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I've been trying to obtain an animation like this one from PHDComics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kCtiOS_F_M Does anybody have a good idea of how to achieve it? or at least on which program is this artist (Jorge Cham) doing the illustration? (Paint, Ai, Ps...?) What I've done so far is doing the illustration on Ai, record the screen and then make the film play faster by about 2000-2500%. But I think Ai is not what I need, coloring becomes complicated. I tried to contact him without success and I also google it a lot of times, look at interviews etc. He only says he uses a graphic tablet. Any help is appreciated. Regards.
Any ideas on what font this is? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/KotakuLogo.jpg
Can you create illustrations (see below) with indesign? I would like to create this content and offer PDF brochures to visitors and make it look much better. However, I am not sure if this is possible and how to do it. I'd like to find out free tools to do that those small book-looking illustrations. Something like upload a cover and then it puts it on a digital book. Like those websites which promote only one book and you can see different illustrations of the cover and so on. In order to promote brochures, PDF files, ebooks, and so on. I mean an ebook cover which is shown as a small illustration from the side angle so it looks nice. Not actually the ebook itself, just the cover and make it look like a real book, presentable from a side angle. Was wondering about Abobe Indesign but would like to find out free tools to do that. Something like upload a cover and then it puts it on a digital book. Something like that. Like those website which promote only one book and you can see different illustrations of the cover and so on. –
I am searching a free tool to create Landing Page Buttons, cool designs, social media call-to-action tools, graphics like below - for beginners. I have it difficult finding free tools. Could you recommend me a few and if you believe that one particular paid tool is really great, which one would be worth it? Would like to create those things for my clients as an additional service! OR
Is there a font where the capital E has no vertical bar? I got the idea from the font used in the movie Elysium, but I think it only appears in the credits. Any help is appreciated. Best, Loque
I had today some surprising experience in converting svg to pdf using inkscape. I am preparing drawings for laser cutter. for laser cutting, the drawing should be passed as pdf and the line stroke should be 0.001m (1µm) or less. I can set this in inkscape easily. but when exporting, the pdf "looks" empty and cannot be printed. this is in fact not completely true. here are some observations I made : - file has normal weight (compared to the one with 1mm - see below) - nothing can be seen from acrobat reader - as I sent my file along using gmail, google apps pdf previewer displayed properly the drawing (with very fairly line) I could fix the problem by exporting the drawing to pdf with 1mm line stroke and then use libre office pdf editing capabilities to get the line stroke back at 1µm and saving it back to pdf. there might not be big differences in how the pdf is written by both apliccations. could there be some rounding effect (in inkscape) at the end, this is not handy, and I am wondering why is that. any idea on this ? have I missed something in the pdf export ?
After drawing a segmented circle in Adobe Illustrator using the Polar Grid Tool, how do you make each of the segments into individual layers that arent connected to the whole circle?
As the title mentions I need to create a pie of sorts using Adobe Illustrator. It seems like it would be easy using the Polar Grid Tool but I can't, for the life of me, figure out how to make each 'piece' of the pie be into its own independant object/layer/etc. I need each piece to be independantly editible for color/content/text/etc. Please help an AI noob....
I have an image with a gradient that goes from fully opaque to fully transparent. I was given this by a customer who doesn't have the original PSD file. All I need to do is make the file more transparent so the opaque part is semi-opaque and so the entire thing really is more transparent than it used to be. If it's a layered PSD I know how to do that but can't figure out how to get the layers back.
And how does one do this? An example where the lines are intersecting the letterforms:
Is it possible to import a batch of .png files into a PSD, such that each imported .png is in a separate layer?
For example, there are 2 layers: an iPhone mockup an app icon upper left of the mockup screen When I want to export the app icon as a .png file, now I: copy the icon layer to a new PSD use the mouse to drag the icon to center change canvas to 57 x 57 further arrange the icon position export Is there a way to quickly clone a layer and center it?
Can anyone help me to identify the font of these letters? It is a light sans-serif typeface.
Which is better experience in responsive design.. To create all containers with % and em units OR use pixels for main containers and % for content (adaptive)? Thanks
Is there a culturally-universal symbol to represent religion or a place of worship? I would like to avoid having an icon containing multiple religious symbols because that opens up a whole mess of problems and which symbols to show would depend a lot on the cultural of the viewer.
I have programming background with some experience with image manipulation via GIMP and Fireworks. As working with image manipulators is part of my work sometimes I decided to improve my knowledge in this area. However, when I try looking for something like GIMP tutorial what I am able to find are only some tutorials with how to do this logo and that image, how to apply filter and so on. What I would need is some decent tutorial explaining the basic graphics concepts like layers, channels and so on so I can see what is happening behind the tools used in GIMP. What should I be looking for? What are possible resources to learn these thigns?
I have these two icons: Image without a tick sign Image with a tick sign I want to add a tick sign on the top image which is without a tick sign. I am a developer extremely novice in graphic design. Could anybody guide me to do that in the simplest possible way?
What is this font? Here is the link to the pdf file: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1101.0070.pdf Is this the Egizio URW font??
I'm creating a website of a friend of mine. He really likes the font "Century Gothic". Now I'm having hard time figuring out what is legal to use and what not etc. I tried googling it but the more I google the more complex and less clear the issue becomes to me. So I've got two questions. Can I use the font on the website using the @font-family rule? Like I found on a website like this: font-family: "Century Gothic","Apple Gothic",AppleGothic,"URW Gothic L","Avant Garde",Futura,sans-serif; If the answer if 1 is 'no' would it still be legal to use the font in photoshop for the name logo, export it as an image and use the image on the website? Sorry if I could find the answer myself, but I really couldn't make any sense of it, especially for question 2. Thanks in advance!
Adobe Indesign CS6. Take a look on this image: How to remove shadow under blue shape? I can't clear effects on this object:
I need a repeatable diagonal line pattern, but I'm not quite sure how to achieve this. I made the stripe 3px wide, then transparent spacing 6px wide, then rotated the canvas 10° (which is what I need). How can I make this into a tileable pattern? So I followed the second answer in the duplicate question and ended up with what I needed.
I am trying to figure out what font inspired this old Pierre Balmain logo and I'm having trouble finding this font. Can anyone help?
I have always wondered: where should the first page number start? I know the front matter is typically in lower case roman numbers, whereas the mainmatter is with arabic ones. The mainmatter starts the count ---i.e., page 1--- with Chapter 1; but I have no idea where the frontmatter should begging the counter. For example, in a PhD thesis typically there is a page with the title, a quote, an abstract, a dedicatory, table of contents, list of figures, list of tables, list of acronyms. So, two questions: 1) What should be the order of things for the frontmatter 2) What should be numbered in the front matter, and what shouldn't count as part of it?
I have been downloading google fonts for the last few months and not been aware of any issues. They normally work fine. However, today I downloaded 3 more - I am using suitcase to manage these fonts and all my other applications are seeing the fonts fine BUT Illustrator CS6 is only seeing one of them. The fonts in question are Cuprum and Philosopher I have tried using skyfonts - not worked - read some helpful post on this site and tried: Mac OS Library/Application Support/Adobe/Fonts - not worked. Read someone else who did this /Applications/Adobe Illustrator CS6/Fonts - not worked for me. I have repaired the disk permissions on my mac and turned it off for half an hour. I have created fonts folders and put the fonts in every combination of application support / Application fonts/ Illustrator CS6 folder etc etc etc and both Mac OS Library and User Library and then re started illustrator and restarted the mac but NOTHING IS WORKING TO MAKE ILLUSTRATOR SEE THESE TWO FONTS. I am an experienced (20 years) graphic designer using an Apple mac and this has me comnpletely stumped. At the moment I am having to type the text in Indesign, create outlines and copy and paste to illustrator. I don't use in design often so don't know my way around it, and have never had this problem with other google fonts before. Help please...... if you can PS - I have also now run the apple script to clear the font caches - deleted all instnaces of the font from the whole sysstem run the script again restarted and re-installed and guess what - still not seeing these fonts in Illustrator. Suitcase displays them as Open source but In design puts a TrueType icon. UPDATE: 24 hours later - Problem solved - After reading some info on another forum relating to an Indesign font issue. Illustrator is putting the fonts in a separate section at the bottom of the font list, and I did not see them. Not sure why, as all other apps list alphabetically (I have never had this before). After giving up defeated, my spirits are soaring now. - Hope this is helpful to others.
I am working on a CMS with the feature to 'follow' and also the option to see stats. There are 2 buttons, and the stats value becomes 1.2k etc after it reaches over 1000. I have added some icons, and trying to keep the design flat and simple but something doesn't feel right. Im going to try making the icons smaller, but other than that, any ideas? Perhaps icon on the right? EDIT, I am going to run a test where by I remove the text and simply have the heart and the stats button. I'll have a tool top when hovering, and it might also make things more consistent when the media queries kick in.
In photoshop elements (or any other program really), is there a way to batch "distort" a bunch of images? Lets say I have multiple images (all 500 by 500 pixels) and I want to distort them all to a certain shape,....is there a way to do that? thank you
When I am designing a mockup in Photoshop CC (a website for example), I typically have each element of the website on an individual layer. This is both for production of creating the assets for development and ease of use within photoshop (editing the actual mockup). When it comes time to create the assets for production, I would copy them, create a new file, paste and save them as needed. However, is this actually efficient and it begs the question of what are other ways of accomplishing this task. What are efficient workflows for exporting assets from a design mockup in Photoshop CC that are different from previous versions of photoshop. Are there plugins that can assist and are there downsides? Sometimes plugins are not as controllable as manually control for example. Here are some I can think of with consideration of transparencies etc: As mentioned above, Copy the layer, open a new file, paste and save Ctrl Click the layer tile, crop, save, Undo the crop (not generally "safe") Convert the layer into a smart object, open it, save Others?
I would like to keep the patterns I have created in Illustrator CS6 in a handy file. Currently, I just make an object, apply the pattern, and copy/paste the object to transfer the pattern to a different file, but would like to save all of the patterns so that I can just load them all at once. Is the Save Swatch Library as ASE the best way to do this? I want to be sure I can share these patterns with others.
I have an Image in size 20"*30". I wanted to get it printed on canvas but it is pixelated, I got some ideas that applying "LOMO" effects or Grains on the image can help avoid pixelation and image can be printed comfortably. I could not get any such solution, do we have any such solution or any other Effect too which can help for the same?
I hope this is the correct forum for this question. I have an app that I am planning on releasing to app store. I'm trying to decide how to price the app. And I was thinking that aesthetically perhaps there is a number that is most appealing ? Perhaps users don;t consciously think of this when buying an app and all they are concerned with is the actual price. I've read that .99 versus 1 is makes a big difference when consumers are deciding wether or not to purchase. Or maybe I am just over thinking this and should just go with what I feel its worth.
On my CV I have added png icons and resized them When export as pdf these icons lose resolution/quality How do I fix this? See below.
I have a question for you guys... :) I have Pantone Colors in my photoshop files. However, I am also using Indesign to do final composing and exporting of the design. I was wondering what is the best way to export file from Indesign to ensure Pantone colors in Pantone is embedded. Any setting I need to check?? Thank you L.
I am running into a lot of problem on Design my artwork in photoshop in RGB. Then convert to CMYK in PDF format. Then when I print it with print company, Colors are not always right. I am not really sure what is the "good & correct" way out there. Because my artwork has texture & transparency. My workflow--> create artwork in photoshop in RGB After approved by boss, I try to find pantone colors that is close to my print out and switch to Pantone. Does this sound wrong to any of you ? It's seems so complicated but I have to ensure certain color is right. Any better suggestion? Lori
Do I need to use the logo colors at all? If yes how do I create a palette using it? How do I decide which colors to use how much and where?
I like to draw every now and then and I guess, the results are OK for a computer scientist. Schematics like the eye on the left are sometimes needed in scientific publications and when you use freely available images for that, you (i) have to check the copyright and (ii) you never find something which contains exactly what you want with the right labels and details. Additionally, I like to do things by myself and I'm always amazed by people drawing things like this professionally like here or here. I own a heavily underused Wacom Intuos 5M and I have the Creative Suite CS6. I would really like to either digitally ink or completely redraw my sketches with Illustrator, but I'm simply overwhelmed by the pure mass of available tutorials, videos and documentation. For instance, there seem to be completely different approaches to ink drawings, where there is one newer approach (?) and an old-established method. And I don't even know whether it is not better to build something like an eye from geometrical primitives like circles and curves instead of sketching and inking it. In short, a situation where you can easily follow the wrong path as a beginner and waste time or loose interest. Question: Is there a preferred approach and are there tutorials/videos/documentation that experienced users would highly recommend for the purpose I described? Additionally, I would like to know why there are different inking methods and which one is recommended for what purpose?
I want to change the screen part of this Iphone image with the screen capture of my own app. I'm trying to do this in Gimp (unless there is a better way?). However, I can't seem to just copy paste my screenshot on the map part. Is there a better way to do this?
The question might not seem to be clear but i could not get a better name for the behavior of the background that happens. There is a background image that i am setting to my layout, there are various resolutions of the same background put in the appropriate drawable folders also. But when the same image is seen on an emulator there are no issues, though when the application is deployed on a device, the background appears as under: The image seems to have abnormal lines here and there. It happens for every image that is already in the form of gaussian blur or even those that i would blurred my self. The same has been tested on different devices with better resolutions (The images are quite large too), but the same effect is seen. Can something be done to the images or is there any way this can be prevented ? Question: I am messing up with the image when i apply the gaussian blur. I have feelings that some information gets lost when i try to save the image :(. P.S: I have googled for a solution to this, but i could not get the correct terms may be to arrive at a solution. I have also used an image with a huge resolution say 2100 * 1024 and if i dont blur it using photoshop the image appears well, but if i apply the gaussian blur filter the same happens like the image below. Software: Photoshop cs4 currently. I have posted this on StackOverflow but since i do not really know to which site it belongs to, i am posting it here too. If it is not relevant for this section, you could get back and i will close it :) Thanks.
I Use Google Sketchup Pro 2013 for modeling in 3D, and then I export said models into Cinema4D for Rendering and tweaking the textures applied in Sketchup. Most of the time it works, but on the odd occasion it doesn't export into Cinema4D as it looks in Sketchup. Recently I made a building in Sketchup based off of a real life picture from a client, and after about 3 days of solid work I'm finally finished the model. When I opened the .3DS file from Sketchup in Cinema4D, though, almost none of my materials are importing correctly if at all, and when I try to reapply the materials to the areas which don't have the right materials I end up applying materials to the wrong areas as well as the ones I meant to. Below is the model I noted earlier and the version of it in Cinema4D; I've tried everything within my mind to fix this- I've exported under every possible format and setting but to no avail, and nothing in Cinema4D can seem to fix this either. Is there any way to import a model directly from Sketchup into Cinema4D and have the model look exactly as it did in Sketchup as it does in Cinema4D? Thanks! PS. All answers are appreciated as this is a very urgent question!
I'm using inkscape and I am trying to create an structure like the one below, but all I manage to make is a disformed object. I tried using a rectangle and combine with circles, but the best I got was this:
I am trying to create a .png texture. In PS, the texture has two layers. One with Linear Burn and another with Soft Light. I want to merge them and save as .png to apply on different images later without using any blending mode. But whatever I try, the final saved .png file has no transparency and looks different from the original PS file in general. Is there any solution to create a mask in .png like this?
I came across the this image. I want to make a glass effect like the below image using CSS or Photoshop. Can someone say how it is done?
Is there a typesetting guide for English on the web somewhere, whether UK or American or both? I’m thinking of something with rules for correct hyphenation, punctuation, dashes, commas, correct typesetting of abbreviations, numbers, time, and so on and so forth.
I am trying to capture a photoshop action that requires setting the foreground color by using the color picker at a particular location in the image. When I record the action, a 'set foreground color' operation is recorded, but to a fixed color, the one I have just picked. I want the action to be something like "use picker to capture color at location (x,y)". Is there any way to persuade Photoshop (either CS6 or CC) to record this sort of action?
I'm a fine artist, new to Adobe Illustrator. I'm in the process of designing a logo for a company using Illustrator. What type of file should I send them when all is completed, so they can use this logo in whatever way they choose? I know Photoshop fairly well, but Illustrator is brand new to me. Slowly educating myself via Adobe's tutorials, but need to get this project done soon. THANK YOU in advance for your help! Also, and this is from my experience with PS, do I need to flatten layers in Illustrator before sending this to client? Please pardon my lack of Illustrator knowledge, I'm working on it! :)
I'm creating an animation in Flash CC. I would like to add some transitions to it like fade in/fade out etc. I'm not sure how to do this in flash.
Reading this excellent question regarding logo export formats, and it made me want to ask a question that was a little bit more narrowly focused than that one. I know when to use a GIF and when to use a JPG, how to optimize certain raster images for certain scenarios. But I feel like the only reason I ever use EPS is because "that's what you're supposed to do," which isn't really a good reason. So, what is the purpose of an EPS format? What does it do that AI, PDF, and SVG formats do not? In my experience, non-technical people don't need EPS files, they need JPEGs and GIFs and maybe PDFs. Other designers will almost certainly be able to handle an AI file, and can definitely handle a PDF. For the Web, SVG and PDF make more sense. The printing realm is one where I'm really not that experienced, so I can't speak to that. Is this a legacy thing? A compatibility thing? Something for the Quark crowd? Or is there a real benefit that EPS brings that other formats can't do? Would anyone in the audience be hurting if he or she could no longer export to EPS?
This is a task management web app. I'm looking for design critiques and feedback in terms of typography, colors, and UX. You can see the site working here with comments to specific areas where I'm looking feedback on.
We are about to create a new luxury fashion brand. We researched many trademark logos, and saw they use different font types. We cannot decide between the two different fonts below. We target people who using luxury leather goods (handbags, belts, wallets), similar to Michael Kors, Furla, Balenciaga or Prada. Which one looks cool, good and suitable for a fashion brand? Would appreciate the input from you knowledgeable graphic artist.
I want to merge two objects and select only the outside path, I don't want the path inside. How do I do this in Illustrator ?
In a PSD i'm working with there's an image on one layer, and a shadow on another layer. Selecting the shadow doesn't select all of the gradient. So when I select both layers and click Control-T both layers get selected with the transform selection box. This goes all around the shadow and image perfectly. How can I now turn this transform selection line/box/selection to a standard selection so I can copy the shadow and image. Hope that's explained clearly. I tried creating a smart object and selecting it but only the image is selected not the shadow. Would really appreciate some help, thanks
Does anyone know of a stock photo resource that offers high-res watermarked comp(preview) images? Creating mock-ups with the tiny comps that getty provides really dials back the look of the mockups.
I have a drop shadow on a small image. The drop shadow extends beyond the arboard's boundary. This causes the 120x150 image to turn into a 132x150 image because it tries to include the drop shadow in the image as well. Is there a way to force it to only export the artboard?
I have been informed (by an accountant) that the international symbol for an accountant is this: Whilst a search on Google retrieves a few similar symbols, they are not of sufficient quantity or quality to justify the title of international symbol. Also tried searching on stock sites to no avail. I can only guess that the meaning of this symbol is two ring binders. If anyone can shed some light on this it would be appreciated.
I am trying to smooth out images of colored wave forms while trying to keep sharp edges. Example of a source image: I've had some limited success using surface blur, while the transitions between each color is smoother I am loosing sharpness on edges: Is there a technique, filter of effect I could employ to get such result ? EDIT here's the result thanks to @boblet EDIT 2 I've found a pseudo-alternative that somewhat achieves the same goal though it's not as pretty. The thing is to draw gradient lines with the middle color (0.5) being a little darker. Actually this is the poor man's alternative until I can get hold of the surface blur algorithm which doesn't seem as easy to implement as it sounds.
I need this image in a grayscale rgb(82, 82, 74), hex: #52524A: How can I do this on Fireworks or Photoshop?
Anyone know this font? Or a similar one?
I have tried a few different attempts on this pattern. I was wondering if someone could show me how to recreate this Jordan 12 pattern (black and yellow) on the sole of the shoe:
This is a question which has always been floating around my brain when putting the final touches on a website. (And I couldn't find much about it on the web) When using social icons in the context of sharing content, e.g. sharing a blog post, and Email is one of the methods of sharing, what colour should the Email icon be when all the other icons are coloured by their branding (somewhat)? Does anyone have any examples and/or rationale for using a particular colour, if one exists universally for 'Share by email'?
Whenever I make screenshots for my apps, I'm always forced to resize them to specific requirements set by Apple for the various devices. At the end of the day, the pictures that look really good in Adobe Illustrator look all stretched out and distorted because of the resizing. Is there something I can do to fix this problem?
I need to make a program for a client. The program gets data from the web, template the data in an image and save the image. The text in the produced image needs to be editable in photoshop. What is the best file format for me to save into? My first thought was svg but surprisingly photoshop does not support it. What are my other alternative(html, eps, ...)? What format would you prefer to have? Many thanks Didier
I am using Macbook Air, OS X 10.9.2. I want to create vector illustration of mathematical and organic formulas, so I can use those vector illustrations for T-shirts. Examples: How can I do that on Macbook Air? I am now studying Lynda.com-Illustrator CS6 One-on-One Fundamentals, but that does not help so much.
I have created a filling pattern. When I export to pdf a shape filled with such pattern I get something really different from what I see in the editor. This is an example: what I see: what I get: Am I doing something wrong? thanks for your help
I have JPEG banner without the PSD file, and i want to edit some text and images in it. I have no idea how to do this, any suggestions?
This is a great drawing animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG4xe9cNpP0 On which I don't know how to achieve the following: 1)Moving background creating the sensation of distance between the drawing and the background. 2)Soft moving of the camera from one section of the drawing to the another. 3)How the size of some images like the text bubbles changes from 0 to their final size, lovely effect. Any hint of Sw and technique used? Regards.
When designing an advertisement campaign how should one balance dignity and respect for offensiveness? Nobody remembers the latest ad for McDonald's or Foldger's but I can tell you all about the "black face Dunkin Donuts" ad or the "Pearl Izumi run until your dog collapses" ad. As a designer, who will undoubtedly take the blame for it - for example the McDonald's You're Not Alone ad. When is it okay? How do future employers view this? On the one hand it is in a sense marketing genius --- no publicity is bad publicity. On the other hand it is often highly offensive or at the very least seen as tasteless. So as a designer when is it okay, what is the calculation? Particularly, if you're the one making the decision (Answering when the client wants it, is not a complete answer).
I have a form layer containing two paths in PS CC, when I transform it (using cmd+T) I would like to move the central anchor point, unfortunately, when I click-drag on it, it moves all the layer, and not the only central anchor point. Have I missed something somewhere? Is it locked for this type of layer? Thanks in advance.
I need to generate large-scale print of audio waveform. I still do not have exact dimensions of final print, but it should be around 5-7 meters long "one-off" print. So far I've been able decode audio-file (using FMOD) and render waveform to vector files (using Cairo) by custom application written in Cinder. I've chosen vector files over bitmap, because I do not want to lose quality. Luckily, Cairo is able to export ESP, SVG, PostScript or PDF format. Problem is that Cairo is not able to handle huge amount of data, so I had to split waveform in hundreds of smaller files and now I have to stitch them together somehow and prepare them for print. But stitching them manually is out of question, as I'm having 400 and more files ranging is size from 2 MB to 17 MB (depending of format). I've tried stitching couple of them in Illustrator, but it was problem just with 10 files (my workstation stated to drag really hard). Is there some feature I'm missing in Illustrator, or is there some tool to stitch them together without opening files?
This is how my icon is looking now. I want to remove that "alpha" or something, that grey square. I want it full like Chrome suggested me to do this: Upload an icon image that represents this item, and ensure it complies with the following: 128x128 total pixels For square icons, use alpha to make 16 of the 128 pixels per side transparent (96x96 visual weight) For circular icons, the visual icon should be 112x112 (use alpha to make the remaining pixels transparent) For other icon shapes, use alpha to maintain the same 96x96 visual weight. I tried but couldn't get this done? Any way out? I want a full square icon with color #A4C639 (android green). Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance!
I'm wanting to make layered "cards" for print design (think of a tabbed index card but the tab goes the whole width) they'll be layered on 8 1/2x 11. Each card maybe 6in wide. The thing I wish I could do is keep the heading (top tab of the card) a fixed height while letting the body vary in height based on content. I can do it with multiple objects obviously but drop shadows get messed a little up so I'm stuck with manually making each height I need and grouping them. Is there any way to set the header height but be able to adjust the overall height for each different card I need? I'm ultimately doing this in indesign but illustrator would be fine too
I am trying to make my own icons and embed them in a custom Web font. For that, I'm using Illustrator & Icomoon. I design the icons in a 14x14px square, then I create my Web font using Icomoon and when I see the result in Chrome it looks pixel-perfect but only at font-size: 14px;. If I scale the font-size to 16px or 23px or whatever number that is not a multiple of 14px, then the icons do not look crisp: At 14px, the icons looks crisp: At 18px, could be better... I know this is kind of expected, but I noticed that icons like FontAwsome or Glyphicons scale way better than my custom font. Notes (in Illustrator): I'm using the "Grid" I'm using the "Snap to Pixel" setting I'm using the "Pixel Preview" setting So I was asking myself if I'm missing some setting in Illustrator when saving the icon as SVG? Or if I'm missing something in Icomoon, or maybe should I use another program? How can I make my custom web font able to scale better when not scaling exactly proportionate to its origin size?
EDIT Thanks for your answers, they're all pertinent to the question I've asked. However, it's not really what I've been expecting, i.e. it's not the right question I've asked ! Can you tell whether this entitles to be considered as a banner or not ? Portion of the banner at 1:1 Full banner (right-click and open image in new tab on your browser to see it at 1:1 scale) EDIT I forgot a detail actually, its usage will be in a desktop application.
Given that I have an irregular object image (flower) and I am only allowed to use 30 percent of the image/page with said object is there a way to tell this in photoshop or any other program? I just need to make sure the flower pixels add up to 30 percent of the total pixels on the page.
Please can anyone help me. I have been searching for hours using all sorts of font finder applications and cannot figure out what this font is! Could anyone please help? PS Additional logo example
Hi i have this layer : And this layer : And what i want to do is add those black lines to the red layer but i dont want the white parts , how can i do this ?
Original posts: Photoshop: Select item and crop it directly I tried asking on the original post, but it says I need 50 comments or participations to post a comment. Sorry for the confusion. I was trying the method below from Alan G in the original post: If you're asking about cropping an individual object on a layer, then no, there's not a direct way to do that. Photoshop crops the entire canvas, not individual layers. There are indirect ways, though, both of which you can make into a one-click Action. Method 1: Ctl-click on the layer thumbnail in the Layers Panel to create a selection of just that >object. Click the Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the Layers Panel to create a mask that reveals >only the object. Unlock the mask from the layer (click the chain-link icon between the thumbnail and the mask. With the mask selected (not the pixel layer), press Ctl-T to enter free transform mode. Your free transform will now act like a crop mask for the layer. One time it worked. Every time I try it again I get an error: "Could not transform because the initial bounding rectangle is empty". What am I missing?
I have dragged and dropped about 30 png's into a psd document so that they're each in a separate layer but laying on top of each other. I now wonder if anyone knows of a nifty trick or script to distribute these layers so that they're instead ordered in a grid in the document?
I want to use custom Genericons please guide me the way I should do this.I have done a quick searching but didn't found any good example it would be great if any one can share any link related to this.
Is there a name for the type of web site layout in which the body of the page is divided into horizontal sections; each section is 100% wide but has content of fixed width (that is typically centered); the background of each section is usually different? Examples: http://www.ogurcak.com/ http://www.spacex.com/about I am not looking for templates, just for the name of this kind of layout. Edit: There does not seem to be a name for it. I will call it "sandwich layout".
Assume the following situation in Adobe Illustrator, where I have two neighbouring anchor points on the same path. For the left anchor point, only the left bezier-handle is important and for the right point, only the right one. There are no bezier-handles pointing inwards. Is it easily possible to merge these two points into one point which has two bezier-handles: the left from the former left point and the right from the former right point? When simply moving one over the other, the two points are still existent and something like simplify path changes the look of the whole path which is not wanted.
When adjusting the handles of an anchor point, how can I adjust both handles to an equal length or adjust them both at the same time?
Being quite honest, I couldn't think of a better way to phrase a title for this, so I apologize for that.. Anyway, this is what I need. I have this image Basically, I need to make the black = white and the white(bell + glow)= black. So basically reverse the colors, so that I can use it in a sprite. I know there has to be a quick way to do this.
I'm searching a free alternative for Adobe's Lithos Pro. Anyone?
I'd like to remove the texture from a logo I made. I'm not sure how to attach the AI file, but here is a screenshot of what the logo looks like. I've tried going into the Appearance panel, but there didn't seem to be anything texture- related there. I also tried using the Live Paint Bucket (K) tool to just fill "over" the texture, but that didn't get rid of the texture.
The picture below shows the initial image, and the desired effect (sorta), First I used the magic wand to remove the background around the bell. Then I did CTRL+I and inverted the colors. This was great because I ended up with that small shadow under the black. Then I used CTRL+U to get the color I wanted (blue & orange). My problem is, I still have a residue of black around the edge of the bell and inside as well (around the colored areas). Is there a better way to cut a non-vector image out that makes it cleaner than the magic wand? Here is the three steps I mentioned above:
I need to design a box packaging and need help with color management of the work - formats and combinations. My company printer doesn't print correctly. Should I just look at the print out and see if I like it then go back for similar Pantone color and convert to CMYK for print? Whar are the common guidelines and rules?
In Adobe Illustrator I've changed the paint brush style to something else, (this happens with stroke size too) but the moment I start trying to paint the settings revert back to what they were before I started. Why is it doing this? How are you supposed to change the stroke/style of the brush if it keeps reverting back?
Which is the best way to show how a website differs on various devices for responsive web deisgn such as the screenshots found here
I think the question I am asking is the following: Is there a way to apply Paragraph styles on a conditional basis (until they encounter a specific character or word) or, if that is not possible, is it possible to create line breaks after character styles? This is the problem I am trying to solve: I am using InDesign's Data Merge functionality. I have data that I would like to format as lists. If possible I would like to combine data from multiple cells in one text frame, that gets formatted with nested styles. I would like each list element to have a bullet point, that I would prefer not to add to the csv file. The number of items in each list fluctuates, but I am fairly confident I can predict an upper limit. I would like to refrain from manual search and replace manipulation on the merged document. I have tried four approaches. The first approach was to insert each cell into a new line, and format the text cell with paragraph styles. What works well is the fact that extra empty lines are automatically removed when using Remove Blank Lines for Empty Fields. My problem with this approach is that the number of list elements is not fixed, so I don't think I can use the Next Style option in the paragraph style menu. List one:¶ <<data_a1>>¶ <<data_a2>>¶ <<data_a3>>¶ List two:¶ <<data_b1>>¶ <<data_b2>>¶ <<data_b3>>¶ (regular line breaks are denoted by ¶) My second approach was to create data fields in the csv file for the maximum amount of list items possible, adding them to the the text frame, and separating them with forced line breaks. I can then apply a paragraph style that has nested styles for the first line and the data fields. With this approach I end up without bullet point for the list items, since they are separated by forced line breaks and not paragraphs, and I end up with extra forced line breaks even when I turn on Remove Blank Lines for Empty Fields in the Data Merge options panel. Here is what this looks like in InDesign. The two lists have a list paragraph style applied, that has nested styles for the first line until it encounters a forced line break and a style for the list items List one:¬ <<data_a1>>¬ <<data_a2>>¬ <<data_a3>>¶ List two:¬ <<data_b1>>¬ <<data_b2>>¬ <<data_b3>>¶ (forced line breaks are symbolized by ¬, paragraphs by ¶) My third approach was to combine all list elements in one cell inside the csv file, separated by line breaks. Data Merge gets confused with this option. My fourth approach was to have separate text boxes for the two lists, which have the data elements inserted like in my first approach. The problem with this is that the two lists are a fixed length apart, creating issues with very short lists and very long lists (the short ones have a lot of empty space in between, the long ones overflow the text box)
how do I create a gradient fill in InDesign where both ends have zero opacity to the fill but the middle is 100% opaque? For example a box over a black background has a fill that is transparent to start and then is 100% white in the center and then transparent on the other end.
I've seen in some questions (Fonts for technical reports and What font types are good for a technical document?) that there are many answers to the "what types of font should I use". Since there is no school template nor policy for thesis writing, I'm thinking about using something like this (which is heavily influenced by the KOMA script bundle for LaTeX): I'm pretty satisfied with the Chapter title, the inspirational quote and the drop cap. What I would like to know is what type of fonts can I use ---that is in harmony with the complete text and chapter title--- for the section, subsection and subsubsection. Please keep in mind that the numbering must be preserved.
My file is CMYK, but it has a Link to an RGB PSD file as a transparency mask. The file renders properly in illustrator (the preview), but whenever I try to export to any other format, the colors are messed up. When I converted the RGB PSD file (transparency mask) to CMYK within Illustrator, I was able to replicate the messed-up colors. How can I convert the RGB PSD file to CMYK without messing up all the colors? If that's not possible, is the best option to take a screenshot of the preview, and use that instead of Exporting?
I created a logo in illustrator and after much experimentation, settled with a design which the client approved. The problem is, some shapes have a transparency of 60% which looks amazing on white but I need to clean this up before sending final files to the client. Question: How do I get an accurate solid colour value from a 60% transparent shape in Illustrator? Things I've tried: The eyedropper in illustrator only gathers the 100% colour value not the 60%+white which I need. Pasting / Importing into Photoshop changes the colour appearance completely even though both are viewing as CMYK
Let's say I have a parent Rectangle layer, and 3 children Circle layers. What properties do I need to set in order to have the circles be forced within the boundaries of the parent so that when I want to position them inside the Rectangle, they don't leak outside the parent? In case it matters, I'm using Photoshop CS6 :)
Say I create an arrow with drop shadow and I want to save it and re-use it in another PSD file. Is there a way to save the arrow in Photoshop to do this?
I have drawn an image in Illustrator and am working on drawing a second and unrelated image. Part of the new project requires another clip-art image I drew previously. I "placed" the older image into my current project, but it is showing up as one unified object and I would like to erase part of it. Is there some way to "break apart" the imported image or just erase a section of it?
I'm not really sure what else to call it, but my goal basically is to create various locations on a map and have them connect with a curved progress bar-like line. Like this: I'm familiar with the pen tool and how to make curved lines, but I'm not really sure how to go from a curved line to the picture above.
Why is it that graphic designers more often use an Apple Mac? I am studying graphic design and I am hoping to do some freelance work in my spare time. I have a unit in my studies to discover why Macs are used so much in the graphic design industry. I also want to purchase a MacBook Pro to start off with, but my brother (a PC user) is adamant that I am wasting my money and that I'm only buying it for show, as he says: "Macs are just expensive because they're stylish." I want to give him a number of valid reasons as to why it will help me in the graphic design industry. As he studies games design and he is adamant that a PC can do just the same as a Mac.
When I save PNG images for the web in Photoshop, its getting blurred on edges. I want to use these PNGs in mobile websites: Any solution to this?
How Do I make something similar to following image in Photoshop? (Click to see larger) I thought of creating a curved shape by pen and then apply the tiled pattern to it but not sure how to create the pattern and spherical effect. I need the whole shape and its inside pattern vector. Thanks
I am trying to create mockup for my business card design but when I paste the design in the smart object layer and save it, the design only gets the effect of the template but the design do not go into the place it should go. It appears as simple rectangle with the effects. I don't know what I am doing wrong. I tried 2 - 3 different template but getting same problem. Please help me guys This is how the mockup should look This is the result I get when I edit the Smart Object layer with my design

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