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I know this question sounds really simple; I'm a beginner with Photoshop. I'm learning about the different tools. Is there a keyboard shortcut for accessing the last used tool? If not, would it be possible with AppleScript?
I'm a programmer and for some testing I need a font that covers all the glyphs and the characters encoded by the UTF8 standard. I personally can't remember or find anything like that, I hope you can name a font that will meet my requirement.
I am trying to find some common place considering Illustrator Workspace arrangement. Frequently I have a mess on my working space, however I cannot find some useful solution apart of pressing F and Shift+Tab or Tab. Could you please share some Workspace organization screenshots and recommend some useful tips about the...
I used to use AdobePhotoshop for this purpose but after months i realized that it's not the best tool for this, does anyone recommend a good tool for webdesign mockups
I'm new here, so I'll start from the very beginning. While working in Illustrator, I find it damn hard to edit the lines sometimes. I've tried to draw a data flow/nodes shape, that looks like several small angled lines of same width parallel to each other (If I said some rubbish you didn't understand, you can google 't...
Here are some types that i can think of on top of my head: Typography. Illustration. Initials. Abstract. Symbol/Iconic. 3dish flat/simplified hand drawn animal ...what more.. I have always thought of creating a list with all categories..as there are some categories i don't excel at, like illustrations, so i want to m...
Update: First Try: I used the advice here and went back to the drawing board, wracking my brain for some creativity with this name and developed: A "C" icon representing (hopefully) a borderline mix between a grill and a silver platter The focus on the letter group "eat" in "creative" A fruit basket holding the "O"...
I have an animation that is split up in ~20 individual images that I use for a mobile game. The game engine I use will take all the individual images and compile them into a sprite sheet for me. My issue is that some of the frames in the animation have a lot of blank space (its an explosion so it gets bigger every fram...
Is it somehow possible to edit the color of something that's in a .png file that cannot be edited? I'm trying to change colors of icons in a .png file that's used as a .css sprite. The originals are from Twitter Bootstrap. A guy who did manage to change the color (See attachments. White and Black are Originals, Blue is...
What decisions and factors should be considered to determine when to use ligatures? Only in headings? Only in body? Purely by eye? I ask because about seven people looked over a poster design and liked it. One noticed, "hey Ryan, the f and i in identification are so close the dot is missing." Now, after being pointed o...
I created a table. After filling in the data I had a couple of empty cells at end. I would like to delete those without affecting the other columns or rows. How do I do this? I looked online but they tell you how to delete the entire column or row not an individual cell.
I'm trying to understand the process of going from initial gesture sketches to a completed drawing. Most of the instruction I've seen talks about the gesture phase and the late detail phase but very little about moving between the two. The best example I've seen so far is in How to Draw the Marvel Way, but that just h...
I go to export assets from Sketch as SVG files. I have a few problems... If I select the assets and it automatically slices it, I then save out the SVG file and it gets cut off. circle icon example Inserting into code looks crisp on safari but in Firefox and Chrome it looks blurry (only on a non retina desktop). Any...
I have seen such an effect being used in many places however I haven't figured out how to replicate it via Photoshop. I have tried desaturating the image, placing it under a layer of solid colour and then lowering the opacity of the colour. I have also tried a couple of blend modes, to no avail. The effect is nowhere n...
I hired someone to help me do some photoshop work. I told them to make screenshots for my game. I also gave them a picture where they have to change the items in it to look like the same object as it is but to look differently. How would I know whether or not the person used images from the web that are copyrighted? I ...
I'm struggling with this. I have a lots of (big) images that I need to re-size to a specific smaller dimension. The important thing is to keep the aspect ratio and don't do any weird stretching to the images. Empty space should be filled with my background color. What I normally do is something like; Re-size canvas to...
I've been approached by a new client because they are unsatisfied with the logo that was done for them. However, they want to keep the colors and the design... My guess is the problem is in the execution more than in the elements of the image itself and it would be a quick job, fixing the type, kerning, tweaking colors...
I am looking for a sort of Review of some work that I did for a contest (I didn't win). Personally I think that the business cards look awesome. I used graphics and such from the client's site. I am not going to blur anything because the information is readily available and I see the Business card as my work because ...
I have a problem with svg backgrounds that render differently in browsers.In Chrome the letters are correctly gill sans light and two words are bold. That's not the case in Firefox. How do I fix this, so it looks like in Chrome across all browsers? Also - they appear FPS-heavy even though the files are under 1kb. Why i...
I have noticed that some fonts have the letters BE or BQ appended to their name. What does this mean? Is this a standard code for some features of the font? Extra glyphs perhaps? Or is this just a naming convention of a specific foundry? For example, what is the difference between these two fonts? I am trying to decid...
in Photoshop CS2 is it possible to resize (and not transform) more than one paragraph text frames at a time? can you help me please? many thanks!
I'm a web designer, and my old (non retina) Macbook, Photoshop used to produce clear images and text both in Photoshop and out of Photoshop when the final images had been saved as a png or jpg. However, ever since moving to the retina MacBook i've been completely stumped by the fact that my text and everything else in ...
Can anyone tell me how to get this kind of vector line drawing from a photo? I'm beginner and can't find any answer. Thanks in advance :)
I've been learning GIMP as an alternative to Photoshop, which I haven't been using for design purposes for more than 5 years now. I discovered that there is a new interesting thing called the smart object in Photoshop. In GIMP, I haven't been able to figure out how to create that smart object. What is the closest thin...
Sorry for asking such a question, I've to confess I do not own a hand-held device, but I wish to discuss about layout options for desktop application I develop. Would you please tell me the name of this layout type?
This is the font that i can't manage to identify.. or to find a close one. If someone can help me. Thanks
I'm trying to make a stylized chain (the hardware kind, not a bike chain or jewellery) in Inkscape. Initially I gave it a flat effect, and this was easy to achieve. For the O-shaped links, I used rectangles with the corner radius set to half the width (on the right in the image below), and for the ones you see side-on,...
What programs besides Photoshop are good for saving and optimizing images for web?
First of all: I actually checked if 3d software is in this site's scope. Apparently it's kind of grey area but it is allowed (especially when it comes to texture). So, I made a low poly model in Autodesk 3ds Max 2014, unwrapped it and baked it (via render to texture, ambient occlusion as diffuse). I immediately noticed...
I have a question for you about resizing tif image for print. We are creating a 6x10 inches Indesign brochure right now. I have this 63M, 3840x5760 px, 300 resolution tif image will be whole spread of brochure. It seems like the file is very big for such small brochure. Another designer wants to include original file ...
I'm designing packaging that needs a clear see-through window to allow customers to see the contents of the packaging. I created what I want the window to be with the ellipse tool, how do I now knockout that shape so that when it is sent to the printers this shape is left see-through? Thanks
I have a necktie with a pink solid color, that I want to use as a mockup: Source And I have a number of neckties with various patterns like this: Source How to copy the patterns from the patterned tie on top of a solid colour pink necktie, maintaining the integrity of the image, all the cringes, shapes and folds?
I need to draw a cirlce and stroke it with an arrow style brush. I want to arrows to rotate along with the circle and not all stay the same direction. Can I do this in photoshop?
I am using Photoshop CS5 to work with an image that will be composed of about forty separate pieces that I want to be able to move and rotate independently, something like a jigsaw puzzle. I don't believe I can have more than one selection per layer, so I am expecting to have one layer per piece. Is there a way that th...
Is there a way to edit SVG files in Illustrator where you can specify a CSS class for each path? I already know in Illustrator that if you give the layer name an actual name, Illustrator will use that name as the path's ID, which is fine if you don't plan on reusing the icon more than once on the same page. My current ...
So i haven't used InDesign in years. I'm a little embarrassed to ask this but I'd rather just find out on this site instead of taking an hour to figure it out. I would like to add layers to a shape and/or text for effects and colors. I use the appearance panel in Illustrator ALL the time. Is there something like that f...
I am filming a project, and in one of the scenes I need to have a lot of smiley-faces. For example this: How can I repeat this multiple times on the screen?
I am using RawTherapee to process images. This program (and I suspect many others) has an option called "Working Profile", which you can use to adjust how the image is displayed; and an other called "Output Profile", which is the profile embedded into the image (this functionality is better explained here). I believe I...
I'd love some feedback on the banner I created for my WordPress plugin. This is the banner that displays when someone is on the plugin's page in the WordPress repository. You can see it here, if you like. I want it to be simple and give the user an idea what the plugin does before they even read about it. I originally...
I had created 24x24 pixels size outline icons (width: 1 pixel) on AI6 and I also used the Path/Outline stroke at the end. When I paste it as shape layer, smart object etc. to Photoshop it looks fuzzy. The icon located in pixel perfect without any decimal value and I didn't resize it in Photoshop. What am I missing? cou...
I'm working on an ecommerce site and I am trying to figure out at which resolution to save product images. We usually go for 72DPI but I believe now we should be using PPI, but also that to account for retina displays we need to save two versions of the image; if we want the largest zoom size to be e.g. 300x300px, ther...
We want to do a photo album which we intend to publish in print and also electronically on iPad and Android tablets. If we want to do a single output (PDF etc.) for all media, which would be the best "average" proportion ratios in order to fill up the screen space as much as it is possible on the most tablets? Please...
I want to do Photoshop design work, and sell designs to people. I don't have much money right now to invest in Photoshop, but I'm definitely thinking of saving up to whatever amount that is required (within reason of course) I don't need more than one license, because it is just me. Which plan is correct for this? Do I...
Example. I drew a line with a pencil, set stroke to 5 px and made a shape using Object->Path->Outline Stroke. Is it possible to convert this shape to line with a stroke again? 100% accuracy isn't necessary.
When making a Gradient Ramp in After Effects is there a convenient way for it to be tied to the object its applied to. I'm sure with Expressions I could somehow Pickwhip it together and adjust the code, but is there any check box or something more efficient? It's a bit tedious when I make a Gradient Ramp and then have ...
I am wanting the stroke of the text I'm creating to match the fill color of the text, to give it a 'bolder' look in Adobe Illustrator. I cannot seem to figure out how to eyedrop the custom color for the stroke, they way I have for the fill.
I created a .gif animation in Photoshop, but the motion seems very "jumpy" instead of smooth. It's just some text that rises. What can I do to make it a smooth move?
Is there a way to set up layers without data & style sheets & color in a file and save as a template so that when I open a new document of that particular layout those layers are already there? I know I can just take one and delete the data and save as a template and resave each time I create a file…I was just wonder...
How can I do this without separately touching up all 150 frames (layers) in Photoshop. I'm using the blur tool.
If I don't know the aspect ratio of an image, what is the most efficient method to set the selection aspect ratio to that of the image? The fastest I've found (not fast at all) is to look at the window title and enter the full image dimensions in the aspect ratio text box (e.g., 4752:3168). For reference, the Digikam i...
How do you move the selection in photoshop (marching ants) without moveing any part(pixels) of the selected layer?
I need help for making this circular shape in Adobe Illustrator. I assume it is basically just making circle shapes over and over again using the strokes and putting it inside each other over and over again? Is there a better method to create this circular pattern?
I've got a PDF with checkboxes that the user can interact with however I cannot find a way to hide the checkbox frames for when the client views the document later: Is there a way to hide the boxes' "frames"? Adjust some property? "Flatten" / convert the PDF to some other format? Cover the frame with a layer? Another ...
I did not want to get to the endless war of dark-on-light vs light-on-dark, but recently I discovered something interesting: while light-on-dark text is still less tiring for my eyes (and I also personally prefer it more), dark-on-light seemed to do better on holding my attention on the content of the text; in other wo...
I have a transparent layer with a ball for example, no effects, filters or anything like that. When I duplicate the layer with alt+click, it looks like it is applying a sharpen filter and that effect multiplies with every duplicate layer I create. So after 150 copies of the same layer the last one is completely pixelat...
I was hoping someone could help me with some research I'm doing. I'm looking into what fonts are available cross-platform. Not only Mac/Windows, but iOS and Android as well. I'm interested in the most current versions of these platforms (so OS X Mavericks, Windows 8, iOS 7,etc…) And specifically, of these cross plat...
I want to export a document to a postscript file in InDesign CS5. How can I set the page size for the document? Sadly, the option is disabled in my preferences window. Here is a screenshot of a Russian copy of a program: Any help would be appreciated.
How do I place a picture in Photoshop without creating a canvas. If I open a new document in Photoshop, I am prompted to open a new canvas, but when I place the image unto the new canvas and try to save it as a .jpeg file for instance, whatever whitespace there is around the picture is also saved in the new .jpeg file....
I am using Illustrator to apply a custom pattern brush on the path of a circle to create and image like so: But I can't get my shape to repeat across the circle line properly and overlap itself, I end up with something like this: I can get the overlap to work if I use a Scatter Brush but then I don't get the rotation...
I have a number of images in a Fireworks document. When I select them they have a blue outline which tells me exactly how big the image is (they contain transparency). How can I see this outline without actually selecting the images? I want to see how large all the images are and be able to move them one by one.
These two images are pause-buttons for a program. The first one shows the button in its default state and the second one when it is being focused on. I am wondering how the person, who made these buttons, did the focus effect? I looked all over the Internet but couldn't find a tutorial or a hint on how to do somethi...
Why are all my materials with light? How to make it dark?
NOTE: I'm a systems administrator, not a graphic designer, so I'm a total n00b when it comes to image manipulation. That being said, I thought this would be the best forum to ask this question: I am setting up a terminal server farm where the desktop shows our corporate branded background image. The problem is that th...
How can I make the fuzzy select global in GIMP, so that it selects all of a certain color and not just contiguous regions? For example, if I drew multiple red squiggles, how could I easily select them all?
I have a particle array emitting from an orb rising out of "goop" that I want to twist as they emit, to where it forms a tornado like effect around the object. How can the PArray be modified to do so? Thanks
I have a simple rectangle with a couple effects: distort, rounded corners. I'd now like to add some anchor points and adjust the path of this object. How can I get the path to wrap around the rounded, distorted rectangle instead of the original box?
I've added a stroke to a rasterised image (Edit -> Stroke). Now, how do I select the stroke so I can copy it into a new layer and delete the current layer, leaving me with just the outline of the image? I'm using Photoshop CC on a Mac.
I was wondering if anyone knows how to print saddle stitch booklet from Book File? I know how to do it from normal Indesign file. However, book file is different since there are so many different indesign files. Any idea?
Can anybody please tell me what typeface this is in the image? I need it for a logo that I'm going to be making.
Orthographic view. I select object A and rotate view it by viewcube. It is rotated relative to the center of object A - it is what I need. Then I select object B and try to rotate view, but it is rotated relative to the center of coordinates and I can't see my object, I should to use Zoom Extens button. How to fix poin...
For example if I draw a oval and then want to paint part of it into different color, how can I connect edge points of my new path with oval?
I have a white line. When I switch from basic to dashed line 1.1, the line turns gray. Paintbucketing the line just makes it a basic line again. Based on all the settings I'm aware of, the line should be white, but it seems to arbitrarily change to a gray color when I choose any other type of line that isn't basic. T...
I am a UX designer and am in the process of visual design for a website for my company. I've been looking around for typefaces which convey adaptability, relevance, security, and innovation (but also some degree of nostalgia). These are all traits that the site's primary persona wants. Here is what I'm trying to ac...
I have set up two different spreads as Master pages and I have to alternate between them as I add new pages I want the spreads to alternate A-B-A-B, cycling through about 200 pages. Is there a quicker way to do this, than manually dragging?
I am making a Diary in InDesign with a week to a page set up, I want to create a start date and have the variable text cycle through the rest automatically like page numbers? How would I do this?
See this image: http://soranootoshimono.wikia.com/wiki/File:46456845235358656364.png To me it look soft like some sort of low-pass filter but I also can see sharp edge of the image. I'm curious what make it look softer than others. And if you can make one from a normal image I also want to know how can you do that?
How can I make existing icons flat? I tried to find any tutorial about this, but there is almost none. Is there anyone that knows about this stuff? For example: to this
I have an object, it is a t-shirt which is black. I want to get this t-shirt but brown. I can't just fill it because it is a photo, not homogenous color. It is the pure shape of it, not square -> So I tried to make a brown square, and then clip->set when I had both selected. I get only white space, not brown t-shirt. ...
I have a 300dpi image and when I place the image onto the document, indesign does not place the original image dimensions. Instead, it places the an image with much smaller dimensions. For instance, if the original dimension of a 200dpi image was 7 inches by 5 then idesign will rescale it to say 4 inches by 2 inches. ...
I am a front-end web developer and I like design a lot, as matter of fact - lately, I am focusing more on UX/UI design to create top-notch products for my clients. Coming from coding background, I find myself struggling a bit with design patterns and creativity for new concepts. Some clients come to me and simply just ...
I have downloaded font and saw this video. Here author show, how to use all glyphs in Illustrator. But how to use it in Photoshop? I tried to find symbols in Fonts.app, copy it and paste to photoshop but it appear as square with cross. Help please :)
I am new to illustrator and am struggling to find answer anywhere to this seemingly simple task... I am trying to align 3 narrow vertical rectangles inside a larger rectangle ( I am making a Trash Can Icon) I am trying to use the align tools but have yet to manage to get these 3 rectangles to distribute equally inside...
I am freelancer graphic designer and I have got skills by learning some tutorials and some videos. I have got some experience in designing logos and brand identities but I always feel that some pieces of puzzle are missing. I want to study Graphic Designing, Web Designing, App Designing etc... I have seen a site named ...
I am recently working on an InDesign template, however when I export the template as PDF the contents of the page reach to the far left of the page. I want to leave some gap on the left side, center the content, whichever be best for printing and spiral binding. How can this be done without individually moving all el...
I'm looking for an elegant and not-too-busy italic font to pair with Impressum bold headline. See options I've tried already. Most seem to be too light, or too busy. All ideas welcome! Thanks!
Are there any good presentation software/websites besides Microsoft Powerpoint that are Free Simple to use Doesn't require sign up Thanks.
I have a pretty basic digital drawing, using a wood texture. The problem I have is the texture has highlights on one side that don't match the rest of the wood. I have tried just putting a brown color over them with 20% opacity, messing around with HSL, but I don't know anything about levels or stuff. Here is the image...
PROBLEM: I need free images for my application. They are intended for controls ( main window / buttons / treeview icons ... ). MY EFFORTS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM: Searching through Internet, I was able to find many sites with "free" icons. They are all licensed somehow ( GPL , Creative Commons and so on... ), but I know n...
I have a movie on my phone about 5 minutes long. After about 2 minutes, the movie is upside down. How can I fix this without affecting the whole video? I would like to turn the video sideways after 2 minutes.
I have a compound path consisting of 5 shapes. I have a radial gradient which spans across all of them. Now I'd like to release the compound path because I need to export each of these shapes individually. However, when I do release the compound path, the radial gradient is applied to each of them separately. How can I...
I have a script that batch processes images, adding a radial blur on the blue channel. What I want to do is change the radial blur's origin or centre point in each successive image. Is there a way of scripting this? At the moment for the first image, when I recorded the action, i placed the centre point manually, pho...
I have a shape, say, a rectangle and it has a fill color. I want to add text on top of that shape, but when I click with the text tool on top of the rectangle, the shape will lose its fill and the shape has turned into some "text bounding box". I don't want this, I want the shape to stay the way it is and I want the te...
What would be the best practice for printing text based work from Illustrator, such as a poster? This is aimed at the final print quality of my workk. I am creating an advertisement which will be about A4 size to go into a newspaper. Would it be best to Create Outline all the text in the advert before I send the files ...
I have a program that generates thousands of vector points (just coordinates), the format is not fixed, but it could be something like this: (2.4785\|77.01) (78.8\|9.88) (45.33\|0.2) I am able to format/convert this coordinates any way necessary. My question is: How can I import these coordinate data into Illustrator as ...
I'm having trouble when I add a symbol into the main timeline. It can be seen on the main timeline even when I have a playback command trigger set halfway along. I have one already playing from the start, and I want to add the second symbol and pay this one when the first one finishes. I have set the playback command ...
I did some research to figure out what icons exist for decision support, and which of those represents the decision support the best. I didn't find any suitable icons, because I think they don't represent the "support" aspect, and are not widely used: the user can not understand what the icon means. These two seem to b...
I noticed there is not so many dark apps on the app store. With few exceptions such as Spotify, it makes me wonder. On the other hand, Android seems to embrace dark colors a bit more. Is there any specific danger in designing dark UI such as the one below that I am working on? Thank you.
I want to learn how to create stylish Graphic User Interfaces for android applications beyond the common style of the google apps itself. if some one has some documents i can read to give applications that particular style. for example i like a lot the style of the QuizUp app, i would like to learn more about how they ...
we have a PDF file with our company logo and header etc - and I'm trying to export to insert into Word. Using Adobe Acrobat, I save it to a jpeg, using highest quality and DPI600. The file is around 1.2MB (still too large for my liking!) but the logo and text are very slightly jaggy. At 300dpi, its very jaggy. Is this ...
There's a gallery of The Best Advestment Advice of All Time where all of the portraits have the same effect applied. What would that be called, and how can I do something similar using Adobe Photoshop? For example:

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