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I've googled for over 30 mins now, I can't find a free barcode font for EAN-13. Anyone know of any? fontsquirrel have none, Dafont have a few, But none of them are EAN-13 (as far as I know).
The opacity and fill settings on a layer in Photoshop seem to do the same thing. What is the difference?
I have to make some 3d expo booth designs. I worked with 3D Max before but I am not sure if that's the right tool for this kind of thing. Also I was not very good at it. Some examples: Is there a good and easy software for this kind of 3D design? Where can I find library resources for this kind of things? Bonus points if the software is open source or freeware!
I remember I opened a PSD file which did this. It had like 4 hidden "adjustment" layers, each for a specific color, and all the elements that used a certain color were being changed depending on which adjustment layer was visible. Something like this: Notice the visible "pink" layer. That layer should make a part of the graphic on the left pink. And when you make the blue layer visible, that part of the graphic graphic should turn blue: Does anyone know how can I achieve this?
My default transparency grid in Photoshop is white. Where can I change this to transparent or some other color, so that I can more easily differentiate what is really white and what is transparent in my picture?
I'm using css to emboss text with this: text-shadow: black 1px 1px 5px; My site uses different font colors and background colors. I was wondering how I can choose the "best" embossing color based on the color of the font and background color of the text.
I'm trying to add detail and grunge to my vector based designs through the use of procedural textures. Currently, I'm using the noise filter, and the sponge filter on a grey rectangle as multiply or soft-light layers to generate effects that are similar to what I'm after but the level of control leaves much to be desired (specifically, I can't control the size of the effect, nor can I control the colour range without more work which is a hindrance when I need to test multiple times to achieve a specific effect). In 3DsMax or Maya there's a plethora of procedural texture options available which are not only processed much quicker then using the photoshop effects in Ai, but also allow a greater amount of control. Is there a method in Ai, whether it be native or through the use of a plugin, where I can achieve the effect I'm after?
where I can find very small and clear icons that I can use in a personal (non-commercial) project?
Is it possible to insert a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer at the top of all layers - but make it so that chosen layers are not affected by it? Can it be done without altering positions? (Ie. moving this layer down, and moving up the ones that I want to keep unchanged.)
How can I get two pictures into one gimp window?
Do any of you happen to know of some recommended techniques in creating the effect/look that makes a page appear as though it had been folded before? Something like this:
I'm attempting to replicate the drop shadow effect used by Xcode for it's dock icon. Specifically, the shadow around the blue square. It seems to be some mixture of outer-glow, drop-shadow and stroke, but I can't get it to look quite right. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Here are the standard and zoomed-in views:
I have some traditional media artwork that I'd like to scan and then have printed to be shown in an art show. I'll be doing the scanning. Where do I go to get this done? (What is the generic name for the type of business that does this?) Is there a online company that will let me just upload the files and will do a good job? What are the different types of printing technologies? I.e., what kind of print should I ask for? Many years ago we used to send out for a "Fiery" but I'm sure it's different now. For a poster-sized print, say 22 by 34 inches, what resolution does the file need to be? 300 DPI? Can I get away with less? (The reason I'm going to scan and then print is because I want to blow the pieces up and alter them digitally.)
I want to create a cool looking yet simple exclamation mark with just CSS. Anyone have any cool ideas?
You can see my site here. The share buttons on the left side obviously look quite untidy... Any ideas on how to make them look better?
Can someone direct me to a photoshop cs5 book that details the image making process from beginning to end ie showing how to make an image from scratch, best techniques etc Please share why you think this book is good and why you recommend the particular book.
I'm creating a website an artist who draws with pencil+paper. The artist has scans and/or prints of all the illustrations completed over several years for various clients. Many of these were for pay. I'm wondering if it is legal for the artist to display these scanned copies on their website portfolio or if they would have to get permission from the people who commissioned each piece of work. Is there a general principle that states artists have a right to show examples of previous work, or will this depend on the compensation agreement for each work? The artist says most of these were done for pay on verbal agreement, but that there was very rarely any contract specifying copyright details.
I'm designing a web site which has a large number of categories. On one particular page each category will be displayed with a photo, light description and a a list of subcategories or products. Here's the completely design-less version. I'm about to start working on a shaded box of some kind to wrap this up in as well as the layout inside said box. Each of these category boxes will be floated right so that as many will fit on a user's screen as possible. I would like for three to appear at minimum. I am not half the graphic designer I am web developer, can you offer any suggestions - especially on sizing but style is very welcome.
When I export for web and devices in photoshop CS5 it comes out pixelated. What setting should I change? I have a picture of my export settings at http://www.brandonsdesigngroup.com/photoshop.png
I have used Photoshop and Illustrator a little bit and am about to spend time learning more about Graphic Design. I would like advice on what one (Windows 7 compatible) application to purchase when doing the following things: create designs for fairly simple on-line games General web design Logo design
I am just getting my teeth into Gimp and am not a graphic designer by any stretch of the imagination! I'm a developer trying to make myself a bit more useful on the design front. Anyway, I am modifying an image for a friend and I basically need to redraw the image from scratch as all I have is a low res version of the original. This is the image: You can see what I am faced with. I have been playing around with the path tool which I can create a love heart with, but I'm struggling with how to recreate the way the love heart in the image tapers to thin. Does anyone have any pointers for how I should go about tackling this type of problem? Many thanks for any help!
I'm building a website with a focus on searching so I want a very large search form in the header. I've been looking for a tutorial using Photoshop to create a background image to superimpose the search form on without much luck. Does anybody know where I can find one? It seems that most designers just use CSS3.
I'd like to set the behavior of the cropping tool. I want it to define cropping areas based on... A fixed, numerical set of pixel dimensions. A given proportion, e.g., a 9 by 12 area of arbitrary size. Free size and proportion -- wherever I release the mouse button. Where can I set that for the cropping tool? UPDATE / CLARIFICATION The marquee tool provides this menu, circled below... But the cropping tool doesn't offer a menu like that... Does the cropping tool does have these three modes like the marquee tool? If so, where do I set that? How do I tell the cropping tool which mode to use?
EDIT: A Big update on this topic is presented with PS CC 14.2! Now you can have linked smart objects, it works like in InDesign. Just go to 'File → Place Linked' and choose your PSB file. This is the Promo video from Adobe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6AIgoFDwlk Is it possible to import a PSB file (saved smart object) into several PSDs, so when I edit the PSB the change is visible in every PSD? I only get it that way, that the PSB is copied into the PSD and the source PSB remains untouched.
I am a web dev and competent in Fireworks, but not so much in Photoshop. I have just received a layered PSD file to turn into a web page. Can anyone tell me the easiest way to export all layers to individual png files? There are lots of layers and doing this manually seems wrong. I have seen this but it does seem there should be native functionality for this in PS. I have access to Photoshop CS4. Any pointers appreciated.
What's kosher when providing feedback to your designer? Are there best practices? If he's making a mockup of an iPhone dashboard should I tell him that I'd prefer the icons be monochromatic, or that the trees are too large and the mountains too soft? I run a small web team with a designer, a programmer, and a copy editor. When my designer provides mockups, how can I best provide feedback to him without constraining his artistic freedom?
I'm designing a page with both a background image and a background color for the area past the end of the (gradient) background image. Something like: background: url("/images/bg.png") repeat-x scroll center top #666666; I can get the background color to match the end of the image in either Firefox or Chrome, but not both. In one of the two the color I set is always darker than the end of the gradient, so a dividing line is clearly visible between the two. I can't figure out how to select a color that works in both browsers. Here's an example of a site using this technique successfully: http://www.thermometerapp.com/ In this case the background color matches the end of the background image in both FF and Chrome (near the end of the page the bg image ends and the bg color fills the bottom portion). Any ideas how to make this work? Thanks. Edit: This reminds me of old palette-related problems, but I thought we were past all that now?
I bring in pictures in RAW format from my camera to Photoshop CS5 but in raw format they are around 10 MB each. When I do Ctrl-Alt-Shift-S to save them for web, I get a dialog every time warning me that since they are big, performance may be degraded. It is really annoying that this is raised on every single one I save. Is there a way to configure Photoshop to increase the threshold memory size that triggers this warning so I can configure it to say 11 MB and stop seeing this message over and over again.
Disclaimer: This question might not be suitable for this site, I am not sure beforehand. Having seen this sketch on today's Google Doodle, I remembered that I have an innate crush for them - those having little details on facial expressions, and on shapes/body parts yet still expressive enough. They look like rough sketches but I hesitate to classify them as such. I wonder if you have any ideas on the naming of such drawings. What are they called? Thanks in advance. Edit: To be more illustrative I am adding the following sketches, which I assume similar to Google Doodle in terms of drawing and details. Let me know If I am wrong about this similarity.
I'm looking for sources of inspiration for the graphical design of a web application. The application is used to display historical information on industrial processes. In the back end there is a time-series database and a data warehouse. The users of the application will configure pages with various information displays of data, for instance: Dashboard-style displays, with selected KPIs, as numbers and visualized Visualizations like line and bar plots Tables containing numbers
I need help in color math. I have one main color and i want to know how i can calculate other colors of chosen harmony. I need such color harmonies: triada, complement, analogous, monochromatic. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Dima.
I've looked for this online forever but can't seem to find it. Is there a digital pen that doesn't need special paper, uses easy to replace cartridges, and let's me see what I'm writing on a screen as I'm writing it. I don't need anything wireless or fancy as I'm only going to be using it by a computer. It's important that it's accurate as I write very small.
I'm creating a website whose sole purpose is to show users large datasets in tables. Many of the tables have upwards of 20 columns, and I absolutely hate having horizontal scrollbars. What are the best practices regarding the reduction of horizontal scrollbar use with large tables? I've already implemented a toggle button that will switch between "essential" columns and all the columns when clicked. Even then, there's a lot of horizontal scrolling.
My next project is to design (as a vector graphic) a logo inspired by the so-called layer style of graffiti. As such, I need to learn as much as I can about this particular graffiti style. It would also be useful to have an online reference for graffiti-inspired graphics in any upcoming projects... Are there any out there?
I've seen this effect on several sites, basically it's just a simple background with a bunch of dots, and I'd like to use this for a background for something but I don't know where to start!
Here are my menu tabs: #1 is the look I am trying to achieve but I can't quite make it look the same. #2 is my attempt. I have 2 questions: Is there another easy way to create these that does not involve the Pen tool? Is there a way to make it so that the end result that does not look too pixelated or blurry with a stroke?
This might be too subjective but I'm curious about other peoples' experiences. Mods, please close if this is too far into "not a real question" territory. I see many questions on this site about "what are good resources?" and "where do I learn?", but what are common mistakes that designers make? Ie., if you're on the train and you see a poster ad on the wall, how often do you think "wow, I can't believe they did that!"? Are there certain mistakes that are more commonplace than others?
I know logo design contests and the whole "spec" work issue is a controversial subject. As a designer given the AIGA's position on spec work what are the pros and cons of entering such contests?
I've had to use clouds in projects on more than one occasion, and I'd like to find a way to extract (select only) the clouds. There are a lot of good brushes for this type of thing but often times they're too small, If I could figure out the process used to make something like this I would be able to make my own from stock images. The brushes below are a good example of what I'm trying to achieve. They're cut very nicely and will look clean on any background http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=clouds+brush#/dkep1o Any help is much appreciated.
I am keeping a close eye on the question about logo design contests, and I hope that my 1st Question here does not get completely slammed. It never really occurred to me that 'logo design contests' are similar to Spec Work and this could be considered unethical. I am an amateur web developer and it became clear that my Illustrator efforts looked rookie. I have two situations where I need help from a graphics designer. Girlfriend has a TV show on a volunteer based TV Channel. We have had a friend do the logo for free, as for him it was also good publicity (name in credits) and looked good in his portfolio. If we needed more work, where could we ask? The company I work for, the logo for a product we are developing looks dated. Problem is, the people that hold the purse strings will see this as trivial. Where could I ask for help on re-vamping our logo? It could lead to more work. So what am I asking? First off, I completely understand that SE is not the place to be asking for free help (help being, can u do me some graphics). - Where is the right place to ask for people to do free graphics work? If you could also squeeze in any thoughts on if you think asking for help for free, for both my 2 situations, is detrimental for other people working in the graphics space. I work in GIS. Its not such a freelance industry as Graphic Design, so maybe its not comparable. My thoughts are, if someone was asking for me to put together a map/mapping website, for free, I would not bother. However, if you had asked me when I was fresh out of Uni, and nothing on my CV, or perhaps between jobs, I think (pending what they wanted done) that I would do it. - In case of #1 above, I have advised my gf to perhaps put up posters at the local arts uni.
How many different software applications should a designer be familiar with? I've been asked to work on Illustrator, and also .paint [Paint.NET? -Ed]. I'm confused about how many applications I need to practice. If I don't learn .paint, will I still be able to survive in the industry? I can't settle for only knowing Photoshop. My questions is: What software applications are most important for graphic designers to know? I list Photoshop as major and Illustrator as minor in my portfolio, but I've also been asked about Inkscape, PaintShop, GIMP, and others. I don't feel like my portfolio is complete with just PS and AI. We all know this field is very vast, but I don't have time to master every application. I want to learn, but I need to decide which software to focus on.
I love the font for beanstalkapp logo: Does someone know the font used to make that logo? I used whatthefont.com but it could not pick up the font from the image.
I'm having problems selecting colors in Adobe Fireworks CS5 because when I select a color (either through the color swatches, the color mixer or the windows color picker) it will snap to one of those which are already present in the swatches window. So say I select color #2a2a2a, Fireworks will transform it into #333333 and I'll only be allowed to use that one. Is there a way to stop this behavior?
I'm writing an android app and can't figure out how to display a ramp (could be a bump, like a speed bump, but preferably a ramp) from a top down 2d vie
What's the difference between a graphic designer and an artworker/Mac operator/production artist? Is one a subset of the other? Do they overlap? Are they industry-specific terms? Are in fact artworker/Mac operator/production artist not synonymous?
I would like to create an Illustrator object that is half of a rounded rectangle, such that the top two corners are rounded and the bottom two are not. I thought I could simply start with my rounded rectangle, place a rectangle on top of it, and use "Minus Front" in the pathfinder. However, this causes the resulting shape to have four round corners, not two as I was expecting. To illustrate: After "Minus Front": (note how round corners appear along the "cut" line! aargh!) I suspect I'm missing some key concept here. How can I prevent the rounded corners from spreading like this?
I don't know how to ask this question in general form so I will begin with an example. I would like to scale (and/or resize) the orange rectangle, but keep the two blue squares (1) the same size, and (2) anchored to the corners of the orange rectangle. So, starting from here resizing the group gives (note how the blue rectangles got distorted) when what I really want is Is there a good way to accomplish this? Of course, if I only wanted to do this once, I can align manually. But I will need to do it often and in more complex cases. So I would like to know if there is a principled way of doing this!
I was wondering if anyone knows websites which are full of images from different games and movies Like the css galleries but for movies and games (just for inspiration) Hope you can help - thanks
I'm a web developer and I love Photoshop but unfortunately I have some design mock-ups sent over to me in Illustrator. When I viewed the document at 100% the text isn't even legible on my monitor. At 150% things looks like they could be an actual web page and everything is clear. I'm thinking the designer used a screen resolution that really doesn't convert well for web. How can I view/change the document's screen resolution to say, 72ppi from whatever it is now? If you think I'm asking the wrong question then here is an alternate: How can I figure out what width (in pixels) the designer actually intended for design?
I've tried a number of different settings in the GUI, and have tried manual path tools from the path panel, but no matter what the inset path function completely mutilates the path into a blob. Distance of the inset or offset doesn't make a difference, and these are very simple paths like a square, or a circle. I'm on Mac, OS 10.6.
I was looking at some car bodies. Think perfectly shot stock photograph using perfect lighting. You always see some amazing highlighting on the car body. I wish to create a background for a website based on this highlight effect. What I want is for the background to look like a car body closeup complete with this kind of highlighting. Is there a way to easily replicate this effect in Photoshop or should I look to 3D rendering for my answer?
Or do you have to provide your own?
I am working on a corporate standards book for a client. Client works with two design agencies, my office and Other Agency. Both agencies play nicely together. In one particular file, Other Agency created a chart with some arrows (up and down). These arrows are two particular characters in Wingdings 3. These arrows don't exist in any other font I can find. I'm on a Mac, so I'm looking under Keyboard Palette, in Font Book, and Linotype Font Explorer. All those sources show the arrows. Linotype shows me a key combination, but it's wrong — typing that key combo doesn't give me the arrow I want. I can also find the arrows in InDesign under Type→Glyphs, as numbers 169 and 170. (This works on PC and Mac, so far as I can tell.) So the only way to get the arrows into the InDesign file from scratch is to copy from one of those sources and paste. For a square bullet, I can say "type an n in Zapf Dingbats," but there's no key combination which makes these arrow characters. While I am writing the standards now for our agency and Other Agency, I have to write them so that anyone from the outside could come in and create a Client document and have it look the same as any document done by one of the existing two agencies. So I can't just say "pick up the arrow from the previous job." Can I just say "Arrow up (Glyph 169) and Arrow down (Glyph 170) in Wingdings 3"? Would another designer reading that understand it?
I have two gifs. I'd like to put one gif on top of the other, but with low opacity. This is what I did: open gif1. create a new layer paste gif2 onto the layer change the opacity of the layer The problem is that for all opacity levels above 50%, the image is fully opaque, and for all levels below 50% it disappears. How can I get the desired effect?
I need to create a logo for "Adults 50+" program. This is sort of a general activity club/program for folks over 50 years old. Logo needs to reflect an active life style of adults, rather than them preparing them for eternity. Any ideas what can be done with it?
How do I add multiple masks to a layer in Photoshop CS3? I already created one mask for chain link fence so that the fence would appear between a person and his original background: Now I would like to apply a second mask to the chain link fence for dirty grunge effect - for example, make some chains broken or frailed. The reason why I want two masks is so that I can edit each independently and have a non-destructive way of playing with my fence.
If i have outlined an object, say a car, and i have added a red air brush around to give it a color, how could i remove all color outside the outline of the car? Masking etc. ?
When I use Illustrator CS5 on another machine, all objects X and Y are relative to their artboard, not the overall pixel grid (by pixel grid I mean the entire screen). How can I change this so the X and Y values are not relative to the object's artboard?
I am familiar with vector and raster images, in theory. In practice I don't know how to use vectors properly. Can vector images be used in a web pages to increase site compatability? For example, in CSS we can use EM to scale font up and down depending on the resolution capabilities of the device. This is good for desktop/mobile. How do I know an image is vector? Are vector images supported on web pages by most modern browsers? Do they really help with the desktop/mobile problem? What other issues might I need to consider? (cost of vector image creation tools, difficulty, etc).
How can I resize such items without changing the curvature at edges? You know, I don't want the half-circles at the extremes to become half-elipses. thanks
Is there an already compiled utility for the Scale2x utility for Mac OS X? I've found source code but I'm looking for a utility that is already built.
Is there any way to add a new page to my work in Illustrator ? I've seen these buttons on the bottom: I guess they are for the pages ? thanks
I'm developing an iOS apps and I need to find an easy design tool, something that would allow me to drag widgets into my GUI, and visually build it. I'm currently using Adobe Illustrator with this nice kit: http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2010/12/illustrator-ipad-sketch-elements.html But Illustrator is not that straightforward to use. It is a bit too much work to drag the elements, encupsulate them into other elements, resize them, etc. I don't feel very comfortable with it. Also, I've seen Blueprint for iPad ( http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blueprint ) which seems exactly what I want, but I don't like for 2 reasons: I can't export the interface in any format beside PDF, and therefore it is difficult to work with designers (pdf, or ai needed). I would prefer to have a mac app, I think I can be more productive dragging items with mouse and keyboard.
I use Adobe Photoshop but I find it kind of buggy sometimes. When I import what I do in photoshop to Flash the quality of the design drops down a notch...
In the CSS of a website is it better, for human readability, define margin and padding units in px, em or pt?
I'd like to join a transparent line and a transparent filled circle together without creating an overlap region with a different transparency. How can I do this in InDesign? None of the path or pathfinder tools seem to accomplish this. To ilustrate the problem: Note the small overlap region (between the yellow circle and the line) which is darker colored because two transparent objects overlap. I want to avoid this type of overlap. EDIT: from an answer below (thanks) I realize my illustration was unclear. I am talking about the overlap between two yellow objects, pointed out by the red arrow: I would like to get rid of the darker area where the two shapes overlap (that is, not delete, but just have it be the same color as the rest). Using Pathfinder > Add, however, causes some unexpected behavior: the circle inherits the fill and stroke properties of the line, and the line disappears (it's not that it has stroke width zero, it's just gone): How can I avoid this ugly overlap area?
The nuns enforced it with a ruler: two spaces after a period at the end of a sentence. I, along with many others do this instinctively. Why is this considered incorrect/improper in printed materials and on the web?
Is there any good free website or graphic software to make cartoon from pictures of person?
I've been a programmer my whole life, and now I've found that I really need to start designing my own stuff. I know how to use Photoshop in and out, but I just can't create anything nice. I often visit Dribbble and try to get some inspiration, but I get overwhelmed by their creativity. How do they come up with this stuff? Besides learning the fundamentals to design such as color theory etc, what are the best ways to coming up with some original and nice looking designs? Should I draw on pencil and paper my designs before designing in Photoshop? I'm referring to interface designs mostly. Lately I've just been finding random Dribbble interface designs, and trying to replicate them from scratch. I'm often successful, but I know I couldn't have come up with that on my own. Another question is how do the creatives do it? Do they imagine a design in their mind first, then draw it out on paper, then Photoshop? Or do they just go on Photoshop and just play around until something nice comes out? Or what?
Is there a better way to represent text in a layout or design? "Lorem Ipsum" is good at taking your attention away from the text to showcase the design as a whole but I think it looks unnatural for typeset design. Why is it used and is there a better way? What alternatives the experts use for dummy/placeholder text?
When drawing something symmetrical with the pen tool in Photoshop, is there any way to set up a mirror line at a given angle, so as you draw a shape on one side it gets automatically duplicated and reflected to the other? I'd rather not have to copy-paste-transform at multiple intervals to see how it's looking. This is essentially equivalent to 3ds Max's 'Mirror' modifier for meshes.
I'm not much of a designer (yet), and I'm still in the learning phases. I'm not bad with Photoshop, but when it comes to color theory and typography, I'm not sure I have any idea. So, I just create things and play around with colors till they are visually appealing to me. But there are rules to colors, and I never know if I'm breaking them. This is an iOS interface I cooked up, and I wanted to know if the colors work together, or if I'm breaking any rules? What else am I doing wrong?
I'm making a web site and have been told the corporate color is pantone 2745. In illustrator, here, and here it is a deep indigo color. Here, here, here and here it is a deep violet sort of color. The indigo sources (at least the first two) seem more compelling to me, but at the same time, I prefer the violet colour as a bit more personable if I had to choose. What is the best bet, or are there other more reliable sources, and where is the difference coming from?
I'm interested to know what sort of software - beyond basic standard graphics out of Excel - people use to generate data visualisations. Do you craft things by hand and then build them in something like InDesign? I'm fascinated by the process that changes a table of data into a visual esthetic and would also welcome reading recommendations.
I'm a developer having a bash at designing a church site for a relative and was hoping to get some feedback on what i've done so far. I tend to like clean, minimal sites so that's kinda where i'm going with this too. I've taken a basic wordpress theme and added most of my own styles to it. I'm not entirely sure about how I've used the banner image, as it's a good image but I've had to crop it and cut off one of the church spires. I'm also thinking that the widget tabs are pretty plain looking so some work is probably needed there too. The search input isn't quite aligned correctly just yet, so I'm aware of that. I also designed the logo, so any feedback on any part of it would be great at this stage! It's a bit light on content at the moment, so the site probably looks more sparse than it would with live content. EDIT, following the excellent advice below, I've updated the image and am curious about whether or not the banner is now too prominent to be a constant throughout the rest of the site. Any other feedback on the banner would be great. The rest of the page I still need to update.
How can I export an Inkscape image as a png without any alpha?
How can I resize my image so the height is 180 and the width is 120? Currently when I try to change the size, I'm forced to keep the dimensions fixed. I see that the lock is enabled but I don't know how to remove it. The file is a png. I've tried saving in Adobe's PSD format but that didn't make a difference.
Other questions that deal with book recommendations do not address my particular need. I'm looking for web design books that teach me how to design using specific techniques and elements. Such as background textures, tasteful buttons, 'web 2.0' design elements... etc... I want a book that will show me the tricks I need to create such design elements. Something to show me how to design rather than teach design principles. Can you recommend some titles? If not a book, can you recommend specific tutorials or websites that teach these tricks? I would describe myself as a developer who is frustrated by his inability to leverage tools like Photoshop and others to create "pretty looking" designs, buttons, and web elements. There are plenty of sources of inspiration out there, but they do me no good because I haven't the foggiest idea how to create a stylish button, or a nice textured background, etc...
This is related to a question I asked on tex.stackexchange, which has a color aspect. The result of that question is the following image: I have drawn a series of gray squares on the left, with a red branch departing to the right. The goal is to have different red squares with a different saturation, but all with the same gray value. In the hsv color model, they all have the same v, but when I convert the image to grayscale using Gimp, they are not converted to the same gray. Also the visual impression is that the red squares on the right are darker than those on the left. How can I, given a certain gray, calculate colors with a certain hue and the same gray value (or, even better, with the same gray impression)? The colors used in the image are all calculated, so I prefer solutions that incorporate calculations as well. I might have used wrong terms here - I'm a mechanical engineer, so please correct me where appropriate, or ask for clarification. The suggestion to use the Lab color space has led me to some conclusions: I can use the Lab model's L value to set some kind of gray value for different colors. In the hsv model this is v. I'm not sure if I am actually allowed to compare those, but I'll do it until someone complains. In the hsv model I can also set some "base color" (a hue), which I can't find in the Lab model. In the hsv model, I have 2 constants (in the image above: h = 0, v = 0.375) and one variable (s). Up to this point, I only have one constant in the Lab model. That is not enough to generate something similar to what I already made with the hsv model. I guess it's time for experiments. Done! After I got the conversion code running, it was wuite easy. The first step was to define the "target red" on the right. I calculated RGB2Lab(255,0,0) and changed the L value of the result to the desired L in the figure (L = 62.5). The colors are calculated using a linear interpolation in Lab space from (L,0,0) to (L,aTarget,bTarget). The result: Thank you!
Does anyone know who's behind the playful illustrations on the current Firefox website? For example: From the Firefox mobile page: From the Firefox download page:
What's this style of design called? http://www.mademyday.de/ Thanks. [UPDATE:] I should have posted more examples, here's another and I'll look for more: http://www.fajnechlopaki.com/ I'm talking about styles like "grunge" or "elegant" that if you search for you can find more designs that look like that.
Is it correct that, once bought a font, I'm not limited in time or number of projects I can use the font in? Say, I own Helvetica. Does it mean that now I have a right to use it in any of my projects?
What sort of icon/graphic could represent 'concept'? It would be very helpful as a place-holder when I am making basic sketches and notes. Third Party Edit (from comments): hhajemi (OP): From my experience, I will normally try to clarify some key concepts in the areas of interest and the following discussions will be based/built/developed upon these concepts. Than the light bulb or CFL (thanks koiyu for sharing this) moment, I can use a "brick" or "jigsaw" piece to represent a concept. I believed that this is not original but I think it can serve the purpose. Thanks all for commenting.
I've been tasked with creating "thank you for attending" HTML e-mails/graphics for a number of events. I've already done a few, but they all need to look distinct and I'm running out of ideas. Does anyone know of a gallery that shows this type of design, or of any outstanding examples?
I am creating a logo and I would like to put a double outline on it, do you know any clever way to do it ?
I have a monochrome image, and would like to replace the colour with a gradient. I assume the best way to do this would be to create a background layer with the gradient, and then apply the monochrome image as a mask. However, I can't for the life of me get this to work. If I copy the image, and then try to paste it into a mask layer, it just creates a new normal layer and pastes it there. How to accomplish this?
I'm trying to create an image which contains Arab text. This is the (HTML entities for the) text: العربية Raw, it is العربية When I paste the text into GIMP, I select and correctly get RTL (right to left) text, but the characters are not "joined", as described at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Arabic. If I paste into Word, it comes out OK. I'm using GIMP 2.6.8 on Windows 7 64 bit. Is there a way to persuade GIMP to render the text joined?
I have an image and from it I want to create a new palette. But PSP Help isn't much and doesn't much. The menu choice I want might say "from the selected image, create a new palette," but that choice doesn't exist. How can I create a brand-new palette from the image? Thanks!
What color profile settings should be used in Photoshop for web design? Does monitor calibration effect save for web images? I keep my monitor calibrated with a colorimeter and want to make sure my colors will be consistant acros all major browsers. I use my calibrated monitor profile for my workspace, color management off and don't embed a profile for save for web and try to use .png 24 whenever possible. Is this the best practice? Color settings Save for web
My icons have been (lightly) criticized as "too 1998-ish": http://www.sellmycalls.com/pics/98ish-icons.png From left to right: refresh; auto/manual refresh toggle; filters; favorites; alerts. To what was the critique aimed at? What the critic meant with "too 1998-ish"? Can someone show me examples of icons that are considered fashionable these days? Thanks so much!
I'm developer; I use Windows but my designer uses Mac. Whenever he sends a graphic file to me (.psd and .ai files) the colors show differently on Mac and Windows, even if I take the color code from color picket [sic]. Is there any solution to this? I want to set my Windows 7 color scheme in that way so I can get the same color as a Mac.
I'm looking at starting down the path of creating my own unique designs for my sites (I'm a developer at heart, and care more about things working). I'm most familiar with Adobe Photoshop, but after the research I've done I've decided that that isn't the best program to use. (Not to mention my version is fairly out of date - I got it as part of CS2.) At this point I'm looking at Fireworks and Microsoft Expression Design. Fireworks is fairly popular, and the price is within the range I'm looking for. Because I'm a developer, I can get Expression Studio, which includes Expression Design and a handful of other applications, for around the same price. In my eyes, this is basically a toss-up. I can see myself using the other products in Expression Studio, but on the other hand there's a ton of tutorials for Fireworks, which means I can probably get running much faster. Unfortunately, discussions about Expression Studio 4 versus Fireworks CS 5 are non-existent. So, I'm hoping someone has already done the research on what I'd really be missing. (Once again, however, perhaps Expression Design being less-featured, if in fact it is, would be better for me to get started, since there's less tools to mess with.) EDIT: Photoshop is out. I'm really just looking at Fireworks versus Expression here. Also, I realize I can get trials of each, however what I'm really interested in is whether the programs are comparable as far as features. I don't want to pick one just because it's slightly more intuitive only to realize that more advanced features that are included in one aren't included in the other. Having used both Adobe and Microsoft products in the past, I feel confident that neither created something as difficult to use as, say, Gimp.
How can I create an image in Photoshop that imitates a photo taken with a low-quality phone camera? Examples of qualities I want to simulate: blurring in some areas caused by a dirty lens low quality exposure handling in the darkroom noise Some examples:
I'd like to copy selection shape in gimp and then paste it somewhere else (I've got first half of the image and I'd like do make it's mirror reflection). Do you know how can I do it?
I'm looking for Arial non-fake small-caps. Free, downloadable, and TrueType or OpenType. A free Helvetica would be great but I don't know that Mono ever made small caps for this typeface. I will also settle for Tahoma smalls. Or please suggest a better Helvetica seem-alike. Is there a free source for any of these fonts?
I'm planning on releasing a design template for a specific platform to make it easier on users who use that platform to design their pages. I want to allow anyone to download this template for free; however, I would not like anybody to sell this template or use it as artwork in a project. Basically, I just want to allow people to use it to build their designs. Do I need CC licensing and if so, what type of CC licensing do I need?
In a .png image, I want to color the three far-northwest corner pixels, now colored white, so they are transparent. This is, I want the background color to show through those pixels. But I can't find in PSP7 where to pick up transparent color with the eyedropper. Can you tell me how to color those pixels transparent?
How can I link two layer masks together? I'm trying to create a divider bar in Photoshop, that fades out at each end: As you can see, I have it fading out at the bottom. How can I do the same to the top?
I'm a game programmer, and so yeah, you could call me creative, but I've only created code-generated visuals. I want to get into Concept Art. Where are good places to start? I am looking for both digital and on paper stuff (I can get Autodesk products like Sketchbook Pro for free).
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