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I know that we aren't supposed to use Illustrator for text, but I needed to use the Type on a Path feature and that's why I did it.
Above is the text in Illustator. When I export the text from Illustrator to InDesign, the text becomes blurry.
I'm assuming because it becomes an image file when it goes into InDesign.
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I designed this logo for a product called "Sahha", it uses music to relieve different ailments. The idea behind the logo is a hummingbird that resembles a sound control icon. I’d like to receive critiques and advice about:
Color: Is it a good idea to go with gradients? I think the palette is quite nice but I’m still n... |
Concerning hand engraving, I was reading that:
Modern professional engravers can engrave with a resolution of up to
40 lines per mm in high grade work creating game scenes and
scrollwork.
So I was looking at this detail from Albrecht Dürer's St Eustace (1501):
...wondering if the lines in the pond are close to ... |
I've noticed that in a lot of typefaces simulating upright hand lettering, the horizontal strokes slant upward.
In Comic Sans and Comic Neue, this slant is especially visible on the crossbars of lowercase e and uppercase A and H.
So does the H in the logo of the Holiday Inn hotel chain.
Apple Casual shows the effect in... |
I've run into a little snag. I'm trying to distribute a two lines along the body of a square in Illustrator.
This is what I want the lines to look like, this done by hand though it's not distributed perfectly.
Say I select the two vertical lines and the square and then I make the square the key object. I then click on... |
As a former CAD draftsman I always found the snap function in Illustrator very inaccurate.
But now in AI CC I find it even more inaccurate.
Am I the only one? Is there something one can do in order to make Illustrator snap more accurate?
100% Zoom:
The green Line would indicate that the mouse has the line in range but ... |
what is font of this image text?
Every one, please help me which font name is of attach this image text ?
Advance thanks.
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How do you select and group multiple layers swiftly in Illustrator? Obviously you can tick them one by one and group after that but I am looking way for grouping layers selected between two shift + click's in the menu.
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I've selected a list of colors (for months of the year). This initial set seems (logically) good to me, however I certainly need to adjust some color tones in brightness, saturation or so.
Is there a systematic way to make these colors more balanced and matching?
PS: It's for data plots so the color should be distingu... |
Hello and wish you a nice day to all. I'm working on project of visualizating math formulas into such form that it would be easily comprehensible and readable, simply beautiful to look at. I've been wondering if there ever have been artists who worked on the same topic. I've been searching for long to find any resource... |
The more I study graphic design and the more freelance jobs I take on, I start to realise that my future in graphic design is not really going to happen.
I've been teaching myself graphic design and how to use the creative suite for about 4 years now. I desperately need to take a design course, but as much as I wish, ... |
I have followed this tutorial to make a rain
le link
and it works ok with a picture in it, using that blend mode Screen, but I want to make that rain layer to not have black background, and have the rain, so I can use it as an overlay in programming. Any idea how can I do it?
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I have a retina display mac, and I'm using Photoshop CC, which is really crisp when I'm working on a PSD file.
But once I export the file to a PDF or a JPG, the image stays crisp but the fonts (not all of them) go blurry.
Could someone please explain the way around this?
Is it the font which needs reinstalling? (I don'... |
I'm creating a presentation template and I'm thinking of placing a little navigation on one side of the page to show viewers where they are in the presentation and whats left.
Does this make sense?
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Been lurking awhile but this is my first post.
I've always wondered what this effect is called and I'm almost certain there's an easier way to doing it than how I do it. I'm talking about the "empty" stroke around overlapping parts of icons.
In this case I would put a stroke that's the color of the background around ... |
I have a template on the artboard and I am using basic shapes to fill the template with designs. Some shapes overlap the template. I want to remove the parts that go outside the template box. I have tried using pathfinders and then scissors. With scissors it deletes the edge of the box too and leaves an outline. With p... |
i'm looking for an easy way to resize roughly 40 pages of barcode PNGs in indesign. If i can cut off approximately 50-60% of each barcode....well, you can see how many pages i would save at the printer. I have already tried to click preview, and move the actual image UP so only a portion of it is inside the visible are... |
I'm creating a step-by-step image chart to a website describing a paid program that only liberates access when user's payment is confirmed. I want to be far from showing users some greedy icon (like a sack with a dollar sign) or limiting their idea of payment forms.
My question is: How do you politely show "as soon as ... |
I have two different photos from the same place. One is old from the 80's and the new one from the current time.
What I'm trying to achieve is to fit the photos over each other.
I'd like to align the new photo to have the portrayed object at the exactly same place as from the 80's. I have no idea what kind of lenses, ... |
New to making animated gifs in photoshop (for loading designs). I know gifs aren't the highest quality format, but I've seen dribbble designs that look great, and they're gif format.
But when I export my animation the circle has jagged edges and the quality isn't great (the image, not the animation. I know it's not ver... |
I recently heard that scribus is a good free alternative option to Indesign. I recently opened Scribus up, and none of it makes any sense, and it doesn't look like it'd be a good fit for what I want to do. What are some pros and cons for each?
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Is there a way to have all those 3 things together? Large/high quality/small file size.
Because I need to send this file to an office which have rather old computer system (don't ask) to print it. But they all-ways ask me 300dpi document and this time canvas size is really big, but I'm afraid that they will not be able... |
We had an artist create a series of vector art icons, and she sent them to me as an imdd file, a single "page" with all of the icons spaced out vertically. I need to export these to our iOS app, and I'm a bit lost how to do this.
I need to export each one at three resolutions, 24x24, 48x48 and 96x96. Can anyone step me... |
I’m looking for a non-destructive way of allowing an image to be partially "clipped" by a clipping mask, like so:
I view the above image as having three parts…
a Person (top layer; being clipped)
a Pattern (background layer; being clipped)
a Shape (bottom layer; does the clipping)
The Person and Pattern represent th... |
I'm creating a postcard (6 X 4 in) using Adobe Illustrator CC. When attempting to upload it to the printing company, the .pdf file is too large to upload. They will only accept 12MB. I don't know how many MB my graphic is, I only know it's too big. How can I reduce the size of MB in my graphic, but keep it the same siz... |
While looking for some fonts for a web design project I stumbled across the Code Pro font:
Can someone recommend a similar font that's free? I really like the symmetry of this font and want to use it for some headers.
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In applications like inDesign and Photoshop, you get to chose which color model you want to use, RGB or CMYK for instance. But why does this matter?
Both RGB and CMYK can be used to describe several millions of colors, so there's no shortage in the possibilities of either of them. And I do know that the origins of e.g.... |
What is the name of this font?:
Sample used on Whatdafont:
Note: I already tried Whatdafont and the results are similar but not hand drawn like in the photo. Also, the capital I is not being recognized by the search engine.
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I'm sorry for such a generic title, but I couldn't figure out a title that would make sense with what I am trying to do.
So I am a novice when it comes to illustrator, but I am trying to cut out the middle portion of my logo. The white rectangle is what I am trying to remove from various layers of my logo, the pink is... |
Suppose, two lines intersects each other as '+' like symbol.
Now i want to delete the extended portion of '+' and want to make it as 'T' shape.
But when i select the extended portion of a line, whole line is selected.
So i want to know that, is there any way to select a portion intentionally having any size that may... |
How do I make font stand out when the cover is thumbnail size, so you can read the font in thumbnail size? Do I need a bevel or gradient? I don't have a clue and I'm getting my cover done on Fiverr but you can't read my name in thumbnail as it fades into the background.
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I want to convert RGB to CMYK color code, but unfortunately, I have some problem with colors.
I want to use this color #31C68B in Photoshop, and after that I want to print that for Visit Card and the other printing product.
But when I see the color on my monitor, the color is not good.
I think the main problem in sourc... |
I'm Currently working on a mail template builder project. We're using a lot of icons and now I need to make some for our menu bar. As you can see they must represent Test, Save, Load, & Download actions. I believe I failed with my first try. Icons looking too similar, too many arrows et cetera.
I'd really appreciate a... |
In the image below you'll see the white section (highlighted blue). The black section behind it is one path, and the white another. How do I remove the white from the black so it becomes transparent? Hope that makes sense <3
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I'm getting quite confused with all the different methods of converting from psd to html 5. I'm trying to practice converting PSDs to HTML so i get enough experience. There are a ton of complicated multi layer PSDs with tons of grids and rulers and etc. I'm confused by the workflow and need some step by step guides on ... |
Is possible to remove reflection from this image?
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I know there are several questions that ask this - so far the answer has been "impossible", but in one of them there was an allusion (or... illusion?) to being able to do so in the cc edition.
I have the cc edition, if only on a trial basis.
I have a shape selected - it is a white "rectangle", with a drop box and so fo... |
I have to design a glossy gift box for a client in various sizes. Can I create just one design which the printing company can use for various sizes or should my designs be dimension-specific? Also, how do I create layout for the gift box with the top and sides? Can I download a template from somewhere? The box is suppo... |
How can I draw this kind of ellipse
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People keep thinking the ears aren't the same size and shape, even though I just mirrored everything. Also, guides were used to double check all the parts with each other. Is it best for the sides to BE symmetrical or LOOK symmetrical?
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I work doing e learning, and I need to use graphics from pdf manuals. I open the pdf manuals in Illustrators ,and I grab the graphics from there and drag them to flash professional. But when I get the graphic in flash, it's devided in different inner layers , and its a pain to go through each leayer and copy and paste ... |
I have a massive 8 TB worth of 15 years of Photoshop Work. In recent years I have done better at organizing my photoshop layers and deleting unused layers, but is there a solution that would allow me to go back and mass delete empty layers in photoshop of every file on my server. Perhaps a script.
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I'll be straightforward: I want to create a normal map resembling this
from this texture:
I've been at it for about an hour, and everything I've come up with has an absurd amount of noise. I don't expect it to be nearly as perfect as the first image, but something that doesn't look terrible would be nice. I'd prefer ... |
Can someone help me, I'm trying to recreate the effect in the image on other photos. It has a dark transparent layer over the image. Can seem to create this same effect.
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Is there a shortcut to align all objects in the center of an artboard instead of doing it manually?
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When I create new rounded rectangles, I see the radii and other information in the properties, but after I work on something else and go back to that layer, the information does not show. How do I adjust the radii of the rounded rectangles without deleting and creating a new one?
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Please see this example:
I use Source Code Pro for my website as main font. While I like the look and feel of the font and I chose it specifically for that, I have the impression, that it does not work very well for the average reader. I definitely want to keep it for my headlines and menus, but I would like to choose... |
I need to save each layer of my psd document as a page in a multi-page PDF file (or as a single-page PDF file each as I can combine them later). File->save as->PDF works for 1 layer at a time, but I don't fancy doing this for all 150 pages of the document.
I also tried the File->Scripts->Export layers to files, but it... |
Is there a way to create a table in Gimp?
Something like this for example:
I made this with one single field which I duplicated many times to arrange it at the specific points and want to create more tables with x rows and y columns
By the way I am using Gimp 2.8.10
-Edit:
I know that you can import tables made with w... |
I know how to Invert Colors but is it possible to swap Colors?
For example from this one:
To this one:
So that I select one Area and then swap Colors (or even the full Layer/Picture)?
By the way I am using Gimp 2.8.10
-Edit:
I found this https://superuser.com/questions/155143/how-can-i-swap-colors-with-gimp
but this ... |
I am trying to learn photoshop by myself and while trying to do a project I came across a problem. I have an upside down triangle, so that the tip of the triangle faces down.
now I want to add a sort-of square to the bottom, so that the blue on the box touches the blue on the triangle, green on the box touches the gree... |
I've got a freeze frame image from a video that i've been editing. The image originally looked squished, so i changed the pixel aspect ratio from Square to D1/DV PAL Widescreen 1.46, and it looks fine.
However if i open this file in any other program, for example Prieview, it seems to not have made any difference? I'm... |
I would like a technique on how to take only the outline of an image. This image is of a car and would need to be accurate.
I am using Photoshop however do have Illustrator if that program is more useful.
So far I have attempted using this article: How to Trace an Image Using Photoshop
It was a great read, however my ... |
Hi there after finishing the logo for a sports clothing brand I thought it was too similar to something and I went looking and found this USAF logo, what do you think? The Bulldozer logo is meant to look like a bull, and the USAF logo is wings.
Are they too similar to use?
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I wrote a script to nudge by 1/10 in Illustrator (like in InDesign). It works, but only for the whole object, even if I only select some anchors. Is there a way for it to work as well when only anchors (or paths) are selected?
Here is the script:
var myDis = app.preferences.getRealPreference ('cursorKeyLength');
var m... |
There is a segment of a font that I'm not wanting to be used. I am wanting to simply erase that swirl like I could using Photoshop. Is it possible to erase on one layer in Adobe Illustrator instead of erasing through all layers to expose the art board?
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I have a picture on top of a background that is wider than it and the background colors don't match. I tried to use the eye drop but you can still tell it does not blend in. I was wondering if i can make both backgrounds blend in another way?
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As a Blender user, I know that shaders are mixed in a way that there’s always a 1.000 value in the mixing, because the mixing works as a transitional number between the first shader and the second shader. Here is what I mean -
Diffuse and Glossy shader alone -
Diffuse and Glossy shader with a mix value of 0.200 - ... |
If I take a bunch of random/misc. images I have gathered from the internet over time (I don't even know their original source) and make a collage and print it, can I use it as marketing material in the form of a flier or post card? Am I free somehow of copyright considerations since now it is a "new" image in the form... |
For a long time now, I have been using premade grid systems, like foundation grid for instance, which consists a grid of 12 70px columns, and 30 px gutters. But as my design passion seeks the best possible harmony and proportions, I'd like to build my grid more adequate to the specific project needs.
What base unit sho... |
I am a programmer (hobbyist), and without that specific purpose or need, I ended knowing things in areas which I call "obscure areas" (since I don't know a better term). I mean, areas in which there aren't that many jobs, but there are almost no people working on them, or many having relevant knowledge at all. (E.g. Co... |
I made this image a few years ago and no longer have the computer I made it on. Now I can't for the life of me figure out what I used for "SAM FATHERS".
Although it looks hand-drawn, it's definitely a font; the differences between the A's and S's is probably due to upper- and lower-case letters producing the variatio... |
I am having a printing issue between photoshop and print from PDF.
In Photoshop, I print an RGB file with the Adobe RGB (98) profile
I tried to make a PDF file from Photoshop with the same configuration,
embedding the Adobe RGB (98) profile
When I print with my Epson Pro 9890, I configure both prints with
Adobe RGB 98.... |
a young designer working for us made this speech bubble as part of a larger item ...
Consider the join or miter of the "pointy part"..
I'm thinking it might look poorly-done: it should be a tiny bit smoother (I guess using a spline for that join).
But .......... then I was thinking, perhaps that rather "crisp" look f... |
I set red background for entire document and now I can't set any color for interior of any object. Apparently it behaves as if it would transparent or somehow combined with background, but I can't find any controls for this
As you see, a rectangle is assigned to be green, but it looks black when above paper, and looks... |
I have a document that recipients are expected (or are likely) to print on their own. It is not clear whether the majority of users will be US or non-US, so there isn't a clear preference for letter or A4 paper.
Assuming that I can't know how many recipients will want letter and how many will expect A4, what would be t... |
I want to use code in an inDesign document, and for that to be easily readable and pretty, I am looking for a way to get a syntax highlighting as in texteditors like notepad++, Sublime Text and Atom.
Since I need real syntax highlighting (so that, for example, different data types are depicted with different colors), ... |
I'm trying to set the position and size of selected objects in Illustrator to whole numbers quickly.
Is there an Action or Script that does that already?
If so, where can I find that?
Otherwise, what would be the fastest workflow?
(So far I'm tabbing through the Transform Panel and manually rounding and iterating throu... |
I have been exporting JPEG in InDesign, my settings are good (I think), but when I export it and open it, the color is darker. What am I doing wrong? I also have the same problem when I export jpeg in photoshop. Left one is the original, right one is the one exported from InDesign.
My settings:
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I'm trying to create the image below where a screen (640px x 960px @ 72ppi) is shown on a stock photo of a device. Is there any way to maintain high quality of the screenshot on the device? I used Photoshop skew.
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Does anyone know what font is used in BSN protein powder logo?
Source
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As far as I'm concerned, there are a few different ways to control which layers are affected by an adjustment layer, for example:
move the adjustment layer down so that only the layers below it are affected
alt-click on the line between the adjustment layer and the layer below it to create a clipping mask
create a gro... |
I had to do this in powerpoint but I'm wondering if there is an alternative program that does this well?I wanted to create a diagonal grid style of lines. It's actually a description of an alternative method of multiplication.
Normally when you want to duplicate a line you can constrain and duplicate (Ctrl+Shift+Alt et... |
I am looking for a shortcut key for columns in text boxes. I know that there is probably not one and that I would have to create it, but I don't know what you would call it in the shortcut menu.
I also know that I can go to text frame options to change the columns, but I want to click one button and have two columns. I... |
I want a radius on the two end points similar to the other corners.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kg6vznyfnkcxm2e/AAC_NSaCXkcRZvgsRXM0Yy4Ya?dl=0
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Can someone please identify the font appearing in this image. The image is taken from an old drawing for Transmission Line and Grid Station specifications. As this drawing is only available in Hard copy and I want to reconstruct it in Autocad and for that, I need to identify this font.
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(TL;DR: How big should the black boxes be in the grid below?)
I have a grid of cells containing a rectangular shaped image (it's actually the same image repeated). The ratio of the image width/height is not the same as the grid cells, so the spacing is wider horizontally than vertically (see image below). The grid fill... |
So I use Lightroom very frequently to edit and export images. I do nightclub photography often and have been asked to put a frame around my photos. Obviously a creative frame, not just a white or black one. So id like to design a frame basically and then be able to batch all photos with the same frame. Now my question ... |
I'm looking to make something along this type of line design, but every time I try, it ends up looking very bad: messy instead of designery, uneven coverage, etc etc. I typically go for very geometric shapes (the two big design projects I'm currently working on are literally based on squares and hexagons), and I'm at a... |
When I apply Blur > Gaussian Blur on this shape,
this is the result:
The result is that the Gaussian Blur doesn't appear completely, and borders indicated below limits it.
How can I make the "Gaussian Blur" Effect appear completely in Adobe Illustrator CC 2014?
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I am a web developer student, and I usually think too much on user experience when it comes to designing websites (colors, interaction, etc.). This concerns me a lot when it comes to the creative process of creating new concepts.
I recently got a school assignment with a client. The client is a bus company. The proble... |
Is it possible in Sketch3 to do a mask w/ a gradient to make these two images seemless? Basically this technique (for photoshop) http://www.wikihow.com/Fade-One-Image-Onto-Another-in-Photoshop
...how do I do this in Sketch 3?
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Finished my first logo; it's for a jam band that I'm in. We play alternative rock/shoegaze music in the veins of Death Cab for Cutie, Coldplay,My Bloody Valentine... I was wondering if anyone has suggestions/feedback/improvements on my work. I'm aiming for a less is more design aesthetics in the veins logos like belo... |
I'm just starting in silkscreen printing and I would like to know if there are common ways to predict the final result of overlaying transparent inks on paper? Are there methods that could help me take some of the guesswork out of the process?
For example, can I finger test a color on the paper I will use and overlay a... |
Perhaps I haven't understood the concept of the "Scaling Workflow" and hence my confusion ...
I checked out most of the Q&A for designing large format images on Photoshop (like for huge billboards), and the most popular suggestions were to "scale" the image down and design at high resolution.
Examples -
For instance, ... |
I managed to make the drop shadow, and I think I know how to get the ~1px bright outline/stroke, but how would you do this dark/bright effect around the edge and across the hole path?
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I've tried Identifont and Fonts.com's by sight identifier, and failed miserably on both accounts. Can you help me figure out what the font used throughout these ads is?
Ad #1, Ad #2, Ad #3
I keep feeling I know the font very well, and in fact thought I might have it in my collection, but have had no luck finding it so ... |
I am looking for a way to export all layers (nested too if possible) of a PSD file to png. But just the layer, with it's current size, not in the document size, with background or other layers.
I tried the script in this answer: Batch export Photoshop layers to individual PNG files
but it generates the png with backgro... |
I wan to get a perfect orthographic projection as seen here:
I have tried to use the perspective warp on a page I made myself and achieved the following effect:
As you can see I seem to achieve more distortion and rather than the illusion. Can someone tell me how to use the perspective filters in photoshop to achiev... |
I am a visual interface designer based in India. I design web/mobile screens in photoshop, do logos and stuff in Illustrator. Lately, I've come up with an idea of making a webcomic, like the one here - http://www.sintitulocomic.com/ - but I have no experience in drawing or sketching at all.
Also, I did google on how to... |
Am fairly new to Photoshop. I want to see the actual palette I am using, I am doing some design work in which I am using a small number of colors eg under 20 for the entire image. Am currently playing with Posterize and/or Indexed colors to reduce images to the lower number of colors I need.
So I have a reduced palett... |
Is it possible to print using pantone 877u on uncoated stock and varnish the area, in a way to achieve the effect of pantone 877c?
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I have a shape consisting of three anchor points. Now I want to delete one anchor point leaving the space between the two adjacent anchor points empty. So I follow the tried old Illustrator approach, but what happens instead is that when I press Backspace to delete the anchor point the point is removed but the shape bo... |
I'm looking for alternatives to traditional printing processes to strengthen the physical aspects of digitally printed items. it seems with certain systems such as NEXPRESS Press Platform it's possible to add varnishes similar to those in traditional printing. I'm wondering what are the processes most frequently resort... |
What is the 2 color (black) next to normal red color ?
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So I do not own Photoshop, but got a .psd file from my client to work with.
I managed to use a online converter and get this .png out of it.
What I additionally need though is the conversion of only Layer 1 (which is the Leona text) upsized a little bit and/or only Layer 4. I tried to do that with Paint.net and the .... |
Hello. I am a volunteer coach for my 7 year old daughter's soccer team. I want to make a coach's shirt with a logo on it and use the image below. I do this myself typically and do the iron on myself as well. However, I don't want it to be on an all black background. Would like for it to be transparent. I'm not re... |
Basically I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to efficiently get a long shadow effect with an SVG: Example Image
My three ideas on how this might be possible:
Hella detailed gradient map, but is there a web-compliant way to export that to SVG from Illustrator?
Blend Object SVG Filter that I'm not aware of?
JS ... |
I am new to web design, what is the best way to save logo for web?
I am exporting as png and logo shows up too small on website.
Any help is appreciated.
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I want to make more realistic looking laser-engraved logo mockups for clients but can't seem to get it quite right. I might need a new approach and could definitely use some perspective.
Details: I produce mockups on a stainless steel cylinder, basically, taking grayscale .AI logos and turning them into something mor... |
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