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I've become very fascinated with the idea of digital destruction through a physical medium. There was PBS video on youtube How Does Glitchy Art Show Us Broken Is Beautiful?
Example Pieces:
Cultural Brazilian sound chair:
shows this idea with sound and how a sound of brazil influence the form.
Digital cabinet. Shows a... |
I have to rebuild a flattened file from scratch and have no information about the font and Photoshop style used. I have been able to recreate the Photoshop style, but I have a hard time identifying the used font.
Can you help me identify this serif font?
EDIT:
I forgot to note that I've already tried the usual font-i... |
I'm manually creating a sprite sheet using Photoshop and many of the graphic elements have drop shadows applied. Given that fact, it's tough at times to see where the drop shadows begin and end. I don't want to set my guides too close and cut off parts of the shadow. Anyone have any tips on how they go about handling t... |
Ok so this is difficult to put in words but I want to know how designers present their Graphics Design work in screenshots something like this (source: Dribbble):
Not about the iPhone but I'm talking about presenting the design as a photograph taken from side-view, I believe it is some sort of Photoshop thing but sinc... |
I am planning to major in Graphic Design, but I am unsure if it is the right choice for me.
I would like to know what skills I should know before starting to study it so I can get a head start.
One particular skill I am confused on is drawing. I have read online that drawing is a non-essential skill for graphic design... |
Of course I've seen Create and Edit Parallel Paths in Inkscape - Graphic Design Stack Exchange, but the "Stroke to Path" answer there doesn't cut it for me - because I want to draw "parallel lines" as "bus connections" in technical diagrams, like this poor fellow:
Inkscape-User - Parallel lines brush?
I would like to... |
This question is in regards to mobile site layouts but could just as easily apply to apps. I am not concerned with pitches, just true team reviews among UX, design, dev, and business partners.
I always prefer to review a full depth mockup as an image directly on the device where I can at least scroll around. Unfortunat... |
I will like to know if there is best practice regarding designing a website for a big corporation.
I am specifically talking about the width of the website. I have a believe that websites with full (width: 100%) width are most suited for business and corporate websites, while widths of lesser percentages with margin: 0... |
What is the easiest way to remove background from below image?
If you can show it with screenshots it would be great.
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I have been teaching myself Flash CS 5 and attempting to do some simple animations. I have created a simple bat drawing that I am attempting to animate. I read that it is a good idea to break sections of the object to be animated into different symbols and labels in order to lock when needed. As such I converted the w... |
How do people handle margins and gutters when designing a tri-fold brochure in InDesign? When a brochure is folded in three, the inside flap ends up being smaller than the other two flaps, so if I want things to align exactly, I can't just use the margins and columns panel and be done with it. You can see in this image... |
I have a problem with my Photoshop fill feature.
I created a selected area with a border of 2. Then I Edit → Fill... but it seems to bleed outside the lines with a faint colour. It's best I show the screen shot so see below:
This is my selected area:
This has a Select → Modify → Border... (1px)
Then i do Edit → Fill..... |
In the Appstore you can show screenshots of what the app looks like to the user so they know what to expect. I am looking into creating an image from scratch of a screenshot of an app.
Here's my question: From what I understand, apps measure width and height in "points" instead of "pixels". In GIMP I have the option o... |
For lack of a better name, I'm trying to create a decreasing stippling effect like this:
My first inclination was that this could be created in Photoshop with some sort of filter effect. I was thinking along the lines of creating a smart object, applying a filter effect, then using a gradient on the filter mask to dec... |
I have a Visiting Card in Illustrator and have to fit the pic of a person in a visiting card Frame.
I am clipping his pic in the frame but it says the Can't clipping because the front part of the clipping must be an object or text or combination of both.
Plz Help me out on this problem.
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I have an object with some perspective, to simulate a paper curl effect (blue sticker on image below).
How do I apply the same effect to text (i.e., how do I make the purple text look like it is part of the sticker)?
I guess I must find a way to curve my object on the z axis, but, I have no idea how to do that.
Here ... |
Can someone please help me identify the fonts used in these two receipts. I'm looking for downloadable free fonts that I can use to reproduce the same looking results.
The two receipts used different fonts.
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I've been painting a pixel character in a of 32x32, but after the work is almost done I noticed I needed a little more dots, Is there any way to edit the grid to something like 64x64?
If not, is there any way to copy the painted dots inside a bigger grid and paste in another rectangular grid?
Thank you.
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Colors are used to represent emotions; especially in advertising.
People have even come up with color-emotion charts like this one:
Yet, depending on the country, some colors have different meanings... in one country (eg USA) WHITE represents purity, cleanness, while it the other county (eg China) it's the color to re... |
I have created a new project with automatic text box (non facing pages) and have created a second master page that I would now like to apply to all even pages.
InDesign has this option when I right-click on a master page, but I can't seem to find it anywhere in QuarkXpress 9.1. Google hasn't been nice to me either.
Can... |
What is the difference between cyan and Pantone Cyan Special Color?
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I have tried a variety of different manipulations to achieve a old-style architectural render. Here is what I've tried, perhaps the workflow and quality can be improved.
Desaturated image
Adjusted levels and contrast for clear designation of lines
Filtered using artistic pencil sketch
Added sepia tone
my result was l... |
I would like to create a maze with gradients, but I don't know where to start. I can see that they are subtle gradients that shift, so I would like to start with some techniques that could help me shift my perspective beyond basic flat design:
As a beginner, my reasoning would be:
Create selected areas and put them ... |
What do you call wireframe-like projection images of technical objects?
Like the rocket images below:
This is not an actual wireframe because empty spaces are not filled with a grid; only notable features are displayed.
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I've previously screen printed over watercolors but would be interested in looking into digital printing onto paper thats been painted...
Is there any common process for doing this or is it just not done?
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I'd like to create something like this:
(see design peg)
Ideally, the text should be editable so that any letter combination can be used.
I know I can do it quickly (and keep the text editable) by just using Warp (Photoshop/Illustrator) or Envelope Distort (Illustrator), but it doesn't look as nice. The text is editab... |
I have some cool visuals to do with process of developing an end idea or product, but I was wondering how much process I should show in my portfolio.
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I'm working for a client that requires me to create website style guides from detailed photoshop mockups of the already designed website. These style guides are then passed on to the actual developers so that they can code and create the CSS based on the provided style guides.
Previously I've done all of this myself, s... |
I'm a programmer (not a designer) and I work with various designers in the marketing industry. A typical project will consist of a designer coming up with a design for a web page and then handing the design off to me (PSD file or whatever) and I implement the design into a webpage (HTML, CSS, etc...).
The problem I run... |
I'm developing a template for my team's daily production needs, and every product must have certain consistent marginalia on it, such as date, product ID, title, subtitle, etc. Currently, this information is manually entered into an InDesign or Illustrator template, and the template is different depending on the produc... |
I make labels for my beer bottles in Inkscape. With each new batch of beer I need to change the label. When I am done I want to print 8 labels on each page.
Right now I export the SVG as PDF and use a small LaTeX document to place the 8 graphics on the page. It works, but is a little clunky.
Is there a better way for e... |
What is the name of this font and it's family ?
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I'm wondering what the general process is for packaging design?
I've got a few years of graphic/web design under my belt, but in discussing a re-brand, a client has requested that I also pitch new packaging designs. I'm sure the overall process can't differ much from what I'm accustomed to, but what are the keys to suc... |
I am trying to recreate the effect demonstrated on the logo for the Tate galleries in the UK with Photoshop.
Here are some of the logo variants:
Using quick masking I can emulate the gradient blur, but I haven't found a way to bloat the text in addition to the blurring. I'd like to know how to do this, specifically... |
Imagine a table with many rows in a web application. The first column contains only an icon, no text. When single-clicking the icon, it must represent selecting that row and takes you to a new page. What icon would you choose?
Update: In this particular case, it is selecting a program. Not a software program, but a gov... |
I'm trying to achieve something like this image in Photoshop CS6:
However I only need two large letters inside. The goal is to have the letters in a standard "squared" font (Arial Black) follow the contour of the sphere and split evenly at 90 degrees in the middle. I've tried liquify and spherize filters with no luck,... |
I'm making an icon for a speed reader app for the iPhone. These are more or less the designs I've been toying with:
Looking at them though, I just find they're a little boring. With the iOS 7 paradigm they seem to fit okay, but I just want them to be a little more exciting.
To illustrate what I mean, I really like th... |
I've asked this question before, but for Illustrator: How can I easily deselect a path after creating it in Illustrator?
I want to make hair strands, so I'm using the pen tool to make a path with two points. I am making hundred of these strands. I need to deselect the path after each strand. How do I do this? I don't w... |
Does anyone know how to change colors in letters to appropriately represent silhouette? A perfect example is the opening for the movie Superbad:
The 'U' is perfectly a U while having the right change of color to form the silhouette. I am trying to do a similar effect in Illustrator CS6, but no luck. I can create outli... |
I have so far used nothing but GIMP for photo touch-ups, logo designing, etc..etc.., Now I have seen that many use illustrator for logo designing, lightroom for photo editing so on...
Should I practice then on using other opensource alternatives(since I can't afford adobe suite) for different things? say Inkskape for e... |
I am working on this CMYK file and until today all colours could be selected and everything was working fine. Today I decide to give it a bright blue background, and select shade #0033ff.
I see a little warning sign near the 'new' colour in the colour picker window: it says out of gamut for printing, and offers me rand... |
I want to create some vector based buttons which resemble the button design shown below:
I can just take a button and treat it as a bitmap and change text and appearance, but the output doesn't look professional. If I have a vector of the same design, it can easily be re-sized and modified without loss in quality.
How... |
I'm doing a research for conceptual Logodesigns which should fit into a ecosystem.
I'm not sure if logosystems, ecosystems or logofamilies are the right terms.
I'm thinking about logosets like the Adobe Creative suite or the logofamily of the wikipedia foundation.
Do you know any other Logofamilies like these two examp... |
Is there a way to copy a layer from one file and paste it into multiple files using Actions? I already use actions to re-size the images, but I end up having to manually copy and paste the layer with our custom watermark.
I tried using the copy and paste in place to get the logo in correct position. Then I need to re-a... |
Image should be replaced without pasting image or grouping to the below as grouping remains the previous image.
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I need to send a image as the title says. But the amount of RGB choices confuse me... There's sRGB built-in, sRGB, adobe RGB, apple RGB... I thought of choosing "Best RGB", is it okay...?
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I have N images in foldes with the same dimensions (HxW).
Is there any software that can resize all images to the configured size (for example proportionally reduce size of the pic by X) and build a one image - grid of this images? Maybe only build a grid from images without resize?
For example - i have 20 images 900*3... |
I'm pretty much a graphics design noob, as you can tell by this very basic question. What I am trying to achieve is to create a set of Android icons from an SVG file that I have. In case you didn't know, in order to support the different device sizes, I am supposed to create an icon for MDPI, HDPI, and XHDPI screens.
M... |
I have never created animations, but I want to make one for my website's home page. Basically what I have is an image where each chakra of human body is shown with its name. I want to show how the energy level moves in the body, from lowest chakra to top most chakra, changing the colors of the energy as they level up t... |
I am trying to change the path of a two anchors. I have tried grouping the two anchors I do not want connecting together and goto Object>Path>Divide Objects Below, but nothing happens. I get the message, "The filter cannot complete because more than one object is selected." I only have the two anchors from the object... |
How can I edit the mask that is being applied to this layer?
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I'm trying to move my image without having my layer mask move with it. How do I move the image without moving the mask?
See the images below for a visual depiction.
Is it possible to move just the image?
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I created a RSVP card for a friend and in the AI file the color is NAVY Blue but when I save as a PDF and attach it on the email it is black. Does anyone know a solution?
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I am attempting to experiment with different colours for the grey, orange and pink areas of this image. They all appear with no separation on a single layer.
So far I've tried selecting and separating them on to their own layers, then adjusting the hue/saturation of those layers. This did not work, however, as I only... |
I'm having a rather annoying problem!
I have RGB images made in Photoshop that I need to convert to CMYK.
When I save the file my black background is converted to a light grey!
I tried deleting my background and adding a pure black background in my PSD file but even that comes out grey! There is no way to save black? T... |
I'm using Illustrator CC, and have a tear-drop shaped object which has a gradient mesh applied to it. I need to use the pathfinder divide tool in combination with another simple shape to take a chunk out of the teardrop, but the pathfinder tools don't seem to have any effect on an object with gradient mesh applied. Am ... |
I am currently trying to make some rounded social icons for my website.
I managed to fine a blog online which supplies some vector cutouts of some of the popular site logos I need.
What I want to try and do is use the vector image to cut the shape of that image in a rounded circle so I can have it transparent in the mi... |
Question: If I have a vector path (let's say it's an SVG), what's a website I can send it to and get various "styles" in return?
What I mean by "style" is just: change the colors of the vector paths around randomly or based on some palette, and apply some kind of visual effects... and for my purposes, it's perfectly fi... |
I'm editing an svg in Inkscape and I have an object on top of another object. I'd like to use the shape of the top object to cut the object beneath it.
For those who are familiar with GIMP, I'm trying to do something like the "alpha to selection" tool.
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I am trying to optimize an animated GIF image in Photoshop. The current size is 2.2 MB. Following the guides I found online, they told me to "Save as Web" and then decrease the colors from 256 down to 128 or 64.
I tried that — however, when I try to decrease it, the size actually increased.
128 colors = 4.4 MB
64 co... |
In Photoshop we can display the grid, but I want this grid to be printed so I want to make the grid myself. What's an easy way to make this?
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Why can't I get a hard border when I used modify -> border? This is maddening and I've read about 5 posts so far that do not solve the problem?
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I have some icons I'd like to purchase and use from iconfinder.com, but they are only available as .ico files. I want to use these as part of a user-interface on a website, so I need them as either bitmap or vector format that I can bring into Photoshop to produce transparent .png files.
Does anyone have any suggestion... |
How would you draw something like that blue border above, where there's a solid line that fades out to total transparency on one side, in GIMP?
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Background
I'm a complete novice and not very tech savvy but I'm interested in teaching myself how to create and design images in a vector based format.
What I need to do
I would like to get started with the basic concepts of vector drawing. I would also like to understand the difference between raster and vector imag... |
I'm building a new website in Dreamweaver CS5 and I've made a default spry menu bar. Now I want that the menu bar has an 3D look. When you click the button on the menu bar, I would like an effect that makes the button look pushed. How can I accomplish that?
Here is my design so far:
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I am planning to design a couple of phone cases which contain features other phone cases don't have.
My plan of action is like this:
Design phone cases on computer
Send emails around to companies that manufacture and sell phone cases showing my designs and asking for a certain price (like 10% sales on the phone cases)... |
I have a library of custom Fireworks symbols which had symbol scripts allowing me to control the display attributes of elements and text via the Symbol Properties panel. The symbols and the scripts were created using Fireworks CS5.5 using the built in script editor.
When loading the same exact scripts into Fireworks CC... |
I'm trying to recreate (as close as possible, doesn't need to be exact) a logo with text, but am having trouble. The reason I'm not just using the image is because it will be looped several hundred thousand times in a mailing app and introduces unnecessary overhead so I just want to use the closest possible text alter... |
From this iPad App Store screenshot, what are the fonts for the Title, Author and Description text? Myriad Pro?
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I don't know if the question's wording is correct. Basically, I have something like this:
As you can see, blue is fading into white. The blue and white are both merged in one layer. I want to take out the white, leaving a transparent background, so that blue can fade into any background color. Obviously just selecting... |
Maybe I've just completely missed the option, but how in the world do you crop and resize an image simultaneously in PS CS6? In CS5 and prior, when using the crop tool, I could set dimensions for the crop, resize the crop area to my liking, and cropping would resize the image - not just change the aspect ratio while ma... |
Yesterday I went to a local art market and found some work I really liked:
In de wolken 80x80cm op basis van acryl by Kitty Meijering
It made me wonder how I might achieve a similar effect in Photoshop, but I could not find anything online. So, if anybody could point me in the right direction it would be highly appre... |
Yahoo is currently changing its logo's font every day and I particularly liked this font:
Would anyone know if this font is a custom development of Yahoo or if it is some (possibly paid) public font?
I tried myfonts.com but it couldnt identify it.
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The Adobe After Effects CC feature Composition -> Save Frame As -> Photoshop Layers does exactly what I want. However, it is very time consuming to do this for each frame (I am animating a game character in Adobe After Effects, and then using the .psd files to create a sprite sheet).
Is there any way (perhaps a script... |
I have this image sprite containing many small icons.
I don't know the accurate size, height and width of each icon and it's too difficult for me to find it manually with my current tools (I am using Google chrome to edit CSS). Additionally, I need to know, in pixels, how far each icon is from the top and left of the w... |
I want to import a PDF with multiple pages into Photoshop. The PDF contains tables which have a shading behind the row names and column names in the first column and row. Is there some way to use Photoshop to modify this filling? Maybe to somehow detect this rectangular a object and then adjust the colour of something?... |
I'm trying to render an italicized lowercase omega (ω) with an inverted breve ( ̑ ) in a webpage using Times New Roman.
I'm using the combining character approach: ̑ ( ̑ ) and ω (ω) should combine into a single character ̑ω (̑ω). The resulting character looks fine if I copy and paste it into Notepad... |
Is there any way in Illustrator or Photoshop to format the fill of a rectangular object so that the fill looks a bit like here?
Could somebody maybe point me in a direction? Or tell the unclear part of the question?
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Is using yellow text on a black bg bad as Mike pointed out here? If yes what colors should I use (RGB or hex values)?
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How do you prevent a transparent PNG-24 image from getting light edges when resized without having to force them out using the Webkit Optimize Contrast CSS rule?
Clarification: Resizing the image in Chrome results in lighter colored lines inside the letters and shapes near the edges. Those light edges are making the im... |
I use pen tool a lot to create custom shapes and sometimes add a new path to the existing vector mask, but I only know to choose at the tool bar to switch between the two. Is there any quicker way to switch between the path and shape section with shortcut keys?
Edit:
I would like to create new custom shapes and edit ex... |
I am using GIMP to edit my images. I have a regular playing card from a top down, 2D view. I want it to appear as though it were being tossed very quickly. I wanted to remove the top down view and add some speed blur. I have checked many of GIMP's features, but cannot find what I am looking for. Any help or simila... |
The company I'm designing a site for has an logo that I must work with. All of my ideas for standard color palettes and layouts are challenged by this logo.. Most [good looking] logos I've worked with and seen have one, two, maybe three colors. This one has six. They look okay within the context of the logo, but I'm ha... |
I'm looking for the common names of the four basic control states (for desktop interfaces):
Control is in its default state;
Cursor is hovering above the control;
Control is being pressed;
Control is being held down, but the cursor is outside its pressing zone
So far I could come up with the following names:
defaul... |
I'm looking to place the color proof/test somewhere on the printable area of a box. The problem is that I don't know what they are called and where to get information about them (pattern, template, etc).
These patterns I believe are designed and placed to ensure print quality.
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I'm creating a t-shirt design and need to know how to combine all the white shapes that make this image and separate it from any dark green. The white image will eventually be printed on a dark green t-shirt as shown in the template. If you open the file you can see that the image was created with a combination of whit... |
This is a rather stupid question so I apologise in advance but I just wanted to be 100% sure! I have a set of photos at 300 ppi that are 800 pixels by 800 pixels and need to convert them in Photoshop to 72 ppi for web use (at the same size: 800px by 800px).
In Photoshop if I use the 'Resize Image' option and uncheck 'R... |
In Illustrator's print dialog, I can choose trim marks and color bars, however it decides to place them outside of the print area.
The print I'm working on will be die-cut and would like to move the registration marks and color bars to a specific area inside the die-cut area.
Is it possible to get access to those marks... |
I was trying to recreate this kind of image in Adobe Illustrator.
I had tried perspective grid tools in Illustrator as well as blend options, but couldn't get the proper result. How can I create this using the perspective tool?
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It seems accepted amongst typographers that the double space after a period is a dated artifact of monospace typewriters, but is it acceptable to use a double space in between sentences like:
I trust Dr. Wang. Dr. Wang is very experienced.
Sure, you could rework the wording or even make this a single sentence with a ... |
This is something that I have struggled with for years. If I create a shape layer with rounded edges - for example with a 10px radius - if I resize the overall shape then the corner radius grows with it as well.
What I want to do is keep the radius of the edges whilst resizing the overall size.
The only way I can do th... |
I want to create Image like below. Can someone show me how to do this in Photoshop?
Thanks!
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Design of almost all sites on the web is sharp. How can I create a good web page where tabs, buttons, and other UI elements mimic the style of impressionism?
I find common themes of impressionism to be small brush strokes, open composition, depiction of light as opposed to usual web graphics.
Do you think is it possib... |
I have recently drawn and scanned a children's book that I will try to have published. I converted the scans into vectors using Vector Magic in order to have nice, clean, smooth lines without any stray pixels. These files are now .ai files. I was wondering what my next step is in terms of
cropping - The pages are cur... |
I've created a simple vector pennant type banner using Photoshop. I'd like to put a stroke on the banner with dashed lines approximately 3 pixels in from the edges of the shape. I know I can add a stroke to the shape and that looks fine, but I want to position the stroke so that there is a space of about 3 pixels betwe... |
Hi there I'm trying to export all of the layers in my .psd to .pngs/.jpegs and I am having trouble exporting them so that the sizes of the individual .pngs are the size of the image they contain.
I have seen this thread which has a script that almost does this but since I'm a new user here I can't comment on it...if t... |
I'm trying to iterate through every layer in a document and for some reason my script only goes through the first half (13 out of 25) and then at 14 it says that the element doesn't exist. Could you guys help me figure out why? Below is the code snippet which goes through each layer
function processLayers(extension)
{
... |
Let me begin this question by saying outright that I don't consider myself a designer! I'm a developer and my strengths do not lie in design but I am in a situation at the moment where I need to design a site and I have a number of different possible color schemes that I'd like to try out.
I've tried this before but ra... |
I'm trying to create a line drawing of my friend Steve, I was Steve's best man at the wedding where the photo was taken. I like the shot because the smile it subtle but definitely there.
I've been tweaking the image below in illustrator for at least 2 hours and Steve still doesn't look that happy.
What is it about th... |
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