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I am very new to Illustrator, in fact I am only experimenting with it in an attempt to help my friend develop a logo for a new business venture. I managed to draw out the shell of the logo using the line tool and modifying the lines with the anchor tool to get the shape I wanted. However, I would like to somehow take all of these paths and create one object, or symbol which I can then apply a drop shadow, fill and various other effects too. Currently when I try to do this I get unwanted effects... I'd appreciate any help on the subject.
I am working with someone who likes to use Photoshop for their scientific figure layouts, but I prefer Illustrator. When I finish with editing in Illustrator I want to give it to them such that it is ready to go for editing in Photoshop and will not cause them problems or confusion. Can I convert my Illustrator file into a Photoshop document such that things like text, arrows, lines remain editable? I do not want them converted into some abstract "shape" when imported/converted into Photoshop. I understand that Illustrator and Photoshop are fundamentally different in that Illustrator is mostly vector based whereas Photoshop is mostly pixel based. On the other hand, both programs share things such as scalable text (and I think the same goes for scalable arrows/lines as well)
For 80% of the time I want my Photoshop images "saved for web" to be of the file type png-24. I know it is possible to set it as default, for I did it once before, but I don't know how to do this. Right now it always prompts to save as JPEG.
I am trying to create a sequence just like this: Link The issue is, my sequence is much longer: 439 frames. I have the PNG files, I just need to merge them to be side-by-side like it is in the link. I've tried fiddling around with using actions and droplets, but I can't get it to behave like I want. How can I do it?
Visual Studio 2013 uses the 'Save to multiple floppy disks' icon from long ago to represent 'Save All' I am working on an application where I need to represent 'Save All' with an understood icon. What is a better method for representing it without losing the understanding of the difference between save and save all? Edit The context of the save is as such - There are widgets within a page that each have their own ability to progressively 'save' information. At the top of the page there is a 'Save everything' button that should save all of the changes in the whole page.
I have a photo with poor quality and lighting that needs to go in a print newsletter. There is some lighting issues, and a blue-ish color in part of the image. I'd like to fix the image using GIMP. My first question is what is this problem called? It looks like everyone is glowing. The blue color on the man in the front's lab coat is not accurate. My second question is how to I correct it? I've attempted a few things so far that were not successful: Create a new layer, invert the colors, and desaturate the colors, then set the layer mode to overlay. This is the only technique I have experience with, but the results were not very good. Use the burn tool on the mask layer in #1. This only marginally improved the situation Tried the suite of automated tools under the color menu--these didn't make any substantial improvements Tried to use the clone tool on the blue lab coat on the man in front. The result made it look like his lab coat was enchanted, adding +1 to his magic resistance but not improving the image. I could not figure out how to deal with that area of the image. This exasperated my current photo editing skills. Is there another approach I can take, or is it simply that the image is too poor?
I used to be a big fan of a band called Maximum The Hormone and i decided to check out one of their songs, which soon led me to revisit their site. On there I roamed and visited their band page. I noticed they had an awesome picture of themselves in a black and white tent, which can be seen here. I was wondering if anyone knew how to perform this task in Photoshop? or if you knew a site which showed a tutorial for this. I currently run CC edition and I am pretty familiar with some of the basic layer adjustments. I just want to make cool photos for Facebook and stuff like that. I would be grateful.
I have created an illustration of a box out of 3 simple shapes in Adobe Illustrator CC. They are actually 3 clipping masks that clip 3 different embedded raster textures. I then turned the whole group into a symbol. See bellow: The three large blue rectangles correspond to the boundaries of the original raster textures. Even when they are clipped by the smaller shapes, if I hover on the symbol, all the original boundaries are shown. Is there a way to: Hide the boundaries of the objects outside the clipping masks? I am planning on using this object several times in the artwork (that is why it is a symbol) and it becomes very annoying to keep seeing the original boundaries every time I move the mouse over one of the many instances of the symbol. Make the symbol alignment to be based on its registration (as opposed to be based on the boundaries of the whole art outside the clipping masks)? In this case I have aligned the symbol horizontally centred with the light blue line. Notice that, instead of using its registration (middle cross) it is using the total bounding box of all the textures outside the clipping masks to determine its middle point.
so I'm pretty new to illustrator so sorry if this is obvious - but, I'm having troubles with the transparency of a flower image. I placed the image of the flower which has no background from a saved photoshop file (psd) and then image traced in illustrator. But I can't now seem to overlay it on itself without the back ground, and also every time I transform, it re-renders the image.
When is a rounded corner just right, when is too round or too squary ? There are a bunch of rules in design such as the golden rectangle, the thirds, etc, is there one for rounded corners ?
Have another question. I have a project that I'm working. I have a psd layered template with a smart object. The goal is to change the image in the document and replace the current smart object with a new image. However I have hundreds that need to be done so I'm trying to figure out away to do it automatically. The goal would be for me to select a folder where the files are located and then run it as a "Script" from with in photoshop. I tried to do it and I couldn't figure out how to get an action correctly. Can anyone help?
The new layer filters is nice but doesn't record when making actions. Before I was able to add 'Select similar layer' in an action and edit all similar layers (because they have different layer names) now it won't recognize the filter as part of a recordable action. Currently I have to use STOPS in actions to get same results with less automation. :( EXAMPLE: Automating a batch of multi-layered files with numerous TYPE (text/character) layers. Need to remove all TYPE layers from files without stopping mid batch for each file. help? Or help write a script? (i don't know scripting) thanks.
Sometimes I make my own typefaces. Most of the fonts are very incomplete. I concentrate a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and some punctuation marks. I want to make a more complete font. But find it hard to decide which glyphs to design. It seems logical to design Latin and Latin Extended A first. But just going for a complete unicode plane seems a bit rough. General punctuation has some very common glyphs, but also some obscure ones that are often omitted. Are there guides on which glyphs to design? Are there methods to decide which ones? Are there language sets? How do you decide which glyphs to design? I'm looking for a classification system for glyphs or methods that type designers use to decide what glyphs to design. A graphic designer in Germany will only buy a font if it contains a ß glyph. I'm at the other side of the counter. I design a font for a market. How to know the needs of a market?
Basically what the question says, what are the pro's and cons to using InDesign, Illustrator, or Photoshop for business cards? Or is there something else you prefer to use?
I'm far from knowledgeable about fonts, and I'm dealing with a real beast; Bookman Old Style Bold. I've been looking for hours but I can't seem to find a sans-serif that balances well with it. I have to use Bookman for the company name on a business card, but I can choose another font for all other text. Could anyone help me with this please, what should I be looking for in a sans-serif font to pair it with Bookman? Additionally, because it's for a business card it needs to be easy to read at small sizes (<9pt), so what do I need to look for in the font I choose regarding that as well? Also, one of the reasons I chose to ask here is because I'm aware there are some typography experts from an older generation that use this site, and I'm hoping maybe one of them has already encountered this task, considering the age of Bookman.
I'm working on my first freelance project and I have question regarding a copyright issue. In a sample website design I showed to my client, there is a list of his past clients with their logos on it (I got the logo from Google image search). I told him that if he want to use their logos, he should ask for their permission and files. But now he asked me to use those logos on the actual live website. When I asked if he got the permission, he said just leave it to him. My questions: Who actually should ask for permission & files, me or the client? If I use those logos, can I protect myself by laying a clause in the completion invoice (since the contract is signed already before the project started) that the client will hold any responsibilities in regards to the logos' copyright? Thank you
I'm interested in creating a Java app that creates animations of various effects on images (e.g. sliding, shredding, change color in specific parts etc) and on several layers of images. The selected images and effects will depend on input from the user. I'm familiar with Java's swing and awt packages. I'm looking for tools with easier learning curve for a graphic design newbie like me. Any ideas?
I would be very grateful if someone can tell me the name of this font: It´s very similar to ITC Kristen but not the same. I have spent time looking for it in google but I haven´t found it. Thank you very much.
I would like to print a photo on a 3mm PVC, and my printer doesn't do the trick. Does anyone know a inkjet printer for plastic 3mm thickness ?
I searched all over but can't find a solution - maybe I'm just not grasping the concept of an artboard quite yet. Here's the issue: I can't paste into a specific artboard that is not on top (not the first in the list of artboards). I have tried selecting the artboard in the Artboards panel, Paste in Place, Paste in Front, Paste in Back. Even Paste on All Artboards puts two copies of the object on the same artboard. This is getting a bit frustrating which is why I'm taking to StackExchange. Any help/suggestions/corrections/tips would be appreciated. Note: I'm still relatively new to Illustrator.
I found this background which is being used in Wordpress Stackexchange: Link: http://cdn.sstatic.net/wordpress/img/bg-watermark.png I don't know what kind is this background called in English: texture, footage... or what? (I'm not so good at English). I want to find more images like this to use in my project but I have no idea what keyword to use. Any help would be appreciated!
i want it to be like this but when i click the minus front, both objects got cut out like this; so how? how do you combine it like in the first picture? here the 2 original objects before i click minus front;
I am an experienced programmer but new to graphic design. I am making mobile apps for both iOS & Android, and I am wondering what graphic design tools/software I should use (in Mac) would be the best fit for a starter and for designing graphics for mobile apps? Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks.
I am doing a slider image which includes a lot of typography and yeah art and I am running out of ideas as to how to portray the idea of SAVE! SAVE as in SAVE 10% more or something that you see in the ads. Save like this: (source: 123rf.com) So I was wondering if anyone of you have any suggestions as to how I can portray the save sign. I've already done a few revisions but unfortunately, my client STILL doesn't like them. Can you help me to pinpoint what it is they might not like? Can you recommend improvements based on your observations? Attached are my revisions/ideas: this is what my client said during first revision: We need to re-work this slide. Our fault for not telling you what should be emphasized. We will rank 1- in order of importance and what should be largest text. Slide #1- 5% Early Order Discount -#1B Save!Or: Make your money go farther!- This text should be in place of the product pictures. You can use $$ if you want or other creative graphics to get this message across. #1A Text: 1. Expires June 30 #3 Order Code 5eod (changed) #5 Other elements to include (don’t to have all, but may if you think appropriate): A. Free storage for shipment in the fall. #2 B. Guarantee your inventory #4 C. Be first with calendar placement #7 D. Your order will be ready when you are. #6 I eliminated the last 4 lines cause it was making the design too crowded.
I'm often in the situation where there's an undesirable mark or glitch near a high contrast edge in my photos that I'm editing, such as a zit right near someone's lip. If I use the content-aware spot heal tool, the darker area will smear across the boundary and look terrible. My current solution is to airbrush things close to the edge out and then use the patch tool to put the texture back in. Is there a way to cordon areas off so that content-aware only samples from one side of the border? (I'm fairly new to Photoshop but I'm spending quite a bit of time learning it)
This is essentially about lay-out and visual structure, and using a couple of more or less random people to help thinking ("Random" people can mean someone passing your office, your neighbour, cousin, boyfriend). Building interfaces is a tricky business. All the wonderful designs in our heads are sparkly and dripping diamonds of course, but when it comes down to it, it is about how the users interact with it that will tell wether it is a success or not. I know some people use video and eye-tracking in analysing interfaces and user interaction; that is not the level I am talking about. What I am after is simple user testing long before a system is rolled out. Quick and dirty they call it: user testing from very early on. It is mainly a tool to make you think, and ensure you have considered as much as possible. The benefits are many; some glaring blunders might be sorted early, some of the users input can of course also be ignored. But it is always better to know you are ignoring something, than to not know. It is all about informed, intelligent choices. One that I have used sometimes is what I call the post-it note game. For structural visual architecture: you give people a bunch of post-its with key words written on them, and ask them to sort them. It is also helpful to get them to sort the post-its on a piece of paper/wall, and pretend that it is the application. It could be functionality, menue-points, keywords. Often, some interesting anomalies crop up, that helps a quick rethink. Sometimes the fact that the guinea pig does not know where or how to categorise and place something, is a useful hint. Another one is making a very primitive sketch, preferably on a whiteboard. It is important that this is something that does not looks remotely finished, and a long way from the digital product. Simple, primitive boxes for content, buttons and other elements. Tell the guinea pigs what the application will be all about, give them a list of keywords, and ask them to write in where the various functionality should be visually placed. They should also be free to add things that they feel are missing. Let people fiddle as much as they want with it. (In my experience, wireframes and mockups are rarely that helpful. It might make the designer feel that she is doing something, but a lot of people do not quite grasp the fact that they are ideas, not products) My question is: what other methods have you used, that proved helpful? I would be very much interested in tools, methods and experiments that have given interesting and unexpected results, other ways of pestering users way before coding and colour-schemes comes into it.
Since we are getting more UI questions here on icons and I didnt see this question here I thought it would be on topic to ask what the difference between an icon and a button are other than an icon sometimes has more design aesthetics and a button fires an event or takes you somewhere. So my question is: How do you judge the difference between an icon and a button?
I have taken a picture of a room for which I would like to change a few things: Wall texture and color and remove a large box as well as inserting a few objects. I would also like to make sure that the proportions are maintained as well as the shadows and original prospective. I have never done something like this before, therefore I would like to ask if any of you knew a relatively easy-to-learn piece of software which could help me achieve this. Photoshop any good? Would you also know of a tutorial/guide which could help me in achieving my scope? Thanks
I am not a graphic designer, but I had a big question, that has brought some argument within the company I am working for. I am in a team along with a few others and one of them decided to started adding his initials on every picture that he has done for the company. So I was wondering if that is right specially when you're working for a company? I mean is that even right to sign their work while working for a company?
I'm doing a PovRay scene and am using NASA's Blue Marble images as a source to render earth. I also found some maps for the moon and the sun. Now I also want to have the milky way in the scene. The closest I could find was this star-field which works fine, but does not feature the colorful milky way. After a few hours of fruitless searching I'm at the brink of creating my own using other sky-map sources, but thought I'd give it a shot to ask here before putting effort into this. I need a good high resolution source that can be mapped seamlessly on a sky-sphere in PovRay.
I have a circle and a number (which is "1" ) appearing on one of my images automatically. If I go "view" and uncheck "extras", they disappeared but I cannot see also guidelines which I want to show. I think I hit some keys which I was retouching that image but I don't know what is it and how to remove it.
In the past year, I have been getting more and more freelance projects along with my work as a graphic design teacher. I've been working in the graphic design field 10+ years. Because these contracts are not my main revenue, I have not been too concerned with raising my fees and I'm now facing the situation where I should be outsourcing some of my work to collaborators (either because I can't keep up or because I want to take on more teaching work temporarily) but I am also not charging enough to afford them. So I am thinking of hiking my rates but I don't want to scare the clients away. Just to put some hypothetical numbers and give more context, if I charge 5$/hour on a project and take 5 hours to finish it but I'm too busy and I need to hire someone who charges me 2$/hour but takes 15 hours to do the same (and I still need to charge an hour for checking out their work and giving them feedback), things just don't add up. I use flat rates most of the time but for some small things like corrections or when I am working for agencies, I'll charge an hourly rate and this is where the hike is likely to show more. I know raising gradually is likely to be what will be recommended but how often and how incremental is gradual? Also, do you have a systematic approach to raising your own rates? (following cost of life, as you acquire new skills, etc.). Do you email all your clients or wait for a new project to come in? Do you raise a certain % each year? When do you consider stopping to raise? Unsure if this question belongs here or in the freelance SE but I'm mostly interested in what fellow graphic designers would have to say.
I'm designing a logo and I'm almost finished but I'm trying to add text to the logo to finish it off but the text won't appear. No matter what color I make the text it just doesn't appear. Anyone know why this could be? I'm using Photoshop CS5.1 extended by the way.
I'm wondering if it's possible to make GREP "jump over" the Forced Line Brake (FLB), while he is searching for particular keyword. I have a text frame containing multiple Companies described by three categories: 1. Company's Name 2. Website 3. Short Description. Every category is marked in the text by it's marker (a keyword) on the beginning of it: MARKER1 Dreamworks Studios [FLB] MARKER2 www_dreamworks_xxx/info/info [FLB] MARKER3 company that produces movies [PR] MARKER1 Coca-Cola Company [FLB] MARKER2 www_cocacola_xxx/info/info [FLB] MARKER3 company that produces drinks [PR] ...etc. Now, each of those three categories should have separate CHARACTER STYLE applied with use of GREP. I want GREP to search trough the text till he finds specific marker and to apply desired STYLE to everything... untill the next marker: everything between MARKER1 and MARKER2 should get STYLE1 everything between MARKER2 and MARKER3 should get STYLE2 everything between MARKER3 and MARKER1 should get STYLE3 And that's quite easy... untill I have to use more FLB-s between markers: MARKER1 Dreamworks [FLB] Studios [FLB] MARKER2 www_dreamworks_xxx/ [FLB] info/info [FLB] MARKER3 company that[FLB] produces [FLB] movies [PR] ...etc. When the text looks like above, all my concepts for GREP sentences fail. I stumbled here upon this useful sentence, which is good if the text looks like in the first example (without multiple FLB-s between markers), or if used with only one style and one category. Here is how I'm using it to apply STYLE1 to the part of text of first category: Apply: STYLE1 to Text: ^.*?((MARKER2)\|$) But when I use similar sentence with next category (changing only the marker) it doesn't work properly. because of those additional FLB-s. So I repeat my question: is it possible to make GREP "jump over" the Forced Line Brake (FLB), when it is searching for particular keyword?
Experts, I would like to ask about how to convert PSD files to IOS 7 Flat Style, I know there are many companies providing PSD TO HTML5，But I have not found this conversion tool to xocde, Source from 45+ Cool Premium iOS 7 Flat UI Kits & App Mockup for For Designers I purchased a Flat UI Kit for IOS, BUT IT'S PSD FILES NO CODE, ONLY PSD FILES I need to ask a ios programmer to write code for this kits? Can anyone recommend a tool to convert psd to xcode? Many thanks
I have few questions on this subject. The problem is that when you select a layer and put 2 strokes of brush you have to hit "step backward" twice in order to delete them both (you can't use undo since it will redo the first stroke you delete) and the currently selected layer changes to the last selected layer, not the one where the brush strokes were applied. The problem is described here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqWe8cDGiQo&feature=youtu.be So are my questions : Why "undo" doesn't change layer selection and "step backward" does ? Why can't you display "layer selection changes" in the history ? Why adobe doesn't get spammed about this problem ? How in the world adobe developpers are not annoyed themselves by this problem when they use their own product ? Edit : Okay fair enough. First reports of this problem are dated from year 2008 it's a shame they don't intend to fix it. To get a around you can use this script  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3580711/StepBackwardSmart.jsx, put it in "photoshopdirectory/presets/scripts" then launch photoshop and go to "edit>shortcuts", under "file>scripts" assign CTRL+ALT+Z to the script "StepbackwardSmart". Then you can step backward and the layer you are working on stays selected.
Is it possible to write script in some language which would generate vectors for me automatically in the way I want? In Corel Draw of course. I have 30 basic images and I want to make a spritesheet with them, but I have to go over 30 times doing the same thing which is boring thing to do. Check the images below: Let just say I have to create spritesheets like these in the images but from numbers 10 to 40. So you would have to do 30 time copy paste etc... How would go about doing it in Corel Draw? Is this a question for StackOverflow?
Please advise me how to use Gimp to create a tile for a word game like below: I can see 2 rectangles with rounded corners - the outer one and then the one on the top. Is the smaller rectangle filled with a linear gradient, where alpha changes from 1.0 on the top to the smaller value on the bottom? How to create the "inner shadow" in the larger rectangle?
I am a high school student with an interest for drawing tablets for some hobby. I went to check on a store that sell Intuos, a sales representative (or something) of Wacom told me that most students buy the medium sized tablets. Even the staff said that since it is always bought the supplies of the medium size are a lot more than the small size. I am on a tight budget (which is why I am buying the Intuos), and the small size seems small to me (when my hands are open, my thumb and my pinky would reach the sides). But then, why would Wacom sell the Manga variant in small? Is the staff just saying that so I would buy the more expensive one? I have enough savings from my small allowance to buy the small size right now, should I wait for another month so that I can buy the medium size?
All I need for my website is just a text and a shape beside the text or over it, I googled a lot but there were no simple answers, using illustrator is just an overkill. For example, company named "SomeX", writing the name "Some" inserting a shape, representing a big "X" symbol beside it or over the text. I Know it would be terrible design, I'm not selling it, it's just for personal demonstration while I'm working. Are there any methods or software to achieve this simply? Write the text, add the symbol and drag it anywhere, and export the PNG.
How can I find a character "-" at the end of the line in Adobe InDesign? I do not want to be at the end of the sentence/paragraph, but the line.
How can I simply make the background fade a bit while typing WITHOUT affecting the text opacity?. Without fading if you type over the top of the image it is hard to read. The reason I have not faded the image is I want it to looks strong, and then fade when typing. Css: .search-block #s { background: #FFF url(../folder/images/logo.png) no-repeat top center; background-size: contain; width: 300px; color: #000; opacity: 1; background-position: right 50px top; } .search-block #s:focus { color:#000; //opacity: 0.5; //if this is set the field fades like i want but is dark and not white like i want } .search-block .search-button { background: #2F2F2F; opacity: 1; border-right: none; } HTML: <div class="search-block"> <form method="get" id="searchform" action="..."> <button class="search-button" type="submit" value="..."></button> <input type="text" id="s" name="s" value="..." /> </form> </div> Edit a varient of @Hynes solution: I didn't add in the transitions here just to show base css that got it working perfectly: .search-block { display: block; position: relative; } .search-block:after { background: #FFF url(../folder/images/logo.png) no-repeat top center; background-size: contain; background-position: right 50px top; color: #000; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; z-index: -1; content: ""; } .search-block #s { background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0); width: 300px; color: #000; opacity: 1; } .search-block:hover #s { background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.5); color: #000; } .search-block #s:focus { background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.8); color: #000; } .search-block .search-button { background: #2F2F2F; opacity: 1; border-right: none; } .search-block:hover .search-button{ color: #FFF; opacity: 1; } Here is the fiddle to the original solution: Fiddle
The CSS specification (among several others) establish that, when selecting a font, the font-weight may be described using numerical descriptors ranging from 100 to 900 at 100 increments, where 400 is reserved for the "regular" weight and 700 for "bold" (this article contains an example of a mapping). Are these numbers assigned merely conventionally or is there some sort of (at least theoretical) numerical relation between, say, stem thickness and advance width which controls the numerical descriptor that a font "ought" to receive (regardless of whether that relation is respected in any particular font)?
I'm don't have any Graphic Design background. I'm a programmer. Recently, I tried to port my holo light themed app, to holo dark themed app. For holo dark themed, the dark grey background being use is coded #ff4c4c4c I realize, under dark grey background, it is difficult to make "shinning" (Sorry. I don't know the exact word. "shinning" means for instance, #ffff0000) green & red character to be read. After several try-n-error, I manage to discover 2 color codes : #ffdb3344 - red #ff6baa7f - green Both color I found that Easy to read Pastel style, which gives Elegant, Harmony, Comfortable feeling. Yet. The color (especially red) might look nice under my device, but they might not so easy to read in other devices with other display quality. I was wondering, Is there any red & green, which is suitable to be placed in grey background #ff4c4c4c, has greater tolerance to look "nice" (Easy to read, Pastel style, which gives Elegant, Harmony, Comfortable feeling) under variety of display quality? Is there any systematic way to choose such color, instead of try-n-error? Update By using wonderful tool http://leaverou.github.io/contrast-ratio/ introduced by @Yisela, I was able to produce something like the following (By try-n-error method). It looks better right? :)
I am working on a shipping label that is incidental to a database system I am responsible for supporting. The client has very specific requirements, calling for Helvetica Medium Condensed and Helvetica Bold Condensed (you can see the document here, Section 5). When I do a web search for "Helvetica Condensed Medium", I see one identical result in the Adobe store and a bunch of references to "Neue 67" variant of Helvetica, which, as I understand, is not identical. But when I view that Adobe link, there is no apparent way to actually purchase that font. (No "add to cart" button, etc.) And, when I attempt to search the Adobe site using their built-in search, I don't see any results that directly correspond to "Medium Condensed". Is there another "common" name for these fonts? When I attempt to browse fonts in the Adobe store alphabetically, I also do not see any fonts that clearly correspond to Helv. Cond. Medium or Helv. Cond. Bold. (Not clearly to me, at least.) Furthermore, the ones that seem closest are all bundled into packs of multiple fonts. Assuming I could find the specific fonts I want, is there no way to buy individual fonts? I thought I might have better results on the Linotype site but the issues (other than the bundling) are basically the same -- they don't appear to sell the exact specific font, and I'm not exactly sure what "format" I'll be getting. ... Which is a concern because ... to top it all off, I am not even certain our label printer (Zebra Z4M) is compatible with any non-TrueType fonts, other than those provided by the manufacturer, and they do not appear to offer the fonts we require. So, I think to be safest I need TTF versions of these fonts. Do they even exist? Am I even going about this the right way? I wound up at the Adobe site first because of their apparent dominance of search results, but if there is a better alternative (i.e. more canonical, less expensive, simpler, or all of the above), I would like to hear about it. After all this, I have my doubts that the original specification is even precisely valid. But now is the time to "do the best we can", not the time to argue that point. Yeah, did I mention they want this operational for tomorrow? ;D Any advice toward meeting that goal would be sincerely appreciated. I know there are several questions here, but I'm expecting that the right answers to the important ones will obviate some of the lesser ones. Thank you!
I need to work with this file for a school project I have. Currently I am trying to make roads. I saw that the roads in the original image will work fine with what I am working on, so I am tried coping them, but then found out Illustrator won't select the path. When I click with the select on a path, it ends up selecting the entire image. At first I though that was because the image was grouped, but there is no option to ungroup it. Using the direct select tool is a no go as well, since I would have to manually select every anchor in a road and at that point, I might as well just trace it. I would really love an answer as to how I can select a whole path with out selecting the rest of the image. Or at the very least, an explanation as to why this is.
I'm web-developer and i decided to create my portfolio. So I need to create all my websites as images in perspective like on the following example. I have knowledge of Photoshop, but I cant create what I need with good quality so please help. If it is done in other software and not in Photoshop, please give me the name of that software. I need not only the perspective angles, but i also want good quality of images.
One of the strategies I employ when using the Pen Tool in Illustrator to trace something is to use as few nodes as possible to make the curves as smooth as possible. I'm often surprised by what curve variations can be managed between a mere two nodes, and on the other hand occasional come across seemingly simply curve segments that require three or more nodes to trace properly. As a somewhat scientifically minded person, I find myself wanting to "know" just what's going on... I wondering whether any experienced tracers out there have a kind of mental checklist for when they need to drop another node, or whether anyone has a good summary of it from a maths point of view?
I don't know how to call this but how to make a monochrome like the one on bottom. The exclusion (white), but originally it doesn't overlap.
I'm having some serious trouble understanding one aspect of responsive design. I understand almost all of the basics but one thing that is troubling me is setting up correct grids in Photoshop for various break points. From what I can gather, a responsive design will scale down your grid as the device width decreases. This means that it's not just a case of removing a few columns and your grid is back in proportion. At the moment the only thing I can think of doing to duplicate a responsive grid is to scale down the document in Photoshop and that will then keep the relationships between the columns, gutters and margins. I've looked at how other people do it and nobody seems to do it this way. I was looking on YouTube and found this chap — he seems to just use the same grid but smaller parts of it instead of resizing the grid completely to match the break point. Can anybody shed some light on this?
I need two symbols: Passed the Lesson Mastered the Lesson (earned maximum extra credit) CRITERIA Universal Clear that Mastered is "superior to Passed" Maybe there's nothing better than what I've got. What I've considered: Top choice is Silver Star (passed) and Gold Star (Mastered)
I have a graphic CS5 eps here that draws a honeycomb lattice. But I have a problem: When I selected it, I found that there is a border around it as shown in But I only want the honeycomb lattice part. I tried lasso tool in adobe illustrator to select the honeycomb, but it turns out I can't get rid of the border being selected. So How can I select the honeycomb without the border?
I am trying to design the graphics used in a tiled map. For example, by using a tiled map editor, you can load the tileset you designed to make maps. What kind of tools do you recommend for making them? Are there any techniques I can use in order to design really nice graphics for maps? I am kind of new to this area, really appreciate your advise and experience sharing.
I'm looking into investing in a tablet. One of the "features" that differentiate between a high end and a med/low end tablet seems to be tilt and rotation sensing. I can see the the tilt function being useful for shading, and the rotation function being useful in painting. However, for people who don't have that functionality, how do you overcome the limitation?
What are the main performance issues in svg? Out of filters, gradients , blurs, text rendering , clipping, transformations , etc, what takes the most resources to render? In particular, is it faster to replace transformations by modifying coordinate values directly (i.e. "bake" transformations)?
I know that in CS6, you can save as CS5. But right now, I'm at school on the computers in my design class. I have a file that I made at home in CS6, but I need to open it on my school's computers that have CS5. How can I do this? If I can't do this, can anyone do it for me? Thanks!
What sans-serif font is this? Notice that the "S" goes thin at the top end.
I've been told that this company has paid others $40/hr. This would be my first work at a professional level. They've already seen my portfolio, and love my work- and have had trouble finding someone they like. Soooo... they like me, my work, etc. But I am very new at this, so I feel like I should offer $30/$35 to start. What do you all have to say about this?
I'm having a little trouble I hope it's easily solvable in Inkscape... Sorry if it's something simple I'm missing, I'm relatively new to it, and google/searching here hasn't done quite the trick. I have a couple of drawings saved up that I'd like to do several different versions. This one is the most simple, but what works for it should work for the rest. Is there any fast way to auto join everything to make the fill option work? Some parts even give me "not a closed area" when I try to use bucket fill on it... I've gone as far as to export it as bitmap so I could vectorize it, but I still need to use bucket fill on top of that since auto-vectorization creates 2 line-less paths filled with black as a "line". Thanks for your time!
I often find myself trying to determine which colour is the "complementary" one of (or would nicely fit with) two colours imposed by the client brand. At times, only one colour is imposed, and I want to find two colours that would fit it. Is there a quick and easy way to figure it out?
Please help me, I have been looking through Photoshop for an hour like an idiot, I just installed this plugin and I can't find it where it is. Where would it be located?
I am in the process of creating some infographics for some design thinking methods. I need to translate sometimes complex (but with common themes) ideas into visuals. To put it a different way, why does it, when you see an arrow pointing right, indicate that you should go or look right?
How to get the width and height of text bounding box in Photoshop using ExtendScript
I am having some trouble designing the following web page. I somehow do not like the way the big photos are presented in the project. Can anyone suggest an idea how to improve the general look of this images block..? Would be great. I guess, this question can be answered, not just discussed, for example by giving some inspiration projects or giving specific design hints. The 2nd image is smaller because it was cropped for the screenshot. I like big images which are place this way. Sliders are boring. Look e.g. here: http://www.spotify.com, they have also big pictures and it looks great. It is not easy to say, what I exactly don't like. It is the general look. Maybe because the pictures are not so good and professional and I am looking for a better way to present them.
I read a tutorial and tried to create a grain effect on a rectangle. I created a rectangle, put a gradient on it and then via the Effects Gallery applied the grain effect, with an Intensity: 74 and Contrast: 50, and Grain mode: Sprinkles. This resulted in an appearance that DOES NOT resemble the one in the tutorial. The gradient is not grainy, but rather full of pixels, as you can see in the screenshot: I am desperate. How come the effect doesn't look grainy? Is there something wrong with the settings in my Illustrator? I am a webdesign newbie and would be very happy if anyone could help me out. For your info, this is the tutorial I am referring to: http://vectips.com/tutorials/create-grainy-textures/
I have inadvertently created an illustration with the align new objects to pixel grid turned on (not sure why it was on, I did not know or ever turn it on) and want to now scale the image. When I turned it off, I scale and it is still affecting the illustration. So I copy and pasted it into a new document (Making sure that the option was turned of when I created the new document), and it is still affecting the illustration. How can I scale this object without it being affected by this option?
I cannot import images into Illustrator CS6. Dragging in doesn't work. "Place" command doesn't work. Any ideas? I have uninstalled and re-installed.
I need to create an A5 booklet (by folding A4 sheets), and the only tool at my disposal at the moment is Photoshop, since I haven't got InDesign on the machine that I'm working on right now. What's the best way to set up a booklet in Photoshop? Thanks
Anyone have any idea what app is used in the lunatik touch pen promo materials? This one:
I want to recreate the text of a logo I have. It had black half way down the text and then yellow for the other half. How do I create text with a different colour on each half in Adobe Illustrator?
Thinking about starting up a small clothing company with the symbol below: But after surfing the web I discovered Nike's undefeated symbol. Will my design cause copyright issues? How dissimilar should mine be to avoid issues?
I want to develop a simple 2D quest and for doing that i need a tilepack for modern city. I googled for some sites with tileas, but I don't found anything interesting (all that I found is a few common tilepacks).
Where is the best place to find free animated gifs? I have tried googling 'free animated gifs' but the sites that come up offer just useless gifs such as balloons or something in that direction. I'm looking for web design gifs such as a loading bar etc.
Been working on an icon for a blog called Bitcrate which focuses on tech/media stuff. First off, what I have so far: I didn't want to do some rehash of playing off computer 'bits' but thought the motif of the crate actually having been 'bitten'would be interesting-- the two ellipses protruding on the left are meant to be hinges or flaps that you might see on a crate, albeit a little more bent. So two questions: 1) How would you improve the core image? Do I need to tweak some of the anchor points/handles? 2) To you, is the concept even good or DOA?
I'm trying to recreate this image with help of a Rectangle Tool (U) and masks as it was suggested in chat room, but so far I was able to do it by adding three rectangles, where two of them were turned a bit for lower cuts. Still due to stroke on main triangle I was unable to get exactly same shape as on image above. Could anyone provide maybe an article or link to a tutorial. PS. Obviously I could just cut those parts off. I'm more interested in masks usage to achieve that.
Without dropping $200 - $500 for a Pantone book that I don't plan to use very often, is there a better option to get one?
My render is distorted for some reason. The preview looks good trough. Using trapcode, filters etc. but separated into compositions. The entire render looks like this... Some hints ?
Does anyone know of a quick way to create drop shadows that cast lighter from inside corners and heavier from protrusions? Link
This is an odd request and something I've never had to worry about in Illustrator until now. I'm building out a logo that will be printed on a shirt. Instead of having a solid black border around the vector hand, the client wants the black border to be "transparent" so when it is placed on top of a pattern, you see the pattern background. I have an example below of what I'm trying to accomplish. The second photo I mocked up in Photoshop to show what I'm trying to do. It's very easy to select the border path in Photoshop and simply wipe it out. Does Illustrator have a "transparent" fill option in the Path area? Selecting a color and dropping the transparent percentage didn't do the trick.
I've just completed a Bachelor's in Web Design & Development and have been casting a wide net for employment opportunities, including internships, paid and unpaid. I was contacted by one company (offering an unpaid opportunity) that is getting started and needs to build a launch site. In order to select the proper candidate, they've asked that I submit design mockups for what will ultimately be a very visual and animation-heavy site. What is raising some alarms for me is that the more I dig into the internship, this just sounds like free labor. If my mockups are selected as the best (I'm up against two other candidates), I will come on as the sole designer/developer of their site. Based on the site they gave me to review as an example of what they are looking for, this is going to be a lot of work, and is frankly a bit beyond my skill set. When I applied, I assumed that there would be an established developer to assist with the project and help me build my skills (as I always thought some part of internships includes on-the-job training, since normally it would be supplementing/replacing an academic course). Is this typical of an internship with an up-and-coming company, with the possibility of future full-time work? Or is this just spec work, a way to get a free website? I've never had an internship, so don't feel qualified to judge.
I received an image with colored lines that I need to include in a report. However, the image will be scaled down and the lines will be thin making it hard to see what color they are (especially in print). This is a sample of the image. It doesn't make sense on its own, but it's just to show what my source image is. Can I somehow increase the thickness of these lines? Somehow make them bleed to the surrounding area in their original colour? The latter aspect is important so a glow (of one colour) is not going to cut it. If other software is more suitable to do this, please do share. Photoshop was just my first idea.
I am developing a word game for iOS and would like to use an SVG file as the gaming board. The SVG file (author: Denelson83, Wikimedia Commons) is almost perfect for my game - except for displaced colored squares. My question is: How could I please copy such a colored square (is it a Group?), then paste it and move the new square to a new spot - but still keep it aligned to the grid? As an Inkscape newbie I have already found out, that I can jump to the "original" with Shift-D. And I can hold CTRL key to move objects horizontally or vertically. But I still don't understand how to keep the moved square aligned to the grid (which also seems to be in a separate layer - so how did the author manage to keep all squares aligned to the grid?) And also I can't find some view/dialog/toolbar, which would show me the coordinates of the object being dragged by me (I only see the coordinates of the mouse pointer at the bottom right). If I could see/change those coordinates, then I could (in a tiresome way) calculate and set the coordinates for the new squares... UPDATE: I've toggled Snap to grid and also enabled showing the grid: but the square doesn't snap to the grid when I drag it. And also the grid is too small and I can't find how to make its cells broader. UPDATE 2: I have found where to set the grid size (15 x 15) and offset: But while the grid looks ok now and snaps too - it snaps in the wrong places as shown below. Why doesn't the grid snap at the square's borders? Is this maybe a bug in Inkscape? How to workaround it please? UPDATE 3: I've received an offline advice to hold ALT while dragging a square
I just want to know how to skew only one corner of the object specially a none square object using Selection Tool (V) or Direct Selection Tool (A). I just want the letter A look like its fell. Please help. thanks
In InDesign, how would I get a word to move up to the line above as I have a large space open in that line? Thanks, Suzanne
I'm creating a very simple logo with text and just one Smart Object leaf. I want to create an .eps file so my client can print without any trouble. The thing is, the Smart Object is a leaf that originated from a Photoshop Website template and it has 5 effects on it. My question is this: How can I export the Smart Object from Photoshop to Illustrator without losing the vector data? I know the long way is to basically recreate the Smart Object from scratch in Illustrator and just add in the text (which has nothing fancy on it), but I don't have enough billable time to work with to go that route. Is this even possible? I'm using Photoshop CC and Illustrator CC. Thanks!
What is the ideal color mode to design in photoshop cross platform/ multi device product design? Default seems to be 8 bit mode, however 16 bit mode seems to hold more color information. What are the pros and cons?
I downloaded some psd to show my mockups, but it looks like the text is going to be blurred when I put anything inside the distorted smart objects. How to avoid this problem?
I'm trying to design a search box for products searching and I can't seem to think of how to represent search for products. My client wants his website to look like this http://www.hipmunk.com/. I'm just following his orders and now I'm trying to think of an icon to represent products. I'd be glad to hear any suggestions from you all! Thanks!
I'm an ebook publisher trying to include 10 color illustrations inside an ebook. It's not a fixed layout ebook but a reflowable ebook (i.e., an epub). Graphic example here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjnagle/sets/72157641718117054/ (Sort of low resolution -- but this should give you an idea about what they look like -- the text refers to the story title). I'm working with a talented artist who is good at drawing but doesn't really know much or anything about graphic formats. She has limited experience using graphics software. Ironically although I have absolutely no artistic talent, I'm more comfortable than she is about using graphics software -- especially to do a specific task. I'm pretty good at using gimp. She has given me some images in high quality jpg formats. Possibly she could rescan the images -- although I already have 300 dpi of everything. Ideally I'd like these interior images to scale on the fly and to separate the text information from the graphic itself. The software on the major tablets are starting to support svg images, and one of the problems with these 10 images is that they incorporate text and images together (They are chapter headings). I need an image which will adjust well to low resolution and high resolution devices. I see that inkscape has tools for turning raster images into vectors (using trace bitmap for example). My aim is to create faithful images (perhaps cropping out the text and overlaying text in Inkscape). My questions: Can Inkscape do this adequately well? How complex a task would this be for someone who is good at software but not necessarily an artist? Do you have any general suggestions about doing this or have any URL's to recommend. (My main goal is fidelity to the original image). Some more characteristics of the original artwork: Lots of whitespace. The image rectangle will occupy about a third of the tablet page. About 2/3 of the drawing is curvy line drawings using a black pen. However, in the center there's a half-circle containing a color sketch with a filled color background that sometimes is fairly intricate and has impressionistic brush strokes. This color sketch is trying to depict a scene from the book. I'm trying to figure out whether it's worth the effort to convert the image to vector, or whether I should just leave it as a jpg and remove the text from it (which is fairly easy to do because it's underneath the image itself and completely separate from it). Leaving them as JPGs is easier and the ebook software all supports that, but it doesn't future-proof or scale images well --you usually have to specify a specific image dimension.
I've been trying to compare this font, with an online photo editor called pixlr but no luck. What is the name of the font on this picture? It's a little bit transparent, it has a metro word.
Basically my question is how to make this like the image that I uploaded. I know that you need to pick a shapes, and a picture of what whatever you would like to form into. Where can I buy or download that illustrator script?
I am developing a word game for iOS and would like to use an SVG file as the gaming board. The SVG file (author: Denelson83, Wikimedia Commons) is almost perfect for my game - except that I would like to use 1-lined texts (like "3W", "2L", etc.) instead of the 2-lined texts in the original. So I click a colored square that I'd like to change and then press SHIFT-D to jump to the original group. Then I change the 2-lined text to a 1-lined text (in the screenshot below it is "3W" in the red square): My question is: how to center-align (both vertically and horizontally) the text again? Or as alternative: make the text field fill its parent at 100% width and height? UPDATE: I've found the Alignment dialog, but what to select there? Clicking the 3rd icon in the 1st and 2nd row doesn't change anything:
I am creating a web app and I have got several questions about its appearance, first here's a "screenshot" (just a test with Pixelmator): The element in the center is a flashcard, the arrows on the right and on the left let the user browse the cards. Do you think that the flashcard looks like a card? How can I improve the "card feeling" while keeping the appearance as simple as possible? Do you think that it's a good idea to keep the arrows white? Or should I use the same black than the other elements on the top? (I have chosen a white color because I think that these arrows are more linked to the card than the other elements, is it right to do that ?) What do you think about the fact that I am not using the same font for the card and for the UI? I am doing that because I think that a serif font is more appropriate and that It helps to distinguish the text of the content. And also because I think that it might help the user to remember of the word more easily. UPDATE (here is a new version, I followed the advice of Jenna and now the cards are displayed as a stack, and also added a letterpress effect to the words on the cards):
How can I draw a tick in my image on Pixelmator? I'm now creating my iOS app icon with 1,024 x 1,024 pixels, and have put a background rectangle to cover the whole picture, and on it draw a circle and filled it with white. Now want to draw those ticks like in Safari app...
I want to design something like this: It has been established in previous answers that these are doodle graphics. Some ways to make them manually are seen on here and here. How can I make one or more doodles, select the group and randomly spray them on a canvas with a few skewed orientations?
How did they create this very subtle 3D vector effect in Illustrator? Link
In Illustrator how can I merge this roof vector to the background of the square? roof and square
There exists a fair amount of references online on how to create mood boards using various online services. I'm looking to create a mood board that has a visual hierarchy, incorporated's colors, shapes and images. However, I have not been able to find a good tutorial for Illustrator. There plenty for Photoshop. Any thoughts or recommendations on the proper methodology?
I'm using Illustrator CS6 and find that browsing through all the swatch libraries is not very user-friendly. I have to load every library individually. As the library names are not really helpful (for me at least) it takes some time to find the right one. Is there a way to browse all the libraries visually without reloading every single one? Any plug-in, web-app or script is welcome, as long as it can give a quick overview of all the available swatch libraries.
When I think of Indesign and editing/ type setting, I use character and paragraph styles. These functions are extraordinarily useful when you get into formatting/adjusting styles over many pages etc. Is there a way to do this in illustrator with objects? For example, I have a number of abstract shapes that are comprised of multiple objects of different colors. I want to change all the shapes that are red to green for example without having to select each individually. Here's what I know and what I don't know. I know I could use symbols if the "symbols" where the same and edit the one symbol to change the rest etc. I also cannot group the objects due to the position within the rest of the composition. Question: What is the most efficient way to change multiple shapes at once that are not grouped and are not symbols?

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