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I am currently working on a human body in Poser which i want to export in SVG. Basically were talking about a 2D export and nothing fancy 3D. Im really struggling with finding a way to export this, as the only formats that doesn't flatten the object is Collada or Wavefront. Basically what i'm interested in is to get t...
Looking at the Android Asset Studio Launcher Icon Generator, the launcher icons always end up with a transparent border of at least 2dp. Same goes the App Icon Template. But Googles Design Guide does not mention any best practice or requirements for such a border. My question: Is there any good reason to follow this su...
I'm looking for a way to programmatically find all polygons on a drawing surface, and identify them by colour. They will all have one out of a known set of colours. Something like the coloured blobs on the women's face, only I will only be using the layer with the blobs: This is not a design mode scenario. It is dealin...
As part of my work in a science & tech based student magazine, I investigated redesigning the logo. I noticed that a lot of similar magazines (New Scientist, WIRED, etc.) use only a stylised version of a font to create their identity/logo (without any specific colours, shading etc.). I dutifully went out to try and fin...
As part of my college project, I have chosen a well known local design company and I am redoing their logo, as you can see I have got quite far with the logo however I am having trouble finding a font to suit. I have tried dafont and 1001 free fonts and many other sites but I just cant seem to find a font that matches ...
I know this has appeared on StackOverflow already: Are there any good reasons for using hex over decimal for RGB colour values in CSS? Use HEX or RGBA But I'd like to ask on here since we're probably all more technical with our color selection and might be using it in HEX, RGB, and CMYK. Personally, my preference for...
So, I have removed the background of the logo for my site, but the background of my site is a dark grey. As a result, the logo has a white border around it that looks messy. I use GIMP for editing and I'm not sure how I could remove the outline without spending hours removing each pixel. Thanks.
I recently reinstalled Illustrator CC 2014 (have been working with it since it's initial release) and suddenly, my rectangle shapes have no handles - I can't select and resize with my selection tool. If I draw a circle, I have handles; an octagon, I have handles...it seems to only happen with the rectangles and rounded...
I have a Photoshop file with one standard background layer and about 50 other unique layers. I will be creating 50 files. The same background layer will always be used, but the top layer will change. E.g., the background layer is a mountain and the alternating layers are different people. I have been unable to figure o...
When designing postcards meant to be sent with the US Postal Service, what requirements to we need to keep in mind when working on the design? Which areas are we free to use for designs, and which areas need to be left blank or filled in with specific details, in order for the postal service to be able to process and m...
I came accross two different color bars on two distinct cardboard packaging and was trying to figure out what these were exactly about and found some helpful illustration:1 So in the first example(random pasta box), there are 5 solid color patches C, M, Y, M+Y, C+M, with their corresponding 25, 50, 75% tints (standard...
I am new to Illustrator and can't figure out how to make a single object from many paths and shapes. I used Image trace to trace a black&white image (settings: abutting, create fills and ignore white option selected). After this, I expanded the object and then I changed black colour to another. Now I want to make the ...
When using the layer style fx > stoke in photoshop is there a way for the stroke to have square right angled corners, whilst having the stoke set to the outside of the layer so it dosnt clip the layer. Normally when you set it to the outside it will give you rounded corners as the image below. Background - Im using PS ...
Maybe it's offtop, sorry if it is. I search for PNG/SVG icons files used in Inkscape UI, ie, "open file", "save file", "options" etc-- which are nice and I want to use them maybe. What are these icos?
I have been creating animated GIF files using GIMP from several frames in PNG format that I created using Jmol and now I would like to know how to make the background of the resulting GIF files transparent. Any pieces of software or websites you suggest should be available for free, please.
Hi all, In this example picture, you can see around the top and sides of the hair there is something like an extra pixel or two of a lighter color. I can't think of a easy way to effectively shave or trim a pixel or two off the edge all around this image. The trim feature doesn't do it, and stroking doesn't help. Pro...
Gnome icons have 48x48 / 64x64 sizes. I need sizes 24x24 or 22x22. I tried Irfanview: resize PNGs 48x to 24x. Result is bad: because of transparency I got bad pixels in output (edge is OK but corner of picture not). I played with IView settings. Cannot get OK result Maybe available such size?
In old forms or webpages I often see a lot of zebra striping used on the tables because the way the table was designed it was difficult to see the rows and columns easily when you want to locate information. One thing I have noticed with these types of tables is that the spacing and alignment are usually rather awkward...
In commercial printing, "spot colors" refers to specialized ink mixes to create a predetermined color. Pantone, Toyo, and others are brands of inks which specialize in the sale of "spot color" inks. I know this already. I recently became curious as to why the inks are called "spot". So I started researching. I can fin...
From the Wikipedia page on the RGB color model -> Numeric representations: A color in the RGB color model is described by indicating how much of each of the red, green, and blue is included. The color is expressed as an RGB triplet (r,g,b), each component of which can vary from zero to a defined maximum value. If all ...
Ok. This will be hard to explain. Basically, I have made an 8 by 8 sprite sheet in preparation for a Java 2D RPG I'm making. I made this in Paint.NET. Here is what it looks like: You see, I'm not new to Java, but I am to game programming, so I'm following Ryan van Zeben (DesignsByZephyr)'s tutorials on making a Java 2...
Gimp only recognizes a change in input device (from pen to mouse) when the cursor leaves the painting area. If I paint with my pen, stop and then move my mouse it will move the cursor but the brush will still be the one from the pen (and the brush area will stay in place) and only if the cursor (now controlled by the m...
We are making a website for graphic designers to sell their work to fashion designers. However the problem is that if we showcase their work, it can simply be copied and traced. I want to ask your opinion to find a way so that the images can't be traced? It could be either a format, or watermarked style etc., so that...
this is not the actual picture but lets say that girl was vectorized in illustrator. I want to know how can I cut 1 piece of puzzle in vectorized picture and place it somewhere using illustrator, as I did this sample photo on photoshop. I knew its possible, its just thing that I am bit beginner on Illustrator. note to...
I have the following image pattern: If I repeat it as a web page background the variation in color and brightness are very visible at the tile edges. What can I do to retouch this image so the color and brightness are vertically consistent and unnoticeable as a repeating background?
How is it called when the carvings on a wooden or metallic surface are filled with ink while the relief is left uncover or painted resembling a shiny material. Beside, is there a common technique to accomplish this effect in Photoshop? Edit Looking for photoshop-antique-text-tutorial (thanks to Scott for his answer) I...
I am trying to control filename when saving via an action. Let's start with an image open on screen. It is called "image1.png". I press record to start the action. I run a greyscale filter. I then use save as and save it (in the same directory I got the original image from" as "image1_greyscale.png". Then I close image...
I want to create a box on a page that spans the width of the page. In order to do that, I want to draw a rectangle and move the corners so that they snap to the edges of the page. I have turned on the snap to grid and snap to guide options. I am unable to create a snap guide on the edge of the page, it is visible unti...
Learning Illustrator, and I'm trying to find how to make a "radial" gradient that, rather than forming circles around the origin, creates "rays" from the origin: Example I've got a similar button design, but can't seem to find the right method. Can't seem to find any tutorials either, but am not entirely sure what to s...
Why is it the majority of my clients absolutely refuse to go below 12 point for body copy? No matter how many stunning examples I provide, or how many people whose work I credit, they always scoff and say that the type's too small for them to read. I use a healthy balance of serif and sans-serif, and try to stick with ...
Imagine you wanted to design a glass of soda. First you create a glass: It's, in fact, a beaker - but that doesn't matter Now you copy the object, make it smaller, black and delete the stroke. Then to try to center it in beaker: Finally, you want some pretty bubbles. How can I randomly distribute them in the brown ar...
Is there a way to create this effect in Photoshop? I could duplicate the same image over and over again, but that's just wrong. There should be an easier way. Edit: Use of Illustrator and MS Paint is also fine.
I think this font is commonly used in Casino-themed graphic designs but I don't know what the name of the typeface is. What is the font name of the 777 in the picture? Thanks!
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You see this style of graphic usually as a background in a banner or similar. I'm interested to know if anyone know if there's an established term for graphics in this style (like "irregular matrix" or who knows), and also if you know how to create them fairly easily (preferably using Sketch 3, but CC tools would do as...
Is it possible to reverse (as in flip vertically) a single character (in my case the '~' character) inside a line of text WITHOUT converting the text to outlines? As in it's still a character, it just happens to be reveresed?
When I try to use a calligraphy brush the roundness and the size doesn't change to another option. I go to Brushes Library Menu → New Brush and select the Calligraphy Brushes The Calligraphy brush menu pops up with three main options: Angle, Roundness and Size. It's not allowing me to change these options, what am I...
Typically when I construct a website design, I'll focus on one browser (Chrome) and build it out to completion before opening another browser. Once complete, I'll then test it in other browsers while crossing my fingers and hoping that everything looks okay. I'm aware of the available CSS normalizers that help with con...
I've got a scanned signature that I'm trying to clean up. I was able to use levels to remove some of the grain surrounding the handwriting, but I cannot figure out how to remove the grain from the actual signature. I'm just looking to have all the minute speckles to be joined together as one black seamless line. I feel...
So, I was working on my site and an accidental mistake did a nice 3D effect to my new Logo, is there any way to convert or import a CSS3 code to illustrator so I can have it as .SVG?
Looking for feedback on logo lockups. Concept: Logo for bar concept in Austin Texas that will appeal to a causal, hipster, young urban crowd. Rooftop patio with yard games such as corn hole, washers, basketball hoop, darts. What other objects are associated with moonshine, Hooch besides the obvious bottle? Do you thin...
I want to know if there is any software out there that works on the same principle as myfonts.com and whatfontis.com with the difference that the database of fonts it a searches from is from the computers font folder. Your looking for a font which you might already have on the computer or something similar. Instead of ...
I got a lot of unique images, so my goal is distribute all that images randomly and apply randomly scale and rotation transformations. Like these So which is the best way to achieve these ? I use gimp and inkscape but if you know a way using another editor like AI o PS i would like to hear it
What should I do to change this arrow color for example to #22A5D8 I am using photoshop cs5
Is there an easy way to extend lines off the side of the shape, with perfectly the same angle as the edge of the shape. Without having to zoom in as far as possible and just eye it. I feel like there has to be an easy way to do this, but I can't figure it out.
I was wondering if it's possible to create Symbols with editable text elements in Illustrator CS6, i.e. when using form elements in wire framing. I'm seeking to use live text in symbols but not have all symbol instances update should the text in a single symbol change.
I have created a UI concept and high-fidelity wireframes for an Android app. The next phase is to transform the wireframes into graphic assets and deliver them to the app developer. Now, since Android runs on a variety of devices that offer different screen sizes and densities, I am terribly confused by this subject......
I am trying to find a couple more colors (hex#s) that go well with these colors. I made a calendar to which people can add many different groups. I wanted to have about 4 more of these. I don't really understand how to find good colors that match. It's one of those things I've never really understood.
I'm trying to make simple icons to use with Fontello. When I export what I've made as an svg and try importing it to fontello, it won't import it properly and it complains: "If image looks not as expected please convert to compound path manualy. Skipped tags and attributes: stroke,stroke-width,fill,fill-rule" My quest...
I need to know if the trademark (™) symbol has to remain fairly generic in styling, or can it by made to match the style of a logo?
What is the correct way to handle a client if they ask you for all of your native design files and specifically the FONTS. Do you charge them for the native files if they have already paid for the initial design of a flyer, brochure etc. Do you release copies of the fonts used in the design to them or charge them a fe...
I have few photoshop files with blue guide lines like on this picture below. I want to quickly save only one part of the picture that is between these guides, in the middle. What is best way to do this? I usually need to use rectangular marquee tool and make selection by following on these lines, but it's hard to find ...
I am trying to figure out what I should be doing for a 94+ page catalogue. I have been researching and from what I've read understand that linking files is the best practice for putting complex vector art in an InDesign file...and that it will make a low-resolution raster of it for preview purposes. Why I need help: T...
I want to recreate my logo in AI. I do not know how to achieve arched WiFi signal vector shape with rounded corners. What I tried: I tried to use rounded rectangle + warp arch effect. This effect gave me banana type corners which are not perfectly rounded I tried to use rectangle tool with straight edges + warp arc...
I know others have asked similar questions, but the answers don't seem to be working for me. If I have an Illustrator file open and am also working in InDesign, I often copy/paste the vector image into a new layer in InDesign. Today, one of my vector images started showing up with a partially solid background. I can te...
I'm trying to organize a list of colors for a puzzle game. I can find reliable lists (names and colors values) of the primary, secondary, and tertiary RGB colors - but I can't find any reliable list beyond this. Color wheels either leave them out, or pile them in with millions of other colors and no names. Is there an...
Below are a couple of pieces that I've designed, and they both have a ledger margin on the top. But in the case of something like a picture frame with a mat, you would never put the larger margin at the top. How would I explain to someone learning graphic design why and when you should do this (seeming conflicting spac...
I've got a very complex texture that I have running WAY over the art board and I need to clean it up for a client. How do I get rid of every point outside of the art board?
The effect I want to achieve is demonstrated here: where the person is reduced to a single color, but still has shading etc.
I'm still a beginner to Photoshop and every time I look up how to do this, only tutorials for after effects which I don't have and would honestly like to avoid pop up. I'd be really grateful if anyone could share with me any Photoshop techniques to get an effect similar to the two gifs I've attached to this question. ...
I recently asked this question and I left out a few things. As I mentioned in that question, I have psd files for each letter as well as svg files for each letter. I do not want to use some other software for building the font. I want to go about a more hands on approach. How can this be done, if, it can be done? Basic...
I'm looking for more information regarding a specific type of visual effect that I have been trying to recreate many times in Photoshop, without any success. I would like to learn how to do this from tutorials, that is if I knew what to search for. Below I have an image from an Oculus Rift game, and another from a movi...
I created a backdrop design for a magician. The design was created specifically for his show. He has other magician friends that like the backdrop and wish to use it for their show. He has no problem with this, but asks that I customize the backdrop to the other magicians. I was under the impression that I was customiz...
I have this image But I need to edit part of it, the problem is that photoshop is not importing half of the frames. I mean, when I import the image into the animation bar, it show only the first 4 seconds of animation, the part when "FAST MIGRATION" text appear is not showing at all, instead I keep seeing a snapshot o...
I have an image with the effect of wooden text inlaid within another species of wood. I would now like to change the text. However, I would then need to reapply all of the layer masking, resizing and other effects that I made to the text to create this effect originally. Is it possible to achieve a more elegant workfl...
I've exported an InDesign 6 (on Mac OSX) file to PDF (not for print, but for interactive), the PDF file has embedded several subfonts of Helvetice Neue already used in the InDesign 6 (on Mac OSX) file. Following this I opened up the PDF file in Adobe Acrobat Pro X (on Windows) - and wanted to add a text form field, b...
In Inkscape it is impossible to edit the SVG images downloadable from here: https://archive.org/details/IauConstellationsSvg Basically, there is a single, large group and I can't ungroup it. Those pictures are under a CC-BY license so I don't think the author is trying to prevent anybody from editing them.
I am new to InDesign and we have a contract employee that builds and creates most of our ads for us. When we lay them out on the page, the ads look fine, but when we get the newspaper back from the printer, the wording in the ads are very blurry and some are almost illegible. Our printer prints in CMYK and I have been ...
I'm a self-learning graphic designer. I work with Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and I thought I was doing fine until I got this big shock at work. I've been working for a year at some web design company and just now they tell me I'm inexperienced and that I failed with the task that I've been assigned to me. Now ...
I know of tools such as retinize.it and I know of the wordpress retina 2x plugin. They kind of do what I need, but because of some limitations with my current images I need a different method. I'm a developer and my photoshop skills are sorely lacking. I think I want to record an action? That I can run though an entire...
Which software can be used to draw lines at exact measurements? I am looking for a tool which could be used for example to draw a top down view of the turning circle for a car. The drawing would consist of the outline of the car, at the correct measurements for the scale. e.g. drawn at 1:100 This type of diagram is get...
I work for a company that mainly sells city and state art transfer-printed, etched, engraved, etc. onto dinnerware. Most of the time i deal with the art, personally, i see that it contains anywhere from 15,000-30,000 paths but have no problems working with them quickly . However, one of our artist's illustrations alwa...
I want hd small loop-able casual video which i can put in background. It'd be good for it to be about office work, adventure, playing, community, city life, ocean, sports, school, outside, streets. I thought i knew a site where there were free videos but i think i forgot. So if you any resources where i can browse it'd...
I do lot of work in vectors. How can I copy an Illustrator-created shape with stroke into Photoshop as shape layer with the same stroke and everything I used in illustrator? Is there any solution to this?
I need to convert a gradient mesh generated in illustrator into an SVG file that is browser compatible. The mesh generates this gradient which I need to use as a background for a responsive web site where the css is set as follows: html { background-image: url("/assets/img/optimised-mesh.svg"); background-position:...
I need to change the file size of an image I created in Photoshop without changing the dimensions for a banner ad on the web. How do I do this?
Can I resize an image with 21cm x 42cm and 1200 DPIs to 24cm x 48cm and 400 DPIs without quality loss? The reason being is that my scanner max size is 21cm x 42cm and 1200 DPIs. And I need to make an artwork with 24cm x 48cm (bigger than the scanner size). Thks in advance.
I know these questions come up all the time, but im really stuck - Ive tried all variations of "Helvetica" as I thought it looked most similiar, in addition to all standard MS Word Fonts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_typefaces_included_with_Microsoft_Windows). The font looks the most like "Frutiger" however, F...
I'm trying to use Photoshop for some quick pixel art. I have my 1 px grid set up, and am using the 1 px pencil to color in pixels. However, if the crosshair is even slightly below center of the target pixel, it will instead paint the pixel below it, and the same goes for the right. To paint a pixel accurately, I need...
When using the Move tool, I can no longer drag-select layers when my cursor initially clicks on the canvas. However, if I initially click outside of the canvas I can drag-select towards the canvas, a rectangular marquee will appear, and the border to that rectangle successfully selects the layers it touches. But, when...
I have a table that I am using colors to highlight certain cells containing the repeated values. Cells with values that do not repeat are uncoloured. Because of illusionary effects, the cells that are not coloured look "off white" or even a pale cream, or light blue. You can spot that they are actually white if you u...
How to achieve this light effect/mask in Photoshop: I tried different shading and masking but I'm not able to achieve the look and feel of this visual.
I'm hoping I can write this clearly. I have a document with a number of cutout images in it on a transparent background. We want to resize each image so that the longest edge (either height or width) is 5inches. Is there an action I can set up to do this? If I apply 'fit image' it just changes the overall size. Any he...
Not sure if it matters, but before I make some mistake that will cause a lot of work to correct afterwards: Why are some sublayers not colored like the partent-layer (see screenshot)? Are they somehow linked to other layers?
Can anyone tell me what this font is or which is similar?
I would like to know how to create a 3D presentational mockup template that utilizes smart objects to change dynamically for example logo design. I would like to know also tricks on how to add shadows that dynamically adjust to the content of the smart object. Example: http://graphicriver.net/item/stationery-branding-...
I have saved a brochure for print and because of the file size issues I saved my original Photoshop file as a PDF without Photoshop editing capabilities. Then I applied some changes and saved as Photoshop again - ONLY to have it open up later and only have one layer. As this happened to me before, I checked it today a...
How do I reduce canvas size after increasing it? For example, if my current canvas size is width: 1200px And height: 1400px, then I increased it to width: 1500px and height: 1800px. Now I want to reduce it a little bit, to width: 1400 and height: 1600px. How do I do this?
I am using InDesign CC 2014 but this may apply to other versions. I have text throughout a document that of a particular paragraph style. I am trying to bold this text. There are over 350 of these text object so selecting them all one by one, if this was even possible, is not something I am interested in doing. As th...
Is there any tool, script, or plug-in for InDesign or Acrobat Pro that would detect or highlight overlapping characters or diacritics? See sample below:
I have Adobe Photoshop CS 5.1 installed on Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks), and it works just fine. Does anyone know if this version of Photoshop will still work if I upgrade to Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)?
i'll do my best since english isn't my native language long story short i need to animate a .gif file and i need the video frame editor. for that i used to click this one button pointed with the arrow but it doesn't appear anymore and i don't know why or how and I NEED IT
For our wedding, my wife and I created an Instagram hashtag that our guests tagged their photos with. I wrote a little web app that hit the Instagram API for photos in that hashtag and displayed them as a slideshow on a projector at the reception, so I have all of the photos' metadata stored, including the URLs to the ...
How can I set the preview mode in an illustrator document to pixel instead of default after the fact? If it is not possible, what would be a good workaround?
look at the bottom of the two lines To make the line appear smooth, intermediate colors between the color of the background and the line have been added at its edge. In this case, black has been anti-aliased to white. What if I wanted to crop an anti-aliased shape (like the line on the bottom) but correct the anti-ali...
In previous versions there was Pattern Maker tool to create patterns out of graphics and photos. This feature is not available anymore under Filter -> Pattern Maker... in Photoshop CS6. It was removed? If so, where I can find it now? I'm asking, because there is tutorial how to make patterns out of the photographs.
I have been trying to load the Cooperhewitt font family on Windows 7 running Illustrator CS6. But it fails to load any font from the family most of the time or sometime only few of the fonts from the family can be seen in the font drop down list. What's wrong? Even on the font download page it says windows can have onl...
Wondering is there any sites where I can make an example embodiment of branding my company car. Just to put some colours and logo on it, yo how it will look like. Thanks.
I have a client who insists that we remove the footer from certain pages under the guise of 'the footer will distract people and they will leave the site/not finish the journey'. To me, this sounds unfounded. If people want to leave the site they will. Removing the footer will not stop that, nor are people that easily ...
I am in the print field and relatively new to Adobe Photoshop. I have a lot of situations where I would like to have CMYK over a transparent background. We place .psd files into illustrator for packaging graphics. Example (Crest toothpaste carton). What I am trying to achieve is a trap of CMYK in an image to a vector...

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