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I found this nice tutorial that explains how to convert a movie file to a .gif in Photoshop. Is there an analogous process in Illustrator?
This is a pretty popular background pattern in web/graphic design and I'd love to find different but similar variations of it. What would I search for to find such patterns?
We have various other parts of the business who want to view Photoshop designs that make use of layer comps but don't have Photoshop. The expense of a Photoshop license just for this is not justifiable. This leaves a tedious task of exporting JPGs each time the Photoshops are updated (I know there is a script but it's still tedious due to the regularity of changes). Is it possible to export layer comps from a PSD without Photoshop? Alternatively is it possible to automate the process whenever the file is changed? Thanks for any help
I have a file in Adobe Illustrator CS5 (AI-CS5) which I open in CorelDRAW X6 (CD-X6) because it has to go to commercial printers which only accept CD-X6 files. The problem is that when I open the file in CD-X6, my text alignment including the character spacing and word spacing goes wrong. In the above image which is AI-CS5 file, everything is ok. But in the below image which is CD-X6 you can see that the text in all wrong. For example, in the 2nd paragraph starting with "A hybrid meat breed", the CD-X6 shows very small space between the words. Almost looks like there is no space between the words "A" and "hybrid". But the space is there which can be confirmed by navigating the text with the keyboard. However the space has shrunk. Also you can observe that in the AI-CS5 file the text fits the box perfectly but in the CD-X6 file there is much empty space at the bottom, possibly due to the shrinking of the space between the characters of a word or the space between words themselves. I have applied the following settings to the text and I have tried to play with almost every text settings in both AI-CS5 and CD-X6. Only two possible solutions slove the problem but they are not good enough as they cause further changes that are not visually appealing. The 1st is that I convereted the text to "outlines". This solves the problem but when printed or viewed, the outlined text looks very dull & fuzzy. The 2nd is that instead of applying the text-alignment of "Justify with last line aligned left", I apply "Align left" to the text. This also solves the problem but offcourse this is not disreable. Character/Font : Times New Roman Font-Weight: Regular Font-Size: 14 points Leading: 16.8 points Kerning between Characters: Auto Tracking between Characters: 0 Horizontal & Verticall Scale: 100% Baseline Shift: 0 pt Paragraph/Font/Text Alignment: Justify with last line aligned left Area Type Options: Offset > First Baseline = Leading I am really at a loss here. Also note that the "text box" size is the same (280px X 460px) in both files and the difference that you see in the above images is there because I have zoomed in on the text. Any help would as always be much appreciated.
Pattern: Link to pattern. I downloaded this pattern from the internet but all the included patterns show as blank tiles in preset manager. Any tips on how to get these to show? (I have successfully loaded other patterns before by pasting in the patterns folder, so not sure why this one is not working).
Any advice on how to create the shadow effect in the attached image would be much appreciated!
I am currently doing some work for one of my sites, for which among other things I am designing a logo. The logo partly consists of a few squares, which are aligned directly next to each other and should have a distance of 1px between them. My question is, how can I keep the distance of 1px between the squares when resizing the logo, so that borders dont cross/overlapp/get anti aliased ect. as in the images I provided? I would prever to find a solution for photoshop, but illustrator would be ok as well. I hope this is not too much of a dumb question, I dont design stuff that often :). Thanks in advance!
I need to resize images to given width/length, but when I do this in photoshop my images come out warped looking. What should I do?
I'm new to Adobe Illustrator, but I have used extensively Inkscape. While I recognize that Illustrator is vastly superior in many fronts, I feel a bit of a lag due to the need to use three or four different tools for creating and editing paths. I also find the handles extremely small. So, I would like to ask for tips or advice, or even links, to how to deal with the (perhaps just perceived) extra difficulty in editing paths on Illustrator. Also, if it is possible at all to get bigger handles. Thanks in advance!
I want to make some photos of someone who does not really exist, but I don't know where should I start. Initially I wanted to make a 3D head model by FaceGen Modeller and take renders of that to use in Photoshop, but even FaceGen can't make photos as realistic as I want. Is there any program that generates super-realistic heads in various camera angles? What would you do if you were me?
I have what is apparently called an equirectangular projection of the world. I can use the 3D functionality of Photoshop to use this as a texture for a globe, by creating a sphere mesh; or I can use "CC Sphere" in After Effects etc. This is great. I now want to attach (flat) objects to the surface of that sphere (imagine some sort of sticker, an image frame, or text. Clearly, I cannot just add them to the original 2d-projection of the earth. They need to fit the projection. This is very effectually visualized here: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=6954169&postcount=8 I have no idea how to approach this, or what tools to even use. I figure it might be necessary to design this in 3D to begin with, and then export it to a texture. Any ideas?
I am creating a vexel portrait in Illustrator. For the shading areas I am using a 5% opacity for each shape that I draw w/ the pen tool. But I find that I have to set the opacity back to 5% for each shape that I draw. How can I avoid doing this and just 5% opacity for all of the shapes. Note: I don't want to set 5% opacity for shapes I have drawn, but the shapes that I am going to draw. Thanks.
I am making a logo in photoshop and want to add this old spotted vintage type of filter. Can anyone let me know how? Specifically the light dots on the black: I'm using photoshop CS4
I have a group of 6 images that are masked in even-sized rectangles. I'd like those rectangles to be evenly distributed along the outside of the bottom half of a circle. Whats the best way to handle this in Adobe Illustrator?
I'm completely new on a Mac. I would like a pointer as to how to visualize a preview of a given headline in as many fonts as possible from those installed on the system. What I need to accomplish is twofold: 1) Discover which fonts are installed on the system. 2) Look how my headlines looks in ALL of the fonts, spending as little time as possible (a screenful of previews rendered using the various fonts would be golden, perhaps with right-arrow/left-arrow allowing me to browse until I find something I like..). I cannot import my usual Fonts onto this system so I need to use what they have.
What is the font used in this image? It is too squat to be Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, or any of the other typical non-serif fonts, and the image isn't crisp enough for me to make any headway on Identifont.
Does anybody know a font on Google Fonts that is very similar to Helvetica Neue?
I have seen a bit about leveraging the Golden Ratio in traditional web design applications, however I've not found much in the way of thoughts on utilizing it within fluid desktop application design. That is to say, when given an application that has potentially infinite possibilities in resize, how does one go about conceptually using the Golden Ratio in such scenarios?
Hi can anyone help my confusion? I'm preparing artwork for some billboards - 96 sheets (overall size 12192mm x 3048mm). The specs say to produce artwork at a 10th of the size = 1219.2mm x 304.8mm. HOWEVER the only DPI mentioned on the specs is 400 DPI which to me seems rather large for billboards - http://www.hi-rezz.co.uk/resources/UK/roadside%2096sheet.pdf I'm trying to source some imagery for use (RF) and the maximum pixel size of these are around 5000px - whereas the pixel space I'm working with is 19,200 x 4,800px. I've emailed the production company for confirmation but they've yet to get back to me. In the meantime I'm wondering whether I'm being really silly? I've never produced artwork as this scale before so it's possible I'm creating a muddle out of nothing.
I'm an Illustrator Novice (I'm more experienced with Photoshop) but I need to create a vector version of our company logo. The logo looks fine in Illustrator and if I export a png version it looks fine too: However, when I save the .ai file as a PDF, I get this weird ghost text behind the other text and the shadows aren't as distinct (I created the shadow by duplicating layers with a small shadow so they would stack up, and I think some of those layers are getting shifted which causes the ghost text as well as the lighter shadow on the main text). Here is a link to the original .ai file: http://www.inadaydevelopment.com/StackOverflow/IllustratorGhostText/Logo%202%20Line.ai Any help is appreciated!
Is there a way to export my artwork as PDF so that it has a transparent background? Something like exporting objects only... whenever I try to save my .ai as pdf, it always comes with a full white background. If I try to save as eps, I get a chunky white background (where it has white rectangles behind the artwork only where the artwork exists, so there are transparent chunks). If I export as png, I get an image like what I'm looking for. Is there any way to do that in a vector format?
This will sound astronomically simple, and you will indeed wonder how is it possible that I've never learned it. But: How do I quickly edit a vector mask in CS2?
I have created an image in Inkscape, it will be a label for a product so I needed it to bee of just the right size when it prints out. Now I have the core in vector drawing but I wanted to add some background, and that was a bitmap image (jpeg in fact). Now, on the screen it looks just perfect, but when I print it the bitmap image goes about two millimiters down and right from the vector frame where it just while ago fit so neatly. How can I fix this problem and why is it so? Is it really impossible to create such an image and print it just the right size, millimeter by millimeter.
I'm working on a website and the client want this font to be used for the logo: But he has no idea what the font is and the guys who created his old design are no longer in business. So if anyone knows the name of this font it would help me a lot. Thanks for the patience as this is a bit of a dull question. UPDATE: This is what I manage to actually do using one of the fonts you've showed:
I have a lot of .gif images which can be viewed by e.g. IrfanView, but not opened in photoshop. Photoshop says it can't interpret the file format module (I'm using it in German, so I don't know the exact english error message). When opening the file in a text editor, it starts with gif89a. I guess it has something to do with this type, but how can I open/edit gif89 files in photoshop? UPDATE: I found out that the main difference between working and not working ones is, that the broken ones contain NETSCAPE2.0 in the first line in their source code where the others just have non-human-readable stuff. Both contain gif89a. Removing or editing the Netscape string breaks the file so it cannot be opened anymore in IrfanView.
I needed to move something so I copied it and pasted it to its new location and now where I have pasted it there is a selection pane that will not go away. I've tried to move the pane and tried the "Select All" function (Ctrl + A) to no avail.
There's this thin orange-ish outline around the text. I am talking about the ultra thin color around my text, you can clearly see it on the @ character, there's a "stroke" around it, though I'm 100% certain it is not a stroke. I'm guessing it is Illustrator's way of telling me that text color should not go with that background color, because it seems to go away when I　switch to certain background colors. But I don't like to be told what to do.. :| So how do I get rid of this regardless of what background color I choose?
I'm trying to create something that looks like this: I can do the blue lines easily enough but I can't seem to get the grey 'circular diamonds' right. No matter what I do, be it a diamond shape cloned and rotated around a circular guide (first example) or a circle with zigzag applied then cloned and rotated a bit (second example) I can't get the blue lines to match each 'point' and 'dip' like my example. My 'circular diamonds' come out a bit wonky too. I tried making it using two pattern brushes to start with but pattern brushes seem to distort everything too much. Can anyone give me any pointers on what else I could try to achieve this effect?
Is it possible to past in place on one (selected) artboard instead of all artboards?
I have been using the 3d features in Photoshop CS6 Extended and I love all of the materials that are included and that you can download from Adobe's website. However, I have been trying to find some additional materials and I'm wondering if anyone has created some, or if someone out there knows where I could find some. I have searched online for them but so far no cigar. Thanks
What I'd like to know is where in history the idea of having a bold variant of a typeface came about. I suspect that back in Garamond/Caslon's time there would not have been any bold version of their type, even though modern Garamond and Caslon fonts tend to include bold variants. But I have failed to find out whether this is true or when having a bold variant in typography (for the purpose of emphasis within text) came into being. I know that giving emphasis with a thicker stroke goes all the way back to hand-lettering days, but haven't heard if this was ever true for the first few centuries of type. Wikipedia's otherwise great History of Western Typography article has failed me here.
Possible Duplicate: What does the size of the font translate to exactly? I'm trying to figure out why my fonts in a PSD are not telling me the accurate pixel height. I set up a new document at 72pixels/inch, I have rulers and type set to pixels, RGB and 8bit. When I type some text in my font/character panels tell me it's 22px, but when I take the selection tool and select the same height of the font the info. panel is telling me it's only 10pixels tall. I know the font setting is inaccurate because when I set that pixel height in CSS code for the web it looks enormous in comparison to how it should look from the PSD at 100%. Can anyone explain what's wrong or what setting's in photoshop I should change so that the font panels accurately represent the true pixel height? I've searched all over the web but just keep finding stuff on how to switch font point measurements to pixels - that's not my problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I have this image that I got from slidesjs.com It looks awesome when used as a frame, but I want to "elongate" it. Steps on how to accomplish this? I know it looks like a simple shadow, but the bottom shadow is darker. This is similar to this image: Maybe someone has a link to a tutorial? I'm really focused on the frame though as the dark color isn't as apparent. It's more subtle. Another reason why I want to do this, is that I want to change the shadow color.
I made a typeface that I would like to sell non-exclusively on several online stores. I have been searching and found a few nice outlets so far. What are the font shops you know of? Where do you sell your typefaces?
What is the industry term for this effect?
I bought a psd file that has lots of buttons - each button is a layer group. What's a good way to split the file so that each button is it's own file - with its layers intact. I know how to turn off layers, but the resulting file has too large a Canvas size..(as well as being too big..)
In the colour selection I have been searching for a transparent option, but I can't find one. How can I do it?
I'm an iOS developer and I'd like to learn how to use the tools in Fireworks correctly for app design. I feel very uncomfortable with slicing, rulers, guides, and resizing for retina. I know these can be very powerful tools when used correctly. I feel like it takes me much longer than it should to get most things done in Fireworks and I'm assuming it's because I'm not using it correctly. I'd love watch a seasoned designer in action from start to finish and learn from their workflow. Does anyone know of any good screencasts/videos that can help me out?
I would like to take a picture and mold it in the shape of a 2D heart. Here is an example picture: http://i.minus.com/ibgfLNPvp6jCLt.png I hope to accomplish a heart shape using this picture and have the blues ends meet at the bottom tip of the heart. Edit: Because everyone seems to be so stuck on my idea behind what I am doing with barcodes and not focusing on the question at hand, I decided to remove everything related to barcodes from the question and instead just used a stock picture that I would like to stretch across a path.
I want to use an image in different screen resolutions with fading and the same background color. In a website, the image will not scale, but the background will. Something like this:
Like many classic fonts, there are several different cuts of Gill Sans by various publishers. Monotype distribute it as 'Gill Sans MT', and Adobe and ITC have their own versions. Which version is the version that is distributed on a Mac? I can't find any authoritative answer or clues in the font files themselves. All I'm able to discern for certain is that Gill Sans (Mac) and Gill Sans MT aren't identical - at regular weight, they're almost identical (tiny, tiny differences in aliasing but no significant differences), but Gill Sans Bold as bundled with a Mac and in MT version are simply very different weights. (I currently don't have access to Gill Sans Light to test). So, which cut of Gill Sans is it that comes with Mac OSX? For bonus points, if it's the Monotype cut: What are the weights of the "bold"s and "light"s in Gill Sans and Gill Sans MT? On the bold side, it looks like there's a difference of at least 200 If it's possible to complete the Mac Gill Sans set so that it matches the Gill Sans MT set by buying and installing the missing weights, is there a way of changing the namespacing so that a file created using the Gill Sans MT set imports correctly using the same-weight equivalents from the Mac set without needing to replace fonts each time?
I'm a first time GIMP user. I have an image that contains a design that'd I like to copy on to a transparent background. therefore, I started tracing the design using the paint/pencil tool. now that i'm finished, i want to the design that i created by tracing into another layer that is transparent. how would i go about separating the original image and the new design?
In InDesign if I have a paragraph style and every time I use that style I want a "colored" box behind it justified to the column width. How would you suggest doing this? Currently it's been done manually with predefined "boxes" for 1-Line, 2-Line & 3-Line depending on how long the heading is. There has got to be a way to automate this though. Perhaps using some sort of programmatic style sheet? All I could find was this "Highlighting an Entire Paragraph with Color" which wouldn't work because the headings are centered but we want the background color to be the full column width. Ideally, with a dynamic "height" so that it can be say 4pt above and below the text as well. Almost like padding would be if I were doing this on a website.
I have a roundrect button that I want to contain within another roundrect. The containing roundrect should always be 1px away from the button. If I make the radius on the container too small then the corners have a larger gap around them. Is there a good "rule of thumb" that I can use to figure out what the radius should be for the larger roundrect?
I want to change the text in the image below without modifying the background. I tried cutting the text and filling the gap with a new one, but it doesn't look nice. Is there a simpler way?
Really not sure how to explain what I'm looking for, just know it exist. For example, dimensions might include time, volatility, space, distance, density, etc. -- basically any measurement that's able to be tied to another measurement. So, basically I'm looking for a info-graph that measures 4 or 5 different measurements that tie together within one graph -- but the question is how did you go about finding examples, not a request for an example.
I'm using a font called Nashville. I want to outline only the most outside of the paths. If I try to use the outline tool, it outlines all of the small holes in the font, too. I want to fill in the holes in the font and then outline the most outside paths. Somehow I got this to work on on block of text, but can't remember how I did it. I used some combination of Outlines, Expand, and Flatten Transparencies. Font-no outlines Font-how I want it to look Also, is there a way to round the edges of the outline so it's not so spikey? Thanks!
I want to use the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator to make hair strands for a vexel portrait. I have to make hundreds of strands. The problem is that I would like to use the pen tool to make two anchor points (to make a strand of hair) without having to select the selection tool after each strand to make a new one. Here's a video of what I am talking about: Vector/Vexel Hair Tutorial (Part 1)
I'm a graphic designer for city government. I know all the pertinent Adobe programs (Ps, Ai, Id, Fw, Dw). We have a budget for training and conferences. I'm considering a subscription to lynda.com and Drupal training. Other than that what would you consider to be the most important new software or resources? Thanks in advance. EDIT: I'd like to be more diverse and flexible. Yes, the problem here is how to smartly use my education/conference budget. I do print, web, photography.
I can't seem to get the color values/names correct so that I can get a Letter Press Effect on the text To create the appearance of text that has been stamped, choose a text colour that is darker than the background, and then create a 1px text shadow with a 1px blur and offset it down 1px. Make the text-shadow slightly lighter than the background background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); color: #222; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #FFFFFF; So far I get only this How would I go about Finding the text colour that is darker than the background. Background color is rgba (255, 255, 255, 0.8) and text color is #222. Finding the text shadow color that is ligher than the background. Background color is rgba (255, 255, 255, 0.8) and text shadow color is #FFFFFF; I need to change the text color (currently #222) to a darker and text shadow color (currently #FFFFFF) to a lighter against a background color (currently rgba 255, 255, 255, 0.8). I can't change the background color to any other. Have no designing skills and maybe someone would how what color values to change of the text as well as text shadow to have a letter press effect which is more obvious. Thanks
Ok, so I have been looking at a lot of logos recently, all done by graphic designers. And in the majority of them, the only thing they have is a name or some "basic" text. I thought the idea behind a logo was to catch the eye of passers by and the attention of prospective clients. So again, here's my question: Why are the majority of logos just plain text or a spin off of plain text (stylised writing), with little or no imagery or picture base to catch the eye of people? They all seam to be the same and very "simple". I am just wondering why this is the case in almost all the logos I see.
I suck at illustrator, so this is a huge leap in my ability. I'm trying to draw a radio tower, but I want everything in the vector to be as perfect as possible. I want some waves to come off of the radio tower. I'm trying to use the pen tool and then fix it up with the direct selection tool, but I just can't get it to match up. How should I go about creating these "perfect waves" and make sure they are perfectly centered. As you can see, the bottom of the shape is touching the circle. Ideas? UPDATE #1 I'm able to create perfect circle around it now. How or "what" is the best way to go about "cutting" them to replicate this: This is what I have so far: I don't want the rounded edges edges the waves have from the example. I'm still fine creating a "noodle" type shape with straight edges. Last Update So I decided that I will use the pathfinder tool to help me with this last step. I want to place a rectangle perfectly in the center of the circle (on the guide line shown) but it won't place the center point on the middle of the line. Ideas?
In Paint.NET I'd like to change the color of an icon by using the fill tool, but I want to preserve the alpha-channel of the pixels. There's the same question for Photoshop, but I can't find a solution for Paint.NET. Before fill: After fill: As you can see, the semi-transparent pixels lose their alpha-cannel value. Is there a way to achieve this in Paint.NET?
We know from after images that violet-yellow, blue-orange and green-magenta are perceptual complementaries. When I am designing I would like a hue wheel that reflects these perceptual complementaries. So yellow would be at 90° (instead of 60°) opposite violet at 270°. And when a field of orange at 50% opacity is layered over blue the product would be grey. Is this possible? I have tried changing colour modes in photoshop but the Hue slider/wheel always seems to be the same. Do I need to change the working space? If so what do I need to change it to? Just to be clear this isn't a question about the differences between rgb and cmyk. I would like to have a hue wheel that represents the perceptual complementaries and for blend modes to work based on perceptual complenetaries.
I tried this with Adobe Photoshop Elements 9. When I have a black background, and a white brush with an opacity of 1%, the color should get brighter if I click onto the same spot over and over again. It does that, but only until the color is #d5d5d5. No matter how often I click onto an area with that color (or a brighter one), it won't get any brighter. Is this just a rounding error or is it intended? Limits: Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 or Photoshop CS2: #d5d5d5 javascript with processing.js (rounded to ~ 1.17%): #d4d4d4 GIMP 2.6.11: #c0c0c0
I recently launched radiolivechicago.com and my background image looks weird when it is all of the sudden cut off. I've been hacking around in PS and followed this tutorial to create my faded image. However, I can't figure out how to save it like previously (64KB jpeg) with a black background and a nice fade? When I save it as a PNG then the file size is 600KB versus a 60KB jpeg. Any recommendations on what I should do?
First, let me emphasize that while I am asking a question about preference, I am looking for objective reasons to prefer one answer over another. I am not interested in your personal, subjective opinion on which is better. I have no formal design training, so I don't know if there might any practical reason to prefer one style over another. That's why I'm here - to consult the experts, not incite wars of opinion. Setup I am part of a team working on a new design for our company's website, and the team and I have a disagreement over whether tables should be centered or left-aligned. If it boils down to a simple matter of subjective taste, I will defer to the team's preference. However, if there are objective reasons to choose one style over another, I'd like to be able to argue those points. Here is an example of the alternatives: Questions Is there a generally accepted design rule when it comes to laying out tables and block images on websites? Are there any objective reasons to prefer one layout over the other? Update DA01 pointed out it can depend on context. My team also had this objection when I showed them this question. Here is an example that is more true to the actual site layout.
I've used an arrow like this: ➜ ...in lots of programs - on the web in WordPress, in MSWord, even TextEdit. But when I paste the arrow into an inDesign document, it's not recognised. Is this arrow character not usable in inDesign? How do I get an arrow character in an inDesign doc?
Is there a way to import a text file into Quark in such a way so that if there are any spelling errors that are fixed in Quark they will also be updated in the original imported text file? Kind of like the way one can link an Excel file in a Word document.
I have am image which is 1920px X 1200px. How would I make it small in such a way that it turns into a 960px X 200px exactly. If I do it without the option of "Constraint Proportions" checked in PS, It stretches horizontally and looks very bad. If I use the option and make it 960px wide, the height becomes 600px. Again using the option and making it 200px height, makes it 320px wide. In the below image, I need to turn it into a 960px X 200px so that apart from the above, the cows and the grass as well as the sky is visible. Atleast the cows in full, the grass from the bottom maybe clipped but not to such a extend so that the legs of the cows also get clipped and atleast some part of the sky should be visible. I tried using crop and came up with the middle image below. The last image is stretchy.
My artboard size is 48 x 48, but when I "Save for web and device", the created png file is auto cropped to the size of the art inside (40 x 50 in my case), just like the "export" option. Could you please help me find a way to fix it?
In this website, there is this texture... Can you tell me the name of this texture and if there is an online generator?
Using Pixelmator, quite often I need to draw a shape and then select everything around that shape to apply a filter or change hue/contrast. Is there an easy way to select everything around a shape, specially when the shape is not a rectangle. For example, in this blog post, I created a red rectangle with round edges: https://watuhq.wordpress.com/2012/08/17/exporting-applicants-from-a-job-and-improved-staffer-engagement/ and you can see everything around it is grayish. I got away with it because the rectangle is on top of white, so you can't see the edge, but when the rectangle is on top of something with a color, I need to have the selection perfectly around the rectangle, otherwise it looks broken.
I can get this effect very easily in Photoshop using the stroke layer style and making it a shape burst gradient, but I want to be able to do it in illustrator so the stroke around the text can be a separate editable path. Is it possible to do this in illustrator?
One time I had some images for buttons for users to click on, and they looked bright and sharp on a Mac's Preview app, and on some other graphics apps on the PC, but when it was displayed on Chrome on a Mac, the color became dull. Someone suggested it was due to "color profile" in the image, but is there a way to remove it, if PhotoShop is not available to me and I have to rely on bundled or freeware tools on the Mac or the PC?
Running Illustrator CS5 on Mac OS 10.7 Reopening an Illustrator document expands all layers For files containing a large amount of layers, this is very irritating. Is this a general problem or just my version/me?
I'm not sure where to look for these resources, but I'm trying to create an Art Nouveau style logo. What I would like to do is have the actual text be shape similar to what is in Carl Jungs redbook. any suggestions on how to create this effect?
Should designers base their font choices for body text and headlines on the typeface used in the logotype (if used) to achieve brand consistency?
I'm trying to draw a roof with no success. These areas should be filled that I can add roof texture there. I tried with sandbox and "from contour" but it's not what I want (can't use a tile texture on it).
As a beginner in Illustrator I've been creating some pretty cool graphics I'd like to share on my website. From what I've seen, people create a one file .ai icon pack that you can download and use freely. Most of these are setup in a perfect grid format, even with around 100 icons. If I am looking to do something like this, how should I go about my project setup? Should I create each icon individually and then import them into the master icon pack file? Any direction would be great. Thanks!
I am an architect and I want to design my basic website with minimum graphics. I'm using coreldraw, but it's more related to print (hardcopies) and it's not as "smart" compared to the adobe software. So, for web design, I started to learn Fireworks and after some practice, I was able to design web graphics. But the main problem is that, when that page is exported into html format, all text is converted into image.
I often find that I need to change the text on buttons. I'd like to create some CSS based editable buttons with mouse over effects. And the whole button should be clickable (not just the text). I have heard that older browsers don't "stretch" images very well so maybe I'll need several variations of the CSS Class, each with a different image background.
I've done search after search, messed with color profiles, image color management, etc, but I still find that when I simply print screen and paste it in Adobe Photoshop CS3, I get a much lighter image. It even looks like it has less colors, or JPEG compression artefacts. I've tried flipping between sRGB, Macintosh RGB modes etc. If I paste the screen capture in windows paint, it's absolutely fine. Any ideas?
I do not want initial image to change size, I simply want to add transparent padding around what I already have.
I want to know how to blur something in peaks, here's a picture to help describe it: Segment C is blurred the most then B then A to create an effect like the one on the right but with blur. I was wondering if there was a way to do this but on a finer scale with more segments that did not involve me selecting 1 pixel tall rows then applying motion blur..
I'm wondering if anyone has any tips, tutorials or templates on how to 'fake' a printed effect. I want to make it look in my portfolio like I have printed business cards and other collateral without doing so.
I am still pretty new to illustrator, so I am still learning. I have a shape (pill shape) that is all white. I am trying to "fill" half of the shape with a yellow color (keeping the black stroke intact. Does anyone know how to go about this?
We have a bunch of Word documents that people create using a template that matches our business's look-and-feel. When we're done writing the content, we send it to a designer than the typeset the document using InDesign. This ultimately produces a PDF that looks pretty much exactly like the source document (maybe a bit better). I'm wondering about a couple of things: What is the purpose of typesetting? Why couldn't I just auto-generate a PDF? What do most companies do to generate nice-looking PDFs? It seems like this process takes us forever and we're spending a decent amount of time and money on it. Thanks!
I need help or rather to be pointed in the right direction please. Take a look at the artwork: On the left you see my "on paper" art. On the right is my attempt to do the same thing on the digital tablet. No matter what I can't seem to find the right technique to do it. If I try Vector lines - it comes out to comic book-like. Drawing it with my hand on the tablet ends up being child-like drawing. I layer-over tracing and drawing from scratch and results are unacceptable. Can you see the difference ? My question is do you think it's simply because I"m new to using a digital tablet and my hand isn't used to it or am I missing some technique in Photoshop or Illustrator that would let me possibly perfectly re-trace or re-draw my graphics? Any technical tips on how I can make my Tablet created graphics looks like the stuff I create on paper would be greatly appreciated.
Situation While moving anchor points around and… you currently have Snap to Point and Smart Guides turned on and you momentarily don’t want the points to snap during this operation. Problem You have to exit what you’re doing (moving points) and your only choice is to visit View and deselect the particular snapping modes (or alternatively hit their keyboard shortcuts) which is fairly disruptive. Question Is there a way around this? Any solution would do; workaround, plugin, custom hack… that let's you toggle snapping on and off while you’re moving points.
I've noticed lately that some of the websites I visit regularly are adopting a new and bizarre trend in Web Design: "the dotted pictures". Not sure what to call it. It looks as if a pattern of regularly-spaced dots was deliberately layered on top of all thumbnails, or sometimes it's a light grid pattern instead of dots, but the end look is similar. It looks like a dithered picture somewhat. I personally find the effect terrible and at first I thought my browser image rendering was at fault, but I tried 3 different browsers and I can still see the pattern. Looks like it was intended. Actually, one of the websites that used to do that went back to regular pictures. It was a newspaper website and I suspect they got a bunch of calls asking why their pics were all messed up and reversed the decision after a few months. Has anyone heard or seen this before? Example link: http://www.linkedin.com/today/se/editorspicks
I am placing some Photoshop-made artwork into InDesign and exporting to PDF for print. My artwork is quite dark, and Ps's eyedropper tells me that some of my blacks are around the 90/95/95/85 mark. My printer specifies a max of 300% ink. Will the colour profile I use in InDesign (Web Coated FROGRA28) automatically convert these to 300% max equivalents? If not, what do I need to do to prevent the print from becoming way too wet?
I'm not sure if this is an appropriate question for this site, but I tried to find an answer through Google and I found a question here about copying UI themes/paradigms so I hope it's not off-topic. The answer to that question was that it's not illegal to copy as long as you don't use the exact same graphics. But what if I want to implement a cross-platform UI framework, like Qt, wxWidgets or Java Swing and want to have a native look and feel on each platform? Would I have to obtain a license from Microsoft/Apple/etc. to create native-looking themes for this hypothetical framework? If so, does that mean that the aforementioned frameworks obtained such a license? What about UI mockup software like this? I assume it wouldn't make any difference if this hypothetical framework is released under a very permissive license (MIT, BSD, zlib, ...) or as a commercial product?
If you put this image on a black background you see something different than on a white background. Does anyone have a idea how it works?
I have a requirment to have users be able to select button colors, I want that according to the background color they select, an appropriate, contrasted button text color will be determined automatically. for that - I need some sort of formula, and I was wondering if anyone knows what such formula might be, I looked around, but haven't found anything substantial. Here is an example of a visible text on button that I want to achieve:
The territory names are very small, no results with 'WhatTheFont!'.
I'm using Fireworks for UI design. However, any saved png file from Fireworks shows different colors when opened in normal image viewers. Fireworks doesn't seem to have any color management options. How can I make sure that the colors I'm looking at while designing will appear the same when the images are opened normally?
There was a recent question discussing dotted overlays/dithering patterns on images, and I wanted to explore the method. I set it up so it was one black pixel, one blank, one black, etc. After duplicating it to cover the page, I found that it created what I can best describe as monitor flicker, or maybe banding? Something's happening on my screen. Here's a screenshot; see if it does the same to you! What causes this, and how can I minimize it? I found that using other colors helped, but I'd much rather understand why than pick colors and hope it works. I know that monitors are very different from each other, so I'd like to know that if I get it right on my screen, it'll be right on other screens.
I've been downloading free 3d models for a project that I'm working on, but I can't figure out how to disable the default shading. I'm using 3DS MAX 2013. Here's an example of a table I'm working on: I used the material editor to add a Diffuse material to the top of the table. As you can see, there is shading around the front rim of the table, which moves with the table as I rotate it. Is it possible to disable this shading? If so, how can I do it? I read about Self-Illumination but I didn't have any luck in applying it to the model.
Is there a way to place files in Photoshop without scaling (true pixel of image)? They automatically resize to fit screen when I drag into PSD file! For example, when place a 48x48px to 480x480px PSD, it's scaled to 480x480. My system info: Photoshop CS5, Windows 7.
I have a PSD file that my designer gave me fitted for iPad dimensions. I need to support the retina iPad as well. What's the best way to create the 2x retina images? Should I scale up the layers by 200% and then cut the PNG file? I imagine this would be better than just scaling up the PNG file itself. If so, what's the best way to scale layers in photoshop? I've tried the Image -> Image Size but that seems to produce jagged edges as well. "Content-aware scale" also distorts some of the straight lines in the icon. Thanks.
I'd like to make use of photoshop's "Smart Objects" to have an easier time managing my layers. I have about 20 layers that will be duplicated 10 times... and I'd rather manipulate them as single objects than as 20 layers each. I created a smart object out of the 20 layers... when I duplicated the smart object, and edited to newly duplicated object... any edits also affected the original. Is there a way to make distinct smart objects out of duplicates so they can be edited independently?
I want pixel information menu to float around cursor in Photoshop CS5. How do I do that? The menu called Info or its contents is what I need to float.
The problem: The anti-aliased rounded corners of my app icons show, due to the transparency, some pixels of the underlying background. My quick solution: Instead of exporting with "intact" corners I filled the space with the apporpriate texture. Making the corners look perfect on iOS devices. And it was good for the time. But now as icons get more and more complex, this gets harder and harder to do. And the second problem I have with this is that wherever the icon is used as well (testflight, app reviews) where I have no control over what icon gets picked, the cornerless version simply does not represent the final design. My question: Do you have a better/different workflow to for making beautiful corners without compromising the appearance of the icon?
forgive me if this question doesnt fit the purpose of this stackexchange site, Some of you probably have experience with logo design, I'd like to ask a question, I currently have a client that owns a website that lets marrying couples arrange their weddings in, find suppliers such as wedding dress designers or wedding halls / gardens. I've never had such a hard time designing a logo before, His website is named "Marrying", not in english though. My main problem here is that I literally can't find any creative idea other than the generic ones like Rings,hearts, love birds, etc'. Please, I'd really be grateful to get some refreshing tips or something like that. So yea I'd love to see your ideas and learn how to think out of the box, even when I have such a hard time. Thanks
I don't know if any of you had this problem, I'm using photoshop CS3, And sometimes in order to choose a font quickly, while the text tool is selected, I click on the text field that shows the currently selected font, then I type the name of the font I want to use, most of the times it works just fine and finds the font I want, I just bought a package of fonts, they all begin with this "EFT" and when I type that in photoshop, it will not find any of them, but only select a different font. The fonts do show on the list when I open it and I can select them manually, but it gets annoying when you have more than 1,000 fonts installed. Do you have any idea what I could do to solve the issue? Thanks
I have a hard copy swatch of pantone Colour bridge uncoated colours. I am setting up some packaging items in illustrator and have shown the client visuals in CMYK. I have now selected the Pantones 4596 U and also 468 U. I am aware that the colours will be off, I am viewing on an Imac and 99% of my artwork I produce is in CMYK so I suppose I need reasurance that the colours I am viewing in illustrator will not print that way!! Am I right to ignore Illustrator and only really view my handheld swatch for colour accuracy? The colours just look so very different on screen, help I feel nervous to send to print!. As you have gathered I am a beginner when it comes to spot colours... Any help much appreciated.
I'm making a new site, but I feel like colors or elements dimension aren't that good at all, I want it to look elegant and makes the user comfortable when looking at it. Right now I'm not getting that feeling, don't know why exactly, maybe it's the buttons or the background, I don't know for sure. I tried to do my best picking elegant and consistent colors, but seems that's not working. So could you help me picking colors and maybe resize some elements? Here's my site I'm making: Large screenshot.
I have a file which is 1020px X 200px Artboard/Document dimensions and the drawings coves the whole artboard as follows. When I "Export" the file as "png" (File>Export) it's dimensions change to 4250px X 458px as follows. However when I use "Save for Web & Devices" (File>Save for Web & Devices" and save as "png" it's dimensions remain the same i.e., 1020px X 100px as follows. Any idea why this is happening? Files are saved with similiar options viz. png-24 format, clip to artboard, save as background, interlaced, rgb color profile.
Is there an agreement on what the optimum mathematical proportion of line height and the size of a text is? And if there is, is it the same for print and web?