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I am looking for pointers on how to pick a set of colours (or a colour gradient) that are clearly distinguishable, for use in scientific figures. Was there any systematic research on this? If yes, I'd appreciate some links.
When creating scientific figures, colour is often used to distinguish elements. One example i... |
I am trying to "transfer" my signature from paper to the computer. Here is the procedure I followed, yes you may laugh, I know it.
My question is, is it possible instead of the hard lines I got to have solid lines?
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So I have got the .ai file from our designer and I have to save it to a specific size to then be used on a website.
I have aligned all shapes to pixel raster (not sure if this is required) and I have changed the reference point to left-top (in order to avoid blur).
When saving for web I choose Optimize Art and I save i... |
I'm not sure if there are any typography gurus here that might be able to answer this question, but I don't know where else to look. I'm looking to add text hyphenation into one of my projects, and after doing some research, there are a few curious points I am unable to connect. I want to know when and when not to use ... |
I would like to make this image to have 4:3 ratio, so it then later can be scaled up so it completely fits a 400mm x 300mm paper when printed.
It can not be cropped any more, so the size is 780x500, which is not 4:3.
Question
As it needs to be scaled up when printed
should I scale it down horizontally so I get 667*50... |
I'm using 123D (a great 3D suite from Autodesk) that generates .obj files.
I'm trying to open them in Maya 2011, but to no avail.
It's strange because both applications are from Autodesk, yet they don't use compatible file formats. (That goes for 3D studio as well)
Any ideas?
I've read many google results and forum thr... |
I am trying to create an animated gif where text drops down and smashes into the background and cracks it. Whenever I try and transform it though, the transformation is applied to all frames. How do I prevent this? I'm using Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64-bit)
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I'm trying to make the bottom edge of a layer curved / look like waves.
Here's an example of what I'm trying to achieve but it is just hand drawn: (image no longer available)
As you can see, the curve is not symmetrical. What tool or method is guaranteed to get a perfect symmetrical, consistent curve along the edge?
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I'm creating a newspaper for a small association, and have run in to a problem when creating the ToC. The paper has a few different types of articles; "Info", "General news", Articles on this issue's theme and Buy&Sell.
Each page has the type of the page's article in the header, and then a title (and a bunch of text).... |
I am, like so many other graphic designers, very excited about the new MacBook 15" with retina display. But there is one thing that I really am concerned about. With 4 times the pixels as on ordinary screen, how can we be sure, that the preview of an image, is what we really get?
When images are optimized for web usage... |
Save for web feature in Photoshop for image size reduction, would this be the simplest way for a beginner (like myself) to try and save on (some) loading time without losing too much quality.
I am using images for my menu buttons, background, header, post page, etc etc
I have only just found this save for web feature a... |
I'm setting out a template in PS 1280x700 px 300dpi (I know web is 72 but I like more clarity when working in PS).
My main problem is the way the text renders; I'm using Helvetica Neue Light 15px and it's coming out quite jaggidy. Is there a way to smooth / use it as a font instead of following the pixel grid so it wo... |
I'm working in Illustrator CS4, and when I save from EPS to SVG I get these messages:
Foreign artworks are expanded (I see this error when I save to SVG)
clipping will be lost on roundtrip (And I see this one when I open the SVG I saved)
This SVG opens fine in illustrator, but some of its parts disappear in Firefox.
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When designing a horizontal menu for a website in photoshop (like the img attahced) whats the best way to space them ?
In html/css i would just use float:right; margin-left:20px; but in photoshop the only way i can think of doing it is spacing out the text using the spacebar or making each peice of text its own text bo... |
I have recently upgraded my version of Illustrator to CS6 but have run into a problem. I batch create EPS files for print and then hand them on to a supplier. They however don't have CS6, but CS5. Rather than batch creating all of the files and then individually re-opening them and changing the EPS Version manually, is... |
Frutiger 55 was the winner of the crude typo-battle I hosted in my mind this week (I felt really sorry for poor Gill Sans, one of my top-5 of all time). I want to use it for a Web App that is hosted in different client's servers (client buys the app, the app is hosted in their server, although it can be accessed from d... |
I have around 150 SVG files created in Inkscape. Is there is a utility that can export all of these to multiple PDF or PNG files?
Exporting individually is too time consuming, so I was wondering if I could do it in a batch with some utility/software.
Windows preferred.
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Web fonts can sometimes look great on one machine, but awful on another, due to differences in rendering not just between browsers, but also with the same browser between operating systems.
Most commercial web font services have a try-before-you-buy preview feature, where you can see side-by-side screenshot images of t... |
Who is responsible for creating such products? Are they usually done by the props team? Or are there companies that specialise in them?
Here are a couple of examples. It's usually easier to find logos, so I'm more interested in good examples for graphic design such as product packaging, printed material and such.
Logos... |
how can I clone an object in Illustrator so that a link remains to the source object and modifying it alters all the copies as well? Thanks
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Batch -export means that I may need to add certain transformations such as anti-alias, contrast-fixes and resizing. SVG here means I am using Inkscape. One layer here is a sprite. I currently export each layer individually to bitmap, File > Export Bitmap -- but it is time-consuming.
Is there some way to programmatica... |
I'm trying to add some text to a SVG file. The text is dynamic and shown over a rectangle which acts as background.
Since the text is dynamic, the width of background rectangle also needs to be dynamic. So, to be consistent, I'm using a fixed-width monospace font (Droid Sans Mono) and calculating the width of the back... |
I am trying to make a speech bubble. My attempt consists of a rectangle and then using the pen tool to establish three points. They are not filled and only have a border.
Here is what I have:
This is what I'm actually shooting for:
I don't see why the pathfinder tool can't remove that one line. Does anyone have any i... |
When I'm coloring a drawing in PS, if I set the opacity to 50%, color, then lift my brush, then nick the same area, it stacks the opacity for a more opaque results. I want it to all be the same unless I increase the opacity, and I see this in a lot of YouTube videos. Right now coloring is nigh on impossible because all... |
Why doesn't type look crisp and clear in Fireworks/Photoshop etc?
I am the only one working on a PC at my work place, I've noticed that the text in my Fireworks looks a bit ragged on the edges, its not so crisp and clear as it is on my work mates computers...
Now I know this is an issue about text rendering, and it is ... |
I have got hundreds images of products with clear white backgrounds. I would like to change the white background color to become transparent.
Is there a means of batch processing this particular process with Photoshop or any other applications?
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Im looking to discuss ideas on how to represent the "evaluation of a user".
You the evaluator
Users to be evaluated
Based on score border around user profile is different color
How could this be represented in 1 single image?
Attached a Concept wich is not clear enough I need something thats more catchy.
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Im having this big horizontal bar see image above, and want to "guide (read force)" the users from reading the text on the left to clicking the join button on the right. Are there any thoughts on how to originally design this guidance from left to right?
I know the general thoughts on call to action and the principles... |
I like digital art and paintings. I want to create my own.
Which software/tools do I need to accomplish this?
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I am designing a website and am planning on slicing up my template in Fireworks and then exporting it to Dreamweaver. When this is done it does of course go into a table. I have a title and nav bar with a left section to the right of a main content section, with a footer at the bottom.
I was wondering if it is possible... |
I'm presently working on an iOS application and I am attempting to reverse engineer their standard alert dialog window. I have managed to figure out what the alpha value on the background it uses is through some color sampling against a solid black view, and a solid white view.
Given this information, using GIMP is ... |
I would like to create a sexy-trending curved or blended shadow using Adobe Fireworks CS5.
How can I do that? I would like to achieve a shadow like the following sample:
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I need to do a poster, 8m width by 3.7m height, consisting of photographic elements that will be seen from varying distances. I've talked to the printer and they can do it at 150ppi's.
The issue here is how to work it. Using this calculator I've came to:
poster measurements
800cm
370cm
150dpi
= 47244px vs 21850px
mem... |
I have this picture, where I would like to fill out the green in the top with the background from the picture, so fix that the picture have not been cropped in 4:3.
Can a background like this be cloned?
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What is this font on David Guetta's T-shirts?
"Its the way you love me - I wanna go crazy". The same streaky-paint style font is used on the David Guetta album, "One more love".
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If I select the Type tool, click somewhere in my composition and type in some text, it appears that I cannot resize the area the text occupies without resizing the text itself.
However, if I click and drag, to create a text block instead, I can use the corner handles of this block afterwards to reposition and resize th... |
I'm making a iOS app, it needs to target newer retina devices as well as the older 3GS and iPad 1.
Usually I'd just export them at 72 PPI, but for retina is it 150 PPI or 300 PPDI (or another)?
Am I right in thinking that I just make the graphics at retina spec and the older devices will just have to use them?
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I've recently graduated from university (within the United Kingdom) and I'm trying to get my first step on to the ladder within the graphic design industry. It has been several months and I'm having trouble even getting an interview.
I was wondering if anyone has any tips on how I should approach my CV. The following l... |
I've realized that simple textures like the one used on this site:
..add a lot to the look of a page. How are they made though? I'm not very experienced in Photoshop, but I can't imagine what tool would be used to make the random specs across the pattern.
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I noticed that in Adobe CS6 there is still no way to import *.svg files into Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.
Now I want to use a lot of svg's from "TheNounProject", due to their high quality and visual consistency. But part of it is also to "play around" with them, basically to find the most suitable image for the accom... |
In many proportional fonts, numerals (i.e. 0123456789) have identical width to facilitate vertical alignment. My question is simple: are there any characters that conventionally share the exact same width as these ten? For example, I've found one font where the '=' character is the same width as the numerals:
0000000... |
I'm not a designer (as is probably obvious from the vague question), but I'm being asked to design the signage that will go on the front of our offices. Our logo is deliberately simple, blocky white text on black, with blocky black text on white below. The people we share an office with have a similar logo, but with so... |
I am struggling to create a gradient without banding. I have watched all the videos on YT and tried: Bluring all kinds, Noise, Dither,bit depth, Brush and doing the gradient in Illustrator.
Everything fails and I can always see the banding.
The background color I use behind the image: 050b3c
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I am finalizing the last step of my logo redesign process.
Is it ok not to have a regular color when presenting my logo?
I am thinking about having a defined list of colors for different use cases but will this take away from my brand?
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I'm trying to do some rigging removal (something I do often in Photoshop), but for some reason all of a sudden I cannot open ANY movie format or image sequence in Photoshop (the option isn't even there for image sequence).
This has never been a problem before. I have the problem in both CS5 extended and CS6 extended.
I... |
I have a problem with Adobe InDesign. When I change the page's background color (by modifying the Swatches>Paper color), and export it to PDF by going to File>Export, in InDesign - the outcome of that has a page with a default (white background).
I'm an InDesign beginner - in fact this is the first time I every used i... |
I'm a Photoshop n00b, working with version CS6. I'm trying to fix up a PSD I was sent from my client so I can convert it to HTML and CSS. Here's a screenshot of some layers I've extracted, that hopefully will help illustrate my question:
The two white shapes are in one layer. The black "i" is a text layer on top of... |
I am trying to draw the viewers' eyes to the 'join now' button in the image below. My idea was to represent this with a series of 'waves' coming into a 'hot spot' in the middle. This concept should make you feel like clicking the 'join now' button.
I need some fresh reviews on my idea and if it's correctly implemented.... |
I am taking a regular version of a typeface I love and making a light version of it, and I'm wondering:
Is the light version just an inset of the regular version?
Are there any special considerations I am missing?
This is my first albeit tenuous foray into type design, and while I have experience with and appreciate ... |
I was wondering what font is used by Unfuddle logo?
To me it seems to be a customization of an existing font.
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What typewriter font is used in this document?:
If yes: Can I download a freely (as in freedom) usable font file for use in text editors ?
If no: Can I (or anyone) legally create a font for computer use, released freely (as in freedom), by shamelessly copying it from this document ?
Or something similar:
typewriter /... |
I'm trying to break down what skills I need to develop to draw a realistic human figure.
At the moment I got:
Gesture I have no good idea on how to exercise this, I mean, I have no good way to know if I'm doing gestures correctly and if I'm improving.
Finding Forms That is, drawing the figure using spheres, boxes and ... |
Arabic text doesn't show properly in Adobe Illustrator. Even with a font that supports Arabic text (e.g. Arial), the text is back to front (left to right, not right to left) and the letters don't join up properly. To an Arabic speaker, it's gibberish.
I know that there is an Illustrator version for the Middle East but.... |
I have an image with a linear gradient overlay (banner image on this page EDF Energy - Our Campaigns. I have set the RGB colour in CS4 to R: 29 G: 31 B: 79. However, when I save the file for web the colour darkens slightly as you will see on the site. I want to colours of the background and edge of the banner image to ... |
I'm trying to print a booklet to a PDF file instead of a printer in Adobe InDesign CS6. Adobe Acrobat X Pro is supposed to allow this:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/print-to-pdf.html
So we got Acrobat X Pro, but printing to the PDF doesn't seem to do anything. The print booklet dialog closes and we never g... |
I'm looking for a way to transform the RAL color palette to hex or RGB so I can use the colors in CSS (all/any of them).
Is there an XML file someone can point me to, or a database somewhere, that's an elegant solution, rather than my scraping the data myself?
(BTW very surprised "hex" and "RAL" aren't tags here...yet)... |
I'm trying to create a rounded rectangle with zigzag borders in Adobe Illustrator CS5. This is how I want it to look like:
With the normal zigzag effect on a rectangle with no rounded corners, I get this very ugly effect:
So my question is how I can influence the zigzag around the corners. Do I have to do this by han... |
I was browsing Dribbble when I noticed a few shots using an effect which appears to look like a magical beam of light, or a "magical smoke" and I could not find out how to create such an effect. If these effects are created in a software which is different than Photoshop, please let me know. Including a PSD file would ... |
Does anyone have any recommendations, links, or tutorials on how to create a similar effect to this using a normal photo?
More: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Nike-60-Surfcali/1242523
My goal is to create a subdued, dream like photo with gritty, tactile texture.
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I am looking for a choice of fonts where (in capitals) the horizontal lines are relatively low. For example in this Martini logo:
The horizontal in the A and R are way below the middle of the shape. Perhaps there is a term for this like "ground-bound" fonts or something.
Otherwise, perhaps somebody knows a list of fo... |
I have an image with color (in photoshop), it is 512x512 with a radius of 80. This image has several blending options like color overlay, gradient, pattern overlay, etc.
I am trying to export this image to illustrator so I can add a 3d effects but when I import it to illustrator, and select the image, the outline is... |
I have two photoshop pngs, I am trying to simulate a rotating coin 3D effect. One image will act as heads and the other will act as tails. How can I get these two images to rotate together to simulate the front and back of a coin spinning on a 0 axis? Output to be either a gif or mpeg4. Here is an image of the head... |
I'm struggling to get the following done in a single action:
I have retouched full res TIFF's - each with a product shot on transparency background. The products are in slightly different place in each image. I need to resize the images to 725px x 680px and place the product within guides.
I managed to set up an acti... |
Is it possible to create a button with only the shadings... (e.g. Photoshop: Bevel & Emboss, Drop Shadow etc.)
...and then place that button on top of another graphical element, e.g. a green square and get the effect of a nice shaded green button?
The big win is that then I could have my app users personalize the color... |
Here's what I want to achieve:
pretty simple right? BUT, I'd like the text to remain editable in a simple manner, that is:
Editable text (no outlined font);
Only one line of text (any change has to be done once);
The text color must adapt when moving the text around.
I'tried many combination of masks with no luck...... |
Is it possible to change the colors of a symbol in a document without breaking the link with its original shape.
Eg.: I have a square a symbol. I have two I races of them in my document. I want on black with a red stroke and the other one yellow with a green stroke. But if I edit the symbol to say, a circle, I want al... |
How could I slightly rotate a photography thumbnail like this? (e.g. first web videogamer.com):
How and how much should I rotate the photography to change the perspective in a slightly 3D way? Is there a tutorial I could follow to make it correctly, so it looks nice and not "As-I-think"? I will appreciate it, thanks.... |
I'm trying to achieve the effect shown below, but with a photograph and I'm having some trouble maintaining the height width ratio so the photograph doesn't look too distorted - can anyone offer any tips or tutorials?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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We are going to reach 10 million users on our site quickly. We were hoping to honor that achievement by adding something to the logo that nods to it. Like a badge '10 million users' added to our site logo.
Does anyone have any examples of sites that have added onto their logo (other than 'Beta')?
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I have an image I'm just copy and pasting into Photoshop from another screen/web browser. It's a greyscale clipart-style line drawing on a white background. I want to change ALL the white pixels in the image to another color (a specific RGB value), including the white pixels inside the drawing.
The Replace Color comma... |
Adobe Reader shows pdf's with "linked files" correctly, but Illustrator CS5 asks to "replace missing links", which I do not have (and even if I did, I wouldn't enjoy dealing with each one).
It is obvious, that a .pdf contains the "links" (since I can print them perfectly), but Illustrator for some reason doesn`t use t... |
I have recorded an action in which I do the following:
Auto tone
Size 640 width
Save for web
Close without saving
I open a bunch of files and try to automate batch with this action. I say source opened files, destination none.
For many years I did this same thing and it worked. Now I buy the latest version (CS6) and ... |
I downloaded Apple's iPhone 4S product images (log-in required). I'd like to just copy/paste a 640x960 screenshot of my app from my iPhone 4 to the psd file. However the psd file has 4x dimensions. So a simple copy/paste results in a tiny screenshot of my app on this huge iPhone 4S. What's the best way to work around t... |
I have an image I wish to colorize using a picked color. What is the handiest/easiest way to do this in GIMP?
I've tried my best by checking the palette for my picked color's HSV, then using it as starting point to find corresponding HSL values for the Colorize window. But this seems absurdly difficult and imprecise. I... |
Now it is very easy to make text to path (text to curve) in Corel but once you do it, text becomes connected with curve in Object Manager and I cant figure out how to change outline or fill color only for the curve? Or in other words is it possible to somehow select only curve when it is connected with text?
Obviously ... |
I have inherited a design in a Fireworks file which I'm turning into a web page. I've never used Fireworks but it seems to be similar (user-interface-wise) to Photoshop so it's going okay. However, there are a number of fonts used in the design which I don't have installed on my PC. When I open the file in Fireworks... |
Please kindly advise the missing steps for adding a glare (shining) effect to a yellow circle symbol, representing a coin.
The effect should run every 2 seconds. The symbol will be exported and be Embeded from inside of a Flex game.
I have already prepared the following and I think not much is missing, but I'm not a F... |
I seem to be stuck in a situation where all I can get out of some designers(through a client so it's a little embarrassing now I've asked more than three times) is some vectored pdfs.
I need to put these graphics on a website, and it'd be nice to preserve the vectorisation by converting them to a vectored png.
I've tr... |
I have been given a design / style guide for a website that has the fonts expressed in point (pt) measurements, and additional leading and kerning adjustments - e.g. 40pt font, 60pt leading, -30pt kerning.
I would like to use em, rather than pt or px in the CSS, and am assuming (using reset) a base font size of 16px. T... |
Is there a rule of thumb for determining grid gutter size as it relates to type size?
I'm struggling with this issue on the web, especially when dealing with larger size type set at 20px and above. It seems that with larger type, the 20px gutter is barely enough to create space among different columns, maybe the solut... |
I'm looking for an affordable alternative to Illustrator, for Mac or PC, or even iPad, for drawing vector graphics. I have training and experience with Freehand (RIP) and Illustrator, but cannot afford to maintain the upgrade chain on my personal machines.
Thanks.
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Suppose I draw with grid -paper, I want some automated way to remove the grid fast. I have earlier used the magic-wand tool in Gimp but it is not really robust and now looking some good solution for batch-editing. The hack of changing the paper will work but I am looking here to automate the grid removal with ready wor... |
Often when I move an artboard in Illustrator using the mouse, the contents end up having moved half or 1 pixel within the artboard. Is there a setting or something else I can do to prevent the artboard's contents from moving in
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I need to create a master artboard containing one or more other artboards to export work as sprites. However, the only way I can figure out how to do this is to create a blank artboard of the necessary size and then drag artboards into it. Is there a better way to do this - perhaps a keyboard or mouse shortcut?
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I'm currently dealing with a printer, who I've been working with for a year or two. We've sent off to had one of our brochures reprinted - the same files as last time, except now they're having some problems with the files. The exact wording in their email was:
We have a bit of an issue with your files, the black text... |
I have this project where I have a bunch of smart objects. All are actually Groups of other smart objects that essentially are vector graphics. The project is fairly low res, and the time has come to upsize the total image.
When I tried to resize the smart objects (the main ones, the Groups of smart objects) it resu... |
I have 2 logos saved in a PDF file. I sent them to my printer to have a banner printed using those logos. THe printer is saying they are not high enough resolution. How can I reformat them so they are usable for my banner? Thanks in advance.
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Will the resolution or the aspect ratio be different if I take a 500x500px screen-capture or screencap when I am using a Retina Display compared to a standard HD screen?
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How will Font Rasterization and Sub pixel rendering be affected with the new retina displays?
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I have a specific perspective transformation that I want to apply to an image. How can I enter the matrix values manually in GIMP instead of playing around with stretching the image until the numbers come out right (which is virtually impossible)?
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I have a problem I could not solve. I am doing a poster in Corel Draw X5, and as it is a physics poster, I need to put mathematical equations in it. The Corel built in text editor is just completely not enough for that, and as far as I tried I couldnt' find any way to transport (graphically!) a mathematical equation cr... |
When I create a masked image (blue) with a rounded rect, with the same rect as the background (red), the background shows through the corners of the masked image (see attached). How can I make it so no pixels show through?
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Suppose I'm going to make a typography poster (or whatever) that's going to be posted for advertisement in, let's say, Facebook, how high should the resolution be? Any specific numbers I should have to remember?
I've been struggling with this for so long HAHAHA and I couldn't find anything. Every time I save it as jpeg... |
In the Iconography section if the Android Design Guide they describe the following style that should be used for Launcher Icons:
Use a distinct silhouette. Three-dimensional, front view, with a slight perspective as if viewed from above, so that users perceive some depth.
I'd like to know how to create this effect w... |
I have an image of the USA. I'm currently cutting it up into layers, one state per layer. I'd like to convert this into an image map, with all the glorious html around that.
Is there a simple method to do create this form of polygonal
image-map?
If not a simple method, what would be the more complex method within
ph... |
I've been having some trouble lately trying to create some simple images when going from AI to PS.
I'm initially starting out with this apple logo vector that I want to convert to a white color in photoshop, clipping away the rest of the image, leaving only the logo.
These are the steps that I'm taking that seem to le... |
I have some iphone apps, and if I have few elements, I'm wondering what I should think about in terms of design when I'm deciding to use a dashboard ala http://mobile-patterns.com/dashboard-navigation vs a tableview http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/c2036dee19.png. For instance, say I have an app where users vie... |
I have seen photos that have a nice glossy sheen or shine to them when viewed on the web. I would like to replicate this view but in searches I am only able to find how to do this with text or icons and have had poor results trying to make this looks good and realistic with a photograph. How can this be done for a phot... |
I'm working on a CD foldup for a friend and it's a tri-folded 12cm by 36cm sheet printed on both sides. It creates six 12cm by 12cm pages, but I'm not sure how to work on it in photoshop. Should I create two different documents, both 12cm by 36cm, one for each side, or a single 24cm by 36cm to have every page on it?
I... |
I'm having trouble getting rid of these criss crossing anchor points in Illustrator. They're on the same path, but the anchor point is creating an extended path and thus a "criss cross".
The odd thing is that the mirrored left side doesn't have this issue.
Any thoughts?
Problem looks like:
Should look like:
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