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I am trying to recreate the rings from the following image into a vector graphic. I have made several attempts using various shapes and the pen tool with no luck. Any help on which steps I could take would be greatly appreciated! Here is the image in question (on pinterest):
I'm looking for the smallest Cyrillic font I can find, something similar in size to the SMALL FONTS font found in windows (around 7px) It's for a retro looking russian videogame so must be clean pixels and no aliasing or anything Any suggestions?
Every time I try saving my logo from Illustrator, it comes out blurry. The logo was done in Illustrator (as a vector file). I tried tracing the outline, rasterizing, saving in all types of files....The font still looks blurry. I have no idea why. I use a Retina Display mac and haven't tested it in a regular computer. ...
Merry Christmas, everyone; my expertise lies not in web design, though I have had a little experience in the past. I really enjoy the design of the Winter Bash 2014 page. It is soothing to look at, not complicated to the eye and the colors blend really well. I also noticed that the snow flakes would interact with you...
I figured I didn't need a Wacom or anything due to my touchscreen laptop. Though, any time I try to use it, it simply scrolls around on the scene without actually drawing anything.
Would anybody please do let me know how to create graphic images/ effects as mentioned in below images? I want to know the tools/ techniques to create such graphics images for web based usage.
I am currently working on a mobile based game. There are a lot assets involved and an equal amount of animations (buttons, graphical elements, etc.). Now the real problem is that getting the exact idea in my head across to the developers is proving to be quite difficult. To put it simply, it is difficult to make them ...
I have a very reach swatch library in adobe-illustrator like food colors and.... But in adobe-indesign I don't have many colors. Why? Can I import them to indesign?
I created some shapes with the pen tool and then with the brush, but when I switched back to pen tool I couldn't change the stroke. I can't change its colour or make it transparent either. Does anybody have an idea what went wrong? Here's screen:
I've used "//" and "\" to create this "W", and have made them into outlines, as I'm trying to give the different layers a colour, as well as having a white space where the lines touch and I would like to remove the top of the second "\". I'm struggling with the white space at the moment and now I've added a stroke, th...
When creating printed media for a corporation/legal entity, what exactly should I consider when using my own, personally created and designed, fonts?
I found this nice looking image: I have a simple php web site that I also would like to preview in monitor. Is there any tool or wen site that can auto generate this image?
Being new to Fontlab Studio 5, I'm creating a Tifinagh font using its Unicode block... I created all the letters for my font, now I need to add a ligature (if this is the right word?) to certain characters like as shown below; So when user types the sequence of the two letters; the output should be a combined letter ...
I've seen this How can I create a double helix? question but I am here to ask you how to create a double-helix in Inkscape, instead of illustrator. I have tried to achieve this via creating two sine waves (using the Parametric Curves extension) and doing some cutting and colouring-in from there and this is what I’m at ...
I'm currently a Design Comms student and I'm thinking of changing my 2012 macbook pro to the new 2014 retina macbook pro. I'm torn between the choice of the 13inch high end model of it's kind or the 15inch low end model (The one without the graphics card.). Which one should I get? And will it make a big difference?
While designing art assets in Photoshop, I've always tried to use the Grayscale method for checking the contrast levels. Unfortunately, different articles/sources recommend different methods of desaturating an image, and they all produce vastly different results: A) Create new layer, fill in #000000 Black, set blending...
Dodge and burn brushes apply only to a "Range" — either Highlights, Midtones, or Shadows. Is there a way to dodge/burn uniformly across the dynamic range?
I've created a SVG file in Inkscape [1] and I've noticed that viewing it in Chrome or Illustrator causes a number of parts of the diagram to be invisible or otherwise poorly rendered (e.g., in Chrome some of the arrows are oriented the wrong way, whereas in Illustrator CS6 the line segments in arrows are invisible, bu...
I record my work by capturing the navigator on a second monitor at 1920x1080. This is much easier on the eye at 16x speed because the screen isn't shooting all over from zooms and panning. However, the navigator only updates when an action has finished. This means that long brush strokes add pauses to the recording. I ...
Spreadshirt design guidelines dictate that all lines and elements need to be a thickness of at least 1.5mm. They suggest you can verify this by: using a 1.5mm dot (punctilio) to mouse over the thinnest parts of your design and 1.0mm circle to mouse over this space between the lines. How can I achieve this in Illust...
How can I view the width of a path's stroke in millimeters ? I can see the width and height values (see screenshot) in the info bar but these measure the width and height of the whole circle shape. I want to know the width of the stroke in mm. The path is expanded from a type object. Illustrator version is CS6 Mac
For Latin-based fonts, I will download the font I want to use and run it through Fontsquirrel.com's webfont generator and subset the font accordingly. However, I'm building a Chinese site right now, and the fonts I'm using are too large to upload to Fontsquirrel. Does anyone have an approach for optimising Chinese font...
I'm a long time (but occasional) user of PSP 9, and while it still does everything I need, I can no longer find any support, either paid or peer, for my once-a-year questions. I have no problem buying a more supported package, but I'd like to be able to open or at least convert my existing library of files. I don't 'd...
I've noticed a trend in content positioning on popular websites such as facebook, youtube, 9gag and many more.. they all have their main content to the left side of website. Why is this? Or is it just random?
Suppose, I have a gray-scaled height map and ten layers with different diffuse textures or solid color textures. I would like to blend these texture layers in a way determined by the heightmap, as follows: If a heightmap pixel is white, then pixel in the result will come from layer 10; if the heightmap pixel is black, ...
I've been searching for some good resources for old photos for use in designs. I've checked out the Flickr Commons, but I'm wondering if there were alternative sources I don't know about for copyright-free photography. Any ideas?
Is there any way to see your design in different sizes in real-time in Illustrator/Photoshop? Like, designing an icon and you wanna see how it will look like in 16x16 or in 512x512? I know you can Save for web in any size but that's cumbersome for every little tweak you make.
I'm having some trouble finding out how to prepare Photoshop to design a Website. When i try to program what i draw, the measurements are never correct. Always bigger. Is there a way for me to design the website in "real" values? Like, 10px in Photoshop being 10px in the browser.
I hope someone can help me fix this. I created a round icon using Illustrator, saved it as a PNG and inserted it into a .pptx file. So far, so good. Now when I save my .pptx document as a .pdf, the icon suffers a major quality loss. Even when I zoom in on the .pdf, the icon is not a perfect circle anymore and can beco...
I'm struggling to join the compound shape and path I have created in Illustrator. My usual click and hope in the pathfinder dialog is not working. See attached screenshots. The selected path is blue, the shape is green.
I was recently looking for an alternative JavaScript animation library, because for the few simple animations I wanted, a ~200kb jQuery library is not the best option. After a bit of searching, I found GSAP, and implemented it successfully (and smoother) than the jQuery animation I had previously created. It weighs in ...
I'm designing a logo for a new company that will build plastic manufacturing machinery - a fairly small-sized low-tech industry where stability, solid engineering, and even country of manufacturer is of elevated importance. The logo will go on a range of sizes: from small scale, like business cards, to logos imprinted ...
Is there a way to save channels in PS separately with transparent whites like in this picture – resp. Does anyone know how this is done if not with separated channels?
What's the best way to take the attached 'CobraJet' 72 dpi image and prepare it for inclusion in a printed poster? 1) I tried finding similar fonts 2) I tried blowing image up and blurring it 3) I don't have illustrator (just PS CS6) Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
I've encountered a problem and I'm hoping there is going to be a quick fix involved, and that I wont have to redraw this logo: The client wants to create a logo that curves on a tire like this: I know about the type on path tool, but this is a custom font. Is there a way to turn this into a font and would that make i...
I needed to assign different border styles for a shape, let's say rectangle. For example, I want to make a #666 1px top border and #333 2px bottom border like we do in CSS. { border-top: 1px solid #666; border-bottom: 2px solid #333; } Anyone knows a practical way to do this? Any help would be appreciated.
Is there a way when exporting a .psd as a .pdf to make the file smaller? My client always has me work in Photoshop and send them finished work as .pdf's, but they say the files are too big. These products are eventually printed out, so while I need to make the files smaller, they still need to have good quality. Every...
I'm using both AI and Rhino. I've got a file that's got over a thousand small circles that are nested inside other curves all over the file randomly. I want to select them all and group them in either Rhino or AI. How can this be done? I'm thinking programmatically, like select_if{ 0.05cm <= a && a <= 0.10}. Of course...
I am making a .gif file in Photoshop CS5. While saving this animation, I used the steps = File > Save for web & devices > Preset= GIF 128 No Dithered Bicubic> GIF > Save. After saving the .gif file the quality of the file is gone , i get the quality out put for the same file as .png and .jpg, please help it's urgent
I was experimenting with Balance Ragged Lines after discovering that Adobe are trying to make it work on web text (seeing if it can handle dynamic text from data merge - turns out it can). I couldn't find it in the Paragraph Styles options, and Adobe's help docs and everything else on it I could find just tell you to ...
I was going through one document and I came across this term 'glyph'. The term was new to me so looked into wiki for its definition. I felt both glyph and font is same. Am I correct? Else please tell me what is the difference between this two. Edit: I am newbie in this field. So feeling bit difficulty to picturise your...
This is a noob question for sure, but I can't seem to find the answer. Using Pixlr Online in chrome I create a new transparent image and want to lay some text on top but keep getting the error that the Layer must be rasterized. So I select the layer and Rasterize it, but still can't seem to add text. see this screenca...
I am given a text that is placed on top of a background of a given color. I need a way to determine the monochrome color the text should have to ensure the text's maximum visibility. My intuition: take the background color, invert it and make it monochrome - this is the color the text should have. Is this correct? Thi...
(CS6) Illustrator's Effect > Stylize > Round Corners effect gives strange results on non-rectangles. How can you take an irregular shape that has sharp corners, for example: ...and round the corners on each curved segment, like I've done manually on the first and last segments here? Things I've tried: Doing it manua...
This is somewhat hard for me to explain, but what I'm looking for is a technique to correct a fixed-pattern intensity variation in an image. The pattern comes from (say) a projection system and is not inherent to the actual image. I can produce a 90%-average white frame that exposes these variations, which amount to pe...
I am really new to graphic design and was given a project for which I have to put silver-lining color in a circle and text. What is the meaning of silver lining? After a suggestion I came up with the following. Do I have to ligthen this more?
Are @2x images simply larger in terms of height and width or do they actually have a higher PPI (pixel density)? If they are truly higher PPI, in terms of workflow of creating responsive images (and particulary retina) I've been told by trainers that it is important to link to or embed a higher PPI quality photo as a s...
I am writing a scientific thesis and prefer the headings to be set in sans serif. Do humanist or organic sans serif typefaces such as Biolinum work well in this context, in particular if the body font is Palantino?
I know this is very likely been asked before, but I don't know if it's the words or phrases I'm using or what but I can't find it. If it was resolved before, please just point me in the right direction. I have to print a 20cm x 20cm image at 150dpi but the one I took with my camera is 10x10 at 300 dpi. (I'm using round...
I started a new website for selling posters of Movies, Celebrities and Sports. Problem is most of the images that I got from Internet are now claimed by some people that they have copyrights of the images. I am trying to find the right Images but its very difficult for me. I looked in many free stock images website but...
I have been trying to make a 3D model like [1] in Cinema 4D, but with no success. How can a graphic like this be made and is there a better program for it? [1] http://thenewblack.goffgough.com/post/9175258571
I am designing a very large concept layout for a Single Page Application. I only have CS5, so I don't have access to the concept of linked smart objects, which is unfortunate as this would save my life. I am keeping a lot of the design in one large .psd file, as many components are re-usable and if I want to change so...
we are creating a website right now in Photoshop and we are using 12pt for the fonts. But when we see the fonts in web with 12pt they look much bigger. It seems that we have to use 12px in web so it looks same or similar. So my question is how can it be that 12pt in photoshop look different than 12pt in web? Thanks
I have been using Photoshop/Illustrator to design my own graphic scrapbook logos and designs. I create my own styles from tutorials, but I do use the tools & fonts that come with the program. My question now is how can I use these fonts when I try to sell my scrapbook graphics as kits? Do I have to learn how to create ...
I tried to create an image in photoshop with 9 equal squares and I failed horribly. Is there a simple way to divide a canvas into equal sizes rectangles without having to work out the numbers?
When I change the stroke width of a rectangle the width and and height change also. How can I prevent this from happening?
I've drawn several vector circles (all on different shape layers) in Photoshop and now would like to change their size to make them a bit smaller. Is there a way to do this and have them shrink/grow from the center? If I select the layer then select the ellipse shape tool I can adjust the size from the tool options but...
I'm creating a logo that is text-based. When I add the 3D Bevel and Extrude effect, it makes an odd-looking glitch on one of the letters. This logo is something I created in Photoshop then had to mimic in Illustrator so that I can give my client a vector format of the logo (rookie mistake!). So, I had to manipulate ea...
I'm using After Effects CC and I want to count numbers over 2,000,000. There are two effects I tried to use: "slider control" - the problem with this effect it has limit to 1,000,000 and I can't enter a higher value. "numbers" - it has the same problem, it is limited to 30,000 and I can't enter a higher value . What...
I have 2 images with the same object in them. Both objects have a gradient. I want to sample the color of the first object and paste it into the second object without destroying the gradient in the second object. Choosing the eyedropper tool and sampling the color, then double-clicking on the fill-icon at the botto...
I made the line art by tracing each line separately, instead of tracing fully closed shapes. Get it? not a separate stroke for each closed shape. Just a bunch strokes on separate layers meeting other strokes on separate layers. What's the most practical to turn a lineart like this into clean closed shapes? I want to ma...
I'm about to make a new font and I'm not sure which encoding to use. I will only have latin characters + some custom ligatures + alternate versions + small capitals. Should I use ISO-8859-1 with additional characters or Unicode ? If using Unicode, all the codes seem to be dedicated to some usage. The codes exist for th...
I am trying to create a fishing net in adobe illustrator. I have created an ellipse object and created the mesh but adding a stroke via the appearance panel only does it to the border of the mesh object not the internal lines (see the picture below). How can I add a stroke to the internal lines to create a net appearan...
I am creating simple, clean designs in Illustrator, but when saved as .jpegs or .pngs and placed in an InDesign file at 100% resolution they are blurry as heck.
I am trying to create a save the date invitation. The bride wants the invitations to have rounded edges of about .5 inches. Is this something I can do to the art board itself, or do I just create a rounded edge rectangle, put my art on that, and specify to the printers how to cut the art?
In Illustrator, I noticed that any graphic styles assigned to various paths are removed when the Live Paint Bucket is applied. For example, I initially have the following: Notice I have the "Green stroke" graphic style applied. When you select the path, the "Green stroke" highlights in the Graphic Styles panel. I then...
I am trying to figure out the difference between uniting with the pathfinder tool and making something into a compound shape which is an option on the pathfinder tab section. I know with unite you can get shapes into one but what is the point of compounding it to a shape and then expanding? Isn't it the same?
I have several pages on my site that show SVG images on any browser without a problem. One of the pages shows two different SVG images, and one of them is a pretty complex image. In my Chrome Web Browser, the complex image shows up without a problem, but when I try to view that page in Safari the SVG shows up with bl...
I created this image building a gear tooth and then rotated it around the centre. The path looks good until I try to fill it and as you can see I have an annoying join across teeth. Can anyone give me any pointers on how to eliminate this?? fill is brown, stroke is blue
I know monospaced type (font) means all characters have the same width. Is there a similar name for fonts where all character have the same width and height?
Are there any standards I should know about when designing a logo? I'm making a website for someone, I've gotta pretty kick-ass logo design going but I'm constantly redoing it when I have to resize it for different situations and I know this can't be right.. What are the dimensions for making a logo for the first time ...
I am writing a textbook with Adobe InDesign that has optional sections. These sections have a tab then a flag at the right end of the tabs. I am wondering if in the TOC, how should I treat the TOC prior to refain myself to Find (the tab and image) and Replace (to styled text) at each updates of TOC? This is the exampl...
How do I export a PNG image without alpha channel in GIMP? I have checked a lot, but I can’t find this. I found an option to export PNG images without alpha channel in Inkscape, but I am not familiar with that program. Also, is there any way to check whether an image has an alpha channel in GIMP?
I'm using Inkscape to produce an SVG image which is supposed to reproduce a photo. I have some arbitrarily drawn shape, and I need to shade it. Here's an example photo: Here's how I would like to define the shading of the clay in the image above: define the color at a small set of control points, and have the color at...
I would like to create a z-stack of several individual eps files, each of them being actually a slice along the xy-plane.. What is the easiest way to do this and the easiest software to use (preferrably a freeware one)? Thank you in advance, AV p.s: In particular, I am interested in knowing to perform a 3-d reconstruct...
I'm looking for a piece of software that can (semi)-automatically generate maps like BBC use to associate stories from around the world: Example: http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/79577000/png/_79577534_chinakashgar1114.cxp.png Does anyone know how the BBC does it or have any suggestions? Software price is not real...
I have two paths. A white envelope icon and a red "No" symbol. I want to combine the two into a compound path. My question is, is there a way to keep the "No" symbol red and the envelope white? When combining them into a compound path, they both take on the same color.
There is a really handy way to size the page: "Resize page to drawing or selection". Is there a similar option for drawing boxes around a selection? I have a group of objects that I would like to draw a tight rectangle around.
I need to print using my regular office printer a design I have already made to wrap around to the shown here under mug. As you may notice that the circumference of the top part is wider than the lower part. which mean That I need a sort of deformation or cone projection to do the job. So please how can I do that doin...
Given a square image, how can I crop, at the exact center, of the image? What if the image is not square itself? What if I'm using Photoshop CS6 or some older version? Is the procedure the same?
I'm having problems as Indesign acts kinda stubborn. It keeps giving me an odd space between a word. I've tried to readjust the spacing using paragraph styles, font size, changing the font, spacing, leading as well as tried to re-adjust the width of the container. Unfortunately none of these attempts have resulted in a...
I was going to save an image created using Photoshop and I wanted to save it as .EPS but I see there are 3 different types of EPS available: Photoshop EPS (.EPS) Photoshop DCS 1.0 (.EPS) Photoshop DCS 2.0 (*.EPS) What is the difference between them? Then an options window opens asking for preview, encoding and othe...
what's the font used in the eye-catch scene? Some suggested that it is "マティス EB" http://fontworks.co.jp/font/classic/matisse/EB.html#cont02 Also, what's the font used in the following covers?
I have this image: http://hdw.eweb4.com/wallpapers/8091/ What I want to do is replace the blue with another color, say red. I've tried the color replacing tool, but it is not really following the gradient correctly. What would be the easiest way to do this?
So I'm working with this image: And I'm hoping to achieve an effect with it similar to what was done on this website http://www.digitalhands.net/, where independent image layers respond to mouse movements creating a sense of depth to the overall picture. To do that I would have to break my image into several different...
I have below image. This is a scan paper, and when print out, it's too blur. I want to use Photoshop for editing this image, so printer print out will be clearer. I don't know this question is suitable on on this site or not. If not, I don't know which tutorial online help me do this work. Please tell me. Thanks :)
I've installed ImageMagick on Windows 7 64-bit and I'm wondering how I can convert a series of PNGs to transparent PNGs in a timely manner (I have 180 PNGs to convert, so yeah I can't exactly do them each individually if I ever want to have spare time again). How can I quickly edit the transparency of a colour for a b...
What software do you use for making moodboards? Is Illustrator the best option? Has anyone got any other methods or ideas about making moodboards? Specifically from found digital images and photography.
I have two separate objects that I have applied gradient fill to. The gradient fill seems to only apply to the objects as individuals. I tried grouping the shapes, but that doesn't seem to change the gradient. How do I get one gradient to cover all my shapes?
1) I create a horizontal rectangle shape. 2) I select the 2 top anchor points using Direct Select, the white arrow (A) while holding shift. 3) If I move them the move the same way forming a parallelogram. I'd like to know a way for these two top anchors will move mirrored so it form a (tryed alt, etc but couldn't catch...
I want my object to look like so: I have tried many things including selecting different metals, changing the setting to shiny, changing the scene & more, but it always ends up looking like the following: This is what happens when I hit final render when brushed chromium is selected:
Is there any way to draw an arc shape with rounded ends like this in sketch app?
See the problem below, Blue layer is clipped with the grey background but as soon the blue shape layer starts "Shadow Intensity is low" Here is a closeup of the problem Okay here is the Layer Panel for this
I'm not a professional user of anything Adobe makes, but I am a programer and I do understand math, which is probably why this hurts my brain. I open a new empty Adobe Illustrator CC document, set the dimensions to 250px x 250px, set the Artboard center markings on, place my cursor and create a circle 25px across, I ca...
So I'm new at editing and I'm trying to insert gifs but somehow it always ends up with a gap after the gif ends and looks weird, I have no idea how can I change that :/ can anyone help me please?
I applied Note Paper filter to my artwork and Its components are small. I need to magnify just filter not Layer , as transforming Pattern in Illustrator . Can we magnify or resize filter that is applied to the Layer ? Here I used NotePaper that isn't seen when I zoom out.
I am trying recreate this logo’s type and having a problem finding the font. This logo was designed in the early sixties.
I'm working on an InDesign document that makes extensive use of linked Illustrator graphics. Many of these Illustrator graphics themselves make use of placed png images. The problem I've run into is that if I update a png for one of the Illustrator graphics, InDesign doesn't pick up the associated change (because the ....
Alright, I am redesigning a multi-step process where the user adds new contacts to his/her address book. In the first step, the user chooses between three possible addition methods: file import, crm connector or manual addition. Now, I am debating how to design this screen. This is my first draft: I like how the thr...
I'm using a JSX script to export an image to different sizes in Photoshop and I would like to get a value from the user such as to let them type in the file name. I would really like to show a dialog with a form but I would be fine if I could get the text value. Link to script: https://gist.github.com/appsbynight/3681...

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