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I am trying to make a shape like this: And so far in Illustrator, I've drawn this: Now, I know how to make a rectangle/square rounded. Select object, go to Effect -> Stylize -> Rounded corners... But, when I select them all (except the rectangle) and do this process, it does nothing. Possibly because I've drawn the l...
Is there a way to make a layer's background transparent? I have a background image that is a little smaller than the frame size, so there is a white line when I export the movie from the layer on top of the background. Is there a way I could set this white background to transparent so all the user sees is my backgr...
I have boxes with references which are located beneath pictures in my InDesign 6 document. I want to have a consistent and continueing auto-numbering of these boxes. Therefore I created two paragraph styles - one for the left page, one for the right page. Here is what the paragraph style looks like for numbering for bo...
As an illustrator, I use a lot of raw textures I capture or scan on my own, and then go through a series of steps that require a lot of effort and time. In order to provide a better picture of what I’m doing, I’ll list the most important steps of my workflow: I design the vectors and the whole visual composition in InD...
Trying to figure out what font these are? I have tried dafont and WhatTheFont.
I have a graphics artist deliver a PSD file with a lot of images in one. Each layer is a PSB file. I need to cut rectangular images from the large list and save in PNG format. Is there a way for me to cut a rectangle out of a very large photoshop file and save it without pasting contents into a new document?
I'm having an issue with a compound path and a clipping mask. It's driving me absolutely crazy. There is a very fine outline which I can't seem to get rid of. I've attached screenshots to better-explain what I mean. Here's the file in illustrator I've copied and pasted it into photoshop, and then applied an inner-shad...
I have a client and he's been wanting me to create an e-flyer for him. When I first read it, I wasn't paying much attention to the details so I ended up thinking he just wanted a flyer for printing. So when I checked again cause I've been wanting to work on it, I realized that it's an e-flyer and I have no idea how to ...
After copying a group of objects (including some containing clipping masks) from Illustrator to InDesign some of the objects disappear after resizing said clipping. My apologies if this is quite vague but to be honest I'm not sure what's happening, just that things are missing. I've recorded a video to better demonstra...
I program Android apps, and one of the requirements is that there are images of multiple sizes generated for different sized devices. I might create a 48x48, 64x64, 96x96, 128x128, and 144x144 image all at the same time, from the same vector. I do virtually all of my image creation for such using Adobe Illustrator CS4....
Is there a way in Inkscape to add a new point after the last of before the first point of an open path (i.e. a path where there's no connection between the first and last point)? I only have found ways to add a new point on an existing line between two points, but in this case, this would mean adding a new point before...
I would like to create an image from a map, where each country is colored in a different color, where the frontiers are in black, and in which each color except black is fully transparent, while not losing the RGB information. My tools are The Gimp or anything installable on Linux, and small scale programming (if I nee...
I know the steps in how to properly create a custom pattern by creating a square with various color and shape differences. However, I found the hexagon repeating pattern from a movie and I much rather how best to crop the hexagon so that it will tile properly. This is the pattern that I would like to re-create for my s...
I'm doing some image processing to detect bubbles in oil. One of the filters I use creates a grid in my image. If you look closely at the image you can see horizontal and vertical lines through the image forming a grid. Does anyone know of a way to remove the grid (say by adjusting contrast)without loosing the other ...
I downloaded a font to design this logo many months ago. Since then, I have had to reinstalled my operative system, which meant a lot of information disappeared along with the font I downloaded. The company responsible for printing out the logo, say they cant print it out as an image but as text, they need the font n...
I have always wondered how illustrations like above are drawn. What is the usual and efficient way? Do designers do sketches first and then trace over them or there is a technique? It looks specially crafted to look hand drawn, but still is clear in its function. This style is most used in videos describing some new w...
I thought I used to be able to do this, maybe I am losing my mind. Here are the steps to what I'm trying to accomplish: (Adobe Illustrator CS6) Create a couple of shapes.(Shapes A) Fill the shapes with a color, and then group them. Create another shape and fill it with a different color.(Shape B) Select group of Shape...
This is ridiculous: I have a simple looping path. It has a stroke and a fill. I apply "Object > Path > Outline Stroke" and it only applies to half the path. If I break the loop in two places, it works, but the ends don't join well. If I break it in one place, it still doesn't work. If I delete any number of points, it ...
Artists, writers, musicians, designers, businesses, even the creative DIY blogger mom at home must decide for themselves where to draw the line between being “Inspired” and “Copying” other’s hard work. I suppose it is just instinct to absorb what catches our eyes and be influenced by it. The Internet has bread a new er...
I've created a Paragraph Style which uses a Character style for the bullet (Zaph Dingbat Solid Block). The Character Style changes horizontal scale to 150% and adding a 50% skew. After applying the Paragraph Style the bullet does not have the Character Style applied. But when using the Character Style outside of the P...
I always wondered, is it possible to hide an object focus mark when it got selected? For example, if you draw a new rectangle its border gets bold and focus and it will remain like this until you deselect it. I find this disturbing and wish to disable this option. I'm using Photoshop CS6.
I want an image of 320x80 size so that whenever I put this image above any image it will create a blur effect. Just like a translucent mirror. Below is the sample image of iPhone app. Here the navigation bar is blurred and what happens there is that when I scroll down the content below this nav bar gets blurred. Is th...
I'm looking to be introduced to interesting documentaries in the field of design, I saw Helvetica and it blew my mind and am looking for films similar to this one.
I'm working with another designer and we exchange PSD's where we both create clipping masks for objects in the photograph. As the files are quite big, I was wondering if there is a way to only exchange the clipping masks? That way we don't have to shuffle the big files back and forth. I have looked online for an answ...
I wish to round the corners of some SVG documents in a such a way that it hides whatever gets in that corner. Like a clipping Mask of any other objects. Is this possible in SVG, or in Inkscape?
So this is my first post as I just very recently downloaded and tried Inkscape after roughly 7 years of Illustrator. As far as I can say this program is really amazing, although I am struggling with some basics. If I draw a path with the Bezier tool and don't like the last Node, can I delete it somehow without losing ...
I have this image : As you can see It has a transparent layer of QR Code and I need to extract It somehow.. How can I do this? I tried selecting the QR Code using color range. but as you can see It was an unsuccessful attempt.
We've used some stock images (vector graphics) on a Flash website we created recently. We're just about to purchase a web license for the same that allows "unlimited use of the vector graphic on websites and print media". Can we purchase this in our company name? This would be better since we could use the stock images...
I want to create an pattern out of the tablecloth in the picture below (I want to replicate the stripes combined with a pseudo linen texture). I am a newbie to make this kind of thing (like mimic real world things). Can some give me some hints on how to get started?
I have a large PSB file (33600x19200px) and I need to write a script to export sections of this image as a series of images. What would the best approach be ? Initially I thought about scripting slices and exporting, but Save for Web is diabled for this resolution. Another option I thought was this: loop through each ...
I googled this a bit and found an older post on the Adobe forums but that's for Photoshop CS3. I was looking for the Advanced Mode option but couldn't find it. Is it still possible to save a bitmap in RGB 565 format from Photoshop CS6 (even with scripting) ? If so, how ?
I've been looking everywhere, and cannot find my answer so I wanted to ask here. I know how to re-size my artboard in Illustrator and all that, but I cannot get my artboard to re-size with objects inside of it. The reason I want to do this, as I'm creating an identity for a small start-up company in it. I want to be ab...
I found this example photos in Noel Shiveley 's Instagram I wonder, how he applied this technique? What is the white noise called? Dust? Old Paper? Where I can find or create it? And how to apply to photo? I mean which blend option? Softlight? Mutiply? Screen? By the way, what is this font name or style? hand drawing? ...
I am new to Paint.Net and first thing that I would like to learn is how to re-size existing Shape. Please refer below image. Here I have two rectangles in two different layers, I would like to re-size or say change any of their properties (like color). My understanding is that I need go to their layer first and then cl...
I'm taking very old (1940s and '50s) comics and trying to remove the text from some of their word balloons. I don't want to just erase their contents to pure white space, though, as the paper colour and texture isn't pure white; it's slightly yellowed, and grainy (paper quality back then wasn't great). What I'd like to...
One of my friends, a graphic designer told me recently that sometimes colors in Photshop look slightly different than the ones rendered in browser. I know it is possible when you save a file and then use it on a website due to palettes, but he uses given color in PS, for example #b81e1e, then he creates a DOM element a...
I want to find a site where I can go and search for design or coding projects that customers upload and hope to find professional proposals by teams, not solo freelancers. A site where professionals can agree to collaborate in a transparent and convenient way so the customer can get nothing but great proposals. Sites l...
Here is my problem: I am creating mindmaps with Mindjen MindManager (see an example here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mindmanager.png) The problem is that this program has very poor printing capabilities. You have the option to print either an entire map or a subtree of this map with its children or branches to ca...
How can I get this HDR or painted blur effect from a photo in Photoshop, Gimp, Inkscape or some other software?
I am saving my image for a website and downsizing it by 100 px. When I decrease the size just a bit it looses its sharpness. How can I maintain that?
I'm trying to convert several of my pencil drawings into vector graphics with Adobe Illustrator. My drawing's are about this complex: I'm looking for the best way to convert these. I've found some tutorials that use the pen tool like here. I also have a wacom tablet at hand, which could turn out useful. Any guide or l...
I have buttons where the daycare worker can select that a child went to the bathroom. They choose whether they "pee'd" or "pooped" (or however you say that in a politically correct way). I want to show icons for those while being respectful and not totally gross. I also want to show the words underneath and I cannot de...
I have a page where the user selects breakfast, lunch, snack or dinner. I have the words below each button. I cannot seem to figure out what icon I can use to differentiate each. So that the user says "Oh there's breakfast." I had a fork and knife icon for dinner. I used a leaf for a snack. Then I became absolutely st...
Being inspired by Apple's design, I came across some of Jony Ive's earlier work, and noticed he produced these drawings-- I have seen their 'style' before and it seems like industrial/product designers adhere to this style, if that's in fact what it is. If it is a style and not just my perception, what is the classifi...
How do I create perspective with repeating patterns? I am very much a beginner level, as noted by my first attempt to create a illustration in illustrator. However, my attempt has provided me with various questions and obstacles on how to achieve the Hand-drawn illustration. For instance, in the picture below – there ...
I'm quite new to web-design, being primarily focused on web programming on server-side. I usually power my apps with twitter-bootstrap, using the myriad css classes it provides and I don't interfere with its work! However, I was visiting a random blog today (http://blog.plobo.net/) and liked the fonts used very much. I...
From what I understand, Retina displays are simply a screen with a high PPI (higher than that of your eye at "optimum viewing distance"). Why, then, do applications need to fix their interface to specially support Retina displays? How is this any different from normal displays with a high PPI? Screen resolution is scre...
I have a font that supports only one language, when using the font with English I get the default English font for the language. I want to be able to add a specific English font to my language font. Is it possible ?
One thing I miss about college is the opportunities the societies and clubs offered in terms of work and collaboration with other designers in a passive way. This is my hobby, not just my job so I was wondering are there any clubs or societies that people would suggest I could join. Of course I am quite aware of onlin...
I was adding some colors to a Windows application. A column was going to be colored in order to indicate groupings to the user. So in Photoshop i first selected some colors to use. Being mathematically (rather than graphically) inclined, i chose to use the hue from every 60 degrees: Note: This question is going to be...
I'd like to know how to create the header background in the following image (taken from here). I'm referring to the grid of images behind the search box. Clearly those are just square colored images but with some kind of filter. I've tried to merge the colored images with a black opacity layer, but that gives a differe...
I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to produce the grungy shadows on the girl's face in the illustration below. Is it just a matter of finding the right brush and fine-tuning, or is there an easier process? Source: Guts Gig Poster by Jake Sauer
I have got two images one is a PNG having some part transparent for rounded corners and a curved top. It is used in a slideshow. I have got another image in JPEG format which needs to fit in these dimensions including the transparent edges. Can someone please help in getting this done?
I searched this on google but didn't find anything useful. I want to draw images for my website for mathematical questions like circles, triangles, angles, etc.I tried Dia for this purpose but the best result I am getting is : 2-3KB (svg) 12-13KB(png) 12-15KB(jpg) But I want the maximum size of 1.5KB for the image. May...
I need to rebuild this logo for a poster, because it is in poor resolution and all the rest are vector graphics. I am struggling to find the name of the font that was used in the creation of this logo. I have tried several online font recognition tools, but they did not return any satisfactory results. I tried: WhatTh...
Imagine a white paper, a shape behind it, and behind the shape a source of light, like a candle. I want to achieve the shadow effect you perceive looking at the white paper. How to do this in photoshop?
I am building a website whose major purpose is to serve content (legislature) and I want to give best reading experience to users. You can take a look at the example page at: http://iura.cl/cc/44 As you can see, I have stripped everything that At the moment I am using Telex webfont. I also have an option for night rea...
I am doing a project for my tech design class and we have to make spoof ads of already existing ads. What I'm trying to do is create the opposite effect of the refine edge command. I have tried some of the filters but none of them seem to have the correct effect. Below is the ad which I'm trying to replicate. I have e...
I was wondering how I'd go about just taking a couple of specific colors, then having something make a random pixelated picture with those colors. I was wanting to take the colors from my current avatar and use those colors to make a banner. I tried taking my avatar, making it a PS Pattern, but when I applied the patte...
Is there a way in Photoshop to create the text effect seen on the words "chart" "when" and "present" in this image that does not involve drawing the shapes one at a time?
I am doing kerning manually in GIMP, i.e. trying to move letters closer to each other, but my hand movements are not exact enough on my mouse so whenever I move a layer to the left or right, it also goes a little in the vertical direction. I wonder if there is some feature that enables me to move a layer left or right ...
I have an SVG graphic in illustrator. I want to replace colors, everywhere in the illustration, with different ones. Could I operate the color swatch to make the change? I'm looking for a global process. Is this possible?
I'm trying to intersect 2 existing shapes in Photoshop (CS6). I've found tutorials that allow me to intersect at the time of putting the second shape down, but nothing that allows me to do so with shapes already in the document. The reason I would like this is that I would like to "tweak" the position of the second sha...
can any one help me identify this font > I can't find this on the web or maybe my searching skills are not that good
I'm doing a project and I need a logo to represent directory. I would like to get some feedback. Does my icon deliver the message?
When designing in Adobe Edge Reflow, how do you create divs that start below the fold? Using this site as an example, after you created the top level purple screen, how would you create and position the next screen down with the cream colored background?
It's pretty annoying that you can't center text vertically in Ps automatically, like you can in Indd. It's even more annoying that the bounding box of text can't be 'collapsed' or 'fit to text', like in Indd. I could convert the text to shape, but then I lose coloring. I could convert to smart object, but then its not ...
I did some research for the text wrap that I am trying to achieve, as seen here: As you can see in the image, the text is justified (Paragraph Option), and words are split up without hyphens. Minimum letter is as little as 1. How can I achieve this? I've been able to use hyphenation, with minimum 3 letters. However, I...
I was wondering if anyone knows where I could find a template for After Effects that involves a ball or some other object being dropped into water, snow, smoke, or some other kind of environment. Are there websites that might be helpful for this?
I have a custom font with symbols that overlap other symbols for an effect. An example is an arrow that overlaps the next symbol. In photoshop, when I export to pdf, the overlapped symbols appear fuzzy, and print fuzzy. If I space them out so there's no overlap, they appear fine, so I assumed the font is being embedded...
This seems to be a stupid question. How do I draw a text frame on the actual document page in inDesign 5.5 -- NOT on a master page?
I have a text layout in Photoshop that is very precisely arranged. Is there a way to recreate this layout in InDesign without too much work? Tips, tricks, scripts, are appreciated.
I'm kinda new to 3ds max, and I don't know AutoCAD. I'm trying to create a line (spline?) to outline a building's basement plan, then I will extrude it and go on with the modelling. To create the spline, I imported the DWG file (removed the inside, only the outside lines remain), and I'm following it to create an edita...
I have a large block of text that is set to "book" with local italics throughout being set to "book italic." I'd like to increase the weight of the whole works: with the stuff currently set at "book" changed to "medium," and the stuff set to "book italic" set to "medium italic." I can't think of a way to do this that d...
I'm having a hard time describing the issue in words, so haven't had any luck searching. I have a simple repeating pattern (though I've had the same trouble with other images; it doesn't seem to be related to the complexity or color depth), and when I save it as a transparent PNG, using it in Chrome shows a kind of gho...
In InDesign, I have some filled text boxes, sized by columns, with the one on the left being three columns wide. The wide text box is most likely to contain the most text (it's an invoice template). I will use the 'Fit frame to content' button on the Selection Tool toolbar for automatically vertically resize it to fi...
I'd like to animate a stick figure. I made a layer for every body part. Now I need to predefine the rotation point somewhere. I used symbols to save the pivot position. The problem is that I can only create one symbol per layer. If I select two elements like the top and bottom leg and creating a symbol, I cannot selec...
How do I get text/words on a page to flow into the next line, mid-word without Pages (Mac) automatically justifying?
How can I get the angle of a rotated layer. Or is it possible to see the angle while rotating? If so, where?
I believe that an extra-light or Thin version of Adobe's Myriad typeface exists, because Apple's been using it on their website. Here's Myriad Pro Light and Extra Light/Thin used on the iPad Mini page: So where do I find it? I can't seem to buy it anywhere. Any help?
Is there a direct method of using the Photoshop pen tool (or any other tool) to trace the equation of a line in 2D space and create a path from it in a given domain and/or range, provided I define a Cartesian coordinate system with an origin and two axes? It would be cool if it could do this!
In Illustrator: How do you create the color Grey with just using Black, but without changing opacity? (it can also be used for other colors) Whenever we have to print something (shopping bags, wrapping paper, etc) we have to create a template for each color that is used. There is a "cheat" where you take a graphic ele...
I have a PSD file in channels and want to convert (flatten?) it to something I can email to a client to show progress on the design. How is this done?
Like below. Or we should try to make the change the original logo so it can look identical on any background? Can the 2nd logo (inverted) harm the branding or it's ok? It's easy to inverse a single color logo. But how to invert multicolored logo for dark background?
Suppose you want to trace multiple bitmaps with some fixed inkscape tracing settings, is there a way to do it automatically with a batch file?
I'm looking for a font similar to Fight-this with Polish characters (Latin).
I have a grouped object in illustrator and I want to cut out a circle-shaped hole out of the grouped object. So I draw the circle over the grouped object and: If I try to select the grouped object and the circle and go to Object > Clipping Mask > Make, I get only the small circle as a result (I want the reverse, the b...
Sticky footers in web development are basically footers that will always either stick to the bottom if the content isn't tall enough to vertically fill the browser or they stick after the bottom of the content after scrolling. I don't much need the first one, but I'd like the ability to have a footer on my master page...
I have quite a few text anchors in a document and now the naming of the text anchors has to be changed. Does someone know how to rename text anchors (have not found a rename option yet) Is it then sufficient to just select refresh in the cross-references panel to get the texts updated? EDIT: Found something similar!?...
From the Creative Commons website: A commercial use is one primarily intended for commercial advantage or monetary compensation. Would it be considered commercial use if an image was used in a blog post that provides valuable info to readers and isn't trying to sell something (e.g. a guide, how-to, etc.)? The blog ...
I have a PNG layer which has a drop shadow applied in Photoshop. I'd like to create another layer of white color which would cover all non-transparent pixels on the canvas (i.e. the original PNG + the shadow). Is there a way to conveniently do this in CS5(12)? Here is a screenshot of the original image (on the left) ...
How can i change the path of a layer/symbol. I've selected a path or form but can not change it because points to transform does not appear. Need to be possible or not ?
I'd like to have the mesh design here … … fleshed out a bit so I can make a perforated strip/plate like this … … in such a way that I can cut pieces out while retaining the precisely placed round holes in the part. I'm essentially trying to make that strip more interesting, like this:
I'm looking for alternatives to Adobe Acrobat Pro for converting the color profiles of PDFs for newsprint. I commonly use Acrobat Pro to prepare files for four color offset printing. The color conversion tool in Acrobat pro converts the work to a given profile (like U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2), and promotes grays to CMY...
I normally design (mostly theatre posters etc) for print so the size of artwork in cms or mm always. However, when folks ask me design graphics for web they stipulate the pixel size i.e 200 pixels high x 200 pixels high. I have NO IDEA what this measurement is so cannot even begin to set up a size for the artwork. Is t...
I want to achieve this in illustrator but the solution I see is CTRL+7 which work only for one shape... In photoshop, you just need you clip as many as you want...
See www.uservoice.com, they have this beautiful geometric font and I would love to find out what it's called.
It seems that the author used a tool - other than SnagIt - to annotate this screen shot: [http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-29-92/4617.snippetizerinfo.png] Does anybody know if there is a simple tool to create this type of annotations? I know Illu...
I realize this post may not be perfect for this SE forum, but seeing that it's a graphics editor I'm having problems with I'm thinking that maybe the right eyes will get to see it. I'm having big problems with paragraph numbering in my InDesign document. I got handed the document by a colleague and found that all parag...
I created some shape using 6 pixels stroke (no fill), then I expanded it and get the desired shape. Later, I need the same shape with thinner lines, but resizing does not work well for it. So, the question is - Is there any way to get stroke (i.e. line connecting middle of thickness of the expanded line) from expanded...

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