instruction stringlengths 18 28.6k |
|---|
I recently bought an icon set of all black icons (http://glyphicons.com/). These icon's look really sharp, however I am interested in changing the color of some of them so something other than black (shade of green, red, etc).
I am kind of novice with image editing (I use Paint.NET - I can do some things, am familar w... |
I have a dashboard of data, on which one of most important elements is a waveform of medical data (a real-time stream, in most cases it would be ECG waveform).
I am looking for a way to present this data in clear, understandable and easy to read way, so that a person looking on it could understand it in a blink (aesth... |
This is more a question about graphic design as a field than about methods.
I am applying for web designer jobs out there, and have been wondering more and more about my resume. I have a quite correct but very classical resume: photo, text, and voilà.
I am hesitating more and more on create a more graphical resume (mor... |
I've seen a few images like this one, they fascinate me, but what I wonder is whether the geometric 'work-lines' are a product of the workflow (hidden masks, etc) or added, manually, for presentational value afterwards. Please can someone enlighten me?
The above example is taken from a designers' portfolio, but plenty... |
I wanted to make a rather simple double-CSS3 gradient background, which would look like the one in use on my website now. I can't, however, conjure up the code to get both gradients working at once. Can anyone help me?
The background image: http://theapplenewsreel.com/Photos/background-main.jpg
Once you see it, you'll... |
As we sort of came to accept as an axiom - the heading fonts for any document should be arranged in an hierarchy, and the hierarchy font choices should make sense and match.
I have a design that looks something like this:
Clicking on Item One opens an Item One tab with the heading hierarchy presented.
Without going in... |
I've used Photoshop extensively, but the fact of the matter is that it's a photo editing tool. It has some complicated effects built in, such as the drop shadow and inner and outer glows etc., but it just isn't enough when designing a graphical interface. You can't add multiple editable gradients, for example. And you ... |
There are one square and two horizontal lines.
I need this lines to be arranged in the square dividing it into three equal parts.
Is it possible to do it without messing with pixels?
How can I align lines in the square? And how can I crop them to the width of the square?
From this:
To this (not perfect):
|
From the point of view of a graphical designer, which are the differences in developing for iPhone, Android and Blackberry. Is it possible to design for one platform and to use that work on the others? What are the constraints when implementing the same graphical interface to all of the above mentioned platforms?
|
I'm on the stage of hiring a graphic designer for my Android app and I was thinking that it will be a better idea to hire the right person for this task. I know about websites as elance, odesk, etc that have sections for graphical design jobs.
Are there any other sites on which to post a graphical designer job?
|
I have created a sidebar for a client as requested:
The top bar - where on other pages menu items are shown - is left empty as requested and instead 3 menu items are show in the sidebar. These lead to the three main sections of the site.
The client said the menu is not clear enough and I do agree. We only do not agre... |
Any suggestions? I searched FontSpring, FontSquirrel, and MyFonts to no avail.
|
I am working on a very basic InDesign project (my first one), and have one trouble that is progressively driving me crazy.
I need some bold text, and so have added a 0.25pt black stroke to my 10pt text where needed. However, when exported to .pdf, I end up having a sort of white stroke. It looks as follow:
I tried to ... |
Ok so I have come to this problem before but with no solution, so now I will ask the question.
Have you not come to the moment were you make the site for a client and then as it comes to the gallery he says " I want to upload pictures miself!" Witch is quite easy if they did not want a nice design!
So the question:
I a... |
What tools or software or devices are neccessary to create proffesional drawings for games for example? How to draw something and be able to use it on PC?
|
I'm designing a responsive front-page layout for a well known online community (just dribbbled this preview). The content section will feature a list of several articles, each containing:
A thumbnail;
A title;
An excerpt;
Related metadata.
There will be a minimum of two articles per row (up to four articles, maximum)... |
I am new to Illustrator and am still trying to wrap my mind around the concept of vector shapes.
In Photoshop, I used to make a glare very easily. I would write text and then I would put a rectangular marquee shape over the text. I would then fill it with a gradient of white to transparency and turn the opacity down u... |
Another newbie question in Illustrator that I can't find on Google.
I have a object made up of a bunch of different elements. Then I overlaid text on top of it (the text hangs off the edges of the object). Now I want to put a drop shadow on the entire logo but when I do it obviously puts a drop shadow behind the object... |
I am re-asking this question for Photoshop Elements 10 :
How can I resize an image without anti-aliasing?
I want the same result as the user got here- the ability to change a layer's angle and scale without having photoshop try to smooth the image for me (I'm working with pixel art). The only issue is that there is no ... |
I have got my rectangular grid in Adobe Illustrator CS3 on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3:
Rectangular grid:
How do I make it so that it puts a shape/dot/object on the intersections, where the lines meet each other?
|
How can I Import vector shapes from photoshop to flash cs5.
I have tried to export an .ai file, and Import it in flash but that doesn't work.
Thanks for help.
|
What resources could I (a programmer) find to help me with some basic design skills for an internal web application? I don't mean to make it look like it is off the shelf, but I would like to group information together in a nice format, to have tabular data displayed nicely, get some icons for "help", sorting, deletin... |
I have about 100+ rows of content in a .csv and I'm bringing it into my Indesign template. That's working fine but I can't figure out how to integrate it with the Table of Contents.
Has anybody gotten this to work before?
|
I have a series of layers in a document, all "Overlay" blending with varying opacities. (The net effect is a subtle set of fake lighting.)
I would like to merge the whole set of layers into a single one, which I can then use an overlay blend with and get the same effect.
But when I merge all the layers together, and se... |
Where can I find PSD file or tutorial to create the effect of frame with shadow (see red arrow in image)
|
I am creating an animated sprite list in Adobe Illustrator. I finished creating the sprites and used the Horizontal/Vertical Distribute Center commands to distribute the objects equally in some area.
But, if the objects are spread too far apart, the Distribute Center tool leaves, albeit equal, much distance between the... |
I want to know what Adobe CS5 program to use to make A4 multi-page brochure?
I have the full master suite so I wanted to know what is best to use for this?
|
Any one know how to automate categories with in a ToC? I'm trying to get ...
cars
item 1
item 2
item 3
item 4
trucks
item 5
item 6
item 7
Right now each page has "Cars(or trunks) | item" in it. I'm getting ...
cars
item 1
cars
item 2
cars
item 3
cars
item 4
trucks
item 5
trucks
item 6
trucks
... |
The American Typewriter comes by default on Mac machines, but not on Windows. If those in my agency who need to use this font on their PC, do they have to purchase a license for it, or could I just give them the font to use?
|
Let's say I'm designing a site, and Client and I agree that I'm going to purchase a slideshow to use on Client's site. The slideshow code costs $30.
I will mark this up to compensate me for my time in finding the slideshow, testing it, and learning how to use it. Is there a standard number for the markup? (Assume U.S.... |
I have this image:
And I would like to extract the dark parts (shadows) to make a transparency consisting of black pixels at different alpha channel values. Here is a crude example image of what I am trying to extract:
This way, if I put solid colors behind the image, that texture will show up over the new color and... |
I do mockups and prototypes of sites and designs all the time, but I've always wondered if there is a standard size or width I should be using. Generally I'll make my document either 1024, 1200, or 2560px wide, depending on what I'm doing.
So what do you think? What is a good or standard size for this?
|
I am working in Illustrator (15.0.2 (CS5) or 16.0.0 (CS6)) and when I try to move objects small distances, they snap to the nearest two pixels on some invisible grid. I can't find anything in the preferences. Here are some screen shots:
|
I am a graphic designer with a bachelor's degree and 3 years of professional graphic design experience, and I am currently looking for a graphic design job. I am wondering what is an acceptable way to make first contact with potential employers who do not have any job openings posted?
My current plan is to send an emai... |
I have a flash website and i continuously face problem of loading time it take long time to load how could solve this problem.
|
I have rasterized an object in Illustrator, so it is embedded. I want to enhance it with photoshop, but I don`t know how to convert it to link.
|
I have a simple problem. I have an image with text (as image). I want to blur this text. I think I did it before but it is not working the way I am doing.
Create a new layer, draw a rectangle on this layer which covers the
area I need to blur. I added blur effect to the this rectangle.
It did not work. I tried putt... |
I always wondered how to create a those custom grids like you can see on David Pache's works (http://dribbble.com/helveticbrands) and Igor Duibanov.
I found out how to create a tangent to a circle from a certain point but I can't find how to draw a tangent that will cross through 2 circles like here:
I'm really in ... |
I am a new user of Ubuntu, and to be honest completly new to the whole linux scene. I'm looking to add more brushes to my GIMP program, but I don't know how.
|
I am trying to reproduce this image as SVG:
It was made in Photoshop simply by creating a rounded rectangle and setting an inner bevel layer style, downward. (It's a bit hard to see on this site, as it is meant to typically be shown on a darker background, but the beveled border is there.)
Is it possible to reproduce... |
I've been working on this file with a lot of guides(in Illustrator) and at some Point I was wondering is there a way to give different color to guides ? Like the gutter guides to be black, the main layout and columns guides to be green, some other guides I've done while placing other content a different color...
Is th... |
I am developing a game and I am particularly interested in a Bastion-like mapping style. This is a good shot:
I am unsure about how to achieve that. Currently I use both Photoshop and Illustrator. Any ideas?
|
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a good resource or tool to help build a palette around colors I select?
I am a developer, and I would like to know how to choose colors that combine together.
I am placing red and blue spots (compulsory colors) over a grass image and I don't know what other colors to choose for the other... |
When using Photoshop for designing pixel-based layouts (websites, apps etc.), is there a way to ensure that when you're using the shapes tool, or resizing a layer, it always snaps to a complete pixel? I know when you use the marquee tool it snaps to pixels, but then as soon as you resize that layer it could become 20.4... |
I am looking for the graphic design terminology for describing themed buttons used in a web application. The way I understand it is that certain color/backgrounds are created and various sized buttons use the background to display.
I have seen them out there - but have no idea exactly how they are used or how to talk ... |
How can I create 2 small circles on the left and right hand side of another circle, equally spaced horizontally and vertically just like two ears on the side of a face?
I'm using Adobe Photoshop CS3.
|
When I drag my mouse through a ruler to create a new guide, I want this guide to move pixel by pixel so that when I leave it, it will have snapped to a side of a pixel instead of staying in the middle.
How can I achieve this?
|
I've got zero experience with drawing in real life and I don't have a tablet. Neither do I know anything about human proportions. But I do know my way around Photoshop & Pixelmator. My goal is to draw people somewhat like:
Are there any good tutorials or books out there which I should check out? I don't want to mess w... |
I'm a new to graphic design and I'm whipping up a quick icon for an app kinda thing. I created a rounded rectangle shape. Next I need to add a slight gradient to it to make it look neat. I have to do the same with my text layer. How do you add a gradient to an object?
The method I tried was:
Layer options
Convert t... |
I was some time without using photoshop regularly and i forgot this shortcut. How adapt the size of the type tool box to the dimension of the text ?
Obviously this can be done with the mouse, but i am interesting in the shortcut.
|
When making a design (as a freelancer), how do I handle stock images?
Do you buy the stock image(s)? Or do you find an image via Google or whatever and later replace it with a similar stock image?
I'm wondering because sometimes stock images can be expensive and you have no guarantee that your final design will use the... |
There are lots of other questions on Graphic Design which partly cover this, e.g. What DPI should be used for what situations?.
However, I have become frustrated at the number of questions and answers which confuse the two terms. I think understanding the difference is important.
So here's a place to answer this questi... |
I want to create some kind of flow chart with Illustrator CS3. In other programs it is possible to bind a line or arrow to a rectangle and whenever I drag the rectangle, the binded line is adapted in a way that the line is still "connected" to the rectangle. Is that possible with Illustrator CS3? Thank you!
|
Possible Duplicate:
What are some good resource for programmers to design icons?
I have been developing web and iPhone applications for our company to use internally. For the artwork I've been using Procreate Inkpad and Sketchbook on my iPad and Inkscape and Gimp on my Mac.
I'm wondering if there is a simpler packag... |
I want to convert my illustration (created with AI) into stereo 3d (Red/cyan anaglyph). I basically want to assign depths to each object relative to each other in postcard fashion and then generate the anaglyph. Could someone recommend me a way to do this?
|
Example 1:
Example 2:
Is there a simple and semi-automatic way to do this? I know I can do it manually, but there ought to be some way to make the text automatically break when it reaches some sort of defined "edge".
PS. For anyone wondering: The text is in Swedish. ;)
|
I need to make a form in InDesign for an application. The entries need to made so that each letter/number goes into an individual box. Here's an example I just found on the web:
http://scholarshipsfile.com/scholarships-application
Is there an easy way to do this in InDesign?
|
I designed a poster in CorelDraw X5 for printing purposes. I was told by the Printshop guy to use colors only in CMYK. For the most part I did, I don't know why I missed it but I used one color in RGB. I liked this color so much that I've used it at many places. So, current situation is that some colors are in RGB and ... |
Suppose I'm designing something for printing purposes. Then I need to stick with CMYK model. When ever I'm choosing color while designing, I'm setting color based on what my monitor shows me as CMYK. But Monitors don't work on CMYK. So, what my monitor showing is a conversion of that CMYK in RGB.
After reading little b... |
I am designing large posters for print...A2 size and bigger. I create my photoshop file as 594 x 420 mm, drag a jpeg image which 7.6MB onto the canvas, enlarge it to fit canvas, then drop a logo onto it. I save as a PDF for print, which then saves to be over 200MB, which is huge.
How do I design large images for print... |
I have to make a lot of forms in InDesign. Not interactive forms, just forms that need to be printed. It's really a pain making all the checkboxes, radio buttons, lines and text fields and ensuring they all line up properly. Is there a simple mechanism or toolset for creating standard forms?
|
I'm planning to create an index automatically and then fine tune the entries manually.
I remember having done it in the past but now I cannot figure out how.
|
I'm somewhat new to Photoshop and Illustrator and am trying to figure out how to blend two images together. Here's the picture:
It's basically a splash going into a soda background (I couldn't find a full picture that I liked). This picture works into the rest of the scene but I just need to focus on this part right no... |
A designer did a design for me. It is in Adobe illustrator. In order to write my program, I need to export sublayers one by one to .png files. How can I do that?
|
(I'm not entirely sure this is Graphic Design worthy, but since screen printing is a favorite medium of graphic designers for posters and the like and is certainly one of the popular commercial printing methods for the work we do, I hope it is valid...)
My question, broadly: what does one need to set up screen printing... |
After reading the answers to my previous questions, How does a monitor display the CMYK color? Is it actually showing the true CMYK color? I'm very much convinced that I need to profile my monitor if I'm choosing colors based upon what my monitor shows as CMYK. Even that wouldn't be ideal. The best way would be is to h... |
I know how to set the general leading for at text box in Illustrator.
However, I would like to know if there's a way to set leading between paragraphs?
|
I want to specific the position of a guide manually, without dragging or using the mouse.
In Inkscape you can create a guide, then double or right-click to specify the X, Y coordinates of the guide. Here is what the dialog looks like. I want some way to do something similar without dragging or using the mouse:
|
I've searched and searched, but I'm looking to find a tutorial on how to make the outside border of the Settings app icon in iOS. Or the whole icon, I like the effect.
|
I'm trying to copy the text effect on an existing logo to no avail.
I have been using Illustrator to work on the logo but cannot seem to get it workout the way I want.
It's not that I want to copy the logo! I have another font where I want that black border, the grey border inside with gradient to use in one of my own... |
http://www.mynuvia3.com
There's an animation on the front page and eventually I'd like to make something like that. I don't know where to start though.
Which program(s) could be used to make such animations?
|
So, I have a color set up for links on my site. let's say that color is f80021. This is for a particular red theme on my site, complete with colored icons, backgrounds for buttons, etc.
What I want to do is take a single color for links from a client and compute the color shift that I can then apply to all the colors... |
I thought there is only PNG8 and png32, but photoshop has option for PNG24, and fireworks has all 3 options. Which is better for web world?
Also when I export PNG24 with alpha transparency in fireworks, it always adds background color, but in photoshop, it exports with alpha .
|
Was wondering if anyone could suggest a free font that is similar in style to Verlag.
http://idsgn.org/posts/know-your-type-verlag/
Just looking for an experienced eye's opinion for something that matches feel/style.
Thanks.
|
This question is based on the comments on this answer to another question.
What is the technical difference between text that is "wrapped around" a shape as opposed to text that is "constrained by" a shape?
Is this just 2 different ways to describe the same thing or are they opposing methods to conquer a similar obst... |
I'm trying to create an Android/iOS game and I'd like a few pointers on creating the style.
I'm trying to go for a style like in Dragon, Fly. Are there any tips in color schemes, shading, etc that anyone can offer me?
|
I want to make a set of icons for android phones. The guide has a set of recommendations for the denstiy and sizes link to recommendations. What is an efficient manner to go about producing these exports from Adobe Illustrator?
Considerations are that I would have to save-export to png and then change the preferences e... |
As I assume, it should make no visual difference if duplicate a layer and then show both layer using normal?
forgot to mention, both layers have opacity setting 100%
|
I've been using Data Sets to fill alot of my graphics with Text. However I want the text to have different formatting styles (New Lines, Tabs, Bold and Italic to be specific) with certain words. For example:
"He should have seen it coming."
I'm using .csv Files for Data. Are there any "special characters" I can insert ... |
I'm creating a simple top down 2D game from scratch. Problem is, I also have to make all of the sprites for it. Now, I'm decent at graphic design but I have a hard time keeping everything with a single theme. What can I do to make sure my sprites are consistent in theme and appearance?
|
I'm working on an iOS app that has a blackjack table in it, and need to figure out what font to use. I see a bunch of serif fonts when doing web searches, but they're hard for my crude eye to identify. Here's a couple of shots of what I'm looking for:
|
I am using Adobe Illustrator (CS4). I have a document with artboards of various sizes to place the same image, an icon, on these artboards before exporting. I create the image on the artboard with the largest size before tying to fit it/place it onto the other artboards of smaller size.
I am not aware of many options f... |
I want to design a 3d living room using Blender. Can any one help me to find good tutorials. I saw a video tutorial in you tube but it is not enough. Videos or any other form of tutorials are OK.
Thanx.
|
I am new to Photoshop. I have searched a lot but didn't find any option like Color Dodge. So will you please help me for that?
I want to make the Photo as Pencil Sketch:
And for that I want that option. I am using Photoshop CS2 for it.
|
Using GIMP, given a black text on a white area having some grayish smudges, how do I remove everything except the text?
for example this image, has gray outline around the text at places, I tried using the color tool with various tolerance but it always grabbed bits of the text. What is the proccess to be left with a s... |
I need to censor some images (Whole image).
I need these images for a essay about pornography in a webpage and I need the images (pornographic pictures) be censored (something like a pixelized image so the viewer should be able to understand it's about pornography but shouldn't be able to see the original image).
I'm u... |
I am creating a photo filter program and trying to do some actions in Photoshop CS5 in order to repeat them in code.
One action I stuck with is Vignette effect. This is typically gradient fill layer with "Vivid Light" blending mode. However, it is looking nice only when "Transparency Shapes Layer" checkbox is turned of... |
how could i achieve to have a brush like the one in the picture with both tips fading? I checked in the brush window but I could only affect (alpha and size) the ending tip of the brush stroke..
|
Which is the faster way to replicate this effect in Photoshop with those light green squares having a shape tween to little dot?
|
In Photoshop Elements, how do I expand a layer group to see the layers inside? I mean "Register form" or "login form" in the following screenshot:
|
I'm architecting a software project which involves 3D graphics and will soon need to select a 3D modeler to build some models for us. I'm trying to figure out what file format I should require the modeler to deliver to us.
We would ideally like something which can be opened and edited with free tools, but we don't wan... |
I was deliriously happy to find this blog post about using Inkscape and one or another online converter to create web font kits. My interest is specifically in icon fonts.
While that article was helpful (and extremely so), I still have a lot of questions about the SVG font editor in Inkscape 0.48.2 (I think it was adde... |
Since Elements doesn't have the per-layer Blending Options feature, I'm wondering how other Elements users deal with this restriction.
Edit: this question was originally posted on photo.stackexchange.com but since I'm looking for a graphic design-oriented answer the question has been migrated here.
|
I'm looking for some advice on a simple, hosted web-based digital file management system. We have a design team that creates a lot of assets needed by engineering, marketing, and many other people in the company. However, we already manage timelines, feedback, etc in a ticketing system. Dropbox/git may be possible, but... |
Possible Duplicate:
How to resize icon sets in Photoshop?
I'm redesigning the icon for my Android application.
I designed it at 512x512 and then rescaled it to 96x96 and 32x32. However, it looks extremely ugly at that size. I'm using a vector of an airplane as a part of my icon and it gets all blurred on shrinking. ... |
I wish to open a pdf in photoshop , remove some content and then resave it. When i do this the new pdf has trimmed margins. What is the best approach to keep the margins the save as the original file. I appreciate indesign or other software would be a better for this job
|
In our web application we are adding rounded corners on small elements (e.g. 60px buttons and tabs), medium elements (e.g. 150px dropdown menus, help-tips sections), and large elements (e.g. 600px borders around forms).
I'm assuming that it makes sense to put larger rounded corners on larger elements, but how much larg... |
I was wondering how could I achieve to have a unique selection from a "border"..
Better: How could I switch from a "ring" shaped selection to a "circle" one??
|
This may be a silly question but...
Im pretty new to Illustrator and I have the number 12 and i need to type text inside each number without it going outside the lines of the numbers. How do I do this? Thanks
|
I find my workflow for temporarily locking/unlocking single objects to be very awkward. I often refrain from this operation since the process of re-unlocking only that, one, particular object at a later stage, is simply too cumbersome.
I assume you can relate to what I'm referring to, but for clarity, here's my typical... |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.