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I usually have to make websites based around logos that are very colorful (4-5 colors). Let's say the colors of the logo is similar to the logos of Chrome, eBay, Joomla, MSN. What are some of the techniques to designing around such logos especially those that are very vibrant / bright? (Putting them side-by-side makes the colors clash.) One technique I know is to use plenty of white space and use the colors as 'accents'. Are there other guidelines? Should all the colors be used?
When I apply a color with the exact same RGB as the fill for 1 shape and the stroke of another, the shape with the stroke shows a slightly lighter color. Why does this happen and what can I do to correct it? Click image for full resolution
I'm looking for a way in InDesign CS6 to do one or both of the following: 1) Export one or more pages based on the selection in the Pages panel without relying on the Range selector in the Export panel. 2) Select all items in the current page, not in the current spread, using a shortcut and whithout separating the page from the spread first. Note: I'm exporting to PNG.
I am watching a tutorial in which the instructor added a shape to an existing layer, but I don't know how he did it. His cursor was an arrow, he began dragging from off the canvas (top left), then dragged to the bottom right of the below image. As a result, the pink rounded rectangle that is selected in the image filled up the bottom corners of the image. I know that holding Shift will add to the current layer, but a) His cursor was definitely an arrow rather than a big and small cross shape, so I don't think he did that, b) Keeping Shift held ALSO constrained the proportions of the new shape that I was adding to the current layer. I even selected the "Unconstrained" from the options but it still comes out as a square...
I need to blend a white text on top of a multicolored background and I only want to blend with a particular base color. (in this case it's the orange) How do I configure blending options to do this?
I am seeing it a lot lately and I'm curious what tools are being used for this technique, is it an actual 3d app, or photoshop? Here is an example: http://dribbble.com/shots/1160245-iPad-UI-Files?list=users
We make quite a lot of mood boards in InDesign, which we then export as CMYK PDFs (Document CMYK - U.S Web Coated(SWOP) v2) as the image below. We then send them off to the printers to be printed on A2 photo paper and mounted onto foamboard. What I've noticed is that the colours in PDFs come out rather dull (on the screen and in print) when compared to how I would normally do them. Is there any reason for this and is there any way I can fix it?
If I want to venture into the world of typeface design, I of course would prefer to use the proper font file format. I'm wondering if there exists an industry standard for this, as well as whether there is a specific format that is particularly popular in the open source world. My first thought is OpenType (.otf), which, I gather, supersedes TrueType (.ttf), but does it replace PostScript as well? How about Embedded OpenType (.eot)? Not sure the difference there. Note: I don't mean for this question to be a subjective discussion of merits and appropriateness. I'm really asking whether there is a standard, and if so, what it is, but if there isn't a standard, that should be the answer.
I'm creating CG for a video commercial that will likely be used mostly in tradeshows or online. I'm looking to purchase two models from Turbosquid, one a Boeing 787 and one a Volvo semi truck and trailer. Because these are real-world products they are marked as "editorial use only." The product/service being advertised is a new kind of composite tooling. The 787 is meant to provide an example of something made from composites, the production of which might be facilitated by this process. The semi truck would be used to illustrate that the process can be taken out of the factory and used for on-site production. In other words, neither model would be a primary visual element, nor are they directly related to the service being sold. I would also be perfectly willing to put a disclaimer in the commercial to the effect that we are not affiliated with nor endorsed by the companies that own the products being visualized. Does this blur the line at all of the "editorial" use licensing? Despite the "non-commercial" admonitions I'm usually reading about editorial use, I'm also seeing things like "giving context," "enhancing the effectiveness of the story," etc., which is the primary reason for using the models, and essentially I'm using real-world examples because "generic" models are usually much poorer quality or are so glaringly trying to be generic and unreal that they become a distraction.
I've run into a conundrum where I want to purchase two 3-D models (one of a Boeing 787 and one of a Volvo semi truck with trailer) from Turbosquid for use in a commercial, but both models are listed under an editorial, non-commercial license, presumably because they are depicting real-world products. However, there are other models of the exact same plane and truck (available at either a higher price or lower quality or I would've saved myself the dilemma) that are released under a standard royalty-free license for any use. So who should I believe? Did the artists in the latter case not know what they were doing? Were the artists in the former case being too cautious? Might the latter artists have gotten special permission from the manufacturers to sell their models for commercial use? And furthermore, is it on these artists if they released something under a commercial license that they shouldn't have? Or am I the one in trouble if I buy an improperly "commercially-released" Boeing airplane model and Boeing comes to me later saying that I used their stuff without their permission?
Trello uses an icon font and I'd like to figure out how to bring in some of the glyphs into an Illustrator project. Admittedly, this is going a bit backwards (usually you want to import Illustrator art into Glyphs). I'm creating a board mock-up in Illustrator to be used in a video (After Effects). Here's a direct link to Trello's icon font SVG file: https://d2k1ftgv7pobq7.cloudfront.net/images/fonts/a91174257e439d87d1987b15ad199035/trellicons-regular.svg
Based on my sketch/wireframe prepared for a UI designer (links below): Link: http://postimg.org/image/npt5zlvu7/ 1) Would I be able to approach a UI designer with the wireframe/sketch above? 2) What are the concerns that I should have between wireframe -> UI design -> front-end development? Thanks
I'm trying to create a yearbook with each single page holding 50 to 60 pictures, depending on the class size. I have Adobe Cloud but I don't even know what program would be best for this project. Does anyone have any suggestions? I've tried using Photoshop, InDesign, and Lightroom and haven't had much luck getting things the way I want them. Which of the Adobe Cloud programs has the best tools for what I'm trying to achieve?
I redesigned my resume using InDesign and this modern resume tutorial. However, I'm wondering whether I need to redesign my cover letter as well since it might look odd if I email my beautiful resume (pdf) and a bland cover letter created with Word. My question is, should I also create a cover letter in InDesign as well? I'm not a designer. I'm applying for a programmer position. Thanks in advance.
A friend of mine and I have been trying to start up a web design company, so we're looking to find the most efficient overall web-design process straight off the block. However after reading a few articles on creating mock ups, I'm getting the impression that it is potentially a very wasteful process. I was wondering whether I could pick a few brains of some hardened veterans on the best mocking-up practices for your development process?
I have a vector image I've created in illustrator which I would like to turn into pixel art. I've imported my vector as a shape layer in photoshop, and I was hoping to use the outlines of it as a guide (as the image is 64 x 64 in size, a raster guide would not have the same detail). Is it possible to keep a shape layer's outlines visible, even if it is not selected?
I work with PSDs that have the same layout frequently. I need to extract a few areas in each, and these areas are always the same. Same position, same size. I know I can save a selection, but I was wondering if I can pull that selection into the next PSD I work with.
In Photoshop, the Save for Web dialogue does not give an accurate size for the file. For instance: The original file size is 2.6MB (checked with Cmd + I on a Mac). When I open it in Photoshop and use File → Save for Web, it tells me that the file size (Original) is 6.73MB. It happens in all my photos. Why does Cmd + I on a Mac 2.6MB and Photoshop's Save for Web 6.7MB. In a PRACTICAL way, what number should I trust for web design? It seems that if I upload the file to a server the important number is Cmd + I. Is that right? if so, does the number that gives Photoshop have any PRACTICAL utility?
I have started doing some freelance website design work for small business clients, and part of my work will involve selecting fonts to use on the sites that I will be making. Given that typography is not my strongest point, I was wondering if there is a website that offers a collection of schemes/combinations using web fonts. By 'scheme' I mean something as simple as a small list of fonts that have been proposed to work/look well together, e.g., Font A for headers, Font B for sub-headers, Font C for body copy, etc. Basically something like Color Combos, except for web fonts. I think a site like this would be a great resource to people like me who aren't the best at picking fonts that work well together. It would be great if the website indicated which of the included font schemes consist entirely of free-to-use web fonts, as these would obviously be very easy to implement. So, does anyone know of any websites like this?
I am trying to make a new design for a water canteen on CATIA. I'm trying to rotate the orange line in the figure around the two circles at each end to form the outer surface of the bottle. I'm not sure which tool to use and how to do this.
I'm trying to create an icon based on a 2 color png I downloaded from icon monster. It is placed in my document as a smart object. I want it to be crisp, but photoshop doesn't want it to be.. even though it directly taunts me by showing the perfect result when I'm trying to resize it and then throwing it away when I hit enter. While I am resizing it is crisp, but when I apply the resize it is all mushy and smooth which I do not like. Is there a way I can get it to remain as it is while dragging? There is an 'anti-alias' checkbox when I'm resizing it, but it is unchecked and disabled.
I can't seem to apply graphic styles to objects if they're behind a clipping mask. I encountered this problem when I wanted to use graphic styles in order to change the fill colour of a symbol instance that contains a clip group. It is the same with clip groups that aren't within symbols. Is there a way to apply graphic styles to symbol instances containing clip groups? Here's an screen shot of the symbol layers:
My question is specifically about Making a Venn Diagram in Adobe Illustrator. I am trying to make a Venn-diagram to visualize different set operations in math. I found that Illustrator made some pretty good pictures but I am stuck now. I want to turn the part of the Circle A that does not intersect with the Circle B into its own object so that I can fill it with a color. The problem is that the intersection of A and B is one object, and the complement of the intersection is also one object. So if I try to fill Circle A, but not the intersection with a color, it also fills Circle B minus the intersection. In other words, currently the two circle make up two object, but I want to turn it in to three separate objects that share sides. I used the pathfinder tool to get this far, but I don't know how to use it to get what I want. How can I create three separate shapes from the shape in the diagram below, one for Circle A without the intersecting part of the circle, the same for Circle B and one more shape for the intersecting part?
I understand that communication between client and designer is very crucial and it will set the tone for possible work and whether you may ruin your rep. That said I would like to improve my communication skills to be a better person, explain in a clearer fashion and feel comfortable in a situation that is important. However, I am having trouble looking for material, sites, or books that will focus on improving communications. Does anything exist that will help teach designers how to communicate better with their clients and even with one another when working on sub-contracts?
Im planning on using a font in part of a company logo, with this particular font i need to purchase a commercial license before it can use the in the final release of the logo. Im designing the logo for a 3rd party, who do i make out the commercial font contract to - ourselves the graphic designers, or the client who the logo is for ?
Source: GraphicBurger.com I'm sure a few here have seen this image before. I'm hoping someone can help identify the fonts. Here is the un-skewed version of the logo:
This is unfortunately all I have: I tried finding it with Identifont and WhatTheFont, but I had no success. The closest typeface I could find is Trelic, but the y does not match.
How do you move several objects radially in illustrator? I want to mimic an explosion effect. In other words, I have several objects in illustrator and I want to separate them further. doing it manually is not an option as they are more than 100 individual objects. you can see an example of what I am trying to accomplish here: I could also try to write my own script (I am comfortable at programming) though I don't know how I could do that in illustrator. If it is not possible in illustrator is it possible on another compatible program? Thanks
I am trying to design an image which looks like this: But I ended up with the following image: (edited image) I tried adding layer styles as in the below image (Edited image). How can I make the second image look deeper, like the first does? Edited one : with this new bevel settings
After using the scrollbars to move, everything gets very slow. For example selecting an object in F2 Mode ( selecting pathnodes ) When zooming out and in its again fast enough. Is this a bug or is there a trick to avoid this. Working more then a year with this tool , but did not found any trick. any hints ? regards
I found this image few years ago. I don't remember where I found it but it really helped me in teaching all the networking concepts to my students. I mean, picturing network like this has somehow made things very clear than those 2-D Network diagrams. The only problem with this image is that it doesn't actually contain the icons of actual network elements. I want to replace the icons shown in picture with real (not symbolic) icons of hardware and produce similar 3-D map. Can any one suggest me a good software for doing this job? Note: Actually this is a cross post. I posted this initially on serverfault and it is likely to get closed on that site. So, asking it here.
I have an animated globe that is spinning from the right to left. Since this is supposed to simulate Earth's rotation, it should be from the left to the right. How can I reverse the already created animation on the timeline? Note: For this particular case, we are talking about a simple animation where two layers get moved from point A to point B and loop takes care of the rest. If relevant I am using Adobe Flash Professional CS6.
I've looked all over google , and i can't find any images that would fit right. I'm looking for something like this http://wrapbootstrap.com/preview/WB02634G3 or http://unslider.com/. I really hope you know what i want. Is there a website i can download free banner/slider images? I want those landscape , blurred , HD photos of nature or city or people. Thanks
Scenario: You design a piece for Company A. The piece performs very well for Company A. So much so that they use the piece for several years. Eventually Company A shuts down. A few years later, you are contacted by Company B who shows you samples of the piece you designed for Company A and wants something similar. Through price negotiations you learn that Company B has discovered you did the design for Company A and most likely have the files associated with the piece. Company B wants you to use the files created for Company A and merely cut/paste their info into the same piece. You know full well that Company B will pay someone to replicate the design if you refuse the work. Do you smile and oblige? Do you refuse? Are you at all concerned about copyrights? Is there an obligation to Company A to maintain their pieces and not share them with every company who merely asks? Does the fact that Company A has shut down alter your decisions? Of note: I'm not referring to "template" design. A full product is developed for Company A and they pay for that product accordingly. Nothing was ever referenced as or maintained to be a "template". "Template" indicates a client is aware that the design is used many times over for various (other) businesses. Customarily, "template" use reduces the initial costs to the client.
I'm a young girl and I love to draw, especially characters. I started drawing people when I was much younger. I love character design. I would like to have a job that involves drawing people in different poses and backgrounds. It could be for games or motion pictures. What college major would be best for me, and what should I focus on now to set myself up for the this sort of career path?
What I'm trying to do: I have lots of software code that I need to print on a long scroll. The scroll will be no more than 440mm wide and as long as it needs to be (with a maximum of 45m). The resulting code listing is to be part of an exhibit contrasting the ‘sketching’ phase in a multidisciplinary project between design, social science, and software engineering. What I've tried: • Printing straight from the IDE I cannot print straight from the development environment (Visual Studio 2012 and SQL Server Management Studio) because: Both tools assume standard page sizes I need to rotate the software code listing 180 degrees so that the end of the listing is at the tail of the paper roll. • Using Photoshop Since, I can't print from the IDE, I’m doing it in Adobe Photoshop (CS5, 64 bit, on Windows 8). My workflow for this is verging on the ridiculous: First I cut-and-paste each file from the code editor into a Microsoft Word document. If I cut-and-paste the code listings into PS/Ai I lose the formatting (for example the coloring of comments differently form variable declarations) I save the Microsoft Word document as a PDF and open that into Photoshop (to preserve the formatting) I now have 51 PSD files, each with one layer containing the text for that ‘page’. It’s rasterized layers as it is not editable as text Using Adobe Bridge I open all 51 PSD files created in step 3 and “Load Files into Photoshop Layers” so that I have a new single Photoshop file with all 51 text image layers in. The layers sit on top of each other. What I need is for them to sit head-to-toe. I don’t know how to do this without spending a million years selecting layers and moving them by hand. If I ever get Stage 5 done I will then group the 51 layers and rotate the result through 180 degrees. I will then re-size the result to have a width of 400mm and print the resulting file on our banner printer, having first calculated the resulting paper ‘height’ and turned off the automatic paper cutting. My Questions: Is there a better way of doing this? I can see the Photoshop actions that will align layers by their tops, their bottoms, or their centers but how do I automatically align them so that the bottom of layer 1 touches the top of layer 2, the bottom of layer 2 touches the top of layer 3, etc.?
I'm new to design, contrast and color concepts but I'm trying to get my programming code snippets to look crisp, clear and very legible, without hurting the eyes. I'm looking for a font that is ideal for programming code snippets in a blog. I'm looking for a free web safe font. The background color of my page is almost white (#eee) and the code snippets will be wrapped in a container with the following CSS details <div class="code-snippets"> </div> .code-snippets { background-color:#070707; color: eee; padding: 20px; /* font-family: ??? */ } Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
When it comes to creating printed promotional materials such as leaflets, brochures and any other print design medium, what should the person deciding on the size consider, and why? The few considerations I can think of are: Price - I assume that custom sizes are more expensive. Familiarity - Sticking to sizes that are common to the industry will be more familiar for potential customers Purpose - If it is an informative piece it probably needs to be large enough for a fair amount of information, though on that topic I suppose that the volume of information doesn't hold that much weight when deciding on size, unless it's a one page flyer. I'm sure there are many more things to consider..
Like it or not, Impact is now associated with image macros and memes throughout the web. As the Impact font itself is not free to distribute, I was wondering if there were similar fonts available under more permissive licenses? I haven't been able to find one that felt right enough.
When selecting a path or more paths with the Selection Tool or *Direct Selection Tool, I do not see the blue guide lines anymore. So I cannot know what is selected as well as how many anchor points are in a path. However when I put the mouse over a path, I can still see them. How can I bring this blue lines (guide lines) back?
I downloaded some beautiful patterns and filled them as patterns in images. However, every image I prepared with the patterns loses its aspect ratio when it is used as background on different screen sizes. An example is below Original image (256 x 256) I prepared: The pattern as it appears on a screen: The pattern as it appears on another screen: Can someone suggest on how to make it perfect so that the pattern is not stretched?
I have the following image with written text over it. The image is a flat .jpeg, so I don't have access to the layers: Click image for full resolution As you can see, the written text ("SPACE") is quite big. My question is: are there any effects/anything I can do in order to remove the text and still keep the background? Or at least hide it a little bit more?
I have a PSD file which contains many Layers and each layer contains either some image or text. I want to get/extract in a combined form e.g. one text layer and one image layer combined. Can any one help me how can I crop images from layers?
I'm asking how to use a given measurement to create a custom scale that I can use to accurately measure the rest. I have a vector file that looks like: I wish to measure parts of the car, to build a 3D model. How can I use the single measurement provided to measure the rest? Which of the Adobe CS5 programs can I use for this, and what tool should I use?
I am trying to create a logo that incorporates the work of two other projects we have images from. Basically, we take the image from the oldest project and want to create a blow out effect in the center with distortions that mimic the swelling and bursting to reveal the image of the second project inside. We'll be using something to the effect of a razor or laser to cause the bursting. The effect should look like a rupture looking torn edge, like say, a bullet hole: To reveal the logo of the second project in the middle like a superman revealing the S symbol underneath: So it will look like the logo of the second project burst through the chest of the first project logo (since it was derived from it) and there will be sort of a laser or light saber effect that caused the rupture alluding to the current project as the revealer. How can I manipulate the first image to make the new logo appear inside it? UPDATE: 11/1/13 I came across an image that better exemplifies the effect I am going for. It turned out to be a tattoo ironically that demonstrates the type of blowout/ripped edge effect that I want to show something coming through it. Maybe this will help provide some more specific suggestion on how to achieve my goal.
I have an Illustrator file which you can download from here. However Illustrator CS6 seems to open the file as being totally empty. Is there something wrong with the file? Perhaps something I can edit before opening. Or is this just another bug with dealing with SVG in Illustrator?
I have a simple b/w logo in illustrator, and want to save this for web use. I am new to web, just savvy in print :(... what is the easiest way to save this file with a transparent background so that it can be placed on various backgrounds? Thank you.
I'm looking for a workaround to export raster without anti-aliasing. ExportType.PNG 8/24 with exportOptions.antiAliasing = false export with anti-aliasing. The only way I know is to export manually to BMP, but this isn't an option. I need strict bitmap colors in my files because of color-coding. I already tried app.activeDocument.rasterize, but the script just stops after reaching this line.
I have a folder full of videos that I want to convert to an animated gifs. ffmpeg/avconv does a bad job of doing it directly, so I instead convert the video to a gif by first outputting each frame as a png and then converting back to gif using imagemagick. The problem is that this results in a large gif in terms of file size. To solve this I want to "drop" every second or nth frame from the gif, either by skipping every image file when converting to a gif or by removing frames from a gif. How can I do this on Ubuntu (13.04) using imagemagick or some other command-line utility?
I made a field of lines evenly spaced in illustrator. They are grouped together. I want to cut out and paste a segment of this group. The grouped lines are parallel and the group is tilted at an angle; I wanted to cut out a vertical segment so I have a strip of trapezoidal shapes to paste elsewhere. How do I do this?
I have the following shape I have drawn with the pen tool. The bird head and eye are a compound path but releasing them both from this makes little difference. What I am trying to achieve is a rectangle with a transparent logo at the center (i.e all white). This works fine for the antena and the signal bars but as you can see the bird head does not cut out but remains filled in effectively leaving me with half a logo. Been at this for hours now I'm new to Illustrator and would appreciate any advice anyone can offer on how to achieve my desired result or pointers on where I have gone wrong!
I know how to trim an image in Photoshop. (choose Image > Trim in Photoshop's menu) Is there any method to trim a slice to get rid of extra transparent space?
Well the question pretty much sums it up. I'm running Illustrator CS6 on Windows and after selecting a shape and wanting to round the corners by going to Effect > Stylize I'm looking for the option rounded corners... All I'm seeing is "Glowing edges", and, well, that's not very helpful is it?
How do I cycle through blend/transfer modes in Illustrator? It seems I can only manually choose 1 at a time from the drop down then open the menu and choose another. It's a slow process. What shortcuts exist to do this more quickly?
For example: Say I have an image that is going to be displayed at 1000px wide. I want to optimize my site for retina displays, but the largest resolution image I have to put here is only 1900pixel wide. Is there any unwanted visual effect to scaling down the image by unusual percentages? eg. A 1900pixel wide image being displayed at 1000px wide on a retina device, instead of a 2000pixel wide image.
Are there significantly less features or uses for them? They seem to be quite popular, and being free and open source is definitely a plus as opposed to the Adobe suite.
I need to know what font is used in this banner, which comes from the FAO website.
I am looking for a font or image with woodblock style blocks that I can type in. Like children's blocks similar to the ones in this picture: . Any ideas where I can find some?
Is it possible to trim a clipping mask in Illustrator? I have an image that I created a mask for, but the entire image is so much larger than the space I need, I would like to crop the rest of the image to the mask. Basically, I need the same result as in Photoshop when you Right-click > Apply Mask.
I heard Adobe has essentially released CS2 for free, i.e., giving away the license keys. Is it legal, if I owned CS4 at one point (but lost it), to download and use it?
I have two questions regarding inDesign and external files: How can I flow together several word files into a single text frame while maintaining their links? And how can I add a anchored inline image to a frame where the content is an external word file? This is driving me crazy.
I have attached a quick unfinished sketch made in Photoshop that will be developed for digital and screen printing on fabric and paper. It's basically a mix of hatching and erasing in different opacities using the brush tool in white and the eraser tool. Illustration http://f.cl.ly/items/2u181m1T30040u2z1l1s/Jacket.png Now given that I'd like to be able to easily change the color of the illustration (to different spot colors) while retaining the shading I thought it'd be best if I tried to recreate it as a vector drawing. Is there an easy way to recreate this or does anyone know of any techniques I could use to achieve this effect in Illustrator?
I was changing the color settings in my Photoshop CS6 the other day; now I get the Windows color mixer (below) instead of the Adobe color mixer. . ... so my dilemma is I cannot remember exactly everything I did. I was working off of multiple sites to help make my colors the same as the print as on the screen. But this Windows color mixer is very impractical; it doesn't show the color number or anything.
I'm looking for something similar to this or this I basically have several smaller icons and I want to position them into a shape. Is there a way photoshop can position them automatically or will I have to manually copy and resize them myself?
I know many work in where they enjoy but lately after spending all day at work I get home and all my thoughts and ideas for my freelance projects all day become annoying after I am drained and exhausted. So how do you: manage your energy with your work and freelance? not burn yourself in your field? balance your time with work and freelance? Stay inspired to complete what you've been working on? I know I tend to bounce around on projects because I believe in managing my time when I get into a design block. However, is this method bad? Should I stick to one project until completion even when battling a hurtle? I have read many articles on this but nothing seems to motivate me. If it helps someone else: How to Recharge and Get Motivated How You Can Get Motivated To Reach Your Goals How to Beat Designer’s Block Like a Kung Fu Master 20 ways to beat the creative block 5 simple ways to beat designer’s block
Can something like this be accomplished via .pdf export from Adobe InDesign CC, our does it require using the Adobe Publishing Suite?
I have designed a product label in Photoshop CS6 that I will be outputting as a PDF. The label only includes text and shapes so nothing is rasterized when viewing the PDF, and you can enlarge to any size without a loss in quality (as the print house would want). I need to add a barcode to the label which I have in PDF and vector formats. The issue I have is once placed into photoshop and saved as a PDF, the barcode becomes rasterized with a large loss in quality. Hopefully you can advise me on how to ensure the barcode stays as a vector like the rest of the PDF label!
If a company has been in business for some time they generally have a stockpile of branded materials in addition to online content. How should the company handle utilizing a new brand design or refresh? The two schools of thought I'm aware of are: Option A: Immediately stop using old brand items and regenerate all items with the new brand - both print and web. This works but can be costly. Option B: Immediately refresh all online content. For print content, slowly integrate the new brand, replacing the old brand as items are depleted. Does option B degrade the new brand? Which method is better and why? An example scenario: Company refreshes their brand. Currently in stock are $1,000,000 worth of trade brochures with the old brand on them. This stock customarily lasts for a year or more. But there are only a handful of old letterhead stock left and business cards are reproduced monthly. In addition, then need to order $500,000 of new product brochures immediately. Reluctant to write off the $1 Million in old brochures, which path is best?
I know many scientific publications tend to write the names of authors, or names of people in general, in small caps. I quite like this idea, since it helps readers not to try and understand a word which is a name and as such has no deeper understandable meaning. So far, so good. But what about situations where the name of a person is included in an adjective, forming what (as I just learned) is sometimes called a proper adjective? The example I have in mind is the term “Euclidean geometry”. What would be the best, most widely accepted or suggested, way to typeset this? No small caps at all? Small caps for the whole “Euclidean”? Or small caps only for “Euclid”, with normal “ean” suffixed to that?
So, I have a page, make a hard page break, so that content flows to the next page. I would want the next page/frame following such a hard break to have a top margin of n cm, but not other pages. What would be the most comfortable way to achieve this?
I am using a font that does not have an italic or bold versions. To simulate italic, I am typing the text, clicking over it, selecting and draging the top-middle point to the right, thus changing the angle to a negative value. How can I keep track of the dragged distance (degree given) ? The idea here is to reuse the value on other words or objects.
Many sites offer gif generation services with the option to create a transparent background behind a gif, however, when placed on a dark background, you can see edges around the animated gif. Ajax-loader.com and chimply.com (as well as many others) do not work as well as I had anticipated. Does anyone have a suggestion for a place where I can find a true-transparent background loading gif? Note: I cannot rely on a different color background, the site uses a preloader already and I would much prefer not to have two.
I'm trying to give a div a background according to a spritesheet, meaning that it'll define the parts from the sprite sheet and use those accordingly in the div. This is my sprite sheet image: Now I would like to have a "dynamic" div that could get resized and would look similiar to this: If anybody could help or point me in the right direction that would be appreciated.
I have to search for a UI designer/front end developer to build my website out of a set of wireframes. I noticed this process is very fragmented due to complexity. What would be the best approach? 1) a "GREAT" UI designer to provide only the layout .psd, then I have a front-end developer to work on it; or 2) a "GOOD" UI designer capable to do a "GOOD" front-end development.
We are working with two brochures, which we are looking to copy content from into one new brochure. These two brochures are different page sizes, and so image and text are different sizes as well. What we would like to do is resize the pages of either brochure and copy them into the new brochure, keeping all the text and images in the same position and in tact (except smaller or bigger). How would we go about doing this? Any help would be much appreciated!
I'm trying to create tiles with a cloud embossing. I generated the tiling clouds with filter > render > clouds , and then applied filter > distort > emboss. But the modified clouds don’t repeat properly anymore, as you can see I have transparent pixel vertically and some shift horizontally. How can-I control this aspect of the emboss filter, or how can I get the same result without this pixel shift?
Is there a better way to manage fonts in Illustrator instead of the default drop-down? I am on CS6 and Windows7 I have several hundred fonts and I wish there was a more intuitive way to browse through my fonts. Any suggested add-ons or extensions ?
I've read a few tutorials but I'm still new to Illustrator. Currently, I am trying to work with a sketch that I am trying to position on the artboard. If I were to resize the entire shape the sketch is drawn on to within the bounds of the artboard, however, the sketch would be too small. How can I crop or otherwise keep the sketch the same size as it is in the image below, while keeping the shape it is on within the artboard?
I'm designing the UI for a financial application. I'd usually do high-fidelity mockups using Photoshop and send them to the developers. What I have noticed is that the text in the actual product looks different from my mockups, but they are in fact the same font. The left image is the hi-fi mockup, using Arial. The right image is the actual product, also in Arial. I tried all the different anti-aliasing options, but none gets me close to the image on the right. Most websites/web apps I see don't have this problem. I wonder how they do it?
I'm working on a digital graphic novel, moving from InDesign CS6 to iBooks and Kindle. Every page is a giant image, and I can't figure out how to get it to be in the same style as a graphic novel that I purchased. Example images: http://imgur.com/a/XfYTt Priorities: Pinch and zoom, largest images possible on page (removing of current margins) The goal is to make the book once in InDesign and then publish once while avoiding iBooks Author. If this isn't possible to achieve the format shown in the above link, that's fine.
I currently dont have Illustrator but I do have Photoshop, is it possible to open a .ai vector file and save as JPG/PNG in a desired size?
How can I create a dotted swirly line like the example below in illustrator? I would like to create a loop dotted line.
Inkscape doesn't seem to support charts or tables, so what's the best way to create a chart/table and import it into Inkscape? Excel 2013 unfortunately doesn't seem to support svg.
I would like to create transparent graphics for window decals using Photoshop CS6. The graphics should remain transparent after being printed on foil. By transparent I mean see-through, e.g. a set of light grey lines that you could actually see through. I am not asking how to create graphics with no white background, I would like the actual grey line to be semi see-through. Is this as simple as changing the opacity settings and is it something that is even design related or it is something that is done during the printing process itself?
I am using Gimp 2.8 for Mac OS X, and I would like to change the default text size from 18 pt to 36 pt, so that I don't have to highlight the text and manually change every time I create a new text box. Even after selecting "Save tool options on exit" from the Preferences menu, the font size still goes back to 18 points when I create a new text box. However I cannot figure out how to do that. All of the tutorials that I can find online appear to be for a Linux version, that looks like it has a different UI. Also, I have seen some answers that suggest there is a ".gimprc" file that can be edited, that has those settings in it. However, I cannot find any such file on my system. I think this may be because I downloaded the .dmg, which said to just open it and drag the executable into the applications folder, and didn't run any kind of installer that would have created the configuration files. What is the correct way to set the default text size?
The font is really blurry. I don't know how to fix it. Does anyone know? Please help me! I tried everything and none of them worked.
I'm trying to insert an image in to an ellipse shape layer, I need to hide the overflowing parts around the circle/ellipse. How do I insert an image in to a circular selection and hide the parts that are outside the ellipse using Photoshop? Essentially, I want to put a normal image in to a circular object, creating a round image.
Why is it that when I save a file that has many, many layers to a PDF without layers as a copy that the file size is larger than flattening the layers and then saving the file as a copy to PDF? 19Mb vs. 5Mb?? Wouldn't saving a file without layers be the same as flattening the layers and then saving the file?? Can anyone explain this?
Does anyone now how in inkscape how to pull things sort of inward? As an example, I am trying to take the following image (source) and pull the yellow teeth more towards the middle so text can fit in. Sample image:
If I have a simple shape like this one in Inkscape how can I make one segment vertical or horizontal to get to this result?
I have a closed path. The corner where I started and ended the path looks like this: When I do Object > Path > Outline Stroke, that corner is not perfectly outlined. Sometimes I can see the details. This is how the anchor points look: Looks like the path wasn't broken. I would like the start and end do not notice. Is it an Illustrator limitation or am I doing something wrong?
I was trying to make my own custom shapes in Photoshop, so I first started out with an ellipse. I saw that all the shapes had pixelated edges. I went to turn Anti-Aliasing on in the marquee tool but it was grayed out. I couldn't select it. I didn't touch Photoshop for a while, but now after 1 or 2 months this happened. Can someone please tell me how to turn it back on again? I'm on a MacBook Pro 10.8.4 and I'm using Photoshop CS6.
I'm inexperienced with Photoshop/GIMP and was hoping someone could tell me how to create a realistic (or as realistic as possible) shadow between a wall and a floor as a background image for a web page, to give the impression of a room for a more three-dimensional effect (either Photoshop or GIMP is fine). The image is just two colors, one for the wall (about 2/3 height) and the other for the floor. There's no angles involved. I've tried using two separate black gradients with reduced opacity where the "wall" and "floor" meet, one at the bottom of the "wall" and the other at the top of the "floor". The result isn't great, I'm sure it could be a lot better, but I don't really know what else to do. Any tutorials I've checked out regarding shadows are more focused on creating shadows cast by objects or drop shadows for text, things like that. Here's my attempt: Can anyone help me out with this, or maybe point me in the direction of some good tutorials?
I'm looking for a web safe font that looks like this: Of course I can find tons of fonts which look like this that are available, but they are not web safe. I need a common font (e.g.Arial, Times New Roman, etc.) because I intend to use the font for my website, for headings.
I am trying to use the predefined gradient styles where i found one design and applied it. Look at the below image. Could anyone suggest me why there is a difference between the preview and the real image? (The black border internally) The question is simple. Why there's a difference between the preview and the actual image that's being rendered.
I really like this texture: There's a million similar to it on Subtle Patterns, but they're all white, grey or black for the most part. How would I take one of those and make it a dark blue, like in that image? Or a dark green?
I have a photoshop file with over a hundred layers. Each of these layers have white backgrounds. I need to remove all of these #FFFFFF pixels automatically. I'm not worried about the actual content being deleted or anything. None of the content contains any pure white pixels.
Im looking to convert a full colour vector image into pretty much a line drawing with no fill. I use illustrator CS6. I have tried the Edit> Edit Colours> Recolour Artwork. However, when I'm done it still fills in the drawings where a colours were filled previously. deleting the colours inside isnt possible as the vector image was created through a live trace. Any help regarding this would be appreciated.
Help me please to find this twisted font.
I have created an application that produces CMYK documents. They print well in "Microsoft Xps document writer" and are still in CMYK and carry the exact color values I've designed in my application. When I repeat the printing into Adobe Pdf, the CMYK values change. This is unwanted behavior, I want my exact color values retained. I've tried setting the "color management policies" to "leave color unchanged" with no success. Any help will be appreciated

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