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I'd like to create a seamless pattern from the image below:
I can cut out a rectangle and attempt to tile it but it doesn't quite line up:
I know photomerge works really well for creating panoramas but I was wondering if there is a similar tool that works on layers instead of files? Failing that, what other ways coul... |
I thought this would be the most appropriate SE.
Regularly I'm asked to convert clients logo's and various other images into vectors - for whatever reason they don't have the original files or cannot find the original designer to ask.
What is the term for this process? Is 'vectorization' a word?
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I am constantly needing to print out pages with 4 graphs on one page or 2 graphs and a diagram, etc.. So far I have been using LibreOffice Draw to import the images and then manually lay them out on a page and it works but it gets a bit slow and is far too heavy for my needs. By slow, I mean that it crawls when trying ... |
Trying to create a vector 'ring' in Photoshop CS6. (I know there are better tools for the job and ways of doing this, but I'd like to know if there's an answer for this problem in particular.
If I create a circle shape, then change it to subtract mode I can draw another selection to be deleted from my original circle. ... |
I can clearly identify wacky fonts like this one:
to be of the "fantasy" type, but some fonts look almost like regular serif or sans serif fonts only with some strange things going on. As an example take this other one:
It's advertised as serif, and it does have some serif characteristics as far as I can tell, but it... |
If I save my file from Photoshop as a Photoshop EPS is that going to be okay as a vector across the board (ie will it be resizeable in whatever it's opened in)? I know if you open a .psd in Photoshop and resize the image, it holds it's quality, so that's fine, but when people need an EPS file because they might want to... |
I try to reconstruct this image:
From http://www.shutterstock.com
But, I'm failing. Perhaps there are tutorials on this topic? Maybe some advice?
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As strange as it seems, I am looking for a font in which all characters look exactly the same.
The goal is to obfuscate the text of passwords generated on http://enlargeyourpassword.com to the casual observer. At the same time, the user must be able to select one of the generated passwords and copy it or drag it to a p... |
I was working on a logo design for a client in Illustrator CS4 when suddenly the default brushes were no longer there. The brush files are still in place but they do not show up in the brushes panel. The options to show the brushes by type are checked but greyed out.
I tried a preference reset, that didn't fix it. I h... |
This is part of my original document from Quark XPress [Windows demo] (which I am recreating in InDesign, since I'm converting manually for now, I don't need Q2ID for now, since it's just a development magazine for testing styles and designs and PDF styles etc.):
and this is the original image I based the design aroun... |
I came across a photo that looks like it is being painted. I like the look and would like to replicate it with one of my pictures, the question is how is this done or created? I am using Photoshop CS6.
Here is the image:
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I never want my PNGs to be interlaced. So I wish I could set a bunch of option defaults in the application so that I am saving time when outputting a lot of images as PNG over the course of a day working in Photoshop.
Does anyone know if this is possible in Photoshop without using Actions OR the Save-for-Web option?
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In Photoshop CS5 there was a button at the top bar of the program where you could toggle rulers / grids (it was a square button and the had a ruler-looking border). I'd like to know how I can get this to show in CS6.
What I'm talking about:
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I printed booklets for my students in InDesign 5.5. Worked perfect, on US Letter paper I was able to get 2 worksheets per side. I'd cut them down the middle and have these great packets of worksheets. I upgraded to InDesign 6 (on both my mac and PC). And now the printouts don't extend all the way to the right of th... |
I would like to change the overly clean look of some rendered images i have made as they are a bit to crisp to be "real".
In the couple of images bellow there is this kind of hazy light.. is there a filter i can add in photoshop the might be able to reprudce a similar look ?
ps. these images bellow are what id like my... |
Let's say I create a complex smart object containing layers, filters, effects, shapelayers, etc.
Then, in the main comp I want to use that smart object to mask another layer/smart object with.
However, I do not want to see the masking smart object itself.
Is there a configuration, such as blend mode, or similar, that l... |
I feel like this looks ugly. The box shadow above the image blends really well with some images - generally with images that have a lot of color or are white - but with others it looks horrible.
The code:
box-shadow: 0 -2px 6px -2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
border-top: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
What would you guys re... |
I am studying Fundamentals of Multimedia by Ze-Nian Li and Mark S Drew. They use the term "sprite" but I don't understand the meaning. Can someone explain to me what sprites are and how they are used?
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I'm working on retro-style pixel art for a video game. I would like to be able to add a border around a sprite, but I need it to be sharp and "pixel perfect". Using Photoshop's Stroke effect seems like the obvious choice, but unfortunately Photoshop does some fancy anti-aliasing and adds extra pixels where I don't want... |
The images I'm using are from different sources but most of all flickr (few from other websites). When I download them in 500 pixel size for example, they look ok in Anteprima, but when I place them in InDesign doc some are really small - some with an impossible resolution, others with a lower resolution anyway.
Of c... |
I have two opaque Smart Objects. Object A is black-and-white and I want to use it as a transparency mask for object B.
In other words, for the following layers:
IMAGE REMOVED - Imgur replaced the original image with a different one (hosted at the same URL!). I have removed it to not confuse the readers.
How can I get a... |
This is the SITE and it looks great in firefox on both windows XP and mac OS10.6. But with chrome on my XP it looks wierd. All the texts are jagged and pixlated sort of. I have tried with and without clear type turned on and of, without any difference I have also tried a css tweak: -webkit-text-stroke
but without luck.... |
In Adobe Photoshop (I'm currently using CS5), is it possible to remove the cyan-coloured guide lines? I'm talking about the ones added by View > Guides.. > [horizontal/vertical guide choice].
I can't find it anywhere on Google nor this site!
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I've been looking for ways to compute the area of an irregular shape. I've found this post for tips: http://www.astutegraphics.com/blog/calculating-an-objects-area-in-illustrator/
The keypress combo mentioned - cmd+shift+option+fn+F12 - is not working for me in CS6. Any idea as to what the new keypress combo is? Or how... |
I'm designing a iOS interface that had some last minute changes to the tab bar (across the bottom) and many of the screens had already been set up as Photoshop Layer Comps maintaining visibility, positioning and appearance.
Now that I've made my tweaks to the tab bar I need the new tab bar positioning in all of my exis... |
I have a 2000x1500 image created with Photoshop CS6 Extended. When I save images in different formats for re-use in other programs, e.g. PNG, the image quality will suffer. I have nice basic gradiants and layout overlays but when I save it, the transparency will suffer a lot.
What to do? I would like to use PNG becaus... |
Any of you who have at least little experience with graphic design software, photography or professional printing, must have -almost undoubtedly- have gone through this: 'the struggle' of RGB and CMYK colour spaces.
Now, there are many questions regarding matters of 'which should I choose', 'what is what' and convertin... |
Is it possible to set a PDF document using Adobe Acrobat 9 or 10 so that:
Using the mouse's scroll wheel will zoom
Holding left-click will pan
It's an intuitive interface, kind of like Google Maps, that I would use with some PDFs...
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I am a developer and working on an application whose designs I have received as a PSD file. But I am totally noob in designing. I have installed photoshop in my computer but have no idea about how to save a layer out of that. There are buttons in the PSD which I want and I have hidden all other layers except the one I ... |
Programmer here, working on an app by myself. I think I'm slowly improving with my images each month, but I've never taken a course in graphics design, so there are elements of professionalism that are undoubtedly absent from my work.
Here is what I've got so far. It's for a camera/food app where you can take picture... |
I prototyped my web page directly in HTML/CSS, using custom fonts for header text.
The font rendering however is very different on Windows, so I would like to export some parts of the Web page to bitmap, but with a transparent background.
Is there any way to do that?
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I am puzzled by this combo, I use convert -command to change the size to 55x55 but I get 54x55, why? I think the problem here is that the command use geometry not pixels while I presupposed that the command uses pixels.
Trial 0: -resize not right flag
$ convert -resize 55x55 sky_0_1.png sky_0_11.png
$ identify sky_0_1*... |
I'm writing a script for Illustrator CS5 to resize my artwork (and artboards and a whole lot of other stuff in a batch).
I'm having severe issues with the javascript functions resize() and transform().
When I scale my object manually inside Illustrator (double clicking on the scale tool or using the transform dialog), ... |
I have an illustrator text in Myriad Pro light 8 pt that I need to output to a png or gif. The quality degrades tremendously.
What is the best practice to get a good quality screen output on thin and small fonts?
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I have the following image:
It is a shadow effect created in Photoshop. I need to have that black shadow with transparent background in order to be used with different background colors.
The problem is that the black shadow is "merged" with the blue background.
How can I do that?
Thanks.
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I have a black-and-white diagram (floor plans) scanned from a printout. It's mostly OK, but some of the lines are visibly faded or blurred in places, so it "looks" scanned.
I've tried various options in Paint.NET so far without any success. I could download any free software that would do the job. I could probably get ... |
I've been trying to figure out how to get this to look right for the past week.
We just got permission from a photographer to use some of her excellent photos of vegan food. Here's one:
However, we also have an orange background that corresponds to the orange of the respective icon which leads to this page.
I just c... |
Joining 55x55 imageA and imageB 55x55 should result int a joined image 55x110 but imagemagick acts oddly.
Trial 1: adding some dummy pixels, bad
$ montage -adjoin sky_0_1.png sky_0_3.png sky_0_4.png
$ identify sky_0_1.png sky_0_3.png sky_0_4.png
sky_0_1.png PNG 55x55 55x55+0+0 8-bit DirectClass 3.32KB 0.000u 0:00.000... |
I am a newbie to Illustrator. What I want is to create add a "pressed-in" effect to a shape (basically add some depth to it), so that it looks like it has been "pressed-in" into its surrounding background.
What I want is kind of similar to how especially the dot of the i in the following logo looks:
But I want it to ... |
I am trying to design a site with a "ancient" feel to it, such as this example:
How can I make textures, buttons and background like on those sites?
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I'm trying to create 1 pixel wide borders for some web buttons.
I've tried to use the GIMP path tool to do this but I can't figure out how to get it looking right. See attached image.
1 - copied from a button I found on a web-page. This is what I want - single pixel horizontal and vertical lines with feathering on the ... |
I'm trying to connect two open paths with a perfectly smooth curve. It is an easy task in CAD/3D software, But I can't figure out a way to accomplish that in Illustrator.
The top part of the image is what I'm trying to do (I don't expect Illustrator to handle curve continuity, just to make it smooth is enough).
When I ... |
My old trusty HP Pavilion tx2690eo convertible died just recently, and having found myself in the market for a new digital art device I thought I'd entertain an odd notion I had.
The problem with convertibles, of course, is that you lose access to the keyboard and all the convenience it brings when in tablet mode. No... |
Please tell me if this is the wrong stackexchange site for this and if so which one I should post it to. And I apologize if it's the wrong one.
I take photographs. I've taken a lot recently due to the Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) racing festival. Because the images are 21 megapixel I reduce the size in processi... |
I have a paper form that I ultimately want to us as a background template in SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio for a report. When I scan the form, it results in a 5088 x 6600 image - which is way too big. When I try to re-size the image in PS 6 (I know, but it's all we have at my office) the text be... |
Photoshop is a much more powerful design tool than CSS, and given free reign to design at will, designers will often tweak things like font settings to a degree that cannot be recreated on the web.
Is there any way to lock down Photoshop, or perhaps run an equivalent of the Office 2010 "Compatability report" that shows... |
I'm recreating a Character Sheet for an RPG, but it might as well be a form.
In the original sheet I notice that all the text is in capital letters.
At first I thought it was in small-caps, but it isn't, it is in full capitals. It has the same letter height all the way through. Is this a good or a bad example of design... |
I'm designing small icons for screen, I'm using align to pixel grid. One problem I've encountered is aligning a compound path to the grid.
This is the letter "O", which is a compound path, when I align to grid, it messes things up. How can I fix this?
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I have used photoshop for some time and am now trying to learn Illustrator (Both version CS5)
I would like to know if there is a difference in the way the blend modes work between these two apps, specifically "Hard Light", I have included an example of the results of using the hard light blend mode on a white to black ... |
I know you can export the asset as a PSD and open it in Photoshop. Is there a more seamless way?
Update: I'm an idiot. Someone else created the logo, and the shadow was it's own layer on multiply and not a normal drop shadow effect.
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Do I really have to design everything in Photoshop with anti-aliasing set to "none"? I'm sure there is a better way.
I'd like to have a setting so that when picking a basic web-safe (such as Tahoma) in Photoshop so I can see what it will actually look like when on the web.
For example: The difference between Tahoma ... |
I'm sure that this is not a coincidence, that it was very well thought out by the designers of this app, but I can't seem to understand why. In the timeline, they use a sans-serif font, while in the main tweet view, they use a serif font. What are the reasons for this?
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I have a client for whom I've designed a newsletter. I did this in Photoshop, since it's the program I'm the must accustomized to (I know InDesign would've been the "right" choice). And now I need to hand over a file that can be used by my client as a template for writing these newsletters. How do I do this in a way so... |
I'm designing logo for an application titled 'Healthy Lifestyle'. The app provides info about restaurants with healthy food, gyms, some workout instructions; basically anything to do with healthy lifestyle.
I have some ideas to represent the 'healthy' part (e.g. the color green, leaf shape, etc). However, I am confused... |
I'm new to Illustrator and it is driving me nuts.
What I want to do is simply subtract a rectangle from a circle
On top of it, I draw a white rectangle, and use the Subtract from front from the Pathfinder.
What I get is:
while I expect
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I've created a path with a stroke and a fill of the same color, and I'd like to remove the stroke while preserving the size/shape of the object. Is there a simple way to do this?
In other words, I'm looking for something like a "Stroke-and-Fill to Path"
The best solution that I have come up with so far is to use "Strok... |
I have a bunch of social media icons that are in color that I'd like to make grayscale. I've opened them all in Photoshop and am applying a black and white adjustment layer to each one. The problem is each icon has a different underlying hue so I'm getting different shades of gray in the icons. Is there an easy way ... |
Before you point your finger and laugh, please take into consideration that my boss is asking me to do this for him. As a faithful employee with some Photoshop skills and no experience with 3d modeling, I'm trying to figure out if it is possible and what it will entail.
My Task: I need to be able to take images of furn... |
I have a set of Photoshop files which consist of a base image with a series of layers with colored overlays. The overlays are labeled using the layer names.
My task is to get these overlays as SVG paths, somehow preserving the labels. (If I can preserve the fill colors as well, that would be cool, but we can define arb... |
I've got this image. To take it I had to up expose the photo to make the house clearer and the sky which is already very pale has disapeared. Normally I would just magic wand the white sky and replace it with an image of some blue sky. The problem I'm having is all the gaps in the trees at the top left and right.
Is t... |
I have been searching all over to find a tutorial (for Photoshop or Illustrator) to create something with this look:
I would like to be able to achieve this with different textures (wood, stone, glass, etc.)
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In the article about DragonBox iPhone game, I've read that:
the dragons were all drawn by a fourteen-year-old girl
I would like to do exactly the same: ask someone to draw some images for the purposes of my game, process it in some graphics editing program and then import it into game resources.
My questions are:
Ca... |
I'm trying to run a batch file on a custom action. The action does one thing: File -> Export -> Paths to Illustrator.
However, whenever I run that action as a batch on multiple files, it saves each file with the same name. So if I open File1.psd and save it as working/File1.ai, then run the batch on File2.psd, File3.p... |
I'm basically trying to optimize "Save for Web & Devices" in Adobe Photoshop for pixel art.
What I want is to apply an indexed color palette to all the individual images saved when using the slicing tool and "Save for Web". Instead I'm given all my image slices with huge color palettes. Any help would be appreciated o... |
My clipping mask was working in when it was just text. I have added an image to the text and the clipping mask no longer works even if I group the text and the image. Any ideas?
I was working in Illustrator but could do in Photoshop too - whatever works!
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I am looking for pointers on how to pick a set of colours (or a colour gradient) that are clearly distinguishable, for use in scientific figures. Was there any systematic research on this? If yes, I'd appreciate some links.
When creating scientific figures, colour is often used to distinguish elements. One example i... |
I am trying to "transfer" my signature from paper to the computer. Here is the procedure I followed, yes you may laugh, I know it.
My question is, is it possible instead of the hard lines I got to have solid lines?
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So I have got the .ai file from our designer and I have to save it to a specific size to then be used on a website.
I have aligned all shapes to pixel raster (not sure if this is required) and I have changed the reference point to left-top (in order to avoid blur).
When saving for web I choose Optimize Art and I save i... |
I'm not sure if there are any typography gurus here that might be able to answer this question, but I don't know where else to look. I'm looking to add text hyphenation into one of my projects, and after doing some research, there are a few curious points I am unable to connect. I want to know when and when not to use ... |
I would like to make this image to have 4:3 ratio, so it then later can be scaled up so it completely fits a 400mm x 300mm paper when printed.
It can not be cropped any more, so the size is 780x500, which is not 4:3.
Question
As it needs to be scaled up when printed
should I scale it down horizontally so I get 667*50... |
I'm using 123D (a great 3D suite from Autodesk) that generates .obj files.
I'm trying to open them in Maya 2011, but to no avail.
It's strange because both applications are from Autodesk, yet they don't use compatible file formats. (That goes for 3D studio as well)
Any ideas?
I've read many google results and forum thr... |
I am trying to create an animated gif where text drops down and smashes into the background and cracks it. Whenever I try and transform it though, the transformation is applied to all frames. How do I prevent this? I'm using Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64-bit)
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I'm trying to make the bottom edge of a layer curved / look like waves.
Here's an example of what I'm trying to achieve but it is just hand drawn: (image no longer available)
As you can see, the curve is not symmetrical. What tool or method is guaranteed to get a perfect symmetrical, consistent curve along the edge?
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I'm creating a newspaper for a small association, and have run in to a problem when creating the ToC. The paper has a few different types of articles; "Info", "General news", Articles on this issue's theme and Buy&Sell.
Each page has the type of the page's article in the header, and then a title (and a bunch of text).... |
I am, like so many other graphic designers, very excited about the new MacBook 15" with retina display. But there is one thing that I really am concerned about. With 4 times the pixels as on ordinary screen, how can we be sure, that the preview of an image, is what we really get?
When images are optimized for web usage... |
Save for web feature in Photoshop for image size reduction, would this be the simplest way for a beginner (like myself) to try and save on (some) loading time without losing too much quality.
I am using images for my menu buttons, background, header, post page, etc etc
I have only just found this save for web feature a... |
I'm setting out a template in PS 1280x700 px 300dpi (I know web is 72 but I like more clarity when working in PS).
My main problem is the way the text renders; I'm using Helvetica Neue Light 15px and it's coming out quite jaggidy. Is there a way to smooth / use it as a font instead of following the pixel grid so it wo... |
I'm working in Illustrator CS4, and when I save from EPS to SVG I get these messages:
Foreign artworks are expanded (I see this error when I save to SVG)
clipping will be lost on roundtrip (And I see this one when I open the SVG I saved)
This SVG opens fine in illustrator, but some of its parts disappear in Firefox.
... |
When designing a horizontal menu for a website in photoshop (like the img attahced) whats the best way to space them ?
In html/css i would just use float:right; margin-left:20px; but in photoshop the only way i can think of doing it is spacing out the text using the spacebar or making each peice of text its own text bo... |
I have recently upgraded my version of Illustrator to CS6 but have run into a problem. I batch create EPS files for print and then hand them on to a supplier. They however don't have CS6, but CS5. Rather than batch creating all of the files and then individually re-opening them and changing the EPS Version manually, is... |
Frutiger 55 was the winner of the crude typo-battle I hosted in my mind this week (I felt really sorry for poor Gill Sans, one of my top-5 of all time). I want to use it for a Web App that is hosted in different client's servers (client buys the app, the app is hosted in their server, although it can be accessed from d... |
I have around 150 SVG files created in Inkscape. Is there is a utility that can export all of these to multiple PDF or PNG files?
Exporting individually is too time consuming, so I was wondering if I could do it in a batch with some utility/software.
Windows preferred.
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Web fonts can sometimes look great on one machine, but awful on another, due to differences in rendering not just between browsers, but also with the same browser between operating systems.
Most commercial web font services have a try-before-you-buy preview feature, where you can see side-by-side screenshot images of t... |
Who is responsible for creating such products? Are they usually done by the props team? Or are there companies that specialise in them?
Here are a couple of examples. It's usually easier to find logos, so I'm more interested in good examples for graphic design such as product packaging, printed material and such.
Logos... |
how can I clone an object in Illustrator so that a link remains to the source object and modifying it alters all the copies as well? Thanks
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Batch -export means that I may need to add certain transformations such as anti-alias, contrast-fixes and resizing. SVG here means I am using Inkscape. One layer here is a sprite. I currently export each layer individually to bitmap, File > Export Bitmap -- but it is time-consuming.
Is there some way to programmatica... |
I'm trying to add some text to a SVG file. The text is dynamic and shown over a rectangle which acts as background.
Since the text is dynamic, the width of background rectangle also needs to be dynamic. So, to be consistent, I'm using a fixed-width monospace font (Droid Sans Mono) and calculating the width of the back... |
I am trying to make a speech bubble. My attempt consists of a rectangle and then using the pen tool to establish three points. They are not filled and only have a border.
Here is what I have:
This is what I'm actually shooting for:
I don't see why the pathfinder tool can't remove that one line. Does anyone have any i... |
When I'm coloring a drawing in PS, if I set the opacity to 50%, color, then lift my brush, then nick the same area, it stacks the opacity for a more opaque results. I want it to all be the same unless I increase the opacity, and I see this in a lot of YouTube videos. Right now coloring is nigh on impossible because all... |
Why doesn't type look crisp and clear in Fireworks/Photoshop etc?
I am the only one working on a PC at my work place, I've noticed that the text in my Fireworks looks a bit ragged on the edges, its not so crisp and clear as it is on my work mates computers...
Now I know this is an issue about text rendering, and it is ... |
I have got hundreds images of products with clear white backgrounds. I would like to change the white background color to become transparent.
Is there a means of batch processing this particular process with Photoshop or any other applications?
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Im looking to discuss ideas on how to represent the "evaluation of a user".
You the evaluator
Users to be evaluated
Based on score border around user profile is different color
How could this be represented in 1 single image?
Attached a Concept wich is not clear enough I need something thats more catchy.
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Im having this big horizontal bar see image above, and want to "guide (read force)" the users from reading the text on the left to clicking the join button on the right. Are there any thoughts on how to originally design this guidance from left to right?
I know the general thoughts on call to action and the principles... |
I like digital art and paintings. I want to create my own.
Which software/tools do I need to accomplish this?
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I am designing a website and am planning on slicing up my template in Fireworks and then exporting it to Dreamweaver. When this is done it does of course go into a table. I have a title and nav bar with a left section to the right of a main content section, with a footer at the bottom.
I was wondering if it is possible... |
I'm presently working on an iOS application and I am attempting to reverse engineer their standard alert dialog window. I have managed to figure out what the alpha value on the background it uses is through some color sampling against a solid black view, and a solid white view.
Given this information, using GIMP is ... |
I would like to create a sexy-trending curved or blended shadow using Adobe Fireworks CS5.
How can I do that? I would like to achieve a shadow like the following sample:
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I need to do a poster, 8m width by 3.7m height, consisting of photographic elements that will be seen from varying distances. I've talked to the printer and they can do it at 150ppi's.
The issue here is how to work it. Using this calculator I've came to:
poster measurements
800cm
370cm
150dpi
= 47244px vs 21850px
mem... |
I have this picture, where I would like to fill out the green in the top with the background from the picture, so fix that the picture have not been cropped in 4:3.
Can a background like this be cloned?
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What is this font on David Guetta's T-shirts?
"Its the way you love me - I wanna go crazy". The same streaky-paint style font is used on the David Guetta album, "One more love".
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