB Color Mode in 8 bit and soft proof in CMYK to avoid working in CMYK and converting back to RGB. My question is about choosing the right "working space" in "Color Settings". My understanding is that the preset "North american Prepress 2" would be the way to go. I think it's the best option for screen and print material as the workspace is "Adobe RGB 1998" and the CMYK as "U.S. Web coated". My question is the following though: In "color Settings", "Working Space" I can see my monitor calibrated profile called "AUO_.....". I assume this would be a big mistake to choose "Monitor RGB" with my calibrated color profile since my working space has to do with my perception of color on the monitor and not the monitor itself. Am I correct? I understand that the "working space" is a subjective color environment created by Adobe to adjust colors for every screen monitor. I appreciate any input on this.
A friend of mine had a poster made for his business. Here is a segment of it: I can't tell for sure, but I think the angle of the logo is not quite right... (I don't mean any pun with the business's name) This leads me to an underlining question: are there angles that are aesthetically preferred? Are some angles easy on the eye while others look a bit "off"?
I have to daily work with PSDs of iPhone Apps. These PSDs contains App designs like buttons, texts, background images, etc. I have to extract images of each elements from these PSDs and convert it to PNG images. I would like to know if there is any efficient way to extract images from PSD files.
I'm looking at some software that does a DPI check based on an upload of an images. It checks the resolution of the image against the specified DPI (300) and MMH (44x88). Does anyone know what MMH stands for?
If the content is split into several sections, and each section has a header, should I put border below or above the header? The “border below” approach seems prevalent (see Google, Wikipedia) but “border above” seems to work better as a separator. Which is the way to go? Border Above Border Below
I'm in the process of redesigning my website, and I've selected Bebas Neue as a font for my logo and major features (navigation etc), but due to its blocky nature and the fact that it's 100% capitals, it's not really good to use as body copy. Here's a link to Bebas I guess I just need to find something that would work well with it, but fonts aren't really my strong point. Can you lend a hand?
How well has Scalable Vector Graphics worked for print? I need to programmatically generate graphics for inclusion in print documents. It seems there are only two serious contenders for a target file format, EPS and SVG. As a programmer, SVG looks easier to work with, but it doesn't appear to have been accepted by the graphics industry. There used to be projects to base print graphics on SVG (e.g. Adobe PDFXML), but none appear to be active now. Also, Adobe's tools seem to have ended a brief fling with SVG. If I chose SVG as the deliverable format, what problems might there be, compared to the alternative(s)? I've heard complaints about SVG's handling of text, but I haven't found any detailed discussion. Another thing I suspect might be an issue is how cleanly SVG converts to PDF.
I should mention i don't know the first thing about designing smartphones apps. I hired a freelancer to create a mockup for a smartphone (Android/iPhone) app for me, and I was wondering if I'll be able to use some of the art he'll create in the final app, or are the apps using a different technology/format? Edit (added): Should I ask him to work with a specific technology? (I'm guessing ps is the standard, but could it be that he'll work with another reasonable technology (i.e. not coal), and the mockup still will NOT be useful for the app? Thanks.
I am designing a Banner Flex of big size. 6mx8ft. I built this using illustrator, as it has specific tools for vector graphics. Such big document size cannot be created on illustrator or any other adobe product. SO i created a document size on ratio of 1:10. Now when I am trying to export it, either the image will be rasterised which would kill the vector part or another send the source. And if i send them the source file, it has a big risk of being abused. So i need a solution for this. How to do this or what is best way to do so?
I'm making a business card in Photoshop and it needs to be in CMYK mode. Now, I'm using a logo on it that I previously made for the client in RGB mode and when I put it into the CMYK mode business card design it desaturates it a little. I'm trying to get my head around whether or not it will print how it looks on my screen (ie desaturated) or how it looks when it's in RGB mode? Because, the colours aren't accurate in CMYK mode so if that's exactly how it will look when printed I will need to adjust the colours to look like they do in RGB mode. Sorry if that doesn't make sense - usually I only design logos and I've never run into this problem before.
Is it possible to print only the outline preview (View > Preview) of an artboard? Taking a screenshot and printing is not an option for me.
I'm working on a full color piece in Illustrator which has a few large black and grey areas. I'd like the black to be a rich black. I was thinking c30 m30 y30 k100. What is the best ways to match my gray areas?
I am creating a favicon via Inkscape using "icon_16x16". I would like to put a border around the image and fill it in with another color. I have attempted to use the "square and rectangle" tool but soon found that I did not like the stroke size. Is there any way I can adjust the width of the stoke?
I know very little about typography. What are the differences in terms of OpenType vs. TrueType? I do know that they are types of formats to render fonts (correct me if I'm wrong). Are there limitations between OpenType and TrueType?
I have some drinking mugs that can hold artwork in the liner. I have just the mugs, not any pre-printed art. The artwork template (here is the PDF) states After submission of artwork, art will be arched 12 % for curvature. I understand that is to compensate for the tapered shape of the mug - I assume this will change the art into a trapezoidal shape. What does the 12% mean? Is it the ratio of the width at the top and the bottom (i.e. the bottom is 88% the length of the top) or something else? Using Photoshop or something similar (I have access to Photoshop and Corel Painter Essentials), how can this be accomplished?
I'm creating a booklet on teaching programming through examples and exercises. What's the best software for writing the pages? It'll be code examples, exercise questions and some diagrams. I'm new to designing and writing an instructional booklet. Would Adobe's InDesign or QuarkXPress be appropriate for this kind of job?
I have imported an image into fireworks but I cannot remember where it came from. I need to find the original in order to rescale the image. Is there a way to determine the original path. ps. Cannot undo as the document was made 4 months ago.
Is there a way to save one brush at a time to a library in Illustrator CS5? So far as I've figured out so far, you can clear all-but-one of the brushes out of the default library, load the last version of the library you want to save to, and then save over the old library with the new brush added. Is there some way buried I can just save a single brush to the library without jumping through those hoops? The workflow I've found is so tortured. Even clearing out brushes after having created new shapes is a pain. Each brush you click on to delete applies its stroke to the just-created shape, so you get an extra warning dialog popping up when you click to delete it. (But this stroke is applied to an existing shape! Keep the stroke? Delete it? Cancel?) Tell me the way I've found to do this is crap and there's a much easier way I just missed!
I have a PSD file with one layer. When I try to save as JPEG it doesn't show JPEG and other formats as an option. It only displays a limited set of formats (5) including Photoshop. When I manually create another PSD file I am able to save it in any format I like. I think it's something with palette or layers. What can be wrong with the PSD file that I can't save in normal formats and what I can do to save it to these formats in Photoshop? UPDATE I have the following MODE: RGB, 32 Bit/Channel. When I switch to 8 Bit/Channel it works now - I have all standard formats as option - JPEG, PNG, etc. But the problem now is that my image doesn't look good with 8 Bit color. Is it possible to do something to save it without losing the original picture? UPDATE 2 I have 32 bit JPEG photos on my computer + most icons I work with are 32 bit PNG images. Why doesn't Photoshop allow 32 bit JPEG ? What am I doing wrong? UPDATE 3 Is 8 bit/channel actually 32 bit color?
I would like to create two-dimensional projections of three-dimensional geometrical objects. The drawings should be in a vector format, SVG or PDF, which can be imported by Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator. On Wikipedia, I found the following examples (original SVG, CC-SA): Those are isometric projections. A wireframe version thereof (black lines only) can be constructed with Inkscape's Axonometric Grid feature. However, this method does not help with shading. The sphere would look flat if the gradient was missing. Is there a program similar to Inkscape, which let's you choose the position of a light source and produces a planar projection with gradients? An other shortcoming of 2D vector applications such as Illustrator or Inkscape is the difficulty to draw an object that is not aligned with the grid axis. Suppose, you'd like to rotate the cube in the figure by 20° without changing the perspective. How would you do this? Note: With help from the answers found here, I found the following tools promising: Vector Rendering Method for Blender (Free Software) Maya Vector Renderer (Commercial Software) Swift 3D (Commercial Software) VectorStyle 2 for Carrara (Commercial Software) Google SketchUp Pro (Commercial Software) GeoGebra (Free Software)
Possible Duplicate: Tips and sources for beginning designers For some time now I have been strugling with my inability to create my own web designs. I am a pretty decent coder but I always have trouble when I have to create the interface designs. I would like to try and learn to design my own websites Can someone with no design skills learn to create some decent designs? If so, where should they start? I should mention I know my way around both Photoshop and Fireworks but I don't feel capable of creating any designs - even when I have a reference design to use. Can you direct me to some books, resources , tutorials that teach from a web designer's point of view?
I want to convert a JPG to transparent and using GIMP I added alpha layers and transparency same way I make a GIF transparent I converted it to PNG but it doesn't display well when I load it on my template: The original image is Why doesn't it look good when it's made into a transparent PNG? Could I have better luck making a transparent GIF? OR is it the blue colors that don't mix well with the black and I could have more luck using some of the other logos: Thanks
I have been looking for a good monospace font in order to meet the criteria of a client. One I found that I think has suitable qualities is OCR-B. However, as near as I can tell, it only comes in "regular" form, no bold or italics. Is this because its roots as an optically recognizable font precluded variants? Or is it just that my Google-fu is weak and I simply haven't found it (I think I can claim to have met a reasonable level of requirement of having searched before asking).
I am trying to find a very good monospace sans serif font to meet the requirements of a client. However, despite there being a number of them out there, such as Deja Vu, Droid Sans Mono, Cousine, Liberation, and so on... it seems to be they all look basically the same. The differences between them are so subtle that only the most discerning font enthusiast would really note any variation. I liked OCR-B because at least the lower case "l" had a nice curve at the bottom and not the bog-standard serif-like base on it, but it seems that font might be limited (...and I don't like the upper case Q...). Are there any sans serif monospace fonts out there that innovate and break the monotony? Something pleasing to they eye that doesn't look like it was written by a typewriter in 1978? Or am I just dreaming?
I have a source file for an icon. It has a base layer which is the icon background, and a number of layer folders, each of which contains layers for each individual icon. There are 20 or so of these folders. To save the icon set, I need to: Make the base layer visible, and hide all other layers Show the folder of the icon I want to save Save the file, with an appropriate name (the name of the folder) Hide that folder. Repeat steps 2-4 for every folder I've played around with the scripting in Photoshop but haven't been able to make something that does this automatically (it's an annoyingly time-consuming operation). Is it possible?
Possible Duplicate: What programs can be used to make animations? I saw this stack exchange and thought it'd be the perfect place to finally ask this. Basically, with Flash I use to make little stick figure animations. However, since then, I've lost the (pirated) copy of Flash 7 I had and really don't want to cough up a few hundred for a legitimate copy. So, are there any animation programs out there right now other than Flash? Bonus points for one that exports to a (somehow animated) vector SVG image. Or even one that just goes to plain MPEG. The only thing I've seen are programs where you have to manually draw each frame and then put all the frames together into an MPEG... which is extremely painful
I re-branded our organization a couple years ago and created what I thought were very "easy to use" Word templates for things like letterhead, forms, and long documents. As well intentioned as my co-workers may be, they're not very Word savvy and/or think they are creative geniuses and usually end up destroying the very brand and style guide I worked so hard to create. I've tried locking down Word but it's pretty quirky and caused too much of a headache for people to turn Show/Hide on or learn how Word styles work. I've also tried proactively training people on how to use Word the "right" way but its just not working out. In a perfect world I would have all documents come through my office where I could ensure their design before going to the public, but that's just not possible here. Can anyone suggest the best way to go about protecting our brand and still allowing co-workers to author their own documents? Different software, workflow, anything???
I have a graphic prepared in Adobe Illustrator that I need to export to a PNG file used in an iPad application. The default value of Raster Effect resolution parameter is 72 ppi, on the other hand iPad spec says that its screen has 132 ppi. Shall I change resolution from 72 ppi to 132 ppi before exporting PNG file?
I am a photoshop user who is looking for a free alternative. Gimp is usually the answer. When looking for downloads I stumbled upon 'gimpshop', a gimp distro that is layout for the convenience of photoshoppers. But is it equally good as Gimp?
The following situation baffled me slightly: after preparing a pdf in a different program I wanted to make sure that an embeded image in the pdf file had the right dpi, yet I found no way in adobe acrobat pro to inspect the file/image dpi. Can that be, or am I missing where this feature is hidden?
I'm not particularly experienced in graphic design, so maybe there's an easy way to do this that I just haven't noticed, but... I have a layered PNG image in Gimp. It's a complex shape (a photo of a real-world object) with transparency throughout the image (having carefully and painstakingly erased background parts from around and within the shape). It works great on a website I'm designing. However, now there's an element on the website which would, in a natural setting, cast a bit of a shadow over part of this image. So the brightness of the image no longer looks right when viewed in the context of the page. I tried reducing the brightness of the whole image, but the shading still looks unnatural. There would only be a bit of a shadow over part of the image. Is there a way to adjust the brightness along a gradient? Or maybe have a kind of brightness "brush" that I could nudge along until it looks right?
I am the tech lead on a new consumer product for the Asian market (mainland china, HK, et al). We are looking for a graphic designer to take responsibility for both the product design and overall look of the brand. Before we commit to anyone, we'd like to take a look at some rough ideas they might have for the product. This is not an immediately paid position; once funding is secured, in addition to a share of the profits the graphic designer would assume a leadership position within the project and take responsibility for final results of all manufacturing processes not related to functionality (packaging materials etc). The right person is Experienced in designing both products for the consumer market and merchandising/product displays Available to work on projects that are not immediately remunerative Since this is not an immediately paid position, I assume freelancer or odesk is not a good fit. I could post to craigslist but I've had... unpleasant experiences there.
Could someone recommend me an easy to use tool for greying-out some images (icons) ?. In an Android application I am doing I have a set of full color icons that I want to use in a tab bar, but I want only the icon at the selected tab to be in color, and the other ones should be shown greyed-out. Then I am looking for an easy way to generate the greyed-out icons from the color ones. Thanks for any help !
I'm trying to either make the inner margin in a text box smaller, or align the text on the bottom of the text box in fireworks. (by text box, I mean the box surrounding a text element). With the extra space beneath the text, I can't place the text box close enough to the element beneath it without the two boxes overlapping. Not sure I'm making this clear; please see the screenshot. Thanks in advance for the help!
I am preparing to print a book and need to select dimensions for the paper and the the top and side margins. I have seen this article about page construction, which describes various antique methods, but I am not sure if any of the ratios would suite a novel. What variables should I consider when selecting these measurements? Are there any industry standard measurements or any common ratios to use as a guideline?
Starting yesterday, Illustrator has been refusing to let me set a line weight under 1pt. If I set a lower one, the line snaps back to 1pt weight. This is crippling to my work: The art is being output to a laser cutter. 0.01pt lines are how you signal "cuts" for the printer driver. Heavier weight lines are treated as "etch" commands. Without fine lines, I can't cut things out. I first noticed the problem yesterday, and it's persisted through reboots and such. Prior to it cropping up, I'd been doing a lot of work with making custom brushes in Illustrator. Has anyone run into this before or have an idea what might cause it?
This is something that I stumble over occasionally. I have an image that was clearly created using some form of blending / alpha channel magic, usually for things like smooth edges. For example: There is a blend between the white arrow and the orange background, but alpha information is not included in the PNG for this. Now say I would like to transplant the arrow on top of a gradient. It would seem that it should be possible to reverse-engineer the alpha values, given that I know both colors that presumably were the basis for the blend operation. I think what I want to do is this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/746899/how-to-calculate-an-rgb-colour-by-specifying-an-alpha-blending-amount - but in Photoshop (or maybe Gimp). Is it possible, or am I one the wrong track entirely?
I'm a programmer and I'm really used to the Courier New font. I am quite picky about it - I find other fonts (including other monospace fonts) ugly in comparison. However, now I have to work on some code that includes Unicode strings, and Courier New does not have full support for Unicode. Could someone recommend a (monospace) font that is very similar to Courier New, but has Unicode support?
I am working on android Samsung tablet so it was sport 16bit depth images. so i want to need properly convert 8dit depth to 16bit depth. I was also trying these but when i was convert to 8bit to covert to 16bit then i was check it be 48bit
I have a passport picture in which the background is light brown. I need to change that background to white. Is there anyway I can do that using Inkscape or any free tools? Here is the picture: If anyone can change the background to white for me than that would be great!
This is the original image and I want to move the text to the right of the image: But I failed, I tried to resize the canvas but then when I move the text the layer gets invisible when put on the resized canvas area: I'm sure I'm just doing it wrong with GIMP and I wonder if you can help me to achieve the result? Thanks
Like the title describes. My profession is NOT graphic design. On the other hand, I occasionally work with those who are and would benefit from being able to better see things from their perspective. Where should I go? What should I focus on as I try to brush up on concepts? Thank you, -b PS: I am not looking for this to turn into a Photoshop tutorials thread. I am interested in background, not implementation.
I need to print a photo in large scale 3x3m. What size a photo should be, what pixel dimension? What resolution do I need to avoid pixelization? Also what format of file should it be ? PDF? This photo will stand in a shop window.
I've got a rounded rectangle, I want to make it wider without distorting the corners round-ness, however when I just change the size of the shape, it distorts the corner's shape. How can I do this? Do I need to just remake the shape in ActionScript dynamically?
I'm attempting to create a path in Inkscape and use those coordinates in another program where only positive (4th Quadrant) coordinates are accepted. Is there an exportable Inkscape format that will save the coordinates of a path defined by an object, whereas all of the coordinates are positive?
I purchased some stock images for a website I'm building (I'm a programmer, with relatively no design experience at all). The issue at hand is, like most stock images, the images I purchased are on white canvases. I need the images on transparent backgrounds. I googled for the process on picking out an image from the background - and its a relatively tedious task when you have 10 images at hand (add filter, draw border along image, magic wand, invert selection etc.) Considering almost no one actually wants or needs the white background stock images are placed on, I suspect there has to be an easier way to achieve what I'm looking for. So, in short - is there an easier way to pick out a stock image from its background? What are the chances that the image has cutting paths, and if it does, how do I use it? I have Paint.NET and GIMP at my disposal.
A printer is asking for a 300 dpi jpeg. I have set the image size to the correct printing size but what resolution do I set the ppi in photoshopCS2 to for 300 dpi. Also when saving a jpeg there is a box at the bottom saying Size which is 56.6 Kbps do I need to change this as it doesn't seem to change the image size?
I always want to open a new document with the same size, resolution, colourmode etc. Photoshop annoyingly defaults to the clipboard etc. Is there any way to make the New dialog always open with my defaults?
I have made my CV using Photoshop CS5.1 (3 separate files) and need to convert it to a single PDF file. I've done it before using a free download but can't remember what it was...does anybody know? Or is there another way this can be done?
When designing a UI for a mobile web application (non native) that is expected to run on iPhone, Android and possibly more platforms, what should be the baseline? Would you design it based on iPhone standards? Android Standards? Or just select your own look and feel ? How for example would you display a system message popup?
I am designing e-books for iPad & Android tablets. The problem is I have very little options to add animated effects to my e-book when doing it on InDesign (which is a must for me, as the e-books I'm designing are based on paper books/magazines that were previously designed for printing). I am looking for one of the following solutions: Adobe InDesign HTML 5 plugin, that I could use to add (almost) any HTML 5 code snippet to my project and then export the whole project to HTML 5 a web application, that would allow me to upload my InDesign project, add HTML 5 effects/snippets and then export the e-book in a HTML 5 format I would appreciate any recommendations/links.
Creating new layers automatically assigns random layer colors in the Layers Panel. Is there any workaround for having new layers assigned the same color (e.g. Red)?
I am speaking about the drop-in effect around the round edges. I like the fact that the actual theme seems to be a bit further back and the border is closer to the viewer. I can gather that a portion of this must be using an inner shadow with black color. Is this correct? How can I search this? I have spent quite a while now, but my non-existant background in design doesn't help. I have access to photoshop but could use other tools if needed
I have created an 8 page brochure with InDesign and exported a PDF for my print guy. At the moment the pages are exported as: 1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8 But for print he'd like them formatted like this: 8-1, 2-7, 3-6, 4-5 How can I achieve that in InDesign (while keeping automated page numbering) or during the export process? Edit: Or is that how PDFs should be laid out, and is there something he should be doing to my PDF before sending the print job?
I have to do some prototyping for an iPad app, and just realized why I was having so much trouble: this is an iPad app. I am used to design website pages/templates, computer interfaces, etc.. I have my usability rules, I know when and how to apply them, but these don't work on an iPad, mainly because it is not a computer (took me a while to figure it..). The main problem I have is about screen size / sliding. For my usual designs, I would start a canvas of a standard resolution (usually 1024*768 or 1280*1024) and start throwing stuff at it. I create a page for each menu, and voilà. Websites have scrolling, but it is not too problematic as you still have on screen roughly the same arrangement of header/footer/sidebars/content But on iPad, sliding is an integral part of navigation, and is even preferred over buttons navigation. So I would like my app screens to rely more on sliding than button-pushing. What would be the best option for this (I am only prototyping/designing, not building the actual app)? start with a canvas bigger than an iPad screen, and say to the client: "so, the screen is actually displaying only this portion of the design at at time, and the user can slide it" create several pages, and assume them independant from each other, and the user will just slide between them some other options I am not seeing? (don't hesitate to ask questions as comments before proposing answers, as it is pretty late, so I doubt my question is pretty clear; I'll correct and explain it based on feedback)
I do some caricature, cartoons and illustrations, as hobby. I believe that I am okay'ish with pen and paper, but recently decided to go digital. Given my budget, and a quick assessment of needs and reviews of various graphic tablets, I am thinking of ordering the Wacom Bamboo One CTE 660 Pen Tablet which as per specs is a wide-format 8.5"x5.5" entry-level tablet. During my research I've found that I could potentially use it with Inkscape, since I am not in a position to make an investment in professional software. Although I am not aware of the real potential of Inkscape for my purpose. I think I can mostly make-do with vector-graphics, and occasionally embed bit-maps (s.a. for scene background). My question is - Since the table is of a particular size, which is roughly half or sometimes even a quarter of the paper size I use normally, would the experience be very different ? Given that I'd be using vector graphics, can I assume that "free-hand drawn" images will scale-up nicely? What are the other "free" (as in beer) alternatives for my purpose/use-case? Ideally, I'd prefer something that is not very resource hungry, as my PC isn't very powerful (yeah, living with a lot of constraints!). Edit: Finally I went ahead and got myself a Wacom Bamboo One 'Medium' (6x9) tablet. It is the entry-level product, but based on my first day experience, I think it is quite nice. I wasn't expecting anything pro-grade, but it seems to be pretty adequate. Build quality seems reassuring (i.e. not cheap, flaky plastic), is quite sleek, and pretty responsive. It worked out of the box. Without drivers, on Win 7, it worked as a mouse right-away. Worked in MS-Paint as expected (as a pen). On installing drivers and software, I got pressure-sensitivity and something called Bamboo-dock. It seems like a Widget-container, i.e. you can download applications online... pretty much the same crop that you see on Firefox, Opera, Chrome -- but seemingly hand-picked, and pretty relevant to usage with a pen. I like SumoPaint, which I've used before, and is not bad for decent drawings / illustrations. Getting used to Pen, as a navigation / desktop-pointer tool, takes some getting used to. I think touch-phones and touch-pads have already mentally tuned us to direct pointing, but those devices have the display and touch-sensor aligned. When you are using the display and touch disjointed, it feels a bit odd, but not bad. Thanks all for your comments.
How do I disable the automatic update of text layers when I open a .psd document? The problem is that when I open big .psd files, this update lasts very long and wastes me a lot of time.
I am wondering if there is a name attributed to this type of old poster / burlesque / carnival style (lots of ink lines). Here is an example: http://ink-n-iron.com/ Their header has a lot of close together ink lines, while the typography is very carnival / old style / wanted-poster like. I am wanting to find more material like it, but I'm not having much luck with these terms in google search. Thanks for any assistance!
This is not a "what font is this" question, but rather a question about how to search for fonts. I usually have an idea of what I want the font to convey, but have trouble finding a font corresponding to the feeling I want. Dafont's classification is really helpful, but I wondered if there was a place with something "more". For example, let's say I want a font "sober", "light", or "young", or even a combination of these. Is there a place where fonts would be sorted like this?
Nothing too complex. I need a few custom paragraph styles, and here and there a graph or diagram will be interspersed with the text. I've looked at Scribus, and it seemed suited for my needs... only it runs quite slow, and it's crashed once. I fear it will start crashing / slugging on me halfway through my work. It's not very good at handling lots of text either. I've also considered LaTex, which I'm only barely comfortable with; but I'm definitely not trusting myself with LaTexing a whole book. I've tried LyX, but found it nowhere near as intuitive as others have. Really, all I need is something that's a step above Pages and allows for a bit more customization and and easier time working with paragraph styles and graphics. I am currently writing the book in HTML, broken up into separate files, using some custom tags which I hope the software could be made to read as paragraph styles (it can be done in Scribus via HTML_custom-tag). It would be good if I was able to import said HTML text directly into the program.
I'm a freelance graphic designer, so mostly, my pricing and what not is pretty casual and I don't work 24/7 as I have other things to take care of, so when I quote someone, I figure out how long it will take me roughly and also take into account how difficult it might be. I give them the price, get a deposit and start work. I usually tell them that the odd revision or two is included. BUT... In the situation that I'm asking about, I always seem to get people who are really specific on what they want, which is brilliant; it seems nice and simple and I know exactly what I'm doing. But then as the job progresses and I send them samples, they begin to change their mind, they request way more revisions/redesigns that I ever expected etc. Now, I'm fine with this, as obviously I'm happy to work with them until they are happy with their product but when I mention that it's been more work than they initially stated they almost always get angry and lash out (via email) at how I'm not holding up my end of the bargain. I always feel awful asking for more money and I almost never get more/they cancel altogether and I'm left with nothing, usually not even the (tiny) deposit that I stated was non refundable (to protect myself from exactly this...) What is the best way of wording something (anything) initially, whereby this might not happen as much. Or am I just being too polite?
How would I create a border with a pattern, be it some celtic knots or gem-like pieces, that could be used as a border in websites or ebooks? I'd like to simulate materials like gems, gold/silver, dark metal, stone, marble, parchment... Needs to fit into a fantasy theme. To clarify what I mean, two pictures. 1) The contents of the first are take from the Blizzard World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King Fansite kit. WoW-Fankit Borders: 2) while the second one is take from a german roleplaying site (called Nandurion, with CC BY NC 3.0). RPG Fankit Borders: My goal is to design a fantasy themed website and accompanying ebook, with faked antiquity / old-world quality. I mainly use Adobe CS2, GIMP and Inkscape. Any hints?
Inspired by the great answers from this question, what are things you would include in a graphic design job contract? Are there items or conditions you would have in a freelance contract that aren't necessary if you're in a larger firm, and vice versa?
I have a Color scheme for an app lets say I'm using the colors from this swatch http://kuler.adobe.com/#themeID/1746892. I am about to create another app and I'd like all of the apps created by my workshop to have the same aesthetic just different colors. I would like a way to create a "twin" of this kuler color scheme you can see that the colors are positioned relative to each other in this image, If you rotated this you would have a totally different color scheme but the same Hue & Saturation as the original scheme. Is there any resource out there that would let me take a set of HEX color codes and allow me to create different schemes that are aesthetically pleasing next to the original?
My printer has requested that a batch of graphic files be lightened by 5% to compensate for darkening that happens when the print is laminated. That would have been easy, until I asked, "What about the true black. If we're lightening everything so details still show up in the shadows, presumably we want the darkest stuff to still be fully dark as it can be." And they said that was correct: Black should still be black, but otherwise, nudging everything 5% lighter will keep the shaded areas showing up properly. How would you accomplish this? As best I can figure, ideally it would even be a step more complicated: We wouldn't want a sudden break from pure tonal black to lightened shadows, so the stuff that's very nearly black, we want to lighten less than the rest. How would you generate this curve? And for bonus points, how would you automate it, since I'm going to be doing this to over 100 files?
I am trying to create new horizontal and vertical guides lines in Photoshop using: View > New Guide > Vertical (this is for vertical guide line) View > New Guide > Horizontal (this is for horizontal guide line) Is there a quicker way to create these?
After photoshop started and once it get focus, I can move stylus to low part of the screen. But if I switch to other app's windows, stylus can be moved to full screen. I found a similar case on yotube, but with gimp, it can work although looks like wierd, and can be worked around by hide mouse cusor. The video is Issue with Gimp and Intuos4 With photoshop and painter, I have no luck. Do you know the solution? Any guide will be appreciated.
When I set transparency to a shape, it applies both to the fill color and the stroke color. What if I need a semi-transparent fill color, but keep the stroke opaque?
My website here: http://www.papdevis.fr/ is very, very (x 14) "sober", i.e. there's the less menus I could do. If you click on a region, same thing: there's the less menus I could do: Mes devis | Recherche avancée | Offres et demandes | Offres uniquement | Demandes uniquement which means: My quotes | Advanced search | Offers and requests | Offers only | Requests only I've been told a lot of times that there should be more: the "home" button (which is the banner: click on the banner), the breadcrumb, and so on. What do you think?
There's a trick I've seen other graphic designers do wehre they'll highlight a block of text, and then seemingly down-arrow through their whole list of fonts, seeing how it looks on that text block, 'til they find one that looks right. Yet when I try to emulate, it doesn't work for me: I have to manually click the Font box, pick one, see how it looks, and repeat. It goes from being an effortless tap-tap-tap on the keyboard to a click-drag-click-drag chore. What's the trick?
My displacement filter is simply broken. I made the simplest possible grid for a test subject, and then a displacement filter which is solid 50% grey. This should, as a displacement map, do absolutely nothing. But when I apply it, it produces the transformation shown below. It's moving the lines around, fading then, and it also adds horrible pixelation in the middle. This from a map that should have no effect at all! What's causing this and what can I do about it? Thanks. Update: Here's a PNG of the displacement map, as requested (sorry it's so boring, but I did say it was a totally neutral map):
I want to show a menu with indented items on top of a black background. I tried a lot of colors but can't find the right ones. I'm using css property text-shadow: text-shadow: 1px 1px #191919 , -1px -1px #444; Here is a screenshot for a better understanding: I'm not satisfied and I'm pretty sure that there is better... Any suggestion please?
I have received some psd files but need to modify the texts. But I do not have Photoshop. I have Gimp but could not managed to edit the text part. Is there a way to edit text of a PSD file without Photoshop?
When saving for the web, Photoshop lets you set some default Output Settings for the filename. Some of these options include the documents name, today's date, and the various slice names. I would like to get some other dynamic info added automatically when saving. Like the total dimensions(WxH) of the canvas,or the color mode (RGB/CMYK). Is there any way to get this info to show up?
When you ask Facebook for code to put a "Like" button on your website, you are given a choice of these typefaces: arial, lucida grande, segoe ui, tahoma, trebuchet ms, and verdana. Given that they are all pretty similar, what are some considerations in choosing among them? Recommendations?
Is there a way to customize the default canvas size in Inkscape?
When you highlight/select a text it highlights it in Black. Can I change it from Black highlight to a different color?
My client is requesting SVG files (saving as an SVG would require me to build the icon in Illustrator), but I have always designed icons in Photoshop (importing vector art from Illustrator, and placing as smart object, + applying layers styles)—I find that Photoshop allows for greater flexibility in layering effects (for drop-shadows, gradients… for an embossed look). Has anyone had any experience in building icons in Illustrator and creating the same effect that Photoshop provides? I'm hoping to pitch my case, that I can build the icons in Photoshop and easily scale them to any required sizes—but I'm happy to build them in Illustrator if I can create the same effects.
Is there a way to reset the skew or perspective effect applied to a smart object? Setting the warp setting in free transform from custom to none shows no effect. Otherwise I have to export 50 smart Objects by hand :(
Possible Duplicate: How to make an inner shadow around a page in Photoshop CS2? How do I get this effect where the edge is darkened?
I have no formal (and precious little informal) graphic design training. Fairly famous Computer Science person Dr. Donald Knuth long ago developed a font description system called Metafont. In and of itself that's not very interesting, but a thing about Metafont was that fonts could be described such that the production of the font "actuals" (the glyphs in vector form) could yield different letter shapes at different point sizes. For example, serif sizes could change, or thin/thick ratios in Roman fonts could be more dramatic at larger point sizes, etc. Thus you'd make your font description and then generate separate font files at various point sizes to be used for rendering actual documents. What I'm here to confirm is that vector formats like TrueType, OpenType, or Type1 (really I only care about ttf at the moment) do not have any way of doing that. To be more specific, I'd like to confirm that there's no practical difference between doing one or the other of these two things when I'm adding some text to line art (specifically SVG via Inkscape, but it'd be basically the same question for Illustrator etc): based on the context, pick a font size and create the text element so that it's "born" at the right size; generate a text element at an arbitrary size, and then resize it as a generic object to adjust it to fit This probably seems like an insane question but I just realized that it's a nagging "factoid" stuck in my head for like 25 years and I'd just as soon stop worrying. edit — when I say "resize it" I mean of course to resize while retaining original proportions.
I've created a PDF pricelist for my photography clients, and it looks great as a PDF. However, I wanted to upload it to my blogsite as an image for visual impact. The steps I took are: Imported PDF into CS5. Options I chose are Anti-aliased, Resolution 300, Mode RGB, Bit Depth 16. I changed the image size to 920 pixels for my blog. I saved for web as a png with highest quality possible. I uploaded and inserted to a blog post. Strangely, in my preview screen the PNG image looks great! But when I view it in a web page, the text is quite blurry and looks terrible. Also, there is a direct link at the bottom of the post to the PDF and it looks great. I would love any advice you have on uploading images with text to the web. I really don't want to re-create the info on my PDF into an actual image, but maybe that's what I need to do... Thanks in advance for your help.
I'm having some trouble creating a PDF with Photoshop. The client wants the final file to be "a PDF at 300 dpi". I have an image (3300 x 2550 pixels @ 300 dpi) in Photoshop. (11" x 8.5" canvas) It seems that no matter which method or setting, my PDF is always saved at 72 dpi because the PDF ends up at 792 x 612 pixels every single time. I'm using Photoshop CS2 on a Mac. I've tried a "save as PDF" from the file menu and I've also tried a "save as PDF" from the print dialog box. I even saved it as a TIFF (3300 x 2550 @ 300 dpi) and opened in GraphicConvertor, then saved as a PDF. Same problem... the PDF is only 72 dpi (792 x 612 pixels). So how can I get the final PDF size to be 3300 x 2550 pixels @ 300 dpi?
I remove all the columns I don't want visible by right-clicking the column headers and deselecting the column from the list. But when I switch to a different directory of images all the columns are back. They've even reverted in the directory I removed them from... How do i make my changes stick?
I have .tiff. Part of the .tiff is a bar code. My printer is insisting the bar code be converted to 100%K - CMYK "pure black". (Their words) A couple obstacles: The Bar Code has been scaled up. Since it got resampled in that process, the edges aren't pure black anymore. Just selecting the black area by color is tricky now, since the outermost pixels might or might not be included. The .tiff is in RGB8, and my printer wants CMYK. RGB rich black does not translate to 100% K in CMYK. How would you go about changing this one part of the image to 100%K CMYK, to make the printer happy.
Following on from this question: TTF and other "modern" font systems, and font size differences Higher quality fonts contain hinting information, which in short better fits glyph boundaries to a raster grid. It's commonly used on screen where it reduces anti-aliasing. But is hinting information used at all by any print devices? If so, which kind (desktop laser/inkjet/imagesetters for litho etc) and when does it make a measurable difference? I'm looking for direct references to it being used by print devices, and failing that, some empirical measurement (eg comparison of hinted font type /unhinted font type text/converted-to-vector type) (Why don't I do it myself? I'm no longer in the industry so don't have the tools unfortunately).
Any idea how to achieve this exact text effect? Does this kind of text effect have a name? I know the moonlight text effect and since I'm new to Photoshop, I do not understand what blending effect settings need to be applied to text. Detailed instructions on above text effect are highly appreciated. I would also appreciate if you could direct me to similar text effect tutorials.
I have a background image with linear transparency applied on the top of my image. I would like to replicate the same transparency on the bottom of the image. How can I do this?
Having trouble getting Inkscape to export PDFs cleanly and there don't seem to be many helpful resources out there. In particular, transparencies are difficult - sometimes the transparency will disappear and sometimes it'll be made into a solid block. I've fiddled with the save-as-PDF settings in Inkscape and I've printed to a PDF using CutePDF without success. Is there some method of exporting or creating a file so that I can get predictable results?
When I try to open this image in PS (CS5) I get red rectangles around the parts of the image that are not transparent. If I copy the image and paste it in PS I get the contents of the image, as seen via the browser, but with a built in black background (not transparent, as it really is) What is wrong with this image?! Or is it my PS?
On a publication that I work on I run into a problem where hyphenated words are hyphenated again at the end of a line. (Here's an example: self-sufficent would end up self-suffi-cent) Is there a way to change the hyphenation settings so that this will not happen?
Maybe once a month I need Photoshop. Since it is rare, the cost seems like a disproportionate amount of money to spend by my startup. I think the tasks I need to achieve when I'm converting a design to HTML/CSS/images are: opening a PSD that a graphic designer sent me crop some images out of it, generally picking up the layer to have transparent backgrounds measure distances measure colors (RGB) measure font and font sizes maybe more that I'm not aware since I almost never do this kind of task Is there some cheaper software for MacOSX that can do all of this so we don't have to buy Photoshop?
The task I'm trying to achieve with Pixelmator is opening up a PSD and quickly (because I generally have to do it a lot) crop a piece of the image but also removing layers that I don't want in the finished picture. This is for making little pictures out of PSD created by graphic designers to be later used in web application (for example, if there's a round button, I want the button, the icon inside but not the background, it has to be transparent, so I want to remove or hide those layers). I'm evaluating Pixelmator as an alternative to Photoshop to process PSDs into HTML and CSS.
I am trying to import a PDF into illustrator, the problem is that the PDF is a highly complex 3D diagram. I don't know from which software the PDF was genarated. I know that the original file format was vc3(I think its for CAD stuff). I am doing this on a Laptop(Processor: Intel Core Duo CPU T6570 @ 2.10Ghz with 4GB DDRAM memmory, so its not a studio laptop but its quite decent for usual and above stuff a GD would do. The problem is that the diagram inside the PDF is higly complex, even when I just open it with Acrobat Viewer, it takes about 2-3 minutes just to display it. It seems different from other stuff I've seen in PDF fromat so far, I think the diagram is all vectors, but its a little weird as I open it it seems that the 3D Model in the diagram is being build(it shows stuff from behind first then builds up towards the front part of the 3D model, for example if it was a cube, you would first see the faces from behind then as it adds the faces from the front part of the cube you don't even see the faces from behind that you just saw previously, but I think those faces are still there). Have a look at the screenshoots. I didn't even know that it was posible to have a 3D model in PDF format, that is cool, Im just google it now to see what I can find out. What I am looking for is maybe someone that did this sort of stuff before, are there ways to tell Acrobat to not generate/be aware of the back side of the model, I just need a large image of the model, I don't need it 3D, I need to extract it as an image in order to use it in a Print Brochure I am designing inside Illustrator. If I try to import/open with Illustrator the whole thing crashes and i can't really do anything about it. It crashes from the Place screen(when you place a PDF in Illustrator a window appears trying to generate a Preview of the first page of the PDF, then you can select with page of the PDF you want to place) well, it crashes at the part where Illustrator tries to generate a preview of the first page in the PDF... [I can upload the PDF somewhere if you wanna have a look at it, maybe on a super computer or something... Im not sure about the title of the question, and if in 3D generated graphics the "stuff" its still called vector, If there is someone around here that knows about this stuff please edit the question as best as posible, excuse my poor english, not native speaker :D ]