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I'm an IT guy rather than an artist of any kind. I work at a small college, and we're deploying new PCs to our classrooms. As part of this, I want to build a desktop wallpaper to include with the machines by default, to help with branding for the college and the rollout and to create a consistent look across our classrooms. Here's the kicker: many of our classrooms use smart boards, a kind of interactive whiteboard. I need to come up with something that's both visually interesting enough to avoid looking empty and barren, but bare and light enough to still serve well as a white board, such that you can draw over it without the background taking away from the real content displayed above it. My color palette is essentially white and very light grey or yellow. Any ideas?
Say, I have a small business card that has solid, dark background and white text. Registration, ink amount and look & feel -wise I'd prefer the paper itself be dark and the text printed in one color: white. However, printing white is impossible with CMYK alone, so I actually need an answer to both of the following questions: What should I look for when choosing a print house when printing white? Should I look for houses that can do five color printing? What else printing options would hint that they're capable of doing prints with white ink? How should I go about preparing my file for the printer? What technical requirements should it meet? I mean generally—but if there are shortcuts for this when using Adobe's Creative Suite, I'm all ears.
I want to size down an already small rasterized layer in Photoshop. I notice that Photoshop distorts the layer by applying anti-aliasing after the resizing is applied. During the resizing, when we can mess around with the resize handles, the anti-aliasing is not rendered and the layer looks exactly the way I want it. Is there a way to stop PS from applying the anti-aliasing after the "apply" button is pressed? I've attached a snapshot to explain what I mean. Notice that star labeled after has anti aliasing applied, which the same star, this time labeled during looks more jagged.
I'm trying to print a birthday invitation, 4 to a letter size page. I'd like crop marks for each. How do I set crop marks without having to draw them by hand? Is there a feature when printing or saving to PDF?
I have already done everything else (like shadow,gradient), but now I'm just stuck at one step. How can I bend the rectangle (pointed with arrows) to get this rounded ribbon effect:
How can I simply add a class to a layer in Photoshop CS5? That class should hold properties like "fill color", "size", etc. I'm very new to scripting Photoshop so please bear with me =) Thanks!
Is there a way to display alignment lines in photoshop ? I need to see if the object in my current layer is aligned with other objects in other layers.. thanks
Can I rotate the instrument bar in photoshop CS5 and display it horizontally ? I mean this:
Current I have to use two softwares for poster designing. The text I have to write in corel draw and then I export it in eps and then use Photoshop to give some text effects like bevel shadow etc. If I write text in Photoshop then that text is very low quality but in Corel Draw I can't give text effects. Is there any one software I can use
How do you make the circular knobs shown at the right? When zoomed in enough, there will be a fine texture of concentric circles. I only use Photoshop and Illustrator.
As the title says, what is the best way in Photoshop to create a heat wave/shimmer/etc effect? Ideally I would like it be sequenced somehow, so I can output this to a series of frames - but if not, so be it. If you're not sure what I mean by heat shimmer http://flash-effects.com/tutorial-heat-haze-effect/ Thanks
I saw an image as the 404 error in CSS Tricks, and I wondered how to create such an effect in Photoshop.
How to create this bokeh background effect with the help of Photoshop?
Does anyone know of good/reputable graphic design conferences/conventions in the states? I'm looking to attend one that focuses both on web and print design. Your recommendations are appreciated.
I am working for a company, which web site uses red as its primary color, because this is the main corporate color (so, this could not be replaced). The usual convention, of using red to highlight error messages, is being used, but messages are not actually being highlighted, because they seem to be other simple and conventional elements of the site. I'm not a designer (I'm a backend developer), so I would like to have guidance from you UX/UI experts out there. Any ideas?
How would I go about creating this type of border? Large image.
Possible Duplicate: Is there a good resource or tool to help build a palette around colors I select? Can anyone recommend a good tool / website for finding color matches for a certain color I specify? Until now I've been using the Photoshop's opacity / overlay blend mode to get more color variatians, but I don't think this is the way to do it :D I think http://www.colorblender.com/ is a good example of what I'm looking for, but I want something better
I have to recreate a logo which has been made many years ago and all that is left is a tiny rasterized picture. I want to make a vector file in Illustrator. The logo contains text in, lets say 100 pt, except one char in 160 pt. Unfortunately the larger char has the same width (stroke) as the smaller chars. Simply using 160 pt will render the char too bold compared to the other chars. Worse: It's the letter "S". Scaling doesn't help and manipulating every anchor point (after creating an outline) by hand is out of question (at least for me, the "S" looks terrible after i tried..) I have used Illustrator before, but that's 13 years ago... Is there a trick to accomplish this?
I've always liked the look of inset text on web pages so I try to use it every now and again. (Sparingly and when appropriate). I always find it a bit of a chore to find the right blend of colours between the background colour, the text colour and the text shadow colour. I was wondering if anyone has come up with a hard and fast rule to make choosing the correct colours a little easier? i.e. something along the lines of: the text colour should be 20% darker than the background colour and the text shadow should be 10% lighter than the background colour.
I need to replace some text in a photograph where the curved path is on a plane not perpendicular to the camera. I am using PS/AI CS4. This example is actually harder than the one I'm working on, since my text is on a flat plane : I have a feeling the solution involves Photoshop's 3D features. Bonus points if you can do it without rasterizing the text.
I've been able to approximate a three-quarter circle in Inkscape using bezier curves, but is there a more precise way I can draw a three-quarter circle in Inkscape?
I'm attempting to re-create a SVG version of the Alfresco logo viewed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alfresco-logo.png The problem that I'm running into with my .svg is that when I create the 8 paths (3 blue fill, 4 green fill, one orange fill), I am unsuccessful at positioning the various paths to create a continuous consistent overlap for all paths. I always end up with one path that is out of place and either sits on top of both adjacent paths, or behind, creating an inconsistent pattern. What is the best way in Inkscape to create this consistent overlapping pattern of 8 paths so that one is not left out as the odd one in the pattern? Is there a way to split one of the paths so that one half is set beneath one adjacent path and overlaps the other?
Let me explain the title a little further. What I have is a series of PDF files in a series of folders -- Parent Folder -Child Folder --PDF file --PDF file -Child Folder --PDF file --PDF file What I want to do is open each of those PDFs in Photoshop, and then Save For Web as a jpeg with a series of options (i.e. Blur: 0.192, Quality: 35, etc). I've already created an action that opens a file as PDF generic with a specific resolution and height, and then an export action of Using: Save For Web, Operation: Save, etc. Unfortunately, to complete the creation of the Action, I needed to save the file, and the "Export" action now has a path ("In: T:..."). What I want to do is run that Action I created; when doing so it processes all the PDFs and creates JPEGs just fine, but all the files are saving to the same folder that I saved the file to when I created the action. This is a problem as there are non-unique filenames here and there, and what I need is for each of these files to save to the subfolders in which their PDF counterpart lives. Was I wrong in choosing to do the "Export" in the action? Any help or guidance is extremely appreciated. NOTE: I am using Photoshop CS 1, I do not have the option to use any of the more recent versions.
I've installed a font that has different styles (bold, italics, thin, medium, ultra and so on...), but I can't use them all because I can't see them in Photoshop. The fonts are installed, but seem in some way "overlapped" by windows. If I open the Windows fonts dir I can see only one style. If I delete it, then a different style appear and so on. Anyone has a solution for this problem? Thanks.
Is anyone aware of a way to create a fisheye effect with elements in InkScape? Freehand used to have an xtra tool that did just that. The specific effect I'm trying to achieve is applying horizontal lines on a spherical object...akin to the latitude marks on globe. If you're staring at the equator, the latitude lines above bend upwards towards the pole and the reverse for those below the equator. I could do this a number of ways and have some alternatives in mind, but Freehand's Fisheye tool seemed the easiest if there was something similar to that in Inkscape.
I followed steps in http://www.gimpusers.com/tutorials/install-python-for-gimp-2-6-windows, installing following 32-bits installers: GIMP 2.6.11, Python 2.6.6, PyGtk all-in-one. Gimp recognized Python and PyGtk were installed in computer and now shows that option on Tools menu. But when I tried to run this script in http://www.jamesh.id.au/software/pygimp/structure-of-plugin.html , line-by-line, I got some errors in commands below. Any idea how to solve that? have_gimp11 = gimp.major_version > 1 or \ gimp.major_version == 1 and gimp.minor_version >= 1 and main()
I'm currently in the process of creating a few custom Facebook and Twitter backgrounds for some of my company properties and I wanted to know if there are any extensive galleries and tutorial/template sites focused heavily on this area of design. So far I've checked a bunch of major design sites I follow, however most of their gallery posts are for CSS and traditional website design rather than social media. Thanks very much in advance for any assistance.
We have all been there: you show a client your design and they say "look at all that unused space, we can go ahead and make the text bigger, in fact let me give you more copy. We need to make use of that space!" I always try to explain to them the value of white space and how it can potentially impact the perceived value of the product/service. I have seen this question and agree with its answers. Its answers are geared towards getting designers to understand the reasons but my question is: What is the best "silver bullet" way to convince a client that white space has incredible value? Is there a great example or argument that will silence them and make them feel satisfied? Update: This question pertains mainly to print or web design, not software/interface/interactive design.
Easy question for someone familiar with Illustrator - I have a path and I want to create a line effect similar to the 'soft line' in Fireworks. I want the line to be a bit blurry around the edges instead of really sharp how it is by default. Is this possible?
I'm formatting a simple book (novel) document. I have basically two master pages, one is for basic pages (a large text field and a page number) and the other is for the first page of a chapter, with the text field starting mid-page and another textfield for the chapter name (all really basic). Both the master pages are two-paged, with the left text field linking to the right so that I can just import the source text of the novel in RTF format and let InDesign create all the needed pages for me. I do this with the basic page master. How can I afterwards change the master page in every first chapter page and apply the correct one converting the full-sized text field into the mid-page one and having the text field for the chapter name? Trying to apply said master page results in having it added to the page, like it overlaps what's already there without even getting the text. Thanks
I was used to trasform object by clicking ctrl+T and then working the shape off by dragging the vertexes here and there as much as I want. Now this shortcut is not working anymore and I dont know why..(the new shortcut is suddenly "E")I also have a similar problem with type tool. I click on the Type tool then click on the stage and start dragging for defining the area for my text.So I start writing my paragraph. The point is that when I try to resize the text area also the font stretches! why this is happening? thanks Luca
Is there a free cad or similar program that would be good for making drawings that will be submitted as part of a patent application?
In my scientific work, I must add numbers and arrows out of picture, in the side. Would you please help me?
I want to create various titles to use on books, web site and packaging in general for a video game that is of the squad based tactic type and in the Tron like, uncluttered dark and light blue style. I want to convey the ideas of tactic/strategy and combat, with a little touch of hi-tech.
I have a client who want's me to use Dreamweaver for a project. I've always used Photoshop and Illustrator for mockups and coded the CSS manually (Actually I use SASS/SCSS). Does using a program like Dreamweaver speed up the process or do I try to convince them that my normal flow works just fine.
I have this client who is a photographer and he wants a website designed for him. The idea that hit me is he wants to show case some of the photos from stock photo sites to his website. As a moral view this does not look right. I want to know, even if we buy stock photos, will the stock photo site allow us to do that? We do use stock photos in our artwork/design.
I have multiple layers with particular parts of products with Multiply applied and different opacity but when I try to save the image in png with transparency it seems like those layers which I used for Multiply don't work else without transparency result is same as expected. This is what I am expecting and as it looks in photoshop Expected Result: But when I save them transparent a white shadow gets added near product *(I have added a background so that you can easily see the white artifact getting automatically added to the bottom right of image and above middle two boxes) Unexpected Result:
i was searching some web styles on Google i found this style,(panel of a gift card) i want to know what style is this (every style have a name) and how to create this panel background with the help of Photoshop can anyone show me tutorials/how to's for this... Thanks
In order to trace an initial to make a font, I need to simplify the original picture as much as possible. I've already vectorized it, but I wonder how I could clean it up a bit more to make it easier to trace in fontforge. Here is the vectorized version:
Is there a way to warp an element around a sphere in Illustrator?
After uploading an image, Facebook converts it to a new image. Their conversion process introduces artifacts and mottling to the magenta-ish parts of the image. Original image: Facebook's conversion: Are there ways to preserve the original quality of this image and have the image appearance on Facebook reflect more of the original quality?
Have you come across a font with good ticks and crosses? The reason I ask is that I'm making a sprite for the uniform.js form plugin (http://uniformjs.com/) and they use Lucida Grande for their checkbox ticks. They look great but I don't have the font and want to increase the size of the checkboxes. So, are there any fonts (ideally free fonts) that have ticks and crosses included in their character maps?
I've got a fairly large illustrator work document where I've been mocking up and developing a logo over time. Each 'stage' is presented on it's own artboard to separate it from the previous. I'm about ready to send this to the client now, but can I export the separate artboards into a paged PDF. What are my options with regard to exporting from this setup.
I use Word now but I would like to find a better software for laying out a magazine. In this magazine, I would like to create columns (2 or 3 depending on the page), insert image on 1, 2 or 3 columns (like in a newspaper), independent frames on 1, 2 or 3 columns with text inside, a header and a footer different for the left or right page, etc.
When I try to make a gif with two frames both of which have a transparent background in GIMP, what happens is that the first frame looks OK, then the second frame appears on top of it, such that you can see both frames at the same time. How can I make animated gif in which all of the frames have a transparent background but each time a frame appears, the previous frame disappears completely ?
I'm trying to find a way to match CMYK color to the closest PANTONE solid color. In Illustrator I use the "Recolor Artwork" dialog, in Photoshop the color dialog. But, if I convert (C=0, M=100, Y=100, K=0) to Pantone I get (185 C) in Illustrator and (485 C) in Photoshop The thing is the results are not the same (it seems they're more accurate in Photoshop): why is that? how to be sure? is there a better way? Thanks. EDIT: It seems that the conversion PANTONE <> CMYK relies on the color profile of the document. The thing is: even if I select the same color profile in Photoshop and Illustrator, the results are not necessarily the same. The example of the red given earlier is a good one: using the 'Coated FOGRA27' color profile if both softs, I get the earlier result. But if I set the profile to 'Uncoated FOGRA29' just in Illustrator the results match... weird, isn't it?
I'm setting up a document and the document has some * and footnotes. The document itself is A6 size, which is pretty small (postcard size). What font-size should I assign to the smallprint footnotes? I need the smallest appropriate size really.
I want to create a theme for android phones. I guess the best way to go is to create a file that is as light as possible. Now I want to create the files in photoshop, they have to be transparent PNG's. Now I see that there are a lot of different settings I can use, for example the image mode: lab, rbg, etc. There are also different bits, 8 bit, 16 bit etc. Now what settings can I use to create good sharp png's but with a minimal size. Maybe someone could share some tips on exporting. I now export for web & devices, but maybe there is another option. Maybe there is also better software than photoshop to do this.
This is more of a curiosity, but I was wondering what professional graphics designers/artists are using now that tablet pcs have been much more common and powerful in the passed few years than they were in the past. So, straight forward: are lots of artists still using tablets, or has there been a switch to tablet pcs? Whatever the answer is, what model(s) are common/prevalent in your experience?
I have a web font which I would like to display using SVG instead of in HTML. The reason for this is that I want to display large typographically beautiful text, and I don't see any way of getting the control of Kerning that I need with HTML/CSS rendered text. I own the font (or it's free, rather) and it would be easy to display it as a bitmap and be done with it - but it is very large, and I'm trying to get the whole page to load in under half a second, so I believe SVG is my answer. I own Photoshop, but do not have any budget for Illustrator. Though, I guess I could use the trial short term - it would be nice to be able to edit and and make changes a month out from now. Are there any vector tools which would meet my need, simply to create SVG from text so I could manually adjust the kerning to display on the web?
I am using the Glyphish icon set, and I am trying to achieve an "inset" look of the icon in a button in Photoshop. Any recommendation on how best achieve it?
I like web 2.0 style design - less info, more space, bigger font-size, etc. But my designer doesn't. So when we use a web 2.0 design template, she changes the font size of contents into smaller one like web 1.0 style (ex. 13px). She just uses the layout only. She says that large texts look dull. Of course, this is a subjective matter, but I want to know what you guys think about this.
I am planning to use the font Segoe UI (Included with Vista/Windows 7 and Office products) in my new businesses logo and website. I've tried my hardest to find out if/who to license this font from and was hoping anyone more experienced could give me some advice. I've found this page on Microsoft's site that has links to license the font but it doesn't look the same font (its called Segoe UI mono on the linked site).
My intuition on why Hollywood movies use a particular hue of blue for the background screen is because this pigment is not common in the real world. So a computer program would have an easy time replacing the blue background with computer generated graphics. I would like to use this particular blue color in a related fashion. In my Adobe Flash SWF, I would like set the stage background to this blue hue. A separate program will cut out the blue and replace it with a scenic background. What is the exact hex value of the color used in blue screens on movie sets? Or if you know other pigments not common in the physical world, then feel free to share.
In Adobe Illustrator CS5, I have a circle (the letter "O") and a line going through it, like so: Now, I want to remove the protruding south-east part of the line, for an end result similar to but where the south-east end of the blue line extends all the way out to the edge of the black circle, making that end of the blue line follow the curve. Rephrased, I only want to show the south-east of the blue line where it overlaps with the black shape. But the top-left and middle of the blue line should remain as is, even where they pass over the inside of the "O" or protrude into the north-west. Could someone tell me a way to do this?
I have been getting into designing interfaces for iOS, mostly iPhone and iPhone 4 retina display. I'm wondering how I should go about creating interfaces, the most standard way? I have been using the iPhone 4 GUI PSD which helps a lot. But I'm really interested to create my own buttons, and scale them easily into @2x sizes. Some great examples of apps that use custom buttons are Instagram, Foursquare, Gowalla, and Tweetbot to name just a few. Ideally I'd like to stick with Photoshop since I'm most comfortable with the tools and layout. I haven't worked with vector graphics a lot, but I'm willing to give it a try if scaling for @2x is easier. But I'd love to hear any advice!
I have a big image that needs to be sliced into about 50 smaller images. I know there is a way to do it using 'guides' in photoshop and 'save for web and devices' options. I just can't seem to find any documentation on it
I was looking at some Adobe products and noticed at this page the artist appears to be drawing on her computer screen directly, it appears to be a Mac. How is the artist doing this? Is she using a special type of screen hooked to a computer or is this a stand-alone computer? Is there any reference material available about devices like this?
I'm making a site which requires users to review and tag information. The interface would benefit from icons, but many of the tags represent abstract concepts that I'm struggling to represent. I'm worried some of these are more confusing than helpful. As a quick test (in a totally non representative group) here are the concepts in a random order, followed by the icons. Do these map without an explanation? Suggestions for the obscure ones? Concepts: Legitimate Accurate Complete Precise Clear Relevant Balanced
I want to become a web designer, so I'm watching a lot of Photoshop video tutorials, but some of those tutorials are not useful for web designing. For example, some movies are about skin, or teeth or drawing a flower or changing the pattern of a wall or things like this. Because I don't have any specific resource for web designing, and those tutorials are a kind of wasting time for me! Do you know any tutorial source in order to help me learn web design in Photoshop? What should I do to focus on web designing in Photoshop? Which parts of Photoshop are necessary for web designing and which parts are not?
I want to know if there is an easy way to turn a normal looking icon into one that looked sketched. I need some or a web project I am working on, ill give an example. Normal image: Sketched looking: Now I want to do this for some icons that are not available, such as the android logo:
I have been given a standard color palette. The colors are defined in terms of PANTONE #### X for example PANTONE 1234 C. Followed by their CMYK, RGB and HSB values. Another page defines Tints and shades. For example, PANTONE 1234 C TINT = 50% . How can I convert this particular tint to a given RGB? So given RGB R = 0 G = 101 B = 96 How do I adjust these values for 50% tint? Second, what is and how do I lookup a PANTONE?
After spending hours in Photoshop I haven't found a great template I like. I love the design style of many newsletters I subscribe to.. including Smashing Magazine and Hongkiat.. but I wonder what some of the best standards for designing newsletters are? If anybody has resources or ideas I'd love to hear them. Newsletters are still a huge part of Internet marketing today. They almost cannot be overlooked. And when you create a custom template matching your design it's the best way to tie in your readers right to your website. For a resource I've been digging through campaign monitor's template list which includes tons and tons of free examples.
Using Gimp (or other free software), how would I go about creating a subtle, "mild" texture, like the green in the header at forrst, or the gray in the background of the backbone.js home page? Those textures seem random and very evenly distributed.
One of QuarkXpress features I used a lot in the mid-nineties was the ability to apply an halftone pattern to any bitmap import. It was unbelievably effective when printing black&white graffiti fanzines or designing one of those long forgotten fax-based newsletters : because the images where only made of solid black (dots or lines) they looked terrific even on poor quality printers/faxes. Fast forward to now : for a few years I kept an old copy of Xpress around just because of that feature, moved to InDesign, never needed said feature and forgot all about it. Of course, I need this feature and I have no idea how to do or even if it's doable in InDesign CS5. Can you help me?
I'm a web developer, started to become a web designer. However, I think my understanding of colors is not practical yet. There are tools out there that can give you color harmonies, and more stuff, like Color Scheme Designer, but they don't give you the start point. I mean, how should I know that for this web site, I'd better use green and for that website, choose red. How should I know that? I think color selection is more like an art, instead of being a science, and I'm like "you should become an color artist, in order to become a web designer". How can I improve my color selection skill?
Is there anyway to use the Eraser tool on more then one layer at once? my question stems from a project I'm working on where i am cleaning up a scan of an architectural drawing. The Architect has folded it, Spilled coffee among other things and there are a few dirty finger prints. While trying to restore the white background, im finding that some dirty sections are harder to see then others, so what i have been doing is duplicating layer, then using Levels to bring out the specs in the new layer. Then using this new layer, i use the eraser tool to remove the specs from the original. It would streamline my workflow greatly if i could Use the Eraser tool on 2 layers at once. Any help would be Great. Thanks all
I have recently created my own font/typeface with Adobe Illustrator, and I would like to use it as a real font (e.g I would like to use it as I type something). Is this possible in Adobe Illustrator or would I need a different software? If so what program would be good for creating a font?
I am working on a project in which I have to make an equalizer that matches an audio loop that will be playing in a background. I have everything I need together, except I have hit one major snag. I have all the bars of my equalizer in place, but now I need to find a way to make a perfect curved line connecting the peak points of the EQ as illustrated linked below by the dotted red line in the image. Any help or suggestions with this would be greatly appreciated. I am using Photoshop CS5.5 Extended if that makes a difference. Thank you in advance!
I'm working on a favicon which needs to have multiple sizes. Right now, I have a PSD file for each size, e.g., 16x16.psd, 24x24.psd, ..., 64x64.psd. After I'm done drawing them, I export each size and combine them into the ICO file format. What I'm wondering is whether Photoshop (CS5 in my case) will allow me to consolidate all of these files with different canvas sizes into one PSD. I suspect that I can't do this directly, so I would appreciate any advice as to how to best manage files when implementing something like a favicon; i.e., something that doesn't necessarily downscale well automatically.
I changed the lookup table names for some ligatures and anchor classes and now the font is broken. Is there a way to repair it? I am using FontForge to edit an Arabic font.
I really love grids and guides. I tend to follow and break them at cases to create visual interest. I'm trying to create grids for a 8.5" x 11" document. What must one look for when creating harmonious guides? It seems like i have the proclivity to have too many guides where i'm not very flexible.
I'm trying to build a fluid layout, for which I am styling big images with: .fluid_img { height: auto; width: auto; max-width: 100%; } This works fine, the problem is that I can no longer use the width and height attributes in the html img tag (they will have no effect). I need those attributes so the browser can "save" the space needed for the image before it has been loaded, so the rest of the page don't move when the image is loaded. Is there any way to have both features? (fluid image + space saved before image load)
I'm a little confused about the resolution here, I know the dimensions suppose to be: 320x480 points but what do I need to put for the resolution? e.g. 300 dpi? I'm designing on CS5.
Is it possible to compress/degrade a .tga image to a specific file size/range? I read about RLE compression, and from what else I've read, this seems to be the only way to compress it. Other than that I'm at a loss/ My searches have so far turned up nothing useful.
I am the in-house designer for a company that employs 8 marketing managers. These marketing managers are the ones that supply me with the lion-share of my projects. However, more and more, the marketing managers are asking for the native files, so they can make changes to the materials I've created and use those files to create additional materials. The issue I am having with this is, the marketing materials they are creating with my natives are absolutely terrible. What is troubling to me also, is they don't seem to care, in their eyes it's "good enough". They would rather create something fast and on the fly than have me create it. Now I can understand the convenience for them, sometimes they need something fast, however the designer side of me is appalled that our customers are being presented with materials that look, quite frankly, terrible. I'd be totally fine with this if I didn't work for the same company, but I do, and I have pride in the materials that our customers see. So part me would like to take a stand and say that all marketing materials should flow through me, but that would cause quite a stir. Anybody else experience something like this?
I would like to write with golden letters in Inkscape. I've found the Gold gradient, but no gold texture in the filters. How can I do that?
I'm working on a project, which is a bilingual project. There are beautiful fonts for each language (I'm talking about free fonts). However, in any special case, only a subset of each font is suitable for me. For example, for titles and headers, one font is good, while for regular text, another font is more legible. For numbers in one language, one font is awesome, while when the language changes, glyphs of the other font make more sense and harmony. What I have in mind, is to extract glyphs from each font (required glyphs) and create one unique font which is lighter than all of those fonts, and embed it into my website, so that user agents can download it. I reckon the compiled font to be easier, because each font contains many characters that I actually don't want to use. For example, each font may have something around 400 glyphs. However, I only want something around 200 glyphs in total (36 glyphs from one font, 45 glyphs from another font, etc.) However, I'm not sure this method work, and my question is, how should I do this?
I want to use some font-embedding technology for a website which uses right-to-left language. I don't know which of these alternative ways of font-embedding support right-to-left languages. If they don't support it yet, do they have plan to add it in future? Is there any better way to embed fonts for RTL languages?
I'm creating the UI for a web application which will mainly run on Macs. So my goal is to preserve the look and feel of Mac OS. But since I don't use Apples Frameworks I'm not allowed to use their UI design. So my question is: how closely am I allowed to copy their design without violating copyrights? Do you think this is still legitimate?
What is this style refereed to as? Image is from a promotion for the show The Mighty Boosh. I keep wanting to call it Banksy but that's not it...
I have 16GB of RAM and I do not believe that I can saturate all that RAM. I am only dealing with 16MP+ photographs and I will not be opening 20+ images at a time. From my understanding scratch disks are a must in the pre-64bit architecture days where only 2 gb of RAM can be used for PS, so if everything can be fitted into RAM then essentially the scratch disk is useless correct?
I frequently find myself producing printed material without the luxury of using commercial typefaces. What typefaces typically installed with operating systems or software applications are good enough in a pinch? If you can, provide the typeface name, the software that it's bundled with and suggested uses (headlines, body, etc).
I'm asking this question on behalf of the occasional new members who ask questions in the following categories (fill in the blanks as appropriate): Does anyone know the licensing terms for ______ font? I have conflicting licenses for ______ font, can somebody clarify them for me? I have a font with ______ license terms, can I use it for ______ purpose? I have a font and don't know the license terms, can I use it for ______ purpose? Font ______ was included with ______ software/operating-system. Is it legal to use it for ______ purpose? Can I embed ______ font in my product?
I'm having difficulty wording what it is I want to accomplish, but I'll try to explain. Let's start with the images below: (a) (b) Image (a) shows the image as I have it right now, with the proper transparency for the topmost layer. What I would like is for the darker rectangle not to show the angled rectangle behind it, like in image (b), but without breaking the path into pieces (and without the additional stroke next to the upright rectangle. It's not clear, but if you look at (b) closely, the dark rectangle still is transparent. The catch, is that there won't be one angled rectangle, but many, each with varying degrees of opacity. I only want the topmost pixel to show through for each shape, though. I also need to be able to change it flexibly, so copying each shape into a clipping group for each layer below it would be really cumbersome. This seems like this should be a compositing mode or something, but I don't know what to call it, or how to do it (if there is a simple way. Also, I'm using Illustrator (CS5). Update Since it seems my motivations aren't entirely clear, let me explain some more. The image is going to be used in a UI for the Cocoa environment. It's going to be a template image, which means the only color used is black. The only way to introduce shades of gray is by varying the opacity. That's why I need what seems like such a strange constraint. Update 2 I updated my images to better reflect the transparency problems. The bottom layer is now also transparent. The only chroma value in both images is now Black, at varying opacities.
I have a picture that has writing over an umbrella: I would like to accurately remove the writing from the umbrella so it appears air asia was never there. What is the most accurate way of doing so? clone tool?
Recently I've come to know about Layer comps. They are great way to create and save multiple variations of a document without having multiple files. Can anyone explain how to use/create them? How do they work and why they are useful?
I have been looking around on Google for practice photos for the clone tool, but haven't found any good so far. The thing is that I am taking a paid course for Photoshop, and I have missed a couple of classes and now my instructor is angry at me for not being fluent with the clone tool. I'm new, so any kind of help is hugely appreciated!
Below is a blown up, cropped sample of a project I’m working on in Adobe Illustrator. The shaded portion is a cross-hatched shadow effect created by applying a clipping mask to a pair of blended paths. Unfortunately, this creates some unnaturally sharp points that don’t look nearly as pretty is a natural engraving or etching. Is there some effect or transformation I can apply to the layer (or to the mask itself) that will achieve the same results as if the ends of the paths were capped? UPDATE: Here it is:
I wonder if there is a possibility to edit the source image of the patterns from the preset manager in Photoshop. On right click on a pattern the only options are Delete Pattern and Rename Pattern.
I have an animated .gif which I'd like to modify. Specifically, I'd like to be able to make the background/canvas slightly larger without it affecting the actual animated sprite. Is there a reasonable way to do this in Adobe Fireworks CS4? Thanks.
Possible Duplicate: Where does inspiration end, where does illegitimate copying start? How to explain the difference between stealing the design and copying the design? In Web Designs. How do you take inspiration from others design without stealing it?
Specifically, I have a bunch of photographic crayon images. I would like to remove the color from one to produce a neutral image that I can load into an iPhone app that I'm writing and dynamically color. The crayon images have dark regions (shadows) and light regions (shine) which I would like to preserve. I will be dynamically coloring it with many different colors, ranging from white to rainbow colors to black. My first inclination is to turn the image into a grayscale image and then somehow turn the color channel into an alpha channel, and change the color of all pixels to black. Then I could use it as a mask. However, this would only preserve the shadows, and I would lose all the highlights. Any ideas?
As a web developer, both front-end and back end architect, I work with many different designers and sometimes find it frustrating working with design comps where no thought was put into how to accomplish the design in basic CSS and HTML. On the other hand as a developer I'm expected to be able to produce code from any design. Do web designers need to know basic modern CSS and HTML techniques? Why or why not is this important for a well rounded web designer? Some general thoughts: Front end web developers should be skilled enough to code up any design. Web designers should have an understanding of how users will actually interact with their design. Design shops would rather have designers design and leave all the coding up to the developers.
This is my first question here. I hope my question wasn't out of context. I want to know what font is used in California license plate header. The word "California" I mean. It would be great if you can recognize main font too. Thanks in advance.
I am a Fireworks user new to Photoshop. In FW there is the very handy "fit to canvas" button in the properties panel at the bottom which when clicked snaps the image to the canvas by adjusting the canvas's size to be no larger than the image. Is there such a tool in PS?
I'm designing a site for a client. And I was wondering if I could get some help using shadows to create a "folded" effect on this div. The div overlaps the bottom edge of the header, and I want to give the impression of a crease in the image, where the bottom half lifts off the page. I've got Photoshop, here's what I have so far (UPDATED): I needs to crease right at the bottom of the header, and I need a drop shadow that comes off. Could anyone give me some tips on how I could create such a shadow in Photoshop? Final version: Thanks! Edit: New pic, a better example of what I'm going for, help me perfect it if you can. Thank you!
As question explains, I did a search on the web and didn't find a suitable answer, even in wikipedia. Can anyone please explain it to me?
Is it easy to convert an image to a cartoon with high quality ? Like this: I've watched this tutorial : but the quality of the outcome is still far away from the one above. Is there a way to make a better one (as close as the example above) ?
Possible Duplicate: Is it easy to convert an image to a cartoon with high quality? Is there some relatively easy way to convert an image to a cartoon with a high quality ? This example shows what I would like to achieve. I've watched this tutorial but the quality of the outcome is still far away from the one above. Is there a way to make a better one (as close to the picture as above) ?

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