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I work as a photographer but recently I've been working on stretching my skills and took on a project to create a graphic design for a non-profit. The designs are complete and the organization was satisfied with the work. I'm in the process of creating the final package and am including the images in PNG format. It seems to me like this might be the best option considering the multiple ways in which the logo might be used (on print, web etc.). Just looking for some guidance on the formats typically used for delivery. Are there any situations in which you deliver the original PSD files (assuming you're using photoshop)? Thanks.
I'd like to take an SVG clipart, pull out particular paths from it, and bring them into Gimp and use them to create selections and/or to stroke. Nothing I've tried seems to work -- even though Gimp seems to be able to import SVG paths, it doesn't seem to work from files from Inskcape or the SVG's before bringing them into Inkscape. Is there any trick to it?
I am saying this because, I don't have Illustrator, so I want to know with what I can create Kinetic Typographics
I can't find any options for rounded corners in the draw palette in Flash CS6 and Google is not returning any answers. This seems like it should be so simply to do. I want to use the palette to draw a rectangle with rounded corners WITHOUT using actionscript. How can I do this?
I have an ajax spinner which unfortunately has a white background in the corners. I want to remove the white and make it transparent using GIMP. How can I go about doing that? I tried opening it in GIMP and changing all the pixels to red to target but that changed the whole image when I made red transparent, and also it didn't seem to perpetuate through the sequence.
I'm looking to make futuristic/modern swirls in Illustrator for a background for a project that I'm doing. Here's an example I found: I don't want to rip the picture off and I'm not looking for this is exact design but am curious as to what method I could use to make something similar. It appears to be using some outer glow and gradients but is that something likely done with a pen tool? I've Googled around for a tutorial of that nature and am not necessarily looking for someone to teach me completely, just point me in the right direction so I can play around with it. Sorry if this is a super basic question, just trying to learn some new techniques. Thanks!
I am basically a developer. I just want to know the difference between diffuse and texture. My assumption (as a new to 3D game development), from what I read is that diffuse is the texture applied to a surface/3d model which is used to render the surface/model. If this is correct then diffuse and texture are synonyms. Please help me understand the differences if there are any
I recently stumbled on a font designed specifically for dyslexic readers (OpenDyslexic). It explains how it works like so: Letters have heavy weighted bottoms to add a kind of "gravity" to each letter, helping to keep your brain from rotating them around in ways that can make them look like other letters. I wonder: Are there other design principles behind fonts specifically targeted at people with dyslexia? (Links to research on the effectiveness of such design principles would be very much appreciated.) Are there also typography tips that can be used to make an overall block of text (or page) more readable to dyslexic readers? I can imagine things like tweaking kerning or small random baseline modifications could be of some help…
CSS3’s text-decoration module includes a text-underline-position property, which specifies whether the underline should be positioned below the whole text:            or just below baseline, letting it clash with text descenders:            Okay, we all know how underline should only be used as a last resort, but… if you are going to use it, what is the most common way of doing it? What are the pros and cons of each underline style?
If you browse websites, you can find pretty much all types of sidebar menus: on top (like our very own Stack Exchange), as left or right menu bar, or even at the bottom (though that's a less common choice). When balancing the webpage layout, how should one approach this choice? Has there been any research into the ease of use of menubars on different sides of the page? It seems to me that top and left are the most prominent positions for a menu bar, but I have no experience whatsoever on this topic.
I have a JPG which appears to of retained a clipping mask: (http://gdh.guildmembers.co.uk/logos/LEVENE%20MAG.jpg) When this file is opened in photoshop / fireworks and then the "Paths" tab is visited, you can see the saved clipping path on the jpg. However I tried to replicate this in photoshop and couldn't replicate with a new file. How was this done? I assume it is via some form of metadata? It seems that the clipping path could be removed when uploaded via a web based image uploader, in this case a flash based uploader.
I am very new to Adobe Illustrator but I'm trying to get the hang of it. I have some text, say "Pizza" and I have filled the "P" with a black square so that there is no hole in it. Then, I have a shape on top of that square which I want to be the new hole in the "P". So I have the following layers: On top: My shape In the middle: My square In the bottom: My text, "Pizza". Does anyone know how I can make it so that I can see through my shape and all the way through the square and the text to the background?
As I understand it, when creating a new illustrator file the default is to store a a PDF document inside it so that other applications such as InDesign can show a visual representation of the file when linking. (Create PDF Compatible File) The problem is that having this default option ON makes "ai" files that are enormous. In my case so big Illustrator runs out of memory when attempting to open them. I crete 400DPI ANSI E (34"x44") posters full of effects and images and with the PDF compatibility on the files can be 200MB. I created one poster whose file size is 1.7 GB and it only has a bunch of vector graphics of insignificant size and about 12 placed (linked) photos. Nothing out of the ordinary. I can confirm that if I re-save one of my other 200MB files without the PDF compatibility option on the size drops down to 15MB or less. Unfortunately, I do have a few files which Illustrator fails to open. (Runs out of memory - 12gb ram, solid state HD, 6 core i7-980X Extreme Edition) The question is; Can I remove the PDF file from the Illustrator file in attempts to open the ai file itself?
I'm currently trying to remove a person from a photo that tried to be cool and photobomb, but i'm at a loss as to how it can be done with no loss of photo quality. My attempts have been to use the lasso tool to try and cut out as much of that person as possible, but to recreate the background behind is where I get stuck. Can anyone offer some advice on how this is done for folks that do this on a daily basis? Thanks in advance.
I must have pressed some keyboard combination and now the document background between artboards is no more dark gray (as usual) but fully transparent. How to restore this? I'm using Illustrator CS6 on OSX Mountain Lion. Thanks
I have a large Indesign Document (about 200+ pages), and in about the half of the pages the images were copied & pasted into the document instead of linking them. These images are now somewhat blue-ish when I view the exported pdf. What could the reason be? This is how it looks. The linked images are fine, because they were exported to CMYK in Photoshop before. How can I get the copied images to CMYK without linking them?
I am reproducing a poster from an image that I've placed in the background. There are a lot of rotated objects, graphics, text all of which I would like to line up with the original image. I've been rotating manually and I sometimes have the need to fine tune the position and rotation by small increments. Position is straight forward with arrows. Are there any shortcut keys for rotating? The fine tuning is a bit tricky for me because I am using a trackball mouse (CST 1545 trackball - Very comfortable but not as precise)
I would like to do the below color gradiant: Does anyone know how to approach this? I have searched but don't know the right way to name this effect. I'd prefer making this effect in Adobe illustrator. Could you point me some tutorials effects or provide an example ? And another example:
AE beginner here: I'm trying to create an effect such as this: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-video-5444182-business-people-loopable.php Does anyone know of a tutorial or perhaps just point in the right direction on how to achieve this? I only got as far a creating a null layer (parent of a few silhouettes), setting it to 3D, and playing with the scale which looks like it's not a good method..
I try to create a businesscard like below. I searched for the internet for an template to no avail. So playing now around with Illustrator but im not that of a design guru. Does anyone know if below image is based on a freely available template / mockup ?
If you worked in the adult entertainment industry as a graphic designer would you put those pieces in your portfolio? Or would you make a "G" portfolio and include a statement that a full portfolio including nudity is available? Or do you basically treat it in your mind as 'confidential' and just would put the job on your resume but leave it out of portfolio entirely?
How to merge to circles and rectangle in illustrator from this sketch to make a blob? Now I'm trying to get this logo (using these shapes). Should I use the Metaball tool to create the one shape or another way? Trying to get this shape happening (see left)
Illustrator: How to add 3 or 4 part gradient to this logo? I don't want it to a smooth gradient but a block-like looking gradient. Example 'block-like looking gradient':
In my document I have an olive leaf (top part of the picture), which I'd need to repeat so it would look like in the middle part of the picture. Leaves size and angle would need to vary a bit (something like = size +/-20% and angle +/-5°). Bottom part was created by brush preset taken from the top part, which is easy to use and the result looks how I want it, except it doesn't keep the texture from the original but only one color and there's some transparency where leaves overlap. I've created middle section by - duplicate the leaf layer, transform, change size, angle, repeat... which was annoyingly slow. Is there a faster, easier way how to do that?
I'd like to change the style of our Windows Mobile application to follow the Modern UI style (as in Windows 8 or Windows Phone 7). While there are excellent guidelines for layout, fonts and sizes, I'm not able to find suitable icons to use in our toolbar (little images showing the state of the network or the battery). Those are the flaws of the icon packs I already found: Usually there are just one or two battery icons, whereas I need several to indicate the different states The icons get very blurry when resized to 16x16 pixels (even for vector graphics) A lot of icon sets contain gradients, shadows or gray pixels Most of the icon sets contain only a hundred to five hundred icons If you have a look at the icons used by Windows Phone 7, they're very clear and sharp. I already know Syncfusion Metro Studio, but the icons get very blurry when resized to 16x16 pixels as well. Currently we're using the icons from IconExperience, but they don't provide suitable icons for Modern UI applications. So my question is basically: Where can I find professional, high-quality icon packs with a lot of different icons (either PNG or vector graphics)? They don't have to be free, but must be allowed to be used for commercial applications. What are the major icons vendors and what platforms are available to obtain icon packs from?
In Photoshop when I want to cut out part of a picture I can easily move along the edges with the pen tool and draw my curves - not so easy with Pixelmator. Especially the Alt key does not do anything when clicking the handles here. What am I doing wrong?
I usually design in Illustrator, which appears to be vector so I don't really care about the .ai size, scaling wouldn't be a problem, but Photoshop uses Bitmap and scaling can mess up the image quality. So how would you set your file > new's Width, height, resolution, etc so that you can play it safe?
I am using Adobe Flash CS6. I have my .fla attached for you. Simple movie. I want to however export it as a GIF and the animation just does not work. It exports a static file. Someone mentioned above the first timeline - how do I do this? Download the fla (here)
I need to know the name of this font:
I have always drawn with pencils and paper. I like drawing things that are just plain creepy. But I want them on my computer, but I don't want to just scan them on, so I've decided to draw them on the computer. But I can't get Photoshop, and I really don't want to give Adobe a single cent. So what are my alternatives? I use Paint.NET for when I do graphics for websites, and it's ok, but I find it very tedious to work with and wouldn't enjoy using it for what I want to use it for. Are there any others that you would suggest? Please keep in mind that I'm only after free apps, or atleast fully-functioning trials (except Photoshop). Also, another requirement is that the app has a lot of cool painting styles, like Highlighting and drawing shadows or "toning" for like, when you wanna add tone to body parts. I hope this is the right place to be asking here. Looking forward to your suggestions!
Who knows a good resources to get some fresh design inspirations for horizontal layouts? Searching google gives some blogposts with relative bad quality designs. I look for fresh, inspiring layouts but only ones that are horizontal. This means non scrolling but a horizontal bar like: http://www.planhq.com
I have InDesign CS5 on Mac OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard, and created a new transparency flattener style called test1 as a preset. I'm interested to know, where is my custom preset stored on Mac OS X; could I copy it to InDesign CS6 if I decide to install it so I don't have to re-create it? I understand how to create them, that's not the issue, it's about where they are that I'm wondering. All advice is much appreciated; I'm new to this area of InDesign.
I am working on an important presentation and and need a color to highlight otherwise black text on white background (beamer presentation). An example is highlighting data in a table with a color for one slide then letting it go back to normal. I tried green from: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Colors#The_68_standard_colors_known_to_dvips but it stands out too much. Other colors look better but I am afraid they are not easily visible. What colors are a good trade off for white background. Gets attention but are not too distracting (and "ugly")?
I have a set of white label PDF forms that I need to brand for our company. The initial document is 6 pages, 316KB, and already has a full set of fillable fields. In a perfect world, I just open up the first page, replace the header with a header that has our logo, save, and be on my merry way. If the file size jumps a bit, I can just go into Acrobat and "Reduce File Size." However, the results were really bad. I think I about doubled the file size by doing this on one page alone. I thought the inflated size might have something to do with fonts since I had to "Find Fonts" in Illustrator, so I outlined my company's header (it used a different font) and went through every page to get all of the fonts on the same page. The results were worse: 2.49MB! PDF file sizes have always felt like a dark art to me, and I want that to change. If my Photoshop file is huge, I know it's because of document dimensions, layers, and such. When my AI file sizes got out of control, I learned that unchecking "save PDF compatible version" would help out a lot. When I'm making my own PDFs and I want to export them, I have a solid grasp on downsampling and such to get a good file size. But when it comes to editing PDFs, I really don't know how file sizes work. I don't know what "Reduce File Size" means. I don't know why sometimes a file size will double or triple and why it sometimes won't, and if PDFs are embedding duplicate data, I don't know how to get it out. So, how do I keep file sizes down when editing PDFs?
I recently had to perform a format/reload on my box due to a HDD failure and after reinstalling CS5 I am noticing different behavior than before. In the past when I pasted an image into Photoshop (or simply selected the layer) it would automatically put the Free Transform box around the image allowing me to immediately manipulate the image. Now for some reason it does not and I have to either select "free Transform" or press Ctrl+T to get the Free Transform box to appear. Is there a setting I am missing that would allow me to set this default behavior back? I have looked an looked and am coming up empty handed. I am running CS5 Extended V12.0.4 x64 on a Windows 7 machine.
Click on image for full size There's a lot going on in this image. It's some 35mm lomo goodness. I am looking to produce some of the rich grain in my own digital images but am having trouble. Does anyone have any strategies or know of any tutorials to produce this kind of grainy effect. I've been through the basics of generating noise but there has got to be some way to push those effects to an extreme to get something like what I've attached. Once I can get the grainy, pixelatedness I will need to go about producing bands, like the white one seen.
With a normal shape, I can select one corner using the direct selection tool and drag to distort: to I want to apply the same type of single-point dragging distortion to the bounding box of a group of shapes, but can't figure out any way to do it. How could I select the right-bottom corner of this group, and drag to distort the whole group?
I have an Illustrator document with a number of images embedded. The images are all illustrations on a white background. I need to remove the white so that the art behind shows through. I know there are a variety of ways to do this in Photoshop, but is there a way to do it in Illustrator?
I'm trying to save a PDF file and retain text, The problem is that when I use some hebrew fonts that I purchased I get an error while saving the file, The error is the famous: "Could not save as 'untitiled.pdf' because of a program error." I insist to use those fonts, I just don't know why they're causing that error. I tried to use font forge to re-generate the font with different settings, nothing seemed to solve the issue though. I'd love to know how to solve this problem, Thanks.
Are there any image editing or research tools, commercial or otherwise which will allow me to: map colors (images) from 16-bit RGB (565) space to 24-bit RGB (888) space or vice versa save files in PNG, GIF, or JPEG give user the ability to control how colors are mapped from 16-bit space to 24-bit space. Here's a little background for this request. I'm working on a project evaluating an LCD display panel. The native bit depth of the panel is 24-bits (RGB 888) and it is currently available on an evaluation kit that uses an LCD controller that supports 24-bit output only. The LCD controller on the product for which this panel is being evaluated only supports 16-bit output (RGB 565). In the final design the remaining bits for each color channel on the panel will be connected in some way. The evaluation kit does not take RGB inputs (as mentioned above it only takes PNG, JPEG, or GIF). I'm looking for a way to create 16-bit and 24-bit RGB files which will then be converted to a PNG. By manipulating the values of the R, G and B channels in the source files (16-bit and 24-bit) I want to compare the difference between driving a 24-bit display with 24-bits of color and 16-bits of color (extended to 24-bits). I'd also be interested in learning about others experiences with this sort of evaluation and the sanity of my proposed test methodology. Thanks.
This fire image: As you can see, it has a black background, which I can't delete (because it would probably destroy the smooth-looking fire effect). I want to place some fire in a photo. However, I remember it was possible to take such images and do something in photoshop so that when you place them over a photo, the black is gone and the fire is perfectly blended there. But I can't remember what feature or option was it. Any ideas? Photoshop CS5.
I'm using After Effects to create png sequences for roulette's winning numbers. First I create a sample animation with effects and transforms (8 frames). Next I create timeline with colored numbers from 0 to 36 (38 frames with zero and double zero). I had to remap my second timeline with numbers to fit it in animation (38×8 = 304 frames, new digit every 8-th frame). Now I want to apply cycle animation loop for each 8 frames. How can I do this? Or maybe there is another way to do this job?
does anyone know if it is possible to "shield" other layers from path selection? for example lets say I have 3 layers with different vector shapes in each one that overlap eachother in some points. if I click on layer 3 I want to edit the vector in layer 3 only and i don't want photoshop to select and move to vectors from layers below it.
Whenever I select an object by clicking on it in Illustrator CS6, the second I move my mouse it moves the object. Is there a way around this? I just need to select an object and then change it's color or font but as soon as I move my mouse, the object is moved 3-4 pixels.
What files should i put in a logo pack to give to clients? Should I put small, medium and large version of my logo as well as the vector file.
I am creating a logo for a client, I have two simple lines of text in Ai. I have duplicated the logo and moved the copy below the original so I can compare the 2. It seems that when I do Object > Expand on the copy, it seems a bit bolder. Why would this be happening? I will be providing the client with an .eps. Is there any reason to expand the text vs. regular text? Thanks.
I would like to know if there is a way to handle minor content changes in InDesign 5.5. I need to create a few different versions of a document where the majority of the content will remain the same but some of it will change. For example, the heading in one document might read "Foo Bar" and the same heading in the other document might read "Hello World". I only have a few variations so a data merge isn't what I am looking for. I also don't want to manage separate documents. Is there a way to create multiple "views" of a document with different layers or content turned on/off, or even replaced with alternate text?
I'm looking for a font like Zamenhof for a project I'm working on, but would prefer not to have to purchase the font. Anyone know of a similar typeface?
Does anyone know where to get jquery mobile vector .ai files preferrable? In need to do some mockups in high quality for print but cannot find any ilustrator or vector psd templats for this. Is there something that looks very similar to the UI on http://jquerymobile.com ?
I have an image of a proposed website. How do I work out what px font-size value to set text to by counting pixels? E.g. I have font-size: 14px, (in Arial) but counting from the top of an "L" and down the tail of a "p" I count 10 pixels on the "L", with an extra 3 on the tail of the "p". Which obviously doesn't give me 14. Is there a way to workout the font-size value by counting pixels reliably?
I'm starting to design a game for iOS and I want to use a style similar to the image below: The game will have a few animations for the player, what program can I use to do that? I couldn't find a way to make animations like that in Illustrator, maybe I overlooked them. Any way to do it?
So I have a friend who wants a vector image done for a wall print in their karate studio. But they want the image 8 ft high and 5ft long. Do you actually make a file that big then draw the design then print it? Or is their some way to make it so its smaller, but for printing, scale it up proportionally?
I have a sprite sheet from a classic video game (if you're curious, Final Fight) that I'd like to be broken up into indivual images to be used in GameSalad. However, the images aren't on an even grid, and all have a different amount of space between them. Is there an automated way to export images based on contiguous pixels or something like that?
I've always wondered how to create these kind of logos - based on circles and a grid: How do I connect the circles in the 'U' here and clean up the paths afterwards? The connection could be done with Common Tangents but how do I remove the right points from the circles? Could someone show me this in steps or perhaps link to a video?
I have some images that I'd like to resize to a specific size by cropping and resizing. I've tried using Paint.NET, but the resize and crop are both individual operations. How I'd like it to proceed is as follows. I type in the size that I am trying to resize to. I then get given a box with the right aspect ratio, I can resize the box and move it around. When I'm happy, I click a button and the image is cropped to the selected region and then resized to the aspect ratio I originally entered. Are there any lightweight programs that handle this workflow?
When you are doing visual research, what tools do you use to save, tag and share images or screenshots with clients/team? Do you know other tools than Little Snapper?
I'm currently reading Color Design Workbook: A Real World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design, but it's a bit short on color theory basics. I was wondering: in CMYK, black is added to the three subtractive primary colors to improve the rendering of blacks, which would otherwise be brownish. This addition of a fourth pigment increases the gamuth of available color. So, my question is: has there been any serious proposal to add a fourth primary to the additive RGB colors? One can imagine that this would allow for more vibrant non-primary colors, for example in the “violet” region, in high-end display devices. One obvious downside would be the price of such new technology, and I know it is not widely available, but: has it been considered?
Originally, the typeface is a particular design of type, while a font is a type in a particular size and weight. In short, a typeface usually gathers many fonts. Nowadays, with the digital design of documents, you often see those two words used rather interchangeably. It doesn't make much sense to say that “Helvetica 12” and “Helvetica 14” are different fonts (they used to be different drawers with different blocks of lead, now they're all a single OTF file!). So, my question is: Does the difference between a 'font' and a 'typeface' subside in the language? Or are font and typeface now used interchangeably even by pros?
A quick Google search turns up many websites that claim to make a customized script font from a sample of your handwriting. How do they compare, and would you recommend any such service? Are there online tools (free or open-source preferably) that can achieve this goal?
I have a web font that i'm using but I only need 0123456789. Is there a way to extract glyphs from that font and generate a new font?
A while ago I noticed some .ico files actually came in "packs" that contained the same image in different sizes. I now need to create one of those packs (I have 10 different sizes). Do I need a specific software? Can it maybe be done online?
Say I'd like to produce the following diagram in Inkscape. How were I to proceed? I can create three overlapping circles and I can create intersection objects from them but the problem is to align the intersection objects with the original circles. When I copy the three circles and paste them again, they turn up anywhere on the page and not in their original spot. It's very hard and in fact practically impossible to exactly realign the four intersection objects because even the slightest mismatch will create something like color fringing. Edit: This is what I actually need and what I got so far with manual placement: To be honest, the upper right intersection element is only darker than the other two because somehow I didn't get it to be bright. Maybe it's because of the gradients in the circles or maybe just because I don't have a very good mental model of what the overlays do.
I'm creating an app and I am trying to create some icons for it. I made the icon in AI, changed the color of the icon in Fireworks, and then resized the icon to the exact size I needed in Photoshop. The end result of all of this gives me this icon, which includes some nice jagged edges (that I don't want of course) Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong in my steps?
I've been working in Sublime Text 2 on my own time to learn web development. Now I'm laying out another book in InDesign and just dreaming of having some of Sublime Text 2's workflow. Does anyone know if there are any extensions / plug-ins that offer this? Particularly the ability to select a segment of text, instantly select all instances of it, and edit them all simultaneously IN COLUMN as opposed to the very tedious find and replace functionality.
I'm trying to follow this tutorial to create an iPhone from scratch in Illustrator. I'm onto step 18 and cannot seem to create the pattern needed. My problem is this, after creating the layout of objects that are to make up my pattern, I need to select an area(rectangle) within this layout and use that area to create the actual pattern, the tutorial I'm following along with an Adobe tutorial tell me to do as follows: 1. Create a rectangle within the guide borders 2. Send rectangle to back 3. Set opacity of the rectangle to 0% 4. Select all 5. Edit > Define Pattern… and name it "Dot Pattern". When I choose Select > all, everything in my file gets selected, not just the pattern, when I don't choose Select > all and just leave the rectangle highlighted, my pattern turns out as a blank white area. I have never used Illustrator prior to this to this tutorial so please be detailed in your responses.
What would you say would be the best, simplest way to share images and design source files online that can be freely downloaded and printed, and so people can upload their own files? We would like to create a section on our activist community FB page and website in order to share with everyone images and files ready for printing panflets, brochures, t-shirts, stickers, etc. Let's say we have some cool slogans for t-shirts, so we would like to show them on a gallery, and offer for download the original design files needed for a print shop to create the t-shirts. And the same thing for all other kinds of media. We want to enable anyone to be able to just download the files for free, and easily create printed materials with them. But besides offering this hybrid between picture gallery and downloads manager, we would also like to make it very easy for anyone to upload and share their own files with the community, to make it a true collaboration initiative, be it that they get posted automatically, or that we first review and approve all uploads. Cafepress or Spreadshirt let you upload your design and sell your own merchandise. We need something similar, but where people can then download working files for making quality printings and materials. What apps, tools, services or methods are out there with which you think this could be best done?? We have some ideas, but we would like to hear some more!!
There's a common feature in old typography where the first word of a page is repeated at the end of the previous page, usually right-aligned on a line by itself. This book from 1759 shows this feature on nearly every page. For example, page eleven could end with: A sentence like this starts near the end of page eleven and then On page twelve you find: then continues at the top of page twelve. What do you call this feature?
I have the following css: @font-face { font-family: 'font name'; src: url('../font/fontname.ttc'); } In Chrome it is working but in the firefox the font style doesn't apply, font get too bold not cleared. Am i doing something wrong? or I have to convert this file into .ttf.
I have a Chinese font file, the size of the file is 7.693 MB. Due to the size of the ttf file, the website loads slowly. Is there any way to reduce the size of the .ttf font?
While reading on the Lab color space, I stumbled onto the Wikipedia page for the Helmholtz–Kohlrausch effect. I can honestly say that, while all the words in that page make sense individually, I cannot form an image in my mind of what this effect is :( So, would anyone here have an example or simple illustration of the Helmholtz–Kohlrausch effect?
Is there any font classification service (web page, app, book) that classifies fonts by x-height, ascender and descender lengths, stroke contrast, apertures and counters, besides the basic serif and sans-serif classifications? Also if if the font is made for heading, body, etc.
I want to know, how it was possible to create the cubes, with their shinny, dark and cubed parts? I know it could be doable with Photoshop, but how? Is there any software better suited to make it than that?
I drew 2 circles with circle tool, one inside another. Then I switched to pencil tool and drew a line for future callout. But the line damaged previous circleto for continuous path. How to turn this feature off? I need just to draw line where I want.
I exported a PDF from InDesign CS5 - it worked well, no issues with the program or the output of the PDF. My problem relates to color - this area's fairly new to me. My OS is Mac OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard, if that's of any use. When exporting, I selected ISOnewspaperv264 and it worked - but, here's the kicker - it didn't display as it in Acrobat Pro, except when I previewed it. I had to use Output Preview to see it as ISOnewspaperv264, then convert colors to output intent ISOnewspaperv264 to get it to look like a printed publication and not in Acrobat Pro's default setting of Monitor Color (I don't really want to mess up the Acrobat settings, since it's a shared computer, not just me who uses the program!) How would I in InDesign/Acrobat get it to view similar to the printed version upon export? I know in InDesign I can use view Overprint Preview, Proof Colors but I'm new to this area of digital/desktop publishing so any help would be required.
We've started using LayerVault to manage PSD revisions and things were going well. However, we had a sync inconsistency and the web UI was showing two folders of the same name, one of them empty. After deleting the empty one, both folders were removed. Deleting a folder in LayerVault's web UI deletes the local folder instantly and permanently. Is there any way to restore a folder that has been deleted via LayerVault's web UI?
I was just wondering if it was possible to have smooth lines in photoshop the same way it is in flash where when you draw a figure it will automatically change the lines you made into smoothened shapes, I would like to know if this is possible with photoshop and how you would do so. Thank you.
What is the font / typeface is it in the image? (or any similar ones)
Im exporting a number for cad pdfs (not graphic design i know, but the paper sizes are still relivant) ive been given a couple of options, either ISO_expand_A1 or ISO_A1 they from the mm length and width they seem the same. What is it that makes them different ?
I have an artboard with a card design and I have an image that have to change one hundred times inside that. It´s an image that changes the meaning of the card, but it will always have the same width and height. Those images are a JPG file, that I will place on that card design AI file. Is there any solution without using one hundred different layers? Like an action? Thank you!
This may be a very newbie question, but I need to draw many profiles/diagrams that would be something like this: I images I need to make would usually be simpler than that, but I need to have a 45° angle view, like the isometric (iso) view in sketch up. What software should I use to achieve this? What software do people use for this? I love SketchUp, but the lines always look so bad when you export to 2D. I've used LayOut 3, but I'm not sure that's the correct software for the job. Thanks in advance. Edit: Does anybody know specifically in which software such an image was created with?
I often see professional and amateur artists posting drawings of characters they don't own. Some sell "con sketches" of Marvel's Hulk, others create erotic fanart to Assassin's Creed. Who is the copyright holder of this new work? Do I have to ask the copyright holder of the characters, or the artist of the derivative work, if I want to use such an image? Who can sue me, if I create a derivative work off a derivative work? The creator of the fanart? The copyright holder of the characters? Or both?
I got a grid of images in png format (sprite sheet). I decided to cut them so that I can use each image individually. However by using the slice tool provided in photoshop I noticed two things: First there doesn't seem to be a way to save sliced images in other format rather than gif. Second, all the generated images have a white border around them. How can I avoid that?
Does anyone know how to get objects to follow a path in illustrator symmetrically? For example (and what I am trying to emulate), the Welcome to Las Vegas Sign. I figured out the basics of the blend tool and how to duplicate my "lights" to have them follow a path, but I can never get them to go all the way around, nor can I get them to look symmetric.
How do you convert a grayscale bitmap a to one CMYK color in Photoshop for printing, eg. C61, M41, Y58, K16 green?
I have seen a lot this type of fonts (the ones in the bar). It is a relief effect or the font is just like that?
I have about 300 pictures. They were taken of the restoration of the place where I work. Now we have an opening night with some people. The pictures are sometimes portrait and sometimes landscape, in varying resolutions and sizes. What I actually need now is to resize all of these pictures to our monitors with a maximum size of 1920x1080. What is a quick and efficient way to do this? Here are the programs I have access to. GIMP IrfanView I could ask a friend if I might use his PC since there's Photoshop on it.
I was just browsing the plugins.joshlobe.com and the thing that caught my eye was interesting use of drop shadows. I am talking about the drop shadow in the linked image with a center glow kind of thing. Could anybody tell me how to achieve the effect? Is it purely an image effect or can it be produced with a combination of CSS and some image? Any tutorials where I can learn to get this kind of effect would also help. Your help is appreciated. dk.
How can I create the effect illustrated in the attached picture? If a box of a given width (say 300px) and of the same height and color as in the picture is inserted in the middle, the resulting picture will look bent with shadow at both the right and left hand side. I highly appreciate it if the instructions are given in more details as I am new to Photoshop. I am using Photoshop CS6.
Many books before 1800 used a feature called catchwords, repeating the first word of the page at the bottom of the previous page. Wikipedia has a small article on them and there's a good question about them on english.stackexchange.com. How can I add these to my document using InDesign? I'm using InDesign CS6. Somehow I imagine there isn't a way to do this (short of some horrible script to run) but I'm not sure.
Does anyone have experience selling a typeface they've made? What are some foundries that buy from individuals? Any advice? Asking price? It's a full set of glyphs with some ligatures. Thanks!
I have mac pro, imac and mac air and all of which I use at various times in the work flow creating a range of media. I have various fonts across all three and have been trying to manage with font book, which just isn't cutting it. It's time to move to something useful in my situation. What should I look for in a package that will help manage fonts across my machines? Do I need a server solution or would something else work in this small office?
I am trying to scale images without scaling layers. I tackled the problem of scaling down the images by selecting the largest visible layer and the cropping the image to that layer. This way none of the layers are scaled down, just the image is scaled. I am unable to scale up the image independently of the layers. The standard option Image>>Scale Image, as you must have guessed, scales the layers too.
How would I select a specific Pantone color in Photoshop, e.g. PMS 5625? Also, how do you pick a Pantone colour that is similar to a specific CMYK color, e.g. C61, M41, Y58, K16 green? In this case Pantone 5615C looks closest to the CMYK color.
Is this a photo or rendered image? How can I achieve a similar affect post production with a photo? Are there any actions already available that might do this? EDIT: After comments below, are there any 3D tutorials that show how to create a photo with this look? 2D to 3D tutorials I've seen create videos or real 3Ds that you need the glasses for.
As I open a PDF file in Illustrator CS6, it displays it rotated 90 degrees CW. If I rotate the artboard and content back to normal for editing and save it, Acrobat Reader displays the file rotated 90 degrees CCW. Where does this behaviour come from, and how do I deal with it?
I want to show the effect of threshold on FAR and FRR( basically the region under a curve with when the x-range is bounded ). To do that I need to do something like this!! image If the threshold is changed so does the values. I have to illustrate similar concepts and so have to draw a lot of similar curves and do some basic effects( using colour ) on the curve. Now this is not exactly a mathematical function. Also it is not much useful to plot these values after gathering data. Is there some graphic tool( possibly free ) that I can use to draw this type of general graphs. Is there a way or do I need to write code( python matplot/octave ) to do this?
I'm trying to take an outline and blend it in as a cloud in a photo I took. I've tried rendering clouds within the black outline and then mushing it around with the Liquify filter (not pictured), but it still doesn't really blend in well. How do I get it to look more like a natural cloud pattern? EDIT: Thanks for the help. I used the answer/comment below, plus a strong blur. Here is the result!
What kind of black should I use when designing for CMYK print? explains what rich black is, but when should it be used? If it gives a "blacker black", why not use it for all black elements in a CMYK job (body text/line art/tints)? Would there be any downsides?
I have the following image: The gray version of the pin will obviously be it's shadow. I know how to skew it and all to make it look like a shadow. What I want to do, but don't know how, is to blur the shadow version of the pin more at the top and less as you go towards the tip of the pin shadow. I want to do that because in real life, the shadow will be more softer as it gets farther from the object that casts it (as can be seen in the bellow example). Thank you! UPDATE: Just to clarify: I need a map style shadow, not a simple drop shadow. Something like this:
I need sometimes re-edit Illustrator files made by somebody else and i have noticed that all objects are in same layer and it's sublayers. Elements might be also combined with each others (texts are combined with background images for instance). What is the purpose of this, how it is made and can elements "restored" back to original state (text is not combined with other elements)?