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I have this logo I am working on. I have 2 questions: 1) I have a white circle behind the 4. I'd like to use that circle as a clipping mask for the 4 so that the 4 fits perfectly within that white circle. How can I do this? 2) After that, if I wanted to paint the 5 areas in white (between blue and green) each a differe...
A recent article in Nature discusses the effect of typeface on credibility, and points to another study suggesting that resumes displayed in a high appropriate typeface (Corbel), resulted in the applicant being perceived as more knowledgeable, mature, experienced, professional, believable, and trustworthy t...
I'm making a brochure for my company, and I went with white text on a black background since it looks the best. There's also a picture, so color is required. At any rate, after a few test prints of both sides of the brochure (one page, two-sided), I noticed that the level of my black ink had dropped considerably, as i...
Is it true that nice design comes with a nice drawing? Do designers have to know how to draw to be a good designer or not?
When creating a drop shadow for objects, what is the traditional / classic "rule" for the offset direction? I see so many that are down and right, which results in the light source coming from the top left. However, I read somewhere (I don't remember where, maybe an old David Siegel post from years ago) that when addin...
Look at this pic: How Do I create in Illustrator those areas which you find in the poster between the blue and the yellow areas. they are horizontally blue-yellow striped thanks
What are the X and Y settings of the Illustrator artboards good for? Are they in any way relevant for print?
I have attached an image to hopefully explain better, but if say I have an image that ranges from color 'A' to 'C', and I want it to range from 'B' to 'D' instead - what is the best method? I'm sure it has something to do with color range or similar. I'm aware of the Hue + Colorise method, but it doesn't allow me to pi...
According to the Wikipedia entry on "Business Cards", various countries employ several standard business card sizes. US/Canada use 3.5 x 2in, UK uses 85 x 55mm, ect. Apparantly, the following countries use a 90 × 50mm card: Argentina, Brazil, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Poland, Romania, Russi...
I want to look at two parts of an InDesign document simultaneously. Is it possible to "split" the view in one window so that I can see the two parts together in one window? edit: In CS5 at least, I can open a second window with the same document and arrange them side-by-side, which would really be good enough, except...
All, I have a path that has been copied and inverted to form a complete shape together. I want to map objects (multiple circles created using 'Blend step option') around the path using the 'spine' option in the 'Blend' tool. However, Illustrator only maps the objects around the original path and not the copied (& inver...
When I am designing a new website or application I am very meticulous to get every detail right so it is beautiful while still user friendly. Almost always however, the client has better ideas. They request awful changes and by the time they are satisfied, I am ashamed to call it my work. I end up wasting more time, an...
I'm designing a video game display page. The page which has many items and I'm finding it really difficult to decide on a layout that makes logical sense. Can you provide me with any advice in terms layout and item placement? What works? Best practices? I'm looking for a way to logically separate the items and create s...
I am taking a bunch of text snippets and creating boxes that are 0.2 inches wider than the text snippet to use as a background for it. I have hundreds of these to make. I can't think of a way to automate this, as each text snippet has a different width. Any ideas? Currently I do this: 1. Click on text snippet 2. Copy w...
Whenever you copy something, then paste it, it will be pasted at the top of the layer stack in the same level as all of it's sibling layers. Is there a way to make Illustrator paste to the bottom of the stack?
There are "rules" that sans-serif look better for headlines, serif for plain text. Are there "rules" that specify what to do if I'd wanted to mix serif and sans-serif on plain text elements (not headlines), like Twitter does on its individual tweet pages?
I am currently using a Wacom tablet to draw. The tablet is a bit small, so I feel that I don't have enough "control" with the stroke. Is it a good idea to draw directly using the tablet to the graphic application, or there are better practices? It would be the best thing if I could be as precise as I am when drawing on...
I've got a music player that colors the playlist songs according to various criteria, and recently I've changed the random color generator to a static list of traditional japanese colors. That made the interface so prettier that I want to repeat the deed! I was wondering if there are more of these "traditional color se...
Mainly for making tutorials, on windows. The simpler, the better. If it could just kinda like on mac. So that I can select an area. And if I could easily annote after taking the picture, that'd be awesome too.
I'm using Photoshop CS5. I have a PSD file. We'll say it's 600x400. I have guides set up at, let's say, 100 pixels over and 27 pixels down, which I am using to position a layer correctly. I have to do this in ten more PSDs. They are all the same 600x400. I want the guides at the same spot so when I drop in my new eleme...
I have a friend who does a bit of illustration, but all by hand. He is not familiar with Photoshop or Illustrator. He would like learn a bit of Illustrator, just enough to get by and vectorize some of his designs. I imagine he would need to understand the basic tools first(rectangle/ellipse,pen tool, etc.) then learn s...
what is that effect that makes it look like a camera was rotated 20 degrees or so while taking the shot? it makes it kind of rounded at the edges, like this:
I have a 2D logo that I would like to make into a 3D "voxelized" logo. This website shows exactly what I mean... http://www.drububu.com/miscellaneous/voxelizer/index.html http://www.drububu.com/animation/lego/index.html ... it turns an ordinary image into a voxelized image... ... however, the downside is that I need...
Is there a way to copy layers from one Photoshop document to another? I was working on a project earlier on that required this but I didn't know how this could have been done. (Procedure not as simple as Illustrator, where a simple Ctrl \| Cmd + C and Ctrl \| Cmd + V would work.)
I have a web design layout in AI that I'm trying to slice up into HTML/CSS. I'm having trouble keeping the colors the same in the exported files as they are in Illustrator. When I open it up in Illustrator CS4 and use the eyedropper tool to check the color of the logo, it's #AB336B. Ultimately, this is the color I want...
I am new to Adobe Illustrator. I want to save the header layer to a png for a web background. I get close, but always have a white border around the graphic. I am thinking there should be an easier way to do this than what I am currently doing. Thanks in advance
I'm always on the lookout for good textures, as they are pretty subtle but can add a lot of life to your site. Recently I found Tileables (http://tileabl.es/) which looks pretty cool. Can you recommend any other good sites for textures, or make-your-own-texture tutorials?
I would like to extract out the icon in the following screen (mixed with gray background) to Anyone know how I can do that using GIMP? Thanks.
Is it possible to get something much like a guide in Photoshop, but such that I can set it any angle? I have Photoshop CS4 Extended.
Is it possible to take a series of layers (say, icons of seats in a theatre) and align/distribute them all to a curve (so they appear as a row)? What I'm looking for is similar to "align text to path".
Ok, so I got a logo that's made of group of compound paths with appearance, I've already Expanded it once, so appearances (strokes only) are separate paths, and what I'm doing next it taking all the objects from the whole document and expanding them so there's no appearances or anything that wouldn't act 100% accurate ...
I'm working on some vector art for a project in Adobe Flash CS4. My art is all cartoon-ish, with an outline and then maybe 2-4 shades of each color used. Just a heads up on what I'm looking for. The biggest problem I encounter is when I want to add a shade of color along a side and fill it with the bucket tool, but it ...
I have a set of icons that I resized to 30x30. Now I want to use them for my iPhone TabBar as specified here: http://www.idev101.com/code/User_Interface/sizes.html How can I make these transparent png's, or add transparency, in Photoshop or Gimp so they appear properly in my TabBar?
I'm trying to convert a vanilla rectangle to Artboard in Illustrator CS5. Using the rectangle tool, creating a 100x100 rectangle, selecting Object > Artboards > Convert to artboard, I get a error dialog saying "To create Artboards, select non-rotated rectangles that are not clipping masks." Now, since my rectangle is n...
I've seen this pattern done in a lot of images but have no clue how it's done. I'm pretty sure it's not done line by line considering how perfect it always looks regardless of the image. Here's a sample of what I'm talking about: I'd like to create this in Adobe Flash CS4, if possible.
I have a website where users can create custom designed paper goods. I default the color selections for a template to something popular I found on Kuler, but I've noticed the colors themes that the users come up with are abysmal. It would be great if I could incorporate the Kuler RSS feed right into my site and let use...
I need to cut a large number of columns out of a PNG image. The area I want to remove is in the centre of the image; I therefore want the left and right edges to be closer together after the cut. I can't find an obvious way of doing this in Gimp or Photoshop CS5 (I am very much a beginner). I would really like a tool w...
Do you guys have any font suggestions for a ministry website (for headlines, logo etc.) ? So far I found this one:
How can I draw geometric shapes, or other regular shapes, such as a gear, using macros or scripts? I'd like to experiment with creating games by combining elements, similar to geoDefense: http://www.criticalthoughtgames.com
I'm trying to achieve the gradient effect shown in the below examples on each letter of the type I'm using in a logo design. I don't really know what this style is called, so I can't effectively look for tutorials regarding how to do this. Can someone point me in the right direction?
I am creating an iPhone template, and need to make the master page be on top (for the menubar, carrier, etc...) This will allow me to simply send everything else to the back and not worry about overflow. However, I can only seem to make master pages be the background element.
I'm trying to improve comics style, and I'm looking for a good resource where I can find human body and/or comics layouts, scene building, etc. Is there a good place for these? Thanks!
I have two open areas in a picture which aren't connected, but I want the same gradient to be present in both of their backgrounds. Is there any way to achieve this with the same gradient? If it helps, they're the same color without the gradient. Thanks for any help.
I have a triangle I'm trying to rotate in Illustrator using the Object->Transform->Transform Each command, but I can't figure out how to set the rotation point like I can if I just use Free Transform. This is important because the rotation point is at the center of the square bounding box, not at the center of the tri...
In Photoshop, will there be a difference in quality when a raster is scaled down 75% once as opposed to being scaled down 50% twice? In both cases, the final size will be the same: 25% of the original. The reason I ask is because sometimes I want to scale down an image that I know has been scaled down previously. I ha...
I need to make a website for a Christian group and they requested some images similar to the ones found on the following website: http://jesuschrist.lds.org/SonOfGod/eng/ I've tried iStockPhoto and there is nothing useful there. Any other ideas where I might be able to get a hold of images like on that site?
I have an icon that looks like it was shrunk from a larger image. How can I easily clean up the text to make it look sharper?
I have next to no knowledge about typesetting, just the usual office skills. Some weeks ago, our team wrote a scientific paper, and after it was accepted at a conference, I handled the submission of the camera ready version to the publishers. It didn't run smooth - although the automatic upload system accepted the file...
I have some potential clients that ask to see something before accept the work. Now, should I make, for example, a free mockup or It's better to find another client?
I've seen variations of this idea... in HTML, the <hr /> tag creates a horizontal line that can be used as a spacing tool to separate headings, blocks of content, etc... I'd like to create such a line using Photoshop and have it look like this... Click image for full resolution How would I do this in Photoshop? Are th...
Using GIMP I would like to create a color-separated PDF. I plan on making printing plates for a home letterpress and they request a color-separated PDF, which seems to just be a page for each color but I don't see a way to do this in GIMP.
I am not a designer, I am a scientist. I write papers in Word or LaTeX, the conference organisers give me a template with fonts, rules like "Caption for figures go below the figure, captions for tables go below the table", etc. I submit a paper in this template, which is reviewed. If it is accepted, I submit the paper ...
Are there any photoshop alternatives that have some sort of layer-style system? (Like photoshop?)
In my years as a graphic designer (and now web designer and developer), I've acquired a great number of fonts. I've deleted quite a few, but I still have over 800 fonts. Needless to say, I don't use many of them. I'm looking to delete a lot of my fonts, and a way to organize (inside Photoshop) the ones that remain as: ...
I don't know how to change them back:
Recently, I hired a graphic designer to design a brand, a web site, business cards and several other things. After the initial design was complete and we launched, we have continued to make changes and tweak things. The designer is expressing concerns that she owns the design and therefore should be included in any cha...
I like to doodle with pencil and paper. I'd like to scan it, or take a picture with my phone, then have as much of it converted to vectors as possible. Ideally, my crooked lines would become straight vectors and circles and ellipses would replaced with the real thing. Can this be done through any combination of tools...
I'm using Photoshop CS5 on multiple computers, each with their own individual licenses and when I tried to use the File >> Automate >> Contact Sheet II, the outcome of the feature varies. On one PC, the final output is flattened, while on another PC the output is in combination of raster layers and text layers (unflatt...
I have asked a design company for a quote for a website design. They have asked me if I would like the graphics in PSD format or cut up graphics. I am assuming that the PSD format is an image of a whole page (i.e. a mockup/design) and the cut-up graphics will be images for each graphic (icons, buttons, etc.). Is my ass...
I'm developing a Rails site for my company that's going to be a web store for our entire inventory. I don't really have a lot of experience with design (I am the one-man IT department at my company, so anything remotely computer-related gets thrown my way with the assumption that I am magical and capable of anything), ...
Grid systems like the 960 grid and BluePrint can be useful to place the main elements for a website in a mockup: header, slider, content blocks, sidebar, footer etc. But do you use the same grid system to place the content within each of these elements? I find that often quite difficult. For example I have a sidebar co...
I'm looking forward to getting a logo created for my company. My partners and I have distinct views should we use CamelCase in the logo or not. For example: boffr vs bOffr This made me wonder: when one should use CamelCase in a logo and when not?
I am trying to export my layers to png files. Googling suggests that File → Script → Export Layers to Files… is suitable. However, this takes ages to complete and for some reason it exports only 4 images out of 100 layers. Why?
Say, an arc with radius r centered at o, from angle a to angle b. I don't see how to use Arc tool in Adobe Illustrator this way. What's the best way to draw it?
Can anyone suggest a good (and easy to use) freeware for creating animations in Windows? I was looking at the Pencil mentioned in a similar question, but it seems its development has stopped. In addition, I'd like to export the output animations directly in the GIF or FLV format rather than SWF or QuickTime. I know it'...
Hey does anyone know how you are supposed to credit (if you are supposed to) the typefaces you have used in a printed work (case in point - design exhibition catalogue for my BA) I've been using elephant italics and a few free fonts :)
I am wondering if a animal mascot is "easier" to like for users rather than a human mascot/logo. Thinking about it, it seems to me that websites seldom use a human mascot. I was considering using a human face as "mascot" or online identity, but it feels too invasive somehow. Does anyone know of a study that shows that ...
Is there any way to set bleeds in Illustrator of 5 cm? If I try to set it, it won't let me and tell that 2.5cm is the maximum allowed amount. But the print company I'm going to send my prints to requires the files with 50mm bleeds. How can I trick Illustrator into doing what I want?
I'd like to reproduce a similar effect to the one on this image (in Gimp if possible). The borders can be extracted but there's some sort of exponential degrade at the bottom. How could I go about this?
I really like icons like those created by SoftFacade.com: I read the interview from one of their founders, where he mentions that they use "3d tools" without going into specifics. Now I am looking for the 3D tools to do such icons. Has anyone an idea of the tools they might be using, or a recommendation to do this kin...
I've noticed that Photoshop makes my image size, specified in inches, smaller than it really is. Approximately 1 inch both in height and width. Since this is an approximation and not exact, and because this image may actually be larger than what Photoshop is showing me, I don't want to recklessly use a larger size in a...
What colorschemes do you think stimulate learning and attention seeking without being distracting?
I like the font (or style of font) used for the logo of the site: https://showoff.io/. Is there a place to find such fonts?
I usually draw (or vectorize) using flash. I like how I can draw a line then bend that line. i.e. not using the pen. I find this easier since I can always go back and modify something easily. Do you know any other software that works in a similar fashion? If it's available on Linux it would be great, since I'm trying ...
I am trying to understand what is the effect that is applied in the dashboard icons of Facebook and LinkedIn android application. They change the icon when the user press it, replacing to another darker icon. In the following links you can see the original icons. LinkedIn: Facebook: I am not a photoshop expert so I c...
I'm really new to Illustrator and I drew an image I like, but then I noticed there were different brushes and think it'd look cooler with another one, so is there any way to change the brush strokes for what I've already drawn without having to trace over the entire thing?
How do I create these hybrid photograph videos? Only some parts of the photo are moving.
Does anyone know of a source for 50s patterns?
I am creating a website header in Photoshop CS5, however when I look at it, the text looks very blurry and I have no idea why. I use the Web preset. What do you recommend for the sharpest and best results? Here's the current mockup:
I'm developing a new site, and although I know enough basic programming to make the site, I'm not artistically inclined enough to make the site look nice. So, I was hoping I could get some suggestions or something on what colors and fonts go well together to make a nice looking website; only for the users experience. S...
How to create a Very good admin user interface for the website backend system
I'm trying to achieve a liquid effect for a logo which consists on a small encased orange cube, but don't really know how to do this (I've tried adding bubbles, but it doesn't seem to work on a shrinked version of the logo). Any suggestions on techniques that can help achieve this?. Here is a big version of the logo sy...
Though I m not a designer, my boss asked me to make a design for a webshop (selling books). I love to work with GIMP and i wondered if there are any such templates which I could use as a start? Update : as Im not a professional designer i might have not have been totally clear ( sorry about that) : what i meant is tha...
Whenever I create a square shape at 100% zoom, I get perfectly sharp edges. However, once I zoom in at any amount, drawing a perfect square (without anti-aliasing) is very difficult. Is there a way I can turn this off?
I'm trying to create two states for an image. I have a color transparent png icon and I need a duplicate of it that is a 'white' transparent png. This will be used in for a mouseover effect in CSS (fading from one to the other). I've seen the end result of this before but am not sure how to go about actually produci...
I have this image: What's the easiest way to convert the background from black to white?
I'm given this slogan to work with: "Fast Forward, Rewind, Pause, & Unwind". And I need to visually represent what this slogan conveys. This logo is for a library association. Since I'm working on a very short notice, I don't have a lot of time thinking about this logo, which is why I'm in need of help from a graphic ...
I have two master pages, "2-col Master" and "4-col Master". I start out with a 4-col page and insert text. InDesign will insert the remaining pages (each with 4-cols) until the text is complete. How do I apply the "2-col Master" to certain pages?
I'm using Illustrator (CS5) to create a menu for a restaurant. In a word doc, I have a tab at the end of a textcolumn. It's a 'right'-aligned tabstop. So my text resembles this: food 100 $ wine 100.000 $ happiness 42 $ Pretty basic. How do I get this in Illustrator? Rig...
I have been using GIMP for many years and do not want to go through the expense and learning curve issues of Creative Suite/Photoshop but occasionally I may need a CMYK file. Other than the Separate/Separate+ Plugins, are there any reasonable alternatives? EDIT: I edited rather than commenting so this would remain vis...
Given that I'm new to graphic design and I'm trying to design the homepage of my website, I can't really understand the reason why I can't make the homepage color "shine". I'm sorry for the advertising but I'll give a list of websites that I believe have a "shining" color so you can help me in my way to do that: http:...
I want to add some screen shots of my product to my website. However, every image seems blurry. How do I scale them properly? Also, are there any tutorials to make the screenshots shine? For example: Like Apple's product images, they all "shine" and are high quality. Thanks.
I saw this Oracle illustration yesterday and it was produced by Google Ad randomly on a web page. I love the illustration in the background. I love 'corporate' illustrations especially when they are in a form of a 3D. Microsoft did a similar illustration for their "Visio" product. Now, my questions are: What do you c...
I am looking for suggestions on a convenient solution for the following workflow. Scan a hand-drawn panel Fix and retouch drawing errors (using a small set of simple brushes) Separate elements into layers (using the Magic Wand or manual lasso tools) Colorize elements (I can create the textures outside the app tho...
I'm making a mobile (in the Calder sense) by laser-cutting from a vector file (Corel Draw). I have a set of outlines that will be the individual pieces. Is there a way in Corel (or some other program) to calculate the center of mass so I place the holes to suspend the pieces?
I am working primarily in book graphic design: edit images, color profiles, do the layout of the book, prepare it for print etc. Sometimes I do logos, corporate identity packages etc. I do not do video editing, nor web design. I am looking to buy a new monitor and would love to hear your opinions on what to buy. I'm lo...
I am new to pre-defined themes, and I need a theme similar to this image: I already searched but I can't find any similar theme, I probably searched in the wrong places. What websites could you recommend to search for themes? Thanks!
I was trying to follow this tutorial to build a website and on Step 2, it said that I should paint the jpeg texture to the background. http://www.designzzz.com/how-to-make-web-template-photoshop/ I'm new to Photoshop so I'm not sure how this is done. Is there some specific technique to which the author is referring?
I was looking at some freebies from Orman Clark and i've figured out that he uses Smart Filters to Add Noise to Layers, instead of rasterizing them. Example of what Orman uses: Now I have two questions: Are Smart Filters the best way to add noise and other effects for webdesign purpose? What's the best way to use thi...
Is it possible to align the content inside a slice? How?

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