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I am more a developer and not a graphic designer, and because I really don't do this kind of stuff often (more like once in two years or so) I don't want spend a lot of money on tools i'm not going to use regularly. So my graphics program is Paint.NET, and so far it could do everything I wanted, and I'm pretty sure it ...
I work at university. Our department has a student's day, where we all show posters presenting our research. Of course, the poster isn't supposed to be text-only. But we have to take care of any illustrations ourselves. I don't have a tangible research subject suitable for taking a photography or a screenshot, so I de...
Question Is there a utility that will batch test fonts to check which CAN and/or CANNOT be embedded in an Export to PDF? Why? I want to organise a (too large) collection of fonts so that when working on a project that must have fonts embedded in the PDF I will only have embed-able (?) fonts installed to choose from. Th...
I don't really know the right terminology for it. Suppose I have more than one layers with 50x50 content, at different positions in a bigger image. Those layers have identical material in them and will always have identical material in them forever. I just want to work on only one of those layers and want to see the c...
What's a suitable font for Japanese-language text in a western-style comic? Comic sans serif doesn't seem to handle Japanese. (I deliberately chose it in part to be contrarian, and in part because it is a cartoon, but please don't flag this question as "offensive content!") I'm currently looking at Hiragino Maru Gothic...
I've only made a handful of logos in my life, so I'm interested in feedback. Here are the ones that I've come up with so far: http://www.solarcoordinates.com/SHomeTour/logo.html As for the final design, I'm assuming that you're pretty much all going to say to ditch Photoshop and go with Illustrator. If so, how hard i...
As in title, when I apply stroke value to a path created with pen tool in Ai CS 5.5, this path is being moved. That doesn't apply to all shapes I made. Is there a setting that needs changing or what. I'm unable to create a proper, precise drawing because of that.
Is there an easy way to create a "saturation-map" in Photoshop/Gimp? I need a grey-scale version of an image showing where the colors have less saturation (black) and where they have more saturation (white).
I'm trying to create a 3D extrude of an ABS pipe elbow like this: Large image. Although it can be solid, isn't necessary for a hollow pipe. I created a doughnut from two ellipses (one deleted from the other), then took a quarter of that ellipse (the elbow) and extruded--it looks similar, but it's edges are straight no...
The background layer is locked by default. When I unlock it, PS creates a new layer layer0 and deletes the background layer. Is this a bad thing to do. Does the background layer have any special significance or properties that it shouldn't be deleted/replaced? Should I instead copy of the contents of the background to...
I'm customizing the design of a Shopify store and one of the templates uses this image as a logo: How could I write a word using that same style and font with Paint.NET? Thanks for your help!
Our designer has provided us with some nice web 2.0 buttons, etc. I translated them into beautiful CSS3. Now I want to go overboard and generalize the color scheme using Sass color manipulation. Given a base brand-color in the design (#7e1a00) and a set of derivative colors used on buttons, links, gradients, etc. (#D05...
I am building web site, and I paid a designer to design my site, What should the designer provide me? png cut images? psd file? Should I insist on getting psd file? What is the disadvantage of not getting psd? Thanks.
i was browsing the web for some animated backgrounds for ppt when i came accross this: http://www.faithclipart.com/video/he-is-the-vine-video-splash-screen-loop.html Does anyone know what techniques, programs or whatever, is used to create something like this? Cheers, Randomman159
I colored a couple of table columns on this page and I think I've overdone it: now it's starting to look to me like a Tijuana whorehouse. Are there already too many colors on the page? Thanks! Any other comments also gratefully received by this non-designer.
In Photoshop I am trying to apply a hue/saturation to just one or a group of layers instead of the entire lot of layers using the "Create new fill or adjustment Layer" button. Is this possible, and if so how?
(Note: This is an odd question to be asking on a website in this day and age. But it is something that those with a historical bent might care about, and I'm not sure where else to ask!) As a hobbyist graphic designer, I've gotten into some of the background...such as by watching that Helvetica documentary. I began l...
I don't understand how this is possible. I made this banner based on the design of another one. I've been struggling getting decent quality. I notice the quality is pretty good in the one I'm copying. I decompiled and saw that the images alone are 125kb. This is bizarre because the total size of the swf is only 45kb. W...
What is the font in this extract? (hint: I've already found that it looks very similar to Handel Gothic, but the M is round on top) and what free (or even open-source if possible) font (to use in a printed book) could I use to replace it? Edit: I actually decided to replace it with Roger White's Newtown: http://www.fo...
Is it possible to use the URW Garamond N°8 in a printed book (for sale)?
Say if I design a logo, there is the chance that it may be to similar to that of a trademarked logo already out there. Are there any services that help with this? This could be done through research, but this seems a bit too intensive, so I want to know if there is anything better.
I have an animation that I have exported to gif, works perfect and all, but it is for a game and therefore I need to create a spritesheet for display. Also, I may be creating other animations for the spritesheet, the current animation is a character running maybe adding jumping, etc. First off, is there an easy way to ...
I recently updated to Photoshop CS5 and I noticed that "Pixels" is not an option to re-size to. I only see percent, inches, cm, mm, points and picas. I have also made sure that I have set all of my units to pixels in "my preferences". Am I missing something?
Out of the blue, Illustrator CS3 just started ignoring the area defined by the Crop Area Tool. Going to "Save for Web and Devices" now shows the entire artboard, not just the cropped region. It does this consistently for every file, including new ones that I create. Ideas?
I often run into this issue. I'm creating a file in Photoshop with masked layers etc. I want to make the final output available for some mock-ups in Illustrator, so I rasterize the layers and marquee select the entire area, copy and move to Illustrator. Pasting the area in Illustrator flattens all transparencies, which...
I believe it's easy to do, but I am missing some details. Somehow, my results are not what I'd wanted them to look like. How to draw illustrational lines? (Think of the lines from Windows Vista login screen, for example.) … and how to crossfade the created image with another image? This is what I'm trying to achieve:...
I am looking for good websites providing royalty free stock images for pay. I'm not looking for sites that make images available for free and require attribution or non-commercial use; they're already covered in another question. I'd also like hear some comments of the service: What kind of payment options they offer?...
EveryMe.com uses this image as background: How is it done, and how do I edit an image to look like that? I use Pixelmator and photoshop, thanks!
We are writing an application for road construction management. Think of the guys that plan the lane expansion or road resurfacing that ruins your day. :) All throughout the application, we have the concept of general actions that can be performed on the current data, like running reports, adding new data, editing dat...
I keep seeing SunBurst Background Pattern for years, literally! and It is still trendy. Why is it still so? Do we lack creativity for similar generic (or focus drawing) background patterns or human psychology has bias against it? Secondly, has there been any other so obvious background pattern trends? Thanks in advance...
I'm trying to export all 155 raster layers, each 240*240 in pixels, to separate png files, but it takes ages to do that using CS5 File > Scripts > Export Layers to Files. This script creates new psd files, copies all layers to them, then makes one layer visible before deleting all the layers he has just added. It took ...
I've been seeing this shading technique a lot lately, this is possibly not the best example of it but it's the only one I can find at the moment. How do you achieve this sort of shading in Adobe Illustrator? It's hard to describe so I haven't been able to google it... thanks very much in advance :) Source
More specifically, how do I produce this square background shadow: Source
Im kind of new to illustrator and wanted to creat a simple logo, so here what I did: changed background color to black and text color to white, used typography for text, created outlines to convert text to objects and (heres the funny part) I used black pen tool to amend my typography, so most of the corners of the typ...
Can anybody help me understand if the graphics I linked have elements that make them belonging to the same artistic movement/style,and if positive which is this art name.Even if their styles look similar to my eyes I can't basically tell why.
My website is www.strongape.com and I'm looking to improve my design. I don't know where to start. Are there other forums I should visit for advice?
How do I make dotted borders around my custom layer. Now I have a simple rectangle that I want to have with a dotted line (dash 1px, gap 6px). How can I do that?
this is a double question (to avoid wasting space :P) 1: How can I precisely move the text of an element from the common library? I'm currently using a mac text field and after resizing it the text is offset. Double clicking on it takes me to its editing page, but moving the text there by just one pixel moves it too mu...
What's the dimensions of a presentation slide in pixels? I'm having a hard time trying to get it right. I keep guessing and checking and it's taking too long. I googled some results and they're a bit off as well. The other issue is that I'm using .opd format; the format proprietary to open office / libre office in win...
I do a lot of design work, and I'm constantly using different fonts. Therefore I've built up a list of over 200 fonts in my directory. Is there a way in Photoshop of creating a favourites short list of fonts (i.e., a bit like swatch in Illustrator for colours)? It would save me so much time in scrolling down these ev...
I'm working on a poster for a local event. It has a photograph in the background. The poster itself is designed to be 11x17, which at 300dpi is about 3300x5100. Now the photo in the background does not have to be completely crisp, since it is behind the text and can be a little blurry. I'm just looking at istockphoto ...
I know you can create a rounded-corner rectangle; but, how do you create a triangle with rounded corners in Photoshop? I am actually interested in making it from scratch, not basing it on a custom shape that is available in Photoshop. Thanks.
I have 2 colors #a1a2a4 black (#000000) white (#ffffff) Now I need to know how much opacity (in a percent) must I apply to the second color (black) against a background of the third color (white) to achieve a color "closest" (as determined by the eye) to the first color (#a1a2a4). How do I go about doing it?
I've used photoshop for years but am new to illustrator. I want to use this to create a crisp 200x wide logo for web use. I created the logo in illustrator, I then exported it to Photoshop and resized it to how I wanted. I'm assuming this is where the quality loss is. Is there a way to maintain a high DPI in illustrato...
As a web developer, I often find myself working with different non-professional self-called designers. In such situations, I often have to explain them the most basic rules and principles about the design in general and web design in particular. It is boring and unpleasant, especially if the self-called designer replie...
Possible Duplicate: What PPI should a large format artwork for print be done at? I am required to create a 2x2m design that will be printed. I'm using Adobe Photoshop CS5. What is the best width, height and resolution? I think it is odd to create a 2x2m document! Do you?
I have some text with transparent background and I imported this png image to flash. Now when I create a swf file, it doesnt show me transparency. I tried using wmode parameter as transparent in the webpage but that wont work. Stage of my flash file is of the same size as the png image with text in it. Can anybody plea...
This is what I'm trying to create in Illustrator. (for those interested, it's a graph of a Mexican hat potential function) Here's what I've done so far, using Illustrator's 3D->Revolve and Map Art. I drew a curve simliar to the shape first. (I know this is not the exact shape, the top should be curve a bit. I'm just...
I'm attempting to create a similar graph to this one. Is there a specific way in illustrator to equally space the circles around a center circle? What I've done is created the center circle, then a larger circle that overlaps it (with opacity 50% or so), then lined the outer circles around the edge of the large circle...
I am a student trying to create collages in Photoshop sized* 4' x 4' and larger, resolution 300dpi, to be digitally printed on cotton canvas and silk. The enormous file size causes my iMac to lag or freeze. Many times the files will not save at all. I'm new working at these dimensions using Photoshop and came up with ...
I have a rectangular image which I'd like to distort so that it fits into a shape. I can almost do it using "Distort", but I need to move more than just the corners, which is all I can seem to do using distort. The midpoints just scale along that direction. This is approximatly what I want to achieve: There'd probabl...
Should I use different colours for different languages? Do viewers find it easier to read if the two languages are in different colours, or do they find it an insult to their intelligence? Background: I'm giving a talk at RubyKaigi, and I've got English and Japanese text on the same slide. Today, I came across someone ...
I want to design a book using LibreOffice. Is there somewhere on the net good tutorials for this?
I am having a hard time learning web design. I read several books and I know a bit of how to do things. I also like to study with firebug how the "big guys" made their web sites. But when I try to realize of how a complex ecommerce site is done I usually catch myself of do not know what to do next. Lets say I can easil...
Possible Duplicate: How can I resize this object without distorting it ? I've created a rounded-corner triangle in Illustrator by creating a triangle and then doing Effect>Stylize>Round Corners. Works great, except that the corners won't scale- No matter how small/big I make the triangle the corners always stay the...
I've drawn a simple logo with some curve, and when I resize it it losts all it's curves, why? I've tried with the mouse and with the numeric value with the same result from 7cm to 0.5cm, here is the example: Original 7 cm Resized 0.5 cm Align to pixel, align to grid and align to point are all disabled, what could it ...
I am trying to create a 3-columns fluid layout, as described by attached picture, but I cannot reach the desired results. Do you have some hints that can help me?
I've seen an influx of websites that put all of their content on one page, ala this site. Even the sites on some of the lists I see in Smashing Magazine do this (like this one, with what seems like a hundred sites, the majority of which use it). As a programmer, this style bugs me (for a number of reasons, mostly techn...
I am expecting to export images from my CorelDRAW project and see them exactly as they appear in CorelDRAW. However this is not what I am getting... Dropped Shadows appear a lot more prominent when exported; jpeg for web, prepress pdf, etc. Any export yields the same anomaly. In fact, even when the image is rendered f...
Here it is: I've seen some Sears stores in Maryland that have gold lettering on the glass front door saying SEARS ROEBUCK & CO.. It's something older-fashioned looking and very widely spaced, maybe Caslon? Can anyone help me out here?
How do I create a .gif with a transparent background using Adobe Photoshop? It's a bit late in the evening to ask my web developer to do this. Here's a screenshot of the image I've created: But I don't want white around the letters — it should look more like it does here: http://wordfruit.com Here's what I've done: ...
What's the difference between the 'Normal' and 'Interlaced' when saving a .gif in Adobe Photoshop? And which one is better for an image for the web?
I changed my html code with for the multi image background to work with Internet Explorer. Since this change, I have a white border all around the page. Did someone know why it doesn't fill all the page like my previous version, and how I can fix it. Old version : (works with all browsers except IE): http://brio.speed...
I'm making this graphic to explain a game mechanic and my problem (middle example) is that Aiming and especially Firing do not clearly appear as being main timespans (yellow and orange) but subsets of them. I cannot simply place the labels first because Rushes, Kill Bullet and Hit are events that occur at the beginning...
I'm designing a handbill that has a sort of poster/cover image on the front and then event details on the back. I've been able to lay out the details in a more pleasing way on the back if I have it in landscape orientation, but I'm worried that it will look sloppy if the front is portrait and the back is landscape... o...
Ok, this is a horrible drawing I know but looking for font recommendations that might get me close. Basically I am looking for a font that uses 3 stripes to create connecting letters. The letters in this (horrible) drawing are CFR. Any ideas what would get me close?
Possible Duplicate: What's the difference between vector graphics and raster graphics? I have been playing around with various free trails before buying an editing program. I am somewhat confused about layers, Raster, Vector, Adjustment Layer etc. How do they differ & how do I use them? I am slowly learning about ma...
I'm trying to make clickable buttons that look like they're stickers sticking out of a notebook. Here's how it looks like: What's the best way to do this? Should each of them be PNG images with transparent backgrounds? That would work only if I rotated the images and made them small, but I'm afraid to use CSS3 for ima...
I'm working on a book cover for a translated book. I want to keep the style of the original book, but I'd also like to use free/libre fonts if possible. Using the original fonts, this is what it looks like: The two fonts in white are Latino Elongated and Goldwater. Can you think of a pair of free/libre (ideally PD, GN...
What's the fastest way to create an image from a layer in Photoshop? The resulting canvas size has to have the same size than the contents of the layer. Currently I do the following: Hide all other layers (right click on the eye, Show/Hide all other layers) Use the magic wand to select the background Select > Inverse ...
What is the font used by Amazon Kindle in the image below?
There was a pack with avatars like this on a website and they were offered for free, but I can't remember the name or URL...
Where can I find good a tutorial for creating a simple Flash movie using Adobe Flash CS4? I want to create an App of a children's picture book. Each page is a single image, so I want a tutorial that walks me through adding images into a movie, with the ability to 'turn the page' to the next page/image.
I know that whenever somebody makes something and we want to use it, it is better to contribute to them and pay for it. But I have nothing to hide: I have used fonts illegally a few times. Is it possible that someday somebody will contact me because of this? As fonts are sold in various online shops can they determine ...
I'm trying to create a nice looking header and footer graphic for all documents I deliver to my clients. Can someone give me some tips for doing so? I know that's a general question but I can't find any good tutorials on how to do so. I though I could just whip something up in Photoshop and import it into Pages (I u...
Does anyone know of any programs or plugins for photoshop (or gimp, even) to make drawing symmetrical images easier? I am especially looking for the ability to make multiple views, as in a two-surface, three-surface (triangle), four surface (plus sign), five surface (star). Drawing on any one surface would replicate on...
I'm trying to create tileable pattern from a background that I created. The left side of the image: created with layers (gradient fill, pattern overlay) The right side of the image: created by repeating a 8px wide slice from the left side and repeated. You can see a slight but irritating banding at the edge of each sl...
Sometimes i find images on the sites added through css. Even if image name is (let's say) footer_logo.gif. In css it will be added as footer_logo.gif?1297280570 What do I miss in here? Regards,
I'm not a photoshop expert, but want to create a design to show text and drawing written on glass effect. End result should look like it is written/drawn manually (which I can manually) with black marker pen on a glass surface. I'm not looking for a design that shows a user writing it on the glass surface. The focus o...
I often run into this frustrating problem when using layer masks. I have a layer to which I have added a layer mask. Now I select a black brush and paint over it with 90% opacity to hide that part of the layer and reveal the layer below which is grey. If I now paint again over the same area using the same brush, the ef...
I want to write my company name in different syyle. Is it possible that i can write company name "Amoeba" with these type of waveforms. or at least i can design letter "A" only using these wave forms. I am not able to get a idea how should i do it. you guys are professional may be give me some ideas
In InDesign, how do I create a bookmark (i.e., a bookmark that will be exported to a PDF file) that is a hyperlink to a URL?
i want to use this color as base color for my site I have navigation bar on left which is vertical around 220px wide and 47px height per tab i also have horizontal navigation tabs as well Now i am confused what should be the background color of tabs and what should be the hover color and active tab color Can anyone h...
I need to insert a small logo where I can convey that code can think or thinking code. Is there way to represent that in very small logo form?
I have given money to a company to design a logo. The designer will be using Corel Draw, and he was saying that he will give me the cdr file. Now I am confused about how many files he should give me. I have a few questions. First of all , suppose this is the logo: I want to use this logo on black, white or colored ba...
I have a hexagon in my logo, but it's empty. I'd like to insert some random bits of code or hexadecimal digits in the spirit of some internet pics. Can anyone recommend simple ways to insert some code in hexagon shape? My intent is to represent our business is dealing with code–related tasks. Something like: This is m...
Could you please help me out identifying the typeface (font) used to design the logo presented below? What about ornaments/emblems? Is there any font I could use to design similar style identification plate? Logo taken from http://agawphotography.blogspot.com/
Now I want to put something in a logo which can represent that we do coding or at least signifies coding or something that's related to code like { P = () * etc What's the smallest character or symbol (max 3 characters) or anything else which can signify code? I don't have space for an image, I can hold only 1-3 chara...
I'm trying to squeeze a text into a shape so that after removing the shape the text gives the impression of the shape. In the above example MYTEXT should go into the elipse. How can i do this with inkscape ?
Does anyone know of good city specific (although I would be interested in others as well) plug-ins for fantasy role playing game map making using GIMP? I am more looking at macro-scale (so whole city and a little of country side) rather than a tactical map. Edit: I should have asked for brushes: Deviant art has a pl...
I recently discovered this type technique in the July/August edition of Little White Lies Magazine. Here's an example of the typography: I wish to know, is there a term for the technique of stacking two characters? This can be seen in the above image in "TRACK" and "RELEASES" with the R/A and E/A respectively?
I recently discovered this font in the July/August edition of Little White Lies Magazine. Here's an example of the font: Is anyone familiar with this font? I have used WhatTheFont to try and find it. The closest Mostra Nuova Thin and Nobel Cond Light but there not quite right.
I used IrfanView to change a JPG's DPI from 96 to 300 as I want to print it on a bag for my child. The new imaged created is significantly smaller 6 MB vs 682 kB. The detail summary shows the same things except for the DPI's. Is that possible? Is the new, smaller image usable for printing?
Possible Duplicate: Where can I find tutorials for Photoshop? I have just started using Adobe photoshop and was looking for online tutorials highlighting all its features from beginner to advance level. Rather a beginner guide will be really helpful. Update: I want to learn how to create images using photoshop, re...
I've been using an Open Source application for a while now and, given that its current icon looks somewhat basic, I thought it would be great if I could contribute back with a perhaps more professional looking one. Such icon would be made of typefaces, two characters representing the initials of the application name (e...
I'm looking to do a similar text effect to this I haven't used Photoshop in a while for this sort of thing.
I'm designing a div container that will contain some rows of text. Every row can contain 0 to 35 chars. I need to specify a fixed width for the div, but I cannot predict how "wide" the string can be. An example of strings (all 35 chars): aeR1riPhah9chaicaegae7oobaiz8eiquoL iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii da da da ...
I am working on an application which uses some Thai script. Many vowels in Thai script are written as what could best be described as accent marks above consonants. For example, in the word: กึด ก and ด are both consonants, but ึ is a vowel. I need to be able to set the vowel as a different colour to the consonant,...
My question is what kind of black should I use when printing. At the moment I use this black (split into CMYK): C:0% M:0% Y:0% K:100% It looks fine in InDesign or Illustrator but if I save a PDF file (for printing purposes) the "color" black appears more like a dark grey on screen. My question is, if I send this file ...
I've been developing a flash game which is a top-view table top game. I'm trying to have a go at the art myself and need the table to look kind of smooth and not photo-realistic. So far I tried to import a wooden texture to photoshop (which I have very little knowledge of) and apply a few filters to the texture but it...

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