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I have created the design of a website in InDesign (big mistake, I know...). The developer wants to have my layers in a Photoshop format. I do not want to start everything from the beginning. What can I do?
Thanks a lot in advance !
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After quite a lot of search attempts I failed to find a pattern which we can fill in background so as to generate the background as shown in the graphic below.
I'm not sure if its a pattern or a wallpaper created from scratch. If its a pattern, where can I find one and what keyword shall I google.
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I'm designing a manual with the font Akzidenz Grotesk as the main body font.
I am looking for some nice bullet characters but what are some fonts that provide good bullet characters?
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I should convert mono-colored seamless pattern to colored one. The problem is -instead of masking, the shapes were cut at the perimeter and expanded, thus using live paint is impossible.
I look for a simple way to "re"-create an area enclosed by cut edges, i.e. connect 2 points to "close" the area and to color it.
For... |
I'm creating a report about my latest internship in InDesign where some of my work will fill empty pages. I'm creating various web designs and all of those pages don't have the same ratio as the paper itself, which results in white empty space at both sides.
Let's look at this example from my current document.
The pro... |
I have Roland ColorCAMM PC-60.
I'd like to use this thing to cut vinyl. I've spent whole day searching for any free plotting software but the best I've come across was EasySIGN which has way more features I don't need (I use Illustrator to prepare data) for way higher price (I cannot afford).
Is there really nothing fr... |
Problem:
When I place an entire Word document that includes text and image, the images do not respect the margins and resize automatically, so I have to manually resize them.
Desired Solution(s):
I would like the images to respect the margin width when placing an entire Word document.
Alternatively, I would like a w... |
I have some experience with CAD, inventor and things like that. I would really love if there were a graphics program that can draw with dimensioning so that I can get precise lines/angles etc. Then output to photoshop pen lines or something like that.
Does there exist anything like this?
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Hopefully there is a way to do this in Sketch-- that is what I use :)
But does Illustrator or anything out there, natively or with a plugin, allow for a designer to simultaneously view a normal size and a zoomed-in version of an icon? I find myself switching back and forth a hundred times.
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I recently had an experience with a client that was a bit messy, and now they don't want to pay for the work I did.
They needed some presentation decks, one of which needed to be editable (text to go on top of graphics) in PowerPoint. I told them that I do not work in PowerPoint as a graphic designer, what I can do is... |
I have been looking at many of the questions asked about similar fonts or alternate fonts that can be used in place of a more expensive or popular one. One of the interesting things to look at is when you overlay one set of font over another and seeing where the differences are.
I was wondering if there is some guideli... |
I'm trying to make 16x16 icons in line style with Adobe Illustrator and when I export to .PNG, lines are extremely low quality and pixelated. Here's examples:
Here's what it looks like in Illustrator:
I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong. Is there something I need to know? Thanks!
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I'm using magic wand to separate the background and foreground (an apple in the example). The goal is to get a binary image, with white pixels standing for the foreground. The problem here is the foreground layer is not pure white. Photoshop is always "matting" the edges such that quite a few pixels become something li... |
I'm designing a clothing brand logo and it uses a 3D children's toy block. We've looked at other clothing logos but none are in 3D. Is it ok to use a 3D object in a clothing brand logo?
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I'm a software developer, not a designer, I usually have designs provided by my clients before the work begins. It seems the designers always want to provide the designs in .psd file format, is this a good (industry standard) practice?
The designs in question are for either websites or desktop/mobile software applicati... |
How can I achieve this sort of pattern?
I presume from these sample images I found from a poster made by Laurient Durieux, it is made using illustrator. Or am I wrong? Is there a proper way to do it?
This is the texture I'm trying to achieve:
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My set up is: Mac, running 10.6.8, using CS5 & Powerpoint 2011
Wondered if anyone can help. I've drawn a load of flat icons in Illustrator as a client wants to use them in their powerpoint presentation.
Each icon has be "united" using the pathfinder tool so it's just one object, I have to place a transparent box behind... |
Im new to Illustrator and have found the clipping mask is not so easy compared to Phtoshop. Could any one tell me how i can make this line texture a clipping mask over the circle?
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I am new to Adobe Illustrator. I created a simple image with a shape and some text and wanted to create a vector image. So I basically created the shape and the text. Then right-clicked and selected "Create Outlines" from the drop-down menu, which did create outlines.
Then I went ahead to export the image as a .png fi... |
I have made small HTML5 games and I use Inkscape to make the sprites.
But I'm curious to know how sprites and graphics for high end desktop games like NFS and Call Of Duty made.
Any answer or pointer for further reading is appreciated.
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I'd like to select a number of layers within the layers panel. Usually this is done by manually CMD + Clicking / Shift + Clicking the layers. To increase speed and productive though I prefer to say clear from the mouse. Is there a way this can be done without my hands leaving the keyboard?
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Previously I might have used Photoshop's warp tool to wrap a label around a bottle but it's hard to get perfect results in this way. I'd love a more consistent method so I tried experimenting with Illustrator's 3d extrude and mapping a symbol over the top but so far, results are not exactly as good as they could be.
He... |
What this is for is that, i have a lot of scanned documents with passport size photos in each of them. The photos are aligned randomly. I need to separate them out.
What i currently do is make selection using polygonal marquee tool, then use Free Transform to straighten it out and later crop, resize and save the pp pho... |
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I'm looking for fonts, available from Google Webfonts or Typekit, that would look similar to Avenir.
Background
I'm building a site using Squarespace
My friend told me to use Avenir for headings and shorter texts. Any of these three:
Avenir 85 Heavy
Avenir 65 Medium
Avenir 55 Roman
Squarespace does not ha... |
Whether print or digital media, what is the name of this element?
On the main page layout, there is a small, not too obtrusive element with text inside. Usually a circle. It's not a callout because it's not referring to anything specifically on the main layout.
Here are two examples. See top right hand corner.
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I work for a large university, and we're trying to come up with some ideas for our drop-down menus, which are fairly standard, not too fancy.
The university has their main site, and many sub-sites, each of which has its own set of menu links. Besides the domain name and theming, these are essentially all separate site... |
I have a small old personal logo the biggest would be around (update:: 88x88 original:: ~100x100 pixels (before it starts to look pixelated) so everyone is telling me to convert it to a vector in illustrator but I was wondering how can I keep the same shape (its a old simple cutout) to become a smooth lets say 500x500... |
I need to print a short booklet via InDesign and my document is ready. However, I'm unsure if the printer I'm gonna print on (tomorrow) is capable of printing both sides.
So I'm wondering: Is double-sided printing a requirement to print a booklet?
I guess single-sided will work just as good, but not completely sure
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I am really struggling to create a white translucent background for text on top of an image with GIMP.
Pottery Barn Kids (http://www.potterybarnkids.com/) has one example of what I am trying to achieve, shown below for future reference:
(Note the text along the left side – GIRL ROOMS, BOY ROOMS etc.)
Can anyone point ... |
I don't know it should be asked here or on freelancing.
Designing a webpage and do coding for webpage both are different tasks and need different skills. I have seen some coders saying that we can convert your psd into webpage. I also have seen some clients asking for web design and then they would ask for coding from ... |
I'm hoping this is the best community for this - Whilst not directly graphical, I'm thinking it is related to a print option in Adobe Acrobat, but, I can't seem to find it.
I have a bunch of bank statements that have rather a large margin on the left in order to be hole punched and added to a ring binder.
I unfortunate... |
Is is possible to skip numbers in a numbered bullet list?
So for example it begins 1-10 and the next 10 are skipped so the next bullet is 21. I can see that you can pick the starting number but I don't know how to pick a custom order.
Thank you.
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I found myself struggling with “amnesia” and asking myself: “How the hell did I do it?” Six months ago I’ve created some work using some effects. I remember that I achieved a very interesting effect by accidentally clicking some option by mistake. Now, I have no idea about the particular effect, but my quest... |
one of the new features in AI CC 2014 is path handles ignoring any grid. However, when one wants to construct C2-contious joins between separate objects, precise control over the handle position is needed. I do a lot of icon and sprite art, and there it is imperative that curves from different objects flow exactly the ... |
I do not have Photoshop installed on my own local machine unfortunately, but would like to know if Photoshop can export an image file to a PNG and retain the separate layers for a different program such as Paint.net?
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What is an easy way to achieve this "Out of Sync" Color Fill style?
I'm using Adobe Illustrator CS6 and I think there is an easy way to do this with the way Illustrator is set up, but I'm not sure how.
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I'd like to change the white-to-black gradient to one with the colors in the rectangles on the top left. How can I drag these colors onto the gradient?
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I was just wondering, i have never used After Effects and I have no idea how big the animations actually are in terms of KB/MB size.
I want to create a simple typographic animation, with music behind, that would last 10-15sec. Simple text, Simple animation. What would be the rough weight of such animation ?
Is there ... |
I'm want create photo-effect like this
I'm guess it 2 layer blend or mask with the subject(woman) and forest
but how I re-create it in Photoshop
Thanks
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I made an infographic in Adobe Illustrator, and saved it as a .svg file. But then when I tried to open it in the Google Chrome browser, some of the fonts and some italicized fonts were not even italicized. Why is this happening and what is the solution?
It was 600*1100 pixels because I had read somewhere that it is a g... |
I wanted to use different funny mouse cursor pointer to my commercial website project. Is there any website providing this mouse pointer images for free or for low price?
If not how can i create a mouse cursor images myself. I guess its extension is .cur
I have little knowledge of photoshop and gimp tool. Can i create ... |
I have downloaded several SVG files and need to convert them to EMF format ( Enhanced Meta File ). I have used Inkscape's Save as to save it as .emf but loss of data occurred ( I was warned by Inkscape too that this might occur when I was closing the document ).
Is there a way to convert SVG to ENF without loss of conv... |
I would like to convert a photo into Ascii art.
I want to reproduce the effect shown here:
http://purtyy.com/?/web/darevancouver/
What's the best way of doing this? I have tried some of the online Photo-to-Ascii services, but the outputted images are too big, so the text is too tiny.
The services I have tried are:
http... |
Is it possible [in Photoshop] to make overset text flow into an adjacent column, once the first text box is full?
ex. I have two three columns [A,B and C] and a surplus of copy. Once column A is full, I want excess copy to populate column B. If column B becomes full, I would like column C to be populated with any remai... |
I created a 25 page pdf with acrobat from 25 png files approx 65mb each. They are 11x17 @ 300dpi so quite large. When combining files I made sure to choose the large format for print but pdf size is only 15mb - only approx 100th the size of the 25 files. On screen the pdf looks ok, but I'm just wondering how this is... |
You can use "Indent to here" / "Hanging Indent" in InDesign by Command-Backslash.
Is there a way to do this in Illustrator without having to Tab to Indent or press the spacebar a few times?
This is what I'm looking for:
This was done in Illustrator. Because both the 2nd and 3rd bullet points are longer, it goes to the... |
I have given 14 pt font size in photoshop cs6 but its looking bigger than that.whats going on?
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So I have to design 3 billboards and this is pretty much my first time doing it where it goes to print. I'm used to designing small scale stuff so this task is a bit daunting.
I would just like to know how much bleed I should allow for a billboard of say 9 metres by 6 metres and also at which sizes and dpi I should be ... |
I'm trying to make an index with page references. I want the word "cat" to be in the index and point to all the pages where the word "cat" is. So far so good. But I also want the same word "cat" to point to pages with the word "cats". I know you can make a cross reference, but as far is I know, I would get in my index:... |
I need to design some graphics to be used on the web, and I need to use some fonts in those graphics.
I am new to this. I read a few articles about the differences between desktop fonts and web fonts. But I am not clear about this:
Shall I simply download some web fonts and use them in the graphics, just like I use de... |
I want to clarify a small issue with Shear Tool, because I feel there is a common rule I miss.
I created a rectangle and applied Rounded Effect. At this stage I did not expanded appearance.
Next, I applied Shear Tool as you can see on the picture: you can see the bounds of the applied shear tool, however there are no r... |
I would like to have a visual separation between a normal text (above the line) and its explanation (under the line) so that the readers can easily notice the difference when skimming the article. So far I have used a simple line to separate like this:
I feel something uncomfortable to my eyes, but I can't name it. I ... |
I'm sure you all know "the Knife Game". You have to place your one hand on the desk and, using the other hand and a knife, tap the spaces between the fingers as quick as possible using a knife (or your finger in my digital version).
If also want to include a leaderboard in the game featuring the following data:
Name o... |
I am applying a simple glossy effect over some text using Fireworks.
I am doing this by partially placing an ellipse over the text (see image)
How can I adjust this so that the ellipse is cropped apart from where it covers the text?
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I want to apologize ahead of time, for potentially failing to explaining the problem more accurately:
So I'm attempting to smooth/clean up a design I'm making for a greeting card on Inkscape. I started in GIMP, then realized a vector image would be best, and the trace bitmap function does a lot of what I am looking for... |
I want to design a portfolio website, and I don't want it to scroll vertically.
What are the dimensions for this kind of website, like the standard browser height?
How can I create a website that's the same size as the visible height of the browser?
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have a look at www.uglyapp.com for my latest creation(under construction).
Home page (large version link)
Round logo
Rectangular logo (large version link)
I am happy with the overall 'look and feel' colour scheme and have done a lot of work on getting the site to work on all platforms.
I wanted the logo to be 'not ... |
I've been asked to design some product packaging and have been supplied the 2D net file. Is there some software that can convert the net into a 2D mockup of the 3D box, so my customers can see what the design looks like as if the flat-pack net had been bent into shape.
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When I do swirls in Illustrator with the paintbrush tool I often get this result (see image).
The loops doesn't get perfectly rounded, instead sometimes some of them gets thicker at the top of the loop... It tends to happen more if I paint small with low brush sizes. Why is this happening?
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I am kind of just starting out in learning how to create interesting monochrome designs in Paint.net.
Now, I can learn the technique in just about application. What I would like to know is where (online / free) I can learn how to make some decent graphics for a simple android app that I'm making....
Any ideas?
Thanks
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Recently I needed to make an A3 size poster for my college fest so I opened up a new .psd, set the dimensions to 11.7" x 16.5" 300 PPI under 16-Bit.
As you know the file size ran into 100 MBs and also I my computer lagged while putting text/images over that document. My questions are:
For printing a poster, should I ... |
Lets suppose I have 10 objects in the root layer of my project named layer 1. Now lets suppose I quickly want to turn all those object as independent separate layers all at the root level. Is selecting individual object and pressing on collect in new layer the only way? Is there a quick method of selecting all the obj... |
I'm trying to create a color scheme for text headlines that will have distinctly different colors for each level of header, but will also print out mostly dark. I looked at http://colorbrewer2.org/ , but that generates colors that will look different when printed in black and white (e.g. you have two regions on a map t... |
I made a copy of a smart object, and I want it to be 50px by 50px. When I use the free transform tool the closest Photoshop will let me set it is 49.98px by 49.98px. I have a couple layers I want to save as individual objects, so I use File -> Scripts -> Export Layers to Files -> Save as PNG. But, I think it truncates ... |
When I use the image trace feature in Illustrator I'm able to create a pretty high quality vector of an image. However, when I export it as an .svg file the paths aren't "just right" and it causes you to see white space in between. Like This monkeys nose:
Does anyone know of a way to fix this, or at least a workaround... |
I just recently upgraded to Photoshop CS6, and so far, I've run into a major issue regarding my workflow. In CS5, I was able to have an image snap to an intersection of guides (in this case, the center of the image); while I can do that in CS6, it doesn't seem to allow me to center an object if the object is not of a c... |
I'm using Illustrator CC 2014 and have a radial gradient that looks smooth in edit, but gets really weird bands when I export or Save to Web (any format, all settings).
Here's how it looks in Illustrators artboard (just the top):
And here's how it looks after export!?
Notice the two light bands? How do I stop this?
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I was curious to know if it is possible to merge several .indd files into one master .indd file that can be editable and preserve all links and images?
I am familiar with the drag and drop method and it does work but attempting to drag and drop 20+ .indd files can become an issue and may cause an error.
I do know how... |
I like to use free images & graphics from the web and it looks like there are new types of licensing that I'm not sure how to use or understand. For example GPL, in software I have to open source my source. But when I use GPL licensed icon in my software what should I do?
The same go to LGPL, where in software I can ... |
Trying to think of an icon for a page that has heavy feelings of personalisation. Ideally, users see the icon and they understand that the space it links to is like their private area. But not something so simple as the typical user profile icon of a silhouette head.
Looking for something that might be related to a bra... |
I wan't to create a pdf ready for print with an external logo file so that we can easily print many versions of the same pdf with different logos.
Is anyone aware of any way you can keep an image separate to a pdf file for easy updating, then please let me know.
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Im new to the Graphic Design Stack Exchange but I am trying to duplicate the filter used in this picture in photoshop. I was close using Pixelate < Pointalize but it still doesnt work.
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I am developing web - mobile apps and basing the navigation around jQuery mobile lists, e.g. this demo.
I use this tool to obtain and change the gradient colour for each project. I mainly use a base colour and go from top(light) to bottom (darker) and this resembles the 'standard' way the default themes use in the jQue... |
when I need to save a part of an image as a new image in photoshop, I crop the picture, save-as, and undo the cropping. On huge files this is slow, and feels inefficient.
Is there a better way to tell Photoshop "save whatever you see in this rectangle as a new file"?
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I have put lots of pictures/images in my document and I would like to refer them. Below is my attemption after reading this.
What do you think about the font, the alignment, the size of images, etc? Can you give me some advices? Thank you.
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I tried to capture the whole webpage using this screenshot tool but I am unable to capture the images. This is the url of the webpage: http://dabblet.com/gist/f1450f041e18287ce211
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While I can think of several tasks that are easy in Photoshop but difficult or impossible in Illustrator, I have a hard time thinking of things I can do in Illustrator that I can't do (almost) just as easily in Photoshop.
Setting aside trivial tasks like saving vector files in a particular format, what are some example... |
I want to display a text like it is written on some surface like notebook page or wall via Photoshop CS6. I added two example.
This image seems like image distortion:
And this image looks like text distortion:
I tried this with distort and skew transformation but I'm unable to get this much clear & real effect.
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How might I create an irregular trianglular grid like this one? It would be nice to be able to distort the pentagons/hexagons rather than drawing the grid using the pen tool.
Thanks..
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So I'm creating a résumé for Engineering/Design/Computer Science internships, so I guess I am allowed to be a bit creative and less conservative here. I was working on this all day today, so it I am just going for a general look/feel for now. None of the little details like icon size and placement and text alignment ha... |
I was approached by a prospect client that has a very specific requirement. I would have to create a cross section of certain objects they're producing namely mattresses.
I'm very well versed in vector software as well as Photoshop and aldo SketchUp. I though I could make a 3D model in SketchUp, and then apply realisti... |
I want to design a cover page of a presentation with all the keywords arranged in such a way that they form a number (e.g. 7).
Here are some examples:
My question is different from this question in that, I'm not looking for a free program, but rather looking for a way to do it in common programs such as Illustrator,... |
I am wondering how to create a path for this inflated square shape in illustrator or photoshop... btw how is is the shape called?
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I'm writing my thesis using LaTeX and I have the following question. Since my figure is too wide to fit the layout, I rotate it using sidewaysfigure environment from rotating package. I'd like to clear out some typographical issues with respect to international and/or Czech typographical norms or conventions.
Should t... |
My client has a change of heart and wanted to go from Roboto to Helvetica Neue. Is there a way to change the font style of all text layers automatically instead of the painful way one layer at a time?
I have more than 20+ screens (probably more than 1,000 layers) to go through.
I am currently using Photoshop CC 6
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Although I have already asked a résumé question here, this is for another resume and a completely different question so I created a second question so as not to distract from the first one.
Essentially I am trying to create a résumé for the finance/enterprise field, so I understand the design has to be really simple an... |
I have a psd that has rounded rectangle. I need to create a new rounded rectangle with the same radius. How do I determine the radius used on that said rounded rectangle?
I feel like this is such an awful question but thanks in advance for answering.
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In PowerPoint 2010, I have turned off "snap objects to grid" and "snap objects to other objects". However, when I draw a line and it goes close to certain points on the perimeter of another object, it still automatically snaps to that object. For example, if the object is a rectangle, it will automatically snap to the ... |
I am doing rebranding of a company that provides internet through fiber-optic cables.
I want to portray "FAST", "fiber optics" and "connectivity" in that logo.
In all my initial sketches, I have catered the later two but not the first.
If you can provide link to your own or any other work which represents this then it... |
I know Behance, Dribbble etc allow designers to have feedback of their work too but their focus is mainly showcasing the work of designers.
There are sites that provide feedback of your website designs but their focus is usability.
Do we have any sites that focus on providing feedback of logo designs?
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I'm trying to make a sort of rounded rectangle card with a slight 3D effect.
Below is a basically what I have now. I make 3 rounded rectangles, and skew the "shadow" layers towards the bottom right.
It looks okay, but I just designed by eye and have no idea how the angles on any of the skews should be. Does anyone hav... |
I'm trying to copy text from a Vietnamese language PDF into inDesign and many characters are incorrectly copied.
For example, this is the correct text:
PHỞ ÐẶC BIỆT
This is what it's pasted as:
PHª ñ¥C BIOET
What's the most effective and reliable method for copying and placing this text into InDesign?
I realize th... |
The Brand Guidelines have specified the use of Gotham and Arial as the typeface, and I can see that in the past people have had various experiences with using Gotham on the web.
Instead of using Arial, which I feel is not really a good alternative to Gotham because it doesn't have the polished finish, it seems like Pr... |
I have looked around for logo designs in the luxury category. I found that some luxury logo designs are complex but some are very simple.
Which trend is most used nowadays? Complex or Simple?
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I am confused by the way these terms are used in the context of typography for web applications? Is there an accepted use of these terms and what is the difference when it comes to specifying the look and feel of the content on a webpage?
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in my current web project I am using Benton Sans as main font. It is all about a webapp dealing with numbers, which are displayed in matrices, whereby some should be highlighted and others greyed out.
Since there can be a lot of those matrices, with a lot of numbers in them (~80.000) I am looking for a monospace font, ... |
I want to bring the circle forward only one step, so it ends up between the green shapes. Please refer to the image if it's unclear what I want to achieve.
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I am trying find an easy way to switching back and forth from Illustrator to Photoshop.
I have two files: one is a raster and the other is a vector. I know in Ps you can place smart objects to retain the vector information but when editing the smart object in Ai I need to also have the raster image layer from Ps to ref... |
I've been interested in designing stationaries, such as cards, envelopes, etc. I've seen many gold lettered stationaries, and am wondering how to print gold (luminescence) lettering.
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I'm having trouble scaling a photo in illustrator.
As you can see when i choose place and the image appears on the canvas the quality is perfect.
Now when i scale down the quality is bad. The edges of his head are jagged.
I don't know if i accidentally changed any setting in illustrator. I'm working with a clie... |
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