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I am trying to find the fonts used in the following Logo for the Swiss magazine "MigrosMagazine". I've been trying to use whatthefont.com, but haven't had much success.
I am trying to find the fonts used in the following Logo for web site "Les Passeurs". I've been trying to use whatthefont.com, but haven't had much success.
I am trying to find the fonts used in the following Logo for the French website "Psychologies.com". I've been trying to use whatthefont.com, but haven't had much success.
I have multiple screenshots and it appears that when I put them into illustrator and click off the image it then becomes pixalated. Is there a possible way to make this clear. As I don't have the original files I NEED to use the screenshots.
I want to create a halftone effect in Photoshop. The only output I'm getting is hard pixels and nothing like dots. I also tried lines, diamonds, etc. etc. and the output is always the same. It also doesn't matter if I change the output value or frequency. I think there is some setting in Photoshop which I may have changed but I have no idea which one.
I'm working with Photoshop and AI files, both of which are pretty new to me. When placing an AI file on my image, it creates a layer just as I would expect. However, the layer shows up in front of all other layers, even when I place it at the bottom of the list. I'm assuming there's some sort of adjustment I need to make to the layer but I have no idea what it is. Anyone know how to push the ai file to the background?
Here's the task: I import an image, trace it black and white, and then try to convert the result into a compound path in order to use it easily later on. Here's the problem: When I combine to a compound path, nothing shows up - either it appears as completely white or completely black. All the vectors forming the object are still there, but the result is blank. Here's why: When I trace the object, it creates duplicate lines. Each line that appears in the result is actually two lines on top each other - even when ignoring white. In the result, the first set of lines wrap the actual object fill areas. The second set of lines either wraps all the white sections (if not ignoring white), or wraps nothing, and acts as just lines. When converted to a compound path, fill-content is ignored. Since vector shapes in compound paths invert when intersecting, everything fills together, making everything appear one solid black rectangle (or nothing at all if there's another line-vector wrapping the border). Here's the question: How can this be avoided when tracing? Or, perhaps, how can I remove all the empty lines before combining to a compound path?
Can I use Acrobat X Pro to batch process hundreds of multipage PDFs to JPGs? This question is very similar to what I am after but I am wondering if there is a way to do it in Acrobat X Pro. I have asked on superuser.com and the adobe forums and have received no conclusive answers. The previously linked question brought me here. I have several hundred pdfs. Some were originally composed from Tiffs and others JPGs. I'd like to convert them all to JPGs. Ideally I would do it on the command line. The following: convert document.pdf document.jpg works really well, when the source material was originally a JPG, but if it was originally a TIFF not so well. I have found a "ghostscript" that can handle the conversion from tiff, but not reliably. Plus, I have no real way to determine what the PDF was composed of originally. I am turning to MS Windows and Acrobat X Pro to handle my troubles. I have been a linux user for the past five or so years, so my familiarity with adobe products is rusty. Acrobat X can easily save a multi-page PDF to a JPG, and they look great regardless of if the origin files. However, I see no clear way to do this as a batch (aka: "Action"). I see an action to export all the images in a document, and for some reason it gives me three images from a page. with only one of the three being useable. But is there a way to specify a custom Action that simply saves the PDF as JPGs? Why not as of much importance, is there also a way to specify proper padding? For example, when you manually save a 9 page document to JPGs it appends _Page_1.jpg _Page_2.jpg etc. A 900 page document will list page 1 as "_Page_001.jpg". Perferablly it would be nice to always have "%04d", or "_Page_0001.jpg". Note: I've include other Adobe Tags as I am have many products in the CS 5.5 suite to work with — yes I know its older, and no I don't know all of the ones I have.
I want to convert the images by the following Images Conversion Method. How do i convert in photoshop cs6 Response Me.. From To
I am designing a theme for our web application & I really like the new Adobe Photoshop layout (which is dark, though not black), so I took the cue & created my own dark layout. However, our designer shot it down by saying that we shouldnt use dark theme as it constricts the space & users will not like the layout & besides the layout in Adobe PS is only for the interface, when a user starts a project, they get a white box. I would like to know the design community's opinion on this please, are there web applications which have successfully pulled off the dark theme? Thanks,
I do understand that colour wheel, however, Im struggling with finding colours that match a particular shade of gray. For my web application, Im interested in using this pattern of gray! gray pattern Now, say Ive decided to use the colours purple & green & orange, how do I go about finding the particular hue of each of these colours to go along with this shade of gray?
I am trying to make 3d text in Sketchup but the font I want is not showing up. The font (Gotham) is loaded on my computer and I am able to use it in Photoshop, Word, etc but can't find it in Sketchup. I think it is a purchased font. Does anyone have any ideas why this font isn't showing up and how I can load it into sketchup? Thank you for your help!
For example, for a tech company, should one be able to look at a logo and immediately see 'tech company', or whatever niche that company may provide\service? Also, is the color scheme important as well? There may not be a way to say 'high tech' by the color scheme but should that be taken into consideration? Should the entire name of the company be included into the logo, or does initials with an image suffice? To be practical, when I see the linux penguin now, after having worked with linux, I think of linux and open source in general, but if I've worked with linux I wouldn't know that from the freaky guy in Apple's July 1976 ad. It's no secret that logos could tie directly into branding, but do they have to? Of course Apple's logo does, but Microsoft's doesn't (how many people really look at it and see a window?), Android's is somewhere inbetween when you look at the name separate from the robot, Of course all startups won't grow to be as big as those but I think those are good case studies to consider. Another is a description I pulled describing the MGM Grand Logo: This elegant, poised lion on the prowl symbolizes MGM Grand, the “City of Entertainment”, while the name written underneath in bold and all-caps indicates the dominance of the company. Their first logo was borrowed from a 1968 stylized version of MGM’s Studios logo of a lion head, which then gradually evolved into this muscular full-body lion. note: I originally asked this question on OnStartups, but after the inactivity and seeing this site, I feel it's probably better for this site.
Hello I would you to propose me a program which can be used to make figures on scientific papers. An example of a figure that I want to create is of a body (2d) with forces on it, or figures with strings, simple masses in 2D. Thank you for your time, if someone want more information please tell me. These are similar to the figures that I want to make.
If I have some text that is expanded, how can I distribute it along a path? For example, if I'd like to have the Stack Exchange logo follow an arc Using an Envelope Distort, well, distorts the logo: Instead, I am looking to achieve something more like this: Is this possible once the text has been outlined/expanded?
What are some Graphic Design resources online that regularly post content addressing history, trends and changes in- or explaining principles of Graphic Design? In the best case they offer a feed to follow updates.
When I try to use slices, it won't me select custom sizes in both Hoz and Vert aspects. In the UI that asks for # of Slices or pixels, I can never set custom Horz / Vert pixels. If I pick 500 Horz and 500 Vert, it changes the vert without asking me, I can't ever get it to be square at the size I want. Is there a work around for this?
I don't have a formal education in design, so have never been taught any industry secrets or methodologies of general design. I am however a seasoned web & graphic designer, and usually end up doing a full re-brand or brand refresh for companies when I take on their website, as they often go hand in hand (If their website is out of date, their brand usually is too), along with creating new stationery and printed brochures, ads etc. So my question is: Although I THINK I know the industry reasonably well, is there anything special that I would have been taught had I done a design degree (or similar), such as "golden rules" or industry secrets relating to printed ad/brochure design? ETA: I am NOT looking for advice on the technical side, eg preparing files for press, software/hardware etc - what I am looking for is more on the design side, rules such as the rule of thirds in photography.
I frequently shrink down large images for online photo galleries. What I want to know is, when I tell photoshop, et al, to shrink my image to a certain size/percentage, will it retain better quality if I use round percentages like 25%, 50%, etc, or does it make no difference?
How to quickly create an interactive presentation of the layout where user can click buttons to navigate through the site. Obvious solution from HTML side would be to use image maps, but these are very tiresome to make - any clue if there are generators allowing me to edit and create something similar, only along multiple pages? Preferably: free.
I am designing a one page site, and I need to go back to basics and learn about how to translate business aims into a homepage design. Can anyone offer some advice on the relationship between design and business goals? E.g. Where I should put the call to action in a responsive design.
I am making a game with Adobe Flash. I have completed the mechanics for the game, and I am now trying to make the graphics for it. The game is a simple top down shooter. I am not much of an artist but more of a decent programmer. So I have played games on various sites like armorgames.com, mofunzone.com etc. Although I have tried a lot of pixel art tutorials like these ones, I can't help but notice that the graphics on armorgames.com and such have vector like graphics that obviously rasterised for performance. I want to know if there any good recommended steps for creating this sort of art.
I am creating a booklet and want to include a small image on every odd page. To do that, use master pages, right? But here's the catch - I want to rotate and move the image just a little as the pages progress to make the image look like it's jumping. The image is a little man.) I could just copy the same image on every page and guess at it's location, but I'm wondering if there is a feature that let's you place it in the exact same spot on each page. Master pages won't work because I want to move each one. Any suggestions? I am using Indesign CS5. thanks.
Under the U.S.'s Copyright Law, would it be an act of copyright infringement if we were to change the color of another artist's image to black and white? The answer to this question is provided below by Scott. For further information, please check out graphicsman post, which is also provided below. This question was asked to make it clear for those who may think that by changing the color or the size of another artist's work, you did not violate the U.S Copyright Law, which is not true. Instead of trying to manipulate another artist's image to entitle ourselves as the "original" owner, the right and proper action is to request the permission to use it.
I have a column chart that I've created with the Illustrator graph tool. I've applied a sliding design to all the columns. I'd like to apply this design to a specific column type e.g., People that eat mentos, and a different design to a second column type. In the manual, the examples include column charts that do exactly that but as far as I there's no obvious way to accomplish without ungrouping the chart. I linked to the manual inline above but there's little contrast in the link text color so here it is raw. http://help.adobe.com/en_US/illustrator/cs/using/WS3f28b00cc50711d9fc86fa8133b3ce158e-8000.html#WS714a382cdf7d304e7e07d0100196cbc5f-61a3a
I have a very frustrating problem with my flash project. I have two scenes in my flash movie, each of them has lots of links and navigation within itself. And there is one button that takes you from one scene to another. When I test Scene 2, everything works fine. However, when I test the whole movie, the navigation within Scene 2 won't work and there is no error! Does anyone has any thought about what is going wrong? I'm using Flash CS6. Thank you!
I am working on a multilingual book about some European Union countries. The selected are: Poland, Greece, Spain, Italy, Romania, Czech Republic, Austria, Turkey and Estonia. I wish to write a chapter about each country using a font in some way specific for it. The Polish (free) fonts are, e.g., Antykwa Toruńska or Antykwa Półtawskiego. I would be grateful for any suggestion concerning the remaining countries or the general approach.
I want to be able to create an .ico file containing a complete set of Windows icons (16px x 16px, 32px x 32px, 48px x 48px, and 256px x 256px). Is there a web application that can do this for me given a PNG or BMP that is already 256px x 256px?
I am building a website and need some advice regarding colors. My website is mostly white and dark brown. The logo and menu have to go in that brown color, but I am not sure which seconday color would be good. I picked a reddish pink that matches well with the brown. Any recommendation on other colors that also go well?
I have two different shapes, one that looks like a drop and one that is a square. The drop was made using the pen tool. Now, I want to merge these two shapes, combine their paths to create the illusion of the drop transforming into a square. I can't figure out how to extract the path of the square, so that I can manipulate its anchor points. Googling it didn't help me much.
I am trying to optimize the graphics for a webdesign, since I am not satisfied with the performance in terms of load-times. The logo is quite big and in PNG24 so I experimented to see how much I could shrink it. It was thrilled to see that I could get from 158KB to 61KB with practically no image quality loss until I started implementing the picture in the design and noticed white "ghosting" transparency issues around some of the edges. Then I started playing around with transparency dithering, but the best result I managed to get was with diffusion dithering enabled, but the amount set to 0% (yeah, it actually still has an effect?!), but I still find the edges a bit to jagged for what I am looking for. I made a collage where I put the tree versions of the logo on a subtle gradient, which makes it easier to see the issues on the following link: Any suggestions on how I can get closer to that attractive ≈ 60KB filesize without giving up on the smooth edges when not performing dithering? BTW: I'm using the "save for web" dialogue in Photoshop CS5.5 in case you're wondering.
I am building a website for a student organization. Although I'm a novice at graphic design, I can do basic sites (bootstrap is a lifesaver) and am moreso of a pro when it comes to development. The problem comes, however, where everyone in the group has an equal say-so on the design. I would like to know the best way to approach this because I don't know what's common in the design world. Should I have them delegate one person to be the voice and just work with that person? Or, take all of their suggestions into account and come up with something I think will work. I am leaning towards the first option because I know from experience trying to please everyone often results in pleasing no one.
I have a bulleted list with several entries, it's a list of keyboard shortcuts, similar to the text below: alt+shift+ctrl+2 = Lock Others alt+shift+ctrl+3 = Hide Others alt+ctrl+b = Blend I want to select all the text between the bullet and the equals symbol, no matter how many characters. Thought this: (?<=•).+?(?=\=) would work, but no luck.
When oversharpening an image (w/o protecting detail) in Photoshop a distinct pattern emerges -is there a reason for this? does it maybe have to do with how the tool was coded?
I haven't been heavily using PhotoShop for a few years and now need to get some work done in CS6 and for the life of me, I can't find the setting for paintbrushes to 'preserve transparency' when painting on a layer. Is this feature still there somewhere? Perhaps hidden or renamed?
I am a PhD student in Psychology - Vision Science. I've just started to learn Adobe Illustrator in order to prepare the visual stimuli for an upcoming experiment. I'm not well experienced and since I am having a hard time getting the work done I would like to understand whether this is at all the right software for my purpose and, if so, how to get the best out of it. What I want are simple drawings of lines with high amount of control. In particular I am interested in producing many different variations of a line that differ from each other in the kind of edges they have (smooth curves, angles, cusps, and possibly many other). I will display these edges within lines whose segments are of different length and orientation (i.e. initially drawn by connecting a random/arbitrary set of points). I have drawn these initial simple jagged lines with the Pen Tool. Now I would like to find a systematic way of modifying their edges to produce other variants. So far, I've had satisfactory results only by converting these initial jagged contours into curves (Convert Anchor Point Tool). AI just does it right. But I can't figure out a way of making any other edges, like cusps, and especially making them geometrically correct rather than merely "looking good". I have been able, for example, to make a transition from a jagged line to a curve or to a line that has cusps in place of the angles (all starting from the same initial jagged line) but only manually. Can you think of a good way of generating cusp-like edges? I have been manipulating the handles manually, but (i) I cannot really control them: it looks like handles move jerkily and (ii) I still can't think of a geometrically correct way of drawing them (e.g. so that the 2 lines making the cusp-like edge are tangent to the bisector of the angle). If not cusps any other smooth/pointy edge that I could get systematically starting from a simple jagged line (as I get nice Bèzier curves given a jagged line)? Do you have any advice other than adjust the edges manually? Using construction guides? Scripting? Changing software? If so, what software would be appropriate to have better geometric control over lines/curves or to generate different variations of edges given the initial drawing of a simple jagged line (more than the simple round VS angular distinction)?
I have an image in photoshop I want to print at 200%, and right now it's 48x18 inches, and the resolution is 72 dpi. I read somewhere that changing it to 600dpi would allow me to scale it by 200% at time of printing without any degradation, but I want to make sure. Should I change the dpi to something larger like 600dpi? Or what would be good? (I've also chosen Bicubic smoother in the image size dialogue box) Thank you for any help!
I am working on a fashion website for my own portfolio, that allows users to have their own account where they save fashion related items. A sort of Pinterest for fashion items. Now, I know that the most widely used colours for online fashion stores are black and white or white and black. With so much choice, I wondered if it is ok to add tints of other colours, and also what would be a good way to do them. is there a particular set that is best suited? I was thinking of a sleek, modern and retro(ish) design, that is largely flat. The fonts I'm thinking of using: Gotham Bold, Helvetica + undecided Serif (Bodoni vs Rockwell)
I have 50 or so layers (imported images as smart objects) that I would like to scale down, while they stay in place. Is there a way of doing this? I know After Effects has, is there a similar Scale property in photoshop?
Recently, I was working on an image in Photoshop and wanted to save it for web usage. I wanted to know whether there is a good size to go with for the modern design standards when it comes to websites. I am a little hesitant to save it as a 1920 X 1080 simply because it is on the higher end and then use CSS to move it around as a background. I am also not sure that using the more common 960px as the width will really serve my needs when the viewport size of a browser goes beyond that with all the new resolutions out there. Furthermore, I am a little concerned with the size of the image and loss of quality as we get into higher resolutions considering that if I start small, I am left with little growing room and then having to deal with a diluted image as the size of the viewport goes up. Any recommendations or links that talk about this? I am trying to build a site using responsive design and I have seem some JavaScript utilities that let you resize images but I am more concerned with the size of the image to start with and moving from there. Thanks for any help or suggestions here.
I currently have xxx amount of patterns that I want to apply to a shirt silhouette. My challenge is that I naturally want to apply the pattern with realistic "twist" and form on arms, collar etc. So far ive been looking at Photoshop and the actions auto batch processor, but im wondering if this can be automated and done at all here. Or in any case, which other software I could use for this. My thought is to: - Split up the shirt in different sections, like : left arm, right arm, body etc. - Fill the pattern in each section - Do individual section "twist" forming the pattern in "correct" realistic direction. To very roughly outline what im looking to do, ive put together a small gif that can be seen here: Any suggestions?
I want to move a set of objects towards a central point. Think moving objects that are outlining a circle towards the middle. I know you can do this through the bounding box, but that results in the objects being resized and I don't want them resized. The effect that I have in mind is like the Symbol Scruncher tool except that I want to move the objects at a specific distance. I also won't be able to use the Scruncher because I didn't spray my symbols randomly.
I have a client that wants me to create some designs to promote their book. I have done work for them before, but having a hard time trying to come up with a price for this project. The project includes creating 14 Facebook covers that act like a countdown for the book and 10 photos to share with their fans on their Facebook timeline. The images will include custom graphics. I was going to charge $7 ($98) for each facebook cover and $5 ($50) for each photo which totals to $168. Is this too much to ask? How much would you charge?
Which of the following approaches should I take to design icons in many resolutions? Create them in vector graphics, as SVG or AI and then rasterize them Design them directly as bitmap graphics (BMP, JPEG, or PNG and separate files for each resolution) I'd like to consider the following factors: Dependable: will not fail to provide a good quality output and force to start from scratch Easier to learn for beginners in computer-aided graphic design Faster to finish Easier to modify later Better quality of output More common to be used Have good tools, including open-source tools and support for Linux The use case is launcher icons for an Android app: Launcher icons on a mobile device must be 48x48 dp ( denisty-independent pixels: 1dp is one pixel on 160 dpi screen),therefore 3 sizes needed Launcher icons for display on Google Play must be 512x512 pixels. That is the fourth size
How would I go about highlighting an inline part of a paragraph decorated with a "highlighted" effect as if it were marked by a real highlighter on paper. <p> The dog <em>jumped over</em> the lazy fox.</p> Here I want to apply that effect to the em element. Im looking for something more than just background-color: yellow. Something thats a little non-linear. For instance, something like in this picture -
I switch between the original, 2-up and 4-up modes frequently, yet can't find a keyboard shortcut for it anywhere. What is the keyboard shortcut for changing the preview mode? If there isn't one, is there any way for me to create the keyboard shortcut myself?
G' day dear Graphic-design-experts, I am new to Stackexchange's Graphic Design and I have no clue if this is the right place to ask, so bear with me and steer me in the correct direction if i am wrong in asking thanks. I am new with Gimp and I would like to know if I can add an effect to my image. I currently have this image: I would like to make this image look like the below image in Gimp but I am new and I do not know how.
I manage our company's in-house graphic design. We have a lot of requests that are very simple (ie, ad-resizing, simple web banners, logo-adjustments, etc) and a number of requests that are complex and require a lot of back and forth (ie, brochures and magazines ranging from 3 to 200 pages, concept design for new ad campaigns, etc...) Currently, we employ a very simple issue tracking system (which is technically for software development) for all requests. For the most part it does the job. Users can write a description of the materials they need, upload attachments, leave comments, but because our company is growing in size and the amount of requests are steadily growing, I was looking for a more robust solution. After doing a lot of research, I've found a number of new systems I could potentially upgrade to, however, everything I have found explains how their system is best suited for an IT/software development team. So before upgrading to a newer, more robust project management system that is specifically geared toward software development/IT desktop support, I was wondering if anyone of knew of any ticketing/collaborative systems specifically geared toward graphic design? Thanks
Hello This is may first question here. I was working with small projects. I have problem with the Brochures (Tri-fold). At the Back Cover the content are only programme 2 fold and raffle entry 1 fold (i'm not sure what called for 3 fold). I don't have problem with this. And the front cover is content the cover of our program and committee profile. My problem is it's OK to use a smaller font at the profile around 4 to 5pt since the whole member is almost 15 people with name position and description. Any advice since they what to put the description.
I have an illustration that someone else created in Illustrator. I need to be able to choose the exact point in which to fill half of the shape with one color and the other half with another color? How do I do this? I guess something like how you could mask something in Photoshop so you couldn't edit that part while making changes to another part. I'm not sure if 'illustration' or 'shape' is the right word to use because I have no experience with Illustrator.
I have a rectangle, shown below, which has a gradient so that the top and bottom edges fade to black. I wish to reshape this this rectangle into a triangle (like the one pictured) so that top and bottom edges of the triangle still fade to black. To produce the triangle below I converted the rectangle into a path, removed one of the nodes on the left, and then centered the remaining node on the left. The gradient I am trying to implement, however, should look more like the one below (which I created in Microsoft Word). Notice how the directions of the gradient are in line with the sides of the triangle. Are there any ways to create a triangle that has the gradient pattern shown above? Thanks all.
Can anyone suggest a free equivalent of the Hoefler Text font On Identifont
In Photoshop we can easily increase/decrease any values by using arrow keys or dragging left/right after hovering mouse on the subject. But I found neither is possible in Fireworks CS6. Am I missing something?
What is the name for these type of images? I love these kind of graphics and it's so flat which totally matches my current product development. Do we have a name for it? A name will make it easier to search for examples and how to's.
I might need to present content at multiple levels depending on the distance of the observer to a display. Let's say from far away the user perceives a flat colour, but from a close distance the user needs to be able to read some text. The tricky part is the flat background colour is given/can change/I have no control over. So far I've whipped out a really basic prototype to work out the text colour from the background colour (click to pick a random background). This is a very trivial approach: I take the hue and offset it by 90 degrees (so it's different enough) and invert the brightness in HSB color space so I get a colour that's different enough to be readable/have a decent contrast with the background. This sometimes works: sometimes doesn't: Is this approach good/in the good direction ? If so, how can I make this better ? If not, which direction should I follow ? Unfortunately I don't know much about type and colour theory so any hints/tips from people with experience are very helpful. This will be displayed on a screen, not printed. What relationships between background and foreground colours am I looking for ?
How do you create a Photoshop action to do the following: Save for Web, at full size, using the (PSD) filename with "@2x" appended (and .png) Save for Web, at 50% size, using the (PSD) filename (and .png) So, if you are editing myImage.psd; you should end up with myImage.png (50% size) myImage@2x.png (100% size) Apologies if this question is amazingly simple or has been answered elsewhere, but I have yet to find a straightforward answer explains how to export to png using the iOS naming convention. Thanks.
I have rudimentary desktop publishing experience, and I would like to create a resume (not in the publishing field!) that I can give to prospective clients as a free iOS app (iPad/iPhone), Android App, and Web Page/PDF (for those on a desktop computer). Ideally, I would like to only have to design the content once, and 'publish' to the multiple targets - with graceful fallback (i.e. where interactivity is not possible, such as printing out the PDF, it should still make sense). Is there a tool out there which is designed to meet this goal? I know you can probably do it with the various DPS products, but I think you need to be a bit of a wizard at it to get it all to work. Thanks
Let's say I have transformed an layer/element in Photoshop and I'm well past the point of being able to undo, or it would be highly inconvenient. Is there a way to revert the transformation back to 100% size, 0° rotation, etc?
I am trying to find whereabouts and name for this kind of automatic paper scissors, source of image here. I understand it so that one plugs in image with formats such as vector and raster and then it will print. I need to do a lot of repeating cuttings and see a lot of different printing designs in practise. What hardware options are there to facilitate this process for me?
The title says it all, I want to know what the simplest way to export the selected objects. In Inkscape, there is a menu option called export selected which does just this. The aforementioned option lets you export the selection as a composite image or as a batch of individual images. Both would be nice, but in this scenario I want to export the selected objects as a single image. I can already create a new document, and paste in the selected items. I am looking for a way that is easier than this. How can I save / output / export only the objects I currently have selected, to an image file, in Adobe Illustrator CS5?
I want to set the brush to transfer, I tried more than 100 times but nothing. This image shows what I want: Is it because I don't have a tablet that this function doesn't want to work?
This question addresses my problem about handling derivative works but I am trying to find some Git compatible solution. Extensis Portfolio may be a good candidate but for me it is essential that I am able to work smoothly between graphics assets repo and programming repo. SourceTree/Git combo works to with programming projects but graphics easily ruins things because the graphics repo can expand extremely fast. Suppose a screenshot/work/etc with specific time-stamp/index/description, I don't want to lose this origin but I still need to use this work for things such as sprite-generation so I have change its description and location. In Git, I would use git mv to maintain the history -- now I want that the GUI will automatically handle this without me typing this command. Another scenario: I need to create many different versions of the same image so I clone many of them and change the name, I want the GUI to handle this in a way that I can later come back and see graphically how different art assets evolved. Extensis Portfolio apparently requires you to set up some groups but I would like the GUI to handle the group creation the time I create a new folder -- in a way I am trying to find a solution that is closely tied to the file system and Git: the software cannot add everyhing to Git unless the exponential size increasing easily. Does there exist any software to manage the evolution graphics assets on file-system level? The file-system level means that I could just create folder/file and then it tracked the evolution of files automatically like each file is an object where a field stores its historical paths.
I'm new to the web design and web comic fields. I'm a huge fan of The Oatmeal, and thought his tile layout was a good way to share the most amount of comics for given real estate. So, following the "Power Grid" pattern from this site (the last option), http://designshack.net/articles/layouts/10-rock-solid-website-layout-examples/, and drawing from elements of my favorite comics, TheOatmeal.com, XKCD, etc... I created my comics site: Hitting Trees with Sticks.com I recently received a complaint from an avid The Oatmeal fan claiming I've "totally ripped off and imitated The Oatmeal"... I asked the author, Matthew Inman, what he thought... and he said my site design and subject matter were quite similar... While I'll agree the tile layout I currently have is like his... I think it's also a standard/generic enough template... That being said, here are my questions: 1) Are the designs too similar? The Oatmeal.com: My website: 2) If so, what are some of the guidelines/rules of thumb on designing a website based on templates that are used by other comic artists? Do you think I should change mine? I mean, it seems like so many comics use the same "click-to-get-next-comic style... and I like The Power Grid/The Oatmeal's style... I feel there aren't many other ways for me to display the latest comics and most popular comics for the user to see... is that wrong? Thanks!
I need to generate sprites where images must not intersect. How can I get a custom-sized grid in Photoshop?
I am designing a website with Adobe Fireworks and I want to have a design where I have divs with rounded corners. Inside those divs I want to have an image that gets cut (rounded) by the containing div (rectangle in Fireworks) with rounded corners. I found this tutorial, though it cuts out everything inside the the vector image. With a bit of tricking (ctrl-x) the marquee and delete the old image underneath I was able to do this. I can't imagine there isn't a better way, but how? BTW: this is not in HTML or CSS but in Adobe Fireworks.
So I've downloaded a google font known as 'Didact Gothic' from Google Fonts. It works perfectly when embedded in a website. However, Photoshop CS6 does something really odd to the 'w' glyph: The .ttf file completely fine: And it even works in Pages: So what on Earth is going on? The rogue 'w' in photoshop appears to be from a different font called Mistral, I think. Bizarre. Any and all help appreciated.
I've had my eye on Craigslist for a few months looking for a silkscreen press. I've only ever dealt with my own 1 color/1 station press which I purchased new, so I'm not especially well versed in what sort of things can go wrong. What sort of defects should I look out for when shopping around for a pre-owned multi-color multi-station press?
I don't see it often, but I've seen it a few times in vector files: some of the shapes were left unclosed. The SE logo is not an example of this, but I modified it to illustrate my question: You can see from the outline view that all the shapes are left un-closed. It has no effect on the rendered appearance, but I'm not sure why someone would be inclined to opt for this instead of closing the shapes. The only reason that comes to mind would be to reduce the file size of the artwork. However, the amount of disk space saved for the example I provided comes out to be a whopping 236 bytes. Is there another reason for this sort of practice?
Whenever I am working with Adobe Illustrator, I can't figure this out for the life of me so I end up doing all kinds of knifing to get it sort of the way I want it. I am posting this here so I can find out the actual way to do it once and for all. Basically, in the below image (left), I want to trim the overlapping elements so nothing gets past the inside of the black border like the image on the right. Do I select all three elements (the border and the two shades of ground) and use a tool in the pathfinder? How do I go about this?
Please take a look at this image. It's the logo of the charity Childline. Source How can I achieve this bubble wrapper effect around text in photoshop?
Prompted by John's question about leaving paths unclosed. Drawing with the pencil tool (or the paintbrush tool) in Illustrator leaves the paths it makes open. Unlike the pen tool, there isn't an obvious or intuitive way to close paths when you've finished drawing them. What's the easiest way to close paths drawn with the pencil tool?
How do I 'lock' layer effects? In that, when I rotate the layer, the fx rotates with it. Currently, when I rotate a layer, the fx I have applied (a gradient) doesn't rotate with the layer, resulting in an odd look. Don't want to rasterize.
I am working in a table. I am creating cell styles for various kinds of cells. I want to create what is essentially a spacer cell (unless there's some way to create padding-above like in CSS :) ) which always has an exact height of p6. I can do this manually, but I can't find anywhere to do it in a style sheet. Is there a way?
Ive seen many examples of people using icon fonts but I am wondering what is the best way to execute this process. An example of icon fonts: Raphaël Icon-Set via @font-face. A tutorial I have read. Any ideas on how to go about creating these?
When resizing a vector group in Illustrator CS5.5 with a custom made symbol in the group I get distortion of the proportion of the shape. I've tried Tried resizing with selection tool holding down shift or option Turning off align to pixel grid in the transform panel Turning off align to pixel grid in the symbol option Checking Enabled Guides for 9-slice scaling is turned on Checking Scale Stroke & Effects is turned off in preferences Can you help me resize this without the distortion?
Is it possible (for pros & semi pros) to use Photoshop effectively without shortcuts? (PS newbies, as far as i know, don't use very many Shortcuts)
Is there a way to export a document in Photoshop using an action that would preserve the file name? Example: I have a document called Home.psd. I'd like to run an action, and it would create a Home.png in some specified location, like the Desktop. I can do all of this pretty easily by recording the action, except to set the save destination and file type, I must enter a name.
As a school project, I am graphically designing my own mobile OS. I already have hundreds of hand drawings of each aspect of the OSs design and I need to make the step to digital mockups. As the designs that I will be concepting are not "usual" iOS or Android elements, I am going to need to make a lot of the elements from scratch. I am fairly proficient in Photoshop but I hear that Illustrator might be a better tool to accomplish my goals. Which software do you think I should use? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Michael
So we often run into print designers who choose all these crazy fonts that don't look good for the web. As a backend web programmer, what do I tell print designers to help them select non-system fonts that will render well via CSS3 on the web? What is the checklist of requirements? Or perhaps someone can show me some good blogs on this subject? Additional Note: The biggest problem has been that these print designers make things that look amazing in photoshop. But as soon as we implement their designs into a website, they are not satisfied with how inconsistent and unpolished it looks depending on the browser and operating system you're using. Some fonts do a better job than another. What is the science behind selecting a font that works well across all browsers and operating systems?
Using Photoshop, i'd like to create a realistic sun lens flare, like the one shown on this picture : What I have already tried : draw a white circle, then apply radial blur effect multiple times, but results are poor and not convincing.
I want to know how to draw waves like patterns in photoshop easily. I have attached an image of it so you can get an idea of what I'm talking about: (source: gstatic.com) Please anybody help me in this.
Basic colour theory tells us that a colour palette of Green, Yellow and Red is a laughably ugly, they are colours that clash. If we take Green as the prominent colour, the analogous colours that go with it are Red and Blue - there is no room for yellow in such a colour scheme. So, is there any way that one can combine Green, Yellow and Red in a colour scheme without blinding the users? As my example, I have a page on a website where these colours are used to measure the required level of a skill for a project against a given user's actual level of this skill. Green satisfies or exceeds this level, Yellow indicates a slight shortfall in expectation and Red means that they are either not good enough or totally lacking in a given skill. Here is my example (ignore the orange and grey fields around the lettering, they are unrelated). We can all surely agree that this looks pretty terrible, but it is this format I need to adhere to, the whole Green-Red-Yellow thing. :/ Being a programmer mainly, as opposed to a Graphic/Web designer, my understanding of colour theory and user experience is limited. To put a point on it, my question is How can one establish a traditionally clashing colour scheme without detracting from the User Experience? (If my question is unsuitable I will remove it, I was not sure where to ask this, it seemed the most appropriate)
Customers are usually proud of their (offline) identities. As webdesigner, I regularly find myself having to explain that I can't legally use their licensed font in their webdesign. When I do, it always ends up as either a long e-mail or me talking to them on the phone, knowing I lost them halfway through. Is there a good and concise way to explain how online fonts work and don't work?
I just want to use some specific fonts for a non-profit project. I'll never sell or get any money (not myself or anyone related) with this. Not myself or anyone or the makers of those fonts will make any money, at all. I just thought "these fonts looks great, I want to use them". Before doing anything though, I prefer asking about it. Am I legally allowed to use copyrighted fonts for non-profit work?
By default when sampling colors in Photoshop with the eyedropper the color selected shows up as the foreground color, currently when i try sampling a color it sets it as the background color -how can i fix this error? (any clues how this change occurred?)
How do you create random diamond, crystal design like this ad on Photoshop? Could anybody please teach me and also identify what's the proper name for design like this call? Thanks a lot! ^Check out the picture design that I'm talking about here. Thanks!
So here's my problem: I made some vector images (e.g. figures of people, houses, apples, etc.—ones that you use for infographics). I made them for practicum but since my practicum is ending, I need to leave these stuff to my placement, where no one is well-versed with any kind of photoediting software. My best bet for them if they want to recolor these images is PowerPoint. However, I don't know how to turn them into a Microsoft clip art that may be subjected to functions like "Fill Color". Whenever I use fill color, it just fills up the background, not the intended area. Fill Color only works the intended way when you create the image out of autoshapes in PowerPoint. So my question is, does anyone know how to turn an image (i.e., vector image) to an element that is editable by Microsoft office applications? Thanks!
I'm interested in getting an iPad to use Omnigraffle. I'm a 5-year+ Omnigraffle fan on Mac, and so far it looks like reviews say that Omnigraffle on iPad has all the same features, except for Applescript. But what about fonts? Can iPad, or the Omnigraffle app specifically, support using any font file that I can get ahold of, like the Mac?
Take this image for example: How would I then go and select more of the rabbit after I made that leg selection up into its body?
Ok, so this is a bit embarrassing: But I cannot for the life of me find instructions that show me how to achieve this type of effect in Photoshop. If anyone knows what it is called or how it can be done, I would be most grateful.
I'm failing to find a replacement for Univers Condensed to use on the Web. I'm using Typekit (portfolio), and right now using LFT Etica Web which is much wider than Univers. I tried Googleing but no luck, so I decided to sign up and ask the pros.
When drawing straight lines in Photoshop, and I'm not snapping to the horizontal or vertical, doing diagonal lines by clicking on the start point and then shift clicking on the end point is hard to do if I need the line to run through several points. Is there a way that after clicking once and holding shift, a line guide will appear to show me where my potential line will appear?
I was making a GIF animation with GIMP. When I tried to play it back, though, it skipped directly from my first frame to the final frame and missed all the others. Is this a glitch in GIMP, or am I doing something wrong?
I'm a newbie. I want to ask how to create a double shadow like this: I don't know how it's called!
I want to know how to deal with printing mistakes and how to make sure that my work after printing has the least amount of mistakes. How to deal with print houses in regards to mistakes in printing? like bad colors, colors not centered, wrong page order etc. How to make sure the work delivered is right? How to deal with any mistakes?
This is not really a translation question - more of a designer vocabulary. How do you call the set of visuals, logos, designs, colors, fonts... that make a whole design project? In French we would call it "Charte Graphique", and I've seen some translate it to "Graphic Charter" but I think this is just a google translate translation. Is there a word to describe this?
Kerning - adjustment of the space between two specific letters. I am just wondering what computer subsystem is responsible for font kerning. Is it font engine? Or it is quality of specific font? If it is quality of specific font, can you please give me the names of most known fonts which uses a kerning?
I'm a newbie in graphic design. when I do my design in illustrator I create a big artboard usually 800X500px, but I don't use all the size. So what should I do to get an image of exactly of my design. For example I create an artboard size 800X550px after I do my design the size is only 300X300px, so I need to have a png file size 300X300px.
Often designers who are on Behance or Dribbble (or other design social platforms) do not upload there design as is, they pre-process them a bit in Photoshop to make them look better of give them some depth. In web design, Ipad and monitor screenshots are trending. For print design, people often just adjust the light and take a picture. When taking pictures of my print design is not possible, how can I virtually create them in Photoshop to achieve something like the followin example?
I want to use a background image from here though these are usually just used for websites. I am worried the quality will not be sufficient enough for print. Would I be correct in this assumption? Is there a way to make the image more print friendly (eg: shrink the image and repeat it)? I am using Illustrator and wish to place my vectors over the top of it.

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