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I've been trying use linear-gradient CSS to avoid using an image for a gradient but unfortunately it renders poorly in Chrome with visible banding. I've created a codepen example to illustrate the problem. http://codepen.io/chrism/pen/1 It is strange because it renders perfectly in safari, another webkit based browser. The CSS code comes from compass images, so don't think it is a problem with my CSS I found in the Chrome issue tracker this ticket, which I think relates to this issue. http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=41756 I was wondering if anyone had any workarounds for this which do not involved using images? Thanks!
I recently started working with Adobe Edge, and need to create an additional stage for a more complex animation. How can this be done?
Possible Duplicate: Where are some good places to find free stock images? I'm looking for good places to find illustrations (not photos). Any places online with free illustrations that you would recommend? I'm looking for "Caricatures", backgrounds, cartoonish.
I see this type of background a lot: It's usually a light gray with slightly darker gray specks, but this is a pretty dark grey with lighter gray specks. How is this sort of thing done in photoshop? I've asked around before and was told to try rendering clouds and then applying the mosaic pixelation, but that didn't work out too well. I've tried various things but haven't been able to come up with anything similar.
I'm taking my first steps into the waters of vector design, designing a simple logo (in 'Sketch' for mac - an illustrator alternative). This went well until it came time to export the artwork for a web site. I took an eps to Fireworks, then created a PNG for the web site. It wound up looking more 'jaggy' than I expected, and this is when I started to wonder whether I was doing things right. What size/resolution do you import an eps logo into Fireworks (or Photoshop) at? The same size you want to end-graphic to be, or do you import as a larger size and shrink it down in Photoshop so it looks better?
In Illustrator CS6, I can only get the gradient tool to add a horizontal gradient. I can not drag either of the end points around into a vertical gradient. What is going on here that I can't see?
I have two layers. Layer one has the background image (some landscape) and layer two is colored. Layer two is above and I insert a text on top of layer two and merge it with layer two and then set text to transparent so I see the background layer. The problem is the character edges are not sharp. Is there a way to get sharp edges for the text?
I'm a relative novice with Illustrator and I am looking for the best way to make a line with multiple color segments. For example, here is my feeble attempt by just making three lines and trying to align them manually. I can not add an attachment as I do not have enough points yet, so here is a link to an example I created: Notice that the segments are not connecting together smoothly. How can I make a line with multi-colored segments? Thanks for the help.
I'm just getting started with Illustrator. I've created some artwork I like. I want to press it now for the web. If I click "Save for web", change the size to something small like 30x100 (px) it's all pixelated. If I save it huge and then scale down in a different program (like Preview on Mac), I get a smooth scale effect. Can I achieve this direct in Illustrator (I'm using CS6 Creative Cloud).
My girlfriend is a very keen drawer, and would like to somehow transfer her ideas from paper onto the computer - she's drawn many different versions which she wanted to scan in, but I figured it'd be better for her to use Photoshop and a tablet so it's in a format that's easier to work with rather than a flat image/scan The problem is, everything she's trying isn't working. I'm not a computer novice by any means, but even the simplest things seem incredibly complex - it took me ages to figure out how to get a simple black brush (seemingly changing the colour to black didn't work, it looked muddy and washed out) but the effect is really terrible. So in a roundabout way, I guess my main question is what brush is good for a fancy text logo? If I can at least pick a good brush for her to play around with it'd be a massive step in the right direction. Thank you :) (she's getting quite frustrated with the tablet/photoshop as I type this "Ahhhhh, I don't even want a logo now, this is ridiculous!" etc etc, sorry again for being somewhat vague, just really want to help point her in the right direction!)
Possible Duplicate: What price should I charge for design services? I was called for a job interview and I was hired. This will be my first job as a designer. How much should I charge for designing 300 business card templates? They are going to be used on an website in which clients can use and just add their text. This guy said he wants to pay me $500 - $200 in cash and $300 on stocks just to start off. I guess I'm too young (20) to understand about stocks. Can anybody explain what is normal practice?
I'm laying out a composition in AI CS3, using a placed PSD file, and I'm getting not satisfactory results per the effects overlay quality. I hope you'll be able to help me out. Image 1: This is the PSD file: 2 layers: (1) a blue background and (2) a piece of plastic with multiplied drop shadow. Image 2: Now, I remove the background layer and save the PSD file that contains only the plastic frame with the Drop Shadow effect Image 3: Then I place it into AI CS3 composition, which has its own background object (a rectangle filled with identical blue). The shadow result is mediocre, even though the entire chain seems to be CMYK all the way through. What can I do to get the same results in AI?
I want to generate circles like in this picture. It is an overlay and I need the overlay alone. It looks like circles in circles each with a width and a margin of one pixel. How can I generate such a pattern in gimp or photoshop?
Possible Duplicate: Tips and sources for beginning designers I'm creating my first game and want to improve upon the graphic design aspects of my game. By graphic design I mean layout, font, spacing, etc.. Is there a good resource for learning graphic design for a programmer? I've taken human-computer interaction classes, but that has more to do with task and making task as easy as possible for the user. Not necessarily about layout/spacing. I mention layout/spacing twice because that's the biggest problem I'm having. I can clearly tell that things need to be spaced properly to be more visually pleasing. Thanks to all that reply I've looked on amazon for a book or 2. Would one of these be a good start? http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Workshop-Challenges-Sharpen-Design/dp/1600617972/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342558997&sr=8-1&keywords=graphic+design http://www.amazon.com/Layout-Workbook-Real-World-Building-Graphic/dp/1592533523/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1342558997&sr=8-4&keywords=graphic+design
Is there an easy way to transform a standard box or rectangle to look like this? I am referring to the sharp sloped orange box in the picture. As far as I know, one can only install round edges. With "easy way", I mean a method without subtracting shapes or carefully aligning the nodes. Maybe some filter?
I am using Photoshop CS3 and I have been given a quite big PSD with a lot of elements in it. I want to select one of these groups in the layer pane and copy it to a new document, and this document needs to be the exact size of the group. I have tried duplicating the group into a new document, but this results in a document with the same size as the original one. I tried following this link How do you create a new document from a layer group that's also the size of the group? But I just can't control-c the layers I have selected? My group is composed of text layer and one square layer with some effects in it (its a button). Many thanks, felipe
So, you've finished a design job (eg. a logo design) and the client asks for your IP surrounding the logo, eg copyright, original artwork files, notes, sketches, all of that stuff that went into creating the finished piece. Do you charge for this transfer? If so, how do you calculate your fee (eg. XX% of the value of the project, or perhaps a flat fee of $XXX) Do you also hand over just the work that went into creating that finished concept, or do you hand over all of your alternate concept designs and ideas as well? Edit: IP = Intellectual Property as defined here: http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/understanding-intellectual-property/ip-for-designers/
I want to make it so that I can change an image so that it only uses the colors I have listed, and if it doesn't have it, it changes to the closest available color. Is that possible and if so how?
A lot of designers use Photoshop as a design and mockup tool. And in doing so, one of the last steps can be to get a lot of the colour information out so things like gradients and dynamic text can be rebuilt using HTML, CSS, Cocoa or some other language. Sampling a colour, then opening the picker and tabbing or double clicking the HEX field, then pressing ⌘C (Mac) or Control-C (Windows) requires a few steps. If you have a final design document and you'd like to copy lots of colours to the clipboard, what's the fastest way to do this?
Using Flash CS4. The gradient is very "steppy", i.e. there are stripes. How can this gradient be made continuous?
Possible Duplicate: Tips and sources for beginning designers I am now completing my first website written in Python. I started learning front-end development languages such as JavaScript and CSS. I also want to do learn how to execute the whole design layout by myself. I have very little experience in graphical design. I have made some designs 5 years ago. Here's an example of my first one: Where can I find resources for learning web design?
I am developing an indie 2D game. Some of the enemies are caricatures of famous characters but there is no explicit reference to their name (the only reference is that if the caricature is of a politician then the level is for example set in a Parlament). Is this legal? Has anyone of you had a similar issues with your own projects or clients? I remember similar cases such as games like that seems to have been able to publish it without legal issues: "International Super Star Soccer Deluxe" by Konamy that were representing real football players but modifyied the names as they didn't have the FIFA license (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Superstar_Soccer_Deluxe). Street Fighter the character Balrog is similar to Mike Tyson (see this link) but the developers changed the name in order to avoid legal sues by Tyson.
I'm working with Google Maps in making a campus map comprised of a number of tile overlays. Two of these overlays- accessibility (paths) and parking- are layered under other elements (with strokes) which help define it's shape within sidewalks and parking lots: However, to create their individual tile overlays, I need to export only what is shown of these two layers as seen in the right side of the below image. My approach up to now: Make every element layered below the target layer hidden. Take every element which exists above the target layer and make their fill and/or stroke black as needed. (Essentially making a mask which compensates for the strokes of the other layers. See below image, left.) Export the file to Photoshop. Using Magic Wand or Color Selector, remove the black, resulting in the target layer in the desire shape. This does exactly what I want and fits perfectly in the space, but it is somewhat complex for other users and leaves some evidence behind of the approach- namely, darker pixels at the edges- in the final product (below, right) *(Note: In the right image, "white" is equivalent to "transparent".) Thus, my question is "is there a way to include the stroke in 'masking' elements"? For instance, is there a way to make a mask which also includes the stroke on an element rather than just along the drawn path? Or, perhaps even more fun, is there a way to color/swatch a shape to be "transparent" rather than simply "none" so that it still hides what is below it, but prints/exports as being transparent? Alternatively, is there any other more simple approach which does not include the following: Combining the render and overlay layers. (Results in 6 overlays rather than 3.) Drawing the overlay layers to perfectly match the sidewalk/lot. (Most higher elements use strokes which are not easily traced, and would be much more work.) EDIT: Here is an .ai file with a simple arrangement of what I'm working with if anyone would like to play around or get some additional context.
I have an illustrator document with many artboards. Almost all the artwork is white and needs to be exported as (transparent) pngs. In order to see the artwork I have to put a large grey rectangle behind everything, however if I forget hide this rectangle before I export I end up either accidentally exporting artwork with a grey background or having to cancel and return to my document, hide the rectangle and go through the export dialogue. I am constantly using/tweaking and exporting, so this is really starting to get annoying. I have tried unchecking 'print' for the layer containing the grey rectangle but it still shows up when I export. I have also tried setting the paper colour of the document but this effects the colour of the artwork. Is there something I'm missing?
I have this problem, how i can solve?
This is a difficult question to google, as the term "outline" does not mean the same in Inkscape as it does in, e.g., Powerpoint. However, Powerpoint does not support Latex. How can I outline a LaTeX word generated with the "Tex Text" extension so that it is clear when placed over an underlying figure? Here is a picture of what I would I have tried (and a link to the inkscape svg file:
What is the best .otf font file editor ? i have try font lab studio but i can' t save in .otf file...
I'm in the process of creating some icons for an application, and find myself coming up with the same question over and over again. Are there any guidelines for how thick the lines should be in an icon. I need to use lines with strokes that vary in thickness, but I don't know if there is any standard for it. Let's say the outline of my icon is 16pt, should the lines inside be ideally half of that? Is it better to use odd or even numbers? Any other tips or suggestions?
Consider the following graphic: Note that the first image's background is transparent, and that the blue background in the second and third images is a subtle gradient - not solid color. Basically, give the 2nd image and the 3rd one, how can I find the difference between the two to (roughly) generate the 1st image? I'm open to any kind of answer, from "how to do it in %Program%" to "find the difference between both rgb values and multiply by..." PS: I just realized I switched the first image with the second one in the graphic. Obviously, you start with the gradient and then put the overlay over it. PS: GIMP has a feature called "Replace Colour with Alpha", basically, it does what I need, but it uses a specific color. In my case, the color would depend on the position.
When I paste a thinner version of a letter on a bolder one, I get this cutout effect inside it, somewhat similar to this: (please note that this is not my image, not my font and that I do not claim any rights for it) However, some letters don't do this when I paste a thinner version on them, in fact, they look the same when previewed. How to fix this? Is there a better method of doing this?
So I am trying to create a document with Data-Driven Graphics in Illustrator [Mac OSX 10.7 + Illustrator CS5]. Using the Variable Panels, I used the existing content to create a Data Set exported it and edited the xml file to create different Data Sets. It worked seamlessly when using only text-based variables however when trying to use linked files as variables (Images). Illustrator would not let me change Data Sets claiming "unknown" error. I've looked all over but can't seem to find an answer to this error. Anyone have a clue is the address to the linked file wrong? Variable Definitions <variables> <variable varName="Variable1" trait="textcontent" category="&ns_flows;"></variable> <variable varName="Description" trait="textcontent" category="&ns_flows;"></variable> <variable varName="QrCode" trait="fileref" category="&ns_vars;"></variable> <variable varName="CoverImage" trait="fileref" category="&ns_vars;"></variable> </variables> Data Sets <v:sampleDataSets xmlns="&ns_custom;" xmlns:v="&ns_vars;"> <v:sampleDataSet dataSetName="DataSet1"> <Variable1> <p>Other Reference</p></Variable1> <Description><p>Description Text Blurb</p> </Description> <QrCode>file:////File/Path/to/image1.eps</QrCode> <CoverImage>file:////File/Path/to/image1.eps</CoverImage> </v:sampleDataSet> <v:sampleDataSet dataSetName="DataSet2"> <Variable1> <p>METAL MIX SNAKE</p></Variable1> <Description><p>Description Text Blurb</p> </Description> <QrCode>file:////File/Path/to/image2.eps</QrCode> <CoverImage>file:////File/Path/to/image2.eps</CoverImage> </v:sampleDataSet> </v:sampleDataSets>
In our marketing department we have a mix of Windows & Mac computers all running Adobe CS5.5. The problem we're having is that the Windows users will create an InDesign document with links to files such as M:\image1.jpg. Of course when a Mac use opens this up, the links don't work because Macs have no such thing as drive letters. We're also having the problem the other way around. Does anyone know of a solution to this problem other than making our entire department Windows or Mac? Thanks!
I am starting to develop a logo, but I want to know the best medium to work with. The size of the logo should never have to exceed 500 x 500 pixels, so I'm not sure if that should be taken into account. I would like to initally model something after this image here: They use some depth and lighting effects to really make it pop. Should I work with multiple programs to complete this. Just as a note, I am talking about the text that says "LinuXMint"
I work in front end markup so I'm constantly templating site. Does anyone know of good resources to learn some good conventions or inspiration for element names? I like names that relate to print layouts so perhaps someone could point me to a resource for naming different sections of a document/layout. I get a bit sick of using generic names such as block, wrapper, content, header etc over and over. Things like colophon, masthead, hero etc seem to hold more meaning.
I have this small problem that anytime I wanna make a good quality design in A4 the bucket fill of patterns is hardly visible. How can I make patterns adjust to the size of the layer? For example......600*480 pixels layer works perfectly with the pattern in gimp. However, the moment I make it a big A4 size layer....the particles of the pattern become so small that it is hardly visible. ADDITIONAL INFO: this might happen because of the X and Y resolution settings. I have set it to 300. Now it is back to 72 and it seems to work better, but I think it will screw up the resolution totally.
I always bump into this problem of distorting a logo when I shrink it in illustrator. I have expanded the object and converted all outlines. I tried 'simplify' and 'clean up' the anchor points, and I was holding down shift key when I resize the object. I've looked at a few online forums and no one seem to ask this question so I'm not sure if I'm just doing anything wrong. Thanks.
I wanted to know the place where I can find a vector. This small animal hand symbol is used in the image below. (after the name Ed Sheeran)
I've developed a website, and recently was looking for a job. Practically all interviewers, after taking a quick glimpse at it, told me my site was designed awfully (but liked the concept). I should mention I'm a software engineer, but I'm really trying to get the design part right as well. I've been trying to redesign it, but have no idea what's there to change. Here's how it looks now: I'd really appreciate any tips specific for my site, or on how to improve a site's design in general (I've visited some sites that explain how to design sites, but that doesn't seem to help :) ). Edit 1: As I said, people tend to have a bad impression of it just by having a look at it, even before I introduce the functionality. That makes me think there's something wrong with the colors I picked or the layout. And I was thinking a specific site design can be helpful for designers out there, just like a specific story is educative for literature students, and specific algorithms are helpful for software students. Thanks. A side note: Functionality: If it does matter, here's what the site aims to accomplish (very briefly): Users can add topics, and for each topic add questions together with their answers. The site create "tests" and "quizzes" for users to take and compare their results Edit 2: Here's another printscreen: Edit 3: Just to be clear, non of these screenshots are my landing page. They are topic-specific content pages.
I can design but I am new to the "phone app" world. How do I make an awesome logo for this smartphone-app job? I am looking for a "To Do" list, please.
I am aware that certain fonts, are designed for use at certain sizes, at least in the physical print world. They make uses of things like Ink Traps to prevent running. With type for the digital world, I believe I have read that some OpenType fonts contain different glyphs for use at different sizes. (I might have imagined this). Also, do certain fonts have a certain size they look best at? If this is true, how can I find out what Sizes they are designed for use at? (I guess this would be in the OpenType meta data right?)
Is there an easy and cheap way to print small quantities of qr codes on post-it notes? Would need only a few post-its with same qr code, but overall quantity might be a 100 a day.
Wondering if there is a way to change the way Illustrator outputs png and jpegs with the -01, -02, -03, etc. extensions. Is there a way to tell it not to do this? I use Illustrator for web design and would like to not have the extension on it.
I'm working on web-apps and frequently have to slice designer-made PSD files as HTML. However, I'm a GNU/Linux user, and in Gimp, PSD files look different than in Photoshop, so I'm forced to use a computer that has Photoshop installed to check design consistency. I would like to export layered PSD files in some compatible format which Gimp, Inkscape, or any other free software package can open. I've tried Layered TIFF, and basically every single file format that Photoshop can export, but to no avail - the best Gimp can import is still PSD files. Perhaps there's some open format that can handle layers, or some combination of format/application that supports Photoshop layers. Then I'll tell all the designers to send all design files in TIFF, or whatever the format, files. In the answer I provided an update about Gimp's PSD support, but the compatible file format question remains - though the trend to use Photoshop isn't likely to vanish for the next couple of years, it's absolutely necessary to have a standard, interoperable file format to exchange editable images. P.S. I found a similar question here, but the answer is barely suitable.
I have a PSD file with a 96 px × 96 px resolution. Now I want to save this as four PNG files with different resolutions such as 36 px × 36 px, 48 px × 48 px, 72 px × 72 px and 96 px × 96px. Instead of adjusting the image size manually four times and saving as option, can I automate this somehow?
I have a 24-bit PNG where the motif is a subtle pattern. The pattern itself is in light greys, i.e. the background color of the PNG is #eee and the pattern is in a range of slightly darker greys. I would like to convert the foreground motif to a range of transparency levels. In other words, my plan is to have a web page with solid colors defined via CSS, and lay the image over these colors, to provide a repeating pattern for several colors using just one image. I can find plenty of tutorials on just making the background transparent, but how do i convert the foreground motif to degrees of transparency? I'm a complete newbie to graphics design software. Adobe Photoshop 5 is available, and I could also install freeware software for Windows (like Windows Gimp). (I have google this, and there are several related questions on this site -- fx "Add transparency to an existing PNG". So far, what I have found generally addresses changing one solid background color to transparent, which isn't what I'm looking for.) Update: Here is the original PNG which I'm trying to convert: (NB: This image is licensed, use of or redistribution by others is not permitted):
I have this problem with a PDF I am trying to copy the text from... I have this text in a pdf and I need to insert in into a HTML page, the problem is that when I copy the text some of the letters(the one with diacritics(like: Ț or Ș) are being left out, the words containing them are not correct anymore... I found out that this is because the PDF is using ASNI font encoding while the browser uses UNICODE ... how can I change the ANSI encoding in the PDF to transform it to UNICODE ?
Assume that I have an A color with value 0xff0f0f and two basic black and white colors. How can I create quickly a swatch consists of all medium colors between white and A (lighter) and between A and black (darker)? Edit: I'm practising some pixel-art shading, and I'd like to create a palette (or swatch) that consists of limited colors that differ from saturation = 0 to saturation = 1. For example:
I'm planing to take the Adobe Photoshop ACE certification. I would like to know if is there any specific material and what is the recommended approach to study for the exam?
I hope you can help me. I work for a graphic design studio and we have recently upgraded to Adobe CS6. One of our designers who works heavily with Illustrator. He has noticed, when intersecting two lines that, unlike Adobe CS4 (which we have also tested as a comparison) the two lines don't seem to 'snap'. They do not connect like Adobe CS4 did and always seem to jump about a pixel out. This is a screenshot of the result when intersecting in CS6 - Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening? I hope you can help!
I've been doing some research into this symbol (part of ISO 7010), which I'd like to use: but I can't find out whether I'm allowed to or not. Is the glyph in the public domain? What about similar commonly-used symbols?
When working in Scribus' story editor, I still wonder how to enter text efficiently. As far as I can see, whenever I hit enter, a new paragraph gets created. Hereafter I have to manually select the paragraph's style in the left panel. When I have many lines, this seems to get complicated, especially when I want to assign a new style to several paragraphs. Afaik, I have to change each and every paragraph on its own. How to get around that problem? And what is the meaning of the red star that you can see in my last line? Is it newline without new paragraph? That would totally make sense to me, yet I cannot find anything in the Scribus official wiki... (Sorry, can't add pictures as I am a newbie...)
Possible Duplicate: what is the largest glyph width in Arial? Doing some web design and I need to give a div a specific size. However, I do know how many characters are in the text box, so what's the widest character that could possibly go in there. If there's none, are all the characters in Helvetica Neue equal width?
Assume that I have a png image of size 32x32(1024 pixels). It consists of x pixels with alpha > 60% and (1024-x) pixel with alpha < 25%. Could you please tell me how to remove all low-alpha( alpha < 25% ) pixel in image? Is there anything like alpha range - color range in photoshop?
I would like to save files in Photoshop but keep them as small as possible. I use Save for Web (and Devices) and save as a JPEG. Here are the settings I used: I really do not want to lower the quality settings because I use text and sometimes I see artifacts if the setting is too low. This produces file sizes of several hundred kilobytes depending on size of image. While this isn't a huge issue these images are used for the web and smaller is better. What are techniques without reducing quality to reduce the file size? Update: To add some more information here: Many of the images I use and create get sent via email. This severally limits what I can do with placing of text using HTML and CSS over the image. Also I use a variety of fonts. Some I could use for the web using CSS's @font-face but you can run into large file sizes and in some cases you cannot upload the font to the web legally. I could use a service like Typekit but again many fonts I use are not available with Typekit. Here is an example image:
I'm trying to get a consistent look between my web and Adobe suite. At the moment, colors are vastly different, being washed out in photoshop and illustrator. My understanding is I can simply go into View -> Proof Setup -> Monitor RGB, then enable Proof Colors. Unfortunately 'Monitor RGB' is greyed out so I can't select it. What would cause this? How do I fix this?
I'm trying to draw a vector diamond with a tutorial, but when I connect two anchor points the corner becomes extremely sharp. Why is that happening? Here's an example of what's happening Thanks.
How can I make my logo suitable for all purposes, from webpages to very large printed banners? I currently use use Photoshop.
I have a vector image of water. I would like to keep the top wave/bubbles as they are BUT extend the gradient blue on the bottom (to fit the longer length of a trade show banner). I'm sure there's a simple way to do this in Illustrator but I don't know how...
Designer sent comps for a site using copperplate, I was wondering if anyone could suggest a good alternative that exists either on google fonts or as a font squirrel kit (preferably the former). Thanks in advance
Is there a technical term to designate stray pixels (like clearly visible dots near contours) in raster graphics ? I seem to remember the word "kayatutu" from early Macintosh days but perhaps it was just a buzzword. Edit: Here's an example with some clipart (zoom in to see the grey dots).
What is a correct term for images that are to act as containers for other content, e.g. for holding text or cropping images? Common examples of these content-holding images are badges, thought bubbles, stickers, flags, ribbons, starbursts, etc. Here's a couple of examples of more interesting [whatever these are called]: So we're talking about simple images, typically solid colour / silhouette that are used to contain text or crop/clip photos. Imagine an organisation had created a library of [whatever these are called] to give commonality to their graphics. What would you call it? They're not typical illustrations because their role is purely to support another item of content. They're a bit icongraphic in that they represent something in a simple way, but they're not typical icons. I'm sure there's an obvious term I can't think of that is better than "content-holding images"...
In Fontographer 5, I have made more versions of the same typeface (regular, italic and bold), but they are separate files. How can I make them be one unified file and that when writing in a program (Pages, Word, ...) the user can choose bold or italic then?
For a web project, I've created a multilayered file that contains smart object glyphs. It is basically a PSD with a white background file and maybe 20 or so different smart objects placed on different layers. What I've done thus far in order to create the graphics is to highlight the eyeball and save the image for web. Due to a last-minute background change, I need to now alter the white background and the corresponding glyph color. I was wondering if there is a way to automate this process so that each layer is saved as a.gif with the new background color. Any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated. Edit: I haven't found a simple answer yet–but was wondering if there is an easy way to color/change the color of the Smart object??
I'm redesigning a e-commerce website that uses a global browse/search mechanism in the form of an alphabet megadropdown. There are a LOT of different brands and products, so the intent of the alphabet is clearly to make browsing/searching simpler. However, I'm wondering if there is a better way to implement something like this in a way that provides a better user experience. Another approach to this is something like Newegg (http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/BrandList.aspx?Depa=0&name=All-Brands) does, which is a single button that redirects a user to basically a sitemap. However, my concern with the approach is that the amount of SEO keywords on the home page would probably take a hit, and requiring the user to head to another page might be a little too much. Any suggestions for how to approach this? Either a nice/clean way to incorporate the alphabet, or some benefits to doing something like the newegg approach?
I am in the process of learning photoshop and came across this tutorial which create a great text effect, however it is written for illustrator. Does anybody know if there are any similar guides for doing this with photoshop? Or is it even possible? http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/text-effects/how-to-make-a-wooden-text-effect-with-adobe-illustrator/ Thanks
I'm creating a magazine in Indesign and have pdf ads that I imported and placed all throughout the magazine. The pdf ads are crisp and clear in their original format, but when I place them in Indesign, they're super blurry. I tried converting the pdf ads to a bunch of different formats (jpeg's, png's, etc), then placed them in Indesign. This reduces some of the blurriness, but when printed, they are still unreadable. Just to show you what I mean, here's an ss of a pdf in Adobe Reader: and here's how it appears in InDesign: Both are at 100%. Do you have any idea why I'm having this problem, and how I might be able to fix it?
I am new to Adobe Illustrator and I have a logo image which I need to use in 5 or 6 different sizes. The logo image was created in Adobe Illustrator, but when I try to save the image to PNG or JPEG what should have been simple turns out to be very complicated. I understand that Adobe Illustrator wants to treat the image as a certain size, and then wants to multiply that size by a pixels per inch scale factor to result in the actual number of pixels that it saves. It has a few limited scale factor choices which give a very limited set of resulting output pixel sizes. However for many web uses the user already knows the output pixel dimensions that are needed. Is there a way of just specifiying either the pixel width or height of the saved graphic which is needed? I have seen suggestions to export the image and then use Photoshop to resize it, but that results in a poorer image quality vs. creating the final image from the vector image.
In Fontographer 5, when I want to generate font files, it asks me do I want to "Keep glyph names as they are" or make glyph names "PDF-compatible". What does the "PDF-compatible glyph name" mean really? Do I need this for distribution?
I was wondering if someone could advise me on pricing for a website design. I'm redesigning a blog/travel site for an individual. The site is about 8 pages plus some modules, etc. I'm also redesigning their logo. I've already spent about a week doing it, maybe 3 hours per day and I'm still not halfway finished (kind of a perfectionist). I plan to charge for the project itself, rather than hourly. According to the advise I've already received, I should be charging anywhere between $1000 and $1500. I'm just curious what other people thought. My main concern is overcharging for a site that I will not be coding. I am doing ONLY the graphics and basically the product I'm delivering with be a wireframe layout and all the custom graphic files (vectors, etc.) and the person I'm designing it for will do all the CMS stuff himself. Again, I'm doing NO CODING whatsoever. So, that said, what should I be charging? I'm also including unlimited design revisions up to two months after initial completion. Any ideas? Another thing to mention is that I'm a student and it's my first paid job (but he doesn't know that). Anyway, thanks in advance for any suggestions you may have!
I have a blog and i would like to ask anyone CSS savvy for advice on some changes. http://fornuftfu.se/category/blogg/ Better Typography for the blog articles Is the design too dull? Would a background image be good, and in that case what? Thanks!
I'm using images from 3d.sk to do some character modeling but I'm having trouble setting up the front image in Photoshop. The model's head in the photosgraph is turned slightly to the side. I tried messing around with lens correction but didn't really know what I was doing. How can I fix this image to make it better for 3d modeling?
Any way to change the background color of a text box without all the workarounds such as placing another shape behind the text. I need to have a textbox filled with the color of 249, 249, 249 and a stroke of 204, 204, 204 which will be 1px. I also need to have the text kept at a distance of 5px from all four sides from the stroke internally. Currently, I am doing this by having a rectangle of size say 300px X 500px, giving it a fill of 249, 249, 249 and stroke of 1px of color 204, 204, 204. Then I add a Text Box by using the Type Tool and draging to to "draw" a box of 290px X 490px and placing it in the middle of the above rectangle so that I get 5px distance from all four sides. It does what I want but it's not elegant. Any better way to do this?
When I place images in Illustrator CS5, I face the following problems. I have a AI-CS5.1 file which is 902 KB in size. I have a image file in JPG format which is 618 KB in size. The File is 1600 X 1200 and at 180 dpi. Adobe Photoshop "Image Size" shows it at 5.49M "Pixel Dimensions". When I place the file in Illustrator and resize to 460 X 330, the size of my AI-CS5.1 file increases to 11,366 KB. I have to do this for many images and many AI files as I place around 5 to 8 images in my AI files. This causes the size of my AI files to increase from 150,000 KB to 250,000 KB. This in return cause my files to take from 1 to 2 minutes to open. Also when the AI files are saved as PDF, the Acrobat files also have huge file sizes from 120,000 KB to 200,000 KB. I tried to open the image file in Adobe Photoshop CS5 and resize/resample to my required size of 460 X 330. Than I place the image file (Which now has a size of 193 KB and 460 X 330). However when I do this, the size of the image in ILLustrator turns out to be 184px X 132px. All my Raster Settings are at 300 as this is for print. I have no idea why my image file when opened in Adobe Photoshop CS5 has different size from where when I import it in Adobe Illustrator CS5.1. I tried to do this for other files as well thinking that some thing must be wrong with the image file. But the problem remains the same with other image files as well. I am guessing (the best I can do since I am not a designer) that this problem has to do with the resolution. Nor I am a user of Photoshop. I read Image Resolution, Pixel Dimensions and Document Size in Photoshop to better understand the problem. However I fail to understand the reasons for my problem. Help would as always be appreciated.
The title doesn't explain my problem as accurately as I'd like, but there's just no other way I can word it. I'm using Photoshop CS5. I made a group of layers at the bottom of my image that all have gradients and drop shadows applied without global lighting of any sort. I copied the whole group and placed the layers at the top of my image, but the layers on the top all appear to be darker shades of purple than the set on the bottom. It's hard to notice in the photo, but if you turn your brightness all the way up and really look at it, you'll notice the difference. The funny thing is, I placed the top set directly next to the bottom to see if they were different, but seeing as I copied and pasted them, sure enough, they are exactly the same. This literally makes no sense to me and if anyone has any insights, I'd greatly appreciate it. It's imperative that these sets are the exact same shades, or it won't doesn't look right with the true background. I didn't include the true background in the photo because it's still noticeable even with a black background.
I have 5 layers in a group in Photoshop that represent five states of an app screen. Only one would be shown at a time. Is there a way to get Photoshop so that it only solo's one of the five in the group, but leave unchanged other layers outside the group? In other words, if I try to solo one of them, any other ones currently visible go invisible, but other layers outside the group remain visible.
I'm looking for a tool to make dashboards or reporting mockups. The idea here is to present several presentation possibilities to executives who know which metrics and KPIs they want to see, but have no idea about how they want to see them. An ideal solution for me would be web-based.
I've been reading about colour theory and want to understand how it relates to rainbow palettes like the attached, also a palette type commonly used by the designer Paul Smith as his signature. How are the colours related? I have a suspicion they are being mixed from a main set to get all the varieties? How would I go about creating a similar palette?
A font vendor who shall remain nameless sold me a webfont under the premise that all modern browsers would support switching the old style figures to lining figures without any trouble. Well, by "all modern browsers" then meant Firefox only. Now that I've paid for it, they can't get it to work either. The font is great and I have no intention to refund it, I just want to swap the OSF glyphs with the lining in the font table. I haven't upgraded FontLab in a few years and I'm wondering how the latest and greatest does with exporting web fonts. I'd like to open the file I downloaded and just move the glyphs around on the table. Anyone have experience with this? Will I lose any hinting or metrics data in the process?
I have a paragraph that is drop capped and begins with the word 'U.K.' Currently, the CSS (cascading style sheet) standard for Web browsers is to include the period following the 'U' in the drop cap, so 'U.' would be in the larger, dropped font, while 'K.' would appear normal. Is this implementation in line with current grammatical standards, or should the period not be larger and dropped? Alternatively, should the periods be eliminated here altogether? EDIT: I understand this is a style question and not a 'grammatical' question. Can someone tell me what the MLA style guide would tell one to do in this situation? I know the MLA guide mentions drop caps, so I'm assuming they are considered part of writing style, but if the answer really is that the style is ambiguous, I would appreciate hearing that answer as well.
I started working as a freelance graphic designer and I have many fonts installed from the era when I was just doing stuff for entertainment and learning. I don't want to use these fonts for my clients work not at the beginning of this carrier at least, so I moved to only free to use fonts and resources. The thing is that the old fonts are cluttering my font selection list and take from me valuable time when searching for just the right font from the job. So I'd like to remove all of them except the default ones like arial, helvetica, courier etc. How can I do it? (is there an open source font management software that will allow me to do this?). Do I need to purchase a license for the fonts that comes pre-installed with windows too, like Arial?
I'm launching a company and currently working on the website. Here is the link: http://goo.gl/HKbIK As I'm not a professional webdesigner your comments / feedback / suggestions of improvements would be very welcome! It's a 'parralax' style design with several large, striking high-resolution background images, overlaid with simple information graphics about the product. It can be navigated by scrolling down or using the jump links at the top. Many thanks for your help,
I'm having trouble with getting exact locations and sizes when creating background graphics for my buttons. I can never get a clean x pixels by y pixels - it always ends up having a couple decimal places. This happens for the both the size and location of the shape. I have snapping on, but it doesn't seem to be working. How can I ensure that everything is precise?
I configured my font's kerning for every possible letter combination in Fontographer 5 and when I preview it from there, everything is as it should be, but when I generate the font files (TTF and OTF) and try using it in a word processor, there is no kerning at all. Am I doing something wrong? How can I fix this? Please help, I've spent days on setting up the kerning.
I recently got my application in the google play store, but I have an issue with how the 'Feature Graphic' is being displayed. Here is the original (@ 72 DPI (Screen RES) - Saved for Web - PNG8): Here is the Google-Play-resized version: (The image is linked to my application, for demonstration. Google refers to the big graphic is what they call the 'Feature Graphic'). Here are the design standards they give: http://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1078870 Why is my 'Feature Graphic' not as sharp as it should be? The original image is perfect!
There seems to be a lot of confusion surrounding font "licensing" and "permissions". Isn't the license to design with it what we are purchasing when buying the font? For basic commercial design work, what further "permissions" are needed? Are we expected to draw up a contract, send additional fees? With whom/To whom? If so, why isn't the fee schedule for basic usage clearly set forth at the time of purchase? There seems to be an across-the-board lack of clarity about this by font providers. And there is this big looming spectre of possible future lawsuits hovering over design work, a bit unfairly, I believe. The rules and requirements need to be spelled out clearly so that designers who are trying to be honest don't have to jump through hoops to get basic information, and don't have to worry about unexpectedly getting socked with some horrible fines at a future date.
Possible Duplicate: What's the pixel dimensions of a powerpoint slide for Open Office / Libre Office Impress? I need to create a PowerPoint presentation template that will be used in several different monitors/projectors. Are there any advices on how should I treat my template's graphics/design? Should I have two files? One for HD screens and other for low resolution ones?
How can i get a small version of my logo? Like a favicon. I tryed but it results blurry! Which is the best way to get my logo really small? Do you have any tutorial for this? Thanks
What is the best color profile to start with in Illustrator when designing a Logo that will be used for web and for print? Do you need to work on them in two different files, one with CMYK profile and one with RGB? Currently I need to send my client's logo to be printed, but I need to make sure that my color profiles are set properly, and it seems like the CMYK and RGB values jump around on me, without color profile settings changing. For example, I start with a color I like, create the swatch, and jot down the RGB, CMYK and Web# values. Then I click on the swatch again and open it up and the values are different. Plus, the color I am looking at in the Color Picker window appears different when its filling my logo elements. It is driving me crazy!! Does anyone have any advice for me?? My current Document Color Mode is CMYK My current color settings are as follows: ADVANCED MODE: RGB: ColorSync RGB - Generic RGB Profile CMYK: ColorSync CMYK - Generic CMYK Profile COLOR MANAGEMENT POLICIES RGB: OFF CMYK: OFF
I'm trying to create shooting target-style single-color images from digital pictures of animals. Once I've lifted the image from the background, what are ways I could turn it into a simple line drawing? I would be satisfied with something that got me edges even if I had clean up within them.
I was wondering if there is a way to alter the color of the Smart object that has been inputted into Photoshop. Basically, I have a series of glyphs that need to be altered so they have new hexadecimal's. Is there an easy way to do this? There doesn't seem to be any Photoshop functions available?
If I am working with Bitmaps in fireworks their data behaves independently of the document area, in other words I can move a bitmap in and out of the canvas without losing any of its data. This gives me room to play about with part of the bitmap in visible areas. But as soon as I crop the document, it crops all bitmap data to the confines of the canvas. All I want to do is make the canvas smaller but still have the full bitmap to 'play' with inside the smaller canvas. How do I crop a document without cropping all of its assets?
Here is an example to explain what I mean: Text created in Gimp: Text created in html/CSS code: font: 60px "anchor-web-1","anchor-web-2", 'Impact', sans-serif; font-weight: 900; Why do html/css texts appear so "pixelated" compared to texts from photoshop or gimp? And is there a way to have better result and still use only html/css/javascript/other code?
I'm new to the web designing stuff, so I bought a template. I want to change some text in my header. It is saved as a png image. I opened the PSD file in photoshop and changed the text. I then moved that layer to a new file and saved it as a transparent file. The resulting file is not displayed at the same size in my webpage. In the webpage, i have the image size set, but still the same result Template(chainging text on top) Photoshop file (see proportions) Resulting website What is causing this problem. Like I said, I took the text layer and put it in its own document where I could save it as transparent
Despite trying various colour profiles across Illustrator and CS5 I seem to keep running into save for web, export and screen-grabs (used as a more accurate last resort) issues where the colours I'm designing in output dramatically differently on each. Obviously showing clients work, where the colours are far removed from my initial work, is off putting. Any ideas on why, and ideally, how to fix it would be greatly appreciated. Info: iMac - CS5 mostly (CS6 is the same) running Lion although I doubt this matters. Also, sRGB and AdobeRGB makes no difference.
I have a bitmap which I want to crop (using a vector) with rounded corners I can't because I need 2 or more paths? How can I do this?
I have this message in Acrobat Distiller when trying to PDF a booklet from Indesign CS5: Acrobat Distiller 9.5.1 Started: Wednesday, 1 August 2012 at 10:22 AM Adobe PostScript software version: 3018.101 CID support library initialization completed. Error in /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings/PDFX4 2008.joboptions: /CheckCompliance out of range I proceeded exactly as suggested in previous posts in this forum using Print booklet> postscript> saving the .ps file and importing it to Acrobat. When choosing the Postscript, all the print settings are greyed out. The booklet only partially converts to PDF (half of the pages and not the spreads). Can anyone help me figure out what is wrong and how I can remedy that problem? Thanks. Isabelle Am on a Mac Snow Leopard/ Adobe Acrobat 9 pro /Indesign CS5
Currently I'm practising some pixelart drawing for games. But when I do anti-aliasing for lines, I don't know whether I should draw them by hand or just tick anti-aliasing box in photoshop. Could you please help me pointing out the differences between those two and advantages for drawing by hand?
Does Adobe Illustrator have a feature to warp a group of shapes similar to Photoshop's Edit>transform>warp? So far I've tried the reshape tool seems to only work on individual shapes?
Our computer is used by several people and somehow the rectangle marquee tool lost its square corners and now only shows rounded corners. How to change the marquee tool back to the square corners? Anyone know that answer? Thanks.
I've been using Illustrator's Data-Driven Graphics, for one of my projects. But dread using command-line programing to populate all the fields. Is there a GUI app to manage, edit and save Adobe Illustrator compatible xml files?

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