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Does this mosaic technique have a name? I want to learn how to create images like this: Marquee of InDesign CS6: And random image of a girl I found on the web: It combines many almost random but thematically or stylistically similar images, newspaper clippings, letters and snippets of text, etc to create one rough, chaotic, energetic image.
I want to take some portrait shots and then replace the background. I don't have a green screen or anything I can use for chroma keying, so I had this idea that I could take a picture of a background, and then take another picture with people in front of it, and then separate the people from the background by doing a "difference" on the two pictures to create the mask. Both pictures were taken from exactly the same position (using a tripod and a remote shutter release), so that isn't a problem. The problem is that despite having identical exposures, the lighting of the background is slightly different, so when I take the difference there is a lot of values in the range of 0-15 (on a 0-255 scale) making it impossible for Threshold to determine the mask. Is there another technique I can use, or am I barking up the wrong tree here?
I am trying to cut up a circle into several smaller rings, I am using a quick method I where i go to the Select menu option and choose Modify > Contract. Using this sparingly like 5px, the object is still rounded to the average viewer. However, if I increase the amount to contract the shape by. Up to say 45px, the image becomes blocky as shown below (B). It goes from being a perfect circle (A) to a somewhat rounded polygon and it gets even worse the more I increase the pixels to contract by. Is there any explanation for this behaviour? The shape is rasterized.
Its sort of like the sunburst but I need even whitespace between each fin, I dont need them to go completely around the circle just half. Ive tried stroke but did not give me the result I wanted or I was doing it wrong. Going thru and moving the objects with the select tool and rotating is becoming a massive headache. Even in my demo image its not even. Whats the best practice method to do this?
When I try to draw a shape, I can't seem to get it to create a new layer, but rather it always goes on the layer that I already have selected. How do I create a new layer from a shape that I wish to draw? Otherwise, I can't seem to edit its colour.... In relation to this, I watched a tutorial and each time the guy drew a new shape it created a coloured thumbnail linked to a thumbnail with the shape inside of a grey box. For me, currently, the shapes just keep appearing on transparent layer thumbnails. This is what the tool bar looks like with the shape tool selected:
I'm designing monospace pixel fonts for a game, and so far I've only been able to work with extremely small sizes (largest I've managed is 5x9) because those ones are the easiest to try and err with. Often times the results I come up with for sizes even as small as 7x13 are all blockish and unappealing. I've analyzed some other pixel fonts, and most of the graphically appealing ones make lots of alternate considerations that I never would have thought of making, such as making entire sections only diagonally connected. Are there any special block sizes that are "optimal" for designing pixel fonts? Are there any special pixel placements that I might have to keep in mind? Because sometimes when I draw a line that's only 11 pixels long (or make things intersect at such small sizes), it ends up looking like something else once zoomed out.
I can't find the Pixel Grid option like I would have in CS5. I just upgraded. Any ideas?
I've seen this convention a lot but I don't really understand the use for it - or for a solid background layer at all, to be honest. I'd be very grateful if someone could explain why each new project starts out with a solid background layer, which most people then convert to transparency? Thank you very much in advance.
Once I have made a shape and added particular layer effects, these effects automatically apply to any shapes (or even shapes from paths) that I draw immediately afterwards. Is there a setting where I can prevent this continuity of the effects I add? How else do I clear them and restore whatever the default is? Thank you in advance.
In Photoshop, how does one create the below single-line zig zag effect, per the instructions? Every time I have completed a work path, it will join one end to the other, so the stroke I apply after making it into a selection will always be of a looped shape. (N.B. The grey line above the jagged one is the bottom edge of a rectangle that was created in the previous step. The zig zag line appears to be on its own) Thanks very much for any help.
I encountered this image that is very impressive and interesting to me. In particular, I love the mixture way texts are presented. I just wondered if there is a name for this style so I can Google for more similar images.
How does one create a shape in photoshop? The two ends of my shape are not closing. Can someone please tell me the principles of working with the pen tool?
In Photoshop, how do i move the selection or shape while creating it self. is there any procedure or shortcut key to move the selected path while selecting the path itself? Thanks very much for any help.
In Photoshop, how does all layers in the project are hide except selected one..for example if there is 10 layers are there in my project. i need one layer should be visible and remaining 9 layers should hide ..is their any shortcut to do this Thanks very much for any help.
In Adobe products are there any shortcut keys to move layers forward and backward instead of dragging layers up and down in the palette to arrange them?
Basically when someone gives me a PSD that has a bunch of copy and other things that I need to quickly strip off to use the background on a web page. What are the fastest ways to clear that and start new. Currently I save a copy. Then start deleting the layers that will not be used as web backgrounds. But then what? I remember a keyboard shortcut in Photoshop to copy and then paste to a new document, and when copied it came down to the size of the remaining object (not the original canvas size).
Possible Duplicate: Turning a text “string” into a text “block” in Photoshop CS6? Here we know that there are two texting modes in PSE - "single-line" and "paragraph". The problem is how to convert point text to paragraph in photoshop?
I am building web pages from a PSD. The designer just made all layers on the same size canvas which makes it harder to copy into a new layer in its intended size. What could be a good work flow to get to the logo and reuse it? What I normally do is the following 1. Copy the original 2. Delete all unecessary layers 3. Roughtly crop what I need 4. Get in closer and crop until I have a more desirable size. But I imagine there has to be a more efficient way to get the element that I need.
In Photoshop you can select next or prev blending mode with cursor up and down, but can't do the same in the Adobe Illustrator. How to fix that? Maybe shortcuts or scripts can help...
Any ideas how can I create "subtly pushed" buttons like the "Active filter" buttons in the following screenshot? The mockup is from here. UPDATE: Here's what I have got so far:
I found this pencil stroke is very fancy and I wondered how it can be emulated in Gimp or Photoshop. Actually I found pencil drawing is really fascinating and I hope to learn more about it. I will greatly appreciate any: tutorials on how to make this kind of drawing similar works so that I feel the beauty
I'm pretty new to image editing. I want to be able to batch oilify a number of images. However, I can't find a GUI option in GIMP to do this. In the filters menu there is a Batch process.. option, but this only allows for basic operations such as resizing, cropping, and so on. Is there a way I can do a batch process from within a GUI? If this is not possible, is there some command line, or script method I could use?
I'm trying to give a photograph I took a nice reflection on Photoshop. I've done this with previous pictures by simply making a copy, flipping it, and fading it out. However, I took this picture in two point perspective (not realizing that it would be difficult to reflect) and the reflection method I'm trying is coming out awful. What's a good way to make this reflection work? UPDATE This is my attempt at a reflection. It was made by copying parts of the sculpture I thought would appear in the reflection and arranging it until I thought it made sense, though I know it's not perfect. What do you think? Please critique.
I think this screenshot is self-explanatory. Shouldn't I see all of the created slices when I export for the web? Instead, I just see one! Could it be that the file have a very high resolution (4k x 3k)? Thanks in advance! EDIT: I tried to save anyway and it works! It gives me all my slices in separate files. Why then I see only one in the export window? Not so much of an issue now, btw...
i want to apply lighting effects for that shape.but before applying it. It is asking to rasterize the layer....can't we apply the effects directly to shape?
I have created a shape and selected a layer. In the Edit menu the Define custom shape... option is disabled. Can any one tell what mistake I have made.
How can I make a logo in Adobe Illustrator like the AntiParticle logo below, from http://www.graphicdesigninspiration.net/2012/08/15/70-awesome-logo-designs-for-your-inspiration/? It is a large number circles of different, varying sizes, which form the shape of a text character.
could anyone identify the font in the image below? I've found a lot of fonts that are very similar, but none that are dead on matches.
Sometimes German students ask me how to do the typesetting of documents in English, French or Spanish. I'm not able to help them because I never learned to speak or write French or Spanish. Different languages have different typographic rules to typeset documents. For English documents one can read Robert Bringhurst's "The Elements of Typographic Style" or for German documents, for example, "Detailtypografie" by Friedrich Forssman and Ralf de Jong. Do you know a document (book, article or URL) comparing the styles for some languages (English, German, French, ...)? Some examples: abbreviations are written in German with a "Spatium" (a small space, in LaTeX: \,, for example: z.\,B. = e.g.), in English without any space, abbreviations should not used in German at the beginning of a sentence (write the complete word(s), for example "Zum Beispiel"), a dash in English is --- (in LaTeX) without spaces before and after the character, in German ~-- (with spaces, ~ is a space without the possibility of line breaking), the quotation marks are different (English: “Foo” vs. German: „Bar“ vs. « Baz »; LaTeX package csquote), vertical, horizontal and double rules in tables (LaTeX package booktabs), in German the ampersand & is only allowed in company names (Paul & Söhne), in English I don't know, in German punctuation marks like !?., are written without a leading blank, there are different style formatting footnotes in German (e.g. normal number, hanging, footnote text left justified or right left justified). Other languages?
As far as I can see, creating graphic design goes through two main steps. Coming with up an idea. Turning the idea into a real design. I find that I am stuck in the first step. I am new to graphic design with little professional training or real project experiences. I love this field and can feel a bunch of lovely visual ideas constantly emerging in my head. The disappointing fact is I can neither make those ideas into real designs nor become satisfied with the work I have attempted (both possibly because of my lack of skills and experience). I believe there are some (possibly many) of you who have gone through this anxious period and I wonder how you have reacted to make yourself better at turning visual thoughts into real designs.
Are there any books that teach the theory and process required to create icons like the Chrome logo below using Photoshop? I know the basics of Photoshop and its tools but are there any books that teach how to combine them to create stunning icons, etc.? Source: Dribbble.
I applied the redeye tool for my image, but after applying it, I do not see any major difference… How can I remove the red eyes in that image?
I learned css snd html, thinking that making a site that looks good and professional would be a simple matter of basic layout and some fiddling with colours/text. However on beginning the css portion of my site design, I've found that everything looks like a gradeschool web project or like it's from the 90's. All of the color schemes i apply look awful- in fact solid colours in general dont look very professional. Then i go on professional sites and notice that alot of their graphics amnd div backgrounds are filled with custom gradients or other designs, not just a single solid color. Can i make a professional looking site using just basic html and css, or will i need to design graphics as well?
Possible Duplicate: Techniques to dramatically scale an image Is there any way that I can increase the size of these google images without ruining the quality? I'm starting with high-resolution images, but when expanded to 36" x 36", the images that I have tried are pixelated and look to be poor quality. Are there any programs that can help me? Or is there a way within the Adobe Master Collection to do this?
When a book uses arabic page numbering, the usual habit is to treat the front cover as a page number 1, and start the book itself by page number 3. However, sometimes the front-matter of the book is numbered seperately by roman numbers. In such case, should the first page be i = 1 or iii = 3?
It is a given fact that I cannot number the appendicies (i.e., back-matter) in my works/book by continuing the arabic numbering from the main-matter. The reason is that the main-matter numbering is continued from a previous works and will continue in the next works, and the appendicies have to be omitted from this numbering. What is the prefered way to number the back-matter in this case? The front-matter is numbered by roman numerals. I'm using LaTeX, I know that I can use basically whatever I want, however, I would prefer to follow the English typography traditions as much as possible.
Coming form a digital background, I have often read different kinds of suggestions (for example 35-50 ems) for how wide a column of body text should be to still maintain a good readability. Is there any advice from the print design that could be adapted, and in what measurement are they given (em, word count, letter count, other..)? I am particularly looking for articles, books or other references on this. Can digital be mirrored to print media when it comes to column width, and vice versa?
I have a Wacom Bamboo Tablet with pen, and every time I touch the pen down, the brush selection tool pops up instead of just drawing. I don't recall having this issue in Windows 7, but I was also using CS5 back then too. How do I disable the brush selection tool on tap? I can't seem to find any options in PSE 11 or in the Wacom Drivers.
On a whim, I decided to try to recreate a high resolution Paint Shop Pro 8 logo icon. The icon is a red painter's palette with a paint prush and the text "PSP 8". I traced the outline of the palette, traced the paint brush handle, bristle clamp, and bristles, and typed the text all on different layers. My difficulty comes in that the palette has a hole cut in the middle of it for the artist's thumb to grip. I've traced a vector path for the hole, but I don't know how to make the center of the hole (which I've specified should have no fill) be empty space in the middle of the outer outline of the palette. I'm sure that this will be better illustrated by images than by my words, so here you are: Now, it would be the easiest thing in the world to convert the palette and the hole to raster layers, select the outline of the hole, highlight the palette layer and delete those pixels, but I want to get better at using vector drawing tools and being able to cut a hole out of the interior seems like a pretty basic skill to have.
I'm not savvy when it comes to HTML/CSS. I use Typepad for my blog, and that limits me a lot. There are four divs. <div id="container-inner"> <div id="nav"></div> <div id="pagebody"> <div id="pagebody-inner"> <div id="alpha"></div> <div id="beta"></div> </div> </div> </div> I need "beta" to appear on the type right of the page, to the right of "nav" and before "alpha". The link to the live site is here: http://sarajchipps.com/ Your help is greatly appreciated.
I am currently trying to create a batch action in Photoshop CS3 to re-size the canvas on images of varying dimensions and insert a text box in the new space at the bottom of the image created by the canvas resizing. The primary problem is the varying dimensions of the images. I can use relative positioning for the canvas re-sizing, but I am stuck on how to create the text with the correct dimensions (vertical will be the same, but horizontal may vary) and then position the text box at the bottom, either using some sort of 'coordinates = max value' (for referencing the lower right hand corner); or (0, max value) for referencing the bottom left hand corner. I suppose I would also need to specify which corner of the text box I am aligning it to (perhaps with the Transform tool?). To sum it: How do I create a text box in an action with a set vertical value and a horizontal value equal to the horizontal dimensions of the canvas? How do I reference the "maximum value" using the coordinate system? I am trying this in Photoshop CS3, but if you think another CS3 product with action functionality is better suited for this task, please let me know. I know Photoshop dropped some of its support for coordinate positioning in favor of its snap-to features. (I have seen a related post at: Can I transform an image's location in a Photoshop action so that it's relative to the canvas and NOT the image? - but I'm not sure this is the solution to my problem).
I want to know how can I draw a dashed circle in photoshop, I am using photoshop CS5. \ In one of the article I found that by using pattern we can do it, I found this pattern http://www.brusheezy.com/patterns/14725-dotted-and-pois-photoshop-patterns but its not giving dashed circle.. thanks
I'm doing up a document in the style of the earliest printed documents. For this, I need to find a blackletter font that supports long s « ſ » and r rotunda « ꝛ ». Are there any such fonts out there?
I want to make a logo. The content of the logo is a picture and a sentence which round a picture like a circle. I am using Inkscape (on Ubuntu). Which tools should I use? If I can't do this on Inkscape, what software should I use?
Is it possible to have a text frame auto-expand to fit the text in Indesign CS6? So when I continue to add text the frame containing it automatically grows in size and doesn't cut the text and show the overflow indicator.
I’m experimenting with fonts for learning purposes, and I noticed that using only one font type looks many times plain, but using more can easily make a mess out of my webpage and CD cover (these are the ones I’m experimenting with). I have hard time finding the balance, so I’m curious if there is a rule of how many different fonts can I use, or what kind of fonts can balance each other. I read the answers for Guidelines for logos using multiple typefaces , but I want to express two or more different things (like the formal/elegant mood of a music school and the feeling of a particular work of theirs) and I'm still stuck.
Is there an icon set for displaying "All", "Some", and "None" states? For example, an icon for "All categories", one for "Some categories", and one for "No categories".
I would like to give an object a striped fill, where the stripes are thin and dense. I chose "stripes 1 : 2" from the Pattern Fill menu but the pattern was too coarse. Online help suggested that after selecting the object, handles for controlling the scale, orientation and origin of the pattern should appear. However, I could not find them so for now I'm relying on scaling the objects up without resizing the pattern, then scaling down while resizing the pattern. Is there a better way to do this, or did I miss a way to find the above-mentioned handles?
I have been designing web banners for more than a year but never considered the DPI. I was using the default 72 dpi, but now I want to know is it necessary to create web designs in 72 dpi? What if we use more than that, for example 200 dpi? I know that more DPI means more quality image and that's why I want to use high DPI, but recently I read somewhere that for web banners we should use 72 dpi. I just want to know if it is mandatory and if it affects negatively in any aspect?
I originally thought the standard was Helvetica, but looking at these examples we see the font is narrower and the 'R' doesn't look like Helvetica. Also, these signs are typically routed -- so the router will give a rounded profile to sharp corners. Does anyone know what font is used here, or anything that comes close?
I'd like to change the cover in an iBooks Author book from being a portrait to landscape. The art has already been created to be the same as a page spread and it doesn't work to cut it in half. Wondering if I need to use another software like InDesign but Ibooks seems to be much easier. It seems like even the landscape templates have a portrait cover.
I'm looking for a way to use one color in multiple different layers, and then be able to change that color in all the layers in one single place. Lets say that I have four layers using #ffffff. Now I want to know what my design looks like with #ffff00 instead. How can I do this without manually changing all four layers? I can add that adjustment layer on hue/saturation is not really what I'm looking for. What I need is something like "change all #ffffff to #ffff00."
I am using rectangular marquee tool to cut a portion of the layer in photoshop cs5, but after cutting, the edges are not sharp, I get blur edges. how can I get sharp edges?
On the web, using ® (® or ®) will make the Registered mark almost as big as the rest of the text. How can you modify the size of it to match how it would appear in print?
Is it possible to combine an open path and a closed path in Illustrator? I want to take these two paths: And combine them to make a box like this, except I don't want the points of the diamond-shaped path to extend past the left and right side of the other path:
To me my designs looks good, at least for some months. But to others not so much. I want to go freelancing but I don't want to be a bad designer. So how do I find out if my logo/website/business card/backgrounds are good, and if not, what is bad about them?
I had a paper-and-ink image with a thick black border around it. Past the black border was very dirty white paper. I wanted to (using Photoshop) replace the dirty white paper with pure white, or possibly with paper texture cloned from other parts of the image. I realized that there was a reasonable gap in luminosity between the border and the dirt, so I figured what I could do is pick a shade of grey somewhere inside that gap, let's call it the threshold, that's brighter than the border, and darker than the dirt. Then just use the polygonal lasso tool to select right down the middle of the black border (so no finicky feathered edges on the selection, just nice straight lines) and select the dirty trim around the image. Fill that area with white on a new layer, and then say "Display this layer wherever the background is brighter than the threshold, otherwise display the background." If I pick the right threshold value, that should have the effect of masking off the dirty white paper, but letting through the border, right? All without the need to do any tedious, risky manual work that might gnaw into the border. But how can I do that? Is it even possible?
I know a business that wanted a website to match their brand, and it would seem that they are allergic to colour. I think designs in greyscale can look amazing, especially in print, but it feels near impossible to apply to website design. In this case, the business was centered around social networking and new technology but a greyscale design I feel is rather outdated and didn't reflect at all what they did, even though, apparently that was their brand. (They said they were going for that 'Apple like minimalism style and sophistication' but perhaps they were thinking of Apple ten years ago) The business's website today is about as bland as cold white rice, (like one of those warranty documents you get with a new gadget you bought). I recently received a request from a client who, for an architectural practice requested the same look and feel, without colour. What do think makes a website look modern and interesting while lacking colour?
I have a simple shape in Illustrator that has two curved edges, two straight edges, and four sharp corners: I want to round off the sharp corners a bit like so (kinda sorta approximated by the Feather effect). Effect -> Stylize -> Round Corners doesn't work because it gets rid of the curved edges and makes straight lines instead. Is there a way to have Illustrator round the corners of a shape with curves?
When designing in Photoshop I frequently place a guide a certain distance away from an object so that I can keep consistent spacing (e.g. all headings could have 40px of padding below them). In Photoshop, I can use the Ruler tool to measure 40px from an existing object/guide, than drag a new guide out, let it snap to the end of the ruler, and release it. In Illustrator, though, the Measure tool disappears as soon as I start to drag out a guide. Is there a way to place a guide (ideally) or an object itself (if guides aren't possible) a certain distance away from an existing object or guide?
I need to send a file to someone but it has sensitive information on it that I would not like to share. I was going to just scan the document and edit out the sensitive information with a layer covering the sensitive information, but I wonder if this is acceptable. For example, if someone were to intercept the file and read the data to unmask the information that is being hid. Any thoughts?
I'm using a theme based on 1140px grid and I'd like to make the content area narrower while making the sidebar wider (currently it's 250px). How do I ensure everything stays proportional? I'm looking at something in the region of 300px for the sidebar.
How do I make ctrl-dragging (to snap to other paths) the default way of dragging in Adobe Illustrator cs6 -- without pressing any key? I recently upgraded from Illustrator cs3 to cs6, and I had this behaviour in cs3. And I'm missing it.
I am using Adobe Photoshop version 13.0 (CS6) and I am trying to make this image transparent: I am trying to do something like layer --> new layer ..but it isn't working for me. I am very new to Photoshop so if someone could please explain how to make this image transparent, that would be very nice!
I saw this photo on Smashing Magazine: Portrait of Alfred Nobel by Viktor Hertz And I was wondering how I can make a similar effect with the halftones extruding into 3D like it is shown. I don't have access to Photoshop Extended, so was trying to create the effect in Illustrator with the 3D effect with no avail. Anyone know how this is done?
A Photoshop document‘s physical size, pixel density (DPI/PPI) and pixel dimensions are all linked. Bitmap images contain bitmap data, which are a specific size (pixel dimensions). They also contain a DPI/PPI tag, which is usually a single value or pair of values (one for X, one for Y). The image's physical size is calculated using the pixel dimensions and DPI/PPI. This is how some print design apps place images at “100%” optimal size, which will typically be a different physical size to viewing an image at 100% in Photoshop. Questions Please note that the questions below relate to changing a document's DPI/PPI without changing the pixel dimensions of the image. Given that DPI/PPI is just a single value contained within a Photoshop document, which — if any — features in Photoshop change depending on the document's DPI/PPI? Do gradients and gradient dithering look different with different DPI/PPI values? Do other layer styles look different with different DPI/PPI values? Additional info: DPI = Dots per inch PPI = Pixels per inch Sometimes metric measurements are used instead of inches, like pixels per centimetre.
I have just recently purchased the HP Pavilion M6 15.6" Laptop - Silver (AMD A10-4600M / 1TB HDD / 8GB RAM / Windows 8). This laptop has a AMD Radeon HD 7670M + 7670M Dual Graphics.I am having some troubles with my photoshop CS5. The grey screen when opening a new file keeps flickering between a checkerboard backround and the grey backround. Does this have anything to do with the graphics card if so what graphics card should I upgrade to. Or is it just simply windows 8?
First off - I am not a graphic designer, but want to be. I have become a little familiar with Photoshop and yesterday was my first time using Illustrator. I purchased this image from shutterstock - http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-116461561/stock-vector-retro-poster-design-with-clouds-vector-illustration.html I thought I could just open it in Photoshop, the text portions of it would be in separate layers. I could just edit the text in those layers and voila I will have a poster with my text instead of the sample text but in the same style as the sample. Well first I found out that if opened in Photoshop, the whole file is converted/merged/rasterized into a single layer. So I opened it in Illustrator. In illustrator there is a layer for each letter in the text and they are compound paths (I learned the term half an hour ago). I could not find any way to change the text even when I have a layer with an alphabet selected and the type tool selected. I 'released' the compound paths thinking that will show the real text layer, but no and of course the text lost some of the styling/effect . This is how the layers look in Illustrator - So questions - Is there a text layer at all? Is there a way to modify the text while keeping the style the same? Or if its not a text layer, did they hand draw the text with the pen or pencil tool? If they actually used a font, do you recognize it what font this is? And what effects have been applied? Sorry for the slew of questions.
How to get this look in Photoshop or by any other online application?
I am currently interested in how (what program to use) to make this effects of lighting and animated aura in the following video. Snapshot of video:
I am wondering if there is a way to make GIMP (2.8 on Mac) allow me to make a rectangle with rounded corners - the radius being over 100 px. This seems to be the current limit. This would greatly help me make great looking iOS app icons.
I was trying to paste some pattern that I made inside another layer. But each time I pasted, it ended up on the layer selected instead of its layer mask even when mask was selected. I have Photoshop CS5.
I need to create a sharing button such as the one of Twitter. Are there any standard sizes I should use for it? (Edit: I'm developing a sharing service)
In previous versions of Photoshop Elements, the eye icon appeared as opened or closed to indicate a layer's visibility. In Photoshop Elements 11, the layer's visibility is only indicated by a diagonal line through the eye icon, which makes it much harder to read at a glance. Is it possible to change, customize, or replace the eye icons, either to the previous open/closed pair, or to something else that makes the difference between visible and hidden layers more obvious? (I asked this question on superuser.com before, but received no response there.)
I have recently become aware of a fundamental mistake I had been making; I have been matching a company's identity's typeface and using it for the headers of my websites, which in hindsight really detracts from the overall feel and merges their brand in with the rest of the site. I have now had to start thinking about the shock-horror of having the company's 1/2 brand typefaces and selecting 1/2 typefaces for website headings/body to synchronise with them. Any tips/advise that could be shared about doing this, when there are 3-4 typefaces to be combined? Is it a case of just varying the weight and style of 1 particular font that works well with the ID?
By importing a simple solid vector shape from Photoshop into Flash it convert into a shape and a mask. It makes editing very difficult. Is is possible to change this behavior? Photoshop: Flash:
I'm not sure this is the right place to ask, but is anyone aware of a metric for apparent chroma? Now I understand that "chroma" and "chrominance" are very overloaded terms, so to clarify, I specifically mean the chroma described here--the "colorfulness relative to the brightness of a similarly illuminated white". At full saturation this should be 255. At any black/white/gray it should be 0. And the closer a lightness is to the ends of the spectrums, the lower the maximum chroma (in contrast to the inverse of saturation where it is always 255). Basically chroma is the lateral dimension of the HSL bicone. Unfortunately, this color model makes no corrections for perceived chroma--that is, how our imperfect eyes perceive equal chromas differently based on hue (e.g. #FFFF00 does not appear as chromatic as #0000FF). So my question is, is there such a metric? Or can anyone point me to an academic paper on the subject? My own searches have turned up nothing, not helped by the multiple definitions of "chroma". For the curious, my objective is to establish a general approximation of "jarringness" for colors of text and backgrounds of websites, working on the theory that apparent chroma is a significant factor.
I have a logo symbol that has several intersecting lines. In Adobe Illustrator (CS6), slight gray lines are being added at the intersection points. I haven't noticed it in other artwork, it only seems to appear on black (dark) backgrounds. There is no stroke. Any idea what this is?
PNG8 is a great compressed format when we don't really need semi-transparency. Often an asset will have semi-transparency data that we're happy to lose in the export process, however Photoshop defaults a white background behind the semi-transparent pixels. This causes problems if the png is not going to be displayed on a white page: Shows up as: Where it would be convenient to export something like: Is there a way to base the computed color of the semi-transparent pixels off a value other than white?
This is somewhat of a continuation on the last project I was working on. I have this image of the California Bear that I altered in Photoshop: When I place the picture into Illustrator and use the Color Halftone effect I get a raster version of something I really like: But, I want this in vector format so I can reuse the image. When I live trace the image, the absolute best I can get is this: Which doesn't look horrible, but I would never use it for my personal logo (which I'm planning on doing with this piece) because there's so many dots that are just not circular. Are there some better image trace methods I don't know about? or is fixing these details just part of the job when using a tool like image trace? I really don't want to go in an manually make every halftone dot... EDIT: I have tried Phantasm CS and the closest I can get it to mimic Illustrator's version is this: ...which is crap. These are the Phantasm CS settings I used (and I just got the plug in about an hour ago, so I may be missing something):
I want to create wooden rectangular photo frames of custom size for using it in an e-commerce project where we will be selling photos with wooden and plastic frames. But I don't have images of the full frame instead just the image of the pattern of those frames. For example see this PDF below: Patterns and Styles of the frames I hope you won't mind viewing this as this would be of great help to me. And I hope this can be done with Photoshop. I hope I am making this clear enough. Please suggest and help. Image: What would be the best tool to do such tasks??
I can create a rounded rectangle and use the fx (fill/stroke) but I only want a shape with three sides. Because it's not enclosed the fill/stroke etc won't work. I can create all four sides and add another layer to mask the side I don't want but wonder if there's a better way to do this in Photoshop
By example: Is there a tool or a way to fill the white X shape so that the colors and patterns around it will blend into it as automatically as possible? I.e., I want to remove the X as close to the picture as possible. I'm working with GIMP, but I welcome answers in any software. I know of the clone tool, but it's tedius. A pattern isn't good, since it needs to be adjusted by the colors and shades of the nearby pixels.
I'd like to get some output that looks like this: Lorem ipsum blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.... Recommendation: Put the thingamajigger in the doodlewhatsit. (RANDOM-248) Recommendation: Doodlewhatsit inserts into the thingamajobber. (RANDOM-249) Recommendation: Poodlejobbin needs to be fixed. (POODLE-3) On the last page of the document or section, i'd like a summarized list of these items (with references). Is there any way to do this automatically in InDesign with lists and numbering (paragraph styles), or do I have to insert these items manually (and generate a list of them manually, for summary purposes?) I don't mind setting the styles and lists manually for each item. EDIT I should provide a better example.... You can think of this in the context of something like JIRA numbers. I want the "number" to be the list with a custom format, and i'll manually select the list. so instead of: foo I want Random recommendation (RANDOM-1) And at the end of the document I want a summary of random recommendations (which I can achieve with a TOC and Paragraph Styles). However, I can't ever get the numbering on the right hand side, where the "numbering" is a custom format (RANDOM-X). I think cross references may be my only option. I'd love to hear if anyone else has ideas. You can think of this document as a "release notes" document, with something like JIRA issues, except the issue numbers come from tags within indesign and paragraph styles rather than some external system. The idea is that the consumer of the document receives a summarized list of requirements/recommendations at the end of each section, and the "numbering" of these is controlled from within InDesign rather than an external source.
Is there a way to create a PDF file that shows a background color or image when viewed in Acrobat Reader, but when printed that background does not get printed by default? Ideally, this would happen as the default for the PDF, i.e. the user need not be concerned with any settings. I am interested, if this is possible at all, but tool specific answers regarding Creative Suite are welcome, too.
I've seen all sorts of headlines and ads that use this style a solid color section of type has a solid uniform line of a different color running through the exact middle of each letter. I've done all sorts of google searches and I haven't even come close to finding the answer (probably because I have no clue what this technique is called). Of course I could draw a path on each letterform using the pen tool, but I want to know if there is an easier, time efficient way to do this, perhaps using the appearance pannel. Any help would be greatly appreciated. This has been driving me crazy for months! See below for an example of what I'm talking about: "WARM INSIDE" from a Chili's tabletop ad.
I'm a web developer by training who is branching into UI/UX design. One of the things my design work lacks compared to experienced designers is subtle use of texture, such as on these sites: http://www.trendkite.com, http://chartbeat.com Do designers generally make these patterns from scratch, and if so, what is the best way to go about learning how to create them? The only freely available, subtle patterns I've seen that are as nice as this this are on subtlepatterns.com. I've had an equally difficult time finding tutorials on how to make nice patterns from scratch. Any resources you could point me to would be very helpful.
I was asked to design a piece of junk-mail advertising. It has to be one color. Here are links of how it should look: What I want to know is, how do you get your design like that? It's like everything was full color and changed to black and white.... well in this case to blue and white. Is there a specific way to design like that. Or can you design in full color, and the printers will print it only in one color?
I'm interested in creating an effect similar to the one linked below, but freehand drawing with perspective isn't my strong suit. Looking at this image it appears that I could individually create the constituents pieces, and then map the islands and icebergs to the surface of the sphere before "wrapping" the cloud pieces around all of it. But, I have no idea how to go about this in Illustrator...any help? Planet Illustration http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbview_approve/2833168/2/stock-illustration-2833168-cartoon-planet.jpg
I have 2 images, one taken with flash on(A) and other with no flash(B). Both images highlight different parts of the view. How can I add details from both images to create a new rich in detail image? I have Adobe Photoshop CS 5 and GIMP, so any would do. I prefer Adobe PS. Example images are:
I'm working in Photoshop CS5 and would like to use HDR effects for print work.
I want to style a layer with layer styles in Photoshop. The problem is that I want to add multiple inner drop shadows. I saw that you can do Right Click > Rasterise Layer Style, but then I can't change it anymore. Best would be if I could link a separate layer with it and apply the style to this one. Can anyone help me out here?
Is it possible to change Adobe Illustrator settings to create an empty new document each time it is launched?
For mathematical and physical units, usually there is a thin space between the number and the unit, in the LaTeX syntax for example $1008\,\mathrm{kPa}$. However, I feel that angular degrees (e.g. $90°$), temperature degrees (e.g. $-2°\mathrm{C}$), and NESW degrees (e.g. $90°\mathrm{S}$) should be typeset without spaces. What is the correct spacing of these?
Currently I am facing a HUGE crisis about this 100% black not being right for printing and coming out as 4 colours, in my InDesign document. My swatch for the black text is set at c=0 m=0 y=0 and k=100, which seems not to work for 100% BLACK with my printers. Please can anybody guide me to what I should do to acheive 100% black for this? The only thing I want is that AFTER I export the pdf, the text boxes which have BLACK TEXT are GOOD for printing and have 100% black, not a 4 colour rich black.
I bought some textured patterns I'd like to use in an iOS app I'm developing, but they're in .pat and .mxp formats. I don't own any of the Adobe apps (Photoshop, Fireworks, inDesign, whatever). Can I do anything with them, or have I wasted my money?
I have read articles all over the internet today. While some questions and answers are similar to my issue, none precisely cover my problem. I am currently doing CAD work for a website where my images will need to go on multiple colour backgrounds. Ordinarily in the jewellery trade rings are rendered on white which is very simple to blend in with websites. In essence, I need to be able to preserve a ring and the shadow it casts on a transparent background. This means that the shadow, currently rendered on white, must look good on any colour. Without the shadow the ring looks very out of place on the page. So I have explored my options, and using Multiply I have managed to create: a bottom layer of whichever colour the web page is a middle layer of the ring rendered on white with the shadows (Multiply) a top layer of ring highlights for the colour background I want. Here is the final result: The issue with this method is that it makes the image look seamless when pasted on a webpage for Windows users, but Mac users see the block colour difference clear as day. Example 1: What mac users see in example 2 Example 2: Windows users will generally see this as seamless, Mac users will still see a difference in colour: Here is the render on a white background, and here is the alpha, and here is the cutout of the ring with reflection colours correct for #eb472c: So I want to be able to have the ring and its shadow on a transparent background. This will negate the need to mess around with colour matching with web pages. The best way to describe it would be to have the Multiply effect, but rather than choosing the bottom layer as a colour to blend with, to have it blend with transparent. Colour range selection does not work for this problem as the shadow needs to blend over many different colour backgrounds. Many thanks for any help.
I'm trying to recreate a fairly common look, but I really like how it is executed on getpebble.com The getpebble.com icons are on the left, and my disaster of an attempt is on the right. As much as I try, I've wasted close to 3 hours of my life and I am still left with a hideous looking icon for my personal project. Any pointers?
While working together, how can I discuss my ideas and objections without killing the other person’s motivation? I want to do a design project with a friend, for study purposes, but I experienced some obstacles I don’t know how to deal with: We didn’t learn yet how to deal with objections or dislikes from the other. As a result our meetings are inefficient, either because we let the other do whatever they want, or because someone gets into a bad mood and instead of thinking, they try to put on an unaffected face. My friend has a habit of letting their attention stray away, and they do it at the most unexpected times. I know that being sincere is needed and inevitable, but I would like to learn a method to keep the attention and motivation even in these situations. My problem is that I don’t know what to say or do to keep our task looking interesting and fun to do. As a possible solution I thought of inserting a 5 minute period where we shouldn’t say any good things, not even a word, but have to point out the bad parts of our own work. But I fear this one won’t be enough, that’s why I would like to hear ideas and tricks that could make our sessions going.
I recently launched a comics website, www.hittingtreeswithsticks.com, which I created from scratch. I created my own design because I wanted to keep it unique, and used no templates. Unfortunately, people who've looked at it says it appears "outdated" and "from the 90s", but haven't really been able to pinpoint how so. I was wondering if people could help me "modernize" my site without presenting me with downloadable templates. I'd still like to keep this my design, but I guess I need some artistic/design pointers. DESIGN EDIT: Okay, I've spent some time redesigning the template given your feedback, and found some great ideas on http://designshack.net/articles/layouts/10-rock-solid-website-layout-examples/. I have two main templates I'm going to go for: (keep in mind this is just for layout... so none of the fonts, colors, images, or dimensions are set yet)... Either: A) Two column template Search is on top and will expand down a bit with search results In effort to get people to my artwork sub site, I'll include latest artwork on top right Or B) 3 Column template Search is on the right and will expand downward as such with results Gives more room for advertisements and other links And this is the proposed, although minor, redesign for the View All and View Image templates: View All: displays all images with archive-able dates View Image: displays single full size comic Any thoughts would be great!

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