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I have 1 RGB layer; the background. Its background is white. There is a solid line on this image. I wish to fade its left end out to white. How can I do this please?
PhotoShop and (IIRC) FireWorks both allow for batch processing of images following a recorded script. Are there other desktop image editing applications I could look at that also have that same capability? Open source or pay. MacOS or Windows (Or Ubuntu, for that matter). I am primarily looking for an easy way to batch...
I have an image (a logo) that was on a black background. I have used Photoshop's (CS5) Background Eraser Tool to remove the background. This is great except that there are black (well grey/black) dots around the image on the curves. How can I remove them?
I want wondering if anyone knew of any commercial-free fonts where the "S" doesn't curve down, but instead the ends go horizontally? I'm having a hard time searching for something with that kind of wording. I'm looking for an impact like font (in terms of thickness). So below is an image, of an "S" where it curves down...
I'm interested in making a joke t-shirt for a friend that changes the text on the "Best Western" logo. Does anyone know what font that is (pictured below), or what font most closely simulates it? Thanks!
I want to reduce the size of an image from 200150 to 2015. But when I do that in Photoshop, the image looks blurred. Is there any way we can reduce the size without this happening? Do i have do anything with the resolution...
What is the best way to find an independent designer for a particular field? For example, one that has a portfolio and designs book-covers/print/packaging, ...? It is a requirement for me to draw inspiration from in my project. (I'm a student) It's slightly difficult nowadays. (For example, a designer for book-covers w...
I just created an icon in fireworks with a size 17*15 (which is small) and when i try to label the icon the minimum size of the text is 8 pixels which is very big . I want to have a label with text size 3. and I do not want the label to be blurred. It should be at least readable . Can anyone help me regarding this ?
How can I make this text (slightly) more Chinese looking? (examples will be appreciated if possible). (I think the purpose of doing this is obvious). ** EDIT: This is option two:
I am going to use an image for my header which should to transparent..i thought of using PNG but a bit worried about its transparency issues .. So is there any solution? Its a two image header where a transparent image is placed over a normal image .. We have a site layout used for 4 different clients.. So i use diffe...
I'm using Photoshop for designing websites and whenever I compare a photoshop design with the live browser preview the fonts appear to be rendered differently. Basically any anti-aliasing method I choose in photoshop, the text always gives the impression of bold text. So I'm always forced to turn off antialiasing (for...
I am just interested to know how was the Flash logo shown bellow designed? How can something similar can be created using GIMP? sorry I can't afford Photoshop. [edit] In addition to GIMP, is it possible to do this in CSS?
I want to convert a fuzzy pixel art image into a crisp actually-pixel-art pixel art image. An example of this is taking a still from say a youtube clip of a pixel-art animation, and recreating the image, given there are no known raw images available of the original artwork. Disregarding any copyright issues (this is fo...
I am having a hard to figure out what are the right proportions between a rectangular and a circular shapes and how to horizontally align them. These two shapes are two icons but they always look wrong to me. I wonder if there is a clear rule to avoid perception influence and align and size them right.
When specifying colors for use in a software user interface, what's the best way to ensure that those colors will look acceptable on all common display technologies: CRT, LCD, and in particular projectors? This topic comes up frequently during design reviews, where a work-in-progress piece of software is presented to a...
Have a look at this website: http://owltastic.com/extras.html - in particular, look at the topmost part of the page. You can see a small background the bottom of which forms half circles. The same effect can be seen below the own in the "work with me" box. I would like to create a similar background using photoshop. Ca...
I am working on a website and i want to add a menu bar which would look something like this Since my website has different look and also i want to change the size. I was wondering if anyone could let me know how to get this look in photoshop? Thanks
I bought a template and I want to change the background. Now it is looks like this: I have this background: How can I make from this a gradient background like on original image?
When I save a 4000x1000px large image into a fraction of it's size (100px in width), there are rectangles equal of size and color that does not look identical any more. The logo is simply text with dots (vector rectangles) in between each character. L . O . G . O The dots are the same size and color, but when viewing ...
What is considered the best way to convert a multipage PDF into single page JPG's with photoshop CS3? I'm looking for a (semi) automated process since it's a 150 page pdf so a little cumbersome to do manually.
I don't know if its my Computer [Windows 7 64bit] or if its the tablet [Wacom Bamboo Pen]. But when I try to draw smooth curves in AI, it stops then continues to draw messes up the curves. Inside of the red circles, they are suppose to be smooth drawn curves, but there not. [This happens about 80% of the time] Does an...
I was impressed with the art in Mitsubishi ASX Challenge game. It was a mix of real photos and creative art. I decided the game art for a game I'm making should look at least a little bit like this. How was this made? How the terrain textures were created - the road, grass, fences, etc. - were they created with Photos...
I am trying to design a web template for my client. I designed a simple template too. but i got the following response from my client. We need to do a lot of modification though the color scheme is okay. The theme should be "Technology trade" and which should represent IT, Research Lab Equipments and Sanitat...
I have an image in my program which I want to superimpose against a background. However, the image will move around and I need the background image to remain in place while the front image moves. Furthermore, the front image has a dropshadow which I have created in photoshop. In order to allow the front image to move a...
I'm looking for a quick way to make a video clip from a series of images, combined with sound. I have about 30 images, and just need them to be played one at a time, with a 1-2 second delay between each one, and I'll have a sound file to attach. Any suggestions on what software I can use? I have Windows 7 and XP, or I'...
I have a transparent layer in Photoshop CS5 (so internally, it's most probably stored as unpremultiplied RGB component plus an alpha component per pixel). Now I want to transform this to an opaque layer (just unpremultiplied RGB) + a alpha mask. the result should look the same as the original. I can't just underlie the...
I'm designing a web calendar application. The starting view shows a small-ish calendar with a number of events listed on each day. The calendar cell for today, for example, contains the words "March 10" and "3 Events". When the user clicks on the day, I want some kind of dynamic menu or box to appear with details about...
I have a render... ...of a computer game character that uses particle effects, making it difficult to render. What's the best way to make the background transparent? I've already tried a soft edged eraser.
Pretty simple question - hopefully I can ask it in a clear manner. When I want to create a logo or other illustration that is based on paths, is it better to create open paths and assign an appropriate heavy stroke to get the desired width or is it better to draw a complete closed path and then use live paint to fill i...
Does anybody know what the guides should be set at get a basic viewport for the typical 13" widscreen laptop? Anybody know of a template of sorts that can assist in this matter? Thanks in advance.
Is it all right to use powerpoint images on your website? For example, If I draw an arrow using the shapes tool, can I then cut the image from the powerpoint and save it, Then use it on my website?
Is there any reason for using GIF instead of PNG when the image requires only 1 bit transparency (either on or off) and of course no animation is required? thanks
My friend is an illustrator and has lot of sketches that she wants to digitize to put online. She is also working on a children's book. How should she scan the images and what are some beginner steps that she can take to clean them up once digitized? I'm guessing the clean-up will be necessary just from the scanning pr...
I'm new to graphic design and I have this branding project I am working on. I need to know how my kerning is for the dimension given in the picture below; I'm finding it rather difficult in Illustrator because I can't work as precisely as I can with Photoshop. Thanks for the criticism.
What does this symbol in Photoshop CS3 mean? It doesn't look like a standard layer symbol, but yet it has gradient styles on it without any layer effects applied. Thanks.
In which occasions you would like to use italics in web design? Because the use of bold fonts is quite obvious not sure about italics.
I want to show a dozen of my digital art pieces in a physical portfolio. These works are in large image files - 8000x10000 pixels, for example. They can be printed on 11x17 paper and come out looking fine, showing plenty of fine-scale detail. But for a portfolio I'll carry around to show galleries, potential client...
I wonder whether it's possible to print completely to the edge of physical paper (not print with bleed that will be trimmed/cropped), because with laser printers it can't be done. Toner would burn onto drum which is something that should be avoided at all times. Is printing to the physical edge possible with digital pr...
lets say I have a rectangle divided in two complementary colors, yellow and purple. How can I calculate the percentage of surface that both colors require so that none seem to take over ? (I'm looking for a tool that would do this for me)
I thought "press quality" would have the most information embedded, so I would have expected those files to be bigger. Thanks.
I read a lot about grids and how they make the websites look good (needless to say I agree) though I have not been able to work with them. Have not been able to "feel" the advantage whilst using the grid system (I'm always talking about the photoshop stage). So I was wondering if there were some resources on how to tak...
I created an RGBA image as png file using Blender. When opening image with GIMP, not everything is visible. Here's the original png file created with Blender: Here how does it looks in GIMP: Here's how it should look like (use command: ffmpeg -i original.png out.mp4 [using original image] to see for yourself): The t...
Being a webdesigner I learned that Green= 00FF00 Blue= 0000FF Red= FF0000 Yellow=FFFF00 Correct ? And color theory says that Red is the complementary color of Green. Yet when I use http://kuler.adobe.com/ I get FF007F which is still far from Red. However when I use http://www.colorschemer.com/ I get true Red. For Ye...
I am currently developping an official iPhone app for a football club. Well, the development is nearly finished and I now have to worry about details, like the splashscreen. One solution would be to have a splashscreen showing the empty interface of the home page (waiting for data loading). Convenient but not very sexy...
I went through an article on color connotations and it did not explain why colors are grouped as primary and secondary so I don't know if it is important to know the reason why we have: warm color red -> orange -> yellow (red and yellow being primary colors) cold colors green -> blue -> purple (blue being primary color...
On my site I have some categories. One of which is "Website Maintenance". I want to create a graphic (about 300x by 250y) that represents the Website Maintenance category. But I'm at a low right now, and can't think of anything. Can someone please help? Offer some suggestions? Any help is appreciated.
In Elements (I'm using version 9 for Mac), is there a single operation that will let me open a bunch of files as one image, with each file as a layer in that image? If I were using GIMP, for example, I'd choose "open as layers", and that would add multiple files as layers on the top of my current image.
I'm using Fireworks for graphical drawing, and I have this bitmap image that contains some greys that I wish to change it to red, however if I use the Hue/Saturation on it, it does not change colour. What is the best method to change grey to red?
What methods are there to accomplish this effect?
I'm curious about the background of http://dribbble.com/ . I've seen something similar on a couple of other sites too. What's it called? How can I create something like with a different color? Thanks for any pointers. I'm a non-designer trying to learn some design.
I have a PNG file on my Windows machine of a proposed logo that someone sketched out in PowerPoint. I am tasked with making a master version in Illustrator, and then saving various copies for web use, Word, etc. The logo is a uniform red color, with white lettering. Simple enough. Here's my question: When I open the ...
I'm using Illustrator CS5, and I'm trying to have two groups (with multiple paths in each) overlap properly. On the top side, group A should overlap group B, but on the bottom side, group B should overlap group A. The only solution I can come up with is to Knife-cut it in two, but then I get ugly cutting lines I can s...
If using a typeface with a low x-height at a large point size, wouldn't it have the same result as using a medium or large x-height at a smaller point size? So does that mean x-height is only useful when setting very small (like 6pt) point sizes?
I have a raster image, basically a scanned drawing of the outlines (and some detail) of various objects, and I wish to convert these lines to vectors, using either Illustrator or Inkscape. My present solution is to have the raster image as a background layer, and in a new layer above it I use the pen to follow the line...
I am trying to create a SpriteSheet using Photoshop's Scripts>Export layers to files. Thinking about using each layer as a frame. This is what i am doing... I have a layer with a rectangle in it. I want to duplicate the layer multiple times and in each duplicate, I want to increase the size of the rectangle by 2px. I ...
How would you make a cartoon promotional video like google or Wufoo? It could be done in a photoshop-like program but there are many transitions and effects required to make a video interesting. It would be laborious to make all of the images in photoshop but in Adobe Flash you would not make such nice graphics. Which...
Can anyone help me identify the font used for the heading of the following poster?
I have been using a letterpress effect on the buttons and titles of my website to great effect, but now I'm trying to incorporate a glow effect for mouse overs and such. I have been trying to implement this myself in gimp but have been failing miserably (I'm a full-time programmer with an eye for design but not much ac...
When I've finished editing, I need to make sure I've met the formatting requirements of my client. I have a checklist that i'd love to be able to automate. Within photoshop would be great; even better would be something I could run on a batch of files (e.g. a directory's contents) prior to sending them out. Example con...
I've got a font, which doesn't have polish diacritic chars which I need. I'm trying to construct them, by merging two glyphs - a letter and ogonek or acute accent, which are provided by my font. I can insert any of them separately, and I can make any glyph to be inserted instead of any letter, but I haven't found any w...
I'm trying to identify the attached image font so we can use for artwork and web embedding. Any other similar or better fonts for headlines will be great as well that could be used for embedding or offline graphic design? Thank You all for the help.
I'm implementing an up/down voting system, and I want to find a standard but sleek button with an arrow inside it that you can customize by color, arrow size etc.
Is there a way to automate some highly repetitive tasks in Photoshop? Example 1 I have a folder of images. For each of them, and I want to import each as its own layer I'd like them to be resized such that each is x% larger than the previous (or some other formula) I'd like them positioned within the canvase such that...
Every time I type character ' InDesign converts it to ›; why? How do I fix it?
I’m attempting to add color to some greyscale icons (i.e. all three channels are identical). I want to map the colors such that the brightest grey becomes one specific color, the darkest grey becomes another specific color, and all the greys in between are translated into colors along the gradient between those two sp...
I am trying to create a 3d glossy looking button in Gimp. How to I create this 3d appearance.
I have a design. Some parts of it are white, I want to extrude everything except the white. The white, will be holes. This cannot be done manually, it must be done by color white. What tool is the easiest way to get this done?
I enjoy messing around with 3DS Max, and I've always had my way without too many tutorials, as I do pretty much everything in modelling by intuition, and use tutorials for things like effects, materials, and etc. There's one thing that, despite having attempted more than one, I haven't gotten any close to an even cartu...
Are there any graphical tools to create and edit animated SVG images? Inkscape is great, but it does everything except animation. I created an image in Inkscape, then manually edited the XML to add animation properties; and this gave me what I wanted, but for slightly more complicated designs it can be very tedious.
Sort of like a spirograph? Like that old Mistify screensaver for windows. I feel like it shows up a lot as an abstract shape in the background of things. Trying to think of the best way to make one myself or the best search terms to dig up some photshop brushes (I tried wireframe and spirograph with a few good results)...
I need some photoshop brushes, and I swear I've seen the name of this style before - http://www.guildwars2.com/en/ I absolutely love that grungey/painted style, but no matter what I'm searching in my usual spots for photoshop brushes similar to this, I just can't find what to call it. I know they use the "flourish" tec...
I am a huge Photoshop guy, been one for like 10 years now. But I see more and more resources around Illustrator, I realize Illustrator is great for vector based graphics. But is it better for 'creation' in general? What I mean by creation is creating images from scratch for use on your site or application. Is it a ...
I know robotic might be the wrong word to describe it, but I've been looking into how to do this effect for like 5 years now, and haven't bumped into anything yet. If anybody could post a tutorial with even something similar, I could carry on from that.
I am developing the backend for a website. I always had the trouble of making an attractive design for my websites and have never hired any graphic designer yet. I have no logo nor web template. What are the steps to hire a graphic designer? What information should I read about before hiring one in order to make most o...
I am neither a graphic designer nor do I consider myself one. I have little grasp of colour theory, and basic knowledge of design principles. I do possess a sense of what looks good, though, and I am good at recreating designs. I chose a beautiful website and set about creating my own design using it as a template. I a...
As I'm placing items for a design, I find myself guessing a lot about positioning, usually I will take an item and everything else that might be similar I'll use align-left, or distribute-center. However, if I have text, all aligned left, and I want an item to be X pixels away from the end of that item, is there a way ...
I'm trying to create a landing page, and the main image which I have in mind contains a blended combination of mixed abstract colors. Something like those images: However, it seems I'm not using the correct terms as I can't find really good examples. Could anybody please give a clue as to how this effect is called, i...
Possible Duplicate: Tips and sources for programmers who must or want to learn graphic design. I would like to learn the basics of graphic design. I am a programmer, but I often end up giving my opinion on design aesthetics to others in my (small) company. I'd like to be able to give more concise and helpful feedbac...
I received some CorelDRAW files, and need to open them, preferably in Illustrator. But anything from the Adobe suit will do. I do not have CorelDRAW and I have a Mac, is there a way to convert them? There are a few websites that convert files, but I have close to 200 hundred files and the website doesn't handle that qu...
How to create the shadow effect like the URL/image below? Specifically, the rounded/curved shadow at the bottom:
I'm designing a 3'x2' flex poster for my startup. I'm a long time GIMP user but this is the first time I'm designing poster for printing (Vector graphics). Coming to the design. It's pretty simple. Just my Logo, Company Name, Phone No on a white background. It pretty much looks like Microsoft Word 2010 splash screen w...
I am a web developer that was given a PSD file (a web page design) that I need to convert to XHTML/CSS. In the psd file, the logo is a group of multiple layers, each layer representing an element of that logo. I can only export layers to separate files. My problem is: How I can export multiple layers to a single image...
I have designed a web header 1000x98 at 72 ppi using Macromedia Fireworks for our website and we are planning to print a billboard using that header? The printer has told us that he needs the image at 600dpi? What are my options? Will I be able to do it? Thank You
I have a large image I traced and cut into smaller images to scan (because I have a small scanner). I need to manually merge the images back together but am only finding automated features that won't work for me because there is no overlap. Anyone have suggestions?
Is there any method for wrapping a design into a book cover form (3D-like)? I mean wrapping a single rectangular design to cover & spine & back. I'm using Adobe Illustrator CS5.
I'm new to graphic design and have started to use Adobe Illustrator. I was wondering if someone can tell me how to make the sticker pop up art like the Gowalla logo. Below is the logo that I'm referring to: Any help is appreciated. So for I've been using the pen tool to make the white sticker area. Then I try to add...
Is there a way to undo combining paths in Adobe Fireworks? Or is it permanent?
I have seen quite a few great illustrations placed as headers or footers, for example, see this or this. I was wondering which tools are used to make such illustrations. Can I create this kind of images in Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator? Are they made by using the pen tool?. I'm asking this because I have read so...
I'm looking at job requirements for Jr. web Developer positions. Some jobs need "Great typography and layout skills." What does typography mean? What skills are they exactly looking for?
First time poster, long time viewer...As the title suggested, I'm looking for some inspirational websites/designs that have a funky retro look, but with mix of artistry and fashion to them. It's quite a range, but I wanted to see if anyone out there has any links. Thanks!
Example: Or this one: Notice the "torn" effect on the borders.
I wonder if there's a way in gimp to make the different layers of a design into separate image files without having to save the image each time. I hope this is clear. I use layers also as variations on the theme and for my latest projects i d like to put all those variations individually in a new context.
I have an older book (it isn't copyrighted), and as a certain tribute and preservation, I'd like to transcribe this book to a digital form. I was wondering what application to use to do this. I don't want to write it to a certain exact (paper) size, but rather something "variable", meaning that it can be either opened ...
I have a design layout in Photoshop, I have several different "snapshots" in my history each with s slight color variation. I know if I save the file and reopen it, I will only have whatever is current in the history and my snapshots will be lost. Is there a way to keep my snapshots so I can close Photoshop and then re...
For the Wacom Intuos graphics tablet, are there significant functional differences between the current model (4) and the previous model? Does the newer one have additional features or design improvements?
I have been using Inkscape for some months now to edit and maintain a transit map of San Francisco. For the most part I am very comfortable editing paths, removing and adding nodes, snapping to grids and objects and the like . . . But what I have yet to figure out, is how to bring multiple lines together, in parallel,...
I don't have any experience with graphic design and similar arts. But my thesis is about photographic rules, and many of the rules there are derived from graphic design. I have a book about Photographic Composition and it mentions many terms that I am not sure I can distinguish between them, especially that some of the...
Does anybody know the keyboard shortcut or the easiest way to copy a gradient of an object into another object.
Being a developer wanting to be a designer, I'm really interested in learning how to create top notch UI for websites, mobile apps, etc. However, I know nothing about Photoshop or anything related to design, my main skills being HTML and CSS. Where should I start? How do I learn how to create beautiful websites and int...
I've inherited a large set of button icons at work, which I'd like to use in another project, but with a different button background. The trouble is that the original files have been lost in history, so all I have is the flat PNGs. What I've managed to do is extract a blank button background. Looking at this from a de...

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