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I'm not sure why, but suddenly when I use the type tool, write, and press ENTER to create a line break, the space between my current line and the new one is huge (it is as if 20 line breaks were made). But these are not 20 line breaks - it is just one (if I press backspace, I return to the former line). I am using Arial Bold. Why is this happening?
I took the loaders from xooplate.com then exported them with the help of the included action to a GIF. But I have some white pixels around the loader which are really annoying when displayed on a dark background. You can see it here, in a frame I extracted from the gif: How can I prevent those white pixels and maintain the transparent background?
I have been looking frequently for a site, a service that provides a repository of semi-transparent tiling backgrounds. I've found some grain generators, but I would like some more things that I could use for effects like; etchings, smoke, blur, rust or dirt. I love these kind of background tiles as it can really add a lot of depth to your design. It's just so hard to find a go-to place where I can buy and download.
How do I cut off the boundary of a picture all zig zag like it is in this picture Or in this one I have Paint.NET, a free image editing software. How can I do this in Paint.NET?
I am need of a typeface with descenders that match or come close to the x-height. Can you recommend some? System fonts or free fonts would be ideal.
I am pretty sure I'm not using the right terminology, but I'm trying to create the same effect in this image: Is there any way to do this in Illustrator? What is the proper terminology for that effect? Any help would greatly be appreciated. I don't even know how to google that effect.
I used the selection tool to drag part of one image onto another image in a new layer. That layer has a "padding" (not sure what else to call it) of about 75 transparent pixels around the image. I'm wondering if there's a way to remove the transparent pixels for that layer alone similar to the way one can use Image->Trim on the entire image. The purpose for doing this is so I can make an image sprite with each icon on a layer of the same size. Thank you so much!
I'm thinking of making a photo portfolio in InDesign and I have the following functionality in mind: First I would make a document of several pages containing placeholder images. Each page has a fullpage photograph with a small black rectangle on the side, overlapping the photo a bit. This rectangle should contain three text-boxes with the following information: Title Location Year This data is already present in the photographs EXIF info. Is there a way to automatically read these entries from the photograph that will replace each placeholder on the page and place them in the three text-boxes in the black rectangle? I haven't tried anything yet as I have no idea where to start. I have used InDesign before, so the basics are more or less clear to me. I have InDesign 5.5 at my disposal on Mountain Lion 10.8.2
I am looking for a font to use in a calculator. It needs to have alphabetic characters (a-z), and hopefully mathematics symbols like: + − x ÷ ( ) It's for using it in a calculator app design. Any recommendations?
In Adobe Illustrator, after I do Alt+Shift+Ctrl+S to open the Save For Web & Devices window, is there a keyboard shortcut or other way to select the Image Size tab in that window and input size without using the mouse?
Trying to come up with the most legible sans-serif question mark for my Google reCAPTCHA's help icon. The ones that Google use are either too retro or too unreadable (below). I want a question mark that is so clear at such a tiny size, yet so similar to standard sans-serif that my users immediately will understand what it's about instead of getting hung up on the design itself. It should be aliased for maximum clarity. I've tried Miniml, redrawing Helvetica etc., but I just can't come up with one that feels right.
I'm using CS6 on a laptop, usually hooked up to an external monitor. In that setup, the monitor is my primary screen and the latop's is my secondary. Since I like some real estate in my palettes, I tend to stretch the Layers panel to full-screen height on my primary view. When I start working with just te laptop, the Layers palette is too tall for my screen - Photoshop remembers the size and location of my palettes from when I was working on a larger screen. I can't resize the palette short of resetting the workspace to a standard. Annoying thing is that the buttons at the bottom of the palette are beyond my view now. Is there a way of resizing such a palette without resetting the entire workspace?
How can I color a pattern in Inkscape without creating a custom pattern? I guess this should be possible, but can't make it work. I draw a square and fill it with a color (green). Then I choose a standard pattern for the square. The green fill is gone and I have a black pattern. Now I would like to change the pattern's color. How can I do this?
I'm creating a silly anthropomorphic router by heavily modifying a product image of a Linksys router. Here's a preview. I want to incorporate a starburst effect into the background by creating a layer with a linear white-to-transparent gradient, applying Wave and finishing with Polar Coordinates. Here's what my first attempt looks like: As you can see, there's an unwanted artifact going from the center to the top of the layer. I'm assuming this is because the output from the Wave filter didn't tile horizontally. Is there a smart way to adjust the settings of the Wave effect so that I don't have to fix it up manually? I'm using Photoshop Elements 10.
I made a mistake in the below image by making the left-pointing arrow too high up, such that the black margins do not align. I wish to go back and change this "combining paths" action, without undoing any of the changes I made subsequently. It appears there is a "Allow non-linear history" option in the History Panel options. However, I'm not sure if this works retroactively... Furthermore, will switching to this not make life difficult when I DON'T wish to make non-linear edits, but eliminate all changes after the one I am editing?
I am trying to create a press ready PDF for a 16 page InDesign document using Print Booklet. I see the Print Booklet preview and everything looks fine, spreads are correct, etc. However, when I run the resulting postscript file through Distiller, the right side of the first spread (i.e. the front cover) is blank. If I simply export to PDF, the cover turns out fine, but of course the pages are not in printer spreads. I get no error messages when preflighting the document in InDesign. Also, blank spreads are not printing, even though I have checked the box to print blank spreads. My Distiller version is X. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
I need to make a plastic bag with my own design for my school project. I want to buy a clear plastic bag with 24"/20"/10" measurements. I need a very thick plastic (like this) with possibly a zipper and my logo on it. All the companies in NY I'm asking about propose me to make 5 000 bags minimum at once. There is no possible way to make a sample of my bag before I put the order, unless I leave them a big deposit. Well, Im just a student and can't really afford it. So maybe someone could help me to find the answer? I would be glad to any information you can provide.
It seems that Illustrator is the flavor of choice when designing typefaces. Users seem to have a strong grasp on Illustrator and prefer the design tools in the software over others. Typography is a huge part of what makes Illustrator so accessible to a designer. As someone who has designed typefaces from hand using illustrator and then having to lug everything over to fontLab I'm confused as to why Adobe hasn't built in the features of fontLab into Illustrator, or why they haven't built something better.
I'm interested in printing some very large installations from a digital file -- i.e. 10,000 square feet. This is for a cheap art-school project, so labor and quality are NOT concerns, but COST is. For this purpose, I bought an old color laserjet with knock-off toner, which brings the cost per full-coverage 8.511" page to less than 5c per page (plus the cost of paper, which I presently get for free). So my idea was to simply print thousands of these sheets, and with the help of many friends, literally tape them all together with sticky-tape before affixing the whole thing to a giant wall. For 10,000 square feet, assuming I get 810.5" per page, the cost is $847. SO MY QUESTION IS: Where can I find printing at a lower cost than this? I'm willing to do lots of research and deal with strange business relationships, but I don't know where to start looking. Obviously one possibility would be to divide my 10k feet into larger sections and get them printed by any old "large format printer", but from what I've seen those are pricey. Calculations: 1 sheet printable area: 8"*10.5" 8"/12" = 0.67 feet 10.5"/12" = 0.88 feet 1 sheet = 0.59sq feet 10,000sq ft = 16,950 sheets 16,950 sheets at 5c per sheet = $847. (about a quarter-acre)
I am designing the front cover page for my book in Adobe Illustrator. I would like to have a nice sans serif font for my main title. I chose Lucida Sans (font style = Demibold Roman). However, I have discovered that the small caps (SC) are only simulated and the first larger glyph looks much thicker. Doing a search on fake/simulated SC vs true SC I now understand that this font does not have true SC e.g. by looking at glyphs from Type menue. My question is, can I download an open type Lucida Sans or similar that would have true SC? Even better I'd like to have a look at all san serif fonts that have true SC and choose the best one (out of the freely available ones - I don't want to pay for a font). A quick Google search reveals a bunch of sites to download Open Type fonts, but I don't see search function to specify sans serif + true small caps. Any suggestions appreciated!
I have a selection of paths in illustrator (cs6). I want to select all the paths and free transform them to something like a 3rd of the size. The problem is when I shrink them down, the stroke on the paths stays the same. So originally some had 1pt and 2pt stroke, bit when I free transform all the paths to a 3rd of the original size, the strokes are all still 1pt and 2pt big. I don't want to have to go through each path and change the stroke, as it would take a long time. is there a tool/option in illustrator that can help with this?
Possible Duplicate: How to create this grunge texture effect How can I achieve this kind of background in Photoshop? Seems like a noise/paper pattern.
I was trying to draw behind many shapes but I couldn't tell where I was drawing because of many lines highlighting. But I need those shapes to draw correctly just not their stroke lines highlighting. Usually a problem when adjusting curved or making anchor point using pen tool. How do I lock objects in Illustrator to keep this from happening?
When transforming in photoshop if you alt+shift then drag a corner you can skew both corners. The other corners being at side that is opposite in terms of horizontal and vertical depending on the direction that corner is being adjusted. And other corner moves inversely. This helps in making perspective. I can't do this in Illustrator. Is it possible to do it?
Can anyone please help me identify the font in the attached image?
I seem to be unable to use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+3 to hide a selection inside of Adobe Illustrator. Ctrl+2 for lock seems to work fine, but Ctrl+3 doesn’t do anything for me. Object → Hide → Selection does work, though.
I was wondering if Inkscape has the ability to select the outline of a shape, and then be cropped or copied and pasted over another shape? I remember being able to do this in Illustrator but you can't seem to do it in Inkscape. Setting a clip for an object keeps coming up (in searches) but that doesn't seem to do anything. If you paste it just pastes the object with a rectangle still around it. All I want is to select a shape and then paste it with a transparent background. Can Inkscape do this? Any help much appreciated Rowan
I am new to InDesign. I have been supplied a file with a number of pages consisting of tiff images. I was told that the tiffs have transparent backgrounds, but when I export to png, the entire page is filled with white with no transparency. How can I export or set a transparent background for each page please?
I am currently doing a master study in marine biology. Most of the slides in presentations I see (from students as well as teachers) are extremely cluttered with information and visually completely unappealing. There was never another approach than using Microsoft's Powerpoint as a presentation tool. While some teachers obviously focus on complete information on their slides I often wonder what the purpose of him or her being present and giving the lecture may be. I recently started to do presentations in Inkscape (exporting them as single images), focused on very few words and a more or less appealing design (choosing colour themes, big text, little graphics, etc). While I'm sure I didn't do a perfect job I never got any appreciation that my presentation was liked in the way of design. However, I didn't do many and have not much experience in other fields of science. Therefore I wonder what your experience is with simple slide design (rather than cluttered Powerpoint slides) in regard to science. Is it really worth to put some thoughts and time into design or do people nevertheless don't pay any attention to that?
Simple question that I can't find the answer to. I have a layer with a photo that I got off the internet. I want this layer to have rounded corners. So I draw a rectangle with rounded corners in photoshop. Just like the color is linked to the vector mask (that is the rounded corner rectangle), I would think I can link the layer to the vector mask. However, after all my research I cannot find how. Can anybody help link a layer to a vector mask/shape?
I use photoshop for web design, though I would really like to try and create faces with it. Though I can not draw. I saw a video on youtube where they traced over a photograph with a pen tool. and another one used a grid and drew the image. (and the of course the colours and the tones are created uniquely) So if I take a picture of my self, trace it and paint it. Would that be legitimate to be shown in my portfolio? Thanks
Im trying to follow this tutorial here http://www.psdvault.com/drawing/create-awesome-abstract-nebula-circle-shape-in-photoshop/ And it says Compress this layer to a very thins strip What does that mean and how do I do it?
I'm seeing a trend (especially on pinterest) of these posters where the image and subject is the text. THe text itself isn't really that important either, it's mainly the typefaces used and composition. Does this style have a name to it? Is it just called text-as-image?
I have the branding guidelines in PDF format (so viewing on screen) for an organisation with the specific Pantone Colours displayed alongside their code. Now when I add swatches for these Pantone colours and export as a PDF from InDesgin, the colours are quite far out. Note that I'm viewing both PDFs on the same screen and using Adobe Reader. Any ideas how to combat this or why this is happening? The colours are being used in a digital environment at the moment for some website redesign so I could use colour picker software to get the RGB values HOWEVER when we later move onto print work I want to ensure I'm using the Pantones. As can be seen in the screenshot, the exported Pantones seem dull and muted compared to the original Brand Guidelines document.
I'm working on a site. The width will be fixed, but the length will vary. What would be the best way to create a grid like the following in Photoshop?:
I am having trouble finding help on my own since I do not know the names of these effects. Here's the reference image: How do I replicate the impressed circle effect behind the button? I tried playing with the inner shadow blending option with a radial gradient, but I failed to match the spherical depth shown in the image. I also tried using the bevel and emboss option, and while the produced effect is more accurate, I cannot duplicate the sharpness of the circle's edges, as well as the subtle highlight at its bottom. (I do not know how to add blending options to an emboss). How do I reproduce the shape of the actual button in Photoshop? I've found tutorials on orb-like buttons and flat, raised ones, but the button in the image has a depth and shape that is a combination of the two. (Similar to a flat pebble). If someone could lead to terms for these effects, that would be really helpful as well.
I've got a .psd that needs to be cut up for a site. There are multiple times where the artist uses solid-colored square blocks with an inner glow applied to it, and instead of cutting out each one as an image I'd rather just overlay the glow over solid colors. Is it possible to get a glow that goes from transparent to white instead of from a certain color to white?
I'm illustrating a radio button element. When unticked I want the element to be perceived as being "descended" into the page, with a inner shadow at the top and a inner glow at the bottom. The inner shadow does what I want to, adding a slight shadow in the top of the element, right beneath its border. The glow however is applied to the entire edge of the element, this is not what I want. As with the shadow only being in the top I want the glow to only be at the bottom. How do I achieve this the easiest way, can it be done in the same effects step (without having to rasterize or make new selections in the layer)? Edit: I've found that I can specify a inner glow in the bottom at the same time as I specify the inner shadow using the Brevel & Emboss effect. Then I could turn the shadow from B&E down to 0% opacity and only use the glow. It works, but it's not as "fool proof" as the drop shadow effect since you specify the angle in two dimensions in B&E whereas in drop shadow you only specify the angle in one dimension.
Hey i dont ussually work with photoshop, but i have many layers that i need make as PNG. I run that script, uncheck "visible layers only". And what i see in output folder is very weird. Its total mess. In one png image are two layers, sometimes one layer repeats many times and so on... And it never outputs so many files as it should. I have normal PSD file with ~30 layers and weights under 10MBs What could be a problem and maybe there is some workaround ??
I recently quite repetitively encounter the same problem - the fonts in photoshop don't look even close to the fonts embedded onto the websites. Obviously - it's mostly about external, 3rd party fonts, because for Helvetica, Arial, etc. I get quite good results. Most troublesome are thin and tall fonts, although this issue occurs also with regular fonts if used in sizes lower than 16px (no idea why so often there's a magical border at 16px since when stuff starts to look great everywhere). Here we've got an example of SkarpaLT font at 14px #000000 - on a left you can see it embedded using @font-face onto a website as it is rendered in Firefox on Windows 7. On a right you can see the exact same font in exact same color and size as it appears in photoshop using different anti-alias settings: As you see - the difference is quite gigantic. In Firefox: Whole font is by far thicker, seems like in photoshop it's light version, while in firefox it's regular Anti-aliasing is very weird, on some letters (eg. O) it almost doesn't exist, on other it's fine A is oddly short comparing to the other letters O isn't round As you can see - I tried messing with photoshop settings, but so far I never managed to pull out the results that are close to the Firefox. I also made few attempts with changing text in Firefox to make it look closer to what the Photoshop renders, but I got nowhere. Therefore two-part question: Is there any way designer can predict when font won't behave nicely in web browser, even if it looks fine in FireFox? How to either render fonts in photoshop in a way that's closer to a web browser, or force web browser to render fonts in a way that's closer to the photoshop? Or a long story short: How to design a websites using unconventional, thin fonts that will look good in a web browser? [edit:] Solution highlight: Seems like the only good solution is font dragr which allows testing of the fonts in a web browser to actually see if they don't produce any weird artefacts. Nothing much other than that can be done. On a side of the designs this action can be used to create subpixel anti-aliasing in Photoshop. It'll make fonts sharper and similar to what you get in a browser. Only issue is that it creates 3 text layers, so it needs to be applied after all of the text editing is done.
What do you call these simple, basic types of graphic elements that are used in infographic commercials, and the like? They are vector based, look like pixel art, but have smooth edges, and are icon-like but not icons. The example below is only a pallet of assets used in the short animated film Japan: The Strange Country. Anyone know what one might call these? Here's an example:
I've noticed that, when talking about accessibility, guidelines and articles often refer to web design, but only in rare occasions I've seen graphic design (print in particular) being targeted as well. What are some good guidelines to consider when designing for people with different impairments?
I find Frank & Oak's font simple and beautiful. Could someone please tell me what font this is?
The zipped PSD file that automatically downloads when you click this link (350 Perfect Icons -- brankic1979) consists of a high number of beautiful icon elements that were originally masked in photoshop. I want to be able to import vector files into After Effects eventually. The vector information IS in the PS file as a path, but importing from PS into AE will not retain vector functionality. So here's where I ended up: I opened the file in Illustrator. Created Objects From Layers from the box that popped up. I went through each layer and deleted the background of the mask. Now I'm left with the shape object paths, but each object/group is in a separate layer. When I select all, and try to apply a swatch, not only does it not work, but if I have some objects colored, they will lose that color, and go back to empty. SOMETHING is working, but in an "inverted" way, maybe? How can I fill in all these empty shapes on different layers with one color, all at once?
I am a beginner to indesign and can't work out why when I print my document onto an A4 sheet my background colour won't go to the edge of the page. My document when printed has an uneven white border (thicker at the bottom and thin on the sides and top). Even when I choose the print option (borderless A4) it still has an inch thick white border at the bottom. I don't mind if there is a border, I just want it even on all 4 sides or not one at all.
I am looking to create some graphics or logos that look and feel very much like that thicker colored construction paper in photoshop or illustrator cs6 Example here: http://dribbble.com/shots/908746-EOY-2012-Hot-Springs?list=users and here : http://dribbble.com/shots/133424-Marina?list=users Any thoughts here?
I'd like to arrange a few images like the following arrangement: Could someone guide me on how to do this in Photoshop? I am not sure whether it's related to perspective but I am not trying to achieve the look as in this thread i.e. the left side is shorter than the right side (and vice versa).
I use Radial Gradient in Inkscape. PROBLEM: Color at center of radiant is much darker than defined stop color, as shown by red arrow: How comes? How can I make the color at the center to be the one I want? I thought it was just fading too fast, so I added an intermediate stop with the same color, but as you can see it is really a different color.
Sometimes I want to quickly use a color that I see on a picture, website or program. I usually take a screenshot then open it in Gimp and use the "Color Picker" tool. Is there another way to do this in Gimp, without the screenshot step? Or is it a bad idea to begin with? I am on Linux, but I would appreciate a method that works on all platforms where GIMP is available.
Is there a simple way to create a 3D looking cardboard box to show off what some packaging might look like. Photoshop solutions would be helpful. I would like to be able to change the images on the sides.
I am trying to create the same infinity symbol like in this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFjBsVLZyhA I know how to use the width tool, but I don't know to create that path that the presenter of that video has already created in that document of Illustrator CS6. How to create the path for the infinity symbol shown in the video? EDIT: After following the steps in @Bart Arondson answer, this is my result. By the way, I am using Adobe Caslon Pro font.
For the last few years I've been lazy and suffering through a poorly managed workspace in all these programs. It all started when I upgraded to the Mac versions instead of the Windows versions I had on an old laptop. On Windows, the preferences came pretty much where I wanted but on Mac I don't know how to change these things. I've scoured the Internets and haven't found anything useful concerning these issues. 1) How do you stop floating all windows and lock everything to the sides of the content pane? On Windows this is out of the box but on Mac everything is floating and I can't figure out how to change it. This occurs in all programs and it's very annoying to have the scroll bar hidden under an open panel. 2) How to change the save as preferences for Ai? Whenever I use this option, it never remembers my last location and always takes me to root. Very annoying when I have a deep directory somewhere and need to save several versions or different images there. 3) How to organize the file open/save as browser in Ai? In Ps, I can arrange the files displayed according to kind, date, etc. In Ai I can't and it's a jumbled mess every time I try to open or save anything. 4) In PS and FW, how do you get more canvas real estate? I have to work at a very close zoom sometimes and if I'm working near the bottom of the document I can't get it to the center of the screen because it won't let me go below the canvas. In Ai, I can move the canvas to the center where it is more comfortable for me to work with. I can't do this with the other programs and it's flush with the bottom of the screen. Very annoying. Thanks for the help.
I want to identify this font in the safehost.net logo. Can anyone assist please?
I often get designs from our artists which contain large complicated images that can be turned into a background-color, some tiling, and overlaid smaller images. The problem is, doing this often takes quite a while and adds complexity to the html structure. How should I decide wether it is worth doing? For example, the following is a button / mouseover: All the buttons in an atlas take up a whopping 232kb. I can get this down to 40kb by using a background color and overlaying the following: top gradient (horizontal) bottom gradient (vertical) text photo outline glow for mouse over But then instead of 1 html element the button would take up several. In addition, I would have to spend several more hours to cut everything out and do the html/css. So, as a new web developer, are there any guidelines for when to split images up vs just using the whole thing? Based on size/difference, time taken, and additional DOM complexity added? In this specific case, at least extracting the glow seems like an obvious decision, as it only adds one element and halves the number of images. I'm fairly new to web development from non-web programming and may be wrong, but 200+ kb seems massive for just some of the art assets.
I just installed Photoshop CS6 for the first time (after coming from CS5). I tried taking a screenshot of a website I like to sample the blue color in the screenshot, but as soon as I paste it in Photoshop the colors become extremely dull. I've included the website behind the screenshot in photoshop so you can see how terribly different the blues look. My settings are completely stock, RGB 8 bit. I'm not used to having to mess with color profiles just to get a screenshot to look okay in PS. Does anybody have some insight for me? Greatly appreciated!
I designed a vector in Adobe Illustrator CS6, but when saved as an .eps file, white vertical lines appear in my gradient. image http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/772/28292306.png What is happening? I've tried rasterizing the vector at 300 PPI with anti-aliasing, but the edges look jagged (but I really want to keep it as a vector anyway) Does anyone have any idea what I could do? Additional info: The lines appear when I place the .eps file into Photoshop. When I open it in Illustrator though, it is as smooth as a baby's behind. I saved it in Illustrator EPS CS6.
I'm receiving a mysterious error when printing a .PDF. The exact message it prints out (wrong linebreaks) is: ERROR: undefinedresult OFFENDING COMMAND: itransform STACK: 2380.1 3366.1 I've already accepted the error and offending command specifications are too general to be of any help. What I'm wondering about is the STACK details. What is it? Could it give any help whatsoever?
I've been using the same set of photographic portraits in my mockups for a long time, and I'm looking for a more extensive set of square, male and female avatars/photos (portraits). What are good sets to use?
I am working on a trademark that utilizes a leaf. I translated the leaf into a vector shape but need to remove all of the jagged edges and make it smooth. Any suggestions?
I'm starting my education in Graphic Design soon (once I finish my current degree) and I'm pretty much immersed myself information in preparation including textbooks that I will be using and websites (like this one) to improve my knowlege base. I also work at a retail store where I do graphic design on a daily basis in the print shop. Which has helped me in figuing out what I can and can't do and how long it takes me to complete a task. The one hurdle that I'm facing right now is the ability for me to come up with layouts for designs and to be able to visualize compositions. I know that most of this will come with practice, my friends who have completed thier degrees have said that layout and composition are pretty straight forward and there are plenty of resources to learn or get inspired on how to layout graphics. What are some of these resources? There are no books that I can find at my local library or Barney Nobo as thier graphic arts/design sections are very limiting. I have purchased the Layout Index, but I find the book really....dated. I can kind of see what they are trying to do with the book, but all of the layouts that are in the book don't really inspire me. Are there better places that explain layout? Perhaps mathematically? I do really well with math. I also ask for print media specifically because there's already a good question asked about web layout.
Does anyone know of any font families that 6, 9, 8, 0 look exactly the same upside down as right side up? The 6 upside down would look like 9 and vice-verse. Thanks!
I want to make a "deal" or "hot" sticker that is effectively a glossy-looking circle with spikey edges and some text inside like "Great Deal!". I'm not very skilled at Photoshop, so specifically: How can I make the circle have spikey edges? How can I give it a glossy finish? Is there anything else I should do for the sticker effect?
I'm a logo designer, and I'm working in a company. As a result of I'm an employee all typefaces are available for free to be used in my work and licensed to my company. Recently I'm working as a freelancer, and I need a lot of typefaces to create several logos. I need a site that can allow me to purchase a bulk of typefaces (100 or more) for commercial purposes, for a good price.
I have indesign cs6 and a table with 2 rows and 5 cols and some horizontal and vertical merges. If I try to define the cell style from the cell style menu I cannot set the inner strokes. Because of this I do in this way: Create the table like I've said before Select the 2 rows and it will appear a box divided in 4 parts with inner edges. Here I select the inner edges and set some way Then the outter edges and set another way I click on the cell style while selecting the cells and I click "Redefine style" After sometime it appears a + after the name style, and I cannot click the "Redefine style" again. Don't know why... This is the first problem. Now I also have another table with cells styled this way and keeps a border to the right that wasn't supposed to be there. Do you know anyway to work clearly with cells and border and don't get the + after the style without changing anything...? thanks (:
I need to make a logo for an old age home, but I've had trouble selecting a font. It needs to be friendly, but not too cartoony. Does anyone have a good font idea? This is the logo (it is WIP, and my first Logo :( ) Logo concept http://i.imagebanana.com/img/5answqdr/senioren.jpg
I was wondering when you create a typeface do you stick to specific widths and proportions for certain letters. If so how do you got about this other than all b/d/p/q etc widths being the same how would you go about this.
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I dont have an artistic background, so when I start school soon, I don't really know what I'm going to need and what I'm not going to need. I'm trying to prepare as much as I can before starting and get some supplies I will need while I have the money to do so right now. For those that have gone to school for graphic design, what are some tools that I will undoubtedly need? And when I say tools, I'm not talking software or skill sets, I'm talking more along the lines of craft supplies. If you've graduated or are currently in school, what supplies did/do you need when starting out?
How many colours at once can one pixel contain? Is there a tool that can represent this pixel in a form of HTML colour codes? (And if there are many colours in this pixel, can this tool show the order of how colours are distributed all over the pixel - it's like 4 colours in a pixel and it says that colour #NNNNNN is placed first on the left, then second is on the right and so on - or in any other explanation)*
I am attempting to create beautiful hi-res graphics for Android notifications, but am running into some issues. In Jelly Bean, there is a new place for large icons (see the notification design guidelines here) on the left side of the notification banner (see below #2 Large icon): All of the stock Android icons are beautiful and hi-res, but unfortunately the icons I have been creating in illustrator/photoshop do not look as crisp on the hi-res display. My files are 96 x 96px, but I am concerned that this isn't the right size for hi-res icons, and I haven't found any good info anywhere regarding the best sizing for these. Any help is greatly appreciated!
I have a client who is pushing the use of very literal imagery for her website: waving hands for success, a finishing line for the end of a process, and so on. We're trying to make more use of indirect imagery, partly to support the brand but also to encourage deeper engagement. Is there any research available to show the relative merits of both approaches?
In my recent project, playing with responsive web design, I've noticed that ampersand in my text landed at the beginning of a line with certain page widths. I personally find it a bit ugly... I can put a non-breaking space between the word and ampersand to fix this. Is there a typographic rule about ampersand placement with regards to beginning and end of line?
I spend a fair amount of time drawing diagrams of software architecture which usually consist of variations on boxes connected with arrows. Whilst these diagrams convey the relevant information, they often leave much to be desired from the perspective of aesthetics. Some examples of software architecture diagrams which demonstrate this: http://applicationarchitecture.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/f0039-component-diagram-complete-component-model.png http://applicationarchitecture.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/f0022-sample-network-diagram.png I've trawled through hundreds of infographics to find inspiration but most tend to consist of discrete visual elements related only by the overall concept and gestalt principles. The few that contain arrows to depict some kind of flow tend to be much simpler than my needs. The one (non-software) example I have found (http://visual.ly/house-democrats-health-plan-flow-chart) suffers (perhaps deliberately to demonstrate complexity) from a lot of the same problems as the above... Are there any examples out there of aesthetically pleasing software architecture diagrams, or at least infographics which show complex process flows which would be useful inspiration?
I have an Illustrator document, which has a text field with a number. How do I print X copies of it, so each copy has a different sequential number on it, say from 0000 to X ?
I have a list [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] and in the paragraph style is set that the number [1, 2, 3, 4...] is of character style A. Now I set a variable for the character style A and it doesn't show up the number as expected. If I set some text with the character style A it works as expected. The problem is only when the character style is in a list number.... I've found: "The Running Header (Character Style)" variable will only find a character style that has been applied manually or is part of a standard nested style. It will not detect character styles that are part of a nested line style, GREP style, or any character style used to style the numbers in a numbered list." Anyway to workaround this issue? The objective of all of this is the following: Each chapter has a letter and each chapter has various sub-chapters, that I think are named sections, which looks like this G1, where the G is the chapter and 1 is the section... Then there are the pages that starts at each section so: G1 1, G1 2, G1 3, G2 1, G2 2...
Can anyone identify this font? I've tried on identifont and on WhatTheFont but I can't find anything. It's the slanted 'e' and the ampersand that really stump me.
I came across these business cards on a blog, what i cant work out is how did they manage to print the cards with such a fine hairline white board close to the edge. Normaly when you'd print something like this you'd spec a bleed and the idea of that is that the bleed will get cut off, but because they are cut on mass the cut mark can differ up to a couple of a mill from card to card. How did they manage to do this while leaving such a fine, and also even border all around the card ? I could image doing this were you'd spec a white border to the bleed and it would come back with the white on only 2 sides out of the 4..
Fontshop.com used to have (at least I think it was them) a index of typefaces that you could use visual / structural specifics to search through their library of typefaces. It gave options for things like letter width, stroke thickness, serif or sans-serif, axis, among others. After entering in all the information it would show you a list of all the typefaces that fit within the specified parameters. Does anyone know what that was called? Does it still exist? Where can I find it? Is there a similar utility somewhere else? Addendum: The Type Navigator is exactly it. Thanks, and I had forgotten about Identifont and you are right it is not specifically what I wanted. It may serve my purposes. I am not good with names of typefaces and so being able to use characteristics such as uniform stroke-width and the style of the "g", geometic, and all the other things that Type Navigator allowed you to search for. Identifont has many similar things but it misses some things that I consider key. If anyone has any other suggestions for a tool similar to Type Navigator or Identifont please let me know somehow. Thank you.
I'm using FontCreator 6.5 professional. I have two fonts in the same family, and in "naming" I've given them the same Font Family Name, and in Subfamily one is called Regular and the other is called Italic. But when I drag the two .ttf files to the Fonts folder in windows, only the Italic one is listed, and they aren't combining. But if I delete the Italic version from Fonts, all of the sudden the Regular shows up. I've checked in FontCreator and they each have a Unique Font Identifier. What can I do to get Windows to see them as two versions of the same font?
I'm trying to create a business card template for my work and I wanted to add text to the file giving instructions on how to use the template. How do I create text that won't print once the file is ready?
My sad story In the much maligned post-CS3 smart guides, there are some known problems. This Adobe forums thread is a good example. That was all very helpful but my problem is a little different. I primarily use the Construction Guides feature and I often enter some odd ball numbers that I've derived from one geometry or another (like the example here). A very basic example is if I want to use 30° angles, like so: Notice that I turn those pesky Alignment Guides off -- it's a matter of preference. In the new system (post-CS3), I have to hold command to make my Construction Guides show up. Dumb UX, but I'm a big boy, I can handle it. My trouble is, the angles don't always show up. In fact, when this happens I'm often completely unable to revive them without a restart of Illy. On the other hand, the alignment counterparts are always happy to turn on ... even though I don't want them. There are other times when I do get Construction Guides but only for 45° angles, regardless of what I change them to. They act more like their alignment counterparts but without the spastic guessing lighting up my screen. In both cases, a restart of Illustrator usually corrects things. But this happens a lot. And those silly Alignment Guides are always happy to pop to life. Getting to the point Can anyone confirm that this is a bug, or my system is messed up, or I'm just not qualified to use this fancy new software? I do so love jumping back to CS3 when I need truly Smart Guides. I'm on Illustrator CS5 v15.1.0 running in Mac OS X 10.7.3.
Here's a basic list of what I did to the document before I sat down at the computer tonight: Customized a gradient Applied the gradient to the image in the usual way (mouse stroke), in its own layer Saved the file (as a .psd) Now, it is sometime later. I'm opening it up on a different computer and what I'm trying to do is edit the way that gradient appears on the photo. I tried selecting the layer with the gradient in it and then selecting the gradient tool to attempt to edit it, but the gradient tool does not show me the current gradient (what with all my customizations), as I would have expected. I'm trying to avoid re-creating this gradient again from scratch since all I really want to do is change the color and orientation slightly. It's not the most complicated of gradients, but starting over would lead to me spending an hour tweaking things to get them just right again. I've got other things to work so, in the meantime, I thought I'd see if any of you guys knew what to do.
I am trying to resize my logo for the web but so far I have not been seeing the result that I want to. It was in a vector format first (AI) and then it was converted to PSD. I then used the image resize option to resize it. This is how my logo looks in Photoshop: This is how my logo looks on my website when I remove the background and place it on my website It seems a bit pixelated. It does not have the sharp and crispy look I would expect it to have. I am wondering if there is a way to preserve the crispy sharp look of the logo even at that small size.
I am a programmer and have recently started playing with Photoshop in my spare time. Ideally, I prefer to create components using HTML/CSS only, but there are times when it is not possible. In this Toolbar PSD Comp, many of the effects are convertible to CSS3, but there are a couple of Bevel/Emboss effects as well as an Outer Glow that cannot be converted to CSS3. In such cases, usually the PSD is sliced into smaller pieces that can be combined back together in HTML/CSS to create the component. How would you slice this comp?
I'd like to add textual notes to a Photoshop file, like the notes you can write when preparing a power point, not seen by the end user but only by the presenter. I need to add quick notes about the layers, instead of having to flesh the whole idea or forget what it was all about. Is this possible?
I'm experimenting with "green screen" techniques to remove the background around a test subject. The test shots were taken in front of a bright green background in moderate to bright lighting conditions. I am using the GIMP "select by color" to try to select and remove the green background. The issue that I am seeing is that there seems to be a greenish fuzz or color spill around everyone in the photo. The range of brightness is quite wide, so I'm finding I have to select many times in an attempt to get rid of this. Worse still, I am having trouble removing this spill at all when it interacts with light colored hair. When I try to select some of the green, it starts selecting significant portions of the picture that I want to keep, mainly hair. Is there a way to deal with this problem, or am I doing something wrong?
I need a free PDF file editor, where i can easily add or delete something inside a PDF file. I have searched a lot on Google but can't find any good software for this purpose. If you know of one, please tell me.
I've been trying to convert the font M+ 2p with fontsquirrel, and I have searched their website about the converter's limitations, but, no matter what I do, it seems their converter hangs on 0% conversion progress for this particular font. Is there any other tool, similar to fontsquirrel, that I can use to convert these? If possible, with similar font optimizations... Thanks in advance. This font is free and available at http://mplus-fonts.sourceforge.jp/mplus-outline-fonts/download/index-en.html.
I'm playing with a logo and I'd like to be able to use the font outlines to create the basic symbol. For example, I'm trying to create new leaf utilizing a slab serif font. What is the best way to approach this problem?
How can I make my vector graphics anti-aliased in illustrator? My paths always turn out jagged. Is there an option like in Adobe Fireworks to smoothen[remove the jaged edges] my paths?
I have a peculiar design for a web page that I have to implement from an already made design, and some of the text wrappings are filled bottom-up (in my case it's for bottom-left aligned thin text inside colored square tiles, looks better than it sounds). That is, in a block of text that wraps across multiple lines, the bottom line is filled first (horizontally), so that any remaining horizontal space after wrapping is left for the first line. Is this a known kind of text wrapping and how could I implement it in a web page without manually adding line-breaks in the source text? Or could you at least name that "feature" so that I could google it? Edit: For example, in the text "Here be the link" if there is not enough room on one line then the line should be rendered as "Here \n be the link" instead of the standard "Here be the \n link", where "\n" is a line break.
Sometimes I need to save the Photoshop files i'm working on as .pdf, but there is a huge problem with the .pdf export on my computer. For example here is a brochure design draft. It looks great in Photoshop: When i export the .psd to .pdf (with the Save as... command), the result looks like this: The rasterized image layers are OK, but the vector objects (logo) and the texts... horrible. Has anyone met this problem?
For branding matters, I need to use tahoma as a display font (for all headlines). I know, I know, it's a body text font meant only for screens: I don't really have a choice there. I am having a hard time finding a body font to pair it with. Even though tahoma is a sans-serif font, it has this slabbish look I find it hard to deal with. I have tried a number of combinations already, but none satisfied me. I thought maybe your sharp-eyed experts can suggest me some. No need for a screenshot, just a bunch of font names will be more than helpful. Thank you. PS: I realize this is not like most of the questions we get here. If you think I should rephrase it or know how to improve it, please let me know.
Looked it up on The Cow, but the answer was very vague so I'm probably not doing it right: I have about 200 icons I want to randomly disperse amongst the comp and have move organically. How can I use particular to have the particles use multiple sources / layers / sprites, so we can see all of the icons using only one emitter? Thanks!
In Adobe InDesign, I have placed a pink image that I brought in from Photoshop. The below screenshot is how the pink looks like in Mac Preview (I'm on Mountain Lion). I wanted to add some lines to that background, so I whipped something up in Illustrator. The result was as I expected: But then I decided to turn down the opacity of the stripes. All of a sudden, the exported PDF has a much darker and subdued pink background: I then removed the transparency effect, and the bright pink came right back. I later found that if I applied any effect to an element on top of my pink background, the pink changes from "bright pink" to "dark pink". Why is this the case? I don't know if this is related, but in InDesign, the pink is dark as well. When I export it as a PDF, however, the bright pink comes back (and looks the same as in the PSD file). Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated!
I am trying to adjust colors after I apply a 3D effect (say extrude & bevel) in Adobe Illustrator (I tried in CS2 and CS5) but even if I make the object's color white it turns into fairly dark gray after the effect; I cannot make it lighter. I tried to play with shading but no luck. I understand there should be shading and color change to show the 3D effect but the change is quite extreme. Can anybody give me suggestions on how to preserve the colors with 3D effect in Illustrator?
I've been happily employed for awhile now, so I've not kept up on various trends and changes in the online portfolio field. I would like to remedy this knowledge gap. I can do a search for "best online portfolio sites" but a search like that is a little tainted by people who want you to buy their solution. If you've made a portfolio site for yourself or a client, what are you using? It seems to me that you can use a service like Behance (but are there other services that are equal or better in terms of features, ease of use, ads, etc.?), adapt a theme to a blog/CMS WordPress or Tumblr, or build something from scratch. If it's necessary to narrow the scope of the question a bit, I'd say that the ideal portfolio site looks modern but not trendy, has a great user experience, and is easy to update. Preferably, it can be self-hosted, unless people have found that going on a dedicated social network is better. It'd be interesting to hear answers from graphic designers who don't code a lot as well as web designers who do it for a living.
I have a text variable for paragraph style A. The book is like this: ch1_00, ch1_01, ch1_02. ch1_00 contains the chapter cover, and I want to put here the text variable based on the words contained in the ch1_00 document. All those documents are contained in a book. So I would like to get the variable to work in the ch1_01, ch1_02 too. How can I do this?
I've seen this tutorial http://philippaberrysmith.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/how-to-get-page-numbering-to-start-where-you-want-it-in-indesign-cs5/ but after turning off the page shuffle option when I try to insert a page between 2 sections strange things occures such as adding a third page to a 2-page spread or adding the new spread but the page is on the right instead of left thanks for help (:
Is there a way (a setting or a shortcut) in InDesign to reset a character style to None after the end of a paragraph? Paragraph styles have the option for Next Style, but this does not apply to character styling. Currently I'm using Quick Apply (ctrl+return+None) after each paragraph to reset the character style, but it is very time consuming if you have many lines with two or more different character styles. NOTE: I'm using character styling because as far as I know you cannot have two different paragraph styles on the same line. See screenshot below for use example.

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