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I'm new to InDesign and am working on a catalogue for my company. I'd like each catalogue chapter to have a different colour scheme - e.g. chapter 1 uses blues, chapter 2 uses reds, etc. I've designed master pages, so is there a way to use those masters for my pages while changing the colour swatches used? That is to...
Can someone uncover the design process behind social network visualisations such as http://inmaps.linkedinlabs.com – and how those interconnecting Béziers are generated?
I wonder if there is any shortcut on keyboard to prevent snapping slices while re-sizing. I am talking about slices and they are jumping not by pixel, but by distance to nearest slice edge. I've tried to disable pixel alignment on slice which had no effect at all. I'm using Illustrator CS6.
This is a group of elements in Illustrator. I need to make the whole object less bright. One option is to go through each element in the group and alter the color. Another way is to make a rectangle above it with a certain transparency, but then I lose the objects alpha, which is not desirable. I wonder if there is an ...
I would like to stroke a path with 45 degree diagonal lines that are set a fixed distance of of 0.125 inches to each other. I'd also like the diagonals not to distort on curves- in other words, I want the diagonals to remain straight line segments that are parallel to the tangent of a curve at a any point. I hope this...
How much should I consider about copyright? Taking a animal photo from zoo and upload to microstock: -> will this call copyright problem? Tracing the zoo photo convert to "vector art": -> copyright problem? Tracing the zoo photo for similarly drawing as "digital painting": -> copyright problem? Is there a book about ...
How can I merge a semicircle with two parallel lines? I want to have the leftmost point of the semicircle to bind with the leftmost line in the illustration below, and I'd like the rightmost point of the semicircle to be bound to the rightmost line simultaneously: I'm using Illustrator (16.0.3).
How can one save a 2D part--that is, as connected paths--in Illustrator so that it can be "read" by AutoCAD?
Which font is used in "The Outer Limits" (1995 TV series)? I mean this for the titles, actors and so on, as in included picture. As one can see from my profile, I know mainly TeX fonts, but this one is extremely beautiful for me.
is there a Pantone book that shows tint values eg. 20% or 40% of 021c? I have looked far and wide for a Pantone Tint Selector which I seem to recall was available many years ago but now I can't seem to find it. How do you get around this problem of tint values?
we have created an interactive PDF in InDesign CC for a client with rollovers on various charts, that display extra information when rolled over. Now obviously the rollovers are meaningless on touch based devices, but we have found that the chart underneath is also not being displayed. Here it is viewed in Adobe Acrob...
All values of RGB should be unique and distinguishable, meaning there are truly 256*256*256 colors. In HSL, however, if L=0 then H and S can be anything, but you still get the same color (black). Similarly, if S=0 then H doesn't matter, as you'll get some shade of pure grey. So it seems that the HSL model offers at ...
I manage IT for my company and generally try to stay out of our designer's way. We are an eCommerce company, and our designers spend a lot of time shooting, cropping, and cleaning images for display of products on our website, so heavy use of Photoshop. We also make product demo videos, so we rely on Premier as well as...
I want to create a ripple effect. I have an existing smart object with a black/transparent "ripple" effect. I want to turn this into a refraction effect so that you don't see the black/transparent effect, but you instead see the image below it refracted and bulging, like you would see in a water ripple.
How to fill radial array elements with gradient like this: No idea how to make it happen automatically, rather than element by element.
I'm using Adobe Illustrator CC. How can I move a handle without pivoting it, so that I can change only the length of the handle, but not its angle? I only found one way to do something similar, which is to drag the path between two anchors – but this moves the corresponding handles on both the anchors. Is there a way t...
In 3ds max, I need to reset the model matrix without changing the position of all vertices. Does anyone know how to do this? EDIT: I didn't know that the model matrix was called a "pivot".
I am looking for the easiest and quickest option to apply blue and white (or green and white) to an image. Basically, I would like to have a shade of another color instead of gray scale in black and white effect.
I'm sure there's some tools available. Other than hand designing browser windows, other programs and export transparent wireframes? Has anyone made browser windows themselves with illustrator or Photoshop? If so, did you follow a strict workflow or abstract Windows from Balsamiq?
I am writing a game application and I was planning to use the Geometria typeface for small bits of text in all-caps (such as RESTART, NEXT LEVEL and so on). It looked just perfect but then I realized that I had misread the license and I am not allowed to do this without paying a license fee. Can someone suggest a free...
I'm using illustrator, and had many artboards set up. As I was creating more, I noticed that there is a bigger square in which all of the artboards reside. What is it? How do I make it bigger/smaller? Here is an image to illustrate.
I need to get the name of the font used in this image: The guy who did the logo just took an existing image of the "UTOPIA" writing and slanted it to fit the cubes, so he doesn't know which font it is. I'm pretty sure the guy who did the original writing told me the font name somewhere in the past but I can't contact ...
As I understand it, if I create a font and give you a copy, that doesn't give you the right to publish a billboard/flyer/book/etc using my font. There is an additional license required. Many fonts provide that license, but also many don't, including fonts included with popular software. How do you ensure you aren't vio...
I'm working with animation timeline in Photoshop CS6. I would like to have a small circle layer expand / increase in size, but on the Layer-Timeline panel, these are the only options available: Position Opacity Style Vector Mask Position Vector Mask Enable How can I make a layer increase in size during my animation?
Fireworks used to have System Anti-Alias in the options, why is it not there anymore? Does anyone have a solution for it? I found these interesting links but no solution The Ails Of Typographic Anti-Aliasing How Adobe ruined Fireworks CS4/CS5 And the only one with a partial solution (but not working fine for me) Sim...
I'm preparing a proposal for a Japanese company and have been asked to create a sign. I've been asked (by an American) to use a Japan-esque type of some sort on the signage. I would like to respect cultural sensitivity by making sure we're not going to offend. Any ideas?
I am a graphic designer hoping for some legal advice. A client of mine owns a small company that makes equipment repairs solely for a larger equipment manufacturer. My client’s company name also includes this manufacturer’s name in it. For example “Location (manufacturer) repairs”. Currently my client’s logo inclu...
Let's say I have 100 photos in a folder. On the first one, I would like to change the Hue to -180, and save it. On the second one, I would like to change the Hue to -170. On the third one, I would like to change the Hue to -160, and so on. Is there a way to batch process with a different value each time?
What is the font used for the phrase "For the game. For the world." in the picture below ? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I was wondering if anyone knows which font is used in the titles of the TV series "Masters of Sex". I have come across this sans serif font before, almost always in a 60's office setting. It looks like some sort of Futura spin-off (?) and I particularly like the lowered middle bar of the capital 'E'. Any help would be ...
I'm trying to recreate this: I know it could be easily done manually, but I'm wondering if anyone has come across a tutorial or knows how to create this automatically with actions in Photoshop? I want to be able to select a number of photos and be able to create something similar automatically. If anyone knows anywa...
I'm using adobe Photoshop CS6 my question : Sometimes my hand is just too fast that i accidentally press "escape" and i go back to the usual screen view, i want to stay in full screen mode without having too worry if i press escape too much. Any way to solve this?
What is the font used in this logo? I tried many places and could not find a match
I wanna know this font used by FIFA in some events. I have also posted at dafont.
I have a PDF (exported from CAD) that I am working with in Illustrator CS5. Lines in the PDF are made of triangles, and I would like to convert the lines to be a single stroked path. What is the best way to do that using Illustrator?
I want to construct a correct cube in three-point perspective (not eyeball it). Assuming I have a horizon line, the three vanishing points and one edge of the cube (line a), how do I know how long the other edges (lines b and c) must be?
I've been trying to lay out my type on a baseline grid. The head of my department always wants me to add more leading between my headings and body copy. I've attached two images to illustrate what I mean. I create the left column but am told to adjust it to look like the right column. Is proper to give more leading to ...
I am trying to achieve, for lack of a better term, a speckled shading in Photoshop. I'm not getting the right effect using noise (even with a gaussian blur) or setting the layer to dissolve. Here are a couple of good examples of what I'm referring to (they are not exactly the same, but they seem to employ a similar st...
After following many tutorials about pattern making using pattern maker and brush pattern in Illustrator and then offset in Photoshop, I couldn't make the below image into a usable seamless pattern :( It is the complexity of the "wave" shape that makes it difficult to achieve; most other tutorials and questions here in...
I have a simple cropped picture of a cornet (my gravatar, actually). However, it is many tiny scratches that it has accumulated over the years (it's 50+ years old). Anyway, because the photo was taken with a flash, they are showing up as tiny white specks all over. What is the best way to remove them and still maintain...
I'm a beginning freelancer and I have a client that wants character concepts (napkin sketches) then finished card art. He also wants a 3D figure of the character to create playable tokens. So he will need an STL file for 3D printing. My concern is with pricing. I am new at this and pricing is where I have no experien...
I saved my .psd file as .pdf to - well - see a pdf version of it. I think I might have unchecked the thing that keeps it editable and keeps the layers. Is this revertable? Can I get my psd file back? I kept working on the .psd file but it's nowhere to be found. Thanks in advance
I have a PNG file that looks fuzzy when I view it in any browser. However, opening the very same file in Photoshop, making no changes, it looks perfectly sharp. Why does this PNG look different when there is no difference in the file? Is there a setting in my browser that could be making the file look fuzzy, or a set...
Please help me identify the font with the unique capital A. Update: This font is also believed to have been used for the Stranger Things title sequence
I opened a .jpg file that only contains one channel, whenever I try to add another image to the file, the other image also turns gray. Why is this happening?
As an example, is there an easy way to crop away the o's in the Google logo using Gimp? The result should then be "Ggle" with a smaller image width than the original because the o's are missing.
I have removed the white background on a child's crayon drawing of a butterfly. I want to layer it over a coloured background on a poster but the edges of the butterfly are very ragged. How do I soften the edges of the butterfly so the line separating the background from the butterfly is clear and sharp? I want to ...
I'm pretty new to making graphics for a specific platform but not to graphic design in general. I have a logo I made using Illustrator and had scaled it accordingly by using the Save to Web feature of Illustrator and then added it to a canvas in Fireworks. In Fireworks the icon looks really crisp, even when I view it ...
I remember drawing this tea bag with the pen tool. I then made some coloured rectangles around it, played around with the shape builder tool (if I recall correctly) to get the coloured shapes to stick around the tea bag. Then I accidentally removed the tea bag, and now I would really like to know how to easily re-crea...
What are some places or areas where one could donate graphic design services for the greater good? I don't really mean local not for profit organization, but more on a regional, national, or global scale. Local non-profits are often a specialized thing for a specialized (not always "needy" group). I know I could hit my...
So let me explain the issue. Say I have layers A-Z I select layers A, B, F, R for example, make a change to those layers, but then I go back to doing other things so I deselect those layers. Is there anyway I could have saved that selection of layers, so that I could then comeback later and make more adjustments to the...
I gave a possible client a price estimation for concept of a character, and making it 3D as well. Now I find out that my estimation is double what he is paying his current artists. He never mentioned a budget and I believe he was under the impression I was a college student that would work for $50. He even mentions th...
I have used a whole bunch of applications e.g. Acrobat, Inkscape, SumatraPDF, Foxit that use the following shortcuts for zooming and panning, Scrollwheel = pan up/down Shift + Scrollwheel = pan left/right Ctrl + Scrollwheel = Zoom in/out Is it possible to get this behaviour in PS with a plugin or something? I realise...
I have several hundred packaged .ai files but I need to know all of the fonts used is there a script or something that can generate a list of all the fonts?
Large website design with many, many layers. Need a way to move one element to the new designated group without dragging forever in the layers palette.
I am trying to create an effect where glowing "dust" made from a particle simulation is flowing off an object (that looks a bit like glass) while it flies through space. I have got a particle simulation but don't know how to get it detailed or react to air behind the object. I was going to upload a picture of what I ha...
What's a relatively simple image that could be used as an icon to symbolize "Relevance", such as Search Relevance? I really can't think of anything that would be instantly recognizable, or even that a user might guess was the thing they were looking for. The best I've come up with so far is a magnifying glass with some...
I have two lines at different angles and I want to get a corner from each line to be in the exact same position. Here's a visual: The general problem is that I'd like these two lines to appear perfectly flush and and joined. Maybe there is a better overall way to accomplish this.
I was searching around and I found this question here talking about how a designer knows when thier work is 'good'; and it has a lot of crucial information. My question is almost an extension to this: How do I know when I'm ready to start doing professional work? Right now all the jobs I do are for school so they are f...
I have been trying to figure this out for the last hour, but have not been able to yet. I am pretty sure this is a very basic operation. Can anyone provide me the url to a basic tutorial or just the steps? I just need to extract one icon from the grid of icons (pack of icons) that I just purchased and save it as a .p...
Here is a picture of my website (and also the link) as it is now (still under construction). I've tried various combinations in term of font size, font weight, etc. but can't find "the right" balance so external advice would be much appreciated (especially for the top part: header, menu, sub-header). What would you cha...
In Microsoft Word, you type 27th and hit a space the th date suffix will resize and go to top margin with a date suffix format. In Adobe Photoshop I have to often make a new layer for adding date th, nd, rd, st with extra spacing and resize the text. Can Adobe Photoshop do this? Easier way around?
Any tip is welcome, as any suggestion of monospaced and pixelized fonts
I'm trying to create a sort sort of semitransparent blur filter image that I can use over some backgrounds on a website. But Photoshop doesn't let me to do so on an empty layer. Is there a work around? Or maybe I could achieve a similar effect in a deferent way?
When I am trying to delete the edges I selected the script editor gives me the following message: Warning: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya 2014/scripts/startup/cut Copy Paste.mel line 194: Nothing is selected. and it does not delete the edges. Has anybody encountered the same problem as I have?
How can I simply draw this shape? Is it possible to draw such shapes alternatively behind and front?
I really want to do this kind of effect where it looks like a person is disintegrating away, but I have no idea what it is called:
INTRODUCTION AND RELEVANT INFORMATION: I am a programmer who needs to put an EMF file on a certain place in my applications main window. My clients didn't give me the file I need, but I was given the PNG image of it. This is a problem for me, since I am a complete beginner in the area of graphics design/editing. I have...
SEE the link: http://samuelgeorgeo.com/cc/NEWDESIGN/ I have a site based on Twitter Bootstrap. I have two main elements on the page, the bottom one is a horizontal form. I would like the bottom div to be horizontally centered, matching the div above. Here is a screenshot: I want the form to be center and in horizontal...
I am currently studying graphic design. I am using the Against the Clock portfolio builder for Adobe Illustrator CS6 to learn the program. I have had no problems until recently. The book is asking me to set my CYMK color value to C15-M25-Y45-K0. The resulting color, as shown in the book, is a golden yellow sort of colo...
I am currently trying to add equations created with LaTeXiT straight into Adobe Illustrator CS6, but somehow the "font" changes. I've tried scrolling around the Internet to see if I could find out how to change this but without luck. Is there anybody who knows how to fix this problem so I get my LaTeX fonts into Illust...
I completed my undergrad in Graphic design and I'm currently looking for a job. I'm aware that I need a portfolio to be considered for an interview. I would like to know ideally how many pieces of work should I submit? Also, while creating a portfolio piece is it ok to borrow content from websites or other work(posters...
The black and white photos in the Proof Copy of my book (non-coated paper) are washed out and have no deep blacks, or hardly any blacks. Working from InDesign to a PDF file, how do I ensure that my B&W photos are printed with blacks on a digital printer, in this case CreateSpace POD?
Is Blinn material from rendering ribbon implemented only in spherical objects and not to objects like prism,cubes etc ?
I've been designing buttons for a while now but when it comes to selecting the color(s) for the hover state of either a gradient or solid its been mostly been a matter eyeballing a darker tone. Is there a structured color theory out there that would help better judge what would be a more appropriate tone to use? How d...
I really don't have an eye for this. Can someone identify this font please: It is a menu of the OSX app named Brackets - i think this font looks awesome but i can't with certainty seem to identify it.
I would like to render/generate a CSS pattern that looks something like green poker table felt or AstroTurf. Is this possible? Alternatively, would an image-based pattern be a better solution? If so, why?
Background Information I'm working on creating a semi-monospaced font that will mimic a seven-segment display. There are many existing fonts for this purpose, but none of them quite fit my needs. The intended use of this font is for a few different web applications to mimic the appearance of a clock. The sample below i...
I've been exploring design trends that use various ways to lay out text data (i.e. an Email app, Search Results, Blog Posts, etc.), and so I'm curious if anyone has any ideas for new ways to display such information? Off the top of my head I can think of two key layouts: Lists: The most common way of displaying sectio...
So I have this image as vector and a grunge image as vector: I can easily mask the grunge part from the image in Photoshop: But when I try to do this on Illustrator with pathfinder always get funky results: I can use the Pathfinder tool on simple one object at a time, subtract from front etc.. But how can I make th...
Inspired by: The new Kellum method Adobe Blank GitHub: jpkempf / zero-width-web-font ... I'd like to add non-spacing and non-marking glyphs to a font I've created in FontLab Studio 5. The only problem is, I'm not sure how to do it. Question: How do I create non-spacing and non-marking glyphs (in FontLab)? I'm using F...
This seems to be a recurring problem when cutting shapes directly in half when using Illustrator's 'Divide' tool. While the shape may look ok in the program itself when I output it as a png or reduce it to a smaller size in a raster-based program like Photoshop a white line appears right down the middle. Is there a bet...
Lately I would like to get involved / to learn in graphics design. Since holidays are in full swing, I thought I would use this time. I have used GIMP before, although very minimal and Blender. Both of which seem a bit complicated to me in terms of usage (perhaps this was due to the fact that I didn't really have the i...
ok , so I have made an image , something like an icon , and I select the whole image using group selection tool to export it in Jpeg format . But when I view this file , there's always some white space around the icon , to make it look like a rectangular selection. Is their any way that I can export ONLY the image/...
I am kinda on a tight budget and I want to start designing stuff on a computer screen and I am looking for a cheap but decent tablet so i can start using Sketchbook pro as a start. I was looking into android tablet like Asus MeMO pad. Any advice or help would be helpful. I am not looking for a pad,just a tablet for on ...
I'm trying to export some images of a photoshop design and this is how I usually do it: select the layer you want. command + left click the thumbnail to create a marquee around the layer copy it (command + c) Create a new file (command + n). this will create a file with the exact dimensions as the layer paste in the c...
Similar to what can be done in Illustrator is there a way to apply one fill to multiple selected layers with or without the hotkey, Option/CMD + Delete vs. applying the fill to each individually?
i would like to know the name of this classic font.The best part of this font is, it have diagonal shadow font.
I typed a short piece of text in GIMP, then I want to fix the kerning manually so I want to move the letters closer to each other. But when I select the "move" tool and click on the appropriate part of the image, I only seem to be able to move the entire layer. How do I select a certain part of the image and move it ma...
I'm trying to figure out how to reproduce the exact typeface of a font being displayed on my web site in order to use it as a typeface for a logo in Adobe Illustrator. The text is AJ Acevedo in the header of http://ajacevedo.com. Which appears to be an italic and bold version of 'Lucida Grande'. At least on a mac using...
How I can make color transparent in Photoshop? For example, I have picture of smoke, and I want to make background color (which is black) transparent. How?
Since a freelancer usually (or from what I understand) takes on all aspects of their work, they don't really get hired for permanent positions and thus work off individual projects. A client hires the designer based off a portfolio and if the price/style/etc is a match, the project moves forward. At least this is what ...
I created a simple straight line using the Pen Tool. Then I made 3 copies of it and grouped (Ctrl + G) them together to make a square. But now I can't fill a color for it. Even if I do it does not get affected. I wanna fill color just like when i do it with a rectangle tool.
Now I am working on compound paths and I need to remove all the redundant anchor points: so I press - and click some of them, but other ones are constantly disappearing, so I should click on V and click the path and - again, which is very disturbing. Is there any way to make ALL the anchor points visible ALL the times...
I'm trying to create a clipping mask where my text takes on the colors of the picture underneath it. This is the desired effect: I have been able to create a regular clipping mask as seen here, but the text around the image disappears and gets cut off (also inside, in the white areas). Instead, I would like it these a...
I have an image I want to draw a 1px black border around. When I increase the canvas size the extra space will be transparent; I can't select a color here. Ordinarily I would increase the canvas by 2 transparent pixels, then placing a solid black layer underneath would do the trick. However, my picture is a graph in ...
I'm trying to think of a way to visually depict the meaning of "wish" or "wishlist". I'd prefer to stay more on the side of "wish" than "list" as I'd rather avoid an icon of a list.
I want to create intersected curved line like this , I use Pen Tool but can not get the same as this , and searched a lot for already built through google , but all I got were curve lines not like this, any tutorial or any idea?
By block-layout, I mean style like these: Medium,Readwrite,Kicktarter There aren't too many on gallery sites(for example, Flat UI Design). Most of them are for product promotion, making a big focus at first. Like this: And I'm design a website needing block-layout, and really need more examples for inspiration. Wh...
I found this font used in a YouTube video, but I had no luck to find its name.