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What is the industry standard term for a set of color guidelines for a brand identity? Logo Usage Guidelines Brand Identity Guidelines Something else? Edit: As Scott mentioned "whatever works". There does not seem to be any strict term, however searching for "brand guideline", "brand guide", or "brand style guide" appears to produce the most authoritative results. Substituting "Identity" for "Guide" will also yield good results. It should be mentioned that these guides do far more than dictate color usage, I highly recommend reading some samples for anyone who is interested. For examples check out this list: http://www.logodesignlove.com/brand-identity-style-guides
I love Illustrator for graphic design, but for tablet drawing it's a real pain. Why? You can't rotate the artboard like you do in Photoshop. When drawing on real paper it's very natural for me to rotate the paper for making lines in certain directions. When using the pen, you can't see what you are drawing until the shape is done. Sure you see a preview in the layer color, but unless you are drawing on a white background it's not always perfectly visible. The blob brush works well in that aspect but then it's not the right tool for other reasons. Can you recommend a vector software for mac that has those features? I just want to be able to draw vectors naturally with my tablet... and I stil haven't found a good option.
I'm creating a wi-fi icon in Photoshop, using three circles and subtracted paths. Now I need to remove the subtracted area and combine the three shape layers into one shape layer without rasterizing. This is what I want to do: How can I do it?
I'm trying to find the name of this highlighted image element to look for similar vector icons. I tried to search by "link", but can't find anything like it. How can I recreate this shape using a program like Inkscape or similar?
Can anyone help me with this problem: I am having problem with Right-to-Left writing with the Old Turkic font. Turkish is written with extended Latin letters left-to-right but: Old Turkic is a Turkish variation which is written Right-to-Left, defined in Unicode Standard 5.2 Range 10C00-10C4F (Central Asian Languages group). I have all the Unicode fonts with this range that support both the characters codes defined by the standard and the glyphs are ok. I also use a custom designed keyboard layout designed with Microsoft Keyboard Layout Designer (MKLD). In the design test window I can write from Right-to-Left as it should be. I can also write Right-to-Left without problems in the default Windows Notepad. Now what heppens in Adobe Illustrator CS6 and Photoshop CS6: In Illustrator the only problem is Right-to-Left writing. But the glyphs are ok: Screen shot of Adobe Illustrator CS6: Now when I copy paste this text to Photoshop I only see empty boxes incase of letters(glyphs): Screen shot of Adobe Photoshop CS6 Part-1: When I change Edit > Preferences > Type > Text Engine settings of Photoshop From Middle Eastern to East Asian, I can see the glyphs when I rewrite the text (not on the text previously written) but I lose the right-to-left writing feature: Screen shot of Adobe Photoshop CS6 Part-2: Some additional files that might be relevant: The keyboard layout can be downloaded on my dropbox from here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/siddv9k7mjafzpr/Gök%20Türkçe%20Q%20Klavye%20Düzeni.rar (foreign characters not recognised by SE, but copy-and-pasting the link works) The font file turkic.tff can be downloaded on my dropbox from here. (license not specified) Can anybody help me to make Adobe Photoshop display the characters as I want them, from right-to-left?
I need to apply shadow to an overarching border, however so far I've created the shadow with CSS, and since the overarching border is formed by two boxes, the shadow overlaps. My solution to this is to cover up the overlapping part with an image that looks like a seamless blend, however I'm not sure how the shadows should look, when they meet like that. Please see the blue circle area. How can I figure out how the natural shadow blend would look for an example like this? I can use Adobe Photoshop or GIMP to achieve this.
In GIMP, you can (in various modes) draw a constrained straight line which will "snap" the line you're drawing to the nearest 15 degree angle, making it easy to draw lines in a precise direction. For example, in paintbrush mode, you do this by clicking one point, releasing, holding shift+ctrl, then moving the cursor to the next point of the line and clicking. Is there any way to do this in paths mode? I can't seem to use this method to get an exactly horizontal path segment, for example.
I have read on a number of blogs that the seams that you see in Illustrator from applying a pattern to an object is due to anti-aliasing and that if you print from Illustrator that it will print fine. My concern is that when I save my work to PDF the seam shows up there as well. I don't want a client to see the seam and think there is something wrong. I also don't want to tell them not to worry about it. I want it to look correct from the get go. I am creating invitations for weddings and just started using the pattern tool/feature of Illustrator. Any ideas or process I should follow? Update I am building a simple pattern diagonal line pattern like the one in this tutorial, http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/how-to-create-a-seamless-diagonal-pattern-in-illustrator
I made a bar graph in Illustrator using Pattern Swatches for the diagonal stripes: In Illustrator, this looks perfect and saves as a vector. However, this graph is going to be published, and apparently Pattern Swatches are problematic for some types of publishing (sometimes the pattern simply drops out, or fills solid, or even changes color). Is there an easy way to make stripe fill like this without using Pattern Swatches?
I'm involved with a project that needs a few icons to represent some categories. Some of them aren't that difficult to represent graphically, however I'm having a hard time thinking of how time is represented graphically. Specifically, I need two simple icons to represent both past and future. I tried looking up other representations, but the best I can find are arrows pointing left and right. However, these are very unclear and would just be confusing to the user. My question is, how has time been graphically represented throughout history? EDIT: This edit is for my specific purpose. However, I'm still really interested in the bigger question of 'How was time been graphically represented'. Since I didn't provide context, I'll clarify a bit. I'm working on an app that allows users to take a picture of something, tag it with 1 of 5 categories, and then upload it so that everybody can see all of these notes (optionally sorted by these tags) on a map. The purpose of the app (right now) is specific to Madison, Wisconsin - and is trying to showcase the cool things the city has to offer. The 5 tags are Madison Culture, Must Do Things, Innovations at UW, 'Stories of the Past', and '100 Years From Now'. Stories of the Past are cool things that have happened in the city, excluding inventions and such (innovations) - so not really 'stories' in the book sense. Past: I've thought of making a moldy tome, or silent film representation of our famous State Street. Future: A flying car by the state capitol. The problem with these ideas, is that they are only supposed to be small annotations on the map, and I'm afraid that these are too detailed and will be impossible to decipher.
Using Photoshop I want to mimic what moz.com does with their product tour. I have a screen shot of my website and I want change the perspective to look like this: http://moz.com/products/tour What's the best method for this to maintain a legible version of my screenshot? Thanks.
I was curious to know if there is a way to or a script available within InDesign (any solution alternative is preferred) that I can batch check spelling and grammatical errors with either .indd or .pdf files. Some areas I would like to check are: Case errors: aNd Case structure: AND should be and spelling: Bannana If it could even be done I would like the script or process to correct the issue or document it to a file in .pdf format. Is there a way to batch process a spelling and grammar check for .indd or .pdf files?
I have been interested in finding a way to track my progress and tasks for client work with a visually engaging workflow program, that isn't like a git-hub style solution. I'm looking for a program that is visually interactive, with simple tools for managing it rather than a terminal based, command line software. Upon a search I did see a similar question here but it was quite old and the answers appear to be geared towards a git-hub mentality. What graphic user interface based software exists that would help me track my workflow effectively? I'm looking for both online web apps and offline local software solutions.
I want to understand how the icons used in Study room' whiteboard were inserted. To see what I mean, navigate to the site, click Create button and then Join button on the animation. If you observe closely the tip of the brush, pen etc changes based on the color selected: From the google developer kit, I don't see any background picture at the place of icon but can see some junk character. Can anyone throw some light on what type of icons are used and how to design those?
I'm trying to understand Adobe Illustrator's color conversion method between RGB/HSB and CMYK. I'm pretty sure they use ICC profiles to do the conversion, and they make a bunch of ICC profiles available for download (http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3680). I can't match the conversion using a combination of those profiles to Illustrator's color picker. What RGB and CMYK ICC profiles does Illustrator use in its color picker?
I'm designing a business card for a client, and they have asked to use a geometric repeating pattern as a background on part of the card. Initially I thought of placing the pattern flush against the edges of the card, but I'm not sure if its possible to guarantee that the edges of the pattern will line up. I can extend the pattern into the bleed, but I would like the edge of each atomic unit of the pattern to align on the edge of the card. This is an example and this the repeating pattern.
I am currently using the Entypo icon pack for the design of my website. Unfortunately it's missing some icons I want. I am willing to create them but I'm afraid to create inconsistencies because I have a very limited knowledge in icon design. How can I prevent inconsistencies when designing new icons for a pack?
I am trying to make some sort of space scene in Photoshop. I want a light source in it; since the standard lens flare filter is a bit cliché, I decided to put in a photograph of the Sun I just made. I have seen someone doing this in a video, but I can't find it again. How can I blend this picture of the Sun in a space scene containing a black background with starfields?
Many people told me doing gestures is great as a learning tool, gives you the pencil mileage, feeling for shape, form and proportion, and so on. I started doing them, basing my tries on this, this and this video among others. I've actually found doing gesture drawings fun and helpful - I'm seeing improvement! I began wondering - are there any similar, established exercises for drawing faces?
Today I was following a tutorial using PS CS6 on the internet and it asked that a layer be added and Layer Style > Gradient Overlay be used, which would later become a background. I'm not a big user of the fx button in the layer panel, I admit. But, I didn't think it was so utterly confusing. I simply created a new layer (transparent) and accessed the Gradient Overlay in Layer Styles and expected to see the new layer filled with the gradient I had configured and then I'd move on to the next step. There was no effect at all and no indication from Photoshop CS6 that I had just done something that would have no effect. To my great surprise I discovered that even after making a (marquee) selection, there was no gradient overlay appearing. Not until I used the shape tool (or text tool) would my gradient appear within it. Of course, I thought the so-called 'layer' style would apply on a layer level basis and not require that a particular object be used for filling. Is my software not working correctly or does anyone else find this observed behavior counter-intuitive in the slightest? Why does it only have effect on text or shape layers?
Photoshop CS5 comes with a feature called Puppet Warp. I find it specially useful for a certain animation I'm making. Normally, I duplicate the layer, use puppet warp, done. Then duplicate again, and so on... This is a bit frustrating because I have to re-create the pins for every frame (and you can't undo when you move a pin modifying the mesh, I think). That's a shame, because this tool is great for my project. I wonder if there is any other software specialized in puppet warp animation? Or, is there a way to not have to re-create the pins for every frame in Photoshop CS5?
I am trying to resize this image: The image is 73x44 and I would like to resize it down to 53x32. First, I tried using Photoshop CS6 with different resampling algorithms using the Image size dialog: Bicubic automatic: Bicubic: Bilinear: Nearest neighbor: They all look pretty bad, especially that the border on the left, right and bottom are more pronounced, but the border on top has almost disappeared. I then tried picresize and the result was pretty good and did not have that much distortion: What settings should I adjust in Photoshop to be able to yield the same resize quality as picresize?
I use illustrator a lot and I'm always exporting PDFs. Since the PDF is a "save as" rather than an export, I end up editing the PDF and saving out. This causes version conflicts. Could I just work in PDF? What would be lost if I never used the ai format?
Warning: Total photoshop newb! I recently got a cool image of my fiancee and I holding hands and showing off her engagment ring. The backdrop is the beach: I tried to trace an image using a combo of the laso and magic wand tools to select my target. Then I used that to pull out the target as another layer. I then pasted in a background gradient. Ended up with a really lame photoshoped looking picture. Notice the white lines where I didn't get the arms close enough and the choppy spots where I got too close. So what's my main problem here? Is their a way to bet a better cutout? Is their a blending tool that will make the background look more natural? both I tried a dozen or so tutorials I found in google searches but they just don't blend these types of images together in any of them. Thanks in advance.
I've applied the 'Oil Paint' Smart Filter to a layer in Photoshop CS6. I'd like to animate the filter's 'Angular Direction' from 0 to 360 degrees but I the keyframes in the "Style" lane of the Timeline don't seem to work for this. Is there a quick way to achieve this effect? I have limited knowledge of scripting / batch actions in Photoshop, would that be a route worth investigating to achieve this effect?
I was going through a few website designs and I really liked this pointed corner drop shadow: How can I add similar shadow effect using The Gimp or simple CSS?
I'm trying to create a grid that supports 2:1 and 1:1 units. I cannot figure out if this can be done or is even mathematically possible without compromising the 1:1 or 2:1 unit. The grid will be 1024px wide. Using the 1:1 unit as a base for columns, ideally there are six columns. The height should support at least two or three rows of units. The gutters should be 4px, maximum of 6px, minimum of 2px. Ideally no margins, but there can be very small margins the same width as the gutter at most. I'd like this to be pixel perfect, by this I mean the solution does not involve half-pixels or breaking the 1:1 or 2:1 units. This might not be possible, unfortunately my maths isn't strong enough to be sure!
I am looking for stats or polls that show what viewers like in a website design. I have seen stats about what browsers are commonly used, but I have not run across any statistics or polls to answer the following: Age demographic on what devices they use. Results on what they dislike in a site. Is responsive site design becoming a standard for all ages. What elements are required in a responsive site. What age demographic do you consider for responsive. Devices commonly used to view a site based on age. Any hints?
I was using Wunderlist, and I was wonderling what the texture is that is used in the sidebar, as shown in this image: Image courtesy of ifrick.ch. Click image for full size It looks like some sort of fabric, but I'm not quite sure.
This is a pattern I've seen used in multiple places and I've always loved it: This site also uses it as a background texture, as well as this one. It's sort of like a fingerprint/wood texture. I want to make something similar and I've considered drawing it out and throwing it in illustrator or something, but is there an easier way? Maybe like a combination of filters in Photoshop?
I have a graphics style that has the following attributes: Stoke: None Fill: None 3D Extrude and Bevel: Applied [*] Opacity: Default [*] Actually, this links to countless irrelevant parameters I want to do is apply the 3D Extrude and Bevel to multiple paths at once. By highlighting the paths and clicking on the graphics style, I achieve this effect, but the various "Stoke" and "Fill" of the selected paths is overridden by the graphics style's "no fill" and "no stroke". Basically, it 3D extrudes the paths okay, but then it goes and makes them colorless as well. How can I disable/prevent that when I can't delete the Stroke, Fill or Opacity Graphics Styles attributes?
I just wanted to know that is there is any font named "Flower Power" that looks like this: Are the two files available for download at the above mentioned page (.eps and .ai) fonts? Can I convert them to .ttf format? This is my very first question at GraphicDesign.
For a website project, I need to find a good looking web-font that fits the following parameters: it must be a "slab serif" it must be "monospace" Keeping my question short and simple: Which monospaced "slab serif" fonts can be recommended?
I want to use this element in a larger resolution poster: I tried using Photoshop's free transform, but I lost too much quality. How can I create this shape?
I have a curved path generated with the line tool followed by the Zig Zag filter to which I'd like to snap a shape I've drawn. I would like it that the shape can be dragged only along the line (like a carriage on a train track), and that the shape be rotated as it's dragged to be tangental to the curvature of the path. The shape itself is, at its most basic, a styled rectangle, and the effect I'm trying to achieve would be the result of locking the vertical-middle left-most and right-most anchor points to the curve simultaneously. Is it possible to do this in Illustrator CS5? Many thanks in advance!
Right, sorry if the pictures are a bit small, but look at the group on the right where I'm previewing a 3D effect. Notice how there are three turquoise stripes running along it. (You can look at the 2D version) Basically, I change the extrude depth from 50pt to 30pt and for no reason at all, the middle turquoise shape vanishes!! Is this a bug or what?
I'm new here so please bear with me... I've gone through search results but i couldn't find quite what i was looking for. for easier understanding, i shall explain my goal and hopefully you shall understand what exactly I'm trying to achieve. I want to create an animated video of an exercise, e.g someone doing crunches and another doing reverse crunches. The goal is to realistically illustrate the exercise itself... and i think have 3 options so far. note: I don't know how to do any of these things (yet) ;D record a short clip of a real person exercising and convert it into an animation create the animation of a full person from scratch create the animation of the outline of a person doing the exercise can anyone recommend a better method and point me in the right direction? which software should i look for and use? note: I'm not looking to create an extremely detailed video, just one that shows exactly how the exercise should be performed even though it's simply an outline of a person doing an exercise. any suggestions are welcome
I want this glyph to resemble a sort of elongated ^ shape (it was originally an accented A... Á). I've deleted its vertical bar, but now it's completely filled in with black as you can see. How can I just join those three points to form a ^? Thanks
I used to work with Fontlab Studio to design and compile my fonts. Years have passed and my former Fontlab install vanished into the voids of a crashing harddisk. Now that I'm gaining interest in font-design again, I used and abused the usual search engines, but I have not managed to find any free or open-source software out there with alike functionality which Fontlab offers. Therefore I would love to know: "Is there any open-source alternative to Fontlab out there?" (Preferably, it should be able to run on a Microsoft Windows operating system.)
I would like to be able to pan an image while I'm seeing 100% of the image, but Photoshop doesn't allow me to do. Do you know any workarounds? I'm using Windows.
I have read about techniques such as "Spot Healing", "Content Aware Fill-In" and "Reconstruct" that are able to regenerate parts of an image based on the patterns in the rest of the image. How could I apply them to extend an image while filling the extended portion with a pattern that exists in an image? Specifically, I have a bit more complicated problem than simply extending the texture. The picture below shows wavy flowing hair. I realize it might not be possible to precisely extend them, but what's the best bet to at least get a blurred version so that if I blur some of the image it looks like a realistic extension? Are there techniques specifically for hair that could apply? I am a really bad artist so drawing it will be a challenge. But I could definitely draw some wavy black/single-color lines if that helps the software reconstruct them. Here is the example image also embedded below. (created by by PrincessElemmiriel on deviantart) I thought of copying the left part of the image, flipping it horizontally, pasting it back (it would be aligned) and then fade out the top and bottom. Are there better alternatives? I have Gimp but I would be interested in whatever tool you could suggest.
If I had the time, I would go through each and every photo to make sure that the dimensions and quality are pixel perfect. However, I'm in a time crunch, and need to make the couple hundred photos that are 4320 x 3240 into 950x630. now I could- 1. Upload them into WordPress, uses native image reducing components and J query go from there. 2. Go through each and every photo, reduce file size, and proportion and bring it to Yahoo's PNG processing script. However, maybe I'm missing a choice or alternative workflow that would allow for processing all of these photos in a clear manner without losing quality or perspectives. Any workflow suggestions?
I'm looking for an easy to learn layout program that allows me to create alternating page layouts. MS Word does NOT seem to have this feature (argh!). By simplest I mean lowest learning curve. This is subjective, I know, but anything easier than QuarkXpress or InDesign would be wonderful. Of course, if no such beast exists and I need to use Quark or InDesign that knowledge would be nice to know too. The design I need to work with is this: A book with the main text on the left hand pages in two columns and a two column layout on the right with supporting text in one column and lines in the other for taking notes. All columns are full page height. Left page columns are equal width and right page columns have the left side column slightly smaller, maybe a 40% / 60% split. Something like this: This is the left | text that flows || this is right |___________ hand page with | in two columns || hand page with |___________ || text in one |___________ || column and lines |___________ || in the other. |___________ I don't want to put too much time into learning new software and won't need many features beyond this layout. I'm currently download the InDesign trial to give that a try but from what I read online, I could be in for a bit of a steep learning curve. I guess what the hard part is, is that I expect to paste in a whole bunch of existing text into the first left hand page and the text should never appear on any right hand page. Supporting text will be added later on the right hand page. Help locating such software (or that nothing "easy" exists) very appreciated! Please let me know if comments if I need more detail on any of this.
I'm already working with an artboard, but i need two more, how can I add additional artboards to my document in Illustrator?
This is probably asked already, but I couldn't find a sufficient answer, so hopefully you guys can! When creating things such as corporate identities, I always save both the workfile (PSD/AI/INDD) and a PDF version aswell, for others to view. However, having to click to save to both extensions for each file and each revision is quite time consuming and I was hoping there was a plugin or a short way to save both a workfile and a PDF version simultaneously. Who can satisfy me with a glorious answer to fullfill this action? :) Thank you! edit: A solution with by just clicking 'save' which saves to preconfigured settings (file name excluded) would be the best, however, two prompted messages (the settings window for saving AI/PSD/INDD and the PDF settings window afterwards) directly after each other is acceptable too.
I am not a professional designer however I need to make a few shapes like the ones shown above for my college presentation. I would like to ask how I can create shapes like these ?
Not sure how the community will feel about this question but its one that I've been wondering more and more about every time I see yet another movie do this. It has to do with design trends so let's see how this goes. I'm talking about the bar at the top, usually black, with the name of the film in it throughout the entire length of the commercial. More and more movie trailers are doing this. Where did this design trend come from and why? Is there a media I'm unaware of that allows you to click on the movie name or something? Examples: TV Promo for The Conjuring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKZfZivyMSU TV Promo for Red Dawn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HmPayVj1i4 TV Promo for The Lucky One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLq-jRVac4g TV Promo for Prometheus (on bottom instead): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfh8K2zLkHY TV Promo for House at the End of the Street (on bottom): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDvR9wWCzRw TV Promo for Chronicle (top & bottom!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NKtKS3JJ5g Check this out: Playing for Keeps movie commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrLjhknYyYk Playing for Keeps on DVD/Blu-ray: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-ecShk6uJg
I'd just like to create a simple white border around this picture, without shrinking it. I tried creating a new layer and expanding it beyond the borders of the original layer. At first, I was unable to resize as it was transparent and I was told "no pixels selected." So, I filled the layer with white, put it in front, and tried to Cmd + T / Transform it that way. It seemed I was making it bigger, but the white did not expand with the border, nor was I able to refill the whole thing with white. Any idea where I'm going wrong, or what the easiest way to do this is? Thank you in advance.
I am not so familiar with Photoshop and would like to ask for help with something that is probably quite easy for many people, I have tried searching around without any exact help to what I want. What I want to create is the following (without the text and no yellow background color) If anyone know how to do it or to tell me any link to a web tutorial that would be much appreciated
I hope that anybody of you could be able to solve my Problem. I'm using Photoshop CS6 and would like to get only the filename prefix I specify. If I try using the Export Layers to Files command, I get the prefix I created, like 'S03_', but then there is another prefix automatically added like '0001'. Also, if I have the layers in a group, the prefix is kind of like '0001s' and then there is another one like '0001'. I searched and found out how to solve that first prefix problem '0001'. So now I'm left with the second problem. I think that it is because these layers are in a group and so the name of the file is now 'S03_0000s_example.png'. I would like to have these '0000s' prefix gone, or it should be replaced by the name of the Folder it is in like 'S03_examplefolder_example.png'
Is there a Script for exporting .jpg files from Flash CS6? Another possible solution would be to add an extra button to Export directly to overjump by going to something like File > Export > Export Image and saving to a location.
On the mac you simply pressed cmd and when you clicked, and Photoshop would select the layer beneath your cursor. However, pressing ctrl and clicking, or pressing Alt and clicking doesn't do the same thing in Windows. What key combination do I need to fast-select layers in Windows? Thanks
Those vector shapes have the same stroke configuration, and on the pointy end there's only 1node. So why this happens?
Is there a way to keep very long footnotes from filling the page? I know you can put in frame breaks manually or setup a paragraph style that limits to one paragraph per page, but neither of those are really viable solutions.
I graduated from college with a degree in math-computer science and have been working in the subd/cad industry for 1 year. My company attends siggraph every year and after going this year, I was fascinated by a demonstration that created a creature using zbrush. Seeing the demo made me want to dabble in the field of 3d design for games. I've looked around this Q&A site and looked around some of the job opportunities as a graphics person in indeed/monster and came to the conclusion that a BA or MA from an arts academy is probably not required. However I have no training, and am not particularly artsy. So my question is: 1) What is a good way to see if I have a passion for this field? I am very interested in the field right now but I'm not sure if I am willing to do this for a living yet. Are getting certificates a good way to see if I enjoy this field? 2) Out of the many 3d modeling programs out there, which ones are used heavily in the industry?
Is there any way to get the x/y position of the origin of a paragraph text box via Javascript, excluding use of the Photoshop UI? This image shows my predicament; what I need vs what the Photoshop Javascript is giving me: The .bounds property gives the coordinates of the actual text content, as shown in the image by the guides and the green circles. I got this by running the simple script alert(app.activeDocument.activeLayer.bounds);, which gave these measurements: What I would expect to be stored in .bounds, and what I need, is the top-left and bottom-right coordinates of the paragraph box. Does anybody have any good way of getting this? TextItem.width and TextItem.height are getting close, but they give no indication of where on the canvas the text item actually is. Right now I'm having to find the center of the bounds coordinates and extrapolate from there, but that is not precise enough because it varies 1 or 2 pixels depending on the characters in the text field.
Considering that it is an application that uses vectors which can scale to any size because they're mathematically calculated, why can I only zoom to a certain level and what is the deciding factor? Is it based on my hardware? Is it based on limitations of the software? What can I do, if anything, to be able to zoom in further?
I got a psd from one designer, I got the gotham font that he used but when I open the file to edit the logo and replace the current content with my own content nothing happens, another layer gets created. If I select the original layer the fonts get selected...I noticed that there is a shape icon. How can I work with this psd? Please see attached picture! I use photoshop cc
I've been trying for the past week to find what is the font on google android emulator... : But couldnt find any matches. Any help please?
We usually see this kind of avatars in math forums! But I don't know what they are called. What is the name of such art? Also, is there any tool for generating these random shapes?
I can hold and drag each individual layer on timeline to increase its duration but it's such a pain. Is there a workaround to change (increase) all layers on timeline to have the same duration?
I am looking for someone to explain how to achieve a subtle gradient in adobe illustrator like the one in this icon. much thanks.
During web development it's only really necessary to chop, crop, extract layers and save as PNGs, etc. A web developer will only use a tiny fraction of a tool like Photoshop. Photoshop as a tool for a graphic designer is essential, but is there a simpler tool that satisfies the requirements of someone who is converting the design into CSS, HTML and JavaScript?
I frequently create labels that follow the same format: white text on a 75% opaque black background, with 10px of margin around the text. Currently, I have to manually build these labels, which takes a lot of work. In one method, I write the text, figure out its height and width, then create a separate rectangle and place it behind it. This takes a lot of clicking around for every label. In the other method, I draw out a text box, select it directly, give it the correct background and margins, and then insert the text. However, I must then resize the box manually, meaning more clicking around and greater imprecision. There doesn't seem to be a way to directly select a text box once it has text inside it. I tried using the script contained in a related answer to resize the text box to the content, but it only resizes the box vertically, and removes my color and margins. Does anyone have suggestions on how to resolve these problems, or for a better method? I'm using CS3.
Do you know of any plugin that best fills the page with as much copies of an object as it can? I don't care about orientation (they can be vertical and/or horizontal as well), and it would be a plus to specify in any way a minimum spacing between copies, for cutting purposes. Some time ago I asked how to create Symbols in Illustrator in order to generate a mosaic. I'm not really sure that "mosaic" is the word - I need to fill a whole page with the same little image, so I print lots of copies in a single sheet of paper. I've tried using the approach of Transform's copies in the last answer, but I was thinking there has to be a plugin for doing this - come on, I can't be the only one in the world printing labels. Any alternative method that doesn't involve loosing quality of the image can be valid, but sticking to Illustrator would be great.
So I am making an animation in Poser 9. I am have a keyframe at the beginning of the animation and at the end of the animation for the feet. The feet literally have the same values at the end and beginning. For some reason poser decides to make the feet go all over the place and then back to normal between the start and finish even though the feet should not move. Does anyone know why?
I want to bring my Photoshop swatch library into Illustrator. I've tried saving swatches for exchange and then opening them in a New Swatch Library in Illustrator, but the colors become corrupted.
I want to work as a designer of videogame characters and backgrounds, but I don't know if there is such a job, or what it is called (illustration, graphic design, concept design?). I am about to go to college, but I don't know what I need to learn or study to do this job. Is there a specific major or subject that is going to help me in this?
Why doesn't the gradient tool appear over the object I've applied it to in Illustrator CS6? I have to click and hold down to adjust the size of the gradient on an object or just use the gradient window. But now I am unable to edit the perimeters of a radial gradient like I use to do in CS5. In CS5 the bar would stay visible over the object until you clicked out of the gradient tool. Is my software bugged or is this simply a disappointing new feature in CS6?
I'm creating a book in indesign cs5. I'm using a table to do a 2 column layout. When I set the block of copy to no break to get rid of all the hyphens in the cell, the type disappears. I try dragging the cell bigger but the type never shows up. I think a setting somewhere must be check causing problems. I've seen this question asked on other sites, but the best answer was to re-install!!
Is it possible to start with a stock photo and wind up with an artistic rendering of that image? An example will depict what I'm trying to do See the image of the cornet player wearing the straw boater. Suppose I had a photo image of that cornet player in some suitable format. Is it possible to convert via some suitable workflow the photo image to an artwork image and wind up with that cover art Joanna Penn is discussing? I'm an indie author with 2 novels and a short story I wish to design cover art for. I want to do it myself, not pay someone else for covers, and I want them to be my covers, my ideas. I can learn anything technical but I don't know whether this is even possible? Thanks for reading.
I come from the land of game programming and a very logically oriented mind with a bit of a dulled experience. I have experience manipulating images in Photoshop, doing tasks like slicing and tracing but nothing like creating things from scratch. Where can someone with my sort of background learn to create vector (or pixel) art?
I have over 600 JPG images, and I need to apply the same action to all of them and then have them saved to a new folder. I tried batch, but after each image it brings up the JPG options dialog asking me to choose compression and what not. I want it to just save it automatically. How can I do this? Note: I already tried "Override Save As Commands" and after it's done the destination folder is always empty.
I want to be able to create the triangular pixelation effect depicted in the following image. I've been successful with the technique detailed here--and it's nice--but It is not quite the effect I am after. Any suggestions?
I have been trying to search a way out to convert polar panorama to cylindrical panorama. But I couldn't get anything on it. So, I would like to ask if is it possible to do so? Thanks
My problem is so general, and there are version-dependent plug-ins for the problem not working with my version. I also found workarounds that are not the correct solutions. I would to convert my image's white to transparency, i.e. decompose gray to black and transparent. It would be correct if I could use the saturation value of the pixel from the HSB (de)composition, make every pixel's saturation to 100% from it's original s(x,y) value, and add a 100% - s(x,y) transparency to the pixel. As the mentioned and many other workaround suggest, using the image itself as an alpha channel is not a solution. E.g. if the pixel is 20% white and 80% gray, and you apply a 20% transparency, then the pixel will look look like 80% - 0.8*0.2 = 56% black instead of 80%. Another stackexchange question on turning white to transparent is similar to my problem but as I understand, it does not cover my problem. In case if I'm wrong I'd appriciate if someone enlight me how to apply that for my scenario.
I have a very large poster that is 98" by 90" and I would like to know some good tips for making edits to the file I tried to make it a smart object and then decrease the image size, only to increase it later. This method works of when handling most of the layers and functions (laggy but managable) But when transforming the smart object layer itself, it is unbearable Any ideas?
I've been practicing front-end web design for almost 4 months now (and by that I mean design, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript). I've found that I excel in terms of writing code and markup, but my design skills aren't really up to par. How would you suggest I get an eye for designing nice interfaces? Have any of you ever been in a position like mine (with no art/design experience) and managed to become a great designer?
How can I color picker for the gradient tool to sample a color? It seems the color picker does not work like photoshop does where you can pick a color from the existing canvas, but have to know either the exact hex ect? Example here, is I am trying to pick a color for the gradient tool, the picker does not show up when I hover my cursor over the canvas so I cannot select a color. Is there any way to sample outside the color picker tool?
I have decided to self-publish some short stories I wrote years ago. I understand the importance of a good cover. I have known for years that "Don't judge a book by its cover" does not work in the real world. I don't have a big budget but I have access to stock photos. I have some skills in manipulating them to look different from the original (including using layers). I am wondering how good are stock photos as book covers?
This comes up a lot, so I'm wondering if there's a proper way to do this. Sometimes I want to create an object by placing two objects next to each other, for example, when drawing an arrow (or a snowman, or a stack of boxes or a shelf of books, etc): As you can see, it's somewhat difficult to make these perfect, which I suppose isn't the worst thing in the world, but I'd much prefer to get it perfectly right. At the moment, the best way I can find to do it perfectly is to create a third object to use as a key object for the first two: This is obviously way more involved than I really want it to be, so I'm wondering if I'm missing some easy/obvious way to do a top-to-bottom alignment. Edit: Sorry, Illustrator 6.0, Windows (7 or 8, though that probably doesn't matter).
This question is asked with FontForge in mind, but I'm sure that if I get the terminology right then it would help me. Here's my screenshot: See how in this font, you can hold the mouse down and view alternates? In this case it's variants for sub and superscripts and such, but with some fonts you get three or four different takes on a character. I'd like to work this into my font, but I don't know the technical term for what I'm looking for. I guessed Stylistic Alternate, but that's something different that shows up in the OpenType palette. Nothing else has worked yet. Any thoughts? Like I said, if someone knows how to do this in FontForge that'd be ideal, but just an education on terms would probably help me search for answers better.
I'd like to know how many font sizes can you use for a website. Someone said to me it's better not to use more than 3 different font sizes (e.g. 16px for heading, 11px for text and 13 px for smaller headlines). Is it a good or bad idea to use more than 3 font sizes per webpage (e.g. 4)? I just ask because I'm considering using a fourth one but don't know if it could ruin my design.
I'm looking for a list of mind-map/brainstorming software that are easy to use, intuitive and practically applicable across a wide range of projects. Thus far I have been using IHMC CmapTools software, which is pretty good in most cases but not quite right for some. I'm looking for alternative programs similar to this, that may be better suited to other projects. Please suggest some brainstorming and mind-mapping software that you have found useful, and if you wish to, give a brief description of what makes it useful. Preferably open-source and Windows compatible, though this list is for everyone so feel free to suggest software for other operating systems, and include paid software if it's suitable.
I need to explode/break apart a drop shadow filter into the shape it forms. I mean, I need to be able to have a shape (shape object, or another kind of object) that its generated when I apply a drop shadow. If I break apart the object, the drop shadow disappears. Is there a way to accomplish this?
We all know you can "type on path" in Adobe's Illustrator like this: Now, I would like to do the same in Maxon's Cinema 4D but after checking the documents and several search engines, I still haven't found the magic bullet to do that. How can I "type on path" in Cinema4d like I can do in (eg) Illustrator?
In the past, I've googled iPhone user interface elements and downloaded the PSD. 2. I deleted all layers except the frame 3. I took screenshots of my various web projects 4. Change dimensions and inserted various screenshots from other emulators or iPhone to show up in portfolio. Maybe this is the "right way", although it is time-consuming and the pain the butt. It's not a problem, for it is easy enough to do just tedious. Has anyone found a simple workflow for this process? I feel like there's probably some tool out there that asked for screenshots and automatically exports PNG's for portfolios. Maybe I'm wrong. Any tools or workflow recommendations?
A note upfront: The background does not have to "survive" the process. It's the type (and visible style/design) I'm after. I have this situation: Using Photoshop, what is the best technique to "undo" the drop shadows from a flattened image like this? I'm guessing cutting out the individual letters and symbols with manually traced paths would be an option, but the results are not satisfying. Also, the image above is a cropped screenshot… as the complete image contains more than 100 characters and symbols, manually tracing each and every one of them steals too much time. I'm open for any suggestion that works and helps me save time.
I want to create this final output of image as in this answer, so first I need to create horizontal lines. I am very new to photoshop and a bit aware of Gimp. As I see every answer is in photoshop. Even the first question I have asked was on gimp which already has an answer for photoshop( my first question on graphics designing). So, I have decided to start with photoshop. But I am stuck at the first task itself :( Can someone help me with creating series of horizontal lines as in that answer. I tried according to this video, but ended up with below lines which has gaps between two lines instead of thickness of each line. Here is what I currently have. Can someone please tell me how to achieve thick horizontal lines pattern?
Usually I use filters for this effect, but combined lighting made it look like crap. The example design below shows the top is without bevel, and the bottom is with. This is what I'm trying to do in Inkscape. Can anyone help guide me the right direction? The closest result I can get is by using a border stroke with a linear gradient (width 24px) and blurring that. (I don't want the outer shadows just the inner bevel) My result with Inkscape. Example image made in Gimp. EDIT: After an hour of messing with this I finally got the effect I wanted, but I'm going to leave this question open encase there's a faster way of doing this. After tinkering a but I used path exclusion and I was able to get a single path for the inner glow, and again for the inner shadow to recreate the bevel effect. The shadow was moved up 4 times and left 4 times for the bottom, and visa versa for the top all intertwining into the main heart image. (I had to remove some of the paths a bit for the shadow) I then blurred them 16px each and duplicated them. Here's a sample of a similar image apart of my logo to show you how it looks, before it's blurred. (Shadow is below the glow for this image) However I still have that shadow I initially didn't want, and don't want, but I'm just sticking with it until someone mentions a solution.
I am finding various resources on what is more accepted to use a website design color scheme, complementary colors such as red/green or blue/orange or analogous colors such as green/yellow or blue/purple. I could argue it just depends on the site and there is no global, use this color scheme always, but what I am looking for is some sort of documentation or research that has been done where it shows users prefer sites with this color A vs B. Does anyone have anything along those lines? Most of my recent designs use Complimentary colors and there have been comments that it is hard to look at. My reasons for using that is due to the fact I am primarily developing for Government sites and I am attempting to follow ADA compliance. To me that says I am doing the correct thing, but if I am not please help to show how I should do better.
Ive been using some Photoshop actions (not developed by me) to add a 'grunge' effect to some text (a .png), it works well but theres several levels of grunge, so i tend to try a couple out to see which ones i like. The problem is when i try one that i dont like i want to just hit undo and revert back to how the image was before, but instead it just undos 1 level of the script ie. if the script said do process 1, then 2, then 3 and i then clicked undo it would only undo step 3 not the whole script.. is there a way to change this ? Background - im using CS5.
I've created a design in Photoshop CS6, and used a large number of smarts object which made the workflow more easy (at least for me). Now I've finished working on the design, and I want to "unsmart" all the objects due to the large file size of the PSD. I do not want to do Rasterize Layer because I want to keep every layer which was originally on the Smart Object. I want to convert each smart object (some of them have Layer Styles applied) to a group (folder) which will have all the layers inside + the FX applied originally to the Smart Object and it will be in the exact location of where the smart object was before. I couldn't find anything about this in the internet. Also, some of the smart objects has inner smart objects inside of them. I don't mind doing this manually, but to copy & paste every layer in smart object is very annoying way, because I must scale and transform the layers pasted.
I can't seem to find it, even though it's probably looking me dead in the face. I'm new to Illustrator so I'm still trying to figure out the ins and outs of it. I'm using CS5. Any and all help is appreciated!
Are there are any web design forums where designers can submit their work to receive feedback and advice? I am looking for a place that I can seek advice on how to improve my designs.
I want to create an image that looks like this: How can I recreate this effects, or what terms should I use for finding better results?
Here for example is link to a free infographics. When I open it in Gimp or Inkscape I get a flat image. Is that what should happen? How do you make a use of it? I work on Ubuntu 12.04. Program I use: Gimp and Inkscape.
So I'm trying to make graphics on a snowboard on illustrator and some of the artwork goes outside of the outline of the snowboard. I'm wondering if there is a way that I could cut off the excess lines besides using the direct selection tool.
I've been doing a little research into improving my skill set and I thought it could make sense to take the test, becoming an Adobe Certified Expert. For those unfamiliar, The Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) tests are multiple choice tests you need pass in order to display a certification badge, have certification certificates emailed directly from Adobe to anyone you wish, and have your name displayed on Adobe's web site as an expert. My question is, does being an Adobe Certified Expert hold value and have any tangible benefits in the real design world or is it merely a little eye candy for a prospective employer?
Could someone please tell me which fonts are used in 1st and 2nd row of below image? Thanks!