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Is there a way to draw as sharp as possible (pixel-perfect) diagonal lines Photoshop?
I want to create an "X" close button but I can't get it to look good in smaller pixel dimensions such as (16x16).
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In Illustrator, I have a file that I have placed however I've modified the dimensions of the file and using the 'links' panel I've set the size to the file dimensions.
However the bounding box of the object, is still the old outdated dimensions.
How can I reset the bounding box to the actual size of the object?
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I have a diagram with many colour-coded lines and a key to which colour means what: red line = electricity cable; blue line = gas pipe etc.
This is inaccessible for colour-blind people.
I would like to stroke the lines with different patterns of shapes. There are lots of options for this in Illustrator, see this page,... |
When I create rounded rectangles in Photoshop, I can mask images over those rounded rectangles to give them rounded corners.
When I'm making websites however, I'm not sure how to give images rounded corners.
I don't know how to use vector masks on website, do you think it's the right solution?
Please, if anyone can pr... |
I applied a simple photoshop filter to a drawing I made a while ago. Now I need to apply the same filter to a different drawing, but I can't remember which filter it was. I've tried every filter, and neither comes even close to what I did.
If you know which filter is this, please let me know.
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I don't have any real experience with 3D software (except for 1995's Raydream Designer). I realize there are plenty of fine options out there, but I am looking for something tremendously simple:
For starters, I want only to take a vector image (any vector format is ok) of some text and simply "render" the text viewed a... |
I have an icon with the dimensions 24px × 23px. The canvas is 24px × 24px: There is 1 transparent pixel at the top of the icon.
After I use the rectangular marquee tool to copy and paste the icon to another psd document I get the icon as 24px × 23px. But i need it to be 24px × 24px.
How do I copy the dimensions with ... |
I have created a Photoshop action which:
Duplicates the current image.
Merges all visible layers.
Removes hidden layers.
Rearranges parts of image.
Adds the layer to a group.
Displays user interface to "Duplicate Layer Group" back to the original image. (Using action "Insert Menu Item...")
Closes the image without sav... |
I am working on a page someone else created as a master page, and want to add a text box to the page. I created the box and placed my text in it, but the text is not visible. If I drag the text box off the page and then drag it back on, the text is visible for less than a second then disappears again. Any thoughts?
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I came across this fascinating youtube video. It zooms and pans around various landscape scenes, with flying text coming in and out of focus. Does anyone know what software they used for this?
I'm naive in this area, so any suggestions or ideas will be deeply appreciated.
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What is the difference between the two layer thumbnail types pictured:
Vs.
How do I bring about the second, if the first is currently appearing whenever I create a new Shape Layer, for example?
Thank you in advance.
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I am trying to make a cursor with transparency using Photoshop CS5. When I make a .cur file from an image, I can see extra white space with the icon
Something like this:
I don't want the outer white space. I just want the guitar to be the cursor, but here the cursor is the full image.
Out of curiosity, I just dragged ... |
I have no idea what they call this so I'm not having much success with searching. But lets start with an example at this site:
Any idea how to make the choppy sea like wave they're using? I had limited success in Maya but I could work on it more, however I was wondering if there was a quicker alternative? After effect... |
I'm looking for a tool\extension that lets me draw a grid in Adobe Flash.
I do not mean a solution via ActionScript, and drawing a few thousand cells manually with lines or rectangles, even with grid snapping, isn't an answer either. What I want is a tool that creates a grid, mesh, table - whatever - when you select it... |
I want to make a website, but I have too many important elements for that. I tried to simplify the structure, but it became boring to look at and tiresome to navigate.
Is there a rule or tip for finding the balance?
Is there a maximum of meaningful elements on a page, in general?
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I've been tasked with making a powerpoint theme for the company I work for and one of the requirements is that it uses a font that comes standard with most computers. What are some of the built-in sans serif fonts that graphic designers respect and use more frequently?
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I have been recording custom actions to perform various automations, though I am starting to require greater control which would be better implemented using some form of scripting (if this can indeed be done). I have seen "ExtendScript" has been mentioned in several places, though I cannot find that option in Photoshop... |
I have all my Illustrator and Photoshop toolbars scattered throughout my desktop, and I simply want all of my menus, toolbars, and files to be within one window.
This is often super annoying because the toolbars don't pop up when my files are open depending on what desktop I am on.
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I am using ScriptUI for the first time and would like to create a custom palette with several text boxes and buttons that can be conveniently docked into the Photoshop UI.
Can this be accomplished using a script?
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Is there a way to force an existing .pdf file to launch full-screen and auto-advance (prefereably with transitions) without owning Adobe Acrobat?
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If I have selected another layer and a path is incomplete, so it just looks like a path, how do I "re-activate" it so I can continue to add anchor points?
Also, can a path only be manipulated (e.g. Rotated) once it has first been converted to a selection?
Lastly, if I have made multiple paths on the same layer, how d... |
CS5:
I created a standalone path by mistake, instead of creating a new shape layer.
What's the correct method of turning this into a new shape layer?
I tried converting to a selection, but I then seemed unable to fill the selection as I normally would, and I'm not sure how/if this would create a new layer from the p... |
In this fiddle there's a markup and style I'm doing for a website:
http://jsfiddle.net/UvJmP/
I am trying to represent data in this way:
D2's table data is contained in D1
D3's table data is contained in D2
If we were to think of D1 as an entity, it would be said that each D1 has a D2, and each D2 has a D3. In a hier... |
ERROR: type should be string, got "\nhttps://grandst.com/\nI'm really attracted to that kind of vintage look. Does anyone know any similar type fonts that I can play around with? Is there a good practice to go about understanding what fonts I see in general? A firefox plugin? A free program?\nThanks in advance for any help you can offer.\n" |
I would like to know how scaling down images affects the quality. When scaling images up, they get pixelated and it's clear to see that the quality decreases, but when scaling down I sometimes notice the quality getting worse and sometimes I don't.
Background
To be more precise we are developing a digital magazine and ... |
I have a circular image that I want to print over a cone. That is, over a circle with a wedge cut out, and then assembled into a cone.
However, if I just print my image and then cut the wedge, not only that part will be removed, but also the proportions will be messed up, and straight lines become curved.
I would like ... |
I've got a fixed layout page and the client has asked for it to have "shades of blue". What colour would you recommend for the background, page wrapper background, text, dropdown menu and the buttons on the side?
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I've been googling this subject and also searched in this forum, all I found were posts about removing semi transparent pixels, ie. not what I have a problem with.
Basically, I've added a layer to my image that has the same size as the image. Then I add something to the layer, way smaller than the entire image. Now I w... |
I got a word document translated into Polish which I am supposed to put into an idesign file. The indesign file already exists in English and the font used is Corporate SBQ. When I copy paste the polish version from word, all the polish consontants with the diacritics give me a pink square- I suppose that means that in... |
I have a font that I want to be marginally thinner. I've typed out the word and then added a white outline around it.
What I want to do is delete the outline, whilst maintaining the thinner font. How can I do this?
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I need to create an image screen with a low file size. I'm using Photoshop with a 72 dpi, and 300dpi for designing.
My problem is that the entire size of the image increased when I went to save my design. Is it possible to decrease it with these details (72dpi / 300dpi)?
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It's an age-old complaint: up to and including CS6, InDesign supports footnotes, but not endnotes. Documents, books, reports etc aren't going to stop needing endnotes because Adobe don't support them. Even on Adobe's official blog, this is described as a "sad story".
There are a lot of hacks and workarounds out there (... |
I have a board ful of logos for a creds presentation which has a load of vector logos which are complex shapes. I want to turn then completely monochromatic to a particular shade of dark sepia/grey whilst preserving the tonal detail in the gradients
Is there an easy way to do this? can someone give me a pointer please?... |
I'm trying to make something similar to this in Inkscape:
I tried making a path then using object to path. But that didn't work.
So then I tried using the pen tool from clipboard... Still didn't work right.
Is there a better or faster way then making separate objects?
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My brother is an illustrator. He owns an A4 scanner, and it seems A2 scanners are too expensive for him.
And he makes most of his creation in A2 format now.
Is there a simple program to scan a grand format with a little scanner and then assemble the whole image?
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I have a spreadsheet with a TON of content that I need to import to layers via Illustrator. I have several columns that need to be imported for some business cards. So for instance name, email, phone, title.
Is there a way to import this spreadsheet into illustrator so that I can have one layer for each row via setting... |
I am trying to make that type of poster for my science project but i can't find any tutorials related to it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1790885/
Thanks.
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I have finished the development of an app. Now I have to worry about the icon ;-)
To align with the built-in app, I want the gradient of the my icon background looks like the built-in Camera app, i.e. a light source form the top.
How can I clone the gradient in Photoshop? For example, can I take RGB values from ... |
I can imagine a very special red color in my mind but I can't find its color code in Photoshop or any other online color dictionary. Is there any tool that for example I say: "Hey show me all possible red colors exist in nature slowly so I can compare result with my taste to choose one"?
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When adjusting a selection in photoshop, the reference point is always set to the center:
Regardless what I change it to, the next selection will always reset it to the center. Is there any way to set it to the top most left corner by default, so that every new selection starts with the reference point set there?
Edit... |
I'll like to use a symbol font character (upper right in the image, Glyph 5081). How can I copy the character from the Font Book and paste to another app?
UPDATE: I can find the character at left, but not the one at right:
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Is there a shortcut for switching tabs in Fireworks CS6?
In case it's important, I´m using a mac with a Spanish keyboard.
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I don't know if its the new OS (Windows 7) or the new monitor I just got here but I'm having a lot of trouble reading the files in the CONTENT section of Bridge.
Is there a way to change the font? Right now it looks to be defaulting on a very narrow, small font. Zooming in and out helps a little but not much. If I zoo... |
Simple question: what's the convention (or, if there's disagreement, guiding principles) for where to place reference, footnote and endnote numbers that apply to a clause leading up to a punctuation mark such as a comma or full stop/period?
E.g. in this example, should it be like [1] and [2], or like [a] and [b]?
Lore... |
Just curious what peoples tips and tricks are for exporting mobile assets for apps with Fireworks quickly, efficiently and crisply? For multiple device sizes. Also, do you recommend keeping an asset library in one file?
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I was checking guidance on where to put footnote or endnote reference characters relative to punctuation and found a really clear answer for everything except an ellipsis.
It's pretty unlikely and rare that you might want to footnote or endnote the end of a snippet of text that ends in an ellipsis, which is probably wh... |
I am using a pre-made vector shape (below), and I would like to fill all of the triangular paths it contains with a certain colour. I am not sure how to do this. Any advice would be much appreciated.
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I'm resizing and have changed the doc setup to be A3 from A4. I then selected all elements (none locked) and grouped them.
Then, when attempting to hold shift and drag them to fill the page, two images do not move in place with everything else.
They stay where they were .
In addition to that, the selection outline g... |
I am new to Photoshop. I need to make a mockup for a website. First I've drawn a rectangle 1-pixel and with pen tool a brush setting 1-pixel, but the pen tool line has more than 1-pixel and what settings do I have to change so that both elements have the same stroke?
Here are two screenshots:
On the shape layer the p... |
I found a really creative resume when I was surfing the web this morning, and it uses some awesome sans-serif typefaces, but I don't know the fonts. Has anyone seen them before? (WhatTheFont was no help)
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I am an app developer. Most of the time I will build the apps' user interface by myself, thus resulting in functional but not appealing apps :-(
Like this -> one (link to AppStore)
For a few projects, I was out-of-idea (probably out-of-skill) and then I became open-minded. I let the designer go with what he considers g... |
What icon would best convey "Make a new post"? Can't think of any, considering just spelling out "Make a new post" instead.
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I am writing a technical documentation in LaTeX which will also include code listings and in-text keywords set in Monospace. After reading this post i chose a combination of CharterBT for text and Computer Modern Sans Serif Bold for headings.
Charter:
Computer Modern Sans Bold:
However I do not like the default monos... |
I have an image (below) of two hands over a black circle. All three are currently separate paths with a fill but no stroke, all on the same layer.
How do I delete the shape of the hands from the black circle, so that afterwards I can delete the hands themselves, and just have the circle, with the shape of the hands cut... |
I just upgraded from CS4 to CS6 and am having an issue pasting objects between files in InDesign.
Seems like the issue is with the styles. I'm copying a basic graphics frame but it is losing the image and rounded corners while applying a stroke to the frame.
Shouldn't the characteristics of the copied object carry acr... |
I have a SVG file with viewBox="-155.7 -99 510 510". I believe this offset the paths in Mac OS X preview by -155.7 -99. when I open the SVG in Illustrator, the paths are not offset at all. how do I export this svg such that:
viewBox="0 0 510 510"
and all the paths have added off set of -155.7 -99
I have tried changin... |
I am using a image, and I would like to draw 9 patch for that image. I am not sure in which format i have to save this. Any advice would be much appreciated.
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I'm a beginner in this field and I have to buy this clip from shutter-stock.
This clip comes with some pre-rendered patterns and has an alpha-matte version.
My question: I want to use different pattern for the ripped paper, how can I achieve that? Can the alpha-matte version used for this purpose? if no, what is it use... |
I am interested in taking the gray shapes and creating a uniform border around it; an outline with a white interior.
I want to do this by scaling the original shapes and intersecting them eventually. But as you can see with the black shape in the back layer, the curves are not uniform. How do I scale this shape unif... |
I have encountered a problem, or at least an annoyance, with the way that "Layer Comps" work with linked layers. I understand the reason for the design choice and I am not claiming it to be a bug, but I still don't know how to efficiently work around it.
I have a number of layers that I want to position in different a... |
I am trying to follow along this tutorial: http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/create-abstract-liquid-effect
But the oil droplets in water photo the artist provides as an example does not seem available for download anywhere.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a site that has similar "oil in water" effects?
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Are there any better ways of vectorizing photos than Illustrator's Trace? I don't have one of them Wacom boards so I can't really do this by hand.
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I made a couple of vector shapes in AI and I get this strange thin border appearing around them. I can't get rid of it. Any suggestions?
Zoomed in:
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I am following a tutorial and trying to mask a shape layer to another shape layer that is multiple layers down. (or has multiple layers between these two.) In Photoshop cs6
Essentially I want the white box to be masked to show only to the inside of the black box.
Can someone explain what I'm doing wrong here?
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I've some some great usage of photos lately, especially in website headers that are light, easy on the eye, and don't attract too much attention. How can I create this same effect on my photos in photoshop cs6?
Examples here:
http://dribbble.com/shots/374899-Men-s-Retreat-Flyer?list=searches&tag=rugged
http://dribbbl... |
I found a nice social icon set as font: http://www.tajfa.com/projects/rondo/
What I now want is to remove the circular borders around them, but when I open them with Fontlab Studio 5 I only see a blank set. Is there a way to remove it or do you know of alternative sets?
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I'm in the process of producing QR-codes for use on product packaging. The codes are generated in batch and the resulting files are typically 25x25 px PNG files. Of course, such a small image would normally be way too low res to use in print, i.e. a 1x1 inch image would need to be 300x300 px in order to print in 300 DP... |
I have been designing for almost 5 years now. I have noticed something very strange in my development lifespan. My appreciation for my works decreases substantially over time. Especially in my UX works for applications, where I work almost 10 hours a day (writing code) and where I am confronted with the interface all t... |
I am currently working on a GUI and iconset in Illustrator which will be exported (using a plug-in) to XAML.
While GUI elements can be exported by placing them in a new file, this becomes a lot of work with iconsets. Which I want to avoid. So I am looking for a streamlined workflow to export multiple groups/artboards/l... |
There is a classical way of removing background in Inkscape using Bezier curves. This is often quite lengthy process.
Is it possible to remove the background of an object based on background color (e.g. to tell only to remove yellow background)? Or some clever method that is able to detect what is object and what is ba... |
I came across this on the internet. Does anyone know what font it is or, as the title says, suggest anything similar?
I dont mind learning a bit more photshop if needs be, as I think that's where I'm lacking:
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I'm going to be making images that include hundreds of lines of text of varying lengths, each of which will have the same "background", with the exception of the length of the background, which will need to be relative to the length of the text. I want to not have to manually fit text to a box each time.
The second twi... |
I'm working on a program that requires a dark interface, because it's mostly used in dark rooms. After some thought I decided to add a light version too and let the user swap them, but both still have the same requirement: They need to be very kind to the eye, because we are talking about many hours inside a dark envir... |
Does anyone know any other fonts similar to Helvetica Neue (free for commercial use)?
I'm working on a big website project where 'Helvetica Neue' is used heavily. I need a font that looks almost the same, is free for personal and commercial use, and looks good even when used with copytext (e.g. fontsize for copytext =... |
I am trying to follow a set of instructions and am looking to copy and paste a vector mask to a gradient layer. For some reason when I simply do cmd c and cmd v to the gradient layer nothing is happening.
Here are my instructions:
Method 1: Color Overlay on Gradient Layer
Create a Gradient Layer. Choose light grey an... |
Today I came across a blog post on daring fireball about a new font: Courier Prime. From the font preview, I found that the : and . are a bit oversized.
Then I checked the Courier font in Mac Font Book app. The : and . also appear oversized (including the fullstop beneath the ? (question mark), comparing to the other c... |
I've got a simple drawing in Illustrator consisting of multiple rectangles. I will need to handle that in code later one and saved the document as SVG.
The rectangles come out as <rect /> nodes in SVG format.
Is there a clean way to convert the rectangles from primitive types to a path in Illustrator ? If so, how ?
So ... |
I'm working on a document in which I need each new object to be the same opacity as the last created. It seems that the only thing that carries over to the next new object is the stroke and fill of the last. Thus, each time I start drawing a new object, I have to reset the opacity...
Yes, I could just select all neces... |
So here's a good question: one problem that often comes up is a client asks for a site, but they have no content (specifically images) and so leave it up to the designer to find appropriate images to use. The first thing a lot of people will do (including myself sadly until recently: is go and find stock images of smil... |
I was looking at the resume in this question, and I noticed the skills bar chart. I've seen this on several designers' resumes and was wondering if it is a new fad, if it's something that I should consider adding to my resume/website, etc.
Wouldn't this get you less clients if you forget or didn't have the room to add... |
I'm designing my first poster for a promoter for a local bar and.. well.. I don't know what size to make the poster! What is the standard size for an event poster (such as one for a band) in North America?
Is it 11" x 17" ?
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I have a full Latin alphanumeric font made and am attempting to add Cyrillic characters to the mix.
I am using OSX Glyphs.app.
I am able to make the Cyrillic characters and export the font as an .OTF. I can boot in to Illustrator or any other application and access the Cyrillic characters without fault.
However, when ... |
Background on color perception:
Due to the nature of the human eye and visual processing by the brain, there's an optical illusion that the same color will look different depending on the background.
It is known as the contrast effect, illustrated below — center rectangles are identical:
Source: Wikimedia
An illustra... |
I would like to make a simple line pattern rotated at 30 degrees, but no matter what I try I can't make it repeat itself without the lines being cut. Is this possible to do?
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I have a rectangular shape that has a colour overlay and drop shadow in a layer. Now, I want to create a new layer containing only a rasterized version of the effect from the current layer.
To put it simply:
Layer 1: Shape + shape-drop-shadow;
(Create new Layer 2)
Layer 2: shape-drop-shadow;
Meaning, I'm not looking f... |
I have been seeing these blurred backgrounds all over the place, so I would like to know the exact steps how to reproduce something like this . What I can imagine, is that they first blurred an image/gradient with a gaussian blur. But there has to be something more to it, right ?
+) How do I correctly use a gradient... |
I'm looking for a 3d Converter which can handle the following file types:
Import
iges
step
sat
Export
dwg
gdl
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I am experiencing significant color banding when I use the Color Dodge blend mode with a very dark colored gradient layer style. I have even tried enabling dithering on the gradient layer style, with rather poor results. Here is what it looks like:
Here is a small PSD demonstrating what I'm experiencing.
This is my ... |
I saw an amazing animated gif
And I thought I should give it a go.
I tried laying out several friends' pictures in movie maker and power director and though I sort of have a video where it is animated up to an extent, it is not as fluid, it feels more like a slideshow no matter how much I tweak the time/tween.
I though... |
I am currently working on a magazine using Adobe InDesign CS6. On each page I have a head with the name of the section in it, and applied the paragraph style "Header" to the text element. Naturally some of my sections are more than one page long, and because of this, the same header will occur multiple times.
Example o... |
I'm not sure whether I should be asking this kind of question here, but...
When I'm working in Photoshop (CS5 currently, have had it with previous versions as well), when I've zoomed in on the file and have the hand tool selected, Photoshop sometimes zooms out as I drag with the hand tool. It zooms to 'fit screen' size... |
Photoshop CS5: If I only wish to select the black portion of the below image (to create a layer mask with it), how would I do so? It was generated by clicking "Make Selection" from a vector shape that's made up of several paths (each of the triangles, then the rectangle that encloses them). Thank you in advance!
As a ... |
I just drew a 1px line with a 1px drop shadow in Photoshop, yet parts of it are really off. Please see the image below....
Is Photoshop just not able to hand things well at the 1 pixel level? I was hoping it could produce shapes more exactly than this. Thank you.
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I am somewhat new to PS and have upgraded to CS6, and I am having issues when I save a file.
The shapes I have created (with the pen tool) and added specific gradients to, change colors. When I reopen the fill all the shapes have changed to the two colors that are currently on the foreground and background. Hence all ... |
In the footer of my clients site, I want to give the users total clarity about where things are on the website so that they can quickly navigate there.
So I will implement what looks like a nested set of links. In plain text, it should look like this. but just the blue dashes. I lined out in pen to separate the list ... |
I have a complex illustrator object, with many of overlapping sections hidden behind one another. I want to simplify it down to just its visible parts. How do I do this?
Why: I need to pass that to a laser cutter to cut the shape out. To make that work, I need to reduce the object to only the visible strokes that outli... |
I am trying to achieve something similar to the following photo-realistic image in Photoshop:
So far, I have tried copying and pasting a basic object, then distorting it and applying new layer styles. However, I am sure there is a much more efficient way to do it using some sort of 3D 'spin' function. I've never come ... |
I need to redraw the logo below but I don't know what the font is. Help is welcome.
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I'm assuming that this sort of thing should be done in photoshop and not illustrator, so please correct me if you feel otherwise. I'm trying to create circles with blurred stroke in photoshop like the example shown below:
Ignoring the gradient behind the rings, what is the best way to accomplish this? Currently, I... |
I came across this problem after printscreening a website with a gradient background. Initially, I was shocked to find that the background was showing those black pixels, and thought something might be wrong with my GPU so I decided to investigate a little and found out that the image's bit depth was 24 and photoshop w... |
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