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I recall reading an article prior to CS6 releasing that Photoshop (or perhaps another CS6 product?) would include a feature that would allow taking a stereographic photo of an object, and then detect the foreground object from the background, thus allowing clean extraction of a photographed object from the background. I don't own CS6 yet, but I can't for the life of me find this article again. Does this feature exist in CS6, and if so, what is it called?
I need advice on creating a personal logo. I am stuck. I have done one professional logo for a friend before, It was for a trust, the logo came out well because I know what the logo represented very clearly... not that I don't know about myself, but I can't seem to think of anything to represent me the way I could for that trust I am not asking you to suggest a logo for me (since I will be figuring that out myself), what I need to know is how you guys go about it, a personal logo? Things it should(n't) represent Logo ≠ My name (Any alphabets/word, I am not good at typography) Logo ≈ Image (Something I may hand draw and trace-out) Logo ≠ Brand ( I am not a graphic designer by profession, hence I don't need it for business) Logo ≠ Hobby ( Camera as my logo? Nope! ) So what other things a logo can represent about a person?
I really want to know that this style is called. You see it often, also on clothing. I would like to create something like it in my own name. But before I can actually look for tutorials, I think I need to know what it's called.
Photoshop doesn't support to apply border radius after drawing of rectangle. I found this link and tried myself but seems to be not working. Is there any step is missed or is there any other idea to apply border radius after drawing a rectangle?
today I'm looking for some advice from folks who have laid out event programs. In this case, the client (a local nonprofit) has a famous keynote speaker at their event, and have solicited donations from local businesses. Each donation over a certain level = a full page ad in the program for the event. Most of them are "Congratulations to on your anniversary", etc. with a company logo sitting somewhere (the businesses that send in their own camera-ready artwork will just have them dropped into place). I'm going to be laying each ad out in a template so they look consistent; my question to the GD crowd is, "Should I lay the template out in Illustrator and bring each ad individually in to InDesign or should I create a template page for an ad in InDesign and lay each ad out in InDesign?" Based on your experience, what are the pros and cons of each approach? Obviously it would be easier to lay each ad out in Illustrator (that's what it's there for) but I lose a certain amount of flexibility once I hit InDesign (the program will ultimately be laid out in InDesign).
Ok, I want to make a video for a wedding, to be played on a stadium scoreboard. The scoreboard's dimensions are 1280 x 424. I was told to make my images this size and make a DVD in either .wmv or .mov. My issue How do I make the pictures that I have made with Illustrator, and make a video with them? Can I make the video's dimensions fit the scoreboard? FYI, I have been using illustrator for 2 years, but nothing in this capacity.
I'm not a designer but I need some PS usage for creating my android app. I have about 100 .png pictures and I need to do the same procedure with all of them: cut off 50px from the bottom and from the top of each picture. That would be a huge waste of time to do it manually so is there any way to automatize this action? Any macros or scripts..? Thanks
Flat design has become extremely popular since the release of Windows 8, but I cannot find as many examples of it on the desktop as I do on the web and mobile apps. By desktop examples I mean Windows 7/Vista/XP visual styles, Gtk/QT themes and Linux desktops. I don't think there are as many applications which use principles of flat design either. Is there any reason, maybe even UX-wise, for the unpopularity of flat design on the desktop?
I'm talking about screenshots like these: These images appear completely non-pixelated and in high resolution. The first one is a a vanilla, operating-system level menu bar in Mac OS, and the second one is in Blender, which does all its own menus. Is there a trick to getting screenshots like this?
I am new to photoshop design. I am trying to design a website template using photoshop. I have my header part with background color. After that i created new layer called Home meny it is not visible. Header is hiding my text and whatever i draw i cant see. can anyone guess where I am wrong.
I'm testing out some fonts, and I'd like to see how they look with language that use more than the basic latin alphabet, in my case Dutch, German, Spanish, Polish and Portuguese. Is there a tool (preferably online) that can generate lorem ipsum like text which looks like one or more of those languages?
This is 120px X 283px dimension, PNG image. When using it in website the same image dimension is set through css but in the browser view it is showing like a saw like this Is it possible to draw without any little curve? Is there a file format or method I can save with that will reduce the aliasing on the line?
I don't know if I'm in the right place, but I would like to know how to transform a pixel image I've made into a vector logo ? I use this picture for my favicon of my personal web site. And if you have any software recommendations, I work on mac. I prefer use an open source one.
I have multiple paths (not intersecting), each one of them consists of two anchor points only. Imagine a path from A to B and the second one from C to D. What I want to do is to select the space ABCD. I tried using Direct Selection Tool, but it can select anchor points from one currently highlighted path only. So, how can I select this space? EDIT: Ok, a simple example would be: Path AB: Path CD: Final selection (more or less like this):
I know from high-rank journals such as Nature that they redesign figures they get from authors. These plots look highly professional, but too complicated to be done with Adobe Illustrator et al. Which tools are used by publishers to generate high quality figures?
I am using Paint to draw some swords for a character I have. I am not very experienced and this is my first time trying to draw swords. My question is how large (Preferably in pixels) do I need to make the picture to make the curves on the sword to look smooth. I am using current scale of 100 pixels = an inch. For the first sword I made this worked fine as there were few curves and they were small but the one I am working on now have a larger curve. (A good reference is Ichigo's shikai.) EDIT: I only have access to paint. I would use other programs if I could.
I have imported a set of PNG'S as layers by calling FILE > OPEN AS LAYERS And I get the result: All the layers are oddly cascaded on top of each other So when I got to export it, I get this: What I want is to get each frame showing by themselves, what am I missing? Can anyone help me with a solution? Thanks in advance. Chris
I have been given a small web project for an ecommerce store. The logo uses Bauhaus 93 and I am struggling to find good fonts to pair with this. Image borrowed from Identifont Particularly I would prefer to only use Bauhaus for the logo and another 1-2 fonts for headings and body text. Can anyone recommend some nice fonts to match Bauhau 93?
I am trying to create some PowerPoint templates for work and need to know what size images to use for the templates so they will look good on the screen. I tried making one with images that are 1024 x 768 pixels and when I view it on a large screen it looks awful. I have searched and can't find any real clear guidelines for this. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.
When I have a large smart object, and then shrink it down, I often get some extreme sharpening. And while I understand that shrinking down an image may require some sharpening, photoshop can go a little overboard. Here, for example, is a large 1:1 smart object on the right and the result when shrunk down on the left. It also happens in Save For Web output: How can I control this sharpening and still maintain the Smart Object link?
I am new to Photoshop. I have a Photoshop template with 3 text layers. How to create a batch job for: creating .psd files by image name (each line has a unique name in CSV file) with Photoshop ? Then I want to replace three text layers with my text in CSV Finally I want to import jpeg images (that is in a folder) in each newly created .psd file. Each .psd file and image names in JPEG should matches. Below is the example of my CSV file: psdfile1, Image1, textlayer1, text layer2, text layerA psdfile2, Image2, textlayer1, text layer2, text layerB psdfile3, Image3, textlayer1, text layer2, text layerC psdfile4, Image4, textlayer1, text layer2, text layerD psdfile5, Image5, textlayer1, text layer2, text layerE How can I create such a batch job, creating .psd files by image name (each line has a unique name in CSV file) usung Photoshop?
I recently created some graphics with Adobe Illustrator, saved them as PDFs and sent them to a printing company for a quote for part embroidery, part screen print on clothing. The quote came back with an additional fee for the file to be sent off to someone else, to be prepared for embroidery. What needs to be done to a vector graphic for it to be embroidered on clothes? Is it a different software? Is it possible to prepare it in Illustrator, or another Adobe CS5 software to avoid the fee?
I have read some articles about web design, all of them recommend to choose a color palette first. I know colors are most important thing for professional web look. COLOURlovers, a web for color palettes. It has thousands of color palettes. I am beginner to web designing so, I don't know how to properly use palettes. Working with one and ending up with ugly colors on screen. Is there any technique to properly use color palettes? Which color should be used for links, for background, for header, for footer e.t.c out of given palette colors.
This is a little hard to explain, so bear with me. I'm wanting to save out a series of diagram images in a sprite sheet for a website. Right now, I have it so that I have a white image with "holes" cut into it that make the diagram. I put a background behind that image and it colors the "holes." The problem is, the parts not colored are white, and this sometimes looks bad if the sprite sheet goes against a non-white background (so it's a white box with a colored diagram on it). Is there a way to save an image so that the white part could be transparent (or any color), but maintain the ability to also customize the diagram color? I'm not sure this is possible, since the only way I can think of requires layers (which can't be saved for the web) but I'd appreciate any help! Thanks!
What is the font in Bristol West Insurance Logo? Thanks in advance!
I'm making a map in Gimp. I want to have the following layers: background cities rivers mountains So I want, say, 30 cities on one layer so that I can turn it off and on. However, every time I create a new text item, it creates a new layer. How can I put numerous text items on one layer?
I am looking to set up a single .psd file I can use for my iPhone splash screens, the main document at 640x1136 and a "guide layer" at 640x960 that I can use to generate the slightly smaller splash screen from the same image file. What's the best way to create this "guide" layer? It obviously needs to persist across crops so I can use it again and again.
I have an Illustrator file that contains patterns. I'd like to export each pattern as an individual image to use in this new program that I'm trying called Sketch. Is there a batch processing script that exports layers as PNG or SVG? I'd like to have each geometric pattern available as a PNG, not as one large file. Any thoughts?
I wonder how brush marks are applied to images. For example, there are some good marks on the sun graphic below. Are they textural, or do they require some special painting tricks? Any keyword that directs me to true path or link will be appreciated. I'm looking to accomplish this with GIMP. By the way, they seems like brush marks to me but they may be friction marks, sword marks, bear claw, etc. What are they really?
This question is a follow-up of should I look into different graphic design softwares I am starting to use Inkscape now, like many have suggested in that post. How do I practice it? I mean in GIMP I just started designing right away and learned along the way, But still I feel like I don't use ALL the features of GIMP properly, I was hoping to avoid the same situation in Inkscape. Is there anyway to practice properly like first practice drawing all the geometrical shapes, then shading... like that? Thanks.
I have created three paragraph styles: "Título" as a first-level category, "SubTítulo" as the second-level category and "SubSubTítulo" as the third-level category. "SubTítulo" is based on "Título", and "SubSubTítulo" is based on "SubTítulo". They all belong to a list called "Títulos". While the second-level category works fine, the third-level one interprets the second-level category as non-existant I think. Here's a screenshot of the problem: And the third-level category configuration: I want my list to look like: Documentación 2.1 Conceptos básicos 2.1.1 Composición 2.1.2 Aplicación en el cómic Instead of: Documentación 2.1 Conceptos básicos 2.0.1 Composición 2.0.2 Aplicación en el cómic Thanks in advance.
I've been trying to figure out the name of this portfolio style. Is it as simple as Staggered? I'm attempting to do something similar, but I have no idea what the style is called. I've searched for staggered, but no satisfactory results.
I have some old documents that have been scanned, and I want to convert them to black and white. Content should be always black, and background white: I use Photoshop.
I have created a rectangle and on that rectangle I masked it. Now I wanted to pick up color with brush tool pressing Alt+Click but it is not picking the exact color. It only picks up black or white color. It seems staying at masked layer it picks up only black and white color.
I am a web developer working at a company where the front end framework we have selected is Angular JS. I am now in the position where I am the 'resident expert' whatever that means. I have been tasked with teaching/explaining everything that our designers need to know about Angular JS. Therefore I have the following question: What, if anything would a designer need to know about a front end JavaScript framework in general/Angular JS in particular in order to streamline their productivity? What kind of things are irrelevant? What kind of things are important?
How to convert a colored image to something light and something white background? here is an example:
I've got some text in the image and I need to match its style. I typed a text I wanted to add in and I was able to match the font and so on. The only thing I couldn't have done was to match the patten of the text. I've added some noise to make it look alike. It looks kind of close but not the same: If you zoom in you'll see that PB has got some light green dots and lighter dark hues. How could I transfer that to the RNOV. Is there soemthing I can do about that? Sample different areas, create a pattern and paint with it? I tried the clone stamp tool and the healing brush tool but I ended up with a messy inconsistent pattern and painted over the edges of the text. I don't know how to make some area not be affected by it. PS I'm like a newbie in PS :)
I've been working with GIMP for some time now and at the moment I'm creating some wood graphics for a game. For creating the wood, I first fill the image in brown, then apply some filters and finally I have my wood texture. The problem is that I need to get many different-sized textures. It would be really annoying always to always do each step manually. I'd prefer just to press one button and then GIMP knows to execute all the commands in sequence. Do I have to learn GIMP scripting (and if yes, where can I start) or is there a simpler way?
What is a good color to use for a button that will be put on an HTML page that uses this dark background color: #404040 ? I looked at various shades using Adobe's Kuler of the above mentioned background color (#7F7F7F, #FFFFFF, #E5E5E5) and I'm thinking about making a PhotoShop button using #7F7F7F. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I have found a website that sells posters that includes graphic design, and am now thinking of creating from scratch my own posters to sell on my website, using the same idea/concept (please note that I am not copying any of the already existing work, I start from a blank page). By using the same idea/concept for my own website (commercial use), am I infringing any copyright/IP law? Thank you guys!
I have a one-page document with approximately 150 different layers, each containing an individual set of user credentials. I'm now looking to print 150 copies of this document, one with each set of user credentials on it to send out to 150 different users. Is there an easy way of automating this process or should I just get started doing 150 manual export operations toggling a new layer each time? The layers are named with the name of the users so there is no numbering or such available for scripting a loop based on layer name. It doesn't matter if I end up with 150 different files or one with 150 pages.
In a square-angled bracket, what is the name of the short horizontal lines at the top/bottom of the vertical line? ex. [ ]
I have been trying to create a GIF using a sequence of PNGs within GIMP An example PNG from the sequence shows the correct transparency I want to be shown in the GIF, But when I process the PNG sequences in GIMP and create the GIF image, I get the following result: What am I doing wrong here? I have set the settings to create the animation frame by frame, additionaly making sure that the RGBA setting was selected. Can anyone show me a solution to this problem? Thanks, Chris
I've recently got into that "hipster" trend of long shadowing. I have seen this example quite a lot, and have tried replicating it myself. No efforts have been successful though. And even the close ones seemed like to much work for that effect. Main issue i'm having are the middle green triangles, and their shadows down. If you notice they fold over the background circle, which is another issue of mine. How can I replicate this technique as accurately as the image?
Any idea what this font is? See more of it: http://archive.org/details/XD300-23_68HighlightsAResearchCntAugHumanIntellect
I'm looking for fiction films that are either about graphic design, or have important elements of its history, and I'm a bit stuck. I'm not trying to find movies that would be inspiring for designers (that would be quite broad and subjective), but movies that touch the subject of design directly.
Can somebody tell me what font the word "BATMAN" is in this image? Or what any very similar font style to that.
I have layers with different elements in each layer. Each elemnt have their own margin from edge. Is it possible to export file to png\jpg\etc with overlayed layer with dimensions of each separate element (maybe text sizes too)? I mean smth like that:
I really need to know what font is in this image:
I have a PNG, its width is 1960px and height is 1583px. It is 3.3MB in total. When I go to Illustrator Live Trace > Photo High Fidelity, and then I expand the paths, the vector image is very good but the file size is now 8.9MB. I thought that when I convert to vectors it would have a smaller file size, but it increases. If I create a vector file from a photo will it always have a larger file size or is there a better way to convert and save them?
I am using Adobe Illustrator to design a number of full screen layouts for an iphone app. I want to achieve the exact same spacing from my desings in the final app. Currently the only way I know how to do this would be to turn on the guides and rulers and painstakingly measure each space between each object manually. Is there an easier alternative to this, be it a setting in Illustrator which can be switched on, plug-in, or some type of external program which can do this automatically. i.e Some way of quickly being able to automatically see a visual overlay representation of the vertical and horizontal spacing measurements between the individual elements, and possibly combined with the dimensions of the elements themselves. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
I haven't been to an AIGA event in a few years, and I've only been to a handful between the VT AIGA and Philly AIGA. What I remember between the two were they seemed great for students, and maybe print designers who would be interested in local print companies providing samples and giving their pitch. What I'd like to know is: Is AIGA worth it for professional web designers? The events I've been to seemed to be composed of 85% current students, and maybe 15% faculty from some of the local schools, and I don't think I ever met anyone at one of their events who was a web designer, unless they were a vendor trying to sell PSD to code services. So for those of you with experience in the organization, or who are actively involved, does it have much to offer for web designers, specifically those who've been out in the field for some time, not current students or very recent grads.
I have a huge amount of images that I would like to batch process with Photoshop (any version). They're all different shapes and sizes in terms of resolution and quality. I want to batch process them all to 70% quality and a max of 640px wide. The quality part is easy, it's the width that's causing me a problem. Some of the images are less than 640px wide so I don't want to resize these, just change their quality. Is there a way to not make those images 640px, just anything that is bigger than 640px? I'm talking thousands of images so it's not a manual job!!
I keep seeing quite a lot of stuff like the attached screenshot: At the moment, I usually fumble around with the pencil tool to draw a rough curve and then spend ages smoothing it before tiling it to create the circular pattern. More often than not, what I create isn't as 'crisp' geometrically as it could be. Here are two attempts. The one on the left was made by cutting up circles and creating the line joining the top spiral to the bottom 'tear drop' using the pen tool. The one on the right was just done with the pen tool. Both are a little bit rough around the edges and that is something I want to try and fix. What could I do to improve my workflow and achieve a better result?
I'm a beginner to GIMP, and I'd like to create a grid. I searched Google and all it gave me was to use the Filter > Render > Grid plugin, but for my job all I want to do is something like this: Let's say I have a square image that's 1530 x 1530, and I want the grid to be an 8 x 8 matrix with grid lines that are 1px wide. I don't want to calculate the right spacing on each grid cell as the grid filter gives me; I just want GIMP to calculate the right spacing and grid line width for this image. Is there a way to do it right?
I have a layer, which I would like to save as an image. See (the image is the complete button) When I choose the layer and choose file->save for web.. it save the image with the transparent background. I would like save the image without the background - just the image itself (which is way smaller than the full one) How can I do it? I am using PhotoShop CS5
I'm new to Illustrator. I've just started a new project and my artboard is appearing in front of the grid, per below. How do I force my artboard to appear behind the grid, so I can use it for my work? Also, I tried adjusting the grid dimension, but it appears it is pre-set to points. Can I just change the dimension to px and it will conform to pixels?
I often work on InDesign documents that have sections that are complete and that I want to export to PDF to share with a client but have other sections or pages that are work-in-progress that I would prefer to hide. My question is, is there a way to mark pages within InDesign as something like "skip-for-export" so that I don't have to manually delete those pages (and have the page numbers be out of order) after I complete my export? Thanks in advance, Michael
I'm making a letter M in Illustrator by using the pen tool and drawing half of the letter and then mirroring it with a transform effect. I noticed that when I zoom in there is a hairline space due to the fact that the edge is not 100% vertical. I've tried moving the anchor point around but I can't get it completely vertical even when holding shift.
I'm having some trouble resizing a group of vector objects in an illustration. These objects used to be lines until I expanded them into vector shapes, and before I scale them they look fine: But as soon as I scale them the width of these "lines" completely distort: These are the possible solutions I've already tried, but hasn't had any effect: Checking align to pixel grid Scaling after grouping objects checking scale strokes & effects If anyone has any idea what might be causing this, any help would be appreciated! EDIT: Included a download link to my file if anyone's interested: Get the .ai here
My First Question here, I have a lot of PSD's to work on in which my main job is to: Copy a layer/layers Make a new Document place/drag them into the new document Trim the image to size Save as a PNG File Then reduce their sizes to half and re-save Then, I have to make a hell lot of images so all this is very time consuming.. I want to create a shortcut. Is there any way, if I select on some layers or a layer, a shortcut to automatically open that layer in a separate document?
What are the essential must-read and industry magazines in the design & advertising world? (UK, printed) What should I expect to find on a coffee table at a high end design house? (Why? you ask...) I am about to launch a service aimed at designers and advertising houses, and want to know which are best to advertise in, the 2 I have to start with are Campaign and the British journal of photography.
How can I export a file that you could set it as a folder icon in Windows 7? And also, how do you get an application that has only one icon to change it's size when re-scaling? I set folder options to display large icons instead of normal and it changes icon, but when I go to application folder there is only one icon file. I could actually export it targa (TGA) format then I can set it as an icon, but transparency is set to black and quality is terrible. I browsed the Adobe forums and I couldn't find a solution anywhere. There are a lot of websites that convert PNG/JPG photos to ICO files, but I'd like to find out how to do it myself. Using Adobe Illustrator CS6, Photoshop CS6.
I am trying to optimise a vector graphic so it does align well to pixels but if I try to align-to-pixel grid I loose too much from the quality and I still need to be able to snap with 0.5px increments. How can I obtain this behaviour? … without loosing the pixel view feature.
I try to design a vector shape that will render good at different sizes. I do have an artboard for each icon size: 16x16, 24x24, 32x32 and I do want to "clone" my shape so I will be copied in each of these artboards, but when I modify it the change will propagate to the others. It is like having multiple instances of the same object.
When I try to delete a node in a space, by pressing DEL, the closed-shape it gets broken (not-continous anymore). How can I remove point from these without breaking them? Note: I used Illustrator CS6, is this makes a difference.
In regards to external services (Dribbble, Behance, and Deviant) what is the purpose of having a portfolio website but you link all your images externally and take a viewer away from the main site and purpose?
I'm trying to export the layers of my illustrator document into photoshop, but the only way to do so is one by one copy and pasting...are there any ways to mass export these layers while still preserving them as smart objects?
How do I create this type of effect with an image? I'm wondering how to get the thick edges and the tilted look. Is there an online tool that will convert a flat image to look like this? Source
Can anybody help me identify the fonts used here? The sign is WWII, circa 1943 if that helps. I've been digging around for hours and I can't seem to get it. Tried matching heavy on what the font - nothing is really close.
There are a lots of layers in my projects. Previously I have renamed a layer with "system" and to that layer I have set visibility hidden. I want to show that layer again but I have to search manually by scrolling the layer palettes and I can do that. But I want to know just that is there find dialog box which can search layers by name etc.
I'm an Illustrator beginner, and I have just made pie chart. I removed the borders but I still end up with a 1 pixel wide border between the pieces of the pie whenever I export to PDF or AI. Please see the attached image (zoomed to make it easier to spot it). The question is: How do I get rid of it?
I have a large list of images (all different sizes and aspect ratios) that need to be edited. I need to perform the following operations: Crop image to a specific aspect ratio Resize that image to specific dimensions Save/Compress I tried to create an action, and perform the previous steps. The problem is, even though in the crop tool I would enter my desired aspect ratio, the action wouldn't save that ratio - it would save the actual dimensions it was cropped to. This obviously led to many odd photos being created. How does one create an action that will preserve aspect ratio across the batch, regardless of image size?
Here's something that's puzzelled me for a long time. Here's the default on InDesign's Export to PDF (and also Acrobat's PDF optimiser): Obviously 300 ppi is the default it downsizes to because 300 ppi common resolution for print. But what's the benefit in only downsampling images that are above 450 ppi? Why not "downsample to 300 pixels per inch for images above 300 pixels per inch"? I don't see what benefit there is to the two figures being different. If we're assuming that any detail beyond 300 ppi won't make any difference to the print, why not downsample every raster image that is 301 ppi or over? If, however, it expects the difference between 440ppi and 300 ppi to be significant, why does it downsample higher quality images to 300 ppi instead of 450 ppi? What's the benefit in leaving a 440 ppi image at 440 ppi, but downsampling a 460 ppi image to 300 ppi? Why are the two figures different? Is there any reason not to always switch this default to "downsample to 300 ppi for images above 300 ppi"? All I can think is that maybe downsampling small amounts might lead to mistakes - but I'm sure I've heard it said back in the olden days that downsampling in steps of 10% at a time is a good way to preserve image quality (I think that's no longer true because these days the software will do that anyway if there's any benefit).
I was curious to know if there are any resources, books, blogs that focus on perfecting object shadowing and lighting with Photoshop and/or Illustrator? I have and know how to do basic shadowing and lighting but it is an area I know I need to improve and I would like to know some resources I can review or hopefully learn from. Studies are welcome, too.
I have repetitive actions I need to perform on images that are all consistent. For example I have 100 images with size 100 X 100 What I need to do on each one: 1. scale to 75 x 75 2. export as png ( with the same name ) 3. close the original without saving thanks !
If I try to create a 3D effect in Photoshop (or on paper), I always get it wrong. I remember how easy it was to create cubes in graph paper, but hard in plain paper. I wonder is there are any grids available to help me with this? This grid for example looks like what I am looking for, but it seems to be for a particular purpose. Are there any other Photoshop grid to create these 3D effects?
Currently working on an application, which will be released on Multiple platforms, targeting OS X and Windows devices first, followed by iOS release. The current focus is on the OS X version, which will be released first. During the design process, I have opted for Myriad Pro. Which suits the application in various areas very well. i.e. Titles, Labels, Menu Texts etc. After some research though I have released it is not shipped with Macs or other OS. I am currently working on OS X Lion and have no access to Avenir, however, I had the chance to try Helvetica and H. Neue, which looks fine but does not fit as well as Myriad Pro. What fonts should I try to use? What would be your suggestions as experienced designers on the subject? Thank you
I was watching a video tutorial and the instructor seemed to switch the colour of a layer from white to black with a shortcut, since his cursor did not leave the layer thumbnail section, per below... Does anyone know which shortcut that would be? Thanks in advance.
In the tutorial I'm watching the instructor has just created a new rectangle. With that layer selected, he goes up to the "Path Alignment" dropdown in the tool bar - having already selected "Align to Canvas" from it - then selects "Vertical Centers." Here: When I try to do the same, all of the options above "Align to Selection/Canvas" are greyed out, so I'm unable. I definitely have the layer selected as well as "Align to Canvas," but they are still greyed out. Can anyone guess why? Thank you.
So a designer has given me some logos (for the web) which are white on a blue background. She has, however, added blue paths to the shape to make it match the background. I would prefer to change these blue parts to be transparent. One path is just a circle that should really be a circle cut out of the main image. The other path is a circle where the border only is blue. So the main image has a ring/"o" shape that should be cut out. I don't know enough about Illustrator to figure this out. I've tried clipping mask but that's not what I want. Would there be an easier way to just take the image into Photoshop when I'm saving it for the web, and remove the color then? I don't want to have any fringes of color left if I go with that method.
How to join two endpoints of different paths in Illustrator? It is said in manual, that points should be selected first, but I can't select them, since they are not on the same path. I can select two paths in total, but once I start selecting nodes, only one path remains selected.
Recently I noticed a trend in graphic and industrial design that focuses on (usually predominant) white or very light gray and high contrast black or dark gray shapes — which fascinates me because of the timeless and sometimes futuristic look. Does this design direction have a name? Can somebody point me to any articles describing it and its history/background? Simply searching for black and white design is too broad, and makes it hard to find useful resources. Some examples of what I mean:
I have created an animation in Photoshop. I want to merge them in 1 image file side by side. Is there an easy way to do it? Because I will do this process about 10-15 times. My animation timeline (click for full resolution) I want a result like this: Edit: I tried a technic but couldn't be successful. I made layers from frames I changed canvas of the image I made all layers visible and selected all layers I pressed Layer>Align>Left Edge Result: Why can't I get the correct result?
How does the grid system work for those websites that expand to the full size of the browser (no matter how you resize) while working with a base 12 grid system (such as 960.gs)? For example, take a look on these websites: http://vevo.com (Note: this site shows an error message instead of the real page when accessing from European counties like Germany) http://xfinitytv.comcast.net Is there a technical name for this? Why are there not many websites like this that take advantage of the full browser size?
My goal is to create a Kindle Cover and upload it following Amazon recommendations. The Cover Should Be: MAXIMUM: Width:1563px; Height:2500px; JPEG up to 127KB MINIMUM: Width:625px; Height:1000px; JPEG up to 127KB I found a Powerpoint template that helps me to create Kindle covers. However the size of it is: 541px x 864px and 107KB. So, I resized the template to Kindle standards, but now I have a picture that is 1563px x 2500px and 731KB. Using Photoshop and Save for Web I can turn the quality option to low. The result of it is: 1563px x 2500px and 198KB. It's still too heavy/large for Amazon standards. How can I reduce the file size further without making the image dimensions smaller? Many Thanks.
How can I green screen in Photoshop? I am making a picture were I need to green screen, and it would be very helpful if someone could help me!
I have multiple small icons in a single file. They are separated with transparency. So I can manually select them and save individually. But this takes long time with many parts. Is it possible to automatically save each non-transparent piece to separate file?
What is this kind of 3D text effect called? It's made with either overprinted letters, or different colored layers into a fake 3D effect.
I have to design a page with two button choices separated by horizontal rule. The first group has a heading, text input and a button all on new lines. The group after the horizontal rule has a heading and a button. I am wondering how to go about determining the margins between the elements in each group as the elements are of different heights, but need to be in proximity of each other. Are there any best practices useful to solving this problem? I seem to experiment, but every time I come back to the design I want to change it as it doesn't seem right. I was thinking about baseline grids but I've never used them before.
This was a black and white image that I inverted in Photoshop with command/control+i. I want to convert everything that is black to a color. How would I replace the black with a different color?
I have downloaded vector images from shutterstock. There are many images on the page and I want to break them apart. I am able to get the direct selection to highlight sections of the multi-part image, copy and paste to a new board. This is great, however i just want a part of the multi part image, is this possible? Part of it does just highlight but when I go to copy a box comes up around the entire thing. Specifically, I am working with vintage Chalk typography, calligraphic design elements, page decoration and labels of drawing with chalk on blackboard . Thanks so much for any help!
So I'm looking for the right answer for my grid system: 1) Should I use 12 or 16 column grid for a full width website similar to these websites: http://xfinitytv.comcast.net http://www.vevo.com 2) Can I use bootstrap for 16 column width 3) what are the challenges for a 16 columns grid vs traditional 12 column grid?
I have seen an image with this background. As a newbie I am unable to get this multi colored mixed background. I am able to get just two colors and that too linearly with the Blend Tool. But that doesn't look like this at all. Can some one please suggest me on how to achieve this in GIMP or in Photoshop?
Photoshop offers the feature of layer compositions. I can store different layer states within them and easily switch between them. In one, a certain layer is invisible and vice versa. Yet once I slice up my PSD, I do not seem to be able to get something similar. My slices seem global to the window and cannot be tied up to a layer composition. This can mess up the save for web workflow. I want to achieve a similar effect for slices as with layer compositions.
Tried a lot but I just can't quite get it, how do I achieve a translucent tab bar like this:
Build-in feature looks insufficient. It allows to set number of waves per segment, which makes wave of different frequencies if curve consists of different lengths segments.
I'm trying to export a short, 6 second GIF in Photoshop. It looks great on the canvas, but very washed out after the export. I know the GIF format has a maximum of 256 colors (and I select that) but is there a way to make it select 256 better colors? As is, it does a poor job. Image (oddly enough it seemed to distort the colors as a still image as well, here's a screenshot): GIF:
Say I have a GIF such as this: How could I create something like this, where the user added this video into a still shot of an iPhone? Better yet, if I could put it in a mockup like this where it has a smart layer that I would normally just drop my still image into, but in this case I'd love a GIF. I have Adobe Photoshop CS6.
I'm using Adobe Ilustrator CS3. I have a bunch of small images (200x200 px) which I originally created as ".ai". I saved them as ".svg" using option Save for Web & Devices but to my surprise the output file is about 3 times bigger than the ".png" version of the same image. Why is the ".svg" file bigger than the ".png" file? I thought that vector graphics are always lighter. Am I choosing wrong options for saving? What would be the best way to save these graphics for the web?