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The most known way to get into Isolation Mode in Adobe Illustrator is by double-clicking on the image. Nonetheless, is there a way I can get into this mode from the Layers panel?
Sans-serif typeface is usually in web, so what are the free/open/cross-platform choices that can replace Helvetica? By replacing Helvetica I mean are there any font which is better than Helvetica for web? The reason I ask is I have read an article demoing Helvetica is often not the best choice for web. So probably two options are needed: For heading For paragraph
I'm building my portfolio, and rather than handing out hundreds of various designs, I want to put several items on one page. But I also want to illustrate what they are, such as a tri-fold or magazine. Is there a template to show the folded item, or magazine pages to actually look like a magazine, rather than a flat image? I've tried skewing the folded item in photoshop, but I couldn't get the angle right; and I tried vanishing point, but without an actual item to compare to, the angle was even worse than the skew. I'm OK with Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign. Thanks for the advice!
Is there an easy way to take four objects that are in the same location? The objects are pasted on top of each other, and arrange them into two rows and two columns without scrambling them manually, selecting two, aligning them left, selecting another two, aligning them to the bottom, etc.
I'm a software developer looking for some sketching app for a tablet. In my daily business I need to sketch a lot of technical concepts. Instead of composing them out of a palette of predefined shapes I want to draw them with a pencil on a tablet and let the app recognize certain shape patterns and smooth them. What I expect the app to do is: Smooth straight lines Connect line ends close to each other ( to ease sketching rectangles) recognize block letters and allow editing them as text (no formatting or such stuff) align elements relative to each other's bounds, centers, etc. allow moving elements or groups of them allow scaling elements or groups of them Recognize circles, arrows, rectangles, squares, etc. and smooth them Allow the creation of template shapes for reuse Extend rectangles, circles, custom shapes, etc. so that a certain text fits into it Does anyone know about such an app? Any hint will be highly appreciated.
I have a large image that I want to cut up in to 25px * 25px squares. I haven't used web slices before created a square slice, copy/pasted it in all the places I needed it, then selected them all and clicked Export Slice. However, this gives me 25px * 25px squares. Is it possible for me to export these slices, but with the whole canvas, remaining in their correct position. What I wish to end up with is a collection of images, all the same size (as my canvas) that can be layered over one another to create the same original image. Any suggestions?
I'm about to start working on some mobile Windows 8 apps, and I'm a bit confused about the recommended resolutions, sizes and ratios for supporting different devices. For iPhone, for example, I normally create mockups of 960×640px, for iPad 2048x1536px and so on. But I'm lost about size for Win8, and especially for Windows Phones. What resolution / screen size / aspect ratio should I use for creating Win 8 smartphone apps mockups?
I'm new to Photoshop, and am teaching myself. In playing with the pen and custom shape tool I've noticed that the Fill and Stroke settings for "Shape" appear to be locked. I cannot click to change them and don't get any kind of drop down like in other tools. I've tried making sure I'm on the right layer, but that's about all I can find. I know I should be able to click on the color boxes next to each option to change them, but it's not letting me. Any ideas?
There are few ok tuts online, but I haven't found a way to give an image the marblelized clear shiny opacity like real stain glass. Any tips? Stain glass filter applied Lower opacity Play with waves filter?
I have a bunch of text point objects and I'd like to select a subset of them and change their font size (for example). They might be in different groups so I can't select them all at once, so I select a few change the font size, then I select a few more, and change the font size manually again. I'm wondering if there is a repeat last action button. I know about Cmd+D but it doesn't work for applying text styles.
I would like to identify the font in this image to add more text.
Ok, so I am trying to do my first theme, a Tumblr page theme for bookshelf pages. My vision was basing it on iOS iBooks. There are some minor details which I don't know. I really want to know what the FONT of the header bar of iBooks and the HTML Colour code, hexadecimal or other equivalent codes which will lead me to the same exact colour, it doesn't have to be websafe. Thanks. P.S. Also, if it is a font with many variations, please tell me which variation (e.g. Condensed, Extended, Roman, Normal etc...)
Naturally you would expect that a graphic designer is proficient in logo, print and web graphics, but what else do clients commonly request? (Web, email, motion graphics, 3D animation etc...) I've heard a few times over my graphics/design career that it is better to be an expert at a couple of things, rather than a "Jack of all trades, master of none". Is this true in the freelance graphic design world? How do you handle requests that fall outside your normal scope? If you decide to expand your skill-set and take on that work, do you promote it at risk of appearing less focused or "expert" at your other work?
I am a web developer and want to make a physical portfolio. I have tried various settings in photoshop and for my printer (HP officejet pro 8600) and my lighter theme web sites come out fine but my darker themed websites are too dark and have little contrast between dark colors. I added a filter and lightened the image and it improves the contrast a little but is not enough and all the lighter colors too light. I don't expect the colors to be the same as any particular monitor but I would like colors that are obviously different on monitors to not look so much alike on the print. How can I get a more acceptable print? I am printing with best quality on glossy photo paper. I have printed with photoshop managing colors and with printer managing colors. I also tried each with hard proofing enabled for CMYK.
I have messed around with a few options, but have not come up with a good solution to recreate this gradient drop shadow effect.
I have a scan of an old anatomic atlas; it's grayscale and not really bright. I suppose it's a copy of an engraving. My question is: is it possible to remove this background relatively easy? Or magnet lasso will be the only option?
Folks, I've been looking all over for a plugin or brush that will help me take a photo and reduce it to that 'electric look' (or fractal?) that i'm seeing in various places. I'd vastly prefer one for Gimp. Does anyone know how these are being done? I'm seening references to fractalius for photoshop, but what about gimp? Examples:
I ask this question based on an incident I saw on Dribbble. I am not going to say names or point fingers but a particular person had used someone else's designs as part of a demo and the owner was livid. With that said I wanted to know: What is a good way to approach other designers? Is it bad practice to use other designer's work period? Should it be a courtesy to always include reference of the other designer's to help support them to? In regards to this, it was also mentioned that some theme developers that sold their themes also included the dummy content of other designers. How would you pursue that? Are the developers financially liable for technically selling your content?
What are some awesome ways to blend anti aliased edges of an object that has been extracted, lets say from dark background, or any light/dark unique color. And needs to be placed on different most likely on opposite color. Like object taken from black on white. -Removing all pixels doesnt help. It makes it look extra crispy. -Feathering is visible. I wish i could find a way where values of edges is extracted and then blended with the new background. Or Basically i am asking how to make edges anti-aliased pixels transparent when extracting an object in photoshop.
I have an SVG file that has, say, 10 g elements that do not start at (0,0). For example: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 16.0.1, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0) --> <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd"> <svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" width="528px" height="240px" viewBox="0 0 528 240" enable-background="new 0 0 528 240" xml:space="preserve"> <g id="CONTAINER"> <g id="collapse-top"> <path id="collapse_x5F_top" fill="#1D1D1B" d="M498,206v-3c0-2.2-1.8-4-4-4h-3c-2.2,0-4,1.8-4,4v3c0,2.156,1.781,4,4,4 c0,0,2,0,3,0C496.172,210,498,208.156,498,206z M496,207c0,0.55-0.45,1-1,1h-5c-0.55,0-1-0.45-1-1v-5c0-0.55,0.45-1,1-1h5 c0.55,0,1,0.45,1,1V207z M495,206h-5l2.5-3.333L495,206z"/> </g> </g> How can I split it into 10 different SVG files, one per g element, that each start at (0,0)? I prefer an automated, command-line based approach to do this, but I can use Adobe Illustrator as well.
Is there a way to copy a part of an object in illustrator? I do not know the technical name of the effect I need to do, so I have to describe it. I need to do the effect where you have an image and then you have a square on the image and a couple lines connecting to a zoomed in shot of that square (if there is a name for this effect, that would be helpful too, since I can;t serach for it otherwise). I have the larger image, but I cannot figure out any way to select a region, copy just that part, and be able to edit it (add features, adjust scale, etc.) to make the detailed view. I cannot find any way to cut up an image at all, in fact. Obviously artboards are not the way to go, since I am trying to make a compound image, not merely restrict the output when I go to JPEG format at the end. How do you do this?
So, I'm using adobe illustrator for creating vectorial figures, mainly for graphs. In illustrator, creating graphs is not so well implemented, so I'm using another tool to make them (e.g. R, xmgrace, pyx, mathematica), and them export as PDF and "place" them in the illustrator, for further modifications and adjustments easier to to in illustrator. There are two "types" of placing: either a link to the original pdf, or embed the pdf in the illustrator, converting its data to illustrator's "notation". When embedding, it is frequent that the illustrator does not have the fonts of the PDF (e.g. LaTeX symbols), and thus screws all the symbols/text of the original pdf during embedding. I currently know one way of "solving" this for images, as pointed out here: by converting the pdf to a postscript without fonts, using (on Mac): gs -sDEVICE=pswrite -dNOCACHE -sOutputFile=nofont-Myfile.ps -q -dbatch -dNOPAUSE Myfile.pdf -c quit For simple formulas, this seems to be equivalent to export a formula from LaTeXit as "PDF w.o.f." (without font) instead of just PDF (this utility appears during Drag of the formula) However, for images, this requires one step on the process (the terminal command) just to create a new file, for them passing from pdf to Illustrator. Does anyone knows a better solution than this one?
Is it possible to change the way the Blend tool works here? What if I need the Blend tool draw the crossing not under the cross but above? Right where I drew the red lines on the screenshot.
I am looking for a font for my wedding invitation. I like Zapfino One but I think it is not readable enough for an invitation. Especially the letter "f" is very large. Is there any professional looking font which is similar to Zapfino One but a bit more readable for my purpose? If not are there any other suggestions? For sake of completeness, here is a sample of Zapfino One: Since I make the invitation with LaTeX (XeLaTeX) it would also be ok if you suggest a LaTeX metafont (which I could use with pdflatex). I am also considering to make the menu-cards with Zapfino One, so it would be great if the font of the wedding invitation would fit to Zapfino One.
Bit of a spin off of this question... Do you tell the client if you are sub-contracting their work? Morally is it an obligation, or do you pass it off as your own? When choosing collaborators, do you work with people who have a similar design style as you, or someone who produces a completely different feel? How does this effect how you present that work to clients? Do you position your business as an individual designer or a studio/agency ('I' vs 'We')? If 'We', do you use collaborated work in your portfolio? Where do you draw the line between an agency/studio reel and falsely taking credit for someone else's work?
I am used to editing vector graphics in FontLab, which allows you to simplify vectors like this: The behavior I'm used to If I delete a point from a curve, the program will roughly maintain the original shape by adjusting the handles of neighbouring points to compensate. Result: A curve that looks roughly like the original. However, in Illustrator, the default behavior seems to be different, and it drives me a little bonkers—not quite because I'm used to the behavior above, but because in 90% of cases it's actually better for my particular use case and illustration style. The behavior in Illustrator (it seems) If I delete a point from a curve, the result is a straight line between the original points. If I want to recreate the original shape, I have to do some combination of joining points and adding/adjust handles. Is there something I could be doing differently to get the behavior I'm used to? I would love for it to be as straightforward/keyboard-friendly as I'm used to Fontlab, without having to click a bunch or manually add or adjust handles. For all I know I'm using the wrong tool or action; though I'm not new to Illustrator, I haven't used it much to directly edit curves before.
It would be helpful if anyone can identify this font, or something similar. I've tried the What The Font search engine, however it gave me not so good results.
I am trying to print my 4" x 6" book from InDesign CS6 to my home printer. The book has about 100 pages, a perfect bound book with a few front pages and a table of contents. I want to print the pages in the right order as 2up, centered & double-sided, onto 8.5" x 11" paper which I will then have cut down into individual 4" x 6" pages and bind by hand. The document has facing pages and I am using "print booklet",e selected 2-up perfect bound and, since my printer doesn't have automatic duplexing, I am printing the odd pages first then turning the paper over and printing the even pages. I've got everything working except the order of the pages does not make any sense and I can't figure out why or how to fix it. I did not anticipate this being a complex function! I thought that "print booklet" would handle the page ordering.
My designer is out of reach, he has designed a logo but now there is a need to write PRO on the lower right corner of it(as written in various other logos), I am an amateur in designing, can anybody tell me how to do that in Gimp. Thanks in Advance
I have a 20 concentric circles in Inkscape, not filled, with a white semi-transparent border. Like this: When I export it to PDF, the circles are resized and they become ellipses, revealing the background behind them: Any idea why and how to avoid this? Here are the svg and pdf files: https://www.dropbox.com/s/91njrcoxjs5akg8/test.pdf https://www.dropbox.com/s/0t4z9hkwqb82vjz/test.svg
I'm wondering: If you were [conditional, I'm not asking for people who were actually there] an art (or printing, or advertisement, I'm not sure what the title would have been back then) student or professional in the 70s, what would you be talking about with with your classmates/colleagues? I don't mean what would you be studying at class, but what would you consider revolutionary (and maybe a little subversive) subjects at the time? What were the trends, the new ideas people were talking about? Could be students from America or Europe. I'm actually thinking about latinamerican universities, but I realize that might be too specific. And they must have been talking about the same things, I guess. I know, for example, that social science students were discussing Levi-Strauss, a lot. Which was forbidden in some latinamerican countries, because it was considered 'dangerous'. I imagine maybe art students were talking about... postmodernism? Feminism? I don't really know and would appreciate your help.
How would I go about making a texture similar to the one used throughout this site: Is it some kind of noise pattern?
I'm starting to learn SVG graphics coding, but I'm looking for something with a WYSIWYG kind of thing. Does such a thing exist? And what would you advise me to make the learning process faster?
I am trying to join two shapes (figure - a) in Illustrator, And I want the effect should be like this (figure - b). I tried Unite option in Pathfinder, but that makes a big rectangle. Please note: after joining I want one middle cut inside the rectangle. Any idea?
What is the best colors for logo of a IT/Web Dev company? I have created sample.
How would I go about creating an effect such as the people in this image. I like the simplicity of only a few colors and shapes. Is there a filter I could use?
I'm trying to mix both uppercase and lowercase of a font together for a logo, but increasing the lowercase font to match makes the font weight a bit bigger so it looks messed up. Is there a simple way to achieve this? Intended Effect: What I end up getting (notice the increased weight on the 'a')
In Photoshop, I want to create 3 different sizes of the same logo. There will be some differences in the look of the logo depending on target screen size. I believe the slice tool is what I want but I'm not sure. I've been learning more about the slice tool. It seems if I use it for creating differently sized logos, it will save lots of time as everything can be saved at once. This way, I don't have to create three different images with three different saves. Is the slice tool the most efficient way to handle the above scenario?
Sometimes when I click a color with the eye dropper in Photoshop CS 6, the color of a text layer in my document will change to that color. Oddly enough, this happens only one and I cannot duplicate it. I do not know how/why that happens and would love to know. To the more pressing matter at hand: After I have designed a text layer the way I want it, I wish to use the same style on a series of other documents, I have not found anything, short of duplicating the text layer and retyping the text, that would accomplish that and I would like to ask for help with that. I wish for a text layer in another document to have the same font, size, color etc. as the one in the current document. How pls? I believe text styles do not transfer across documents for some reason?
Lorem Ipsum has been the known default for dummy text. Per a search the last discussion in regards to alternatives is two years old. I thought I would post a new thread on this topic. So, what are updated alternatives to Lorem Ipsum?
What I'm trying to achieve is here: The Volcano by Yoga Perdana Not the logo itself but the mockup that's used. The paper kind of look with the tiny white specs and scratches here and there. It looks spectacular, it really does. I've thought of so many ways on how to do this, and I just can't think of anything. I really like the design of it. Could someone tell me how to achieve this look? I see a lot of logo designers using it. So what's the secret?
This is the initial registration page for my client's communication app. ( I covered over the logo - note the white box - for his privacy) I do not like that the "y" descends and the "h" ascends into the same space. makes the two lines a bit too cramped. Any suggestions? (the app's font is roboto. Here - I'm using Roboto Bold.) Any other design comments we'll be appreciated - as long as you behave yourselves :)
Is there a command-line program (for Linux) that can convert an image to ascii art and then save that output as an image e.g. jpg or png? To illustrate what I'm in need of, I want to convert the image below into ascii art The output that I desire from a program should be similar to this one, which was created by taking a screenshot of the output of an image-to-ascii converter (the output was pure text) I'm aware that GIMP has the ability to save an image as ascii art and aview can also convert an image to ascii. However, the former cannot be done via the command line and the latter only lets you view the output, not save it (I don't want to resort to taking a screenshot of the output). I'm also aware that libcaca can save its output to an image, but it only outputs colourful ascii, like below. Made by converting the source image to greyscale and then with the following command: img2txt -W 70 -f tga input.jpg > output.tga The reason for wanting a command-line program is to batch process a folder full of images.
1) By File -> Automate -> Fit Image..., we can fit images of any size or orientation into a particular frame size. But we cannot specify the resample method, like Bicublic Sharper. In fact we do not know what resample method it uses. 2) By Image -> Image Size..., we can control the resample methods. But for batch processing, like batch resize photos of different orientation, we cannot specify a "fit-frame" size in this menu. Is there a way/a script/a menu that we can combine the advantages of the two - Batch Fit Image with Bicublic Sharper?
Our normal workflow with CS5 was printing the .psd to .ps (postscript), and then processing the .ps with Distiller to .pdf. Under CS6, I don't know if it's me or the version I am using, but all .psd files print to .ps as 8.5x11. The Print Settings Position and Size attributes are as followed: Scale: 100%, Height: 12" Width 15". From the Printer Setup section of the Print Settings dialog, I click Print Settings, to display the Print dialog, verify that Paper Size is set to Width 15 Height 12. I select Save as Postscript, specify a filename and location, then click Save to return to the Print Settings dialog, and verify that the preview is labeled 15" x 12" and correctly displays the whole image, then click Print to create the file. The file is created, but opening in Preview (or processing it in Distiller) shows what appears to be an 8.5 X 11 crop of the original. I've done this on several projects before, am I overlooking something?
What is the name of this font? I have checked in many sites but could not get a proper answer. Might be this the same font used in oracle logo.
I have quite a simple problem but after much searching I can find how to do it. Basically, I have a folder of shapes and a Gradient Overlay applied to the folder to apply to all shapes. This looks all well and good but if I then move the shapes folder anywhere else on the page the shapes' color changes. This makes me think the shapes are moving but the Gradient Overlay isn't so they are basically moving to a different place on the gradient and changing color. I don't want this to happen, I just want to move the shapes folder to the other side of the image but keep the same colors. I tried doing "Create Layer" but that creates a massive rectangle for the gradient overlay that makes transforms hard to do on the shapes (the shapes take up much less space than the gradient overlay layer in the transform rectangle). And turning the folder into a smart object did very strange things to the gradient overlay. Does anyone know a way to keep the colors the same as I move the shapes folder? Thanks for your time.
The era of computers makes it easy to regulate brand consistency - you can e-mail anyone your branding guidelines in a PDF and it will have all the information they need. However, I still sometimes struggle to acquire the files I need from clients (no, please do not fax me your logo). I can't imagine how difficult my job would be without e-mail. How was it done? For example, if I wanted some stationery with my company's logo printed on it, what was the process like without computers? How did brand logos remain consistent without digital assistance?
Can anyone please help me with the following? I am a low-level dabbler, but these things have been nagging at me for years. I know I've been doing everything the hard way, and my hope is that knowing these answers will help me to continue enjoying playing with graphics. What are the effects of doing the following? creating a high resolution image to use on a low resolution display the opposite of number one doing fine editing of a graphic at high magnification starting with a finished graphic at a low but unknown resolution then making changes and saving it at a higher resolution making a mash-up of several different graphics, each at different resolutions and saving the result as a high resolution image converting graphics between file formats that aren't yet completed
Is there any way to get the width of the text inside a paragraph box? The measurement would not take into account the wrapping. That is, it would equal the sum of each wrapped line. I'm not asking about the width of the box. For example, let's say I have a paragraph text containing the string, "!!!!!". In Arial at 12pt, that is 23 px. But if the content were, "mmmmm", the width would be 54px. So the measurement would need to take into account the width of the specific characters in the string. I can measure that with the ruler tool, but is there a way to get such a measurement in a script?
I was interested to know what some go by when meeting with a new client and discussing their options and trying to figure out what they want and how you can execute. I typically set aside 30-45 mins to meet with a potential client and bill it in the back end if they decide to start the ball. However I know, and have seen, many clients just want to be walked through everything so how do you properly manage time you aren't currently charging for? How do you limit the time interaction? What's a good amount of time? Do you base time on the project complexity? Do you add this time in your bill, as in, it is scene on the invoice or just price it as a design hour? If you approach the time you try to allot, do you end the meeting or acknowledge that you are running out of time and will have to bill? Is it bad if they are "stalling" to tell them sorry I can't meet with you anymore?
When I am having an object of any size (in this case it will be 300px x 300 px), I need a tool like a brush. For example, I want first pixel on the top left to be black, second pixel on the top left - red, but what I am calling a pixel is not actually a pixel, it is a pixel-sized vector. Color Eyedropper Tool [Sample colors, and apply them to objects], which is used in CorelDraw applies these colors to the objects as a whole - and in this case it is an object of a 300x300 size. Can I apply my color to one pixel only - like I said - first on the top left? CorelDraw was only an example of a software used. Please, give me another soft to make it easier for me to work with desired colors. (Corel PaintShop Pro X5 maybe?)
I'm using this template: (source) I have my own image that is 1136 * 640: the size of the smart object that depicts the contents of the iPhone 5 screen. When I drop my image onto the smart object, it is 1.5x the normal size (stretched) and I can't use Free Transform, as it's greyed out. What am I doing wrong?
Is there a way to convert Corel Draw version 11 files to version X3 files? I have files in Corel Draw 11 to be converted to the X3 version.
So I am using templates, and can override the locked master items (e.g. text boxes and headers) yet cannot seem to unlock an image (which I am using as a placeholder to replace with the correct image every time I use the template.) On most items on the page, I unlock by pressing cmd + shift and clicking on the the dotted outline of whatever it is; but for some reason I cannot get to the image. Why can't I unlock / alter the image element on my master page, and what can I do to make it possible?
I ask these questions to know what some would do when faced with an art form you have experience with but it is being replaced by better technology. I shall use two examples: Bending neon is a great art form and many years ago it was the standard for lighted signage. Lately with the better machines and tools for channel lettering LED is greatly weeding out neon and the people that are great at it. Another art form that is being replaced is airbrushing with the advancement of digital printing. Many years ago this was the standard for gradients and shadowing for advertising. These two are examples of what I am interested to know how some would proceed with a skill set that is dying. Do you price as normal? Do you not bother? Do you spend the time to market your skill set on a dying art form (and this question may dive into if there is a market which I would imagine will still be)? I understand that you must price to make a living but there is certainly a difference in time it takes to airbrush over a digital print. How do you decide where the end of the road is or should you always offer it?
I have versions CS4 through CS6 (ETA and now current to CC18). I have a nice numbered list and I'd like to align things. Is there any way to set up tabs rather than letterspacing or splitting the text into separate layers? (I can recreate the text in Illustrator and import it, but I'd like to know if I can do this task in one program.)
Currently I am creating .psd images "to scale" by changing the ppi so that 1mm = 1mm. This way I can drop the image in InDesign and it will print at the actual size. I cannot however find a way for Lightroom to export a jpg without altering the ppi, so I instead have to open it with photoshop again and export it there. Am I missing something, or does Lightroom have to set the resolution every time? Right now, I'm using lightroom more for it's cataloging than it's editing. My workflow is: 1. Shoot product with green-screen and ruler. 2. Make basic adjustments in Lightroom and add keywords, titles... 3. Export to .psd (100dpi) to mask out background and more touchups. 4. Use ruler measurements to calculate dpi for "scale". Since image is at 100dpi, if 1cm on the "ruler" reads 186.2mm (example) I change the dpi to 1862. Now 1cm = 1cm. 5. Back in Lightroom I would like to export the .psd to various jpgs, but need 1 that retains the 1862dpi (which varies).
I cannot figure out how to go about making a pattern similar to this one: I know it must be relatively simple but I cannot wrap my mind around creating a consistent repeating pattern. thanks!
Curious to know what key elements out there that some use or see that defines a design as vintage. I know some would consider vintage by the typography or pattern used in the design but what are other elements that are key to define vintage? Per the design below would it be defined vintage based on: color palette? typography? pattern?
Is there any professional software (for Mac) that I can use to replace some of the adobe software like InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator? I don’t mean one that replaces all, but the equivalent of each one.
So, I decided to try freehanding a design, and I used the pencil tool. Then I was working with it. But somewhere along the line, my curve turned into a beizer guide, which I don't want and will probably never need. Then, by accident, I right-clicked and hit "Make Guides" without realizing it. It's already been saved and closed, so there's no way I can undo it. How can I turn it back into a path?
I'm making a website that only has text, and a small amount. What would be a good layout for it? Should I put the text in the top left? Center screen? Somewhere else? The site is a download verification page, a purchase verification page, or a page telling the user his action was completed successfully, etc. About images - There's no need for them.
I've seen quite a few of these humanoid creatures around the internet: How do I go about making one of these? Can I make a basic model from cylindrical sections for each joint and then rotate them according to the action?
I am designing a music-based mobile app that will need lots of instrument graphics and sounds bytes, etc. Would I be in legal trouble if I photographed my Fender guitars and used these photographs in my commercial app? Could I even reference them as 'Fender guitars' and use their actual model name, etc?
I have two illustrator projects that represent a warehouse floor layout. Both projects have the same layers (same names, same color). One project is the entire floor layout on one artboard and the other project has 8 artboards that I've used to break things apart to make viewing easier. I have a lot of updates from the single artboard project that I want to move over, but every time I do this all of the objects end up on the same layer. It just puts them all on the currently selected layer of the project I am copying to. I've tried keyboard copy shortcut for this as well as floating my other project on another monitor and doing a alt+click to clone. End result is the same, all objects in one layer. Is it possible for me to copy between projects and have my objects stay on the proper layer?
I am have created an image that has elements in it from another image that I didn't have a psd for. The elements in question are black(#000000). How exactly can I change all of these elements to a different color(#292929). I would need for it to basically change all elements that are black in the image to that color. Can anyone help? I am using Photoshop CS6
I'm trying to identify a typeface from an 1800s book. It has a strange shape to the uppercase N (and also to the A) with a ball serif where I wouldn't have expected one. Does anyone know a font similar to this?
I started a tiny CSS framework recently. (http://mincss.com if anyone's interested) I quickly banged out an initial design for some buttons. After asking for feedback on UX StackExchange (and receiving lots of good feedback), I was recommended to come here for additional advice on improving them. This is what they look like right now, after UXStackExchange's feedback. I removed the black border, added a 3px "shadow", and removed the 1px bevel: I'm going for a flat-design look. I have 3 remaining questions: Do these buttons show enough affordance? (This seems to be a problem with flat design) Would you suggest adding a small gradient? Do they look well-designed? (subjective I know, but I can't think of a better way to ask this) I'll gladly welcome (and probably use) any feedback on these buttons.
We're completely color illiterate on our team. Our internal site has a lot of black and white, but I've heard that too much contrast is bad. And people don't respond well to the look of our site. Where can we go for guidance about default colors for text and background?
I am trying to find the font used in Return to Ravenhearst game. A screenshot of the text of which I am looking is: I have tried WhatTheFont and similar services, but they are very sensitive.
Does anyone know if it's possible to create a new document in illustrator that is boundless? And once you have entered all the content you define the size before exporting?
I don't really want to go into too much detail, but my life took an unexpected turn and I haven't been able to transfer into a 4 year college. I only have an AA degree but I've taken loads of random classes and also have a couple of certificates. I've been working at a completely unrelated job for the last 6 years but have been doing quite a bit of freelance work on the side and even more personal art/illustrations. I think over the years I've built up a pretty good and diverse portfolio, even though a lot of it is from personal projects. I spend just about all of my free time working on some kind of design project. Anyway, I want to start looking for an actual design job and was hoping to get some tips on getting an interview. Also, I'm not sure what to do about my resume since I've never actually worked as a full-time designer. Like I said, all the paid design work I've done has been random freelance stuff whenever I could find it. I feel like my portfolio is pretty good at least, but I did spend a lot of time and effort on it. I figured it should be top-notch if I didn't have a degree so I'm really hoping that's the important thing. Anyway, I would really appreciate any tips. Thanks.
I am a newbie in making pictures and animations. I have found a nice .svg picture on wikipedia and now I am assuming what tools the author used. I know that I can make this picture with Microsofts' paint or gimp too, but I am searching for an tool that is easily to use for making such animations.
I'm looking to find this unique font in this logo: I can't seem to find it anywhere since most of the letters are unique. I've tried uploading it to the first 5 links on Google for "find font by image" but nothing comes close.
I have two separate but related needs. First, the website. It is almost mostly forms (data entry) and tables. For many of the tables, I need a narrow or condensed font. I'm currently using OpenSans and OpenSansCondensed, both at 9pt. It seems to work ok, but would there be something better? Second, reports. These are tabular reports. Some description, but mostly dates, numbers, money, etc. Produced in PDF. Currently using Helvetica for most things. 9pt for column headers and report text, and several different sizes for page headers. Some reports need more room per line, so on those I'm using Arial Narrow. These work ok, and using Helvetica keeps the PDF smaller. But a little more pizzaz would be nice. Currenly I can only use free fonts, but will be able to purchase fonts later, if necessary. So free and paid suggestions both welcome. Edit: I'll try to be more specific. The project is an accounting system. The website is used for transaction entry, maintenance, and data display. Imagine a page for adding a record that has 30 fields, on a laptop or tablet screen, where scrolling is frowned upon. Or showing a table of transactions including an ID, description, customer number, cost, sale price, applied discount, P&L, sale date, and a few other fields. That's why the font size is often 9pts and the table needs a narrow font. Many things on the website are very high-density. So the web font needs to be as readable as possible in 9pt and narrow/condensed. The reports are in the same situation. Many of them use a 9pt font with portrait orientation. Some have multiple lines (up to 5) for each detail entry. Narrow fonts are used only when necessary. For example, if a report needs just a little too much width to get everything to fit on a single line, it will use a narrow font so everything will fit on one line, rather than have two half-full lines, and using over two times as many pages. I've spent hours looking at fonts, but there are so many, and after a while they all look the same, and the all look equally ugly ;-) So I've come here for help to find the best (or at least a good) looking font at small point sizes and narrow. Does that help? Feel free to ask questions if something isn't clear enough. Thanks!
Lubuntu, a flavor of Ubuntu, ships with a few icon themes including elementary. Since many of the icons are .svg files, it's somewhat easy to make minor tweaks to suit one's visual preferences. While doing so, I noticed a feature common to several .svg icons which I don't understand. I hope to illustrate this feature with an small example: In the image above, consider system-restart-panel.svg. I'm including its code after scouring for brevity: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) --> <svg id="svg3211" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="16" width="12" version="1.0" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> <defs id="defs3213"> <linearGradient id="linearGradient2878" y2="5" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse" x2="15.5" gradientTransform="translate(-6,-4)" y1="19" x1="15.5"> <stop id="stop4629-22-2" stop-color="#49a3d2" offset="0"/> <stop id="stop4631-4-9" stop-color="#3470b4" offset=".705"/> <stop id="stop4633-7-6" stop-color="#1b5699" offset="1"/> </linearGradient> </defs> <path id="path3224" opacity=".7" d="m6 2v2c-3.31 0-6 2.69-6 6s2.69 6 6 6 6-2.69 6-6h-2c0 2.2-1.79 4-4 4s-4-1.8-4-4c0-2.21 1.79-4 4-4v2l5-3-5-3z" fill-rule="evenodd" fill="#fff"/> <path id="path4199" d="m6 1v2c-3.31 0-6 2.69-6 6s2.69 6 6 6 6-2.69 6-6h-2c0 2.2-1.79 4-4 4s-4-1.8-4-4c0-2.21 1.79-4 4-4v2l5-3-5-3z" fill-rule="evenodd" fill="url(#linearGradient2878)"/> </svg> The common feature I referred to above is the presence of (in this case) path3224. This path has fill="#fff" and is slightly offset from the "real" visible path, path4199, which has a gradient of blues. In short, my question is this: what is the purpose of this other path?
Ok, I'm an Illustrator noob, but I've worked in screen printing. I made a design which is composed of an expanded Live Trace, a couple of rectangles with fills and strokes, and some text within said rectangles/boxes. It's a simple design and we have three spot colors, black, red, and yellow. So my idea is (was) to flatten all layers, select each color, and move them to their own newly created layers, one color each layer. Print each layer black and, voilá, color seps. I used the layer command Flatten Artwork, then selected a black object then Select -> Same -> Fill Color. Then created a new Layer, and slid the black on up. When I did the next color, which also happens to be the rectangle fill color, the text was now beneath the box. In other words, all objects (and text) were still on different layers, even though I thought I'd flattened the artwork. Nothing underneath my boxes or text was knocked out. Can you flatten both art and text in Illustrator? If so, how? Can you output (print) each layer separately, or must you create a new file for each? I saw no provision for printing individual layers in the Print Dialog box. I'm using CS5 on Mac OS. Thanks for your help!
I have 2 shapes (see below) a circle and a shape of the US. I want to remove the part of the US that falls outside the circle. How is this possible? Thanks
I felt in love with the way this graphic designer, called Mariusz, has edited this picture. It would be fun to produce something like this for myself. Anyone has some ideas on how to create such a nice color effect in Photoshop or Gimp?
I realize this is an unfortunately vague question. I happen to be working with a designer with really awesome lettering skills, and we were hoping to create a couple fonts in .otf files. We are at a bit of a loss at how to go about doing this nicely. The fonts created using http://www.myscriptfont.com really aren't rendering nicely in print, and we were wondering if there is a better way to do this. (If possible, we would like to use free software - we're already paying a lot for printing and other fees.) Thank you so much.
Sumopaint is an online photoshop like web-based utility, I am trying to open a psd file with the free online version but it does not open. Can we open a psd file with Sumopaint, if yes how?
For a web game logo I keep around a Gimp file 1024x1024-logo.xcf which has 3 layers: Text (the game name) Picture of 2 playing cards Blue background as a linear gradient Now I have received a new requirement to provide a new logo at the dimensions 392x240. Using Image -> Scale Image with those dimensions would give me a skewed image: If not for the gradient background, I would better issue: Image -> Scale Image to 240x240 (too keep proportions) Image -> Canvas Size to 392x340 and center the image But I don't know how to scale the backround gradient, any suggestions for Gimp please?
I am looking for a software to draw a diagram like the one in this picture.
I have some GIF files that are not observing transparency when I load them in .NET, via System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(). However, I have a some others that do. When I have a look at the color palette, the ones that do work have argb(0,255,255,255) and the ones that don't work have argb(0,0,0,0). Is it possible to change the color of this layer in the images that don't work to be argb(0,255,255,255)? I'm hoping this is going to solve my problem when loading in .NET. Update: After 5 hours trying to work out why these particular images were not working for transparency, in my application, when others did, I eventually delivered the code and images to the test environment. And in that environment, they happened to work. Same code, same images. My conclusion is that there must be a runtime difference that prevents the transparency from working, perhaps a difference in .NET versions.
I wonder if anybody knows a decent solution to manage Fonts over dropbox. I use FontExplorer Pro. And tried to do something with Symlinks. It's a complete mess. Does anybody know if other apps like Suitcase Fusion work better than FontExplorer with dropbox?
I'm trying to produce the effect in the below image: I'd preferably like to do this with Photoshop or Illustrator. How can this be accomplished?
I'm trying to re-organize a project that has gotten a lot of objects stuck in the wrong layers. For some reason when I select a group of objects and try to move them to another artboard my paste in place command does not move them to the new layer I select. If I try a standard paste operation and choose to re-align the object I find that it also does not paste to the correct layer. My layers are all visible and not locked. Grouped/ungrouped objects have same behavior. Has my project corrupted or is this something simple I don't know about?
Here's what I'd like to do. textLayer.textItem.position[0] = 200; I would expect this to change the x-coordinate of the text box to 200px from the canvas origin. The value does not get assigned. Anybody know what I'm missing?
If you were to hire a graphic designer to pretty up your web pages, would you hire him/her if the person has no experience in JavaScript but has a very good understanding of HTML and CSS? How important is it for a graphic designer to understand web technologies for him/her to be able to perform effectively at their job of prettying up web pages? What is the industry trend when it comes to hiring people to improve the look and feel of the website?
I am trying to create a horizontal layout list of items for a promotional poster. It is much like a music festival line-up poster. After each list item I need a custom bullet or separator. After the last item on a line the separator needs to be skipped. This is true also for each item that stands alone on a line. I know I could do this quite easily using each list-item as an individual object, but the list is ever changing and I'd just like to know if its possible. This is an example of what Im asking that I mocked up in Photoshop. Thanks!
I am trying to achieve this noisy background behind the cards. How can I recreate this effect?
I would like to replicate the antialiasing made by my browser in photoshop. Look at this picture: It is 500% image of standard 13px Arial #464646 font. First line is screenshot from browser(chrome), other lines are some of the antialiasing options from PS. Notice the color change on the first line. Does it have something to do with ClearType? Can I somehow replicate the first line in PS?
We have a base design for a web site which includes different control and thier placement which is mostly constant. Every time we get a new requirement, what we have to do is copy the old design and just change the skin (Font Color, Font Style, Background, ForeColor etc). Problem is that we get new design in PSD and then we have to fetch skin related information. Is there a way to fetch this information programmatically? Thanks In Advance, adjain
I have checked in many like sites but could not get a proper answer. The given image is the logo of Nicholls Colonels, which is a baseball team.
I'm listening to the new song by Boards of Canada, and looking at the fine artwork. –Avant Garde, that's a nice one, I think to myself. But when I try it out on the poster I'm working on I notice a slight difference from the cover artwork The M and W has got an even thickness as opposed to the traditional Avant Garde. Anyone know if this is an alteration done by the graphic designer or if there is a font like this? Thanks!
I am trying to recreate this effect (see photo) from the HipMunk Android app and I am having some issues as the shadow is coming out other sides on the shape. I just want the shadow out of the right side. Let me know. Thanks!
I am getting a product label printed and the printer is asking that the text in the PSD file to be identified as PMS colors. I renamed the title of the layers to the specific color (e.g. Pantone 116) but I guess that is not enough. Below is the message sent by the printer. "The text is still being called out as 4 color process (4CP). We cannot hold this small text in registration on press and the text needs to be identified as individual PMS colors." Can someone help me out by listing the steps I need to take to identify each text layer as individual PMS colors?
A friend of mine is in need of some graphic design work. I'm trying to explain to him that his make-me-something-like-X-but-different-approach is not a very good way to communicate his needs. We tried to write down some of the specifics that a graphic designer would need in order to limit the back & forth of "not getting it right"--but were limited by our own lack of visual-imagination (hence, why he needs a graphic designer). What are some of the questions graphic designers need to know in order to begin working? The project is a layout/character design for a mobile app game.
After loading a large group of vector (*.ai) files, I tried individually going through to change each one's color (they're basic, monochrome vectors). After pasting the hex value into the object's fill-color, the object will change color - but the document name will not show a star, indicating it hasn't been saved. Furthermore I can't save. Furthermore, I can exit the document, and not only will it not ask for me to save it, but I lose my changes. I found that I can move the object, and undo, and then it'll let me save. But this is ridiculous, especially when the graphics are thin. Question: Is there another way I can change the color in one action such that it will allow me to save?p.s. Someone plz report this bug. (Adobe Illustrator 16.0.3, 64-bit, Windows)EDIT:Exact action:Opened up 13 files each with one compound path (CMYK).Drag-select with the "Selection Tool" to easily select any shape.Hold shift and click the fill-color in the main toolbar at the top (by default)If it's not in RGB color, click on the little drop-down in the top-right corner, and select RGB.Select and paste into the text-box labeled "#" (Hex/Web color value)Press enter / click out of box. The color will apply. At this point, I cannot save.

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