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I’ve had this happen with more than one image lately.
I open an image in GIMP with the purpose of making the background transparent. The first thing I do is Add Alpha Channel. I proceed to remove the background. Once I’m done with that, I export as PNG. But the background isn’t transparent. I can’t figure out for the ... |
I understand tracking relates to all pairs and word spaces while kerning relates to specific pairs. I’m wondering about how tracking is related to kerning: Is tracking added to kerning linearly, across all pairs equally, or is it more like a scaling factor for individual kerning distances?
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I wanted to set the pen tool in photoshop to act like pen tool in illustrator where whenever I click again the last point the other side of the anchor point disappears.
Is this possible? And if so, how?
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I had a little research, but I can't explain this little anomaly I have here.
When I save a PDF with Document Raster Effect turned to 72 dpi it will have the same size as the file when I switch these settings to 700 dpi.
both 62kb.
The printer shop wants the pdf to be 300 dpi and saved as pdf. But where is the value... |
SO I need it to be simple way of telling of another way of make the background of the image clear, because I use the magic want tool (fuzzy select tool) and tried to make the background clear, it just make it white and not transparent so is there an alternative way to make the background of the image clear?
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In photoshop, i have a "speech bubble" of sorts.
I need to be able to move the little triangle bit of the bubble left, right, and to the side.
Then "rejoin" it with the rectangle, and apply all the gradent/bevel effects of the original.
photoshop has a selector tool, but i cannot seem to cut, coppy, delete with it - ac... |
After creating a path with rounded corners in Illustrator, I added a dashed stroke and aligned it inside the path (but the problem is the same when aligning outside).
Strangely I ended up with a lot of strange 'glitches' (?) along the path:
When aligned centered, the stroke looks neat and sharp:
I've tried changing s... |
I want to edit an svg from wikimedia commons that shows the human arteries to highlite a specific artery in a specific color. Unfortunately multiple arteries in that svg are represented by the same svg object. What's the best way for editing files like that to be able to select different subparts and color them?
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Consider this ...
Notice three joins are very good, but one is not so good.
My question: in fact, is the problem shown in fact precisely an example of THE FOLLOWING type of problem, and solution:
https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/a/16011/30169
So, indeed, is the total solution correct implementation of the techn... |
Does anyone have any idea how to create this realistic "skewed"/inclined 3D Style Tile?:
Things to note from this design:
The image "wraps" around the slab.
The image has a light source that helps create the realistic look to it. Look at how the lighting in the upper right side is lighter than the lower left side.
Th... |
Why my selection tool doesn't rotate object? I selected the object and it doesn't work. How do I fix this?
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I have a motion tween on a symbol where the symbol moves into the scene horizontally, waits awhile, and then moves vertically. In the image below, you can see the animation motion graphed for the tween when it has no easing:
However, I'd like to have the horizontal and vertical movements eased a little bit for a bette... |
Velo company is a company that deals with vapors and they come to me and ask to design a logo that contain drops of water and a sense of movement.
First I create a " V " letter and in the negative space I integrate a drop of water.
Second I integrate a sense of movement with those drops of water combined with that circ... |
Say you have a circle, and a letter (X), on top of that circle. The circle is black, the background is white, and you want the X to be transparent. HOWEVER, you want the X (or the area where the X occupies) to be transparent to the white background, not the black.
What is this called, and how is it accomplished?
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I have just reduced the size of a png from 512 x512 to 256 x 256px and the file size has gone from 100kb to 165kb? Why is this happening and more important how can I reduce file size below 100kb after resize?
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My question is easy.
I remember a function in an older version of Photoshop where I could say Photoshop to preview things I move around in lower quality to improve performance.
Where can I activate it in Photoshop CC? Or doesn't it exist anymore?
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I need to know if it's possible to find the weight (diameter) of all lines/drawings in a psd file.
Since silk screen printing dosen't allow me to print smaller lines/paths/drawings than 0,6mm i need a preview to see waht would't be printed.
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I've designed a catalog, using Illustrator CS4 and I have placed high resolution images into the document, which now has a file size of 1 GB. How can I reduce this file size to 20-30 MB? Thank you.
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Soo ... I have an inDesign-document with one big text frame that contains multiple paragraphs with different paragraph styles. In that, I would like to have some paragraphs have a stroke and a background color. However, the strokes and fills are only applicable on the entire text frame, so I'm searching for a way to li... |
I have a font that just won't cooperate. At certain sizes the font fills in the a and e loops whenever bold. I was wondering if there was a specific term for this so I can more easily search for a solution to my font problem. Below I've attached an image to show you what I mean:
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We have a strict corporate policy against publishing any photos. In fact one magazine requested a head shot for the cover of their issue and we had to decline that part of our contract.
What are alternatives to employee photos?
Many businesses use the all too famous "generic stock photo" such as:
Or the even more over... |
I am a beginner interested in learning typography. What kind of tools are available that would help me layout/experiment easily with various design principles. For example, this site i found immensely useful to learn and practice kerning. Just wondering if there are any other such online/offline tools similar to above.... |
I was working through a Photoshop track on Treehouse and ended up messing around with some settings while adding text. Now, I cannot see ANY text that is typed, but it does somehow seem to be entered (and likely there, just not visible). When I try to add text, here is what happens:
Click on Horizontal Type Tool so th... |
I am a quilter & new user of AI. I want to see what the same design will look like in different color schemes. My image is a line drawing with closed shapes. So far I have used Live Paint & have almost completed one coloration. Should I use layers, different art boards, or what? I am looking for an overview answer ... |
What I want to do is to be able to copy either a layer or a group of layers into a new document which is sized to that layers exact dimensions. I find I can right click -> Duplicate -> New Document, but it is still sized the same as the original document. Is there any way to make it so that the new document will be siz... |
I am considering a web UI imrpovement. Each icon (large, 128x128px) in flow layout represents a configuration of a certain process, and, to the user, there are a bunch of "important" settings for this process and dozens of less important ones. I would like to incorporate 3-5 most important paradigms into a single icon ... |
In my document I want to have three different headers and five different backgrounds and one footer. Do I need to create a separate master page for each combination of header-background-footer? Or maybe there is a way to apply a few master pages to one regular page? Thanks.
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I want to do silkscreen printing. I have done all the labels with Photoshop and saved as PDF. But, my printer said it is very blurry.
I need to use Illustrator. So, if I have already done my label with Photoshop, how can I export my file to illustrator and make all my texts unpixalated?
Should I type everything in Ill... |
I've noticed in a couple of pieces of my artwork that when I get them back from the printers the solid blocks of grey come out grainy. All my other colours come out fine.
I'm using a grey that is 60% black and is a process colour. My document is at 300ppi.
Should I be using a different grey to achieve a smoother grey?... |
How did they achieve the look of this ad? it looks like they overlay'd a light layer grunge-styled texture, masked the main image over the clouds, and added some kind of gritty noise overall, while touching up the original portrait images? Would the color level adjustments be tuned to a more neutral tone, while the co... |
I've been asked to create artwork for a mock US currency bill.
Similar to those fake novelty bills you can purchase.
(This is not my artwork. It is merely something Google found as an example)
The end goal is not to reproduce currency accurately, but to trick the reader into thinking it's currency at first glance. S... |
Is there nondestructive way of achieving the wavy type effect, found below?
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I'm attempting to create a stylized breadcrumb (below) but am botching the arrow.
Is there a more precise and 'economical' method of creating this type of arrow? Preferably one where I retain control of the stroke width and corner radius.
The way I've typically created this arrow is by:
Creating a line via the Line T... |
Does anyone know what these charts are called?
edit: I think it's 'radial timeline'
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I'm working on a print product catalogue where each product has all of its variations listed in tables. I've just encountered a product that has 120 unique sku's, which ends up spreading the table over 4 pages in the catalogue!
There are only 6 widths, but over 20 colours for each width, which is what makes the table s... |
I want to create a block of colours like this (from top left c:0 m:0 y: k:0 to bottom right c:100 m:0 y:0 k:0)
There are 100 colours there and I am currently doing a line of 10 with a fade with 10 steps and then duplicated that down. I then added a white line grid to make colour difference more apparent.
Is there a ... |
I have a few questions about the InDesign XML import.
So, when I import my XML file, I get a structure which I can insert into the document. I would like to customize the way that InDesign puts the XML structure into the document. To give you a little background information: I write the content for the inDesign-documen... |
I don't know how to describe exactly what I'm looking for, but I've seen a service which allows me to take a mockup or illustration and put it realistically in pre-made images of a Mac and iPhone.
But I can't recall where I saw it or how to do it. I don't want to take, for example, a flat image and then figure out how... |
For a design assignment, I'm looking for a color that goes nicely with #a31366. The problem is that it's a kind of purple/pink that I've never worked with, so I am bummed out at finding what the best color is.
I know of Adobe Kuler, but the suggestions it comes up with based on #a31366 are not really what I'm looking ... |
I have been asked by my college to design a banner for print, this is going to help promote the course we are on etc.
The print size is 500cm x 250cm.
I was going to do this in Photoshop with the following sizes:
50cm x 25cm @ 300DPI
Do you think that these sizes in Photoshop is correct? and would look great printed, ... |
I think I have convinced a client to allow me to redesign this logo as part of redesigning his website:
A few pertinent pieces of input from my client:
He really likes the grid layout in the background.
He wants the "CAD" part of the name to stand out.
UPDATE: I should also note that while my client does do some teac... |
Given have two shapes for example. a star (blue) and arrow (no fill). The arrow has a green stroke.
How can I make the portion of the star which is behind the arrow transparent, but retain the green stroke on the arrow?
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The Slide master in MS Powerpoint lets the user set font size and font type and then, if any change needs to occur, lets the user apply the change consistently across all slides.
I was wondering if such a facility also exists in MS Powerpoint for centrally controlling the font size and font type for all text in multipl... |
What should I be aware of and be careful with when preparing the image?
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I've had some background mostly in pixel-based graphics and web design. However, I've never came across SVGs. A Google search for this problem convinced me that the answer might be to use SVG for the first time!
What I'm trying to do is to create an animation from the drawing of text. So far, I found this and it look... |
In an Inkscape file I got from somebody I found the following:
On the right there are arcs of ellipses (not paths), and on the left there are 4-node bezier paths each perfectly corresponding to the inside of the set of four ellipses next to it.
I have been trying to do the same: I create four arcs of ellipses and try ... |
I am just starting to try graphic design. I created a shape, and want to make a new line branching off from a point on that shape. I noticed the + sign next to the pen icon and it creates a new anchor, but how do you make a line from that new point? It just keeps on making a new point when I try to click away from it.
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Client specification goes like this:
"Keep in mind that for actual utilization of the logo, the size may vary from 3 cms x 3 cms to 75 x 75 cms. While designing, this aspect should be kept in mind."
I have already created the logo in illustrator. Will I have to create that logo as given measurement/proportion or I can... |
According the Amazon's guidelines, a the ideal size for an Amazon Kindle cover image is as follows:
For best quality, your image would be 2820 pixels on the shortest side
and 4500 pixels on the longest side
This is a makes the hight 1.6 times the width, which is way more long and narrow than I've ever seen any book... |
While using Photoshop I often need to drag layers from one document to another,
but when I have many documents opened this gets a little tricky.
The cause of this issue is the way that Photoshop hides the tabs when there are too many of them for the size of my window / screen.
To be more specific, the problem I'm exper... |
Simple question: Within paragraph styles, is there a way to tell inDesign to create drop caps not using a set amount of characters at the beginning of a paragraph, but instead using the first word of the paragraph, regardless of how long it is?
(Except setting the drop caps individually for each paragraph!)
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I'm creating a 80-page product catalog for a clothing company. Each page contains one clothing item.
On each page, there is a table that contains four pieces of information about that clothing item:
Washing recommendations (Indicated by placed .ai files for handwash, No tumble dry etc)
Available sizes, 3 scenarios: ... |
Sometimes when tracing bitmaps in inkscape, I'll see a an object which has two or more disconnected curves, which automatically exclude each other.
For example tracing this image:
Results in this:
I can edit either path and the fill updates in realtime:
How can I set something like this up manually?
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Here is what I want. This is the image I got.
and I do outline by first creating the pen outline.. then stroking by brush. this is what i get:
but i want the all edges pointed. For example like this:.
(Here I am doing some edges but I want all)
so i have to do it manually. Is there any easier way to do this ?
PS: I... |
I am attempting to clean up some very high resolution scans of pictures, however, while the scans do not have terrible colors, they are off from the originals. I have very low resolution digital copies of the images with accurate colors.
I am trying to match the colors of the low resolution original to that of the hig... |
Probably is not a clear title question... But what I want is a one SO (rectangle shape) that is divided on 3 editable pieces. For example: I draw square,circle and triangle in the source container. Then, on my image I want to place those shapes in different places and transform each one independently.
I know it is poss... |
I've just begun using Photoshop CS6 and encountered a problem I've never had before.
1. Went to Custom Shapes Tool, chose a shape, selected a colour (now shows in foreground).
2. Top bar shows from left: Custom Shape Icon, Option chosen is Shape (not Pixels or Path), Fill block - shows the colour I specified: maroon, S... |
I have a problem in Photoshop CC. When I turn off one layer it for some reason turns off the other layer above (disables it), which is not my goal. How to disable this behavior?
Please, see the pictures.
Here both top layers are on:
Now I turn off the second layer from top and it automatically disables the layer above... |
I have two buttons in my .psd template. They are with a gradient overlay. Is it possible in Photoshop to export gradients as CSS styles?
Please, see a pictures.
Buttons with gradient:
Info of Registration button (Login is the same):
I try to use Photoshop CC built-in feature "Copy CSS", but it doesn't exports gradien... |
I was having difficulties when trying to subtract one shape from another:
(the selected triangle should appear as negative space)
which seemed like a bug until I tried to flip the triangle horizontally:
Voila! Flipping produced reversing the path orientation and subtraction now produces a negative space. But what to ... |
I'm currently updating my image assets to comply with Apple's iPhone 6+ @3x dimensions. I'd like to use CC's image generator to do so but unfortunately it seems that it only exports up to 2x. Does anyone know if Adobe is working on an update to fix this? Also is there an automated workaround in the meantime? I also use... |
So, I'm going to buy a Creative Cloud subscription in a few weeks to months. Since I'm a student, so I'm eligible for the special introductory option at 20 $ / month.
My question is if this offer includes exactly the same as the "normal" creative cloud full subscription. I't not like I'm gonna pass on this offer becaus... |
I'm looking to place exactly 750 filled circles in a random array within a circular shape, essentially a static version of this infographic
I've considered scatter graphs (but that seems as painful as manually placing each circle), the transform effect and blend tools (but these seem linear, or require going along, ra... |
I have a list of photos, different sizes and shapes, and I want to give them 10px border radius for everyone.
This is very helpful in every UI, when there are photos with different sizes.
How to perform this?
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i wanted to ask why gray photos differ between pc and offset printing. 86% gray seem whitish gray on pc but became black on offset printing , is there any solution to see how appear grayscale images on printing ?
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I read that the use of bold colors is appreciated in the new Material design but up to what extent?
Here is some context with an example.
I have a tabbed page with the background color of the tabs as well as header set to indigo. The page has many cards with each card having a title at the bottom. As you can see below... |
I already saw some tutorial how to add a texture to the picture (for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnB2NUIb1h0).
I am interested in similar technique but with one extra condition -- preserving the lighting. Let's say you have a house in the picture -- let's focus on its wall -- its entire area is not equall... |
Total beginner here. What typeface does Pentagram use for the Sundance Institute? Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks.
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I am by no means a Graphic Designer but try. I have an image I got from iconarchive and am trying to set the color to red (#840a0c) and setting transparent where there is white. I am using GIMP for this task and every time I give it a whirl I get jagged edges and it just looks awful:
Original icon:
Modified icon:
Wou... |
I'm trying to remove the application background from Illustrator CC. On the previous version (Illustrator CS5) I didn't have a background. This made it easier to multitask and have various items on my desktop open at once. The app background in CC is solid black. Any way to remove it? I've Googled and looked all over t... |
What's the industry standard application used for designing webpage PSDs? Photoshop? Dreamweaver? This is solely for creating a design in PSD format, not converting to HTML/CSS.
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I looked at this previous answer but when I select the text layer and find Convert to Paragraph text, it is grayed out. I am sure it is not already in paragraph text because it's just one long long string.
How can I convert Point Text to Paragraph and Vice Versa in photoshop
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I am in the process of trying to understand how high pixel density displays handle images. Here is what I think I have figured out so far
a. A 2x image is effectively a 1x image but with 4 (2 x 2) times the number of pixels
b. A hiPiD display works by effectively reducing the "physical" size of a pixel - so the same ... |
What exactly is the correlation between the amount of pixels in an image and the correlating space it will take up on one's hard drive? I know that the more pixels / more storage but is there an exact linear correlation between these two metrics or is it more complicated than that?
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I use this new feature in my work to transform a smart object. I wonder if people with old PS version will be able to use this file and edit content of that smart object?
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So I have been looking around but cannot find any good advice on how to go about designing a page for legal matters. These pages would clearly state Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, etc. I think there is a huge challenge to designing these pages because you cannot always make them flashy because, from a legal standpoi... |
I have created a new InDesign document and typed some text on it in Times New Roman. I then exported the page to .png at 72ppi. However, the text on the exported .png is blurry. How can I fix this please? Open the attached image and view at actual size to see the blur. I am using the latest InDesign on a Mac.
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Hello fellow creatives!
I know this sounds like a stupid question, but this has been driving me insane for ages!
How do I achieve the following in adobe illustrator:
How do I create a slanted text look with a bordering box whilst maintaining its aspect ratio? I know this sounds confusing, so here is an image of what I... |
I'm coding the redesign (css+html) for a webapp in India where my artist designied a mockup for me to code. I now wonder how I can adjust a font "ITC Avant Garde" to make it look as close to the original sketch as possible. Is ITC Avant Garde available as a web font or must I approximate it with something else? Is it a... |
I need help with identifying the font of "abc" in the "abc web consulting" logo. I am guessing it's Brandish but the "c" and the thickness of Brandish does not match the one in the logo.
Any help is very much appreciated!
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Does anyone know what typeface was use for the 'H', 'R', 'A' and 'E' on Short Waves?
Thanks!
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I am trying to place this raster logo supplied by a client on a large format template (this being a raster logo of some text in Arial is a separate issue).
In Photoshop, the image is showing at 200ppi at original size (third image).
When placed on our Illustrator template, and scaled up to a reasonable size, the image ... |
I'm working on a programming assignment, where I'd like to document related data structures - JSON to be precise.
I use Inkscape and it's diagram connector tool. The result I am getting looks as follows:
The arrows are attached to boxes, which are manually put on top of the text.
Is there a way, to:
have the arrows s... |
How do I delete part of the circle path in the picture provided?. I want the red outlined part to be deleted without having the curve change. I've tried to do this by selecting the two anchor points (where the line meets the curve and the bottom of the curve but it deletes the whole arc. I want the top arc and line con... |
In trying to reduce file size for PSD, does eliminating saved selections do anything? I've found lots of useful tips, but none relating to selections. Thanks.
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I am creating a large book in InDesign. Part of the book is composed of PDF ads that have been provided to me. Every time I place these PDF ads in InDesign they're blurry. I have tried saving them as JPGs and PNGs. But I am getting a similar product. I have tried adjusting the display settings in both preferences and v... |
im very confused. Never seen these before; How do I get rid of them?
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I am placing a photo in my work space in CS2. Then I set it to transform the shape and then try to move the corner to adjust the size it goes all crazy distorted and does not re-size proportionately. I believe I have been able to do this in the past, but can't remember what I did to make it happen. Just to be clear,... |
I want to create an imagemap in Fireworks CS5 on which certain parts shall change when I roll over with the mouse. These parts shall contain links to a new website as well!
Since I am using a photograph, I need to be very precise with my rollover parts. It looks to me though that I only can use the slice tool to create... |
Ok, so I'm kinda new to Photoshop (I have CC )so this is probably stupid question, but when I create a circle (I always make it even; the one i have now has W:680px and H is the same size) and use PS shapes and put them around the circle, and then rotate the circle with the shapes, it gets kinda uneven at the end after... |
For instance, I have a line with a stroke colored navy blue over a shape. How can I make the area covered by the navy blue line transparent, including that area on the shape below?
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I am a new learner in AI CS6. I can't figure out how to make the pathfinder palette appear in the right side in my window. I read an article that told me how to find it. But after a while, it disappeared again and I forgot which keys I used to find it. Can anyone tell me which keys make it appear again?
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I am using GIMP. And I want to design a very basic banner to be printed 3m long. The design is as simple as it could be : it consists of one logo that I have in pdf format (was designed by a professional graphic designer), and a bit of text.
I believe this is a very easy task that would take 10 min to complete for some... |
I've got a problem saving SVGs in their correct format in Illustrator. I want to save an SVG for web development with the viewbox as "0 0 100 100". The sizes, 100 width and height, are not a problem. This saves correctly. But when I check the code, I can see the viewbox is completely random numbers - meaning, they do n... |
I often find myself stroked shapes for buttons etc (kind of like the "Ask Question" button on this site actually). I follow the approach of creating a white shape with a stroke effect, and then selecting the multiply blend mode. Leaving only the stroke visible. This is a useful technique as i can resize the shape.
So t... |
I am having a hard time replicating the second image style in the first. The football field image needs the black to be gone and be replaced throughout the image with a white color. What is the best way to do this in Photoshop and get the same result as the second image?
Image To Convert
Replicate Style
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Looking for the font of the word 'technology' in this site's logo:
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So that the text can be updated freely without duplicating itself to all button instances?
In other words, the button symbol just retains the styles and not the content.
The closest thing i found was this plugin/technique.. but it seems out-dated : http://brilliantsketch.com/sketch-symbol-plugin-bring-smart-object-sket... |
For a mockup, I need to add some text to a photo of a piece of cable. It has to look like the text is printed directly on the cable.
So far I've tried to do it in Photoshop. I drew a path along the cable and placed the text along that, but it doesn't look quite right, because the letters don't curve around the cable ve... |
I have exported .ai layers into PSD and now I cannot edit colours of the layers or select the individual layers on the image. I can select the layer in layer panel but it does not highlight the layer object or able to change colour.
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