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I want to create a web page mockup to show a client, does Photoshop elements allow you to create layered pages?
I have a client that requires me to submit at least a homepage of my proposed website design. However, I just recently known that he already contacted some other freelancers who incidentally are my known friends. They did the same but after that they are not contacted anymore. So my thoughts are, maybe this client just wish to compile every design then might give it to a cheaper freelancer. Do you think I need a NDA to protect my design?
as you can see in image the rectangle has this boxy look, I was trying to get same look on my play button, but it always turned out wrong, can anyone please edit the image and give that play button same boxy look? or at least reference somewhere where it show's how its done.
I want to display a text over a video. However, the video may include any color from white to black. What is the best text effect (color/stroke/shadow/glow ... etc) that can be applied on the text so that it will be very clear on any background color.
Assuming that there are no restrictions like the ratio of a screen; what is an eye pleasing ratio for presentation slides and handouts (containing information about the presentation)? Is it something to consider or negligible? Can it be generalized?
I am about to hire a Graphic Designer to help my Web-design company. Besides for designing websites, she will be making Logos and Advertisments. Now, she tells me that it is standard practice for her to retian the Adobe files used to create images and photos. She is happy that I should own the finished jpgs and such but she is reluctant to give me the Adobe files to play with myself. This bothers me because sometimes for web design I want to change something myself and that wont be possible because I wont have access to the Adobe psd's etc. Secondly, will my clients not expect to get the Adobe files along with the Logo and Ad? What is the standard practice with this thing?
I have been researching about graphic design trends and its evolution. Can someone please suggest a particular book or website about this subject?
The problem is that when I'm using small enough brush, it seems I can't have anything else than a crosshair. For example, if I'm using brush of size 4px and I'm in 25% zoom. Nothing wrong with crosshairs, but when I'm outlining fine details while zoomed out to get the proportions right the crosshair kind of blocks the part of the image I'm most interested in: the part where I'm drawing (so I guess theres "something" wrong with crosshairs after all..) CapsLock, funny enough, will change the crosshair.. into another type of crosshair. Ha ha, Adobe, good one. Almost good enough to make me angry. I have both; "Show Crosshair in Brush Tip" and "Show Only Crosshair While Painting" unchecked. When painting/drawing with Photoshop I've always liked the "Full Size Brush Tip" the best. Normal Brush Tip is fine as well, and the crosshair works only when the brush is actually bigger than whats shown on the screen. This has been a problem for long while, so if a solution would take rise, it would be highly appreciated! Thank you.
I'm a newbie in the freelancer world. I started creating logos and business cards and I show it to my customers. Well, I always face a problem how to present my work in a professional and a nice way. I need to know how to do a prototype print of a business card. Same as the image here, please tell me all the details I need to present it same as the image, I don't mean the work of the business card, I'm asking about the presentation itself.
My gradient tool on Illustrator cs6 is blocked. It won't let me change color, direction or anything related. The Gradient tool wont even let me click on the gradient, it shows the cursor with a blocked sign(circle and a diagonal line inside of it). Seems very trivial a problem but I can't get to fix it. Did google the issue but to no avail. Please do help.
There is something similar to Microsft Word Text Styles, in Adobe InDesign and Illustrator? For example I choose: "Style 1", for many paragraphs, and then I can change the font of all of them at once?
Everytime I open an image in photoshop, it locks the image. Its slightly annoying and wonder if there is an option to prevent this Thanks for the help
When I add a new column to a table in InDesign CS6 and I click into a new created cell it has a + in the style name. When I hover over the style it shows: "Overrides(alt+click to clear): (align: flush left)". This means that the new cell is aligned left instead of maintaining the original style, which is center aligned. Why is this happening and how can I fix it? thanks (:
I've been battling this question for a while now. It will sound very trivial I'm sure to an experienced Illustrator user but I've found it extremely hard finding any relevant info regarding it. All info I find about how to use the gradient tool is regarding either shapes or text and it can't be applied to my problem. See in the image below to see the boiled down version of my problem. What I have is an ellipse shape and a path inside that ellipse. The path combined with the shape creates an area. Now, I want to add a gradient to that area, without having to close the endpoints of the path. How would I go about doing this?
I wonder if there is a way to ask photoshop to save for web and devices using the default options, and save two or tree mouse clicks each time.
I couldn't find any simple resource saying how to make Adobe Indesign tables of contents interactive, so that each item in the electronic version of the exported PDF is a live hyperlink / cross reference that jumps straight to the appropriate page.
I'm an amateur graphic designer, however I do know the importance of presentation in any product or service. I was wondering if there are any preset Indesign templates or rules of thumb on how to present logo concepts, including color palette and some identity design.
I was reading The Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin Williams and was very impressed how on almost every page, Ms. Williams seems to "pull out" some beautiful typeface which I've never heard of. I'm not a design professional, but this got me wondering: Where do professional designers find their typefaces? Any books you can buy with nothing but type samples? Certain websites which are commonly used by "the pros"?
I'm really more of a Photoshop person--so I know exactly how to do this technique in Photoshop but can't for the life of me figure it out in Illustrator! Here's what I'm trying to do. I have multiple paths that form a compass design. I have now drawn a rectangular shape over the compass and would like to use a "soft light" blending mode on it so that it can give the appearance of highlights on the compass below. This is my problem: the soft light layer needs to act like a clipping mask; It should only be applying "soft light" to the compass. I can't figure out how to do that. Let me know if any additional clarification would help. Thanks!
I'm currently using Photoshop CS6, and I have an image with three layers: One layer is the background layer. Another layer is a simple shape (star) layer. And a third layer is a set of text that I imported from Adobe Illustrator into the picture. What I would like to do is break apart the smart object layer (two words) and spread it out (and mark that as a keyframe). Then bring it back together in another. (second keyframe) Here's the problem: I created two frames in the timelime feature by duplicating the frame. I selected one frame and double clicked on the smart object in the layer browser. I made the adjustment to the word object in Illustrator and save. I went back to Photoshop and now BOTH frames are now adjust to how I don't want it to be. Am I doing something wrong?
I know how to run a batch resize based on fixed width, height, or percentage... but what if I have a number of photos of all different sizes and shapes and I want them to be roughly the same size visually? I am using photoshop, but could try fireworks or some other thing, but hopefully nothing too complex. I guess this would mean the same number of pixels in each image (as in the example image), but there may be a better ways of determining. Max-height and max-width constraints on a percentage resize would probably suffice here as well.
I have a number of images that have all the same background but each has different text overlaid (they are covers of a magazine journal). I don't have access to the background image, but I know that I can create a composite of the covers and get the background that way. I can do this manually with a photo-editing program by moving from layer to layer but I'm wondering if there's a tool or filter that automates this (ideally one I can use in Gimp, since I don't have Photoshop).
Sometimes shapes would have parameters like a stoke or rounded corners, but once the shape is drawn, I can't find how to see or change these parameters. Ideas?
How to make to tables in InDesign to flow horizontally (in other words be side-by-side and not one after the other like normally happens)? I would need to put 2 tables like this: |----| |----| | | | | |----| |----| Instead of: |----| | | |----| |----| | | |----| I intend to maintain the header cells on both pages (when it breaks). I also intend to export the data at some point, so table nesting is not desirable. How to do it without an extra table? thanks a lot!
Consider there is a website full of text, and someone asks you to design a poster from it. Which methods do you suggest for designing this poster? Update: the website is "Semantic Version Specification" (semver.org) . i should design a poster from it.
This feels more like a Super User question than Graphic Design, but I figure someone here will be more likely to know the answer. Using InDesign 5, I have a "book" collection that I use to keep a bunch of files in one place. Apparently at some point I opened up and modified two of the files apart from the book file, yielding this little warning: My question is, how do I get rid of the warning, short of removing the file from the book and reinserting it? I figured there has to be a better way. I would have assumed that opening the file from the book, editing, and saving would have reset it, but that hasn't been the case.
When I create a 2D text, its really unsharp. Doyou guys might know what to do? p.s I mean the 'ripples' around the text. High res image: http://gyazo.com/1a80c0ed88b1d54098279af4985ec060 Lower res preview:
What I'm trying to do is change the color of the following image to something around #21190E. I've tried using the Hue/Saturation, Color Replacer, etc. tools, but none worked well. Do I change the current color to another so that I can get the results I want? .
I've had this issue with Photoshop where some dark blues are displayed in black on Photoshop if I'm in RGB mode and selecting dedicated graphics in the performance preferences. If I don't select dedicated graphics or change to CMYK the issue gets fixed although I would like to be able to work in RGB mode and have the dedicated graphics on. What can I do?
I could probably figure out how to do one, but I have to do like, 30 of these and I want to learn how to make it quick and painless. My first thought was using Live Trace in Illustrator, but I'm not terribly good at that yet. Essentially I want streets to be in black (and at similar relative thickness) and the rest of the map to be white. A good answer can simply be a link to a tutorial that I haven't been able to find via a Google search (if the tutorial gives me the right information). I'm quite sure I'm leaving out some information you need to know, so please ask for clarification in comments. Preferred software is either Photoshop or Illustrator CS6. How can I create a stylised, outlined map?
This is well in the realm of "it doesn't really matter" or "whatever looks best", I know, but I was curious as to whether or not there was a generally accepted convention about this (or a well-supported opinion). Should the right padding/margin of a list more or less mirror what you do on the left side (first two bullet points below)? Or should it go all the way to the normal margin (second two bullet points)? I only ask because I was working with a document today where the bullet point ended up sticking out further than the paragraphs above and below due to now they were ragged, but I'm working with limited vertical space and don't want to take another line on this particular list item.
In this site I found one logo which might be made in Adobe Illustrator: It's a perfect 3D logo, how can this kind of logo be made with Illustrator?.
I need the following image turned into a pattern that would repeat in the y-axis only. How can I make it repeat smoothly (so it actually looks like it's a pattern)? Thanks!
I'm looking to record an action that will set guides in a 3x3, 5x5, 3x5 and 5x3 grid on my canvas in equal partitions, but I want it to be able to work for any document size. I'm interested in doing this in InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. Is there a way to do this? A script I can install?
I am a software developer and new at logo design. I want to make a logo for my application based on its name, but I prefer to not use Adobe Illustrator or similar tools. The ideal for me would be a site that I enter a word and choose from a list of decorations and let the site create a logo for me. Lets say like the old Word Art in Microsoft Word but a little more sophisticated. Do you have any ideas about?
I installed new photoshop, and working on iPhone and Android apps looks nice (for android at least on xhdpi and hdpi, mdpi and ldpi require zooming in) but when working on website layout i get frustrated to zoom in to 200% in order to see the page as it is online and see text all pixelated. Is there an way to render shapes and text as vector, to keep it sharp regardless of zoom level?
This is more of a handwritten or drawing style question. Lets say I draw letters. How do I make letters and numbers distinct? For example the number 0 has a line through it as well as 7. If I looked at letters l, capital I and 1 may look alike. How do I draw/write numbers and letters distinctly?
I typed my cv in a word processor. It is 2 pages long. I have also created a photoshop design using the A4 dimensions. I have noticed that not only do I need two pages but also it would help the design in the canvas was slightly bigger. Can you recommend me what canvas sizes are most appropriate for a photoshoped cv, and also how would I go about exporting two pages into pdf - do I create two photoshop files and somehow join them as one pdf?
Just so there is something concrete to discuss, say I have this color scheme: Source There are many articles about how to pick a coherent color scheme based on complementary colors, monochromatic colors, etc. However, once I have a set of colors, how do I decide which color to use for the header, which color to use for links, background or text? Even if I decide that I want a light on dark or dark on light scheme, putting the rest of the colors on screen can still make the site look ugly. Are there rules of thumb or general guidelines that help one decide which colors go where?
This is an area I always dislike when in the design process of a website. That being said I'm trying to be more efficient and I wanted to know when some use a sans serif or serif font how do you identify what the leading would be for each browser and design accordingly? Has anyone used or seen a calculation when using a 14px font height that will determine the leading?
How do you create squared big pixel texture like this in photoshop?
I got pretty simple example of site layout (link below), and i need to slice it. The problem is, when i have 2 images, or image and title overlapping, and when i try to make slices of both, i get one of the images cut into 3 or more parts. Which is not good. Is there a way to make slices overlap? So i get each image in one part?
Take a look on the image. I have a line with two segments (on the left). How to make smooth connection between them keeping one segment untouched (right side)? I know two methods but they are not so easy. I need a method that takes one or two actions. Update: It seems we need a plugin for this, as there is no good answer.
I'm setting up a workflow for working in a book with various chapters and I don't want the designers to change the styles in one document in the book. I just want to be able to change the styles in a master document. I know about the sync feature but is very poor, because I cannot delete a style. Also allows other documents to be the master, which is very bad in our case. What would be really nice would be a book to be linked to a styles library. SO you don't need any sync. Maybe a script could do that, I don't know.. Other alternatives?
I recently installed Adobe Photoshop CS6 and the guides option is not working. I need help. Also, I am new at Photoshop so a step-by-step tutorial will be appreciated. Here's a screenshot of the problem.
I am doing UI design for a group of programmers who are working on building music-related software. I have created .psd files for all of the mockups, graphics, etc. I was assuming they just needed the (many) images to put into the code, but they want me to use a GUI to spit out the necessary code. My question: Is there a GUI tool that can build VERY UNIQUE designs, and can spit out the mockups in code using MatLab or Java? -- Or should I just say no and give them the images to use in the code. (we are talking guitar-pedal knobs, EQ sliders, etc.)
I am creating a CV in Illustrator and exporting it to a PDF. I just read an article which stated that it is a good idea that we use hyperlinks in the CV so that the employer can just click and not have to copy the address. I like this idea, but I don't know how to add a hyperlink to text in Illustrator. Is it possible?
I need to create a master table of contents that incorporates two 100-page documents. Each document has its own table of contents. So, the master TOC would list both of the TOCs of the two documents as follows: Introduction Part One I. II. III. IV Part Two I. II. III. IV. Conclusion The problem I have is that ID doesn’t want to list as per above. Instead, it lays it out as follows: Introduction Part One I. II. III. IV. Part Two V. VI. VII. VIII. Any thoughts why it is renumbering them?
I can't figure out how to use the "paste into" tool, specifically to create what the image displays from this article. I'm selecting photo #1 from the target so that the border around the photo is orange, cutting it, selecting the second photo, which is a circle, clicking "paste into", which is supposed to make the image paste into the circle, but the image pastes on top of the circle. I am very new to this program and would appreciate step-by-step instructions.
I know you can select all text layers using 'select similar layers', but is it possible to limit that selection to just the layers within a group?
This has been puzzling me for a few days now, and I asked a graphic designer I knew before trying here and haven't been able to solve it yet. It's quite weird so please bear with me for a bit. I am using Adobe Illustrator to create a logo, and I have something that can potentially work. I have used only the pen tool with strokes (no fill), but the issue is, when I view the logo at 100%, it looks pixellated! I know vectors should not even be able to appear pixellated, but they are. Here is the screenshot from AI, without exporting to anything: That was just done using the snipping tool within Windows, and it's at 100% zoom. I have anti-aliasing turned on from Edit > Preferences > General, and the document resolution is at 300 ppi (I get the same result with 72 ppi). Could anyone help me with this? If relevant: Using CS6, and have a 24 inch Dell U2412M at 1920x1200 resolution. I do have a 21.6" Samsung at 1680x1050 and I get the same result there as well. Let me know if you need any other settings, or if you would like the file, I'd be happy to provide it to be able to solve this problem.
I am looking for a safe web font for chinese, similar to Facsimile font. The concept is old fashion arcade games.
I'm creating a logo design for a franchise I'm developing. To start it'll probably just be a webcomic, but eventually I'd like to take it commercially. I'd only use it in the logo, but I believe it still counts as commercial usage. Originally I went with a different font, but it was too hard to read. After looking around a while, I found a font called Kaneiwa: http://www.fontspace.com/family-font-mart/kaneiwa It looked impressive, and the site says its free to use commercially, so I figured it'd be fine. That's when I found this: http://www.dafont.com/kaneiwa-alp.font Unlike on font space, this one says free for PERSONAL use. I didn't think it was too big of a deal, though, I'd just contact the author and have him sort it out. Except that his email address is invalid, his website is gone, and I can't find any other method of communication. I've found this font listed all across the internet. Some sites say its free for personal use, others say its flat-out freeware. Does anyone know what it ACTUALLY is? I'd really like to use it, but I don't want to get into legal trouble by doing so. I haven't found another font that would make a good replacement yet. If anyone can help clarify this to me that would be great.
I want to export my images from Corel into InDesign. So I export it with a name that I want, but the problem is that when I export my image, Corel automatically adds a number sequence (eg. ...-1, ...-2, ...-3, etc.) and also creates two files with the EPS format. One of them does not have anything in it. How can I export my images with the name that I want? And how can I get rid of another file that Corel creates automatically?
I'm looking for fonts, available from Google Webfonts (ideally) or Typekit, that would look similar to Avenir Next Pro, specifically, Bold and Demi: Any similar-looking fonts, with good cross-browser rendering?
When handling multiple white-on-transparent png images, I am hindered by the fact that the thumbnails of these images are all-white. Both Adobe Bridge CS6 and Windows Explorer suffer the same problem, I can't discern between two of these pngs. Is there a way to make these thumbnails useful? Is there some setting I missed that allows changing the thumbnail background colour for a png -- now a deafult white?
Is there any way, aside from looking at the rulers and measuring by eyesight, to find the precise distance between one guide line and another?
I'm new at graphic design so any help would be very appreciated. Higher-up didn't provide that much info to work with, which is why it looks sparse, but I keep looking at it and feeling like it is missing something. It feels like there isn't something to focus your eye on for some reason. Is there anything that I am not seeing here, or should I just scrap this and start anew? Here is the poster: http://min.us/lKLagKkgJVGBY
I'm loading a .psd that's missing Helvetica and I'm trying to determine if any one of these fonts matches the original one used (I just installed a Helvetica font family pack). My choices in Photoshop now are: Helvetica Inserat LT Std Helvetica LT STD Helvetica Neue LT Com Helvetica Rounded LT Std Helvetica World I'm just looking for standard Helvetica. Are any of these them?
I'm looking for a database of font information, specifically limited to those found on Linotype. For example, given the typeface CRONOS, I'd like to be able to know if it is: (sans/slab) serif? monospaced? display? script? I can certainly look at a font by hand and decide this for myself, but I'd like a a database or tool out there that determines this. I've looked at the Linux program otfinfo but it does not give any of this information.
So I'm fairly new when it comes to working with images and creating different effects. But can anyone explain what effect is being applied to the conference logos in the following link? The middle of the logo is brighter and as you work your way outward, it gets darker. Are there any good tutorials to reference in to recreate this effect? I'll be mainly using Gimp for this.
I'm looking for an app that would allow me to simply view my PSD on my iphone as I'm creating it. Something like this exists for Mac (LiveView and Skala Preview), but I can't find anything similar for Windows. If nothing exists, what yould you recommend as a workflow to allow me to quickly view my psd's on my iphone as I'm creating them? (P.S. Remember when people use to complain about the limited software options for mac?)
How do I create the effect of a viewer looking at the interior of a flat parabolic surface that seems to stretch off into infinity? Please see the following image for an illustration of the idea. The best idea I had so far was to use the vanishing point tool in Photoshop with several perspective planes at different angles but that's not working. EDIT This is close to what I want:
On an 8" x 8" artboard, how do I evenly place 8 1" circles to make a circular grid? They should be overlapping by 1 pt.
Sometimes, when I'm trying to design something using a monochromatic color scheme, I want to make sure I get exact shades and tints of a specific color, but I don't know how I can do that because I can never seem to make the color picker move in a straight line when I'm dragging it around. Is there a way to do this in Illy, Photoshop or InDesign? What I'm looking for is to make it so the color picker is forced to only move along one of the red lines I've drawn: So I end up getting a perfect shade or perfect tint of the color that I've chosen.
I need to create a draw as you are drawing using a pencil and you fill it by using pencil. The effect should be like you are drawing using a pencil on fabriano paper or using ink, I need to fill the typefaces also in the same effect. Like the images
If I want to use images licensed under the creative commons cc-by-sa license, how do I have to share the derivative work in order to comply with the license of the original image? In particular, how is sharealike compatible with commercial use? If I use cc-by-sa images in a design that I want to print on a shirt and sell, it seems like that should be acceptable because the license does not prohibit commercial use -- However, how would I have to share the work? Is my design considered the only derivative work in this case, or would I have to consider that in printing a shirt, a new work is created which also must be licensed under the same license? If so, does this mean that the shirt cannot be sold?
I have a paragraph that looks like this: NN TitleA TitleB [alt-tab character to push to the right] [an image] Then in the paragraph style I set the first word, which is always a number to characterStyle A. After the first word I set the characterStyle B, which includes the TitleA TitleB [alt-tab character to push to the right] [an image] part. But this is not what I need. I need characterStyle B only for TitleA TitleB and characterStyle C to the [alt-tab character to push to the right] [an image] part.
As the title says what is the best way to take an existing sans serif font, such as Helvetica, and add a grunge effect to the text for die cut vinyl? I know it can be done manually but that tends to take time.
I have a document in InDesign and I need to start a section on the left side, but InDesign only allows me to do this if shuffling is set to manual. This means that if I need to add a page at the beginning of the document, I need to manually shift all the pages. Any better ideas? thanks
I don't work in graphic design, but currently I have a problem which could be suited for this site. I am looking for a software which allows to measure a 3D - curvature length. Just googling I found that Autodesk has a "measure arc" function which seems to be what I am looking for. Unfortunately, I can't access Autodesk, or other expensive software. To be more clear, I have a surface (currently in STL format, but I can have it in some other formats as well). I'd like to trace a line (possibly in 3D) along it and know the length of the line. The software I am using only allows to calculate distances (ie along straigth lines)
I did the following effect I did it using a circle with the required effect and a triangle with required effect, then I did object > clipping mask > make. After I did the effect, I did create outline for the text. Now every time I do direct selection tool (A) and I hover all around the text, I can see the circle and triangle which I already did to do the effect. My question How can I remove the triangle and circle and keep the text with the effect I did. Is it ok to leave it like that ?
Im not too good with html and graphics and usually just need to make fairly simple static pages. I was wondering if anyone knew of software that is similar to unbounce.com's WYSIWYG editor in terms of functionality and usability?
I had this debate with a colleague and we didn't see anything solid or something from a search that would answer this with certainty so I thought I would open it here. You are designing a website or app in Photoshop what is the preferred method for printing a proof for a client appointment in regards to getting the best color accuracy?
Is there a way to save an Illustrator file to a Tagged PDF file. I need to make the PDF 508 compliant and it would be faster if the conversion added the tags.
I've been using Inkscape to generate PNG's from various SVG files. This works fine for larger images, but for smaller images (like icons), bitmaps appear grainy and extremely anti-aliased at the edges. Is there a better tool - one that can generate crisp edges, even at low resolutions? Mac or Linux, freeware or commercial (hopefully not too commercial) would do.
I need to use GIMP instead of Photoshop, but I have a problem doing some things with transparency: I explain: I manipulate some tga files that have 4 channels, rgb and alpha. Using Photoshop I'm able to draw into the 4 channels independently, and the alpha is used like the other channel: here is a shot: If I try to open the same tga image (32 bits compressed) with gimp: you can see that the 3 channels rgb are masked with the alpha channel, and the image is uneditable... Any suggestions? Thanks
I tried to export my AI file from Illustrator (Save As..) as a PDF, but for some reason, the logo come out very badly. Editable PDF The exported file ends ups like this : http://d.pr/i/SySs ( I looked at the pdf on dropbox, and it looks fine. But for some strange reasons, in Preview it looks like the image above. It's pretty strange. )
Can anyone suggest 3D Face Expression Database which has basic expressions like happy, sad, surprise, anger, disgust, ... I am trying to simulate different expressions on a 2D face image. As a start, I am planning to create 3D face templates for each expression and apply texture mapping onto the data. --Thanks
I am not very familiar with graphic illustration. I want to create some underline samples like in this example, maybe a little more understated: I have no Photoshop and I can't find any good samples via google (since I don't even know an exact term which describes what I want). Are there any good samples around? Best would be in SVG format.
I'm teaching web development to beginners, and it would be useful to show them the basics in design, meaning using a graphic design package to come up with a layout, before turning it into code. To be clear, I want something for creating the "look and feel" of a page, not the layout. I don't mean prototyping tools. There was some confusion about this, and the meaning of my original question was changed, I just changed it back, half a day later. The html and css itself will be hand-written. I need something which is freely available, or really cheap. It can be a program designed for beginners, or a broader program with a "beginners mode", or a less intimidating interface for new users. Is there software which fits this description?
I am creating my CV on an A4 and I am wondering whether a 10 point font size is big enough. here is screenshot and I am talking about the content next to the crosses: http://d.pr/i/LDKK. in fact do e really need to have that kind of description in there? Thanks
Would like to present our products as pictures of 3D product boxes like this: I think Adobe Illustrator with the persepctive tool could to it, but I wondered if there is maybe something even simpler. Am a programmer with amateurish graphic skills.
I have a very large number of PNG images (too many to practically do one at a time) with a bright pink background and would like to replace the background color with transparency. If this is not possible or particularly difficult, replacing the specified color with white would be useful. I have gimp but not photoshop and am not particularly comfortable with command line, so if a solution requires that please show each step. It'd be great to be able to do this, any help would be appreciated.
I pulled a repeating pattern from someone else's PSD. Is there a way to figure out the size of the original pattern? I need to create an image with only one tile.
I just made some small tweaks to an OTF icon-font (iconic) and now I'm having trouble exporting this modified font. Have I missed something? Can you export from Glyphs to an OTF or TTF?
If I write a document that I have to hand in to somebody (a report, summary, draft, whatever) I usually justify the text because it seems more appealing (at least to me) if it all finishes at the same length. However, now I read that it may be more difficult to read overall because lines do not seem so unique and the reader's eye may be misguided. How do you usually hand in documents? Any advice or even scientific studies about that?
When a compound word is hyphenated, should a second hyphen be added at the beginning of the next line? And what is the case for compound words connected by a dash instead of a hyphen? Is any of the following correct, or is the proper way different? Note: My primary interest is English. However, this could be language dependent and if there are differences, I'd like to know about them.
In illustrator I can convert a selected shape to another shape by the Effect > Convert to Shape option. Now I need to convert to custom shapes, e.g. some shapes created myself. Is there any way to do that?
Greetings from a beginner! I am part of a team trying to restore a 1930's newspaper comic strip for possible publication. We have to use newspaper scans, and the text is often very messy. It has to be retyped, in a font as close to this sample as possible. Several fonts have been used during the span of this comic, this being the most readable. Can anyone point me to a suitable font? Scandinavian alphabets (å, ä, ö) are needed. The font doesn't have to be free. I understand that the exact font can't be found on digital form, and the sample here is distorted. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/16/comiccl.jpg/
I'm using "Distribute Horizontal Centers" in Photoshop, but it might be the wrong tool for the job. I'm guessing Photoshop will be distributing the CENTER of each text object and aligning that, so long links won't have as much 'spacing' either side. Is there a way for me to distribute a group of objects evenly taking into account their overall size, rather than by their center points?
I have a lot of sub-chapters and each sub-chapter needs to have on each page an image. I was thinking of putting the image on the first page of the sub-chapter and set to paragraph style A. Then create a running header variable for that p-style and put the variable in the master. Everything without creating a master page for each sub-chapter...
I could not find a complete guide of this nor did I know who to contact about possibly making a wiki here for it (if it exists or not allowed please remove). I cannot nor want to remember everything in regards to pixel dimensions when designing for mobile devices but I'd like to have a list of the pixel dimensions for: Device Width Height Apple iPad Apple iPhone 3 Apple iPhone 4 Apple iPhone 5 Apple Mini Google Nexus 7 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 Google Nexus 10 Asus Transformer Pad TF300 Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 If someone knows a complete guide for all major tablet and mobile devices that would be great.
As far as I know, most art schools have exercises or even whole classes focusing on making gesture drawings. But actually, I'm wondering, why bother with it? While it probably has some merits, but most of the reasoning for it provided by blogs and various teachers is quite silly. All the talk about "capturing the essence of the pose" or "catching the most important part of the drawing" seems just like some kung-fu mysticism or drawing-religion. The closest thing to answering my question was a video I found on http://ctrlpaint.com/videos/why-bother-gesture-drawing by Matt Kohr, and I would summarize it in three points: you get well warmed up you focus on drawing you do a lot of drawings that way (so called pencil mileage) But frankly, I don't really have the time for such explicit "warming up" and I'd much rather warm up during actual work - drawing studies, studying anatomy, texture, proper shading and so on. Drawing gets me in the mood for drawing and well, it increases your pencil mileage too. Matt suggests to always do gesture drawings, even if it's the only drawing you do that day, but that would probably make me do gesture drawings ONLY! So what exactly is so cool about gesture drawings? What do they have that other exercises don't? They're fast and sloppy, and for me they don't seem to bring much to the table if skill improvement is concerned. Am I missing something here?
I see people adding color on top of a gray-scale drawing and their colors look great, but when I do myself, the colors look terrible (dirty, not the color I seem to pick from the color wheel). People tell me I need to learn about tone and value and the color wheel. I've gathered from this site and others that tone is really hue, which is really what we call color. But I'm not sure how saturation and value work into this. What is the relationship between hue, saturation, and value and how does this factor in to coloring a gray-scale picture? And even a good explanation of the color wheel would probably help. Thanks.
I simply love the idea of making concept art, and Id like to know, what skillsets are most important for someone who is trying to find a job in the industry or do some freelance work. Whats most important and how can I work on it? Im not thinking only in technique terms, like "you need to be good at making texture overlays" or "every good concept artist should work on his crosshatching and shading techniques", but also a broader sense, like "you need to be flexible and able to mimic someone else's style, to fit into the existing style of the product youre working on. If you are to design some new items for World of Warcraft, you have to make sure they fit the existing ones". Or maybe its somethign completely different, like "you have to know how to market your work and get people to check out your portfolio"? Those are only examples, Im hoping to hear a lot more from people who actually work in the industry. Any advice on how to improve would also be welcome. How can I work on those crucial skillsets? To follow my own example - how can I practice being flexible?
Im having a bit of a problem with my perception of angles and proportions. While I compare some elements of my drawing to each other, they seem to be fine. In a portrait, say, the browridge seems to be at a proper proportion and angle to the nose. The nose seems to be fine with the lips, and the lips seem to be ok with the chin. But when the wholeness is taken into account, the results are quite off. I actually have a picture i drew basing on a photo taken from http://lovecastle.org/draw/: As you can see, the part from nose to chin is too short, so is the hair from mouth to arm. The forehead came up too big, so did the nose. I didnt actually see it until my friend pointed all this out, and now it hits me whenever i see this picture. Its quite painful, to be honest ;) Im trying to avoid making this mistake again, but it is a lot of work. I measure and compare almost everything against everything when I draw, and still sometimes after a day or two I find the effects to be off in some way. Also, there is another problem I have with strict measuring. Sticking out my hand with a stylus or a pencil isnt exactly reliable, at least for me. Quite fast im getting tired of squinting, closing one eye, trying to lock my spine, hand and elbow in exactly the same position to take measurements. When working from a photo, its quite enough to shift my weight on my chair or move a bit, to make the proportions go wrong. Id imagine that similar problems would be in effect in drawing from life. The person youre drawing moves a tiny bit, and the relations between your "landmarks" change, the shapes change, and so do your proportions. So, my question is, what can I do about it? Are there any particular exercises or drills I can do in order to improve in this field faster? I found this: http://ctrlpaint.com/videos/visual-measuring but how many boxes can you draw? I'd love to get to know some other exercises, to bring in some variety to my drawing "workouts". If such exercises could be done while doing normal drawing, all the better. Ive seen people who just get the proportions and angles right at a glance, and I want to work towards such proficiency. edit: a new grea video came out on ctrlpaint: http://ctrlpaint.com/blog/measuring-proportion Really helpful!
As many designers, I sometimes find myself designing elements not for a particular project but only because inspiration was there and I might use it in a later project. It could be a button, an icon, a character or whatever. When they are finished, I used to just through them inside a folder, which I would reorganise later when I have time. But as their number is growing it becomes more and more difficult to find what I'm looking for. I think this could be fixed by abandonning folders introducing some tagging system with a search feature, but I would like to hear some thoughts from other designers. How do you organise and sort you work to be able to retrieve it later efficiently? What software do you use?
I'm having troubles trying to figure out how to make a complete object/image with NO pen tool paths or anchors etc... I have a vector tree... theres lots of completed paths/shapes but still in path form. How do I get all of them to be 1 solid item so that I can color and then emboss the entire thing? Every time I emboss due to tons of parts it wigs out. I've been searching everywhere... Do I need to go through and select each little complete path... and outline it? End goal: Still technically a vector object but 1 solid object able to be filled and then embossed. I can do it all in PS!
I'm currently working with a relatively small event run by volunteers and we want to be consistent across our publications. Currently we use Optima for the body text in our publications, but it's recently come to my attention that this is a Mac OS X default font and so my Windows colleagues cannot use it. As a result, we're interested in buying the font, but I've hit a roadblock: Google doesn't know whether the Mac's 'Optima Regular' is the Roman or Medium variant, or which it's closest to. As such, I turn to you, Stack Exchange: which Optima is the one included in Mac OS X? Any help appreciated!