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What distinguishing characteristics apply to the concept art industry that separate it from from other related fields of graphic art, design, and illustration? What are the unique educational elements specifically well suited to this industry?
I need to apply an inner shadow effect to some text in InDesign, which works fine. But I also need to apply a stroke to the text, but the effect is also being applied to the stroke ( unlike in photoshop). How can I apply a text effect to the text but not the stroke?
When exporting a document created in InDesign which has A4 selected under File > Document Setup > Page Size into a .pdf by using File > Export > Adobe PDF (Print) format and use the default 'High Quality' profile, the created file is US Letter for some reason. I couldn't find any option other than the document setup th...
When I design a logo, can I use a font that was included in my OS? That I downloaded for free? I'm perhaps less concerned with wordmarks than with other types of logos.
Currently we receive CMYK TIF/TIFF images of photographs from our design agency (who get them from the photographer). Our in-house designers then place them in InDesign for posters and magazines, or convert them to RGB to be used on the website or in newsletters or presentations. I'm wondering what's the point of takin...
I've been trying to find tutorial on to make android icons as for the 2.0+/3.0+ specifications. I've found some based on the old 1.x specs but these are quite outdated. Does anyone have anything out there for this? I'm a developer that is trying to make some Android apps and would like to improve the visual appeal of m...
I have a complex vector graphic with overlapped shapes and I've been looking for a View mode that allows me to see only the paths. I guess it's called wire view or path view, but I can't find that option.
This to go in a tab. The other tabs show quite separate groups the user might find interesting. This tabs contains all of them. I've thought about writing "ALL" (capitals seemed more recognisable in this case), but there are icons for all other things, and it makes it harder to translate the application. Another though...
I saw a hard copy of the symbol in the lower left corner of this image and I'm trying to find either a higher resolution version or a vector graphics version. I need something that will look good when sized to fill a coffee mug. Alternatively, does anyone know what the name for that symbol is so I can do the search fo...
I am trying to evaluate Adobe Indesign for my needs. In this regards, I asked https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6164612/generate-a-catalog-for-print-and-web I looked at the tutorial posted in the answer and it appears to be everything I need. However, I would like the functionality to be available through a console ...
I'm trying to export certain visible layers to png in photoshop cs5 using the "export layers to files" script, but all it does is make a copy of the psd in a new tab and freeze. I tried in cs4 and cs5. Are there any considerations I need to be aware of?
I'm wanting to print a 300 DPI brochure, but my first attempt at making it fell short of the proper resolution, so I am having to remake it. I've already printed my business cards, which were 1125x675 at 300 DPI, and they have the same picture on it that I want in the brochure. I was thinking about the different ways ...
I have a shape layer with a stroke (currently applied using a layer effect), and I would like to convert that to a shape layer that has two components, the shape and the stroke, both represented by paths. My motivation for this is wanting to be able to resize my shape using free transform, and have the stroke resize wi...
I'm looking for some inspiration flip through. What are some places that you visit for business card examples or galleries?
I need a tool to replace all pixels having a specific color with another color.. So basically a brush that works only with pixel having a specific color. thanks
Anyone know a good tutorial for learning to do 16x16 icon? The PROBLEM is when I'm doing in photoshop or illustrator and export the image in that size have like a transition effect. Example : black-> grey pixel -> white Not sure if I should do pixel art...The only thing I want is create a black and white icon, no tran...
In my daunting table of market numbers, seconds-by-seconds price changes in the Bid, Ask, and Last columns are highlighted for the user. Highlighting happens when the page is refreshed: click the refresh button to see, or toggle the auto/man button to select auto-refresh. The highlighting seems to me amateur (hey! tha...
I am asked to put three specified colors together to form a pie chart, a colorful ring, some colorful diamonds and etc. Those three colors together are really ugly. Are there any tricks to make it more pretty? PS: Those three colors are: #99CC00 #0164C2 #000000 Meanwhile, I promise I am way beyond the age of recei...
HI All - I am a Coldfusion developer with over 2 and half years of experience. I have some experience with Javascript, jquery and sql. I was thinking to learn Web designing too in my free time. What are the responsibilities of a Web designer? Does it involve converting a PSD to HTML/CSS. Should a web designer be good a...
Following this answer, I've tried to make rounded corners with dashed stroke, but the output is blurry. Is there any method to make a sharp dashed stroke in Photoshop?
I'm a software/web developer and recently we've been working with a graphic designer that lives in another state, so the contact with the client falls into my responsibility in all aspects, and one of those is gathering requirements that have to do with the website's design. We've done some projects, but the distance i...
I have a large image. It will be better if I can split it into m columns by n rows of smaller images. Is there a free software to split a PNG image into some smaller images?
I'd like to make a linear background gradient that I can scale using the same tools I would for a vector shape (ie. transform). Is this possible? How? Note, if I create a layer style gradient it spans the entire canvas which I do not want, further in order to edit it I need to adjust the stop points in the gradient e...
In order to produce a video like this... http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1rjWQH/www.youtube.com/watch%253Fv%253Ddv4j4bguYYk What tool would you use? Flash? Or there's a better tool? Thanks
What could be good graphic icons for using with "Appreciate this Post" & "Follow updates on this post" in a social web application? Thanks a lot for your suggestions.
I want to use Serif font Georgia. Which Sans Serif fonts go well with Georgia. I am using Impact for my Logo. Can some one help in identifying a good Sans Serif font that can go well with Headers mainly.
I want this but so it adjusts to sizes entered in a form on a webpage in fairly normal HTML/CSS: Way back in the 1990's you could show the proportions of a box in 3D using VRML and have the controls adjustable with nice sliders/text entry fields. It also would not take all day to work out. The box could be lit and you...
I have an image. Below is a small representation of the real image's layout. The dimenstions of my image are 600px × 449px, and The dimensions for the inner secion of my image are 541px × 341px. I want the dimensions for the inner section of my image to be 320px × 240px. I want to know how much I would have to shrink ...
I have a white screen area 142x113 px in Photoshop. I select half of this area and tried Select ⇒ Modify ⇒ Smooth but it does not work the way I expected. I tried decreasing the selection's width and now the Smooth command works, but not very well. I have 3 questions: Why smooth does not work in the first condition...
I have some colors on paper whose specified color formats differ from the well-known web color formats. They begin with a letter of color then numbers which specify contrast like R143 R111 R100. R letter specify Red and others are same like G111 and Y121 are green and yellow What is the name of this format? How can I ...
I have come up with a Basic Design for my web app. I want to use the Red color as it helps induce apetite. Well while designing i have managed to get the basic layout and design directions going. But messed up with the colors and as u can see have used blacks etc :( I tried to brain storm as to how to make the layout m...
I want to split up the terrain.png image from Minecraft to use in some projects. Is there a quicker way to split the image than selecting each 16x16px section and copy-pasting the sections into new files? Here is an example:
this question is targeted at people who understand something about fourier transform and the image pyramid. Is there some plugin for photoshop that allows me to edit only a particular frequency band of a layer? for example, sometimes you have an image that looks quite alright in the details but you have some low-freque...
I know how to make a drop shadow from the effects panel but it is not useful for what i am trying to do. so i was wondering if anybody knew of an alternative to making drop shadows like this?
Possible Duplicate: Need help with the Color Combination for the Red Can some one help me to find a color that contrast the color Red HEX: cd0001 I am looking for something i dark rang of Grey, Black or Brown.. Its for a Food Photo website.
I am a developer and really need to get to grips with graphics. Even before settling on a specific tool, what I need is somewhere to go and learn how to do things, such as for instance a "save" icon. Problem is, I wouldn't know where to start and I am a total newbie in this regard. What is worse, googling without kn...
I want to make an animation of cartoon characters. I do not want to draw them from scratch each time. I would like to use adobe illustrator because I believe that it will be the best for making separate arms legs etc that can be moved between frames. And that each frame is saved as an image to then be combined. Can som...
I am trying to make a logo in Adobe Illustrator. On the logo I want to put the outline of a certain lake on it. I took a screenshot from google maps of the lake. How would I go about extracting this shape? Is there a function that will take advantage of the fact that the lake is all one color?
I want my image to have 60% transparency. How can I do this in gimp?
Is there a way to set the colorspace to sRGB in indesign? I remember doing this in indesign cs3 years ago and i can't recall how to do this for cs5.
I'm a web developer guy. I've got about zero artistic capability to create a design but I can take a design and create an amazing website out of it. I would like to find a graphic designer to create a design for my personal website but have no idea where to look for one. I've posted to elance but just get a bunch of ge...
I have this image in my website, is a png: I want to know if there is any way with HTML5, javascript or css to change the color of the image. Or at least make the image change to white (invert color black to white, not the transparency).
What does the difference look like? What is the advantage of using Spot Color over CMYK?
The PDF/X-3 file format requires an info string to be saved (see for example export via Scribus). What should it contain? Who is going to see it?
If I'm making a web site, brochure, flier, etc., when must I have trademark information in the fine print? Presumably if I mention a product such as "Windows" without mentioning, in the text, the maker of that product (Microsoft), then I have to have some trademark fine print, but how about if I merely mention Microsof...
I'm having problems creating a very simple shape animation in Flash CS5. I have 20 frames, 3 keyframes (at 1, 10 and 20). The following screenshots are from Flash, with onion skin turned on for all 20 frames. (Had to pud link to the images since I can't embed them) When I move a single anchor point, sometimes it's OK, ...
I'm making a series of animated gifs witch I design using adobe flash. The problem is that when I export it to the animated gif format, it pixelates losing a lot of quality. I wanted to know if theres a way or format that will allow me to export this with a decent quality, or if theres a program to use as a bridge to d...
I'm having problems uploading a PNG file to the web. The problem is that it distorts the color of the image. The image is a trademark and uses a PANTONE color. I think this could be the problem because the distortion affects only this color alone. I have tried saving it for normally, for web, in multiple formats (JP...
It seems fairly well agreed that people glancing at a site won't read proper paragraphs, only bullet point lists. I'm really struggling how to say all the things I want in a few bullet points... it seems to me more than 5 or 6 points and it again looks 'heavy' To me, so many things about my company seem imperative to g...
My problem is that when I scale down my drawing, the line weights stay the same, blotting out the artwork. If I scale up, the line weights become too thin. I've noticed that parametric effects don't scale together with the drawing. How do I scale drawings in Adobe Illustrator and still maintain the proportions of line ...
Since vector drawings are scalable infinitely, I should be able to save my drawings at any DPI I wish. How do I do that with Illustrator CS5?
In a new layer in a CS4 Photoshop document (Mac), my shape tool cursor has a small circle with an 'x' in it - to the bottom-right of the crosshair. What does this mean? If I try to draw a rectangle, the outline is created but it is not filled with the current foreground colour. Anyone know what might be causing this? I...
This is a simple question but it doesn't seem to be here. My question: Is there a better way to convert a colour image into a B&W (in photoshop) one than just changing the 'mode' of the image? By 'better' I mean 2 things: non-destructive and also the ability to have more control over the results (the brightness, contra...
I want an effect where in I have a globe and I want to put a text ring around the globe. Similar to the rings in a planet but in place of the ring, there would be text that gives effect of a ring. Can I do this in photoshop or illustrator. I tried to google for tutorials that do this, but wasnt able to find any. Can an...
I'we been trying to compare the two tablets mentioned in the title. So far, my results are: Intuos4 is professional wheras Bamboo is for home use. Intuos4 has 2048 levels of pressure while Bamboo has 1024 Lines of resolution in considerable more in Intuos4 (5080) than Bamboo (2540). Intuos4 has a bunch of keys to spee...
In Illustrator you can create own colors in the color palette (as you might know :)). Now I want to do the following: create a shape, for example a rectangle, and assign a color from the palette. Is it possible to change the color of every shape I assigned the color the when I change the color in the palette? For examp...
I am working on an android app but I cannot find any UI elements for the high pixel density resolutions, such as the following: 480x800 480x852 Anybody know where I can get this? Thanks!
I'm wondering how I can create the magnifying glass effect I've seen a lot lately on pages that sell software (either desktop or web-applications). Here are two examples. I really like the first one (first place I saw it too) Things App: SupportBreeze:
I'm trying to design a smart way to manage the Server/Channel List. I want to do something different that'll be simple for users to use. I had thought of Modifying tab controls to have a "parent" (IRC Server) and children(Channels Queries). Where the children reside INSIDE the parent, however this isn't very good for s...
I'm trying to setup a large presentation spread with 4 panels. They will be hung next to each other so it's important that I see all of them next to each other while I design the layout. Facing pages allows you to see 2 pages next to each other. Is there some way to get the same effect with more than 2 pages?
(sort of step 2 for this question but also technically a new question in its own right) I have 4 pages side by side in a spread and i would like to put a small gap between them, to simulate how they will be pinned up on the wall. At the moment the pages touch edge to edge. Is it possible to have these pages side by sid...
I chose Apple Pages to create a PDF manual with bookmarks (TOC in the sidebar for navigation). But as it cannot create those bookmarks, I must create them in another app such as Acrobat. The problem is that I can't import the PDF back in Pages to do modifications while keeping the bookmarks and even if I could, as soon...
I am trying to write a tutorial of photoshop techniques. But I am fairly new at this and when i hit print screen it does not copy the mouse cursor. Does anyone know how to copy the mouse cursor in Photoshop under Windows 7?
I have this header image: And I'm trying to find the best colors for the text of the title. Any suggestions?
Does anyone know of a way to give images a 3D effect, using any Adobe software or other software. I saw this but it doesn't show how it's done. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuoljANz4EA
I am not a graphic designer but a programmer. Recently i wrote a short story in answer of a technical question. Then I realized if i convert it into graphical comic book story then it would be more interesting and understanding. I have many characters/pose in vector form. And am looking for some backgrounds which are g...
Ok, bear with me here as I may be using the wrong terminology... I have a nice image of a wooded scene (not handy unfortunately). Basically it is a winding dirt path through an area of forest, with the path surrounded by small blue flowers. In my head, I have a picture of the effects I would like to achieve, however I...
I have an .xcf image and I like to change the color of some objects within it. The objects are mostly one solid color with the edges feathered into transparency. I.e. all pixels in the object are white with most pixels fully opaque and some with transparency. I've tried to change the objects' color using the color sele...
I'm quite sorry for my unclear question. I have two Scribus documents, the contents of a club magazine (i.e. everything from TOC to colophon) and the cover (which is in color). For space reasons I would like to put the TOC and colophon on the inside of the cover, to minimize 'lost' space. Scribus has a feature where I ...
So in my spare time I like working with fonts. During the creation process it's hard to remember all the possible features offered by OpenType at one time. What's a good resource (maybe a primer of some sort) on using OpenType features during font creation?
I want to master a software for furniture design but I don't know what's an appropriate and powerful solution.
Possible Duplicate: Convert a line drawing from raster to vector I have a solid color shape. Is there an automatic way that Illustrator can detect its borders and convert it into a vector. I'm new to Illustrator and using the latest Illustrator CS5.1 I have the same question for scanned sketches that I drew by hand....
I'm new to design, and I often observe and have a lot of questions. I'm familiar with Photoshop, but I'm not sure of its full capabiilites. Take a look at this iPhone game called Cut the Rope, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cut-the-rope/id380293530?mt=8 I'm curious as to what program do they use to create these graphi...
Basically, I love how people use textures in web design. But as most website designs are "fluid", how do you make them work for all monitors and make them seamless? For Example, on the website http://amazorize.com/ they have the "triangle" effect at the bottom of the main section, how would you go about making somethi...
I'm working in several CMYK .PSD documents. Whenever I save them as .PDF, the first PDF generated always appears as a more rich RGB-looking black (on-screen at least). Changing maybe a few non-color-space/mode items and re-saving always results in a PDF with lighter looking blacks on screen. Why is this? It's driving m...
I am attempting to create very simple icon, which resembles a 'dashboard' of a car. The first part of the icon (shape 1) was created by adding and subtracting shapes. The second part (shape 2) was created because the three parts of the shape needed to be placed accurately. Is there a way to subtract shape 2 from shape ...
I have an image of smoke over a black background. If I set the blending mode of this layer to screen, the image's background is perfectly edited out, however if there isn't another layer below this, the screen mode does nothing. How can I make the background truly transparent, so it is just smoke on a transparent backg...
I've seem these icons on lots of sites, so I assume they are publicly available and free to use. Does any one know who designed them, and the official site?
I had to make a page with a couple links on it, so I thought I would try to make the links big and decorative: But I ran into the problem that people didn't realize it was a button, so they didn't know what to click on. It's obvious that something like this is a button: My question is: How can I design my buttons to ...
So I just purchased the CS5.5 Master Collection, I'm an enthusiast :) I have a question pertaining to blending layers and applying adjustments in Photoshop. How do I apply an adjustment layer to a blended layer, while only having the blended layer affecting one layer beneath it, and then having the adjustment layer a...
I received zip containing font in .afm format. Is this some sort of source-code of a font that can be converted TTF/OTF or so? How can I actually read and use this file?
Image is taken from this site. Is there a way in Illustrator to draw a group of rectangles like this without having to draw them one by one? The idea is to divide the area into as many rectangles of size 100x50 which have a 10 gap between them. Is there something automatic to make this happen?
Lets say I have 1000 px wide 2 column layout with 100 px gutter space (margin) and 50px on the left and right.. How do I apply the golden ratio to this layout? Method One c1+c2=800px; c1/c2=1.618; =>c1= 495px and c2= 305px 50px, column 1 (495px), 100px, column 2 (305px), 50px Method two calculate the column widths ig...
I am building a strategy game in 2.5D, similar to Age of Empires, but will be a bugs war instead of humans. I am in the process of building animation, I hired a graphic designer and UI developer, the game will be built using HTML5. I have a graphic designer to build the animation in graphic designer and the UI develope...
In Photoshop there is a menu option to create a vector from a text layer: Layer > Type > Create Work Path. Does this lose any quality over leaving it as a text layer, such as font hinting?
Wherever there is a popular game, there is fan art: custom wallpapers, t-shirts, etc. One thing they usually have in common is that they feature artwork from the game, or something close to it. Obviously, some people are talented enough to reproduce the artwork with their own skills. But I think more often than not, it...
In CorelDraw it is possible to insert arbitrary graphics (raster or vector) right into line of text by copy-pasting object into it. It is useful sometimes since this embedded object will be scaled along with the text, follow the path line of text is attached to, etc. It would generally work as a character of a font. B...
Given many characters in a typeface build on others and even just a couple of characters can reveal a lot of the features of a given typeface, what characters are good to start with when designing a typeface?
I am working on building a Strategy Game (it will be in 2.5D), and for graphic design part we are using Illustrator and Photoshop for designing (including designing characters). Now we want to start building 3D modeling for characters to simplify the animation process. It seems photoshop does not support 3D modeling, s...
Possible Duplicate: How to design sleek magnifying glass effects like these? I've seen this done many times, and I'm wondering how to do it. If someone could point me to a tutorial on how to do the magnifying glass thing, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
As soon as my QR code is opened in Adobe Photoshop, the size is reduced. Is there any way to maintain the size and quality of the image so that the quality is not compromised. It becomes impossible to scan once I resize it.
I need to create a large image (for print) at 24X36 inches. It is a seating chart poster for a wedding. What settings in Photoshop would I set for an image this size (DPI, etc.)? I would need it to remain sharp when printing so suggesting some Export options would be great too.
I'm writing a thesis, and of course my university has some requirements regarding the typography, specifying in particular the measure (36 pc), the minimum font size (10 pt), and an acceptable range for the leading (1.5 to double spacing). What is known in general about readability as a function of these parameters and...
What is the difference between kerning vs. letter spacing?
I've got a 2D image and I want to transform it into something that looks like a single frame from an animation of that logo on fabric catching just a bit of breeze. I'm not an artist so don't have Photoshop or Illustrator, just free stuff like GIMP and Inkscape (under Windows) I know it's some kind 3D transform (or a c...
I hope you don't mind a programmer barging in on the graphic design site....! I usually work with design agencies to turn their creative ideas into web-site reality. So I can appreciate a good looking website. When it comes to rebuilding my own site however, I don't get the luxury of being able to employ a designer ...
I have been asked to do some research into mid-level and high-end flatbed A3 scanners used for professional artwork scanning (think illustrations for children books). I am not acquainted with this market and have some hard time even identifying what brands to look into. For an example of high-end: http://graphics.kodak...
The Windows 7 printer preferences dialogue box tells me: Print pixels: 1416 x 2152 dots Does this mean that I should always provide an image of 1416 x 2152 pixels to achieve max quality? How is DPI relevant if that is the resolution of the printer? The printer in question is a professional Mitsubishi CP9550DW Dye-subli...
The book I'm designing was requested originally in PDF format, and that's how it's set up in InDesign. So far, so good, and it's about 90% complete at this point. We've already jumped through a fair number of design hoops on the project, since the first two volumes of the series, done last year, were printed, and the d...
Are there a selection of freely available licenses which can be used to license artwork? Essentially the license would need to cover the following: Allow me to sell artwork to consumer on a non-exclusive (but royalty-free) basis. Allow consumer to use artwork in a single commercial or non-commercial project. Disallow ...

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