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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...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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/c...
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...
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 quickl...
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 tutorial...
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 web...
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 w...
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 exa...
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 que...
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, bu...
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 product...
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...
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 ca...
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 the...
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 yo...
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 art...
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 exactl...
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 ...
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 r...
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 ...
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 pi...
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 mysel...
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 b...
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 o...
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 ...
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 tha...
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...
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...
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 pr...
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. Wh...
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 ...
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 ...
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 adv...
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 chose...
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...
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 ...
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 23...
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...
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,...
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 ...
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 poin...
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 t...
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 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 & orang...
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 rule...
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'...
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 influence...
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 ...
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 val...
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 CS...
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 ...
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...
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 ...

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